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 Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:41am On Jan 08 |
⚡So far, explosions have been reported in: - Dnepropetrovsk - Krivoy Rog (under massive attack) - Ukrainian controlled Zaporozhye - Kharkov (city and the region) Meanwhile, several X-101's are flying over western Ukraine (Lvov, Ternopol) 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:36am On Jan 08 |
⚡Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan to Israeli Minister Smotrich: Smotrich will soon return to his homeland Ukraine and I will soon return to my homeland Palestine. 11 Likes 3 Shares
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:06am On Jan 08 |
⚡The Death Toll for the January 1st 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake in Japan has Risen to 161 with the number of those that were Seriously Injured at over 565, making this the Deadliest Earthquake on the Japanese Islands since the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami which resulted in the Death of over 19,759.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:04am On Jan 08 |
⚡Officials from the NTSB announced that both flight recorders of Alaska Airlines' Cockpit Voice Recorder have been sent to its lab in Washington, D.C. However, the data was mistakenly overwritten because no one turned it off, as reported by the NTSB, who stated, 'There's nothing on it 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:48pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich: We need to establish a Jewish settlement in Gaza - if we are not there and there are 2 million Nazis there, we will wake up in 10 years to a new October 7.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:55pm On Jan 07 |
⚡4-Star General & former CIA Director David Petraeus: If we allow Ukraine to fall, Russia will next invade Moldova or the Baltics. Ukraine only needs a very small part of our own military budget. We must help Ukraine achieve victory. The US can easily afford to accept an aid package for Ukraine, our military budget for 2 years was $1.7 trillion.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 10:35pm On Jan 07 |
⚡The border fence between Egypt and Gaza after the completion of the Egyptian works to thicken the defense against breaching the fence.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:21pm On Jan 07 |
⚡The White House should formulate a US strategy for Ukraine, as aid to Kiev depends on it, says US House of Representatives spokesman Mike Johnson. "What is the end result in Ukraine? What is our strategy? What's the goal? How are we going to have proper oversight of these precious taxpayer dollars?" the Speaker asked. He said these questions had been repeatedly put to the White House, but there had been no response. "The White House has provided no such answers. I have asked them in writing, in public, in private, in every way possible to give us those answers, but they have not done so."
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:13pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Ukrainian border guards in Chernihiv region were monitoring the suspicious structure until it stopped near the coast on Ukrainian territory. It turned out to be a pontoon bridge, which until recently served as a crossing for the Russian Army. 1 Like
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:10pm On Jan 07 |
⚡German Leopard tanks not fit for the war? German tanks were made for exercises and parades, and not for real combat operations, reports Spiegel. A commission from Germany, which visited a repair center in Lithuania for German tanks, was unpleasantly surprised by the number of equipment that failed due to internal defects. Spiegel notes that problems persist with logistics and lack of spare parts - even in Lithuania, far from the front, mechanics encounter problems while repairing German Leopards. According to a Bundeswehr officer, German tanks wear out too quickly in combat conditions. Ukrainian military notes that the Leopard has fragile tracks - weakening their tension leads to breakdowns.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:10pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Russia has an advantage in "electronic warfare" with Ukraine, the Financial Times said. Moscow is increasingly successfully using electronic warfare to divert ammunition supplied to Kiev: HIMARS missiles and Excalibur artillery shells . One of the Ukrainian soldiers complained to reporters about the lack of electronic warfare equipment in his unit, which was almost completely destroyed by Russian drones. What kind of electronic warfare? We didn't have anything. I don't even want to remember those days in the trenches. Our guys fell like flies," complained the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter. 3 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:07pm On Jan 07 |
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:51pm On Jan 07 |
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:49pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Germany's Minister of Finance emphasizes that Germany is now paying for 50% of all EU aid to Ukraine. He calls on “other economically strong countries” to do more if Ukraine needs further aid. “Others also have to share the burden.”
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:49pm On Jan 07 |
⚡German tanks were created for exercises and parades, not for real combat - Spiegel A German commission, which visited a repair center in Lithuania for German tanks, was unpleasantly surprised by the number of equipment that failed due to internal defects," the media write. 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:48pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Biden will pull out of presidential race over poor health, top JPMorgan strategist predicts: report
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:47pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Deputy defense secretary was not told Austin had been hospitalized when she assumed his duties on January 2 — CNN |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:40pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Israel preparing for war against Lebanon Senior Israeli officials say “the time has come to change the military focus from Gaza to Lebanon, to switch to offensive operations”. Israeli officials said that the IDF's operations must be shifted from defense to attack; that diplomacy will not work, and that Hezbollah must pay a painful price and feel the pressure. They say that Israel should prepare its forces for action on the Lebanese front, and promote operational plans for the war against Hezbollah. Important meetings were held this week, and some plans have already been approved. 1 Like
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:39pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Russian and Iranian national wealth funds are planning to establish joint investment committees for realization of different oil, gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, high-tech and other projects, the Iranian National Development Fund’s Deputy Director of Foreign Investment, Hossein Eivazloo, has said. "We decided … to establish joint investment committees between the two national wealth funds of Russia and Iran and review projects under proposal... Both Iran and the Russian side will invest 50% each," Eivazloo said, as quoted by the IRNA news agency. Tehran and Moscow have been cooperating on the issue for a long time and have held a number of meetings and exchanged agreements, the official said, adding that both countries approved models of cooperation and that Iran was waiting for the approval of the Russian National Wealth Fund’s board of trustees, according to the report. 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:36pm On Jan 07 |
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:32pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has arrived in Kyiv
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:31pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Over the past five years, the Russian Strategic Missile Forces carried out more than 20 intercontinental ballistic missile launches to test promising missile systems and training, the Russian Ministry of Defense has reported. As the ministry noted, they plan to conduct seven more launches in 2024. 1 Like
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:25pm On Jan 07 |
⚡U.S. officials are concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may see an expanded fight in Lebanon as key to his political survival, WaPo reports. In private conversations, Biden administration has warned Israel against a significant escalation in Lebanon. If it were to do so, a new secret assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) found that it will be difficult for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to succeed because its military assets and resources would be spread too thin given the conflict in Gaza. 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 3:16pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Japan's Foreign Minister has visited Bucha and said the country will contribute $37 million to provide drone detection systems to Ukraine. In August, Japan's Prime Minister made no mention of the US bombing of Japanese cities at a memorial service in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but criticised Russia. 3 Likes |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:54pm On Jan 07 |
⚡European Council President Charles Michel has decided to leave his post early. If the EU leaders do not have time to choose a successor, then Viktor Orban will become the interim head of the European Council. Michel will stand in the European Parliament elections in June, he told three Belgian media outlets. If he is elected, EU leaders will have to quickly agree on a successor to fill his vacated council post. If they fail to do so, the meetings will be led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose country will take over the rotating presidency of the EU Council in July, a mediating role usually performed by the European Council president.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:50pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Production and digging of Ukrainian metal underground shelters for army personnel are now being installed en masse on defense lines along the entire front.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:49pm On Jan 07 |
⚡Israeli soldier poses for photographs allegedly at the home of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. 1 Like
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:13pm On Jan 07 |
⚡China has sanctioned five US defense industry companies in response for new US arms sales to Taiwan by freezing those entities' property in China and barring organizations and individuals in the Asian nation from transactions and cooperation with them, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday. The US weapons sales to Taiwan violate the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques, the statement read. Moreover, the "illegal unilateral sanctions" that the US has imposed on Chinese companies and individuals "under various false pretexts," harm China's sovereignty and security interests, the statement said. "We urge the United States to abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, observe international law and the basic norms governing international relations, stop arming Taiwan, and stop targeting China with illegal unilateral sanctions. Otherwise there will be strong and resolute response from China," the statement added. 3 Likes 1 Share
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:06pm On Jan 07 |
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:05pm On Jan 07 |
⚡US intelligence believes Chinese missiles are filled with water instead of fuel This is reported by Bloomberg. Because of the huge scale of corruption in the Chinese missile forces and the country's entire defense industry, U.S. officials now believe that Xi Jinping is unlikely to risk staging large-scale military operations in the near future, according to the publication.
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:52am On Jan 07 |
⚡Italian foreign minister calls for formation of EU army The European Union must form its own armed forces that could play a role in maintaining peace and preventing conflicts, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani said. "If we want to be the bearers of world peace, we need a European army. This is a fundamental prerequisite for an effective European foreign policy. In a world with such powerful players as the US, China, India, Russia, with crises stretching from the Middle East to Indo-Pacific region, Italian, German, French or Slovenian citizens can only be protected by what already exists, and this is called the European Union. Therefore, defense and a common army must become a concrete fact. And this cannot be postponed."
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 11:11am On Jan 07 |
⚡Any form of provocation towards North Korea will prompt an immediate military response, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said. "I make myself clear once again that the safety catch of the trigger of the Korean People's Army (KPA) had already been slipped," she said in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA. "As already declared, the KPA will launch an immediate military strike if the enemy makes even a slight provocation," Kim said. These statements were made following reports from South Korea's military indicating that North Korea had fired over 60 artillery rounds near the disputed maritime border on Saturday. It follows a similar barrage of more than 200 rounds the day before.
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