There was a professor giving an interview this about china's roles in Ukraine and Zelenskys call with xi ping yesterday said the Chinese peace plan was wishful but he did go on to say Zelensky now supported the "One China policy" ,
I'd say those terms, specifically the 1991 borders and NATO membership are just going to guarantee war goes on longer. More likely a decapitation strike happens if this is the only absolute peace conditions imo.
The inescapable reality is that being in the border of one of the worlds most powerful nations you can't dictate to them, especially with a civil war going on and a hostile coup in the recent past. It's just not being realistic. So here we are.
I actually would bet Ukraine will never see it's pre 2022 borders again. Ultimately it'll be a case of how much they keep in inevitable negotiations.
Whats a decapitation strike exactly
Ukraine already had a deal like that with Russia, it was called the Budapest Agreement. Russia repeatedly violated it as soon as Ukraine started negotiations on EU (not NATO) deals.
There is no true peace that rewards aggression and leaves the victim vulnerable to further assaults.
True peace means NATO membership on the table for Ukraine.
And it is Russia that has forced that situation, forced Ukraine into NATO, by being unwilling to tolerate a neutral independent and sovereign EU aligned country on its border. Finland and Sweden have realised Russia has changed the rules of the game since post WW2 USSR time, and sought to join NATO accordingly.
Nobody is dictating to Russia. Nobody is dictating to them how they must act within their own borders. Any legitimate Russian concerns about NATO expansion wrt Ukraine have already been dealt with through Budapest and the NATO-Russia Founding Act.
The West needs to move much faster on ammunition production, particularly for the Soviet era equipment that is still the majority of what Ukraine is using.
Nothing like a good assassination to start the day ..... 💣💥🧨 Now I can enjoy a nice brew of coffee
Peace is when the shooting stops and diplomacy takes over regardless of territory situation.
Dog whistle!
Russia probably are going to succeed in most of their objectives because big stick. Cold hard truth.
Top brass military and or government get hit hard, usually killing them. Could happen on either belligerent side bit Russia clearly has ability to strike deep into all of Ukraine.
So whats taken them the last 13 + months to decapitate the Ukrainian government exactly
That is not peace. It just replaces open warfare with ongoing insurgency against the occupying force.
Russia has set up fighting positions and bunkers at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, by the looks they are planning to try hold it in the coming counter offensive.......... On the anniversary on Chernobyl too
And before anyone mention sure they could just use HiMars , stop and don't.
No, they will have to wait until Putin marches on Paris......
Russias deputy defense minister was given the boot this morning (how mamy is that now ) the Butcher of Mariupol Mikhail miztinsev , one above all along side putin who should be dragged to the hague or the streets of Kiev
More fire in Moscow
I guarantee he wasn't given the boot for slaughtering all those people. Likely because it took him too long to do it.
They had 10 years free rein in Afghanistan fighting sandal clad Afghans, and yet could not hold it, and were kicked out. Since Feb 2022 they have been trying to take Ukraine, and have already sustained multiples of all the losses they suffered in the 10 years they were in Afghanistan. The financial cost of their "temporary" occupation of Afghanistan drove Russia to the brink of bankruptcy, same as their illegal occupation of Ukraine is doing now. Putin's madness will destroy the Russian Federation. Its already starting to crumble. Why do you think he has done the unthinkable, and cancelled the biggest celebration in the Russian calendar? The May Military Parade, celebrating the Great Patriotic War, where ( according to Putin) Russia single handedly defeated the German Nazi's. Nope, Putin will not take, never mind hold Ukraine.
Exactly,but he's going to be well rewarded for his efforts
good article with maps and visualizations of the Russians defenses identified from satellite imagery, as Ukraines counter offensive looms
The car at the end..
Doesn't look recent at all ,
Big if true 🤔
I'm relaxed thank you just calling out the BS when i see it.
A Washington Post article reported yesterday that the leaked Pentagon papers show that, while the sanctions against Russia have damaged its economy, the country will have sufficient economic resources to continue to wage war in Ukraine for at least another year. I'm not sure why this kind of basic information would be regarded as classified since deeper economic analysis has been widely available.
A more considered assessment below highlights the difficulties of measuring economic growth in Russia. It briefly explains Russia's attempts to bolster revenues from oil and gas - so critical to its public finances. It suggests serious economic difficulties by the end of this year and estimates a 20-25% decrease in personal disposable income of Russians by then. It warns, however, that the impact of sanctions will diminish in the longer term as western investments are replaced by inward investment from elsewhere and the brain drain is addressed with educated people from India and other countries.
The gullibility never ceases to amaze
More on the defensive positions russia has set up on the roof tops of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ,
They would be better bypassing the plant altogether until they can just cut off the Russians inside and starve them out
Would you chance overtaking!
The problem is Russia has been preparing for this for almost a decade.
When the sanctions after Crimea kicked in it hurt them bad, but since then have worked to cut as much reliance on European and American goods as possible. Producing mad things like Russian "champagne" and homegrown versions of protected cheeses (parmigiano, Gorgonzola, Brie) and labelled as such - much to ire of European producers of the real deal. A decade earlier would have been unthinkable that Russians would be self sufficient in anything at except for grain.
Russia have been prepping for the prospect of being cut off, so have fared far better than we hoped they would - but no nation is 100% self sufficient, and lack of high tech materials, precision engineered parts and other high value items is and will continue to hurt them badly.
When they cannot replenish their existing stock of a whole host of relatively complex goods: cars, computers, telecommunications equipment - and stuff starts to age and break.. then they will really feel the pinch
he cancelled the big parade? ah shite...was looking forward to watching them trying to tow their latest and greatest most super new tank..
I'm sure that you are not the only one. For sure, Putin is turning out to be a right disappointment to everyone.....
An ideal sniper environment for UKR to attack. Why would the UKr attack otherwise and risk a nuclear accident. But a sniper can pick off one at a time when a Moscovite raises his/her little. Sure they must come up for air now and again. Long term solution is to lay siege/ cut off supply lines
Or those small kamikaze drones like the one that took out that MANPAD crew a few pages back
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