Oorlog in Oekra�ne #928 Moedig voorwaarts

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Putin is being demanded to be prosecuted under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism
It is reported that a representative of the Committee-2024 association, Sergei Antonov, appealed to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a demand to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism.

The basis was Putin’s interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, in which the head of the Russian state spoke about the events of World War II.

During the interview, Putin said that “the Poles got too carried away and forced Hitler to start World War II.”

These statements became the basis for Antonov’s appeal to the Investigative Committee, since, in his opinion, they contain “denial of the facts established by the verdict of the International Military Tribunal for the trial and punishment of the main war criminals of the European Axis countries, approval of the crimes established by the said verdict.”



Antonov admitted that the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism is often used for politically motivated purposes, but noted that the words of the President of the Russian Federation fall within its wording.

He also claims that Putin “committed this crime under aggravating circumstances” by disseminating information “using his official position” and through “the media or information and telecommunications networks.”

The politician notes that his application has already been registered and he is awaiting a reaction from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

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Finland announces military aid package for Ukraine
The government of Finland has announced another military aid package to Ukraine, which will be the 22nd since Russia’s first full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Finnish government announced this.

The relevant decision was made by the President of Finland on February 9, 2024, on the proposal of the government. The new military aid package is worth approximately �190 million.

The total value of all aid packages delivered from Finland to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion is �1.8 billion.

The official announcement does not disclose the contents of the aid package or delivery details for security reasons.

Additionally, this aid package will include products purchased from Finnish manufacturers. Separate funding of �30 million has been allocated for this purpose.

Currently, the country’s government is developing a long-term plan to support Ukraine with both military equipment and funding.

In addition, the production of 155-mm artillery shells continues in Finland to expand aid to Ukraine.

As Militarnyi previously reported, Finland will double its ammunition production to help Ukraine.

The agency has committed to investing approximately �24 million to boost the production of heavy ammunition and secure long-term orders from the Finnish industry. This initiative aims to enable the industry to make independent investments.

In addition, the Finnish industry will be able to apply to the EU for support under the financial package of the Ammunition Production Support Regulation, known as ASAP (Act in Support of Ammunition Production).

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Op zaterdag 10 februari 2024 08:14 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Klinkt mij als een interne aangelegenheid. En niet ��n die Rusland toestemming geeft om landje pik te doen. Dat is net zoals Geert Wilders die aan de macht komt en dat dan landen als Marokko een stuk land van ons afpakt omdat daar toevallig veel marrokkanen wonen. Of dat de islamitische landen ons binnen vallen om de moslims te beschermen. (en dan een zogenaamde autonome staat starten op ons grondgebied. Wat Rusland ook als excuus heeft gebruikt in Oekra�ne en Moldavi�).

Eerlijk is eerlijk ik heb slechts 1/3 van die hele lap tekst gelezen.

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5 lies and 1 truth from Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson
Fact-checking the Russian president reveals inconsistencies (shocker!).

How much — if any — of what Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his interview with Tucker Carlson can we believe?

Putin, after all, struggles to recall his last conversation with his counterpart in the United States, President Joe Biden — yet can cite Russian history from 400 years ago with precision.

We listened to Putin’s historical narratives and justifications for invasion to look for contradictions, inaccuracies … and maybe even some truth.

Justification for invasion
What he said: “It’s not that America was going to launch a surprise strike on Russia. I didn’t say that.”
Why he’s wrong: He did say that.

Putin justified the invasion of Ukraine by alleging a threat from the U.S., stating just three days before the war began: “We also know who the main adversary for the U.S. and NATO is — it’s Russia. In NATO documents, our country is officially and directly declared the main threat to Euro-Atlantic security. And Ukraine will serve as the advanced foothold for such an attack.”

Who banned peace talks?
What he said: “The president of Ukraine has legislated a ban on negotiating with Russia.”
Why he’s wrong: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree banning negotiations specifically with Putin, not Russia as a country.

“With this Russian president, it is impossible. He does not know what dignity and honesty are. We are ready for dialogue with Russia, but with a different president,” Zelenskyy said.

Putin, however, perceives that he himself is the single legitimate representative of Russia. His key officials share the same feeling: “There is no Russia today if there is no Putin,” said Vyacheslav Volodin, head of the lower house of Russia’s parliament.

Why the Soviet Union collapsed
What he said: “Russia even agreed voluntarily and proactively to the collapse of the Soviet Union. … After all, the collapse of the Soviet Union was effectively initiated by the Russian leadership.”
Why he’s wrong: Ex-Russian President Boris Yeltsin was one of three signatories to the Belovezha Accords in December 1991, which declared the USSR’s dissolution. But the collapse of the USSR was primarily due to internal political and economic struggles, with several Soviet republics declaring independence against Moscow’s wishes.

Who has the more powerful propaganda
What he said: “In the war of propaganda, it is very difficult to defeat the United States because the United States controls all the world’s media and many European media. The ultimate beneficiaries of the biggest European media are American financial institutions.”
Why he’s wrong: The biggest news media companies are privately owned and operate without direct government control, in contrast to the state-controlled media landscape in Russia. Russian state TV and the primary news agencies there are the property of the government, and the Kremlin controls other media or destroys those not willing to collaborate.

In 2023, Russian authorities threw 28 reporters behind bars, according to Reporters Without Borders. Among them were two American citizens: Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage; and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, accused of failing to register as a “foreign agent.”

Regarding Evan Gershkovich
What he said: “If a person gets secret information and does that in a conspiratorial manner, then this is qualified as espionage. And that is exactly what he was doing. He was receiving classified, confidential information, and he did it covertly.”
Why he’s wrong: The WSJ has vehemently denied Gershkovich’s arrest in Yekaterinburg and the charges against him. Putin accused Gershkovich of espionage without providing evidence for his claims that the FSB caught the reporter “red-handed.”

Russia’s real power (but who actually said that?)
What he said: “The West is afraid of a strong China more than it fears a strong Russia, because Russia has 150 million people and China has a 1.5 billion population. As Bismarck once put it, potentials are the most important.”
Why he’s right (almost): Putin’s admission that the West fears a strong China more than a strong Russia reflects a realistic assessment of geopolitical power dynamics. However, his citation of Otto von Bismarck to support his argument is questionable; POLITICO couldn’t confirm Bismarck making the statement Putin used.

Putin does, however, love using fake quotes. In December 2023, Putin cited Bismarck as saying that “wars are not won by generals but by schoolteachers and parish priests,” although Bismarck never actually said that.

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Op zaterdag 10 februari 2024 08:42 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Als dit je conclusie is na het lezen van 1/3 had je dat ook beter achterwege kunnen laten. Wat een flauwekul.

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Defence Forces destroyed a weapon system of the Buk SAM in the Kherson region
The Ukrainian military destroyed a TELAR of a Buk anti-aircraft system, as well as a number of other equipment in the south.

The news was announced by the 14th Regiment of Armed Forces of Ukraine in its social media.

In the left-bank Kherson region, soldiers of the 14th Regiment hit a number of Russian military equipment of the enemy with the help of coordinated operation of reconnaissance units and artillery.

In particular, the Buk anti-aircraft system of invaders was hit. The video shows a large-scale detonation of ammunition with a rocket fuel fire, which can definitely be regarded as an irretrievable loss of a TELAR.

Overall, the video released shows the destruction:
• 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm self-propelled gun
• 9S36 radar
• Buk-M2 SAM launcher
• R-330Zh Zhitel EW system

The video shows how each defined target is destroyed by a direct hit, which indicates the use of precision weapons. Most likely, HIMARS rocket systems were involved for this.

From the received footage, it was possible to geolocate the position of the R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare system of invaders on the outskirts of the village of Chelburda, Kherson region.

The enemy system was located 13 kilometers from the right bank of the Kherson region.

As previously reported, the 14th Regiment of Armed Forces of Ukraine last month in the same direction destroyed the 9A310M1-2 launcher of another Buk-M1-2 SAM.

Знищення російської техніки 14 полком ЗСУ [Лютий 2024]

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Armenia donated 10 tons of medicines to Ukraine for a military hospital

The Union of Armenians of Ukraine and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Ukraine handed over 10 tons of medicines to the National Military Medical Clinical Center “Main Military Clinical Hospital”.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on this.

The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Natalia Kalmykova and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia in Ukraine Vladimir Karapetyan.

Also, the Commander of Medical Forces of Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General of the Medical Service Anatolii Kazmirchuk, the Head of the Main Military Clinical Hospital, Colonel of the Medical Service Oleh Kolisnyk, and representatives of the Armenian community in Ukraine.

“The humanitarian aid in the form of medicines that the Union of Armenians of Ukraine and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Ukraine are handing over to the Main Military Clinical Hospital today is a very important contribution to the treatment and recovery of Ukraine’s defenders. Thank you very much for your help and support!” Natalia Kalmykova said.

It is noted that the transferred humanitarian aid can be used in many clinical areas, including antibacterial therapy and pain relief for the wounded and sick.

“In this difficult time for Ukraine, when a full-scale war has been going on for almost two years, Armenia offers a helping hand. For the first time, such large-scale humanitarian aid to Ukrainian schoolchildren was brought in September 2023 by the wife of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Anna Hakobyan. Today, the Headquarters of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine is handing over the medicines,” said Ambassador of Armenia in Ukraine Vladimir Karapetyan.

According to him, up to 12,000 Armenians – citizens of Ukraine and other countries – are fighting in the ranks of Ukrainian Defense Forces.

He noted that more than 300 have been awarded for heroism.

“Together with the Union of Armenians of Ukraine, its Headquarters, these people are the most important element in strengthening relations between our people and countries,” the Ambassador emphasized.

The Ministry of Defense also said that within the framework of the humanitarian project, representatives of Armenia have already handed over an aid to a military hospital in the city of Dnipro.

The Ministry of Defense also said that Kharkiv will receive the same cargo in the near future.

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Op zaterdag 10 februari 2024 08:58 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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En jouw rechtvaardigingen van de oorlogen die Rusland gestart is na het uiteenvallen van de het Russische rijk/Sovjet-Unie vindt ik onzin. Hij (Putin, maar ook Rusland voor Putin) gebruikt dezelfde excuses in bijna elke oorlog die hij gestart is. En die hij aan het plannen is om te starten (wil niet zeggen dat hij ze daadwerkelijk zal uitvoeren. Slechts dat hij het grondwerk aan het leggen is).

Zoals ik al zei. Veel van deze landen hadden geen keus of zij bij de Sovjet Unie zouden komen of niet. Hun bevolking werd onderdrukt en uitgebuit.

Een simpele oplossing is voor Rusland om deze etnische Russen de keus te geven om terug te verhuizen naar Rusland als zij het zo moeilijk hebben in de landen waar ze nu zitten. Er is meer dan genoeg land vrij om ze te huisvesten.

En ja ik ben het er mee eens dat er niet gediscrimineerd moet worden tegen minderheden. Dat deze minderheden dezelfde rechten moeten hebben als de meerderheid. Maar deze minderheid moet zich wel realiseren dat ze nu in een ander land worden. Ongeacht waarom dit nu zo is. Of ze er nu heen gevlucht zijn, of ze er heen verhuisd zijn ooit om een beter leven op te bouwen. Of dat ze er al woonden en door een historische oorlog/conflict bij dit land zijn gekomen. Deze minderheid moet zich dus aanpassen. Dat hoeft niet voor 100 procent. Ze mogen een culturele identiteit voor een groot deel behouden. En daar moet rekening mee gehouden worden.... tot op zekere hoogte in elk geval.

Maar dit is geen excuus om dan maar een oorlog te starten. Er zijn andere/betere manieren om dit soort conflicten op te lossen.

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ICC ‘turf war’ blocking Ukrainian bid to have top Russians tried, advocate says
Philippe Sands KC backs Ukrainian call for international tribunal to prosecute Kremlin leaders for crime of aggression

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