Here we go again-Ukraine once again

[Jimbuna]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ally Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have extended military drills which were due to end on Sunday.

A statement cited the "deterioration of the situation" in east Ukraine as one reason for keeping an estimated 30,000 Russian troops in Belarus.

The move will add to fears that Russia plans an invasion of Ukraine, which shares a long border with Belarus.

Western leaders have accused Moscow of seeking a pretext to send in troops.

Russia has denied it plans to invade its neighbour.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the extension of military exercises shows the world is on the brink of war.

The BBC's Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford said the announcement - made by the Belarus defence ministry - is another strong signal that Russia is not prepared to back down in its stand-off with Western countries over Ukraine.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60451955

[mapuc]

From the Ukrainian government officials.
Edit
It was the Ukrainian defence minister Alexei Reznikov, who said
an attack "tomorrow or the day after tomorrow" was unlikely as no Russian "strike groups" had yet formed near the border.

End edit

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[Jeff-Groves]

They are to busy reading Twitter right now.

If the so called plan to send 250,000 to the Mexican/USA border had happened?
Would that have been a move to invade Mexico?

[mapuc]

Someone has to throw the glove into the ring.
Macron and Putin was discussing Ukraine over the phone yesterday.

So far West both side has refuse to give in and I can't see any diplomatically solution if none of them is prepared to throw the glove into the ring and give up.

Markus

[Gorpet]

Damn, How did this happen so fast after Donald Trump lost the election and now has been gone for a year and the Democrats have assumed power. How in the hell is the world looking at another war.The Orange man has been deposed and now the people of the United States who voted for Joe Biden and the Democrat party to lead and unite this country and the world and keep us out of a Donald Trump war.
Now Americans wake up and find out The Democrats are going to get our country into another war overseas and again thousands of miles away from our shores.Why? Europe and NATO can stand on their own in that hemisphere and if they need help Britain is the greatest power in that region to look to for help.

[Skybird]

You really need to get your facts checked, they are a mess.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

You really need to get your facts checked, they are a mess.

Who, NATO, Europe, UK or all three?

[mapuc]

"
Russian President Vladimir Putin has convened a meeting of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian news agency Ria, confirmed.

Peskov stresses that it will be an "extraordinary" meeting in which President Putin himself will speak.

The Security Council is made up of senior officials of the country's defense and security authorities and advises the President on matters relating to the country's security and strategic interests.

The president also has several international phone calls scheduled during today, the spokesman said.
"

Wonder what Putin will say at this meeting.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Vladimir Putin ready to deploy 'super nuclear weapons' on Belarus border.

Belarusian President Alexander has warned that Belarus is ready to host Russian nuclear weapons amid ongoing tension with the West over Ukraine. Mr Lukashenko aimed the threatening remarks at NATO as he visited a training ground where joint military drills with Russia have been underway.

Mr Lukashenko said: "If such stupid and mindless steps are taken by all rivals and opponents, we will not only deploy nuclear weapons but super nuclear weapons to protect our country.

"But if there are no threats, we don't need nuclear weapons for 100 years."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...out&li=AAnZ9Ug

[Jimbuna]

Joe Biden has agreed "in principle" to hold a formal meeting with Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis.

But Russia says talk of a summit is premature and there are "no concrete plans" for a meeting.

Several airlines including Air France and Lufthansa have suspended flights to Ukraine over invasion fears.

The US claims Russia has compiled a list of people in Ukraine to be killed or sent to detention camps after an invasion.

Moscow calls reports of a list an "absolute lie"

In Belarus, which borders Ukraine, thousands of Russian troops will stay on despite finishing military exercises.

Boris Johnson tells the BBC that the economic sanctions being prepared by the West would hit Moscow "very, very hard"

But he says that this might not be enough to deter Vladimir Putin from starting the worst conflict in Europe since 1945

[mapuc]

Tactical nukes will be used in a first strike-Russia will use 2-4 tactical nukes 1-2 tons TNT. At highest they will be thrown at non-populated areas in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria. Thereafter Russia will threaten to use its entire arsenal of nukes if NATO doesn't withdraw from Eastern Europe.

What will happen in Europe/NATO I can't say...

(The above was just a made-up story)

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[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Who, NATO, Europe, UK or all three?

gorpet.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

gorpet.

Ah, right.

[Skybird]

Just in:

Russian army claims: five "saboteurs" from Ukraine "eliminated" after crossing border


From the very beginning, Adolf Hitler's basic goals included the destruction of "Jewish Bolshevism" and the conquest of "Lebensraum in the East". The prerequisite for this was a war against Poland. When the Nazi leadership adopted an increasingly aggressive confrontational course toward Poland in March 1939, German-Polish tensions intensified. Poland rejected the annexation of the Free City of Danzig to the German Reich, as demanded by the German government, as well as the construction of extraterritorial transport links through the Polish "corridor" to East Prussia. Hitler instructed the Wehrmacht leadership in April 1939 to prepare for a campaign against Poland. Beginning in the spring of 1939, Nazi propaganda pushed the anti-Polish resentment that existed in large segments of the German population. In August 1939, newspapers and radio reported almost daily on alleged Polish border violations and acts of violence against the German minority living in Poland. The invasion of Poland was thus supposed to appear as a "just punitive action" for the provocations.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)


https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/der-...olen-1939.html

[mapuc]

^ I think most of us, who like history, know what happened thereafter-UK and France sending an ultimatum to Hitler.

I personally hope similar wouldn't happen today-NATO sending an ultimatum to Putin.

Markus