WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1795369836471795865

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russian Defense Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

28 May 2024

▫️Units of the Sever Group of Forces continue advancing to the depth of the enemy's defenses.

Units of AFU 42nd mechanised, 57th mechanized infantry, 3rd tank, and 125th territorial defence brigade were hit near Petropavlovka and Liptsy (Kharkov region).

Five counter-attacks of enemy assault groups were repelled close to Volchansk and Staritsa (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 285 Ukrainian troops, three armored fighting vehicles, and six motor vehicles.

In the course of the counter-battery warfare, two 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery systems, one 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer, one 155-mm French-made Caesar howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, four 122-mm Grad BM-21 MLRS and one Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS were eliminated.

▫️The Zapad Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of AFU 57th mechanized, 95th air assault brigades near Kupyansk (Kharkov region) and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).

Three counter-attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 115th mechanized, 31st national guard brigades were repelled near Belogorovka and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer, one 155-mm Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, as well as two 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

▫️The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 54th mechanized, 46th airmobile brigades near Ivano-Daryevka, Krasnogorovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 700 Ukrainian troops, three armored fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one 105-mm U.S.-made M119 gun.

▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation, defeated units of AFU 47th mechanized, 109th territorial defense brigades close to Yevgenovka, Sokol and Karlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Six attacks launched by units of AFU 23rd, 24th, 47th mechanized, 144th infantry, 25th airborne brigades were repelled close to Shumy, Ocheretino, Novoaleksandrovka, Novopokrovskoye, Solovyovo, and Umanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 405 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, to include one Bradley, and six motor vehicles.

In the course of the counter-battery warfare, two 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzers, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer were eliminated.

▫️ Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 58th mechanized infantry and 128th territorial defense brigades near Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 165 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, two Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, and one UK-made FH-70 towed howitzer.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces hit manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th Marine Brigade close to Tyaginka (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 118 areas during the day.

▫️Russian air defense means have shot down one Mig-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 39 unmanned aerial vehicles, one U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missile, seven French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, and one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile.

📊 In total, 604 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,739 unmanned aerial vehicles, 524 air defense missile systems, 16,182 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,322 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,914 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 22,060 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Russian Defense Ministry


https://x.com/dana916/status/1795402422006772150

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"Ukrainians have now attacked a second critical Russian nuclear strategic early warning radar at Orsk.

This radar looks towards the Indian Ocean and has some overlap with the radar fans from the already damaged radar at Armavir.

The initial indicators are that the amount of damage to the Orsk is likely limited, but it cannot be ruled out that the radar is not functioning for the moment due to the attack.

This is a very serious situation.

Unlike the United States, the Russians do not have space-based satellite warning systems that can see ballistic missile attacks globally. This means that the radar coverage lost by the attacks on these radars greatly reduces the warning time against attacks on Moscow from the Mediterranean and Indian oceans.

The Russians have a radar operating in Moscow that can see arriving warheads but they would only begin to see the warheads above the horizon at very short times before impacts.

My estimates (based on real analysis, not bull****) is that the radar early morning time has been reduced from about 15 to 16 minutes to about 10 to 11.

This amount of warning time might quite possibly eliminate the possibility of any deliberation-time on the part of Russian leaders if they were confronted with a decision of whether or not to launch Russian strategic nuclear forces in response to a nuclear attack on Moscow.

Russian political leadership in Moscow would have almost no time to assess the situation if they believed a possible attack from the south was underway.

The extreme time-pressure on Russian leadership could thereby significantly increase the possibilities of a catastrophic nuclear accident.

The fact that Blinken and his national security team have provided a “go ahead” to the Ukrainian government to attack Russian sites outside of Ukraine, means that either Blinken has recklessly told Ukrainians they can engage in such acts that would have a potentially catastrophic consequence for the United States, and the entire planet.

If Blinken is not aware of the danger that is posed by these attacks, he is so incompetent that he should be removed along with his entire team from any position of authority.

If he is aware of this danger, you should also be removed with his entire national security team.

I have extensive personal experiences with people at the White House that indicate to me it is entirely possible that Blinken and his team are not aware of the dangers they are knowingly allowing to occur.

I will not spend time herein describing my personal experiences and observations, but I can do so at any time on any notice. It cannot be ruled out that the White House is completely unaware of the danger.

Please feel free to give me a call at any time if you would like to hear further about my concerns.

I cannot emphasize enough how frightening and dangerous this development is – at least to me, who I think can claim a rather detailed knowledge of the nuclear strike systems of both Russia and United States."

Prof. Theodore A Postol


https://x.com/mazzenilsson/status/1795446545199821022

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NATO members divided on Ukraine's plans to hit Russia with Western weapons

Western powers, who initially supplied Kiev with weapons for defense, now suggest using them to strike deep into Russia.

Who favors such attacks:

▪️Last week, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged the bloc’s members who supplied weapons to Ukraine to stop barring Kiev from using these weapons to attack Russia. - Stoltenberg’s sentiment was recently echoed by Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics who announced that he sees no reason to impose such restrictions on Ukraine.

▪️Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala claimed that Ukraine has the right to use Western weapons to attack Russia, arguing that it is “logical.”

▪️Estonia’s Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said he hopes every country who provided Ukraine with weapons would allow Kiev to attack Russia with this gear.

▪️Dutch Defense Minister Kasja Ollongren said that the situation where Ukraine would strike inside Russia should not even be a matter of discussion.

The opposition:

▪️Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo insists that all military gear his country provides to Ukraine should be used on Ukrainian territory.

▪️Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani also argued that Western armaments provided to Kiev should be used within Ukraine’s boundaries.

Ambiguous:

▪️US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that Kiev “will have to make its own decisions” about conducting attacks beyond Ukraine’s borders, even as the Biden administration officially prohibits the use of US-supplied weapons such as ATACMS missiles for strikes deep into Russian territory.

▪️Austrian Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner said that her country is "militarily neutral according to our constitution".

Moscow warns that Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory using Western-supplied military hardware could lead to direct conflict with NATO.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1795509490260819994

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🇷🇺The constitution says nothing about extending the powers of the Ukrainian president — the parliament remains the only legitimate authority there, Putin has said

Answering a question about the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government, the president said that a deep legal analysis of Zelenskyy's status should be carried out. The Ukrainian constitution provides for the extension of the powers of the Ukrainian parliament for the period of martial law. It does not say anything about the extension of the president's powers.

As the Russian president noted, no presidential election is held during martial law in Ukraine. But this does not mean that his powers are prolonged. Referring to Article 111 of the Ukrainian constitution, Putin said that during martial law in the country, the powers of the supreme power are transferred to the speaker of parliament. The Russian leader thus stated that the Verkhovna Rada and its speaker remained the only legitimate authority in Ukraine.

http://t.me/ukraine_watch

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1795486329616101863

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1795443429154910243

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1795448802746220981

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Putin warns West about consequences of attacking Russia 28 May, 2024

Moscow knows who would be behind long-range “Ukrainian” strikes, the president has said

Kiev's Western backers need to understand that long-range strikes on Russian territory using weaponry they have supplied would represent a conflict escalation that would have “serious consequences,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned.

Speaking to reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Uzbekistan, Putin addressed recent Ukrainian demands for NATO to permit the use of their weapons to attack deep inside Russia as well as comments by the US-led bloc’s head, Jens Stoltenberg, appearing to endorse the tactic

“To be honest, I don’t know what the NATO secretary-general is saying,” Putin told reporters, adding that Stoltenberg “did not suffer from any dementia” when he worked constructively with Russia as the prime minister of Norway (2005-2013).

Putin explained that long-range precision strikes require space reconnaissance assets – witch Ukraine does not have, but the US does – and that their targeting is already done by “highly qualified specialists” from the West, without Ukrainian participation.

“So, these representatives of NATO countries, especially in Europe, especially in small countries, must be aware of what they are playing with,” the Russian president said, noting that a lot of these countries have “a small territory and a very dense population.”

Putin reminded reporters that their colleagues in the West never reported on the Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod and other Russian regions along the border, only about the Russian advance on Kharkov.

“What caused this? They did, with their own hands. Well, then, they will reap what they have sown. The same thing can happen if long-range precision weapons are used,” the Russian president added.

Asked if Russia was refusing to negotiate with Ukraine, Putin told reporters that such claims by the West were baffling.

“We don’t refuse!” he said. “I’ve said it a thousand times, it’s like they don’t have ears!”

The Ukrainian side initialed an agreement with Russia in March 2022, then publicly reneged and refused to negotiate any further, Putin explained. He described Kiev’s current “peace conference” effort in Switzerland as an attempt to get some kind of international buy-in for their entirely unrealistic “peace platform,” which isn’t working out.

https://www.rt.com/russia/598350-put...m_campaign=RSS

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EU state’s president pledges to bring Russia ‘to its knees’

Alar Karis urges the West to keep up pressure on ordinary Russian citizens, to force political “change” in Moscow

Estonian President Alar Karis has claimed that meaningful discussions on ending the Ukraine conflict can only take place when Moscow is fully subdued. The head of state also called on Western nations to attempt to force political change in Russia.

In an interview with the news website Yle on Sunday – ahead of Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s state visit to Tallinn on Monday – Karis expressed skepticism over whether Russia can “change” quickly enough to “respond to our [Western] understanding of democracy.”

He urged Western powers to intensify the pressure on Moscow – referring to sanctions imposed by the EU and US since the start of the conflict – with the goal of fueling public discontent among ordinary Russians.

“We will do everything possible to bring Russia and Putin to their knees,” Karis stressed. “Then it will be possible to start serious negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine.”

Russia had a “chance” when the USSR ended, but then something went “wrong,” and now even regime change and the removal of President Vladimir Putin would not have the effect desired by the West, he argued.

Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, the Estonian leadership has adopted a hawkish stance towards Moscow, regularly referring to the country as “an aggressor” and an “existential threat” to the Baltic states.

Last week Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas suggested that the conflict between Moscow and Kiev should end with the breakup of the Russian Federation into separate states, arguing that it would bring “a change in society.” She repeatedly urged NATO nations to keep “all options on the table” to ensure that Moscow “loses the war.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/598266-eu-...nt-pledges-to/

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https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1795521500575076567

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‼️🇷🇺🇫🇷We must allow Kyiv to strike military targets on Russian territory from which they strike Ukraine - Macron
“We believe that we should allow them to neutralize the military facilities from which missiles are launched, and mainly the military facilities from which attacks on Ukraine are carried out. But they should not have the right to hit other targets in Russia, obviously civilian targets or other military targets,” he said.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1795517305356529795

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https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1795527226269790430

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1QMFaQHyM24

2 hours ago

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https://x.com/aussiecossack/status/1795447391648125265

https://houstonpost.org/2024/05/28/r...-eu-sanctions/


Revelation: Germany’s Von der Leyen’s Shady Dealings with Russian Firm Amid EU Sanctions!

German journalists have recently unveiled a corruption scandal involving the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. According to their investigation, von der Leyen allegedly used her influence to help Russian company “Krasniy oktyabr” evade the sanctions imposed by the European Union after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The scandal comes less than two weeks before the European Parliament elections, casting a shadow over one of the most prominent Members of the European Parliament (MEP). Ursula von der Leyen’s career has been marred by numerous scandals, such as the Bundeswehr scandal and Pfizergate. This new report raises more questions about her integrity and motives.


In the spring of 2022, in the first months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU adopted several packages of sanctions aimed at crippling the Russian economy. The fourth package of sanctions included a ban on Russian steel imports into the European Union, affecting numerous companies, including “Krasnij oktyabr”, a leading company supplying the automotive industry and producing 40 percent of stainless steel in Russia.
According to an interview with the general director of the plant, “We will deliver European orders (production) up until the beginning of May (2022). We are entitled to supply the EU until mid-June and we will do so.” However, in 2023, “Krasniy oktyabr” became a participant in
the 13th International Mining and Metallurgy Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan. Another participant of the congress was the steel giant “ArcelorMittal”, which, among other things, is the largest metal supplier to the automotive industry in Europe. The third link in
this chain was Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and colleague of Ursula von der Leyen.

According to official data, the goal of his visit was to deepen the relations between the EU and Kazakhstan. However, according to Congress insiders, Šefčovič was personally sent to the Congress by Ursula to monitor the measures to circumvent the sanctions so that “Krasnij
Oktyabr” could continue supplying its steel to Europe.

At the behest of von der Leyen, Šefčovič helped “Krasnij oktjabr” and “ArcelorMittal” to agree on schemes to circumvent the sanctions, and the Russian company’s products began to enter the European market once again. Journalists are wondering why Ursula von der Leyen is dealing with this matter and what benefit she is getting from it.

Russian steel accounted for 20 percent of the EU market in 2020. After the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the imposition of sanctions, Chinese companies tried to replace Russian companies. However, they have encountered resistance from European lawmakers and in particular from Ursula von der Leyen, who stated that “European markets are being flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars and steel” and called on China to stop overproduction.

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https://x.com/coope125/status/1794753864203128923

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Answers to questions from journalists following the visit to Uzbekistan

Date: May 28th, 2024

Vladimir Putin answered questions from representatives of the Russian media following his state visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan. The press approach took place at Tashkent airport.

Source: President of Russia website: Events page

Source (other): Avalon Library PDF (full transcript)

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Yet more highly intelligent and accurate observations emanate from Vladimir Putin, here, with particular regard to the bleating bravado from Trifleberg (Stoltencheese, or whatever moniker may be more apropos - you choose) concerning "striking" into Russia with Western weapons using space-based NATO technologies, which of course points the finger directly at the real perpetrators behind the recent provocations in civilian areas of Belgorod, amongst others including the botched Voronezh event from the weekend.

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PUTIN: Now about the blows. To be honest, I don’t know what the NATO Secretary General is saying. When he was the Prime Minister of Norway, we communicated with him and resolved difficult issues regarding the Barents Sea and others, and in general we could agree; at that time, I’m just sure, he did not suffer from any dementia. If he talks about the possibility of striking Russian territory with long-range precision weapons, he is like a person who heads a military-political organization, although he is a civilian, like me, but he should still know that long-range precision weapons are not can be used without space reconnaissance equipment. First.

Second. The final choice of target and the so-called flight mission can only be made by highly qualified specialists based on this intelligence data, technical intelligence data. For some strike systems, such as Storm Shadow, these tasks can be entered automatically (flight missions), without any presence of Ukrainian military personnel. Who does this? This is done by those who produce and those who allegedly supply these strike systems to Ukraine. In general, it can happen without participation - and does happen without the participation of Ukrainian military personnel. And other systems, for example, such as ATACMS, are also prepared on the basis of space reconnaissance, [goals] are formulated, and are automatically brought to the appropriate calculations - they may not even understand what they are entering - and the calculation may be Ukrainian calculation, enters the corresponding flight task. But this task is being prepared not by Ukrainian military personnel, but by representatives of NATO countries.

So, these representatives of NATO countries, especially in Europe, especially in small countries, must be aware of what they are playing with. They must remember that these are, as a rule, states with a small territory and a very dense population. And this is a factor that they must keep in mind before talking about striking deep into Russian territory. This is a serious thing, and we, of course, are watching this very carefully, looking at it.

Everything now revolves around events on the outskirts of Kharkov. So it was they who provoked these events in this direction. I think I publicly said six months ago: if they continue to strike residential areas, we will then be forced to create a security zone. And just recently, as I said, we moved on to this.

They first provoked us in Donbass, led us by the nose for eight years, deceived us by saying that they were supposedly going to resolve the issue peacefully, and forced us to attempt to bring the situation to peace by armed means. Then they deceived us during the negotiation process, they decided that they would defeat Russia on the battlefield and inflict a strategic defeat on it. Then we warned them: do not enter our territory, do not shell Belgorod and other adjacent territories, otherwise we will be forced to create a security zone.

Look at all the reports of your Western colleagues. No one is talking about the shelling of Belgorod and other adjacent territories; everyone is only talking about the fact that Russia has opened a new front and is attacking Kharkov. Not a word. What causes this? They did it with their own hands. Well, then they will reap the fruits of their creativity. The same thing can happen in the case of the use of long-range precision weapons, which you asked about.

In general, this constant escalation can lead to serious consequences. If these serious consequences occur in Europe, how will the United States behave, bearing in mind our parity in the field of strategic weapons? Hard to say.

Do they want global conflict? It seems to me that they wanted to negotiate in the field of strategic weapons, but for some reason we don’t see much desire to do this. There are conversations about this, but we don’t seem to see much desire. Let's see what happens next.

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Sergey Lavrov answers question from Pavel Zarubin

And directly related to the the theme of "strikes" more diplomatic magnificence from Sergey Lavrov, who has few peers I'd say. I appreciate this has been linked to via a Twitter post here, but no harm in a reminder (4 minutes):

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Kinzhal "Dagger" strikes in Lvov, Yavorovsky training ground

This was reported by Simplicius 12 hours ago and if Slavyangrad's sources are reliable - they usually are - here's an update via their Telegram channel:

@svarschiki writes:

At night, there were arrivals on military targets in Stryi, Dublyany, Drohobych and the Yavorovsky training ground near Lvov, which was just recently restored after a similar hit in 2022.

By the way, then it was a native Lvov resident who helped the Russian Armed Forces and in March 2022 launched a strike with 30 missiles at the Yavorovsky training ground, where more than 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were killed and more than 160 were injured. In court he did not repent and did not admit guilt.

As a result of the night strike by the “Dagger”, some sources estimate that up to three hundred Air Force officers and NATO Allied Forces personnel, including Polish, French and American instructors, could be killed. The wounded are taken to Poland.

At the Yavorovsky training ground, Ukrainian troops underwent courses in tactical, engineering and medical training, and also received basic skills in operating equipment.

In addition, the training ground is a key logistics point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the transfer of Western equipment to eastern and central Ukraine.

@Slavyangrad

No footage available at this point

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https://houstonpost.org/2024/05/28/r...-eu-sanctions/

Revelation: Germany’s Von der Leyen’s Shady Dealings with Russian Firm Amid EU Sanctions!

German journalists have recently unveiled a corruption scandal involving the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. According to their investigation, von der Leyen allegedly used her influence to help Russian company “Krasniy oktyabr” evade the sanctions imposed by the European Union after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The scandal comes less than two weeks before the European Parliament elections, casting a shadow over one of the most prominent Members of the European Parliament (MEP). Ursula von der Leyen’s career has been marred by numerous scandals, such as the Bundeswehr scandal and Pfizergate. This new report raises more questions about her integrity and motives.


In the spring of 2022, in the first months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU adopted several packages of sanctions aimed at crippling the Russian economy. The fourth package of sanctions included a ban on Russian steel imports into the European Union, affecting numerous companies, including “Krasnij oktyabr”, a leading company supplying the automotive industry and producing 40 percent of stainless steel in Russia.

According to an interview with the general director of the plant, “We will deliver European orders (production) up until the beginning of May (2022). We are entitled to supply the EU until mid-June and we will do so.” However, in 2023, “Krasniy oktyabr” became a participant in the 13th International Mining and Metallurgy Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan. Another participant of the congress was the steel giant “ArcelorMittal”, which, among other things, is the largest metal supplier to the automotive industry in Europe. The third link in this chain was Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and colleague of Ursula von der Leyen.

According to official data, the goal of his visit was to deepen the relations between the EU and Kazakhstan. However, according to Congress insiders, Šefčovič was personally sent to the Congress by Ursula to monitor the measures to circumvent the sanctions so that “Krasnij Oktyabr” could continue supplying its steel to Europe.

At the behest of von der Leyen, Šefčovič helped “Krasnij oktjabr” and “ArcelorMittal” to agree on schemes to circumvent the sanctions, and the Russian company’s products began to enter the European market once again. Journalists are wondering why Ursula von der Leyen is dealing with this matter and what benefit she is getting from it.

Russian steel accounted for 20 percent of the EU market in 2020. After the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the imposition of sanctions, Chinese companies tried to replace Russian companies. However, they have encountered resistance from European lawmakers and in particular from Ursula von der Leyen, who stated that “European markets are being flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars and steel” and called on China to stop overproduction.

More from a German Bundestag member here, Eva Lang - Eva Lang from the German Die Grunen party exposes the corruption of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission involved in scandals with the Bundeswehr, Pfizer and Russian steel companies:

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As a result of the night strike by the “Dagger”, some sources estimate that up to three hundred Air Force officers and NATO Allied Forces personnel, including Polish, French and American instructors, could be killed. The wounded are taken to Poland.

That seems to be a very significant response by Russia that may remind the NATO military planners that the Kinzhal can take out anything anywhere. If it can reach Lvov with pinpoint accuracy, it can also do the same in Poland, Romania, or even Germany and beyond.

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Source: https://t.me/ukraine_watch/23269

❗️The SBI says it has uncovered a large-scale system of torture of prisoners in penal colonies in several regions of Ukraine.

Four employees of the Bozhkivska penal colony (No. 16) (Poltava region) were suspected.

According to the investigation, almost all the prisoners there were cruelly beaten. The possibility that people died as a result of these beatings is being investigated. Various systems of torture, harassment and pressure were also used.

The men who were new to the prison were threatened with being placed among the 'generally alienated' inmates and beaten until they broke their will and were forced to obey all instructions without question," the SBI reports.

The beatings were filmed on videos, which has now been added to the case.

Also under the investigation is the acquisition of numerous assets by colonial officers for which they had no official funds.

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Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt and Radars
By: Andrey Martyanov
Date: May 25th, 2024
Source: InfoDefenseENGLISH on Telegram

"Voronezh" DM radars in the Krasnodar Krai, Russia: these radar stations are designed to detect the launch of ballistic nuclear missiles. As such, they are part of Russia's nuclear umbrella. This incident is therefore widely discussed, with a lot of speculation about the US' potential involvement (via its proxy Ukraine), and how incidents like this may lead to major escalation between the nuclear superpowers.

He questions the validity of the available reports about the incident and the theories about the US being behind it. But at the same time, he outlines a few possible ways in which Russia can retaliate should all of this prove real.

Source: https://youtu.be/kRPWLW3fvz8?si=ntgtGTBN_Fzk4DOj