Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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Now in combat operations in Ukraine, drones are used not only to attack military equipment and infantry, but are also used to attack other drones. The video shows a Russian drone hitting a Ukrainian army drone. After the impact, the Ukrainian drone fell and exploded. Models of drones and the location where the air battle took place are not reported.
The Fourteen Facts about US Aid to Ukraine
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Fact: The US is not writing “blank checks” to Ukraine, and most of the money allocated to help Ukraine never leaves the US.
Fact: There has never been more accountability for US military assistance than what is available for Ukraine aid.
Fact: Europe has spent more than the US on Ukraine aid.
Fact: European stability, which Russia is trying to undermine, affects the American worker.
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all this ranting about how costly this war supposedly is for the USA is bullshit propagated by Kremlin shills. Reality is that it costs basically nothing to US. They've send old military equipment they don't need anymore or that was going to be decommissioned, and then mark it as a contribution equal to the value of the same materiel but brand new. In truth, they've actually saving money because decommissioning military materiel is expensive, much more expensive than shipping it abroad.
Ukraine's a dumping ground for old Western scrap.
I think financial problems will only come in the future, when the US and Europe may end up having to militarize to match Russia, as long as the Russians keep their defense spending up. So the long term effects of this war are yet to be seen.
Withdrawal from an indefensible region?
Here's another one: Putin withdrawing 80% of his forces from Norway's border.
Putin “knows very well” NATO poses no security threat to Russia
Russia's recent demilitarization of its NATO borders proves that Putin does not view alliance as a genuine security threat and makes a complete mockery of Kremlin propaganda blaming the invasion of Ukraine on NATO, writes Peter Dickinson.
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I think wrong assumptions are being made.
NATO is not a threat to Russia right at this moment, especially not when Russia is already at war. Even a Ukrainian entry into NATO will only become a threat 10 years later. Rather the Russians are making their move today to secure their place in a post-Putin era, where they once again have to deal with a multi-front threat without the guarantee of stable internal affairs under strong leadership.
Hopefully.
It was always about economic zone and control of resources. Security was a red herring.Withdrawal from an indefensible region?
Here's another one: Putin withdrawing 80% of his forces from Norway's border.
Putin “knows very well” NATO poses no security threat to Russia
Russia's recent demilitarization of its NATO borders proves that Putin does not view alliance as a genuine security threat and makes a complete mockery of Kremlin propaganda blaming the invasion of Ukraine on NATO, writes Peter Dickinson.
I think wrong assumptions are being made.
NATO is not a threat to Russia right at this moment, especially not when Russia is already at war. Even a Ukrainian entry into NATO will only become a threat 10 years later. Rather the Russians are making their move today to secure their place in a post-Putin era, where they once again have to deal with a multi-front threat without the guarantee of stable internal affairs under strong leadership.
Good thing is Xi's trying to svck up to Biden, but he's having none of that.
I'm hoping Xi's economic fvckups will help cancel his Taiwan plans. China's economy is currently in tatters. But they are building a war chest by holding on to their money instead of investing it into their economy. I just hope the US keeps the pressure up.
For Russia today, people are a lot more important resource than oil.
Its other way around, if biden reels in Xi then russia will be in a corner. Xi is a dictator why will he care abt economy collapse , he will just start another war.
If that were the case why are they pissing them down a pipe in Ukraine?
Maybe you could take a little territory from China if they try invade Taiwan. Borders are very grey area in that region.
lol, dude china is not invading taiwan any time soon. It has zero benefit to them right now.
The US is not as concerned about Russia as they are about China. Using Ukraine to divert Russia's attention away from Asia and also diverting Europe's attention towards Russia has worked. So Europe and Russia keep each other in check while the US can concentrate on China. Plus the economic measures the US has taken will weaken Europe too, so it's a double whammy for both Europe and Russia (sanctions).
Xi is not prepared to go to war yet. So he needs the economy to function until the PLA is ready, even if it's a year or two from now. The problem for Xi is Taiwan is militarizing faster than the PLA, relatively speaking.
In any case the Chinese are playing it smart. They are slowing down certain sectors like real estate so the impact is reduced when the bubble bursts, and they are saving up on funds for investment once the market bottoms out.
All 300k of them? Don't kid yourself, we've seen them pulling people off the street.
People are human waste to the Russian elite.
They'll all leave once they're allowed to, or they'll stay and conduct sabotage operations. It's a very stupid move that will fail directly or indirectly one way or the other.
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Footage of Russian military personnel using an MT-LB armored personnel carrier as a kamikaze vehicle in the Avdeevsky direction near the city of Donetsk. The MT-LB military transporter was loaded with a large amount of explosives and sent towards the positions of the Ukrainian army. The armored personnel carrier did not reach the Ukrainian positions and exploded on an anti-tank mine. This is already the third case of military equipment being used as kamikaze vehicles in Ukraine.