Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Philip the Arab]

more fuel to the fire, so of course

I don’t think the Russians will have much difficulty with Georgia.

 

[The SC]

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to CNN: The international security system established after World War II is at risk

@AsharqNewsBrk

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519072156768178176

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519423105218842627

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1518347764949782528

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519404309150314496

 

[mulj]

Why "renewable sources can not provide" ?
It was just not tried yet on super large scale

Not stable output same problem like now, on larger scale it would be even worse.
There is solution to use Sahara with solar power plants but guess what, similar dependancy like today

 

[Philip the Arab]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519404309150314496

I’m not sure how useful these will be in the way Ukraine will employ them.

I imagine they will try to use them in a way that will lead to their destruction via ATGM/RPG.

 

[Paul2]

I don’t think the Russians will have much difficulty with Georgia.

Georgia? How? They only managed to do 2008 because they were staging for months in plain sight using their "peacekeeper" status.

Otherwise, it's physically impossible for armour to cross Caucasus fast enough to make a bridgehead. Russians threw the towel in 2008 when their main supply line going through the only passable mountain pass was about to be cut off.

Third, the spring weather

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519428534036570112

US Army units heading to the Ukrainian border

 

[Philip the Arab]

Georgia? How? They only managed to do 2008 because they were staging for months in plain sight using their "peacekeeper" status.

Otherwise, it's physically impossible for armour to cross Caucasus fast enough to make a bridgehead.

I meant much difficult compared to what they are facing in Ukraine. Do you think it would be harder?

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519428534036570112

US Army units heading to the Ukrainian border

These look like upgraded Strykers with 30mm cannons

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519087952957251585

Must have been a heavy cyber attacks!

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519392385133944835

 

[Paul2]

I meant much difficult compared to what they are facing in Ukraine. Do you think it would be harder?

Much harder with what they have now.

Georgia will just pound the only road passing the Caucasus, and blow up the tunnels.

Then, they will only have to hold 2-3 chokepoints

Russia can only spare 2 armies at most to send there, and their departure will be for everybody to see.

For as long as Azebaijian is hostile to Russia, they are safe.

Even nukes are of little use in the mountains. Mountain valleys lens the shockwave inside, and whomever is there is doubly screwed, but forces just across the ridge take zero damage.

Similarly, Russian plan to reach Blakans is equally lunatical. To reach their Balkan allies, they will need to pass Bulgaria, and Romania.

Romania is a NATO member, with quite a number of NATO brigades on its territory already, and some minimal military of its own.

If Russia will want to capture Romania itself, they will have to capture Bucharest (1.8m people, concrete construction, subway network.) And even if they somehow manage to beat their regulars there, the rest of Romanian force will run into mountains, and then Russians will be screwed.

Even if they will decide to pass Bucharest at significant distance, they can't bypass Sofia (Negotin route is too vulnerable to attacks from Carpathians, and from Bulgaria itself,) and invading Bulgaria always been a nightmare, ask Turks.

And if they will want to invade Poland, well, half of NATO is already there...

Plainly, and simply Russia can't even dream of invading Europe, and whether they have a "smart trick plan" to enter Europe through the Baklan backdoor, passing around strongest Western forces doesn't change the fact that it will eventually have to face them anyways if he will want to go further. NATO will not just stand letting Putin have South Europe while knowing that it's a bridgehead.

It's a sick fantasy, and not a military plan.

 

[The SC]

Photo of volunteer fighters from Finland in Kharkiv

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519100881790287873

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519096881120432131