The Ukraine war thread
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Putin lays out his conditions. Basically keep all the territory, no NATO, lft sanctions and give us our frozen assets.
"Bygones".
He's probably thinking he's gone as far as he can with this and there's nothing more to be gained.
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The article leaves out a few salient points. Namely that Ukraine must give up all occupied and annexed but unoccupied Ukrainian territory and that NATO must abandon its open door policy regarding membership. As well, the term neutrality in context of Ukraine means becoming a puppet state of the Kremlin.
There are no concessions in the stated proposal outline. Rather they are terms of surrender for Ukraine, the US and the Western Alliance. Quite unacceptable to my thinking on the matter.
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Putin might be locking out US diplomatic efforts towards a settlement.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/53548
Personally I think the Kremlin is about to deliver a one way ultimatum for Kyiv’s unconditional surrender.
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Getting reports here on the news of a massive drone attack on Russian stategic bombers (one near Finland) calling it Russia’s Pearl Harbor.
Strange times.
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What’s more is that Ukraine specifically targeted the Tu -95 Bear strategic bombers. Despite their 1950’s vintage design, they still remain crucial to the Kremlin’s nuclear deterrence capability.
Tactically brilliant on the part of the Ukrainians, but it will unleash a vicious strike against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in the coming nights. Maybe even tonight.
Should be a very frank, open and very short meeting in Istanbul tomorrow. If it even convenes.
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T. E. Lawrence’s ghost smiled again:
Two railway bridges collapsed just hours apart in separate regions of Russia, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens. One of the incidents is being investigated as possible sabotage, according to officials.
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Another couple video of the drone attack on the airplanes. In the first one, you can see tires on the wings of the airplane to try and disguise them from drones.
Link to video Link to videoAlso quite interesting how the raid was done.
it involved more than a year and a half of planning and was "extremely complex from a logistical point of view."
The SBU transported numerous small first-person-view (FPV) drones to Russia, along with what looked like wooden shipping crates. Once all the pieces were in the country, the drones were hidden in the crates, which were placed on trucks. On Sunday, the tops of the crates were remotely opened, and the drones flew out.
