After decades of waging war against impoverished nations with destitute armies, or no standing armies at all, the US has suddenly found itself in a rapidly changing world where peer and near-peer competitors are outpacing it in military capabilities. Many of these capabilities are showing up on the battlefield in places the US has until recently enjoyed relative military superiority.
The Growing Weakness of Western Artillery Capabilities
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PATRICK LANCASTER: Eye Witness of Ukraine Attack on Civilian Marketplace
‘Barbaric attack using Western arms’ – Moscow decries Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk (18+)
The shelling of the Russian city of Donetsk, which has claimed the lives of at least 25 civilians and wounded 20 others, is “a barbaric terrorist act” carried out by Ukraine with the support of the West, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said.
‘Barbaric attack using Western arms’ – Moscow decries Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk
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Read More »NYT: Western Countries Have Sent Broken Weapons to Ukraine
The New York Times reported Monday that the US and its Western allies have shipped weapons to Ukraine that were broken and needed repair or were only useful for spare parts.
NYT: Western Countries Have Sent Broken Weapons to Ukraine
“We build things to kill people.” – Richard P Hansen, Psychopath
“We build things to kill people.”
Ukraine is running out of ammo. The West doesn’t have enough.
Poland Receives First HIMARS Rocket Launchers to Deploy Near Russian Border
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Warsaw received its first shipment of US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), manufactured by Lockheed Martin, and announced plans to deploy the launchers near the country’s shared border with Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave.
Poland Receives First HIMARS Rocket Launchers to Deploy Near Russian Border
Are these idiots planning on invading Kaliningrad?!
Depleted Uranium Ammunition and Crimea
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Depleted Uranium Ammunition and Crimea (archived)
Aside from armor-penetrating tank rounds, the US uses DU ammunition for its 30mm GAU-8 Avenger Gatling gun on the A-10 Warthog ground attack jet fighter. The A-10s figured prominently in the Iraq wars and in Afghanistan.
Ukraine last winter requested 100 A-10 jets from the United States and have been secretly training to use the aircraft in combat. If a Crimea offensive takes place, the A-10 may be moved into Ukraine and flown by a combination of Ukrainian pilots and possibly by volunteer former US Air Force pilots.
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How will Russia answer these latest developments? Putin has already sent a warning to Britain about DU ammunition, although what he actually has in mind is not clear. If Russia is watching US activity in rushing the Abrams tanks to the battlefield, including the possibility of the A-10, the situation will get more heated.
Thousands in Italy protest West’s weapons supplies to Ukraine as war enters 2nd year
Thousands of Italians have demonstrated across the country in Rome, Florence and Genoa against Western sanctions imposed on Russia and transfer of lethal military hardware to Ukraine, a day after the first anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Thousands in Italy protest West’s weapons supplies to Ukraine as war enters 2nd year
Video via World Politics
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Anti-NATO, Anti-EU, Anti-War, Protest Rallies Hit Germany, France, Italy
Putin grants Russian citizenship to French journalist Adrien Bocquet
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According to the corresponding presidential decree, Russian citizenship granted to 34 people, four individuals striped of citizenship
Putin grants Russian citizenship to French journalist Adrien Bocquet
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How to fix a howitzer: US offers help line to Ukraine troops
A MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHEASTERN POLAND — On the front lines in Ukraine, a soldier was having trouble firing his 155 mm howitzer gun. So, he turned to a team of Americans on the other end of his phone line for help.
How to fix a howitzer: US offers help line to Ukraine troops
1-800-How-Itzer? 🤷🏼♀️
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