re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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The U.S. is considering sending Ukraine a medium-range missile for its new F-16 fleet as part of a $375 million military aid package expected to be announced Monday.

The Joint Standoff Weapon, already used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy and a number of allies, can hit targets over 70 miles away, giving Ukraine a major upgrade to the weapons it’s using to strike Russian forces and allowing them to do it at safer distances.

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The $375 million will be the largest package the U.S. has sent Ukraine since May, and could be the last presidential drawdown of equipment before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Under authority granted by Congress, the U.S. pulls existing weapons from its stockpiles, and the money is meant to purchase replacement munitions and equipment.

The Pentagon is working with Congress to roll the remaining $5.8 billion left in the presidential drawdown authority over to the next fiscal year. No deal has been struck yet as lawmakers struggle to come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown on Oct.1, which will occur if no stopgap funding measure is passed in time.

The new missiles, while not having the reach that Kyiv has been asking for, will still give Ukrainian pilots a powerful new weapon as their forces battle advancing Russian troops in the country’s east, where Ukrainian troops have been slowly losing ground.

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The variant Ukraine receives will be critical.

JSOW-A dispenses 145 Combined Effect Bomblets for area effects against soft targets. JSOW-A-1 shares a 500 lb warhead with JDAM-ER.

JSOW-C shares the BROACH warhead with Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG for effects against hardened targets.

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The Government of the Russian Federation has approved a list of states and territories that implement a policy that contradicts the spiritual and moral values of Russia. The list includes forty-seven world states, including Austria, Great Britain, Germany, the United States and Ukraine.

The order, dated September 17, 2024, was signed by the head of the Russian government, Mikhail Mishustin. The document was published on the official Internet portal today, September 20.

The list of countries includes: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Micronesia, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, North Macedonia, Singapore, Slovenia, Taiwan (China), Finland, France, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Japan.

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Basically any civilized nation.

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naked aggression

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That was a doctor
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Is that supposed to be notable or at all impressive?

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Basically if your military hollers Allahu Akbar you are moral in Russia's opinion.

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So we didn't agree to not push NATO into Ukraine when the Soviet Union collapsed and everyone was shitting bricks about Nuclear proliferation so they gave all the nukes to Russia?

Seems kinda relevant considering we lied and did it anyway.

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