Oorlog in Oekraïne #973

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Putin hijacked Austria’s spy service. Now he's going after its government
Intelligence officials suspect Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek of colluding with the far-right Freedom Party on Moscow’s behalf.

VIENNA — The coup began with the sound of a doorbell.

Just after 8 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2018, Austrian police Commander Wolfgang Preiszler pressed the buzzer at the headquarters of the country’s domestic intelligence service and held his ID up to the security camera.

Within minutes, dozens of his colleagues armed with Glock pistols and a battering ram fanned out through the building in bullet-proof vests and balaclavas, seizing confidential data stored on the agency’s servers and sensitive documents lying on desks.

The incursion — pitting the police against the spy service, known as the BVT — unleashed a firestorm that shattered Austria’s reputation in the intelligence world and led to the agency’s closure.

More than six years later, the true scope of what transpired that day is only now coming into focus. Intelligence officials tell POLITICO that new evidence suggests the raid was part of a Moscow-led operation to discredit Austria’s spy services in order to rebuild them with new leadership under the Kremlin’s influence. Crucial to that effort, they say, was the junior partner in the government coalition at the time: the far-right, pro-Russia Freedom Party (FPÖ), which today is the most popular party in the country.

Last month, Austrian prosecutors revealed that the men believed to have laid the groundwork for the action were Russian agents directed by Jan Marsalek, the fugitive former chief operating officer of the collapsed payment processing firm Wirecard, who authorities say works for Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency.

The suggestion of a Moscow-led conspiracy is explosive for a number of reasons. For one, it appears to have nearly succeeded. Were it not for the so-called Ibiza scandal in 2019 (in which the FPÖ’s then-leader was caught on video trying to sell political influence to a woman he believed to be the niece of a Russian oligarch), there may have been nothing to stop the plan from coming to fruition. Instead, the Ibiza affair triggered the government’s collapse, pushing the FPÖ into opposition where it has remained since.

Most worrying, however, is that the man ultimately responsible for the BVT raid, then-Interior Minister Herbert Kickl, now heads the FPÖ — which makes him a leading candidate to become Austria’s next chancellor after elections later this year. Though seasoned political observers insist Austria won’t become a Russian vassal under the FPÖ, a Kickl chancellorship would still play into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hands, allowing the Kremlin to exert more influence over the country behind the scenes, and echoing its success in co-opting the likes of Hungary and Serbia.

“Putin would naturally be pleased by the ambiguity about Austria’s position on Ukraine and the EU that Kickl would bring,” said Christian Rainer, a veteran Austrian publisher and commentator. “The danger for Austria is that it would be completely isolated.”

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Partisans Uncover Russian T-72 Tanks and Infantry Fighting Vehicles in Occupied Crimea Freight Station
Recently, Atesh partisans have frequently observed Russian military equipment in Crimea, including tampering with tanks stationed at the Yevpatoria railway station.

The Atesh partisan movement reported on Telegram the unloading of a train carrying Russian military equipment at a freight station in Yevpatoria, occupied Crimea, including a platoon of T-72 tanks.

A new T-72 tank ranges from $3-4 million, depending on the configuration, while an older Soviet T-72 can cost as little as half a million dollars.

The partisans published photos also showing BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles. This equipment was discovered by an Atesh agent during reconnaissance.

The guerillas also spotted the unloading of wagons with ammunition.

“The occupiers are hiding behind civilian infrastructure, but we are monitoring the movements of the Russian military,” the partisans said. “We know exactly where to strike, and we share this information with the right people.”

In recent times, the Atesh partisans have frequently observed Russian military equipment in Crimea. Earlier instances include their tampering with Russian tanks stationed at the Yevpatoria railway station.

In late February the partisans documented the arrival of a significant fleet of Russian tanks at the Yevpatoria railway station. Atesh closely monitored the unloading process at Yevpatoria's Tovarna station, identifying more than 30 T-62 tanks. These Soviet-era models, produced before 1975, are now considered decommissioned in Russia.

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The Russian military dropped four more bombs on the Belgorod region in two days

Russian military aviation dropped four more high-explosive aerial bombs (FAB) on the Belgorod region in two days, sources in the region’s emergency services told the Astra telegram channel .

According to them, on May 22, a FAB-250 was found near a residential building on Lesnaya Street in the village of Yasnye Zori, Belgorod District. Residents of the street were evacuated.

The next day, May 23, FAB-250 fell on the territory of a hunting farm in the village of Polyana in the Shebekinsky urban district. On the same day, two more FAB-500s were discovered near the village of Pristen in the same district. There were no casualties in any case.

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In Buryatia, police killers were released to fight in the war with Ukraine a year after the verdict
Former police officers from Buryatia Evgeny Inkin and Dmitry Istomin, who received 17 and 18 years in prison for the rape and murder of two girls, signed contracts with the Russian army and went to war in Ukraine, People of Baikal report .

The release of Istomin and Inkin became known at the meeting of the Eighth Court of Cassation on May 22, at which the appeal against the verdict was considered. The convicts were not present at the trial, since by this time they had already been sent to the front. At the same time, the court upheld the guilty verdict for both.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 07:51 schreef Ulx het volgende:

Hebben die gasten geen GPS of z....oh wacht....

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 09:08 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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De Russen hebben natuurlijk GLONASS...

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Oekraïener (33) die Thierry Baudet sloeg met paraplu in Gent, hoeft niet voor rechter te verschijnen

GENT - De man die Thierry Baudet (FvD) vorig jaar tijdens een lezing in het Belgische Gent aanviel met een paraplu, hoeft niet voor de rechter te verschijnen.
De 33-jarige Oekraïener komt er vanaf met een waarschuwing en strikte voorwaarden.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 10:08 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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De jammers werken niet overal even goed.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 12:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Jammers sturen ook straling uit (duh). Het is dus ook mogelijk om daar weer maatregelen tegen te nemen. Het zal wel neerkomen op radarzoekers als die in de HARM zitten aan te passen en in een GLSDB te zetten. Staat er een jammer bij het doel gaat die als eerste de lucht in. Pakken de gewone het doel wel. Kost je een of twee extra raketjes, maar het zij zo.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 09:22 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Blijkbaar levert die dan niet altijd de juiste coördinaten.

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Op vrijdag 24 mei 2024 20:08 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Gaan we weer een patstelling in. En als het spul weer op is weer even wat erbij. En dan weer een patstelling in.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 12:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Kost je een of twee extra raketjes, maar het zij zo.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 12:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Jammers sturen ook straling uit (duh). Het is dus ook mogelijk om daar weer maatregelen tegen te nemen. Het zal wel neerkomen op radarzoekers als die in de HARM zitten aan te passen en in een GLSDB te zetten. Staat er een jammer bij het doel gaat die als eerste de lucht in. Pakken de gewone het doel wel. Kost je een of twee extra raketjes, maar het zij zo.

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Special JDAM-ER with Anti-EW Homing Head are Prepared to Transfer from U.S. to Ukraine

With the update from May 3rd, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a $23.5 million contract awarded to Scientific Applications and Research Associates (SARA) company for "the acquisition of Home-on GPS Jam seekers" and the "integration of the extended range seekers into existing Joint Direct Attack Munition wing kits," The Drive reports with reference to the official release.

Such an enhanced weapon not only will be resistant to electronic warfare devices but also able to use the jamming signals against them by locking on the source of emissions as the target. The terms of the contract provide, in particular, that part of the ordered kits will be supplied to Ukraine, however, without detailing the exact quantity and delivery deadlines.

As noted by The Drive journalists, there is little public data about the Home-on GPS (or HOJ) kits. The first public appearance dates to 2018, when the SARA company announced the creation of kits for countering and defeating enemy electronic warfare equipment and its readiness to supply the product. The manufacturer revealed only the following details: the HOJ is compact enough, costs 10 times cheaper than its predecessors, and its component base allows for easy integration into guidance systems of any available precision-guided weapons for aircraft.

Importantly, such a technological innovation was at least tested under proving ground conditions. In December 2020, the U.S. Air Force conducted tests as part of the Golden Horde smart munitions program, during the trials the U.S. military practiced dropping a "swarm" of GBU-39/B guided aerial bombs, each of the munitions was equipped with a HOJ sensor by SARA. The results of these tests were considered successful.

The journalists note that the Pentagon awarded the contract for Home-on GPS anti-missile defense kits shortly after U.S. Under Secretary of Defense William LaPlante admitted that GLSDB bombs proved ineffective on the battlefield in Ukraine, precisely because of radio-electronic countermeasures deployed by russian forces.

At the same time, interestingly, the authors of this website don't rule out the possibility that the HOJ kits for the Ukrainian Armed Forces may in the future be integrated into AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles.

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Op vrijdag 24 mei 2024 19:39 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
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doei

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 13:21 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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SARA HOJ Subsystem.
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Op vrijdag 24 mei 2024 14:23 schreef Cilantro het volgende:

Volgens mij was dit systeem juist ontwikkeld om dergelijke raketten te kunnen onderscheppen. Dus de beste Ru luchtafweer kan niet eens verouderde raketten neerhalen terwijl de 33 jaar oude Patriots wel de meest moderne Ru hypersonische raketten kunnen neerhalen.

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In general, I received comprehensive information on this incident ; in fact, it differs from what I assumed only in small details, and not in essence. Publicly, I can only add that the entire S-400 crew is alive due to the fact that the time has already been calculated when it is already pointless to fight against the ATACMS of its target and there is time for the personnel to take cover. There were officially 7 missiles, 5 of them were shot down, 1 worked.

Well, the most important thing is that this bug will be fixed in the very near future. And besides, the list of air defense systems capable of working with such ballistics will expand significantly.

Once again, I cannot help but note the legion of stubborn domestic idiots who are experts in fake videos, correct starts, splices and other revelations. They really are already doing more harm than crests.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 13:36 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Ik zag op het filmpje ook maar een inslag en er zijn voor zover ik kan beoordelen zes S400 missiles verschoten, er zullen gerust meer ATACMS die kant zijn opgegaan natuurlijk.

Fighterbomber heeft het volgende te melden iig:
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Of die aantallen kloppen weet je natuurlijk ook niet maar als er zes missiles verschoten worden dan kun je er wel vanuit gaan dat er meerdere ATACMS onderweg waren.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 12:06 schreef TLC het volgende:
https://nos.nl/collectie/(...)-ii-niet-meer-gezien

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Terugkerende Russische soldaten zijn een bom onder bewind van Poetin: zorgen zij dat de oorlog stopt?

RUSLAND - Er komen steeds vaker signalen uit het Kremlin dat president Vladimir Poetin bereid zou zijn de oorlog in Oekraïne te bevriezen. Hij is hoogst onbetrouwbaar, maar de president heeft redenen genoeg om de strijd te willen staken.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 14:56 schreef RamboDirk het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 13:49 schreef Cilantro het volgende:
Het is een bug 😂 Goede copium weer.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 13:41 schreef MaxMark het volgende:

Hoeveel missiles schiet men "doorgaans" af op één doel? Kan het bv. zijn dat ze 2-3 missiles per inkomende ATACMS afvuren?

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METHODS OF FIRE

2-32. The operational environment, level of protection required, and time considerations determine the
method of fire used by ADA units during engagements. Methods of fire are the firing options for air
defense artillery interceptors employed against aerial threats. There are four methods of fire: shoot-new
target-shoot, shoot-look-shoot, ripple, and salvo. The method of fire selected provides the statistical
probability of achieving the defense design goals, such as achieving less than 10-percent leakage,

-Shoot-new target-shoot. A shot (missile launched or volley of gun rounds fired) is taken against
one threat, and the shooter immediately is assigned to a different target without consideration of
the effect of the preceding shot. This method of fire primarily applies to fire-and-forget weapons
(such as Stinger) in heavy saturating attacks or when the engagement timeline does not permit a
re-engagement of the threat just engaged.

-Shoot-look-shoot. After the first shot has been fired, the operator/gunner/system evaluates the
engagement. If the target is not destroyed and the operational environment and time permits,
another shot is fired.

-Ripple. Two or more missiles or volleys of gun rounds are fired in predetermined intervals from
the same or multiple launchers or guns based upon the threat. This method of fire is used to achieve
a desired probability of engagement effectiveness or to negate threat tactics (for example, one shot
fired against a ballistic missile at relatively high altitudes before aerodynamic maneuvers are likely
and one fired at medium altitudes after aerodynamic maneuvers have likely been completed).

-Salvo. Two missiles or volleys of gun rounds are fired near-simultaneously from different
launchers or guns. This method is used if there is insufficient time for a shoot-look-shoot or ripple
engagement and when multiple engagements are necessary to achieve the desired probability of
engagement effectiveness

FIRING DOCTRINE

2-33. Firing doctrine is the application of the methods of fire to achieve the required level of
engagement effectiveness. It is implemented in accordance with the priority of the defended assets and the
number of available interceptors relative to the number of attackers. It may have situational variations from
the method of fire selected.

2-34. Patriot, for example, may select ripple fire against a ballistic missile that is part of a massed raid. The
first shot of the ripple will occur in accordance with the selected method of fire. The second shot may be
preempted by the need to shoot higher priority threats. THAAD may use a shoot-look-shoot, but may conduct
the first or the last shot as a ripple fire or salvo fire depending upon engagement timelines and supporting
ballistic missile defense fires.

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The common SHOOT–LOOK–SHOOT method, in which a second round of defenders is launched based on the kill assessment of the first round of defenders, is usually efficient in defending strategic or tactical targets against a salvo attack. However, using this method is not always practical due to time constraints. In the presented study, the alternative SHOOT–SHOOT–LOOK method is investigated, and an algorithm for its implementation is derived. Solutions to three main problems that arise while applying this method are presented: finding the optimal locations of the defending missiles for the second SHOOT stage, updating the locations of the defenders during the LOOK stage, and deriving the optimal allocation plan of the defending missiles to the attacking missiles. The solutions are based on a probabilistic analysis of the expected miss distance, between each pair of defender and attacker, which is dependent on the guidance law of the defender and geometry of the engagement. The results show that the algorithm can increase the probability of the defended target surviving the salvo attack, or alternatively, it can reduce the number of defenders needed to reach a given level of protection.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 16:09 schreef TwenteFC het volgende:
Rusland is FAB bommen aan het gooien op meerdere burgerdoelen door Kharkiv heen. Sowieso al meerdere bommen op een grote supermarkt maar er worden meerdere explosies gehoord.

En het westen gaat moeilijk doen of Oekraïne al dan niet een militair vliegveld van ze mag bestoken met Taurus oid

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 16:50 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Oekraïners hebben ook glidebommen.

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Op zaterdag 25 mei 2024 17:20 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Dus je beweert dat Rusland dit soort doelen met opzet kiest.

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