"Meanwhile, Berlin has also set a target of raising the size of its armed forces from some 180,000 today to more than 200,000." Think about it - 200,000 for ALL its Armed Forces - that is ground, air, water forces. Assume that is half ground forces - that is 100,000 or so. Assume 2/3rd are some form of "Combat Support". That leaves maybe 30,000 for "Combat". And Germany is a "big" NATO nation. NATO is a joke.
Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds
Germany is considering introducing conscription for all 18-year-olds, as it looks to boost its troop numbers in the face of Russian military aggression.www.yahoo.com
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I was wondering that same thing. What I also wonder is if the Germans will go along with it.
The leftist leaders of the west have given us conservatives some unfamiliar bedfellows. I’m alright with that.
Brits having same issues with force strength - traditional British citizens are saying "we are not serving, UK government hates us" and the immigrants are not serving as they just want a free ride. With issues in the sea routes for oil, the Brits could not sail multiple ships as they could not staff them.
Video below appears to be an element of the "russian propaganda". However, it contains some interesting news:
That's full-on Russian propaganda, interesting though. The collapse of the "Kiev Regime" in the next few months would be an awesome election gift for the Biden Admin. I'd like to see the msm try to sweep that one under the rug. And strangely enough, I agree with Blinken, Zelensky should stay in Kiev. But he just doesn't strike me as someone who would stand and face consequences.
Someone check that dudes dental work, he doesn’t think British.
a very good ? germany indeed has a large "foreign" pop. i believe 3 + gens of turks. as i recall they were allowed perm residency but never german citizenship. if that is still the case with their new wave of invaders from mideast,africa etc what is that going to do? if i am right about the residence no citizenship thing,what is up with children of mixed breedings? you can bet turks,arabs ,africans aren't going to enter military or fight/die for germany. yea,if that happens,more dead blondes. reaction to draft over there will likely be violent. i think same here if draft were cranked up.
To draft what exactly? Human shit? Have you taken a look lately at population of <30 in Europe cities? Only real benefit being they dont need camo suits as they are basically covered with disgusting tattoos but on the other side would detonate entire field of magnetic mines as are wearing more piercings than hedgehog has spikes. Draft is impossible in the west and elites know it their only bet was Ukropland, Georgia and to some extent Poland/Balts but at least the Poles are not so stupid (regardless of their propaganda people are 50:50 and far from eager to give Russians a beating quite the contrary as most hate Tusk and EU pederasts) to bite this shitty pie. So this cluster fuck is about to unwind (like the Biden unwinds in his diaper) and it will be very unfortunate for Western domestic policies as economy is imploding, morals are non existent and social benefits are about to run out with billions of freeloaders being left out to dry.... Should be very fun and the best part, short of nukes and overt attack on Russia (good luck with that one) with nukes there is absolutely nothing West can do to retain its hegemony status and prevent its implosion.
This is probably worthy of its own thread.
absolutely
he's anti aid to ukieland so you know it was higher powers
OUT OF TROOPS Ukraine warns it has no more reserves as Putin masses half a MILLION fighters on frontline in pivotal moment for West
"UKRAINE’S generals warned they have run out of reserves to halt Russia’s shock assault on Kharkiv.
General Kyrylo Budanov, boss of Kyiv’s military intelligence said: “I’ve used everything we have. “Unfortunately, we don’t have anyone else in the reserves.”
The blitz, said to be the first stage of Russia’s summer offensive, is designed to stretch Ukraine’s already outnumbered defenders.
Kyiv said the Russian push appeared to have run out of steam last night — but, in the face of Putin’s 500,000-strong force, warned that could change quickly.
Royal United Services Institute war expert Dr Jack Watling said unless Ukraine could muster more troops its prospects were bleak as Russia had “significant numerical superiority”."
"UKRAINE’S generals warned they have run out of reserves to halt Russia’s shock assault on Kharkiv.
General Kyrylo Budanov, boss of Kyiv’s military intelligence said: “I’ve used everything we have. “Unfortunately, we don’t have anyone else in the reserves.”
The blitz, said to be the first stage of Russia’s summer offensive, is designed to stretch Ukraine’s already outnumbered defenders.
Kyiv said the Russian push appeared to have run out of steam last night — but, in the face of Putin’s 500,000-strong force, warned that could change quickly.
Royal United Services Institute war expert Dr Jack Watling said unless Ukraine could muster more troops its prospects were bleak as Russia had “significant numerical superiority”."
Makes you wonder if what you posted has anything to do with the 500K Russians massed IVO Kharkiv?
Later in the article, it states that the US has conditioned supply on not using the weapons in Russian territory, which means the Ukrainians cannot use them against the half a million troops the Russians have massed there, but only the ones that cross the border.
Stupid rules, let Ukraine hit the Russians wherever. Troops, supplies, refineries. if the Russians don't have fuel, their armor doesn't move, supplies don't move, etc.
WEF doesn't want this over quickly, no money to be made in a fast war.
NATO = all hat, no cattle. Time for Germany, France, UK to put up or shut up. US troops can sit this one out - we have been carrying the world since 1945.
need the breakthrough to Kiev and call it a day. Ukieland goes back to Russia where it belongs, US taxpayer off the hook, normalize relations with the only country looking to stop woke and anti Christian nonsense
I'm ok with this
stupid rules? We don't even need to be involved at all here much less giving Russia a reason to escalate this. wtf is wrong with you?Stupid rules, let Ukraine hit the Russians wherever. Troops, supplies, refineries. if the Russians don't have fuel, their armor doesn't move, supplies don't move, etc.
WEF doesn't want this over quickly, no money to be made in a fast war.
Russia Is About To Overrun Ukraine's Defenses – Why Are There No Peace Negotiations? | ZeroHedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
www.zerohedge.com 
Beyond the obvious , one mayor concern was that Russia will respond in kindStupid rules, let Ukraine hit the Russians wherever. Troops, supplies, refineries. if the Russians don't have fuel, their armor doesn't move, supplies don't move, etc.
WEF doesn't want this over quickly, no money to be made in a fast war.
Also note that for 2 years of supposedly genocidal war you have steady processions of politicians holding rallies and foreign dignitaries as guests in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities , Ukrainians get to run an air raid signal for dramatic effect but nothing realy happens.
No one staged an attack on any of them , for all intents and purposes Ukrainian war is contained to front lines.
First round of escalation was attacks on Crimea and Kerch Bridge as a response daily air raids on transforming stations , practicaly with zero civilian casualties ,Remember for two years power grid was attacked by blowing up 700kv transformers a non-permanent way to take down the power grid as transformers can be bought worldwide
Since Ukrainians started attacking oil refineries , Russia retaliated by attacking actual powerplants, those are irreplaceable (tens of billions of $ and years to replace each one ) , Refineries were in many cases already repaired and back on line , while powerplants will not be replaced any time soon.
At one point you reach a stage where rolling blackouts are only way to keep the grid from colapsing, and this stange is already reached now , next step couple more powerplants go bust , the electric grid is dead permanently, and then what ? ., sewage, water,heating,transportation stops....... and you get the privilege to pay for it plus million generators and fuel to keep the minimal civilizational standard a situation that would almost guarantee further 'emigration' from Ukraine as winter would become unlivable in many parts of Ukraine.
Smililar is the calculus behind blowing up Kerch Bridge , its a sybol and not actually used to supply military in a significant way
So you got to ask was a short PR stunt worth it.
Latest northern front has been opened to reduce Ukrainian capability in striking Belgorod, so now in response to some shelling and a couple Ukrainian incursions into Belgorod region, a buffer zone will be created to push artillery beyond range of striking Belgorod.
And they are already saying if longer range stuff starts flying a much deeper buffer zone will be made.
So you got to ask was a couple of short PR stunts, worth it. Escalation ladder is not one sided , and this war has many ways to become much nastier for Ukrainians.
This!
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The military benefit of Ukraine’s bombing campaign is also of questionable value, U.S. officials say.
“Ukraine is better served in going after tactical and operational targets that can directly influence the current fight,” Austin told lawmakers.
The concern among U.S. military planners is that the strikes do little to diminish Russia’s war-fighting abilities and have resulted in a massive Russian counterattack on Ukraine’s electricity grid that hurts Ukraine far more than the refinery attacks hurt Russia.
“Drone attacks do not destroy entire refineries and usually do not even destroy individual units, but only damage them,” Sergey Vakulenko, an oil industry expert, wrote in an analysis for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “The Ust-Luga and Ryazan refineries were both back in operation a few weeks after being attacked.”
In recent weeks, Russia has unleashed a barrage of exploding drones and missiles on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leaving millions without power and raising fears that the attacks could bring Ukraine’s economy to a halt. The attacks destroyed a power plant in the Kyiv region and damaged Ukraine’s biggest hydroelectric power plant and multiple thermal power plants.
In the end they are running out of men to kidnap for service , cant print men on demand like you can dollars and euros
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i still can't get a grip on the alleged 600,000 ukrainian battle deaths. in < 3 years? supposed 70,000 russian? and limited in geography to a rather small part of eurasia. civilian deaths show much lower levels than the 2 WWs. that is hard to get in comparison to ww1,ww2 combat deaths. seems to show that war in this new age is even less likely to be survivable by military forces and has no bearing on future civ deaths if there is nowhere to escape to. do any world "leaders",esp ours,have a clue on what they are screwing around with considering the nuc menace?
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