Posted on 01/17/2023 7:27:10 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
What he said:
“Russia needs the opportunity to rejoin an international system after any peace deal, Kissinger says”
and what he should have said:
“Russia needs the opportunity to rejoin an international system after its military defeat, Kissinger says”
Kissinger:
“He also said he wanted to express admiration for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the “heroic conduct of the Ukrainian people;” and that he now believed Ukrainian membership of NATO one day would be an “appropriate outcome.””
Ukraine doesnt have the electric system anymore so how in the hell do you get western tanks to the front?
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Diesel engines ...
In the "drone" videos where there are 2 or more RU mobiks, the uninjured mobiks never help the injured mobiks.
Something is seriously wrong with the RuZZian army, people, society.
Shocking, isn't it.
@WarMonitor3 1h
Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian SU-25 ground attack aircraft today on the eastern frontline.
Steady attrition of close air support aircraft...
“Scholz Says in Talks With Allies About Sending Tanks to Ukraine”
“German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he’s in talks with allies over potentially supplying heavy tanks to Ukraine, but cautioned that any announcements would have to come in lockstep with others.
“I am always thinking about the situation,” Scholz said in an interview on Tuesday with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. “We always act together with our allies and friends — we never go alone.””
“Germany Learned Its Lesson From Russia Gas Dependence, Chancellor Scholz Says”
“Germany learned a lesson from the war in Ukraine that it shouldn’t depend on just one country for its energy supplies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview.
Energy has dominated the start of Scholz’s tenure after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine exposed the fragility of Germany’s security. With Russia supplying 55% of the nation’s gas before the war, Scholz’s administration was forced into urgent action to head off concerns about shortages this winter. “
That makes 3 Patriot batteries.
“Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the Netherlands plans to send a Patriot system to Ukraine, joining the US and Germany in bolstering the Ukrainian military arsenal with crucial air defense to fight Russia’s invasion.”
@dannyctkemp (AFP Bureau Chief at The Hague) Jan 16
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock calls for creation of special court in The Hague to try Russian leaders over Ukraine invasion - @AFP
Diff rail gauge. Locomotives take a long time to build. And to retrofit standard gauge stuff is unrealistic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Ukraine#Railways_by_gauge
They dont have many diesel engines if any.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhanskteplovoz#End_of_works
They have some steam Locomotives. But try getting more. Plus it takes electricity to make a locomotive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malyshev_Factory#Locomotives
Most are electric, as in almost all. They have a handful steam choo choos mothballed but very few.
Every single tank, apc, artillery piece, etc would have to be flatbedded across from Poland.
I know of what I speak. Russia could easily take out key bridges. Distance from Poland to Russia 3,094 miles. That is as the crow flies. Their roads are a fractal mess. Not planned well so add 30% or more.
Its no problem for the factories to adjust rail with on engines and cars. They’ve got a bunch of diesel engines You are full of disinformation, Troll.
Wiki the most reliable source you could come up with? Did you edit the page yourself, Pootie lover?
Don’t know what sources you are looking at but no one credible I know says anything remotely like that perhaps you are channeling cranked lol
fact is Russia has lost a lot, did not have the cakewalk he thought and now they are mobilizing 1 million to fight little ole Ukraine
That does say something about Russia
Lithuania has diesel locomotives of the right gauge, but shut down their own rail? Risk them being KIA? Plus the Russians just have to take out the rail bridges over the Dnieper and same issue as with flatbeds. Trucks could cross on pontoon bridges at narrow points on the Dnieper, but look at the distance to the front. I also have not seen the west sending them the pontoons because our western leaders are stupid.
I do not have a dog in this fight, other than saying it is a proxy war. I don’t care if Ukraine and NATO get their asses kicked and do not care if Russia does either.
The TE33A (ТЭ33А) is a type of diesel locomotive developed by GE Transportation Systems for 1,520 mm gauge railways. It is part of the GE Evolution Series family, designated ES44ACi by GE.
30 TE33A have already been delivered to Ukraine. A total of 276 have already been manufactured and delivered to various customers.
I believe UKR can get all of the diesel locomotives they need.
Of course, RU has given up trying to interdict railroads and roads as their cruise missiles are too inaccurate.
Oil / nat gas prices are now way down. 2023 going to be much worse. RuZZia benefited in the first half of 2022 from high prices.
“President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Russian economy was likely to have shrunk by 2.5% in 2022, but that it was performing better than most experts had predicted.
Putin, who was speaking at a meeting with top officials including the finance minister and central bank chief, said real wage growth needed to be stimulated.”
See #57, pootie lover.
Not unless what you speak is Russian propaganda.
Only about 10% of Lithuanian rail lines are electrified. While most Lithuanian lines were built to the Russian wide gauge, Lithuania has been converting to standard gauge; some is exclusively standard gauge while some is dual gauge.
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