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Russia/Ukraine conflict
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Tiger
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SwedishAdvocate
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So why does that Wallander 'character' still have a job(!)?
She needs to be replaced by someone with America’s best interests at heart ASAP.
That's the first time Tony Abbott has been associated with a good perspective/argument.
Because Biden is our president and has been absolutely awful on a variety of foreign policy issues by staffing our State and Defense departments with people like Wallander. Biden doesn’t want the price of energy to increase even further and hurt his reelection chances in November.
Tiger
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SwedishAdvocate
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Don't really know what effect this could have:
www.politico.eu
EU Parliament delays approval of Council budget to press for military aid to Ukraine
The effort is little more than theatrics, but there is growing frustration at the unwillingness of Ukraine’s allies to send it air defenses.
www.politico.eu
SwedishAdvocate
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It unfortunately seems like the Russian Dictator has a new cruise missile that Patriot alone seemingly can't handle. This new missile flies too low. So the West may not have any other choice but to start flying missions with AWACS/Erieye or some such to help UKR spot these missiles if UKR is to have a chance of shooting these missiles down.
en.defence-ua.com
Source in Swedish:
cornucopia.se
The russians Used the Latest Kh-69 Missiles to Attack the Trypilska TPP | Defense Express
Kh-69 is a subsonic cruise missile for tactical aircraft, which the enemy can launch from Su-34 and Su-35 tactical aircraft. As practice has shown, the use of this missile by the russians, in terms of its consequences for Ukrainians, may be more dangerouse than the use of the Kh-47M2 Kynzhal missile
en.defence-ua.com
Source in Swedish:
UPPDATERAS: Ny rysk kryssningsrobot bombade kraftverket utanför Kyjiv - Ryssland skickar förband från Stilla Havskusten till Ukraina
Trypilskakraftverket söder om Kyjiv bombades med Rysslands nya Ch-69 kryssningsrobot, som kan flyga på mycket lägre höjd och därmed undvika radar och luftvärn. Ryssland har nu sådan brist på förband och personal att man skickar enheter från Stilla Havskusten för att dö i Ukraina. Ryska Federationen
cornucopia.se
Maybe it's just me, since I've never been fond of fascists, but luckily in 1941 the US didn't have people like JD Vance doing the math on whether the US should fight the Axis powers or just surrender after Pearl Harbor.
J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
navguy12
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In today’s Guardian:
Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during presidency, book says
Ex-president ‘could not get his head around the idea that Ukraine was an independent state’, former adviser Fiona Hill tells author
www.theguardian.com
My first reaction was to laugh at this, but it's really sad.In today’s Guardian:
Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during presidency, book says
Ex-president ‘could not get his head around the idea that Ukraine was an independent state’, former adviser Fiona Hill tells author
navguy12
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From today’s Globe and Mail; my last “free gifted” story for this month (link at end of post…these links never seem to really work for anyone so I will post the headline to make it easier for an online search):
www.theglobeandmail.com
In Chornobyl, Ukrainians feel aftershocks of two Russian disasters: One in 1986, one in 2022
It’s been 38 years since a Soviet nuclear catastrophe made part of modern-day Ukraine uninhabitable. For elderly locals and workers at the ruined power plant, war added another chapter to the stories they tell
www.theglobeandmail.com
Oi! If Ukraine was trying to end the war by conquering Russia, yes, it would be impossible. But they very much have what it takes to get their borders back.
I wonder which Russian oligarch is giving him campaign contributions? His math is very bad here. He's basically arguing that the US could not survive a war with Russia if the US can't supply Ukraine, a much smaller force against Russia.
Mike Johnson has decided that woke appliances are a bigger threat to the US than Russia.
I'm very sorry, you're going to have to hold the line until the new congress is elected. With any luck we'll be more helpful.
Just hang in there.
I'm very sorry, you're going to have to hold the line until the new congress is elected. With any luck we'll be more helpful.
Just hang in there.
SwedishAdvocate
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Paywalled:
www.telegraph.co.uk
Ukraine developing ‘unstoppable’ AI-powered attack drone with Western backing
Deputy defence minister says weapon that homes in on target autonomously will be less susceptible to Russian electronic blockers
www.telegraph.co.uk
DanCar
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This points to a strong advantage Ukraine has over Russia. Chips for autonomously finding targets are readily available, but denied to Russia.Paywalled:
Ukraine developing ‘unstoppable’ AI-powered attack drone with Western backing
Deputy defence minister says weapon that homes in on target autonomously will be less susceptible to Russian electronic blockers
The article was pay walled for me. But if I google searched it , it wasn't pay walled for some seconds. I then disabled javascript to comfortably read the article.
I fear you are correct. Despite the Dems offering a backstop to keep Johnson in the speakership if he brings the Ukraine aid up for a vote, he instead decided to go to the home of The Former Guy and kiss the ring again. I see little hope for Ukaine on that front, much to my dismay. Looks like Woke Appliances (really silly, don't bother asking) will be on the House agenda instead. Likely anti-EV would come next, but not my focus here.
With the loss of the massive Kiev power plant, I am losing hope that they can hold out. I see it as a huge problem for the civilian population, and a sign that the missile umbrella may be failing. Someone talk me down here; this has me greatly concerned.
Even after a Biden win, Kiev would likely have to hold out until the new Congress is seated. Or would a lame duck House finally pass this bill to support our national interests?
Only hope I now see before that time period is, if TFG's New York trial goes forward fast enough, and proves harmful enough, to make TFG lose political clout. Then perhaps House Republican calculus changes, and the lifeline to Ukraine gets renewed.
