Russia invades Ukraine again?

[pErvinalia]

I wonder if Putin will find this backfires, by encouraging NATO to add states in the east of Europe.

I was right.

[Brian Peacock]

I wonder if Putin will find this backfires, by encouraging NATO to add states in the east of Europe.

I was right.

Spooky. Might be worth doing the lotto this week eh?

[JimC]

I wonder if Putin will find this backfires, by encouraging NATO to add states in the east of Europe.

I was right.

But Turkey is threatening a veto on their membership, because of their welcome to Kurdish refugees it claims are terrorists, and a ban on military exports to Turkey...

[Brian Peacock]

Turkey's just looking for some gravy.

[JimC]

I wonder if Putin is putting some pressure on Erdogan...

[Tero]

Throw him a few tanks and troop vehicles. He can murder the kurds on his home turf.

[Tero]

Fighting reduced to a smaller area
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgr ... ent-may-16
Russia may have had designs on Odesa, not going to happen.

[Tero]

re-education camps for Ukranian nazis

[rasetsu]

I love fast food. Screw you all !

[Tero]

Erdogan must appear as "strong leader." He may get an improved fighter jet from this deal. Biden has to approach committee that deals with military hardware.

[pErvinalia]

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[Tero]

Turkey can mess with Uncle Sam every time any NATO or defense thing comes up. We still have 2 bases in Turkey.
https://militarybases.com/overseas/turkey/

[Tero]

How to punish Erdogan nicely, or use a carrot and stick approach?

Diliman Abdulkader
@D_abdulkader
May 16
Erdogan: Sweden and Finland are breeding ground for terrorism.

Reality check: Hamas has a HQ in Istanbul, ISIS has free passage throughout Turkey, Ankara supports al Qaeda, AKP and Muslim Brotherhood are besties, Taliban visits Turkey.

Turkey is breeding ground for terrorism.´
https://twitter.com/D_abdulkader/status ... 5149819907

[Tero]

Zero sum security/NATO bad...Trump concepts.


Minna Ålander
@minna_alander
4. Finland will become a burden to NATO

No. You can’t be a non-aligned country next to Russia for decades without very capable defence forces. That’s why Finland e.g. never gave up conscription. Finland will be a net security contributor esp for Baltic Sea security.
https://twitter.com/minna_alander/statu ... 2876569600

[Tero]

To the west, Russia had aimed to take control of Odesa and cut off Ukraine's access to the Black Sea, but its forces were blocked by a staunch defence in Mykolaiv and forced back towards Kherson by a Ukrainian counteroffensive in March.

In the Black Sea, Russia is continuing efforts to reinforce its troops on Snake Island. The roughly 16-hectare (40-acre) rocky outpost is owned by Ukraine but was taken over by Russian forces in February.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60506682