Putin did his homework in some areas too- particularly in regard to Germany. He groomed Gerhard Schroder bigtime while he was chancellor, and -even to this day I believe- Schroder is on the board for Rosneft, Gazprom, and the for the Nordstream2 project and getting a million bucks (not rubles) a year from Russia. Yeh, that's what love looks like.
Yes, we are watching Russia attempting to seize the oil, gas and coal natural resources in eastern Ukraine. And as a reminder Ukraine is a sovereign nation, and Putin is the aggressor & completely in the wrong.
The WC-135W is active in Europe today. Its appearance anywhere is quite rare. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae0941 This is an airborne "sniffer" - frequently used to track radioactive fallout, chemicals in the atmosphere etc. https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104494/wc-135-constant-phoenix/ https://www.armadainternational.com...usaf-deploys-aircraft-to-sniff-for-chemicals/
Putin's false flag trying to open up war against another country... Putin's war on brink of entering new nation as Russia denounces Moldova 'terror' attack VLADIMIR PUTIN has sparked speculation his Russian war is spreading after a string of mysterious explosions rocked Transnistria, a breakaway Russian-controlled territory in Moldova. https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...ria-latest-explosion-terror-sanction-military
Five chilling ways Putin could turn Ukraine war NUCLEAR from nuke bomb over Black Sea to all-out World War 3 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18410998/five-chilling-ways-putin-could-turn-ukraine-war-nuclear/
from different forum,stories from US Servicemen stationing in Germany during 70's,80's A funny story: on REFORGER, we send a supply truck to our deployed unit in Munich. It should have been a one-day round trip. But the airman disappeared for three days! He finally returned and said he couldn’t find “Munich”. He searched and search and slept in his truck but all he found was someplace called “Munchen” … so he decided to go back home. Extrapolate these tidbits from the unit level to the national headquarters to the NATO headquarters and chaos reigns. I’ve been very charitable regarding my experiences with REFORGER exercises designed to counter a Soviet attack. But one more story about the low quality of our leadership. The USAF general in charge inspected our unit. He congratulated us on pitching our tents and equipment in the open with perfect symmetry. Ouch! Our entire unit could have been taken out with one staffing pass. Our tents should have been in the treeline with our tactical radar camouflaged on the tree line. These idiots were not approachable, accessible, or rational. It was hopeless! “NATO only has enough ammunition for three days of air-to-air combat. Does this really matter? Given the existence of BVR munitions, 50% of NATO pilots will be killed on the first day of combat.” I’m sure that didn’t sit well with the USAF pilots. “Look at this Soviet tank. You can change the treads on this tank in 30 minutes in the field. US tanks need to be sent back to the depot to change the treads. Also, notice the much lower profile on the Soviet tank. The driver can’t be more than 5′ 4” to do his job. But the low profile means that the Soviet tanks can’t raise the gun very far. Their solution: attach logs to the back of the tank. If in the “hull down” position, climb on the logs to raise the gun to its optimum elevation. All very practical and cheap to implement.” “All of the above point to the fact that NATO is nothing more than a public relations stunt.” Nato is a Military-Industrial-Political complex FUD scam — follow the $$$’s. The PR is just part of the cover story etc. It does not stand the “hot lead” test unless it is against some minor 3rd-world nation that can be pillaged (e.g., Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, etc). The main problem for them now is they have believed their own BS about framing Russia as a backward 3rd-world entitiy. Now the imaginary word-smith (part of the complex) collapses to zero and only the real kinetic counts. The cretins that let these retards in the EU rule them are the real issue. But without critical education what can be expected except emotional hysteria in the drama dept. When peak outrage arrives then it is going to get ugly in cafe-latte-land.