I stand corrected, that is how it was meant.

Yes, I meant it figuratively, but honestly, how do you imagine for it to end without Putin and cronies killed/suicided/trialed?

Because if it will not end completely, we will just postpone another "denazification" of Finland/Moldova/Georgia or even Ukraine again.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/...-uLYmiJatWnKjw

"A staff member at #Azovstal betrayed Ukraine and told Russians about underground tunnels that lead to the plant. That's why they launched their attack yesterday and currently the Russians are trying to force their way onto Azovstal territory." :/

And in the news this morning. It would seem that the Russkies practiced a nuclear missile strike.

This twitter site claims to track these incidents, whether they are sabotage or just the usual Russian lack of safety is hard to say.

Many years ago I had a friend who was the project leader for building a multi million chemical plant in Siberia, it burnt down on one May 9, Victory day, while the workers ignored the automatic alarms.

Installed a printhouse in the middle of nowhere, the fuses they gave us for a big KBA were six inch nails and they melted.

Source? What is 'Russkies'?

That's up to the Russians, they've managed some version of a orderly "coming into power" of the new leader for century now, at least when seen from the outside. Even the dissolution of the USSR happened peaceful, though that appears to have been on the brink of some form of revolution. Putin->Medvedev->Putin went fine as well.

As for Georgia, the responsible EU comission found that Georgia started the fights "with a very high probability". Which is as close to "definitely" you get without a smoking gun. You can't complain if you get invaded after opening fire on the neighbor, just like Russia will have no grounds to complain about open Ukrainian aggression once that starts (no, I'm not comparing the two).

Bayern 1, this morning in the 8:00 news.
And use your imagination.

Whatever they actually "tested". Sounds like a PR stunt.

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"Russia on Wednesday said its forces had practised simulated nuclear-capable missile strikes in the western enclave of Kaliningrad, amid Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.

During Wednesday's war games in the enclave on the Baltic Sea located between EU members Poland and Lithuania, Russia practised simulated "electronic launches" of nuclear-capable Iskander mobile ballistic missile systems, the defence ministry said in a statement."

https://www.freepressjournal.in/worl...ingrad-enclave

Thank you for the source.
My point was that there is no need to use a derogatory term to describe a nation / ethnicity.

You‘re not from the Cold War then?
We did things differently back in the day.

Russkyi also literally means Russian so I don't think it is deregatory at all.

I am not - I was born in the early 80s.
Did things differently?

Ha ha! A bit before your time. Whatever you do don’t google Bernard Manning.😇

It is in the context. And considering the fact that we are communicating in English language. It is a pejorative reference to the nation or ethnicity as a whole. See below.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Russki
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Russki

The latter goes as far as classifying the expression as ethnic slur.

Ageism have 2 sides. Usually the elder believe they have immunity to use it to feel superior. However, they get really offended if the young(er) point at the other side.

I guess this is the same discussion we had some time ago about "Ami". Some people just need to grow thicker skin. And you can call me Kraut anytime.

Hard to believe they would drop one in Ukraine so close to their own border with the added risk of fallout drifting over Russia, if they drop one anywhere else then the response is likely to be extreme.
People talk about tactical nukes like they are just big toys but they are all more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.

Hey, I just posted links to prove a point.
I think this thread is the last place on EF, where extra tension can be welcome.
It's not about growing a thicker skin, it's about the fact that words can be weapons. Information war, censorship...