China and Russia have expressed support for Venezuela as it confronts a US blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, while Donald Trump continues to ramp up his pressure campaign on the South American country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

  • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Russia pledging support? What kind? A strongly worded letter? It cant be militairly, all their newly trained child soldiers are already serving

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      If Putin want to bring a bit spice to the game it would be easy: Just a couple tactical nukes and mobile launch systems - it wouldn’t cost Russia much in defence capabilities but would surely bring the conflict to a new level.

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        Thing is: With the knowledge we have about russias army and navy maintanance, especially the Moskova Reports, and knowing they say they have more nukes than the USA but only spend 1/10 of what the USA on their nuke maintainance, i honestly belief their nukes dont even work. They might explode in the ground, silo caps not opening, fly a bit then crash down again.

        And after all these things. Even putin isnt stupid enought to start a nuclear war!

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          And after all these things. Even putin isnt stupid enought to start a nuclear war!

          Putin? No. The orange-one-who-shall-not-be-named on the other hand…