To hedge his bets. He can’t let the future of Ukraine be entirely decided by a US election that’s out of his control.
To hedge his bets. He can’t let the future of Ukraine be entirely decided by a US election that’s out of his control.
Is this plan the ‘let’s let Russia have all the things it’s stolen’ plan?
And we could ridicule them pretty bad for getting a jet shot down by wandering into the wrong neighborhood.
I hope a Russian jet comes too close so they can shoot it down.
Op Sec was fantastic from Ukraine. With that and Russia ignoring what info on troop buildup they did have, they managed operational surprise.
They don’t have any non nuclear retaliation options they’re not already using, and nuclear is a profoundly bad idea.
More likely they’ll reposition troops to retake it, allowing for counter pushes elsewhere.
Which means Putin wanted to get rid of them, and corruption was a convenient excuse. Everyone in the Russian government is crazy corrupt, so Putin can kick you out with cause any time if he wants to.
I wonder why they weren’t there already. It’s not like they need to deter an invasion from China much.
Quad copter drones are more comparable to artillery shells than fighter jets. Anti personal role.
So 53% say they’re less likely to leave after the election? That seems to indicate that the candidates elected were marginally more pro millionaire than the previous ones.
They’re also recruiting from prisons and promising freedom afterwards, right? That probably doesn’t help.
I guess they’re relaxing the policy, since they’ve hinted previously that they viewed attacks on Russian territory to be a threat to the existence of Russia and would use nukes in response. But they didn’t.