■ Combat engagements down between days but most casualties reported this month
■ Equipment losses stay slightly below average; five missiles intercepted
■ Greatly improved artillery strike ratio, air strike ratio stays good
■ Most 🇺🇦 artillery strikes since the middle of the month
■ Combat engagements stay at a high level; casualties well above 7-day average
■ Equipment losses slightly below average; special equipment targeted
■ Airstrike ratio stays good, two 🇺🇦 artillery strikes reported
■ KIU: +25 officers; 4 000 officer deaths now confirmed
■ Intense 🇷🇺 attacks; first 1k casualties in more than a month
■ Equipment losses above average as well; double-digit tank losses
■ Elevated 🇷🇺 strikes, decent number of 🇺🇦 airstrikes but only one artillery strike reported
■ Oryx: 48 🇷🇺 15 🇺🇦 net addition to records; 30-day average at 2.7x
High on the agenda during Antony Blinken's diplomatic tour of #China will be #Beijing's so called "dual-use" exports to #Russia, which may be helping #Moscow reinforce its military. Tom Canetti reports.
■ Combat engagements & casualties rise above 7-day average
■ Equipment losses above average as well; significant artillery losses
■ Increased 🇺🇦 strikes; best strike ratios in a while
When you elect magats to congress, whether or not they decide to do anything at all depends on whether or not they think it will further their plans for dominion and armageddon. Literally. Johnson only capitulated on Ukraine because he thinks it will lead to more people converting to his cult and pushing his cult's unpopular policies.
Not because the safety of the free world depends on it. Right wing christians couldn't care less about that.
These whackadoodles have no business being in Congress or any government position. They're insane. They are letting bronze age fairy tales decide 21st century issues. It's deranged.
An army of Jesus”: Inside Mike Johnson’s come-to-Jesus moment ahead of Ukraine reversal - Johnson met evangelical leader of Ukraine’s National Prayer Breakfast before last week's press conference
By Jonathan Larsen, Published April 22, 2024
■ Combat engagements & casualties stay below 7-day average
■ Increased equipment losses but still below average
■ 🇺🇦 airforce active but artillery strikes remain few
■ Improved strike ratios despite an increase in 🇷🇺 strikes
■ Combat engagements & casualties drop below 7-day average
■ Modest equipment losses but notable special equipment losses
■ Strikes on both sides below 7-day average, improved air strike ratio
Aid bill for Ukraine finally passes, with the all-important 155mm cannon shells & long-range weapons & continuation plan. Because this will take a while.
Finally, we can expect Ukraine to be able to hit Russia on an equal footing, not outgunned 5-to-1 and banned from hitting the actual supplies far outside Ukrainian borders.
That’s going to change a lot of things.
Slava Ukraïni!
Sen. Mark Warner, chair of Senate Intelligence Committee: US weapons could be in transit to #Ukraine “by end of week” if Senate passes $60,8bn aid bill on Thursday and #Biden signs it on Friday.
■ Combat engagements stay at a high level with casualties well above 7-day average
■ Massive equipment losses with notable air defence, special equipment & tank losses
■ Improved strike ratios; 6 🇺🇦 artillery strikes reported
■ Oryx: Corrections & removal of duplicates brings 30-day ratio down to 2.6x
■ US Senate expected to pass aid bill on Tuesday after passing the House
Russian proxy governor Mikhail Razvozhayev acknowledges strike, but insists missile was “repelled” and “fragments caused a small fire, which was quickly extinguished"
"We are witnessing a historic process -- Russians are leaving for the first time in two centuries," independent Azerbaijani analyst Elhan Shahinoglu told AFP.
Ultimately, the #UkraineWar has presented #China with a stark choice: double down on propping up a diminished Russian state or pursue a new reality by engaging seriously in peace talks to end the war.
The protracted war has strengthened potential rivals, exposed China to novel #sanction threats, disrupted its #economy, and drained its principal partner of resources and #MilitaryCapability.