Putin is praying that US Republicans continue to withold US support for Ukraine

As the re-anointing of Putin as 'Supreme Leader and Czar of Russia' draws ever closer, so does his indiscrimanate terror bombing of the people of Ukraine continue to accelerate.

 As reported by Olena Harmash and Yurii Kovalenko (left),

"Russia unleashed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning's rush hour, killing five people, wounding more than 30, and damaging residential buildings and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.......
"Another massive attack against our state. Six regions were struck by the enemy. All our services are now working to cope with the consequences of this terror," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app." (Reuters : 7 February 2024) (my emphasis) 

Putin is determined to bomb the people of Ukraine into submission before his inevitable crowning glory as the "Supreme Leader and Czar of Russia."

cf. AFP News Agency : 7 January 2024 : YouTube

And in the US, Donald Trump continues his 'bromance' with Putin by deperately ensuring that his Republican 'cult' followers in the US Senate and Congress continue to stymie US President Biden's aid for Ukraine. 

Under the guise of rejecting US President Biden's aid for securing the Southern border of the US against illegal immigration, US aid for Ukraine has also been blocked by the Republican party in the Senate.

In the words of US Republican Senator James Lankford (right),

"Popular commentator, four weeks ago that I talked to .. they told me flat out, before they knew ANY of the CONTENTS of the Bill, that, "If you try to move a Bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year I will do whatever I can to destroy you because I do NOT want you to solve this during the presidential election" (Lawrence O' Donnell : MSNBC : 8 February 2024) (my emphasis)

Lawrence O' Donnell : MSNBC : 8 February 2024 : YouTube

This rejection of the Southern border Bill by Republican politicians, a Bill that INCLUDES aid for Ukraine, is been hailed by Putin and his 'siloviki' in the Kremlin as a 'green light' for ramping up their onslaught of terror against the people of Ukraine.

The Biden aid for Ukraine is precisely for Ukraine to defend itself against Putin's [Pu-truschev's] 'terror onslaught' against the people of Ukraine.

Step forward Emmanuel Macron, President of France!

As reported by David Axe,

 "Ukraine needs warplanes. France is retiring some of its delta-wing Mirage 2000Ds. And the French government already has pledged to Ukraine the Mirage’s best precision-guided munitions.
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Moreover, the Mirages could reach Ukraine shortly after Ukraine also receives a large consignment—hundreds, according to Macron—of Hammer rocket-boosted bombs, each ranging as far as 34 miles. (Forbes : 6 February 2024) (my emphasis)

David Axe further reports that,

"Ukrainian officials have been eyeing the type even as they work with Danish, Dutch and Norwegian officials to acquire score of surplus European Lockheed Martin F-16s—and get Ukrainian pilots qualified on the single-seat fighters in the United States and Romania." (ibid  David Axe)  

France, Denmark, Holland, and Norway have rather put a damper on the exuberance of Putin [Pu-truschev] and his 'Kremlin siloviki' celebrations of Republicans in the US Senate blocking Biden's aid for Ukraine.

Indicative of Putin [Pu-truschev] and his Kremlin 'siloviki's  fear of extra US aid to Ukraine is the fact, as reported by Rebecca Rommen (right), that,

"Russian military bloggers have hit out at Kremlin propagandists after they ignored recent "blunders" made by the Russian army, the think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said.

They pointed to one particularly damning loss in an armored assault against Ukraine's 72nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade near the village of Novomykhailivka in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, per the report.

In the assault, Russian forces reportedly came under attack from Ukrainian drones and sustained heavy losses, losing a column of armored vehicles, including several T-72 tanks and fighting vehicles." (Business Insider : 4 February 2024) (my emphasis)

Underscoring what Russian military bloggers are revealing; as reported by  Sinéad Baker (left),

"Russian prisoners who are sent to fight in Ukraine are now being made to serve until the war ends instead of just for six months, the BBC reported.
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But prisoners who sign up for the fight now are being told that they will likely have to stay on the front lines until the end, according to the BBC.

They can get a full release only if they get a state decoration, become incapacitated, reach the oldest age for serving in the military, or the war ends, the outlet reported." (Business Insider : 5 February 2024) (my emphasis)

Putin [Pu-truschev] simply cannot run away from the fact that the EU is filling the vacuum left by the the current witholding of military support for Ukraine by US Republicans.

Indeed, Putin [Pu-truschev] is praying that US Republicans continue to withold US support for Ukraine.

UPDATE : 9 February 2024 

In an outline by Jen Psaki of the changing and growing support of Putin by Republicans since his invasion of, and illegal annexation of, Ukraine's Crimea in 2014, US National Security advisor Jake Sullivan stated in December of 2023,

"Question To Jake Sullivan : "Do you think that any member of Congress who votes against aid to Ukraine is voting for Putin?

Jake Sullivan answer : "I believe that any member of Congress who does not support funding for Ukraine is voting for an outcome that will make it easier for Putin to prevail. That is, a vote against supporting Ukraine is a vote to improve Putin's position. That's just an inescapable reality" (MSNBC : 8 February 2024) (my emphasis)

MSNBC : 8 February 2024

 

(to be continued)