The #UnitedStates is preparing a $275M #military#aid package for #Ukraine, which will include 155mm artillery shells, precision aerial munitions & ground vehicles….
The weapons aid, which could be announced as soon as Fri, will utilize Presidential Drawdown Authority, which authorizes the president to transfer articles & services from US stocks w/o specific congressional approval during an emergency.
As a part of the $95B aid bills, #Congress authorized $60.8B worth of various forms of #aid to #Ukraine, including $8B worth of presidential drawdown authority items.
While the package mainly includes munitions, it also includes vehicles that are designed to recover disabled tanks & other heavy equipment from the battlefield, a sign that the #UnitedStates expects attacks & equipment losses to continue.
Putin authorized the use of U.S. property in Russia to compensate for the seizure of Russian property in the United States.
One of Putin's strategies of keeping Western businesses in Russia is making their exit extremely costly and tiresome. This seems to be one more step in that direction. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin
It is likely that Gerasimov will not hold his position for long. And the scheme of his removal will be identical to that of Shoigu.
First, criminal cases against his deputies (which is already happening) and his inner circle and then "honorable retirement".
The US has flown four B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers to the UK, which began a planned bomber task force deployment to the US European Command's area of responsibility this week.
"The most dangerous threat faced by Putin is the military rising up against him. If done correctly, he has no chance. Based on Putin’s total disregard for human life of his soldiers, there’s a logic to that happening. Looks like Putin’s trying to preempt that. When one top defense official in RU is arrested, that’s interesting. When 4 senior defense figures are arrested in >month -more than a pattern...begins to look like a purge. Latest arrest #5..."
-S Rosenberg, BBC