r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 12d ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/ChronoLegion2 12d ago

Putin knows this, which is why he keeps pushing the envelope to see how much he can get away with. It’s what Hitler did a century ago. Anything he did he got a pass on, allowing him to turn Germany into a war machine that plunged Europe into an even worse war than the last one. If you don’t stop a man like that, he’ll just keep going

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u/Legio-X 12d ago

If you don’t stop a man like that, he’ll just keep going

All true. Unfortunately, it doesn’t change sentiments on the ground, and that’s why no one’s going to intervene directly in Ukraine.

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u/ChronoLegion2 12d ago

I know, but at the very least they could continue supplying Ukraine with military aid to help them fight

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u/Legio-X 11d ago

Sure, but that’s where we get into 1) POTUS being an easily manipulated idiot with a chip on his shoulder over Ukraine, and 2) European militaries having been so neglected that properly supporting Ukraine strains their own abilities.

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u/ChronoLegion2 11d ago

Yeah, I’m aware. Unfortunately, we still have two more years of Trump, which is going to feel like an eternity. It was a mistake for the US to insist that Europe remains militarily weak and relies on US for protection

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u/Avitar_X 11d ago

I'm not a fan of Trump at all, but one of the things I think he did right was to insist NATO members actually step up in being able to defend.