stigating direct conflict with Russia.
In his desperation to achieve some semblance of a victory in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has demonstrated that he is perfectly willing to employ far from conventional military force to achieve his aims.
The Russian president began the conflict by threatening to cut off Europe’s energy supply if it continued providing military support to Ukraine; a form of blackmail he has subsequently applied against Finland following Helsinki’s decision this week to apply for Nato membership.
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in what may prove to the most intense phase of
the war so far.
The third phase is about to start, an all-out battle
for decisive advantage using combined arms –
mechanised infantry, artillery, air power and
possibly waterborne assault – to overcome fixed
positions. The world has not seen anything like it
since the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, while Europe
has witnessed nothing of its sort since the second
world war.
Julian Borger in Huliaipole - THE GUARDIAN
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Lords & Masters have been working on since the first Earth Conference in Rio three decades and more ago, without an inkling of success !!!???
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Added by Michael Grove at 10:05 on November 12, 2023
UKRAINIAN TROOPS repel RUSSION TROOPS
President Putin puts atomic weapons on standby as his plan for swift victory meets dogged resistance and increasingly aggressive Western response.
Added by Michael Grove at 13:45 on February 28, 2022
ning is necessary,” Zelensky told the Italian outlet Rai News in an interview broadcast on Sunday night, when asked about rumours of Zaluzhnyi’s dismissal.
Zaluzhnyi, who has led the armed forces since before Russia’s full-scale invasion, is a largely popular figure among soldiers and society at large, meaning replacing him could be a politically risky decision.
At a meeting last Monday, Zelenskiy told Zaluzhnyi he planned to replace him, according to those with knowledge of the conversation, and offered the general a chance to resign. But Zaluzhnyi refused to step down. When news of the conversation leaked, Zelenskiy’s press secretary, Serhiy Nykyforov, denied it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/05/ukraine-leadership-change-reset-zelenskiy-replace-senior-officials…
s aerospace forces has said, Reuters reports.
Lt Gen Andrei Demin, the deputy commander-in-chief of aerospace forces, also said further reforms of Russian air defences were “undoubtedly planned and will be implemented”.
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