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ISW Update [quote]Key Takeaways: Ukrainian forces may be conducting an effort aimed at degrading Russian air defenses, which, if successful, could enable Ukraine to more effectively leverage manned fixed-wing airpower in the long run. Russian Northern Fleet naval vessels arrived at Havana H...
[quote]Why is Russia currently engaging in such provocative behavior? Why aren't they looking for an off ramp and peace?[/quote] The clear answer is we need to invade Cuba and protect all the English speakers!...
Random Tweets: [quote]Ukraine will receive the first F-16s from Denmark this summer, the head of the Dutch Defense Ministry said[/quote] [link=(https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1800896037684752861)]LINK[/link] [quote]German police confirmed the death of a 9-year-old Ukrainian girl who disappeare...
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ISW Update [quote]Key Takeaways: Ukraine's Western allies continue to provide monetary and military assistance to Ukraine, including air defense systems. The Kremlin continues efforts to codify legal instruments and repressive measures intended to broadly censor foreigners and foreign organ...
[quote]Remarkably, however, the two sides continued to work around the clock on a treaty that Putin and Zelensky were supposed to sign during a summit to be held in the not-too-distant future. The sides were actively exchanging drafts with each other and, it appears, beginning to share them with ...
[quote]Now I have seen posts telling us that agreements were close or whatever however, there never were agreed upon positions[/quote] FWIW [link=(http://foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/talks-could-have-ended-war-ukraine?check_logged_in=1&utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=lo_flows&utm_campaign=article...
[quote]Taking Johnson at his word is not "narrative." On the other hand, concocting a fantasy based on refusal to take Johnson at his word is definitional of "narrative." Your choice to ignore Ukrainian contentions that peace was attainable is definitional of "narrative." Further, the fact Russia an...
You are again ignoring that Russia says they were in fact NOT on tract and were unacceptable, but sure sure let's just ignore that and blame BJ for it all since it fits your narrative...
[quote]Would they have ended successfully? I don't know, and you don't know[/quote] [quote]a conclusion which would have ended the war[/quote] Also I like how you just ignore that both Lavrov and Putin say these deals weren't going to happen, but are 100% certain BJ for sure derailed them [...
ISW Update [quote]Key Takeaways: Ukrainian forces conducted a strike against Russian air defense assets in occupied Crimea overnight on June 9 to 10, likely with ATACMS. Ukraine's Southern Operational Command Spokesperson Captain Third Rank Dmytro Pletenchuk denied on June 10 a Sky News rep...
[quote]Where did I state that Russia has won? [/quote] [link=(https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=113705446&s=2&p=101373605#113705446)]LINK[/link]...
[quote]That is why I quoted Boris Johnson verbatim in my post. In Apr'22, Johnson scuttled peace talks because he thought "we" (meaning young Ukrainians) could "press" Putin. A few weeks later, Lloyd Austin conveyed the same message to Kyiv[/quote] This literally comes up so much on this thread ...
[quote]I didn’t know any Ukrainians fought with Germany. I thought the Nazis hated the Slavs[/quote] Actually a few different ethnicities fought for the Nazis mainly because they hated the British [link=(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Legion#:~:text=The%20formation%20of%20the%20Indi...
ISW Update [quote]Key Takeaways: The Biden Administration’s limited policy change permitting Ukraine to use US-provided weapons to strike some Russian military targets in a small area within Russian territory has reduced the size of Russia’s ground sanctuary by only 16 percent at maximum. US p...
ISW Update June 8 [quote]Key Takeaways: The Russian military command is reportedly transferring an unspecified number of forces to the Ukrainian-Russian border area near Kharkiv Oblast, but it is unclear if the Russian military command plans to immediately commit these redeployed forces to com...
[quote] that’s factually true[/quote] OK, so what "good" stuff hasn't Russia put on the battle field...
ISW Update [quote]Key Takeaways: Russian President Vladimir Putin articulated a theory of victory in Ukraine on June 7 that assumes that Russian forces will be able to continue gradual creeping advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from conducting successful operationally significant countero...
[quote]Anybody got a ilnk to the quote where Putin makes that statement?[/quote Best I can put together [quote]*Note: Putin absurdly claimed on June 5 that Ukrainian forces suffer 50,000 casualties per month and that half of these are wounded in action (WIA) and the other half is killed in actio...
ISW Update [quote]Key Takeaways: Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to repackage longstanding, tired threats about direct confrontation with the West by claiming that Russian will provide long-range strike capabilities to unspecified actors for strikes against the West. Putin's threat aim...