Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2074844742957847039

Trump said that Ukraine would be licensed to produce Patriot missile defense systems. Technology transfer will likely include non-critical components.

 

[Relic]

As expected, today NATO officially made a commitment of $160 Billion usd worth of military aid, support and equipment for Ukraine. $80 Billion usd for each of 2026 and 2027, some of which will come from the European Union loan and the rest of which will come from the individual budgets of 31 members.

NATO promises to provide Ukraine with €140 billion in military aid

NATO leaders gathered in Ankara backed a pledge to provide Ukraine with €140 billion ($160 billion) in military aid for the years 2026 and 2027. "Ukraine contributes to transatlantic security, and All...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Relic]

Ukraine disabled 21 Russian oil tankers in the Azov Sea, over the course of two nights. These tankers specifically refueled Crimea and pumped fuel to larger ships in the Mediterranean. Russia left them undefended, so Ukraine systematically destroyed each of their bridges / nerve centers. They published video proof of the drone strikes on 17 of the 21 tankers.

Yet another effort aimed at the destruction of all humaniterian infrastructure in (and in support of) Crimea, with the aim of making the Peninsula uninhabitable for Russian citizens.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/WgkCkRQlcg

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/Yrwc4voZFD

 

[Spitfire9]

Ukraine disabled 21 Russian oil tankers in the Azov Sea, over the course of two nights. These tankers specifically refueled Crimea and pumped fuel to larger ships in the Mediterranean. Russia left them undefended, so Ukraine systematically destroyed each of their bridges / nerve centers. They published video proof of the drone strikes on 17 of the 21 tankers.

Yet another effort aimed at the destruction of all humaniterian infrastructure in (and in support of) Crimea, with the aim of making the Peninsula uninhabitable for Russian citizens.

Yes, Ukraine can make Crimea uninhabitable. Problem is that, due to its geography, Russia could do the same if Crimea were in Ukrainian hands. I guess it's going to become a wasteland until the war finishes.

How is Russian tourism, perhaps the mainstay of Crimea's economy, going? Not too well, I guess. Will a lot of Russians switch to going on holiday to Turkiye instead?

 

[contricusc]

Had Europe had the good sense to arm Ukraine to the teeth 20 or 30 years ago the chances of invasion and a costly European war would have been much reduced. Hundreds of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives might have been saved.

That was simply not possible. Ukraine was under a Russian vassal 20 or 30 years ago. Until 2014, Ukraine was led by a pro-Russian regime. Ukraine was not trustworthy at the time.

Yes, there were opportunities before the Maidan when the Orange revolution changed the regime for a while, but Ukraine was too unstable and infiltrated by Russia at the time. Only after the Maidan did Russia completely lost power in Ukraine.

And that happened because of Putin’s decision to annex Crimea. That was the turning point when Russia completely lost the Ukrainian people, turning them into enemies. Until that moment, Russia only needed to wait for the next electoral cycle and would have probably took back power.

But Putin miscalculated so much when he took Crimea and started the Donbas insurgencies, and everything else derives from that ill-thought decision. Ukraine is so clearly pro-European now because Russia showed them its true colours when it annexed Crimea. Before that, the Ukrainian population was evenly slpit between pro-Europeans and pro-Russians.

 

[Spitfire9]

A British military analyst's view of what is happening in the ground war. Russia continues to make progress in Donetsk but much more slowly than a year ago with much higher troop losses per square kilometre of ground gained.

 

[Soldier30]

The first instance of aid being provided to the Russian army occurred in Poland. Krzysztof Tołwiński, leader of the Polish Front party, former member of the Sejm, and former Deputy Minister of State Assets, purchased a batch of medicines and medical supplies for Russian soldiers in Belarus using his personal funds. The medications were sent not on behalf of government agencies, but solely at the party's private initiative. It's worth noting that official relations between Poland and Ukraine have seriously deteriorated recently.