Posted on 02/26/2022 11:25:31 AM PST by karpov
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian forces and thousands of freshly recruited volunteers regained control of Kyiv’s streets after Russian troops and undercover units in civilian clothes tried to enter the city in the early hours of Saturday, while Russian airstrikes, airborne landings and armored advances continued throughout the country.
On the third day of the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed with the aim of overthrowing Ukraine’s elected government and ending its alignment with the West, Ukrainian forces fought fiercely on all fronts, with each side asserting it had inflicted heavy losses on the other.
President Volodymyr Zelensky recorded a video address from the street outside the presidential headquarters in Kyiv, urging Ukrainians to keep fighting and denying Russian reports that he had called on his forces to lay down arms.
“Truth is on our side. This is our land, our country, our children, and we will keep defending them all,” he said. “Glory to Ukraine.”
A rapid Russian victory in the biggest war in Europe for decades would drastically change the geopolitical balance on the continent, giving Mr. Putin control of strategically vital swaths of the former Soviet Union’s territory and placing Russia’s armies on the doorstep of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
European and U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that Mr. Putin’s broader goal of revising the ending of the Cold War, restoring Moscow’s former sphere of influence in Europe’s east, won’t stop at Ukraine, a fear that could force a rethink of NATO’s military stance and Europe’s energy supplies, which depend in large part on Russia. Mr. Zelensky has constantly reinforced that message, saying that Ukrainians are fighting and dying not just for their own country but for all of Europe.
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Seems like the same headlines over and over...
Yaroslav Trofimov is a Ukrainian-born Italian author and journalist who serves as chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal. Previously he wrote a weekly column on the Greater Middle East, Middle East Crossroads, in The Wall Street Journal.
No bias there, nope.
Glad to hear it… fight on, Ukraine!!
Post something new and quit hiring us to death Maxistmaximus.
So predictable...how could a Schlub like me see this outcome so easily but putin did not? All you needed to know was your ww2 eastern front history
Get on Google and find a new image idiot.
Was that so hard you repetitive clown?
I hear about all of this fighting but I’ve seen very little of it. Supposed video of Russian convoy under attack was one burned out truck. Live video of Kiev “under siege” looked pretty calm this morning. With the internet still functioning, I would think we’d be seeing much more recorded battle action if it is indeed taking place.
“Get on Google and find a new image idiot”.
Hey idiot, who is holding a gun to your head to look at anything, old or new?
Idiots waste their time doing so.
What’s really happening:
An American independent journalist covering the war in Ukraine described witnessing a humanitarian crisis as he embarked on a 20-hour journey to get out of the country, finding himself with no other option as Russia invaded.
“It’s a disaster,” Manny Marotta told Fox News.
You have to remember Putin thought all he needed to do was knock down the door and Ukraine would surrender. (That is what happened in 2014)
This time they are getting a fight they did not prepare for, and the Russians are not sure what to do.
Germany announced that they are sending 1000 anti-tank missiles and 500 stinger misslies.
France is sending stinger missiles as swell.
Poland has already delivered a lot of ammunity.
Europe is finally getting it’s act together.
then let me give a d-bag what he desires.
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This is silly WSJ propaganda—surprised so many Freepers are falling for this stuff.
LOL, Yeah they are running out of diesel.
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