Posted on 11/17/2023 7:29:37 PM PST by ransomnote
These last couple of weeks have not been good for the Ukrainian war effort, to say the least.
Besides the recent advances of Russian Federation forces in various points of the frontline, Kiev’s battle for the public narrative is also in bad shape.
In the aftermath of the failed offensive, and in the midst of the emergence of public clashes between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Commander in Chief Valery Zaluzhny, now the MSM has started re-assessing the situation in a massive way.
It has become very hard to track all the new articles informing the general public about the impending demise of the Ukrainian forces in the war.
I gathered here only two of said articles, but it is enough to glimpse at the veritable deluge of bad news coming from everywhere.
To begin with, the European Union decision next month to launch membership talks with Ukraine is “at risk”, and also, there is no agreement in the bloc to grant Kyiv a further 50 billion euros ($54 bln) in aid, a senior official said on Friday.
Reuters reported on the disclosures by a senior official:
“From regular reassurances that the EU would stand by Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’, the official said latest discussions in the bloc over further support to Kyiv were a ‘reality check’. ‘Leaders… were realizing it’s quite expensive’, said the official, who is involved in preparing a Dec.14-15 summit in Brussels of the EU 27 member states’ national leaders. ‘How do we pay for this?'”
What kind of deal will they cook up in Washington right before Christmas and shove through Congress?
Even John Kirby has signaled US funding for the war is drying up. From the article:
“’We are having to make tough decisions right now about the security assistance packages that we are providing to Ukraine, because we are coming near the end of the rope’, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in a briefing with reporters Wednesday. ‘The runway is getting shorter and shorter for our ability to support Ukraine in the manner in which we have been, and that funding is drying up’.
John Kirby said in a briefing with reporters Wednesday. ‘The runway is getting shorter and shorter for our ability to support Ukraine in the manner in which we have been, and that funding is drying up’.
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Goodbye to OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (aka American taxpayers’ money). May it be so.
Those ****heads DESERVE a deluge of bad news.
If only there was a way to vote on a clean funding bill without democrat pork....
You got it all wrong... UMCRevMom says Ukraine is winning daily. You can tell by her numerous post to her self.
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