#Merkel lied about a lot more than just Minsk agreements. Berlin has been directly involved in pre-war preparations since 2018.
On behalf of the #German government, starting in 2018, Lieutenant General Volker Halbauer became an adviser to the Minister of Defense of #Ukraine.
In fact, Halbauer took over the management of the reforms of the #Ukrainian army.
Officially #Merkel authorized the general to deal with the creation and reform of the sanitary services of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine.
But he was engaged in the reform of the army - from the fight against corruption to new methods of warfare.
So #German government at all stages, starting from 2018, had full information about the state and readiness for war of the #Ukrainian army.
The training was conducted in one of the towns of western Ukraine, on the border with Poland. By January 2022, 23,000 Ukrainian military personnel had undergone retraining. Today, retraining is carried out on the basis of the USA, in Germany - in Grafenwöhr.
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So for those who aren't aware about situation in #Transnistria what's this all about?
There is warehouses in the Transnistrian village of Kolbasna are the largest arsenal in Europe. They are located just 2 kilometers from the border with #Ukraine.
Created in the 1940s.
In warehouses there is an arsenal of the 14th Guards Combined Arms Army of the USSR, weapons, and ammunition from the GDR and Czechoslovakia.
▪️ The arsenal today contains more than 20 thousand tons of artillery ammunition, ammunition for infantry..
Experts believe that this ammunition will last for decades of hostilities.
The detonation of the arsenal will be equal to the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
The warehouses are guarded by a task force of #Russian troops and the military of #Transnistria
the #Belgorod region, the plane of the Ministry of Defense of the #Russian Federation crashed , the authorities of the region said.
Update about a plane crash in Belgorod
According to preliminary reports, the aircraft in question was a Su-25. Emergency services are working at the crash site.
The pilot ejected and survived
Seems it was a mishap. Su25 brushed up with civilian unoccupied structure and went down. No one was injured in the incident including the pilot.
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin:
In matters of the security of our country and citizens, talking with #Russia in the language of ultimatums is unacceptable.
Today the State Duma will consider the initiative of V. #Putin "On the suspension by the Russian Federation of the Treaty between #Russia and the United States on measures to further reduce and limit strategic offensive arms."
The current situation is the result of Washington's foreign policy.
By ceasing to comply with its obligations and rejecting our country's proposals on global security issues, the US destroyed the architecture of international stability.
An #earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 occurred on Monday in #Turkey near the city of #Gaziantep, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
The tremors were felt in the Lebanese capital Beirut, eyewitnesses told RIA Novosti.
The Al-Watan newspaper wrote that residents of Damascus and Latakia in Syria felt strong tremors.
As a result of the earthquake, there is destruction in the Turkish Kahramanmarash, tremors continue, TV reports
Several residential buildings collapsed in a suburb of Syrian Latakia as a result of an earthquake, a source told RIA Novosti
In the Turkish city of Sanliurfa, 16 houses collapsed as a result of the earthquake, people remain under the rubble, the mayor said.
Things are getting curiouser and curiouser as we dive into rabbit hole
Jerusalem Post writes that on January 27, 2023, CIA chief William Burns arrived in #Israel and met with Israeli authorities, including Mossad A little earlier, US national security adviser Sullivan visited
One of the main topics of the talks is the policy towards #Iran, which the #UnitedStates considers its threat and an ally of the #Russian Federation.
Sullivan hinted that US patience was not limitless: "We don't circle the date on the calendar publicly, but it's weeks."
According to the American site Axios, it was about the end of January. According to media reports, the #UnitedStates and #Israel discussed the plan, which involves increased economic pressure on #Iran and some military action.