re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Macron as well as the leaders of Poland, the Baltic countries, Romania, etc have realized that Trump was right and they can’t just do nothing and expect the USA to bail them out. They have also realized that Scholz and Biden are pussies. It’s not about a lack of leadership it’s about Europe pulling its own weight.

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Haven’t been able to check up lately any big news? Thanks. I did see this new Ukrainian drone and if the range of 3100 km with a 300 kg warhead are true then Russia has a big problem in their hands. I’d attack every refinery, airfield (ESPECIALLY Engels and Olenya), ammunition manufacturer and all any other military target I could reach in that distance which would be enormous.

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Explain in detail how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in any way meant to deal with Ukraine.

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Explain in detail how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in any way meant to deal with China.

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NATO’s growing interest in China has developed against the backdrop of Beijing’s designation as a “long-term strategic competitor” in the 2017 U.S. National Security Strategy, and Europe’s growing realisation about the strategic implications of China’s rise. Both the Trump and Biden administrations have sought to expand transatlantic cooperation on China, motivated by the belief that greater European support to US policies is key to effectively addressing the economic, political and strategic challenges associated with China’s growth. While Washington has put much emphasis on discussing with the EU and individual European countries how best to tackle the geo-economic, technological and diplomatic challenges associated with China’s rise and behaviour, NATO has also become an increasingly important vector of transatlantic cooperation on China.

China was officially recognised as an important topic to NATO for the first time at the 2019 London summit, when the Alliance’s Heads of State and Government argued that Beijing’s “growing influence and international policies present both opportunities and challenges that we need to address together as an Alliance”. That statement paved the way for an increasingly substantial debate within NATO, with the US – supported primarily by the UK – consistently urging Allies to think more seriously about the strategic implications of China’s rise. Since then, some Allies have continued to raise questions about NATO’s China agenda, worrying it could sever their political and economic cooperation with Beijing, as well as insisting that the Alliance should focus on its core mandate (Euro-Atlantic security) and refrain from expanding its geographical or functional remit, not least given the need to give priority to eastern Europe.

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NATO’s China agenda can arguably be broken down into three levels of analysis. The first is global, and relates to the notion that China is the only country that can really pose a sustained and multidimensional challenge to the international system.

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So, mission creep

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Russian TG Channel Kremlin Secrets: "Bad news for our aviation. There are losses at two more airfields, strategic bombers are damaged

Unfortunately, the enemy attack at night and early in the morning on April 5 affected not only the Morozovsk airfield, where four of our aircraft were damaged. Serious losses were suffered at two more military facilities.

According to sources in the VKS, enemy drones "almost completely destroyed" two Su-25 aircraft at a military airfield in Yeysk. There are reports of four deaths.

Engels-2 airfield was also attacked. Several sources have informed us about the serious damage to "two or three" Tu-95MS strategic bombers and the death of seven people. There are allegedly several strategic aviation pilots among the dead, but these data require additional verification.

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So, mission creep

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