Posted on 03/25/2024 4:48:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Russia has launched its third wave of missile strikes against Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, in five days, as part of its escalating aerial bombardment of the city.
Five people were injured in the strike, with two of them taken to hospital, said the Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, as Ukraine’s foreign minister called on international allies to supply more air defences to his country.
The injuries and damage appear to have been the result of falling missile debris as the Ukrainian air force said it had shot down two missiles over the city.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, renewed his appeal to western partners to provide more weaponry to protect against the unrelenting aerial attacks.
“We never tire of repeating that Ukraine needs more air defence,” he said. “This is security for our cities and saves human lives.”
Frontlines in the war have remained largely static despite recent renewed and highly costly Russian efforts to advance in the Donbas region and the capture of some settlements.
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What exactly is the downside of letting Russia take over ukraine? Why would we care? Maybe they’ll let us know where Biden was laundering his money
Continuing the war only guarantees more Ukrainians die and that Ukraine will lose more territory.
No surrender! How about peace talks and a lull in the fighting? Maybe this can be settled at the peace table. Biden should send Trump to make a deal? Ukraine pulls out of the Donbas but gets to keep Odessa? Anything is better than this bloodbath.
How about peace talks and a lull in the fighting?
That was tried with Minsk II. As Angela Merkel confirmed, that ceasefire was used to gain time for Ukraine to rearm. It is not an available option to gain time again.
I guess those who were crowing about how Russia was getting hit hard never imagined that there might be some sort of retaliation...
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