Macron adds France to list of countries ponying up money for Pavels artillery plan.
Does it at the same time he refuses to rule out troops so it hardly gets noticed but it's a done deal.
Lmao yeah right, one autocrat's "security concerns" are another nation's sovereignty and cultural identity lolYou’re a bright one, aren’t you ?
Here’s alternative: start treating every non western country with respect and consider their security concerns. That solves everything
Well, in theory. Looking at Russia's performance in Ukraine it's likely they would get bogged down in Poland or even the Baltics. But they certainly had more troops, tanks and planes to be able to launch a broad offensive.
For example, their Su-27+ planes are broadly similar to the F-16 but they are shooting their own planes down lol.
Yes, I'm lumping all of these as Su-27+ as they're variants. But the point is that they had enough to deal with the weaker NATO states, in theory.35S, 30SM, 30sm2 which are the advanced more capable aircraft.
Also fun little fact, it appears Su-34 has usually escorted by 2 Su-35s(seems to be the tactic)
much like how Su-25s always operate in pairs of 2
Yeah, didn't watch the interview but my guess is he got a stupid question and just gave what he perceived to be the tougher answer when there is a less than 0 chance of it ever happening.Macron lacked will to deal with wagner in africa due to "escalation"
Zero chance for boots on ground
What cultural identity ? Unlike Ukraine, Russians don’t topple Ukrainian monuments and don’t prohibit Ukrainian music. Check how Crimea is doing, Ukrainian is STILL an official language thereLmao yeah right, one autocrat's "security concerns" are another nation's sovereignty and cultural identity lol
Putin doesn't even believe there is such a thing as "Ukraine" lmaoWhat cultural identity ? Unlike Ukraine, Russians don’t topple Ukrainian monuments and don’t prohibit Ukrainian music. Check how Crimea is doing, Ukrainian is STILL an official language there
It's tradition at this point.Has it though? Seems to me like "Russia" is whatever Moscow can control via force and in the end "Russia" is just an absolute monarchy, the State exists to serve its ruler who is supported by loyalists, loyal to Putin, not loyal to the country interests.
I think it's probably analogous to military recruiting in the USA. New York City is probably underrepresented in our military tooWeird, the notoriously anti-Russian ISW said that despite their initial assumptions the percentage of ethnic Russians (Russkies) fighting and dying in Ukraine was proportional to their overall representation. Muscovites, however, weren't being drafted in large numbers.
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Yeah, thats exactly what happened. Even on Feb 24, Russia made an ultimatum to Zelensky to implement the Minsk accords that Ukraine SIGNED. He declined.
There are already people who want peace in the Middle East. This thread has way too much warmongering mentality. Just trying to find some balance.Wrong War,
The Palestine, Israel War thread is that way ——>
You are hitlerite and Putin is Nazi.You’re a bright one, aren’t you ?
Here’s alternative: start treating every non western country with respect and consider their security concerns. That solves everything
The guy is on point again
what's your excuse for the russian war crimes of targeting civilians?What cultural identity ? Unlike Ukraine, Russians don’t topple Ukrainian monuments and don’t prohibit Ukrainian music. Check how Crimea is doing, Ukrainian is STILL an official language there