TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Kyiv needs approximately €120 billion a year in military aid for Ukraine to win the war, says Kusti Salm, Permanent Secretary of the Estonian Ministry of Defense.
Estonia has proposed a financing plan for Ukraine. They are considering borrowing on the financial markets or from national budgets. Estonia is currently seeking more than 100 billion euros to achieve this goal.
"If the 50-plus countries that are part of the Ramstein coalition, which provides military support to Ukraine, spent 0.25% of their GDP, it would amount to more than 120 billion euros a year. With this amount by 2025, Ukraine will reach a level where it will be able to impose resistance on Russia," Salm said.
He mentioned that even if this amount of money starts coming to the budgets now, its impact will take almost a year.
"It will take about nine more months for the supplies to reach the level necessary for Ukraine to convincingly reach this level of depletion," emphasized the Permanent Secretary of the Estonian Ministry of
Defense.
Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far right, the second largest party in parliament, which is now in opposition to Macron.
It is significant to remind you, Le Pen is one of the most pro-Russian politicians in Europe. She has repeatedly supported the annexation of Crimea and pro-Kremlin narratives, advocated the lifting of sanctions on Russia, advocated leaving NATO and called for thinking about the “end of the European Union” (quote), and most importantly, the Kremlin, through its proxy banks, financed Le’s election campaign in 2014 Pen, allocating €11 million.
🤡 Putin: Western troops in Ukraine would not change the course of the war
Vladimir Putin does not believe that the deployment of Western troops in Ukraine would change the course of the war. Even if some NATO countries decided to send troops to Ukraine, this would not affect the course of the war change, claimed Putin referring to to Macron's statement that this should not be ruled out. "If these are official foreign military contingents, the situation on the battlefield will certainly not change (...) just as the arms deliveries have not changed anything," he said.
What are we waiting for? This bet stands!
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⚡RFE/RL: Head of former Russian anti-war presidential candidate's campaign arrested.
Igor Krasnov, the head of the short-lived presidential campaign of Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin, was arrested in the Russian city of Vladivostok on March 13 and sentenced to six days in prison for "propagating extremist LGBT," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported.
Nadezhdin was the only potential candidate planning to compete in Russia's upcoming presidential election to openly speak out against Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
Hackers disrupted the electronic payment system in Moscow's subway
https://kyivindependent.com/ministry-ukrainian-hackers-disrupt-payment-system-in-moscow-subway/
Two Ukrainian journalists were deported from Poland for investigating trade with Russia
TOP NEWS TODAY
🔥 Ukraine attacked three oil refineries with drones: in Ryazan, Kstovo and Kirishi.
🦅 At night, UAVs attack Voronezh, Kursk, Leningrad, Belgorod and Bryansk regions.
💥 UAVs attacked the Russian Air Force airbase in Buturlinovka and military airfield in Voronezh.
🇺🇸 The new assistance package also includes shorter-range ATACMS missiles, - WSJ
⚡ "We will inflict losses on Russia, they will feel the losses", - Zelensky
🇫🇷 On Thursday, Macron will address the nation and touch on the situation in Ukraine.
🇺🇦 Ukraine plans to mobilize 500.000 people, 330.000 will replace military on the front line.
😮 Legion "Freedom of Russia" intends to eventually march on Moscow, - Newsweek
🚀 Ukraine has been pushing the Pentagon to provide long-range ATACMS (180 miles), - WSJ
✅ EU ambassadors give green light to a 5 billion euro top up for arms purchases for Ukraine.
☠ Another manager in the russian energy sector found dead
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Here are the details of today’s attacks on oil refineries in the Russian Federation:
▪️Tonight, the SBU attacked three(!) oil refineries with drones at once: in Ryazan, Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod region) and Kirishi (Leningrad region).
▪️The refineries attacked today are among the top 5 largest plants in russia. These attacks are a continuation of a series of special operations against hostile refineries that the SBU had previously launched. The purpose of the attacks is to reduce the economic potential of russia.
🔻Additional, the SBU, together with other representatives of the defense forces, used drones to attack the russian Air Force air base in Buturlinovka and a military airfield in Voronezh.
https://t.me/ukrainejournal/8170
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💥Ruzzian oil and gas industry facilities attacked by kamikaze UAVs since 2024.
1 - Eagle. Oil depot | 09.01.24
2 - Bryansk region. Oil depot | 19.01.24
3 - Leningrad region. Novatek terminal | 21.01.24
4 - Krasnodar region. OIL REFINERY | 25.01.24
5 - St. Petersburg. Oil refinery 31.01.24
6 - Volgograd. OIL REFINERY | 02/03/24
7 - Krasnodar region. OIL REFINERY | 09.02.24
8 - Kursk region. Oil depot | 15.02.24
9 - Belgorod region. Oil depot | 05.03.24
10 - Kursk region. Fuel tank 06.03.24
11 - Eagle. Oil depot | 12.03.24
12 - Nizhny Novgorod region. OIL REFINERY | 12.03.24
*Add three more to this list from last night!
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🇺🇸 The House of Representatives of the US Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States.
The bill obliges the company to get rid of its Chinese owner ByteDance. If not, the social network will be banned.
Lawmakers supporting the decision argue that TikTok poses a national security threat because the Chinese government can force ByteDance to hand over the data of American users. The law must now be approved by the US Senate.
President Joe Biden has said he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
TikTok criticized the vote. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted angrily to the lawmakers' plans the day before, calling it an "act of intimidation."
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❌ Another top manager in russia's oil and gas sector found dead
Vitaly Robertus, 54, Vice President of the russian oil and gas firm Lukoil, has been found dead. He is the fourth Lukoil top manager to die since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine:
▪️Vladimir Nekrasov, Chairman of Lukoil’s Board of Directors, died in October 2023 from acute heart failure.
▪️Ravil Maganov, the previous chairman, died after falling out of a window of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow in August 2022.
▪️Alexander Subbotin, the company's former top manager, died in May 2022; his body was found in a private house. An investigation concluded that Subbotin also died of acute heart failure.
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From one of our members in the US:
URGENT: 36 Progressives/ Socialists appear to split with Democratic Party leadership and have not signed the discharge petition to permit a vote on Ukraine aid.
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US UPDATE BREAKING NEWS
House Republican Congressman, Buck, has resigned basically immediately. He’s had enough of the ‘worst congress I have ever served in’ and loathes the MAGA brigade in his party. Complex rules around replacing him in Colorado means that the republicans have barely a 1 seat majority and are in serious danger of losing control to the Democrats. And you know what that means! Aid for Ukraine!
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Don't know much about Pete.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/pete-buttigieg-comes-out-swinging-3/54998/
I just thought he was evil.
This ought to be interesting. Michael Cohen testifying about the time Trump got him ILLEGALLY remanded back to prison.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/here-comes-michael-cohen/54997/
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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