Posted on 04/09/2023 7:17:15 AM PDT by Mariner
The classified documents apparently leaked last week detail the weaknesses in the Ukrainian army, specifically shortfalls of ammunition and air defense, according to reports.
The Washington Post reported that one of the leaked Pentagon documents detailed that Ukraine’s air defense may not be able to protect the front lines through the end of May. One of the documents included an assessment from February from the Defense Department’s Joint Staff, which said Ukraine’s “ability to provide medium range air defense to protect the [front lines] will be completely reduced by May 23,” according to the Post.
The reported classified document also says once Ukraine’s first layer of defense munitions run out, the “2nd and 3rd Layer expenditure rates will increase, reducing the ability to defend against Russian aerial attacks from all altitudes.”
Both the Justice Department and the Defense Department are investigating the apparent leak of classified documents after Russian sources posted them to online websites, like Twitter. The documents are dated from March or earlier of this year, and appear to include information on Ukrainian training, munition expenditures and estimated casualties from both Ukraine and Russia. The documents do not appear to have plans for a Ukrainian counter offensive expected for this spring.
The Post also reported that another document shows how quickly the Ukraine’s air defense projectiles will deplete, saying that SA-11 systems will be depleted by April 13, NASAMs, made by the U.S., will be expended by April 15 and SA-8s will be gone by May. Another chart appears to suggest that Ukrainian air defense focus on Russian jets and helicopters and ignore smaller threats, like drones, in light of the expected shortfalls, according to the Post.
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A friend of mine lived in Billings. He said it was so cold that he had to move to Salt Lake City for the warmth.
They have proposed building a canal across the Kra Isthmus. This would give direct access from the Gulf of Thailand to the Adaman Sea, by-passing Malacca.
Only way Ukraine doesn’t lose is if NATO puts troops on the ground..
NATO puts troops on the ground, odds of at least a tactical nuclear strike are better than 50/50 and world war 3 has begun
How many here have been denying this and repeating the Baghdad Bob level propaganda coming from the Biden regime and attacking others here for refuting it?
“Putin wants Ukraine for lots of important reasons the fools here don’t even acknowledge.”
1. Geostrategic - Crimea controls the Black Sea and Russia’s underbelly.
2. Dominion over Russia’s historical sphere of influence. This requires no NATO in Ukraine as Ukraine would then be part of Russia’s existential enemy.
3. Mineral and agricultural resources, which Russia sells to great benefit.
Those are REAL interests and the reason Russia is willing to do whatever it takes to secure Ukraine to their liking.
> The Biden globalists are delighted that white Christians are decimating each other in this ongoing meat grinder.
This. While white Christians cheer one side or the other.
To keep the lower IQ citizens up in arms is to have them distracted and keep reading and believing garbage tranny headlines, Trump, and the “race” legislature in Tennessee. The real news is the stories of the leaked documents as well as the shortage of workers on the west coast. FJB.
Even if the rest of NATO does not step up production, can the US not outproduce the Russians if we decided to do so in a 1960’s man to the moon effort to ramp up production to WW2 levels of war materials? Why on earth does Ukraine lack for howitzer shells and other ammunition and cheap drones when we could make it in great numbers if we CHOSE to?
It appears that American cannon fodder, i.e. White boys from the American South and Midwest HAVE learned from those fiascos. They are choosing not to participate in anymore Neo-Con wars.
Only a few on this forum have looked to see what the alleged leaks actually are. Those who have, are not impressed.
Those who have not, try to make sense of headlines or look for confirmation of what they want to hear.
Whatever the truth is, this is real, disinformation, or a hoax, this story is getting muddled by what people want to make of it.
Can we call WWII Germany the Nazi regime?
Same thing.
Washington Post and New York Times are all over this “leak”.
Which means it is all from a See Eye Hay source.
No accident. No intercept. It’s direct from the Brandon Junta.
“Only a few on this forum have looked to see what the alleged leaks actually are.”
They are obvious print-outs of Power Point slides, produced on a home grade Color Inkjet.
They WERE NOT produced on paper originally.
More likely from the resistance to that junta.
Non-sequitor.
You’re funny because you’re so corrosive there’s a blogger who says even Russian trolls have more class than you do!
That’s bad when you’re so bad that being called a troll would be a compliment!
It’s your claim and you can’t back it up. Ergo, your claim is invalidated.
Thanks for the lecture - in elementary school grammar.
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