There is quite a bit of over the top rhetoric- Like “Russia is going to starve the world again” CEPA “The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy institution based in Washington DC, focused on strengthening the transatlantic alliance through cutting-edge research, analysis, and programs” An Atlantacist NGO, so you […]
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Updates: Odesa,Ukraine
It was reported the other day, or at least the Ukrainians claimed to have intercepted nearly every missile and drone that was striking Odesa. It didn’t seem possible, statistically speaking. Given what occurred the evening of the July 18-19/23 at Odesa, a massive attack, with no real air defense being deployed resulted in an extremely […]
Even though Ukraine apparently intercepted most of the drones and missiles– Reuters KYIV, July 18 (Reuters) – Russia launched missile and drone strikes on southern and eastern Ukraine overnight that damaged infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The attack on Odesa, one of Ukraine’s main ports for exporting […]
According to this article it’s the safest option. Kind of strikes me as odd? Why couldn’t nukes be deployed to prevent a regime change? Or in anticipation of regime change? I don’t know? LiveMint Archive.ph Just some excerpts Ukraine’s failure to secure an invitation to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) during the alliance’s […]
Canada Moves to Buy a Sub Hunter….. Russia in Canada’s Crosshairs?5 Eyes? Of course! It’s even mentioned in the article.Is this a costly item? Of course it is!And prone to cost over runs as well…. https://web.archive.org/web/20181102211634/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2018/10/with-russia-in-its-crosshairs-canada.html original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2018/10/with-russia-in-its-crosshairs-canada.html PARIS — The Royal Canadian Navy is moving toward Britain’s Type 26 frigate design, a multimission […]
As mentioned the other day, I’ve numerous reports at my old site regarding NATO’s planned push into the Arctic https://web.archive.org/web/20191107155503/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/11/nato-north-building-role-for-nato-in.html From my former site – https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/11/nato-north-building-role-for-nato-in.html Wednesday, November 6, 2019 NATO North? Building a Role for NATO in the Arctic Interesting oped: Dr. Rebecca Pincus is assistant professor in the department of Strategic and Operational […]
NYT’s via Archive.ph Interesting the acknowledgment that Ukraine suffered heavy losses. Even though as I understand the situation, it seems the losses are worse than admitted. Still western media reporting like this rarely takes place without sugar coating the situation. In the first two weeks of Ukraine’s grueling counteroffensive, as much as 20 percent of […]
Bloomberg reports as if Sweden’s accession has already taken place. It hasn’t. There are plenty of assumptions made throughout the article. As stated her on the 11th of July penny2says: July 11, 2023 at 8:23 am•Edit “I’ve run out of synonyms for meaningless futility.” Sighs…..Trudeau is going to double troops in Lithuania.We’re seeing preps for […]
Well there it is! The balkanization of Ukraine that has been often written about here at PFYT2. Beginning of 2023 Below from March 2022 Rasmussen does not rule out having Ukraine join NATO piece by piece Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the previous Secretary-General of NATO, does not rule out that Ukraine join the alliance piece by […]
My impression so far is Ukraine didn’t gain any ground in it’s desire to join NATO. And will continue to be used as a proxy army. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/07/12/nato-deepens-ukraine-ties-but-doesnt-set-clear-path-for-membership/ NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia […]