Ukrainian War Developments

One of the field camps housing Russian soldiers in Belarus


Today in Kyiv: Adam, a US Army veteran of Afghanistan, leads Ukrainian civilians through a drill, teaching them the basics of an ambush.

Ukraine’s Defense Minister: Russia has not formed a strike group to actually invade Ukraine, but it would require up to a month to do so. It now has 72 battalion tactical groups. Also, we’re going to have major military drills across the country between Feb. 10 and 20.

MarKoz81 said:

is expected that a similar withdrawal of capital from European markets would occur if the fighting in Ukraine was to resume and this is a secondary motive that the US and UK likely have in stimulating tensions and instability. While everyone else stands to lose both economically and physically the US and UK stand to gain financially while bearing no physical losses.

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Good post. I would also add that with China increasingly seen as a safe heaven, we will most probably see capital outflows from EU to China as well

Overbom said:

Good post. I would also add that with China increasingly seen as a safe heaven, we will most probably see capital outflows from EU to China as well

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When the Anglos couldn't harvest China with their usual dollar weapon and cycle of manufactured instability (Hong Kong, Xingjiang, false genocide charges), they still desperately needed capital to flow back into the US as part of their typical 10-15 year cycle operations. Ukraine was just a convenient drama to use and enhance since they have a bone to pick with Russia anyway re Nord Stream and growing friendliness between Russia and the two main European nations - Germany and France. They're hoping just like in the past with Asian Tiger economies crashing, Middle Eastern conflicts etc that capital flows to the US. US is not a safe haven for capital contrary to popular belief but they do have significant first mover advantages and it helps them that they can export much of their inflation created by QE.

Suetham said:

US Army veteran of Afghanistan, leads Ukrainian civilians through a drill, teaching them the basics of an ambush.

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Gonna teach them how to lose after 20 years, too?.

sheogorath said:

Gonna teach them how to lose after 20 years, too?.

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It's very likely. hahahaha

Russia currently has ~90 or more BTGs near Ukraine with more on the way. It appears they are deploying troops to man equipment prepositioned near the border, and they are moving equipment from the big assembly areas (e.g. Yelnya) to staging points closer to the border.

The Pentagon says it has seen Russia sending additional capabilities along its border with Ukraine and into Belarus in the last 24 hours.