That would be tantamount to a declaration of war. It's not happening -- at least not overtly.
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They want it as a staging area. There is no benefit to messing the the radiation.
So the solution is to start investing more in renewables and not a pipeline
There's been whispers that even his inner cabinet have run out of patience with him but the cowards are too afraid to rebel against somebody who still pulls all the strings.
No. That would cause more damage to Russia than the west.
They want Chernobyl because of it's closeness to Kyiv and the fact it has an airstrip. It allows them to set up a rotating force of air vehicles close to their primary target. The capital.
Those are not official cyber attacks from foreign governments. There is a difference between a cyber attack with unofficial ties to a foreign country, even if we all know it is a covert sanctioned action. And the U.S. or any country actually declaring they are responsible for a cyber attack. That is war.
Russia is attacking with mobile groups --their BTGs.
They try to move around entrenched positions, and cut them off.
Whenever they face resistance, their tanks are typically inferior to Javelin and NLAW fire.
But they try to avoid those fights and then capture residential areas to cause panic.
What is this "something" he hasn't done you want him to do?
What is war in this day and age? The only question is if Putin would respond with cyber attacks as well or conventional
Too bad for Putin. We're all still going to sanction the shit out of Russia.
Well said.
I really hope Biden's government don't do the stupid thing of enacting on official cyberwarfare.
Putin would likely view a cyberattack by the US as an act of war.
Sanctions are the most likely course for Biden.
Sanctions are the most likely course for Biden.
it's not like us EU citizens should freeze to death until new natural gas with other partners are made. It was a grave mistake to make the Union to make us that much dependant to a single country. And I condemn Russia's actions, but I want to be actuallye be able to heat up my house
Sorry, I'm not to well informed about that. I might be too dramatic but Russian border is about 180 km from where I live.
But banning them from swift might cost us money! Those cars are coming to you EU
He won't. It's not happening. Would also be monumentally stupid to announce it and then immediately follow through, which would sort of lock down attribution, wouldn't it? It's a reminder of capabilities -- nothing more.
Russia is a nuclear power, so they could respond with nukes or an equally devastating cyber attack on the U.S.
Dude....
This shit happens all the time and apparently it has be said again: TAIWAN IS NOT URKAINE!
You would starve, then. Doing groceries and coming to work is the status-quo during war. Not the exception.
Again, NATO cannot step out its boundaries. "NATO constitutes a system of collective security, whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party". Ukraine is not part of NATO, so getting involved is risky. At best, they can offer troops for emergency aids or evacuation efforts.
Very, very, very, VERY few people want to get involved in a war. The best case scenario is Russia changing its mind due to heavy sanctions, with NATO supplying Ukraine with tech to hold them out the most they can.
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained of regular such missions by the Chinese air force over the last two years, though the aircraft do not get close to Taiwan itself.
The nature of cyber attacks give governments deniability. Even if everyone knows where they're coming from, it's difficult to prove. I highly doubt that Biden will come out and say that the US is beginning a cyber campaign against Russia.
So, two hours ago there was supposedly a large airborne assault op going on according to Ukraine that was posted in this thread with 18 heavy transport aircraft inbound from Peskov; however I have not seen anything come of it so may have been false or they aborted.
The right wing hate machine will be spinning up at the new refugee crisis as Ukrainian citizens flee the fighting.
Then ignore me. It just came across my feed and made me sit up.
I thought the consensus was that Russia weren't getting it their own way so far?
Putin has invaded a country unprovoked. Obviously nobody wants US troops on the ground. But without that, you start to run into limited options. Sanctions and cyber attacks - something Russia has had no problem doing themselves. There are going to have to be some harsh tools considered given the situation.
You mean like say "I declare cyberwar"? If they do it, they probably won't mention it. What would be gained by taking credit for it?
It's like "let's bring capitalism to China! It'll solve everything" all over again.
It's not only possible, it's part of the Russian playbook. Look up Georgia, for example. Or Sandworm, which attacked the UKR power grid with NotPetya malware.