Russia allegedly shot down an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone over the Black Sea.
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The Russians still need, however, to vastly improve their naval capabilities and depth. This need preceded February 2022.Supposedly, Russia is rolling out their new S500 air defense systems to rectify this problem. We shall see.
As for Russia's navy, it's nothing special. Russia is a land based power, and America is a naval based power. Both are extremely strong in their respective areas.
The idea that Russia is having trouble in Ukraine is countered by almost every available metric. Ukraine continues to spend far more money than Russia, and has far more serious manpower issues. That is NOT what the winning side does.
The Russians still need, however, to vastly improve their naval capabilities and depth. This need preceded February 2022.
The gap between Russian and American land forces is smaller than the gap between American and Russian naval forces.
Ideally, the Russian Black Fleet should have been three times larger and with many more submarines at the start of the SMO. An enhanced RBF would also be a kind of Mediterranean Fleet where needed to challenge US and European interests in Europe and to contest NATO forces in the MENA region.
Mackinder’s ideas of Heartland, Rimland and World Island remain strikingly relevant to today, but you want a Russian military with significantly better projection in places like the Strait of Hormuz or even the Malacca Strait, where a crazy amount of world trade flows.
The Chinese have a growing navy, true. Regardless, Russia has a large stake in global trade as well. Particularly when you look at economic warfare of the kind the West has failed to use on Moscow with sanctions, Russian interests would be served by having better and larger fleets to deter aggressive Western actions and make Western capitals think twice.
Meanwhile in 4 months about 4 millions muslim migrants entered Russia , and that's only counting the legal ones, not illegals, which is close to 3 percent of its population, to replace the whitey dying at war. Another jew operation, the whole thing is.
Speaking to journalists in Brussels on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned “We don’t have much time. We have a lot of injured, killed, both military and civilians. So we do not want this war to last for years. Therefore, we have to prepare this plan and put it on the table at the second peace summit.”
Zelensky stressed the need for a peace process that would bring an end to the war with Russia, citing Ukraine’s mounting casualties.
Since 2022, Zelensky has pushed a 10-point peace plan that would see Russia withdraw from all of Ukraine’s pre-2014 territory. The Kremlin has outright rejected that proposal, insisting it will not give up several formerly Ukrainian regions it has annexed. Still, Zelensky proposed his formula to other world leaders at a peace summit that was held in Switzerland earlier this month, although no Russian officials were invited.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has articulated a potential peace deal that would see Ukraine agree to denuclearization, neutrality toward NATO, and recognition of territory annexed by Moscow since 2014.
As the war has progressed, the West has struggled to maintain the flow of weapons to Kiev, and Ukraine has been unable to replace its battlefield casualties with newly trained soldiers. The Kremlin has adjusted to a wartime economy and has a larger number of young men to serve in the military, giving Moscow a distinct advantage as the conflict has become a war of attrition.
While Kiev and Moscow have been tight-lipped about their own causality figures, estimates for both sides range in the hundreds of thousands. To fill its ranks, Ukraine has recently expanded its conscription laws and cracked down on those seeking to avoid the draft. The ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, estimated the number of dead or seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers was over 500,000 in January.
Looks like Zelensky is starting to sweat:
This statement was released right after the debates, which means Zelensky is trying to cover his rear if Trump does actually win.
And that is the real problem, a Trump victory is more damaging to Ukraine than another Russian offensive. Without the easy money Ukraine has no chance.
Of course, a Trump victory is probably only 4 years of peace. As soon as a Democrat gets in, it will resume war with Russia.
However, even 1 year of peace is deadly to someone like Zelensky. He's a puppet with no use in peacetime, which means he will be discarded like a trash bag. He needs to think of an escape plan because he has a lot of enemies. Hence, calling for the war to end.
What's the name of the news source of this article ?
Thank you....however these articles are over 2 years old, when the war just started.
Things are very different now....and Ukraine may not even remain as a country when all is over.