FancyCat

o.O

Its tough going for both sides. Glide bombs still rain on Kharkiv, despite the lesser restrictions, according to the article, the airfields where the bombers take off and fire them off, are off limits, located in Voronezhv. i pulled some paragraphs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/01/us-ukraine-weapons-kharkiv-biden/

Honestly I feel it’s not unlikely that if Russia were to suddenly have elite decision makers choose to withdraw from Ukraine, that Russians would accept the new status quo without too much fuss. It’s absurd how Russia just slid past the Afghan-Soviet death toll without so much as a peep.

Tbh it’s not like the Russians care a lot about their dead.

interesting it was near Sumy. was under impression only nearby Kharkiv. VoA interview with DoD on the parameters of the approval: A lot of wordplay ongoing.

Karakurt-class can carry 4 Kalibr cruise missiles.

Every MRAP in the U.S used by law enforcement should be forcibly requisitioned/recalled and sent to Ukraine. Linked from tweet: https://t.me/ButusovPlus/10740

While building for a long time, quick collapse by the U.S on weapons use to be fired onto Russian soil. I wanna note this is another instance of Russia escalating the conflict and as a result, allowing "red lines" to be broken by the West and Ukraine. Very stupid move by Russia. By threatening Kharkiv with occupation, no matter how unlikely, they have allowed Western weapons use in Russia to be expanded upon, even in this limited matter, the door opens for more. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/biden-ukraine-weapons-strike-russia-00160731

NYT article on the rapidly approaching decision point for U.S approving western weapons fired on Russian soil. Interesting justification for nuclear rhetoric being empty, Russia won't signal rising on the nuclear escalation ladder by attacking NATO directly to stop arms shipments. Terrifying idea but makes sense. The attacks against radar sites is mentioned which I quoted, but no response on how Ukraine reacted. I do wonder if it's a trade off situation, Ukraine stops attacking early warning sites, if the U.S lets Ukraine defend Kharkiv. I mean it is the 2nd largest city in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/us/politics/biden-ukraine-russia-weapons.html

Let us marvel again that should someone be told at the beginning of the war that Ukraine would have F-16s, 2!!! AWACS aircraft from NATO, they would be called crazy, insane, absurd, idiotic and yet today, rendered all the above, false. Let us also marvel at the fact that the leadership shown by many of the NATO members truly is outstanding, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Baltics, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, absolutely fantastic, Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, even Kosovo, I'm missing names but end of the day, the contributions to Ukraine, are wonderful, a clear sign of support for the alliance, and Ukraine's acceptance into it in the future.

So what states are left not supporting Western weapons being used on Russian soil? I think at this point its only Italy and the U.S against, and a whole lot of NATO states for it. While Germany is being cagey, still important shifts that can assist in Ukraine firing stuff into Russian lands.

Macron might have cornered Scholz admittedly. Same press conference together,

Every person fighting counts, and Western equipment by all accounts ensure more people survive than ex-Soviet equipment. If it's a war of attrition, Ukraine cannot afford to lose its personnel. Even if Tartus is not given, I think the allowance for the use of Western artillery in Russia would be useful.

How legit is bild? German news. They have a article on Germany and U.S threatening Ukraine over the use of Western air defense but I don’t wanna post clickbait or false news.

lots of EU related defense news, one thing that is satisfying to see is the leadership of smaller EU countries is quite nice to see.

maybe we should move on,

rumors of a drone being downed near the Voronezh-M in Orsk. t. me/milinfolive/122969 https://old.reddit.com/r/CredibleDefense/comments/1d0zt5x/credibledefense_daily_megathread_may_26_2024/l5r9n9w/

found it, https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-25/ukraine-pressures-its-allies-to-allow-it-to-use-nato-weapons-against-russian-territory.html

If I'm not mistaken, we have U.S, Germany, Italy who do not approve using their weapons on Russian soil, U.K, Sweden, Finland, the Baltics? have approved their weapons to be used in Russia.

The Polish Foreign Minister was interviewed by the Guardian, interesting interview, European defense industry is still worried about long term spending, he does give tidbit of U.S response to Russian nuclear weapons use in Ukraine. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/25/poland-foreign-minister-radoslaw-sikorski-long-term-rearmament-europe