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obviously there will be more to the story ======== israel is blocking us transfer of iron dome missile defense system to ukraine (has to be approved by both countries) because they don’t want to antagonize russia. one of closest us allies…least aligned with americans on a core national security...

Yikes. Head of Zelensky’s Servant of the People party in parliament claims Western media “hysteria is now costing the country $2-3 billion every month,” calls CNN, Bloomberg, WSJ coverage “worse than Skabeeva and Solovyov, top Russian state propagandists.

murican Cold war crowd are upset with zelensky that he is not towing the murican line. Ukrainian president Zelenskiy holds press conference amid Russia tensions | LIVE

china is a major importer of russian energy exports (petroleum + coal) https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/RUS

continuing with this german/europe russian energy imports angle, a hypothetical state of play. US is saying they preparing a plan to substitute russian energy imports to europe, let's say they succeed. with loss of revenue, Russia will become more dependant on chinese energy trade ...

and the murican brown sepoy crowd is in "guilt trip the Indians" mode. ========= SA is relative, not absolute. But let me put this differently -- India says "US doesn't get to dictate India's foreign policy; we are free to choose our partners" So, should Moscow get to dictate Ukraine...

US is in full PR mode. ========= Here's What Those 'Bunker-Defeat' Rockets The U.S. Sent To Ukraine Are Actually Capable Of https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44021/heres-what-those-bunker-defeat-rockets-the-u-s-sent-to-ukraine-are-actually-capable-of

if we go by this statement then muricans and NATO are hyping the situation at this point in time. ============ Ukraine’s NSC Sec. Danilov tells @BBC_ua he doesn’t expect an imminent invasion and doesn’t share “the panic,” which he connects to “geopolitical and domestic” processes in the West...

Yes, we discussed this angle as well, few pages back in this thread.

For now the assumption is germany's energy imports from russia seems to be a major underlying cause. Merkel's decision to go non-nuclear energy production is forcing them to depend more on coal and natural gas for energy. ======== Factbox: How much does Germany need Russian gas...

you are communicating with a citizen not the head of state of ukraine.

Mate, it's @Akim 's country's security at stake, be considerate of the situation when giving opinions, just like we don't like foreigner's giving gyan during a tense situation regarding our own country.

three possibilities: 1) this is intentional, US is coaxing the Russians to make the first big bad move, so that they have moral authority to form a global military alliance later. 2) muricans have so many contradictory internal policy goals driven by interest groups in Washington DC, that...

US annual military aid to countries for comparison. https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-stacker-where-us-military-aid-spent-20210621-riqu7xsgrnemdmtussxs6rbjii-photogallery.html

It's about accepting that there will be scenarios where there is an element of risk in foreign policy, sometimes you just have to play with what you have. if the situation deteriorates drastically, a call can be taken at that point in time by leadership at that future point in time.

these idiots should not allowed to unite into a single country, they will revive colonialism (under a different formulation), since the fundamentals of "lack of resources" haven't changed in past 500 years within europe, lack of resources is what forced them to find colonies in rest of the world...

whether we like it or not, Cold war legacy continues to persist in global affairs in today's era. so in this case, yes this is a case of "making a virtue out of a necessity". but considering ukraine and russia haven't stopped trading (pre-pandemic) with each other, why should we withhold...

i am still collecting background information, some of my opinions may not be on point at the moment.

came to this thread to post my understanding of the situation, most of it is covered in this interview from a US perspective. Thanks for posting. This video about Nord stream 2 will fill some more gaps in understanding about the motivations behind these moves. Now will have to find info...

and for all the talk about providing resources to ukraine to defend itself, whatever resources are being provided to ukraine are very little from NATO. whole drama while trump was president providing assistance was about 200 million $ that's roughly 1500 crores ₹, which took more than two years...