Poland and the Baltics have told Germany that they’ll send troops to Ukraine if Russia breaks through. With officials saying they could move troops into the conflict zone even before Russia deploys soldiers to their borders. And arguing that treating Moscow with restraint could backfire and create an escalation. This comes as officials in Estonia recently discussed taking over security for Western Ukraine. And last week, Russia published a proposal unilaterally expanding their own maritime borders with Finland and Lithuania next year. And after that, Russia began removing border buoys between them and Estonia. And on Sunday, the 6 NATO nations that border Russia agreed to construct a drone wall to defend themselves. But it was also announced yesterday that France will send troops to Ukraine to be military instructors. Ukraine’s top general made this announcement after signing the paperwork. And this was viewed as huge news because everyone has instructors there but France has been talking the talk and so for this to be a public declaration was a pretty clear message. However this doesn’t seem like it was supposed to be public because Ukraine walked it back saying that they are still in discussions. And France said they were studying the issue but hadn’t committed yet. And so the famous Ukrainian hot potato we saw with tanks and jets is back on the menu.
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Produced by: Ben Wheeler, Philip DeFranco
Edited by: Ben Wheeler
Art Department: William Crespo
Writing/Research: Ben Wheeler, Philip DeFranco
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9 сен 2024