tomrkba
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As I understand it they are only handing out weapons to people who are veterans of the Ukrainian armed forces and those civilians who have already taken their “ crash” course in firearms handling. They also called up their reserves males from 18 to 60. The Ukraine has a history of effective partisan resistance in the Second World War. If the Russians go for the cities then these irregular troops can cause myriad problems and casualties. It’ll make it more costly for the Russians.
I’m sure any other old vets here would respond to the call if it was our country in trouble. We may not be 18 or even 40 anymore but we can still shoot etc. and many of us don’t need to go farther than the next room to arm up.
1 million men taking one shot and hitting would make a huge dent in any army. One shot people. Take it!
If they're willing to stand up and fight and die for their independence, I feel like we owe them support though I don't see how we can openly support them against Russia without risking open warfare with the second most advanced nuclear superpower on earth. The Russians are no joke. An overt act of war would be extremely risky for the entire world but my gut tells me, we have already provided them with the materials that they will need and there is a "pipeline" to provide more or maybe I'm just hoping that we have. Regardless, this is the most dangerous situation the planet has been in since...the Cuban missile crisis and we have to consider that this situation is going to get way the heck out of control and maybe quickly.
Go help Romania somehow. Russians are massing near Moldova. The Romanian president pledged full support. This is going to expand the second the Russians cross into Moldova.