re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Austin & Milley just finished their press conference at the conclusion of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting

A few items of note...

The US will provide an additional 18 M777 howitzers and the rest of the allies will provide around 82 for a total of 100 new 155 artillery. This brings the grand total of 155 artillery to around 300.

The US will provide 30000 155 rounds.

The only new MLRS systems are 3 from Germany.

The US will provide 2 harpoon systems.

They were heavily questioned regarding the low number of heavy weapons.

Also, Milley said that the Ukrainians just finished their HIMARS training yesterday - June 14.

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When the war began, Ukraine’s best and certainly most experienced units were deployed in the Donbas

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So the Ukranian second string ran the Russians out of Kiev?
That doesn’t say much for Russian soldiers or their generals.

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I'm concerned that the USA is prolonging a war that Ukraine cannot win, thus causing further catastrophic increase in debt that the USA cannot pay for, AND thus causing further loss of life and destruction of property

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Excellent post! This is exactly what is taking place. We're dumping billions of dollars without any control of how or where it goes. We dumped billions in stimulus money and now reading headlines that millions or billion were stolen and to think the exact same thing is not going on now, with Ukraine, is ludicrous.

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That would be interesting. I am skeptical that anything this dramatic could occur. But then again, there is almost no

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Any successor is already part of Putin's insiders group so if anything they very well may ramp it up to show the Russian citizens that they are in control and have the power.

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I'm concerned that the USA is prolonging a war that Ukraine cannot win, thus causing further catastrophic increase in debt that the USA cannot pay for, AND thus causing further loss of life and destruction of property, which, I am convinced that the USA will pay to re-build, as part of a peace deal with Russia, after Russia wins the war.

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100%

And after watching the impact on OUR economy and OUR way of life, Scruffy is starting to believe the people who support the continuation of the war want that exact outcome.

There is no other reason as to why they would want the USA to suffer while generally improving Russia’s economic prospects.

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Scruffy

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I generally like you, but the drugs must be getting good these days. LOL

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I generally like you, but the drugs must be getting good these days. LOL

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Buddy, Scruffy isn’t the one pushing for continuous war and sanctions that are directly impacting OUR economy and way of life at significantly worse levels than the one being sanctioned.



Doing that purposefully can be excused as merely evil, but doing that while thinking that you are “doing good” is either a sign of being high or insane.

How long are WE supposed to suffer the consequences of the sanctions placed on Russia before y’all realize that this was all performed horribly?

"...while generally improving Russia's economic prospect."
Wut?
Russia's economy will contract by almost 9% this year. it cannot keep up with its pension obligations and ordinary staples of life are hard to find and harder to afford. Russia is suffering from serious brain drains among its young and millionaires are leaving the country at record rates. To stay afloat they are selling fossil fuels to China and India, but at a loss to market pricing.
Russia's economy is being hurt badly.

$1 Billion in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
June 15, 2022

This afternoon, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $1 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes an authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $350 million, as well as $650 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.

The PDA authorization is the twelfth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. Capabilities in this package include:

18 155mm Howitzers;
36,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition;
18 Tactical Vehicles to tow 155mm Howitzers;
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems;
Four Tactical Vehicles to recover equipment;
Spare parts and other equipment.

Under USAI, the DoD will provide Ukraine with near-term priority capabilities to defend against Russian aggression. Included in this package are:

Two Harpoon coastal defense systems;
Thousands of secure radios;
Thousands of Night Vision devices, thermal sights, and other optics;
Funding for training, maintenance, sustainment, transportation, and administrative costs.

DoD Press Release

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supply "safe drinking water, ,

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How many decades did Flint Michigan citizens go with unsafe drinking water..

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