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Ukraine’s top commander asks Trump to help take the war to Russia
The Washinton Post ^ | July 23,2025 | Siobhán O'Grady and Serhii Korolchuk

Posted on 07/23/2025 5:02:12 AM PDT by McGruff

Ukraine urgently needs the United States and Europe to transfer more air defense systems and missiles to Kyiv, Ukraine’s commander in chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky said in an interview with The Washington Post — and without a Biden-era ban on deep strikes against Russian military targets.

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“They are targeting virtually everything — airfields, populated areas, infrastructure facilities,” Syrsky said of Russia. “So, of course, we need supplies of ballistic missiles in order to be able to give the enemy a fitting rebuff.”

“The availability of any missile weapons is in itself a deterrent,” he added. “I hope that thanks to President Trump’s position, this process will be much easier and … we won’t have any of the difficulties we had before.”

Syrsky declined to comment on whether Ukraine has any of the powerful ATACMS left in stock, although it’s widely understood that the country’s supplies have run out. When asked if a new delivery of the American missiles would save Ukrainian lives, he replied: “Of course.”

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: escalation; proxywar; ukraine; welfarewar

1 posted on 07/23/2025 5:02:12 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

What do you think the “50 day” ultimatum was about?


2 posted on 07/23/2025 5:03:23 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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““They are targeting virtually everything — airfields, populated areas, infrastructure facilities,” Syrsky said of Russia.”

It their deluded state, The leaders of the Ukraine seem to have forgotten there would be a cost to hitting Russia’s nuclear bombers.


3 posted on 07/23/2025 5:14:55 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: Vermont Lt
What do you think the “50 day” ultimatum was about?

Defensive weapons.

4 posted on 07/23/2025 5:30:07 AM PDT by McGruff
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5 posted on 07/23/2025 6:11:37 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I live by trial and error. Mostly error.)
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What the hell, send ‘em a B83 and get this thing over.


6 posted on 07/23/2025 6:28:25 AM PDT by budj ( target)
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... or maybe a half dozen B83’s


7 posted on 07/23/2025 6:29:30 AM PDT by budj (Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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To: budj
Let's not mess around with these little pin pricks.


8 posted on 07/23/2025 6:38:16 AM PDT by McGruff
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>> What the hell, send ‘em a B83 and get this thing over.

Yeah, what could POSSIBLY go wrong??!? LOL, although I understand that nuclear world war is no laughing matter!


9 posted on 07/23/2025 7:25:29 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: McGruff

At the same time Trump was asking if Z could hit cities in Russia?

Don’t kid yourself. Trump will unleash Z from the “no long range weapons” restriction on Day 51.

How long would it take Ukraine to learn how to target cruise missiles? Probably 30-45 days.


10 posted on 07/23/2025 7:31:16 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Ahhh, no.


11 posted on 07/23/2025 11:48:39 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp)
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