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En Oekra�ners vroegen zich af waarom Rusland Oekra�ne wil inpikken gezien de Sovjet Unie uit elkaar is gevallen.

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Het wachten is nu op het moment dat de russische federatie uit elkaar valt

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Na het bewuste fragment gezien te hebben wat @:Delenlill heeft gepost is dit precies wat er aan de hand is.

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Quote: "We know that if Putin is successful here, he will not stop. He will continue to take more aggressive actions in the region. And other leaders around the world, other autocrats around the world will look at this and will be encouraged by the fact that this happened and we failed to support a democracy," he added.

Later, Austin clarified that if Ukraine loses on the battlefield, the Baltic countries may be threatened.

"If you are a Baltic state, you are really worried about whether you are next. They know Putin. They know what he is capable of. And, frankly, if Ukraine falls, I really believe that NATO will be in a fight with Russia," the official said.

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Er zijn nog ontelbare duivelse landen zoals China, Iran, Noord-Korea, India, Pakistan etc. die op de dag des oordeels de beschaafde wereld kunnen aanvallen. De NAVO is meer dan een anti-Rusland organisatie. Het is de laatste verdedigingslinie tegen barbarisme.

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Los van bovenstaande, denk ik dat het westen de technieken van de Russen flink heeft overschat. Dat zie je met kruisraketten en het gemak waarmee die door een patriot uit de lucht worden geknalt. Idem met al die vliegtuigen en satellieten.

Blijft alleen extreem lastig om tegen kwantiteit te vechten...

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Guilt by association
How the Russian authorities have punished Navalny supporters

The Russian authorities have long been persecuting those who worked with or supported the opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who was buried in Moscow on Friday. Even before Navalny was poisoned in 2020, his supporters and employees found themselves facing detention, criminal charges and physical violence at the hands of law enforcement agencies, and the tactics of harassment and intimidation look set to continue. Novaya Gazeta Europe looks at various Navalny associates who have paid the price for their connections to the outspoken Kremlin critic.

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1. Lilia Chanysheva — head of Navalny’s Ufa headquarters. Barred from running in local elections, arrested, and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
Chanysheva, who first volunteered for Navalny’s 2013 campaign for Moscow mayor, became head of his headquarters in Ufa, in the Volga region, in 2017. She was barred from standing in local elections several times and prohibited from giving testimony in court in 2019. In 2021, she was detained for attending a rally protesting Navalny’s arrest and charged with three crimes, including “creating an extremist community”, receiving a 7.5-year prison sentence in June.


2. Ksenia Fadeyeva — head of Navalny’s Tomsk headquarters. Fined, arrested, and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Fadeyeva, who joined Navalny’s team in the western Siberian city of Tomsk in 2018, was detained several times and fined for “organising unsanctioned protests”. In December 2023, she was given nine years in prison, in a trial held behind closed doors, for crimes including “creating an extremist community”.


3. Vadim Ostanin — head of Navalny’s Biysk and Barnaul headquarters. Arrested and refused medication while under arrest. Sentenced to nine years in prison.
Ostanin served as head of Navalny’s headquarters in the southern Siberian cities of Biysk and Barnaul from 2017 to 2018 and 2019 to 2021 respectively. He was detained in 2021 and charged with the same crimes as Fadeyeva. Ostanin was refused medication while in pre-trial detention. His cell had rats, but no hot water and no bed. He was sentenced to nine years in prison in July 2023.


4. Sergey Bespalov — head of Navalny’s Irkutsk headquarters. Arrested and banned from leaving Irkutsk or attending public events for two years and eight months.
Bespalov was arrested in 2017 and 2021 for organising “unsanctioned rallies”. In February 2021, he was sentenced to two years and eight months of “restricted freedom”, preventing him from leaving Irkutsk, in southeastern Siberia, for his alleged “attack” on members of the ultranationalist National Liberation Movement. Once restrictions on his movements were lifted, he left Russia for Turkey.


5. Oleg Stepanov — head of Navalny’s Moscow headquarters. Placed under house arrest and banned from running for office.
Stepanov was charged with violating Covid restrictions and placed under house arrest in January 2021 when he called for citizens to attend a rally. His bid to run for a seat in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, was rejected on the grounds that he had “collaborated with an extremist organisation,” despite the fact that Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation had not at the time of his involvement been deemed extremist. In August 2021, a strict year-long curfew was imposed on Stepanov. He fled Russia that autumn.


6. Stanislav Kalinichenko — blogger and Navalny supporter. Detained, beaten, arrested, and fined.
Kalinichenko was first charged with “extremist activities” in 2013 when he retweeted a post that urged people to “stop going to rallies and start taking action”. In March 2015, a court slapped him with a 150,000 ruble (�2,310) fine. In 2016, he was detained and beaten while out on a run and charged for allegedly attacking a police officer. He later said that he had been tasered in pre-trial detention before his case was eventually dropped. In 2021, he was arrested twice: first for “organising an unauthorised rally” and then for failing to pay alimony, which Kalinichenko said was a politically motivated charge. He now appears to have fled the country.


7. Konstantin Yankauskas — Moscow municipal deputy, Navalny supporter. Placed under house arrest.
In 2013, Yankauskas was placed under house arrest for a year after being charged with fraud for fundraising for Navalny’s mayoral campaign. In February 2021, he was arrested for violating Covid restrictions and was once again placed under house arrest.


8. Gleb Maryasov — student and Navalny supporter. Detained, beaten, sued for over 1.5 million rubles. Sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Maryasov was accused of violating Covid restrictions after he attended a protest in January 2021. He was detained, beaten by police, and then held in a detention centre for 30 days. Immediately after his release, he was detained a second time for “blocking roads” on the basis of a video in which he appeared to wave his arms to show a protester which way to go. The state-owned Moscow transport operator, Mosgortrans, and the Moscow Metro sued Maryasov for one and a half million rubles for blocking roads. In October 2021, Maryasov was sentenced to 10 months in prison and forced to pay the transport operators 2.7 million rubles (�32,670).


9. Alexey Mironov — Navalny campaign volunteer. Fined and sentenced to two years and three months in prison.
In 2017, Mironov was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for “calling for extremism” over posts he made on social network VK. In prison, he was sent to solitary confinement for keeping socks in his nightstand and taking too many showers. He was released in 2019. In 2021, Mironov was fined 10,000 rubles (�115) for reporting on a Navalny rally for US-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

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Putin is rehashing his nuclear threats — but this time, he may be threatening nuclear catastrophe in an effort to sway American voters
• Vladimir Putin made an explicit nuclear threat against the West this week.
• But experts remain skeptical of Putin's nuclear saber-rattling after three years of similar threats.
• One expert suggested Putin is drumming up fear among American voters to cut US support for Ukraine.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a new nuclear threat this week, threatening the West over its support for Ukraine in his most explicit intimidation tactic yet.

But a regional expert says Putin's recent bout of nuclear saber-rattling is less a promise of mutually assured destruction and more an attempt to mobilize the American public against ongoing assistance for Ukraine.

In his annual state-of-the-nation speech on Thursday, Putin alluded to recent comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said earlier this week that he could not rule out NATO troops being sent to Ukraine to help fight Russia. (Though Germany and Poland quickly countered that suggestion.)

Putin warned that Western nations "must realize we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory."

"All this really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons and the destruction of civilization. Don't they get that?" Putin said, according to Reuters.

The Russian president made several similar threats after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Most experts at the time, however, cast doubt on the likelihood that Putin would actually deploy a nuclear weapon, given the perilous global position in which doing so would leave Russia.

Two years later, experts still think the chance of nuclear warfare is low.

"Putin's shtick is, at least, predictable at this point," Simon Miles, an assistant professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and a historian of the Soviet Union and US-Soviet relations, told Business Insider. "He's repeating his same, tired nuclear threats."

Putin is working to project an image of himself as a stalwart president whose leadership is the only thing protecting Russia from catastrophe with the West, Miles said, especially ahead of the country's presidential election later this month — a race Putin is all but sure to win.

But there may be more than one election on Putin's mind as he rails off his nuclear threats.

Putin may be speaking directly to Americans
"He is aiming these remarks at Western publics and Western civilian political leadership," said Matthew Schmidt, an associate professor of national security and political science at the University of New Haven who previously taught planning at the US Army's School of Advanced Military Studies.

"He's trying to make sure that Ukraine does not get significant aid from the US," Schmidt added, chalking Putin's most recent nuclear threats up to an attempt to sway American voters against supporting politicians and policies that would result in further US funding for Ukraine.

Since the war began, the Biden administration has directed nearly $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including military and financial support, according to The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research institute.

But further funding for Ukraine has been stalled in Congress as House GOP support for US aid wanes. Just this week, Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown but still made no progress on passing a $95 billion package with emergency funds for Ukraine, Israel, and other foreign allies.

"American politicians are already responding to this war in a way that helps Russia," Schmidt said. "Putin is trying to create the conditions for that to continue happening."

While military professionals and international relations experts may be rightfully skeptical of Putin's threats, the average American voter likely doesn't understand the nuances of nuclear politics, Schmidt said.

When a civilian hears that Putin threatened nuclear warfare as a result of American involvement in Ukraine, that civilian may respond by voicing their opposition to ongoing assistance at the ballot — at least, that's what Putin is hoping for, Schmidt said.

Putin's information warfare comes at a critical time for Ukraine, as Russia has racked up a series of military wins in recent weeks. Last week, Zelenskyy pleaded with Western allies for artillery and air defenses, saying Ukraine's victory depends on continued support.

But Putin may ultimately have the more resonant message when it comes to American voters, Schmidt said.

"It's far more complicated to explain why Ukraine is important to US voters than it is for Putin to threaten nuclear war," he told BI.

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Russian governor claims 'aerial targets' destroyed over Gulf of Finland

The governor of Russia's Leningrad Oblast, Alexander Drozdenko, claimed on March 2 that air defense had shot down “aerial targets” over the waters and coast of the Gulf of Finland.

Drozdenko’s claims came after Russian state-owned media wrote about explosions near the Bronka port in St. Petersburg.

There were no casualties or damage in St. Petersburg's Lomonosovsky District, the governor claimed on the Telegram.

Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency said that restrictions had been imposed on the departure and arrival of planes at Pulkovo Airport from around 7 to 8 p.m. local time.

In recent weeks and months, Russian authorities reported an increasing number of drone strikes targeting Belgorod, Bryansk, Oryol, and Leningrad oblasts, as well as other regions.

St. Petersburg's governor Alexander Beglov claimed two buildings were damaged following an unspecified "incident" in one of the city's districts early on March 2.

Ukrainian officials usually do not comment on these statements, which cannot be independently verified.

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Germany confirms bugging of Bundeswehr Ukraine war talks
Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a quick probe into a Russian leak of secret talks about the Ukraine war. The German military confirmed the talks were real, but couldn't rule out that the recording had been edited.

Germany's Defense Ministry on Saturday confirmed the authenticity of a recording of a confidential discussion between high-ranking Bundeswehr officers regarding the war in Ukraine that was leaked by Russian state media.

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"According to our assessment, a conversation in the air force division was intercepted. We are currently unable to say for certain whether changes were made to the recorded or transcribed version that is circulating on social media," a spokeswoman for the ministry said.

The head of Russian state broadcaster RT, Margarita Simonyan, on Friday published what she said was an audio recording between German officers, including the chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described it as "a very serious matter."

"It will now be investigated very carefully, very intensively, and very quickly," Scholz said on Saturday during a visit to Rome.

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As aired by Simonyan on Telegram, the audio includes a discussion about whether Taurus cruise missiles would be capable of destroying a bridge, seemingly a reference to the new bridge linking Russian-occupied Crimea to the Russian mainland over the Kerch Strait.

The recording was apparently made from a video conference between four Luftwaffe offices discussing Russia's war in Ukraine.

On the audio leak, they spoke about ways German officers could supply Ukrainians with targeting information without appearing to be directly involved in the conflict with Russia.

The clip also contains reference to the British having "a few people on the ground" in connection with the deployment of their Storm Shadow cruise missiles delivered to Ukraine.

German outlet Der Spiegel reported that the virtual meeting did not take place via a secure line, but via the Webex platform.

German lawmakers alarmed
"If this story turns out to be true, it would be a highly problematic incident," Konstantin von Notz, the chairman of the Bundestag's parliamentary oversight committee, told broadcast network Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland.

The Green party politician said it should be determined "whether this is a one-off incident or a structural safety problem."

Roderich Kiesewetter, of the center-right Christian Democratic Union and deputy chairman of the Bundestag's parliamentary oversight committee said it seemed that Russia had leaked the conversation to put pressure Germany not to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

"A number of other conversations will certainly have been intercepted and may be leaked at a later date for Russia's benefit," he told broadcaster ZDF.

Scholz has so far refused to send the Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

Earlier this week, he said the missiles range and the likely need for assistance from German Bundeswehr troops was problematic and could be construed as direct or indirect participation in the war.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova demanded that Germany "promptly" provide an explanation and claimed the audio was evidence of a "hybrid war" the West was waging on Russia.

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Ukrainian Air Forces strikes two more enemy combat aircraft with missiles
Anti-aircraft missile systems have been fired at Russian warplanes Su-34 and Su-35 in the eastern direction.
The commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reported.

"The enemy continues to attack in the eastern direction using guided aerial bombs from tactical aircraft. We have just fired anti-aircraft guided missiles at two enemy Su-34 and Su-35 aircraft. We are waiting for confirmation of the desired result!" noted Oleshchuk.

The commander added that it is becoming increasingly difficult for the invaders to fly, but the Defense Forces need more systems, and more weapons to clear the Ukrainian sky.

As reported, on March 1, in the eastern direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber that tried to strike Ukrainian positions with guided bombs.

In February, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 13 Russian military aircraft.

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Air Force confirms downing of another Russian fighter jet
The Eastern Air Command confirmed the downing of another fighter-bomber of the Russian invaders.
Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reported.

"Regarding the combat work I reported an hour ago. The East Air Command confirms the downing of a Su-34 fighter-bomber. Unfortunately, only one," he said.

As reported, earlier Oleshchuk said that in the eastern direction, the Air Force had hit two more Russian combat aircraft - Su-34 and Su-35 - with guided anti-aircraft missiles.

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Russian airlines to lose all UN contracts
The UN will not renew contracts with Russian airlines that are due to expire soon in light of the stance taken by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

Source: RBC (Russian Business Consulting), a Russian news outlet, voting sources in the Russian Foreign Ministry

Details: Russian airlines have lost almost all contracts with UN peacekeeping and political missions.

Russian operators are completing their work under old contracts and will leave the air transport market for UN agencies in the first quarter of 2024, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"There is a systemic problem concerning contracts not being renewed for the provision of aircraft by Russian companies for the UN. After the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) approved a decision on the existence of 'significant safety concerns’ regarding Russia, the UN Secretariat, based solely on its own interpretation of the SSC [Significant Safety Concern – ed.], restricted the participation of Russian companies in new tenders for the supply of air services to the [UN]," said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

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Russia's Black Sea warships are 'hiding' says Ukraine navy, as sea drones spread fear
• Russian warships have been observed making unexpected U-turns in the Black Sea.
• A Ukraine navy spokesperson said they were "fleeing to their hiding spots."
• Ukraine's victories against Russia's navy have been a standout success of the two-year-long war.

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Russian warships have been exercising cautious behavior and making unexpected U-turns, hiding from Ukraine's naval drones, said a Ukraine Navy spokesman.

Recently, a group of Russian vessels approached the Bosporus Strait, only to abruptly reverse course instead of proceeding to Russian-held Crimea.

Dmytro Pletenchuk, the Ukraine Navy spokesman, suggested that the ships may have been responding to perceived threats, signaling a fear of a Ukrainian attack, per Newsweek.

"These vessels were forced to move along the Turkish border, in effect hiding out in Turkish territorial waters. Thus not taking the shortest route, which they would normally take, but instead fleeing to their hiding spots," Pletenchuk added.

Recent observations by OSINT analysts have highlighted similar maneuvers involving Russian vessels, including those subject to US sanctions.

Y�r�k Işık, a Bosphorus OSINT observer, noted on X, formerly Twitter, the bizarreness of a Russian shipping vessel's movements.

Ukraine's repeated attacks on Russia's Black Sea fleet have been one of its standout successes of the two-year-long war.

The Ukrainian effective use of naval drones has resulted in substantial losses for the Russian fleet, limiting its capabilities and forcing adjustments to operational strategies.

Indeed, Ukraine has bolstered its naval drones by arming them with bigger warheads. The "deadlier" naval drones have been effective at sinking Russian warships.

Ukraine has built them to be "stronger, more efficient, and deadlier" compared to the earlier models, Brig. Gen. Ivan Lukashevych told Business Insider.

'Ukraine's non-conventional approach to maritime warfare'
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Center for Strategic Communications reports disabling about 33% of the Back Sea Fleet's warships.

Pletenchuk claimed Russia had only five serviceable ships, down from 13, following the sinking of the landing ship Tsezar Kunikov in February.

As a result of Ukraine's success in targeting Russian naval assets, the Black Sea Fleet has been compelled to redistribute its forces, affecting its ability to exert control over maritime trade routes in the western part of the Black Sea.

It is "increasingly evident that the defensive posture adopted to mitigate against Ukraine's non-conventional approach to maritime warfare is not working as intended," the UK's Ministry of Defence said in February, per Newsweek.

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Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid
For Vladimir Putin, victory in Ukraine may run through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
In recent weeks, Russian state media and online accounts tied to the Kremlin have spread and amplified misleading and incendiary content about U.S. immigration and border security. The campaign seems crafted to stoke outrage and polarization before the 2024 election for the White House, and experts who study Russian disinformation say Americans can expect more to come as Putin looks to weaken support for Ukraine and cut off a vital supply of aid.

In social media posts, online videos and stories on websites, these accounts misstate the effect of immigration, highlight stories about crimes committed by immigrants, and warn of dire consequences if the U.S. doesn’t crack down at its border with Mexico. Many are misleading, filled with cherry-picked data or debunked rumors.

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The pivot toward the United States comes after two years in which Russia’s vast disinformation apparatus was busy pushing propaganda and disinformation about its invasion of Ukraine. Experts who study how authoritarian states use the internet to spread disinformation say eroding support for Ukraine remains Russia’s top priority — and that the Kremlin is just finding new ways to do it.

“Things have shifted, even in the last few days,” said Kyle Walter, head of research at Logically, a tech company that tracks disinformation campaigns. Experts and government officials have long warned of Russia’s intentions. Walter said the content he’s recently spotted shows Russia is “going to focus on U.S. elections.”

Logically identified dozens of pro-Russia accounts posting about immigration in the U.S., with a particular interest in promoting recent anti-immigration rallies in Texas. A recent Logically assessment concluded that after two years spent largely dedicated to the war in Ukraine, Russia’s disinformation apparatus has “started 2024 with a focus on the U.S.”

Many posts highlight crimes allegedly committed by recent immigrants or suggest migrants are a burden on local communities. Some claims were posted by accounts with tiny audiences; others were made by state media sites with millions of followers.

This week the accounts seized on the recent death of a Georgia nursing student and the arrest of a Venezuelan man who had entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. The killing quickly became a rallying cry for former President Trump and other Republicans who suggest that migrants commit crimes more often than do U.S. citizens. The evidence does not support those claims.

The content, crafted in English, has quickly found its way to websites and platforms popular with American voters. Video of a recent anti-immigration protest broadcast by Russian outlet RT, for example, was racking up thousands of views this week on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and prompting angry replies from other users.

The Russian outlet Sputnik ran a story this week about growing calls to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, a priority for Trump, who failed to complete the job as president. An analysis of other sites that later linked to the Sputnik piece shows than half were in the U.S., according to data from the online analytics firm Semrush.com. Overall, Americans make up the English-language Sputnik’s largest audience.

U.S. officials have warned that Russia could seek to meddle in the elections of dozens of countries in 2024, when more than 50 nations accounting for half of the world’s population are scheduled to hold national votes. While Russia has a strategic interest in the outcome of many of them — the European Parliament, for one — few offer the opportunity and the prize that the U.S. does.

For Russia’s bid to conquer Ukraine, this year’s U.S. election stakes couldn’t be higher. President Biden has pledged to fully back Ukraine. Republicans have been far less supportive. Trump has openly praised Putin and the former president has suggested he would encourage Russia to attack America’s NATO allies if they don’t pay their fair share for the military alliance.

More than half of Republicans believe the U.S. is spending too much on Ukraine, according to a recent poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that found Democrats to be much more supportive of additional aid.

Soon after the war started, Russia mounted a disinformation campaign designed to cut into support for Ukraine. Claims included wild stories about secret U.S. germ warfare labs or Nazi conspiracies or that Ukrainian refugees were committing crimes and taking jobs from people who had welcomed them.

That effort continues, but Russia also has shifted its attention to issues with no obvious tie to Moscow that are more likely to create cracks in the unity of its adversaries — for example immigration or inflation, high-profile topics in the U.S. and Europe.

“They’re very savvy and understand the right buttons to push,” said Bret Schafer, senior fellow and head of the information manipulation team at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a Washington-based nonprofit. “If your ultimate objective is to reduce support for Ukraine, your inroad might be talking about how bad things are on the southern border. Their path to win this thing is to get the U.S. and the EU to stop sending weapons and aid to Ukraine.”

A message left with the Russian Embassy in Washington wasn’t immediately returned.

The U.S. election may also be a tempting target for other authoritarian nations such as China and Iran that, like Russia, have shown a willingness to use online propaganda and disinformation to further their objectives.

The online landscape has dramatically shifted since Russia sought to meddle in America’s 2016 presidential race won by Trump. Platforms such as Facebook and Instagram have banned many Russian state accounts and built new safeguards aimed at preventing anyone from exploiting their sites. In one recent example, Meta, the owner of Facebook, announced last fall that it had identified and stopped a network of thousands of fake accounts created in China in an apparent effort to fool American voters.

Other platforms, including X, have taken a different approach, rolling back or even eliminating content moderation and rules designed to stop disinformation. Then there is TikTok, whose ties to China and popularity with young people have set off alarms in several state capitals and Washington.

Artificial intelligence is another concern. The technology now makes it easier than ever to create audio or video that is lifelike enough to fool voters.

Social media are no longer the only battleground either. Increasingly, Russia and other disinformation spreaders use encrypted messaging sites or websites that masquerade as legitimate news outlets.

“A lot of their activity has moved off the major platforms to places were they can operate more freely,” said John Hultquist, chief analyst at Mandiant Intelligence, a cybersecurity firm monitoring Russian disinformation.

Walter, Logically’s research director, said he is most concerned about disinformaton on X and TikTok this year, given their lack of controls and their popularity, especially with young voters.

He said that while election years tend to highlight the dangers of disinformation, the most effective information operations are launched years in advance. America’s adversaries have spent a long time studying its politics, building online networks and cultivating domestic divisions.

Now comes the payoff.

“They don’t need to put a ton of effort into causing disinformation,” Walter said. “They’ve already laid the groundwork leading up to 2024.”

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Russian Oil Tankers Behave Strangely After Latest U.S. Sanctions
Two oil tankers appeared to stop what they were doing off the coast of Greece just a few days after the US Treasury imposed fresh sanctions on 14 Russian ships, another sign of how a toughening of western measures is disrupting Moscow's petroleum trade.

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The NS Creation and the Zaliv Amurskiy seemed to abandon a so-called ship-to-ship oil cargo transfer that they were undertaking in the Laconian Gulf, an expanse of water to the south of Greece, ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show.

This isn't the first time that ships involved in Russia's oil trade have maneuvered oddly soon after being sanctioned. Another one performed a near-immediate u-turn after being designated by the Treasury earlier this month, and almost all those specifically identified by the US late last year or early in 2024 haven't loaded cargo since.

The NS Creation and the Zaliv Amurskiy came together just hours before the US Treasury announced a fresh round of sanctions aimed at ships carrying Russian oil in breach of a price cap imposed by the Group of Seven nations and their allies in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Both are owned by Russia's Sovcomflot but only the NS Creation was on that Treasury's list.

The Zaliv Amurskiy had taken on about 730,000 barrels of Russia's flagship Urals crude at the Baltic port of Primorsk earlier in the month, shipping data compiled by Bloomberg show.

The two tankers moved alongside each other for almost two days between Feb. 23 and Feb. 25, a period of time that would normally have seen the Zaliv Amurskiy pump its consignment into the NS Creation.

If the cargo had been transferred, the NS Creation would then have been laden and, most likely, headed toward the Suez Canal in order to go to a customer in Asia. Conversely, the Zaliv Amurskiy would more likely have headed back to a port to take on its next cargo.

Instead, the NS Creation has changed its next port to call to Novorossisyk, an oil export terminal on Russia's Black Sea coast, and its tracks suggest that's where it's headed. Instead, it is the Zaliv Amurskiy -- which should have been empty -- that is sailing toward the northern end of the Suez Canal.

That suggests the cargo switch didn't proceed.

The reported drafts of the two ships indicate that the cargo remains on the Zaliv Amurskiy, although such data are entered manually and may yet be updated.

If a cargo transfer was indeed abandoned, it would provide more evidence that US sanctions are having an impact on Russia's oil trade. The measure allows a 45-day grace period for cargoes on the newly sanctioned ships to be offloaded, so the full effect may not be seen until April.

A second tanker, Anatoly Kolodkin, made a u-turn off the coast of Spain in the hours after it was added to the sanctions list on Friday. The ship, which was heading empty to the Baltic port of Ust-Luga, was last seen on Monday off the coast of Algeria, still signaling Ust-Luga as its destination.

Such unusual movements will be a double-edged sword for western authorities, who are trying to both hurt the Kremlin's oil revenues while simultaneously avoiding steps that could hurt Russian supply.

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Ukraine uses Sentinel radar mock-ups to deceive Russians

To deceive invaders, the Ukrainian military uses mock-ups of US Sentinel counter-battery radar systems.

One such mock-up was seized by the Russian military in Avdiivka in mid-February.

The mock-up of the AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar shown shows visible damage from debris. Presumably, Russians mistook this mock-up for a real radar and used ammunition to destroy it.

The Russian Defense Ministry’s reports often include “destroyed” radar systems.

It is highly likely that many of these systems were mock-ups.

The main task that is solved by using mock-ups is to divert the main attack from real equipment, as well as to mislead the enemy about the real number of military equipment located in a certain area of the territory.

Counter-battery radar systems are priority targets for Russians.

The Sentinel radar system has a short range, but it effectively helps air defense to intercept approaching threats such as missiles and UAVs.

The AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel is an X-band electronically steered pulse-Doppler 3D radar system used to alert and cue Short Range Air Defense weapons to the locations of hostile targets approaching their front line forces.

The maximum range is 75 km, but effective range is limited to 40 km.

The antenna uses phase-frequency electronic scanning technology, forming sharp 3D pencil beams covering large surveillance and track volume.

It uses a rotating platform with a high scan rate (30 RPM) to provide 360 degree coverage.

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Slovak foreign minister shakes hands with his Russian counterpart, Slovak PM hails meeting – photo

Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blan�r has met and held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a diplomatic forum in Antalya, T�rkiye.

Source: Slovak news outlet Aktuality, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Russia's Foreign Ministry posted a photo of Lavrov and Blan�r shaking hands.

Back in 2022, Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin were added to the European Union's sanctions list. Since then, out of all EU countries, only Hungarian Foreign Minister P�ter Szijj�rt� had had meetings with Lavrov.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the meeting was an example of "our balanced and sovereign Slovak foreign policy towards all sides of the world". The foreign ministers reportedly discussed the opportunities the peace summit in Switzerland could bring.

"I knew about this meeting, I fully recommended him to meet with the Russian minister," Fico said.

The meeting took place at a diplomatic forum in Antalya, T�rkiye. In addition to Blan�r, Lavrov also met with representatives of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Eswatini.

On the second anniversary of the full-scale war, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico claimed that Russia started its war against Ukraine in 2014 because "Ukrainian neo-Nazis" were "rampant". Earlier this week, he convened a security council, raising concerns about a meeting of allies in Paris to discuss support for Ukraine.

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Israel may have just torched its relationship with Russia, promising to supply Ukraine with 'early-warning systems'
• Israel has said it is 'working to provide Ukraine with early-warning systems.'
• It signals a major about-turn in Israeli foreign policy.
• The announcement comes as Russia hosts an intra-Palestinian delegation in Moscow this weekend.

Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said the Middle Eastern country was "working to provide Ukraine with early warning systems" in a speech on Wednesday.

Such systems would help "save civilian lives from Russia's indiscriminate missile and drone attacks," Erdan said.

A spokesperson for Israel's foreign ministry told Business Insider that the system was "not Iron Dome," Israel's most advanced air defense system.

השגריר ארדן לציון ש� תיים למלחמה באוקראי� ה: ״ישראל תומכת באוקראי� ה. רוסיה פורשת שטיח אדום לחמאס״

Rather, it would be an "alarm system" that would help "get people into shelters." It would likely be very similar to Israel's Tzeva Adom radar system, the spokesperson told BI.

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Israel's 'Code Red'
Tzeva Adom, meaning "Code Red" in Hebrew, is an early-warning radar system.

Originally installed by Israel Defense Forces in the towns surrounding the Gaza Strip in the late 1990s, the system now covers the whole of Israel.

Upon detecting a rocket launch signature, the public broadcast warning system in nearby Israeli communities and military bases is automatically triggered.

A prerecorded female voice announces "Tzeva Adom" four times.

This broadcast cycle continues until no further launches are detected.

The alerts have also been available via an app on iOS and Android devices since 2014.

Israel is one of the world leaders in early-warning detection systems.

Using the system in Ukraine will likely mean that Israel will need to send specialist soldiers to help Ukrainians integrate it. The Israeli spokesperson was unable to confirm when this would take place but said the system, and those like it, should give Ukrainians more time to move to secure facilities, such as civilian bunkers, which have already become commonplace in Ukraine.

A blow to Israel-Russia relations
For the past two years, Israel has walked a diplomatic tight-rope in the Russia-Ukraine war.

During the initial invasion, Israel offered "more than 100 metric tons of humanitarian equipment," as Erdan said in his UN speech.

A field hospital within Ukraine's border "treated over 7000 injured," and "hundreds of Ukrainian patients received the best possible care" in hospitals and rehabilitation centers across Israel.

But Israel has consistently stopped short of sending military aid or joining Western sanctions in part because it didn't want to provoke Russia.

Russia has long been a backer of Iran, Hezbollah, and President Bashir al-Assad in Syria. Meanwhile, Tehran has also been providing Russia with Iranian-made Shahed drones that ahve been used to bombard cities in Ukraine.

While the move by Israel is unlikely to shift the tide of war for Ukraine dramatically, it nonetheless signals a major about-turn in Israeli foreign policy.

Erdan referred to Ukraine as Israel's "allies" and "friends in need."

Both countries are "fighting a battle for our survival," he said, adding that "the state of Israel has always and will continue to remain committed to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity."

The Israeli announcement had not "come out of the blue," Amir Weitmann, the head of the libertarian caucus in Israel's ruling Likud Party, told BI.

The announcement came as Russia hosts an intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow this weekend. Representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad will be welcomed in the Russian capital to help the various Palestinian forces agree to unite politically, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, told state-run news agency TASS.

There is no doubt that "Russia is heavily involved in what is happening in Israel," Weitmann said, referring to the continuing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas that has killed tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians. However, it is not clear "at what level," he said.

Currently, Israel has "no capacity" to provide weapons systems to other countries, especially if it were to enter a war with Hezbollah, which boasts a stockpile of up to 150,000 missiles and rockets.

Nonetheless, this was "just the beginning" of Israel's commitment to Ukraine, the politician said.

"Israel will take a more aggressive stance against Russia" from now on, he believed, adding that if the Ukraine war is not over by the time Israel has dealt with its local problem. "Israeli weapons would find their way to Ukraine."

An interview of Weitmann on Russia's state-backed TV network Russia Today went viral late last year as he proclaimed that "Russia will pay the price" for "supporting the enemies of Israel."

“We will make sure Ukraine wins as well and we will make sure Russia will pay" - Amir Weitman

"We will make sure that Ukraine wins," he said then, on RT.

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Trump slams E. Jean Carroll’s objection to his request to delay posting bond as ‘inconsistent’
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that E. Jean Carroll can’t have it both ways in arguing that he was rich enough for the jury to award her $83.3 million in damages in her defamation trial but now saying he shouldn’t be permitted to delay posting bond because he hasn’t provided evidence of his wealth.

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Trump’s lawyers called Carroll’s opposition to his request for a delay in posting bond “inconsistent.” Carroll, a former magazine columnist, opposed the request Thursday and told Judge Lewis Kaplan that Trump is the “least trustworthy of borrowers.” Her lawyers also argued the former president hasn’t provided information about his finances or the nature of his assets.

In a response to Carroll’s opposition, Trump’s lawyers wrote to Kaplan on Saturday that her “current position that President Trump’s ability to satisfy a judgment of $83.3 million is in doubt — is ‘clearly inconsistent’ with her position barely one month ago that President Trump has $14 billion in assets and can thus easily satisfy an enormous punitive award.”

Last month, Trump asked Kaplan, who is overseeing the defamation case, to give him 30 days to post bond or put up cash to cover the verdict after motions challenging the size of the damages award are decided. Trump’s attorneys said the post-trial briefs will be filed in five days.

Kaplan made the jury verdict official on February 8 and allowed Trump 30 days to post a bond to appeal. If the judge denies Trump’s request, based on the current schedule, Trump would need to post the bond in less than two weeks.

If Kaplan doesn’t delay Trump’s posting of the judgment, Trump’s lawyers ask that he allow the former president to post bond of $24.4 million, “which would be more than sufficient to secure any minimal risk to Plaintiff.”

Trump’s attorneys said they will argue in the post-trial motions that the punitive damages award was “excessive” and should be reduced. The former president is also challenging the size of the other damages awarded to Carroll.

Since the verdict in the defamation case last month, Trump’s financial condition has become more complicated, which Carroll’s lawyers pointed to in their objection.

The judge overseeing the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case entered a $454 million judgment against Trump last month, bringing the total the former president owes in judgments to over half a billion dollars. Trump offered to post a $100 million bond and asked an appeals court judge to delay the timing of the bond. The appellate judge denied his motion for a stay on Wednesday.

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Here’s How Much Cash Donald Trump Has
Forbes has been valuing the real estate tycoon and former president’s fortune for decades. Here’s the math behind how much cash he likely has on hand.

Cash, as the old saying goes, is king, but how much of it does Donald Trump really have? That’s the $540 million question. Staring down at least that sum in legal penalties, mostly stemming from a fraud case brought by the New York attorney general’s office, the former president is facing a cash crunch.

It would be “impossible” for him to write a check covering the full amount, Trump’s lawyers argued this week, in a failed attempt to lower Trump’s bond in the case. Trump, the lawyers say, may be forced to instead sell properties “under exigent circumstances”—in other words, at fire sale prices, with “no way to recover any property sold following a successful appeal and no means to recover the resulting financial losses from the Attorney General.”

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In a separate case, Trump requested a stay on an $83 million fine owed to E. Jean Carroll, a writer who successfully sued Trump for defamation and sexual abuse. Carroll and her lawyers opposed the request in a filing Thursday, writing that they have “very serious concerns” about his ability to pay up: “The reasoning Trump offers in seeking this extraordinary relief boils down to nothing more than ‘trust me.’” The money is due March 9.

Trump himself testified in April 2023 that he had “substantially in excess of $400 million in cash.” That’s pretty close to Forbes’ current estimate: roughly $413 million, good for about 15% of Trump’s $2.6 billion in net worth.

Here’s how we arrived at that figure. We begin with an exact number: $293,834,128.42, which was Trump and his companies’ cash balance as of June 30, 2021, per documents filed in the New York attorney general’s case in October 2022. Our estimate in the fall of 2021, before the documents were released: $296 million, up from $110 million the previous year thanks to the refinancing of 555 California, the San Francisco tower he owns with Vornado Realty Trust, and also due to proceeds from selling condo units.

Notably, Trump’s 2021 balance sheet included some $90 million tied up in entities controlled by Vornado, his business partner on office buildings in New York and San Francisco. At the time, Trump couldn’t access that money unless Vornado decided to disburse it to him, limiting the former president’s ability to actually use the funds. It’s not clear how much of Trump’s cash remains under Vornado’s control today. Vornado declined to comment.

Regardless, from there, we can count up the major sources of cash coming in and going out by combing through documents revealed in the fraud case, Trump’s public financial disclosures and other public records. We have not subtracted anything for income taxes. That’s because Trump’s tax returns, released by the House Ways and Means Committee in 2022, show that he doesn’t pay much of anything to Uncle Sam. We also have not deducted contributions to his campaign (he hasn’t made any) or his legal bills (he’s largely paying those with donor funds).

The big takeaway: Trump is likely sitting on a huge pile of cash—but not enough to pay off his legal creditors with a simple wire transfer. And with several more cases in his future and the New York attorney general looking over his shoulder, he’ll need to find a financial lifeline. Fast.

Forbes’ cash calculations are outlined below.

STARTING POINT
Cash as of June 2021: $293,834,128.42

Smaller property sales: +$6 million
Since June 2021, Trump and his fellow billionaire partner Phil Ruffin have sold off 25 condos in their Trump International Hotel Las Vegas tower for more than $10 million in all. Trump, who owns a 50% stake in the building, pocketed about $5 million. In Chicago, he sold a dozen parking spots at his skyscraper there for another $1 million.

Income from books, speeches and NFTs: +$21 million
In 2021, Trump released a book called “Our Journey Together” that consisted of public domain photos from his time in office, all captioned by the former president. His financial disclosures show that he made an estimated $5.75 million from the book. He also gave several high-dollar speeches in 2021 and 2022, earning him roughly $12 million, and he issued several batches of NFTs in 2022 and 2023 for some $2.1 million in cash (plus some additional cryptocurrency). Finally, “Letters to Trump,” a book reproducing his correspondences with various celebrities that he released in April 2023, adds another $1 million.

D.C. hotel sale and related expenses: +$112 million
This is Trump’s biggest payday: the 2022 sale of his money-losing Washington, D.C. hotel for an eye-popping $375 million, a figure that surprised independent analysts. After paying off the debt on the place, Trump’s share of the sale came to roughly $127 million, per documents from his fraud trial. Subtract estimated expenses he faced keeping the place afloat before he sold it—totaling $14.6 million—and a $750,000 settlement with the D.C. attorney general related to his use of the hotel for his 2017 inauguration, and we’re left with some $112 million from the hotel sale.

Trump Links contract sale: +$60 million
In September 2023, Trump sold his contract with the city of New York to operate a public golf course in the Bronx for $60 million, according to testimony and documents made available in the fraud case.

Loan payoffs: -$67 million
Trump has paid off four loans on various properties since the 2021 report laying out his cash balances. Three were small: loans against Trump Park Avenue ($8.9 million), his golf course in Colts Neck, New Jersey ($8 million) and his golf course in northern Virginia ($5 million). The last loan—his final remaining deal with Deutsche Bank—was for $45 million lent against Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, which testimony in his fraud case revealed he had paid off in October or November 2023.

Aircraft expenses: -$13 million
Court documents from 2021 showed Trump planned to spend roughly $13 million on aircraft maintenance and upgrades, including an overhaul of his “Trump Force One” 757.

FINAL TOTAL
Roughly $413 million.

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Paratroopers repelled invaders’ assault near Novomykhailivka

Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed Russian armored vehicles near the village of Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region.

The 79th Air Assault Brigade said that another enemy assault had ended with significant losses.

“Another enemy assault on the positions of the Ukrainian paratroopers resulted in losses of manpower and armored vehicles,” the paratroopers said.

Novomykhailivka continues to be one of the hottest spots in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Russians are making significant efforts to drive the paratroopers of the 79th Air Assault Brigade out of the village.

У районі Новомихайлівки десантники відбили штурм окупантів

During another assault, the enemy sent infantry on armored vehicles into the battle, but the offensive failed.

“Russian infantry was destroyed, armored vehicles were burned,” the brigade said.

The video shows the results of the coordinated work of the ATGM crews that skillfully stopped armored vehicles.

The first seconds of the video show the use of cluster munitions against a Russian convoy.

The Ukrainian military then finished off the abandoned and damaged vehicles by dropping ammunition from drones.

Novomykhailivka is located about 12 kilometers south of Marinka, which Russian forces have been trying to capture since 2014.

Russian forces have intensified their assaults since the beginning of October 2023, and now they control the site where Marinka was located, the settlement itself no longer actually exists.

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JDAM bomb hit Russian soldiers at the Avdiivka Coke Plant
The Ukrainian Air Force began to bomb Russian positions at the Avdiivka Coke Plant with JDAM bombs.

Ukrainian military Mykola Kolesnyk showed footage of the airstrike.

Mykola Kolesnyk said that at the plant, Russians had begun to equip their position, set up communications, command posts, electronic warfare systems, and pull up personnel.

“Russian invaders have just started setting up at the coke plant, they set up antennas, communications, EW systems, command posts, a bunch of stuff, and gathered there themselves, but something didn’t work out, so they need to do it again,” the soldier said.

A reconnaissance UAV of the LUFTWAFFE unit was used to adjust the fire.

Авіабомба з JDAM уразила росіян на коксохіму в Авдіївці

The drone spotted a JDAM bomb hitting one of the buildings at the coke plant.

The Russian military occupied the Avdiivka Coke Plant in the second half of February.

The plant, one of the most fortified positions in the Avdiivka sector, was not stormed by Russian invaders and was left behind by Ukrainian forces when they withdrew from Avdiivka.

JDAM converts conventional unguided bombs into all-weather precision-guided munitions.

The JDAM kit includes an inertial navigation system and GPS receiver to improve accuracy, as well as small wings attached to the middle of the bomb, and a tail unit that has a tail section with aerodynamic control surfaces; it allows the bomb to adjust its course during its flight to the target. The unit houses navigation and other equipment.

After being released from the aircraft, the JDAM autonomously follows the determined coordinates of the target.

Ukraine received the ER (Extended Range) version, which has a target range of 72.4 kilometers. The exact nomenclature of ammunition is not known, but from the published photo, it is clear that there are 500 lb (230 kg) versions.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 00:55 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Misschien dat ze de lading overpompen/overladen naar een ander schip. Zoals ze nabij Griekenland ook deden?

https://gcaptain.com/russ(...)atest-u-s-sanctions/
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Er zijn wel meer Russische schepen die rare bewegingen gingen maken na de nieuwste sancties zo te zien.

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Ukraine made the naval drones sinking Russian warships 'deadlier' by arming them with bigger warheads, general says
• Ukraine has used naval drones to wreak havoc on Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
• These systems were introduced in 2022 and have been used in a number of attacks on Russian vessels.
• A Ukrainian general said the drones have been upgraded over time and outfitted with larger warheads.

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Exploding drone boats, one of Ukraine's more innovative weapons as it battles Russia's Black Sea Fleet without a proper navy, have become even bigger threats over time.

Ukrainian naval drones have been used to damage and sink Russian warships, as well as target infrastructure, since their introduction in 2022. The hits have been increasingly devastating.

A general in the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said these systems have received major upgrades over the course of the war and are now "stronger, more efficient, and deadlier" than they were before.

"In 2024, we have completely different parameters for drones," Brig. Gen. Ivan Lukashevych, whose team has carried out a handful of the drone boat operations, said in translated remarks shared with Business Insider.

"Especially compared to the ones we first tested in October 2022 to attack Russian warships in the Sevastopol Bay," he said. "We realized the flaws with those first drafts, but the manufacturer could not foresee these things, because at that time there was no expertise in the world for such highly technical drones."

To compensate for its lack of a navy, Ukraine has sought to develop what it calls "the world's first fleet of naval drones." That effort is centered around an uncrewed surface vessel, or USV, called Sea Baby. Kyiv is attempting to build up an arsenal of these systems and recently launched a fundraising initiative to secure donations to purchase dozens of additional Sea Babies for the SBU.

These drones have been deployed in numerous operations around the Black Sea, damaging and destroying Russian warships — including one just a few weeks ago — and even hitting a key bridge that links the occupied Crimean peninsula with mainland Russia.

Experts have said the cheap and remotely operated Sea Babies give Ukraine an asymmetric advantage against Russia, which has been unable to consistently stop them. And while that hasn't stopped Moscow from trying to adapt to this threat, Kyiv is staying ahead by giving the drones upgrades.

The first modification to the Sea Babies that Lukashevych presented was an increase in warhead size; according to the Ukrainian government, the drones are capable of delivering a heavy explosive payload of nearly 1,900 pounds. The next notable upgrade was "an improvement in seaworthiness," ensuring they could sail in waves of nearly five feet.

The third improvement was making sure the Sea Babies could travel a distance twice as far as that between Odesa, a port city in southern Ukraine, and Sevastopol on Crimea's southwestern coast. In a straight line across the Black Sea, it is roughly 190 miles between the two cities. The drones now have a range of over 600 miles, putting a lot more Russian targets in reach.

Ukraine also "wanted to make them reusable, to be both cheaper and more efficient," Lukashevych said.

Beyond physically upgrading its Sea Baby drones, the SBU also uses multiple locations to manufacture and test the drones. There are constant relocations, and special operations are even carried out from different command posts in different areas — all to stay ahead of the Russians.

The naval drone attacks have ultimately helped Ukraine batter Russia's Black Sea Fleet, even forcing some of it to relocate farther away from its headquarters in Crimea, and open up a maritime corridor in the region.

Last month, Ukraine said it had destroyed or damaged dozens of Russian warships since the full-scale invasion began more than two years ago, and as of early this month, Ukraine had effectively destroyed about a third of the Black Sea Fleet.

"If there is a threat," Lukashevych said, "we will definitely find it, localize it, and destroy it."

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 02:21 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Ik heb geen idee wat ik van de rare bewegingen moet denken.

Had jij trouwens deze slachting al gepost? Bradley vs BTR.

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Op zaterdag 2 maart 2024 19:30 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Tering. Weer een slachting. Leuk samenspel ook, vliegen af en toe nog wat FPV drones door het beeld.

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Kasparov Says Russia May Shed Some Territories If It Loses War In Ukraine
Self-exiled Russian opposition politician and co-founder of the Free Russia Forum Garry Kasparov told RFE/RL in an interview on March 1 that Russia's current borders may "not necessarily remain" if Moscow loses the war in Ukraine but stressed that a total dissolution of Russia is unlikely.

Among possible regions Kasparov said might separate from the Russian Federation are the republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Daghestan, and Chechnya, but he added he doesn't believe everything is clear about what will come after the war.

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"At the end of the day economic factors will play a major role in that matter. But it is very important today not to support the position of a united and indivisible Russia," Kasparov said, adding that he believes "the change of Russia's imperial character is necessary for its reformatting."

The 60-year-old former world chess champion said the losses to Russia would be "minimal" but said, "If you reject an empire, then you have to agree that some of its parts can go away in the end.”

The bonds that would make it hard for Russia to dissolve would be mostly economic ties, he said. But if some parts of Russia seceded, it would then become possible to reach new agreements between Russia's territories under what would be a "free confederation."

"It is right, among other things, from a psychological point of view because it will be impossible to build a nonimperial Russia while preserving imperial misconceptions," Kasparov said, speaking with RFE/RL in Vilnius at a gathering of Russian opposition figures.

Kasparov also said he believes the United States and the European Union are "afraid" of possible dissolution of Russia if it loses the war in Ukraine.

This creates problems in West's better understanding of the world and the war in Ukraine and affects the West's support of Kyiv's efforts to stand against Russia's full-scale aggression.

A Ukrainian victory would be a "mighty blow" to Russia, he said, and would “most likely lead to the change of [its] entire political structure.”

Kasparov has said the Russian public does not yet understand that the war is heading toward defeat and that "Putin's dictatorship will not survive."

Kasparov, who currently resides in the United States, is known as a staunch critic of the Kremlin's policies, including the war in Ukraine. He and another prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oil tycoon, were added to Russia’s registry of foreign agents in May 2022.

The Vilnius meeting was the 12th session of the Free Russia Forum.

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Traffic shut down on Crimean Bridge amid reports of explosions
Russian proxy authorities in occupied Crimea shut down traffic on the Crimean Bridge in the early hours of March 3, amid reports of explosions in Feodosia.

Authorities announced that vehicle traffic was blocked on the bridge at around 3:40 a.m. local time. Earlier in the night, local Telegram channels reported that residents heard sounds of explosions near an oil depot in Feodosia.

No reason was given for the traffic closure. Russian officials and the Russian Defense Ministry have not yet commented on reports of explosions.

The bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, connects the Russian mainland with the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. Construction on the bridge began after the illegal 2014 annexation and occupation of Crimea, and was completed in 2018.

The 19-kilometer long bridge is a critical supplies and transport route for Russian forces in Crimea and mainland Ukraine, and has been the target of repeated attacks following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces have intensified attacks on targets in occupied Crimea, particularly against Russia's Black Sea Fleet, over the past months. A Ukrainian missile strike destroyed a Russian landing ship docked at Feodosia in December 2023. Its sister ship was sunk in the Black Sea the morning of Feb. 14 in a joint operation by Ukraine's military intelligence and armed forces.

In an interview with Fox News released Feb. 22, President Volodymyr Zelensky said more "surprises" were in store for Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

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Video: Air-Bursting Anti-Personnel Munition Employed by Ukraine Drone
Ukraine operators may have figured out a way to marry up a drone with a Korea-era landmine originally designed to blast massed infantry attacks with ball bearings. But it’s not confirmed.

A video first released by Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade, a combat unit raised and mostly recruited in greater Kyiv, showed a drone releasing an anti-personnel munition able to pound an area about the size of a basketball court with hundreds of projectiles.

The images first made public by the unit on Monday show a circular air burst and a rectangular area of ground approximately 8 meters by 50 meters pelted with strikes.

Three soldiers, in the video identified as Russian army service members, are cut down by the shrapnel-like fragments or slugs, following the detonation of a white object momentarily visible in the upper left of the images.

Ukrainian combat units have published tens of thousands of drone strike videos since Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but almost all are of an FPV drone crashing into a target and exploding, using kamikaze tactics. A minority of drones are used to drop small bombs. Video of air-bursting munitions is rare. The video authors did not say the type of weapon used by the drone.

The pattern of shrapnel impacts on the ground was similar to the lethal zone produced by the detonation of a 1950s-era US-made Claymore anti-personnel mine. The weapon first fielded in the Korean War by the US Army to stop massed People’s Republic infantry attacks fires a directed charge propelling more than 700 steel ball bearings in a flat, cone-shaped arc. As designed, the densely packed ball bearings are deadly out to ranges of 50-100 meters.

The video did not show the drone aircraft used. Other possible munitions used in the strike could have been a Soviet-produced MON anti-personnel mine, a weapon with similar performance to the US Claymore.

A home-made weapon built of metal fragments or shotgun shot packed onto a directed explosive charge, and triggered remotely, might also have been used in the attack, Kyiv Post researchers said.

Kyiv Post researchers confirmed the video probably showed a rare drop of an anti-personnel munition to explode above soldiers. The blast pattern was like the beaten area covered by a US-made Claymore anti-personnel mine.

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SBU Allege Ex-State Enterprise Leadership Let World’s Largest Airplane Be Destroyed
The Mriya's commander, Dmitry Antonov, told the Kyiv Post that the plane could have been saved, but that the crew “really wanted to help those who wanted to take Kyiv in three days.”

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that it’s collected “indisputable evidence” that high-level officials at Antonov State Enterprise took actions that let Mriya – what had been not only the largest airplane in Ukraine but also the largest in the world – be destroyed by the Russians in the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Dmytro Antonov, Mriya's commander, told Kyiv Post that Mriya could have been saved, but management “apparently really wanted to help those who wanted to take Kyiv in three days.”

According to the SBU, Antonov State Enterprise’s general director Serhiy Bychkov and Oleksandr Netiosov, the head of the aviation security unit, blocked Ukraine’s National Guard from entering and defending the Hostomel Airport (also called “Antonov Airport”) at the onset of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.

“The criminal actions of the perpetrators led to the temporary seizure of a strategically important airfield during the battles for Kyiv and the destruction of the AN-225 Mriya aircraft,” the SBU wrote in a Telegram post.

The SBU finished its pre-trial investigation and sent an indictment to court.

According to the Mriya’s commander, before Russia’s full-scale invasion, Mriya and the entire fleet could have been flown to a backup airfield in Leipzig, Germany.

“This did not happen. This was the decision of our management,” Antonov said.

He said that just hours before the start of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, the Mriya’s crew were ready to fly from Hostomel to Germany, but never got the order to takeoff.

“Now I realize it would have even been possible to transfer Mriya to Boryspil (another Kyiv airport), not even to Lviv, Germany, or Poland,” he said.

Antonov said that video footage taken from a drone on the day of its destruction shows Mriya was destroyed.

“An ammunition package was stacked near the Mriya and this ammunition was detonated. And as a result of this explosion, the plane was destroyed,” Antonov said.

Meanwhile, the former Antonov State Enterprise employees are now in custody and facing up to 15 years in prison.

“The occupiers destroyed the airplane, but they won’t be able to destroy our common dream. Mriya will definitely be reborn. The restoration is estimated to take over $3 billion and over five years. Our task is to ensure that these costs are covered by the Russian Federation, which has caused intentional damage to Ukraine’s aviation and the air cargo sector,” Ukrainian defense contractor UkrbOboronProm stated.

The one-of-a-kind Mriya was built during the Soviet Union, making its maiden flight on Dec. 21, 1988. The Mriya held several records including heaviest aircraft ever built and largest wingspan of any working aircraft. Typically, it was used to carry very large things including diesel locomotives, wind turbines, and spacecraft.

In April 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mriya delivered 103 tons of medical supplies from China, to help Ukraine fight the virus.

Along with being beloved by air enthusiasts, the Mriya, whose name means “dream” or “inspiration” was a proud icon of Ukraine.

The defendants are charged under Part 2 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 114-1 of the Criminal Code (obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations).

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 02:45 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Er is weer een aanval gaande op De Krim.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 08:32 schreef AFA2022 het volgende:
Ben toch wel benieuwd welk effect de F16's gaan hebben op de oorlog, zeker nu de Russen toch wel een beetje bang zijn geworden om dicht bij het front te vliegen. En zullen de F'16's bestand zijn tegen de Russische luchtafweersystemen.
Het "momentum" is nu in handen van de Russen, kan niet wachten tot het weer in Oekrainse handen is.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 11:42 schreef -XOR- het volgende:
Whehe deze van de ex-president van Mongolie na het tukker Carlson interview van Poetin mag niet onopgemerkt voorbijgaan:

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 11:44 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:

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Is hij ook niet, ik heb hem al meerdere keren langs zien komen.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 15:16 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Dit is wel een interessante ontwikkeling. Een paar command & control vliegtuigen uitschakelen heeft toch zijn voordelen.

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Das Taurus-Fiasko

Blamage nimmt kein Ende

Mit der Ver�ffentlichung des Luftwaffen-Gespr�chs stellt Moskau sicher, dass Scholz bei seiner Entscheidung bleibt. Die Verb�ndeten werden wieder an Deutschland zweifeln

Wer dachte, das Berliner Fiasko namens Taurus habe schon seinen H�hepunkt erreicht, als der Bundeskanzler ausplauderte, was die Briten und Franzosen mit ihren Marschflugk�rpern in der Ukraine machen, sieht sich get�uscht.

Die abgeh�rte Telefonkonferenz des Luftwaffeninspekteurs mit anderen hohen Offizieren, deren Verlauf bisher nicht dementiert worden ist, vergr��ert sowohl die Blamage als auch den au�enpolitischen Schaden, den der Umgang der Ampel-Koalition mit diesem Thema schon angerichtet hat.

„Ein total cooler Typ“

Die Offiziere, die da auf der Plattform Webex ein halbst�ndiges Taurus-Briefing f�r den Minister vorbereiteten („ein total cooler Typ“, der aber nicht �berfordert werden d�rfe), redeten nicht nur ganz offen �ber die Briten, die in der Ukraine beim Einsatz ihrer Marschflugk�rper helfen, sondern auch �ber die „Leute mit amerikanischem Akzent in Zivilklamotten“.

Das ist zwar in Fachkreisen ein offenes Geheimnis. Der russische Geheimdienst und der Kreml haben sich aber sicher sehr gefreut, eine Best�tigung aus deutscher Hand im Internet verbreiten zu k�nnen.

Das gilt gewiss auch f�r die intensive Er�rterung der Frage, wie vermieden werden k�nne, dass die Ausbildung am Taurus, vor allem aber dessen Zielprogrammierung und dann der Einsatz, Deutschland zur Kriegspartei machen w�rden, was Scholz immer als einen der Hauptgr�nde f�r sein Nein nannte.

Der Kanzler bleibt dabei

Dass mit den Marschflugk�rpern Bundeswehrsoldaten in die Ukraine entsandt werden m�ssten, wie von Scholz behauptet, l�sst sich dem Gespr�ch der milit�rischen Fachleute nicht entnehmen. Auch Koalitionspolitiker hatten das immer wieder bestritten.

So detailliert die Offiziere auch �ber die Einsatzm�glichkeiten des Taurus sprachen (vor allem zu Angriffen auf die Kertsch-Br�cke), so klar war dabei auch, dass es nur um Handlungsoptionen ging, die der politischen F�hrung vorgelegt werden sollten. Nach diesem Geheimhaltungs-GAU, der bei den Verb�ndeten die alten Zweifel an der Zuverl�ssigkeit und Verschwiegenheit Deutschlands wiederbelebt, werden K�pfe rollen m�ssen.

Dass Scholz seinen popul�rsten Minister entl�sst, ist jedoch nicht zu erwarten. Auch nicht, dass der Kanzler seine Entscheidung zum Taurus revidiert. Das hat Moskau mit der Ver�ffentlichung des Mitschnitts sichergestellt. Der Kreml wei� inzwischen gut, wie der Kanzler tickt. Und auch, wie man den Spie� beziehungsweise Marschflugk�rper umdreht, so dass er f�r den zum Albtraum wird, der ihn nicht einsetzen wollte.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 17:18 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 17:24 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Maar het stipt niet aan dat de digibeten van het duiste leger gewoon zo stupide waren om een on-afgeschermd gesprek via webex te doen, en dat rus gewoon dat gesprek joinde.



Misschien voor het volgende artikel, want zoals ze zelf zeggen, het kent geen einde.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 11:13 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:
Stalin staat nog heel wat verdiepingen hoger op de Evil ladder.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 17:57 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Het is gewoon amateurisme van de bovenste plank, niks meer niks minder.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:
"Al die extra stappen om alles maar te controleren is zo vervelend en lastig, het kan wel wel effe wat minder. Ik ben een hoge ome, ik heb geen tijd voor die onzin. Blablabla.Yadayadayada."

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 17:24 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Maar het stipt niet aan dat de digibeten van het duiste leger gewoon zo stupide waren om een on-afgeschermd gesprek via webex te doen, en dat rus gewoon dat gesprek joinde.



Misschien voor het volgende artikel, want zoals ze zelf zeggen, het kent geen einde.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Nee, informatie beveiliging negeren valt niet onder amateurisme. Het is pure arrogantie. "Al die extra stappen om alles maar te controleren is zo vervelend en lastig, het kan wel wel effe wat minder. Ik ben een hoge ome, ik heb geen tijd voor die onzin. Blablabla.Yadayadayada."

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:47 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
Informatiebeveiliging is een ondergeschoven kindje vaak. In Nederland zijn we er wel redelijk goed in maar voor elk bedrijf/organisatie zijn er echt 1000 manieren om als aanvaller binnen te komen. Gaat er vooral om hoe je beveiliging is als er iemand binnen is. Vergelijkbaar met grote schepen.

Maar het zou me niks verbazen dat de Bundeswehr decennia achterloopt qua beveiling/gebruik van internet, aangezien Duitsland zelf ook zo lang achterloopt.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:54 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Nee, het is gewoon onwetendheid en dus amateurisme.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:52 schreef oheng het volgende:
Dit. Ik vind het niet erg dat er digibeten bestaan, maar ga dan niet gebruik van techniek maken, en spreek gewoon af in het echt. Fucking Webex. Stelletje idioten.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:57 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Kan opzich prima natuurlijk maar hou alles dan gewoon UNCLASS en ga dan geen geclassificeerde discussies optuigen, dat is gewoon amateurisme.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Of misdadig. En ik denk dat een officier wel op de hoogte van de spelregels hoort te zijn.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 18:57 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Kan opzich prima natuurlijk maar hou alles dan gewoon UNCLASS en ga dan geen geclassificeerde discussies optuigen, dat is gewoon amateurisme.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:00 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Verbaas u niet, verwonder u slechts.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:00 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Hellend vlak.

Als je tolereert dat ze -doe vandaag maar zoom, en morgen doen we webex, want dat vind pietje zo fijn- kun je immers wachten totdat die lines blurren, en iemand zich verspreekt, daar even niet op let.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:02 schreef oheng het volgende:
Suchomius meldt dat er mogelijk 4 actieve A-50's zijn overgebleven:

Satellite Imagery Shows Russia Has Just FOUR Active A-50 AWACS Aircraft

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:02 schreef oheng het volgende:
Suchomius meldt dat er mogelijk 4 actieve A-50's zijn overgebleven:

Satellite Imagery Shows Russia Has Just FOUR Active A-50 AWACS Aircraft

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:04 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Geen hellend vlak, militairen dienen dat te snappen. Ik moet ook meerdere keren per dag schakelen... Soms loop ik een bespreking uit en ga ik de andere in die op een ander niveau (classificatie) gevoerd wordt. Als ik dat kan moet eoa (top) officier dat ook kunnen.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:09 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Maar IRL is anders dan video conferencing

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Het simpele feit dat je in een meeting zit, die een zekere classificatie heeft; de hele setting daarvan werkt als een goede herinnering dat wat je zegt de ruimte niet uit mag.

Dat is niet zo duidelijk als je in je ondergoed thuis achter je laptop zit.

Je hebt zeker een punt, maar als er opties bestaan (en die bestaan), om dit technisch dicht te timmeren, ben je een achterlijke organisatie als je die niet benut.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:16 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Natuurlijk bestaan die opties (en die heeft iedereen binnen de NATO ook) maar je hoeft natuurlijk niet een meet in een NATO class 1 area over de NS lijn op te tuigen als het alleen maar over het weer gaat ofzo. Als het UNCLASS is kan dat gewoon vanaf een reguliere werkplek en dan moet je als militair professioneel genoeg zijn om te snappen wat je wel en niet kunt zeggen.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:16 schreef AchJa het volgende:
maar je hoeft natuurlijk niet een meet in een NATO class 1 area over de NS lijn op te tuigen als het alleen maar over het weer gaat ofzo. Als het UNCLASS is kan dat gewoon vanaf een reguliere werkplek en dan moet je als militair professioneel genoeg zijn om te snappen wat je wel en niet kunt zeggen.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:26 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Dat deden ze ook. Ik heb niets gehoord dat niet bekend was. Het was gewoon een brainstorm sessie.

Maar het was wel gevoelig en die lui hadden dat moeten weten voordat ze besloten het zo -via een onveilig platform als Webex- te gaan doen.

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Despite being deputy chief of the government's cyber-security strategy office, Sakurada admitted to the Japanese Diet in November 2018 that he had never used, and did not know how to use, a computer.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:16 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Ik heb het ook over video conferencing.
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Natuurlijk bestaan die opties (en die heeft iedereen binnen de NATO ook) maar je hoeft natuurlijk niet een meet in een NATO class 1 area over de NS lijn op te tuigen als het alleen maar over het weer gaat ofzo. Als het UNCLASS is kan dat gewoon vanaf een reguliere werkplek en dan moet je als militair professioneel genoeg zijn om te snappen wat je wel en niet kunt zeggen.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:26 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
Bij elke beetje bedrijf heb je allerlei VPN constructies en restricties op webapplicaties, zeker waar webcam en microfoon gebruikt worden. Mag hopen dat dat in het leger ook is

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:26 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Maar het was wel gevoelig en die lui hadden dat moeten weten voordat ze besloten het zo -via een onveilig platform als Webex- te gaan doen.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:26 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Dat deden ze ook. Ik heb niets gehoord dat niet bekend was. Het was gewoon een brainstorm sessie.

Maar het was wel gevoelig en die lui hadden dat moeten weten voordat ze besloten het zo -via een onveilig platform als Webex- te gaan doen.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:28 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:34 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Ja, en daarom zeg ik ook "amateurisme"... Als je weet dat het gevoelig kan worden dan ga je niet via Webex, Zoom of wat voor algemeen platform dan ook een meet organiseren.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:33 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Ik heb nog geen communicatie van de firma Cisco gezien, waar ze door het stof gaan omdat er blijkbaar een gat zo groot als morgen en de hele dag in webex zat,

En dat product is natuurlijk niet ineens "onvelig" omdat "heinrich" computers allemaal maar "swierig" vind, en daarom te stupide was om een wachtwoord op de meeting te zetten.

En; hint: neem jij de zakelijke variant daarvan af, kun je regels zetten zodat het geen meetings zonder wachtwoord tolereert.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:28 schreef ExTec het volgende:

Dit geval had al voorkomen kunnen worden als A) duits leger een managed vid conf oplossing heeft, ze dat product geconfigureerd hadden om niet willekeurige personen toe laten, alleen identities van duitse leger toe te laten B) men duidelijk beleid heeft waar het gebruiken van gratis vid conf producten in het wild, NIET getolereerd wordt.

Allemaal al behoorlijk minder hoogdravend dan NATO class 1 en NS lijnen

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het is per definitie onveilig omdat je niet de hele keten kunt controleren. Niet veilig genoeg voor dit soort zaken.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:40 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Als je NS wil lullen (en dat lijkt me dit verhaal wel te zijn) dan gebruik je een NATO geacrediteerde NS lijn en kies je ook niet een oplossing waar jij nu mee komt.

Kortom, amateurisme.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:33 schreef ExTec het volgende:

Ik heb nog geen communicatie van de firma Cisco gezien, waar ze door het stof gaan omdat er blijkbaar een gat zo groot als morgen en de hele dag in webex zat,

En dat product is natuurlijk niet ineens "onvelig" omdat "heinrich" computers allemaal maar "swierig" vind, en daarom te stupide was om een wachtwoord op de meeting te zetten.

En; hint: neem jij de zakelijke variant daarvan af, kun je regels zetten zodat het geen meetings zonder wachtwoord tolereert.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:44 schreef ExTec het volgende:
die oplossingen, weliswaar niet zo super-duper-secure als waar jij mij schermt, hadden dit al kunnen voorkomen

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:46 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Dat is ook weer naar de fout toe corrigeren, je hebt als organisatie middelen om veilig te kunnen communiceren op verschillende classificatie niveaus en je neemt van te voren de beslissing op welk niveau het is en adhv die beslissing kies je het juiste middel. Veel ingewikkelder is het niet.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Het is per definitie onveilig omdat je niet de hele keten kunt controleren. Niet veilig genoeg voor dit soort zaken.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:50 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Scenario's waar ik blijkbaar communicatie middel dien te kiezen (?), afhankelijk van classificatie (?) lijkt mij nodeloos ingewikkeld, en (menselijke) fout-gevoelig.

Ik ga liever voor 1 product to rule em all.

Weet je zeker dat er geen fouten gemaakt worden.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:26 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
Bij elke beetje bedrijf heb je allerlei VPN constructies en restricties op webapplicaties, zeker waar webcam en microfoon gebruikt worden. Mag hopen dat dat in het leger ook is

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:56 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Dan moet alles dus via de hoogste beveiliging. Kost wel wat. Hardened laptops. Dedicated versleutelde lijnen. De huizen van medewerkers voorzien van folie op de ramen zodat men niet van afstand kan meekijken. Noem maar op. En je moet alles doen, want anders heeft het geen zin. Daar zit een aardig prijskaartje aan vast.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:02 schreef ExTec het volgende:

Het is immers niet gek veel moeite om met 1 van de commerciele partijen een contract aan te gaan en daar een modicum van veiligheid te implementeren.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:08 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Klinkt leuk hoor, maar heeft wat praktische nadelen: Hoe regel je de helpdesk? Want je machine overnemen kan niet. Je weet tenslotte niet wie er aan de andere kant zit. Ga je iedere medewerken van Cisco verplichten om een complete screening te ondergaan? Dat wordt een lastige opgave.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:04 schreef SillyWalks het volgende:
Mag het weer iets meer on-topic?

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:50 schreef ExTec het volgende:

Scenario's waar ik blijkbaar communicatie middel dien te kiezen (?), afhankelijk van classificatie (?) lijkt mij nodeloos ingewikkeld, en (menselijke) fout-gevoelig.

Ik ga liever voor 1 product to rule em all.

Weet je zeker dat er geen fouten gemaakt worden.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:27 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Zo werkt dat nou eenmaal. De ruimtes waar geclassificeerde systemen staan moeten ook aan eisen voldoen, de HGI netwerken staan ook niet in verbinding met andere lager gerubriceerde netwerken, dat zijn autonome netwerken. Dus een "one product rule em all" oplossing is simpelweg niet haalbaar.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:12 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Setje non-sensical bezwaren die duidelijk aangeven dat je niet werkzaam bent in de branche. Geeft niet.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:02 schreef ExTec het volgende:

Dat is een extreem.

Maar ik mag toch hopen dat er in geval de voorbeelden van ons zeer gewaardeerde AchJa meer is dan:

- Moet secure? "NIS lijnen", "NATO class 1", blah.

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- Niet secure? Nou, weetjewat? Doe maar wat. Wil je vandaag Zoom? Doe je lekker Zoom. Wil je Webex? Doe je lekker Webex! Veel succes! Wil je Zoho? Mag ook! Leef je uit! Jouw dag!

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Het is immers niet gek veel moeite om met 1 van de commerciele partijen een contract aan te gaan en daar een modicum van veiligheid te implementeren.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:31 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Bijzondere opmerking wel. Ik zou zeggen bied je diensten aan bij defensie dan is je kostje gekocht aangezien jij de oplossing hebt.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:56 schreef ExTec het volgende:

In de praktijk bel je als medewerker met je eigen helpdesk. Niet met de vendor helpdesk. Die zijn zelden tot nooit ingericht op dat volume calls, zijn immers B2B toko's, niet B2C.

En als jij dan een contract voor bv webex in je portfolio schuift, dan gaat je helpdesk die honneurs ook gewoon waarnemen.

Dus: ja, blabla moeilijk overnemen, je weet niet wie het is, blabla, screening -> BS.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 21:03 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
Heeft de navo geen gemeenschappelijk systeem?

Dat lijkt me juist 1 van de voordelen van in een alliantie zitten. Dat je normaal snel met elkaar kan communiceren.

Maar eigenlijk teveel offtopic

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 20:56 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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In de praktijk bel je als medewerker met je eigen helpdesk. Niet met de vendor helpdesk. Die zijn zelden tot nooit ingericht op dat volume calls, zijn immers B2B toko's, niet B2C.

En als jij dan een contract voor bv webex in je portfolio schuift, dan gaat je helpdesk die honneurs ook gewoon waarnemen.

Dus: ja, blabla moeilijk overnemen, je weet niet wie het is, blabla, screening -> BS.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 22:45 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Gaat allemaal veel te langzaam terwijl de Russische oorlogseconomie op volle toeren draait.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 22:45 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Gaat allemaal veel te langzaam terwijl de Russische oorlogseconomie op volle toeren draait.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 23:04 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het gestopte AGM-183 project lijkt toch niet gestopt te zijn. Da's de Amerikaanse hypersonische raket. Als Chinezen en Russen zulke dingen kunnen bouwen kunnen zij het uiteraard ook.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 22:49 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Ja, want RUSSIA STRONK. Kwestie van tijd nu, voor de T14's en de Su-57's het slagveld gaan domineren.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 23:09 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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uiteraard, je moet wel een snel massaal antwoord kunnen sturen als de nukes binnenkomen

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 23:13 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Kijk maar even weer op de kaart wat de stand van zaken is. Je vergeet het steeds.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 19:34 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Ja, en daarom zeg ik ook "amateurisme"... Als je weet dat het gevoelig kan worden dan ga je niet via Webex, Zoom of wat voor algemeen platform dan ook een meet organiseren.

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 23:09 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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uiteraard, je moet wel een snel massaal antwoord kunnen sturen als de nukes binnenkomen

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Op zondag 3 maart 2024 23:39 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Dat kunnen ze wel roepen, maar we willen bewijs zien.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 05:24 schreef aTypisch het volgende:
ondertussen elke scheet dat wel in je straatje past toejuichen

oorlogen zien en volgen als een voetbalwedstrijdje
inclusief juichen met tussenstanden
zieke gekken

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 05:38 schreef sp3c het volgende:
Is het een idee om een keer wat anders aas uit te gooien?

Zo hapt er niemand meer natuurlijk

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 05:40 schreef mascara-klodder het volgende:

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Heeeee ookal wakker

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 05:40 schreef mascara-klodder het volgende:

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Heeeee ookal wakker

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 05:24 schreef #ANONIEM het volgende:
ondertussen elke scheet dat wel in je straatje past toejuichen

oorlogen zien en volgen als een voetbalwedstrijdje
inclusief juichen met tussenstanden
zieke gekken

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 07:52 schreef bleiblei het volgende:

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Je weet gewoon wie dit is aan het "zieke gekken" en hij is #ANONIEM Juichen

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 07:52 schreef bleiblei het volgende:

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Je weet gewoon wie dit is aan het "zieke gekken" en hij is #ANONIEM Juichen

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Johnson gives House GOP’s Ukraine backers room to craft plan as pressure builds for floor vote
Speaker Mike Johnson swiftly derailed the Senate’s bipartisan aid package for Ukraine, but he’s left the door open to a new proposal emerging in the House.

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Behind the scenes, Johnson has met privately with House Republicans who have been trying to build support for a new bipartisan foreign aid package that includes restrictions on the US border with Mexico. And now House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is taking a lead role in trying to finalize a proposal and build consensus within the conference as part of a push for floor action by late March or April.

Johnson has not yet taken a position on the plan or committed to giving it a floor vote, telling his colleagues that they need to finalize government funding legislation first. But once that process is done by mid-March, Republican backers of the plan believe he will let it come to the floor – even it risks backlash from hard-right members or even a vote for his ouster from the speakership.

“More than you think,” Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a leader of the effort, said bluntly when asked about the support the GOP leadership team has given his bipartisan proposal. “We have to get something done.”

Still, getting legislation through the House remains an extremely tall order. Republicans are badly divided over Ukraine, and former President Donald Trump could effectively kill the bill with one social media post. Plus, ample Democratic support would be needed to pass it – a tall order given that the package includes new border restrictions and aid to Israel that would likely prompt a revolt on the left.

With Russia making gains in Ukraine, proponents say action is needed immediately. Fitzpatrick plans to begin a process this week to circumvent leadership and force a vote – known in the Capitol as a discharge petition, which would require support from a majority of House members to succeed. But even organizers of that effort recognize that it amounts to a long-shot bid and consider it a last resort. Their best bet: convincing Johnson to put the bill on the floor once it’s ready for action.

“I think, first, the speaker wants to get through the normal appropriations process, which is not easy,” McCaul said. “And then after that is done, then we tackle the supplemental. We are currently working on a draft. I think you’ll see a House imprimatur on this supplemental.”

McCaul, who briefed Republicans in the speaker’s office last week on the emerging plan, told CNN that Johnson has been “very deliberate.”

Other proponents of the measure say Johnson has clearly been open to their plan.

“No, I don’t think he’s trying to kill it,” said Rep. Mike Lawler, a freshman New York Republican who has signed on to the effort. “I think he understands the need to get support for Israel, for Ukraine, for Taiwan. … It’s a function of process and working through these issues within the conference.”

Lawler added: “Any threat to use the motion to vacate (the speaker) is idiotic. We need to be focused on solving the problems.”

Warnings on the right
Johnson has faced pressure on all sides. He has endured criticism internationally and from Democrats who say his failure to act immediately amounts to siding with Vladimir Putin. Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has pressed him to allow a House vote on the Senate’s $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, warning that any House changes to that plan would simply delay action and make it harder for Ukraine to defeat Russia.

Yet Johnson’s right flank has pointedly warned him not to approve a dime more of funding for Ukraine.

“That would be a huge mistake,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican and staunch opponent of Ukraine aid. “The American people don’t support it, and our job title is representative. Our job title is not fund the CIA’s war against Ukraine. That’s not what we’re elected to do.”

Rep. Bob Good of Virginia, the leader of the House Freedom Caucus and one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker last fall, would not say whether moving on Ukraine aid would cost Johnson his job. But he said that any aid package must be offset with spending cuts and should not be tied with Israel – a much different approach from the one Fitzpatrick and McCaul are taking.

“Ukraine divides the Republican conference,” Good said. “I don’t think it has majority support. … So if it doesn’t have Republican majority support, it should not be brought.”

The effort to approve more aid to Ukraine has been delayed for months amid GOP infighting. First, Republicans demanded Congress move on tougher border security measures before advancing aid to Ukraine. Then, after a bipartisan border security deal was cut after nearly five months of talks in the Senate, Johnson – along with Trump – immediately declared it too weak, effectively killing the effort.

After the Senate dropped the border deal amid Johnson’s opposition and then approved the $95 billion aid package last month, McConnell said the House GOP could no longer wait to act.

“If they change it and send it back here, we have further delay,” the Kentucky Republican told reporters last week. “Not only do we not want to shut the government down, we don’t want the Russians to win in Ukraine. And so we have a time problem here. And the best way to move quickly and get the bill to the president would be for the House to take up the Senate bill and pass it.”

Johnson has said he won’t take up the Senate plan because it’s silent on the border. But on Thursday, he suggested that he’s willing to consider measures being developed in the House.

“The House is actively considering options on a path forward,” Johnson said. “And so, we’re getting government funding done, and then we’re going to turn to these other priorities.”

Ukraine backers make their move
The foreign aid plan being developed by the bipartisan group of members would provide $66 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan – removing humanitarian aid that was a part of the Senate package and a priority of many Democrats.

Moreover, it would deny the entry of undocumented immigrants into the US until operational control of the border is achieved, while sending migrants to Mexico or their country of origin as they await adjudication of their claims in the United States – a policy known as “remain in Mexico.”

McCaul told CNN the group was looking at other changes to the bill as well, including seizing frozen Russian assets in the US and transferring those to Ukraine – a proposal known as the REPO Act. And he said the members were considering turning some of the aid into a US loan – an idea floated by Trump.

Asked whether he would sign onto a discharge petition to force a vote, McCaul signaled he was leery.

“That would be a last resort, and it wouldn’t sit well with a lot of Republicans,” McCaul said. “That usurps the speaker’s power.”

But the proposal is bound to be a hard sell with many Democrats, who are opposed to the immigration restrictions as well as the lack of humanitarian aid. And a number of progressives want to place conditions on aid to Israel amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, an idea flatly rejected by Republicans.

While Fitzpatrick said he was open to adding humanitarian aid, he acknowledged that making too many changes could upset their bipartisan compromise.

“Well, it’s like a water balloon – every change you make, you’re going to add or lose votes,” Fitzpatrick said. “And that’s why we’re trying to find that point of equilibrium, that sweet spot that we can get to 218 votes.”

Some critics of Ukraine aid said they wouldn’t be surprised if they ultimately get rolled.

Rep. Chip Roy, a Freedom Caucus member, said Johnson shouldn’t endorse the bipartisan plan.

“I don’t think he will,” the Texas Republican told CNN. “But I know that there’s obviously an interest to try to move forward on some of that. … I’m going to be blunt. The defense hawks usually get their way. And that’s just the way this town works.”

How Ukraine aid is being used as political leverage

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Je weet gewoon wie dit is aan het "zieke gekken" en hij is #ANONIEM Juichen

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Betekent #ANONIEM acount door de shredder?

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 10:09 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Yep.
Op eigen verzoek.

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The main pipeline at the oil depot, the roadway on the Tavrida highway, 7 houses and 6 cars were damaged during the UAV attack on Feodosia. One person was injured, ASTRA sources

ASTRA found out the consequences of one of the most massive UAV attacks on Feodosia in Crimea on March 3 - then the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the downing of 38 Ukrainian drones.

As ASTRA found out, during the attack, 4 drones immediately fell on the territory of Marine Oil Terminal JSC in Feodosia. Workers were evacuated from the oil depot. The main fuel pumping pipeline was damaged and a fire broke out. According to ASTRA sources, it took an hour and a half to put out the fire, from 3 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Preliminarily, there were no casualties at the oil depot. The same tank farm was already confirmed to be attacked in December and November last year.

In addition to the oil depot, the road surface of the Tavrida highway was damaged. In the area of ​​89 kilometers of the highway, a drone fell and exploded, creating a crater with a diameter of 5 by 5 meters and a depth of about 4 meters. The Lada car, in which 2 people were inside at the time of the attack, was damaged; they were not injured. Local authorities reported blocking traffic on the highway, without giving a reason. Photos and videos from the scene also appeared on the Internet (1,2). On the morning of March 4, traffic was restored. -ASTRA

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 09:30 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Dat ziet er niet echt succesvol uit. Het trainen van buitenlandse troepen via de Engelse taal.

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Haley suggests she’s no longer bound by pledge to back eventual Republican nominee
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggested she’s no longer bound by a Republican National Committee pledge to support the eventual nominee, saying that she’ll “make the decision I want to make” when asked whether she would endorse Donald Trump if he secures the nomination.

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“I mean, at the time of the debate, we had to take it to where ‘Would you support the nominee?’ and you had to, in order to get on that debate stage, you said yes,” the former South Carolina governor told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview that aired Sunday. “The RNC is now not the same RNC.”

As part of the criteria to appear on the GOP primary debate stage, the RNC required presidential candidates to sign a pledge committing to support the eventual GOP nominee.

“So you’re no longer bound by that pledge?” NBC host Kristen Welker asked Haley.

“No, I think I’ll make the decision I want to make, but that’s not something I’m thinking about,” she responded.

Pressed for clarity about whether she’s leaning against endorsing Trump, Haley stated, “I truly am not thinking about any of that.”

Haley’s remarks come as the former governor campaigns through Super Tuesday states. She has vowed to stay in the Republican race through at least Tuesday despite questions about her path forward in the face of Trump’s dominance in the nominating contests so far this year.

Haley reiterated to NBC that she doesn’t believe that either Trump or Joe Biden should be president, but she argued that her candidacy does not represent a “Never Trump” movement.

“If you talk about an endorsement, you’re talking about a loss. I don’t think like that when you’re in a race. You don’t think about losing. You think about continuing to go forward,” she said.

And as he closes in on the Republican nomination, Trump is already looking to reshape the structure of the RNC to better suit his desires for the general election and beyond, CNN previously reported.

Haley has in recent weeks ramped up her criticism of the former president, who picked up more delegates Saturday from caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and from a party convention in Michigan.

In an interview with CNN on Friday, Haley emphasized that she wasn’t “anti-Trump” despite the harsh criticism of her primary rival, under whom she served as US ambassador to the United Nations.

“The goal was always to get this one-on-one with Trump. What you’re hearing me say now is a contrast. That’s what people want,” Haley said. “They want to know the differences. What I’m saying is that I am not anti-Trump. I am for America, and the direction America can go.”

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Haley will win DC GOP primary, CNN projects
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will win the Republican presidential primary in Washington, DC, CNN projects, after three days of voting in the party’s only capital polling location – a downtown hotel.

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Haley’s victory – her first of the primary – comes on the eve of what is expected to be a decisive week in the GOP primary, as she attempts one last stand as the race turns national. Former President Donald Trump has dominated every other early nominating contest and is poised to rack up more delegates on Super Tuesday.

“It’s not surprising that Republicans closest to Washington dysfunction are rejecting Donald Trump and all his chaos,” Haley spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said in a statement that touted the former governor as the first woman to win a GOP presidential primary.

Haley’s victory, though a first, did not come as a major surprise. Many in Washington believed the District represented her best, and perhaps only, chance to win a primary. Trump’s hold on the capital’s GOP, which counts roughly 22,000 registered voters, has never quite reflected his dominance across the country. Trump won the primary in 2020, running uncontested, but finished third in the 2016 cycle. Haley held an event on Friday with local GOP leaders, a clear sign of optimism.

The Trump campaign, in a statement, sought to spin Haley’s win into a loss.

“Tonight’s results in Washington D.C. reaffirm the object of President Trump’s campaign — he will drain the swamp and put America first,” Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “The swamp has claimed their queen.”

Republicans will mostly forget about Washington now, at least in the coming general election. Biden won it in 2020 with more than 92% of the vote. The District has never supported a Republican presidential candidate. The GOP’s high-water mark came in 1972, when Richard Nixon managed a little more than 21% during a landslide reelection.

BREAKING: Trump suffers SURPRISE, STUNNING loss

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Dat kunnen ze wel roepen, maar we willen bewijs zien.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 08:23 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Hoe kan dat nou? Om bruggen te vernietigen heb je toch bepaalde dingen nodig?

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 10:48 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:
Zo gemeen voor die alleraardigste Ruzzen

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Je weet gewoon wie dit is aan het "zieke gekken" en hij is #ANONIEM Juichen

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Ja, ze zien het echt niet.

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Lijkt mij een lul van een gozer.

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Zo gemeen voor die alleraardigste Ruzzen

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Hoe kan dat nou? Om bruggen te vernietigen heb je toch bepaalde dingen nodig?

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Wat een onzin clickbait titel bij dat YT filmpje

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 11:20 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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De inhoud is prima anders. Hij maakt het punt dat de republikeinse kiezers flink verdeeld zijn. En dat een grote groep van deze kiezers niet op Trump zullen stemmen, zelfs als hij straks de hoofdkandidaat is die voor president gaat. Veel kiezers hebben al aangegeven dat bij een criminele veroordeling zij niet op hem zullen stemmen. En Haley geeft aan dat zij mogelijk niet haar support zal geven aan Trump wanneer ze uit de running is. Wat dus ook betekend dat er minder kiezers voor Trump zullen zijn. Natuurlijk zal een gedeelte toch voor Trump stemmen, maar de democraten zullen ook een aantal stemmen wegkapen. Of sommigen zullen helemaal niet stemmen.

Terwijl Trump dus in elke staat slechts 50-60 procent van de stemmen krijgt (zover, behalve in Washington D.C. dus, die heeft hij verloren). Krijgt Biden 90+ procent van de stemmen bij zijn voorverkiezingen.

Morgen is "Super Tuesday", de dag waarop voorverkiezingen in 15 staten gehouden worden. En zal dus een hele belangrijke dag worden voor de voorverkiezingen.

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Dat Biden als zittend president zoveel stemmen krijgt is niet vreemd. Het is gewoon onzin om Haley's overwinning in D.C. als stunning en surprising te omschrijven. Maar verder heeft dit maar weinig te maken met de oorlog in Oekra�ne. Tuurlijk heeft het wel zn invloed, maar we hoeven niet in dit topic de Amerikaanse (voor)verkiezingen te verslaan.

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ISW: Russia blames Ukraine for lack of peace talks in order to win concessions from West
Russia is waging a disinformation campaign regarding peace negotiations to win preemptive concessions from the West ahead of talks, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its March 3 report.

"Russian officials continue to falsely blame Ukraine and the West for the lack of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, despite numerous public Russian statements suggesting or explicitly stating that Russia is not interested in good faith peace negotiations with Ukraine," analysts said.

China and Turkey have both expressed interest in facilitating peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and Russian officials are exploiting that interest to perpetuate their own narratives, the ISW said.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin met with China's special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, in Moscow on March 2. Both Russia and China agreed after the meeting that "the settlements will not be reached without Moscow's participation," according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey on March 1. Fidan on March 3 called for ceasefire discussions to begin, saying "it is time to start a dialogue."

Amid these calls for dialogue, Russian officials have claimed that Ukraine is at fault for delaying the peace process by refusing to talk to Russia.

Ukraine has repeatedly said that any peace talks should be held on the basis of its 10-point peace formula, which includes a full withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. Moscow has rejected this proposal.

A document obtained by the Wall Street Journal shows that Russia's proposed peace terms for Ukraine in 2022 would deny Ukraine NATO membership and shrink the country's military, leaving it permanently vulnerable to Russian aggression.

"ISW continues to assess that any Russian statements suggesting that Russia is or always has been interested in peace negotiations are very likely efforts to feign interest to prompt preemptive Western concessions regarding Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity and place the onus for negotiations on Ukraine and the West," analysts said.

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Ukrainer auf der Flucht vor dem Militärdienst | ARTE Re:

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Die Ukraine braucht nach zwei Jahren Krieg dringend neue Rekruten, Hunderttausende sollen mobilisiert werden. Viele Ukrainer versuchen sich mit Schmiergeld frei zu kaufen, f�lschen Atteste oder fliehen illegal �ber die Grenzen nach Europa. Sind sie Vaterlandsverr�ter und Dr�ckeberger? Oder einfach nur M�nner, die ihr grundlegendstes Menschenrecht sch�tzen wollen: Das Recht auf Leben?

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Even een herinnering want ik ben zijn naam kwijt.
@:Inslagenreuring?

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Russia Fails to Start Production of New Domestic Aircraft Citing ‘Technical Difficulties’
President Putin’s December assertion that Russia would build 1,000 of its own airplanes by 2030 has gotten off to a shaky start – and the excuses have already started.

Serial production of two of the planned flagship domestic airliners, necessary to overcome the impact of sanctions preventing maintenance and repair of Russia’s foreign aircraft, which was due to start in 2024 has been delayed.

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According to the Moscow Times, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), part of the state-owned Rostec, said that deliveries of the Yakovlev MS21 medium-haul narrow-body aircraft will now start in 2025 and the Sukhoi Superjet 100 and the Ilyushin Il-114-300 turboprop regional aircraft are delayed until 2026.

The UAC spokesperson said, “Companies are faced with objective limitations – completely new systems, recreating competencies from scratch, the need for full testing and launching mass production under time pressure.”

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said the postponement of what it calls Russia’s “civil aviation import substitution programs” is because they are being implemented “in a time frame unprecedented by world standards,” for projects of this scale. It said that it is necessary to replace all systems and assemblies, including avionics, engines and aviation materials some of which have uncovered “objective technical difficulties.”

“All global aircraft manufacturers rely on broad international cooperation, suppliers from several dozen countries. Russia will have to cope on its own,” the Ministry of Industry and Trade spokesperson said.

Rostec outlined its plans for the new aircraft. They planned to deliver 30 Superjet-100 by 2026 although there is less clarity on the MS-21, despite a successful maiden flight in 2017 and signing a contract with Aeroflot deliveries to start in 2020. Since then, there have been continual major changes to its design and technical specifications.

According to the RBC.ru news site, the MS-21 has failed to achieve the previously stated parameters: its range has been reduced from 5,000 to 3,500 kilometers (3,100 to 2,200 miles), passenger capacity has decreased from 211 to 135. A major issue is the substitution of the original engines for the aircraft by the Perm PD14, manufactured by the UEC-Aviadvigatel company which has recently been hit by increased Japanese sanctions.

The head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov said that “Tests are not yet completed. As soon as we complete the tests, we will immediately see the results... We are still worried about the safety of all of us - we will fly on these planes.”

The original plan to partially meet Putin’s target was for delivery of just over 600 long-haul and regional aircraft starting in 2023. These would include: 142 Superjet 100, 270 MS-21, 70 Il-114 and 115 Tupolev Tu-214.

Oleg Panteleev, director of the Russian airline industry’s “AviaPort” agency said that Russian airlines will have no option but to wait for the domestically produced aircraft as they cannot purchase imported components and equipment for their foreign Boeing, Airbus and Bombadier aircraft.

Pantaleev said the initial dates for the serial production of these airliners were too optimistic but the delays were not entirely unexpected as “In aviation, everything doesn’t go smoothly the first time. This is especially true for Superjet, since the aircraft was originally developed with international cooperation, and now it is essentially being designed anew.”

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In Kirov, a Wagner PMC mercenary who returned from the war was detained for rape
Law enforcement officers detained former Wagner PMC mercenary Dmitry Efimov on suspicion of raping a girl in Kirov, writes Baza. He had previously returned from the war in Ukraine.

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According to sources, on the night of February 24, Efimov took the 22-year-old victim behind a garage on Girsovsky Lane, put her in someone else’s parked car and raped her. Later , Efimov became distracted and the girl was able to escape. Then he decided to cover up the traces of the crime, drove the VAZ and burned it. Despite this, investigators found Efimov. The court sent him to a pre-trial detention center. A criminal case has been opened under the article “Rape”.

The source notes that Efimov was previously convicted. In 2013, he was imprisoned for rape, and in 2019 for murder. After the start of the war in Ukraine, he enlisted in the Wagner PMC and went to the front. According to the publication’s interlocutor, Efimov served out his contract until the end of his term, received a pardon from President Vladimir Putin and was released.

This is not the first time this has happened. On February 29, a court in Novosibirsk sentenced former Wagner PMC mercenary Sergei Shakhmatov to 17 years in a maximum security colony, finding him guilty of sexual assault against two girls aged 11 and 12, whom he dragged into a garage at gunpoint. During the trial, he admitted guilt and stated that he was in a state of insanity due to drugs and alcohol. Shakhmatov was previously tried for fraud and theft, and after the start of the war he ended up in Ukraine.

In January, it became known about the arrest of two previously convicted ex-mercenaries of the Wagner PMC, Ivan Komarov and Roman Kalmykov, suspected of raping and robbing a woman in the Sverdlovsk region. The latter previously served a sentence in a maximum security colony for the murder of an 88-year-old pensioner for 400 rubles. Komarov was imprisoned for entering the territory of an enterprise in Severouralsk, where he tied a guard with a cord and hit a witness on the head with the barrel of a gun. After their arrest, they were charged only with robbery and sent to a pre-trial detention center.

At the end of November, the police of Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg region, detained Yuri Gavrilov, who had returned from the war, on suspicion of raping a fifth-grader.

According to Vestka’s calculations, in 2023 , more than 190 criminal cases were opened against the Wagnerites, who were pardoned after six months at the front . Thirty-two crimes committed by such persons were publicly reported, and journalists found another 160 criminal cases in court files. 31 of them were charged with murder, attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.

The increased number of crimes against sexual integrity committed by Russian military personnel in 2023 was previously indicated by Sibir. Realities." Over the eight months of 2023, at least 64 cases of rape were brought to military courts; in 2022, there were 110. Every second victim was a child, journalists calculated. At the same time , cases of sexual crimes brought against mercenaries of the Wagner PMC were not included in the statistics, since legally they are not considered career military personnel.

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Je weet gewoon wie dit is aan het "zieke gekken" en hij is #ANONIEM Juichen

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 12:33 schreef Starhopper het volgende:

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Nieuw accountje in 3,2,1

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aTypisch

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Goal!

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 14:22 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Sure. Right. Duidelijk. Waarom zou je je 'beste' tank inzetten, in een oorlog waar je voor de rest per dag 10 andere tanks verliest, ofzo.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 14:22 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Sure. Right. Duidelijk. Waarom zou je je 'beste' tank inzetten, in een oorlog waar je voor de rest per dag 10 andere tanks verliest, ofzo.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 14:38 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ok, Seoul zegt het nu dus ook.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:13 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Whole new level of f*cked up, tering

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:20 schreef 3rr0r het volgende:
Wat zou hij gedacht hebben?

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Wat een oen. Wat zou hij gedacht hebben? Drone is geland met een batterij die op is en kan daardoor niks meer doen?

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Whole new level of f*cked up, tering

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:20 schreef 3rr0r het volgende:

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Wat een oen. Wat zou hij gedacht hebben? Drone is geland met een batterij die op is en kan daardoor niks meer doen?

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they laid a trap for a Russian spotter. They landed a drone on top of the observation deck and simply waited for the unsuspecting imbecile to climb up to his perch.

Hoe ik dit lees is: Hij wist niet dat er een drone was. Hij was gewoon onderweg naar zijn werkplek

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 11:31 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Trump is de hoofd reden dat hulp voor Oekra�ne er nog niet is. Dat er zo veel mensen tegen Oekra�ne zijn en voor Rusland in Amerika. Als hij weer president wordt zal dat een doodsteek zijn voor Oekra�ne. Al zullen zij natuurlijk wel door blijven vechten. Trump, en dus ook de (voor)verkiezingen staan in direct verband met de oorlog in Oekra�ne.

En dan heb ik het nog niet eens over de Russische inmenging in de verkiezingen om deze in het voordeel van Trump te beslechten.

Dus hoe deze verkiezingen gaan is wel degelijk relevant. En zoveel wordt er nu ook niet over gepost.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:51 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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En de reden waarom Donald Trump tegen hulp aan Oekra�ne is, omdat Zelensky niet mee wilde helpen aan dat onzin-verhaal van Hunter Biden.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:39 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:51 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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En de reden waarom Donald Trump tegen hulp aan Oekra�ne is, omdat Zelensky niet mee wilde helpen aan dat onzin-verhaal van Hunter Biden.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 16:03 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:

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Maar Zelensky heeft wel een statement gemaakt dat het een normaal telefoongesprek was en er geen druk op hem uitgeoefend werd.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019(...)obody-pushed-me.html

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 16:01 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Tja dat zijn de hoofdzonden van Trump: ijdelheid en rancune.

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Supreme Court keeps Trump on Colorado ballot, rejecting 14th Amendment push
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado, a decision with nationwide implications that could put to rest, for now, the debate over whether the 14th Amendment bars him from office because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

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Here are key takeaways from the Supreme Court's oral arguments on the Trump 14th Amendment case
The Supreme Court signaled in early February that it was poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot.

During about two hours of arguments, the high court’s conservative justices peppered the lawyers representing Trump’s challengers with a series of questions that suggested they were seeking a way to side with the former president – most likely based on reasoning that doesn’t address the question of whether he is or isn’t an insurrectionist.

Even some members of the court’s liberal wing posed difficult questions to the lawyers opposed to the former president.

Here are key takeaways from the oral arguments:

Conservatives suggest several ways to side with Trump:
Throughout the course of the arguments, the court’s conservatives repeatedly questioned whether the insurrection ban was intended to apply to former presidents and whether the ban could be enforced without Congress first enacting a law. Others delved into more fundamental questions about whether courts removing a candidate from the ballot is democratic. “Your position has the effect of disenfranchising voters to a significant degree,” conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh said in one of the more striking exchanges with attorneys. If Trump is removed from the ballot in Colorado, Chief Justice John Roberts predicted that states would eventually attempt to knock other candidates off the ballot. That, he signaled, would be inconsistent with the purpose and history of the 14th Amendment.

Jackson and liberals have tough questions for challengers:
Another sign that the court was leaning toward Trump’s position: Even some of the liberal justices posed difficult questions to the lawyers representing his challengers. Notably, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Joe Biden nominee, said that the 14th Amendment provision did not include the word “president,” even though it specifically listed other officials who would be covered, such as members of Congress. That is a central argument Trump’s attorneys have raised in the case. “I guess that just makes me worry that maybe they weren’t focused on the president,” Jackson said. Justice Elena Kagan questioned the implications of a single state banning a candidate in a presidential election.

Justices didn’t focus on Trump’s January 6 actions:
The nine justices spent little time on the former president’s actions surrounding the January 6 attack on the US Capitol that sparked the ballot challenge in Colorado and elsewhere. There were more questions, in fact, about the Civil War and how the insurrectionist ban in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution was enacted in order to grapple with confederates who fought against the Union.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 16:18 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://edition.cnn.com/p(...)-03-04-24/index.html
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Een kleine overwinning voor de man. Maar gelukkig is hij er nog lang niet. Maar als de supreme court ook aangeeft dat Trump immuun is voor vervolging als president dan kan ik de onafhankelijkheid van de supreme court niet meer serieus nemen.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:39 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 16:23 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Ik mis de waardeloze roepies in dit verhaal.

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Supreme Court justices were divided about how broadly the Trump ballot decision could extend
The Supreme Court was united on the idea that Donald Trump will remain on the ballot in Colorado and that the state cannot unilaterally dump him off the ballot, in their opinion issued Monday.

But the justices were divided about how broadly the decision would sweep. A 5-4 majority said that no state could dump a federal candidate off any ballot – with four justices asserted that the court should have limited its opinion.

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Analysis: How the justices who voted to leave Trump on the ballot went further than their colleagues
CNN Supreme Court analyst Steve Vladeck says there are two key ways that the five conservative justices who voted to keep Donald Trump on the Colorado ballot went further than the other four were willing to go.

"First, the unsigned majority opinion holds that states can't enforce Section 3 against any prospective federal officeholders, and not just against presidential candidates," Vladek, who is also a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, said.

"Second, it also requires Congress to pass affirmative legislation to enforce Section 3--cutting off other ways that the federal government might enforce that provision" he said.

"For example, by refusing to count electoral votes in favor of a candidate who violates Section 3," he added. "Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett, and Jackson didn't say they would've answered those questions differently; they just wouldn't have answered them at all."

A reminder: Section 3 was the key provision at the center of the case. It was originally intended to keep former Confederates from reclaiming power.

Courts and legal groups had for months debated the meaning of the section as it has language that prohibits certain officials who took an oath to support the Constitution - and then engaged in insurrection - from serving in office again.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 16:30 schreef zuchtje het volgende:

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wellicht staan de roepies op de handelsbalans, en niet in dit fonds

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:51 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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En de reden waarom Donald Trump tegen hulp aan Oekra�ne is, omdat Zelensky niet mee wilde helpen aan dat onzin-verhaal van Hunter Biden.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:42 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Dat heeft er eigenlijk niks mee te maken. Er is simpelweg een erg grote groep Amerikanen die isolationistisch is en geen geld wil uitgeven aan andere landen.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:42 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Dat heeft er eigenlijk niks mee te maken. Er is simpelweg een erg grote groep Amerikanen die isolationistisch is en geen geld wil uitgeven aan andere landen.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:48 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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75% is voor hulp.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:53 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Wat mij verbaast is dat die groep een enorme overlap heeft met de mensen die wel Irak en Iran willen / wilden binnenvallen.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:53 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Ja, dat past niet binnen het idee van isolationisme.
Het argument gaat ongeveer zo: waarom 50 miljard aan Oekra�ne geven als er 650.000 daklozen in de VS zijn die dit geld hard nodig hebben of nog beter; een belastingverlaging.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:10 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Ach, de GOP wil ineens een sociaal vangnet gaan opbouwen?

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:42 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Dat heeft er eigenlijk niks mee te maken. Er is simpelweg een erg grote groep Amerikanen die isolationistisch is en geen geld wil uitgeven aan andere landen.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:15 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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Dat zal wel, voor Donald Trump was het Hunter Biden verhaal een manier om de herverkiezingennte winnen.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:17 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Tuurlijk, zo werkt de politiek. De broer van Cicero, Quintus, schreef er 2000 jaar geleden een boekje over, dat is nog altijd precies hoe het werkt.
Deze keer is het natuurlijk "Sleepy Joe, Slow Joe, Basement Biden, Bejing Biden", of wat anders uit zijn extensieve lijst van bijnamen: https://en.wikipedia.org/(...)used_by_Donald_Trump

Niets anders dan een simpele ad nauseam.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 15:39 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:38 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Op een gegeven moment gaat de Russische economie in elkaar donderen.

Dan zal Nederland overspoeld worden met Nikita's.

Dan komen de fok zolderautisten zelfs aan hun trekken.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:26 schreef grrrrg het volgende:

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Wat ik dus probeer aan te geven is dat Donad Trump niet zozeer gemotiveerd was door isolationistische motieven. Hij wilde Joe Biden zwart maken en hij zag Zelensky als gereedschap om dat voor elkaar te krijgen.
De hulp voor Oekra�ne was al goedgekeurd door het congres, maar Donald Trump schortte het op.
Je kan het het allemaal teruglezen: https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekra%C3%AFne-affaire

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:38 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Op een gegeven moment gaat de Russische economie in elkaar donderen.

Dan zal Nederland overspoeld worden met Nikita's.

Dan komen de fok zolderautisten zelfs aan hun trekken.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:48 schreef Opnaarutrecht het volgende:

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Volg jij de Turkse media? Zo ja, wat schrijven die nu over Rusland? Turkije heeft als een van de weinige landen de ballen Rusland aan te vallen bij een oorlog tussen Rusland en de NAVO.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:54 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Turkije zal Rusland nooit aanvallen. Dat is juist het Navoland wat uit alle macht probeert neutraal te blijven en overal de beste positie voor zichzelf poogt te verwerven.

https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/91571

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 19:04 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Ze hebben anders wel een Russisch gevechtsvliegtuig neergeschoten.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 19:04 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Ze hebben anders wel een Russisch gevechtsvliegtuig neergeschoten.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:57 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Dat klopt, maar vandaar is er wellicht ook een sterkere verandering binnen juist die groep. Ik durf te vermoeden dat juist de invasie van Irak en Afganistan het isolationisme een duw in de rug hebben gegeven.
Wat denk jij?

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:57 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Dat klopt, maar vandaar is er wellicht ook een sterkere verandering binnen juist die groep. Ik durf te vermoeden dat juist de invasie van Irak en Afganistan het isolationisme een duw in de rug hebben gegeven.
Wat denk jij?

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:57 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Lijkt wel een garp van de Speld.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 18:43 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:

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Nikita is een jongensnaam.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 19:41 schreef -XOR- het volgende:

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Dat lijkt me sterk want dat zou dan betekenen dat Elton John homo is.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 19:16 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Ja, beide landen zijn het niet eens over de varen koers aangaande Syri�. Aangaande Oekra�ne volgt Turkije precies de weg die het meeste oplevert voor Turkije.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 19:37 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Ik denk eigenlijk meer dat het een grote groep (domme) kortzichtige mensen is die makkelijk be�nvloedbaar zijn.
Ik ben ook niet voor oorlog maar Rusland als vijand onderkennen en een goed leger opzetten heb ik al sinds 2003 als visie. Hetzelfde met het gekloot met China. Op het werk koopt ICT nog steeds hopen huawei apparatuur maar je kunt er op wachten dat het de schroothoop op moet vanwege kwetsbaarheden.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 21:02 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Wel aardig dat Oekra�ne nog een stukje land mag houden van de Russen. Misschien hadden ze dit beter wat eerder kunnen overleggen met de Polen en Roemenen, want ondanks dat die veel meer land zouden krijgen dan de Hongaren, lijken ze niet bepaald mee te willen werken.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 20:56 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

Over China zou ik me niet al te veel zorgen maken, dat is eerder een probleem voor de VS. Misschien is het voor Europa beter om Taiwan niet te steunen.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 21:28 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Welk stukje is dat? De blauwe stukjes en dat gele stuk? Of alleen het gele stuk?

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 22:45 schreef Confetti het volgende:

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Heb het artikel gelezen. Simpelweg weer een verkapte staatsgreep om nog meer nationale bevoegdheden af te pakken. Ze misbruiken elke crisis om macht te centraliseren. Nationale overheden kunnen prima mobiliseren, er is alleen simpelweg geen acute dreiging.

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 23:57 schreef oheng het volgende:
Beetje te toevallig om net nu de Kerch brug aan te vallen met drones.

Alsof Oekraine wil aantonen dat ze geen hulp nodig hebben van Duitsland.

Dat Webex gesprek ging trouwens schijnbaar via de openbare wifi van een hotel in Thailand (ofzo). Hadden ze maar NordVPN gebruikt. Je krijgt 2 weken gratis met kortingscode "InternetHistorian'.

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Op dinsdag 5 maart 2024 00:00 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Ik denk dat de voorbereiding wel wat langer duurde dan twee dagen. Bovendien gaf Budanov laatst nog aan dat men beter niet van de brug gebruik kan maken.

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Op dinsdag 5 maart 2024 00:06 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Ik denk dat deze aanval al deels voorbereid was. En ik denk ook dat de Duitsers gevraagd hebben om deze aanval nu uit te voeren, als afleiding.
Noem me een conspiracy gekkie, maar dat is wat ik denk.

ik zie trouwens nu pas op russische Telegram kanalen dat de Fransen ook Scalps, Samp/T, Crotale NG, een aantal radars en een hele berg spul leveren.

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Op dinsdag 5 maart 2024 00:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Ik denk niet dat Oekra�ne nu denkt dat Duitse plannen zo veilig zijn.

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NATO troops cross Poland's Vistula river in major readiness exercise

Some 20,000 soldiers from nine NATO countries transporting battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other military equipment crossed the Vistula river on Monday in a major NATO manoeuvre to test its readiness against Russia.

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The operation - Dragon 24 - took place on Poland's longest river near Korzeniewo, which is about 100 kilometres south of Gdansk. Of the 20,000 soldiers, 15,000 were from Poland, the Polish armed forces said.

"We are showing what capabilities we have and we are combining this with the determination to use them," said NATO General Gunnar Br�gner.

Overcoming a body of water is a key capability that an army needs in order to bring reinforcements to the front, Br�gner said.

Dragon 24 is part of the larger NATO operation dubbed Steadfast Defender, which will last around four months and stretches from Norway to countries such as Romania. The defence alliance has mobilized around 90,000 soldiers in total for it.

Steadfast Defender is NATO's largest exercise since the Cold War.

The Vistula flows from the mountains in Poland's south to the Baltic Sea.

There are increasing warnings from European officials that Russia could be ready to test the solidarity of NATO allies at some point in the next few years.

The debate about the Western alliance's readiness for war gained more momentum in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine just over two years ago.

Poland is one of Ukraine's most committed supporters and has also taken in almost 1 million war refugees from its eastern neighbour. It also serves as a logistical hub for military aid from the West.

The EU and NATO member feels particularly threatened by Russia due to its location and history. Many Poles are worried they could one day face a similar fate to the people of Ukraine.

Ukraine is not in NATO but wants to join, one reason given by Russia for invading. An attack on Poland would mean NATO has to intervene as per treaty.

Poland has recently invested heavily in modern weapons systems and spends around 4% of its gross domestic product on defence - or double NATO's 2% of GDP defence spending target.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk recently said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats against the West should be taken "deadly seriously."

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Reports: German ambassador summoned in Moscow over intercepted call
The German ambassador to Russia, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, has arrived in Moscow for a meeting at the Foreign Ministry, according to media reports.

Citing an anonymous source, the Russian state news agency TASS reported that the ambassador had been summoned because of the recently published recordings of a telephone conversation between German Air Force officers on the possible deployment of Taurus cruise missiles in Ukraine, which had been intercepted by Russia.

According to dpa information, however, Lambsdorff arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry for a meeting that had been planned some time in advance.

Neither the press office nor the ambassador himself were initially available for comment.

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The UN atomic watchdog's director says he's heading to Moscow for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine
The U.N. atomic watchdog agency's director said that he's due to depart for a trip to Moscow on Tuesday for high-level talks with Russian officials to discuss the issue of nuclear safety in Ukraine.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi made the announcement on Monday, the first day of a regular meeting of the agency's 35-nation board of governors in Vienna. There was no immediate confirmation of the trip from the Kremlin.

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“The situation continues to be very fragile,” Grossi told reporters, referring to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant located in southeastern Ukraine.

The safety of the nuclear plant, which is Europe's largest, is “of tremendous importance in terms of international peace and security,” he said.

Grossi said that it was “the intention” that he will meet personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his upcoming trip, but added that he would expect Moscow as the host of the talks to officially confirm it.

Grossi last met with Putin in October 2022.

Grossi visited Ukraine in February, and crossed the front line to visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in person as part of the IAEA’s efforts to prevent a nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war. He also held a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

He told reporters in Vienna that he considered it important to maintain a dialogue with both sides.

Grossi said that he expected to discuss “technical issues” related to “the future operational status of the plant” in Moscow. He also said that if the six-unit Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is currently in cold shutdown, is to be restarted, he would need to discuss “what kind of safety evaluation” will be made. He also said that he needs to speak about the issue of the external power supply lines, since what the IAEA currently sees is “fragile and thin.”

The IAEA has repeatedly expressed alarm about the Zaporizhzhia facility amid fears of a potential nuclear catastrophe. The plant has repeatedly been caught in the crossfire since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and seized the facility shortly after.

The plant’s six reactors have been shut down for months, but it still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features.

The plant suffered eight losses of off-site power since the start of the war, forcing it to temporarily rely on emergency diesel generators, while continuing to face challenges related to staffing.

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The truth behind Trump and his smiling black supporters – they’re fake

Donald Trump supporters are targeting black voters with disinformation, including AI-generated fake images of the former president, campaigners have warned.

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Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter, a group that encourages black people to vote, fears so-called “deepfake” images are being deployed to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.

His warning follows a BBC Panorama investigation that discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as supporting the former president.

Mr Albright said the fake images were consistent with a “very strategic narrative” designed to convince black voters to back Mr Trump in November’s election.

The BBC investigation claimed that fake images of black Trump supporters, generated by artificial intelligence (AI), are “one of the emerging disinformation trends” ahead of November’s election.

But Panorama found no evidence directly linking the deepfakes it uncovered to Mr Trump’s campaign.

One deepfake, created by Mark Kaye and his team at a conservative radio show in Florida, shows Mr Trump smiling with his arms around a group of black women at a party.

It was shared on Facebook, where Mr Kaye has more than one million followers and, from the comments posted below, it was apparent that some users believed the AI-generated image was real.

“I’m not a photojournalist,” Mr Kaye told the BBC. “I’m not out there taking pictures of what’s really happening. I’m a storyteller.”

He had posted an article about black voters supporting Mr Trump and illustrated it with the AI image.

“I’m not claiming it is accurate,” added Mr Kaye. “I’m not saying, ‘Hey, look, Donald Trump was at this party with all of these African American voters. Look how much they love him!’

“If anybody’s voting one way or another because of one photo they see on a Facebook page, that’s a problem with that person, not with the post itself.”

Another deepfake seen by the BBC shows Mr Trump posing with a group of young black men on a doorstep

The BBC claimed the person behind the account, called Shaggy, is a committed Trump supporter living in Michigan.

His post has had over 1.3 million views, according to X (formerly Twitter). Some users called it out as a fake but others seemed to believe the image was real.

Mr Trump’s campaign is hoping to increase support from black voters, who were important to Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.

A recent New York Times and Sienna College poll found that in six key swing states 71 per cent of black voters would back Mr Biden in 2024, lower than the 92 per cent nationally that helped him four years ago.

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Albania, wary of Russia, reopens Soviet-era air base to NATO
KUCOVA, Albania (Reuters) - NATO member Albania, which has no fighter jets of its own, opened a rebuilt Soviet-era air base to serve NATO aircraft on Monday amid an increased threat from Russia, Prime Minister Edi Rama said.

NATO has spent over 50 million euros ($54.26 million) on the Kucova Air Base to bolster its presence in the region. Airspace in the Adriatic country of Albania, which borders Greece to the south and Montenegro to the north, is protected by Italy and Greece.

"This is a base that (will add) another element of security for our Western Balkans region which we all know that it is a region endangered from the threat and neo-imperalist ambitions of the Russian Federation," Rama said during the inauguration.

Two fighter jets flying from NATO's Aviano Air Base in Italy landed in Kucova to mark the reopening of the airfield.

The air base is located in the small town of Kucova once known as "Stalin City" when Soviet and Chinese-made MIGs were on standby for orders to scramble in the case of a war with the West that never arrived.

The likely targets then were Austria, Germany, Italy and Denmark, Rama said.

"Today we live in a different era and fortunately Albania is on the other side," Rama said.

Albania, which joined NATO in 2009, is also in talks with NATO to build a naval base at Porto Romano on the Adriatic coast.

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Op dinsdag 5 maart 2024 02:09 schreef quirina het volgende:
Duitsland en Frankrijk laten zich erg in de kaart kijken door de Russen hoor.
En daar zijn wij als Nederland straks slachtoffer door!
Eerst die Rutte die naar Kiev gaat om te laten tekenen dat we voor tientallen jaren betalen voor bescherming door Oekra�ne ( want dat is het in feite, want zelf kan ons land niks.. Rutte noem het Oekra�ne “ helpen met wederopbouw”’)
Dan die Macron die troepen wil sturen en nou die domme Duitsers met hun lek. Kallas met haar grote bek die het onbetrouwbare legertje van Estland ook wel even de gehaktmolen in wil draaien. En als er ergens door Rusland gespioneerd wordt is dat in voormalige Sovjet landen en dan juist in haar legertje. Estland is het minst achterlijke Baltische land, dus ja spioneren ze daar het meest. Russische Estlanders kunnen haar bloed wel drinken, verbaast me echt nog steeds dat ze niet vermoord is.
Die Russen weten al lang NAVO’s plannetjes en spelletjes. Zij kunnen het spelen. Europa niet, dat zie je nu maar.
Wij zitten straks met doden hoor als het losgaat.

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EU Plans to Include Ukraine in Defense Industry Support Scheme
The European Commission will propose to make Ukraine a full member of the EU’s defense industry support scheme, according to a European Commission draft proposal seen by Euractiv.

One of the three goals of the European Defence Investment Programme proposal is aimed at “contributing to the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of the Ukrainian defense technological and industrial base and progressive integration into the European, thereby contributing to mutual stability, security, peace, prosperity and sustainability.”

For this, Ukraine should be allowed to become a full member of any country-consortium to jointly procure military equipment with other EU member states, have access to EU funds, and receive VAT-exemption for joint ownership, the draft text says.

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The EDIP regulation will be presented by the European Commission on Tuesday, March 5, alongside an over-arching political EU defense strategy.

Ukraine would, therefore, be given a special place in the Programme to support European joint procurement of weapons and bolster the Union’s military-industrial complex benefiting from EU funds.

Previous defense-industrial programs adopted by EU lawmakers have never considered any third country as a rightful full participant in the schemes besides Norway.

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Ukraine’s accession to the EDIP would be an important step in the formation of Europe’s military-industrial complex, given Kyiv’s experience in using defense equipment for two years and the process of joining the European Union.

As Ukraine needs large quantities of defense products, especially ammunition and drones, Kyiv is working with EU companies to establish joint ventures, direct purchases from EU industry, and develop large drone production facilities.

Two years of war also gave the Ukrainian army experience in testing and using modern weapons.

According to the draft regulation, “contributing to the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of the Ukrainian defense technological and industrial base” is a way to “support[ing] defense readiness of the Union and its member states”.

Outside EU borders, the member states’ industry faces challenges tospeeding up production while waiting for contracts after decades of under-investment following the Cold War.

“Faced with a high-intensity conflict, the Ukrainian defense and technological, industrial base had to shift to a war economy model,” the draft defense strategy states, and so [it] “will emerge as one of the best engines of the economic recovery of the country at the end of the war and testbed of the defense industrial readiness”.

Security commitments
The cooperation of Ukraine’s industry with the EU is a core aspect of the ‘security commitments’ the EU’s diplomatic service discussed offering Ukraine.

“Ukraine is and will increasingly be a crucial partner in the Union in the defense industrial sector, notably given its full accession process,” the unpublished text of the defense strategy states.

The draft document also foresees a specific budget for the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.

The document does not specify the overall financial envelope attached, although it is supposed to come with a budget of at least �1.5 billion, according to a European Commission official.

Under the plan, Ukraine would need to adhere to several regulations to qualify as an EU member state, as outlined in the draft text. One of the stipulations includes a prerequisite related to the rule of law, mirroring the trajectory it must undertake in its journey towards accession.

Ukraine shall “continue to uphold and respect effective democratic mechanisms, including a multiparty parliamentary system and the rule of law, and to guarantee respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, thereby contributing to mutual stability, security, peace and prosperity.”

The European Commission would also consider evaluating the “security context” to assess its continued support.

As previously reported, Ukraine established five joint defense enterprises with Western arms manufacturers aimed at bolstering the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

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Ukrainian Troops Repel Russian Invasion Near Stepove with Cluster Munitions
Ukrainian troops stopped the invaders’ assault with cluster munitions in the Avdiivka sector.

The 47th Mechanized Brigade said that the Russians planned to storm the positions of their brigade.

Before the assault, Russian infantry stretched out and moved along one of the roads.

The Russian invaders were probably heading from the village of Stepove in the direction of Ukrainian positions near the village of Berdychi.

У районі Степового штурмовиків росіян "накрили" касетними снарядами

Ukrainian reconnaissance drones monitored the invaders’ movements and then adjusted fire.

Initially, the Russians were hit with a high-explosive shell, but immediately the artillerymen began to fire cluster munitions.

The shells hit the Russian infantry quite accurately as they tried to quickly leave the sector.

The Ukrainian artillery is armed with US 155-mm M864 cluster shells.

72 bomblets of the M864 are placed in the projectile. These are 48 small M42 HEAT-Frag bomblets and 24 larger M46s.

During detonation, the elements of both types scatter debris within a radius of several meters, and can penetrate at least 60-65 mm of armor.

The Ukrainian General Staff said that the military repelled 21 attacks in the Avdiivka sector over the past day.

Dmytro Lykhoviy, spokesman for the Tavria Operational and Strategic Group, stated that the Ukrainian Defense Forces are halting the further advancement of the Russian invaders in the region. According to him, the situation is being stabilized in this hottest area of the Russian attack, despite the fact that the enemy partially controls Berdychi and Tonenke.

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Russian veteran of war in Ukraine kills ex-wife in Chelyabinsk
A Russian veteran of the war in Ukraine from the city of Chelyabinsk in the Urals has been charged with murdering his ex-wife, local news website 74.ru reported on Monday.

Nikita Sidorov, 32, killed his ex-wife, whose name has not been made public, while their three-year-old son was in the apartment and while police banged on the door.

Sidorov returned home drunk on the evening of 25 February, 74.ru wrote, and when his ex-wife refused to let him into the apartment he entered via the balcony. She called the police, who arrived 40 minutes later and began knocking on the door. Neighbours said that they had heard screams throughout the incident. By the time police gained access to the apartment, the victim was already dead.

“He fought all the time, even with friends. When he’s sober, he’s fine, but when he drinks, that’s it,” neighbours told reporters.

They said Sidorov had moved in with his then wife before the war and she became pregnant. When she subsequently left him, he enlisted to fight in Ukraine. They moved back in together when he returned home but broke up again in February. It is unclear why the victim was at Sidorov’s apartment on 25 February.

Sidorov has been charged with murder and sent to a pretrial detention centre for two months.

The local Interior Ministry announced that it would investigate the conduct of the officers who responded to the call.

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Ten years ago, Belbek’s garrison refused to surrender

On March 4, Ukrainian soldiers stationed at Belbek airfield refused to hand over their weapons.

The year 2024 marks ten years since the start of Russian aggression against the Ukrainian state. MilitaryLand.net brings you a series of articles focused on the most important days of the initial phase of this war.

March 4, 2014
Russian forces surrounded a checkpoint of Ukrainian anti-aircraft unit in Yevpatoria.

Ukrainian State Security Service reported that Crimea is under complete occupation of Russian forces, as all Ukrainian command posts and radio engineering bases were under siege.

The State Border Service of Ukraine was deployed at the entrances to Crimea in Kherson Oblast, and set up checkpoints in Salkovo, Kalanchak and Chaplinka.

A group of Ukrainian soldiers, led by Col. Yuliy Mamchur, marched towards armed Russian soldiers who were blocking the airbase. The first shots of this war were fired. Mamchur declared he and his unit remained loyal to Ukrainian nation and refused to surrender their weapons.

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Air Force employee charged with sharing classified info on Russia's war with Ukraine on dating site
The Justice Department says a civilian U.S. Air Force employee has been charged in federal court in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform

A civilian U.S. Air Force employee has been charged in federal court in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform, the Justice Department said Monday.

David Franklin Slater, 63, who authorities say retired as an Army lieutenant colonel and was assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, was arrested Saturday on charges of illegally disclosing national defense information and conspiring to do so.

Prosecutors say Slater attended briefings between February and April 2022 about Russia's war with Ukraine and, despite having signed paperwork pledging not to disclose classified information, shared details about military targets and Russian capabilities on an online messaging platform with an unindicted co-conspirator who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine.

According to an indictment, that alleged co-conspirator, who is not identified by prosecutors, repeatedly asked Slater for information and described him as “my secret informant love.”

It wasn't immediately clear if Slater had a lawyer. He is due to make his first court appearance Tuesday.

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"Novosibirsk authorities asked management companies for data on housing and communal services debtors to “assist military registration and enlistment offices” in recruiting contract soldiers
The first deputy head of the Leninsky district of Novosibirsk, Yuri Ovcharenko, sent a letter to management companies, HOAs and TSN with a request to provide a list of debtors for housing and communal services to “assist military commissariats in recruiting citizens for military service under contract.” A copy of the document was sent by a Siberian Express reader on condition of anonymity, and on March 4 it was published in her Telegram channel by independent city council deputy Svetlana Kaverzina.

Our sources familiar with the situation confirmed the authenticity of the document. However, according to them, a misunderstanding could have occurred between the superiors and the subordinates who drew up the letter - and the head of the district, Alexander Grib, was “annoyed”, and he already had to give explanations to the interested parties.

At the same time, deputy Kaverzina wrote about the document: “As I understand it, in all districts of the city.”

It follows from the document that on February 26, Deputy Mayor Gennady Zakharov held a meeting dedicated to the recruitment of contract soldiers.

Previously, Krasnoyarsk authorities admitted that the city had received a plan to recruit people for contract service."- Siberian Express telegram channel

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Op maandag 4 maart 2024 17:57 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Lijkt wel een garp van de Speld.

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Op dinsdag 5 maart 2024 02:31 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Wij helpen Oekra�ne omdat dat juist de veiligheid in Europe/EU/NAVO vergroot. En wij, de EU/NAVO gaan niet ver genoeg in onze hulp. Als Oekra�ne deze oorlog verliest dan bestaan ze niet meer. Dan zal Rusland gewoon door naar de volgende buurland gaan. Met elk land die zij veroveren zullen zij sterker worden, zullen zij meer soldaten en meer materieel (In het geval van Oekra�ne erg ervaren soldaten, en erg modern materieel.) hebben en zullen zij meer middelen hebben om een oorlogseconomie in stand te houden. Ook zal hun internationale steun mogelijk toenemen.

Op een bepaald moment zal Rusland zich sterk genoeg wanen om voor ��n van de Baltische staten te gaan. Hoeft geen totale invasie te zijn. Er zijn gebieden met veel Russen er in. Dus dan kan hij gewoon doen wat hij al in Georgie, Moldavi� en Oekra�ne gedaan heeft. Zogenaamde separatisten aan het werk zetten die zich dan onafhankelijk verklaren, die dan de hulp van Rusland vragen.

De NAVO stelt volgens hem dan toch niks voor. Die schreeuwen alles bij elkaar, maar wanneer puntje bij paaltje komt ruilen ze grondgebied in voor vrede. Die geven op met hulp geven wanneer het te lang duurt, of wanneer het niet perfect gaat.

Ja er worden fouten gemaakt door ons, de EU en de NAVO (en de landen hierin/andere landen die helpen). Maar die zullen snel genoeg ver vergeten zijn. Wat wij nooit meer zullen vergeten is als Oekra�ne door ons de oorlog verliest. Als de oorlog na Oekra�ne door ons door gaat in andere landen. Dat is de grootste fout die wij kunnen maken.

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Op dinsdag 5 maart 2024 07:14 schreef oheng het volgende:
Weer een russisch schip minder, de Project 22160 patrol ship Sergei Kotov.