I’ve run into a couple of stories that have said 2 Polish army units are in Ukraine. One (of Russian Origin) states it as unqualified fact. Another opines that they might be mercenaries, volunteers, or just “Advisors:” sent with some equipment for training / delivery.
So my question is just “Is there any truth in any of that”.
We know that all military from all sides will be indulging in propaganda and “fog of war” secrecy. We know that getting any real information from anywhere with battle going on is hard at best, and nearly impossible in this war. So no, I don’t have an answer to my question. Just some pointers to bits of information.
Using DDGo or worse, Google, mostly just gets you the Western Propaganda POV. Using Yandex gets you the Russian Propaganda mixed with some truth. Doing “compare and contrast” on the two of them gives a better idea of what is most likely the truth.
So starting with our propaganda about their propaganda:
https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-spy-chief-says-us-poland-plotting-division-ukraine-2022-04-28/
April 28, 2022
5:57 PM UTC
Last Updated 24 days agoRussian spy chief says U.S., Poland plotting division of Ukraine
LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign spy chief accused the United States and Poland on Thursday of plotting to gain a sphere of influence in Ukraine, a claim denied by Warsaw as disinformation aimed at sowing distrust among Kyiv’s supporters.
Sergei Naryshkin, the chief of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), cited unpublished intelligence that he said showed the United States and Poland, NATO allies, were plotting to restore Polish control over part of western Ukraine.
“According to the intelligence received by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Washington and Warsaw are working on plans to establish Poland’s tight military and political control over its historical possessions in Ukraine,” Naryshkin said in a rare statement released by the SVR.
Poland denied the claim and said it was disinformation spread by Moscow.
At a minimum, Russia has been “talking dirt” about Poland having designs on part of Ukraine. Remember that at the end of W.W.II, Poland got moved west a few hundred miles as a chunk was glued onto Ukraine. So there’s some bits of Ukraine that were historically bits of Poland from time to time (as Poland goes into and out of existence as a formal country a few times in history…)
So Russia is trying to stir up some trouble by claiming Poland has designs on Ukraine. Which Poland might, or might not. TBD. To Be Determined (some other time by someone else or by events as they unfold).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to submit a draft bill to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the status and assistance to Polish citizens in Ukraine, which is similar to the one, which has recently been endorsed by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in relation to Ukrainians.
The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his speech in the Ukrainian parliament in the presence of Polish President Andrzej Duda.
The full text of the speech was posted by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrij Sybiha on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“I particularly thank the Sejm of the Republic of Poland for the law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens, which has been adopted recently. This is an unprecedented decision, according to which our citizens, who have been forced to flee to Poland due to the Russian aggression, will be granted almost the same rights and opportunities as Polish citizens. Legal residence, employment, education, health care and social benefits. It is a great step and a gesture of the great soul, which only a good friend of Ukraine could have made. This step will not remain unilateral. In the near future, I will submit a similar – mirror – draft bill to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,” Zelensky told.
Meanwhile, the President of Ukraine expressed hope that Polish citizens would never face a situation, where they need such benefits in such conditions, in the conditions of the war.
So the two presidents are making nice at each other and the two countries are saying that in times of crisis “Y’all Come” and be treated like citizens, more or less.
Some folks have decided maybe there’s more to it than that…
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-threat-of-polish-involvement-in-ukraine/
The Threat Of Polish Involvement In Ukraine
The war against Russia in Ukraine has evolved, but not in the way Western observers predicted.MAY 10, 2022|3:00 PM
DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
“In economics,” wrote John Kenneth Galbraith, “the majority is always wrong.” Galbraith might have added that in military affairs, there is a mountain of historical evidence to suggest that American generals and military analysts are always wrong, too.When the Spanish Civil War ended in March 1939 after three years of brutal fighting that saw Soviet, German, and Italian equipment, advisors, and troops in heavy combat, senior military leaders in London, Paris, and Washington found surprisingly little evidence to suggest a profound change in warfare. In fact, a U.S. Army officer who later became a major general witnessed the fighting and suggested that, “In Spain, the theories proclaimed for the devastating power of Panzer divisions and other massed armored formations used ‘independently’ are apparently refuted by actual events.” Five months later, events in Poland would repudiate these words, but at the time, his views were widely shared in the West.
The war against Russia in Ukraine is different from the Spanish Civil War. It’s a proxy war designed to employ the full range of American and allied capabilities against Russia in Ukraine. If Americans are beginning to wonder whether Washington’s enormous investment in Ukrainian assistance has colored the opinions of U.S. analysts and their evaluation of events in Ukraine, their suspicions are justified.
Within days of the war’s outbreak, President Biden signed off on an emergency spending package that included $13 billion in aid to Ukraine, half of which was allocated for military purposes. Combined with the recently promised $33 billion in additional military assistance to Ukraine, the total cost of U.S. taxpayer-funded military assistance to Ukraine in 2022 approaches the Russian army’s annual budget. Perhaps most important, in Ukraine, U.S. advisors provide intelligence and targeting guidance along with the rapid resupply of critical war-fighting equipment.
As the fighting raged in Ukraine, as if on cue, retired U.S. Army generals appeared on television to herald an imminent Ukrainian victory based on the country’s allegedly spectacular battlefield successes and Russia’s extraordinary incompetence. Russian forces, they argued, were doomed to defeat by serious tactical errors, logistical shortfalls, and weak execution. In retrospect, some of these comments involved “mirror imaging,” but much of the criticism almost certainly reflected the sunk costs of U.S. investment in Ukrainian military capability.
It did not take long for American analysts to insist that the Russian military leadership had made the unpardonable mistake of not “front-loading” the Russian offensive in Ukraine with strikes from precision guided missiles, Desert Storm-style. American military pundits and their British colleagues were also quick to pass judgement on the failure of Russian ground forces to race west along two or three major axes. If Ukrainian forces could inflict enough human and equipment losses on Russian forces, the narrative went, Moscow would abandon its objectives and withdraw its forces. Of course, expecting the Russians to suspend operations on such spurious grounds makes about as much sense as expecting Washington to sue for peace after Pearl Harbor.
The retired generals paid little attention to the operational situation. Contrary to the picture painted by Western analysts, Russian ground forces pressed forward, moving methodically along a 300-mile front to identify and selectively attack Ukrainian forces.
Few analysts in the West knew or cared that Russian commanders were instructed to avoid collateral damage to the civilian population and infrastructure. Initially, concerns about collateral damage clearly constrained the Russian army’s action, but in time, Russian operations encircled key urban areas in Eastern Ukraine where Ukrainian forces sought to establish defensive strongholds stocked with ammunition, food, and water. Russian operational intent changed, focusing on systematically reducing the encircled Ukrainian forces and not on capturing metropolitan areas.
That was I point I’ve raised a few times too, that the initial attempt by Russia was to avoid damage. When that wasn’t working so well, then they started to make it messy.
Russia’s enormous advantage in strike forces—rocket artillery, tactical ballistic missiles, conventional artillery, and aircraft—combined with significant Ukrainian deficiencies in mobility, air defense, and strike assets, made the Ukrainian decision to defend inside urban areas inevitable. But Ukrainian forces’ inability to effectively maneuver and coordinate counteroffensives on the operational level ceded the strategic initiative to Russian forces early. It also simplified the conduct of Russian “attrition by strike operations.” Key Ukrainian airfields, bridge sites, railway junctions and transportation assets were neutralized or destroyed, isolating forward deployed Ukrainian forces from resupply or reinforcement.
Ten weeks after the conflict began, it is instructive to re-examine the strategic picture. The war against Russia in Ukraine has evolved, but not in the way Western observers predicted. Ukrainian forces look shattered and exhausted. The supplies reaching Ukrainian troops fighting in Eastern Ukraine are a fraction of what is needed. In most cases, replacements and new weapons are destroyed long before they reach the front.
Confronted with the unambiguous failure of U.S. assistance and the influx of new weapons to rescue Ukrainian forces from certain destruction, the Biden administration is desperate to reverse the situation and save face. Poland seems to offer a way out. More important, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have both expressed the desire to erase the borders between Poland and Ukraine.
Unconfirmed reports from Warsaw indicate that after Washington rejected the proposals for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, along with the transfer of Polish MIG-29 aircrafts to Ukrainian pilots, the Polish general staff was quietly instructed to formulate plans for intervention in the Ukrainian conflict by seizing the western part of Ukraine. Naturally, military action of this scale would require Kiev’s approval, but given Washington’s de facto control of the Zelensky government, approval for Polish military intervention should not be a problem.
Presumably, the Biden administration may hope that a collision involving Russians and Poles in any form—including air and missile strikes against Polish forces on the Ukrainian side of the border—would potentially call for the NATO council to meet and address Article V of the NATO treaty. Whether a Polish military intervention into Ukraine justifies the commitment of NATO members to war with Russia is unclear. Action still would be left up to the judgement of each NATO member state.
I would not put that past them. Create a NATO Crisis to get direct NATO involvement.
There’s some good comments here (but how valid?):
Poland trading some cannon fodder for western Ukraine?
https://twitter.com/wargonzoo/status/1528330476590612480
2 battalions of Poles arrived in Pavlograd This is reported by the project’s sources
According to our data, 2 battalions of Polish infantry moved out of Kiev the day before and have already reached Pavlograd.
Each battalion has 4 Rapira anti-tank guns, armored personnel carriers and American armored cars. Currently, the Polish infantry is being prepared for transfer to the Avdiivka front. Whether we are talking about regular troops or mercenaries – now it is difficult to say.But in any case, the appearance of these data against the background of Zelensky’s dancing with the Rada about the participation of foreign contingents in combat operations looks quite logical.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 22 2022 18:58 utc | 119
Pavlograd is in EASTERN central Ukraine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlohrad
Pavlohrad (Ukrainian: Павлоград, pronounced [pɐu̯loˈɦrɑd]; Russian: Павлогра́д, pronounced [pəvlɐˈɡrat]) is a city and municipality in central east Ukraine, located within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It serves as the administrative center of Pavlohrad Raion. Its population is approximately 103,073 (2021 est.).
Back at that prior MOA link:
Draft bill announced today in Ukraine will allow Polish police and army act on the territory of Ukraine, Polish citizens to be elected in Ukraine and have access to military secrets
This pretty much means that Poland will move into Ukraine shortly to “Protect” it.
Posted by: Respo | May 22 2022 19:03 utc | 121
But some other folks think that’s a misunderstanding of what was actually said. (Which is likely given the various languages and translations involved along the way).
@133 Before everybody starts freaking out note that this piece of ‘news’ came from Andrew @ 77 who probably got it from Semyon Pegov aka “WarGonzo”…\
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFkNBpETBIQ
Posted by: dh | May 22 2022 19:54 utc | 139
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My predictions are otherwise.I reckon the RF will settle for those areas where they will have the support of the majority of the citizens, the east and the south. What could they possibly want with the rest of it? They will never win elections there. The RF must know that no deal will ever be honoured by the Ukrainian puppet government so they will only take what they can hold by force. I know that won’t achieve denazification but I doubt that Sun Tzu ever recommended being honest about ones military objectives. The RF will obviously try to set up a new federated state (Novorossiya?) in those areas and support it militarily till they can support themselves.
The fighting will eventually peter out as the RF digs in at the new frontier and the Ukrainian rump state will basically collapse. At that point I would not be surprised if the Poles move into Galicia and the Rumanians and Hungarians reoccupy some of their old territories under the guise of humanitarian intervention. What is left of Ukraine will probably recognise how cynically they have been used by the west (and the US in particular) and do their own de-nazification.
Or maybe things will go nuclear, at which point all bets are off.
Posted by: MarkU | May 22 2022 20:34 utc | 150
And then the “Did Not” to the “Did So”:
Draft bill announced today in Ukraine will allow Polish police and army act on the territory of Ukraine, Polish citizens to be elected in Ukraine and have access to military secrets.
Tom_Q_Collins | 22 maggio 2022 20:40 utc | 151I don’t know what the source of these claims is – from the attached link Ze did not say this; he said:
“Aside, I thank the Polish Sejm for the recently adopted law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens. This is an unprecedented decision, according to which our citizens who have been forced to move to Poland due to Russian aggression will receive almost the same rights and opportunities as Polish citizens. Legal residence, work, training, medical assistance and social security. This is a great step and a gesture of a great soul, of which only a great friend of Ukraine is capable.
And this step will not remain one-sided. In the near future I will present a similar, specular project to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. God forbid that Polish citizens ever need all these advantages under such conditions, under conditions of war.”However, I share the great fear that they are planning some mess (I wrote it a few days ago starting from Duda’s speech on May 3)
Posted by: FZappa | May 22 2022 21:43 utc | 172
So it does look like something is afoot between Poland and Ukraine, but exactly what is a bit cloudy.
Using Yandex pulls up this site. It has a bunch of purported detailed reports complete with photos of the action in Ukraine, but Wiki says it’a Russian Moutpeace while the wikispooks says they have good information even if a bit rah-rah-Russia.
https://southfront.org/destination-ukraine-part-two-will-poland-go-rogue/
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<Written by Brett Redmayne-Titley. Read Destination Ukraine (Part One) … The Ignorance Of WarImportant factors have come into play this past week as reported from the streets here in Warsaw.
While NATO, the US military and Ukrainian president Zelensky have to this point been thwarted by the nuclear realities in their goal of fomenting World War III in Ukraine it may be that Poland, due to its own ulterior motives, will do the dirty work on their behalf.
NATO member countries and the political leaders of each have expressed very public reticence towards crossing into Ukrainian territory with their national armies. Zelensky’s whistle-stop tour this past week in attempting to solicit the support of these same leaders by shaming them publicly has almost universally fallen on deaf ears, if not created indignation amongst each nation’s media, a media that seems to be quickly turning on Zelensky himself. As mentioned in the recent article, “Destination Ukraine: The Ignorance of War,” it is media derived popular support for war that is essential to furthering NATO goals. To lose that support means peace.
NATO has rarely stood for peace.
However, the singular exception to this sudden western coup that now seems ready to cast Zelensky aside and force him to accept the Russian proposals for peace is Poland.
Judging by the established reports coming from the Donbas of Eastern Ukraine, NATO has mere days to stir the pot of war away from peace via some manner of sudden escalation that will thus allow NATO to enter Ukraine. Yesterday, Mariupol fell to Russian troops and the remains of the Azov battalion and its generals there are surrounded. The Russian goal of the liberation of the Donbas including Donetsk and Luhansk is now only a matter of days away.
While some reporters suggest that the impetus to draw NATO onto Ukrainian soil may come from Germany or via a bio-weapons attack orchestrated by American military bio-weapons interests discovered there, the more likely player may be right here: Poland.
After five days here in Warsaw this allegation of Poland’s ulterior motive came to my attention first by my translator Andrew and was confirmed during one of my many interviews with local citizens.
Often the most important story is right before one’s eyes and materializes only when paying close attention while attentively walking the streets.
If Poland is not held in check by its NATO brethren, this war is far from over.
[…]
It should be remembered that just before Biden’s arrival Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski had offered a Polish idea to Washington. Poland would send a tranche of 28 Russian MIG-29s to Germany so that US pilots could then fly them to airbases within Ukraine. This was not very funny on many levels. For many good reasons, this was summarily rejected by Washington, since this Polish ploy would trigger WWIII.But Kaczynski was not finished with crafting further lunacy in an attempt to hide its possible ulterior motive, beyond that of driving a NATO entry into the war.
Two weeks ago Kaczynski offered that Poland now intended to seek NATO permission to send its military to the Ukrainian city of Lviv in order to establish humanitarian corridors that would allow Ukrainian refugees who were escaping west to safely enter Poland. There are many problems with this, but the most important, beyond NATO Article 5, is that Lviv is not on the Polish/ Ukrainian border as many western reporters have claimed. Lviv sits eighty kilometres to the east, firmly inside Ukrainian territory.Lviv’s true proximity makes Kaczynski’s claim of “humanitarian” efforts as duplicitous as was his offer of used Russian fighters the week before. If this was done, and should a single Polish military member be attacked, injured or killed by Russian forces- allegedly or under false pretences, Article 5 would require NATO to immediately enter the war on behalf of defending, not Ukraine, but Poland!
NATO, again, rejected this madcap plan for obvious reasons. Kaczynski did not. Why?
Reports from the refugees, aid agency workers and journalists who have been embedded in Lviv have told this reporter that although they have seen and heard bombings and rocket strikes in and around Lviv, they have not witnessed or reported any civilian targets being hit or any civilian casualties. The mayor of Lviv confirmed this publicly in a post on Telegram this past Saturday after his city took at least six strikes on Friday night just hours after Biden’s war-torn speech in Warsaw while Kaczynski sat watching in the wings.
Have the Russians also been listening to the streets?
[…]
Poland’s Ulterior Motive?: The Lviv Connection
760 years old, Lviv City is situated on the crossing of two profitable ancient trade routes. It developed and flourished rapidly and became one of the main trade centers of medieval Europe. It is reportedly a beautiful city full of the architecture of many influences including Austrian, Ukrainian and Polish since at various times in history all three laid claim to Lviv.Lviv became part of Ukraine when taken by the Ukrainians from Austria in November 1918 with the creation of the West-Ukrainian People’s Republic and the unification with Great Ukraine. But Lviv became Polish from 1919 to 1939 and Polish culture via immigration put a Polish stamp forever on Lviv that remains strong today. This takeover only served to intensify the resistance of the Ukrainians and consolidate them in the fight for a return of Lviv to Ukrainian sovereignty.
In September 1939, as a result of collusion between Stalin and Nazi Germany, Lviv became a part of the Soviet empire and with Ukraine being a USSR satellite it was returned to Ukraine under the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement.
Here lies the rub, or possibly Kaczynski’s ulterior motive in repeatedly dangling a means for NATO to enter Ukraine during the past few weeks.
The Poles have never been happy with the Soviet land grab that included Lviv and this is yet another reason they detest all things Russian. In talking with several Poles they would like to see Lviv returned to Poland, but the reality that this would require war has meant that it was just not worth the sacrifice.
But a return of Lviv has always remained in mind. This was evidenced in 2018 when a fringe Polish political party, The Confederation of Independence and Freedom Party, managed its historic and largest, yet relatively insignificant, number of seats in the Polish Parliament. Part of their platform is the return of Lviv. Certainly, these parliamentarians do not have the influence to drive Poland to war, but their platform does indeed show that the return of Lviv remains firmly in the minds of the Poles and their politicians.
Until a month ago such grand designs were opposed due to the need for a war to accomplish them. Now, that war is on the border and for the opportunists who may wish to reap the spoils of this war this may be their moment of opportunity. According to the streets, Kaczinsky himself sees this war as a chance not seen since the annexation of 1939.
Should NATO or the Polish military enter Ukraine via Polish borders the eighty kilometres to Lviv will be breached in a matter of hours since there is very little available Ukrainian defence with all forces dedicated already eastwards. Similar to 1939 the Polish/ Ukraine border could be redrawn once the current war turns into an armistice. Possession being 9/10th of the law during any ceasefire, this advent could see Lviv sit again on newly re-marked Polish soil.
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/South_Front
SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence is a public non-profit analytical project. It was launched in the summer of 2015. It is regulated by an independent team of volunteers and experts from 13 countries. The project provides analysis of battles in conflicts, evaluation of the major world power armed forces, and study of tensions between countries. Their focus is on international relations along with crises and use a number of media platforms with an emphasis on social networks.
[…]
Funding
The stated objective of the project is to be an independent news source without any government or corporate support. It is supported exclusively by crowdfunding and individual donations through PayPal and Patreon.Opposition
South Front has faced censorship and other measures from some companies. South Front report that the website has been subjected to cyber-attacks in 2015, which they attribute to the Atlantic Council and other NATO-related organizations.YouTube
On 24 April 2015, South Front had its original YouTube account with millions of views deleted by a copyright claim from Nordic Filmworks LTD over a critical montage of their “Stand with Ukraine” video. The video was deleted after the first strike, but several months later received an additional strike despite already being deleted. South Front launched an appeal that encouraged viewers to message YouTube over this violation of guideline, however, the channel remained deleted. South Front’s Facebook page was also suspended without warning around that time
So with Youtube & Paypal dissing them, they must be doing something right. Pissing off the GEBs In Charge is a pretty high endorsement ;-)
My take on it all?
I suspect that there are a few “Advisors” from Poland along with some shipments of gear, and I suspect that a significant part of Poland would like to reclaim the chunk that was “given” to Ukraine by Russia after W.W.II. I’m also pretty sure that the NeoCon Hawks would love to get some NATO action going. Look at all the money to be made off of hardware contracts for replacement equipment! Then blend in all the hype about Russia failing and the picture painted that it would be a cake walk to drive them out…
So it could happen. Poland might be ready to send in some troops. But I really do think that would be a Very Dangerous Action. The risk of W.W.III would be high.
OTOH, IFF Poland reached an “agreement” with Russia, along the lines of “You take the Russian bits, we take back the former Poland bits (and maybe toss the former Czech and Bulgarian bits back to their former owners…) we might be able to have a (relatively) peaceful “Partition Of Ukraine”. (Legal niceties aside…)
Arguing against this is the Russian Propaganda trying to stir up trouble by saying Poland is out to do it. They wouldn’t be pushing that if they really thought folks were “up for it”; they would be quietly working to cut a deal… Plus the Euro-GEBs and the DNC would not want to lose the Money Laundry and $Billions slush funds.
So I think it is very much a “Watch This Space”; but unlikely anything is “happening now”.
Musings from the Chiefio 
Another site Chief, POV is that the US 40 B cant buy operators or experienced blooded fighters
https://sonar21.com/debating-scott-ritter/
Not our Farm Not our Pigs.
Putin isn’t a Western Threat, thats BS MIC.
Hell, they can’t even get the story straight, Putin outa ammo or Putin a Democracy Threat.
At this point, all I wanna see is Sell-insky the Mooch and Car Salesman….DEAD.
I’m fed up with his Illegal Immigrant type Mooching.
Along with his Nazi Whorshipping Military.
Beyond that, Not our Farm, Not our Pigs
[Reply: While leadership in countries at war are “public persons” so subject to insults w/o recourse under US law, and folks typically wish ill on the side they oppose: Please refrain from requests for the death of various country’s leadership folks. Not only is it prone to leading to boosterism and picking sides, but it may well be a criminal act in some countries. IIRC, Turkey has such a law making it a capital offense. As I can’t track the law in every country, and remember forever every statement of ill will, and don’t want the blog banned nor potentially me in some foreign jail if I forget and vacation there… I’d like death requests to be moderated. Thanks, E.M.Smith ]
Another site worth following. Pro Ukraine, but seems to be reasonable in its analysis
Link: https://medium.com/@x_TomCooper_x
There is no suggestion from any credible sources that Poland has reached any sort of agreement with Russia nor that they have sent troops to Ukraine.
We have a large number of Poles here in the UK and none have any interest at all in recreating old borders from a conflict that ended 80 years ago and whose borders had anyway changed numerous times in the previous 100 years. Its like saying we in the UK want bits of America back!
Since 2014 The UK have had troops training the Army In Ukraine in modern weaponry and Nato tactics.
They withdrew as soon as Russia moved in and Nato has explicitly forbidden any of its forces to cross into Ukraine.
Russia on the other hand has pulled in foreign troops from a number of places including Syria.
Lvov will have to wait. Biden is upping the ante against China, and undoing 50 years of American policy v.v. China. First, war with China. Then war with Russia.
Chris
Selensky is a Jew, so are members of his govt. He and others had grandparents murdered in the holocaust by the Nazis
Yes, this is your Farm and your pigs. Until Biden came up with $40 billion a few weeks ago the UK had trained the Ukraine army from 2014, supplied modern weapons and generally been the leading western nation in standing up to Putin who is a murdering thug. His untrained troops have killed numerous civilians in cold blood and war crimes investigators, even as we speak, are investigating their atrocities. Civilians have been deliberately targeted and numerous residential bocks flattened.
We withdrew our troops when Putin-No I don’t intend to invade Ukraine- then invaded Ukraine and created 6 million refugees.
Please look up Pax Romana and Pax Britannica. We now have Pax Americana and that is why this is your farm and pigs. As you have grown in power you became the worlds policeman (and accrue substantial benefits in prestige and trade etc)
As far as Russia is concerned the UK is the number one threat and Putin has suggested various inventive ways he will wipe us off the face of the earth. If they attacked us, are we not one of your pigs? Or Germany? Or Italy? or any of the dozens of countries who are your allies?
The UK has lost countless thousands of troops fighting with you in recent decades, costing us much heartache and much money. You threw us to the wolves when you ran away in Afghanistan. You have some dozen other alliances outside of Nato. Biden is at the Quads now. Is Japan or Australia or India not any of your pigs? Or The Philippines or Taiwan?.
Would you just walk away? Not your Farm, not your pigs?
America is at its lowest ebb since I worked at USAF Greenham common 50 years ago. The MAGA slogan looks a bit of a joke. Your country appears to be in terminal decline. It is in the free worlds interest for you to recover, but reading your comments it seems you believe no one else counts any longer.. Have you ceded the world to China and its junior partner Russia?
Its a small world complex world full of tangled alliances that have helped make America wealthy through worldwide trade but it is very much your farm and you have lots of pigs.
@climatereason; very good observations and reasoning. A PIG farm is what it is. Any good pig farmer will recognize the semblance. The GEBs wanted Putin to sweep through Ukraine and get rid of that pesky populist that threaten their cozy world order. Oops The Giant Russian war machine inherited from the Warsaw Pact is a worn out paper tiger when confronted by an opponent willing to fight back. The Eastern European nations that have quaked and felt the crush of RUSSIAN troops are chaffing to get even. As long as they don’t invade the bounds of Russia, as recognized by treaty, Putin can not mobilize all of Russia and it’s atomic weapons to follow him on his little adventure of Empire building. They may have cheered while he was winning but will turn on him as the realize the mountain of body-bags he is filling with their sons. Those “Low Moral” defeated Ukrainians are now planning to drive all Russian troops out of All of Ukraine.
Prophecy says that “the Brothers of the North will unite and establish a PAX, to outlaw War.” It appears to me that this is underway as a NATO shield is being assembled for the small Eastern European Nations to stand behind. Putin’s dream of a Greater Russia.will die with a whimper. ..pg
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” … Lviv is not on the Polish/ Ukrainian border as many western reporters
have claimed.” [so says Kaczynski]
Hmm? It is 50 miles from the Polish border and about 700 miles (west) of the Russian one.
Orlando is about 50 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and 700 miles from Memphis.
50 miles on paved roads takes about 50 minutes. In the U. S. west, people commute farther, daily. We have a different perspective on near versus far.
Hmm, John, is that as the crow flies miles or road miles, must be great circle route miles :). Birmingham AL to Orlando FL, via road is closer to 600 miles (I’ve driven it). Memphis TN is roughly 200 miles WNW from Birmingham, AL, by road (I’ve driven that, too).
Have you tried Bing? So far they still seem to be shooting straight on search results (but you get the ads from using it). I have tried it and get much better results than DDG or Google.
According to the established route finders here in the UK the distance to the polish border is 43 miles.
In badly aimed cruise mills terms that is a couple of seconds
@PhilJourdan:
Yes, I use Bing sometimes. It does bother me a bit that it feeds M$oft and Msr. Gates… so mostly I use others. DDGo is usually first (but use dropping fast as they joined the filter and hide brigade…). Google if I want The Official GEB Propaganda spin. Yandex to get the Russian POV / spin and see what sites Google & DDGo are blocking. Bing if I’m not seeing a good enough selection otherwise or as a quality check. Sometimes ask.com and some others if I’m looking for change… boredom break.
Its a little more than 800 miles from Orlando to Memphis.
(I did 650 miles yesterday with three job stops. But if it would have been 750 I really would not have felt any different at the end of the day.)
@EM – after DDG went woke, I started looking for alternatives. One I found that was supposedly highly rated was Presearch. But not complete enough for me. Then I found an article that rated Bing the highest for returning unfiltered results. I swallowed my contempt for Billy boy and am switching back to it.
I think you might find this discussion by Hoover Institute Fellows; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilqKqh-J1hk about Ukraine war policies to be interesting…pg
DDG is also bleeding Microsoft! So why use it, when Bing gets you better results and does the same thing!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ddg-tracker-blocking-carve-linked-180844219.html
Try this one “https://metager.org/” but keep looking. I’m not entirely happy with it but believe they are trying.