Posted on 07/09/2025 2:03:30 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had held a "substantive" conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, in Rome shortly after Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv.
"We discussed weapons supplies and strengthening air defense. Given the increase in Russian attacks, this remains one of our top priorities," Zelenskiy wrote on the X social media platform.
"We also covered the purchase of American weapons, joint defense manufacturing, and localization efforts in Ukraine," he added.
Both men were in Italy ahead of a conference on July 10-11 dedicated to Ukraine's recovery and long-term reconstruction following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, now 40 months old.
Zelenskiy said he and Kellogg had discussed at length proposals to slap tougher sanctions on Moscow, as the Ukrainian leader has long advocated as the best means to persuade the Kremlin to abide by a ceasefire and move toward peace.
"We understand the need for tougher restrictions on Russian energy, especially secondary sanctions targeting buyers of Russian oil," Zelenskiy wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...
Russian Drones/Missiles Swamp Ukraine Biggest Ever Strike; Trump Boils Over Patriots At 25% US Needs
Get on the Trump train, Ivan. If you’re for Putin, you’re against President Trump and he’ll deport you back to Tatarstan.
Probably the most important article out today.
Read it carefully. Particularly delivery schedule.
How many times you going to post the same article?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4327725/posts
What will your side do if President Trump deports Kazan back to Tatarstan?
Military Summary Channel
https://youtu.be/a2eMwxjszWE
Facts on the ground.
Has anyone told Kellogg that we’re out of Patriots?
“The U.S. Army’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request includes the acquisition of 233 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors, scaling up PAC-3 MSE procurement by a factor of four to close the munitions gap in active theaters.”
Ok, what’s 233 missiles in a year going to do when nearly 1000 are incoming every month?
Not the point.
The point is all that new production can’t be manufactured until 2028. The FY2026 funding is there, and starts the manufacturing, and the first of that number doesn’t arrive until May 2028 (assuming a gov’t project actually adheres to schedule).
Oh, and that’s for total US needs. They don’t go to Ukraine. If any of them do, that’s 2028.
“What will your side do if President Trump deports Kazan back to Tatarstan?”
Delta7 has relatives near there. I think he is moving in with them when he soon retires.
But with the time change he can get off of work from his day job, eat dinner and still log on to FR before noon our time. Wp
“Not the point. The point is all that new production can’t be manufactured until 2028.”
You might to append: “...at the earliest, and only if China supplies us with the necessary parts and materials.”
What will your side do if President Trump seizes your Special Ukraine Sock?
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