Hungary REALLY is trying to stall Sweden entering NATO…..
Ukraine is going to receive it’s first F-16’s shortly from the Dutch….
Kerson gets attacked by the Russians again…
The US Senate has a bill to send Ukraine aid ($46B)….
The US House does NOT…..
President Biden IS holding out for Ukraine aid…..
Zelensky IS trying to change his senior military leadership…..
The Ukraine President wants a extension of countries martial law during the conflict….
It would also put off any national election , which is due for President….
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Hungary’s ruling party reportedly boycotted a parliamentary session on Sweden’s Nato membership, postponing a vote by the last alliance member to approve the expansion of the defensive alliance.
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“The Netherlands Ministry of Defence is readying six additional F-16 fighter aircraft for delivery to Ukraine,” Kajsa Ollongren, the Dutch defence minister, announced.
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Russia launched an attack against the southern city of Kherson on Monday, killing at least four residents and injuring one other person, interior minister Ihor Klymenko said.
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US senators on Sunday evening released the details of a highly anticipated $118bn package that pairs federal enforcement policy on the US-Mexico border with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and others. However, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said the dealwas “worse than expected” and that it “will be dead on arrival” were it to reach his chamber.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he is considering a “reset” to replace several senior officials, amid ongoing speculation that he is preparing to fire the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces. “It is a question of the people who are to lead Ukraine. A reset is necessary, I am talking about a replacement of a number of state leaders, not only in the army sector,” Zelenskiy said. Speculation has gripped Ukraine for weeks that the president is close to dismissing the highly popular commander of the armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
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Zelenskiy submitted a proposal to the Ukrainian parliament to extend martial law and general mobilisation for another 90 days. The president first declared martial law and general mobilisation on 24 February 2022, when Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The measure has been repeatedly extended since then…..
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Feb 5, 2024 – ISW Press
US Senate negotiators unveiled their proposed supplemental appropriations bill on February 4 that — if passed — would provide roughly $60 billion of security assistance for Ukraine, the overwhelming majority of which would go to American companies and US and allied militaries. The bill provides three main packages of assistance to Ukraine totaling $48.83 billion: $19.85 billion for replenishing weapons and equipment from the US Department of Defense (DoD) inventory; $13.8 billion for the purchase of weapons and munitions for Ukraine from US manufacturers; and $14.8 billion for continued US support to Ukraine through military training, intelligence sharing, and other support activities. The appropriations bill provides that funds can go to foreign countries that have provided support to Ukraine at the request of the US, but the vast majority of the aid — if approved — would go to US companies and US or allied government entities supporting Ukraine. Roughly 16 percent of the Ukraine-related appropriations in the bill would go directly to Ukraine, including $7.85 billion of direct budget support for the Ukrainian government and $1.58 billion for efforts to build a self-reliant Ukrainian economy amid the ongoing Russian invasion. The appropriations bill also provides $1.6 billion in foreign military financing, which must be used to purchase goods and services from the US, to address Ukraine’s and other US partners’ air defense, artillery, maritime security, and maintenance requirements.