Ukraine War Update NEWS: Military Aid & Geopolitics News
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"The United States of America, for God's sake, the most powerful nation in the history - not in the world - in the history of the world. We can take care of both of these and still maintain our overall international defense. We have the capacity to do this and we have an obligation to. And if we don't, who does?"
Hello Team!
- It's been a busy weekend in terms of geopolitics, including elections in Poland
- Biden gave a powerful statement on the US's ability to support both Israel and Ukraine at the same time, saying the US has an obligation to do so as the most powerful nation in history
Military Aid
- The combined aid package for Ukraine and Israel will be much larger than $2 billion, according to White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
- The Netherlands has handed over 4 mobile hospitals to Ukraine, including ballistic armoured stabilisation and diagnostic modules plus a dental office
- Western countries have leased Ukraine air defence systems for use during the heating season, which is a significant positive sign according to Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson Yuri Knack
- Andrew Perpetua argues that Russia getting more ammunition from places like North Korea won't change much for them - their issues are more with gun barrel quality, range, counter-battery fire, drones, and moving to towed guns rather than self-propelled guns. Ukraine needs ammo more.
- The IMF has launched a $65 million fund to reinforce Ukraine's reform efforts amid the war
- Ukraine's intelligence suggests Russia is carrying out hidden mobilisation of tens of thousands per month ahead of an expected larger mobilisation after the March 2023 elections
Geopolitics
- The first train in 18 years has left from Lviv, Ukraine to Warsaw, Poland, connecting 10 Ukrainian cities and 2 Polish ones
- Hungary's foreign minister went to Moscow under the guise of discussing energy. He complained that dissenting opinions in the EU get labelled as "Kremlin propagandists"
- Exit polls suggest Poland's opposition coalition led by Donald Tusk is likely to form the next government, defeating the ruling populist PiS party. Tusk declared it "the end of the evil times" and a rebirth of Poland. This is significant for democracy and likely good for Ukraine's EU aspirations.
- Latvia has completely closed the only road crossing into Russia, though this may make it harder for Ukrainians to leave Russia after forced evacuations
- In Georgia, the ruling Georgian Dream party, nominally pro-EU but with Russian influence, is trying to impeach their own president for meeting with EU entities. This is worrying for Georgia's pro-European population.
- The newly appointed US representative for Ukraine's economic recovery, Penny Pritzker, has arrived in Kyiv to help strengthen ties and rebuild Ukraine's economy
Wrap up
Jonathan hopes this update was informative and useful. He really appreciates everyone's support. He'll have another video out later and is planning to do a series on Israel-Palestine, joking it will just be him saying "it's so confusing". Take care!
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