No annual address from the Kremlin to the nation last December as there is and has been for decades and no explanation given .
Address planned for Feb 21 but no content pre announced as there always is and has been .......
Possible full mobilization putting the country on a war footing to protect the motherland from the hordes of nazi ,satan worshipping ,degenerate, western forces determined to destroy ruzzia .
A crusade against the West .
Yes and the West should put it's industrial might onto a war footing to replenish stocks and supply Ukraine with the kit it needs.
It's in no ones interest apart from China, Iran and North Korea's to let Russia prevail in Ukraine.
Couple of thoughts. I agree re restocking. Maybe the Concern re ramping up production might be seen as aggressive. To me eminent sense to build up stock.
Quite a few other countries would benefit from Russia prevailing , I would include India and a number of African countries plus of course the Soviet era satellite states especially Belarus.rrr
I think the time is coming when Western politicians need to stop worrying about whether our actions are going to look aggressive or whether Putin will be provoked or not.
If we continue to look weak and prevaricate, at some point he will decide to test NATO's Article 5 (all for one, one for all) with an attack on a NATO member and would anyone be surprised if the principle that an attack on one, is an attack on all, falls over at the first hurdle?
Like it or not I don't think this war will end anytime soon, and there's a lot of countries sitting on the fence or are overtly friendly with Russia. The Western world should make it clear that you can be friends with Russia, or you can be friends with the West. You can't be friends with both.
South Africa for example is currently holding naval exercises with Russia and China.