This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Fox News host slams Biden for US airstrikes on Iraq and Syria
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"Why is it that we only have consequences for actions not in the US? ‘If you harm Americans there will be payback.’ Well, there are Americans being harmed in the US every damn day. We don't anything about the border. We don't do anything about crime. When will we send a message to the illegal immigrants, or the fentanyl suppliers? Or the smash and grabbers? Or hell, why don't we send a message to the people who assault cops?"
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
👍58😁10❤3🤔1
Sputnik International
⚡️ Centcom confirms US strikes on Syria and Iraq "At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. US…
❗️ 16 people were killed in US airstrikes in western Iraq, Iraqi media reported, citing local military command
🤬26😢12👎6
❗️Sabre TAG trainees suffered major failures in botched Ukrainian counteroffensive, Sputnik discovered
Since March 2022, Sabre TAG, a group previously reported on by Sputnik, has trained several Ukrainian units that were involved in the failed summer counteroffensive.
◾️Roughly around the end of 2022 and the start of 2023, Sabre TAG was training "the armed forces of Ukraine, soldiers of the state border service, special forces of the national police and volunteer formations", according to a post by the group's interpreter (see photo 1). Sabre also extensively shared information on their work with some big units, over its social media networks.
◾️The 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade “Rubezh” is referred to as "a key unit of the National Guard of Ukraine" by Sabre TAG (photo 2). It took part in the battles of Severodonetsk and Rubezhnoe in 2022. After the Ukrainian army’s defeat there, they were sent to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Klescheevka.
◾️For the 68th Jaeger Brigade, Sabre disclosed that it had furnished them with both a tactical and medical training set (photo 3). As Sabre official website explained earlier, the unit “consists of a headquarters and headquarters company, 1st Mechanized Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Battalion, 3rd Mechanized Battalion, Tank Battalion, Artillery Group, Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion, Reconnaissance Company, Engineer Battalion, Logistic Battalion, Signal Company, Maintenance Battalion, Radar Company, and Medical Company”. Once major dilemmas set in for the unit amid the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, detailed information about the brigade was deleted from the Sabre TAG website (photo 4).
◾️The 68th Jaeger Brigade was stationed in Ugledar for several months, but it was relocated to the Liman area near Kupyansk and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region during the summer. Sputnik had previously revealed the dire situation for the Ukrainian army near Sinkovka.
To be continued soon...
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Since March 2022, Sabre TAG, a group previously reported on by Sputnik, has trained several Ukrainian units that were involved in the failed summer counteroffensive.
◾️Roughly around the end of 2022 and the start of 2023, Sabre TAG was training "the armed forces of Ukraine, soldiers of the state border service, special forces of the national police and volunteer formations", according to a post by the group's interpreter (see photo 1). Sabre also extensively shared information on their work with some big units, over its social media networks.
◾️The 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade “Rubezh” is referred to as "a key unit of the National Guard of Ukraine" by Sabre TAG (photo 2). It took part in the battles of Severodonetsk and Rubezhnoe in 2022. After the Ukrainian army’s defeat there, they were sent to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Klescheevka.
◾️For the 68th Jaeger Brigade, Sabre disclosed that it had furnished them with both a tactical and medical training set (photo 3). As Sabre official website explained earlier, the unit “consists of a headquarters and headquarters company, 1st Mechanized Battalion, 2nd Mechanized Battalion, 3rd Mechanized Battalion, Tank Battalion, Artillery Group, Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion, Reconnaissance Company, Engineer Battalion, Logistic Battalion, Signal Company, Maintenance Battalion, Radar Company, and Medical Company”. Once major dilemmas set in for the unit amid the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, detailed information about the brigade was deleted from the Sabre TAG website (photo 4).
◾️The 68th Jaeger Brigade was stationed in Ugledar for several months, but it was relocated to the Liman area near Kupyansk and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region during the summer. Sputnik had previously revealed the dire situation for the Ukrainian army near Sinkovka.
To be continued soon...
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
😁18🥴4❤2🤔2👍1
Sputnik International
⚡️ US notified Iraq before airstrikes, White House says
❗️ US statement on coordinating strikes with Iraq is a lie - Iraqi government
Iraq’s authorities called the US airstrikes undisguised aggression and said the presence of the international coalition in the country has become a threat to security and stability
Iraq’s authorities called the US airstrikes undisguised aggression and said the presence of the international coalition in the country has become a threat to security and stability
👍49🤬15😁3❤2
Sputnik International
⚡️ Centcom confirms US strikes on Syria and Iraq "At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. US…
❗️ The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the US attacks on Iraq and Syria, calling the continuation of such incidents “a threat to peace and security in the region.”
🔥36👍17🤔2
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
❗️ Islamic Resistance in Iraq struck US military base - statement
The Islamic Resistance also published a video showing a drone being launched at the US’ Harir military base in Erbil.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"Continuing our approach in resisting the American occupation forces in Iraq and the region, and in response to the massacres committed by the Zionist entity against our people in Gaza, the Islamic Resistance fighters in Iraq attacked the ‘Harir’ occupation base in Erbil, northern Iraq, on Saturday, 3-2-2024, using unmanned aerial vehicles. The Islamic Resistance affirms its continued efforts to target the enemy's strongholds," the statement says.
The Islamic Resistance also published a video showing a drone being launched at the US’ Harir military base in Erbil.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
🔥34👍24❤6👌2
Sputnik International
⚡️ Centcom confirms US strikes on Syria and Iraq "At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. US…
❗️ Iraq's parliament has called for an early agreement with international coalition countries on the withdrawal of foreign troops from the nation after US strikes
👌42👍20🔥7😁1
🇵🇱 Polish President Andrzej Duda has stated that Crimea historically belonged to Russia and is unlikely to return to Ukraine:
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"It has a special significance from a historical point of view. In fact, if we look at history, Crimea has been in Russian hands for a long time," he said.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
😁50👍29👌11
Zaluzhny’s new essay for Ukraine's NATO sponsors designed to pump him up as Zelensky alternative
“Firstly, Zaluzhny needs to show that he is effective in the role of commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and that he has a plan for what to do in the coming year and beyond. A significant chunk of his essay is devoted to this,” Russian political analyst Sergei Poletaev told Sputnik, commenting on the Ukrainian top general’s new treatise for CNN.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
“Firstly, Zaluzhny needs to show that he is effective in the role of commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and that he has a plan for what to do in the coming year and beyond. A significant chunk of his essay is devoted to this,” Russian political analyst Sergei Poletaev told Sputnik, commenting on the Ukrainian top general’s new treatise for CNN.
“The West doesn’t know what to do following the failure of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. They need some kind of plan for which, roughly speaking, Kiev will be able to go and get more money. Here, Zaluzhny is trying to show his plan and convince Western audiences that he is the man who can implement it,” the observer noted.
“The second motivation is of a more general nature, and it seems that Zaluzhny feels ‘cramped’ in his commander’s chair. He imagines himself as kind of a new von Clausewitz, a great military theorist, and therefore engages in writing such texts of more of a philosophical and theoretical nature,” Poletaev said.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
💩28👍5😁4❤1
👍35👌6😁5🫡3
❗️ Over the past week, Russian troops carried out 37 strikes on Ukrainian decision-making centers, military-industrial complex facilities, and arsenals; all targets were hit.
🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian MoD’s weekly briefing on the progress of the special military op in Ukraine:
▪️ The Russian Army continued to improve its position along the front line near Kupyansk, and repelled 41 attacks.
▪️ Ukrainian forces lost over 750 troops near Kupyansk.
▪️ In the DPR, Russian troops improved their position along the front line and repelled 22 enemy attacks.
▪️ Near Krasny Liman, 19 attacks were repelled and the enemy lost up to 1,825 soldiers killed and wounded.
▪️ Ukrainian losses in the DPR amounted to more than 2,245 military personnel.
▪️ In the southernn DPR, enemy losses amounted to 735 military personnel.
▪️ Ukrainian forces lost more than 385 military personnel in the Zaporozhye region.
▪️ In the Kherson region, the enemy lost up to 290 soldiers killed and wounded, and 26 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.
▪️ During the week, air defenses and aviation shot down 20 air-launched guided missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, as well as 53 HIMARS, Hurricane, and Alder rockets, and 423 UAVs.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian MoD’s weekly briefing on the progress of the special military op in Ukraine:
▪️ The Russian Army continued to improve its position along the front line near Kupyansk, and repelled 41 attacks.
▪️ Ukrainian forces lost over 750 troops near Kupyansk.
▪️ In the DPR, Russian troops improved their position along the front line and repelled 22 enemy attacks.
▪️ Near Krasny Liman, 19 attacks were repelled and the enemy lost up to 1,825 soldiers killed and wounded.
▪️ Ukrainian losses in the DPR amounted to more than 2,245 military personnel.
▪️ In the southernn DPR, enemy losses amounted to 735 military personnel.
▪️ Ukrainian forces lost more than 385 military personnel in the Zaporozhye region.
▪️ In the Kherson region, the enemy lost up to 290 soldiers killed and wounded, and 26 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.
▪️ During the week, air defenses and aviation shot down 20 air-launched guided missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, as well as 53 HIMARS, Hurricane, and Alder rockets, and 423 UAVs.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
👍29❤8🔥1👌1
💬 Key-points of Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comments on the US strikes on the territory of Iraq and Syria:
▪️As a result of the strikes, dozens of objects were destroyed and damaged, and civilians were killed.
▪️The United States has once again demonstrated to the world the aggressive nature of US policy in the Middle East and Washington’s complete disregard for international law.
▪️The largest US air operation in the region since 2003, presented by Biden as an “act of retaliation” for an attack using a drone of unknown origin on an American base in Jordan, has no justification.
▪️It is obvious that the airstrikes were specifically designed to further inflame the conflict.
▪️Recent events confirm that the United States is not and has never been looking for solutions to problems in the region.
▪️The Russian FM spokeswoman condemned the new blatant act of US-British aggression against sovereign states.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
▪️As a result of the strikes, dozens of objects were destroyed and damaged, and civilians were killed.
▪️The United States has once again demonstrated to the world the aggressive nature of US policy in the Middle East and Washington’s complete disregard for international law.
▪️The largest US air operation in the region since 2003, presented by Biden as an “act of retaliation” for an attack using a drone of unknown origin on an American base in Jordan, has no justification.
▪️It is obvious that the airstrikes were specifically designed to further inflame the conflict.
▪️Recent events confirm that the United States is not and has never been looking for solutions to problems in the region.
▪️The Russian FM spokeswoman condemned the new blatant act of US-British aggression against sovereign states.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
👌40👍33❤8🔥1
Who are the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, the anti-ISIS warriors US is now attacking in Iraq? (part 1)
Formed in June 2014, while Islamic State* jihadists were overrunning much of western Iraq and eastern Syria, the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (lit. ‘Popular Mobilization Forces’) are a militia coalition created to stop the terrorist onslaught.
▪️ Loyal to the Iraqi government and formally part of Iraq’s military, the PMF consists of over 60 armed factions, incorporating reps from every major ethnic and religious denomination and sect in the country, from Shias and Sunnis to Christians, Yazidis, Turkmen, and Kurds.
▪️ The PMF was involved in every major engagement against ISIS forces. As the Pentagon boasted about its campaign of airstrikes against the terrorists, it fell to the PMF to do the actual heavy lifting on the ground in urban combat and counter-insurgency raids. Some PMF forces also voluntarily deployed to Syria to fight against ISIS and other jihadists seeking to topple the Assad government. In both Iraq and Syria, the PMF’s operations were crucial to saving local residents, and particularly minorities, from extermination and enslavement by the terrorists.
▪️ The PMF’s loose structure and ties to Iran made them a headache for Washington, which tried (and failed) to force the militia force to disband after major operations against ISIS were wrapped up in late 2017.
* (IS, ISIL, ISIS) a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Formed in June 2014, while Islamic State* jihadists were overrunning much of western Iraq and eastern Syria, the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (lit. ‘Popular Mobilization Forces’) are a militia coalition created to stop the terrorist onslaught.
▪️ Loyal to the Iraqi government and formally part of Iraq’s military, the PMF consists of over 60 armed factions, incorporating reps from every major ethnic and religious denomination and sect in the country, from Shias and Sunnis to Christians, Yazidis, Turkmen, and Kurds.
▪️ The PMF was involved in every major engagement against ISIS forces. As the Pentagon boasted about its campaign of airstrikes against the terrorists, it fell to the PMF to do the actual heavy lifting on the ground in urban combat and counter-insurgency raids. Some PMF forces also voluntarily deployed to Syria to fight against ISIS and other jihadists seeking to topple the Assad government. In both Iraq and Syria, the PMF’s operations were crucial to saving local residents, and particularly minorities, from extermination and enslavement by the terrorists.
▪️ The PMF’s loose structure and ties to Iran made them a headache for Washington, which tried (and failed) to force the militia force to disband after major operations against ISIS were wrapped up in late 2017.
* (IS, ISIL, ISIS) a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❤25👍20🔥3
Sputnik International
Who are the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, the anti-ISIS warriors US is now attacking in Iraq? (part 1) Formed in June 2014, while Islamic State* jihadists were overrunning much of western Iraq and eastern Syria, the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (lit. ‘Popular Mobilization Forces’)…
Who are the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, the anti-ISIS warriors US is now attacking in Iraq? (Part2)
▪️ Tensions between the US and the PMF ramped up dramatically in 2019, after the group accused the US and Israel of bombing their bases. They escalated further in 2020, after the US assassinated PMF deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad without provocation. The killings prompted elements of the militia to vow to expel US forces from the region using a campaign of drone and rocket attacks.
▪️ In October 2023, the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli crisis prompted elements of the PMF to dramatically ramp up attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria in response to the US's diplomatic and military support for Tel Aviv. On Saturday, about a week after three US troops were killed at a base in Jordan across the border from an illegal US outpost in Syria, the US launched large-scale strikes against so-called 'Iranian-backed' targets. Forces from the PMF confirmed Saturday that dozens of its militiamen had been killed or injured “as a result of the cowardly American aggression.”
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
▪️ Tensions between the US and the PMF ramped up dramatically in 2019, after the group accused the US and Israel of bombing their bases. They escalated further in 2020, after the US assassinated PMF deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad without provocation. The killings prompted elements of the militia to vow to expel US forces from the region using a campaign of drone and rocket attacks.
▪️ In October 2023, the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli crisis prompted elements of the PMF to dramatically ramp up attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria in response to the US's diplomatic and military support for Tel Aviv. On Saturday, about a week after three US troops were killed at a base in Jordan across the border from an illegal US outpost in Syria, the US launched large-scale strikes against so-called 'Iranian-backed' targets. Forces from the PMF confirmed Saturday that dozens of its militiamen had been killed or injured “as a result of the cowardly American aggression.”
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❤24👍7😢3🤔2
Iraqi groups shelled a US base in northeast Syria, according to Islamic Resistance of Iraq.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❤50👍8🔥7😁2
Repairs plague Ukrainian Army as shells run short
Ukrainian soldiers have complained about the quality of Western military equipment, Le Figaro reports. Speaking to the newspaper, they said that the 20 tanks assigned to their unit break down regularly and need repairs. The vehicles are essentially expensive scrap.
The fighters recount launching artillery shells from distant positions, only to be obliterated by intense firepower from Russian drones closing in on them. The shell shortage is another problem – Russia outguns Ukraine threefold.
In December, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu praised the military-industrial complex for boosting its output and working round-the-clock to meet the needs of the special military operation.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Ukrainian soldiers have complained about the quality of Western military equipment, Le Figaro reports. Speaking to the newspaper, they said that the 20 tanks assigned to their unit break down regularly and need repairs. The vehicles are essentially expensive scrap.
The fighters recount launching artillery shells from distant positions, only to be obliterated by intense firepower from Russian drones closing in on them. The shell shortage is another problem – Russia outguns Ukraine threefold.
In December, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu praised the military-industrial complex for boosting its output and working round-the-clock to meet the needs of the special military operation.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❤24😁14👍4🤔2
🇨🇳 China successfully launched the world's first commercial artificial intelligence satellite into orbit, China Central Television reported.
The launch took place at 11.06 local time (3.06 GMT), overseen by specialists from the floating Taiyuan Cosmodrome in the sea off the coast of the city of Yangjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. The Tsielong-3 launch vehicle launched nine satellites into their planned orbits, including a device containing an artificial intelligence system.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
The launch took place at 11.06 local time (3.06 GMT), overseen by specialists from the floating Taiyuan Cosmodrome in the sea off the coast of the city of Yangjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. The Tsielong-3 launch vehicle launched nine satellites into their planned orbits, including a device containing an artificial intelligence system.
Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❤44👍20🤔4🫡3🔥2🌚1