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Ukraine: 'Fast-track' talks underway for missiles, planes
TribLive.com ^ | Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023 12:20 p.m. | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 01/28/2023 11:01:13 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine and its Western allies are engaged in “fast-track” talks on the possibility of equipping the invaded country with long-range missiles and military aircraft, a top Ukrainian presidential aide said Saturday.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine’s supporters in the West “understand how the war is developing” and the need to supply planes capable of providing cover for the armored fighting vehicles that the United States and Germany pledged at the beginning of the month.

However, in remarks to online video channel Freedom, Podolyak said that some of Ukraine’s Western partners maintain a “conservative” attitude to arms deliveries, “due to fear of changes in the international architecture.” Russia and North Korea have accused the West of prolonging and taking a direct role in the war by sending Kyiv increasingly sophisticated weapons.

“We need to work with this. We must show (our partners) the real picture of this war,” Podolyak said, without naming specific countries. “We must speak reasonably and tell them, for example, ‘This and this will reduce fatalities, this will reduce the burden on infrastructure. This will reduce security threats to the European continent, this will keep the war localized.’ And we are doing it.”

The U.S. and Germany agreed Wednesday to share advanced tanks with Ukraine along with the Bradley and Marder vehicles promised earlier, a decision that led to criticism not only from the Kremlin but from the prime minister of NATO and European Union member Hungary.

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1 posted on 01/28/2023 11:01:13 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So they can be sold to Iran and Pakistan.


2 posted on 01/28/2023 11:03:52 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As we slowly head into WWIII...


3 posted on 01/28/2023 11:05:09 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

China waited until Obama was elected and installed, and moving quickly, by the end of 2009, had occupied and fortified all the disputed atolls and islands of the South China Sea.

They will do same here. Sit back, wait, and watch the West drain itself trying to diminish Russia.

It will then walk into Taiwan with ease. Expand its influence in SE Asia, etc. etc.


4 posted on 01/28/2023 11:07:01 AM PST by PGR88
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To: HYPOCRACY

missiles, just great. These bastards are determined to get a world war going.


5 posted on 01/28/2023 11:07:40 AM PST by gibsonguy
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Damn War Rats need to be reined in.


6 posted on 01/28/2023 11:10:20 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

nato can give them all that stuff. Russia can throw in a few nukes to seal the deal.


7 posted on 01/28/2023 11:13:52 AM PST by farmguy
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To: eyeamok
As we slowly head into WWIII...

It is all part of the great reset.

8 posted on 01/28/2023 11:14:24 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater 2024)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Without spares, they’re not much use. Abrams tank takes a lot of maintenance.


9 posted on 01/28/2023 11:18:09 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Nuclear Bomb at Newyork by ErdemCkaya | VideoHive
10 posted on 01/28/2023 11:18:53 AM PST by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: thegagline; eyeamok
As we slowly head into WWIII...

Not so slowly in my opinion

The Military Industrial Complex is in a hurry to boost the bottom line.

I guess I should be investing in Raytheon

11 posted on 01/28/2023 11:22:06 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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12 posted on 01/28/2023 11:23:45 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: PGR88
Coming from “a top Ukrainian pres. AIDE’......So I will certainly consider the source as questionable. Zelensky himself has stated things that weren't true in order to ramp up this war. So sounds like something he might say to do just that...and let his aide take the heat.

Remember when he said the missile that hit Poland was Russian and an Attack on NATO territory.....? but within hours, the leadership of the US, NATO, and Poland had all publicly stated that the explosion was caused by a Ukrainian anti-air missile.

Anything Zelensky or his staff says about something that would escalate the war is on purpose.... an he often does this when Ukraine military is failing....or the US isn't giving him what he wants and when.


13 posted on 01/28/2023 11:25:00 AM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NATO has a Prime Minister?


14 posted on 01/28/2023 11:27:11 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: PGR88

“It will then walk into Taiwan with ease.”’

You might be surprised to learn that Taiwan is an island. Walking there for any army would be very difficult.


15 posted on 01/28/2023 11:31:11 AM PST by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Russia can donate missiles to China.

China can donate these to Cuba.


16 posted on 01/28/2023 11:34:30 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: eyeamok

I think they are picking up the pace :(


17 posted on 01/28/2023 11:46:30 AM PST by Freedom56v2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Does anybody believe that with Ukraine troop casualties to date, there is anybody left they could train to fly F-16s in combat?


18 posted on 01/28/2023 11:52:27 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: Renfrew
You might be surprised to learn that Taiwan is an island. Walking there for any army would be very difficult.1 min vid.

............

You might not to see this. China practicing landing on a small island next to Taiwan. Pretty impressive.

Chinese troops storm beach near Taiwan in training exercise

19 posted on 01/28/2023 12:25:59 PM PST by norsky ( <P> <a href= > </a> <P><img src=" "width=400"></img>)
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To: norsky

It isn’t impressive, it is a 40-second commercial.


20 posted on 01/28/2023 1:24:20 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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