Russia attacks Ukraine! WW3 imminent?

[The Heretic]

if Russia is going after territory that historically belonged to the Russian Empire, why not Alaska?
it's already been suggested

Because Ukraine seemed weak, has a large land border with Russia and Belarus, and gives Russia access to the Black Sea.

Alaska OTOH, is owned by the USA who would defend it viciously with a very strong military. Also, Russia has most of its strength in the west, not the east. Moving resources from the west to the east coast has always been a huge logistical problem for Russia. Then there is the issue of moving across the Bering Sea.

Russia might make feints into Alaska as a diversion, but I doubt they would try a full on invasion. See my post about Russian & Chinese ships in that area.

 

[rjmt]

Because Ukraine seemed weak, has a large land border with Russia and Belarus, and gives Russia access to the Black Sea.

Alaska OTOH, is owned by the USA who would defend it viciously with a very strong military. Also, Russia has most of its strength in the west, not the east. Moving resources from the west to the east coast has always been a huge logistical problem for Russia. Then there is the issue of moving across the Bering Sea.

Russia might make feints into Alaska as a diversion, but I doubt they would try a full on invasion. See my post about Russian & Chinese ships in that area.

they don't need to attack, their new ploy is to have a referendum, claim 97% of Alaska residents want to become Russian citizens and threaten Nuclear weapons if the US doesn't pull its Military out
the same ploy they are using in Ukraine in territories they don't control
if Putin announces on Friday that several areas of Ukraine are now part of Russia, even if they don't fully control these areas, we will see how next week goes

 

[CountryGent]

Some analysis on the Cold War channel today. Passing it along in case it is of interest.

 

[arakboss]

Who do you think damaged Nord Stream pipelines? Both Trump and Biden did not look favorably on the pipelines. It doesn't make much sense that Russia would cut off a method to make money like that.

 

[ma96782]

RE : Post #3,299

Taken from the link.

In the event of a nuclear strike this windowless vehicle would fly President Putin and others out of the danger zone. It's one of four Airborne Command Posts protecting the Kremlin.

Yeah.....imagine that?

OK, Ok, ok.....perhaps it was "windowless"......like in no passenger windows (to look out of). LOL.

Aloha, Mark

 

[Certaindeaf]

if Russia is going after territory that historically belonged to the Russian Empire, why not Alaska?
it's already been suggested

Because we'd tickle them with a feather?

 

[Certaindeaf]

Who do you think damaged Nord Stream pipelines? Both Trump and Biden did not look favorably on the pipelines. It doesn't make much sense that Russia would cut off a method to make money like that.

The money stopped/it was already off so pouty child syndrome.

 

[The Heretic]

 

[The Heretic]

 

[Certaindeaf]

Man, when they had the split-screen of the Ukrainian soldier and Russian, saying that the Ukrainian looked like a superhero and the Russian, a bum, I thought , "Hey, that's absolutely correct" because they actually do.

 

[Certaindeaf]

How and why Russia likely sabotaged the pipelines..

 

[arakboss]

US Army doctor, wife, indicted for allegedly trying to give medical info to Russian government

A married couple, both of whom are doctors, were reportedly charged for allegedly trying to give medicall information about military members to the Russian goverment.

www.foxnews.com

 

[CountryGent]

 

[The Heretic]

Russian soldier says his comrades took armor off Ukrainian corpses because 'NATO armor is better than ours', according to audio obtained by The New York Times

Several Russian soldiers bemoaned shoddy equipment and heavy personnel losses in a series of March phone calls obtained by The New York Times.

news.yahoo.com

More than half of Russians feel anxious or angry about mobilisation, poll indicates

More than half of Russians felt fearful or anxious after hearing that the Kremlin was drafting hundreds of thousands of soldiers to fight in Ukraine, according to a poll released by the independent Levada Centre on Thursday. In the poll, conducted from Sept. 22-28, 47% of respondents said they...

news.yahoo.com

 

[arakboss]

Russian soldier says his comrades took armor off Ukrainian corpses because 'NATO armor is better than ours', according to audio obtained by The New York Times

Several Russian soldiers bemoaned shoddy equipment and heavy personnel losses in a series of March phone calls obtained by The New York Times.

news.yahoo.com

More than half of Russians feel anxious or angry about mobilisation, poll indicates

More than half of Russians felt fearful or anxious after hearing that the Kremlin was drafting hundreds of thousands of soldiers to fight in Ukraine, according to a poll released by the independent Levada Centre on Thursday. In the poll, conducted from Sept. 22-28, 47% of respondents said they...

news.yahoo.com

In war I would do the same. The dead Ukranian isn't going to need it any longer.

 

[rjmt]

what annexation means for Ukraine

What Russian annexation means for Ukraine's regions

How will Russia annex four occupied regions it does not fully control, while in the middle of a war?

www.bbc.com

 

[arakboss]

what annexation means for Ukraine

What Russian annexation means for Ukraine's regions

How will Russia annex four occupied regions it does not fully control, while in the middle of a war?

www.bbc.com

what annexation means for Ukraine

What Russian annexation means for Ukraine's regions

How will Russia annex four occupied regions it does not fully control, while in the middle of a war?

www.bbc.com

Who do you send the property tax payment to?

 

[rjmt]

Who do you send the property tax payment to?

that's a good question, will Russia recognize private property owned in the annexed territory
and they'll have to use those POS Russian or Chinese tractors since John Deere will no longer sell or support products in Russia

 

[rjmt]

Ukraine formally submits application for NATO membership
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed his country has formally applied to join the Western military alliance.
"We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine's application for accelerated accession to NATO," he wrote on Telegram.
He said Ukraine is already "de facto" part of the alliance.
"We trust each other, we help each other, and we protect each other," he said.
Russia has claimed Ukraine's ambitions to join the alliance were part of its reasoning for the invasion.
Before the invasion, it had demanded Ukraine sign legally binding guarantees that it would not join NATO.
But Kyiv and the West said this was a pretext for a pre-planned invasion.

 

[rjmt]

Ukraine surrounds Lyman, 5000 Russian troops cut off

KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian presidential adviser said on Friday Russia would have to appeal to Kyiv for Moscow's encircled troops to be allowed out of the Russian stronghold of Lyman in eastern Ukraine if it was concerned about them.
"Today (Russia) will have to ask for an exit from Lyman. Only if, of course, those in (the) Kremlin are concerned with their soldiers, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.

Russian units deployed to the area reportedly include Russia's 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, a mechanized infantry brigade from the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army as well as parts of Russia's BARS-13 detachment, a volunteer group.
"The situation is still extremely difficult. The enemy does not stop trying to repel us from Drobysheve. The enemy outnumbers us many times. Attacks are made by infantry with the support of artillery and aviation," the commander of the BARS-13 detachment, Sergei Fomchenkov, said Friday in an interview with the state-run RT network.
"Nevertheless, BARS-13 adamantly holds its positions."
Because the wetlands around Lyman do not lend themselves to effective tank warfare, much of the fighting is likely being carried out by infantry and artillery, said Muzyka.
Lyman, which sits on a key rail crossroads, is one of Russia's last lines of defense before the Donetsk region's eastern border with Luhansk. Together, Donetsk and Luhansk regions — known as the Donbas — are a key war aim for the Kremlin.
Despite the looming threat of encirclement, Russian forces have refused to pull troops out of Lyman in what Muzyka said is likely a tactic to buy time.

Observers believe that Moscow will attempt to use the additional manpower raised as a result of President Vladimir Putin's "partial" mobilization announced last week to shore up its defenses in occupied Ukraine.
Some of these newly mobilized men have already been deployed to the battlefield, including to positions around Lyman, according to Ukraine's Armed Forces.
"The enemy continues to send newly mobilized, low-skilled personnel to the areas of combat operations," Ukraine's General Staff said Thursday in a statement.
By continuing to fight in Lyman, according to Muzyka, Russia can tie down Ukrainian forces while it trains and deploys new recruits to defensive lines ahead of an expected battle for Sievierodonetsk, a major city east of Lyman that fell to Russian forces in June.
But at the same time, the encirclement of a large Russian force — especially following Putin's declaration Friday that Russia was annexing Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions — would be a symbolic and military blow.
The long-term significance of the loss of Lyman will depend on how successfully Moscow can withstand the next wave of attacks by Ukrainian forces, which are seeking to advance further into the Donbas.
"This will definitely be a tactical setback," Muzyka said.
"But whether we're looking at a strategic failure will depend on if there is a massive collapse of Russian lines in Luhansk in the next couple of weeks."