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'..help reinvigorate Turkey’s application to enter the European Union..'
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(Choose The Young) - 'Turkey has been waiting at the gate of the European Union for over 50 years now.'
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Archive '.. shows a total lack of understanding of war..'
- (Ukraine must win) - '..the US not providing aid to Ukraine .. shows a total lack of understanding of war..'
'..Havana Syndrome shows all the markings of a Russian hybrid warfare operation .. such a sustained, decade-long campaign would easily count as one of Vladimir Putin’s greatest strategic victories agains
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Archive 'We must plan and prepare for a prolonged confrontation with Russia. We must counter Russia’s expansion of power by constraining its influence, its freedom of action, and – ultimately – its ability to do harm.'
- Tobias Billström (Source, March 27, 2024)
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'..the vast majority of Ukrainians see no room for compromise between Russian genocide and their own surviva
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Archive '..It was attacks on German fuel that really damaged the German economy in World War II.
The question is not whether its a good target—its whether the Ukrainians have the material to keep it up. So far they do—and that is heartening for their war effort.
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..the US not providing aid to Ukraine while asking the Ukrainians to limit their war fighting to suit US domestic interests i
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Archive 'Ukraine will receive F-16 fighter jets in the first half of this year, with the first planes arriving from Denmark, announces Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren.
She explains that Danish aircraft will be the first to arrive in Ukraine, but later in 2024, Dutch aircraft will also arrive.
"I'm very confident that we will start delivering F-16s this summer," she says.
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Archive 'By killing Russian troops faster than the Kremlin can train good replacements while also boosting their own training efforts, Ukrainian forces could win the battle of attrition in 2024—and set conditions for successful offensives in 2025.
This requires endurance and patience by Ukraine and its allies. Patience the Kremlin doesn’t believe its enemies possess. “Russia’s regime remains conf
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Archive 'Ukrainians are well aware of Russia’s genocidal agenda. They see the daily incitement to genocide on Kremlin TV, and are regularly confronted with fresh evidence of efforts to eradicate Ukrainian identity throughout occupied regions of Ukraine. Understandably, the vast majority of Ukrainians see no room for compromise between Russian genocide and their own survival. Instead, they are commit
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Archive 'Yesterday the Polish government went even further. The Foreign Secretary Radek Sikorski, said publicly it was not inconceivable for European forces to be deployed into Ukraine. At the same time, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, used extremely war-like rhetoric, when discussing the present reality. The old war was over, a dangerous new one had been born, and European states needed to under
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Archive 'The amazing thing is that this campaign of reflexive control is working even though there have been countless unfulfilled Russian nuclear threats over the past two years, and many different Russian red lines that Ukraine has crossed. Ukraine has regularly attacked Crimea and many targets inside Russia—and Russia has normally downplayed the attacks after they happen..
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Who has not be
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Archive 'Of course, Ukraine needs more anti-air ammunition to keep this up. Reports are circulating that stocks of anti-air missiles for Patriots (which seem to be doing most of the damage) are perilously low. Once again, it shows that Ukraine can win the war if armed properly—and just how devastating it is that Putin has such influence in the Republican Party.'
'..Over the last month,
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Archive ''Speaking directly to the camera, Navalny proceeded to tell the director, Roher, and future viewers of the documentary, how to respond in the event of his death — which even then seemed very possible, if not likely.
Navalny said, “Listen, I’ve got something very obvious to tell you. You’re not allowed to give up. If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong. We
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Archive 'Western governments are drawing up plans to issue debt to help fund Ukraine, using Russian assets as a backstop for the repayment in a move that would force Moscow to start paying for its invasion.
Under the plans, Kyiv’s allies could raise debt to fund the war-torn country. The coalition supporting Ukraine would demand that Russia repays the debt and, if it fails to do so, would seize f
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Archive '..Europe can recapitalize its armed forces and help Ukraine win with relatively modest expenditures. “Effectively, committing merely 0.25% of GDP annually towards military assistance to Ukraine would provide approximately €120 billion [$130 billion]—more than sufficient resources to implement” the strategy the report recommends. With the United States out of the picture, that figure would b
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Archive 'Vladimir Putin is openly preparing his country for a long war and is encouraged by mounting signs of weakness among Ukraine’s Western allies. In order to defeat the Kremlin dictator and end the threat posed by resurgent Russian imperialism, Ukraine and its international partners must stop thinking in terms of individual offensives and adopt a more long-term approach to this historic task.&#
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Archive '.. went on record saying:
"If we walk away, and Russia is able to sustain their onslaught and bring down Ukraine, what do you think’s going to happen in the Balkan countries?”…“It changes the dynamic."
Of course it would have been infinitely better had they understood this possibility a year ago when they refused to arm Ukraine properly. The administration bears a significan
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Archive 'The West must dispense with the fantasy that negotiations can end the conflict and instead keep working to help Ukraine. It must realize that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intention is to destroy Ukraine and that he will therefore fight on until his military is physically defeated, treating any cease-fire simply as a chance to rearm for a more decisive attack in the future. In fact, pr
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Archive '..deliver a lot more equipment .. Ukraine..'
'Macron said some 40 SCALP long-range missiles and several hundred bombs would be delivered in the coming weeks.
"We are going to deliver a lot more equipment and help Ukraine with what it needs to defend its skies," Macron told a news conference. "I will go myself to Ukraine in February and finalise these texts.&q
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Archive 'Prior to tomorrow's consideration of a resolution to deprive Hungary from its voting rights in the Council of the EU, Orbán has signaled to the EU that it is ready to lift its opposition to funding Ukraine. Talks continue to enable Hungary to save face.'
- NOELREPORTS (Source, January 17, 2024)
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(The End of Democracy) - '..what happens if the West is humil
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Archive 'Furthermore, the failure of certain European and American companies to comply with the embargo on the supply of military or dual-use technologies to Russia is in our view particularly serious. It requires a very firm response, which could consist of the creation within NATO of a structure modelled on the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom) of the Cold War. The co
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Archive "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."
- Yeats, The Second Coming
'..the Biden administration is so lacking in political skill it cannot mobilise the majority to break the deadlock .. The decision of the Biden administration to keep Ukraine as a tortured prisoner, without the weapons systems it needs to break free, will not just se
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Archive 'Group of Seven member states have intensified efforts to agree on funneling some of the $300 billion in "immobilized" Russian central bank and other sovereign assets to Ukraine just as massive U.S. and EU support proposals have run into resistance, the Financial Times reports. Such assets could fund Ukraine's defense and eventual reconstruction and encourage an end to the 21-
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Archive '..One of the reasons that the Russian campaign this winter against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure has been less effective than last year’s, has been the Patriots. I will write more on this later, but so far there have not been the major power cuts of last winter. And as long as Ukraine continues getting anti-air ammo, there should not be.
..Ukraine, once again, has shown what it can
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Archive 'Australia will extend and expand its commitment to the training of recruits from the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of Operation Kudu, throughout 2024.
Since January, Australian soldiers have helped to train more than 1,200 recruits as part of the UK-led and based multinational training mission to support Ukraine’s national defence following Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion.
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Archive '..Russia .. leaving its border undefended..'
'..open the taps and give Ukraine everything they could—but dont assume it would mean Ukrainian defeat. It could even lead to the broadening of the war, as Ukraine would have no reason to hold back and allow Russia the massive advantage its had so far of leaving its border undefended..'
- Phillips Payson O’Brien (Context: Eur
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Archive 'So the US pulling out could actually lead to as escalation. It would take Ukraine’s European supporters to basically open the taps and give Ukraine everything they could—but dont assume it would mean Ukrainian defeat. It could even lead to the broadening of the war, as Ukraine would have no reason to hold back and allow Russia the massive advantage its had so far of leaving its border undef
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Archive 'Its another sign why the stalemate narrative is particularly pernicious. The difference so far this winter is that while the Russian campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure so far seems less effective (though lets not count our chickens) the Ukrainians are fighting an entirely new campaign against Russian infrastructure. This is not stalemate.
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In this war, Ukraine should stay on
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Archive '.. should work to strengthen states—such as democracies in the Pacific Rim and in Europe—that emphatically want the U.S. to assist in their defense and security. Ukraine clearly wants to be in this group. American involvement should be seen as a prize, not a threat, and Ukraine’s example helps clarify what kind of countries would most benefit from—and deserve—that help: Are they willing to
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Archive 'In their letter, the lawmakers called on Biden to send Kyiv the rest of America’s ATACMS missiles with APAM warheads. This would include both the M39 as well as the M39A1 Block IA. The latter also carries a cluster warhead but has a 300-kilometer range, allowing Ukraine to hold at risk targets in all of Crimea. If the Pentagon doesn’t need the M39 due to its cluster warhead, then the same p
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Archive 'Kyiv Post sources claim that the Russians are using the railway to transport military supplies from China. At least four explosions struck the train, they added.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blew up a freight train in a tunnel on a vital rail link between Russia and China, sources have told Kyiv Post.
The operation, conducted overnight, struck in the Severomuysky Tunnel on th
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Archive 'Excellent by Brad Bowman and John Hardie. ATACMS with 300km range will make Crimea untenable as soon they arrive in Theater. No place for Russian Navy, Air Force, Logistics to hide in Crimea.
On ATACMS for Ukraine, don’t settle for a job half done:
" On ATACMS for Ukraine, don’t settle for a job half done
In this op-ed, John Hardie and Bradley Bowman argue that the US should sen
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