"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (7 Viewers)
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Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Dude's getting played like a fiddle.
Russia Testing Shotgun-Armed Yak-52 Trainer Aircraft To Down Ukrainian Drones
WWI-style air combat tactics applied to the drone problem have been proven by Ukraine and are now being adopted in Russia, but using shotguns is questionable. The World War One-style air combat tactics have already been proven by Ukraine and are now being adopted in Russia.
www.twz.com
Trump Tries To Spur Sputtering Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks With Flurry Of Calls
While there is a renewed optimism after the U.S. and Russian leaders spoke, Russian statements have not matched actions so far during Trump's attempt at detente.
www.twz.com
Jabberwocky
Tech Sergeant
Reports are that Trump spoke to Zelensky twice. Once before his nearly 2 1/2 hour call with Putin and then again after. The second conversation reportedly included the leaders of France, Italy, Finland and Germany, along with high level EU (Commission and Council) leaders.
Zelensky reiterated Ukraine's positions - basically that they will not withdraw from the regions Russia has claimed and will not recognise regions occupied by Russia as anything than Ukrainian territory (including Crimea). However, he was open to a ceasefire and willing to continue to negotiate on prisoner exchanges.
For his part, Putin reiterated Russia's territorial claims to all four oblasts they're partially ocuppying and Crimea, as well as demanding that no European countries could stage troops in Ukraine and blaming NATO for starting the war. The Russian position is that they are basically willing to agree to work on their own memorandum for a peace deal. In practical terms, this means nothing. This is the same line their negotiators in Turkey have been trotting out for the past week, but they've yet to produce any concrete proposals.
Trump, for his part, seemed to be largely interested in post-war trade deals with Russia and buddying up to Putin. Curiously, the threatened harsher sanctions on Russia - which were supposed to go into force a week ago - have failed to materialise. His statement that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations on a ceasefire is just weird - they're already doing that (that's why they're meeting in Turkey).
Zelensky reiterated Ukraine's positions - basically that they will not withdraw from the regions Russia has claimed and will not recognise regions occupied by Russia as anything than Ukrainian territory (including Crimea). However, he was open to a ceasefire and willing to continue to negotiate on prisoner exchanges.
For his part, Putin reiterated Russia's territorial claims to all four oblasts they're partially ocuppying and Crimea, as well as demanding that no European countries could stage troops in Ukraine and blaming NATO for starting the war. The Russian position is that they are basically willing to agree to work on their own memorandum for a peace deal. In practical terms, this means nothing. This is the same line their negotiators in Turkey have been trotting out for the past week, but they've yet to produce any concrete proposals.
Trump, for his part, seemed to be largely interested in post-war trade deals with Russia and buddying up to Putin. Curiously, the threatened harsher sanctions on Russia - which were supposed to go into force a week ago - have failed to materialise. His statement that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations on a ceasefire is just weird - they're already doing that (that's why they're meeting in Turkey).
Played by Putin, a 'weary' Trump could walk away from Ukraine
Vladimir Putin was trained in the KGB world of working out the psychology of your opponent, so it is not surprising he is outfoxing Donald Trump. The US president is now talking about walking away from peace talks.
www.abc.net.au
Trump Dumps Peace Talks
Today’s Trump-Putin call foreshadows the beginning of a new phase in the Ukraine War, and in negotiations over war termination.
mickryan.substack.com
Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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- Dec 8, 2022
As predicted (by many) .......
Played by Putin, a 'weary' Trump could walk away from Ukraine
Vladimir Putin was trained in the KGB world of working out the psychology of your opponent, so it is not surprising he is outfoxing Donald Trump. The US president is now talking about walking away from peace talks.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
I'd swear that he promised he'd end this war within 24 hours of gaining office. I wonder what went wrong?
Oh, right, there's that whole Russians keep killing Ukrainians thing. Sorry for the dumb question.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Agree with the sentiment.
France sends robotic demining systems to Ukraine
French-financed unmanned ground systems developed by Estonia’s Milrem Robotics and France’s CNIM Systèmes Industriels will soon be delivered to Ukraine to support explosive ordnance clearance in conflict-affected regions. According to Milrem Robotics, six THeMIS-based Route Clearance Unmanned...
Heavily damaged MaxxPro rolls out of ambush in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) has released rare video footage showing a dramatic battlefield recovery of a disabled M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicle during an operation near Kupiansk. According to GUR, the vehicle was hit by Russian fire while transporting personnel from the...
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There is no Ukraine ceasefire. Ever.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is here for a forever war.
www.politico.eu
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