Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-23 and Invasion

[OttoVonBismarck]

The Caucasus regions aren't Russia.

[alfred russel]

The Caucasus regions aren't Russia.

The mountains partially lie within Russia's borders...I did see however someone place a flag on a monument and an ethnic russian come and angrily take it away...someone later told me it was a regional flag with sepratist implications.

[alfred russel]

I am too old and i'm not a hipster.

However, it made me think about the context of this thread...I spent a couple weeks in the Caucasus on a climbing trip I think in 2016...how many of you jokers have actually been to russia outside of the major cities?

Oooh! I have! I have!

 

[Valmy]

how many of you jokers have actually been to russia outside of the major cities?

I have never been to Russia and I am sad about that. I probably missed the only good time to visit the country in my lifetime.

[celedhring]

I actually was in western Ukraine many years ago, if Putin keeps annexing random bits of the country I might retroactively have visited Russia 

[Zanza]

I have only been to Moscow and like Valmy feel a bit sad that it is unlikely that I will see St. Petersburg. Not sure that not seeing rural Russia is a big loss. Maybe Lake Baikal and Kamchatka...

[Duque de Bragança]

I am too old and i'm not a hipster.

However, it made me think about the context of this thread...I spent a couple weeks in the Caucasus on a climbing trip I think in 2016...how many of you jokers have actually been to russia outside of the major cities?

Oooh! I have! I have!

Me too. I went to Depardieu's former new hometown. 

[Barrister]

I'm not sure which I enjoy more:

-videos of joyous civilians greeting Ukrainian soldiers as they liberate one village after another; or

-videos from Russian TV where the pro-Putin "analysts" attempt to blame their defeats on one cause after another, all the while studiously avoiding any critique of Putin himself

[Habbaku]

I think the former for me, but I can't help but cackle over the latter.

[crazy canuck]

I am waiting for the announcement that "We have always been at peace with Ukraine."

[Crazy_Ivan80]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAttXqMyEi0&list=RDCMUCyOyXou98UVX8qxPv8USQNQ&start_radio=1&ab_channel=UkraineNewsTV

The Ukrainians seem to be 'on fire'. Amazing gains again.

The Russian on the other hand seem to be fired on...

[Legbiter]

I'm not sure which I enjoy more:

-videos of joyous civilians greeting Ukrainian soldiers as they liberate one village after another;

The most heartfelt one I've seen so far.

Ukrainian soldiers in newly liberated territories are returning to the local population washing machines Russian soldiers stole.

https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1576758293535391744

[Admiral Yi]

Closest I've been to Russia is Hungary.

[Grey Fox]

Closest I've been to Russia is Edmonton.

[Admiral Yi]

Come to think of it I was probably closer in Korea.