Quote Originally Posted by Basil77 View Post
I'm sad because the plague which was infesting relatively small remote region of Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk and Ternopol is now spreading to the whole country populated mostly by very nice, friendly people and quickly turning it into pretty dangerous place. But I see no way you can understand this so there is no point discussing with you. Have a nice day.
Him and I are the same nationality, unfortunately he's the victim of propaganda.
It's been a non-stop Russian bashing feast in our papers the last 15 years, and our foreign minister makes a sport of offending Russia. However a lot of people seem to be taking note now, so it'll hopefully change. But it seems 14Russian has read and believed all this for the last 15 years. Plus everything the US media says and a bunch of random conspiracy theories. Apologies on his behalf.

According to the front page of the main Swedish paper "Russian tanks are rolling in Crimea".
I don't actually believe this - the tanks don't look modern enough to be Russian, and are painted with with amateurish colours. They are saying that Russia invaded Ukrainian airspace and broke the contract for the bases in Simferopol.

I don't believe Russia would do anything that rash at the moment, and I am sure Russia's foreign ministry are going to play this much smarter than this, despite the odds being against. Russia has been impressive in international politics, since Syria.

Are these Russian, and are they breaking the treaty regarding the bases in Krim? They look really old, and why would anyone paint a crude flag on a camouflage vehicle?

Are the front page stories about Russian troop movements in Crimea true or false?





If anything happens, Crimea might try to proclaim independence like some other places done. But I don't think there is any chance Russia will invade or occupy or anything like that. Or?