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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:01:17 AM EDT
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The IDF updates that Hezbollah launched some 200 rockets and 20 drones from Lebanon at northern Israel in the terror group's major attack earlier. It says that some of the rockets and drones were shot down by air defense and fighter jets. In response, fighter jets struck several Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon's Ramyeh and Houla, it adds. The IDF publishes footage of some of the strikes in Lebanon and some of the interceptions.
The IDF says it is carrying out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon following Hezbollah's major rocket and drone attack on northern Israel. Several rocket launchers have been hit so far, the military says. The IDF does not provide the number of rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah, but says air defenses and fighter jets shot down several projectiles. Hezbollah claimed to have launched 200 rockets and a swarm of drones. Fires were sparked a result of some of the rocket and drone impacts, the military says. It does not immediately provide information on potential casualties in the attacks. The IDF also confirms that sirens that sounded in Ilaniya, some 35 kilometres (22 miles) from Lebanon, were false alarms. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:03:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: For a ceasefire, Ukraine must agree to such steps on demilitarization that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation, Putin said. https://t.me/tass_agency/258725 And this is one of many problems with the "why don't they just negotiate?" argument. At the moment, Russia has not signaled that it's backed down from any of its objectives: they are still aiming for a Russian aligned government in Kyiv ("denazification") with limited control over its domestic and foreign policy and, as a guarantee of long term alignment, without significant defense capabilities, in addition to significant territorial concessions. Russia has stated publicly that its objectives have remained unchanged at every relevant level (president, foreign ministry, and defense ministry). After two winters' worth of terror bombing, massacres of civilians like what occurred in Bucha, the levelling of cities like Mariupol, and the repressive Russification policies implemented in occupied territory, Russia cannot pursue these objectives by means other than armed combat. There's no way a government in an unoccupied Kyiv could pursue those policies. In August 2015, when the Rada was debating whether to change the constitution to give "special status" to the DPR, it provoked nationalist riots and the deaths of a few national guardsmen when a war veteran threw a grenade. Any Ukrainian government that tried to implement Russia's current demands would likely face that times 100, and would end up hanging from street lights the next day. As long as Russia continues insisting on these demands, there's no realistic possibility of a negotiated peace. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:11:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: For a ceasefire, Ukraine must agree to such steps on demilitarization that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation, Putin said. https://t.me/tass_agency/258725  Vitaly Tretyakov argues against negotiations with Ukraine Russia won't negotiate with Zelensky, Zelensky won't negotiate with Putin, Russia won't talk unless Ukraine withdraws completely from the annexed oblasts, Ukraine won't voluntarily give up more ground, with Chinese support Russia has no difficulties with western sanctions. There just don't appear to be conditions conducive to negotiations, even thought they might be in the interests of both sides. Nobody can accomplish their goals on the battlefield (though Russia has an edge), nobody is willing to compromise. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:24:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: For a ceasefire, Ukraine must agree to such steps on demilitarization that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation, Putin said. https://t.me/tass_agency/258725 |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:28:55 AM EDT
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Since Russians are hopeful for elections to bring change in the west, here's an update on France.
France's far-right seen falling short of majority in run-off, poll shows More than 210 candidates quit French runoff, aiming to block far right French elections: what is the republican front – and will it head off National Rally? Who will control the National Assembly? Despite a good showing in the first round, LePen's party has a very difficult path to victory but France is definitely coming in for a shakeup. The second round is July 7. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:30:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:37:15 AM EDT
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UK is having elections starting today, as Rishi Sunak's Tories are widely expected to lose.
World 2024 U.K. election is set to overhaul British politics. Here's what to know as voters head to the polls. NBC calling a Labor landslide AP election summary page (regular updates) BBC's live update page The Guardian's live result tracker The Tories have been Ukraine's greatest international supporter. If the Brits had kept mum, Biden probably would not have lifted a finger on Ukraine. Boris Johnson & Rishi Sunak have been pretty solid in opposing Russia. Meanwhile, here's a Labor supporter deploring Trump's ascendancy and suggesting that the UK may need to pump up its defense if America-first Trump wins. I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:38:06 AM EDT
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Putin about the Taliban* (an organization banned in Russia): they are allies in the fight against terrorism
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:42:57 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:43:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Since Russians are hopeful for elections to bring change in the west, here's an update on France. France's far-right seen falling short of majority in run-off, poll shows More than 210 candidates quit French runoff, aiming to block far right French elections: what is the republican front – and will it head off National Rally? Who will control the National Assembly? Despite a good showing in the first round, LePen's party has a very difficult path to victory but France is definitely coming in for a shakeup. The second round is July 7. I've said this before and I'll say it again: the worst possible outcome is for US aid to get cut off (a certainty if Trump gets elected IMO) and for right wing populists to come to power in France and Germany. Ukraine loses hard under those circumstances. A Carthaginian peace is going to be imposed on them, with them probably giving up everything east of the Dnipro, limitations on the size and strength of their armed forces, Russian elevated to a state language, controls on what sort of history can be taught, the Russian Orthodox Church given free reign, mandated "neutrality" (i.e., they can't join the EU or NATO), etc. Basically, Ukraine will become a second Belarus, with perhaps even less autonomy. A few years later, Russia will probably seek total integration with Ukraine and Belarus (we know they were planning to annex Belarus by 2030), with Lukashenka likely keeping a cushy position as the governor of Minsk Oblast. At that point, Moldova's only possible hope to avoid being ruled by Moscow would be to join Romania. If they fail to do that in time, they're going to be swallowed up by Russia. After taking a pause to digest their conquests, they'll likely start hybrid warfare against the Baltics, more so than they already have. This will be the main test to see if what remains of the EU and NATO is still worth the weight of its paper. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:44:03 AM EDT
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Previously, from near Nikolaev, two Neptunes in the direction of the Black Sea, Evpatoria, Sevastopol
https://t.me/treugolniklpr/43070 ⚡️An alarm signal was turned on in military units of Sevastopol, subscribers report https://t.me/Crimeanwind/63013 |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:44:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:46:34 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:47:49 AM EDT
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A high-resolution satellite image has appeared, which shows the consequences of the Ukrainian strike on the night of May 24 at the Russian Army Communications Center near Alushta
The photo shows that at least one building on the territory of the center was seriously damaged. Since then, Ukraine has managed to strike another similar facility – the Center for Long-Range Space Communications in Vitina near Yevpatoria, which, according to a Ukrainian military expert, was used for maritime reconnaissance and satellite control. https://t.me/radiosvoboda/64271
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:48:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:53:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: For a ceasefire, Ukraine must agree to such steps on demilitarization that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation, Putin said. https://t.me/tass_agency/258725 Mother Russia is definitely concerned that UKR will execute payback for their invasion. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:55:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Meanwhile, UK is having elections starting today, as Rishi Sunak's Tories are widely expected to lose. World 2024 U.K. election is set to overhaul British politics. Here's what to know as voters head to the polls. NBC calling a Labor landslide AP election summary page (regular updates) BBC's live update page I admittedly don't follow European politics super closely (I know a bit due to a comparative politics class and a politics of the EU class I took in college), but I doubt that this will have any serious impact on support for Ukraine. Support for Ukraine is a fairly popular position there, with the exception of socialists like Corbyn and right wingers like Farage, who I'm reasonably sure is getting paid by Russia in some capacity. The British government has done a good job of rendering the shit Russia has done within British borders common knowledge, such as the various assassinations. That's aided in making Ukraine support a fairly popular position. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:55:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:56:15 AM EDT
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 Attached FileQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Putin about the Taliban* (an organization banned in Russia): they are allies in the fight against terrorism https://t.me/mk_ru/63772 Attached File |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:57:39 AM EDT
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Latvia to build artillery ammunition factory by 2026.
Latvia plans to launch a new artillery ammunition factory in 2026, the Delfi news portal reported on July 3. The factory will produce 50,000 modular powder charges for artillery ammunition annually, said Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds. Negotiations with local authorities are currently underway. The factory is to be built on land owned by the Defense Ministry, which already has the necessary infrastructure. The construction of the factory will cost approximately EUR 12 million ($13 million), with EUR 1 million ($1.07 million) co-financed by the European Union. Around EUR 15 million ($16 million) per year will be needed to purchase raw materials for ammunition production. These materials will be sourced from Italy. The artillery shells will also be supplied to the Latvian army, the report said. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 11:58:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 12:08:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: I admittedly don't follow European politics super closely (I know a bit due to a comparative politics class and a politics of the EU class I took in college), but I doubt that this will have any serious impact on support for Ukraine. Support for Ukraine is a fairly popular position there, with the exception of socialists like Corbyn and right wingers like Farage, who I'm reasonably sure is getting paid by Russia in some capacity. The British government has done a good job of rendering the shit Russia has done within British borders common knowledge, such as the various assassinations. That's aided in making Ukraine support a fairly popular position. WaPo summarizes the key players UK election: Who are the team set to govern Britain if Labour wins? Labor's new leader, Keir Starmer, has made efforts to shift the party a bit more to the center in response to Tory success over the last decade. I would agree, Britain is less likely to be affected in terms of Ukraine policy by a change in leadership. My guess is that Macron will lead a coalition government in France and come out looking pretty savvy for maneuvering RN away from their success in the EU elections. The US is looking like a total dumpster fire in terms of foreign policy. On one hand, you have the Donald Trump revenge tour and on the other hand you have a cluster. Biden doesn't control anything already anyway, and the hands in the puppet have no sense of perspective or leadership on foreign policy, they are totally ignorant. Harris would likely be the same. Newsome would be even closer to the imperialist/fascist China government. The only real hope is that Trump wins and he has good people steering things. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 12:25:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: WaPo summarizes the key players UK election: Who are the team set to govern Britain if Labour wins? Labor's new leader, Keir Starmer, has made efforts to shift the party a bit more to the center in response to Tory success over the last decade. I would agree, Britain is less likely to be affected in terms of Ukraine policy by a change in leadership. My guess is that Macron will lead a coalition government in France and come out looking pretty savvy for maneuvering RN away from their success in the EU elections. The US is looking like a total dumpster fire in terms of foreign policy. On one hand, you have the Donald Trump revenge tour and on the other hand you have a cluster. Biden doesn't control anything already anyway, and the hands in the puppet have no sense of perspective or leadership on foreign policy, they are totally ignorant. Harris would likely be the same. Newsome would be even closer to the imperialist/fascist China government. The only real hope is that Trump wins and he has good people steering things. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Originally Posted By Jaehaerys: I admittedly don't follow European politics super closely (I know a bit due to a comparative politics class and a politics of the EU class I took in college), but I doubt that this will have any serious impact on support for Ukraine. Support for Ukraine is a fairly popular position there, with the exception of socialists like Corbyn and right wingers like Farage, who I'm reasonably sure is getting paid by Russia in some capacity. The British government has done a good job of rendering the shit Russia has done within British borders common knowledge, such as the various assassinations. That's aided in making Ukraine support a fairly popular position. WaPo summarizes the key players UK election: Who are the team set to govern Britain if Labour wins? Labor's new leader, Keir Starmer, has made efforts to shift the party a bit more to the center in response to Tory success over the last decade. I would agree, Britain is less likely to be affected in terms of Ukraine policy by a change in leadership. My guess is that Macron will lead a coalition government in France and come out looking pretty savvy for maneuvering RN away from their success in the EU elections. The US is looking like a total dumpster fire in terms of foreign policy. On one hand, you have the Donald Trump revenge tour and on the other hand you have a cluster. Biden doesn't control anything already anyway, and the hands in the puppet have no sense of perspective or leadership on foreign policy, they are totally ignorant. Harris would likely be the same. Newsome would be even closer to the imperialist/fascist China government. The only real hope is that Trump wins and he has good people steering things. I think Macron is trying to give RN a bit of a seat at the table, that way voters are less enthused about Le Pen herself in the 2027 presidential elections, given that the far right will have already have had some power for a time. That'll likely render the desire to rock the boat by electing them less powerful. I tend to agree regarding US politics. Biden has been overly tentative almost across the board, which has predictably created a number of outcomes that are essentially the worst of both worlds. Being realistic, Biden might not even be the nominee come November, and even if he is and wins, he's not coming close to finishing a second term, which leaves us with Harris  . Newsom definitely looks like a China quisling. A second Trump presidency is going to be extremely unpredictable, but I don't have high hopes. He's driven away pretty much any and all competent foreign policy advisors on the right. He himself cannot be trusted to make anything resembling good decisions, given how susceptible he is to manipulation, and the fact that, like it or not, he's getting up there in age too, and was never exactly the sharpest tool in the shed to begin with.
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Posted: 7/4/2024 12:39:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: I think Macron is trying to give RN a bit of a seat at the table, that way voters are less enthused about Le Pen herself in the 2027 presidential elections, given that the far right will have already have had some power for a time. That'll likely render the desire to rock the boat by electing them less powerful. I tend to agree regarding US politics. Biden has been overly tentative almost across the board, which has predictably created a number of outcomes that are essentially the worst of both worlds. Being realistic, Biden might not even be the nominee come November, and even if he is and wins, he's not coming close to finishing a second term, which leaves us with Harris . Newsom definitely looks like a China quisling. A second Trump presidency is going to be extremely unpredictable, but I don't have high hopes. He's driven away pretty much any and all competent foreign policy advisors on the right. He himself cannot be trusted to make anything resembling good decisions, given how susceptible he is to manipulation, and the fact that, like it or not, he's getting up there in age too, and was never exactly the sharpest tool in the shed to begin with.Every visit I had to china included a night at a "special" restaurant, usually involved parading a naked woman in the room, and hints of really good money if I would develop a "close relationship" with their company. Unlike folks like newsome, I always declined the offers. His kind are always on the lookout for offers like that. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 12:45:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 1:27:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam:
Best reply: "You must be mistaken. This is clearly a Leopard 3!" |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 1:29:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jpk33: Mother Russia is definitely concerned that UKR will execute payback for their invasion. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jpk33: Originally Posted By Prime: For a ceasefire, Ukraine must agree to such steps on demilitarization that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation, Putin said. https://t.me/tass_agency/258725 Mother Russia is definitely concerned that UKR will execute payback for their invasion. Those Orcs better worry. The Ents march to war. 
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Posted: 7/4/2024 1:30:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam:
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Posted: 7/4/2024 1:43:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Shejaiya Gaza last week, CQB is hell. Engaging 3 hamas in a building and eliminating them. Usage of small drones is key in current type of warfare, at 01:22 a terrorist pretend to be dead while drone scouting the building and got fire open at him. 3 hamas not with us anymore. https://x.com/11Knuk123/status/1808912254990995627 |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 2:12:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: I admittedly don't follow European politics super closely (I know a bit due to a comparative politics class and a politics of the EU class I took in college), but I doubt that this will have any serious impact on support for Ukraine. Support for Ukraine is a fairly popular position there, with the exception of socialists like Corbyn and right wingers like Farage, who I'm reasonably sure is getting paid by Russia in some capacity. The British government has done a good job of rendering the shit Russia has done within British borders common knowledge, such as the various assassinations. That's aided in making Ukraine support a fairly popular position. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: Originally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Meanwhile, UK is having elections starting today, as Rishi Sunak's Tories are widely expected to lose. World 2024 U.K. election is set to overhaul British politics. Here's what to know as voters head to the polls. NBC calling a Labor landslide AP election summary page (regular updates) BBC's live update page I admittedly don't follow European politics super closely (I know a bit due to a comparative politics class and a politics of the EU class I took in college), but I doubt that this will have any serious impact on support for Ukraine. Support for Ukraine is a fairly popular position there, with the exception of socialists like Corbyn and right wingers like Farage, who I'm reasonably sure is getting paid by Russia in some capacity. The British government has done a good job of rendering the shit Russia has done within British borders common knowledge, such as the various assassinations. That's aided in making Ukraine support a fairly popular position. Yep support spans left and right. By enlage due to the systems of governemt here there wil always be a large majority in the repective parliaments here in favor of aid but we aslo have some pro Russian parties on the leftwing communist side and the lunatic fringe of the authotairian right. Interesting was the election of Meloni in Italy. The English posting pro Russian pundits were hopefull up until the moment she pleged unwaivering support for Ukraine. The US is essential due to the vast amount of weapons it can provide. I know France is really ramping up their already substantial MIC but that wil take time and seems the most at risk given the current electoral situation. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 2:17:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 2:29:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 2:46:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pants223: Best reply: "You must be mistaken. This is clearly a Leopard 3!" Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pants223: Originally Posted By lorazepam:
Best reply: "You must be mistaken. This is clearly a Leopard 3!" Bleeding edge Leopard 4 you mean. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 2:55:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: I think Macron is trying to give RN a bit of a seat at the table, that way voters are less enthused about Le Pen herself in the 2027 presidential elections, given that the far right will have already have had some power for a time. That'll likely render the desire to rock the boat by electing them less powerful. I tend to agree regarding US politics. Biden has been overly tentative almost across the board, which has predictably created a number of outcomes that are essentially the worst of both worlds. Being realistic, Biden might not even be the nominee come November, and even if he is and wins, he's not coming close to finishing a second term, which leaves us with Harris . Newsom definitely looks like a China quisling. A second Trump presidency is going to be extremely unpredictable, but I don't have high hopes. He's driven away pretty much any and all competent foreign policy advisors on the right. He himself cannot be trusted to make anything resembling good decisions, given how susceptible he is to manipulation, and the fact that, like it or not, he's getting up there in age too, and was never exactly the sharpest tool in the shed to begin with.There were a bunch of Assembly seats RN won outright without needing a runoff, so a voice in the legislature is guaranteed. Like the Labor party in the UK, RN has been trying to shed some of their more extreme positions in order to be 'more electable.' It's paying off, for both sides. I volunteer as Tribute to work on getting State serving US interests.
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Posted: 7/4/2024 3:08:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 3:14:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam:
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Posted: 7/4/2024 4:00:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 4:03:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: For a ceasefire, Ukraine must agree to such steps on demilitarization that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation, Putin said. https://t.me/tass_agency/258725 Said to more than one manager before I retired.... "I'll get right on that"  |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 4:39:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam:
Wow. Drones attacked the city of Kotovsk in the Tambov region on the morning of July 4. However, according to Governor Maxim Egorov, two drones were shot down by air defense systems. — At around 4 am in the Tambov region, the arrival of two UAVs was recorded. Both are destroyed. There were no casualties or destruction. The situation is under control,” he wrote on his social networks. In turn, a local resident told Tverdny Znak that air defense systems failed to shoot down the drone. The attack took place in the area of the gunpowder factory. — If two drones were shot down, then why did they still arrive? It definitely doesn’t look like a downed drone. The authorities are lying again,” he said. Last week, a UAV attacked an oil depot in the Michurinsky district of the Tambov region, after which a fire started there. According to official data, there were no casualties. https://t.me/znakcity/3625 GUR kamikaze drones attacked the Tambov powder factory in Russia - sources As a result of a special operation of Ukrainian intelligence, on the morning of July 4, one of the kamikaze drones hit the Tambov powder factory in the city of Kotovsk, Tambov region of the Russian Federation. Source: interlocutors of "Ukrainian Pravda" in the GUR MOU Details: The effects of the hit, the degree of damage and information about the losses of the enemy are currently being refined. The official authorities of the terrorist state deny the fact that the gunpowder plant was damaged. In particular, the head of the Tambov region, Maksym Egorov, noted that "both UAVs have been destroyed. There are no casualties or damage. The situation is under control." Despite this, local residents have published videos on the network, which clearly show the impact of one of the kamikaze drones, followed by detonation and a fire on the territory of the object. What preceded : on January 19, 2024, drones of the GUR MOU already attacked the Tambov powder factory . Then one of the kamikaze drones exploded on the site near the gunpowder mixing plant. Drones also attacked the plant in November 2023. According to the UP source, the Tambov Gunpowder Plant is one of the largest enterprises in Russia that produces ammunition and gunpowder for small arms. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the plant has increased production by a third. The company has been under sanctions since March 2023. https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2024/07/4/7464133/ |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:01:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:23:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRqsCnBaUAABeqk?format=png&name=small Technical? More like a 'technicality'... |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:35:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:38:09 PM EDT
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Ukraine will never win and the best they can do is a draw and loss of territory.
I just treated a bunch of Ukrainian “immigrants”. Not much english and recent arrivals. All the men were of military age. If there was a time when all hands on deck meant something its now. Half of them split Ukraine. If half of them don't give a shit enough to do something and fled why should anyone else. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:38:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:46:21 PM EDT
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Don't feed the troll.
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:47:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wolfy42: Ukraine will never win and the best they can do is a draw and loss of territory. I just treated a bunch of Ukrainian “immigrants”. Not much english and recent arrivals. All the men were of military age. If there was a time when all hands on deck meant something its now. Half of them split Ukraine. If half of them don't give a shit enough to do something and fled why should anyone else. Well hello thar fellow firearms enthusiast Could I interest you in some sunflower seeds? |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 5:53:59 PM EDT
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Here's a report by Michael Weiss and Christo Grozev alongside Der Spiegel, focusing on Russian disinformation efforts in Western nations. There's a lot of juicy stuff in here. The reporting is based off of leaked correspondences and documents.
Rather than propounding straightforward pro-Russian arguments, he suggested, the SVR should now aim to “deepen internal contradictions between the ruling elites” in the West by creating a fake NGO — in reality a cut-out funded and run by agents of the Kremlin — to whip up anti-establishment demonstrations on the territory of the glavnyi protivnik, or “main adversary,” as the United States is known among the Russian special services, and within its “satellite” nations. Fake advertisements disguised as news headlines, all crafted by SVR recruits, would be visible on most any desktop computer screen or mobile device used by target audiences in the West, luring them to click-through and land on “internet resources controlled by us.” One strategy Kolesov advanced was to appear more stridently pro-Ukrainian than legitimate civil society groups, making outsize demands for Ukrainian refugees so that advocacy on their behalf would come across as unreasonable or alienating to native electorates. “Waging network wars in EU cyberspace based on the increasing demands of Ukrainian migrants and the new waves of irritation of the local population provoked by this, according to preliminary estimates, will have a very high efficiency both now and in the foreseeable future.” This method of hijacking and then discrediting a cause from within through extremist posturing is hallowed tradecraft to the Russian special services. ...... The SVR’s exploitation of the refugee question wasn’t merely theoretical. German authorities have identified over two dozen legitimate-seeming news websites catering to exactly these fears, with articles headlined (in fluent German), “How Ukrainians are robbing Germany of economic prosperity.” The portals are part of a vast Russian influence operation, Berlin has determined, as are hundreds of thousands of accounts on social media that post photo tiles with sensationalistic slogans straight out of the Weimar era — “Germany is sinking into homelessness,” “Even bread is a luxury” — linking back to the fake news sites. European politicians had already been clamoring about Ukrainians fleeing the war and becoming burdens on state resources. For instance, in September 2022, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, the country’s conservative party, had accused Ukrainian refugees of “welfare tourism,” an allegation for which Merz later apologized. Kolesov shared his draft proposal with a fellow SVR officer, Mikhail Kulemin, whose WhatsApp avatar, in a caricature version of untraceability, is a picture of James Bond. In fact, between May 2022 and September 2023, they exchanged over 10 iterations of Project Kylo, in one instance forwarding a copy, on May 29, 2023, to Eduard Chernovoltsev, the head of the technical-scientific service of the FSB, Russia’s domestic security agency. This service supervises, among other things, the FSB’s principal hacking unit and the Institute of Forensic Science, the body that manufactures poisons such as Novichok, the military-grade nerve agent used in the attempted assassinations of Sergei Skripal and Alexey Navalny. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 6:07:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: darkd0r]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
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Posted: 7/4/2024 6:50:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Yesterday, there was an explosion at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems' Camden, AR facility. Two employees were seriously injured and one is unaccounted for. While the cause is unknown, there is a pattern of incidents at other munitions plants in the US & Europe. This has lead to speculation of Russian sabotage being responsible for these explosions. GD-OTS' Camden facility spans 880,000 sq feet and is engaged in numerous different production activities. They produce warheads for numerous systems, including 70mm Hydra rockets, and Javelin & Hellfire missiles; all of which are in service with Ukrainian Forces; and JASSM too. They also produce 155mm Modular Artillery Charge Systems (MACS), and house GD-OTS' main Load, Assemble & Pack facility. LAP for mortar bombs is currently conducted here, and a brand new 155m LAP production line is due to come online very soon. Per GD-OTS' spokesperson's response to Associated Press, production has been paused in the building where the explosion occurred. I asked them and can confirm that LAP activities have thankfully NOT been impacted. Any disruption is problematic, but LAP is one of the main bottlenecks for artillery ammunition production, so any interruption to that would be very bad news. Link in alt text. |
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Posted: 7/4/2024 7:55:48 PM EDT
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