Oorlog in Oekra�ne #916 Patriots

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Op zaterdag 6 januari 2024 22:58 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
@:AchJa ik bedoelde dat zelflerend algoritme (neural network) waar een patriot mee kan leren, geen A.I.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 00:57 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Dat is er niet.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 02:05 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Google dan. Gebruiken Patriot systemen geen Google om te vragen hoe ze een raket moeten onderscheppen???

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 02:05 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Google dan. Gebruiken Patriot systemen geen Google om te vragen hoe ze een raket moeten onderscheppen???

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 11:13 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Hey Google, vuur raket af.

Wooooooooeeeeeeessssssssssjjjjjjjjjjj

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 02:05 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Google dan. Gebruiken Patriot systemen geen Google om te vragen hoe ze een raket moeten onderscheppen???

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 00:57 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Dat is er niet.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 12:56 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Ik had er laatst nog wat over gelezen met machine learning.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 15:02 schreef 3rr0r het volgende:
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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 15:26 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

What can Ukraine do to achieve VICTORY in 2024?

Weer een interessante video van imo ��n van de beste analisten van dit conflict. Ook hier weer beelden van units, tanks cijfers en mogelijkheden voor beide landen. Nu wat meer focus hoe Oekra�ne dit zou kunnen winnen.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 12:51 schreef nixxx het volgende:
Wat mij betreft kunnen we ook wel Nederlandse manschappen met Nederlandse luchtverdediging systemen naar Oekra�ne sturen. Zet een patriot bovenop de Nederlandse ambassade en noem het diplomatieke beveiliging. Zal Rusland wel weer heel hard krijsen over rode lijnen enz, maar uiteindelijk toch niks doen.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 17:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Jammer voor ze.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 17:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Jammer voor ze.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 17:46 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Former German President Joachim Gauck criticized Olaf Scholz for his hesitation to supply Ukraine with all necessary material, especially the TAURUS missile. “We have to help with everything, no exceptions.” So his words.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 18:02 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Roemeni� is druk bezig de Poolse mes-in-rug-stekers pootje te haken.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 18:10 schreef slashdotter3 het volgende:

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Ik geloof wel in de conspiracy theory dat de hulp pas op gang komt nadat Rusland ruim vantevoren is gewaarschuwd en maatregelen heeft genomen om het zo goed mogelijk te counteren, dit zodat Rusland niet verrast wordt, zware verliezen lijdt en dan valsspeelt met nukes.

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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 17:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Jammer voor ze.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 18:19 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Meer info? Hoe lang duurt het? Hoe verhoudt de tijd zich tot rijden naar Polen etc?

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 18:39 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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I'm a cybernetic organism. Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 18:39 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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I'm a cybernetic organism. Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 15:26 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

What can Ukraine do to achieve VICTORY in 2024?

Weer een interessante video van imo ��n van de beste analisten van dit conflict. Ook hier weer beelden van units, tanks cijfers en mogelijkheden voor beide landen. Nu wat meer focus hoe Oekra�ne dit zou kunnen winnen.

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Kyiv: Ukrainian Forces destroy key railway bridge in Donetsk region thwarting Russian military logistics
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have precision-targeted and destroyed a partially constructed railway bridge and enemy equipment near the village of Hranitne in the Donetsk region, according to Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.

"Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a precision strike that destroyed a half-built railway bridge, fuel tanks, and engineering vehicles near the village of Hranitne. Attempts were made to shoot them down, but the Russian air defense was effectively replaced by its own engineering base. I want to give special thanks to our brave people from the Mariupol resistance and the residents of the Mariupol district, who, despite fatal risks, obtained proof and facilitated the elimination of an important military-logistical infrastructure facility," Andryushchenko said.

He pointed out that the destroyed bridge was part of the Russian plan to establish a railway connection from the occupied Mariupol to Russia. The planned direct railway from Russia has now been put on hold for a long time. As an added bonus, due to the strong effort by Russians to shoot down the Ukrainian drones, the locations of new enemy air defense batteries in the Mariupol district were discovered – the coordinates have already been passed on to the relevant services, added Andryushchenko.

As previously reported, Russian military personnel have been placing their troops and military hardware among residential buildings in the temporarily occupied Mariupol in the Donetsk region.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 17:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Jammer voor ze.

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Three NATO countries to sign an agreement on mine clearance of the Black Sea
Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria will sign an agreement on joint mine clearance in the Black Sea next week.

Todor Tagarev, Minister of Defense of Bulgaria, announced this, the Bulgarian BTA agency writes.

For this purpose, the countries will establish a mine action group, whose mission will start after the signing of the relevant agreement.

Mines are falling into parts of the Black Sea near Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to the Minister of Defense of Bulgaria, the countries have been working on this agreement since the end of summer 2023.

“We have reached an agreement on the concept and the text of the agreement itself – how to settle all the issues, and next week, my deputy will be in Istanbul to sign it, and this mission will start soon,” he shared.

At the same time, the Minister of Defense of Bulgaria added that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine poses risks to the territory of the Black Sea region and to the safety of navigation.

“And to minimize these risks, the navies of the three countries are also involved in demining, hopefully successfully,” Todor Tagarev noted.

Militarnyi previously reported that the joint minesweeping force of Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria will not be considered a NATO operation, but will be the first major joint action by the Black Sea allies since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Also, last fall, Admiral Erc�ment Tatlıoğlu, Turkish Navy Commander, commented against the presence of naval forces from other NATO allies, including the United States, in the Black Sea.

According to him, the presence of vessels from non-Black Sea countries could further increase tensions in the region.

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Charles Michel to run for EU election, triggering top job scramble
The move piles pressure on leaders, as countries seek to avoid Viktor Orb�n seizing outsize influence during Hungary’s 6-month Council presidency.

European Council President Charles Michel will run as a candidate for the European parliamentary election in June, he told three Belgian media outlets. A spokesperson for Michel confirmed the announcement to POLITICO.

Michel plans to take up his seat in the European Parliament mid-July if he’s elected, meaning EU leaders will have to agree quickly on a successor for his vacated Council post. If they don’t, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb�n, whose country will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in July, would lead the meetings — a broker-role normally undertaken by the European Council president.

That scenario — an unchecked Orb�n ruling the Council roost for the six months directly after the 2024 European election — is one most of the other 26 leaders of EU countries would be desperate to avoid, given escalating tensions between them and Orb�n, for example over the Union’s support for Ukraine and Hungary’s rule-of-law infractions.

It’s the first time a sitting Council president will be a candidate in a European parliamentary election. Michel would normally have stayed on in the job until the end of November, when the new College of Commissioners would be installed. While Michel’s move is legally kosher, it piles extra pressure on European leaders, as they usually have more time for wheeling and dealing during the great top-job carve up that always comes after the five-yearly EU ballots.

After the parliamentary election is held June 6-9 in all 27 of the EU’s countries, European leaders are scheduled to meet on June 17 and again on June 27-28. It will be at these meetings that they are likely to seek to come to an agreement on a replacement for Michel — though the role of European Council chief would normally be one that’s part of the protracted horse-trading among political groupings after the election results become clear, and as they seek to divide among themselves the various top EU jobs.

Michel’s announcement comes just ahead of the first congress and New Year’s reception of his party, the Belgian liberals of the Reformist Movement (MR). At that congress on Sunday, party President Georges-Louis Bouchez is expected to give more clarity on who will lead the charge ahead of June 9, when Belgians go to the polls not only for the EU ballot, but also for regional and national elections, as POLITICO reported on Friday.

Michel would not specify whether his decision to run for a seat in the Parliament means he would be interested in other top jobs, such as becoming the lead candidate for the European liberals, the bloc’s third-largest political camp, for the European Commission presidency, or whether he wants to succeed Didier Reynders — who is also from MR — as Belgium’s EU commissioner.

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In the core domain of the EU, the member states pool sovereignty to attain common goals. They want their Union to offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice. This essential aim can only be realised if and on condition that both the member states and the Union work as constitutional democracies.

For its citizens, the EU forms a democratic Union of democratic States. In this domain, the European Parliament represents the citizens of the Union. It has legislative powers and is entitled to control the sovereignty, which the commission exercises on behalf of the member states.

According to the case law of the European Court of Justice, the Commission is entitled to defend the construction and the values of the Union against infringements by its member states.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 18:48 schreef Nebelwerfer het volgende:

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Die lui gaan meestal vooral de mist in met de mogelijkheden. Zou fijner zijn als ze het bij de analyse van de huidige situatie hielden.

Overigens heb ik deze wel eens helemaal afgefikt zien worden na een matige analyse van de loopgravenoorlog ten tijde van WW1

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Moscow region plunges into crisis as utility services fail amid war spending
As the Kremlin continues to pour billions of dollars into the war against Ukraine, Russia is facing a communal collapse. Amidst freezing temperatures, the Moscow region has been left without power and heat due to widespread breakdowns.

The most severe situation is seen in the Russian city of Podolsk, which has fallen into an icy trap. Residents are pleading for help on local forums.

In Podolsk, the Klimovsk district—which is home to nearly 60,000 people—has been without power and heat. For more than two days, efforts to fix a rapture in a heating main, located near the cartridge plant, have been unsuccessful.

The breakdown occurred when severe frosts hit the Moscow region, with temperatures plunging to -25�C and below. On community pages, people complain that the temperatures inside their apartments are approaching sub-zero, with frozen radiators bursting en masse. Residents are forced to stay indoors, clad in jackets, hats, and boots.

Russian authorities have promised to normalize the situation "as soon as possible", however, no progress has been observed. Those affected are being given blankets, and a field kitchen serving free hot porridge and tea has started operating in central Podolsk. Locals, however, regard this aid as a mockery.

The Ministry of Energy of the Moscow region reported that the cause of the breakdown was a hydraulic shock in the heat supply network, caused by a voltage surge in a boiler house.

Issues with heating and electricity have been reported in other districts of the Moscow region, as well as in Moscow itself. Russian authorities have claimed to have resolved the effects of the breakdowns, though residents assert that heat and light have not been restored.

Earlier, it was reported that in the Moscow region, authorities sent police to disperse protesters who had been freezing in their homes due to a lack of heating.

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Polish government signs agreement with farmers to end blockade at Ukrainian border
Czesław Siekierski, Poland’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and representatives of the Oszukana Wieś (Deceived Village) movement have signed an agreement to end the blocking of the border crossing point with Ukraine at Medyka.

Source: Polsat News, citing Teresa Kubas-Hul, Voivode (Governor) of Subcarpathia, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Siekierski promised to meet all the farmers' demands: one million złoty worth of maize subsidies, a 2.5-billion-złoty increase in loans, and maintaining the agricultural tax at the level of 2023.

The agreement states that the blocking of the checkpoint in Medyka must be suspended, but no deadline for suspension is specified.

Previously: Poland applied to the European Commission for approval of the subsidies; the Polish Sejm [lower house of the Polish parliament – ed.] must approve the repeal of the 21% tax increase; and local authorities will provide loan guarantees in exchange for compensation from the state budget.

Farmers from Oszukana Wieś began blocking the Medyka border checkpoint on 23 November this year. They announced on 24 December that they would suspend their protest until early January and might not resume it if their demands were met. But on 4 January, the blockade resumed.

At the end of December, Ukraine’s Ministry for Restoration and Poland’s Infrastructure Ministry agreed on an action plan to unblock the border.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 20:08 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

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Klopt hoor, en van deze heb ik gezien dat hij na een tijdje ook een inschatting maakte van Bachmut en dat het snel zou zijn veroverd maar dat duurde nog veel langer. En nog wordt daar bijna constant gevochten.

Ik vind het vooral interessant om bij een front te zien bij een bepaalde stad wat welke partijen hebben verloren en wat ze hebben gewonnen. En gelukkig doet hij dat ook. En ook met respect, hij gebruikt geen spottende termen voor ��n van de twee partijen. Altijd met respect.

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Relatives of drafted soldiers hold single pickets in Moscow

The wives and other relatives of Russian soldiers conscripted for the war in Ukraine have held a number of single pickets in Moscow and laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier [a war memorial dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during World War II – ed.].

Source: Russian service of Radio Liberty, citing Telegram channels Put Domoi (Way Home) and Sota (Cell).

Details: The pickets took place near the buildings of the Defence Ministry and the Russian Presidential Administration.

The posters held by the protesters demanded demobilisation. One of them read: "Our government has made my life a living hell since civilians were taken to the front 15 months ago. We demand demobilisation".

There were no detentions. The Way Home claimed that during the picket outside the presidential administration, an officer of the Federal Protective Service called the police, but upon arrival, the police confirmed that single pickets "are a legal form of protest".

Under Russian law, such gatherings do not require approval, yet their participants have often been detained in recent years based on restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic that are still in place in Moscow, Radio Liberty noted

About 15 women wearing white headscarves, believed to be relatives of the conscripts, also laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The Telegram channel Way Home claimed that similar actions – laying flowers at the memorials of the Great Patriotic War – took place on Saturday in many Russian cities. Five women took part in the action in St Petersburg.

The post about the rally calls for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and refers to Russian President Vladimir Putin's "mistake" without directly condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine's Security Service arrests agricultural businessman suspected of collaborating with Russians in Kherson Oblast
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained the owner of an agricultural holding in Kyiv suspected of supplying food products to the Russians on the left bank of Kherson Oblast.

Source: SSU

The SSU states that it has gathered evidence against the founder of one of the largest agricultural holding companies in Ukraine, who is suspected of financing armed aggression by the Russian Federation.

Quote: "The investigation materials indicate that the food company controlled by the suspect is located in the temporarily occupied left bank of Kherson Oblast and is operating in Russia’s interests. In particular, this company is one of the main suppliers of food products to Russian forces stationed in Ukraine's south," the statement says.

SSU personnel detained the suspect in his son's apartment in Kyiv, where he was hiding and planning to escape to Russia. In 2022, the businessman organised the "re-registration" of the agricultural company in the so-called Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation for Kherson Oblast.

The SSU adds that the suspect's business is collaborating with the Russian occupational authorities, paying over RUB 100,000 per month to its budget. Additionally, the company is one of the main sponsors of the Russian fund supporting participants in the "special military operation" [as the war against Ukraine is called in Russia – ed.].

It is also documented that the businessman handed over warehouse facilities at the company’s production complex in the temporarily occupied Kakhovka district in Kherson Oblast to the Russian forces.

Documents, seals, computer equipment and a mobile phone were seized during the arrest and searches, confirming the fact that he had cooperated with Russia. Based on the evidence collected, SSU investigators served the suspect with a notice of suspicion under Article 111-2.1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The man faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.

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Ukraine asks International Criminal Court to consider Putin's decree on Ukrainian children
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take note of actions being taken by Russia’s leadership to force Russian citizenship on deported Ukrainian children, which is one of the signs of genocide.

Source: an official comment by the Foreign Ministry on President Vladimir Putin's decree on the right to obtain Russian citizenship

Details: The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry noted that on 4 January, Putin signed a decree "On the definition of certain categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons who are entitled to apply for Russian citizenship".

The decree stipulates that orphans and children deprived of parental care who are citizens of Ukraine may be granted Russian citizenship by a personal decision of the Russian president, disregarding all or some requirements of Russian federal law. Applications for Russian citizenship can be submitted by the heads of Russian organisations in which Ukrainian children are forcibly held.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that this latest "regulatory act", in addition to its aim of using migrants to meet Russia’s demographic needs in order to pursue its armed aggression against Ukraine, also grossly violates Ukrainian legislation, international law, and the rights of children who are citizens of Ukraine and who were forcibly displaced to the Russian Federation during the full-scale invasion.

Such actions violate the norms of international humanitarian law, are null and void, and generate no legal effects. The Russian Federation's introduction of its latest citizenship legislation seeks to deprive abducted Ukrainian children of the opportunity to return to their homeland, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

Quote: "The only real value of this decree is that it will serve as further evidence of Russia's crimes against Ukraine, the forced assimilation of Ukrainian children, and attempts to deprive them of their own homeland.

We call on the International Criminal Court to take note of these actions of the Russian leadership to transfer Ukrainian children from one national group to another, including by forcing them to obtain Russian citizenship, which is one of the signs of genocide, and on the international community to implement the arrest warrant issued by the ICC against Vladimir Putin as soon as possible by taking the necessary measures to detain him and transfer him to the international justice system."

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 20:09 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Wat meer informatie over de regio die in de kou zit. Gaat blijkbaar om zo'n 60.000 mensen

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Q: There -- there's a Newsweek story out there that says that there is ATACMS up for destruction, the expired ATACMS, U.S. ATACMS, that would be a significant expense to American taxpayers, according to one former advisor to Ukraine's commander. Is this true? Are there a bunch of ATACMS, expired ATACMS set to be destroyed? And if that is true, why would they not be going to Ukraine?

GEN. RYDER: Yeah, so I've seen those press reports. We looked into this and it is not true. Those reports are false.

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The Netherlands has already handed over eight field hospitals to the National Guard of Ukraine
Humanitarian aid Medical care National Guard of Ukraine Netherlands
The National Guard of Ukraine has already received eight modern field hospitals from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Oleksandr Pivnenko, Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, reported on this.

The field hospitals are equipped with an autonomous power supply and water, and sanitation.

They are able to operate without power supply on a diesel generator.

The mobile medical hospital is designed for 26-50 beds in various configurations.

“This significantly improves conditions of care and treatment of our servicemen, and facilitates the work of medics who save lives of soldiers,” said Oleksandr Pivnenko.

The hospital is also provided with necessary supplies of medicines and consumables.

“The National Guard has previously received and uses the medical and humanitarian aid provided, including field hospitals that were transferred by the decision of the Dutch government. There are already 8 of them in total, and this is a significant help,” noted the National Guard commander.

This is not the first time that the Netherlands, alone or in cooperation with other countries, has donated mobile hospitals to Ukraine.

In December it became known that the Netherlands also handed over three Role 2 field hospitals and 6 ambulances to border guards.

Role 2 mobile field hospitals have:

36 beds;
active ventilation; water supply adapted to winter conditions;
a unit for medical staff;
they can be used as a stabilization point.

At that time, medical equipment was delivered to Ukraine by the Dutch manufacturer Hospitainer under the government’s program to strengthen the medical capabilities of Ukrainian Defense Forces.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 20:09 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Wat meer informatie over de regio die in de kou zit. Gaat blijkbaar om zo'n 60.000 mensen. En inderdaad zijn er ook leidingen/radiatoren die bevroren zijn geraakt/zullen raken. Dus zelfs wanneer de stroom en heet water het weer doen zullen voor een aantal van die mensen het nog niet opgelost zijn. En die groep zal steeds groter worden waarschijnlijk.

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Exclusive: Putin Reportedly Paying Palestinians From Lebanese Camps To Fight in Ukraine
Lebanon government security source tells TML that young Palestinian men are being paid $350 per month to enlist in the Russian military, while elite Syrian troops are also being recruited in a display of loyalty for aid in the civil war

A Lebanese government security source has told The Media Line that Palestinians residing in Lebanon have signed up to join the ongoing conflict in Ukraine on behalf of Russia, having been offered a sum of $350 by Russian entities.

The source added that the recruitment effort is being carried out by activists affiliated with the Palestinian embassy in Lebanon.

Most of those enlisting were born after 1969, as those born after from this point onwards do not have proper registration with the Lebanese authorities, making it easier to travel for the purpose of participating in the conflict as mercenaries.

As a result, the Lebanese government lacks the ability to monitor or track the movements of these Palestinian recruits for Russia.

The majority of the Palestinians being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine hail from Ein Al-Khalwa, the largest Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, just south of the port city of Sidon.

The recruits are reportedly members of the Fatah political movement, which is led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as other organizations such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

The individuals reportedly receive a monthly stipend and compensation for their families in exchange for agreeing to participate in the conflict in Ukraine on behalf of Russian forces.

The Lebanese security source indicated that the recruitment of Palestinians and others is being carried out in coordination with the Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization.

According to the source, Hezbollah is also actively enlisting young supporters, including those skilled in operating drones and individuals with expertise in guerrilla warfare in urban areas, to assist the Russians in the war in Ukraine.

Riad Kahwaji, a prominent and veteran Lebanese researcher in security and defense affairs, who resides in Dubai, told The Media Line that the recruitment of Palestinians from Lebanon is not unfathomable.

“I do not have specific information on this subject, but I am not surprised that it happened because the situation in the camps is miserable… and there are no jobs for young people,” he said.

“It is not surprising that they were recruited to work with the Russians in return for paying them salaries because the camp environment is open to such possibilities,” Kahwaji said.

“Palestinian camps in both Syria and Lebanon have high unemployment, and it is not surprising that these things happen.”

It is not clear exactly how many Palestinians have been recruited to fight for Russia, but it is thought that approximately 300 individuals have already completed rapid training in Russia and been deployed to the frontlines.

In the Ein Al-Khalwa refugee camp, another group of approximately 100 additional fighters is reportedly being organized and prepared for deployment to Russia in the near future.

Muhammad Sarmini, Director of the Abaad Center for Strategic Studies, based in London and Istanbul, told The Media Linen that since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Syria has seen two paths for recruiting fighters to join the invading Russian troops.

The first path is recruitment via the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization believed to have been founded by Dmitry Valerievich Utkin, a former special forces officer in Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).

The group’s representatives recruited fighters in areas along the Syrian coast and with a high population of young Palestinians. The recruitment process was conducted through delegates who met inside the Khmeimim Air Base, a Russian-controlled installation near the northwestern port city of Latakia.

The second path includes sending fighters from the Syrian regular forces, especially from the military units supervised by Russia, such as the 25th Special Operations Division, headed by Maj. Gen. Suhail Al-Hassan.

Sarmini said these elite fighters are highly paid to enter the war zone, earning $500-700 per month, a very high sum by Syrian standards.

Russia’s desire to recruit Syrian fighters has two aims: to bolster the number of its fighters in Ukraine and as a display of loyalty from the regime of Bashar Assad, which would not have survived until today without Russian support.

The Palestinian embassy in Lebanon declined to comment on the matter, saying it had no connection to the conflict in Ukraine and did not encourage Palestinians to participate in it.

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DEATH RIDDLE Head of Putin’s state-run TV empire Zoya Konovalova, 48, found dead with ex-husband after being ‘poisoned’
Zoya is the latest in a long line of mysterious deaths since Putin began his illegal war in Ukraine

THE chief editor of one of Vladimir Putin's propaganda TV channels has been found dead from a suspected poisoning, it has been claimed.

Zoya Konovalova, 48, who ran a channel operating near the frontlines of Mad Vlad's illegal war, was found alongside her ex-husband.

The Kuban editor was found in her bedroom and her 52-year-old former husband Andrey Gubatiyka's corpse was found close by.

“No visible injuries were found during the examination of the bodies,” said a spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee, which is probing the deaths.

The former couple shared a daughter, 15, and an adult son.

“The preliminary cause of death is poisoning by an unknown substance,” said a report by her own channel.

A fragment of a plastic bag with a "powdery substance" was reportedly found in the TV chief’s private house in Krasnodar city.

But her colleagues and friends insisted today she would never have taken drugs.

The Kuban media outlet is part of the state-run giant All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company [VGTRK], a key prop in Putin’s propaganda empire.

The pair are believed to have been dead for at least 24 hours before their bodies were discovered.

They were apparently found by law enforcement and the investigating committee said: “When examining the bodies, no visible injuries were found.

“Forensic medical examinations have been arranged.”

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 17:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Jammer voor ze.

Russian Christmas anti-EU propaganda. Next level fascism from RT

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Ukrainian partisans enter military division in Moscow suburbs and acquire data of Russian soldiers – photo, video
The Atesh partisan movement has said that their agent entered the Dzerzhinsky division in Balashikha (Moscow Oblast of the Russian Federation) and received personal data of the soldiers participating in the war against Ukraine.

Source: Atesh on Telegram

Quote: "Atesh infiltrated the Dzerzhinsky division in Balashikha.

Our agent from among the officers entered the specified division. We have already received a list of personnel participating in the Special Military Operation (this is how the Russians call the war against Ukraine – ed.). Their names, contacts and personal data are transferred to the relevant authorities.

The agent sends fiery greetings to his colleagues."

Details: Atesh also published the coordinates of the division's location.

"The structure of the division itself is expanding and strengthening our agent network for better activities," the report also said.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 20:08 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

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Klopt hoor, en van deze heb ik gezien dat hij na een tijdje ook een inschatting maakte van Bachmut en dat het snel zou zijn veroverd maar dat duurde nog veel langer. En nog wordt daar bijna constant gevochten.

Ik vind het vooral interessant om bij een front te zien bij een bepaalde stad wat welke partijen hebben verloren en wat ze hebben gewonnen. En gelukkig doet hij dat ook. En ook met respect, hij gebruikt geen spottende termen voor ��n van de twee partijen. Altijd met respect.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 20:09 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://uawire.org/moscow(...)il-amid-war-spending
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Wat meer informatie over de regio die in de kou zit. Gaat blijkbaar om zo'n 60.000 mensen. En inderdaad zijn er ook leidingen/radiatoren die bevroren zijn geraakt/zullen raken. Dus zelfs wanneer de stroom en heet water het weer doen zullen voor een aantal van die mensen het nog niet opgelost zijn. En die groep zal steeds groter worden waarschijnlijk.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 00:53 schreef Mortaxx het volgende:

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Hier geloof ik echt niets van. Vandaag nog gelezen dat het in Russische woningen altijd 25 graden is. En Lospredosa kan het weten

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 21:39 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/(...)gn=sunyoutubestories
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Het artikel gaat nog dieper op eerdere verdachte sterf gevallen in. En volgens mij is "The Sun" Niet echt een betrouwbare bron. Dus nog even afwachten op een meer betere bron. Maar het zou voor mij geen verassing zijn.

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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 15:26 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

What can Ukraine do to achieve VICTORY in 2024?

Weer een interessante video van imo ��n van de beste analisten van dit conflict. Ook hier weer beelden van units, tanks cijfers en mogelijkheden voor beide landen. Nu wat meer focus hoe Oekra�ne dit zou kunnen winnen.

Mass Mobilisation: The Answer To a New Phase of The War? [Mapped]

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 06:50 schreef Nyamuk het volgende:

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Die schetsen geen rooskleurig beeld voor Oekra�ne.

En deze beste man ook niet.

Mass Mobilisation: The Answer To a New Phase of The War? [Mapped]

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 03:12 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:
[ twitter ]

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 03:12 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:
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Op zondag 7 januari 2024 22:02 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

Een jaar met Franky en Coen aan het Oekraïense front!

Onze helden. Ze verdienen een lintje.

Метінвест передав для захисту військових ще одну партію модульних укриттів

Wat meer informatie over de metalen schuilplaatsen die geleverd worden.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 06:50 schreef Nyamuk het volgende:

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Die schetsen geen rooskleurig beeld voor Oekra�ne.

En deze beste man ook niet.

Mass Mobilisation: The Answer To a New Phase of The War? [Mapped]

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 09:43 schreef Joppiez het volgende:

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Als er een bepaalde resultaat na twee jaar is bereikt dan kun je denk ik wel vrij veilig aannemen dat er niet veel meer gaat veranderen.
Tenzij door een externe gebeurtenis, zoals politieke ineenstorting of als er een derde partij zich direct met de oorlog gaat bemoeien met boots on the ground.

Wat ik zelf voorspel is dus een hele hoop meer doden zonder veel netto resultaat. Helaas.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 03:12 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:
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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 10:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Bij WO1 stortte Rusland na twee-drie jaar ineen. Duitsland na vier.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 10:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Bij WO1 stortte Rusland na twee-drie jaar ineen. Duitsland na vier.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 07:01 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Was er een krimp in 2022?
Hoe kan dat nou?
De sancties hadden toch geen effect?

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 10:31 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:
De sancties waren bedoeld om Rusland kapot te maken

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 10:31 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:

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De sancties waren bedoeld om Rusland kapot te maken niet om economische zelfmoord te plegen.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 10:27 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

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Tja bij Duitsland o.a door USA boots on the ground in Frankrijk natuurlijk. Toen die daar een bruggenhoofd hadden veroverd ging het snel. Als die USA/ Australi�/ Canada/ Engeland etc troepen daar niet kwamen had DUitsland nog lang hun gebied.

In het huidige zou een verandering er als bijvoorbeeld het Chinese leger in Oekra�ne zou aansluiten. Of wellicht het Poolse leger.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2024 10:31 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:

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De sancties waren bedoeld om Rusland kapot te maken niet om economische zelfmoord te plegen.