Oorlog in Oekra�ne #911 Meidag, meidag!

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 19:23 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
12.5 miljard per jaar van de EU is helemaal niet veel he.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 18:59 schreef Solstice1 het volgende:

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Is geen eenduidig antwoord op te geven. Er spreken zich steeds meer Westerse leiders uit dat Oekra�ne moet winnen, maar of dat voor de b�hne is of dat het echt gemeend wordt is de vraag. Het is wat dat betreft het best om naar de acties van betreffende landen te kijken. Dat Nederland F-16's stuurt geeft een duidelijk signaal over hoe Nederland erin staat.

Als de VS uiteindelijk 61 miljard aan steun toezeggen zegt dat ook wat. Als bij die steun 200 ATACMS en een zooi aan JASSMs zit dan zegt dat nog veel meer.

De steun bepaald uiteindelijk ook welke doelen haalbaar zijn. Al is het koffiedik kijken in welk tempo het gebeurd.

Ook is het koffiedik kijken wanneer Rusland gewoon door het geld heen raakt. De spaarpot raakt leger en leger. Er is een arbeiderstekort van 4.9 miljoen volgens RIA Novosti. Migratie naar Rusland is enorm impopulair omdat je zo aan de frontlinie staat. Export van fossiel is met tweederde gedaald etc. etc. Uiteindelijk is het een recept voor totale financi�le ineenstorting maar of dat in 2024 of 2029 gebeurd is voor mij niet te zeggen.

Oekra�ne wordt aan de andere kant overeind gehouden door de EU, door individuele landen en door de VS. Die landen lijken er grotendeels voor de lange termijn in te zitten getuige ook het plan om 4 jaar lang 12,5 miljard via de EU te sturen bijv. Of het aantal landen dat steun aan Oekra�ne een vast onderdeel van hun meerjarenplanning heeft gemaakt. Als die landen erin blijven zitten trekt Oekra�ne uiteindelijk aan het langste eind. Als ze ook nog eens alles sturen dat Oekra�ne nodig heeft aan wapentuig kan het een stuk sneller gaan.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 19:56 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 20:17 schreef Anton91 het volgende:
Een goede Rus

Russian lady tells everything like there's no tomorrow

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 20:38 schreef quirina het volgende:
Amerika schrijft nog 1 keer wat geld over naar Oekra�ne en dan is het klaarhoorde ik op bnr.
Dus het is de dood of de gladiolen

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 19:30 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Het is een koopje als je ziet hoe Rusland daarmee gesloopt wordt.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 20:14 schreef zalkc het volgende:

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Wordt steeds meer, vanochtend was het nog 20 miljard.

Bij dit soort bedragen zijn de details wel redelijk belangrijk, in NL was er ook 35 miljard voor een klimaatfonds bedacht.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 20:38 schreef quirina het volgende:
Amerika schrijft nog 1 keer wat geld over naar Oekra�ne en dan is het klaarhoorde ik op bnr.
Dus het is de dood of de gladiolen

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Door deze schepen blijft de lucht boven Kyiv (vooralsnog) vrij van drones

Nu het winter is, vallen de Russen weer de elektriciteitsvoorziening van Oekra�ne aan. Om de bevolking op de knie�n te krijgen, met raketten en drones. Maar Kyiv wordt goed verdedigd. Zelfs met luchtafweer te water. Maar problemen hangen in de lucht.

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Rechtbank Moskou: zware straffen voor twee Russen vanwege gedicht
Een rechtbank in Moskou heeft twee Russische dichters veroordeeld tot gevangenisstraffen van respectievelijk zeven en vijfenhalf jaar voor een gedicht over het conflict in Oekra�ne. Artyom Kamardin en Igor Shtovba werden beschuldigd van ‘het aanzetten tot haat’ en ‘openbare oproepen tot activiteiten tegen de staatsveiligheid’.

Na de uitspraak riepen aanhangers van de twee in de rechtszaal "schandalig!", de vader van Kamardin riep: "Dit is absoluut willekeurig!"

Kamardin en Shtovba werden in september 2022 gearresteerd nadat ze hadden deelgenomen aan een openbare lezing voor een standbeeld van de dichter Vladimir Majakovski in Moskou – een ontmoetingsplaats voor dissidenten sinds het Sovjettijdperk. Tijdens de lezing reciteerde Kamardin een gedicht met de titel 'Dood mij, militieman!' wat zeer kritisch is over de pro-Russische separatisten in Oost-Oekra�ne.

Voordat het vonnis bekend werd gemaakt, zei Kamardin op Telegram dat hij geen held was en dat naar de gevangenis gaan "nooit deel uitmaakte van mijn plannen." Hij vroeg de rechter om hem vrij te laten, en hij wilde in de toekomst wegblijven van "gevoelige onderwerpen" en daar geen publiekelijk commentaar meer op geven.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 22:29 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
Rechtbank Moskou: zware straffen voor twee Russen vanwege gedicht
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Lekker dan. En het ging nog wel om de zogenaamde separatisten. Niet eens om het eigen leger (al is daar natuurlijk geen verschil tussen, dit is alleen volgens Putin/de regering zo).

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 20:38 schreef quirina het volgende:
Amerika schrijft nog 1 keer wat geld over naar Oekra�ne en dan is het klaarhoorde ik op bnr.
Dus het is de dood of de gladiolen

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 23:00 schreef Solstice1 het volgende:

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Of iemand moet hem een mietje noemen waarbij hij het persoonlijk opvat, dan stuurt ie 3 vliegdekschepen en 800 tanks.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 20:57 schreef 3rr0r het volgende:

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In januari gaan ze gewoon weer ervoor zitten in Amerika om overeenstemming te krijgen over een nieuw pakket. Helemaal niks meer vanaf nu gaat niet gebeuren. Biden zal sowieso wat aan die grens met Mexico moeten gaan doen/toegeven aan de Republikeinen.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 22:39 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Alleen al om dit soort veroordelingen is het simpelweg onbegrijpelijk waarom sommige mensen (ja maar Oekra�ne...) het maar voor de Russen blijven opnemen.

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The remaining $3.5 billion includes funding for credit guarantees for World Bank loans to Ukraine.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 23:16 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Het is ook onbegrijpelijk waarom dat echt overal maar achter iemand gezocht wordt.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 23:00 schreef Solstice1 het volgende:

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Het plan is om nu 61 miljard aan fondsen bij elkaar te doen voor het komende jaar. Dan is het de presidentsverkiezingen afwachten. Het leger heeft sowieso nog steeds de macht om kleinere pakketten te sturen, doet het ook steeds. 250 miljoen o.i.d. per keer.

Als Trump weer president wordt zal er waarschijnlijk meer op de Europese schouders terechtkomen. Of iemand moet hem een mietje noemen waarbij hij het persoonlijk opvat, dan stuurt ie 3 vliegdekschepen en 800 tanks.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 02:18 schreef oheng het volgende:
Russen veroveren Mariinka:
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"Just like home!!!"

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Maine’s top election official removes Trump from 2024 primary ballot

Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in a shock decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows paused her decision pending a potential appeal in state court, which Trump’s team said they intend to file.

The decision makes Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from office, after the Colorado Supreme Court handed down its own stunning ruling that removed him from the ballot earlier this month. The development is a significant victory for Trump’s critics, who, citing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, say they’re trying to enforce a constitutional provision that was designed to protect the country from anti-democratic insurrectionists.

Bellows, a Democrat, issued the decision Thursday after presiding over an administrative hearing earlier this month about Trump’s eligibility for office. A bipartisan group of former state lawmakers filed the challenge against Trump.

“I do not reach this conclusion lightly,” Bellows wrote. “Democracy is sacred … I am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection.”

Ratified after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment says American officials who “engage in” insurrection can’t hold future office. But the provision is vague and doesn’t say how the ban should be enforced.

Most legal experts believe the US Supreme Court will settle the issue for the entire country.

Still, the Maine decision builds on the momentum that Trump’s critics have claimed after the Colorado ruling. Before Colorado, several other states, like Michigan and Minnesota, rejected similar efforts.

In a statement Thursday, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung accused Bellows of being a “virulent leftist” who has now “decided to interfere in the presidential election.”

“Democrats in blue states are recklessly and un-Constitutionally suspending the civil rights of the American voters by attempting to summarily remove President Trump’s name from the ballot,” Cheung said.

In her decision, Bellows concluded that she has a legal obligation to adhere to the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban and remove Trump from the primary ballot.

“The oath I swore to uphold the Constitution comes first above all, and my duty under Maine’s election laws … is to ensure that candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek,” she said.

Explaining her reasoning, Bellows wrote that the challengers presented compelling evidence that the January 6 insurrection “occurred at the behest of” Trump – and that the US Constitution “does not tolerate an assault on the foundations of our government.”

“The record establishes that Mr. Trump, over the course of several months and culminating on January 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the Capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election and the peaceful transfer of power,” Bellows wrote. “I likewise conclude that Mr. Trump was aware of the likelihood for violence and at least initially supported its use given he both encouraged it with incendiary rhetoric and took no timely action to stop it.”

Decision paused pending appeal
Bellows said her decision on Thursday will be put on hold until Maine’s Superior Court – a trial-level court – makes a ruling.

It’s not the highest court in the state, but it’s the next level where Trump or others can appeal.

Maine’s laws mandate that the Superior Court must make a decision within 20 days from Thursday, or January 17.

The rules for appeals, and Bellows’ choice to pause her decision, mean that the state courts will likely weigh in on Trump’s eligibility quickly, in January, before ballots would be sent out to voters.

In her decision, Bellows leaned on the Colorado Supreme Court ruling, which has also been paused while the appeals process plays out.

“The exercise of state authority to keep unqualified candidates off the ballot is contingent on the state creating a process by which to do so,” she wrote, citing the Colorado decision.

The secretary of state went on to note that the Colorado ruling has been appealed to the US Supreme Court, but said that a possible reversal of that ruling by the nation’s highest court “does not relieve me of my responsibility to act.”

CNN’s John Berman pressed Bellows Thursday evening on whether she wanted the Supreme Court to have the ultimate say on her decision.

The secretary avoided directly answering his questions, instead noting that the nation’s highest court is likely to eventually weigh in on the matter and that she’ll follow its ruling.

“I think it is really important that all of us have a role to play,” she said. “And I certainly do think the United States Supreme Court is the ultimate interpreter of Section Three of the 14th Amendment. So, yes, I think ideally they will rule and they haven’t yet but certainly should they rule, we will abide by their ruling.”

Maine secretary of state says January 6 was an insurrection
In her decision, Bellows said she had “little trouble” concluding that the US Capitol riot meets the definition of an insurrection, and that Trump “intended to incite lawless action” to stop the transfer of power.

On that day, Bellows wrote, a “large and angry crowd” entered the Capitol and “assaulted the capitol police officers charged with defending it, vandalized and stole property, and ransacked offices.” She added that the members of the mob were “organized behind a common purpose,” to “prevent by force the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election that was scheduled to occur in the halls of Congress that afternoon.”

Echoing the opinion of the Colorado Supreme Court, Bellows said Trump spread lies of election fraud to “inflame his supporters and direct them to the Capitol to prevent … the peaceful transfer of power.”

“The weight of the evidence makes clear that Mr. Trump was aware of the tinder laid by his multi-month effort to delegitimize a democratic election, and then chose to light a match,” Bellows wrote.

She continued, “Principles of free speech do not override the clear command of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment, namely that those who orchestrate violence against our government may not wield the levers of its power.”

One of Trump’s key defenses in the 14th Amendment cases centers on his claim that the vague provision doesn’t apply to the presidency. But Bellows rejected that argument and concluded that the “history of Section Three firmly supports the idea that it covers the presidency.”

“In sum, the text, history, and context of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment make clear that it covers the President, and that it is a qualification enforceable by the states,” she wrote.

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At least 3,800 civilians have been tortured by Russians
Officially, there are at least 3,800 civilians who have been tortured by the Russians.

Source: Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin

Quote: "As of today, we officially know of 3,800 civilians who were tortured by the occupiers. However, the full figures may be much higher.

Over 1,100 criminal proceedings with respect to torture are currently under investigation. More than 80 people have been notified of suspicion, 18 of whom have already been convicted."

Details: The Prosecutor General called for the thousands of Ukrainian civilians currently held by Russia to be remembered and for every effort to be made to secure their release.

He also called for an effective international mechanism to be created to secure the release of illegally detained persons, and for those who committed these crimes to be prosecuted.

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More Children Taken From Ukraine's Russia-Held Regions Arrive in Belarus
Belarus' authoritarian president on Thursday attended a government-organized meeting with children brought from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying international outrage over his country's involvement in Moscow's deportation of Ukrainian children.

Speaking at the event marking the arrival of a new group of Ukrainian children ahead of the New Year holiday, President Alexander Lukashenko vowed to "embrace these children, bring them to our home, keep them warm and make their childhood happier."

Belarusian officials did not say how many Ukrainian children were brought into the country.

A recent study by Yale University has found that more than 2,400 Ukrainian children ages 6 to 17 were taken to Belarus from four Ukrainian regions that have been partially occupied by Russian forces. The Belarusian opposition has urged the International Criminal Court to hold Lukashenko and his officials accountable for their involvement in the illegal transfer of Ukrainian children.

Pavel Latushka, a former Belarusian culture minister turned opposition activist who has presented the ICC with evidence of Lukashenko's alleged involvement in the unlawful deportation of the children, said the arrival of a new group from Russia-occupied territories "underlines the need for the ICC to investigate those crimes."

"Lukashenko, his family members and associates together with the Kremlin have organized a system of transfer of Ukrainian children, including orphans, from the occupied territories to Belarus, and this channel is still working," Latushka told The Associated Press.

In March, the ICC issued arrest warrants for both Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children's rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of the war crimes of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia. Moscow has rejected the allegations.

Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said in televised remarks Thursday that the transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children to Belarus helped Moscow cover up the information about the unlawful deportation of children.

Earlier this month, the International Red Cross suspended the organization's Belarusian chapter after its chief, Dzmitry Shautsou, stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus.

Shautsou called the move "absolutely politicized," claiming that Ukrainian children who visited Belarus for "health improvement" returned home safely.

Belarus has been Moscow's closest ally since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, when Lukashenko allowed the Kremlin to use his country's territory to invade Ukraine. Russia has also deployed some of its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

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Putin ally dies falling from house window, latest in spate of mysterious Russian deaths
Vladimir Egorov, 46, a member of Putin's ruling United Russia party, plunged 30 feet to his death at his home in the town of Tobolsk

A Russian lawmaker and ally of President Vladimir Putin was found dead under mysterious circumstances Wednesday after falling from the third floor of his home, Russian state media has reported.

Vladimir Egorov, 46, who was a member of Putin's ruling United Russia party, plunged 30 feet to his death at his home in the town of Tobolsk, located in the western Siberian region of Tyumen Oblast. Media outlet Baza reported on its Telegram channel that Egorov’s body was discovered Wednesday afternoon in the courtyard of a house and that police are investigating what caused his death.

Russian news agency TASS also reported that Egorov had fallen to his death, citing an investigative department from the Tyumen region.

Fox News Digital reached out to Russia’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs to confirm the reports but did not immediately receive a response.

The New York Post, citing the 72 news outlet, reported that Egorov may have suffered from heart problems before the deadly fall.

Egorov, who was also a lawyer, was forced out of the city administration in 2016 following a corruption scandal for which he was not convicted, according to the New York Post. He then returned to the political fray.

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Ukrainian border guards detained about 11 thousand men liable for military service
In 2023, 11 thousand people liable for military service tried to illegally cross the border of Ukraine.

This was reported by the speaker of the State Border Service of Ukraine Demchenko

Of these, 8 thousand tried to cross the border “through the forest”, and three tried to leave using fake documents.

According to PHI, there have been fewer attempts to cross the border this year than last year. In 2022, border guards detained 80–100 violators per day.

The video shows border guards detaining border violators using a thermal imager.

This group of three men was found in the direction of the Ukrainian-Moldovan border.

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Elderly priest to be charged with ‘discrediting’ Russian army
An 86-year-old priest from Russia’s southern Krasnodar region says he is being charged for “discrediting” the Russian army in an article he wrote condemning the war in Ukraine.

Viktor Pivovarov, from the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban, has already been fined for the content of one of his sermons, following his denunciation by an unknown member of the congregation. He nevertheless remains defiant.

“The current government is the successor to the Bolsheviks who staged a coup in 1917, and it continues their satanic work,” Pivovarov told Kavkaz.Realii, part of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, on Thursday.

The priest, who does not have a lawyer, said that his interrogation was attended by a state-appointed lawyer who “remained silent the entire time”.

In March, a court fined Pivovarov 40,000 rubles (�450) for the content of one of his sermons, which it ruled had discredited the Russian army. Pivovarov didn’t appeal the decision and his parishioners clubbed together to pay the fine.

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A cargo ship picking up Ukrainian grain hits a Russian floating mine in the Black Sea, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A civilian cargo ship struck a Russian mine in the Black Sea near Ukraine’s Danube ports Thursday, injuring two sailors, officials and analysts said, in an incident that underscored the dangers faced by those exporting Ukrainian grain during the war.

The Panama-flagged vessel struck the floating mine during stormy weather as it went to pick up grain, according to Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces, adding that churning seas often increase the risk from mines.

As the fighting grinds on through the winter and likely into a third year after Russia’s February 2022 invasion, and with little recent change along the front line, Ukraine is aiming to strengthen its financial resources for what could be a protracted war.

After Russia pulled out of a U.N.-brokered export agreement last summer, Ukraine launched a new Black Sea shipping corridor to get grain, metals and other cargo to world markets. That has given a boost to Ukraine’s agriculture-dependent economy.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 23:36 schreef slashdotter3 het volgende:
Ik geloof 100% dat ze dit gaan waar maken, ze hebben nog miljoenen aan 3e rangs burgers die ze kunnen opofferen, ze zijn nu zelfs kinderen op de basisschool aan het militair brainwashen, hun oorlogseconomie is net op gang gekomen en het duurt nog jaren totdat de economie echt instort.

Putin gaat liever strijdend in een oorlog ten onder dan dat hij het opgeeft en direct opgeknoopt wordt.

Hij geeft een duidelijk signaal dat dit geen bluf is en wacht nu op Westerse landen die het opgeven.

De VS gaf het in de Koreaanse oorlog (1950-1953) na 3 jaar op, ze zagen ook wel in dat NoordKorea + China + USSR nog makkelijk 100 miljoen soldaten konden sturen en het tientallen jaren kon volhouden.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 23:36 schreef slashdotter3 het volgende:
ze zijn nu zelfs kinderen op de basisschool aan het militair brainwashen

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 23:36 schreef slashdotter3 het volgende:
Ik geloof 100% dat ze dit gaan waar maken, ze hebben nog miljoenen aan 3e rangs burgers die ze kunnen opofferen, ze zijn nu zelfs kinderen op de basisschool aan het militair brainwashen, hun oorlogseconomie is net op gang gekomen en het duurt nog jaren totdat de economie echt instort.

Putin gaat liever strijdend in een oorlog ten onder dan dat hij het opgeeft en direct opgeknoopt wordt.

Hij geeft een duidelijk signaal dat dit geen bluf is en wacht nu op Westerse landen die het opgeven.

De VS gaf het in de Koreaanse oorlog (1950-1953) na 3 jaar op, ze zagen ook wel in dat NoordKorea + China + USSR nog makkelijk 100 miljoen soldaten konden sturen en het tientallen jaren kon volhouden.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 09:05 schreef Solstice1 het volgende:

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Oekra�ne gaat het ten eerste niet opgeven. Ten tweede accelereert elke mobilisatie-golf het ineenstorten van de Russische economie. Rusland komt bijna 5 miljoen werkers tekort, dat gaat alleen meer worden als ze straks nog eens een miljoen soldaten naar het front willen sturen. Met wat is de vraag. Ze schieten nu vooral met Noord-Koreaans spul. Rusland heeft een oorlogseconomie klinkt onheilspellend en stoer, maar buiten drones sturen ze vrijwel niks in voldoende kwantiteit naar het front. Om het maar helemaal niet over de kwaliteit te hebben.

Hetzelfde geldt vooralsnog voor troepen. Er worden voldoende troepen gestuurd om het initiatief te houden, maar dat gaat ten koste van training en bevoorrading. I.p.v. verstandig te zijn, te verdedigen en de tijd te nemen om honderd duizenden mannen te voorzien van training en oorlogstuig worden de troepen meteen de grens over gegooid om in de ru�nes van Marinka en Avdiivka te sterven. De refurbished tanks, artillerie inclusief Noord-Koreaanse meuk gaan met ze ten onder.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 09:06 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Echt gigantisch wensdenken doe je steeds aan, niet normaal meer.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 09:06 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Echt gigantisch wensdenken doe je steeds aan, niet normaal meer.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 09:38 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
Grootste Russische aanval vannacht op Oekraine wat betreft shaheds/raketten sinds de start van de oorlog.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2023 17:06 schreef koffiekoekjes het volgende:

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Nee, want het is nu ver weg in oud Sovjet staten (Voor Polen deels dan). Dat is imo wat anders dan Duitsland die ff binnen komt wandelen.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 09:51 schreef Simmertje het volgende:
Het is ook een illusie om te denken dat Rusland het hier bij gaat laten. Die gaan gewoon nog steeds voor heel Oekra�ne in een puppet state te laten veranderen. Zij hebben de lange adem, in het westen vinden we op een gegeven moment temptation weer belangrijker om te volgen dan deze oorlog.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 10:04 schreef skysherrif het volgende:

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Heb juist het idee dat bepaalde Europese landen juist weer extra belangrijk gaan vinden.

Wachten is op Amerika en de democraten die een deal maken over de grens met mexico en dan heeft oekraine weer de lange adem.

Aan de enorme opslagplaatsen van Rusland komt ook een einde.

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France plans to increase its monthly deliveries of 155mm shells, from 1,000 per month in January 2023 to 3,000 per month in January 2024, Lecornu said.

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Nexter has raised production of the Caesar to six per month from two at the start of 2022, Lecornu added, and the pace will increase to eight systems per month from the start of next year.

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Lecornu had said last month that Nexter will supply an additional six Caesar weapons to Ukraine, in addition to 18 already supplied from French Army stocks and 12 that Ukraine acquired directly from Nexter’s parent firm KNDS.

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Meanwhile, MBDA has doubled its production of the Mistral short-range surface-to-air missile to 40 per month; Dassault Aviation has tripled production of the Rafale fighter aircraft to three per month; and Thales has doubled its radar production capacity, according to Lecornu.

Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine has meant France must shift to a long-term war economy, Macron said at the Eurosatory defense show in June 2022, while the country needs land-based weapon systems and sufficient funding for national security.

France passed a military budget in August for the 2024-2030 period that boosts defense spending next year by 7.5%, to �47.2 billion (U.S. $49.6 billion).

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The shells will be produced by Rheinmetall Expal Munitions, the Group’s newly acquired Spanish subsidiary. The current contract highlights Rheinmetall’s role as the world’s largest producer of ammunition, especially in the large calibre domain. The ammunition will be delivered in 2025. Production and delivery of around 40,000 rounds for Ukraine from an earlier order is already due to take place in 2024.

As recently as mid-October 2023, the German government placed an order with Rheinmetall for over 100,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition earmarked for Ukraine – once again from Rheinmetall Expal Munitions – as well as additional DM 121 high explosive shells. The order is worth a figure in the mid-three-digit million-euro range.

Demand for artillery ammunition is currently very high, due not just to Ukraine’s requirements but also the need to replenish the largely empty ammunition depots of Germany and other NATO and EU countries. Rheinmetall plans a massive increase in ammunition production capacity in 2024 at its plants in Germany, Spain, South Africa and Australia, bringing annual output capacity to around 700,000 artillery rounds.

Rheinmetall currently has multiyear framework contracts for supplying the German Bundeswehr with several hundred rounds of artillery ammunition worth over �1 billion.

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Ukraine and Sweden will jointly manufacture CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV). The Ukrainian military set a goal of having 1,000 such vehicles in their arsenal

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The Danish government announced on Monday that the country will join Sweden’s donation of CV90 light tanks to Ukraine for a total amount of 241 million euros - the equivalent of 1.8 billion Danish crowns.

“The government, together with the Swedish government, has decided to co-finance the already ongoing donation of CV90 infantry fighting vehicles as well as the production of additional tanks,” the Danish Ministry of Defence wrote in a news release.

The donation package will include spare parts and ammunition and will include an agreement for Sweden and Denmark to take care of post-delivery maintenance.

The announcement is yet more good news coming from Copenhagen for Kyiv. Last week, the Danish government announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine worth nearly one billion euros, only a day after Nordic leaders met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The donation comes at a time when Ukraine needs as much help as it can get, as further crucial aid from the US appears temporarily blocked in Congress by Republicans and a new EU aid package worth 50 billion euros was blocked by Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban last week.

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"A fruitful bilateral work concerning supplying Ukraine with the Gripen aircraft is ongoing," Deputy Defence Minister Ivan Havryliuk said.

He added that there are still "certain NATO-related issues" but expressed hope that "we will manage to receive these fighter jets through joint efforts".

Byd�n in his turn stated that supplying Ukraine with Gripen aircraft is being discussed both at the political and military-operational levels.

"I know that the dialogue between our countries is ongoing. So we are waiting for political decisions," the general added.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 10:09 schreef fjs het volgende:
Als er oorlog is zou je denken dat je de fabrieken die raketten, bommen en tanks enzo maken bombardeert. Nu weet ik niet of Oekra�ne die mogelijkheid heeft.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 10:10 schreef Solstice1 het volgende:
Rheinmetall currently has multiyear framework contracts for supplying the German Bundeswehr with several hundred rounds of artillery ammunition worth over �1 billion.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 10:21 schreef slashdotter3 het volgende:

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Neem aan dat ze several hundred thousand rounds bedoelen? 🤔

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NOK 335 million for additional donations of air defence equipment to protect the Ukrainians against Russian attacks.
NOK 1 billion in co-financing to strengthen the capacity of the defence industry to produce more ammunition and missiles.

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OSLO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The five Nordic nations told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during talks in Oslo on Wednesday that they would support his country "for as long as it takes" in its struggle to drive out Russian forces.

Zelenskiy made his surprise visit to the Norwegian capital after meeting U.S. President Joe Biden and American lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday to plead for more military aid in the face of scepticism from key U.S. Republicans.

Together, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland have provided aid to Ukraine worth some 11 billion euros since Russia invaded in Feb. 2022 and are ready to continue giving extensive military, economic and humanitarian support, the five nations said in a joint statement.

"The Nordic countries will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes... Russia must end its aggression and withdraw its forces immediately and unconditionally from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders," it said.

Separately, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her government would present a new support package for Ukraine worth 1 billion euros ($1.08 billion) to parliament this week.

Four of the five Nordic nations are members of NATO, and Sweden is waiting for its application to join to be approved by all 31 member states.

Zelenskiy earlier stressed the importance of bolstering Ukraine's air defences, after Russia struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight in the second such attack so far this week.

"Today we talked, and will talk, about such specific things that can save thousands and thousands of Ukrainian lives, as well as increasing pressure on the aggressor," he told a joint news conference with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere.

Stoere said Norway would donate 3 billion crowns ($273 million) to Ukraine, part of a package approved previously by Norway's parliament, of 75 billion crowns over five years.

"We are providing targeted, long-term support to assist Ukraine in its battle for freedom and democracy," Stoere said in a statement.

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Poland’s newly appointed Prime Minister Donald Tusk has vowed to rally Western support for Ukraine as it continues to defend itself against Russia’s ongoing invasion. Addressing the Polish parliament on December 12 following his appointment, Tusk said he would “loudly and decisively demand the full mobilization of the free world, the Western world, to help Ukraine in this war.”

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Pevkur also confirmed that Estonia is ready to provide 0.25% of its GDP for military aid to Ukraine over the next four years.

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The UK will maintain its support for Ukraine at least at current levels in 2024, Britain’s foreign secretary has pledged.

In an interview with The Telegraph, David Cameron said Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is one of the major threats to global security and the UK had so far provided Kyiv with �2 billion ($2.5 billion) in military aid.

Asked if he expects that level of support to continue, Cameron said yes, and he hopes for even more.

He said: “Yes, and I think we could potentially do better than that. We’re looking at what elements of spending we could also put on a multi-year basis.”

Cameron added that ensuring British defence firms increased production was essential.

“We should see the increasing of our stocks both as something that is good for the Ukrainians, and also good for us in what is a more dangerous world,” he said.

Last week Cameron said the UK will support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion “for as long as it takes,” adding it was “essential” that President Vladimir Putin was defeated.

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Last March, Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo upped the target slightly, announcing plans to produce 24,000 rounds a month by year’s end.

The Army hit the target early, then exceeded it, producing 28,000 shells in October. At least some of those shells went right out the door to Ukraine, Army acquisition secretary Doug Bush told reporters in a media roundtable in November. He declined to say just how many.

Bush said the service now aims to boost its monthly production to 36,000 by March, 60,000 by September, 70,000 to 80,000 in early 2025, and 100,000 by the end of calendar 2025 — two and half times more than Wormuth’s year-old goal.

As part of this push, the Army has added shifts, bought robots, and expanded its ammunition plants, Bush said.

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The countries of the European Union began with a head start, producing about 230,000 155mm shells a year—about one-third more than the U.S. The EU also has a better recent record for approving annual spending plans.

By February 2023, European production was at 300,000 rounds annually, according to Estonian defense officials. By November, capacity had risen again, though assessments differ. European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton suggested that Europe could now make some 400,000 rounds annually. Estonia’s Pevkur, speaking at a November media roundtable, put the figure between 600,000 and 700,000—and said it would reach one million rounds in 2024.

In March, the EU announced it would spend 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to send one million 155mm shells to Ukraine within a year. The money is split between paying countries to send stockpiled shells to Ukraine and acquiring new shells from EU members and Norway under a joint procurement scheme.

But the EU will not meet its goal this year, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed recently. In September, Estonian defense official Kusti Salm said the plan would likely be fulfilled by mid-2024.

And in the long term, Pevkur said, even more shells will be required—to backfill stocks, support NATO regional plans, and keep Ukraine in the fight.

“My estimation is that we have to produce in the next ten years around 3 million rounds in a year,” the Estonian minister said.

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He added that Ukraine has increased mortar round production 42 times and artillery shell production almost three times. They have also started producing 125 mm tank rounds and 73 mm caliber rounds separately. But 155 mm is still under development. This caliber will start mass production next year. "Unfortunately, in this caliber, we depend on the partners' supply of scarce gunpowder. Because Ukraine has never produced them. We hope for the support of our partners in the issue of powders and are ready to start mass production," Kamyshin said.

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At the same time, on Sunday, the Polish PAP agency informed that Krab became one of the first 155mm artilleries in service with the Ukrainian Army. This howitzer also became a nightmare for occupiers in the skillful hands of the artillerymen. Poland has already handed over 18 Krab self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. Another 56 Krab howitzers are being prepared for delivery.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 10:30 schreef Momo het volgende:
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Russen lijken helaas nog genoeg raketten te hebben..

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 11:59 schreef over_hedge het volgende:

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Valt toch wel mee. Snap je punt. Maar vergelijk de aantallen van een jaar geleden. Of nog langer terug met nu.
De aantallen zijn toch aardig af genomen

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 10:30 schreef Momo het volgende:
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Russen lijken helaas nog genoeg raketten te hebben..

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 10:09 schreef fjs het volgende:
Als er oorlog is zou je denken dat je de fabrieken die raketten, bommen en tanks enzo maken bombardeert. Nu weet ik niet of Oekra�ne die mogelijkheid heeft. Wat ik wel weet is dat het westen met een vingertje omhoog pakketten geeft; 'Je mag niet in Rusland iets raken'. Volgens mij is dit echt waanzin. In de tweede wereld oorlog werd het Ruhrgebied enorm gebombardeerd.

Als je niets doet aan het probleem verlies je deze oorlog.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 12:00 schreef Momo het volgende:

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Hebben wij als westen een goed beeld hoeveel raketten gemaakt worden en hoeveel nog op voorraad zijn?

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 13:37 schreef Ulx het volgende:
87 van de 110 raketten neergeschoten.

Slechts 20% kwam door de luchtverdediging. Color me unimpressed. Ik zie dat percentage ook niet echt toenemen bij volgende aanvallen.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 14:16 schreef Nebelwerfer het volgende:

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Ruim 20 raketten erdoor. Er zijn er die er niet blij mee zijn. Ook is het de vraag in hoeverre Oekra�ne dit vol kan houden als de Russen dit over lange tijd kunnen blijven doen.

Nou, nee

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 13:02 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Ze hebben 110 raketten afgeschoten, waarvan het grootste deel is neergehaald. Ik ben niet onder de indruk van dit Russische speldenprikje. Het is niets meer dan terreur tegen burgers van het V1/V2 niveau van 1944/45. Het is kut, maar het zet militair en politiek geen zoden aan de dijk voor de Russen. Ze bereiken er niets mee.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 14:16 schreef Nebelwerfer het volgende:

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Ruim 20 raketten erdoor. Er zijn er die er niet blij mee zijn. Ook is het de vraag in hoeverre Oekra�ne dit vol kan houden als de Russen dit over lange tijd kunnen blijven doen.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 14:25 schreef zalkc het volgende:

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Eerder tegenovergestelde, nu opende het nieuws weer met Oekraine voor het eerst in weken.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 14:30 schreef skysherrif het volgende:

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Hoor wat Oekraieners ook al zeggen dat dit ergens uiteindelijk best goed is, omdat ook steden als Lviv weer geraakt worden, waar soms toch een beetje vergeten wordt dat eht land in oorlog is.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 14:40 schreef zalkc het volgende:

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Het laat zich nu weer aanzien als een aanval tegen de civiele bevolking. Dat is nooit goed, maar economisch heeft Rusland meer schade geleden dan dat ze toegebracht hebben, ze schieten ettelijke tientallen miljoenen af en hebben uiteindelijk weinig schade toegebracht.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 14:01 schreef Aether het volgende:
Iris de Graaf nieuwe presentator van NOS Journaal
https://nos.nl/l/2503116

Rusland-correspondent Iris de Graaf wordt presentator van het NOS Journaal. Vanaf 1 januari gaat ze zich inwerken; ze stopt dan met het verslaan van nieuws uit Rusland.

De Graaf (32) was sinds 2020 het gezicht van de NOS in Moskou. Het begin van haar correspondentschap werd bemoeilijkt door de coronabeperkingen. Het einde ervan is een gevolg van de Russische inval in Oekra�ne, in februari vorig jaar.

In mei dit jaar besloot de hoofdredactie van NOS Nieuws om De Graaf terug te trekken uit Moskou uit veiligheidsoverwegingen en omdat het werken haar daar onmogelijk werd gemaakt. Sinds de zomer deed ze daarom verslag over Rusland vanaf de redactie in Hilversum.

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Hoofdredacteur NOS Nieuws Giselle van Cann is blij dat een journalist met de buitenlandervaring van De Graaf aansluit bij het presentatieteam van het NOS Journaal.

"Bovendien heeft Iris de afgelopen jaren ruimschoots bewezen dat ze ingewikkelde verhalen in heldere bewoordingen kan overbrengen op de kijker", zegt Van Cann.

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 14:42 schreef 3rr0r het volgende:

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1.27 miljard dollar, zie m'n post hierboven

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Op vrijdag 29 december 2023 04:48 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.foxnews.com/w(...)rious-russian-deaths
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Het artikel bevat verder nog wat voorbeelden van andere mensen die zulke "ongelukjes" gehad hebben. Hij is vast uitgegleden over een bananenschil ofzo. Of misschien kreeg hij een hartaanval en viel door het raam naar buiten lol.