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Ukraine war: Blinken says US 'rushing' weapons to the front lines
BBC via Yahoo ^ | May 15th, 2024 | Tiffany Wertheimer - BBC News, Washington

Posted on 05/15/2024 4:31:06 PM PDT by Mariner

The US is "rushing ammunition, armoured vehicles, missiles [and] air defences" to Ukraine's front line, Anthony Blinken has said.

During a trip to Ukraine, the US secretary of state announced that $2bn would be spent to speed up delivery.

His comments came as Russian advances forced Ukrainian to retreat from several villages in the Kharkiv region.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has cancelled all his foreign trips to concentrate on the new incursion.

Speaking in Kyiv on Wednesday, Mr Blinken said weapons would be rushed to the front lines to "protect soldier, to protect citizens".

He said that the air defence systems, for which Ukraine has repeatedly pleaded for, was "a matter of both the urgency and priority".

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Ukraine
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To: grey_whiskers

Be sure to include some White Flags in the shipments. They are going to need them.


21 posted on 05/15/2024 5:33:56 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Mariner

Country’s top diplomat making sure weapons are rushed anywhere doesn’t sound much like he’s doing his job of diplomacy.


22 posted on 05/15/2024 5:39:51 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Mariner

The US taxpayer will now pay an additional $2billion “expedite” charge.
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I didn’t vote for this waste, I don’t know any taxpayer that did….a history check shows a revolution happened over a Tea tax….and just how does senile Joe get away with disregarding our Founding Fathers warning, never, ever get entangled in foreign wars…..what has happened to our Constitution?

It is getting clearer everyday where senile Joe’s Ukie war is leading us into….


23 posted on 05/15/2024 6:44:45 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Mariner

Priority Mail.


24 posted on 05/15/2024 6:49:31 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Country’s top diplomat making sure weapons are rushed anywhere doesn’t sound much like he’s doing his job of diplomacy.
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Much talk about how the weapons arrive so quickly….answer: much has been prepositioned- in advance of the welfare give aways. A few honest politicians in Congress have discovered this and deemed it a violation of US law,( not publicized )…I see it as pre- meditated, nefarious plans cooked up when our corrupted DOS “Project Ukraine “ began in 2014.

I’ve got news, Biden and his war cheerleaders” Project Ukraine “ is failing, and the West is in panic mode- expect more desperation, and total failure.


25 posted on 05/15/2024 6:58:09 PM PDT by delta7
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To: grey_whiskers
What’s the postage for USPS overnight on am M1 Abrams, anyway?

I mailed an XS GI Joe outfit to Zelensky and the shipping cost was reasonable. It was my contribution to the war effort.

26 posted on 05/15/2024 7:45:12 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Deo volente

They couldn’t get as much money as they wanted from Congress so they have at least one backup plan. There are probably other ‘unforeseen events’ like this one.


27 posted on 05/15/2024 8:03:28 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: grey_whiskers

I don’t know how much it costs to ship the tank. I do know its life expectancy on the front line is measured in hours.


28 posted on 05/15/2024 8:12:14 PM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: ransomnote

There are probably other ‘unforeseen events’ like this one
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Blinken playing his guitar in a Ukie bar…..Nero fiddling as Rome burned.


29 posted on 05/15/2024 8:14:39 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Mariner

Eventually our weapons will end up I Russian hands , just like the experience in Afghanistan and the Taliban.


30 posted on 05/15/2024 8:16:11 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“War mongers. Why is my country, the U.S. so damned pissed off that the Ukies are being attacked but couldn’t careless that the American people are being overrun by the scum of the earth?”

More Americans died from fentanyl ODs from our wide-open than Ukraines killed by Russia.


31 posted on 05/15/2024 10:43:29 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: FlingWingFlyer

America Last

Americans Last

Under the Neocon Uniparty


32 posted on 05/15/2024 10:57:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Mariner

WAR? WHAT WAR? BLINKEN IS A FREAKING IDIOT!


33 posted on 05/16/2024 1:42:04 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Mariner

I call for a national month, of the American people to, stop paying Federal Income Tax! If we would hold together, and do this, we could stop this BS! WHY HAVEN’T WE DONE THIS BEFORE?


34 posted on 05/16/2024 1:46:53 AM PDT by spincaster (t)
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To: rxh4n1

Yup!


35 posted on 05/16/2024 5:24:50 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When did WE decide to make America a UN 5-Star Asylum Paradise for Socialist losers?)
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To: quantim

I mean, do we have to?

Those military meals might be useful for our citizen homeless.


36 posted on 05/16/2024 8:14:46 AM PDT by cableguymn
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