This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Ukraine backs down when its backers tell it to.
If Germany and the U.S. say, cut a deal, they are going to cut a deal.
Nice Russian propaganda, bro.
This one is puzzling to me, mainly because I don't know where the ascendant right wing German parties stand on Ukraine. Are they like our faint-hearted Rs and MAGAs? In which case, is Scholz caving in to the German Right? Or is he trying to steal their thunder?
Can some German observer here answer that?
I thought that the Boris Johnson intervention was pretty widely acknowledged. Is that wrong?
Ukraine has the ability to hit ships in the Black Sea. They should issue a warning, and then hit one to send a message. The Russians have abandoned the Black Sea. Let Ukrainian ships hug NATO waters until they reach the Bosporous.
If?
Unless, as @Jimmy McGill suggests, this is a cyber attack warning, I'm not sure what Ukraine expects to accomplish with this threat.
I mean Iran IS sending drones and missiles to Russia. And it's not like they're going to stop.
So what happens next?
He’s not questioning the truthfulness of what you said, he’s just wanting everyone to ignore the point, so it must be labeled thusly.
AfD rejects making Germany a dumping ground for refugees from the neocons’ failed adventures in MENA.
Outside of Russia and Ukraine, Germany is probably the biggest loser in this war having broken out. Energy prices hurting their international competitiveness, and their economy is stalled (anticipated 0.1% growth this year, 1.0% next year).
Looks like another large drone attack-Russia claims 70 knocked down so i expect a lot of Russian stuff blowing up videos soon
How are Russian air defenses improving? So much stuff destroyed. Where is it coming from?
The video looks like a game but the info may be valid considering the other sources.
I hope enough stuff throughout Russia is being hit that Russians start to get ticked at Putin. Ukraine seems to be growing the size of the drone attacks.
Yep. You gotta belief the citizenry is quite aware that orc air defense is lacking.
They have to realize how often in country strikes are occurring on military bases as well as domestic infrastructure.
The serfs have no real strength, but the oligarchs are watching.
For the video and not the propaganda. Or to give the benefit of a doubt-maybe the Russian jamming sent the drone off course.
They most certainly did not get all the drones. Pretty amazing attack and if we are keeping it real, if ever there is risk of a cornered Putin using nukes on Ukraine, now is the time. He is officially hitting desperate times and at risk of losing power between this and the well known embarrassment in Kursk.
Biden administration sends Congress long-awaited Ukraine strategy report, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has sent Congress a classified report on its strategy for the war in Ukraine, three sources said on Monday, months after a June deadline mandated in a multibillion-dollar spending bill lawmakers passed in April.
A congressional aide said the long-awaited report had reached lawmakers on Monday and they had not yet had a chance to review it. Two other sources, requesting anonymity to discuss a classified matter, confirmed that it had been delivered. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Congress has approved nearly $175 billion of aid and military assistance for Ukraine and allied nations in the 2-1/2 years since Russia's full-scale invasion.
After months of delay, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a $95 billion supplemental spending bill in April that included $61 billion in funding for Ukraine, as well as billions for Israel, civilians in conflict zones around the world and to "counter communist China" in the Indo-Pacific.
As part of that bill, Congress asked the Biden administration to submit a detailed strategy for Ukraine by early June.
Biden's support for Ukraine is backed by Democrats and many Republicans in Congress. Some Republicans, however, have criticized his administration for restricting how Ukraine can use U.S. equipment, for example by refusing to supply weapons that could strike targets deep inside Russia.
Washington has restricted the weapons' use because of limited supply of missiles, the lack of a rationale for using them given most Russian aircraft are out of range and for fear it would escalate the conflict.
Weeks after the deadline passed with no report, some members of Congress said they were frustrated and would consider blocking further funding.
In a statement emailed to Reuters in late August about the report, Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he supported assisting Ukraine but did not do so blindly.
"Since the earliest days of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's war on Ukraine, we have asked the Biden-Harris Administration for a strategy on how the U.S. and our allies can help Ukraine win the war," Risch said.
"When they did not respond to our requests, we mandated in law that a strategy be sent to Congress, but the deadline has passed with no response. President Biden and VP (Kamala) Harris owe a strategy not just to us, but to the American people, and their dereliction suggests they don’t have one or are afraid to share it."
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle in WashingtonAdditional reporting by Jonathan Landay and Trevor Hunnicutt in WashingtonEditing by Matthew Lewis and Kim Coghill)
Safe to say this means Russia had it 15 minutes later.
"The moment of the drone strike in the village of Prudki, Ramensky district, #Moscou region. The drone fell near the chalet village “Quartier Européen”
