He does cover that angle.
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (179 Viewers)
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Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Definitely a weakness, especially as the country get larger. Span-of-control is a thing for a reason.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Indeed he does, but it get short shrift in my opinion. To wit, if Russia loses in Ukraine, peripheral wars will be the least of the world's worry. Russia itself falling apart would be much more devastating, and it requires planning all the more for its potential fallout.
Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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- Dec 8, 2022
Agreed. As the video makes clear, a civil war in Russia itself would be a different order of magnitude than Yugoslavia's agonies. And that's without even factoring in the 50-odd hundred nuclear weapons that would be up for grabs. It's a very sobering thought
Glider
Major
I have to say that I found both video's to be very well thought out, thanks for posting them
MiTasol
Major
Given the latest from the Pootin and his lapdog Lavrov I think it is about time some special forces extracted and detained some, preferably senior, Wagner mercenaries and delivered them to the International Criminal Court in the Hague for war crimes trials.
As mercenaries they may or may not fall under the Geneva convention but even so delivering them to the Hague should be accepted as these crims are working way outside the Convention so should be treated as crims instead of captured combatants.
PS - for our US members having a poo is the English equivalent of the US having a crap.
www.abc.net.au
As mercenaries they may or may not fall under the Geneva convention but even so delivering them to the Hague should be accepted as these crims are working way outside the Convention so should be treated as crims instead of captured combatants.
PS - for our US members having a poo is the English equivalent of the US having a crap.
Power outages persist for 9 million Ukrainians as Russian foreign minister delivers ultimatum
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that nearly 9 million people remain without electricity as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow's proposals for settlement need to be fulfilled to put an end to the war.
www.abc.net.au
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Lavrov insists for the war to end, Ukraine must be demilitarized, the current government removed and accept Russia's territorial claims.
Lavrov can go eff himself.
Lavrov can go eff himself.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
By the way, we yanks are aware of term "poo".
Given the time available I think it does cover the issue sufficiently. The prospect of Russia itself disintegrating is a big issue alone. One could spend hours there alone especially when one factors in all the consequences and implications.
At least when the USSR fell apart there was still a strongish central power in the form of Russia. If Russia were to split up though I am not sure one would see the various political divisions filling the gap.
Political divisions of Russia - Wikipedia
Would we see local warlords? Oligarchs? Would the likes of NATO, China or others need to move in to secure weapons etc? Would make the likes of Yugoslavia, the USSR and Afghanistan all look like a walk in the park…
I will hope that the US would find some way to, on way or another, seize the Russian nukes. Period.Given the time available I think it does cover the issue sufficiently. The prospect of Russia itself disintegrating is a big issue alone. One could spend hours there alone especially when one factors in all the consequences and implications.
At least when the USSR fell apart there was still a strongish central power in the form of Russia. If Russia were to split up though I am not sure one would see the various political divisions filling the gap.
Political divisions of Russia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Would we see local warlords? Oligarchs? Would the likes of NATO, China or others need to move in to secure weapons etc? Would make the likes of Yugoslavia, the USSR and Afghanistan all look like a walk in the park…
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
People lost their minds when the Soviet Union broke up and Ukraine had a massive stock pile of Nuclear weapons.
The issue was resolved, though they (Ukraine) got stuck in the ass several years later when the Budapest Memorandum was forgotten...
The issue was resolved, though they (Ukraine) got stuck in the ass several years later when the Budapest Memorandum was forgotten...
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How Ukraine’s 1st Tank Brigade Fought A Russian Force Ten Times Its Size—And Won
The 1st Tank Brigade’s 2,000 troopers and roughly 100 T-64B and T-64BM tanks—some of the best tanks in the Ukrainian inventory—lay in wait in the fields and forests surrounding Chernihiv.
www.forbes.com
Easier said than done I suspect. Given they have an estimated 6000 odd it wouldn't be an easy prospect…. That said, both NATO and China have no interest in seeing them loose.
Russia's defeat is the top global priority for 2023
Ensuring that the Russian invasion of Ukraine ends in defeat is vital for the international security system and must be the strategic priority for 2023, writes Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
Admiral Beez
Major
Let's consider the collapse of the British Empire post WW2. There's hardly a single former post WW1 British colony (excluding the Dominions) that almost from the day of post WW2 independence onwards didn't fall into sectarian violence, military-led coups, religious extremism and power vacuum chaos. Some, like India, Malaya, Singapore and most of the Caribbean found their way. But only now, 75 years after the beginning of the Empire's collapse do we see some glimmer of West-like democratic states in Africa and Asia, while former colonies like Burma/Myanmar, Pakistan, Nigeria, Aden/Yemen, South Sudan and even once stable independents like Kenya have become dangerous, beset by violence, often ruled by autocrats, juntas, mullahs or gangsters. When Russia collapses there will be a similar 75 years of trouble.
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swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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They're functioning as Russian forces and under control of the Russian government. Mercenary forces have existed for thousands of years; there isn't some loophole to exempt them from internationally accepted laws of war.Given the latest from the Pootin and his lapdog Lavrov I think it is about time some special forces extracted and detained some, preferably senior, Wagner mercenaries and delivered them to the International Criminal Court in the Hague for war crimes trials.
As mercenaries they may or may not fall under the Geneva convention but even so delivering them to the Hague should be accepted as these crims are working way outside the Convention so should be treated as crims instead of captured combatants.
PS - for our US members having a poo is the English equivalent of the US having a crap.
Power outages persist for 9 million Ukrainians as Russian foreign minister delivers ultimatum
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that nearly 9 million people remain without electricity as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow's proposals for settlement need to be fulfilled to put an end to the war.
buffnut453
Captain
Another Russian tycoon does a Peter Pan out of a hotel window...this time in India (and another member of the tycoon's group died on Friday):
www.bbc.com
Even in the worst novel, the writer would come up with a more varied script.
Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov dies in Indian hotel fall
Meat millionaire Pavel Antov, who recently denied criticising the war in Ukraine, had just turned 65.
www.bbc.com
Even in the worst novel, the writer would come up with a more varied script.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Lets give them to Lichtenstein.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Lavrov also said that if Ukraine doesn't agree to Russia's demands the Russian Army will decide the issue.
I needed a laugh.
Excuse a confused French :
We dont give a crap, a poo or a shit ?
