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U.S. Will Ship More Arms to Ukraine, Officials Say
The New York Times ^ | January 19, 2023 | Eric Schmitt

Posted on 01/19/2023 7:28:00 AM PST by Timber Rattler

The United States plans to send Ukraine nearly 100 Stryker combat vehicles as part of a roughly $2.5 billion shipment of arms and equipment that is expected to be announced at a meeting of allies in Germany on Friday, two U.S. officials said on Thursday.

The decision to send the Strykers, which could be delivered within weeks, comes just days after Britain committed to sending Ukraine 14 Challenger battle tanks and the United States, France and Germany agreed to send dozens of armored infantry fighting vehicles, including 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Germany has also been under pressure to authorize the delivery of German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.

Colin H. Kahl, the U.S. under secretary of defense for policy, told reporters on Wednesday that Ukraine needed more mechanized infantry and armored personal carriers to punch through heavily fortified Russian defenses.

“The Russians are really digging in,” he said. “They’re digging in. They’re digging trenches, they’re putting in these dragon’s teeth, laying mines.”

“To enable the Ukrainians to break through given Russian defenses,” he added, “the emphasis has been shifted to enabling them to combine fire and maneuver in a way that will prove to be more effective.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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The cavalry is coming!


1 posted on 01/19/2023 7:28:00 AM PST by Timber Rattler
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To: All

How about a few on our southern border ?


2 posted on 01/19/2023 7:31:00 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: escapefromboston

Neocon trash don’t care about the US.


3 posted on 01/19/2023 7:32:18 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Timber Rattler
Denmark announces that it will donate all of its 19 French Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine.

Lithuania will donate dozens of L-70 anti-aircraft guns, ammunition and two Mi-8 helicopters.

Sweden announces it will send 50 CV90 IFVs and 12 Archer self—propelled howitzers to Ukraine.


4 posted on 01/19/2023 7:34:34 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Timber Rattler

Well, it is WWIII after all.


5 posted on 01/19/2023 7:36:18 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: jacknhoo

What could go wrong?


6 posted on 01/19/2023 7:38:37 AM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: EEGator

The theory that NeoCons being Trotskyites seems more and more true every day


7 posted on 01/19/2023 7:43:19 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: jacknhoo

Putin started this by invading Ukraine on Feb. 24th

blame him


8 posted on 01/19/2023 7:44:11 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: escapefromboston

Agreed.


9 posted on 01/19/2023 7:45:55 AM PST by EEGator
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To: escapefromboston

You dont need them on your southern border. All you need to do is have your President order the Border Patrol to close the border, as happened under Trump. But he doesnt want to do that.

That is a policy dispute you have with your leadership.

Armored vehicles, artillery and guided munitions are not necessary.


10 posted on 01/19/2023 7:50:56 AM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: escapefromboston
The theory that NeoCons being Trotskyites seems more and more true every day

Uh, Trotsky invaded Ukraine in 1918. Putin is the one following his example.

11 posted on 01/19/2023 7:51:36 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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Tell them they can have ALL the equipment and arms we left in Afghanistan ....let them go get what they need... /s
12 posted on 01/19/2023 7:53:50 AM PST by M-cubed (The real purpose should be:The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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And here's the reason why the U.S. military will never actively guard the southern border again with troops...

U.S. Troops Went to the Border in 1997. They Killed an American Boy.

How the tragic killing of an American teenager halted the military border presence in 1997

13 posted on 01/19/2023 7:54:02 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Timber Rattler

Biden still trying to save the democrats money laundering country lost cause.


14 posted on 01/19/2023 7:55:33 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Timber Rattler

Russia invades Ukraines Borders and we Go to WAR!!

Mexico Invades our borders and we hand out cash we steal from our own citizens


15 posted on 01/19/2023 7:56:32 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: buwaya

Some invasions are good I suppose


16 posted on 01/19/2023 7:57:49 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: canuck_conservative

You’re brain dead.


17 posted on 01/19/2023 7:59:07 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: escapefromboston

The Democrats seem to think so. I suggest you get rid of them and restore sanity to your country.


18 posted on 01/19/2023 7:59:36 AM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Timber Rattler

I’m referring to the anti-Stalinist Trotskyites like Irving Kristol and the “New York intellectuals”


19 posted on 01/19/2023 8:02:27 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: eyeamok

Mexico did not invade the US. The US Border Patrol was told to let people come in, and they did, the vast majority of whom are not Mexicans. This is a US domestic policy dispute, not an act of war by Mexico.


20 posted on 01/19/2023 8:03:16 AM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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