re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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The Romanians are going to annex Moldova.

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Wanna bet?

Less than 300 miles from Ukraine controlled territory puts that refinery within range easily

ISW April 6 Update

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Key Takeaways:

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that Ukraine does not have enough materiel to contest the battlefield initiative.

Zelensky stressed that additional Western security assistance is necessary for Ukrainian forces to effectively defend Ukraine’s airspace against the intensified Russian strike campaign and increased Russian aviation operations along the frontline.

Zelensky cautioned that the arrival of all promised F-16 fighter jets from Ukraine’s Western partners in 2024 will provide Ukraine with only 10 percent of the fighter aircraft Ukraine would need to completely defeat Russian aviation and restore Ukraine’s ability to operate effectively in the air domain.

Continued delays in US security assistance are specifically impacting the capabilities that Ukrainian forces need to respond to the increased tempo of Russian mechanized assaults in eastern Ukraine.

The Kremlin explicitly threatened its long-term ally Armenia on April 5 over Armenian outreach to the West following Russia’s failure to prevent Armenia’s loss of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023.

The Russian MFA also continues to threaten Finland and claimed that Finland has “lost its independence in making foreign policy decisions” since its accession to NATO — a narrative that the Kremlin routinely used to falsely claim that NATO was controlling Ukraine and using Ukraine to threaten Russia.

Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov announced on April 5 that 3,000 former Wagner Group personnel will join the Akhmat Spetsnaz unit following successful negotiations between Akhmat and Wagner commanders.

Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Avdiivka and Donetsk City.

Russian President Vladimir Putin passed two laws on April 6, offering Russian society some concession for its sacrifices to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Just so I can keep up is western media trust worthy now that they have articles bad about Ukraine? When do we go back to not trusting it?

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If Russia were allowed to win in Ukraine, then it would become much, much more of a threat than before Oh for frick sake

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Now Winston is that the right way to express your emotions?

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just think if they appear to be throwing in the towel, things are really bad there

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You have to see what the agenda is they are trying to peddle. I see it as the MSM selling the fear porn that without more western aide Ukraine will fail. This is why u see these articles popping up now. Scare public opinion and pressure the house to pass more aide.

Ukraine is not about to calliope. However they are shell starved and AA missiles are running low and they are not able to launch an offensive. However Ukraine is still defending and inflicting heavy losses on Russian attacks. Ukraine is willing to slowly give up territory and bleed the enemy.

However, they do need more aide namely shells and air defense.

The latest RT/Kremlin message.



Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov insisted that Ukraine cannot be allowed to exist, explained why Russia should not negotiate with the West and promised, "We will kill all of them."

Julia Davis Video

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Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.

Mr Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korcok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote.

A former prime minister, he is an ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, and shares the PM's dovish attitude towards Russia. Mr Fico and his allies now control Slovakia's parliament, government, and soon the president's office.

Slovakia had been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies before Mr Fico came to power in October on a pledge to halt supplies of Slovak Army military stocks to Kyiv. With Mr Pellegrini replacing Mrs Caputova, Ukraine has now definitively lost a voice of support in an EU and Nato capital.

Mr Fico has called for an end to Western military support for Ukraine, an immediate ceasefire, and peace talks with Moscow. He said recently President Vladimir Putin had been "unfairly demonised" and argued admitting Ukraine to Nato would mark the beginning of a third world war.

Mr Pellegrini's campaign echoed some of that Moscow-friendly rhetoric, accusing Mr Korcok of being a warmonger who would send Slovak soldiers to fight in Ukraine - a constitutional power the president does not have.

On Sunday Mr Pellegrini vowed "to ensure that Slovakia remains on the side of peace and not on the side of war".

"You don't have to worry that the Presidential Palace, as it has been for the last 10 years, will become a centre of oppositional, opportunistic power that will harm the government, that will harm the state abroad and will rejoice in the failures of the Slovak government," he said.

Once Mrs Caputova steps down in June, there will no longer be any high-level official in Slovakia - a country which barely a year ago donated its entire fleet of MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine - who unequivocally backs Kyiv's effort to defend its territory with force.

Mr Korcok expressed his anger at Mr Pellegrini's campaign tactics, saying it was fear that decided the outcome of the election, and "that fear was spread by those who are hidden in state positions".

He said of the result: "It turns out that it is possible to become President of the Slovak Republic not only by spreading hatred, whipping up passions and pushing people to the barricades, but also by painting the opposite number, that is to say, me, as a candidate of war. I will not forget this."

The liberal pro-Western opposition also accuses Mr Pellegrini - as head of the coalition Hlas party and chairman of parliament - of remaining silent as Mr Fico took a wrecking ball to Slovakia's criminal justice system, notably abolishing the Special Prosecutor's Office, which was set up 20 years ago to probe serious corruption and economic crime.

It had investigated a number of senior officials in Mr Fico's Smer party, and had been overseeing the prosecution of those believed to be responsible for the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova in 2018.

The killings were a seismic event in Slovak politics. The fallout ended Mr Fico's second premiership in 2018 and led to the liberal, pro-Western Zuzana Caputova being elected president on a wave of popular anger at official corruption and organised crime.

Robert Fico's government recently set its sights on Slovakia's public broadcaster, submitting plans to abolish the institution and replace it with one under virtual state control. Those plans were put on the back burner after a surprisingly poor showing from Peter Pellegrini in the first round of the presidential election two weeks ago.

The opposition fears a reinvigorated Robert Fico will resubmit them - and they say President-elect Pellegrini is unlikely to stand in his way.

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Here is an article for you on your boy Blinkin and his latest stance regarding Ukraine.

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Read the article to see what the French Foreign Minister said in response to his face. LOL.

This whole administration are weak pussies.

Ukraine is almost there. Just need a few more billion.