TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian 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 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Brief Update :
🔹ISW analysts predict that Ukraine will probably be in a much better operational position by June 2024.
🔹The US Senate will consider the bill on aid to Ukraine voted by the House of Representatives on April 23.
🔹According to the NYT, the first tranche of weapons from the United States may be in Ukraine in a few days after the signing of the law.
🔹US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will go to China to discuss cooperation between the Russian Federation and Beijing.
The US expresses serious concern about Beijing's support for Russia.
🔹The United States is considering the possibility of sending new military advisers to Kyiv, Politico reports.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz
🇺🇸🇺🇦The passage of the new aid bill to Ukraine will directly benefit at least 71 American cities across the U.S.
Providing additional aid to Ukraine would also facilitate the replenishment of U.S. stockpiles with weapons that have been continuously sent to Ukraine over the past two years.
Washington is Ukraine's largest provider of weapons and military equipment. The U.S. has sent Ukraine over $44 billion in defense aid since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
President Biden also issued a statement after the vote, emphasizing that the passage of the foreign aid package sends "a clear message about the power of American leadership on the world stage."
"It comes at a moment of grave urgency, with Israel facing unprecedented attacks from Iran and Ukraine under continued bombardment from Russia," said Biden.
I urge the Senate to quickly send this package to my desk so that I can sign it into law, and we can quickly send weapons and equipment to Ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs."
The approval of the U.S. aid package comes at a critical time for Ukraine, marked by the increasingly deteriorating situation on the front lines, where Russia has recently made gains.
The delay in the U.S. defense aid for Ukraine contributed to the loss of the key front-line city of Avdiivka, due to a lack of necessary ammunition.
On a more positive note :
The legislation now proceeds to the Democratic-majority Senate, which already passed a similar measure more than two months ago.
U.S. leaders from Democratic President Joe Biden to top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell had been urging embattled Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring it up for a vote.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz
Several powerful explosions rang out in Sevastopol in the morning, blocking the Crimean Bridge for ~2 hours.
The occupying authorities announced the repulsion of an anti-ship missile "attack" on one of the ships of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol.
In the bay, according to local media, yesterday there were a Project 775 landing ship and another ship.
The occupying authorities also alleged, that they had successfully completed the anti-aircraft defense without any damage or casualties.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz
REST IN HELL
As a result of the destruction of a Russian Ka-27 helicopter over Crimea on April 10, four crew members were killed.
Among them are crew commander Aziz Shayakhmetov , air gunner Alexander Solovey , flight technician Ivan Stepin and navigator Nikita Tokarchuk .
Shayakhmetov Aziz Irshatovich, born in 1996, is a native of the city of Syzran, Samara region of the Russian Federation.
None of these pilots can fire missiles at Ukrainian Civilians again.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz
Who was Pavlo Petrychenko, the prominent activist recently killed in combat?
In his battle for Ukraine, Pavlo Petrychenko used not only weapons but also his voice. A renowned Kyiv activist, he fought for the prosecution of corrupt Ukrainian officials, demanding justice for his fellow activists.
On April 15, just a day before his 32nd birthday, he was killed in combat in Donetsk Oblast.
Photo courtesy of Prytula Foundation / Viktor Zalevskiy
They are starting to admit the polls are totally inaccurate
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/theyre-finally-starting-to-admit-it/55579/
⬜ The living-legend in Krav Maga , Sagi Dovev, is training the released hostage Maya Regev to… return to a normal life, both physically and mentally. She was a fighter since Day 1, when she was shot, abducted to Gaza with her brother, enduring a surgery without anaesthesia, under the threat to be killed if she makes any noise. 4 surgeries after, in Israel, to correct the completely wrong surgery done in Gaza, Maya is still recovering, but in the FIGHTING MODE. Hero !
Miha Schwarzenberg
🇮🇱 @israel_report
🇺🇦 Well, better late than never. Johnson has been holding up this vote since October, but it finally went ahead with a 312-110 vote for aid to Ukraine. (From what I’m hearing UK’s ex- prime minister & current Foreign Minister David Cameron visited Trump last week and 2 days later Trump told Johnson to go ahead with the vote). Since October, Avdiivka and other land has been lost, but now things have changed! Here today, we had 149 Videos, 55 Pictures (+News) for you today! I’ll be back at 4pm & Evening time LIVE IST with 2 batches of 50+ New Videos (+News). 🇺🇦
🔱 Goodnight 😴 Rory 🔱
Now we know why Johnson changed his tune. I wonder how much Trump got paid?
Business lends a shoulder to the shelled Kharkiv region: OKKO allocated 70,000 liters of fuel for generators on critical infrastructure
The OKKO gas station chain has donated 70,000 liters of fuel to the Kharkov region, which is undergoing massive Russian shelling. The fuel will be transferred to the Kharkov regional military administration. It will be aimed at supporting the uninterrupted operation of generators at critical infrastructure facilities in the region.
“I sincerely thank OKKO for so quickly responding to the call to support Kharkov. Thanks to the business that is ready to lend a hand of support when needed. Together we are stronger,” wrote First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko.
Let us recall that last year OKKO transferred reconnaissance equipment, mortars, machine guns, and grenade launchers to the military. And this year the company plans to provide 10 DShV units with Pulstron enemy detection and destruction systems. The first of them was shipped the other day.
China is now Russia's primary military complex supplier, — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“Of course, we have seen that North Korea and Iran supply Russia primarily with weapons.
But when it comes to the Russian defense industry, China is now the main supplier. We see China sharing machine tools, semiconductors, and other dual-use goods that have helped Russia rebuild its defense industry.
China cannot have it both ways. You want to have positive, friendly relations with European countries, but at the same time you are fueling the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War," Reuters quoted Blinken as saying after the G7 meeting.
Ukrainian Armed Forces have shot down at least 100 Russian fixed-wing combat aircraft since the start of Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine — British Defence Intelligence.
“On April 19, Ukraine managed to shoot down a Tu-22M3 heavy strategic bomber for the first time. This is another success for Ukrainian Air Defense. The aircraft was shot down by a modernized S-200 system. It is most likely that the Ukrainian Air Force shot down an A-50 UAV on February 23 using the same system,” the Intelligence service stated.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian 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 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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