[AlvinofDiaspar]

Not just energy infrastructure.....

"Hey nice container ship and undersea cables you have there..... Would be a shame if something happened to them."

Though honestly that's always in the gameplan - absolutely zero surprises there. And attacking Nord 1&2, pfftt...

AoD

 

[kEiThZ]

I'm in awe of the strategic genius here....

Also, deeply dismayed to see how easily people are already falling for, "Maybe the Americans did it....."

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

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NATO should make it clear that any unfortunate "incidents" of the same nature to non-Russian assets would be met with similarly unfortunate "incidents".

AoD

 

[Richard White]

NATO should make it clear that any unfortunate "incidents" of the same nature to non-Russian assets would be met with similarly unfortunate "incidents".

AoD

I wonder if NATO could reasonably institute a naval blockade of Kaliningrad? It is surrounded by 2 NATO countries and the only viable exit is by sea.

 

[kEiThZ]

NATO should make it clear that any unfortunate "incidents" of the same nature to non-Russian assets would be met with similarly unfortunate "incidents".

AoD

100%. But also, maybe the Germans will finally understand that their BS appeasement doesn't work. Putin saw their weakness and exploited it.

Hopefully, this means heavy armour and air defence in Ukraine shortly. There's only one way out here.

 

[kEiThZ]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1574672239823581186

 

[Richard White]

100%. But also, maybe the Germans will finally understand that their BS appeasement doesn't work. Putin saw their weakness and exploited it.

Hopefully, this means heavy armour and air defence in Ukraine shortly. There's only one way out here.

Perhaps what they need is a treaty of non-aggression between Russia and Germany?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I wonder if NATO could reasonably institute a naval blockade of Kaliningrad? It is surrounded by 2 NATO countries and the only viable exit is by sea.

Nah, there is no need to threaten their territorial integrity. I'd say Kerch bridge is poorly engineered and suffer from certain structural deficiencies, don't you say?

AoD

 

[kEiThZ]

Ukraine should now be able to use ATACMS that the Americans have definitely not given them.

 

[afransen]

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I'm in awe of the strategic genius here....

Also, deeply dismayed to see how easily people are already falling for, "Maybe the Americans did it....."

Hmmm, can US intelligence cause some unfortunate pipeline failures for export to India and China?

 

[kEiThZ]

Hmmm, can US intelligence cause some unfortunate pipeline failures for export to India and China?

Not needed. They don't have enough pipeline capacity to China. They have zero pipeline capacity to India. All LNG. And Russia doesn't have much LNG export capacity.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Not needed. They don't have enough pipeline capacity to China. They have zero pipeline capacity to India. All LNG. And Russia doesn't have much LNG export capacity.

Besides, refineries are really finicky creatures, and from what I can tell Russian safety standards are kind of awful.

AoD

 

[Towered]

Besides, refineries are really finicky creatures, and from what I can tell Russian safety standards are kind of awful.

AoD

Yes - cigarettes make go BOOM!

 

[Towered]

Me too. This lad was smart, surrender to the first Ukrainians you see, and with luck your mother will see you in person again.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1574418969913614336

Zelensky has been publicly encouraging Russian soldiers, especially new draftees, to immediately surrender once they encounter Ukrainian forces. He even promised that they'll be treated humanely, the opposite of the Russian approach.

 

[Towered]

I wonder if NATO could reasonably institute a naval blockade of Kaliningrad? It is surrounded by 2 NATO countries and the only viable exit is by sea.

I do sometimes wonder about the future of Kaliningrad. I remember reading that there were conversations in the 90's about Germany buying it back from Russia when their economy was in the doldrums, but I'm not sure how serious that ever was (especially given how the entire native German population had been expelled decades earlier and replaced with ethnic Russians). I imagine Russia would be loathe to give up such a strategically important parcel, especially now that it's relations with the EU are at an all time low.