As Russian forces mass for Donbas-Dnipro offensive, Ukraine begs Biden for longer-range weapons......(more of more)

Washington Examiner ^ | 4/13/2022 | Tom Rogan

[caww]

On Wednesday, Biden authorizedto supply Ukraine with a new $800 million military package including helicopters, armored vehicles, and cannon artillery. Unfortunately, Biden has failed to get Ukraine anywhere the number of weapons it needs to fight Russia ....Ukraine needs longer-range drones, rocket artillery, and more lethal tactical combat drones.

Biden has called Russia's war a genocide. The president has the means to help Ukraine stop that genocide in favor of victory. He should do so

[Gaffer]

This is all beginning to remind me of this hilarious comedy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-WoRYxnHU

[Sacajaweau]

Zelensky has already told us that we are bad because we haven’t given this Russian born Jew weapons for his country. They have a pretty big military budget....but no weapons??

[buwaya]

Everyone is learning that peacetime stocks of PGMs were underestimated vs actual usage on the battlefield. Stocking levels need to be increased (units per launcher).

This affects every army, Ukraine first, but Ukrainian demands on NATO stocks are a heads up to everyone.

[Justa]

Well, since Putin has decided to conquer his weaker neighbors the same tactic which brought détente between the US and USSR needs to be employed to restore peace in eastern Europe.

There are approximately 350 W80 nuclear warheads for the Tomahawk TLAM in storage in NV and WA. They can be re-activated, paired with Tomahawks and shipped to eastern Europe via C-17 for delivery to Ukraine, Baltic states, Poland, Romania and Moldova.

Re-establish parity to re-establish peace. It was the only thing which worked with the USSR.

[kearnyirish2]

Ukraine sold many of its conventional weapons after independence to raise cash; maybe they should buy them back.

[blackberry1]

The war channels, CNN/MSNBC, were totally late to the game as the US/NATO used Ukraine as a chess piece in it’s power play with Russia.

American’s were uniformed and congress was FIXATED on covid and controlling the masses.

The wag the dog really was Biden’s attempt to draw Russian into this military operation to take attention off his inept leadership. Being a war president has it’s advantages.. Unfortunately inflation destroyed Joe’s cover.....

[fso301]

Everyone is learning that peacetime stocks of PGMs were underestimated vs actual usage on the battlefield.

Perhaps a retuning of levels.

The Yom Kippur war in 1973 served as an eye opener as to what modern depletion rates were likely to be.

I also seem to recall that U.S. NATO forces had a 30 day stock... enough to hold off the initial blow from Warsaw Pact nations until the first serious quantities of replacements from the US mainland could be delivered.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Tell them to ask Europe for help.

[Chickensoup]

I pray you are joking.

[caww]

Zelensky is a walking talking activist with a blow horn for Ukraine to the entire world....and he shows how easily the masses can be led blindly by even the most rediculous players on the world stage.....they will easily follow the man of the hour when he comes.

[oblomov]

I’m tired of their begging.

[oblomov]

If the US had given Russia the same consideration that we gave to the USSR, there would be no war in Ukraine now. Although many on the right blame NATO, it’s the US’s fault that NATO has been used as a tool for ideology rather than security.

[tlozo]

As Russian forces mass for Donbas-Dnipro offensive, Ukraine begs Biden for longer-range weapons.

Poland and Czechoslovakia have responded.

Our first glimpse of the RM-70 multiple rocket launcher systems recently delivered to the Ukranian army from Czech stocks. These MRLS are essentially variants of the traditional 122mm BM-21 "Grad", and at least 20 have been transferred for use.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514325652396249097

ShKH vz. 77 DANA 152mm self-propelled howitzers are already in Ukraine - seems a batch of them was recently delivered from the Czech Republic. The amount of supplied howitzers is currently unknown, however as seen they are already deployed/tested by the Ukrainian army.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514294528550879235

The first images of some of the armour that the Polish Government is supplying to the Ukrainian Army- up to 100 T-72M1/M1R (M1R has minor upgrades), quantities of BWP-1 IFV.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Not sure how long Ukraine can withstand these assaults. It seems like the first wave of the Russian assault was meant to weaken Ukraine, deplete their ammunition and cause a major humanitarian crisis. In the process, Russia got their butts kicked pretty hard. That is war.

I seriously doubt if there is an escalation, Ukraine will survive.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

—> and he shows how easily the masses can be led blindly by even the most rediculous players on the world stage.....they will easily follow the man of the hour when he comes.

+1

I’m astounded that conservatives believe this guy as solidly as liberals.

[Bloodandgravy]

Is Zelensky co-president now? Who elected him or our clown either for that matter?

[caww]

I can agree to that. Some of us were watching it develope long before Russia went into Ukraine. The US/Nato weren’t hiding it either.

BTW - After Russia yesterday threatened if their communities/land was struck any further by Ukraines Army they would then attack ‘decision making’ centers in Ukraine including Kiev——well it’s happened today -—Ukraine Army struck one of Russia’s communities.... so likely we’ll see Kiev and other buildings get bombed now.

[caww]

Definately will now esculate after Ukraine Army struck Russian community in Russia today - expect possible Kiev “decision making centers” to get struck in return and those in other cities as Putin said he would do if this happened again.

(US/Obama/Nuland wants war directly with Russia...I suspect Nato is ready now)

[caww]

Zelensky specified armed drones.