Russian ofcls claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct involvement in #Ukraine. #NATO called the announcement “irresponsible.”
The announcement of the exercise was Russia’s most explicit warning in its >2yr #invasion of #Ukraine that it could use tactical #NuclearWeapons there.
This is not a limited operation but a two-division, multi-domain combined-arms offensive on Rafah.
There will be artillery, air and naval support. This is a multi-domain operation that will probably take months.
And the genocide is not going to stop anytime soon...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas.
Unlike other #nuclear#states , #France has chosen to reprocess its nuclear #waste on a massive scale, first at La Hague and then partly in... #Russia .While this saves 20% of #natural#uranium in #French nuclear #power#plants ,the #choice is politically highly questionable, since not only has it already accumulated 100 tonnes of #plutonium stored in France, which represents an enormous #risk , but it also contributes to financing the #Russian#state and, consequently, its #war in #Ukraine .
This is an image that should cover the front page of most magazines and news papers.
The amazing strength and bravery of women of Gaza who are showing the world how love and humanity looks like.
This is not going to be published, no one will dare humanizing the victims of the genocidal regime of Israel. Much less a Palestinian woman wearing Hijab.
#Putin is weakened politically and above all militarily
2 For years has been rumored that #Muslims in #Russia
(almost 50% of the pop.) dream creating a #Caliphate in Russia (#Kadyrov) #Chechens (Muslims) have unfinished business with Putin
Putin CANNOT support #Ukraine#invasion and an internal conflict at the same time
NOT enough men power
This is the ideal moment to attack Putin and carve a piece of territories
Putin can't stop it.
Western countries, including the #UnitedStates, shouldn’t be entirely opposed to the idea of sending #troops to Ukraine if conditions there worsen, said Finnish Foreign Minister #ElinaValtonen.
#Finland appeared closed off to the idea only a few weeks ago. After meeting w/ #Macron during a summit of #EU leaders in late Feb, then-Finnish President Sauli #Niinistö said “there was a widely shared perception that there would be no #military presence” — meaning no deployment of Western soldiers to Kyiv. He added, “this was also Finland’s position.”
Six people injured in Russian strikes on Kherson, Kharkiv regions over past day. One confirmed dead in yesterday's double ballistic missile attack on Mykolaiv
Today in Labor History March 11, 1833: The U.S. invaded Nicaragua to “protect U.S. business interests.” The U.S. invaded again in 1853, 1854, 1867, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899 and 1909. Then, in 1912, they invaded and occupied the country for 21 years.
Speakers from 23 parliaments have appealed to the #Speaker of the #UnitedStates#House of Representatives, #MikeJohnson, urging him to consider the bill passed by the #Senate, which provides for the allocation of $60 billion to #Ukraine, the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Stefanchuk said.
23 parliaments have appealed to the #Speaker of the #UnitedStates#House of Representatives, #MikeJohnson, urging him to consider the bill passed by the #Senate, which provides for the allocation of $60 billion to #Ukraine
#Hungary’s parliament on Mon voted in favor of Sweden’s long-delayed bid to join #NATO, clearing the final obstacle to a historic expansion of the #military#alliance & putting an end to an uncomfortable standoff between its members. #Sweden is set to become NATO’s 32nd member, possibly within the week, completing a process that began w/ #Russia’s 2022 #invasion of #Ukraine & saw #Finland join last year.
So, die letzte Folge von Infiltration (Original: Invasion) ist geschafft. Die mit Abstand schlechteste Serie, die ich bislang auf Apple TV+ gesehen habe. Ganz klar keine Empfehlung.
As policymakers reckon w/Russia’s advances in #Ukraine & Trump’s comments about not defending #NATO, the tools of 20th-century #warfare are coming back
2 years after #Russia’s #invasion of #Ukraine, countries such as the #Baltic states & #Finland warn that a threat to their own territory may be just over the horizon, w/some #intelligence agencies saying the #Kremlin could make such an attempt w/in a decade. Now they are taking lessons from their enemy’s robust defense lines in Ukraine, noting that Russia’s system of #minefields, #ConcertinaWire & #trenches made it all but impossible for Kyiv’s forces to advance last summer.
#POTUS Joe #Biden on Fri announced >500
new #sanctions on #Russia & its #war machine in the largest tranche of penalties since Moscow’s invasion of #Ukraine nearly 2 yrs ago.
Biden followed through on a promise to further punish #Putin 1 wk after opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny died in a Siberian prison. The sanctions — as well as those added Fri by the #EU — come 1 day before the 2nd anniversary of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The bulk of the #sanctions, to be unveiled later Fri by the #Treasury Dept, were already in the works for the #invasion anniversary, though a few were added this week to target those involved in #Navalny’s death [#murder / #assassination ] at an Arctic penal colony. #Biden met Thurs w/ #YuliaNavalnaya, Navalny’s widow, & daughter in SF & praised her late husband’s bravery.
Two years ago, when I said I was Ukrainian, people cheered for my nation. Today, they go silent and look at me as if I’m terminally ill. I can see that they’re sorry for me. They don’t know what to say.