President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking to the General Assembly on Tuesday.Credit…Dave Sanders for The New York Times
The UN General Assembly get together in New York City has begun with leaders from around thew world ….
NOT the Russian President Putin….
Ukraine President Zelensky gets a chance to make news with several pronouncement’s…..
He does NOT envision any settlement without his country getting control of ALL of its territory that Russia currently holds….
He warns the West that Putin isn’t gonna stop with invading the Ukraine….
Drone wars continue ….
Zelensky visits his countries injured recovering in New York City….
The Ukraine President will meet with President Biden and leaders of both the House and Senate asking for continued aid and support going forward in what could a long lasting conflict….
Russia now has a headache of Azerbaijan fighting with Armenia while they fight on the Ukraine…..
The Ukraine is not happy that several East European countries have banned their food imports , which have been depressing their market prices….
Pentagon General’s are now saying positive things about the Ukraine Offence after getting beat up for negative comments…
In action?
US Air Forces sources say some Ukraine pilots could be certified to fly F-16 Fighter Jets by Christmas …..
(President Biden ain’t gonna excited about that)
And?
The US Defense Sec says US Abrams heavy tanks (31) could be arriving in the Ukraine ‘Soon’…..
The word IS Elton Musk’s Starling satellite net service IS essential to the Ukraine military ….
Zelensky, as expected, pushed back against a peace plan that would be anything less than a military victory for his country over Russia, saying there was a chance to “end the aggression on the terms of the state that was attacked.” His words drew sustained applause, and he concluded his speech with “Slava Ukraini,” or “Glory to Ukraine.”
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Ukraine and its allies, including the United States, may have set their expectations for the counteroffensive too high.
Ukraine’s leaders still hope to achieve a breakthrough that divides Russian troops in the east and south, but movements will become more difficult in the weeks ahead: By November, muddy season will have arrived.
The military’s initial plan was to use infantry, tanks and other armored vehicles supplied by the West to roll through Russian forces in Ukraine’s southeast, splitting off Russian troops in the occupied peninsula of Crimea from the eastern region of Donbas, hindering Moscow’s ability to reinforce or resupply its armies in either area.
But Ukrainian forces ran into staunch Russian defenses, particularly large minefields, and those early efforts proved costly, in both lives and equipment. So Ukraine’s military changed its approach, focusing more on wearing down the Russian forces with artillery and long-range missiles.
Last month, Kyiv’s troops finally made modest but meaningful gains, piercing Russia’s first line of defense in the southeast. Ukraine’s military in recent days says it has retaken two more villages in the east.
“Offenses are not linear affairs,” said Stacie Goddard, an international security expert at Wellesley College…..
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Biden and Zelensky must win the hearts and minds of developing nations that have increasingly called for a negotiated settlement with Russia because of the war’s toll on global food and energy prices. “If we abandon the core principles of the [U.N. Charter] to appease an aggressor, can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected?” Biden asked the assembly on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are not scheduled to attend the U.N. summit this week.
Zelensky used his address to emphasize how the Kremlin’s invasion violates the United Nations’ principle of sovereignty of borders. His speech, which marked his first in-person visit to the United Nations since the invasion began, also aimed to promote Ukrainian food security, defense and recovery initiatives. “We see towns, we see villages in Ukraine, wiped out by Russian artillery, leveled to the ground completely,” he said. “We see the war of drones. We know the possible effects of spreading the war into the cyberspace.”
