Russia - threadbanned users in OP

You can see it's very difficult to tell what are mines and what are unexploded munitions, artillery strikes and craters from impacts , most of looking at that video seems to show please splash damage that they could see in the day light video

If that's what they think maybe it's time NATO went in there for real?

But they are not begging for munitions. We are told to believe that Russia have to take apart washing machines for parts and components. I’m just looking at the numbers and the claims. NATO, from what I’ve read cannot produce a 10th of the artillery shells needed per month.

I’m very open to correction but Leopards, Chalengers, Abrams, Bradley’s have all proved to be completely ineffective.

They already have a sizable population of Chinese both legal and illegal immigrants based in Siberia,they could well for a Putin and send troops to protect there citizens ,but if China was able to take a piece of Russia there would be no stopping them expanding into other countries,

They aren't ineffective, there have been issues where they are not performing as well as promised in the reality of prolonged war conditions, especially the leopards but the Bradley's are a big help.

The problem like all the western military aid is that there just isn't anything like enough for what Ukraine need to beat the Russians out of the occupied ground.

Easier to talk about sanctions causing Russia problems maybe next year or 2026 etc.

UK preparing for war..

'America is reportedly planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK in response to the growing threat from Russia.

They would be kept at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk under the proposals - which are detailed in The Telegraph.

It says Pentagon documents reveal contracts for a new facility and "show the US intends to place nuclear warheads three times the strength of the Hiroshima bomb at the air base".

The paper says it would be the first time in 15 years that America has stationed nuclear weapons in the UK.

"Unredacted documents on the US department of defence’s procurement database reveal plans for a 'nuclear mission' that will take place 'imminently' at RAF Lakenheath", reports The Telegraph.

The nuclear weapons that could be located at the base are reported to be B61-12 gravity bombs, which can be deployed from fighter jets.

The Telegraph says it's part of a NATO programme to "develop and upgrade nuclear sites" in the wake of Russia's invasion.

Responding to the report, a Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "It remains a longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at a given location."

If Ukrainian progress on their offensive last Summer was slow, then Russian progress in their localised offensives is positively glacial. The battle of Avdiivka has been officially running for almost two years, now.

Good God, that must be strong stuff they're knocking back! Off to the front with 'em.

There would be natural resources in Siberia. China (if Russia collapsed) would be well capable of controlling local populations although 'controlling' is probably not the correct word.

Just because they will lose their imperial war against Ukraine does not mean Russia will collapse, no more so than the U.K. collapsed when we got our freedom.

Its part of the Russian propaganda narrative don't support Ukraine or there will be chaos and China will gain etc. etc.

China did have lands in a part of Siberia, but the were taken by Russia. And now, Xi is putting tne original Chinese names back on the signposts and villages etc, beside their Russian names. Sign of things to come???

Expect a new Chinese map with a new dash line ,I know they went back to the Chinese names of old Chinese territory last year, I think you may have posted the map and story about it

Russia is still a nuclear armed state. A very different and serious ball game to actually invade part of Russian territory. I'd say China would be happy to essentially have a kind of puppet leader in Russia, who ensures China get favorable terms and access to resources. I don't think China would actually launch an invasion.

Reclaiming what was once theirs, China would not consider that to be expansionist merely restoring a part of China back to the mainland, as in Hong-Kong, and presently Taiwan.