Ukraine war could last for years, warns NATO chief; British troops must prepare to fight in Europe once again

[onthedarkside]

 

 

The West must prepare to continue supporting Ukraine in a war lasting for years, Nato's chief has warned.

 

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the costs of war were high, but the price of letting Moscow achieve its military goals was even greater.

 

His comments came as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson also warned of the need to brace for a longer-term conflict.

 

Both Mr Stoltenberg and Mr Johnson said sending more weapons would make a victory for Ukraine more likely.

 

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-war-could-last-for-years-warns-nato-chief/ar-AAYD25m

 

 

 

[onthedarkside]

British troops must prepare to fight in Europe once again, says Army chief

 

It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned from Ukraine with a warning that ‘we need to steel ourselves for a long war’

 

The new head of the Army has said British troops must prepare “to fight in Europe once again” as the conflict in Ukraine continues.

 

General Sir Patrick Sanders took over from General Sir Mark Carleton Smith on Monday and wrote to his charges about the challenges they face.

 

“There is now a burning imperative to forge an Army capable of fighting alongside our allies and defeating Russia in battle,” Sir Patrick said.

 

“We are the generation that must prepare the Army to fight in Europe once again,” he added.

 

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-ukraine-army-europe-british-b2104418.html

 

 

[JetsetBkk]

General Sir Patrick Sanders and Prime Minister Boris Johnson should both resign.

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5 hours ago, JetsetBkk said:

General Sir Patrick Sanders and Prime Minister Boris Johnson should both resign.

Because they foresee the possibility of a Russian attack on NATO allies?

[Lacessit]

History repeats itself........

[ballpoint]

Retired Russian general Evgeny Buzhinsky has replied to these comments on Russian TV:

"“He (Sanders) doesn’t understand that as a result of the Third World War Britain will physically cease to exist,” Mr Buzhinsky said."

Who himself doesn't understand that the chances of there being any Russian cities left should that happen being somewhere between none and zero.

 

Putin also got in on the act, as reported in the same story:

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling threat to the West, vowing to deploy the Sarmat hypersonic missile dubbed ‘Satan 2’ by the end of the year as nuclear tensions reach boiling point."

 

Vladimir Putin announces Russia will deploy Sarmat missile against West | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

 

 

[moogradod]

The Western Nations (Europe and US) should intensify military help by actually delivering weapons to the maximum and they should do it fast. But what they do is considering and delaying and discussing (what they do best) and sending outdated equipment. Of course this is a ride on a knifes edge considering the possibility of any nuclear war.

 

But the alternative would be to let Russia do what they want and actually annex Ukraine while thousands die in the process. They use the nuclear deterrent as the driving force and the West takes on the role of the scared part. And it is not really far fetched that this is then the beginning of a series of similar occurences.

 

The West is showing weakness and lack of determination hoping that the situation will settle to do them no harm. I feel that this is a mistake of historic proportions. We might be steering towards a world of only 3 blocks: US, Russia and China with allies in South America and Africa. And forget democracy. It will be the China Model seasoned with a bit of North Korea. Not a world in which I would like to see my children living in.

[Lacessit]

53 minutes ago, moogradod said:

The Western Nations (Europe and US) should intensify military help by actually delivering weapons to the maximum and they should do it fast. But what they do is considering and delaying and discussing (what they do best) and sending outdated equipment. Of course this is a ride on a knifes edge considering the possibility of any nuclear war.

 

But the alternative would be to let Russia do what they want and actually annex Ukraine while thousands die in the process. They use the nuclear deterrent as the driving force and the West takes on the role of the scared part. And it is not really far fetched that this is then the beginning of a series of similar occurences.

 

The West is showing weakness and lack of determination hoping that the situation will settle to do them no harm. I feel that this is a mistake of historic proportions. We might be steering towards a world of only 3 blocks: US, Russia and China with allies in South America and Africa. And forget democracy. It will be the China Model seasoned with a bit of North Korea. Not a world in which I would like to see my children living in.

Putin knows as well as anybody if he starts a nuclear war, everybody loses, including him.

 

Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia. Orwell really was prescient, wasn't he?

[zzaa09]

Big big business and extending the empires.

Nothing more, nothing less. 

 

 

Same as it ever was.

[moogradod]

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Putin knows as well as anybody if he starts a nuclear war, everybody loses, including him.

 

Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia. Orwell really was prescient, wasn't he?

He should. But here you apply logic. I hope that this is appropriate in this case. But maybe he is crazy ? And he might not be alone. There were 70 Million voters for "you know who...". Hundreds of Millions smoke (I used to be one of them - a long time ago).....Should not have happened if you look at it from a logical viewpoint.

 

I anticipate a similar problem concerning China / South China Sea / Taiwan. In this case it seems to be quite evident - very unfortunately. And the reason being - against all logic and compassion - exactly what zzaa09 stated above. In his dreams the Chinese Teddybear (thats how he looks to me) has even much more bigger ambitions .......

 

 

[g man]

But even as Russia’s economy feels the pain, President Vladimir Putin continues to dictate global prices for energy and food. Western sanctions are starting to hurt the U.S. and the rest of the world too due to recent surges in energy prices that have caused factory shutdowns and slower growth across the U.S. and Europe, proving that Russia has more leverage than Western leaders thought

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/putin-stagflation-revenge-everyone-said-113000137.html

 

Biden holds Putin responsible for the current state of the weak US and inflation decimated economy and I can see why, despite FED chair Powell refuting Biden's blame game:

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/06/22/war-in-ukraine-is-not-responsible-for-inflation-says-fed-chair-jerome-powell.html

Where is Trump when you need him!

Russia is NOT losing the war but making progress towards their military objectives whilst UA begs the west for more weaponry, Some $80B in aid from Europe and USA and Putin is grinding on while the US economy grinds into the ground. Russia is rolling on economically despite sanctions. Putin is winning in Ukraine and beating Biden at the same time as Ukrainians die and the recession is nearing in America. Awesome foreign stick handling by the Biden admin.

 

[Lacessit]

15 minutes ago, g man said:

But even as Russia’s economy feels the pain, President Vladimir Putin continues to dictate global prices for energy and food. Western sanctions are starting to hurt the U.S. and the rest of the world too due to recent surges in energy prices that have caused factory shutdowns and slower growth across the U.S. and Europe, proving that Russia has more leverage than Western leaders thought

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/putin-stagflation-revenge-everyone-said-113000137.html

 

Biden holds Putin responsible for the current state of the weak US and inflation decimated economy and I can see why, despite FED chair Powell refuting Biden's blame game:

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/06/22/war-in-ukraine-is-not-responsible-for-inflation-says-fed-chair-jerome-powell.html

Where is Trump when you need him!

Russia is NOT losing the war but making progress towards their military objectives whilst UA begs the west for more weaponry, Some $80B in aid from Europe and USA and Putin is grinding on while the US economy grinds into the ground. Russia is rolling on economically despite sanctions. Putin is winning in Ukraine and beating Biden at the same time as Ukrainians die and the recession is nearing in America. Awesome foreign stick handling by the Biden admin.

 

LOL, do you even know what the Russian and American comparative GDP's are? Russia's GDP is set to contract by 10% in the coming year, and that's the prediction of Russia's own economists. They are also predicting 10 years of economic stagnation.

All countries depend on foreign capital, where do you think Russia's foreign investment will come from? There isn't any, Russia is a financial leper.

Take Russia's aviation industry. It's a big country, with a lot of distance for aircraft to cover. How long do you think the Boeings and Airbuses in Russia will keep flying, when the maintenance crews can't get spare parts and software updates? They'll be cannibalizing aircraft in another three months.

On the battlefield, Russia is losing men and equipment at a rate that puts their war in Afghanistan in deep shade. The troops are demoralized.

As a delusional post, yours takes some beating.

[g man]

21 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

LOL, do you even know what the Russian and American comparative GDP's are?

Yes, US is #1, Russia is #11.

Their currency however has significant appreciation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-ruble-currency-russian-economy-2022/

[g man]

28 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

How long do you think the Boeings and Airbuses in Russia will keep flying, when the maintenance crews can't get spare parts and software updates? They'll be cannibalizing aircraft in another three months.

Oh well, thanks Xi

https://airwaysmag.com/china-to-supply-spare-parts-for-russian-airlines/

 

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, g man said:

Yes, US is #1, Russia is #11.

Their currency however has significant appreciation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-ruble-currency-russian-economy-2022/

Of course its not in Russia's interest to be transparent on its economy and figures.

 

But here have a read of the facts:

 

Western sanctions on Russia are working, an energy embargo now is a costly distraction

https://voxeu.org/article/western-sanctions-russia-are-working-energy-embargo-now-costly-distraction

 

Strangling the Bear? The Sanctions on Russia after Four Months

https://www.csis.org/analysis/strangling-bear-sanctions-russia-after-four-months

 

Still, Lada is having a revival with its sanction busting model all with Russian parts.................????

 

"The buzz about AvtoVAZ's Lada Granta Classic -- priced to sell at 678,300 rubles ($12,500) -- is about what it doesn't have: No airbags. No antilock brakes. No electronic stability system. No pretensioners to make the seat belts work properly. No GPS. An engine that complies with emissions standards from 26 years ago."

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-economy-western-sanctions-twilight-zone/31911576.html

 

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

8 minutes ago, g man said:

Oh well, thanks Xi

https://airwaysmag.com/china-to-supply-spare-parts-for-russian-airlines/

 

You're dreaming if you think China can supply airplane parts for Russia's Boeing and Airbus fleet

[g man]

5 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Of course its not in Russia's interest to be transparent on its economy and figures.

Russian economic forecasts improve despite lingering conflict in Ukraine - Reuters poll

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russian-economic-forecasts-improve-despite-lingering-conflict-ukraine-2022-05-31/

 

Even Biden admits the cause of US economic misery, record inflation, $5 gasoline, recession looming, etc is due to Putin's war in UA. US is getting burned and way to woke to sort it out.

 

 

[g man]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

You're dreaming if you think China can supply airplane parts for Russia's Boeing and Airbus fleet

It is you gaslighting, and offering nothing to refute ANYTHING it seems to me, so who is dreaming here.

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, g man said:

Russian economic forecasts improve despite lingering conflict in Ukraine - Reuters poll

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russian-economic-forecasts-improve-despite-lingering-conflict-ukraine-2022-05-31/

 

Even Biden admits the cause of US economic misery, record inflation, $5 gasoline, recession looming, etc is due to Putin's war in UA. US is getting burned and way to woke to sort it out.

 

 

Thats a 3 week old link, try again and this topic is about British troops preparing to fight in Europe

[g man]

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Thats a 3 week old link, try again and this topic is about British troops preparing to fight in Europe

Yeah sure, whatever you like.

[ballpoint]

13 minutes ago, g man said:

Oh well, thanks Xi

https://airwaysmag.com/china-to-supply-spare-parts-for-russian-airlines/

 

You don't just take your aircraft to a local mechanic and get some no-brand parts fitted to it.  Everything that is done to it must be signed off by a manufacturers representative.  Russia may very well keep its Western made planes flying, but when this is all over they will be refused entry to all Western countries, and when it comes time to return the planes to the leasors they will be missing vital paperwork, making them next to worthless without a complete strip down and refit by the manufacturers.  This will make it highly unlikely that anyone will lease aircraft to them again for a long time.  Sure, they could start their own commercial aviation industry, but that would take years to set up, and misses the point of why Russia decided to use Airbus and Boeing planes in the first place, despite the USSR being a large plane maker in its own right. (Hint, they wanted there to be a good chance that flights would take off when they said they would, stay in the air after taking off, and coming down in the place they said it would come down in). - And that's ignoring the lack of software and flight manual upgrades that are routinely delivered to airlines.

[ozimoron]

34 minutes ago, g man said:

Yes, US is #1, Russia is #11.

Their currency however has significant appreciation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-ruble-currency-russian-economy-2022/

The IIF expects Russia's economy to shrink 15% this year, wiping out more than a decade of economic development.

"Export controls, the 'brain drain' of talent out of the country; a European shift away from Russian energy dependence and an exceptionally unfriendly business climate will all weigh on Russia's growth in the years to come," Ribakova said.

 

source: your link

[Chris.B]

4 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Retired Russian general Evgeny Buzhinsky has replied to these comments on Russian TV:

"“He (Sanders) doesn’t understand that as a result of the Third World War Britain will physically cease to exist,” Mr Buzhinsky said."

Who himself doesn't understand that the chances of there being any Russian cities left should that happen being somewhere between none and zero.

If they wiped Britain out, they would also wipe out Ireland, large parts of France, Belgium and Holland.   ????

 

[Lacessit]

37 minutes ago, g man said:

Oh well, thanks Xi

https://airwaysmag.com/china-to-supply-spare-parts-for-russian-airlines/

 

How long do you think it will be before China is sanctioned as well?

[Lacessit]

48 minutes ago, g man said:

Yes, US is #1, Russia is #11.

Their currency however has significant appreciation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-ruble-currency-russian-economy-2022/

Nice evasion, Russian GDP is 1.483 trillion, the US is 20.94 trillion. In other words, 14 times as large.

An appreciating rouble means it can buy more imports, but selling exports becomes more difficult. Not quite what Russia needs with a shrinking economy.

[g man]

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

How long do you think it will be before China is sanctioned as well?

Not long if Trump was involved. Biden and his admin have shown nothing but a propensity to screw everything up. Trump's the only one with stones to manage Xi and others.

[ozimoron]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Nice evasion, Russian GDP is 1.483 trillion, the US is 20.94 trillion. In other words, 14 times as large.

An appreciating rouble means it can buy more imports, but selling exports becomes more difficult. Not quite what Russia needs with a shrinking economy.

Especially when it can't buy many imports at any price.

[g man]

On 6/19/2022 at 6:14 PM, onthedarkside said:

The West must prepare to continue supporting Ukraine in a war lasting for years, Nato's chief has warned.

Why must the west do anything, just because NATO says so? Let UA fight their own battles.

[ozimoron]

7 minutes ago, g man said:

Why must the west do anything, just because NATO says so? Let UA fight their own battles.

Because the West wants to. NATO is the west, they are not dictating to the west.

[coolcarer]

23 minutes ago, g man said:

Why must the west do anything, just because NATO says so? Let UA fight their own battles.

Sorry Vlad, all you’ve achieved so far is excellent PR for NATO and Europe to expand