Muttley
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"Battleships"?The yanks have also sent two battleships into the black sea.
I think that rather unlikely.
"Battleships"?The yanks have also sent two battleships into the black sea.
Nothing confirmed from the US but the area is too small for a Carrier Group (plus they can operate from the Med anyway) more than likely will be a couple of Arleigh Burke Class destroyers... they can look after themselves Air defence wise and can make a mess with tomahawks if they need to.Reading up on some more today, Russia have apparently got 85,000 troops stationed on the border and the Russians have also moved one of the missile groups which are now in range to hit targets in Ukraine.
The yanks have also sent two battleships into the black sea.
Warships damn spell check. The source I read wasn't sure of which class."Battleships"?
I think that rather unlikely.
This could be the first 'water war', if anything happens I imagine it will be blowing up some dams and or taking the infrastructure to control the water flow.
Ukraine are a sitting duck to be fair. Putin could take it if he wanted to and nobody would life a solid finger to stop him.There has been speculation about Russia pushing out of Crimea and taking rivers to have control of the water situation there.
I still think this is all posturing by the Kremlin mostly to keep the pressure on Ukraine but also to test Biden, however if things heat up and someone pushes too hard this could really flare up.
There has been speculation about Russia pushing out of Crimea and taking rivers to have control of the water situation there.
I still think this is all posturing by the Kremlin mostly to keep the pressure on Ukraine but also to test Biden, however if things heat up and someone pushes too hard this could really flare up.
Ukraine are a sitting duck to be fair. Putin could take it if he wanted to and nobody would life a solid finger to stop him.
What better way to stop the yanks and the Germans putting an air base in your back yard then by putting a big old Russian bear in it?Putin doesn’t want Ukraine, he doesn’t even want Eastern Ukraine. But he doesn’t want another NATO and EU member in his backyard and will keep up a civil war to maintain the status quo, this is obviously a dangerous tactic as the potential for escalation is there.
To be fair to them they have repeatedly asked Ukraine to open the water supply. Crimea is desperate for water, they're building desalination plants but can't employ many international corporations to do it because Crimea is not recognised as part of Russia by the western world. Russia doesn't have alot of expertise in that area cos well they have never worried about water.
Biden is a real danger here or his advisors are far more... They can't be seen to de escalate because orange man.
What better way to stop the yanks and the Germans putting an air base in your back yard then by putting a big old Russian bear in it?
Hence why nato wouldn’t intervene in an invasion but big risk for Russia though given pipeline plan for gas to Germany which Germany kinda needs right now. OopsUkraine isn't a member of NATO.
It's all good we've got our aircraft carrier off the the South China sea to project a bit of our "global" power.Britain and Boris need to keep well F***ing clear of this, it's not been that long since I watched threads.
There is no good guy here not Ukraine, not America, not Russia it's geopolitics on steroids.
Johnson can't afford to get involved.Britain and Boris need to keep well F***ing clear of this, it's not been that long since I watched threads.
There is no good guy here not Ukraine, not America, not Russia it's geopolitics on steroids.