Ukraine War Thread Part 2
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President Zelenskyi delivered a stark message to US Congress as Russian missiles were pounding southern Ukraine: Give us the weapons to stop the Russian attacks, or Ukraine will escalate its counterattacks on Russia’s airfields, energy facilities and other strategic targets.
"The reaction of the U.S. was not positive on our attacks on oil refineries," he confirmed, but Washington couldn’t limit Ukraine’s deployment of its own home-built weapons. "We used our drones. Nobody can say to us you can’t," Zelenskyi said.
"The reaction of the U.S. was not positive on our attacks on oil refineries," he confirmed, but Washington couldn’t limit Ukraine’s deployment of its own home-built weapons. "We used our drones. Nobody can say to us you can’t," Zelenskyi said.
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From: 3rd Rock, #29B
More on the belarus border, good to see he has brought his ermmm pet sheep with him. 
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/statu...48422300250447
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"Who is the puffed up fancy bitch?"
Dog: "I think it's name is Lukashenko or something like that."
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All is coming down to what "data" or data are allowed to be presented to Putin. After 20+ years of yes men gathering around him we may doubt his ability to take rational decisions, hence the "three days SMO". We simply don't know and anything is on the table. We may expect, based on history, that such dictators usually go all in, total war, regardless of casualties and costs. For me, the most frightening part will be at the very end.
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U.K. Assessment of the strikes on Sevastopol.
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Another cog in the irrelevance and ineptitude of the UN in modern times.
They are rapidly showing themselves to be toothless and to be honest pointless, their latest demands on to Israel to cease their war just shows up how irrelevant they have become as they are simply ignored.
The whole system needs an overhaul where a majority decision becomes the over riding factor and one country cannot cripple the UN’s ability to serve the World.
They are rapidly becoming an over paid, over budgeted, bunch of self serving blowholes, who serve themselves and not the World that funds them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68691417
They are rapidly showing themselves to be toothless and to be honest pointless, their latest demands on to Israel to cease their war just shows up how irrelevant they have become as they are simply ignored.
The whole system needs an overhaul where a majority decision becomes the over riding factor and one country cannot cripple the UN’s ability to serve the World.
They are rapidly becoming an over paid, over budgeted, bunch of self serving blowholes, who serve themselves and not the World that funds them.
Russia has shut down a panel of UN experts that have for years monitored sanctions against North Korea.
The panel last week said it was probing reports that Russia violated rules by buying North Korean weapons like ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine.
The UN's Security Council has imposed a series of sanctions on Pyongyang since 2006 for its nuclear weapons programme.
Those restrictions are still in force - but the experts group set up to monitor violations will now be disbanded.
In a Security Council vote on Thursday, Russia used its veto power as a permanent member to block the renewal, while 13 of the other 14 member states present voted for it. China, Pyongyang's closest ally, abstained.
Russia's block triggered a wave of condemnation from the US, UK, South Korea and other Western allies and comes after a year of high-profile public meetings between Moscow and Pyongyang leaders.
This is the first time Russia has blocked the panel - which has been renewed annually by the UN Security Council for 14 years.Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on social media Russia's veto was tantamount to "a guilty plea" that it was using North Korean weapons in the war.
The US, UK and France all told the Council that Russia was silencing the watchdog because it had begun to report on Moscow's own violations of the rules- specifically purchasing weapons from North Korea for the battlegrounds in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, South Korea's representative at the UN criticised Russia's "blind self-centeredness" and said it had no justification "for disbanding the guardians" of the sanctions regime.
"This is almost comparable to destroying a CCTV to avoid being caught red-handed," Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook said.
Russia has consistently denied using North Korean weapons and its representative at the UN again dismissed the accusations on Thursday.
Vasily Nebenzia also argued that the panel of experts had no added value.
"The panel has continued to focus on trivial matters that are not commensurate with the problems facing the peninsula," said Mr Nebenzia, who also added that sanctions had imposed a "heavy burden" on the North Korean people.
Since 2019, Russia and China have sought to persuade the Security Council to ease sanctions.
The Security Council first imposed sanctions in 2006 in response to a North Korean nuclear test, and has since passed 10 more resolutions strengthening them as Pyongyang's nuclear activity has continued.
However Kim Jong Un's regime has largely ignored the sanctions- despite their impact on the economy. The North Korean leader has rapidly continued nuclear weapons development and has pursued a more aggressive and dangerous military strategy in recent years.
The UN experts say North Korea continues to flout sanctions through increased missile test launches and developing nuclear weapons. The regime launched a spy satellite this year - with technology believed to have been provided by Russia.
In breach of the sanctions, it also continues to import refined petroleum products and send workers overseas, and the UN panel's most recent report detailed a campaign of cyber attacks.
The panel last week said it was probing reports that Russia violated rules by buying North Korean weapons like ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine.
The UN's Security Council has imposed a series of sanctions on Pyongyang since 2006 for its nuclear weapons programme.
Those restrictions are still in force - but the experts group set up to monitor violations will now be disbanded.
In a Security Council vote on Thursday, Russia used its veto power as a permanent member to block the renewal, while 13 of the other 14 member states present voted for it. China, Pyongyang's closest ally, abstained.
Russia's block triggered a wave of condemnation from the US, UK, South Korea and other Western allies and comes after a year of high-profile public meetings between Moscow and Pyongyang leaders.
This is the first time Russia has blocked the panel - which has been renewed annually by the UN Security Council for 14 years.Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on social media Russia's veto was tantamount to "a guilty plea" that it was using North Korean weapons in the war.
The US, UK and France all told the Council that Russia was silencing the watchdog because it had begun to report on Moscow's own violations of the rules- specifically purchasing weapons from North Korea for the battlegrounds in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, South Korea's representative at the UN criticised Russia's "blind self-centeredness" and said it had no justification "for disbanding the guardians" of the sanctions regime.
"This is almost comparable to destroying a CCTV to avoid being caught red-handed," Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook said.
Russia has consistently denied using North Korean weapons and its representative at the UN again dismissed the accusations on Thursday.
Vasily Nebenzia also argued that the panel of experts had no added value.
"The panel has continued to focus on trivial matters that are not commensurate with the problems facing the peninsula," said Mr Nebenzia, who also added that sanctions had imposed a "heavy burden" on the North Korean people.
Since 2019, Russia and China have sought to persuade the Security Council to ease sanctions.
The Security Council first imposed sanctions in 2006 in response to a North Korean nuclear test, and has since passed 10 more resolutions strengthening them as Pyongyang's nuclear activity has continued.
However Kim Jong Un's regime has largely ignored the sanctions- despite their impact on the economy. The North Korean leader has rapidly continued nuclear weapons development and has pursued a more aggressive and dangerous military strategy in recent years.
The UN experts say North Korea continues to flout sanctions through increased missile test launches and developing nuclear weapons. The regime launched a spy satellite this year - with technology believed to have been provided by Russia.
In breach of the sanctions, it also continues to import refined petroleum products and send workers overseas, and the UN panel's most recent report detailed a campaign of cyber attacks.
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Nutty, that isn't news.
North Korea has been flouting sanctions for as long as there have been sanctions against them. They get top cover from two Security Council members, Russia and China.
Where have you been for the last 50 years?
Back on topic: read a news bit that said about half of the NK Artillery ammo provided to Russia was defective.
That's good news, after a fashion, for the folks in Seoul.
NK may have some issues with QC in their ammo factories.
Even better news in Ukraine, since some of the incoming ... didn't.
North Korea has been flouting sanctions for as long as there have been sanctions against them. They get top cover from two Security Council members, Russia and China.
Where have you been for the last 50 years?
Back on topic: read a news bit that said about half of the NK Artillery ammo provided to Russia was defective.
That's good news, after a fashion, for the folks in Seoul.
NK may have some issues with QC in their ammo factories.
Even better news in Ukraine, since some of the incoming ... didn't.
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According to Izvestia, Russia will stand up counter-UAV mobile anti-aircraft groups equipped with pick up trucks with HMGs, trucks with ZU-23-2, EW systems, and smoke producing vehicles. It sounds similar to Ukraine's successful development of mobile anti-aircraft units.
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https://archive.ph/2024.03.29-053221...-help-fd8d18bc
Russia Doubled Imports of an Explosives Ingredient—With Western Help
U.S., German and Taiwanese firms made nitrocellulose that was shipped to Russia, much of it through one Turkish company, despite sanctions
Russia Doubled Imports of an Explosives Ingredient—With Western Help
U.S., German and Taiwanese firms made nitrocellulose that was shipped to Russia, much of it through one Turkish company, despite sanctions
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Russian military personnel are reportedly paying bribes to be posted to Syria rather than Ukraine. As casualties mount in the 'Special Military Operation', Syria now appears to be seen as a much safer option for military service.
The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports on the case of three soldiers who paid 100,000 rubles ($1,080) each to a colleague, which he was to transfer to an official of the Russian General Staff to ensure that they were put on the list for a 'business trip' to Syria.
Perhaps not coincidentally, 100,000 rubles appears to also be the standard bribe for soldiers to be granted permission to go on leave. As it's the equivalent of a month's pay, it's probably a convenient amount for a bribe.
The practice of commanders demanding bribes for leave has been reported on previously. Interviews by Siberia.Reality (an offshoot of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) suggest that it's a widespread scam, and that Putin's promise of periodic leave is mostly being ignored.
The proposed deal fell through; none of the three ever went to Syria and the money was returned. However, the attempted bribery was detected and all three were tried and convicted for attempted bribery, and were fined 250,000 rubles ($2,700) each.
The sentencing memorandum acknowledged the desirability of Syria as an overseas posting, noting that the defendants were aware "of the positive impact of this kind of business trip on the level of material and social security of the serviceman."
The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports on the case of three soldiers who paid 100,000 rubles ($1,080) each to a colleague, which he was to transfer to an official of the Russian General Staff to ensure that they were put on the list for a 'business trip' to Syria.
Perhaps not coincidentally, 100,000 rubles appears to also be the standard bribe for soldiers to be granted permission to go on leave. As it's the equivalent of a month's pay, it's probably a convenient amount for a bribe.
The practice of commanders demanding bribes for leave has been reported on previously. Interviews by Siberia.Reality (an offshoot of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) suggest that it's a widespread scam, and that Putin's promise of periodic leave is mostly being ignored.
The proposed deal fell through; none of the three ever went to Syria and the money was returned. However, the attempted bribery was detected and all three were tried and convicted for attempted bribery, and were fined 250,000 rubles ($2,700) each.
The sentencing memorandum acknowledged the desirability of Syria as an overseas posting, noting that the defendants were aware "of the positive impact of this kind of business trip on the level of material and social security of the serviceman."
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President Zelenskyi delivered a stark message to US Congress as Russian missiles were pounding southern Ukraine: Give us the weapons to stop the Russian attacks, or Ukraine will escalate its counterattacks on Russia’s airfields, energy facilities and other strategic targets.
"The reaction of the U.S. was not positive on our attacks on oil refineries," he confirmed, but Washington couldn’t limit Ukraine’s deployment of its own home-built weapons. "We used our drones. Nobody can say to us you can’t," Zelenskyi said.
"The reaction of the U.S. was not positive on our attacks on oil refineries," he confirmed, but Washington couldn’t limit Ukraine’s deployment of its own home-built weapons. "We used our drones. Nobody can say to us you can’t," Zelenskyi said.
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What a plank!
Do they really permit people like this to breed in Ruzzia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygljyLRCF7g
What a plank!
Do they really permit people like this to breed in Ruzzia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygljyLRCF7g
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From: Rhone-Alpes
If launched from an altitude of 30000 ft that's a glide ratio of 10, similar to the glide ratio of a small aircraft.
No physical impossibility.
Just a matter of increasing substantially the aspect ratio and improving the quality of the wet surface (no protruding rivet).
No physical impossibility.
Just a matter of increasing substantially the aspect ratio and improving the quality of the wet surface (no protruding rivet).
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Possibly or possibly not. Yesterday Speaker Mike Johnson made the first significant noises that he will ( obviously unwillingly ) put the relevant Bill up for a vote after the Easter holiday .
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine, mulling how best to gain a grasp of what is expected to be a difficult lift in the House.
The Republican speaker has indicated he will attempt to push for approval of tens of billions in wartime funding for Ukraine, as well as Israel, once the House returns in April. Yet it will be perhaps his most difficult task since he took the speaker’s gavel late last year.
“We’ll turn our attention to it and we won’t delay on that,” the Louisiana representative said of the Ukraine package at a news conference last week..
The Republican speaker has indicated he will attempt to push for approval of tens of billions in wartime funding for Ukraine, as well as Israel, once the House returns in April. Yet it will be perhaps his most difficult task since he took the speaker’s gavel late last year.
“We’ll turn our attention to it and we won’t delay on that,” the Louisiana representative said of the Ukraine package at a news conference last week..
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