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Ukraine may withdraw from Kursk
Could the withdrawal of intelligence or other things Trump has done in the last few days really have had such a dramatic and instantaneous effect? Or is it the Russians redoubling their efforts, getiing a big morale boost from Trump's actions?
I read one article in the Telegraph suggesting it's actually the North Koreans doing most of the damage in the counter offensive. Don't know if true or not.
It simply doesn't have value as a bargaining chip as Trump already folded to Russia.
With Europe rearming it makes more sense to switch to expelling Russia, including crimea.
So the rapid Russian advance is a response to Ukraine withdrawing forces?
I haven't been following it today but it makes sense to let it go and then demand that Russia withdraw, which we know they won't do unless beaten back.
Honestly I'd rather he stick out the current attacks on Ukraine to keep the public against him and the Europeans sharp.
His actions clearly demonstrate where his sympathies lie(Cutting off intelligence and military aid).
He probably saw that there's been a significant public backlash against Vance and himself bullying Zel and cutting off aid. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it was even Putin himself who suggested the social media post to him. To make it seem like he's playing the middleman.
Supporting Putin, even in todays USA is still extremely unpopular.
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3ljrxmsuo7s2t
"Trump promised to end the war in 24 hours, but we didn't say which day exactly," quipped Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, live on air.
Well,that's a great help!🙄
That message from Trump about Russia stinks of trying to be seen to do something.
The tariff reference pretty much a slam-dunk that he's not serious. Surely someone in his entourage must have explained to him at this stage that there is by now so little trade between American and Russia that tariffs would be the ultimate empty gesture
That's also a quote from Dustin the Turkey. "I said I'd be around Tuesday, but I didn't say which Tuesday!"
If Poland was to develop it's own nuclear weapon there will be proliferation all over the place. The Germans are hardly going to meekly accept a French controlled umbrella if their eastern neighbour has it's own deterrent.
“Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED.”
I’m hearing Russia has agreed to pull out of Ukraine. Once Trump turned on caps lock they realised shît was getting serious.
He said that Putin was interested in peace while at the same time saying Russia were pounding Ukraine and he said it was easier to talk to Russia than Ukraine.
I think Trump misspelt Ukraine.
Id say they are already looking at the idea of their own nukes
Think some sort of European nuclear cooperation between France and Germany and likes of Poland may be more likely than Poland going it totally alone with their own nuclear weapons programme. It's an expensive undertaking, and exposes Poland (if acting independently) to pressure and threats + bullying from the US, China etc. over it, who will not be happy IMO to put it mildly.
What could happen (pie in the sky speculation, under assumption that the US "nuclear umbrella" for European allies is no longer credible) is France gets funded/technically assisted by others to expand the arsenal and delivery methods they already have (maybe some mobile land-based missiles, or aircraft delivered cruise missiles with nuclear warheads) and then Poland/Germany get some of these new nukes and a say in, or maybe even control of, firing ones based on their territory.
“Easier to talk to Russia than Ukraine”.
Jesus Christ he is nearing peak asshole.
Ukraine didn’t want this war.
Ukraine don’t want to be grovelling at the White House . What country would??
Ukraine could make far more money as the resource rich country they are trading peacefully and openly. Than getting a couple of billion here and a couple of billion there with strings attached from the USA. Who’d want that???
Zelensky didn’t want this high profile
He told the US and western allies to stop talking up the invasion before it happened. Remember that ?????!
Nobody wants war. Nobody wants to be f***ing invaded.
Russia chose this war.
Russia wanted this war.
Putin needed this war.
Yet Russia is easier to talk to. Trumps moral compass is buried up his asshole to come out with shite like this.
Poland was mentioned, Poland is offering free military training for any adult male from end of this year
And in other news another billion pounds from seized Russian assets UK sent to Ukrainians today
Of course. He is calculating that Ukraine will have to give in before sanctions against Russia are implemented.
@20silkcut "Trumps moral compass is buried up his asshole to come out with shite like this."
His rhetoric sounds more and more like the Russian playbook - keep repeating the lie; accuse others; whataboutery etc etc etc. He is being a very good student.
Some serious UAF drones about tonight.
Yeah, it is just obvious his heart and whatever worm ridden husk is left of his brain is with Russia here, and he understands and sympathises with Putin's reasons for invading perfectly.
I now think (since all his fascist talk of expanding territory in the Americas post election) he'd probably send the US military off on a similar landgrab/genocide/historical glory mission for himself if he could get away with that + it had good chances of being an easy "win".
New French planes out to good use
BUCHAREST - Romania on March 5 ordered two Russian diplomats expelled, after slamming Russian “interference” and criticism of an indictment of far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu.Russia’s military attache and his deputy in Bucharest were declared “personae non gratae” by foreign ministry of Romania, which is a Nato member country.It said the two carried out activities contravening the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, without giving details.
BUCHAREST - Romania on March 5 ordered two Russian diplomats expelled, after slamming Russian “interference” and criticism of an indictment of far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu.
Russia’s military attache and his deputy in Bucharest were declared “personae non gratae” by foreign ministry of Romania, which is a Nato member country.
It said the two carried out activities contravening the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, without giving details.
…and don't come back.
I cannot see Poland getting nuclear weapons.
Would it be a good idea? Not sure, we need less of them tbh not more but in this day.. seems it’s the only real threat you can send.
The free military training for adult men is an idea and not finalised so I’m not sure where the whole end of the year enforcement is coming from.
Warsaw, which is clearly trying to establish itself as a serious power, has some very very serious issues at home that the populace would want focus on apart from defence so I don’t know how they’ll swing it.
They are splashing cash on defence in such a serious manner that I fear they’ll implode their own economy. Inflation isn’t low, a lot of jobs are being lost, people are priced out of buying homes and high interest rates.
Tusk needs to slow down a bit or he risks buying things the country can’t afford.
They’ve recently signed a deal for subs. Nuclear power plants. It’s an immense amount of money.
Nuclear weapons? Not a chance tbh
The penny never dropped on the Republicult that by backstabbing Ukraine they've all but guaranteed that "Peace is only secured through Superior Firepower" which means having the Nuclear Option is mandatory for any sort of deterrence from invasion. Ukraine will likely redevelop their own nuclear arsenal after this war is over and probably coordinate with other nations like France, Britain and Poland to have a proper European Nuclear Deterrence Umbrella against Vatnik Incursions in the future. The only thing that deters the Vatniks is the threat of disproportional retaliation on their decrepit asses.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-it-may-provoke-trump-but-canada-should-cancel-the-purchase-of-f-35/
Since the source code is a tightly held secret, every training or combat mission flown by a Canadian F-35 will require a “mission data load” processed through specialized computing facilities in the United States. The load details the mission objectives and threat profiles and enables full use of the F-35’s advanced situational awareness capabilities.Now, imagine that the U.S. President wishes to strong arm Canada into making concessions on critical minerals or perhaps transboundary diversions of fresh water. He could easily order that Canada be denied access to the U.S.-based computing facilities. Our F-35s would still be able to fly but their capabilities would be compromised.If the United States wished to invade Canada, it could achieve air superiority – perhaps with just a few keyboard strokes.
Since the source code is a tightly held secret, every training or combat mission flown by a Canadian F-35 will require a “mission data load” processed through specialized computing facilities in the United States. The load details the mission objectives and threat profiles and enables full use of the F-35’s advanced situational awareness capabilities.
Now, imagine that the U.S. President wishes to strong arm Canada into making concessions on critical minerals or perhaps transboundary diversions of fresh water. He could easily order that Canada be denied access to the U.S.-based computing facilities. Our F-35s would still be able to fly but their capabilities would be compromised.
If the United States wished to invade Canada, it could achieve air superiority – perhaps with just a few keyboard strokes.
Bloody hell, why are countries so keen to buy these things?
Jealous that airlines are not afraid to fly there compared to Russia who either steal planes or shoot them down?
Because until Agent Krasnov wormed his way into the US Political system they were a trusted supplier. Something that they could lose out on because of his antics and expecially after the **** he pulled on Ukraine in the last week.
Trump said he would sanction Russia today - and about 5 seconds later he said that Putin was much easier to work with, and he said that these Russian attacks are "what anyone would do"
If this was 1941 he would have been besotted with Hitler.
