to test nato.
Interesting hypothesis.
i know that, you know that. But does putin believe it?
I have no idea what Putin actually believes, these days.
Fixed that for you.
yeah was originally going to put america refusing first then europe folding afterwards but thought it would be functionality the same and would be distraction from russia gain
ukraine has a depth of land for defence that a small country like estonia just doesn't have
Yes. Denmark also has its soldiers as part of that force. Are countries that do not have forces present going to send reinforcements? For instance, those that have forces in one of the other Baltic countries that is not attacked?Estonia is one of the countries home one of the eight NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroups. It's the one lead at the moment by the UK.
An attack on Estonia at this moment would be a direct attack on British and French forces. There are similar Battlegroups in Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, made up of forces from a number of NATO countries.
NATO Enhanced Forward Presence - Wikipedia
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Yes
I hope that at this point, everyone involved has learned that the answer is yes. At least in my opinion, speaking as a civilian who doesn't have all the intel the actual armed forces have.
Estonia is one of the countries home one of the eight NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroups. It's the one lead at the moment by the UK.
An attack on Estonia at this moment would be a direct attack on British and French forces. There are similar Battlegroups in Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, made up of forces from a number of NATO countries.
NATO Enhanced Forward Presence - Wikipedia
- Will he support all peace efforts, or only those coinciding with Putin's wishes ?
www.bbc.com
Just posted that in the Hybrid Warfare threadGerman interior minister Alexander Dobrindt said russia was behind the recent failed drone attack on a German airport NATO uses to send military goods to Ukraine.
Germany has ordered the closure of the russian consulate in Bonn and also of something called the russian House in Berlin, which 'many observers have said has been used for espionage and to spread Russian propaganda.'
Germany says Russia behind Leipzig airport drone attack
Germany says Russia behind Leipzig airport drone attack
A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at the airport close to Ukrainian cargo planes on 4 August.
Russia and Ukraine have already been fighting each other in Africa, with African troops involved.
My two cents: World War 3 begins when most/all of the world is fighting. Which it likely won't be even if all of the Western world is suddenly at all-out war with russia (which wouldn't even be a particularly long war, one way or the other). Chances are you won't see most of Asia, Africa, Central and South America, and Oceania start actively fighting for Ukraine or russia. WWII became a world war because the white people had already colonized most of the world, that's not the case today.
