Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

Serryah

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Nope.. I’d like to see Putin shot dead and Russian people get some freedom..

But I also like to see Biden squirm.. so let’s see his excuses now.. he will just blame Trump or Obama 😂😂

The fact you believe the Russians over this is, well... sadly not shocking. You've always been gullible for conspiracies.
 
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gerryh

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Nope.. I’d like to see Putin shot dead and Russian people get some freedom..

But I also like to see Biden squirm.. so let’s see his excuses now.. he will just blame Trump or Obama 😂😂
considering how long he's ben pres, a little hard to blame him. It would be either trump or obama, dumbass.
 

bill barilko

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A little news a little same old/same old.

Russian Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 Impounded In Canada

The aircraft arrived in Toronto just under two weeks ago.



Following sanctions issued against Russia amid the country's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine, Canadian authorities have impounded an Antonov An-124 flown by Volga-Dnepr Airlines. The Ukrainian-built cargo jet has flown for the Russian airfreight specialist for its entire career, and was in Canada to deliver COVID tests.

Seized in Toronto
Reports have emerged of a Russian-registered Antonov An-124 being sized by Canadian authorities after finding itself in the wrong place at the wrong time. The country, like many others around the world, has issued sanctions against Russia due to its present aggression in Ukraine, as well as banning its airlines and aircraft.

According to ch-aviation.com, the aircraft in question bears the registration RA-82078. Clocking in at 27.21 years old, the aircraft presently flies for Ulyanovsk-based Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines, and has done so consistently since its delivery there in September 1996. It arrived in Canada at the end of last month.

Specifically, ch-aviation reports that it came to the country carrying a shipment of COVID-19 testing kits ordered from China. Data from FlightRadar24.com shows that the last leg of this journey took it from Anchorage to Toronto, arriving on February 27th. Following Canada's airspace ban on Russian carriers and aircraft, the country impounded it a day later in Toronto, where it has remained ever since.

It has now been nearly two weeks since the Antonov An-124 arrived in Canada and was impounded by the country's authorities. Enough time has passed for ch-aviation to change the aircraft's status on its database from 'active' to 'stored.' It is difficult to know when sanctions might lift, so it could be in for a long wait.

That being said, Volga-Dnepr Airlines is reportedly working to secure the aircraft's return. This would either require an end or an exemption to Canada's ban on Russian planes and operators. According to ch-aviation, it said in a statement that it is engaging in the "settlement of all formalities to be able to fly to its home base." The operator also confirmed the reason for the An-124's journey, stating:

"Volga-Dnepr Airlines operated a series of charters in the interests of the Canadian government delivering vital Covid-19-related products from China.”

Taking sanctions seriously
This isn't the first instance of Canada strictly applying its sanctions against Russia in recent times. Indeed, Simple Flying reported last week that it had blocked a private jet from departing Yellowknife Airport (YZF) in the country's Northwest Territories. The reason for this was the fact that it had Russian passengers onboard.

Technically, the aircraft also shouldn't have been permitted to enter Canada in the first place. However, the nationalities of its passengers reportedly only became clear after border officials met the plane upon its arrival in Yellowknife from Geneva.
 
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Twin_Moose

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Canada has always punched above its weight for its size. I'd like to see you spend a little more on a somewhat bigger military, but the Canucks have always been rock-solid. You know it, I know it, and pgs "knows" his hate of. . . well, everything (except his mythical "hard-working common man," always a man, and when you actually examine what one of them does, pgs hates him).
You can see Canadian tactics being used in the conflict, take out the head and the tail of a convoy first then squeeze the middle at a natural choke point. A few Canadian vets that I've bought a beer for would tell me they loved this move.

There was an interview on CTV the other day with a Lt. Colonel that oversaw training in Ukraine said the toughest part was to push out the central command structure out of the Ukrainian military. The US, Canadian, UK trainers pushed to install free moving battalions making their own decisions in coordination with central command. She said she could really see their training in most skirmishes and was proud to have been apart of the training exercises with the Ukrainian troops.
 
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Twin_Moose

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If you keep believing its Russia attacking when its actually Putka attacking using Neo-Bolsheviks as backing not Russia shit makes sense. RU is divided between the Soviets and progressives.
I understand, it doesn't matter, right now Europe, NATO, Western civilization, and the whole free world has an opportunity to wipe the whole communist regime out by coming into and saving Ukraine, cripple their military and push the Red army back to Moscow. The Russian people are starting to wake up to Putin but are still scared like France and Germany, embarrass Putin and the people will rise and take back their country.

NATO and the European nations don't have to formally invoke a war's act just start an investigations into AWOL military personal, theft of Mig. 29's, theft of anti aircraft/missile installations, theft of older Russian/soviet tanks, etc. deny any involvement while investigating said thefts after the conflict is over conclude the investigations with a oops my bad sorry Putin.

This would also send a clear message to China and Iran to not phuck around
 
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