Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Would Pompeo put this ‘peace plan’ out there without Trump’s approval?
Seems unlikely.
Who will win? RuZZia? Iran? China?
“’Russia, Iran, China All Seek to Shape US Election, Officials Say”
“Americans are said to be involved wittingly or unwittingly
Report suggests Russia favors Trump, Iran opposes him”
“Russia, China and Iran are all recruiting Americans to spread propaganda advancing their interests ahead of the US presidential election, American intelligence officials said Monday.
Some US citizens have been knowingly helping foreign governments “seed, promote and add credibility to narratives that serve the foreign actors’ interests,” the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday in its latest update on election security. Others in the US have been duped into aiding the foreign actors, according to the report.”
Some US citizens have been knowingly helping foreign governments “seed, promote and add credibility to narratives that serve the foreign actors’ interests
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We know that is true here on this thread.
lol I knew you were not American, else you response would have been duck season
“A Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine”
(WSJ, Mike Pompeo)
President Trump did not just fall off the turnip truck - he is a sophisticated player, who knows what is going on. Russia sinks or swims on the price of oil, and the USA is the dominant military power on Earth. Those levers can impose an outcome on Russia.
Trump is the boss.
The Maduro and Cuban thugs are on the streets in Caracas.
The people need to burn down the RuZZian, Chinese and Cuban embassies.
https://x.com/CasalMauri/status/1818113176329662749
“16-year-old boy protest for democracy shot by Maduro’s thugs
Unfortunately, he didn’t make it”
https://x.com/ADM_3DM/status/1818111961474679030
“Approaching 90%”
…of Russia’s whole Active duty force structure at the start of this invasion - not just those in the Ukrainian Theater of Operations. Their cadre of reasonably trained and well experienced professionals across the board.
Whole units were deployed from the Arctic and the Far East, but individual replacements to reconstitute units attritted in battle, have also been drawn from all throughout the whole of the Military.
Reconstituted units need officers, NCOs and technical specialists - not everyone can be a mobnik, pulled off the streets three weeks ago. They have drained other units dry, as well as cadre in the training base, headquarters, offices, depots; and any where else mid-grade personnel were assigned.
As they have been pulling more tanks out of storage, they have also been pulling tank gunners, drivers and Commanders from other assignments, all around the Country, to operate them. They only had so much inventory of skills on hand, and they have been burning through them, faster than they are produced. What they are calling an Airborne or Armor Brigade today, is a lot more like a gang of mostly untrained hoodlums, than what the had at the start.
Skills and experience have been hollowed out, Armywide.
Interesting Articles:
New Russian Long-Range Drone Appears In Ukraine
Potentially capable of flying a range of missions, the Gerbera appears to be a Russian-developed complement to the Shahed-136 series.
https://www.twz.com/air/new-russian-long-range-drone-appears-in-ukraine
[ Colored black; uses radar absorbing foam; uses UKR internet; and for long range, uses relay drone ]
He just realized that the US via NATO will use Finland as the next battering ram against Russia, just as they did with Ukraine.
Kremlin snuff box, 07/30/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Prices for migrants have already increased. But they will be caught more often
In the Saratov region, border guards found four citizens of Uzbekistan in a heavy truck with melons. It would seem like ordinary news. But it’s not that simple.
Earlier we told you that after the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, the authorities set a course for “brightening up” Moscow and the region . At the same time, in a number of regions measures have already been taken to combat migrants, and the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has even been offered to pay for denunciations at the places of residence of illegal immigrants.
All these are links of one chain. There will be more stories in the news about the capture of migrants for certain atrocities, including attempts to illegally get into the depths of Russia. There will also be raids on the places where migrants live and work, which supposedly “nobody noticed” for years.
There is already a slight commotion in the construction market, because it is migrants who are mostly attracted to construction in Moscow, the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and other regions. Owners of construction holdings are puzzled by the search for new labor.
According to our information, the cost of illegal travel from Central Asia to Moscow has increased 1.5 times over the past two months. It has also become more difficult to purchase Russian documents on the black market, controls have increased, and prices have risen. At the same time, as you understand, no one provides migrants with any guarantees.
All this was expected. There is even competition in the field of who will catch the most migrants and who will make the most reporting videos. Of course, all migrants will not be taken out of Russia, but many may be sent home. It is a fact. Or you will have to pay more “farms”.
DeepStateUA. 07/30/24
https://t.me/s/DeepStateUA
Fighting continues on the approaches to Toretsk: namely, in Zalizny and Severny
Katsaps [ UKR ] continue to liven up private and multi-apartment buildings in these settlements. In the near future, the enemy will concentrate the main forces to capture the tericons [ tailings pile ] of the Artem mine and the Severn mine. In the future, he will try to enter the city itself, and control over the dumps will give a significant advantage.
Toretsk itself is being hit by enemy artillery and anti-aircraft guns. The task is clear - to cause maximum damage to the building to facilitate assault actions. The start of the battle for Toretsk is a matter of the near future. Unfortunately, there is still no successful recipe for facing such a large number of infantry without losing positions.
It should not be forgotten that after the occupation of Zalizny, the Katsaps may try to hit our group in New York in the rear. This will not only worsen the conditions for the defense of the village, but will also endanger the encirclement of forces located further east.
air-to-ground munitions >> doesn’t sound like they will just stay in the rear to shoot down drones/missiles
“EXCLUSIVE: U.S. to Arm Ukraine’s F-16 Jets With Advanced Weapons”
“The Biden administration says it will provide missiles and bombs for the American-made aircraft”
“The U.S. has agreed to arm dozens of F-16 jet fighters being sent to Ukraine with American-made missiles and other advanced weapons, addressing a longstanding question about the Western aircraft.
Denmark and the Netherlands are preparing to send the first American-made F-16s to Ukraine this summer, and more will come later from Belgium and Norway. But until now the source of critical weapons for the planes has been unresolved.
Though the Pentagon has limited inventory and production capability, it will supply the F-16s with air-to-ground munitions, precision-guidance kits for bombs and advanced air-to-air missiles in sufficient quantities to meet Ukraine’s most urgent needs, a senior U.S. official said.
“We are confident that we will be able to supply all of those [weapons], at least the critical volumes that they need,” the U.S. official said.”
“The weapons for the F-16 that the U.S. is sending include AGM-88 HARM air-to-ground missiles; the extended-range versions of Joint Direct Attack Munition kits, which convert unguided bombs to smart weapons; and so-called small diameter bombs that explode with a tight blast radius. In addition, the U.S. will send advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, known as AMRAAM, and AIM-9X short-range air-to-air missiles for the jets.”
Its a blessed time we live in
“A big Russian infantry assault group comes under (cluster) artillery and FPV drone fire. Only a few were seen escaping. Work by the 110th Mechanized Brigade.”
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1818226318674202785
“Yet another successfully repelled Russian assault on the Kurakhove front by the 79th Air Assault Brigade. Despite a large amount of enemy equipment, over 50 in total, Ukrainian forces reportedly destroyed 12 armored vehicles, 8 tanks, 9 motorbikes, and buggies. They killed 36 Russian soldiers and wounded 32. The footage showcases the work of Ukrainian artillery, drone operators, anti-tank units, sappers, and infantry.”
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1818189703859900495
Feeling the heat
Table has turned as Ukraine holds the power.
“You’ve had two years: EU eyerolls at Hungary’s request for help with Russian oil”
“After failing to reduce their reliance on Moscow for energy, Hungary and Slovakia now want help from Brussels.”
“BRUSSELS — You reap what you sow.
Privately, that’s the exasperated sentiment among EU diplomats as Hungary joins with Slovakia to try and leverage EU rules to preserve access to a discounted product nearly everyone else has had to shun: Russian oil.
Their maneuvering comes in the wake of Ukrainian sanctions blocking the transit of pipeline crude sold by Russia’s largest private oil firm, Lukoil, which could strip the two countries of a third of their oil imports.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/youve-had-two-years-eu-eyerolls-at-hungarys-russian-oil-request/
Hopefully the list will include:
*AN/ASQ-213 HARM targeting system
*AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
*AGM-84 Harpoons
*Additional AGM-88 HARMs
*Additional JDAM-ERs
*Additional SDBs
Hugo has fallen
‘Incredible scenes from Venezuela tonight of people toppling Hugo Chavez statue in Calabozo, Guarico. Protests spreading across towns & cities against Maduro after accusations of fraud elections:”
https://x.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1818100891922129371
But how widespread?
“Police officers in Carirubana, Falcón are now removing their uniforms in support of anti-government protestors...
Many refuse to deploy against ongoing demonstrations.”
https://x.com/IntelCrab/status/1818087925994697091
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