Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

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brycejones

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It’s weird that you think NATO not defending non-NATO countries means they won’t defend NATO ones.

Also apparently Russia is having a lot of trouble with the Ukrainian military, which is not exactly renowned as a well trained, modern force. Imagine the field day a real army would have with them.

How far the Russian army has fallen. It appears to be clueless now about how to execute combined arms warfare and manage logistics.
 
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Amused

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Should the US block all i9neterbnest traffic
Press in Poland reports Russian Military massing on Polish Border. This has to be a bluff. If not it is WWIII.
All of my family lives on that border. By the time the Russians came back for a second time not a stone was left on a stone of the house my grandmother was born in.

I can't find anything on this. Do you have a source?
 
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Dave_5k

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Press in Poland reports Russian Military massing on Polish Border. This has to be a bluff. If not it is WWIII.
All of my family lives on that border. By the time the Russians came back for a second time not a stone was left on a stone of the house my grandmother was born in.
There is near 0 chance of Russia "massing" forces on Polish border in short or medium term.

The only significant Russian military near Poland are the division at Kaliningrad - which they aren't going to move out - Russia values protecting the ice-free port far too highly. While the majority of all Russian combat capable armor is a wee bit tied up at the moment, in the eastern half of Ukraine. I guess if you call Kyiv and east of the Dnieper "near" the Polish border then yes, the Russian military is "massed", or at least scattered, over there...
 

alien42

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There is near 0 chance of Russia "massing" forces on Polish border in short or medium term.

The only significant Russian military near Poland are the division at Kaliningrad - which they aren't going to move out - Russia values protecting the ice-free port far too highly. While the majority of all Russian combat capable armor is a wee bit tied up at the moment, in the eastern half of Ukraine. I guess if you call Kyiv and east of the Dnieper "near" the Polish border then yes, the Russian military is "massed", or at least scattered, over there...

i figured they were talking about Russian forces in Belarus being on Poland's border.
 
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zinfamous

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There is near 0 chance of Russia "massing" forces on Polish border in short or medium term.

The only significant Russian military near Poland are the division at Kaliningrad - which they aren't going to move out - Russia values protecting the ice-free port far too highly. While the majority of all Russian combat capable armor is a wee bit tied up at the moment, in the eastern half of Ukraine. I guess if you call Kyiv and east of the Dnieper "near" the Polish border then yes, the Russian military is "massed", or at least scattered, over there...
They have an airbase 100 k east of the border. check google maps. It is not undefended.
 

Dave_5k

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i figured they were talking about Russian forces in Belarus being on Poland's border.
Hadn't considered it, that is certainly possible, if Russia was trying to establish a new Ukrainian front from the Northwest into Ukraine (reports in January had already highlighted at least one Russian airborne regiment commander arriving near Brest), but opening up a second simultaneous war by invading a NATO country is more than a bit insane. Although admittedly there is some question as to Putin's mental stability.
 

Racan

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Disagree. The Russians would only fire nukes if their territory was invaded and they had nothing left. The Europeans won't try a regime change of Russia in defense of their land. Pretty sure a regime change will occur inside Russia well before we get to this stage though.

Thank you Elon!
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Another thing to consider. Without SpaceX the US would not have any means of transporting astronauts to the ISS, imagine being stuck with Roscosmos...
 
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