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❗️Most of $61bln of US aid allocated to Ukraine will fund US military industry, Sergei Shoigu said
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"Washington intends to allocate almost $61 billion to the Kiev regime to prevent the collapse of the Ukrainian armed forces. Most of the allocations will finance the military industry of the United States. The US authorities cynically declare that Ukrainians will die for their interests in the fight against Russia"
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❗️Most of $61bln of US aid allocated to Ukraine will fund US military industry, Sergei Shoigu said "Washington intends to allocate almost $61 billion to the Kiev regime to prevent the collapse of the Ukrainian armed forces. Most of the allocations will finance…
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's statements on NATO:
◾️ NATO reinforcement forces near Russian borders include up to 33,000 servicepeople, about 300 tanks and more then 800 other armored vehicles
◾️ Series of NATO drills to test supposedly impending Russian aggression are taking place right now, up to 90,000 people are participating in it
◾️ Sweden's accession to NATO has increased military and political tensions in Western and Northeastern strategic directions
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's statements on NATO: ◾️ NATO reinforcement forces near Russian borders include up to 33,000 servicepeople, about 300 tanks and more then 800 other armored vehicles ◾️ Series of NATO drills to test supposedly impending…
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📹 The FSB has detained a supporter of Ukrainian nationalists who was preparing a terrorist attack in Bryansk.
The detained man confessed that he had received an assignment to take explosives from a cache and prepare a terrorist attack in a public place.
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The detained man confessed that he had received an assignment to take explosives from a cache and prepare a terrorist attack in a public place.
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New aid – old junk: what weapons is NATO planning to send to Ukraine?
After the passage of nearly $61 billion in new US aid for Ukraine by the House and its looming approval in the Senate, media began uncovering its contents, and it looks underwhelming.
🔺US officials told Politico the first tranche will include Bradley fighting vehicles, older Humvees and M113 APCs, vintage 70s and 80s tech Russian forces have been destroying en masse.
🔺BBC says future US aid may include more HIMARS rocket artillery, Bradleys, 155mm artillery shells, and possibly tanks – which the US has been curiously stingy with in the past.
🔺A US official told Reuters that coming tranches will focus on ammo, air defense interceptors and long-range missiles (likely ATACMS), assuring “there won’t be any delays or bottlenecks on the US side.” But observers said the aid comes “way too late,” with Ukraine losing the initiative and expected to spend the rest of 2024 “rebuild[ing] its force for the long war.”
🔺The UK has announced that it would send $620 million in new aid, including Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 1,600+ other strike and air defense missiles, 60 offshore raiding craft, dive boats, Husky IMVs, 162 armored and 78 all-terrain vehicles, and nearly 4 mln rounds of small arms ammo.
🔺Kiev has begged NATO to focus on air defenses, with the bloc pushing Spain and Greece give their Patriot and S-300 systems away.
🔺Over the past two years, NATO’s sophisticated, costly equipment has taken a beating in the steppes and forests of the Ukrainian battlespace, destroyed by Russian aviation, artillery, drones, and lately – by super-heavy glide bombs.
🔺The National Interest reported in March that for the most part, the arms the US and Europe have sent to Kiev have been “little more than junk,” near the end of their service life and requiring difficult maintenance. Based on the publicly announced contents of new package, nothing’s changed.
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After the passage of nearly $61 billion in new US aid for Ukraine by the House and its looming approval in the Senate, media began uncovering its contents, and it looks underwhelming.
🔺US officials told Politico the first tranche will include Bradley fighting vehicles, older Humvees and M113 APCs, vintage 70s and 80s tech Russian forces have been destroying en masse.
🔺BBC says future US aid may include more HIMARS rocket artillery, Bradleys, 155mm artillery shells, and possibly tanks – which the US has been curiously stingy with in the past.
🔺A US official told Reuters that coming tranches will focus on ammo, air defense interceptors and long-range missiles (likely ATACMS), assuring “there won’t be any delays or bottlenecks on the US side.” But observers said the aid comes “way too late,” with Ukraine losing the initiative and expected to spend the rest of 2024 “rebuild[ing] its force for the long war.”
🔺The UK has announced that it would send $620 million in new aid, including Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 1,600+ other strike and air defense missiles, 60 offshore raiding craft, dive boats, Husky IMVs, 162 armored and 78 all-terrain vehicles, and nearly 4 mln rounds of small arms ammo.
🔺Kiev has begged NATO to focus on air defenses, with the bloc pushing Spain and Greece give their Patriot and S-300 systems away.
🔺Over the past two years, NATO’s sophisticated, costly equipment has taken a beating in the steppes and forests of the Ukrainian battlespace, destroyed by Russian aviation, artillery, drones, and lately – by super-heavy glide bombs.
🔺The National Interest reported in March that for the most part, the arms the US and Europe have sent to Kiev have been “little more than junk,” near the end of their service life and requiring difficult maintenance. Based on the publicly announced contents of new package, nothing’s changed.
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Greece and Spain under pressure to hand over air defense systems to Ukraine - report
European Union and NATO officials have launched a pressure campaign on Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to give away advanced air defense systems to Ukraine.
Germany has agreed to give Kiev an additional Patriot system, but other countries, including Greece and Spain, have hesitated, reportedly sharing more than a dozen Patriots and a handful of S-300 launchers (the latter bought by Greece in the 1990s). Greece has previously ruled out transferring its S-300s to Ukraine, citing the need to keep its forces in balance with the capabilities of Turkiye, which has Russian-made S-400s.
The campaign echoes increasingly loud appeals by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has asked NATO allies to donate their air defenses to Kiev amid Russian strikes, which have decimated Ukrainian forces.
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European Union and NATO officials have launched a pressure campaign on Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to give away advanced air defense systems to Ukraine.
"We all know who has them, we all know where they are, and we all know who really needs them," a person briefed on the campaign told London-based business media in an article published Monday.
Germany has agreed to give Kiev an additional Patriot system, but other countries, including Greece and Spain, have hesitated, reportedly sharing more than a dozen Patriots and a handful of S-300 launchers (the latter bought by Greece in the 1990s). Greece has previously ruled out transferring its S-300s to Ukraine, citing the need to keep its forces in balance with the capabilities of Turkiye, which has Russian-made S-400s.
The campaign echoes increasingly loud appeals by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has asked NATO allies to donate their air defenses to Kiev amid Russian strikes, which have decimated Ukrainian forces.
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Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline: Great Nothern Railway marks its 50th anniversary
Today one of the longest railways in the world — Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) — is celebrating its half-century anniversary.
BAM now largely determines global logistics for the entire 21st century, according to President Vladimir Putin. Russia’s logistical pivot to the East in the current geopolitical climate of weaponized Western sanctions was made possible thanks to BAM, he stressed.
🔺The Baikal-Amur Mainline is a 1,520 mm broad-gauge rail railway that zigzags across Siberia and the Far East through seven large mountain ranges to the Pacific Ocean, for a total of 4287 kilometers.
🔺Running parallel to the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway, it was built as a strategic alternative farther from the country’s southern borders.
🔺The first survey work along this route began in 1911, with construction getting underway in the 1930s.
🔺On April 23, 1974, the Baikal-Amur Mainline was proclaimed a national project. Hundreds of thousands of student construction brigades and volunteers across the country joined the epic effort. The most challenging and remote sections were built by railway troops.
🔺The joint route capacity of the BAM and Trans-Siberian railways in 2023 was about 150 million tons. The capacity of both lines is projected to grow to 270 million tons per year by 2035.
🔺The main cargo sent along the BAM is coal, with around 50 million tons exported in 2023. Ores, oil, petrochemicals, metals extracted in the region, as well as high-tech products, grain and timber are also important cargos.
🔺The main importers of Russian raw materials are China, India and Middle Eastern countries.
🔺The BAM keeps progressing today. Additional tracks and expanding stations are to relieve bottlenecks in the BAM and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
🔺In 2024, a whole series of tourism schemes will be launched as part of the BAM Tourist project showcasing historical sites, natural attractions and technological features of the railway.
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Today one of the longest railways in the world — Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) — is celebrating its half-century anniversary.
BAM now largely determines global logistics for the entire 21st century, according to President Vladimir Putin. Russia’s logistical pivot to the East in the current geopolitical climate of weaponized Western sanctions was made possible thanks to BAM, he stressed.
🔺The Baikal-Amur Mainline is a 1,520 mm broad-gauge rail railway that zigzags across Siberia and the Far East through seven large mountain ranges to the Pacific Ocean, for a total of 4287 kilometers.
🔺Running parallel to the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway, it was built as a strategic alternative farther from the country’s southern borders.
🔺The first survey work along this route began in 1911, with construction getting underway in the 1930s.
🔺On April 23, 1974, the Baikal-Amur Mainline was proclaimed a national project. Hundreds of thousands of student construction brigades and volunteers across the country joined the epic effort. The most challenging and remote sections were built by railway troops.
🔺The joint route capacity of the BAM and Trans-Siberian railways in 2023 was about 150 million tons. The capacity of both lines is projected to grow to 270 million tons per year by 2035.
🔺The main cargo sent along the BAM is coal, with around 50 million tons exported in 2023. Ores, oil, petrochemicals, metals extracted in the region, as well as high-tech products, grain and timber are also important cargos.
🔺The main importers of Russian raw materials are China, India and Middle Eastern countries.
🔺The BAM keeps progressing today. Additional tracks and expanding stations are to relieve bottlenecks in the BAM and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
🔺In 2024, a whole series of tourism schemes will be launched as part of the BAM Tourist project showcasing historical sites, natural attractions and technological features of the railway.
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❗️Russian military to receive first versions of the new generation S-500 air defense missile systems this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. 🔻S-400, S-300V4, 'Buk-M3', 'TOR-M2U' and new generation radar will be also delivered to the troops…
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The Kiev regime failed to achieve its goals in the counter-offensive prepared by NATO instructors. Our servicemen dispelled the myth of the superiority of Western armaments. The enterprises of the Russian defense industrial complex have multiplied their capacities and significantly increased the combat capabilities of our armed forces.
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🎥 The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the transportation of a Leopard tank that was previously captured by Russian forces near Avdeyevka. Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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Russian serviceman describes the main weaknesses of the Leopard 2 tank
Its inability to be repaired in the field and excessive automation are the main drawbacks of a German Leopard 2A5 tank evacuated from the Avdeyevka section of the Donbass front, commander of a repair platoon in the Central Military District under call sign Pero [lit. Plume] told Sputnik.
"In my opinion, the main disadvantage of this pattern is to give electronic components, electronic parts, more opportunity for control than humans," the repair platoon commander explained.
According to the serviceman, if the electronics are damaged on the front line, then the tank cannot be repaired immediately.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that a German Leopard 2A5 tank had been delivered by a repair and evacuation team from the Avdeyevka section of the Donbass front to a Central Military District repair unit, and published footage of its evacuation.
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Its inability to be repaired in the field and excessive automation are the main drawbacks of a German Leopard 2A5 tank evacuated from the Avdeyevka section of the Donbass front, commander of a repair platoon in the Central Military District under call sign Pero [lit. Plume] told Sputnik.
"In my opinion, the main disadvantage of this pattern is to give electronic components, electronic parts, more opportunity for control than humans," the repair platoon commander explained.
According to the serviceman, if the electronics are damaged on the front line, then the tank cannot be repaired immediately.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that a German Leopard 2A5 tank had been delivered by a repair and evacuation team from the Avdeyevka section of the Donbass front to a Central Military District repair unit, and published footage of its evacuation.
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Ukraine has suspended consular services for men of military age abroad except for those returning to Ukraine, a government helpline said, amid a push to increase connoscription due to the tense situation on the frontlines.
In a statement on social media platform X, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced that he had instructed measures to be implemented in order to restore what he referred to as fair treatment for men of connoscription age.
Ukraine has been facing a shortage of troops in its fight against a larger and better-equipped enemy for nearly 26 months, according to Reuters.
The Eurostat database estimates that around 4.3 million Ukrainians were registered in EU countries as of January 2024, of whom approximately 20% were adult men, or roughly 860,000 people.
Kuleba's decision seems linked to the controversial new law that seeks to improve and accelerate the way the military recruits civilians into the armed forces.
The new law, which will come into effect next month, requires all men of military age to report to draft offices within 60 days to update their documents, either remotely or in person. This includes men of military age who are abroad, as they will need these documents to receive consular services.
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In a statement on social media platform X, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced that he had instructed measures to be implemented in order to restore what he referred to as fair treatment for men of connoscription age.
"How it looks like now: a man of connoscription age went abroad, showed his state that he does not care about its survival, and then comes and wants to receive services from this state," he said."It does not work this way. Our country is at war."
Ukraine has been facing a shortage of troops in its fight against a larger and better-equipped enemy for nearly 26 months, according to Reuters.
The Eurostat database estimates that around 4.3 million Ukrainians were registered in EU countries as of January 2024, of whom approximately 20% were adult men, or roughly 860,000 people.
Kuleba's decision seems linked to the controversial new law that seeks to improve and accelerate the way the military recruits civilians into the armed forces.
The new law, which will come into effect next month, requires all men of military age to report to draft offices within 60 days to update their documents, either remotely or in person. This includes men of military age who are abroad, as they will need these documents to receive consular services.
"Staying abroad does not relieve a citizen of his or her duties to the homeland," Kuleba said.
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📹 US ATACMS missiles will be shot down like all other missiles and their delivery to Kiev will not radically affect the course of the special military operation, Russia’s upper house speaker Valentina Matvienko tells Sputnik.
The looming delivery of the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) is “more like a demonstration,” as the US presidential election campaign is underway.
On April 20, the US House of Representatives passed a $60.84 billion bill on Ukraine-related aid, which includes a measure to provide the missile systems to Ukraine.
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The looming delivery of the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) is “more like a demonstration,” as the US presidential election campaign is underway.
“They should not demonstrate any defeatism as it will be a total disappointment for the regular Americans,” Matvienko told Sputnik.
On April 20, the US House of Representatives passed a $60.84 billion bill on Ukraine-related aid, which includes a measure to provide the missile systems to Ukraine.
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The UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) in response to global security threats, according to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak.
Sunak assured that the implementation of this plan would make Great Britain by a wide margin the largest military power in Europe and the second largest in NATO, promising to increase investment in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development and establish a new innovative agency for defence research and development.
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Sunak assured that the implementation of this plan would make Great Britain by a wide margin the largest military power in Europe and the second largest in NATO, promising to increase investment in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development and establish a new innovative agency for defence research and development.
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❗️ Ukraine lost up to 20 militants, two motor vehicles, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer and one 152-mm D-20 howitzer due to the successful operations of the Russian Battlegroup Zapad.
🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the daily briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
🔺Russian Air defense shot down 104 Ukrainian UAVs, six US-made HIMARS and Olkha missiles, four French-made Hammer guided bombs and one Tochka-U tactical missile;
🔺Russian servicemen repelled nine counter-attacks in the DPR area;
🔺Ukraine’s losses in the DPR amounted to up to 500 servicemen, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, as well as three field ammunition depots.
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🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the daily briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:
🔺Russian Air defense shot down 104 Ukrainian UAVs, six US-made HIMARS and Olkha missiles, four French-made Hammer guided bombs and one Tochka-U tactical missile;
🔺Russian servicemen repelled nine counter-attacks in the DPR area;
🔺Ukraine’s losses in the DPR amounted to up to 500 servicemen, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, as well as three field ammunition depots.
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Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline: Great Nothern Railway marks its 50th anniversary Today one of the longest railways in the world — Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) — is celebrating its half-century anniversary. BAM now largely determines global logistics…
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Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline to be the future ‘center of global development’
Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline railway from Europe to the Pacific will become “the center of global development,” Pavel Feldman, Associate Professor of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, told Sputnik.
Feldman noted that the entire concept of the route stems from Russia’s unique geopolitical location.
“The BAM is not just a railway, but the most important factor in ensuring the territorial integrity and national security of the Russian Federation,” said the Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Forecasts of RUDN University.
The construction of the BAM marked Russia's pivot to the East and the beginning of a shift towards a multipolar world order. The route also consolidates Russia’s interests in the Far East and the Asia-Pacific region to offset the ambitions of Western countries, Japan, and South Korea in the region.
The BAM’s key economic and strategic importance is a proven fact, agreed veteran Russian military expert Ivan Konovalov. Current reality shows that this was an epic, far-sighted, long-term project, he said.
From a military-strategic aspect, the BAM was built to offer an alternative to the Trans-Siberian Railway because the latter runs close to Russia’s southern borders.
The land route from Europe to Pacific ports shows that Russia’s reorientation to the East “is turning from a futuristic concept into an inevitable scenario for future development,” Pavel Feldman concluded.
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Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline railway from Europe to the Pacific will become “the center of global development,” Pavel Feldman, Associate Professor of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, told Sputnik.
Feldman noted that the entire concept of the route stems from Russia’s unique geopolitical location.
“The BAM is not just a railway, but the most important factor in ensuring the territorial integrity and national security of the Russian Federation,” said the Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Forecasts of RUDN University.
The construction of the BAM marked Russia's pivot to the East and the beginning of a shift towards a multipolar world order. The route also consolidates Russia’s interests in the Far East and the Asia-Pacific region to offset the ambitions of Western countries, Japan, and South Korea in the region.
The BAM’s key economic and strategic importance is a proven fact, agreed veteran Russian military expert Ivan Konovalov. Current reality shows that this was an epic, far-sighted, long-term project, he said.
From a military-strategic aspect, the BAM was built to offer an alternative to the Trans-Siberian Railway because the latter runs close to Russia’s southern borders.
“Already then, before WWII, there were serious contradictions with Japan... So it was decided to move this mainline deeper into Russian territory. In some places, the BAM is 700 to 1000 kilometers away from the border, which is a serious strategic depth,” he said.
The land route from Europe to Pacific ports shows that Russia’s reorientation to the East “is turning from a futuristic concept into an inevitable scenario for future development,” Pavel Feldman concluded.
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'Nothing may be left of Israel' if it attacks Iran, President Raisi warns
The leader also slammed Western nations for supporting Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip while claiming to defend human rights at the same time.
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"If the Zionist regime once again makes a mistake and attacks the sacred land of Iran, the situation will be different, and it is not clear whether anything will remain of this regime," Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said during a meeting with scholars and cultural elites in the Pakistani city of Punjab, IRNA reports.
The leader also slammed Western nations for supporting Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip while claiming to defend human rights at the same time.
"Today the greatest violators of human rights are the Americans and Westerners, and their claim of defending human rights is also empty," he said.
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US’ deceitful human rights report minimizes Ukraine’s crimes
The US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” illustrated how the hypocritical Biden administration pared down Kiev’s war crimes while painting Russia black.
🔺"There were no reports indicating the government or its agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings during 2023,” the report claimed. The denial blatantly conflicted with Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov’s admission to Kiev’s targeted killings of “Russian propagandists.”
In 2023 alone, Russia witnessed the killings of several public figures, including pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker Illia Kyva and blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. A bomb attack on writer Zakhar Prilepin wounded him and killed his driver.
🔺While acknowledging “significant human rights issues involving Ukrainian government officials,” the report appeared to dismiss the violations by attributing them to the declaration of martial law in Ukraine, so pinning the blame on Russia's special military operation.
However, these crimes committed by Ukraine’s neo-Nazi battalion and SBU in Donbass have in fact been flagged to UN since 2014, with UNHCR warning of their spike in numbers since February 2022.
🔺The report was silent on Volodymyr Zelensky’s cancelation of Ukraine's general elections under the pretext of the activated martial law. According to the Constitution of Ukraine which limits one presidential term to 5 years, Zelensky will lose his legitimacy after May 20.
🔺The agency also made no mention of the persecutions of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and journalists in Ukraine, including the imprisonment of US journalist Gonzalo Lira, who died in Ukrainian custody in 2023.
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The US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” illustrated how the hypocritical Biden administration pared down Kiev’s war crimes while painting Russia black.
🔺"There were no reports indicating the government or its agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings during 2023,” the report claimed. The denial blatantly conflicted with Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov’s admission to Kiev’s targeted killings of “Russian propagandists.”
In 2023 alone, Russia witnessed the killings of several public figures, including pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker Illia Kyva and blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. A bomb attack on writer Zakhar Prilepin wounded him and killed his driver.
🔺While acknowledging “significant human rights issues involving Ukrainian government officials,” the report appeared to dismiss the violations by attributing them to the declaration of martial law in Ukraine, so pinning the blame on Russia's special military operation.
However, these crimes committed by Ukraine’s neo-Nazi battalion and SBU in Donbass have in fact been flagged to UN since 2014, with UNHCR warning of their spike in numbers since February 2022.
🔺The report was silent on Volodymyr Zelensky’s cancelation of Ukraine's general elections under the pretext of the activated martial law. According to the Constitution of Ukraine which limits one presidential term to 5 years, Zelensky will lose his legitimacy after May 20.
🔺The agency also made no mention of the persecutions of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and journalists in Ukraine, including the imprisonment of US journalist Gonzalo Lira, who died in Ukrainian custody in 2023.
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Was Trump compromised by the US Deep State?
Donald Trump, well-known for his anti-establishment rhetoric, appears to have been played by the US elites: he suddenly dropped his opposition to funding the Kiev regime's failing military effort, asserting to the US public that Ukraine's "strength" corresponds to American national interests.
🔺Trump's change of heart occurred during a joint press briefing with Republican Party House Speaker Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago on April 12, when the former president suggested funding Ukraine in the form of a loan. On April 17, the speaker unveiled the $60 billion Ukraine aid package, including $9.5 billion for economic aid in "forgivable loans."
🔺The WSJ claims Johnson's visit to Mar-a-Lago was part of a plan by Republican senators Lindsey Graham, Kevin Cramer, and Markwayne Mullin to "expand on the idea of the loan, and make it Trump's idea" in order to pass the Ukraine bill through the Republican-controlled House.
🔺The group of senators held a phone call with Trump telling the former president that arming the Kiev regime's military was indispensable for seizing former Ukrainian resource-rich territories, which have recently joined Russia, thereby allowing Kiev to pay back the money.
🔺During his Mar-a-Lago trip Johnson urged Trump to back Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as part of a broader fight against Russia, Iran and China. The speaker told Trump that a reinforced Ukraine would be critical for Trump's second term, giving him an upper hand in future peace talks with Russia.
🔺Trump shielded Johnson from his MAGA Republican supporters in Congress after the Ukraine aid vote. Marjorie Taylor Greene opted not to force a vote of no-confidence in the speaker, as it could harm the party and Trump's election odds in November, Axios claimed.
🔺While US politicians are playing the Ukraine card, polls show the majority of Republican voters are against funding Kiev's military effort.
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Donald Trump, well-known for his anti-establishment rhetoric, appears to have been played by the US elites: he suddenly dropped his opposition to funding the Kiev regime's failing military effort, asserting to the US public that Ukraine's "strength" corresponds to American national interests.
🔺Trump's change of heart occurred during a joint press briefing with Republican Party House Speaker Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago on April 12, when the former president suggested funding Ukraine in the form of a loan. On April 17, the speaker unveiled the $60 billion Ukraine aid package, including $9.5 billion for economic aid in "forgivable loans."
🔺The WSJ claims Johnson's visit to Mar-a-Lago was part of a plan by Republican senators Lindsey Graham, Kevin Cramer, and Markwayne Mullin to "expand on the idea of the loan, and make it Trump's idea" in order to pass the Ukraine bill through the Republican-controlled House.
🔺The group of senators held a phone call with Trump telling the former president that arming the Kiev regime's military was indispensable for seizing former Ukrainian resource-rich territories, which have recently joined Russia, thereby allowing Kiev to pay back the money.
🔺During his Mar-a-Lago trip Johnson urged Trump to back Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as part of a broader fight against Russia, Iran and China. The speaker told Trump that a reinforced Ukraine would be critical for Trump's second term, giving him an upper hand in future peace talks with Russia.
🔺Trump shielded Johnson from his MAGA Republican supporters in Congress after the Ukraine aid vote. Marjorie Taylor Greene opted not to force a vote of no-confidence in the speaker, as it could harm the party and Trump's election odds in November, Axios claimed.
🔺While US politicians are playing the Ukraine card, polls show the majority of Republican voters are against funding Kiev's military effort.
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Was Trump compromised by the US Deep State? Donald Trump, well-known for his anti-establishment rhetoric, appears to have been played by the US elites: he suddenly dropped his opposition to funding the Kiev regime's failing military effort, asserting to the…
Globalist moves by Trump: arms for Ukraine, US embassy in Jerusalem, seizing Syrian oil
The mainstream media portrays Trump as an “unpredictable” fighter against the projects of Washington and Brussels. But is he really? Here are Trump’s globalist “credentials” – based on facts.
According to AP News, between 2014 and 2016 the Obama administration committed more than $600 million in “security aid” to Ukraine. Obama also tried to limit that aid to “non-lethal” elements.
Soon after assuming office in February 2017, Trump started sending deadly weapons to Kiev, despite warnings from Russia.
According to Defense News, by the end of 2019, US security assistance to Ukraine reached $1.5 billion — meaning that Trump spent more on Ukraine than Obama. For the Javelin anti-tank missiles alone, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin received $47 million of US taxpayers’ money — for just 210 missiles and 37 launchers — under Trump.
Despite numerous fake MSM stories about Trump being “soft” on Russia or even “provoking it to invade other countries”, the 45th US president was not off the mark when he said “I have been tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President.”
On another globalist front, Trump kept his election pledge to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. That took place in June 2018 and led to violent protests by Palestinians, with dozens killed, as it proved that the US fully backed Israel’s claim to Jerusalem as its capital.
At the same time, Trump broke another of his promises — to withdraw US troops from Syria. When he left office in 2021, 900 US soldiers were still keeping Syrian oilfields under control. “We have the oil… We left the troops behind only for the oil,” he stressed.
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The mainstream media portrays Trump as an “unpredictable” fighter against the projects of Washington and Brussels. But is he really? Here are Trump’s globalist “credentials” – based on facts.
According to AP News, between 2014 and 2016 the Obama administration committed more than $600 million in “security aid” to Ukraine. Obama also tried to limit that aid to “non-lethal” elements.
Soon after assuming office in February 2017, Trump started sending deadly weapons to Kiev, despite warnings from Russia.
“We put up a lot of money. I gave you anti-tank busters while, frankly, President Obama was sending you pillows and sheets,” Trump told a Ukrainian delegation in 2019.
According to Defense News, by the end of 2019, US security assistance to Ukraine reached $1.5 billion — meaning that Trump spent more on Ukraine than Obama. For the Javelin anti-tank missiles alone, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin received $47 million of US taxpayers’ money — for just 210 missiles and 37 launchers — under Trump.
Despite numerous fake MSM stories about Trump being “soft” on Russia or even “provoking it to invade other countries”, the 45th US president was not off the mark when he said “I have been tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President.”
On another globalist front, Trump kept his election pledge to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. That took place in June 2018 and led to violent protests by Palestinians, with dozens killed, as it proved that the US fully backed Israel’s claim to Jerusalem as its capital.
At the same time, Trump broke another of his promises — to withdraw US troops from Syria. When he left office in 2021, 900 US soldiers were still keeping Syrian oilfields under control. “We have the oil… We left the troops behind only for the oil,” he stressed.
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The United States is testing Project Maven in Ukraine, which is a program that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to process images, the New York Times reports.
Project Maven is being tested in Ukraine on the front lines, the publication stated. According to the newspaper, American, British, and Ukrainian officers, as well as military contractors, are working to find and exploit Russian vulnerabilities. It is noted that there is an intelligence gathering center operating at an American base in Europe, which uses technologies developed as a result of Project Maven's evolution.
The testing of AI technologies in Ukraine by Washington has yielded mixed results, according to the NYT. While the military has gained the opportunity to gather information about troops movements and use algorithms to predict their future actions, it remains unclear whether these new technologies will be sufficient to alter the course of the conflict. Moreover, Russia is reportedly adapting to their use.
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Project Maven is being tested in Ukraine on the front lines, the publication stated. According to the newspaper, American, British, and Ukrainian officers, as well as military contractors, are working to find and exploit Russian vulnerabilities. It is noted that there is an intelligence gathering center operating at an American base in Europe, which uses technologies developed as a result of Project Maven's evolution.
The testing of AI technologies in Ukraine by Washington has yielded mixed results, according to the NYT. While the military has gained the opportunity to gather information about troops movements and use algorithms to predict their future actions, it remains unclear whether these new technologies will be sufficient to alter the course of the conflict. Moreover, Russia is reportedly adapting to their use.
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What's next for Russia's Angara space rocket?
The Angara-A5 space rocket made quite a buzz upon its launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome on April 11. The spaceport was chosen due to “increased load capacity, which includes a hydrogen-powered stage,” Alexey Varochko, the Director General of the Khrunichev Space Research and Production Center, told Sputnik.
The much-anticipated launch involved comprehensive groundwork, including electric launch vehicle tests and the rocket’s new flight program that takes into account Voctochny’s specific launch features, Varochko revealed.
The Khrunichev Center plans to build an upgraded Angara-A5M rocket in 2025. The center's experts believe that it makes good sense to have two separate spaceports (Vostocnhy and Plesetsk cosmodromes) hosting operations involving the heavy rocket, he concluded.
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The Angara-A5 space rocket made quite a buzz upon its launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome on April 11. The spaceport was chosen due to “increased load capacity, which includes a hydrogen-powered stage,” Alexey Varochko, the Director General of the Khrunichev Space Research and Production Center, told Sputnik.
The much-anticipated launch involved comprehensive groundwork, including electric launch vehicle tests and the rocket’s new flight program that takes into account Voctochny’s specific launch features, Varochko revealed.
“Angara A5 can be used not only for delivering heavy vehicles to geostationary orbit, but also for carrying out group launches of [different] spacecraft into the sun-synchronous orbit (SSO),” the CEO explained, commenting on the rocket’s impressive potential.
The Khrunichev Center plans to build an upgraded Angara-A5M rocket in 2025. The center's experts believe that it makes good sense to have two separate spaceports (Vostocnhy and Plesetsk cosmodromes) hosting operations involving the heavy rocket, he concluded.
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Third front: US readies for confrontation with China in Asia
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to China this week. This trip comes amid a concerted push by the Biden administration to form an anti-China coalition in the Asia-Pacific. Here are some of their most recent moves:
🔺US held its largest-ever joint military drill in contested waters with the Philippines, where they simulated sinking an enemy warship and capturing islands facing Taiwan and the South China Sea. The drill involved medium-range missiles deployed to Asia-Pacific for the first time.
🔺US is expanding AUKUS by involving Japan in the development of the alliance’s “advanced capabilities,” including quantum computing, hypersonic, artificial intelligence, and undersea warfare, among others.
🔺US top officials have been threatening China with new sanctions in a bid to disrupt ties with Russia
🔺US House of Representatives has approved an $8.12 billion military aid package for the Asia-Pacific, with a significant chunk expected to go to Taiwan
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to China this week. This trip comes amid a concerted push by the Biden administration to form an anti-China coalition in the Asia-Pacific. Here are some of their most recent moves:
🔺US held its largest-ever joint military drill in contested waters with the Philippines, where they simulated sinking an enemy warship and capturing islands facing Taiwan and the South China Sea. The drill involved medium-range missiles deployed to Asia-Pacific for the first time.
🔺US is expanding AUKUS by involving Japan in the development of the alliance’s “advanced capabilities,” including quantum computing, hypersonic, artificial intelligence, and undersea warfare, among others.
🔺US top officials have been threatening China with new sanctions in a bid to disrupt ties with Russia
🔺US House of Representatives has approved an $8.12 billion military aid package for the Asia-Pacific, with a significant chunk expected to go to Taiwan
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