The ground fighting between the Ukraine and Russian troops is ON…..
Ukraine troops have been making small gains…
The major Ukraine Western trained troops are continuing to armour up and wait for a break thru on the front against Russian Ukraine held territory….
But the Ukraine and other countries now have to move more troops in place to counter the worry about Wagner troops in Belarus on the Ukraine’s Northern flank….
Russia has reportedly taken hundred’s of thousands of Ukraine children….
Mike Pence supports US aid to the Ukraine in conflict with some the US Right wing-nuts who want the US to STOP sending aid to the Ukraine….
Poland is worried about Belarus…..
The Ukraine wants Crimea back and fighting towards getting it….
Russian tour companies are trying to get tourists to the place…..
NATO, as an organization, does not provide weapons or ammunition to Ukraine. It’s sought to avoid being dragged into a wider war with nuclear-armed Russia. At the same time, it is massively reinforcing the security of member countries near Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Around 40,000 troops are on standby from Estonia in the north down to Romania on the Black Sea. About 100 aircraft take to the skies in that territory each day, and a total of 27 warships are operating in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. Those numbers are set to rise.
Under its new plans, NATO aims to have up to 300,000 troops ready to move to its eastern flank within 30 days. The plans divide its territory into three zones – the high north and Atlantic area, a zone north of the Alps, and another in southern Europe.
Bauer said that NATO’s new planning is based on the strength of the Russian army before President Vladimir Putin launched the war on Ukraine almost 17 months ago. He said the war has depleted Russia’s army, but not its navy or air force.
Of Russia’s ground forces, around “94% is now engaged in the war in Ukraine,” Bauer said.
“What we see in general is that the Russians are careful around NATO. They are not for seeking a conflict with NATO. I think that is a sign that they are very, very busy,” he said. “In the land domain, I don’t think they have a lot of forces available to do anything to anyone else.”….
Russia has deployed over 180,000 troops to the Lyman-Kupiansk and Bakhmut fronts.
Source: Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for the Skhid (East) Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the national 24/7 newscast; Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, on Telegram
Quote from Cherevatyi: “A rather powerful group of forces has been deployed [on the Lyman-Kupiansk front]: over 120 enemy units.
This includes air assault and mechanised units, units of the Bars combat army reserve, territorial forces, and new Storm Z assault companies that recruited people with criminal records. […]
More than 180,000 [Russian troops have been deployed] across the area of responsibility [of the Skhid (East) Group of Forces]… The Lyman-Kupiansk front is longer, which is why the enemy is concentrating their forces there. Meanwhile, there are around 50,000 [Russian] troops on the Bakhmut front.”….