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https://www.theguardian.c(...)are_AndroidApp_Otherquote:Moscow confirms Putin interview with Tucker Carlson
Kremlin said interview was granted because Carlson was neither pro-Russian or pro-Ukrainian, unlike, it said, other western media
Tijd om ze te helpen met Europese troepen.quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 16:39 schreef BlaZ het volgende:
Oekraïne gaat verder mobiliseren:
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/27739
Ja de fabriek voor intercontinentale ballistische raketten.quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 20:16 schreef Bensel het volgende:
Schijnt iets groots in de fik te staan in Izhevsk. Zou een raketfabriek zitten, die putin eens bezocht heeft: https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a9q9Np6_460svav1.mp4
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Laten we eerst maar eens afwachten.quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 17:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Lijkt me terecht. Andere propagandisten staan ook op de shitlist.
ze komen wel vrij ver zo te zienquote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 21:05 schreef Perrin het volgende:
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Ja de fabriek voor intercontinentale ballistische raketten.
quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 21:14 schreef Anton91 het volgende:
Zullen zometeen wel wat tweets voorbij zien komen van een Russische burgemeester dat alle drones uit de lucht geschoten zijn en dat er een beetje debris op de fabriek is gevallen maar dat er niemand gewond is geraakt.
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Op maandag 9 oktober 2023 13:31 schreef Nova het volgende:[/b]
Oh schatje, wat lief van je om dat te zeggen! Jij bent echt een prins op het witte paard voor mij. Met jou voel ik me zo geliefd en speciaal. Laten we nog lang samen genieten van sprookjesachtige avonturen en elkaar verwennen met veel knuffels en kusjes. O+ naar jou, mijn lieve prins! :*
quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 21:14 schreef Anton91 het volgende:
Zullen zometeen wel wat tweets voorbij zien komen van een Russische burgemeester dat alle drones uit de lucht geschoten zijn en dat er een beetje debris op de fabriek is gevallen maar dat er niemand gewond is geraakt.
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Hoe verzinnen ze het toch telkens
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Wel mieterig, noem het dan een geslaagde test !
quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 21:14 schreef Anton91 het volgende:
Zullen zometeen wel wat tweets voorbij zien komen van een Russische burgemeester dat alle drones uit de lucht geschoten zijn en dat er een beetje debris op de fabriek is gevallen maar dat er niemand gewond is geraakt.
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Hoe verzinnen ze het toch telkens
"Ordinary technical work"SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.![]()
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Enschede was ook een constant geraas.quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 22:30 schreef ach het volgende:
Dat zou toch gewoon een statische test van een raketmotor kunnen zijn? Aangezien het 'uitgaat' en het geluid een constant geraas is
Ach jeh het account van achja op de momenten dat deze zijn eigen droge materie zat is en even lekker los wil gaan met speculaties?quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2024 22:30 schreef ach het volgende:
Dat zou toch gewoon een statische test van een raketmotor kunnen zijn? Aangezien het 'uitgaat' en het geluid een constant geraas is
quote:NATO allies warn Hungary not to hold up Sweden’s membership as US patience wears thin
BRUSSELS — U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that he and his NATO counterparts cautioned Hungary on Wednesday against further delaying Sweden’s membership in the military alliance, and he warned that patience in Washington has its limits.
Lawmakers from the party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán boycotted an emergency session of parliament on Monday where a vote was scheduled to place Sweden’s bid to join NATO on the legislative agenda, adding to 18 months of delays that have angered Hungary’s allies.
The governing Fidesz party, which holds an absolute majority in Hungary’s parliament, has stalled Sweden’s bid since July 2022, alleging that Swedish politicians have told “blatant lies” about the state of Hungarian democracy. The party insists that Sweden’s prime minister must come to Hungary first.
“We heard security adviser after security adviser say that it’s past time for Sweden to get in, and to directly address the representative from Hungary,” Sullivan told reporters after a meeting of the organization’s top security officials at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Sullivan said that he and his colleagues had impressed upon Hungary that “it’s a matter of credibility and obligation that they take the necessary steps” to complete the parliamentary procedures to ratify Sweden’s accession.
Sweden, along with neighboring Finland, set aside decades of military nonalignment to seek protection under NATO’s collective security umbrella after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
Finland has since joined the trans-Atlantic alliance. The country, along with the other 30 allies, must all agree that Sweden should stand among NATO’s ranks. Hungary is the only member standing in its way.
Sullivan said that he wouldn’t “stand here today and make particular threats, or speculation about steps that we would take down the road, but of course our patience on this can’t be unlimited either.”
He said the U.S. will “continue to watch it carefully, but hope that there is a constructive resolution to this issue in the very near term.”
Orbán, who has broken ranks with NATO allies by adopting a Kremlin-friendly stance toward Russia’s war in Ukraine, has said that he invited Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to Budapest to discuss “future cooperation in the field of security and defense as allies and partners.”
Unless another emergency session of Hungary’s parliament is called to debate Sweden’s bid, the assembly is due to sit for its regular session on Feb. 26.
quote:Senate blocks bipartisan $118bn bill on US-Mexico border and Ukraine
Bill would have granted president new power to shut border, and provided billions for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza and West Bank
The Senate blocked a bipartisan border and national security bill from advancing on Wednesday, as Democrats accused Republicans of bending to the political wishes of Donald Trump at the expense of their constituents.
The vote was 49 to 50, with 45 Democrats and four Republicans supporting the bill’s advancement. Sixty votes were needed to begin debate on the bill.
Most of the Republican conference opposed the bill’s advancement after complaining that the legislation did not go far enough in addressing the needs at the US-Mexico border, where arrests for illegal crossings have hit record highs. Five members of the Democratic caucus also voted to block the bill, out of concern about the severity of the border-security measures and the added funding for Israel’s military amid the war in Gaza.
The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, initially supported the bill’s advancement but then changed his vote – a procedural maneuver that would allow the chamber to revisit the proposal in the future.
The $118bn bill would have granted the president a new power to shut down the border when daily crossings pass a certain limit while also expediting the asylum review process, which could have led to quicker deportation for many migrants. The bill would have provided $60bn in military assistance for Ukraine, $14bn in security assistance for Israel and $10bn in humanitarian assistance for civilians affected by wars in Ukraine, and Gaza and the West Bank.
With the border deal dead, the Senate attempted to advance a separate foreign aid package that would include only the funding for US allies outlined in the bipartisan bill. There was some apparent confusion over how much support that bill had, forcing senators to keep an initial vote on the proposal open for four hours as they debated the best path forward.
When the vote finally closed on Wednesday evening, 58 out of 100 senators were on record supporting the bill’s advancement. But 60 votes will be required to start debate on the bill, so it currently lacks the necessary support to pass the Senate. Taking to the Senate floor on Wednesday evening, Schumer announced the chamber would reconvene Thursday to vote on the bill again.
“We will recess until tomorrow and give our Republican colleagues the night to figure themselves out,” Schumer said. “We’ll be coming back tomorrow at noon, and hopefully that will give the Republicans the time they need. We will have this vote tomorrow.”
However, it remained deeply unclear whether a foreign aid package without border measures could pass the Senate, which considered a similar proposal back in December. Republicans, who insisted that the legislation must address the border, previously blocked that package from advancing.
Some hard-right Republicans had already indicated that they would oppose the standalone bill, demanding more concessions from Democrats on border policy. Senator Mike Lee, a Republican of Utah, said members of his party should not approve the bill without “language conditioning any Ukraine funds on the achievement of border-security benchmarks”.
On Tuesday, Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, had tried to pre-empt a potential foreign aid package by holding a vote on a bill that would only provide funding to Israel. The bill was designed to appeal to hard-right Republicans, who have grown increasingly resistant to Ukraine funding, but the House voted it down on Tuesday evening.
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‘Show a little courage’: Biden attacks Republicans for ‘caving’ to Trump on US-Mexico border security bill
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In a pointed speech delivered at the White House on Tuesday, Joe Biden blamed the border bill’s expected failure on Trump, who had encouraged Republicans to oppose the deal. Writing on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday, Trump dismissed the bill as “nothing more than a highly sophisticated trap for Republicans to assume the blame on what the Radical Left Democrats have done to our Border, just in time for our most important EVER Election”. Echoing Trump’s concern about the impact that the bill’s passage could have on the presidential race, some Republican lawmakers have suggested border security should not be addressed until after the November election.
“All indications are this bill won’t even move forward to the Senate floor. Why? A simple reason: Donald Trump. Because Donald Trump thinks it’s bad for him politically … He’d rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it,” Biden said on Tuesday. “Every day between now and November, the American people are going to know that the only reason the border is not secure is Donald Trump and his Maga [Make America great again] Republican friends.”
quote:Massive attack on Ukraine: more than 40 victims in Kyiv, Kharkiv Oblast was fired upon by missiles produced in the DPRK
On February 7, Russian forces launched a series of attacks across Ukraine, targeting civilian homes and properties. Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat confirmed the strikes, noting casualties.
Russian forces have targeted private properties and homes of Ukrainians, as stated by Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat. Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the Kharkiv region police, reported that two of the five missiles launched by Russian troops on February 7 at Kharkiv were manufactured in North Korea.
Russian attacks on Ukrainian private property
In Mykolaiv, 71 residential buildings sustained damage due to the impact. Yuri Ignat, speaking on Channel 24, questioned whether the targets of Russian attacks have shifted. He noted that occupiers are launching rockets and drones at private properties and houses of Ukrainians. Ignat highlighted the tragic incident where a newborn child was killed by an S-300 missile during a previous terrorist attack by the occupiers.
Similarly, during the shelling on the morning of February 7, a Kh-22 rocket caused serious destruction in a settlement in the Mykolaiv region.
Overview of Russian attacks on Ukraine
On February 7, the aggressor country attacked six regions of Ukraine with drones and missiles of various types. The majority of missiles were launched at Kyiv, where Serhii Popko, head of the KMVA, reported that air defense forces destroyed about 20 missiles.
The attack resulted in the deaths of four people and more than 40 injuries in the capital. Furthermore, Serhiy Bolvinov confirmed that two of the five missiles fired at Kharkiv on February 7 were produced in North Korea. Metal fragments of ballistic missiles collected by explosives experts in the industrial zone indicate preliminary conclusions of specialists point to North Korean HWASON 11GA (KN-23) missiles. This isn't the first time Russia has used missiles from North Korea.
Earlier, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin provided evidence of missile launches at Kharkiv from North Korea.
The White House stated on January 4 that North Korea recently provided Russia with ballistic missiles and launchers for use in its war against Ukraine. However, both Russia and North Korea deny supplying ballistic missiles for use by the Kremlin in the war in Ukraine. In Mykolaiv, Russian forces targeted residential buildings, resulting in significant damage.
Mayor Oleksandr Sienkovych reported that 71 buildings were damaged, with three completely destroyed. One person died, and more than 10 others were injured during the morning attack. Psychological assistance was provided to 60 residents. The mayor stated that assistance is being provided to those whose homes were damaged by the explosion, with offers of resettlement, though many have refused.
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosyniak-Kamysh commented on the missile attack on Ukraine, noting that Russia had replenished its losses suffered at the start of a full-scale invasion. He emphasized that Poland should be prepared for any scenario.
Een aantal filmpjes in het artikel. Zo te zien gaat het om verschillende aanvallen in de regio vandaag.quote:Explosions were heard in Belgorod
In the Russian city of Belgorod, sirens and explosions are heard today.
Russian air defense tried to shoot down something in the sky, but it was unsuccessful.
Footage taken by local residents shows a noticeable explosion at the ZhSK-1 building materials plant.
fire broke out at the plant; no casualties have been reported yet.
Judging by reports on local telegram channels, the attack lasted at least an hour.
Local residents also said that the ammunition hit the cab of the truck; the number of casualties is unknown.
In addition, city residents complain that windows in apartments were broken by the shock wave.
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quote:Russia, Having Weathered an Aviation Crisis, Now Confronts a Railway Catastrophe as its Railroads Battle a Severe Locomotive Shortage Amidst Relentless Western Sanctions; Read Report
Western sanctions on high tech equipment and new or replacement parts for locomotives have reduced the Russian state-run rail system's ability to move freight.
Moscow, February 7, 2024 – The Russian state-owned railway, RZHD, finds itself in a severe locomotive shortage, a crisis exacerbated by Western sanctions on critical parts supplies.
Since the latter half of 2023, RZHD has been grappling with a dwindling number of operational locomotives as the volume and duration of rolling stock repairs have surged due to a shortage of sanctioned imported components.
Reports from the Russian publication Vedomosti corroborate the challenges faced by RZHD, shedding light on the severity of the situation.
According to representatives of the state monopoly, the crisis reached a critical juncture in the fourth quarter of 2023, prompting urgent efforts to address the issue with service providers.
While nominally, RZHD has sufficient locomotives for cargo transportation, the operational capacity of the Russian railway network is steadily declining.
The ramifications of this crisis are particularly pronounced on the Sverdlovsk railway, where extended periods of locomotive downtime during repairs are disrupting operations.
Sources close to RZHD reveal that repair operations need to be conducted more effectively, leading to frequent breakdowns of locomotives during transit.
Mikhail Burmistrov, the general director of Infoline-Analytics, underscores the gravity of the situation, highlighting a decline in the technical readiness ratio of the locomotive fleet from 95 per cent to 93 per cent by mid-2023, with further deterioration noted in January 2024.
With approximately 20,000 traction rolling stock units scattered across the RZHD network, repair responsibilities are distributed among various entities, including Lokotech and STM service.
However, these service providers need help with their own challenges, including losing access to specialized components due to sanctions.
Burmistrov further elucidates that a shortage of skilled personnel exacerbates the crisis besides procurement difficulties.
While efforts are underway to integrate domestically produced locomotives into the fleet, the transition is marred by reliability issues and insufficient availability.
Parallel challenges confront the Russian civilian aviation sector in the aftermath of the country’s full-scale invasion.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s pledge to bolster domestic aircraft production echoes President Putin’s vision of self-sufficiency by 2030. However, recent safety incidents underscore the urgency of this initiative.
Since the onset of the new year, numerous safety-related incidents involving foreign commercial aircraft operated by Russian airlines have been reported.
From technical malfunctions to emergency landings, these incidents underscore the precarious state of the industry.
To mitigate the impact of sanctions, S7 airline announces staff layoffs amidst constraints in fleet maintenance.
The decision reflects the broader repercussions on aviation employment, with a significant portion of its aircraft grounded due to sanctions-related issues.
In a related development, Rosaviatsiya directs airlines to suspend the usage of specific aircraft on flights to Egypt, citing the risk of impoundment.
This directive follows legal disputes surrounding leased aircraft, underscoring the far-reaching consequences of sanctions on Russian aviation operations.
The locomotive shortage plaguing Russian railways and challenges in the aviation sector paints a grim picture of the nation’s transportation infrastructure.
As authorities grapple with the immediate ramifications of sanctions, the long-term implications for Russia’s economic and logistical landscape remain uncertain.
quote:Leading Chinese bank halts operations in Russia, Belarus
China's Chouzhou Commercial Bank has notified its clients in Russia and Belarus that it is ending all of its operations there due to payment issues associated with Western sanctions, the Russian state-controlled media outlet Vedomosti reported on Feb. 7, citing sources.
The news appears to be related to enhanced restrictions the U.S. announced in December 2023 to target financial institutions that help support Russia's war effort. The measures expanded sanctions authority over any financial institutions "determined to have conducted or facilitated any significant transactions...or provided any services" for already sanctioned individuals or companies involved in Russia's military-industrial complex.
Sources told Vedomosti that all payments have been impacted, not just those that use SWIFT.
Russian and Chinese payment systems still produce records viewable by Western regulators regardless of their SWIFT usage. Western sanctions enforcers have been putting increased pressure on Chinese banks to access transactions associated with Russia.
Major Chinese banks have reportedly strengthened their compliance with Western sanctions after the new U.S. restrictions were announced in December 2023.
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said at the time that the measures would apply even to unwitting financial partners, putting the onus on financial institutions and exporters in third-party countries to preemptively prevent any potential collaboration with Russia's military-industrial complex.
A Russian financial analyst told Vedomosti that so far, not all transactions with Chinese banks have been halted, and payments using Chinese yuan may still be possible, albeit at a slower pace.
Most of the top Chinese banks have branches in the U.S., making them vulnerable to sanctions enforcement.
"China’s political will is not used at the expense of its own interests, and the Chinese logically want to avoid their banks being subjected to Western sanctions," the analyst told Vedomosti.
Gewoon uitleveren aan Oekraïne die hap. En zijn getuigenis over een dode heeft helemaal geen waarde natuurlijk.quote:Ex-Wagner commander who fled to Norway has asylum request rejected
Andrey Medvedev, the former Wagner Group commander who made headlines in January 2023 for escaping to Norway, had his asylum request rejected by Norwegian authorities, his lawyer told Reuters on Feb. 6.
Since Medvedev’s first arrival in Norway, he spoke out about various war crimes committed by the Wagner Group and said he was willing to testify against the late former Wagner Group commander, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Medvedev was also arrested by Norwegian police in February 2023 after a bar fight.
After stating that he feared for his life if he were to return to Russia, Medvedev sought asylum in Norway but also expressed concern that he might be extradited to Ukraine for his role in war crimes committed by Wagner Group forces.
Medvedev's lawyer told Reuters that his asylum request was rejected because the Norwegian government did not consider him to have been an official member of the Russian armed forces.
While Medvedev's asylum request was denied, Norway does not plan to deport him, his lawyer said.
"He risks being punished for desertion and being killed by people from Wagner," Medvedev's lawyer said, adding that he plans to appeal the case.
It is unclear how the supposed threat against Medvedev's life in Russia has changed since September 2023, when he was arrested after he allegedly tried to illegally cross back into Russia from Norway, supposedly over fears he would be extradited to Ukraine.
Medvedev had previously told a local Norwegian newspaper that he had no plans to return to Russia.
quote:Iranian diplomat dies in Moscow
An Iranian diplomat at the embassy in Moscow allegedly died in a fitness club on February 4, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
The paper identified the man as “A. Jahangiri,” 66, saying he felt unwell while exercising on a treadmill and died soon afterwards.
There is a long history of Iranian and Russian diplomats dying in sudden circumstances in recent years. Jahangiri’s death comes amid growing discontent in Tehran with Moscow’s handling of its security contracts with the country, with one Iranian MP accusing Russia of Betrayal.
Preliminary information revealed that the diplomat's sudden death was caused by a blood clot rupturing during training in a gym, according to the Russian newspaper.
Neither the Iranian embassy nor Persian media have published any reports on the tragic death of the embassy employee, which is now adding to questions on social media for the blackout.
This is not the first instance of sudden death of Iranian officials and their families in Moscow. The daughter of the former Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Sanaei died after a reported “heart attack,” according to Russian media reporting on the late-night occurrence.
Emerging reports of suicide in the diplomatic mission were called a provocation by the Iranian mission at the time.
“This was not the case; the embassy refutes this, the embassy noted, adding that she had a heart attack,” it said in response.
Meanwhile, Russian diplomat Konstantin Alekseev, who worked in the embassy in Tehran and consulate in Rasht, was reportedly found dead by his wife in December 2023 in their apartment in Moscow.
It was unclear if the diplomat, returning from Rasht in 2019, was still involved with Iran.
quote:Russia began exchanging oil for Indian bananas
The Russian authorities are launching a “banana scheme” to solve the problem of trade imbalance with India, which increased oil purchases from the Russian Federation 11 times after the start of the war, but did not launch a return flow of goods into the Russian market.
In January, the first batch of bananas left India for Russia, the press service of Rosselkhoznadzdor reported on Tuesday. The department emphasized that the decision to open the Russian market for Indian bananas was made after long negotiations and supply volumes will increase.
“The next delivery is planned until the end of February,” Rosselkhoznadzor said, adding that Russia has no restrictions on the import of fruits and vegetables from India, and local farmers are also interested in exporting mangoes, pineapples, papaya and guava.
India is the world's largest producer of bananas: last year, according to FAO, the country grew 33 million tons of this fruit. Russia is the world's main banana importer, accounting for a fifth of all purchases in the world.
Indian bananas will replace Ecuadorian bananas on the Russian market: in early February, Rosselkhoznadzor banned their import after discovering a polyphagous humpback fly in several batches. The decision was made after the Ecuadorian government announced the transfer of Soviet weapons to the United States for subsequent shipment to Ukraine.
Bananas should plug the “hole” in the Russian-Indian trade balance and, perhaps, solve the problem of rupees stuck in India, the volume of which, according to Reuters, could reach $39 billion. We are talking about the money with which Indian refineries paid for Russian oil, obeying the demand to carry out transactions in national currencies. However, it turned out to be impossible to withdraw rupees from India: local currency regulations prohibit this. Since late 2022, Russian officials have been pressing India for reciprocal supplies to Russia so that the accumulated rupees can be spent. The Indian government was asked to export equipment to the Russian Federation: pistons, oil pumps, ignition coils, bumpers, equipment for the textile industry, as well as threads and paints and almost 200 goods for metallurgy. But it was not possible to get the process off the ground.
At its peak, in the summer of 2023, India purchased more than 2 million barrels of Russian oil daily. By early 2024, supplies had dropped sharply to 1.2 million barrels per day. At the same time, India refused to accept 14 tankers with Sokol oil in its ports after the United States imposed sanctions against the Kremlin’s “shadow fleet.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)_a_scene_in_a_5star/quote:Customs service general fired after drunken brawl in Kaliningrad
Lieutenant General Oleg Zavgorodniy, who caused a drunken brawl during a business trip to Kaliningrad, resigned from the Federal Customs Service (FCS). The department's press service reported that he himself submitted his resignation.
“We confirm the fact of the dismissal of the head of the main logistics department of the Federal Customs Service of Russia O. A. Zavgorodniy at his own request on February 6, 2024,” the service noted ( quoted from RIA Novosti).
On February 5, the general was detained for disorderly conduct in Kaliningrad, where he came on a business trip to participate in a meeting on the results of the work of the regional customs for 2023. A video has spread online showing Zavgorodniy lying in handcuffs on the floor of a police station, threatening members of the Russian Guard and kicking them.
The telegram channel “VChK-OGPU” wrote that after arriving in Kaliningrad, a high-ranking customs officer, together with colleagues from Moscow, settled in the five-star Crystal House hotel, in a room with an area of 300 m², accommodation in which costs 235 thousand rubles per day.
After drinking alcohol in the hotel restaurant, the general began to behave aggressively and attracted the attention of the hotel security, who called the National Guard squad with a panic button. Upon the arrival of the officers, Zavgorodny got into a fight, first with the guards, and then with them, after which he was detained and taken to the department.
According to the channel, along with Zavgorodniy, the deputy head of the Federal Customs Service, Colonel-General Andrei Strukov, took part in the brawl at the hotel, but after the squad arrived, he locked himself in the room and then helped the detainee to freedom. Zavgorodny was never able to take part in the board.
According to sources, after this the Federal Customs Service tried to hush up the scandal and sent the general on sick leave, but in the end it eventually came to dismissal. However, he retained all the privileges and compensation. The Federal Customs Service has not yet decided what to do with Strukov.
The story of the rowdy behavior of high-ranking customs officers reached the Kremlin. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that he was not in the know and advised that the details of the incident be clarified with the relevant departments.
Dat ze met die drone de Ruzzen maar veel pijn mogen doen diep in Ruzlandquote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 08:34 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
nice
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Bonus biem:
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*Insert mild shock*quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 10:41 schreef Barbusse het volgende:
Tegenstander van Poetin mag niet meedoen aan presidentsverkiezingen
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Gras is groen en dat soort dingenquote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 10:41 schreef Barbusse het volgende:
Tegenstander van Poetin mag niet meedoen aan presidentsverkiezingen
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Met die granaten op 9 minuten zie je de stukken uitrusting door de lucht vliegenquote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 11:41 schreef Elan het volgende:
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Bizar. Alsof je een potje Warzone zit te kijken.
Ja, ik moest echt even bijkomen hiervan.quote:
Volgens mij is er geen dekking in die gebieden, dus lijkt me onzin.quote:
Bedankt Zaluzhnyi! Je bent een heldquote:
Indringende film. Ik lees hier een beetje mee en zag laatst een paar enigszins laffe users verkondigen dat ze liever zouden vluchten dan in dienst te gaan, mochten de Russen aan de poort rammelen. Voor dat soort figuren past het woord 'faggots' wel. In het filmpje roepen de Oekrainers dit steeds naar de Russen.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 11:41 schreef Elan het volgende:
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Bizar. Alsof je een potje Warzone zit te kijken.
Ik vermoed dat Nederlanders zich ook niet meer zo goed kunnen identificeren met hun land. Om uiteenlopende redenen.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 18:28 schreef Pleun2011 het volgende:
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Indringende film. Ik lees hier een beetje mee en zag laatst een paar enigszins laffe users verkondigen dat ze liever zouden vluchten dan in dienst te gaan, mochten de Russen aan de poort rammelen. Voor dat soort figuren past het woord 'faggots' wel. In het filmpje roepen de Oekrainers dit steeds naar de Russen.
Budanov zit ook een een prima plek nu.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 18:04 schreef Nebelwerfer het volgende:
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Deze keuze is ook veel logischer. Nu nog hopen dat het de juiste blijkt.
Nee joh, dit gewoon regulier technisch onderhoudquote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 18:55 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Die special ops teams hebben het maar druk achter de linies.
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Mja, het gros in Nederland zou niet meevechten. Jij waarschijnlijk ook niet als je de statistieken volgt. Het is ook een vrij rationele keuze in een land waar het leven niet ronduit kut is. Je hebt immers meestal wel wat geld hier om elders een leven op te bouwen. Als die niet-faggots die zijn gaan vechten toen de oorlog in Oekraine uitbrak zijn dood.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 18:28 schreef Pleun2011 het volgende:
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Indringende film. Ik lees hier een beetje mee en zag laatst een paar enigszins laffe users verkondigen dat ze liever zouden vluchten dan in dienst te gaan, mochten de Russen aan de poort rammelen. Voor dat soort figuren past het woord 'faggots' wel. In het filmpje roepen de Oekrainers dit steeds naar de Russen.
Komt denk ik omdat Nederland tegenwoordig een samengeraapte hoop van allerlei culturen en etniciteiten is zonder iets van een eenheid. Zomaar een gokje.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 18:51 schreef Elan het volgende:
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Ik vermoed dat Nederlanders zich ook niet meer zo goed kunnen identificeren met hun land. Om uiteenlopende redenen.
Ja vroeger tijdens de verzuiling, toen waren we pas een eenheid.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 19:20 schreef Joppiez het volgende:
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Komt denk ik omdat Nederland tegenwoordig een samengeraapte hoop van allerlei culturen en etniciteiten is zonder iets van een eenheid. Zomaar een gokje.
Het is er in ieder geval niet beter op geworden.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 19:21 schreef Perrin het volgende:
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Ja vroeger tijdens de verzuiling, toen waren we pas een eenheid.
Dit is gewoon een medewerker geweest die even niet oplette tijdens het roken.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 18:55 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Die special ops teams hebben het maar druk achter de linies.
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Men kon elkaar in ieder geval verstaan en volgde dezelfde religie, zei het een andere afsplitsing. En identificeerde zich primair als Nederlander. Dat is toch wel een dingetje nu en niet echt te vergelijken met vroeger.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 19:21 schreef Perrin het volgende:
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Ja vroeger tijdens de verzuiling, toen waren we pas een eenheid.
quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 19:23 schreef Joppiez het volgende:
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Het is er in ieder geval niet beter op geworden.
Misschien heeft dat team er net 150km op zittenquote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 18:55 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Die special ops teams hebben het maar druk achter de linies.
Exact!quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 19:20 schreef Joppiez het volgende:
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Komt denk ik omdat Nederland tegenwoordig een samengeraapte hoop van allerlei culturen en etniciteiten is zonder iets van een eenheid. Zomaar een gokje.
Tja of gewoonweg niet willen sterven of gehandicapt worden door een domme oorlog. Je leeft maar 1 keer, dus als hier de pleuris uitbreekt pak ik ook de eerste de beste mogelijkheid naar Amerika/Canada/Australie enzquote:
Bah, landverrader!quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 19:59 schreef Joppiez het volgende:
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Tja of gewoonweg niet willen sterven of gehandicapt worden door een domme oorlog. Je leeft maar 1 keer, dus als hier de pleuris uitbreekt pak ik ook de eerste de beste mogelijkheid naar Amerika/Canada/Australie enz
SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.Dat zijn weer een hoop verliezen vandaag.
Het heeft niet eens een week geduurd.quote:Op zaterdag 3 februari 2024 10:44 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Hang de Russische vlag nog maar niet in top. Er zal best wat gedoe zijn achter de schermen, en dat Zelenskyy niet blij is geloof ik ook wel, maar Zalushny is niet ontslagen of tot vertrekken gedwongen.
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quote:Ukraine's president has sacked the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
It follows speculation about a rift between the president and Gen Zaluzhnyi, who has led Ukraine's war effort since the conflict began.
Betekend dit dat de hulp er nu gaat komen? En dat de republikeinen nu de grensgebeuren kunnen vergeten door hun eigen domme fout door het steeds weer afwijzen van de toezeggingen/de lat steeds hoger te leggen?quote:
Het is ook de vraag wat de invloed van Sirski hier gaat zijn. Dat is toch zover ik kan lezen een minder voorzichtige commandant dan Zaluzjni. Hij zal toch niet direct Avdiivka willen verliezen lijkt me gezien zijn geschiedenis in Bagmoet.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 01:40 schreef oheng het volgende:
Het lijkt erop dat Avdiivka verloren is als ik de geluiden uit die richting mag geloven. Al een tijd terug is de weerstand minimaal. Artillerie tekort is nijpend.
De stad wordt simpelweg aan puin geschoten. Met burgers en al.
Oja, hier zijn de gelekte russische bestanden. Zou ze nog doorlezen maar heb geen tijd. Shaheed drones blijken een factor 10 keer zo duur te zijn als werd aangenomen.
Dit gaat gewoon om de presidentsverkiezingen. Van republikeinse kant is het in stant houden van de grensproblematiek waarschijnlijk een methode om de verkiezingen in het voordeel van Trump te kunnen beslechten. Biden probeerde doormiddel van koehandel dit toch er door te krijgen.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 20:20 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Betekend dit dat de hulp er nu gaat komen? En dat de republikeinen nu de grensgebeuren kunnen vergeten door hun eigen domme fout door het steeds weer afwijzen van de toezeggingen/de lat steeds hoger te leggen?
Dat ze nu dus om het congress heen gewerkt hebben?
Of betekend dit eigenlijk nog helemaal niks/iets heel anders?
Amerikaanse politiek is zo nu en dan een beetje verwarrend.
Dat gedeelte had ik door. Maar wat betekend deze overwinning in het senaat met betrekking tot de hulp aan Oekraine/Israel.Taiwan.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 20:42 schreef BlaZ het volgende:
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Dit gaat gewoon om de presidentsverkiezingen. Van republikeinse kant is het in stant houden van de grensproblematiek waarschijnlijk een methode om de verkiezingen in het voordeel van Trump te kunnen beslechten. Biden probeerde doormiddel van koehandel dit toch er door te krijgen.
imo een beetje een flutonderzoekje wmb, oorlog is zo ver weg voor Nederland en Nederlanders, je hebt geen idee hoe je reageert als je moedertje beschoten wordt en je basisschool platgebombardeerd isquote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 19:17 schreef Akkerdjie het volgende:
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Mja, het gros in Nederland zou niet meevechten. Jij waarschijnlijk ook niet als je de statistieken volgt. Het is ook een vrij rationele keuze in een land waar het leven niet ronduit kut is. Je hebt immers meestal wel wat geld hier om elders een leven op te bouwen. Als die niet-faggots die zijn gaan vechten toen de oorlog in Oekraine uitbrak zijn dood.
Lekker boeiend wat mensen van je vinden. Het zijn altijd de armen die de eer krijgen te mogen sneuvelen voor hun plaatselijke elite.
https://www.defensieplatf(...)en%20in%20Defensie).
Aaah, het is slechts om het congress een tweede (gevraagde) optie te geven zonder de grensdeal erbij. En het is slechts een eerste stap met de bedoeling om een debat erover te starten en uiteindelijk nog een andere stemming. Dus vooralsnog symbolisch.quote:Senate advances $95 billion Ukraine, Israel funding bill, faces uphill battle as budget talks loom
• The Senate advanced a motion to begin debate on a $95 billion package to fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which was a stripped-down version of the Senate’s failed $118 billion bill.
• The vote allows debate to begin on the aid package, days before their two-week recess and with only a few weeks until government shutdown deadlines in early March.
• Ukraine funding disagreements caused a near government shutdown in September and senators have been trying to negotiate a compromise in the months since.
Senators on Thursday advanced a foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, garnering momentum for a funding package that has been a persistent thorn in the side of federal budget talks over the past few months.
By a final tally of 67-32, senators voted to begin debate on a $95 billion aid package to fund Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian aid in war-torn regions.
“This is a good first step,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. said on the Senate floor following the vote.
The bill still faces an uphill battle as senators now begin discussion on amendments with just a few days until they are supposed to break for two weeks.
If senators postpone talks for the two-week recess, the aid package will likely get sidelined as budget negotiations take the front seat, given looming government shutdown deadlines on March 1 and March 8.
The $95 billion bill was a stripped-down version of the Senate’s $118 billion bipartisan funding package, which was released on Sunday.
The initial, more expensive bill failed Wednesday in a 49-50 vote after days of Republican opposition to the border security provisions.
Anticipating that the first vote would fail, Schumer devised a plan to force a vote on the new $95 billion version of the bill, this time subtracting the disputed border security elements.
“For all those Republicans who first said, ‘We want it with border,’ and now say, ‘We want it without border,’ they got both options,” Schumer said Wednesday morning.
The success of Thursday’s vote is a hopeful next step for an issue that has been a point of paralysis for budget negotiations in the past.
Ukraine aid was the centerpiece of a particularly dramatic saga in September. House Republican hardliners tanked a budget deal in opposition to $6 billion of Ukraine aid. At the time, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to remove the Ukraine funding and pass a short-term bill to keep the government running. Days later, McCarthy was ousted from his post.
Since then, Congress has continued to keep the government’s lights on with short-term, stopgap budget measures, called continuing resolutions, passed hastily at several different points over the past year to avoid government shutdowns.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has been adamant about his disdain for continuing resolutions.
“I think operating by CRs and shutting down the government is a dereliction of duty,” he said in December.
Still, deadlocked congressional disagreements have forced Johnson’s hand. In January, he helped pass yet another continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, which now expires in early March.
With roughly a month until that short-term budget dries up, passing the aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan could leave lawmakers with one less thing to fight over and help clear a path toward a long-term budget.
But Johnson’s hatred for CRs might not be enough to outweigh his desire to torpedo the Senate’s foreign aid bill. Even if senators can pass the $95 billion, border-less bill, House Republicans have not confirmed which way they will swing on it.
“The House will review the Senate’s product,” Speaker Johnson’s office said in a statement on Wednesday. “The Speaker believes the House should review each issue individually on its merits.”
Dat zal ze leren die schobbejakken! Nu zal Rusland vast zijn leven gaan beteren.quote:The UN commission has called on the Russian Federation to stop deporting Ukrainian children
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has demanded an immediate cessation of Russia's forced removal of children from Ukraine.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued a damning indictment against Russia, urging an immediate cessation of the forced removal of children from Ukraine. Voice of America reports that the committee's latest findings underscore a dire situation requiring urgent attention.
Russia Urged to Cease Forced Export of Children from Ukraine
In a sternly worded report, experts from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child have called on Russia to halt its practice of forcibly exporting or deporting children from the occupied territories of Ukraine. The report demands transparency from the Russian Federation, insisting on the disclosure of the exact number of children taken from Ukraine and the swift facilitation of their return home.
The committee's findings highlight Russia's violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by stripping deported children of their Ukrainian citizenship. This action underscores a blatant disregard for international law and human rights standards.
Bragi Gudbrandson, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee, expressed grave concerns over reports of sexual exploitation and gender-based violence in Ukraine, Crimea, and Sevastopol, areas currently under Russian occupation. The committee emphasizes the urgent need for intervention to address these egregious violations of children's rights.
Allegations of War Crimes
Gudbrandson highlighted accusations of war crimes directed at the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, raising serious doubts about Russia's commitment to upholding international norms and protecting children in conflict zones.
The committee underscored the importance of protecting children from all forms of violence, including abuse and neglect. Urgent measures are needed to ensure that children are provided with appropriate support and intervention to prevent further victimization.
The UN expressed deep concern over the politicization and militarization of schools, emphasizing the need for education systems to promote values of peace, tolerance, and mutual understanding. Attempts to rewrite school curricula to serve military-political agendas are condemned as detrimental to the well-being of children.
Violation of Children's Rights in Ukraine
During discussions on Ukraine, the Russian Federation faced severe criticism for violating children's rights, including the killing and injury of hundreds of children due to indiscriminate attacks. The forced displacement and deportation of children from Ukraine were also condemned as grave violations of human rights.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child emphasized the importance of ensuring access to education for all children, including those belonging to ethnic groups and indigenous communities in Crimea. Education in the Ukrainian language must be made available to promote cultural diversity and inclusion.
quote:ANALYSIS: Use of Another Putin ‘Wonder Weapon’ – Sign of Russian Determination or Desperation?
The 40 plus strong missile attack on Ukraine on Wednesday probably saw the first appearance of the “Tsirkon” hypersonic missile that Putin has been “promising” to use for over a year.
Among the debris found following the Feb. 7 Russian missile attack on Ukraine, was what appears to be the remnants of a 3M22 Tsirkon (or Zircon) hypersonic missile which was one of Moscow’s “wonder weapons” first revealed in March 2018.
The 3M22 was not included in the official breakdown of missiles shot down during Wednesday’s attack given by Ukrainian Air Force’s, which only mentioned Kh-555/101 and Kalibr cruise and Shahed drones. However, earlier in the morning, they had warned of the approach of a “high-velocity missile” towards Kyiv.
Military commentators feel that, as the wreckage was found adjacent to powerlines in the Dniprovsky district of Kyiv, this was an unlikely target for a multi-million-dollar missile, making it probable that it was indeed shot down by Ukrainian air defense.
The Monitor Telegram channel first drew attention to the missile as being “something different” and said had been fired from a land-based launcher in occupied Crimea.
They described the missile as flying on an “atypical trajectory,” different, but similar, to that previously witnessed when Onyx and Kinzhal missiles were fired on Ukraine.
While markings on the missile wreckage indicated that it was indeed from a Tsirkon, they seem to be hand written which, along with the fact it did not reach hypervelocity during flight, casts some doubt on its identification. It is possible that this was a “prototype” and another example of Russia deploying a “test sample” to see how it would perform.
Russia’s armed forces test-fired the Tzirkon in public for the first time in December 2022, after which Putin announced that from the following January Russian ships, specifically the newly-commissioned Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine, would be armed with the weapon.
Tzirkon was slated to replace the P-700 Granit and P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles using the universal UKSK 3S14 missile launcher, in a move the Kremlin described as making Moscow's international security guarantees “more convincing.”
Little is really known about the Tzirkon other than the few details Russia has let slip and its designation as a hypervelocity is based purely on those. It has not been seen to achieve such speed either during its earlier testing or on this operational deployment.
So far, the exact tactical and technical characteristics of the product have not been officially reported with publicly released specifications changing over time.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced it had been accepted into service in June 2022 and mass production would start immediately. At the time they mentioned it would have a 300-kilogram warhead, a range of 400 kilometers and a flight speed of Mach 6 (Mach 5 being the usually recognized hypervelocity threshold).
During his December 2022 announcement, however, Putin claimed a range of 1,000 kilometers at a speed of Mach 9.
As neither of the naval vessels known to carry the missile have access to the Black Sea, because of Turkish-imposed constraints, and Monitor’s suggestion the missile was fired from land in the Crimean Peninsula there are questions concerning the platform used to launch the Tsirkon (if that is what it was).
The most likely candidate seems to be the K-300 Bastion coastal defense system which had earlier been adapted to fire the Oniks anti-ship missiles for attacks on residential areas, infrastructure, grain storage and handling facilities in Odesa.
While, if the wreckage recovered in Kyiv is from a Tsirkon, it would suggest that it is likely to be as vulnerable to Ukraine’s more capable air defense systems such as Patriot as the KH72 Kinzhal has been.
The greater threat is, however, because unlike the “early warning” that take-off of the MIG-31Ks which carry the Kinzhals gives a land-based system can be launched without prior warning.
quote:NYT: American officials confirm Patriot missile shot down Il-76 plane
The American-made Patriot missile system is likely responsible for the Russian Il-76 plane crash, American officials anonymously told The New York Times. The plane was also likely carrying at least some Ukrainian prisoners, officials reported.
Russia's Il-76 military transport plane crashed in the country's Belgorod region on Jan. 24, allegedly killing everyone on board.
The cause of the crash is unclear, with Russia claiming that Ukraine's military shot the plane down as it carried 65 Ukrainian POWs. Kyiv has demanded an international probe into the incident.
Ukraine's military intelligence agency did not confirm whether prisoners were on the plane nor have they commented on what might have caused the crash.
Ukrainian officials did reveal that a prisoner exchange had been planned for that day.
Ukrainian military sources told Ukrainska Pravda that the plane was carrying S-300 missiles, regularly used by Russia to strike Kharkiv Oblast.
The Patriot air defense system is a crucial component in protecting Ukrainian air space from Russian missile attacks.
Although American officials have been unable to confirm who was on the plane, sources told the NYT that it appeared probable that at least some of the passengers were Ukrainian prisoners.
The New York Times reported that American officials would not comment on what brought down the plane publicly. According to the news outlet officials who spoke privately on the condition of anonymity said that it was in fact the Patriot missiles.
After Russia claimed that 65 Ukrainian POWs were killed in the crash, Ukraine requested that Russia return the bodies of the killed POWs home.
Russia's government never responded to the appeal. Russia also reportedly blocked the International Committee of Red Cross from investigating the circumstances of the crash.
Officials report that Ukraine likely acted on weak intelligence as the plane was previously used to transport missiles, making it a valuable target for Ukraine's military.
quote:Russia may be trying to build 10,000 attack drones a year for use in Ukraine
A purported cache of stolen Iranian documents also suggests Moscow is paying a lot more than expected.
Is Russia aiming to build 10,000 Shahed-136 loitering munitions a year?
Plans for massive domestic production of the 200-kg, 2,500-km Iranian-designed suicide drones—and the high price Moscow is paying for them—are just two of the purported revelations of files that an Iranian hacking group says it stole from a company controlled by Tehran’s leading paramilitary arm.
On Feb. 4, the Prana hacking group released thousands of emails and multiple documents that it claimed to have purloined from Sahara Thunder, which it calls a front company for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Defense One could not confirm the authenticity of the documents.
Much of the metadata of the files had been deleted, making it difficult to determine whether the files were authentic, said Ruslan Trad, a resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.
One of the documents, dated “November 2022,” describes a trip to Iran earlier that year by employees of Alabuga, a state-owned company that manages a large industrial park in Russia. In August 2023, the Washington Post reported, citing its own leaked documents, that Alabuga was central to a plan to build 6,000 Shahed-136s.
The file posted by Prana said Russia had agreed to buy the technology and components to assemble 6,000 “Dolphin 632 boats.” It also said Russia would produce up to 10,000 a year once it had received all the relevant technology.
But numerous details in the Prana files suggest that these “boats” are in fact UAVs. The “November 2022” document, for example, lists such components as “avionics,” jet-assisted take-off, and a Nassir-2 anti-jamming system.
A separate, Alabuga-branded slideshow titled “Factory Production,” describes the “boat” as including a fuselage and elevons. Their construction requires specialists in “REB,” a Russian acronym referring to electromagnetic warfare.
Other documents, by contrast, seemed to go into exhaustive detail to try to hide that the boat is a drone, with one production schedule listing various boat-related parts.
It is unclear whether the “Dolphin 636” is the Shahed-136, although other documents in the Prana dump explicitly discuss the drone’s technical characteristics. One Alabuga-branded slideshow, "motor boat production technology,” offers multiple images of the propeller-driven aircraft.
And if the drone is in fact the Shahed-136, the documents suggest that Moscow has paid a heftier-than-expected price for the weapon, which it has used in large numbers during its invasion of Ukraine.
Iran initially wanted to charge Moscow a licensing and component fee of $375,000 to assemble each Shahed-136 in Russia, which negotiated that down to $193,000 apiece for 6,000 drones, according to the “November 2022” document.
That price is six times the previously estimated cost of the drone, which is made from low-cost components and carries a 40-kilogram warhead.
Many of the components can be acquired locally, with around 10 percent of components coming from abroad, according to the document.
Russia is also seeking to license-produce several other types of Iranian drones, according to a document titled “April 2023.” These include two variants of a “236” drone—one turbo-powered, and one piston-powered with a “seeker”—and type “107” reconnaissance and strike drones.
The 107 is presumably the Shahed-107 drone, while the 236 is likely in the same product family as the jet-powered Shahed-238.
The prices for the 236 seeker variant is given as $900,000, $1.4 million for the 236 turbo-jet, and $460,000 for the 107 drone, according to the document. The price of the 236 turbo-jet makes it more expensive than the estimated cost of Russia’s Kalibr cruise missile.
The document also said the delivery schedule would depend on its “partner’s” production capabilities. For each category of drone, deliveries would be between ten and 100 per month for the next six months, but eventually ramp up to hundred per month, for a total of 2,130 of the 236 seekers, 677 of the 236 jet-powered drones, and 3,360 of the type 107 drones.
The Shahed-136 reportedly has a range of 1,500 miles, but its top speed is just over 100 miles an hour, making it an easy target for Ukrainian air defenses. In one attack in November, officials claim to have destroyed 74 of 75 incoming drones. Russia has occasionally been successful in using the drone against Ukraine’s infrastructure, including one attack that knocked out Odesa’s electrical system.
Dat zal best allemaal, maar het is natuurlijk wel een signaal dat in een recenter onderzoek het wederom maar 16% is terwijl marokko weer boven de 90% en amerikanten ruim 50% scoort bijvoorbeeld. Het zijn toch afspiegelingen van de situatie nu.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 21:11 schreef sp3c het volgende:
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imo een beetje een flutonderzoekje wmb, oorlog is zo ver weg voor Nederland en Nederlanders, je hebt geen idee hoe je reageert als je moedertje beschoten wordt en je basisschool platgebombardeerd is
net zoiets als vragen of je op het water zou staan als het keihard is geworden
in de Sahelregio zeggen ze fuck no, waarom zou het water keihard zijn geworden?
in Nederland zeggen we IT ... GIET .... OAN!!!!!!
BIETCHES!
geschiedenis leert ons dat de Nederlander komt vechten als het moet
quote:Experienced Ukrainian pilot killed in action
Vladislav Rykov, a highly experienced Ukrainian Air Force pilot, was killed in action on Feb. 7, the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade reported on social media.
Rykov "had 385 sorties under his belt — he was the best pilot and commander I knew," fellow Air Force pilot Rostyslav Lazarenko posted on Facebook. "My heart was ripped out yesterday."
No further details about Rykov's death were provided.
A month earlier, Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, a 23-year-old MiG-29 pilot known by the call sign "Blue Helmet," was also killed during a combat mission.
He was known through his Instagram channel named Blue Helmet, where Zalistovskyi published videos of his flights. The account has amassed over 3,000 followers.
In another incident from last August, three Ukrainian pilots, including well-known aviator Andrii Pilshchykov with the call sign "Juice," died in a mid-air collision between two training jets.
Ja, geen idee wat het effect zal wezen. Ik weet wel dat het verlies van Bakhmut best wel goed heeft uitgepakt voor Oekraine. Immers, daardoor is Wagner onthoofd en uitgeschakeld (onderdeel van Rosgvardia, volgens de huidige Wagner commandant). Interne stabiliteit van rusland is in gevaar gekomen, en volgens Prigozhin zijn er 20.000 russen omgekomen in Bakhmut.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 20:37 schreef BlaZ het volgende:
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Het is ook de vraag wat de invloed van Sirski hier gaat zijn. Dat is toch zover ik kan lezen een minder voorzichtige commandant dan Zaluzjni. Hij zal toch niet direct Avdiivka willen verliezen lijkt me gezien zijn geschiedenis in Bagmoet.
Ik zie buiten dit stukje van Röpke wel redelijk wat negatieve reacties op het ontslag van Zaluzjni, maar goed we gaan het zien.
https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1755640285575450880
Ook was hij grotendeels verantwoordelijk voor de verdediging van Kiev toen de totale invasie begon. Dus zo'n slechte keus is hij niet. Beter dan Budanov in elk geval. Die zit nu op zijn beste plek.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 21:56 schreef oheng het volgende:
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Ja, geen idee wat het effect zal wezen. Ik weet wel dat het verlies van Bakhmut best wel goed heeft uitgepakt voor Oekraine. Immers, daardoor is Wagner onthoofd en uitgeschakeld (onderdeel van Rosgvardia, volgens de huidige Wagner commandant). Interne stabiliteit van rusland is in gevaar gekomen, en volgens Prigozhin zijn er 20.000 russen omgekomen in Bakhmut.
Ik heb ook niet het idee dat er nog veel Oekrainsche troepen nog in Avdiivka zijn.
quote:EU debunks viral claims it is considering sanctions on Tucker Carlson over his interview with Putin
The European Union has refuted reports that it is considering sanctions on American polemist Tucker Carlson for his controversial interview with Vladimir Putin, recorded during his trip to Moscow.
On Wednesday, a flurry of conservative commentators falsely claimed the bloc was mulling slapping a travel ban on Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, after the Kremlin confirmed his sit-down with the Russian president had taken place. It marks Putin's first interview with a Western reporter since he launched the all-out war on Ukraine.
The claim was initially reported by the American magazine Newsweek, based on comments made by a current and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) who called on member states to consider sanctions on Carlson for acting as a "mouthpiece" and "propagandist" for Putin's regime.
The remarks of the two lawmakers, who have no competence to propose or approve sanctions, were mistakenly associated with formal EU plans to target Carlson with restrictive measures, and amplified by X owner Elon Musk, who described the allegations as "disturbing" and a move that would "greatly offend the American public." Musk's post garnered over 25 million views.
On Thursday, Peter Stano, the European Commission's spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy, shut down the rampant speculation. "Currently there are no discussions in the relevant EU bodies linked to this specific person (...) the American person who is in Moscow," he said.
But Stano underlined that the bloc is able to blacklist "propagandists" who have "a continued track record" of information manipulation aimed at undermining the "sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine."
The confusion was sparked by the comments of Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt and former Spanish MEP Luis Garicano, both of the liberal Renew Europe group.
Verhofstadt said earlier this week on social media platform X that if Carlson "enables disinformation for Putin," the EU should "explore" a travel ban.
Responding to Elon Musk’s remarks that EU measures against Carlson would "offend" the US public, Verhofstadt shared a photo of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich behind bars in Moscow, saying "this is what a real journalist in Russia looks like."
"That should greatly offend the American people!" Verhofstadt said.
Musk's platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is under the EU's legal scrutiny for infringements of its digital rulebook, the Digital Services Act, relating to the spread of disinformation and illegal content.
No fact-checking community notes have been added to Newsweek's original story.
We hebben een hoop te verliezen. Naar welk land wil je vluchten als er ellende komt? Onze portemonnee is hier en als je daar aan komt willen we er misschien idd voor vechten. En we hebben wel een geschiedenis van bloedvergieten en gemene spelletjes. Zo beschaafd zijn de Nederlanders niet als het er op aan komt.quote:Op donderdag 8 februari 2024 21:11 schreef sp3c het volgende:
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imo een beetje een flutonderzoekje wmb, oorlog is zo ver weg voor Nederland en Nederlanders, je hebt geen idee hoe je reageert als je moedertje beschoten wordt en je basisschool platgebombardeerd is
net zoiets als vragen of je op het water zou staan als het keihard is geworden
in de Sahelregio zeggen ze fuck no, waarom zou het water keihard zijn geworden?
in Nederland zeggen we IT ... GIET .... OAN!!!!!!
BIETCHES!
geschiedenis leert ons dat de Nederlander komt vechten als het moet
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