Better be careful using such words as ‘ret@rded’ the mods will have you banned or disciplined despite how apt a description it is
He could send them, the question is would they go?
It's an attack on their closest ally , which would make them even more predictable,
Ah go away - that was the late 19th century. Completely different era.
Blackbird wore it better.
I got to admit the casual use of the phrase 'annexation' by the American's annoys me. I am not denying what Putin is doing is nothing more than a pretence.
But there seems to be short memories on the moral high ground of the 'good ole' US of A. No irony in how their own country was created whatsoever, even their 50th state was an 'annexation'.
I have no doubt it was the plan near the start to go in the Oafs head, but if intelligence is to be believed the military command told him to do one.
They had to guard their own railway networks in March because Belarusian Railway workers were blowing them up to hinder Russian troop movements.
Absolute heroes.
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A non window attack
There's really only one gullible poster pushing the Lukashenko line here, I think the rest of us are in agreement about the issue.
So basically you're admitting you're in the same category as the people you yourself attack, just regarding different issues
Some very basic logic needs to be employed here. When Russian forces were threatening Kyiv and looked like they have a good shot at victory, Belarus could have provided a significant impetus to their operations and yet they remained on the sidelines (despite at certain points suggesting they were about to attack). Lapdogs like Lukashenko leap at that kind of opportunity - he simply has too many domestic problems to make it a realistic option. To do so now would be pure insanity.
They made a more informed post that there is no issue at the NPP.
If Belarus enters the war they must be destroyed by America/nato. Attacking Belarus is not an attack on Russia. Attack them.
National nuclear plants operator Energoatom denies information about fire at 2nd unit of Zaporizhzhia power plant
there is an issue in Zaporizhzhia!
Lukashenko will do whatever keeps him in power. Nothing else. He knows the hangman is always right over his shoulder.
Absolutely.
"Even those people who are for this regime (and) allies of Lukashenko, they are against the war in Ukraine."
Thanks. I just hope the Russians are as slow in reacting to their 99% ballots as we have been in following up on the Seanad electorate amendment.
No immediate response I’d say
Half the army and the reservists would be doing the same cross country running we saw in recent days too if it came to it.
Nothing in it for Lukashenko to invade Ukraine, everything to lose though.
Not going to happen, instilling yourself in a campaign that can't be won would be next level stupid.
Ukrainians are on another level.
Lukashenko is a moron but he's wily enough not to shoot himself in the foot by sending his forces abroad to fight a very dangerous opponent.
Like all dictators, Lukashenko's #1 policy is staying in power. Everything should be viewed though that lens.
There were persistent mass protests all over the country, only two years ago, the likes of which have never been seen in Putin's Russia. Those people haven't gone away and they certainly haven't changed their mind about Lukashenko. He's not going to weaken his hand and allow them to pop back up.
At this stage he's basically functioning as an emotional support dog for Putin.
‼️In Crimea, Russian troops have redeployed after a series of explosions
▪️After a series of explosions in the annexed Crimea, the Russian military relocated part of the personnel of the Russian Black Sea Fleet to Novorossiysk, and also distributed the aviation that was in Crimea to airfields on the territory of Russia. The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitsky, reported this in Krym.Realiya.
"Measures were carried out in the Black Sea Fleet, those personnel who are not directly involved and have auxiliary functions, were relocated from the military headquarters to Novorossiysk. We do not rule out that some warships and supply ships will be moved from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk as well. To avoid getting hit. As for the movements, the grouping in Crimea has not changed on the Crimean peninsula, apart from the fact that aviation has been redeployed, its concentration on airfields of the Russian Federation, air defense has been strengthened due to the transfer of additional air defense forces and means," Vadim Skibitskyi said
Ukraine seem to be responding to Orc threats as you would expect - giving them the finger.
@Gregor Samsa The "realm of possibility" is so broad that there's really not much point in spending time out on its fringes.
Much like the talk of nukes and WMDs but yet it's still being talked about on a daily basis on here
62,000 plus another 320,000 + reservists on top of the several thousands Russian forces who are both making sure he stays in power and launch attacks on ukraine.
He could send tens of thousands while keeping the bulk of his 60,000 military forces at home
If they were going to enter at any stage it would have been under the guise of "peace keepers" or some shít after Putin took the whole of Ukraine in 3 days.
That ship has long sailed, if NATO doesn't bomb them back to the 70s, Ukraine will probably be given the tools to do it.
Lukashenko is an absolute oaf, but he is not completely retarded.
Anyway the weaker Russia becomes the more chance he has of removing himself from Putins hole, although he seems comfy up there.
The reality is, stark or otherwise, there is no way Ukraine will be "allowed" lose this war, we have crossed that line, too much at stake now.
Why though? And at what cost to them? Unlike Russia, Belarus is full of people actively wanting to overthrow their dictator, and the only thing stopping them is the armed forces. Belarus needs its army firmly inside its borders. And it's an army that's only manned and equipped to quell domestic strife, and project a limited aura of territorial defense. Despite giving their territory to Russia to launch the initial invasion, they didn't join in even when there was the assumption of decisive victory. Why would Lukashenko jump in now with an unprepared, unequipped, under-staffed army to join a losing side in a very unpopular war (domestically) and leave your entire regime exposed to real threat, not to mention the country itself if this does escalate further?
The "realm of possibility" is so broad that there's really not much point in spending time out on its fringes.
"In Dagestan, a father blew himself up together with the policemen who wanted to mobilize his son."
There is an utterly graphic and astonishing video of them exploding.
Tragic, but it's the sort of resistance needed to have any chance at regime change.
The active armed forces of Belarus number 62,000. Think it is fair to suspect their reservists are about as useful as Russian ones.
They are not supplying 100k troops to do anything. It is a nonsense suggestion. Why on Earth would they enter the war when Russia is losing?
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But it's not beyond the realm of possibility,
Belarus could still enter the war at any stage,
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