₦airaland Forum

Fahdiga:
Dear Ned, millions of Nigerians will disagree with what you postulated. This movement is bigger than Obi himself. It is the masses vs the elites who have subjugated them for long and I'll advise that since you are contesting for the Senate, don't make the voters in your senatorial zone to hate you because of this singular topic. Nigerians have unanimously agreed that Peter Obi is the best man for the job and no one except God can stop him. My advice to you as a friend

which masses are you talking about? The ones in South East that will be disenfranchised by the ipob faction with it's leader in Finland or the masses in South west that 70% of them will vote for jagaban? I don't believe you are talking about the masses in the north that only know three names which are atiku Tinubu and kwankwaso?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Africa is being held “hostage” by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has spurred fears of a food crisis on the continent.

Moscow’s offensive has seen it blockade Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, preventing the country’s grain exports from reaching global markets.
“Africa is actually a hostage. It is a hostage of those who unleashed war against our state,” Zelenskyy said during an address to the African Union delivered via video link.

He added Kyiv was currently engaged in “complex negotiations” to release its ports from Russia’s blockade.

“But there is no progress yet … That is why the global food crisis will continue as long as this colonial war continues,” Zelenskyy said.

https://zapiforum.com/question/zelenskyy-tells-au-africa-is-hostage-of-russias-war-in-ukraine/

seunny4lif:
Yet they are losing like this

Yes the are

Defence ministers from NATO countries and other parts of the world will convene to discuss weapons deliveries to Ukraine on Wednesday.

The meeting comes as Kyiv seeks a significant increase in arms to fight off Russian forces. Ahead of the talks, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said allies would continue to deliver heavy weapons and long-range systems to Ukraine.

Since the Russian invasion on February 24, Ukraine has received billions of dollars’ worth of weapons and military equipment from at least 28 countries.

Twenty-five of the 28 nations providing military assistance to Ukraine are NATO members, including the US and UK, which are supplying Kyiv with sophisticated weapons such as multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS).

Despite its growing arsenal, Ukraine, which has an active military personnel of just 200,000, is significantly outgunned by Russian forces.

Countries who have supplied Ukraine with weapons and military equipment include: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the US.

These do not include countries providing non-lethal aid or fuel, such as Ireland and Japan.

What weapons has Ukraine received from the US and allies?
Since the Russian invasion, Ukraine has received billions of dollars’ worth of weapons from dozens of countries.

INTERACTIVE - UKRAINE WEAPONS TITLE

By Hanna Duggal and Marium Ali

Published On 15 Jun 202215 Jun 2022

Defence ministers from NATO countries and other parts of the world will convene to discuss weapons deliveries to Ukraine on Wednesday.

The meeting comes as Kyiv seeks a significant increase in arms to fight off Russian forces. Ahead of the talks, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said allies would continue to deliver heavy weapons and long-range systems to Ukraine.

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Since the Russian invasion on February 24, Ukraine has received billions of dollars’ worth of weapons and military equipment from at least 28 countries.

Twenty-five of the 28 nations providing military assistance to Ukraine are NATO members, including the US and UK, which are supplying Kyiv with sophisticated weapons such as multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS).

Despite its growing arsenal, Ukraine, which has an active military personnel of just 200,000, is significantly outgunned by Russian forces.
INTERACTIVE -countries sending weapons to Ukraine(Al Jazeera)
Countries who have supplied Ukraine with weapons and military equipment include: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the US.

These do not include countries providing non-lethal aid or fuel, such as Ireland and Japan.

What weapons has Ukraine received?
The military aid sent to Ukraine includes conventional weapons as well as more advanced equipment and weaponry.

Below is a look at the weaponry pledged by some countries, some of which has been delivered and some of which has yet to be sent. It is not an exhaustive list, as some nations keep their transfers secret.

The weapons include artillery, anti-aircraft weapons, anti-tank weapons, armoured vehicles, reconnaissance and attack drones, helicopters, small arms, ammunition and body armour.

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Artillery:

Howitzers have been provided by countries such as Estonia and Norway. The US has also pledged M114 155mm howitzers – long-range artillery launchers.

Anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons:

Shoulder-fired MANPAD systems, NLAWs, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Stinger missiles, Javelin anti-tank missiles, MILAN anti-tank guided missiles and Cheetah anti-aircraft missiles are among the weapons pledged to Ukraine.

Armoured vehicles:

The UK has provided Ukraine with Mastiff armoured vehicles which can carry a crew of two plus eight troops. Australia has pledged M113 armoured personnel carriers and Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, the latter of which can deploy 10 soldiers. T-72 tanks have also been pledged by Poland.

Reconnaissance and attack drones:

Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones, US made Phoenix Ghost tactical drones and Puma Unmanned aerial systems are among the drones pledged to Ukraine.

The Bayraktar drone in particular garnered attention during the war as Ukrainian forces used the weapon to destroy Russian artillery systems and armoured vehicles.

The TB2 has a wingspan of 12 metres and can reach 25,000 feet. It has also been used during conflicts in Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Iraq and Libya.

Helicopters:

The US and Czech Republic have sent Ukraine Mi-24 attack helicopters.

Small arms:

A number of countries are sending automatic rifles, machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, submachine guns, pistols, and ammunition to Ukraine.

Last week, the UK announced that it would give Ukraine M270 multiple-launch rocket systems, which can strike targets up to 80km (50 miles) away.

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement, “As Russia’s tactics change, so must our support to Ukraine. These highly capable multiple-launch rocket systems will enable our Ukrainian friends to better protect themselves against the brutal use of long-range artillery, which Putin’s forces have used indiscriminately to flatten cities.”
INTERACTIVE -Types of weapons Ukraine is receiving(Al Jazeera)

What weapons has the US provided?
During the Russian invasion, the US has committed at least $54bn in aid for Ukraine, including more than $20bn in military support approved by Congress in May, as well as a number of aid packages approved in March.

On June 1, the Department of Defense announced the authorisation of an eleventh drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021, as US President Joe Biden said the US would “continue to provide Ukraine with weapons and equipment to defend itself.”

The DoD package includes:



On June 1, the Biden administration said it would provide Ukraine with high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) under the condition that Ukrainian forces not use them to hit targets inside Russian territory.

The M142 HIMARS is a high-tech lightweight rocket launcher that can strike targets at a range of 80km (50 miles). This is almost double the range of the current M777 howitzers, which the US promised to provide earlier.

https://zapiforum.com/question/what-weapons-has-ukraine-received-from-the-us-and-allies/

My wasted vote is for Tinubu

Bomboiy:
Atiku going for Okowa is a good news to me, Okowa doesn't have any influence outside Delta State. Wike would have been a very strong option.


As for Tinubu,this is the beginning of his failure. Choosing a northern Muslim VP in a country with Christian majority,he doesn't value the presence of Christians in Nigeria.

APC has sent a clear message that they don't care about Christain. President, presidencial candidate, Senate president and now VP Candidate are all Muslim. Where is the justice for Christians?


Anyways na Obi we know.

you need to explain this image

Fighting
Russian forces have blown up a bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River, which links the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Russian forces should, in principle, be seeking to seize bridges rather than destroy them since they have struggled to get across the Siverskyi Donets River in the past.

The self-proclaimed officials also celebrated Russia Day on Sunday and began issuing Russian passports to residents in Melitopol, Russian state-owned RIA Novosti news agency said.

Moscow-backed officials are solidifying their hold on occupied territories by installing Russian flags in and around Melitopol and Mariupol, with the sign to the port city’s entrance painted in the Russian flag colours.

Amnesty International accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv. Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Russian cluster bomb attacks, the rights body said.
Ukraine has uncovered sabotage activities among 50 people in Lysychansk who were leaking Ukraine’s operational information to Russian forces to help Moscow with its offensive, the governor of Luhansk said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow’s tactics had not changed in the war and that poorly-trained Russian reserves were now being deployed in the battle for Donbas, where “every metre” is being fought over.

Diplomacy

Security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO are legitimate, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Finland.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met President Zelenskyy in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine’s candidacy for European Union membership that will be announced by the end of the week.

The risk of nuclear war is higher today than ever since the height of the Cold War, an arms research institute concluded.

The human cost of the war

Zelenskyy claimed Russian casualties since the start of the war may pass 40,000 in June.
The governor of Luhansk said about 500 civilians remain in hiding at the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk.

Three people were killed in Lysychansk on Sunday, including a six-year-old boy, and one person was injured, the governor of Luhansk said.
Russian forces’ attacks on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih region of Dnipropetrovsk killed one woman and wounded five peope, the head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration said.


https://zapiforum.com/question/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-110/

Blues4joseph:
They should continue writing rubbish, everybody is now a political pundit

the fact that you think you're the only one making sense in this forum is not necessary everyone follow your opinion

Patriot9:
Peter Obi's project is not 2023 project. He should add and count another 8 years b4 he would smell aso rock

you made a valid point here. It's just a waste of time for him and his hypemen to think he stand chance.

Patriot9:
Let me ask, between kwankwanso and Peter Obi, who is the candidate building castle in the air?

to be honest none of them can come second in the coming presidential election.

OfoIgbo:
Wishfull thinking.

Tinubu will not win
Niger
Nasawara
Kogi
Plateau
Kebbi
Katsina

Atiku is likely to win most of those states.

Peter Obi will win Rivers state, if Wike doesn't get the VP slot.

Tinubu will not get up to 25% from any SS and SE state.
Peter Obi will get more than 25% in 2 or 3 SW states

Tinubu cannot and will not miss any of these states

Patriot9:
Kano is currently engulfed by kwankwanso movement.

Kaduna is a core Apc state just like Anambra

Borno state is locked down by Babagana for Apc

I don't think kwankwaso would like to waste 1million vote chasing nothing, he certainly going to trade his followers for something else.

Salvador1:
I doubt if tinubu will win plateau state.
Pdp has been winning there in presidential election.
Meanwhile I doubt if Atiku will win in zamfara.

Kastina should be added to swing state.
Where did you put Abuja?

you correct about not adding abuja, but for Plateau no fulani man will win next presidential election in Plateau.

Patriot9:
Peter Obi will not win more than 6 states so please remove Akwa ibom from there

Because of the current promotion of Peter Obi by some southern celebrities and keyboard warriors i think we should give them Akwa- ibom.

People consider sugary drinks to be a significant contributor to many health conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and tooth decay. Research has shown that drinking a can of Coca-Cola can have damaging effects on the body within an hour.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about half of the United States populationTrusted Source will drink at least one sugary beverage on any given day. Young adults are the most regular consumers of sugary drinks.

There are 37 gramsTrusted Source (g) of added sugar, which equates to almost 10 teaspoons (tsp), in a single can of cola.

For optimal health, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend consuming no more than 6 tsp of added sugarTrusted Source daily. By drinking just one serving of cola a day, a person will easily exceed this amount.

A 2015 studyTrusted Source attributed 184,000 global deaths each year to the consumption of sugary drinks.

In this article, we look at the effects of cola on the body.

Effects on the body

An infographic by the British pharmacist Niraj Naik shows the damage that a 330 milliliter (ml) can of Coca-Cola can inflict on the body within 1 hour of consumption. Naik based the infographic on research by health writer Wade Meredith.

According to Naik, the intense sweetness of Coca-Cola resulting from its high sugar content should make a person vomit as soon as it enters the body. However, the phosphoric acid in the beverage dulls the sweetness, enabling people to keep the drink down.

Blood sugar levels increase dramatically within 20 minutes of drinking the cola, explains Naik, causing a burst of insulin. The liver then turns the high amounts of sugar into fat.

Effects similar to heroin
Within 40 minutes, the body has absorbed all of the caffeine from the cola. This caffeine causes the pupils to dilate and the blood pressure to increase. By this point, the Coca-Cola has blocked the adenosine receptors in the brain, preventing drowsiness.

Just 5 minutes later, the production of dopamine has increased. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps control the pleasure and reward centers of the brain. According to the infographic, the way that Coca-Cola stimulates these centers is comparable to the effects of heroin. It triggers a person’s urge to drink another can.

An hour after drinking the beverage, a sugar crash will begin, causing irritability and drowsiness. The body will have cleared the water from the cola, along with vital nutrients, in the urine.

According to Naik, the infographic applies not only to Coca-Cola but to all caffeinated fizzy drinks.

“Coke is not just high in high fructose corn syrup, but it is also packed with refined salts and caffeine,” writes Naik on his blog, The Renegade Pharmacist.

Recent research

In 2018, a mini literature reviewTrusted Source highlighted more ways in which sugary drinks can affect health.

The review authors examined the effects of sugar sweetened beverages on the brain. They found that these drinks increased levels of certain compounds and chemicals that interfered with brain activity, increasing the risk of stroke and dementia.

They also found that regularly consuming sugary drinks may affect the quality and duration of a person’s sleep cycle. Some compounds also had effects on memory and motor coordination, which may contribute to the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.

However, many of the studies in this review took place in rats. The full extent of the effects of sugary drinks on humans is not yet clear.

The authors of a 2018 studyTrusted Source involving 2,019 participants found that they could not even rule out the consumption of diet sodas as a risk factor for diabetes. They note that their findings support the suggestion that sugar-sweetened beverages, such as cola, play a role in the development of this chronic disease.

A 2016 studyTrusted Source on rats found that the rodents that drank Coca-Cola showed signs of decreased kidney and liver function in comparison with the rats that did not drink soda.

Again, further research would be necessary to confirm the effects of Coca-Cola in humans.

Summary

Research has confirmed many risks of regularly consuming Coca-Cola and other sugary drinks.

These beverages increase blood sugar levels rapidly and affect the pleasure centers of the brain in a similar way as heroin. More recent research adds to the evidence of a link between sugary drinks and diabetes and seems to confirm the adverse effects of these drinks on brain, kidney, and liver activity.

However, consuming Coca-Cola and sugar-sweetened beverages in moderation is unlikely to have a severe effect on health.

https://zapiforum.com/question/is-coca-cola-bad-for-you/

The election will be decided in the swing states of Kano
Kaduna
Yobe
Borno
Edo

The primary elections of all the political parties can said to be done and dusted and everyone in Nigeria who is politically inclined has his or her attention shifted to the 2023 generally elections, "ceteris parebus" that will holds in February.

Almost all Nigerians are already thinking and also talking about who is going to take over or continue from where President Muhammadu Buhari will stop come may 29th 2023.
Some in their confusion and dilemma that stems from limited numbers of qualified and popular candidates that can command national followership have started asking but not limited to the following questions.

(1) After seven years of banditry and hardship under APC, should we support Ahmed Bola Tinubu?

(2) With all the killings and massacre perpetrated by fulani herdsmen in Nigeria should we give another fulani(Abubakar Atiku) a chance?

(3) Where is the justice, equity and fairness if all political parties in nigeria could not allow south particularly Southeast produce the next President?

(4)If Peter Obi is the only Good person, does labour party has the political structure in any of the 36 states of Nigeria? If yes.

(5) Does labour party have the financial war chest to wrestle power from APC and PDP that can buy a single vote for 100,000 naira if they so wish?

(6)Should we try NNPP? No. Kwankwaso can only produce 1million red cap chiefs(electorates) in Kano.

HOW EACH CANDIDATE WILL FAIR IN 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS

ABUBAKAR ATIKU
He Atiku will win the following states and no doubt about that.
Adamawa
Bauchi
Benue
Taraba
Gombe
Zamfara
Sokoto
Jigawa
Rivers
Delta
Bayelsa

BOLA TINUBU
JAGABAN is surely winning the following states no doubt about that.
Lagos
Oyo
Ondo
Ogun
Ondo
Osun
Kwara
Niger
Nasawara
Kogi
Plateau
Kebbi
Katsina

PETER OBI
OBIDIENT as he is populalerly called by his supporters will win the following states
Anambra
Enugu
Ebonyi
Imo
Abia
Cross river
Akwa- ibom

Swing states
Kano
Kaduna
Borno
Yobe
Edo

https://zapiforum.com/question/how-each-candidate-will-fair-in-2023-general-elections/

If the primary will be without external intervention, Tinubu is the man to beat.

From the above brakedown of national delegates Bola Tinubu the former Lagos governor is expected to win Northern states with highest number of party delegates because,he has been building the support base for years.

My projection.

North west ==320

North east == 150

North central 200

South west == 150

South south== 100

South east ==30

Tinubu will score nothing less 900 votes.

Ahmed Lawal == 650 votes.

Osibanjo ====== 470 vote

Ameachi ====== 230

Yaya bello ===== 72


https://zapiforum.com/question/this-how-the-apc-primary-election-result-will-come-out/

The headline should be "Eleven (11) selfless northern governors have done what will promote peace and unity in the country".
Unlike the PDP that are willing and ready to vote another Northerner all in an effort to control the resources of th country by all dubious means.

LivingTribunal:
They are all the same, Think free

we are talking about being considerate and friendly towards other regions. APC understands the fact that Presidency is not a position of the north alone but for everybody.

Apc members and Buhari are nationalists compared to the confused PDP and its members.
Apc have done what pdp could not do to promote peace and unity in the country.

A regional train has derailed in southern Germany, killing at least three people, according to police and local officials.

A police spokesperson said on Friday the Munich-bound train had been quite full at the time of the crash in Burgrain, north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a ski resort in Bavaria that is also popular with hikers.

The local government in Garmisch-Partenkirchen said that at least three people were killed. Sixty people were being treated for injuries, and 16 of them were seriously hurt.

There were multiple school students on board the train, the regional Muenchener Merkur newspaper cited local paper the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tagblatt as reporting.

Three carriages overturned at least partly, and people were pulled out of the windows to safety

Pictures on social media showed carriages of a double-decker regional train stuck between tree branches and rolled down an embankment, as well as people being carried away on stretchers and standing around on the tracks.
A major emergency services operation was still under way, police said, and the rail line was currently completely closed.

Fighting
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces have occupied about 20 percent of his nation’s territory.
The situation in the key city of Severodonetsk, in Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine, is “the hardest right now”, as well as in cities and communities nearby, such as Lysychansk and Bakhmut, Zelenskyy said.
Ukrainian forces have had some success fighting Russian forces in the city of Severodonetsk but the overall military situation in the Donbas region has not changed, Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy urged the country’s Western allies to provide more weapons to help Ukraine reach an “inflection point” and prevail in the war.
In the 100 days of Russia’s invasion, more than 400km (249 miles) of roads have been damaged, and almost 70 schools, 50 kindergartens, 33 hospitals and 237 rural outpatient clinics destroyed in the Luhansk region, the governor said.
The United Nations confirmed 9,151 civilian casualties in Ukraine since the start of the invasion on February 24, including 4,169 people killed and 4,982 injured.
An artillery shell killed a woman in the town of Lysychansk on Thursday, the Luhansk governor said.
Some 60 percent of the infrastructure and residential buildings in Lysychansk has been destroyed by attacks, a local official said.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office has begun an investigation into 10 Russian military personnel who allegedly looted the property of civilians in the town of Bucha, in the Kyiv region.
Russia’s Pacific Fleet launched a week-long series of exercises with more than 40 ships and up to 20 aircraft taking part, Russian news agencies quoted the defence ministry as saying.
The Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office charged a 47-year-old man for allegedly producing and distributing materials that justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Interfax reported.
Diplomacy
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Washington, and discussed the implications of Russia’s war on Ukraine for transatlantic security.
The US announced new sanctions against Russian officials, oligarchs and businessmen linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The US added 71 new Russian and Belarusian entities to its trade blacklist, including aircraft plants and shipbuilding and research institutes.
The European Union gave its final approval to new sanctions on Russian oil and top bank Sberbank, after much wrangling with Hungary.
Russia said it did not rule out a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy.
Approximately 50 embassies have resumed work in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said.
The State Department spokesman, Ned Price, defended the United States’ position that it has supplied Ukraine with advanced weapons after receiving assurances that the country would not strike Russian territory.

https://zapiforum.com/question/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-100/

goodlistener:
When u offend woman, come land for heaven and na woman be God wai go judge ur matter

na hell fire go be your destination be that.

High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Wuse has ordered the remand of Peter Nwachukwu, the husband to the late gospel singer, Osinachi, in the Kuje prison

Justice Ngozi Nwosu-Iheme, in a ruling on Friday, ordered that Nwachukwu remains in custody until the conclusion of his trial.

The judge gave the ruling after Nwachukwu pleaded not guilty to the 23-count charge, bordering on domestic violence and homicide, among others, brought against him by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).

She granted accelerated hearing and adjourned till June 16 at 12 noon for the commencement of trial.

Osinachi was a lead gospel singer at the Dunamis Church, Abuja until her death.

Details Shortly…


https://zapiforum.com/question/court-sends-late-osinachis-husband-to-kuje-prison/

Here in Benue our governor is chasing fulani for past 7-years.

Fighting
Fighting for the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk rages with Russian forces conducting assault operations.

Invading forces appear close to seizing all of the Luhansk region, one of the more modest war goals of the Kremlin.

Russian artillery pounded the Lysychansk-Bakhmut road, which Russia must take to encircle Ukrainian forces.

Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had taken full control of Lyman, west of Severodonetsk; however, Ukraine Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said the battle for the town continued.

Russia also said it had used missile attacks to destroy Ukrainian command posts in Bakhmut and Soledar.

Ukraine has started receiving Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the United States, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expected good news this week on weapons supplies without giving details.

Russia’s defence ministry said its navy successfully launched a new hypersonic missile from the Barents Sea that struck its target 1,000km (600 miles) away.

Diplomacy

In a sign of frustration over Western differences on the war, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna said NATO had shown itself incapable of mounting a united response.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to release the 2,500 Ukrainian defenders of the Azovstal steel plant detained by Russian forces during an 80-minute call, the Elysee Palace said.

Putin warned Macron and Scholz that ramping up arms supplies to Ukraine would be “dangerous” and risk “further destabilisation”.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged his country’s continued support “including helping provide the equipment they need” in a call Saturday with Zelenskyy.


https://zapiforum.com/question/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-95/

1. Why al-Aqsa is so important
Al-Aqsa is the name of the silver-domed mosque inside a 35-acre compound referred to as al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, by Muslims, and as the Temple Mount by Jews. The compound lies in the Old City of Jerusalem, which has been designated a World Heritage site by the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, and is important to the three Abrahamic religions.

The site has been the most contested piece of territory in the Holy Land since Israel occupied East Jerusalem, including the Old City, in 1967, along with the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, the conflict dates even further back, to before the creation of Israel.

In 1947, the UN drew up a partition plan to separate historical Palestine, then under British control, into two states: one for Jews, mainly from Europe, and one for Palestinians. The Jewish state was given 55 percent of the land, and the remaining 45 percent was for a Palestinian state.

Jerusalem, which houses the al-Aqsa compound, belonged to the international community under the administration of the UN. It was granted this special status for its importance to the three Abrahamic religions.
The first Arab-Israeli war broke out in 1948 after Israel declared statehood, capturing some 78 percent of the land, with the remaining areas of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza coming under Egyptian and Jordanian control.

Israel’s increasing encroachment on the land intensified in 1967, after the second Arab-Israeli war, which resulted in the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, and eventually the illegal Israeli annexation of Jerusalem, including the Old City and al-Aqsa.

The illegal Israeli control of East Jerusalem, including the Old City, violates several principles of international law, which outlines that an occupying power does not have sovereignty in the territory it occupies.

Over the years, the Israeli government has taken further steps towards controlling and Judaising the Old City and East Jerusalem as a whole. In 1980, Israel passed a law that declared Jerusalem the “complete and united” capital of Israel, in violation of international law. Today, no country in the world recognises Israel’s ownership of Jerusalem or its attempts to change the geography and demographic makeup of the city.

Palestinians in Jerusalem, who number around 400,000, hold only permanent residency status, not citizenship, despite being born there – in contrast with Jews who are born in the city. And, since 1967, Israel has embarked on a quiet deportation of the city’s Palestinians by imposing difficult conditions for them to maintain their residency status.
Israel has also built at least 12 fortified Jewish-only illegal settlements in East Jerusalem, housing some 200,000 Israelis, while rejecting Palestinian building permits and demolishing their homes as punishment for building illegally.

2. The compound’s religious significance
For Muslims, the Noble Sanctuary hosts Islam’s third holiest site, the al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock, a seventh-century structure believed to be where the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven.

Jews believe the compound is where the Biblical Jewish temples once stood, but Jewish law and the Israeli Rabbinate forbid Jews from entering the compound and praying there, as it is considered too holy to tread upon.

The compound’s Western Wall, known as the Wailing Wall to Jews, is believed to be the last remnant of the Second Temple, while Muslims refer to it as al-Buraq Wall and believe it is where the Prophet Muhammad tied al-Buraq, the animal upon which he ascended to the sky and spoke to God.

Referring to Trump’s intention to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Saudi Arabia’s king said: “such a dangerous step is likely to inflame the passions of Muslims around the world due to the great status of Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque”.

3. The site’s status quo
Since 1967, Jordan and Israel agreed that the Waqf, or the Islamic trust, would have control over matters inside the compound, while Israel would control external security. Non-Muslims would be allowed onto the site during visiting hours, but would not be allowed to pray there.

But rising Temple movements, such as the Temple Mount Faithful and the Temple Institute, have challenged the Israeli government’s ban on allowing Jews to enter the compound, and they aim to rebuild the Third Jewish Temple in the compound.

Such groups are funded by members of the Israeli government, though it claims a desire to maintain the status quo at the site.

Today, Israeli forces routinely allow groups, some in the hundreds, of Jewish settlers who live in occupied Palestinian territories to descend on the al-Aqsa compound under police and army protection, stirring Palestinian fears of an Israeli takeover of the compound.

In 1990, the Temple Mount Faithful declared it would lay a cornerstone for the Third Temple in place of the Dome of the Rock, leading to riots and a massacre in which 20 Palestinians were killed by Israeli police.

In 2000, Israeli politician Ariel Sharon entered the holy site accompanied by some 1,000 Israeli police, deliberately reiterating Israeli claims to the contested area in light of then Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s US-brokered peace negotiations with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, which included discussions on how the two sides could share Jerusalem. Sharon’s entrance to the compound unleashed the Second Intifada, in which more than 3,000 Palestinians and some 1,000 Israelis were killed.

In May 2017, the Israeli cabinet held its weekly meeting in tunnels below al-Aqsa Mosque, on the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, “to mark the liberation and unification of Jerusalem” – a move that infuriated Palestinians.

Israel already restricts Palestinian entry into the compound through several methods, including the separation wall, built in the early 2000s, which restricts the entry of Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel.

Of the three million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, only those over a certain age are allowed access to Jerusalem on Fridays, while others must apply for a hard-to-obtain permit from Israeli authorities. The restrictions already cause serious congestion and tension at checkpoints between the West Bank and Jerusalem, where tens of thousands must pass through security checks to enter Jerusalem to pray.





4. Recent tensions
Tensions have been simmering near Al-Aqsa for years. On May 5, 2021, Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and wounded many Palestinians while arresting dozens. The incident later led to a response by Hamas and that was followed by an 11-day Israel war on Gaza.

Most clashes in the compound have occurred because of Israeli settlers trying to pray within the compound, which directly violates the status quo.
Tensions rose after Israel shut down al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first time since 1969, after a deadly gun battle between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Israeli forces.

The attack, which took place on July 14, ended in the deaths of two Israeli police officers and three Palestinian attackers. Israel subsequently closed the site for Friday prayers and reopened it the following Sunday with new measures of control, including metal detectors and additional cameras, at the compound’s entrances.

5. The greater context
Al-Aqsa is a small area within Palestine, but symbolically it is a large part of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Though the mosque itself is significant for Muslims especially, Palestinian Christians have also protested against Israeli encroachment on the compound, joining Muslims in prayer outside Lion’s Gate on Friday.

“The issue of al-Haram al-Sharif stands as a symbolic, but very strong catalyser of the routine of injustice and oppression that Palestinians in Jerusalem are facing, and that causes a continuous eruption of popular anger and uprisings,” Yara Jalajel, a former legal adviser to the Palestinian minister of foreign affairs, told Al Jazeera in July 2017.

With more restrictions placed on Palestinian access to the compound and ongoing calls by Israeli religious groups to allow Jews to pray at the site, many Palestinians fear a possible division of the compound.

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A veteran Russian diplomat to the United Nations office in Geneva has handed in his resignation and sent a statement to foreign colleagues criticising the “aggressive war unleashed” by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

Boris Bondarev, who worked as a counsellor at Russia’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva, told the Reuters news agency: “I went to the mission like any other Monday morning and I forwarded my resignation letter and I walked out.”

In the statement, circulated to a number of diplomatic missions in Geneva, he condemned the invasion of Ukraine and lashed out at Russia’s foreign ministry.

“For twenty years of my diplomatic career I have seen different turns of our foreign policy, but never have I been so ashamed of my country as on February 24 of this year,” Bondarev said in the statement first published by UN Watch, an advocacy group.

The date refers to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in what Russian President Vladimir Putin describes as a “special military operation” to “de-nazify” the country.

“The aggressive war unleashed by Putin against Ukraine, and in fact against the entire Western world, is not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also, perhaps, the most serious crime against the people of Russia,” the statement said.

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