LW, I have been up to my ears in testing turbofan engines, and also turbo propellers. I have offered Ukraine increased range of their drones, should they wish, it is up to them to take the requisite steps. While dealing with content management for the STC series that we are working on, I had the pleasure of communicating with a lady working for a Scandinavian company, who was living in Kyiv. Her husband is doing his bit and is aiding in a lot of the content that arises here of FPV imagery. While on that call, we were interrupted by 2PM Charlie, another raid by F Troop.
Thanks for putting your brain to work on that.
We appear to be at an inflection point at present, with G7, The WH the EU and NATO acting with some resolve
About 2 years too late...
Havana hosting the pride of the remnants of Grand Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky's summer cruise to the Straits of Tsushima probably doesn't mean the start of a greater conflict, it probably means there will be some drunk sailors conducting social discourse on the return to the good ol' days, as they always have done.
I am sure the sailors will enjoy liberty call in Havana.
The balkanising of the nuclear stockpile of the soon to be forgotten Russian empire remains a prickly problem, but it was ever thus.
Yeah, and that problem not only isn't going away, but the NPT that it was related to is now deader than Tsar Nicholas II.
The key question is that during campaigning season (this summer) can the mass that Putin has put together (as discussed by Mooch and Justin) make another breakthrough into more of Ukraine, or can Ukraine hold them off? Putin's betting the former, I am hoping for the latter.
I have an idea, not sure if it's valid. (Heck, it might be in the category of "Uh, what? Seriously?")
Mr. Macron had made noises about putting French troops into Ukraine. I wonder if he could put a few maneuver battalions or brigades along the Belarus border as a "don't even think about coming across here" message to Lukashenko. That might free up a few UA maneuver units for the central and southern fronts.
Their basis? Article 51 of the UN, the right of self defense.
One does not need a UNSCR to help another nation on a bilateral basis.
There may be other nations interested in participating in that.
Or not.