Yeah?
Well, the Ukrainians have Amphibious Assault Clowns advancing on Crimea! Take THAT, Putin!!!
No word on the current disposition of the Sleestak Navy, other than a couple of advance scouts at the 2023 Sevastopol Navy Yard dance-off.
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Update from Ukraine | Ukrainian Landing Operation in Crimea | Did it Fail? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezyWTWGfOyI
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 4th October 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday]
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-588-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
The neo-Nazi core exists within Russian military;
Russia is known world-wide for human trafficking, organ harvesting, and drugs. Why does Russia want Crimea so bady??? Number one are for smuggling!
ARTICLE-VIDEO SUMMERY COMMENTARY
5 Oct: Ukrainians CAUGHT Largest Network of Russian Spies. Top Russian General Fired | Ukraine War
Divine Justice
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Oct 4, 2023 7:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewz6vjGK6RI
• English Language Closed Caption and Transcript available
Ukrainians CAUGHT Largest Network of Russian Spies. Top Russian General Fired | Ukraine War Update
In today’s war between Ukraine and Russia, strategic activities such as covert operations and intelligence work have overshadowed the clashes on the front lines. In the critical Ukrainian clash area between Zaporizhia and Donetsk, particularly in Verbove, Kiev forces continued to breach Russian defensive lines with western armored vehicles and main battle tanks, while the Ukrainian intelligence directorate’s operations against the largest Russian spy network ever shook the agenda.
Also today, the impact of cross-border operations by Ukrainian partisans was another major activity that deeply affected Moscow. While all these negative developments for the Russians hurt Moscow deeply, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, a striking speculation emerged about a high-ranking general of the Russian army. As you can see, this week has been a nightmare for Russia. Let’s move on to our first news.
Today, there were reports that the largest Russian spy network in Ukraine has been dismantled. One of the largest networks of Russian spies was operating near Mykolaiv. Among them were 13 informants who were exposed by the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate. Following the discovery of critical data on the Russian spy network, the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a large-scale special operation in the Mykolaiv region, as a result of which the largest Russian spy network was neutralized.
As a result of the operations, the Ukrainian Intelligence officers identified all the participants of the Russian secret service and detained them in different places. The captured Russian informants transmitted the coordinates of Ukrainian facilities to the FSB through a contact. Ukrainian Intelligence revealed that the contact through whom the Russian informants transmitted the data to the FSB was pro-Kremlin blogger Sergei Lebedev, better known by his nickname Shaggy.
Ukrainian Intelligence reported on Lebedev’s intelligence and explosive activities against the Kiev leadership and suspicion of high treason and violation of the laws and customs of war. During the investigation into Shaggy’s criminal actions, it turned out that on the instructions of the FSB he had remotely set up his own agency on the territory of the Mykolaiv region. This network of agents included 13 local subscribers of the Telegram channel. Using this Internet resource, the accused recruited his agents and then received information from them.
So far, the accused are reportedly under arrest. Based on the collected evidence, investigators of the Ukrainian Intelligence charged nine detainees under Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Court also found four other participants of the enemy organization guilty and sentenced them to 8 to 15 years in prison.
The arrested Russian informants were collecting information on the location and movements of Ukrainian defense forces in the southern region. They were also coordinating Russian air strikes on the residential and social infrastructure of the regional center. In addition to intelligence work, you may recall that in the fall of 2022, the Russian invaders, acting on a tip-off from agents of this network, bombed a multi-storey building in Mykolaiv with the S-300 surface-to-air missile system.
As a result of these attacks, 7 Ukrainian civilians were killed by enemy fire. In other words, by dismantling the Russian spy network in Mykolaiv, the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate actually prevented Moscow’s civilian attacks from spreading to Ukrainian territory.
Of course, Ukrainians are now making critical moves against the Russian spy network. Ukrainian partisans are particularly prominent in this regard. Today it was revealed that Ukrainian partisans blew up a facility in Rostov-On-Don where Russian army uniforms were found and an ammunition depot of enemy troops. After the partisans’ offensive actions, a large-scale fire broke out in the city. The fire spread over more than 300 square meters on Shosseynaya street.
As a result of the fire, a large amount of military equipment and uniforms belonging to the Russian army were reportedly destroyed. The stock of uniforms in the left bank industrial zone near Megamag on Shosseinaya street was completely depleted after this critical fire. Activists of the Screpach underground movement claimed responsibility for this act of aggression.
We survived the Cold War so that's something. But now it's not looking good.
INFORMATION ON NATO
HELPFUL NATO FACTS:
https://www.nato.int ^ | 27 Jan. 2022 11:17 | NATO Organization
Since Russia began its aggressive actions against Ukraine, Russian officials have accused NATO of a series of threats and hostile actions. This webpage sets out the facts.
Top Five Russian Myths Debunked
Myth 1: NATO promised Russia it would not expand after the Cold War
Fact: Such an agreement was never made. NATO’s door has been open to new members since it was founded in 1949 – and that has never changed. This “Open Door Policy” is enshrined in Article 10 of NATO’s founding treaty, which says “any other European State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic” can apply for membership. Decisions on membership are taken by consensus among all Allies. No treaty signed by the United States, Europe and Russia included provisions on NATO membership.
The idea of NATO expansion beyond a united Germany was not on the agenda in 1989, particularly as the Warsaw Pact still existed. This was confirmed by Mikhail Gorbachev in an interview in 2014: “The topic of ‘NATO expansion’ was not discussed at all, and it wasn’t brought up in those years. I say this with full responsibility. Not a single Eastern European country raised the issue, not even after the Warsaw Pact ceased to exist in 1991. Western leaders didn’t bring it up, either.”
Declassified White House transcripts also reveal that, in 1997, Bill Clinton consistently refused Boris Yeltsin’s offer of a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ that no former Soviet Republics would enter NATO: “I can’t make commitments on behalf of NATO, and I’m not going to be in the position myself of vetoing NATO expansion with respect to any country, much less letting you or anyone else do so…NATO operates by consensus.”
Myth 2: NATO is aggressive and a threat to Russia
Fact: NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect our members. NATO’s official policy is that “the Alliance does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia.” NATO didn’t invade Georgia; NATO didn’t invade Ukraine. Russia did.
NATO has reached out to Russia consistently and publicly over the past 30 years. We worked together on issues ranging from counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism to submarine rescue and civil emergency planning – even during periods of NATO enlargement. However, in 2014, in response to Russia’s aggressive actions against Ukraine, NATO suspended practical cooperation with Russia. We do not seek confrontation, but we can’t ignore Russia breaking international rules, undermining our stability and security.
In response to Russia’s use of military force against Ukraine, NATO deployed four multinational battlegroups to the Baltic States and Poland in 2016. These units are not permanently based in the region, are in line with Allies’ international commitments, and amount to around 5,000 troops. They do not pose a threat to Russia’s 1,000,000 strong army. Before Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, there were no Allied troops in the eastern part of the Alliance.
NATO remains open to meaningful dialogue with Russia. That is why NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has invited all members of the NATO-Russia Council to a series of meetings to discuss European security, including the situation in and around Ukraine, NATO-Russia relations, and arms control and non-proliferation.
Myth 3: Ukraine cannot join NATO
Fact: NATO Allies welcome Ukraine’s aspirations to join NATO and they stand by the decision made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance.
Decisions regarding NATO membership are up to each individual applicant and the 30 NATO Allies. No one else. Russia has no right to intervene and cannot veto this process.
Like every country, Ukraine has the sovereign right to choose its own security arrangements. This is a fundamental principle of European security, one that Russia has also signed up to, including through the Helsinki Final Act (1975), the Charter of Paris (1990), the NATO-Russia Founding Act (1997) and the Charter for European Security (1999).
Myth 4: NATO is encircling and trying to contain Russia map
Fact: NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect our member states. Our exercises and military deployments are not directed against Russia – or any other country.
This myth also ignores geography. Only 6% of Russia’s land borders touch NATO countries. Russia has land borders with 14 countries. Only five of them are NATO members.
Outside NATO territory, the Alliance only has a military presence in Kosovo and Iraq. The KFOR peacekeeping mission is carried out with a United Nations Security Council mandate.
NATO’s non-combat mission in Iraq contributes to the fight against terrorism and is carried out at the request of the Iraqi government, with full respect for Iraq’s sovereignty. In contrast, Russia has military bases and soldiers in three countries – Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine – without the consent of their governments. Russia also has amassed over 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s border and is threatening to invade Ukraine.
Myth 5: NATO’s interventions in the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo and Libya prove that the Alliance is not defensive
Fact: The former Yugoslavia did not break up because of NATO. The Alliance did not use military force to change borders in the former Yugoslavia. From 1992-1995, NATO conducted several military operations in Bosnia, including enforcing a no-fly-zone and providing air support for UN peacekeepers. These activities were mandated by the United Nations Security Council, of which Russia is a member. NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions in 1995 helped pave the way for the Dayton peace agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia that had killed over 100,000 people. From 1996 onwards, NATO led multinational peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, which included troops from Russia. The European Union took over that mission in 2004.
The NATO-led operation in Libya in 2011 was launched under the authority of two UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR), 1970 and 1973, neither of which was opposed by Russia. UNSCR 1973 authorized the international community “to take all necessary measures” to “protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack”. This is what NATO did, with the political and military support of regional states and members of the Arab League.
NATO’s operation in Kosovo in 1999 followed over a year of intense diplomatic efforts by the UN and the Contact Group, of which Russia was a member, to end the conflict. The UN Security Council repeatedly branded the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and the mounting number of refugees as a threat to international peace and security. NATO’s mission helped to end large-scale and sustained violations of human rights and the killing of civilians. KFOR, NATO’s ongoing peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, has a UNSC mandate (UNSCR 1244) and is supported by both Belgrade and Pristina.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/115204.htm
CHECK OUT:
Did NATO Promise Not to Enlarge? Gorbachev Says “No”
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2014/11/06/did-nato-promise-not-to-enlarge-gorbachev-says-no/
Yeah?
Well, the Ukrainians have Amphibious Assault Clowns advancing on Crimea! Take THAT, Putin!!!
No word on the current disposition of the Sleestak Navy, other than a couple of advance scouts at the 2023 Sevastopol Navy Yard dance-off.
Alexander said today there were JET-SKIS at the “invasion”.
Everything you’ve said for months now is reliably the opposite of the truth. There are neo Nazis organizations world-wide - but the Ukraine has a deep seated embrace of the neo Nazis in their leadership and certainly in their military, and the Ukraine routinely celebrates Banderas, and as you saw in Canada, other Nazis.
Archbishop Viganos singled out the Ukraine for horrific child trafficking and organ harvesting, remember? I think you should because you posted a smear post, implying the Archebishop is devious, selfish and possibly criminal, before your repulsive post was deleted. THAT is how you try to refute the truth - with lies of your own.
I rebutted this point by point, and thoroughly, and you responded you didn’t have time.
Should I link it for your response today? I’d prefer that over you spamming those falsehoods when you’ve been shown they are falsehoods and cannot defend them.
“Do you also wish a pony for Christmas? You’ll need an unconditional surrender from Russia to get those terms.”
Don’t be a jackass. That’s a way generous settlement for both sides.
“Lavrov and others have said this war will be decided on the battlefield.”
Neither side has the strength to decisively defeat the other. One side or the other is going to be exhausted and ask for terms.
“””more like the Japanese. Pacifist”””
“Japan approves biggest military buildup since second world war amid China fears”
“Pacifist Japan unveils unprecedented $320bn military build-up”
Quite amazing Russia moved as soon as Diaper Pail Joe was in charge.
“You better get to work then. The counteroffensive will need to seize more than 10 square miles.”
What attainable peace terms do you think Russia will accept? They lost their shot a quick win and regime change last year. Now they’re stuck in this tarbaby. They aren’t going to overwhelm and annex the entire Ukraine. They are having trouble hanging on in the remaining territories they hold now. If I was Putin I’d grab the terms I suggested in a red hot minute.
Russians and those who accept their propaganda for their own reasons.
“Neither side has the strength to decisively defeat the other. “
Time will tell. Let’s wait.
“Russia has already said it intends to attack all of Europe
so by helping Ukraine fight Russia now, it can help prevent Americans having to fight Russia later
“money well spent” “
The EU has a larger population and GDP than North America.
If it is “money well spent”. Let the EU spend it.
The Russian army is in the oblasts of the Russian federation. They don't have to withdraw anywhere.
Just how did NATO encourage the war? Pretty much every country under the Iron Curtain had good reason to get into NATO as soon as they could. Russia's constant internal and border wars since 1991 may not have had much notice in the US while we fought the war on terror. European governments were paying attention to all those conflicts.
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