re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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We can talk about rules, but we haven’t cared about those in a long time, and we’re also not in a position to enforce them, so it just makes us look weak when we talk about them. We also can’t inflict sufficient pain on Russia to make the war fruitless for them.

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This is another blatantly obvious attempt at misinformation warfare. Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that this is the central point of their strategy to undermine American support. By posing as Americans to sow doubt…

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He isn’t talking about negotiations. That’s a fairy tale. Russia and Ukraine have been negotiating for 30 years. Agreements have been made and agreements have been broken.

Russia does what they want to do as long as they can.

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Ok, then that could still be his assessment of the state of the conflict even if he isn't talking about negotiations.

I very much think negotiations are in play and likely how this ends.

The thought that this war is either going to end with Ukraine keeping all of its land or none of it is a bleak outlook.

I never thought Ukraine would survive.
I thought Russia would roll like we rolled over Iraq twice.

I just thought it was our obligation to help Ukraine as we promised.

I never believed Putin would compromise. There is no reason for him to do that. He isn’t losing anything. He has power and money.

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Are these the really long range ones? As reach out and really touch Russia.

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Probably won't know before they are used.

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This caught my eye from your article. It went on but I wasn't able to read the whole thing.

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A huge reason is that the Biden Admin has never defined a clear path to victory. I suspect the useful idiots would be the only ones voting no if the path would have been established.

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A huge reason is that the Biden Admin has never defined a clear path to victory.

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Is there one? Is there a way for Ukraine to win (take ALL of their land back) without NATO troops?

We have to admit that it might not be possible to take everything back. All we can do is aggressively contain Russia as best we csn economically and by aiding Ukraine’s defense with ammo and equipment.

Make every KM of Ukraine expensive to the Russians. That will show our resolve to all our enemies, not just the Russians.

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I could have sworn they already got some of these.

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They got a handful of them in October and they hit a couple of helicopter bases in Eastern Ukraine that were beyond conventional HIMARS range. But the money was already running out so they couldn't get more.

Then back a few weeks ago they "found" something like $300 million and used it to send -- among other things -- at least another handful of ATACMS.

They used these last week to hit the Dzhankoi air base in Crimea which apparently was a significant strike.

With the new aid bill, there will be a wave of ATACMS headed over there. I think we have something like over 1000 that were scheduled to be decommissioned as this new Prism missile that started coming online last year hits its stride,

Cheaper to dispose of them over a Russian air base than in the incinerators at Redstone Arsenal.

ETA: The way the Pentagon bean counters work, if these ATACMS cost $1 million each when they were built in the 1990s, then we have to charge off $1 million when we send one to Ukraine. Even though they were to be phased out. Even though it might cost us $50,000 to dispose of one. We are saving money on the deal, and helping Ukraine. But to the Poli Board it's like we are wiring money to Zelensky's offshore account, "with 10% to the big guy!"

Putin hasn’t been serious about peace negotiations yet, none of the past talk has been good faith peace discussion.

That’s probably because he has been expecting support for Ukraine to wane and he wouldn’t have to negotiate at all.

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Britain to transfer to Ukraine a record package of military aid worth 500 million pounds.

It includes more than 1,600 strike and air defence missiles, as well as more long-range Storm Shadow missiles.

Alongside the missiles, the aid package will also contain British-made attack drones and more than 400 military vehicles including 160 husky protected patrol cars. Britain is also donating 60 boats.

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“The package DOD is working on now will be significantly larger than the most recent tranche of $300 million…it would include armored vehicles; a fourth person said additional Bradley Fighting Vehicles would be part of the shipment. Older Humvees and M113 armored personnel carriers, as well as missiles, are also expected to be in the package…it will also include artillery and air defenses.”

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The Pentagon announced recently that the United States is considering the Deployment of additional Military Advisors to the U.S. Embassy in the Ukrainian Capital of Kyiv, as it appears that the Russian Armed Forces are in Final Preparations for another Major Offensive in the East; according to Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Patrick Ryder, the Advisors would not act in a Combat Role but instead assist the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Logistical Planning while also Overseeing the use of U.S. Military Equipment within Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba publicly revealed that Ukraine is in talks to acquire four additional MIM-104 Patriot SAM batteries.

Per Kuleba “Negotiations are underway between us and the relevant countries and the USA”

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In contrast, the civilized world has abandoned the primitive view that international borders can very simply be changed through conquest.

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Borders no longer exist to "the civilised world".