Oorlog in Oekraïne #994: We modderen verder

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Czech Republic will supply Ukraine with 500,000 rounds by the end of the year

^{155mm artillery shells. Photo credits: telegraph.co.uk}

Czech President Petr Pavel announces the imminent delivery of artillery rounds to Ukraine.

In particular, it regards the transfer of 50,000 rounds of ammunition this month and next month.

According to the Czech President, Ukraine is to receive 50,000 rounds of ammunition in July and August, and 80,000 to 100,000 per month from September to the end of the year.

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There have been attempts to assassinate Putin, albeit unsuccessful – Ukraine's spy chief
Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, has revealed that attempts have been made on the life of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, albeit unsuccessful ones.

Source: Budanov in an interview with Ukrainian news magazine NV

Quote from Budanov: "There have been [attempts to assassinate Putin – ed.], but as you can see, they have been unsuccessful so far."

Details: Budanov admitted that Putin is no longer seen as a compromise figure within his inner circle.

The spy chief is also confident that after Putin's death, Russians will feel the same way they did when Stalin died.

Quote from Budanov: "She [Budanov's grandmother – ed.] said that at that time [after Stalin's death], people felt that their whole world had collapsed. They didn’t know how to go on living.

Putin has been in power for more than 20 years, so it will be a very similar feeling, and now Russians are afraid of losing him because he is the guarantor of stability in their lives."

Background: Budanov also believes that Russia will try to attack Ukraine's territory from the north in the coming months.

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Russia Bans The Moscow Times But the Newspaper’s Staff Won’t Back Down
“We refuse to be silenced,” the newspaper staff fired back, vowing to continue to do their jobs.

Russian authorities on Wednesday slapped an “undesirable” label on The Moscow Times, an independent English language newspaper, essentially banning the outlet from continuing operations in the country, where the media is tightly controlled by the state.

Russians could now face criminal prosecution for working with or having ties to the outlet, the Times reported.

But staff at the newspaper appeared undeterred, with Times founder Derk Sauer writing in a post on X: “Of course, we will continue with our work as usual: independent journalism. That’s a crime in Putin’s Russia.”

An editor’s note on the paper’s website underscored how the Times was founded in 1992 “with the mission of delivering independent, high-quality news about the country.”

The labeling is merely the latest in Russia’s “many efforts to suppress our reporting on the truth in Russia and its war in Ukraine,” the note says.

“This designation will make it even more difficult for us to do our jobs, putting reporters and fixers inside Russia at risk of criminal prosecution and making sources even more hesitant to speak to us,” the note continues. “We refuse to give in to this pressure. We refuse to be silenced.”

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A Russian Shahed drone flew from Ukraine to Belarus and travelled over 350 km

^{Shahed-136 loitering munition. Illustrative photo}

On the night of Saturday, 13 July, one of Russia’s Shahed attack drones flew from Ukraine to Belarus.

It flew over 350 km over four regions of the neighbouring country, which is an ally of Russia.

The Belarusian monitoring group Belaruski Gayun reported on this.

This is the second such incident in the last two days.

On Saturday morning, Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said that on the night of 13 July, Russia had attacked Ukraine with 5 Shahed-131/136 drones. Four of them were shot down by mobile AA fire teams in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. The fifth drone left Ukrainian airspace in the direction of the Gomel region of Belarus.

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Ukrainian troops destroyed Russian Akatsiya self-propelled gun near Avdiivka

^{Ukrainian troops destroyed the Russian Akatsiya self-propelled gun in the Donetsk region. July 2024}

Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun in the Donetsk region.

The military published a video of the defeat of the Russian self-propelled gun.

A Russian Akatsiya was hit by an FPV drone while moving.

Soldiers of the 47th Mechanized Brigade detected the Russian self-propelled gun in the area of Stepove, north of the temporarily occupied Avdiivka.

Next, they adjusted the defeat of the Russian self-propelled gun.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 19:40 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://ua-stena.info/en/a-passenger-plane-crashed-near-moscow/
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Gisteren was de crash hier al gepost. Maar nu zijn er beelden ervan. Een video van het neerstorten van deze vliegtuig en de explosie die daar op volgde kun je vinden in het artikel.

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Russian-Canadian National Pleads Guilty in U.S. Court for Illicit Supply of Military Electronics to Russia
A Russian-Canadian dual national residing in Montreal, Nikolay Goltsev, has pleaded guilty alongside his co-accused, Russian-Tajik Ralimdzhon Nasriddinov, residing in Brooklyn, New York, for their involvement in a scheme to illegally supply Russian military entities with over $7 million worth of electronic components. This plea was entered in a U.S. federal court, where the defendants admitted to conspiring to violate export control laws.

The case revolves around their use of two front companies to circumvent sanctions imposed by Western countries, including the U.S. and Canada, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. These sanctions restricted the export of microelectronics that could be used in military applications such as drones and missiles.

According to court records, Goltsev and Nasriddinov purchased items like microchips and transistors from U.S. suppliers, which were then routed through intermediary countries like China, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates before reaching Russian military suppliers. This complex procurement scheme involved false declarations and the use of aliases to conceal the true nature and destination of the shipments.

The electronic components involved were crucial for advanced Russian military equipment, including drones, battle tanks, helicopters, and missiles. This has raised significant concerns among U.S. officials about the role these components play in supporting Russia’s military operations, particularly in Ukraine.

Goltsev’s wife, Kristina Puzyreva, also pleaded guilty to charges related to money laundering connected with the scheme. The legal proceedings have shed light on the extensive efforts made by the defendants to profit from supplying prohibited goods to entities contributing to Russia’s military capabilities.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has emphasized the seriousness of the violations, highlighting the direct implications of such actions in ongoing war. The defendants' activities were closely monitored by U.S. authorities, leading to their arrest in late 2023.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 20:50 schreef Idisrom het volgende:
Wordt dit een Engelstalig forum?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 15:58 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Hoe oud zou hij zijn?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 15:58 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Hoe oud zou hij zijn?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 20:50 schreef Idisrom het volgende:
Wordt dit een Engelstalig forum?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 21:47 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:

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"...Und die Fahne führt uns in die Ewigkeit! Ja die Fahne ist mehr als der Tod!“

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 22:29 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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Europa heeft een minderwaardigheidscomplex, EU heeft de USA helemaal niet nodig

Ruzzia heeft een enconomie die is net aan twee keer zo groot als nederland
BBP van Nederland per hoofd van de bevolking is 5 keer zo hoog als die van Ruzzia !!!!!!

https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/russia/germany
Het BBP van Duitsland is 4 keer zo groot als dat van Ruzzia
https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/russia/netherlands

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 22:54 schreef cosmosis het volgende:
Als Trump president wordt dan is WW3 wel in zicht. Rusland, China, North Korea, India zullen zich meer en meer roeren helaas. Europa zal zn eigen soevereiniteit moeten gaan verdedigen.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:04 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Met als resultaat dat de EU de volgende supermacht word. Ik voorspel het al een tijdje.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:04 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Met als resultaat dat de EU de volgende supermacht word. Ik voorspel het al een tijdje.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:38 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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De EU zal alleen maar dieper wegzakken zoals het er nu naar uitziet. Supermacht… keep dreaming.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:38 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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De EU zal alleen maar dieper wegzakken zoals het er nu naar uitziet. Supermacht… keep dreaming.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:41 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Als de rest sneller weg zakt, blijft de EU boven drijven. Naar welke uithoek van de wereld ga jij emigreren? Of verdrink je met het zinkende schip?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:46 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Zeg zou jij niet veel gelukkiger worden in Rusland?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:51 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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De rest gaat niet sneller wegzakken.

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:51 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Dus waar ga je naartoe?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:53 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Waarom heb je het over mij persoonlijk? Dat is toch helemaal niet relevant?

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Op zaterdag 13 juli 2024 23:54 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Natuurlijk wel. Je moet je voorbereiden op de toekomst. Als de EU ten onder gaat, waar ga je dan naartoe? Of verdrink je met het zinkende schip?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:02 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Mijn schip blijft gelukkig drijven, dus ik kan varen in de richting waar ik zin in heb.

Waarom verzin je overigens dat ik gezegd heb dat de EU ten onder gaat? Ik betwist dat het in de rede ligt dat de EU een supermacht gaat worden, hetgeen jij beweerde.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:01 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
Blijkbaar denken sommige mensen dat ze een puur theoretische discussie voeren en dat oorlog hun niet zal raken.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:03 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Er zijn weinig andere mogelijkheden. Het blijft niet hetzelfde. Dus het gaat beter en dan worden we een supermacht, of het gaat veel slechter. En wat ga jij dan doen?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:04 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Geen idee over wie je het hebt, maar momenteel wordt de EU het zwaarst geraakt door deze oorlog. Dat kan toch niemand ontgaan dat bv de energieprijzen flink hoger zijn geworden?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:06 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Geen idee waarom consolidatie niet kan.

Ook geen idee waarom het over beter of veel slechter moet gaan. Waarom niet een beetje slechter?

Europa heeft veel rijkdom uit het verleden, dus die voorsprong ben je niet in een paar jaar kwijt.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:08 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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De EU is 5 keer sterker dan Ruzzia , alleen ze weet het niet

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:07 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Rusland en Ukraine worden het zwaarst geraakt in deze oorlog. En Ukraine krijgt een hoop steun. In vergelijking daarmee gaat het met de EU prima.

Waar ga jij naartoe als het in de EU echt veel slechter gaat?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:11 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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Consolidatie met Poetin ??

dit was rotterdam in WW2 , llijkt op Charkiv
[ afbeelding ]

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:13 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Oekraïne inderdaad, maar dat is geen machtsblok zoals de EU.

Mijn plannen zijn juist niet gericht op 1 specifiek land. Ik kan gelukkig op veel plekken terecht. Maar ergens waar het lekker warm is, mooie stranden en goed eten. De rest interesseert mij geen reet, ik ben op een punt dat ik ga voorsorteren op pensioen. Niet omdat ik zo oud ben, maar gewoon omdat ik het kan.

Waar ga jij heen?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:14 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Het ging over de economie. Wel opletten graag.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:14 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Ik blijf gewoon hier. Als het leven niet leuk genoeg meer is stopt het.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:18 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Nou, als dat jouw uitweg is dan hoop ik helemaal dat het allemaal mee gaat vallen. Meer dan alleen hoop, want nogmaals, Europa heeft voldoende reserves om nog een flinke rit uit te kunnen zitten.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:16 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Oorlog kost je een economie, het is dezelfde discussie.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:20 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Ondanks dat er mensen zijn die Europa de oorlog in willen rommelen is het simpelweg niet onze oorlog en zal het dat ook niet hoeven te worden.

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Rusland heeft ook geen schijn van kans tegen de Navo. Zelfs niet als Amerika afhaakt. Dus ook daar hoeven we ons geen zorgen over te maken.

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Je kan rustig gaan slapen hoor.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:19 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Met die reserves kunnen we zelfs de volgende supermacht worden.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:22 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Dat dan weer niet. Europa scoort te slecht op R&D, mede ook door hinderlijke wetgeving en militair hebben we ook geen florisant vooruitzicht.

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Daarnaast is er teveel interne verdeeldheid.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:22 schreef
Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Het is al oorlog. Desinformatie, sabotage en cyberaanvallen brengen schade toe aan de EU. Propaganda en politieke instabiliteit. Het is volop oorlog tussen de EU en Rusland.
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Tenzij Trump NATO sloopt.
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Dat ga ik zeker doen, maar niet wegens jouw onterechte sussende woorden.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:23 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Dan moeten we daar verandering in aanbrengen.
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Dan moeten we ons beter te weer stellen tegen Russische invloeden.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:04 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Geen idee over wie je het hebt, maar momenteel wordt de EU het zwaarst geraakt door deze oorlog. Dat kan toch niemand ontgaan dat bv de energieprijzen flink hoger zijn geworden?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:43 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Europeanen betalen alleen al met plezier honderden euro's voor concert- en EK voetbalkaartjes, dus ik zie eerlijk gezegd niet hoe de EU zwaar geraakt wordt door de oorlog.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:45 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Dus omdat een deel van de bevolking lachend 1.000 euro aftikt om een mokerslecht Nederlands elftal te zien is het gelul dat er zoiets bestaat als energiearmoede?

Duly noted.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:45 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Dus omdat een deel van de bevolking lachend 1.000 euro aftikt om een mokerslecht Nederlands elftal te zien is het gelul dat er zoiets bestaat als energiearmoede?

Duly noted.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:46 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Over welke energiearmoede heb je het?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:04 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:
Geen idee over wie je het hebt, maar momenteel wordt de EU het zwaarst geraakt door deze oorlog.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:46 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Over welke energiearmoede heb je het?

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 01:56 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Het is nieuw voor mij, dus ik wacht geduldig af.

Ondertussen is oekraine flink bezig met energie infra aan de rus kant afbreken, die niet makkelijk vervangen kan worden, omdat the likes of siemens, abb, alstom weigeren met ze te handelen, en heb je ondertussen in rostov blackouts, maar we gaan horen hoe meneer venom2012 uitlegt wat hij precies bedoeld met zijn bij elkaar bij elkaar gefantaseerde "energie armoede".

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 02:35 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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https://www.tno.nl/nl/duu(...)iearmoede-voorkomen/

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New Jersey Man Charged with Soliciting Destruction of Energy Facilities
Andrew Takhistov, 18, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, was arrested yesterday and made his initial appearance in court today for allegedly soliciting another individual to destroy energy facilities.

“Andrew Takhistov was allegedly on his way to Ukraine to join the Russian Volunteer Corps when we arrested him on charges of recruiting an individual to destroy an electrical substation here in the United States in order to advance his white supremacist ideology,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “I am grateful to the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force for their exceptional work disrupting this dangerous plot.”

“This complaint alleges that the defendant’s posts referenced Adolf Hitler, encouraged violence against Black and Jewish communities, praised mass shooters, and discussed causing death and destruction on a large scale,” said U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey. “The defendant was allegedly enroute to join the Russian Volunteer Corps, which he described as specializing in assassinations, attacks on power grids, and other infrastructure sabotage, so that he could act on his violent plans. We will not tolerate these kinds of alleged terroristic threats, and working with our partners, we will always be ready to root out and bring to justice anyone who attempts to carry out these acts.”

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Russia will attack Ukraine again from the north, Budanov says
Russia will soon once again attack Ukraine from the north, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said in an interview published July 13.

Speaking to NV news outlet, Budanov refused to specify if he was talking about an offensive in the oblasts of Sumy or Chernihiv so as not to "provoke panic," but insisted indications were already present.

"If I start answering that question (of where the attack will be), we’ll provoke panic," he said. "Let's just say that there are problems, and they tend to get worse."

"There is no catastrophe, but it’s impossible not to see the problems. I’ve already told someone from the Western press: I won’t have much good news this year, unfortunately," Budanov said.

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Ukraine’s FPV Drone Obstacle Course Teaches How To Chase Vehicles, Fly Into Windows
Weaving through tank hatches and chasing down trucks is harder than it looks and realistic training is key.

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The Ukrainian cope cage-covered Nissan SUV rumbled down a dirt road, chased by a First-Person View (FPV) drone zipping through the sky with an angry buzz. At first glance, this seemed like a video seen many times on social media. Both sides use these light, fast, highly maneuverable flying munitions as fearsome attack weapons.

The driver, however, was in no danger. He was motoring through a training ground’s obstacle course designed to help teach new Ukrainian FPV pilots how to fly over, around, and through objects, avoid electronic warfare countermeasures, and hit moving targets.

It’s one thing to have drones. It is something else altogether to reliably guide them to dynamic targets across a chaotic and bloody battlefield. While the many videos of attacks on tanks, trucks, and troops like the one below make it look easy, it’s not.

“We have a constant need to train our pilots and operators. The world of unmanned systems is constantly changing and the enemy comes up with certain methods or can prevent us from completing our tasks,” said one of the soldiers, who goes by callsign Teenager. “We have the opportunity to constantly train and improve our skills.”

As he speaks, the video cuts to an FPV drone flying through a net-covered tube obstacle. It’s one of the many hurdles new pilots have to navigate as they become familiar with flying and experienced pilots have to use to refresh their skills.

For rookies, just getting to that stage takes time.

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Ukrainian scouts blow up Russian ammo depot, drone launch site
In one of the frontline sectors, drone operators of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency located and destroyed a Russian ammunition depot, several communication and surveillance systems, and a launch point for FPV drones.
That’s according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (GUR) , Ukrinform reports.

The scouts from GUR’s Pryvyd (Ghost – ed.) unit also launched a number of strikes on Russian infantry’s field fortifications and other positions.

Підірвали ворожі �клад БК і пункт запу�ку fpv ― май�терна робота розвідників

"The ‘ghost’ drones from Ukraine’s defense intelligence are engaging targets deeper and deeper into the enemy rear, therefore the invaders are suffering more painful losses," the agency emphasized.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, in the early hours of Saturday, July 13, Ukrainian drones hit an oil depot in Russia’s Rostov region. The informed source told Ukrinform it was the SBU security service that stood behind the attack.

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Bloomberg: Orbán opposed Ukraine's accession at the NATO summit
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the NATO summit in Washington, where President Volodymyr Zelensky was present, that Ukraine should not join the Alliance.

Source: Bloomberg with reference to sources, writes " European Truth "

Details: Orbán attended the NATO summit after launching a self-proclaimed "peace mission" in which he visited Kyiv, Moscow and Beijing without any coordination with EU and NATO members.

At the NATO summit, Orban, in accordance with previously reached agreements, refused to join the military support of Ukraine. But he also directly stated at the meeting of leaders, where the Ukrainian president was present, that Ukraine should not become a member of the Alliance.

"Orban even expressed the opinion at the plenary meeting with Zelensky that Ukraine should not join NATO, as we were informed. Some leaders objected, and one of them stated that the history of Hungary shows why Ukraine should be in the Alliance," the agency writes. recounting the discussion that took place behind closed doors.

What preceded : After attending a summit in Washington, Viktor Orbán traveled to Florida to meet with Donald Trump, who believes that the full-scale Russian invasion was provoked by Ukraine's intentions to join NATO.

The legal service of the European Union previously established that the Hungarian Prime Minister's negotiations with Putin contradict EU treaties .

It also became known that six EU countries will not send ministers to events within the framework of the Hungarian presidency, but will limit themselves to lower-ranking officials.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 01:43 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Ik zou zeggen: hou het nieuws wat beter bij.

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Luxembourg and Denmark transferred equipment to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine within the IT Coalition framework

^{Equipment from the IT Coalition for the Ukrainian military. July 2024. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine}

Thanks to Luxembourg and Denmark’s contributions to the IT Coalition, Ukraine received network equipment and auxiliary licenses worth over ¤2 million.

The Ministry of Defense reported that this equipment will strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Defense’s data centers and the Armed Forces cyber defense.

According to Kateryna Chernohorenko, Deputy Minister of Defense for Digital Transformations, Digital Development and Digitalization, the new batch of equipment will improve the protection of Ukrainian networks and facilitate the implementation of a number of information systems, which is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Defense.

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Bulgaria and Romania to create a special command in the Black Sea

^{Romanian special forces soldiers. Photo credits: Romanian Navy}

Bulgaria and Romania sign a memorandum of understanding to establish a regional command of special forces in the Black Sea.

The Ministry of National Defence of Romania announced this.

During the discussions between NATO countries, Romania and Bulgaria identified the need for command and control structures in the Black Sea to control it.

First of all, it is noted that the new command will be responsible for protecting merchant ships from attacks, conducting inspections and general traffic control.

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Russia loses its hundredth state-of-the-art T-90M tank

^{Destroyed Russian T-90M. Freeze frame from the video of the SBGS}

The Russian military lost its 100th state-of-the-art T-90M tank.

An analyst of the Oryx portal made the corresponding analysis.

According to publicly available information, the analyst could count 100 destroyed and damaged T-90M tanks using available photos and videos.

The list also includes vehicles that were captured by the Ukrainian Defense Forces and abandoned by Russian crews on the battlefield without severe damage.

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Video: Russian Soldiers Caught Looting Pig Farm in Belgorod

^{Russian Armed Forces soldiers were caught on surveillance video looting a pig farm in the Belgorod region.}

Looted Pigfarm
According to Ziare the incident, which took place on July 10, was first reported by the Russian Telegram channel "Ashes" and has only recently come to light.

At 8:30 PM, two armed Russian soldiers drove onto the pig farm's property and began looting. Surveillance footage shows the soldiers removing a large package from the farm and stashing it in the trunk of their vehicle. The exact contents of the stolen package remain unknown.

Additionally, the soldiers broke into one of the administrative buildings on the farm. However, they appeared to leave empty-handed, suggesting they found nothing of value inside.

Issues of Lawlessness
The pig farm is located in the Borisov district of the Belgorod region, near the border with Ukraine. The farm’s proximity to the conflict zone raises concerns about the security of civilian properties in the area.

So far, neither the Belgorod regional authorities nor the Russian military leadership have responded to the incident. The lack of response highlights potential issues of lawlessness and lack of accountability within the region, particularly given the ongoing conflict and military presence near the border.

This event underscores the challenges faced by civilians living in conflict zones, where even agricultural enterprises are not spared from the chaos and lawlessness brought about by military actions.

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Russian soldiers robbed a pig farm in the Belgorod region

In the video, armed people enter the building of a pig farm in the Borisov district, break down the door and take something out of it. ( https://t.me/belpepel/6710 ) The local publication “Ashes” writes that they robbed the building on July 10.

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Lukashenko unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of troops from the border with Ukraine

The illegitimate president of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, ordered the removal of additional troops from the territories adjacent to the Ukrainian border.

Points of attention
• Lukashenko announces the withdrawal of troops from the Ukrainian border, citing the end of 'tension' that he himself fabricated.
• The change in troop positioning has implications for Belarus and neighboring countries, raising concerns about future provocations.
• The relationship between Lukashenko and Putin is under scrutiny, with speculations on Lukashenko's loyalty and potential scenarios of him defying Putin.
• The fabricated threats and maneuvers concerning Ukraine reflect Lukashenko's political strategies and attempts to assert control.
• The situation underscores the complex geopolitical dynamics in the region and the uncertainty surrounding Lukashenko's actions in response to pressure and potential conflicts.

Lukashenko announced the end of the "tension" on the border with Ukraine, which he invented himself
The dictator of Belarus stated this on July 13 during a visit to the 56th anti-aircraft missile regiment located in the city of Lunynets, Brest region of the Republic of Belarus.

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Russia wants to blame Ukraine for Trump’s assassination attempt

Russia has already called for finding an alleged “Ukrainian trace” in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

A Russian senator from occupied Crimea has urged Washington to consider the version of the involvement of Ukrainian security services in the attempted assassination of Trump.

He said Ukrainian authorities had been “very unflattering” toward Trump, who had promised to end the war in Ukraine if elected US president.

Russian military terrorists are already posting pictures of missiles labeled “FOR Trump” on the net.

They will use these missiles and bombs to hit Ukrainian civilians, children and children’s hospitals again.

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Wie had dat nou zien aankomen. Rusland die de schuld van de moordaanslag in de schoenen van Oekraïne probeert te schuiven. En ik zie een bepaalde groep in Amerika er wel voor aan om dit klakkeloos over te gaan nemen.

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Data centre in Dronten opnieuw spil in Russische beïnvloedingscampage
Russische klanten van een data centre in Dronten hebben op hun servers software draaiend gehad die zo'n duizend X-accounts fake news lieten verspreiden.

Het netwerk aan nepprofielen is opgerold door een samenwerking van onder meer de AIVD, MIVD en de Amerikaanse FBI. De diensten kwamen deze week naar buiten met details over de beïnvloedingscampagne. NRC meldt nu dat uit eigen onderzoek blijkt dat de servers die daarvoor gebruikt zijn toebehoren aan het bedrijf Serverius op industrieterrein De Noord in Dronten. De nepaccounts op X zijn inmiddels verwijderd.

De servers van dit bedrijf werden al eerder ingezet voor malafide praktijken. In 2006 zijn ze door Russische hackers gebruikt bij pogingen de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen te beïnvloeden. Via de servers in Dronten werden hackaanvallen op computers gericht, waar kiezerregistratie op plaatsvond.

Dit keer gaat het om een campagne die was gericht op de beïnvloeding van het Amerikaanse publieke debat. De AIVD en de MIVD achten het zeer waarschijnlijk dat de Russische overheid betrokken is bij de ontwikkeling van de aangetroffen software.

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Een heleboel meer foto's van vernietigde Russische tanks. Te veel om hier allemaal te plaatsen.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 19:01 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 00:20 schreef VEM2012 het volgende:

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Ondanks dat er mensen zijn die Europa de oorlog in willen rommelen is het simpelweg niet onze oorlog en zal het dat ook niet hoeven te worden.

Rusland heeft ook geen schijn van kans tegen de Navo. Zelfs niet als Amerika afhaakt. Dus ook daar hoeven we ons geen zorgen over te maken.

Je kan rustig gaan slapen hoor.

Why Not Peace with Hitler? Anti-War Protest in NYC, July 7 1941

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Kan nog geen thread vinden. Maar als hij gepost worst zal ik hem hier plaatsen.

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Volgens mij kan je die zelf maken maar geen idee hoe, heb geen twitter.

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There’s One Main Reason Russia Could Keep Striking Ukrainian Children’s Hospitals And Other Civilian Targets: The Free World Doesn’t Produce Nearly Enough Air Defense Missiles

Ukraine is getting additional air defense batteries, but needs a lot missiles to keep them shooting around the clock

.In fits and starts in recent months, Ukraine’s allies have finally responded to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenky’s increasingly urgent pleas for more long-range air defense systems.

Now a shortage of missiles, not launchers and their supporting radars, is about to become Ukraine’s biggest air defense problem.

In April, Germany pledged a third Patriot battery. Two months later in June, Italy pledged a SAMP/T battery—its second. And at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. this week, alliance leaders including U.S. Pres. Joe Biden confirmed the United States and Romania would donate additional Patriot batteries—respectively, their second and first. Meanwhile, The Netherlands has offered up enough launchers for Ukraine to form a seventh Patriot battery.

“The United States and our allies and partners remain committed to providing Ukraine with additional air defense capabilities to defend itself against Russia's continued aggression,” the Pentagon stated.

Once all the newly promised systems arrive, the Ukrainian air force should have at least nine of the best Western-made air defense batteries: seven Patriots and two SAMP/Ts. The air force also has around a dozen ex-Soviet batteries—S-300s, mostly, but also at least one S-200.

In theory, it’s just enough batteries to protect all of Ukraine. In practice, the Ukrainians don’t have nearly enough missiles to keep the batteries in action around the clock.

The S-200 ranges 190 miles. The Patriots and SAMP/Ts—as far as 90 miles. The best S-300s can hit targets 75 miles away. While the Ukrainian air force and army also operate hundreds of shorter-range air defense systems, it’s these longer-range air defenses that represent Ukraine’s best defense against nearly daily Russian missile raids.

Those raids are escalating. Between March and June, the Russians fired 446 missiles at Ukrainian cities—dozens more than they fired over the same period last year. A cruise missile strike on Kyiv on June 8 damaged a children’s hospital, killing two adults and injuring 16 people, including seven children.

Assuming the Ukrainian air force deploys its best Western-made air defenses to safeguard its biggest cities, keeps the S-200 where it apparently is—in the south, where it can threaten Russian air force jets over the Black Sea—and doles out the S-300s to cover the front line as well as smaller cities, nearly all of Ukraine’s 233,000 square miles and 38 million people should soon be under the protection of at least one long-range air defense battery.

Yes, the nine Western-made batteries—seven Patriots and two SAMP/Ts—are well short of the 25 Patriot batteries or equivalents that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has asked for. And the Ukrainians will need extra batteries to replace combat losses, of course.

But the recent NATO pledges go a long way toward building the basic air-defense architecture Ukraine needs to fend off Russian raids and secure its population, industry and energy infrastructure.

What that architecture lacks is an adequate supply of missiles. Ukraine’s allies have spent billions of dollars on missiles for the Ukrainian air defense batteries, but the supply almost certainly falls well short of the need.

Consider how busy Ukraine’s first Patriot battery was just in the first few weeks of operation last year. The German-donated battery arrived in Ukraine in May 2023, shot down its first Russian missile around May 11 and then, over the next six weeks, downed another 19 missiles—plus six attack drones, one surveillance drone, three helicopters and three fighter-bombers.

That’s five kills a week for one battery. Assuming some missiles miss—say, half—a single Ukrainian Patriot battery could fire 10 missiles a week without breaking a sweat. Ukraine is about to have eight more batteries in the same class as that initial German Patriot. They could conceivably fire 80 missiles a week—or nearly 500 a year—and only shoot down slightly more than a fifth of the incoming Russian missiles.

Guess how many Patriot missiles U.S. defense firm Lockheed Martin produces every year. That’s right: 500 as of December. Ukraine’s allies can send older missiles from their own stockpiles, but it’s the policy of many of them—the United States, in particular—to buy a new missile for every old missile it gives away.

Given the total absence of any slack in the supply of Patriot missiles, it should come as no surprise that the Biden administration has put in place a new policy: from now on, all newly built Patriot missiles go straight to Ukraine instead of any other customers.

“We’re going to re-prioritize the deliveries of these exports, so that those missiles rolling off the production line will now be provided to Ukraine,” White House national security communications adviser John Kirby told reporters late last month.

Between Patriot missiles and missiles for SAMP/Ts, the United States and its European allies can produce barely enough missiles to keep Ukraine’s air defense batters in action at the current firing rate.

But those batteries are already firing far too infrequently to shoot down all the incoming Russian missiles. To have a shot at hitting all the Russian munitions, the Ukrainians might need more than 2,000 long-range air defense missiles every year. Potentially four times as many as they’re currently getting.

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 21:40 schreef oheng het volgende:
Extreme prijsstijging voor russische levens. De tekenbonussen zijn meer dan verdrievoudigd.

Van maximaal 400.000 roebel in 2023, tot 1.500.000 roebel in mei 2024, en stijgende.

Scroll naar beneden voor de grafieken.

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Ukraine Tests Bullet Jet Drone for Intercepting Enemy Air Targets

^{Bullet jet drone in flight}

Ukrainian developers have demonstrated flight tests of a jet drone designed to intercept air targets.

This was reported by the Military Journal Telegram channel.

According to the MJs information, the Bullet unmanned aerial vehicle system is designed specifically to combat enemy reconnaissance and attack drones and helicopters.

In the footage released, an experimental airplane-type drone takes off from a concrete pavement, performs flight maneuvers, and then lands.

According to telemetry data, the drone reached a speed of about 130 km/h during the flight. This speed is insufficient to intercept air targets, but considering the use of a jet engine, the actual maximum speed can be many times higher.

The drone used a camera similar to those in FPV drones.

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Russian Tor SAMs Received Additional Armor Kit

^{Russian Tor-M2 air defense system with a set of slat armor, July 2024. Photo credits: TASS}

Russians are upgrading Tor anti-aircraft missile systems to protect them from Ukrainian attack drones and artillery.

Footage of the upgraded vehicle was published by the Russian TASS news agency.

Russian anti-aircraft systems of this type are designed to cover ground troops operating in the frontline zone, and are therefore often at risk of being attacked by Ukrainian artillery and drones.

With this in mind, the Russians have installed spaced metal screens on at least one of their vehicles, covering the sides and upper hemisphere of the vehicle. In addition, the turreted vehicle has a “soft” defense.

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Russia Claims U.S. Funded Assassination Attempts on Putin
Zakharova says that these attacks were orchestrated using American funds
Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has accused the United States of financing unsuccessful Ukrainian attempts to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zakharova says that these attacks were orchestrated using American funds, according to Lenta.

Crucial Financing
Zakharova emphasized that without U.S. financial support, there would be no “malicious activities” from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO), the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), or the administration located on Bankova Street in Kyiv, where the official residence of the Ukrainian president is situated.

"Yesterday, one of the leaders of the Kyiv regime openly admitted that Ukrainian intelligence was preparing an assassination attempt on the President of Russia. This assassination attempt was, again, funded by American money," stated Zakharova.

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Ukraine's President's Office states Ukraine did not reject Gripen Swedish fighter jets
Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has stressed that Ukraine did not "reject" the Swedish-made JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets so that Ukrainian troops train on the F-16 fighter jets faster, and that the negotiations regarding the purchase of the Gripens are ongoing.

Source: Zhovkva in an interview for Voice of America, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Zhovkva was asked to comment on the statement by the Swedish Foreign Minister in an interview to Voice of America that Sweden was ready to supply Ukraine with fighter jets but Ukraine decided to halt this process.

"I have never heard that Ukrainians rejected the Gripen fighter jets. The other way round, this is the topic my president always brings up during the talks with the Swedish leadership," Zhovkva stated.

He noted that this dialogue was ongoing back when Sweden was not a NATO member, and before its final accession to the Alliance Sweden was not ready to make any promises.

Quote: "At the moment this country is in NATO, and my president is talking to the Prime Minister of Sweden again, and our Defence Ministry [communicates] with corresponding Swedish bodies. These fighter jets are as good as the F-16s. So we are moving in this direction."

Background:
• Explaining why Stockholm halted the supply of the fighter jets to Kyiv earlier, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström stated that it happened due to Ukraine’s conclusion, as it found managing both F-16 and Gripen fighter jet systems simultaneously "too challenging"
• The security agreement signed between Ukraine and Sweden provides for military assistance to Kyiv worth SEK 75 billion (about ¤6.5 billion), and also includes "the prospect of providing Ukraine with JAS 39 Gripen aircraft".

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More Than 400 Russian ‘Immortalized Heroes’ Are Serious Criminals
Russian authorities in 58 regions have erected memorials to over 400 murderers, rapists, drug dealers and armed robbers who died in the war against Ukraine.

The independent Russian news site Verstka published the results of a study it has done into the practice of honoring convicted criminals as “war heroes.” After examining local and national news reports, including figures published by Mediazona and the BBC Russian Service, it has identified 58 regions that have commemorated the memory of 408 former prisoners who were released to fight in President Vladimir Putin’s so-called “special military operation.”

Murderers, rapists, drug dealers, armed robbers and others convicted of violent crimes are remembered in individual memorial plaques placed on schools and residential buildings, school information stands, memory corners and desks dedicated to individual “heroes,” lanes and city streets have been renamed and are decorated with their portraits, museum exhibitions and sports competitions are organized in their honor, trees are planted, and their names are added to memorials erected to the dead from past conflicts including those of the “Great Patriotic War.”

Verstka also analyzed the crimes committed by those released to the war. There were 128 convictions for murder, attempted murder and grievous bodily harm resulting in someone’s death. The next most frequent crimes were those involving illegal drugs – 110 cases. The balance involved “banditry,” armed robbery or thefts involving violence, sexual assaults, rape and serious assault. Also, the future “heroes” committed 88 thefts, 24 robberies and 46 robberies. In addition, the authorities immortalized those convicted of beatings, threats to kill, banditry, and in two cases, rape and sexual assault.

In some cases, the “heroes” had been convicted for several different serious crimes and more than half were “repeat offenders,” with several having been convicted for multiple murders and manslaughter.

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Germany cannot stand aside from supply of fighter jets to Ukraine - CDU leader

The leader of Germany's opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Mertz, has called for stronger support for Ukraine, including for the supply of combat aircraft to Ukraine.
That's according to DW, Ukrinform reports.

"I believe that we should help Ukraine at least to regain control of its own airspace. Missile attacks, which are now taking place in ever greater numbers, against infrastructure, against power and water supplies, against hospitals, nursing homes, we cannot control that from the ground alone," he told the ARD TV channel.

That is why, Mertz said, the delivery of combat aircraft to Ukraine is already a done deal in many countries in the world, including in Europe.

"We as Germans should not hold back," the politician said.

According to data from open sources, the Bundeswehr currently has two types of combat aircraft in service: the MRCA PA-200 Tornado multi-purpose combat aircraft and the Eurofighter, DW said.

Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said earlier that Ukraine and Sweden were negotiating the supply of Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine.

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EU plans to boycott Hungary's foreign affairs summit, Politico reports
The EU's chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, is planning to invite the bloc's foreign ministers to a "formal" council at the same time as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosts a foreign affairs summit, Politico reported on July 15, citing three EU diplomats.

Hungary, which currently helms the Council of the European Union's rotating presidency, plans to host a foreign affairs summit in Budapest on Aug. 28-29.

"If there's a formal foreign affairs council, organized by the high representative (Borrell) the same day, the ministers won't be able to go to Budapest," one diplomat told Politico.

The snub is a response to Orban's supposed "Ukraine peace missions" that included trips to Kyiv, Beijing, and, to the outrage of leaders across the EU, a visit to Moscow and a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Orban also met with Donald Trump, a presumptive Republican nominee for the upcoming U.S. presidential election who recently narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.

Brussels stressed that the Hungarian prime minister did not represent the bloc in any way, and Hungary's envoy in Brussels was lambasted over his country's "rogue diplomacy."

According to one of Politico's sources, the boycott of Hungary's summit means to "send a clear signal that Hungary does not speak for the EU."

Hungary is widely seen as the most Kremlin-friendly country within the EU, and its past conduct has sparked ire among its European partners on multiple occasions. Budapest has repeatedly obstructed sanctions against Russia, Ukraine's accession talks, and aid for Ukraine.

Even before the outbreak of the full-scale invasion, relations between Brussels and Budapest had been strained as the EU accused Orban of democratic backsliding and deteriorating rule of law.

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‘13 of 15 non-Russians in military unit dead’: Indians seek return
Urgen Tamang (47), from Kalimpong in West Bengal, has been with the Russian Army for the last six months. The Indian Express had earlier reported that Urgen was duped by agents who promised him the job of a security guard in Russia, but took him to the frontlines of the battle with Ukraine.

Two Indian men fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine have appealed to Indian authorities to help them get back home as they described the “horrific” situation on the frontlines, with one of them saying 13 of 15 non-Russians in his unit had been killed.

The meeting earlier this week between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, during which the return of Indians fighting in the war was discussed, had raised the men’s hopes of getting back home.

However, Gagandeep Singh from Gurdaspur in Punjab said that while he had been away from the fighting with a knee injury during the time of the Modi-Putin meeting, his hopes of returning home were dented when he was later told to go back to the frontlines.

“My commander has told me that he didn’t receive any order to release us. Now, the whole unit is going to the frontline, and I have also been told to join the unit,” he told The Indian Express.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 07:34 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 09:15 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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Tornado is wel een interessante optie naast f16

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 09:24 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Op zondag 14 juli 2024 22:57 schreef Bensel het volgende:

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inflatie is een bitch. Er zullen heel wat redenen bedacht zijn waarom het geld niet toegekend gaat worden

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 10:52 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Sorry, hoogste bonus is inmiddels 1.650.000 roebels geworden.

In Tatarstan krijg je ook nog 100.000 extra als je je vriend aanmeld.

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17k euro met een overlevingskans van?

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17k euro met een overlevingskans van?

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The FAS believes that limiting fuel exports will saturate the domestic market during a period of increased demand, including those associated with field work and scheduled repairs of oil refineries. This measure will also ensure price stability and availability of fuel for all categories of consumers.

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En weer een: meanwhile in

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Head first, auw auw.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 15:22 schreef bleiblei het volgende:

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Gewoon optillen en verplaatsen. Mocht ie nog leven, is ie nu iig. wel vanaf zijn kin verlamd .

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 14:03 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Onze favoriete rus. Deze ronde oa. over dat rus op bepaalde plekken max prijzen voor... voedsel in gaat voeren. Maar zoiets werkt niet; heeft nooit gewerkt, omdat producenten en verkopers gewoon hun deuren sluiten op het moment dat het niet meer winstgevend is.

Food Price Control Introduced In Russia!

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This year, indeed, there is an increase in prices. In January by 14%, in February - by 18%, March - by 22%, April - 11%, May-June – by 9%,”

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Head first, auw auw.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 15:58 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Ik dacht dat Oryx ermee gestopt was.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 15:58 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Ik dacht dat Oryx ermee gestopt was.

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Fuck, CPR during flights is such a thing.

You're a fag enemy.

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDIST IS SHOCKED BY AN ATTACK ON REFINERY ON LIVE FEED || 2024

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Why Are Russian Soldiers And Cops Paying £100 Up To £19K To Fund The Ukrainian Army?
While the Monetary Army averages £100 per scam, one victim lost a staggering £19,000

In a bid to fund their country's war effort, scammers originating from Ukraine are employing fake dating profiles to trick gullible Russian men out of substantial sums of money.

The Monetary Army, a group targeting Russian soldiers, police officers, military academy students, and others, employs a wide range of tactics to trick victims out of sums as high as £19,000 to support the Ukranian government. Posing as attractive women on Divinchik, a popular dating app in Russia, these approximately 100 scammers match with unsuspecting men and try to trick them into shelling out certain amounts which will eventually be used for their cause.

Here's how they do it:

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Mass drone attack on Russia's Bryansk Oblast and occupied Crimea reported by regional authorities
The Russian authorities have traditionally claimed to have repelled the attacks

Russia's Bryansk Oblast and the temporarily occupied Crimea were attacked by drones overnight, reported the governor of Bryansk Oblast Aleksandr Bogomaz and the Gauleiter of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev.

According to Bogomaz, 17 drones were shot down in the sky over the region at night. The governor claimed that the drones were intercepted over the territory of Sevsky, Pogarsky, Brasivskyi, Trubchevsky, Komarichsky and Zlinkovsky districts. According to Bogomaz, there are no casualties or damage.

At the same time, the Gauleiter of Sevastopol said that around 4:00 a.m. the air defense forces of the Russian Federation shot down one drone. According to him, the wreckage of the drone allegedly fell in the area of Cape Fiolent. Later, Razvozhayev reported that the drone attack was allegedly repulsed.

At the same time, the pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind writes that at least eight explosions were heard in the Fiolent area. According to public information, hits were recorded at Russian military facilities near the cape.

Overnight on July 12, drones attacked an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast. The attack is a special operation of the SBU. This was reported to LIGA.net by an source in the law enforcement agencies.

On July 14, a television tower caught fire in Russia's Kursk Oblast, which the authorities called an "attack by Ukrainian drones."

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Ukraine’s population will crash to a mere 15mn people by 2100 - UN

^{Ukraine's population will crash from some 45mn before the war with Russia to a mere 15mn by 2100, according to the UN. / bne IntelliNews}

The latest UN median forecast for Ukraine's population by 2100 is for it to more than halve from its pre-war level of 45mn to to a mere 15.3mn, according to UN's 2024 Revision of World Population Prospects.

According to the UN there were about 37mn people in Ukraine at the beginning of this year, but by 2100, the country's population will be reduced to 15.3mn people.

The UN also predicts that the global peak in populations will come early, in 2084 of namely 10.3bn people, but by 2100, the number of people will decrease slightly to 10.2bn.

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Ukrainian artillerymen destroyed Russian Giatsint-S self-propelled gun in the Zaporizhzhia region

^{2S5 Giatsint-S ACS. Photo credits: Wikipedia/Parutip}

Ukrainian troops destroyed a Russian Giatsint-S self-propelled gun in the south.

The video of the 152mm artillery system’s destruction was released by the press service of the Come Back Alive Foundation.

The Russians hid their self-propelled gun among the trees in the forest belt.

However, the Ukrainian Shark drone detected the position of the Russian invaders and adjusted the strike of the Defense Forces’ firepower against them.

The foundation reported that the Giatsint-S self-propelled gun had been destroyed by the soldiers of the 44th Separate Artillery Brigade “Hetman Danylo Apostol”.

It is likely that the Russian 152-mm self-propelled gun was hit by a high-precision munition.

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Syrskyi orders inspection of 59th Motorized Brigade after recent losses
Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi ordered an inspection of the 59th Separate Motorized Brigade "Yakiv Handziuk" due to the unit's recent losses, Ukraine's General Staff said on July 15.

The announcement came only a day after Azovstal defender and medic Kateryna Polishchuk, known under the nickname Ptashka ("bird"), called on Syrskyi and President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the unit over the alleged misconduct of its commander, Bohdan Shevchuk.

"Since thousands of soldiers remain in the combat zone under Shevchuk's leadership, I ask you, Commander-in-Chief, to pay heed and conduct an internal investigation," Polishchuk wrote in a Facebook post on July 14, accusing Shevchuk of "criminal orders, negligence, actions that resulted in the deaths of a large number of troops," as well as careerism, removal of dissenting commanders, and other transgressions.

The General Staff's statement did not explicitly name Polishchuk nor Shevchuk and did not mention specific circumstances that led to the start of the investigation.

The 59th Brigade is deployed near Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast, a front-line town under heavy pressure by Russian forces.

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NI photographer caught in Russian ambush in Ukraine

^{Conall Kearney is a conflict photographer from Belfast}

A Belfast conflict photographer has spoken of his experience in a Russian ambush whilst reporting on the war in Ukraine.

Conall Kearney had been commissioned by Ukrainian government funded United24 to join a unit on what was intended to be a simple reconnaissance mission along the frontline.

The attack in May this year lasted 14 hours with Mr Kearney sustaining numerous injuries.

Speaking to BBC News NI, he said he is "lucky to be alive".

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"Remember this day": Russia withdraws last patrol ship from Crimea – Ukrainian Navy
As of June 17, the Ukrainian Navy stated that a third of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's ships had been disabled

On July 15, Russia withdrew the last patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet from the occupied Crimea, reported Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"The last patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is leaving our Crimea right now. Remember this day," he wrote.

As of June 17, Pletenchuk stated that a third of the Black Sea Fleet's ships had been disabled. He also said the Defense Forces were destroying some of them even after repairs.

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Two Allies of Russia's Fired Defense Minister Die Mysteriously in One Week
Two allies of Russia's fired Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu are reported to have died mysteriously within a day of each other.

Last week, Magomed Khandayev, a 61-year-old Russian Defense Ministry official, and 52-year-old businessman Igor Kotelnikov were found dead. These were the latest in a series of mysterious deaths involving prominent Russian figures since Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Eva Merkacheva, a member of Russia's human rights council, said in a column for Moskovsky Komsomolets on July 12 that Kotelnikov died in a pretrial detention center in Moscow on July 8 after feeling unwell. He had been charged with bribing senior Russian Defense Ministry officials.

The cause of his death remains unclear, but Merkacheva added that Russian human rights activists say that the cell where the businessman was being held is typically overcrowded.

The cells are "small, hot in warm weather, cold in the winter. In addition, some detainees sit there all day," Merkacheva wrote.

"They were unable to save him—the 52-year-old man died, his heart stopped," she added.

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Drones destroy Russian armored vehicles in the Belgorod region

The border guards of the Pomsta (Revenge – ed.) Brigade conducted an operation to search for and destroy enemy vehicles using attack drones in the Russian Federation.

The footage of the operation was published on the page of the QUICK DEATH drone unit.

The operators of the strike unmanned aerial systems destroyed the invaders’ equipment during a night raid that took place 10 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border in the occupied territory.

Equipped with thermal imaging optics, FPV drones flew into the enemy’s rear and destroyed two enemy infantry fighting vehicles and one tank.

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Omwonenden mogelijke locaties nieuwe munitieopslagplaatsen ongerust

In verschillende Nederlandse gemeenten is onrust ontstaan omdat Defensie zoekt naar meer ruimte om munitie op te slaan. Defensie wil naast de al bestaande munitiedepots één nieuwe grootschalig opslag, of twee kleinere opslagplaatsen. Daarvoor heeft het acht locaties op het oog, maar de gemeenten waarin die locaties liggen zien het stuk voor stuk niet zitten.

"Ik dacht eerst dat het een grapje was, ik keek echt in vertwijfeling naar mijn brievenbus", zegt Dorien Brussen uit Toldijk. Haar huis zou moeten worden gesloopt als de opslag in Hummelo komt. Ook omwonenden van andere mogelijke locaties vrezen dat zij hun huis moeten verlaten vanwege strenge veiligheidsregels rondom zo'n munitiedepot.

In totaal heeft defensie zeventig hectare nodig voor de grootschalige opslag. De locatie moet aan best wat eisen voldoen: zo moet er bij voorkeur een goede aansluiting op hoofdwegen, binnenvaart en spoorwegen zijn, moet er zo weinig mogelijk bebouwing in de omgeving zijn en kan de locatie bijvoorbeeld niet onder een laagvliegroute liggen. Op basis van onder meer die voorwaarden is defensie tot een achttal mogelijke locaties gekomen.

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Orbán sends European Union leaders his "peace plan" for Ukraine
The political director of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Balazs Orbán, said that "Hungary is the only country that can negotiate with each side."

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, after trips to Ukraine, Russia and China, as well as after meetings with the President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump, informed the leaders of the European Union of the results of his "peacemaking mission" and Budapest's "peace proposals", the political director of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Balazs Orbán, said in an interview with the newspaper Magyar Nemzet.

The "plan for ending the war" of the head of the Hungarian government is reportedly on the desk of every EU prime minister. The political director stated that the results of the trips to Kyiv and Moscow made it clear that Ukraine and Russia are very "determined to fight."

"And without the intervention of external mediators, we will, unfortunately, see very violent destruction in the coming months," Balazs Orbán added.

He emphasized that this is why Hungary started negotiations with China, Turkiye and former US President Trump.

"If Europe wants peace and wants to have a decisive say in settling the war and stopping the bloodshed, then a change of course must be developed and implemented now," Balazs Orbán said.

"Hungary is the only country that can negotiate with each side," he stressed.

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Estonia: Premier Kallas resigns to become top EU diplomat
Kaja Kallas has resigned as Estonia's Prime Minister in order to become the European Union's foreign policy chief. Kallas has emerged as one the bloc's staunchest critics of neighboring Russia.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on Monday submitted her resignation ahead of becoming the European Union's new foreign policy chief.

Kallas, who has led the small Baltic republic since 2021, handed her resignation to President Alar Karis but will remain prime minister in a caretaker capacity until early August.

The 47-year-old, who will also step down as leader of the liberal Reform Party, was the first female prime minister in Estonia's history. She was chosen by EU leaders to replace Josep Borrell as the bloc's top diplomat after the recent EU elections.

Kallas has always been a hawkish critic of what she calls neighboring Russia's expansionist aims, especially since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Slovakian parliament will not condemn Russian attack on Okhmatdyt – Aktuality
Only 41 lawmakers spoke in favor of the resolution, so it did not pass

The Parliament of Slovakia did not consider the draft resolution condemning the Russian attack on the Kyiv Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital. This was reported by Aktuality journalists from the hall during the parliamentary session.

Deputy Beáta Jurík from the Progresívne Slovensko party proposed to add a resolution condemning the Russian attack on July 8 to the agenda of the parliament.

At this, the deputy from SMER-SD, Jana Vaľová, asked if Jurík was there, the journalists noted.

Only 41 legislators spoke in favor of the resolution, so it did not pass.

On the morning of July 8, the Russians launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv – the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, in particular, came under enemy fire.

On July 9, the SBU received new evidence that the Russian troops hit Okhmatdyt with an Kh-101 cruise missile on July 8.

On the same day, the rescue work at the hospital was completed – then the death of two people and 32 wounded was confirmed. On July 10, the death of a child who was in intensive care during the attack was reported – after the impact, the boy was transported to one of the Kyiv hospitals.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 10:27 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Was er gister ook al 1 ontspoort. Deze is er wat erger aan toe.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 19:13 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Russische bezetter van dichtbij doodgeschoten door Azov.

https://x.com/clashreport(...)dc00eMqN6M_1fYw&s=19

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 16:42 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Pff, intense loopgraaf-footage. 18+

«�зов» штурмує і зачищає ворожі позиції. Знищенн� окупантів від першої о�оби

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 17:50 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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In de USSR kon dat ook, dus nu moet dat weer , net als de staatswinkels en een officiele roebel koers die nooit zakt

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 22:39 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Ja dames en heren.
Dit scenario wordt steeds waarschijnlijker.

We moeten Polen achterna. Onze regeringen moeten naar de 4% defensie uitgaven. We moeten de productie enorm opvoeren. We moeten ook op grote schaal goedkope FPV drones gaan produceren en drone piloten opleiden.

4% betekent in de EU een defensie pot van $800 miljard.


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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 22:48 schreef Scjvb het volgende:
https://www.msn.com/nl-nl(...)a9646182bc2147&ei=35
Europese Commissie gaat Hongarije boycotten om reizen Orbán

BRUSSEL (ANP) - De Europese Commissie geeft een ernstig en ongekend signaal af aan Hongarije dat het land te ver is gegaan met de recente reizen van premier Viktor Orbán naar onder meer Rusland en China. De commissie zal daarom de komende tijd de vergaderingen boycotten die Hongarije als EU-voorzitter in Boedapest organiseert.

Voorlopig nemen alleen ambtenaren aan dergelijke vergaderingen deel en geen Eurocommissarissen. Dat heeft de woordvoerder van de Europese Commissie op X laten weten.

De recente reizen van de Hongaarse premier Viktor Orbán naar Rusland en China zijn verkeerd gevallen bij de Europese Commissie, omdat Hongarije vanaf 1 juli tijdelijk EU-voorzitter is. Orbán had daarom over dergelijke reizen moeten overleggen, vinden veel betrokken partijen in Brussel. In plaats daarvan heeft Orbán moedwillig de suggestie gewekt dat Hongarije namens de EU op "vredesmissie" was om tot een internationale oplossing te komen voor de oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne, bijvoorbeeld doordat hij op sociale media over de reis berichtte met het logo van het EU-voorzitterschap. Maar de andere EU-landen en de Europese Commissie wisten daar niets van en willen ook Poetin niet in de kaart spelen.
De Europese Commissie brengt ook geen officieel bezoek meer aan Boedapest, aldus het bericht op X. Een officieel bezoek van de Europese Commissie is wel gebruikelijk als een EU-land voor een half jaar het tijdelijke EU-voorzitterschap op zich neemt. Hongarije is op 1 juli als tijdelijke voorzitter begonnen.

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Er zal toch gepraat moeten blijven worden, zelfs met Rusland en China, ook al lijkt het niet altijd even vruchtbaar en valt dit niet in goede aarde waardoor een boycot in zicht komt voor Hongarije.
Laatste lijkt een onverstandige koers imho, want men weet niet waarvoor het mss goed kan zijn gedurende deze oorlogskwestie , waar kanongebulder e.d. Oekraïne al geruime tijd geselt.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 22:51 schreef Immerdebestebob het volgende:

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Op je werk regel je ook alles solistisch?

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https://www.msn.com/nl-nl(...)a9646182bc2147&ei=35
Europese Commissie gaat Hongarije boycotten om reizen Orbán

Er zal toch gepraat moeten blijven worden, zelfs met Rusland en China, ook al lijkt het niet altijd even vruchtbaar en valt dit niet in goede aarde waardoor een boycot in zicht komt voor Hongarije.
Laatste lijkt een onverstandige koers imho, want men weet niet waarvoor het mss goed kan zijn gedurende deze oorlogskwestie , waar kanongebulder e.d. Oekraïne al geruime tijd geselt.

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Europese Commissie gaat Hongarije boycotten om reizen Orbán

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 08:15 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

14 Jul: Russians Conduct a Suicidal River Crossing in a Desperate Attempt to Unblock Trapped Troops

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 23:03 schreef Albertooo het volgende:
Ik heb wel eens een filmpje gezien van een Chinese huurling in het russische leger en laatst ook een bericht van Indiers en Nepalezen(?) die voor Putin vechten. Weet iemand om hoeveel soldaten dit gaat? En weet iemand of de overheden van die landen dit goedkeuren? Ik dacht dat je bijvoorbeeld als NLer niet in een buitenlands leger mag dienen.

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Op dinsdag 16 juli 2024 08:16 schreef Idisrom het volgende:
Niemand die vertrouwen in hem heeft? Clown?
Ik zie tenminste iemand die in lange tijd weer wat probeert. En die daadkrachtig is, gelijk bij het begin van zijn termijn als EU-voorzitter. Die wat wil doen tegen die eindeloze slachtpartijen in de loopgraven, wat Orban zelf ook aangeeft.

Hij weet zelf ook wel, dat hij niet namens de EU handelde, maar hij heeft tenminste alle belangrijke partijen nu aangehoord.

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Op dinsdag 16 juli 2024 08:26 schreef Opnaarutrecht het volgende:
De Democraten moeten nu ingrijpen en Harris hun presidentskandidaat maken. Als Trump aan de macht komt, is het gedaan met de vrede we sinds 1945 in Europa kennen. Niet alleen krijgt Oekraïne het zonder Amerikaanse wapens dan loodzwaar, ook de Baltische landen moeten dan terecht vrezen voor een Russische invasie.

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Almost 50% of Ukrainians ready to negotiate with Russia, most do not agree to Putin's terms - poll
44% of Ukrainians who are not involved in fighting Russia believe that time to start peace talks has come, but 83% of Ukrainians do not agree to the terms of Vladimir Putin, shows survey conducted by Razumkov Center.

The poll showed that 44% of residents of Ukraine believe that the time has come for official peace talks between Ukraine and Russia to begin. At the same time, 35% believe that it is not, and 21% are not sure.

At the same time, the majority of Ukrainians in all regions of the country disagree with Putin's conditions.

According to the poll, 83% of respondents disagree with the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts within their administrative borders. Also, 84% of respondents are against giving these oblasts to the Russians. 77% of Ukrainians do not agree that all Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted.

At the same time, 58% disagree with the dictator's demand that Ukraine's neutral, non-aligned, non-nuclear status be enshrined in the Constitution and 22% support it.

The poll was conducted by the Razumkov Center on June 20-28. Only civilians were interviewed.

"It is now impossible to study the opinion of the army, which bears the entire burden of the war and has the right to have the most significant voice in negotiations with Russia, if not the decisive one," the publication reads.

"Therefore, the results of the study cannot be considered the opinion of the entire country. This is the opinion of the civilian people."

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Pentagon explains why US does not allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with ATACMS
In an interview with Voice of America, Pentagon spokesperson Major General Pat Ryder stated that the US is still concerned about the spread of war beyond Ukraine’s borders, which is why the ban on ATACMS long-range missile strikes on Russian territory has not been lifted.

As reported by Voice of America, Ryder noted that the United States just approved the use of American munitions across the border for return fire and defensive strikes. However, he emphasised that Washington's long-range strike policy has not changed.

"I think it is important to understand that we do not want to see unintended consequences, escalation, which can turn this conflict into a wider one that will go beyond Ukraine. I think it's something we all need to look at and take very seriously," Ryder said.

He stressed that it is necessary to look at "secondary and tertiary consequences in terms of potential escalation" if targets inside Russia are under attack, which will not necessarily have a strategic impact.

At the same time, he stated that the US never underestimates Russia's threat to Ukraine and would continue to work with Kyiv to ensure that the Ukrainian military has everything it needs to defend its sovereign territory and people.

US President Joe Biden, after giving Ukraine limited permission to deploy American weapons to hit Russian territory, expressed resistance to US weapons being used to strike deep into Russian territory.

Meanwhile, Ukraine wishes to expand the scope of this authorisation.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg emphasised that Ukraine should have the right to strike Russian territory, as this is provided for by the right to self-defence.

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Op dinsdag 16 juli 2024 09:03 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Ik denk niet dat Harris een betere kans heeft om de verkiezingen van Trump te winnen dan Biden. Zij heeft nauwelijks in de schijnwerpers gestaan, de kiezer kent haar niet echt goed. En ook is de gehele campagne rondom Biden gevoerd. Om nu van Biden af te stappen zou juist de verkiezingen kunnen kosten.

Trump was aan het verliezen voordat er een moordaanslag op hem gepleegd werd. Wat hem nu ongetwijfeld een heleboel stemmen gaat opleveren.

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NATO and Germany plan massive troop redeployment for potential Russian attack
The Bundeswehr, along with NATO allies, is developing a plan to redeploy troops to Eastern Europe if Russia attacks the Alliance, according to Der Spiegel on July 13. This initiative is part of the Operational Plan Germany (OPLAN DEU).

In the event of a Russian attack on NATO's eastern flank, up to 800,000 Alliance soldiers and more than 200,000 pieces of equipment would need to be redeployed through Germany within three to six months.

The main route from west to east will be the A2 highway, which runs from the city of Oberhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia to the Berlin ring road.

Particular attention is paid to the safety of the route, its bottlenecks and alternatives. The possibilities of using civilian infrastructure to accept and maintain such a large number of vehicles and military personnel are also being considered.

According to the outlet, the Hohenwarte bridge over the Elbe, which is almost 1,200 meters long, is considered a bottleneck, as in the event of a sabotage or missile attack on it, the A2 highway could become completely paralyzed.

German Armed Forces Inspector General Carsten Breuer said on July 12 that Germany is actively preparing for a possible war with Russia and believes that by 2029, the conditions will be optimal for Russia to start a war with NATO.

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Op dinsdag 16 juli 2024 09:24 schreef archito het volgende:

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Trump was aan het verliezen? De peilingen gaven anders aan volgens mij. Kijkend naar 538 bijvoorbeeld.

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Op maandag 15 juli 2024 22:57 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Wij moeten onze eigen broek ophouden.
Misschien is het wel goed als dit gebeurt.

Als we willen kunnen we Oekraïne zelf ondersteunen.

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US journalist Masha Gessen is convicted in absentia in Russia for criticizing the military

^{FILE - Masha Gessen attends the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on Nov. 15, 2017, in New York. The U.S. journalist and author was convicted in absentia Monday, July 15, 2024 by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military and was sentenced to eight years in prison. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)}

U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia Monday by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

The Moscow-born Gessen, a staff writer for The New Yorker and a columnist for The New York Times who lives in the U.S., is a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an award-winning writer.

Russian police put Gessen on a wanted list in December, and Russian media reported the case was based on statements they made about atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha in an interview with a popular Russian online blogger.

In the interview, which has been viewed more than 6.5 million times on YouTube since September 2022, Gessen and blogger Yury Dud discussed atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha earlier that year.

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Russia decides not to broadcast the Olympics for the first time in 40 years
In a move not seen since the Cold War, Russia has decided not to broadcast this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, Russian news outlet Sports.ru reported on Saturday.

Calling the move not to broadcast the two-and-a-half-week Summer Games on either state TV or streaming services a “political decision”, Sports.ru cited an anonymous source as saying that, in the current climate, it was “impossible to show the Olympics without the [Russian] flag and anthem.”

The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from competition on 24 February 2022, following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, though at the time it was still serving a two-year suspension from all international sporting competitions issued after its massive state-sponsored doping programme was revealed in 2019.

Only 15 Russian athletes have chosen to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics, set to take place from 26 July until 11 August in Paris, under a neutral flag.

The last time Russian broadcasters chose not to broadcast the Olympic Games was in 1984, when the USSR boycotted the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles over what it called “anti-Soviet hysteria being whipped up in the United States”, but what was, in fact, thinly veiled revenge for a US-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

On Saturday, 51 Nobel laureates, including former Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov and Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich, penned an open letter to religious leaders and various international bodies calling for a ceasefire to be observed in the 55 armed conflicts currently going on in the world for the duration of the Summer Olympics Games in Paris.

Lamenting that “instead of sustaining life, resources are wasted on spreading death”, the letter warned that the war in Ukraine was expected to have claimed over 1 million lives by the end of the year.

“We are not state representatives, but if the efforts of states to establish peace are insufficient, we must take action,” the laureates wrote in a letter addressed to Pope Francis, St. Bartholomew of Constantinople, the 14th Dalai Lama, the warring sides, the UN, the European Parliament, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.