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Title is misleading, since there is already a major war in Europe started by russia
Headlines from 2011
With what? They can't even handle war in Ukraine and they run out of plenty of hardware.
I do not have an English translation but in this interview a lieutenant general of the German Bundeswehr says that they are observing that not all new supplies are being pushed to the Ukrainian front lines and instead new stockpiles are being created.
My personal expectation is that Putin will attempt one more push in Ukraine once mud season is over, take what he can get and then agree to another peace deal (Minsk 3 anyone?). He will then take some time to restructure and reinforce the military before again "coming to the aid of suppressed Russian minorities", this time in places like Georgia, Moldova or Armenia. Ukraine is off the table because they will use the time to reinforce as well.
Could be, who knows. Though the countries listed are not part of NATO and are weak. And at least in Moldova it's not easy as Russia doesn't border it and for Armenia they have to go through Georgia first.
Though the countries listed are not part of NATO and are weak.
Perfect to get the collective confidence back on its feed after getting a literal bloody nose in Ukraine.
for Armenia they have to go through Georgia first
Two for the price of one. That's a bargain!
Unfortunately, if they could foresee the consequences of their own actions, the war in Ukraine wouldn't even have started
TBH it's still early for evaluating consequences - it might still prove beneficial for Russia, especially with orange in chief.
Anything less than total victory will lead to economic collapse for Russia and at this point it's pretty much impossible even with Trump in office. They are cooked in any case.
They wasted hundreds of thousands in the meat grinder... The final outcome would have to be absolutely massive in favour of Russia for it to still be beneficial. Unlikely.
With the help of the US
I'd laugh at you if this was 2024. Today? I'm uncomfortable with such statements.
The new Axis powers of Russia, China, North Korea and U.S.A against the European powers. 10 years ago that would seem ridiculous, now, not too far fetched.
If they capture Ukraine, they will have a fresh pool of conscripts, not to mention Ukraine’s impressive military technology.
Good point. Ukrainians doesn't have that much of weapons and are heavily reliant on west. Except for drones, but at least some major parts are bought from other countries. But yes, it would increase Russian military to some extent, though I doubt Ukrainians would be good Russian soldiers.
Ukrainian conscripts will have a line of known-loyal barrier troops behind them with orders to shoot them if they fail to obey. Old Russian Army tactic.
Yes, sure, but that still doesn't make them good soldiers.
russians aren't known for utilizing good soldiers anyway. they are known for utilizing meat shields, though
And a never ending insurgency?
So is Ukraine in Asia or something?
Major war already started 3 years ago. Europe sat on its hands, and America is looking for the door.
Man Europe needs to build up their military quick. Too long you've relied on the US but now the US is unreliable depending on who is in office
Boy, it sure would be bad if the US population had voted a Russian stooge into the presidency for the next four years. Oh wait…
What are they gonna start a major war with? Their one "functional" 5th Gen "stealth" fighter that has the radar cross section of a Boeing 747 and no replacement parts?
They gonna start shitting out t-34s again like it's WW2?
They have lost the majority of their best vehicles and their trained soldiers.
If nukes didn't exist they would already have been obliterated by now.
I’m tired of living in weeks, boss
With what troops and hardware? This is ridiculous. I mean if Putin has a few working nukes, sure he could launch them. But he doesn't have anything else left. It's all been destroyed.
Russia has started up a war economy, scaling up production of weapons, tanks, etc.
Putin probably waits untill Trump destroys NATO and is just taking his time to prepare.
The only reason Ukraine has been holding on for this long is because all the stuff they got from the US and EU. If that stops it's not going to last long.
Pete Hegseth already completely fucked Ukraine by saying they need to give up on joining NATO and just accept that Russia can keep all the occupied areas. It's like the Trump administration just wants to kiss Putin's ass.
Putin has already completed his demographic suicide. There are no men left to fight, or have children. They can build as many tanks and guns as they want, but there won't be anyone to operate them.
Surely putin will be dead by then?
One can hope
Either France or the UK can easily fill in. Both have nuclear submarines. Mutually assured destruction baby.
France and the UK’s nuclear arsenal is minuscule compared to the US stockpile.
And a lot of the nukes at NATO bases are on loan from the US, so if the US pulls out there will not be nearly as many bombs close to Russia.
Anyone insane enough to start a nuclear war may decide that absorbing a hundred or so nukes isn’t so bad when they have hundreds of Cold War era bunkers and thousands of their own nukes.
France and the UK’s nuclear arsenal is minuscule compared to the US stockpile.
You only need a few.
And a lot of the nukes at NATO bases are on loan from the US, so if the US pulls out there will not be nearly as many bombs close to Russia.
Both UK and France have nuclear armed subs, those are all that matter.
Anyone insane enough to start a nuclear war may decide that absorbing a hundred or so nukes isn’t so bad when they have hundreds of Cold War era bunkers and thousands of their own nukes.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say even Putin doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in a bunker.
This is a ridiculous headline. They could start a war today, also could have started a war any time in the past 5 years.
You're half right: it's ridiculous because they did start a major war in Europe in the past 5 years.
This is about how quickly the Russian war machine and economy can rebuild their capability to attack again. IIRC the report by the Danish Intelligence Service assumes that the Ukraine war stops now and that Europe does not increase its defensive capabilities.
Will. You meant “will”.
Obviously the headline should have said "special military operation."