Posted on 11/19/2022 7:09:32 AM PST by Timber Rattler
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine’s snow-blanketed war-time capital for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The air-defense package, which Britain valued at 50 million pounds ($60 million), comes as Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s power grid and other key infrastructure from the air, causing widespread blackouts for millions of Ukrainians as the frigid cold of winter draws near.
The package includes radar and other technology to counter Iran-supplied exploding drones that Russia has used against Ukrainian targets. It comes on top of a delivery of more than 1,000 anti-air missiles that Britain announced earlier this month.
The U.K. has been one of the staunchest Western supporters of Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion, giving Kyiv 2.3 billion pounds ($2.7 billion) in military aid.
Zelenskyy described the two countries as “the strongest of allies.”
“With friends like you by our side, we are confident in our victory. Both of our nations know what it means to stand up for freedom,” the Ukrainian leader said on Twitter.
“The courage of the Ukrainian people is an inspiration to the world,” Sunak said in comments alongside Zelenskyy in the presidential palace. “In years to come we will tell our grandchildren of your story.”
He pledged that Britain “will stand with you until Ukraine has won the peace and security it needs and deserves and then we will stand with you as you rebuild your great country.”
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Two pieces of shat in the same room. Both are breaking the backs of their citizens. I hope a loose bomb finds this dog doo.
Now would be a good time for Putin to send a few missiles into Kiev and he could kill 2 birds with one stone.
Those odd looking guards — are they wearing lululemons?
Wow, how heroic given how the Russians are devastating that country! /sarc
Did he pledge more money from the U.$.?
Needs to get in on the money train.
The British are a little late to the party. The nice shiny expensive electrical stuff is already broken and can’t be fixed in anything close to quick.
This action today, a move to declare Russia a ‘terrorist state’ in the EU parliament, may seal the fate of Ukraine.
The EU can’t easily climb down from this, and it makes negotiation almost impossible as things now stand. The war will continue until the Ukrainian or the Russian government begs for peace. This can no longer be solved by signing a piece of paper.
Who first?
Anti aircraft guns? for planes traveling at 700mph.........good luck with that.
Ukrainians keep dying, millions may have to leave because the electric grid is falling but Sunak is assuring Zelensky his London mansion will be well stocked the drugs of his choice.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SOMEONE TELL PUTIN HE’S OUT OF PRECISION MISSILES!!
https://sonar21.com/for-the-love-of-god-someone-tell-putin-hes-out-of-precision-missiles/
Stuff like this is why the Tories have wasted their period of governance in the UK; they’ll have no one but themselves to blame when voter discontent drives control of Parliament back to Labor.
A lot of the drones used by both sides in this war fly much slower than that.
The UK economy is about to be thrown into a black holehttps://www.theguardian.com › commentisfree › nov
Nov 2, 2022 — NHS England has more than 7 million people on its waiting lists. ... Taxes must rise to plug £40bn black hole in Sunak and Hunt’s budget.
UK faces 50 billion pound fiscal hole, government sources sayhttps://www.reuters.com › world › uk-faces-50-billion-po...
Nov 7, 2022 — British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will seek to fill a 50 billion pound ($57 billion) hole in the country’s public finances
U.K. markets under pressure as Hunt flags ‘Austerity 2.0’https://www.yahoo.com › video › u-k-markets-under-p...
5 days ago — The Financial Times said the Office for Budget Responsibility had warned of a £70 billion hole in public finances needing to be closed.
He certainly beats any strategy and opinion coming out of your neocon piehole.
“Ukrainian or the Russian government begs for peace. This can no longer be solved by signing a piece of paper. Who first?”
The Russians have been begging for negotiations for months now. They want out of this war.
The problem is they are still refusing to leave Crimea. Ukraine will need to take the peninsula and then Russia will come to reality and drop its demands.
Impossible, I've been told Zelensky hasn't been in Ukraine since the start of the war.
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