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Rjsrainman t1_j60efgq wrote

What I have a concern about is that we give Putin a heads up about taking action to support Ukraine, we need to give Ukraine weapons first prior to making an announcement to Russia, lk playing Chess ur letting ur giving away ever move,mks no sense, we going to let Russia knowUkraine next battle move,DAM

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LurkerInSpace t1_j60s67e wrote

There are a few reasons for it:

  • In countries at peace handing over these kinds of armaments comes under public scrutiny - and public announcements from one country shift public mood in others.

  • Russia would probably notice at least some of the tanks being moved anyway - they require a lot of logistical support.

  • Since Russia can't be invaded for the war to end unfavourably either their morale or ability to fight needs to be crushed. Announcing a shitload of weapons hurts the former, the weapons themselves hurt the latter.

There's also not all that much Russia can do that they wouldn't attempt anyway. For instance, if they were capable of an offensive to pre-empt these deliveries they'd probably launch one anyway even without knowledge of them.

Also, Ukraine and the West have been quite good at misleading the Russians so far this war - for example they were led to believe that a Kherson offensive was imminent, and then were hit with an entirely different offensive at Kharkiv. So there is a good chance a vital piece of the story hasn't been made public.

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Noxzen OP t1_j61tig8 wrote

Regarding the last paragraf, Norway sent 22 artillery haubiters M109 to Ukraine in Q2/Q3 2022. The government never said anything official about it, but had to make a statement when it emerged photos of a broken M109 with norwegian camo in Ukraine. Which supports that there’s much happening behind the curtains

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rct1 t1_j60t4xp wrote

You do know they have have a space program and satellite imagery and drones and all that stuff right?

It’s really tough to sneak in a platoon of armor.

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Tastetheload t1_j61r89x wrote

Its is important to tell them so they don't mistake a bunch of tanks going into Ukraine as direct NATO intervention.

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Rjsrainman t1_j61swo5 wrote

Its going to be, no one Country will allow Russia to take Ukraine

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