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Judge Napolitano with Scott Ritter,
Russia Targets Kyiv with More Drones - Scott Ritter
This is truth
https://rumble.com/v2026vi-viktor-bo...-the-amer.html
Source: https://www.rumble.com/video/v1xg1yy
Early on in the operation, the SDF halted all joint operations with the U.S.-led coalition to protest repeated Turkish strikes and threats of a new ground invasion. However, the halt ended in less than two weeks.
The U.S. has condemned the recent bombing in Istanbul, and stressed support for Turkey, a key NATO member. However, it appears to be that Washington favors its Kurdish allies over Ankara when it comes to Syria. This will likely push the Turkish government towards more cooperation with Russia, and possibly the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Sounds complicated.
Let's see if I have these other articles straight. Czech and Italy are glad to produce weapons endlessly, because we need you to work in our foundries.
The UK and Germany have more or less confessed that their previous official statements were nothing but a pack of lies. They have never done anything but Nazify and militarize Ukraine, because that is all they know how to do, since they are culturally indoctrinated to hand the soul over to Satan.
It is mostly Poles and Georgians who paid the ultimate price for that.
Hrm. I guess you could call it racism. Pretty close. There sure isn't any shortage of the stuff. But I have to read the news to get this weird white peoples' version. The kind I usually see is black and Latino. Don't be concerned about their ability to participate, they hate each other too! Sometimes they hate me! What fun. Just think, no matter who you are, there are probably millions of people out there who would love to kill you for no additional reason.
At some point, though, it does become difficult to send more troops on suicide missions, because they have the ability to revolt. It is difficult to vote a Nazi government out of office, but you can shoot them. Then at least you have a kind of non-racist hatred for an actual reason.
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/u...mpossible-task
US Mulls More Troops Inside Ukraine To Track Arms As Leaked Cable Admits "Impossible" Task
The Biden administration is mulling stepping up the US troop presence inside Ukraine as part of a program to attempt to track the billions of dollars in weaponry being handed out to its forces. However, some critics are already pointing out the obvious: "This is classic mission creep," a former US official has warned, following the examples of endless 'war on terror' conflicts-turned-quagmires such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria.
NBC News cited three US defense officials this week who indicated that sending a small number of additional troops to assist existing attempts to establish an arms-tracking oversight program inside Ukraine is being seriously discussed, coming at a time the White House is facing increased Congressional scrutiny over lack of accountability, particularly as Republicans are set to take over in the House next year.
"The Pentagon has a couple of dozen U.S. troops in Ukraine, including a very small number already assigned to making sure weapons reach their intended recipients," NBC reported. "Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other military leaders want to enhance the accountability mission and make sure there are experts in country to help Ukraine use critical weapons systems, including air defense and counter-drone systems."
It was first revealed in October that the Pentagon does in fact have "boots on the ground" beyond personnel safeguarding the embassy, in order to conduct "onsite" weapons inspections of US-provided stockpiles.
This reportedly includes locations outside the relative 'safety' of the capital, where US troops scan bar codes and look at serial numbers of US-supplied weapons shipments, but not yet in the vicinity of the front lines.
On Wednesday Politico revealed the contents of a "sensitive but unclassified" internal US government diplomatic cable which admitted the near impossibility of adequately overseeing weaponry once it enters the country:
The Biden administration also plans to tap a still-unnamed U.S. firm by February to implement a special three-year initiative to help the oversight effort, according to the "sensitive but unclassified" document.
And then there's this blunt acknowledgement from the 'sensitive' document [emphasis ours]:
The cable, signed by U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink, is a snapshot in time. But it underscores how crises like the Ukraine war — such as U.S. experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq — inevitably turn into hugely expensive undertakings that are hard to track precisely because of the chaos on the ground, often in countries with histories of corruption.
The 9-page cable itself states outright that "Above all, kinetic activity and active combat between Ukrainian and Russian forces create an environment in which standard verification measures are sometimes impracticable or impossible."
Revelation of the cable caused the State Department to issue a statement assuring that "The U.S. Embassy is open and remains fully engaged on oversight of U.S. assistance, despite Russia’s relentless attacks" - and additionally that "The United States takes very seriously our responsibility to ensure appropriate oversight of all U.S. assistance."
Yet this is unlikely to blunt the growing Republican calls for more oversight led by Rep. Kevin McCarthy who has repeatedly denounced Biden's "blank check" approach to Ukraine, as Politico continues of the diplomatic cable:
There are, for instance, severe limits on the number of American officials in the field and a number of security constraints on their movements. It’s also hard to find contractors willing to work in high-risk regions or set up in-person meetings with government officials, civil society leaders and others receiving the aid, the document states.
Less than two months ago, Finland was among the first European countries to document the spread of West-supplied weaponry outside of Ukraine's borders and into the hands of criminal elements, as we detailed previously.
"Weapons shipped [by various countries] to Ukraine have also been found in Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands," Finland's federal National Bureau of Investigation chief Christer Ahlgren was recently quoted by national broadcaster Yle as saying.
Russia has already long warned it will attack foreign weapons shipments, transport convoys, and warehouses found in Ukraine... but how long before Russian forces target American military inspectors on the ground behind the front lines? The longer the grinding conflict drags on, the greater potential for such a disastrous scenario, whether intentional or not.
Brilliant.Quote:
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What is left to us, is to smile to the executioner saying “I told you so!”
Official Admit: British Commandos Are Fighting In Ukraine - Russian Commander: Next Escalation Will Be Nuclear - Filling Silos With ICBMs YARS
Posted By: GeorgeEaton
Date: Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 21:16:04
12/14/22
By WarNews24/7
Translated from Greek
The Russians are preparing the nuclear arsenal
For the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine, there is an official admission of British special forces involvement. Britain's Royal Marines have taken part in "high risk" covert operations in Ukraine, the country's General has revealed for the first time.
According to the Russians, British forces are present in every armed formation in Ukraine. The British plan and direct deep strikes deep into Russian supply lines. They are the ones who select targets and direct the MLRS HIMARS missiles.
Britain's national newspaper The Times reports that Royal Marines took part in "discreet operations" on Ukrainian soil lasting several months, it said
The article quotes statements by Major General Robert Magowan in the British Armed Forces Gazette. Magowan is a former Commandant of the Royal Marines, having joined the elite Royal Navy unit in 1989.
The lieutenant general in his introduction states that:
“(…) the commandos had supported discreet operations in a highly sensitive environment. Our operations involved high political and military risk.”
British special forces in Ukraine
Regarding the details of Magowan's statement, the Times article states:
"In the Globe and Laurel, the official publication of the Royal Marines, it described how 350 marines from 45 Command escorted diplomats from the British embassy in Kyiv (in Poland) earlier this year when it became clear that Russian troops were preparing to invasion. Commandos returned to Kyiv in April to protect the embassy as Britain sought to restore its diplomatic presence there.
Prior to this statement, information about the presence of American and British troops (not just mercenaries) was strongly dismissed as untrue by the majority of the media. Russian President Vladimir Putin has described events in Ukraine as a conflict between Russia and "the entire Western military apparatus" and claimed in September that entire military units in Ukraine were "de facto under the command of Western advisers."
Putin's estimates were rejected. "There is no evidence of the involvement of NATO ground forces in Ukraine ," Edward Arnold from the London-based think tank Royal United Services Institute told the BBC and added:
“There are also no NATO commanders directing Ukrainian units on the battlefield. It is also highly unlikely that this will happen in the future as NATO tries to mitigate the risks of escalation.”
Magowan refutes him in the Globe and Laurel:
“In January this year, 45 Commando Group moved at short notice – in the middle of the dark winter of northern Norway – to evacuate the British Embassy in Kyiv, Poland. The International Response Force 999, if you will. Then, in April, they returned to the country to restore the diplomatic mission and protect key personnel.
In both phases, the Commandos also supported other discreet operations in a highly sensitive and high civil and military risk environment."
The aforementioned 45th Command, based at the RM Condor base in Arbroath, Scotland on the North Sea coast, "specializes in Arctic warfare ," according to the Times. The Times article explains that earlier in the year the commando unit "took part in exercises in Norway when it was briefly transferred to Poland to help with the evacuation while training in the frozen mountains and fjords above the Arctic Circle."
Magovan also confirmed support for the training of Ukrainian soldiers, praising "the role of the marines in training the armed forces of Kiev."
The general wrote:
“In addition to broader defense, we have been heavily involved in training hundreds of Ukrainian servicemen this summer. We also plan to train Ukrainian marines.”
It is the first time the military has admitted that British forces were also involved in special operations while in Ukraine.
Remember in the video the presence of American soldiers in Ukraine: At source
First armed conflict between Russian and American forces in Bakhmut - Americans fall into an ambush & retreat - The 5 dramatic minutes
Russian Commander: The next escalation will be nuclear!
Russia is unable to "defeat the NATO bloc" without using nuclear weapons, a Russian commander has admitted.
Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of Russian forces in Donetsk, stressed that Russia is fighting against the entire Western world, so the next escalation of the war in Ukraine " can only be one: nuclear".
"We know our capabilities. We realize the limits of our resources.
If NATO countries exceed certain limits, eg dispatch of Leopard tanks. They are very close to crossing the red line.
Everyone realizes that the next escalation will be nuclear.
We do not have the capabilities to defeat the NATO bloc by conventional means. But we have the nuclear weapons for that.
That's why there is only one option ," said Mr. Khodakovsky.
YARS in silos – Operational mode
The Kremlin has not commented on these statements of the Russian commander, but a development shows that Moscow is intensively preparing for such a moment.
Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been siloed at the Kozelsk formation in central Russia's Kaluga region, the Russian Defense Ministry announced today, and will now be ready for operational use.
This news was reported by the Russian state news agency TASS, while the Commander of the Strategic Forces Formation stated that this is an extremely positive development, because now the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile can be put into operational operation according to the schedule as planned, thus strengthening the Russian strategic missile forces.
Russian tabloid newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that the Yars missile complex, which was loaded in the Kaluga region, has a power "12 times greater than the American bomb that destroyed Hiroshima" - referring to the atomic weapon that fell on the Japanese city on August 6. 1945.
The mass-circulation newspaper report outlined some of the missile's specifications, which include a launch weight of 46,000 tonnes, an operational range of up to 12,000 kilometers (7,456 miles) that can hit the US or anywhere in Europe, and a payload of up to 500 kilotons .
The RS-24 Yars is an improved version of the earlier Topol-M. Known in the West as SS-29, it was developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering and was first tested in 2007.
Able to prepare for launch in seven minutes, the missile can be launched from a prepared site, a special silo with a sliding roof, or from an unprepared position during battlefield deployment.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that the missile was installed in the silo using a special transport and loading unit in an operation that lasted several hours.
Vadim Vyazovsky, an engineer, said: "I am proud of Russia that my country puts into operation such products that the motherland can sleep peacefully."
Yars was put on display in October during military exercises of Russia's strategic nuclear forces overseen by Vladimir Putin. Igor Korotchenko, then told the Russia-1 channel that it is "very important to show who our main opponent is and what awaits him".
Numerous videos at source:
https://warnews247.gr/proti-episimi-...e-silo-o-yars/
www.rumormill.news/213278
A little bit off topic! But I don't think Su-57s do this. :)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1603466654704406530
Looking at this video, it’s clear to me that the only thing that can could fix the problem with this plane is more money.