As the Russian military retreats from the North Western part of the Ukraine….
Media images of the countries main city Kyiv are horrible….
As are others….
War is NOT pretty….
And?
While Ukraine President is begging for more fighter jets?
The Ukraine does have aircraft….
Some think Putin is looking for a May ending of hostilities…
Zelensky has done well….His future?
American and European leaders decried the grim images, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling them “a punch to the gut” and the United States considering new sanctions. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Bucha scenes reflected “brutality against civilians we haven’t seen in Europe for decades.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russian attack on his nation amounted to a genocide.
Here’s what to know
Washington Post: “The 44-year-old Ukrainian comedian has evolved from a political neophyte, widely doubted among Western leaders and Ukrainian voters in the run-up to the war, into a crisis commander who has cemented his place in the history of Ukrainian nationhood and inspired a will to resist at home and abroad with personal bravery.”
“Now, as the war grinds on in its sixth week and peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators continue, Zelensky faces a new set of challenges. He must keep up morale and the will to fight amid battlefield casualties, economic devastation and vast civilian suffering. He must retain the confidence of Western nations that Ukraine can prevail to ensure weapons keep flowing.”
Note…
There are images of the sole Ukrainian Antonov An-225 bombed in pieces in a hanger….
The Ukraine also has FIVE An-124’s which are in the same class of the An-25, just smaller , but not by much…..These Aircraft ARE transporting war weapons from Europe to the Ukraine….
jamesb says
Bloomberg
@business
The two European leaders most closely allied to Russian President Vladimir Putin won decisive election victories on pledges to stay out of the Ukraine war