Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-25

[nogojones]

Waltz , Trump's national security advisor, called for the lowering of Ukraine's conscription age to 18 'in order to stabilise the front line'.

"Their draft age right now is 26 years old, not 18. I don’t think a lot of people realise that they could generate hundreds of thousands of new soldiers. So when we hear about morale problems, when we hear about issues on the front line, look, if the Ukrainians have asked the entire world to be all in for democracy, we need them to be all in for democracy."

So we've gone from a deal within 24 hours to Kellogg, Trump's Ukraine peace envoy, saying 100 days and now Waltz wanting to lower the conscription age which even if eventually agreed in Ukraine's parliament wouldn't lead to any newly trained and equipped troops till 6 months after that decision.


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Personally, I'm quite shocked that Trump didn't get a deal on day one

 

[teqniq]

This is pretty disgusting:

How Russia tries to turn desperate Ukrainians into traitors

The wife of a Ukrainian prisoner of war explains how Russia attempted to recruit her for sabotage.

www.bbc.co.uk