Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Apollon]

Europe does what US tells.

Good Luck with Banning Russian everywhere, this figment of imagination will never be fulfilled.

We dont need USA to know that Putinist Russia is an enemy of Europe.

Oh btw it already is fullfilled. Russis is banned from all sports, culture and economy. They even fired all russian artists here.

As i said i will not compete against russians and many athletes think like me. Thats main reason why russian are kicked out of all sports here.

Its game over for Russia in Europe

 

[Foinikas]

@Foinikas @Apollon

What do you think about this?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504101781848174592

I know about such stories. A lot of Greeks tried to talk about Ukrainian soldiers bombing or mistreating them in East Ukraine,but the big TV channels wouldn't let them. They would "lose the connection" or the phone line would be cut or they had to go to commercials etc.

 

[Apollon]

"Any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia - Lavrov"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504745505091473433

"Soviet and Russian missile defense systems cannot legally be transferred to third countries, Lavrov said"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504745902312939523

Good luck with that Lavrow. We send weapons anyways. Its not like russia could stop it

I know about such stories. A lot of Greeks tried to talk about Ukrainian soldiers bombing or mistreating them in East Ukraine,but the big TV channels wouldn't let them. They would "lose the connection" or the phone line would be cut or they had to go to commercials etc.

Thats laughable...

 

[Foinikas]

We dont need USA to know that Putinist Russia is an enemy of Europe.

Oh btw it already is fullfilled. Russis is banned from all sports, culture and economy. They even fired all russian artists here.

As i said i will not compete against russians and many athletes think like me. Thats main reason why russian are kicked out of all sports here.

Its game over for Russia in Europe

Russia was not an enemy of Europe. Europe became an enemy of Russia when the Americans and British insisted on not finding a diplomatic solution to this. The Germans didn't want to destroy relations. They wanted to continue getting gas and friendly relations.

 

[jhungary]

And they Preach on Freedom of Expression, Free Press etc to World:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504734797574332435

Kind of late to play the "freedom of press" card when we are already sanctioning their TV media personnel,

Shame that we can watch that TV dude in Russia crying over losing his 2 Italian Villa and threaten to nuke Italy and the West unless he is compensated and have his Villa and Ferrari back.

LOL

 

[Paul2]

Russia would have had some idea of how many SAMs Ukraine had before Polish/Romanian reinforcements and they could have prepared a barrage of cruise missiles in the initial attack.

Russia has been planning this war for years; it is not something they sleepwalked into on a bored Sunday afternoon.

P.S. As crazy as it sounds, I am thinking maybe some of Putin's generals deliberately screwed up this offensive to get rid of Putin.

Ukraine military was on alert for days preceding the attack. There is no chance they would've let their SAMs stay where they are, when they rebased their airforce to road basing days before the attack.

 

[Wergeland 2.0]

The risk for German economic recession has become more probable due to Ukraine war.

This has been reported by IMK (Instituts für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung ).

It has now gone from green-yellow to yellow-red.

The war must come to an end... very soon!

A major difference between the period until the end of cold war and period after cold war is how interconnected the world is today.

Before the end of cold war it was way easier to run win-loose strategies. Nowdays its less economic viable.

For the west who has been used to shape the world according to its will, an adaptation to this whole new set of governing principles requires a drastic change of mindset. IMO the west has no choice. Its either adapt or slowly fade away.

conclusion: The West must change its geopolitical strategy from win-loose to win-win policies.

 

[Amliunion]

We dont need USA to know that Putinist Russia is an enemy of Europe.

Oh btw it already is fullfilled. Russis is banned from all sports, culture and economy. They even fired all russian artists here.

As i said i will not compete against russians and many athletes think like me. Thats main reason why russian are kicked out of all sports here.

Its game over for Russia in Europe

World is not on Europe. Like you've decided to boycott Russian Athletes - Boycott Russian GAS.

 

[gambit]

Normally you would think an invading army would prioritize three things:
1. Destroy the country's airforce.
2. Destroy the country's air defence systems.
3. Cut off all reinforcement routes.
This is not rocket science and even an armchair general like me knows this.

1. Preferably on the ground.

2. There is a difference between SEAD and DEAD. The 'S' stands for 'Suppression' and the 'D' stands for 'Destruction'.

Each air defense unit is composed of two major units: radar and launcher. And usually they are PHYSICALLY apart, from a couple hundred meters to kms.

A SEAD package usually accompanies other strike packages and the primary intent is to prevent the air defense radar from transmitting, hence the word 'suppress'. If the air defense radar do not transmit, the entire air defense unit is TEMPORARILY useless. On the other hand, a DEAD package is often a standalone sortie and their intention is to actually destroy both the air defense radar and the air defense missile launcher. This is a PERMANENT solution against air defense.

The two concepts overlaps in execution. If something is destroyed, then it is permanently suppressed. So if we can at least kill the radar, then we will at least try. But for the moment, the SEAD priority is to create an air corridor for the main strike package to do its job.

For unknown reasons at this time, the VKS have been undeniably incompetent at S/DEAD against Ukrainian air defense. We do not know if this is planning problem, a human problem, both, or just outright shiddy leadership.

3. Am Air Force, not an Army guy. But I would guess that reinforcement is not available to Ukraine so this is not a major problem for the VKS.

Overall, there seems to be a difference of airpower philosophy between the US and Russia. The US, after the Vietnam War, determined that no strike package will be without SEAD support.

So why didn't Russia do this?

My opinion is that Poutine got bad advice from his generals. Not only Poutine but also Xi Jinping since they are in on this invasion. The fact that China so quickly moved to declare some financial support for Russia indicate that Xi knew what Poutine planned for Ukraine and that Xi consulted with his generals as to the viability of the Ukraine invasion. Did Xi told Poutine that the PLA believe the Ukraine invasion would be a quick success? We may never know.

 

[EvoluXon]

Nuclear war is unlikely.

Its more likely then ever before.. any rogue missile or artillery fire towards NATO country may escalate the war dangerously and Russia cant fight NATO countries alone and may go for first nuclear strike policy..

 

[Apollon]

Russia was not an enemy of Europe. Europe became an enemy of Russia when the Americans and British insisted on not finding a diplomatic solution to this. The Germans didn't want to destroy relations. They wanted to continue getting gas and friendly relations.

There cant be friendly relations with Putin.

 

[Amliunion]

Kind of late to play the "freedom of press" card when we are already sanctioning their TV media personnel,

Shame that we can watch that TV dude in Russia crying over losing his 2 Italian Villa and threaten to nuke Italy and the West unless he is compensated and have his Villa and Ferrari back.

LOL

None playing victims card here. Just can't stand his holier-than-thou attitude of Genocider of Iraq, Libya and many other countries.

 

[Apollon]

World is not on Europe. Like you've decided to boycott Russian Athletes - Boycott Russian GAS.

We give a shit about the world. We care about our security and for that russia gets crushed

 

[Amliunion]

Good luck with that Lavrow. We send weapons anyways. Its not like russia could stop it

Yes. Supply weapons until last standing Ukrainian.

We give a shit about the world. We care about our security and for that russia gets crushed

Likewise- Russia gives shit about Europe & cares about her safety.

 

[Amliunion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504752671584317441