The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @KofmanMichael: Bottom line, while I’m skeptical that European nations can deploy and sustain a large force in country, I also don’t think they have to. The initial requirements are not insurmountable and should not be exaggerated as an alibi for doing nothing.
RT @KofmanMichael: Bottom line, while I’m skeptical that European nations can deploy and sustain a large force in country, I also don’t think they have to. The initial requirements are not insurmountable and should not be exaggerated as an alibi for doing nothing.
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @shashj: Ideas in the mix:
- Air cover over Ukraine with no or minimal troops on ground
- Monitoring force (pointless)
- Buffer force at LoC (authority to challenge Ru attack?)
- Symbolic force well to rear (lacks credibility)
- EfP type tripwire- but dangerous if not attached to US force
RT @shashj: Ideas in the mix:
- Air cover over Ukraine with no or minimal troops on ground
- Monitoring force (pointless)
- Buffer force at LoC (authority to challenge Ru attack?)
- Symbolic force well to rear (lacks credibility)
- EfP type tripwire- but dangerous if not attached to US force
The Lookout (Twitter)
As a tabletop, it can still be useful in forcing European countries to stake stock, realize what the stakes are, and get shaken out of the current paralysis.
However, there's a long way from here to forces on the ground, as part of a "deal".
The Russians do have a vote.
As a tabletop, it can still be useful in forcing European countries to stake stock, realize what the stakes are, and get shaken out of the current paralysis.
However, there's a long way from here to forces on the ground, as part of a "deal".
The Russians do have a vote.
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @DrRadchenko: The record of Chinese Ambassador Li Fenglin's discussion with the Russian leadership, August 11, 1998. "China wants to see Russia strong. We must be together though they [the West] are putting us under pressure." 1998. Just think about it.
RT @DrRadchenko: The record of Chinese Ambassador Li Fenglin's discussion with the Russian leadership, August 11, 1998. "China wants to see Russia strong. We must be together though they [the West] are putting us under pressure." 1998. Just think about it.
The Lookout (Twitter)
The other option is a unilateral European deployment to Ukraine, but this is a different ballgame.
I might be mistaken, but I have a feeling this isn't what the current discussions are about.
The other option is a unilateral European deployment to Ukraine, but this is a different ballgame.
I might be mistaken, but I have a feeling this isn't what the current discussions are about.
The Lookout (Twitter)
We might get to know a bit more of what's actually being discussed after today's meeting in Paris.
We might get to know a bit more of what's actually being discussed after today's meeting in Paris.
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IgorGirkin (Twitter)
RT @SESU_UA: Рятувальники ДСНС продовжують ліквідацію наслідків російського удару БпЛА по Чорнобильській АЕС
Наразі три групи верхолазів здійснюють часткове розкривання конструкцій укриття та гасіння 3 осередків тління утеплювача покрівлі. Радіаційний фон на проммайданчику ЧАЕС в нормі.
RT @SESU_UA: Рятувальники ДСНС продовжують ліквідацію наслідків російського удару БпЛА по Чорнобильській АЕС
Наразі три групи верхолазів здійснюють часткове розкривання конструкцій укриття та гасіння 3 осередків тління утеплювача покрівлі. Радіаційний фон на проммайданчику ЧАЕС в нормі.
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The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @MrFrantarelli: The Project 22220/LK-60Ya-class nuclear-powered icebreaker Yakutiya in the dry dock at the Kronstadt Marine Plant.
📸 VK-"Vecherniy Kronshtadt" (Feb. 16)
RT @MrFrantarelli: The Project 22220/LK-60Ya-class nuclear-powered icebreaker Yakutiya in the dry dock at the Kronstadt Marine Plant.
📸 VK-"Vecherniy Kronshtadt" (Feb. 16)
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The Lookout (Twitter)
The Penguin is still alive out there. https://twitter.com/NZ_Trav/status/1891363442507796561#m
The Penguin is still alive out there. https://twitter.com/NZ_Trav/status/1891363442507796561#m
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @VolodyaTretyak: Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hrytsiv, who returned from Russian captivity in September 2024, describes the physical torture he endured during interrogations—an ordeal that every Ukrainian soldier in Russian captivity must undergo multiple times:
"Interrogations were the worst—electric shocks, beatings with clubs, and suffocation with plastic bags. They filled the bags with rags, placed them over our heads, and only removed them when we were about to lose consciousness. They also used pillowcases filled with water—covering our faces to make us drown.
'Tápiky'—military field telephones with high amperage—were connected to cables and cranked, electrocuting us. Honestly, there wasn’t a single part of my body that wasn’t shocked—ears, fingers, genitals, everything."
RT @VolodyaTretyak: Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hrytsiv, who returned from Russian captivity in September 2024, describes the physical torture he endured during interrogations—an ordeal that every Ukrainian soldier in Russian captivity must undergo multiple times:
"Interrogations were the worst—electric shocks, beatings with clubs, and suffocation with plastic bags. They filled the bags with rags, placed them over our heads, and only removed them when we were about to lose consciousness. They also used pillowcases filled with water—covering our faces to make us drown.
'Tápiky'—military field telephones with high amperage—were connected to cables and cranked, electrocuting us. Honestly, there wasn’t a single part of my body that wasn’t shocked—ears, fingers, genitals, everything."
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @hissgoescobra: American is trying to blackmail Ukraine. Let me set the record straight on the rare earth minerals, Mike Walz's lie to Bloomberg News, and the promises America made to Ukraine back in 1994, in writing, to protect it against a Russian invasion. America owes Ukraine. Period.
RT @hissgoescobra: American is trying to blackmail Ukraine. Let me set the record straight on the rare earth minerals, Mike Walz's lie to Bloomberg News, and the promises America made to Ukraine back in 1994, in writing, to protect it against a Russian invasion. America owes Ukraine. Period.
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @aidefranceukr: “Already 24 Ukrainian [aspiring pilots] have undergone initial training in the United Kingdom. The [RAF] hopes to train 20 per year. The trainee pilots will then leave for France in spring 2025, where they will continue their training for six months on faster aircraft (Alphajets, also used by the Patrouille de France). Then, they will go to Romania to actually fly the F-16s.”
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RT @aidefranceukr: “Already 24 Ukrainian [aspiring pilots] have undergone initial training in the United Kingdom. The [RAF] hopes to train 20 per year. The trainee pilots will then leave for France in spring 2025, where they will continue their training for six months on faster aircraft (Alphajets, also used by the Patrouille de France). Then, they will go to Romania to actually fly the F-16s.”
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @front_ukrainian: ❗️Operators of the 🇺🇦3rd SOF Regiment went behind enemy lines and killed 23 🇷🇺Russian soldiers while clearing an industrial building
For two days, the Ukrainian military held their positions in the encirclement until the building began to burn. After that, the decision was made to evacuate, which was carried out with the involvement of armored vehicles Hamvee.
RT @front_ukrainian: ❗️Operators of the 🇺🇦3rd SOF Regiment went behind enemy lines and killed 23 🇷🇺Russian soldiers while clearing an industrial building
For two days, the Ukrainian military held their positions in the encirclement until the building began to burn. After that, the decision was made to evacuate, which was carried out with the involvement of armored vehicles Hamvee.
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