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Zelensky Names Price for Ukraine’s Winter Survival: Seeks $840+ Million in Donations
Breitbart ^ | 12/13/2022 | Simon Keny

Posted on 12/13/2022 6:26:09 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday put a price on how much is needed for Ukraine to survive the winter, pleading some 800 million euros (U.S.$840+ million) is necessary to help his country survive Russia’s bombing of its civilian infrastructure.

The call comes as Moscow has switched tactics since October when it began airstrikes targeting Ukraine’s energy network, plunging millions into cold and darkness at the onset of winter.

As AFP reports, Zelensky made the request for more cash donations to help the country’s energy sector at an international conference in Paris, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, designed to raise material and money to repair Ukraine’s damaged infrastructure.

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To: ChicagoConservative27

The cost of yachts and Swiss Chalets have gone up.


21 posted on 12/13/2022 6:58:07 AM PST by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I wish I could just ask for stuff and it magically appear.

When Bill Clinton was president, I wrote him asking if he'd provide a needy musician with a Selmer tenor saxophone.

Never got a response.

22 posted on 12/13/2022 7:10:07 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: bert

War Crimes produce extensive damage. Russia must be defeated completely and all assets and especially oil and gas come under control of an international reparations entity to provide reconstruction funds

Russia must be ruined

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Calm down, McCain!


23 posted on 12/13/2022 7:13:46 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How long are we going to keep this up? We are just funding rich lifestyles of Ukraine corrupt officials (with some money also being funneled back to our own corrupt American officials). Also, we are rapidly depleting our own arsenal to our nation’s defensive detriment.

Will Americans soon have to just send their paychecks directly to Ukraine?

The Biden administration refuses to encourage the nations to enter into any type of peace talks, and is instead, stirring the pot and agitating both countries to continue to fight.

I’ve noticed the celebrities have lost interest and are moving the Ukraine flag from their profiles in favor of whatever shiny ball has currently caught their eye. As I asked, how long will Americans continue to support this war? A war in which it appears there is no end in sight, as those who are benefiting the most have the least to lose if it continues on indefinitely.


24 posted on 12/13/2022 7:23:01 AM PST by CFW
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To: ChicagoConservative27
More than $1 billion pledged for Ukraine at winter aid conference, French foreign minister says

More than one billion dollars was pledged to support Ukraine during a bleak winter at a conference in Paris Tuesday, France’s foreign minister said.

The money, pledged by 46 countries and 24 international organizations, will be split between restoring Ukraine’s depleted energy network, the food sector, water supply, health and transportation, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna told the conference, adding that $520 million of funding was yet to be allocated. 

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-12-13-22/h_95cb158da194713239680cbf94e28507

25 posted on 12/13/2022 7:23:26 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And when the war ends he will be asking for at least 100 billion, mostly from our pockets.


26 posted on 12/13/2022 7:52:47 AM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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To: Bishop_Malachi

That is slander.

The world has is in the process of ending the perpetual Russia problem and You and many Freepers choose to make the war about American Taxpayers.

They somehow lack the foresight to differentiate between expense and investment


27 posted on 12/13/2022 7:57:32 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: montag813

I understand, his crypto slush fund has evaporated.


28 posted on 12/13/2022 8:04:01 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It! lol)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Almost a trillion dollars more??? This needs to STOP NOW.

Yeah - let them freeze, starve, die of exposure, and lack of medicine its their fault Russia was forced to invade!!! /s


29 posted on 12/13/2022 8:35:39 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Or Ukraine surrender, we can save the taxpayer money and let Russia take care of rebuilding it. Poland and Hungary can takeover what was historically their land decades ago.

The only losers in that scenario are our political elite and oligarchs that have been making money in Ukraine and neo-Nazi/Bandera worshipers that will lose their base of operation.

30 posted on 12/13/2022 8:39:59 AM PST by Kazan
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To: I want the USA back
And when the war ends he will be asking for at least 100 billion, mostly from our pockets.

The money for reparations will come from Russian pockets.
31 posted on 12/13/2022 4:28:25 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I read that too fast .I thought it said Billion.

It didn't say "billion" but that's really what he means.

32 posted on 12/13/2022 4:30:33 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: AdmSmith
The money for reparations will come from Russian pockets.

LOL!

You're a funny guy!

Do you think the DC Swamp are going to pass up the unlimited opportunity for graft, kickbacks, and money laundering that rebuilding Ukraine will offer? Those with the right friends in Washington are going to get rich! And their friends are going to get rich too!

They're certainly not going to lose this windfall to Russia.

33 posted on 12/13/2022 4:33:58 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68
The sources of the money to be paid to Ukraine:

Putin $200B https://thefederal.com/international/vladimir-putins-wealth-1-4bn-mansion-700-cars-58-aircraft-mega-yacht-and-more/

Oligarchs > $30 B https://www.voanews.com/a/us-backed-task-force-seizes-more-than-30-billion-worth-of-russian-oligarch-assets-/6638426.html

Annually: Oil and gas, say 1/6 of annual income, or $244.2B/6 = $40 B https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/russian-energy-export-earnings-grow-38-this-year/

34 posted on 12/13/2022 9:26:01 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I questioned the previous (to this) expenditures, I was told it was a “pittance” of our military budget...

Some have said we are stingy. How many trillions must we spend for a war voters did not approve?


35 posted on 12/13/2022 9:28:24 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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To: CFW

Will Americans soon have to just send their paychecks directly to Ukraine?
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Ironic that Zelensky wants money for pensions, yet most Americans don’t have pensions...


36 posted on 12/13/2022 9:32:39 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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