Comments by "Franceyne Ireland" (@franceyneireland1633) on "Jake Broe"
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Instead of covering the negative of Ukrainian men of fighting age not returning to Ukraine. Is to cover the amazing men of an all volunteer unit of "over 60 year olds" Ukrainians, which also includes younger men who have been ruled unfit to fight that are fighting the Orcs, they are not part of the Ukrainian military therefore do not receive a salary. These seniors are incredibly fit. This has been covered with interviews and videos on various media outlets.
Taran's all-volunteer unit, the Steppe Wolves,which is comprised of dozens of Ukrainian men mostly over 60 years old, who are considered too old to be drafted but still want to fight.
Roving behind the front line with truck-mounted rocket launchers, they take orders from field commanders and work with other troops, contributing to the war effort despite lacking official support from the military.
The unit is funded by donations and stocked with faulty rounds they repair themselves as well as weapons captured from the enemy. Both are delivered to them by front-line troops.
In their base in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, they were preparing 122mm Grad rocket rounds that were later fired by troops from another unit.
Taran, the commander, whose call sign is "Grandpa", said his unit has been attempting to officially join Ukraine's armed forces to directly receive ammunition - and salaries - but has been unsuccessful.
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Canada has a small population therefore doesn't have a large military force. During WW2 Canada has the world's 4th largest air force and 3rd largest navy. Canada stopped producing major military weapons in 1959 when Diefenbaker was Prime Minister, as he was pressured by the US, as the US wanted to have the bulk of military spending and responsibility and manufacturing. Resulting in the cancellation of the Avro Arrow and cutting Canada's military from 5 or 6% of the GDP to 2% over six years. By the 1970's it was down to near 1% of the GDP by both the Liberals and Conservatives. Despite not manufacturing large military weapons, personally I believe Canada has been pulling up it's boots in supporting Ukraine. The Canadian public has to acknowledge that there are aggressive countries in the world today and a good defence is a good deterrence, whether Canada is a Peace keeper country or not. Russia under Putin had made previous claims to the North Pole. Then in April 2021 Putin formally enlarged its claim to the seabed in the Arctic Ocean all the way to Canada's and Greenland's (Denmark's) exclusive zones. A situation where Putin is claiming Canadian and Danish continental shelf as the Russian continental shelf.
Canada started training Ukrainian military in 2015 in Ukraine under Operation UNIFIER with the UK and the USA, which was temporarily suspended when Russia invaded in 2022 then restarted in another European country. Plus Operation UNIFIER UK, Operation UNIFIER -Poland, Operation UNIFIER Lativa, Canada is also taking part in the training of F16 pilots.
Canada donated 12 AMRAAMs, 43 AIM-9 missiles, 250 AIM-7 missiles, 8 Leopard 2 main battle tanks (A4 variants), including spare parts, ammunition and training; 208 armored vehciles (Senator), 39 armoured combat support vehicles (ACSVs), 1 Armoured recovery vehicle, 4M777 Howitzers with 10 replacement barrels and 40,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition for the M777; 1,800 rounds of 105mm tank training ammunition which will support the donation of Leopard 1 tanks announced by Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands; 76 specialized drone cameras including in-service support and repair, 100 anti-armour weapons systems – Carl Gustaf M2 recoilless rifles, as well as related accessories and scopes. This also includes more than 3000 rounds of 84mm ammunition; 84mm Carl Gustaf (Carl G) anti-armour system; 4200, M72A5-C1 rocket launchers that are High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) Self Contained Weapons; over 7000 C13 hand grenades. In 2022 500,000 armed forces winter clothing includes winter boots, parkas, thermal layers, gloves, socks and headwear; generators, energy storage devices, sleeping bags and thermal blankets plus an additional 100,000 pieces of winter clothing. For this winter to be delivered $25 million worth of winter clothing plus uniforms for 2000 female Armed Forces. Plus $22M to give Ukraine one year of access to high-resolution, modern, satellite imagery from commercial satellite imagery providers. In 2022 Canada has donated more than $10 million in small arms and ammunition, and other munitions om 2023 an additional $59 million and 40 sniper systems (.50 cal) with ammunition last month Canada will provide Ukraine with a large package of NATO-standard small arms ammunition. In 2022 more than 10,800 pieces of personal protective equipment such as ballistic helmets, night vision wear, gas masks and body armour, totaling more than $15 million. This also includes medical supplies and nuclear protective equipment and more than 640,000 individual meal packs
Jan 2023 Canada purchased a 406 million NASAMS system from the US for Ukraine April 2023 A $34.6 million contribution to the NATO Ukraine Comprehensive Assistance Package Trust Fund (CAP) which provide 3.3 million litres of fuel supplies, Improved Ribbon Bridge project (modular floatation bridge assets, and medical first aid kits project. July 13 2023 48.8 millions to the CAP Trust Fund for Ukraine. June 2023 10,000 rounds of 105mm ammunition; 30 million to the Leopard 2 tank maintenance centre in Poland. Sept 2023 $33 million to the UK-led partnership delivering high priority air defence. Oct 2023 various types of 76mm naval ammunition, 227 1,000-pound aircraft bombs and associated fuse assemblies; smoke ammunition, including 955 rounds of 155mm artillery smoke and over 2,000 rounds of 81mm mortar smoke and 2,260 gas masks.
All this can be found online at the Government of Canada National Defence
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Chrystia Freeland, although born in Canada, her mother was born in Ukraine. While she was attending University of Kyiv, she worked with journalist Bill Keller of the New York Times to uncover the truth of the Bykivnia graves, an unmarked mass grave site, where the Soviet secret Police disposed of tens of thousands of dissidents. The official Soviet story is held that the graves were the result of Nazi atrocities. She translated the stories of locals who had witnessed covered trucks and "puddles of blood in the road" that predated the Nazi invasion, adding evidence that the site was actually the result of Stalinist repression. She attracted the attention of the KGB which tagged her with the code name "Frida", and Soviet newspapers, who attacked her as a foreigner meddling in their internal affairs over her contacts with Ukrainian activists. The KGB surveilled Freeland and tapped her phone calls, and documented the young Canadian activist delivering money, video and audio recording equipment, and a personal computer to contacts in Ukraine. She used a diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Moscow to send material abroad in a secret diplomatic pouch, worked with foreign journalists on stories about life in the Soviet Union, and organised marches and rallies to attract attention and support from western countries. On her return from a trip to London in March 1989, Freeland was denied re-entry to the USSR. By the time her activism within Ukraine came to an end, Freeland had become the subject of a high-level case study from the KGB on how much damage a single determined individual could inflict on the Soviet Union.
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Regarding the Soviet invasion of Poland: Where the Nazis imprisoned Jews in the west of Poland, the Soviets killed 10 to 15 percent of the Poles in the East ( entire families and the most educated, who, when alive, acted as guarantors of culture, of national and state traditions, of knowledge and of faith). Stalin wanted to destroy eastern Poland and absorb it into the Soviet Union, so he confiscated land, property and businesses, and deported over 1.5 million Poles to slave labour camps in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Arctic Circle. Many died because of appalling conditions during the journeys and at the camps. Between 1937 and 1938, nearly 140,000 were persecuted, with 111,000 suffering immediate death.
Although Stalin had promised ‘free and unfettered’ elections in Poland, when Stalin released Poland's army to fight under Britain against Germany, the Soviet domination of the Poland was complete by 1947. Poles who had fought with the western Allies or in the Polish resistance were condemned as ‘fascists’, and many were imprisoned or shot. There also was over two hundred concentration camps for Polish civilians in Poland by the Soviets. The Soviets also used existing camps, which had been in use under the Nazi occupation.
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