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Article from Jan 2024 on Thermobaric drones used by UA

It's not too late to close the skies.

I think at this point, social and political stability in Ukraine is key. Zelenskyy has been an incredible war time leader… without someone of his calibre at the helm I think Ukraine would have crumbled early doors and a Belarus-style leadership installed. That would have been that. Protests and dissent would have been painted as terrorism and terrorist actions and crushed quickly. There's still a risk of all Ukraine's achievements (if you can call fighting one of the biggest military powers on the planet to a standstill an achievement given the terrible civilian losses suffered by Ukraine) of the past couple of years being lost if Russia manages to meddle in its internal politics and governance.

Keeping casualties - military and civilian - to an absolute minimum should now be Zelenskyy's goal. No more hopeful counterattacks. Until the West gets off the fence and properly backs Ukraine militarily, it would be a pyrrhic limited-victory at best.

Instead, solidify defensive lines and make Russia suffer massive losses for every metre they try to take. Keep hitting valuable Russian infrastructure in Russia to bring the war home to them. Keep emasculating Russia's military capabilities through targeted hits - airforce, navy, air defence systems, weapons dumps, tanks… anything expensive which Russia can't afford to replenish.

And keep picking high profile targets for maximum publicity.

That way the pressure builds on Putin to reach a 'resolution'. Even if he says, "ok, we've achieved our aims, we've secured a 20% land buffer", that doesn't end the war. The losses will keep mounting on the Russian side through targeted strikes as long as their forces remain on Ukrainian soil. The question then is how long can Russia sustain its economy, how long will the population put up with limbo, and how long will those beneath Putin allow him to remain in place.

The Ukrainians knew this war was coming since 2014, and they prepared for it as best they could, despite a weak economy. Whilst the west has supplied some weapons, most of the Ukrainian Arsenal up until now has still been old Soviet equipment. Some modernised & updated with more supplied from former Soviet nations formerly under the jackboot of the Warsaw Pact.

The West suppled some modern weapons up until the USA Trump inspired recent withdrawal of support, but even now Ukraine is still fighting with mostly ex Soviet equipment. With some added updated drone & other technological advanced gear they manufactured themselves. Most of the financial support given to Ukraine, particularly from Europe has been to ensure the government & civil society in Ukraine doesn't end up collapsing.

It's time to open the Arsenals of all democratic nations & give & manufacture for Ukraine the military equipment need to defeat Putin & his scummy invaders. Failure to do so will be a stain forever on every western nations history if this doesn't happen now.

There might well have been an logistical excuse for the world to decide not to properly aid Czechoslovakia & Poland, against the tyranny of Nazi invasion.

Such an excuse is no longer valid, Ukraine is bordered by western & NATO nations, with support further afield in many other democratic countries. Why are the worlds richest democratic nations still waiting?

Ukraine is being destroyed & many just make excuses for procrastination or even worse swallow evil Russian propaganda.

So lets add the cost of many more millions of refugees from a Ukraine completely conquered, fleeing to the rest of Europe, added to even more refugees & economic migrants continually being filtered through by Russia via eastern European borders.

If you consider the overall cost of the above scenario, then taxes to aid Ukraine would be obviously cheaper in the long term, for both Europe & Ireland.

We don't have the politicians with the vision to do what's needed so it won't happen. Even the prospect of another 10 million possibly many more Ukrainians leaving their homeland in exile & arriving in European nations won't change western policy.

estonia tracks down 1.2million shells, can the money be raised

https://shankar20.medium.com/estonia-finds-another-1-2-million-artillery-shells-for-ukraine-9eb6227577af

From the US through the backdoor.

We're spending billions on Ukrainian refugees

Personally, I would. I already send money to various Ukrainian causes anyway.

A great haul. Ukraine needed some good news. Got to keep hitting russia. Refineries, airfields, drone factories…..all great targets.

Interesting read:

Since the onset of Russia’s military aggression in 2014 and its full-scale war in 2022, Ukrainian citizens have consolidated their efforts and demonstrated remarkable unity in defense of their country. 

Thousands volunteered for the Armed Forces, and Ukrainian women have not been an exception. They took up arms to fight for their country’s independence and personal freedom. Over the years, their numbers in the ranks of AFU only increased, the range of their positions became more diverse, and even uniform and protective ammunition for women has seen a rapid transformation.

https://war.ukraine.ua/articles/how-many-women-are-defending-ukraine-against-russia-s-invasion/

BTW - with this capability of Striking with drones up to 3000km and the persistence of same should definitely change the tune in Russia and Putin. Why? Well IF Russia takes more of Ukraine all that is ahead of Russia is this + insurgency + constant guerilla warfare on the motherland for ever. Ukrainians will not go away you know … to use a phrase from over here