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Putin's Intel Officer Reveals New HUGE Problems For Russia Putin is terrified for his life- this is the claim by a former FSB officer who has now defected to the west and brought startling intelligence with him that could shape the course of the Ukraine war. Since the war in Ukraine started, Russia has experienced a mass exodus of people from its country- most notably young, military age men. An estimated 1 million Russians- or around .6% of the total population, have fled the country since the start of Putin's disastrous invasion of Ukraine.This mass exodus has been disastrous...

OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author's opinion.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan believes there’s been a seismic shift regarding allegations against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.Jordan suggested “something is up” with the probe because of a new interest in the story by many of the same media outlets that initially dismissed reports of corruption evidence stemming from materials and emails obtained from a laptop he reportedly abandoned at a computer repair store in Delaware in 2019.“Well, what happened to that is you had 51 intelligence officers sign a letter saying that this Hunter...

Neither the police nor an ambulance was called to the sceneOnce again, a unique and at the same time terrible incident occurred in Russia. Begging for alms, a man in a cassock and holding an icon beat a pensioner.The corresponding video appeared in Telegram. The reason, apparently, (to view the video, scroll to the end of the page).The footage shows how the man, despite the fact that he was in a priest's cassock, and was holding an icon in his hands, kicked a woman. It is noted that this happened near the subway.A pensioner was selling flowers, and a man...

Original text, Ukrainian:Історичне відео найбільшої морської перемоги після Другой світової війни, яке ми отримали від джерел, близьких до КБ "Луч". Рівно один рік тому, 13 квітня 2022-го року, о 14.10, рохрахунок протикорабельного ракетного комплексу РК-360 Нептун Збройних сил України здійснив залп двох ракет по флагманському кораблю Чорноморського флоту РФ ракетному крейсеру "Москва". О 14.17 дві ракети вразили крейсер. "Москва" загорілась. Увечері екіпаж крейсера залишив корабель та припинив боротьбу за живучість, під час буксирування крейсера зранку 14 квітня крейсер "Москва", майже 12 тисяч тон масою, з комплексом ракетного озброєнняч, затонув. Блискучий успіх українських воїнів та інженерний подвиг конструкторського бюро "Луч" та...

Russia upgraded its main battle tank fleet to take on Ukraine's western tanks. As per TASS, Russia is installing the modern Arena-M reactive armour and high precision systems group on its tanks like the T-72, T-90, and T-80. Russia's T-72 main battle tank successfully passed tests using Arena-M armour. The Russian defence ministry is planning to quickly replace armoured troops with the Arena-M suite. Watch this video to know more.

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Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine warPrivate Moscow consultancy bolstering Russian cyberwarfareTools support hacking operations and attacks on infrastructureDocuments linked to notorious Russian hacking group Sandworm...Inside the six-storey building, a new generation is helping Russian military operations... The software engineers behind these systems are employees of NTC Vulkan. On the surface, it looks like a run-of-the-mill cybersecurity consultancy. However, a leak of secret files from the company has exposed its work bolstering Vladimir Putin’s cyberwarfare capabilities.

Chances are you did not hear about the stabbing of an imam in San Diego because, despite his claim to followers the incident occurred at the hands of an "Islamophobic" attacker on March 23, 2022, neither the police nor the district attorney have any record of it....Sheikh Uthman ibn Farooq is a Muslim scholar and iman known to preach on the streets of San Diego, inviting people to convert to Islam. A video ibn Farooq recorded, apparently after a public appearance, shows a man approaching his car, calling him a "f***ing terrorist," before the imam was allegedly stabbed by the...

Max Boot, one of the most bloodthirsty American analysts and commentators, has apparently woken up long after most Americans with half his education, about the limits of American power and the disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Thankfully for us, he has penned his reawakening in the pages of Foreign Affairs, that astute bulwark of the establishment, a journal of which I am, in fact, a subscriber.For 20 years, Boot has been calling for regime change, democracy building abroad, and even leaving American troops in dangerous brushfire to “polic[e] the frontiers of the Pax Americana.” Now, he says he’s changed......Boot’s...

ANALYSIS:▪ Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett discussed his efforts to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. ▪ Pro-Russia commentators have focused on his saying that a peace deal was "blocked" by the West. ▪ But Bennett has clarified that no such deal existed — and said talks broke down because of apparent Russian war crimes.A former Israeli prime minister is walking back his suggestion that the United States may have "blocked" an agreement last year to end the war in Ukraine, a claim that had been amplified by Russian state media and Kremlin sympathizers in the West.But a reader...

Discussion thread using photgraphic evidence of before and after of the Ukrainina HIMARs strike used on Vocational College #19 in Bakhmut, as a Russian barracks: Aric Toller, https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1609955583486042113:"I made a comparison shot on @planet showing the vocational school on December 20th and this morning. Hard to see very well -- it's 3m imagery -- but you can clearly tell it's been heavily damaged. "https://www.planet.com/stories/ptu-19-oS502rp4RAt Planet.com/stories the image has a horizontal slider on it with left/right arrows. It shows a overlapping sattilte image of the college and the area around it on December 19 and January 2. Euromaiden Press, https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1609905647545421825"Numerous media...

Ukraine is in a national struggle that will determine its geopolitical future: the country will either be a firm member of the Euro-Atlantic community or become a Russian colony. The outcome of this struggle will have long-term implications for America’s global interests, the future of the transatlantic community, and the notion of national sovereignty in the twenty-first century.Russia is a top geopolitical adversary for the United States. For Americans who believe in strong and secure national borders, the primacy of national sovereignty, and the right to self-defense, support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression is natural. Considering America’s...

KYIV, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Russia unleashed a new barrage of missiles on Ukraine on Monday, causing people to head to shelters across the country as air defences went into action.Air raid sirens blared in the capital Kyiv and across the whole country in what Ukrainian officials described as the latest wave of Russian missile strikes since its Feb. 24 invasion.[EXCERPT/RULES]

I believe the attack on Prezwodow, Poland was actually intended for cross-border transmission power line located at 50°24'38.93"N 24° 1'0.11"E. A cruise missile simply followed the power lines up into Ukraine and kept going after it missed its target.I do not believe an S300 missile was involved in the event because the missile would be going the wrong way. Surface to Air missiles expend all of their energy in the first few seconds of flight and do not have the ability to execute a U-turn.It is possible, however that a cruise missile may have been shot down if coming from...

The largest state program for the production of weapons in modern Russian history, for which 20 trillion rubles were allocated from the federal budget over the past 10 years, has been scrapped. In early November, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to rewrite the army supply standards and bring them into line with the real needs of the armed forces. According to Putin's list of instructions, the order must be implemented as soon as possible - before November 14. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu were appointed responsible. De facto, Putin has suspended the State Armaments Program (SAP),...

SOHR activists have revealed new details about the recent Israeli attack that hit Syrian territory on October 21.According to SOHR sources, military logistics and equipment used to assemble Iranian-made drones in Dimas military airport area in western Rif dimashq were destroyed after being directly targeted by Israeli missiles. A radar and airstrip were also targeted at the airport. However, no casualties have been reported so far.In January 2022, shipments of weapons, ammunition, and parts to manufacture drones had arrived at Dimas military airport in the western countryside of Damascus at T4 airport in Homs countryside, SOHR reliable sources reported.It is...

The Russian withdrawal from western Kherson Oblast has begun. Russian forces likely intend to continue that withdrawal over the next several weeks but may struggle to withdraw in good order if Ukrainian forces choose to attack. Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command stated on October 21 that Russian forces are “quite actively” transferring ammunition, military equipment, and some unspecified units from the Dnipro River’s west bank to the east bank via ferries.[1] The Southern Operational Command added that Russian forces deployed 2,000 mobilized men to hold the frontlines and are continuing to shell Ukrainian positions, likely in an effort to cover their...

Turkish Armed Forces Receives First Sahin Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System - MilitaryLeak Turkish Armed Forces Receives First Sahin Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Aselsan’s Sahin (HAWK) counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) system has entered the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces. According to video published on the head of Turkey’s President of the Defence Industry Agency (DIA) Twitter account showed the turreted Sahin mounted on a trailer destroying rotary- and fixed-wing mini and micro UAVs with Atom 40 mm ammunition. It is easy to deploy and install and can be used for missions such as protecting critical infrastructure, border security, and air...

Russia is considering withdrawing troops and equipment over the Dnipro river despite all permanent bridges being damaged, said the UK Ministry of Defence.Following a rare admission by Russia's new General of the difficulties his forces are facing in Kherson, the MoD said Moscow appears to be considering a "major withdrawal" west of the Dnipro river.[ Excerpted per posting Rules ]

It's safe to say the Ukraine invasion isn't going the way Putin has planned but is it a total failure for Russia? Check out today's epic new video to find out the latest mistakes Putin has made in his conquest for Ukraine.[ Full transcript ]Why Putin's Invasion of Ukraine is a FailureThe Soviet-Afghan war raged for ten years and killed over 15,000 Russian soldiers. It was a devastatingly costly campaign for the Soviet Union that directly led to its downfall and collapse. On February 24th, 2022, Putin said “hold my beer” and launched an even worse military disaster. But is...