🇺🇦Weekly Ukraine war summary: Russian armed forces cut into Ukrainian defenses near Ocheretyne, U.S. announces largest aid package of the war
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“We estimate that approximately 450,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded, and tens of thousands more have already deserted since the start of the conflict.” ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-estima…

Ukraine keeps targeting Russian refineries with drone attacks. Massive overnight raid on the Krasnodar region in the northern Caucasus, with the Slavyansk and Ilsk refineries hit among other targets. Footage from local social media channels.

Been speaking to Ukrainian soldiers just behind the frontline today - a few kilometres north of Orikhiv.

The situation is still very difficult; they still have to ration artillery ammunition; they believe the Russians are pushing as hard as they can before new U.S. aid arrives.

The Danish parliament agreed to add 4.4 billion Danish kroner ($633 million) in military support to the country's Ukraine Fund in 2024, the Danish Foreign Ministry announced on April 25.

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“Literally right now there are planes flying probably with equipment to Ukraine,” he added. “All we need is to sign the bill and we’re gone. We’re writing contracts this afternoon.” politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

Active assassination and diversionary plots, many of them GRU-spearheaded, all across Europe now.

Europe is making progress on security, but it isn't fast or comprehensive enough, as Macron frankly acknowledges here. Fear of American abandonment has accelerated this consolidation on the continent, but actual American abandonment would be a catastrophe: elysee.fr/emmanuel-macro…

The Wagner Group evidently recruited Brits to commit arson in the UK: 'The charges state that he agreed to carry out target reconnaissance and attempted to recruit individuals to assist with conduct that would “materially assist a foreign intelligence service carrying out…

BREAKING: The U.S. is putting the finishing touches on one of its largest Ukraine military aid packages to date, preparing to ink contracts for as much as $6 billion worth of weapons and equipment for Kyiv’s forces, according to two U.S. officials. W Paul McLeary…

And GRU defector-in-place Col. Oleg Penkovsky provided the hitherto unknown details of the U2 shoot-down to, inter alia, CIA case officer George Kisevalter, father of the woman at left:

The worst-kept secret in the transatlantic partnership is that the UK is far more gung-ho than the U.S. when it comes to hurting Russia in defense of Ukraine.

How it started.... How it's going....

Another welcome development.

U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine: nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/…

🚨🇺🇲🇺🇦 Politico reports that 'long-range' ATACMS were already provided in last month's drawdown package, and have been used twice to strike deep behind Russian lines. Not sure if this is referring to Dzhankoi, or something else.

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🚨🇺🇲🇺🇦 BREAKING: US Department of Defense announces Presidential Drawdown Authority package #56, worth $1 billion.

Biden says military aid will be shipped to Ukraine in HOURS.

'I'm making sure the shipments start right away. In the next few hours--literally in a few hours--we are going to begin sending equipment to Ukraine for air defense munitions, artillery for rocket systems, and armored…