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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:06pm On Nov 22, 2024
WriteerNg:
Too much strategy dey kill troops morale.

To me the greatest mistake Russia will ever make is to not kill as many Ukrainians as possible.

Reduce the population to the least because they'll cause Russia alot of trouble in the future when Russia finally occupies Ukraine.


I fear a hardliner in Moscow might topple Putin and declare an all out war.
Just one ATACM deep into Russia and you already thinking Putin would be toppled?.

Man, don't disappoint me.

Russia's political elite are too strong a group to be swayed by engineered emotions.

Yes, that is exactly what it is. The target here is Trump, not Putin. The deep state would not give up easily in the aftermath of the US election.

Moreover, this isn't the first time Ukraine is striking deep inside Russia, howbeit it's the first acclaimed use of such weapons, which, in itself, is not true. ATACMs, Storm shadows, etc, have been used by Ukraine against targets in Russia. Just that, it has not been receiving the same media coverage this one is getting now. Now that it has been made official (assuming the story is true), there is sure to be violent reaction from Russia, but on its own terms.

Before now, Russia has summoned the British and French ambassadors to it's foreign office and sternly warned them that Russia would target military and strategic infrastructures of the said states should there be a direct strike deep into Russia. The Russians would be justified in whatever actions they take because, a strike deep into Russia with Storm Shadows and ATACMs can only be possible with NATO supplied satellite guidance or even launched by NATO 'advisors' on the ground. The only Ukrainian connection to this sort of strike is being the location where the strikes originates.


I trust secret backdoor meetings and communications to be taking place at the moment between people that matters in the Trump. Scholz, Pentagon camp, and the Russians.

Otherwise, here is what will likely happen:


.... some US bases in the Middle East could go up in flames, or the reconnaissance drones of NATO over the Black Sea will be shot down. Not necessarily directly from Russian attacks, perhaps “only” from enemies of the USA in the region (and there are many) that eagerly waited for such an opportunity (with a bit of Russian help).

.....a tactical nuke strike against selected targets both in and out of Ukraine. I give this one a 30/100 chance of occurrence because the Russians are very pragmatic and cautious in their approach, which leads us to one very possible but yet overlooked scenario with grand shaking proportions.

..... The Killing of Zelensky followed by a massive Russian nuke demo that would cause the west to cringe on disbelief and the world to cry out in uproar but this time, against the west instead of against Russia.


Whichever way this turns out to be, the west would come out the loser.

It is anyway a myth that with using longer range ATACMS missiles (or Storm Shadow or even Taurus) Ukraine would be able to push back the advancing Russian units. Russia has shot an awful lot of comparable missiles at Ukrainian targets and this was *not* a decisive weapon in this war so far. The same with NATO missiles. These missiles will not prevent Russian artillery very much in shelling the Ukrainians 10:1. It will not help against the devastating FAB bombardments. And if you have no troops to push back the enemy a few more missiles are no substitute.

So, calm down and watch the Russian bear wins.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:26am On Nov 21, 2024
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Zelensky says they intercepted 144 missiles today. So I wonder which of the missiles wrecked havoc on energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Odessa Kharkiv today. Maybe aliens are also fighting against Ukraine grin
He was right.

Ukraine intercepted the missiles with the 'targets'.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:43pm On Nov 16, 2024
mysticwarrior:
The Cuban missile crisis is still fresh in their memory, when the hear "Cuba" what the Soviets almost did to them from their own backyard would be fresh in their mind.
Plus the Bay of Pigs incident where the US plot to overthrow Castro was foiled, and the Cubans shot down and destroyed 7 US war planes, thus imposing a strategic defeat on the Yankees. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:08pm On Nov 16, 2024
usmanpogo:
Are you certain this is the same America that landed the first man on the moon ?

I thought everything about science was advancement, are you saying they no longer have the expertise they had 60 years ago

SpaceX just made a groundbreaking achievement, perhaps things are being mismanaged at NASA.
Nothing is being mismanaged. The Moon landing 60 years ago never happened. They staged it to keep the 'competitive' war relevant against the Soviet.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:59pm On Nov 16, 2024
seunny4lif:
Ukrainians have dismantled the Kurakhovo thermal power plant for spare parts

Ukrainian electricians have been keeping the power plant in the Ukrainian-controlled town of Kurakhovo running since the beginning of the year. But after Russia began advancing, they were ordered to dismantle the facility. Anatoly Borichevsky, the head of the power plant, told The Wall Street Journal newspaper.

According to him, other damaged facilities needed generators and transformers, so about a thousand workers at this power plant began dismantling it in the spring. Borichevsky noted that it was difficult, but they had no choice.

Kurakhovo is a town in the western part of Donetsk region. It is 46 kilometers from Donetsk and 30 kilometers south of Pokrovsk. It is the largest settlement in the southwestern part of Donbas.
The town has now come under Russian control, meaning the people of Donetsk can now breath and live in peace from constant Ukro shelling of the city.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:52pm On Nov 13, 2024
shoodboi2:
8. Tell the CIA to stop smuggling drugs into the US.
9. Tell the CIA to stop flooding black communities with drugs in a bid to subjugate and keep them down.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:03pm On Nov 08, 2024
Vic2023:
Just in: After joining BRICS, president of Turkey says that He will never go against Russia even he will leave NATO if NATO enters Ukraine war .
You don't need a soothsayer to know this. If war breaks out today between NATO and Russia, Turkey, along with many of the nations in the bloc, would simply declare their neutrality.

It's when shite hit the fan many people will realize that Article 5 is only possible with third world nations.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:27pm On Nov 07, 2024
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Very very pathetic. These was how the same Western media brainwashed the idiots that Russia troops is fighting with shovel and they believed.
I tell you. Many of these folks here are doing life in Langley's prison of misinformation. They cannot even think for themselves, yet they're claiming to be experts in geopolitics.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:09am On Nov 07, 2024
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Another propaganda to discredit DPRK
It's even more pathetic when you realize that some idiots on this forum actually believed that there is no internet connection in North Korea.

Spit.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:01pm On Nov 06, 2024
mysticwarrior:
Trump will shock him.
The man is a lunatic.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:24pm On Nov 06, 2024
Vic2023:
🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "I appreciate President Trump's commitment to the approach of achieving peace through the use of force in world affairs," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.
Coke speaking.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:13pm On Nov 06, 2024
Vic2023:
- Trump: "The people gave me a second term."


🇺🇸⚡- Trump: "We have regained the Senate majority."


🇺🇸⚡- Trump: "We have taken control of both houses of Congress."


🇺🇸⚡- Trump: "I will make America great again."


🇺🇸⚡- Trump: "We will close the borders to criminals."
There was no way Kamala was going to beat Trump without rigging.

While Trump was spitting facts, Harris was speaking fantasy and cackling like a witch.

The Dems played myopic politics by deliberately opening and banking on open borders to secure illegal votes from illegal migrants that they always tacitly make legal voters after a while.

By planning to sink Russia economically, the Biden administration miscalculated badly by failing to anticipate the boomerang effect such moves will have on the global economy, and on their own economy by extension. The Russian-Ukraine Gambit did not only backfired, it aided the global inflation that saw millions of Americans purchasing power being eroded in double digits. Many people were simply tired of paying 2-10 times more for basic necessities like groceries, gas, and milk. Trump saw this loophole and weaponizred it to his advantage.

Then came that daring assassination attempt, the last straw that broke the Dems political carmel's back. Human beings are emotional and relate the same way to events everywhere.

When Trump stood up and raised that right hand up in defiance of death, brother, it galvanized even the most election hardened and undecided voter to change their mind and voted for Trump.

Like him or hate him, there is something cosmically intertwined with Donald Trump, especially with that last name. The cosmic has chosen him to achieve great things.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:36pm On Nov 05, 2024
WrriterNg:
The rigging don start oh 😂 🤣 😂
I tell ya. A rigged system in open play.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:26pm On Nov 05, 2024
WrriterNg:
🇷🇺 🇨🇳

1. The SU-57 that Russia sent to the airshow in China.

2. The actual SU-57 built for Russian Air Force.
That bird is a beast.

The SU-57 now carries the new Russian made GZUR "Ghost" stealth hypersonic missiles that was used against Ukraine recently. A stealth plane firing a stealthy missile flying at hypersonic speed give Ukraine no chance in hell to counter it. The bombs destroyed the two Ukrainian command posts hidden in Kiev.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:27pm On Nov 01, 2024
WrriterNg:
⚡Trump roasts John Bolton, says he was good during negotiations because foreign leaders thought he was insane.

"Bolton a real dope. He was like a boiler every time. If somebody shot down a little tiny, crappy drone that cost about $15, he'd want to go to war with Russia."

"He was great for me though, for a period of time because he was a nut job and everybody, I could see his face get red, red, red with that stupid white mustache and he'd be ready to explode."

"I took this m0ron with me and he never said anything, but when Kim Jong-un saw him, he said, 'oh sh*t, I think the guy wants to go to war.'"

"So he was great for me to negotiate with. The same thing with Russia. You know, when Putin saw him, I'd be very nice. 'I'd say, hi Vladimir, how you doing?'"

"And then two rows back they'd see that slowpoke and they'd say, 'holy sh*t, this guy wants to go to war with me.'"


John Bolton's face setup and sadistic expressions says a lot about his personality. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:44pm On Oct 29, 2024
WriteerNg:
Thought you said you schooled in UK as a teen?


You were still a teen in 2014?
cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 1:15pm On Oct 27, 2024
Vl3ly:
Yedioth Ahronoth:

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned Iran against responding to Israeli attacks on military sites on its territory,

Saying that "Iran must not make a mistake and respond to the Israeli attacks that are supposed to put an end to the exchange of strikes."
Imagine the audacity.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:16pm On Oct 26, 2024
Vl3ly:
Revolutionary Guards:

The attack was so weak that it does not concern us. Please call the police on 110

Savage.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:58pm On Oct 26, 2024
preciouswoman66:
Isn't this the kind of satellites weapon the Russians were accused of?? grin US dor dey build their own since sef
US always playing catch-up in the modern era.

This weapon was already developed and deployed by the Russians as far back as in 2014. It even tested new models in 2020, and has been adding to the list till date.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:36pm On Oct 26, 2024
Ghostagain:
How does the data make you feel ?
Like I said. Nigeria still has a.long way to go, but the fact remains that no serious economic bloc will overlook it. That's why she is where it is right now in he recent BRICs move.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:41pm On Oct 25, 2024
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Probably he relied on record/statistics from previous years.
South Africa
Egypt
Algeria, these are the top three largest economy in Africa by GDP in 2024.

Ethiopia might even overtake Nigeria very soon.
Yes, I replied on previous years records without adequate research, and I have corrected that.


But the fact remains, no international wannabe economic Bloc in its quest for global recognition will overlook a country the status of Nigeria.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:28pm On Oct 25, 2024
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Not true. Nigeria didn't make the top three largest economy in Africa by GDP.
Please verify before posting wrong information here
That was 2022 data I quoted. My bad. Thanks for the correction.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:17pm On Oct 25, 2024
Ska333ko:
💵🚫Nigeria announced refusal to sell oil for dollars

Nigeria, one of the world's largest exporters of “black gold,” announced its refusal to sell crude oil for dollars.

🛢The country's authorities, having looked at the recent experience of other countries, decided to introduce mandatory payments for hydrocarbons in the national currency.
This is great news if in deed true.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:10pm On Oct 25, 2024
Ska333ko:
Lloyd Austin: We demand written guarantees that BRICS will not expand to the West.

Former Irish MEP Mick Wallace: Fortunately, BRICS is not a terrorist organization like NATO, which promotes war instead of peace.
The fear of BRICS is the beginning of wisdom.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:41pm On Oct 25, 2024
WrriterNg:
⚡We have plans to de-dollarise the Nigerian economy to strengthen the Naira .

~ Olawale Edun, Nigeria’s minister of finance
Game on.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m):
Ghostagain:
Nigeria is not that influential. Nigeria has a big market, but as the previous guy said, Nigeria would only drag everybody down. There are some players who have potential but would actually destroy your team if you added them, Nigeria is such a player.

Everybody knows this. Now if it were precolonial countries in the region such as my ancestral Benin empire, the story would have been different.
Edit: There was a Brics gathering in South Africa and Nigeria's president didn't even show up. That says it all, instead the vice president of Nigeria showed up and talked about how Nigeria wishes to do business with China outside of Brics 😓 now it would be foolish for Brics to even think adding Nigeria would be for the best.
Modified

You only ended up describing how important Nigeria is in the international scheme of things. cool

The VP, like you posited, said nonsense in South Africa where the president did not shoe up. Yet today, Nigeria has been accorded a partner status in BRICS . That says a lot.

By the way, how many teams have Nigeria destroyed internationally?

International politics goes way beyond reflective emotions.

What do we mean by being influential? Yes, one of African largest economy in terms of GDP, among the 30 best economies in PPP terms out of 195 nations of the world; the world most populous black nation, we are talking about approximately 230 million inhabitants, and projected to be half a billion in the next three decades. It is only an idiot wanna be intercontinental business man that would overlook the huge economic and cultural influence this country wields.

Yes, there are so many things wrong with Nigeria, but the reality is that it has and will always be difficult to deal with Africa without taking Nigeria into account.

China knows this.

The US knows this.

The EU knows this.

And the BRICS geoeconomic planners knows this too. Hence, the decision to put up Nigeria there as a partner nation.

Believe me, if Nigeria joins BRICS as full permanent member tomorrow, the whole west African subregion will board the ship the next day.

If the UN makes good it's intent to restructure the UNSC that will allocate two seats to Africa as being suggested, Nigeria is tipped to be one of the two permanent representatives. The reasons are obvious as described above.

People have legitimate reasons to hate and doubt Nigeria, but the fact remains it's still an influential force to reckon with.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:49pm On Oct 23, 2024
Olatunji1929:
why adding Nigeria? No different between Nigeria and Argentina both are western slave
I understand your point. But, Nigeria's influential position in Africa is too big and costly for any well-meaning economic geopolitical bloc to ignore while seeking to rewrite and rebalance the rule-based world order as it is currently.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:57am On Oct 23, 2024
Ska333ko:
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻Israeli media: 7 soldiers injured on the Lebanese front today were transferred to the Western Galilee Hospital Morgue in Nahariya

IDF are immortal 😂😂😂😂
We said it: injured IDF soldiers means dead IDF soldiers. Otherwise, what concerns morgue with injuries?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:35am On Oct 23, 2024
Ska333ko:
Israeli Army:


123 soldiers injured on the Lebanese and Gaza fronts since Saturday evening

Immorality
Imagine if Hezbollah has an air force.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:26am On Oct 23, 2024
Vl3ly:
⚡️The Israeli occupation army admits that 23 of its soldiers were "injured" in multiple fronts of war during the last 24 hours.
Injured means dead. The high casualty rate is the reason why many soldiers are refusing to go back to their barracks on call . Now, the IDF has resorted to contracting mercenaries to make up for the increasingly huge gaps created by death of soldiers on the Lebanese fronts.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:04am On Oct 23, 2024
nedu666:
Talk is cheap
He is just playing the media.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:06am On Oct 23, 2024
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The problem is, it seems Seun isn't a visionary, Nairaland for him appears to be just a tool for achieving his personal goals, which is extremely short-sighted with the vast potential it has

Smh
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I couldn't have agreed more.

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