Posted on 05/15/2023 3:02:50 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
France pledged additional military aid for Ukraine on Sunday, including light tanks, armored vehicles, training for soldiers and other assistance as the Ukrainians gear up for a counteroffensive against Russian forces, following surprise talks in Paris between the Ukrainian and French presidents.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and France’s Emmanuel Macron met for about three hours at the French presidential Elysee Palace — an encounter kept under wraps until shortly before the Ukrainian leader’s arrival in Paris from Germany on a French government jet, extending his multi-stop European tour.
With Ukraine planning to go on the offensive hoping to retake Russian-occupied territory, military aid was a top agenda item. Macron’s office said France will supply dozens of light tanks and armored vehicles “in the weeks ahead,” without giving specific numbers. Also promised were more air defense systems, but again details weren’t made public.
More Ukrainians will also be made battle-ready, with France aiming to train about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers in France this year and nearly 4,000 others in Poland as part of a wider European effort, Macron’s office said.
In a statement, France described its support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity as “unwavering” and promised that its political, economic, humanitarian and military aid will continue “for as long as necessary.”
In a tweet on his arrival, Zelenskyy said: “With each visit, Ukraine’s defense and offensive capabilities are expanding. The ties with Europe are getting stronger, and the pressure on Russia is growing.”
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The Missus want to do some more shopping in Paris?
Never happened.
May this lead to more countries giving more aid to Ukraine
Get Ukraine everything they need to defeat putin/russia
My prayer is that either Putin or the Russian military look at this and then decide to quit.
With Putin that is close to impossible.
But perhaps someone in the military will look at the destruction of Russian military power that is happening and take the chance to bump off the Tsar and get out of Ukraine
Sure it did. The Internet said so.
Don't bother believing all those reputable news sources which debunked the claim, believe the lone YouTubers who have the photoshopped goods on Mz. Zelenskyyy.
YouTubers who have the photoshopped goods on Mz. Zelenskyyy...
I know really. The most pathetic thing I read is those calling Z a coke head bssed on a photoshopped picture. Thats so desperate.
From your lips to Gods ear.
“But perhaps someone in the military will look at the destruction of Russian military power that is happening and take the chance to bump off the Tsar and get out of Ukraine”
putin is not good for russia. May your prayer come true...
Zelensky is making Jesse Jackson look like a piker...
from Timothy Snyder:
“Putin initially connected Ukraine to a dream of posthumous glory. But now he has no choice but to connect Ukraine to earthly politics, since he cares about retaining power to the end. To keep power, Putin must control all Russian armed forces, which is not the same thing as keeping them in Ukraine. Those two things might well contradict: the recent spectacle of disunity around Bakhmut shows how. The better Ukraine does on the battlefield, the more they will contradict. More broadly, keeping power is not the same thing as pushing for victory in Ukraine. If Ukraine seems likely to win, Putin will seek another story of power. His propagandists are good at changing the subject.
We in democracies sometimes get a bit enraptured by dictators, and particularly dictators at war. We can get a little carried away by the notion that they can do what they want. If I am right, though, that Russian politics has continued in an unexpected war thanks to the war, it is easier to see its end. Putin will not want to see challenges to his rule begin abroad.
War brings political pressure, and not necessarily where the aggressor intended. Pressure forces choices. Putin can afford to lose in Ukraine, but he cannot afford to lose in Russia. He must face that choice if this war is to be brought to an end.”
European leaders are stepping up the military aid to Ukraine. Britain is sending long range (200 kilometer) suicide drones, Germany announced its largest $3 Billion military aid package to Ukraine(30 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, 20 Marder armored personnel carriers, and 200 reconnaissance drones) and now France has announces it is sending tanks and armored vehicles to Ukraine.
“Putin has always feared the expansion of democracy, not the expansion of NATO.”
~ Michael McFaul
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