re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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If Putin has said that ( I haven’t seen it) it would because he perceives such a remark helps Trump.
This is not complicated…

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Or he wants to see a demented old man who is weak continue to destroy this nation.
This is not comp!icated.

You don’t do complicated very well.

Has anyone mentioned or discussed Ukraine requesting rockets from Canada?

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Ukraine is urging Canada to hand over tens of thousands of decommissioned rockets that are set to be destroyed as the war with Russia nears its two-year mark. Canada is planning to soon destroy over 83,000 CRV7 ("Canadian Rocket Vehicle 7") units that were taken out of service in 2005, while the Ukrainian military desperately seeks more weapons and supplies due in part to a once-steady flow of international military aid slowing considerably this year.

Ukrainian Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, head of Kyiv's military intelligence agency, said in an interview published by Canadian network Global News on Monday that giving the rockets to Ukraine instead of destroying them would be "a win-win situation" for both nations.

Some Canadian officials have reportedly expressed reservations about fulfilling the request over concerns that the rockets may have become unstable in the years since being decommissioned, potentially making transporting the weapons and using them an especially risky proposition.

"We have no concerns," Budanov told Global News. "We need a lot of equipment, both ammunition, munitions in general, artillery munitions—lots of types of equipment."

Budanov went on to say that Ukraine believes that approximately 8,000 of the rockets are in good condition, while all of the weapons would likely be stripped down to their components and used for drones.

Newsweek reached out for comment to the Canadian Defense Ministry via online press contact form on Monday night.

Canada's Conservative Party issued a statement criticizing the government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the issue, arguing that donating the rockets would be "common sense."

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Sending those rockets to Ukraine would make a significant contribution and would be a common sense move. Unfortunately, Trudeau lacks common sense.

ISW Update

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Key Takeaways:

Ukrainian forces successfully sank another Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) landing ship in the Black Sea off the southern coast of occupied Crimea on the night of February 13 to 14.

Ukraine reportedly continues efforts to offset Russian advantages in manpower and materiel by using more advanced systems and equipment, although continued delays in Western security assistance will undermine these efforts.

Russia is similarly pursuing battlefield advantages through technological innovation despite its focus on generating manpower and materiel in greater mass than Ukraine.

Russian authorities may be generating enough new forces to sustain losses generated by the current tempo of their offensive operations in Ukraine through 2025.

The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (VLA) stated that the Russian military’s ongoing restructuring and expansion effort aims to intensify Russian military posturing against Finland and the wider NATO alliance.

The Kremlin is conducting information operations against Moldova very similar to those that the Kremlin used before its invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, likely to set conditions to justify possible future Russian escalation against Moldova.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenburg stated on February 14 that NATO does not see any immediate threat of military attacks on a NATO member but noted that there is a “constant risk” of hybrid attacks.

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitri Peskov denied recent Western reports that Russia recently proposed freezing the conflict in Ukraine.

Russia reportedly is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon.

Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Bakhmut, Marinka, and Krynky amid continued positional fighting along the entire line of contact on February 14.

Russia continues efforts to expand its defense industrial base (DIB).

Russian authorities continue efforts to militarize and culturally indoctrinate youth and students in occupied Ukraine into Russian identity and ideology.

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Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade confirms redeployment to Avdiivka, says situation 'extremely critical'

by Dinara Khalilova and The Kyiv Independent news desk February 15, 2024 11:13 AM

Ukraine's Third Assault Brigade confirmed on Feb. 15 that it was "urgently" redeployed to Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, adding that the situation in the area is "extremely critical."

Avdiivka, lying only kilometers away from Russian-occupied Donetsk, has faced intensified Russian attacks since October 2023 as Moscow's troops aim to encircle and capture the city.

Earlier reports suggested that Ukraine was sending one of its largest and best-equipped brigades, the Third Assault Brigade, to reinforce troops exhausted by months of intense fighting as Russia comes closer to surrounding Avdiivka.

The Kyiv Independent

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Ukraine has called up over a million men sent them through training and then sent them home because they didn’t need them yet.


This article from the pro-Ukraine NYT is odd, then.

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The fake news NYT is too pro-Ukrainian. It is trying to make Ukraine look weaker than it is to force the aid package through the House to help Biden get a "foreign policy win." If you want an accurate picture look at wikipedia the Armed Forces of Ukraine have 1,000,000+ active and 2,100,000 reserve personnel. The problem Ukraine is running into is not that it does not have enough bodies to fight. The problem is that it does not have enough trained bodies to fight effectively. Ukraine has run into this problem because Zaluzhnyi called reserves trained them and then demobilized them sometimes before they finished training. Zaluzhnyi wanted to keep a standing reserve of 500,000 troops at all times. Zelensky says Ukraine cannot afford to pay for 500,000 troops to be sitting around. Plus Ukraine does not have the capacity to train all 500,000 troops as quickly as Zaluzhnyi wants which is why their reserves were demobilized in the first place. Ukraine is trying to avoid sending hundreds of thousands of barely trained soldiers like Russia is doing unless it is forced to. Ukraine was forced to do that last year in Bakhmut and the units made up of reservist suffered much higher casualty rate than the units that were mostly made up of veterans. Zaluzhnyi wanted to call up 500,000 troops so Ukraine could reinforce the entire front even if that meant reinforcing the line with barely trained troops which like I said Zelensky is trying to avoid doing unless it absolutely has to.

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The Russians allegedly issued a surrender ultimatum to the Ukrainian forces there.

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and the Ukrainians responded with Idi na khuy.

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The MSR has been cut for a couple of days, and I think it was two day ago where nothing made it in or out.

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Ukraine proved in 2022 when it flew supplies into Mariupol to keep the Azov brigade supplied for months and again in the spring of 2023 when it kept the soldiers in Bahkmut supplied using dirt roads even during the mud season. There are still dirt and gravel roads available for Ukraine to use to supply Avdiivka. Nothing was made of the road being cut because unlike the Russian military the Ukrainian military has proved on multiple occasions that it does not need a paved highway to stay in the fight.


BTW do you still believe that the reason there is blue and yellow flag flying over Odessa is because Russia has not decided it wants to take Odessa yet?

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Border protection has nothing to do with Ukraine.

Why aren't y'all yelling "No money for highways until the border is fixed first!"

Why Ukraine? It's because it's a stupid manipulative ploy by Putin's minions.

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Wrong. People including myself who is the biggest Ukrainian supporter her are saying no money for Ukraine until the border is secure because Ukraine is the one issue that republicans can use as leverage to get something done. By something I mean actually securing the border and not bending over and taking it up the arse like Langford's deal would have had republicans do.

The border is needs to stand on its own. If the Republicans can’t demonstrate to the voting public that it is a public welfare issue that our borders are secure.

Look around at the drugs, the criminals, the homeless, and the overall decay of our public institutions largely because they are getting overwhelmed. People across tge nation can see this.

I am pro Ukraine too, but there are legitimate arguments about Ukraine. Discussing America’s involvement in foreign affairs began under George Washington.

Border security is a way bigger issue and it should be by itself.