Here we go again-Ukraine once again

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The United States is preparing to announce a new aid package to Ukraine this week, which will be consistent with the previous efforts of the American side to support the Armed Forces.

"We are with you all the way" Said Biden some month ago. Having this analyzing stuff, Skybird posted some weeks ago, about Putin's plan on prolonging the war, in my memory. I wonder how far this - All the way - goes?

Markus

[August]

Originally Posted by mapuc

"We are with you all the way" Said Biden some month ago. Having this analyzing stuff, Skybird posted some weeks ago, about Putin's plan on prolonging the war, in my memory. I wonder how far this - All the way - goes?

Markus

It goes at least into next week Markus!

[August]

The commander of the Danish Air Force is named JDAM!

The air forces of four Nordic countries agreed to operate their fleets of around 250 fighter jets as a combined force, hoping to deter Russia by working together.
Air force commanders of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark said Friday that they have signed a letter of intent to establish a unified Nordic air defense, Reuters reported.
"The ultimate goal is to be able to operate seamlessly together as one force by developing a Nordic concept for joint air operations based on already known NATO methodology," Denmark's air force said in a statement, per Bloomberg.
"Our combined fleet can be compared to a large European country," commander of the Danish air force, Major General Jan Dam, told Reuters

https://www.businessinsider.com/norw...e-fleet-2023-3

[mapuc]

From tomorrow April 4th Finland will officially become the 31st NATO member. I can't say when or if Sweden will join later.

It's up to Erdogan(Turkey) and Orbán(Hungary).

Erdogan and Orbán have both their reason to why they postpone the Swedish accept to become the 32th NATO member.

Markus

[Skybird]

Cooperation with Sweden already is so close and manouvers are run to meet NATO standards and doctrine that formal memberhsip of Sweden is indeed more a formality only. The Turks are the only ones wanting to let it appear differently - all others know it better I think.



Even during the cold war many observers assumed that in case of war NATO would assist Sweden and vice versa. Since then cooperation and excercises have deepened between both sides.

[mapuc]

Well said.

A Danish correspondent said following:

Finnish NATO membership is "a stunning defeat" for Russia

Russia invaded Ukraine in part to keep NATO away from its borders. As a result, the country will more than double its border with NATO countries when Finland joins the alliance today.

- "It's a fantastic defeat," says TV 2's long-time Russia correspondent Uffe Dreesen.

He expects that Russia will respond with more nuclear sabre-rattling, but that the threats will stop there.

- The Russians have enough on their plate with the war in Ukraine, and they are already struggling to find enough soldiers to fill the ranks after the many casualties. So they won't pose much of a threat along the border with Finland. They already have enough to do at the moment, and as I said,
it's just the result of their own security policy failure," he says.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Belarus has received the ability to strike its enemies with nuclear weapons, Russia has announced. Speaking to his team in a conference call, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said: "Some of the Belarusian ground attack aircraft have gained the ability to strike at enemy targets with nuclear-armed weapons."

The warning comes after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed in his country, along with part of Moscow's tactical nuclear arsenal.

Putin had said he planned to place tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus.

Those weapons are comparatively short-range and low-yield.

Strategic nuclear weapons, such as missile-borne warheads, would be a greater threat.

Lukashenko, while talking up the possibility of nuclear weapons, has also called for a cease-fire in Ukraine.

He said a truce must have no preconditions and all movement of troops and weapons must be halted.

Russia, however, has rejected a cease in fighting, claiming that Ukraine has refused to enter talks under pressure from its Western allies.

The two neighbours have an agreement envisioning close economic, political and military ties. Russia used Belarusian territory as a staging ground for invading Ukraine and has maintained a contingent of troops and weapons there.

Belarus shares a 1,250-kilometre (778-mile) border with NATO members Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus would put them closer to potential targets in Ukraine and NATO members in Eastern and Central Europe.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...3c9d641e&ei=58

People must surely be getting sick of hearing the same old rhetoric

[Jimbuna]

[August]

[Jimbuna]

[Catfish]

"China does not recognize Crimea as Russian, like other territories of Ukraine "included" in the Russian Federation" - Chinese Ambassador to the EU

He also added that the statement about "boundless friendship" between Moscow and Beijing is nothing more than a rhetorical device
11:46 AM · Apr 5, 2023

Twitter link

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Catfish

"China does not recognize Crimea as Russian, like other territories of Ukraine "included" in the Russian Federation" - Chinese Ambassador to the EU

He also added that the statement about "boundless friendship" between Moscow and Beijing is nothing more than a rhetorical device
11:46 AM · Apr 5, 2023

Twitter link

I thought I'd alresdy posted that but when I checked and confirmed that I had I noticed I had put it in the China thread

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthr...46#post2861646

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

[Skybird]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/u...an-russia.html


If it was a traitor, i hope he will get quartered.