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Ravenlocke

20th October 2024, 18:34

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Ukrainian forces lost up to 460 troops in Battlegroup Center responsibility zone

The Battlegroup Center defeated five brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donetsk People's Republic in one day and repelled nine counterattacks, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The Battlegroup Center defeated five brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donetsk People's Republic in one day and repelled nine counterattacks, the Ukrainian army lost up to 460 servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Units of the Battlegroup Center continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 150th Mechanized, 25th Airborne, 59th Motorized Infantry, 5th Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and the 101st Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Dzerzhinsk, Novotroitskoye, Shevchenko and Tsukurino of the Donetsk People's Republic. Nine counterattacks by the 53rd, 93rd, 100th Mechanized, 68th Jaeger Brigades, 49th, 425th Assault Battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 37th Marine Brigade and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine were repelled," the ministry reported.

According to the ministry, the enemy lost up to 460 servicemen, a US-made M117 armored personnel carrier, two Kozak combat armored vehicles, five cars, a 203-mm Pion self-propelled artillery unit, and a 122-mm Grad multiple launch rocket system.

Kiev forces lost 110 troops in Battlegroup East responsibility zone

The Battlegroup East group of forces defeated a brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces in the area of Dobrovolye in the Donetsk People's Republic and repelled a counterattack, the enemy lost up to 110 servicemen in 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Units of the Battlegroup East group of forces occupied more advantageous positions, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces in the area of the settlement of Dobrovolye in the Donetsk People's Republic. They also repelled the enemy's counterattack," the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

According to the ministry, the enemy's losses amounted to 110 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three cars and a Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled howitzer.

Kiev forces’ daily losses in Battlegroup West responsibility zone exceed 450 troops

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 450 servicemen in a day in the area of responsibility of the Russia’s army’s Battlegroup West, the defense ministry reported.

"Three counterattacks of the assault groups of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces were repelled. The enemy lost more than 450 servicemen, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, a pickup truck, a Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled howitzer, a 122-mm D-30 howitzer, a UK-made 105-mm L-119 gun, an Enclave-N electronic warfare station, and an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar made in the USA," the report says.

As the ministry noted, the units of the Battlegroup West improved their tactical position, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 54th, 60th, 67th, 116th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and the 119th defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Peschanoye in the Kharkov region, Prishib and Terny in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Ukrainian armed forces lose up to 90 servicemen in Battlegroup North responsibility zone

The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 90 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup North in a day, the defense ministry added.

"In the Kharkov direction, the units of the Battlegroup North defeated units of the 57th motorized infantry and 92nd Airborne Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the settlements of Liptsy and Volchansk in the Kharkov region. The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 90 servicemen and a 122 mm D-30 howitzer," the report says.

Kiev forces lost up to 645 troops in a day in Battlegroup South responsibility zone

The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 645 servicemen in the zone of responsibility of the Russian Battlegroup South, the ministry reported.

"Units of the Battlegroup South improved the situation along the forward edge, defeated the formations of the 10th mountain assault, 23rd, 54th, 116th mechanized, 56th motorized infantry, 79th airborne assault and 46th airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the settlements of Reznikovka, Seversk, Verolyubovka, Dalneye, Kurakhovo, Dachnoye and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. They repelled two counterattacks by units of the 81st airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces," the ministry reported.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the enemy's losses totaled 645 servicemen, two pickup trucks and a US-made 105-mm M119 gun.

Ravenlocke

20th October 2024, 18:37

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Ravenlocke

20th October 2024, 18:41

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shaberon

21st October 2024, 03:47

America and Russia ought to be friends, because they were, and there is no particularly good reason to change that.

I suspect Winston Churchill would disagree as he could sense the threat such an alliance could bring to the UK, with around 100 American air bases already in situ from WW2.

Of course he would. It is hard to find a better example of a British Imperialist Nazi. Of course, his country was friendly to Russia as well, that is, until the strong imperialism of the 1840s. So yes of course Russia was temporarily "used" by the Entente to weaken Germany, and, shortly down the road, jettisoned.

"Friends" does not equate to "alliance". An alliance is a defense treaty, as in "Israel has no allies, just friends". I don't know that America and Russia should be "allies".

Now in this country, critical mass has been achieved by insults. We call human beings derogatory terms like "commies" and "towel heads" and that is apparently all it takes to get the public to sincerely believe that thousands or millions of lives are ours to take.

In that country, you may recall that Princess Victoria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom) was in love with the future Tsar Nicholas II, they would have married except for the parental admonishment "we don't do such things". It was that close! Nevertheless, you find him following the footsteps of adjustment or reconciliation:

Nicholas signed the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, which was designed to counter Germany's attempts to gain influence in the Middle East; it ended the Great Game of confrontation between Russia and the British Empire.

Shortly thereafter, Remington Arms made so many rifles for the Russians, they had to make a new 11-acre campus in Philadelphia. Once it got running, the paperwork alone required an entire warehouse. They made about a million British Enfields but the Russian deliveries were the largest output (https://www.remingtonsociety.org/remingtons-allied-rifle-contracts-during-wwi/).

Russia, England, and France could not have prosecuted World War One without American industry.

These days, Remington is giving ammunition to Ukraine. Or at least it sent a million rounds (https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/remington-pledges-one-million-rounds-ammunition-ukraine-201022) in the early days.

If you would like to think of something really revolting, at least in this country, when tv began to spread around, dialogue filled with "they're commies, they're going to take over the world", along with "nuclear war", for which, a generation hid in bomb shelters, like the Israelis do now. During this time, you were hosed by "cancer research" while being filled with strange new chemicals that cause cancer.

Around the 1980s, the obsession shifted, and we got the rants about "towel heads" and suddenly the going thing became AIDS research.

So you can kind of match up a style of hatred with a medical scam.

We even re-made friends with Russia after the Iron Curtain. That is, our government still hated them, but people relaxed. And so we experience around a generation of laxity in this regard, and it comes round again, as, apparently, the Ukrainian meaning of life. Ukraine is just a big Israel, like being both of its parents at the same time. Everyone seems to be doing the work of the European Central Bank. It is weird how the core of the thing has already died and yet the minions keep the same strategy on auto-repeat.

Rizotto

21st October 2024, 10:45

https://www.rt.com/russia/605990-ukraine-murdered-help-draft-officers/

October 20, 2024

Leader of volunteers helping Kiev’s draft effort found dead – media
The dead man was head of a “law-enforcement assistance unit” that patrolled with Kiev’s conscription enforcers

A Ukrainian businessman, involved in the country’s controversial military draft enforcement, has been found dead near Odessa with gunshot wounds, local media reported on Sunday.

The victim, identified as car dealer Gennady Beybutyan by journalist Irina Grib, led a so-called volunteer group that worked closely with conscription officers in locating and apprehending potential evaders.

Authorities have launched a murder investigation, though the motive remains unclear. According to reports, Beybutyan’s group, the “Law Enforcement Assistance Unit,” has played a key role locally in Kiev’s aggressive conscription campaign.

The unit frequently patrolled streets with police, participating in raids that often turned violent. Ukrainian media outlet Strana.ua reported that the group engaged in beating suspected evaders and smashing car windows in their attempts to stop vehicles for conscription checks.

The activities of Beybutyan’s men have come under scrutiny amid allegations of corruption. According to multiple sources, the group was involved in schemes where potential conscripts could bribe their way out of military service.

The “volunteers” were reportedly instrumental in identifying those willing to pay to avoid the front lines. The unit’s members were allegedly immune from conscription themselves, adding to suspicions about their involvement in illicit activities.

Beybutyan’s men also reportedly engaged in a violent “turf war” with other similar groups that sought the privilege of working with the local conscription offices. These entities competed for access to the lucrative corruption opportunities and conscription exemptions offered to their members.
The unit gained notoriety earlier this year when a scandal broke out after they attacked a driver who allegedly filmed one of their roadside conscription checkpoints. The case fueled public outrage.

While local police have not officially tied Beybutyan’s murder to his role in the conscription efforts, his death again highlights the dangerous and often murky environment surrounding Ukraine’s forced mobilization campaign.

Amid heavy military losses and widespread draft evasion, Kiev has tightened its conscription laws, with ongoing raids targeting men at public venues, such as bars, malls, and even weddings.

This spring, Kiev lowered the military service age from 27 to 25 and significantly tightened the country’s mobilization rules, requiring potential recruits to report to conscription offices for “data validation.” These checks often result in people being immediately drafted into the army and sent to the front line.

Ravenlocke

21st October 2024, 22:29

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Rizotto

22nd October 2024, 09:20

Tintin

22nd October 2024, 12:53

The US state department will probably try to prolong that lost war for another 3 or 4 months to save face, regardless of the terrible death toll for Ukrainian soldiers.

Zaluzhny signals, war is lost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ErpmKr-5Y

..and manufacture a way to sell this as some kind of 'win' through their ongoing information war against the citizenry of the West :)

It'll be laughably transparent mendacity of course, but, they'll still try it, and put it on the curricula of the future: "We won the war!!", and all that malarkey.

Vicus

22nd October 2024, 15:22

Desperate To Catch Up In Hypersonics, US Recycles Failed Weapons Programs 21.10.2024

Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst

A bit over a decade ago, most military experts were convinced that the United States was the top player in the field of hypersonic weapons. The American Military Industrial Complex (MIC) was adamant in underestimating Russian advances, particularly when it comes to the “Iskander” system, whose 9M723 missiles were the first ground-based hypersonic weapons, but were still usually listed as quasi-ballistic missiles.

The NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict demonstrated the high maneuverability and speed of the weapons used by the “Iskander-M” missile system, proving beyond doubt that Moscow is around 15-20 years ahead in the development and deployment of hypersonics. In stark contrast, Washington DC’s attempts to ridicule Russian advances seems to have had a “karmic” effect on its own performance, as the Pentagon has been going through one embarrassing failure after another in the last decade or so.

However, trying to denigrate your opponent through the mainstream propaganda machine will not slow down their technological advances in the actual world. It could surely make them look bad (albeit not beyond the political West), but nothing more than that. Still, the US kept doing it. The mainstream propaganda machine’s rather pathetic claims that Russia supposedly “stole” non-existent American hypersonic technologies became all the more ludicrous as the Pentagon’s failures to develop a single working weapon started piling up. Despite running up to a dozen hypersonic weapons programs, the US has nothing to show for its efforts. Back in March last year, things took a turn for the worse after the cancelation of the AGM-183A, an air-launched missile carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). Dubbed the ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon), the missile was supposed to be the US entry point into the highly exclusive “hypersonic club”.

The failures of the US MIC didn’t end there, however. Namely, its inability to make even relatively basic weapons (relative to America’s superpower status) became evident, resulting in more embarrassing episodes, such as the constant delays and technological issues with the development of ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles).

continue: https://southfront.press/desperate-to-catch-up-in-hypersonics-us-recycles-failed-weapons-programs/

Vicus

22nd October 2024, 15:42

Caught in a ditch: footage of the unsuccessful counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsk direction has been published today

https://topcor.ru/uploads/posts/2024-10/8944a57d33_5240201800584389159.webp

The overwhelming majority of attempts by the Ukrainian army to counterattack in the Pokrovsk direction in the DPR turn into a real disaster for the militants of the Kyiv regime. Another video confirmation of this fact has been published on the Internet. It is specified that the nationalists launched a counterattack in the area of the settlement of Krasny Yar, which was liberated by the Russian Armed Forces some time ago. And it would be better if they did not do this.

Lately, the Ukrainian military in the DPR has been strongly reminiscent of that same bad dancer, who is constantly being hampered by something. The activity of the Russian air force, which is "scorching" the positions of the nationalists with FABs, the tactics of flanking settlements, the obsessive stubbornness of the Russian infantry, striving to free every inch of Donetsk land from the militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, have been repeatedly cited as reasons explaining the latest defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

This time, an anti-tank ditch became an insurmountable obstacle for the Ukrainian military. While the armored group, consisting of several Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, an M1117 armored personnel carrier, an M113 armored personnel carrier, and an M1224 International MaxxPro armored car, tried to overcome this not-so-sophisticated engineering structure, the entire technique, which took part in the counterattack, was hit or destroyed.

The footage published online clearly shows Western combat vehicles smoking near an anti-tank ditch, which became a real mass grave for them. Judging by the video, the personnel of the armored group also had a hard time. Some of the militants died, some escaped.

Let us recall that at present the Russian military is continuing its offensive operation in the DPR, threatening to collapse the entire Donetsk front of the Ukrainian group with the prospect of a further offensive on the Dnieper.

In Kyiv, they believe that the Russian Armed Forces could make exactly this kind of attack immediately after taking Pokrovsk or without waiting for the end of the battle for this important logistics hub.

https://en.topcor.ru/52788-opublikovany-kadry-neudachnoj-kontrataki-vsu-na-pokrovskom-napravlenii.html

Vicus

22nd October 2024, 15:49

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9drSe9cR_xU
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Ravenlocke

24th October 2024, 16:50

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Putin educates NBC reporter on roots of Ukrainian crisis

“I would like to draw your attention to the fact that it's not Russia's actions that have led to an escalation in Ukraine. Rather, it is the coup d’état in 2014, which was supported first and foremost by the US. The US has even publicly announced how much money it has spent back then to organize and orchestrate this coup d’état… A number of European leaders have said publicly that they had been duping us because they had been using that time to rearm the Ukrainian troops,” Putin told a NBC reporter after being asked about alleged Russian plans for a “massive escalation in the Ukraine war.”

Highlighting European countries’ move to arm the Ukrainian regime, Putin turned to the reporter’s second question – new allegations of Russian “interference” in the US election, pointing out that Congressional inquiries revealed that similar claims made during the 2016 cycle turned out to be “nonsense.”

#BRICS2024

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Ravenlocke

24th October 2024, 16:52

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Ravenlocke

24th October 2024, 16:54

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Putin on Western countries:

▪️Leading world economies abused their position by printing money during COVID and causing global inflation.

▪️The West disregarded the principles of international law by funding Ukraine.

▪️There is no justice from the West in its approach towards Russia.

▪️On reports that Russia will wreak havoc on UK streets: Complete nonsense.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1849481345346478394

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Ravenlocke

24th October 2024, 18:51

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Ravenlocke

24th October 2024, 19:00

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https://www.rt.com/russia/606290-british-diplomat-russian-journalists/

British diplomat gets aggressive with Russian journalists (VIDEO)
Britain’s deputy head of mission in Russia, Tom Dodd, has assaulted multiple reporters at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. The incident happenned late on Thursday after he faced a barrage of uncomfortable questions.

Dodd was in the company of several other UK Foreign Office personnel, including the head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate (EECAD), Christopher Allan, when he arrived late on Tuesday. The delegation headed straight for the exit, followed by a sizable group of reporters, who bombarded Dodd with various questions, including on a recent spy scandal which resulted in the expulsion of six British diplomats.

Footage from the scene shows Dodd attempting to grab cameras from the reporters, ripping an ID off the neck of one, and rudely shoving a woman out of his path.

The Britons staged a press scrum of sorts outside the airport, speaking primarily about the weather and ignoring questions about more pressing matters. They were met by a small group of protesters, one of whom had their placard torn by a member of the delegation.

According to media reports, the British delegation’s primarily task will be inspecting the work of the country’s mission in Moscow in the aftermath of the spy scandal. In mid-September, six British embassy staff were declared persona non grata over their alleged involvement in “subversive activities” and espionage. London rejected the accusations as “completely baseless.”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has strongly condemned the airport incident and said Dodd’s behavior clearly demonstrated London’s true stance on “the high standards they’ve been constantly proclaiming, press freedom, and media pluralism.”

“The British authorities and their diplomats in Moscow must finally realize they should reserve their neo-colonialist habits for their own journalists at home,” Zakharova said during a regular press briefing on Wednesday, urging British diplomats to acquaint themselves with Russian legislation protecting the press.

It was not immediately clear whether Dodd will face any repercussions given his high diplomatic status, and the immunity it confers. Russia’s Penal Code has an article dedicated to protecting journalists, with disrupting their work punishable by up to six years in prison.

Ravenlocke

24th October 2024, 19:04

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Ravenlocke

24th October 2024, 22:36

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ExomatrixTV

25th October 2024, 14:50

North Korean Troops Enter Russia:

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Bill Ryan

25th October 2024, 20:27

North Korean Troops Enter Russia

Fake news, sourced entirely by a South Korean website. And western media propaganda has seized on the gifted opportunity.

North Korean troops have been taking part in joint military training exercises in Eastern Siberia, thousands of miles from Ukraine. That's all.

Meanwhile, Russia has been taking on 1000 enthusiastic military volunteers per day, month in, month out. They don't need any North Koreans, or anyone else, to help them win their own patriotic war. :)

Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 00:32

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🇰🇵 THE NORTH KOREAN MISSION TO THE UN DENOUNCES RUMORS ABOUT SENDING TROOPS TO RUSSIA AS 'DIRTY MANEUVERS' BY THE US

Accusations against Pyongyang regarding the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia are "dirty maneuvers" by the United States and its allies to mask their own crimes and extend the conflict in Ukraine, stated Il Ha Kim, the First Secretary of North Korea's Permanent Mission to the UN.

"With regard to the accusations against the DPRK, they are nothing but dirty maneuvers of the US and its followers to disguise their crimes, to instigate the protraction of the Ukraine crisis by supplying Ukraine with all kinds of lethal weapons prohibited by international law, including cluster bombs," the diplomat emphasized at an informal UN Security Council meeting.

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Vicus

26th October 2024, 15:40

Vladimir Putin: Russia will not make concessions to settle the situation in Ukraine 25.10.2024, Moscow.

Russia does not intend to make concessions in the Ukrainian conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with journalist Olga Skabeeva, she published in her Telegram channel on October 25.

The head of State emphasized that any outcome of the special military operation should be in Russia’s interests.

The President noted that the situation on the battlefield should be taken into account when discussing the terms of a peaceful settlement.

During his interview, Putin identified one of the main factors contributing to the success of the Russian army in the zone of the special military operation. In his opinion, it is the high level of coordination between the various branches of the army, which, along with the combat experience gained, ensures impressive results on the battlefield.

Source: https://rossaprimavera.ru/news/ecc3e2e8

Vicus

26th October 2024, 15:47

Ukraine Loses Peace, Army and Territory yesterday

The Ukrainian army is grinded on battlefields while Kiev does not dare to enter into negotiations with Russia.

At his press conference following the BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a number of important statements shedding some light on the current stage of the Ukrainian conflict. Moscow recently received new peace proposals from Kiev through Turkey. Russians agreed to discuss them but the very next day the head of the Kiev regime refused any negotiations.

There is less and less chance of a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict soon, because Ukraine has refused peace talks many times. Putin recalled the failed negotiations in 2022 in Istanbul that were disrupted by Kiev’s Western patrons.

Today, the lifting of martial law would lead to elections in Ukraine. Zelensky understands that peace on any terms is the way to lose his power. While his Western curators are not ready to lose their puppet useful to prolong the war and inflict maximum damage to Russia.

continue: https://southfront.press/ukraine-loses-peace-army-and-territory/

Vicus

26th October 2024, 15:55

Vicus

26th October 2024, 16:06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-pTy6d6P4o

Selydove Has COLLAPSED | Hirnyk & Oleksandrivka Captured 2 hours ago

Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 17:29

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Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 17:37

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Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 17:39

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Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 17:47

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❗️There will be no concessions or exchanges regarding Ukraine — Putin

"Any outcome must be in Russia's favor — I say this directly, without any embarrassment. And it must proceed from the realities that are developing on the battlefield. And without any doubt... we are not going to make any concessions here, there will be no exchanges," Putin said.
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Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 17:50

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Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 17:58

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🏛️/🇲🇳 Unable to try Putin, the ICC has decided to try the Mongolians.

The International Criminal Court has filed a complaint with its watchdog against Mongolia for refusing to arrest Putin.

The panel of judges of the International Criminal Court has referred the case of Mongolia to the States Parties to the Rome Statute due to the fact that the country's authorities failed to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit.

“States Parties and those that accept the jurisdiction of the Court are obliged to arrest and extradite persons subject to ICC warrants, regardless of their official status or nationality.

In view of the seriousness of Mongolia's refusal to cooperate with the Court, the Chamber considered it necessary to refer this matter to the Assembly of States Parties.”

NOTE: Remember this is the same institution that till date haven't dared to go after the real war-criminal, Netanyahu.....

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Ravenlocke

26th October 2024, 18:02

Iran Absorbs Strike, Limits Harm, Offers Off-Ramp;
Ukr South Donbass Disaster;
Rus Advance, Ukr Flee

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Mike Gorman

27th October 2024, 06:14

Russian sappers carry out aerial demining in the special operation, helping them save the lives of their troops and discover traps set by Ukrainian forces as well as unexploded mines.

Russian engineers have started to use the aerial demining method on the battlefield. First, an area is scanned using a reconnaissance drone that searches for traps – unexploded ammunition and mines. The mines are then destroyed by dropping explosives from another drone.

This method is particularly useful when dealing with mines that react to the approach of a sapper.

Aerial demining has become relevant with the installation of seismic and laser sensors on modern mines. A sapper cannot approach such explosive devices, as demining using standard methods is hampered by enemy unmanned aircraft.

Military expert Yuri Lyamin told Russian media that the idea of demining with the help of UAVs has been in the air for two years.

"In my opinion, the method works, but a lot depends on the implementation," he said. "Detecting and destroying such a large number of mines may require a lot of sapper drones. Scout drone operators are best suited for the role of sappers. After all, they are more focused on finding different types of objects," Lyamin said.

"Aerial demining is a modern and humane method," he noted. "A sapper is one of the most dangerous professions, because he can make a mistake only once. But a drone has the right to make a mistake, it is not a human life.

Russian engineers previously presented an air-ground mine clearance system. First, an operator launches a special quadcopter capable of aerial photography with a high-resolution camera. As a result, the sappers receive an orthophotoplane — a digital panorama of the area, which allows them to see mines both on the ground and in the grass.
After that, operators scan the surface with a drone equipped with a magnetometer, and launch a robotic platform for mine clearance. They use a lightweight robot that grinds the soil to a depth of about 10 cm using a rotary mechanism.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241023/russian-armed-forces-develop-new-mine-clearance-method-1120650400.html

This reminded me of my Father, he was a 19 year old in 1942 and he was drafted into the Royal Engineers as he was a tradesman (at this time a trainee Bricklayer/Carpenter), he used to relate his adventures to me if we were driving along somewhere, I would be curious and want to know if he 'killed anyone", he used to say "We were mostly being shot at, rather than shooting", he described laying explosive charges, blowing up bridges once the troops had passed over them, mine sweeping with this big clumsy dish on a stick, and even water-divining with two copper rods (if the army does it, it tends to work) - I wonder what he would think of aerial devices being used to demine, and modern warfare, yes I am a classic 'Boomer' an actual son of a returned WWII soldier, I feel kind of proud of my Father, despite his faults and flaws as a man he prevailed and raised a family, the odds of him surviving were not great, sappers are prime targets because they are great enablers of the army. Very interesting!

ExomatrixTV

27th October 2024, 19:03

The True Scale Of Modern Nuclear Weapons:

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The terrifying true scale of modern nuclear weapons is beyond what most people can imagine. Nuclear Weapons today are far more powerful than those used in World War II. For example, the B83 nuclear bomb, the largest in the U.S. arsenal, is 80 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. This single Nuclear Weapon could destroy an entire city like Beijing, causing millions of deaths and injuries.

Submarine-launched missiles like the Trident II carry multiple Nuclear Weapons. Each missile can deliver up to eight warheads, each 30 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. A single Trident II could devastate a city like Moscow, resulting in over 2.8 million immediate fatalities.

China's Dongfeng 5 missile is another example of the terrifying power of Nuclear Weapons. It can carry up to 12 warheads, each 66 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. If aimed at a city like Washington, D.C., the impact would be catastrophic, with over a million fatalities.

Russia's R-36 missile, known as the "Satan" missile, can carry multiple Nuclear Weapons with immense destructive power. Some versions can deliver a single warhead up to 20 megatons, which is over 1,300 times the Hiroshima bomb.

At the top of the list is Russia's RS-28 Sarmat missile, nicknamed "Satan 2." This Nuclear Weapon can carry up to 15 warheads and potentially deliver a 50-megaton bomb, causing unimaginable destruction to cities like New York.

Even though some countries may face setbacks, the existence of these Nuclear Weapons means that even a few could cause unimaginable damage. The true scale of modern Nuclear Weapons shows that in a nuclear war, there are no winners—only devastating loss for humanity.

nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap (https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap)

related topic:

UFOs and NUKES: Full Documentary by Robert Hastings (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?98611-UFOs-and-NUKES-Full-Documentary-by-Robert-Hastings)

Ernie Nemeth

27th October 2024, 19:11

Defund Ukraine!

Ravenlocke

27th October 2024, 23:48

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🇺🇲🇷🇺 An American guy was the main spy for Russia in Ukraine, who provided the Russians with coordinates of critical intelligence

Russian special services, carried out a successful evacuation operation near Ugledar for the individual, identified as "Kenneth M." (name changed), who had spent two years in Ukraine providing critical intelligence to Russian forces, supporting precision strikes that minimized harm to civilians and infrastructure.

Currently, "Kenneth M." is safe, and authorities are considering granting him political asylum and Russian citizenship due to his contributions in the conflict.

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Official statement from the Donetsk People's Republic's Civil Defence HQ:

"The Russian intelligence agencies, together with units from the 36th Guards Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Ministry of Defense, conducted an operation to evacuate a valuable operational source—a U.S. citizen who played a key role in preparing the assault on the village of Bogoyavlenka in the Ugledar direction.

For two years of the Special Military Operation, Kenneth M. (name changed) remained in Ukraine, providing Russia with valuable intelligence that enabled high-precision strikes against the enemy, minimizing damage to civilian infrastructure and the local population.

The rescued American’s life is not in danger. The issue of granting political asylum and obtaining Russian citizenship is under consideration."

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Ravenlocke

27th October 2024, 23:58

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The Russian Federation plans to completely seize the Donetsk region, the cities of Kharkov, Dnipro and Zaporozhye.

In this way, the Russian Federation will seize the entire industrial region of Ukraine and turn it into an agrarian country. Putin plans to end the war in 2026 - German intelligence

The West is getting closer to understanding Russia's goals and how the war will end. But I think they will still have to revise their forecasts and move the line of regions of Ukraine liberated by Russia further to the west.
The Russian Federation plans to completely seize the Donetsk region, the cities of Kharkov, Dnipro and Zaporozhye.

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 00:55

Mike Gorman

28th October 2024, 09:01

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🇺🇦⚔️🇺🇦Horrifying footage has appeared in the media showing Ukrainian military attacks on civilians in the Chasov Yar area.

Six civilians who refused to evacuate to Ukrainian-controlled territory were trying to reach Bakhmut, where Russian Armed Forces soldiers were stationed. They walked along a broken road, holding white flags, and Russian intelligence officers were guiding them.
However, Ukrainian drones spotted them and artillery shelling began. Civilians took cover in a concrete pillbox, but the enemy continued to shoot. For almost a day, they were supported by radio, dropping water and food. But soon kamikaze drones appeared, and the final strike destroyed the shelter. The pillbox became the site of the death of five civilians, and a sixth was missing.

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I don't need to state the obvious here, appalling! These people are not true human beings, there is something truly absent from their nature, to persist like this in killing civilians demonstrates more than anything else the full horror of hatred - I am amazed the Russians do not go the whole way and simply wipe them all out, they could but always they show restraint and even great mercy: they know much of this is due to lies and long years of conditioning, also many of these incidents are managed by NATO. Sorry to declare the obvious but I am disgusted.

Tintin

28th October 2024, 11:26

Vicus

28th October 2024, 14:36

Russian troops stop Ukrainian cross-border raid – governor

An “armed group” has sought to enter Bryansk Region, Aleksandr Bogomaz has said

The Russian military, together with border guards and National Guard units, have repelled an attempted incursion into Bryansk Region, its governor, Aleksandr Bogomaz, said in a statement on Telegram on Sunday.

According to the governor, an “armed group” had sought to cross into Russia from Ukraine near the village of Manev. Located right on the border, the small settlement has been abandoned for years.

The border guards, together with the military and security forces, opened fire on the invaders and forced them to retreat, according to the statement. The size of the would-be incursion force as well as its potential losses remain unclear. Bogomaz has not reported any casualties on the Russian side.

Bryansk Region, which borders Belarus to the west and Ukraine’s Chernigov and Sumy regions to the south, has been a frequent target of Ukrainian drone attacks since the start of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

https://www.rt.com/russia/606590-ukrainian-border-raid-stop-russia/

Vicus

28th October 2024, 14:41

Russian glide bomb obliterates Ukrainian headquarters – MOD (VIDEO)

A single strike targeted high-rise building where command staff were positioned in Volchansk, Kharkov Region, officials have said

Russian warplanes have obliterated a Ukrainian-held building in the border Kharkov Region where a number of officers were posted, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Monday, releasing video footage of the strike.

The ministry said in a statement that its forces had destroyed a Ukrainian temporary deployment point near the town of Volchansk, which is about six miles from the Russian border. The area around the town has been the scene of fierce fighting since Russia launched its offensive in Kharkov Region to establish a ‘cordon sanitaire’ to protect civilians from repeated shelling.

Officials said that “a powerful blow to the enemy” was delivered after Russian warplanes received target coordinates from reconnaissance and used a glide bomb to attack the facility.

The video released by the ministry shows what appears to be aerial footage of Volchansk, which has been ravaged by months of fighting. A ramshackle high-rise building in the center is then hit by a gliding projectile, with an explosion so powerful that the ripples from the shockwaves could be seen hundreds of meters away as one of the walls promptly collapsed. Clouds of smoke and dust can then be seen rising from the blast site.

https://www.rt.com/russia/606624-russian-glide-bomb-obliterates-ukraine-hq/

Vicus

28th October 2024, 16:06

Russian Dreadlock-Style Tanks Hit Front Lines to Fend Off Drones

The protective structure is installed on the tank turret in the form of a "grill" made of reinforced industrial steel cables.

Russian tanks in the special military operation zone have been equipped with anti-drone "grills" that, from a distance, resemble dreadlocks - a hairstyle made of rope-like strands of hair.

"We have designed these ‘dreads’ all by ourselves. Thanks to them, the cumulative jet of an enemy FPV drone detonates outside the tank's armor without damaging it," a tank commander with the call sign, Fedya, told Sputnik.

He added that his tank - which is part of the 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division with the Tsents battlegroup – was also equipped with an electronic warfare system designed to tackle the Ukrainian army’s unmanned aerial vehicles.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20241028/russian-dreadlock-style-tanks-hit-front-lines-to-fend-off-drones-1120702547.html

Vicus comment: I can´t copie video, just go there, it looks funny, a Rasta tank! :bigsmile:

Vicus

28th October 2024, 16:14

FSB Finds Foreign Arms, US Military Insignia on Saboteurs Killed in Russian Border Breach Attempt
2 hours ago

Four saboteurs were eliminated in an attempted breach of Russia’s state border in the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Monday.

"On October 27, officers from the FSB Border Service in the Bryansk region, together with units of the Russian Armed Forces and the Russian National Guard, thwarted an attempted state border breach by a sabotage-reconnaissance group in the Klimovsky district," the security agency stated.

⚡️The Russian Federal Security Service released a video showing the suppression of an attempt to violate the Russian state border in the Bryansk region with the participation of foreign saboteurs https://t.co/Y2KOgxCPrD pic.twitter.com/58d7nxEqoo

According to the FSB, "four saboteurs were eliminated in the clash, while the remnants of the retreating group were hit by missile and artillery strikes, resulting in further losses."

The FSB added that "the eliminated saboteurs were found with foreign weapons, equipment, communication devices, and personal items indicating ties to third countries (a Canadian flag, a prayer card in Polish, and a notebook with tactical training notes in English). A tattoo of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, US Army Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment, was found on the body of one of the eliminated individuals."

According to open sources, the 75th Ranger Regiment is an elite US Special Operations unit comprised of specially trained and highly skilled soldiers. Essentially, it functions as a US Army airborne reconnaissance regiment for special operations. This is a specialized light infantry force with limited heavy weaponry and armored vehicles. Regiment members are trained for deployment by any means available—parachute, helicopter, or sea. One of the regiment’s airborne battalions is always on high alert, ready for deployment anywhere in the world within 18 hours.

In addition to reconnaissance, sabotage, and operations behind enemy lines, the regiment can conduct direct combat actions: securing and holding airfields, capturing or destroying strategically important enemy sites, and targeting high-ranking members of the enemy’s military-political leadership.

Units of the 75th Ranger Regiment participated in combat during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241028/fsb-finds-us-airborne-tattoo-on-body-of-ukrainian-saboteur-in-russias-bryansk-1120709196.html

Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:15

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🇷🇺Russian forces have liberated Tsukurino in the Donetsk People’s Republic, as reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Additionally, our forces have struck the infrastructure of military airfields and concentrations of enemy personnel and equipment in 142 areas.

Air defense systems have shot down 120 aircraft-type drones, three Hammer guided bombs, two ATACMS missiles, and one HIMARS rocket.

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🇷🇺Belousov congratulated the military personnel on the liberation of Tsukurino in the Donetsk People's Republic. The Minister of Defense sent a telegram to the command and soldiers of the 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.

‘You are advancing confidently in the Krasnoarmeisk direction. As a result of your professional and decisive actions, the enemy has suffered significant losses and failed to achieve its objectives,’ noted the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense in his message.

He also expressed confidence that the service members would continue to serve Russia honorably and reliably ensure its security.
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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:18

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:23

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:25

Russian hackers hacked access to digital billboards in Times Square and launched a broadcast of the State Duma session 😂

The broadcast of the session lasted about an hour. Earlier, Google blocked the Russian State Duma channel on YouTube.
The central billboard displayed the message:
“Google blocked the State Duma on YouTube, but we found a better place for streaming. Censorship sucks.”

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:27

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US’ TOP GOAL IN UKRAINE IS TO PROLONG THE CONFLICT TO MAINTAIN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA - ANALYST

"The fact that the US is directly involved in the [Ukraine] conflict is practically official now. Mercenaries have been fighting on the Ukrainian side since the very beginning of the conflict. Kiev has a severe issue with manpower and cannon fodder," Xavier Moreau, founder and director of the political-strategic analysis center Stratpol, tells Sputnik.

"The world understands, and the Pentagon understands, that Ukraine has lost the war. Therefore, the goal is to find a way to prolong the conflict."

"This has been the strategy advocated since February 2023. American media and political circles talk about it to try to freeze the conflict, maintain sanctions against Russia, and prevent Europe from restoring its energy ties with Russia. This is Washington's number one objective," he adds.

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:29

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❗️The case of the murder of Sputnik correspondent Russell Bentley in Donetsk has been sent to court, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik

The defendants have familiarized themselves with the materials of the criminal case, the Investigative Committee added.

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:32

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❗️"Aussie Cossack (Simeon Boikov) is one of the most notorius Kremlin mouthpieces online. Known for flooding X with pro-Russian propaganda."

😅I'll take that as a compliment.

🥂PS. Looks like the
@AussieCossack
Telegram account is growing quickly after many former Aussie Cossack followers on X switched platforms. Welcome to all of our new subscribers! https://t.me/AussieCossack/25325

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:34

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BIG NEWS: NEW ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON SLOVAK PM ROBERT FICO

A new assassination attempt occurred this month at the Dukla pass, where the 80th anniversary of the Carpathian-Dukla military operation was celebrated, the Slovak prime minister told local media.

A fully loaded pistol was detected on a man attempting to enter the visitor's area. Fico cited his position on Ukraine as a possible reason for the assassination attempt.

In May 2024, 71-year-old Juraj Cintula tried to assassinate the Slovak PM by shooting him several times. Fico was injured in the abdominal cavity, limbs and chest.

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:45

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Aleksandro-Kalinovskoye direction: fighting in Dzerzhinsk and breaking the Ukrainian Armed Forces' line of defense west of Novgorodskoye

Situation as of 18:00 October 28, 2024

In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting heavy fighting in the central part of Dzerzhinsk. At the same time, Russian troops have pushed through the defense of Ukrainian formations in the Novgorodskoye area.

▪️In the north of Dzerzhinsk, Russian units drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions between Dzerzhinsky and Pushkarenko streets. The enemy in this area operated with the support of a complex of capital buildings on Shchorsa Street.

To eliminate this stronghold, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a series of attacks, creating a semi-encirclement around the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in this area. At the moment, fighting continues in the area of the complex, Ukrainian formations are using a large number of UAVs to strike at the assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces.

▪️Further south, Ukrainian formations still hold the territory of the Dzerzhinsky mine . This allows them to maintain a presence in the forest to the southeast, while being semi-encircled.

▪️The tense situation also remains in the Zabalka microdistrict. Ukrainian formations launched a series of counterattacks in the north of Sverdlov Avenue , during one of which Russian UAV operators destroyed an M113 armored personnel carrier.

There is no information that the Russian Armed Forces are holding or have recaptured the avenue. Sources from the area note the high intensity of mortar fire from the enemy, which is preventing the advance of assault groups.

❗️In urban combat, both sides widely use remote mining and anti-tank mines to destroy shelters and positions. Such tactics have become a characteristic feature of urban battles in both Dzerzhinsk and Chasovy Yar . In many ways, it is caused by the impossibility of the widespread use of armored vehicles due to the massive use of UAVs, while the infantry needs means of effectively defeating and clearing enemy positions.

▪️In the Shcherbinovka area, Russian troops, according to some reports, advanced along the railway track. It is impossible to determine with certainty from the footage published by the enemy whose positions were shelled in the video. It is also not possible to clarify the configuration of the front from the ground at the moment.

▪️To the west of Novgorodskoye, where the local population is being evacuated, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces have established control over three strongholds that were part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' line of defense on the Leonidovka-Sukhaya Balka line. Given the time delay required to publish objective control footage, we can expect information about larger-scale successes of the Russian Armed Forces in this area.

A further offensive will open the way for the Russian Armed Forces to Sukhaya Balka and will allow the formation of a semi-envelopment of the enemy group on the Valentinovka-Kalinovo line.

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:46

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:49

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:51

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:53

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:55

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:56

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 16:59

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Ukrainian army’s total losses in Kursk Region exceed 27,100 people — top brass

They also lost 177 tanks, 97 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armored fighting vehicles, 1,014 armored combat vehicles, the ministry reported

MOSCOW, October 27. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 27,150 people since the fighting started in the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“The enemy lost a total of over 27,150 troops, 177 tanks, 97 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armored fighting vehicles, 1,014 armored combat vehicles since the fighting started in the Kursk area,” the report said.

The minisrty also said that the Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 250 troops and two armored fighting vehicles in the Kursk Region in 24 hours.

"The Ukrainian army lost more than 250 troops, two armored vehicles, including a US-made Stryker armored fighting vehicle and an armored combat vehicle, as well as a mortar and one car, in 24 hours," the report said.

Battlegroup North repels eight counterattacks in Kursk Region

Battlegroup North repelled eight counterattacks in the Kursk Region in 24 hours, with the Ukrainian forces losing up to 60 people.

"Units of Battlegroup North continued advance actions, during which they inflicted damage on formations of the 22nd, 41st and 115th mechanized, the 17th tank, 82nd and 95th air assault, 36th marine brigade, 112th and 129th territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces near settlements of Daryino, Zelyony Schlyakh, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka and Plyokhovo. Units of the battlegroup repelled eight counterattacks by the enemy in the direction of settlements of Daryino, Zelyony Schlyakh, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino and Novoivanovka," the ministry said.

"The Ukrainian army’s casualties totaled up to 60 people, with a US-made armored fighting vehicle destroyed," according to the report.

Russian aviation inflicts damage on Ukrainian troops in 23 settlements of Kursk Region

Russia’s army aviation inflicted damage on troops of the Ukrainian armed forces near 23 settlements of the Kursk Region and seven settlements in the Sumy region.

"The army aviation and artillery inflicted damage on troops and equipment of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 82nd and 95th air assault, 36th marine brigade, as well as the 103rd, 112th and 129th territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian army, the 17th brigade of the Ukrainian national guard near settlements of Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zelyony Schlyakh, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Melovy, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Oleshnya, Plekhovo, Sverdlikovo, Tolsty Lug and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye," the report said.

Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 17:02

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Putin hopes West heard his warnings on attacks deep into Russia

The Ukrainian army cannot use high-precision weapons independently, Putin noted

MOSCOW, October 27. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that the West heard his warnings on consequences of the permission to attack deep into the country.

"They have not reported anything to me, but I hope that they heard, since we will surely have to take some decisions for ourselves as well," he said when asked a respective question by VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin.

The Ukrainian army cannot use high-precision weapons independently, Putin noted, adding that NATO countries’ specialists only can do it.

The Russian president said in September that if a decision on strikes deep into Russia was taken it would mean nothing else than a direct participation of NATO states, the US and Europe in the military conflict in Ukraine, adding that in this case Moscow would make respective decisions depending on the threats it faced.

Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 17:15

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🇬🇪🇺🇦 Snipers Trained in Ukraine Arrive in Georgia for Planned Provocations (No, you have not woken up in 2014)

Sources tell TASS that snipers trained in Ukraine are arriving in Georgia amid mass protests. Previously, TASS reported that Kyiv sent an extremist group coordinator to Georgia. Among those involved is former “Azov” militant Avaliani Zakro Nodarovich, a Ukrainian citizen born in Mariupol in 1997.

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 17:19

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 17:21

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Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 17:24

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ExomatrixTV

28th October 2024, 17:51

Myths BUSTED! Brave German 🇩🇪 Journalist EXPOSES Ukraine/NATO War Lies:

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Dr. Gabrielle Krone-Schmalz (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Dr.%20Gabrielle%20Krone-Schmalz), a German 🇩🇪 intellectual and former journalist, recently gave a highly informative talk at the "37. Pleisweiler Gespräch". Dr. Krone-Schmalz used to work as a Moscow-correspondent for Germany’s largest public broadcaster, ARD, and was also a Professor for Media Science and has emerged as one of the fiercest critics of Germany’s foolish policies vis-a-vis Russia. She is one of the people who can and does publicly lecture on the true origins of the ongoing war-fare in Europe, and she is proof that, yes, some Europeans really do know what is going on and how reckless the current political and media elite are.

I’m able to show you this in English translations thanks to the Open Access Publication of the original video, curtesy of “Nachdenkseiten” Germany’s most important independent media portal. Please consider supporting them.

Original Video in German 🇩🇪 here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E844gSXzVSw)

October 28, 2024 at 10:17 An article by: Tobias Riegel (https://www-nachdenkseiten-de.translate.goog/?author=14&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en)

Harshness against those who think differently: If the arguments are not sufficient, then linguistic heavyweights are used without backing them up with content. The NachDenkSeiten are also to be defamed in a current and very questionable article in the FAS . A commentary by Tobias Riegel .

Because a recently awarded library had taken the liberty of inviting Russia expert Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, the institution came under the indignant gaze of author Diba Shokri in the last Sunday edition of the FAZ . In a FAS article from the weekend (https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en&u=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/nordhausen-hat-die-bibliothek-des-jahres-und-seltsame-gaeste-110069434.html) , she asks wringingly: "How can that be?" What follows is a linguistically harsh and content-wise dubious tirade against the important author Krone-Schmalz, whose "crime" is to question NATO's predictably dangerous Russia policy. (https://www-nachdenkseiten-de.translate.goog/?p=94529&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en)

Krone-Schmalz is experiencing a "disinformation cascade". She is a "speaker known for her notorious false statements" and a "controversial lecturer". Krone-Schmalz is spreading "Putin propaganda". The renowned former Moscow correspondent for ARD is falsely announced as a "Russia expert" - the fact that her statements have been "under criticism" for many years, however, is not mentioned in the event announcement. Key statements by Krone-Schmalz have been refuted many times by "contemporary historians". "Anti-American resentment" is successfully served. In addition to such own assessments, the article uncritically quotes other voices, according to which Krone-Schmalz's content is "conspiracy positions and disinformation". In doing so, "criminal Putin positions are normalized". The fact that it is possible for Krone-Schmalz to express her opinion in this library is an example of "lack of democratic vigilance". And so forth.

Defamation of the NachDenkSeiten

The article also attempts to defame the NachDenkSeiten in the usual cheap way and, as usual, without adequate substantive support. It is not entirely clear whether the assessment comes from the author of the article or from one of the interviewees - in any case, in addition to the old chestnut of the "conspiracy theories" allegedly spread by the NachDenkSeiten , the argument against us is that we are "obscure". Incidentally, the FAZ had come to completely different conclusions about the NachDenkSeiten under Frank Schirrmacher (it was a long time ago...), for example in this article (https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en&u=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buergerliche-werte-ich-beginne-zu-glauben-dass-die-linke-recht-hat-11106162.html) :
" Angela Merkel has not yet been able to address the moral consequences of the crisis in the Eurozone. That is bad enough. It is unthinkable that a process of self-understanding would not have started in Erhard's time. The party evidently lacks the personnel for this. Because it certainly does not lack the power to do so. The political positioning of the conservatives has not yet progressed beyond the word "monster" - and this was read earlier and better in the "Nachdenkseiten" of the indispensable Albrecht Müller, once a mastermind of Willy Brandt. "
Attacks without content:

This paragraph is an example of the trick used in the article to attack Krone-Schmalz's theses without providing any substantive justification:
" Krone-Schmalz claims: 'NATO has created its own Russia problem', namely, according to her thesis, through the EU's eastward expansion, through NATO's eastward expansion and through the NATO accession prospect for Ukraine. A well-known justification narrative of the Putin regime, refuted many times by contemporary historians. But no one contradicts her here ."
It is obvious that the "Russia problem" - the confrontation between the country on the one hand and the rest of Europe/USA on the other - has been massively and predictably exacerbated by the EU's eastward expansion, by NATO's eastward expansion and by the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO (detailed information on this can be found (https://www-nachdenkseiten-de.translate.goog/?p=94529&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en)in this article, (https://www-nachdenkseiten-de.translate.goog/?p=120458&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en) among other places ). The FAS author complains that no one at the event contradicted this clear finding - but it is she herself who cannot substantiate her contradiction. The reference to "contemporary historians" who have already "many times" refuted the "justification narrative of the Putin regime" remains an inadequate and empty phrase. The same applies to the doubts spread here, which are also not substantiated:
" Allegedly, negotiations on a ceasefire in spring 2022 failed not because of Russia, but because 'an end to the war was not in the interest of the Western community at that time .'"
In my opinion, it is difficult to refute the fact that the negotiations in spring 2022 failed "not because of Russia" based on the information available (for more information, see here (https://www-nachdenkseiten-de.translate.goog/?p=110970&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en) and here (https://www-nachdenkseiten-de.translate.goog/?p=111011&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en) ). The "allegedly" therefore remains a mere assertion unless it is backed up with content.
At least the brave attempts by library officials to respond are also reflected in the article. Ultimately, one must also listen to “how the other side ticks” and it is “to a certain extent bearable that we as a library live from discussions”.

" Lack of democratic vigilance"

It is a well-known trick to let the choice of interviewee influence the topic in question. Jens-Christian Wagner, former director of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial, now director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorial Foundation, professor of history in media and public relations in Jena and member of the jury for the library award, is questioned in detail about Krone-Schmalz. In my opinion, this is also done to somehow and indirectly link the topic and Krone-Schmalz with the problem of right-wing extremism.

Additionally problematic are some of Wagner's unquestioned statements, which indirectly advocate censorship of opinions that he does not like. "In principle, one must be open, even to controversial opinions," says Wagner patronizingly. But: "Offering Krone-Schmalz a forum with their Putin propaganda - that is not acceptable." Wagner continues:
" If you invite them, and I find that difficult too, the least you could do would be to bring a strong counterweight to the stage. Conspiracy theories and disinformation must be exposed using well-sourced and science-based evidence. "
Otherwise, "criminal Putin positions would be normalized," said Wagner. The Krone-Schmalz case is an example of "lack of democratic vigilance."
I confess: I find this kind of “democratic vigilance” simply uncanny.

source (https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=123785)

Ravenlocke

28th October 2024, 18:03

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🇷🇺💀🎼 The remains of the Wagner PMC fighters killed in Mali this summer have been delivered to Russia. Among them are the remains of the Grey Zone channel administrator Nikita Fedyanin.

Now they will be able to be buried with dignity in their native land, for whose interests they fought for many years in various theaters of military operations.

The fact that the dead were returned, despite all the objective difficulties, is the right and worthy step. Russia / Wagner do not abandon their own.

boris_rozhin

https://x.com/dana916/status/1850955190544855144

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Rizotto

29th October 2024, 09:34

https://www.rt.com/russia/606646-georgia-snipers-ukraine-reports/

October 28, 2024

‘Ukraine-trained snipers’ preparing false-flag in Georgia – TASS
Reports have raised fears of a Kiev-style ‘color revolution’ in Tbilisi

Snipers trained in Ukraine have arrived in Tbilisi, possibly to create a false-flag incident that would justify a coup by the opposition protesting the recent election results, a security source has told the TASS news agency.

Preliminary results of Georgia's parliamentary elections held on Saturday showed the ruling Georgian Dream winning over 54% of the vote. Four pro-Western opposition parties have refused to accept the results, claiming the election was somehow “stolen.”

“According to informed official sources, the Westerners, in their attempts to destabilize the internal political situation in Georgia after the October 26 elections and provoke another ‘color revolution’, will stop at nothing,” TASS reported. “Snipers trained in Ukraine have arrived in the republic to organize provocations during mass protests.”

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has accused the ruling party of attempting to “steal” the country’s “European future” and seeking to align with Russia. Such was also the claim of Ukrainian nationalists who launched protests in Kiev in late 2013.

At the height of the protests in the capital dozens of protesters were killed and wounded by gunfire. Nationalists and their Western backers claimed that “government snipers” opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. The incident served as a pretext to forcibly depose the legitimately elected president of Ukraine and declare a new, Western-backed government.

Georgian Dream officials have warned that the opposition intends to foment civil unrest akin to the ‘color revolution’ in Ukraine in 2014. Moscow has said that the current hostilities with Kiev are partly the result of that insurrection a decade ago.

A unit composed of Georgian nationalists, dubbed the “Georgian Legion,” has fought on the Ukrainian side of teh conflict with Russia and has been accused of multiple war crimes and violations of the laws of war.

Russia has rejected any accusations that it somehow influenced the Georgian election, noting that there has been overt interference from the West instead. Despite the opposition’s claims of voting fraud, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported that it observed no systemic irregularities.

Rizotto

29th October 2024, 09:45

https://www.rt.com/russia/606652-us-threaten-georgia-election/

October 28, 2024

Washington issues new threat to Georgia
The ex-Soviet country should not stray from Euro-Atlantic integration, the State Department has warned

The US has threatened Georgia with “consequences,” after the country's pro-NATO political opposition accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of rigging Saturday’s parliamentary election.

According to the official tally, the Georgian Dream party received almost 54% of the vote, while various opposition parties received 3% to 11%. The victory is expected to give the Georgian Dream at least 90 seats in the 150-member national parliament, allowing it form the Caucasian country's next government.

Four pro-Western opposition parties have refused to recognize the results and said they would not be taking part in the work of the new legislature. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, a former French ambassador to Georgia who acquired citizenship in 2004, refused to recognize the results either and called for protests. A large demonstration was held outside the parliament building in Tbilisi on Monday evening.

Despite Zourabichvili calling the election a “total fraud,” the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported that it observed no systemic voting irregularities. It did, however, claim to have observed incidents of vote-buying and pressure on public sector employees, but praised the diversity of choices on the ballot.

At a press conference on Monday, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the election was held in an “environment shaped by the ruling party’s policies including misuse of public resources, vote buying and voter intimidation.”

“We encourage Georgia’s governing officials to consider the relationship they want with the Euro-Atlantic community rather than strengthening policies that are praised by authoritarians,” Miller added.
“We do not rule out further consequences if the Georgian government’s direction does not change,” he said, urging Tbilisi to start “withdrawing and repealing anti-democratic legislation.”

Earlier on Monday, 13 EU member states issued a statement expressing “deep concern about the current situation in Georgia” and demanding “an impartial inquiry of complaints and remedy of the violations established.”

Western governments have accused Georgia of democratic backsliding and warned that its recent policies could hamper the country’s aspirations to join the EU. In 2024, the Georgian Parliament approved laws that allow NGOs to be labeled ‘foreign agents’ and ban LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ to minors, both of which sparked protests.

The Georgian government has insisted that it would ultimately like to join the EU, but on its own terms. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze argued that the laws were designed to ensure Georgia’s sovereignty and the interests of the people.

“The opposition cannot get over their defeat in the election,” Kobakhidze said on Saturday, accusing his opponents of undermining the law. “No one can undermine the constitutional system of our country,” he added.

Tintin

29th October 2024, 11:58

"It’s actually incredible when you step back a moment and consider how the West lives increasingly in a total fantasy construct. On every global issue or flashpoint, Western media no longer exercises even the barest scruples, instead blanketly reporting the most fantastical tales with zero corroboration. In Iran we’re expected to believe Israel “decimated” the entire Iranian air defense network, countless major labs and buildings, despite zero proof apart from a single grainy satellite photo that shows a slight discoloration somewhere—far less proof than we got from Iran’s much more massive strike on Israeli bases during True Promise 2.0.

In Georgia, Western press reports with shameless authority that the election was ‘stolen’ despite no credible evidence. The entire Western order has at this point in its lurid, terminal panic given up on not only truth, but any and all foundational values that have made Western civilization what it was. Threats, lies, and propaganda are flung with no accountability or attempt at justification; it seems we’ve entered the rapid parabolic singularity point of the ‘post-truth’ era in the West. Just like how the Federal Reserve must now exponentiate its printing cycles just to stave off collapse, Western intelligentsia and its corrupt crony political class must now likewise balloon their brazen lies to infinity just to keep from drowning in them as if the buoyancy of volume will keep them up. - Simplicius, October 29, 2024

*****

The latest report, here (https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-102824-russia-unleashes-lightning):

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SITREP 10/28/24: Russia Unleashes Lightning Advances in South as 'Red Scare' Hits Fever Pitch
Source: Simplicius on Substack (https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-102824-russia-unleashes-lightning?)

Concerning North Korean troops, extracted..

It seems obvious that Kiev is creating a preemptive excuse for their imminent loss of Kursk and the total catastrophic failure of the Kursk operation. In order to excuse and justify the massive failure, they can conjure the ‘North Korean phantom menace’ to claim “we only lost because Russia introduced a surprise shock force of 10,000 North Korean special forces!”

Naturally, the call for NATO troops would immediately follow. This would be a face-saving psyop to soften the morale blow for their own populace. “We didn’t lose to the Russians, we had them beat until Kim intervened!”

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And there’s even a third option: Zelensky has finally approved and signed the law allowing foreign officers to fight in the AFU. It would be only a natural extension for him to again sneakily preempt this decision by burying it beneath the news cycle of the DPRK scare in order to imply that Ukraine had to allow foreign officers in to counteract Russia’s use of North Koreans. In those cases the North Korean threat becomes a convenient misdirection for exactly the escalations that Ukraine itself wants to create. In fact, Lavrov appears to state just this at the end of the following video (embedded in Substack)

He reiterates about Russia and North Korea’s new treaty but says the troops scare is a psyop meant merely to justify what Ukraine itself has already been doing vis-a-vis the Western mercenaries.

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F685869ec-87da-4692-8b4a-508cb4bce127_1068x204.png

He’s absolutely right: a defense of Russian territory precisely accords with the new strategic partnership between the two countries. As long as Korean troops don’t enter Ukraine proper, then I could very well see their realistic usage in defense roles particularly against Western mercenaries and US troops which we know are already operating there; this would in fact be in full accordance with international law as there is no law that states you cannot have your ally’s troops on your own territory, who are justified in defending themselves if attacked.

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The article also contains plenty of maps showing the Russian advances. This is a good sample summary image:

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99b623f-bdcb-4632-a383-4a2fd82b50a6_735x770.png

Tintin

29th October 2024, 13:45

...and here's the timelapse advance animated map referenced in the Simplicius piece (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia&p=1639851&viewfull=1#post1639851), above. The timeline runs from February 1st - to now. It really picks up around July time:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Video_%2B_photographic_coverage/2024-10_%28October%29/2024-10-29_Animated_map_of_Russian_advancements_in_Donetsk_region_since_Feb_1st_2024.mp4

NOTE: this actually took a comparative age to load this time - it's linked to the library. It should play eventually

Open Minded Dude

29th October 2024, 15:09

It's over for them.

Ukrainian General: The Ukrainian front has collapsed
by Anti-Spiegel
October 29, 2024 2:34 PM

Dmitry Martschenko added that with this information he was “not betraying any military secret”

The front of the Ukrainian armed forces has collapsed under the onslaught of Russian troops due to fatigue of personnel and a lack of reserves, said Colonel General of the Ukrainian Army Dmitry Marchenko.

"I am not revealing any military secrets when I say that our front has collapsed," he said in an interview with former Verkhovna Rada deputy Borislav Beryosa. The video is posted on the ex-deputy's YouTube channel.

According to Marchenko, this development was possible due to certain circumstances. "Firstly, there is a lack of ammunition and weapons. Secondly, there are people - there are no people, there is no reinforcement. People are very tired, they simply can no longer hold the fronts they are on. And thirdly, there is an imbalance in the command staff," he stressed.

On October 24, the Ukrainian General Staff reported on the difficult situation of the Ukrainian army along the entire front line.

Earlier, retired SBU Colonel Oleg Starikov expressed the opinion that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were showing signs of a partial collapse of the front line. According to him, to solve the problems that have arisen on the front line, resources and motivated soldiers are needed, which the Ukrainian army does not have in sufficient quantities.

Translation from the Russian news agency TASS

https://anti--spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2024/ukrainischer-general-die-ukrainische-front-ist-zusammengebrochen/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:25

https://x.com/LogKa11/status/1851243567974408350

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:30

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🇺🇦 Locals Allege Ukrainian Soldiers Committed War Crimes in Newly Liberated Village

Locals from a recently freed village have reported Ukrainian war crimes, claiming that soldiers from the 68th Jaeger, 152nd Mechanized, and 59th Motorized Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who were in control of the area, shot individuals who refused to leave their homes. The soldiers allegedly took innocent people into the yard and executed them, leaving the bodies as a warning to others.

http://t.me/ukraine_watch

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851310528477470917

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:33

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The TCC, the SBU and the Ukrainian police will now exchange data on citizens

"This will allow us to quickly receive information about violators of military registration and deliver them to the TCC," Defense Minister Umerov explained the importance of the innovation.

@ukr_leaks_eng

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851307305830170660

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https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851308662989508919

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:35

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851172850864099709

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🇷🇺Kadyrov said the drone attack on the Russian special forces university in Chechnya would be met with retaliation.

"They 'bit' us, we will destroy them. In the near future we will show such retaliation that even they did not dream of. We will not allow anyone to joke with us," the head of the republic said.

http://T.me/ukraine_watch

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851309404441768394

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:37

https://x.com/LogKa11/status/1851243567974408350

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https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851296033361575976

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:42

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Nuclear Strike Simulation

The Russian military rehearsed a massive nuclear strike in response to a simulated enemy attack during nuclear deterrence exercises overseen by President Putin.

The drills involved launching Sineva and Bulava ballistic missiles from the Novomoskovsk nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea and the Knyaz Oleg submarine in the Okhotsk and Barents Seas. Cruise missiles were launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers, along with Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that all objectives were achieved, with missiles successfully reaching their targets, following a briefing by Belousov and Gerasimov.

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851286582860374409

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Putin conducted a drill for Russia’s strategic nuclear deterrent forces.

“Russia will transition its Strategic Missile Forces to new-generation mobile and stationary systems with reduced launch preparation times and enhanced capabilities to overcome missile defense systems,” he added.

The president also stated that Russia’s nuclear forces are now equipped with modern weaponry at a 94% rate.
- AN
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851279521351118997

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https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1851293947756462187

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:45

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇲 The FSB published footage of the arrest of IT specialist Firuz Dadoboev, who was transferring secret information to the #CIA

The court sentenced programmer Dadoboev to 13.5 years for treason. An IT specialist who worked in two Moscow companies was planning to transfer secret data to #American intelligence agencies.

The criminal with two citizenships was detained 2 years ago, but the FSB published footage of their work only now. He will serve his sentence under strict conditions. #Russia

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1851212245100794184

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:49

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1851267455374504235

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1851266538931708140

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 17:52

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1851245042972741924

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1851245048026796162

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1851245052946788621

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 18:00

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 South Donetsk direction: liberation of Bogoyavlenka and Shakhtarske, battles for Katerynivka

Situation as of 19:00 October 29, 2024

After breaking through the Ukrainian line of defense near Ugledar, Russian troops continue their offensive in the direction of Kurakhovo.

▪️ Footage has appeared online confirming the presence of the Russian Armed Forces in Yasnaya Polyana and at least control of the southwestern outskirts. In the northeastern part, fighting continued during the day, there is no information yet about its end and the clearing of the village.

▪️The battles for Yasnaya Polyana also indicate the complete liberation of Shakhtyorskoye, located to the south, most of which Russian troops occupied on October 27. This is also supported by footage showing the Russian Armed Forces reaching the northeastern outskirts and the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreating towards the forested area to the west.

▪️In Bogoyavlenka (Dobrovolye), Russian flags were also raised on the western outskirts of the village and farms to the east were taken under control. Thus, in just a few days, the Russian Armed Forces liberated two settlements in this direction.

▪️The Russian Defense Ministry announced the complete liberation of Katerynivka, although this has not yet been confirmed by materials on the Internet. However, by October 27, the Russian Armed Forces took fire control of the road to Yelizavetovka: no more than three hundred meters remain to the nearest positions of Ukrainian troops, in connection with which supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the western outskirts is difficult.

It is worth noting that Russian flags have already been raised in the central part of Katerinovka. In addition, on the morning of October 28, footage from the enemy's side appeared on the Internet, confirming the attack of the Russian Armed Forces between Katerinovka and the Solenkaya gully, where fierce clashes took place.

At the same time, it is not worth waiting for the raising of flags in the western part due to the proximity to Ukrainian positions at neighboring Antonovka and Ilyinka , located to the north on a hill and providing the opportunity to shoot at the road between Yelizavetovka and Katerynivka. Most likely, the Sukhie Yaly River bed and the adjacent fields will remain in the "gray zone" for now.

▪️In the area of Konstantinovka, the use of the BMPT Terminator by Russian troops, which took part in the attack on Antonovka, was captured. In the fields west of Pobeda, there is no information yet about a change in the configuration of the front.

rybar / voin_dv

https://x.com/dana916/status/1851310666641969220

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Ravenlocke

29th October 2024, 18:04

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🇺🇦The bereaved family of a Ukrainian soldier, who was killed in action, received what was deemed 'assistance' from the state: seasoning, hand sanitizer, and toothpaste. Meanwhile, the vast sums of financial aid we've dispatched is being stolen by those in higher echelons…

Ukrainians are getting slaughtered for absolutely nothing…

https://x.com/provemewrong411/status/1851277068769636425

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shaberon

30th October 2024, 03:40

In further details, what Kadyrov (https://southfront.press/chechen-forces-ordered-not-to-take-prisoners-after-drone-strike-in-chechnya/) said was:

According to the head of the region Ramzan Kadyrov the attacked building was empty, there were no casualties and no heavy damage.

This was the first attack in the region since the beginning of the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine. The investigation was launched into the incident to identify those involved in the attack and clarify the type of the drone. The official investigation is yet to confirmed if the drone was Ukrainian. Due to its destruction, it was not possible to establish its brand, but it is reportedly assumed that this was a Ukrainian UAV of the PD-2 aircraft type. The Russian Ministry of Defense did not report an attack on Chechnya, although Ukrainian drones may reach the region and the Ukrainian military launched drone strikes at a range exceeding 1300 km from the frontlines. The drone could be launched from the area of Odessa and, flying over the Black Sea and the Caucasus 1300 km, reach Gudermes. This was probably not the first drone launched by Kiev to Chechnya, but none of them reached the republic before due to Russian air defense.

The head of Chechnya vowed response. Commenting on today’s drone attack, Ramzan Kadyrov said that he had ordered the military commanders of the Chechen units not to take prisoners on the frontlines. According to him, Kiev wanted to intimidate Chechnya with this strike, but achieved the opposite result.

Picking up American corpses (https://southfront.press/interesting-details-of-thwarted-ukrainian-nato-special-operation-in-russian-bryansk-region-18/) in Russia, does this specimen appear normal?

https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/111-768x768.jpg

Artillery Sergeant Corey J. Navrotsky, 29, joined the US Marine Corps in 2001 and trained at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot on Parris Island. He has served as Guard Company’s gunnery sergeant at Marine Barracks Washington since June 2011. On April 2, 2012, he was promoted to the rank of gunnery sergeant. The rank of gunnery sergeant is unique to the Corps. This is the seventh rank, and a company gunnery sergeant is usually responsible for coordinating logistics for a company-sized Marine unit. It is very rare for a Marine to earn this title, because the competition for promotion is very high. Navrotsky’s awards included a Bronze Star with a valor device, two Purple Hearts, a Navy Achievement Medal with a valor device and two combat action ribbons.

While stationed at the Barracks, Nawrocki is responsible for ensuring the Marines of Guard Company are properly trained and prepared for the next step in their careers. He also handles the logistical aspects to Guard Company. On June 1, 2021, his mother reportedly congratulated him on social media on his discharge from the United States Marine Corps and a new stage in his career.

In Ukraine, he kept with him a prayer to St. Michael the Archangel in Polish. He was from Pennsylvania, a region of the United States with one of the largest Polish communities. Google had been trying to hide the Navrotsky family’s place of residence since 2023, perhaps it was then that Navrotsky went to join special forces in Ukraine.

John joined the A3449 military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is the Legion center for special operations of the Main Intelligence Directorate. He received his Ukrainian military ID in September 2024 but he was likely fighting with other documents before.

The fact that such an experienced officer of the US army left his post signals that he was indeed an active servicemen sent by Washington to conduct secret operations in Ukraine even before the Russian Special Military Operation began.

The group had a large amount of highly explosive Semtex PE4/PW4 explosives made by Explosion A.S in Czech Republic.

https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/expl-768x433.jpg

The amount of weapons, explosives and means of fire destruction indicate that the group intended to conduct a large operation in the Bryansk region. There was a document with the alleged plan of the operation with a wide range of tasks in six stages, including mining the area and attacks on Russian positions.

This is not for the first time that the members of the notorious A3449 Legion unit of the GUR are destroyed on the Russian territory. Another group from this elite unit was destroyed near Russian border in December 2022. Ukrainians mainly used their highly motivated compatriots, mostly members of the Nazi battalions like Azov or other formation. Foreigners were operating in the rear, responsible for reconnaissance. The group of American rangers thrown into battles is a clear sign that the GUR is suffering from the lack of professional servicemen who could perform specifically dangerous tasks. However, the US Marines, who were trained specifically for conducting deep reconnaissance in the enemy rear, also failed to perform the tasks.

The thwarted attempt to break through Russian border was definately not a one-off attack. Taking into account the large amount of explosives they had, the destroyed group of foreign specialists, most of whom escaped to the Ukrainian territory under Russian artillery fire, was likely aimed to pave the way for the larger group of Ukrainian forces which should cross the border and launch larger ground operations.

Rizotto

31st October 2024, 10:22

"Today on the Jay Martin Show, retired army colonel Douglas Macgregor offers a critical analysis of U.S. foreign policy, highlighting the influence of wealthy donors and oligarchs in shaping national decisions. He argues that America’s involvement in conflicts like Ukraine and the Middle East is driven not by public interest but by the financial incentives of a few powerful figures. Macgregor emphasizes that American democracy is compromised by this donor control, and that wars in Ukraine and the Middle East serve the interests of corporate elites rather than the American public. He also discusses how media manipulation and government corruption further perpetuate this system, leading to unnecessary military interventions. Finally, Macgregor touches on the geopolitical implications of these conflicts, suggesting that the U.S. is courting major wars while ignoring its own domestic issues, and warns of the possible financial collapse looming on the horizon."

Is Blackrock bankrolling the WAR in Ukraine & Middle East?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Pvmjpf3Bc

Rizotto

31st October 2024, 10:28

leavesoftrees

31st October 2024, 10:49

Bill Ryan

31st October 2024, 12:52

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241030/over-100000-ukrainian-servicemen-deserted-from-armed-forces---lawmaker-1120723549.html

October 30, 2024

Over 100,000 Ukrainian Servicemen Deserted From Armed Forces – Lawmaker

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than 100,000 Ukrainian servicemen deserted from the Ukrainian armed forces or voluntarily left their units, Ukrainian lawmaker Anna Skorokhod said.
"Unauthorized leaving of a unit, desertion, I will not give a figure, I will say more than 100,000", Skorokhod told Ukrainian news portal on Tuesday.
She did not specify the period of time over which such a number of desertions occurred.
Earlier in October, Ukrainian media reported that since the beginning of 2022, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine registered about 60,000 criminal cases on the fact of unauthorized abandonment of a unit and about 30,000 cases on the fact of desertion.

A new report on Infowars (https://www.infowars.com/posts/up-to-170000-soldiers-may-have-fled-the-ukrainian-army-zelensky-looks-to-increase-recruitment) suggests the number may be even higher:

Up to 170,000 Soldiers May Have Fled the Ukrainian Army, Zelensky Looks to Increase Recruitment

I don't doubt the high numbers, whatever the figure may be, but my own question about this — maybe an obvious one! — is: Where are they?

One would think that the Ukrainian fascist authorities would be chasing them down with some degree of militant vengeance and 're-recruiting' them (seizing them from their homes or wherever they've returned to), rather than looking for new people to kidnap off the street. There has to be an answer to this question, but I've not seen it discussed yet.

Tintin

31st October 2024, 13:13

ThePythonicCow

31st October 2024, 14:52

One would think that the Ukrainian fascist authorities would be chasing them down with some degree of militant vengeance and 're-recruiting' them (seizing them from their homes or wherever they've returned to), rather than looking for new people to kidnap off the street.
It wouldn't surprise me if many of the deserters were "re-recruited", perhaps even to desert again, and be chased down again.

P.S. -- On reading Tintin's reply, above this reply of mine, I like Tintin's speculation better :bigsmile:

Vicus

31st October 2024, 16:58

Serbia's deputy PM: Why the West has been twisting history since WW2

Vicus opening comment:

Normally my comments came after my post,but for this one you need a bird perspective and better is you are a "rare avis"
I'm such sort... because I come from the last South part from this planet.

In Argentina as a kid at that time ,in one of the "theaters"like the US folk call it, there was always a documentary about the
WW2...that was the begin my "view of the World"...and I want to remind you that my country never was communist/socialist

Therefore no propaganda...until I came to Europe...

I remember an exposition from documents and photos about the Wehrmacht killing in masse civil people, not the SS!... and the disgust from German people about! because it was like an image in a mirror people don't wanted to see...

Another time during lunch with my best German friend of mine and his parents ,out of the blue his mother ask me:
do you know what the Russian did to us?

My reply was the only accurate yesterday/today: the war and invasion wasn't Russia originate...end from that theme,no single comment afterward...

Article extract:

The falsification of history started after the reunification of Germany(the country which lost the war) and the breakup of Yugoslavia and the USSR (the country which won the war).

continue (if you dare...):

https://www.sott.net/article/495804-Serbias-deputy-PM-Why-the-West-has-been-twisting-history-since-WW2

Vicus

31st October 2024, 17:14

Russian Troops Destroy Ukrainian Military Airfields Infrastructure – MoD 4 hours ago

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian troops have destroyed the infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields, ammunition depots, petroleum facilities, as well as concentrations of Ukrainian military personnel in 135 locations, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

"Prestrategic aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian armed forces have defeated the infrastructure of [Ukrainian] military airfields, ammunition depots, petroleum facilities, as well as enemy manpower and military equipment accumulations in 135 locations," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry also said that air defense systems had shot down 11 US-manufactured HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, two France-made Hammer guided bombs and 95 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241031/russian-troops-destroy-ukrainian-military-airfields-infrastructure--mod-1120737422.html

Ravenlocke

31st October 2024, 17:18

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1851891849067213033

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Vicus

31st October 2024, 17:31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkRF1JKbsa4

Military Summary And Analysis 2024.10.31

Ravenlocke

31st October 2024, 18:13

https://x.com/OlgaBazova/status/1852014959539958244

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Ravenlocke

31st October 2024, 18:15

Text:
1. No Minsk agreements and no freeze.

2. No Ukraine in NATO.

3. Mandatory demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.

4. All the goals of the SVO will be achieved.

-Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya

In other words, this war will end when military objectives have been achieved. There is basically no room for negotiations with this position.

https://x.com/squatsons/status/1852014913587417560

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shaberon

31st October 2024, 22:27

"He argues that America’s involvement in conflicts like Ukraine and the Middle East is driven not by public interest but by the financial incentives of a few powerful figures. Macgregor emphasizes that American democracy is compromised by this donor control, and that wars in Ukraine and the Middle East serve the interests of corporate elites rather than the American public."

I'd say this is true of most jurisdictions. Lobbyists hold the power, but not just in modern times. This was the case for most of human history. Whoever had the ear and favour of the king held a lot of sway. In Australia the most powerful lobby groups are the Pharmaceutical guild. the Nursing union, and the Ausn Medical Association. All to do with centralised health.

If this is roughly the case, it is a question of "who" the lobbyists are and "what" are they doing. It just means popular influence doesn't it? Otherwise you have pure autocracy/rule by decree/unchecked government.

I don't think the resolution lies in the form/format of government, but in who it is and what are they doing. It's in the motivation and ideas, not the structure. A truly wise autocrat might be vastly superior to "mob rule", while "lobbying" by the patrician class is practically guaranteed to produce oppression.

In the modern sense, everything since the Boer War has been the media-driven sales of a capitalists' war to the public, convincing them to believe and do things that would never happen otherwise. You could put a brand name on this. The most obvious one is Capitalism, a motive which is indifferent to political parties or any particular strategy, and picks the most fattening host.

America's foreign policy in almost all respects is uncalled for and objectionable.

I haven't been able to figure out the math in this guy's documentation:

Artillery Sergeant Corey J. Navrotsky, 29, joined the US Marine Corps in 2001...

Just guessing a typo that has no real effect on the career, now over.

grapevine

31st October 2024, 23:02

Ravenlocke

1st November 2024, 22:12

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1852292502482502004

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Ravenlocke

1st November 2024, 22:14

Text:
❗Zelensky was afraid of a new Maidan and sent the military to protect the Verkhovna Rada from the widows and wives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The woman says: "Look what's happening, while you are fighting there, this government is fighting here with your wives. They are not letting us go to the Verkhovna Rada to protect the rights of our heroes."

Your "heroes" are rotting in Donbass and in the Kursk region. Your protection will not help them.
https://t.me/vicktop55/27920

https://x.com/vicktop55/status/1852442468567884094

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Ravenlocke

1st November 2024, 22:15

https://x.com/vicktop55/status/1852426576060919903

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Ravenlocke

1st November 2024, 22:17

Text:
Ukraine has enough soldiers to fight for another 6-12 months, then a severe shortage will begin.

The New York Times reports this, citing the Pentagon.

“The Pentagon estimates that Ukraine has enough soldiers to fight for another six to 12 months, one official said. After that, he said, the country will face a severe shortage,” the article says.

https://t.me/vicktop55/27907

https://x.com/vicktop55/status/1852402705387393419

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Ravenlocke

1st November 2024, 22:37

Text:
Collapse day #66

What you are now witnessing is the visible signs of collapse for Ukraine, In my opinion it started 66+ days ago, but even the mere idea of a collapse after 2 years of a mostly stable front and attrition fighting seemed far fetched to most. Now the reality is undeniable. If you choose to not acknowledge it that is your personal choice but it is a fact.

The situation in the south is so bad that I am now forced to zoom out to a distance untouched by mappers since 2022. The arrows are now large and the Russians are reaching objective after objective with much less Ukrainian resistance. Kurakhove will fall because the Northern and southern flanks are compromised, supply will be cut likely within a week or two.

You know what's west of Selydove and Kurakhove?

Flat unpopulated farmland.

https://x.com/squatsons/status/1852353615794442669

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Docim369

3rd November 2024, 10:05

Ravenlocke

4th November 2024, 01:10

Text:

‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦Google leaked updated images on maps, which record the location of military systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

▪️And he cannot remove them after the request, because it is the weekend, the head of the CPD said. He complains that the Russians are already actively distributing these images.

▪️ Earlier, satellite images of the Patriot air defense missile system positioning area at the Zhulyany airport appeared on the Internet.

▪️The airport in Kyiv is protected by at least 10 launchers in this area alone, not counting many other air defense systems and ZSU.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1853085914508976358

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Vicus

4th November 2024, 17:28

Russia has seized 1,146 sq km from Ukraine in the last 90 days

In the span of just 86 days, from August 6 to October 31, Russia has made significant territorial gains in Ukraine, capturing an astounding 1,146 square kilometers of land previously held by Ukrainian forces. According to Clash Report, this figure represents a staggering 25% increase compared to the total territory taken in the first seven months of the year. The implications of this escalation are profound, reflecting a shift in the momentum of the conflict and raising critical questions about the future of Ukraine.

The report reveals that the Russian military has ramped up its offensive in eastern Ukraine, with over 200 square kilometers taken in just the past week alone. This acceleration is more than a mere statistic; it signals a strategic recalibration by Russian forces, who appear to be targeting vulnerable points in Ukraine’s defenses. With every inch of ground gained, the stakes become higher, and the intensity of the conflict deepens.

On the other side of the front, the readiness of Ukrainian forces remains a pivotal factor. The ongoing conflict may have left their troops less prepared to withstand Russia’s intensified assaults. Compounding this issue are logistical and resource challenges faced by the Ukrainian military, which could explain some of the difficulties they have encountered in halting the Russian advance. The current landscape suggests that without significant reinforcements and strategic adjustments, Ukraine may struggle to reclaim lost territory.

https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/11/01/russia-has-seized-1146-sq-km-from-ukraine-in-the-last-90-days/

Vicus

4th November 2024, 17:32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCl1CTvRyFI
Human Shield Tactics💥Mobilization Of 160K Or Capitulation🔥New Offensive⚔️Military Summary 2024.11.04

Ravenlocke

4th November 2024, 21:16

https://x.com/thesiriusreport/status/1853388799943823722

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Ravenlocke

4th November 2024, 21:46

Text:
🇺🇦🇨🇿 The Czech government has officially allowed its citizens to fight on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

So far, 60 Czechs have joined the Ukrainian army. They will not be held criminally responsible for mercenarism - the president officially allowed them, that's different.

Meanwhile, our "friendly" countries continue to prohibit their citizens from supporting the Russian Armed Forces under threat of huge prison terms.

🎼💀 WAGNER GROUP

https://x.com/dana916/status/1853428863012917622

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Ravenlocke

4th November 2024, 21:59

Text:
🇺🇦⚔️🇺🇦"Elite" runners of the Ukrainian Armed Forces...

The brigade command of Zelensky’s army announced on their resources that they are ready to forgive all their deserters if they return to the unit voluntarily. Moreover, incl. There are such calls on the pages of the so-called. "elite" brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This suggests that in the elite so-called. brigades, there are a lot of runners. And this also suggests that very few of those who escaped from the Ukrainian Armed Forces are found.

In principle, the task of these guys is to hold out until the moment when the Zelensky regime collapses and they are freed from everything by the soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces. And in general, Ukraine as a state will most likely no longer exist. At least, this is where everything is heading so far. And therefore there is no adequate punishment for escaping for such runners.

And the “warriors” are already fleeing in very large numbers. As calculated the other day, almost a thousand people a day.

Lord of War

https://x.com/dana916/status/1853405926620815847

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Ravenlocke

4th November 2024, 22:02

https://x.com/vicktop55/status/1853393123549860018

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grapevine

5th November 2024, 09:23

LIVE Speech | Europe On Brink Of War With Russia: Putin’s Top Aide Issues Ultimatum To Europeans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEXO4FvftfQ&ab_channel=TimesOfIndia (Times of India)
Lavrov speaking, but speech on repeat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5HKdeLKsgU&ab_channel=HindustanTimes (Hindustan Times)
Vasily Nebenzya speaking (plus two), dialogue also on repeat.

It seems India is not averse to spreading propaganda.

Jaak

5th November 2024, 16:11

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Ravenlocke

6th November 2024, 01:28

Text:
🇺🇦🇷🇸 A Ukrainian soldier described how he killed a volunteer from Serbia

A Ukrainian published a video confirming the killing of a prisoner from the Russian Armed Forces. The soldier demonstrated a bloodied knife, which he used to kill the surrendering individual.

According to him, the prisoner lunged at him with a knife, but in the footage, it's clearly seen that the prisoner's hands are tied behind his back. Obviously, he could not have attacked the Ukrainian soldier with his hands tied behind him.

The Ukrainian soldier removed a patch with the Serbian flag from the dead man, speculating that he was a Serbian volunteer.

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1853934895422116009

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Ravenlocke

6th November 2024, 01:30

Text:
‼️🇺🇦🇷🇺 “The situation is extremely difficult”: Kurakhovo at risk of encirclement - 33rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU)

▪️ Nazar Voytenkov, press officer of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, described the conditions around Kurakhovo as “extremely difficult” in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

▪️ Voytenkov avoided directly answering whether the AFU should retreat from Kurakhovo, but noted that the situation has changed significantly since the summer, suggesting an increasing risk to Ukrainian forces stationed there.

▪️ German journalist Julian Röpcke of Bild also highlighted the potential for Ukrainian forces in Kurakhovo to become encircled, indicating heightened concern over a possible “cauldron” situation developing around the area.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1853929913956360338

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Ravenlocke

6th November 2024, 01:33

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1853858503841984808

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Ravenlocke

6th November 2024, 18:54

Text:
‼️🇷🇺The Russian army raised the flag over the village of Stepanovka, pushing the enemy at the Kurakhovsky reservoir
▪️Fighters of the 114th motorized rifle brigade of the 51st army raised the Russian flag over Stepanovka, DPR.
▪️Russian troops continue to bypass the Kurakhovo Reservoir, breaking through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and encircling the strategically important city of Kurakhovo.
http://t.me/RVvoenkor

https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1854132091560300552

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Ravenlocke

6th November 2024, 18:56

https://x.com/dana916/status/1854160747246276703

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Ravenlocke

6th November 2024, 18:57

Text:
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Russian Defense Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region

6 November 2024

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralize an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

▫️ The Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions to hit units of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, and 115th mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 112th and 129th territorial defense brigades of the AFU close to Daryino, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo.

▫️ The Group's units repelled four enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Novoivanovka and thwarted an AFU attack in the direction of Leonidovo. The enemy lost up to 30 people killed and wounded, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one armored fighting vehicle, and one motor vehicle.

▫️ Army Aviation and artillery strikes inflicted losses on manpower clusters and materiel of the 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, 112th, 129th territorial defense brigades of the AFU, and 17th National Guard Brigade near Aleksandriya, Guyevo, Daryino, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Melovy, Mirny, Mikhaylovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.

▫️ Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes in Sumy region at concentration areas and reserves of the 22nd, 47th, 115th mechanized brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, and 129th Territorial Defense Brigade of the AFU near Belovody, Varachino, Zhuravka, Iskrikovshchina, Kositsa, Loknya, Miropolye, and Pavlovka.

▫️ In the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 250 troops, eight infantry fighting vehicles including two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and six armored fighting vehicles as well as two artillery guns, two mortars, and eight motor vehicles.

📊 Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses have amounted to more than 30,050 troops, 184 tanks, 115 infantry fighting vehicles, 107 armored personnel carriers, 1,088 armored fighting vehicles, 817 motor vehicles, 261 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 11 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 59 EW stations, 12 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defense radars, 26 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five armored recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralize the AFU units is in progress.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/1854163600354517466

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Ravenlocke

6th November 2024, 18:58

Text:
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Our servicemen hunt for Baba Yaga UAVs

The Dnepr Group's mobile anti-aircraft systems have shot down more than ten Baba Yaga-type heavy drones in Kakhovka direction in Kherson region in the past seven days.

Monitoring the airspace is an important task. Our gunners, wrapped in anti-thermal imaging cloaks-ponchos, destroy enemy UAVs, usually at night. Observation posts detect the movement of hexacopters at night, and then mobile anti-aircraft crews make ambushes.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/1854162627758375375

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grapevine

6th November 2024, 23:30

Putin 'sends Trump secret congratulations message' - with Ukraine plans already emerging

"Vladimir Putin passed on his congratulations to Donald Trump through “acquaintances” as the world waits to see how his election win will impact on Ukraine.

The Russian leader used the back channel link in the “hope” that the country's position in the war with Ukraine will "improve”, said independent Russian news outlet Verstka, citing its own sources in Moscow. Earlier Putin’s spokesman had said: “I'm not aware of any plans by the president to congratulate Trump. Let us not forget that we are talking about an unfriendly country that is both directly and indirectly involved in a war against our nation.”

See full article:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/putin-sends-trump-secret-congratulations-34054251

grapevine

7th November 2024, 06:14

INTERVIEW: Beware a false flag event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydyQsSMTXpE&ab_channel=GeorgeGalloway (16:28)
George Galloway speaking with Gerald Celente.1q= Trump will turn off Zelensky’s money supply but will events take a sinister turn? Will Adelson’s money swing everything Netanyahu’s way? Will the swamp dominate Trump’s administration? The Epstein and JFK files and more.

Afterthought:
Perhaps Zelensky will be given his marching orders first; his tenure ended months ago after all

Bill Ryan

7th November 2024, 12:38

An extremely tiny thing, but very lovely to see. :flower:

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/129218
Touching moments from the liberated city of Gornyak in the DPR. A resident at first did not recognize the Head of the Republic, and then sincerely rejoiced at seeing him. ~~~

DDGeopolitics/129218

shaberon

7th November 2024, 18:29

War should be banned, period. To fight and die for somebody else's disagreements is beyond stupid.

Yes. But that is likely not to happen, since the industry is so strong and influential.
There is a better remedy: no one should grab hold of their weapons, not matter what the price for doing that is.

This ideal is a million light years away from humanity.

Without resistance, you are paved.

The issue would seem to be more along the lines of forming a government that serves well-being. The ones we have are basically all Fascists, which has no regard for this. My right to vote has done nothing to change it. It's a joke.

That's basically the reason I never joined the American forces--not because it is the military, but because they are on the wrong side.

Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:33

Text:
💬PEPE ESCOBAR: PUTIN SENT TRUMP A DIRECT MESSAGE THAT RUSSIA’S DOOR IS OPEN FOR TALKS

Brazilian geopolitical analyst, Sputnik columnist Pepe Escobar:

🗨️Vladimir Putin’s remarks that Russia’s door is open to restoring relations with the US can be interpreted as a “direct message” to President-elect Donald Trump.

🗨️The Russian president said clearly at the Valdai Club meeting that the ball is in the US’ court.

🗨️The recent BRICS Summit was a “living, breathing testimony” to the truth of Putin’s

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1854886751073956006

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:34

Text:
📑UKRAINE GETS NEARLY $100 BILLION IN FOREIGN FINANCIAL AID

The United States, Canada, the EU, the United Kingdom, Japan, as well as international organizations continue pouring billions of dollars in military equipment, training, and economic assistance to the Kiev regime.

Russia has stated that arms deliveries to Ukraine impede a settlement process, involve NATO countries in the conflict, and lead to unintended consequences.

👉 Check out Sputnik's infographics to see how the West sponsors its proxy war in Ukraine.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1854901694087196939

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:36

Text:
US MERCENARIES IN UKRAINE SAY 'SORRY' FOR BEING AMERICANS AFTER TRUMP VICTORY

US hired guns in Ukraine expressed their "uneasy" feelings about Donald Trump’s election as president. Some even apologized for being Americans, Sputnik has discovered.

Here are some reactions on X:

🗣US mercenary combat medic Rima Zuraitis felt "very uneasy" as an American when Trump emerged as the winner.

🗣Ex-Ukrainian army spokesperson Sarah Ashton-Cirillo – who is still confused about his gender identity – revealed he had cancelled his monetization on X as Elon Musk is Trump's ally, because "we can't bark for scraps."

🗣"As an American, I'm sorry," said ‘Johnny FD’, whose profile says he is "from US, now living in Ukraine."

🗣"Americans who voted for Trump, enjoy what's about to happen. It will be ugly, it will be painful, and you will finally reckon with your ignorance," noted John Jackson, who says he is a former Republican and "American veteran of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

🗣"I'm a single issue voter right now and that issue is addressing Russia aggression. Obviously, Trump isn't the candidate for that" posted ‘Richard’, who calls himself a "Ukrainian/Virginian and professional soldier."

🗣"Disappointing. I have zero faith in Trump to do the right thing and support sovereign states in their struggle for freedom," said ‘Tenshi’, a self-declared member the Ukrainian International legion who is "working to get better to return to Ukraine."

🗣Trump's plan to postpone Ukrainian membership of NATO for a minimum of 20 years "just gives Russia what it wants while demanding nothing in return," wrote an "American in Ukrainian army."

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1854893815288439262

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:37

Text:
NEARLY A FIFTH OF UKRAINE’S SOLDIERS ARE AWOL AMID COLLAPSE IN MORALE

Almost a fifth of Ukraine’s soldiers have gone AWOL from their positions, The Economist cited a source in the general staff as saying.

An overwhelming collapse in morale on the front line amid Russia’s steady advance is driving mass desertion, a senior Ukrainian military commander has claimed.

🗨️Despite more Western weapons in the pipeline for Ukraine, these is a “breakdown of trust between society, the army and the political leadership” in Kiev, according to the outlet. It added that Ukraine has been struggling to replace vast battlefield losses with conscription, “barely hitting two-thirds of its target.”

Rampant draft dodging and desertion forced the Volodymyr Zelensky regime to adopt a new draconian mobilization law this year, while also lowering the recruitment age from 27 to 25. Ukrainians are resisting being sent to the meat grinder proxy conflict.

Since the beginning of 2022, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has registered some 60,000 criminal cases of unauthorized abandonment of a unit and about 30,000 cases of desertion, Ukrainian media reported in October.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1854871601289846977

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:38

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1854829969207443521

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:40

Text:
Colonel General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko, who had previously announced the collapse of the Ukrainian front, resigned from service due to health reasons.

The serviceman said that he is currently undergoing treatment, adding that "even the invincible sometimes need to be patched up a little to keep them afloat."

@ukr_leaks_eng

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1854966610403922083

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:43

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1854970845552148784

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https://tass.com/world/1869835?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

Elon Musk takes part in Trump-Zelensky phone call — Axios

The Republican reportedly promised to continue supporting Ukraine, but the sides did not delve into such details as Trump’s purported plan to end the conflict

WASHINGTON, November 8. /TASS/. US entrepreneur Elon Musk took part in the phone call between US President-elect Donald Trump with Vladimir Zelensky, Axios reported citing its sources.

According to the report, Musk pointed out during the call that he will continue providing Ukraine with access to the Starlink communication system. Axios speculated that Musk’s participation may indicate how big of a role he will play in the upcoming Trump Administration.

The sources say that the phone call lasted for about 25 minutes. The Republican reportedly promised to continue supporting Ukraine, but the sides did not delve into such details as Trump’s purported plan to end the conflict, or the prospect of Washington’s further support for Kiev.

"Nothing of what Zelensky and his aides heard from Trump and his team in private has been alarming or made us feel that Ukraine is going to be the one who pays the price," one source told Axios.

Previously, The Wall Street Journal reported about the Trump team's plan on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. According to the WSJ, Trump’s advisors intend to create a 1,300-km-long demilitarized zone along the current frontline; however, the United States will not send any peacekeeping force there. Ukraine will take obligation not to join NATO for at least 20 years. In exchange, Washington will ship weapons to Kiev to ensure that the conflict does not resume in the future, the report says.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the WSJ report is abstract in nature.

Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:47

https://x.com/ug_chelsea/status/1854953017654628635

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:50

https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1854937147469410792

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:52

https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1854937746550280543

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:53

https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1854803850953097621

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Ravenlocke

8th November 2024, 19:55

https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1854634645360415044

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kfm27917

10th November 2024, 14:53

interesting
The Clock Is Ticking For Russia To Achieve Its Maximum Goals In The Ukrainian Conflict

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/clock-ticking-russia-achieve-its-maximum-goals-ukrainian-conflict

Vicus

10th November 2024, 16:17

Russian Army Thwarts Large Ukrainian Drone Attack On Moscow, Several Other Regions (Videos)

One November 10, Russian air defenses intercepted nearly a hundred drones while repelling one of Ukraine’s largest attacks to date on the capital Moscow and several other Russian regions.

The attack began early in the morning, with the Russian Ministry of Defense reporting the interception of 23 Ukrainian drones.

Later in the morning, an even larger wave of Ukrainian drones attacked Russian territory, with the main target being Moscow.

The Russian MoD said in a statement that at least 70 drones were shot down, with 34 of the interactions taking place near the capital.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on his official channel on Telegram that drones were intercepted close to the settlements of Domodedovo, Ramenskoye and Kolomna to the south east of the capital. Videos showing some of the interceptions were posted to social networks.

Besides the 34 drones downed over Moscow, 14 others were intercepted over Bryansk, seven over the Oryol and Kaluga regions, six over Kursk, and two over the Tula region, according to the Russian MoD. No losses were reported in any of these regions.

The Kiev regime escalated its attacks against the Russian population recently in what appears to be an attempt to provoke public unrest in the country. These attacks are however having no impact on the situation on the battlefield, where the situation of Kiev forces continues to worsen.

Despite failing, the latest large-scale Ukrainian drone on Moscow attack will likely provoke a fierce response from the Russian military.

https://southfront.press/russian-army-thwarts-large-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-moscow-several-other-regions-videos/

Vicus

10th November 2024, 16:38

Google reveals Ukrainian military aircraft operating from Polish soil

In recent days, Google Earth and Google Maps updates have revealed sensitive military information, exposing the locations of Ukrainian military bases, much to the concern of Kyiv and the global community. Ukraine’s government confirmed these revelations, acknowledging that they had requested Google to blur the locations in question to prevent further exposure.

https://bulgarianmilitary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Google-reveals-Ukrainian-military-aircraft-operating-from-Polish-soil.jpg

However, it turns out that the issue extends beyond Ukraine itself. The focus has shifted to Poland, a key Ukrainian ally that has been providing military assistance to Ukraine since the outset of the war. Observers of Google Earth and Google Maps turned their attention to Polish territory and, in doing so, uncovered significant details about the presence of Ukrainian military transport aircraft stationed at a Polish Air Force base.

Seven Il-76MDs and one An-70 were spotted at the Dęblin airfield. This discovery confirms that Ukrainian military transport vehicles remain stationed in Poland, continuing to play a crucial logistical role in Ukraine’s ongoing war effort. All of these images were sourced from Google Earth’s satellite imagery.

The reason behind the deployment of these aircraft in Poland is primarily to offer them shelter and ongoing operational support. It’s important to recall that these planes were evacuated in February 2022 to avoid being destroyed by Russian airstrikes. This is particularly notable given that Ukraine lost its most significant transport aircraft, the Antonov An-226 Mriya, during an attack on the Hostomel airport near Kyiv, an irreplaceable blow to their transport capabilities.

At present, these planes are actively engaged in the transportation of various equipment across Europe and other regions globally. Polish airports have become vital hubs for Ukraine’s heavy military and civilian air transport, which allows them to fulfill numerous logistical needs both for domestic military operations and for international clients. As journalist Adam Sverkowski points out, the ability to deploy heavy Ukrainian transport aircraft, such as those stationed in Dęblin, has allowed military assistance to be efficiently transported from multiple parts of the world.

continue: https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/11/09/google-ukrainian-aircraft-operating-from-polish-soil/

Vicus

10th November 2024, 16:55

The targets of the Russian Armed Forces' night attack on Odessa have become known today

Last night, Russian troops launched another attack on military facilities of the Kyiv regime in the Ukrainian capital and in Odessa. There is no exact data yet on what targets were hit in Kyiv. But in the case of Odessa, some clarity has already been achieved.

Ukrainian sources and local residents reported a large number of explosions in the Krayanye and Zastava areas. Large industrial enterprises are located here, as well as railway lines connecting the city center with the port.

Some of the arrivals, according to local reports, also fell on the Tairov area, which is located in close proximity to the Odessa International Airport and the Shkolny airfield. Russian drones have attacked these facilities more than once, since the Kyiv regime's militants are stockpiling reconnaissance drones here, which they need to control the Black Sea.

It is worth noting that during the night attack over Odessa, active work of the Ukrainian air defense was noted. Although until recently the Black Sea port of Ukraine was practically defenseless from this point of view.

Experts believe that the Ukrainian command has most likely transferred additional air defense assets to Odessa. This is not surprising, since Ukraine is currently awaiting another package of Western military aid, which may be the last.

Recall that earlier there were reports that the Joe Biden administration intends to transfer a new package of military aid to Kyiv in the coming weeks using previously allocated funds. They plan to do this before Donald Trump takes office, who may veto further arms supplies to Kyiv.

https://en.topcor.ru/53411-stali-izvestny-celi-nochnoj-ataki-vs-rf-po-odesse.html

Vicus

10th November 2024, 17:12

US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukraine nov 09
Pentagon to hire Americans to be part of the logistics war from Ukraine

Fresh headlines proclaim: “Biden administration to allow American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine for first time since Russia’s invasion”.

That’s curious since in the same breath we are reminded that there have been American contractors in Ukraine this whole time:

“It is worth noting that there already are a wide array of American companies who have personnel in Ukraine fulfilling contracts for the Ukrainian government, so this will not lead to a substantial increase of employees of US companies working on the ground in Ukraine,” the defense official said.

What is there for Biden to “allow”? There is no ban on American contractors in Ukraine to lift.

US contractors have been perfectly free to get themselves hired by Ukraine and perform tasks before this news.

It’s not that DC has given permission for US contractors to work in Ukraine, but that it will now deploy them itself:

“In order to help Ukraine repair and maintain military equipment provided by the US and its allies, DoD (Department of Defense) is soliciting bids for a small number of contractors who will help Ukraine maintain the assistance we’ve already provided,” a defense official said.

Pentagon will select, contract, and pay Americans to go to Ukraine and be a part of the war from there. Specifically maintainers for Patriots and F-16s (to start with).

continue:

https://anti-empire.org/p/us-to-deploy-military-contractors?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=810635&post_id=151427952&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1it5pv&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Vicus

10th November 2024, 17:16

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml50ZeyhZHk

NATO In Exchange For Crimea🌏Russians Are Already Storming Kurakhove⚔️Military Summary For 2024.11.10

ExomatrixTV

11th November 2024, 00:22

Trump Must Send Advance Team to Russia Before Meeting:

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Vicus

11th November 2024, 12:39

Just asking...

_ In an ideal world col. Douglas Macgregor would make a fine President .

Because his warrior past, the suffering he knows from his "enemy's" and the civil folk...after all that he remain human and consequently
began to ask questions...first for himself and then in general... how we came to this? why?

Questions nobody in politics and military want to hear...or else...

_In a "normal" world he would make a fine Exterior Minister, talking eye to eye to the likes Lavrov...

But again nobody want that , not even in their nightmares... or else...

I never believe in "saviors", terrestrial,extra terrestrial or "Divine"...

Earth is our home and how we "clean it" is our job, that's why we got free will !

My question for U.S. folk: Why isn't possible a third party or more in your country? When it should be a real Democratic play...

Yeah, I know, the eternal oligarchs, old and neocons, weapons industry,the 3 letters scum soup, Zionism;and occult entity's all sorts...

All of that made an ill country, with metastases cancer , do you people "know" that?

Better I stop here or I will be banned from this Forum for life...

Vicus

11th November 2024, 15:47

Kurakhovo: Why Russia's Liberation of This City Spells Disaster for Ukraine? 1 hour ago

Russian forces in the Ukrainian conflict zone are moving toward scoring yet another victory over Kiev as they bear down upon the city of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Kurakhovo is the lynchpin of Ukrainian defenses in the region, with its fall opening the way for the Russian troops to Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), a key logistical hub for Kiev, says Ret. Col. Anatoly Matviychuk, a Russian military expert and veteran of combat operations in Afghanistan and Syria.

He points out that Kurakhovo is important for Kiev from the economic standpoint as well, since the local coal mining area is currently the only place under Ukrainian control where coking coal is produced.

“Ukraine’s metallurgy would simply stop operating with the loss of this coal mining area, because they would have to buy that coal elsewhere,” he remarks, noting that probably the only place Kiev could buy coking coal would be, ironically, Russia.

Matviychuk praises the expertise of Russian troops who now advance on Kurakhovo from multiple directions, forcing an unpleasant choice upon the Ukrainian forces there: dig in and be destroyed or flee for their lives, because they simply have no hope of holding the city.

“Our troops are advancing at an insane speed, making three to four kilometers a day, and the front from Selidovo to Velikaya Novoselka extends for 65 kilometers. Never before during the special military operation have we seen a front so wide and a blow so powerful,” Matviychuk says. “This means we march into battle with decisive goals to finalize the enemy’s defeat and restore territorial integrity of the Donetsk People’s Republic.”

The liberation of Kurakhovo would also result in a large contingent of Russian troops being freed up to strike deep past the Ukrainian defensive lines, he points out.

“If we look at the map, to the right there are roads and railways leading all the way to Kramatorsk,” Matviychuk elaborates. “But we also can – and Zelensky is very afraid of it – turn left. To the left lies Dnepropetrovsk, a city they (Ukrainians) call Dnepr. A peaceful city would become a frontline city with all the consequences such change entails: constant attacks, damage to the infrastructure. And most importantly, it would be a logistical center that no longer helps Ukrainian military recoup its economic and financial losses.”

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My understanding of the value of Kurakhovo was that it had an entrenched artillery installation that was still within range of the Donetsk province. It was farthest reach for long-range artillery for Ukraine. So its value is also one of great security for The Dombass.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241111/kurakhovo-why-russias-liberation-of-this-city-spells-disaster-for-ukraine-1120854862.html

Vicus

11th November 2024, 15:57

Plot to Thwart Trump? Starmer, Macron Race to Get Biden's OK for Missile Strikes Deep Into Russia 2 hours ago

Russia has consistently cautioned Western nations against supplying Ukraine with long-range weapons. President Vladimir Putin has stated that using such armaments to carry out strikes deep within Russian territory would represent "a serious and dangerous step."

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron may make a last-ditch attempt to tackle efforts by the incoming Trump administration to cut US aid to Ukraine, British government sources told The Telegraph.

The two leaders are meeting in Paris on November 11 to discuss the potential for persuading outgoing US President Joe Biden to approve Ukraine's use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles deep inside Russian territory, according to sources.

"We are very keen to make sure we can make the most of the time between now and January 20 [President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day] and not just put everything on hold until the next administration," one of the insiders said. :loco:

Another source claimed that Biden might "turn on the taps" by sending more financial aid to the Kiev regime in the weeks before he exits the White House.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241111/plot-to-thwart-trump-starmer-macron-race-to-get-bidens-ok-for-missile-strikes-deep-into-russia-1120853516.html

Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 17:23

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Absolutely extraordinary "saying the quiet part out loud" moment. Remember Thierry Breton, who until recently was one of the top EU officials?

He just admitted on French TV that before Trump’s election, in the EU institutions they had “absolutely no right to speak” about stopping the war in Ukraine. But now that Trump is elected, he rejoices they can finally speak about it.

Think about what that reveals about the EU today: we can't even openly speak about (let alone act towards) ending a war on our own soil if it’s not US policy. Beyond insane.

That’s the full quote: “I was listening to you before returning here, and I said to myself while looking at you - all, it's incredible. The elections took place yesterday, and today we are talking about something that we did not want to see, that we could not conceive. Meaning the conditions to stop the war in Ukraine. It was again something that we didn't even allow ourselves to mention! In any case I can tell you, in the European institutions, it was something that was really something on which we had absolutely no right to speak! And well now here it is, we are here. Trump is an accelerator. We are witnessing an acceleration.”

https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1855804917103124893

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 17:26

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 17:37

Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 17:51

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Photo of the undermined dam of the Kurakhovskoye Reservoir, located near the village of Starye Terny.

The first reports of its detonation by Ukrainian military in order to slow down Russian advancement appeared this morning.

In turn, the enemy accuses Russian troops of destroying the dam, citing an attempt to complicate the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (which seems extremely unlikely).

intelslava

https://x.com/dana916/status/1855979332331520228

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 17:59

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❗️PUTIN-TRUMP HELD NO CONVERSATION, REPORTS ABOUT IT FALSE - KREMLIN

Earlier in the day, the Washington Post claimed, citing sources, that Trump allegedly had a phone conversation with Putin on November 7.

"This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is now being published, sometimes even in fairly reputable outlets. This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction. This is just false information," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, answering a relevant question.

There are no concrete plans for any talks between Putin and Trump as of yet, the spokesman clarified.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1855900345483792487

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 18:52

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1855922404075175945

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 18:54

https://x.com/MoonofA/status/1855929344574562739
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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/11/why-is-wapo-reporting-a-trump-putin-call-that-did-not-take-place.html

Why is WaPo Reporting a Trump-Putin Call that did not take place?
November 11, 2024

This is curious.

The Washington Post is reporting a phone call between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation.

Trump talked to Putin, told Russian leader not to escalate in Ukraine (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/10/trump-putin-phone-call-ukraine/) - Washington Post, Nov 10 2024.

President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the call.
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the first phone conversation between the two men since Trump won the election, said several people familiar with the matter. During the call, which Trump took from his resort in Florida, he advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of Washington’s sizable military presence in Europe, said a person familiar with the call, who, like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
Ukraine's government, says WaPo, was informed of the call.

The Kremlin denies that any such phone call and talk has taken place:

Kremlin denies call between Putin and Trump (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kremlin-denies-call-between-putin-and-trump/ar-AA1tShiq) - AFP/MSN, Nov 11 2024.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed reports of a conversation, calling it "completely false information."
The Kremlin on Monday denied a US media report that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US president-elect Donald Trump shared a call about the Ukraine conflict.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that the report was "simply false information", denying any phone call took place.
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Steven Cheung, Trump's communications director, did not confirm the exchange, telling AFP in a written statement that "we do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders."I have failed to find the original quote by Peskov but trust - The full Peskov quote, via RIA Novosti (https://ria.ru/20241111/kreml-1983044640.html) (in Russian), confirms - that the AFP has got it right (machine translation):
"This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is now published sometimes even in fairly reputable publications. This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction. This is just false information," he told reporters, answering a corresponding question.Ukraine likewise denies any knowledge (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-10/ukraine-says-reports-it-was-informed-in-advance-of-trump-putin-call-are-false) of a call:
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Sunday that reports Kyiv was informed in advance of a phone call between U.S. President- elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were false. The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Trump and Putin spoke by phone on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine. It said Kyiv was informed of the call and did not object to the conversation taking place.
"Reports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance of the alleged call are false. Subsequently, Ukraine could not have endorsed or opposed the call," foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told Reuters.
According to the Washington Post the alleged phone call took place on Thursday, November 7. That very same day Putin was giving a talk (http://www.en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/75521) at the Valdai Discussion Club. During the discussion Putin asserted (https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-manly-donald-trump-us-election/) that he had yet to talk with Donald Trump:
Putin confirmed he had yet to talk with Trump in the wake of his victory — but indicated that he’d pick up the phone if the U.S. president-elect called. Explaining that he hasn’t phoned Trump himself “because the leaders of Western countries were calling me almost every week at some point, and then suddenly they stopped,” Putin added: “If any of them wants to resume contact, I have always said and I want to say again: we have nothing against it.”
Asked whether he was prepared to hold discussions with Trump, even before he’s inaugurated, Putin said his administration is “ready, ready.”
I doubt that the Trump campaign was listening live to Putin and picked up the phone to call him on that very same day. I thus believe the Kremlin spokesman - i.e no call has taken place - and regard the Washington Post report as a hoax.

The Washington Post sourcing - "a person familiar with the call" - is extremely vague. The authors of the piece are Ellen Nakashima, John Hudson and Josh Dawsey.

Ellen Nakashima is known for 'reporting' this or that nonsense about 'Russigate' for which she and others received a Pulitzer Price (https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staffs-new-york-times-and-washington-post). We today know that the alleged Russian influence in the 2016 election has been a hoax that has been thoroughly debunked (https://www.cjr.org/special_report/trumped-up-press-versus-president-part-1.php).

This then leaves us with questions:

Who has told Nakashima that a phonecall between Trump and Putin has taken place?
What was the purpose of making such a claim?

I currently fail to come up with satisfactory answers to those questions.

I do believe though that the motive is related to this part of the Post's report:

[Trump] "reminded him of Washington’s sizable military presence in Europe"

Sorry, but the U.S. presence in Europe, currently some 50,000 soldiers, of whom, at most, some 5,000-7,500 are proper frontline troops, is not something that will make the Kremlin tremble.

So:

Who would want to put the presence of U.S. troops in Europe into a discussion about Ukraine?
For what purpose?

Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:02

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:08

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 - The situation for the Ukrainian forces in the Porovsk-Kurakhovo direction has become very critical.

Russian troops have approached the last line of defense in the Donetsk region (highlighted on the map). With fighting ongoing in the center of Zorya, Russian forces are less than 2.5km away from the final line before the Dnepr region. The distance to the Dnepr border is less than 19km.

As seen on the map, the number of fortifications beyond the final line are considerably less, which will make defending against a possible Russian offensive extremely difficult. A recent British Intelligence report states Russia is forming 8 new brigades to launch a massive winter offensive, on a scale similar to Russia's summer 2024 offensive.

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1856042506485403829

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:11

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‼️🇺🇦☠️ Ukraine is grinding down its best units in the Kursk region, — El Pais
▪️Kiev has deployed its best Ukrainian brigades near Kursk and is trying to carry out rotations every 10 days, while in the Donbass near Kurakhovo, where the hottest battles are taking place, it changes people every 25 days (or even longer)
▪️Nevertheless, American sources told Bloomberg in early October that with such potential, the Ukrainian Armed Forces would be able to remain in the Kursk region “for only a few months.”
▪️It is known that the 1st Brigade, which has German Leopard tanks, and the 47th Mechanized Brigade, which is entirely made up of NATO weapons, are fighting in the Kursk border area. The 95th and 80th Brigades are the two best brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
-RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1855950479710093474

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:12

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1855949424804966834

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:13

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:17

Video showing,

🇷🇺🇺🇦🪖💀 The forest plantations in the Kurakhovo direction are littered with the bodies of eliminated Ukrainian soldiers. #Ukraine #Russia

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1856027711539437715

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:20

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‼️🇺🇦🪖💀The #Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 300 people and one tank in the Kursk direction in one day, the Defense Ministry stated.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out six counterattacks in the #Kursk region, all of which were repelled by #Russian servicemen, the department reported.

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1855978053807063518

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 19:24

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1855980287953444990

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https://tass.com/politics/1870697?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

Russian advances, Ukrainian losses: situation in Kursk Region

Units of Russia’s Battlegroup North have continued their offensive, defeating Ukrainian formations near several settlements in the Kursk Region

MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 300 troops in the Kursk area over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

In total, the enemy has lost more than 31,390 troops since the fighting began in the region.

Units of Russia’s Battlegroup North have continued their offensive, defeating Ukrainian formations near several settlements in the Kursk Region.

TASS has gathered the key news about the unfolding situation.

Operation to neutralize Ukrainian forces

- Russia’s Battlegroup North repelled six enemy counterattacks towards the settlements of Daryino, Nikolayevo-Daryino and Novoivanovka.

- Units of the battlegroup continued offensive operations, defeating Ukrainian formations in the areas of the settlements of Daryino, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Nikolayevo-Daryino and Novoivanovka.

- Russian tactical aircraft and artillery hit clusters of Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Kursk Region.

- Operational/tactical aircraft and missile forces hit amassment areas and enemy reserves in the Sumy Region.

- The operation to destroy Ukrainian forces is ongoing.

Ukraine’s losses

- Over the day, the enemy lost more than 300 troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored personnel carriers, eight armored combat vehicles, three artillery pieces, a mortar and seven motor vehicles. Five Ukrainian servicemen

surrendered as prisoners of war.

- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 31,390 troops, 195 tanks, 127 infantry fighting vehicles, 109 armored personnel carriers, 1,110 armored combat vehicles, 850 motor vehicles, 265 artillery pieces and 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six MLRS of US manufacture.

13 Russian residents found

- Thirteen Russians who had been displaced from the Kursk Region have been found in Ukraine's Sumy Region; negotiations on their possible return are underway, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova told reporters.

shaberon

11th November 2024, 19:31

My question for U.S. folk: Why isn't possible a third party or more in your country? When it should be a real Democratic play...

Well, as I have tried to explain before, the third party was:

Resist the Constitution

It is an existential rejection of the whole country. Everything after that is *exactly* what was warned about. No one in their right minds would believe the thing is "fixable". It's mathematically impossible.

It is the basic problem of War Debts being saddled on a populace, and how, as this money madness "gestates", it requires new conquests and victims.

The first one caused many of our states to write "will not secede" in their constitutions.

I can't join anyone's "political movement" unless it is straight to the core about this existential nightmare.

ExomatrixTV

11th November 2024, 19:31

Russian Defense Ministry reports liberation of Volchenka in DPR

Russian air defenses down three Hammer bombs, 36 enemy drones in special military operation zone

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MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. Russia’s Armed Forces have liberated the village of Volchenka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Units from the Battlegroup Center have liberated the locality of Volchenka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Russia’s Battlegroup West wipes out roughly 490 enemy troops in past day

Russia’s Battlegroup West has inflicted casualties on six Ukrainian brigades in the Kharkov Region and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in the past day, wiping out roughly 490 enemy soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily report.
Also, the enemy lost two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, two US-made howitzers, a D-30 howitzer and an Anklav-N electronic warfare system, the ministry said. Three field ammo depots were destroyed, it added.

Ukrainians suffer roughly 640 casualties from Russia’s Battlegroup South

Ukrainian troops sustained roughly 640 casualties from Russia’s Battlegroup South which pushed deeper into enemy defenses in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said. According to it, five Ukrainian brigades in the Donetsk People’s Republic were hit. The enemy lost a US-made M113 APC, a Kozak armored combat vehicle, four motor vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a D-30 howitzer, three US-provided howitzers and three ammo depots.

Ukrainians sustain roughly 100 casualties from Russia's battlegroups North, Dnepr

Ukrainian casualties in the zone of responsibility of Russia’s battlegroups North and Dnepr totaled almost 100 over the past day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
"Ukrainian casualties amounted to roughly 50. <…> Ukrainian casualties [in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup North] neared 50," the ministry said in a report. The enemy also lost four motor vehicles, a Bogdana self-propelled artillery mount, two US-supplied howitzers, three D-30 howitzers and an ammo depot, the ministry added.

Ukrainians sustain roughly 460 casualties from Russia’s Battlegroup Center

Ukrainian armed forces suffered roughly 460 casualties and lost a drone production facility as a result of actions by the Battlegroup Center in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Russian battlegroup hit 10 Ukrainian brigades in the Donetsk People’s Republic and repelled 10 counterattacks, with the enemy losing a tank, a US-made M113 APC, three motor vehicles, an UR-67 demining vehicle, a D-20 howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, three D-30 howitzers and a Rapira anti-tank gun, the ministry specified. An enemy drone production facility was wiped out, too.

Russian air defenses down three Hammer bombs, 36 enemy drones in special military operation zone

Russian air defenses downed three Hammer bombs, one HIMARS rocket and 36 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones in the special military operation zone in the past day, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a daily report.[I] Overall, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 648 Ukrainian warplanes, 283 helicopters, 35,512 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 surface-to-air missile systems, 19,159 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,487 multiple rocket launchers, 17,568 field artillery guns and mortars and 28,135 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.

Ukraine suffers roughly 105 casualties from Russia’s Battlegroup East in past day

Ukraine sustained roughly 105 casualties in the zone of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup East which struck three Ukrainian brigades in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Zaporozhye Region in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. As Russia repelled four Ukrainian counterattacks, the enemy also lost a Kozak armored combat vehicle, five motor vehicles a US-made HIMARS rocket launcher and two Polish-provided Krab self-propelled howitzers, the ministry added.

source (https://tass.com/defense/1870143)

Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 20:41

Text:
🪖 Our guy fought off attacks of Ukrainian soldiers ALONE for three weeks in a row. All this time he ate only onions, which he found at the Ukrainian soldiers.

At the end of October, one of the groups of the Russian Armed Forces went to the enemy positions through minefields. While they were moving, they were hit with artillery and drones. Our guys got close to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, cleared their stronghold and consolidated in it. Then heavy fire began on our positions, after which the guys stopped communicating. Because of this, they were considered dead.

But three weeks later, our scouts saw one of them from a drone, who was soloing the Ukrainians' attempts to approach the stronghold. He turned out to be a 28-year-old native of Dagestan Zakarya A. Before the evacuation, they dropped water and food to him. As soon as he was taken to a safe place from the positions, he was immediately hospitalized. The hero is fine, he is under the supervision of doctors.
- FRWL

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1855625066093920556

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 20:43

https://x.com/RT_com/status/1855976982003019911

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 20:51

Text:
‼️ The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

▪️The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of the "Center" group of forces per day amounted to 505 soldiers, a tank and 2 American armored vehicles;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 145 fighters in the Vostok group zone in one day;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down 4 Hammer aerial bombs and 39 Ukrainian drones in one day;

▪️The "North" group killed up to 95 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters in one day;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 530 people and two warehouses in one day in the area of responsibility of the Western group;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 540 soldiers in the area of responsibility of the "South" group;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 65 fighters as a result of the actions of the Dnepr group of forces.

https://x.com/jaccocharite/status/1856076010661585225

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 20:54

https://x.com/jaccocharite/status/1856047680599761064

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 21:05

https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1856055667691319641

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Ravenlocke

11th November 2024, 21:07

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‼️🇷🇺 Russia will not tolerate non-Black Sea Countries in the Black Sea:

"Moscow will not allow the permanent naval presence of non-Black Sea states in the Black Sea."
--Nikolai Patrushev, presidential aide and chairman of the Russian Maritime Collegium

"Westerners must firmly understand that Russia stands firmly on the Black Sea and we will not allow our position in this region to be weakened. Even more so, we will not tolerate the permanent naval presence of non-Black Sea states in violation of the Montreux Convention."

""There is no defeat of our fleet in the Black Sea. And this is despite the fact that Kiev's aggressive actions in this region are coordinated by NATO specialists."

"Among other things, Patrushev noted that United Kingdom and United States have already lost their sea power. He recalled that at one time England proclaimed herself the "mistress of the seas", but over time it turned out that she took on an exorbitant burden, simply overestimating her strength. As a result, the country went bankrupt and lost its sea power, which greatly contributed to the collapse of the British Empire.

"Signs of a decline in sea power are now being observed in the United States. On paper, they have a huge fleet, but in reality there is a low morale of sailors, a chronic shortage of personnel, a lack of repair facilities and workers at shipbuilding enterprises," Patrushev added.

Nevertheless, in the Western world, "it is customary to notice a speck in someone else's eye, and not to see a log in your own," he concluded.

The Montreux Convention was adopted in 1936. It preserves freedom of movement for merchant ships through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits in time of peace and war, but establishes different regimes of navigation. At the same time, the document limits the stay of warships of non-Black Sea states in the Black Sea to three weeks. In emergency situations, Turkey can ban or restrict the passage of the military through the straits.

Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, Ankara has used these powers and banned the passage of warships through its straits."

https://x.com/amborin/status/1856008154901016706

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Bill Ryan

11th November 2024, 21:45

https://x.com/jaccocharite/status/1856047680599761064
1856047680599761064That's rather impressive to see. :muscle: (I doubt that the hyper-expensive and failure-prone F-35 could do all that)

Bill Ryan

11th November 2024, 21:50

https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1855672297715044595

1855672297715044595And this was impressive to see as well — though just one tiny human thing in a terrible war in which over a million have been killed or severely wounded. :flower:

:heart:

ExomatrixTV

11th November 2024, 22:51

Trump makes MAJOR announcement with Ukraine (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia) funding:

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Trump makes MAJOR announcement with Ukraine funding, Border Czar, Transition Team

The corporate media is raging against Trump's latest pick for replacing the US Border Czar. We also delve into the latest on the Senate Majority leader race.

Donald Trump continues to plow ahead with his transition and fulfilling his campaign promises, announcing redirecting all remaining funds earmarked for Ukraine to be redirected to help American's. Make sure to watch the video to learn the details on his plan.

Bill Ryan

11th November 2024, 23:31

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: The Kurakhovo dam has been blown up.

Major flooding along the Volcha river downstream, hitting Ukrainian-controlled areas particularly hard. Ukraine has ordered the evacuation of the local population in several towns and cities.

The flooding has put Ukraine's only safe supply route into Kurakhovo out of use.

- RN reports

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1855949754712100924

1855949754712100924According to Rybar, the Ukrainians blew up the dam.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/129622

(https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/129622)~~~

On the Detonation of the Kurakhovske Reservoir Dam

The internet is abuzz with discussions about the Ukrainian forces detonating the dam of the Kurakhovske Reservoir with a volume of 62 million cubic meters. According to reports, the AFU damaged the sluices in the area of Stari Ternî: this led to the flooding of the Volchia River, which flows in a westerly direction.

At the moment, the Ukrainian authorities are reporting a "slight rise in the water level in the river". The villages of Stari Ternî and Shevchenko, located close to the shore, are in the risk zone. The internet has already shown footage from the opposing side demonstrating the difficulties with vehicle traffic.

The probable flood zone will stretch for dozens of kilometers west of Kurakhovо up to the village of Bogatyr. All the settlements are located in a lowland, so the water is unlikely to go beyond the residential areas.

Although the opponent was clearly guided by the intention to slow down the advancing Russian Armed Forces, the effectiveness of such measures is questionable. Given the current configuration of the front line, by the time the main Russian forces approach Stari Ternî, the water level will most likely start to recede.

Of course, the Ukrainian resources, in their characteristic manner, blamed the "Russian shelling" for the incident, but artillery shell hits can hardly cause any serious damage to the dam. In contrast to the charges pre-planted in the right places.

By the way, this is far from the first such action by the AFU: in addition to the Kakhovka HPP dam, the opponent has previously destroyed dams near Kozarovychi (https://t.me/rybar/29488), Bakhmut (https://t.me/rybar/44016), Avdiivka (https://t.me/rybar/59210) and other locations during retreats. Moreover, in some cases, this "scorched earth" tactic even led to the flooding of Ukrainian units.
~~~

DDGeopolitics/129622

Eva2

12th November 2024, 22:31

It was suggested that I move this post from the Weird Weather thread to this one in case its not just about malfunctioning "pipes" and is more about sabotage?

I just can't imagine how these poor people living in the vicinity of an 180 foot geyser of sewage/feces are handling it:

'A powerful sewage eruption in Moscow's Novaya Moskva district sent contaminated water 180 feet into the air, drenching nearby buildings and a car park.

The incident, occurring near a high school and medical center, has raised concerns over potential health risks in the area.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWQEP5IHNkY?si=NEH7YEGusprd6Ro1

Ravenlocke

13th November 2024, 00:04

Text:
Russian troops have reached Sontsivka, which is about three miles north of the reservoir at Kurakhove, as well as the village of Dalnye which is three miles to the south. With the AFU demolishing the dam on the reservoir (mainly to destroy the road bridge that runs over it), they are most likely preparing to abandon Kurakhove in the coming days.

With Russian forces outflanking the main defensive belts along the Vovcha River, we should expect to see them continue rolling this line up, potentially leveling the entire pocket and reaching Andriivka by the end of the year.

https://x.com/witte_sergei/status/1856388672586915956

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Ravenlocke

13th November 2024, 00:07

Text:
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kurakhovo direction: successes of the Russian Armed Forces near Kurakhovo

Situation by the end of November 12, 2024

In the Kurakhovsky direction, Russian troops continue offensive operations in several areas.

Judging by the footage appearing online, a cleanup is underway in Ilyinka. A significant part of the settlement is already under the control of Russian troops, and a photo of Russian Armed Forces soldiers against the backdrop of an entry sign was previously published.

▪️In Kurakhovo itself, fierce fighting is also continuing, and units of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing along Zaporizhzhya Avenue on the eastern outskirts of the city. In addition, the attack destroyed the bridge on this street, which was most likely done to disrupt the Ukrainian counterattack.

Further south, in the area of the Dolgaya gully, the Russian Armed Forces are also advancing: apparently, a large enemy defense node between Kurakhovo and Dalniy has been occupied. If they manage to consolidate their position in the latter and expand the control zone, then the enemy defense on the southeastern outskirts of Kurakhovo will be completely breached.

▪️Most of Dalniy is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, the enemy counterattack supported by armored vehicles was repelled. Also, footage filmed some time ago of a group of civilians being shot from a Leopard tank from the 33rd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has appeared.

▪️According to some Ukrainian resources, the route from Uspenovka to Kurakhovo is practically cut off, and Russian attack aircraft have about two kilometers to go before they gain physical control over it. However, given the enemy's tendency to downplay the successes of the Russian Armed Forces, it cannot be ruled out that this has already happened.

▪️At the same time, it was possible to clarify the control zone between Maksimilianovka and Pobeda. Based on footage of a column of Russian armored vehicles moving under Ukrainian artillery fire along the Dolgaya gully, the territory to the north is under the stable control of the Russian Armed Forces.

Heavy fighting continues in the Antonovka area. Russian troops were able to take control of about half of the village, but further advancement is difficult due to active counteraction. Enemy resources also report the difficult situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units at the stronghold between Ilyinka and Antonovka with the symbolic name "Ass".

▪️There are battles in Yelizavetovka itself and on its outskirts: despite initial statements about the entry of Russian forces into the village, this information has not yet been confirmed. The presence of enemy forces is observed in the Lisova Dacha nature reserve, and on the Trudovoye - Vesely Gai line, according to our sources, there is no advancement of Russian troops yet.

▪️Clashes are also continuing in the Shakhtyorskoye - Maximovka area. Russian troops are attacking north of Yasnaya Polyana, but the scale of the advance is not yet clear. Russian aviation is actively operating in Sukhi Yaly, striking with aerial bombs from the UMPK.

rybar

https://x.com/dana916/status/1856457741654544654

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Tintin

13th November 2024, 09:31

Now, this IS interesting.

From Simplicius on X (https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1856588627859382415):

"Well that's interesting. After a large attack on Kiev with Iskanders and Kh-101s (for first time in a while) we have this report:

The Banknote and Coin Yard of the National Bank of Ukraine in Kiev was hit by Russian drones earlier tonight.

Our partisans on the ground report that the attack caused serious damage to two production facilities used to print banknotes and mint coins . We have now confirmed that the strike disabled the equipment used to print banknotes , posing a threat to the stability of money circulation amid Ukraine's current economic difficulties."

---

Who amongst us was expecting that? Granted it won't effect digital transactions but will have a noticeable impact on cash circulation.

Mind you, as one sensible commentator has pointed out:

"The reason for the attack may also be that the bank always has a concrete bunker, which can be used as a military headquarters."

Obviously drones aren't going to penetrate concreted facilities underground. Who knows, maybe that's a softening up approach to clear the way for Iskander and Kh-101 hits later.

Still...

ExomatrixTV

13th November 2024, 16:05

UK 🇬🇧 to fight Rus soon? ... Rus mass Missile+Drone attack. Donbass Front collapsing. Georgia Regime Change:

WZLLM_z2EMw

Six strategic bombers take off in Russia
Russian forces launch combined missile-drone strike on Kyiv
Russians attack Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast with missiles and UAVs
96 aerial threats
UK could send troops to Ukraine – ex-PM
Ukrainian defenses ‘crumbling’ in Donbass – FT
Ukraine's Security Service assassinates Russian Black Sea Fleet captain in Sevastopol
Russian Forces Secure Village Near Zaporozhye Border, Strike Key Ukrainian Infrastructure
Ukrainians increasingly more willing to move back to Russia-occupied territory
Thousands rally in Georgia to question the vote and demand a new election

ExomatrixTV

13th November 2024, 16:15

When you see the map of Eastern Ukraine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine) ... you could see how Russians slowly capture & advance form the right side/area of the map to towards the center! (not in the center, but just the direction going west) ... and this goes very slowly ... has anyone made an animation starting from the moment September 2022 referendum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_annexation_referendums_in_Russian-occupied_Ukraine) were finished up to today? ... So that we can see the teritorial progression.

Donetsk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast)
Kharkiv (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast)
Luhansk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast)
Zaporizhzhia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast)
Dnipropetrovsk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast)

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

shaberon

13th November 2024, 21:59

... has anyone made an animation starting from the moment September 2022 referendum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_annexation_referendums_in_Russian-occupied_Ukraine) were finished up to today? ... So that we can see the teritorial progression.

I have not seen one, but yes, as outsiders, you can get familiar with three or four places easily enough, and when it ratchets up to the volume of locales that are being contested, it is mind-boggling. I can't learn the names faster than they can toss new ones into the bin.

The current map of Kurakhovo is one of the worst disasters in terms of a defensive line ever seen. Whoever is playing the blue team needs to get another job, it might help them with basic motor skills, like how to breathe without drooling.

Vicus

14th November 2024, 15:20

Polish president admits real purpose of US missile base was not about defending against Iran, but expanding NATO towards Russia RT 13.10.2024

The missile defense facility at Redzikowo isn't about intercepting ballistic missiles from Iran, but about moving Poland into the US zone of influence and away from Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda has revealed.

The Aegis Ashore facility on the Baltic Sea coast was proposed in the early 2000s, after the US repudiated the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty. Washington assured Moscow at the time that the future bases in Romania and Poland were not aimed against Russia but against "rogue states" such as Iran or North Korea.

Speaking at the opening ceremony for the Redzikowo base on Wednesday, Duda quoted the words of the Polish president at the time, Lech Kaczynski, revealing the real purpose of the missile base.

"Andrzej, these missiles will not defend Poland," Duda said. "They will actually protect areas far, far away from Poland from missiles that could potentially be launched from Iran, for example. But this will be an American missile base, which will contain some of the greatest secrets of the United States and which the United States will guard."

"And this is very important, because this American base will be built on our soil, in Poland," Duda continued, quoting his predecessor. "And from that moment, when this base stands here, the whole world will see clearly that this is no longer the Russian zone of influence. And from the Polish point of view, this is the most important thing strategically."

Speaking for himself, Duda said he was pleased that the US now had 10,000 troops in Poland and said American soldiers would always be welcome on his country's soil.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who also spoke at the ceremony, said it was "not a coincidence" that Warsaw and Washington signed the deal for the base just days after the Russo-Georgian war of August 2008.

Moscow has long maintained that Washington's claims about the purpose of Aegis bases were disingenuous, and that their real objective was to expand NATO infrastructure eastwards to contain Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia will respond to the opening of Redzikowo by "adopting appropriate measures to ensure parity."

https://www.sott.net/article/496069-Polish-president-admits-real-purpose-of-US-missile-base-was-not-about-defending-against-Iran-but-expanding-NATO-towards-Russia

Kryztian

14th November 2024, 16:47

and this goes very slowly ... has anyone made an animation starting from the moment September 2022 referendum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_annexation_referendums_in_Russian-occupied_Ukraine) were finished up to today? ... So that we can see the teritorial progression.

If they did, it would show very little progress over the past two and a half years. Most of the progress was made at the very beginning when the Russians entered and captured Mariupol and the area along the Black Sea. After that you would see very little change in the front lines. Only in the last few months have there been changes in the front lines as the Russians have progressed westward a few kilometers from Donetsk and other places in the Donbass.

However, the Russians have made continual progress over the last two and a half years, not so much in taking land, but in destroying Ukraine's fighting ability: killing and capturing it's soldiers, destroying it's weapons, breaking down it's defenses, etc. Russian military strategy historically has not been about taking as much land as quickly as possible, but to eliminate the military power and effectiveness of the enemy. A map showing movements and land conquest would not tell you the true story of what is going on here. Once Ukraine's military capabilities are pretty much gone and the country is left defenseless, the war will be over, Putin can snap his fingers and he will be in control of Ukraine. (Well, it's a bit more complicated than what I said in the last sentence, partially because of NATO.)

Ravenlocke

15th November 2024, 00:44

Remember Podubbny who was almost killed some time ago?

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‼️Our guys were not ready for such atrocities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces‼️

Evgeny Poddubny shared the most important intelligence data obtained from prisoners:

" No, you can't even try to have a dialogue with these creatures, they just need to be exterminated! Dry animals don't deserve to live for their human actions, which cannot be described in words: abuse and torture of children, women and old people have already become the norm for these ghouls!

The survivors of the Nazi battalion destroyed near Kursk happily surrendered and were ready to do everything to save their d0g lives and therefore shared about all the horrors they had committed...

But the most incredible thing was found on their phones, after seeing it, many trained soldiers' legs buckled from horror, but I MUST PUBLISH all this material, I am leaving a link:"

— 137 videos
— 84 audio recordings
— 394 photos

Of pure, unimaginable horror!

https://x.com/SlavFreeSpirit/status/1857092434628407641

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Ravenlocke

15th November 2024, 00:47

(Photo of Cerberus Russian survivor of chemical attack, and a photo of his horribly injured fingers.)

Text:
🇺🇦Criminal Kiev regime used chemical weapons

Russian fighters stormed the enemy stronghold and captured prisoners. The enemy raised drones and began shelling the dugout, locking everyone in it, including their own captured Ukrainians, using chemical weapons. The chemicals were launched through a pipe. Cerberus is the one who survived. He saw everyone dying, choking on blood, inhaling chemicals. He himself breathed through wet wipes, which saved his life. Alone, with burnt hands and face, without water or food, he held the stronghold for four days so that the Ukronazies could not retake it. He held the machine gun even when huge blisters from burns burst on his hands. Losing consciousness, he clutched a grenade in his hands so as not to surrender. For four days he did not let his wounded comrade die. He held the stronghold. And he himself survived. Russian units went forward and it was possible to leave the dugout. He carried his comrade in his arms, dodging drones. He carried him out. Now they are fighting together. The chemical burns on his back have not healed."

https://x.com/SlavFreeSpirit/status/1857114196518789197

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Bill Ryan

15th November 2024, 00:52

Text:
🇺🇦Criminal Kiev regime used chemical weapons

Russian fighters stormed the enemy stronghold and captured prisoners. The enemy raised drones and began shelling the dugout, locking everyone in it, including their own captured Ukrainians, using chemical weapons. The chemicals were launched through a pipe. Cerberus is the one who survived. He saw everyone dying, choking on blood, inhaling chemicals. He himself breathed through wet wipes, which saved his life. Alone, with burnt hands and face, without water or food, he held the stronghold for four days so that the Ukronazies could not retake it. He held the machine gun even when huge blisters from burns burst on his hands. Losing consciousness, he clutched a grenade in his hands so as not to surrender. For four days he did not let his wounded comrade die. He held the stronghold. And he himself survived. Russian units went forward and it was possible to leave the dugout. He carried his comrade in his arms, dodging drones. He carried him out. Now they are fighting together. The chemical burns on his back have not healed."

https://x.com/SlavFreeSpirit/status/1857114196518789197
1857114196518789197That tweet seems to have been deleted already. But here are the images in a Telegram post, which has the same text.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/129791|

DDGeopolitics/129791

Ravenlocke

15th November 2024, 00:55

Text:
Astounding revelations from a Ukrainain MP on the scale of Dictator Zelenskys corruption

Hundreds of millions of Dollars of US and EU taxpayers cash stolen and delivered directly to Zelenskys office

"He has stolen more than all others combined, but his money is the bloodiest"

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1857036842996044135

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Ravenlocke

15th November 2024, 00:56

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1857034772616302856

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Ravenlocke

15th November 2024, 01:01

Text:

❗️The Canadian government has opposed the publication of the names of Nazi war criminals who settled in the country due to concerns that this could harm Ukraine in the current conflict with Russia, The Globe and Mail reported.

According to the newspaper, federal ministries recommended not to publish the names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals, fearing that this could "strengthen Russian propaganda and harm Ukraine, as well as pose a threat to the safety of surviving SS veterans who settled in Canada after World War II."

It is noted that, in particular, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice of Canada spoke out against the publication of the names of the Nazis.
- FRWL

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1857165963168248181

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Ravenlocke

15th November 2024, 01:05

https://x.com/SlavFreeSpirit/status/1857155919005815168

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Eva2

15th November 2024, 02:28

Intel Slava Z

https://x.com/Intel_Slava

'Intel slava is a Russian News aggregator who covers Conflicts/Geopolitics and urgent news from around the world.'

'In December 2024, Russia will hold exercises to disconnect the Russian segment of the Internet from the global network. The reasons are obvious - in the event of a full-fledged war with NATO, they will try to bring down the entire network infrastructure of Russia connected to the western part of the global network in the shortest possible time. Therefore, in the conditions of a hot war with the West, we will have to exist within the framework of our segment. Testing such scenarios is an urgent need, even without references to the need to test the stability of our segment of the internet in the face of ongoing cyberattacks on our network infrastructure.

It only remains to hope that the exercises will be successful and that the services that people need, including those used in the interests of our troops' actions in Ukraine, will not collapse in the process'

Mike Gorman

15th November 2024, 05:06

I feel ashamed of the West in supporting and creating this Ukrainian disaster.

ExomatrixTV

15th November 2024, 23:12

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source (https://x.com/Intel_Slava/status/1857404850998300795)

ExomatrixTV

16th November 2024, 17:28

This is why the democrats are so set on funding Ukraine

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source (https://x.com/SavvymanWyo/status/1857570603441730008/photo/1)

rgray222

16th November 2024, 17:30

Zelensky says war will 'end sooner' with Trump as president

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Donald Trump becomes US president.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/b140/live/159ee410-a3fe-11ef-8db2-5ff80dec1e7c.jpg.webp

Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election.

He did not say whether Trump had made any demands regarding possible talks with Russia, but said he'd not heard anything from him that was contrary to Ukraine’s position.

Trump has consistently said his priority is to end the war - which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - and what he describes as a drain on US resources in the form of military aid to Kyiv.

Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives approved a $61bn (£49bn) military aid package.

The US has been the greatest supplier of arms to Ukraine. Between the start of the war and the end of June 2024, it delivered or committed to send weapons and equipment worth $55.5bn (£41.5bn), according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research organisation.

But domestically, support for arming Ukraine appears to have waned somewhat since the war began - particularly among Republican voters, who Trump successfully courted.

During the US election campaign, the former president turned president-elect repeatedly pledged to end the war "in a day" - but has yet to divulge how he intends to do so.

“It is certain that the war will end sooner with the policies of the team that will now lead the White House. This is their approach, their promise to their citizens,” Zelensky said in an interview with the Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne.

He added that Ukraine "must do everything so that this war ends next year, ends through diplomatic means", with Russian forces making advances on the battlefield.

The front lines of the war have largely stagnated since Ukraine's much-anticipated counter-offensive in 2023 failed to make the sweeping territorial gains it had aimed to.

Russian forces occupy entrenched positions in the east and south-east of the country, with fighting predominantly taking place in the eastern Donbas region.

On Friday, Russian forces made incremental advances along the eastern front line, with significant fighting taking place around the north-eastern city of Kupyansk and Vuhledar in the south-east, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington DC-based think tank.

Russian infantry also continued a "limited" offensive into the north-eastern Kharkiv region from the Russian border, the ISW said, citing Ukrainian military sources in the region.

In an apparent bid to stem the Russian advances, Ukrainian forces launched a break-out offensive into Russia's Kursk region over the summer - becoming the first to occupy Russian territory since World War Two.

Zelensky has said the operation's goal was to divert Russian troops away from the front lines in Ukraine, though it is unclear whether it has achieved this. Russia has been able to draw on hundreds of thousands of conscripts to bolster its ranks, while Ukraine's much smaller army has relied on advanced Western-supplied weaponry.

But analysts say the territory Ukraine holds in Kursk may serve as a bargaining chip in any peace talks. Zelensky's "victory plan", revealed last month, said the offensive would continue to avoid the creation of "buffer zones" within Ukraine.

The renewed emphasis on a diplomatic solution comes amid concerns about growing fatigue over the war, both within Ukraine and abroad.

However, what such a solution may look like remains unclear - Zelensky has continually refused to cede any Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, which Russia has occupied since 2014.

Trump and Zelensky have long had a tumultuous relationship. Trump was impeached in 2019 over accusations that he pressured Zelensky to dig up damaging information on the family of US President Joe Biden.

Despite years of differences, Trump has insisted he had a very good relationship with Zelensky.

When the pair met in New York in September, Trump said he “learned a lot” from the meeting and said he would get the war "resolved very quickly".

His Democratic opponents have accused him of cosying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and say his approach to the war amounts to surrender for Ukraine that will endanger all of Europe.

Earlier this week, Russia denied reports that a call between Putin and Trump took place days after the latter's election win, in which the president-elect is said to have warned against escalating the conflict further.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who spoke with Trump following the US election, told German media that the incoming US leader had a "more nuanced" position on the war than was commonly assumed.

The German leader was criticised by Zelensky over a phone call with Putin - the first in nearly two years - on Friday. Despite Scholz's office saying he reiterated his call to end the war, Zelensky said it weakened the Russian leader's isolation.

source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mzgv4x901o

ExomatrixTV

17th November 2024, 02:21

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Tintin

17th November 2024, 09:39

MUST READ

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As some of us here determined what seems an age ago now the British 'hand' behind-the-scenes in Ukraine, here's an article that should help cement this fact in the mind.

As I've stated before, more than once, it wasn't Washington or Biden that sent Boris Johnson to Kiev: it was British intelligence, who may even have now assumed primary responsibility for their 'agent' in Kiev, Zelensky.

The following leaks acquired by the Grayzone are damning, to say the very least.

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Leaks expose secret British military cell plotting to ‘keep Ukraine fighting’
Author: Kit Klarenberg
Published: November 16th, 2024
Source: The Grayzone (https://thegrayzone.com/2024/11/16/uk-plot-keep-ukraine-fighting/)

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Leaked files show top UK military figures conspired to carry out the Kerch bridge bombing, covertly train “Gladio”-style stay-behind forces in Ukraine, and groom the British public for a drop in living standards caused by the proxy war against Russia.

Emails and internal documents reviewed by The Grayzone reveal details of a cabal of British military and intelligence veterans which plotted to escalate and prolong the Ukraine proxy war “at all costs.” Convened under the direction of the British Ministry of Defense in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the cell referred to itself as Project Alchemy. As British leadership sabotaged peace talks between Kiev and Moscow, the cell put forward an array of plans “to keep Ukraine fighting” by imposing “strategic dilemmas, costs and frictions upon Russia.”

The leaks obtained by The Grayzone expose a hidden hand behind Britain’s policy in Ukraine, showing in unusually granular detail how it aimed to engineer a long, grinding war through covert operations that stretched the bounds of legality.

Project Alchemy’s proposed schemes spanned every conceivable field of warfare, from cyber attacks to “discreet operations” to outright terrorism. The secret cell even put forward a plan to “aggressively pursue” and “dismantle” independent media outlets – including The Grayzone – through an aggressive campaign of legal harassment and online censorship, so they “would be forced to close.” The incendiary blueprints were fed to the highest levels of the British state and national security structure, where they were apparently well-received.

Founded by a senior British Ministry of Defence official, Project Alchemy is composed of veteran military and intelligence operatives united by a desire for all-out war between the West and Russia. Some have trained Ukrainian forces in clandestine sabotage tactics.

Members of the national security cabal tacitly acknowledged that their proposed operations stretched the bounds of British law. Thus they suggested that London should be “prepared to creatively use the law” to meet its goals, and even be willing to erase “legal restrictions on UK deniable ops” against Russia.

Some of Project Alchemy’s most extreme recommendations have already been implemented, often with calamitous results. These include the cell’s proposal to strike Crimea’s Kerch Bridge, which prompted a Russian escalation that saw punishing attacks on Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure. Alchemy also envisioned the construction of a secret, Gladio-style army of Ukrainian partisan fighters to carry out assassination, sabotage, and terror missions behind enemy lines.

It appears the British premier, Keir Starmer, fell under the influence of the Project Alchemy cabal soon after his election in July, when he eagerly embraced the role of “wartime prime minister.” After pledging to support Ukraine “as long as it takes,” however, Starmer is quietly backing away from the maximalist policy. In Kiev, Ukrainians are left to ponder how their “friends” in London got them into this mess, and why they can not, or will not get them out of it.

The British spooks who gathered around Project Alchemy reasoned that the longer the proxy war continued, the more Russian president Vladimir Putin’s “credibility at home and abroad drops, and his ability to fight NATO is degraded.” Today, Project Alchemy’s gambit has clearly backfired, as Putin remains popular within Russia, while a crumbling Ukrainian army loses territory by the day despite constant re-arming by the West. But the war planners in London remain staunchly committed to escalation, refusing to shelve their diabolical proposals.

Britain takes ‘unilateral lead’ on ‘regime change’ in Russia

Project Alchemy was founded on the personal orders of Lt. General Charlie Stickland, who is charged with “planning, executing and integrating UK led joint and multinational overseas military operations” as the head of Britain’s Permanent Joint Headquarters (https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-permanent-joint-headquarters). Stickland boasts in leaked communications that his family “come from a long line of pirates and buccaneers.” In his email signature, the general identifies himself as an “LGBTQ+ Advocate” in rainbow-colored text.

Stickland and his assistant, Maj. Ed Harris, did not answer The Grayzone’s calls to their personal phones, nor did they respond to detailed questions submitted to them through WhatsApp.

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Stickland convened the first meeting of Project Alchemy’s on February 26, 2022, just days after Russian troops made their initial foray into Ukraine. According to minutes of the gathering, “an assortment of leading academics, authors, strategists, planners, pollsters, comms, data scientists and tech” was on hand to produce a “grand strategy options paper.”

The paper consisted of a series of proposals for the British government to “defeat Putin in Ukraine and set the conditions for the reshaping of an open international order of the future.” Throughout the document, the need to “keep Ukraine fighting” was described as London’s “main effort” in the conflict.

In an email to British military apparatchiks dated March 3 2022, Stickland described Alchemy’s paper as the result of “some mischief I’ve been up to” with “a group of ‘sideways thinkers.’” He expressed satisfaction that “this has been seen by all sorts of people,” including senior British government and military officials, “and landed well.”

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An Excel document listing potential and confirmed recruits for the effort, authored by project chief Dom Morris, names a number of individuals from the private sector and academia alongside high-ranking army officials. Currently a fellow at King’s College’s “Centre for Grand Strategy,” Morris was listed in the document as a “civilian leader.” The role of “military leader” was to be carried out by Simon Scott, a brigadier in the British army who was appointed O.B.E. in 2013 for his “gallant and distinguished services” in Afghanistan.

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Information operations were to be headed by a still-to-be determined member of Britain’s 77th Psychological Operations Brigade. Also listed as a participant in information operations was longtime British psychological warfare operative Amil Khan, founder of the “counter-disinformation” analysis firm Valent Projects (https://thegrayzone.com/2022/02/08/leaked-documents-syrian-terror-amnesty-international-syria/).

In 2021, The Grayzone revealed (https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/24/leaked-files-syria-psyops-astroturfing-breadtube-covid/) how the then-Prince of Wales, King Charles, enlisted Khan’s Valent Projects to astroturf a pseudo-socialist YouTube influencer to attack skeptics of the government’s ham-fisted response to Covid. Previously, Khan participated in the UK Foreign Office’s program to foment regime change in Syria.

Months after Alchemy put Khan forward as a member of its team, The Grayzone exposed (https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/07/paul-masons-covert-intelligence-grayzone/) him for plotting with celebrity-left journalist Paul Mason to destroy this publication. One leaked email showed Khan proposing a “full nuclear legal [attack] to squeeze [The Grayzone] financially.” The newly-uncovered documents indicate the decision to assail The Grayzone was met with approval from the highest ranks of the British government.

‘Ukraine’s Next Chapter – Elders Grand Strategy Options Paper’

Within Project Alchemy’s covert war room, the obsession with a long war quickly took hold. Members of the cell took their cues from a policy paper Stickland attributed to “The Elders,” which he described as “a group of Fusion players,” referring to the strata of academics and defense industry figures with strong ties to the British military.

An Alchemy document composed under Stickland’s watch and titled, “Ukraine’s Next Chapter – Elders Grand Strategy Options Paper,” (https://thegrayzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-Next-Chapter-Elders-Grand-Strategy-Options-Paper.pdf) suggests that members of the cabal had convinced themselves a “palace coup” inside the Kremlin was inevitable. So long as Russia struggled inside Ukraine, they believed, British intelligence would be granted “the opportunity to challenge” Moscow’s ever-growing “stature as a competent international actor” on the world stage.

“A long war against a small state makes [Putin] look a fool,” the Alchemy paper asserted. “He is obsessed by the end of Ghaddafi – he will want to avoid that… Pressure will pile on from oligarchs as a long war drags on – he will not want to give them excuses to threaten his authority.” The group reasoned that “a long war will affect [Putin’s] international credibility,” as “a failure to quickly defeat Ukraine will seriously… reduce his credibility with new rich friends in Belarus, Hungary, China, India, Middle East, Brazil etc.

“Most importantly,” protracted Russian involvement in Ukraine “will embolden NATO,” Alchemy argued. Convinced that Putin would fail in the eastern Donbas region, triggering a collapse of his government, Project Alchemy members openly fantasized about absorbing Russia into the Western-dominated financial order afterwards under the guise of a “Post Putin Marshall Plan.” Of particular interest was London’s “re-engagement” with Moscow “in global energy and commodity markets,” a seeming reference to the West’s desire for cheap Russian gas and wheat.

“Discreet operations”: reviving ‘Operation Gladio’ terror ops in Ukraine

To accomplish the balkanization of Russia, Project Alchemy’s plotters took inspiration from Operation Gladio, a CIA and NATO-orchestrated covert operation that saw fascist paramilitaries carry out false flag terrorist attacks across Western Europe after World War II in a bid to prevent communism from taking root.

A section detailing potential “discreet operations” in Alchemy’s strategy paper, which stressed the “need to intervene in every way except ‘official,’” explicitly recommended “Stay-behind Gladio handbooks/ Partisan Pamphlets” which would be “updated for Information Age.”

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Another move Alchemy proposed was to deploy Britain’s “strong” private military [PMC] industry “to out Wagner, Wagner.” In other words, the group aimed to establish a British rival to the Russian mercenary force founded by the now-deceased commander Yevgeny Prigozhin. This objective required the formulation of “a new doctrine, operating concept, and legal framework, for effectively integrating the activities of PMCs and other [non-military] actors.” Under these guidelines, British mercenary firms capable of using “sophisticated weaponry like SAMS, cyber, combat air, drones” would be employed to “operate and train and accompany Ukraine formations.”

These operations were all intended to ultimately be “sponsored and commanded” by the UK government, “using discreet cover” to avoid triggering NATO’s Article 5.

Following the production of their grand strategy paper, Stickland invited his team of “sideways thinkers” at Project Alchemy to submit further proposals for Gladio-style operations. Among the pitches that arrived was a “mission” to “disable the Kerch Bridge in a way that is audacious, and disrupts road and rail access to Crimea and maritime access to the Sea of Azov.” The blueprints of this highly provocative plot were exposed by The Grayzone in October 2022, in the immediate aftermath of the truck bomb attack that crippled the Kerch Bridge.

Alchemy’s team also produced a PowerPoint presentation entitled, “Training a Ukrainian Commando Force to restore Maritime Sovereignty – Elders (https://thegrayzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Training-a-Ukrainian-Commando-Force-to-restore-Maritime-Sovereignty-Elders-.pdf),” outlining plans to construct a 1,000-strong Ukrainian commando force “trained in Britain by military veterans equipped with British equipment” to “degrade the Russian Navy and open another flank in the fight for Kherson and the south of Ukraine.”

Alchemy’s team had been working on the plan for at least three months by the time of the presentation’s submission. “Ukrainians abroad and volunteers inside Ukraine” had already been recruited, in advance of 12 weeks basic training “in the use of all troop weapons including mortars, anti-tank missiles, sniper craft, cliff assault, small craft training, demolitions,” the proposal stated.

The plan called for formally integrating the commandos into the Ukrainian Navy. Alchemy boasted that the prospective force “will be a force multiplier and highly mobile,” while Russia’s “outdated doctrine will struggle with a highly motivated and well-equipped naval force conducting hit and run operations and targeting Crimea.”

Moreover, “individuals who are fluent Russian speakers and deemed suitable for covert undercover operations,” including “female operators,” would be “inserted into southern occupied Ukraine and Crimea for intelligence gathering and sabotage of key infrastructure targets.” They would be trained by MI6 officers. For this, Alchemy asked the British government for a total of £73.5 million. “The program is at a high state of readiness. We are ready to go,” the presentation forcefully declared.

The enormous sum was to be paid to Elders Services Ltd (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14168633) that was founded by Alchemy members and registered to an address just 15 miles from Fort Monckton, which was described by former MI6 officer Richard Tomlinson (https://medium.com/the-dock-on-the-bay/mi6-boot-camp-fort-monckton-af0126d24eca) as “the SIS’s field operations training centre.” It is unknown how much money, if any, the firm received from the British government for resuscitating Operation Gladio in Ukraine. Elders Services Ltd shuttered in March 2023 after less than a year of operation, without filing financial accounts.

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Tintin

17th November 2024, 09:45

(continued from here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia&p=1642560&viewfull=1#post1642560)...)

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British spies call for ‘action’ against The Grayzone

Behind the Project Alchemy team’s bravado was a sense that Western hegemony was crumbling on the icy borderlands separating Ukraine from Russia. Referring to the rising BRICS alliance, which gathered in Kazan, Russia this October to challenge the US-dominated financial order, Alchemy planners urged British leadership to “prepare for SWIFT II,” as SWIFT was “going to be destroyed” by the West’s anti-Russia sanctions, “slowly, but inevitably.”

According to Alchemy’s analysts, countries across the globe would naturally “see the need for a non-US alternative” means of safely parking their cash and trading. In a rare show of political sobriety, the British spooks predicted that sanctions on Russia combined with the Ukraine proxy war would impose higher prices on consumer goods and “hit British voters in the pocket.”

This posed “a threat to public support” for the British government’s “hard line” on Ukraine, they warned. “Domestic UK public opinion” would understandably get “fed up” paying more for everyday goods, meaning “pressure grows for a compromise.”

To prepare the British public for the coming storm, Project Alchemy’s plotters proposed what they blandly described as “information operations,” but which could be more accurately described as a blend of domestic state propaganda and malign attacks on disruptive media outlets.

The task they outlined not only included “[dismantling] Russian disinformation infrastructure” by pressuring social media to ban RT and Sputnik, but also targeting critical independent media like The Grayzone.

“A number of actions can be undertaken against these outlets. The most obvious is legal since the content of these media outriders is frequently in contravention of media law in the UK, US and EU,” Alchemy insisted.

“Aggrieved parties currently tend to ignore libel/defamation by these outlets. Were they to aggressively pursue these outlets, it is likely they would be forced to close.”

The Grayzone, it was claimed, had thus far “managed to obscure” its funding – a suggestion that this outlet is covertly funded by Russia or some other enemy state, which is completely false. The paranoid fantasies of British intelligence may explain why this journalist was quizzed on the subject by British counter-terror police when they detained and interrogated him at Luton International Airport in May 2023.

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Alchemy plotters seek to place Britain at lead of war with Russia

In addition to playing a leading role in media manipulation, Alchemy sought to place Britain at the forefront of the International Criminal Court’s agenda to investigate and prosecute the Russian government for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Alchemy suggested London “set international conditions, collection mechanisms and funding for collection of data and evidence” in the proxy conflict, and “provide all possible support, including intelligence” to the ICC “in its efforts to investigate war crimes,” just as British spies did (https://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/alumni/spotlightinterviews/alistair-harris-obe) for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Though not named in the document, high-profile British lawyers, including celebrity Amal Clooney, have since emerged at the forefront of efforts to prosecute Russian officials for war crimes, and establish an ICTY analog. As The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal reported, Britain played a critical role in the appointment of Amal Clooney’s mentor, Karim Khan, as ICC prosecutor.

Project Alchemy’s provocative proposals appear to have reached the desk of PM Keir Starmer in some form. At NATO’s 75th anniversary summit, Starmer issued his full-throated endorsement of deep strikes by the Ukrainian military into Russia. Echoing the aggressive language found in Alchemy documents, he pledged to “deliver £3 billion worth of support to Ukraine each year… for as long as it takes.”

But as the Ukrainian military’s offensive in Russia’s Kursk region falters, the Biden administration has distanced itself from the calls for striking into the Russian heartland. Fortunately for British leaders hellbent on taking the fight to Moscow, Project Alchemy has ensured that a platter of off-the-books options remains handy.

As Alchemy noted in its grand strategy paper, “The UK seeks always to act multilaterally, but is prepared to take a unilateral lead where achieving multilateral consensus might prove time-consuming or difficult.” Among the war’s covert sponsors, who were safely ensconced over 1,000 miles away from the front lines, it was firmly agreed: “we should attempt at all costs to keep Ukraine fighting.”

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Rizotto

17th November 2024, 10:44

Thanks Tintin, very interesting. Most of us here had an inkling that the US-UK-NATO proxy war against Russia was initiated to counter the rising BRICS economic influence. It is disgusting that so many Ukrainians, and Russians, have had to endure great casualties on the battle field for that twisted cause.

Copying a portion from your post #17453 above:

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In 2021, The Grayzone revealed how the then-Prince of Wales, King Charles, enlisted Khan’s Valent Projects to astroturf a pseudo-socialist YouTube influencer to attack skeptics of the government’s ham-fisted response to Covid. Previously, Khan participated in the UK Foreign Office’s program to foment regime change in Syria.
Months after Alchemy put Khan forward as a member of its team, The Grayzone exposed him for plotting with celebrity-left journalist Paul Mason to destroy this publication. One leaked email showed Khan proposing a “full nuclear legal [attack] to squeeze [The Grayzone] financially.” The newly-uncovered documents indicate the decision to assail The Grayzone was met with approval from the highest ranks of the British government."

There you have it, the proof that the royals are part of a cabal also involved in the covid scamdemic, the Syria regime change attempts which REALLY were part of the Greater Israel Project, and now this proxy war against Russia. I think most of us here instinctively knew that these issues were always all tied together and were directed from the top by the globalist cabal, and their anti-human agenda. Plandemics, regime changes, and zionism are just some of their tools.

Kudos to the Grayzone. The fact that they were targeted like this by the UK intelligence mafia shows they were doing great investigative journalism, of which low-life forms that lurk in the dark are so afraid of.

Bill Ryan

17th November 2024, 12:35

Tintin

17th November 2024, 12:56

Massive missile strikes on Ukraine overnight, targeting energy systems all over the country. It was one of the largest missile attacks of the war so far, and Odessa is one of the cities totally without power. Russia is clearly intent now on bringing Ukraine to its knees.

Yes, seems to be the case, and I'm on the lookout for footage as well. Apparently some 120 missiles varying from, and including, X-101 (hypersonic) and "Kalibr" cruise missiles launched; targets including the Starokonstatinov airfield which one assumes the Russians seek to put completely out of action now.

Will follow up with any pertinent footage.

Vicus

17th November 2024, 16:02

Strike Hits Odessa, Detonation Heard - Pro-Russian Underground Network 8 hours ago

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian forces have conducted a strike targeting Ukraine's Odessa, and a detonation was heard afterwards, coordinator of the pro-Russian underground network Sergei Lebedev told Sputnik on Sunday.

"A strike with detonation [occurred] from the side of Chernomorsk," Lebedev told the news agency, citing underground.
Ukraine's newspaper reported that water and energy supplies in the city had been cut off.

Ukrainian media also reported that several cities and regions, including Kiev, the Vinnytsia Region, the Lvov Region, the Khmelnytsky Region, the Ivano-Frankovsk Region, the Rovno Region and in the Zakarpattia Region, had been subjected to several explosions, too.

According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation, an air alert is in place almost throughout the country at the moment.
Ukrainian Energy Ministry announced later in the day emergency power outages across the country.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241117/strike-hits-odessa-detonation-heard---pro-russian-underground-network-1120908539.html

Vicus

17th November 2024, 16:06

Russia Hits Ukrainian Military Airfields, Energy Facilities - MoD 6 hours ago

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have attacked Ukrainian military airfields, as well as gas production and energy facilities used by military enterprises, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"Operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile troops and artillery … hit the infrastructure of military airfields, gas production facilities, energy facilities used for the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, a warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as enemy manpower and military equipment in 144 areas," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia also targeted Ukrainian critical energy infrastructure and military facilities with "massive strike," the ministry added.
Russia's Battlegroup Zapad has eliminated more than 470 Ukrainian servicepeople and repelled six counterattacks over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241117/russia-hits-ukrainian-military-airfields-energy-facilities---mod-1120909196.html

Vicus

17th November 2024, 16:14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nqlww4Ez7M

Massive Missile Strike Launched💥Russia's Major Offensive Continues⚔️ Military Summary For 2024.11.17

Tintin

17th November 2024, 17:02

Tintin

17th November 2024, 17:22

From Ukraine Watch (https://t.me/ukraine_watch/32666), again, and something to be very aware of. Dangerous times....

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❗️ Today's massive strike on Ukraine overshadowed another news story being heavily promoted in Western media, particularly in the Baltic states, which seem to meddle in every issue — @rybar

U.S. Air Force B-52H bombers conducted a flight over the Baltic Sea, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, where they launched guided bombs at the Kazlu-Ruda training ground.

According to NATO statements, the training was conducted under the scenario of a conflict in the Suwalki Corridor area. During the B-52H strikes, four reconnaissance aircraft were in the air, monitoring the actions of Russian servicemen in the Kaliningrad region. NATO reconnaissance aviation operates similarly over the Black Sea, searching for air defense positions and other key targets.

This is the first demonstrative flight of U.S. nuclear-capable bombers near Russia's borders since their relocation to the UK, and likely not the last, much to the delight of their lackeys, judging by previous missions.

@ukraine_watch

Source: https://t.me/ukraine_watch/32666

ukraine_watch/32666

Tintin

17th November 2024, 18:02

From Rybar on Telegram (https://t.me/rybar_in_english/19399):

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Attempt of Ukrainian Attack with USVs in the Black Sea

While all eyes were focused on the massive strike by the Russian Armed Forces (https://t.me/rybar/65452) on the territory of the so-called Ukraine, the AFU decided to attack in the Black Sea under the cover of this. Around 4-6 am, a group of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) was spotted in the area of gas fields west of Crimea.

These are the facilities that stopped functioning for security reasons after the start of the special operation, but the infrastructure in the form of platforms remained there, and the Ukrainian side periodically tries to capture them and land personnel on the available platforms.

❓The last such attempt (https://t.me/rybar/63446) was in September. The drilling platforms are quite large in area, and weapons such as ATGMs or MANPADS, as well as fuel and supplies, can be placed on them. Moreover, they can be equipped with communication means and repeaters, which will increase the capabilities at sea.

Remember the inglorious landings of the airborne in Crimea? Their main disadvantage was that the distance was too great, and there was no way to supply the detachments and monitor their movements. And it was impossible to retreat, so the missions were always one-way. And to solve this problem, the Main Intelligence Directorate wants to control these platforms.

🔻But our units immediately detected the appearance of the USVs and sent a interception group, which began to shoot them down with small arms. As a result, four out of five drones were destroyed, the last one turned around and left in the direction of Odesa.

There was also a sixth one, but it went a different route, and was spotted 35 km from Cape Tarkhankut, where it was conducting reconnaissance. But after sending a helicopter of the Black Sea Fleet after it, the USV turned around and also disappeared in the direction of the Odesa region.

❗️It is important that such USV raids have not been seen for a very long time, and the resumption of their activity indicates that the AFU have replenished their stocks. Today in Crimea, the missile danger alert was introduced several times, including in the eastern parts of the peninsula. We will observe, but clearly the enemy will not stop at just this sortie.

High-resolution map

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#Odesa #Russia #Sevastopol #Ukraine
@rybar

Tintin

17th November 2024, 18:05

Another useful summary here via Ukraine Watch on Telegram (https://t.me/ukraine_watch/32663). This is only a summary of the hits in western Ukraine, not in other areas: many many other targets across the whole of Ukraine were struck:

💥 Results and Consequences of Massive Strikes on Energy Infrastructure in Western Ukraine

Russian forces conducted a large-scale operation targeting key energy infrastructure in Ukraine. The attacks focused on substations, thermal power plants, and critical facilities in western regions, leading to significant disruptions in the country’s power grid.

🔻 Vinnytsia Oblast

Humenne: Vinnytsia Substation (750 kV)
📍 Coordinates: 49.164722, 28.722222

Impact: Four cruise missiles damaged distribution equipment and power transformers.
Consequences: Complete shutdown of the substation; fire localized, but energy transmission to the region’s central hub remains disrupted.

Ladyzhyn: Ladyzhyn Thermal Power Plant (TPP)
📍 Coordinates: 48.705278, 29.213333

Impact: Equipment of one power unit destroyed; main transmission lines damaged.
Consequences: Full cessation of power generation; repairs expected to take at least two weeks.

Bar: Bar Substation (330 kV)
📍 Coordinates: 49.083056, 27.743611

Impact: Two missiles disabled autotransformers and distribution devices.
Consequences: Severe fire; significant power outages in the region.

🔻 Volyn Oblast

Kovel: Kovel Substation (330 kV)
📍 Coordinates: 51.191651, 24.717033
Impact: Open distribution equipment damaged; fire localized.
Consequences: Power system disruptions in the western region; energy supply partially restored.

🔻 Rovno Oblast

Rovno: Rovno Substation (330 kV)
📍 Coordinates: 50.641152, 26.224555
Impact: Autotransformer and oil circuit breakers destroyed.
Consequences: Power shortage in the northwest of Ukraine; restoration work expected to take several days.

🔻 Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast

Burshtyn: Burshtyn TPP
📍 Coordinates: 49.206560, 24.668989
Impact: Two "Kinzhal" missiles damaged the pumping station and transformer of Unit 8.
Consequences: Partial generation halted; reduced power capacity in the region.

🔻 Lvov Oblast

Dobrotvor: Dobrotvor TPP
📍 Coordinates: 50.214029, 24.376031
Impact: Cooling and steam exhaust systems damaged.
Consequences: The station operates at minimal capacity, worsening the region’s energy deficit.

And, here, from Rybar on Telegram:

What is known about the combined strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the so-called Ukraine as of 4 PM

This night, the Russian troops delivered one of the largest strikes on the territory of the so-called Ukraine since the start of the SMO.

🔻According to Ukrainian authorities, 120 missiles, including cruise and ballistic missiles such as "Tsirkon", "Iskander" and "Kinzhal", as well as 90 UAVs were launched during the attack. The opponent, as usual, claimed that most of the missiles and drones were shot down.

▪️Based on reports online, the main targets of the Russian troops were energy facilities and enterprises involved in military production. Strikes were carried out on major cities, including Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kremenchuk and Kryvyi Rih. In the latter, there are also problems with the operation of boiler houses, partial lack of heat and water supply in the city, and critical infrastructure is powered by generators.

▪️After the attacks, emergency power outages were introduced in various regions of the country, including Kyiv and Odesa. Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko confirmed that there were serious power supply disruptions. According to DTEK energy company data, several thermal power plants were also hit.

▪️In Mykolaiv, the strikes caused significant damage to infrastructure and power outages. One of the targets, according to preliminary information, was the Kulbakino airfield. Drones and ammunition depots are located on the base territory.

▪️The mayor of Odesa reported a complete halt of public transport and difficulties in the work of utility services. In Lviv, fires and damage to infrastructure facilities were recorded.

❗️In Rivne, according to preliminary information, the 330/110 kV Rivne substation was hit, the extent of damage to the facility is still unclear. At the same time, power outages were also observed in the city and region. There are problems with the operation of boiler houses, partial lack of heat and water supply in the city, and critical infrastructure is powered by generators.

▪️In addition, several railway sections were de-energized, and reserve diesel locomotives were sent to restore traffic.

📌 Online, there are also footage of impacts in the area of the town of Yaremche in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, where a large railway station of the same name is located. In addition, near the town in the mountains is the 136th Missile and Ammunition Supply Center (military unit A-1807), which could also have been a target of the raid.

https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/11/17/20241117161404-2698d1aa.jpg

ExomatrixTV

17th November 2024, 18:16

The UK Just Intercepted Russian Bombers - I Intercepted Their Radios!

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Translation:

"I'm 99-610. 10-07, 14-52, separator,
05-59, 15-56, 25-55, 11-31, 17-87, 41-06, 61-73, separator, copy.
I'm 99-610, separator, 1, 7, 8 (noise)...copy.
I'm 99-610, copy.
I'm 99-610, repeat please, copy.
I'm 99-610, wait, please.
I'm 99-610, copy.
I'm 99-610, check up and correct, in the number 92, 7th group:
separator, seven, eight, eight, seven, copy.
I'm 99-610, accepted, checked, copy."

@rezdm quote: "Native Russian speaker here.
The Russian guy speaks in code. Basically, he just gives numbers (and occasionally some words), but nothing distinguishable as some information. (I am now at 3:03 mark, let's see what is further on)" unquote

@normmcrae1140 quote: "Just remember that the Tu-95 Series are EXTREMELY LOUD!!!!! So whoever is sending the message is SHOUTING into the mike, just to be heard over the engines! I know pilots who have intercepted them, and can verify that the Bear is louder than the jets that they are sitting in! The Bear is so loud that the US tracks it by SOSUS - Microphones under the Ocean meant to track submarines. It can track a Bear from several HUNDRED miles away!"

Tu-95 strategic bombers perform flights as part of drills

https://1a-1791.com/video/cwg9/s8/2/9/7/X/D/97XDf.gaa.mp4?u=0&b=0

source (https://rumble.com/v1ilam5-tu-95-strategic-bombers-perform-flights-as-part-of-drills.html)

(1 year ago) Russia’s Nuclear-Capable Tu-95, Tu-160 Bombers Deployed Near NATO Border:

https://1a-1791.com/video/s8/2/M/S/g/N/MSgNj.gaa.mp4?u=3&b=0

source (https://rumble.com/v2o027a-russias-nuclear-capable-tu-95-tu-160-bombers-deployed-near-nato-border.html)

ExomatrixTV

17th November 2024, 22:05

RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS WARN OF WWIII AFTER BIDEN APPROVES LONG-RANGE MISSILE USE FOR UKRAINE?! Washington’s approval for Ukraine to strike Russia with U.S. long-range missiles triggered warnings from Russian lawmakers. A senior member of the Federation Council, Andrei Klishas: “The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning.” First deputy head of the Russian upper house’s international affairs committee, Vladimir Dzhabarov: “This is a very big step towards the start of World War Three.” Chairman of the State Duma lower house’s foreign affairs committee, Leonid ****sky: “Strikes with U.S. missiles deep into Russian regions will inevitably entail a serious escalation, which threatens to lead to much more serious consequences.”

Source: Reuters

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source (https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1858269704831250560)

grapevine

17th November 2024, 23:51

The war this time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuzlv4RGIG4&ab_channel=GeorgeGalloway (18:56)
"Do you feel lucky punk? It's clear that Biden, or whoever is operating him, has started WW3. Start digging"

shaberon

18th November 2024, 03:54

Mike Gorman

18th November 2024, 04:52

We knew that the rational, collegiate response to Trump's huge victory was deeply suspicious: this is a final 'up yours' to MAGA, they know this means Russia will kick off if they set these missiles off: Ukraine cannot fire these weapons, they don't have the means, USA/UK military teams are needed. Utter maniacs.

Bruce G Charlton

18th November 2024, 09:32

@Mike - Well said. But worse than maniacs - IMO at the top level this is spiteful, destructive evil intent.

"Ukraine cannot fire these weapons, they don't have the means, USA/UK military teams are needed. Utter maniacs."

Yes, indeed. This is persistently misrepresented in UK media, as "giving permission" to Ukr for deep strike missiles to be used against Russia; when the reality is for the US actually to perform the military operation - i.e. in plain words, for the US to attack Russia with missiles.

Bill Ryan

18th November 2024, 09:49

Tintin

18th November 2024, 10:06

Tintin

18th November 2024, 11:26

...the royals are part of a cabal also involved in the covid scamdemic, the Syria regime change attempts which REALLY were part of the Greater Israel Project, and now this proxy war against Russia. I think most of us here instinctively knew that these issues were always all tied together and were directed from the top by the globalist cabal, and their anti-human agenda. Plandemics, regime changes, and zionism are just some of their tools.

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At risk of going a little "off-reservation" on this thread, I came across this (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?110505-Covid19-Global-reports-news-and-updates&p=1642648&viewfull=1#post1642648) yesterday, and I'll pop it in here for now, as, if you think about the WW3 theme, and it being a hybrid "operation" ("Operation Chimera" - think dazzling), it probably is on-topic after all. Open warfare against Earth's populations was declared at least as recently as 2020, although it is several centuries older, as we know. This piece here is to do with the whole psycho-social engineering experiment called COVID-19: notice a pattern confirmation?

Somebody already knew, and he happened to be Russian.

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From an interview from March 25th, 2020:

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V: Yeah, even toilet paper? God! Why? The goal is to scare people. Once again, these are command-and-staff exercises of the behind-the-scenes Zionist and financial liberal world powers with the aim of limiting the political rights that people are basically accustomed to having, especially in Western Europe. That’s their second goal.

The first goal is to reduce the population numbers on Earth. That’s their Satanic goal.

The second, political goal of the behind-the-scenes world powers is to seize power.

The third goal is related to finances and power over the economy.

Financial, as we already know, at least those who are interested in this … Now, for every product that exists – please, give me your pencil. Okay. Lets say this pencil costs 1 ruble or 1 dollar – let’s say it’s 1 dollar. For this pencil, it was issued 20 times the amount – in money, in promissory notes, equities and other financial derivatives. That means, if you take the real value of this pencil, it comes with 20 different papers that carry 20 times the value. Accordingly, all the financial and economic relations have gone from the real economy to this virtual economy. It’s a financial bubble that exists now and which encompasses, I think, 1 quadrillion and 200 trillion dollars. It’s a complete financial bubble. It needs to be deflated. FRS, the Federal Reserve System, literally some days ago, that was in February, I think – they introduced a zero percent interest on deposits. Now, in many countries, it’s even a negative interest rate – that is, you deposited 100 dollars and you get 90 or 95 dollars. But at least you’re still going to get it. So, we’re already getting negative interest rates on deposits. So, that wealth has to be deflated. How will it be deflated? Again, through this artificial international … we see the economy has crashed, it’s clear, accordingly – we can’t meet your domestic demand like we did before, you need to tighten your belts etc.

Now is a very important moment. Note, it allegedly started in China. Even though the Chinese are now adamant and report that the coronavirus was created artificially. It has an artificial origin – it’s been proven scientifically already. Of course, in every virus, seeing that it’s the simplest kind of microorganism – as far as I remember – mutations can happen, but they’re of an accidental nature. And when you take the RNA molecule, not DNA – they have RNA – and there’s a part of the genome that’s clearly been carved out and another one inserted in its place – and this happens 3 or 4 times … It is perfectly obvious that the Chinese scientists have figured this out – it was artificially created and purposely spread, initially in Wuhan. They had 2 kinds, 2 viral strains. Okay now. And what about Italy, what happened there? How come a strain that is even more dangerous that the Chinese one suddenly appears in Italy? I think now they have a few thousand infected and around 1000 have already died. But again, 100x more people die in Italy from flu, pneumonia, scrofula and hepatitis. But we don’t talk about that. Instead, we are being served special political information propaganda, psycho-informative propaganda. Special psycho-informative operation of the world globalist mass media that is serving the behind-the-scene Zionist liberal powers that are creating this terror right now. This is why we need to deal with this phenomenon as we would with a special operation that is conducted in the form of command and staff exercises. Now they’re looking – who’s obeying and who’s not. In China, they introduced strict measures.

But, then comrade Xi went to Wuhan and put the pro-American party faction who took that road in their place. In China, not everything is smooth there. They have, let’s call them that – a pro-Chinese (patriotic) faction, that’s somewhat close to us, which is associated with Xi Jinping. And there are obviously pro-American ex-Komsomol members that are money-oriented or simply put – have their focus on the ‘dough’ (money). And they, of course, tried to use the coronavirus in Wuhan to gain certain economic and political benefits. Comrade Xi put them all in their place and, consequently, in was over with the virus in China. And then it started in Europe. Accordingly, we as a military intelligence, look at “who” (it is obvious) and “where” (it is also obvious). Europe and China are 2 geo-economic adversaries of the USA. And this is where they injected this virus.

This virus also has a 4th dimension as well – the economic one. The first is the religious one – destruction of people on Earth, reducing the population numbers. The second one is to establish political control over humanity. The third one is the financial deflation of that gigantic financial bubble. And the fourth dimension is the elimination of their geo-economic competition. This I’m telling you from the perspective of an officer from the Defence and Strategic Studies of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. This is my assessment of the current epidemic.

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The man interviewed is Vladimir Kvachkov, former GRU intelligence specialist.

Here's the interview which I'm led to believe is next to impossible to find on the internet now. I'll make sure it gets to the library in the next day or so.

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1858235659976163328/vid/avc1/640x360/_m7vhA10Lmn4Jbhx.mp4?tag=14

FULL transcript available here: https://thefreedomarticles.com/ex-russian-intel-officer-coronavirus-depopulation-agenda/

Tintin

18th November 2024, 12:51

they know this means Russia will kick off if they set these missiles off: Ukraine cannot fire these weapons, they don't have the means, USA/UK military teams are needed. Utter maniacs.Actually, I doubt this will come to anything — unless something major occurs, like Moscow being hit. (But as best I understand, these proposed missile attacks don't have that deep range.)

All Trump, or someone in his team, has to do is call Putin and say: "We apologize. This doesn't represent the policies of the incoming new administration. As soon as Biden is gone, we'll cancel this." I'd be prepared to bet this may even have happened already.

Likewise. It was a NYT header with its usual bluster. It seems other outlets are talking about geographic 'limitations' (again!) and certain conditions.

There are of course those in the 'complex' that'd like a bit more money, and Biden has always been one of those, so this may amount to nothing more than a kind of "golden handshake" ("Build some more ATACMS, we've run out!!") for those in his coterie unlikely to see much more of it after he's gone.

I'm a little more concerned about what NATO may have, if anything, planned for Kaliningrad right now (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia&p=1642594&viewfull=1#post1642594).

....and, (drum roll)....

Simplicius on X (https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1858425811570659331)

Text:

"The expected walkbacks have already begun:

The French publication Le Figaro has removed information that France and Britain, following the US, have allowed Ukraine to launch strikes with its Storm Shadow (SCALP-EG) missiles deep into Russian territory.

In turn, The Times writes that the US may not yet have given consent to Ukraine’s use of Storm Shadow missiles.

It should be noted that despite their British origin, the Storm Shadow missiles use American technology, which requires the UK to obtain additional permission from the US.

Thus, so far, only the information about Biden’s permission to launch ATACMS missile strikes has been reliably confirmed, with Axios clarifying that this decision only concerns the Kursk region.

Military Informant."

1858425811570659331

And a comment from Kit Klarenberg:

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"Amazing spot. I was surprised by how many people who should've known better thought this was hugely significant and concrete all-out war escalation."
9:55 AM · Nov 18, 2024

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gcp0VxmWoAApxoE?format=jpg&name=large

ExomatrixTV

18th November 2024, 15:00

...
Why Is Biden Playing Russian Roulette (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3dtgnw6pI) With Our Lives?

Election Losses: They've lost the election, so what's the plan? Leave a global mess for Trump? "Here's your nuclear gift, deal with it!" ??
Sabotage & Legacy: Sabotage Trump's presidency before it even starts. "Let's make sure he starts with a nuclear crisis on his hands!" ??
Distraction Tactics: Economic disaster? Immigration chaos? No problem, let's start a war! "Look at Russia, not our failing policies!" ???
Power Play: The deep state loves chaos; it's their oxygen. "We'll be too important to ignore now!" ?‍??
War Profits: Who benefits from war? The military industrial complex, that's who! "Let's cash in on some long-range missile sales!" ?
Fear & Control: Keep the public in a state of fear to justify more control. "Scared people are easier to govern!" ? Peace?
What Peace?: Ensure that peace talks with Russia are a distant dream. "No peace for you, Trump!" ???
Historical Footnote: Biden wants his name in history, even if it's for bringing us to the edge of Armageddon. "Remember me for starting WWIII!"

Vladimir Putin (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread) said it loud and clear: missiles mean nukes. Yet here we are, with Biden and his gang of globalists, gambling with the planet's future because they can't handle losing an election. This isn't leadership; it's madness! :rant:
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source (https://x.com/Truth2Everyone/status/1858300032698536412)

ExomatrixTV

18th November 2024, 15:22

Biden’s decision to authorize Zelenskyy to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles against Russia is the most dangerous move of his presidency. Putin has explicitly warned that such an action crosses a red line and could provoke a nuclear response.

This isn’t just reckless—it’s insanity. Biden is gambling with the lives of millions, dragging the world closer to the brink of World War III.

This decision isn’t about helping Ukraine; it’s about Biden’s desperate attempt to tie the hands of President-elect Trump, who has pledged to bring peace to the region. Biden’s move undermines Trump’s efforts before they even begin, ensuring the war escalates instead of de-escalating.

It’s a final act of sabotage from an administration that has already failed catastrophically on every major issue.

The American people deserve better than leaders who prioritize perpetual war over peace. Biden’s reckless escalation risks global catastrophe, putting the world on edge for the sake of preserving the deep state’s war machine. This isn’t leadership—it’s the height of irresponsibility.

Diplomacy, not escalation, is the answer. Biden and his administration must be held accountable for pushing policies that endanger global security. Every second Biden remains in power is a second the world gets closer to disaster. Enough is enough.
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source (https://x.com/TorstenProchnow/status/1858301945263644697)

grapevine

18th November 2024, 15:23

LIVE: Putin's Nuclear War Threat On Cam As Biden Allows Ukraine Long-Range Strikes On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVPMQy_OdQY&ab_channel=HindustanTimes
Streaming on repeat from the Hindustan Times

Tintin

18th November 2024, 15:26

...
Why Is Biden Playing Russian Roulette (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3dtgnw6pI) With Our Lives?

Still not convinced. (Let's hope I'm right :) )

This, from Will Schryver (https://x.com/imetatronink/status/1858281192057139312):

"The more I think about it, the more convinced I become that it is just a psyop.

The US/NATO lack the capability to launch any meaningful strikes "deep into Russia". In terms of ATACMS, they don't have anything even approaching an adequate stockpile, nor do they have more than just a mere handful of HIMARS/M-270 launchers in the theater of battle.

As for Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles, they don't have airframes in Ukraine, and they would not even attempt to launch strikes from Poland or Romania using NATO aircraft.

If they launch long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Russians will rightly regard it as a nuclear first-strike, and will act accordingly, including counterstrikes against the launch platforms, and against NATO bases throughout Europe.

I think this is very likely a manufactured tempest in a teapot.
10:48 PM · Nov 17, 2024"

Well, they are mad by any definition of the term, and they may even try launches from Poland or Romania, but, this may just all be an aspect of 5th gen warfare (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?117876-Behind-NATO--s-cognitive-warfare.-Battle-for-your-brain-waged-by-Western-militaries&p=1579056&viewfull=1#post1579056): getting into the mind of the 'enemy': the cognitive option become materiel ("The Human Mind as an Operational Domain.") which is far from new of course but it seems that this is precisely the effect certain legacy media editors have been co-opted into effecting.

("Don't panic [for now!] Mr. Mainwaring!" - Dad's Army, UK TV show)

ExomatrixTV

18th November 2024, 15:26

Tintin

18th November 2024, 15:32

ExomatrixTV

18th November 2024, 15:37

...
Why Is Biden Playing Russian Roulette (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3dtgnw6pI) With Our Lives?
Still not convinced.

to be "conviced" of ANY legit question pointing at something that may become reality BEFORE the fact is to me an oxymoron ;)

And, besides, Biden is obvious not the "master mind (https://substack.com/home/post/p-140848836)" of anyhting.

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

Okay, I don't agree with the presuppositions offered in Truth Patriot's X post :bigsmile:

Legit questions are just that ... questions ... same as legit concerns ... are just that: concerns! ... To assume anything for or against legit concerns/questions can also be categorized as questioning & questions!

Am used to see that happening all over the place in "controversy land" / "conspiracy research land" ;) no biggie.

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

Vicus

18th November 2024, 16:19

Quote of the Day

It is not Russianism that will bring about the destruction of the earth but Americanism, not just the English but all of Europe has fallen prey to it as it represents modernity in its monstrosity.

- Martin Heidegger

ExomatrixTV

18th November 2024, 16:51

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source (https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1858240371731415221)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcnMHlKaAAAw5vb?format=jpg
1zqKVYrYdmYxB
Monday Live: Globalists Could Spark WWIII Weeks Ahead Of Trump Inauguration (https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1zqKVYrYdmYxB)

Nuclear War Alert! Russian Diplomats Warn The World Has Never Been Closer To WW3 After Biden Authorizes NATO Bombing Inside Russia!

Must-Watch/Share LIVE Edition Of The Alex Jones Show!
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source (https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1858555731827458063)

Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 17:59

Text:
The Biden administration just gave Ukraine the green light to use US-made and provided ATACMS missiles against Russian targets inside Russian territory, including Kursk.
It should be noted that the US, together with NATO, helped plan and execute the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk. Now, with Ukrainian forces being pushed back in the Kursk region by Russian forces, the decision to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS missiles in Kursk leaves no doubt that the US is a direct party to the invasion and occupation of Russian soil by NATO-proxy Ukrainian forces.
In short, the US is now at war with Russia.
This was the position taken by Russia back on September 13, when the Russian government warned the Biden administration about allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS against Russian soil.
The decision by the Biden administration reflects a growing sense of desperation on the part of Ukraine, NATO and the US that the war with Russia is reaching the breaking point, where a decisive Russian victory is all but guaranteed.
The Ukraine/NATO/US axis is likewise concerned about the election results in the US which saw Donald Trump win decisively on a platform that seeks to end the war in Ukraine and avoid escalation with Russia.
The Biden administration seems to have taken this decision based upon two specific analytical assumptions.
First, that Russia is bluffing, and will not seek to escalate.
Second, that this escalation on the part of the Ukraine/NATO/US axis will trap the incoming Trump administration into staying the course when it comes to supporting both NATO and Ukraine.
The Biden administration has likely badly miscalculated.
Russia will not accept this escalation by doing nothing.
Russia’s response will be decisive and possibly include hitting targets outside Ukraine.
Moreover, Trump does not want a war with Russia, inherited or otherwise. Rather than accepting this escalation as a fait accomplis, team Trump will likely inform both NATO and Ukraine of the detrimental consequences of escalation once Trump takes office on January 20.
This last point is of utmost importance.
If Trump can separate himself from the Biden decision to escalate, Russia may temper its response, avoiding the kind of revolving escalation that would probably lead to nuclear war.
It would be an unprecedented action on the part of Trump, direct interference in the policies of a sitting, albeit lame duck, President.
But the survival of America and the world is at stake.
Let us hope Trump stays true to his promises, and moves to prevent war.

https://x.com/RealScottRitter/status/1858264523355869410

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:06

https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1858498119597469991

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https://x.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1858500791696253223

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https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1858548299940143484

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🇺🇸⚔️🇺🇦Terrible strike: US Patriot missiles killed 8 Ukrainians in Odessa

▪️Ukrainian propaganda media rushed to publish footage, accusing Russia of a bloody attack that killed 8 and wounded about 40 people, but they failed to figure out that the photo shows parts of an American Patriot air defense missile.

vicktop55

https://x.com/dana916/status/1858490926861283796

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:08

Text:
Full text of Vladimir Putin's statement on the potential U.S. and allied authorization for long-range missile strikes deep into Russia, dated September 12, 2024:

This is not about permitting or prohibiting the Kiev regime from striking Russian territory. They are already doing so with drones and other means. However, when it comes to the use of long-range, high-precision Western-made weapons, it is an entirely different matter.

The fact is—and I have already spoken about this, and any experts, both ours and in the West, will confirm this—that the Ukrainian army is not capable of striking with modern, high-precision, long-range Western-made systems. They cannot do this. This is only possible with the use of satellite intelligence, which Ukraine does not possess. These are data from either European Union or United States satellites, essentially NATO satellites. That is the first point.

The second and perhaps most crucial point is that the flight missions for these missile systems can, in essence, only be programmed by NATO military personnel. Ukrainian military personnel cannot do this. Therefore, the issue is not about permitting or forbidding the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons. The issue is whether NATO countries decide to directly participate in the military conflict.

If such a decision is made, it will mean nothing less than the direct involvement of NATO countries, the United States, and European nations in the war in Ukraine. This direct involvement will significantly change the nature of the conflict.

It will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European nations are at war with Russia. And if that is the case, given the fundamental change in the nature of this conflict, we will make decisions accordingly, based on the threats posed to us.

http://T.me/ukraine_watch

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1858247042079813988

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:10

Text:
WHITE HOUSE MUMBLES WHEN ASKED TO CONFIRM US APPROVAL ON DEEP STRIKES ON RUSSIA

The White House has failed to directly confirm reports that the Biden administration has allowed Ukraine to use ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory.

US Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer evaded questions from reporters about Biden's authorization during a briefing on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

"I am not confirming any decisions that have or have not been made about US assistance when it comes to these operational questions," Finer said.

Finer elaborated that the US government makes political decisions "based on the circumstances" on the battlefield.

“The United States has been clear throughout this conflict that we will make our policy decisions based on the circumstances we identify on the battlefield, including in recent days and weeks,” Finer said vaguely.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1858558196547547438

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:12

Text:
❗️Russian Foreign Ministry's key statements on the information about Ukraine being allowed to strike deep into Russia with Western weapons:

▪️If Ukraine strikes Russia with long-range Western missiles, it will radically change the essence of the conflict;

▪️Kiev's use of missiles to attack Russian territory will mean direct participation by the US and its allies in the conflict against Russia, the ministry added;

▪️Moscow does not yet know whether the information about Ukraine being allowed to strike deep into Russia with Western weapons is based on official sources;

▪️No Western "miracle weapon" is capable of influencing the course of the special operation.
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❗️Russia's response to the Kiev regime's use of long-range missiles on the country's territory will be adequate and tangible, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:14

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RUSSIA COULD EMPLOY PREVIOUSLY-UNSEEN WEAPONS AGAINST UKRAINE IN RESPONSE TO US AUTHORIZATION FOR DEEP MISSILE STRIKES

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin didn't rule out that Russia could use new weapons systems previously unused on Ukrainian territory if Kiev strikes deep into Russia with US missiles.

"If this happens, Russia will have to respond. How — it's a question for the Defense Ministry. But it is clear that there will be an answer!" Volodin said.

This is called escalation, the chairman stressed.

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:16

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US-made projectile strikes to destroy ties between Moscow, Washington — Duma speaker

Vyacheslav Volodin added that these weapons "may cause damage but it will not change the situation on the battlefield"

MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Relations between Russia and the US will be completely severed in the event of strikes by US-made projectiles deep inside Russia, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said.

"As for using the aforementioned weapons - they are already in use. Certainly, the expansion of their use may cause damage, but it will not change the situation on the battlefield," the Russian Duma speaker wrote on his Telegram channel. "It will only worsen Ukraine’s fate and future and will completely ruin Russian-American relations," he pointed out.

The State Duma speaker added that US President Joe Biden "will pass away at some point." "There is an impression that, thinking about this, he is dreaming of eternity and wants to drag all of America along. And, possibly, the entire world," Volodin noted.

The New York Times reported on November 17 that Biden had authorized the use of US-supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles for strikes inside Russia. Later, France’s Le Figaro reported that France and the United Kingdom had followed suit and allowed Ukraine to use their SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles for these purposes. However, the newspaper later removed this story from its website, giving no explanations. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that Paris had not altered its position on strikes inside Russia. The German government said that the United States had notified Berlin about Biden’s decision.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 12 that the potential decision to use Western long-range missiles against Russia would mean the United States’ and other NATO countries’ direct involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. This step would change the very nature of the conflict and Russia would have to make relevant decisions proceeding from the threats it will face, the president warned. He noted, meanwhile, that Ukraine is unable to strike inside Russia without the West’s assistance because this would require intelligence data from satellites and flight assignments.

Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:18

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Rising stakes and escalation: Reaction to US decision on strikes inside Russia[/B]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has already clarified his position on US long-range missile attacks on targets inside Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented

MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. The leaders of the US, France, and the United Kingdom have decided to launch missile strikes inside Russia from Ukraine, according to multiple sources. Global media and experts believe that the move will increase the stakes in the conflict without improving Kiev’s position.

The New York Times reported earlier, citing sources, that US President Joe Biden had authorized the use of US-made ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles for strikes inside Russia. Sources told Le Figaro newspaper that Paris and London, in turn, had approved the use of SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles for such attacks. Neither the White House, nor Paris, nor London have formally confirmed these reports.

TASS has gathered the main information on the international reaction to this latest escalation attempt.

Impact on the conflict

The US president’s decision on ATACMS strikes inside Russia will not have any major impact on the course of the conflict in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal writes, citing officials from the US and other Western countries.

Biden’s decision will raise the stakes in the conflict but will not improve Kiev’s position due to its ongoing weapons shortages, CNN reports.

The Biden administration’s move is so risky that it could potentially lead to World War III, said US lawyer and Pittsburgh University Professor Daniel Kovalik, who has visited Donbass multiple times and addressed the UN.

The US president has opened the door to World War III by authorizing the use of US-made weapons for attacks inside Russia, Senator Mike Lee, Republican from Utah, noted.

Attempt to undermine Trump

Current US President Joe Biden’s green light for ATACMS attacks inside Russia is directed against President-elect Donald Trump, American billionaire David Sacks argued.

"President Trump won a clear mandate to end the war in Ukraine. So what does Biden do in his final two months in office? Massively escalate it. Is his goal to hand Trump the worst situation possible?" Sacks wrote on X social media platform.

Biden has framed President-elect Donald Trump by openly escalating the war in both domestic and foreign policy, Alexander Stepanov, senior researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Latin American Studies, said.

Biden’s decision will not change Donald Trump’s determination to end the conflict through negotiations, Williams College professor James McAllister, a political scientist, pointed out.

Donald Trump Jr. stated that the US defense industry was seeking to ensure it started World War III before his father took office as president.

Trump may reassess Biden’s decision, a member of the US president-elect’s transition team emphasized.

Reaction in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has already clarified his position on US long-range missile attacks on targets inside Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented.

The use of US missiles for attacks inside Russian regions will inevitably lead to a serious escalation, said Leonid ****sky, head of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Committee on International Affairs and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.

The Russian Armed Forces are aware of the Ukrainian army’s military supply routes, so long-range missiles will be a legitimate target for Russia, along with other weapons, Viktor Bondarev, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) Defense and Security Committee, emphasized.

Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:21

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Kremlin says decision to launch ATACMS missiles deep into Russia 'escalation of tensions'

Moscow's position should be absolutely clear to everyone, Dmitry Peskov pointed out

MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Russia assumes that the decision to launch ATACMS missiles deep into Russia means a qualitatively new round of escalation of tensions, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"If such a decision has indeed been formulated and communicated to the Kiev regime, then, of course, this is a qualitatively new round of escalation of tensions and a qualitatively new situation in terms of the involvement of the United States in this conflict," Peskov said.

"We are proceeding from this," he emphasized.

Moscow's position should be absolutely clear to everyone, the spokesman pointed out. "These signals have been received by the collective West. And they were voiced by the president in St. Petersburg," Peskov recalled.

On September 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that a potential decision to use Western long-range weapons against Russia would mean nothing less than the direct involvement of the United States and other NATO countries in the war in Ukraine. This would drastically alter the nature of this conflict, and Russia would be forced to take appropriate measures in response to the escalating threats, the Russian president warned. Putin emphasized that Ukraine would not be able to strike deep into Russian territory without Western support, as it would require satellite intelligence and flight missions to do so.

On November 17, The New York Times reported, citing sources, that Biden had authorized strikes from Ukrainian territory deep into Russia using ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles. In turn, Le Figaro sources claimed that France and the UK had authorized strikes with SCALP and Storm Shadow tactical missiles. The article was later retracted from the newspaper's website without explanation. There has been no official confirmation of this information from Washington, Paris, or London.

Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:25

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Case against Georgian mercenary, prisoners, Ukrainian losses: situation in Kursk Region

Twenty-four Ukrainian servicemen surrendered as prisoners of war over the past day

MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Ukraine has lost up to 420 troops in the Kursk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. According to it, 24 enemy servicemen surrendered voluntarily.

In total, the enemy lost more than 33,670 troops during the hostilities.

Military investigators have opened a criminal case against Mikhail Baturin, a mercenary from Georgia who participates in operations against Russia as part of a Ukrainian unit.

TASS has compiled the main information about the situation.

Ukrainian losses

- Over the day, the Ukrainian losses amounted to 420 servicemen, two US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, four armored fighting vehicles, four vehicles, a German-made 155 mm PzH 2000 howitzer, a 152 mm Akatsiya howitzer, a 152 mm D-20 gun and three 122 mm D-30 howitzers. Twenty-four Ukrainian servicemen surrendered as prisoners of war.

- In total, during the hostilities in the Kursk area, Kiev lost more than 33,670 troops, 213 tanks, 140 infantry fighting vehicles, 115 armored personnel carriers, 1,175 armored combat vehicles, 958 vehicles, 291 artillery systems, 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six US-made MLRS, 13 anti-aircraft missile systems, seven transport and load vehicles, 66 electronic warfare stations, 13 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 27 units of engineering and other equipment, including 13 demolition vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing unit, as well as six armored maintenance and recovery vehicles, and a command vehicle.

Case against Georgian mercenary

- Military investigators have opened a criminal case against Mikhail Baturin, a mercenary from Georgia, who is taking part in military operations against Russia as part of one of the Ukrainian units.

- The investigation has established that Baturin has been training mercenaries for a long time and is personally taking direct part in the armed conflict as a mercenary.

- According to the Russian Investigative Committee, in September 2024, Baturin and other representatives of mercenary formations, acting with Ukrainian forces, armed with automatic small arms and large-caliber firearms, explosive devices, using military equipment, illegally crossed the Russian border and entered the territory of the Kursk Region. There, they committed criminal acts against the civilian population.

Housing certificates

- Residents of the border districts of the Kursk Region have filed over 5,000 applications for housing certificates as a result of the loss of property due to Ukrainian attacks, Governor Alexey Smirnov said on his Telegram channel.

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Russian troops liberate Novoalekseyevka community in Donbass region over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicted roughly 70 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a US-made counterbattery radar station in its area of responsibility over the past day

MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Novoalekseyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

"Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlement of Novoalekseyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of active and decisive operations," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicts 50 casualties on Ukrainian army in Kharkov area

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted roughly 50 casualties on Ukrainian troops in its area of responsibility in the Kharkov Region over the past day, the ministry reported.

"In the Kharkov direction, Battlegroup North units inflicted losses on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 57th motorized infantry brigade and the 5th border guard detachment of Ukraine’s Border Guard Service near the settlements of Volchansk, Basovo and Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army lost as many as 50 personnel and two motor vehicles in that frontline area over the past 24 hours, it specified.

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts 450 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 450 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three US-made artillery guns in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup West units improved their tactical position and inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 28th, 60th, 63rd, 67th and 116th mechanized and 119th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Zagryzovo, Kupyansk and Glushkovka in the Kharkov Region, Krasny Liman and Torskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled three counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 14th mechanized and 1st National Guard brigades," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 450 personnel, an armored combat vehicle, six motor vehicles, a Polish-manufactured 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery gun, a 155mm M198 howitzer and two 105mm M119 artillery guns of US manufacture, a 122mm Gvozdika motorized artillery system and a 122mm D-30 howitzer, it specified.

In addition, Russian troops destroyed two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations and two field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicts 695 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted roughly 695 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two US-made artillery guns in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup South units improved their frontline positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 54th mechanized, 10th mountain assault, 81st airmobile, 79th air assault and 124th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Seversk, Dronovka, Andreyevka, Annovka, Dachnoye and Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repulsed two counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 46th airmobile brigade," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 695 personnel, two tanks, two armored personnel carriers, an armored combat vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, four 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and two US-made 105mm M119 artillery guns, it specified.

In addition, Russian forces destroyed two electronic warfare stations and six field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army over the past 24 hours, it said.

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts over 500 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 500 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a US-made armored vehicle in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

Over the past 24 hours, Battlegroup Center units "inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 54th and 100th mechanized, 142nd infantry and 116th territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Voznesenka and Ukrainka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled 11 counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 23rd and 151st mechanized, 71st and 152nd jaeger brigades and the Lyut assault brigade of Ukraine’s national police," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours totaled more than 500 personnel, an M113 armored personnel carrier and a 155mm M777 howitzer of US manufacture, a pickup truck, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 122mm Gvozdika motorized artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and two 100mm Rapira anti-tank guns, it specified.

Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicts 135 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicted roughly 135 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup East units gained more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 33rd mechanized, 37th marine infantry, 123rd and 129th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Zelyonoye Pole, Ulakly, Konstantinopol and Velikaya Novosyolka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled a counterattack by formations of the Ukrainian army’s 32nd mechanized brigade," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 135 personnel, an armored combat vehicle, two motor vehicles, a 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, a 155mm M777 howitzer and a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher of US manufacture, it specified.

Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicts 70 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicted roughly 70 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a US-made counterbattery radar station in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 31st, 110th and 118th mechanized, 103rd and 126th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka in the Zaporozhye Region, Blakitnoye, Olgovka and Nikolskoye in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 70 personnel, four motor vehicles, six electronic warfare stations and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station, it specified.

In addition, Russian forces destroyed a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army, it said.

Russian forces strike Ukrainian military airfields, energy sites over past day

Russian forces struck Ukrainian military airfields and energy facilities of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, power facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial sector, training sites of UAV operators and warehouses of unmanned aerial vehicles, and also massed enemy manpower and military equipment in 135 areas," it said.

Russian air defenses destroy 106 Ukrainian UAVs, four smart bombs over past day

Russian air defense forces shot down 106 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and four Hammer smart bombs over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Air defense capabilities shot down four French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, four rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 106 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.

Overall, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 648 Ukrainian warplanes, 283 helicopters, 36,174 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 surface-to-air missile systems, 19,369 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,490 multiple rocket launchers, 18,125 field artillery guns and mortars and 28,492 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.

Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:28

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18th November 2024, 18:36

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:44

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18th November 2024, 18:47

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18th November 2024, 18:49

American Economist Jeffrey Sachs (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Jeffrey%20Sachs) Reveals TRUTH About Ukraine War:

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The Russia Ukraine War is entering its final phase and with the election of Donald Trump the world could quickly see and end to the Ukraine War and a peace deal with Russia in 2025. In today's video Jeffrey Sachs joins the show to discuss the history of the Russia Ukraine War and offer his thoughts on the future of the Russia Ukraine War.

00:00 - Intro to Jeffrey Sachs (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Jeffrey%20Sachs)
00:47 - How Western Media Lied About Ukraine War
01:55 - What’s Biggest Misconception About Ukraine War?
02:40 - The US Government’s Plan for Global Dominance
04:02 - How the US Government Lied to Russia
04:57 - How the US Overthrew Ukraine’s Government
06:40 - North Korean Troops in Ukraine?
07:35 - Will the US Attack Russia with Missiles?
08:03 - The UK Government’s Role in Ukraine
08:36 - The Logical End to Ukraine War
09:25 - How Neocons Have Promoted War
10:15 - Can Trump Actually End the War?
11:20 - How Ukraine Helped Trump Win the Election
12:12 - Trump’s New Plan for Ukraine

Professor Jeffrey Sachs (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Jeffrey%20Sachs) discusses the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing it as a fundamental conflict between the United States and Russia, with Ukraine as the battlefield.
He critiques U.S. administrations' historical actions since the end of the Cold War, arguing that the U.S. has pursued a strategy to expand its military influence in Eastern Europe, contributing to the current war.
Sachs highlights a broken promise made to the Soviet Union regarding NATO's eastward expansion, which he argues has aimed to weaken and encircle Russia geopolitically.
He references U.S. involvement in regime change in Ukraine, particularly the overthrow of the Yanukovych government in 2014, as part of a broader strategy to assert U.S. dominance.
Sachs argues that the media has misrepresented the nature of the conflict, framing it as a Russian threat to Europe without acknowledging the U.S.'s role in escalating tensions.
He suggests that understanding this complex history is crucial for grasping the future of the conflict and the implications for U.S. foreign policy.
The discussion centers on the escalating conflict in Ukraine, particularly with the involvement of North Korean troops and Russia's military advances.
The speaker predicts that Russia is gaining ground, with significant daily casualties on the Ukrainian side, and criticizes the Western media and U.S. government narrative.
He emphasizes that NATO's expansion is perceived as a direct threat to Russia's national security and suggests that the U.S. needs to reassess its military involvement in Ukraine to end the conflict.
Highlighting Donald Trump's campaign promise to seek peace in Europe and resolve the conflict before his potential inauguration.

Professor Jeffrey Sachs (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Jeffrey%20Sachs) discusses the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing that it is fundamentally a conflict between the United States and Russia, with Ukraine as the battlefield. He critiques the historical actions of U.S. administrations since the end of the Cold War, arguing that the U.S. has pursued a strategy to expand its military influence in Eastern Europe, which has contributed to the current war. Sachs highlights a broken promise made to the Soviet Union regarding NATO's eastward expansion and outlines how this expansion has aimed to weaken Russia and encircle it geopolitically. He also references U.S. involvement in regime change in Ukraine, specifically the overthrow of the Yanukovych government in 2014, which he sees as part of a broader strategy to assert U.S. dominance. Sachs argues that the media has misrepresented the nature of the conflict, framing it as a Russian threat to Europe without acknowledging the U.S.'s role in escalating tensions. He suggests that understanding this complex history is crucial for grasping the future of the conflict and the implications of U.S. foreign policy.

The escalating conflict in Ukraine, particularly with the involvement of North Korean troops and the ongoing military advances by Russia. The speaker predicts that Russia is gaining ground, with significant daily casualties on the Ukrainian side. They criticize the Western media and U.S. government's narrative, arguing that hardliners are pushing for aggressive actions against Russia, which could lead to a nuclear escalation. The speaker emphasizes that NATO's expansion is perceived as a direct threat to Russia's national security and suggests that the U.S. needs to reassess its military involvement in Ukraine to end the conflict. They express skepticism about whether the U.S. government will acknowledge its mistakes, contrasting views from political figures like Trump and Vance, who advocate for ending the war, with those like Harris, who maintain a more aggressive stance. The segment concludes by highlighting Trump's campaign promise to seek peace in Europe and resolve the conflict before his potential inauguration.

Donald Trump's proposals regarding a potential resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. One key proposal includes creating an 800-mile demilitarized zone as a buffer between the two countries and a 20-year guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO. Professor Sachs argues that NATO expansion has been a primary cause of the war, and if Trump can distance himself from pro-war neoconservatives, there could be a chance for peace in Europe. The video also transitions to the investing segment, highlighting the impact of geopolitical changes on global markets.

Professor Jeffrey Sachs (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Jeffrey%20Sachs)'s analysis of the Ukraine conflict frames it as a consequence of longstanding U.S. foreign policy decisions aimed at expanding NATO's influence in Eastern Europe, which he argues has directly contributed to the current hostilities with Russia. Here's a breakdown of his perspective:

Historical Context and U.S. Policy:

Post-Cold War Promises: Sachs points out that during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there were informal assurances given to Soviet leaders that NATO would not expand eastward. However, the U.S. began planning for NATO enlargement soon after, which Sachs views as a betrayal of these promises and a strategic move to contain Russia.
Yanukovych Ouster: The 2014 overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, according to Sachs, was influenced by U.S. policy, seeing it as an attempt to pivot Ukraine towards the West, away from Russian influence, which escalated tensions.

Narrative and Media Representation:

Sachs criticizes the Western media for presenting a narrative that largely portrays Russia as the aggressor without sufficient acknowledgment of NATO's provocations. This portrayal, he argues, oversimplifies the conflict and omits critical historical context that shaped Russian responses.

Current Conflict Dynamics:

Military Advances: Sachs notes the involvement of North Korean troops in the conflict, suggesting an escalation and internationalization of the war, with Russia making military gains. He highlights the high casualty rates on the Ukrainian side, underscoring the severity of the conflict.
Nuclear Risks: There's a concern raised about the potential for nuclear escalation due to the aggressive postures of some NATO hardliners, emphasizing the dangerous trajectory of current U.S. policy towards Russia.

Proposed Solutions and Political Perspectives:

Trump's Proposals: Sachs references Donald Trump's campaign promises which include creating a demilitarized zone between Russia and Ukraine and a commitment to preventing Ukraine's NATO membership for 20 years. This, Sachs suggests, could serve as a pathway to peace if implemented.
Political Divide: There's a noted split in U.S. political attitudes towards the conflict, with some like Trump and potentially J.D. Vance advocating for peace through diplomatic means, contrasted with others like Kamala Harris who might support a more confrontational stance.

Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy:

Sachs calls for a reassessment of U.S. military involvement, suggesting that acknowledging past policy errors could pave the way for peace negotiations. He critiques the ongoing policy of NATO expansion as directly provocative to Russian security interests, potentially leading to prolonged conflict.

In summary, Sachs views the Ukraine conflict as deeply rooted in U.S. policy aimed at extending its geopolitical influence at Russia's expense. He advocates for a reevaluation of this strategy, promoting diplomacy over military engagement, and highlights the critical need for understanding the historical grievances to forge a sustainable peace. This perspective challenges the dominant narrative by focusing on U.S. actions as significant contributors to the conflict's escalation.

Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:51

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This is not a good time for there to be no Russian Ambassador in the United States.

Then again, the Biden White House/Blinken State Department ignored Anatoly Antonov while he was here.

He was only one of the most experienced American experts in the Russian Foreign Ministry and the man who negotiated the New START Treaty in 2010.

It’s not like that skill set would be useful in preventing a war today.

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Ravenlocke

18th November 2024, 18:56

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Sweden, Finland urge residents to be ready for war

Sweden on Monday began sending millions of pamphlets advising residents how to prepare for possible war and Finland launched a new website, as Ukraine fights the grinding three-year Russian invasion.

The Nordic neighbours have dropped decades of military non-alignment to join the US-led defence alliance NATO in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

“The security situation is serious and we all need to strengthen our resilience to face various crises and ultimately war,” said Mikael Frisell, the director of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) which sent out the brochures.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Stockholm has repeatedly urged Swedes to prepare both mentally and logistically for the possibility of an armed conflict.

After the end of the Cold War, the country drastically slashed its defence spending as it focused its military efforts on international peacekeeping missions.

But it reversed course following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Since then, Stockholm has reintroduced limited conscription, massively increased defence spending and reopened a garrison on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland.

It subsequently strengthened bomb shelters, shored up drinking water supplies and transport infrastructure, appointed a minister of civil defence and established a Psychological Defence Agency aimed at combatting disinformation.

The 32-page booklet “If Crisis or War Comes”, which started being distributed from Monday, contains information about how to prepare for war, natural disasters and cyber or terror attacks.

Sent to 5.2 million households over the next two weeks, it is an updated version of a pamphlet that Sweden has issued five times since World War II.

The new version doesn’t mention Russia, Ukraine or other country by name.

– ‘Could be war’ –

Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin made waves in January when he warned “there could be war in Sweden”.

Sweden’s then army chief Micael Byden also alarmed many when he days later said “Swedes have to mentally prepare for war”.

Sweden has not gone to war in more than two centuries.

The new pamphlet says: “Military threat levels are increasing. We must be prepared for the worst-case scenario — an armed attack on Sweden”.

The tips include stocking up non-perishable food and water, keeping cash on hand and growing fruit and vegetables in gardens.

The previous version from 2018 was the first time the pamphlet had been sent out since 1961 at the height of the Cold War.

MSB said the updated version had a stronger focus on preparing for war than in 2018.

The brochure is available in print in both Swedish and English and digital versions are available in several other languages — including Arabic, Farsi, Ukrainian, Polish, Somali and Finnish.

Meanwhile, in a separate move, the government in Finland launched a website gathering information on preparedness for different crises.

Finland shares a 1,340-kilometre (830-mile) border with Russia and Helsinki has maintained a higher level of preparedness.

But after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Helsinki announced plans to build a 200-kilometre border fence with Russia.

Three metres (10 feet) tall and topped with barbed wire, it is due to be completed by 2026.

The country last year closed its eight border crossings with Russia, following an influx of migrants which Helsinki claimed was a hybrid attack orchestrated by Moscow.