Russia - threadbanned users in OP

No posts in over 10 hours. According to logic from a previous poster - the war must be over

'I'd not be betting on Russia getting their heretofore unannounced special operationswar goals.'

I hope that's the case, just wish thru would get the finger out and supply quicker.

Is that the same Trump that was impeached for blackmailing Ukraine and openly performed fellatio on Putin at every opportunity he got?

Yep, that Orange prick is one of the many reasons we are where are today.

I said in some regards. They're not getting routed from positions like had been in the earlier days. The war has had distinct phases and failing less miserably than they had been is still getting their sh1t together in some regards.

Merkel gets good press in Ireland. There is a distorted view here about her. It's not inconceivable that she was personally compromised by Russia, considering the previous chancellor was clearly personally compromised.

Schroeder has been the Greatest security threat to Europe since the cold war. A man that had access to the state secrets of Germany and high level intel on NATO or the EU, and he defected to Russia.

Schroeder could have Germany as a whole compromised through blackmail.

If Obama or Trump, Blair or Cameron, defected to Russia. They'd be sending their 007 to Russia to take them out. Absolutely no question about it. Germany just diddered and pretended it wasn't a problem. Why?

He wanted European countries to ramp up military spending.

The Green light for Putin was the non reaction from Western Govts after Crimea and Donbass in 2014.

Merkel was ordered to accelerate the winding down of non gas German energy sources after that and she did more than comply.

A man she is on record in 2014 as describing as determined to destroy Europe.

This was in motion years before Trump.

I imagine they were laughing at irony of the man saying it.

You know the one sucking Peter the Great's II's cock?

Ukrainian military destroyed Pantsyr-S1 SAM at Zmiiny island- Snakes

Now that Russia has beefed up their air defences in the Donbas and drones have a much shorter life expectancy, will this impact the effectiveness of the HIMARs when (end of month) they arrive on the frontline? How does HIMARs do target acquisition and counter artillery fire? If the US are providing intel, are they dependent on drones or do they have round the clock satellite coverage for the Donbas?

I can totally believe that Schroeder was compromised and may even have been on the Kremlin payroll, but Merkel was almost certainly doing what she thought was best for the country and for Europe. She was committed to peace and cooperation and human rights for all.

Saying that she was a facilitator for Putin's aggressive tendencies is a bit harsh. She didn't turn him into a power mad megalomaniac or modern day imperialist, he did all of that off his own bat.

Time to take a break, perhaps?

Up dated story. Germany is late to the job but now the gas is been switched off they have no more excuses to drag their feet. I expect to see a considerable increase in military hardware being sent to the Ukraine very soon.

Why didn't they put it up there alongside Kyiv where they'd have a better chance of hiding it?

The other difference is that Ukraine at least tries to cycle its units on the front line, rather than having the same troops in the trenches all the time, something that will greatly help with knowledge transfer between "veterans" and new recruits coming out of training. Granted, that's still not a substitute for combat experience or months-long specialist training, and there are areas of the front where cycling out units will be challenging to say the least. But it doesn't hurt and in the long run, might be a deciding factor. Just ask the Kido Butai.