Aral Balkan

“‘We are consulting closely with Poland and other allies. Estonia is ready to defend every inch of NATO territory. We’re in full solidarity with our close ally Poland,’ the foreign ministry said.“

https://inkl.com/a/VPRnZVIMzxM

This is not looking good.

#russia #ukraine #poland #war #nato

Russian missiles ‘cross into Poland killing 2 people’ - US intelligence official

Pentagon says it cannot currently corroborate reports of two Russian missiles landing in Poland

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Nov 15, 2022 at 8:05pmWeb
Show threadWndlBNov 15, 2022
@aral Adm. Stavridis and @Pwnallthethings are NOT at ‘hair on fire,’ it would seem. “Determine what happened…’
Show threadClaude ChampagneNov 15, 2022
@aral Hope it’s just a missile that went to far…
Show threadAngus MacPhersonNov 15, 2022

@aral

Galaxy Brain Take: it's theatre designed to legitimize Vlad's "we're at war with NATO" talk in the run up to a retreat.

Show threadAlx 🐈Nov 15, 2022
@aral according to The Guardian, the US are maintaining a more cautious position, though reminding that NATO integrity defense is a top priority
Show threadAral BalkanNov 15, 2022

@alx All I know is after I read that the waitress asked “would you like another beer?” and I said “sure, why not.”

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Show threadJonathan SnyderNov 15, 2022

@aral, yeah. I'm banking on those with how badly #russia has lost in #ukraine, they're gonna claim it was an accident and try to keep things quiet. I doubt they want to open another front willingly after the debacle of this year.

Though. I'm an #optimist.

Show threadmayechNov 15, 2022

@itwasntme223 @aral

Not an optimist, but having countries entering the war over 2 deaths in the current climate doesn't seem plausible at all when reparations, in the form of money, concessions or otherwise can be paid.

Show threadT.WllmsNov 15, 2022

@aral

Russian fox news gloated, Russian state new denies...

Show threadBrett KromkampNov 15, 2022
@aral This should result in an Article 4 (Consultation), not in Article 5 (Collective defense).
Show threadJ3d1F3ll@Nov 15, 2022
@aral Time to deliver ATACMS
Show threadBoudNov 15, 2022

@aral

The incident [1] and the village Przewodów [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_missile_strike_on_Poland [Curiously, there doesn't yet seem to be a corresponding article in pl.Wikipedia...]

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przewod%C3%B3w

2022 missile strike on Poland - Wikipedia

Show threadAlvan RahimliNov 15, 2022
@aral this gets creepier every day. Born too early to not care about politics. Born too late to not see this days. We are born just in time to get fricked by Putin.
Show threadAutisticMumTo3 She/herNov 16, 2022
@aral
Probably caused by an accident either on the Russians or Ukrainians part but it could easily trigger NATO getting dragged in to being actively involved in the war. Nightmare.
@abby
Show threadSoobeeinNYNov 16, 2022
@aral decidedly not great
Show threadBjaardkerNov 16, 2022

@aral this is the kind of event that countless cold war era doomsday movies use as the trigger point for their plots to move towards apocalypse.

Everything old is new again. #ColdWar #PolandMissleStrike