No they are not, no gas was flowing through it so no income. It is simple, a false flag operation to try and blame USA and bring the Russian people in behind him. The Russian people rising up and overthrowing him is his biggest fear
Looking at more videos of the barracks the Russians are mobilising to for training and having the lols.
They don't even have running toilets or water. They obviously won't be doing training with equipment because there is none left over.
They'll basically just run the socks off them, give them a quick show and tell of how to use equipment (if they are lucky) and by the time they get to Ukraine in a few weeks they'll be absolutely mentally broken and worn out. BEFORE they get to Ukraine 🤣
They obviously had a mobilization contingency already in place, like most places do. But it seems like the places they were to go to have been abandoned for years.
They're losing a lot of cash from Europe will the stream been destroyed, just doesn't add up that he would do it himself imo
According to Russian sources, Ukrainian forces are attempting to break through between Yampil and Tortske.
According to Liveuamaps, there's only one road in the area that is capable of cutting the Russian forces. If Ukraine actually take Yampil, or by-pass most of it (blue line) as the map suggests, then the Russians (red line) at Lyman can be cut off.
Both Russians and Ukrainians have made a lot of noise about encirclements, or cauldrons. But so far neither side have been actually able to execute a complete encirclement without the other side withdrawing.
Do the Russians withdraw from Lyman while they still can, or do they try to dig in and fight, but risk being cut off. Seems like we will find out in the next 48 hours.
It's already been done, read back through the thread from earlier today.
Well it was up in the Norwegian goverment to ban taking in Russians,Finland have made it allready,so i guess the rest will follow
LOL-
Think of it like Cortes and burning the ships.
If Putin was afraid of anyone getting jittery and wanting to oust him and pull out of Ukraine and turn the gas back on, that's off the table now.
If it was Putin who blew the pipes, it could very well be a 'there's no going back moment'
I think the nuclear power plants releasing radioactive material by "accident" is what Russia will do. They will then deny deny deny
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.
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.
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
Doesn't make any sense destroying your only leverage, none whatsoever
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?
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.
Nah I wager the thing was built with a self destruct system in place. Did they not do that with the channel tunnel.
Even war has humorous moments
It's extraordinary that the biggest country in the world has gone on a land grab. 17m square kilometres and 11 time zones.
Yeah seems logical, cut of the supply to Europe, make them reliant on US for gas.
Wonder how thick the coat will be this time 4 or 5 flack jackets on underneath it 🤔
Would that be the Navy variant ?
lol what happened to the 3,829 Aircraft there supposed to have.
When one is backed into a corner there is no way no knowing how they will react, especially when they're desperate.
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.
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.
Naysayers on usa nord stream hit can you explain away biden and niland comments on questions about nord stream 2? Months ago?
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
The west is dealing with a much more different Putin now than in the past.
Crimea was attacked many times and it has been in Russia proper for years
As per the war that the regime has been engaged in since 24 Feb 2022.
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