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@AgedReference @SealTweetSix @TrentTelenko Reading it as a Ukrainian living in Ukraine is funny because I know see how delusional you are

@DragonReignX3 @SealTweetSix @TrentTelenko And despite hundreds of thousands of mercenaries and a depopulation scale draft they're still fucked.

Iran is within FP-5 Flamingo’s range without Russian jamming defenses. This will become another chapter in “Irrational regimes become more so under pressure “ if Iran decides to shoot at Ukraine.

@Apaplw @SealTweetSix @TrentTelenko Iran also had it's instructors in russia directly launching drones. Unless you count all "volunteers" that fought on russian side too, cut with that 45 countries bullshit

@DragonReignX3 @SealTweetSix @TrentTelenko North Koreans atleast had troops in Kursk, Iran has at best sold weapons; if you count them as combatants then Ukraine has been fighting with 45 countries on its side supplying weapons, bankrolling the army& economy and having actual fighters on ground as "volunteers"

@russianforces @k_sonin @Voidy_ Conditions like "please develop and not steal everything like you always do"

@DragonReignX3 @k_sonin @Voidy_ I'm not an economist, but as I understand it, these were loans (which Russia eventually repaid). Nothing wrong with that, of course, but there were conditions attached. Some of these were the right ones, but there were complications. Like GKO in 1998 etc.

This. This is a key difference between the Weimar Germany and the "Weimar Russia". After the collapse of the USSR, Russia has never been punished in any way. Instead, it received a massive amount of help - direct help in billions of dollars, subsidized credits in tens of billions, technology transfers and trade opportunities - in hundreds of billions of dollars. The Russian grievances were developed in spite of the massive help and support it received.

@russianforces @k_sonin @Voidy_ Every excuse not to take responsibility

@DragonReignX3 @k_sonin @Voidy_ It was a complicated story and I wouldn't blame the West, but to say that it was all "massive help and support" is not quite accurate in my view.

@russianforces @k_sonin @Voidy_ Russia is really a propaganda powerhouse. To convince everyone, even the guys who helped Russia in 90s, that west robbed russia

@russianforces @k_sonin @Voidy_ I'll give you a link and a relevant chart gao.gov/assets/gao-01-…

@russianforces @k_sonin @Voidy_ At the same time, Ukraine received peanuts or nothing at all except for pressure and empty platitueldes

@russianforces @k_sonin @Voidy_ Russia received tens of billions of dollars in help throughout the 90s. US literally was buying food for Russia from Ukraine in the 90s

@SealTweetSix @TrentTelenko Because Iran and North Korea already fight on russian side. Wake up, Ukraine has been fighting against 3 countries for ages

@TrentTelenko Why do people all of a sudden believe that Ukraine is a super power able to fight a second front?!

@paulcbrennan @Sulkhan Anyone looking at russia's actual actions and not words would have seen Munich speech coming very early. Transnistria, Ichkeria(X2), Ukraine Tuzla incidentwere enough of a warning.

I agree with the central idea of your thesis. However, I would disagree with you to this extent. Things were going just fine and NATO expansion did not seem to be a problem. In fact, during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in May 2002, Putin declared that the decision was entirely up to NATO and Ukraine, adding that he did not view Ukraine’s growing relationship with the alliance as something that would "cloud" or "overshadow" relations between Russia and Ukraine. Then on February 10, 2007, at the 43rd Munich Security Conference, Vladimir Putin’s made a speech that marked a dramatic shift in Russian foreign policy. He declared that Russia was against a unipolar world order dominated by the United States and warned the West against the relentless expansion of NATO. So what brought this on ? First of all, I do not believe that Russian nationalism was ever reconciled to the loss of the Ukraine and the loss of influence in the Baltic states. Second, after he initially came to power, Putin wanted to play nice with the west for various reasons and in his heart, he did not really believe that Ukraine would ever join Nato or slip out of the Russin grip. By the time of the Munich security conference, Kiev had had its first color revolution and he sensed that the Ukraine was seeking to slip away. Also, while Putin was admitted to the G8 circle, he realised just unimportant Russia was except a supplier of cheap energy and he envied America and the deference that everyone paid to it. Putin and the Russian nationalists nurtured resentments. Putin and the nationalists wanted to make Russia feared and respected. After the revolution of dignity, that was the final straw. Ukraine would no longer be a client state and that was unacceptable. This was a humiliation for Russia

The West humiliated Russia in the 1990s. This war is the consequence.’ I’ve heard this in every language, from every podium. It is history rewritten backwards. Recall what actually happened to defeated Russia: no occupation. No reparations. No tribunal. It kept its nuclear arsenal and its UN veto. Its debts were forgiven and refinanced. It was handed IMF billions and a seat at the G8 — a club of democracies admitting a wounded autocracy out of hope. Now recall an actually humiliated nation: Germany, 1945. Occupied. Partitioned. Cities in ash, leaders hanged, guilt taught to its children by law. Germany became the most peaceful democracy in Europe. Russia became this. So spare me the humiliation theory. Russia was not humiliated after the Cold War. It was indulged — and it read every kindness as weakness, every gift as tribute. The grievance was never mistreatment. The grievance was lost dominion. Empires do not mourn their wounds. They mourn their slaves.

@MsDalloway_ @KofmanMichael The guy can't unilaterally resign. CnC must sign his resignation

@KofmanMichael Is there any chance is coming back?

One of the more talented people who Fedorov attracted to his team and placed in charge of short range air defense within the Air Force, Pavlo Yelizarov, resigned over the firing last week. He was working to unify and improve air defense across Ukraine.

@don_bowser @Slug_95 @RALee85 Too busy surviving poverty and getting pressured from all sides with not much incentive

@DragonReignX3 @Slug_95 @RALee85 Always? Missed them during Kuchmenistan days. Active in 90/91 then largely quiet until ‘04

Drapatyi is an excellent choice. As OTU Kharkiv and Luhansk, OSUV Khortytsia/Dnipro, and Joint Forces Task Force commander over the past two years, he brings a wealth of experience commanding units on most of the front line with a good understanding of the character of the fighting. As Land Forces commander, he also has recent experience in mobilization/training issues. Both are critical as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

@Slug_95 @don_bowser @RALee85 Ukraine always had a very strong civil society that can actively influence policy.

@don_bowser @RALee85 People had the freedom to voice their displeasure and a government willing to listen. Massive step for Ukraine and something to celebrate

@BlueBboyo @NotWoofers Best possible choice

@NotWoofers Is this good? Is this bad? What does this actually mean?

Drapatyi as replacement 👏👏

@Lissabon_ @mtpmulticam Вона як мінімум трансформується, але це буде довгий процес

@mtpmulticam Скеля ніде не дінеться, можете скрінити.

пане ви не спішіть, ну та, нема більше сирчика але ще існує скеля, я не піду в армію поки не побуде Драпатий з 6 місяців на посаді

@DzelzsChupa @3_bm15 No, literally every direction he worked at he was successful, can't list of the top of my head tho

@3_bm15 Ehh, I dunno, aside from the BMP barricade video wasn't his second big achievement just getting out of the so called South cauldron (leading to some Russian jokes about his surname in relation to that)?

Drapatyi seems universally respected, so a decision which will please many.

@KohseSoren @Jeff21461 Yep

@Jeff21461 He commandeered that vehicle?

This guy is now commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

@Terenas_EU @Maks_NAFO_FELLA Drapaty is the best choice possible

@Maks_NAFO_FELLA Is that ... good? Asking for a friend, of course. (I'm not really up to speed on internal Ukrainian politics, sorry to say...😳)

🇺🇦👀 Well, Ukrainian journalists say that Zelensky chose Drapaty after all

@Rebel44CZ Tbh I'm really worried the war will go beyond 2028 and it WILL pose a very big problem for Ukraine

But in the future, Russia and other major actors will have their own LEO satellite communication constellation, and even if it will be much weaker than Starlink, it will pose some of the same challenges to the opponents in case of military conflicts.

At the current production and launch rate, Rassvet is unlikely to provide continuous service coverage until 2028. And we haven't even seen a user terminal for the service. So, I dont think this service will become relevant before the end of the war in Ukraine.

@360_Secure @RTX_USA @yarotrof And it doesn't even make sense from russian mobilisation standpoint: new minister will be helpless for the starting months so firing the old one less than 3 months before mobilisation in Russia is retarded

@360_Secure @RTX_USA @yarotrof But it's obviously CinC who blocked it, so it doesn't make sense to move Fedorov

Syrsky may or may not be a great military commander, but it is no longer relevant. In a war where the nation as a whole is fighting and the army is made up of a million of yesterday’s civilians, the commander cannot be unpopular to the extent of sparking protests across Ukraine— including by veterans and even serving troops.