re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Lithuania's intelligence services assessed that Russia may have the capabilities to conduct a limited campaign against one or several NATO countries within three to five years, an assessment that is consistent with ISW's assessments

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They can't take Ukraine but a NATO country is next....?

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consistent with ISW's assessments

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Tells you what this is worth.

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They can't take Ukraine but a NATO country is next....?

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These are tiny nations and not so easy to reinforce from Poland

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They can't take Ukraine but a NATO country is next....?

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in 3 years, when Russia has regenerated its military and Trump has crippled NATO...

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Washing our hands over Ukraine sends a signal to our allies and enemies that you can’t count on us any longer.

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They need to understand that. They need to understand that the 80-year-long gravy train is over.

They need to stop whining about it and start doing something about it.

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They need to understand that. They need to understand that the 80-year-long gravy train is over.

They need to stop whining about it and start doing something about it.

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They had robust military spending until the USSR collapsed. Thus it's more like 33 years

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How many Ukrainians will have died proving that point that doesn't need proving?

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The blame for that lays squarely on the shoulders of Cargo Pants and Obama / Biden.

terrorism update, it's "what anyone would do"

Russian attack on Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast kills 11, injures 30 as region declares day of mourning

by Olena Goncharova and The Kyiv Independent news desk March 8, 2025 3:02 AM

Russian forces launched multiple strikes on Dobropillia, a city in Donetsk Oblast, late on March 7, resulting in casualties and injuries, according to the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.

At least 11 people have been killed and 30 were injured, Donetsk Oblast Governor Vadym Filashkin reported, noting that more people could be trapped under the rubble. Some eight apartment buildings have been damaged, the official statement said.

Donestk Oblast declared a day of mourning in response to the attack, which was "one of the most brutal in recent times," Filashkin said.

Dobropillia is located 94 kilometres northwest of Russian-occupied Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast.

First responders have been dispatched to the site of the attack and search and rescue operation continues.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to halt intelligence sharing with Kyiv has sparked concerns in Ukraine that Russian missile strikes could now strike the cities without prior warning.

The New York Times reported on March 6 that the freeze on intelligence sharing could hinder vital alerts about incoming Russian drones and missiles.

Trump made the announcement amidst a sharp decline in relations between Kyiv and Washington, as he pressures Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to his proposed peace talks with Russia.

Shortly after the freeze on March 5, a Russian Iskander ballistic missile struck a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, killing four people and injuring at least 30, hammering home what's at stake when Russian missiles are not intercepted.

The Kyiv Independent

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"Literacy!" Wasn't expecting that one...

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I wish your teachers had expected it becoming an issue for you more

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Regarding the Russian breakthrough in Kursk line, the stop at rise and it was down a ravine from what I can tell with terrain maps. It could well be a "moti" of Finnish fame and the force will be chopped up in a day or two. Failure to widen the shoulders will not bode well for Russia.

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"Breakthrough" thats a good way to describe being surrounding.

Face it, with the US no longer doing the heavy lifting, we are seeing the capabilities, or lack there of, of the ukranians.

They better come to the table soon or there will be nothing to negotiate.

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You don't get it.

The US subsidized Europe for 80 years, and they've squandered it. Look at the mess they are now.

US taxpayers are pissed off about all of our money that they have squandered.

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He said "gay" and "Muslim," not what you said...

and as to what you said, we invested in Europe and what happened? We became even bigger and wealthier. The dreamtime everybody is clamoring to return to is the 1950s, the height of that system.

Who "ripped us off" are Corporations and the super wealthy, who got greedy and used globalism against American workers in every way they could think of, destroyed Unions and collective bargaining (Elon is busy doing this again) and rewrote the tax system to benefit themselves and screw everybody under them.

But whatever... there's really fun times ahead.