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Old January 25th, 2023 #1121
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Germany greenlights Leopard tanks for Kiev


Berlin also confirms it's giving permission to other nations to send German-made armor to Ukraine

The German government has approved the supply of Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, it announced on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

“This decision follows our well-known line of supporting Ukraine to the best of our ability. We are acting in a closely coordinated manner internationally,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a statement.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570452-ger...prove-ukraine/
 
Old January 25th, 2023 #1122
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Ukraine: Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw killed in Soledar rescue attempt


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By Andre Rhoden-Paul
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British nationals Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw, who were reported missing in eastern Ukraine, have been killed, their families have said.

Mr Bagshaw, 47, and Mr Parry, 28, were last seen heading to the city of Soledar on 6 January.

Mr Bagshaw's family said the pair were attempting to rescue an elderly woman when their cars were hit by a shell.

The family of Mr Parry said the men had died while "attempting a humanitarian evacuation".

Earlier this month, the Russian mercenary group Wagner claimed the body of one of the men had been found.

Soledar had been the focus of intense fighting and earlier this month Russia's military claimed to have captured the Ukrainian salt-mine time town after a long battle.

In a statement issued by the UK Foreign Office, Rob, Christine and Katy Parry wrote: "It is with great sadness we have to announce that our beloved Chrissy has been killed along with his colleague Andrew Bagshaw whilst attempting a humanitarian evacuation from Soledar, eastern Ukraine."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64394105
 
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Old January 26th, 2023 #1124
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Biden mislabels Ukraine as aggressor while announcing tanks to Kyiv


By Steven Nelson and Caitlin Doornbos
January 25, 2023

WASHINGTON — President Biden wrongly stated that Ukraine was the aggressor in its war with Russia on Wednesday while announcing the donation of 31 M1 Abrams tanks to the beleaguered Eastern European country.

The 80-year-old commander-in-chief made the egregious error during a nine-minute speech at the White House soon after his administration confirmed the tank donation in coordination with contributions from other NATO countries.

Biden said the US was sending the aid “to help counter Ukraine’s brutal aggression,” before quickly adding, “that’s happening because of Russia.”

Moments earlier, the president grasped for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s job title before proceeding with an improvised stand-in.

“The secretary of state and the secretary of — of the, of, of the military behind me are — they’ve been deeply, deeply involved in this, this whole effort,” he said.



President Biden mistakingly said Ukraine was the aggressor in the war against Russia during remarks at the White House on January 25, 2023.
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Ukraine has been asking its Western supporters for battle tanks in preparation for a Russian offensive expected this spring.
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Biden also referred to the secretary as “General Austin” – a faux pas frowned upon in the Pentagon because US law bans service members from holding the role to ensure a civilian-controlled military. Austin retired as a four-star general in 2016 and required a congressional waiver to become defense secretary, bypassing the required seven-year waiting period after leaving active duty.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for more US aid during a December visit to Washington.
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https://nypost.com/2023/01/25/biden-...tanks-to-kyiv/
 
Old January 26th, 2023 #1125
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Multiple Ukrainian officials fired amid corruption scandals


Several deputy ministers as well as heads of regional military administrations have been relieved of their duties

Multiple senior Ukrainian officials have been fired by the country’s government on Tuesday. The ongoing reshuffle was announced by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in his daily video address and affects officials "on different levels, in ministries and other bodies of central and provincial authority, and law enforcement."

The government has dismissed deputy defense minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov, deputy social policy minister Vitaly Muzychenko, as well as two deputies of the minister of regional development, Vyacheslav Negoda and Ivan Lukerya.

Shortly before the government’s decision, Shapovalov himself announced his resignation, which was swiftly accepted by his boss, Alexey Reznikov. The move has been prompted by an ongoing graft scandal within the ministry, which had allegedly been procuring food for troops at abnormally high prices.
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According to a Ukrainian media investigation that emerged over the weekend, various foodstuffs for the military ended up costing several times more than the average prices offered by retailers. Reznikov has rejected the allegations, stating the documents cited in the investigation were inaccurate and some prices ended up inflated due to a "technical error." The minister also rubbished the comparisons with consumer prices, insisting that military procurement includes costs that retail does not.

Apart from the deputy ministers, the government has also dismissed multiple heads of regional military administrations, including Aleksey Kuleba, the head of Kiev Region. According to reports by some Ukrainian outlets, Kuleba is poised to replace Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff, Kirill Timoshenko, who resigned earlier in the day.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570402-ukr...ed-corruption/
 
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Old January 26th, 2023 #1127
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Ukrainian troops suffering heavy casualties in Donbass – RT sources


Kiev's forces have reportedly launched an unsuccessful offensive near the southern Donbass town of Ugledar



Ukraine’s military has made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack advancing Russian troops near the strategic town of Ugledar in the southwest of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), sources on the ground told RT on Tuesday.

Over the past two days, Kiev’s forces have attempted two assaults, sustaining heavy losses in the process. The second attempt played out especially badly for the Ukrainian military, the sources noted.

Ukrainian troops, which have been using unarmored vehicles and old US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, failed to advance on Russian positions, ultimately coming under heavy artillery fire while trying to fall back. The units involved in the ill-fated offensive apparently lost some 200 servicemen and sustained material losses.

The Ukrainian military tried to counter the Russian salvo with its own artillery support, using American M777 howitzers. Their positions, however, were promptly discovered and targeted with loitering munitions. The sources did not elaborate on whether the Ukrainians lost any of their artillery pieces.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570421-ukr...vy-casualties/
 
Old January 26th, 2023 #1128
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Kiev asked Minsk to sign non-aggression pact – Lukashenko


Despite offering a deal, Ukraine is training militants that pose a threat to its neighbor, the Belarusian president added

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed Ukraine proposed a “non-aggression pact” with his country, but continues to train militants who pose a national security threat.

“I don’t know why the Ukrainians are doing this. On the one hand, they ask us not to fight with Ukraine under any circumstances, and that our troops don’t move in there. They suggest signing a non-aggression pact. And on the other hand they are preparing this ‘explosive mixture’ and are arming these [militants],” Lukashenko said during a government meeting on Tuesday.

The president said the West has not abandoned its “plans” for Belarus, and that Ukraine, along with neighboring states Poland and Lithuania, continue to train militants and extremists that pose a threat to national security.

He insisted that Belarus will never allow a repeat of the protests that swept the country in 2020, and will act “harshly” in order to make sure the nation survives and doesn’t turn into a warzone like Ukraine.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570414-bel...gression-pact/

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed Ukraine proposed a “non-aggression pact” with his country, but continues to train militants who pose a national security threat.
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Old January 26th, 2023 #1129
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Kiev concedes loss of key town – AFP


Russia claimed full control of Soledar two weeks ago

The Ukrainian military has confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that it has withdrawn from the town of Soledar, a key point of resistance in the battle for Donbass. The Russian Defense Ministry had reported taking full control of the settlement by the evening of January 12.

“After months of heavy fighting, including over the past weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine left [Soledar] and retreated along the outskirts to pre-prepared positions,” military spokesman Sergey Cherevaty told the news outlet.

Soledar became the focus of intensive fighting in the first half of January as Russian forces pushed forward and encircled Ukrainian troops stationed in urban areas. The Ukrainian government denied reports of Russian advances. On January 17, Cherevaty claimed that Kiev’s units were “constantly fending off the enemy.”

Earlier, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry warned journalists against covering the fight for Soledar. Military commanders are the only fully informed sources, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar stated, so “only authorized persons can publish information about the movements and positions of our troops.”
https://www.rt.com/russia/570461-ukr...-loss-soledar/
 
Old January 27th, 2023 #1130
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Ukraine sets sights on fighter jets after Biden says US will send 31 Abrams tanks


Thursday, 26 January 2023 7:17 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 26 January 2023 7:43 AM ]



File photo shows F-16 Fighting Falcons.

US President Joe Biden says the United States will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, granting a key request from Kiev that is expected to enhance the military capabilities of the Ukrainian army over the coming months.

Less than 24 hours after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced, after weeks of hesitation, that Berlin would send 14 of its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Biden told reporters at the White House that Washington would send 31 US-made M1 Abrams battle tanks, the world’s most powerful, to the ex-Soviet republic.

"Today, I'm announcing that the United States will be sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, the equivalent of one Ukrainian battalion," the US president said, speaking about the new Ukraine-bound security package, which is worth roughly $400 million, according to the Pentagon.

"Today's announcement builds on the hard work and commitment from countries around the world, led by the United States of America, to help Ukraine defend its sovereignty and its territorial integrity. That's what this is about, helping Ukraine protect and defend Ukrainian land. It is not an offensive threat to Russia. There is no offensive threat to Russia. If Russian troops return to Russia… where they belong, this war would be over today," Biden added.
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Old January 27th, 2023 #1132
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Major wave of airstrikes reported in Ukraine


Air-raid warnings have been activated all over the country



Ukraine was subjected to a huge wave of Russian airstrikes on Thursday morning, with explosions at energy facilities reported from various parts of the country, including the capital, Kiev.

“A blast in Kiev. Stay in shelters,” Mayor Vitaly Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
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Ukrainian Railways have announced that some trains will be delayed as news of the airstrikes started coming in.

Reports of explosions also came from the Black Sea port of Odessa, where at least two electrical substations were said to have been hit. According to social media accounts, there’ve been power shortages and issues with internet access in the city.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570496-ukr...s-kiev-odessa/
 
Old January 27th, 2023 #1133
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Nobody told me we’re at war – NATO state's president


The US and Germany might be at war with Russia, but that is news to Croatia, said Zoran Milanovic

Commenting on the German foreign minister’s declaration that Europe is “fighting a war against Russia,” Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said on Thursday that this was news to him, and wished Berlin better luck than in WWII.

Croatia “should in no way help” Ukraine militarily, Milanovic said while visiting the port city of Split. “Do you want us to enter the war?”

Framing the Ukraine conflict as one between Washington and Moscow, he reminded reporters that he was criticized for merely echoing the words of Kiev’s defense minister, about the current conflict being a “proxy war” between NATO and Russia.
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“If we are at war with Russia, then let’s see what we need to do. But we won’t ask Germany for its opinion,” Milanovic added. “Let them figure out who is the actual chancellor over there. I’ve been in politics for a long time, and our country has been through a lot, but I’ve never seen this kind of madness before.”

When it comes to tanks, “Russian or American, they burn just the same,” Milanovic said, noting that deliveries of armor to Ukraine – announced by the US and Germany this week – will only prolong the fighting,

“Those tanks may burn, or they may reach Crimea, but Croatia will have nothing to do with it,” he insisted.
https://www.rt.com/news/570537-croat...sia-president/
 
Old January 27th, 2023 #1134
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Ukraine restricts official trips after scandal


The move comes after President Zelensky’s party expelled a MP over Thailand beach video

he government in Kiev on Friday issued a decree sharply limiting the scope of international travel for Ukrainian officials, after President Vladimir Zelensky’s party expelled a lawmaker over social media posts showing him living it up in Southeast Asia.

Members of the legislature, prosecutors, judges, members of local governments and other public servants can cross the border only on official business, for medical reasons, or to attend the funerals of immediate family, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has announced.

Single mothers or fathers still need government permission to visit underage children living abroad. A letter from the Ministry of Health is required to accompany children for medical treatment outside Ukraine, while the State Border Service needs to issue one to attend a funeral of someone “in the first degree of kinship,” according to the new rules.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570593-ukr...ravel-scandal/
 
Old January 28th, 2023 #1135
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German FM under fire for ‘war with Russia’ comment


Opposition politicians say Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is unfit for her job

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has faced waves of criticism after saying at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that Germany is at war with Russia. The comment led opposition politicians to question whether she is fit for the job.

“A statement by Baerbock that Germany is at war with Russia shows that she is not suited for her job,” MP Sahra Wagenknecht, the former head of the Left Party in the Bundestag, tweeted on Friday. A foreign minister should be a “top diplomat” and “not act like an elephant in a China shop,” she added, accusing Baerbock of “trampling” on Germany’s reputation.

During the debate on Tuesday, Baerbock said European nations are “fighting a war against Russia” and must do more to defend Ukraine.

Germany needs a foreign minister who is capable of acting “as a responsible diplomat and not a firebrand” amid the conflict in Europe, said Alice Weidel, the co-chair of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag, adding that a foreign minister should represent Germany’s interests exclusively.
https://www.rt.com/news/570594-germa...sia-criticism/

Annalena Baerbock = a despicable piece of shit and a whore for the neocon jews.
 
Old January 28th, 2023 #1136
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EU state slams Kiev over 'brutal' military draft from ethnic minority


Budapest's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has blasted Ukraine’s conscription of Transcarpathian Hungarians

Ethnic Hungarians living in Ukraine are being enrolled in its armed forces to fight Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed. Kiev's crisis “is not our war” but it hurts Hungarian people, the official stated, which is why Budapest wants it resolved swiftly.

Unfortunately, “peace is rarely spoken about, and those who talk about it are even stigmatized and criticized,” the top Hungarian diplomat argued, speaking on the sidelines of an open debate at the UN Security Council on Thursday. Hungarians are paying a price for it, both economically and with their lives, he added.

“In addition to Ukrainians, Hungarians also die in this war, since Hungarians living in Transcarpathia are being conscripted into the Ukrainian army, too. We’ve seen some footage in recent days of how brutal it sometimes is,” Szijjarto told journalists.

Ukraine has a significant ethnic Hungarian minority living in the region of Transcarpathia, which has long been the focus of tensions between Kiev and Budapest. Hungary has denounced Ukrainian laws that discriminate against non-Ukrainians in education and in other spheres of public life. Ukraine has claimed that its western neighbor undermines its authority with its outreach policies, including by offering Hungarian citizenship to people in Transcarpathia.
https://www.rt.com/news/570553-ukrai...rian-minority/
 
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Moscow accuses Ukraine of striking hospital in Luhansk, leaving 14 dead




A Russian Mi-28 military helicopter flies above a settlement in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Luhansk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, January 19, 2023. (Reuters)

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Published: 28 January ,2023: 07:07 PM GST

Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday accused the Ukrainian army of striking a hospital in the eastern Luhansk region, leaving 14 dead and injuring 24 others.

On Saturday morning in the town of Novoaidar, “the Ukrainian armed forces deliberately attacked the building of a district hospital” with a US-made HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry added that 14 were killed and 24 wounded among the “hospital patients and medical staff.”
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Old January 29th, 2023 #1138
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Civilians killed in another Ukrainian HIMARS strike – governor


The US-made weapons system was used in an attack that left four people dead in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, Evgeny Balitsky said

Ukrainian forces shelled a railway bridge near the city of Melitopol in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, the acting governor, Evgeny Balitsky, said on Sunday. A US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher was used in the strike, which killed four civilians and injured another five, he added.

At the time of the attack, repairs were being carried out on the bridge, Balitsky noted in a Telegram post. All of the people killed and injured in the strike were service technicians involved in the repairs, the official stated.

“The Kiev authorities deliberately targeted a civilian infrastructure object, committing another crime against civilians,” Balitsky said, adding that all of those who were injured were receiving the necessary medical assistance.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570662-ukr...dge-civilians/
 
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Mozart Group training Ukrainians to ‘kill Russians’ – founder


While claiming the group’s purpose is “humanitarian,” Andrew Milburn told RT that killing is a part of the mission

Despite its professed humanitarian mission in Ukraine, the Mozart Group is a private military company training Ukrainian soldiers to kill Russians, its founder and CEO told RT’s Afshin Rattansi on Saturday’s episode of ‘Going Underground.’

Founded by US citizens Andrew Milburn and Andrew Bain last March, the Mozart Group has been described as the Western answer to the Wagner Group – the Russian private military company currently fighting Kiev's forces for control of the key Donbass city of Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine).
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While Mozart survives on private donations, Milburn has previously called for “funding from Western governments,” asking Newsweek last month, “What the hell is stopping the US, or UK, or European Union governments from reaching out and saying 'Let us help you?'"

Milburn is currently embroiled in a legal dispute with Bain, who accused the retired commander of violating US arms trafficking regulations and seeking to expand Mozart’s training operations into Armenia. The suit also accused Milburn of embezzling money donated to the organization, orchestrating the burglary of humanitarian supplies in Ukraine, sexually harassing a female co-worker, and bribing Ukrainian military leaders.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570617-moz...kill-russians/
 
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NATO ready for clash with Russia – top official


A red line would be crossed if Moscow attacks the US-led military bloc, Rob Bauer has said

NATO is prepared to fight Russia if a direct conflict erupts between the two, Rob Bauer, the chairman of the alliance’s Military Committee, said on Saturday.

In an interview with Portuguese RTP TV, when asked whether the US-led military bloc is ready for a direct confrontation with Russia, Bauer unequivocally stated, “We are.”

The official noted that when hostilities broke out in Ukraine in February 2022, NATO already had a number of battle groups along its eastern flank. The bloc’s leaders decided to create four more during a June 2022 summit in Madrid, in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, Bauer added.

“I think that’s an important message for the Russians, that our posture has changed, to show them that we are ready if they would have an idea to come to NATO.”
https://www.rt.com/russia/570646-nat...-clash-russia/
 
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