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US Taps Into Israeli Stockpile As Ukraine Burns Through 90,000 Artillery Shells A Month | Russia War
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According to the New York Times, the US is drawing from its War Reserve Stocks for Allies-Israel, which includes ammunition stored in Israel, to supply Ukraine with 90,000 artillery shells per month. This stockpile is typically used by the Pentagon in Middle East conflicts and has been made available to Israel in the past during conflicts with Hezbollah and Hamas. Roughly half of the intended 300,000 rounds have already been shipped to Europe, with the final destination being Poland, as confirmed by Israeli and American officials
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0:00 - INTRODUCTION
1:14 - WHAT PUSHED THE US TO TAP INTO THE ISRAELI STOCKPILE?
2:30 - SOUTH KOREA MORE WILLING THAN ISRAEL TO ARM KYIV?
3:14 - ISRAEL’S DILEMMA ON ARMING UKRAINE


Why is Scholz hesitant to support Ukraine with Leopard tanks? | DW News
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During his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos today, Scholz pledged his country's ongoing military support for Ukraine and said that "Russia must fail" in order for the conflict in eastern Europe to end. 
He did not touch on the Leopard 2 tanks which some NATO allies, most notably Poland but also the UK and Lithuania and others, have been encouraging Germany to approve for export to the front lines.
Germany must approve the resale or donation of its military equipment to a third country.
Berlin is under international pressure to allow the transfer of German-made Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.
There were some hopes for a big announcement but Scholz remained silent on the issue.
He mentioned the existing armored vehicles like Marders (weasels in English, Germany names most of its military land vehicles after animals) Germany had dispatched.
A meeting of NATO defense ministers is scheduled at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday where the Leopard tank is likely at the very least to be discussed behind closed doors.
Scholz said Germany had also made "over €12 billion" (around $13 billion at today's exchange rate) available to Ukraine and would continue to support the country "as long as is necessary."
He called for the private sector to play a "key role" in nascent plans for the so-called "Marshall Plan for Ukraine" jointly recommended by Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last October.


Retired general says Ukraine's arms request is 'a really big ask'
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CNN military analyst Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (ret.) explains the complications of Ukraine's request for hundreds of pieces of heavy weaponry. #CNN #News


McFaul: We need a big bang approach against Russia with weapons, sanctions, more
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The Kremlin is facing a fiscal crisis as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine drags on. Former Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul tells Joy Reid, “We need a big bang approach here on sanctions, on weapons, and on designating them a state sponsor of terrorism.”


NATO chief calls for significant boost in arms for Ukraine
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Ukraine needs a "significant increase" in weapons at a pivotal moment in Russia's invasion and such support is the only way to a negotiated peaceful solution, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.

Defence leaders from around 50 countries and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will hold talks at Germany's Ramstein Air Base on Friday, the latest in a series of meetings since Russian forces swept into Ukraine nearly 11 months ago.


"Russia’s Historic…” | Putin Justified Ukraine Invasion In Latest Speech
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow’s action in Ukraine was intended to stop a “war” that has raged in eastern Ukraine for many years. Speaking at a meeting with veterans, Putin said Moscow had long sought to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas, an eastern industrial region where Russia-backed separatists have battled Ukrainian forces since 2014.
“Large-scale combat operations involving heavy weapons, artillery, tanks and aircraft haven’t stopped in Donbas since 2014,” Putin said. “All that we are doing today as part of the special military operation is an attempt to stop this war. This is the meaning of our operation — protecting people who live on those territories.”
Putin insisted again that Russia tried to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the separatist conflict before sending in troops, and said “we were just duped and cheated.”
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Russian ex-officer: We’re in a proxy war with the US | Conflict Zone
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Few Moscow foreign policy & defense experts are more well-connected than Dimitri Trenin who left the Russian army as a military intelligence colonel and went on to head the Carnegie Moscow Center until it was dissolved in 2022.
Trenin, who spoke to Tim Sebastian from the Russian capital, says the Kremlin sees the war in Ukraine as an "existential" fight and that Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats need to be taken seriously.  Much of the Russian elites sees the conflict as a proxy war with the United States and its NATO allies. Trenin says many issues could have been resolved before the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, but tragically were not.


‘Combat Patrol Mission’ | Russia Deploys Nuclear-Capable Yars-24 Missile Within Ukraine Range
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The Russian Ministry of Defense has decided to deploy RS-24 Yars mobile surface-to-surface missile systems on combat patrol missions. The ministry added that its military personnel are making precise manoeuvres along combat patrol routes. The system has been placed on combat patrol missions in the Tver Region, close to the Belarus border and within range of Ukraine. Watch this video to know more about the deployment which comes amid mounting concerns that Russia may soon launch a major offensive in Ukraine.
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0:00 - INTRODUCTION
1:14 - WHAT IS THE RS-24 YARS ICBM?
3:02 - WHAT ARE THE TASKS ASSIGNED TO THE YARS CREWS?
3:44 - TIMING OF THE EXERCISE