UK sending helicopters to Ukraine for first time, says Ben Wallace (The Guardian)
SOUTHERN ENGLAND—After a string of Russian defeats in the war, U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is urging Ukraine to “keep up ...
...the pressure, keep up the momentum” and continue their rapid-fire attacks on Vladimir Putin’s forces through the winter months.
Shelling at nuclear plant raises alarm, as war intensifies in east Ukraine (The Washington Post)
“Given the advantage the Ukrainians have in equipment training and quality of their personnel against the demoralized, poorly trained, ...
...poorly equipped Russians, it would be in the Ukraine’s interest to maintain momentum through the winter,” Wallace said.
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“They have 300,000 pieces of arctic warfare kit, from the international community”—a crucial requirement for any winter offensive.
Zelenskiy urges Nato to protect nuclear sites from 'sabotage' as Russia warns of risk of accident – as it happened (The Guardian)
“A Russian unit was recently deployed with no food and no socks, and not many guns. Well, most of the good ones are dead,” he said.
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 272 of the invasion (The Guardian)
“They are a meat grinder—they shove them in the meat grinder—and use massive quantities of artillery. Only a nation that ...
...does not care for its own people could send 100,000 of its own people to be either dead, injured, or deserted.”
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The program is run by the U.K., with trainers being sent from countries including Canada, New Zealand, and Norway. Many are sent straight to the front lines upon finishing.
When asked what he had learned from his experiences visiting and working with his Ukrainian counterparts, he said: “I can speak for my own and some others in Europe, it looks good at the front—but ...
Europe rushes to fill up on Russian diesel before ban begins (REUTERS)
...under the bonnet, ammunition stocks, maintenance, availability, reliability of our equipment, and the readiness of our soldiers to go anywhere has been hollowed out for decades.”
China is winning the Russia-Ukraine War amid massive US, Russia war expenditures (Fox News)
He noted that a variety of global crises, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the COVID pandemic, and the rise of China has meant that ...
...“the world is more anxious” and aware of “the need for resilience ...and the military can do resilience, that is our middle name.”
European Parliament names Russia state sponsor of terrorism (REUTERS)
“If our armed forces need a particular vehicle or piece of weaponry, the Brits will search through the military catalogs ...
...of different countries, and find what we need,” he added, citing the Australian Bushmaster as an example.
Marlowe said the CIA was “open for business” to sign up new agents amid the ongoing war, which has left many Russians fed up with Vladimir Putin’s regime. (New York Post)
Wallace would speak to who was responsible for last week’s deadly missile incident in Poland, but noted that the “missiles were flying around that part ...
...of the world because Russia fired 80 missiles into civilian infrastructure. It is against the Geneva Convention, but that does not stop Mr. Putin.”