According to most reports on the ground, there have been casualties on both sides and Russian troops are not advancing as quickly as some had feared.
We have also heard reports of Ukrainian fighter planes attacking Russian troops and heavy resistance within Kyiv. The estimates of casualties on both sides is now said to be in the thousands. There has been back and forth about a possible ceasefire, but nothing substantial.
To be clear, nobody could have really anticipated how this sort of invasion would go or how long it might take for Russian forces to seize control of major Ukrainian cities. Even when we invaded Iraq during desert storm, it took six weeks of bombing and several days of troop advances to actually take over Baghdad. So the suggestion that Putin anticipated taking the Ukrainian capital city in less than two days might be wishful thinking.
Ultimately Putin doesn't think like normal people and I doubt he is concerned with things going slower than some would have anticipated or suffering causalities, as long as he is making advances and as long as he is pressuring the Ukrainians. He is one of those military strategists who would likely be willing to shoot arrows into the battle, indiscriminately killing both sides, if he had the reserves to clean up the mess (think Braveheart).
So if you really want to read between the lines here, even the Ukrainian President himself is conceding that they cannot likely hold these cities indefinitely unless someone steps up and offers some real help. The longer it takes, perhaps the better chance Ukraine has of soliciting some help. One can only hope.
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A Ukrainian soldier uses a night vision scope to observe the area from the frontline in Zolote, Ukraine on January 20, 2022. WOLFGANG SCHWAN / ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES
THREATS
US Sends More Military Equipment to UkraineLatest deliveries to arrive today as DOD searches its inventory for more to send.
MARCUS WEISGERBER and TARA COPP
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JANUARY 21, 2022
UKRAINE RUSSIA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The U.S. is expected to deliver more defense equipment to Ukraine today to counter Russia’s rapid escalation of military and diplomatic moves along the Ukrainian border, two U.S. officials told Defense One Friday.
To rush additional aid to Ukraine, President Joe Biden authorized the State Department to allow the transfer of U.S.-provided equipment already in the hands of allies, according to a National Security Council statement provided to Defense One.
Biden has also authorized $200 million “in additional support to meet Ukraine’s emergency defense needs,” according to a U.S. State Department spokesperson. “Those deliveries are ongoing, and there are more scheduled in the coming weeks.”
START AT THE BOTTOM AND READ UP
Russia Says Relations with West Past ‘Point of No Return’
February 26, 2022 at 1:01 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, told a Russian TV station that relations with the West “have reached the line after which the point of no return begins.”
NUCLEAR WAR....?
Putin’s Miscalculation
February 26, 2022 at 12:30 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 106 Comments
Zoya Sheftalovich:
“Russians know how to suffer, of course. They are used to it. Famine, war, death — these are not hypothetical, far-away, historical things. Even those born as recently as in the ’80s remember being cold and hungry, remember empty shelves and petrol pumps.
"But during those Soviet years, Russians were suffering for what many saw as the great good.
“Will Russians suffer for Putin and his cronies?
Will they suffer for a man who lives in a golden palace, and who hasn’t been seen for days?
How long will Russians continue buying into this war — a war they know Putin started, despite what their TVs might be telling them?
How long will they watch videos of Ukrainian soldiers telling Russian warships to go fuck themselves in their common tongue?”
GOP Seek to Avoid Confirmation Fight
February 26, 2022 at 12:28 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 24 Comments
“Senate Republicans signaled they have no intention of turning the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court into an ugly partisan fight, focusing their energies instead on using President Biden’s pick to try to rally conservative voters heading into the midterm elections,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
EU Leaders Weigh Cutting Russia Out of Swift
February 26, 2022 at 11:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard 74 Comments
“European Union officials said there was growing momentum behind the bloc agreeing to cut Russia out of a crucial global payments system, marking a shift in sentiment after two rounds of Western sanctions on Moscow have shown little effect in persuading President Vladimir Putin from ratcheting down his invasion of Ukraine,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Several capitals, including Berlin and Rome, have resisted the option of disconnecting Russian banks from Swift, a global system that connects banks to facilitate cross-border payments.
Critics have worried it could have unintended consequences, including complicating energy payments to Russia and leaving European banks exposed to money owed to them by Russian financial firms. There have also been concerns it could encourage closer financial ties between Russia and China.”
China SeeS Advantage In Land War In Europe
February 26, 2022 at 11:43 am EST By Taegan Goddard 41 Comments
Politico: “Beijing isn’t cheering on a land war in Europe, but it’s not altogether unhappy that the result might be to divert U.S. attention and resources allocated to the Indo-Pacific, where Washington has been aggressively working to offset a perceived growing Chinese regional security threat.”
Vindman Says Trump ‘Absolutely’ at Fault
February 26, 2022 at 11:37 am EST By Taegan Goddard 104 Comments
Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told Vice News that Donald Trump’s decision to withhold the badly needed military aid hurt Ukraine’s ability to defend itself—and emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin.
And while Vindman doesn’t let President Biden off the hook, he puts much of the blame for Putin’s invasion squarely on Trump.
Said Vindman:
“It’s because of Trump’s corruption that we have a less capable, less prepared Ukraine.”
U.S. May Sanction Russia’s Central Bank
February 26, 2022 at 11:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard 63 Comments
“The U.S. Treasury Department is looking at imposing sanctions against Russia’s central bank, a move that would seek to dramatically ramp up the financial isolation of Russia,” the Washington Post reports.
Why didn't we spend the last few months flooding Ukraine with military supplies? Firearms, ammunition, artillery, tanks, planes, vehicles.
Why are Ukrainians making Molotov cocktails in their bathrooms while Biden says "we knew this would happen"?
That's a good question Reverend
SEE WHAT VINDMAN HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT ABOVE IN MY LAST POST.
I was right about Olinski Obama was the grandson of Adolf Hitler!
https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/comments/gcq2ul/obama_is_hitlers_grandson_confirmed/
His policies are his biggest undoing.
"Joe Biden has been president for a little over a year. And that year was not kind to him."
Actually, his policies have worked as designed.
To crush US Energy.
START AT THE BOTTOM AND READ UP
TIME FOR A NEW THREAD, CH COWARD
Ukrainian Forces Repel Russian Attack on Kyiv
February 26, 2022 at 1:45 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
“Outmanned Ukrainian forces are holding on to their capital after resisting an overnight onslaught that included explosions and bursts of gunfire,” the Washington Post reports.
“As fighting receded during daylight hours, Kyiv was still in Ukrainian government hands.”
Wall Street Journal:
“On the third day of the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed with the aim of overthrowing Ukraine’s elected government and ending its alignment with the West, Ukrainian forces fought fiercely on all fronts, with each side asserting it had inflicted heavy losses on the other.”
Putin’s War Ushers in Crisis for Russia
February 26, 2022 at 1:41 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments
“President Vladimir Putin has ushered in a crisis for his country — in its economy and identity,” the New York Times reports.
“The Kremlin is hiding the reality of the country’s attack on Ukraine from its own people, even cracking down on news outlets that call it a ‘war.’
“But the economic carnage and societal turmoil wrought by Mr. Putin’s invasion is becoming increasingly difficult to obscure.”
Germany to Send Weapons to Ukraine
February 26, 2022 at 1:38 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 19 Comments
“Germany will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine, marking a complete reversal in Berlin’s restrictive arms export policy,” Axios reports.
Washington Post:
“The move raised hopes of a broader increase in the flow of weaponry to Ukraine, since Germany is a major arms manufacturer that until now has prevented other European countries from sending German-made equipment to Kyiv.”
What Trump Took from the White House
February 26, 2022 at 1:03 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 99 Comments
“Some of the presidential records recovered from former president Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago are so sensitive they may not be able to be described in forthcoming inventory reports in an unclassified way,” the Washington Post reports.
Russia Says Relations with West Past ‘Point of No Return’
February 26, 2022 at 1:01 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 193 Comments
Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, told a Russian TV station that relations with the West “have reached the line after which the point of no return begins.
They never answered because it was made up.
James/Roder please provide a site for the Tesla "Roger AmickJanuary 25, 2021 at 8:09 PM
Solar power and Tesla announced that they will hire the 11,000 jobs that the Keystone pipeline will lose from shutting it down."
Great news!!!! Germany is sending weapons
Germany will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine, marking a complete reversal in Berlin's restrictive arms export policy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Saturday.
Why it matters: Germany has for months come under intense criticism for its response to Russia's aggression toward Ukraine. The government said its "historical responsibilities" prevented it from shipping arms to conflict zones, and had previously blocked other NATO allies from transferring German-origin weapons to Ukraine.
What they're saying: "The Russian attack marks a turning point. It is our duty to do our best to help Ukraine defend against the invading army of Putin. That's why we're supplying 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 stinger missiles to our friends in the Ukraine," Scholz tweeted.
Germany will also lift its ban on other countries exporting German-origin weapons, allowing the Netherlands to transfer 400 rocket-propelled grenade launchers to Ukraine.
The big picture: Germany is the largest economy and most powerful country in the European Union, making its voice and policy positions critical to the effectiveness of the West's response to Russia's invasion.
Germany is highly reliant on Russian natural gas and had been an obstacle in discussions about imposing the harshest sanctions on Moscow, fearing the economic and energy reverberations.Massive public pressure, including from Ukrainian officials, appears to have led Germany to drop its opposition to a number of the toughest measures, including halting the certification of the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
What to watch: The EU is working toward an agreement to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT financial system, a major step that Germany had previously opposed along with Italy and Hungary.
The Russian people are going to be furious if and when it becomes clear to them that their television and other news sources did not reveal to them what was really happening.
This could bring the fall of Putin.
BUT I hope they can keep that madman away from the nuclear trigger.
The Russian people are going to become furious if and when it is revealed to them that their television and other news sources were keeping hidden from them what was really happening.
What was that about NATO not being unified?
Putin has unified them.
“The Kremlin is hiding the reality of the country’s attack on Ukraine from its own people, even cracking down on news outlets that call it a ‘war.’
“But the economic carnage and societal turmoil wrought by Mr. Putin’s invasion is becoming increasingly difficult to obscure.”
"Freedom of speech" in Russia has now become "saying only what Putin wants to hear."
ansasDemocrat July 7, 2021 at 4:24 PM
Fox
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Biden administration is "constantly monitoring" U.S. gas prices as they continue to rise nationwide, and insists the White House is "working on it."
When asked during a media briefing about gas prices remaining above $3 per gallon and what President Joe Biden is doing about the problem, Psaki replied, "The president wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump."
"So that's why our team is constantly monitoring gas prices and directly communicating with OPEC parties to get to a deal and allow proposed production increases to move forward," Psaki"
The Clueless Team
Freedom of speech in Russia has now become only what Putin wants everyone to hear.
Kind of like Facebook, Twitter, et al
Jesus said, "A person's life does not consist in the abundance of their possessions."
KanDim thinks it does. He doesn't understand that some things are more important than money and possessions.
Like love for a country. Like willingness to sacrifice, even die. Like honor and decency and compassion for others. Like a deep desire for justice for all.
Roger AmickJanuary 25, 2021 at 8:09 PM
Solar power and Tesla announced that they will hire the 11,000 jobs that the Keystone pipeline will lose from shutting it down."
Did they actually do your hiring?
James Do you own a DD-214?
Re 1:22 PM Kind of like Facebook, Twitter, et al
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Actually, the comparison is apt. Facebook, twitter, et al would not now let Putin get away with his more blatant lies any more than they now let Trump get away with his more blatant lies.
James Do you own a DD-214?
Yep, didn't think you did.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
We have already stopped them from making money in Europe and America and beyond
Who told you THAT LIE alky?
Anonymous Caliphate4vr said...
Kind of like Facebook, Twitter, et al
Yep.
While criticizing Putin over censorship, the pederast worships those American tech giants who do the same and WORSE.
Every fucking day.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
Great news!!!! Germany is sending weapons
See if the Taliban will help the cause, alky. They're sitting on $85 BILLION worth of weapons Joey Sprinkles gave them when he vaporized that innocent family and those little kids.
Smooth operator, that Joey Sprinkles.
Pining for WW III I hear.
"Currently the U.S. imports about 150,000 to 200,000 barrels of Russian oil and about 500,000 barrels of refined products a day" Barons
Roger, where does this money go?
It is about $32,000.000 a day .
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Roger, did you see Dennis called you a fucking asshole shithead retard ?
February 26, 2022 at 11:11 AM
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!! The KU goat fucking lying loser projecting his own frailty with nothing but made up BS like US energy independence because he is soooooooo stupid to be able to admit being wrong.....so he just continues to fabricate lies like this!!!!!!!!!!
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
James Do you own a DD-214?
BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! You sure don't asshole!!!!!!! I am sure if you had one it would say less than honorable on that record!!!!!!!
"US energy independence"
Both James and Alky made that statement.
According to the Three Socialist Stooges of CHT Putin could be ejected from Ukraine.
IF only a better Military was sent in, ending Putin's Expansion.
So when does Biden Act , with The US Navy and Air Force?
I own a DD-214 .
Jealous Denny , stop lying.
racist rat bastard says:
While criticizing Putin over censorship, the pederast worships those American tech giants who do the same and WORSE.
I don't know who "the pederast" is, but I myself can say
this as a simple fact:
What was supposed to be an internet that would allow real interplay between different points of view became taken over by tech giants that allowed the field to be swamped by groups promulgating out and out blatant lies to such a degree that there had to be a means for saying that would no longer be allowed.
Sort of like Putin's Russia, where only one form of truth will be allowed on television.
Too bad there is not in Russia today a tech giant that can say, ON OUR PLATFORM Putin will not be allowed to tell out and out blatant lies such as "we were provoked into invading Ukrain" when actually that is not true: Putin's invasion was not provoked and cannot be justified.
Just as we now have tech giants that can say, ON OUR PLATFORM Trump will not be be allowed to tell out and out blatant lies such as "the election was rigged and I actually won."
If Trump and Putin want to sponsor platforms where they get to say those things, they can, but not on our platforms.
Ch, don't be a coward. Start a new thread. On Ukraine. On anything.
I know your last threads haven't gone so well at deflecting the subject to one you wanted, but really, a good new thread on Ukraine would be nice.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country."
James , do you own a DD-214?
I own a DD-214 .
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!! Post it asshole....your word is about as good as shit coming out of trumps fat white ass!!!!!
Fuck off pederast
For the sake of honest decent truth please remove the pederast from this platform.
A Prayer for Volodymyr Zelensky
February 26, 2022 at 2:45 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 186 Comments
Franklin Foer:
“When Zelensky rejected Washington’s offer of exile, he wasn’t making an obvious decision.
"After Germany invaded France, Charles de Gaulle made his way to London.
"Or to take a more recent example:
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani boarded a helicopter out of Kabul the moment he heard a rumor that the Taliban had entered the city.
"And, really, who could blame them? Most human beings would rather not have their enemies hang their corpse from a traffic light, the sort of historic antecedent that is hard to shake from the mind.
“In Ukraine, the decision for a leader to flee would be the expected choice. It’s what his predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, did in the aftermath of the revolution in 2014, leaving behind his palace filled with exotic cars and ostriches in order to reach the safety of Moscow.
"The enduring failure of Ukrainian democracy has been the gap between the code of behavior that applies to the elite
and the one that the rest of the country must follow.
"It’s been the elites who profit off the state, who stash their ill-gotten fortunes in French villas and Cypriot bank accounts, while their compatriots have stagnated.
"By staying put, Zelensky has erased this gap. There’s no airlift awaiting his fellow residents, so rather than accepting the perk of his position, he’s suffering in the same terror and deprivation that they are forced to endure.”
A REAL HERO.
If history is any guide, a world dominated by this emerging autocratic order would in reality be one of disorder, replete with armed conflict, lawless violence, corruption, and economic volatility. Crises like the one surrounding Ukraine are already becoming more common.
U.S. and European leaders are clearly awakening to the threat, but if the displacement of global democratic norms by authoritarian powers is to be reversed, the world’s democracies will have to mount a much more serious and comprehensive response. At stake is the right of people everywhere to live freely within an international system that upholds their fundamental rights.
Michael Abramowitz is president of Freedom House.
For the sake of revealing who really tells the truth and who really tells lies, be sure to keep both the racist rat and the decent reverend on this platform.
RRB is blunt and honest.
James , you can't even be honest enough to answer this.
Do you own a DD-214?
The honest, decent, truthful reverend is blunter and honester in telling the honest, decent truth.
If I do say so myself.
:-p
Ch doesn't want a new thread on Ukraine. He's looking around for a fringe issue he can start a thread on.
Doesn't matter. It will always come back now to Putin, Trump, and Ukraine.
James, honestly tell us.
Do you own a DD-214?
The honest, decent, truthful reverend is blunter and honester in telling the honest, decent truth.
Child raper all you do is spam
Fuck off pederast
Cali, you proudly own a DD-214, Right?
And you don't END OF FUCKING STORY GOAT FUCKER
Tell us, Cali, how your deceased father would feel about you calling me a child raper.
doesn't want a new thread on Ukraine. He's looking around for a fringe issue he can start a thread o
Or he might have an actual life unlike you, Alky and fatboi
Start your own blog , leave and take the other 2 crazies with you
I’ve been outside since mid morning enjoying the ATL’s lovely weather
This place doesn’t consume all of us including, cold
Tell us, Cali, how your deceased father would feel about you calling me a child raper.
What is most amusing about the goat fucker and shorty is that James being a pederast is about as probable of either of you assholes and Lil Schitty admitting trump lost fair and square!!!!!! BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!!!
He would know you are definitely mentally unstable and prone to *preversions by reading your posts and extremely stupid in that you have no original thoughts
*h/t Lt Col Bat Guano
Preversions?
Are they like perversions?
Putin has corrupted the Russian Orthodox church.
But if Zelensky is killed, he will become a martyr.
Bat Guano.....the shit shorty spews with regularity........BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Yes I have a DD-214
Shorty's deceased father was the reason he enlisted being the problem child he was!!!!!!!
Cali, James was again Attacking those of us that have earned our DD-214.
The KU goat fucking asshole does nothing but lie to save his own yellow skin......He is a complete waste of humanity in the guise of a dumb fuck!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAA BTW....you have earned nothing but loathing from society....
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
Preversions?
Are they like perversions?
Damn pedo even when I give you the hint you are too stupid to get it
h/t Lt Col Bat Guano
Kubrik’s best
Dayum shorty acting like a tough shit......BWAAAAAAAAA!!!! Too stupid in spades!!!! Bat guano is all you are capable of posting!!!! LOLOLOLO
I have now put an article on the Putin thread two threads up about how naively the Christian evangelicals and fundamentalists and other Bible "literalists" who fell for Trump HAVE ALSO FALLEN FOR PUTIN!
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