Maybe I’m just stupid, that’s been proven before, but I’m hoping those individual security agreements somehow keep our troops out as the Euro NATO countries deploy into Ukraine.
Since 2022 there’s been a French led battalion in Romania. On 3/1/24 it was announced the French would bring it up to brigade strength. The last two days on The Military Summary Channel there’s been video of French tanks being trucked into Romania, heading for the border. I can’t recall which Greek port, but lots of incoming weapons and I suppose troops being offloaded there recently.
The west thought it could hamstring Russia with individual security agreements. However, Russia forced NATO to preemptively declare the alliance would not go to war or trigger Art 5 if any members put their troops in Ukraine.
France is outsmarting themselves.
1. They provide offensive military arms to Ukraine.
2. They provide technical support for advanced weapons or systems.
3. They have targeted both Ukrainian claimed land as well as Russia.
4. By thinking they can secretly prosecute a war against Russia using passable deniability they can at the same time insert troops drawing a red line the Russia cannot cross without risking war.... Russia told them as long as the stealth war using French missiles and citizens that putting more troops is both an act of war, that Russia will make them the highest priority targets, and all NATO countries risk being targeted if an exchange between Russia and France happens; only NATO countries specifically opting out of aid and hostilities may prevent them from any war triggered by France.
So if France thinks Russia occupation of French troop locations is a red line, they are mistaken.
Germany send their former leader Schultz to say Germany will not accept Russia imposing a military solution or acquisition of Ukrainian land, but he is not Germanys leader.
Warmongering by EU and or NATO is accomplished by sending out former government officials whose grandiose proclamation are essentially personal opinions for the low information citizens.
The combination of Russian Drone dominance/250,000 new soldiers in July is a turning point. Waves of drones will replace 80% of the current Russian ground assaults, which is one hell of a force multipler.
This war may see massive relocation of Ukrainian soldiers resulting in a breather of 90 days. The amount of men and materiel losses since Russian offensive operations that began 14 January cannot be replaced for Ukraine.