Comments by "GorillaGuerillađșđŠ" (@gorillaguerillaDK) on "Anders Puck Nielsen"
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Great work as always Anders.
I watch a few Russian YouTubers and follow some on other Social Media.
Also some who are older and not in risk of mobilization.
Itâs always interesting to see their takes on the political climate inside Russia!
Another issue I would absolutely love hearing your take on, is the request for more modern weapon platforms, such as Multirole/Fighter Jets, (Gripen, F16, etc.), Multirole/CAS like attack helicopters, more air defence units, and of course, more Leopard 2.
Is it even realistic for Ukraine to retake Crimea within a foreseeable future unless we supply these platforms???
The Russians are heavily entrenched by now, preparing for Ukraine going on the offense!
My personal opinion is we might as well start making sure Ukraine can receive and utilize such platforms - Iâve learned a long time ago a saying I try to implement in my own life, âhaving the right tools is half the job" - and I think itâs about time we start focusing on giving Ukraine the right toolsâŠ..
As always, thank you for your insight - as always, your perspective is very much appreciated!
Tusind tak for at du bruger tid pÄ at dele dine tanker om krigen med os Anders!
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 @stefviljoen8928Â
Heck yeah, I don't know if he do any lecturing now, but I know he has been very involved in education within the Royal Danish Navy and I know he's currently a Royal Danish Navy Commander, and work as a Military Analyst and a Researcher at the Royal Danish Defence College, Institute for Military Operations, Center for Maritime Operations, and that he's a specialist on Ukraine and Russia.
And that he's a common guest in especially Danish News Media whenever they need someone with profound insights into matters relating to the two countries!
(This is ALL available as OSINT, so I'm not doxxing anything here).
I can't help get the impression that he's a "nerd", and I mean that in the most positive way possible - and I get that impression from how he spend time doing this as well, and how his enthusiasm for sharing his insight shines through even when it's tough topics - in my experience this is also what makes people great as teachers, this joy and enthusiasm for explaining things.
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Profiteering from war isn't new, but the use of mercenaries were on a decline, and what makes this different is that it's a direct involvement as a operative outside of but for a state.
Something similar happened when groups like the former Blackwater started taking a more aggressive role.
But even them to as bad as they were, they were hired to provide security details to VIPs and facilities.
Now, as Acadmi, and similar companies owned by the same group of people, they are involved in all sorts of shady shit and participate directly in the war in Yemen, in training Chinese pilots, training and acquisition of weapons for a range of smaller states/countries.
Oh, and of course, providing the US Homeland Security with extra personal during the 2020 BLM protests, where they acted as "federal agents" with next to no accountability....
The close ties Academi has to a certain group of political operatives in the US is also quite worrying....
But at least, so far, Academi et al hasn't the same ties to the Intelligence Services, (although they do have their own), as ChVK Vagnera has to GRU....
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 @nian60Â
I honestly don't think sending Gripens would benefit Ukraine much.
And I don't say so to criticize the Gripen, I think it's an awesome plane, and think it would have been great if my own country had bought it instead of the F35.
However, IMHO it simply takes to long to train pilots to another plane, so it's a lot better getting them planes they're used to.
But if Germany gives the green light to give Ukraine "big cats" here on the 20th this month, then it sure would be great if Sweden would offer them some.
I know Poland has offered to send them 12-15 of their Leopards, as I recall it Spain has also offered to do it, and if countries like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of course Germany also send some, then togheter with the IFVs/light tanks and infantry vehicles, and artillery they are receiving it opens up the ability of full scale combined warfare.
In regards to air I think they have better use of anti-air weapons.
Just my humble opinion!
And of course I don't mind!
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 @wendten2Â
A pipeline that is about to become absolutely useless to Russia, but blowing it up can still put a scare in the countries close to the pipeline, it gets blown up 24 hours before a new pipeline, that runs from Norway to Poland and passes relatively close by the region where the explosions happened is opened, it happens in a part of the Baltic Sea where Russia often operate, especially the explosion close to Danish territorial Sea, and happens just outside, (less than two nautical miles outside Danish Territorial Sea).
The following weeks Russia is very busy messing around in Kattegat - knowing that the new pipeline from Norway, through Denmark, to Poland run through the area where they suddenly have three ships cruising around like the captain on one of the vessels had lost one of his contact lenses and the others were trying to help him find it!
Add to this, the pipelines are insured, Russia had an agreement that they still had to deliver a certain amount of gas at a fixed price to Germany, and this was a way to get out of that agreement and try to push Germany to be against further sanctions and to buy gas through other pipelines, at a higher price!
Also, do you seriously think that the US would risk alienating close allies in the region by blowing up nearly useless shit in their allies backyards?
Do you seriously think Biden would approve such an operation and risk ruining negotiations with the Danish government about using Danish ports as transit hubs and getting access to Denmarks most Eastern military base?
The country that basically has the right to tell the Americans to pack their northernmost airbase down and go home - especially at a time where the Americans are negotiating with the Danish government about getting to make said airbase larger�
The Americans really didnât have much to gain from it, and A LOT to lose!
The Russians really didnât have much to lose from it, but a lot to gain on several fronts!
(Including exposing how vulnerable we are to attacks on our energy supplies)
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 @blousesarebestÂ
No, Blackwater doesn't exist anymore, it's Academi now - but aside from that, it would probably make it a lot more difficult for Ukraine to get accepted into the EU.
Most European countries has signed an international resolution to stop the use of mercenaries.
This is why it was so important that Ukraine offered an acceptable structure for foreign volunteers, (their "foreign legion").
Funny fact, Russia has also signed this resolution, which is why ChVK Vagnera and similar organisations/companies doesn't exist officially as PMC.
However, they might be registered as Security Services, (like G4S), as a form of "cover"....
IMHO another issue regarding Academi and the possibility of their involvement - I don't think the owners are interested in assisting Ukraine!
There's several issues at play, aside for it not being in the best interest of Ukraine to hire them.
There are rumors, but to my knowledge yet unconfirmed, that Academi and ChVK Vagnera has been collaboration on projects in Africa.
And while it is a private owned corporation, Academi is still tightly linked to a specific group of political interest groups in the US and to say it mildly, they are not particularly fond of POTUS Biden.
A last reason is also that POTUS Biden isn't particularly fund of companies like Academi - and if you recall it, he was involved in removing immunity of Blackwater operatives for their involvement in the Nisour Square massacre.
Biden can barely trust his own security detail - I think it's safe to assume he's not interested in helping funding an organization that would be happy to see him gone.
But of course, that's just my assessment of how the Biden administration views Academi!
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If a structure doesn't have specific military value, but has significant importance in regards to uphold life of the civilian population, then it's a violation of the Rules of War.
This means, prolonged targeting of powerplants in an effort to create a humanitarian catastrophe is a violation of the Rules of War.
Targeting hospitals is a clear cut violation of the Rules of War.
Deliberately targeting civilians, (not counting collateral damage when targets do have military relevancy), is a violation of the Rules of War.
Declaring annexation of an occupied territory is a clear cut violation of the Rules of War!
Attacking civilian buildings of cultural significance is also a violation of the Rules of War.
Perfidy, (such as waving a white flag, and then attacking when your opponents closes in to take you in custody, also a violation of the Rules of War.
Killing or torturing PoW is s violation as well
Using places like hospitals, elderly care homes, nuclear power plants, etc., as a hideout/base of operation, is a violation too, (if you're not allowed to shoot at it, you're not allowed to draw fire towards it either)...
In regards to power plants, taking out structures as part of an all our assault can be valid as a military target, but only temporarily if the purpose of the attack is to shut down power to let's say an airstrip before attacking it!
Or if the powerplant can be seen as influential on the effort to wage war, such as a powerplant supplying an arms production facility!
Same goes for other forms of infrastructure - if it has significant military value, then it's usually a valid target!
The bridge from Russia to Crimea, transport of military supplies and soldiers, definitely a valid target!
A pedestrian bridge in the middle of Kiyv used by joggers and and dog walkers - nope!!!
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 @67wouterÂ
As I expected, you have NO idea of how NATO actually functions!
NATO didn't participate in the invasion of Iraq;
In fact, several NATO countries opposed it!
NATO's involvement in Iraq started much later, with a UN mandate and on the request of the Iraqi government, in fact the Iraqi government has recently asked NATO to stay a little longer, as NATO soldiers are helping training soldiers there.
Heck, I got two friends who's deployed there right now.
One of them is there to teach officers in the armed forces about the Rules of War, and the Importance of them.
Also, NATO's involvement in Libya was with a UN mandate!
You do realize that just because a country that is a member of NATO does something, doesn't mean NATO is doing it!?
NATO is a seperate entity, it's a extremely democratic organization where every major decision is voted on - all members have veto power, and if just one country decides to use it, NATO won't be involved - but that doesn't mean the countries can't do what they want on their own - it just won't be in NATO regi...
It's completely BS that NATO "became a vessel for increased aggression against countries outside of the treaty", au contraire NATO created the Partnership for Peace program - and yes, that included Russia.
For a time we all hoped that Russia would become a democracy like it's European neighbors - and we even conducted military operations togheter!
Russia took part in the UN mandated, NATO lead KFOR mission, Russia took part in missions to deal with piracy!
Heck, there was even efforts to make Russia part of the Enhanced Partnership Program, a status that would bring it even closer to NATO and possible membership!
But then Russia decided to invade a sovereign neighboring country that also were part of the PfP program, back then it was Georgia, and the efforts to bring Russia closer cooled off for a couple of years, but the US insisted that new efforts should be made and negotiations had started, but then Russia decided to invade Ukraine, again a PfP program member on its way to get Enhanced Partnership status!
And logically it has cooled off any beliefs in the possibility of Russia being interested in peaceful relations!
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 @DMW-1989Â
Hvis du gÄr ind pÄ Karriere i Forsvaret, sÄ plejer de at have en sektion vedrÞrende Civile Job opslag.
En anden mulighed, som mÄske kan vÊre interessant hvis du er troende Kristen, er at kontakte det nÊrmeste KFUM soldaterhjem og hÞre dem om de mangler arbejdskraft.
Der kan du ihvertfald indgÄ i noget hvor du er med til at skabe nogle hyggelige timer for vores soldater.
(Det er vist ikke et krav at du skal vÊre Kristen, men da der bliver holdt andagt/bÞn mv., sÄ er det nok et minimum at du kan huske dit Fadervor, uagtet om du er troende eller ej).
Fra min egen tid i forsvaret kan jeg huske at nogle af de soldater der brugte KFUM rigtig meget var nogle af de vÊrnepligtige der mÄske havde det lidt svÊrt i forhold til det sociale, men som egentlig gerne ville det.
Men nu er det selvfÞlgelig ogsÄ ved at vÊre MANGE mÄner siden, og mÄske er de unge idag en smule mere omsorgsfulde overfor hinanden, og flere af de her personer kunne have det lidt svÊrt med de sociale aspekter bliver i stÞrre grad sorteret fra idag, pga vi nu ved mere om Autisme og ADHD.
(Egentlig synd, for der er nogle skarpe hoveder iblandt dem, men omvendt er der muligvis ogsÄ en Þget risiko for PTSD efter udsendelse).
Men ellers ved jeg nÊsten ikke hvad jeg kan foreslÄ, mÄske spÞrge den nÊrmeste veteran café om de kan bruge lidt hjÊlp?
Derudover er jeg desvĂŠrre blank.
DesvÊrre er medicin krÊvende tilstande selv idag en lidt kompliceret problemstilling nÄr det handler om Forsvaret - og det er selvfÞlgelig rigtig synd nÄr du tydeligvis rigtig gerne vil noget med Forsvaret.
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 @ChurchCommitteeÂ
Well, if you counted all my responses, then I guess you're right and I've written more posts than the 15-20 or something connents I thought I was at.
Yes, I engage in the conversation under several of Anders P. Nielsens videos.
Sometimes I just express that I'm delighted to see another video from him. I have absolutely no idea if he has ever read a comment of mine, I sometimes add my thoughts on the topic, mention things I wish he had mentioned, or ask questions - just like most others do when commenting on YouTube.
I'm sure you can find videos where I've engaged even more than I have so far on this one!
Well, you got lucky, I was watching the Superbowl, so I answered pretty quickly.
If you had any real knowledge about NAFO, the history behind, and the enormous amount of internal disagreements there is in this movement, you would also know that it is based on volunteers who raise fonds through charity to various projects benefitting Ukraine, and counter the constant attempts of dishonest Russian historic revisionism and disinformation spread by vatniks, (you know, you can just look up what it means right? As you might have guessed it's a slang word, and yes, you're right, vatniks isn't something positive), and of course by Glavset, aka Yevgeny Prigozhin's "Trolls of Olgino", and various European social media "influencers" who assist Russia in their spread of propaganda to "justify" Russia's imperialist efforts and their war of aggression towards a democratic European country that has no interest in being a vassal state to Russia.
Oh, and in case you haven't realised it, the moment you and I engage in debates on the topic of Ukraine, we both become low key volunteer contributors in one of the outermost layers of hybrid warfare.
It is unavoidable as long as there is a war going on, and there is people who support Ukraines right to exist without getting invaded, occupied, and having a neighboring country attempting to steal Ukrainian territory - and people who think the old Kissinger way and insist we should accept that some countries has the right to wage war to uphold hegemony in their "sphere of influence" - or even worse, thinks that Ukraine is just part of Russia and thus should submit to the rule of Kremlin!
As long as the war is raging, and these viewpoints are the defining narratives of the two sides, any contribution to the debate is de-facto part of hybrid warfare.
Although, in our case, a very low key and in a grain of salt in the universe kind of way....
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 @JABN97Â
The reason the incident you mention can be considered problematic is that the collateral damage it caused was due to the mission being successful.
Of course, if it's a valid military target, it's always about countering the risk of collateral damage towards how critical it is to take out the target - and figure out how to terminate it while trying your best to avoid collateral damage!
Now I'm not familiar with the case in question, but I sometimes have to question some of the decisions made by Dutch courts on military issues.
Now as I said, I'm not familiar with this exact case - and there might have been very valid reasons for the court to rule as they did - BUT, I also remember that a Dutch court ruled against UNPROFOR DUTCHBAT for their role at Srebrenica in 1995!
FFS, it wasn't DUTCHBAT who failed at Srebrenica, it was UNPROFOR leadership!
Just like NORDBAT2 in Tuzla in 1994, DUTCHBAT was denied CAS, (or any other forms of support), against the Serbs, however, the Danes in NORDBAT2 had something DUTCHBAT didn't have, 10 big beautiful cats, (aka Leopard Tanks), so when the Serbs started carpet-bombing the Danish and the Swedish soldiers they were at least able to fight back - DUTCHBAT had nothing!
And yet a Dutch court blamed them for not stopping the Serbs!
That was disgraceful behavior by the court IMHO!
But my small rant aside, and sorry about that, I just had to get it off my chest...
So, in this case, it was basically an "unsuccessful" attack - not because the Russians shot them down, BUT because the Russians "took control" over the drones, (jammed them and forced them to change direction 180â°).
I'm trying to come up with an easily explained scenario - and I think it's best described this way.
If I'm driving my car with explosives towards my target, let's say it's your local Ginger Bread bakery, (although I would never bomb such a wonderful place), - and you somehow get into the car and put a gun to my head and tell me to instead go to your in-laws house a couple of blocks away!
Yes, it's true that I'm responsible for driving the vehicle with explosives, but if it hadn't been for your intervention, you would have to attend Sunday dinner at your in-laws but without ginger bread for tea/coffee later...
I'm sure I've stopped making sense a couple of sentences ago - probably shouldn't have taken two double G&T...
Sorry bout your in-laws and the Gingerbread Bakery!!!
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 @agffans5725Â
Look, we're all good at something, the Lt.Col. is undoubtedly great at training soldiers and making capable warriors out of civilians, and you undoubtedly have something you're great at, playing Fortnite or making videos on TikTok, or maybe something else, where most of us would look to you as someone with some expertise!
Now the reason why I'm saying you're missing my point is that it just so happen that I also have a field where I have a great deal of experience, and I will even dare to call it expertise - you see, I deal with injuries, rehabilitation, and how to avoid them on a daily basis.
I also happen to live and work in a town with a garrison, and have first hand experience with what kind of injuries soldiers most often aquire, (and have several colleagues who's been deployed togheter with soldiers - add to this my own time in the Army and having several friends who made a long career out of it!)
As I mentioned in an earlier comment, the most common physical injuries soldiers who's been deployed come home with are back, knee, and ankles - not injuries from shrapnel or bullets!
But it's still enough to make them less effective in a fighting unit - and can sometimes end up being quite debilitating....
There is no way you can train ordinary civilians to a level where risks of these injuries are significantly reduced in such a short time span as there is to train the Ukrainian soldiers!
Now I fully understand that there isn't time to build them up to a decent level - they are needed in Ukraine!
And it is what it is!
However, the huge risk, and my concerns, comes when politicians starts the "oh, we can train soldiers in much shorter time span than we have been used to doing", and possibly decide to start reducing the training time of our soldiers.
The level we've been training our own soldiers to is already too low if we wanna reduce the risk of injuries significantly.
And while back pain, knee and ankle injuries sound quite mondaine, it's extremely costly and can easily end up causing early retirement.
Again, I stress, YES I'm aware, focusing enough on this part of training, is a luxury Ukraine can't afford - and the focus has to be on teaching them the most basic skills and I'm in no way trying to diminish the tremendous effort instructors are proving to train these soldiers!
It's an absolutely amazing job!!!
My only reason for voicing concerns is that if our politicians starts believing it's okay to spend shorter time training our own soldiers, then we need to stop them and remind them that there's actually more to it than just having the skills and being in "good shape"(as in condition).
We have to remember that certain things just take more time, and one of them is "building" the soldiers, and not just train them....
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 @stirlitz974Â
No, it's not true - FFS, even Gorbachev debunked this story.
There were talks between him and some American minister, but there were never any agreements on anything.
Part of this is because a single American, or even America as a whole, doesn't get to decide what the future politics of NATO will be.
This is one of the problems, you people never fully understood what NATO is, what it does, or how it functions.
It isn't "an extension of America" - it's 30, soon 32, individual sovereign countries participating voluntarily in a organization based on a treaty of alliance , and NATO can't make large decisions on anything if just one of these countries disagree!
It's not like the old USSR/CCCP where uprising internal opposition just led to the Red Army being send to crush it, or opposition in a Warsaw Pact being crushed like in Hungary.
All NATO countries can leave if they want to - and they can't be forced to do anything they don't want to do, in fact, they can stop things from happening in NATO regi!
Also, a country being a member of NATO doesn't mean that everything that country do, is under NATO.
Let's take the invasion of Iraq as an example, (something I personally think was stupid), several countries who are members of NATO participated, BUT, it had NOTHING to do with NATO!
In fact, several other NATO countries like Norway and Germany condemned the invasion!
It's the same with the BS about NATO should tell Ukraine that it can never be a member - NATO can't do that!
Heck, NATO can't tell Russia that it will never be able to be s member - and back when the NATO Partnership for Peace program was created, the Americans dreamed of Russia eventually becoming a member, (although there was some serious doubts among the former East Block countries, who didn't believe Russia would be willing to follow the path that would make it possible to join - and clearly they were right!)
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 @nvelsen1975Â
Yeah, I never liked the guy, (Elon Musk), - even less so now!
There must be laws/international resolutions regulating the entire satellite issue, but I'm not familiar with how it's regulated.
But they definitely should look into Musk's economic activities and what his obligations are to the State and to international customers.
Yes, it's a great thing that the old cats get to spin again.
Although compared to the Leo2, Abrams1, and Challenger2, it would probably be more precise to label them Medium Tank instead of MBT.
But I wish Germany wouldn't be so reluctant to send their old Typhoon, they have around 90 of them - and if that doesn't happen, then hopefully the UK and others will send some Eurofighters...
It's much needed to gain control of the airspace...
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 @pblakezÂ
Military/Intelligence reconnaissance satellites are very expensive, and the countries that can afford them, are very protective of data, so everything given to Ukraine is often happening with some delay, as it often requires several steps of approval and it will almost never be a live feed!
They have several benefits, they usually have spectral imaging, can use radar imaging, and detect communication.
But civilian satellites can still do a lot too, a lot of them have brilliant imaging equipment for scientific purpose, and unlike Military/Intelligence Reconnaissance Satellites, access can be bought for money, and will be in real time!
So itâs more about finding the available satellites with the best orbit, and having people who are great at analyzing the feedâŠ.
Some of the attacks inside Russia was undoubtedly done with the assistance of such data, to make sure they were targeting planes getting ready to take off to deliver missiles against UkraineâŠ
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 @tomk3732Â
Holy cow, if it wasn't in THIS thread, it was in another thread in this comment section I adresser this issue - answer me this please:
Is Kosova occupied territory?
Is Taiwan occupied territory?
Is parts of Ukraine occupied territory?
Is Kosova getting annexed by a neighboring country as part of an ongoing armed conflict?
Is Taiwan getting annexed by a neighboring country as part of an ongoing armed conflict?
Is parts of Ukraine getting annexed by a neighboring country as part of an ongoing armed conflict?
And you can stop the BS about "NATO occupying Kosova", it's not, it's a UN mandated International Peacekeeping Mission lead by NATO, and even Russia has participated in the mission.
21st Separate Medical detachment, 13th Tactical Group, and 27th Aviation Group had soldiers participate in KFOR for more than 4 years.
And during that time some of them was also awarded other medals, example being five soldiers from the 13th Tactical Group that recieved medals for attempting to save the life of a US Army Sgt who had hit an Anti-Tank mine...
The Russian soldiers recieved a NATO Medal for Service with NATO on Operations in Kosova, although at the ceremony where it was presented, it was given to then General Major Nikolay Kriventsov.
So no more of this BS about "NATO occupying Kosova"!
But I'm waiting for your answers to my questions, and if you want a hint, then I've already given the answers in an earlier comment!
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 @NTravellerÂ
Again, as I explained to you earlier, and you apparently have a hard time understanding, Anders is an individual who qua his education and work actually do have an informed insight into issues revolving Russian domestic politics
The fact that your "non-partisan", (what a freakin' JOKE)), ass doesnât like the perspective that he brings, doesnât make it less correct or less valid!
And all the BS about what an average individual would or wouldnât know about another country is so laughable and naive, because you completely ignore that this isnât an "average Joe" but a highly educated Officer in the Royal Danish Navy who as part of his job, like so many Royal Danish Navy Officers before him, is specialized in Russia and Ukraine, both Militarily and Politically!
The fact that Anders is also a nerd, who like to make YouTube videos, and share some insight with the rest of us is just pretty neat, but since you clearly donât appreciate hearing his perspective, youâre absolutely free to plug your small fat fingers into your ear holes while loudly and repeatedly proclaiming how "non-partisan" you are, to yourself and to anyone dumb enough to believe you!âŠ.
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 @heinedenmarkÂ
It's not that simple - Russia isn't a simple country!
Even in the UK the Tories can hold on to the power without having the majority of the voters, (due to the way they use districts and "first-past-the-post voting system)
In 2016 in the US, a effing reality TV personality with a crooked past was elected POTUS even thou more than 3million more people voted for his opponent!
And both of these countries are Western Countries with a higher level of "democracy" than Russia.
Look, it's not that I don't get why a lot of people feel some resentment towards Russia and even Russians in general - but being Russian doesn't automatically mean one support everything the regime does!
Heck, I have Army friends who refused to go to Iraq, but volunteered for Afghanistan - under the same government, a government some of them had voted for themselves!
Do you get the point I'm trying to make?
Now I don't know you, but from your name I guess you're either Scandinavian or have roots in Scandinavia.
Perhaps even Danish like Anders Puck Nielsen.
Let's say that your country started to call in all adults who's served, to send them to war in Iraq - would you have felt okay with that?
And if not, would it change how you felt about it, if it was today it happened, with a very different government in charge?
Now if you just like me, and a lot of others I know, weren't that convinced by the argument of going to war in Iraq back then, you probably wouldn't be it today either - no matter who's in charge now, or after the next election.
And you probably wouldn't be crazy about the thought of the government drafting people, no matter if it's a government you voted for or not!?
Am I completely wrong?
I can't help thinking that of course it's okay to feel frustrated that they're not fighting for a regime change - but our frustration shouldn't stop us from remembering the values we claim to hold!
And one of them, also includes sanctuary/asylum for people who don't want to be forced to go to war - even if they voted for the crackpot in power!
Now forgive me for writing such s long comment and going of s tangent - but I'm reminded of a story I heard about a meeting Aleksej Navalnyj was attending as part of his election campaign.
And one of the people at the meeting came up to him, very excited, and said something along the line of:
"All the things you said was really great, and I will definitely vote for you when you have become president!"
- did you get it?
As I see it, it hits the core of the mindset of many Russians - they will vote for the one who's in power!
But that doesn't necessarily means their hearts is in it!
Do I make sense?
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 @MaroonedInDubÂ
Donât mock it if you havenât tried it!
LOL
But love that you said "yet"!
However, I still wouldnât recommend it!
I have an uncle who was with the Sirius Dogsled Patrol in North East Greenland, (if you donât know what that is, but are curious about Elite and Special Forces units around the world, this is one you definitely should read about), and although he refuses to tell if he ever did piss in his pants to get a bit warmer, it definitely wasnât something that he would recommend!
He lost part of a finger due to frostbite, him and his buddy amputated it during patrol!
Iâve always wondered if it was the only thing he had to amputate and there was more to his reluctance towards talking about the topic about pissing your pants in extreme cold.
Maybe I should ask my cousins if theyâre sure heâs actually their dad?
Okay, joking aside - he did teach me another valuable lesson;
NEVER EAT YELLOW SNOW
- it taste like piss!
When I asked him how he knew how piss taste like, he refused to answer - what a wuss! His sister, my aunt saved him from further embarrassment when she started telling about how they had to dip their fingers in pee and then smell and taste it, as part of her education to become a MD and how it had once been normal practice to diagnose Diabetes Mellitus!
Fascinating stuff!
LOL
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 @imyarekÂ
No, Crimea isn't "de-facto considered a part of Russia now" - Crimea is considered a occupied territory!
The thing is, no matter how many fake referendums Russia chose to have, it's still a clear cut violation of International Law to attempt annexation of an occupied territory!
Now if Russia wasn't ruled by a dumb bunch of Criminals, they could have tried a different approach and have Crimea declare independence. Then it would have been much more murky, but no, the wannabe Tzar and his "Oligarch Bratva" in Kremlin decided to go full blown old school imperialist and take a huge dumb on international law!
This is why it's primarily authoritarian regimes, and wannabe authoritarians who support Russia.
But the modern civilized part of the world is fed up with criminal regimes who haven't figured out how to live or act in the 21st century - FFS, even the Americans and the British has figured out that the era where empire-building by conquest was anywhere near acceptable, is long gone.
It's just a bunch of Criminals in Kremlin and a failed caricature of Winnie the Pooh, who continue to have these feverish wet dreams of a time long gone where an emperor could gain clout by conquering other countries!
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 @minimax9452Â
Ukraine started a de-radicalization process of the Azov when it went from being a militia to being part of the official defensive structure of Ukraine.
This was required as several countries refused giving military aid unless the radicalization issue was dealt with.
This doesn't mean there isn't people who have far-right stands in Ukraine.
This is the case of all countries, however, in Ukraine the far-right collision have less power in the national assembly than it has in most other countries.
(Last election a joint collision of far-right parties only managed to get around half of the 5% votes needed to be represented in the Rada).
The thing is, the Ukrainian Nazis don't want Ukraine to become members of NATO or the EU, the only thing they detest more than these organisations is the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territory.
So no, unlike the neo-nazis in ChVK Vagnera, with the well known nazie and "former" GRU Lt.Col., Dmitry Utkin as a poster boy for this part, Ukraine doesn't have a PMC fighting in Ukraine.
What it has is a Foreign Legion, that basically functions under the same regulations as the French Foreign Legion which is an integrated part of the official French military.
This also means it's up to individual countries how they view their citizens taking part in the war, (some countries have laws that requires that the government regulates whether and/or when its citizens can be allowed to volunteer for military service in other countries).
Yes, the Iraq war is a great example of a return to the use of private companies - and sadly it's a growing problem, with the primary players being organisations from USA, Russia, China, and now TĂŒrkiye also has companies that are involved in the industry.
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 @ArchOfficialÂ
Your take on this is welcome as well.
Maybe the way I framed the question makes it harder to answer, but it's especially the need for stronger capability in regards to controlling the airspace I'm interested in.
But of course your perspective is still welcome.
Personally I don't think we're going to see a serious attempt of a counteroffensive until late May, maybe even June - and the reason has to do with the time it takes "refurbishing" all the older and lighter Leopard 1 Ukraine has been promised.
As far as I counted, Ukraine has only recieved enough Leopard 2 for up to two Combined Arms/Armored Battalions - of course also depending on how they encadrer their units, (will they focus on having more Armored Infantry/Mechanized Infantry Battalions with a single Armored Company or will they focus on having Armored Battalion with a single Armored/Mechanized Infantry Company - or exactly how are they going to utilize the recieved equipment.
Will they have a "heavy" Armored Battalion, or will they combine the types so they have a battalion with a "heavy" armored company, and a lighter, (Leopard 1), company - and then Armored/Mechanized Infantry - or what?
But the fact is, they haven't yet received all the Leopard 2 - there's still a lot of Leopard 1 being overhauled and being prepared to be send to Ukraine.
So how much of it are they going to wait for before starting the Spring/Summer offensive....
I hope we're sion going to see multirole fighter jets being send to Ukraine - I know that a couple of Ukrainian pilots just got tested in the US and passed with flying colors and it's estimated that they can be retrained to the F16 fairly quick...
And then there's the question of CAS - of course a Multirole Jet can provide some CAS, but there is in my opinion no doubt that smaller attack helicopters that can operate in ways a jet isn't capable of, has far more importance...
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 @asdf3568Â
Western Media also believed that Russia wouldnât invade Ukraine back in 2014 or again in 2022
Ukraine has a "nazi-problem" the same way as Germany, Sweden, Denmark, USA, and many other countries have a "nazi-problem"
Or for that matter, Russia - only Russia donât see it as a problem, they just put them in high ranking positions inside organizations such as the ChVK Vagnera!
At least Ukraine has made an effort to deal with far-right radicalization, (which was part of the requirements for them to receive the support theyâve gotten from NATO).
This is why Azov went from being a Hooligan Militia and after restructuring was made a part of the official Defence of Ukraine!
If you notice, several key people in the forming of the Azov battalion havenât been part of it for years!
And you know what, when it comes to defence of the country against invaders/occupiers, then itâs suddenly less important if one vote left or right - in Ukraine you can find soldiers who are far-right, fighting shoulder to shoulder with soldiers wearing Unicorn patches, or being ANTIFA!
And if Ukraine really had such a huge "nazi-problem", donât you think that would have been reflected in the elections?
Last election in Ukraine, the far-right parties formed a coalition party, and even then, they still only managed to get around half of the five percent they needed to become part of the National Assembly!
Oh, and by the way, the navies in Ukraine, like Nazies everywhere else, oppose membership of the EU and NATO!
Only downside from the Russians perspective is that the only thing the nazies despise more than the EU, NATO, and their own President, is Russia - and they heavily oppose the idea that Ukraine should become a puppet state under Russian hegemony!
And all the ridiculous "Bandera" BS, are you going to use the same ridiculous kind of arguments against Finland?
Bandera isnât revered for his ties with the navies, but for his opposition towards the USSR, and especially Russia!
But perhaps next up youâre going to call Finland nazies for the ties it had to Germany and them fighting against Russian/Soviet invasion?
Iâm asking because I had relatives who volunteered for the war in Finland, solid SocDem/LibDem relatives, who went on to become part of the resistance movement during the nazi occupationâŠ.
But guess we're all nazies for opposing the Russian regimes feverish imperialist wet dreamsâŠ..
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 @prw56Â
Some people clearly did for a while yes, when they finally reached the breaking point, but the time it took before anything happened - and a large portion of people didn't really care, they were miserable anyway.
There's an old Russian saying that goes something alike "Never wish death upon the Tzar", where it's implicit that the meaning is because the next one might be even worse.
I think that saying is basically how a lot of Russians think.
There's also a more recent episode I read about and often remind myself about when it come to trying to understand the mindset of the average Russian - but this is a more contemporary one.
It happened at a political rally for Navalnyj and after he had given his talk a man came up to him, and told him he was very excited about the things Navalnyj had said, and; "if you become president, I will definitely vote for you" - and no, this isn't poorly translated, the IF part was there.
It's about siding with the one who has power - if the policies then excites you, it's just considered a bonus...
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Brilliant analysis- and the kind of "political analyst" youâre mentioning is the very same who was sure that Russia wouldnât invade back in 2014!
NATO has spend 8 years helping training soldiers in Ukraine for exactly the kind of defensive warfare theyâve been fighting the last six months - and now we're starting to train them for a far more offensive role!
I think what will happen is that Russia will continue waging war in Ukraine - so my prediction is that the war will still be ongoing a year from now!
I donât think Putin will recognize the possibility of a defeat - well, maybe if the Ukrainian flag is flying at Sevastopol Naval Base, but even then he will be reluctant to do it!
Heâs terrified of ending his days like another Saddam or Gaddafi, and in his world accepting defeat is a sign of weakness, and if youâre weak, someone will take advantage of it!
But Russia will never be able to win this war - only drag it out!
The new phase where Ukraine is on the offensive will be a bit easier for the Russians, as Ukraine still have to avoid bombing its own population!
What will be interesting to see is, will Russia now start sending Ukrainians back to the areas theyâve been forcefully removed from to Russia - and basically create a human shield against Ukrainian shelling?
I fully agree that itâs necessary to provide Ukraine with more heavy weapons, and the training needed!
I also think itâs necessary to provide them with satellite surveillance data a lot faster than itâs happening now!
And I think itâs necessary to provide as much support as possibly in regards to operations intended to disrupt Russian logistics - as one of the best ways to demotivate Russian soldiers will be lack of supplies!
Just look at Afghanistan where ANA soldiers down in Helmand due to lack of supplies, (due to corruption), had to spend their hard earned money buying clothes to stay warm, buying food from locals, ending up unable to provide for their families at home!
Now I donât expect the Russians to join the Ukrainians like a lot of ANA ended up joining the Taliban who was willing to pay them, feed them, give them warm clothes, and provide for their families at home, (with an alternative option of their entire family "disappearing" if they opted out of the offer).
Now of course, Ukraine doesnât threaten Russian soldiers with execution of their entire family back home if they donât join them, but when winter comes, if Ukraine is able to disrupt supplies sufficiently - then it can quickly become extremely tempting for young Russian soldiers to accept captivity if they can get guarantees for being treated according to the Geneva Conventions - get a warm bed, warm clothes, good Ukrainian food, and spend time gaming and chatting online instead of being digged down in cold mud just waiting for the next rocket to shake their intestines so hard that they no longer canât control their bowel movementsâŠ.
Just my two cents!
Endnu engang, tusind tak for at du vil dele dine observationer, tanker, og indsigt med os @Anders Puck Nielsen
Jeg ved at jeg langt fra er den eneste der er taknemmelig for at hĂžre dine input!
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 @stirlitz974Â
Sure buddy, let's just pretend that Russia wasn't arming terrorists in the Donbass region, sorry I mean, "Seperatist Militias", and that there wasn't Oligarchs with close ties to Kremlin and the Solntsevskaya Bratva who funded them, and let's just pretend that the so called "Private Security Company" ChVK Vagnera, a organization with close ties to GRU, owned by an Oligarch with very close ties to the wannabe Tzar, and lead by the "former" GRU Officer, war-criminal, and well known Neo-Nazi Lt.Col. Dmitry Utkin, hasn't been active on Ukrainian soil since 2014....
Ukraine didn't violate shÂĄt - but should we maybe start with looking at all the agreements Russia has violated?
Should we start with the agreement/assurances that were made back when Ukraine agreed to hand over all if it's Nuclear Weapons to Russia?
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 @stirlitz974Â
If Russia was interested in showing the truth, they would let independent media from around the world both into Russia and into the region, but they won't - journalists from my country has been kicked out of Russia and been told they can't come back for at least the next ten years, under threats of being arrested and prisoned if they do.
Simply for the fact that they refused to call Russias invasion of and war against Ukraine a "special military operation".
The only ones of our journalists who has been allowed to go into the occupied parts of the Donbass region has been driven around in a bus by the Russian military and it's been the Russian military who's decided where they could go and who's constantly been monitoring who the journalists talked to.
On the Ukrainian side, independent journalists from my country has been allowed to go basically everywhere.
In my country, even the public owned media network isn't directly controlled by the government - in my country journalists doesn't get arrested for speaking out against the war, no one does.
Not even in USA!
But they do in Russia!
Here and in USA people are allowed to call it a "special military operation", and run the full Kremlin propaganda BS if they want to, just look at TucKKKer Carlson who is licking the boots of the Oligarch Bratva in Kremlin!
Roger Waters isn't "telling the truth the western media doesn't want us to hear", he is stuck in a old cold war paradigm were Soviets version of imperialism were far more subtle and parts of it were far easier to defend from a leftist perspective because they supported some genuine freedom fighters against regimes often propped up by the US and US corporations.
But today, Russia has a fascist imperialist regime that invades and attempts to conquer a peaceful sovereign neighboring country.
Something not even the US at its worst has done in the last 120 years.
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 @Silver_PrussianÂ
Why don't you just write a huge sign and put it on your forehead where it says that you have absolutely NO idea about what NATO is, what NATO does, or how NATO functions...?
NATO has never been active in Syria!
NATO is an Organization where member countries can put forces under shared command.
For NATO to be involved in something, all members have to accept that it's happening in NATO regi!
A country that is a member of NATO doing something, isn't the same as NATO doing it!
TĂŒrkiye making bomb-runs in Syria isn't NATO doing anything!
USA, UK, etc., going into Iraq, isn't NATO doing anything!
(In fact, several NATO countries were opposing the decision to go into Iraq, and this made it impossible to become a NATO mission)!
Before you write such laughable ignorant comments, do yourself and everyone else the favor and at least make sure you have a basic understanding, and isn't just parroting some BS you've heard some idiot tell you!!!
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 @Silver_PrussianÂ
Exactly as I said, you have absolutely NO understanding of what NATO is, what it does, or how it functions!
And I even just explained to you that NATO is an organization that functions on its own.
If the Member countries agree, (and every country has the right to veto any major decisions), then it's not NATO doing anything!
NATO is a seperate entity!
By your logic, if TĂŒrkiey and Greece end up in armed conflict with each other, NATO would be at war with NATO!
Can't you see how stupid that sounds???
NATO is seperate - members can hand over military units to be controlled by NATO!
What individual countries do, has nothing to do with NATO!
AND several NATO countries DID oppose the invasion of Iraq - and it didn't happen with a NATO mandate!
Also, you do realize that most NATO missions has been mandated by the UN?
FFS, even Russia has participated in NATO lead missions, such as the UN mandated international NATO lead KFOR!
That was back when we all hoped Russia would turn into a healthy democracy that we could invite into our circle!
Back when the NATO Partnership for Peace program looked very promising - and we dreamed of Russia eventually being able of joining hands with us.
But then Putin and his Oligarch Bratva in Kremlin decided they wanted something different and started attacking other PfP members, first Georgia in 2008, and then Ukraine in 2014!
But bet you didn't know that there has been made a path for Russia to follow to eventually being able to become a full member of NATO!
We were so naive and full of hope back then!
For a short while it looked like old opponents could become our new friends, and indeed, some of them did!
Poland, the Baltic States, even Hungary, etc., and Georgia, Ukraine, etc., were lining up to join us as well - and even Russia!!!
But sadly, instead of choosing the same path as the Baltic States et.al., towards more democracy, and working with the rest of Europe, the Russian elite decided they wanted Russia to become a "super-power", they had, (and clearly still have), feverish dreams of a Russian empire exercising hegemony from the Pacific Ocean in the east, to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and couldn't handle seeing the Russia they once knew becoming a democracy like the countries they had been indoctrinated to despise!
The US isn't "in control of NATO"!
USA has ONE vote in NATO - so does Iceland, and TĂŒrkiye, and Norway, etc...
There are many misconceptions about NATO, usually spread by people who are either just as uninformed as you, or people who doesn't care about what is true but only care about the narrative they wanna create....
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 @Grimshak81Â
I know they've been using old stocks of, (even more unreliable), cluster munition!
It's not just about polluting its own soil for the future, but literally about making it harder to move forwards into areas you've carpet bombed with cluster munition.
Yes, there are already mines but adding to the amount that needs to be cleared for Ukrainian soldiers to advance isn't exactly the best way to approach things - it's like noticing you have a flat tire, and instead of fixing one flat tire, you make the other tires flat as well before starting fixing them.
I do know that part of the reason the USA is delivering cluster munition also has to do with stockpiles of normal artillery munition running low - but it's still extremely unfortunate!
Also, there's a lot of countries working in banning the use of cluster munition, and it can even be argued that using it borders the line to being war crimes, as it indiscriminately often ends up killing civilians, and very often children, in the aftermath.
This also risk affecting public support for Ukraine, (using munition types most of Europe is working to make downright illegal!
Using cluster munition is basically the equivalent of pissing your pants on a cold winter day - it might give some shortsighted gains in the form of warmth, but you'll end up freezing your balls off, increasing the risk of urinary infection, and stinking!
Yes, I fully agree that we should have started the training of Ukrainian pilots a long time ago - and worked on not only delivery of fighter jets, but also attack helicopters, so they were all available by now!
My guess is that it's both due to underestimation of Russia's ability to "play defense", the continuous flawed assumption that the regime in Russia is in far more turmoil than it actually is - and of course a hyped up overestimatiin of what drone warfare can achieve as it is right now.
The fact that Ukraine isn't currently capable of fully controlling the entirety of their own and at least parts of neighboring airspace makes them far less manuvreavle and instead of dragging our heels more than we already have done, we need to get their air force up in gear.
And I hope Anders would perhaps soon talk about Ukraine from a Naval perspective, (given his unique qualifications to do so), - so how could Ukraine benefit from getting more smaller fast patrol boats, or/and perhaps even specialised/armored landing crafts from where small seaside assaults can be done...
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It is.
Blackwater, or Academi as it is called now basically serves a similar function, and also operates in some of the same areas in Africa as ChVK Vagnera. There has even been rumors of collaboration between the two.
What is really disturbing if we look at Academi in the US is the close ties it has to a certain group of very rich American Evangelicals and Politicians.
As you might know, one of the founders of Blackwater was Eric Prince, the brother of former US Sec. of Education, Betsy DeVos, and is known to have acted as "special advisor" to FPOTUS Donald Trump.
During the BLM protests in 2020 Homeland Security hired Private "Security" Companies, (another term frequently used by Private Military Companies), to operate as "Law Enforcement", against protesters, and they did so with very little accountability.
In the same way it's far from unreasonable to suspect that groups like ChVK Vagnera and ChVK Patriot will be used in similar fashion inside Russia - just as they are operating with next to no accountability in regions of especially Africa.
Oh, and Academi is heavily involved with assisting Saudi Arabia in Yemen, and people such as Eric Prince has also played a role in assisting Chinese "companies" as advisors on the PMC industry and "private" prisons, (in the Xinjiang province).
The later might have been the reason why FPOTUS Donald Trump wasn't particularly interested in criticizing China's treatment of the Uyghurs, but what do I know...
I just find the rise of this industry incredibly worrying!
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