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The Pentagon has expressed no concern regarding the advance of Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Pentagon’s press service reports.
Source: European Pravda, citing Sabrina Singh, Deputy Spokesperson for the Pentagon
Details: “No, because at the end of the day, Ukraine is fighting for its sovereign territory that its neighbour invaded. So, if we want to de-escalate tensions, as we’ve said from the beginning, the best way to do that is Putin can make that decision today to withdraw troops from Ukraine,” Singh stated, when asked about the potential escalation of tensions due to Ukrainian forces entering Kursk Oblast
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What are they going to do? Invade Ukraine?
oh now that they have been invaded they really did it. They will attack so many others. they will go totally two front. maybe three or four. there is no limit to the number of fronts they will do because thats some 5d chess warfare.
They’ll finally bring those elite units they’ve been saving since 2022
What escalation? They’ve thrown everything they have at Ukraine already.
Not everything,
Yeah, that’s the elephant in the room. Also, am I crazy or is getting Ukraine nuclear missiles the answer to this artificial power imbalance…? Like, I know no NATO country can just pack and ship Ukraine nukes, but… If we provide them aid to defend their country and they saw fit to somehow purchase nuclear warheads and put them on their missiles… Wouldn’t that be a good thing?
They’re now a stable, mature, corruption-free country. If they publicly and loudly announced: “We now have nuclear missiles, and they’re aimed at Moscow and the homes of everyone in the Kremlin, deal with it.”
I’m definitely not one for nuclear proliferation, but that would get rid of Russia’s “trump” card and might be the only way they back down…
You do know that Ukraine willingly dismantled its nuclear arsenal? And I would hardly call their country corruption-free, but that’s a different topic altogether. I think this is why it is so important for NATO to be the backbone of the Ukrainian defense efforts, as they were the voices encouraging them to rid themselves of nuclear weapons.
Ukraine willingly dismantled its nuclear arsenal
In exchange for assurances that Russia wouldn’t invade them. They won’t make that mistake again. And it’s not just me, NATO and organizations around the world have vouched for Ukraine’s continuing efforts to root out and remove corruption.
Not only got rid of their nukes, but in agreement with Russia that that their territory would be respected.
The nukes were their protection from Russia, and Russia stabbed them in the back after they got rid of them. Russia used the “NATO expansion” excuse, among others, as a reason to invade when it was Europe who worked to de-nuke Ukraine in the first place.
It’s important to understand Russia’s current economic situation. The sanctions have been brutal, but China has managed to keep them afloat. A significant (nuclear) escalation would turn China against Putin immediately.
China’s economy is also in a precarious position right now. Their massive housing bubble is in the process of bursting. Xi will not tolerate instability on that scale.
Why would China turn against Putin for them using their nukes? I don’t keep up much on their relations.
China needs exports to Europe and the US. A nuclear war is not good for anyone
Russian nukes would be aimed at western countries.
China sells to western countries.
Even if Russia only used nukes in the Kursk region in response to these events, the global condemnation would be close to universal. China would risk their own sanctions if they continued supporting Russia after that sort of escalation.
This makes sense, thanks
There’s a big chance the West doesn’t just retaliates against Russia but at the same time launches to China and North Korea, so it’s in everyone’s best interest to not launch any nukes. You can imagine China getting a bit antsy every time Putin talks nukes in such a scenario.
An exchange of nuclear weapons would be expected to ignite many fires and to spread dust and fallout into the atmosphere - similar to a large scale bush fire, volcanic eruption or a meteorite hit, depending on the size and number of weapons. This would have a chilling and darkening effect on the climate, causing crop failures worldwide. A world-wide nuclear winter effect would impact everyone, not just the parties to the conflict.
That’s why, for all the posturing and sabre rattling, even the most belligerent states don’t want a nuclear war - it means destruction of all sides, and massive casualties around the world.
Its only a special military operation. Why would they need to escalate?
What is with this place it kind of seems they have been fighting over it for the length of the war?
Oblast just means “territory” or similar. Which is why you see it appended onto a lot of the names of places the fighting is taking place in.
Russia wants what Ukraine’s got, including control over parts of the Black Sea. These are the areas at the border. It seems like they’ve been fighting over the same parts because they have. Russia hasn’t been able to take and hold much if any ground.
Yeah, the West appears to be quiet as well. They are pleased with the results. It seems that if Ukraine had told their Western counterparts what they were planning beforehand, they’d be dissuaded. Further threats from Putin might be taken seriously by the West and not call the bluff.
But since the offensive into Kursk was successful and Kremlin is panicking at the moment, the West appears to be satisfied well enough to continue with further incursions. This, in itself, is calling Putin’s bluff about escalation.
If their nukes are in as good a condition as their trucks were in 2022 we don’t have much to worry about.
Unlike the tanks, all they need is one nuke to work. 1 out of 5000.
Probably don’t even need that, if they can get some ICBMs to just launch it is probably going to trigger something humanity may not be able to recover from.
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Sabrina Singh looks cute af, why tf she working for a building full of killers, called The Pentagon, when she could be doing better things for society?
You should try and get of the house and touch some grass.
Don’t put the grass in danger of his micropenis.
