* Blinken warned Russia against taking any 'escalatory actions' with Ukraine, threatening 'serious consequences' for doing so
* His remarks come amid growing concerns Russia could mount another invasion of Ukraine as they build up forces along the border
* 'Its increasingly belligerent rhetoric, its recent buildup of forces. Its unusual troop movements along Ukraine's border,' Blinken said of Russia
* Vladimir Putin has sent some 94,000 troops to the Ukrainian frontier and the White House has warned Europe to brace for an invasion
Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Russia on Tuesday against taking any 'escalatory actions' with Ukraine, threatening 'serious consequences' for doing so, as more than 90,000 of Putin's troops amassed on the border.
His remarks, made at a joint press conference with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs in Riga, come amid growing concerns Russia could mount another invasion of Ukraine as they build up forces along the border.
Concerns about the Russian buildup will be discussed at meetings of NATO ministers over Tuesday and Wednesday.
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WNU Editor: Russian President Putin has responded .... Putin hopes common sense prevails in the West, red lines will not be crossed (TASS).
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The USA is leaderless. You cannot fight a war without leaders. SJWs don't count. The Russians are tough & are good fighters. They'll eat NATO alive. Keep ducking 🙉
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ReplyDeleteThe last I recall Afghanistan was the last large scale military adventure young Ivans had to endure.
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It is not just surgeons that experience skill decay. It is military organizations, soldier and everybody.
The SU military has skill decay when people retire, die or enter civilian life. You can get some of it back , by recalling people. They would not need as much training as a new recruit, but chances are they are not ready on day one. I would not automatically assume that there are a lot of people, who are Afghan or Iraq vets who could go back in the field. A lot of those people were REMF. There was no active combat really in Iraq since about 2009 for most people in Iraq and 2015 in Afghanistan. So there is a lot of skill decay. Plus the organization learned lesson for guerilla war not Peer on peer conflict.
Invading Chechnya was a large scale maneuver. The first time went horribly. Russia was broke, there was no money for training and the offensive was rushed. Second time the the troops received training and the offensive was methodical. Russia got the desired result.
Russia also has a lot of mercs in Syria and Libya. Okay maybe 5 few thousand to 10,000. Their skill set might not be the best.
The American spec ops get the most use. and probably the best retention of skills. I would expect 10% of those that moved on to not come back because they are burnt out.
Actual combat might get 60% to almost 100% there as far as skill. Training could get you 20% to maybe 60%. Maybe there is some overlap. But if there are more trained people than veterans, veterans can get ground down. The US did it to the Japanese in WW2. The Japanese had much more experience and in the end it did not matter.
Maybe we could rate divisions, active and reserve, on a 4 point scale. Sometime after WW1 had commenced the German general staff rate reserve and active division on the scale. Reserves were not necessarily at the bottom of the barrel.
The whole point is do not assume that since there was not a big hot war that one side was involved in that a potential opponent would get creamed.
PS: Also, Russia has been rotating units into and out of Syria.