Re: Ukraine invasion
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:23 am
Monday, Poland announced it sent some tanks to Ukraine: https://news.antiwar.com/2022/04/25/pol ... o-ukraine/
No word on how many or what type, my money is that they were a few old Soviet-era tanks, like the Czechs sent.
So Russia says "no gas for you" to Poland: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/russia ... al-reports
No word on how many or what type, my money is that they were a few old Soviet-era tanks, like the Czechs sent.
Part of the incentive was Germany offering to give a "trade-in" of Marders and Foxes for those old T-72s:Morawiecki wouldn’t detail what types of tanks or how many were sent to Ukraine. Earlier this month, the Czech Republic sent over a dozen Soviet-designed T-72 tanks, and other NATO members are planning to get more tanks into Kyiv’s hands.
Correction: Marders are not tanks and Foxes are certainly not "wheeled tanks". Of course, I would expect this of a website called "anti-war". Clearly a bunch of people who have never handled a weapon. If it was me, I would have held out for a few of those "legacy" L2a4s. Chieftain may call them "legacy tanks" but they are an upgrade on "legacy" T72s.In the face of criticism for not sending heavy equipment into Ukraine, Germany announced a plan last week to backfill the stocks of European countries that have Soviet-made equipment that can be used by Ukrainian forces. Slovenia is expected to send a large number of T-72 tanks to Ukraine in exchange for German-made Marder tanks, and Fox wheeled tanks.
So Russia says "no gas for you" to Poland: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/russia ... al-reports
Poland.gov spokes-weasel says "don't worry, spring is coming", while Russia gives one day notice of no gas:The International Energy Agency (IEA) issued a statement of solidarity with Poland as Russia is poised to suspend all natural gas supplies to the country over Warsaw's refusal to settle payments in Rubles, as President Putin previously demanded of "unfriendly countries" taking anti-Kremlin action amid the Ukraine conflict.
I hope the Poles held out for some of those "legacy" L2a4s. I'd be disappointed if I got some broken down old recon vehicles in exchange for a cold spring."Poland has the necessary gas reserves and sources of supply that protect our security - we have been effectively independent from Russia for years. Our warehouses are 76% full. There will be no shortage of gas in Polish homes," she stressed. Meanwhile Gazprom has confirmed that by tomorrow the supplies will be halted, after already the Yamal-Europe pipeline reportedly stopped delivering...