Members phkrause Posted May 14 Author Members Share Posted May 14 Russian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid trickles in KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers around the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine on Monday, pushing ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front and put more pressure on overstretched Ukrainian forces. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-kharkiv-donetzk-397dd892f936726bd1acbd45991a18a6? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 15 Author Members Share Posted May 15 Blinken visits Ukraine as Russian forces step up Kharkiv assault Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv on Tuesday as much-needed U.S. military aid began arriving in Ukraine. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/14/blinken-ukraine-russia-war? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 26 Author Members Share Posted May 26 Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines MOSCOW/LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 29 Author Members Share Posted May 29 Ukraine gets more military aid from Europe but Putin warns of consequences if Russian soil is hit LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a second $1 billion promise of military aid in as many days Tuesday during a whirlwind tour of three European Union countries, while President Vladimir Putin warned that hitting Russian soil with Western-supplied weapons could set the war on a dangerous new path. https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-hungary-ae48c473927d54f5053f3cc276f5493e? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 31 Author Members Share Posted May 31 Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russian territory, US officials say WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the matter. https://apnews.com/article/czechia-ukraine-russia-nato-blinken-441c9624d95f8193e99cf08effced44f? Ukraine President Joe Biden has given permission to Ukraine to carry out limited strikes inside Russian territory with American munitions. The loosening of the restrictions marks a break from long-standing policy and comes amid growing international pressure from close US allies. The potential strikes will be limited to the area around Kharkiv, US officials said, after Russia made significant advances around the city. The Biden administration, however, is standing firm in not allowing Ukraine to use the most formidable munition it has been given to fire into Russia: the long-range missiles known as ATACMS that can hit targets 200 miles away. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 7 Author Members Share Posted June 7 Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia, according to a senator and a Western official WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has used U.S. weapons to strike inside Russia in recent days, according to a U.S. senator and a Western official familiar with the matter. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-weapons-biden-kharkiv-c46c3ca0f0f4893c8c3b0ef53e974438? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 13 Author Members Share Posted June 13 The US lifts a ban on sending weapons to a controversial Ukrainian military unit KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. has lifted a ban on providing American weapons and training to a controversial Ukrainian military unit that was key to the defense of the major port city of Mariupol, the State Department said on Tuesday. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-us-weapons-azov-a3a555670bedeae2022900621d79aba7? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 16 Author Members Share Posted June 16 President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a historic security agreement on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy on Thursday. "We're going to stand by Ukraine," Biden said, vowing lasting support for the country's defense now and in the future. The 10-year deal lays out a path for the US' long-term security relationship with Kyiv — but it could also be undone by future US administrations, sources say. Zelensky called it a "truly historic day" after signing the agreement and said it would benefit all countries because Russia is a "real global threat." He also expressed confidence that the pact will serve as a bridge to Kyiv's efforts to join NATO. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 18 Author Members Share Posted June 18 78 countries at Swiss conference agree Ukraine’s territorial integrity must be basis of any peace OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Nearly 80 countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The way forward for diplomacy remains unclear. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-switzerland-war-conference-burgenstock-568cafee5fbe9c3b19b79b041583a5d6? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 20 Author Members Share Posted June 20 Russia obliterates Ukraine’s frontline towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded airbase network KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-bombs-airfields-scorched-earth-58380b8625df7ed52a3b5472326559b8? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 24 Author Members Share Posted June 24 As U.S.-supplied weapons show impact inside Russia, Ukrainian soldiers hope for deeper strikes KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Weeks after the decision allowing Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory, the country is having some success in halting Russia’s new push along the northeast front, but military commanders are clamoring for restrictions on long-range missiles to be lifted. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-us-weapons-long-range-missiles-7f061044c7b50a1946409eea9e9c399f? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 24 Author Members Share Posted June 24 Dagestan attacks Three days of mourning have been declared in Russia's Dagestan province after at least 19 people were killed Sunday in what appeared to be coordinated attacks against churches, synagogues and police posts. Dagestan is home to a small Christian minority and even smaller Jewish population that appeared to be among the targets. The victims include 15 police officers, an Orthodox priest and four civilians, according to local authorities. No group has yet claimed responsibility. The attacks come three months after ISIS affiliate ISIS-K said it carried out an assault at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow that claimed more than 140 lives in one of Russia's deadliest terrorist atrocities in years. Russian law enforcement agencies told state-run news agency TASS on Sunday that the gunmen in Dagestan were "adherents of an international terrorist organization." Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 2 Author Members Share Posted July 2 Ukraine’s convicts are offered release at a high price At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia. Read more. Why this matters: Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with acute battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting against Russia’s full-scale invasion. And its recruiting efforts have turned, for the first time, to the country’s prison population. More than 3,000 prisoners already have been released on parole and assigned to military units after such recruitment was approved by parliament in a controversial mobilization bill last month. About 27,000 inmates could potentially be eligible for the new program, according to Justice Ministry estimates. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia’s UN ambassador says he can’t Hungary’s leader is in Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy. It’s his first visit since the war began Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 2 Author Members Share Posted July 2 Ukraine coup attempt Ukraine has foiled an alleged plot to overthrow the government that "would have played into Russia's hands," security officials in the war-torn country said Monday. Ukrainian authorities arrested at least four suspected coup organizers who allegedly planned to trigger a riot in Kyiv on June 30 as a distraction to seize control of the Ukrainian parliament and remove the military and political leadership from power. It is unclear if those accused have any connection with Russia, which has waged a devastating full-scale invasion against its southwestern neighbor for nearly two and a half years. The suspects face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 3 Author Members Share Posted July 3 The US will soon announce a $2.3 billion military aid package for Ukraine that includes "critical munitions from US inventories" as the country tries to fend off an increase in Russian attacks. The US has been announcing regular packages for Ukraine since Congress passed legislation that approved nearly $61 billion in Ukraine aid earlier this year. Ukraine and US officials signed a long-term bilateral security pact earlier this month that commits the US to 10 years of training Ukraine's armed forces, providing military assistance and increasing intelligence sharing. Ukraine was also recently moved to the top of the US military's list to receive air defense capabilities, putting it ahead of other countries that may have already been in line to receive them. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 9 Author Members Share Posted July 9 Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months kills at least 31 and hits a children’s hospital KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine on Monday, damaging the country’s largest children’s hospital and other buildings in a fierce assault that interrupted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors. At least 31 people were killed, officials said. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-attack-33aecd50cf252ff6184c0c14f90588b5? ps:Lets go after the children!! Russia launched a series of rare daylight strikes on Ukraine Monday that partially flattened the country's largest children's hospital. The attacks killed at least 39 people and injured nearly 200 others, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Local officials said the medical center has been vital in caring for some of the sickest children from across the country. Every year, around 7,000 surgeries — including treatments for cancer and hematological diseases — are conducted at the hospital. The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting today to discuss Russia's deadly strikes after Zelensky called for an emergency assembly while vowing retaliation. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 11 Author Members Share Posted July 11 Chaos and horror at a Kyiv hospital as the city is hit with heaviest bombardment in months KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sky was crystal clear as Oksana Femeniuk took her daughter to Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital for routine dialysis. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-bombing-7f4b2bef8f701a436e06ee230ee5e50d? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 20 Author Members Share Posted July 20 Ukraine rushes to create AI-enabled war drones KYIV, July 18 (Reuters) - In Ukraine, a handful of startups are developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to help fly a vast fleet of drones, taking warfare into uncharted territory as combatants race to gain a technological edge in battle. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ukraine-rushes-create-ai-enabled-war-drones-2024-07-18/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 25 Author Members Share Posted July 25 Russian troops Russia is offering Moscow residents a record $22,000 to fight in Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin scrambles to boost his troop numbers. The one-time signing bonus comes as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine grinds on in its third year. While Russia's casualty figures remain shrouded in secrecy, estimates say the death toll among troops is high. More than 70,000 soldiers were likely killed or wounded in May and June alone, the UK Defense Ministry said. It is estimated that Russia has lost around 87% of the active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment told CNN in December. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 25 Author Members Share Posted July 25 2 years after Ukrainian POW deaths, survivors and leaked UN analysis point to Russia as the culprit KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The former prisoners of war still puzzle over the strange events leading up to the night now seared into their memories, when an explosion ripped through the Russian-controlled Olenivka prison barracks and killed so many comrades two years ago. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pows-prison-prisoners-15561a6d5cafc5b61a1f2643009c2a2c? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 26 Author Members Share Posted July 26 Agreement with Russia is ‘deal with the devil,’ adviser to Ukrainian president says KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as pressure mounts on the country to seek an end to more than two years of fighting. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-podolyak-32cf93a025c3c713ce861c8e279328be? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 1 Author Members Share Posted August 1 Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-f16-jets-russia-missile-98fab7aa19e093bf8df3de015bc9006a? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 6 Author Members Share Posted August 6 Ukraine Ukraine confirmed that F-16 fighter jets have arrived in the country for the first time since Russia's invasion began. The delivery marks "a new chapter" for the country's Air Force, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday, as strained Ukrainian forces work to protect its skies against Russian missiles. Zelensky said he is grateful to partners, and especially to the first countries that accepted Kyiv's request for the aircraft. "I thank Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United States. And to all our partners — we appreciate your support," he said. Russia maintains air superiority over Ukraine but experts say the F-16s offer a significant improvement in Kyiv's weaponry. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 9 Author Members Share Posted August 9 Putin accuses Ukraine of a ‘large-scale provocation’ with its raid in southwestern Russia KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described a Ukrainian incursion into the country’s southwestern Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” as his officials asserted that they were fighting off cross-border raids for a second day. Ukrainian officials remained silent about the scope of the operation. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kursk-border-incursion-e838343b88b2dd9827f5a40fbc5a1db7? ps:Oh so now he's crying??? Wow what a baby, now that Ukraine finally has some weapons to fight back with, which they should've had in the first place!!!!! Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 11 Author Members Share Posted August 11 Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion seen as a tactical reply to Russia’s grinding gains KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukraine army’s surprise charge into Russia this week was a stunning maneuver that caught the Kremlin’s forces unawares. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kursk-fighting-80671ef80c36b94dc1114506770cdd56? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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