jimsmoments89
jimsmoments89 t1_j23gz57 wrote
Reply to comment by Formulka in Russia fires 100 missiles from air and sea - Ukraine by RandomForks
Any country that is more militarized than their neighbours is a potential to threat to those neighbours unless there is a balance. Nothing against Ukraine per se.
Ukraine only needs to reclaim their territory and join NATO. They don't need to have the 3rd largest military in the world after that
jimsmoments89 t1_j23dq1n wrote
Reply to comment by Formulka in Russia fires 100 missiles from air and sea - Ukraine by RandomForks
Makes me wonder if the long-term objective of the west is to, as you say, deplete Russia and weaken them further. But they trade Ukrainian lives to make this happen, and Ukraine can do little to actually get the volume of military material that can end the war through the battlefield in the shorter term.
The EU also in all likelihood don't want to end up having Ukraine as a militarized neighbour that could be a long-term threat. Because the EU and Ukraine still hasn't formalized their relationship, to the EU I think they still see Ukraine as a Troubled ex soviet satellite with baggage.
Maybe the EU wants to keep up arming their own militaries while supplying Ukraine with a matching volume of weapons, as balance and deterrent.
Depleting Russia of weapons and soldiers over time might also open up for the Russian federation to fracture in the future, if local powers feel the central government is weak enough
jimsmoments89 t1_j22vfnn wrote
Reply to comment by CuntyMcAnus in Lithuania defense minister is leery that Russia will run out of ammo by KimCureAll
Yeah and that only because the middleman insurance companies needs their cut
jimsmoments89 t1_ixmom6e wrote
Reply to comment by linkdude212 in Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers used culinary seasoning in food preparation, according to analysis of the oldest charred food remains ever found by marketrent
Probably rocks with odd shapes that are good enough to hold water maybe
jimsmoments89 t1_j24wtk0 wrote
Reply to comment by axusgrad in Russia fires 100 missiles from air and sea - Ukraine by RandomForks
Right, but with NATO involved in Ukraines defense as a de factor member, what Ukraine has in military material matters not as much.
Safe to say it will still be the largest in Europe.