True, but most times, when you find a concentration of troops, you hit them with what you have - you can’t wait if HIMARS or other appropriate munitions are not in range
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same here. But that location and weather looks way nicer. It was 10c with rain and windy over here. No pictures unfortunately.
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This bloke is almost certain to replace Scholz
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A few varied articles for your perusal.
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As long as the recyclers aren’t Russian.
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Some more homework for you.
Moscow targeted as Ukraine and Russia trade huge drone attacks
https://aayubo.com/world/ybwsN97877n
Not exactly about Ukraine, but in a roundabout way, it is.
Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/11/europe/russia-ukraine-kursk-intl
Russia to deliver first of two missile frigates by month-end
https://nagalandpost.com/index.php/2024/11/12/russia-to-deliver-first-of-two-missile-frigates-by-month-end/
Results of three days of counteroffensive of russia in Kursk Oblast were heavy losses and minor successes - Bild
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If Europe can form a meaningful alliance with Ukraine, openly acknowledging they are at war with Russia, and remove the limitations on Ukraine’s use of weaponry, that might give Ukraine the support they need to reject ceding their land to the invaders.
Europe can negotiate with the US to replenish their stocks.
The idea of Europe entering the war, with US providing support to Europe is more palatable than gifting 20% of Ukraine and Crimea to a war criminal.
Apart from Orban, does anyone know if European leaders have a view of Russia that is more consistent with Australian views, rather than the love affair that seems to exist between the far right in the US and Russia? Or is the far right in Europe similar?
Interesting watch, and that Elon reposted
Is it true?
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856172877688570095?s=46&t=BitAb38gr-Jok6C78GyGnw
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A few articles on the subject.
Trump and his growing number of European allies threaten the European project
Poland gears up for EU leader role after Trump win, instability in Europe
How Russians Think About World Politics
https://www.globsec.org/what-we-do/commentaries/how-russians-think-about-world-politics
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Some more European politics stuff. The MSM has a wealth of articles on the subject, many of which are contradictory. When it comes to European politics, read about 50 articles and then work out what they’re not saying or what they’re best conceivably not acting upon.
The Concept of “Peace Through Strength” Has Proven Its Realism and Effectiveness More Than Once – Speech by the President at the European Political Community Summit
50 European leaders assess how Trump will affect their fortunes and seek a common stance on Russia
On a Russian economic note.
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European media, MSM and social ( including official twitter accounts) give insights on the different approaches of Continental European and EU positions. Some , such as Le Monde, France 24 , DW and El Pais are available online in EL version.
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Gorbachev wasn’t head of Russia and Putin isn’t the head of the Soviet Union. I don’t see how anything Gorbachev agreed to would be relevant to any obligations NATO has to Russia today.
But also, the explanation makes no sense since Western leaders never promised to not expand NATO, they agreed to not deploy non-German forces into the former GDR region. Gorbachev himself has said that promise was never made, the entire argument that NATO broke any agreement is literally Kremlin propaganda
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Thanks Sine, I found the last one really interesting. Fits with the “what is the point of a world without Russia” mentality.
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Genuine question…
Why are the US so critical to Ukraine?
Is it the sheer volume of product they can sell, or the quality?
Can’t Ukraine just buy more from Europe/Asia?
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Russian losses per 12/11/24 reported by the Ukrainian general staff
+1950 (!!) men
+23 tanks
+81 (!!) AFVs
+38 artillery pieces
+4 MLRS
+61 UAVs
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The USSR spent 9 years in Afghanistan and lost 15k men, which currently a fortnight in Ukraine
Apparently they drove through minefields in Kursk
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And that was such a huge loss that public sentiment forced the USSR to get out of that conflict. Shows how much more control of the public that Putin has compared to the old guard.
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49 attacks in one place on 1 day. Even if they had the full 24 hours available for fighting, that is still more then one attack every half hour. Given that hours of combat would most likely not be spread over the entire 24 hours, the attack waves would be much closer together. Would RU troops even have time and room to get out of the way for the next wave?
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Again, Russian Influence operations success story. [quote=“tinhillterror, post:4446, topic:33120, full:true”]
Genuine question…
Why are the US so critical to Ukraine?
Is it the sheer volume of product they can sell, or the quality?
Can’t Ukraine just buy more from Europe/Asia?
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