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Trump envisioned deal to let Russia ‘take over’ parts of Ukraine
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<blockquote data-quote="Gene2memE" data-source="post: 77159858" data-attributes="member: 341130"><p>The US had already allowed direct commercial sales of US weapons to Ukraine (by giving export authorisations). Commercial sale authorisations were given repeatedly, not just under Obama in 2014-2016, but under George W Bush as well. </p><p></p><p>The difference in 2017 was that this was the first time that lethal weapons had been included in US support packages to Ukraine. </p><p></p><p>The decision was made in late 2017, after the intensity of fighting in Luhansk and Donestk had ratcheted up through the year. The separatists had somehow 'found' several hundred BMPs, BRDMs, T-72s, T-64s and other armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems from 2014 through 2017. </p><p></p><p>What was really odd was that a lot of this 'mystery' equipment was post-Soviet era stuff that had never been exported to Ukraine. I wonder where it could have come from? Could it be from the staging areas on Russia's border with Ukraine that would fill up with equipment and then suddenly be empty?</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-separatists-advanced-weaponry/31681767.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Then there was the fact that there were already several thousand Russian troops (at a minimum) operating inside Ukraine by 2017.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gene2memE, post: 77159858, member: 341130"] The US had already allowed direct commercial sales of US weapons to Ukraine (by giving export authorisations). Commercial sale authorisations were given repeatedly, not just under Obama in 2014-2016, but under George W Bush as well. The difference in 2017 was that this was the first time that lethal weapons had been included in US support packages to Ukraine. The decision was made in late 2017, after the intensity of fighting in Luhansk and Donestk had ratcheted up through the year. The separatists had somehow 'found' several hundred BMPs, BRDMs, T-72s, T-64s and other armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems from 2014 through 2017. What was really odd was that a lot of this 'mystery' equipment was post-Soviet era stuff that had never been exported to Ukraine. I wonder where it could have come from? Could it be from the staging areas on Russia's border with Ukraine that would fill up with equipment and then suddenly be empty? [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-separatists-advanced-weaponry/31681767.html[/URL] Then there was the fact that there were already several thousand Russian troops (at a minimum) operating inside Ukraine by 2017. [/QUOTE]
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