And theres over $300 billion of Russian money frozen in EU.
Not only should that be given to Ukraine, doing so and signalling it will be used to buy 3x more weapons than have already been supplied may just alter the calculus in the Kremlin.
Its something in between by letter of law.
It is illegal to target purely civillian infrastructre or civillians themselves, however hitting Russian energy substations and power grid could imho be deemed as part of the Russian military industrial complex being used to build the weapons that...
Scholz has boxed himself in and praised himself for avoiding escalation and saying he wouldnt authorise German missiles for long range strikes........ but he's about to become a political footnote in history, his governement has collapsed, he will lose the confidence vote, his coaltion partners...
I feel similar to @Eric the meek
I think Putin overplayed his hand yesterday. And this long range strike permission today is massive for Ukraine. Far more consequential than what Putin did yesterday and probably thought he'd get little push back for.
Its like a shot of adrenalin straight in...
Because Putin isnt motivated by territory only the total destruction/full subjugation of Ukraine. This will never end with a lasting treaty that Russia honours.
It will only end if Putins wins and crushes Ukraine, with all the further security threats that poses, or if Ukraine defeats Russia...
ATACMS with 300km range and our very own Storm Shadow/French Scalp with 560km range, able to strike Moscow and already approved.
Let Muscovites feel the reality of the fascist genocide they've been cheerleading
Its Storm Shadow time...........
Milner is near the end, Wieffer is either not ready or not good enough but either way, not really usable yet, Moder isnt good enough and we tried to bin him off to Leicester in the KDH deal.
So I wouldn't even consider those 3 as anything other than squad/backup who may leave or be moved out...
Who is this man with zero executive or management experience?
A. Just another fanatical MAGA supporter?
B. A fox news co host?
C. The proposed head of the worlds most powerful militarily?
D. All of the Above?
Gets worse. Hegseth was forced out of the military (revenge,/axe to grind)
And this is the proposed head of the worlds most powerful military with zero executive or management experience.
What this means for 🇺🇦 who knows, but it's frightening.
Wow. Trump has just appointed his defence minister who will head up the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth, a Fox news show host.
He does have some previous combat experience, but no political or DOD experience, shirley he ain't getting confirmed by the senate?