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News Forum - Ukraine’s Zelensky defies Russia’s ultimatum to lay down weapons
Russia said on Monday that the West should have no illusions that Moscow will simply put up with the Nordic expansion of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance to include Sweden and Finland, casting the move as a mistake that would stoke military tension. Vladimir Putin, Russia's paramount leader since the last day of 1999, has repeatedly cited the post-Soviet enlargement of the NATO alliance eastwards towards Russia's borders as a reason for the invasion of Ukraine. Ryabkov, who led talks with the United States on a doomed Russian proposal to halt NATO's eastward expansion, said the decisions by Helsinki and Stockholm to join the alliance were a mistake. "The general level of military tension will rise, predictability in this sphere will decrease. It is a shame that common sense is being sacrificed to some phantom provision about what should be done in this unfolding situation," Ryabkov said. Russia has given few clues about what it will do in response to the Nordic enlargement of NATO, saying merely that there would be a "military-technical response". Russia will not 'simply put up with' NATO's Nordic expansion (msn.com) So if Russia invaded Ukraine in order to keep NATO from it's border. Besides the fact Finland joining NATO is sweet sweet irony. Wouldn't the addition of Finland in fact argue for the end of Russia's "Special military operation" against Ukraine? Isn't it at this point pretty much a waste of resources? I'm pretty sure any raise in military tension has to do with Russian tanks in Ukraine than anything else. Russia has given few clues since they don't have any options. They lack the resources to militarize the border with Finland and even doing so only justifies Finland's actions. They can threaten to send nuclear weapons to the Baltics, but fact is they are already there. They can cut off energy exports, but Finland has already prepared themselves for that eventuality. There just isn't anything Russia can do that would make a difference. -
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News Forum - TripAdvisor’s 2022 Best of the Best Awards includes 2 Thai hotels
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News Forum - Dengue hasn’t gone away – Dengue fever in Thailand 2022, and how to avoid it
I got it long ago here you do NOT want to get this....took me weeks to recover.....wiped me off the board..hospital 4 days -
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News Forum - Studies show Omicron infection in vaccinated people “turbo-charges” immunity
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News Forum - Studies show Omicron infection in vaccinated people “turbo-charges” immunity
Getting a little heated on here. Calm down please. Moderator.
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