tsinzu: Lol, did Putin ever tell you he wants to attack NATO? His demands were clear that Ukraine must not join NATO and he is achieving his demands. It's NATO that is making noise that Russia must not invade Ukraine, well he has invaded Ukraine so what will NATO do about it?
What I mean is this, if for example a US Army convoy is supplying Ukraine army with weapons through the Poland border and Russia attack them, they will respond immeditaley with their own war planes, artillery and missiles. This can very easily become a world war.
"At the training ground of the 17th mechanized brigade in Miedzyrzecz [the Lobusz Voivodeship in western Poland] a ceremony commencing the beginning of the Saber Strike 2022 drills took place," the Polish military announced, according to a report by Russian state news outlet TASS. "The drills will involve about 1,300 Polish soldiers and about 300 pieces of equipment, including Rosomak armored personnel carriers.”
The Polish army noted that the "the Saber Strike 2022 exercise will run in accordance with the program of drills of Poland’s Armed Forces for 2022,” adding that they "are planned in advance, are not related to any current operation and are a good example of joint capabilities, demonstrating that NATO allies and partners are stronger together."
Saber Strike is an annual international exercise held by the United States Army Europe (USAREUR), focused on military scenarios involving the Baltic states and neighboring countries. This year’s edition of Saber Strike will reportedly focus on the deployment of U.S. troops to the Baltics through Poland.
Reuters reported last week that the first part of a 2,000-strong contingent of U.S. troops and hundreds of military vehicles had entered the Czech Republic en route to Slovakia in anticipation of the Saber Strike drills. A photo published last week by RadioLiberty showed cargo being unloaded at the Malacky airbase in western Slovakia for the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army, which will take part in the drills.
Slovakia borders Ukraine, but the Slovak Defense Ministry stressed that the upcoming drills are long-planned and not related to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. Slovak authorities reportedly said that 2,000 U.S. soldiers and 600 pieces of military equipment will take part in joint drills with 1,300 Slovak soldiers in the first two weeks of March. The Slovak part of the drills will be held in the central city of Zvolen, located over 300 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Slovakia, which hosts no foreign NATO troops, announced last month that it is considering accepting a NATO troop presence amid efforts to bolster the alliance’s eastern flank.
As per the Baltic Times, the Lithuanian military warned the country’s population on Monday of potential road congestion due to the movements of NATO vehicles from late February to early March. The report added that the largest movement of allied armor is planned through the border city of Kalvarija, through which NATO forces will transit from Poland to the Lithuania-Latvia border.
tsinzu: Which mad people are in NATO? When were they when Putin annexed Crimea? Where were they when Russia invaded Georgia and carved out South ossetia and ingushetia? Who is the Mad person in NATO?
NATO will crush Russia back to the stone age.
NATO is the most deadly and the largest military alliance in History.
Harmlesspill: War is evitable, peace is paramount. All we need to live is peace and not war. War is against human life, but peace sustains life. The lives of the poor matter because in the end they are the ones who will be affected. Listen to the children's voice repeating "we don't want to die now", please, for this reason, let's keep the war away from us.
Very true, these leaders are evil sycophants who are only out for their greedy gain. May this war never happen in Christ name - Amen.
ayindejimmy: Something is pushing Putin to embark on this needless war. Maybe he has an innovative nuclear weapon he's dying to unleash. All I know he is Putin is the antagonist and he may do damage, but he can't win
If he unleashes one nuclear weapon he will get hundred back.
Greatdand007: Yiu can’t do anything you just making mouth Russia will turn uk to ground zero
Its called Mutually Assured Destruction and Putin knows it. If he sends a single missle to any NATO country, thousands of missiles will rain down on Russia and turn it into powder.
Boris Johnson has revealed Britain will send lethal weapons to Ukraine as tensions escalate with Russia in today's Prime Minister's Questions.
Speaking in the House of Commons, he said: “I can announce to the House that in light of the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia and in line with our previous support, the UK will shortly be providing a further package of military support to Ukraine.
“This will include lethal aid in the form of defensive weapons and non-lethal aid.”
Much of today's PMQs was filled with questions about sanctions the government will impose on Russia and whether it will challenge Ofcom to remove Russia Today broadcasts, described by Keir Starmer as Putin "propaganda".
It comes as British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss defended the UK's "very serious package" of sanctions against Russia, saying the Government will ramp up punitive measures in the event of a "full-scale invasion" by Moscow.
A Ukrainian soldier has died and six others have been injured after heavy shelling by pro-Russia separatists in the self-declared People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Ceasefire violations remain at a high level with separatist forces using heavy artillery, mortars and Grad rocket systems, Kyiv claims.
Putin says the Minsk Agreements set up to avoid war in the Donbas region of Ukraine "no longer exist".
Ukraine is set to declare a state of emergency across the whole country, barring the so-called independent regions, initially lasting 30 days.
It has urged citizens living in Russia, estimated to be up to three million people, to leave immediately.
Kyiv has called up a first wave of reservists, aged 18 to 60, to join the regular armed forces.
While Ukraine's airspace has been largely empty amid the crisis with Russia, a remotely piloted U.S. military vehicle called the RQ-4 Global Hawk has flown over the country in circles for hours at a time.
Over the past month, two of the spy planes have travelled on regular missions from the Mediterranean Sea to Ukraine, where they have navigated in repeated loops in the north and the east, according to Flightradar24.
The drones' high-altitude, long-distance flights have coincided with a military build-up by Russia along the Ukrainian border and a flurry of diplomacy among leaders of the United States, Europe and Russia to avert war.
At times, the two planes - under the call signs Forte10, Forte11 and Forte12 - have been the only active aircraft publicly visible over eastern Ukraine. Aviation watchers have taken note, speculating that the United States is making its presence known in a show of force.
"With these types of flights, leaving the transponder on is a conscious decision," said Ian Petchenik, communications director at Flightradar24.
The U.S. Air Force declined to comment on the details of the flights but said the United States routinely operates aircraft in support of intelligence objectives.
"These missions demonstrate our continued commitment to safety and security in the region," a spokesperson said.
On Monday evening, Forte11 returned to the Mediterranean after a nearly 24-hour trip over Ukraine. Its transponder went off at a low altitude near the Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily. It was the 13th similar mission.
According to the Air Force's website, the mission of such aircraft is to collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance "to support joint combatant forces in worldwide peacetime, contingency and wartime operations."
Their manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, says the planes see "potential threats" and "gather near-real-time, high-resolution imagery of large areas of land in all types of weather – day or night."
The flight path has stood out because international commercial aviation, out of an abundance of caution, has largely avoided Ukraine airspace, especially in the east along the Russian border.
On Feb. 15, Flightradar24 saidForte11 was its most tracked flight, and then later reported that it had been airborne for more than 21 hours.
The aircraft, with a wingspan of nearly 40 meters and length of 15 meters, can typically fly more than 30 hours.
In 2014, the craft travelled 34.3 hours without refuelling to set a record for the U.S. Air Force, according to its website.
Northrop Grumman has been providing the aircraft to the USAF for 20 years. In August, it won a five-year contract to maintain the craft for NATO.
A family whose son was declared wanted in 2018 over involvement in the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have commended IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and the self-acclaimed leader of the Oduduwa Republic Sunday Igboho for their role in stopping the alleged Islamisation of Nigeria.
The Akpuaka family of Umunya community, Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra state, whose son, Akpuaka Nnamdi Samuel, aged, 30, allegedly a staunch member of IPOB, and consequently declared wanted since April 2018, alongside others, has commended the IPOB leader, Mazi Kanu and the Yoruba human rights activist, Sunday Igboho, gave the commendation.
Making the commendation, the family that expressed worried over the whereabouts of her son, warned that the Federal Government should be held responsible for the massacre of IPOB members and non members in Igbo land including Yoruba youths who are supporting Ugboho to stop the Islamization of Nigeria Speaking through its spokesman, Ibeabuchi Ogbo, the family hinted that, “up till today, our son, Akpuaka Nnamdi Samuel, has not been seen, he disappeared for his dear life to an unknown destination as the military and other security operatives declared him and others wanted, to be killed since after the proscription of IPOB as a terrorist group” “Akpuaka Nnamdi Samuel, was born on 14 February 1992 and he ed in April 2018 when the security operatives were desperate to get him killed with others.
“the security operatives then repeatedly stormed the family house in search of him which prompted him to disappear till date and we have handed over his whereabouts to God” “We are tired of inviting prayer warriors and making sacrifices just for him to be alive where ever he may be that is,for him to avoid being caught by the military and other security men looking for IPOB members to be killed.”
“If not for the likes of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Ugboho, by now a secular country like Nigeria would have become Islamized. God will see the duo through in the problem they are currently facing to free Nigeria from being an Islamic state”.
“We are all witnesses to what is happening today in Igbo land, scores of people are being killed especially the youths. ey are being labeled IPOB members and killed which has forced many to desert the country.
President Mohammadu Buhari is not even doing anything to stop the Igbo massacre, people now live in uncertainty, may God help us”, he pleaded.
A Malaysian government minister has been accused of normalizing domestic violence after encouraging husbands to beat their “stubborn” wives if their behavior continues to disappoint them.
In a video posted on her Instagram, Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff, the Islamic country’s deputy minister for women, family and community development, provided what she called “tips” for husbands dealing with “unruly” partners.
Siti Zailah suggested a three-step approach for husbands in handling difficult wives, the first of which consisted of speaking to them and informing them of their need for greater discipline. Should this not prove successful, the female government minister advised husbands to sleep apart from their wives for three nights, to show their dissatisfaction with their partner’s behavior.
“However, if the wife still refuses to take the advice, or change her behavior, or does things against Allah’s commands after the sleeping separation, then the husbands can try the physical touch approach, by striking her gently, to show his strictness and how much he wants her to change,” Siti Zailah claimed in the video.
The deputy minister for women and family also offered some words of wisdom for wives of men in the strict, Islamic nation, suggesting they only speak to their husbands when “they are calm, finished eating, have prayed and are relaxed.
“When we want to speak, ask for permission first,” Siti Zailah added….
SmartProf: Lol...just when Russia is deescalating...Biden was just weeping like a baby. I'm sure somewhere in Biden's mind he was wishing he was as bold in action as Trump.
ROZVADOV, Czech Republic, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The first part of a planned contingent of 2,000 U.S. troops and hundreds of vehicles entered the Czech Republic from Germany on Tuesday en route eastwards to Slovakia for NATO's Saber Strike military drills, a Reuters witness said.
Slovakia borders Ukraine to the east but the bi-annual drills, spanning seven countries including the Baltics, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany, have long been planned and are not related to Ukraine's current stand-off with Russian armed forces massed near its borders, the Slovak Defence Ministry said.
It said around 2,000 U.S. troops with around 600 pieces of equipment would take part in the exercises along with nearly 1,300 Slovak soldiers in the first two weeks of March.
The Slovak part of the drills will be held around the city of Zvolen, in central Slovakia over 300 km (190 miles) by road from the Ukraine border, the ministry has said. The troops are to return to their German bases after completing the exercises.
Slovakia hosts no foreign NATO troops but Foreign Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Tuesday it has begun considering the possibility of stationing a NATO unit as part of efforts to strengthen NATO's eastern flank amidst the Ukraine crisis.
- Dr Hakeem Lateef was already suspended when he tried to get new finance job - He paid bank worker £400 to take compliance course for him and to fake his CV - His deception was uncovered during investigation and he was referred to GMC - Dr Lateef was struck off after tribunal found he had been deliberately dishonest
An NHS doctor's 27 year career in medicine was in ruins today after he was struck off for faking his CV so he could get a new job in finance after being suspended from practising.
Dr Hakeem Lateef, 54, was quizzed by police after he tried to get a job in regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering just six weeks after he was suspended from medicine for lying about his involvement in a head on car crash.
During an elaborate scam, Lateef paid a bank worker £400 to attend a one day Co-op banking course on due diligence work then gave him a further £100 to 'edit' his CV and include referees.
Later the doctor - who has worked in orthopaedics and trauma, ENT, general surgery and urology at hospitals across the UK - posted his new CV to a recruitment agency falsely claiming he had worked as a compliance analyst for a string of financial organisations including the National Bank of Egypt and the Nationwide banks.
Police were called in when a special Co-op investigator carrying out an internal probe found two copies of Lateef's CV on the computer hard drive of the man who had helped him - one showing the doctor's medical experience and the second with the faked entries.
No criminal action was taken against Lateef for the offence of attempting to obtain a pecuniary advantage by deception but he was referred to the General Medical Council.
The doctor, who qualified in 1995, denied wrongdoing and claimed his PC had been 'hacked'.
At the Medical Practitioners Tribunal service, in Manchester, Lateef, from Toxteth, Liverpool, who has most recently been working in drug and alcohol detox services was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and dishonesty.
The hearing was told how in March 2018, Lateef had been suspended by the MPTS when he mislead the General Medical Council about the details of a dangerous driving conviction in 2016.
A tribunal found he understated the injuries of a woman involved in the crash, lied on a means form when he was sentenced and told the GMC that he had his licence revoked for speeding and as a result he was suspended for six months with the tribunal noting it was an 'isolated incident'.
The following month, the doctor paid a bank worker known as Mr A £400 to attend a one-day banking compliance course titled, 'Intensive and practical Know Your Customer, Customer Due Diligence training'.
The following day Lateef emailed a copy of his CV and asked Mr A to 'write' or 'edit' it, adding: 'Thank you for wonderful lectures of yesterday. I understand someone can help us with referees. Please assist me in this area'.
He also paid him a further £100 for his services.
Later, Lateef emailed his faked CV to Bristol-based recruitment agency Emponics which specialises in the finance industry, falsely bragging of his work in regulatory compliance and tackling money laundering.
He also fraudulently claimed to have worked for two years for the London-based specialist international bank FBN which facilitates trade between Africa and Europe. The new CV made no reference to Lateef's medical qualifications or experience.
Lateef was later interviewed by Greater Manchester Police and accepted attending the course and paying for his original CV to be edited.
But he denied submitting the updated CV to Emponics and suggested that his computer may have been hacked.
During the interview Lateef admitted to have never worked in the financial sector. He said he had asked Mr A to 'tidy up' his CV only to be 'shocked and flabbergasted' when he received the updated version.
Lateef claimed he confronted Mr A saying: 'Why did you leave my CV and produce something else? I'm not going to use this kind of CV not for ever'.
He got the response: 'They won't employ you if you don't show work experience in these areas.'
Dr Lateef told officers: 'I just binned the updated CV because I thought this is ridiculous.
'I didn't do anything with it. I definitely deleted it and put it in the trash'.
He then claimed his computer had been hacked by a female friend who sent the CV to the recruitment agency.
But finding him guilty of misconduct, tribunal chairman Tim Bradbury said Lateef's account was 'inconceivable'.
He added: 'The Tribunal did not consider it credible that someone unknown had hacked Dr Lateef's email account and submitted a job application on his behalf without his knowledge.
'Even if Dr Lateef had not sent the emails himself, correspondence from Emponics would have been sent to his email account, to which Dr Lateef had access. It was therefore unlikely that Dr Lateef would not have noticed the incoming emails.
'The Tribunal noted the request for help with referees and did not understand why Dr Lateef would have thought Mr A would have been able to assist when Mr A and those that he worked with knew nothing about Dr Lateef beyond that contained in the original CV.
'There is no evidence that he went any further in pursuing employment in the financial sector.
'However, thereafter, he maintained an untruthful account and at no stage did he seek to withdraw the application nor inform others as to the falsity of the CV that he had submitted.
'The Tribunal determined that, in light of his knowledge at the time at which the updated CV was sent, his actions in so doing were self-evidently dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people.'
Mr Bradbury added: 'The Tribunal acknowledged that at the time of the events, Dr Lateef was facing extremely challenging personal circumstances. However, a factor of these circumstances related to his suspension following the finding of dishonesty by a previous tribunal.
'He acted in a deliberately dishonest way in order to secure employment he would not otherwise have obtained, and his conduct was properly characterised as fraud. He has demonstrated that his integrity could not be relied upon.
'Wholly fictitious information was provided within the CV which had been prepared for the purpose of obtaining a responsible position in a bank, namely regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering and an employment for which Dr Lateef was completely unqualified.
'He has not shown any understanding or insight into the seriousness of the findings that have been made against him.'
In a statement to the hearing Lateef - who worked at Withybush Hospital in Pembrokshire, University Hospital in Cardiff, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Derriford Hospital in Plymouth and Peterborough and Stamford Hospital NHS Trust, between 2006 and 2017 - said: 'I ensure that what is entrusted to me is kept in trust.
'I have not broken the trust reposed in me by my clients and other staff. I have also made sure that nobody has access to my email address and other sensitive and work-related documents.
'Since the incident, I have always been checking and making sure that the courses I attend are accredited by well known bodies and organisations with integrity and reputation. I also make sure that I do not send my CV to any unverified entities that lack integrity and probity.'
Foreign Affairs › Re: Putin Warns US, NATO Not To Interfere Or Face Consequences by SeeThisLoser: 8:37am On Feb 24, 2022
