KEK Panic in Kiev

27 Nov, 2024 16:51

Zelensky bet on Trump defeat – Ukrainian media

Officials in Kiev had to quickly devise a plan B in the wake of the Republican triumph in the US elections, Ukrainska Pravda has reported

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his team had been banking on Democratic candidate Kamala Harris winning November's US presidential election, Ukrainska Pravda has reported. With Donald Trump having emerged victorious, senior officials in Kiev are allegedly concernedthat the Republican will be far less accommodating to their requeststhan a Democrat president.

While on the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly vowed to put an end to the Ukraine conflict. While he has yet to present any peace plan, some of his close associates have suggested freezing the hostilities along the current front line – a scenario which both Kiev and Moscow have publicly rejected.

In an article on Wednesday, Ukrainska Pravda, citing multiple anonymous officials, claimed that shortly before Americans went to the polling stations, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office,Andrey Yermak, was reassuring his colleagues that “there is no need to panic [and] Kamala will win.”(So Kiev's rigging & cheating in US elections didn't work)

When the results came in, Zelensky’s team reportedly scrambled to work out a “plan B,” the Ukrainian outlet claims. According to the publication, the leadership inKiev sees Trump as unpredictable, as evidenced by the mixed signals his team has been sending. (Remember Putin said Bidan was predictable.)

Zelensky’s officials supposedly fear that their so-called ‘Victory Plan,’ which among other thingsdemands Ukraine be admitted to NATO, could lose its relevanceunder the new US head of state. (It never had relevance)

According to the newspaper, the Ukrainian leadership is well aware that many so-called‘MAGA’ Republicans, including Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and billionaire Elon Musk, “are not our friends.” However, Kiev is reportedly counting on the support of mainstream GOP voters, many of whom are more supportive of Ukraine. (They do not understand MAGA at all, and the CiC makes decisions not the people.)

The media outlet quoted a source as saying that Ukraine is not on top of Trump’s agenda, and that, contrary to his campaign claims, the Republican has not devised a comprehensive roadmap for ending the conflict.

The article, citing another unnamed official, alleged that theUkrainian leadershipshould now be cautiousnot to rub the new US administration the wrong wayfor fear of Washington imposing unfavorable peace terms on Kiev.

Another anonymous source concludedthat “without Trump, nothing will work,” as the US may have the leverage needed to get Russia to engage in negotiations.

https://www.rt.com/russia/608302-ukraine-media-zelensky-counted-on-harris/

Why would Ukraine publish this WW, alerting PDJT of how much they detest him and think Americans are all rubes to be used by them. Don't they know Trump team will see their admissions.Truly these oligarchs are clueless on every level.

28 Nov, 2024 11:47

Russian troops wipe out US-made anti-drone system – MOD (VIDEO)

An air defense missile system mounted on a Humvee armored combat vehicle was reportedly engaged in Ukraine’s Nikolaev Region

A Russian drone attack has destroyeda Ukrainian military pickup truck carrying a US-made short-range air defense system, according to a video released on Thursday by the Defense Ministry in Moscow.

The engagement took place near the city of Ochakov in Ukraine’s southern Nikolaev Region, the ministry reported in a statement.A Russian first-person-view drone was usedto strike a Humvee armored vehicle carrying an APKWS II system operated by Ukrainian special operations forces, it added.

APKWS II– which stands for AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System – is a conversion ofHydra 70 unguided rockets which adds laser guidance to the projectiles. The rockets have a reported range of up to 14km, but the guided version is designed to be shot at targets within the 1km to 5km range.

The version destroyed in Nikolaev appears to be the Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE).The system was developed by the US defense contractor L3Harrisand includes a rocket launcher with four tubes and a mast-mounted sensor ball, complete with a self-contained power source.

The kit can be mounted on a flatbed truck to turn the vehicle into a mobile platform that gives special operations and light forces the ability to engage targets beyond the normal range of their weapons, according to the producer.

The Pentagon first supplied such weapons to Ukraine as part of a $3 billion aid packageannounced in August 2022.

The stated goal was to counter larger Russian drones.

(Watch the video. Russia is destroying expensive Western arms systems with drones, which were the systems target. The irony is too much.)

https://www.rt.com/russia/608333-apkws-fpv-drone-video/