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 Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 8:35am On Feb 15, 2025 |
⚡The UK military is "so run down" it could not lead a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, the former head of the army has said. Lord Dannatt told the BBC that up to 40,000 UK troops would be needed for such a mission and "we just haven't got that number available". It comes after Sir Keir Starmer said the UK would "play its part" in guaranteeing Ukraine's security after the prime minister was asked this week if he was open to sending British troops as peacekeepers. A former Nato chief told the BBC that Britain and France should lead a force of up to 100,000 troops as part of a long-term peacekeeping effort should Russia's war with Ukraine end. US President Donald Trump earlier this week announced he had had a lengthy conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and that negotiations to stop the "ridiculous war" in Ukraine would begin "immediately". Trump then "informed" Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, of his plan. Lord Dannatt - who was head of the Army from 2006 to 2009 - agreed that a force to keep the peace would require about 100,000 troops. However he said the UK would have to supply "quite a proportion of that and we really couldn't do it". "Our military is so run down at the present moment, numerically and as far as capability and equipment is concerned, it would potentially be quite embarrassing," he told BBC Radio 4's The Week in Westminster. "I mean, if we were to deploy 10,000 troops, each rotation for six months, that would effectively tie up 30,000 or 40,000 troops and we just haven't got that number available. "So there are some big issues here that today's politicians won't really have considered." |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 8:32am On Feb 15, 2025 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 8:31am On Feb 15, 2025 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 11:02am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡CAR DRIVES INTO PEOPLE IN GERMAN CITY OF MUNICH, SEVERAL INJURED 1 Like 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:43am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡Dozens of pieces of heavy machinery, including bulldozers and construction equipment, lined up Thursday on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing ahead of their entry into war-torn Gaza, state-linked media reported. Al-Qahera News, which is tied to Egypt’s intelligence services, also said that trucks carrying mobile homes had been stationed at the crossing, ready to enter the Palestinian territory. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:41am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡Pentagon chief accused of treason after Trump/Putin call. Reporter: Are you planning to betray Ukraine to save your lives and protect your country? Hegseth: There is no treason in the actions of the United States. Everyone is interested in peace through negotiations. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:23am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡BILD: Ukraine and Europe will have no place at the negotiating table. They will simply have to accept the result. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:03am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡NASA makes 'emergency' decision as they confirm it's too late to deflect 'city-killer' asteroid — Daily Mail |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 9:37am On Feb 13, 2025 |
WriiterNg:So they finally agree that Russia was too much for them to handle lol A whole 32 nation alliance. What a shame! 12 Likes 2 Shares |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 9:36am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: Quick push for negotiations is not a betrayal. There is no betrayal of Ukraine. The world and the U.S. are investing in peace—through negotiations. Russian aggression was a wake-up call for NATO that it must be stronger. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 8:30am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡Sweden’s government said Wednesday it would boost security at schools after the country’s worst mass shooting left 10 dead, giving teachers the right to search students’ bags among other measures. Schools will be required to have emergency plans for violent situations, access to schools will require keys, door codes or badges, and authorisations for camera surveillance will be simplified, Education Minister Johan Pehrson told a press conference. Teachers and staff will be authorised to search students’ bags without warning at primary and secondary schools and adult education centres. “We are working intensively to improve security for students, teachers and other school employees,” Pehrson said. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 8:29am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡Journalist: Do you see Ukraine as an equal partner in the peace process? Trump: Ummm… interesting question. That was not a good war to go into. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 8:19am On Feb 13, 2025 |
History555: Or maybe even African troops. It's a shame Ukraine will become another Iraq where troops from all over the world will be deployed to. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 7:20am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡China is positioning itself as a potential peacemaker in the Ukraine conflict as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin move toward negotiations. However, the proposal has been met with skepticism in Washington and Europe due to Beijing’s close ties with Moscow. Based on his statements last night, Trump appears to have embraced Beijing’s proposal for a U.S.-Russia summit in Saudi Arabia—one that pointedly excludes Ukraine from the ceasefire negotiations. "I intend to meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia," Trump said after long phone calls with Putin and Zelenskyy separately. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 7:17am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to European countries: I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe. Realities prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor, and to expect a drawdown of U.S. forces in the region. We face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the Indo-Pacific. The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific. Recognizing the reality of scarcity and making the resourcing trade-offs to ensure deterrence does not fail. Deterrence cannot fail. European allies must lead from the front. United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship which encourages dependency. Rather, our relationship will prioritize empowering Europe to own responsibility for its own security. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 5:52am On Feb 13, 2025 |
seunny4lif:Lol the funny part is that he called Putin first. Then posted it on truth social he was gonna loop Zelensky in on what they discussed. So Zelensky is basically a third party in this affair. 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 5:50am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡Reuters was paid millions of dollars by the US government for “large scale social deception”. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 3:28am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡Total Russian defence spending soared last year by 42% in real terms to the equivalent of $462bn. European defence budgets by comparison, including the UK and EU member states, rose almost 12% last year to $457bn |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 3:09am On Feb 13, 2025 |
⚡Fox News: Ukraine's CIPSO received $140 million a month from USAID for fakes, a bot farm for comments, and boosting views. 2 Likes |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 11:39pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡"If Ukraine is not in NATO, then Ukraine will build NATO on its own territory. That’s why we need an army as large as Russia’s today. And for that, we need weapons and money. And we will ask the U.S. for it," Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 11:31pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 11:21pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡TRUMP ON TALK WITH PUTIN: "We expect he'll come here & I'll go there...We want to end that war." |
| Travel › Re: U.S Navy EA-18G Fighter Jet Crashes Into San Diego Bay (Photos) by WriiterNg: 11:15pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:11pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡At least 12 injured in unknown explosion at a restaurant-bar in Grenoble, France — ICI
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:06pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡Multiple people injured in apparent grenade explosion at bar in Grenoble, France - local media |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:05pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡TRUMP: UNLIKELY UKRAINE GETS ALL ITS LAND BACK |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:03pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡TRUMP: TREASURY'S BESSENT IS GOING TO UKRAINE TO MAKE SURE WE GET MONEY BACK. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:02pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡Trump: I intend to meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia. I don't think Ukraine joining NATO is practical. I want the war to end and not to resume fighting after 6 months. Ukraine must make peace. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 10:00pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡Trump says will have first Putin meeting in Saudi Arabia. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 9:59pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡Trump has released Russian Alexander Vinnik, who was convicted in the United States, The New York Post reported on Wednesday, citing a source in the American administration. The creator of the BTC-e crypto exchange was accused of money laundering in the United States. Vinnik may be the owner of one of the largest crypto wallets. It contains 80 thousand bitcoins - about $8 billion. Vinnik was exchanged for Mark Vogel, an English teacher in Moscow, who was detained in 2021 with marijuana at the capital's airport. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 9:55pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡Trump praises Jordan’s King Abdullah: Jordan, you have an tremendous leader. He’s a true leader with a wonderful heart. He loves you and his country. King Abdullah is one of the world’s great leaders. You're lucky to have him! |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriiterNg: 9:45pm On Feb 12, 2025 |
⚡Trump: I just spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The conversation went very well. He, like President Putin, wants to make PEACE. We discussed a variety of topics having to do with the War, but mostly, the meeting that is being set up on Friday in Munich, where Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the Delegation. I am hopeful that the results of that meeting will be positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous War, where there has been massive, and totally unnecessary, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine! |
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