The Ukraine war thread
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@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
50 years from now, Russia will be on its way to disappearing. They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out. And it is the most important generation for the economy.
@taiwan_girl said in The Ukraine war thread:
Link to videoThey were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out.
The number of military-aged men is quite small.
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Wow! Seeing that movie shows that. I guess if you are guy who is looking to date, you are in a good position, but other than that........... not so good.
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Mirage to Ukraine...
https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-to-get-fighter-jets-from-france/
That's not as promising as it sounds. Ukraine is getting over 100 F-16 fighters, but only has 22 pilots trained to fly them and is begging for training slots at any nation that will take them. I suppose the same problem will exist with the Mirage fighters...
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Should have supplied them in 22.
You are right.
I'm not big on foreign wars, but if Ukraine needed the tools to stop Mr. Putin, they need the tools. Not in dribs and drabs, but in sufficient quantity to achieve the mission.
The Biden Administration has been very careful to never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time, to make a distinctive difference.
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Should have supplied them in 22.
You are right.
I'm not big on foreign wars, but if Ukraine needed the tools to stop Mr. Putin, they need the tools. Not in dribs and drabs, but in sufficient quantity to achieve the mission.
The Biden Administration has been very careful to never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time, to make a distinctive difference.
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The ambiguity and emptiness of Putin’s red lines in Ukraine:
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Biden, Zelensky to sign 10-year U.S.-Ukraine security deal at G-7 summit
Supposedly the agreement "will commit Washington to supply Kyiv with a wide range of military assistance." But unlike NATO, it does not require the U.S. to respond if Ukraine is attacked.
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An interesting piece on the possibility of going nuclear.
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Putin offers compelling and generous terms:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday demanded Ukraine effectively surrender to Moscow if it wants to open peace talks, drawing anger and rebukes from Kyiv and the West.
In a combative speech in Moscow on the eve of a major Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, Putin said Russia would halt its offensive only if Ukraine fully withdraws its troops from the east and south and drops its bid for NATO membership.
I am confident that Putin is just emulating Trump and spitballing riffs that happen to pop into his mind.
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Another headache for Putin:
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34739
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