More weapons, more war, no peace.
The U.S. announced last week that it will send Ukraine 90 Stryker combat vehicles as part of its $2.5 billion weapons package—marking the first time Washington will provide Kyiv with the lethal equipment.
More weapons, more war, no peace.
The U.S. announced last week that it will send Ukraine 90 Stryker combat vehicles as part of its $2.5 billion weapons package—marking the first time Washington will provide Kyiv with the lethal equipment.
The United Kingdom vowed new military support for Ukraine last week while its own economy is on the ropes, with households facing a jump in inflation and energy bills not seen in 40 years. The UK announced that it will provide Ukraine with 200 armored vehicles and 14 Challenger 2 battle tanks that “excel” in......
Mark Milley, America’s Joint Chief of Staff head has distanced himself further from comments that he made last November when he said Ukraine accomplished everything that it could have hoped for against such a larger adversary, and that now may be its last, best chance to negotiate. (See “U.S. MILITARY HEAD MILLEY CHANGES HIS TUNE AFTER CRITICIZED FOR CALLING FOR KYIV TO NEGOTIATE, NOW SAYS RUSSIA LOST!” 22 Nov 2022.)
While the U.S. was consumed for weeks with the mainstream media “news” that a football player got a heart attack after being tackled, there was not a peep from the Presstitutes that the grandson of the famed French general and former president, Charles de Gaulle, became a rare voice of the West by defending Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. He also noted how his grandfather valued his relationship with Moscow.
Dmitry Kuleba, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and pitchman for more weapons, complains that despite over $150 billion in weapons and aid sent to Ukraine by the U.S. and NATO, they have not done enough to help Kyiv in its fight against Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to take a victory lap last week and indicated that the West has lost the sanctions war and Russia has largely been able to avoid an economic calamity.
The U.S. announced last week that it will begin training about 100 Ukrainian troops at an army base in Oklahoma on how to operate the Patriot missile system that will be headed to Kyiv.
Russia’s top diplomat to the UN said Friday that the nearly year-long war in Ukraine could have been avoided if leaders in Kyiv enforced the Minsk Agreements, which turned out to be a ruse by the West to buy time to rearm Ukrainians for a future fight.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki took issue with Ukraine's parliament joyously celebrating the birthday of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist leader who has been blamed for ethnic cleansing and collaboration with Nazis.
Officials in Ukraine shot down Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call for a ceasefire during the Russian Orthodox Christmas last week, which led to a new bombing campaign by Russia.