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highplainsdem

(54,661 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:03 PM Jan 21

*** EVERYONE at the Pentagon responsible for Ukraine has just been fired, suspended, or reassigned ***

https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lgbuk2aac222

NOELREPORTS
‪@noelreports.com‬

Military observer Roman Bochkala reports a major shakeup in the Pentagon's Ukraine team: all officials responsible for the Ukrainian track have been fired, suspended, or reassigned.

Bochkala calls it a "complete reboot" with a "new format of relations."



January 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM






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*** EVERYONE at the Pentagon responsible for Ukraine has just been fired, suspended, or reassigned *** (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 21 OP
We are so screwed! Ukraine will be abandoned brer cat Jan 21 #1
Yup, and China will now invade Taiwan with North Korean soldiers. n/t aggiesal Jan 21 #25
Nato will step up to the plate... FarPoint Jan 21 #38
Shit Wicked Blue Jan 21 #2
Criminal Dereliction of Duty Kid Berwyn Jan 21 #3
We knew this would be coming, and probably more...Ukraine, you're on your own. wcmagumba Jan 21 #4
Ditto, I was about to post it NT Tickle Jan 21 #12
Pootin must be thrilled SheltieLover Jan 21 #5
And don't forget all Dan Jan 21 #6
A post from Rick Wilson about Putin is how I found this: highplainsdem Jan 21 #8
You stole my line DENVERPOPS Jan 21 #34
IMHO... returnee Jan 22 #42
Yup. SheltieLover Jan 22 #43
Ukraine should have paid the Orange Menace's,... magicarpet Jan 21 #7
Do you really think BonnieJW Jan 21 #33
Good thing NATO had the foresight to take over command from US before Joe's term ended SheltieLover Jan 21 #9
Now, someone needs to come forward as "leader of the free world" William Seger Jan 21 #27
Good Lord. LuckyCharms Jan 21 #10
Did they replace the staff? kerouac2 Jan 21 #11
He did it to the Kurds, now he's doing it to the Ukrainians. eppur_se_muova Jan 21 #13
The Europeans were expecting this. paleotn Jan 21 #14
Have to hope that trumpy doesn't use the US military to support pootin. erronis Jan 21 #16
Not happening. paleotn Jan 21 #19
Doesn't sound good. I am sure we are providing Ukraine very valuable intelligence. I wonder if that is halted. surfered Jan 21 #15
It will soon be intelligence on Ukrainian forces going to Russia. Lonestarblue Jan 21 #17
You bet your sweet ass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DENVERPOPS Jan 21 #35
Hope Joe did sonething to help them before he left. Joinfortmill Jan 21 #18
he sure did NJCher Jan 21 #28
President Biden did do something...a lot actually. He made sure the last of the millions passed in last aid package PortTack Jan 21 #31
This is excellent. Thank you. Joinfortmill Jan 21 #37
Oh, shit n/t Lulu KC Jan 21 #20
I don't think Ukraine The Madcap Jan 21 #21
Correct, they do NOT want Trump's "help." Irish_Dem Jan 21 #23
I don't think you get NJCher Jan 21 #29
My mistake, I left out the word NOT. Irish_Dem Jan 21 #32
NATO and Ukraine knew this was coming. Irish_Dem Jan 21 #22
Here we go orangecrush Jan 21 #24
Anticipated... but yellow dahlia Jan 21 #26
anticipated and planned for NJCher Jan 21 #30
Despicable. Bluethroughu Jan 21 #36
And NATO secrets fly straight to Moscow. NT usonian Jan 21 #39
Word is that Ukraine and Russia are already negotiating in Qatar... Xolodno Jan 22 #40
Horrified, while not exactly surprised. electric_blue68 Jan 22 #41

brer cat

(26,838 posts)
1. We are so screwed! Ukraine will be abandoned
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:05 PM
Jan 21

and trump will go along with whatever Putin wants.

FarPoint

(13,867 posts)
38. Nato will step up to the plate...
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:48 PM
Jan 21

If Ukraine falls...so does the surrounding countries and they are in Nato....thus, support is probably all ready in place.

Kid Berwyn

(19,461 posts)
3. Criminal Dereliction of Duty
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:07 PM
Jan 21

And as it’s wartime, and it’s done intentionally to harm an ally at war with our chief adversary, treason.

wcmagumba

(3,657 posts)
4. We knew this would be coming, and probably more...Ukraine, you're on your own.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:07 PM
Jan 21

Excepting for EU member states and other nations who will still help with what they can....Damn D-rump again...Just evil...

returnee

(436 posts)
42. IMHO...
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 11:03 AM
Jan 22

Putin, Xi, bin Salman, and Netanyahu have planned it all for years and it’s now bearing fruit.

magicarpet

(17,770 posts)
7. Ukraine should have paid the Orange Menace's,...
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:12 PM
Jan 21

... bribe request the first time around. Now your pretty little country you have there is about to go through some things.

Too bad,.. so sad... Don't mess with "The don-OLD".

kerouac2

(1,088 posts)
11. Did they replace the staff?
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:24 PM
Jan 21

Are they just clearing out department staff instead of getting rid of the departments. Same result, but easier to do? No replacements, just empty desks.

eppur_se_muova

(38,531 posts)
13. He did it to the Kurds, now he's doing it to the Ukrainians.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:37 PM
Jan 21

This is his version of loyalty. And now it will be the trademark of the US in its international relations.

paleotn

(20,054 posts)
14. The Europeans were expecting this.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:46 PM
Jan 21

The German RCH 155. One of the most technologically advanced artillery systems on the planet. The ultimate in shoot and scoot is soon to be deployed to Ukraine. Ukrainians are currently training with it.

&t=399s&ab_channel=WesO%27Donnell

Plus, Europe is serious about ammunition.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-doles-out-e500m-for-artillery-ammo-and-missiles-as-it-seeks-to-match-russia/

The EU and other NATO and AsiaPac allies are picking up the mantle. No reason they can't. They're big enough and rich enough. We, on the other hand, are highly unreliable.

erronis

(18,144 posts)
16. Have to hope that trumpy doesn't use the US military to support pootin.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:58 PM
Jan 21

Since pootin is dictating most of these operations it wouldn't surprise me to see the CIC trying to get US forces to fight alongside the russkis.

surfered

(5,400 posts)
15. Doesn't sound good. I am sure we are providing Ukraine very valuable intelligence. I wonder if that is halted.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:55 PM
Jan 21

DENVERPOPS

(11,256 posts)
35. You bet your sweet ass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:21 PM
Jan 21

Absolutely no more intelligence, satellite surveillance, money defense systems, or weapons to help them. Or for that matter anyone in NATO, esp in Europe........

Trump's getting back in to office, with Putin's help, is Putin's Wet Dream...............

NJCher

(39,202 posts)
28. he sure did
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:56 PM
Jan 21

$500 million in aid went to them right before his term ended.

With less than two weeks left in office, the Biden administration is announcing its final shipment of weapons for Ukraine. The administration believes nearly all of this $500 million worth of weapons will arrive before the inauguration of Donald Trump, whose Ukraine envoy today said they will aim to negotiate an end to the war within Trump's first 100 days in office.

PBS

PortTack

(35,363 posts)
31. President Biden did do something...a lot actually. He made sure the last of the millions passed in last aid package
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:03 PM
Jan 21

several million was funneled to Ukraine. It’s supposed to be enough to keep them in the fight for a year. He also released frozen Russian oligarch money here in the US for Ukraine…to the tune of 300 billion.

Ukraine will NOT be left to fall. President Zelensky and the EU knowing this may happen have made lots of contingency plans over the last year to take up the slack. The EU has also released frozen Russian oligarch money for Ukraine’s use.

The EU knows what their up against and are not about to let putin overrun Europe.

NJCher

(39,202 posts)
29. I don't think you get
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:58 PM
Jan 21

the poster's comment.

Any intelligence provided by trump's people would be less than trustworthy.

As the old saying around here goes, everything that trump touches dies.

Irish_Dem

(65,580 posts)
32. My mistake, I left out the word NOT.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:04 PM
Jan 21

You are 100% correct.
Trump will kill all of Ukraine if he can.

NJCher

(39,202 posts)
30. anticipated and planned for
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:00 PM
Jan 21

Yes, it's sickening but so is everything else he's done today.

I hate it that we are once again unreliable. We're a "sometimesy" country, due to our erratic politics.

Xolodno

(6,884 posts)
40. Word is that Ukraine and Russia are already negotiating in Qatar...
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 12:11 AM
Jan 22

...based on the failed Turkey agreements. However, Russia is making much more and harder demands this time. So its yet to be seen what comes of it.

electric_blue68

(20,237 posts)
41. Horrified, while not exactly surprised.
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:57 AM
Jan 22

Even if I wasn't half Ukrainian-American.
I hate bullies.

I have almost no idea if we have distant cousins back there.

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