Putin doesn't like journalists
I'm not even surprised
Yeah, That’s what I’ve read re Kallas recently as well.
I don’t rate von der Leyen at all, I think what that role needs is someone who sets the Fuehrer’s teeth on edge just thinking about them. Von der Leyen has such an annoyingly smiley head on her all the time.
Someone like Kallas or Iohannis is who I’d go for.
I'd like to see Estonia's Kaja Kallas get that job. However I would imagine that she is seen as too "pro escalation" for a lot of NATO members.
OMG
She was in Russia before the and made a show of herself I think putin would approve her appointment
Something is burning somewhere in occupied territory.
Looks like Bidens choice is Ursula von der Leyen , interesting choice but plenty of experience on the worlds political stage
Generally don't have a lot of faith in the telegraph and less so in tweets from most publications since its almost certainly clickbait. The Telegraph have a daily podcast on the war, about an hour long but generally decent quality. Don't find myself listening to a whole one of every day but you get a good headline/interview mix. Was genuinely surprised.
Would you be quick to believe that newspaper (Telegraph) though?
If there is anything in it (e.g. the core piece of information, that the US don't want Ben Wallace), it is more likely IMO the Biden admin. just dislike and mistrust the current UK leadership & incarnation of the Tory party.
The Conservatives have been fairly contemptuous of Biden/the Democrats and afair were openly hoping Trump would beat him in the election & help them out of their Brexit hole with trade "deals" etc. in a second term.
So given the history, would not be surprising if the US won't be doing them any favours (like backing their man for such a job).
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Stoltenberg is staying on. The poor man won’t be allowed to leave that post until there is some kind of resolution to the war, I reckon. (In interviews, he has seemed rather eager to finally leave and return to a less pressurised life - and who could blame him.) This is about the fourth extension of his term. I don’t like to see how controversial it seems to be inside NATO to find his successor.
Whether true or not, it’s hardly news at this stage.
Interesting, if true.
Terrible isn't it? All the more reason to support them to in time sweep the Russian invaders out, and help to cripple Russia financially. To promote regime change and the possibility of a new dawn for ordinary Russian plebs. I'm sure you agree.
As cynical as it is to say, as much as Trump and DeSantis has talked of removing American support for the war, the industrial military complex might object to having contracts and work taken away from them. They're a powerful lobby group, they would have words with the GOP about pulling America from the fight.
I have to record my after-attendance video from a conference I was at two weeks ago, but there was a briefing by a Ukrainian colonel.
One of the slides said "T-62 and T-55 are being used as assault guns. They are effective".
Which I think is perfectly reasonable. That Russia needs to dig into their reserves of such vehicles is an indicator that things are not going well for them, but that doesn't mean that they are bad things to have along for the fighting as it currently stands: Limited movement required, stupidly reliable and easy to fix, and a 100mm or 115mm high explosive round will ruin your day about as well as a 125mm HE round. An NLAW or Javelin has about the same chance of killing both old and new as well, so why not use them?
No but sinking every Russia navy ship in a few days would be doable.
I think he'll be willing to take the risk, call the West's bluff again.
The plant has been refurbed and reinforced for a Fukushima type incident and other threats a few times over the years it is extremely tough compared to Chernobyl. An outside attack (missile, artillery) would likely cause no damage to the reactor but obviously an internally placed bomb would. It's all shite talk and fear mongering from Russia as usual.
Ever since the failed attempt to capture kyiv Russia has used NPP as a nuke threat similar to its arsenal of nuclear weapon, problem is the west have ignored the dam so Russia will blow the plant they will deny like the dam and if radiation blows west it won't be enough to trigger article 5, its mindset is if we can't have it no one will
And if they get away with it China won't mind the fallout from western weakness they see Russia' war as a challenge to their absolute power.
As I said before counter offensive won't matter the area the are trying to take back will be a waste land.
The taking of the plant was a war crime and we blinked after 18 months of being held hostage its no chance of being released while putin lives so kill putin
The grimmer thought is knowing just how much of Ukraine is booby-trapped, minelayed, entrenched, or razed even without a nuclear plant in the mix.
I think it's funnier to imagine russians checking their roofs constantly as part of their charade.
their twist on the conspiracy theory is Ukraine will shell/dronestrike it under cover of night
Russians accusing Ukraine of putting explosives on their roof?
EU: dont fcuk with the Nuclear stuff
UK: dont fcuk with the Nuclear stuff
USA: dont fcuk with the Nuclear stuff
China: dont fcuk with the Nuclear stuff
Rest of World: dont fcuk with the Nuclear stuff
Russia: should we fcuk with the Nuclear stuff?
And China also reportedly told them off about playing around with nuclear f&ckery
This is the location of the ZNPP
Russia has been told numerous times, both in public and back channels that if there is an incident at that site then there will be swift consequences. For a country whos military is at barebones it would be absolutely stupid to attempt anything. That being said, the Russians have proven themselves to be destructive through pure incompetence as well as malice but either way, the plant is under their control so they should be doing everything they can to ensure it's in good condition, which it seems, they aren't.
In this case a dereliction of duty is just as bad as a malicious act.
Good point, any idea what generation Ukraine have?
Has he thought about challenging Mark Zuckerberg to an MMA fight
This nuclear business may be just a ploy to distract from Prigozhin's coup and reinstate Putin as a 'strong man'.
Which would probably trigger Total War. NATO is good, but not disable the Russian military in one fell swoop good.
if they blow it, it’s a nuclear attack on Germany/Poland….. nato will have to end the russian military
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