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or end up in Poland/Baltic states. Or accidentally fly into Lukashenko's office?
Interesting if true.
As said by some here...
Now, I know these things look scary, but they are experimental. Could as easily end up in the ocean.
Despite some of the fear mongering, these appear to be non nuclear, but they can have incredibly powerful bombs similar to fab glide bombs used at the moment.
And note how the guy isn't running to hide. Even the Russians on the street knows Ukraine don't target civilians - only military facilities
That's some noise feckin hell
Boom
Seems like a big hit by early accounts. Also reports that North Korean generals could be stationed here.
Apparently this was the target for the Storm shadow missile attack in Kursk.
I dont know how you could have made that conclusion. I said nothing anywhere about waving papers and doing a Chamberlain on it. And that is certainly not my line of thinking.
regards,
T.
Boggles,
your pithy and rather sarcastic response is noted.
Perhaps I should have expanded on my thoughts in my original post. I was thinking more in terms of the States beginning to militarily coalesce; viz Russia, China, Iran, North Korea. This coming together represents a far greater threat to World Stability than what was 'merely' a regional issue.
Hence my comparison to July 1914, before things rapidly went out of control.
I hope this clarifies my comment for you.
Kind Regards,
Sounded like you were weighing in on the oft repeated comments that we should not back Ukraine for fear of what Russia might do. That we should bow to Putin's constant "escalation" threats.
Allegedly. And here's the video (don't know how to embed tweets anymore)
Turn up your sound everyone.
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1859234501299155264
Breezy, I agree, and we have discussions on the Book Forum about Spain in that period.
At no point did I mention appeasement of any kind in today's post.
Kaboom 🤣
Storm Shadow Missiles fired into Russia by Ukraine, The Times.
The full article for those looking for more detail:
Ukraine front could 'collapse' as Russia gains accelerate, experts warn
The BBC are not optimistic
'President Biden’s decision to provide anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, and allow the use of long-range missiles on Russian territory comes as the Russian military is accelerating its gains along the front line.Data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) shows that Russia has gained almost six times as much territory in 2024 as it did in 2023, and is advancing towards key Ukrainian logistical hubs in the eastern Donbas region.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region is faltering. Russian troops have pushed Kyiv's offensive backwards. Experts have questioned the success of the offensive, with one calling it a "strategic catastrophe" given manpower shortages faced by Ukraine. These developments come at a time of heightened uncertainty with a second Donald Trump administration looming. The US president-elect has vowed to bring the war to a close when he takes office in January, with some fearing he could cut future military aid to Ukraine.'
Almost there
edit: storm shadows launched into Russia “proper”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-20/ukraine-fires-uk-storm-shadow-missiles-at-russia-for-first-time
Pretty clear to see why Ukraine were a signatory to the ban.
They would have pulled out 3 years ago I’m sure if the mines were offered.
Ukraine was a signatory to the ban. Russia is not.
There is a movement in Finland right now to pull out of it because… gee… the things are very useful. In fairness to Finland, it's not a new idea, but it's been getting a lot more traction the last year or so.
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/15686-joining-ottawa-treaty-was-a-blunder-by-a-peacetime-fool-says-minister-of-defence.html
We've been hearing a lot of these things for over 2 years now. Putin now only has to last another few weeks before Trump moves the war is his favour. I want to be optimistic but im also a realist and bar Trump having a heart attack between now and then i don't see a route to victory for Ukraine.
I'd go as far as to say i think talks are probably ongoing right now between Putin and Trump's people.
A number of things give me hope for this’ Special Mission’ ending up in UKr favour , eg :-
(1)The demise of Putin especially when his age is considered - assassination, ill health , natural death
Ukraine's intelligence agency accuses Russia of spreading fake information about impending large attack
"Ukraine’s main directorate of intelligence has accused Russia of spreading misinformation that there would be a large-scale attack today in what it described as “a massive information-psychological attack”
Reuters quotes the agency statement saying “A message is being spread via messengers and social networks … about the threat of a ‘particularly massive’ missile and bomb strike on Ukrainian cities today. This message is a fake, it contains grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations.”
Earlier Italy, Spain and Greece followed the US in closing their Kyiv embassies over attack fears. The US embassy said it had received “specific information” of a potential significant air attack and would be closed.
The UK embassy in Kyiv remained open, while Germany’s embassy remained open in a limited capacity"
Yes, of course. There are many examples of Israeli retribution for attacks on their citizens around the world. Even for those who have attacked Isreali's and managed to escape, sooner or later, Mossad will catch up with them, and kill them. A lot of the foot soldiers who took part in the oct 7 attack have been identified, tracked down and killed.
I don’t work for Biden admin my post was just my theory
Should US do and done more earlier? Absolutely
Should EU countries do and done more earlier? Absolutely
only country to have been on the ball this whole war are UK who I see are after training 50,000 Ukrainians too
keep in mind EU as entity can’t do much due to presence of likes of Hungary and Austria, however this incompetence cuts both ways, you will have countries who will prevent EU sanctions from being dropped and ties reestablished with Russia
That leaves eu states acting bilaterally (or in groups) you have everything from Hungary publicly prostituting itself to Putin to Ireland whom think we are somehow too far away and are immune from this war especially if it spreads, to Germany whom are oscillating wildly in their policies (despite To Berlin painted on their tanks), to Poland, Baltics and Nordics whom can clearly see the danger of Russia winning
The “EU bad” posts are too simplistic and distract from a huge amount of nuance
But hey I suspect the Russians know this and deliberately want us to spend our time arguing among ourselves instead of presenting a unified front and paying attention their actions
There was not "dilly-dallying". They outright refused even after there was clearly evidence that the Germans and Italians were operating. The French even closed the borders on fleeing republicans.
All fueled by people who said if England and France helped democratic Spain it would lead to "escalation" and cause a World War. Also helped by people in the England and France who were fascist sympathisers.
The second paragraph sounds pretty familiar.
Yes, when Israel flew in teams of commandos, took over Entebbe airport, and freed the Hostages Idi Amin was holding. Israel, will not allow under any circumstances a repeat of what Hitler tried to do to them.
You must be old to remember that 😀
Nah but seriously it's a decent analysis and unfortunately i don't see the urgency from European leaders in particular to address this challenge now.
That's a very good comparison.
There was a lot of dilly-dallying from the French, the British and the Americans regarding the technical details of how to help out the Government side while the USSR were more forthright. Meanwhile, Hitler and Mussolini didn't wait about and got in on the action by helping out Franco's insurgents.
Unfortunately, it was too late by the time the first three got serious about actively helping the Government.
The anti personnel mines should have been given to Ukraine 3 years ago.
Russia have been using them all along especially during the counter offensive by Ukraine.
Count stress how vital they would have been in slowing down even stopping Russian advances.
Too little too late.
Reminds me of Spain in 1936 where everyone said "if we just appease the dictators a little bit more" then "a bit more, then a bit more" World war will never happen.
