Germany has committed to purchasing three HIMARS rocket launchers from the USA with the intention to transfer them to Ukraine, as announced by German Defense Minister Pistorius.
"Sending foreign troops to Ukraine will show Putin that it is not up to him to decide how the West will help,"
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis
“Our troops trained Ukrainians in Ukraine before the war, and we have been doing this for many years. So a return to this tradition may be quite feasible. This could be the first step in President Macron's initiative,” the Lithuanian minister said. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#EU#NATO
"Russia rejects the claims of any state or alliance to exclusivity. We will not allow anyone to threaten us. Our strategic forces are always in combat readiness."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk admitted that NATO soldiers are present in Ukraine.
"NATO is helping as much as possible today. Without NATO's help, Ukraine would not have been able to defend itself for so long. Well, there are few troops there, that is, soldiers. There are few soldiers there. Observers, engineers," Tusk said.
@fkamiah17 oh - there’s a direct Putin link to the Balkan’s. I was posted to Belgrade just after we’d bombed it on totally spurious grounds - remember Jamie O’Shea telling outright lies on BBC news night after night as #NATO spokesman? The Russians had a proper wtf moment there and did not forget it. We ignored them and their long history with Serbia to pursue our dishonest bombing campaign. Noam Chomsky’s The New Military Humanism sets it out clearly. That was the moment.
"Russia to Advance Deep Into Ukraine if Chasiv Yar Falls, Governor Warns
The strategic importance of Chasiv Yar lies in its commanding vantage point atop a hill, which puts a larger area at risk of Russian artillery bombardment."