****** launches invasion of ******* - MASTER THREAD

[JimRaynor]

****** has officially declared war on *******.

[markusmod]

Sounds like business is about to pick up.

[BattlingNelson]

Every country having a ******n minority is now in grave danger. That includes Estonia Latvia and Lithauania.

[Razor Ramon]

"liberating" areas with a substantial German population was how Hitler first made his moves.

[jaded]

Sanctions are the only thing that can be done about the situation, unless ***** and NATO are prepared to start WWlll

[BattlingNelson]

"liberating" areas with a substantial German population was how Hitler first made his moves.

Yes. It's precisely what Hitler did.

[Zaroku]

Yes. It's precisely what Hitler did.

Bit by Bit, until Chamberlain slowly realized he was played by a fake peace treaty with hitler..
Putin won’t honor or even entertain the idea of peace. The chimera has been contested a long time.

Now it’s gone.. ****** took japans long contested northern island chain and sells oil to japan..

******ns never forgot how the Japanese beat them in 1905 war..

[Quiksilva]

Putting the world at discomfort. I'm sure if Putin really wanted to, he would've done so many years ago. What is he waiting for?

Escalate already, go invade ******* and see what happens.

NATO and it's allies will be over your ass.

[BattlingNelson]

Putting the world at discomfort. I'm sure if Putin really wanted to, he would've done so many years ago. What is he waiting for?

Escalate already, go invade ******* and see what happens.

NATO and it's allies will be over your ass.

You think the west will let their soldiers be killed for ******* against a nuclear power? I don't.

[Citizen Koba]

Looks like its a slow moving invasion. Im wondering does Putin now officially absorb these territories into ****** like he did Crimea and back off with a victory for his populace, or does he proceed further into ******* attempting to take the whole country?

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/10821...onetsk-luhansk

I'd say slow burn. Hold the areas and wait... does anyone really make a fuss about Crimea any more? Dude's patient and honestly I think a full scale occupation of the rest of the ******* would backfire spectacualrly. One thing simply recognising and occupying a territory that you already effectively control by proxy. Another thing entirely to invade a sizable country and attempt to control a resisting population.

I don't think this is the end of Moscows territorial ambitions but whilst I've also made the comparison to the Sudetenland occupation myself ****** simply ain't got the economic power or the military capacity to seriously threaten the European heartland as Germany did in 1938. Mainly I see em trying to claw back lost areas of the USSR piecemeal over the coming decades.