Posted on 08/15/2023 6:18:40 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
VIDEOS
1. Ukrainian army displays how they downed Russia’s R-330 J “Zhitel” radio electronic station
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
Aug 16, 2023 7:45 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIAkzgCo5Oc
2. Ukraine releases footage of Sea Baby underwater drone attacking a Russian landing ship and tanker
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
Aug 16, 2023 7:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnTdErQXA0Q
ARTICLE
Russian General Surovikin ordered to keep silent and not leave residence
Ukrainska Pravda
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 12:37
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/16/7415789/
Sergey Surovikin, deputy commander of the joint grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine, has been suspended from his job, placed under house arrest and ordered to keep quiet until his name is forgotten.
Source: Politico
DETAILS: Politico, citing Russian military bloggers and media outlets, reported that there was no official investigation into Surovikin’s actions, but he was placed under house arrest.
QUOTE: “The VChK-OGPU blog, which is considered close to Russia’s security forces, reported that Surovikin has been permitted visitors, including several of his subordinates.
There is no official investigation, but Surovikin spent a long time in limbo answering uncomfortable questions. The general has been advised to stay under the radar so that he is forgotten.”
DETAILS:
The Russian blog also reported that the decision on Surovikin’s fate “must be taken by one person, and the longer this takes, the more this person will cool down”, meaning Putin.
A few days earlier, Russian State Duma MP Viktor Sobolev reported that Surovikin had been removed from his duties as commander of the Kremlin’s troops in Ukraine.
Sobolev also hinted that Surovikin could still be useful to the Russian army later, if no serious violations were found against him.
BACKGROUND:
On 12 July, Russian media outlets reported that Surovikin had been detained by counterintelligence in connection with the mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Earlier, the Russian FSB announced that the case of Prigozhin’s mutiny in Russia was closed.
However, Surovikin, who has been repeatedly linked to Prigozhin by Western media, has not appeared in public since his address to the Wagnerites on the night of 23-24 June, in which he called on them to lay down their arms.
Bloomberg also wrote that the general had been interrogated by military prosecutors for several days about his ties to Prigozhin. The agency’s source claimed that Surovikin was being held “in a certain place”, but not in prison.
VIDEOS
1. Drones and fires disrupt Russian peace | Chris Morris | TVP World
TVP World
408K subscribers
Aug 16, 2023 7:00 a.m. EDT
Russia has recently seen an outbreak of major fires as well as confirmed drone attacks on its soil. In Moscow, the carefully engineered image of urban sophistication in its financial district was smashed along with the glass on the facade of one of the skyscrapers, as drones packed with explosives plunged toward their targets. Elsewhere, in illegally occupied Crimea, Russian tourists were treated to images of smoke billowing above the bridge spanning the Kerch Strait – all of that forming a part of a war that, according to Russian propaganda, isn’t even a war. Should Ukraine try and take the conflict to Russia, and would the arrival of an imminent threat serve as a rude awakening for the Russian public, or rather just another impulse to rally around the flag? To discuss, we were joined by Chris Morris, a teaching fellow at the University of Portsmouth.
2. Ukrainian ‘Sea Baby’ kamikaze drone strikes Crimea bridge in newly-released footage
The Sun
4.28M subscribers
Aug 16, 2023 8:15 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahMAVqNqj8
UKRAINE has revealed how it used an experimental naval kamikaze drone to cause major damage to the £3 billion bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea.
THIS is the incredible moment an experimental naval kamikaze drone blew up Vladimir Putin’s beloved Crimea bridge.
The tyrant’s precious £3billion crossing linking Russia and the annexed peninsula was rocked by massive explosions as motorists made their way across on July 17.
FIXED IT...
Pray that Free Republic might some day be free of PRO-RUSSIAN INVASION propagandists who put the needs of a Nazi-infested, child trafficking and money-laundering BEFORE THE LIVES OF RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND THE LIVES OF UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS.
ARTICLE
How Russia’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Could Simplify Confiscation of Its Assets
European Pravda
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/16/7167649/
The issue of designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism is frequently discussed in expert and political circles.
While these propositions are often mentioned in the context of the United States, the most practical effect of designationg Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism could be achieved within the framework of the Council of Europe.
More details can be found in the article by lawyer Markiian Bem: Punishment for a State Sponsor of Terrorism: How Council of Europe Can Facilitate Confiscation of Russian Assets.
After Russia’s withdrawal from the Council of Europe, it remains one of the most significant international organisations countering Russia. The Council of Europe has repeatedly supported international legal steps and initiatives by Ukraine. In May 2023, within the Council of Europe, the Agreement on the Establishment of a Damage Registry for Ukraine was concluded.
It is expected that the Council of Europe will serve as a platform for the functioning of an international compensation mechanism for Ukraine.
However, the organization’s potential is much greater, including its numerous international treaties concluded and functioning within its framework.
One of these is the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (Warsaw Convention or CETS 198), signed in Warsaw in May 2005.
One of the matters regulated by this Convention is countering the financing of terrorism.
If one of the participating states initiates a criminal case related to terrorism, it can request other states to freeze or arrest property used to finance it.
Ukraine, also a party to the Warsaw Convention, practically since the start of the full-scale Russian aggression, has designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and consistently insists on such an interpretation. In this case, if the actions of the Russian government during the war in Ukraine are classified as acts of terrorism, then the actions of individuals financially supporting the Russian regime can be classified as financing terrorism.
Parties to the Warsaw Convention are obligated to take necessary measures for the arrest and confiscation of property used or intended for financing terrorism, or income obtained from this crime.
However, the 2005 Convention contains significant exceptions to the obligation of a state to apply asset confiscation to individuals involved in financing terrorism.
For Ukraine, there are two most risky reasons.
The FIRST is the contradiction to property protection principles – key European states effectively refer to the impossibility of confiscating Russian assets. The SECOND involves possible harm to national interests – Hungary might do the same, arguing potential countermeasures from Russia.
And most importantly, the application of the asset confiscation mechanism under the 2005 Convention is possible only if other states also classify Russia’s actions as acts of terrorism.
Unfortunately, as of today, only a few entities have designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism or state supporting terrorism.
The mechanism within the framework of the Warsaw Convention is just one of many that Ukraine can use to repatriate Russian assets. However, as evident, it is not straightforward, accessible, or universal.
Nonetheless, in any case, Russia obtaining the status of a state sponsor of terrorism could have not only moral-political effects but also practical consequences for compensating Ukraine’s losses through Russian assets. But this will not happen just like that. It requires diligent diplomatic and political efforts by Ukraine and its partner countries.
You outdid yourself on Post 33. 😂😂🤣
During the Covid push there was some Freeper who was always posting about how we must all trust Fauchi and the vaccine makers.
What ever happened to him?
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great meme and well said,thanks
Just like The Tater, her butt’s wiped!
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Almost ALL of the anti-West, globalist, pro-WEF, anti-Christian .orgs, NGOs and individuals, including the Biden Crime family, the Soros's, the Pelosis, the Schumers, Janet Yellen, the Romneys, Kerrys, 99% of the vile Democratic Party political class, the vile RINOs along with nearly every Trump-persecuting politician, bureaucrat and NGO, including nearly all of the "news" media, (the same State media pushing the sexualization of children, the murder of infants, the ostracization of anyone who does not embrace the vile, LGBTQWERTY agendas and the normalization of pedophilia), support Youcrayne and the continuation of sending US taxpayers' money to that teetering craphole.
When have any of the aforementioned scum ever done anything more than acts of destruction against America and against those who hold traditional American values? You seriously think they have America and the West's best interests in mind when it comes to Youcrayne? Really?
Those dirtbags and those who work for the corrupt institutions they direct are your kinsmen. You have made common cause with them.
You should hang your head in shame for that.
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