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So "Ukraine must win this war" this guy from EU says.
This generate a question-How far will he and the other elected politician go ? Markus |
Putin postponed his invasion in Ukraine three times - Intelligence Service of Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed attack on Ukraine three times, most recently in mid-February. As informs Censor.NЕТ, it was reported by RBK-Ukraine with a reference to Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Vadym Skibitskyi's interview. According to Skibitskyi, Putin discussed the date of the invasion several times with Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. "The FSB insisted on the offensive, they were convinced that they have prepared enough for the invasion. They invested huge resources and pushed Gerasimov to attack," explains the deputy head of the DIU. He says that eventually Gerasimov buckled under pressure and approved the operation, but underestimated the situation. "The fact that Russian units were provided with food, ammunition and fuel for only three days shows how badly they miscalculated," Skibitsky added. He also reminded that as a result of this underestimation, all the first targets of the Russian Federation failed, they were unable to capture Kyiv, as well as Sumy, Chernihiv or Kharkiv. It should be reminded that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny in an interview with the British press spoke about the possibility of repeated Russian offensive in Ukraine. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3387781 |
Lukashenko and Putin will discuss "military issues", Belarus will not be forced to participate in war, - Peskov
Russian and Belarusian dictators Putin and Lukashenko will discuss "military issues". As reported by Censor.NET with reference to the propaganda publication RIA Novosti, this was stated by Putin's spokesman Dmytro Peskov. "Today, at the talks between Putin and Lukashenka, there will be an opportunity to talk about military issues in view of the turbulence," he noted. At the same time, Peskov called the publications that Putin is going to Minsk to force Belarus to participate in the war against Ukraine "stupid and baseless fictions". Source: https://censor.net/en/n3387909 7 ships with 182,000 tons of agricultural products for Africa, Asia, and Europe left ports of Odesa in two days As part of the "Grain Initiative", 7 ships with 182,000 tons of agricultural products for Africa, Asia, and Europe left the ports of Odesa in two days. This is reported by Censor.NET with reported to the Facebook page of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. "Among them are tankers BOSPHORUS ASIA (30.5) and PRINCESS MANISSA (20.5) with 51,000 tons of corn for Tunisia and Libya," the message reads. Currently, 24 vessels are being processed in the ports of Odesa. 973 thousand tons of Ukrainian agricultural products are loaded onto them. 5 ships are moving along the "grain corridor" to load 104,400 tons of agricultural products. Since August 1, 565 ships have left the ports of Odesa, which exported 14.2 million tons of Ukrainian food to the countries of Asia, Europe, and Africa. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3387894 |
Putin struggling with illness as rivals circle with ally Lavrov ‘drinking and depressed'
Vladimir Putin's health is once again in the spotlight after bizarre rumours suggesting he had to sit on a special cushion during crunch meetings with military advisers after an operation. Meanwhile, with the war on Ukraine approaching the ten-month mark, reports have suggested Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is also ill, suffering from depression and drinking heavily. A story carried on the General SVR Telegram channel claimed Putin had been forced to stay in the same position for long periods during lengthy meetings, leaning on a table, while sitting on the pillow after undergoing "proctological surgery" last Saturday. Bizarrely, General SVR claims the 70-year-old needs "special underwear that retains liquids and odours". The channel claims the operation was performed after Putin fell down the stairs at his official residence, although the Kremlin denies this. A video shows him at the meeting of the security council, but reports suggested it had been "canned" and recorded earlier than the Kremlin admitted, given that senate speaker Valentina Matviyenko, 73, is shown wearing the same clothes in two separate sessions one day apart. Rumours about Putin's health have dogged him for months, with Proekt Media, a team of investigative journalists, earlier this year claiming he was accompanied by several doctors, including a thyroid cancer surgeon, on multiple trips between 2016 to 2019. As for Lavrov, a source within the Russian foreign ministry told gulagu.net the 72-year-old has noticeably reduced his public activity and is seen at work less frequently. The insider claimed: "One of the versions is health problems. We all think he drinks because he's depressed." Lavrov is believed to have had a heart scare at the recent G20 summit in Bali. Simultaneously, there are suggestions that potential successors are beginning to plot his downfall, including Yevgeny Prigozhin, 61, the businessman who bankrolls the Wagner Group, sometimes referred to as Putin's private army. Puck News reports some US government officials as "eyeing Prigozhin warily, wondering if, ten months into the war, the source of a potential coup has emerged." Christo Grozev, Bellingcat's chief Russia investigator, said: "This is uncharted territory for Putin. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...20dd41943191c7 |
It got reported the US urged Ukraine to not go after and kill Gerassimov, to "not escalate" the war.
Strange world. I would especially go after the crime godfathers at the top. How could it be justified to okay the killing of ten thousand "lower beings" - thats what cannon fodder obviously is - in order to save the one big shark in the pool? These manhaters and souleaters are doing what they are doing right because they are treated as being untouchable. |
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Immediately, three of Putin’s planes flew into sky to disguise his way to Belarus. MAP
Vladimir Putin’s plane arrived in Minsk, before that 2 more planes took off from Moscow and St. Petersburg, probably to divert attention from the aircraft carrying the president of the aggressor country. This was reported by "MotorolkoHelp", Censor.NET reports. It is reported that Il-96-300PU with registration number RA-96022 entered the airspace of Belarus. The flight departed from St. Petersburg at 1:25 p.m. local time. Flight number - RSD111. Probably, another Il-96-300PU with the number RA-96020 was taken off from Moscow's Vnukovo airport at 1:30 p.m. for the conspiracy. Flight number - RSD1/RSD001. In addition, two of Putin's planes, RA-96022 and RA-96014, were rushed to St. Petersburg in the morning, the second one was also lifted into the sky after the takeoff of the plane with Putin. At 14:30, Il-96-300PU with registration number RA-96022, which took off from St. Petersburg at 13:25, landed at Minsk National Airport. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3387947 Danilov on Russia’s nuclear disarmament: We don’t give sharp objects to mentally ill people The Kremlin is doing everything it can to destroy Ukraine, but in reality it is destroying the Russian Federation, which will eventually have to be stripped of its status as a nuclear power. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, stated this in an interview with "Ukrainian Pravda", Censor.NET reports. "The enemy can do anything, taking into account the fact that they risked the destruction of their country. And this is not our decision, it was they who decided to destroy the Russian Federation. And they themselves are actively engaged in this issue. We had only one question for them and request - detach from us, return to your territory. But that was once upon a time. Now they have to make all satisfactions, contributions, all reparations and so on. After that we can talk with them about something for the future," Danilov said. He once again emphasized that Russia must be deprived of nuclear weapons. "The Russian Federation must be deprived of nuclear weapons. We don't give people with a sick psyche, for example, sharp objects or matches. Such people are isolated from society," - believes the secretary of the NSDC. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3387952 Netherlands will provide military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as long as it is needed - Minister of Defense Ollongren The Netherlands will provide military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as long as it is needed. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Kaisa Ollongren, Censor.NET informs with reference to Ukrinform. "As we witness Putin waging this senseless war, depriving Ukrainians of heat and electricity, our message is that we will not leave Ukraine out in the cold. Political, military and humanitarian support will continue to flow to Ukraine as long as needed." Ollongren wrote on Twitter. The Netherlands will also help Ukraine with heavy military equipment. Together with the USA and the Czech Republic, the Netherlands will supply Ukraine with 90 modernized and overhauled T-72 tanks. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3388001 |
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------------------------------- The intelligence service of Moldova, which borders Ukraine, fears a Russian invasion next year. "The question is not whether the Russian Federation will carry out a new offensive against Moldovan territory, but when," intelligence chief Alexandru Musteata told state television. A period between January and April is possible, he said. By the "new" offensive, Musteata was referring to the stationing of Russian soldiers in Transnistria, a breakaway part of the country since the early 1990s, where they act as so-called peacekeepers. According to information from his intelligence service, Russia intends to link Transnistria and Moldova. "Yes, we can clearly say that they intend to come here," Musteata said. Russian plans regarding the capital, Chisinau, are not yet apparent, he said. "But this is a real and very high risk." ------------------------------- |
A Russian tank unit deliberately attacked another Russian position in Ukraine, report says, illustrating vicious rivalries within Putin's army
Alia Shoaib Sun, December 18, 2022 at 11:17 AM EST https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Pf...3f6e4aaca1e9cf An abandoned Russian military tank left in the Ukrainian city of Balakliia after Russian Forces withdrew from the Kharkiv region on September 15, 2022.Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
The incident, part of a sweeping investigation by The New York Times, is one of the clearest examples of the vicious in-fighting that has plagued President Vladimir Putin's military throughout the war. A Russian drone operator who said he witnessed the episode told the paper that a Russian tank commander drove his T-90 tank toward a group of Russian national guard troops, fired at their checkpoint and blew it up."Those types of things happen there," the soldier said, adding that he has since fled Russia. The national guard, or Rosgvardia, is not part of the Russian armed forces, and reports to Putin directly. That rift was one of several at play in the Russian war effort. Other power centers include the mercenary Wagner group, led by Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the forces led by Ramzan Kadyrov, the warlord who leads Russia's semi-autonomous region of Chechnya. The Russian military appears to have limited coordination with any of them, officials said, according to the paper. "There was no unified command, there was no single headquarters, there was no single concept and there was no unified planning of actions and command," retired Russian General Leonid Ivashov told the paper. "It was destined to be a defeat." The friction between these factions has spilled out into the open at times, including when Kadyrov and other Putin allies criticized the Russian military's retreat from a city in Ukraine in October. Kadyrov said at the time that the "incompetent" general that should be "sent to the front to wash his shame off with blood," per The New York Times. Prigozhin echoed the sentiment, the paper said, commenting about Russian military generals: "Send all these pieces of garbage barefoot with machine guns straight to the front." https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-t...161709325.html |
Ukraine: Putin warned it would take NATO just 'three days' to take out Russia
Vladimir Putin has been warned that NATO could take out Russia in just three days if the conflict between the two sides exploded to dangerous levels. If the Russian President was to attack a NATO member state, that particular country could invoke Article 5 of the alliance's charter, which states "an attack against one ally is considered an attack against all allies". Adam Kinzinger, the US representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district, responded to a Tweet questioning why NATO hasn't defeated Russia yet. He wrote: "I'm hoping this is a joke. NATO vs Russia would be like a real three day operation." https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...c3241c990833df |
Putin's Defence Minister sparks serious health fears after 'limping and hiding right hand'
Vladimir Putin's Defence Minister has been spotted "limping and hiding his right hand" - months after the Kremlin denied he had suffered a heart attack. Sergei Shoigu is regarded as one of the main driving forces behind Russia's war strategy in Ukraine and has been pictured alongside Putin on several occasions. But the Russian Defence Minister has sparked renewed health fears after he was seen limping in the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus, with his right hand in his suit pocket. Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian official advisor and a former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, took to Twitter to share a 14-second clip of Shoigu. He wrote in tweet alongside this video: "Shoigu arrived in Minsk limping and hiding his right hand. Slightly wounded?" Some people responding to the short clip speculating the limp and hidden hand might be down to more serious health issues. Twitter user "Jon Erland Madsen" (@Tvisyn) wrote: "When he disappeared the first day of the full scale invasion in February, his office said he was on sick leave with a heart condition. "When he reappeared, he seemed to have speech problems. He might have had a stroke, partly paralyzing his right side." "Moonfish" (@DoctorMoonfish) wrote: "He's sore enough that he hadn't adjusted his tie after sitting-up and buttoning his coat. "Both hidden hand and weak leg are on same side of body (right). No abrasions on his face. I am more inclined to believe it evidences a stroke rather than a recent fall or other accident." Fellow Twitter user "@Gazpacho_Marx" (@WinninghamMatt) commented: "Hand in the pocket is so that it won't swing erratically when he does the bad limp. Very common in stroke victims." In April, speculation began circulating about after Shoigu went off the radar, with some suggesting he had suffered a heart attack. Exiled business tycoon and Putin foe Leonid Nevzlin - a leading foe of Putin - claimed the Russian Defence Minister was "out of the game" after suffering a "massive heart attack". He claimed at the time, citing his own sources in Moscow: "He is in intensive care, connected to devices." It had also been reported that Putin had ordered Shoigu to operate from a nuclear bunker in the Urals, a mountain range running from north to south through western Russia. The Russian Defence Minister was today joining Putin in Minsk where the President was made his first visit in three years to close ally and Belarus dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. Putin, himself dodged by reported health issues over recent months, appeared to give a small jump as he came down the stairways from his plane before meeting the Belarusian President. The trip to Minsk could be a sign of more military support for Russia's war effort in Ukraine, after Belarus provided the Kremlin's troops with a launching pad for the invasion of its eastern neighbour in February. It has been widely speculated Belarus has Soviet-era weapons stockpiles that could be useful for Russia. Putin sat beside Lukashenko before their talks, emphasising the allies' close military-technical ties, adding they not only mutual supplies of equipment, but also joint work in high-tech military industries. Experts have speculated Russia might once again turn to Belarus for military support as it continues its war in Ukraine over the freezing winter. The Institute for the Study of War think tank said: "The capacity of the Russian military, even reinforced by elements of the Belarusian armed forces, to prepare and conduct effective large-scale mechanized offensive operations in the next few months remains questionable." It also concluded that "it is unlikely that Lukashenko will commit the Belarusian military (which would also have to be re-equipped) to the invasion of Ukraine." https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/oth...aa14e92c2f8f6e |
This is no longer just a Russia-Ukraine war and the UK must be ready for Putin’s next move
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is right to call for a sober strategic assessment of the Ukraine conflict. If conducted honestly it will offer a reality check about Russia’s long-term intentions, what “success” in Ukraine may look like, and the limitations of our own defence. Ever more Western commentaries claim the tide has turned in our favour. Putin is now on the back foot. His troops are demoralised and running out of ammunition. The dictator’s popularity in Moscow is on the slide. All may be true but it’s the wrong conclusion to assume the fighting may be over soon or could head towards a stalemate and that it’s time for talks. Let’s dismiss the myth that Russia’s brief dabble with democracy following the collapse of the Soviet Union can be rekindled. Russia’s invasions of Georgia, Crimea and now Ukraine prove it has resorted to type. Expansionism is how the Motherland has long learnt to defend itself. Peter the Great pushed the Swedes back in the North. Catherine the Great took on the Turks in the South. And Stalin took on the Nazis in the West. Today it’s the threat of Nato, EU and Western norms that Putin spins as the threat to Russia. This is not just about Ukraine but a wider battle against the threat of European values, hence Putin is widening the conflict well beyond Ukraine’s borders, weaponising grain, oil and gas to harm all European economies. The economic mayhem and political discord here in the UK caused by war in Eastern Europe will not have gone unnoticed by Russia. A wily Russian president seeking to leverage this further might sabotage one of the UK’s vital incoming energy interconnectors from Scandinavia. Ironically, leading politicians regularly blame Russia’s illegal invasion for our economic woes here but fail to make the case for putting the fire in Ukraine out – not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s in our economic interests to do so. We must acknowledge Russia’s wider intention is to promote a new era of insecurity for which we are currently unprepared. Britain has led the way in pioneering ever more complex military support from across Europe. It has allowed Ukraine to secure sweeping territorial gains. But to what end? The Government’s standard reply is that “it’s for Ukraine to determine”. This is to outsource our foreign policy and leave Ukraine to do all the heavy lifting. Let’s agree – this is now a European war and it’s in our collective interests to close it down. We should unite around the short-term mission to liberate Ukraine and long-term goal to stand up to Russia’s imperialist objectives in any part of Europe. For at this moment Moscow rightly judges that Europe will endure one cold winter in support of Ukraine and no more. Our Prime Minister needs to change this mindset by making the case, not just to stay the course, but to win at a time when some allies are already losing the stomach for the fight. That means upgrading our own security architecture. We can be rightly proud of Britain’s military support for Ukraine, but it has depleted much of our ammunition and equipment stocks. The threats we face – along with demands to step in domestically in response to industrial action – cannot be managed on a peacetime budget with an ever-shrinking military work force which has not received a substantial pay rise in years. Our world is getting more dangerous, not less. Ukraine eloquently illustrates that our economy is affected by growing insecurity. If we lack the hard power to help protect grain ships from departing Odesa the cost of living will increase here in the UK. Investing in defence means investing in protecting our economy. As Putin prepares for a spring initiative with further mobilisation of troops, this is not the time to blink. The Prime Minister’s audit offers the perfect opportunity to upgrade and re-design our European foreign policy. We need, in short, to clarify our objective, strategy and tactics up to and beyond the Ukraine war. If we are to respond properly to the beginning of this new Cold War we have to get serious. We simply have no option but to have a new “Strategic Defence Review” and be ready to finance the recommendations. Spending three per cent of our GDP on retooling our armed forces is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. The first duty of any British government is to protect national security. Russia is a long-term threat, Ukraine must win and we must rearm. Let our Prime Minister understand that the world has changed and recognise the long game we are in. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...1475a46fdc8ffa |
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