Russian special military operation in Ukraine #55

Arrow wrote:https://vk.com/video-123538639_456307475

what are those flashes? Are the wings deployed by explosive cartrige?

Arrow wrote:"As the North Atlantic Alliance, we are 20 times richer than Russia and can afford a drawn-out conflict if necessary,” Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said during a press conference in Brussels, after a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting.

The ministers discussed a proposal establishing a special five-year, USD 100 billion aid fund for Ukraine, intended to signal NATO's readiness to support Ukraine over the long term and demonstrate that Russia cannot win in a matter of months or even years.

Sikorski noted that the USD 100 billion is a significant amount of money and that contributing to the fund proportionally to GDP is worth considering. While not all allies may agree initially, Sikorski sees the initiative as valuable and believes consensus can be reached through negotiations."

It's not 20 times anymore. Maybe 10 times.

Is Sikorsky a self loathing Russian?

Just a nice tank. 

Play by the rules,

Are you f..ing kidding me?
Contrary to the stuff the americans bomb/attack during their wars, like hospitals, schools and whole neighborhoods,
tanks are a military target.
That guy is a f...ing disgrace for all of humanity.

Hole wrote:

Play by the rules,

Are you f..ing kidding me?
Contrary to the stuff the americans bomb/attack during their wars, like hospitals, schools and whole neighborhoods,
tanks are a military target.
That guy is a f...ing disgrace for all of humanity.

Probably that is the reason why the Maidan puppet regime hide their rockets, AA system, explosive, tanks... right in the middle of a civillian resident area. Or why the Maidan deliberately shell civillian buildings. Or why they orchestrated henious crimes like massacring 140 civillians in the Crocus.

The Maidan are playing by the "rules" that their USA masters taught them.

There are still "experts" in the west who claim that the sanctions are working. 
To be honest, they really work, but those dudes never say for which side of the conflict. 

Dementia without courage: NATO is powerless against Russia, by Elena Karaeva for RiaNovosti. 04.06.2024.

The Russian army presented a gift (even two) to the guests gathered for the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Alliance. While NATO headquarters were building hypotheses about how and with what new means to support Ukraine strategically, financially, logistically - in short, in whatever way - our military units improved in the Donetsk direction, as the Russian Ministry of Defense stated , "the tactical situation along the front line ".
And a little earlier it became known that the Russian Armed Forces entered the suburb of Chasov Yar.

Still not knowing about this news, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, in his usual ambiguous manner, noted that there are two scenarios for the development of events. Either NATO will “mobilize” again, or “everything is lost” - and the alliance, which has imagined itself invincible all these 75 years, “will be in danger.”

“Yes, either we are taking Ukraine to the registry office, or Russia is taking us to the prosecutor” - this is to see the situation, as they say, truthfully and “in kind” behind the polished formulations of NATO speech writers.

A little over a year ago, at a meeting under the wing of Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, both the rhetoric and the glossary of various Stoltenbergs and others like them, as well as the mood, were completely different. In January last year, without a hitch, preparing the much-advertised and very loudly failed summer “counter-offensive” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces , they gave Kiev everything without counting. "Patriots", "Leopards", "Bradleys", "Marders". And arsenals, arsenals of all this. The pride of the NATO military-industrial complex was practically diffused in the air, like the aroma of expensive perfume. They gave us small and medium ammunition, and whatever you wanted. Only to destroy the Russian army, and then our country. The idea that the American Patriot air defense system, with a price tag of a billion dollars, could be destroyed by Russian missiles, the cost of which is about one and a half orders of magnitude lower, did not even occur to the Ramstein team. They are in a rage of hatred towards us and have probably forgotten their catchphrase “He who laughs last laughs best” due to age. And the Russian rockets and Russian rocket scientists had a great laugh at them. We just had a great laugh at this entire multi-billion dollar system, which has become a pile of irreparable pieces of iron.

Today, within the same walls, they are no longer talking about the supply of something lethal and heavy, but only about the possibility of scraping the bottom of the barrel - maybe there are some crumbs lying around somewhere. And we are no longer talking about what and how much to send as military aid to Kyiv, but only about plans to finance the production of these “what” and these “how much”. Because that's it - the box is empty.

And if there are no material resources, then it’s somehow embarrassing to talk about the strength of allied ties, especially if there is no money. Scholz and Biden practically ran away from Macron like hell, as the French president is driven by an obsession with taking revenge on the Russians for the defeat of Napoleon. Macron called his proposal to send a French military contingent to the Northern Military District a way to “create strategic uncertainty,” while for Scholz and Biden it looked like “a dangerous gamble of drawing NATO members into a direct clash with the Russians.” When the quiet arguments conveyed to Macron through diplomatic channels were exhausted and did not produce the desired effect, then the nuances and details of the exchange of allied “courtesy” were given to the press. The press obediently published it. Literally on the eve of the meeting between Blinken and Macron, as well as the anniversary, if I may say so, meeting of the heads of the alliance’s foreign affairs departments.

Relationships in which they fear each other, tease each other, intrigue, suspect each other of insincerity and every time expect either a trip or a stab in the back are usually called toxic. Many people can talk about how happy everyone is together, how united they are in their idea of ​​“defending progress, Europe , Western values” from Russian “barbarians,” but as soon as the conversation starts about business, everyone somehow shyly shuts up the fountains and talks about “ dangers of escalation." With Russia. They say.

Naturally, they will do the same as they did before. More precisely, they will try to pretend that they are doing it. You shouldn’t expect any real decisions or actions from this club of “those who are closer to 80.” Not only because of the age of the alliance, which, as Macron said, is “brain dead,” but also because no one there actually believes in their own slogans about the “Russian threat.”

The mental energy of Russophobia can carry this train through for some time, but the elderly alliance lacks political energy. It is customary in youth to fight for ideals and defend what is dear. Paying for it with both blood and life. Courage is a sign of passionate youth (but NATO never had it), and dementia is a quality of old age, once prosperous, but today dressed up as the remnants of former luxury. This is the result - not intermediate, but final - of the “anniversary” just celebrated by the North Atlantic Alliance.

https://ria.ru/20240406/nato-1938134549.html

https://newsnnk.com/the-vanishing-men-of-makiv-village-faces-shortage-of-fighting-age-men-as-ukrainian-army-struggles-with-recruitment/

The Vanishing Men of Makiv: Village Faces Shortage of Fighting Age Men as Ukrainian Army Struggles with Recruitment

Apr 5, 2024

The village of Makiv, situated in southwestern Ukraine, is facing a severe shortage of men of fighting age. Many of the village’s men have either left to fight on the front lines or migrated abroad to evade military service. This has left the remaining men in the village feeling fearful of being drafted into the army at any moment. Larysa Bodna, a local school leader, observed that many of Makiv’s men have vanished, with parents of students joining the military.

The army is aggressively recruiting from small villages like Makiv, causing panic and anger among villagers. In response to the recruitment drives, residents of Makiv have utilized social media platforms to alert others about soldiers patrolling the area for conscription purposes. There have been instances where soldiers have forcibly taken men into custody, sparking rumors of kidnappings. Some individuals have even faced imprisonment for refusing to join the army. The recruitment process has caused considerable distress and fear among the villagers.