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Russian embassy in Singapore slams Zelensky’s bid for Asean support at Shangri-La Dialogue

The embassy’s statement was issued several days b4 S'pore said would be attending peace summit in Switzerland.

The Russian embassy in here has lashed out @Ukrainian President Zelensky for attending Shangri-La Dialogue security forum city state over weekend, urged Asean countries against joining coming peace summit. He made a surprise stop at forum, calling for Asian countries to join Swiss-led peace on June 15 & 16 and marking his 2nd trip to the region since when Putin & Russia’s invasion of Ukraine starred on February 24, 2022.

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Like the F-16, French Mirage 2000-5 fighters are good planes, but they aren't the best Western jets for Ukraine. 

France announced this week it would send Ukraine Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets. It's the second warplane that NATO has promised Kyiv, after American-made F-16s.

The Mirage is a good aircraft, but it may not be the one that's best suited for Ukrainian forces.

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Like the F-16, French Mirage 2000-5 fighters are good planes, but they aren't best Western jets for Ukraine.  The Mirage is a good aircraft, but it may not one that best suited for Ukrainian forces yet
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France announced this week it would send Ukraine Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets. It's the second warplane that NATO has promised Kyiv, after American-made F-16s.

https://youtu.be/qodIb-9OjxI?si=B2k_jj0Q9dQcyib9

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NATO F16s are expected to arrive shortly, France has pledged to equip Ukraine with its Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets. As a new push to draft more soldiers into Ukrainian military could give Ukraine a boost. As now Russia mounts northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in 2 years.

Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, info from Ukrainian officials says, what President Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia.

First development, Russian soldiers penetrated at least one kilometer towards town of Vovchansk, they aim was to get 10 km deep and create a buffer zone at the border to secure Russian territory from feeling the war.” Russian soldiers supported by armored vehicles had moved across border at about 5 a.m. Friday, following a day of stepped-up attacks border area with guided aerial bombs and artillery..The Ukrainian reserve units had been deployed to strengthen defenses. On Sat, local authorities said more then 20 air glide KAB bombs had been launched at town region’s ctr killing 2 civilians when bombs hit houses.

A 2nd Ukrainian direct from frontline told CNN. Russian forces also penetrated 5 k/m inside Ukraine towards village of Krasne, lies about 75 km along border, west of Vovchansk, the Russian ground assault to Krasne was carried out by four Russian battalions - about 2,000 men. The Ukraine have not given much info on  2nd Russian push, in its Friday evening update, Russian attacks in area of Krasne & two neighboring villages

Noteworthy DeepStateMap, a Ukrainian monitoring group updates frontline daily, showed 4-villages next to each other including Krasne - in grey area, representing territory currently been contested, not under full Ukrainian control.

DeepStateMap also noted on Telegram channel number of Russian forces deployed in this two cross-border pushes was not enough for a deeper advance into Ukrainian territory drew attention to fact Moscow has many more troops positioned along border, estimated to be around 40,000.

Ukrainian commander were aware, anticipated their forces to meet enemy with fire. "Now a fierce battle in this area as of now we have stopped enemy with artillery fire,” Zelensky said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/10/europ...end_recirc

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Town of Vovchansk northern Kharkiv liberated from Russian occupation 18 mths ago, awoke Friday to intense shelling and aerial bomb. Russia has found another way of stretching Ukraine’s already thin blue line. 

Zelensky said Russian efforts to advance towards town had been thwarted & since tried to cut road links with Vovchansk. Russians battalion-strength attacks on 60 k/m stretch the border Friday, Russian claiming to occupy several villages known as ‘gray zone’ along frontier, focusing much of their offensive capabilities this yr, grinding advance in Donetsk in east that has seen incremental but slow progress.

As of Sat, it appeared Russians held a handful of Ukrainian border villages, with intense aerial bombardment continuing in Vovchansk area. The cross-border attack is another eg of what’s going on for Ukrainians this year forces are thinly stretched, less artillery than Russians, the lack of soldiers, inadequate air defenses & Plight has been worsened by dry weather, allowing Russian mechanized to move easily.

The northern border assault follows creation of a new Russian military group called Sever [North].  George Barros at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington told CNN that Sever is an “operationally significant group. It’s from this new force units of armored infantry tried to cross the border. Available evidence suggests they were expected & suffered significant losses. But if more elite units join (there are reports that elements from other divisions may do so) Russia’s ambitions could grow.

As a Ukrainian special forces unit told CNN this weekend, “This is only the beginning, the Russians have a bridgehead for further offensives.” “Russia sought to send 60,000-100,000 troops for its group to attack Kharkiv and we assess it’s closer to 50,000,” Barros says, but “it still has a lot of combat power.”

Updated Sat May 11, 2024 -- Russia mounts surprise assault on northern front. For Ukraine, May is turning out to be the cruellest month, town of Vovchansk northern Kharkiv region, liberated from Russian occupation more than 18 mths ago, awoke Friday to intense shelling and aerial bombardment. 

Russia has found another way of stretching Ukraine’s thin blue line as Russians launched battalion-strength attacks along 60-k/m stretch claiming to occupy a few villages, what is known as ‘gray zone’ along frontier, after focusing much of their offensive capabilities, on Sat it appeared the Russians still held a handful of Ukrainian border villages, with intense aerial bombardment continuing in the Vovchansk area. Deputy head of Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, a Major-General told Economist last week: “Our problem is very simple: we have less weapons. They always knew April ,,& May would be a difficult time for us.”

Ukrainian intelligence estimates immense losses since full-scale invasion by Russia, they has more than half-a-mil men inside Ukraine or at its borders is also “generating a division of reserves” in central Russia, according to Skibitsky.

A former Ukrainian officer who writes on conflict on blog Frontelligence says “Manpower shortages compel Ukraine to avoid deploying large units continuously, with fully stock coming & ready for immediate-use artillery.” He expects situation to evolve, “as Russian forces deploying more units to penetrate additional border areas or to reinforce initial successes.”

Several analysts expect the Russians to broaden the border attacks westwards to Sumy region, which has seen months of raids by Russian special forces.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/11/europ...end_recirc

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New war video by Ukraine appears to show a US-M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle shooting at a Russian armored personnel carrier at point-blank range, 2 vehicles race toward each other at high speed on country road, launch continuous fire. At one moment, they come within a few feet of one another, narrowly avoiding collision. Soldiers are seen falling from the Russian armored car before it swerves off the road and appears to come to a stop, smoke billowing from its rear. A caption accompanying video reads: "soldiers of 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade holding back at least three Russian combat brigades. With huge manpower reserves, Muscovites are replenishing their heavy losses, throwing them back into battle, fighting does not stop for a moment."

Ukrainian website Militarnyi reports Russian vehicle was a BTR-82A, built with a 30mm machine gun. DeepState, a Telegram analytics channel tracks battlefield events, said video was taken on eastern outskirts of Sokil in Ukraine's Donetsk oblast, not far from Chasiv Yar.
Channel stated brigade's spokesperson, Russian APC "subsequently exploded on mines laid by Ukraine's Defence Forces." This 2nd video in as many weeks, 47th Mechanized Bridge demo what Bradley's Bushmaster M242 25mm automatic cannon can do in close combat. The 1st, published June 2, appeared to show a Bradley firing at two Russian personnel carriers. Russian soldiers can be seen dismounting & fleeing the vehicles. US Dept has provided Ukraine "more than 300 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles" since Russia war.

The Bradley IFV is an armored vehicle used for transporting troops & provide fire support, also sometimes used for reconnaissance mission. Bradley is quick, highly maneuverable. It operated by 3-person crew, a driver, a commander &  gunner, can carry upto half a dozen fully equipped soldiers. Pentagon Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said previously, he told reporters at a briefing, the Bradley is "not a tank, but it's a tank killer."

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-made-...deo-2024-6

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US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle proves it can resist explosive blasts, a Ukraine war video appears to show.

Video appears to show a MaxxPro armored vehicle resisting Russian attacks in Ukraine.
The MaxxPro is part of the US Mine Resistant Ambush Protected program. The US supplied 200 MaxxPros to Ukraine last year.

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-maxxp...deo-2024-6

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Ukraine saying may have destroyed Russia's last cruise missile carrier based out of Crimea

Ukraine's navy is trying to verify whether it destroyed the Tsiklon, a Russian missile carrier. If confirmed would mean Russia has no more missile carriers in Crimea, a naval spokesperson said. Details claimed strike & its exact casualties still emerging.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-...mea-2024-5

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The good news is each Su-57 loss is hard to replenish; the bad news is that targeting factory 8,000 km away is too much of a challenge for now. After news on the first-ever combat loss of a russian Su-57 at Akhtubinsk airfield, the next logical question is whether it is possible to use the same drones to attack the place where this type of aircraft is produced. And a bonus question: what could be the logic behind Ukraine's attempt to destroy a Su-57, apart from fact that it is a valuable rare asset of the russian air force?

In fact, the 2nd one will be the easiest to answer. Defense Intelligence of Ukraine emphasized in its report about today's strike that russian Su-57s are, crucially, carriers of Kh-69 cruise missiles. The attack missiles of this type, for example, were used to destroy the Trypilska thermal power plant in April 2024, situated near Kyiv, Ukraine.

https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/whe...10791.html

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https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/whe...10791.html

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Kyiv hopes Russia can attend 2nd Ukraine peace summit. Chief of Staff of Ukrainian Presidential Office Andriy Yermak speaks during press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jun 29, 2023.

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Kyiv hopes Russia can attend 2nd Ukraine peace summit. Chief of Staff of Ukrainian Presidential Office Andriy Yermak speaks during press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jun 29, 2023.

GENEVA: Ahead of the first summit on peace in Ukraine, Kyiv said on Tuesday (Jun 11) it wanted Russia to attend a second summit, to receive an internationally agreed roadmap towards ending the conflict.


Moscow said it had no interest in joining this weekend's meeting and so was not invited by hosts Switzerland, while Ukraine wants to get some concrete outcomes from the meeting to take forward to the second summit.

Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, said the "bad experience" of previous negotiation formats involving Moscow, prior to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, meant that the end to the war needed to be built on a broad platform of support from the outset - and be rooted in international law.

"For the second summit, we will be working with all colleagues, with all countries who will be interested to be involved," Yermak told European media organisations, via video-link from Berlin.

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GENEVA: Ahead of the first summit on peace in Ukraine, Kyiv said on Tuesday (Jun 11) it wanted Russia to attend a second summit, to receive an internationally agreed roadmap towards ending the conflict.

Moscow said it had no interest in joining this weekend's meeting and so was not invited by hosts Switzerland, while Ukraine wants to get some concrete outcomes from the meeting to take forward to the second summit.

Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, said the "bad experience" of previous negotiation formats involving Moscow, prior to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, meant that the end to the war needed to be built on a broad platform of support from the outset - and be rooted in international law.

"For the second summit, we will be working with all colleagues, with all countries who will be interested to be involved," Yermak told European media organisations, via video-link from Berlin.

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"We are planning to prepare together the joint plan which will be supported by all these responsible countries. And we're looking for the possibility, in the second summit, to invite a representative of Russia, and together present this joint plan."


A perspective backed by "100 or more countries" drawn from every continent, just only Ukraine's position, "be a real plan, will be very difficult to dispute. A real road map how to stop this war how to settle the crisis". Kyiv hopes Russia can attend 2nd Ukraine peace summit

Chief of Staff of Ukrainian Presidential Office Andriy Yermak speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jun 29, 2023. (REUTERS)

12 Jun 2024 Updated: GENEVA: Ahead of the 1st summit on peace in Ukraine, Kyiv said (Jun 11) it wanted Russia to attend a 2nd summit, to receive an internationally agreed roadmap towards ending conflict. Moscow said it had no interest in joining this weekend's meeting and so not invited by hosts Switzerland, while Ukraine wants to get some concrete outcomes from this meeting to take forward to the second summit.

Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's office, said "bad experience" of previous negotiation formats involving Moscow, prior to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, meant the end to the war needed to be built on a broad platform of support from the outset & be rooted in international law.

"For 2nd summit, we'll working with all colleagues, with all countries who will be interested to be involved," Yermak told Euro media organisations, via video-link fm Berlin."We are planning to prepare together joint plan will be supported by all these responsible countries,  we're looking for possibility, in 2nd summit, to invite a representative of Russia, & together present this joint plan."

A perspective backed by "100 or more countries" drawn from every continent, rather than just Ukraine's position, "will be a real plan which will be very difficult to dispute ... A real road map how to stop this war and how to settle the crisis".

Switzerland says 90 states, organisations signed up for Ukraine summit. Zelenskyy calls on world leaders, especially Biden & Xi, to support upcoming peace summit. SUMMIT "ALREADY A SUCCESS". On Monday, Swiss President Viola Amherd said summit aimed to find paths towards a comprehensive & lasting peace for Ukraine, based on international law & define a framework for involving both warring parties in a future peace process.

More than 160 countries and international organisations were invited by Switzerland to the two-day summit at the Burgenstock resort complex, with more than 90 confirmations received so far. Roughly half will be represented by the heads of state or govt & roughly half are from Europe.

We think it's already a success because it's a big number of countries" attending, and "from all continents", said Yermak. He said Ukraine was "open to discuss all ideas" from attending countries if they could help to stop the war. "We want our lands liberated, want back our people, our children & we want justice," Yermak said.

DOOR OPEN FOR CHINA
On Russia's allies, China is staying away, while Brazil and South Africa also seem likely to be absent."We know how hard Russia is working against this summit," trying to dissuade countries from attending, said Yermak. "If Russia is so nervous, it's confirmation that we are on the right way," he said, still hoping that some wavering nations will eventually attend.

"We are ready to listen to the position of China," said Yermak, hoping they would join the process sooner rather than later. Just as it is for Ukraine, "for China, territorial integrity is important. Nuclear safety is important", he added. "They have some days to change this position. We will be happy if a high-level representative of China will be in Switzerland," he said.

"If not, we will continue to work with China and try to do the best from our side that they will appear at the 2nd summit." Yermak said that if the war in Ukraine could be ended, it would show that "world leaders are really able, together, to settle such a serious problem", which could lay a template for resolving future conflicts.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ky...it-4403556

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Monday Mr Zelensky said Ukraine was continuing "counter-strike activities" in Kharkiv region. A ok to strike Russia came nearly 2 weeks after US & other Western nations gave go-ahead to hit targets inside Russia near Kharkiv. President Zelensky encouraging European nations to support invest and weapon to Ukraine. 

We will finish this war, in the interests of all of us, of all Europe. We will finish this war according to our conditions,” Ukraine 'just attack missile launch sites in Russia he said." You can understand why we are fighting so hard against Russia's attempts to divide us, to divide Ukraine. 

Why we are doing absolutely everything to prevent a wall between parts of our country," he said, in reference to the Berlin Wall. He warned of danger to European Union of pro-Russian rhetoric, days after far right parties, some of which are pro-Russian, made gains in EU elections.

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US support for Ukraine adapt as conditions have changed, battlefields change, as Russia does has changed in terms of how ipursuing its aggression escalation, we’ve adapted adjusted too,” Blinken said on Wednesday on a visit to Moldova. “I am confident we will continue to do that.”  As key European leaders signaled they had shifted position. Speaking at conference alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron outlined French weapons sent to Ukraine, including long-range missiles, were permitted to target bases inside Russia.

“Ukrainian soil is being attacked from bases in Russia,” Macron said during a visit to Schloss Meseberg in Brandenburg, Germany. “we explain to Ukrainians, we’re to have to protect basically everything we’re seeing around Kharkiv at the moment, if we tell them you are not allowed to hit the point from which the missiles are fired?”

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), in comments, news agency Ukrinform, said Russian navy commanders selected Sea of Azov for surface warship maneuvers b'cos open waters of Black Sea have long been lethal for fleet ops & Kremlin attempting to “hide” ships in waters out Kyiv’s reach. Kyiv’s intention is to strike wherever the BSF retreats, and hunt down the rest, he said.

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They are trying to hide big ships, so we are going after the smaller ones,“We are going to keep hunting.” June 6, Ukrainian USV penetrated into Pankse Lake, an almost totally-landlocked bay on northwestern shore of the Crimean Peninsula, rammed and destroyed a Russian naval tugboat.
Also special ops teams, an elite Ukrainian naval strike group, used MAGURA kamikaze sea drones run down, ram & sink two Russian KC-701 Tunets-class patrol cutters operating near Kerch Strait. 

The Russian warships’ mission had been, in part, to prevent or block Ukrainian USV attacks in the area and against targets further north. Russia’s most serious single naval loss of the war took place on April 14, 2022, a pair of Ukrainian anti-ship missiles sank the BSF flagship, cruiser Moskva. Ukraine has sunk roughly a third of BSF warships. To most military analysts, Ukraine scored another major naval victory in September 2023 with a series of missile and drone strikes targeting BSF main base at Sevastopol, attacks over a period of almost 3-weeks ended with one heavy assault ship sunk, one missile submarine destroyed, at least 1 heavy assault ship damaged. Russian navy most part abandoned Sevastopol in Oct – for the first time since 1941.

Russian spoken at that time said submarine, the Rostov-Na-Danu, was only moderately damaged and would quickly return to sea operations.

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Continue from follower above....In act, hulk of submarine remained where it had been hit until June 9, 2024, when repair teams towed it to Sevastopol’s 13th Ship Repair Factory and covered it with tarps. The pro-Ukrainian Crimea partisan group, Krmsky Veter, spotted and published images of a pair of repair barges underneath the canvas.

In 2023 Russia declared all civilian cargo traffic in the Black Sea subject to BSF search and seizure, and all Ukrainian ports under full blockade. Ukraine and its Western allies responded by routing ship traffic along the Black Sea’s western shoreline, where BSF ships would either have to violate NATO nation territorial waters or come into range of land-based anti-ship missiles. The Kremlin later announced it was canceling the “blockade” to allow grain to reach world markets and prevent hunger.

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Since President Joe Biden given permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with American munitions, Kyiv can only hit targets over the border close to Kharkiv to stop Russia advances around  city northeastern part of the country close to the Russian border, he has directed his team to ensure Ukraine is able to use US supplied-weapons for counterfire purposes in Kharkiv, so Ukraine can defence their back against Russian forces who came hitting them anytime  hitting them,” officials said.

This loosening restrictions marks a break from long-standing policy comes amid growing international pressure from close US allies. But it is limited to area around Kharkiv, Ukraine has not requested permission beyond that, official said, adding that they do not anticipate the US widening the area allowed.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on decision had been made following a request from Ukraine. “Over few weeks ago, Ukraine came to us, asked for authorization weapons used provided to defend against this aggression” near Kharkiv, “including against Russian forces as they massing on Russian side of border,” Blinken said at a news conference in Prague. 

The top US diplomat said the request went to Biden, and he approved their use for that purpose. Blinken said US would continue to “adapt and adjust and where" they are moving forward.

Biden gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons
By Alex Marquardt, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/...index.html

Here’s how US weapon deliveries to Ukraine have led to a boost for US military industry with help U.S. to boost it ammo industry too.

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France announced this week it would send Ukraine Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets. It's the second warplane that NATO has promised Kyiv, after American-made F-16s.

https://youtu.be/qodIb-9OjxI?si=B2k_jj0Q9dQcyib9

Russia may strike back on NATO with strategic arm if French go help the only nation at war NB between Ukraine ve a big nation like Russia federation nation, but if it's possibly another NATO nation can help like French. Nation like Russia countries who Putin home is in St Petersburg maybe targeted or gets attacked by Ukrainian missiles first before all other's...Bo?.

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Russia may strike back on NATO with strategic arm if French go help the only nation at war NB between Ukraine ve a big nation like Russia federation nation, but if it's possibly another NATO nation can help like French. Nation like Russia countries who Putin home is in St Petersburg maybe targeted or gets attacked by Ukrainian missiles first before all other's...Bo?.

As WW3 is coming...

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As WW3 is coming...

They also have War between Israel vs Hamas vs  vs Iran with their gang's...

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Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine

https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE

Britain to Announce Up to £242 Million in Ukraine Aid. Ukraine is expected to be top of the agenda at the gathering in Puglia, where President Zelensky will join G7 leaders seeking to seal a deal on using frozen Russian assets.

‘Immobilized Russian Assets Can Be Used to Support Ukraine’ – Immobilized Russian Assets Can Be Used for Ukraine.’ Ukraine War Update on June 13.

WAR IN UKRAINE -- World leading G7 democracies eye Kremlin assets to fund fight against Russian invasion; NATO Secretary General gets Orban to sit out policy on Ukraine; US Global Hawk aids Ukraine by spying on Crimea.

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This Putin the mad man continue war on Ukraine. Thinking can eat the cake. Without a plan and the next plan is also a best plan, a no plan, but to attack, attack and attack...NATO.?.

https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE?si=KJjru1p0JhHRkJoE

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They also have War between Israel vs Hamas vs  vs Iran with their gang's vs Palestine...

There another one nearer to is in Pacific nation like north Korean vs south Korean and China vs U.S. vs Philippine and another one in S.E.A. 
Myanmar...some will be small, some will be big war....between 2029 to 2032.

War, war and war coming...

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There another one nearer to is in Pacific nation like north Korean vs south Korean and China vs U.S. vs Philippine and another one in S.E.A. 
Myanmar...some will be small, some will be big war....between 2029 to 2032.

War, war and war coming...

Small war is every where!., two big one is Ukraine vs Putin / Russia Federation and another is Israel vs Hamas...

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Russia's move on Kharkiv has bogged down

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv claims 'entire Russian tank company destroyed' in Donbas

Key developments on June 14:

Zelensky says Putin's ultimatum on peace talks is a 'revival of Nazism'

Putin claims Russia has almost 700,000 soldiers fighting in Ukraine

Ukraine's 68th Jaeger Brigade says it 'destroyed entire Russian tank company'
Germany announces new military aid package for Ukraine, including HIMARS, Leopards
Ukrainian women shared their accounts of rape by Russian forces. We found their assailants
President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 14 rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's conditions for peace talks, comparing them to Adolf Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939.

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Russia's move on Kharkiv has bogged down. Ukraine war latest: Kyiv claims 'entire Russian tank company destroyed' in Donbas.

Key developments on June 14:

Zelensky says Putin's ultimatum on peace talks is a 'revival of Nazism'. Putin claims Russia has almost 700,000 soldiers fighting in Ukraine

Ukraine's 68th Jaeger Brigade says it 'destroyed entire Russian tank company'

Germany announces new military aid package for Ukraine, including HIMARS, Leopards.

Ukrainian women shared their accounts of rape by Russian forces. We found their assailants

President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 14 rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's conditions for peace talks, comparing them to Adolf Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939.

Putin is still dreaming so early June 14 as a condition to talk about peace, (NO PEACE TALK) for negotiations, the mad man said. Ukrainian troops must leave Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. He also added that Ukraine must recognize Russia's illegal annexation of the regions and abandon any ambition to join NATO. (Sama Sama, same as like Israel talking to the terror Hamas).

According to Putin, Ukraine also must recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea.

Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts are partially controlled by Russian troops. Russia claims to have annexed the whole territory of those regions despite not controlling two regional capitals - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

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Putin is still dreaming so early June 14 as a condition to talk about peace, (NO PEACE TALK) for  negotiations, the mad man said. Ukrainian troops must leave Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. He also added that Ukraine must recognize Russia's illegal annexation of the regions and abandon any ambition to join NATO. (Sama Sama, same as like Israel talking to the terror Hamas).

Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts are partially controlled by Russian troops. Russia claims to have annexed the whole territory of those regions despite not controlling two regional capitals - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts are partially controlled by Russian troops. Russia claims to have annexed the whole territory of those regions despite not controlling two regional capitals - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
According to Putin, Ukraine also must recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea.

https://youtu.be/QfQfXIW_lII?si=7v0BXMBri6P39821

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‘Shoot and Scoot’ – War in Ukraine Overturns Another Conventional Tenet of War. Threat from drones, loitering munitions & precision-guided weapons applies as much to artillery systems as it does with tanks & armored vehicles.

For decades conventional wisdom among military strategists has been artillery was the king of the battlefield. Only threatened by counter battery capability of enemy’s guns. If guns outnumbered or outranged those of opposition, you sited them correctly, and had a good strategy – then you would prevail.

Artillery of 20th century came in two main forms towed mostly tracked & armored self-propelled howitzers. The appearance of truck-mounted guns, France’s Caesar were seen as an interesting but inferior hybrid of the two, generally allowed guns to be redeployed faster than towed cousins, experts thought that they lacked the cross-country capability offered by tracks.

War in Ukraine has seen loitering munitions, precision-guided weapons, and most particularly drones, being the catalyst for a change in the balance of the artillery equation. Artillery is likely
probably will be indispensable weapon on battle field even more than ever, speed deployment, rapid firing moving on will be key to survivability – what the military calls: “shoot and scoot.”

An article in US military issues magazine Defense One says that Ukrainian experience, where wheeled guns have proved so effective, has impacted on US army plans for the future modernization of its artillery systems.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34300

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‘Shoot and Scoot’ – War in Ukraine Overturns Another Conventional Tenet of War. Threat from drones, loitering munitions & precision-guided weapons applies as much to artillery systems as it does with tanks & armored vehicles.

For decades conventional wisdom among military strategists has been artillery was the king of the battlefield. Only threatened by counter battery capability of enemy’s guns. If guns outnumbered or outranged those of opposition, you sited them correctly, and had a good strategy – then you would prevail.

Artillery of 20th century came in two main forms towed mostly tracked & armored self-propelled howitzers. The appearance of truck-mounted guns, France’s Caesar were seen as an interesting but inferior hybrid of the two, generally allowed guns to be redeployed faster than towed cousins, experts thought that they lacked the cross-country capability offered by tracks.

War in Ukraine has seen loitering munitions, precision-guided weapons, and most particularly drones, being the catalyst for a change in the balance of the artillery equation. Artillery is likely
probably will be indispensable weapon on battle field even more than ever, speed deployment, rapid firing moving on will be key to survivability – what the military calls: “shoot and scoot.”

An article in US military issues magazine Defense One says that Ukrainian experience, where wheeled guns have proved so effective, has impacted on US army plans for the future modernization of its artillery systems.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34300

Cites Gen. James Rainey, chief of the US Army Futures Command telling a Senate hearing in May“… there are some very good, wheeled howitzers that having great effect in a place like Europe,” in reference to what was happening in Ukraine. His views contrast to the US' previous preference for tracked self-propelled artillery. In 2021 during a competition to select mobile artillery support for its Stryker Brigades, it rejected the foreign wheeled offerings in favor of the M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer.

If happening in Ukraine. His views contrast to the US' previous preference for tracked self-propelled artillery. In 2021 during a competition to select mobile artillery support for its Stryker Brigades, it rejected the foreign wheeled offerings in favor of the M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer.

Rainey said that on the future battlefield, artillery systems must be constantly on the move to avoid being detected, identified and destroyed. He said that, in addition, the US was also examining ways of improving and extending the range of mortar systems to supplement that need.

Ukraine’s experience shown utility of wheeled howitzers, including Sweden’s FH77BW L52 Archer, France’s Caesar, Ukraine’s own 2S22 Bohdana, compete favorably with tracked guns in terms of firepower, rate of fire, precision & range.

Ukraine recently announced it has expanded its production of Bohdanas to 10 systems a month.
While wheeled guns may not be as mobile off-road as tracked artillery there are sufficient trails and roads in Ukraine (and Europe) that combined with all-wheel drive makes less of a disadvantage than once thought. 

Wheeled guns are generally much cheaper, easier to maintain, and modern armor technologies offer protection comparable with most tracked vehicles. In 2023 the unit cost of the French Caesar MkII was €3.2 million ($3.5 million), compared with Germany’s tracked Panzerhaubitze 2000s was €18.4 million ($20 million) apiece, to Defense News. It studies shown cost of operating & maintaining wheeled systems result in cost savings of roughly 30%.

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