ALERT RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE - Consolidated Thread

jed turtle

jed turtle

a brother in the Lord
vector7 said:
That's what disgusts me the most.

That the DNC/DS provoking this situation are:

Woke
Anti-family
Groomers
Racists
Pro Crime
Fascists
Communists
Corrupt
Grifters
Anarchists
Two-Tired JustUS
Against the 1st Amendment
Against the 2st Amendment
One World
Globalists
For dominating and controlling everyone on the planet
and Satanic

It pisses me off that I find myself on the side of Russia resisting all this BS from the GLOBAL LEFTIST/DS come down on the wrong side of every single issue imaginable.
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You are pissed off that you hve to be sided with Russia because Russia is against the satanic globohomos? I am grateful that there is even ONE NATION AT ALL that is actually willing to step up to the plate and bet everything that they can stop the globohomos. That it happens to be Russia, which has passed through the furnace of 70 years of Marxist Communism and came out the other side resolved to never let that happen again, only gives their bonafides a polished sheen of knowing what they are talking about and DOING. MEANWHILE the DNC has stolen the last election and is dragging us to the communist crematorium to finish us off. Meanwhile the RINOS and the Pentagon are standing by applauding...
 
jed turtle

jed turtle

a brother in the Lord
AlfaMan said:
If the Russians were going to use fuel, why didn't they just torch it? Like the Australian F-111's airshow party trick. That would have brought it down pretty quickly. Composites don't handle high heat well.
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The trophy catch wouldn’t be much of a catch once retrieved from the bottom of the sea if it had been turned into a cinder.
 
vector7

vector7

Dot Collector
jed turtle said:
You are pissed off that you hve to be sided with Russia because Russia is against the satanic globohomos? I am grateful that there is even ONE NATION AT ALL that is actually willing to step up to the plate and bet everything that they can stop the globohomos. That it happens to be Russia, which has passed through the furnace of 70 years of Marxist Communism and came out the other side resolved to never let that happen again, only gives their bonafides a polished sheen of knowing what they are talking about and DOING. MEANWHILE the DNC has stolen the last election and is dragging us to the communist crematorium to finish us off. Meanwhile the RINOS and the Pentagon are standing by applauding...
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I'm kind of a Cold War kid.

I've been aggressively watching Russia rebuild since the mid to late 90s. With the expectation of the rebirth of the Soviet Russia Grizzly Bear after Perestroika.

Many have since prophesied about it's coming.

Now, here we are...with most fast asleep and distracted on so many levels.

The incredible moral and physical decay of the American youth self indulged, Socialists, Communists, Atheists and Fascists all hating and wanting the destruction of America as the Russia and China arise to take our place.
 
jed turtle

jed turtle

a brother in the Lord
vector7 said:
I'm kind of a Cold War kid.

I've been aggressively watching Russia rebuild since the mid to late 90s. With the expectation of the rebirth of the Soviet Russia Grizzly Bear after Perestroika.

Many have since prophesied about it's coming.

Now, here we are...with most fast asleep and distracted on so many levels.

The incredible moral and physical decay of the American youth self indulged, Socialists, Communists, Atheists and Fascists all hating and wanting the destruction of America as the Russia and China arise to take our place.
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Lived the entire Cold War period, read the warnings that the fall of the iron curtain was just deception etc when it happened. It is obvious to me that Putin is no dummy. Seems like Russia has returned to its Christian roots after recognizing that atheism cost them everything. Also seems to have recognized that freedom without discipline and the true Christian religion is just license to piss on the only foundations that last. Like the US is doing now to its own foundations.
 
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Walrus

Veteran Member
AlfaMan said:
If the Russians were going to use fuel, why didn't they just torch it? Like the Australian F-111's airshow party trick. That would have brought it down pretty quickly. Composites don't handle high heat well.
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Salvage of what all they could? Although I think the Iranians captured one of these some time ago, there'd still be some potential goodies added since then.
 
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Walrus

Veteran Member
jward said:
OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
1m

The Pentagon is currently conducting an Assessment on whether they should continue Surveillance Drone Flights over the Black Sea due to the Increase in Russian Interceptions and Risky Behavior while in the Region.
If it is decided this would halt Surveillance Flights of U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawks and MQ-9 Reapers over the Black Sea that have taken place since before the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
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I had to laugh at Ms. Zharakova's (Lavrov's press secretary) rejoinder to the Pentagon's Kirby whining about how they couldn't find or retrieve the drone. She basically said, Call the NYTimes and get the number of the Ukrainian company which you said blew up Nordstream. :fgr2:

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Walrus

Veteran Member
Mark D said:
This.

I still expect Russia to push to the Dnieper river; it's the only geography that offers a "sustainable" end state for them. It would give them a "real" border from Belarus to Crimea... Push to the river, blow the bridges, fortify like crazy, then offer peace.
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mistaken1 said:
I will take swing.

The predominately russian parts of ukraine remain part of russia.
The rest of ukraine will be demilitarized. The russians will not accept minsk iii.

What happens to europe depends on the US or what they do with the US.

As long as the US is focused on regime change in russia there will be turmoil on russia's border and everywhere else that intersects with russian interests. That is simply the regime change playbook in action.

Then again if the US cannot keep their financial system propped up they will choose war sooner rather than later.
Can they keep the nuclear genie in the bottle?
My money is on they cannot.

Simplistic I know but time limits details. I guess the bottom line is do we trade with other humans for the things we want or do we kill'em all and take their shit? Sadly history shows more often than not enough humans choose kill'em all and take their shit to keep the fires burning century after century after century.
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Back in September, Big Serge posted this map on his substack. I see no reason that it's less valid than it was then.

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Tom McDowell

Tom McDowell

BAMN
von Koehler said:
Since many here, if not a majority, favor Putin's invasion of Ukraine I was wondering what you think a post war Europa, Russia,and Ukraine would be like?
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In the coldest descriptors.

It depends.

The Collective West must sue for peace.
Russia becomes a respected equal amongst all nations.
All European nations supporting Ukraine, including the USA, must dissolve their non-reliable governments.
Beg forgiveness and claim arrogance, pride and covetousness of Russia's borders, knowledge, customs, and natural wealth.
New governments must adjust to reality, committing to peace and prosperity with Russia and China.
The new reality:
Russia is superior in the art of making war.
China manufactures all of the worlds consumable goods.
Russia annexes all of Ukraine
All nations of Europe and USA, renounce and rescind membership in NATO - thus dissolving NATO, and dropping, all economic sanctions.
All NATO military bases are evacuated.
All previous National States & business relations between the West and Russia are restored to 2020, and prior.

That's it - in a nutshell.


So_not_happening.

OK, on the way to Armageddon:

March/April, 2023: / Ukraine loses army 3.0.

USA has limited time before election cycle, all prior scheduled offensive actions commence.

May/June 2023, Proxy army 4.0: / MIC activates Poland to serve as proxy. Collective West and 300 thousand Poles move East.

Russia secures borders of Ukraine demonstrating space/air/land superiority, in the theater of war.

Polish airfields host Ukrainian offensive fighter jet operations. US and other combined forces advance towards Lviv.

Russia reduces Lviv to rubble.

Russia, utilizing conventional weapons, destroys Polish critical infrastructure.

July/August. 2023
Russia after advancing from the Eastern border of Russia to the Dnieper river, in a surprising move, fully engulfs
& advances quickly North of Odessa. Western land bridge sets new Russian border, Odessa to Belarus.

September/ October 2023
Poland loses all positions in Ukraine. 500 thousand casualties.

November/December 2023
Total collapse of Western financial and critical infrastructure base.

January 2024 - Peace settlement or nuclear exchange initiated by West.

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As an after thought adding: In order to De-Nazify Ukraine, Liviv will perish. Wiped clean from the land it sets.

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Oreally

Right from the start
Tom McDowell said:
In the coldest descriptors.

It depends.

The Collective West must sue for peace.
Russia becomes a respected equal amongst all nations.
All European nations supporting Ukraine, including the USA, must dissolve their non-reliable governments.
Beg forgiveness and claim arrogance, pride and covetousness of Russia's borders, knowledge, customs, and natural wealth.
New governments must adjust to reality, committing to peace and prosperity with Russia and China.
The new reality:
Russia is superior in the art of making war.
China manufactures all of the worlds consumable goods.
Russia annexes all of Ukraine
All nations of Europe and USA, renounce and rescind membership in NATO - thus dissolving NATO, and dropping, all economic sanctions.
All NATO military bases are evacuated.
All previous National States & business relations between the West and Russia are restored to 2020, and prior.

That's it - in a nutshell.


So_not_happening.

OK, on the way to Armageddon:

March/April, 2023: / Ukraine loses army 3.0.

USA has limited time before election cycle, all prior scheduled offensive actions commence.

May/June 2023, Proxy army 4.0: / MIC activates Poland to serve as proxy. Collective West and 300 thousand Poles move East.

Russia secures borders of Ukraine demonstrating space/air/land superiority, in the theater of war.

Polish airfields host Ukrainian offensive fighter jet operations. US and other combined forces advance towards Lviv.

Russia reduces Lviv to rubble.

Russia, utilizing conventional weapons, destroys Polish critical infrastructure.

July/August. 2023
Russia after advancing from the Eastern border of Russia to the Dnieper river, in a surprising move, fully engulfs
& advances quickly North of Odessa. Western land bridge sets new Russian border, Odessa to Belarus.

September/ October 2023
Poland loses all positions in Ukraine. 500 thousand casualties.

November/December 2023
Total collapse of Western financial and critical infrastructure base.

January 2024 - Peace settlement or nuclear exchange initiated by West.

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As an after thought adding: In order to De-Nazify Ukraine, Liviv will perish. Wiped clean from the land it sets.

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So if in April May the Ukraine army still exists and is thrashing the Russians this whole fantasy we can disregard?
 
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Oreally

Right from the start
Tom McDowell said:
They?

If you want it back - go get it. Waste the rest of your resources. I'm sure the Russians will let Ukraine have it - for a while. As long as it falls into the Russian doctrine of demilitarization.

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The reason the capture of political is so crucial is that once the ukrainians capture it the supply lines running along the Sea of azov to Crimea will be within range of hiMars and other super accurate artillery systems and therefore will cut off Crimea.

Once that happens Putin's political base in Moscow will be so severely eroded that he will be forced from Power or killed.

Now how does that fit to your scenario?

We'll see in May or June won't we whose scenario is more correct
 
jed turtle

jed turtle

a brother in the Lord
Tom McDowell said:
In the coldest descriptors.

It depends.

The Collective West must sue for peace.
Russia becomes a respected equal amongst all nations.
All European nations supporting Ukraine, including the USA, must dissolve their non-reliable governments.
Beg forgiveness and claim arrogance, pride and covetousness of Russia's borders, knowledge, customs, and natural wealth.
New governments must adjust to reality, committing to peace and prosperity with Russia and China.
The new reality:
Russia is superior in the art of making war.
China manufactures all of the worlds consumable goods.
Russia annexes all of Ukraine
All nations of Europe and USA, renounce and rescind membership in NATO - thus dissolving NATO, and dropping, all economic sanctions.
All NATO military bases are evacuated.
All previous National States & business relations between the West and Russia are restored to 2020, and prior.

That's it - in a nutshell.


So_not_happening.

OK, on the way to Armageddon:

March/April, 2023: / Ukraine loses army 3.0.

USA has limited time before election cycle, all prior scheduled offensive actions commence.

May/June 2023, Proxy army 4.0: / MIC activates Poland to serve as proxy. Collective West and 300 thousand Poles move East.

Russia secures borders of Ukraine demonstrating space/air/land superiority, in the theater of war.

Polish airfields host Ukrainian offensive fighter jet operations. US and other combined forces advance towards Lviv.

Russia reduces Lviv to rubble.

Russia, utilizing conventional weapons, destroys Polish critical infrastructure.

July/August. 2023
Russia after advancing from the Eastern border of Russia to the Dnieper river, in a surprising move, fully engulfs
& advances quickly North of Odessa. Western land bridge sets new Russian border, Odessa to Belarus.

September/ October 2023
Poland loses all positions in Ukraine. 500 thousand casualties.

November/December 2023
Total collapse of Western financial and critical infrastructure base.

January 2024 - Peace settlement or nuclear exchange initiated by West.

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As an after thought adding: In order to De-Nazify Ukraine, Liviv will perish. Wiped clean from the land it sets.

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The truth should be cold. Failure to recognize the realities insures total failure on a scale impossible for our arrogant leaders to comprehend. But I do not believe that they are a whit bothered by the thought of such failures. I do believe that their ultimate goal is annihilation of virtually the entire global population. In which case, “failure” equals “success”.

A satanic insanity grips the leaders of the world. And the situation is entirely out of the hands of “the people” -who are for the most part, utterly propagandized and unaware of the approaching end of their civilizations, via biological warfare (Plagues), starvation, war, and nuclear incineration.

people who read their Bibles thoroughly already know all this, however. “The End” is no secret to them...
 
jed turtle

jed turtle

a brother in the Lord
Tom McDowell said:
Personally, I'm hoping for a massive solar flare. Total reset. Give everyone time to get back to zero.
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Agree, but I am not holding my breathe, and the outcome of that would still be 90% starvation within 3 months to a year max...
but still a better outcome for the survivors who wouldn’t be dealing with storm clouds of radioactive and poisonous chemical dust.
 
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Cedar Lake

Connecticut Yankee
Walrus said:
Back in September, Big Serge posted this map on his substack. I see no reason that it's less valid than it was then.

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Russia Releases ‘Future Map’ Of Ukraine; Reduces Europe’s Biggest Country To Kyiv While Russia Absorbs The Rest​

EUROPE
ByTanmay Kadam
July 30, 2022
Deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and Former President – Dmitry Medvedev has posted maps to illustrate what he believes would be the fate of Ukraine. According to Medvedev, Ukraine would probably be reduced to Kyiv and its surrounding areas.
While the second map showed Ukraine’s territory reduced to Kyiv and a small surrounding area, with seven regions to the west annexed by Poland and three in the Southwest by Hungary and Romania. The rest of the country was wholly absorbed into Russia.
As depicted on the map, the seven regions annexed by Poland include Lviv, Lutsk, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and Zhytomyr. Romania is depicted to have annexed two regions, namely, Chernivtsi and Vinnytsia, and Hungary is shown to have annexed Uzzhorod.


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eurasiantimes.com

Russia Releases 'Future Map' Of Ukraine; Reduces Europe's Biggest Country To Kyiv While Russia Absorbs The Rest

Deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and Former President – Dmitry Medvedev has posted maps to illustrate what he believes would be the fate of Ukraine. According to Medvedev, Ukraine would probably be reduced to Kyiv and its surrounding areas. On July 27, Medvedev shared two maps in a...
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This is a probable future with what's left of AFU's Army #4.0.
 
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Cedar Lake

Connecticut Yankee
NATO nation's viewpoint: A update this year, 2023, is talk about a temporary ''Polish Protectorate''.

Polish television showed a map of the “partition of Ukraine”​

March 25 2022
Poland has been nurturing the idea of "returning" the western territory of Ukraine for a long time and is not averse to taking advantage of the current situation. NATO's refusal to participate in the adventure proposed by the Polish authorities still does not mean anything, Warsaw can create its own coalition of those wishing to participate in the "peacekeeping mission".
The fact that Poland does not intend to retreat from its plans and has already divided the neighboring country, annexing as many as five regions to itself, is evidenced by the display of the partition map of Ukraine on the air of the Polish TV channel TVP1.
It already includes Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Volyn, Rivne and Ternopil regions of Ukraine as part of Poland, Chernivtsi region goes to Romania, Transcarpathia - to Hungarians. The entire south of Ukraine, including Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions and Donbass, was given to Russia by the generous hand of the Poles, while the central and northern regions of the country remained within Ukraine itself.

A map shown on a Polish TV channel. Everything that we have already talked about, and what the West is ready for

- Ilya Kiva, ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, wrote about this.
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LightEcho

LightEcho

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Oreally said:
Soloyev, the main Russian propaganda mouthpiece is beginning to have second thoughts that maybe they really could lose and speaking about it on national TV

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1636113117867302914
View: https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1636113117867302914
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You really aren't getting a look at reality.

When you only want to see what you want to see, you will only see what you want to see.
... and you can quote me on that, take it to the bank, inscribe it on your tombstone, or decide to control your wants.
 
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Cedar Lake

Connecticut Yankee

A soldier of the Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stood up for the demotion due to an interview with the American press by the battalion commander "Kupola"​

Today, 11: 41

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The scandal around the interview of the commander of the battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign "Dome" to the American newspaper The Washington Post is gaining momentum. One of the soldiers of the Ukrainian army stood up for the officer, who confirmed his words, the Ukrainian press writes.
It all started with the fact that the commander of the “Kupol” battalion spoke about the high losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemivsk and that untrained and inexperienced soldiers were sent to the front line, who literally “scattered” from their positions. For this, the "Dome" was demoted, transferred from the battalion commander to the deputy battalion commander of the training center. After that, the "Dome" wrote a letter of resignation.
Serviceman Volodymyr Shevchenko, who serves in the 46th separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, confirmed the words of the officer. He called the Dome's interview truthful and most relevant to the existing problems. Shevchenko stressed that the interview was cautious and balanced, since the real situation is much worse.
This is not a pseudo-expert's opinion of "two or three weeks". This is a balanced expert opinion of a top-class professional. A person who enjoys XNUMX% and unconditional respect from his subordinates Shevchenko wrote. Further, the soldier criticized the top military-political leadership of Ukraine, which decided to “teach a lesson” to the too smart battalion commander, removing him from his post.
Such comments testify not only to the presence of big problems in the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemovsk, but also to the beginning of "fermentation" among the personnel of the Ukrainian army, which is dissatisfied with the actions of the command. Sooner or later, the situation near Artemovsk would have led to such a reaction among the Ukrainian military. It can be assumed that these are only the first signs of such a process.

''Spoke about the high losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemovsk and that ''untrained and inexperienced'' soldiers were sent to the front line, who literally “scattered” from their positions.

That's because the trained and experienced AFU NCO's and soldiers are mostly dead.
One to two day-week training and sent to the ''artillery range'' frontlines is DOA.
Non-stop artillery shelling. No evac for wounded.
Daily death toll of 400-500 every day.
Artemovsk is Russia's meat grinder for AFU Army 4.0
Here's a good look at reality.
 
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Oreally

Right from the start
LightEcho said:
You really aren't getting a look at reality.

When you only want to see what you want to see, you will only see what you want to see.
... and you can quote me on that, take it to the bank, inscribe it on your tombstone, or decide to control your wants.
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So are you saying at this isn't a real video and it's some sort of deepfake that someone has made up and person around to make the Russians look bad?
man you are brilliant!
 
Red Baron

Red Baron

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Deadly explosions and inferno rip through Russian FSB building 75 miles from Ukraine after ammunition detonates in warehouse

Series of explosions rocked the FSB building before it burst into flames today
The building is located in city of Rostov-on-Don, located 75 miles from Ukraine

By RACHAEL BUNYAN and WILL STEWART FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 06:04 EDT, 16 March 2023 | UPDATED: 08:42 EDT, 16 March 2023

A deadly fire today broke out at a Russian FSB building located 75 miles from Ukraine after ammunition detonated in a warehouse.

A series of explosions rocked the building, which belongs to the FSB's border patrol section, before it burst into flames in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don this morning.

One person was killed and two others were injured after the raging inferno ripped through the building.

Video shows the building engulfed in flames, as a plume of thick black smoke billows into the air in a built-up area of the city.

Eyewitnesses claimed that ammunition detonated in the FSB's warehouse, leaving at least person dead, reports Tass news agency.

Local residents reported hearing explosions before the building burst into flames in the southern Russian city of this morning, TASS news agency reports

A series of explosions were heard every 10 seconds after the ammunition caught fire, eyewitnesses said.

'The explosion was very loud, not a pop. We heard one explosion, acquaintances who live closer to the place of the fire claim that there were two, but we clearly heard only one,' a witness who lives close to the FSB building told Russian news outlet 161.ru.

Another eyewitness said: 'The building just exploded right in front of my eyes. I was chatting on the phone when it exploded.

'Windows all flew out, everything collapsed. I think some must be injured inside there.

'The explosion was so strong the rooftop rose up and fell back. Something big exploded inside there. There are servicemen inside there.'

The eyewitness told how an FSB officer said to the crowd: 'Why the f*** are you f***ing about, run! We need fire extinguishers, quick!'

Local authorities said they had dispatched emergency services to the area which has been cordoned off.

'Emergency services were dispatched... details are being clarified,' the press office of the emergency services in Rostov-on-Don said in comments carried by the state-run TASS news agency.

The emergency services said that the fire had expanded to cover 880 square metres of ground.

Russia fears that a spate of explosions and fires may be caused by sabotage by people opposed to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

Putin is a former head of the FSB secret service which is Russia's main counter-intelligence force, and includes border guards.

There have been several incidents of reported sabotage attributed to Ukrainian partisans within Russian territory since the Kremlin deployed troops to Ukraine in February last year.

There was no immediate official comment from Kyiv on the blaze in southern Russia.

A former spokeswoman for Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky distributed images of the fire on social media but said Kyiv was not necessarily responsible.

'Don't rush to accuse Ukraine. It might be provocation or domestic political fight,' Yulia Mendel said on Twitter.

There were no reports on incoming missiles or drone attacks.

FSB operatives today sought to stop filming of the site of the carnage in Rostov.

Ukrainian intelligence chief, Major-General Kyrylo Budanov told Forbes last month that Russia was seeing many usual explosions and fires.

'Much of this is no accident,' he said. 'Something is constantly on fire [in Russia].

'Signalling equipment on railways, it lights up several times a day, on various highways constantly for two to three hours, sometimes for five to six hours, traffic gets suspended.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Deadly explosions and inferno rips through Russian FSB building

Local residents reported hearing explosions before the FSB building burst into flames in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don this morning.
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jward

jward

passin' thru
Walrus said:
I had to laugh at Ms. Zharakova's (Lavrov's press secretary) rejoinder to the Pentagon's Kirby whining about how they couldn't find or retrieve the drone. She basically said, Call the NYTimes and get the number of the Ukrainian company which you said blew up Nordstream. :fgr2:

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Then you'd have really enjoyed her (or was it a female newscaster- so much news who can keep up eh) who discussed the issue while using her body to make lil humourous digs bout the poor US drone that just "fell" into the water coz it couldn't fly.. Well, guess you had to see it, far funnier than it sounds.
..anyways..
 
jward

jward

passin' thru
News|Russia-Ukraine war

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 386​

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 386th day, we take a look at the main developments.

A photo made Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, over the Bering Strait near Alaska shows a Russian Federation Air Force SU-27 during a simulation of a hijacking of a passenger plane. The exercise had Canadian and U.S. forces from NORAD, working with the Russian Federation forces and saw the Canadians successfully hand off the hijacked plane to Russian fighters over the Bering Strait. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen

A Russian Federation Air Force Su-27 over the Bering Strait in 2013. Two Russian Su-27s intercepted the US Reaper drone over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023 [File: Mark Thiessen/AP]
Published On 16 Mar 2023
16 Mar 2023

Here is the situation as it stands on Thursday, March 16, 2023:

US drone incident​


  • The crash of a United States military surveillance drone into the Black Sea after it was intercepted by Russian jet fighters continues to be “investigated”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
  • Defence chief Lloyd Austin said the US will continue to fly wherever international law allows, after speaking with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu.
  • Russia’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said he told US officials that Moscow would “no longer allow anybody to violate our waters”, Moscow’s state TASS news agency reported.
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the US is “ignoring” the fact that Russia had established air space restrictions around Crimea.
  • Russia’s defence ministry said it would react “proportionately” to any future US “provocations”.
RT<4m
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8AZewF9R8M&t=16s

Fighting​

  • Ukrainian ground forces shot down a Russian fighter jet near the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut, said Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office.
  • Russian forces have taken control of the village of Zaliznianske and are expanding the encirclement of Bakhmut, head of the Russian mercenary Wagner force Yevgeny Prigozhin said.

Diplomacy​

  • Finland expects Turkey to approve its NATO membership bid this week as Finnish President Sauli Niinistö is set to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Friday.
  • In a televised meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Russia was fighting “Nazis” in Ukraine and expressed support for Moscow.
  • The International Monetary Fund says its staff made “very good progress” in talks with Ukrainian officials on a set of policies supporting a new lending programme for Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 386
 
jward

jward

passin' thru
Hmm. Hard to see how war is a strategy to combat low birth rates and dangerous demographics, but those kids come up with some krazy ideas- and the decline is a real and pressing issue globally -


Council on Foreign Relations
@CFR_org
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Putin's invasion of Ukraine can be seen as a desperate gambit to increase the Russian population at gunpoint, argues @MaxBoot for @PostOpinions
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1636715008561119235
View: https://twitter.com/CFR_org/status/1636715008561119235?s=20
 
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