ALERT RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE - Consolidated Thread
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of course
mzkitty
I give up.
mzkitty
I give up.
With MILLIONS - unchecked flowing into the US - only a matter of time - we have MADE a LOT of enemies looking for payback
And negatively impact the Dems' election chances....
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
Narrative building.
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
Huh?
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
A strike by two Iskander missiles at the launcher and command post of the Norwegian NASAMS air defense system near Zaporozhye. Detonation and ignition of rockets.
At this rate all of those comments by Marcon may result in L'Armee d'Air BARCAPs over Ukraine with AWACs support, flying out of lord knows where, along with more SAM systems.
In the "WTF" category of Op-Eds.......
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Putin rattles his nuclear saber again: The Associated Press (Recorder, March 14) reports, “Putin says Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons.” He has been making such threats for the past two years, especially against the possibility of the U.S. or NATO sending ground troops. The CIA says “it’s 50-50” that he will do it (which prompted Biden’s famous “Armageddon” speech), and that’s frightening enough.
The latest conclusion from the Ukrainian front is that both sides are exhausted, neither side able to make a decisive move. This stalemate is bad news for Ukraine, as Russia still has a deeper pool of everything — manpower, resources and authority to last longer, perhaps forever with its national patience. The Western alliance, especially the United States, is showing cracks and is thin on patience. Only last week, the Pope advised Ukraine to surrender, with “the courage of the white flag.” Other nations will advise likewise. Unlike the Russians, patience is not the West’s, or America’s, strong suit. While neither side seems capable of a decisive outcome, a lot of damages can be inflicted by both sides in a war of attrition.
Such a grim and seemingly hopeless war is also an opportunity in search of radical solutions and I have just imagined one myself: I believe my solution will end the war in Ukraine’s favor — without more nuclear threats from Mr. Putin or further drains from the West’s treasuries.
My solution requires two well-defined but simple policy actions by our government:
First Action: Under cover of secrecy, install three high-powered American nuclear warheads in Ukraine, and then announce that Ukraine has the nuclear capability to destroy Moscow, which is merely 500 miles away and in minutes’ flight time from Ukraine. This action neutralizes Putin’s nuclear threats.
With only three warheads, the Kiev government can invalidate Putin’s dangerous nuclear temptations with his own mutually assured destruction (MAD).
Russia will protest, of course. But, according to the 1994 treaty they signed along with the United States, now known as “The Budapest Memorandum,” actually the Russians are obligated, morally and legally, to restore Ukraine’s nuclear capability. Since Russia is obviously unwilling to do this, the U.S., its co-signer, will have to do it, as all co-signers must do for the delinquent debtors.
How did the Budapest Memorandum come about?
While the Soviet Union was still the world’s second largest nuclear power, it just so happened that the Soviets had stationed 1,700 nuclear warheads in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union was no more as a nation, Ukraine suddenly ended up with those Soviet-made nuclear warheads on its soil, 1,700 of them, effectively making it the third most-powerful nuclear-armed nation in the world.
With this many windfall warheads, however, the pressure on Ukraine was intense from the international community to give them up. Ukraine finally agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for the absolute guarantee of its national security by three nations — the United States, Great Britain and Russia (successor to the Soviet Union),
After two years of bloody war that they did not start, are the Ukrainians sorry that they gave up their real guarantor of peace? Of course they are. Putin’s Russia would have never invaded Ukraine if those nuclear weapons were still on Ukrainian soil. Obviously, as far as the Russians were concerned, the security guarantee in the Memorandum was not worth the paper it was written on. The Russians invaded Ukraine anyway.
Returning three warheads for the 1,700 warheads they took from Ukraine under a now-broken promise, and under false pretenses, is fair enough. In America’s own business practices, guarantees are sacrosanct. Both Russia and the U.S. guaranteed Ukraine’s sovereignty and at least one signer should be willing to restore the promise.
Second Action: In order to win the ground war in Ukraine, follow the announcement of Ukraine’s newly restored nuclear capability with another bombshell announcement: that the U.S., augmented by NATO, will send ground troops to Ukraine to fight the Russians. This will end the ground war in Ukraine, very likely, without firing a shot.
Once his nuclear wings are clipped with Kiev’s own MAD-capability, Putin’s nuclear bluff is over. In the ground war, he is exhausted —materially, strategically and spiritually — and Russians are no match for the American GIs who are famously well-fed, well-armed and well-rested. All the U.S. has to do is announce its plan to send a small advance unit to the Ukrainian front, with more to follow, and Putin will shake in his boots at the very news that the Yanks are coming!
Just as in Reagan’s Cold War strategy, the U.S. can outmuscle the Russians with its sheer material superiority. This new phase of the war in Ukraine will be won even before it starts. The Russian people will not, and cannot, support Putin gearing up for a fresh round of war against the well-fed, well-armed and well-rested Americans with high-tech war machines.
In his exhausted state — and with no nuclear options to consider — Putin has no other choice. As long as Kiev holds its MAD-dagger aimed at Moscow so close, Russia will never invade Ukraine or another nation west of Ukraine, again.
For the U.S., this daring coup of the century will help Democrats score a few electoral wins and, not insignificantly, for Joe Biden come November. It’s a win-win-win solution — morally, practically and strategically.
Jon Huer, columnist for the Recorder and retired professor, lives in Greenfield.
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As I See It: How to end the war in Ukraine
Putin rattles his nuclear saber again: The Associated Press (Recorder, March 14) reports, “Putin says Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons.” He has been making such threats for the past two years, especially against the possibility of the U.S. or...
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As I See It: How to end the war in Ukraine
| By JON HUER | Published: 03-22-2024 2:15 PM |
Putin rattles his nuclear saber again: The Associated Press (Recorder, March 14) reports, “Putin says Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons.” He has been making such threats for the past two years, especially against the possibility of the U.S. or NATO sending ground troops. The CIA says “it’s 50-50” that he will do it (which prompted Biden’s famous “Armageddon” speech), and that’s frightening enough.
The latest conclusion from the Ukrainian front is that both sides are exhausted, neither side able to make a decisive move. This stalemate is bad news for Ukraine, as Russia still has a deeper pool of everything — manpower, resources and authority to last longer, perhaps forever with its national patience. The Western alliance, especially the United States, is showing cracks and is thin on patience. Only last week, the Pope advised Ukraine to surrender, with “the courage of the white flag.” Other nations will advise likewise. Unlike the Russians, patience is not the West’s, or America’s, strong suit. While neither side seems capable of a decisive outcome, a lot of damages can be inflicted by both sides in a war of attrition.
Such a grim and seemingly hopeless war is also an opportunity in search of radical solutions and I have just imagined one myself: I believe my solution will end the war in Ukraine’s favor — without more nuclear threats from Mr. Putin or further drains from the West’s treasuries.
My solution requires two well-defined but simple policy actions by our government:
First Action: Under cover of secrecy, install three high-powered American nuclear warheads in Ukraine, and then announce that Ukraine has the nuclear capability to destroy Moscow, which is merely 500 miles away and in minutes’ flight time from Ukraine. This action neutralizes Putin’s nuclear threats.
With only three warheads, the Kiev government can invalidate Putin’s dangerous nuclear temptations with his own mutually assured destruction (MAD).
Russia will protest, of course. But, according to the 1994 treaty they signed along with the United States, now known as “The Budapest Memorandum,” actually the Russians are obligated, morally and legally, to restore Ukraine’s nuclear capability. Since Russia is obviously unwilling to do this, the U.S., its co-signer, will have to do it, as all co-signers must do for the delinquent debtors.
How did the Budapest Memorandum come about?
While the Soviet Union was still the world’s second largest nuclear power, it just so happened that the Soviets had stationed 1,700 nuclear warheads in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union was no more as a nation, Ukraine suddenly ended up with those Soviet-made nuclear warheads on its soil, 1,700 of them, effectively making it the third most-powerful nuclear-armed nation in the world.
With this many windfall warheads, however, the pressure on Ukraine was intense from the international community to give them up. Ukraine finally agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for the absolute guarantee of its national security by three nations — the United States, Great Britain and Russia (successor to the Soviet Union),
After two years of bloody war that they did not start, are the Ukrainians sorry that they gave up their real guarantor of peace? Of course they are. Putin’s Russia would have never invaded Ukraine if those nuclear weapons were still on Ukrainian soil. Obviously, as far as the Russians were concerned, the security guarantee in the Memorandum was not worth the paper it was written on. The Russians invaded Ukraine anyway.
Returning three warheads for the 1,700 warheads they took from Ukraine under a now-broken promise, and under false pretenses, is fair enough. In America’s own business practices, guarantees are sacrosanct. Both Russia and the U.S. guaranteed Ukraine’s sovereignty and at least one signer should be willing to restore the promise.
Second Action: In order to win the ground war in Ukraine, follow the announcement of Ukraine’s newly restored nuclear capability with another bombshell announcement: that the U.S., augmented by NATO, will send ground troops to Ukraine to fight the Russians. This will end the ground war in Ukraine, very likely, without firing a shot.
Once his nuclear wings are clipped with Kiev’s own MAD-capability, Putin’s nuclear bluff is over. In the ground war, he is exhausted —materially, strategically and spiritually — and Russians are no match for the American GIs who are famously well-fed, well-armed and well-rested. All the U.S. has to do is announce its plan to send a small advance unit to the Ukrainian front, with more to follow, and Putin will shake in his boots at the very news that the Yanks are coming!
Just as in Reagan’s Cold War strategy, the U.S. can outmuscle the Russians with its sheer material superiority. This new phase of the war in Ukraine will be won even before it starts. The Russian people will not, and cannot, support Putin gearing up for a fresh round of war against the well-fed, well-armed and well-rested Americans with high-tech war machines.
In his exhausted state — and with no nuclear options to consider — Putin has no other choice. As long as Kiev holds its MAD-dagger aimed at Moscow so close, Russia will never invade Ukraine or another nation west of Ukraine, again.
For the U.S., this daring coup of the century will help Democrats score a few electoral wins and, not insignificantly, for Joe Biden come November. It’s a win-win-win solution — morally, practically and strategically.
Jon Huer, columnist for the Recorder and retired professor, lives in Greenfield.
Hummm.....For images please see article source. HC
ETA: Interesting the number of repurposed SAMs the Russians expended.
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EXCLUSIVE
ALL GUNS BLAZING
The tyrant could now be looking to strike nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia - which is four times bigger than Chernobyl.
Putin, 71, unleashed hell on civilians using a deadly arsenal of 88 missiles and 66 drones - many of which were designed to batter warships and infrastructure.
Among the weaponry were seven £4.5million "Kinzhal" rockets, capable of travelling at 12 times the speed of sound, and five Kh-22 "Storm" long-range missiles intended for use against aircraft carriers.
The cruel leader emptied his stockpile on civilian infrastructure overnight, sending the Dnipro power plant and dam up in flames.
Ukraine's energy minister Herman Halushchenko said the blitz was "the largest attack on Ukraine's energy sector in recent times".
Domestic and industrial electricity supplies were obliterated and civilians were faced with an internet blackout.
Retired British Army General Sir Richard Barrons told The Sun that the bombardment reflected Russia's resupply of missiles and drones.
He said: "[The attacks] are designed to weaken Ukraine's resolve to keep on fighting and, above all, to suggest to the West that supporting Ukraine is futile and 'we' should encourage Ukraine to settle, ie accept defeat.
"Putin, with a new six-year term is confident about his cause and he thinks (Donald) Trump will win and EU is splitting.
"So he smells weakness and opportunity that these attacks are intended to exploit. Bluntly, the more catastrophic the - self-inflicted - outcome in Ukraine the greater the risk of escalation to a major confrontation, even conflict, with Nato."
He warned that Russia will mount a renewed offensive in the summer and attempt to charge on to the Dnipro river and Kyiv.
The attack, arguably the despot's most audacious yet, came as the Kremlin claimed the West's intervention on Ukraine's side was to blame for the calamitous ongoing war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday: "We are in a state of war.
"Yes, it started out as a special military operation, but as soon as this group was formed, when the collective West became a participant in this on the side of Ukraine, it became a war for us."
Chemical weapons expert Colonel Hamish Stephen de Bretton-Gordon said Peskov's comments were "hugely worrying" and indicated "the gloves are off" - that "there are no holes barred".
He told The Sun: "The massive attack is an indication that Russians are taking advantage of confusion in the West at the moment, Ukraine's lack of munitions and air defence missiles - which is why lots got through this time."
The Kremlin's apparent change of rhetoric "most likely signals that Russia is getting to mobilise," according to security expert Aliona Hlivco.
Ms Hlivco, the managing director of Henry Jackson Society, said Putin is escalating the war and looking to destroy Ukraine while the West is reluctant to provide any more weapons and artillery ammunition.
Lithuania's foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis despaired on Friday: "We choked the weapons supply, we failed to provide enough air defence, and now we ask Ukrianians to sit on their hands while cruise missiles land on their families.
"Such mistakes are setting the course of the entire century. And there is no justification for any of this."
Following last weekend's sham election, where Putin "won" a fifth term in the Kremlin with 87 per cent of the vote, the despot has no reason not to go "all in".
"There are no shackles on Putin now," De Bretton-Gordon told The Sun after the election.
Ms Hlivco said on Friday: "Putin has got nothing left to lose. He's a pariah, a war criminal on the world stage.
"And Russia has reached its critical point of of no return. It's leading everyone who they can get on board against the rest of the world, not fearing any potential consequences.
"Russia doesn't really care for its citizens. They're leading the world into the abyss."
Now that Russia "thinks it's at war", Putin may consider nuclear power station Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine - the largest nuke power plant in Europe - a "legitimate target", said Col De Bretton-Gordon.
The overnight attack took out power to the plant.
Col De Bretton-Gordon warned Zaporizhzhia - four times bigger than Chernobyl - could be used as an improvised nuclear device.
He said: "It is an exceedingly dangerous state without power."
ETA: Interesting the number of repurposed SAMs the Russians expended.
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Putin made chilling nuclear threat when he emptied arsenal for huge blitz
VLADIMIR Putin began emptying his arsenal for Russia’s biggest-ever blitz on Ukraine overnight because he “smells weakness”, experts have warned. The tyrant could now be looking t…
www.thesun.co.uk
EXCLUSIVE
ALL GUNS BLAZING
Putin made chilling NUCLEAR threat when he emptied arsenal for biggest ever blitz…he can ‘smell weakness’, experts warn
Putin has 'nothing left to lose' after winning Russia's sham election- Iona Cleave
- Jessica Baker
- Published: 16:22, 22 Mar 2024
- Updated: 16:26, 22 Mar 2024
The tyrant could now be looking to strike nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia - which is four times bigger than Chernobyl.
Putin, 71, unleashed hell on civilians using a deadly arsenal of 88 missiles and 66 drones - many of which were designed to batter warships and infrastructure.
Among the weaponry were seven £4.5million "Kinzhal" rockets, capable of travelling at 12 times the speed of sound, and five Kh-22 "Storm" long-range missiles intended for use against aircraft carriers.
The cruel leader emptied his stockpile on civilian infrastructure overnight, sending the Dnipro power plant and dam up in flames.
Ukraine's energy minister Herman Halushchenko said the blitz was "the largest attack on Ukraine's energy sector in recent times".
Domestic and industrial electricity supplies were obliterated and civilians were faced with an internet blackout.
Retired British Army General Sir Richard Barrons told The Sun that the bombardment reflected Russia's resupply of missiles and drones.
He said: "[The attacks] are designed to weaken Ukraine's resolve to keep on fighting and, above all, to suggest to the West that supporting Ukraine is futile and 'we' should encourage Ukraine to settle, ie accept defeat.
"Putin, with a new six-year term is confident about his cause and he thinks (Donald) Trump will win and EU is splitting.
"So he smells weakness and opportunity that these attacks are intended to exploit. Bluntly, the more catastrophic the - self-inflicted - outcome in Ukraine the greater the risk of escalation to a major confrontation, even conflict, with Nato."
He warned that Russia will mount a renewed offensive in the summer and attempt to charge on to the Dnipro river and Kyiv.
The attack, arguably the despot's most audacious yet, came as the Kremlin claimed the West's intervention on Ukraine's side was to blame for the calamitous ongoing war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday: "We are in a state of war.
"Yes, it started out as a special military operation, but as soon as this group was formed, when the collective West became a participant in this on the side of Ukraine, it became a war for us."
Chemical weapons expert Colonel Hamish Stephen de Bretton-Gordon said Peskov's comments were "hugely worrying" and indicated "the gloves are off" - that "there are no holes barred".
He told The Sun: "The massive attack is an indication that Russians are taking advantage of confusion in the West at the moment, Ukraine's lack of munitions and air defence missiles - which is why lots got through this time."
The Kremlin's apparent change of rhetoric "most likely signals that Russia is getting to mobilise," according to security expert Aliona Hlivco.
Ms Hlivco, the managing director of Henry Jackson Society, said Putin is escalating the war and looking to destroy Ukraine while the West is reluctant to provide any more weapons and artillery ammunition.
Lithuania's foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis despaired on Friday: "We choked the weapons supply, we failed to provide enough air defence, and now we ask Ukrianians to sit on their hands while cruise missiles land on their families.
"Such mistakes are setting the course of the entire century. And there is no justification for any of this."
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www.thesun.co.uk
Following last weekend's sham election, where Putin "won" a fifth term in the Kremlin with 87 per cent of the vote, the despot has no reason not to go "all in".
"There are no shackles on Putin now," De Bretton-Gordon told The Sun after the election.
Ms Hlivco said on Friday: "Putin has got nothing left to lose. He's a pariah, a war criminal on the world stage.
"And Russia has reached its critical point of of no return. It's leading everyone who they can get on board against the rest of the world, not fearing any potential consequences.
"Russia doesn't really care for its citizens. They're leading the world into the abyss."
Now that Russia "thinks it's at war", Putin may consider nuclear power station Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine - the largest nuke power plant in Europe - a "legitimate target", said Col De Bretton-Gordon.
The overnight attack took out power to the plant.
Col De Bretton-Gordon warned Zaporizhzhia - four times bigger than Chernobyl - could be used as an improvised nuclear device.
He said: "It is an exceedingly dangerous state without power."
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Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
''The tyrant could now be looking to strike nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia - which is four times bigger than Chernobyl.''Hummm.....For images please see article source. HC
ETA: Interesting the number of repurposed SAMs the Russians expended.
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Putin made chilling nuclear threat when he emptied arsenal for huge blitz
VLADIMIR Putin began emptying his arsenal for Russia’s biggest-ever blitz on Ukraine overnight because he “smells weakness”, experts have warned. The tyrant could now be looking t…
EXCLUSIVE
ALL GUNS BLAZING
Putin made chilling NUCLEAR threat when he emptied arsenal for biggest ever blitz…he can ‘smell weakness’, experts warn
Putin has 'nothing left to lose' after winning Russia's sham election
VLADIMIR Putin began emptying his arsenal for Russia's biggest-ever blitz on Ukraine overnight because he "smells weakness", experts have warned.
- Iona Cleave
- Jessica Baker
- Published: 16:22, 22 Mar 2024
- Updated: 16:26, 22 Mar 2024
The tyrant could now be looking to strike nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia - which is four times bigger than Chernobyl.
Putin, 71, unleashed hell on civilians using a deadly arsenal of 88 missiles and 66 drones - many of which were designed to batter warships and infrastructure.
Among the weaponry were seven £4.5million "Kinzhal" rockets, capable of travelling at 12 times the speed of sound, and five Kh-22 "Storm" long-range missiles intended for use against aircraft carriers.
The cruel leader emptied his stockpile on civilian infrastructure overnight, sending the Dnipro power plant and dam up in flames.
Ukraine's energy minister Herman Halushchenko said the blitz was "the largest attack on Ukraine's energy sector in recent times".
Domestic and industrial electricity supplies were obliterated and civilians were faced with an internet blackout.
Retired British Army General Sir Richard Barrons told The Sun that the bombardment reflected Russia's resupply of missiles and drones.
He said: "[The attacks] are designed to weaken Ukraine's resolve to keep on fighting and, above all, to suggest to the West that supporting Ukraine is futile and 'we' should encourage Ukraine to settle, ie accept defeat.
"Putin, with a new six-year term is confident about his cause and he thinks (Donald) Trump will win and EU is splitting.
"So he smells weakness and opportunity that these attacks are intended to exploit. Bluntly, the more catastrophic the - self-inflicted - outcome in Ukraine the greater the risk of escalation to a major confrontation, even conflict, with Nato."
He warned that Russia will mount a renewed offensive in the summer and attempt to charge on to the Dnipro river and Kyiv.
The attack, arguably the despot's most audacious yet, came as the Kremlin claimed the West's intervention on Ukraine's side was to blame for the calamitous ongoing war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday: "We are in a state of war.
"Yes, it started out as a special military operation, but as soon as this group was formed, when the collective West became a participant in this on the side of Ukraine, it became a war for us."
Chemical weapons expert Colonel Hamish Stephen de Bretton-Gordon said Peskov's comments were "hugely worrying" and indicated "the gloves are off" - that "there are no holes barred".
He told The Sun: "The massive attack is an indication that Russians are taking advantage of confusion in the West at the moment, Ukraine's lack of munitions and air defence missiles - which is why lots got through this time."
The Kremlin's apparent change of rhetoric "most likely signals that Russia is getting to mobilise," according to security expert Aliona Hlivco.
Ms Hlivco, the managing director of Henry Jackson Society, said Putin is escalating the war and looking to destroy Ukraine while the West is reluctant to provide any more weapons and artillery ammunition.
Lithuania's foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis despaired on Friday: "We choked the weapons supply, we failed to provide enough air defence, and now we ask Ukrianians to sit on their hands while cruise missiles land on their families.
"Such mistakes are setting the course of the entire century. And there is no justification for any of this."
Loading…
www.thesun.co.uk
Following last weekend's sham election, where Putin "won" a fifth term in the Kremlin with 87 per cent of the vote, the despot has no reason not to go "all in".
"There are no shackles on Putin now," De Bretton-Gordon told The Sun after the election.
Ms Hlivco said on Friday: "Putin has got nothing left to lose. He's a pariah, a war criminal on the world stage.
"And Russia has reached its critical point of of no return. It's leading everyone who they can get on board against the rest of the world, not fearing any potential consequences.
"Russia doesn't really care for its citizens. They're leading the world into the abyss."
Now that Russia "thinks it's at war", Putin may consider nuclear power station Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine - the largest nuke power plant in Europe - a "legitimate target", said Col De Bretton-Gordon.
The overnight attack took out power to the plant.
Col De Bretton-Gordon warned Zaporizhzhia - four times bigger than Chernobyl - could be used as an improvised nuclear device.
He said: "It is an exceedingly dangerous state without power."
Hmm,,,,,,,it's been operating under Russian control since March, 2022.
danielboon
TB Fanatic
Perilous times are coming
The RuAF has about 60 at last count of these Tu-22M3 "Backfire" bombers in service.
Well, That Sure Raises The Temperature – Western Rifle Shooters Association
Well, That Sure Raises The Temperature
Either they've really deployed troop formations or they've deployed ELINT/SIGINT/IMIGINT decoy units to broadcast and represent what a force would put out if actually deployed. Time will tell.....
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
Grrr... This is sucking. NOBODY should be doing anything on any side of all of this. Frickin' find the negotiating table, you idiots!
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
My friend, they are here.
Hummm...........
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Fri, March 22, 2024 at 8:28 AM PDT·1 min read
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. licence in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday.
RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow would be watching closely to see where Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export rules at the end of last year.
In particular, he said, Russia would be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan under U.S. licence are exported to the United States and then to Ukraine.
"Accordingly, we will be watching carefully to make sure that the Patriots delivered do not end up in Ukraine, because if that happens, there will be the most severe consequences for bilateral (Russia-Japan) relations, including our retaliatory steps," RIA cited him as saying.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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Russia warns Japan of 'serious consequences' if Patriot missiles made there end up in Ukraine - RIA
Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. licence in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday. RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that...
Russia warns Japan of 'serious consequences' if Patriot missiles made there end up in Ukraine - RIA
ReutersFri, March 22, 2024 at 8:28 AM PDT·1 min read
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. licence in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday.
RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow would be watching closely to see where Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export rules at the end of last year.
In particular, he said, Russia would be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan under U.S. licence are exported to the United States and then to Ukraine.
"Accordingly, we will be watching carefully to make sure that the Patriots delivered do not end up in Ukraine, because if that happens, there will be the most severe consequences for bilateral (Russia-Japan) relations, including our retaliatory steps," RIA cited him as saying.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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This is so absurd it is hard to see how it got printed - talk about talking out your "backside"In the "WTF" category of Op-Eds.......
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As I See It: How to end the war in Ukraine
Putin rattles his nuclear saber again: The Associated Press (Recorder, March 14) reports, “Putin says Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons.” He has been making such threats for the past two years, especially against the possibility of the U.S. or...
As I See It: How to end the war in Ukraine
By JON HUER
Putin rattles his nuclear saber again: The Associated Press (Recorder, March 14) reports, “Putin says Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons.” He has been making such threats for the past two years, especially against the possibility of the U.S. or NATO sending ground troops. The CIA says “it’s 50-50” that he will do it (which prompted Biden’s famous “Armageddon” speech), and that’s frightening enough.
The latest conclusion from the Ukrainian front is that both sides are exhausted, neither side able to make a decisive move. This stalemate is bad news for Ukraine, as Russia still has a deeper pool of everything — manpower, resources and authority to last longer, perhaps forever with its national patience. The Western alliance, especially the United States, is showing cracks and is thin on patience. Only last week, the Pope advised Ukraine to surrender, with “the courage of the white flag.” Other nations will advise likewise. Unlike the Russians, patience is not the West’s, or America’s, strong suit. While neither side seems capable of a decisive outcome, a lot of damages can be inflicted by both sides in a war of attrition.
Such a grim and seemingly hopeless war is also an opportunity in search of radical solutions and I have just imagined one myself: I believe my solution will end the war in Ukraine’s favor — without more nuclear threats from Mr. Putin or further drains from the West’s treasuries.
My solution requires two well-defined but simple policy actions by our government:
First Action: Under cover of secrecy, install three high-powered American nuclear warheads in Ukraine, and then announce that Ukraine has the nuclear capability to destroy Moscow, which is merely 500 miles away and in minutes’ flight time from Ukraine. This action neutralizes Putin’s nuclear threats.
With only three warheads, the Kiev government can invalidate Putin’s dangerous nuclear temptations with his own mutually assured destruction (MAD).
Russia will protest, of course. But, according to the 1994 treaty they signed along with the United States, now known as “The Budapest Memorandum,” actually the Russians are obligated, morally and legally, to restore Ukraine’s nuclear capability. Since Russia is obviously unwilling to do this, the U.S., its co-signer, will have to do it, as all co-signers must do for the delinquent debtors.
How did the Budapest Memorandum come about?
While the Soviet Union was still the world’s second largest nuclear power, it just so happened that the Soviets had stationed 1,700 nuclear warheads in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union was no more as a nation, Ukraine suddenly ended up with those Soviet-made nuclear warheads on its soil, 1,700 of them, effectively making it the third most-powerful nuclear-armed nation in the world.
With this many windfall warheads, however, the pressure on Ukraine was intense from the international community to give them up. Ukraine finally agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for the absolute guarantee of its national security by three nations — the United States, Great Britain and Russia (successor to the Soviet Union),
After two years of bloody war that they did not start, are the Ukrainians sorry that they gave up their real guarantor of peace? Of course they are. Putin’s Russia would have never invaded Ukraine if those nuclear weapons were still on Ukrainian soil. Obviously, as far as the Russians were concerned, the security guarantee in the Memorandum was not worth the paper it was written on. The Russians invaded Ukraine anyway.
Returning three warheads for the 1,700 warheads they took from Ukraine under a now-broken promise, and under false pretenses, is fair enough. In America’s own business practices, guarantees are sacrosanct. Both Russia and the U.S. guaranteed Ukraine’s sovereignty and at least one signer should be willing to restore the promise.
Second Action: In order to win the ground war in Ukraine, follow the announcement of Ukraine’s newly restored nuclear capability with another bombshell announcement: that the U.S., augmented by NATO, will send ground troops to Ukraine to fight the Russians. This will end the ground war in Ukraine, very likely, without firing a shot.
Once his nuclear wings are clipped with Kiev’s own MAD-capability, Putin’s nuclear bluff is over. In the ground war, he is exhausted —materially, strategically and spiritually — and Russians are no match for the American GIs who are famously well-fed, well-armed and well-rested. All the U.S. has to do is announce its plan to send a small advance unit to the Ukrainian front, with more to follow, and Putin will shake in his boots at the very news that the Yanks are coming!
Just as in Reagan’s Cold War strategy, the U.S. can outmuscle the Russians with its sheer material superiority. This new phase of the war in Ukraine will be won even before it starts. The Russian people will not, and cannot, support Putin gearing up for a fresh round of war against the well-fed, well-armed and well-rested Americans with high-tech war machines.
In his exhausted state — and with no nuclear options to consider — Putin has no other choice. As long as Kiev holds its MAD-dagger aimed at Moscow so close, Russia will never invade Ukraine or another nation west of Ukraine, again.
For the U.S., this daring coup of the century will help Democrats score a few electoral wins and, not insignificantly, for Joe Biden come November. It’s a win-win-win solution — morally, practically and strategically.
Jon Huer, columnist for the Recorder and retired professor, lives in Greenfield.
First Action: Under cover of secrecy, install three high-powered American nuclear warheads in Ukraine
100% sure way to get the US Nuked and start WW3 - a US Nuke used on Russia and without question that would be the match to light things up.
And the article spins downhill from there in a totally delusional rant.
Russians are no match for the American GIs who are famously well-fed, well-armed and well-rested. All the U.S. has to do is announce its plan to send a small advance unit to the Ukrainian front, with more to follow, and Putin will shake in his boots at the very news that the Yanks are coming!
This PR CRAP keeps getting tossed out - Russia did not blowup the NS Pipe line - they are not attacking the ZNPP - UNDER THEIR CONTROL
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BREAKING:
Russian cruise missile strikes largest dam plus energy facilities in Ukraine.
Over a MILLION people cut off from power in Ukraine.
The dam holds back almost 1 trillion gallons of water.
Ukraine's largest dam hit but no danger of breach yet.
March 22, 2024
View: https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1771359940222849361?s=20
@WallStreetSilv
BREAKING:
Russian cruise missile strikes largest dam plus energy facilities in Ukraine.
Over a MILLION people cut off from power in Ukraine.
The dam holds back almost 1 trillion gallons of water.
Ukraine's largest dam hit but no danger of breach yet.
March 22, 2024
View: https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1771359940222849361?s=20
Terrorist Attack in Moscow — Who Did it?
Good overview of what is known now - several options:On the “Usual Suspects” list we have Ukraine and we have ISIS. A good case can be made for both. I am posting three videos — some of it is repetitive — that discusses the attack and the very odd behavior of the Biden Administration. Let’s go through the chronology of events.
Terrorist Attack in Moscow — Who Did it?
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Terrorist Attack in Moscow — Who Did it?
Good overview of what is known now - several options:
On the “Usual Suspects” list we have Ukraine and we have ISIS. A good case can be made for both. I am posting three videos — some of it is repetitive — that discusses the attack and the very odd behavior of the Biden Administration. Let’s go through the chronology of events.
Terrorist Attack in Moscow — Who Did it?
Considering the number of Obama Admin retreads, the amount of power they actually wield from day to day and Obama’s relationships with the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS legitimately looks more likely. Then you've got the CIA and FBI in full public "disagreement" with the Whitehouse and the Sec of DHS regarding the threat created by the situation on the border and the rift in the DS visible if you look right at it.
Definitely "interesting times" ahead...
Hummm...........
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Russia warns Japan of 'serious consequences' if Patriot missiles made there end up in Ukraine - RIA
Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. licence in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday. RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that...
Russia warns Japan of 'serious consequences' if Patriot missiles made there end up in Ukraine - RIA
Reuters
Fri, March 22, 2024 at 8:28 AM PDT·1 min read
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. licence in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday.
RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow would be watching closely to see where Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export rules at the end of last year.
In particular, he said, Russia would be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan under U.S. licence are exported to the United States and then to Ukraine.
"Accordingly, we will be watching carefully to make sure that the Patriots delivered do not end up in Ukraine, because if that happens, there will be the most severe consequences for bilateral (Russia-Japan) relations, including our retaliatory steps," RIA cited him as saying.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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I know a reply instead of an in post ETA.....all of this along with North Korea, the CCP and now Russia just gives more reason to get the golden screwdrivers out of the locked cabinets along with the "components".
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
The tragedy in Moscow will change the entire war in Ukraine,Terrorist Attack in Moscow — Who Did it?
Good overview of what is known now - several options:
On the “Usual Suspects” list we have Ukraine and we have ISIS. A good case can be made for both. I am posting three videos — some of it is repetitive — that discusses the attack and the very odd behavior of the Biden Administration. Let’s go through the chronology of events.
Terrorist Attack in Moscow — Who Did it?
now one question remains:
Is there a trace of the RDK and GUR?
The blowback and total support from the Russian people would be epic.
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
Yep, elections sure do have consequences, don't they.
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
Telegram source: a total of 11 suspects are now detained, at this time.
Text of the FSB statement on the terrorist attack in Crocus:
As a result of the actions of special services and law enforcement agencies, 11 people were detained, including four terrorists who were directly involved in the terrorist attack in Crocus, and further work is underway to identify the accomplice base.
After committing the terrorist attack, the criminals tried to escape, moving by car towards the Russian-Ukrainian border.
As a result of coordinated actions of special and law enforcement agencies, all four terrorists were detained within a few hours of each other in the Bryansk region. They are currently being transported to Moscow.
Work is underway to identify all the circumstances of the terrorist attack. It has already been established that the terrorist attack was carefully planned. The weapons used by the terrorists were prepared in advance in a cache.
After the terrorist attack, the criminals intended to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side.
The investigation into the terrorist attack continues.
t.me/boris_rozhin/117585
Text of the FSB statement on the terrorist attack in Crocus:
As a result of the actions of special services and law enforcement agencies, 11 people were detained, including four terrorists who were directly involved in the terrorist attack in Crocus, and further work is underway to identify the accomplice base.
After committing the terrorist attack, the criminals tried to escape, moving by car towards the Russian-Ukrainian border.
As a result of coordinated actions of special and law enforcement agencies, all four terrorists were detained within a few hours of each other in the Bryansk region. They are currently being transported to Moscow.
Work is underway to identify all the circumstances of the terrorist attack. It has already been established that the terrorist attack was carefully planned. The weapons used by the terrorists were prepared in advance in a cache.
After the terrorist attack, the criminals intended to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side.
The investigation into the terrorist attack continues.
t.me/boris_rozhin/117585
Plain Jane
Just Plain Jane
Swathes Of Ukraine Go Dark After Russia Pummels Electrical Power Facilities In Huge Retaliation | ZeroHedge
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Swathes Of Ukraine Go Dark After Russia Pummels Electrical Power Facilities In Huge Retaliation
BY TYLER DURDEN
SATURDAY, MAR 23, 2024 - 07:35 AM
We reported earlier on the clear escalation in Ukraine's cross-border strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure, during which time Moscow has in turn ramped up its own major airstrikes on Ukraine's facilities.
The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) in a press briefing detailed its retaliatory attacks which it described as a direct response to the shelling of Russian territory. The MoD confirmed that it has hit "energy and military industry facilities, railway junctions and arsenals."
Damage, smoke rising at Ukraine's largest hydroelectric plant, AP screenshotSignificantly the country's largest hydroelectric plant at Dnieper has been shut down after what appears a major missile strike impacting its vital operations. Various regions impacted have been left without power, and there are widespread reports of new internet outages in Ukraine.
Russia's military touted that "all the goals of the massive strike have been achieved" - which reportedly included hits on "foreign military equipment and ordnance delivered by NATO countries" which were destroyed, according to state-run TASS.
Unconfirmed footage is widely circulating which shows a Russian cruise missile slam into the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant:
View: https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1771158266615087351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1771158266615087351%7Ctwgr%5E44c708bd8d796c2401f5ff3e93879cba9928e541%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fswathes-ukraine-go-dark-after-russia-pummels-electrical-power-facilities-huge
US state-backed RFERL has also reported Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant was impacted in the large wave of Friday's Russian air assault:
Large swathes of Ukraine have gone dark, connectivity data shows:
View: https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1771036000061424088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1771036000061424088%7Ctwgr%5E44c708bd8d796c2401f5ff3e93879cba9928e541%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fswathes-ukraine-go-dark-after-russia-pummels-electrical-power-facilities-huge
Below is a list of impacted targets on Friday, via a statement by Russia's defense ministry:
And with Friday's terror attack by unknown gunmen on a Moscow concert venue and mall, this rapid escalation is sure to continue.
Tom McDowell
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Eventful 24 Hours: Moscow Terror Attack Follows Massive UA Grid Strikes
Let’s begin with the tragic event that has eclipsed everything else: a large terrorist attack on a packed Friday night shopping center at the outskirts of Moscow. But while there are many dead, and the event is clearly momentous, there is actually not much of
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Simplicius The Thinker
Mar 23, 2024
Let’s begin with the tragic event that has eclipsed everything else: a large terrorist attack on a packed Friday night shopping center at the outskirts of Moscow. But while there are many dead, and the event is clearly momentous, there is actually not much of substance to be said on it yet, without rehashing the same baseless gun-jumping discussions from Twitter and elsewhere.
There’s simply too little solid verifiable information, so we’ll only gloss it over for now, and tie it into events on the ground in Ukraine at the end.
The more directly salient events occurred last night, when Russia launched one of the larger and more impactful strikes of the war, hitting numerous Ukrainian hydro-electric power plants, including the big one in Dnipro—one of the largest in Europe—Zaporozhye, and a plant in Kharkov, as well as dozens of other military production sites in Kiev and west Ukraine.
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Eventful 24 Hours: Moscow Terror Attack Follows Massive UA Grid Strikes
Let’s begin with the tragic event that has eclipsed everything else: a large terrorist attack on a packed Friday night shopping center at the outskirts of Moscow. But while there are many dead, and the event is clearly momentous, there is actually not much of
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Simplicius The Thinker
Mar 23, 2024
Let’s begin with the tragic event that has eclipsed everything else: a large terrorist attack on a packed Friday night shopping center at the outskirts of Moscow. But while there are many dead, and the event is clearly momentous, there is actually not much of substance to be said on it yet, without rehashing the same baseless gun-jumping discussions from Twitter and elsewhere.
There’s simply too little solid verifiable information, so we’ll only gloss it over for now, and tie it into events on the ground in Ukraine at the end.
The more directly salient events occurred last night, when Russia launched one of the larger and more impactful strikes of the war, hitting numerous Ukrainian hydro-electric power plants, including the big one in Dnipro—one of the largest in Europe—Zaporozhye, and a plant in Kharkov, as well as dozens of other military production sites in Kiev and west Ukraine.
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People need to go to the link and read the full article. Covers a lot of details and gives very sound rational for his conclusions.
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Terrorist Attack on Moscow - Ukraine Committing Suicide? | Larry C. Johnson
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French Army Going to Ukraine Will Be a DISASTER
Run time - 20:36
Mar 23, 2024
French Military Intervention to Ukraine.