WAR RUSSIA BLOCKS KERCH STRAIT AND ENGAGES UKRANIAN NAVY PART TWO 12-7-2018

mzkitty

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Luna News
‏ @Breakingservice
46s46 seconds ago

Luna News Retweeted Bogdan Vasylchenko

#BREAKING The so called "Donetsk People's Republic" (DNR) are calling for a general mobilisation,(Russian)

#Ukraine #Russia #Donetsk


Bogdan Vasylchenko
‏ @BVasylchenko
8m8 minutes ago

Bogdan Vasylchenko Retweeted Bogdan Vasylchenko

NO MOBILIZATION IN UKRAINE!
Repeat: NO MOBILIZATION IN UKRAINE!!

Only SUPPOSED mobilization by the "Donetsk People's Republic" ( DNR)

#Donetsk it is controlled by #Russia!!!!



Bogdan Vasylchenko
‏ @BVasylchenko
23m23 minutes ago

In #Donetsk they are supposedly calling for a general mobilization, even of those who are not on military duty.


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Doc1

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Recent events regarding Russia make me nauseous. There is absolutely no reason for the US to have been antagonizing the Russians for all these years. When they were the Soviet Union, yes, I was a dedicated Cold warrior. Of course back then the Main Stream Media and the pundits just loved the Soviet Union. Now, since the Russians have thrown off the communist yoke, the MSM and the pundits do everything they can to demonize Russia and present it as a threat. Anyone see some inconsistencies, here???

President Trump came into office with an agenda to form better relations and closer ties with Russia. The Deep State has done absolutely everything in their power (which is staggeringly powerful still) to undermine that agenda and anyone with one half of an eyelid open can easily see that. We are alarmed by "provocative" Russian flights in (international waters) close to US and European borders? Guess what, gang? We, the US, do this on a daily basis! When the Russians do it, it's some dangerously destabilizing threat to peace. When we do it - yawn - it's just business as usual.

This Deep State circus is dangerous and irresponsible to a degree I would've never thought possible just a couple of years ago. If it continues, it's going to result in unanticipated consequences which will hurt the little people far more than the international elites.

Best regards
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David Nettleton

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Recent events regarding Russia make me nauseous. There is absolutely no reason for the US to have been antagonizing the Russians for all these years. When they were the Soviet Union, yes, I was a dedicated Cold warrior. Of course back then the Main Stream Media and the pundits just loved the Soviet Union. Now, since the Russians have thrown off the communist yoke, the MSM and the pundits do everything they can to demonize Russia and present it as a threat. Anyone see some inconsistencies, here???

President Trump came into office with an agenda to form better relations and closer ties with Russia. The Deep State has done absolutely everything in their power (which is staggeringly powerful still) to undermine that agenda and anyone with one half of an eyelid open can easily see that. We are alarmed by "provocative" Russian flights in (international waters) close to US and European borders? Guess what, gang? We, the US, do this on a daily basis! When the Russians do it, it's some dangerously destabilizing threat to peace. When we do it - yawn - it's just business as usual.

This Deep State circus is dangerous and irresponsible to a degree I would've never thought possible just a couple of years ago. If it continues, it's going to result in unanticipated consequences which will hurt the little people far more than the international elites.

Best regards
Doc

You must be my lost twin bro Doc1. You are absolutely 100% correct on your assessment. One thing though, those Russians need to stop moving their country closer to our missiles.
 

Doomer Doug

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The Ukraine is a military joke!

The entire reason for ALL OF THIS is the eastward expansion of NATO to the very borders of Russia. IT WAS ALSO NATO/GLOBALISTS WHO REGIME CHANGED THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT AND REPLACED IT WITH NAZI FASCISTS. I am amazed at all the pro Ukrianian posts here. Are you looking at the same data I am? I think not.

For all the bombast coming from the USA, NATO and the EU they are paper tigers, to quote Mao, and have NO CREDIBLE MILITARY RESPONSE TO THE MODERN, MASSIVE, WELL TRAINED AND LED AND SUPPLIED RUSSIAN FORCES. I guess people have been ignoring the Russian military modernization and build up going on since 2000, or 18 years.

I MEAN I HAVE POSTED DOZENS OF ARTICLES RELATED TO THE DISMAL OPERATIONAL CONDITION OF US AND NATO FORCES. AND NATO AND THE USA ARE GOING TO DEPLOY FORCES TO FIGHT RUSSIA IN THE UKRAINE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE US ARMY HAD A TOTAL OF 3, YES THREE BRIGADES COMBAT READY, THIS OUT OF OVER 60. THE US ARMY MAYBE HAS 8 READY NOW, TWO YEARS AFTER TRUMP.

SHEESH, the idea NATO, the EU, or the USA could engage Russia is DELUSIONAL. Besides, Putin just pissed on the fire hydrant and deployed NUCLEAR CAPABLE BOMBERS WITHIN EASY STRIKE RANGE OF THE USA. Further, Doc1 we have now just started the Cuban Missile Crisis redux. Da ya all think maybe, just maybe Putin put some F#%%%%%% NUKE CRUISE MISSILES IN THOSE PLANES. YA THUNK?

I guess it will take Manhattan Island, or DC glowing in the dark before some people realize what the true military balance is. And no, the corrupt and incompetent farce now called Ukraine is going to get ground into paste if/when they go up against the real Russian Army.

I'm saying everything east of the Dniepper River will be Russian ANYTIME PUTIN WANTS TO TAKE IT. Besides, the idea of Latvia or Poland attacking Russia is even more delusional than Ukraine beating the Russian military.:lkick:

I'm not sure why this fantasy about Ukrainian military might has taken hold here on Timebomb. It is certainly not based on the meager military supplies actually sent to on the ground forces. I feel sorry for the actual Ukrainian grunts because they are going to get crushed. by the way, Housecarl, the usual urban combat tactics are no longer relevant. If the Russians learned anything from fighting in Grozny, it is to just level the place, and then gas it, until even the cockroaches are dead. If any Ukrainians want to do an Alamo in Maripol, then Putin is just going to KILL THEM ALL TO THE LAST PRIVATE.

I also don't get why people think Putin isn't the ruthless, superpatriot, bastard that he is. We really haven't seen Putin in full Vlad the Impaler mode, but be patient. When the corpses are piled up five feet high, from Maripol to Kiev you will understand what Doomer Doug is talking about. :shkr:
 

NoMoreLibs

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Vladdy is going to take Ukraine, maybe not this weekend but before he's out of power (ever??). Question is, will Vlad's appetite's for blond slovic type women end there or will he want some Polish or Czech accompaniment too?
 

Doomer Doug

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It hasn't been commented on, but the long term goal of Russia, Czar included has been the securing of access to the Med, which Putin has now confirmed with his re occupation of the Crimea. he also has a warm water port in Basra, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. All the rail lines being built as part of the New Silk Road are sending spurs from both Russia and China to Pakistan, India, Iran and Iraq.

Putin is going to do whatever is needed to remain in control of the Crimea and Ukraine, up to the Dnieper also.

The sending of nuclear capable bombers to Maduro is an act of war by Putin and is a clear indication that Alfa man's movement reports show me that at least some adults are in charge. Of course, now that Kelly is road kill things could get interesting. And yes, Russia almost certainly thinks the massive military dog and pony show in Nevada are telling them the USA can ship in a bunch of stuff to the Ukraine if they want to. Again, Putin looked at that and sent in his nuke bombers to South America. And the reason he sent in more S-400's to the Crimea is he plans to shoot down the "conga line" of air transports.

Yep, I won't rule out war by Christmas given warmongers like Bolton and Kissinger level of lunacy.
 

mzkitty

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Intel_Radar
‏ @intel_radar24
2m2 minutes ago

#Breaking : 20th Guards Army is out on field exercises in Voronezh, Belgorod, Bryansk and Smolensk. Units are under live observation and control of the HQ via new Data-link vehicles.
#Ukraine #Russia #Nato #Crimea #Kerch
 

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Doomer Doug

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The 20th Guard Army is a serious military force, dating all the way back to Stalingrad in 1942. The idea any current Ukrainian military unit could engage it is fantasy. Here is the link

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/army-orbat.htm

20th Army
Mulino
4th Separate Guard Tank Brigade Kantemirov Naro-Fominsk
5th Separate Guard Motorized Rifle Brigade Tamanskaya Kalininets
new Motorized Rifle Division [2016] Smolensk
new Motorized Rifle Division [2016] Voronezh
6th Separate Tank Brigade Dzerzhinsk
9th Separate Motorized Brigade N Novgorod/Sormovo
448th Missile Brigade Durnevo/Kursk
288th Artillery Brigade Mulino
250th Separate ELINT Regiment (OSNAZ) Ostrogozhsk
9th C3 Brigade

HERE IS A LIST OF THE POTENT MILITARY FORCES RUSSIA HAS FACING THE JOKE CALLED THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY

Central Command
Moscow
449th Separate Fireworks Division Vatutinko
27th Separate Motorized Brigade Vidnoe-4
2nd Separate SPETSNAZ Brigade Promezhits
16th Separate SPETSNAZ Brigade Tambov
49th Air Defense Brigade Elnya
53rd Air Defense Brigade Kursk
202nd Air Defense Brigade Naro-Fomisnk
112nd Missile Brigade Shuya
79th MLRS Brigade Tver
7th Separate Engineer Regiment Belev (Tula)
145th Engineer Regiment ?
27th NBC Defense Brigade Kursk
39th Separate Signal ELINT Brigade OsN Orenburg
82nd Separate ELINT Brigade (OSNAZ) Vyazma
146th Separate ELINT Brigade (OSNAZ) St Petersburg
146th Separate ELINT Brigade OsN Bugry
16th Separate ECM Brigade Kursk
1st C3 Brigade Sertolovo
119th Logistics Brigade Orlovskie Dvoriki

6th Army
Agalatovo
25th Separate Motorized Brigade Vladimirskyy Lager
138th Separate Motorized Brigade Kamenka (Vyborg)
26th Missile Brigade Luga
9th Artillery Brigade Luga
5th Air Defense Brigade Nyunemyaki
132nd Separate Communications Brigade Agalatovo
140th Separate Engineer Regiment Kerro (Karelia)
95th C3 Brigade Chernaya Rechka
51st Separate Logistics Brigade St Petersburg

20th Army
Mulino
4th Separate Guard Tank Brigade Kantemirov Naro-Fominsk
5th Separate Guard Motorized Rifle Brigade Tamanskaya Kalininets
new Motorized Rifle Division [2016] Smolensk
new Motorized Rifle Division [2016] Voronezh
6th Separate Tank Brigade Dzerzhinsk
9th Separate Motorized Brigade N Novgorod/Sormovo
448th Missile Brigade Durnevo/Kursk
288th Artillery Brigade Mulino
250th Separate ELINT Regiment (OSNAZ) Ostrogozhsk
9th C3 Brigade Mulino
Central Military District
Ekaterinburg

2nd Army
Samara
119th Missile Brigade Elanskyy
297th Air Defense Brigade Alkino (Ufa)
91st C3 Brigade Roschinskyy
153rd Communications Brigade Verkhnyaya Pyshma
105th Separate Logistics Brigade Roschinskyy

41st Army
Novosibirsk
201st Military Base [Motorized Brigade] Dushanbe, Tajikistan
7th Separate Tank Brigade Chebarkul
15th Separate Motorized Brigade Roschinskyy (Samara)
21st Separate Motorized Brigade Totskoe
23rd Separate Motorized Brigade Samara
28th Separate Motorized Brigade Ekaterinburg
32nd Separate Motorized Brigade Novosibirsk
35th Separate Motorized Brigade Aleisk
55th Separate Motorized Brigade (Mountain) Kyzyl, Tuva
74th Separate Motorized Brigade Yurga (Kemerovo)
3rd Separate SPETSNAZ Brigade Tolyatti
24th Separate SPETSNAZ Brigade Novosibirsk
28th Air Defense Brigade Chebarkul
61st Air Defense Brigade Yurga
92nd Missile Brigade Totskoe
120th Artillery Brigade Yurga
385th Artillery Brigade Totskoe
29th NBC Defense Brigade Ekaterinburg
35th C3 Brigade Kochenevo (Novosibirsk)
59th C3 Brigade Ekatirenburg
Southern Military District
Rostov

58th Army
Vladikavkaz
42nd Motorized Rifle Division Chechnya
4th Military Base [693rd Separate Motorized Brigade] Dzhava-Tskhinval (South Ossetia)
17th Separate Motorized Brigade Shali
18th Separate Motorized Brigade Khankala
19th Separate Motorized Brigade Sputnik (Vladikavkaz)
136th Separate Motorized Brigade Buinaksk (Dagestan)
205th Separate Motorized Brigade Budennovsk
100th Separate Recce Brigade Mozdok
67th Air Defense Brigade Volgograd
34th C3 Brigade Vladikavkaz

49th Army
Stavropol/Maikop
150th Motorized Rifle Division Rostov
8th Separate Motorized Brigade (Mountain) Borzoi
20th Separate Motorized Brigade Volgograd
34th Separate Motorized Brigade (Mountain) Storozhevaya-2
33rd Detached Recce Brigade (Mountain) Maikop
56th Separate Commando lite Brigade Kamyshin
10th Separate SPETSNAZ Brigade Molkino (Krasnodar)
22nd Separate SPETSNAZ Brigade Aksai (Rostov)
66th C3 Brigade Stavropol
1st Missile Brigade Krasnodar
439th MLRS Brigade Znamensk
291st Artillery Brigade Troitskaya
21st NBC Defense Brigade Kamishin
175th C3 Brigade Aksai
176th Communications Brigade Novocherkassk
154th Separate ECM Brigade OSN Izobilny
Separate Logistics Brigade Stavropol

102nd Military Base
[ex- 127 Motorized Division] Gyumri, Armenia
76th Separate Motorized Brigade Gyumri, Armenia
73rd Separate Motorized Brigade Erevan (Armenia)
988th Air Defense Regiment Gyumri (Armenia)
 

mzkitty

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Air War
‏ @TheAirWar
3m3 minutes ago

#BREAKING: For 3rd time in history, #Russia has deployed Tu-160 Nuclear bombers to #Venezuela. Nikolay Kuznetsov & Vasiliy Reshetnikov arrived at Maiquetia airport, Caracas few hours ago as a part of #Russia's show of force to the #US prior possible war with #Ukraine over #Crimea

19 seconds:

https://twitter.com/TheAirWar
 

mzkitty

I give up.
Air War
‏ @TheAirWar
9m9 minutes ago

RF-94100 & RF-94102, are two of 16 Tu-160S/M1s of #Russia Air Force's 6950th Guards AvB. They flew within 10,000km from #Engels to #Caracas, #Venezuela as a part of #Russia's Nuclear show-off to the #US. They are accompanied by an An-124-100 (RA-82035) & an Il-62M (RA-86496)

More pictures here:

https://twitter.com/TheAirWar
 

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Zagdid

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The entire reason for ALL OF THIS is the eastward expansion of NATO to the very borders of Russia. IT WAS ALSO NATO/GLOBALISTS WHO REGIME CHANGED THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT AND REPLACED IT WITH NAZI FASCISTS. I am amazed at all the pro Ukrianian posts here. Are you looking at the same data I am? I think not.

For all the bombast coming from the USA, NATO and the EU they are paper tigers, to quote Mao, and have NO CREDIBLE MILITARY RESPONSE TO THE MODERN, MASSIVE, WELL TRAINED AND LED AND SUPPLIED RUSSIAN FORCES. I guess people have been ignoring the Russian military modernization and build up going on since 2000, or 18 years.

I MEAN I HAVE POSTED DOZENS OF ARTICLES RELATED TO THE DISMAL OPERATIONAL CONDITION OF US AND NATO FORCES. AND NATO AND THE USA ARE GOING TO DEPLOY FORCES TO FIGHT RUSSIA IN THE UKRAINE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE US ARMY HAD A TOTAL OF 3, YES THREE BRIGADES COMBAT READY, THIS OUT OF OVER 60. THE US ARMY MAYBE HAS 8 READY NOW, TWO YEARS AFTER TRUMP.

SHEESH, the idea NATO, the EU, or the USA could engage Russia is DELUSIONAL. Besides, Putin just pissed on the fire hydrant and deployed NUCLEAR CAPABLE BOMBERS WITHIN EASY STRIKE RANGE OF THE USA. Further, Doc1 we have now just started the Cuban Missile Crisis redux. Da ya all think maybe, just maybe Putin put some F#%%%%%% NUKE CRUISE MISSILES IN THOSE PLANES. YA THUNK?

I guess it will take Manhattan Island, or DC glowing in the dark before some people realize what the true military balance is. And no, the corrupt and incompetent farce now called Ukraine is going to get ground into paste if/when they go up against the real Russian Army.

I'm saying everything east of the Dniepper River will be Russian ANYTIME PUTIN WANTS TO TAKE IT. Besides, the idea of Latvia or Poland attacking Russia is even more delusional than Ukraine beating the Russian military.:lkick:

I'm not sure why this fantasy about Ukrainian military might has taken hold here on Timebomb. It is certainly not based on the meager military supplies actually sent to on the ground forces. I feel sorry for the actual Ukrainian grunts because they are going to get crushed. by the way, Housecarl, the usual urban combat tactics are no longer relevant. If the Russians learned anything from fighting in Grozny, it is to just level the place, and then gas it, until even the cockroaches are dead. If any Ukrainians want to do an Alamo in Maripol, then Putin is just going to KILL THEM ALL TO THE LAST PRIVATE.

I also don't get why people think Putin isn't the ruthless, superpatriot, bastard that he is. We really haven't seen Putin in full Vlad the Impaler mode, but be patient. When the corpses are piled up five feet high, from Maripol to Kiev you will understand what Doomer Doug is talking about. :shkr:

My personal favorite is the Ukrainian claim that the US was going to send a warship into the sea of Azov. That got shut down quick while I was wondering what shallow draft ships do we have nearby. None, although the LCS would fit nicely. The Russians have multiple shallow draft combat and patrol ships in the area. Really? A big US warship in a shallow water sea (46ft max) among all that commercial traffic. Everyone knows how NATO ships fare around slow moving channel traffic. HAHAHAHA
 

northern watch

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Mikhail D.‏ @Eire_QC · 8m8 minutes ago

The SBU Security Service of Ukraine warns that inciting feuds between branches of the Orthodox church in #Ukraine in combination with provoking acts of terrorism may be used by #Russia as a pretext for an open invasion.
 

northern watch

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The Intel Crabþ @IntelCrab · 50m50 minutes ago

I urge all of my followers to be incredibly vigilant this month. Situation in #Ukraine has devolved to the point where even the most optimistic of my regional analyst friends are very concerned.
 

northern watch

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Babak Taghvaee‏ @BabakTaghvaee · 32m32 minutes ago

Protected by S-300s & escorted by the Su-27s of 39th Independent Tactical Aviation Squadron of #Ukraine Air Force, the Il-76MDs on deployment at Ozerne will be used by #Ukrainian Airborne troops in case of war over #Crimea. 39 oaeTA has now 14 operational Su-27s in three variants
 

northern watch

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Glasnost Goneþ @GlasnostGone · 10m10 minutes ago

Interesting that Russia built a large military radar installation across the #AzovSea from #Ukraine. Right on the shore line, it's in the military base outside the town of Yeysk. Handy for tracking #Ukrainian forces around city of #Mariupol. Built by Sept 2017
 

northern watch

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Aki Heikkinen‏ @akihheikkinen · 8m8 minutes ago

Aki Heikkinen Retweeted Russian Exercises

Russian Southern Military District 1st Guards Rocket Brigade Iskander missile unit based in Krasnodar (east from Crimea) alerted for exercises. Marched out.
 

northern watch

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Strategic Sentinel‏Verified account @StratSentinel · 55s55 seconds ago

Strategic Sentinel Retweeted Aki Heikkinen

#Russian Southern Military District with even more movement today. This time it’s a #Iskander Missile regiment in #Krasnodar
 

northern watch

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Gregor Peter‏ @L0gg0l · 1h1 hour ago

Donetsk People's Republic leader Basurin claims Ukraine to start offensive on December 14th, plan chemical attacks
 

AlfaMan

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Boom! and there it is folks-the canal in Kherson oblast. The Crimea is suffering a shortage of water (more acute than the yearly US shortages out west) and they need that water. The North Crimean canal was blocked off by the Ukranians after the Russians took the Crimea, and the Crimea is now short a few million gallons of water per day. Short to the point Russia has to truck in water for the population.

That is an early objective in any Russian invasion of the Ukraine-secure the canal, blow the dam in place and let the water flow back into the Crimea again.

While I am surprised nobody in the intel community has mentioned this so far; the canal and water sources are a primary objective to take over.
The Russians want their breadbasket back and the water that comes with it..........


EndGameWW3
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Ex-Putin adviser warns of coming Russian attack on strategic water canal

Former Putin adviser warns of more Russian attacks | KyivPost
kyivpost.com
10:56 PM · Dec 9, 2018 ·
https://t.co/GV7ndsNrgI?amp=1
 

danielboon

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Mikhail D.
Mikhail D.
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#RUSSIA: Twenty Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Southern Military District in the Kuban Region have underwent a tactical training, learning methods of covertly overcoming the military air defense (AD) of a conditional enemy in the steppe and mountain-wooded areas.
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Mikhail D.
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This comes has tensions between Ukraine and Russia have reached a tipping point. This kind of exercise is done in order to send a message to Ukraine as the country has deployed their S-300's and other Anti-Aircraft systems in strategic positions across the nation.
6:30 PM · Dec 10, 2018 ·
 

AlfaMan

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I am amazed at all the pro Ukrianian posts here. Are you looking at the same data I am? I think not.


Yes Doomer Doug, I am. And more.
 

NoMoreLibs

Kill Commie's, Every Single One Of Them!
Well, when, cough, it kicks off I hope we have tons of video like we get with US wars. I just got a fresh shipment of popcorn in.
 

northern watch

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Defense One‏Verified account @DefenseOne · 11m11 minutes ago

Russia launched cyber attacks against Ukraine before the ship seizures in the Sea of Azov, reports
 

danielboon

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Glasnost Gone


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Russia's propaganda still pushing their fake #Ukrainian offensive. Laughably, they claim it's planned for Dec 14 & will be preceded by a massive explosion in a industrial plant in #Mariupol. As proof they're using a 2015 pic of some Ukrainian tanks in the snow. #Donbas #Donbass
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danielboon

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ELINT News


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5m5 minutes ago
More ELINT News Retweeted PlaneRadar
#UPDATE: USAF Global Hawk RQ-4 drone passed over Kherson Oblast and is heading out over the Black Sea, now monitoring Russian military in Crimea after completing mission monitoring Donbas this morning
 

danielboon

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The Intel Crab Retweeted

Business Ukraine mag


@Biz_Ukraine_Mag
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Alarm is growing over a possible major Russian escalation in Ukraine.

Key signs:

1. Russian military buildup in border zone

2. Russian naval aggression in Black Sea

3. Russian banks advised to prepare for cut-off

4. Kremlin media cranking up anti-Ukraine hysteria

Why now?
 

danielboon

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Merkel calls on Putin to free 24 captive Ukrainian sailors

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to free 24 Ukrainian sailors who were captured near the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea on November 25. Merkel had a telephone conversation with Putin on Monday, December 10; it took place on her initiative, the Ukrainian media outlet lb.ua reported with reference to an official announcement on Merkel's website. The main subject of the conversation was the situation in the Kerch Strait. Merkel, in particular, stressed the need for ensuring unimpeded passage of ships through the strait. the two leaders discussed gas transit shipments through Ukraine after 2019, when the current contract between Ukraine's oil and gas company Naftogaz and Russia's gas giant Gazprom is to expire. Merkel and Putin also talked about the situation in Syria, in particular discussed the formation of a constitutional committee. They also touched on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). As UNIAN reported earlier, on the morning of November 25, Russia blocked the passage to the Kerch Strait for the Ukrainian tugboat "Yany Kapu" and two armored naval boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol," which were on a scheduled re-deployment from the Black Sea port of Odesa to the Azov Sea port of Mariupol. The Ukraine Navy Command noted that the Russian side had been informed of the plans to re-deploy the vessels in advance in accordance with international standards to ensure the safety of navigation. The Russian coast guard ship "Don" rammed the Ukrainian tugboat, damaging the Ukrainian vessel. As the Ukrainian boats were heading back in the Odesa direction after being rejected passage via the Kerch Strait, Russian coast guards opened aimed fire on them. All 24 crew members on board were captured and later remanded in custody for two months, being charged with "illegal border crossing" (the sailors are facing up to six years in prison). Three crewmen were wounded in the attack. Russian-controlled "courts" in occupied Crimea ruled that all 24 detainees should be remanded in custody, after which they were transferred to the Moscow-based Lefortovo and Matrosskaya Tishina detention centers.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/103...tin-to-free-24-captive-ukrainian-sailors.html
 

danielboon

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DPR shows classified document proving Kiev’s plans for large-scale offensive Donetsk, Dec 7 – DAN. Ukrainian authorities plan to use more than 90 hospitals across the country to treat injured servicemen during the offensive in Donbass, said DPR People’s Militia deputy chief-of-staff Eduard Basurin.

“The lists of hospitals to be used for treatment of injured servicemen have been drawn in cooperation with the administrations of regions where martial law was declared. They include 90-plus hospitals with the total capacity of 41,000.”

In other hospitals, 8,000 beds are prepared.

Basurin presented a classified letter to the JFO commander Sergey Naev sent by the head of medical aid organization and development department of the health department of Donetsk regional state administration Natalia Philippova and obtained by the DPR Intelligence.

The document descries plans to prepare additional beds in hospitals of eight regional centers and to assign medical deans in DPR towns after they are “liberated” by the Ukrainian army. This is a strong proof of Kiev’s plans to launch a large-scale offensive in Donbass, Basurin said.
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Earlier DPR Intelligence reported British military experts arrival to Ukrainian-occupied Artyemovsk to prepare chemical attacks in the DPR north and that Kiev developed a plan to carry out sabotage act at the Stirol plant to deflect DPR forces and penetrate the DPR territory.

Ukraine declared martial law on November 26 in ten Ukrainian regions adjacent to Russia and Transnistria, or Kiev-controlled Donbass regions, or the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.

Martial law is brought in all over the state or in designated areas in accordance with the bill “On the Legal Regime of Martial Law”. Martial law provides military authorities and leadership with greater and unlimited power, while restricting civil liberties such as public gatherings, media freedoms and free movement.*ot https://dan-news.info/en/defence-en...ng-kievs-plans-for-large-scale-offensive.html
 

night driver

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There is a REASON that when Basurin is quoted or his public relations arm is quoted that virtually EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY follows with the word "Disinformation".
 

Marthanoir

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Michael MacKay‏ @mhmck · 7m7 minutes ago

Russia attacked Ukraine 14 times yesterday, December 9th, continuing to use weapons prohibited by the Minsk Agreements. 1 Ukrainian soldier, a defender of Europe, was wounded in action. Ukrainian military intelligence says 2 Russian soldiers were killed, 4 more were wounded.



OK whats all this Defender of Europe, Invasion of Europe by Muscovy (Moscow) nonsense,
Moscow is in Europe,
The propaganda is flying by both sides, Ukraine is trying to portray itself as defending Europe against the Asiatic hordes,

Maybe this is the chaos that the EU needs to survive or go full dictatorship,
 
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TheSearcher

Are you sure about that?
OK whats all this Defender of Europe, Invasion of Europe by Muscovy (Moscow) nonsense,
Moscow is in Europe,
The propaganda is flying by both sides, Ukraine is trying to portray itself as defending Europe against the Asiatic hordes,

Maybe this is the chaos that the EU needs to survive or go full dictatorship,

Well, I was always taught that Russia was considered "Eurasia", and amalgam of Europe and Asia, though I would agree that Moscow is geographically closer to Europe, true. It does provide a rationale for propagandists to draw convenient distinctions. It's also worth noting that not all propaganda are lies.
 

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Aki Heikkinenþ @akihheikkinen · 4h4 hours ago

Hmm. Ukrainian airspace looks quite empty currently.
 

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