The mobilisation has been announced. Gives him 300k more reservists. I dunno how they'll feed them.
Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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Top Russian aviation expert dies after falling down stairs
Another Russian leader dies from accident...falling down stairs....
Another Russian leader dies from accident...falling down stairs....
Just incredible. Russians are so clumsy!
Really though, what does Putin do with oligarchs who live on the ground floor? No stairs to slip on and no open windows to fall through. It makes you practically immortal
Choking on food?
Polonium in their borscht.
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It’s big news. Doesn’t help much with his equipment losses, his command and control, logistics and moral will suffer from this, not to mention the backlash from the public, who are already protesting this move and calling for Putin to go.
This great news, I’m very surprised by it too…
Just a bit of a spitball, or what you will. In a meeting between Xi & Putin recently, Xi apparently made a comment along the lines of “we’re not really with you on this for we don’t approve of an external power interfering internally with another.” So now referenda to officially absorb the already occupied areas of Ukraine?
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Israel is doing big things in the counter UAS world. That’s a huge help. People not in the know may think that’s a small contribution but knowing and working with what we have vs what the Hebrew Warriors bring to the table- big news.
I know I am late to the party, but I have some questions and comments.
Other then Tucker Carlson, which prominent conservatives are against helping the Ukraine?
Why does saying don't fund Ukraine automatically make one pro-Putin?
I am concerned about where all those stingers went early on. The West and (understandably) Ukraine were in full panic mode. The number of Stingers delivered, number of Stingers claimed to have been used and the number of downed Russian aircraft doesn't add up. For me this means:
1. The Stinger is obsolete and should be removed from our inventory, or
2. The Ukrainians just shot them off like fireworks, or
3. Many are sitting in someones private warehouse for sale on the Black Market when this is all over.
Option 3 is the one that worries me, and the Ukraine government will need to do some serious accountability soon.
Criticizing those who are more worried about the border then the Ukraine isn't productive. El Paso gets 1500 plus migrants every day, they are overwhelmed, so yeah that's a bigger issue and doesn't make you a Nazi or pro-Putin.
Obama, Trump, and Biden all have one thing in common, their SecDef's never came up with a long-term plan for switching to UK Armed Forces from Soviet to Western gear. DoD still comes up with bullshit excuses for withholding modern gear (it'll take too long to train them). Start training now and they will join the fight in a year (I don't see the war ending soon).
Does Putin go nuclear, escalate to deescalate was a known Soviet tactic, and I doubt that book was thrown away.
Airburst with the resulting EMP would devastate Western Europe.
Other then Tucker Carlson, which prominent conservatives are against helping the Ukraine?
Why does saying don't fund Ukraine automatically make one pro-Putin?
I am concerned about where all those stingers went early on. The West and (understandably) Ukraine were in full panic mode. The number of Stingers delivered, number of Stingers claimed to have been used and the number of downed Russian aircraft doesn't add up. For me this means:
1. The Stinger is obsolete and should be removed from our inventory, or
2. The Ukrainians just shot them off like fireworks, or
3. Many are sitting in someones private warehouse for sale on the Black Market when this is all over.
Option 3 is the one that worries me, and the Ukraine government will need to do some serious accountability soon.
Criticizing those who are more worried about the border then the Ukraine isn't productive. El Paso gets 1500 plus migrants every day, they are overwhelmed, so yeah that's a bigger issue and doesn't make you a Nazi or pro-Putin.
Obama, Trump, and Biden all have one thing in common, their SecDef's never came up with a long-term plan for switching to UK Armed Forces from Soviet to Western gear. DoD still comes up with bullshit excuses for withholding modern gear (it'll take too long to train them). Start training now and they will join the fight in a year (I don't see the war ending soon).
Does Putin go nuclear, escalate to deescalate was a known Soviet tactic, and I doubt that book was thrown away.
Airburst with the resulting EMP would devastate Western Europe.
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Asking “other than Tucker Carlson” when Tucker Carlson is the most watched editorial news show in the US is a little disingenuous.
His views may be his, but his audience hears them, and likes them enough to continue to tune in.
You have a fourth option, that the Russian AF is flying too high to make Stingers useful and or/they're not going over the lines.
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We don't necessarily agree
with everything he says. I watch JRE, but I dont agree with everything he says either.
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Apologies, I wasn’t clear enough, what I meant was it’s about time Israel stepped up in regards to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, they’ve refused to help with critical items when they were needed most earlier on in the war.
I’m a big supporter of Israel for the record, I was just disappointed that they’ve been dragging their feet here. Then again they haven’t forgotten the Second World War so…
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Nah they’re flying low. One of the guys (Canadian) I was with downed a Russian SU (something, Fighter jet) with a Stinger.
