Read it and see, official BBC website. the BBC is not bound by any laws to tell the truth on the BBC world wide service, its funded and under the oversight of the Foreign Secretary, in other words a propaganda arm of the UK government. I understand it can be difficult to accept you have been played...

List of Irish companies ‘trading with Russia’ sent to Department of Foreign Affairs Couple of thoughts here, firstly if The Department of Foreign Affairs don't know who here is still trading with Russia we need a new DFA, secondly if the Ukrainian embassy are saying they have past this list one the...

... Take a moment and think for yourselves, the media says Russia is taking heavy casualties to its Conscription army, Conscription in Russia is a 12-month draft, which is mandatory for all male citizens ages 18–27, with a number of exceptions. Putin has stated there are ZERO Conscription forces in...

I'm wondering how much of a deliberate tactic it is for the Russians to keep blocking the refugees?

A city full of civilians eats everything quicker than a city that is just full of fighters.

If the Ukrainians can disrupt the Russian supply lines then I think they can drag this out for a long time.

If they just sit and take the punishment then I think Russian artillery will win the day.

I thought it might be worth a separate thread on Just the military side of the war in the Ukraine. To put it bluntly I don't see how Ukraine can win against Russia but the defence of Kiev could end up a massive meat grinder on the scale of Verdun. What Russia has in spades is Artillery and they seem...

Great story no matter its veracity you want to be true ....

A grandma in Kyiv says she took out a suspicious drone while Russia was attacking by throwing a jar of pickled tomatoes at it

I've been using these guys https://coaldirectireland.com/ for the last 3 (4?) years. Just phone up with a credit card. Delivery is included in the price. Delivery on a pallet and normally 20kg bags which are easy enough to shift if the driver can't get the pallet near to where you want them. Normall...

NotThatDevnull wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:24 am Probably as they have agreed to a load of Indian immigration.
UK ministers eager to ease immigration rules for Indian citizens
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... n-citizens

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7 quid on the bag of coal. That's a lot! Flour going to go up likely quite a lot, as Ukraine will not plant much this year. I usually get all my flour in large bags from Kilkenny mills but unfortunately one cannot bulk buy flour in advance as it does not keep, even if well stored. Being dependent o...

NotThatDevnull wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:33 pm That is something that has puzzled me for a while, why are they Oligarchs in Russia and Billionaires in the west?
Denis O’Brien of Esat Digifone fame, If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

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Tin foil hat time. We know the EU has printed trillions of €uro out of nothing. The entire EU could be at jeopardy if the €uro collapses New immigrants are needed to kick the can down the road, new immigrants take out loans that are added to the nations GDP. The EU public has reached the limit on t...

The gullible west summed up in one post, and it all by choice, you could be informed but prefer not to be, sad. https://i.postimg.cc/SQwgGZVN/a-HR0c-HM6-Ly9p-Z25vcm-Fud-GFu-ZHVua-W5mb3-Jt-ZWQu-Y29t-L3dw-LWNvbn-Rlbn-Qvd-XBsb2-Fkcy8y-MDE3-Lz-Ew-L1-Bv-ZGNhc3-Qt-Q292-ZXIt.webp When the penny drops you ...

Its easier for child like levels of comprehension to understand than a wall of text. Got to cater to the audience What audience, you think people read all the drivel you come out with? A couple of lines is the most I bother with and as for watching any of the video clips you post you must be joking?

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I'll try and get answers for those question if I can

... Plenty of wealthy at the upper end of the food chain in Ireland might be about to take a hit. ... Ireland is big in the airline leasing business, much of that 9 billion in leases will be from Irish companies. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/russia-plans-to-seize-assets-of-western-firms-exit...

I dont see a thread for this but heating oil for the house - 300 litres minimum gone up from 302 euro 3 weeks ago to 560 today. Who can afford that ??? Maybe we could expand the title of the price of Petrol/Diesel thread? Paid £800 for 1000 liters in the UK last week for my mother's house. Same tim...

Well up yours Russian Embassy Russian embassy’s street in Dublin may be renamed 'Independent Ukraine Road' Have to say reading about that made me laugh. Not sure its going to make any difference to anything but its as good a way as any of sticking two fingers up to the Russian ambassador and his cou...

And its off again

Pentagon says Poland’s jet offer for Ukraine ‘not tenable’

I found this link that has a list of current sanctions on Russia https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/over-200-companies-have-withdrawn-russia-some-remain. Even Lego are doing their bit and have suspended shipments to Russia. Although I think for some companies Russia has become a logistical nightmare so...

Don't think it will make any difference, 28 old soviet migs against Russia's current airforce ? They'll be blown out of the skies when they enter Ukrainian airspace. Waste of time but at least Poland get some good second hand aircraft as replacements. Good way of modernising their fleet and sending...

Good point about the symbolism of the East West opening up. Will McDonalds closing "for the duration" be as symbolic I wonder?

I'm just listing one to start this off that amused me when I read about it McDonald's To Temporarily Close Restaurants & Pause Operations in Russia Now its hardly going to bother Putin. It is however a sign to the Russian people that something is going on? I doubt Russians will be on the street ...

I think this idea was ridiculed a few pages back Poland to send MiG-29 fighter jets to US base but it's happening all the same. I really don't know where this is all going to end but if the Russian effort doesn't improve then I see the west piling in more and more military aid to fight a Proxy War.

I wonder if there will be a peanut shortage? Noticed to my surprise that they are produced in Ukraine.