Russian forces cross Ukrainian border 22.02.2022 morning

[Victor]

Zelensky: Ukraine has no chance of winning the war without the help of the United States.
Other statements by Zelensky:

— Today, the ratio of artillery ammunition in Ukraine is 1 to 10;

"It's very hard for us. We are fighting a huge army.";

— Russia has a large number of shells from Iran. Iran transfers 300 - 350 shahids every month;

— The Russian Federation hits us with planes 300 km away. We don't have any weapons to shoot them down right now.;

— The ratio of aircraft is 1 to 30;

— If the US Congress divides aid into Israeli and Ukrainian, then this is pure politics. This means that they don't care how many people die in Ukraine, it's important to them what their ratings are;

— Today Russia wants to destroy Ukraine. They don't need any peace talks.

[CosmoLady]

Slovo and Putin: It doesn’t matter that Putin was stationed in East Germany, and Slovo spent his adult life in South Africa.

Yes it matters a lot! Putin never harmed anyone in South Africa, so I have no reason to be against him.

And Ukraine harmed ethnic Russian civilians for many years before Russia invaded.

They share one very important thing in common, and that is that they are/were Communists.

Irrelevant and absurd, some 10% of the population of the USSR were Party members, are they all equivalent?

And I doubt that Putin was a genuine communist or terrorist mastermind (unlike Slovo),
Putin was simply a careerist bureaucrat in that system.

2) [this is the part that you left out of your post:] [B](often initial capital letter) a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.

* Putin’s Russia fits the alternative (second) part of the definition quite well.

The key word is ECONOMIC, otherwise this definition is useless, no different from totalitarian.

Totalitarian
adjective
1. of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.

You can argue that Putin is totalitarian if you want (I disagree),

but you cannot argue that Putin is still communist in 2024. Stop abusing words.

[Victor]

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ukra...d-dc-dont-know

[Smaland]

This photo of the American flag was posted along with the article linked to below.

Following a classified briefing on Ukraine, the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has called on Congress to approve urgent aid to the country by the end of the week.
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'We need to transfer aid to Ukraine. In a classified briefing today, our committee was informed of the critical need to provide Ukraine with military aid this week. The United States must confront (Russian dictator Vladimir - ed.) Putin's war now because the situation in Ukraine is critical,' the statement said.
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Full story at Charter 97 Press Center

[Victor]

double

[Victor]

This photo of the American flag was posted along with the article linked to below.



Full story at Charter 97 Press Center

Yiddo lives matter more

[Smaland]

This photo of Mike Johnson was posted at people.com. According to the news story linked to below, "Johnson has dismissed the threat, saying he’s simply working to defend a democratic ally overseas in the mold of the Reagan conservatives who steered the GOP before Trump’s arrival on the political scene. ... 'I think providing lethal aid to Ukraine right now is critically important.' ”

(U.S. House) Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lean heavily on Democrats to move a series of bills in the coming days providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and other democratic allies overseas — a strategy that acknowledges the nuances of governing in a divided Washington but also heightens the risk of his removal by disgruntled conservatives.
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Full story at The Hill

[CosmoLady]

According to the news story linked to below, "Johnson has dismissed the threat, saying he’s simply working to defend a democratic ally overseas in the mold of the Reagan conservatives who steered the GOP before Trump’s arrival on the political scene. ... 'I think providing lethal aid to Ukraine right now is critically important.' ”

Mike Johnson is a deep-state tool, a traitor to his party and its voters,

passing spending bills with the help of the Democrats, against the wishes of his OWN party.

Mike Johnson is finished politically, like Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan.

Curse of the RINOs

[CosmoLady]

According to the news story linked to below, "Johnson has dismissed the threat, saying he’s simply working to defend a democratic ally overseas in the mold of the Reagan conservatives who steered the GOP before Trump’s arrival on the political scene. ... 'I think providing lethal aid to Ukraine right now is critically important.' ”

Zelensky: Ukraine has no chance of winning the war without the help of the United States.
Other statements by Zelensky:

— Today, the ratio of artillery ammunition in Ukraine is 1 to 10;

"It's very hard for us. We are fighting a huge army.";

— Russia has a large number of shells from Iran. Iran transfers 300 - 350 shahids every month;

— The Russian Federation hits us with planes 300 km away. We don't have any weapons to shoot them down right now.;

— The ratio of aircraft is 1 to 30;

— If the US Congress divides aid into Israeli and Ukrainian, then this is pure politics. This means that they don't care how many people die in Ukraine, it's important to them what their ratings are;

— Today Russia wants to destroy Ukraine. They don't need any peace talks.

According to Tymofiy Mylovanov (Ukrainian, pro-Ukraine):
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...997638359.html

Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, the top U.S. military commander in Europe, warned that Ukraine could lose the war with Russia if the U.S. does not send more ammunition to Ukrainian forces quickly.

"Without More Aid, Ukraine Could Lose the War, U.S. General Says" (NY Times)
The United States gives Ukraine’s military most of two critical munitions that are in shortest supply: artillery shells and air-defense interceptors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/u...ultPosition=17

Frontline Ukrainian forces are rationing artillery shells due to lack of a reliable Western supplier, allowing Russian troops to outfire them 5-to-1, a ratio that could soon increase to 10-to-1 without additional U.S. aid.

Russia has reconstituted its army faster than initial U.S. estimates, increasing frontline troop strength by 15% to 470,000 and expanding the conscription age limit. Russia plans to expand its military to 1.5 million troops.

"Russian military replaced Ukraine battlefield losses ‘far faster’ than expected, general warns" (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/0...osses-00151718

Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy system, bombardment of Kharkiv, and advances along the front are stoking fears that Ukraine's military is nearing a breaking point.

"Russian Attacks on Ukraine Stoke Fears Army Near Breaking Point" (Bloomberg.com)

"Kyiv at most fragile moment in two years of war, officials say"

"Risk emerges of Ukraine force collapse, Russian breakthrough"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...omepage-europe

On April 11 Russia destroyed the largest power plant in Kyiv
Russia used the latest X-69 to strike at Trypillia TPP, which more advanced than "Kinzhal"
On April 11, Russia attacked two Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities
Bloomberg reports that this attack propelled Europe’s prices: European gas futures rose as much as 9.5%
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-prices-higher

Moscow used more than 80 missiles and drones, U.S. envoy says situation is 'dire'
These attacks with dozens or hundreds of missiles and drones have been steadily increasing

Western officials say Ukraine is at its most fragile moment in over two years of war.

[CosmoLady]

Even if Ukraine aid passes, do not get excited about ammunition, it will take years to arrive on the battlefield:

https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...on-2024-01-23/
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/statu...54625121583605

with great fanfare, NATO has signed a contract to buy 220,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition at a cost of $1.2 billion. The first deliveries are expected at the end of 2025, according to Reuters.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg held a “signing ceremony” to commemorate the deal.

But what does this actually mean?
* 220,000 rounds is roughly a month’s supply in the Ukraine War.
* The cost per shell is approximately $5500 — roughly 10X what it costs Russia to produce a similar shell.
* It will take over 2 YEARS for the order to be fulfilled. Russia already produces this amount every month.

Stoltenberg declared at the press conference that “The war in Ukraine has become a battle of ammunition.”
His recognition of this fact has evidently come far too late to help Ukraine.

All that this signing ceremony has advertised is NATO’s weakness —
the atrophying of its defense industrial base,
the corruption of its military procurement process, and the incompetence of its elites.



A WAR OF LIES by David Sacks

The war in Ukraine is based on lies — lies about how it started, how it’s going, and how it will end.

We are told that Ukraine is winning when in fact it is losing.
We are told that the war makes NATO stronger when in fact it is depleting it.
We are told that Ukraine’s biggest problem is a lack of funds from the U.S. Congress,
when in fact the West can’t produce enough ammunition — a problem that will take years to fix.

We are told that Russia is suffering greater casualties when in fact Ukraine is running out of soldiers —
another problem money can’t fix.

We are told that the world is with us when in fact the Global Majority believes U.S. policy is the height of folly.
We are told that there is no opportunity to make peace,
when in fact we have rejected multiple opportunities for a negotiated settlement.
We are told that if Ukraine keeps fighting, it will improve its negotiating position,
when in fact the terms will only get much worse than what was already available and rejected.

Nevertheless the lies will succeed in dragging out the war.
Congress will appropriate more funds.
Russia will take more territory.
Ukraine will mobilize more young men and women to feed into the meat grinder. Discontent will mount.
Eventually there will be a crisis in Kiev and the Zelensky government will be toppled.

And then, when the war is finally lost, when the whole country lays in smoldering ruins on a funeral pyre of their own making, the liars will say “well we tried.” Having prevented any alternative, having smeared anyone who told the truth as puppets for the enemy, the liars will say “We did our best. We stood up to Putin.”

In fact, they will claim, we would have succeeded but for the fifth column of Putin apologists who stabbed the Ukrainians in the back. Then, having shifted blame and patted themselves on the back, they will blithely move on to the next war, as they moved onto Ukraine after their disasters in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The lies are comprehensive — but they will work.