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Some 14 wide-bodied aircraft transported a bristling array of Javelin antitank missiles, rocket launchers, guns and ammunition to an airfield near Ukraine’s border on Friday, as the United States and European allies ramped up their efforts to give the Ukrainian military a leg up in battling a foreign enemy that far outguns it.

Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, included a stop at the airfield as part of a trip to the region. As he spoke to troops, cargos of Javelins rolled behind him. Nearby, two C-17s, the enormous cargo workhorses of the U.S. Air Force, sat on the tarmac.

https://dnyuz.com/2022/03/04/as-russia-pounds-ukraine-nato-countries-rush-in-javelins-and-stingers/

Being a military driver or a tank crew is a death sentence in today's Russian army.

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1499866442908504067

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Говорят, что пошлют новых вагнеровцев - для «поднятия боевого духа».

Now a US official tells CNN that Russia is planning to deploy up to 1,000 more mercenaries in the near future.
Some Russian forces have struggled with morale issues and setbacks on the battlefield, including a massive convoy north of Kyiv that has remained largely stalled for the past several days.
The mercenary forces would fortify the flagging units, the official said, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its second weekend.
The official added that the US believes the mercenaries already in Ukraine have "performed poorly when facing the stiffer-than-expected resistance from the Ukrainians," and that as many as 200 such mercenaries have already been killed in the war as of late February.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/world/russia-mercenaries-ukraine/index.html

Но больше напрягает другая часть статьи - про план бомбить города.

Russia now seems prepared to "bombard cities into submission," one senior western intelligence official said on Friday, which could include a significant increase in the number of civilian casualties.
"It's a very crude approach," the official said. "The heavier weapons are not just heavier in the weight, they're also heavier in terms of the damage that they can inflict. And they're far less discriminant."
Other officials have noticed a shift in Russian strategy from military targets to civilians, with more attacks becoming focused on population centers. The new approach comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to get the quick victory he wanted, and the Russian military has faced a stiff and determined Ukrainian resistance across the country.
In the face of the resistance, the attacks will increase, officials warned.

Поэтому Зеленский и умоляет помочь ему «закрыть небо».

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Да, похоже попробуют взять террором и измором. Сволочи.