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Russia Is Turning Up the Pressure—Ukraine Has to Answer

Published 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Russia is adding pressure on Ukraine from multiple directions—and the timing could hardly be worse. Faster Russian drones and missile-drones are cutting Ukraine’s reaction time, North Korean troops could potentially free another 20,000 Russian soldiers for combat, and Russia continues pushing its ballistic-missile campaign while Ukraine faces a worldwide shortage of Patriot interceptors.

Ukraine is not standing still. It is beginning to procure its own domestically developed guided aerial bomb, developing additional precision weapons, and Fedorov says Fire Point has already tested a Ukrainian ballistic missile that could be used against Russia before the end of the year. But Ukraine is now in a race to build answers quickly enough as Russia increases the pressure and Western partners struggle to supply some of the systems Ukraine needs most.

0:00 Russia Turns Up the Pressure

1:20 Ukraine Builds Its Own Answer

2:34 Patriot Missiles Are Running Short

3:59 Ukraine’s Fire Point Ballistic Missile

4:44 NATO Plans for a Russian Attack

8:53 NATO Shoots Down a Russian Drone

12:47 Could Russia Add 20,000 More Troops?

13:35 Russia’s Faster Drone Threat

13:59 Russia Can’t Defend Its Own Rear

14:50 Russia Clashes With Japan and Its Opposition

17:45 Trump’s South Korea Decision

19:01 Your Comments and Ukraine Fundraisers