#Ukraine: Debating drafting 500,000. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
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🗓️ 21 December 2023
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#Ukraine: Debating drafting 500,000. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/19/ukraine-russia-war-live-artillery-shell-shortages-aid-kyiv/
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| 0:43.0 | In a televised interview, Mr. Zelensky disappointed in the United States from winning more |
| 0:50.8 | support for his war against the Russian aggressor, disappointed in the EU in part, though |
| 0:56.8 | I see that the EU finesse Mr. Orban and his flow, the arms will, the arms and money will flow from the EU but in any event there is a |
| 1:06.7 | disappointing atmosphere here at years end about sustaining the Ukrainian war and |
| 1:11.6 | Mr. Zelensky has said on television that there is the possibility |
| 1:15.8 | of drafting 500,000 more of his citizens in order to resist. |
| 1:21.3 | There's also a report that Ukraine is going on the defensive. Is this |
| 1:25.7 | husbanding his resources or is this last ditch? Can you tell Jeff? |
| 1:30.0 | I think John at this point is a little bit difficult to tell and I think a real calculation that Mr. Zilensky is going to have to have with a great deal of risk. |
| 1:38.0 | Obviously he has got to be very concerned about how the Russians would react to such a thing. |
| 1:42.0 | Would this be escalatory? about how the Russians would react to such a thing. |
| 1:42.8 | Would this be escalatory? |
| 1:44.5 | And since Russia is roughly three times |
| 1:46.5 | the Ukraine and population begin with, |
| 1:48.4 | could they simply match this? |
| 1:50.2 | In recent days, Russian Defense Minister Shoygu, for example, |
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