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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEurope may start downing Russian drones and jets that provoke.
â¡ï¸ Czech president says Europe may start downing Russian drones or aircraft in response to provocations
— Ukrainska Pravda ðºð¦ (@pravda.ua) 2025-12-07T12:45:40.830Z
Bev54
(13,199 posts)Time to stop all this diplomatic BS and stop them.
Srkdqltr
(9,361 posts)And they know that. Or should.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,689 posts)maybe Putin will get the message that Europe isn't going to knuckle under, despite Flim Flam Man aligning with Russia.
I can't hardly wait for 2026 and 2028 when we finally get the adults back in power and send this illegal regime into the shitter of history.
Fiendish Thingy
(22,023 posts)surfered
(11,492 posts)Nigrum Cattus
(1,223 posts)return fire god damn-it
NickB79
(20,241 posts)They should have been for a couple years now.
Manned aircraft, not so much. Dead Russian pilots make great martyrs for Putin. Destroyed drones, not so much.
Deuxcents
(25,495 posts)duckworth969
(1,180 posts)Europe knows this.
But they're willing to let the Ukrainians die to keep their leaders in office and protect their treasuries.
If Ukraine signs any "peace deal", the Russkies will be back with a million more soldiers and improved weaponry .
I agree that the Russkies can't be completely defeated. But they can have their minds changed in no uncertain terms.
Putin needs to die or be jailed, that's the only way to stop this version of Russia in its tracks.
Happy Hoosier
(9,402 posts)Putin will not stop until he is stopped.
Bayard
(28,549 posts)He keeps testing and poking other countries. I wonder what trump promised him in that Alaska meeting? Russia's budget and military are already exhausted.
superpatriotman
(6,806 posts)We would end up on the wrong side of history and become more of a pariah to our allies
mitch96
(15,653 posts)Emile
(40,593 posts)Melon
(1,079 posts)Every time a drone is close to a border, and the radars are locked in, the Russians gain intelligence. Thats a chief reason why they do it. They are identifying gaps.
The intelligence given from actual retaliation could be much higher than the moral feelings of having shot down a low value drone. God forbid the EU unsuccessfully trys downing drones, and weaken their own countrys security concerns. Just a counter point to consider.