News Related To The Ukraine / Russian War

Igitur quī dēsīderat pācem, præparet bellum ("Therefore let him who desires peace prepare for war")
Roman author Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus's tract Dē Rē Mīlitārī (fourth or fifth century AD)
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It appears the Western world has chosen cowardly capitulation to reward Russia / Putin under Putin's nuclear blackmail, & aggressive military expansion / conquest in Ukraine.
Competent parents and dog trainers alike understand the fundamentals of reward / punishment: reward good behavior, punish bad behavior.
This collective Western decision to reward Russia's bad behavior establishes a horrendous, spectacularly dangerous precedent in 3rd millennium global relations, in context of Russia, North Korea, and China solidifying their mutual international ambitions.
The reward? Russia is already allowed to keep Crimea, captured during the Obama administration.
Now under guise of mitigating carnage, Russia will be further rewarded by retaining at least some of what it has already captured / occupied in (formerly) sovereign Ukraine.

Rewarding any behavior good or bad, invites more of it. Thus the West appears to be sowing the seed of future military adventurism. On what scale?
Russian military deaths at up to 250,000 and total casualties, including the wounded, at over 950,000. Ukraine has suffered very high losses as well, with between 60,000 and 100,000 personnel killed and total casualties reaching approximately 400,000.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/n...ssian-casualties-hit-milestone-in-ukraine-war
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Therefore rather than terminate Russia's War on Ukraine, and send Russian & North Korean troops back home, Western Europe is preparing for future war.

Veterans lead Europe's defence tech revolution as Ukraine war fuels investment boom​

By Michael Kahn and Supantha Mukherjee / September 4, 20257:42 AM GMT-5
  • Veterans drive defence tech boom, aid Ukraine with innovations
  • VC investment in defence tech hit record $5.2 billion in 2024
  • Investment driven by EU and Ukraine demand
  • Military expertise crucial, poor design risks mission failure
PRAGUE / STOCKHOLM, Sept 4 (Reuters) - When former German army officer Matt Kuppers evaluated an Austrian startup's anti-drone weapons system, his military eye spotted what the young civilian founders had missed: the heated gun barrel lost accuracy after repeated firings.
That insight exemplifies how military veterans are reshaping Europe's defence technology landscape, bringing their experience to boardrooms and development labs, as the Ukraine war drives unprecedented investment in the sector.

"They did not realise a weapon barrel heats up during prolonged firing and can subtly skew [its targeting accuracy] due to the heat," said Kuppers, a co-founder of venture capital firm Defence Invest, comprising former German and British soldiers, which is testing the technology with the Austrian military.
"This is something an experienced infantry soldier would instinctively account for by adjusting their aim."
Veterans lead a quarter of Europe's 80-plus defence startups, a Reuters analysis shows, while the CEOs of the region's top 10 defence contractors tend to have no military background.
The war in Ukraine and NATO's spending push have driven defence investment to record levels for both established firms like Germany's Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE)
 
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Finally, a European Leader Said Out Loud What All of Them Are Likely Thinking About Trump​

Fred Kaplan / Thu, September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM EDT
In a little-covered but striking speech last week, the president of Portugal—the centrist leader of a NATO ally—referred to President Donald Trump as “a Russian asset.”

Is the charge worth taking seriously? Yes, if it’s also taken literally. ...

An agent is a paid and witting spy; he formally, sometimes covertly, works for a foreign government. By contrast,
an asset might serve a foreign government without even knowing that he’s doing so. This type of asset is sometimes called a dupe or a useful idiot.
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Finally, a European Leader Said Out Loud What All of Them Are Likely Thinking About Trump

Is the charge worth taking seriously? Yes, if it’s also taken literally.
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Trump has already forfeited the opportunity to permanently end Putin's reign of terror.
During the Russia / US Alaska summit Trump could have held Putin for trial at the Hague, Putin never to return to Moscow.

If Trump had done so it might have changed international diplomatic relations forever. Would such disruption be enough by itself to prevent Trump ordering such an arrest?
There's no denying the long-term implications if Trump had. But hasn't Trump already been equally consequential to the U.S. ("America First") by disrupting board approved well established, MD consensus supported U.S. vaccine protocols? Trump's vaccine policy will kill more Americans than Trump holding Putin for arrest would have.
Reports of Trump's business dealings include Trump commonly betraying his creditors, and others to whom Trump is indebted, tradesmen that attend to Trump's real estate for example.

Why didn't Trump hold Putin for international arrest? Trump would not have, if prevented by perceived Putin's friendship. The non-arrest doesn't prove such friendship. Trump may simply not have thought of it.

We generally don't expect our presidents to be expert on every issue. We accord our presidents some of the best consultants on Earth, to address an increasing number of specialties.
As most autocrats do, Trump has purged his presidential environment of anything but "yes-men", and Trump is showing a decreasing tolerance for political opposition.
But Trump's notedly unusual cabinet selections reveal potential vulnerability, Trump administration officials that may be more like an "asset" than a "dupe or a useful idiot".
Can we be certain Secretary Hegseth has no impure thought regarding Russia / Putin? Or perhaps Ukraine? Does Trump? President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal hasn't ruled it out.
 
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