What could possibly go wrong???
Meh better reason to release prisoners then Covid.
What could possibly go wrong???
Meh better reason to release prisoners then Covid.
Such responses were predictable, the west does the same thing every time. Securing the Russian border against NATO encroachment, and ending the attacks on their co-ethnics in Donetsk and Lugansk, appear to have been good enough reasons for them.Pyrrhic Victory. Being cut out of international banking and your country being made a world pariah is no victory and will have lasting consequences down the road.
Giving civilians weapons and Molotovs without any training or organization results in idiots Molotoving themselves over a Russian Vehicle that has already been captured and is under tow by a Ukrainian Tractor.
So this can't end well.
If they take out a Russian vehicle, that's one less Russian vehicle.Giving civilians weapons and Molotovs without any training or organization results in idiots Molotoving themselves over a Russian Vehicle
The Saudis aren't threatening to invade anybody.
What could possibly go wrong???
What could possibly go wrong???
Looks like the Russians have been using their less capable units and older tech to identify, draw out and occasionally encircle the tougher parts of Ukraine's defenses, and now it looks like they might be going in for the kill with heavy, long-range weapons and massed formations of fresh troops.
We'll see if that goes anywhere.
Seems some foolish warhawks want to declare a 'no fly zone' over Ukraine, and force the US to down Russian planes directly. Even the braindead corpse they insist won the 2020 election and his handlers, along with the not-warhawkish bits of the Right, are saying that is a dumb idea and not likely to happen. Even the UK Defense Minister came out to slap down 'no fly zone' speculation.
Which has always been their doctrine. Modified as needed for the political realities and ROEs. If Ukraine had wisely folded, well and good. Otherwise the second echelons and third echelons finish the job by exploiting the openings.
Kyiv was a double feint. It was a real attack that had to be countered, but not the main focus which is the operational encirclement of the Ukrainian Forces east of the Dnieper River or their operational retreat west of said river which is just as good for his plans and results in the Ukrainian Army forced to use just a few vulnerable roads and bridges to retreat across.
We'll see how long that lasts. Right now the world has to react harshly because they don't want to go to war but need to be perceived of dishing out consequences; they also want to make sure Russian understands this cannot be repeated either. However given the realities of the energy market and fragility of the global economy it is not sustainable to permanently sanction Russia; it is sustainable to make them feel pain for what they did and send a message about what could happen when things stabilize more if Russia decides to get froggy again.Pyrrhic Victory. Being cut out of international banking and your country being made a world pariah is no victory and will have lasting consequences down the road.
Maybe, but not smarter. What's to stop them from simply defecting to the Russians and then getting put in positions of power when the inevitable defeat of Ukraine happens? That's what the Allies did in Italy with all sorts of 'fun' results.Meh better reason to release prisoners then Covid.
So looks like BP pulled out of Russia oil/gas yesterday, and Shell did today.
Kringezinger is a pilot, IIRC, I propose they send him to enforce it.
Perhaps he can link up with the ghost of Kiev, I am sure that they will be able to deal with Putler's two-bit airforce and that they will find out that in actuality the Pak-FAs are nothing more than old YAK-131s with some plywood and tin-doil stuck on them to make them resemble F-35s.
TBH what they are doing atm reminds me a bit of the time-honored Mongolian tactic when dealing with an enemy.
Drive an enemy into a central location, cut him off, use lots of raids to pacify the surrounding hinterland, then drive in for the kill while using lots of faints.
What could possibly go wrong???
You’re not a civilian at that point. If you hold to that standard did you decry all those sand people getting shot who had AKs and IEDs as American Soldiers massacring civilians?If they take out a Russian vehicle and get shot for their trouble, that's one less Russian vehicle and good footage of Russian soldiers murdering civilians.
Really? Do you have details on that, I'd like to read more.P.S Poland released prisoners in 1939,too.Result - bandits elsywhere,who later become commie new elites.Bad idea.
*sigh* Is this necessary? just exchange info and believe what you want to believe, no need to get worked up, we’ll never know the truth for sure until it’s all over anyways.