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Warfare Russia/Ukraine War
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I think they'll invade after the Olympics, the USA will do nothing except complain....does anyone know what is actually in the $200 million in aid to Ukraine?
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"They are going to invade" - lets pretend that true. What is the goal then? And why do it after 8 years of doing nothing, whats changed?
".......Pan-Russian ideology from Putin on the "cover story"..., which is really about the shale gas fields in the Azov Sea area and the Ukrainian chernozem production areas, where very good yields can be achieved in grain production, and how much better to supply the Crimean peninsula with fresh water through the existing high-capacity water canal, which the Ukrainians have about. 90% of the water in the Crimea is cut off than through the limited capacity of the water pipeline across the bridge. The other reasons are all part of the sound PR...!..."
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I put much of the blame for this bizarre situation squarely on the Western Alliance.
It was quite hubristic to hand out security guarantees like jelly beans without the commensurate ability to back up those guarantees. Goad the Bear with a pellet gun.
Putin will never have a better opportunity to redress the map to more appropriately reflect Russian "security interests" than at this very moment. I will be surprised if there is not a more amenable government in Kiev come March one way or the other, as it would be an enormous loss of face for Putin to back down now. Things get worse; now that Lukashenka is Putin's poodle, Poland may face a strategic vise.
Of course Ukraine could decide to fight, and Biden cannot afford to appear weak after the debacle in Afghanistan, so there is a chance this turns into a disaster for the entire region, with NATO providing arms, intelligence and financial support for Ukraine. I would have thought that Vlad was paying attention to the fact that it is easy to start a war, but not so easy to win a war. This scenario scares me as it should scare any sane individual.
Hopefully, NATO will come to realize that further expansion is in no one's interest (including Georgia & Ukraine) and after the dust has settled, declare that officially. There is precedent for such a quid pro quo as in the Jupiter missiles in Turkey, and would allow both sides to stand down gracefully. It depends on what Putin really wants to achieve from this manufactured crisis.
It was quite hubristic to hand out security guarantees like jelly beans without the commensurate ability to back up those guarantees. Goad the Bear with a pellet gun.
Putin will never have a better opportunity to redress the map to more appropriately reflect Russian "security interests" than at this very moment. I will be surprised if there is not a more amenable government in Kiev come March one way or the other, as it would be an enormous loss of face for Putin to back down now. Things get worse; now that Lukashenka is Putin's poodle, Poland may face a strategic vise.
Of course Ukraine could decide to fight, and Biden cannot afford to appear weak after the debacle in Afghanistan, so there is a chance this turns into a disaster for the entire region, with NATO providing arms, intelligence and financial support for Ukraine. I would have thought that Vlad was paying attention to the fact that it is easy to start a war, but not so easy to win a war. This scenario scares me as it should scare any sane individual.
Hopefully, NATO will come to realize that further expansion is in no one's interest (including Georgia & Ukraine) and after the dust has settled, declare that officially. There is precedent for such a quid pro quo as in the Jupiter missiles in Turkey, and would allow both sides to stand down gracefully. It depends on what Putin really wants to achieve from this manufactured crisis.
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Blinken doesn't rule out US military in Ukraine-Russia conflict
Blinken shot down the idea of sanctioning Russia at this point in the crisis, which Ukraine has called for, because it would 'lose the deterrent effect' of keeping them from invading.
I know this well.
In my country, for forty years, the newspapers were full of smiling pictures of Russian soldiers, and they were even invited to school ceremonies.
And it was forbidden to write about Russian fighter planes crashing into houses and similar incidents, including manslaughter.
Eastern and Russian democracy, yeah..
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I think for us viewers the most educated guess/ interpreting the seriousness of Russian intentions is to track the buildup of logistic forces and supply dumps rather than count battalion tactical groups that have moved to the border. The size and scale of logistic preparation tell us exactly how far and deep is Russian army planning to go.
Major attack wouldn't be fast enough, for a major conquest there isn't enough troops and spring is coming fast that, to this day limits movement in the steppe. I don't think they are going to do anything and i hope i'm right.
Major attack wouldn't be fast enough, for a major conquest there isn't enough troops and spring is coming fast that, to this day limits movement in the steppe. I don't think they are going to do anything and i hope i'm right.
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In 1933, Stalin's Ukrainian envoy, Mendel Hatayevich, who was head of the Grain Gathering Company, proudly declared, "There is a fierce struggle between the Ukrainian peasants and our government. It is a life and death struggle. This year has been a test of our strength and their resistance. Hunger has shown them who is master here. It has cost millions of lives, but the collective farm system has been established once and for all. The battle was won!"
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Another überbullsh1t is, monsieur Putain claims that NATO can deploy ballistic missiles in Ukraine and they can hit Moscow within 7 minutes.
However, the distance between Moscow and Latvia is below 600km and slightly over 600km between the Russian capital and Estonia. The distance between Moscow and Ukraine is 470km. So, that guy is talking about the difference of less than 130km.
Apart from that, the distance between Estonia and St. Peterburg is just below 130km.
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Can anyone imagine how pissed off the Ukranian oligarchs are right now? Regarding Biden, they must be thinking that they gave him and his degenerate crackhead son millions of dollars, actually tried to interfere in a US election, supported a coup and impeachment of a US President, and now they still have a headache with Putin? Not money and political capital well spent.
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