rvps2001

rvps2001, 1 month ago to iran

🇮🇷🇷🇺 The Russian army has reportedly acquired imported 203-millimeter caliber shells, likely from #Iran, which were originally intended for use with American-made M110 self-propelled artillery units.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/20/russians-may-have-received-203-mm-shells-from-iran/

#russia

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Bulgaria

🇺🇦 #NATO countries have agreed to give #Ukraine more air defences after desperate pleas from Kyiv for advanced systems to shoot down Russian attacks, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday.

https://www.barrons.com/news/nato-countries-agree-to-give-ukraine-more-air-defences-stoltenberg-0688bf70

#russia #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

#update

🇸🇰🇺🇦 Slovaks angered by their government's refusal to give military aid to #Ukraine's fight against Russian invasion have raised nearly 2 million euros and counting this week, in a drive to help supply ammunition to Kyiv.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovak-crowdfunders-raise-nearly-2-million-euros-ukraine-ammunition-drive-2024-04-19/

#Slovakia

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Russia

🇷🇺 #Russia has ramped up military production by replenishing stocks of standard weapons and ammunition and probably can sustain its onslaught in #Ukraine for at least the next two years, analysts say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/19/russia-weapons-production-ukraine-war/

Archive: https://archive.is/DRZwg

#russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Slovakia

🇸🇰🇺🇦 A crowdfunding campaign in #Slovakia to buy artillery shells for #Ukraine has exceeded its target of €1m, less than 48 hours after it was launched.

The campaign is a response to the Slovak cabinet's refusal to join an initiative by the Czech government to buy up hundreds of thousands of shells for the Ukrainian armed forces.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68843542

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

🇺🇸🇺🇦 CIA Director Bill Burns on Thursday warned that unless US sends more military support, #Ukraine could “lose” the war against #Russia by the end of the year.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/18/politics/cia-director-ukraine-russia-warning/index.html

#usa #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Denmark

🇩🇰🇺🇦 #Denmark has become the first country to buy weapons and equipment for #Ukraine's Armed Forces from a domestic manufacturer as part of a military aid package, Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin announced on April 18.

https://kyivindependent.com/denmark-first-to-buy-weapons-for-ukraine-from-ukrainian-manufacturer-in-deal-worth-28-5-million/

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Thursday Briefing:

• Ukrainian military attacked Russian airfield in occupied Crimea
• Belgium, Czechia seek sanctions for Russian interference in EU elections
• Johnson sets date on Ukraine aid vote, unveils its content
• Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the US
• FBI questioned far-right German lawmaker over suspected Russian funding
• Germany launches urgent appeal to bolster Ukraine's air defences

1/2🧵

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Russia

🇷🇺 A fire has occurred at the Avangard factory in #Moscow. The factory is part of the Joint Stock Company Concern of Air and Space Defense Almaz-Antey, the Telegram channel Astra reports.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-s-only-s-300-ammunition-factory-caught-1713294641.html

#russia

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Russia

🇷🇺 Authorities in the southern Russian city of Orenburg announced that rehearsals for the annual Victory Day parade had started on Tuesday despite unprecedented floods submerging thousands of homes and forcing scores of residents to evacuate.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/04/16/russias-orenburg-holds-wwii-victory-parade-rehearsals-amid-flood-crisis-a84858

#russia

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Russia

🇷🇺 Terrorists shot people in Moscow with the newest Russian Army assault rifles. How it became possible and what happens to the black market of firearms during the war in Ukraine - IStories

https://istories.media/en/stories/2024/04/16/russian-weapons-spread-on-the-black-market/

#russia

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

CTP:

🇺🇲🇺🇦 'The current US debate about providing additional military assistance to #Ukraine is based in part on the assumption that the war will remain stalemated regardless of US actions. That assumption is false.'

https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/americas-stark-choice-in-ukraine-and-the-cost-of-letting-russia-win

#usa #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 1 month ago to France

🇨🇵 #France is "being overwhelmed with propaganda and disinformation" ahead of the EU election, French minister for European affairs Jean-Noël Barrot warned Tuesday.

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-overwhelmed-with-propaganda-european-affairs-minister-says/

#russia

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Russia

🇷🇺🇮🇷 #Russia is considering providing #Iran with modern fighter jets and air defense equipment to protect it from Israeli and US attacks. Military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran has reached a new level, reports The Washington Post.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/moscow-may-transfer-fighter-jets-and-air-1713261266.html

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Foreign Affairs:

'The Talks That Could Have Ended the War in #Ukraine

A Hidden History of Diplomacy That Came Up Short—but Holds Lessons for Future Negotiations'

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/talks-could-have-ended-war-ukraine

#russia #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces destroyed the Trypillia Thermal Power Plant in Kyiv Oblast because #Ukraine had run out of missiles to defend it during an attack, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with PBS NewsHour published on April 16.

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-destroys-key-kyiv-oblast-power-plant-since-ukraine-ran-out-of-missiles-for-its-defense-zelensky-says/

#russia

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

🇺🇦 'If the United States and its allies can rush to Israel's defense in the skies, shooting down dozens of drones and missiles fired by Iran, why can't they do the same for #Ukraine — which has suffered under Russia's missile attacks for more than two years?'

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-backers-israel-double-standard-united-states-iran-attack-united-kingdom-france-russia/

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

🇳🇱🇺🇦 The Netherlands has allocated 4.4 billion euros to support #Ukraine until 2026, the Dutch government announced on April 15 in its spring memorandum, a preview of state budget plans for the upcoming year.

https://kyivindependent.com/netherlands-allocates-4-4-billion-euros-to-support-ukraine-until-2026/

rvps2001, 1 month ago to Ukraine

🇨🇵🇺🇦 Over half of young French citizens would fight in #Ukraine to defend France, according to a poll cited by Le Parisien.

The question was: “If the protection of #France required the country to engage in the war in Ukraine, would you be ready to defend your country?”

Of the respondents, 51% said yes, including 17% absolutely agreeing and 34% answering “maybe yes.”

https://kyivindependent.com/half-of-french-youth-willing-to-fight-in-ukraine-to-defend-france/

rvps2001, 2 months ago to Ukraine

🇺🇦 ISW continues to assess that the US will not need to send large security assistance packages to #Ukraine indefinitely if Ukraine can sufficiently expand its defensive industrial capacity, but the West’s provision of air defense systems and missiles to Ukraine is crucial for Ukraine’s ability to defend its energy infrastructure and its developing defense industry against Russian strikes.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-12-2024

#usa #russia #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 2 months ago to Ukraine

ISW Special Report:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The exhaustion of US-provided air defenses resulting from delays in the resumption of US military aid to #Ukraine combined with improvements in Russian strike tactics have led to the increasing effectiveness of Russian missile and drone strikes against Ukraine.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/special-report-russian-strikes-more-effective-ukraine-exhausts-defenses

#russia #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 2 months ago to Ukraine

🇧🇪 Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced on Friday an investigation into suspected Russian interference in Europe-wide elections in June, saying that his country’s intelligence service has confirmed the existence of a network trying to undermine support for #Ukraine

https://apnews.com/article/eu-elections-russia-interference-f0962ec30ba2ec3833f755ccdc8bc6b2

#belgium #russia

rvps2001, 2 months ago to random

A real demon 🤬

rvps2001, 2 months ago to Ukraine

🇪🇺 🇷🇺 The European Union should tap Russia’s frozen assets to help #Ukraine as using just the windfall profits is not enough, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-11/poland-s-tusk-urges-eu-to-tap-frozen-russian-assets-for-ukraine