Russia - threadbanned users in OP

There was a Ukrainian on the radio earlier saying that they have received zero tanks from the west. He also said if they get the right equipment they would win in weeks. They are not getting the game changing weaponry though.

...or strangle a cat, beat up own wife, pee on the neighbors door, or whatever ruZZkies like to do when the day was bad.

He mentioned better air defence equipment and long range missiles also.

Air defenses should be a priority but like that Ukraine is a large country you can protect some areas but no guarantees yon can stop mass missle attacks like what we saw today,add the fact they can attack from Crimea,the blacksea , Belarus and Moldova makes it even harder to stop attacks

Some say that Russia has supplied Ukraine with more tanks than the West has in this war...

(Oryx)

Assuming that was filmed today, even the road bridge doesn't appear to be operating as normal (no sign of any traffic on it).

There's plenty of strategic interest in the yanks destabilising Europe when all of its top companies have based their entire global tax operations, who pay f**k all, within the zone of Europe. While at the same time the yanks have to pay for their based military assets here, which ain't cheap either. But hey, that's obviously some sort of George Soroz Owl bohemian illuminati cult conspiracy too, ami Rite?

Basically, yeah. Most businesses want to be based in places that are safe, reliable and functional. That's a good reason, for example, why Northern Ireland had such a hard time attracting investment for the decades. Bombs were going off on a daily basis, hence it wasn't very stable.

If the U.S. were to knowingly destabilise European countries, they are inherently introducing unpredictability and they won't know what kinds of governments will rise out of that. You could very easily get one of the right wing populists nibbling around the edge of most, if not all, European democracies, demanding that US corporations based in those countries pay their fair share. Consequently, those companies end up having to pay more or just move altogether.

There is great strategic interest in the US having military assets in Europe and having many western European countries in NATO. It provides Europe with a security guarantee from a certain country to the east who we needn't name. Consequently, it keeps a lid on the idea of Europe consolidating its own military power and being more of a superpower of its own. That's what Trump was missing when he was complaining about the US paying for too much in NATO. The US gets an awful lot of return on its investment in terms of geopolitical benefit. But that all potentially goes if the US willfully destabilises Europe.

I'm not a Russian apologist whatsoever. Not an American one either.

The rightwing factions in every important European country are gaining more traction with every election the last 20 years briany, a direct result of American foreign interference, so I'm not entirely sure what your point is at all? France is literally one election away from Le Pen governance, Italy already has one, so has Sweden. Not long before it engulfs the entire sphere. And where are we going to be then? Back to where we were 100 years ago, killing each other. That's some form of stability.

The Americans backed Ukraine when Europe were slow to act at the start of this crisis. Russias relationship had been improving pre 2014 with Europe, even Macron suggested to Putin he was leader for life if he backed down in February!! This is all Russias making and only for the US, I believe Europe would have pressured Ukraine to cede even more territory. And rinse and repeat. Its a huge benefit to Europe we are allied to the US economically and military, people seem to forget this