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US Senate Dec. 19. Washington will not be able to approve new aid for Ukraine before year's end, as two sides continue to seek a compromise. "As negotiators work through remaining issues, it is our hope that their efforts will allow Senate to take swift action... early in the new year," Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Mitch McConnell said in a joint statement.

"In this time remaining this year, Senate and Admin negotiators will continue to work in good faith toward finalizing their agreement."
"Challenging issues remain, but we are committed to addressing needs at southern border and to helping allies and partners confront serious threats in Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific. The Senate will not let these national security challenges go unanswered."

Announcement from Capitol Hill marked another setback for Ukrainian President Zelensky, whose govt has warned of the "dire need" for weapons ahead of winter.

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We are doing our best to fight Putin and the occupiers for freedom and justice," meanwhile Russian anti-aircraft forces shot down one of their Russian Su-25 fighter jet on 17 December.

OMG....
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/17/7433466/

The Battle for Avdiivka Proves: Hiding In A Basement Won’t Save You From Ukraine’s M-2 Fighting Vehicles. The 47th Brigade’s U.S. made M-2 Bradley fighting vehicles are killing Russians by dozen. Blasting the Russians with their fast-firing 25 millimeter autocannons—and even squashing panicked Russian troops in their basement hideouts.

Ukrainian drone video circulated online on the day depicts 47th Brigade Bradley crew meeting Russian infantry assault in Stepove, settlement north of Avdiivka and the locus of the fighting on the city’s northern flank.

Drone spots a Russian infantry team scurrying through basement door of a ruined house in the no-man’s land in Stepove, the drone-operator directs an M-2 toward distinctive green door then 3-person Bradley rolls right up basement—and flattens the entrance with its 28-ton bulk.

Then M-2 reverses away, firing as it goes pops smoke, spins around and speeds back toward the Ukrainian line. It’s a new way of fighting the Russians around Avdiivka

Overstress Putin or Kremlin’s establishment a trigger a downward spiral in Russian military readiness, Ukrainian forces need to kill or main 100,000 Russian troops in 2024, according to a recent assessment: Estonian defense ministry.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...e124d240ed

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Japan to change rules, to export patriots to enable us, they can send more to ukraine.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/20/j...o-ukraine/

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We are doing our best to fight Putin and the occupiers for freedom and justice," meanwhile Russian anti-aircraft forces shot down one of their Russian Su-25 fighter jet on 17 December.

OMG....
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/17/7433466/

Kyiv Hit Early Friday in Russian Drone Attack.
Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was attacked by a barrage of Russian drones early morning, injuring at least two people, in the sixth drone attack on the city this month. Mayor Vitali Klitschko and other officials reported strikes on separate residential districts. The mayor added that a drone had hit a block of apartments in the Solomyanskyi district, causing a fire. "The upper floors are in flames. Emergency crews are on site," Klitschko said.

Apartment buildings were also damaged in other parts of the city.
https://www.voanews.com/a/kyiv-hit-early...08345.html

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The Battle for Avdiivka Proves: Hiding In A Basement Won’t Save You From Ukraine’s M-2 Fighting Vehicles. The 47th Brigade’s U.S. made M-2 Bradley fighting vehicles are killing Russians by dozen. Blasting the Russians with their fast-firing 25 millimeter autocannons—and even squashing panicked Russian troops in their basement hideouts.

Ukrainian drone video circulated online on the day depicts 47th Brigade Bradley crew meeting Russian infantry assault in Stepove, settlement north of Avdiivka and the locus of the fighting on the city’s northern flank.

Drone spots a Russian infantry team scurrying through basement door of a ruined house in the no-man’s land in Stepove, the drone-operator directs an M-2 toward distinctive green door then 3-person Bradley rolls right up basement—and flattens the entrance with its 28-ton bulk.

Then M-2 reverses away, firing as it goes pops smoke, spins around and speeds back toward the Ukrainian line. It’s a new way of fighting the Russians around Avdiivka

Overstress Putin or Kremlin’s establishment a trigger a downward spiral in Russian military readiness, Ukrainian forces need to kill or main 100,000 Russian troops in 2024, according to a recent assessment: Estonian defense ministry.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...e124d240ed

Putin wanted  to eat up Uzbekistan’s foreign ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador over a call by a Russian politician to annex the former Soviet republic, The Russian nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin, who is co-chair of the A Just Russia – For Truth party, said this week he believed Russia should annex Uzbekistan and other countries whose citizens travelled en masse to Russia for work. Else they Putin cannot eat up Ukraine folks. They fight for 2 years to stop Putin kill as the Ukraine one to join Euro...as member.. ..Putin can be stop.

The Uzbek foreign ministry told the Russian ambassador, Oleg Malginov, on Thursday that Tashkent was “deeply concerned” about the “provocative” comments.

Malginov, in turn, said Prilepin’s comments had nothing to do with the official Kremlin position, the ministry said.

Millions of migrant labourers from formerly Soviet republics in Central Asia work in Russia, and their presence sometimes leads to economic and ethnic tensions. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and later other areas of Ukraine has caused unease among other ex-Soviet republics.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...ents=false&page=with:block-658559a58f08dc9aada0c7f0

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F-16 soon going to petrol Ukraine sky. 
They are trying hard, with the help from US, UK and EU, supplying them with tanks and other like F-16 weaponry.......

Coming Soon to Defence Ukraine Sky.
https://youtu.be/0WIgSopo6Zk?si=pr1jCZ9yujhtIMAy

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Putin has been in power for 24 years, including 8yr stint as prime minister. Putin so far faced no competition in presidential campaign, without opposition leaders such as Alexey Navalny serving long prison sentences and other leading Kremlin critics either behind bars or outside country b'cos of risk of arrest. Fear must not win’. The 40yr old sent in her candidacy documents on Wed to challenge Putin, 71, who 100% certain to win a fifth term as president, allowing him to continue leading Russia’s to fight after having invasion neighbouring Ukraine.

Duntsova the commission did't not give her the permission to stand against Dictator Putin, she questioned why it necessary to talk “about permission”, her “yes the right according to law”.

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Eurasia Daily, Russia-based journal, said Kyiv could have launched Patriot missiles, which have a range of up to 160km against high-altitude targets, from western side of the Dnipro River, it said. Ukrainian aviation expert Valeriy Romanenko told Ukrainian NV Radio believed Patriot missiles likely downed the 3-Russian jets.
"This was a situation there Russians were ... dropping up to 100 bombs in south. Three were flying together and got caught. They didn't quite take into account that Patriot has a range of 160 km for aerodynamic targets," Romanenko said.

Ukrainian successes have become less frequent since forces made lightning gains a year ago in retaking Russian-held territory in the northeast and in the south.

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Despite its bravado in public, Putin/Kremlin has indicated its interest in striking a deal to halt the war - so long as it could still declare victory
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world...-fire.html

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Latest Ukraine news on video...
https://youtu.be/dKaPYqx9TG4?si=oXQ4SCsDALPi_rjY

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U.S.A. to use Russian assets worth about U.S.$300 bilion to aid fund for Ukraine?..
  https://www.youtube.com/live/E4WER818PVU...J9mF7Kajdl

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Revenge for Germany...European intelligence suggests Russia may launch an attack on Europe during the winter of 2024-2025 if the United States finds itself "without a leader" following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the German tabloid Bild reported on Dec. 23, citing an anonymous European intelligence source.

Intelligence service source contends that a potential Russian strike on Europe could occur within the presidential transitionary period, contingent on President Joe Biden not securing re-election in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This transition period spans three months, from the November 2024 U.S. presidential election to the subsequent inauguration in January 2025.

According to the intelligence source, Russia may aim to launch an attack on Europe during this transition, especially if the leading Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump, is re-elected. Assistance to European countries is anticipated to follow, albeit with some delay.

https://kyivindependent.com/bild-russia-...urce-says/

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U.S.A. to use Russian assets worth about U.S.$300 bilion to aid fund for Ukraine?..
  https://www.youtube.com/live/E4WER818PVU...J9mF7Kajdl

Germany aims to seize €720M of frozen Russian money.The initiative represents an escalation of Germany's efforts to sanction Russia - as well as a potential windfall   follow U.S.A. Joe.

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Russia wanting to go seizing again many Ukraine city again and again. Kupiansk is one of many Putin is waiting to eat up as western support to wane, the Russians began pushing back. "We all live on the edge, in fear of death but over the other side, many more is be kill."

"We all live on the edge, in fear of death. Sofia, a 17yr-old who has grown up to Putin/Russian aggression. Her father is fighting on front, you soon grasp how war has hardened her. "When full-scale invasion began, we realised there were deaths everywhere," she says. "Understanding this makes you stronger and more resilient in stressful situations, even during shelling."

She outwardly fears very little, but is clearly unimpressed with her country's fate being determined by sceptical western politicians.
I would invite them to see with their own eyes what it's like here," saying. "then they would no longer question whether aid is needed or not," 
explains Svitlana. She works in a kiosk at local market with empty streets were mostly elderly stroll the pavements.

Ukraine's ambition to completely liberating its territory couldn't, its troops are repelling wave after wave of Russian attacks. As officer speak freely to us, Oleksiy, soldier from 14th separate mechanised brigade, explains the constant defending they're having to sustain. "It's day and night, there are no breaks, it's 24/7 fighting" 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67801203

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Instead of MiG-29. It's the  U.S. F-16s fleet consists of up to 60 plus of aircraft and were soon, 😃YEAH  Good news to Ukraine folks, happy day, in matter of days.

Any Day Now, Ukraine Will Finally Get Its F-16s. On Friday, Ukrainian president Zelensky said he had thanked Dutch govt “for its decision to start preparing the initial 18 F-16 jets for their delivery to Ukraine.”

Dutch defense ministry stressed F-16s wouldn’t ship until all paperwork was in order and the Ukrainian defense ministry had suitable air bases and enough trained personnel.

Ukrainian pilots have been in Romania learning to fly the nimble F-16. There probably is no reason Ukraine’s first batch of F-16s won’t begin to arrive within weeks, if not days.

Netherlands, Denmark and Norway all have pledged to Ukraine their surplus F-16s. It’s possible Ukraine could get more than 60 of the single-engine, single-seat, supersonic fighters to bolster existing—and much less sophisticated—MiG and Sukhoi fighters.

These first 18 F-16s—out of 42 the Dutch air force could make available in the coming year or so—have been “improved,” Yuriy Ignat, a Ukrainian air force spokesperson, told Ukrainian media.

It’s true: the F-16A/B Mid-Life Updates, or MLUs, are improved compared to the original F-16 from the early 1980s. But don’t expect the Ukrainian planes to get the latest improvements that, say, the U.S. Air Force is adding to its own F-16s.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...d5940f2860

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Helensky is making Ukraine a nation of only women ....   


These lowering of ages and mass mobilizing of older men .... meanings U-krane is losing the war ... by the time Putinssia is done with Helensky, U-krane will only have girls 


https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/26/ukraine-...om-27.html

https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraines-front...s-46d9b2c7

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Any Day Now, Ukraine Will Finally Get Its F-16s. On Friday, Ukrainian president Zelensky said he had thanked Dutch govt “for its decision to start preparing the initial 18 F-16 jets for their delivery to Ukraine.”

Dutch defense ministry stressed F-16s wouldn’t ship until all paperwork was in order and the Ukrainian defense ministry had suitable air bases and enough trained personnel.

Ukrainian pilots have been in Romania learning to fly the nimble F-16. There probably is no reason Ukraine’s first batch of F-16s won’t begin to arrive within weeks, if not days.

Netherlands, Denmark and Norway all have pledged to Ukraine their surplus F-16s. It’s possible Ukraine could get more than 60 of the single-engine, single-seat, supersonic fighters to bolster existing—and much less sophisticated—MiG and Sukhoi fighters.

These first 18 F-16s—out of 42 the Dutch air force could make available in the coming year or so—have been “improved,” Yuriy Ignat, a Ukrainian air force spokesperson, told Ukrainian media.

It’s true: the F-16A/B Mid-Life Updates, or MLUs, are improved compared to the original F-16 from the early 1980s. But don’t expect the Ukrainian planes to get the latest improvements that, say, the U.S. Air Force is adding to its own F-16s.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...d5940f2860

☆》When there is a will there is a way. The will to stop been bully is strong, is with Ukraineian folks.

☆》 @Follow the Will. Follow the way the will go. It will match the Russian halfway...Ukraine will not give up halfway, to protect their sovereignty against invaders and aggressors.
Putin is though, must ask Ukraine folks for their permission..

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☆》When there is a will there is a way. The will to stop been bully is strong, is with Ukraineian folks.

☆》 @Follow the Will. Follow the way the will go. It will match the Russian halfway...Ukraine will not give up halfway, to protect their sovereignty against invaders and aggressors.
Putin is though, must ask Ukraine folks for their permission..

Ukraine ‘Downs’ 4th Su-34 Fighter Bomber In 2 Days. Within 24 hours of downing 3-Russian fighter jets, Moscow claimed to shot down 4-Ukrainian warplanes. Outgunned Ukrainian air force has fought vigorously. Top-gun style aerial dogfights & used its air defense system efficiently to keep Russia from controlling skies.
Ukraine Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk claimed that anti-aircraft units in Ukraine struck a Russian Su-34 ‘Fullback’ fighter bomber near the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine saiing on telegram messaging app that aircraft had not returned to its base but gave no further details.

Zelensky dropped @International Summit on Food Security in Kyiv & announced is preparing to deploy “very powerful air defenses” to Odesa is adjacent to Kherson. Soon Ukrainian air force carefully laid out trap for Sukhoi Su-34 glide-bombers, National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Secretary Oleksiy Danilov told Ukrainian radio. Soon on Dec 22, Ukrainian air defenses brought down three (3) Su-34s, reportedly killing some of the six aviators on board. A Mi-8 helicopter need to flew in to rescue survivors or collect bodies. “A dark day,” a Russian military blogger wrote.

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/ukraine-do...lanes/amp/

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☆》When there is a will there is a way. The will to stop been bully is strong, is with Ukrainian folks.

☆》 @Follow the Will. Follow the way the will go. It will match the Russian halfway...Ukraine will not give up halfway, to protect their sovereignty against invaders and aggressors.
Putin is though, must ask Ukraine folks for their permission.

EU readies €20bn plan B to fund Ukraine.
https://www.ft.com/content/7ef39cca-262d...c008ca7f56

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Currently real or no real the encirclement of Avdiivka by Russian occupiers. Source: saying Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for Joint Press Centre of the Tavriia Defence Forces, on the 24/7 national newscast

Quote: "At the moment, we'e holding the line. There's always a threat of encirclement and breakthrough. But we are pulling up reserves, we are reformatting are inflicting losses on enemy. Every day, they lose 300-400 people killed and injured and a lot of military equipment lost.

At the same time, Shtupun said that in area of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian troops have captured two large groups of occupants of about 5-people each over past three days.

"They surrendered not only, but almost without a fight. Two of our servicemen captured a much larger group of occupants. Morale in that area is generally broken & are ready to surrender without a fight. One group just surrendered ‘on sight’, so to speak: several shots were fired in the air and they surrendered," said spokesman.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/25/7434553/

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EU readies €20bn plan B to fund Ukraine.
https://www.ft.com/content/7ef39cca-262d...c008ca7f56

Ukraine's Western allies promised Kyiv the advanced U.S.-made F-16 jets months ago, but questions remained about exactly when the aircraft would take to Ukraine's skies.


Kyiv had clamored for the jets, which would boost Ukraine's ability to contest Russia's dominance in the skies and launch more strikes on key Russian targets. The F-16s are equipped with more modern avionics and radars and are designed to launch the NATO-standard weapons Ukraine has been using with its older, Soviet-era jets

In recent days, Russian-aligned or anti-Ukrainian Telegram channels have speculated that Ukraine may have made use of the advanced jets to take out key Russian assets, although there has been no confirmation that Ukraine has received the jets.

A U.S. source told Newsweek on Wednesday that it was likely Ukraine had indeed received the first of the promised F-16s.


Newsweek has reached out to the Ukrainian military for comment via email.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f16-rus...34-1855709

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Ukraine's Western allies promised Kyiv the advanced U.S.-made F-16 jets months ago, but questions remained about exactly when the aircraft would take to Ukraine's skies.

Kyiv had clamored for the jets, which would boost Ukraine's ability to contest Russia's dominance in the skies and launch more strikes on key Russian targets. The F-16s are equipped with more modern avionics and radars and are designed to launch the NATO-standard weapons Ukraine has been using with its older, Soviet-era jets

In recent days, Russian-aligned or anti-Ukrainian Telegram channels have speculated that Ukraine may have made use of the advanced jets to take out key Russian assets, although there has been no confirmation that Ukraine has received the jets.

A U.S. source told Newsweek on Wednesday that it was likely Ukraine had indeed received the first of the promised F-16s.

Newsweek has reached out to the Ukrainian military for comment via email.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f16-rus...34-1855709

In the past three weeks, Russia is reported to have lost eight jets—a blow to Moscow's air force. On December 5, the Ukrainian military said it had shot down a Russian jet around Snake Island, a Black Sea outpost around 30 miles from Ukraine's coastline close to Romania. 

In the early hours of December 26, a Ukrainian missile strike damaged Russia's Novocherkassk landing ship in Crimea. Russian-aligned or anti-Ukrainian Telegram channels have since speculated that an F-16 was used to fire the cruise missiles at the Russian vessel, and what threat the jets in Ukraine's hands could pose to the Kremlin.

"This aircraft is integrated into the NATO command and control system, and that is the danger," one prominent Russian military blogger said on Tuesday.

Although not officially announced, it is not impossible that Ukraine has received at least an initial batch of F-16s. In mid-October, Ukraine debuted its ATACMS missiles in eye-catching assaults on Russian airbases that wiped out a slew of Russian helicopters. The attacks are thought to have caught Moscow by surprise, with the weapons confirmed after Ukraine first fired the missiles.

The same could be true of the long-awaited fast jets, and could offer Ukraine a much-needed advantage as the frontlines stagnate in the biting winter months."I hope the West has learned NOT to announce new weapons systems, as was done for the most part for the first 20 months of the war," said Daniel Rice, former special adviser to Ukraine's lead commander, General Valery Zaluzhny.

"Russian forces should learn 'the hard way' when Ukraine fields a new weapon," Rice, who is now president of American University Kyiv, told Newsweek.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f16-rus...34-1855709

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Russian troops on the Lebanese border

https://youtu.be/74gl2qa8uM8?list=PL1yqR...2A6fY9b1Q0

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Russian troops on the Lebanese border

https://youtu.be/74gl2qa8uM8?list=PL1yqR...2A6fY9b1Q0

U.S.A. should arm and try to train the Lebanese army to be stronger to stand on itself not to be bully be others.

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problem is the Russians are there to protect the Lebanese

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problem is the Russians are there to protect the Lebanese

Israeli minister Gantz says on Lebanon border ‘demands change’. Israeli war cabinet member are latest to hint on possibility of an escalation with Hezbollah. The Israel’s emergency war cabinet meet, told reporters on Wednesday the chance of diplomatic solution to exchanges between Israel and armed groups in southern Lebanon is fast running out. “Situation on Israel’s northern border demands change,” Gantz told a news conference...

1) Hamas now recruiting in Lebanon. What it mean to Hezbollah? or to Hamas?.
2l Violence escalates between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah amid Gaza assault.
3) Palestinians in Lebanon disappointed that Hezbollah won’t escalate.

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Problem is the Russians are there to protect the Lebanese

The Russian is backing up Iran, there are not there to keep peace for Lebanese folks.

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This is likely to have occurred after Ukrainian forces move to a defensible positions near Robotyne for the winter. So Russians took over positions near Verbove that is seized by Ukrainians in summer counteroffensive – ISW. 

Geolocation footage released on 14 and 27 December shows Russian troops have move to the west of Verbove (9 km east of Robotyne).
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/28/7434872/

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Skies over Ukraine will see a formidable new airforce as pilots complete training, a significant bolstering to Ukraine’s airpower, Pilots have successfully undergone basic training on F-16 fighter jets, UK Ministry of Defense said.

Spring 2024 is timeframe operational debut for F-16, groundwork for their seamless integration is nearly complete, with necessary infrastructure & dedicated engineering teams on readiness. A signifies monumental leap forward in solidifying for Ukraine’s aerial defense capabilities.
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/the_acqui...-9001.html

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EU readies €20bn plan B to fund Ukraine.
https://www.ft.com/content/7ef39cca-262d...c008ca7f56

At least, something's for Ukraine is now getting F-16, as speculation mounts. The Ukrainian airforces shot down 8 fighter Russian Jets in 3 Weeks.