“Ukraine had rationed the rockets, missiles and artillery shells they had left.
After the USD 61 billion vote in the U.S. that over.
Today, they released a video of the army firing 16 HIMARS rockets at Russian positions.”
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1782501692463853615
HIMARS is coming!
All over again.
It will make an impact, just like it did the first time - but this time with ATACMS as well.
Interesting articles:
Russia’s Historic Submarine Rescue Ship Looks Undamaged After Claimed Strike
Ukraine’s armed forces claimed to have hit the historic submarine rescue and salvage vessel Kommuna in Sevastopol yesterday.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/russias-historic-submarine-rescue-ship-looks-undamaged-after-claimed-strike
Russian Troops Deploy Huge Smokescreen To Hide From Marauding Drones
Russia is using the age-old tactic of laying down smoke to obscure its advancing vehicles from the modern scourge of drones.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/russian-troops-deploy-huge-smokescreen-to-hide-from-marauding-drones
Ukraine Situation Report: Poland “Ready” To Host Nuclear Weapons
Polish President Andrzej Duda has again made the case for his country joining the NATO nuclear-sharing program.
https://www.twz.com/air/ukraine-situation-report-poland-ready-to-host-nuclear-weapons
Kremlin snuff box, 04/20/24
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3970
The United States provides military assistance to the Kyiv regime. What will happen at the front now and who will Putin punish for this?
Unfortunately, as we warned, the Americans approved the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine. At the same time, we decided to confiscate our assets ( which we also warned about last year ).
“Now it will be very difficult at the front, I won’t hide it. But we are still stronger. And we have a lot of reserves; for example, we haven’t even carried out a new wave of mobilization yet.
“Plus there are enough volunteers. We will win, just with more blood. But we have something to shed it for,” a source in the Ministry of Defense said in this regard.
At the same time, according to interlocutors in the Kremlin with whom we quickly communicated, after this decision Vladimir Putin will be asked to dismiss Sergei Naryshkin, Elvira Nabiullina, Anton Siluanov and Valery Gerasimov.
They want to punish the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service for the fact that American aid to Kyiv was not thwarted, and the heads of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance for the loss of our assets abroad.
As for Gerasimov, Sergei Shoigu strongly advises the President to resign. The Minister of Defense has already considered the strengthening of the enemy army at the expense of the Americans a convenient reason to strike at Gerasimov.
And he tells Vladimir Vladimirovich that the current head of the General Staff will not cope with new challenges at the front.
It is worth noting that Putin has not yet made a single personnel decision.
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Kremlin snuff box 04/21/24
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3971
How long will the SVO last now and why did Trump betray us?
We talked with sources in the General Staff and the Kremlin about how Russia is threatened by American aid, which is allocated to the Kiev regime. There are several important points.
Firstly, according to interlocutors close to Valery Gerasimov, the Northern Military District will definitely last at least another 3-4 years, as the Chief of the General Staff predicted. Nothing will end this year, no matter what Sergei Shoigu promises the President.
Secondly, the General Staff is waiting for the start of a new wave of mobilization. It is still difficult to say what it will be - hidden or open.
At the same time, we want to reassure everyone who is afraid of mobilization - at the moment no decisions have been made on this matter. Only the plans we wrote about.
By the way, sources do not rule out the possibility that 10-15,000 military personnel from the army will be partially demobilized in May.
Thirdly, when asked why Donald Trump suddenly showed that he is not our ally (for which there were high hopes ), but supports Ukraine, a source in the Kremlin replied: “They worked with him poorly. We have either diplomats or intelligence officers - we need to disperse everyone.”
Let us note that sources in the SVR refused to comment on these accusations. And the Foreign Ministry reproached the Kremlin for the fact that “the bulk of the wrong and harmful decisions over the past few years were made there.”
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Kremlin snuff box, 04/23/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Aksenov asked to transfer air defense systems from Moscow and the Moscow region to Crimea. In response they called him an “idiot”
The reason for the request, according to sources in the Crimean government, was the decision of the Americans to provide new military assistance to the Kiev regime.
“The military told Sergei Valerievich that they do not guarantee the protection of strategic facilities. Including the Crimean Bridge.
“Therefore, he asked to transfer additional air defense systems to us. We know for sure that there are too many of them in Moscow and the Moscow region, as if they are preparing for an assault or a nuclear strike.
“This is unfair, we need to protect Crimea from Nazi missiles,” said one of our interlocutors.
According to him, a plan is also currently being developed according to which vacationers this year will be able to get to the peninsula without using the Crimean Bridge.
Aksenov asked the central authorities to guarantee the safe passage of tourists to new regions of Russia, so that the holiday season in Crimea would not be disrupted under any circumstances.
By the way, Sergei Sobyanin, who, as you know, is sensitive to the defense of Moscow, has already responded to Aksenov’s request for air defense. In one of his personal conversations, he called the head of Crimea an “idiot.”
We respect Sergei Semenovich. But this is a situation where we disagree with him. The threat of terrorist attacks on the Crimean Bridge and Crimea as a whole is truly serious.
Is this really not a reason to share air defense systems with such an important region for our country? We know that Sobyanin can really influence this process.
The Blessed Biden/0bama people bring you greetings:
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Iran Update, April 22, 2024
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-22-2024
Hardline Iranian parliamentarian and member of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Javad Karimi Ghodousi tweeted on April 22 implying that if granted permission, ***Iran could test its first nuclear weapon within one week.***
Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Deputy Chairman Shahriar Heydari stated on April 22 in response to Karimi Ghodousi’s tweet that Iran has no ”intention” to build or use nuclear weapons.
Heydari cited Khamenei’s 2003 fatwa as the reason Iran is not seeking to acquire or use nuclear weapons. Heydari stated that Karimi Ghodousi’s tweet may have been taken out of context.
Some Iranian regime hardliners have similarly begun openly discussing Iran’s ability to procure a nuclear weapon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Nuclear Security and Protection Corps Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Haghtalab announced on April 18 that Iran will change its “nuclear doctrine and policies” if an Israeli strike targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Haghtalab made these comments prior to the Israeli strike on April 19 that targeted a TOMB STONE radar at an Artesh base in Esfahan, 112 km south of Natanz Nuclear Complex. A former head of Iran’s nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, implied during a televised interview in February 2024 that Iran could develop a nuclear bomb.
Unspecified officials and experts told the Washington Post on April 10 that Iran is closer to nuclear weapons capability now than at any prior time in Iranian history.
CTP-ISW noted in December 2023 that Iran’s decision to increase its enrichment rate of 60 percent purity uranium was consistent with the long-standing CTP-ISW assessment that Iran has developed a nuclear program that it intends to use to produce a nuclear arsenal.
The Iranian hardliners’ statements contradict Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s 2003 fatwa against the acquisition, development, and use of nuclear weapons.
Today we feature 4 stories on FR announcing the truth about the Russian destruction of UKR Nazis posted by the usual suspects:
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Col. Douglas Macgregor: Ukraine: What Happens Now?: ransomnote
Ukr Disastrous Day: Rus Controls 50% Ocheretino, Ukr Admits Novomikhailovka Lost, Budanov Crisis: ransomnote
Russian Cruise Missile Destroys TV Tower in Ukraine’s Second Largest City Kharkov: bimboeruption
NATO & UKRAINE Are SHOCKED By Russia’s New Effective Tactics Near BELOGOROVKA: ganeemead
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As you see there is absolutely no Russian propaganda on FR as of 04/23/24 6:40AM CT.
The turn of the tide.
Kyiv Imdependent reports:
Reuters: US preparing $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine
“The U.S. is preparing a military aid package for Ukraine worth $1 billion, Reuters reported on April 23, citing two unnamed American officials...
...This is the first defense package Ukraine may receive under the yet to be signed aid bill...
Reuters reported, citing its sources, that the new package will include vehicles, Stinger air defense munitions, TOW and Javelin anti-tank munitions, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS).
The new tranche will also include 155 millimeter artillery shells and “other weapons that can immediately be put to use on the battlefield,” Reuters wrote.
Some of the U.S. military aid for Kyiv is already reportedly in Germany and Poland, cutting down the time needed for the weapons and equipment to reach the front line.”