German here
We do indeed say āIch verstehe nur Bahnhofā which translates to āI understand only railway stationā.
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We do indeed say āIch verstehe nur Bahnhofā which translates to āI understand only railway stationā.also found these two videos really comprehensive and informative!!
(although in the russia one his analysis on the likelihood of war is ... off)
(although in the russia one his analysis on the likelihood of war is ... off)
O/T, but you have made my day. I thought my Uncle was taking the piss all these years (sorry Uncle David)German here
On topic, what's the feeling in Germany about the official German response? I know they are starting to increase assistance, but they've been taking quite a bit of stick for what they've done so far
Nah he was telling the truth
it does seem like a strange thing to say. My boyfriend, who is British, was confused by this in the beginning. What Iāve seen on my socials is that everyone here is urging government to do more to help, thereās so much more we could do but Scholz and the heads of the big parties seem very hesitant. I have read that there is a lot of pressure on Scholz from his own party members who are urging him to do more (send weapons, expel Russia from SWIFT, etc.). It seems a lot like because of our history our leaders are hesitant to āparticipateā in this which of course is BS. Ukraine needs our support and I hope our government does something soon.
Gordon Brown would have stayed
To Ukraine, love Taiwan.
Any one seeing the coverage on sky news right now?
Oh it just cut off must have been earlier on in the day
Oh it just cut off must have been earlier on in the day
This whole thing is just 
... so can Russia just go in and straight up murder zelensky? Is that not a crime??
... so can Russia just go in and straight up murder zelensky? Is that not a crime??
Whereās Putin? Hiding like the coward he is. Has his minions and henchmen doing his dirty work. Donāt underestimate this cretin - he is an extremely evil man and with the old world view not able to get out of the Cold War era, as well as chronic paranoia, he is rogue and can do anything. He has access to nuclear weaponry. Why have they taken over Chernobyl? To exploit minerals to make nuclear bombs. Heās got the Chinese in his back pocket and then arseholes like trump backing him and feeding the narrative and the far right brigade. I think itās going to take more than sanctions from the rest of the world to end this. The west needs to hold their hands up too and realise theyāve played part in this using poor Ukraine as a pawn over the NATO argument. And still countries letting Russians launder money into their countries to fund Putinās regime. Its just awful. 
Yes and yes. Invading was a crime. Putin is passed caring about insignificant things like laws. If anything I'd says it's more likely now we can all see how zelensky is rallying people. If you're taking over a country you don't want to run the risk of insurgency.This whole thing is just
Thing is with laws, they're just words. Unless they are enforced they mean very little.
Zelensky is making Putin look small and ineffectual. Putin will not like that, and you are quite correct when you say that such little things as international laws have no effect on Putin. He's already breaking most of them right now.
This isn't going to be like DubÄek working in the Forestry Service in Slovakia after the Prague Spring and his expulsion from the party.
Yes! You stand your ground Britain, we are with you Ukraine 
They didn't take over Chernobyl for the purpose you've said. They did it for a strategic reason.Whereās Putin? Hiding like the coward he is. Has his minions and henchmen doing his dirty work. Donāt underestimate this cretin - he is an extremely evil man and with the old world view not able to get out of the Cold War era, as well as chronic paranoia, he is rogue and can do anything. He has access to nuclear weaponry. Why have they taken over Chernobyl? To exploit minerals to make nuclear bombs. Heās got the Chinese in his back pocket and then arseholes like trump backing him and feeding the narrative and the far right brigade. I think itās going to take more than sanctions from the rest of the world to end this. The west needs to hold their hands up too and realise theyāve played part in this using poor Ukraine as a pawn over the NATO argument. And still countries letting Russians launder money into their countries to fund Putinās regime. Its just awful.
They took over Chernobyl because that's the quickest and easiest route to get to Kyiv - that's why Belarus have been sanctioned, because Russia went through Belarus to get to Chernobyl as it's close to their border. Russia also know how dangerous Chernobyl is and that Ukraine have always had military there to guard it and make sure there is no damage to radioactive waste storage. They know Ukraine won't fire back at them at Chernobyl, because that risks damaging the infrastructure that protects this waste from getting out.
But āsilentā is the operative word. How does a country thatās co-opting anotherās flag in āsupportā reconcile these actions with refusing to provide automatic visas to the very citizens of this country? It is so performative it makes me feel sick.
You're right, and what the West forget - or never knew - is that Belarus bore the brunt of the disaster. 70% of the fifty million curies of radioactivity released fell on Belarus. In the aftermath of Chernobyl they lost 485 villages and towns.
Just what I believe too. If Boris thought he needed to send in troops, or that the UK would be going to war, he would be arranging for men to sign up, to be trained. And start talking out Your Country Needs You.
Does Vlad not realise that everyone (including citizens of Russia) thinks heās a massive knob head?
Probably the only place where he has a massive knob on his body
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