@ovalpillbox.bsky.social
Anti Tory leftish leaning octogenarian, living in Kent. Pro Ukraine & Palestinians, so anti Putin & Netanyahu. Also anti Trump and any other rightwing twit. Was @anstye1944 on Twitter. NO DMs please, I block & ignore them anyway.
Siberia is a long way from Moscow, so I can't see Putin doing anything significant to help there.
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Siberia is a long way from Moscow, so I can't see Putin doing anything significant to help there.
Somehow I can't see Russia trying something like this, their death v survival rate indicates that they care little for their wounded.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Somehow I can't see Russia trying something like this, their death v survival rate indicates that they care little for their wounded.
Someone should tell Orban that Trump's word is about as reliable as Putin's! I 🙏 that the next time Zelensky or a European leader phones Trump he persuades him to sanction Hungary. It should be easy to do this with TACO man.
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Someone should tell Orban that Trump's word is about as reliable as Putin's! I 🙏 that the next time Zelensky or a European leader phones Trump he persuades him to sanction Hungary. It should be easy to do this with TACO man.
You're quite right, Putin will only end this when he has conquered the whole of Ukraine or when Ukraine, with European support, has ejected the last orc from Ukrainian soil.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You're quite right, Putin will only end this when he has conquered the whole of Ukraine or when Ukraine, with European support, has ejected the last orc from Ukrainian soil.
Yet more stupidity from Trump! The man, I use the word man loosely, is a total buffoon.
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Yet more stupidity from Trump! The man, I use the word man loosely, is a total buffoon.
There's one person who can end this war immediately by uttering four words "Return to Russia Now", in an order, to all Russian troops.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There's one person who can end this war immediately by uttering four words "Return to Russia Now", in an order, to all Russian troops.
More bullshit from Trump. One of these days he'll surprise us all by uttering the truth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
More bullshit from Trump. One of these days he'll surprise us all by uttering the truth.
Totally agree
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Totally agree
If this money is passed to Ukraine as a loan, then surely it still belongs to Russia! It's then up to Russia to negotiate its return or its use to pay reparations.
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
If this money is passed to Ukraine as a loan, then surely it still belongs to Russia! It's then up to Russia to negotiate its return or its use to pay reparations.
Just back on target for Putin to cause Russia 1.2 million casualties by 01/01/2026. I'm not happy with the death & suffering that his war is causing but if he runs out of "cannon fodder" he will have to end it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Just back on target for Putin to cause Russia 1.2 million casualties by 01/01/2026. I'm not happy with the death & suffering that his war is causing but if he runs out of "cannon fodder" he will have to end it.
Putin believes that the use of force is the only way to gain his objectives. He disagreed with agreements made by earlier Russian govts but instead of seriously trying to renegotiate them he tried brute force. This has been through military force, the corruption of politicians & buying elections!
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Putin believes that the use of force is the only way to gain his objectives. He disagreed with agreements made by earlier Russian govts but instead of seriously trying to renegotiate them he tried brute force. This has been through military force, the corruption of politicians & buying elections!
Great but will they get enough of them?
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Great but will they get enough of them?
Putin's not winning on the battlefield, so he attacks targets that are the hardest to defend. He thinks he can break the spirit of the Ukrainian people, I don't think he can because they know what Russian occupation will bring to them. Mass deportations, rape, torture & murder!
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Putin's not winning on the battlefield, so he attacks targets that are the hardest to defend. He thinks he can break the spirit of the Ukrainian people, I don't think he can because they know what Russian occupation will bring to them. Mass deportations, rape, torture & murder!
This should have been done on Trump's "Day-1" we might have peace by now but I doubt it. Putin's set on taking the whole of Ukraine & Trump's too daft to realise this. Only lots of Tomahawks going from Ukraine to Russia would make Putin get out of Ukraine.
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This should have been done on Trump's "Day-1" we might have peace by now but I doubt it. Putin's set on taking the whole of Ukraine & Trump's too daft to realise this. Only lots of Tomahawks going from Ukraine to Russia would make Putin get out of Ukraine.
More MAGA/Trump bullshit!
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
More MAGA/Trump bullshit!
This will prove just how much in Putin's pocket Trump is! He claimed that the USA needed all they have but as the Pentagon now says this isn't the case Trump could now let Ukraine have a few hundred without any bother. But I bet he still won't do it! Proving he really is the all-out TACO man!!
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This will prove just how much in Putin's pocket Trump is! He claimed that the USA needed all they have but as the Pentagon now says this isn't the case Trump could now let Ukraine have a few hundred without any bother. But I bet he still won't do it! Proving he really is the all-out TACO man!!
I rarely agree with what Churchill said but he was right when he said that "jaw, jaw was better than war, war". But I would add "except when one side makes outrageous demands & won't back down". Exactly as Putin is doing, because he only understands force. So what will Trump do now?
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I rarely agree with what Churchill said but he was right when he said that "jaw, jaw was better than war, war". But I would add "except when one side makes outrageous demands & won't back down". Exactly as Putin is doing, because he only understands force. So what will Trump do now?
Surely this must be part of Putin's hybrid war against Europe. Belorussia is Putin's client state & does what it's told to do. In the mid 1990's the Russian "Mafia" controlled crime, including banking in Lithuania. Perhaps Putin is resurrecting a part of this to disrupt life there with these ballons
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Surely this must be part of Putin's hybrid war against Europe. Belorussia is Putin's client state & does what it's told to do. In the mid 1990's the Russian "Mafia" controlled crime, including banking in Lithuania. Perhaps Putin is resurrecting a part of this to disrupt life there with these ballons
Has Trump finally realized what the rest of us have known for ages, that Putin needs this war to stay in power. Trump may want him to remain in power but, with eyes on next year's Nobel prize, he wants some sort of peace in Ukraine more! So will he now seriously help Ukraine? Who knows? I don't!
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Has Trump finally realized what the rest of us have known for ages, that Putin needs this war to stay in power. Trump may want him to remain in power but, with eyes on next year's Nobel prize, he wants some sort of peace in Ukraine more! So will he now seriously help Ukraine? Who knows? I don't!
This seems to be standard Russian/Soviet procedure, they did a very similar thing to German POWs at the end of WWII. This just shows the hatred they have for those who won't bow down & lick their boots.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This seems to be standard Russian/Soviet procedure, they did a very similar thing to German POWs at the end of WWII. This just shows the hatred they have for those who won't bow down & lick their boots.
What a pratt Trump is. China is supplying parts for arms, if not the arms themselves, to Russia. It's also buying cheap Russian oil & gas. I wonder what Trump will think when Chinese arms, made cheaper by this oil, enable Taiwan to be invaded & cut off supplies of semiconductors needed for US arms.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What a pratt Trump is. China is supplying parts for arms, if not the arms themselves, to Russia. It's also buying cheap Russian oil & gas. I wonder what Trump will think when Chinese arms, made cheaper by this oil, enable Taiwan to be invaded & cut off supplies of semiconductors needed for US arms.
Casualties down a little but still just on target to reach 1.2 million by 1/01/2026. Putin really does treat his troops as badly as Stalin did. Are, coffin & prosthetic limb making the only sections of the Russian economy that are growing?
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Casualties down a little but still just on target to reach 1.2 million by 1/01/2026. Putin really does treat his troops as badly as Stalin did. Are, coffin & prosthetic limb making the only sections of the Russian economy that are growing?
Attack really is the best form of defence! Putin's massive air attacks r proving air defences to be ineffective against them, the only way of stopping these is by long-range attacks on drone & missile production & to knock out the bases where the attacks originate! Many Tomahawks R needed NOW!
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Attack really is the best form of defence! Putin's massive air attacks r proving air defences to be ineffective against them, the only way of stopping these is by long-range attacks on drone & missile production & to knock out the bases where the attacks originate! Many Tomahawks R needed NOW!
But on whose terms? If Putin continues with his ridiculous demands there is no way that Ukraine, the EU or Europe in general can accept them. The simple reason being that this would lead to a pan-european war, probably within 5 years of any such "peace". You can't trust Putin but you can beat Russia
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
But on whose terms? If Putin continues with his ridiculous demands there is no way that Ukraine, the EU or Europe in general can accept them. The simple reason being that this would lead to a pan-european war, probably within 5 years of any such "peace". You can't trust Putin but you can beat Russia
Because people think they're Russian mightn't stop them also thinking they're something else as well. I can say quite truthfully that I'm British but equally truthfully I'm also English at the same time.
October 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Because people think they're Russian mightn't stop them also thinking they're something else as well. I can say quite truthfully that I'm British but equally truthfully I'm also English at the same time.