I doubt Russia will target Romanian air fields if F-16s fly from there. There is little need as with the demise of much of Ukraine's air defenses, Russia can use its air assets to shoot down the F-16s from a longer distance than the F-16 can engage Russian jets. In addition, Russian air defense will deal with any remaining F-16s. I haven't seen any real numbers mentioned, either, so there may not be many F-16s to be dealt with in the first place.
As for NATO troops being used to secure the Ukraine-Belarus border, this sounds like the old plan to send Polish troops into Ukraine as a "humanitarian mission". That didn't happen and this one won't, either. NATO is a toothless dog. Scott Ritter in recent interviews has been contrasting NATO exercises in the past with the current one being run this year. He points out that in previous NATO exercises, 1100-1300 tanks took part; this year, it's around 125, ten percent of the previous efforts. This year it's 97,000 troops, the largest one before was 125,000. And most of those are logistics personnel, not combat troops.
He also quoted Medvedev who said bluntly that if NATO tries to go to war with Russia, Russia will simply nuke them. There will be no large-scale ground engagement. As Martyanov likes to point out, NATO command and control from Brussels down will simply be eliminated in the first hours, by hypersonic missiles with conventional warheads. No nukes needed. Any subsequent movement of forces throughout NATO will get the same treatment. An army that has no command and control can't engage any enemy (unless they're already in contact as happened in Ukraine.) So Pistorius is delusional if he thinks Germany can confront Russia. Not to mention that Germany doesn't have the money.
LOL Andrei's problem is not so much accent as his delivery. It's an acquired taste. :-) Plus he's rather repetitive when it comes to things like the MSM and the incompetence of the West's military. You have to pry the actual useful info out of his videos and blog posts.
I think that NATO is scroupusly avoiding official troops in the ground and jets starting from their territory. As Putin told yesterday in the Interview, he will only attack a NATO member, If they attack first.
What I could imagine is that Poland will send some Peace keeping troups to Western Ukraine towards the end of the war, who will simply stay there to secure the Former Polish districts in Ukraine for Poland.
Your work is good enough without trying to be entertaining. I think that you are cataloguing a tragedy and all that that entails.
I can't turn away but am constantly drawn as to why this needless event is taking place and you go a long way to revealing what is happening which is a step towards understanding, although when it is all said and done it is the banality of greed and the actions of the greedy that make this what it is.
Keep up the good work, that segues into the good fight.
"Pravda is reporting that NATO troops from the UK, Finland, Romania, Sweden and Poland will be sent to the right (west) bank of the Dnieper on the border with Belarus in order to free up Ukrainian troops for the front."
This may actually have some truth to it, atleast they might have been planning such a thing : i recently read an article that said there to have been massive amounts of people resigning from Finnish military reserves in January 2024, and the authorities there are considering making it illeagal for someone to leave the reserves.
Why would people suddenly resign from the reserves so much and why the authorities would be so concerned over it, unless something was planned involving the reservists...
Maybe that's why they are so adamant about getting Sweden into NATO as quickly as possible ?
Any aggressive act launched from territory outside of the Ukraine that strikes directly at civilian or Ru Military targets that are inside the regions of Ukraine that have been liberated or are located within Russian or Belarusian territory itself will be seen by the Russians as an immediate escalation by NATO.
This escalation will be countered by an immediate & measured, proportional strike against the location that launched said strike, and similar strikes on the NATO command & control centres & nodes responsible for the decision making.
This escalation has been clearly signalled by Russia to every NATO & EU Member State.
The consequences are fully understood, although the Western MSM continues to fool the Western peoples into believing that such aggression would not be met with any kind of retaliatory act by Russia. These lies are planned to create the Casus Belli for the Russian threat of Invasion in the Baltic States, Finland & Poland.
I doubt Russia will target Romanian air fields if F-16s fly from there. There is little need as with the demise of much of Ukraine's air defenses, Russia can use its air assets to shoot down the F-16s from a longer distance than the F-16 can engage Russian jets. In addition, Russian air defense will deal with any remaining F-16s. I haven't seen any real numbers mentioned, either, so there may not be many F-16s to be dealt with in the first place.
As for NATO troops being used to secure the Ukraine-Belarus border, this sounds like the old plan to send Polish troops into Ukraine as a "humanitarian mission". That didn't happen and this one won't, either. NATO is a toothless dog. Scott Ritter in recent interviews has been contrasting NATO exercises in the past with the current one being run this year. He points out that in previous NATO exercises, 1100-1300 tanks took part; this year, it's around 125, ten percent of the previous efforts. This year it's 97,000 troops, the largest one before was 125,000. And most of those are logistics personnel, not combat troops.
He also quoted Medvedev who said bluntly that if NATO tries to go to war with Russia, Russia will simply nuke them. There will be no large-scale ground engagement. As Martyanov likes to point out, NATO command and control from Brussels down will simply be eliminated in the first hours, by hypersonic missiles with conventional warheads. No nukes needed. Any subsequent movement of forces throughout NATO will get the same treatment. An army that has no command and control can't engage any enemy (unless they're already in contact as happened in Ukraine.) So Pistorius is delusional if he thinks Germany can confront Russia. Not to mention that Germany doesn't have the money.
Thanks Richard. Agree wuth what you've said. I listen to Ritter frequently but I find Martyanov's accent difficult to understand.
LOL Andrei's problem is not so much accent as his delivery. It's an acquired taste. :-) Plus he's rather repetitive when it comes to things like the MSM and the incompetence of the West's military. You have to pry the actual useful info out of his videos and blog posts.
I think that NATO is scroupusly avoiding official troops in the ground and jets starting from their territory. As Putin told yesterday in the Interview, he will only attack a NATO member, If they attack first.
What I could imagine is that Poland will send some Peace keeping troups to Western Ukraine towards the end of the war, who will simply stay there to secure the Former Polish districts in Ukraine for Poland.
Thanks for the update Rob. I am impressed with the scope that you provide in your excellent work.
Thanks for that. I am always trying to improve my work so that people will find it entertaining as well as informative.
Your work is good enough without trying to be entertaining. I think that you are cataloguing a tragedy and all that that entails.
I can't turn away but am constantly drawn as to why this needless event is taking place and you go a long way to revealing what is happening which is a step towards understanding, although when it is all said and done it is the banality of greed and the actions of the greedy that make this what it is.
Keep up the good work, that segues into the good fight.
Will do.
"Pravda is reporting that NATO troops from the UK, Finland, Romania, Sweden and Poland will be sent to the right (west) bank of the Dnieper on the border with Belarus in order to free up Ukrainian troops for the front."
This may actually have some truth to it, atleast they might have been planning such a thing : i recently read an article that said there to have been massive amounts of people resigning from Finnish military reserves in January 2024, and the authorities there are considering making it illeagal for someone to leave the reserves.
Why would people suddenly resign from the reserves so much and why the authorities would be so concerned over it, unless something was planned involving the reservists...
Maybe that's why they are so adamant about getting Sweden into NATO as quickly as possible ?
Could be - thanks.
Any aggressive act launched from territory outside of the Ukraine that strikes directly at civilian or Ru Military targets that are inside the regions of Ukraine that have been liberated or are located within Russian or Belarusian territory itself will be seen by the Russians as an immediate escalation by NATO.
This escalation will be countered by an immediate & measured, proportional strike against the location that launched said strike, and similar strikes on the NATO command & control centres & nodes responsible for the decision making.
This escalation has been clearly signalled by Russia to every NATO & EU Member State.
The consequences are fully understood, although the Western MSM continues to fool the Western peoples into believing that such aggression would not be met with any kind of retaliatory act by Russia. These lies are planned to create the Casus Belli for the Russian threat of Invasion in the Baltic States, Finland & Poland.
Thanks for that
Great summary, Dr Rob! I'll be checking in here more often!
Cheers
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