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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/9/trumps-latest-ukraine-russia-u-turn-why-is-the-us-resuming-arms-supplies
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Monday’s resumption followed Russia’s intensified attacks. In recent weeks, Ukrainians have endured hours-long overnight drone and missile assaults on key cities that have killed and wounded civilians – and kept millions awake.
“We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to [so that Ukrainians] have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump told a news conference in Washington, DC.
“We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to [so that Ukrainians] have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump told a news conference in Washington, DC.
As advice, make sure you do not interpret future news with excessive optimism. Trump is a slow learner, but now has achived a pass grade on Ruzzian Diplomacy 101, and understands a bit better the difference between what Putin says, what Putin does and what happens in the real world of the war in Ukraine.
Why cite yahoo's reprint instead of original the Kyiv Independent at https://kyivindependent.com/russias-war-fueled-economy-is-running-on-empty-central-bank-chief-warns/ do you believe that it somehow adds objectivity to Ukrainian story?
So the same old story, Russia will collapse financially/politically/militarily any second now, you just keep hanging in there and use this story to find more troops for the frontlines, that's being told for the last 3 years. Getting pretty boring. It's either that or some genius analysis that Russia cannot sustain something for eternity, or breaking news that Putin is apparently mortal and surely must die sometime in the future. Blah blah blah thought we all established that what's important here is not whether something can be sustained indefinitely but what's the weakest link and what will collapse first.
Financially Russia is surely struggling but how's Russia's debt level and outlook compares to Germany/UK/EU... How hard would it be for Russia to raise few more billions just by issuing more debt say against resources in its 4 new regions? Any recent news from China that would indicate whether China would prop Russia up financially?
Politically, apparently we're already on a 3rd or 4th? Putin clone and guessing Russia has many more in store next to Lenin? so seems pretty stable there. US has for the second time paused weapons delivery in last few months.
Militarily, well, seems to be the Achilles' heel for Ukraine, we all see what's happening on the front lines. Who could've possibly known that Russia has 3x population of Ukraine.
According to your univeristy levels how many more levels Trump needs to pass to see whatever it is that you're seeing? How long do you estimate it'll take him and can UA military hold on until then?
The simple answer is, and why paxmao can't understand it is, Russia operates on a completely different system than the West. The things that look like failure for Russia in Western eyes, are really great successes and powerful operations in Russian eyes.
If people don't stop looking at Russia through Western eyes, and start understanding Russia for what it is, they'll be dead before they know that Russia even hit them.
