Is Russia kicking its war with Ukraine into high gear? From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
President Putin continues playing hardball and sending tough signals in the face of Trump administration criticisms, and after on Monday the White House confirmed it is reversing course on its recent pause on weapons to Ukraine, as it will instead send more.
Russia overnight launched an unprecedented 728 Shahed drones as well as decoy drones, accompanied also by 13 cruise and ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s air force announced Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described that the northwestern city of Lutsk, near the borders with Poland and Belarus, suffered the most intense attacks and damage, and ten other regions were also targeted.
Lutsk hosts military airfields frequently used by Ukrainian cargo planes and fighter jets, and has long been a region crucial to military logistics and a hub for foreign military.
Zelensky said that the Kremlin was “making a point” with this fresh attack, especially as it comes so closely on the heels of the Pentagon U-turn concerning weapons shipments to Kiev.
“This is a telling attack — and it comes precisely at a time when so many efforts have been made to achieve peace, to establish a ceasefire, and yet only Russia continues to rebuff them all,” he wrote on X.
“Our partners know how to apply pressure in a way that will force Russia to think about ending the war, not launching new strikes,” Zelensky added, and called for more Western anti-Moscow sanctions, particularly targeting its energy sector.
Those “shed” tanks with anti-drone grilles look like something out of Star Wars!
You can supply Israel or you can supply Ukraine but you can’t do both.
Moscow by spring and Beijing by summer is way off schedule.
Hold off on those Green Zone reports.