The War in Ukraine

[KevinB]

Investing in the future

https://twitter.com/x/status/1768317401194451360

 

[KevinB]

Biden’s Armageddon Moment: When Nuclear Detonation Seemed Possible in Ukraine

For a few weeks in October 2022, the White House was consumed in a crisis whose depths were not publicly acknowledged at the time. It was a glimpse of what seemed like a terrifying new era.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Czech_pivo]

More hard truth in the words from Macron

https://twitter.com/x/status/1768375039093608750

The old world order must be totally gummed up if its the French taking the lead in telling the rest of us that Russia is the enemy.

 

[KevinB]

The old world order must be totally gummed up if its the French taking the lead in telling the rest of us that Russia is the enemy.

Well apparently Macron and Poland (PM and Pres) are going to Germany to strong arm Sholtz into adding to Ukraine’s arsenal.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Well apparently Macron and Poland (PM and Pres) are going to Germany to strong arm Sholtz into adding to Ukraine’s arsenal.

The irony of the French and Poles telling the Germans to help fight the Russians!

 

[brihard]

The irony of the French and Poles telling the Germans to help fight the Russians!

Right, but if the Germans are being invited to cross their territory and into Ukraine, it’s reasonable for the Germans to want that request in writing.

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Right, but if the Germans are being invited to cross their territory and into Ukraine, it’s reasonable for the Germans to want that request in writing.

"Hey the last time we did that, you all turned Dresden into a pyre; I want an invitation and the party menu listed in detail before a single Panzer crosses the Oder-Nesse."

 

[KevinB]

Right, but if the Germans are being invited to cross their territory and into Ukraine, it’s reasonable for the Germans to want that request in writing.

TBH, I think they have zero interesting in any Germans currently, just German kit...

 

[Czech_pivo]

"Hey the last time we did that, you all turned Dresden into a pyre; I want an invitation and the party menu listed in detail before a single Panzer crosses the Oder-Nesse."

There's not enough Prussians left in Germany for a single kampfgruppe to move ost of Kurstin.

 

[Kirkhill]

The irony of the French and Poles telling the Germans to help fight the Russians!

The new geopolitics

 

[McG]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1768927665451360455

 

[MilEME09]

Following the money sometimes gets surprising results.

Remember that Forbes Ukraine article from last year that found Russia had spent $25.6 billion on compensation to families of deceased soldiers and $21 billion on compensation to the wounded. Putin has previously signed a decree earlier in 2023 ordering the payout of $68,800 to… https://t.co/Tsb6oqi1yn

— Intelschizo (@Schizointel) March 16, 2024

 

[suffolkowner]

Another Russian Bingo card to follow at home

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769235093258703073

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

The founder of the Norman Brigade has apparently been killed in a missile strike:

 

[OldSolduer]

Following the money sometimes gets surprising results.

Remember that Forbes Ukraine article from last year that found Russia had spent $25.6 billion on compensation to families of deceased soldiers and $21 billion on compensation to the wounded. Putin has previously signed a decree earlier in 2023 ordering the payout of $68,800 to… https://t.co/Tsb6oqi1yn

— Intelschizo (@Schizointel) March 16, 2024

Casualties have never really concerned the Russians or the old USSR

 

[Kilted]

Following the money sometimes gets surprising results.

Remember that Forbes Ukraine article from last year that found Russia had spent $25.6 billion on compensation to families of deceased soldiers and $21 billion on compensation to the wounded. Putin has previously signed a decree earlier in 2023 ordering the payout of $68,800 to… https://t.co/Tsb6oqi1yn

— Intelschizo (@Schizointel) March 16, 2024

If those numbers are correct, that's likely 25% of their entire armed forces.

 

[Skysix]

Refinery bingo card (from Silicone Curtain)

 

[MilEME09]

If those numbers are correct, that's likely 25% of their entire armed forces.

Russia has no shortage of people, it does have a shortage of trained, experienced people

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Russia has no shortage of people, it does have a shortage of trained, experienced people

And eventually, a shortage of people able to make people. Russia's birth rate is the lowest its been since 2000 and a lot of that is due to seeing most Russian men in their reproductive prime being converted to corpses at an expedient rate.

 

[TacticalTea]

Anything that can be said about the Russian population can be said, in more somber terms, about the Ukrainian population.