Damn right my friend. And don’t forget the motherfucking Picts.
But there are variations even within the culture, what I am trying to say is that there are some countries that have links that predate modern concepts of nationhood and I think the British Isles are a great example of this. I wasn't trying to piss on Scottish chips. People from this region have differences but share overarching traits that unify them in a distinct way, they have more in common with one another than they would with the continentals.
It sailed so far that we have a gorrillion totally Russophilic Ukrainians dying for motherland and Bandera or something
You talk out of place of ignorance, not knowing neither the status of Ukrainian and content produced in it not it's history during the attempts to assimilate Ukrainians.
I know you like to Larp for asspats as a Mr Ukranian Nationalist, but not everything is about you Sweetheart. I pay good money to keep this country afloat, I am entitled to my opinion and it certainly does not come from a place of ignorance.
Clearly the fuck not, because they are still fighting to this very day...
Yeah because Anglicization was a walk in the park for the Celts...
Will they? The time to do that was last year when they did their half assed 300k or whatever and then did not follow up on that at all. I think if the Russian government could "just declare mobilisation" they would do it. There must be quite extreme reasons that prevent them from doing so to the point they'd rather lose the war than do another round. Perhaps they literally are out of infantry equipment. Perhaps it's a populism thing. If they really wanted to use the situation on the ground to justify it they could have used the big successful Ukrainian offensives last year, the failed winter offensive, or the incursions into Belgorod to justify another round. But they did nothing instead.
That thread is the usual cesspit of kneejerk idiotism and zigger bullshit. Really terrible. Most of A&N is ignorant imbeciles unfortunately, a marked difference to the rest of the site where you can find insightful comments across the boards.
This defeats your own freaking point that Ukraine is already Russified and its a lost cause.
So you're saying that the Irish were not already anglicized by the 1916 rising?
The Russians have been slow walking it. It's not like they did one huge mass mobilization. They do a little bit at a time. I think it's every few months they call up more people. I think it might be a combination of things. The biggest one being that Putin worries about a large scale mobilization causing political instability. There is definitely a shortage of equipment for infantry. I have seen the videos of conscripts being told they have to provide everything else and all the Russian army has to provide them with is a uniform and weapon. I don't know if the Russians have started issuing old AK-47's or if they are still supplying conscripts with newer versions like AK-74's. But supply issues definitely play a role. The Russians said they didn't have anymore T-62's or T-55's left and they started pulling them out of storage fixing them up and shipping them to Ukraine. So they probably still have AK-47's sitting around as well. Then ammo comes into the picture. Do they have enough 7.62 ammo left? I would say they probably do. The Russians lie about what they have and don't have.
You just crossed a line there, boyo.
Not in "country is literally dying out sense", but military specifically, and people willing to be in it, especially competent ones.
My understanding of the whole thing is that he wants a clear, laid out, in writing process of joining NATO when hostilities cease. It gives him a massive political win and a light at the end of the tunnel.
Russia used white phosphorus munitions on civilian targets so sending some gas or virii bought from chinks wouldn't be above very desperate Russians.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Ukraine_relations#In_Ukraine
