Posted on 04/15/2021 12:32:50 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin took advantage of the Biden administration’s decision to abandon plans to send two destroyers to the Black Sea by closing off the Kerch Strait, connecting Crimea to Russia, to foreign warships until next fall.
The action comes as Russia warned the US on Tuesday to stay away from the area “for their own good” after the Biden administration said it was going to send two destroyers – the USS Roosevelt and the USS Donald Cook – to the Black Sea in response to Moscow’s increasing its military presence near Ukraine.
Putin will close the Kerch Strait beginning next week until October, blocking foreign warships that are conducting military exercises, including the US, the Ukraine foreign ministry said Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The NYH Post needs a geography lesson. The Kerch Straight connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Azof and separates Russia from the Crimea. Please see:
So what? What possible US interest is there in Ukraine, except for the Biden family’s fellow crooks? I hope Biden and his loser administration continue to screw up everything they attempt. The only thing that is going to save us from their plans is their utter incompetence.
“Dementia Joe just gave Putin the go ahead to invade Southern and Eastern Ukraine. “
What would you do?
It will make the classic "Risk" board game relevant again!
What would YOU do differently in Ukraine?
Palin Prediction v 2.0
She was right, they invaded under Obama/Biden, and now are pushing another iteration under the Biden/Obama ticket
My bet is on Russia/Syria/Iran/China alliance verse a emasculated feminized and soft NATO alliance.
“The key is Kiev. “
Nobody on this planet wants Kiev.
After the treatment the CCP gave this Administration in Alaska. The Putin-Biden Summit should go pay for view. Vlad would make Joe his bitch.
“Kerch Strait is legally international waters”
No.
Blinkin' Biden.
“A territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine in 2003 centred on Tuzla Island in the Strait of Kerch. Ukraine and Russia agreed to treat the strait and the Azov Sea as shared internal waters.[8]”
My apologies, misread “internal”!
Thanks.
The US Navy won’t be obligated to freedom of navigation cruises!
Biden’s multi tasking. He’s kissing Putin’s and Xi’s rings while he wets his pants in fear.
He already has and so has Xi and it is us US citizens who will pay the price for this DC treachery
“If you want to close off the whole Black Sea, you’d better take Istanbul”
Or sink a couple of bulk carriers off of Canakale in the Dardanelles Strait.
Why should US taxpayers be interested in Ukraine???? Ukraine isn’t important for US security...and apart from the Biden families personal investments in Ukraine our country has no major interests in Ukraine. So as I see it Bidens flirting with crossing Putins bright red line that risks confrontation with a nuclear‐armed power.
Why wouldn’t Putin be concerned abut Ukraine’s military relationship with US military being built up under their noses?..We know Obama’s administration (now in power here)shamelessly meddled in that Ukrain’s internal political affairs to help demonstrators oust their elected Pres. and install Poroshenko as the US favored guy as Pres....Putin’s response was taking back Crimea. .....he wasn’t then nor will he now risk having Russia’s crucial naval base at Sevastopol become a U.S. or NATO installation...that’s not going to happen under his watch.
That's obviously a difficult question, with no easy answers. But I certainly wouldn't serve as a cheerleader for Putin like quite a few on here have been doing on a regular basis for many years. I know that the Obama-Biden-Hillary administration bent over backwards to appease the Russians during their 8 years in office. This despite all their bogus "tough talk" on Russia, and their fake "Trump-Russia-collusion" hoax.
In addition, the Dems conspired with the Russians to defeat Trump in both elections, 2016 and 2020, via disinformation from a known Russian spy.
Obviously the Russians would prefer a pathetically weak on defense Obama-Biden-Hillary administration over a very strong Trump-Pence one.
Obama-Biden-Hillary did nothing to provide aid to Ukraine as they were being threatened by invasion in 2014, other than providing them blankets and food rations. It was Trump-Pence who provided them the Javelin anti-tank missiles.
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"The FGM-148 Javelin is an American man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile fielded to replace the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US service.[7] It uses automatic infrared guidance that allows the user to seek cover immediately after launch, as opposed to wire-guided systems, like the Dragon, which require the user to guide the weapon throughout the engagement.
The Javelin's HEAT warhead is capable of defeating modern tanks by hitting them from above where their armor is thinnest (see top-attack), and is also useful against fortifications in a direct attack flight. As of January 2019, over 5,000 Javelin missiles have been fired in combat.[5]"
--Wikipedia (FGM-148 Javelin)
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