#escalation

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

Wir haben ja von alledem nichts gewusst. - We knew nothing about all of this.

Nie war der #Ernstfall für #Deutschland so fassbar wie dieser Tage. Wer jetzt eine #Eskalation in Kauf nimmt, sollte sich Deutschland im #Krieg vorstellen: Das Land wird eine #Diktatur werden.

In Schweden und Finnland wurden bereits Broschüren verteilt, in denen man die Bevölkerungen auf einen Waffengang vorbereitete. Stündlich wird dergleichen auch für die Bundesrepublik erwartet

The #emergency for #Germany has never been as tangible as it is these days. Anyone who accepts an #escalation now should imagine Germany at #war: The country will become a #dictatorship.

In Sweden and Finland, brochures have already been distributed in which the populations have been prepared for a war. The same is expected for Germany, every hour.

Overton

#taz über ATACMS-Raketen, die Worte: „Last-Minute-Flüge nach Russland“.
#taz on ATACMS missiles, the words: “Last-minute flights to Russia”.

mlansbury@despora.de

Video purportedly showing North Korean soldiers at Russian military camp published

The footage was shared amid reports that #Moscow plans to involve #Pyongyang in the full-scale war against Ukraine in the coming months, with around 10,000 #NorthKorean soldiers being prepared to join the #Russian army

#Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said that the first group of 2,600 soldiers will be deployed to Russia's Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine began a cross-border incursion in August and still holds significant swathes of territory. He said that close to 11,000 North Korean troops are in Russia and will be "ready to fight" in Ukraine by Nov. 1.

https://kyivindependent.com/north-korean-soldiers-reportedly-equipped-at-russian-military-camp-video-shows/

#RussianAggression #invasions #escalation

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

Just another scary opinion, which most probably will not become true.

I believe there is a clear connection between the successful Storm Shadow attack on the general staff building in Sevastopol and the decision to ship #ATACMS to Ukraine now. I also note that the decision to supply the American missiles will surely be followed in a few days by the German decision to ship its long-range #TAURUS missiles. Both decisions have till now been held back on grounds that they would lead to a Russian #escalation of the war. Now it would appear that, facing imminent defeat, the Biden administration is throwing caution to the wind and is ready to risk outbreak of a direct, not proxy Russia-NATO war.

As a further straw in the wind, I point to another deeply troublesome bit of information that you will not find in The New York Times. The Russian news ticker today carries a report from a Russian commander in the field in Ukraine that his unit just destroyed a Leopard tank and found that the entire crew was Germans. Two of them were killed and one injured tank officer was taken prisoner. Those manning a Leopard surely were not soldiers of fortune but genuine #Bundeswehr boys. Put in other words, #NATO is now directly on the battlefield and not as advisers or instructors. We are headed into very dangerous territory.

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