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European intelligence suggests that Russia may launch an attack on Europe during the winter of 2024-2025 if the United States finds itself "without a leader" following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the German tabloid Bild reported on Dec. 23, citing an anonymous European intelligence source.

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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

On one hand, they can't be that stupid.

On the other hand... as we've seen... they very much can be that stupid...

[–] mihies@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Nah, this is pro Ukraine, pro war industry (and pro Biden?) propaganda. Why would they fight NATO and more importantly with what means when they can barely manage to hold line in Ukraine.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Poland or Finland alone could take what remains of Russia.

[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

With what Soliders I ask - at this moment in time, it would seem Russia is too busy putting them into the meat grinder of the war with Ukraine

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Regeneration of military forces for Russia is a matter of political will, not military capacity. The casualties are incredibly steep for what was supposed to be a quick and modern war - but they're nowhere near what it would take to remove Russia's, or any other country of comparable size's, capacity to raise large formations of troops.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I highly doubt that EU offensive is on the table, but, well, other than what you've said, these aging bastards won't have any repercussions for whatever they'd order. They don't lose anything but Vanya units on the map, they'd likely find a great retirement somewhere in Africa in the end. They can gamble whatever they have and still stay on the top.

It's a question of how EU and NATO can respond, if the'd respond. There's a need for more tools to make oligarchs, modern-time boyars, lose everything and suffer, maybe even Mossad-style, in order for gating any new offensives. To make them know they won't be safe after doing X.

Imagine if, all at once, the whole cabinet would fly into Uganda or wherever country Wagner PMC took hold of. Is there an instrument to make them face anything then? Or they can just sniff coke and fuck for the next twenty years? Would there be any consequencies?

[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

To Putin, life of people is nothing. Just throw a million as cannon fodders, and he will be laughing as long as his men don't shoot nukes at this point.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You are mostly right, but why won't he though? Why didn't he nuke Harkov, or Kiyv? There's still something he or his henchmen care about, something setting their limits. And I hope EU intelligence knows about it to rationally plan their response scenarios.

[–] lusterko@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He knows that NATO won't be ok with them launching nukes...

Also it's Kharkiv, not Harkov(preferable pronunciation)

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

He also knew it wouldn't be ok with an open invasion. He knew it wouldn't with Crimea and FSB's Strelkov in DNR. In Georgia in 2008. In Chechnya. But he gambled.

And for so long no one cared besides directly endangered countries - like it changed your mil in 2014-2022 period from soviet-like pathetic scenes we saw in Donetsk videos (thanks to soviet corruption) to a reliable NATO-trained corps you operate now in a hurry. It's only after the fact something is happening. And that's not enough.

This dying piece of shit can think he can do anything, even nukes, if he knows the response would be slow and unmeaningful, or that he's dying anyway. He needs something to fear in order to care. And now all we know is that he launched everything but nukes, meddled in Ukraine, EU and US policies, but is yet to push the red button. Haha, kay. Why countries having military spending more than that shithole's gdp even enable that? He needed to have a fucking knife pointed onto his bowels way before everything I mentioned ever happened.

But yet, there we are. And as a paranoidal, not generally well-in-mind after all this madness person, I fear this fuckhead can bomb Kiyv after an obligatory erasion of Voronezh. Until there's something to hurt him back. And I'm afraid there're still not enough knifes behind him to really hope he wouldn't make a parting gift. There's a lack of a guarantee he wouldn't do that. There should be one. There should've been one before it all happened.


Kharkiv it is. Thanks for reminding me. I'm still a little bit habituated by soviet-russian namings ):

[–] TadeuszBonawentura@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I understand many here still thinking that if Russia did not conquer all Ukraine in three days, it means it lost. But right now putin in the winning position. Russia annexed four oblasts, created Azov sea it's inner lake, and have ability to demand ceasefire on its terms. I can see how western countries in fatigue could force Ukraine to start peace talks. Meanwhile russia actively working on help Trump win. Also if AfD would win next year, there is big chance one of the major european workhorses will also took russian side. We could not count Orban's Hungary and Slovakia on west side right now already, and both those countries are bordering Ukraine. If russia really plan that attack, they could use shock tactics, like using nuclear weapon that settled down in Belarus to nuke Poland. After neutralizing it, meat assaults of Baltic states is not so hard, unfortunately, considering population's disproportion. Do not underestimate your military counterpart. And right now russia is the one.

[–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

putin in the winning position

It's here, I found the russian bot!

[–] muse@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

Even has a Russian sock puppet boosting them

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

I understand many here still thinking that if Russia did not conquer all Ukraine in three days, it means it lost. But right now putin in the winning position.

Man, the level of cope here is fucking hilarious.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can see how western countries in fatigue could force Ukraine to start peace talks.

What fatigue? Do you expect them to say "hey, we spend billions on increasing production capacities. Now we are tired from all that hard work and will just disassemble instead of using them?"

[–] mrnotoriousman@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

I'm guessing it is referring how the us "conservatives" and GOP are sucking off Putin