TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 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
Mike Johnson wants no public hearings for Matt
And we get a photo of the Wrecking Crew - with Joyce Vance
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-week-ahead-7e0?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Robert Reich Watch out for the Wrecking ball crew of Billionaires
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/the-billionaire-takeover-and-the?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Russian attack on Odesa: Zelensky shared a video showing the aftermath of the strike
The hit targeted a parking lot, damaging a residential building, a university, and an administrative building. Currently, reports confirm 8 fatalities and 39 injuries.
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Tulsi Gabbard is even stranger than Pete Hegseth.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wonkette/p/was-tulsi-gabbard-in-a-cult-that?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Pete Hegseth - Everything you should know. Not welcome at my house
https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/13-things-everyone-should-know-about?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Biden allows Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike inside Russia. The US president signs off on deploying ATACMS rockets, raising expectations that Britain may be authorised for similar use of Storm Shadows - The Telegraph
Joe Biden has given approval for Ukraine to strike targets within Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles for the first time.
In a major policy shift just weeks before he stands down, the US president signed off on the use of ATACMS rockets within the Kursk region.
Mr Biden’s decision will raise expectations that he is also set to drop his opposition to the use of British-made Storm Shadow missiles within Russia.
Donald Trump, the incoming president, has vowed to scale back support for Ukraine and has said he will push Kyiv to sue for peace with Moscow.
David Sacks, a close ally of Elon Musk and major donor to the Trump campaign, criticised the decision as anti-democratic.
“President Trump won a clear mandate to end the war in Ukraine. So what does Biden do in his final two months in office? Massively escalate it,” he wrote on X.
US officials told The New York Times that Mr Biden had changed his mind after North Korea sent troops to support Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The decision comes after Volodymyr Zelensky spent months urging Britain, the US and France to allow him to use long-range missiles on Russian soil.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is known to be in favour of the use of Storm Shadow missiles, as is French President Emmanuel Macron, the French leader. But Mr Biden, who has a veto because the targeting system for the rockets is US-supplied, has until now resisted pressure to give his consent.
Ukraine captured several settlements in the border region of Kursk in a surprise offensive in August, which it is now defending against Russian counter-attacks.
American officials said that Mr Biden had been persuaded to authorise ATACMS strikes by the intervention of North Korean troops in the war. There have been reports Pyongyang could send up to 100,000 soldiers to support Russia’s invasion, which could tip the balance of the conflict.
US missiles would initially be used to defend Ukrainian positions in Kursk, the New York Times reported.
Mr Biden is said to have been swayed by warnings that Ukrainian forces there would be unable to hold out without extra aerial support.
Kyiv has pleaded for the use of long-range missiles so it can target Russian supply lines and command centres, as well as airbases used to launch jets firing glide bombs at its troops.
The White House has allowed Ukraine to fire US-supplied Himars rockets, which have a 50-mile range, over the border, but it has prevented the use of the 190-mile ATACMS missiles for fear of escalating the war.
Mr Biden’s decision comes just two months before Donald Trump is to take office. Mr Trump, who won a landslide victory in the US election, pledged during the campaign to secure an end to the war on his first day in office.
He has previously said Ukraine should have made concessions to Putin rather than fighting back against the invasion, launched in February 2022.
But he also called the Russian leader earlier this month and urged him not to escalate the conflict further, according to the Washington Post.
Ukraine hopes to swap the territory it holds inside Kursk in any peace deal with Russia. However, analysts close to the Kremlin have said that Putin will not begin negotiations until Ukrainian troops have been ousted from his lands.
Sir Keir will hope that Mr Biden’s decision could unlock the use of Storm Shadow missiles in Ukraine before Mr Trump enters the White House.
Downing Street was last night waiting for full details of the US decision.
James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, told The Telegraph: “This is a very significant move by the US and one that I very much welcome.
A Russian Orthodox priest complains about the "Godless" North Koreans in his sermon to Russian soldiers.
They "brough some kind of illness" with them (they don't believe in God). God will punish the russians for accepting them into their homes, he warns.
- So who made them come in the first place??
Bloomberg: North Korea May Send 100,000 Troops to Fight Ukraine
North Korea could send up to 100,000 troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine if cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang continues to deepen, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the assessments of some G20 countries.
As the agency's sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, note, such a scenario is not inevitable. However, if military assistance of such a scale is provided, it will most likely be implemented in stages, with rotation of units, and not by means of a one-time deployment of a large contingent.
The deployment of North Korean troops in the Kursk region indicates that the conflict is becoming global, sources say. The issue is planned to be discussed at the G20 summit in Brazil. In particular, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz intends to raise the topic of escalation at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Scholz will try to convince Xi to use Beijing's influence on Moscow and Pyongyang to prevent further escalation.
‼️ Sumy - russian strike against a high-rise building.
Emergency services are working at the location. There are at least 6 dead and many wounded among civilians.
ATACMS concerns in ruzzian Z-channels
"Following the lifting of the US ban on the use of ATACMS missiles on Russian territory, Europe will most likely follow suit, allowing the use of its Storm Shadow missiles.
This is what happened with the lifting of the ban by the Americans on strikes with HIMARS installations in the Russian border area, after which a whole cascade of similar permissions followed from various European countries regarding the weapons they transferred.
The outgoing Biden administration postponed this serious step under all sorts of pretexts until the very end. It looks like the Democrats have decided to literally torpedo any efforts at peace negotiations by Trump, who has not even taken office yet. There are still more than two months left before this event, and during this time the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have time to shoot enough to reduce the chance of concluding any agreements to zero.
By the way, Reuters is already writing that Ukraine plans to launch the first strikes with ATACMS missiles on the Kursk region in the coming days. The question inevitably arises about the readiness of our military for this.", writes the enemy.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 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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