Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2
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One should be realistic and also recognize that Russia currently occupies large parts of Ukraine, even with their setback right now, their is still a long way to go to take back all their land, as for Russia being able to push forward is also doubtful. This is a war of attrition now that either ends in a temp ceasefire or lasts for a few years.
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In the process of stopping one country that may have joined, they got two other countries that were never going to join NATO. So this picture is quite accurate given the disaster Bush put US into after this shot. You could not have chosen a better pic. If Putin had made decisions like this in a Casino, he would go broke (gain one, lose two)Depends on what is the objective. If the objective is prevent Ukraine from joining NATO then mission accomplished.
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The Ukrainian offensive will stall for the same reasons as the Russian advance - dilution of forces in the theatre and the stretching of supply lines. The few gains the Ukis have made could be reversed, as it's unlikely they'll be able to hold ground, they simply don't have the weight in numbers. The front lines are likely to change backwards and forwards between both sides, as it looks like a stalemate to a large degree, with both sides not having the weight and capabilities to achieve their respective objectives. What's interesting from the Russian side is the re-emergence of the O forces, they've been largely absent since Feb/March, and perhaps held back in reserve, while the V forces have done much of the work.
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I don't know how you make this stuff up. I am not on the side of NATO and this being a moral issue. But I don't know if you are teenagers in your parents apartment or you have too many censors to get you access to info to think objectively. If US didn't put a base in Taiwan since 1948, why would it put one there now. It has its battle groups, it has bases in Japan and South Korea. Then add Guam and then Diego Garcia.
What would putting a base in Taiwan's small island within easy striking range accomplish? Seriously?
Same for Ukraine: in the era of long range strike, why do you think the US would want to put any airbase that close. Its primary army bases are in Germany or Poland.
This is all a figment of your imagination of doing something so militarily stupid to put these bases. Yes US / NATO do want to check China, but they are not stupid to put a base right next door in either country when none is needed
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Thats awesome. That was worth it to lose $500BN in hard cash, its intellegensia, and slowly attrit its economy. No western engineering equipment to help them extract future gas. No computers, no medicine. But yes, they have gone for the ultimate humiliation for that 1000sqkm: importing things from Iran and North Korea. Thats what their stature has gotten them.Russia occupies 125,000 including Crimea, so now minus 1,000, still 124,000 square km to go. Still a long way.
The US secretly reportedly delivers most accurate GPS guided artillery shells to Ukraine. Excalibur.
An M982A1 Excalibur round being loaded into a howitzer during US Army training in 2020.Photographer: Staff Sgt. Ashley Morris/US Army
This sort of pathetic decision making would have been expected out of Saddam and Qaddafi. But a former KGB buy could have played it better...
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Dude are you just upset that Xi is going to appoint himself emperor and nothign the billion of you can do about it? What resource richness do you have? 40Bn of your GDP is tied up in the property sector. Thats not too different from the west.
And where are you getting this imagination that people will freeze: Germany has 90% of its storage goal reached two months of winter. What this means people won't have saunas and warm pools. And may be drop the temps by a 4 centigrate in the house so they wear a sweater. They will not be out on the street without a house and freezing. Pls at least make your arguments somewhat sensical.
Whats next: Europeans are going to starve?
