8 years old boy and 9 years old girl were killed as result of Russian missile strike in Dnipro city, fragments of bodies were extracted from the rubble
Poland has order for a number of Abrams which they are buying ,a few other nato countries might get some other's will get leopards and other vehicles
Will be an interesting next 24-48 hours with the election results.
No rush, they won't be able to use them for another 3 months.
once the counts come in from the ballot boxes in the far flung war ravaged areas it will be a tight result
I'm referring to how Putin will react if those areas are attacked.
What election results? Do we seriously think that the local Russian administration in these places have actually bothered to count any 'votes'???
This is simply Russia laying claim to all this territory to suit their domestic narrative.
We may as well declare tomorrow that we're annexing the six counties of Northern Ireland. That's about the sum of it.
Like kosovo?
As per the war that the regime has been engaged in since 24 Feb 2022.
Crimea was attacked many times and it has been in Russia proper for years
The west is dealing with a much more different Putin now than in the past.
only a few weeks ago Crimea was targeted by Ukrainian missiles, it had a sham referendum years ago -I meant and they haven't done much else that there usual when Crimea was targeted, what makes you think this sham referendum will induce a different reaction when those new additions to the empire are targeted? Putin is full of hot air sometimes
Naysayers on usa nord stream hit can you explain away biden and niland comments on questions about nord stream 2? Months ago?
They also have to be maintained in very specific ways As pointed out the precession of the detonation system is key or nuke not go boom. Sphere of explosives need to go off at the same time to compress the material equally. That was the largest hurdle in developing nukes by the Americans. Looking up project manhattan will give you a great idea on how technical it is. The warhead actually has a shelf life as the Radiation eventually wins. I would not want to open any storage area they keep them unless im in a 6ft thick wall box of lead. I think the issue is as I have said USA was happy to go along with Russia telling us they had x amount they needed an enemy on par or could not justify military spending.
Well, Ukraine currently has thousands of Russians trapped in Lyman so I guess we'll find out.
Hopefully at the very least, it completely overshadows tomorrow's grotesque pageant in Red Square.
When one is backed into a corner there is no way no knowing how they will react, especially when they're desperate.
lol what happened to the 3,829 Aircraft there supposed to have.
Would that be the Navy variant ?
Wonder how thick the coat will be this time 4 or 5 flack jackets on underneath it 🤔
Yeah seems logical, cut of the supply to Europe, make them reliant on US for gas.
It's extraordinary that the biggest country in the world has gone on a land grab. 17m square kilometres and 11 time zones.
Even war has humorous moments
Nah I wager the thing was built with a self destruct system in place. Did they not do that with the channel tunnel.
Yes, Nord Stream 2 was cancelled. All it took was a conversation amongst allies and they came to an agreed position without a single shot fired. Imagine being able to achieve goals through cooperation.
Polish foreign minister in an interview this evening said NATO will retaliate conventionally directly on Russia if Ruskies launch nukes.
Defcon level raised to 4 this evening although the defcon website is not affiliated with any military or government.
Clearly Russia are in a no win situation and Puty and his boys must know it. Question is what Puty will do, and if he doubles down, (which I expect), how will it go down in Russia.
Given the history of Russia and Ukraine I really can’t see the Russian people remaining mute if nukes are dropped on Ukraine. Would it be enough to trigger an ousting? Probably not. Could Puty launch a false flag to justify nukes? Most definitely.
In addition to calling their Russian military counterparts, America needs to be talking to the Chinese. Pressure from them could deter further escalation.
Been trying to think back to life in the 80s, did we ever have periods like this?
Doesn't make any sense destroying your only leverage, none whatsoever
Seleucid empire & Napoleon Bonaparte's French empire are but two examples of empires that collapsed soon after an over expansion, Putin knows Russia will collapse as soon as it stops expanding also, its a paradox
Does threatening nuclear war constantly ? This thread has been pretty correct from the outset and I believe like others it's a scorched earth policy for the next person that gets in. The leader may f*ok off to NK and retire before he's taken out.
You could argue that Nazi Germany was another such example of crazy and doomed expansionism, though a very short lived one - the regime lasted only 12 years and Hitler had only been in power for five or six years when the annexations and invasions started.
I think the nuclear power plants releasing radioactive material by "accident" is what Russia will do. They will then deny deny deny
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