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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #600 on: March 27, 2026, 01:31:19 pm »
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« Reply #601 on: March 27, 2026, 03:53:39 pm »
Why would Ukraine take a much longer route that crosses four different countries, any of whose already alerted air defenses could have shot down the drones. There is a much shorter and more direct path from NE Ukraine straight to the oil terminal ...

Humm ... unpredictability?
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« Reply #602 on: March 27, 2026, 03:57:13 pm »
Maybe the US could learn something by having Ukraine as an ally rather than a scapegoat:


47 hates Zelenski, loves Putin. Scapegoating Ukraine is in. Learning anything from Ukraine is out.
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« Reply #603 on: March 27, 2026, 04:02:13 pm »
Ukraine’s Battlefield Experience Is Now Heading to Saudi Arabia via New Defense Deal

Vlad Litnarovych  |  Mar 27, 2026  |  13:13


Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense cooperation agreement, marking a new step in Kyiv’s expanding international security partnerships, the Ukrainian President’s press service reported on March 27.

The agreement was reached during a meeting in Jeddah between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

According to the statement, the talks focused on developing mutually beneficial cooperation and strengthening both countries’ capabilities in the defense sector.

“Our country is open to supporting those who support us,” Zelenskyy said.

The US need not apply ...
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #604 on: March 27, 2026, 04:06:20 pm »

https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/2037579812261204243

Lil' Marco does not seem to understand there is NO middle ground. Saying that there is middle ground is to come firmly down on Russia's side. There you have it. The US is rooting and working for a Russian victory.
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« Reply #605 on: March 27, 2026, 04:13:33 pm »
Lil' Marco does not seem to understand there is NO middle ground. Saying that there is middle ground is to come firmly down on Russia's side. There you have it. The US is rooting and working for a Russian victory.

Agreed. It is appeasement, pure and simple.
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« Reply #606 on: March 27, 2026, 05:26:38 pm »

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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #607 on: March 27, 2026, 05:28:41 pm »

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« Reply #608 on: March 27, 2026, 05:39:04 pm »
SOS handles the hostile press magnificently.

I think that is exactly what Witkoff and Kushner told Zelensky but that Rubio was left out of that loop, or was deliberately not given that memo.  There is a clear disconnect between what Rubio says and what those two birds say, to both Zelensky and Trump.
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« Reply #609 on: March 27, 2026, 05:40:35 pm »
Said with a straight face!!

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« Reply #610 on: March 27, 2026, 11:32:27 pm »
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BREAKING: Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Yaroslavl Oil Refinery



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« Reply #611 on: March 28, 2026, 06:27:02 pm »
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« Reply #612 on: March 28, 2026, 06:29:35 pm »
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« Reply #613 on: March 28, 2026, 06:30:55 pm »
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« Reply #614 on: March 28, 2026, 06:35:21 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #615 on: March 28, 2026, 07:07:21 pm »
Russia Drops Budget Cut Plans as Oil Price Surge Boosts Revenues – Bloomberg

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The Russian government has dropped plans to cut budget spending as surging crude prices and eased sanctions amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran bolster the country’s finances, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Officials had been weighing a 10% cut to “non-sensitive” spending as recently as this month as low oil prices and prolonged wartime spending fueled concerns about widening budget deficits.

The government could channel windfall oil revenues into military spending if the four-year war in Ukraine continues to drag on, Bloomberg’s sources said. Russia has already earmarked 12.9 trillion rubles ($157.4 billion) for defense in 2026.

Officials are also unlikely to significantly downgrade the country’s 2026 economic growth forecast of 1.3%, after earlier discussions about lowering it to around 0.7%, the sources added.

Russia’s Urals crude, which had dropped to about $40 per barrel earlier this year under tighter U.S. sanctions, has rebounded sharply as the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted global supplies and the U.S. eased some sanctions on Russian oil.

Moscow could receive an additional 3-4 trillion rubles ($36.6-48.8 billion) in oil and gas revenues if Urals averages $75-80 per barrel this year, Natalia Milchakova, a leading analyst at Freedom Finance Global, was quoted as saying by Bloomberg.

That would narrow the budget deficit to around 1% of GDP, below the official target of 1.6%.

Internal government estimates made before the Iran war had reportedly suggested the deficit could rise to 3.5-4.4% of GDP.

Bloomberg calculations showed Russian oil export revenues reached $2.48 billion last week, their highest level since April 2022 and up 120% from late February.  .  .  .

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/27/russia-drops-budget-cut-plans-as-oil-price-surge-boosts-revenues-bloomberg-a92361



And with all this new oil revenue that Russia now gets because Trump relaxed sanctions, they can now afford to give Iran more and better drones for killing US Servicemen.  But Ukraine is the bad guy.
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #616 on: March 28, 2026, 07:22:34 pm »
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« Reply #617 on: March 28, 2026, 07:22:59 pm »
All the more reason for Ukraine to destroy Russia's oil industry!

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« Reply #618 on: March 28, 2026, 07:25:23 pm »

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/2037959863439941757

I have noticed that the Ukrainian drone operators specifically target the fuel tanks on the Scooby Doo vans. Not just randomly hit the van anywhere. They go for maximum damage and destruction!
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« Reply #619 on: March 28, 2026, 09:17:31 pm »
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« Reply #620 on: March 28, 2026, 09:19:14 pm »
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« Reply #621 on: March 28, 2026, 09:22:44 pm »
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« Reply #622 on: March 28, 2026, 09:31:48 pm »
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« Reply #623 on: March 29, 2026, 09:52:47 am »
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« Reply #624 on: March 29, 2026, 09:55:40 am »
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 28, 2026

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Ukraine continues to conclude bilateral defense cooperation agreements with Gulf states. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on March 28 that Ukraine and Qatar signed a 10-year defense agreement that includes developing defense industry and technologies, air defenses, counter-drone measures, military training, experience sharing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and control systems.

Zelensky stated that the agreement includes building joint production factories in both Ukraine and Qatar.[21] Zelensky stated that Ukraine will soon conclude a similar agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but noted that these agreements do not mean that Ukraine is obligated to help defend these states.

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia concluded a defense cooperation agreement on March 27.

ISW continues to assess that Ukraine can offer the United States and US allies in the Middle East unique insights into how to counter Iranian strikes, as the Ukrainian military has institutionalized and operationalized the fighting experience that Ukraine has learned throughout the past four years of war.


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« Reply #625 on: March 29, 2026, 09:56:56 am »
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« Reply #626 on: March 29, 2026, 06:59:52 pm »
My husband was a Marine and I keep in touch with a few of his friends. Spoke to one of them today who is still active duty.

He says an unclassified assessment he saw is saying that the Russians are preparing for the Ukrainians to drive to Melitopol and cut off Russian land access to Crimea. Russian forces have been ordered to retreat in the direction of Crimea if they have to do so.

In short the Russians are preparing for a retreat and not an advance.
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« Reply #627 on: March 29, 2026, 07:25:38 pm »
My husband was a Marine and I keep in touch with a few of his friends. Spoke to one of them today who is still active duty.

He says an unclassified assessment he saw is saying that the Russians are preparing for the Ukrainians to drive to Melitopol and cut off Russian land access to Crimea. Russian forces have been ordered to retreat in the direction of Crimea if they have to do so.

In short the Russians are preparing for a retreat and not an advance.

Russia retreating is good news.  :beer:
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« Reply #628 on: March 29, 2026, 11:35:08 pm »
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« Reply #629 on: March 29, 2026, 11:39:38 pm »
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« Reply #630 on: March 29, 2026, 11:43:33 pm »
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« Reply #631 on: March 29, 2026, 11:46:29 pm »
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OTD in 2023 Chomsky claimed that "Russia is fighting more humanely in Ukraine than the USA did in Iraq".

It's appropriate that one of the final things he said before losing the power of speech was to excuse yet another dictator's savagery.

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« Reply #632 on: March 29, 2026, 11:48:24 pm »
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« Reply #635 on: Today at 12:15:17 pm »
My husband was a Marine and I keep in touch with a few of his friends. Spoke to one of them today who is still active duty.

He says an unclassified assessment he saw is saying that the Russians are preparing for the Ukrainians to drive to Melitopol and cut off Russian land access to Crimea. Russian forces have been ordered to retreat in the direction of Crimea if they have to do so.

In short the Russians are preparing for a retreat and not an advance.

This morning Kanal13 put up a video announcing the Russian "redeployment" from Donetsk to 'southrrn Ukraine'.  :pondering:
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