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Ukraine’s failure to build defenses in Kharkiv aided Russian reinvasion
The Washington Post ^
| May 17, 2024
| Isabelle Khurshudyan, Serhii Korolchuk and Mary Ilyushina
Posted on 05/16/2024 10:15:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
I guess 18 months in Kharkiv wasn't enough time to build fortifications.
To: Right_Wing_Madman
“I guess 18 months in Kharkiv wasn’t enough time to build fortifications.”
Longer than that. They had time since 2014 when Russia stole the Crimea and stirred up trouble in the Donbas. Yet they did very little or nothing at all.
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posted on
05/16/2024 10:34:04 PM PDT
by
rxh4n1
To: MinorityRepublican
Lines were built with the finances sent.
On mirrors.
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posted on
05/16/2024 10:46:53 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: MinorityRepublican
Zelensky had his priorities wrong by rebuilding the gay dance clubs first.
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posted on
05/16/2024 11:15:15 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: Darksheare
Probably what happened is those lines were not built in Ukraine, they were built in the French Riviera along with the whores that go along with those lines.
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05/16/2024 11:48:06 PM PDT
by
srmanuel
(Q)
To: srmanuel
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posted on
05/17/2024 12:18:48 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: Right_Wing_Madman
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posted on
05/17/2024 2:39:06 AM PDT
by
Does so
( 🇺🇦....We are in the later stages of a Communist takeover...)
To: MinorityRepublican
Ukraine’s failure to build defenses in Kharkiv aided Russian reinvasion Stupid. ALL defensive lines can be overcome, ie Marginot Lines.
The actual biggest aid to Russian reinvasion of Kharkiv is the months long stoppage of US aid, causing artillery shortage, and the stupid US insistence that its weapons cannot be used on Russian soil which stopped Ukraine from striking the attacking Russian army with Himars or Atacms.
U.S. officials have repeatedly said that they do not support or encourage Kyiv's strikes with American weapons at Russian territory, while Ukrainian officials are reportedly trying to convince Washington to lift this ban.
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posted on
05/17/2024 3:36:43 AM PDT
by
tlozo
( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
To: tlozo
ALL defensive lines can be overcome
Except when Ukraine launches a counteroffensive.
To: MinorityRepublican
Fake news.
The Russians only occupy parts of one the grey zone - or no mans land. The main UKR defense lines are kilometers away.
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05/17/2024 4:11:31 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Right_Wing_Madman
Except when Ukraine launches a counteroffensive. Russians were forced to retreat from Kyiv, Russians were forced to retreat from Kharkiv, and Russians were forced to retreat from Kherson.
That's pretty good for fighting the #2 military on the earth(Russia) with no Ukraine navy and pretty much no air-force.
WITH ridiculous rules imposed by the west- Kyiv's strikes with American weapons on Russian territory are forbidden. Resulting in ALL of Ukraine targeted by Russian drones and missiles while Russian military bases just across the border cannot be attacked.
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05/17/2024 4:30:31 AM PDT
by
tlozo
( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
To: MinorityRepublican
May 10, the brigade lost all its video feeds due to Russian electronic jamming. Its Starlink devices — satellite internet the Ukrainian military relies on for basic communication — failed, the first time it was knocked out completely for them since Russia’s invasion in February 2022. Ruh Roh!
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05/17/2024 4:34:51 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
To: tlozo
The actual biggest aid to Russian reinvasion of Kharkiv is the months long stoppage of US aid, causing artillery shortage, If you go to the artillery shell store and there ain't no artillery shells, that's where an artillery shortage comes from.
BTW - we all know that the US was sliding arms and ammo to the Ukraine under the table before the DC establishment passed the bill to make the under-the-table stuff legal.
So, that was all "paid forward" beforehand.
Nice try with your propaganda, though!
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05/17/2024 5:38:14 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
To: Right_Wing_Madman; tlozo
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05/17/2024 5:38:59 AM PDT
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kiryandil
(FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
To: tlozo
U.S. officials have repeatedly said that they do not support or encourage Kyiv's strikes with American weapons at Russian territory, while Ukrainian officials are reportedly trying to convince Washington to lift this ban. The whole reason this operation is happening is because Ukraine kept shelling civilians in Belgorod, so your response is that Ukrainians should be supported in continuing their attacks on Russia? Wow.
To: EnderWiggin1970
The whole reason this operation is happening is because Ukraine kept shelling civilians in Belgorod Right, because there are no Russian military bases and training grounds in Belgorod.
Local residents of Russian Belgorod showed a video of a Russian Grad MLRS firing toward Ukraine from a road on the outskirts of Belgorod.
Video of Russian Grad firing Toward Ukraine on Civilian Road in Belgorod
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05/17/2024 6:26:05 AM PDT
by
tlozo
( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
To: kiryandil
If you go to the artillery shell store and there ain't no artillery shells, that's where an artillery shortage comes from. US stopped sending artillery shells to Ukraine for months due to lack of funding, not because of shortage.
Czech Republic found 500,000 155 shells they can buy from third party sources. I guess the "shell store" wasn't empty.
Czech President Petr Pavel said at the Munich Security Conference last month that his country had identified 500,000 rounds of 155mm shells and 300,000 rounds of 122mm ones that could be delivered within weeks if the money was made available.
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/ukraine-to-get-155mm-artillery-shells-found-in-czech-led-effort-11709319241449.html
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posted on
05/17/2024 6:35:02 AM PDT
by
tlozo
( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
To: tlozo
“ ones that could be delivered within weeks if the money was made available.”
It’s not about right or wrong, it’s all about the Benjamin’s
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05/17/2024 6:42:44 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Pray for Peace in the world.)
To: tlozo
Yeah, the shell store was, and is, empty.
Keep pretending that it isn't.
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05/17/2024 7:19:57 AM PDT
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kiryandil
(FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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