Zelensky: ‘We are trying to find some way not to retreat’dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 22 mars 2024 20:39 Jaså, är det så? Men nu är det ju det, va, att jag har hört att Newsweek inte är någon trovärdig källa:
Zelenskyj bekräftar kravet på vapen för att sluta attackera rysk infrastruktur. Antalet bekräftade ryska förluster utgör 15 090 enheter, varav 2 873 stridsvagnar.Washington Post skrev:President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a stark message to Congress in an interview on Thursday as Russian missiles were pounding southern Ukraine: Give us the weapons to stop the Russian attacks, or Ukraine will escalate its counterattacks on Russia’s airfields, energy facilities and other strategic targets.
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As Russian drones, missiles and precision bombs break through Ukrainian defenses to attack energy facilities and other essential infrastructure, Zelensky feels he has no choice but to punch back across the border — in the hope of establishing deterrence. An example is Ukraine’s drone strikes against Russian refineries over the past month. I asked Zelensky if U.S. officials had warned against such attacks on energy facilities inside Russia, as has been rumored in Washington.
“The reaction of the U.S. was not positive on this,” he confirmed, but Washington couldn’t limit Ukraine’s deployment of its own home-built weapons. “We used our drones. Nobody can say to us you can’t.”
U.S. signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel
Däremot fortsätter Biden-administrationen att skicka vapen till Israel, trots att en majoritet av USA:s invånare numera är emot dessa vapenleveranser. Hyckleri?Washington Post skrev:The new arms packages include more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, according to Pentagon and State Department officials familiar with the matter. The 2,000 pound bombs have been linked to previous mass-casualty events throughout Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. These officials, like some others, spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because recent authorizations have not been disclosed publicly.
The development underscores that while rifts have emerged between the United States and Israel over the war’s conduct, the Biden administration views weapons transfers as off-limits when considering how to influence the actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We have continued to support Israel’s right to defend itself,” said a White House official. “Conditioning aid has not been our policy.”
Taiwan’s Top Diplomat Says U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is Critical for Deterring China
Warren Buffett har sagt att det tar 20 år att bygga ett rykte och fem minuter att förstöra det. Försöker USA bevisa det?The New York Times skrev:“When people ask us whether it is OK for the United States to abandon Ukraine, the answer is no, because the world is operating not in a black-and-white way, or if you only look at one theater at a time,” he said. “The world is interconnected.”
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If the United States abandons Ukraine, Mr. Wu said, China will “take it as a hint” that if it can keep up sustained action against Taiwan, “the United States is going to back off, the United States and its allies are going to back off.” The thinking among Chinese officials would be this, he said: “OK, since Russia could do that, we can do that as well.”
“So the U.S. determination in providing support to those countries suffering from authoritarian aggression, it is very important,” Mr. Wu said.