It doesnt matter what the majority wants, as long as the poll results says they "do"
Of course it will and 300% of the population of Belarus will vote yes rejoin Russia And the Russians will tell us of course it's not unusual for Russians to vote in a (bela) Russian referendum,
And people will come on here to tell us all about legitimate Democracy is what Russia is all about
Well that wont be a legal referendum,i cant imagine majority of Belarus wants to even go close to Russia after seeing what they have done in Ukraine
This report leads to a damning implication. RU has potentially nearly exhausted its immediately operable reserves of T-64s, T-72s, T-80s, and T-90s. Frankly, there is absolutely no reason to deploy a T-62 if you have access to a more modern T-64, T-72, T-80, or T-90.
There's no way the Belarussian public would be okay with this - Putin is probably strongly disliked at the moment.
Perhaps Moscow wants to stop the Banking Tourism by its citizens in order to comply with the sanctions imposed on them.
Has anyone told Belarus? 😁
Bit like saying the UK is planning a referendum to absorb Ireland back into its bosom.
I think they formed a loosely defined «Union State» a while ago which sort of made it look like they were going this way. Geo-politically Belarus is barely independent from the Kremlin anyway. Might as well make it official.
I do have hopes that Belarus can “pull a Ukraine” and also get themselves away form this Russian stupidity to join the rest of the world. There appeared to be some appetite of change (which triggered crackdowns and the joinking of a Ryanair from the sky).
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Looks like nuvorussia is the next plan
It could very well be true, but until we get some sort of confirmation from someone on the other side, I'm not going to start basing assumptions on how things will play out around it.
That would just be typical NATO expansionism adding to the border between Russia and NATO.
I suggested that this would possibly happen Belarus apparently are going back to Russia
I find it hard to believe the head of UA intel. would say something like that if there was not some truth in it.
Clearly inspired back into the skies by the Top Gun remake...
I'd like all that to be true about Putin. At the very least, it would go some way to explaining this folly he has embarked upon, but all the word about this seems to only be coming out of Ukraine so far. If someone close to Putin is willing to go on record at some point and say the same, that's when it gets really juicy.
There is some utility in Ukraine claiming that Putin's sick, even if he's not. Putin hates looking weak in the eyes of others for one thing, but, also, getting that rumour to Russia and getting people talking there serves to erode public trust in Putin.
Well, talk about stating the obvious. I just wish someone in Moscow got on with it and retired the madputin.
Plan A.
Our great grand parents and further back knew all about that in this country.
Absolutely not to the last line, but I don't think that Putin wants that either. I would say he wants a world of laws more rigid than they are now, but laws which, crucially, benefit mainly him and serve to increase his power. Attempting to tear up the current order and current set of rules would just be a stepping stone to this final objective.
To the point, and a very good point at that.
Ukraine says No!
Wrong. The US said they would not be providing the planes or replacements to Poland. They didn't 'refuse to allow.'
If Poland decided to supply planes to Ukraine in the morning, then that would be Poland's decision, and Poland's alone.
I'd be very suspicious of the motivations for his current intervention and wonder if he is up to something i.e. doing the regime a favour (perhaps he has been in contact with Putin?). I don't see him as any sort of honest broker.
Reaper drones go to Ukraine? High Tension:America Most Lethal Drones Arrive To Ukraina - YouTube
But yet they are getting Patriot and harpoon missles , which means they can shoot down Russian aircraft over the blacksea and the east and sink their ships up to 100 -300 km away
40bn of what? The US refused to allow obsolete Polish MiG's be donated to Ukraine.
That was asymmetric warfare, in this case it isn't. Apples and oranges.
A small number of Russian troops around Kiev there was tens of thousands of Russians .
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Exactly. No one has explained the bit where Ukraine gets sophisticated modern weaponry in sufficient numbers needed to actually retake the swathes of the country that is under occupation.
This isn't like Kyiv where small concentrations of troops were badly over-extended while trying to maintain bad lines of communication. Russia is a lot better positioned in the east and south. They won't be withdrawing as easily as they did in Kyiv. Strolling into Russian controlled territory with a Javelin on your shoulder isn't going to cut it.
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