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NATO allies send 1,500 combat vehicles, 230 tanks to Ukraine
"NATO countries have delivered over 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine, according to the military alliances, chief, the supplies put Kyiv in a stronger position as the country appears poised to launch a counter offensive NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg seemed confident Ukraine would succeed in its efforts. In total, we have trained and equipped more than 9 new Ukrainian army brigades. This will put Ukraine in a strong position to continue to retake occupied territories. The 31 NATO allies were committed to shoring up Ukraine's military, adding that taking back land occupied by Russian forces would give Kyiv a stronger negotiating position if peace talks occur. I'm Karen Chammas
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Russian missile hits another Ukraine apartment block, 1 dead
"A Russian missile has struck an apartment building in the Ukrainian eastern city of kramatorsk, killing at least one person and wounding several others. Ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky said that 6 apartment buildings were damaged in the blast and that rescue efforts were continuing is one of Ukraine's major strongholds in the embattled east in his evening address the night before zelensky insisted Ukraine was determined to win back their land in the region. The situation in the east is very tough, very painful. We need to destroy the enemy's military power, and we will. Houses the local Ukrainian army headquarters. Ukrainian authorities say it has been regularly targeted by Russian shelling and other attacks in the past. I am Karen Chammas
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Ukraine military identifies soldier seen in grisly war video
"Ukraine's chief prosecutor has tentatively identified a man apparently shot dead by Russian speakers in a video that circulated widely on social media as a missing Ukrainian soldier. I'm Ben Thomas with the latest. The grim 12 second video shows a man in Ukrainian army fatigues, apparently unarmed, standing in the Woods in what appears to be a freshly dug hole smoking a cigarette. Someone off camera can be heard saying in Russian film him. Lifting his chin, he says. Glory to Ukraine. Just before the gunshots. Monday, Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky called on his nation to respond to those words in unity, saying glory to the hero. Glory to Ukraine. We will find The Killers. Tuesday formed mister de mitro kole said the incident explains what he calls a genocidal war. The Ukrainian man was clearly murdered, simply for expressing his Ukrainian identity and love for his homeland. It is a war crime and a violation of the Geneva conventions and the international humanitarian law to kill an armed prisoners of war. Adding the perpetrators of this cold blooded execution must be brought to justice. Ukraine has opened a national investigation. And I also urged the International Criminal Court prosecutor to launch an immediate investigation into this crime. On its Facebook page, Ukraine's 30th mechanized brigade identified the man as Timothy shader. I'm Ben Thomas
WCPT 820
"ukrainian army" Discussed on WCPT 820
"Returns right now on T 8 20. North central college political science professor William muck joins us. We are talking about international goings on. We've been talking about Ireland and Scotland and what's going on in the United Kingdom. And I missed William I missed this text, please ask your guest what part jurisdiction over the North Sea oil plays in the desire of Scott's to gain independence. Joan a lot. So this is when you see states break up. And it is a rare occurrence in history. But one of the sticking points is who gets access to those resources. And the state who's left behind, obviously, is going to want that. But as Scotland is thinking about that, they're going to have one access and control of those resources. And so in some ways, this goes back to circles back to your initial question about why would the United Kingdom want to allow this to play out? Well, they're going to want to be part of the process if they have to divide these resources and Scotland would realize that as well. So it would take a long time to work through all those details. So oil is obviously one. Another issue is nuclear weapons. Right? If there are nuclear weapons stationed in Scotland, which I believe there are, you would have to negotiate that. So Scotland wouldn't get to keep its nuclear weapons. They would have to go back. Are they Scotland's nuclear weapons? Are they UK's? Are they ours? Who are they? They would be the United Kingdom's weapons. And so if Scotland were to break away, part of that negotiation would be returning those weapons. And I think Scotland probably doesn't need nuclear weapons. They're probably not really worried about their security. But these are all the little details that have to get negotiated out, right? I mean, so if we go think about Ukraine, when Ukraine got its dependent independence, part of that agreement was they gave up their own nuclear weapons. They weren't controlled by Ukraine. They were controlled by the Soviet Union, but part of that deal was Ukraine gave up control of those weapons and Russia promised never to invade Ukraine. So all of these things. Now they can ask them back, right? Well, no. That's the problem. If we gave these to you, we gave them to you invaded. We want them back. This is right. This is why states are very reluctant to give up nuclear weapons, right? And now we should be clear that Ukraine, the Soviet Union continued to control those weapons in Ukraine, but nevertheless, I mean, Ukraine could have said we're going to hold on to it and we'll figure out the technology later. But they said, no, no, no, we're willing to give them up. In exchange for an agreement from Russia to never invade Ukraine and got boy you look back and you say, boy, history plays out in really interesting ways. Then we also have a text, a speaking of Ukraine, from a listener who wants you to say to us what would push Putin to end the special military operation. Well, I think it's going to have to be a military defeat. I don't think there's any really negotiated solution for Putin right now. It's pretty clear that he wants to hold on to those territories in eastern Ukraine and Crimea is a nonstarter for him. And what's happened in Ukraine when you listen to zelensky, he says, we want to retake those four territories in eastern Ukraine. And we also want Crimea back because that was part of Ukraine. And it is a very legitimate request from zelensky, right? Because Russia stole basically stole that in 2014. So I don't see any negotiated solution that Putin would agree to at this point, which means that the only way you get to a solution is some sort of military defeat. And that's very, very difficult. So I think as we think about this conflict playing out, it's going to drag on for a while. And the only thing that's going to fundamentally change the positions of Ukraine and Russia will be some significant loss on the battlefield, which is not really good news. It suggests that this is going to be an ugly conflict that will play out for maybe even potentially years. Okay, I know that initially the western world was reluctant to give too many super complicated high powered high-tech weapons to Ukraine. There were a number of reasons given. We don't want to aggravate Russia more than they're already aggravated. The Ukraine Ukrainian army doesn't know how to work these things. Correct me if I'm wrong and I hope you do see this differently. To me it feels like we are supplying Ukraine with the weaponry necessary to keep things in a stalemate, but not enough to win. I mean, is that just me? No, no, no, I think that's something that you've heard come from the Ukrainians themselves. Now they say it very carefully and diplomatically because you don't want to alienate the United States and they talk about that timing matters so much. And that if the United States could just speed up the process by which they start to advance the weaponry, that would make a big difference. Now I will say one thing that we've seen in the last couple months out of the Biden administration is that they are now finally starting to give Ukraine weapons that will allow them to go on the offensive. So there's been a lot of conversation about tanks, giving them much more long range missiles. And so then you have to ask the question, well, why is the United States giving those weapons now? And I think the thinking is you want to give Ukraine the weaponry that they're going to need to carry out their own offensive. And so what we're watching right now is the beginning of a Russian offensive. I think they're going to try to push further into Ukraine. But in the next couple of weeks or maybe a month, I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same sort of offensive from Ukraine. Maybe in southern Ukraine where they try to push and take back territory because the weaponry that the United States and NATO has given, this sort of last round of it really is weapons that are meant to go on the offensive to be aggressive to try to push Ukraine back. And I think there may be a couple reasons for that. I think the Biden administration may be reading the writing on the wall and realize that they're not going to be able to continue to fund Ukraine indefinitely that they're starting to see a decline in domestic support for Ukraine. I think they're starting to worry about where there could be some cracks in NATO support. So I think what we're seeing from Biden is saying, let's hey, let's get some more offensive weapons to Ukraine in the hopes that they can go on the offensive and start to take the initiative to Russia. So I think that's why the next month or so is going to be really fascinating to watch what happens on the ground in Ukraine. And I agree with you, though it does seem that what we're doing now seems to me less like, oh my gosh, you guys have been at this for a year. Let us really give you extra boxes of ammo in a few more extra guns so you can just get this sucker done. But it seems to me that that's what it should be. Instead, oh, Russians are getting ready for a spring offensive. We better ramp up our support because we don't want Ukraine to lose, but we don't really seem to want to make Ukraine win either. Do you think it is a shift do you see a shift in thinking that we are now going to supply this country with what it needs to win this war? Or is it just, oh, Russia is getting ready to ramp up we better ramp up too. It feels like it's just a higher level stalemate to me. No, there's something to that. And I would say that it's an incremental increase, but it is not a dramatic one. And there are voices in the foreign policy community and the defense community who are making the argument you just did to say that yes, we've increased, we're sending tanks, we're sending more long range missiles, but that we have to double or triple that. This is the moment. The decisive moment for Ukraine to push. And so the United States shouldn't just give another 10 billion. It should be 20, 30, 40, 50 billion, right? That this is the moment. Now, I think what Biden is playing is he's thinking about not just the battle localized in Ukraine. He's also thinking about the interaction between the
Bloomberg Radio New York
"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Could be reached in 12 years time if interest rates remain elevated. She adds the bank could get there even sooner if it's able to cut costs and accelerate revenue growth. Those are our top stories this morning coming up next on Bloomberg daybreak, Europe will be getting back to our markets conversation and talking about what's moving with Janet mui head of market analysis at RBC brew and dolphin. This is Bloomberg. Bloomberg radio on demand and in your podcast feed. On the latest edition of the Bloomberg surveillance podcast, a conversation with Ukraine defense minister adviser, Yuri sac. Now we have said a long time ago that with the courage and determination of the Ukrainian armed forces, we were able to and of course with the help of the military assistance that we received from our allies, we were able to stabilize the front and we are now getting ready for our counter offensive, which we hope will begin soon. Now, because our military objective remains the complete the occupation of Ukrainian territories and restoring peace in Ukraine as well as in Europe. So the tanks, the tanks, which will be provided to Ukraine by the tank coalition, international tank coalition will be instrumental in helping Ukrainian army break through the defense lines of the enemy on the temporary occupied territories and we are seeing that the tanks, the first tanks are already on their way, and we hope that the tank coalition will continue stepping up their efforts and sending us more. To move out another year in this terrible war, can those tanks drive to Crimea? Do you perceive a linkage of what Kyiv wants on Crimea with what the allies want on Crimea? I think the key and allies are aligned when it comes to the situation with Crimea because everybody recognizes that Crimea is an internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, which has been illegally annexed in 2014. But when it comes to the actual format in which Crimea will be returned to Ukraine, our military will take that decision
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"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"In your podcast feed. On the latest edition of the Bloomberg surveillance podcast, a conversation with Ukraine defense minister adviser. Yuri suck. Now, we have said a long time ago that with the courage and determination of the Ukrainian armed forces, we were able to, and of course, with the help of the military assistance that we received from our allies, we were able to stabilize the front and we are now getting ready for our counter offensive, which we hope will begin soon. Now, because our military objective remains the complete the occupation of Ukrainian territories and restoring peace in Ukraine as well as in Europe. So the tanks, the tanks, which will be provided to Ukraine by the tank coalition, international tank coalition will be instrumental in helping Ukrainian army break through the defense lines of the enemy on the temporary occupied territories and we are seeing that the tanks, the first tanks are already on their way. And we hope that the tank coalition will continue stepping up their efforts and sending us more. To move out another year in this terrible war, can those tanks drive to Crimea? Do you perceive a linkage of what Kyiv wants on Crimea with what the allies want on Crimea? I think the key and allies are aligned when it comes to the situation with Crimea because everybody recognizes that Crimea is an internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, which has been illegally annexed in 2014. But when it comes to the actual format in which Crimea will be returned to Ukraine, our military will take that decision when it
Bloomberg Radio New York
"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"In your podcast feed. On the latest edition of the Bloomberg surveillance podcast, a conversation with Ukraine defense minister adviser. Yuri suck. Now, we have said a long time ago that with the courage and determination of the Ukrainian armed forces, we were able to and of course with the help of the military assistance that we received from our allies, we were able to stabilize the front and we are now getting ready for our counter offensive, which we hope will begin soon. Now, because our military objective remains the complete the occupation of Ukrainian territories and restoring peace in Ukraine as well as in Europe. So the tanks, the tanks, which will be provided to Ukraine by the tank coalition international tank coalition will be instrumental in helping Ukrainian army break through the defense lines of the enemy on the temporary occupied territories and we are seeing that the tanks, the first tanks are already on their way. And we hope that the tank coalition will continue stepping up their efforts and sending us more. To move out another year in this terrible war, can those tanks drive to Crimea? Do you perceive a linkage of what Kyiv wants on Crimea with what the allies want on Crimea? I think the key and allies are aligned when it comes to the situation with Crimea because everybody recognizes that Crimea is an internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, which has been illegally annexed in 2014. But when it comes to the actual format in which Crimea will be returned to Ukraine, our military will take that decision
Bloomberg Radio New York
"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Feed. On the latest edition of the Bloomberg surveillance podcast, a conversation with Ukraine, defense minister adviser, Yuri sac. Now we have said a long time ago that with the courage and determination of the Ukrainian armed forces, we were able to and of course with the help of the military assistance that we received from our allies, we were able to stabilize the front and we are now getting ready for our counter offensive, which we hope will begin soon. Now, because our military objective remains the complete the occupation of Ukrainian territories and restoring peace in Ukraine as well as in Europe. So the tanks, the tanks, which will be provided to Ukraine by the tank coalition international tank coalition will be instrumental in helping Ukrainian army break through the defense lines of the enemy on the temporary occupied territories and we are seeing that the tanks, the first tanks are already on their way. And we think that the tank coalition will continue stepping up their efforts and sending us more. To move out another year in this terrible war, can those tanks drive to Crimea? Do you perceive a linkage of what Kyiv wants on Crimea with what the allies want on Crimea? I think the key and allies are aligned when it comes to the situation with Crimea because everybody recognizes that Crimea is an internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, which has been illegally annexed in 2014. But when it comes to the actual format in which Crimea will be returned to Ukraine, our military will take that decision
Bloomberg Radio New York
"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Have said a long time ago that with the courage and determination of the Ukrainian armed forces, we were able to, and of course, with the help of the military assistance that we received from our allies, we were able to stabilize the front and we are now getting ready for our counter offensive, which we hope will begin soon. Now, because our military objective remains the complete the occupation of Ukrainian territories and restoring peace in Ukraine as well as in Europe. So the tanks, the tanks, which will be provided to Ukraine by the tank coalition, international tank coalition will be instrumental in helping Ukrainian army break through the defense lines of the enemy on the temporary occupied territories and we are seeing that the tanks, the first tanks are already on their way. And we hope that the tank coalition will continue stepping up their efforts and sending us more. To move out another year in this terrible war, can those tanks drive to Crimea? Do you perceive a linkage of what Kyiv wants on Crimea with what the allies want on Crimea? I think the key and allies are aligned when it comes to the situation with Crimea because everybody recognizes that Crimea is an internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, which has been illegally annexed in 2014. But when it comes to the actual format in which Crimea will be returned to Ukraine, our military will take that decision when
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Biden Pushed to Provide Tanks for Ukraine
"Biden came out yesterday and we'll go into this in a little bit deeper dive a little bit later on. But Joe Biden came out in a press conference and announced that he is going to give these tanks to Ukraine. And that's fine, but this is exactly the opposite of what their policy was even a week ago. We weren't going to do that, said this administration. And all of a sudden, Germany, France, Edward NATO countries decided they were going to send tanks because they didn't think we were going to keep it up. And it kind of shamed this administration into going ahead and doing the right thing. Tom cotton reflected on it to trace Gallagher and Sandra Smith over at Fox News. Here is what Tom cotton said cut 6. It's a welcome decision that president Biden and Germany have decided to finally provide these tanks to Ukraine, but it's long overdue. It also continues the pattern since before the war started, a President Biden being scared of his own shadow of declining the military support that the Ukrainian army needs first to deter the war from starting in the first place and then second to defend Ukrainian territory and to fight back against Russia's unprovoked war of aggression. And it's really an admission of their own mistakes, not providing these tanks months ago. As you've seen time and time again for the last year, when the administration explains that some kind of weapon system or a certain kind of intelligence would be dangerously escalatory or provocative, only to provide it months later, too late for it to be used to stop further advances or to facilitate further Ukrainian advances. So what we need to do to end this war to stop it from being more protracted or bloodier is to back Ukraine's army to the hilt so they can defend their own territory.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"I'm Scott Carr. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is visiting war ravaged Ukraine. Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is in Kyiv along with Democrats Richard blumenthal of Connecticut and Sheldon whitehouse of Rhode Island. After meeting with Ukrainian officials Friday the 3% at a unified front praising the fighting spirit of the Ukrainian army, they say they also tried to calm the fears of some Ukrainians that the Republicans in charge in the U.S. House now would cut funding to support Ukraine in their war with Russia. This new details emerging about the 6 year old boy who recently shot his teacher in the chest at an elementary school in Virginia, criss-crossed got more. Last month, the child opened fire with a handgun in what police called a targeted attack. It's now been revealed the same child had previously written notes claiming he wanted to set his teacher on fire and watch her die. His teacher, Abigail schwerner, took the notes to the school who told her to drop it. Other teachers at richneck elementary says Werner had asked for help multiple times regarding the boy's outbursts, but her concerns were dismissed as Warner was shot in the chest, but survived the shooting is currently being investigated as intentional. I'm criss-crossed. The Kansas City Chiefs are moving on to their 5th straight AFC championship game despite an early injury to star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Kansas City beat Jacksonville 27 to 20 the chiefs will face the winner of the buffalo in Cincinnati game today. For over a billion people around the world, the new year begins today, cultures across eastern Asia celebrate the lunar new year, often called the Chinese New Year because it's based on the ancient Chinese calendar, according to the Chinese zodiac, the year of the rabbit begins today. The second man to walk on the moon, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin celebrated his 93rd birthday yesterday as a newlywed. 30 seconds
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"ukrainian army" Discussed on WGN Radio
"Ku ma country, Michael welcome, you're on with rich Valdez, Merry Christmas. Hey, rich, Merry Christmas. Happy new year Great to talk with you again. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I really have enjoyed your guests this week. My comments were kind of a tie in a little bit with the guest. You had talking about the electrical grid and the power grid in the United States. Utilities and then of course the tie in with the Ukraine and of course with a president zelensky's visit here. A lot of the folks are talking about that. I have some friends that I talk with on the Internet over there, rich. And it's just a terrible winner. They're going through long periods without electricity. Enough food and water. And I thought about that. Imagine you and me or our families, our relatives going through long periods of the winter in that situation without electricity, enough food and water. I don't know if we lost you. You cut out for a second. Yeah, go ahead. Oh, yeah. Sorry, rich. Yeah. But it made me think about how easy it is to take our grid, our utilities for granted as an American. And you don't think about it all the time. But seeing what they're going through over there, like I said, imagine the average American going through a winner. Let me just jump back in. Michael, I think you're a 100% right. On multiple fronts. A, yes, I think they're going through a brutal winter there where they don't have the same capacity to heat where the Russians have been taking out a lot of their energy plans. So it's tough in Ukraine. And their tough people and they're toughing it out in the Russians are tough and the whole thing is tough. I gotta be Frank with you here. But something that we talked about earlier with congressman and the former congressman Michael Grimm, who is contributor to newsmax TV now, and he was on the ground in Ukraine this year. And he's a former combat marine combat veteran for the United States. And served with the Ukrainian army. He was embedded with them as a journalist as a reporter. He mentioned that they had a real zeal to continue fighting. And it was that I see that same zeal in them and despite these long cold, hard winters, I think they are, they've been, I'd say they're winning at this point. Because right now they've got a younger, fresher, better equipped and better trained military. And I think Putin's lost a bunch of people as they have. And they're using either some really young and experienced soldiers or older soldiers that they didn't plan on putting out there in the front line. And I think that's part of the reason they're winning. And of course, I think the superiority of American intelligence and that level of technical support. But the point you made about us taking for granted our grid our infrastructure, the fact that we have heat, you're right, my man, you are spot on. This is something that I feel, you know, at least me, I need to check myself every now and again and realize how good I have it. A is an American, B just everything. You know, God's been incredibly good to me. And I think it's incumbent upon all of us to be generous towards others. As life has been generous to us, and we shouldn't ever lose sight of that, especially now during the holidays, because there's people going through it. And if you can be a blessing to somebody else, why not be it? Because I know I've had very tough times in life. And people were a blessing to me. So yeah, I think that's an excellent point. And thank you for your kind words on the program. I always appreciate good feedback from you all. All right, let us say we have calls from Bismarck North Dakota, Charleston, South Carolina, Texas. What else we got here? My buddy Gil, everybody's hanging on it. So we're going to get to you guys in a moment straight ahead. Don't go anywhere. We're going to take this quick pause. We'll come right back 8 6 6 5 O 5, 46, 26 I am rich Valdez will be right back. What's your least favorite season? Now, if you like me, are you drowning in IRS tax debt
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Russia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine
"Russia's launched another major missile attack on Ukraine. A Ukrainian air force spokesman says Russian forces have launched more than 60 missiles into Ukraine in their latest strikes on the country. Spokesman, you're right. Enid has told Ukrainian TV. It isn't immediately clear how many missiles the Ukrainian army managed to intercept, though some officials report success in downing incoming projectiles, Ukrainian authorities are reporting blasts in at least four cities at
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Torture allegations mount in aftermath of Kherson occupation
"After 8 months of occupation, the city of Herzog is finally back in Ukrainian hands. However, reports are arising of allegations of torture in the region. The Associated Press spoke to 5 people who alleged torture took place by Russians in the key Ukrainian city, 5 alleged torture rooms have been found in the city along with at least four more in the wider house on region. It is there that people allege they were confined beaten shocked interrogated and threatened with death according to police. They alleged they were forced to give information about relatives or acquaintances with ties to the Ukrainian army, including names and locations disclosed in handwritten notes, human rights experts warned that the accusations made so far are likely only the beginning. I am Karen Chammas
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Ukraine celebrates regaining Kherson region
"The Ukrainian military has carried out what they call stabilization measures in the newly recaptured town of kirsan in southeastern Ukraine Jubilant celebrations erupted on the streets of kirsan after Russia announced its troops had withdrawn from the key city locals chanted in the streets glory to the Ukrainian forces and death to the enemy in the capital Kyiv Ukrainians chanted Kirsten is Ukraine Kyiv resident moroz Alina told the AP that the latest Russian retreat gave her hope We love Ukraine we love cursing We are all Ukraine and we are waiting for Ukrainian armed forces to take our cities back We wait for this water and by Russia's defeat The Russian put out from Kirsten has cast a further dampener on president Vladimir Putin's designs to take over large parts of Ukraine However despite the latest victory for the Ukrainian army about 70% of the Carson region still remains under Russian control I'm Karen
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Russian soldiers enter Kherson homes, dig in for urban war
"Russian soldiers have entered homes in the key city of her son apparently digging in for urban warfare I Norman hall Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has suggested the Russians are feigning a pullout from her son in order to allure the Ukrainian army into an entrenched battle zelensky called attempts to convince civilians to move deeper into Russian controlled territory theater Russian forces seize her son city soon after the invasion of Ukraine in late February A Ukrainian military analyst says Russian supply lines to her son have been cut off and resources including weapons and food are evaporating I Norman hall
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Russia says it enlisted 300K new troops to fight in Ukraine and doesn't plan for more
"Ukraine's presidential office says at least four civilians have been killed and ten others wounded by the latest Russian attacks The office says Russian troops again far on several towns facing the Russia occupied zapper Asian nuclear power plant across the dnieper river in the shilling damaged dozens of residential buildings and power lines and elsewhere attacks cut power supplies to thousands of people Meanwhile in the neighboring new Hans region the Ukrainian army is pressing its counter offensive governor Sergei saying
Bloomberg Radio New York
"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"To this war is the answer tanks, fighter jets, what is it? Well, I think now with the Ukraine moving on the offense have been doing exceptionally well, I think what you have to have is maneuver assets. And I've spoken about this before. They need to have both fixed wing and rotary aircraft rotary wing aircraft helicopters, if you will, to move troops quickly around the battlefield. And I think that the addition of armor from the west, whether it's German armor or American web of the case may be provided to the Ukrainians will give me the ability to move quickly on the ground on the battlefield, protected. And that's important. But these are things that we should have anticipated that we should have been training and thinking about some time ago. So again, we find ourselves behind the ball with regard to whether Ukrainians are and where they need to be. But I think this would be help them in this maneuver phase of the warfare in terms of ejecting Russia out of Ukraine. Where does intelligence play into this? And I know there's probably only so much that we can discuss on the radio about it, but the shared intelligence can be as valuable or more so than providing hardware. Absolutely. Look, from what you're reading a newspaper is we're giving them strategic intelligence with regard to Russian troop movements and possible cruise missile strikes and we're providing them tactical intelligence in terms of what's happening on the ground right before the opposing forces. So I think all that is very important to give them that type of intelligence about what's happening with the Russians may be thinking and doing and then understanding the broader strategic situation as well. Is there such thing as a surge here that is something that could be done I mentioned hardware but with regard to the way the Ukrainian army is using forces is there something they could do to break line something they could do to really put Russia on its heels before winter hits, that window is closing quickly. Yeah, I do think it's key that they gain as much territory back as they can before winter hits before it slows down the momentum of any type of offensive. It will be important tactically not just in terms of what happens on the ground with their forces and reclaiming Ukrainian cities. But it will send an important message to the western alliance that Ukraine can win this war. We need to stand behind in particularly as Germany and other countries face a tough winter with reduced energy supplies coming from Russia. We want them to feel good about their decision to support Ukraine. And if we can make it through the winter, then maybe the Ukraine is going to pick the offensive back up and continue to push the Russians out. That's why I think providing them maneuver assets like helicopters, tanks, fighting vehicles, is important. And again, we should have anticipated this weeks if not months ago. We've provided billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine much of it from our own arsenal, how much of a challenge will it be to replenish our stockpiles? I am concerned about our stockpiles. I don't think the issue is money as much as the ability to quickly rebuild those stockpiles, look, and more you spend a lot of ammunition, material and platforms. And it's important that we support the Ukrainians because they are fighting the fight that we didn't want to fight. And this is not just a combat between two countries, but this is autocracy versus democracy. And so it's important to support them, but the challenges our defense industrial base is built for efficiency, not for a long drawn out fight. And so we have to get our heads around the fact that we have to build stockpiles of arms, equipment, ammunition, material, all those things that's important, just not support, not just for supporting our allies. But supporting our own fight if we get into some tussle with the Russians or Chinese ourselves. How long do you have a sense having held a job here as defense secretary? How long it might take to do so? Well, look, not just my job as sect app and secretary army before then, but I spent 8 years or so in the defense industry. It takes months if not years to rebuild these stockpiles. And that's going to mean quick confusions of money now by Congress to get these defense companies to spin up lines, higher workers, train workers, build plant and factory as need be. You'll all these things to make sure we have sufficient stockpiles for the United States and its allies when it comes to things like stingers and javelins and high Mars and all those 155 millimeter munitions that we have been expended on the battlefield of Ukraine. Do we have the chips to do it? We stockpiled enough for that purpose? Well, I want the belief so, but that's why it was very important that several weeks ago, Congress passed the chips act to bring back capacity back here home to the United States that it'll take a few years, of course, to build that capacity. But that was an important strategic move that supports not just our national security when it comes to defense and defense industry, but also our commercial robustness and the health of our economy. Well, as debate starts over this next NDAA, we've got a lot of stuff to buy secretary. We do, and it's not cheap, and Congress has to be willing to open up its pocketbooks and think strategically about what we need to win in the 21st century. I'm far less concerned about Russia today than what I might have been two years ago because they've proven themselves to be incompetent in many ways on the battle. But China is still out there lurking, and they have ambitions about surpassing us when it comes to leading the global order. Mark asper former Secretary of Defense former secretary of the army, we thank you as always for the insights today on Bloomberg good luck at the UN. Thank you very much. Well, assemble the panel next with Rick and Genie here on sound on, I'm Joe Matthew in Washington, this is Bloomberg. Why get your financial news of
WTOP
"ukrainian army" Discussed on WTOP
"The WTO studios with Lowe's in the 60s expected overnight. It's 1141. Russian troops are on the run after Ukraine's military launched a blistering operation to take control of the war and the Ukrainian plan appears to be working spectacularly. To say the turn in the war has been stunning is no exaggeration. During the last couple of days, Ukrainian army was spectacularly successful around kharkiv and in the herson region. Yuri sac is a special adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense. We have pushed the enemy back all the way to the Russian border in some places. And he says they've gotten little or no resistance from Russia's front lines. Depth of the Ukrainian army penetration is about 50, sometimes 70 kilometers. He says they've been able to take back 2000 km² of territory, some of it that was taken back in 2014. JJ green, WTO news. Meantime, the UN International Atomic Energy Agency is proposing the establishment of a protection zone around the zapper Asia, nuclear power plant, the head of the agency, Rafael grossi says today that both Ukraine and Russia have shown signs of interest in that, but there's still a lot to discuss. There are issues related to the radius. There are issues related to how our experts would be working in this regard. So there are a few things that should be agreed upon. Each country has blamed the other for shelling at the nuclear power plant, which is Europe's largest, the last operating unit of that plant was shut down yesterday, Russia has been in control of the facility since March, but work on the site is being done by a Ukrainian staff. 9 nations that border the North Sea are committing to wind power to combat climate change and wean
WTOP
"ukrainian army" Discussed on WTOP
"74 in the district, it's 72 in centerville 71 in upper Marlboro, Lowe's expected tonight in the 60s. It's 9 40. Russian troops are on the run after Ukraine's military launched a blistering operation to take control of the war and the Ukrainian plan appears to be working spectacularly. To say the turn in the war has been stunning is no exaggeration. During the last couple of days, Ukrainian army was spectacularly successful around kharkiv and in the khazar region. Yuri sac is a special adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense. We have pushed the enemy back all the way to the Russian border in some places. And he says they've gotten little or no resistance from Russia's front lines. We depth of the Ukrainian army penetration is about 50. Sometimes the 70s kilometers. He says they've been able to take back 2000 km² of territory, some of it that was taken back in 2014. JJ green, WTO news. Meantime, the UN International Atomic Energy Agency is proposing the establishment of a protection zone around the zapper Asia nuclear power plant. The head of the agency Rafael grossi says today that both Ukraine and Russia have shown signs of interest, but there's still a lot to discuss. There are issues related to the radius. There are issues related to how our experts would be working in this regard. So there are a few things that should be agreed upon. Each country has blamed the other for shelling at the nuclear power plant, which is Europe's largest, the last operating unit of the plant was shut down yesterday. Russia has been in control of the facility since March, but work on the site is done by a Ukrainian staff. 9 nations that border the North Sea are committing to wind power to combat climate change and wean themselves from fossil fuel imports. Members of the North Sea's energy corporation today announcing plans to massively increase offshore wind power in the coming decades. The region currently has capacity to generate less than 20 gigawatts of wind power, but the target is to expand to 76 gigawatts by 2030 and 260 gigawatts by mid century. The countries that agreed to the goals include Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. A United Nations agency is out with a report that shows nearly 20% a nearly 20% rise in the number of people forced into modern slavery since 2016. BBC News correspondent Jerry Smith has details. The international labor organization says about 50 million people around the world are trapped in forced labor or forced marriage with women, children and migrants the most vulnerable in a new report on modern slavery, the ilo said the number of people caught in such situations had risen by 10 million in the 5 years to 2021. It said the COVID pandemic conflict and climate change had increased the risk
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
The Truth About the War in Ukraine With Rep. Victoria Spartz
"So let's refocus on what's happening in Ukraine as somebody who's been there who's been to the war zone. Will you give a picture of how the Ukrainian people are suffering the reality of living in a nation that has been invaded? Tell us what you have seen with your own eyes. Well, I think and I have to, you know, just because you know, I'm sorry and it was all of the criticism president zelensky has a very tough job. I have to say that he wants his country wherever so that he can do. And I think we just need to be household to him and to Ukrainian people because in the local governments, there was a lot of politics right now because if you think about it, local governments, Ukrainian people, Ukrainian army. Hold off this offensive that no one could imagine. This is a strong people. This is people are going to fight till the end. And it doesn't matter. You know how long it takes. So who's helping or not? They're not going to surround that. It's a matter of we don't have them. Some of the best and brightest people are just going to die. And it's going to be unfortunately, just not for Ukraine is, but for all of us. And if you think about it, you know, when I went there and when I saw, you know, what's happening in the city. When I went to city of cherry hill, you know, my great grandpa. He actually lab partisan movements. You know, this is like a position resistant movement. One of the guys ensures you've reached during World War II. Some are a lot of different stories from my grandma. And they will store it when I start driving to the streets. Seeing tanks being missiles land around, seeing that people seeing pictures of people that just got killed to some bombing of Ukraine in people of the war that escaped from Mario for his death and getting shot young voice and hospitals with no lags and no arms. Destruction and really the level of destruction and the level of atrocities and rape and killing putting people in front of a tank, I could never imagine to tell you the truth for me it was surreal.
AP News Radio
Ukraine News: Russia Intensifies Shelling in the East, Signaling Its Next Offensive
"Ukraine suffers more casualties as Russian shelling continues An official says the attacks have killed 5 civilians over the past 24 hours and wounded over 20 more in the eastern thanx province where Russia has stepped up its offensive in recent days that the next governor had on Tuesday urged the provinces more than 350,000 residents to flee saying that getting people out will help save lives and enable the Ukrainian army better to defend towns Russian forces also have hit kharkiv Ukraine's second largest city further
AP News Radio
Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault
"Russian forces are leaving snake island but keeping up its protracted eastern Ukraine assault Russia's pull back from a Black Sea location where they faced relentless Ukrainian army attacks but is keeping up the push to encircle the last bulwark of Ukraine's resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk While in central Ukraine funerals are being held for some of the 18 people confirm killed by Monday's Russian missile strike on a busy shopping mall in kremenchuk Crews continue to search through the rubble for another 20 people who remain missing I'm Charles De
AP News Radio
Ukrainian army to leave battered city to avoid encirclement
"A senior east Ukraine official says after weeks of ferocious fighting forces will retreat from a besieged city in the country's east The city of Sevilla Donetsk the administrative center of the Luhansk region has faced relentless Russian bombardment Ukrainian troops fighting the Russians in house to house battles before retreating to a huge chemical factory on the city's edge in recent days Russian forces have made gains around the city and the neighboring city of leisa chunks in a bid to encircle Ukrainian forces now governor sir hi hi says fighters have been given the orders to leave severe the next to prevent that I'm Charles De
AP News Radio
2 US veterans from Alabama reported missing in Ukraine
"Two U.S. veterans from Alabama in Ukraine assisting the war effort against Russia have gone missing I'm Ben Thomas with the latest The men are 27 year old Andy ty win of Trinity Alabama a former marine and 39 year old Alexander druk of Tuscaloosa congressman Robert adder holt says win had volunteered to go fight with the Ukrainian army but relatives haven't heard from him since June 8th When he was in the harkey region in Ukraine's northeast an 8 adds win Andrew were together White House national security spokesman John Kirby If it's true we'll do everything we can to get them safely back home But Kirby and the administration is discouraging Americans from going to Ukraine right now It is a war zone It's combat And if you feel passionate about supporting Ukraine there's any number of other ways to do that If confirmed the pair would be the first Americans known to have been captured fighting for Ukraine Ben Thomas Washington
AP News Radio
Trapped by Russian Forces, Ukrainians Waited a Month in a Basement
"The Ukrainian army says Russian forces are regrouping to launch an offensive on the city of slovyansk in the eastern Donbass region Moscow backed rebels have controlled self proclaimed republics in both Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014 and Russia is trying to seize the territory still under Ukrainian control The Ukraine's army says Russian soldiers managed to get a foothold overnight in a village about 15 miles northwest of slovyansk and are preparing to attack the city The
WCPT 820
"ukrainian army" Discussed on WCPT 820
"I'm from Texas I had a heart I don't have a shoe But that is for me and for my protection at my house It's for protecting my property I'm not talking about those type of events We're talking about military styles Assault weapons So in Texas I tell all my Friends it's not about your gun to be used for hunting Right And I don't know too many people That has got to stop Yeah She is correct Yep You know I was talking to Lonnie Kalani grew up with guns with his family And the only time I ever shot a gun was handgun it was a 22 And I did my perfect Charlie's Angels stance And it was I don't know how far it was Please mister And my hips and everything And we were shooting bowling pins Okay And my first three two shots hit two of them Don't both ricochet off bowling That doesn't mean 22 Okay Just hit them and knock them down Thus far enough away Okay And I hit two out of the three in my first three shots and then I went around for a second time and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn after that And I didn't like it I did not like having that in my hand The only time I shot a shotgun was a camp chickahominy And it was a shotgun We were laying down you know shooting at a target Against my shoulder And I'm completely missed the target except for one little teeny tiny shot up in the corner Wow Yeah That's hard It mess with a shot You're never used to that kickback The first time you shoot it Yeah It gets you Yeah Yeah I'm not a fan of guns I'm like Angela V Shelton I want them all And then I'll get rid of them That's what I would do I would melt them down Or jewelry Send them to the Ukrainian army Even better Yes Even better Y'all and a bunch of people in uvalde did turn in their AR-15s good for them Good for you guys Well you know what We need to do an AR-15 buyback Absolutely If you turn it in we'll give you a tank of gas That's what we did in Sacramento Right now a tank of gas is worth a lot of money So there's a lot of money And Sacramento did a gun buyback a couple of weekends ago and they ran out of gas cards Yeah And they had a couple hundred gas cards and they ran out of them So there are people that are willing to get And it was only $50 gas card So by my house by the way the cheap gas is $7 and 9 cents a gallon Yeah It's over 6 by my house now That's the cheap station I can't find it below 6 anymore Well there's a gas station a half mile south of where I live Just a half a mile The cheap gas there And luckily they're doing it cash and credit because otherwise the credit would be higher normally And they know to do it this way It's 7 29 for the cheapest gas grade And it's literally only half a mile and it's 20 cents cheaper and then you go another half a mile and it's under $7 So y'all just drive a mile Yeah The gas buddy app really helps It does help Yeah I mean we buy gas kind of far from our House because it's a good 50 to 60 cents less a gallon And so everybody But like even the classically lower priced gas stations aren't necessarily the lowest price ones anymore Like everything is so up in the air Well the woman up in requisite Mendocino there was a Chevron or yeah it's a Chevron station and they're charging over $10 a gallon That's Mendocino And she went the owner of the gas station She said well we don't sell anything else No you're still price gouging lady No Beverly Hills isn't even selling it for that price And that's high real estate So no I'm not buying what she's trying to sell Oh bitch please A bitch plays One day we'll figure this mystery on Yes One day we will figure this out Hi Jerry in Ohio How are you Jerry Jerry can you hear me Jerry can you hear me Nope No sorry Okay Really She was in a good buyer Sarah hi What Quote it's from the goodbye girl I think so It doesn't sound like that era Was Katie Seagal in that movie It might not be true It doesn't sound like Katie Segal to me It sounds like that movie for the second I heard it I was like so Marsha may I don't know It could be Marcia mason Okay we're gonna have to look up the good sounds familiar Sounds like something from that movie I don't know why So okay so you have a hunch It's not necessarily you know No I didn't look it up but I just the second I heard it I was like I swear I swear it's from that movie for some reason I don't know why I saw it like a million years ago So did everybody at this point Quinn Cummings is an adult in his children that are older than her She was in that movie at this point These are the important questions people That's why you tune in Let's play it again for everybody out there Yes here we go This is just the quote Oh bitch Please Take your line of bull down to the corner market and sell it there because this 5 and dime isn't buying your wine today In some places she sounds like Katie Seagal and other places she doesn't And she says the F word so that definitely wasn't on television Well no it can be on FX They can say the other thing But I don't know if they would say the F word on futurama No they would not They would absolutely have heard it Yeah Okay Oh look who we have Kevin Kevin Well hello Hello Hello Hello How is everyone I'm doing okay How's Chicago Fasten your seatbelt is going great Oh thank you honey I called earlier but I had to hang out because my kids were bothering me and now I'm hiding from them in my closet They are a bunch of homophobes I swear they've driven you back in the closet Oh no Right It's funny When I first heard that bitch please quote I'm like oh my gosh what is that from And I tried every Google trick I know Yeah It is So it's not there I think we need to start a GoFundMe to reward anybody who calls in with the correct answer Yeah We'll send you $5 $5 Home Depot gift card There you go Yeah Yeah right So I was so loving this softball team idea I am hoping that I can be drafted I am an excellent pitcher Of course you are Well we learn more about you every day Well I don't know Get your mind out of the gutter I don't know Is it a synchro slider Is that your specialty I always love the slider But I do prefer the hard softballs Software one I actually called bits some usable content Good okay So I've said before that my family is a bunch of Appalachian broadcasts So I have a little bit of an insight into their thinking and Chris I'm sure you do too and having worked in conservative media And I think that's why you took the stance on Matthew McConaughey that you did I'm not trying to drum up anymore No more yelling But Because I do hate when my dad is Yelp So I don't think I'm not I'm not a 100% bothered by the fact that Fox News is not covering it I'm not a 100% bothered by water Yeah I don't think anybody who watches it religiously is cares what's going on Now I will say Travis you were talking about memories of that day and Dylan saying oh I can go out and I don't want to I have memories of that day And it's funny because all of my family were taken to Facebook This is an insurrection Trump needs to call this off And it's so funny that all of the Republicans now have amnesia that they can't remember that they said all that So I don't think that they're really interested in what the hearings have to say what I want.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"ukrainian army" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"With mortar attacks cozumel's battalion of civilian fighters along with the regular Ukrainian army launched a counter offensive to drive back the Russians They've pushed the Russian ground forces Cosimo says out of range of conventional mortars yet Russia can still hit harkey with long-range missiles So you've heard probably tonight there were three or four rockets which landed here There were huge explosions This is what they can do But they can not use now normal armor theory It was the founder and CEO of aggro trade group one of Ukraine's largest agricultural commodities companies He's listed by Forbes Ukraine as one of the richest men in the country I'm a businessman and now I'm a commander of military unit in Ukraine He doesn't want to talk about agro trade saying it sensitive because part of the company's operations is now in Russian occupied territory And he adds his focus is on the war not business I mentioned that it's kind of unusual for someone to go from the board room to the battlefield I will ask you how and usually to have the war in the center of Europe in 21st century Is it unusual Is it more unusual than to have a businessman as a commander of military unit I think that His unit is dubbed the billionaires battalion based on his wealth and Ukrainian currency not dollars along with some other wealthy Ukrainians Cosimo pays for training weapons and vehicles out of his own pocket Because this is my land this is my country This is my city I mean for me it's quite natural His unit takes orders from the army but operates independently Outside of harkey new.
Mark Levin
Looming Ground Battle Is Crucial Phase in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say
"Looming ground battle is crucial phase in Ukraine U.S. officials says Washington compost rheinstein air base Germany should we shut that to How many American lives were lost We have that area Should we get rid of that Our main air base in Germany Yeah what do we need to be there for right To protect us That was the thinking U.S. Military officials assessed that a crucial Perhaps decisive phase of the Ukraine war is shaping up in the eastern part of the country Where Russian troops may surround Ukrainian forces and hopes of pummeling them in an epic long distance ground battle reminiscent of the last century Do any of you support this Do any of you oppose us sending the Ukrainians the kind of weapons they need to defend themselves Not in this audience Your red blooded Americans You don't believe in this crap The poor Russians But for we the American people they wouldn't be doing what they're doing You've got to be drunk on your own stupidity to make such an argument U.S. shipments are heavy artillery and counter artillery radar tactical drones armored vehicles and other equipment are being rushed to Ukraine before tens of thousands of troops Amounting to up to half the Ukrainian army Are caught in what is known as a double envelope In other words a Panzer pins are movement That would bring them under simultaneous attack from two sides This is why I regret we have this commander in chief such as he is
WTOP
"ukrainian army" Discussed on WTOP
"Ukraine JJ green has the update for us This fighting for Ukraine's forces in eastern and southern Ukraine is very difficult but they are holding their own against Russia's attacks Ukrainian army has been successful in actually repelling the attacks Ukrainian army in some parts of that battle front line has been able even to counterattack So there are some there are some locations which have been retaken by Ukrainian armed forces Yuri sag is an adviser to Ukraine's defense minister fighting is continuing in other parts of Ukraine It's still a desperate situation in dnipro Odessa michaelia and other places They're all under fire right now ear raid sirens More Ukrainians are being killed Russia still has the upper hand with more troops and better weapons but Ukraine is starting to get more of the weapons and even fighter jets they've been asking for according to Ukraine's president zelensky There's more evidence that Putin is becoming more and more isolated each day despite a lot of reporting out there that he still maintains a lot of support in Russia How isolated is he and where's the truth on his support Russia has been hit by new sanctions to the trans capitol bank which has played a big role in Russia's sanctions evasion scheme has been designated more than 35 people linked to the Kremlin and one of its favorite oligarchs have been hit with financial sanctions more than 600 people are now facing Visa restrictions and virtual currency mining companies have been sanctioned sanctioned as well But beyond that Putin's oligarch friends are starting to turn on him I'll let tinkoff said the ward was insane and urged the west to stop it And one really interesting development I spoke with evgenya Kara murza She's the wife of opposition politician Vladimir Kara murza who's been poisoned twice and was arrested again two weeks ago in Moscow She said a majority of Russians are against.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"ukrainian army" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Again to happy birthday again Pretty Gupta Right now Washington D.C. Nathan Hager world on national news All right Paul thanks Ukraine says its forces are outnumbered and surrounded as they make what may be their final stand against Russia in the key port city of Mario pole Sergei orlov is the city's deputy mayor That Ukrainian army control part of our city I don't know exact percentage but I think that's about 25 still to 30% and we continue to defeat while Russian continued to destroy all the civil infrastructure of the KL citizens Mary pole deputy mayor Sergey orloff says Russia's cut off humanitarian aid to the city though Kia is holding out hope for humanitarian corridors And that part of Ukraine The UN refugee agency now says more than 5 million people have fled the fighting since the invasion though Ukraine's border force says more than a million Ukrainians have returned A fast moving wildfire in Arizona has torn through about two dozen buildings and forced more than 700 people to evacuate their homes near flag staff This woman has lived in the area for 55 years It's like we go through this every year the fire the forced service I'm not trying to dog on them but they need to shut the forest down No firefighters are hoping for some relief today from the winds They've kicked up the flames from the tunnel fire up to a hundred feet in the air Julian Assange is a step closer to facing extradition to the U.S. a judge in London has formally approved the order for the WikiLeaks founder to leave and face spying charges in case now goes to British Home Secretary Priti Patel for a final decision Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts and more than 120 countries this is Bloomberg With the cost of living going up across the country you deserve a solution that offers some change BJ's Wholesale Club members can save an extra 50 cents per gallon at BJ's gas when they spend $100 in club or.
KOMO
"ukrainian army" Discussed on KOMO
"Is authorized $1.2 billion in weapons for Ukraine while the rhetoric on both sides intensifies ABC's Maggie ruly is in lviv Russia expanding their offensive in western Ukraine Ukrainians say Russian warplanes fired 30 missiles 22 intercepted 8 hitting this military base near the Polish border in Yale reeve where American forces were recently training the Ukrainian army as part of a NATO mission killing 9 people and wounding 57 The attack escalating tensions between Russia and NATO coming just one day after Russia vowed to treat all arm shipments to Ukraine from NATO countries as legitimate targets for military action Also overnight in attacks south of lviv in western Ukraine and ivano frankivsk destroying a critical airport in the region With Russia intensifying their attacks president zelensky's insisting they would have to decimate kief in order to control it Defiantly egging them on in a new video saying if that is their goal let them come NATO countries now on high alert but President Biden still firm on not sending U.S. troops into battle The idea that we're going to send in offensive equipment and have planes and tanks and trains are going in with American pilots in American crews Just understand And don't kid yourself no matter what you all say That's called world war three Instead announcing $200 million in new military assistance to Ukraine French president Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf scholz speaking by phone with Russian president Putin calling for an immediate ceasefire Despite hopes of negotiation there's no sign of any pause in the fierce fight In the strategic strongholds of nikolayev attacks on civilian areas are escalating This man running for cover is blast strike near a playground With the city under fire a daring operation to rescue 35 orphans by aerial recovery mission A U.S. based organization working alongside the Ukrainian government These children rescued after spending 8 days trapped hiding.
AP News Radio
'Yes, we need hands': Kitchen pops up in Ukraine's capital
"A makeshift field kitchen has popped up in Ukraine's capital Kiev a woman identified only as Oksana whose husband is fighting in Ukrainian army got word that they needed help in the kitchen I just lost the power of all the fact that a bottle she says I came and asked and they said yes we need a hand that's it and we are not sitting and reading terrifying messages on news channels the kitchen is in a tent village that sprung up between a multi story building and a barrier made of stacked tires and sandbags and William was simply because don't want here Alexei Shevchenko says we are cooking soup porridge for our military four civilians and for everyone who needs our help including hospitals volunteers chopped red peppers and boiled potatoes at the kitchens various stations men in camouflage uniforms inspected canned foods with messages scrawled on them in black marker one can read thank you darlings we pray for you god with us I'm a Donahue
WABE 90.1 FM
"ukrainian army" Discussed on WABE 90.1 FM
"Physical invasion or a full on one and use cyber operations to completely disrupt Ukrainian military command and control Now we saw this in the Russian invasion in Georgia back in 2008 in which their cyberattacks were used to completely cripple the Georgian defenses And what this means is that even though the Ukrainian army is large and is actually quite efficient their ability to fight would be greatly compromised by cyberattacks So the greatest threat would be physical invasion augmented by these cyber tactics that I've been describing So paint a picture of exactly how a cyber attack could occur that would disrupt traditional shooting war or military attack give us an example of how it could work I think what would happen first is that cyberattacks hacks would knock out the command and control systems of the Ukrainian military They would also then be used to hack into their public information systems so as to put refugees on the roads that the Ukrainian military might use and I'm afraid that if we don't deter the physical invasion this is exactly the sort of thing that will unfold There's also concern about Russia issuing some kind of a cyberattack on the United States in retaliation for the strengthening of U.S. sanctions on Russia This has been a real concern of yours because you say well the U.S. is very capable of issuing a cyberattack of its own its defenses are woeful Is that still the case how much does that concern you right now with regard to Ukraine I think if the United States acts in ways that president Putin finds provocative we could certainly expect Russian cyberattacks that move well beyond the theater of operations NATO would come under pressure as well I think this is one of the reasons that a cyber team is now over at NATO trying to prepare defenses But I think also to prepare for any kind of retaliatory cyber action We may not send physical troops to fight in Ukraine but I believe that if a full on cyber war emerges we can expect to provide some kind of cyber aid to help the Ukrainians keep their communications running The irony of all of this is that over 25 years ago I was asked to be part of a small team of Americans who met with Russian cyber experts and we talked about setting rules of the road to avoid exactly these sorts of problems And at the time it was the United States who didn't want to do this Now we see all the troubles that have come and I hope that we can return to the idea of some kind of setting of cyber rules of the road that will keep a little bit of the cyber piece between us Thank you John Aquila defense.
Monocle 24: The Briefing
EU Discusses Russia Strategy as Tensions Grow in Ukraine
"European union's leading diplomats will hold a meeting today to discuss russia's alleged involvement in a deadly explosion in the czech republic in two thousand fourteen projects spelled eighteen russians over the weekend in response to what it called unequivocal evidence from check spies charts other security agencies moscow for its part has now enacted a tit-for-tat diplomatic responsible for more on this. I'm joined by benefits here in zurich security correspondent. Good afternoon. good not so. Let's go to to prague this. This is quite a drawn out. Investigation against one must assume Give going all the way back to two thousand fourteen. They must have a pretty compelling evidence and obviously waited this long to ensure. Obviously if you're gonna take moss go on you have your facts though. One one wonders whether that matter sometimes yes indeed quite. The story must be quite substantial as well. The evidence i as well as you say. It's an from six years ago in incident. That saw an ammunition depot blow up to people dying in the process and this this explosion occurred just wendy's goods. Were supposed to be unloaded and sent to bulgaria. Nam steeler. who in turn would provide it. Ukrainian army with These munition so check. Authorities now presented evidence of two men who had requested to visit the site and where checked in into nearby town of ostrava with fake. Id's photos linked to to russian intelligence and the investigative platform. Belling cat in russia has identified the two as members of gru the russian secret service and specific unit there. It's not torius for such incidents by the way said bulgarian straight. It was just a year later poisoned in sofia but he survived.