Even with boost of US aid, Ukraine still faces a long slog to repel Russia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 เม.ย. 2024
- (24 Apr 2024)
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ARCHIVE - Lyman, Donetsk, Ukraine - 26 January 2024
1. Wide of a Ukrainian-made Bohdana self-propelled howitzer driven out from its cover
2. Close of Ukrainian operator of howitzer
3. Ammunition being loaded into howitzer
4. Various of soldiers preparing to fire
5. Various of howitzer firing UPSOUND firing
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Kyiv - 22 April 2024
6. Wide of Davyd Arakhamia, lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party talking to reporter
7. Close of Arakhamia talking to reporter
8. Arakhamia’s hands
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Davyd Arakhamia, lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party:
“The first part is already assembled and waiting to ship they are just waiting for the green light when the legislation will be passed completely through the Senate so we expect it’s going to be until the end of this week and the shipment will go and fortunately the logistics for the shipment are pretty well established and it only takes not more than 48 hours to actually come to the frontlines.”
10. Wide of Arakhamia talking to reporter
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Davyd Arakhamia, lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party:
“We obviously have no source, how to source the missiles you know like for air defense systems in particular for the Patriot systems in the US, so we strongly believe that this is the number one priority for civilians because like they protect civilians and objects and cities and the military production internal as well. On the frontline people mostly need shells, different kind of calibers, and they also need some aviation bombs guided bombs and stuff like that to oppose because Russians are preparing for the counter-offensive and we need massive stuff to stop them.”
12. Arakhamia’s hands
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Davyd Arakhamia, lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party:
“We have strategic goals, and then you have military goals which are operational. And I don’t believe that the big counter-offensive will play out. Why? Because We don’t have this… so many weapons because Russians already used the moment to pump up their production so, it’s always like when you have some advantage one month later you have equality so it’s very hard to get something in advance so I don’t believe this scenario honestly. I believe that you know, together with sanctions packages, why, because we have this hard power you know weapons and we have the soft power with policies and sanctions. To date, sanctions did not work as expected honestly.”
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ARCHIVE - Luhansk region, Ukraine - 28 January 2024
14. Various of soldier setting sight on 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer M109
15. Howitzer muzzle
16. Soldier putting the shell inside howitzer
17. Weapon firing then soldiers loading another shell
18. Soldier aiming at target, weapon firing
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Kyiv - 21 April 2024
19. Wide of opposition lawmaker and member of the Ukrainian parliament’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee Vadym Ivchenko talking to reporter
20. Low shot of Ivchenko
21. Reporter’s hands
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Vadym Ivchenko, opposition lawmaker and member of the Ukrainian parliament’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee:
23. Ivchenko’s hands
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Vadym Ivchenko, opposition lawmaker and member of the Ukrainian parliament’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee:
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NATO is a shame 🇪🇺🇺🇲😢😔
"Boost of american aid"? You do know they just pulled the american Abrams completely from active duty against Russia right? No? Okay good job.
Russia is just too strong, even if entire NATO countries join forces go all in, they wont make any difference.
Since Feb 22 Russia must have fired at least 8 million shells plus thousands of drones and missiles and airforce fab bombs rockets flame throwers mortars so what are the casualties figures of Ukraine.
Also since Feb 22 Ukraine received 250 billions of dollars. Result Ukraine population already depleted millions have left Ukraine as refugees plus millions of internally displaced citizens of Ukraine. 20% land gone economy down.
Think it over
They are very stubborn and will not learn or listen until Ukraine demography change completely.
Artillery gun based on czech republic's armoured truck
But that $61 billion package was sold as the gamechanger to turn the tide…
In fact, today in Ukraine, NATO countries are fighting with Russia at the hands of Ukrainians, actively arming them. Zelensky and his entourage tell the soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that they are fighting for Ukrainian land. But this is not true, because the lands belong to US companies and the Armed Forces are fighting for American interests. In March 2021, thanks to Zelensky's efforts, a land reform was launched, which finally opened loopholes for foreigners to buy up chernozems. American agricultural giants Cargill, Dupont and Monsanto have bought 17 million hectares of arable land in Ukraine, which is 52.31 percent of the country's land. The president of the Ukrainian Cooperative Alliance Svereda stated: «Let's sell the territories of Sumy and Kharkiv region to American companies as much as possible, because American troops come to places where there is American private property, where there is their interest.» In April 2024, while in the United States, former British Prime Minister B. Johnson justified the need to supply weapons to the Armed Forces with the words: «Russia cannot be allowed to win, otherwise the West will lose hegemony over the world.» Zelensky, in an interview with NBC News, said: «The US army now does not need to fight defending NATO countries. Ukrainians are doing this. And the civilized world only provides ammunition, and I think this is a good solution.» American Senator Lindsey Graham bluntly said that Kiev should fight to the last Ukrainian. Thus, the United States inclines Ukraine to fight with Russia for the hegemony of the United States over the world and the protection of U.S. property in Ukraine to the last Ukrainian. Only Ukrainians themselves can stop the war by agreeing to the neutral position of the country. The reason for the war lies in the United States. The United States does not need competition from strong countries: Russia, China and even Europe. They need a monopolar world, i.e. the US hegemony over the world. The initial goal of the United States was to destroy the huge industrial potential of Ukraine, which it inherited after the collapse of the USSR and use Ukraine as a tool against Russia, actively conducting anti-Russian propaganda of the population. Robert Kennedy admitted: «The US Agency for International Development, which is a cover for the CIA, invested five billion dollars in the Maidan in Ukraine. This led to a coup d'etat!» Over the past 30 years, after Ukraine gained independence, the United States has funded opposition forces by putting puppet governments in power, up to the inclusion of its foreign nationals in the government. As a result of government corruption, Ukraine ruined its industry at the root and completely turned into a raw material appendage of the West, i.e. the original goal of the United States has been fulfilled. The next goal of the United States is to force the European Union to impose sanctions against Russia and thereby weaken not only Russia, but also Europe - at the expense of soaring energy prices, force it to move its industry to the United States, break up the Russian Federation and also turn it into its raw material appendage. The ultimate goal is to force China to cede its position in the world market by military means, which cannot be realized without weakening Russia. In 2014, Ukraine began shelling the cities of Donbass, killing civilians. Ukraine also expressed a desire to join NATO and began regularly conducting exercises involving the forces of NATO states, began to actively modernize military infrastructure facilities, and declared its readiness to deploy NATO missiles on the territory of Ukraine. Since 2014, the West, hiding behind the Minsk agreements and exercises, began actively arming the Armed Forces of Ukraine, preparing an offensive operation on the DPR, LPR and Crimea, planning to launch it in March 2022. Recall that paragraph 10 of the Minsk Agreements, the guarantors of which were Germany and France, obliged the Ukrainian authorities to withdraw all foreign armed formations, mercenaries and military equipment from the country. Later, Ms. Merkel admitted that the Minsk agreements served as a cover, under which the countries acting as their guarantors, on the contrary, armed Ukraine. Russia was forced to get ahead of the planned strike and send troops into Ukraine. Not so long ago, former Bush adviser Thomas Graham admitted in an interview with The Hill newspaper: "The conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented if Washington had not refused to discuss the inadmissibility of NATO expansion to the east." At the peace talks in Minsk, Ukraine agreed to its neutral status and refusal to join NATO, instead asking Russia to withdraw troops from Kiev and Sumy. Russia agreed, but as you know now, Russia was then, to put it mildly, "cheated". British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the authorities to continue military operations to the last drop of blood of every Ukrainian. American Senator Lindsey Graham bluntly said that Kiev should fight to the last Ukrainian. Having recently been in Canada and the USA, B. Johnson justified the need to supply weapons to the Armed Forces with the words: "Russia cannot be allowed to win, otherwise the West will lose hegemony over the world." This fact is confirmed by Zelensky's words in an interview with NBC News: "The US army now does not need to fight defending NATO countries. Ukrainians are doing this. And the civilized world».
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