European countries are working to supply Ukraine arms as a fill in until American stocks resume….
In the short term…
Russia HAS increased it’s ammo production….
It has also developed new rocket bombs…
The Pope’s suggestion that Ukraine essentially ‘give up’ has NOT gone over well with EU and NATO countries….
The Hungarian President reports something that is NOT a secret….A Trump admin will NOT send Ukraine a penny…..
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The UN human rights expert on Russia has said that Alexei Navalny’s death was Moscow’s responsibility as he was either killed in prison or died from detention conditions that amounted to torture. “So the Russian government is responsible, one way or another, for his death,” Mariana Katzarova told Reuters.
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Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, reportedly said she was open to a deal in which London supplies Ukraine with additional Storm Shadow missiles in exchange for Germany backfilling British long-range missile stocks.
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Josep Borrell, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and vice-president of the European Commission, called for Europe to boost its defence industry to replenish depleting weapon stocks sent to Ukraine. It came as CNN reported that Russia is producing about 250,000 artillery munitions a month, or about 3 million a year, in contrast to the US and Europe, which collectively have the capacity to generate only about 1.2 million munitions annually to send to Kyiv, according to a senior European intelligence official.
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The fallout from Pope Francis saying Ukraine should have “the courage to raise the white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia continued on Monday. In an apparent reference to the remarks, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said in a joint press conference with Sweden’s prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, that “surrender is not peace” for Ukraine, adding that only the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had the power to end the war. The Kremlin’s invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under Nato’s defence umbrella, but now “Ukraine is closer to Nato membership than ever before,” Stoltenberg said. “When President Putin launched his full-scale invasion two years ago, he wanted less Nato and more control over his neighbours. He wanted to destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state, but he failed,” Stoltenberg said, adding that “Nato is bigger and stronger”, after Sweden became the alliance’s 32nd member last week. In an interview with Reuters, Stoltenberg distanced himself from French president Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that western allies should not rule out deploying troops to Ukraine. “Nato has no plans to send troops to Ukraine and Nato’s not party to the conflict, nor are Nato allies,” Stoltenberg said.
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Donald Trump will not give money to help Ukraine fight Russia if he wins the presidency again, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán said after meeting him in Floria on Friday. “He will not give a penny into the Ukraine-Russia war and therefore the war will end,” the Hungarian premier told state television on Sunday evening. “As it is obvious that Ukraine on its own cannot stand on its feet.” “If the Americans do not give money and weapons, and also the Europeans, then this war will be over. And if the Americans do not give money the Europeans are unable to finance this war on their own, and then the war will end.”
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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on reports that Nikolai Yevmenov, the head of the Russian navy, had been replaced, saying he did not comment on decrees which were classified. The Izvestia newspaper said that Alexander Moiseyev, who previously served as commander of Russia’s northern fleet, had reportedly been appointed as acting navy chief.
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Belarus has started a comprehensive inspection of combat readiness of the armed forces, the defence ministry said. The exercise will include the movement of military equipment, as well as training of personnel with live firing, according to the defence ministry….
Glide Bombs usage by both side…….
Along with Russian drones, missiles and artillery, the glide bombs have added new destructive firepower to Russia’s campaign in eastern Ukraine, as seen in the recent conquest of the city of Avdiivka, Russia’s first major victory in nearly a year.
The most effective counter to this increasingly plentiful Russian menace, say Ukrainians, is still a long way off: the U.S.-made F-16 fighter planes the country has been clamoring for….
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Russia’s increased defense industrial base (DIB) production is likely not sustainable in the medium- and long-term as it will likely suffer from labor shortages, decreased weapons and equipment stockpiles, and an inability to completely compensate for military and dual-use items it can no longer acquire due to sanctions. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on March 11 that a senior NATO official stated that Russia can likely sustain its current war effort for two to five more years. WSJ noted that some Russian production figures, such as those for military vehicles, do not differentiate between newly produced items and refurbished ones brought out of storage, such as older, lower quality T-62 and T-54/-55 tanks. ISW has observed that reports of Russia’s reported tank “production” numbers in recent years largely reflect restored and modernized tanks drawn from storage rather than new production.