It seems to me that if Poland feels a need to get involved, then the best time would be before Kyiv is defeated.
Blondie must be feeling left out, she usually gets invited to all the gigs.
Even the missiles that launch the warheads need regular maintainance, like replacing the batteries that run the electronics. With my experience with electrolytic capacitors expiring rapidly, I wouldn't be surprised if the electronics need refurbishing every couple of decades also.
Back in the 80s I worked for the UK MoD calibrating batteries from Swingfire missiles (amongst others). Happy days, an' all that 🤣
I don't think it's incorrect
The Poles. Poland has offered significant support to Ukraine over the past year in terms of providing a conduit for supplies from other states, supplying their own armaments, taking refugees etc. They're also the most likely to step in with direct military assistance and that is beginning to look increasingly likely.
The next batch of scumbags grateful to the serial killer for rape has been identified, writes Mariupol mayor's adviser Piotr Andryushchenko.
On video from Nevsky
1. Lotkova Ekaterina, lived at Mashinostroitelnaya 88, in the background is her husband, Lotkov Dmitry (2), during the war and the bombings, they looted the chicken shop. The man who shows the apartment is Lotkov's father (3) Bondarenko Alexey, nicknamed Chemist. A friend of the Lotkovys.
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That Tweet you quoted is incorrect.
The people that Putin met have already been identified by the Ukrainians as local collaborators.
Ukraine air chief: my best pilots are dying while we wait for F-16s
General Serhii Holubtsov says his men can learn to fly western jets in months, dismissing Nato claims that training could take years
An American assessment of Ukrainian fighter pilots has revealed they would be ready to fly F-16 jets after fewer than six months of training, their commander has told The Times.
In his first interview since President Putin’s tanks crossed the border last year, General Serhii Holubtsov, chief of aviation of Ukraine’s air force, said that two of his pilots had returned to the country last week after a rigorous assessment by the US military.
“They spent three weeks there and were trained on an F-16 simulator how to fly together as two pilots using weapons. The results came out very good: Ukrainian pilots can learn to fly and operate weapons systems on the F-16 in less than six months,” he said.
Whoops, there goes that take too long to train argument. Biden has generally been fairly good, but I agree with the Republicans who have accused him of having no clear goal or strategy. I remain convinced he doesn't want Ukraine to win, the aid has been provided far to slowly and in a miserly dribble with all sort of stupid excuses trotted out to justify it. I no longer think Ukraine can win with what it's got and with what weapons have been provided and promised.
There are numerous opinions that their military has just lost way too many of their most experienced and best troops. You can see this in Bakhmut. they just lost another very experienced and highly regarded medic a day or so ago. If the Orcs are losing 500 a day killed in Bakhmut, Ukraine must be losing 71 killed and likely 210+ wounded. In just one month that's 2143 killed and 7200 wounded. Thats over 9,000 a month. I am fairly certain that the rate of mobilisation and training can't remotely counter that.
I thought for a while the Bradleys might be enough to swing, it, but no more. They need a significant edge and it's not being provided. The Czech president, who's a former general, Petr Pavel is likely right about Ukraine having one shot and fatigue setting in.
Biden needs to either stop the pretence or ramp things up and enable the supply of far more weapons, stop lying about secrets falling into the wrong hands, and enable the provision of significant air power and weapons that go with that.
Air power has been the cornerstone of every US engagement since the Gulf War. Biden needs to ask himself is supplying Ukraine with air power more dangerous than Ukraine failing, the Orcs winning and Poland then trying to fix the mess he caused?
The usual's will be on in a moment to deflect but...
The above posts are true, unfortunately. However what's more unfortunate - this is where the tankies will want to practice their ridicule - is the cause of the war is muscovy imperialism. That doesn't require putrid, any dictator that believes in that imperialism will still meddle with and invade neighbouring countries. I believe unless muscovy is resolutely defeated on the battlefield we'll see much worse than putrid - which isn't a statement standing up for him. Remember the borders of muscovy stop nowhere. Still, today is the cheapest day ever to put a stop to this empire. "War fatigue" will result in witnessing larger wars. Has anyone experienced a bully stopping because they gained something from nothing?
So who did putard meet in Mariupol locals they say,
Locals Russian military who have all previously been photographed with him of course.
There is no reason to think it was a double.
Not that it has any relevance either way.
Russia is still an Empire, it doesn't just think it is.
That's an important distinction.
The peak of Russian Imperial power was manifest in the Soviet Union, no doubt there.
There are a lot of nations and tribes in the Russian State.
You are right to wonder. Technically I understand that a nuclear weapon is not like a Mk82 or a landmine that can simply be stored for decades and then pulled out and it will just likely work. They have a shelf life as the electronics and stuff get fried and degraded by the radiation and the all important chemical explosives used to push the radioactive bits together rapidly also degrade relatively quickly. Nuclear warheads have a shelf-life and need to be refurbished extensively every couple of decades. The cost is enormous.
Given there doesn't appear to be any area in which military funds haven't been syphoned off via corruption, I doubt the Orc nuclear arsenal has suffered any less.
When Biden was in Kyiv, it was suggested Putrid ordered a test firing of a Satan nuclear missile and that it failed. Some months ago when they sent that big nuclear sub north to test the Neptune 'doomsday' torpedo, that test failed also.
I strongly suspect Putrid's big red button is looking more a sickly shade of yellow these days.
Yeah true if they have to find the money they will. Just hopefully it's something that doesn't happen and its not something Ukraine have to worry about.
I don't recall the US being unable to maintain their occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan during and after the 2008 recession. Obama did pull forces out of Iraq, but downscaling the number of deployed troops was a campaign promise.
Suffice it to say that if the US has the political will to back Ukraine, they will find the money. It always seems to be the way in war. It just so happens that backing Ukraine against Russia is a military policy of the US's I agree with, as opposed to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
A lot would a hell of a lot more would you are right there.
If they lose 44 million come to Europe as refugees...
Hopefully Ukraine can do the job over the next few months.
Things could change outside anyone's control in regards to supplying Ukraine with money and military equipment etc. Just look what is happening in regards a few banks and the jitters that is causing there. If and I say big If like the bank financial crisis back in 2008 if that happened again or anything like that you would see countries maybe not giving as much help as they are at the moment.
You can only laugh that China is going to "discuss" a peace deal for Ukraine with Russia
The axis of evil discussing a deal together when Russia started the war
I would agree with that too. My thinking was that if the threat of Nukes was gone, then it's more likely for a conventional NATO force to roll in and use their conventional weapons to defeat the Russians.
if I remember correctly, Putin was told that his military would be destroyed using conventional weapons, not nuclear.
Did someone suggest that Russia would threaten to nuke the Hague recently,,,,
Mr Medvedev says hi .....
That is all wishful thinking on your part. Sit back and relax in your comfy chair.
And that's assuming the Russian Federation even has a functional Nuclear arsenal anymore.
I can fully imagine an oligarc being given the billions of rubles needed to keep such a complex operation going, and then out of the corner of his eye spot the price tag of with the Super-Yacht we wanted to buy, so that he could sail to Monaco with his trouphy wife....and mistresses....while taking a break from the huge dacha he built with the money that was earmarked for the Armata tank-system.
All the while,he saved a few Kopecks to throw at the old Soviet closed cities, to keep them closed with poorly paid troops and decades old bureacracy. But within those cities are the missle silos, with missles left to rot...just like the Buran shuttles. But the appearance of the Nukes remain. Russia still appears to be armed with them.
I feel that if any of the above matches reality, and the world finds out...all bets are off. A confirmed non-Nuclear Russia is toast in any fight with NATO.
There's a post on here showing a Ukrainian soldier in a trench saying " Thank God, they are so stupid!!! Or as I have heard said, " if only they had half a brain, they might get dangerous"
And what will happen to Russia then if it does that? Shortly after Russia itself would glow so green, you would think that they were still celebrating St Patricks Day....Actually no, thats nit what would happen, but Russia have been guaranteed that if they resort to any kind of use of nuclear weapons / Dirty Bomb. their military will be annihilated, using conventional weapons. Plus nearly every other Country in the world ( inc. China) would turn against them ( Nth Korea being a possible exception,) If Putin could have used an atomic weapon ( even a so called "limited yield bomb) and gotten away with it, he'd have done it before now, given all the Russian Red Lines that have been crossed.
Its all about Cowardly Putins personal safety. While his lookalike is parading around in the public eye, risking his life, Putin is safe and sound in his luxurious suite in the Kremlin (or where ever he is now) far from covid or similarly infected people, or an assassination attempt.
I am curious as to why Biden would get approval for $100m to fund the training of Ukrainian pilots when it's seemingly never had any intention of supplying them with planes?
And that was 9 months ago.
Exactly. It's utterly pointless discussing particular public appearences (was it a double or not!) unless there's firm proof and not something reputable/serious media would bother with I think. It is similar to the speculations on Putin's health.
Anyway Mariupol seems to be quite important to him/the regime + they are using it as a propaganda showcase for their invasion + "Russifying" occupied Ukraine.
They paint a picture of a massively expensive campaign conducted by Russia to win over the hearts and minds of the people of Mariupol, and rebuild a city damaged beyond recognition by Russia's own troops. The purpose of this campaign is to assimilate Mariupol and make it Russia's own.
Hence the publicised visit by Putin whether a double was used or not, or what parts of it are faked or distorted. Political leadership in totalitarian dictatorships (pretty much what Russia has morphed into now) just operate on secrecy and lies, it makes it impossible to trust anything that comes out.
I'm sure that's going to go down well, particularly with the sanctions and the state not providing replacements.
I would of thought if it was not him and it was a double one of the West's intelligence agencies would of came out and said it wasn't him. I'm sure it would of been great PR if Biden was out in the white house Lawn informing the media that it wasn't him. That's why I believe it was him as if it wasn't the above is exactly what would of happened. I say Putin came out of his lair to say screw the warrant that was just issued to him. I think if Western intelligence agencies say it wasn't him I would believe then it wasn't but since they haven't then I believe it was him. I know everyone is looking at different pics of him during it but western intelligence agencies would have teams looking at same with high powered computers checking same out. If they could shovel more **** onto putin they would and especially in this case they would love to but so far nothing and I don't think we will be told otherwise as sadly him.
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