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  1. pogba

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  2. G8trGr8t

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    wo what intel was shared with russia to help them in this endeavor..and was the cutting off of intel timed to assist with this?

    trump doesn't care how many ukrainians he kills.

    how would the world react if a disenfranchised ukranian sniper made his way to america..think ideal false flag op for Russia
     
  3. G8trGr8t

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    overwhelming drone power to cut supply lines...

    using waves of north koreans that overwhelm drone and firepower support to allow fighters through. changed their tactics..N Korean input??

    Russia Pushes Ukrainian Forces Back in Kursk After U.S. Halts Support

    An accelerating advance by Russian and North Korean forces is threatening Ukraine’s toehold in Kursk, the slice of Russian territory that Ukrainian officials had hoped would give them leverage in any peace talks.

    Russian and North Korean troops in recent days seized several villages in the Kursk region and used overwhelming drone power to largely cut supply routes to the main Ukrainian force in the city of Sudzha, according to soldiers in the area and analysts.
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    The North Korean troops, unprepared for the modern battlefield, were initially eliminated with relative ease. But they are now creating difficulties because, unlike their Russian counterparts, they push forward in waves, exhausting Ukrainian resources, said Roman Pohorily, a co-founder of DeepState, a Ukrainian group that analyses images and videos posted on social media and information from troops to produce an accurate map of the front line.

    “All these latest advances, in most cases, are thanks to them,” Pohorily said. Once the North Koreans break through, Russian troops follow them to secure the positions, pushing back Ukrainian defenses.
     
  4. G8trGr8t

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    Russians caught after sneaking through 9-mile gas pipeline to ambush Ukraine troops

    Russian special forces have hiked through nine miles of gas pipeline to ambush Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region — as Moscow claims it retook three new settlements from Kyiv on Sunday.

    The Kremlin fighters allegedly spent days hiding out inside a gas pipeline connecting Russia to Europe before emerging late Saturday to attack Ukrainian soldiers stationed near the border city of Sudzha, according to Russian bloggers on Telegram.

    The attack by Russian “sabotage and assault groups” was confirmed by Ukrainian General Command, who also said the Kremlin troops failed to gain a foothold inside the city.
     
  5. G8trGr8t

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    Putin told him to cut them off and that is what he will do, regardless of what they do..disgusting pos

    get Z out and a Putin puppet in, call ti democracy, let Elon fund the misinformation campaign and the bribes for the putin puppet.

    is it any reason why Z was so pissed at the WH, He had likely been told this before the planned signing

    Trump won't resume Ukraine aid after signing minerals deal – NBC News

    US President Donald Trump has made it clear that he will not restore aid to Ukraine after signing a mineral deal. He also wants to see changes in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's approach to negotiations, NBC News report.

    According to a US administration representative and another American official, Trump has privately told his aides that the signed agreement will not be enough to restore aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.

    Officials revealed that Trump wants the deal, which would give the US a stake in Ukraine's mineral resources, to be signed. However, he also wants to see changes in Zelenskyy's approach to peace negotiations, particularly a willingness to make concessions, such as ceding territory to Russia.

    Sources from the publication note that Trump wants Zelenskyy to make a move toward elections in Ukraine and possibly step down.
     
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  6. PITBOSS

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    Trump…..

    “The US has partially halted support for the F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine. This could deprive the Air Force of crucial air defense capabilities,,

    the US has suspended critical support for the radar systems on the F-16s currently in Ukraine.

    That could deprive the Ukrainian air force of its most important aerial countermeasures at a critical moment in Russia’s three-year wider war on Ukraine. But the Ukrainians aren’t powerless—and they still have allies," Forbes writes.”

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  7. demosthenes

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    My disgust for Trump and his goons grows by each new event. Usually people have redeeming qualities but it’s hard to find one with this person.
     
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  8. G8trGr8t

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  9. sierragator

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    Thanks gop. When will you start teaching us Russian?
     
  10. okeechobee

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    Agree. Thanks GOP for ending the senseless forever wars.
     
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  11. pogba

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    trump did nothing to leave Afghanistan. Syria about to boil over
     
  12. duggers_dad

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    If you stand with Ukraine you stand with this …

     
  13. duggers_dad

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    At first I thought the guy was being sarcastic. Then I realized he was dead serious …

     
  14. exiledgator

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    Musk on Starlink's importance to Ukraine: "their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off"

    Polish PM: "Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Digitization Ministry at the cost of about $50 million per year, the ethics of threatening the victim of aggression apart, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable provider we will be forced to look for other suppliers."

    Musk: "Be quiet, small man. You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink,"
     
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  16. G8trGr8t

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    but there is, and it is getting more and more business. India told him to bugger off and the EU is going to do the same

    this whole Trumpian dystopia world is going to wake europe up

    European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions – POLITICO

    Explainer: Could Europe's Eutelsat help to replace Starlink in Ukraine? | Reuters

    Eutelsat's (ETL.PA), opens new tab stock price has more than quadrupled since a public row on February 28 between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump, after which Washington paused military aid to Ukraine.
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    Eutelsat already supports government and institutional communications in Ukraine, and told Reuters that it can provide an alternative for certain government and defence applications.

    Since its merger in 2023 with Britain's OneWeb, Eutelsat controls the only operational global-coverage constellation, besides Starlink, of satellites in low earth orbit (LEO). Starlink's more than 7,000 LEO satellites, suited to real-time communication, allow it to reach more users around the world and offer higher data speeds.

    But Eutelsat says that, even with only 630 or so LEO satellites, backed up by 35 linked satellites in higher, geostationary orbit, it offers the same capabilities as Starlink in Europe.Starlink promises broadband at up to 200 megabits per second, Eutelsat 150. OneWeb terminals, however, cost as much as $10,000, plus a monthly subscription price. Starlink charges Ukrainian users a one-time payment of $589 in addition to a monthly subscription of $95-$440, depending on the usage.
     
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  17. G8trGr8t

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    Ukraine seizes initiative in Donetsk Oblast as Russian forces bogged down – NYT

    Michael Kofman, a military analyst and senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace highlighted that Russia’s advances in Donetsk have stalled due to poor weather conditions, troop exhaustion, and Ukraine’s effective adaptation to Russia’s tactics.

    “The situation is not yet stable, but it is improving as Ukrainian forces find innovative ways to offset manpower shortages,” Kofman noted.

    While Moscow made significant gains in southern Donbas last year, NYT stressed that it remains far from capturing the remaining towns and settlements that form the backbone of Ukraine’s defense.
     
  18. G8trGr8t

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    interesting detail about how they have switched to fiber optic drones to defeat jamming

    Russian army captures northern salient of Ukrainian army in Kursk region and advances in Sudzha - ISW

    According to the Russian bloggers, Ukrainian forces maintain limited positions in Malaya Loknya, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye (north of Sudzha), and Martynovka (northeast of Sudzha). They claim that most Ukrainian forces have retreated from positions in the northern part of the bulge towards Kazachya Loknya and Sudzha.

    Russian bloggers also stated that Russia's preparatory efforts to destroy bridges north and south of Sudzha have significantly hindered Ukraine's ability to retreat back towards Sudzha. One blogger claimed that Ukrainian forces unsuccessfully counterattacked near Malaya Loknya.
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    A Ukrainian soldier serving in the Kursk region claimed that the Russian army advanced south of Sudzha with the support of North Korean forces and the massive use of FPV drones equipped with fiber-optic cables.

    Russian military bloggers claimed that Russian forces attacked near the border checkpoint Sudzha (southwest of Sudzha along the N-07 highway) and that elements of the Russian 810th Marine Brigade (Black Sea Fleet) attacked near Guiyevo (south of Sudzha).
     
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    After the last press conference, what are the chances? And why is the meeting taking place in Saudi Arabia? Stay tuned tomorrow for another riveting chapter of "Donald's Big Boy Book of Diplomacy."

    "The Trump administration may resume U.S. military and intelligence support for Ukraine if its leaders commit to a peace process during a high stakes meeting Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters.

    Rubio said the initial suspension of aid “came about because we felt the Ukrainians were not committed” to negotiations to end the three-year war to repel Russia’s invasion, but if that changes, U.S. policy will probably change too, he said Monday as he landed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.

    “My hope is we’ll have a really good meeting tomorrow and be in a different place,” he added."