Here Are The Options For The EU's Initiative To Restock Ukraine With
Fighter Jets
"In a major development with regards to the conflict in Ukraine, a top European Union
official says that the bloc is now working to facilitate the delivery of fighter jets to the
country as it continues to resist a full-on Russian invasion. Additional combat aircraft
could be especially valuable for the Ukrainians, who have been able to prevent Russian
from gaining air superiority, so far, but have suffered losses over the course of the
fighting."
See:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44476/here-are-the-options-for-the-eus-initiative-to-restock-ukraine-with-fighter-jets
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Ukrainian Government: The An-225 Mriya, World’s Heaviest Aircraft, Has
Been Destroyed
"Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed that the only An-225, the
largest operational cargo aircraft, has been destroyed. Antonov has not confirmed it
yet."
See:
https://theaviationist.com/2022/02/27/the-only-an-225-mriya-destroyed/
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Why Russia’s War Against Ukraine Isn’t Going Well
"Unconfirmed reports coming out of Ukraine on Saturday stated that Russian troops
were running low on fuel, food, ammunition as the logistics chain was having a tough
time keeping their troops supplied."
See:
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/02/why-russias-war-against-ukraine-isnt-going-well/
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Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory
"At around 9 pm local time on February 26, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and
minister for digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, announced the creation of the
volunteer cyber army. “We have a lot of talented Ukrainians in the digital sphere:
developers, cyber specialists, designers, copywriters, marketers,” he said in a post on
his official Telegram channel. “We continue to fight on the cyber front.”"
See:
https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-it-army-russia-war-cyberattacks-ddos/
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Putin's fears of a unified, stronger Europe are fast becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
"Russian President Vladimir Putin's brazen and unprovoked assault on Ukraine is fast
turning his fears of a more resolute Europe, and potentially expanded NATO alliance,
into a self-fulfilling prophecy."
See:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-s-fears-of-a-unified-stronger-europe-are-fast-becoming-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/ar-AAUo70b
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Putin’s War in Ukraine Could Mean the Collapse of Russia
"Here’s the problem: While every democratic wakes up each morning knowing when his
or her term will end; every dictator wakes up knowing that today could be his last.
Whereas Yeltsin left Putin a structure on which to operate and build, Putin will leave no
system on which a successor—even if he appoints one—can operate. When Putin dies,
Russia will descend into chaos."
See:
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/02/putins-war-in-ukraine-could-mean-the-collapse-of-russia/
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Strategic Ukrainian Port Of Mariupol Now Surrounded By Russian Forces
"The strategic port city of Mariupol, which lies on the Sea of Azov, is now reportedly
surrounded by Russian troops and is being subjected to regular attacks. Its capture has
been a major objective for Kremlin as it is key to establishing a land bridge linking
western Russia and occupied Crimea via two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine."
See:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44475/putin-orders-russias-strategic-deterrence-forces-on-alert
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Former CIA station chief says 'Russia has overstretched' its military, lacks troops to 'subdue' Ukraine
""Russia has overstretched," Daniel Hoffman said during an interview with Fox News.
"Vladimir Putin took a great risk here. He's dealing with extended supply lines, which is
having an impact — a negative impact on his troop's ability to move. There are major
rivers in Ukraine that also pose challenges and there are large cities, and Russia just
doesn't have the troops to subdue them.""
See:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-cia-station-chief-says-175916503.html
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Kremlin media used claims of Ukraine creating a dirty bomb to justify invasion
"Following the seizure of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant by Russian troops,
Kremlin-owned outlet RIA accused Ukraine of “almost creating a dirty nuclear bomb.”
The unsupported claim cites a February 22 interview with Russian President Vladimir
Putin, in which he stated that even the appearance of tactical nuclear weapons in
Ukraine is a strategic threat for Russia. The same narrative was spread just prior to the
Russian invasion. The accusation, repeatedly presented without any evidence, is being
circulated on multiple platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, VK, and various websites."
See:
https://medium.com/dfrlab/kremlin-media-used-claims-of-ukraine-creating-a-dirty-bomb-to-justify-invasion-3c8bd6b45884
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Ukraine Claims It Has Been Resupplied With Air-To-Air Missiles
"Ukraine says they have been resupplied with air-to-air missiles. Considering they use
Russian-types, this must-have come from an Eastern European NATO ally with stocks
of these missiles:"
See:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44474/massive-artillery-barrage-sets-fuel-farm-abalze-south-of-kyiv-as-russian-invasion-enters-day-four
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Invasion of Ukraine: Tracking use of Cluster Munitions in Civilian Areas
"In recent days, social media images and videos have allowed Bellingcat – along with
other conflict monitors and open source researchers – to geolocate the impact sites of
several cluster munitions to civilian areas within Ukraine."
See:
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/02/27/ukraine-conflict-tracking-use-of-cluster-munitions-in-civilian-areas/
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Defending Ukraine - Listing Russian Army Equipment Destroyed By
Bayraktar TB2s
"A list of Russian targets confirmed to have been destroyed or neutralised by Bayraktar
TB2s over Ukraine can be viewed below. This list only includes destroyed vehicles and
equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available."
See:
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/defending-ukraine-listing-russian-army.html
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Analysis: SWIFT block deals crippling blow to Russia; leaves room to tighten
"A decision by Western allies on Saturday to block "selected" Russian banks from the
SWIFT payments system will inflict a crippling economic blow, but also cause much pain
to their own companies and banks. And the allies still have room to do more."
See:
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/swift-block-deals-crippling-blow-russia-leaves-room-tighten-2022-02-27/
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Belarus Now Wants Nukes As Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Is About To
Enter Its Fifth Day
"Meanwhile, the nuclear issue keeps coming up, with Putin's declaration of upping his
nuclear force's readiness posture, and now Belarus has set the stage for the return of
nuclear weapons within its borders and will probably ask for them from Russia."
See:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44477/belarus-now-wants-nukes-as-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-is-about-to-enter-its-fifth-day
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Ukraine Crisis of 2022: The Final Battle of the Cold War
"The source of Russian revisionism post-Cold War lies in Putin’s narrative of what
transpired in 1990, i.e., that Russia was never really defeated, that it was betrayed by
its own elites and the West. The truth was much more pedestrian – the Soviet Union
simply ran out of gas, unable to stay in the game and compete with the United States
at a time when the digital revolution was about to remake power indices and reshape
the world."
See:
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/02/ukraine-crisis-of-2022-the-final-battle-of-the-cold-war/
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Ukraine invasion: Would Putin press the nuclear button?
""In that TV address, Putin wasn't acting like the master of the Kremlin, but the master
of the planet; in the same way the owner of a flash car shows off by twirling his keyring
round his finger, Putin was twirling the nuclear button. He's said many times: if there is
no Russia, why do we need the planet? No one paid any attention. But this is a threat
that if Russia isn't treated as he wants, then everything will be destroyed.""
See:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60551140
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