r/worldnews • u/DevineDoja • 28d ago

Ukraine sent special forces to Syria to attack Russians there, revealing a new front to the war: report Russia/Ukraine

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-special-forces-syria-attack-russians-new-war-front-report-2024-6
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u/Murderousdrifter 28d ago

Geez, how many foreign militaries are operating in Syria at the moment? 

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u/laxnut90 28d ago

I, for one, welcome New Zealand as the new rulers of Assyria.

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u/TurielD 28d ago

You mean Kiwiland? I've heard they have really advanced military logistics and planning these days.

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u/buddy-frost 28d ago

Yeah mate, in our 6 cargo planes from the 60s.

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u/Barton2800 28d ago

Kiwiland is the fictional nation that military & logistics commentator Perun uses when he needs an example country. Kiwiland is a small nation, with a limited military budget, and is located near Emutopia, a geopolitical rival with a much larger population, more natural resources, and a significant military budget. It’s not specifically New Zealand, home of the Kiwi bird/fruit/people. Perun often uses Emutopia as a stand in for Russia, China, the US, or some of the European military powerhouses like the UK, France, and Germany. While Kiwiland is often a stand-in for states like Finland, Lithuania, Taiwan, Vietnam, and even Canada or Mexico when comparing to the US as Emutopia. This helps divorce the actual politics (my guy good that guy bad) from “how should a nation of X size and capability adequately spend its defense budget or deploy its military to adequately achieve goal Y?”

If you haven’t watched a Perun video/slideshow - and you’re at all interested in a deep dive on different geopolitical defense topics, I’d suffer you check his videos out. They’re extremely informative.

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u/ctzu 28d ago

some of the European military powerhouses like the UK, France, and Germany

You got that mixed up, Germany is a military outhouse.

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u/space_for_username 28d ago

We still have 501 Squadron (ex-RAAF). Nobody would object to them being deployed.

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u/mr_birkenblatt 28d ago

At least some equipment survived the great emu wars