Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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Ukrainians are already training on the PzH2000. But yes, really CAESAR and Archer are more what they need for fast mobility, setup, firing and egress. Plus HIMARS of course. More GPS rounds wouldn't go amiss.
They actually pulled back a lot of troops. What happened is the city west of Severodonetsk is on a hill/high ground where Ukrainian arty was there waiting to spring the trap and it worked like a charm because Russian forces are led by morons. Ukraine is not sending back its troops these are recon forces since intel shows Russian forces pulled out.
Guerrilla Attacks Signal Rising Resistance to Russian Occupation
The Kremlin-backed mayor of the Ukrainian town of Enerhodar was standing on his mother’s porch when a powerful blast struck, leaving him critically wounded. A week later, about 75 miles away, a car packed with explosives rocked the office of another Russian-appointed official in the occupied...
Putin has said he wants Severodonetsk by 10th June, which likely means something else entirely, as with other things he has said since February.
For every deluded fool who still believes there is a point in negotiating with Putin:
African Union chair Macky Sall en route to Moscow for talks with Putin | Africanews
''The visit is described in a statement as part of the efforts of the current chairmanship of the African Union to mediate in the war in Ukraine, and the release of grain stocks and fertilizer whose blockade particularly affects African countries"www.africanews.com
So Macky Sall, in his quality as Chairman of the African Union, went to Moscow to appeal to Putin about the risks of famine and to urge him to let the grain flow.
He did not have to wait long for Putin's answer:
If true, he's overleveraging his leverage. But do we actually have proof it was a Russian attack? This is an opportune time for a false flag, since the leverage Russia has over the West regarding food is probably the best leverage they have, making it impossible to send such a violent message.
So it's ethical and legal to invade a sovereign democracy, block grain exports to Africa, massacre townships and rape women but it's unethical to sanction someone for doing that?Ah, I didn't know laws were decided based on the majority and not based on ethics.
It happened at the same time as a Russian missile attack. Putin doesn't care about perceptions anymore because he knows he's done on that front. He's just hitting out at the North African countries who condemned his invasion and kicked him off the human rights council.
If you're talking about Yanukovych? Yanukovych was elected on a manifesto mandate of joining the EU, but part way through his term Putin coerced him into joining the EEU instead and the people conducted a mass protest. A true statesmen would have tried to reconcile with the fact that the overwhelming public opinion was against joining the EEU, but he refused and then eventually fled to.... guess where?.... Russia. The police put up limited resistance to the popular movement and the military none. The US/NATO had nothing to do with it. It was solely down to a silly decision made by Yanukovych and Putin is disregard to the population of Ukraine. Putin then flipped his lid about losing his guy in Ukraine and invaded Crimea and used his military covertly to destabilise the Donbass so that Ukraine couldn't function as a normal country.
This is one of those things that negotiation will solve. Both Russia and the West currently hold two extreme positions, so you gotta play ball.
Let's see whose turn it is:
American-led coup in Ukraine
Russian-led invasion of Crimea and Donbas
American-led genocide of Donbas
Russian-led invasion of Ukraine
American-led across-the-board sanctions on Russia and aid to Ukraine
Russia-led blockage of food exports
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...so this is where we are at. What is America's play now? The ball's in the Western court.