This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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I know the Speaker and MAGA/Russia party is largely to blame but am at this point disgusted with Biden as well with the whining on refineries, refusal to allow long range missiles and lack of creativity to send weapons despite Congress BS. We have really just walked away and to me it seems like motivated over making sure nothing happens to hurt economy in election year. Very weak.
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Unrestricted warfare against civilians, yet the Republicans in the House spout FSB misinformation, and Mike Johnson pisses his pants.
I guess I'll send another email to MMM for what it's worth. Probably nothing.
1. Training
2. It's too bad that drone didn't have a grenade to drop on those two Russians.
And this band of incompetents is eventually going to be fighting highly trained NATO forces?
I thought this was authorized a few months back. Different countries' jets, or just another stage in the authorization.
My question remains the same. Are we profiting on this, or losing? I'm figuring we've promised to replace those F-16s with newer shit. But are we subsidizing or profiting from those sales?
If I had to bet, I'd bet we taxpayers are footing a good chunk of the bill while those countries are getting an upgrade and laughing all the way to the bank.
FWIW-I think this is the same as earlier rumors.
I’m sure the laughter is uncontrollable, as they do what they can with their defense resources to save Ukraine.
Another excellent AP story about the war. This one is about the path of Russian offices who have attempted to defect, and wound up in limbo. Western nations have accepted very few of them. The US has only accepted about 300. There are some shocking admonitions in some of the personal accounts, war crimes kind of stuff. But, also, a lot of sympathetic accounts of men growing up in desperate poverty inside Russia who sought army life as a way out, only to find themselves. in Ukraine. Interesting stuff about how they escaped, even one who ran from his base and scaled a metal spiked fence to get out. One who stole away through a hole in a wall and was met by his mother who got him to Kazakhstan.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-deserter-asylum-5c7642cd14431d9af65076df2df4b861
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-deserter-asylum-5c7642cd14431d9af65076df2df4b861
Ukraine war: Key power plant near Kyiv destroyed by Russian strikes
A major power plant near Kyiv was completely destroyed by Russian strikes early on Thursday, energy company Centrenergo said.
Trypillya power plant was the largest electricity provider for three regions, including Kyiv, officials said.
"The scale of destruction is terrifying," said Centrenergo chairman Andriy Hota.
Russia has long been deliberately and systematically targeting Ukraine's energy system.
Mr Hota told the BBC that Thursday morning's strikes destroyed "the transformer, the turbines, the generators. They destroyed 100%".
A fire broke out in the turbine workshop of the Trypillya plant - located 50km (31 miles) to the south of Kyiv - following Thursday's large-scale airborne attack.
The Centrenergo boss said the plant was targeted by multiple missiles. Staff on shift were able to escape, he said, because they ran for cover as soon as the first drone hit.
Residents were urged to shut their windows, charge all their devices and stock up on water.
More than 80 missiles and drones targeted sites across Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday. Many targeted energy infrastructure and almost a third made it through Ukraine's air defences.
Ukraine war: Key power plant near Kyiv destroyed by Russian strikes
One of Ukraine's main electricity providers says the Trypillya plant can no longer generate power.
www.bbc.com
Thankfully this didn't happen in the dead of winter....
At the same time this is happening we're pressuring Ukraine to not hit Russian oil refineries. I actually understand the overall rationale, but it sucks.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the HouseWASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday.
House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson had been talking with White House officials about a package that would deviate from the Senate’s $95 billion foreign security package and include several Republican demands. It comes after Johnson has delayed for months on advancing aid that would provide desperately needed ammunition and weaponry for Kyiv, trying to find the right time to advance a package that will be a painful political lift.
“There’s been no agreement reached,” Scalise said. “Obviously there would have to an agreement reached not just with the White House, but with our own members.”
Johnson, R-La., is being stretched between a Republican conference deeply divided in its support for Ukraine, as well as two presidential contenders at odds over the U.S.’s posture towards the rest of the world. President Joe Biden has repeatedly chastised Republicans for not helping Ukraine, saying they are doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin and hurting U.S. security. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican candidate, has said he would negotiate an end to the conflict as he tries to push the U.S. to a more isolationist stance.
The Republican speaker is set to travel to the former president’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Friday to meet with Trump and has been consulting him in recent weeks on the Ukraine funding to gain his support — or at least prevent him from openly opposing the package.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House
Who is ‘we’?
The American taxpayer, or the MIC, because the answer is dependent.
Winston Churchill he isn't.House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday.
House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson had been talking with White House officials about a package that would deviate from the Senate’s $95 billion foreign security package and include several Republican demands. It comes after Johnson has delayed for months on advancing aid that would provide desperately needed ammunition and weaponry for Kyiv, trying to find the right time to advance a package that will be a painful political lift.
“There’s been no agreement reached,” Scalise said. “Obviously there would have to an agreement reached not just with the White House, but with our own members.”
Johnson, R-La., is being stretched between a Republican conference deeply divided in its support for Ukraine, as well as two presidential contenders at odds over the U.S.’s posture towards the rest of the world. President Joe Biden has repeatedly chastised Republicans for not helping Ukraine, saying they are doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin and hurting U.S. security. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican candidate, has said he would negotiate an end to the conflict as he tries to push the U.S. to a more isolationist stance.
The Republican speaker is set to travel to the former president’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Friday to meet with Trump and has been consulting him in recent weeks on the Ukraine funding to gain his support — or at least prevent him from openly opposing the package.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the Houseabcnews.go.com
It will be his last act as the Speaker if MTG has her way.House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday.
House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson had been talking with White House officials about a package that would deviate from the Senate’s $95 billion foreign security package and include several Republican demands. It comes after Johnson has delayed for months on advancing aid that would provide desperately needed ammunition and weaponry for Kyiv, trying to find the right time to advance a package that will be a painful political lift.
“There’s been no agreement reached,” Scalise said. “Obviously there would have to an agreement reached not just with the White House, but with our own members.”
Johnson, R-La., is being stretched between a Republican conference deeply divided in its support for Ukraine, as well as two presidential contenders at odds over the U.S.’s posture towards the rest of the world. President Joe Biden has repeatedly chastised Republicans for not helping Ukraine, saying they are doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin and hurting U.S. security. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican candidate, has said he would negotiate an end to the conflict as he tries to push the U.S. to a more isolationist stance.
The Republican speaker is set to travel to the former president’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Friday to meet with Trump and has been consulting him in recent weeks on the Ukraine funding to gain his support — or at least prevent him from openly opposing the package.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House
If he finally summons up the courage to bring the Ukraine vote to the floor, the Dems better support him as leader, at least for the time being. No politics on this one!
Hope this includes ammo and weapons that can be utilized NOW.
If he and Lavrov are assassinated and thrown in a garbage dump, I'd have a bbq for all of IC/Coralville/CR HORT.
