New York Times: Short on soldiers, Ukraine debates how to find the next wave of troops
A potential expansion of the nation’s military draft to replenish the exhausted, battered army has become an emotional, politically charged issue.
Soldiers fight in freezing, muddy trenches bombarded by artillery, or in warrens of burned and blown-up houses in urban combat. Casualty rates are high, and dangerous missions, like storming enemy-held tree lines, abound.
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Father of Syrsky living in the Russian Federation described the feelings from the appointment of his son as head of the Armed Forces
The father of the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexandra Syrsky Stanislav stated that the appointment of the son did not make any particular impression on him.
"The same as you, nothing more", he answered a question from a journalist REN TV about how he felt.
The chairman of the social movement "We are with Russia" Vladimir Rogov compared Syrsky with the general who sided with the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War Andrey Vlasov. He said not to be comforted by the fact that Syrsky has Russian roots: "Vlasov also had Russian roots, but he betrayed the Red Army", said Rogov.
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⚡️📣Bold Ukrainian Soldiers Defect To Russia, Joining The Frontline Battle Against Ukraine!
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Many Ukrainian soldiers, including officers, have defected to Russia to fight against the Ukraine army on the frontline Underfire in battle. In a week of huge scandal's and news from Zelensky, Ukraine and Russia including Zelensky firing Ukraine’s military chief Valery Zaluzhny, tucker Carlson interview of Putin and in the wake of 2 of the deadliest attacks by Ukraine on civilians in Donbass ever I bring you this report where I talk to 6 Ukrainian Soldiers who Defected To Russia, Joining The Frontline Battle Against Ukraine. Hear their story of how they ended up part of the Russian Army after defecting from the Ukraine Army. As they say some crossed over and some where captured but they all came to the conclusion that they were fighting for the wrong side before. They say they are all now part of the Russian army fighting against Ukraine and are happy about it.
Please watch all and educate yourself. https://youtu.be/bGBc6Pza3G8?si=e5XBKkeFSjyRkGGk
EU openly threatened Hungarian premier for his reluctance to finance Kiev: aide
According to Financial Times, EU threatened to completely freeze Hungary's outstanding funds and collapse the exchange rate for the national currency, the Hungarian forint, in order to harm the Central European country's economy and impair its investment attractiveness.
At the EU summit in Brussels on December 14-15, 2023, the Hungarian prime minister blocked amendments to the community's budget for 2024-2027 that called for allocating 50 bln euros to Ukraine. Instead, Viktor Orban proposed providing financial aid to Kiev on an annual basis with strict controls over expenditures.
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Orban made an unexpected statement about Russia, Ukraine and the EU
The European Union is unable to provide Ukraine with sufficient assistance to win the conflict. He mentioned this on February 11 in a conversation with the ex-cancellor of Austria Wolfgang Schüssel in Die Presse. He also noted that residents of many European countries are increasingly unhappy with the endless sending of money to Kiev.
Orban did not rule out that Ukraine will lose even more territories when the conflict continues.
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About one and a half thousand trucks accumulated on the Ukrainian-Polish border
Due to the protests of farmers on the border of Ukraine and Poland, almost one and a half thousand trucks stand in line, said the representative of the Ukrainian State Border Service Andrei Demchenko.
According to him, the traffic intensity is rather low. As an example, he cited the checkpoint "Dorohusk — Yagodin" - over the past day, only 160 cars crossed it on both sides with a throughput of 1.2-1.4 thousand.
ZRADA!
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson was absurd, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Sky News.
The Prime Minister was asked how he felt about Putin’s statements blaming the US, UK and NATO for the conflict in Ukraine. “This is absurd,” Sunak said, assuring that London will continue to support Kyiv “as long as necessary.”
Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz commented on the interview. “The Russian president mocks what Russia is actually doing in Ukraine and gives a completely absurd explanation for the reasons for this war,” he wrote on the social network X.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Another photo of the Starlink terminal in the service of the Russian army, Avdveeka direction.
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Russell "Texas" Bentley came to Donetsk in 2014, served in VOSTOK Battalion, Khan Spetsnaz Battalion, and DPR MVD military police before becoming an accredited war correspondent and human aid volunteer.
For 8 years, he has been bringing the truth about the Donbass War to people in the West. He has been banned and deleted by Twitter, Live Leak, Paypal, Facebook, instagram and Youtube, but articles by and about him have appeared in Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, BBC, ABC, The Guardian, VICE News, The Greanville Post, Rense Radio, Sputnik, RT, and many other news outlets around the world.
Russell is a citizen of Russia, married and has a small house with a big garden, which he shares with his wife and two cats in the Petrovsky District of Donetsk. Currently, he can be found on Telegram (t.me/TXDPR) and on VK (https://vk.com/donbasstexac)
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Dear Mr Carlson,
You asked President Putin "how do you denazify a country?".
Allow me to explain in non-diplomatic terms: it involves turning these individuals into tombstones. Like my grandfather did.
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Julian Assange will be extradited on February 20-21 from prison in London to the United States, where he is likely to face life imprisonment or the death penalty, what can we do to save Julian???
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Hungarian president announces her resignation
Katalin Novak says she is stepping down in the wake of a scandal after her pardoning of a man involved in child sexual abuse case.
"I made a mistake," Novak said in a speech broadcast on national television. She added that Saturday was the last day that she was addressing the nation as a President.
All opposition parties in Hungary demanded Novak’s resignation.
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Ukrainian forces lost over 2,190 troops in Donetsk area in past week - Defense Ministry
Forces of Battlegroup South repelled 26 enemy attacks near settlements of Krasnoye, Leninskoye, Klescheyevka, Shumy and Pobeda.
According to the Ministry, the enemy lost over 2,190 troops, 2 tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, 38 automobile vehicles, 19 field artillery guns and a Grad MLRS launcher.
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President Putin: Does the U.S. have nothing better to do than to fight Russia in Ukraine?
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The 🇮🇪 Irishman in Russia 🇷🇺: Chay Bowes.
RT Correspondent Chay Bowes, (Twitter: @BowesChay ) discusses a range of topics, including the dire situation for Irish people, some dying as they wait for healthcare, as the country struggles to cope with immigration.
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Farmers bring Poland to standstill
Demonstrations have been staged across the country, demanding an end to the flow of cheap Ukrainian produce.
Traffic in cities and town across Poland was severely obstructed on Friday as farmers staged protests over what they consider to be unfair competition from cheap Ukrainian produce, as well as the EU’s green policies. Over the past few months, Polish agricultural workers have also repeatedly blocked the border with Ukraine.
Several highways leading to the capital, Warsaw, were congested as a result of the demonstration, local police reported.
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The Russian military hit the control post of the assault brigade of the AFU in DPR
Russian troops attacked the control post of the 3rd assault brigade of the AFU in the territory of the DPR, said the Ministry of Defense.
"The control point of the 3rd assault brigade of the AFU of Ukraine in the area of the village of Novogrodovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the warehouse of aviation weapons of destruction, as well as personnel and military equipment of the AFU of Ukraine in 119th districts, has been affected", says the report.
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NATO Joins White House in Rejecting Trump’s Remarks on Alliance
NATO’s top official joined the White House in slamming comments by Donald Trump that as president he told a member of the alliance he might encourage Russia to invade countries which hadn’t met defense-spending commitments.
Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, said at a campaign rally in South Carolina on Saturday that the decades-old military alliance had been “busted” until he came along and forced members to “pay up.”
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Moscow registers growing foreign interest in visiting Russia - diplomat
Alexey Klimov said that Russian diplomatic missions and consulates abroad issued 840,000 visas, a significant increase from 2022 when 510,000 visas were issued.
Russia is ready to "keep its doors open" to all foreigners who are friendly to the country, Klimov concluded.
It is actually incredible how easy it is for foreigners to come to Russia for any reason. In contrast, many Russians still have family members or close friends in Finland or the Baltic states and have to jump through hoops to be able to visit them, including filling degrading questionnaires.
For a free consultation with English speaking immigration lawyers, visit: bit.ly/MoveToRussia
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Pavlyuk was appointed commander of the Ground Forces of the AFU
Alexander Pavlyuk, who had previously held the post of First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, will command the Ground Forces of the AFU, follows from the decree published on the site Vladimir Zelensky.
By another decree, Zelensky removed the commander of the Joint Armed Forces of the AFU, Sergei Nayev, and appointed Yuri Sodol. In addition, Igor Plakhuta became the commander of the terrorist defense of the Ukrainian troops.
Zelensky continues to rid the AFU of the remaining military talent, appointing loyalists instead.
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French farmers angered by Ukrainian Embassy's call to stop the protests.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Amid rumors about the appearance of Starlink terminals for Elon Musk’s satellite Internet in the Russian army, the enemy publishes a drone shot where one can actually see such a terminal installed at the position of the Russian Armed Forces.
According to the American portal that published this image, Russia is currently using only “dozens of Starlink terminals across the entire front,” but if there are more of them, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have real problems.
Let us recall that it was previously stated that Russia was purchasing Starlink terminals through Dubai with already activated accounts.
Senator Mike Lee spoke for four hours to protest aid to Ukraine.
American Senator Mike Lee spoke nonstop for almost four hours from the podium of the upper house of Congress, protesting against the Ukraine aid bill and urging his colleagues to vote against it.
The Senate met for a rare meeting on Saturday to work out the allocation of $60 billion to Kiev in a bill from which, to increase the chances of approval, the question of measures to protect the southern American borders and combat illegal migration was excluded.
"Someone tell me when Ukraine was admitted as the 51st state. I must have missed that day," the Utah Republican said .
His performance lasted three hours and 56 minutes. It looked like a classic “filibuster”—a tactic for obstructing the legislative process.
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Not one publication covered this segment of the interview. Why not?
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Time to stop Ukraine ‘meat grinder’ - Musk
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken a swipe at US President Joe Biden, after the American leader criticized Congress for failing to approve more funding for Kiev. The billionaire said the conflict between Ukraine and Russia should already have ended.
The US has for months struggled to approve new funding for Kiev due to opposition among Republicans, who have demanded more money for security on America’s southern border. While Biden recently endorsed a $118 billion bill, $60 billion of which was earmarked for Ukraine, many GOP members have opposed it, saying it does not do enough to address the border crisis.
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It's coming to an end, Germany received an ominous prediction
There are more and more signs that Germany will soon lose the status of an industrial superpower, reports Bloomberg.
Moreover, the author of the article continues, along with external factors, internal turmoil in Germany, including a lack of investment in various industries and an aging labor force, only exacerbate the situation of Berlin. The oldest factories and enterprises in the country are closed, indicated in the article.
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Boris Johnson faces a wave of backlash from the British public in the comments of his own opinion piece in the Daily Mail.
People demand that he answers for his actions that prevented a peace deal with Russia in March 2022, resulting in the needless deaths of over 500k Ukrainians and quite possibly the eventual collapse of The Ukraine. All the while, encouraging Britain's children to enlist in the Army to fight Russia.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-13066311/BORIS-JOHNSON-Putin-Tucker-Carlson-interview-stooge-Hitler-charade.html
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❗️This is so wrong. Ukraine is mobilising mental patients with down syndrome into its army.
⚠️In this video Ukrainian soldiers abuse and bash a young Ukrainian man with down syndrome named Voha. 😥
🤮 Truly sick. 🇺🇦
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UK steps up war on whistleblower journalism with new National Security Act
Under a repressive new act, British nationals could face prison for undermining London’s national security line. Intended to destroy WikiLeaks and others exposing war crimes, the law is a direct threat to critical national security journalism.
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