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Ukraine planned to attack Russian forces in Syria: Pentagon leaks
Ukrainian military intelligence developed plans to conduct covert attacks on Russian forces in Syria, allegedly using secret Kurdish help to avoid implicating the Ukrainian government. Details of the plans, which were halted in December by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, come from a leaked top-secret US intelligence document, the Washington Post reported on 20 April.
The Washington Post claims it obtained the document from a cache of intelligence material allegedly leaked to a Discord chatroom by Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
In 2015, the Russian military intervened in Syria to prevent Damascus from falling to Western and Gulf-backed extremist groups including ISIS and the Nusra Front.
Russian forces have remained in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government since that time.
Attacks on Russian forces in Syria “might raise the threat level to the point where the Russians would need to call in reinforcements,” which could force Russia to divert resources from the war in Ukraine, noted Aron Lund, a Syria expert from the Century International think tank.
The document considered possible targets including Latakia’s Bassel al-Assad Airport, which shares facilities with Russia’s Hmeimim Air Base (Hmeimim was the target of a UAV drone attack in 2018), Russia’s naval base in Tartus, or oil and gas infrastructure near Palmyra in Syria’s east and defended by the Wagner Group, a private military company integrated within the Russian military.
According to the document, Ukraine considered training operatives of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to strike Russian targets and conduct “unspecified ‘direct action’ activities along with UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] attacks,” the Washington Post noted.
The SDF was created in 2015, when the US military partnered with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) to conquer areas then controlled by ISIS in Deir Ezzor and Raqqa, including Syria’s most important energy and grain producing regions.
The Washington Post noted further that, “As planning occurred last fall, the SDF sought training, air defense systems and a guarantee that its role would be kept secret in exchange for supporting Ukrainian operations. The leadership of the SDF also forbade strikes on Russian positions in Kurdish areas, the document says.”
However, SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami rejected the allegations. “The documents that you are talking about regarding our forces are not real; our forces have never been a side in the Russian-Ukrainian war,” Shami said.
The Washington Post report comes one day after Syrian Kurdish leaders expressed their readiness to meet with the Syrian government, with the aim of reaching a solution to the crisis in the country. The Kurdish offer came in the context of Saudi Arabia’s recent efforts at reconciliation with Syria.
In an interview with Al-Arabiya, prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham recently stated that any deal between Saudi Arabia and President Bashar al-Assad’s government would “jeopardize the American presence in northeastern Syria” and would be “met with resistance.”
The leaked document indicates that Turkiye provided input into the planning, stating that Turkish officials “sought to avoid potential blowback” and suggested that Ukraine launch its attacks from Kurdish areas in the northeast, instead of from areas controlled by Turkish-backed militias in the north and northwest including the Syrian National Army (SNA) and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front).
Turkiye views the SDF as an enemy and considers its core military element, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) as a terrorist organization due to its links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought an insurgency against the Turkish government intermittently for decades.
Aron Lund said that Ukraine’s plans represented a “high-risk project for the SDF,” which needs to maintain a good working relationship with Russia. “For the SDF to agree to something like this – it seems like a real gamble,” Lund added.
The Washington Post notes as well that “The Syrian battlefield ‘provides deniability options’ to Ukraine, the document states, because it could attack Russian positions previously struck by Syrian rebels, launch attacks from rebel or even regime-held areas, and attribute attacks to ‘front, defunct or active nonstate groups.’”
ISIS is one of the nonstate groups still active in Syria and has carried out numerous attacks against Syrian civilians and security forces in the east of the country in recent months.
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MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE 20 APR, 09:24
Russian forces destroy about 500 Ukrainian troops, mercenaries in Donetsk advance
It is specified that over 60 Ukrainian personnel, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery gun and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the Krasny Liman area in the past 24 hours
MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed roughly 500 Ukrainian troops and mercenaries in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Thursday.
"The enemy’s losses in that direction in the past 24 hours amounted to 470 Ukrainian personnel and mercenaries, three tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, six armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles, a Grad multiple rocket launcher, and also a Msta-B howitzer," the spokesman said.
In the area of the settlement of Vodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 72nd mechanized brigade was obliterated, the general added.
Russian assault teams keep destroying Ukrainian troops in western Artyomovsk
Russian assault teams continue actively destroying enemy forces in the western part of Artyomovsk, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Donetsk direction, assault teams continued active operations to destroy the enemy in the western part of the city of Artyomovsk," the spokesman said.
Airborne Force units and artillery of the southern battlegroup provided support to the assault teams and thwarted the enemy’s attempts to counter-attack on the flanks and redeploy reserves, the general added.
"During the last 24-hour period, operational/tactical aircraft flew 10 sorties to support the operations of the assault teams. Artillery of the southern battlegroup accomplished 64 firing objectives," Konashenkov reported.
In addition, the strikes inflicted damage on the Ukrainian army units in the area of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Krasnoye and Stupochki in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the spokesman said.
Russian forces neutralize three Ukrainian subversive groups in Kupyansk area
Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units in the Kupyansk area and neutralized three enemy subversive groups over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kupyansk direction, assault and army aviation aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup delivered strikes against enemy units. The activity of three Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups was thwarted," the spokesman said.
The enemy lost "as many as 50 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks" in that area in the past 24 hours, the general specified.
Russian forces eliminate over 60 Ukrainian troops, two tanks in Krasny Liman area
Russian combat aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems destroyed over 60 Ukrainian troops and two tanks in the Krasny Liman area in the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Krasny Liman direction, aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems from the battlegroup Center struck the enemy units near the settlements of Yampol, Seversk Maliy and Serebryanka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
Over 60 Ukrainian personnel, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery gun and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in that area in the past 24 hours, the general specified.
Russian forces strike Ukrainian army’s headquarters in DPR
Russian forces struck the joint headquarters of the Ukrainian combat group Bakhmut near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka, the joint headquarters of the Ukrainian army’s combat group Bakhmut was struck. In addition, in areas near the settlements of Terny and Tonenkoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, three command/observation posts of the battalions from the Ukrainian army’s 25th air assault and 116th territorial defense brigades were struck," the spokesman said.
During the last 24-hour period, operational/tactical and army aviation aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 86 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 127 areas, the general added.
Russian forces destroy 30 Ukrainian troops in southern Donetsk, Zaporozhye areas
Russian forces destroyed about 30 Ukrainian troops in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aircraft and artillery of the battlegroup East struck the Ukrainian army units in areas near the settlements of Ugledar, Velikaya Novosyolka and Shevchenko in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the spokesman specified.
"As many as 30 Ukrainian troops, an armored combat vehicle, and also a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in those directions in the past 24 hours," the general reported.
Russian forces neutralize Ukrainian saboteurs in southern Donetsk, Zaporozhye areas
Russian forces neutralized two Ukrainian subversive groups in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the activity of two Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups was thwarted near the settlements of Pavlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Malinovka in the Zaporozhye Region," the spokesman said.
Russian forces eliminate over 15 Ukrainian troops, US-made M777 howitzer in Kherson area
Russian forces eliminated over 15 Ukrainian troops and a US-made M777 artillery system in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kherson direction, over 15 Ukrainian personnel, two motor vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, and also two Msta-B howitzers were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of damage inflicted by firepower," the spokesman said.
Russian air defenses down three Ukrainian combat drones in past day
Russian air defense forces shot down three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Vladimirovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kremennaya and Kuzemovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 411 Ukrainian warplanes, 228 helicopters, 3,779 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 surface-to-air missile systems, 8,757 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,090 multiple rocket launchers, 4,626 field artillery guns and mortars and 9,631 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.
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I'd not buy this to be honest.
Fairly typical IC decoy going on here. The information from DD has been pretty solid all the way through. Classic IC tactic and also using that Finnish *'Pekka' nut job to sprinkle some doubt flakes on the breakfast of the foolish.
Don't panic - no need; chill coffee or whatever constitutes sustenance. DD is a friend :flower:
No deletion necessary :bearhug:
(*Pekka is an asset)
UPDATE: I've been watching this reasonably closely the last few days. There's clearly a campaign going on to smear DD, very obvious to anyone following the Pekka nonsense, and that DD 'trended' recently.
Hopefully she'll be okay, that's a concern, but I'm hopeful she will. :flower:
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NAFO bullying exposed
I’m responding to an attempted character assassination by NAFO troll
@P_Kallioniemi
who prides himself with having attacked over 150 “pro-Russian actors and propagandists.”
His problem is that he picked the wrong guy for his cyber bullying.
Who is Pekka? A research fellow at Tampere University in Finland and a self-proclaimed disinformation expert. Ironic because most of the claims in his attack against me are false. I’m tagging the Dean of Tampere University
@SaariJuho
to make him aware of Pekka’s NAFO bullying.
First of all I’m in good company because some of the people Pekka has bullied on Twitter are
@ggreenwald
,
@mtaibbi
,
@rustyrockets
&
@jimmy_dore
. None are “Russian propagandists” or “grifters looking to make some easy money” as Pekka claims. They are truth-tellers, like myself.
False claim 1: Kim was deported from Thailand to Germany.
Truth: I was never deported from Thailand. I left voluntarily.
False claim 2: Kim was sentenced to jail and fled to Hong Kong to avoid prison.
Truth: I wasn’t sentenced to jail and I didn’t have to flee to avoid prison.
False claim 3: Most of Kim’s assets were released duo to poorly made warrants.
Truth: New Zealand courts released assets for my legal fees and living expenses, not because of poor warrants. Read about the political and corrupt US Govt case against me: http://Kim.com/whitepaper.pdf
False claim 4: Kim is driven by his hatred for the West and US.
Truth: I don’t hate the West nor the US. I love my fellow Europeans and have nothing against Americans. I stand up against corrupt politicians who are responsible for the US proxy war in Ukraine and risking WW3.
False claim 5: He’s a fan of Donald Trump.
Truth: I tweeted that Trump is a narcissist and egomaniac, that he failed to deliver on his election promises, made terrible appointments and that Americans have only bad options in a Presidential election between Biden and Trump.
False claim 6: Dotcom claimed that he worked with Seth Rich.
Truth: Seth Rich contacted me and offered information about the DNC. I rejected receiving the data personally and forwarded him to someone close to Wikileaks. That’s how Wikileaks got the DNC and Hillary Clinton leaks.
False claim 7: The (DNC) hack and leak operation was conducted by Russian intelligence.
Truth: A forensic analysis of the leaked DNC data by former US intelligence officials proved that it wasn’t remotely transferred. The meta data shows that the files were transferred locally.
False claim 8: Kim called NAFO a CIA botnet offering little real evidence.
Truth: Use Twitter advanced search to see my tweet history about NAFO and find a mountain of evidence that they are a joint US/UA Govt propaganda psyop attacking and bullying pro-peace voices on Twitter.
False claim 9: NAFO debunked that Ukrainian General Zaluzhnyi is a Nazi sympathizer.
Truth: The Internet has many photos of Zaluzhnyi posing with Bandera posters, Nazi insignia and members of the AZOV Battalion. NAFO was founded by a Nazi. His tweets against Jews were exposed.
False claim 10: Dotcom is nothing but a propagandist. He will not engage in any conversation and he definitely won’t listen to any disagreeing voices.
Truth: Here’s a Twitter space I did with “disagreeing voices”. Listen and judge for yourself what Pekka’s NAFO friends are like. https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status...194412032?s=20
False claim 11: Dotcom was granted citizenship in New Zealand after investing $10 million US dollars in the country.
Truth: I was never granted citizenship in New Zealand.
False claim 12: Kim’s tweets are full of conspiracy theories, baseless claims and outright lies.
Truth: Pekka is spreading disinformation. He’s a dishonest NAFO keyboard warrior who engages in online bullying and slander, putting the good name of Tampere University in jeopardy.
Read Pekka’s thread here:
https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status...74074732154880
https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status...74090183954432
https://twitter.com/mdfzeh/status/1649665331302998017
https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status...21491154673665
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https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status...02309017239560
Road Cut and Encircled, Kiev Complains on Weapons; China Rejects Yellen, US-China Ties Worsen
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An update from Juan Sinmiedo's Telegram channel:
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🚀 On the attempted Strike by the AFU on #Kerch with the Grom-2 Tactical Missile System⚡️
🗓 Today around 08:30 (22 Apr 2023), Ukrainian formations attempted another strike on the Crimean peninsula from the Grom-2 operational and tactical missile system.
The missile was shot down over the waters of the Sea of Azov near #Kerch by RF Armed Forces' 3rd Squadron anti-aircraft gunners of the 18th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. There were no fatalities or injuries, the shrapnel fell into the water.
In contrast to two previous attempts of 👉 strikes (https://t.me/sitreports/6909) in #Gvardeyskoye and #Feodosiya from the #Odessa region, the AFU changed its positioning area for the Grom-2 missile launches. This time the launch was conducted from the vicinity of #Zaporozhye and the distance was about 290 km.
Meanwhile, last night Ukrainian formations attempted to hit #Armyansk in the north of the peninsula from the "Alder" multiple rocket launcher system at a distance of about 100 km. All the shells were shot down by air defence crews.
📌 The Intensity of the Shelling remains the same at the moment. However, the relocation of the Grom-2 missile system to #Zaporozhye indicates that the testing of the battery of four complexes at #Tuzla in #Odessa region has been completed and the missiles have been brought into service.
The new positioning area in #Zaporozhye makes it possible to expand the geography of tactical missile use not only in #Crimea and near the Kerch Bridge, but also in the south of #Zaporozhye region and in the DPR. In addition, the redeployment of tactical missiles fully correlates with the preparation of the AFU for an offensive.
High Resolution: 🇬🇧 MAP (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2023/...6d5fea3a.jpg); 🇷🇺 MAP
(https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2023/....jpg)📜 RYBAR (https://t.me/rybar/46135); 22 Apr 2023, 13:48
Source: https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/24070
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I'd just watched the latest Redacted video with Clayton laying out the highly significant developments in Ukraine and came to see if it was on the thread and it was - thanks Ravenlocke - see above post -
I'll put the YT link anyway....if this is all correct and it almost certainly is - it's mega -
Dozens of high ranking NATO and Ukraine Army officers targeted and killed as a response to provocation with the terrorist attack in Russia where a 10 year old boy died... a Russian missile/missiles hit a deep underground command centre bunker in Kiev -
Clayton remarks that NATO is finished as an organization and they are looking for an exit strategy - that the Pentagon document leak was to help create the exit - that the banks are keen to step in and begin reconstruction - then.............the focus will be on China.......
Clayton said Russia used a missile that is unstoppable - and the choice NATO has is to escalate or find a way to exit...
It's over and NATO is finished | Redacted with Clayton Morris(16:41)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXt3heeqAuk
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Thanks Jaybee for the YT link, and the summary of the video. I was listening to Clayton and forgot to put link so thanks so much!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Also that part about the ten year old boy, that was the attack in Bryansk, I think that’s the boy that was shot in the chest saving the girls and he was awarded the hero medal by Putin. We didn’t hear much about the attack but even Scott Ritter said it was a provocation against Russia, since the attack took place on Russian soil. And Russia did retaliate heavily.
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