U.S. Agrees to Resume Military Assistance to Ukraine
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Via: hallux • one week ago • 33 commentsBy: Andrew E. Kramer and Alan Rappeport - NYT
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The United States agreed on Tuesday to immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume military assistance to Ukraine after more than eight hours of meetings in Saudi Arabia where Kyiv said it would support the Trump administration’s proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia.
The talks in the coastal city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, brought fresh momentum to cease-fire negotiations that faltered following a public confrontation at the White House between the Ukrainian and U.S. presidents. The Trump administration had paused all military assistance and intelligence sharing in the aftermath of the meeting.
The announcement came hours after Russian officials said Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow in the largest bombardment of the war. There was no immediate comment from Russia, which did not have officials at the talks.
In a joint statement, the United States and Ukraine acknowledged that the terms of any cease-fire would be subject to Russia’s approval. They also agreed to conclude “as soon as possible” a deal to develop Ukraine’s critical mineral resources — an agreement that was put on hold after the Oval Office dust-up. That joint venture is intended to “expand Ukraine’s economy and guarantee Ukraine’s long-term prosperity and security,” the statement said.
It added that the U.S. and Ukraine also discussed humanitarian relief efforts that would take place during a cease-fire and the exchange of prisoners of war.
“Representatives of both nations praised the bravery of the Ukrainian people in defense of their nation and agreed that now is the time to begin a process toward lasting peace,” the U.S. and Ukraine said in the statement.
The U.S. delegation in Jeddah was led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser. They met with a delegation from Kyiv led by Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
The intelligence cutoff had already impaired soldiers in combat, particularly in the Kursk region of Russia, where Russian soldiers, aided by fighters from North Korea, have been rapidly advancing , according to Ukrainian commanders in the field.
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Trump has graduated. No longer a paper tiger, he's morphed into a feral wet-tissue cat.
Yeah fucker gave in..............NOT!!! The negotiations have begun and this is just the starting point. It wasn't anyone caving like you and others would like to believe.
Whoever Ukraine sent to "talk" should be sure to put some Neosporin on those carpet burned knees.
No one trusts America anymore and no one should believe that Russia will comply. They don't honor agreements, broke international laws targeting civilians, and never have they put American interests first.
Who cares what the Saudi's say, they just want to buy America using golf and sports to get their foot in the door to destroy us from within just like Russia.
Unfortunately neither does Trump. He'll throw another tantrum and cut them off again without a 2nd thought. Agreement or not.
Yesterday Rubio said he was entering this meeting with the intention to ask Zelensky what concessions Ukraine is ready to make to Russia. It sounds like he got his concessions.
Damn! How many drones did they use? Good job, Ukraine!
Saw a news article on it. Ukraine is using the same drones that anyone can go out and buy, not military ones. So they are cheap and numerous and take minimal adjustments to add explosives and turn into kamikaze drones.
Probably buy them on Wish or Temu.
oh lordy....I hope my cantankerous neighbor finds out about that
Moscow is only 469 miles from Kiev.
Kiev has large drones that look like small Cessnas that can easily fly 600 miles with ordinance.
Many of the 150 drones that were launched against the Kursk region were likely those FPV Hobby drones that you
described but the rest were the larger propeller driven programmable GPS seeking drones that targeted oil infrastructure.
The Kremlin is pissed off because the Moscow Oil Refinery lit the sky this morning prior to sunrise.
Really all depends on the distance and what ordinance (size, weight) they need to carry. If you've seen any of the videos, it is really amazing the amount of "punch" those little ones can dish out.
But they are limited in distance because they use batteries.
The AFU are good at strapping several batteries together to increase range and loitering time but these
quads simply aren't long distance threats.
These are the birds annoying Moscow.
Oh, I'm pretty sure they are annoyed by the little ones too.
This may very well be Rubio's shining moment.
He has restored US information sharing and "assistance".
Does that mean munitions in the pipeline will be delivered?
The ball is no longer deflated and is now being handed to the Kremlin
which had the temerity to complain about Ukraine drones and missiles reaching Moscow last night.
Ukraine sent 343 drones and missiles last night, 91 at Moscow.
The Russian's apparently assumed that only they could launch night time drones and missiles against their enemies
while those people were negotiating a cease fire which the Russians failed to send a delegation to.
What are the odds the Russians agree?
"It's not fair! They weren't supposed to launch drones at us!"
That's what you get for launching horses at us:
comrade trumpski directed his Sec of Def thumper butt puppet to stop sharing intel with zelenskyy so that trumpski's blackmailer putin could gain some ground in ukraine before the negotiations started.
fucking traitor
... since the 2020 election.
The Ukraine claims it sent 337 drones to Russia last night in retaliation for the previous evenings massive Russian strike of
3 missiles and 300 Shahad drones Sunday night.
Amazingly, the Russians claim to have shot down over 343 drones ( 102%) despite the pictures of the Moscow Oil Refinery engulfed in flames
as well as Moscow high rises blasted open on the uppermost floors.
and the obligatory burned out cars...
Yeah...we know enough about Russia's "claims" (Chernobyl ring a bell?)
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I neither flagged it nor saw it.
That can't be right,
Why not, the average human makes about 50 mistakes per day?
Regardless, Canadian Tariffs are not the topic, but some people just have to stretchhhhhhhh things to try to make a point.
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Mark Kelly ring a bell in your dome?
a positive step as we hopefully move towards a Korea like resolution, which is the apt comparison from the American point of view. Trump's looking to play Eisenhower but he also to deal with McArthurite lefties who want to escalate and start WWIII.
The reactionary propaganda just gets more and more delusional.
gee, I can't wait for trumpski's commie appeasement tour this summer ...