the military triumph of reaching the EU’s borders
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania are all EU countries that border Russia.
"May have".
The US provides Ukraine with targeting info and intelligence. I thought this was public knowledge. Ukraine doesn't have satellites that fly over Russia.
Well duh, Russians are just drones mind-controlled by Putin.
Apparently, in their logic, bankrupting their country, losing a bunch of their young people and crippling the country demographically, economically, developmentally for maybe forever is OK as long as they get to kill a few russians.
The cope on reddit is that Russia is a full on war economy lmao. I know reddit is bad for my health, but I'm addicted to being angry at liberals.
He also believes that people serving a sentence should be used in forced labor
This already happens.
I wish we could turn back time, to the good old days...
"Russia is heading for an outright defeat in Ukraine." -- Francis Fukuyama, March 10, 2022
https://www.americanpurpose.com/blog/fukuyama/preparing-for-defeat/
The war in Ukraine is likely headed for a "devastating Russian defeat," according to an expert on economic policy in the eastern European region.
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-headed-devastating-defeat-ukraine-war-expert-1710410
Ukraine doesn't have the know-how or logistics to maintain F-16s, hence the long waiting period. Any airfields in Ukraine with F-16s are likely to get struck and destroyed quickly by Russia.
It is a repeat of the Leopard, Challenger, Abrams tanks. The West postponed sending them as long as possible because they knew they'd get destroyed and wouldn't live up to the hype. But boy did the hype feel good.
I'm guessing they're negotiating for Poland to fix/maintain F-16s to then transport them back to Ukraine because no way will they actually take-off and land in Poland. They do the same with Leopard tanks and Caesar SPGs, they get shipped to the EU for repairs. I imagine Poland is being difficult about it because of the protests and the unpopularity of supporting Ukraine military among the Polish population, hence the delay.
All of these deals and arrangements happen behind closed doors.
Milei is the new "libertarian" (read: neoliberal) darling.
Taurus missiles, of course. G*rman engineering.
NATO article 5 doesn't cover aggression. If France sends troops and they get attacked/killed other NATO countries are under no obligation to step in. This is Macron attempting to look tough since Russia targeted and killed with a missile strike those French mercenaries who were at a hotel/residence in Kharkov (iirc).
This also doesn't give France casus belli to attack Russia since it's France volountarily sending troops to an active war zone.
This will be a huge fiasco and it will weaken France. What it will do is pave the way for Le Pen to become the president of France.
They're really pushing the narrative that "Russia wants to conquer all of Ukraine" so that when that doesn't happen they can claim victory.