red750 Posted June 1 Posted June 1 Mystery fire tears through Putin's mountain palace that houses a 'nuke bunker' A Siberian palace said to be Putin’s unofficial residence has been partly destroyed by a devastating fire. The blaze levelled an entire building at the lavish compound in Russia’s Altai Republic, a sparsely inhabited mountainous region home to a large minority of indigenous nomadic animal herders. The main structure appeared to escape the worst of the flames, although officials have not confirmed whether it also suffered damage. The Russian president is known to have hosted lavish gatherings at the palace, including one in honour of late former Italian premier and notorious philanderer Silvio Berlusconi. But the damage to the overground buildings will be of least interest to Putin’s enemies.
willedoo Posted June 1 Posted June 1 He wont use them, He knows if he did it would be the end of himself and Russia. putin is a lot of things but he's not crazy. Twisted yes, but not crazy. He likes to use them as a big stick to threaten and intimidate. For the last two years he's done nothing when multiples of his red lines have been crossed. His reaction has always been to address the public with more BS to shore up his domestic image, then make more threats so the gullible Russian citizens think he's a tough guy. The reality is he's a scared coward. The only thing that gives him fuel is Western weakness. Like any bully, he'll seek out opponent's weaknesses and try to take advantage of it. ICBMs are the big, long range missiles that go into space and then rain down on cities on the other side of the world. The awareness on both sides of MAD is the deterrent from using them, for as we all know an attack is met with an immediate response leading to world destruction. The concern has been if he ever uses small, short range tactical nukes in the theater of conflict. Even doing that would be highly unlikely due to the consequences for putin and Russia. The use of one battlefield nuke would probably lose him most of the very few friends he has. He would lose Chinese support for a start and probably end up with only Iran and North Korea on his side. Xi is in the position where China needs to sell it's products to the Western world to survive economically. There's no way China would risk economic ruin from severe Western sanctions just to support his dickhead vassal using tactical nukes. 1
willedoo Posted June 1 Posted June 1 North Korea and Iran stick with Russia because they need what Russia can supply them, and it also gives those isolated states a powerful friend. China is increasing support to countries like that and the day could come when Chinese support means that they don't need Russia anymore. If that happens, putin will be irrelevant to those two countries. China gets oil and gas from Russia but only because it's cheap. 1
facthunter Posted June 1 Posted June 1 A handshake with Putin is not worth the Paper it's written on. After this latest effort who would believe a word he utters or the value of any agreement.? Nev 1
red750 Posted June 2 Posted June 2 "After Ukraine, Putin wants to attack three more targets" Putin will not stop at Ukraine and has set his sights on three targets for rebuilding the Russian empire, warns Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics. Rinkevics sees an uncertain future for European security in the face of an increasingly aggressive Russia. According to him, Russia's war against Ukraine is likely to lead to even more bloodshed as the Kremlin is driven by "resentment over its lost empire". "If Russia feels it has won in Ukraine the temptation will be for it to continue. If it feels it was defeated, the desire will be for revenge," Rinkevics said. This would put Europe's security "at risk for many years, if not decades". Putin's first goals to rebuild the Soviet empire will be the conquest of Moldova and regions in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan. 1
Jerry_Atrick Posted June 2 Posted June 2 I don't think Congress is required to allow the president to approve munitions for use to attack inside Russia, as well. To be fair to Biden, only BoJo (initially) stood as a European leader who was willing to pile real assistance into Ukraine. Many of the European leaders were very tentative at the beginning for two reasons - first, there was the fear if an escalation of war with Russia (note, there have heen sabotages of infrastructure recently in European counrties which are thought to be the work of Russian (or Russian backed) operatives. The second was that Europe was so reliant on Russian gas supplies based on a misguided assumption that if Russia had strong commercial ties to Europe it would negate their aggressive tactices, that there were a lot of votes that would be lost from the incumbent governments if they suddenly went at Russia and Russia then cut of the gas and oil supplies. Not that what I think means anything, but I hold Europe just as accountable for the woes of Ukraine as I do the USA. Both were lilly-livered when the time to really stand with Ukraine - as they promised to do in the de-nuclearisation of Ukraine. 2
Litespeed Posted June 2 Posted June 2 (edited) I also blame Olaf Sholtz the German PM. He has been extremely coward like in response to Ukraine and Gaza. Angela Merkel would have slapped down Putin and Israel. The EU lost its strongest leader when she retired. Edited June 2 by Litespeed
Jerry_Atrick Posted June 2 Posted June 2 (edited) Agree that Olaf is a bit of a snow man in all of this, but I doubt Angela Merkel would have done much different. As I understand, over reliance of Europe on Russian gas and oil was her policy which she persued aggressively, figuring that Russia would not start a war based on close economic ties. Freezing and immobilising her voters wouldn't have gone down too well. In addition, there is the intra-EU diplomacy as well with an increasingly Russian-leaning Hungary and is it Slovenia or Slovakia? Each of these has veto power on a range of other things, and a lot of horse-trading goes on behind closed doors. Edited June 2 by Jerry_Atrick 1
willedoo Posted June 3 Posted June 3 In a big development for Ukraine, Germany and the US have given the green light to use their Patriot air defence systems against Russian aircraft on the Russian side of the border. This adds to permission recently for artillery and HIMARS strikes over the border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions. Within hours of getting approval, Ukraine started hitting convoys and troop concentrations massing on the Russian side of the border region, as well as HIMARS strikes on S300 air defence systems at Belgorod. 1
Marty_d Posted June 3 Posted June 3 I was just reading one of those political thriller novels. It was obviously written a bit more than 2 years ago, when Putin was starting to build up forces against Ukraine. One quote in it (and I'm paraphrasing here, can't remember the exact words) was: "Russia can't compete with the rest of the world, so they want to drag everyone down to their level. You can't negotiate with them or appease them - you just have to contain them." 1
facthunter Posted June 3 Posted June 3 It would be horrible to be some country America doesn't like. Nev 1 1
nomadpete Posted June 3 Posted June 3 1 hour ago, facthunter said: It would be horrible to be some country America doesn't like. Nev But it isn't all that comforting to be one of USoA's friends, either. 1 1
red750 Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Putin wants to avoid World War III because ‘West is too strong’ Talk of an imminent third world war or nuclear armageddon is nothing but ‘loose language’, the head of the UK armed forces has said. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin insists Russia wants to avoid direct conflict with the West because the Nato alliance is far too strong. The situation is ‘a bit more dangerous’ today but there is still an ‘enormous overmatch’ between Nato and Russia, which is ‘failing’ in Ukraine, he explained. Read more in slideshow here. 2
willedoo Posted June 7 Posted June 7 Macron has announced that France will supply the Mirage 2000 and training to Ukraine. 2
red750 Posted June 9 Posted June 9 Ukraine claims it's hit a Russian Su-57 fighter plane for first time The claims comes after Western allies allowed Kyiv to use their weapons for limited strikes inside Russia. Kyiv’s main military intelligence service shared satellite photos it said showed the aftermath of the attack. If confirmed, it would mark Ukraine's first known successful strike on a Su-57 fighter plane, a twin-engine stealth fighter lauded as Moscow's most advanced military aircraft. In one photo, black soot marks and small craters can be seen dotting a concrete strip around the parked aircraft. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence, the strike took place on Saturday at the Akhtubinsk base in southern Russia, some 589 kilometers (366 miles) from the front line. It wasn’t immediately clear what weapons were used, but the airfield’s distance from Ukraine suggests that it was likely hit by drones. 2
red750 Posted June 11 Posted June 11 First the Su-57, now this. On June 11, a Su-34 fighter jet from the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in the mountainous region of North Ossetia-Alania during a scheduled training flight. The incident occurred in a deserted area, preventing any destruction on the ground, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. The crash took place in the Alagir region of North Ossetia. Reports suggest that a technical malfunction caused the aircraft to go down. Both pilots on board the aircraft were killed in the crash. . “A VKS commission has been dispatched to the crash site to investigate the incident,” the Ministry of Defense reported. The operational services of the republic confirmed the details to TASS, adding that the crash happened in a remote, uninhabited area, minimizing collateral damage. The dispatched commission will conduct an investigation to determine the exact cause of the malfunction that led to the crash. 1
willedoo Posted June 15 Posted June 15 putler has outlined his demands that he says are a prerequisite for peace talks. Those demands are that Ukraine withdraws all troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts and officially abandons plans to join NATO. He also demanded that the international community recognises the four oblasts as part of Russia and all sanctions on Russia are withdrawn. Someone should tell him he's dreaming. 1 1
facthunter Posted June 15 Posted June 15 Would it be possible to find many who'd BELIEVE ANYTHING HE SAYS?. after a barrage of Lies so far. They blatantly lied to the UN at the onset. and ever since. Nev 1
Marty_d Posted June 15 Posted June 15 As stupid as his demands are, there are some in the Republican leadership who will want to accept them. 1
Popular Post facthunter Posted June 16 Popular Post Posted June 16 That fit's. Putin is hoping on a Trump victory. Both are bullies who in a fist fight would probably cry. Big on words and being brave with other's lives. Trump doesn't care about the Republicans. He's only using them because they are stupid enough to support him and won't see the risks. Nev 6
willedoo Posted June 18 Posted June 18 For anyone with an Xcrement account, this lady has a very accurate take on putler's achievements. https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1802644117341491484 2
red750 Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Putin's troops blast one of their own $24M helicopters out of the sky View slideshow here. 1
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