Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

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What makes you think several countries wouldn't come to Ukraines defense?!?!

Besides the United States, France and The United Kingdom NATO ain't got teeth. France already said:hubie: only the US and UK together could put a stop to this. The rest of the NATO countries are flunkies and groupies. Romania, Moldova, Baltics, Poland COMBINED couldn't stop a major Russian offensive that's why their so shook right now and hitting the emergency dial.

The ONE wild card in this would be Germany. If the US and Britain take the muzzle off Germany, Berlin could raise a technologically advanced hardened army within a year and they have the tech to develop nukes themselves. But unfortunately (or fortunately) the Germans are pacificist their constitution prohibits forming a standing army, plus Russia can turn off the gas pipes and it's literally lights out.

The rest are jobber countries too, Spain and Italy aint finna do shyt and Canada might as well be the US lil homie
 

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What makes you think several countries wouldn't come to Ukraines defense?!?!
No one is coming to Ukraine with tens of thousands of troops to defend them.

Putin moved much quickly than I thought. A dumb move. What I expected was Putin would have said he wouldn't sign the recognition of the independence of the Donbass, but would keep it on his desk and reserve the right to sign it at any point. Commit one last time to pushing Ukraine to actually implement Minsk, which European states have lately been falling over themselves insisting they support. Then just sit back and wait for Kiev's response to be an open assault on Donbass. Give it a day or two to become painfully obviously that this is what is happening, then crush the Ukrainian assault and *then* sign the recognition.
 

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Besides the United States, France and The United Kingdom NATO ain't got teeth. France already said:hubie: only the US and UK together could put a stop to this. The rest of the NATO countries are flunkies and groupies. Romania, Moldova, Baltics, Poland COMBINED couldn't stop a major Russian offensive that's why their so shook right now and hitting the emergency dial.

The ONE wild card in this would be Germany. If the US and Britain take the muzzle off Germany, Berlin could raise a technologically advanced hardened army within a year and they have the tech to develop nukes themselves. But unfortunately (or fortunately) the Germans are pacificist their constitution prohibits forming a standing army, plus Russia can turn off the gas pipes and it's literally lights out.

The rest are jobber countries too, Spain and Italy aint finna do shyt and Canada might as well be the US lil homie

herding cats...

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Putin is going to do it, but I don't think the consequences will pay off for him.

He's leaving himself open to major long-term pain IMO. Might be destabilizing if the Russian people start feeling massive hurt. If full financial sanctions are levied on him I could see him turning to China for help. Xi will have him by the balls from then on.
 
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