And Finland is in a process to phase in ~60 F-35 jets this decade. Even without NATO, invading Finland wouldn't be wise to say the least.
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This is JEF (great acronym)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Joint_Expeditionary_Force
Finland said they'd repay us by coming to our aid if Russia invaded Britain. Seems a bit of a one sided deal.
Not really. Our armed forces have been savaged by 12 years of Tory cuts, I'm not sure we could defend ourselves without allies.
Russian forces at the area are forced to take huge risks to avoid the pushback they suffered near Kyiv.
We can because we're a independent nuclear armed nation. Similar to Russia, no one is going to even try to invade us. It's a moot point. Even if we didn't have nuclear weapons it would be very difficult to invade the UK given that we're an island with an advanced navy and military.
We've got a tiny navy and military, advanced or otherwise. And even our loony bin government aren't firing nukes at anyone who doesn't fire them first, just like Putin isn't.
OK.
Finnish are advanced snipers, i wouldn’t mess with them
I'm not knocking the Finnish forces. Just pointing out that no one is going to try and invade the UK, Tory cuts to the military or not. Just like no one is going to try invading Russia, North Korea or any other independently armed nuclear state. That the UK is an island with an advanced military makes such an invasion even more unlikely (if it could be more unlikely).
Not bad in off road vehicles either… Russia better hope they don’t have tractors
Indeed. Assuming no nuclear weapons, the only country that would have any hope of invading the UK is the US, and even that would be very difficult. The UK has the strongest fleet in Europe, and likely the strongest Air Force (now that we know that the Russian Air Force is useless outside of military parades).
Well... https://www.valtra.com/blog/valtra-...ian-defence-forces-order-valtra-tractors.htmlNot bad in off road vehicles either… Russia better hope they don’t have tractors
Russia turn up in to face a tractor brigade, turn and runNot bad in off road vehicles either… Russia better hope they don’t have tractors
Interesting combine harvesters
Le Pen didn’t win but this stupid cnut is not much better it seems.
What a amazing person I admire.
He is French. Just remember, Paris was never taken by force. It always surrendered before it came to that in the last 1000 years.
Except in 1814 and 1871…He is French. Just remember, Paris was never taken by force. It always surrendered before it came to that in the last 1000 years.
I don't believe anything about the Macron claims. It would be all over European or French papers and there is nothing.
That was my first thought, probably a bit of truth to it, but being reported as controversially as possible.
It was never about NATO.
Go on Olaf. You tell him. Mad Vlad must be rethinking everything now.
To be fair, there must be few things more terrible to experience than a long phone call with Olaf Scholz.
I am sure the ceasefire point has been requested by Putin.
Reminding him about the responsibility of the food situation is literally saying 'hey, look at this weapon you've got to use against us, remember that?'
What a fecking melt.
What a fecking melt.
Macron and Scholz have been absolutely pathetic through this.
I think they are abandoning efforts at a wide encirclement of Ukrainian troops along the Izyum-Slovyansk-Debaltseve line because (a) the troops from Izyum have suffered big losses; and (b) they've had to send some troops from there back northwards to counter Ukrainian troops pushing east and north-east from the Kharkiv area and which are now threatening the supply lines to Izyum.
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Who is doing the comms for the German leadership? Christ. Ukraine doesn't want a ceasefire whilst being occupied. It feels like Germany and France keep saying "hold my beer" in recent weeks.
Believe me, the Germans aren't happy with the situation either, and some cracks are showing in the political system.
This morning Scholz attented a meeting of the parliamentary defence committee to answer questions about his politics in regard to Ukraine. Several members left early while he was speaking, as they didn't feel that their questions were answered.
All of them are members of the FDP, which is part of Scholz' government coalition. It doesn't mean much, but it shows how deeply divided the coalition is about Ukraine.
The YouTube guy you mentioned here, can’t remember the name but the army guy with a real punchable face, did a really good vid on Wednesday illustrating this and where Russia could set up strong defensive lines if they wise up. One of his better vids at what feels like another turning point in the war.
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I was thinking about that: Scholz speaking for himself (or the SPD) in that tweet but not really for the coalition government. What are the chances that his and the SPD's stance on Ukraine/Russia will lead to the FPD and Greens replaceing the SPD with the CDU over this?
I think the chance is still quite small, but slowly increasing. It is definitely obvious that he does speak neither for the whole government nor for the parliament or public majority.