29 MARCH 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has noted that long-range ATACMS missiles will help Ukraine strike airfields in temporarily occupied Crimea, which is where Russia launches precision-guided missiles from.
Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius
Details: The president said that Ukraine urgently needs ATACMS that can hit the airfields in temporarily occupied Crimea that Russia uses to launch missiles on Ukraine.
Quote: “When Russia has missiles and we don’t, they attack by missiles: everything – gas, energy, schools, factories, civilian buildings.
When Russia knows we can destroy these jets, they will not attack from Crimea. It’s like with the sea fleet. We pushed them from our territorial waters. Now we will push them from the airports in Crimea.”
Details: Zelenskyy recalled that in February in Munich, he presented a map of targets that ATACMS could hit. He also told Ignatius that there are currently no ATACMS in Ukraine.
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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/29/7448842
“We need ATACMS to attack airfields in Crimea, not Russian territory”
This is the sort of statement that a desperate nation must announce even after two years of absolutely brutal war, in which 97% of missile and drone attacks are against civilian targets … apartment buildings, schools, shopping centers, power plants, private houses … just anything is fair game to be pounded by this vicious and ruthless enemy.
In the meanwhile, many Western companies are still doing business with mafia land and countless components find their way into russian missiles, drones, and other weapons.
There is absolutely no justice in this war.
The Biden administration is merely the lesser evil in Washington when compared to the orange jerk and his maga gang.
I unblocked the full Wapo article and will post.
Funding shortage persists for Czech initiative on ammunition purchase for Ukraine
“It is difficult to predict when the shells may reach the combat zone. Some may arrive in a few months, while others may only arrive by the end of the year.”
“A lot depends on physically checking some of the shells of these potential partners. We were told that they [shells] can be obtained, but in what condition are they, and are they suitable for use at all? All this needs to be checked,”
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/30/7448884/
Support for Ukraine today is nothing more than an empty shell. Lots of good intentions, but in the end, help either doesn’t arrive on the battlefield in the appropriate way or it doesn’t arrive at all.
Meanwhile Israel has just received 25 F35s with specific ammunition! Even if this delivery corresponds to previous agreements (2008), it is quite disgusting to learn about it in view of the critical situation in Ukraine which is very close to the precipice.
It’s impossible not to think that the week Congress returns will be decisive in this war. Congress we implore you to do what is necessary and support Ukraine by voting for this massive aid! Do you want to live the nightmare of the obliteration of Ukraine: deportations, a large-scale genocide, a major crisis in Europe, the destruction of a culture that defends your values and your interests? The world is watching you!
There have been quite contradictory reports about the ammo from the Czech initiative. Some have said that they could be arriving to Ukraine in April, others are saying that they are on their way already. I think this is subterfuge to confuse not only us but also the enemy. We’ll see what happens on the battlefield. This might be the only reliable indicator. The roaches will feel it first.
Olease note the comments at the Washington Post, a paper that caters to both centrist Dems and moderate Republicans: Overwhelmingly pro Ukraine!
https://wapo.st/4arQDB2
This shows how much the TOP (Trump’s own posse) is out of touch with the American mainstream. For shame! 😠
The same thing at Newsweek, Mr. Gray. Overwhelming pro Ukrainian.