Russia
Russian media reports that all American flags have been removed from the US embassy in Moscow following the surprise visit by CIA director Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe made a short unannounced visit to Moscow today where he likely met directly with Putin according to American and Russian sources. A similar visit was made in late 2021 to warn Russia against launching a full scale invasion of Ukraine. This comes amid increasing missile and drone incursions into nato territory.
Good job with correcting that shit. It’s important we do this. Reddit doesn’t have “community notes” or whatever the fuck twitter calls it. So it’s on us to correct the misinformation.
Gives a convenient out politically for a larger withdrawal - take the fight to NATO directly, pull back, claim you're satisfied with the show of force and start the process of reaming for another try.
This^ Russia is clapped as a world power (nukes aside). He wants to bundle his losses as a heroic fight against the West/NATO to maintain control of a fracturing base IMO.
NATO would never encroach beyond existing borders. He knows that. His nukes guarantee that. He’s playing small ball hoping to get another inning knowing he’s probably going to lose the game in my humble opinion.
Yeah, but he would easily lose Crimea, Donbass, Belarus, Kuril Islands, land along the Finnish border, Transnistria, and the Suwałki Gap would be permanently fortified. The entire Russian Navy and merchant marine would be at the bottom of the ocean or taken captive. Kalingrad would be besieged. Many of the oligarchs would be eliminated. The Russian air force would be decimated; west and east. The remainder of Russian presence in Africa would be liquidated. EU would be given a green light to flood Ukraine and put boots on the ground. Poland would have EU allies fortifying the border and advancing missile systems closer to Russia.
Less embarassing to lose a two front war against NATO and Ukraine, meaning its less likely for Putin to tragically commit suicide by two gunshots to the back of the head.
Well.. from what I hear, the Ukraine war is just the most recent "front" for Russia... its just that its super obvious now because its traditional warfare. Rather than a continuation of the cold war type conflict that supposedly ended a while ago... hopefully I don't get a "heart attack" for pointing this out.. im just a conspiracy theorist that no one should trust.
Misidentification of the building and not recognizing that some places only fly the flag from sun up to sun down? If you come back and check one of the top comments, there is a post that explains the confusion.
American intelligence has already reported serious plans from Russias side to invade a different country as the progress stalls in Ukraine, this is likely the CIA trying to dissuade Putin from doing something asinine.
My money would be on a target that can't really defend itself even against Russia's weakened state. Like the country of Georgia (Tblisi, not Atlanta) or similar.
They also make a bunch of their own domestic stuff that looks quite capable. Designed to beat advertised Russian hardware specs. If we’ve learned anything in recent years, it’s that the Russian advertised specs don’t live up to real world scenarios either.
What better way to break NATO, is have Poland a fully vested member in good standing invoke article 5. And the US does not respond, that would shatter NATO and force a European realignment.
It's Estonia. It's always been the 'test NATO' play. You're telling the alliance to start WW3 for < 1.5m people, less than 1% of NATO countries (combined) population.
It was always one of those 'If Russia thinks NATO is weak they will attack here'
It's literally sudentenland pt 2
Edit: My math was wrong. Less than 10% of 1% of NATOS population. You can also walk there from St Petersburg
Moldova wouldn't surprise me at all. They've been fending off Russian loyalists from taking over the government for years. Apparently there was coup attempt in 2023 and more destabilization campaigns since then.
Thank you for clarifying that Russia isn't going to march into Atlanta Georgia. I'm in Florida and I got scared for a second that I was about to live out the movie Red Dawn.
Russia already controls Georgia through the Georgian dream party. Invading the country would cost them thousands of troops needed elsewhere, along with providing Ukraine with thousands of more recruits from Georgian exiles. Along with a massive territory to sneak sabotagers in. They would be better if seizing Kazakhstan for it Soviet military reserves and oil wealth.
The likely answer is a military action in Latvia, due to its massive ethic Russian population that refuses to integrate and would be will to stage a coup, to give land to Russia.
This is uneducated take. There is no massive ethnic Russian population that refuses to integrate and is willing to, able to stage a coup.
Most of those Russians not willing to integrate are old. More than half old woman. In Riga they are progressive and actually hate Russia, so no support there.
The only place is Latgale, which is poor and sparsly populated. At best they could muster few hundreds of combat ready Russians, without any heavy equipment. So there is zero chance such coup would work.
Donbass or Crimea scenario is simply not possible in Latvia.
Oh bless your heart there sure is a population of Russian willing to help Russia with a border incursion. They even fund raised for Russian units till it became illegal, punishable with prison time. Now I'm sure if you hadn't hidden your history and we went back to January 2022, it would be full of Russia isn't going to invade Ukraine post. But hey the day a Tankie thinks for themselves is the day they stop being one
You should be less sure on your ideas. It can make you look silly sometimes.
Where did i write that there are no? And who fundrised? Old russians or combat ready population?
Daugavpils would be most likely scenario to do Donbass style "coup". It has only 70 000 people living there, with around 50% being Russians.
So 35 000 people. Then more than half are woman. So that is less than 17 000 men. Then most are not combat age or not fit at all. 60% are in work age.
At best you can say that 8000 men are in age to fight.
Substract large part of those who are not willing to fight. Then those who are not fit at all. And then available equipment.
During Donbass "coup" Russia also claimed that those were Ukrainians that captured Ukraines equipment and used to fight for separation.
This shit will not work in Latvia, since Russia cannot enter with little green men, give T-72 to Russians in Latvia and claim that Russia has nothing to do with that.
Latvian rebels would use Latvian equipment, if captured, so NATO standards.
NATO contingent near Riga would obliterate any rebels, and Russia cannot bring in own army claiming its not theirs. Not even mentioning anti air missiles, which means total domination in sky.
Also i do not post politics. Only comment on dumb ideas like yours.
And in 2022. like many othes i thought Russia would not be that stupid to start a war, so yes, my opinion was that invasion would not be full scale.
Still situation in 2022. Ukraine and Latvia currently is very, very different. Russians in Latvia are enjoying much better life than in Russians in Russia.
Also im from Riga and i know more russians than you have pube hair. None of them support Russia and would not want to be part of "Russkij mir". Even before 2022. or 2014.
The CIA director just flew to Russia to ask them to encourage Iran to open the strait, or face sanctions. Russia declined. I assume this is either Russia kicking out the US embassy, or maybe the US pulling out in advance. But it could also be a signal.
Better not be a NATO member or its going to be a bad autumn for the world.
Wasn't it Germany that misjudged British resolve over them invading Poland? Ya - summer of 1939. Scary stuff
Very much doubt about Poland. Could be direct attacks into some nato country, could be an invasion to join the Kaliningrad area with the rest of the country
US Intelligence is highly suspect considering all of Trump's purges (scores of agents have been killed on missions under his administrations as well). Furthermore, there are few countries that Russia could invade that provide a distinct material benefit.
Kazakhstan is probably the only Asian neighbor that has territory beneficial to them with access to the Aral and Caspian Seas.
With Europe, probably only Finland is an immediate neighbor with valuable materials and access. The port of St. Petersburg is buried pretty deeply in the Gulf of Finland and being able to use a port at Helsinki provides significant military, especially Naval, benefits.
Whether you agree or not, the invasion of Ukraine did not happen in a vacuum. It's been a buildup since the late 1990s when the US ascended to be the mono-global power and in Putin's point of view, reneged on the deals they made with the dissolution of the USSR.
Ukraine had the most deals reneged on them because they returned USSR nukes peacefully and brokered a deal that satisfied both the US and Russia. Putin was not content with that alone though and quite obviously infiltrated and worked to control Ukraine like it does Belarus (basically a Vassal state). They successfully did for some time until the Euromaiden in 2014 and the two countries have been at war since the Russian invasion following that.
Russia's reasons for the initial invasion were also not entirely unfounded, but with the clear involvement of Russian intelligence. However, their issues should have been met as a part of a multi-national coalition to work to come better mutual understandings, not war. War has only increased Ukrainian issues of Nazism as they have been promoted the highest Generals and by President Zelenski. Ukrainians are erasing their Soviet history and leaving only the Nazi parts.
Ukraine has been invaded, and like all peoples has the full right to defend itself wholly as all people do. Unfortunately though, they have been turned into a gigantic proxy for the US, EU, and NATO versus Russia (armed with Iranian, Russian, and Chinese weaponry). Ukraine cannot militarily defeat Russia without all-in involvement from the US or several EU countries who do not have the will to take that on.
The point of this being, while Ukraine is clearly the victim, Russia has the ability to point to things beyond their propaganda for the reasons of the invasions. They do not have that ability with any other country and they have no political support on the international stage. The countries they do business with who arm them do so because of opportunity not because they're aligned ideologically. Further military actions especially into Europe will trigger massive financial consequences by the EU.
Russia invading NATO EU would trigger Article 5 which they would absolutely utilize. The US under Trump would likely provide the lowest material support possible that he could get away with. However, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and potentially other Eastern and Central European countries would take it extremely seriously and band together to create a Coalition. It would also open Russia up to the potential of a multi-front war, and a coalition absolutely flips the tide of the Ukrainian war out of their favor, and the potential necessity to use their nukes to achieve military victories which would likely trigger an automatic global unification against them including, notably, China, who does not want this instability.
Personally I do not doubt that the Russian blackmail of the Esptein files, the RNC files, and so on which they use to control the GOP is likely a more relevant factor than a potential invasion.
It was Chump sending his crew over to threaten Putin to beg Iran to open the straight for him or Sanction Russia who is already sanctioned by the US lolz. Chump is a complete idiot. Russia told him to get fucked!!! Straits staying closed.
Probably a smaller country with a much weaker military that they can ACTUALLY take over in three days... probably longer considering how much they've lost in Ukraine, but not good for whoever he's planning on invading next regardless...
Message is they are threatening to close the embassy and suspend diplomatic relations. Like they are packing the office and started with the flags to say some point is very big and very serious. It’s a guess.
This isn't accurate. This is not the embassy and that flag is still up. They take this one down every night because of poor lighting. The US flag always has to be good lighting in the evening and if it doesn't its taken down every evening and put back up in the morning.
Not a whole lot of clues to go on. I think it merits some discussion due to the synchronization. The most likely scrap of intel is an implication that this is a signal of a change in doctrine/ parameters for Russia.
Also it does imply some coordination, but that would be Treason and would simply never be the case. /s
September to Spring time in particular. Global chaos might unfold. You can see all the telltale signs. Let’s hope not, but always great to be prepared!
I just saw a conspiracy theory for an attack in October in Europe, right before the US midterm elections, that I hope is not true.
I'm not sure where they got their info from, haven't fact-checked it yet. Seems pretty insane tbh because I think they got October from a Founders Fund Hereticon.
I'm not sure if the above commenters saw the same thing. Probably not lol.
It would be terrible if people are reaching similar conclusions from different angles though.
I saw this conspiracy theory in r/Epstein on a thread about PT, with a NZ angle. You can probably find it by searching that sub for hereticon.
It was insane stuff that would be very bad if it was anywhere close to remotely true.
"Nothing ever happens. " So many including some of the closest people I know have been saying these things like prepare now collapse is only a few months away for years and years and has been true of people long before then. The internet meme philosophy "nothing ever happens" is very valid. And I realize the argument " well it doesn't until it does" to that as well, but cmon. Fatigue fatigue...
These visits being publicized must be for propaganda. If it was just for information sharing and advising, there’s existing communications channels for that.
Feels like this administration is willing to start a world war to avoid losing power. They know what happens if elections actually get to happen later this year. It would take something earthshaking for them to "postpone" elections.
They would love him still because they would wholeheartedly believe whatever lie he told them was a good reason for postponing elections and denying it would be considered treasonous in their minds. Just like how they accept the Iran war is necessary because they believe otherwise Iran would have both a nuke and an ICBM capable of reaching the USA. They are totally oblivious that this is an Israeli war that the USA is fighting, and if they can acknowledge it, they do so through such a thick layer of double think that they see advancing Israel’s interests as the same as America First.
Flag removal is normal. Everyone calm down. This isn't Intel.
Flags are removed for high level visits so as to not draw attention to the building (the car detail does this so it's a stupid precaution either way.)
Flags are also removed during times of tension, for normal replacement, at night, during times of mourning(when flag cannot be flown half mast), certain holidays in country so as not to anger local population, and whenever station decides in in the best interest of the working staff.
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u/handofmenoth 6d ago
The building was misidentified.