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5 more Russian aircraft were ordered to terminate their mission news – news from Ukraine's intelligence on downing of another A-50 aircraft. Intelligence stated that one more Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft was shot down on 23 February near to town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk on the Sea of Azov, after that, five more Russian aircraft were withdrawn from combat ops.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/24/7443471/

Time Is Running Out in Ukraine
Kyiv Cannot Capitalize on Russian Military Weakness Without U.S. Aid.

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Time Is Running Out for Ukraine, Kyiv Cannot Capitalize on Russian Military Weakness Without U.S. Aid.🤣

The point face a fundamental question: How can further Russian advances on battlefield be stopped, then reversed?. After capturing the ruined city of Avdiivka. Russian forces are moving forward fitfully in other areas along front as Russia advantages in manpower, materiel, and defense production have grown in the past year, whereas U.S. ammunition deliveries have been throttled and are at risk of being curtailed by U.S., will Joe Biden and Donald Trump, both face each other in the US elections?, with Trump saying he can stop almost entirely be'cos he can stop Ukraine of an impasse war by not to fund Ukraine, said Trump. 

Supplies of critical munitions for frontline Ukrainian units are dwindling, and soldiers are being forced to ration. Some units are experiencing significant manpower shortages current battlefield dynamics have no single cause; they are mostly rooted in decisions that were made since last 2022. 

When Russia mobilized its war economy, the West did not, and Ukraine could not. When Russia constructed a network of defensive fortifications hundreds of miles long and multiple layers deep, Ukraine did not. Russia obtained more than a million (by some estimates, three million) artillery shells and thousands of drones from its partners, including Iran and North Korea. The West could not match that, having already reached the bottom of the barrel of similar resources. Moscow has gone to great lengths to regenerate personnel and replenish its forces, whereas Kyiv has yet to fully mobilize.

Without a surge in Western military aid and major changes to Kyiv’s strategy, Ukraine’s battlefield position will continue to worsen until it reaches a tipping point, possibly by this summer. On the present course, in which Ukrainian ammunition and manpower needs are not met, Ukrainian units are likely to hollow out, making Russian breakthroughs a distinct possibility. But this is no time for despair; it is time for urgent action. Russian forces have vulnerabilities that can be exploited and advantages that can be eroded over time, but only if Ukraine gets what it needs now.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/t...ut-ukraine

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Time Is Running Out for Ukraine. Kyiv Cannot Capitalize on Russian Military Weakness Without U.S. Aid.

U.S., will Joe Biden and Donald Trump, both face each other in the US elections?, with Trump saying he can stop almost entirely be'cos he can stop Ukraine of an impasse war by not to fund Ukraine, said Trump●

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"It means that war is still going on, so we have to watch out," Ivan Stupak—a former officer in the Security Service of Ukraine and now an adviser to the Ukrainian parliament's national security, defense and intelligence committee—told Newsweek.
After 20 months of hunting, Russia appears to have scored its first kill of an American-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System in Ukraine. Video emerged this wk show one of Kyiv's 39 HIMARS—as they are known—seemingly being destroyed in a Russian ballistic missile strike near Nykanorivka in eastern Donetsk around 30 miles west of current front & roughly equidistant from the captured cities of Avdiivka and Bakhmut.

HIMARS have become emblematic of Kyiv's stubborn and sophisticated resistance to Russia's grinding invasion, symbolic of successful NATO-Ukraine military cooperation. Since their arrival in June 2022, HIMARS have been a prime target for Mosco,  despite Russia having claimed platforms destroyed with an apparent recent near miss that left two HIMARS peppered with shrapnel—this week's video appears the first actual loss.

The destruction of rocket system prompted concern in Ukraine, unsurprisingly given vital role played by HIMARS teams in targeting high-value Russian command posts, logistics hubs and troop concentrations.. Roman Kostenko, secretary of the Ukrainian parliament's national security, defense and intelligence committee, called for an investigation.

It takes a lot of time to aim an Iskander, he told Ukrainska Pravda, referring to type of Russian ballistic missile believed to be responsible for the HIMARS hit. "Let the experts investigate why this happened," he added. "Of course, the HIMARS was firing from the rear, and we see that the enemy's intelligence is working to detect HIMARS now."

Despite the high-profile loss, Ukraine still has many HIMARS in operation. Indeed, the more pressing concern for Kyiv is whether it will have enough munitions for them. HIMARS rockets of all ranges are among the ammunition stranded by partisan gridlock in Washington.

The loss could serve as a wake-up call for the Ukrainians and their American partners. "It means that war is still going on, so we have to watch out," Ivan Stupak—a former officer in the Security Service of Ukraine and now an adviser to the Ukrainian parliament's national security, defense and intelligence committee—told Newsweek.

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The strike appears to have been conducted with the support of a high-altitude drone. 

On one hand it's a sign of Russian capabilities, but on other hand it's lack of sophisticated radar stations on the Ukrainian side," Stupak said. "Also, there is a shortage of front-line anti-air systems to secure our ground troops."

"From time to time we see evidence that Russian recognition drones are flying over Ukrainian territory at a depth of about 50 kilometers," he added.

Pavel Luzin, a Russian military analyst and visiting scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, told Newsweek that the destruction of the first HIMARS is most notable in that it took Moscow's troops so long to achieve.




"On one hand it's a sign of Russian capabilities, but on other hand it's lack of sophisticated radar stations on the Ukrainian side," Stupak said. "Also, there is a shortage of front-line anti-air systems to secure our ground troops."

"From time to time we see evidence that Russian recognition drones are flying over Ukrainian territory at a depth of about 50 kilometers," he added.

Pavel Luzin, a Russian military analyst & a visiting scholar@Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, told Newsweek destruction of first HIMARS is most notable, it took Moscow's troops so long to achieve.

"It is interesting that HIMARS survived for such a long period, It is a great success. Russia lost hundreds of MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) and thousands of howitzers during the same time." Presume it is mostly the luck of the Russian army," Luzin added of course, the Ukrainians are creative, and sometimes they prefer to take a risk in aiming to destroy something valuable on Russian side." For Pentagon, Luzin suggested, will not be too worried by the Ukrainians are also learning how to protect their HIMARS better," he added.🤣

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Pope saying Ukrainian folks should have 'courage of the white flag' of negotiations.March 9 (Reuters). Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" Ukrainian leader's own peace plan calls for the withdrawal of Russian troops from all of Ukraine and the restoration of its state borders. The Kremlin has ruled out engaging in peace talks on terms set by Kyiv. A spokesman for Zelenskiy did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the pope's remarks.

(Can ask Pope to lose 1/2 for his land 1st in Rome)
https://youtu.be/ke28AnfqJwo?si=btlCU1GIYa3bn4TX

https://youtu.be/ke28AnfqJwo?si=NkF8xNilY-Niwbnp

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Ukraine Con Deploy F-16s as Soon as July, but Only a Few

Countries promised the fighter jets last year, but delivering them and training pilots have proved complex. Ukraine may start with as few as six, out of about 45 pledged. Jets are ready, and the flight instructors are waiting, at a new training center in Romania that was created to teach Ukraine’s pilots to fly F-16 warplane. But there’s a catch: The Ukrainian pilots have yet to arrive, despite declarations last summer that the center would play a crucial role in getting them into the air to defend their country from increasingly deadly Russian strikes.

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Dozen Ukrainian pilots to be ready for F-16 combat flights by summer   

The New York Times reports that 12 Ukrainian pilots are set to be ready for combat flights on F-16 aircraft after completing training in Denmark, the UK, and the U.S. However, by that time, only six out of the 45 promised F-16s from European allies will have reached Kyiv. 


https://tvpworld.com/76377861/dozen-ukra...-by-summer

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Pope saying Ukrainian folks should have 'courage of the white flag' of negotiations.March 9 (Reuters). Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" Ukrainian leader's own peace plan calls for the withdrawal of Russian troops from all of Ukraine and the restoration of its state borders. The Kremlin has ruled out engaging in peace talks on terms set by Kyiv. A spokesman for Zelenskiy did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the pope's remarks.

(Can ask Pope to lose 1/2 for his land 1st in Rome)
https://youtu.be/ke28AnfqJwo?si=btlCU1GIYa3bn4TX

https://youtu.be/ke28AnfqJwo?si=NkF8xNilY-Niwbnp

Confirmation bias...Abuden.
I think so...he ask and tell lahh.

Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the 
"White Flag lehh.

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Russia is trying to help its stranded traders claw back frozen investments The Kremlin proposed a swap of frozen Western funds, Russian assets, the Financial Times reported. Russia froze "unfriendly" non-resident bank accounts, worth $3 billion. Mean while, sanctioned Russian brokerages held around $16.5 billion of Western assets.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news...war-2024-3

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Observers on the scene noticed that new T-90s lacked the so-called cage armor above the tank’s turret. Specific Russian tank brigade[s] to receive the new combat vehicles is unknown. When questioned about the absence of cage armor,  Uralvagonzavod produces tanks based on specifications of the Russian army.” BulgarianMilitary.com reminds us one of the most recent batches of T-90s delivered to russia army November 2023 was specifically equipped with cage armor.

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Pro-Ukraine Russian fighters launch cross-border raid into southern Russia. Siberia, Russia Legion and RDK battalions work closely with Ukrainian army. Sending three pro-Ukrainian battalions into Russia southern Russia in a cross-border raid meant to sow chaos before Vladimir Putin’s widely expected re-election this weekend. The latest wave of Ukrainian attacks comes days before 15-17 March presidential election, where Putin is guaranteed to win.

Three armed groups of Russian exiled fighters, operated in close coordination with Ukraine’s military, crossed border into the southern Kursk and Belgorod regions said Russian National Guard who acknowledged the raid, saying they together with the armed suppy by Ukraine, they attack village of Tyotkino in Russia’s western Kursk region.

Several pro-war Russian journalists close to military said fighting border continuing on Thursday evening. Readovka, a pro-Kremlin news site with security services, said pro-Ukrainian battalions had entered Russian border village of Kozenka in the Belgorod region, where fighting was taking place. Kremlin-controlled RT channel said some people living in border towns in Belgorod were evacuating their homes.

Sending Siberia, Freedom of Russia Legion and RDK battalions – the three groups had cross-border is closely working with the Ukrainian army. border were accompanied by sustained Ukrainian drone & missile strikes targeting city of Belgorod. On Thursday, Ukraine fired at least eight missiles at Russia’s Belgorod region, killing one person and wounding six, local officials said. 

Kyiv also stepped up attacks on refineries energy facilities deep in Russia, disrupting production, @one vital oil refinery on fire.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...aid-russia

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German govt reported on 26 February that it had sent another batch of military aid to Ukraine. The batch included, among other things, artillery shells, drones and demining vehicles.

Source: European Pravda with reference to the website of the German govt. The details: According to the list, Ukraine has received 14,000 rounds of 155-mm ammunition from Bundeswehr stockpiles, produced at German plants, as well as four WISENT 1 mine clearing tanks.

Putin is a anger man, as EU step up defence spending & coordination, as tensions rise with Russia following NATO accession. Signs of tension with Russia are rising with Nordic region following Sweden & Norway’s accession to NATO.

NATO warned Moscow is gearing up for a “long conflict with West” as Denmark revealed plans to boost defence spending, as Russia continued to condemn expansion of Western military alliance in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/13...h-the-west

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I have a lot questions for this article. 

Why Rus mobile signal so strong, when our mobile already cannot receive signal at Malaysia side of the check point.
Why Ukr still allow Rus mobile in Ukr territories when they already enemy,
Why frontline no power already still support mobile network. 
Why so many Rus army are allow to bring use mobile, are there many war time reporters? 
 
Rus begin retreat to avoid high causalities when they sense they are clearly out numbers or face logistic impossibility,.
while Ukr stay till loss rate hit 70%. 
So Ukr militant loss is 6-7 times to Rus forces.

Rus begin retreat to avoid high causalities (A big No) when they sense they are clearly out numbers (Bigest Rus boss, Putin's asked his many soldiers to be kill or face he, and his general,  (now logistic into Rus is a big probably, a big impossibility problem,).

(while Ukr stay till loss rate hit 70%.) to the Rus 100%?. During the two year war, Rus take their  invasion to Ukraine.

(So Ukr militant loss is 6-7 times to Rus forces.) Or isit comparing to Rus about 500,000 kill & or missing and it lost in the wild... . I'm thinking...

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Rus begin retreat to avoid high causalities (A big No) when they sense they are clearly out numbers (Bigest Rus boss, Putin's asked his many soldiers to be kill or face he, and his general,  (now logistic into Rus is a big probably, a big impossibility problem,).

(while Ukr stay till loss rate hit 70%.) to the Rus 100%?. During the two year war, Rus take their  invasion to Ukraine.

(So Ukr militant loss is 6-7 times to Rus forces.) Or isit comparing to Rus about 500,000 kill & or missing and it lost in the wild... . I'm thinking...

If Er's 2 to Wu's 10 mobilization cannot tell the story, 7 to 1 ammo adv should tell you that
which worsen since last reported. 
furthermore er who have smart bomb but opt fraction cost of guiding kit to converting stockpile dumb 
bombs 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDxhHLFYCik&pp=ygUM5ruR57-U54K45b2I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTda9cBbNM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI47--oOLjk

www.businessinsider.com/russia-ammunition-manufacturing-ukraine-west-officials-2023-9
Russia Is Manufacturing 7 Times As Much Ammo As the West ...
13 Sept 2023 ... Western officials told the outlet that Russia is on track to manufacture two million artillery shells a year, which is twice as many as Western ...

and wu is without any complete manufacturing left.

er war philosophy like soviet era, is about endurance of will and economic.
west need to give in well beyond 10 times what er is spending.
FYI west use more sophisticated therefore using minerals.

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Volunteer Corps (RVC) said fighters of RVC making efforts that no elections of Russian president Putin taking place on territories bordering Ukraine. On 14 March, governor of Russia's Belgorod said Russian air defence personnel shot down 8 aerial targets over Belgorod surrounding district at same time, a "Ukrainian sabotage reconnaissance grp enter Russian,this volunteer soldiers on Ukraine's side said they attacking military targets in Russia. They were forced to open fire on Russia soldiers. Later, Freedom of Russia Legion did posted video featuring burning buildings is reported, destroying two Russian ammunition storage points in the village of Tyotkino, in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

At the same time, governor of Kursk Oblast said "Ukrainian terrorists" were breaking into the oblast, on 16 March, Russian Volunteer Corps released another footage of a new group of Russian prisoners of war they had captured and said they were ready to exchange them at a meeting with Belgorod governor.

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The strike appears to have been conducted with the support of a high-altitude drone. Russian capabilities lack of sophisticated radar stations also, there is a shortage of front-line anti-air systems to secure our ground troops. From time to time we see evidence that Russian recognition drones are flying over Ukrainian territory at a depth of about 50 kilometers," he added.

Pavel Luzin, a Russian military analyst scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, told Newsweek on destructed first HIMARS is most notable to Moscow's troops. It's a sign of Russian capabilities, but it's lack of sophisticated radar stations also, there is a shortage of front-line anti-air systems to secure for ground troops. From time to time we see evidence Russian recognition drones are flying over Ukrainian territory at a depth of about 50 kilometers," he added.

Pavel Luzin, a Russian military analyst & a visiting scholar@Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, told Newsweek destruction of first HIMARS is most notable, it took Moscow's troops so long to achieve. It's interesting HIMARS survived for such a long period, It is good as Russia lost hundreds of MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems and thousands of howitzers during the same time.

Presume it is mostly luck of Russian army," Luzin added, the Ukrainians are creative sometimes they prefer to take a risk in destroy something valuable on Russian side." For Pentagon, Luzin suggested, will not be too worried by Ukrainians are learning how to protect their HIMARS better.🤣

The Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery is the only operating refinery in Rostov region & largest supplier of oil products in southern Russia. 

A Mass drone attacks is on Russian facilities is reported. Several dozen drones massively attacked Russian facilities on the night of March 13. In Ryazan, drones attacked an oil refinery.
Eyewitnesses reported that three drones hit Ryazannefteproduk largest oil refinery in southern Russia is shut down due to a drone attack. 

This will shutdown plant can lead to serious delays in it's supply of fuels and lubricants fot Russia Federation army.

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Time's Running in Ukraine
Kyiv Capitalize on Russian Military Weakness With U.S. 300mil dola Aid.

Rus is not beginning to retreat to avoid high causalities, when they sense they are clearly not out numbers (Biggest Rus boss, Putin's will asked his many soldiers to prepare for meat killing or face he, and his general, this's the situation soldiers is freezing like coma in the frontline.

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Ukraine's Security Service behind attacks on three Russian oil refineries.

noted: On the night attack on Russian refineries are Novokuibyshevsk, Kuibyshevsky and Syzran oil refineries. Refineries process a total of about 25 mil tonnes of oil per yr, which is almost 10% of all Russian oil refining. Each such strike reduces the flow of petrodollars that fuels Russia's war economy affected about 10% of production capacities over last 2 days. Russian propaganda, initially refusing to use word ‘vzryv’ (explosion),

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Ukraine war live updates: Putin tells security service to hunt anti-Kremlin 'traitors'; Russian border region evacuates children.

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Putin said recently, several Russian rebel groups — labeled as "sabotage and is a terrorist groups" has cross border from Ukraine into Russian federation territory, the border officials reported last week rebel groups had conducted cross-border raids into Belgorod and Kursk border regions. Putin is asking National Guard, (FSB) security service and interior ministry in central Moscow to stop the incursions into Russian. We will punish them without a statute of limitations, wherever they are," said Putin, a former officer in the KGB, a forbear of the FSB, said. He remained claimed 

This is 1st time Ukraine 3-battatlon size of Russian armed soldiers went on to attack Russia and went on to corner russian soldiers throughout the fight. It's also Putin 24 years in power.

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Putin kana & plans on how to respond to Ukrainian shelling but says it will not attack ‘civilian tergets. He vows on Wed, Russia will ensure security of its border regions, which is frequently shelled from Ukraine. A report by Reuters, he told a meeting with activists in Kremlin has its own plans to respondwill not attack population & civilian targets in Ukraine, he got primary task to guarantee security. Is different there & aren’t easy but we will do this,” he said in televised comments.

Russia says Borrell's EU frozen assets plan would lead to decades of lawsuits. Reuters have some more details on Russia’s reaction to Borrell’s proposals to use revenues from frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine. Under Borrell’s plan, proceeds, assets such as interest payments would go to European Peace Facility, an off-budget fund that provides military aid to countries outside the EU and has been used mainly for Ukraine. The Kremlin said such plans – if implemented – would destroy Europe’s reputation as a reliable guardian of property rights & lead to yrs of litigation. Europeans are well aware of damage such decisions can do to their economy, their image, their reputation as well as reliable, so to speak, guarantors of inviolability of property,” Kremlin Dmitry Peskov said.

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Putin kana & plans on how to respond to Ukrainian shelling, He says he'll not attack ‘civilian targets, & vows to ensure security for it border.
https://news.sky.com/story/russia-ukrain...g-12541713

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Ukraine war briefing: Anti-Putin forces behind raids into Russia speak out. Discharge petition backing Ukraine funding rolls on in US Congress with first Republican signature. What we know on day 758.

In US. Republican congressman Ken Buck has become the first of his party to sign a discharge petition that would force Ukraine aid bill to a vote. Buck is retiring but his signature will remain valid after he appeared on Thursday as 188th signatory out of 218 needed on the Democratic petition to override the House speaker, Mike Johnson, who is obstructing the bill, which would put about $60bn into Ukraine’s defence against Russian invasion.

The International Monetary Fund has confirmed it will pay out $880m to Ukraine in the third phase of a $15.6bn aid package to support the war-torn Ukrainian economy.

In EU leaders at their Brussels summit yesterday agreed in principle to commandeer a large majority of the profits generated from frozen Russian assets and give them to Ukraine – around €3bn this year. Potentially the first transfer would be in July. Ursula Von der Leyen, head of the European Commission, also revealed the EU is looking at increasing tariffs on Russian grain, including stolen Ukrainian grain, entering into the EU market. Latest news...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...-speak-out

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5 Reasons America's Aircraft Carriers Remain Invincible on the High Seas.

United States Navy's aircraft carriers, symbols of American military power, are renowned for their formidable offensive capabilities and unmatched flexibility. Despite concerns over cost and vulnerability, these nuclear-powered giants—integral to the U.S. ability to project power globally—remain virtually unparalleled.

Summary: U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers, symbols of American military power, are renowned for their formidable offensive capabilities and unmatched flexibility. Despite concerns over cost & vulnerability, these nuclear-powered giant integral to U.S. ability to project power globally remain virtually unparalleled. 

The carriers’ robust defenses, including advanced radar systems, Gatling guns, and a protective network of guided-missile warships, ensure their survivability against potential adversaries. Innovations in naval tactics and technology, such as Naval Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air program, further enhance their security. Consequently, the likelihood of these carriers being sunk by anything short of nuclear weaponry is exceedingly low, solidifying their status as indispensable assets in America's naval arsenal.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot...eas-210117

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Putin just Receive news of oil back to back massive fires in Moscow and his home city.
https://youtu.be/k98v_5YTmns?si=6ubugakP0rOKDAdp

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House leaves for a 2-wk break without addressing Ukraine aid is dangerously low on ammo. Speaker Mike Johnson said priority was averting a shutdown & Ukraine is next. WASHINGTON — After avert a govt shutdown Friday. House left for 2-wk Easter without aid for Ukraine dangerously game, he play. Speaker Mike Johnson finish funding govt b4 shifting his attention to foreign aid for U.S. allies. He's rebuffed other leaders to put $95b to Senate-passed aid. 

The house floor delay till Mid-April. He's drafting for lower chamber funding & given no hints how his supplemental aid package as is not a first priority There’s a nos of avenues he's been looking at, he told reporters having work in progress, but it will be delay till mid-April for the Bill be ready.

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Spain to compensate Ukraine's entire loss of Leopard 2A4 tanks with new delivery. Abuden, what?. Happy lehh.
https://armyrecognition.com/defense_news...ivery.html

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It a “breakthrough”. French and German Defence ministers Sébastien Lecornu and Boris Pistorius announced major breakthroughs in bilateral defence collaborations on Friday (22 March), as both countries will officially start to develop a new tank and produce military equipment in Ukraine.

The goal to explore the possibility of producing the first joint Franco-German tank was agreed between French President Emmanuel Macron and then Chancellor, Angela Merkel in 2017. Manufacturers and the modularity of the tank appear to be settled now. “We have achieved a breakthrough today. It’s no exaggeration to describe this as historic for a project like this,” Pistorius told reporters in Berlin on Friday, following talks with his French counterpart.

“We have agreed on the distribution of all tasks for this major project.

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Spain to compensate Ukraine's entire loss of Leopard 2A4 tanks with new delivery. Abuden, what?. Happy lehh.
https://armyrecognition.com/defense_news...ivery.html

According to ABC España on March 20, 2024, the Spanish government plans to increase its military assistance to Ukraine by delivering 19 additional Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks by September 2024. This confirmed, would enable the Ukrainian army to replace all Leopard 2A4 tanks that have been destroyed or damaged by Russian forces since the start of the conflict delivery,  confirmed enable Ukrainian army to replace all Leopard 2A4 tanks have been destroyed or damaged which are being refurbished and produced more swiftly in alternative locations like Zhytomyr, Lviv, the Czech Republic, Poland, due to the logistical constraints faced by Western models like the Leopard 2.

Despite these challenges, Spain's efforts, through the Santa Barbara Sistemas company, signify a notable exception. The company has managed to organize and sustain the restoration of Leopard 2A4 tanks with a significant degree of local production. Achieving 60% local production of the Leopard 2E variant (a modified Leopard 2A6), Spain demonstrates a lesser dependency on German firms for parts compared to other nations. This contrasts with Sweden's localization of its Strv 122 (a variant of the Leopard 2A5), which stands at 30%, showcasing Spain's relatively strong position in maintaining and supplying military hardware amidst broader supply chain challenges.

Spain's support comes at a time when the Ukrainian army has suffered 17 tank losses, with eight Leopard 2A4 tanks destroyed, five damaged, and four abandoned after sustaining damage. In total, 40 Leopard 2A4 tanks have been sent to Ukraine, including eight upgraded Leopard 2A4M CAN, which offers enhanced protective measures.

The decision by Spain to increase military aid to Ukraine was part of broader discussions at a significant meeting convened by Prime Minister Sánchez at the Moncloa Palace. This meeting, which gathered representatives from the national defense industry.
https://armyrecognition.com/defense_news...ivery.html