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As in 'guess which one is the horse' ?Agreed but it was a joke.
June 30 (Reuters) - Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that in certain circumstances, sanctions against Moscow may be seen as an act of aggression and a justification for war.
"I would like to point out once again that under certain circumstances such hostile measures can also qualify as an act of international aggression. And even as a casus belli (justification for war)," Medvedev said, adding that Russia has the right to defend itself.
Russia's Medvedev says sanctions could be justification for war
Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that in certain circumstances, sanctions against Moscow may be seen as an act of aggression and a justification for war.www.reuters.com
As my late stepfather Bob would say, "You've got the easy part done ... the talking."
I recall somewhere that Finland committed to not permanently basing NATO forces.
Every time that Medvedev, and every other Putler mouthpiece, says Russia has the right to defend itself the Ukrainian spokespersons, and many others, need to quote him and add and everyone except Russia says that Ukraine has that same right.
I'm not sure that's how it works. Are any NATO forces permanently based in Norway?That is fine - they just rotate every unit out every couple of years
Hope this historic airplane can be restored, but it would be a monumental task.
Branson has the money.Hope this historic airplane can be restored, but it would be a monumental task.
More on snake island, now that Russians are gone, Ukraine disclosed some "war porn".
Never heard of Bohdana 155mm before.
And the West, at least, "the eastern" West, is dependent on the outcome of the battles in Ukraine.I hope I am wrong, but I fear Ukraine will buckle. Russia has India and China buying its oil as a financial backstop and an autocrat in power of a country populated by sheeple, where the government cares not about how many die in the name of whatever cause it is pursuing. On the other hand, Ukraine is dependent on the charity and attention of the West, which is a fickle beast.
Ukrainian missiles (and any other expensive equipment) can not be based on the island because they will be targeted by Russian missiles. And Ukrainian air defence is too weak to protect the island. Actually, it was well understood by Ukrainian military planners who never tried to make a permanent base there. Until someone (rumours say - the president who overrode General Staff) decided to set the permanent garrison and complement the border guards with Marines. Wrong decision, IMO.COMINT/HUMINT reports indicated that the Snake Island occupation troops were failing in morale due to lack of supply (including drinkable water) and due to inability to perform any offensive operations. Basically they could only sit there and get hit by Ukrainian artillery and airstrikes. This was potentially due to get even worse now that HIMARS/MLRS are entering the war.
However, there is some truth to the Russian occupation of Snake Island accomplishing something useful. It denied the Ukrainian forces a forward base for their Neptune missiles, which could reach as far as the entry-waters to Sevastopol harbour. Due to the successful invasion of the southern parts of Ukraine (including the off-shore islands in Kherson Oblast) to the north and northwest of Crimea, Snake Island is the only location available to the UAF within the range of the Neptune.