As Trump fumbles, Putin prepares to invade neighbors

[TheBlackAdder]

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First, in 2016, Russia created 25 division formations and 15 brigades, while raising manpower by only 10,000 men. This suggests the possibility that Russia may aim to wage protracted large-scale war using the Soviet model, with a Soviet-type army composed of “skeleton units” that existed solely on paper until they were called up as part of the process of mass mobilization.
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Second, as part of that military process in 2016-2017, Moscow created the 1st Guards Tank Army, the 40th Army and the 8th Army, and deployed them all around Ukraine’s borders. The 8th Army headquarters is at Rostov-On-Don, from where it could strike toward the Caucasus if necessary, or be air- or sea-lifted to the Middle East.
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More recent deployments are even more ominous. On March 8, Moscow announced that the Russian Navy would prioritize ships capable of carrying troops that can perform amphibious operations, which could easily be used against Ukraine, the Balkans, the Caucasus or in the Middle East.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/as-trump-fumbles-putin-prepares-to-invade-neighbors/


My US Intel professor stated that if Ukraine falls, it's 50/50 that Poland will also come under attack at some point.

While Poland is in NATO, it is deemed an acceptable loss to prevent a widespread European ground war with Russia.


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[melm00se]

1. Poland's been a European

pawn in geopolitical games for a couple of centuries, why should anything change now?

[GWC58]

2. Maybe Putin wants

eastern Germany again.