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Here is a twist if true. KYIV Independent comment on WALL STREET JOURNAL Claim:

KYIV INDEPENDENT go on to say this in a reply tweet:

Claims have previously appeared in other media publications that Ukrainian special forces took part in operations in Sudan and are responsible for strikes against Wagner-backed militants. Kyiv has not publicly confirmed involvement in the war in Sudan.

In terms of military logistics, 2 weeks is nothing. Mavbe a few rapid reaction forces, who are ready to go at any time, but to defend a country about to be invaded against an army (even a badly prepared Russian army) you will need months, not weeks.

Dont think thats the reason. In the recent past Wagner were on the ground in Sudan

And then a possible reason why UKRAINE gets involved from a current article:

Analysis: Ukraine's deployment to Sudan aims to show that it can fight Russia abroad whilst also indicating that Kyiv wants to create new allies in Africa.

It sort of shows that UKRAINE will hunt down Russians wherever they are trying to destabalise across the world

Time for some lighthearted content again……. Because most fun lovers and party goers know that the best place to celebrate the New Year 2024 is Russia!

Even without sound this is dramatic

The US is again is proven to be an unreliable partner, they go in guns blazing but back out on a whim and leave coalition partners deal with the fallout .. Just remember the Kurds in Syria/Turkey, the shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and now Ukraine. The US wants to be the big player on the world stage, its time they take responsibility and finish what they start.

NATO provides the US with allies and because of its military power holds an almost guaranteed leading role in the alliance

NATO provides the US an economic boost by completely dominating arms sales to members and other friendly countries

NATO provides for the US to have a great deal of influence and power on joining countries.

The 2% norm needs to be reached but grandstanding lead by that sexual predator, former president is laughable.

The US without NATO means the US loses a great deal of its influence on the world stage.

Well, a NATO Prime Minister was nearly struck by a Russian missile.

Who is escalating things again?

Yesterday we heard Yulia Navalnaya declined the invite to be at the annual State of the Union speech in front of Congress tomorrow. And we were wondering why. Well here you go, THIS is why it seems.

Washington Post reports that Olena Zelenska turned down Biden’s invitation to his annual State of the Union speech in front of Congress tomorrow.

The reason for the snub is that Biden wanted to seat Zelenska next to Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia.

So what was Biden and Co up to here one wonders??

It's particularly crazy as Greece would have stronger cultural ties than most European countries to Russia.

What we are discussing here is Putins invasion of Ukraine, and nowhere else, not an invasion of Europe which would be a 100% different scenario, as you seem to be suggesting. War gaming is one thing, actual implementing it is something else. The UN-NATO Military manoeuvres planned for 2024 have been several years in the planning. For the US attack on Iraq, they began staging operations late 2022, but the attack didn't actually start until March 20, 2003. The ideal world (and start of ww3) would be to hit Putin's military when it was staging his forces for the actual attack itself, after conveniently finishing his own war games. That would have stopped it dead in its tracks, for sure, but like I said, started ww3. Two weeks advance notice would at best have given Zelensky a small chance to move critical stuff away from the front.

The Greeks also have a surprising amount of military equipment (owing to their rather bellicose Turkish neighbors). Some of which would be very familiar to the Ukrainians. Might have been a considerable misstep on the Russians' part.

My whole point is about the 2-week time factor, and what is possible to do in that time. As you mentioned, it took the US almost a month to respond to the Sept 11 attacks, and this from a Country with the best military in the world. Regarding the current situation in the Baltics, the states themselves are on a high state of alert, the complete opposite to what Ukraine was on pre-Feb 24 2022, and backed up by NATO. They are 100% prepared for any attack by Putin at any time, 2-week advance warning or not. Everything that they need to repulse Putin is already there, ready to go. But what could Ukraine have done with their 2 weeks warning?

Well that's one way to ensure an increase in supplies for Ukraine. Absolutely insane, the potential consequences of killing an EU and NATO prime minister. Russia proving yet again there's no line they won't cross.