Europe is weak due to the American hegemony as a result, they've spent all of their money on their generous welfare states.
Now they're realizing that they have to spend some $$$ on their military.
Posted on 04/06/2024 1:45:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A top Ukrainian commander has warned Russia's forces are ready to “swallow” Europe whole, as he urged Western leaders to prepare their defences for Putin's army.
Deputy commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade, Maksym Zhorin, made the remarks during an interview he gave from an undisclosed location in the southern Donetsk region, and cautioned European allies not to be complacent about Russia's military ambitions.
“Create serious defence systems that could counteract Russia because it will undoubtedly open its mouth and try to swallow the rest of Europe,” he told The Independent.
His comments follow a slew of warnings from Ukrainian officials that Russia's warmongering won't end in Ukraine, as they continue to call on allies to release much-needed military aid (held up in the US and the EU by political wrangling.)
Less than two months ago Zhorin helped lead an evacuation from the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka partly because Ukrainian forces had been left with a considerable disadvantage by the lack of further aid packages from allies.
NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better-armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield, the organization’s top civilian official said Wednesday.
But Kyiv continues to beg allies for the equipment it needs to fend off Russia's forces after more than two years of war.
“Of course, the situation would be a lot more difficult if we didn’t receive the aid at all, but ultimately the cost of hesitation is Ukrainian territory and Ukrainian lives,” Zhorin told the outlet.
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Why would Putin want Europe?
Russia has oil, minerals, gems and farmland
Europe has woke trans ninneys
Who in their right mind wants that headache
What a joke. From what we have seen in the last 2 years, the Russian Army couldn’t beat the Iranians with fighting without nukes or chemicals. They may have advanced technically since WWII, but it seems they still can’t win without overwhelming numbers. In today’s world, all overwhelming numbers gets you is higher causalities. You might still win, but can you continue to afford to win??
Not ‘horrifying’ at all .
More like bullSchiff
-fJRoberts-
“... the Russian Army couldn’t beat the Iranians ..”
just shows what a dumshiite you are.
I don’t fear Putin.
I do fear the US Deep State.
Russia can’t even take Ukraine after 2+ years, but we are to believe that they can take all of Europe? Seriously? Complete fear-mongering nonsense to continue to bleed the US taxpayer.
The Soviets were in real bad shape during the Operation Barbarossa. Yet they took over Eastern Europe.
Putin has no interest in going beyond Ukraine unless of course those Baltic countries now in NATO decide to station nuclear missile there. Sorry Ukraine you got played. You were just another pawn in the global chessboard.
Russian???
More horrified about LGBT, Marxist, decaying Europe.
Puttie wants to be driven down that road where the French planted trees to shade hitlers troops while the nazi troops paraded
Russia barely has enough troops to maintain its front line in UKR - Sweeping over Europe - just a joke.
Nailed it.
We’re all gonna die! scam. Global Warming is going to kill us, A killer virus is going to kill us, an invasion from the south is going to kill us, Russia’s going to kill us, etc. We’re all gonna die. And, in effect that is true that all of us will die in the future, hopefully not right now. But we are tired of the global scams. I can only see a short distance from my front door. God will take care of the rest.
Absolute fear mongering bullshit. You are absolutely correct.
What ridiculous crap. Or should I go to our American Atlantic Ocean beaches and keep a vigil watching for landing of invading Russians? While I’m doing that should I chant ‘RUSSIA!, RUSSIA!, RUSSIA!’?
Europe has been virtually destroyed anyway. How could a Putin invasion be much worse?
Russia -- about 145 million in population. Europe -- about 700 million in population. The European Unions portion of Europe -- about 450 million in population.
It is interesting that the congitive dissonace holds that 1) Russia is too weak and/or too incompetent to beat Ukraine with less that 40 million in population, and that 2) Russia will "swallow" up Europe whole.
The both cannot be accurate assessments. Therefore this headline and interview are of another purpose. As before, send more money. And now probably send more troops.
Europe is weak due to the American hegemony as a result, they've spent all of their money on their generous welfare states.
Now they're realizing that they have to spend some $$$ on their military.
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