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When i compare Denmark and Thailand, Thailand does seem to have a prolonged period of omicron wave, which is a bit weird.

Here in Denmark we had a massive surge in Dec and January, and then it started to rapidly go down in February.

We dropped ALL restrictions in Denmark at Feb 2 when we were almost at the top of peaks, but Thailand kept on rising.

Here they estimated that more than 70% of the Danes had omicron in Dec-march, which gave a combo herd immunity from the virus and vaccines, so i wonder if Thailand are prolonging the problem by keeping some restrictions in place.

All i know is that it is nice to live in a country that had zero restrictions for more than 2 months.

Hopefully Thailand reach that point in near future, so they too get back to a normal life where covid is not headlines anymore.

If the Russians in Thailand want their normal life back,

they might consider to start a revolution within their own borders.

The Ukrainians showed how that is done in 2014 in the Maidan revolution.

Leaders are only as strong as their followers.

Without followers they are just persons without power.

So kick Putin out the door and you might see progress....

7 hours ago, Credo said:

From what I read a while back, the soldiers in the convoy were selling fuel from the trucks and using it to buy vodka.  The Ukrainians could probably get them to surrender for the promise of free vodka.  

 

If the Russians do surrender, those prisoners should be held in strategic buildings and civilian shelters.  Make sure the names of prisoners are circulated on social media so if they die, their families will know they were killed by a bomb from Mother Russia.   

 

Wouldn't be surprised if some Russians were looking for booze.

After main Denmark were liberated in WW2, The Russians occupied Bornholm, a danish island, for a year until they left.

They were liberators since they pushed out Germany from the island and overall they had a good reputation.

Later it was known that some of them group raped danish women, drank all they could find, broke into homes to steal food and so on.

It's the same stories we are now hearing from Ukraine.

Raping, drinking and breaking into homes to steal food.

On top of that they are slaughtering innocent civilians.

Putins finest......

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1 hour ago, Chris.B said:

I haven't seen any reports of that yet? ????

 

It was in todays papers here where i live. I can't link to them since they are not in English. I can PM a link you can use google translate if you want.

It was basically a speculation, that if the news from ukraine are true and the russians are surrounded in Hostomel, Irpin and Bucha , and the ukrainians are having control over Makariv and Teterivske, then if they can get control again in Borodyanka and Ivankiv, the Russians would have a hell of a hard time getting reinforcements and supplies and it's estimated that there are between 20000 - 30000 russians at the frontline in those areas.

I just hope parts of it are true, so a huge chunk of the russian army can be taken out of the equation.

Not by killing them, but by having them surrender, which would be a huge loss of face for Putin.

Especially if it's numbers in the thousands we're talking about.

Not confirmed yet, but tragic if it is.

What kind of human would sit in a tank and fire at a care home? 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60802572

A Russian tank fired at a care home in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kreminna, according to the head of the Luhansk military civil administration.

Writing on the Telegram messaging service, Serhiy Hayday said Russian forces "cynically and deliberately" opened fire killing 56 residents.

On 3/19/2022 at 6:26 AM, Bluespunk said:

Would you also be astounded to learn U.K. cases of infection, deaths and hospitalisation  are spiking upwards again…partygate just keeps on giving. 
 

Not that I’m against lifting restrictions. Vaccination levels are such in the U.K. that it was the right way to go. But it was clearly rushed through on political grounds rather than medical ones. 
 

I will still mask up when I’m there mind but that’s just pure contrariness on my part.
 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/30/covid-uk-coronavirus-cases-deaths-and-vaccinations-today?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Here in Denmark we dropped all restrictions 7 weeks ago, and here is a chart from last 3 months.

I pinpointed the day we dropped the mandatory masks and as you can see it didn't create any major spikes.

It continued to rise a bit for a little while but that was also due to schools opening and such but it clearly shows that dropping the masks didn't cause any problems.

We practically stopped taking about covid 19 here at work and in society.

Now it's just like the flu or cold.

If you feel sick you stay at home and that's it.

We dropped all quick test centers, but still have PCR tests, but scaled it down.

Isolating has also been cut to 4 days if you're tested positive, but you can go back to work at day 5, even if still you have minor symptoms.

It's still here and yesterday we had 6300 cases from 33000 PCR tests, but life goes on without masks or restrictions.

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

"Russian forces dropped a massive bomb on a theater in besieged Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians were sheltered. The word "children" had been written in Russian on the pavement outside the building, clearly visible from the sky. It didn't mean anything to them."

 

I read they supposedly were hiding in shelters beneath the theater. Hopefully they made it or else this is just another heartbreaking example of Russia breaking all rules of war.

Putins latest speech are not a good sign.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300543483/vladimir-putin-labels-overseas-russian-nationals-traitors-in-scathing-speech

Someone seriously need to wake up in Russia and remove him as soon as possible and replace him with someone that knows it's perfectly possible to live in peace side by side with the west.

4 minutes ago, Hummin said:

No, not at all, I even said Ukraine shouldn't accept any territoriale loss either, neither the world should accept that Russia should just walk over them and take what they want. What I have said, Ukraine should lay down the weapons and save the civilians, but not give up the fight for their freedom and their nation.

 

Denmark did as well in WW2. 

 

 

I'm proud of the danish freedom fighters in WW2.

Not so proud of the danish politicians that just gave up a few hours after Germany attacked Denmark the morning in April 9 1940.

That lead to 5 years German occupation and that's not something i want for Ukraine.

I was not born at these time, but the stories the elders told were enough for me to never want to be living in an occupied country.

They lived through a somewhat "soft" occupation, but living In a country where danish traitors worked together with the German invaders, lead to living in a country where you never knew how to trust, if you were trying to sabotage the German invaders.

We had a lot of resistance groups that lived a dangerous life and it was not easier living with traitors amongst your own kind.

We have a saying.

Aldrig mere en 9 april.

Never again an april 9.

I can understand why Ukraine are fighting for their freedom ...

3 minutes ago, Hummin said:

It is not that much different from invasion of Finland, where they gave up a huge territory to Soviet that ended in the Moscow peace treaty. 

 

Read more details here about the numbers in forces losses and support.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

And do you think it was fair that Finland gave up those territories?

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Sounds ominous................

 

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Satellite photos show Russian convoy outside Kyiv appears to have dispersed to surrounding areas.

 

???? I hoped that convoy were stuck for good.

Now if it's moving closer to Kyiv to surround the city, it's likely the Russians will start shelling Kyiv.

Not good.

Hopefully most of those 15000 anti tank weapons  and stingers sent to Ukraine are already in place in Kyiv and surrounding small towns.

i think we're approaching a point where NATO seriously have to interfer to stop the war crimes Russia are committing.

no matter the cost, we can't just sit back and look at the Russians flattening a free democratic country here in Europe, while civilians are being murdered.

At some point enough is enough.

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Maybe this gives some perspective on Russia's arms sales and I India in particular

 

 

India painted themselves into a corner.

They are dependent on Russian missile systems S-400 Triumf to protect against Pakistan and maybe China.