Crackers!
Your username says it all
"Satan" is the Western/NATO name for the missile, not the Russian name(which I can't recall). Though yeah, they are crackers. Let's go bless a weapon of mass murder of men women and kids. Vile moronic pricks with zero sense of irony or self awareness. Then again they praise a "loving god" that will send you to a burning pit of endless pain for all eternity with no chance of parole if you had a sneaky **** thinking of your neighbour's wife and didn't confess it to these cassocked ****. Those of a rreligious mania bent can be bad enough in warmer climes, but the further north you go it gets further weird in those long dark cold winter nights.
French cowardice shining bright there, when the Germans arrived they said take what you want and now he wants another country to do the same so he can get back to buying gas and oil off Russia
Not even that far back.
Free French government or Vichy.
I'm thinking Vichy.
Hope you or whoever you were visiting with have a much better outlook
The American's big nuclear firework in the Cold War was called the "Peacekeeper".
NATO names the Soviet-Russian equivalent(s) "Satan".
The most blatant and disgraceful display of Russophobia imo.
Macron is coming out with some really weird ideas this week. He also wants an 'association EU' or something with Ukraine and UK as members but with Ukraine not allowed into the EU. It all seems like daft, pie in the sky stuff. Thank goodness Biden is calling all the shots though.
The 80yr old beside him wasn't wearing a blanket so Putin must be in a jocker to blemish his hard man rep like that.
What's disgraceful about it? You suggest this 'phobia' is an irrational fear.
Not only has wariness of malign Russian intent proven rational, its proven to have been, in fact, too weak.
Would you kill the bear for fear it might strike again? Maybe not now but in the future?
What are the options here? It wasn't western intervention that destroyed Russian elite units to hamper their ability to wage war, it was Ukrainian resistance that pushed the bear in a corner. How can anybody in the west look at Ukraine and just say, you did well but you need to give ground just because Putin tried. The very minute the US and NATO gave weapons, there was simply no turning back. We all know the ramifications for not doing anything, looking at China and maybe North Korea in a few years.
And on top of all that Russia's ability to wage war is barbaric and frightening, a stones throw from Berlin. It drains the blood to think of what Putin and the FSB wanted to do should they have taken Kiev. Millions deported, imprisoned or forced conscription.
So as long as that bear is in the corner and confined to the Donbas, atrocities is not happening in Moldova, Georgia and Lithuania.
German panzerfaust 3 have found its way to the battlefield and made an impact
3 less t72b3 model 2016(upgraded) destroyed
6000 nukes, who cares. You might enjoy russian bondage but I doubt it's for the majority. Being held hostage out of a fear that exists in the mind. russia isn't the only state in possession of nuclear weapons. The art of brinkmanship needs to get an airing. Little dmitry in particular needs to be told to go **** himself.
Erdogan will be bought, he's an intelligent if distasteful political animal, he's likely after f15's or f35's
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Gotta love their sense of humour
The guy with nothing left to lose still keep forgetting about NATOs 6500 nuclear warheads ,that actually works and are maintained ,and have everything to lose
The point that many people seem to miss is that Snake Island will give Russia claims to territorial and economic waters in the Black Sea; alongside control of shipping lanes etc.
In particular it's likely to give them the ability to contest most or all of Ukraine's waters in the Black Sea if for example some sort of ceasefire were agreed with the borders as they now are; even without having taken Odessa or having proceeded down the coast beyond Mykolaiv:
It's also possible Russia, while occupying Snake Island, will try to re-open the dispute with Romania to use as additional political leverage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Delimitation_in_the_Black_Sea_case
So focusing on longer range air defence coverage is mostly missing the point; Russia doesn't really care too much if Ukraine can operate aircraft in the region of Snake Island beyond being able to defend the island itself from attack.
EDIT: Also as others have pointed out the value to Russia in terms of threatening the security of other nations beyond Ukraine is also important.
I mean in many cases cancer is difficult enough to diagnose given access to medical imaging, blood and cell tests etc. To suggest that someone can look at a person's face and diagnose them with terminal cancer is ridiculous.
Am I the only one who finds the constant rumours about Putin's health incredibly tiresome? Any one of the hundreds of senior Russian politicians or military officers who would potentially replace him are all cut from the same cloth; it doesn't really matter whether it's Putin pulling the strings or Medvedev or whoever.
NATO have approx 4000 warheads between all members.
Nato calls it a satan missile. Pretty sure russia calls it something else. That twitter poster knows that but is doing the twitter equivelent to thanks-whoring to a western audience.
Very difficult to diagnose cancer by a persons look per se, much easier to see the effects of the treatment, and Putin looks like he is being dosed with steroids, a common treatment either as part of a chemo regimen, or used alone in palliative treatment, commonly when tumor has spread to the brain.
Now there are other possible reasons for his appearance too, none are great
I cant see Russia holding on to Crimea after this is over let alone snake island.
Once they take the north and start pushing BTGs south the pressure will become too much and the Russians will fold.
Then they'll turn their artillery on Crimea and anything that's on it. It might be the reason they haven't blown the bridge. Give people an exit to leave before they launch their assault.
There was NO BLANKET, it was a special warming operation
250 mile range mentioned. Every ship in the Black sea and all targets in occupied area is toast.
I’d say Mikhail is just frustrated by the Russian Orthodox Church’s support for Putin.
Shur maybe he was eating a sandwich and didn’t want crumbs on his $10000 trousers.
Sarmat missile.
I love the optimism @threeball , but Crimea is a historically tough nut to crack, and something the Russians know they can’t afford to lose (safe bet Ukraine wouldn’t want to renew the lease deal on Russian military ports there if they regain control.)
It would take a total collapse of the Russian military and/or some deal that peacefully handed the peninsula back to Kyiv for it to happen. Not impossible for sure, but I can see a fight for Crimea to be extremely tough, even after blowing up the bridge to Russia.
Re the intentions of new ‘leader’ post Putin . SpShe/ he can adapt three main approaches ie
(1) get even more aggressive including using nukes, gas, chemicals
(2) continues with the Putin approach
(3) end aggression at very first opportunity . Would have plenty of reasons for doing so . Eg blame Putin for what has happened;. New leader realises that it makes more sense to have a good relationship with the west - may take some time but one has to start somewhere; New leader realises that NATO has never invaded another soverign state - its into defence of members being attacked - but Russia is the only state that is into nakedly grabbing land eg Georgia, Moldavia and now attempting it in Ukraine.
SO WE WILL HAVETOWAIT ANd SEE
Looks like the battle of Kharkiv could be over soon. That would be a huge victory and free up troops for other offensives in the Donbas region. A total collapse of Russian military forces in Ukraine could happen suddenly at some point.
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