Russia - threadbanned users in OP

If this leak is true, really shows that Putin got carried away with how the situation would unfold

Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped that the invasion of Ukraine in February of last year would bring NATO to heel and result in a no-fly zone declared over Poland and the Baltic states, leaked documents from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) show.

The leaked documents come from a source known as Wind of Change and were reportedly sent to Russian human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, The Sun reported.

Putin imagined that after the invasion of Ukraine, an ultimatum would be issued to the West to accept Russia’s occupation of the country and that a no-fly zone would be declared over Poland and the Baltic states.

After that, Russia’s “nuclear triad” of land, air and submarine “would be activated”, leading to the “withdrawal of several countries from NATO” and possibly the European Union, the source said. It added that many Western countries would be so terrified that they would even accept rocket attacks on Poland or the Baltic countries.

All of this would cause a “fundamental collapse of the West within the time allotted (by Putin) after the ultimatum was issued”. Putin expected Western countries to issue “separate appeals to Russia that they are not conducting aggressive actions against Russia and are not part of the possible war”.

At the end of the day, Russia would regain power comparable to the former Soviet Union, which would allow Russia to take political control of a number of countries that were part of the USSR, whereas NATO as an integral structure would cease to exist.

“It’s pretty plausible” Putin had such plans before he started the war in Ukraine, Keir Giles, a Russia expert at the foreign policy think-tank Chatham House, quoted by The Sun, has said.

“One of the reasons why Putin’s invasion of Ukraine took so many in the West by surprise was because it made no sense – unless you were within Putin’s mind,” he added.

No .

Currently Two Ukrainian pilots are getting simulator time to evaluate whether going forward Ukrainian pilots will be suitable for future training,

There is plans to train some pilots in the UK only the UK has already said they won't be sending them aircraft,

No real point training a pilot or pilots for aircraft they may never actually get to fly .

That's absolutely bonkers. If any of that is true then he was getting high on his own supply. Main-lining those crazy talk shows.

British defense and security think-tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) conducted forensic analysis on a selection of Russian weapons captured in Ukraine, and published a report on the use of Western components in them: https://static.rusi.org/RUSI-Silicon-Lifeline-final-updated-web_1.pdf

An excerpt:

The data sheets for the MPXV5004DP, MPXV5010DP and MPXV5010GP pressure sensors specifically mention their use in washing machines: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/MPX5010.pdf https://datasheet.ciiva.com/26929/mpxv5004dp-26929478.pdf

From this evidence alone, it's not possible to say that Russia are scavenging such sensors from washing machines, but it's clear that some of their weapons and some washing machines do share identical components.

Captain Mainwaring's auld shovel & Bazooka launcher! 🤣

Some people just aren't very good at planning for the future and thinking ahead.

Horrific

Unfortunately, a few days ago I saw a video of Ukrainians doing the same thing to a surrendering Wagner, lying on his stomach and hands behind his head. He was asked a question, the gunman didn't like his reply and fired about the same number of rounds into his head.

Unfortunately the majority of comments were along the lines of the Geneva convention not applying to mercenaries, so it was OK. That clip of yours shows just why it's not OK, based on the principle of do unto others...

Some russian comments,nothing less than you'd expect now.

Horrible people.

Good for digging the enemy out of a defensive position, no doubt.

(I'll get my coat...)

The facts on the ground are that the Ukrainians have found chips from western white goods in Russian military hardware. There are also suspicious increases in sales figures of white goods to states allied with Russia.

Trump is a moron.

Stating the obvious I know..