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That reply deserves more than just a 👍

Thanks for taking the time for writing such an informed response.

As greenpilot, (who's also insightful) says, it's a pleasure to read something when there is knowledge behind it.

But Mariupol is surrounded

NATO troops or planes or tanks on ground ie direct intervention could just lead to ‘the bomb 💣’ being used…..but shur it’s worth i.e playing a game of bluff with the homo (Sapian) in the Kremlin…

Ukrainian civilians falling an awful lot faster. People constantly lose sight of the bigger picture due to these minor Ukrainian victories

People need to realise a lot of modern military technology requires a fair bit of training.

That is why the only aircraft you can give Ukraine are ones that their pilots know how to operate.

That means it has to be Soviet/Warsaw Pact kit: Migs, Sukhoi, Mils or Czech Aeros.

It aint like the old days where pilots got a few hours training in a new aircraft and wayhay off you go.

It really isn't a sign of desperation. It's a sign they have the city by the throat and are giving an option: surrender or die.

They half measure everything. Get involved in Kosovo but allow a genocide to happen. Get involved in Iraq, under false pretences to pretend they were doing something about 9/11, half ass it and as a result had a fair hand in bringing ISIS into being. Going into afghanistan, promising a new world and democracy, then dropping them in the sh1t and for good measure leaving the documents which identified those who helped them during their stay. Yes I'm sure those Afghans were delighted to be promised salvation then thrown to the wolves in a matter of days. Getting crushed under or falling off planes they clung onto in desperation to escape.

And once again they are half assing it in Ukraine, we'll help you but not the way you want to be helped and have begged us to help. No we'll sit here with weapons that make the Russians look like they just came out of a cave but you can't have those as they're "offensive" weapons. We can only give you defensive weapons. Its the greatest crock of sh1t I've heard in a while and I've watched the States go through a Trump presidency and Covid so thats some achievement.

If they want to say they believe in something and stand for something then do so. Stop pretending you believe and stand for it because right now, no more than Putin, all I see is propoganda.

A chilling new threat. Russia's Defense Ministry says Ukraine has until 5am on March 21 to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol, adding it'll let residents and troops who lay down arms leave. Anyone left behind "with the bandits" will "face a military tribunal." via RIA

Regarding that "hypersonic" missile, I think it's worth to take a bit of a step back. From what I've seen, the weapon in question, Kinzhal, is little more than a modified Iskander ballistic missile that has already seen plenty of use in Ukraine. Whilst Kinzhal is air-launched, requiring a specially modified MiG-31 as a launch platform, which can't really be good for availability, it is still in its flight profile a ballistic missile similar to the aforementioned Iskander. It only reaches its hypersonic speeds on the downward part of its ballistic trajectory, rather than in level flight, such as the Russian 3M22 Zircon or the Indian BrahMos missile. That also means that for the target, it doesn't really make much of a difference. Honestly, it's not really the game-changer the Kremlin has made it out to be. It's deadly, no doubt, but from what I've seen, there are only twenty MiG-31 that were modified to the MiG-31K standard and are able to launch Kinzhal in the Russian Air Force inventory.

Nothing to do with Russians in Israel. It's the fact that Russia is on Israel's border and controls the skies over Syria.

Interesting that you think Israel should deeply involve itself because the president is Jewish. Hypothetically, if he was Irish and Ireland had Russia on its border....would you be okay going gung-ho against the Russians?

The failure of the Americans was giving Syria to Russia. This has hobbled Israel with regards to any action against Russia.

Kyiv - The Tragic History of Ukraine's Capital - Mark Felton historian, done his piece on it a few hours ago