Russian invasion of Ukraine

[roubaixtuesday]

Much to be proud of as a united country on Ukraine - how we're viewed from outside and the influence we're having in others.

Successive British prime ministers — there have been three since the war started, all from the Conservative Party — have been of one mind on helping Kyiv claw back territory. The U.K.’s support for Ukraine is unusual for the fact that it transcends party lines in Britain, with the opposition Labour Party being as hawkish if not more so than the ruling Tories. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace is widely admired for his wartime stewardship of security assistance. In an interview for Yahoo News in May, Wallace’s Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov said that the U.K. is the one country whose electoral outcome causes him little angst, as the “opposition is as strong as the current government in terms of supporting us.”

How the U.K. helped convince the U.S. and its allies to spend big to help Ukraine in its war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has quietly acknowledged to foreign officials that the United Kingdom has played a crucial role in convincing allies like the United States to dramatically increase military aid ahead of a summertime counteroffensive against Russia.

news.yahoo.com

 

[SPIDERBOY]

let me translate this for you: orcs are fucked

I did post Bakhmut!!!!!!
Now i will post Nova Kakhovka!!!!!!

Slava Ukraini.

 

[ultimateharold]

I wonder if we'll see any evidence of the 8 leopards they claim to have taken out today......

 

[Blue.Roys.Son]

I wonder if we'll see any evidence of the 8 leopards they claim to have taken out today......

I may be being a little selfish and childish, but I really want to see footage of our Challangers in use and smashing through the Russians!

 

[Semper aggressus]

Could be F16's as the US has plenty here.

No F-16s are based in the UK. I think the training here will be on western flying procedures and fast jets, so probably Hawks. I’m guessing they’ll then move onto training on F-16s in either the US or Denmark.

 

[ultimateharold]

Was that building there yesterday comrade?

 

[SPIDERBOY]

This young lady is a Ukrainian gymnast...today was her birthday.
She has not seen her father for months,due to him defending their country...birthday girl performed today......guess what :))
Just beautiful.

Slava Ukraini.

 

[cleavers]

No F-16s are based in the UK.

Well they fly here daily during the week, out of Mildenhall I assume. Whether they are actually based there or not I don't know, but they certainly take off and land there 5 days a week, so if the Americans are going to train them, it makes sense to do it here, not far from their own country.

Training is restricted to quite small areas (for even our own aircraft) and much of it is over the North Sea, and certain ranges often on the coast.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Mark Sumner Update:

Ukraine Update: 'We are moving to offensive actions'

On Monday, the Ukrainian deputy minister of defense gave a statement translated here by Tim Mak : "A defensive operation includes everything, including counteroffensive actions. Therefore, in some ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Much to be proud of as a united country on Ukraine - how we're viewed from outside and the influence we're having in others.

Successive British prime ministers — there have been three since the war started, all from the Conservative Party — have been of one mind on helping Kyiv claw back territory. The U.K.’s support for Ukraine is unusual for the fact that it transcends party lines in Britain, with the opposition Labour Party being as hawkish if not more so than the ruling Tories. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace is widely admired for his wartime stewardship of security assistance. In an interview for Yahoo News in May, Wallace’s Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov said that the U.K. is the one country whose electoral outcome causes him little angst, as the “opposition is as strong as the current government in terms of supporting us.”

How the U.K. helped convince the U.S. and its allies to spend big to help Ukraine in its war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has quietly acknowledged to foreign officials that the United Kingdom has played a crucial role in convincing allies like the United States to dramatically increase military aid ahead of a summertime counteroffensive against Russia.

news.yahoo.com

Good read but the comments under the article lol.