Ukraine May Have Already Reacquired Nuclear Weapons, Polish General Says
“I do not rule out Ukraine having nuclear weapons, because the Ukrainians have nuclear power plants, scientists, laboratories and knowhow. In other words, everything they need to possess such a weapon. In fact, today no one is in a position to prohibit the Ukrainians from having it,” Skrzypczak, the former commander of Poland’s Land Forces, said in an interview with Polish media.
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“I do not rule out Ukraine having nuclear weapons, because the Ukrainians have nuclear power plants, scientists, laboratories and knowhow. In other words, everything they need to possess such a weapon. In fact, today no one is in a position to prohibit the Ukrainians from having it,” Skrzypczak, the former commander of Poland’s Land Forces, said in an interview with Polish media.
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🇨🇳🇺🇸 House Armed Services Committee lawmakers warned in a hearing Tuesday that China had "leapfrogged" the United States on hypersonic weapons technology and was on course to "outpacing" Washington "on new battlefields as well."
How do the armed forces of the world's economic superpowers stack up, and does the US really have cause for alarm?
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Scientists Propose Surrounding Earth With Moon Dust to Combat Global Warming
Astrophysicists have suggested looking at the option of placing lunar dust into Earth's orbit in order to avoid further climate warming, a newly-published study has detailed.
After modeling various trajectories, scientists determined that launching dust from Earth to a specific point between the Earth and the sun would create an effective sun screen. However, this solution would require an excessive amount of money and effort due to gravity and technical issues.
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Astrophysicists have suggested looking at the option of placing lunar dust into Earth's orbit in order to avoid further climate warming, a newly-published study has detailed.
After modeling various trajectories, scientists determined that launching dust from Earth to a specific point between the Earth and the sun would create an effective sun screen. However, this solution would require an excessive amount of money and effort due to gravity and technical issues.
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📹 🇹🇷 Sputnik correspondent reports that in the city of Elbistan, Turkiye a group of rescuers from Spain and a team from Turkey managed to save a 24-year-old girl. She has been under the rubble of a 6-storey building for 62 hours. The rescue work has lasted about 10 hours; the girl has bone fractures and was sent to a public hospital
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🇹🇷 The Turkish Navy ship TCG Sancaktar has delivered medical personnel, surgical instruments, special equipment, and assistance to the port of Iskenderun in Hatay province.
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🇸🇾 Sanctions against Syria, which is dealing with the fallout of the devastating earthquake, drive prices up for everything and slow down humanitarian operations, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told Sputnik.
💬 "Sanctions do have these unintended consequences. And if I summarize, [it] increases the prices on everything that we do, takes more time to deliver the humanitarian services, it sometimes requires private supplies that could again increase the cost and there is this level of fear sometimes to facilitate the existing procedures [with regard to] sanctions," IFRC Under-Secretary-General for Operations Coordination Xavier Castellanos said in an interview.
▪️ Turkiye and Syria were rattled on Monday by a pair of major earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks that killed more than 10,000 people and collapsed thousands of homes. Syria's death toll has topped 1,200 people.
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💬 "Sanctions do have these unintended consequences. And if I summarize, [it] increases the prices on everything that we do, takes more time to deliver the humanitarian services, it sometimes requires private supplies that could again increase the cost and there is this level of fear sometimes to facilitate the existing procedures [with regard to] sanctions," IFRC Under-Secretary-General for Operations Coordination Xavier Castellanos said in an interview.
▪️ Turkiye and Syria were rattled on Monday by a pair of major earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks that killed more than 10,000 people and collapsed thousands of homes. Syria's death toll has topped 1,200 people.
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⚡️ Turkiye's earthquake death toll has risen to 12,873 with 62,937 injured, the country's Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) says
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📹 On the night of February 8, the Russian military attacked the positions of Ukrainian militants near Avdeevka using Grad multiple-launch rocket systems. Russia observed its enemy with the help of the "Ironia" system.
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SpaceX Set to Prevent Ukraine's Army From Using Starlink Internet to Control Drones
Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's armed forces from using the Starlink satellite constellation for controlling and targeting drones as the technology was "never intended to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, said on Wednesday.
The president did not elaborate on what exact use the Ukrainian military made of Starlink to "weaponize" the satellite constellation. However, The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said earlier that it was forming companies of drone operators equipped with Starlink satellite communications, drones, and ammunition to target Russian forces.
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Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's armed forces from using the Starlink satellite constellation for controlling and targeting drones as the technology was "never intended to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, said on Wednesday.
The president did not elaborate on what exact use the Ukrainian military made of Starlink to "weaponize" the satellite constellation. However, The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said earlier that it was forming companies of drone operators equipped with Starlink satellite communications, drones, and ammunition to target Russian forces.
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⚡️ A 5.5 magnitude earthquake registered in Indonesia, seismologists say
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📹🚀 A Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), was launched from the Baikonur space center on Thursday, according to a broadcast by Russian state space corporation Roscosmos.
👌🏽 Thus, Russia set a national record of 100 consecutive successful launches of space launch vehicles in its modern history.
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👌🏽 Thus, Russia set a national record of 100 consecutive successful launches of space launch vehicles in its modern history.
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🇰🇵 North Korea unveils new intercontinental ballistic missile.
▪️ An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) convoy and a tactical nuclear unit took part in a nighttime military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army (KPA), South Korean media reported.
▪️ North Korea displayed several ballistic missiles, including the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, according to images obtained by the US company Maxar Technologies. A convoy, believed to be two rows of these missiles, passed through the square during the parade.
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▪️ An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) convoy and a tactical nuclear unit took part in a nighttime military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army (KPA), South Korean media reported.
▪️ North Korea displayed several ballistic missiles, including the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, according to images obtained by the US company Maxar Technologies. A convoy, believed to be two rows of these missiles, passed through the square during the parade.
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🗣 Western countries do not provide necessary aid to the Syrian government, which is dealing with the fallout of the devastating earthquake, and only care about Turkiye or areas in Syria that are controlled by terrorist or opposition groups, the Syrian Presidency’s Special Advisor Bouthaina Shaaban said.
💬 "Unfortunately, the West only cares about areas where the terrorists are - where the White Helmets are - but they do not care about the areas in which most Syrian people live... Most of the money, all of the equipment has been dispatched to Turkiye from Europe and from the US. Nothing to Syria from Europe, at all," Shaaban told media.
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💬 "Unfortunately, the West only cares about areas where the terrorists are - where the White Helmets are - but they do not care about the areas in which most Syrian people live... Most of the money, all of the equipment has been dispatched to Turkiye from Europe and from the US. Nothing to Syria from Europe, at all," Shaaban told media.
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❗️ Hersh's report on Nord Stream explosions will entail consequences for US despite Washington's denials - Russian deputy foreign minister to Sputnik
▪️ Earlier, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh confirmed to Sputnik that he authored an investigative report saying that US Navy divers planted explosives to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines last year.
▪️ Earlier, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh confirmed to Sputnik that he authored an investigative report saying that US Navy divers planted explosives to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines last year.
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📹 Russia's MoD has revealed footage showing Tornado-S MLRS crews in combat at night as part of the special military operation
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🇿🇦🇹🇷 South African disaster relief groups arrive in Turkiye to aid earthquake victims
▪️Disaster and rescue experts, as well as medical groups from South Africa, have arrived in Turkiye to provide assistance to victims of Monday’s deadly quakes, that have left thousands dead and thousands more trapped under rubble.
▪️The South African rescue group includes 27 search and rescue members as well as 20 medical personnel.
▪️The South African humanitarian organization Gift of the Givers stated that Turkish authorities set up a dedicated flight for the rescue team and their equipment to fly to Adana, from where they will later head to the earthquake zone.
▪️It was also noted that South African police service had agreed to send five sniffer dogs and their handlers to Turkiye that will "make a huge impact in search and rescue, and help in finding where people are buried."
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▪️Disaster and rescue experts, as well as medical groups from South Africa, have arrived in Turkiye to provide assistance to victims of Monday’s deadly quakes, that have left thousands dead and thousands more trapped under rubble.
▪️The South African rescue group includes 27 search and rescue members as well as 20 medical personnel.
▪️The South African humanitarian organization Gift of the Givers stated that Turkish authorities set up a dedicated flight for the rescue team and their equipment to fly to Adana, from where they will later head to the earthquake zone.
▪️It was also noted that South African police service had agreed to send five sniffer dogs and their handlers to Turkiye that will "make a huge impact in search and rescue, and help in finding where people are buried."
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❗️ Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:
▪️ The Nord Stream explosion should not be left without investigation, otherwise this may happen again. There are not many countries in the world that can commit such acts of sabotage. However, Russia is not allowed to investigate;
▪️ The line between indirect and direct involvement of Britain, France and Germany in the conflict in Ukraine is gradually disappearing;
▪️ Russia cannot accept the results of MH17 investigations, in which it was not involved.
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▪️ The Nord Stream explosion should not be left without investigation, otherwise this may happen again. There are not many countries in the world that can commit such acts of sabotage. However, Russia is not allowed to investigate;
▪️ The line between indirect and direct involvement of Britain, France and Germany in the conflict in Ukraine is gradually disappearing;
▪️ Russia cannot accept the results of MH17 investigations, in which it was not involved.
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🗣 "This is dynamite. And I think this story has legs. And I think this story is going to cause a lot of problems for a lot of people going forward," Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector & weapons of mass destruction whistleblower speaking on Seymour Hersh's revelation about US involvement in the Nord Stream bombings
💬 "Look, it's Seymour Hersh. The reputation speaks for itself. So when he writes it, it's well-sourced. This is an article that condemns the United States and condemns Norway, who is a coconspirator or a collaborator in this attack. And it condemns Germany for allowing itself to be attacked in this nature. And it absolves Russia," he added.
He also commented that the revelation will be silenced by western media: "I don't think you're going to see Seymour Hersh out there trying to pimp this thing. It's going to pimp itself. Of course, every journalist is going to be trying to talk to him. I believe every journalist is trying to talk to him. I just think he's at the point in his career where he doesn't need that, he doesn't need to get in the middle of the storm."
🎧 Listen to more of Scott’s analysis in our podcast The Critical Hour: Biden's State of the Union Address Failed to Reassure Skeptics and Address Americans' Pain Points
💬 "Look, it's Seymour Hersh. The reputation speaks for itself. So when he writes it, it's well-sourced. This is an article that condemns the United States and condemns Norway, who is a coconspirator or a collaborator in this attack. And it condemns Germany for allowing itself to be attacked in this nature. And it absolves Russia," he added.
He also commented that the revelation will be silenced by western media: "I don't think you're going to see Seymour Hersh out there trying to pimp this thing. It's going to pimp itself. Of course, every journalist is going to be trying to talk to him. I believe every journalist is trying to talk to him. I just think he's at the point in his career where he doesn't need that, he doesn't need to get in the middle of the storm."
🎧 Listen to more of Scott’s analysis in our podcast The Critical Hour: Biden's State of the Union Address Failed to Reassure Skeptics and Address Americans' Pain Points
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