TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
The Spanish El Pais once again states in its latest article the presence of NATO soldiers in Ukraine.
ℹ️ France's statements about the possibility of sending NATO troops to Ukraine opens a debate, which confirms that the soldiers of the alliance are already operating on Ukrainian territory
ℹ️ NATO helps Ukraine in almost every possible way, from supplying weapons and intelligence on Russian targets to flying enemy bombers and training thousands of Ukrainian servicemen in Europe.
ℹ️ But until the French president proposed it, no one dared to consider the possibility of sending in Allied troops to stop Russia. Macron not only opened the discussion, but also confirmed that NATO troops are already on Ukrainian soil.
💬 There are already NATO soldiers in Ukraine, and I would like to thank the embassies that took this risk. Unlike other politicians, I will not say which countries these are, - Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said at a conference in Warsaw on March 8.
ℹ️ The presence of NATO soldiers in Ukraine is not something new. In October 2022, Pentagon press secretary General Pat Ryder confirmed that the United States had deployed military representatives there to monitor arms shipments.
ℹ️ In classified Pentagon documents leaked in April 2023, the US Department of Defense noted that the five countries of the Atlantic alliance - the US, France, the UK, Lithuania and the Netherlands - have about 100 special forces in their embassies in the country.
ℹ️ In a television interview on March 10, the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, recalled that NATO soldiers have been present in Ukraine for more than ten years, but not as part of combat units, but as instructors for the Ukrainian army.
ℹ️ EL PAÍS interviewed scores of military personnel from Ukraine and the EU over more than two years of war, and they all agree that no NATO army has taken part in ground combat.
ℹ️ But they also agree that they have whistleblowers on the ground who provide information on the situation on the front, determine the effectiveness of the weapons being supplied, as well as possible problems during their use, and identify possible cases of corruption in the delivery of aid.
ℹ️ Some of these unofficial informants are retired foreign military personnel who serve as volunteers in the Ukrainian armed forces. At least two sources, one American and one Ukrainian, say Washington is particularly active in monitoring the aid delivery, arranging missions between its embassy and Ukrainian authorities, as well as making visits outside official channels.
There may be limited, technical reasons for the presence of NATO personnel on Ukrainian territory, but this should be avoided. It is better to replace him with civilian specialists... The case with the Storm Shadow missiles cannot be unique, but because it is likely that NATO instructors will be sent to Ukraine when the first American F-16 fighter jets arrive there this year.
ℹ️ On March 11, Volodymyr Zelenskyi cited as an example in the Le Monde newspaper the possibility of repairing and manufacturing French Caesar howitzers and German Leopard tanks in Ukraine with inevitable military assistance on the ground.
ℹ️ The call of political leaders such as Macron to involve NATO soldiers in Ukraine is primarily a strategy to avoid being blackmailed by Russian President Vladimir Putin:
It is about creating a dilemma for Putin and adding a new risk factor
-In Factum
Russians still enjoying American burgers and sandwiches as companies refuse to leave
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, most major Western fast-food chains closed up shop, sold off assets, and exited the Russian market.
A small cohort of six American fast-food chains decided otherwise. The franchises of Carl’s Jr., Papa John’s, Costa Coffee, Burger King, and TGI Fridays have continued to operate, business as usual.
Trump has never known reality very well.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/senile-donald-trump-files-for-divorce-from-reality/55078/
Is a dead man about to speak? Is that what Trump fears?
Biden is still collecting record amounts of green.
Ukrainians fight because we are defending our lives, the lives of our families and our land.
We want peace and to live in a peaceful country.
Russia has launched an unprovoked attack on us and it's not going to stop. Russia bombs our cities, occupies our territories, kills and tortures our people.
So, dear Mr Musk, what would you suggest to stop Russia?
And why do you only issue demands to the victim, not the aggressor? Why are Russia and Putin never mentioned at all?
Senator Lindsey Graham arrives in Ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/us-senator-lindsay-graham-arrives-in-kyiv/
Modi is the only leader of a democracy to offer Putin congratulations
https://kyivindependent.com/modi-issues-warm-congratulations-to-putin-after-reelection/
Putin glorifies occupation of Crimea.
https://kyivindependent.com/putin-speaks-on-red-square-glorifies-illegal-occupation-of-crimea/
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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