NATO's Unsustainable Bluff
💬 "Two decades of singular focus on low-intensity combat in Iraq and Afghanistan has atrophied both US and European production lines for artillery ammunition. It would take years to start up new production lines, and even then, the private defense industries involved would be loath to do so without long-term contracts which, given the moment-by-moment aspect of NATO aid to Ukraine, is not forthcoming," Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, writes.
❗️“ Meanwhile, Russia’s defense industry is chugging along on all cylinders, not only producing ammunition in sufficient quantities to meet its prodigious expenditure rates in Ukraine, but also build stocks sufficient to supply an expanding Russian military, expected to grow to over 1.5 million in the next several years.”
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💬 "Two decades of singular focus on low-intensity combat in Iraq and Afghanistan has atrophied both US and European production lines for artillery ammunition. It would take years to start up new production lines, and even then, the private defense industries involved would be loath to do so without long-term contracts which, given the moment-by-moment aspect of NATO aid to Ukraine, is not forthcoming," Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, writes.
❗️“ Meanwhile, Russia’s defense industry is chugging along on all cylinders, not only producing ammunition in sufficient quantities to meet its prodigious expenditure rates in Ukraine, but also build stocks sufficient to supply an expanding Russian military, expected to grow to over 1.5 million in the next several years.”
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Why is the US Militarizing the Philippines?
The US is actively wooing the Philippines to join its anti-China coalition, ramping up its military activities in the island nation and greedily eyeing its military bases - including for the possible deployment of intermediate-range ballistic missiles. What are the Pentagon's ultimate objectives? And what is the 'First and Second Island Chain' concept that's motivating US military planners' calculations?
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The US is actively wooing the Philippines to join its anti-China coalition, ramping up its military activities in the island nation and greedily eyeing its military bases - including for the possible deployment of intermediate-range ballistic missiles. What are the Pentagon's ultimate objectives? And what is the 'First and Second Island Chain' concept that's motivating US military planners' calculations?
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🇲🇿 Mozambican pastor reportedly dies of malnutrition in attempt to emulate Jesus' 40-day fast
▪️According to reports, the clergyman, Francisco Barajah, died after fasting for 40 days, trying to complete what Jesus Christ is said to have done on the biblical Mount of Olives.
▪️After 25 days of fasting, the pastor had seriously lost weight, to the extent that he couldn’t stand up or walk.
▪️The death of the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, western part of Mozambique, was confirmed on Wednesday at the hospital in Beira where he was taken in critical condition
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▪️According to reports, the clergyman, Francisco Barajah, died after fasting for 40 days, trying to complete what Jesus Christ is said to have done on the biblical Mount of Olives.
▪️After 25 days of fasting, the pastor had seriously lost weight, to the extent that he couldn’t stand up or walk.
▪️The death of the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, western part of Mozambique, was confirmed on Wednesday at the hospital in Beira where he was taken in critical condition
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❗️A train carrying hazardous materials derailed outside Detroit in Van Buren Township, Michigan, US media reported
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Biden: Nothing Presently Suggests Three Downed 'Objects' Were Tied to China or Spy Ops
Over the weekend, the US Military downed three unidentified objects flying over United States and Canadian airspace. The operations were preceded by the US military shooting down what officials claim was a Chinese spy balloon.
Four days after shooting down the last of three unidentified flying objects located over United States and Canadian airspace, President Biden briefed the public on the operation, saying there was no indication that the objects were spy balloons from China or any other country.
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Over the weekend, the US Military downed three unidentified objects flying over United States and Canadian airspace. The operations were preceded by the US military shooting down what officials claim was a Chinese spy balloon.
Four days after shooting down the last of three unidentified flying objects located over United States and Canadian airspace, President Biden briefed the public on the operation, saying there was no indication that the objects were spy balloons from China or any other country.
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Famed US actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family has confirmed.
The Thursday revelation comes nearly a year after it was announced in March 2022 that he was retiring from acting after initially being diagnosed with aphasia.
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The Thursday revelation comes nearly a year after it was announced in March 2022 that he was retiring from acting after initially being diagnosed with aphasia.
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🔺Support shortage? US is training Ukrainians to use less ammunition while Germany says there will be fewer tanks going to Ukraine than promised
🔺Nord Stream files: Journalist Seymour Hersh has promised to unveil more info on the US' involvement in the attack
🔺Rage Against the War Machine: Diane Sare joins us to discuss the upcoming anti-war rally in Washington
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🔺Nord Stream files: Journalist Seymour Hersh has promised to unveil more info on the US' involvement in the attack
🔺Rage Against the War Machine: Diane Sare joins us to discuss the upcoming anti-war rally in Washington
We discuss all the important stories ignored by the mainstream media! Tune in to Radio Sputnik at 6pm EST|3pm PST|12am CET via the website or app
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🇺🇸 US’ true colors shine through: Vicky Nuland pitches arms sales to countries “who are dependent on Russian weapons”
The US is working to become an alternative arms sales partner for countries dependent on Russian weapons amid Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said.
💬 "So we have an opportunity not only to ensure our own stocks are replenished, but countries like Ukraine that have a long term defense requirement, as we talked about before, can be replenished, but the countries that have made a bad bet on Russian weapons have other options, and we're also working on that,"
Nuland said during a press briefing. Countries like India that are fully dependent on Russian weapons should understand they will not be able to resupply their stocks, Nuland said.
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The US is working to become an alternative arms sales partner for countries dependent on Russian weapons amid Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said.
💬 "So we have an opportunity not only to ensure our own stocks are replenished, but countries like Ukraine that have a long term defense requirement, as we talked about before, can be replenished, but the countries that have made a bad bet on Russian weapons have other options, and we're also working on that,"
Nuland said during a press briefing. Countries like India that are fully dependent on Russian weapons should understand they will not be able to resupply their stocks, Nuland said.
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Mick Wallace, a member of the EU Parliament, condemns Western leaders for escalating the Ukraine crisis
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No Lock, No Stock & No Barrel: Why Blinken Re-Evaluated 'Red Lines' and Backed Down on Crimea
“It is possible that Blinken is becoming aware of the serious weakness and rapid decline of Ukraine's situation, on military, humanitarian, and political leadership fronts,” Retired Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former analyst for the US Department of Defense, told Sputnik.
"Ukraine does not have the military capability required to even take back the Donbass, and to refocus its remaining capability on the battlefield to Crimea would further fracture the Ukrainian territory – and be unsuccessful on both fronts," the former Pentagon analyst said. "No general would advise a strategy of dividing already limited forces, even to try and take such a strategically valuable piece of real estate."
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“It is possible that Blinken is becoming aware of the serious weakness and rapid decline of Ukraine's situation, on military, humanitarian, and political leadership fronts,” Retired Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former analyst for the US Department of Defense, told Sputnik.
"Ukraine does not have the military capability required to even take back the Donbass, and to refocus its remaining capability on the battlefield to Crimea would further fracture the Ukrainian territory – and be unsuccessful on both fronts," the former Pentagon analyst said. "No general would advise a strategy of dividing already limited forces, even to try and take such a strategically valuable piece of real estate."
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Dependence of European countries on the US: journalist Nebojsa Malic says that without the permission of their master, Europe can’t follow its own interests, damaging itself.
💬”They haven't thought this through because they're either idiots, which they might well be, or they simply don't understand how the world works anymore,” Malic adds.
🎧Listen to more of Malic’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines: Is NATO Inching Closer to Supplying Ukraine With Fighter Jets?
💬”They haven't thought this through because they're either idiots, which they might well be, or they simply don't understand how the world works anymore,” Malic adds.
🎧Listen to more of Malic’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines: Is NATO Inching Closer to Supplying Ukraine With Fighter Jets?
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📹 Russian Khosta self-propelled gun in action in the special military operation area
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“The absolute NPC, who just recites lies that are put before him”: Nebojsa Malic speaks about NATO’s secretary general and his controversial statements, as well as the actions of the alliance’s member states
🎧Listen to more of Malic’s views in our podcast Fault Lines: Is NATO Inching Closer to Supplying Ukraine With Fighter Jets?
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📹 Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft in action in the special military operation zone
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US Treasury Says No Evidence Russia Evaded Oil Cap, Received Payments Above It
The US Department the Treasury has found no hard data or evidence that Russia is evading the oil-related sanctions by using the coalition service providers and receiving above-the-cap payments, according to prepared remarks by Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy for the upcoming Americas Crude Summit in Houston, Texas.
"To my knowledge, there is no hard data or conclusive evidence that supports speculation about Russia evading the sanctions by using Coalition service providers and receiving above-the-cap payments," the remarks said on Thursday.
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The US Department the Treasury has found no hard data or evidence that Russia is evading the oil-related sanctions by using the coalition service providers and receiving above-the-cap payments, according to prepared remarks by Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy for the upcoming Americas Crude Summit in Houston, Texas.
"To my knowledge, there is no hard data or conclusive evidence that supports speculation about Russia evading the sanctions by using Coalition service providers and receiving above-the-cap payments," the remarks said on Thursday.
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🇰🇵🇰🇷 The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is failing to act despite the United States' attempts to turn the Korean Peninsula into a theater of war and a military base, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
🗣 "The reality goes to clearly prove that the U.S. and South Korea are the arch criminals deliberately disrupting the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and the region. This being a hard fact, the UNSC is groundlessly pulling up the DPRK [the Democratic People's Republic of Korea], which has maintained patience and self-control to defuse the tension in the Korean peninsula, and is showing no expression of concern, far from deterring the U.S. seeking to turn the Korean peninsula into a theatre of war exercises and a military base," the spokesperson said, as quoted by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
▪️ The diplomat recalled that the US and South Korea are planning to hold over 20 joint military exercises in 2023, adding that the countries "put their scale and scope on the level of the largest-ever field mobile tactical exercises."
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🗣 "The reality goes to clearly prove that the U.S. and South Korea are the arch criminals deliberately disrupting the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and the region. This being a hard fact, the UNSC is groundlessly pulling up the DPRK [the Democratic People's Republic of Korea], which has maintained patience and self-control to defuse the tension in the Korean peninsula, and is showing no expression of concern, far from deterring the U.S. seeking to turn the Korean peninsula into a theatre of war exercises and a military base," the spokesperson said, as quoted by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
▪️ The diplomat recalled that the US and South Korea are planning to hold over 20 joint military exercises in 2023, adding that the countries "put their scale and scope on the level of the largest-ever field mobile tactical exercises."
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Russian Embassy: Nuland's Statement on Crimea Shows Washington's Involvement in Conflict
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland's statement that the United States supports Ukraine targeting massive Russian military installations in Crimea shows Washington's direct involvement in the Ukraine conflict, Igor Girenko, the press secretary of Russia's embassy to the US, said on Thursday.
"The statements by a senior State Department official on February 16 about supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces in carrying out strikes on Crimea are a clear confirmation of Russia's position that the United States is directly involved in the conflict," Girenko said on the embassy's Telegram.
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US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland's statement that the United States supports Ukraine targeting massive Russian military installations in Crimea shows Washington's direct involvement in the Ukraine conflict, Igor Girenko, the press secretary of Russia's embassy to the US, said on Thursday.
"The statements by a senior State Department official on February 16 about supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces in carrying out strikes on Crimea are a clear confirmation of Russia's position that the United States is directly involved in the conflict," Girenko said on the embassy's Telegram.
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Swedish Police Admit to Restricting Free Speech, Say No to Quran-Burnings
The Swedish police have refused permission for a Quran-burning for a second time in a week, this time outside the Iraqi embassy. The decision was motivated by considerations that it could increase the terrorist threat against the Nordic country.
Last week, Sweden denied activists permission to burn a copy of Islam's holy book outside of Turkiye's embassy, as the Nordic country's Security Police called the stepped-up Quran-burnings a threat to Swedish society and Swedish interests amid an extensive Muslim backlash, as Swedish flags had been torched in several places across the globe in response.
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The Swedish police have refused permission for a Quran-burning for a second time in a week, this time outside the Iraqi embassy. The decision was motivated by considerations that it could increase the terrorist threat against the Nordic country.
Last week, Sweden denied activists permission to burn a copy of Islam's holy book outside of Turkiye's embassy, as the Nordic country's Security Police called the stepped-up Quran-burnings a threat to Swedish society and Swedish interests amid an extensive Muslim backlash, as Swedish flags had been torched in several places across the globe in response.
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🇺🇸 🇨🇳 US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China Michael Chase will travel to Taiwan in the first such visit since 2019 amid the rift in relations between Washington and Beijing following the downing of a suspected spy balloon off the coast of the United States, US media reported.
▪️ The senior official, who is currently in Mongolia for discussions with the country’s military, is expected to embark on the trip in the coming days, the report said on Thursday.
▪️ In early February, the United States detected and later shot down four unidentified flying objects, including the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon. Washington alleges that the balloon was designed to gather intelligence.
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▪️ The senior official, who is currently in Mongolia for discussions with the country’s military, is expected to embark on the trip in the coming days, the report said on Thursday.
▪️ In early February, the United States detected and later shot down four unidentified flying objects, including the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon. Washington alleges that the balloon was designed to gather intelligence.
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New Corroborating Evidence Emerges Showing US Trace Behind Nord Stream Blasts
An email forwarded to Sputnik by a US journalist from an individual identifying themselves as a servicemember that took part in last summer’s NATO BALTOPS 22 exercises in waters near the site of the Nord Stream pipeline explosions provides new information corroborating last week's bombshell Substack report on the incident by Seymour Hersh.
According to the email, on June 15, a helicopter delivered a group of conspicuous-looking American divers in civilian clothes to the exercise area. “My first thought was that they looked like a group of terrorists,” the source wrote, pointing to the individuals’ odd haircuts, mustaches and beards, and the absence of any military ID markers.
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An email forwarded to Sputnik by a US journalist from an individual identifying themselves as a servicemember that took part in last summer’s NATO BALTOPS 22 exercises in waters near the site of the Nord Stream pipeline explosions provides new information corroborating last week's bombshell Substack report on the incident by Seymour Hersh.
According to the email, on June 15, a helicopter delivered a group of conspicuous-looking American divers in civilian clothes to the exercise area. “My first thought was that they looked like a group of terrorists,” the source wrote, pointing to the individuals’ odd haircuts, mustaches and beards, and the absence of any military ID markers.
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