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We do love our dodgy memes...

Israel have rejected a request from Ukraine to provide air defences.

More HIMARS on their way.

Probably concerned that their tech goes missing and information related to their tech falls into the wrong hands

Rather than waiting for air defenses give the the ability to hit Russian infrastructure in return,

A news blackout in southern Ukraine means "something big is going on", military expert Professor Michael Clarke has told Sky News.

Pity he doesn't expand a bit more on what the "something big" could be.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-latest-news-putin-bombs-energy-facilities-across-ukraine-as-30-of-power-stations-wiped-out-12541713

telegraph it why don't your Sly News

He's hammering them day and night as it is ,

Let's not suggest Ukraine hits them back putin might escalate.....

This is a war ,morality doesn't come into it ,

This utter crap oh were with you ukraine in your struggles but if you's hit Moscow we're withdrawing all support....

Whats the point, other than the hope Ukraine surrenders and gives into all of his demands

There are subtle rules and levels to everything that's going on.

If Ukraine starts systematically launching missiles into Russia that gives Putin everything he needs, suddenly Russia is under attack from NATO, the Motherland, this is no longer an operation but all out war to protect the Russian way of life, all options on the table, everything must be mobilised to defend Russia, a million men, nuclear weapons.

Unfortunately it can get a whole lot worse. The Ukrainians know this, they know Putin and the Russians better than any of us, hence they are being smart about it.

Not a chance. The ties between Russia and Israel are too strong to allow Russia to arm Iran with nuclear weapons. Iran's main reason for wanting nuclear arms is to counter Israel's possession of them. And even if Russia pivoted totally away from Israel and properly towards Iran, there's no way Israel is going to let Iran develop nuclear weapons. And Israel isn't a country that solely relies on sanctions and diplomacy to get what it wants.

Now I know that Russia are effectively fighting on the same side as Iranian backed militias in Syria, but up until now, Israel and Russian have managed to keep that from getting between them. Russia is playing a dangerous game in courting Iranian support, and this is exactly what Ukraine is exploiting in asking Israel for air defense systems. Ukraine knows full well that they won't get them, but in publicly asking for them, they're shining a spotlight on the fact that Russia isn't acting like Israel's friend in cozying up to their mortal enemy. If Russia keeps going down this path, the pressure on Israel to abandon Russia is going to be immense. And very difficult, given that Israel has one of the biggest Russian-speaking populations outside of the post-Soviet countries.

I imagine the problem with bombing Moscow is that it would be 'perceived' as stooping to the (very low) level of the Russians.

It's interesting also that the legions of Putin bots have been unable to explain how a supposedly neo-Nazi government in Kyiv haven't once targeted Russian civilians.

Thats a good point. I might focus on that over the coming days. Thanks for the suggestion..

Given the amount of -gathering assets concentrating on the Moldova border today, I would tend to agree. Something is focussing their attention on the region.