Severe wildfires have forced the Pantex Corporation, which services the US nuclear arsenal, to suspend work in Texas.
The flames near the plant are not localised. Employees are being evacuated.
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▪️ Ukraine could be behind Navalny's death, Tucker Carlson said
▪️Tucker Carlson believes that the victory of "senile Biden", who "can't talk" and "can't walk", in the upcoming US elections would only be possible through fraud.
▪️Russian forces destroyed a parking lot of US-made HIMARS rocket systems and a drone assembly shop for Ukrainian troops
▪️European defense official has reportedly acknowledged there are western special forces in Ukraine
Other stories we have covered:
▪️ ‘They [Western leaders] are crazy,’ Sputnik expert comments on French President Macron’s bellicose comments threatening to send NATO troops to Ukraine
▪️ Seizure of Russian assets would open dangerous Pandora’s Box for the West
▪️ Watch the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system arriving in Moscow region
▪️ ‘We have become our own enemy’: polish farmers’ protest against Europe’s self-destruction
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▪️Tucker Carlson believes that the victory of "senile Biden", who "can't talk" and "can't walk", in the upcoming US elections would only be possible through fraud.
▪️Russian forces destroyed a parking lot of US-made HIMARS rocket systems and a drone assembly shop for Ukrainian troops
▪️European defense official has reportedly acknowledged there are western special forces in Ukraine
Other stories we have covered:
▪️ ‘They [Western leaders] are crazy,’ Sputnik expert comments on French President Macron’s bellicose comments threatening to send NATO troops to Ukraine
▪️ Seizure of Russian assets would open dangerous Pandora’s Box for the West
▪️ Watch the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system arriving in Moscow region
▪️ ‘We have become our own enemy’: polish farmers’ protest against Europe’s self-destruction
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Ex-Pentagon official calls for Stoltenberg to be fired 'before it's too late'
Former Pentagon official Stephen Bryen has called for Jens Stoltenberg to be sacked as NATO Secretary General after he gave the green light for F-16 fighter jets to launch strikes on Russian territory in Ukraine.
He describes Stoltenberg an "uber-hawk" whose words should be seen as an "irrational and dangerous move" that could trigger a nuclear escalation. Moscow "will interpret the F-16s flying over its territory as a declaration of war against Russia".
He adds that these fighter jets would not affect the course of the conflict anyway, since "they are not survivable against Russian air defences and top Russian aircraft such as the Su-35". He therefore considers Stoltenberg's words a "reckless statement" and calls for his dismissal.
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Former Pentagon official Stephen Bryen has called for Jens Stoltenberg to be sacked as NATO Secretary General after he gave the green light for F-16 fighter jets to launch strikes on Russian territory in Ukraine.
“Jens Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian Prime Minister and now Secretary General of NATO should be fired now, before it is too late”, was stated by Stephen Bryen in his article for Asian Times.
He describes Stoltenberg an "uber-hawk" whose words should be seen as an "irrational and dangerous move" that could trigger a nuclear escalation. Moscow "will interpret the F-16s flying over its territory as a declaration of war against Russia".
He adds that these fighter jets would not affect the course of the conflict anyway, since "they are not survivable against Russian air defences and top Russian aircraft such as the Su-35". He therefore considers Stoltenberg's words a "reckless statement" and calls for his dismissal.
"It is not clear who, if anyone, told Stoltenberg to make such a reckless statement about the use of F-16s. What is clear is that the 'permission' should be withdrawn and Stoltenberg should be fired," the former Pentagon official concludes.
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Photos of a burning Abrams tank and a video posted on social media allegedly depicting the moment when the tank was shot has been circulating online. In the second video, an unknowing Abrams tank can be seen carelessly wandering before the attack occurs. …
"Russian Piranya FPV drone has hit its first American Abrams tank in the special military operation zone," was announced by a representative of the Simbirsk Design Bureau Piranha.
According to him, the Piranya FPV drone differs from its analogues by the unique frequencies on which it operates. "No one has video transmitters on such a frequency. During electronic warfare tests, it proved to be the only drone that could not be suppressed".
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According to him, the Piranya FPV drone differs from its analogues by the unique frequencies on which it operates. "No one has video transmitters on such a frequency. During electronic warfare tests, it proved to be the only drone that could not be suppressed".
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GOP senators make U-turn as they call negotiated settlement 'the only way out' of Ukraine conflict
In an apparent U-turn from their previous stance, many Republican members of the US Senate are openly calling for a negotiated solution to the Ukraine conflict, Politico reports.
His colleague J.D. Vance concurred, saying "that's probably where this is going to end," calling a negotiated settlement the most likely outcome of the conflict.
The GOP's current position was unpopular just months ago, when lawmakers "refused to discuss the possibility of Ukraine giving up anything, including territory," to end the standoff.
This comes amid opposition from House Speaker Mike Johnson to a vote on sending more US aid to Ukraine as Russian troops continue to advance after the liberation of Avdeyevka.
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In an apparent U-turn from their previous stance, many Republican members of the US Senate are openly calling for a negotiated solution to the Ukraine conflict, Politico reports.
The news outlet quoted GOP Senator Marco Rubio, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, as saying that "the reality at this point that we have to face is that the war is going to end with a negotiated settlement".
His colleague J.D. Vance concurred, saying "that's probably where this is going to end," calling a negotiated settlement the most likely outcome of the conflict.
The GOP's current position was unpopular just months ago, when lawmakers "refused to discuss the possibility of Ukraine giving up anything, including territory," to end the standoff.
This comes amid opposition from House Speaker Mike Johnson to a vote on sending more US aid to Ukraine as Russian troops continue to advance after the liberation of Avdeyevka.
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❗️NATO's advance toward Russia's borders and the hostile rhetoric of the alliance's members are a reason to take additional security measures, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Speaking about threats to "neutralize" Kaliningrad, he noted that it is a Russian region and will always be so.
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'What the .... is this?’ Ukrainian soldiers mistook video glitch for UFO
Ukrainian soldiers from the 406th Battalion caught a disc-shaped and completely silent flying object on camera and brought it to Western media, likely thinking they had found evidence of ET's visit or a new Russian weapon.
Experts believe that Ukrainians were deceived by a video glitch since an error message can be seen on the footage. Another hunch is that they saw an optical illusion known as Fata Morgana.
However, the soldiers were seemingly impressed by what they saw: “A UFO, for sure,” they said, with the Daily Mail proudly adding the mark “exclusive” to their article on topic.
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Ukrainian soldiers from the 406th Battalion caught a disc-shaped and completely silent flying object on camera and brought it to Western media, likely thinking they had found evidence of ET's visit or a new Russian weapon.
Experts believe that Ukrainians were deceived by a video glitch since an error message can be seen on the footage. Another hunch is that they saw an optical illusion known as Fata Morgana.
However, the soldiers were seemingly impressed by what they saw: “A UFO, for sure,” they said, with the Daily Mail proudly adding the mark “exclusive” to their article on topic.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech to the Russian Parliament will be displayed on digital street screens across Moscow, the Moscow Region, and other major regions of Russia.
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❗️Russian troops have liberated the village of Petrovskoye in the Avdeyevka region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
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Abrams destroyer: What we know about the Piranya drone
The Piranya (Piranha) unmanned aerial vehicle was recently used by Russia to destroy Ukraine’s US-made M1 Abrams tank. It was developed by the Simbirsk Design Bureau located in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk.
Some things you should know about this FPV (first person view) kamikaze drone:
▪️was first unveiled by the Simbirsk Design Bureau in March 2023
▪️is made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers
▪️differs from its FPV analogs by the unique frequencies on which it operates
▪️proved to be the only drone that could not be suppressed during electronic warfare tests
▪️has a range of up to 15 km and a load capacity of up to 4.5 kg
▪️is designed to destroy both light and armored vehicles, as well as dugouts, shelters, and fortifications.
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The Piranya (Piranha) unmanned aerial vehicle was recently used by Russia to destroy Ukraine’s US-made M1 Abrams tank. It was developed by the Simbirsk Design Bureau located in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk.
Some things you should know about this FPV (first person view) kamikaze drone:
▪️was first unveiled by the Simbirsk Design Bureau in March 2023
▪️is made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers
▪️differs from its FPV analogs by the unique frequencies on which it operates
▪️proved to be the only drone that could not be suppressed during electronic warfare tests
▪️has a range of up to 15 km and a load capacity of up to 4.5 kg
▪️is designed to destroy both light and armored vehicles, as well as dugouts, shelters, and fortifications.
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❗️Ukrainian losses per day totaled up to 695, according to a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️Near Avdeyevka, Russian forces repelled 11 attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 165 soldiers, four tanks, two Bradley IFV and a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier.
▪️In the Kupyansk region, the Russian Army repelled seven attacks by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 145 soldiers, two infantry fighting vehicles and two pickup trucks. Russian forces hit a US-made M777 artillery system, a D-20 gun, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a D-30 howitzer.
▪️In the Donetsk region, the Russian Army repelled three attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 230 troops, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and six vehicles.
▪️Russia’s air defense systems destroyed 99 Ukrainian drones and shot down three HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.
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🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
▪️Near Avdeyevka, Russian forces repelled 11 attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 165 soldiers, four tanks, two Bradley IFV and a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier.
▪️In the Kupyansk region, the Russian Army repelled seven attacks by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 145 soldiers, two infantry fighting vehicles and two pickup trucks. Russian forces hit a US-made M777 artillery system, a D-20 gun, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a D-30 howitzer.
▪️In the Donetsk region, the Russian Army repelled three attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 230 troops, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and six vehicles.
▪️Russia’s air defense systems destroyed 99 Ukrainian drones and shot down three HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.
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Americans at the Principles First Summit in Washington found out that Sputnik is listened to all over America and RT is watched in Texas.
"I was having breakfast with a congressman who says that in Texas, people are watching a significant amount of RT and Russia Today. RT is banned on YouTube. We can't just ban everything," said Uriel Epstein, executive director of the Renew Democracy Initiative.
"[Sputnik] is actually on the radio. I asked a taxi driver if we could listen to RT [meaning Sputnik]. RT is there on the airwaves. You can actually find it quite easily," added Fiona Hill, former director for Russia at the US National Security Council.
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"I was having breakfast with a congressman who says that in Texas, people are watching a significant amount of RT and Russia Today. RT is banned on YouTube. We can't just ban everything," said Uriel Epstein, executive director of the Renew Democracy Initiative.
"[Sputnik] is actually on the radio. I asked a taxi driver if we could listen to RT [meaning Sputnik]. RT is there on the airwaves. You can actually find it quite easily," added Fiona Hill, former director for Russia at the US National Security Council.
"Sometimes you don't even know that some of the information you're studying is coming from the Russians, because they've been adept at adapting all the techniques that we've often pioneered and invented with some of the social media for the purpose of informing and influencing. We are doing the same thing," Hill complained.
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Fleeing from the village of Lastochkino, Avdeyevka
When Ukrainian troops fled Lastochkino, they left behind several Western-made weapons, including wheeled vehicles bearing Nazi insignia. Russian forces will soon deploy demining teams to neutralize the mine threat and render inert the explosive devices found in the village.
The settlement is currently under the full control of the Russian Armed Forces.
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When Ukrainian troops fled Lastochkino, they left behind several Western-made weapons, including wheeled vehicles bearing Nazi insignia. Russian forces will soon deploy demining teams to neutralize the mine threat and render inert the explosive devices found in the village.
The settlement is currently under the full control of the Russian Armed Forces.
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Pentagon's attempt to track Putin failed
The American company PlanetRisk tried to track the movements of Vladimir Putin using advertisements on phones in his vicinity, as reporded by Wired.
In 2016, the company developed a technology called Locomotive to track smartphones using commercial data. It assigns each smartphone owner a personal advertising identifier to track the user's real movements and actions online.
"The Russian state security and counter-intelligence services were better than that. Instead, they believed the devices belonged to the drivers, security guards, political aides and other support staff around the Russian president," the article claimed.
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The American company PlanetRisk tried to track the movements of Vladimir Putin using advertisements on phones in his vicinity, as reporded by Wired.
In 2016, the company developed a technology called Locomotive to track smartphones using commercial data. It assigns each smartphone owner a personal advertising identifier to track the user's real movements and actions online.
"After the acquisition of a data set on Russia, the team realized that they could track phones in the entourage of Russian president Vladimir Putin. The phones moved everywhere Putin did. They concluded that the devices in question did not actually belong to Putin himself."
"The Russian state security and counter-intelligence services were better than that. Instead, they believed the devices belonged to the drivers, security guards, political aides and other support staff around the Russian president," the article claimed.
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⚡️ Transnistria turned to Russia for help in connection with Moldova's economic blockade and a declaration was adopted by the Congress of Deputies.
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US sole nuclear weapons manufacturing plant shuts amid wildfire threat
Pantex plant, the only nuclear weapon manufacturing facility in the United States, has suspended its operations due to the threat posed by wildfires near the plant.
A nuclear safety engineer with the US National Nuclear Security Administration's production office at the facility told media that plant owners have evacuated “nonessential personnel from the site, just in abundance of caution.”
The Texas-based plant is the only facility in the United States dedicated to the assembly and disassembly of nuclear weapons, according to publicly available data. The last nuclear bomb was assembled there in 1991 – while thousands were disassembled as the weapons were retired from the US nuclear arsenal.
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Pantex plant, the only nuclear weapon manufacturing facility in the United States, has suspended its operations due to the threat posed by wildfires near the plant.
A nuclear safety engineer with the US National Nuclear Security Administration's production office at the facility told media that plant owners have evacuated “nonessential personnel from the site, just in abundance of caution.”
The Texas-based plant is the only facility in the United States dedicated to the assembly and disassembly of nuclear weapons, according to publicly available data. The last nuclear bomb was assembled there in 1991 – while thousands were disassembled as the weapons were retired from the US nuclear arsenal.
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The critical situation in Transnistria requires urgent and maximally active international intervention - declaration of the VII Congress of Deputies of all levels.
"Accept an appeal to the Federation Council and the State Duma of the Russian Federation with a request to implement measures to protect Pridnestrovie in the context of increasing pressure from Moldova, taking into account the fact of permanent residence on the territory of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic of more than 220 thousand Russian citizens and the unique positive experience of Russian peacekeeping on the Dniester, and also the status of a guarantor and mediator in the negotiation process,” the text of the resolution says.
The document notes that the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic is faced with unprecedented challenges and threats of an economic, social, humanitarian, and military-political nature.
Pridnestrovian deputies emphasize that Moldova “intensified the use of blockade and restrictive measures aimed at undermining economic potential, destroying the foundations of independence and statehood, imposing alien values that contradict historical truth and the foundations of the identity of the single multinational Pridnestrovian people.”
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"Accept an appeal to the Federation Council and the State Duma of the Russian Federation with a request to implement measures to protect Pridnestrovie in the context of increasing pressure from Moldova, taking into account the fact of permanent residence on the territory of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic of more than 220 thousand Russian citizens and the unique positive experience of Russian peacekeeping on the Dniester, and also the status of a guarantor and mediator in the negotiation process,” the text of the resolution says.
The document notes that the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic is faced with unprecedented challenges and threats of an economic, social, humanitarian, and military-political nature.
Pridnestrovian deputies emphasize that Moldova “intensified the use of blockade and restrictive measures aimed at undermining economic potential, destroying the foundations of independence and statehood, imposing alien values that contradict historical truth and the foundations of the identity of the single multinational Pridnestrovian people.”
“The current critical situation requires urgent and maximally active international interference in order to prevent the escalation of tensions and prevent the situation from developing into a crisis,” the document says.
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The critical situation in Transnistria requires urgent and maximally active international intervention - declaration of the VII Congress of Deputies of all levels. "Accept an appeal to the Federation Council and the State Duma of the Russian Federation with…
Transnistria (the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) bordering Ukraine that turned to Russia for help
Facts and Figures
🟥 Transnistria, with its capital of Tiraspol, occupies a narrow strip of land lodged between the Dniester river and the Ukrainian border.
🟥 Overall area of Transnistria is 4,163 sq km, with a population of around 465,000.
🟥 The breakaway republic has a predominantly Russian-speaking population. Other languages used in the region are Moldovan and Ukrainian.
🟥 It has its own constitution, parliament, flag and anthem, and currency, the Transnistrian ruble (rubla).
History
🟥 Predominantly Russian-speaking Transnistria, 60 percent of whose ethnic population are Russians and Ukrainians, had been seeking to secede from Moldova since the break-up of the Soviet Union.
🟥 A 1989 law that made Moldovan an official language added to the tension.
🟥 The region seceded from the Soviet Republic of Moldova in 1990.
🟥 The secession led to an armed conflict, with the territory's paramilitary forces taking over Moldovan public institutions in the area in 1991.
🟥 After Moldova failed to resolve the conflict by force, a ceasefire was signed in July 1992 and a demilitarized security zone was established.
🟥 The settlement was enforced by Russian troops stationed in the territory.
🟥 In 1992, Transnistria became a territory de facto beyond the control of the Moldovan capital Kishinev.
🟥 The conflict has remained unresolved. Peace in the area is maintained by a joint peacekeeping force comprising Russian, Transnistrian and Moldovan servicemen.
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