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U.S. Officials Advise Ukraine to Wait on Offensive, Official Says
US News ^ | 1/20/2023 | Reuters

Posted on 01/20/2023 2:05:45 PM PST by marcusmaximus

Senior U.S. officials are advising Ukraine to hold off on launching a major offensive against Russian forces until the latest supply of U.S. weaponry is in place and training has been provided, a senior Biden administration official said on Friday.

The official, speaking to a small group of reporters on condition of anonymity, said the United States was holding fast to its decision not to provide Abrams tanks to Ukraine at this time, amid a controversy with Germany over tanks.

U.S. talks with Ukraine about any counter-offensive have been in the context of ensuring the Ukrainians devote enough time first to training on the latest weaponry provided by the United States, the official said.

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1 posted on 01/20/2023 2:05:46 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Pretty obvious the US/Nato is heading this war in Ukraine.


2 posted on 01/20/2023 2:08:18 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: marcusmaximus

“ Senior U.S. officials are advising Ukraine to hold off on launching a major offensive against Russian forces until the latest supply of U.S. weaponry is in place and training has been provided, a senior Biden administration official said on Friday.…”
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Well…. duhhhhh!


3 posted on 01/20/2023 2:08:22 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: All

Seems like this sorta story shouldn’t be made public


4 posted on 01/20/2023 2:11:43 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: marcusmaximus

Cautious to calamity those boys better ignore and complete the task before them instead of hoping for a perfect chance...you might be missing it right now


5 posted on 01/20/2023 2:12:14 PM PST by dila813
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To: caww

“Pretty obvious the US/Nato is heading this war in Ukraine.”

No, what’s obvious is that Russia started the war and the US/NATO/EU are helping Ukraine to put an end to the Russian threat.

Russia can end this war any time they want to.


6 posted on 01/20/2023 2:18:50 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: caww

US/NATO offensive priorities for the Spring:

1. No land bridge to Crimea

2. Ukraine takes back Russian occupied territory in Zaporizhzhia region

3. Ukraine takes back Russian occupied territory in southern Kherson region

4. Ukrainian fire control over northern Crimea


7 posted on 01/20/2023 2:19:59 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

I want to see fireworks for my 100 billion.


8 posted on 01/20/2023 2:24:07 PM PST by samadams2000
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To: MeganC

9 posted on 01/20/2023 2:24:10 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: marcusmaximus
There will be no Ukrainian offensive unless Russia wants to bait Ukraine into taking territory that will result in more Ukrainian soldiers ending up in the meat grinder.
10 posted on 01/20/2023 2:25:02 PM PST by Kazan
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To: caww

Say something nice about America. Anything.

I dare you.


11 posted on 01/20/2023 2:26:33 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x_lRejO3so

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 20, 2023.

- BBC citing Ukrainian sources admit that Soledar is under Russian control and Bakhmut is facing encirclement;

- The West is increasing the amount of weapons sent to Ukraine including weapon systems entirely inappropriate for Ukrainian forces;

- The latest US military aid package falls far short of even sustaining Ukrainian operations and covering its losses;

- The package includes Stryker armored personnel carriers, adding yet another type of vehicle that needs a separate logistical line and training program for the APC role;

-The West is not sending this hodgepodge of equipment because it thinks it's the best option but instead because it is the only option.

12 posted on 01/20/2023 2:26:43 PM PST by Kazan
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To: MeganC

No.

Try Oboogaloo’s usurping the will of the Ukrainian people in 2014 and installing a globalist puppet regime in its place.

BTW, how is the food and drink in Davos? Dinner with ‘der Führer und Reichskanzler’ K(louse) Squab this time?


13 posted on 01/20/2023 2:30:18 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: escapefromboston

now hush...


14 posted on 01/20/2023 2:31:50 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Kazan
Your Putin was not a stronk genius in sending these troops to their deaths in Zaporizhzhia yesterday.


15 posted on 01/20/2023 2:32:07 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Crap ally Germany’s reluctance to supply its advanced tanks to Ukraine as well as its constant reneging on specific agreements of monetary and military support for Ukraine is for 1 of 2 reasons. They are either getting bootlegged oil through other nations indirectly from Russia or they hope to be first in line for Russian gas and oil when the war concludes. They have zero intention of not having cheap Russian gas delivered through the pipeline when the war concludes


16 posted on 01/20/2023 2:35:42 PM PST by chuckee ( )
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To: Kazan
Stronk genius, your Putin.


17 posted on 01/20/2023 2:36:04 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: Kazan

Oh stop.


18 posted on 01/20/2023 2:41:11 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: MeganC

You stated.........”US/NATO/EU are helping Ukraine to put an end to the Russian threat”

That defines a World War


19 posted on 01/20/2023 2:45:14 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: caww

You should tell the newspapers.


20 posted on 01/20/2023 2:50:50 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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