Oorlog in Oekra�ne #984: Ruble Trouble

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Norway’s NOMADS Armored Short Range Air Defense System Unveiled
The highly mobile armored missile system has already been tested in Norway and there are reports that Germany may seek to transfer examples to Ukraine in the future.

^{THE NOMADS IS MEANT TO PROVIDE SHORT-RANGE AIR DEFENSES ON THE MOVE EVEN IN HOTLY CONTESTED AREAS.}

Norway’s Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace has launched a new ground-based air defense solution, the NOMADS, or National Maneuver Air Defense System. Designed for the protection of forces on the move, the system appears to draw heavily upon lessons of the war in Ukraine and there have already been reports that NOMADS might end up being supplied to Kyiv.

Whether or not that happens, NOMADS emphasizes the continued resurgence of interest in short-range air defense (SHORAD), after many years of neglect, and will be an important part of the modernization of the Norwegian military, especially in the Arctic region.

NOMADS was publicly unveiled at the Eurosatory defense exhibition taking place outside Paris this week. Designed in conjunction with the Norwegian Armed Forces, the system is designed to be mounted on one of a range of armored mechanized vehicles, with the baseline model being integrated on an ACSV G5 (Armored Combat Support Vehicle) from the German firm Flensburger Fahrzeugbau GmbH (FFG).

FFG is supplying 50 ACSV G5 vehicles to the Norwegian Armed Forces in various configurations.

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Russia prepares to incite protests in Moldova: US, Canada, and UK issue warning
Russia will attempt to incite protests in Moldova if a pro-Kremlin candidate does not win in the upcoming presidential elections in the fall, according to a joint statement by the governments of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

“In defense of our shared democratic values, we are taking this step to warn our democratic partners and Allies that Russian actors are carrying out a plot to influence the outcomes of Moldova’s fall 2024 presidential election. They intend to incite protests in Moldova should a pro-Russia candidate not win. They seek to foment negative public perceptions of Western governments and Moldova’s incumbent leadership, while degrading public confidence in Moldova’s ability to secure itself and maintain rule of law,” the statement reads.

Currently, Russia is assisting pro-Russian candidates in the elections and instigating social conflicts. “Russian actors are actively using disinformation and propaganda online, on the air, and on the streets to further their objectives. They are agitating criticism of the incumbent Moldovan president’s government and political party, in order to incite protests. Part of these operations would include spreading lies about the incumbent president’s character and intentions, and about supposed electoral irregularities,” the governments’ representatives emphasized.

If Russia fails to achieve its desired outcome, the Kremlin will incite protests to destabilize Moldova. “Russia’s political interference in Moldova in the lead-up to the October election goes back years. For example, personnel of state-funded media outlet RT have been involved in providing direct support to fugitive Moldovan Ilan Shor [pro-Russian politician – ed.] for several years with Russian government assent. All three of our governments have sanctioned Shor for his destabilizing electoral activities,” the text states.

Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom “have full confidence in Moldova’s ability to manage these threats linked to the Kremlin’s interference. We are taking a range of measures to support those efforts as part of our partnership with Moldova and its people,” the statement concludes.

As a reminder, NATO confidentially and unofficially identified at least two “red lines” in May, crossing which could result in the Alliance’s direct intervention in the war in Ukraine, wrote the Italian newspaper la Repubblica. The second “red line” is a Russian military provocation against the Baltic countries or Poland, or a deliberate attack on Moldova.

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Ukrainian Drone Operators ‘Laugh’ When They Fly Over This Melting, Malfunctioning Russian Radio Jammer
The $2,400 jammer is getting Russian soldiers killed, one blogger claimed.
Ukrainian forces damaged or destroyed more than a hundred Russian vehicles on Tuesday while losing just 30 or so, according to analyst Andrew Perpetua.

It was a nearly record-high number of daily losses for the Russians—and also a nearly record-high gap between Russian and Ukrainian losses in a single day.

Ukraine’s explosive first-person-view drones are largely responsible for the carnage, if Perpetua’s tally is accurate. More than 70 of the approximately 100 strikes on Russian vehicles involved the $500 drones, which Ukrainians deploy at a rate of 100,000 or more a month.

The Russians seem to be incapable of blocking Ukrainian drone strikes. A recent Russian confessional hints at why. While Russian industry produces a wide array of anti-drone radio jammers—which, in theory, block the signals between drones and their operators—many of these jammers simply don’t work.

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From Ukraine, Two Enormous Passengers Are Trucked and Flown to Safety
A pair of beluga whales were extricated from the besieged city of Kharkiv and taken to an aquarium in Spain with help from experts around the world.

It was a whale of an evacuation. Actually, two.

In what experts said was among the most complex marine mammal rescue ever undertaken, the pair of beluga whales were extricated from an aquarium in the battered city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine and transported to Europe’s largest aquarium in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday morning.

As Russian aerial bombardments of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, have intensified, the evacuation of Plombir, a 15-year-old male, and Miranda, a 14-year-old female, came just in time, marine mammal experts said.

“If they had continued in Kharkiv, their chances of survival would have been very slim,” said Daniel Garcia-P�rraga, director of zoological operations at Oceanogr�fic de Valencia, who helped lead the rescue.

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Belarusian president blames Jews for his government's corruption, says he's 'not antisemitic'
Alexander Lukashenko, in statement broadcast on state television, says Jews have 'special, privileged role' and 'steal and do not think about their future'; Foreign MInistry: President's comments are 'outrageous and sound like definite antisemitic comments'

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made an antisemitic statement Saturday during his government meeting in which he hinted at a connection between Jews and theft.

He referred to a corruption case involving his former aide, the governor of the Vitebsk region and former Minister of Agriculture and Food Igor Brylo, as well as dozens of other people. "There are 36 people on the list. Sorry, I don't consider myself antisemitic, but more than half of them are Jewish. Do they have a special, privileged role, that they steal and do not think about their future? Do they have privileges? All peoples living in Belarus should be equal. Jews, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Russians and Poles," Lukashenko said.

His statement was broadcast on the state television channel Belarus 1, but the problematic quote was not included in the press release on the presidency's website.

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Russian media report on drone attacks on oil refineries in Krasnodar Krai and Adygea
Drones attacked the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, causing a fire at the facility. Reports also indicate an attack on the oil refinery in the village of Enem in Adygea, according to Telegram channels Baza, Shot, and ASTRA.

According to Russian channels, the attack on the plant began around 2:30 a.m.

The Russians claim that the drones were allegedly shot down, but the debris from one of the UAVs struck a tank, causing a fire. Emergency services are working at the scene.

There are also reports of explosions and a fire in the village of Enem in Adygea. No official information is available yet.

ASTRA writes that the LUKOIL-Yugnefteprodukt oil depot is located in Enem. Eight kilometers from Enem is the Afipsky oil refinery, where a fire is raging.

Additionally, Russian media report a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on Slavyansk-on-Kuban in the Krasnodar region. The drone allegedly fell on a private house, which was completely destroyed. According to preliminary information from the Russian side, there is one fatality.

On June 18, drones attacked an oil depot in the village of Chushka in the Temryuk district of Krasnodar region.

On the same day, drones attacked an oil depot in the city of Azov in the Rostov region. As a result, tanks containing oil products caught fire, and the firefighting efforts have been ongoing for the second day.

According to sources, the attacks on the oil depots in Russia were organized by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

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Translation: "That's our "Greeting" to Ukrainians, that didn't reach the target".

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Putin tries to form alternative to NATO - ISW
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to form a coalition of countries to attempt to position this alliance as a viable alternative to NATO, according to a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Analysts note that this involves countries with historically warm ties to the USSR. Before he visited Vietnam on June 19, Putin published an article in the Vietnamese state newspaper Nh�n D�n, using much of the same rhetoric as in his June 18 article in the North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun.

"Putin invoked the historical memory of the Soviet Union's support for Vietnam during the Vietnam War, which Putin described as a heroic struggle against foreign invaders, and noted that it is the 30th anniversary of the Treaty of Basic Principles of Friendly Relations between Russia and Vietnam. Putin praised Vietnam for pursuing an independent foreign policy and supporting a world order based on principles of equality between nations and non-interference in domestic affairs, echoing his praises for North Korea on June 18 and 19. Putin also claimed that like North Korea, Vietnam shares Russia's views on the formation of a new system of equal and indivisible Eurasian security - though Vietnam, like much of Southeast Asia, is not typically included in political conceptions of Eurasia," the report states.

Thus, Putin laid the informational groundwork for a Eurasian security structure during his visit to China in May 2024 and then proposed it in his speech on June 14. At that time, he stated that the Euro-Atlantic security system is collapsing and that Western security and prosperity schemes in Europe are not working.

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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 07:50 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://newsukraine.rbc.u(...)-isw-1718855858.html
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Nog ��n? Lol. Het CSTO is al zo'n groot succes gebleken.

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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 06:50 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.ukrainianworl(...)nd-uk-issue-warning/
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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 07:50 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://newsukraine.rbc.u(...)-isw-1718855858.html
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Nog ��n? Lol. Het CSTO is al zo'n groot succes gebleken.

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China aarzelt bij het investeren in de Power of Siberia 2-gaspijpleiding terwijl het aandringt op diepere kortingen op Russisch gas, zo meldde The South China Morning Post

Volgens een bron in Moskou verwacht China dat Rusland de volledige kosten van het miljardenpijpleidingproject op zich zal nemen en tegelijkertijd diepere verlagingen van de gasprijzen zal nastreven.

De korting voor de Chinese gasimport zal volgend jaar stijgen naar 46%, waarbij gas uit de Kracht van Siberi� 271,6 dollar per duizend kubieke meter kost, vergeleken met 481,7 dollar voor Turkije en Europa,

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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 11:39 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Ja, in een alternatieve realiteit leven is de true superpower van rus.

Maar die pijplijn gaat niet komen.

Artikeltje is beetje oud, btw. Zijn ondertussen meerdere onderhandelingsronden geweest, die voor rus 0 opgeleverd hebben.

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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 11:41 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Mooi.

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In a significant move impacting the global automotive market, Turkey has announced imposing a 40% additional tariff on vehicle imports from China.
The decision represents a strategic shift in Turkey's trade policy, aiming to protect its burgeoning domestic EV industry and address trade imbalances with China.13 jun 2024

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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 11:45 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Naar ome kim heeft helemaal niemand het over, dat is 1, 2 is... dat het behoorlijk ver is. Weetje hoeveel KM's je het over hebt. Gaat in de miljarden (USD/EUR) lopen. En turbines voor compressor stations zijn niet te krijgen.

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The Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline is a pipeline for natural gas in Russia, transporting Sakhalin's gas to the most populated and industrialized regions of the Russian Far East (Khabarovsk Krai and Primorsky Krai)

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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 12:08 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Denk je?

Voorlopig heeft putin alleen oude sovjet-unie voorraden terug gekregen van ome, qua artillerie granaten. Kwaliteit zo slecht dat de orcs erover klagen.

NK is ook niet bepaald een productie-powerhouse, tenzij we het over militaire parades en propaganda hebben.

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02:53 - Bron: CNN
Seoul, Zuid-Korea
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Volgens de Zuid-Koreaanse minister van Defensie draaien de Noord-Koreaanse munitiefabrieken “op volle capaciteit” om wapens en granaten voor Rusland te produceren, nu de verwoestende oorlog van Moskou in Oekra�ne een derde jaar ingaat.

De laatste schatting van Zuid-Korea biedt nieuwe aanwijzingen over de cruciale maar zeer geheime rol die Noord-Korea speelt bij het helpen bevoorraden van de uitputtingsoorlog in Moskou, in een tijd waarin Oekra�nes eigen behoefte aan vitale militaire bevoorradingen wordt opgehouden door overwegend Republikeinse wetgevers in Washington.

De wapens en militaire uitrusting, waaronder miljoenen artilleriegranaten, worden aan Rusland geleverd in ruil voor de levering van voedsel en andere benodigdheden, zei de Zuid-Koreaanse minister van Defensie Shin Won-sik maandag.

Sinds augustus heeft Pyongyang ongeveer 6.700 containers naar Rusland verscheept, die volgens het ministerie van Shin plaats zouden kunnen bieden aan meer dan 3 miljoen granaten van 152 mm artilleriegranaten of meer dan 500.000 granaten van 122 mm meervoudige raketwerpers.

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Op donderdag 20 juni 2024 11:41 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Mooi.

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