Problem with UN peacekeeping forces is from memory they are only allowed to fire if they themselves are fired upon. Russians would just drive straight through them without firing a weapon
What does this strike look like, in your opinion? What are the targets? Any examples of the west striking a nuclear power with force and it having the desired effect?
Call me old fashioned, but, given the apparent seriousness of the situation, the use of emojis and hashtags by government officials, seems a tad inappropriate!
Depends upon their mandate, but critically Russia and Ukraine would have to agree to the Peacekeepers. If Russia did then move through the Peacekeepers then there could be a casus belli declared. Then a UN flagged international force (I guess mostly from the USA) could be tasked with evicting them. Also major international sanctions would applied to Russia - like a total ban on trading with them.
you talk about UN Peacekeepers, read a book called Pure Massacre by Kevin O'Halloran, I served with the guy in 1 RAR (Australia), he was a "peacekeeper" in Rwanda - peacekeepers can do SFA
Bit late now. It has begun! 2 weeks and there will be a new government installed in Ukraine. They will put up minimal resistance. Will Putin stop there though? The west is a threat to Russia so he may just decide to keep the lads rolling west see how far they can get. Our government needs to do something NATO needs to start deploying in Eastern Europe now, not in a bit. This will be a rapid advance for Russia and we need to prepare for that.
My old man was in UN peacekeeping forces a few times in a few places so i know through his experiences just how pointless it can be.
Oh well. Cowabunga it is. Cripple them financially and technologically, cut them off from the outside world, bounce them back to the motherland and then fast track Ukraine into NATO.
