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Ukraine requested 30 types of weapons from Bulgaria, including air defense
“From the very beginning, we asked Bulgaria for various types of weapons. In the list provided by the Ministry of Defense, we noted more than 30 items, in particular, the air defense systems that are most needed now, ”said Vitaly Moskalenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria.
According to him, the list included S-300 systems for protecting the sky and various anti-aircraft missile systems. The issue of deliveries of 152-mm howitzers, self-propelled guns, artillery shells and mortars also "remains relevant."
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Preparations for Ukraine's accession to the EU will take more than a year or two - European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varhelyi
“Given the massive work required to prepare for participation in the EU internal market and many other important policy areas, the entire preparation for accession is likely to take more than a year or two,” Varheli said.
At the same time, he noted that Ukraine is committed to the rapid advancement of reforms and the acceleration of the work necessary for their implementation.
"However, not all seven reforms can be implemented quickly," the European Commissioner added.
“Given the massive work required to prepare for participation in the EU internal market and many other important policy areas, the entire preparation for accession is likely to take more than a year or two,” Varheli said.
At the same time, he noted that Ukraine is committed to the rapid advancement of reforms and the acceleration of the work necessary for their implementation.
"However, not all seven reforms can be implemented quickly," the European Commissioner added.
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Zelensky's Today's Speech:
"Today, the occupiers again used Iranian attack drones. Some of them were destroyed. But, unfortunately, there were also hits.
We also understand that the terrorist state is concentrating forces and means for a possible repetition of mass attacks on our infrastructure.
In particular, for this, Russia needed Iranian missiles.
We are preparing to answer.
But also, please note: more and more often there are reports that not a single Kalibr carrier has gone on combat duty in the Black Sea.
This is a very important result, which was ensured by our defenders.
The smaller the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the safer it is in the Black Sea. And there will definitely be a day when we can announce that we have provided Ukraine with full protection from the Russian threat both at sea and in the sky."
"Today, the occupiers again used Iranian attack drones. Some of them were destroyed. But, unfortunately, there were also hits.
We also understand that the terrorist state is concentrating forces and means for a possible repetition of mass attacks on our infrastructure.
In particular, for this, Russia needed Iranian missiles.
We are preparing to answer.
But also, please note: more and more often there are reports that not a single Kalibr carrier has gone on combat duty in the Black Sea.
This is a very important result, which was ensured by our defenders.
The smaller the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the safer it is in the Black Sea. And there will definitely be a day when we can announce that we have provided Ukraine with full protection from the Russian threat both at sea and in the sky."
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Is it a sign that the US will raise the white flag in this conflict before Putin?
If so, then woow! With such shitty military, and Putin can still win this war
I think there are 2 reasons for this situation.
1. The Russian army is not a modern army, but the ukrainian army is a new and amalgamated army.
2. Russia's resources are very large. Money still comes from the sale of energy. There is a huge amount of power transfer potential from other regions. Russia can find the equipment it wants from friendly countries.
Yes, it was finally announced in the western press (wall street journal). It turned out that American and Russian security bureaucrats were holding talks. For now, they said they are discussing about the risk of nuclear war, but I think there are more comprehensive talks going on. in other words, the issue of peace is mentioned in the negotiations.
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I am all for peace talks with Russia.
If russia go back to their borders, leave Donbass, Crimea to Ukraine, pay reparations then west will let them live.
But I would prefer if russia not accept it. If they still think they could win, let them die.
And by the way, even Algieria is delivering weapon to Ukraine now, last week we have plane from Algieria in our military aid Jasionka aiport near Ukraine border.
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They recognize Turks can wipe out Russian Black Sea fleet, as always in an effort of dealing with their own propaganda:
More from ukr:
Turkey can destroy Russia's Black Sea Fleet in hours. Espreso
Turkey is able to destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet in a few hours, without even entering the Black Sea
global.espreso.tv
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I dont know really.
I do wish the ships from the baltic and pacific fleets all came to Ukraine so they can all be sunk one by one.
Ukraine has the capabilities to sink Russian ships. Russian navy sent its baltic and pacific fleets.
Russian navy would effectively be sapped for good. Black sea fleets barely exisiting nowadays.
I do wish the ships from the baltic and pacific fleets all came to Ukraine so they can all be sunk one by one.
Ukraine has the capabilities to sink Russian ships. Russian navy sent its baltic and pacific fleets.
Russian navy would effectively be sapped for good. Black sea fleets barely exisiting nowadays.
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Before quoting here official RU info about 1% of loses...., it is worth to mention that Marines from 155th brigade, entered Pavlivka and they were repelled by an UKR counterattack were 155th suffered important loses, leading to a formal complain against top RU politicians and military statements.
It seems after days of loses for advancing a few kilometers into Pavlivka, once they were about to occupy the slettement, UKR counterattacked forcing the Marines to retreat and sustain such loses, without CAS or effective artillery support from RU side.
There are several sources which states from 300 KIA/Wounded to "More loses than in both Chechen wars"
Some visual confirmations.
Edit: More visual confirmations.
It seems after days of loses for advancing a few kilometers into Pavlivka, once they were about to occupy the slettement, UKR counterattacked forcing the Marines to retreat and sustain such loses, without CAS or effective artillery support from RU side.
There are several sources which states from 300 KIA/Wounded to "More loses than in both Chechen wars"
Some visual confirmations.
Edit: More visual confirmations.
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Putin's 3 Day War
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They recognize Turks can wipe out Russian Black Sea fleet, as always in an effort of dealing with their own propaganda:
More from ukr:
Turkey can destroy Russia's Black Sea Fleet in hours. Espreso
Turkey is able to destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet in a few hours, without even entering the Black Seaglobal.espreso.tv
I suspect once Turkey said the grain deal is continuing irrespective of what Putin says, the ball was then placed in Russia's court. The only thing they could have attempted was to stop it by force and then that opens up the risk of starting a wider conflict with Turkey. Whatever that wider conflict would look like, its not really worth it.
So either Russia behaved erratically or they believed that once they pulled out of it that Turkey would capitulate. Yet again the Russians didn't anticipate "what if" Turkey ignores us. And if Turkey ignores us are we willing to go all the way?
Just like they didn't anticipate what happens if this war goes beyond 3 days. Putin time and time again shows massive levels of incompetence. He's good at political games, but in terms of actual warfare he's very short-sighted and one dimensional.
Then these small issues weaken the nuclear threats, if something like a grain corridor makes you backtrack, then it shows you don't actually have the balls for nuclear war.
Zelensky became one with the west and destroyed the beautiful country Ukraine and the Ukrainians.
Russia can no longer withdraw from here. If Ukraine can recover the rest of its territory, it will be considered lucky.
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If you still dont know then you really need to be informed that the tanks with Z letter that enter Ukraine 24th of February is not Zelenskis. its fashist ruzzian army.
So pls dont LIE on forum on BASIC stuff.
We have INVADERS and DEFENDERS in this war and that rapists, murderers and orcs are from russia.
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We can just check latest polls in EU, it just gives around 20% of "support" to RU in some best cases, if you take latest polls from Baltics or Poland, I would be surprised if the support goes double digits. We can mention also, the gas storage is full in most countries in EU, with gas tankers "waiting" for a free slot in our regasification plants.
Meanwhile In an effort to persuade West... Lavrov is set to quit off as creative interpreter of laws and switch to poet.
In next chapters we could listen:
...floods will ever blend in the Baltic sea.
...floods will ever blend in the North sea.
...floods will ever blend in the Mediterranean sea.
if it's blue and moves, it's ours.
For the moment US is creating a new Command post in Germany to organize new material and training for URK, and ensuring new essential goods arrive on time:
Meanwhile In an effort to persuade West... Lavrov is set to quit off as creative interpreter of laws and switch to poet.
In next chapters we could listen:
...floods will ever blend in the Baltic sea.
...floods will ever blend in the North sea.
...floods will ever blend in the Mediterranean sea.
if it's blue and moves, it's ours.
For the moment US is creating a new Command post in Germany to organize new material and training for URK, and ensuring new essential goods arrive on time:
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- Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) conducted significantly more extensive fixed-wing strike operations during the first days of the invasion than has been previously documented, while Ukrainian ground-based air-defence (GBAD) capabilities were suppressed by initial attacks.
- During this period, Ukrainian fighter aircraft inflicted some losses on VKS aircraft but also took serious casualties due to being totally technologically outmatched and badly outnumbered.
- Russian fighters have remained highly effective and lethal against Ukrainian aircraft near the frontlines throughout the war, especially the Su-35S with the R-77-1 long-range missile and, in recent months, the Mig-31BM with the R-37 very long-range missile.
- From early March, the VKS lost the ability to operate in Ukrainian-controlled airspace except at very low altitudes due to its inability to reliably suppress or destroy increasingly effective, well-dispersed and mobile Ukrainian surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems.
- Russian GBAD has also been highly effective since March, especially the long-range S-400 SAM system supported by the 48Ya6 ‘Podlet-K1’ all-altitude long-range surveillance radar system.
- Numerous MANPADS provided to Ukrainian troops and later mobile air-defence teams meant that low-altitude Russian fixed-wing and rotary penetrating sorties beyond the frontlines proved to be prohibitively costly during March, and ceased by April 2022.
- Throughout the war, most Russian airstrikes have been against pre-designated targets with unguided bombs and rockets. The Su-34 fleet has regularly also fired stand-off missiles such as the Kh-29 and Kh-59 against fixed targets, and Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters have regularly fired Kh-31P and Kh-58 anti-radiation missiles to suppress and target Ukrainian SAM radars.
- Without air superiority, Russia’s attempts at strategic air attack have been limited to expensive cruise and ballistic missile barrages at a much more limited scale. These failed to achieve strategically decisive damage during the first seven months of the invasion. However, the latest iteration is a more focused and sustainable bombardment of the Ukrainian electricity grid, blending hundreds of cheap Iranian-supplied Shahed-136 loitering munitions against substations with continued use of cruise and ballistic missiles against larger targets.
- The West must avoid complacency about the need to urgently bolster Ukrainian air-defence capacity. It is purely thanks to its failure to destroy Ukraine’s mobile SAM systems that Russia remains unable to effectively employ the potentially heavy and efficient aerial firepower of its fixed-wing bomber and multi-role fighter fleets to bombard Ukrainian strategic targets and frontline positions from medium altitude, as it did in Syria.
- It follows that if Ukrainian SAMs are not resupplied with ammunition, and ultimately augmented and replaced with Western equivalents over time, the VKS will regain the ability to pose a major threat.
- In the short term, Ukraine also needs large numbers of additional man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS) and radar-guided anti-aircraft guns, such as the Gepard, to sustain and increase its ability to intercept the Shahed-136s and protect its remaining power infrastructure and repairs to damaged facilities.
- In the medium term, Ukraine needs cost-effective ways to defend itself against the Shahed-136. One option could be compact radar and/or laser ranging and sighting systems to allow numerous existing anti-aircraft guns to be much more accurate and effective against them.
- The Ukrainian Air Force fighter force needs modern Western fighters and missiles to sustainably counter the VKS. Russian pilots have been cautious throughout the war, so even a small number of Western fighters could have a major deterrent effect.
- Any Western fighter supplied in the short–medium term needs to be capable of dispersed operations using mobile maintenance equipment and small support teams, and flying from relatively rough runways, to avoid being neutralised by Russian long-range missile strikes.
The Russian Air War and Ukrainian Requirements for Air Defence
Further Western support is needed to ensure that Kyiv can counter Moscow's updated approach to the air war in Ukraine.
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