Russian special military operation in Ukraine #37

caveat emptor wrote:Milanović is a center left populist and holds a position of president, that is equivalent to same position in Germany. Ceremonial only and no real power. When he was a prime minister, he was in boat with both NATO integration and sanctions on Russia.

caveat emptor wrote:If you know anything about his political work, you'll know that he barks when in opposition and toes the line when in office.

Hundreds of volunteers joined the ranks of the "Moscow" battalion.

Professional athletes and fans of the flagship domestic football clubs are ready to go to defend their homeland from the Nazis.

Among the fighters there are many volunteers from the "Double-headed Eagle" Society. The unit performs under the motto "We are Russians! God is with us!".

The battalion was created under the auspices of the airborne troops. There are in the unit and officers with an impressive track record, and technical specialists with knowledge of several foreign languages. The training of fighters is carried out to perform the tasks of special forces and reconnaissance.

The project coordinator with the call sign "Chur" says: "This unit is unique in that exactly the same unit was assembled only at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War from soldiers-athletes of the capital's football and sports societies. And now the Airborne Forces have again gone on a similar experiment. And even how we have been training with them for the last two months, it shows that the guys are highly motivated, highly prepared to perform special tasks."

The preparation of the elite battalion continues, but in the near future the fighters will go to combat positions.

Today in Naro-Fominsk there was a "rite of passage" of contract volunteers.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is putting together a "Peace offer" to end the war in Ukraine. The peace offer has multiple points of interest: 1) US would recognize Russian control over Crimea, Donbass, Zaporozhye, and Kherson – the land bridge that connects Crimea and Russia” – as a fait accompli. 2) In turn Russia would be asked to stall off it's Spring Offensive. 3) Ukraine would have a demilitarized status, and the deployment of HIMARS missiles and Leopard and Abrams tanks would be confined to western Ukraine, kept as a “deterrent against further Russian attacks.” wrote:

Wagner in Kleshchevka, south of Bakhmut.

That said, I agree that Milanovic's statements are mostly just populism and have little substance, but they're not as meaningless as a German president's deliberations.

If this is true, it is a sign that the West is reaching the limit. They have probably already assessed that this will not be strong against a massive attack that is taking shape from Belarus. They are afraid of losing all of Ukraine.

However, Russia is unlikely to accept these terms. No pro-Western government can govern Ukraine if it continues to exist as a state.

Russia needs Odessa though.

I suspect what Russia needs is an actual peace offer'/agreement not essentially a better Minsk agreement.

Finally, nothing about denying the Ukraine NATO membership here. Implying such is not good enough, it has to be written down as such.

On the whole - a step in the right direction, if true.

flamming_python wrote:

The problem is that NATO will undergo full rearmament and war mobilization in the interim. The Ukraine will end up preserved as a pro-NATO regime, even if a defanged one - but all it would take is for NATO to indicate their readiness to cross over and whatever manpower the Ukraine has trained up for combat in the interim in NATO territories will be able to man their shiny new Leo 2's and Abrams and F-16s and the war will resume. Quite possibly this time with NATO forces officially in the Ukraine, not Russian.

Ludovicense wrote:US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is putting together a "Peace offer" to end the war in Ukraine.

mnzrt wrote:I would say something like *uck off Blinky. There will be peace when we say there will be peace. Now go back into your corner and shaddap.

The problem is that NATO will undergo full rearmament and war mobilization in the interim. The Ukraine will end up preserved as a pro-NATO regime, even if a defanged one - but all it would take is for NATO to indicate their readiness to cross over and whatever manpower the Ukraine has trained up for combat in the interim in NATO territories will be able to man their shiny new Leo 2's and Abrams and F-16s and the war will resume. Quite possibly this time with NATO forces officially in the Ukraine, not Russian.

You are not getting 1997 NATO, be realistic.