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Ukraine war: Zelensky says fortifying front lines must be accelerated
BBC ^ | Dec 1, 2023 | Jessica Parker & Paul Kirby

Posted on 12/01/2023 6:01:40 AM PST by McGruff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said defences must be quickly beefed up across the front line, after meeting commanders in some of the main pressure points in the south and east.

"In all major sectors where reinforcement is needed, [we must] speed up building of structures," he said in his nightly address.

Russian forces are trying to encircle the eastern town of Avdiivka.

And they are targeting the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

With temperatures falling below freezing and Ukraine cloaked with snow, President Zelensky has said "winter as a whole is a new phase of war".

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Ukraine; War
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1 posted on 12/01/2023 6:01:40 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Go right ahead, Z, but do it on your own dime.


2 posted on 12/01/2023 6:04:54 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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Ukraine: We will fortify the front line and place all our resources up front in strong points to wait out the winter.

Russia: Frozen ground means our armored divisions can move more quickly. All we need is a breakthrough and we can then maneuver with impunity.


3 posted on 12/01/2023 6:05:08 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: McGruff

Couldn’t we just send him a couple box car loads of those green plastic silhouette targets that the Army uses at the rifle ranges?


4 posted on 12/01/2023 6:05:12 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It wasn't "genocide" when Hamas did it. Hypocrites!!!)
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To: McGruff

A new money laundering scheme for Western aid.


5 posted on 12/01/2023 6:05:51 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: McGruff

The work should have been done long ago shortly after the front line was stabilized.

The Russians apparently fortified in depth before the Ukrainian counteroffensives.


6 posted on 12/01/2023 6:07:00 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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IOW, send me billions of US tax dollars, ASAP.


7 posted on 12/01/2023 6:12:46 AM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: McGruff

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/whats-stake-russias-assault-avdiivka-2023-12-01/


8 posted on 12/01/2023 6:12:48 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: ClearCase_guy
Russia: Frozen ground means our armored divisions can move more quickly. All we need is a breakthrough and we can then maneuver with impunity.

LOL, its the SECOND winter of the war, where russian "armored divisions... can maneuver with impunity". Delusional idiocy.


9 posted on 12/01/2023 6:15:12 AM PST by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: McGruff

Is this strutting boob now playing a new role in his acting career as battlefield commander?


10 posted on 12/01/2023 6:18:31 AM PST by dforest
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Time to cede the Donbas Region and Crimea to Russia, and sue for peace, Zelinskyyyyyy.

You’re out of soldiers, and we’re out of ammunition, money, and patience.


11 posted on 12/01/2023 6:24:31 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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Zelenskyyyy: I saw another pretty yacht, I need more money.


12 posted on 12/01/2023 6:30:59 AM PST by Mashood
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Time to cede the Donbas Region and Crimea to Russia, and sue for peace, Zelinsky.

Sure, because THIS time you can trust Putin?

Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB ·

Russia has no plans:

On any Ukrainian territory.

Ok, Just Crimea

Ok, just Crimea & a small part of Donetsk

Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk

Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia

But this time we’re not lying. Ukraine should negotiate.


13 posted on 12/01/2023 6:33:43 AM PST by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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Ukraine war: Zelensky says fortifying front lines must be accelerated

Zelensky must be running out of Human Shields.

14 posted on 12/01/2023 6:43:51 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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OK, then what's your plan, genius? Continue to bleed our armories and treasury dry, while Zelinsky and his cronies continue to siphon off money for themselves and kill every able bodied male in their country?
15 posted on 12/01/2023 6:55:40 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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“Time to cede the Donbas Region and Crimea to Russia, and sue for peace...”

Some day that will happen. Just a question of how many more must die until then.

16 posted on 12/01/2023 6:58:17 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Yo-Yo
OK, then what's your plan, genius? Continue to bleed our armories and treasury dry

LOL, sure, our "treasury" is dry because we spent 100 billion on Ukraine last year, out of a total US budget of 6.5 trillion. That's the reason, not the other 6.4 trillion in spending. Okay

Destroying our enemies military without one US injury or death is a worthwhile goal. US spent 5% of its military budget(Donating mostly older weapons) to destroy half of Russia’s capability with the help of Ukraine.

Its also an important warning to China.

17 posted on 12/01/2023 7:05:26 AM PST by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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19 posted on 12/01/2023 7:17:48 AM PST by PGR88
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You didn’t address the Ukrainian manpower issue, which is also a limiting factor in continued fighting. Russia’s military is not ‘destroyed,’ and the only warning to China is that we’re out of artillery shells and HIMARS rockets.


20 posted on 12/01/2023 7:18:02 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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