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  • NATO personnel already in Ukraine for arms control, intelligence operations and military training (NATO already assists Ukraine in virtually every possible aspect)

    03/18/2024 7:57:47 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 3 replies
    El Pais ^ | 3/18/24 | Christian Segura
    Emmanuel Macron broke the taboo in February. NATO already assists Ukraine in virtually every possible aspect, from supplying weaponry and intelligence on Russian targets and the positions of enemy bombers to training thousands of Ukrainian troops in Europe. But until the French president suggested it, no one had dared to raise the question of Atlantic Alliance soldiers going into action to stop the Kremlin’s invasion. Macron not only opened a debate; his words also served to confirm that there are already military personnel from NATO countries on Ukrainian soil, albeit without taking an active role in combat operations. Polish Foreign...
  • Graham meets with Zelensky in Ukraine

    03/18/2024 5:14:03 PM PDT · by McGruff · 16 replies
    The Hill ^ | March 18, 2024 | Miranda Nazzaro
    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday as further funding for the war-torn country remains in limbo amid divisions in Congress. Zelensky hosted Graham in Kyiv, where the two discussed aid for Ukraine, the Ukrainian army’s needs and the Eastern European nation’s eventual integration into NATO, the Ukrainian leader wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Graham’s visit comes just weeks after he voted against a $95 billion defense and foreign aid package in the Senate. The bill included $60 billion for Ukraine, including $19.85 billion to restock U.S. military weapons provided from the...
  • Fatal vulnerability: Stunned reporter films Ukraine's tank debacle

    03/18/2024 5:37:36 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 13 replies
    The Limited Times - News RND News Aggregator ^ | March 18, 2024 | Patrick Mayer
    The Ukrainian army is losing tank after tank as Vladimir Putin's Russian troops advance. The example of a Challenger 2 tank is alarming. Donbass - Little by little they are left behind on the battlefield of Ukraine: Western tanks that the treacherously invaded country received for its defensive battle against Russia. Weapons for Ukraine: Challenger 2 main battle tanks have major weak points The inventory of British Challenger 2 main battle tanks is also suffering seriously in the Ukraine war. According to various media reports, as of mid-March, only seven of the steel giants are still operational. To put it...
  • A Ukrainian soldier said that Ukraine's losses are so heavy where he's fighting that they struggle to recover the bodies

    03/18/2024 5:05:12 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 26 replies
    Business Insider ^ | March 18, 2024 | Mia Jankowicz
    A Ukrainian soldier fighting near the country's northern front line has described the menace of Russia's bombardment, telling the Times of London that they are "losing so many people, there are so many bodies we can't even bring them all back." A major factor in the current Russian offensive is glide bombs, which Russia has stepped up the use of in the last three months. These are Soviet-era bombs tricked out with guidance systems and wings enabling long-distance strikes. As of last month, Russia was using them intensely around three flashpoints of the war: Kupiansk, the eastern city of Bakhmut,...
  • What hope does Ukraine have to hold out against Russia if the US keeps struggling to send weapons?

    03/18/2024 4:53:55 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 31 replies
    MSN - ABC News Australia ^ | March 18, 2024 | Annika Burgess
    Starved of ammunition and losing ground, Ukraine has gone months without receiving weapons from the United States. The crucial flow of military support paused in December after the Pentagon announced it had run out of money to replenish stocks. Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has said troops are in a state of "shell hunger" and reports have emerged of forces rationing as few as 15 artillery shells per day. For every 10 shells Russia fires, Ukraine can only shoot one, Kyiv security officials have said. The firepower shortage was a contributing factor in the recent withdrawal from Avdiivka.
  • No One Survived: 30 High-Ranking NATO Officers From Germany and The US Were Destroyed Near POKROVSK

    03/17/2024 11:33:26 PM PDT · by ganeemead · 45 replies
    'elite' hoho unit annihilated...
  • ‘He had no idea he was being sent to a war zone’: the Indian and Nepali men on frontlines in Ukraine

    03/17/2024 7:51:34 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 14 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Thu 7 Mar 2024 | Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan
    When Hemil Mangukiya left his small village in the Indian state of Gujarat last December, he told his family he was off to Russia to make a better living than was possible at home in India. Lured by a recruitment video he had seen on YouTube, the 23-year-old had thought he was going for a secure security job far from the war in Ukraine. But in strained phone calls home from Russia, he told his family he was instead sent to a month-long military training camp and then taken to the frontlines, where he was made to dig trenches, carry...
  • Recent gains point to a growing Russian advantage in the Ukraine war

    03/17/2024 12:03:38 PM PDT · by SaxxonWoods · 25 replies
    The Conversation ^ | 3/11/2024 | Group Attributed
    "...the Russian economy is increasingly mobilized for war, and the government has been able to obtain some military resources from abroad, circumventing western sanctions." "Russia is, relative to Ukraine, in an increasingly strong position as the war enters its third year...." "In terms of drones — where Ukrainian forces once had an advantage — Russian forces seem to have caught up or even outpaced Ukraine."
  • Ukraine's air defense may fail by end of March, posing heightened risk

    03/17/2024 11:20:37 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 46 replies
    MSN - Essan News ^ | March 17, 2024 | WJR
    Ukrainian cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to extensive Russian missile and drone attacks as Kyiv's army might deplete its air defense ammunition by the end of March, according to "The Washington Post". This concerning situation was shared by Ukrainian officials with their European and American counterparts at a security conference last month, as reported by the American newspaper. Until now, Ukraine has had the capacity to intercept four out of every five missiles aiming for its cities. However, this rate might soon drop to merely intercepting one out of five, as informed by one of the officials. The potential decline...
  • Ukraine drone attacks spark fire at Krasnodar refinery, Russia says

    03/16/2024 7:40:06 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 40 replies
    Reuters ^ | 3/16/2024 | Reuters
    Ukraine launched several drones at the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparking a brief fire at the site and resulting in one person dying of a heart attack, local officials said on Sunday. "The drones were neutralised, but a fire broke out as a result of the fall of one of the devices," the operational headquarters of the region in southern Russia said on the Telegram messaging app. The fire was extinguished and there were no casualties as a result of the fire itself, the administration said. Preliminary information indicated, however, one person had died of a heart...
  • France Yellow Vests Week 279: Crackdown Follows Comments About A "Zionist" At Pro-Palestinian Demo, Macron Pushes Troops In Ukraine Narrative, Anti-War Protest This Week

    03/16/2024 6:13:57 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 1 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 3/16/2024 | Nextrush/Self
    French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal descending upon a prestigious political science school in Paris Wednesday announcing a referral to a public prosecutor. It stemmed from a Pro-Palestinian protest Tuesday involving 100 students occupying a lecture hall at the "Sciences Po". The protesters keeping others out. The outrage from government and mainstream media in particular surrounded a comment directed towards a Jewish student. "Don't let her in, she's a Zionist" President Emmanuel Macron saying those remarks were "unspeakable and perfectly intolerable"... "Assisted Death" The social issues push ahead of the European Parliament election on June 9th continues... On Thursday Mr. Macron...
  • Zelenskyy: We need to think about how to hold elections, as currently the law forbids it

    03/16/2024 11:18:08 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 93 replies
    Ukrainska Pravda ^ | January 21, 2024
    President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine "needs to think" about how to hold presidential elections, because at the moment they are prohibited by law during wartime. Source: Zelenskyy in an interview for British TV programme Channel 4 News Quote: "I haven’t postponed [the elections – ed.], it happens automatically. I’m just not able to hold them now, primarily because of the law which forbids me from doing it. It doesn’t just forbid me from holding elections, but all institutions in general. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine [the Ukrainian Parliament – ed.] has to vote and give a mandate for...
  • How Does Russia Keep Hitting High Value Targets?

    03/16/2024 12:37:13 AM PDT · by House Atreides · 42 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 15, 2024 | Preston Stewart
    Here is a very good assessment of recent Russia successes in targeting and destroying high value Ukrainian assets. Preston Stewart is perceptive and objective observer and analyst. He has recent experience as an American army artillery officer who has held a number of artillery slots and it is evident that is knows this subject well.
  • Biden calls on Congress to pass Ukraine aid in appearance with Johnson

    03/15/2024 12:34:41 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 11 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/15/2024 | BRETT SAMUELS AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL
    President Biden used a joint appearance with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday to urge lawmakers to pass assistance for Ukraine that faces an uncertain path forward in the House. Biden, speaking at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon to mark St. Patrick’s Day, expressed his appreciation for Ireland’s commitment to providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine during its war with Russia and to the people of Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. “I’m committed to continuing to do our part,” Biden said to the room of bipartisan lawmakers, which included Johnson. “I’m confident the vast majority — and excuse me for...
  • Senate Intel Chair Warner: US forces could be ‘in combat’ if Congress doesn't OK $61B in Ukraine aid

    03/15/2024 11:35:58 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 54 replies
    Just the News ^ | March 15, 2024 11:41am Updated: March 15, 2024 1:52pm | Nicholas Ballasy
    Democrat Sen. Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is warning that U.S. forces could be “in combat” if Congress fails to pass $61 billion in aid to Ukraine."Ukrainians in two years have been really remarkable," Warner said on a press call Thursday. "They've literally destroyed 87%. Russia's pre-existing ground forces have either been killed or wounded or are basically out of the conflict, and now the world is waiting to see whether the United States is going to honor its commitment to Ukraine."The Virginia lawmaker said he "fears" that if the U.S. doesn't pass additional war funding for...
  • Not U.S., This Nation Sends Highest Number Of Foreign Mercenaries To Fight For Ukraine

    03/15/2024 11:17:21 AM PDT · by ganeemead · 32 replies
    Seemingly about half of the people who have gone to "ukraine" as mercs are still alive... Russian forces have killed the other half.
  • Takeaways into AP investigation into Russian system to force its passports on occupied Ukraine

    03/15/2024 3:12:26 AM PDT · by Chad C. Mulligan · 42 replies
    ABC news ^ | 15 March 2024 | LORI HINNANT. VASILISA STEPANENKO
    Russia has successfully imposed its passports on nearly the entire population of occupied Ukraine by making it impossible to survive without them, coercing hundreds of thousands of people into citizenship. A Russian passport is needed to prove property ownership and keep access to health care and retirement income. Refusal can result in losing custody of children, jail – or worse. A new Russian law stipulates that anyone in the occupied territories who does not have a Russian passport by July 1 is subject to imprisonment as a “foreign citizen.”..... AP spoke about the system to impose Russian citizenship in occupied...
  • Macron again declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says they’re not needed now

    03/14/2024 4:56:27 PM PDT · by McGruff · 14 replies
    AP ^ | Marxch 14, 2024 | SYLVIE CORBET
    French President Emmanuel Macron warned Western powers against showing any signs of weakness to Russia as he reiterated his position Thursday that sending Western troops into Ukraine shouldn’t be ruled out, though he said today’s situation doesn’t require it. ... “We’re not in that situation today,” he said, but added that “all these options are possible.” Macron, who is the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces, declined to describe in which situation France would be ready to send troops. He said the responsibility for prompting such a move would lie with Moscow — “It wouldn’t be us” — and said...
  • Strikes on Ukraine's Most Prized Assets Raise Alarm

    03/14/2024 12:20:43 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 34 replies
    MSN - Newsweak ^ | March 14, 2024 | Ellie Cook
    As Russia appears to enjoy a run of success targeting some of Ukraine's most prized equipment, Moscow is reaping the rewards of both evolving tactics among its soldiers and the bite of military aid shortages in Kyiv. Within approximately the last two weeks, Russia has said its forces have destroyed a handful of Ukrainian-operated Abrams tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and U.S.-donated HIMARS, or High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems. Russia has claimed throughout the war to have destroyed HIMARS, which arrived in Ukraine in the summer of 2022. Footage circulated online earlier this month appears to confirm the loss...
  • Ukraine’s Manpower Crisis: No Amount of Money or Aid Can Solve It

    03/14/2024 8:23:42 AM PDT · by delta7 · 36 replies
    The New Atlas ^ | 13 Mar24 | Brian Berletic
    - Ukraine is suffering from a growing military manpower crisis in addition to a lack of arms and ammunition; - Trained military manpower takes up to half a year to produce, new brigade-sized units can take up to 30 months to stand up; - Ukraine and its Western sponsors simply cannot produce trained military manpower faster than Russia is removing it from the battlefield; - This leaves the collective West with the choice of either accepting it has lost its proxy war with Russia, or attempting to intervene more directly; References: ……