Welcome to another episode of Headlines and History with Jon Molik. This week LTC Lisa Bennet joins us--again--for a conversation spanning a wide range of topics that includes Russia, NATO, Ukraine, Putin, Zelensky, and Trump. Lisa is an Army intelligence veteran with nearly 30 years' experience that includes numerous deployments overseas. She spent approximately three years with United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) and leans on that experience to educate us on the Ukraine-Russia war, European geopolitics, and what the upcoming U.S. presidential term may mean for the war. Thanks for joining Lisa and me this week and enjoy the episode!
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Russia Gains in Ukraine Early November
Russian EW capabilities
Russian Vehicle Modifications
The "Arena-M" complex is designed to intercept missiles and other anti-tank munitions in the immediate area around it by physically destroying them with counter-munitions.
It consists of radar stations that monitor the space around the tank.
Russian “Barn Tank”
Russia modifies the MT-LB vehicles with the 9K55 Grad-1 systems, revealing critical equipment shortages
Should Ukraine Join NATO
Russian Redlines https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/12/testing-russias-red-lines-could-become-a-fatal-experiment/
2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_8443.htm
2023 Vilnius Summit Communique https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_217320.htm
2024 Washington Summit Declaration https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_227678.htm
Zelinsky’s 5 Point Plan
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/ukraine-zelensky-victory-plan-russia-war-nato/
Russian Strategic Defense Forces
https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-nuclear-drills-5dfa6b742e95907caac3938a3a807e62
So far 54 countries have donated to Ukraine, NATO members comprising 32 of those countries. Countries like Azerbaijan, which is a member of the Russia led CSTO. Argentina. Sudan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukra
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