Russia is years behind the west in almost everything that matters, average income, technology, population growth, life expectancy, health, education, levels of corruption etc. etc. And now they are clearly demonstrating to the world how inept their military are. The only excuse their military might have had is that their weapons are sub standard.
It won't change a thing Nato hasn't changed a thing in decades,the best thing that could happen to Nato is for the US to pull back and tell the Europe you need to lead by example and stop expecting us to spend to protect Europe,
It's like our defense approach we don't need to spend anything sure the yanks will come and save us
Lets talk in 2024,and see what the situation is with Russia and China
Exactly,its as much psycological warfare as it is direct
And with the lies and promises these young men have been given from their Russian commanders and leadership in Kremlin,,only to see Ukrainan soldiers overunning your trenches full of hatred,isnt a situation you want to be in,to late to regret then.
And one advantage Ukraine have,they know their enemy and they know themselves and what they fight for.
I expect that when the main Ukrainian offensive comes it will be like kicking in a rotten door.
Some Russian lads in Bakhmut are about to have a really bad night.
Won't change anything..
We will get a commitment to 2% but not in any binding way,and back to square one
I do like the idea of the Russians getting profoundly nervous right about now. There's power just in the psychological boogeyman of an AFU counter-attack. In fact, I think it's a concept you could take right out of Sun Tzu's Art of War about terrifying the enemy with the very idea of a devastating offensive and watch them fall into disarray. If the Russians did not believe that Ukraine had some serious offensive power, they would be committing so much time to putting these defences together. So many of these hundreds of thousands of conscripts brought into the Russian military may not have been handed a gun and told to fight, but rather handed a shovel and told to go dig.
When Russia denies it,its happening
Looking for weak spots in the defenses,before the big one comes
Or it could be deception to fool the russians that an attack comes there,while they attack somewhere else
That would make my day for sure if that happens
Could you imagine the humiliation
Hint hint Russia invaded Ukraine?a more agressive Russia
And China
They really are the most dramatic. All we've seen so far are a handful of very small scale Ukrainian raids.
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Will be following this development with great interest. I'd like to think the AFU could do something like this as a taster, to put the willies up the Russians. I'd absolutely love to see Prigozhin get caught out and end up encircled and abandoned by Russian high command. That would be pure karma.
Speaking of panic...
The last comment... priceless.
Russian milbloggers starting to panic
aye. Thats the bridge. On one side Estland on the orher side Orcland
Yawwwwwn
Which they are still talking about the wording Which means that the 2% won't change because the majority have absolutely reneged to spend that so there is zero chance they would even agree to a single % increase in spending commitments ,if they haven't managed to spend the 2% whats makes you think that they would suddenly agree to spend more ,
There is no sanction to not meeting spending targets or obligations so unless there's a sudden change that all 30 members agree to , nothing will come of it ,
Is it 2024 yet?
And Instead of changing the 2 percent, I think we should move from regarding the 2 percent as a ceiling to toward the 2 percent of GDP as a floor and minimum,” Stoltenberg said. He added that this should not be “a long-term perspective or move towards,” but rather “an immediate commitment to spend 2 percent as a minimum.”
Yes they are
That's being the case since day one,but yet the majority of members do not meet the target of 2% spending,
So yes nothing has changed and likely won't
He got sick in Moscow apparently... probably poisoned. The bandage on his hand is probably from having an IV, or from having blood drawn.
Lol yeah the shorter the trip the better
flight? Thats Narva, all that needs to be done is him to be kicked over that bridge and hes in his Vaterland
Weeks more likely, I only pop back here every so often. The dynamics of the thread changing often, along with the people in it. You're the only real constant. It's refreshing seeing your understanding of the entire situation being seen by others for what it really is though, nonsense. Poor Gatling has fallen from his throne.
The last two pages alone have you making a fool of yourself with incorrect info, which is completely fine, but you stand over your nonsense everytime it comes to a real correction.
Can you read?committ to spending at least 2% of their GDP on defense by set date,thats 2024?
At same time, reports of Russians pushing hard around Avdiivka today
Taking of kamyanka was confirmed & geolocated from a few days ago..
MoD prioritising this and leaving wagner out to dry maybe. It would suit the Kremlin alright
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