Current Affairs Ukraine

[ste d' indica]

Seems like the Russians might have had a bit of a hiding in Kharkiv.

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

I live in Berlin. I cannot tell you how significant today's standing ovation for Chancellor Scholz in the Bundestag is.

Without wishing to be flippant, the German war machine has been rebooted after 77 years. The pointed helmets will be coming out of cold storage. German weaponry can now be sold to war zones. 2% of German GDP to be spent on the German Army every year is huge given the sheer size of the German economy. The Panzers are on the roll. I hate to say this, but Putin has opened Pandora's box.

You probably noticed the extremely peaceful and measured approach the Germans have in international conflict. I don't think that'll change.
Were in the 'retorics'phase of the conflict. I'll have to see it to believe it.

 

[verreauxi]

I learned a lot.

 

[PhilM]

It was re-booted in the 1950s under NATO. And quite a few of those who fought in the second world war were taken back in, most notably Erich Hartmann and Johannes Steinhoff in the German airforce...

Reinhard Gehlen helped set up West Germany’s intelligent service after the war and a few notable generals advised how to form and organise the Bundeswehr.

 

[PhilM]

Maybe not for everyone to view, but if it’s a Russian convoy as it appears then UTFU!

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

NATO should really intervene here and shoot those Belarusian scruffs out of the air.

Well they ain’t Russian so they’re fair game in my book

 

[Shevin Keedy]

One person wondered why the Russians (re) took Chernobyl
Today somebody else cleared it up for me.
The defenders could, when the wind was in the right direction,blow the whole thing up and dose the Russians.
A proper 'dirty bomb' .

Most reports and analyses seem to suggest it was prized (by Russian offensives) for its location above all else.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Maybe not for everyone to view, but if it’s a Russian convoy as it appears then UTFU!

It would appear that Ukrainian SF are having a field day with Russian supply and logistics columns.

 

[Drico]

You probably noticed the extremely peaceful and measured approach the Germans have in international conflict. I don't think that'll change.
Were in the 'retorics'phase of the conflict. I'll have to see it to believe it.

It changed today. What Scholz announced is the breaking of all German military taboos. Germany - the biggest economy in Europe - will now spend 2% of its GDP on its army and defence forces. They resisted this for years. Trump wanted them to do it - but the reality is 2% of Germany's economy absolutely dwarfs 2% of pretty much any other in terms of size. Germany avoided sending weaponry to war zones on a point of principle. This principle has now been thrown on the bonfire of taboos. The German weapons industry is one of the three biggest in the world. Those people are celebrating right now.

The truth of the matter is, Germany has little choice but to do this. Putin is an existential threat. Countries that demand Germany makes huge ecomomic sacrifices (turning off Russia gas pipelines, damaging their economy by excluding Russia from SWIFT) will now have to accept that the Germans will no longer be passive observers. Germany, finally, has to punch its weight. This is bad news for Putin, but it is also bad news for all of those countries, such as Poland, who wanted to benefit from the economic power of Germany within the EU - without the nasty side effects of German military might.

Make no mistake, there are elements in German society who will absolutely love this. They are in every society. But today is a game changer. German pacifism was buttressed by guilt and taboo. In the absence of the latter, how long more will the former keep things in check?

 

[DualityNSNO]

Maybe not for everyone to view, but if it’s a Russian convoy as it appears then UTFU!

Necro Mancer
@666_mancer

Why lol

The next video by the user is "if you come to live by the sword you will die by the sword".

Also he's a "pro-terrorist" or whateverthef*...

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

NATO should really intervene here and shoot those Belarusian scruffs out of the air.

Well they ain’t Russian so they’re fair game in my book

Don't bother
They'll run out of diesel before they reach the border.

 

[maccavennie]

"On the frontline" lollollol

Think he meant to say "at the front of the plane" lol

 

[DualityNSNO]

Don't bother
They'll run out of diesel before they reach the border.

What, in the planes?

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Don't bother
They'll run out of diesel before they reach the border.

Or they’ll get lost. Belarusian army are useless bellends.

 

[Amw79]

I mean, Trump clearly has a well thought through position on how he’d tackle the problem.