This sounds like possible intelligence, based on the hawkish tone of france lately; europe has its best interests in going full article 5 if this happens.
Unfortunately it would never happen before jan 7 and a tragic election.
Jarosław Stróżyk said Putin is in a position where he could begin planning a small-scale invasion but is holding back due to the West's response to the attack in Ukraine.
"Putin is certainly already prepared for some mini-operation against one of the Baltic countries, for example, to enter the famous Narva [municipality in Estonia] or to land on one of the Swedish islands," Mr Stróżyk told Polish paper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
Tl;dr - We think that Putin has the capability to mount a small scale invasion, but isn’t doing it because of NATO’s potential response. But if we assume he really wants to, then he will.
They are not going to get a quarter mile into the EU (that's 0.4 km for you Euros). NATO doesn't need to march a bunch of missiles through the streets to feel tough. They keep them ready to go at the airbase.
Measured against the damage caused so far and the destabilized global situation, such statements are naive.
During the Ukraine war, Russia and its allies have already proven several times what a laughing stock NATO is.
Ah the Russian propaganda from NATO and the west itself your talking about. We ignore the rise of right-wing parties within Europe etc.. After all, it's all Russian propaganda... Just like the intrusion of drones and missiles... all just propaganda
Clowns :)
Arguments? With people who see all previous deaths etc as a joke? After all, it's just Russian propaganda for you. yes, it makes sense to argue with right-wingers or pro-Russians. Come on fuck off
Funny how they can do that without NATO being involved at all beyond some member states providing weapons and training. The biggest damage NATO has suffered so far is from second hand embarrassment.
Italy Hungary Netherlands Austria Germany Poland just a few examples with rising right wings. Not taking this seriously is simply stupid.
All the protests that are purely aimed at causing damage are not worth mentioning for you either... The protests on the Ukrainian border with the huge food waste...
The capacities of our arms industry in the production of ammunition and other goods...
The 2 years have revealed many weaknesses...
Or the destroyed trust in America as an ally... which definitely cannot be relied upon.
The amount of next level bending over Putin have been forced to do for Xi the last two years... and just to destabilize the world... Oh my. The pricetag on that one....
Long after the situation is stabilized, Russia will still be paying to China for the help they got.
Oh one of those clowns who continue to see China etc as peaceful friends. Of course China North Korea Iran etc. are 100% peaceful and are not happy about the current situation... So deluded
Russia fucks around until someone deems them worthy of finding out. Sure, it seems fun when U.S. pilots are cranking up the AC/DC and doing their hero walk on the way to wipe every single Russian airbase and fuel depot off the map, but then half of the west’s water systems, electrical grids, and networking infrastructure gets hacked and severely damaged/bricked. Russia gets hacked and grinds to a standstill. China takes advantage of the chaos and invades Taiwan. The U.S. bombs the chip fabs in Taiwan into powder, and anti-satellite operations trigger the Kessler syndrome. Maybe some of the other regional conflicts pop off, too.
The bright side is that assuming no nukes fly, we’ll see earth’s habitability improve for a while, once people starve and consumption/ability to produce goes way down.
I wouldn’t call the Falkland Islands War 2: Electric Boogaloo “WW3”. More like a police action, to be honest. The Argentine Navy and Air Force these days is frankly laughable in comparison to their military strength before the first FI war, let alone the strength of the RN and RAF today.
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