re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's forty-fifth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. It includes additional air defense and artillery munitions, mine clearing equipment, medical vehicles, and other equipment to help Ukraine counter Russia's ongoing war of aggression on the battlefield and protect its people.

The capabilities in this package, valued at up to $250 million, include:


AIM-9M missiles for air defense;
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
Mine clearing equipment;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets;
Hydra-70 Rockets;
Over 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
Armored medical treatment vehicles and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) ambulances;
Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing; and
Spare parts, maintenance, and other field equipment.

This security assistance package will utilize assistance previously authorized under Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) for Ukraine that remained after the PDA revaluation process concluded in June.

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Explosions have been reported at Princess Olga International Airport in the Pskov Region of Western Russian only 20 Miles from the Border with Estonia.

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China has declared part of Russia as its territory on new official maps

#China's state-owned Standard Map Service has presented a set of geographic maps for 2023, on which for the first time part of #Russia's territory is indicated as part of China. It is about the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island on the Amur River.

According to a 2008 treaty between Russia and China, the island was divided between the two countries. The new official map of China marks the whole island as the easternmost point of the Chinese territory. The explanatory note emphasizes that "the map is made in accordance with the national standards for drawing borders of China and other countries of the world."

The official set of maps will be used in various media materials, including news, books and promotional materials. The maps can also be used as basic reference information.

The Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island covers an area of 327 to 350 square kilometers, depending on the water level in the river. From the early 19th century there was a long struggle between Russia and China for control of it, but in the 1920s and 1930s the island was "taken under guard" by Soviet troops.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the island remained under Russian jurisdiction. China has had a particular interest in the territory, disputing its status since 1964. In 2008, Russia handed over the western part of the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island and other territories to China. Experts at the time pointed to Moscow's long-term interests in stable relations between the two countries.

In addition to the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, China has marked the #Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the border region of Aksai Chin as its territory on maps. The Indian Foreign Ministry has already protested to Beijing.

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China has declared part of Russia as its territory on new official maps...

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I guess what is good for your goose is good for my gander..

Someone mentioned collaborators with Russian occupation.

Here is a website that showed up which I didn't search for at all. A lot of Ukrainian names (like their towns) are quite common both first and last name being the same for multiple people, not unlike a LinkedIn search for "Tom Jones"

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China has declared part of Russia as its territory on new official maps

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According to a 2008 treaty between Russia and China, the island was divided between the two countries. The new official map of China marks the whole island as the easternmost point of the Chinese territory.

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Eastern Mongolia is next.

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Ukraine strikes Russian supply routes all the time but Russia doesn’t seem to do the same.

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We may just not be hearing about it.

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Maybe true closer to the front. But the fact that any civilian can drive or take a train from Lviv to Kharkiv or Kherson right now is pretty indicative that the main transportation arteries are still intact.

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quote:Ukraine strikes Russian supply routes all the time but Russia doesn’t seem to do the same.

We may just not be hearing about it.

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There’s no good reason why we wouldn’t. Russia has no problem in getting their propaganda out.

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The Airport is over 650km from Ukraine and less than 40km from Estonia.

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A lot of people saying these were launched from Estonia, we'll see, but that would be insane if true.

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lot of people saying these were launched from Estonia, we'll see, but that would be insane if true.

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Wouldn't be shocked if Russia is pushing that hard as it sounds a lot better than their Air defense completely missing something for 600+km and/or a deep SOF incursion