The Russians have gone in

[PALADIN85020]

There has been a lot of speculating based on the table-clutching, including "remote diagnosis" of Parkinson's. He sure doesn't look relaxed.

It's hard to look relaxed when you are looking behind yourself constantly...

Also, is there an electronically triggered shotgun under the table, and is his finger on the button? Inquiring minds want to know...

John

 

[biku324]

U.S. and other Western powers
resuming diplomatic ties with
Ukraine means NATO can
officially have on-site military
officers within Ukraine.

Of course, they will just be
there in diplomatic capacities.

Indeed. ODC and affiliated SOFLE units do a lot of really helpful diplomatic connections.

 

[biku324]

My question is..........

will they ever get jets to keep their "Air space" free of Russian planes?

Fighting land and sea forces only, would be a lot easier to handle without air support.

Jets no longer can do that (free up airspace) - anti-aircraft missile systems do.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Reports of Sweden continuing their support of Ukraine by supplying them the Archer artillery system.
The Archer was originally supposed to be a joint production run of 48 units, split evenly between Sweden and Norway. Norway backed out, and Sweden took all 48 Archers.

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[ladder13]

Saw the Estonian PM on the news. She said her country was getting off Russian energy and apologized for contributing to the Russian war machine, her words.
Lots of Ukrainian blood on Europeans hands.

 

[biku324]

Reagan warned the Europeans. He was right. But it seems now they have the message.

Russia's largest state-run oil producer, Rosneft PJSC, failed to sell 37 million barrels of its flagship Urals crude, traders told Reuters, as European traders continue to look elsewhere for energy products amid war in Ukraine.

Rosneft PJSC had opened up the oil for bids to unload from ports in May and June, but no European customers were willing to participate.

According to the report, some Asian refiners placed bids on the oil, but the state-run refinery did not accept them. Other Asia-based buyers had complained that Roseneft's requirement of 100% prepayment was too stringent.

Since European nations have self-sanctioned or otherwise scaled back from buying Russian crude, producers have faced an increasingly difficult challenge of finding a market. MSN

 

[ladder13]

Romney was mocked in 2012.

 

[biku324]

Yup. He was also right.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Germany has just announced they will supply Ukraine with their Gepard anti-aircraft system.

Germany will deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine
Germany will deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine | News | DW | 26.04.2022

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[smithman 10]

No one knows or can predict

As far as I'm concerned, it's more a worry than a wish. I don't think any historian would argue that Hitler's afflictions shortened the war. But being indisposed healthwise could certainly negatively impact any possible attacks of rational thinking Putin might still experience.

What a change in Putin's health might bring. Good or bad, who knows? An optimist might guess that were he sufficiently weakened (let's say hospitalized) a more rational cadre of subordinates might assume his decision making duties.

Or a crazier bunch.

But his health will always be a factor.

 

[UncleEd]

Saw the Estonian PM on the news. She said her country was getting off Russian energy and apologized for contributing to the Russian war machine, her words.
Lots of Ukrainian blood on Europeans hands.

Yes, all true. But that was "then"
even if "then" is only a few days
or weeks ago.

Nations are showing a greater awarenes
of their debt to the sacrifice of the
Ukfraines. And materiel is flowing.

Let the Western alliance deal with the
"now" and later review past sins and
grudges and what history should have
been or could have been.

 

[Rudi]

Germany has just announced they will supply Ukraine with their Gepard anti-aircraft system.

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This will put the beat down on Russian helicopters and low flying planes.

 

[bigwheelzip]

This will put the beat down on Russian helicopters and low flying planes.

Had the opportunity to watch a battery of several of these radar aimed Oerlikon twin-cannons on towed mounts, fire at computer generated mirror images of jets crossing a valley in Switzerland.
Extremely fast reaction time. The second a jet cleared the ridge, those barrels were on it and tracking. The barrage is just as impressive.






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[The Last Standing Knight]

Looked for information on this
but never found any:

Why do Russian honor guards at
attention thrust their chins upward
and keep their eyes looking at the
sky or ceiling?

Not only does it look very uncomfortable
but also rather silly.

IIRC from military history, Russians have been doing this since the czars.

Like many military drills, it is tradition.

 

[biku324]

Now the squeeze gets tighter.

Berlin could handle an embargo on Russian oil imports, Germany's Climate and Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday, suggesting the country could end its dependence on Moscow within "days."

Habeck, speaking at a press conference in Warsaw, said that Germany had managed to slash its reliance on Russian oil by two-thirds in recent weeks, reducing the share of imports from 35 percent before Russia's invasion of Ukraine to 12 percent now.

The remaining Russian imports supply the Schwedt refinery in eastern Germany, he added, as other sites had already switched to alternative suppliers. Schwedt, which is run by Russia's state-owned Rosneft, supplies the vast majority of the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region with fuel. Germany says Russia oil embargo would be 'manageable' – POLITICO

 

[ladder13]

Maybe they're getting oil from Standard Oil again.

 

[LVSteve]

The guns on the Gepard make interesting reading, especially the ammo.

Oerlikon GDF - Wikipedia

 

[Rudi]

The Swiss are well prepared. I remember watching 2 of their jets doing practice landings on a section of Autobahn.

 

[AJ]

The Swiss are well prepared. I remember watching 2 of their jets doing practice landings on a section of Autobahn.

The same reasoning was put into our interstate highway system.

 

[ladder13]

Reported on left wing WRAL news. They must be right.

2 billion barrels oil imported into the UK since sanctions.



Ukraine updates: Russia shuts off gas to Poland and Bulgaria

Someone is funding this war.

Workarounds maybe, some smoke and mirrors.

Maybe our new found Iranian friends can fill the gap?