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Well, Vladimir Putin is upping the ante in Ukraine, according to the U.S. Sun, Russia is now massing at least 200,000 soldiers for a massive new assault on Ukraine, according to NATO's top official. That'd be NATO Secretary General Jan Stoltenberg. He grimly said there is no sign that Vladimir Putin is preparing for peace. He warned that Russia is preparing for more war ahead of the conflict's first anniversary at the end of February. I think if you'd told anybody, this conflict would still be going on one year from the date of inception. People would have thought that you were nuts. That is specifically the result of Ukrainian resistance and NATO armaments pouring into Ukraine at an unprecedented rate. All of this comes amid intelligence reports that Putin may be readying for a massive new offensive. It has been reported that he could launch a new blitzkrieg-style onslaught and attempt to win the war by taking Kiev. Ukraine fears the assault could coincide with February 24th. The first anniversary of Putin's invasion, Stoltenberg did not give any details, but reiterated the need for the West to continue arming Ukraine. He warned the world to prepare for the long haul.

He said it is extremely important that Putin does not win.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, he is arguing that Ukraine not only

needs more weapons, they need better weapons.

This would include presumably F-16s.

According to Reuters, Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a,

quote, very tough situation of constant attacks by Russian forces in the Eastern Denezsk region, according to Zelensky. He said the situation is very tough. Bachmoud, Bolladar, other sectors in the Denezk region, these are constant Russian attacks. These are constant attempts to break through our defenses. He said Russia wants the war to drag on and exhaust our forces, so we have to make time, our weapon. We have to speed up events, speed up supplies, open up new weapons options for Ukraine. The general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said earlier on Sunday, its forces repelled an attack near Blahodotny, which is in the eastern part of the Netsk region, while Russia's Wagner private military group said it took control of the village. Zelensky

issued his latest appeal for increased weapons shipments days after Germany and the United States

led a list of countries agreeing to supply modern tanks. He's now upping the ante. He is saying

the Ukraine needs the U.S. made ATA CMS missiles with a range of about 300 kilometers. So far

Washington has declined to supply this. The West general perspective on Ukraine

has been, we don't want offensive operations to move inside Russian borders, because once that

happens, then you don't know what Russia is going to do. In his latest remarks,

Zelensky's Ukraine command was committed to ensuring that our pressure is greater than the occupier's

capacity to attack, and that meant, quote, maintaining the defense support from our partners. Meanwhile, Germany has been warning against an arms race as Ukraine is pushing for more missiles and more jets. German Chancellor Olaf Scholls is warning against that race. He engineered a breakthrough with Joe Biden to send modern tanks to Ukraine earlier this month. He has said that fighter jets is a non-starter. He said, I can only advise against entering into a constant competition to outbid each other when it comes to weapon systems. Germany has insisted the country will not be equipping Ukraine with warplanes. Shoals said, the question of combat aircraft does not arise at all. The U.S. has not shared any plans to send warplanes. Apparently, NBC NBC News reported a little bit earlier this month that Biden got angry with the Ukrainian president on a call when Zelensky responded to the latest U.S. announcement of billions in a day by piling on additional requests.

Biden apparently has said no to the United States sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. As according to Arab news, he said on Monday he will not be sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. That's according to Arab news.

He said on Monday he will not be sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

He said no.

Western nations, of course, have been sending upgraded tanks to Ukraine at this time.

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