Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
“Russia has significantly depleted its extensive stockpiles of Soviet-era weaponry since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine”
Ukraine absorbed the main blow of Russia’s Armor, Artillery and a good chunk of its Aviation; that Europe, and all of Russia’s other neighbors had faced.
“Russia’s defense industry now... receives the majority of its ammunition from North Korea.”
Now Ukraine is taking the punch of North Korea’s war stocks as well, that had so long threatened South Korea.
Ukraine deserves the support of the Free World. They have paid the price.
Although the following management process for the Russian administrators does not include the many steps for embezzling funds (which are never put on paper - that could get you sent to the gulag), it is otherwise representative of their high quality assurance procedures.
“Lots of C17 and C130 transport flights today. Most since President Trump returned to office.”
It is a new phase in the war.
It is just over a month until D-Day, when the Bone Crushing Sanctions deadline arrives (along with the EU’s 18th sanctions package, lowering the price cap). That is going to be a significant inflection point as well.
https://x.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1949878984528801828
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump is DONE with Putin. He just said he's lowering the initial 50 day deadline for sanctions on them to 10 days...
"I'm gonna make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days, from TODAY. There's NO reason in waiting. No reason in waiting. I wanna be generous, but, we don't see any progress being made." https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4331215/posts
Trump is putting on a show. His “anger” at Putin is part of the show to keep the deep state off balance. Trump and Putin already have a deal. All the other stuff you see is just noise.
This deal with Putin is already done and done on terms Putin is fine with.
All of the Russian Oblasts go to Russia, Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Odessa most likely.
Ukraine WILL NEVER joins NATO
A general security agreement that protects Russians living in Ukraine and safeguards their rights
Russian approval required for any government in what’s left of Ukraine.
The Zelensky Gone!!
The Putin sends his regards!
🍈 is flailing again😂
Mr GED trying desperately to be taken seriously 😂
“🍈 is flailing again😂”
It is far more likely that the US and China (and possibly the EU) have a deal, and that Russia was just one of the bargaining chips.
President Trump’s announcement of the new 10 (or 12) day deadline, came after the second day of US/China trade talks in Sweden - where these Bone-Crushing Secondary Sanctions were explicitly on the agenda.
It also comes immediately after President Trump’s visit to Europe, meeting with the UK Prime Minister and EU (EC) President, and the announcement of an overarching trade deal with the EU.
Looks like deals were made, and Russia was either left out, or was traded off as a bill payer. The field seems to have been cleared for President Trump to drop the hammer on Russia.
Hammer time approaches (likely to be hard for Watermelon to spin): President Trump not interested in talking to Putin anymore, says: “I think I already know the answer — what is going to happen.”
Kyiv Independent (28 July):
“U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 28 that he aims to shorten the 50-day deadline he had set to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a peace deal in Ukraine, expressing disappointment with the Kremlin leader.
The U.S. president was referring to his July 14 warning that Washington would impose up to 100% in secondary tariffs on Russia unless Moscow agreed to a peace deal in Ukraine within the next 50 days.
“We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever,” Trump said alongside U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Turnberry golf club in Scotland.
“So we are going to have to look, and I am going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number because I think I already know the answer — what is going to happen.”
Trump said he now plans to impose a 10- to 12-day deadline starting July 28. “There’s no reason in waiting,” he said. “It’s 50 days, I wanted to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress being made.”
When asked by a reporter whether he still wanted to meet with Putin, Trump replied, “I’m not so interested in talking anymore.”
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