Posted on 03/31/2021 10:37:46 AM PDT by bitt
Russian forces massing on the border with Ukraine have prompted the U.S. European Command to raise its watch level to its highest point of “potential imminent crisis”, according to a New York Times report Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley spoke to senior Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov about the buildup, according to Russia.
Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed last week in an extended battle in the contested Donetsk Region against Russia-backed separatists. Russian forces that were thought to have gathered for training exercises near the border have stayed and grown in numbers, prompting concerns.
Under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Russia under Vladimir Putin took territory in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine. When Donald Trump was president, Russia took no territory. Now with Joe Biden in the White House, Russia appears to be testing his mettle.
NY Times excerpt:
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
More Democrat/Neocon, Swamp war mongering. Typical. That didn’t take long.
The Ruskies would rupture themselves laughing.
Sleepy Joe lost. You can’t blame the voters. I blame the incumbent Republican administration that choked and did not resist to the extent necessary while the theft was going on out in the open.
“And there is nothing to stop Pooty going across Poland right into Lithuania and Estonia.”
Russia already has a border with Estonia and Latvia. They have the Baltic port of Kaliningrad which is between Poland and Lithuania.
They could take all three of the Baltic states and never brush Poland.
Other than whizzing off the Poles that is. I don’t think Putin wants to bite off that kind of mouthful (Poland) since he’s already dealing with the Ukraine and would then be bringing four countries into guerrilla war territory.
Besides, Russia already has numerous ports around the Baltic including in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, Germany, etc and so on.
What Russia REALLY wanted was the warm weather port in Crimea. They got that.
An Good Friday/Easter invasion. It’s been a while since we had one of those.
Now’s the time for all of the world’s evil leaders to do what they’ve wanted to do forever...
They’ll never get a better chance than while we have lunatics in charge (or in the case of Biden, not in charge).
In a war game of the 5th fleet against Spain, a few years ago—Spain won.Once China starts to move on Hong Kong and the world is diverted by More riots after the George Floid Verdict—Then Putin will move. Two weeks to Keiv to plce the Pro-Russian President in power (one deposed by the Orange Revolution)—a new Peace Treaty and things will be happy again—But Hunter Biden will be out of a job.
Russian agricultural machinery manufacturers facing sudden logistical hurdles as cargo companies say railway carts are now in military use.
https://twitter.com/akihheikkinen/status/1377319102545588231
Girkin: transport
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1376965845172289536
is it Ukraine https://twitter.com/COUPSURE/status/1376881681412591617
Russia maintains 28 battalion tactical groups on the border with Ukraine, and recently deployed up to 25 additional BTGs under under the pretext of different trainings
https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1376879435077541888
or Belarus https://forstrategy.org/ru/posts/20210121
Perhaps the Russians know the Chinese are about to attack Taiwan and are creating a diversion and a two front situation. Iran to jump in if the US appears to be losing.
Tom Rogan: Russia is moving thousands of military personnel and a great deal of equipment toward the southeastern Ukrainian border area held by Russian-allied rebels. The deployments are likely to portend a new offensive by those rebels
We should also note that Russian aviation forces have also been reinforced in Crimea. This means that the Ukrainian government-held cities reaching along the Sea of Azov, from Henichesk to Mariupol, are now heavily vulnerable to encirclement and rapid seizure. Such a seizure would give Russia dominion over the Sea of Azov and contiguous sea control right up to the Kerch Strait. It would also provide a Ukrainian land bridge from Crimea to the Russian border, without reliance on the Kerch bridge.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/decoding-russias-military-buildup-near-ukraine
Looks like Putin’s opening statement in a debate with Biden was non-verbal...
Russia brings long-range S-400 air defense systems close to Ukraine. It’s a very bad sign, espec. after Russia has brought assault helicopters to Luhansk Region of UA some days ago. Aviation and air defence were not used in Russian-Ukrainian war since Russia had shot down MH17.
https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1378363223775318019
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine 10 times on April 3rd. The heaviest shelling was at Pisky near occupied Donetsk where RU forces fired 120mm mortars. A Ukrainian defender was killed when a mine blew up at Shumy near occupied Horlivka
https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/1378576609746296832
The “Moscow Rules”: Ten Principles for Working with Russia
https://icds.ee/en/the-moscow-rules-ten-principles-for-working-with-russia/
The link to the map above should be https://twitter.com/Ukropo4kA/status/1378749964461953029 (sorry)
In Russian state TV, experts gladly discuss Russian nuclear strike in case of further escalation in Ukraine. “This will make Americans fear and we will be able to do what we want” - is the main message.
https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1379358343249158146
The rasputitsa is not the preferred time to conduct ground operations.
yep
the window of opportunity is small.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.