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Looking at the news now, it seems the US was not informed of Poland's plan? Janes says Poland has less than thirty MiG-29s. Will they make much of a difference? Where would they fly from? Makeshift highway Runways?
 
A promise Ukraine doesn't join NATO. The trouble with that is that he already violated a Russian promise to honor Ukraine's territorial integrity, so he can't be trusted to honor anything he signs.
I think the best that Putin can go for is a recognition that the area in the Crimea and two areas held at the start remain in Russian control. Realistically the Ukrainian Army don't have the power to attack Russian forces in a pitched battle where the Russian army is dug in.
 
Ukrainian government announced that they are ready to pay 1mln USD to each defecting Russian pilot and for non damaged airplane and also help them to receive citizenship of proffered western country - it will be interesting test of VKS morale.
Umm...has the CIA showed up with wads of cash and stinger missiles. Western Ukraine is very mountainous as well. Are we staging Afghanistan Part II: The European Theater.
 
Do you have any further information if we (Canadians) will bring Poutine to the States as well? Because in France some restaurants have been threatened for having Poutine on their menus.
 
Umm...has the CIA showed up with wads of cash and stinger missiles. Western Ukraine is very mountainous as well. Are we staging Afghanistan Part II: The European Theater.

Afghanistan was like 90% high grounds (hills, mountains). Carpatian mountains account for how much, 5%+- of Ukraine? If Putin holds the plains, Carpatians don't matter.
 
Looking at the news now, it seems the US was not informed of Poland's plan? Janes says Poland has less than thirty MiG-29s. Will they make much of a difference? Where would they fly from? Makeshift highway Runways?
Virtually every nation in Europe has contingency plans for using road/highways as interim aistrips and dispersal.
Germany was the master of it in WWII and the lesson was not lost in later years.

When I was in Bulgaria back in 2012, the Bulgarian Air Force was conducting exercises along these lines near Plovdiv. Was cool to see, too.
 

It was a cold war strategy in Germany, and still is today.
 
Do you have any further information if we (Canadians) will bring Poutine to the States as well? Because in France some restaurants have been threatened for having Poutine on their menus.
Poutine is awesome, but to prevent wackos from boycotting French restaurants they may have to rename them Kyiv Potatoes or Ukraine Fries.

The funniest think about the Wikipedia entry:

This article is about the dish of french fries, cheese curds and gravy. For the Acadian dish of boiled potato dumplings, see Poutine râpée. For the president of Russia, see Vladimir Putin.
 

Freedom Fries damnit! Get it right!

Man, we do some ridiculous things sometimes…
 
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