>one will take it in the ass.
>the other said no thanks.
gee, does your hair-brained one-size-fits-all theory apply to JFK and his older brother Joe?
Mixed signals from Ukraine’s president and his aides leave West confused about his end game
Volodymyr Zelensky faces agonizing choices at the negotiation table with Russia. His government is still sorting out what might be acceptable, say U.S. and European officials.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/18/russia-ukraine-peace-negotiations/
== Russia fires hypersonic missiles in Ukraine
Moscow has deployed Kinzhal missiles for the first time since the start of its military operation==
MiG-31BM supersonic interceptors carrying the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile. © Sputnik / Andrey Stanavov
The Russian military has said it used its state-of-the-art Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to destroy an arms depot near the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine.
The strike with the air-launched missile system took place on Friday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said during a briefing.
It targeted “a large underground depot of missiles and aerial munitions of the Ukrainian forces” in the village of Deliatyn, he added.
Kinzhal, which means ‘dagger’ in English, was used by the Russian military for the first time since the start of the Ukrainian conflict on February 24.
Those munitions are said to be able to penetrate any existing air defenses by traveling at a whopping speed of up to Mach 10 and constantly maneuvering during their flight.
Kinzhal missiles are carried by MiG-31K supersonic interceptor aircraft, which NATO calls ‘Foxhound’.
The hardware is one of several hypersonic systems prepared for the country’s military in recent years, together with the Avangard glider, which is fitted on silo-based ICBMs, and Zircon (Tsirkon) missiles, developed for the navy.
Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine last month following a seven-year standoff over Kiev’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, and Russia’s eventual recognition of the breakaway Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocols had been designed to regularize the status of those regions within the Ukrainian state.
Russia has now demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.
https://www.rt.com/russia/552284-kinzhal-hypersonic-missile-ukraine/
Russian Missile Strike Obliterated Hangar At Ukrainian MiG-29 Depot Satellite Image Shows
Satellite imagery confirms Russian missiles caused major damage to a key fighter jet repair plant in Lviv, Ukraine.
ust hours after the strike occurred, The War Zone has obtained a high-resolution satellite image confirming that Russian missiles hammered the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant, destroying a large hangar there and causing other damage. This state-owned enterprise is the only one in the country that is capable of performing major maintenance on the Ukrainian Air Force's MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets. Those aircraft have been one of a number of factors that have prevented Russian forces from gaining air superiority in the conflict so far.
The Planet Labs image, portions of which are seen below and at the top of this story, was taken at 9:08 AM UTC, or around 11:08 AM local time in Lviv. In addition to the destroyed hangar, the destruction of another structure immediately to the west can be seen. There is also an impact crater on an outdoor aircraft parking area on the eastern side of the plant. It's not clear if any aircraft were damaged or destroyed in the strike, but it's worth noting that the aircraft closest to the crater are nonoperational types. In addition to a number of MiG-29s, there are older MiG-23/27 and MiG-21 combat jets, as well as airlifters, which Ukraine no longer flies, visible outside in the imagery of the facility. It's important to note that this facility services foreign aircraft, too.
Earlier today, Ukrainian authorities said that the Russians fired six unspecified cruise missiles at the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant, but that two were intercepted. Local officials say there were no casualties as a result of the strikes. Some initial reports had suggested that Lviv's Danylo Halytskyi International Airport, to which the plant is attached, might have been the target, but this has turned out to be incorrect.
It's not clear what the immediate impacts of today's strike on the Ukrainian Air Force's ability to continue operating its MiG-29s might be. Some degree of maintenance work would always have been conducted at the bases where those jets operate from. At the same time, the loss of the hangar and other damage at the facility Lviv could limit the available options for performing more serious repairs, including on aircraft that have suffered battle damage.
Beyond that, the strike on this depot could make it even more difficult for the Ukrainian government to potentially acquire additional MiG-29s and get them into action. This is something that has been a topic of major discussion in the past week or so, as you can read more about here.
This is not the first time Russian forces appear to have directly targeted Ukraine's ability to sustain its MiG-29s. On March 11, Russian missiles hit the Motor repair plant in the western city of Lutsk, which is the sole facility in the country for conducting major maintenance on the RD-33 jet engines that power the Ukrainian Air Force's Fulcrums. That facility is also where, among other things, similar work is done on AL-21F and AL-31F engines used on Ukrainian Su-24 Fencer and Su-27 Flanker combat jets, respectively, as well.
It would make sense that Russia's military, which has so far been unable to gain air superiority over Ukraine, would target facilities that sustain the Ukrainian Air Force's combat jet fleets. Ukraine's MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters, together with ground-based air defenses, have been important in keeping the skies over the country contested after more than three weeks.
In addition, today's strike on the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant is the first time in weeks that missiles have rained down inside the city's limits, underscoring the Russian military's recent apparent attempts to expand the scope of its operations into this part of Ukraine. The western half of the country had previously been left largely unscathed after an initial round of strikes early in the conflict back in Febraury. Lviv, which is just over 40 miles from the Polish border, has been a particularly important hub for aid of various kinds coming into the country. Russian officials have threatened more than once to target foreign military aid shipments arriving in Ukraine and this appears to have been the main reason for an earlier strike on the Ukrainian military training facility at Yavoriv, which is situated even closer to Poland.
All told, the strikes in Lviv today would seem to reflect a new Russian military effort to target infrastructure that directly supports the Ukrainian Air Force. They also appear to be part of an emerging strategy to try to prevent Ukrainian forces from operating from the western part of the country with impunity.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44828/russian-missile-strike-obliterated-hangar-at-ukrainian-mig-29-depot-satellite-image-shows
IS ZELENSKYY SECRETLY PROVIDING HIGH VALUE MILITARY TARGETS TO THE RUSSIANS?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a Russian, not Ukrainian, born of Jewish parents, and whose father, Semyon Ivanovych Zelenskyy, served as an infantryman reaching the rank of Colonel in the Red Army,in the 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division during World War II—during Zelensky’s presidential campaign in 2019, it was almost entirely virtual, as he did not release a detailed policy platform and his engagement with mainstream media was minimal, and he instead reached out to the electorate via social media channels and YouTube clips—in a Ukraine where Russian is used at home by up to 46% of the population, and over 87% of its citizens are Russian Orthodox Christians, it saw Zelensky winning the presidential election because of his main campaign vow to end the Donbass war in eastern Ukraine—upon winning the presidency, Zelensky kept his vow and reached a treaty of peace with President Putin to end the war in Donbass—but when Zelensky tried to impose this peace and disarm the Nazi forces in eastern Ukraine, the seeds were sown for the present “Special De-Nazification Operation” to liberate Ukraine and protect President Zelensky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy#Early_life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy#Attempts_to_end_the_Donbas_conflict
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-10-14/ukraine-protest-zelensky-peace-plan
tyger tyger burning bright
in the forest of the night
what immortal hand or eye
could frame thy fearful symmetry
>This is just an indicator of the PANIC upon realizing 10 days ago that ALL THREE SUPERPOWERS have been covertly working together to bring the whole f***in' diseased, corrupt temple down on [their] heads and that NCSWIC.
has the smell of truth, like napalm in the morning.
>Dr. Anthony Fauci Owns A Patent On SARS-CoV-2 gp120 HIV Insertion
that opens the door to liability litigation for damages
the exemption on the clotshot DO NOT APPLY to the virus itself.
United States Marine Major General Smedley Butler, the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions, and prevented the overthrow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
hypocrite much? YOUR post is devoid of facts. just sayin'…
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