re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

you lot are something else

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"Plan for victory in Ukraine": US Republicans set out their vision for US role in defeating Russia


It's about damned time and long overdue, but could be more

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This was the plan advocated back in November. It happens sometimes that something like this gets rediscovered and run through the media cycle again.

British Defence Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE
UPDATE ON UKRAINE 12 January 2024

Ukrainian forces operating on the east bank of the Dnipro River have been using First Person View Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (FPV-UAVs) fitted with munitions to target Russian Forces.

The FPV-UAVs are being used in conjunction with artillery to target Russian Forces' vehicles, with a Russian military blogger estimating 90 per cent of Russian military equipment in the Krynky sector has been destroyed.

Russia's inability to counter the FPV-UAVS is likely due to a shortage of Russian Electronic Warfare capability in the area.

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Proposed Plan for Victory in Ukraine

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Proposed Plan for Victory in Ukraine

Biden’s mantra of supporting Ukraine “for as long as it takes” is a losing
strategy. Instead, House Republicans believe President Biden should
present a credible plan for victory and arm Ukraine with the weapons it
needs to win as soon as possible.

Since the first day of the war, Biden’s debilitating hesitation to provide
critical weapons to Ukraine has delayed a Ukrainian victory. Ukraine needs
the longest-range variant of ATACMS, F-16s, and sufficient quantities of
cluster munitions, artillery, air defenses, and armor to make a difference
on the battlefield. This delay is costing Ukrainian lives and the American taxpayer.

A path to victory for Ukraine will require
(1) providing critical weapons to
Ukraine at the speed of relevance,
(2) tightening sanctions on the Putin
regime, and
(3) transferring frozen Russian sovereign assets to Ukraine.

This will take congressional Republican pressure, which has been the key
to unlocking every new needed weapon system to Ukraine since the start
of the war. The bipartisan and bicameral bill, the REPO Act, will also
require the Biden administration lead a coalition of allies to transfer up to
$300 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets to assist Ukraine.

This strategy will ensure Ukraine is able to make the needed advances on
the battlefield to force Putin to the negotiating table. If Ukraine doesn’t
negotiate from a position of strength, there can be no lasting peace.

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As a percentage of GDP, the U.S. ranks just 30th in total assistance to Ukraine, with Poland, the Baltic states, the UK, Norway, and others contributing more in terms of this metric. In terms of security assistance by GDP, the U.S. ranks 14th. Europe has also committed more non-security assistance to Ukraine than the United States. House Republicans need to push our allies to continue this positive trend.

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In 2023, NATO collectively boosted defense spending by 8.3% – the largest yearly increase in the past decade – and allies have purchased $90 billion of U.S. weapons to backfill their donations to Ukraine.

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The Biden administration’s feeble approach to foreign policy crises is costing Ukrainian
lives and American treasure. From his failure in Afghanistan, and his inability to secure the U.S. border, to his failure to quickly put an end to Russia’s renewed aggression in
Ukraine, President Biden’s policies are projecting a weak image of the U.S. abroad and forcing the taxpayer to bail him out. If President Biden stood up to Vladimir Putin with pre-invasion sanctions, didn’t rollback Trump administration sanctions on Nord Stream 2,and provided visible and significant lethal assistance, he could have deterred Putin before he invaded. Unfortunately, the current Biden policy of supporting Ukraine “for as
long as it takes” has prolonged this conflict. Instead, the strategy should be to give Ukraine the resources it needs to win now, and inflict maximum pressure on the Russian economy, so that this conflict can be brought to an end.

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swear, the west gets more retarded by the day about foreign policy

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Russia, however, has been knocking it out of the park invading a country with 400k dead (so far), ruining their economy and being forced to beg NK and Iran for help.

4d chess from the white hats, brother

Why do you always have to be such a sarcastic dork? I’m not praising Russia. And those casualties could’ve been 6:1 in Ukraine’s favor instead of 1:1 had we not dithered early on, so I’m not sure what point you are trying to make.

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Did anyone else see that Russia is convening the UN Security Council over the US strikes in Yemen...you know after Yemen has been striking commercial vessels for a few weeks

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IMO.. this whole Hamas/Yemen thing is a diversion Iran/Russia has cooked up to distract from Ukraine..

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A path to victory for Ukraine will require
(1) providing critical weapons to Ukraine at the speed of relevance,
(2) tightening sanctions on the Putin regime, and
(3) transferring frozen Russian sovereign assets to Ukraine.

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I'm in favor of all three, but the frozen assets have to be handled carefully. If you're stupid about it, other countries could do similar things to other countries and cause a financial crisis.

Give Ukraine $60b of those frozen assets, tell Russia that every quarter, Ukraine gets $60b more. See if you can prod Russia back to the negotiating table that way.

(And, realistically, I'm at least partially worried that if you gave the Ukrainian state $360b, a lot of money would disappear.)

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A path to victory for Ukraine will require
(1) providing critical weapons to Ukraine at the speed of relevance,
(2) tightening sanctions on the Putin regime, and
(3) transferring frozen Russian sovereign assets to Ukraine.

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Related to 1 above. All geographic restrictions on the use of western provided weapons against military targets should be lifted. No need to advertise it in a public document though.

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Why do you always have to be such a sarcastic dork?

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It’s literally in the name