5. In March, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also recorded a total of 12 medical facilities and 32 educational facilities destroyed or damaged. 7/
6. On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was attacked for the first time since November 2022. Russia accuses Ukraine, Ukraine accuses Russia of the attacks 8/ bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, the top U.S. military commander in Europe, warned that Ukraine could lose the war with Russia if the U.S. does not send more ammunition to Ukrainian forces quickly. 9/ nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…
7. Frontline Ukrainian forces are rationing artillery shells due to lack of a reliable Western supplier, allowing Russian troops to outfire them 5-to-1, a ratio that could soon increase to 10-to-1 without additional U.S. aid. 10/
8. Russia has reconstituted its army faster than initial U.S. estimates, increasing frontline troop strength by 15% to 470,000 and expanding the conscription age limit. Russia plans to expand its military to 1.5 million troops. 11/ politico.com/news/2024/04/1…
9. Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy system, bombardment of Kharkiv, and advances along the front are stoking fears that Ukraine's military is nearing a breaking point. 12/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Western officials say Ukraine is at its most fragile moment in over two years of war. Ukrainian officials don’t comment on the “breaking point” but increasingly voice alarming pleas for weapons and air defense 13/
There is a risk of Ukrainian defense collapse which could enable Russia to make a major advance for the first time since the early stages of the war. The next few months will be Ukraine's toughest test. 14/
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged his country's allies to make good on their promises of military aid on Thursday, particularly in the form of desperately needed air defence systems as Russia scales up its air strikes 15/ reuters.com/world/europe/u…
So, in short, Ukraine is running out of air defense and weapons, and Russia is taking advantage of it. Russia can break through unless the West overcomes its political infighting and dysfunctionality to provide support to Ukraine 16/
Democracies are messy, I often hear, but it is the best system. True, but this mess currently makes democracies unable to effectively address Russian threat. It looks more and more like a lack of leadership rather than the usual weakness of democracies. 17X
@Mylovanov What is the problem with democracy? Only the🇺🇸 appears to be unreliable.
@Mylovanov Macron did not want to humiliate Putin. Soon, I fear, Putin is going to humiliate Macron.
@Mylovanov @BuggaMancini yes but there is nothing better
@Mylovanov There would be contemporary and effective ways to practice democracy, but the old Party- and Powerpatterns keep the rise of New ways like sociocracy, citizensAssemblies slow
@Mylovanov yes it is not the weakness of democratic philosophy but corruption and incompetence of leaders that make us weak. We’ve become apathetic and the gung ho attitude that drives innovation & growth is gone. people feels left behind economically due to oligarchic-like monopolies.
@Mylovanov The problem in the EU isn't democracy, but a lack thereof. Single countries can block decisions and actions of the EU. We need to do better, for everyone. And we need to help Ukraine NOW. Both out of human decency and self preservation.