1. Focus reports....at a Russian military site (on Russian soil, but near the Ukrainian border)....two Ukrainians came up and killed 11 Russian conscripts (wounding 15 others).
BS factor? Well....I'd rate it a '8'. Might be an attack and forty Russians dead. This is the Russian version of the story and you doubt what happened.
2. Newly deployed Russian reservists getting body armor? NO.
Again, via Focus....the story goes that the logistics system is so crapped out....that the new guys have to go on the open market to buy their gear....with prices now tripling in nature.
3. One of the side-stories in WELT this AM is the chatter from the Bavarian Premier-President (Soder, CSU)....talking of the idea of having air defense systems deployed around major cities of Germany. He's not quiet saying an attack is potentially there....but he's saying some type of signal should be put up for the Russians.
Cost? No one says much but would have to be into the five to ten billion range if you wanted to protect twenty of the bigger cities. Don't go expecting this idea to accepted by the Bundestag.
4. An EU with 27, 30, or 36 states?
Well....the Chancellor (Scholz, SPD) made a speech yesterday to the idea of enlarging the EU. Countries that he's talking about? Moldovia, Ukraine, Georgia, the Balkan states,
Odds of this happening? Several of those mentioned (Moldovia, Serbia, Albania for example)....I think could pass the 'test' and be members within five years. Even Turkey (with some change in leadership) might have some chance of joining.
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