Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 on 03 May 2024

RolStoppable said:

At this point it seems very likely that nothing short of a Russian military operation in a NATO country will make NATO countries take this as seriously as they should. Escalation management has already proven to be ill-advised for two years running, but there's still too many who believe that it will work eventually.

Seriously, I question lately if some western countries would even send troops in to protect the Baltics from a Russian invasion, that's how much NATO's weakness and escalation management is making me jaded and Russia doesn't even have to do that, all they need to do is rile up some Russians in certain Baltic regions close to Russia's border, send in the "little green men" who suddenly start demanding independence from the country.

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Ryuu96 on 03 May 2024

Britain allows the use of weapons transferred to Ukraine inside Russia, British Minister of Foreign Affairs David Cameron said. Britain also promises $3.74 billion in annual direct military aid, and will support Ukraine ‘as much as necessary.’https://t.co/8usPkX8Tkw
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 3, 2024

Omg! UK is about to be nuked! We're doomed! I'm already a Ghoul! /s.

Finally. Also "Potentially" Peskov

Would you look at that cowardly statement from Russia, example #1000 of their threats being paper thin.

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Ryuu96 on 03 May 2024

Rare UK W.

I fucking LOVE how UK keeps calling Russia's bluff and Russia does nothing.

ATGMS, MBTS, Long-Range Missiles, Targets Inside Russia.

Although...I still have small doubt in my mind, I will have to see a Storm Shadow in Russia first.

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shavenferret on 03 May 2024

Ever heard of 2 girls, one cup? Well, now it's 3 missles, 100 soldiers. 100 soldiers have been taken off of the payroll, permanently. And just like the throwback reference, the missles have now left a disgusting mess.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-wiped-out-100-russian-troops-at-once-in-a-strike-showcasing-the-range-and-power-of-its-new-us-atacms/ar-AA1o5iMj

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RolStoppable on 03 May 2024

Ryuu96 said:

Rare UK W.

I fucking LOVE how UK keeps calling Russia's bluff and Russia does nothing.

ATGMS, MBTS, Long-Range Missiles, Targets Inside Russia.

Although...I still have small doubt in my mind, I will have to see a Storm Shadow in Russia first.

I for one see no reason for joy as long as we are hearing "as long as it takes."

There were plenty of baby steps made along the way of the last two years, but a coherent and clear goal to make this war come to an end eventually is still absent. Nevertheless, the UK deserves credit for being commonly the first country to cross a red line.

Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.

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shavenferret on 03 May 2024

The Russians have pulled their planes farther back from the front lines after news of the ATACMS delivery. Which means less targets for Ukraine but less responsiveness for when they want to sortie against Ukraine. Once the F-16s are in force, they will have domiance over the battlefield because Russia won't be able to attack the F-16s as readily as they would have liked. 2025 will be very different.

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shavenferret on 03 May 2024

And my favorite military YT channel, blinkovs battlegrounds, analyzes the ukraine situation and says that their position may continue to degrade despite help from the United States, watching now.

https://youtu.be/K9NcqcD-3J0?si=SuWiaO_h6Gz-7J8C

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Ryuu96 on 03 May 2024

Several Georgian star footballers, including Giorgi Chakvetadze, Giorgi Kochorashvili, and Budu Zivzivadze, openly condemned police violence against those protesting the #foreignagentslaw and called for the bill to be withdrawn. pic.twitter.com/qG4YvjZ0Ra
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A very sobering @olliecarroll interview with Ukraine’s deputy mil intel chief. He says Chasiv Yar will fall eventually, that Ukraine is far from stabilising the front and that Russia is “generating a division of reserves” & wants to strike at Sumy/Kharkiv. https://t.co/9RKSFsBWUe
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Sikorski: “I've personally, in my previous capacity in the European Parliament but also now—I'm in favor of a heavy brigade, EU rapid-reaction capacity so that we don't have to call on the resources of the U.S. for every emergency on our periphery," https://t.co/5HFyIoBUiK
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Due to previous orders, the US is currently producing a surge of “dozens” of ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles every few months

Per Politico, the Pentagon is no longer worried about deliveries of ATACMS to Ukraine affecting US stocks. pic.twitter.com/uNJNCHJPIP
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Ryuu96 on 03 May 2024

The head of Raiffeisen Bank International, Johan Strobl, said that in the third quarter of 2024 the banking group will begin to comply with the European Central Bank order to significantly reduce its business in Russia. Previously Ukraine had put Raiffeisen on the 'sponsors of… pic.twitter.com/S4HhBwAMLs
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"General Skibitsky says he does not see a way for Ukraine to win the war on the battlefield alone. Even if it were able to push Russian forces back to the borders—an increasingly distant prospect—it wouldn’t end the war. Such wars can only end with treaties, he says. Right now,… https://t.co/I5kWMkF6Q1 pic.twitter.com/huehMJQUdU
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Ryuu96 on 03 May 2024

“Russia will likely be most dangerous in the final months of 2024. By that point, having weathered months of Russian offensive operations, Ukrainian forces will be stretched thin, their air defenses depleted. Russia will likely have enough troops to rotate its units”
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) May 3, 2024

“So far, Western governments have not aggressively pursued information operations against the Russian government, partly because they are perceived as escalatory and partly because they are not expected to have immediate effect...This asymmetry needs to be remedied.”
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DNI: "China’s provision of dual use components & material to Russia’s defense industry is one of several factors that tilted the momentum on the battlefield...in Moscow’s favor, while also accelerating a reconstitution of Russia’s military strength" https://t.co/iyWIFhfY6g
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) May 3, 2024

Pavliuk: “We believe the Russians want to mobilise 100,000 more troops…By the end of the year we think that the Russians intend to mobilise nearly 300,000 more soldiers. But also they are losing nearly 25,000 to 30,000 per month in dead and wounded.” https://t.co/yNmRD2eb5Y
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) May 3, 2024

Pavliuk: “Drones kill more soldiers on both sides than anything else at present…They have also created a scenario whereby almost everything can be seen by drones, not just on the front line but to a depth of between 10km and 30km on either side.” https://t.co/yNmRD2eb5Y
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