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Belarus lost to Slovenia in the vote for a seat in the UN Security Council for 2024-2025
To obtain a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council from the Eastern European Group, the state needed to gain two-thirds of the votes from those participating in the vote, or 128 votes. 38 states voted for Belarus, 153 for Slovenia.
Algeria, Sierra Leone, Republic of Korea, Guyana were also elected to the Security Council for 2024-2025. They entered the council without competition, since their number corresponded to the number of seats from the groups of countries from which they were nominated.
The UN Security Council consists of 5 permanent members (Great Britain, China, Russia, USA and France) and 10 non-permanent members elected for a two-year term from the African, Asian, Eastern European groups of countries, Latin American and Caribbean states, Western European countries and other states.
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Scott Ritter: Kakhovka Dam Attack Designed to Cure West’s ‘Ukraine Fatigue’
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Plant’s dam suffered critical damage Tuesday, with its wall bursting and sending a surge of water downstream, forcing evacuations along both sides of the Dnepr River and threatening to leave Crimea and the Zaporozhye nuclear plant without enough water. Scott Ritter explains Kiev’s motive for targeting the infrastructure.
Russia and Ukraine have each requested emergency United Nations Security Council meetings to discuss Tuesday morning’s attack on the Kakkovka hydroelectric plant, and blamed each other for what they both agreed was an act of terror.
Moscow has spent over a year warning the world about attacks on the plant and its environs, including civilian infrastructure in the town of Novaya Kazkovka, where the dam is situated, using tactical ballistic missiles and its NATO-sourced HIMARS rocket artillery.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday that Kiev targeted the dam to allow it to transfer forces near the border with the Russian-held part of Kherson to other fronts. As evidence, he cited the construction of defensive emplacements in the area.
Former UN weapons inspector and US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter says there’s another compelling reason: a bid to attract fresh sympathy for Kiev from the West and cure the United States and its allies of growing “Ukraine fatigue” against the backdrop of Kiev’s failing counteroffensive, and the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius next month.
“The objective here is to create a source of international controversy,” Ritter told Sputnik. “The United States and Europe – the collective West, have shown a propensity to accept at face value anything the Ukrainian government says regarding allegations against Russia even though there’s no evidence to back it up. We saw this back in April of 2022 when Ukraine created the Bucha Massacre controversy, accusing Russian forces of slaughtering unarmed Ukrainian civilians in the Bucha suburb of Kiev. This was done in order to get the West to move away from the potential of a negotiated settlement between Ukraine and Russia that was about to be consummated in Istanbul on April 1.”
Ritter explained that if all that Kiev “can deliver [at the Vilnius] summit is yet another Ukrainian defeat with little hope of NATO being able to reverse this defeat,” the situation would threaten to become “dire” for the Zelensky regime as far as Western support is concerned.
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“So what Ukraine is seeking to do through the destruction of the Kahkovka dam is to create a new controversy, a new outrage, around which they hope to rally international support for their cause, allowing the conflict to continue by rekindling a desire upon the West to continue to fund Ukraine both fiscally and to provide the tens of billions of dollars that would be necessary to rebuild the Ukrainian army after this current counteroffensive fails,” he said.
But Ritter isn’t sure that the ploy will work this time around, saying there appears to be “wide recognition around the world that the principle culprit in this is Ukraine.”
Why Not Russia?
The former UN weapons inspector also offered a compelling reason as to why Russia could not have destroyed the Kakhovka dam, despite claims to the contrary by the Ukrainian government and Western governments and media.
“Russia’s been warning about the intent of the Ukrainian government to destroy the Kakhovka dam for some time now,” Ritter recalled. “Back in October of last year, Russia sent a message to the Security Council of the United Nations saying that the Ukrainian government was threatening to destroy this dam and that the consequences of that would be grave. It appears that the Ukrainian government has indeed accomplished this mission. Of course the Ukrainian government is quick to blame Russia, saying that it’s the Russians who destroyed this. But the forensic evidence in terms of the ongoing artillery attacks against the structure by the Ukrainian military makes it clear that Ukraine is responsible.”
Ultimately, Ritter said, there’s “no amount of propaganda, no amount of falsification of data” that will allow Kiev “to sustain the notion that Russia did this. Ukraine committed an act of terrorism against its own civilian population, against Russia, and indeed against every nation in the Black Sea through the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. The question now is, what is the world going to do about it?”
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Zelensky Tells Papal Envoy Only Ukraine's Peace Plan is Acceptable
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday told the papal envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, that Ukraine would not consider peace plans other than the one he outlined in November.
"We welcome the readiness of other states and partners to find ways to peace, but as the war continues on the territory of Ukraine, the algorithm for achieving peace can be Ukrainian only," Zelesnky said during a meeting in Kiev.
The president emphasized that a ceasefire would not lead to peace because it would only freeze the conflict with Russia.
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Zelensky and Zuppi discussed ways of getting the Global South behind Ukraine's 10-point "peace formula," which includes an all-for-all prisoner swap, security guarantees for Ukraine and a return to pre-2014 borders.
Russia said it was open to peace negotiations as long as Ukraine recognized the facts on the ground. Ukraine’s Western donors have been calling for peace talks despite Kiev banning its officials from engaging the Russians.
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Kiev’s offensive fails; what’s behind Kakhovka dam strike — details from Shoigu
According to the Russian defense minister, Kiev, in a move of desperation, decided to redeploy forces from Kherson and staged a diversionary terrorist attack against the Kakhovka dam
MOSCOW, June 6. /TASS/. The Russian military has in recent days repelled all of Ukraine’s attempts to launch its "long-promised offensive," Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday.
The way he sees it, Kiev, in a move of desperation, decided to redeploy forces from Kherson and staged a diversionary terrorist attack against the Kakhovka dam. TASS has summarized Shoigu’s perspective on the situation.
Ukrainian offensive fails
On June 4, two Ukrainian mechanized brigades tried to advance in five directions, but "the enemy did not succeed in any of them" and "sustained significant losses:" 300 men, 16 tanks and 26 armored fighting vehicles, and 14 trucks.
On June 5, Kiev put five brigades into action in seven directions, but was stopped and sustained even heavier losses: more than 1,600 men and 28 tanks, including eight Leopard tanks and three AMX-10 wheeled tanks, as well as 136 other pieces of combat equipment, mostly of foreign make.
"The enemy did not achieve its objectives and suffered significant and incomparable losses."
Russian troops displayed courage and heroism in repelling the Ukrainian offensive: "The units of the 433rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 127th Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 37th and 60th mechanized infantry brigades distinguished themselves in combat, showing great stamina and fortitude."
Losses on both sides
During the three days of combat operations in all directions Ukraine lost up to 3,715 men, 52 tanks and 207 armored combat vehicles, 134 trucks, 48 field artillery guns, as well as five aircraft, two helicopters and 53 drones.
Russia’s losses were immeasurably smaller: "Altogether 71 servicemen of the combined group of forces were killed and 210 others wounded while repulsing the enemy offensive. Fifteen tanks, nine infantry fighting vehicles, two trucks and nine guns were taken out."
Kakhovka HPP dam burst
The responsibility for the bombing of the Kakhovka HPP lies with the Ukrainian authorities, who decided to redeploy reinforcements from Kherson: "Having been unsuccessful in its offensive actions, in order to strengthen its potential, the enemy intends to transfer units and equipment from Kherson to the area of its offensive actions, thereby significantly weakening its positions in Kherson."
Ukrainian forces on the right bank of the Dnieper have taken defensive positions. The strike against the hydroelectric plant’s dam is intended to prevent "offensive operations by the Russian army" in this area.
The terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP will have "long-term environmental consequences." As more and more water is released from the Dnepropetrovsk HPP, this will bring about "even greater flooding of territories. The latter fact is evidence of "a large-scale act of sabotage planned in advance by the Kiev regime.".
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Must have missed something as I thought it was the USA who took out the pipeline . . .
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Ex-Pentagon Analyst: Kiev's Terror Attack on Kakhovka Dam May Disrupt Western Support
The destruction of Novaya Kakhovka dam by the Ukrainian military poses a danger to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and might become the tipping point for consolidated US political and military support for Kiev, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.
"It was shocking to see the video of the damaged dam, and more shocking to realize not just the potential for downstream damage to people but the damage that may have been done to water supplies needed to cool the Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant," retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former analyst for the US Department of Defense, told Sputnik. "Like many Americans, I may have underestimated the Ukrainian leadership's desire to physically harm and destroy the Russian-controlled and populated regions in the east."
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's (HPP) dam was heavily hit on Tuesday morning by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, releasing a huge amount of water down the Dnepr River. The HPP is located five kilometers away from the city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region, which joined Russia along with other territories last year following a series of referendums. The destruction of the dam endangers 14 settlements and 22,000 residents; may create irrigation and water feed problems for Crimea and other southern Russian regions; and poses a risk to the cooling system of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), controlled by Russia.
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Kwiatkowski drew attention to the fact that Kiev's attack on the HPP was preceded by months of the Ukrainian military attacks against the Russian-held Zaporozhye NPP, despite the obvious risk of a nuclear meltdown, impacting the region and beyond.
"Kiev has since has become even more radical, aiming to directly destroy agricultural production, urban populations and industry, transportation, and energy supply," the retired lieutenant colonel said. "The destruction of part of the dam in Kakhovka combines Ukrainian intent in all four of these aims with a single set of strikes."
According to the former Pentagon analyst, "this attack, like other recent actions of Ukraine, have all the characteristics of a terror attack, impacting civilians and civilian life, and not geared towards recovering lost land or assets, but destroying them."
Per Kwiatkowski, the attack on the Kakhovka HPP is the logical continuation of Ukraine's recent terror attacks on Russia's Belgorod region; and increased drone attacks on Russian cities, including Moscow, ahead of the much discussed Ukrainian "counteroffensive."
Kiev Has Record of Terror Attacks on Russia and US Media is Aware of That
Earlier, the Kiev regime resorted to bombing attacks against on the Crimean Bridge, connecting the Russian peninsula and the mainland, Russia’s Saki Air Base on the western coast of Crimea, December 2022 drone strikes against Russian military bases in Ryazan and Engels, and an August 2022 car bomb that killed Daria Dugina, the daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin.
At the time, Washington distanced itself from the attacks, claiming that Kiev is "not always transparent with their American counterparts about their military operations," which "have frustrated US officials," as per US mainstream media reports.
Last month, The Washington Post quoted the so-called Pentagon Leaks indicating that in late January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Ukraine "conduct strikes in Russia" while moving Ukrainian ground troops into its territory to "occupy unspecified Russian border cities." The goal would be "to give Kiev leverage in talks with Moscow."
As per another document, cited by the media, Zelensky "expressed concern" that "Ukraine does not have long-range missiles capable of reaching Russian troop deployments in Russia nor anything with which to attack them"; he then "suggested that Ukraine attack unspecified deployment locations in Rostov," a western Russian city. The US media outlet remarked that the troves "reveal a leader with aggressive instincts that sharply contrast with his public-facing image as the calm and stoic statesman."
Support for Kiev is Already Waning
Meanwhile, the Western mainstream press has jumped at the opportunity to point the finger at Russia once the Kiev regime blamed the destruction of the dam on Moscow. However, according to Kwiatkowski, there is not as much unity within the Pentagon ranks about the perception of what's going on in Ukraine as there was at the beginning of the conflict.
"Increasingly US intelligence is being allowed by the politicians and internationalists to assert what it actually knows, and some of this accurate information is finally being made available to Congress, media and decision-makers," the US military veteran said. "We see this in the aftermath of stories of returning American soldiers (in person or in coffins) from Ukraine, we see it in the recent leaks by Airman Jack Teixeira showing confirmation that the Pentagon understood the public numbers and reports in the US media were false, and that the Pentagon leadership was lying about the statistics and performance of the Ukrainian military and its political leadership."
She suspects that "the US security decision-makers are coming undone, and beginning to finger-point between the Biden appointees and the Pentagon professionals." There is also a group of US lawmakers which is publicly questioning Washington's support for the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, "in an era of tight budgets and economic downturns."
On top of that, Joe Biden's main competitors in the 2024 race, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Robert Kennedy Jr., "oppose the US proxy war in Ukraine," she added.
"I personally doubt that any of the Zelensky defenders and allies in Western capitals believe anything they say at this point, and doubling down on lies (when so much evidence to the contrary exists) is generally a political mistake," Kwiatkowski pointed out.
Destruction of Dam May Become Point of No Return for Kiev
When the dust settles and it is ultimately clear that the dam was destroyed by the Ukrainian military, both US neocons and the Kiev regime will find themselves between a rock and a hard place, according to the retired lieutenant colonel.
"My personal sense is that the US is and has been seeking a way to extricate itself from the insanity of the Kiev-Washington-neocon axis," Kwiatkowski said. "I suspect that Zelensky is very aware of this, as he has been facing serious snubs from erstwhile political allies in several recent international meetings of heads of state, and his best ally Joe Biden is increasingly viewed as feeble and one to fall away from early retirement."
"If the past is an indicator, the US will deny and obfuscate to protect Kiev and Zelensky; but this globally visible and fear-producing horror of a major dam break that kills or harms many innocent people could be enough for the adults left in Washington to see this as an opportunity to put the blame where it must be placed – the same guy who has wasted hundreds of billions of donated weapons, dollars and pounds, and is enriching himself and his cronies in a war that frankly has become almost comedic in its stupidity."
As per Kwiatkowski, the Ukrainian attack on the Kakhovka HPP "might be the tipping point for consolidated US political and military support for Kiev, and also be enough to finally get the European and NATO leaders to start listening to their own people."
"Unity among Western leadership and their populations regarding continued proxy war in Ukraine, against a nuclear armed and globally effective Russia is already waning, and become publicly debatable," the former Pentagon analyst underscored. "The fact and images of the broken dam creates a more widely shared and massive emotional condition in viewers outside of the conflict, that other Ukrainian attacks and actions have not created. While Ukrainian strategists and politicians believe that this emotional global reaction will be in their favor, common sense indicates that Ukraine's military is destroying lost property in a punitive retreat, and without regard for life or international norms."
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US Received Info in 2022 Claiming Ukraine Planned to Attack Nord Stream Pipeline - Reports
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States received information last June from a European intelligence agency about Ukraine's plans to conduct a covert operation to sabotage Russia's Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, which eventually took place in September, an American daily reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper said it agreed to a request from government officials to withhold naming the European country and additional details about the plan in order to avoid compromising sources and operations.
Ukrainian officials did not respond to requests for comment, and the White House and the CIA declined to comment on the matter.
The European spy agency received the intelligence from an individual in Ukraine, and the United States shared it with Germany and other European countries last June as well, the report said.
The report said the details of this matter were allegedly revealed by the Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira on the chat platform Discord.
The plans, according to the report, indicated a six-person team from Ukraine's special operations forces intended to sabotage the Nord Stream pipeline network and would report directly to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Immediately after the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines in September, Western countries denied having any responsibility or knowing who was behind the attack. However, the New York Times reported in March that US officials reviewed new intelligence suggesting that a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the covert operation.
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‼️💥The destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP is a preparation for the offensive of the AFU: destruction benefits the enemy
▪️ It is true that part of the defense line on our - lower Dnieper bank is flooded, as Ukrainian propaganda says, but there is one thing but.
▪️ At the same time the positions and places of concentration of the AFU on their bank are flooded. Once flooded, the enemy will not be able to launch an offensive, not to mention the fact that they themselves are now frantically trying to escape from their positions under Russian fire.
▪️ After some time the water will begin to recede and the soil will dry out, after which the sides will rush to occupy the previously flooded positions, at which point there are risks that the enemy will be faster and try to occupy our side of the shore in some areas.
❗️ There is also preliminary information that the enemy has begun dumping water at the Dnieper hydroelectric power plant upstream of the Dnieper. in this way the enemy is trying to increase the area of flooding.
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🇺🇦💥It looks UkroReich hit section of the ammonia pipeline in Kupyansky district, Kharkov region through which ammonia was transported from Russia to the EU.
The same pipeline that Russia has been trying in vain for many months to launch as part of the grain deal. On June 2, Russia should have announced the suspension of the registration of Ukrainian vessels in ports and demanded the resumption of supplies of ammonia... and after few days they blow up the pipe...
If new videos or photo evidences emerge this information will be updated...
Video is published by Daniel Bezsonov who holds the position of Deputy information Minister in the DPR.
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