Well that puts a different slant on it...
I'd prefer to see what propaganda is being broadcast rather than silencing them.
Anyone who reads your posts on various other threads will know that's true.
At a time of war like this there should be no window for propaganda.
Remember your posts on this thread\site in the future when you have tried to defend propaganda from Russia.
Given that the Ukrainian Air Force is evidently still flying, albeit evidenced by recent video of them getting shot down in the air, then the answer to that is 'yes'. As mentioned, the EU has in its operational inventory about 40-50 MiG-29s, a type operated by Ukraine.
Whoa ... Nurse!
Fair play. Humanitarian organizations didn't get us to where we are today.
No
And it's another example of fúckwits escalating for the optics and the likes. How do they get the aircraft to them? How do they train the pilots, supply the spares, weapons, groundcrew? It's a nonsense that just escalates things even more. There is nobody trying to dial this shít back. They're just throwing petrol onto the fire from all directions.
Was still a very dangerous place for humanitarian workers wasn't it? Lot of kidnappings in the interwar period
The Netherlands moved 2 of their F35s and a support crew of 90 to Bulgaria in recent days. On a mission to patrol Southeast European Airspace
https://nltimes.nl/2022/02/24/netherlands-sends-two-f-35-fighters-eastern-europe
There's a greater chance Vlad will come out of the closet than hitting the big red button.
I'm sure the majority of the world would love the chance to "sign" it whichever way felt most appropriate with pen in hand.
Another application Putin will have to block!!! What are these Nazi leaders in Kosovo thinking!!!
I'm sure there are many intact runways in Ukraine.
If they are using Soviet model aircraft, Migs and Sukhoi's, all that is available in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary etc.
Paint the Ukrainian colours on it and they can then be sent out.
Where they will be based is the more important question.
Not sure if it's that big a game changer militarily tbh as it is politically.
How many aircraft are there in the EU that can be handed over without needing to retrain pilots or ground crew? Would assume the Ukraine needs stuff it can use now rather than wait for people to get trained up.
Maybe if the war turns into something long term then you might see Western aircraft being transferred.
But, they're going to provide the same amount of money for non-lethal, humanitarian purposes. I think this is a good compromise, it means other countries can, if they wish, focus their donations more towards the military end of the spectrum. Everything costs money, everyone is throwing money in the pot, everyone is helping.
Troops that entered from the north.
"Dodgy ****".... 😂 😂😂, LOL. Personally, no, not that I'm aware of, but for sure, there was more than enough of it going on in a lot of places I happened to be in !!! My innocence mindset took an awful beating!!!, (back in the day when I had such a thing..)
Let it spiral how it will.
No reason not to act.
30 years of being obsessed with ever increasing living standards has caused the West to take the eye off issues of long term importance.
Neutrality isn't in the constitution so shouldn't need a referendum. It's a political stance.
Massive Russian Army convoy heading for Kiev earlier. At time pictures were taken they were circa 40kms out so could be arriving by now.
What does it mean that the US foreign embassy has called for the immediate evacuation of all of its citizens in Russia?
The nuclear deterrent is always on standby, that's the point of it. The west will not strike first. The only way they get launched is if every nuclear armed mobile carrier, static launch site, nuclear payload bomber and nuclear launch capable submarine is verified as out of action.
And if that were the situation, they would not be needed anymore.
Is it some sort of Dr Strangelove homage?
Apparently Austria and Malta are doing the same according to the statement on Ireland not funding 'lethal' equipment. We are however funding 'non-lethal' equipment.
The EU and US are doing everything in their power to escalate this it seems.
The Ukrainian Air Force is still operating. Russia's SEAD campaign hasn't been as effective as expected. Even this morning's strike against Ivano-Frankivsk Air Base, where the Ukrainian MiG-29s were operating from at the time, doesn't seem as if the infrastructure was too badly damaged. It did take out a number of aircraft though.
In addition, the MiG-29 was designed to operate out of austere environments. It doesn't need a lot of runway length to operate and as I said, Ukrainian pilots will not need to retrain to operate them. They've flown them for years.
So what’s your solution to Putins actions- appeasement?
That's just something you read and think it sounds cool. A schoolboys understanding and out of context with it. Now we could play schoolyard games when nukes weren't in the mix, but they are. And nobody is de-escalating. This is how world wars start and if you want another quote for your repertoire: “I don't know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.” Einstein.
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://we.vanillicon.com/v2/e050b53be62f0ae2404c620976170938.svg)
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://wa.vanillicon.com/v2/a08d55691d6f78a042612a7aa18ff3ab.svg)
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://wc.vanillicon.com/v2/c599644a213e5f18742e0afff85076a6.svg)
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://wc.vanillicon.com/v2/c33618a99b1d02afaf5370e8c02bf147.svg)