Ukraine Conflict - In the grim darkness of the near future, there is only war!

[Mamoulian War]

On 6/4/2025 at 10:59 PM, Malcador said:

I saw this, but the source was Sushko, who is a bull**** merchant really, but not sure if others.  Granted, they've been hitting Ukraine with missiles daily, not sure it being Operation Zeus Lightning or whatever matters. 

Yesterday, this was also confirmed by Head of Estonian intelligence Center, Colonel Ants Kiviselg.

[Sarex]

 

[Zoraptor]

Does anyone like a draft officer except politicians? Even volunteers hate them for having a safe (well, mostly) cushy job and for the bribery. Also tend to disproportionately be mirrored Jain symbol/ pagan tattoo aficionados.

Kind of funny seeing Ukraine say they expect Russia to bomb TCC offices more after doing so a couple of days ago got such a positive response among Ukrainians.

Edited July 4 by Zoraptor

[BruceVC]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d6yrd798no

The US is going to renew sending weapons to Ukraine, Trumps normal flip-flopping on issues is demonstrated again  

" Donald Trump has said the US will send more weapons to Ukraine after an announcement last week that Washington would halt some shipments of critical arms to Kyiv.

During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he was "not happy" with Russia's Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine was "getting hit very hard".

Trump also indicated the US would send primarily "defensive weapons" to help Ukraine's war effort. " 

 

 

[kanisatha]

5 hours ago, BruceVC said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d6yrd798no

The US is going to renew sending weapons to Ukraine, Trumps normal flip-flopping on issues is demonstrated again  

" Donald Trump has said the US will send more weapons to Ukraine after an announcement last week that Washington would halt some shipments of critical arms to Kyiv.

During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he was "not happy" with Russia's Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine was "getting hit very hard".

Trump also indicated the US would send primarily "defensive weapons" to help Ukraine's war effort. " 

Not a flip-flop. The Defense Dept made that decision based on a routine review without the knowledge or directive of the president.

[BruceVC]

7 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

Not a flip-flop. The Defense Dept made that decision based on a routine review without the knowledge or directive of the president.

Interesting, so it was DOD who initially  said they weren't  sending  weapons to Ukraine due to stock concerns and not Trump? 

[Malcador]

And yet that drunk Hegseth still keeps his job.

[kanisatha]

22 hours ago, BruceVC said:

Interesting, so it was DOD who initially  said they weren't  sending  weapons to Ukraine due to stock concerns and not Trump? 

Yes, the announcement came out of the DoD in a routine memo about US military aid transfers to any and all countries. The news media latched on to it as some sort of policy change coming out of the White House, which it wasn't.

Edited July 9 by kanisatha

[rjshae]

On 7/8/2025 at 1:52 AM, BruceVC said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d6yrd798no

The US is going to renew sending weapons to Ukraine, Trumps normal flip-flopping on issues is demonstrated again  

" Donald Trump has said the US will send more weapons to Ukraine after an announcement last week that Washington would halt some shipments of critical arms to Kyiv.

During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he was "not happy" with Russia's Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine was "getting hit very hard".

Trump also indicated the US would send primarily "defensive weapons" to help Ukraine's war effort. " 

Since DJT gave up his negotiating leverage early on, I suspect he's just trying to remain relevant to the "peace" process. I very much doubt it's a long-term commitment; he's too much of a flip-flopper. He still hasn't restored the intel sharing with Ukraine, which is a bit of a tell.