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Would you stay & Fight?

153 replies

ragged · 26/02/2022 15:50

If you lived in Ukraine, I mean.

Pretend you had the basic same home/family/job/skillset you do now, but in Kyiv today.

I think I'd try to figure out how to stay & fight & send the youngest DC away West with DH (who probably wouldn't want to stay & fight).

Your likely choice?

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SmugglersHaunt · 26/02/2022 15:52

I would definitely stay and fight - it makes me so angry what they're doing. I spent a lot of yesterday (while I was supposed to be working) fantasising about offing Putin

coodawoodashooda · 26/02/2022 15:53

No. I don't know how Id fight.

Howmanysleepsnow · 26/02/2022 15:55

I’d take the kids and run. I can’t fight/ shoot/ throw accurately. I’d be no use at all, die quickly and leave my kids to fend for themselves if I tried to fight.
DH would fight though.

Luckystar1 · 26/02/2022 15:56

No, I would do anything I could to escape with my family.

I would love to be brave and stay, but no, I’d be gone.

FAQs · 26/02/2022 15:56

Yes

RishiRich · 26/02/2022 15:56

No. I was thinking about this in the car earlier. I'd want to, but the likelihood of getting killed is quite high and the DC would be messed up for life. I would if I didn't have DC or they were grown up... although I was an air cadet/staff for years and I'm a rubbish shot. Could probably hit a tank with one of those self-guided rocket launchers though.

TheSillyMastiff · 26/02/2022 15:57

I couldn't, there's only me, DS and I'd have to care for my mother and grandmother. 4 generations all women except one primary aged child.

My mission would be to get them to safety over the border. I'd drive hours after hours straight to get them there. Would I carry a weapon in my car as a last resort, yes. But mainly I'd just try and make it over the border as peacefully as I could.

Partyatnumber10 · 26/02/2022 15:57

Nope I'm not fit, brave or coordinated enough to do much so I'd end up being a liability. I think I'd focus on getting 9year old ds to safety then try to do something useful like keep school going in refugee camps or helping to nurse the injured.
That said though, I suppose if somebody handed me a gun and fighting was the only way to protect ds then I'd have to give it a go.

Newjobformoremoney · 26/02/2022 15:58

Without a doubt fight. At some point you will run out of ground to run away to and it will be harder to fight because of the momentum.

Mumoftwoinprimary · 26/02/2022 15:58

Dh would have to stay and fight. (Because he is a 45 year old man.) Therefore I would get the children to safety.

BiscuitLover3678 · 26/02/2022 15:59

I genuinely feel like there is no hope again Russia. They’re not going to win, Russia will just get nastier. So no, as depressing as it is, I would be grabbing my baby and finding safety.

doadeer · 26/02/2022 16:00

I'm not sure what I could do, my son has additional needs so I would get him out. My partner would 100% want to fight. He's a tough man.

FrecklesMalone · 26/02/2022 16:01

I am not sure. I am really shit at Fortnite so fear this would be the same.

MakeUsACuppa · 26/02/2022 16:02

I'd stay and fight, Putin is a bully, the people of Ukraine are a total inspiration.

An opposition MP was on BBC Breakfast this morning, she spoke so well and her last words were we will not surrender. Her 61 year old Dad had returned to Kyiv to sign up.

ImInStealthMode · 26/02/2022 16:03

Hand to hand fighting, I'm not sure I'd have the required strength or skill-set, but the front line needs support, so if could provide food, Co-ordinate supplies, nurse or assist in communications (which is my day to day skill-set) then I would.

Plasmodesmata · 26/02/2022 16:04

Husband would stay and fight, he'd be conscripted anyway. I'd flee with teens in case they were tempted to lie about their age, and parents (70s). I'd have trouble persuading parents not to stay and fight I'd imagine.

Juno22 · 26/02/2022 16:06

Thankfully we're not in the position where we have to decide. Personally I think it's distasteful to even speculate.

runwithme · 26/02/2022 16:09

@coodawoodashooda

No. I don't know how Id fight.
It's a scary prospect but I don't think many of those do either. I'd stay, for sure. I hate confrontation and hate seeing people fight but I would believe that it would be for the greater good. DH would stay. The DC will be sent packing with DM. Heartbreaking to even think of it
EvilPea · 26/02/2022 16:10

I’m a gobby little shit sometimes (arguably too many times) who is too fucking moral for my own good.
However, I don’t think I would. Not with kids.

I’d flee with the kids, or keep my head down. Dh would fight. We’ve spoken about it yesterday. He would be useful to the army. But we couldn’t risk us both leaving our kids to putin to bring up.

Those that are staying and fighting. My god they are brave, so so brave.

veevee04 · 26/02/2022 16:11

Yes I am a HCP and I've had shooting training when I was younger so probably could be useful.

Lubeyboobyalt · 26/02/2022 16:12

Yes

  1. there's a certain mood I get in that makes me fearless - that mood has been activated just by watching these amazing people fight so damn hard for their country, god knows what I'd be like if it was my actual country

  2. I'm an accurate shooter and experienced with guns from previous army training

  3. I've seen terrible things before and nothing can scare or shock me on that score

Hawkins001 · 26/02/2022 16:14

b ased on the fact, of little to no military training, limited access to any useful equipment, having no operators feeding intelligence on the troops in the area, then being outnumbered, and the other forces having better equipment, better resources, ect

why would anyone that was not hooked up with good intelligence, equip,, ect stay and try to fight ?

Ohmnomnom · 26/02/2022 16:14

I have primary aged dc and no other family, so I'd flee as I'm all they have. If I didn't have dc, I'd be strapping a bomb to myself and heading into Moscow to look for Putin.

Thereisnolight · 26/02/2022 16:15

Personally no, but I can understand why some might.

Preventing men from leaving and forcing them to stay and fight? Not good!!!

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 26/02/2022 16:16

@ragged

If you lived in Ukraine, I mean. Pretend you had the basic same home/family/job/skillset you do now, but in Kyiv today.

I think I'd try to figure out how to stay & fight & send the youngest DC away West with DH (who probably wouldn't want to stay & fight).

Your likely choice?

God no
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