The War

[aufbahrung]

Somewhere to discus the NATO/Russia war as it occurs in real time.

Feel free to speculate Russia just made the first move on the NATO/Russia chess board

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-64958547

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I can't confirm the presence of sentient AI but the drone was downed deliberately

Also interestingly occurring at the same time

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... task-group

[rasetsu]

The what? Last I recall, Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Did I miss a memo?

[JimC]

Don't mention the war...

[aufbahrung]

Don't mention the war...

I was thinking the Russians were gonna broadside London, but what do I care...

[rasetsu]

I think staff should rename this thread to "special military action."

[rasetsu]

Russia says that the drone, "went into uncontrollable flight with a loss of altitude and collided with water surface." This is somewhat reminiscent of how certain critics of Putin's Ukraine policy went into uncontrolled flight out of hotel windows and impacted the road surface.

[JimC]

It's actually reminiscent of how some WW2 British fighter pilots dealt with V1 (flying bombs). They'd catch up with them over the channel (after a fast, shallow dive), approach from the side and use their wing to flip the V1 by touching its wing, whereupon it would crash, hopefully into the sea...

[Tero]

President DeSantis will just give Ukraine to Putin. He can wait that long.

DeSantis goes wobbly on Ukraine, a gift to Putin
DeSantis said the war in Ukraine, the front line in a global contest between democracy and dictatorship, is not in the “vital interests” of the United States. He called it a “territorial dispute,” suggesting there are no grand moral or strategic stakes in this fight, just neighbors arguing over a broken fence at the border.

MAGA leaders like Speaker Kevin McCarthy have signaled their intention to reduce aid, and polls show that support among Republican voters is crumbling.

A year ago, only 9 percent of Republicans favored reducing aid to Ukraine. That number has jumped to 40 percent today

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2023/03/desa ... moran.html

[NineBerry]

Will he also return Alaska?

[Tero]

No, we have a plan there. Drill baby drill.

[Woodbutcher]

Territorial. Next, China and Taiwan, then North Korea and South Korea, Russia and Finland, Norway, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. Its territorial until republican interests are compromised.

[NineBerry]

Are the Finns after getting back the Karelian Isthmus?

[Svartalf]

They are certainly after getting Karelia back, from the pole to Lake Ladoga

[Tero]

Leopard tanks have been lined up at the border all along. As soon as Putin is deposed...

[NineBerry]

Leopard tanks have been lined up at the border all along. As soon as Putin is deposed...

Nonono. No aggressive war after you join NATO and that's only a few days away.