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Ukrainian war pilot killed in action in eastern operational zone

Major Andriy Tkachenko, a Ukrainian fighter pilot, was killed during a combat sortie over Donetsk region.
That’s according to the Sambir Plast organization, Ukrinform reports.

"Major Andriy Tkachenko died in the sky over Donetsk region on March 8, 2024, while performing a combat mission," the report reads.

Andriy was born in Sambir, Lviv region, on December 10, 1990. In 2002, he joined Plast, the Ukrainian scouting organization.

Tkachenko later graduated from the Ivan Kozhedub National Kharkiv Air Force University in 2012.

"He served in Ivano-Frankivsk and then in Kharkiv, before returning to Ivano-Frankivsk again. Since war-start in 2014, he had been performing combat sorties as part of the Anti-Terrorist Operationa and the Joint Forces Operation.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the fighter pilot operated in eastern and southern operational zones, the report adds.

The Hero is survived by his wife and six-year-old son, the organization notes. The funeral ceremony will be held in Ivano-Frankivsk, where Andriy Tkachenko had lived with his family.

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Orbán describes Trump's in-depth plans to end war: he won't give a penny
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who met with US presidential candidate Donald Trump on 8 March, has claimed that Trump has "quite detailed plans" to end the war in Ukraine and will not be giving "a single penny" to fight Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Source: Orbán in an interview with the TV channel M1, as reported by Magyar Nemzet

Details: According to Orbán, Trump has "quite detailed plans" on how to end the Russo-Ukrainian war, and his plans align with Hungary's interests.

Quote: "He has a very clear vision that is hard to disagree with. He says the following: first, he will not give a single penny for the Russo-Ukrainian war. That's why the war will end, because it's obvious that Ukraine cannot stand on its own two feet. If the Americans don't give money and weapons along with the Europeans, the war will end. And if the Americans don't give money, then the Europeans won't be able to fund this war alone. And then the war will end."

More details: The issue is, Orbán added, that the US does not want to fund Europe's security.

"If Europeans are afraid of the Russians or want to have a high level of security in general, they have to pay for it. Either by building their own army and their own equipment, or if they use the Americans for this, by paying the Americans a price, the price of security. So he [Trump – ed.] is speaking directly and clearly," the Hungarian prime minister said.

Orbán also noted that Trump was "the first president in a long time who did not start a war during his term of office".

"So we already know about him, we already know from his presidency, that he is a man of peace. And he is not hiding his views now: he has made it clear that his goal is to bring peace to the Russo-Ukrainian war. We want a ceasefire as soon as possible. We want an early end to this war, which is slowly coming to an end. I don't see anyone else who has more determination and strength to do that than Donald Trump," Orbán said.

Background:
• Orbán met with Trump in Florida on 8 March. The two discussed "a wide range of issues affecting Hungary and the United States, including the paramount importance of strong and secure borders to protect the sovereignty of each nation".
• Orbán was once again full of praise for Trump after the meeting, claiming that "the world would be a better place" if he returned to power.
• Trump's meeting with Orbán drew criticism from US President Joe Biden, however.
• Trump, in turn, complimented Orbán, calling him a "fantastic leader".

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Op maandag 11 maart 2024 19:39 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/10/7445822/
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Ik hoop echt dat als Rusland ooit de EU/NAVO aanvalt dat het Hongarije is in plaats van één van de Baltische staten. Al weet ik dat Hongarije niet de beste ligging heeft voor een invasie van Rusland.

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Op maandag 11 maart 2024 19:48 schreef QAnonn het volgende:

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Je geeft niks om onschuldige burgers in Hongarije dus? Alleen omdat je een hekel hebt aan een politicus.

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US prepared for "nonnuclear" response if Russia used nuclear weapons against Ukraine – NYT
In late 2022, the White House was so concerned that Russia might launch a nuclear strike against Ukraine that US President Joe Biden’s administration created several task forces to develop a response plan.

Source: The New York Times (NYT), citing anonymous US officials

Details: Administration officials told the NYT that the United States’ countermove would have to be "nonnuclear", though they also said that there would have to be "some kind of dramatic reaction", including the possibility of a conventional attack on the units that had launched the nuclear weapons.

Otherwise, Biden’s administration worried, the US would risk emboldening not only Russian President Vladimir Putin, but also every other authoritarian leader with a nuclear arsenal, large or small, the NYT reported.

"Some believed that the public warnings Russia was making that Ukraine was preparing to use a giant ‘dirty bomb,’ a weapon that spews radiological waste, was a pretext for a pre-emptive nuclear strike," the NYT reported.

The "wargaming" at the Pentagon and at think tanks around Washington imagined that Putin might use a tactical weapon, possibly followed by a threat to detonate more, in a variety of different circumstances.

One simulation envisioned a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive that would imperil Putin’s hold on Crimea; another involved a demand from Moscow that the West halt all military support for Ukraine in order to split NATO.

During a meeting in November 2022, William Burns, CIA Director and former US ambassador to Russia, told Sergei Naryshkin, Head of the SVR, the Russian foreign intelligence service, that "there would be clear consequences for Russia".

It is unclear how specific Burns was about the nature of the US response, but Burns said that "Naryshkin swore that he understood and that Putin did not intend to use a nuclear weapon."

Background:
• On 9 March, CNN reported that the US began "preparing rigorously" in late 2022 for a possible Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine.
• During an address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on 29 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the strategic nuclear forces of the Russian Federation had been put on full alert and threatened NATO with "tragic consequences" if member states sent their own forces to fight in Ukraine.
• The US State Department criticised Putin’s claims about the threat of a nuclear war, saying that the US currently sees no threat of Moscow using nuclear weapons.

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Op maandag 11 maart 2024 11:52 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:
Het bestaat voor de helft uit explosieven en wordt gedropt door straaljagers op een afstand van zo'n 60 tot 70 kilometer van het doel. Daardoor blijft de bom buiten bereik van de Oekraïense luchtverdediging.

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Op maandag 11 maart 2024 18:59 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Anderhalf jaar te laat. En alsnog, hoeveel kan Europa produceren in geheel 2024?

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Op maandag 11 maart 2024 20:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Van het EU plan -da's dus niet alles- stond de teller op ~350k geleverd in februari. Eind maart verwacht men rond de ~500k granaten te hebben geleverd. Dan lijkt mij dat de productie voor Oekraine nu ineens omhoog knalt. Saab verwacht dit jaar 400k te kunnen produceren. Rheinmetall denkt aan de 600k te komen. De kleinere als Nammo en Nexter bij elkaar 120k. En dan zijn er nog zo'n 10 andere fabrikanten in Europa. En de VS denkt ook zo'n 700k te kunnen gaan maken. En dit is dus alleen 155mm. De 105mm, 120mm mortierbommen, etc blijven buiten beschouwing.
De schatting vorig jaar is dat NAVO om de eigen voorraden aan te vullen zo'n 13 miljoen granaten nodig heeft dus de fabrieken zijn aan het uitbreiden. Ik zie de aantallen daarom eerder omhoog gaan dan omlaag.

https://brusselssignal.eu(...)r-inherent-strength/

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NATO Troops in Ukraine
A Thought Experiment to Flesh out Macron’s Grand Statements

Recently, comments by European leaders have included speculation about increased NATO support to Ukraine, including NATO ‘boots on the ground’ to support the defence against the ongoing Russian offensive operations. French President Macron has led the way, stating on 26 February that there was "no consensus on deployment of ground troops to Ukraine, but that "nothing was excluded." His comments were not supported but not dismissed by Estonia and Lithuania. The Polish Foreign Minister stated that “the presence of NATO forces in Ukraine is not unthinkable.” The Czech President also stated that he is in favor of looking at new ways to support Ukraine including possibly sending troops there.

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Op maandag 11 maart 2024 20:32 schreef halfway het volgende:

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Wie wil dat gebied ooit nog hebben? je kunt er niets meer mee door de zware vervuiling van BEIDE kanten.

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Op maandag 11 maart 2024 20:32 schreef halfway het volgende:

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Wie wil dat gebied ooit nog hebben? je kunt er niets meer mee door de zware vervuiling van BEIDE kanten.