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We know what NATO looks for in different countries — Bolivia's president
In an exclusive interview to Sputnik, President of Bolivia Luis Arce declared that Argentina's desire to join NATO is posing a threat to Latin America as NATO has played "a fundamental role" in the world's crises, including the Ukraine conflict.
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In an exclusive interview to Sputnik, President of Bolivia Luis Arce declared that Argentina's desire to join NATO is posing a threat to Latin America as NATO has played "a fundamental role" in the world's crises, including the Ukraine conflict.
"Argentina's desire to join NATO is putting the peace of the region at risk because we know what NATO looks for in different countries. Look at what is happening in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. NATO also played a fundamental role in explaining what is happening in that part of the planet," he said.
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A bridge too far? Latest batch of US weapons not reaching Ukraine anytime soon
With the latest $61 billion military aid package finally being approved by US lawmakers, Washington is expected to sign contracts for weapons and military hardware for Kiev worth about $6 billion soon, Politico reports, citing two unnamed US officials.
This latest package is going to include air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles (such as Patriot missiles), artillery shells, drones and anti-drone weapons, and HIMARS rockets, the media outlet claims.
All these goodies, however, are not expected to reach the Kiev regime anytime soon as their procurement is being carried out under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a program that involves awarding US companies contracts to manufacture arms and equipment rather than to draw them from existing US military stocks.
Since the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022, the United States and its NATO allies have generously supplied the regime in Kiev with weapons and munitions, including main battle tanks, multiple launch rocket systems, armored vehicles and anti-air weaponry.
Despite the sheer volume of this military supplies rendered to Kiev, these weapons did not help Ukraine make any meaningful gains on the battlefield, while a not-insignificant part of this gear has since ended up on the black market. The only thing these arms shipments seem to accomplish is to help prolong the Ukrainian conflict, and the Russian military keeps making good on its promise to keep destroying Western weapons as soon as they are deployed by Kiev.
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With the latest $61 billion military aid package finally being approved by US lawmakers, Washington is expected to sign contracts for weapons and military hardware for Kiev worth about $6 billion soon, Politico reports, citing two unnamed US officials.
This latest package is going to include air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles (such as Patriot missiles), artillery shells, drones and anti-drone weapons, and HIMARS rockets, the media outlet claims.
All these goodies, however, are not expected to reach the Kiev regime anytime soon as their procurement is being carried out under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a program that involves awarding US companies contracts to manufacture arms and equipment rather than to draw them from existing US military stocks.
Since the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022, the United States and its NATO allies have generously supplied the regime in Kiev with weapons and munitions, including main battle tanks, multiple launch rocket systems, armored vehicles and anti-air weaponry.
Despite the sheer volume of this military supplies rendered to Kiev, these weapons did not help Ukraine make any meaningful gains on the battlefield, while a not-insignificant part of this gear has since ended up on the black market. The only thing these arms shipments seem to accomplish is to help prolong the Ukrainian conflict, and the Russian military keeps making good on its promise to keep destroying Western weapons as soon as they are deployed by Kiev.
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Ukraine plotting chemical weapons provocation amid failures on battlefield – Russia’s OPCW envoy
The Kiev regime may stage a provocation with the use of chemical agents against the backdrop of its military flops at the front line, Vladimir Tarabrin, Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), told reporters.
He added that Russian soldiers have repeatedly recorded cases of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using chemical munitions, including riot control agents, in the special military operation. “Various toxic chemicals were also used, among them those produced in the US,” Russia’s OPCW envoy noted.
Tarabrin also said that Russia “regularly reports information on the supply of listed and non-listed toxic chemicals to Ukraine from the US and its NATO allies to the OPCW’s technical secretariat.”
The envoy pointed out that these deliveries are carried out by “professional mercenaries and intelligence services of Western countries.” In addition, Moscow provides data on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ provocations with the use of toxic substances, partly planned and carried out by Western intelligence services, Tarabrin concluded.
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The Kiev regime may stage a provocation with the use of chemical agents against the backdrop of its military flops at the front line, Vladimir Tarabrin, Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), told reporters.
“Given that the situation on the battlefield is developing unfavorably for Kiev, we can expect the Ukrainian neo-Nazis to go to all lengths and continue organizing various kinds of provocations, including those related to the use of toxic substances,” Tarabrin said, in an apparent nod to Russian forces’ advance in several frontline areas.
He added that Russian soldiers have repeatedly recorded cases of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using chemical munitions, including riot control agents, in the special military operation. “Various toxic chemicals were also used, among them those produced in the US,” Russia’s OPCW envoy noted.
Tarabrin also said that Russia “regularly reports information on the supply of listed and non-listed toxic chemicals to Ukraine from the US and its NATO allies to the OPCW’s technical secretariat.”
The envoy pointed out that these deliveries are carried out by “professional mercenaries and intelligence services of Western countries.” In addition, Moscow provides data on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ provocations with the use of toxic substances, partly planned and carried out by Western intelligence services, Tarabrin concluded.
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Ukraine risks causing second Chernobyl disaster by recklessly attacking Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant
Having already gained a reputation for conducting terrorist strikes against civilian targets and infrastructure, the Kiev regime seems poised to rise to new heights of infamy as they continue conducting strikes against the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
These attacks do not abate despite the fact that an example of what might happen if things at a nuclear facility go awry could be found relatively close, at the crippled remnants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history that occurred on April 26, 38 years ago.
Organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency stubbornly refuse to admit that Ukraine is responsible for the actual attacks, despite admitting both the fact that these attacks do take place and the risks associated with these attacks are high.
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Having already gained a reputation for conducting terrorist strikes against civilian targets and infrastructure, the Kiev regime seems poised to rise to new heights of infamy as they continue conducting strikes against the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
These attacks do not abate despite the fact that an example of what might happen if things at a nuclear facility go awry could be found relatively close, at the crippled remnants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history that occurred on April 26, 38 years ago.
Organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency stubbornly refuse to admit that Ukraine is responsible for the actual attacks, despite admitting both the fact that these attacks do take place and the risks associated with these attacks are high.
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Russian-Iranian contacts have multiplied at the highest level and through the military departments’ leadership, Russian Defense Minister says
According to the minister, "the cooperation between Russia and Iran has always been dynamic and multifaceted."
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"The joint fight against international terrorism in Syria is a vivid example of our long-standing friendly relations. Recently, [the relations] have acquired a particularly trusting character and are successfully developing," Sergei Shoigu said during a working meeting with the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Ashtiani, in the Kazakh capital city of Astana.
According to the minister, "the cooperation between Russia and Iran has always been dynamic and multifaceted."
"The current military-political situation and threats to our states oblige us to do this, as well as common approaches to building a just world order based on equality for all participants in the international community," Shoigu stated.
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Israel's National Security Minister Ben-Gvir was involved in a traffic accident in the city of Ramla and received minor injuries, Kan radio reports.
The footage shows his overturned car.
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Poles and Lithuanians don’t want to die in Ukraine but prefer to repatriate Ukrainians instead
The defense ministers of Poland and Lithuania have stated that they will help the Kiev regime ensure that those obliged to fight for Ukraine are returned home instead of sitting in European cafés and fancy restaurants.
Even though some NATO member states hinted at the possibility of putting their boots on the ground in Ukraine, no one actually want to fight against Russia, according to Volodymyr Oleynyk, a Ukrainian politician and former MP of the Verkhovna Rada.
However, he believes that the effort won't prove successful. "Imagine that such a decision was made in Poland. They would have to deport 15 to 20 people a day. Is this a solution to the problem? Could you even imagine the scale of mass raids to be carried out to that end?" Oleynyk says. According to some estimates, there are around 200,000-300,000 draft-aged Ukrainians in Poland.
Most Ukrainians don't want to go to the front line, hence Volodymyr Zelensky's draconian draft laws, Oleynyk notes. He quotes the Razumkov Institute's March poll that indicted that just 10% of Ukrainian respondents are ready to fight, while 90% are not willing to join military service.
If Ukrainians are expelled from Poland and Lithuania they will request asylum in other Western countries, and some of them, like Germany, have already signaled that they are welcome, the Ukrainian politician concludes.
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The defense ministers of Poland and Lithuania have stated that they will help the Kiev regime ensure that those obliged to fight for Ukraine are returned home instead of sitting in European cafés and fancy restaurants.
Even though some NATO member states hinted at the possibility of putting their boots on the ground in Ukraine, no one actually want to fight against Russia, according to Volodymyr Oleynyk, a Ukrainian politician and former MP of the Verkhovna Rada.
"Then they came to the conclusion: it is necessary to force the Ukrainians who are in Poland and some Baltic countries to return to Ukraine," Oleynyk tells Sputnik.
However, he believes that the effort won't prove successful. "Imagine that such a decision was made in Poland. They would have to deport 15 to 20 people a day. Is this a solution to the problem? Could you even imagine the scale of mass raids to be carried out to that end?" Oleynyk says. According to some estimates, there are around 200,000-300,000 draft-aged Ukrainians in Poland.
Most Ukrainians don't want to go to the front line, hence Volodymyr Zelensky's draconian draft laws, Oleynyk notes. He quotes the Razumkov Institute's March poll that indicted that just 10% of Ukrainian respondents are ready to fight, while 90% are not willing to join military service.
If Ukrainians are expelled from Poland and Lithuania they will request asylum in other Western countries, and some of them, like Germany, have already signaled that they are welcome, the Ukrainian politician concludes.
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🔥 Russian Grad MLRS crews smash the enemy on the right bank of the Dnepr River
During combat operations, three Ukrainian observation posts and two drone control posts were destroyed.
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During combat operations, three Ukrainian observation posts and two drone control posts were destroyed.
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A bridge too far? Latest batch of US weapons not reaching Ukraine anytime soon With the latest $61 billion military aid package finally being approved by US lawmakers, Washington is expected to sign contracts for weapons and military hardware for Kiev worth…
The Pentagon chief confirmed that the United States is allocating $6 billion for the production of new weapons for Ukraine from American contractors.
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So long, Abrams: Ukraine sidelines US-made M1A1 tanks due to Russian drones Ukraine has withdrawn US-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks from the front line because of attacks by Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the AP news agency quoted American military…
The Pentagon refused to comment on the withdrawal of American Abrams tanks from the battlefield in Ukraine due to their vulnerability and recommended asking questions to Kiev.
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Despite the “transfer” of Crimea to Soviet Ukraine 70 years ago, it remained Russian – but at a price
Seventy years ago, on April 26, 1954, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued the decree making Crimea a part of Soviet Ukraine. Even in a nightmare, its members could not imagine that this decree would one day become the “legal base” for attacks against Crimea – with the use of NATO’s missile systems.
The real author of the idea to make Crimea - a province of Russia since 1783 - “a gift for Kiev” was Nikita Khrushchev (1894 – 1971), who, as Stalin’s successor, was the top ruler of the Soviet Union. The main reason was pragmatic: administratively, it was easier to obtain water and electricity from neighboring Soviet Ukraine by making Crimea its part – formally.
The other reason was historical. Russo-Ukrainian reunification in 1654 had happened 300 years earlier, under Czar Alexey the Quiet, and the transfer of Crimea would become a symbol of “indivisibility” of Moscow and Kiev.
In 1954-1991, the transfer did not affect the daily lives of Crimeans. But it started to hurt after 1991, when Crimea was subjected to “Ukrainization” by the newly sovereign Kiev. The Russian-speaking peninsula became “an unloved child.”
In the 1990s, Western media noted the grievances of Russians in Crimea. It only stopped doing so after Maidan.
For example, when a pro-Russian candidate Yuri Meshkov was elected the president of Crimea in 1994, the NYT wrote on March 23, 1994: “For the ethnic Russians who make up 70% of the peninsula’s 2.7 million people, the victory of Yuri Meshkov held out a promise of a return… to what people here perceive as Russia’s relative prosperity.”
In 1994, Meshkov was prevented by Kiev from holding a referendum on the status of Crimea and ousted after a brief arrest. In 2014, when such a referendum was held after the Maidan coup, the Western elites preferred to stick to the formula of 1954. Now they say it allows Kiev to bomb Crimea as “Ukrainian” land.
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Seventy years ago, on April 26, 1954, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued the decree making Crimea a part of Soviet Ukraine. Even in a nightmare, its members could not imagine that this decree would one day become the “legal base” for attacks against Crimea – with the use of NATO’s missile systems.
The real author of the idea to make Crimea - a province of Russia since 1783 - “a gift for Kiev” was Nikita Khrushchev (1894 – 1971), who, as Stalin’s successor, was the top ruler of the Soviet Union. The main reason was pragmatic: administratively, it was easier to obtain water and electricity from neighboring Soviet Ukraine by making Crimea its part – formally.
The other reason was historical. Russo-Ukrainian reunification in 1654 had happened 300 years earlier, under Czar Alexey the Quiet, and the transfer of Crimea would become a symbol of “indivisibility” of Moscow and Kiev.
In 1954-1991, the transfer did not affect the daily lives of Crimeans. But it started to hurt after 1991, when Crimea was subjected to “Ukrainization” by the newly sovereign Kiev. The Russian-speaking peninsula became “an unloved child.”
In the 1990s, Western media noted the grievances of Russians in Crimea. It only stopped doing so after Maidan.
For example, when a pro-Russian candidate Yuri Meshkov was elected the president of Crimea in 1994, the NYT wrote on March 23, 1994: “For the ethnic Russians who make up 70% of the peninsula’s 2.7 million people, the victory of Yuri Meshkov held out a promise of a return… to what people here perceive as Russia’s relative prosperity.”
In 1994, Meshkov was prevented by Kiev from holding a referendum on the status of Crimea and ousted after a brief arrest. In 2014, when such a referendum was held after the Maidan coup, the Western elites preferred to stick to the formula of 1954. Now they say it allows Kiev to bomb Crimea as “Ukrainian” land.
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US sows chaos in Asia-Pacific, foments serious problems in the region
Bilateral relations between China and the United States are currently in the midst of a “complicated historical period where competition, pressure and cooperation exist simultaneously,” according to Wang Zhimin, director of the Institute of Globalization and China's Modernization the University of International Business and Economics.
The United States regards China as its biggest rival and thus strives to suppress and contain China’s development, Wang tells Sputnik, noting that both Democrats and Republicans in the US are essentially in agreement on the harsh stance on China despite their differences on many other matters.
The scholar notes that in general, Sino-American relations are “difficult” and that the United States keeps exerting pressure on China “on all directions.”
Wang also points at a statement made recently by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi who said that the United States bears responsibility for the problems in the US-Chinese relations.
China sincerely hopes that the United States is capable of respecting China’s concerns and will play an active role in the development of healthy Sino-American relations, and Wang Yi mentioned that China seeks to facilitate sustainable development of the US-Chinese relations based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation.
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Bilateral relations between China and the United States are currently in the midst of a “complicated historical period where competition, pressure and cooperation exist simultaneously,” according to Wang Zhimin, director of the Institute of Globalization and China's Modernization the University of International Business and Economics.
The United States regards China as its biggest rival and thus strives to suppress and contain China’s development, Wang tells Sputnik, noting that both Democrats and Republicans in the US are essentially in agreement on the harsh stance on China despite their differences on many other matters.
“When it comes to politics, the United States is primarily a country that sows chaos and creates numerous serious problems in the Asia-Pacific region, and which influences the situation in the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea,” he remarks.
The scholar notes that in general, Sino-American relations are “difficult” and that the United States keeps exerting pressure on China “on all directions.”
Wang also points at a statement made recently by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi who said that the United States bears responsibility for the problems in the US-Chinese relations.
China sincerely hopes that the United States is capable of respecting China’s concerns and will play an active role in the development of healthy Sino-American relations, and Wang Yi mentioned that China seeks to facilitate sustainable development of the US-Chinese relations based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation.
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How Russian nuclear umbrella shields Belarus from NATO and its minions
"There is certainly a threat [to Belarus from the West]," Dmitry Stefanovich of the Moscow-based Institute of World Economy and International Relations tells Sputnik, referring to NATO's military build-up on the bloc's eastern flank and rapid militarization of Poland.
Under these circumstances the deployment of Russia's tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is a step in the right direction in terms of creating deterrence, the scholar emphasizes.
The All-Belarusian People's Assembly (APA) unanimously adopted the nation's new military doctrine on April 25, while the National Assembly approved the country's updated National Security Concept. The documents envision the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as a key element of strategic deterrence.
Addressing the APA the nation's military and intelligence leaders referred to challenges faced by Belarus on its borders with Ukraine and Lithuania. While Ukraine has recently amassed around 120,000 troops there, Lithuania appears to have tested Belarusian air defense systems with a recent drone strike.
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"There is certainly a threat [to Belarus from the West]," Dmitry Stefanovich of the Moscow-based Institute of World Economy and International Relations tells Sputnik, referring to NATO's military build-up on the bloc's eastern flank and rapid militarization of Poland.
Under these circumstances the deployment of Russia's tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is a step in the right direction in terms of creating deterrence, the scholar emphasizes.
"This is a symbol that Russia is fully extending its nuclear umbrella to Belarus," the expert says. "And that an armed conflict in Belarus cannot but involve Russia as a guarantor. [Russia and Belarus] have a single defense contour of the Union State, which is multi-faceted, including the nuclear sphere."
The All-Belarusian People's Assembly (APA) unanimously adopted the nation's new military doctrine on April 25, while the National Assembly approved the country's updated National Security Concept. The documents envision the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as a key element of strategic deterrence.
Addressing the APA the nation's military and intelligence leaders referred to challenges faced by Belarus on its borders with Ukraine and Lithuania. While Ukraine has recently amassed around 120,000 troops there, Lithuania appears to have tested Belarusian air defense systems with a recent drone strike.
"If there were no Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, there could be grounds for concerns," Yuriy Shevtsov, director of the Belarusian Center for Problems of European Integration, explains. "But since they exist (…) Belarus is unlikely to face a big blow from NATO. And a small blow, if it is delivered by Lithuania or by the Belarusian oppositionists under the guise of Lithuania, would be easily repelled by the Belarusian Army."
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▪️So long, Abrams: Ukraine sidelines US-made M1A1 tanks due to Russian drones
▪️This is where US taxpayers' money is going
▪️Poles and Lithuanians don’t want to die in Ukraine but prefer to repatriate Ukrainians instead
▪️US sows chaos in Asia-Pacific, foments serious problems in the region
▪️How Russian nuclear umbrella shields Belarus from NATO and its minions
▪️How US foreign military interventions led to huge civilian deaths: Understanding the impact
▪️Unnamed US media company is seeking operators with combat experience who can use night vision goggles to work in Russia
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▪️This is where US taxpayers' money is going
▪️Poles and Lithuanians don’t want to die in Ukraine but prefer to repatriate Ukrainians instead
▪️US sows chaos in Asia-Pacific, foments serious problems in the region
▪️How Russian nuclear umbrella shields Belarus from NATO and its minions
▪️How US foreign military interventions led to huge civilian deaths: Understanding the impact
▪️Unnamed US media company is seeking operators with combat experience who can use night vision goggles to work in Russia
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Dozens of George Washington University students continue their protest in Washington, D.C. in support of Palestinians and against Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip. The organizers told a Sputnik correspondent that they demanded that US authorities “sever financial, material and intellectual ties” with Israel.
University administration unsuccessfully demanded that the protesters disperse by the end of the day Thursday - the tent city was set up on a square near the university's law school, a ten-minute walk from the White House.
The protest continued Friday, but police did not disperse participants. Law enforcement officials admit they have no idea when the demonstration will end.
In addition to Washington, D.C., demonstrations have also taken place at Columbia University, Yale, MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and other institutions. At some universities administrators, backed by police officers, are forcibly disbanding the protests, which has led to hundreds of arrests and detentions.
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University administration unsuccessfully demanded that the protesters disperse by the end of the day Thursday - the tent city was set up on a square near the university's law school, a ten-minute walk from the White House.
The protest continued Friday, but police did not disperse participants. Law enforcement officials admit they have no idea when the demonstration will end.
In addition to Washington, D.C., demonstrations have also taken place at Columbia University, Yale, MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and other institutions. At some universities administrators, backed by police officers, are forcibly disbanding the protests, which has led to hundreds of arrests and detentions.
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