pm: old git

did you say gitletII was in or still is in estonia? there's an interesting explainer that delves into some of the detail behind the preparations being made by the baltic states to prevent another russian special military operation in the unlikely event that zelensky caves in and signs a deal with trump that meant ceding some ukrainian territory to russia in return for a minerals deal with the 🇺🇸

really shouldn't play all your cards at the start of the game User Posted Link

if the deal was made then in all liklihood a ceasefire would ensue and russia would rearm their military, dust themselves off and have a tilt at the baltic region to grab some more territory they don't need.

the "secret" explainer: User Posted Link

gear shift; zelensky going cap in hand to the trumper yesterday and pleading for 50 billion yankey dollars of patriot systems and some other air defence kit and getting a big f**k-off tablet from the condescending orange one with "all of the 🃏s".

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this was of course both expected with the intention by the alliance to further undermine trust in the 🇺🇸 as a reliable ally and to sow some sunshine happiness between the trump administration and the not so insignificant us military industrial complex that will be no doubt cockahoop that usd50bn just went *thataway*🇪🇺

another benefit from the maga winds from storm donald

yebbut where in the hell is ukraine going to get 50 billion dollars of kit including 15 billion dollars of himars air defences from, amazon? no not amazon but, poland and ukraine itself. via south korea.

introducing the south korean himars alternative User Posted Link currently being made on licence in poland by these guys User Posted Link and about to be churned out in the not insignificant ukrainian ukroboronprom facilites User Posted Link

the bonus ball about choosing 🇰🇷 K239 Chunmoo system over the 🇺🇸 himars system is that the k239 would be made on licence in poland and ukraine and would not be hamstrung by the systems-locks in place in the himars systems.

yebbut where's the money coming from? well some of will come from interest dividends from seized russian assets held by the eu and the rest will be from the worlds greatest ever crowdfunder now known as "readiness 2030" User Posted Link a warchest worth a cool Eur 800 billion and some of it set aside to 🇺🇦 and others as low interest loans in the aim of assuring security in 🇪🇺

some positive 🇬🇧 footnote news while on the subject User Posted Link

also, the russians have using chemical warfare tactics (riot control agents) to force ukrainians out of dug in defensive positions, these should help User Posted Link

Posted By: Tombs on April 17th 2025 at 15:42:08

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