Excellent choice for a name.He's there to talk about trade and visit Ukraine's new corvettes:
I'm not sure we read the same thing. Ideas were floated.Someone is taking Europe's security seriously.
If Ukraine breaks, France vows to fight Russia directly.
And I agree with the move. NATO vs Russia in direct war IS A BETTER OUTCOME than losing the entirety of Ukraine and suffering a refugee crisis that will sweep away Europe's democracies. Only nuclear war would stop Russia at that point, amidst all that chaos, right-wing infighting and Putin loyalists gaining power over various countries. So the choice today is conventional now or nuclear later. You might as well go in now.
My suggestion is for NATO to hold the Dnipro river and kill anything that approaches.
Macron Ready to Send Troops to Ukraine if Russia Approaches Kyiv or Odesa
Basically every time the Chinese diplomats go to the EU for something it's the same story. They simply have no conception of European views or concerns and apparently have not bothered to really even find out so every ill informed approach is received like a like a fart in a hot car.
Yesterday's ISW (03/07) report is interesting pertaining to Lithuanian intelligence if anyone feels like scoping it out. ISW is a good resource to keep in your daily rotation.
Remember when those same clowns said this was about NATO expansion?It does amuse me how an "election" with one candidate and a clearly pre ordained result is a "legitimacy boost" in Russia. But yeah, ISW is pretty good.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated a longstanding Russian information operation denying Ukrainian identity and sovereignty.[59] Putin claimed on March 6 that the “spiritual reunification” of Russia and Ukraine will occur “sooner or later” and that Russia must eradicate “disgusting manifestations of nationalism” for this reunification to occur.[60] Putin’s statements are in line with boilerplate Kremlin rhetoric that rejects all notions of an independent Ukrainian national identity or state sovereignty independent of Russia."
People who keep bringing up peace talks should really read that bit a few times I think. Maybe play a game where they imagine having to themselves negotiate with someone who backs up the above with rape, torture, murder and the kidnapping of children. Would the credibility of war criminal matter then?
Eh?I'm not sure we read the same thing. Ideas were floated.
Possible hit on elements of a Patriot system.
^^^ The author generally doesn't hyperventilate, so . . .
I was wandering around looking for some stats on NATO's airforce capabilities when I came up on this doom and gloom article from 2019 when people took the Russian military seriously.
Worth a read for the laugh, if nothing else:
NATO will lose its next air war to Putin's 'formidable beasts' if it waits for the F-35 to save it
NATO is at a huge disadvantage against Russia, which has cheap and deadly systems capable of downing NATO's legacy aircraft by the hundreds.www.businessinsider.com
An S-400 can spot even stealth aircraft such as the F-35 and, using a relatively cheap missile, down a jet that costs many hundred times its own value.
Additionally, Russia may have the even more advanced S-500 system online by the time fifth-generation fighter aircraft hit the front lines en masse.
If the officer quoted in the article is even semi-competent you have to figure hes either a) the victim of bad intelligence or b) drumming up fear to spearhead development (and funding) for future weapons programs.lmao
The S-400 system cannot reliably intercept low observable cruise missiles but can bag F-35's easily? Ok.
S-500 is another new project that has repeatedly failed to meet its performance goals and has been quietly canned by the Kremlin. This has happened to basically every new super weapon these guys have announced.
If the officer quoted in the article is even semi-competent you have to figure hes either a) the victim of bad intelligence or b) drumming up fear to spearhead development (and funding) for future weapons programs.
"Enemy at the gates" is a tale as old as time.
They can supposedly unearth 20 meters down into the ground. They're hell on troops. There's no indication they're coming unless you're privy to radar data of the bombers flying around. They just ... show up. Can you imagine? Talk about being caught off guard. Apparently insanely loud also, if you manage to survive close proximity your ear drums are probably blown out. Traumatizing as fuck according to the soldiers who manage to get word out. Who would have thought artillery would be preferential to contend with.Air dropped glide bombs may not be HIMAR quality for speed and utility, but when you can just carpet bomb from 60-70km away, the frontline is destroyed.
Russia is learning and adapting.
Russia’s new guided bomb inflicts devastation and heavy casualties on the Ukrainian front lines
Russia has begun using a powerful aerial bomb that has decimated Ukrainian defenses and tilted the balance on the front lines. It has done so by converting a basic Soviet-era weapon into a gliding bomb that can cause a crater fifteen meters wide.The bomb is the FAB-1500, essentially a 1.5-tonne weapon of which nearly half comprises high explosives. It is delivered from above by fighter jets from a distance of some 60-70 kilometers, out of range of many Ukrainian air defenses. The FAB-1500 is another example of how Russia is fighting its war in Ukraine, inflicting massive destruction before trying to take territory.