re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Wasn’t Trump quoted as saying that if Putin didn’t didn’t agree to a deal he would give Ukraine even more aid?

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Seems like the kind of deal Trump would make.

There are a lot of those going the other way too.

I wonder how many casualties will be attributed to suicide drones or bomber drones?

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I wonder how many casualties will be attributed to suicide drones or bomber drones?

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Been looking at the Ukrainian weekly reports (drone report and overall report) for the last several weeks. They indicate that a very significant percentage of the russian armor that was destroyed during this time frame was due to drones. However, I have not been able to directly compare personnel losses.

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So, why was midget mad

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You mean Putin, who is shorter than Zelensky?

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What’s so offensive about the right wing anti-Ukraine crowd is that they also can see from Russia exactly what Russia intends to do.

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They simply are not right wing; they are ideologically disposed to oppose American national interest, and back hostile foreign powers.

The American Right has acknowledged and measured the Russian threat far more consistently and adequately for over a century now, than anyone else-- these pro-Russian people are just part of the populist dregs that have more akin to the WWE fan base than Conservative politics. Never mistake the later, for the former.

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Russia being Russia. They shot down one of their own Su-35 fighters. Idiots.

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Russian stupidity is Ukraine's greatest ally.

And?

Where did i say anything positive about putin? Where did i even mention him?

My question remains. His objection to trumps comments makes no sense. He either wants all the weapons or not.

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They have the same intention as every other military empire building lunatic throughout history.

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They're not trying to build an empire simply for the sake of empire. When the Soviet Union fell they lost all of their geographic blocking positions. What they're trying to do is reestablish those positions. They already got Crimea back in 2014, giving them command of the Black Sea. Now they're going for the Polish Gap/Northern European Plain and Bessarabian Gap to defend themselves against any potential aggression by Western Europe and a re-emerging Turkey, who is set to become a major player again. This is why Russia maintains forces in Transnistria, Armenia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.

Their problem is that they're sitting on a mountain of natural resources (oil, gas, minerals, timber, water, etc) that all of their neighbors covet. They also realize that, due to their demographic collapse, this will be the last time that they have enough young men to attempt to reestablish those geographic blocking positions. If they fail, they're literally surrounded by hyenas that will take it all unless they're willing to use nukes. They will lack the conventional forces to defend their vast borders.

Western Europe, particularly Germany, will want the oil and gas. Japan will need oil and gas too, so will probably retake Sakhalin Island. China will want Outer Manchuria back after it was stolen from them at gunpoint by Russia in 1853 when they were tied up in the Opium Wars. China also needs more fresh water for the northwest provinces, so Lake Baikal, which contains one fifth of the world's fresh water, will be on the table as well. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will take their share of the Russian wheat belt, and Turkey will either take what they want in the Caucasus, or make a deal to purchase it bargain basement prices in exchange for not taking it outright.

Either way you slice it, this is Russia's last conventional war. I don't agree with all of the actual cash that we've been sending, but if we can sufficiently degrade Russia's offensive military capability with some hand-me-down equipment, I'm all for it. In fact, once Russia is incapable of waging war, that would be the perfect time to politely exit NATO and let Europe go back to providing for their own defense instead of putting it on the backs of American taxpayers while they spend their own money on lavish social programs.

Good grief, I pointed out who the midget really is, nothing more

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The American Right has acknowledged and measured the Russian threat far more consistently and adequately for over a century now, than anyone else-- these pro-Russian people are just part of the populist dregs that have more akin to the WWE fan base than Conservative politics. Never mistake the later, for the former.

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I consider this a spot on true statement. I agree with you. However, the WWE crowd now has power at the highest levels of the Republican Party. I wish it was not the case, but it is at this time. Hopefully, things will change soon.

Back to the latest news.

Russian media reports a fire at an electrical substation in Bryansk region of Russia. Twitter link

Reports of an explosion, but no idea how it happened. They are getting very jumpy.