It is disappointing the US won't supply longer range munitions while the war is hot.
Ukraine should probably ask for US IFVs, mortar carriers, armed drones, etc that would make their attacks more effective/less costly.
Disappointing, this reluctance will only serve to lenghten the war and increase the number of Ukrainian casualties.
Germany's been in bed with the Russians for decades. The KGB had so many sleeper agents there before during and after the Berlin wall came down. Putin got his chops there in the KGB. I am not at all surprised that German help for Ukraine is sluggish and halting.The pace of German supply is maddeningly slow. This instance that everything be washed through KMW or Rheinmetall is simply ridiculous. They're only halfway done sending the Gepards. Even if that's the case they should stop actively interfering with Ukraine trying to buy Marder IFVs or negotiating a tank deal. Apparently the US privately told the German government to stop blaming them for their decision not to make these contracts, essentially to grow some balls and take responsibility.
Germany's been in bed with the Russians for decades. The KGB had so many sleeper agents there before during and after the Berlin wall came down. Putin got his chops there in the KGB. I am not at all surprised that German help for Ukraine is sluggish and halting.
For a primer on all this, Catherine Belton's "Putin's Peoplel: How the KGB took back Russia and Then Took on the West"
Germany's been in bed with the Russians for decades. The KGB had so many sleeper agents there before during and after the Berlin wall came down. Putin got his chops there in the KGB. I am not at all surprised that German help for Ukraine is sluggish and halting.
For a terrific primer on all this, Catherine Belton's "Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West"
You are so so naïve.I've got a feeling that German dependence on Russian NG is a wholly satisfactory explanation, and that Soviet spies in Russia 40 years ago is too remote to explain anything.
You are so so naïve.
Probably not Stasi related but what happened in the US 2016, didnt start with Manafort and Derapaska, it started with grooming of the Orange at least a decade before and some sources going even deeper forty yearsThat is a non-answer, probably because you've got nothing beyond what you already said, which is practically nothing. It isn't readily apparent why I'm being naive to ascribe the obvious, current motive rather than a connection from decades ago. You're saying what, then, that because decades ago there were lots of Soviet spies in Germany that we should assume that the current German government is infiltrated with said spies to the point where they are really acting on behalf of Russia rather than themselves? That sounds a bit implausible to me, but I'm open minded if you have anything more specific to go on.
I guess McCarthy is rotating in his grave...Probably not Stasi related but what happened in the US 2016, didnt start with Manafort and Derapaska, it started with grooming of the Orange at least a decade before and some sources going even deeper forty years
Add to this that the US by no measure is Russias only target. The rudimentary idiocy of Helsinki right? And likewise situations where Trump put his allegiance on display for all to see… Yea those heads are popping up around Europe too. Trump(and half of gop) is not the only ones.‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy | Donald Trump | The Guardian
The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardianamp.theguardian.com
Or they're just saying they won't so as to not tip off Russia publicly, then do it anyway (like they did with Excalibur rounds, and I think even HIMARS).Disappointing, this reluctance will only serve to lenghten the war and increase the number of Ukrainian casualties.
Disappointing, this reluctance will only serve to lenghten the war and increase the number of Ukrainian casualties.
Putin bet it all on black and it came up 00. Not only has most of Europe and the US have rallied to aid Ukraine. Their military capability has been exposed as terrible against Western military weaponry. He should stop writing checks his military can't cash.
Hopefully true. Russians have surrendered Kupyansk.
Excellent, finally! Presume that's 2 full NASAM batteries (which totals 12 mobile launchers, each with 6 missiles), will definitely improve air defense & even cruise missile interception capabilities.
Excellent, finally! Presume that's 2 full NASAM batteries (which totals 12 mobile launchers, each with 6 missiles), will definitely improve air defense & even cruise missile interception capabilities.
US has promised total of 8 NASAM batteries now - 6 more announced in a late August package. These first 2 were announced originally in July. I had missed these until I did a search just now:
Nearly $3 Billion in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
The Department of Defense announced approximately $3 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.www.defense.gov
OK, why was I so terse there? Fact is 10 minutes from then it was lights out, gotta go to sleep ASAP, I have an 8:10AM medical appointment across town to which I will bicycle. So, I just said you are entirely naïve and left it at that. Make sense?That is a non-answer, probably because you've got nothing beyond what you already said, which is practically nothing. It isn't readily apparent why I'm being naive to ascribe the obvious, current motive rather than a connection from decades ago. You're saying what, then, that because decades ago there were lots of Soviet spies in Germany that we should assume that the current German government is infiltrated with said spies to the point where they are really acting on behalf of Russia rather than themselves? That sounds a bit implausible to me, but I'm open minded if you have anything more specific to go on.
BERLIN — Two senior officials at Germany's economy ministry are being investigated over allegations of spying for Russia, newspaper Die Zeit reported on Wednesday.
According to the article, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany's domestic intelligence service, is looking into the case of two civil servants "who are involved with energy supply in key positions" and might be Kremlin moles.