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
Greetings from the Kennedy clan
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/so-much-for-rfk-jr/55074/
Begging and pleading but nothing for Ukraine.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/speaker-mike-johnson-reaches-the-begging-and-pleading-stage-of-his-downfall/55076/
Record numbers of spoiled ballots
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/29708
Putin devours lives
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/29711
Russian daily losses
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/23786
From "The Analyst":
IVANISKE TURNS INTO RUSSIAN FAILURE
The devastated ruined village, long a target for the Russians, became a graveyard. It’s a crucial point in the defence of Chasiv Yar.
Sat in a geographical dip with Ukrainians either side of it on higher ground, the grey zone of the village, so ruined by Russian artillery and aerial glide bombs that its little more than dust, has nowhere to hide. Every time the Russians tried to enter it they were mowed down by Ukrainian defenders on the higher ground.
The Russians had tried the same tactics on the defenders, repeatedly shelling and then storming their positions to no avail.
As a result the Russians, having failed to get around the northern sector of the front, tried to get around the southern one. This would allow them to get behind the forest and trap the defenders.
The Russians poured a lot of forces into this effort, advancing as much as 2km towards the forest, but it was heavy going and they stalled, unable to progress. They over extended their lines and couldn’t maintain the advance, which conversely means they also couldn’t easily sustain a defence when the counterattack came.
The Ukrainian 93rd Mechanised Brigade released a lot of drone video showing their successes taking down dozens upon dozens of groups of soldiers.
The devastation caused the Russians to withdraw as soon as the counterattack came, pushing them all the way back to their start lines, their operation a total failure.
The Russians simply underestimated the ability of the Ukrainian defences and their capacity to counteract their moves - overconfidence and bad generalship once again leading to disaster. Casualties were in the thousands over several days along with substantial equipment losses.
The Russians have run out of steam to attack their main goal of Chasiv Yar. The speed of their attacks has consumed most of their assault and vehicle capabilities, forcing a culmination of their activities for at least the next several weeks.
Spring mud will soon be upon the front, and the Ukrainians will gain time to build and finalise their defence lines.
They have learnt from the Russians that preparing strong defences delays and can even cripple, the most well equipped offensives.
By the time Russian forces try again, the air war will have changed again and defences will be prepared.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
They have hit 12 refineries lately
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-12-russian-oil-refineries-hit/
First of all, I would like to express gratitude to our warriors. It's time to recognize the combat units that have proven themselves the most. Kupyansk direction – the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade named after Kish Ataman Kost Hordiienko. Lyman direction – the 1st operational brigade of the National Guard named after Hetman Petro Doroshenko "Bureviy". Pokrovsk direction – the 55th separate artillery brigade "Zaporizhzhia Sich". Orikhiv direction – the 118th separate mechanized brigade. And Prydniprovsky direction – the 35th separate marine brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrohradsky and the 123rd separate territorial defense brigade. I thank all of you, warriors, for your strength and for the effective destruction of the occupier.
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House speaker Mike Johnson is considering a loan program for Ukraine aid
Among the proposals being floated is treating some of the nonmilitary aid as a type of loan, said House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, who is involved in the discussions, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Economic aid to support the general function of Ukraine’s government and its long-term rebuilding efforts would be subject to a loan under this plan.
Offering up loans as part of the package is designed to help ease the concerns of House conservatives who have criticized billions in U.S. aid for Ukraine and said they will not support sending further U.S. taxpayer dollars without a long-term plan to win the war.
Graham endorsed the loan idea in an interview last week, crediting former President Donald Trump with coming up with it. Trump posted on his Truth Social site on Feb. 10 that Congress should not provide aid money to any country “unless it is done as a loan.”
Graham, who once espoused unconditional support for Ukraine, helped to kill a Ukraine aid and border package in the Senate earlier this year that he helped to negotiate, saying that Trump opposed it and preferred a loan structure.
President Biden’s aid request has languished for as long as Johnson has been speaker. It’s now been a month since the Senate voted 70 to 29, for the $95-billion foreign aid package — $60 billion for Ukraine and the rest for Israel, Taiwan and Palestinians in Gaza.
“Mr. Johnson’s failure to make a positive decision will cost thousands of lives” and affect “the fate of millions of people,” NATO ally Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Peter does not like prison.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/down-goes-peter-navarro-3/55067/
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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