Comments by "Gary VAQ" (@stlouisix1) on "Ukraine aid may slow Russian advance. MIC payday and no audit. Lord of the Rings u0026 Axis of Evil" video.

  1. Michael Maloof, a former senior security policy analyst at the Department of Defense, pointed out the very same thing. He expressed skepticism about the aid's ability to change the strategic military balance in the ongoing conflict with Russia. According to Maloof, much of the funds designated for Ukraine will end up with U.S. defense contractors to replenish American military stockpiles, thereby circulating money within the U.S. economy while making a big show of supporting Ukraine. He points out that under this arrangement, only older U.S. military equipment will be relocated to Ukraine and that will not enhance Ukraine's military capabilities at all. - TFIGlobal
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  2. An ammunition deficit is not the only problem facing Ukraine. Rob Lee, a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program, pointed out that manpower is another major challenge for Kiev. The issue of recruiting more troops to the front line “may be the key to how the war unfolds in 2025,” he assessed. In February, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu estimated Ukraine’s losses since the start of the conflict at more than 444,000 troops. Earlier this month, he said Kiev had lost more than 80,000 soldiers this year alone. - RT
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  3. MASSIVE RUSSIAN STRIKE DESTROYS Kharkov (East Ukraine) TV tower (footage of collapse above). Communications antenna for Ukrainian air defenses was installed on the 140m-tall tower before attack splits it in half, crashing digital television signals. - Intel Republic
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  4. The US will hurt its own economy, as well as the global financial system, if it follows through on its threat to expropriate frozen Russian assets and give them to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Washington has long advocated for seizing Russian funds held in Western jurisdictions. The money would then be handed over to Kiev for its war effort against Russia. A new push came on Saturday, after the US House approved a bill authorizing the confiscation of Russian money. If the White House follows through, it will set “a dangerous precedent,” Peskov said. ”This would be nothing short of a breakdown of all foundations of the [global] economic system,” he told journalists, reiterating Moscow’s position. “In no way could that be considered a lawful action.” The US will face retaliation by Russia as well as legal challenges, Peskov said, which “will cause serious damage to the economic interests of the US,” since “many nations and many investors would certainly think ten times before putting their money into the American economy or parking assets there.” - RT
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  5. Apr 22, 2024 Update on the conflict in Ukraine for April 22, 2024… - US passes $61 billion spending bill for Ukraine but lack sufficient weapons and ammunition to sustain Ukrainian forces on the battlefield; - Ukraine faces critical shortages of artillery shells and air defense interceptors that the US and Europe are unable to produce in sufficient quantities; - Western media admits Ukraine faces defeat; - The New Atlas
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  6. POLAND ASKS TO BE A U.S NUCLEAR SUBORDINATE - Poland's Prez Duda says he's in favor of Washington deploying its NATO nuclear weapons on Polish territories. I have already talked about this topic with American "partners" several times. I won’t hide that when I was asked, I reported our readiness for this - Duda reveals. Moscow warns West is skating on nuclear thin ice: The West is balancing on brink of a direct military clash between nuclear powers, which is fraught with catastrophic consequences - Russian FM Lavrov. - Intel Republic
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  7. NATO & UKRAINE Are SHOCKED By Russia's New Effective Tactics Near BELOGOROVKA┃RF Entered OCHERETINO After the village of Semenovka completely came under the control of the Russian army, the Russian high military command decided not to give the enemy a break. In particular, the Russian Army began to rapidly develop its success on the 'Semenovka-Berdychi-Novobakhmutovka-Ocheretino' line. Constant pressure from the Russian troops led to the fact that the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could not stand it and the Ukrainian army began to surrender its positions also in other settlements of the Avdiivka direction of the front. - BORZZIKMAN
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  8. ISRAEL PETRIFIED BY POTENTIAL U.S. SANCTIONS: Secretary of State Blinken expected to announce sanctions in coming days against his best bud Israel - specifically on 1 IDF battalion for human rights violations. Netzah Yehuda battalion’s made up of ultra-orthodox soldiers, known as destination for young radical settlers who weren't accepted into any other IDF unit, and it's been on radar of U.S. investigators since late 2022 when they tied up elderly Palestinian man and left him to die out in cold. But PM Netanyahu’s furious, claiming any sanctions against his troops "height of absurdity and moral low". Maybe real "moral low" here is all crimes committed against Palestinians by ruthless IDF as a whole. - Intel Republic
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  9. The US-led collective West could cause a potentially catastrophic war between global nuclear powers due to its openly hostile stance toward Russia and efforts to undermine existing arms control agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. Addressing the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference organized by the Centre for Energy and Security Studies, Lavrov noted that the globe is in a state of crisis with regard to mechanisms for arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation and that this jeopardizes international security. He placed the blame for this on Washington, which, according to the diplomat, has been “cynically combining the deliberate destruction of balanced and equal [arms control] agreements” with “blatantly dishonest schemes” that are advantageous solely to the US. - RT
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  10. The EU stopped short of imposing bloc-wide restrictions on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church after Hungary blocked the move, calling it a “hostage policy” and citing religious freedom. Kirill has repeatedly spoken in support of the Russian army, saying Russian soldiers in Ukraine are fighting “for our national values.” He argued that foreign powers target Russia because it is a “country of believers,” with the majority of people being devout Christians, as opposed to the West where people “are losing faith.” Vladimir Legoyda, the head of the church’s press service, called the travel bans “counterproductive.” He stated that “no sanctions can force the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to change or abandon his opinion.” - RT
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