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The possibility of Ukraine's army collapsing cannot be ruled out a US official has warned, report says
Business Insider ^ | April 13, 2024 | Cameron Manley

Posted on 04/13/2024 9:41:30 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The possibility of Ukraine's army collapsing cannot be ruled out, an unnamed US official told Bloomberg.

The report said, citing talks with multiple officials, that Ukraine's position on the battlefield is at its most fragile moment since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

Ukraine's war effort has been weakened in recent months by a severe shortage of ammunition, dipping morale among Ukrainian soldiers, and the impasse in Congress over US aid to Ukraine, Bloomberg reported.

One major risk is a collapse of Ukraine's line of defense, which would allow Russia to make a major advance, Bloomberg said, citing an official speaking anonymously.

In recent weeks, building on its capture of Avdiivka, Russia has advanced incrementally in eastern Ukraine, claiming new territory and threatening the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Friday that the government would allocate a further Hr 3.88 billion (almost $100 million) to help reinforce fortifications, primarily in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions, which sit near Russia's border.

However, The Wall Street Journal reported in March that although Ukrainian troops were building fortifications in preparation for an oncoming Russian offensive, there are fears that not enough progress is being made.

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TOPICS: Ukraine
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To: tlozo

He’s dead, as is the military that existed under him.

Ukraine is accepting US citizens for service, go help.


21 posted on 04/13/2024 10:07:56 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: OldHarbor

Neocons will only learn in their final moments.


22 posted on 04/13/2024 10:09:17 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator
He’s dead, as is the military that existed under him.

LOL, yes some of us are so wise, we can learn nothing from history. Okay

23 posted on 04/13/2024 10:14:05 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: tlozo

TLOZO - reporting in with his “Reagan would have supported the corrupt Democrate-deep-state political black box in Ukraine with all-out war” bull-Scheiße

What’s next for you?? “JESUS demands NATO enter the war in Ukraine!”


24 posted on 04/13/2024 10:15:28 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: tlozo

You hide behind patriotism like a coward.


25 posted on 04/13/2024 10:16:50 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: OldHarbor
For the US to continue to fund this fiasco

US STOPPED sending military aid which is WHY its becoming a fiasco.

A curse on the bastards in DC Kiev, London, Paris, Brussels etc. that are prolonging this

No condemnation of the bastard that started this war, Putin.

Yes, everyone should submit immediately to invasion from a tyrannical regime. This IS FREE REPUBLIC right?

26 posted on 04/13/2024 10:18:53 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Pray tell, where will the grifters in congress and the three-letter agencies get their kickbacks, payoffs, and money laundering schemes when Ukraine caves?


27 posted on 04/13/2024 10:19:31 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: PGR88
TLOZO - reporting in with his “Reagan would have supported the corrupt Democrate-deep-state political black box in Ukraine with all-out war” bull-Scheiße

Idiots forget Reagan supported the mujaheddin. Where they perfect?

Idiots forget Reagan supported the contra's? Where they perfect?

Sometimes you help the enemy of your enemy, without them being perfect.

28 posted on 04/13/2024 10:25:18 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: MinorityRepublican
The only question of that is will Russia allow them to have one square block left that they can call Ukraine. They should have been a good neighbor instead of going NATO/Nazi crazy.

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1776 map of Russian territory.

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29 posted on 04/13/2024 10:30:37 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: tlozo
Isolationism is preferable to interventionism.

"[The USA] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own."
--John Quincy Adams

30 posted on 04/13/2024 10:34:07 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: tlozo
Putin ! Russia !

These two diabolical witches kin to you ?

Nuland has retired, fat ,diumb and happy, undoubtedly richer too.

Hillary is just fat ,angry and always on the hunt for more loot.

My heart does go out to the average Joe Ukrainian conscript who are being blown to bits , while swindlers such as Nuland , Clinton, Biden , the whole stinking rotten EuroCrats and their petty EuroFeifdoms enrich themselves

Nuland and the CIA sold the EUcrats a plan that they were going to topple Russia and plunder their resources.

Oh….. backed the wrong horse ! Yet another failed CIA clusterhump ! whew !

Hey Zelensky, what is the timeframe for the Last Chopper Out of Kiev ™ scenario set to take place ?

31 posted on 04/13/2024 10:38:01 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Karl Spooner
They should have been a good neighbor instead of going NATO/Nazi crazy.

LOL, yes its crazy/incomprehensible why EVERY neighbor of Russia, including Finland joined or is trying to join NATO.


32 posted on 04/13/2024 10:38:02 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: tlozo

Comparing modern-day Russia is not comparable to the Soviet Union. But, NATO might be and the Biden regime certainly is.


33 posted on 04/13/2024 10:38:18 AM PDT by Kazan (Megan C. bet me, lost the bet and was humiliated!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The possibility of Ukraine's army collapsing cannot be ruled out a US official has warned


34 posted on 04/13/2024 10:39:27 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: tlozo
The Contras were fighting communists. Russia is not communist.

We, under Biden, are more comparable to the Soviet Union than modern-day Russia.

35 posted on 04/13/2024 10:39:45 AM PDT by Kazan (Megan C. bet me, lost the bet and was humiliated!)
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To: tlozo

It’s not about the money, the ammo or the lack of air defence. It’s the glide bombs.

As one UKr soldier said the other day, they built defences and shelters three or four feet down. That’s plenty against 155 cal rounds, they do little damage to underground structures. But a 500 lb glide bomb not only will destroy the defences, the shock wave will collapse shelters even outside the blast radius.

Before, troops could shelter from the artillery and then pop out to fire, with little risk. But now, there’s no place that’s safe. You’re sitting there, just waiting for the next one.


36 posted on 04/13/2024 10:41:17 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think (`-)
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To: tlozo

Forget about defending Ukraine from Russia. Ronald Reagan would vomit over what the U.S. has become in 2024.


37 posted on 04/13/2024 10:50:50 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Protect our own border.


38 posted on 04/13/2024 10:51:23 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: OldHarbor
Nuland has retired, fat ,diumb and happy, undoubtedly richer too. Hillary

Sure, Ukrainians have no will of their own. They are forced to fight Russia & would happily lay down their arms & sing woke songs of socialist unity were it not for Nuland, or Hillary. Okay

My heart does go out to the average Joe Ukrainian conscript who are being blown to bits

Does your heart go out to Ukrainians in the Russian occupied territories who are robbed, tortured, raped and killed?

Christian leaders killed, tortured, disappeared in occupied Ukraine

Into the third year of Russia’s occupation of parts of Ukraine, Christian leaders are still being killed, tortured, and disappeared. And in Russia, priests who oppose Putin’s invasion continue to be imprisoned or silenced.

‘As President Putin begins his fifth term our partners describe growing pressure on the Church,’ says Paul Robinson, CEO of UK-based Release International, which supports persecuted Christians worldwide.

‘And yet,’ he says, ‘in the face of fear, insecurity and oppression, hunger for the gospel is growing. We hear reports of churches packed to overflowing and many giving their lives to Christ.’

Tortured and killed 59 year old Ukrainian Orthodox priest 59-yr-old Stepan Podolchakwas in Russian-occupied Kherson.

https://releaseinternational.org/christian-leaders-killed-disappeared-in-occupied-ukraine/

39 posted on 04/13/2024 10:51:53 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: tlozo
The U.S. role in Ukraine’s military fortunes became meaningless once it was revealed that the U.S. taxpayer was funding Ukraine’s government operations and PENSION SYSTEM.

A nation that is paying pensions is not serious about an external military threat.

40 posted on 04/13/2024 10:53:39 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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