For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

[Politruk]

Yes it will because Russia will use nuclear weapons against any perceived existential threat to its border or state.

Which losing this war ain't.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Which losing this war ain't.

An existential threat to Putin perhaps, but NOT to Russia.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Rheinmetall delivers first Lynx IFV to Ukraine​

German defense conglomerate Rheinmetall has delivered a new KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) to Ukraine, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Jan. 7. Delivered at the end of 2024, the advanced vehicle was manufactured at the Rheinmetall plant in Unterlüß, Germany. According to Papperger, KF41 is still undergoing final testing and is expected to enter serial production soon. "The armed forces are testing it now to facilitate placing a serial order as quickly as possible," the CEO said.

This is a biggie, as 400 Lynx IFV's are contracted to be delivered to Ukraine over 2025. That's a huge improvement in combat power

https://english.nv.ua/nation/rheinmetall-delivers-first-lynx-ifv-to-ukraine-50479843.html

 

[Rightguide]

Which losing this war ain't.

Installing a NATO force on their border is.

 

[Politruk]

Installing a NATO force on their border is.

That's no existential threat to Russia!

And Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Finland are NATO members already!

 

[Rightguide]

Embattled Macron Deflects From France’s Manifold Crises by Lecturing Other Countries — Says Ukraine Must Be ‘Realistic’ and Cede Territory, Complains of Musk ‘Interference’​

by Paul Serran Jan. 7, 2025 7:15 am

Politico reported:

“French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Ukraine needs to adopt a ‘realistic’ stance on territorial issues as political momentum appears to gather in favor of opening peace talks with Russia.

This is the first time Macron has hinted that Kyiv should consider territorial concessions, having in the past repeatedly called for Ukraine’s territorial integrity to be preserved in any negotiations to end the war.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Zelensky-and-Macron.png‘You will have to give up territory, my dear friend’. (Credit: Getty Images)
“’The Ukrainians need to have realistic discussions on territorial issues, which they alone can do’, he said during a speech to French ambassadors gathered in Paris.”

Besides Crime that they conquered in 2014, Russians now control about 20% of former Ukrainian territories, and more: they held referendums and enshrined the regions in their Constitution as new regions. There’s no going back.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ects-frances-manifold-crises-lecturing-other/

Europe is getting a little wobbly.

 

[Politruk]

Besides Crime that they conquered in 2014, Russians now control about 20% of former Ukrainian territories, and more: they held referendums and enshrined the regions in their Constitution as new regions. There’s no going back.

Of course there is, if they lose the war,

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ects-frances-manifold-crises-lecturing-other/

Haven't you learned by now to stay away from GP?

 

[Rightguide]

That's no existential threat to Russia!

And Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Finland are NATO members already!

You are an idiot. Those countries have nothing to do with Russia's access to the Black Sea either.

 

[Politruk]

You are an idiot. Those countries have nothing to do with Russia's access to the Black Sea either.

If Ukraine joins NATO, Russia still has access to the Black Sea. If Ukraine recovers Crimea, Russia still has access to the Black Sea.

 

[Rightguide]

Mass Desertions Plague Elite Ukrainian Brigade Trained By France​

by Tyler Durden
Monday, Jan 06, 2025 - 11:45 PM

Ukrainian and Western media reports are confirming that members of an elite Ukrainian brigade trained by French forces have deserted in alarming numbers, some before ever stepping foot into battle against Russia.

The 155th "Anne of Kyiv" Mechanized Brigade, currently deployed near Pokrovsk, has been plagued by desertions and lack of properly accounting for troops. Some sources have described "organizational chaos" in the Western-backed initiative.

At least 50 members of the brigade actually went AWOL while training inside France. The brigade later was sent to the battlefield with numbers greatly depleted.

"About 1,700 soldiers from a Ukrainian unit equipped by the West and trained in France went AWOL before firing a shot," The Telegraph writes. "At least 50 members of the new 155th mechanized brigade, one of the few to operate the Leopard 2 battle tank, disappeared while elements of the unit were being drilled in France."

"By the time it entered battle for the first time, at least 1,700 of its troops went absent without leave at numerous points. Some 500 soldiers were still missing, it was reported as recently as November," the report indicates further.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mass-desertions-plague-elite-ukrainian-brigade-trained-france

 

[Rightguide]

If Ukraine joins NATO, Russia still has access to the Black Sea. If Ukraine recovers Crimea, Russia still has access to the Black Sea.

NATO isn't in the cards for Ukraine.

 

[Politruk]

You are an idiot.

The idiot is the one who thinks Democrats are Commies, or even leftists of any kind.

 

[Politruk]

NATO isn't in the cards for Ukraine.

No country with an ongoing territorial dispute can join NATO. But be sure Ukraine will join as soon as this war is over.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Installing a NATO force on their border is.

If Putin was genuinely concerned about NATO, he wouldn't have engineered Finland and Sweden into joining.

As it is, there's two alternatives for Ukraine here:
- 1 - join NATO
- 2 - go Nuke

 

[ChloeTzang]

If Ukraine joins NATO, Russia still has access to the Black Sea. If Ukraine recovers Crimea, Russia still has access to the Black Sea.

They MIGHT have access to the Black Sea, but militarily it will do them no use. The Black Sea is a Ukrainian lake these days....

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukrainian counterattacks strain Russian forces: renewed Kursk offensive alters strategic dynamics​

With a lack of internal reserves, Russian forces have had no choice but to relocate troops from the frontline in Ukraine to reinforce the Kursk region. They can only be transferred from the front line, as Russia has no internal reserves. Had Russia possessed such reserves, they would have likely been deployed in Eastern Ukraine already. Should the situation continue to deteriorate for Russian forces in the Kursk area, they may be forced to further redeploy troops from active battle zones in Ukraine.

So here we can see how the strategic balance is changing - Russia is now being forced to react to Ukrainian moves, rather than vice-versa.

https://uawire.org/ukrainian-counte...wed-kursk-offensive-alters-strategic-dynamics

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukrainian deep strikes inside Russia are crippling Russian logistics and military command....​

We're seeing more and more of these precision attacks carried out by the Ukrainians, and they're picking their targets. With Ukrainian cruise missile production picking up for 2025, these are going to become more and more devastating. 2024 only saw the start of these attacks.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01...ussia-cripple-logistics-and-military-command/

 

[ishtat]

They MIGHT have access to the Black Sea, but militarily it will do them no use. The Black Sea is a Ukrainian lake these days....

More importantly, Ukraine's success has shown Turkey that she has absolute control of access to the Mediterranean from the Black sea. In the past the USSR could intimidate Turkey into granting passage through the straits; No longer, Turkey has the second most powerful and well equipped army in NATO, plus a mountainous Northern and far Western coast that any Russian would be insane to think of attacking. When Russia lost its base in Syria and was humiliated by the Ukrainian resistance, their Black Sea ports effectively became a trap. Russia is now demonstrably incapable of projecting its power beyond its core. This outcome alone has made support for Ukraine an excellent investment for the USA.

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

The Ukrainian General staff confirmed they struck an oil depot in Engels, Saratov region. The attack targeted the "Kombinat Kristal" fuel storage facility, crucial for supplying the Engels-2 airbase, home to Russian strategic aviation. Multiple explosions and a massive fire were reported.

The Kristall oil depot, more specifically a national reserve storage base, is without exaggeration a strategically important facility. This supply base stores fuel for the russian strategic aviation stationed at the nearby Engels Air Base, located in the Saratov Region of russia. Footage from the site shows a large-scale fire that has engulfed part of the tanks. Local authorities also confirm that the was hit by Ukrainian long-range drones. The attack has the potential to affect the combat readiness of aircraft based at the Engels air base, particularly Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.

https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukra...160s_grounded_without_special_fuel-13128.html

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01...n-fire-after-drone-attack-on-russian-regions/

Engels-2 is a strategic bomber airbase in Russia, hosting the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tu-160M) and the 184th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tu-95MS) of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division. Tu-95MS aircraft are frequently used in Russia's monthly missile assaults to launch Kh-101 cruise missiles at Ukraine.

 

[jhenry922]

James Comer: FBI Doc Alleges ‘Business Person from Ukraine’ Sent ‘Substantial Bribe’ to VP Biden​

WENDELL HUSEBØ7 Jun 2023

The FBI’s informant file of a $5 million bribery scheme allegedly linked to President Joe Biden concerns the family’s business deals in Ukraine, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) revealed Monday.

In May, Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made bombshell claims after reviewing an FBI FD-1023 form that documented the informant’s allegations of an alleged bribery scheme involving an exchange of money for policy decisions between now-President Joe Biden and a foreign national. Comer disclosed the informant tip is dated June 30, 2020.

“Yes, it is Ukraine,” Comer told The Just the News. “This form 1023 involves a business person from Ukraine, who allegedly sent a bribe, a substantial bribe to then Vice President Joe Biden.”

The Biden family frequently visited Ukraine for its respective business. Then-Vice President Joe Biden served as the Obama administration’s Ukrainian “point person” on U.S. foreign policy. He visited Ukraine six times while serving as vice president.

More here: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...m-ukraine-sent-substantial-bribe-to-vp-biden/

I said long ago there is good reason to believe that Joe Biden has been compromised by Ukraine and other countries.

For those who don't get what happened in Ukraine with the biden's, Biden tried to interview for the national courts to stop corruption in the Ukrainian governments and it's subsidiaries, and was mostly successful and that's why they tossed out the pro Russian meaning president and had Fair elections and elected zelensky. Thought I'd give you the short version of this long with the tale of a nothing Burger

 

[ChloeTzang]

Engels Oil depot fire spreading - lovely lovely avgas fires.....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877040523401183605

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877084240417853672

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[Politruk]

For those who don't get what happened in Ukraine with the biden's, Biden tried to interview for the national courts to stop corruption in the Ukrainian governments and it's subsidiaries, and was mostly successful and that's why they tossed out the pro Russian meaning president and had Fair elections and elected zelensky. Thought I'd give you the short version of this long with the tale of a nothing Burger

Point being, it has nothing to do with Biden family business interests.

 

[ChloeTzang]