I still see planes flying between Koennigsburg and Moscow via the Baltic Sea? Is this still possible under the new rules?
That dog won't hunt for several reasons.
1) They never repudiated the NATO standard of 2%. They simply failed to meet it.
2) They never had any issues with the amount of equipment they were buying. Obviously the Germans were happy to buy several hundred tanks, a half-dozen submarines, or whatever. Their possession when new and working was never a concern when 'mindful of their own history.' The lack of expenditure, however, led to the non-functionality of that equipment. Having all six submarines, or all 14 transport aircraft out of service due to lack of maintenance cause by lack of funding is not 'serving them well.' Even being unable to meet NATO force commitments is not serving the country well. When the political leadership commits to having 44 tanks and 14 IFVs ready for NATO service on a certain date, and only 9 and 3 respectively were considered fully operational, that's a problem.
3) The only reason one can say 'it served them well' is because, by the grace of whoever, the Germans didn't seem to need the equipment or personnel. When the nation is saying "Oh crap, we need EUR100bn right now and a permanent increase in the defense budget" it is an obvious admission that there has been a shortage. Had the kick-in-the-pants involved Germany directly and not Ukraine, the luxury of saying "OK, we can fix it" would not have been available.
4) Germany's modern history dates back to 1945. Its modern military history dates back to 1955. In all the decades from then until the 'peace dividend', the concept of Germany's military being one of the strongest in Europe didn't seem to have ruffled any feathers.
They were allegations, even so if true. He annexed terrority under Obama and got away with it. He's threatening a nuclear strike under Biden and so far is getting away with it.
The Russians can go to hell with their archaic military defense. A lot more weapons will be deployed to the Ukrainians in the coming hours
They rely on Russia for weapons because of the trouble with their borders with china.
There is a notorious story about one of the times Merkel went to Moscow. She is notoriously scared of dogs so the vile little thug brought his dog into a meeting to intimidate her.
https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-merkel-meeting-dog-2017-7
Just to update you, Indian students are been let in to Poland.
It's taking longer due to paper work.
Bus load were shuttled to the airport today for repatriation flight.
Nobody will back Russia when it is pulverised by this war. It is never a good look, to back losers.
I believe that the Ukrainians can win this one
I’m watching George Gallaway on RT live streaming on YouTube right now-OMG - what a total twat- I actually don’t support RT being banned as quite simply it’s better we all see just how fcking mad the people working at that station are- if you want some light relief from the real news and some comic performances from the numb- nuts that work there, watch RT via YouTube-
And if Russia don't want to be a total economic pariah for the next few years at least, they'll still have to give all of that territory back. But even disregarding that - say Putin can convince his people that the West is just victimising Russia - taking all Ukrainian land up to the Dnipro and keeping it would still be tough. It doesn't seem that all the locals would be that jazzed about living under a Russian occupation.
And furthermore, if Putin's so concerned about having NATO next door, then he would still end up with NATO next door, but the line has just been moved a bit further west.
Question about the banning of airlines from air space. So what happens if a Russian plane flies over Ireland or Germany for that matter? Is it going to be shot down? By who? I mean, how exactly does the policy work in practice?
If Cork did not get nuked, would it then become the "Real" Capital it so desperately craves to be?
Who is guarding all the data cables running along the Irish Sea?
Edit: the above is incorrect.
Any source of that? To my knowledge Indian students vise requirements to get into Poland have been waived to facilitate escaping the war zone. The source:
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/poland-allowing-indian-nationals-evacuating-conflict-ridden-ukraine-to-enter-without-visas-article-89872010
https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1497874818708176899?s=20&t=XCylSDMB1u6eO3vbDXEz3A
Well that’s not good.
Sounds like Kiev will fall to the Russians tonight. Then god know how this plays out….it’ll be a long process that will gradually drop off of our front pages
I am- they’re perfectly safe- go back to sleep - nothing to see here 😃
First response on Twitter is the question I would also like to ask,
When and how did we go from everyone is repelling Russian soldiers everywhere to Kyiv is surrounded?
I suppose it depends what you think winning looks like. The human cost could still be absolutely huge. I would be surprised if Russia leave (with Putin still in place) at least without annexing the two states to the east.
Mick, as far as I know.
Tomorrow will be d-day for the Russian economy. Winning Kyiv will be a Pyrrhic victory for them. Nothing like the hunger of the Russian people to drive a revolution from within
He’s been an embarrassing twat for a long time
They are not necessarily inconsistent. You can be surrounded but still be preventing the "invaders" from getting closer
Possibly but we have been saying that the last couple of nights
It would have to be the British, since the Irish can't do it.
Nor have your ramblings
True...him acting like a sleazy cat with Rula Lenska was his high point....lol
Every citizen must perform their patriotic duty and run out into their back garden and shake their fist at the airline while saying "why I oughta ....."
Where the boyo’s saying this shitshow would never happen?
Usa were right, for a change.
When Putin is dealt with the us and uk will have to occupy Russia. They have WMDs. Unlike Iraq.
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