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Putin's Red Lines Falter as Reality Outpaces His Threats
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued another of his infamous "red lines," warning Western leaders that permitting Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russian territory would lead to NATO entering a direct war with Russia.
Aims to Intimidate the West
However, this threat has a glaring issue: Ukraine is already deploying these weapons to target regions occupied by Russia, without provoking any significant escalation or direct NATO involvement, according to Ziare.
To date, Ukraine's allies have refrained from allowing strikes on Russian soil, but there are growing indications that Western leaders may reconsider this stance.
originally posted by: Kurokage
a reply to: UKTruth
Putin is becoming a joke from crying wolf. I think we should change that parable and call it 'Red Lines'
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Putin's Red Lines Falter as Reality Outpaces His Threats
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued another of his infamous "red lines," warning Western leaders that permitting Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russian territory would lead to NATO entering a direct war with Russia.
Aims to Intimidate the West
However, this threat has a glaring issue: Ukraine is already deploying these weapons to target regions occupied by Russia, without provoking any significant escalation or direct NATO involvement, according to Ziare.
To date, Ukraine's allies have refrained from allowing strikes on Russian soil, but there are growing indications that Western leaders may reconsider this stance.
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: UKTruth
Some need a cataclism for their eschatology to pass... Install a belive that needs destruction as a pivotal point. The more the belive falls appart, the more people crave for that destruction...
Pretty clever failsafe for a system that plays you with the long game.
Putin on brink as Russians erupt at officials after major attack - 'What are you doing?'
Russians are furious with Vladimir Putin's regime after Ukraine destroyed an important ammunition depot in Russia on Wednesday.
Ukraine fired around 100 drones at the depot in Toropets, in the Tver Oblast of Russia.
Kyiv says that Iskander and Tochka-U missiles were stored there alongside bombs and artillery shells.
Video footage shared online showed the depot up in flames after the attack.
Now, Russians have raged at the authorities for allowing the attack to happen.
Posting on a Toropets chatroom on the social media site VK, one woman said: “Why wasn’t the ammunition underground?! What are you doing???? In Kudino, houses were blown away! Why is the forest burning and no one is there... What kind of negligence is this!!!!”
You gurl was there for talks three days before Putin invaded. She obviously failed in spectacular fashion as she has with everything else she’s been tasked to do. I do believe that Trump would’ve diverted this war, which I think is exactly why Putin supports your commie pick for prez, Harris is weak in every possible way. This war was preventable.
originally posted by: JadedGhost
a reply to: Mantiss2021
I hear what your saying, but I think easing restrictions is simply just prolonging what inevitably needs to happen to finally deal with this situation already.
I mean, if a joint NATO force had of put boots on the ground in western Ukraine and called it a ‘training exercise’ when it became obvious that Russia was about to invade… would this war ever of actually started in the first place?
But here we are in a unwinnable proxy war. Russia could crush Ukraine in a matter of minutes if they so wished. Are you not aware of that?
Like I said, he could finish this in a matter of minutes. His cool toys are still parked in the garage. Ukraine has no cool toys to play with. It’s a unwinnable war, plain n simple.
originally posted by: Kurokage
a reply to: KrustyKrab
But here we are in a unwinnable proxy war. Russia could crush Ukraine in a matter of minutes if they so wished. Are you not aware of that?
He's been trying to do that for nearly 3 years now, how's that going? Don't forget Putin expected his 'special operation' to be over within a few days....
originally posted by: Kurokage
a reply to: UKTruth
Sad to see all the tough guys screaming for the West to push it even further and 'call Putin's bluff'.
It was a reply to this comment. All Mad Vlad does is bluff and huff....
Like I said, he could finish this in a matter of minutes. His cool toys are still parked in the garage. Ukraine has no cool toys to play with. It’s a unwinnable war, plain n simple.
originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: Ravenwatcher
I don't see Ukraine making it to 2026 before this is over...
originally posted by: KrustyKrab
Like I said, he could finish this in a matter of minutes. His cool toys are still parked in the garage. Ukraine has no cool toys to play with. It’s a unwinnable war, plain n simple.