Intriguing. Not the kind of forces you'd normally use for that but as recently discussed they seem to have reconstituted them into a kind of regular infantry role.
If you want to be really pissy about it, then you can also claim that any country who trades with the UK is also a legitimate target, because when those countries trade with the UK they are providing money or services which will aid in or be transferred part of to the UK government through taxes.
How exactly could they achieve that though? I would assume the Tu-95s are either firing from Russian or international airspace so Ukrainian interceptors would need to fly out and engage them, which would require potentially (and most likely) risking being destroyed by SAMs and any bomber escortsUkraine needs a free hand to take those TU-95s out.
How exactly could they achieve that though? I would assume the Tu-95s are either firing from Russian or international airspace so Ukrainian interceptors would need to fly out and engage them, which would require potentially (and most likely) risking being destroyed by SAMs and any bomber escorts![]()
I suppose, given most of us work in the UK and pay taxes - some of which goes towards defence spending, some of that is then spent on supporting Ukraine - making us legitimate targets for the Russian military.
We may be a legitimate target - A nuclear armed, NATO member, legitimate target - Russia can be annoyed that we are helping Ukraine, but attacking the UK would just make things much worse for Russia.
Le Pen demanded a government enquiry to prove that her and her party's talking points and policies were not just copy paste Kremlin propaganda
The investigation has now concluded; and the result is that actually yes, Len Pen and her party's statements and policies is in general just copy-paste Kremlin propaganda
Agreed, just as Russia has a nuclear deterrent, so too does the UK, and most of NATO. I suspect China wants nothing todo with Putin’s nuclear brinkmanship. What china wants is to be #1 and not be nuked back (along with every other possible trade customer) to the stone age.
As far as I'm concerned Russia already attacked the UK in Salisbury using a biological weapon. We just gave them a few stern words back then though.Ignoring Russias thuggery over the years is why we are where we are now IMO.We may be a legitimate target - A nuclear armed, NATO member, legitimate target - Russia can be annoyed that we are helping Ukraine, but attacking the UK would just make things much worse for Russia.
Have to agree.As far as I'm concerned Russia already attacked the UK in Salisbury using a biological weapon. We just gave them a few stern words back then though.Ignoring Russias thuggery over the years is why we are where we are now IMO.
Which is why having 4 Vanguard class submarines, each capable of dropping 40 x 100KT warheads on whomever has earned our wrath is money well spent.We may be a legitimate target - A nuclear armed, NATO member, legitimate target - Russia can be annoyed that we are helping Ukraine, but attacking the UK would just make things much worse for Russia.
I worked on these, all be it a long time ago now.Which is why having 4 Vanguard class submarines, each capable of dropping 40 x 100KT warheads on whomever has earned our wrath is money well spent.
It means that countries that don’t like us, whinge about us on social media rather than invading.
Have to agree.
By the same token, the West were not concerned with Crimea when it was taken (unless I'm mistaken, but that's how it came across).
Hence in some fashion at least, the situation is now as it is.
Yes, if civilians are killed as part of destruction of infrastructure. That is indeed, war.All civilian casualties are sad in any war on any side.
Russia is far stronger then Ukraine, so if Ukraine resorts to tactics that results in some civilian deaths it's unfortunate but such is war
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Russian military is raining incendiary munitions down on their towns in Belgorod region on the border
They don't even think twice, like maybe there is another way to fight an insurgency - nope they go straight to let's burn it all down like Bakhmut
So now there is a new meme. How do you destroy a Russian city? Easy, send a 100 poorly equipped green men into the city, occupy it for a day and the Russian military will show up and bomb the city to ash. Then move the green men to the next city, rinse and repeat
I suppose, given most of us work in the UK and pay taxes - some of which goes towards defence spending, some of that is then spent on supporting Ukraine - making us legitimate targets for the Russian military.