🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 US to divert all Patriot missile interceptor production to Ukraine, FT

▪️This is an act of desperation but also futility as the US makes only 500-550 missiles a year while Russia fires over 4,000 missiles at targets across Ukraine in the same period;

▪️All talk about Russia's arms industry suffering from delayed orders owed to the SMO now clearly applies to the US and its arms shipments to Ukraine;

▪️Such a desperate move demonstrates how effective Russia's strategy of attrition has been, including in the realm of air defense capabilites;

▪️Patriot systems are also scarce, with additional systems being pledged at least partially to cover losses of previously pledged equipment;

▪️As Ukrainian air defenses deteriorate, Russian missile strikes will have a growing effect, allowing Russia to hit a larger number of targets per salvo as the need to saturate air defenses diminishes;

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What a coincidence!

Saudis move off the petrodollar last week & suddenly 23 years later regime media finally decides to blame them for 9/11

#China has imposed sanctions against some Lockheed Martin Corp subsidiaries and senior executives over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
The companies on the sanction list include Lockheed Martin Missile System Integration Lab, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories and Lockheed Martin Ventures, according to the statement.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/china-sanctions-lockheed-martin-over-taiwan-arms-sales-2024-06-21/#:~:text=Beijing%20has%20applied%20sanctions%20on,China's%20Anti%2DForeign%20Sanctions%20Law.

NATO heading for war in Ukraine; Hungary won't take part - Orban

On Kossuth Rádió, the Prime Minister said that “the European train is heading towards war... if the stars line up successfully, you will be able to convince the driver and no one will go further.”

He stressed that he had already agreed with the NATO Secretary General that “Hungary will get off the train.”

1. https://miniszterelnok.hu/en/with-the-european-parliament-elections-we-have-slowed-down-the-train-rushing-towards-war/

2. https://miniszterelnok.hu/en/prime-minister-viktor-orban-on-the-kossuth-radio-programme-good-morning-hungary-2024-06-14/

Decolonisation.

Niger has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world's biggest uranium mines.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/21/niger-revokes-french-nuclear-groups-licence-at-major-uranium-mine#:~:text=Removal%20of%20Orano%20licence%20highlights,be%20eyeing%20the%20major%20site.&text=Niger's%20military%20government%20has%20revoked,with%20former%20colonial%20power%20France.

#Slovakia #Ukraine

Ex-Slovak PM faces criminal case over ‘treasonous’ Ukraine MiG-29 transfer

State Secretary of the Defense Ministry Igor Meliher confirmed a criminal case will be opened Friday against former Prime Minister Eduard Heger due to the transfer of the MiG-29 and the Kub air defense system to Ukraine in March 2023.

The Slovak Ministry of Defense had previously said it hadn’t found a document that would justify the legality of the transfer rubber-stamped by the previous leadership.

Current Minister of Defense Jaroslav Nad called the actions of his predecessors high treason and promised to file a complaint with law enforcement agencies.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240621/slovak-defense-ministry-accuses-former-government-of-sabotage-and-treason-over-ukraine-jet-transfer-1119045921.html#:~:text=500%20million%20euros.-,Slovak%20Ombudsman%20Robert%20Dobrovodsk%C3%BD%20reported%20that%20the%20Slovak%20Ministry%20of,Eduard%20Heger's%20government%20in%202023.

#Ukraine #US

Ukrainians dying in their hundreds of thousands so US weapon manufacturers can profit

https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/ukrainians-dying-in-their-hundreds-of-thousands-so-us-weapon-manufacturers-can-profit/

#Slovakia #Ukraine

"The Ministry of Defense files a criminal complaint against Eduard Heger and Jaroslav Naď for donating MiG-29 fighters and parts of the Kub air defense system to Ukraine in March 2023 during the mandate of the temporarily appointed Heger government.
State Secretary Igor Melicher said that the criminal complaint relates to the suspicion of committing sabotage, abuse of authority of a public official and breach of duty in the management of foreign property.
He called the move of Heger's cabinet unconstitutional, as well as contrary to the contractual provisions concerning military equipment. "After this decision, the sky was left unprotected and the citizens at risk," he declared.
Melicher reiterated that there is no official legal analysis authorizing the handing over of military equipment to the cabinet on temporary assignment. According to him, the materials presented by ex-minister Naď did not meet the attributes of an official document, duly registered in the ministry's agenda"

https://dennikn.sk/minuta/4059588/

Aircraft lessor DAE sees China's COMAC breaking Airbus, Boeing duopoly

Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC could break Airbus and Boeing's duopoly in the passenger jet market over the next decade, according to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's chief.

COMAC's planes primarily fly within China and with one Indonesian airline, but the company is seeking certification from Europe's aviation regulator and looking for international customers. This development comes as Airbus struggles with production and Boeing faces regulatory scrutiny after a panel blowout on a new plane in January.

https://archive.ph/sH3cE

EU is in self-destructive mode

Whose interest does the corrupt authoritarian #EU regime serve⁉️

Not European citizens and 🇪🇺 industry for sure!

#Russia #LNG #gas

1. https://archive.ph/UYDvT

2. https://archive.ph/DCMbG

If the #US can't control and spy on you via e.g Microsoft, etc. they throw sanctions tantrum

"US sanctioned 12 executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant #Kaspersky" "to protect our citizens"🤦‍♂️

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/u-s-government-sanctions-kaspersky-executives/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGBqUl57IEGr3qCj3W7LPuAYB_DAA-tdlrRMYz7T53_e0NLerrOiFRKet7u06ZEbEGjVRidGlh9XuGs2wZ8gdV6eEKZkp7s2YHw5-iZawnuETeHpg89rCvSF2L553jlv_9mNVej7SQHGDMMMyfFP1--6iVrwvbkCTmvqM3InyMrc

🇺🇸🇮🇱The US is not "Worried" About an Israeli War with Lebanon

▪️The entire point of Israel's existence in its current form is as a military forward operating base of US hegemony in the Middle East;

▪️The use of Hamas as a pretext to launch an unprecedented, region-wide military campaign was always meant to eventually involve Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran;

▪️Israel is obviously over-extending itself and risking its own best interests (as a functioning nation state) by pursuing a multi-front war, but from Washington's perspective, it is a worthwhile "Hail Mary pass" to reassert control over the region ahead of a quickly closing window of opportunity regardless of the effects on Israel itself;

▪️ Israel's relationship is similar to Ukraine's and if Ukraine were to survive 30, 40, or even 50 years in its current state as a US proxy waging war against its neighbors - it would develop just as deep a relationship with the US as Israel including support for it being a "litmus test" for Congress members - if that isn't already a prerequisite;

▪️Just as the US is willing to fight its enemies to the last Ukrainian, it is likewise willing to fight multiple nations and organizations in the Middle East to the last Israeli;

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They say "it's not about #NATO" in unison

The truth: yes, it's all about NATO eastwards expansion

NATO is the biggest threat in the world. It exists to solve problems it creates, constantly needing external enemies to justify itself.

#Serbia what⁉️ Another one who tries to sit on two chairs at the same time?

"Serbia has been discreetly stepping up sales of ammunition to the west that ends up bolstering the defence of #Ukraine
Serbia's ammunition exports that have come to Ukraine via third parties at about €800mn, President Aleksandar Vučić presented the situation as a business opportunity, insisting he would not take sides in the war.
“This is a part of our economic revival and important for us. Yes, we do export our ammunition,” he said in an interview. “We cannot export to Ukraine or to Russia . . . but we have had many contracts with Americans, Spaniards, Czechs, others. What they do with that in the end is their job.
“Even if I know [where the ammunition ends up], that’s not my job. My job is to secure the fact that we deal legally with our ammunition, that we sell it . . . I need to take care of my people, and that’s it. That’s all I can say. We have friends in Kyiv and in Moscow. These are our Slav brothers.”

https://archive.ph/GcJrO

Is Vučić going to give up on Kosovo & Republika Srpska as Armenia's Pashinyan did on Nagorno-Karabakh⁉️