Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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It appears so, lives in Poland and is a successful businessman
https://www.txtreport.com/life/2022-...HyFCn0k0c.html
It is known that since the beginning of the war, Sakhashchyk traveled to Ukraine several times, where he brought humanitarian aid, and also advised some Belarusian and Ukrainian soldiers.
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US allegedly running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/17/p...ine/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/17/p...ine/index.html
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There is much talk from the NATO members that it is time for Russia to end this war and get out, so maybe pitchrollig for pressure on both sides to negotiate some kind of deal. Be that the case, then it would be inconvenient in some eyes to find that Russia lobbed a missile into Poland, even by mistake. Zelensky of course would love NATO to be drawn into the confict but NATO is trying very hard (some say too hard) not to be and this all muddies the waters around the origins of the Poland missile hit.
To me it looks uncomfortably like western powers putting personal priorities ahead of correct action.
We have seen Erdogan twice face down Putin and it was western weakness that let him think he culd stroll into Ukraine in the first place. It is about time for something sterner just so he actually believes that he could make things worse by annoying the NATO alliance.
To me it looks uncomfortably like western powers putting personal priorities ahead of correct action.
We have seen Erdogan twice face down Putin and it was western weakness that let him think he culd stroll into Ukraine in the first place. It is about time for something sterner just so he actually believes that he could make things worse by annoying the NATO alliance.
This wouldn’t be the first time this has occurred since February.
Then again, it’s something that’s been well practiced by certain Western powers over the past eighty or so years.
US allegedly running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/17/p...ine/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/17/p...ine/index.html
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You can read it both ways, they are only running close to their excess limit that is used to support countries while their core capabilities are untouched. But the fact they are buying in artillery shells from South Korea would be something they couldn’t hide.
Ukrainians allowed to investigate missile in Poland
Ukrainian experts are to be involved in the investigation of the missile which landed in Poland, killing two people. Kyiv Independent:
This does make sense. If there's nothing to hide, why refuse access?
Kuleba: Ukrainian experts arrive in Poland to investigate missile blast site
by The Kyiv Independent news desk November 17, 2022 8:38 pm
On Nov. 17, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau discussed a joint investigation of the site where a missile killed two people amid Russia's massive attack on Ukraine.
“Ukraine and Poland will cooperate constructively and openly on the incident caused by Russian missile terror against Ukraine. Our experts are already in Poland,” Kuleba said. “We expect them to swiftly get access to the site in cooperation with Polish law enforcement.”
On Nov. 15, during a massive nationwide Russian attack against Ukraine, a blast killed two people in the Polish village of Przewodow, about six kilometers west of the Ukrainian border.
Jakub Kumoch, head of the Polish president’s International Policy Bureau, said on Nov. 17 that a Polish-American investigation team had examined the missile’s remnants and the crater’s depth and calculated the direction from which it came and the amount of fuel it used. Kumoch said there is evidence that it was a Ukrainian missile.
“There are many indications that one of the (Ukrainian) missiles used to shoot down a Russian missile missed the target. Its self-destruct system did not work, and this missile, unfortunately, led to a tragedy," he said.
Kumoch emphasized that “no one accuses Ukraine of deliberately hitting Polish territory” because “Russia bombed Ukraine that day, and Russia bears full responsibility for everything that falls.”
On Nov. 16, President Volodymyr Zelensky denied claims by NATO and Poland that a Ukrainian missile had likely landed on Polish territory.
National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov called for a joint investigation into the explosions and said that Ukraine is “ready to hand over evidence of the Russian trace” in the accident.
by The Kyiv Independent news desk November 17, 2022 8:38 pm
On Nov. 17, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau discussed a joint investigation of the site where a missile killed two people amid Russia's massive attack on Ukraine.
“Ukraine and Poland will cooperate constructively and openly on the incident caused by Russian missile terror against Ukraine. Our experts are already in Poland,” Kuleba said. “We expect them to swiftly get access to the site in cooperation with Polish law enforcement.”
On Nov. 15, during a massive nationwide Russian attack against Ukraine, a blast killed two people in the Polish village of Przewodow, about six kilometers west of the Ukrainian border.
Jakub Kumoch, head of the Polish president’s International Policy Bureau, said on Nov. 17 that a Polish-American investigation team had examined the missile’s remnants and the crater’s depth and calculated the direction from which it came and the amount of fuel it used. Kumoch said there is evidence that it was a Ukrainian missile.
“There are many indications that one of the (Ukrainian) missiles used to shoot down a Russian missile missed the target. Its self-destruct system did not work, and this missile, unfortunately, led to a tragedy," he said.
Kumoch emphasized that “no one accuses Ukraine of deliberately hitting Polish territory” because “Russia bombed Ukraine that day, and Russia bears full responsibility for everything that falls.”
On Nov. 16, President Volodymyr Zelensky denied claims by NATO and Poland that a Ukrainian missile had likely landed on Polish territory.
National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov called for a joint investigation into the explosions and said that Ukraine is “ready to hand over evidence of the Russian trace” in the accident.
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Yes, and the last thing you need it bad feeling amongst the allies. They all need to be seen by Russia as on the same page.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Vadim #Boyko, Russian Navy Colonel & Deputy Head of Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School in #Vladivostok has been killed in his office with 5 bullets to the chest. He was heavily involved in Putin's mobilization efforts.
Russia propaganda reports it was suicide (I am not kidding).
Russia propaganda reports it was suicide (I am not kidding).
Vadim #Boyko, Russian Navy Colonel & Deputy Head of Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School in #Vladivostok has been killed in his office with 5 bullets to the chest. He was heavily involved in Putin's mobilization efforts.
Russia propaganda reports it was suicide (I am not kidding).
Russia propaganda reports it was suicide (I am not kidding).
https://www.haaretz.co.il/blogs/yoss...4-cd6358860000
big if true. Guess the west started to ask uncomfortable questions as to how israeli technology was appearing in russian and iranian drones captured in ukraine
big if true. Guess the west started to ask uncomfortable questions as to how israeli technology was appearing in russian and iranian drones captured in ukraine
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Not just Israeli, all Western countries,
Iranian Suicide UAVs Blasting Ukraine Use Israeli Technology; WSJ Report Says Most Other Parts Made In US & Japan (eurasiantimes.com)
"In addition to the Israeli component, the researcher discovered around 200 other components from the United States, Europe, and other allied nations in Iranian drones used by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
Approximately half of the nearly 200 technical components in the captured Mohajer-6 were manufactured in the United States, with the other third manufactured in Japan. The report noted that Japan’s Tonegawa-Seiko Co made the servomotors of the drone.
The Tonegawa-Seiko Corporation was charged by Japan’s Trade Ministry in 2021 for illegally shipping servomotors to China without required approval after UN inspectors discovered one in an Iranian drone.
The company asserted that it was unaware they would be utilized in military drones. The Iranian drone also contained components from Arizona-based Microchip Technology Inc and Infineon Technologies AG, a German company.
The discoveries are the latest in a series of investigations and studies into Western-made parts found in Iranian drones.
Earlier this month, a Mohajer-6 drone was found to have parts made by at least 15 different technological companies from North America, the EU, Japan, and Taiwan, including from the US-based Texas Instruments firm, the Schemes investigation has found."
Iranian Suicide UAVs Blasting Ukraine Use Israeli Technology; WSJ Report Says Most Other Parts Made In US & Japan (eurasiantimes.com)
"In addition to the Israeli component, the researcher discovered around 200 other components from the United States, Europe, and other allied nations in Iranian drones used by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
Approximately half of the nearly 200 technical components in the captured Mohajer-6 were manufactured in the United States, with the other third manufactured in Japan. The report noted that Japan’s Tonegawa-Seiko Co made the servomotors of the drone.
The Tonegawa-Seiko Corporation was charged by Japan’s Trade Ministry in 2021 for illegally shipping servomotors to China without required approval after UN inspectors discovered one in an Iranian drone.
The company asserted that it was unaware they would be utilized in military drones. The Iranian drone also contained components from Arizona-based Microchip Technology Inc and Infineon Technologies AG, a German company.
The discoveries are the latest in a series of investigations and studies into Western-made parts found in Iranian drones.
Earlier this month, a Mohajer-6 drone was found to have parts made by at least 15 different technological companies from North America, the EU, Japan, and Taiwan, including from the US-based Texas Instruments firm, the Schemes investigation has found."
Not just Israeli, all Western countries,
Iranian Suicide UAVs Blasting Ukraine Use Israeli Technology; WSJ Report Says Most Other Parts Made In US & Japan (eurasiantimes.com)
"In addition to the Israeli component, the researcher discovered around 200 other components from the United States, Europe, and other allied nations in Iranian drones used by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
Iranian Suicide UAVs Blasting Ukraine Use Israeli Technology; WSJ Report Says Most Other Parts Made In US & Japan (eurasiantimes.com)
"In addition to the Israeli component, the researcher discovered around 200 other components from the United States, Europe, and other allied nations in Iranian drones used by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
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Brave person filming this burning IL76 after the Ukrainian strike on the Crimean airfield at Dzhankoy
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
European Parliament to vote on a resolution marking Russia as state sponsor of terrorism.
“After four hours of negotiations, the agreement on the text was achieved,” Andrius Kubilius, European Parliament member, said.
The resolution will be up for a vote next week.
[Note: If the vote passes EU courts will to award monetary compensation to victims of terrorism and confiscate Russian government assets. They will also be able to enforce secondary sanctions on countries and individuals in the EU that are still cooperating with Russian companies.]
“After four hours of negotiations, the agreement on the text was achieved,” Andrius Kubilius, European Parliament member, said.
The resolution will be up for a vote next week.
[Note: If the vote passes EU courts will to award monetary compensation to victims of terrorism and confiscate Russian government assets. They will also be able to enforce secondary sanctions on countries and individuals in the EU that are still cooperating with Russian companies.]
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Aviation content:
Russian X-55 missiles shot down over Kyiv yesterday was carrying a block to simulate a Nuclear warhead!
SU-34 taken down by a Norwegian NASAM in the Donetsk region, pilot ejected but did not survive.
Russian X-55 missiles shot down over Kyiv yesterday was carrying a block to simulate a Nuclear warhead!
SU-34 taken down by a Norwegian NASAM in the Donetsk region, pilot ejected but did not survive.
Temporarily occupied Dzhankoy, Crimea. There is an attack on the airfield, Russian aircraft, Su-25 attack aircraft and Su-34 bombers are on fire and detonating. The strike was carried out by new Ukrainian kamikaze drones
European Parliament to vote on a resolution marking Russia as state sponsor of terrorism.
“After four hours of negotiations, the agreement on the text was achieved,” Andrius Kubilius, European Parliament member, said.
The resolution will be up for a vote next week.
[Note: [color=#313540]If the vote passes EU courts will to award monetary compensation to victims of terrorism and confiscate Russian government assets. They will also be able to enforce secondary sanctions on countries and individuals in the EU that are still cooperating with Russian companies.]
“After four hours of negotiations, the agreement on the text was achieved,” Andrius Kubilius, European Parliament member, said.
The resolution will be up for a vote next week.
[Note: [color=#313540]If the vote passes EU courts will to award monetary compensation to victims of terrorism and confiscate Russian government assets. They will also be able to enforce secondary sanctions on countries and individuals in the EU that are still cooperating with Russian companies.]
The argument against determination that Russia is a state sponsor of terrorism is that it invokes substantial secondary sanctions, which is should in a world with any moral fortitude. Additionally, it was suggested that the declaration complicates finding a peace settlement. I would suggest that was specious; If someone does a home invasion we are supposed to disarm them with our sharp wit, with good taste? Russia is an aggressor state, has breached every treaty that they have ever entered into, and care not a whit to the consequences, so being called what they are is a first step. If they were alcoholics, the first step to recovery is recognition, and that is well past due time. Russia can remove the stigma and the consequences by modifying their behavior; if they are not to prepared to modify their behavior, what was all the soft touch about on making a declaration that is evident in the murder of civilians, targeting of civilians, targeting of civilian infrastructure, executing prisoners after torture... and otherwise doing all of the things that endear the Russians to the hearts of other terrorist sponsoring states.
The girl PMs of Europe had the fortitude to do this previously, about time for the EU to do it too.