🇷🇺🇺🇦 Discussion: Relations with Russia and the war in Ukraine

[blueharvest]

At least somebody is stepping up.

Republicans sure won't.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken/

 

[blueharvest]

Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken/

I'm sure that was their plan all along.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Polish man arrested in alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine's Zelenskyy

Prosecutors in Poland say the man was preparing to give Russian agents airport security information regarding the Ukrainian president.

scrippsnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Polish man arrested in alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine's Zelenskyy

Prosecutors in Poland say the man was preparing to give Russian agents airport security information regarding the Ukrainian president.

scrippsnews.com

One of many plots I'm sure.

 

[blueharvest]

GOP lawmaker slams Republican colleagues over Ukraine support: ‘They would like to see the Russians win’

Republican Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.) ripped into his colleagues who oppose further funding for Ukraine, arguing they “would like to see” Russia win the more than two-year war against Kyiv. …

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Zelensky: Russia must pay a 'painful price' as 'sole culprit of this war'

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia must pay a “painful price” for its war in Ukraine and frozen Russian assets should be utilized to help Ukraine’s fight against “terror.”

kyivindependent.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Zelenskyy: 'We will have a chance at victory' thanks to weapons provided to Ukraine in new U.S. aid package

Ukraine's president thanked U.S. leaders for passing a $60.8 billion aid package through the House over the weekend.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Zelenskyy: 'We will have a chance at victory' thanks to weapons provided to Ukraine in new U.S. aid package

Ukraine's president thanked U.S. leaders for passing a $60.8 billion aid package through the House over the weekend.

www.nbcnews.com

Hope it isn't too little too late.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden signs Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok crackdown into law

The Senate on Tuesday passed the package of foreign aid and a TikTok divest-or-ban provision in a 79-18 vote.

www.nbcnews.com

US prepares to sanction China over its support for Russian war effort

Washington is drafting sanctions against some Chinese banks, according to The Wall Street Journal.

www.semafor.com

Military: Russian forces using chemical weapons to storm Ocheretyne, situation 'difficult'

Russian forces are deploying chemical weapons in an attempt to capture the village of Ocheretyne in Donetsk Oblast, Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia Group of Forces, said on April 23.

kyivindependent.com

Russia sets up missile brigade in Karelia in 'adequate response' to Finland joining Nato

The new missile brigade is part of Russia's new Leningrad Military District (LMD), which was established in response to Finland joining Nato.

yle.fi

 

[blueharvest]

Russia to intensify attacks on Western weapons stored in Ukraine, Kremlin warns

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned Kremlin will intensify attacks on Western weapons stored in Ukraine. “We will increase the intensity of attacks on logistics centers and storage bases…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Hope it helps.

 

[blueharvest]

German army prepares plan to ready US troops to fight on Nato’s eastern front

General hints at ‘war footing’ logistics aiming to feed thousands of American soldiers and fuel tanks in event of face-off with Russia

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Whatever helps.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Is Detained on Bribery Charges (Published 2024)

Timur Ivanov, who has long been in charge of major military construction projects and known for leading a lavish lifestyle, was held Tuesday on charges of “large scale” corruption.

www.nytimes.com

Russian deputy defense minister dismissed after arrest on corruption charges​

Ivanov, who has been in his post since 2016, is seen as a senior architect of Russia’s war in Ukraine and a close ally of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. Ivanov is still listed on the Defense Ministry website as a serving minister, and there are no reports of him being dismissed.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/europe/russian-minister-timur-ivanov-detained-bribery-intl/index.html

 

[InCali]

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Is Detained on Bribery Charges (Published 2024)

Timur Ivanov, who has long been in charge of major military construction projects and known for leading a lavish lifestyle, was held Tuesday on charges of “large scale” corruption.

www.nytimes.com

Russian deputy defense minister dismissed after arrest on corruption charges​

Ivanov, who has been in his post since 2016, is seen as a senior architect of Russia’s war in Ukraine and a close ally of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. Ivanov is still listed on the Defense Ministry website as a serving minister, and there are no reports of him being dismissed.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/europe/russian-minister-timur-ivanov-detained-bribery-intl/index.html

 

[squeekness]

Your response was the first thing that came to my mind.

 

[blueharvest]

To pass Ukraine aid, 'Reagan Republican' leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump

Providing Ukraine with weapons and other U.S. aid as it fends off a Russian invasion is rooted in the earliest and most formative political memories of the two top Republicans in Congress.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Why Putin needs Trump to win

Vladimir Putin is still counting on a Trump victory in November to take America off the field.

thehill.com

 

[squeekness]

Why Putin needs Trump to win

Vladimir Putin is still counting on a Trump victory in November to take America off the field.

thehill.com

Another reason we need Trump to lose.

 

[:eek:]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/25/world/russia-veto-un-space-nuclear-weapons-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[blueharvest]

Pentagon announces $6B for long-term Ukraine weapons contracts

The United States on Friday announced a $6 billion weapons package for Ukraine, its largest military aid package to date for Kyiv’s forces. The weapons and equipment will include critical intercept…

thehill.com