Tag: Eastern Europe

Frontline states want EU cash as Russian threat intensifies

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“In recent months Russia has flown fighter jets into Estonian airspace and sent dozens of drones deep into Polish and Romanian territory. Its ally Belarus has repeatedly brought Lithuanian air traffic to a standstill by allowing giant balloons to cross its borders. And last week, Moscow’s top envoy Sergey Lavrov issued a veiled threat to Finland to exit NATO.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/frontline-states-eu-cash-russia-threat-defense/

Putin Wanted Moldova… Now He’s Losing Transnistria Instead

Posted on by Lone Candle

Russia likes to heavily support breakaway regions to have influence in a country and to weaken and divide those who may oppose Russia’s power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgxVmB0rvCE

How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead

Posted on by Lone Candle

“For Russian men, war now advertises itself like any other job.

Offers for front-line contracts appear on the messaging app Telegram alongside group chats and news alerts, promising signing bonuses of up to $50,000 — life-changing money in a country where average monthly wages remain below $1,000. The incentives go beyond cash, with pledges of debt relief and free childcare for soldiers’ families and guaranteed university places for their children. Criminal records, illness and even HIV are no longer automatic disqualifiers. For many men with little to lose, the front has become an employer of last resort.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/05/russia-planned-war-of-attrition-00672960

What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another

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““On the territory issue, Americans are simple: Russia demands Ukraine to give up territories, and Americans keep thinking how to make it happen,” a senior European official familiar with the negotiation process told POLITICO on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.

“The Americans insist that Ukraine must leave the Donbas … one way or another,” the official added.

Ukraine has insisted that any peace deal must involve the war being frozen on current lines. At present, some 30 percent of Donbas is still in Ukrainian hands.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-wants-from-ukraine-leave-donbas-one-way-or-another/

Let’s Crush the Biggest Myth About the Ukraine War

Posted on by Lone Candle

Defenders are more likely to win longer wars. So, the idea that Ukraine can’t win because the war is going on so long, is backwards. The U.S. revolution was an eight year war.

The Americans were largely getting their asses kicked and were dependent on foreign aid, but in the end, they won.

The aggressor usually sustains more casualties compared to the defender. The defender often gains resolve the longer the war lasts, while the invader questions why they are doing this in the first place. The defender is fighting for their homes, their territory, and their independence, while the invader is fighting to gain something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wMCTv_9alQ

History Tells Us How the Ukraine War Could End (it’s worse than you think)

Posted on by Lone Candle

We can’t assume other people in history and in the current world think like us. Not everyone is a reasonable person who can be reached with diplomacy. Some people are ideologically psychopaths and are willing to kill many many people to get what they want. Such people can only be stopped by force.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDqn27gl2vg