Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by varjag on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @03:33PM
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I am posting this from Norway. It most certainly bans Russian tourists.
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Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by ericmay on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @04:15PM
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Yes but not most of the EU, right? If I’m wrong please correct me as this would be new information.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by varjag on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @04:49PM
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I think it's banned in most of Northern Europe, with less enthusiasm in the South. However there's an effort to ban it across the bloc, which is likely to happen at some point.
https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-limits-russians-entering-bloc/338...
And anyhow, your question was what Europe can really do to end the war. I just listed some practical, low escalation options.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by ericmay on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @04:57PM
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Sure but why only low escalation options? It’s a war. Also I’m not too sure much of those are necessarily “low” escalation. But let’s assume they are. I agree with the goals - let’s get Europe to implement as soon as possible. Do you think a “coms blackout” for example will force Russia out of Ukraine? Idk.
Also why is it taking a long time? Why is Brussels working on a “nuclear” option? Just ban them tomorrow, and seize Russian assets and property in the EU. Have all Russians return to Russia. What is Europe waiting for and why wasn’t this done on day 1 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by varjag on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:14AM
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A comms blackout and other forms of blockade will severely hamper Russian influence ops in the West. That would make other forms of confronting Russia politically tenable.
For my end am fine with just glassing Russia today, you don't have to convince me.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by SanjayMehta on Thursday October 15, 2026 @08:50AM
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Glassing Russia? You and what army?
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by varjag on Thursday October 15, 2026 @08:55AM
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I dunno, maybe we should ask Pakistan, the greatest power of South Asia.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by SanjayMehta on Thursday October 15, 2026 @10:23PM
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Good luck with that. And there is no such thing as "South Asia," just like there is no such thing as Europe. The former is the Indian subcontinent and the latter is West Eurasia.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by varjag on Friday October 16, 2026 @01:59AM
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Eurasia wasn't used until the appearance of 20th century movements. But fine I'll rephrase: Pakistan, the greatest power on Indian subcontinent.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by SanjayMehta on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:35AM
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Well they're more powerful than all the Baltic statelets and Scandinavian "countries" combined, so I'll give you that.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by varjag on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:49AM
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Very possibly so! They've won all their wars over India too which is much more populous than all the Nordics too.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by SanjayMehta on Friday October 16, 2026 @03:27AM
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You probably think The Ukraine is winning as well.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by varjag on Friday October 16, 2026 @06:33AM
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I am not thinking that Ukraine is winning but I am a decent human being so naturally can't cheer for Russia.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by SanjayMehta on Thursday October 22, 2026 @11:44PM
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A decent human being doesn't pray for "glassing" a country.
Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep...
by SanjayMehta on Friday October 16, 2026 @05:52AM
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Especially the 1971 war, where they won so well that East Pakistan became a new country.