Caporegime
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You were the one who implied Putin thinks Biden is a joke.
You think he respected the previous President?
You think he respected the previous President?
You were the one who implied Putin thinks Biden is a joke.
You think he respected the previous President?
Russia wants that water for Crimea and nobody will stop them from getting it.
So Biden has withheld congress approved funds for Ukraine, that sounds so familiar, I can't quite pin down where I have heard it before. Anyone for some Peach Mints?
Russia wants that water for Crimea and nobody will stop them from getting it.
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Wouldn't Ukraine just sabotage the canal in that instance?
This is the actual reason this'll kick-off, regardless of all the posturing/sword-rattling that Russia will do to see how far the new US administration can be pushed. Crimea needs a fresh water supply as the Ukrainians cut-off the existing one (the North Crimea Canal), which supplied 90% of the total, back in 2014 and they're now running dry with it costing the Russians a lot of money to keep them supplied so, in their minds, they need to "confiscate" just a small section of land to get access back to this fresh water source and they'll use force to do so.
This fresh water issue has been known about, and reported about, for years.
I think that the above portion of Yellow area would be the prime target for any offensive, gaining control of the main fresh water supply, whilst showing military strength, shoring up home political worries and all over a small bit of land just 40 miles by 100 miles which the rest of the world won't fight over.
Of course the Ukrainians will fight back, and hard, which is why so much Artillery etc is being brought in i.e. stuff that has the range to fire from "Crimean" territory so gives Russia the excuse that it hasn't put troops into the "Ukraine" which everyone knows is a load of cobblers.
Apparently Biden chickened out on sending the ships to the Black Sea.
The "cancelled" US Navy visit story - https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-usa-turkey-russia-int-idUSKBN2C12U3
The US is saying that Turkey may have "misinterpreted" the request as the voyage "was never confirmed" and that the USN frequently tells Turkey that it will send ships into the Black Sea but doesn't always carry out the voyage.
Presumably to test the Turkish government's ability to keep their mouths shut?
So apparently Putin saying he won't have a discussion/meeting with Biden in relation to this - not really a good sign.
The U.S. canceled plans to send two warships through Turkish straits into the Black Sea this week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday, after Russia warned American vessels to stay away from a coastal region it annexed in 2014.
“The U.S. verbally canceled their passage yesterday. We’ve not received a written statement yet,” Cavusoglu said in an interview with NTV TV. “The ships can still pass within three days after the scheduled days but if they don’t then they have to notify Turkey again 15 days in advance of their passage.”
Also, twitter seems to be having some issues at the moment but I did see some reports of apparently new sandbags appearing in front of buildings in the occupied areas - if true then what do they know about what is coming...