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Lew Anno Suport#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

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Sep 27

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Bluff or real threat: Putin frees himself to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine even after drone attack

russian dictator Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the russian Security Council on nuclear deterrence on September 25, announcing significant changes to the country's nuclear doctrine.

This is about expanding the scenarios in which the russian authorities reserve the right to use such weapons.

The changes that the russian dictator proposed to make to the nuclear doctrine are so general that they can put the russian leadership itself in an uncomfortable position.

For example, the new version envisages a nuclear response to a mass drone strike. Recently, Ukraine has launched dozens of UAVs over russia at a time.

It is likely that such strikes will be repeated, and then the Kremlin will be faced with a difficult choice - either to wage a nuclear war in response to another drone strike, or to demonstrate that nuclear threats are once again empty shaking of the air

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The other day, State Duma deputy from "United Russia" Andriy Kolesnyk proposed detonating a nuclear bomb at a russian test site to "remind the world of the threat posed by such weapons."

The last nuclear test was conducted on Novaya Zemlya in October 1990 during the USSR.
- russia has not conducted nuclear tests at all.

russian propagandist Sergei Markov said that the threshold for using nuclear weapons has now been lowered and it will be easier for russia to deploy nuclear weapons.

"In general, this means that according to the new doctrine, russia can now use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. There is aggression by Ukraine in the Kursk region.

There is nuclear support from the USA, Great Britain and France.

So it is possible to strike Kiev with nuclear weapons," said Markov. In his opinion, "the amendments were designed to create 'uncertainty and ambiguity about the possibility of a response.'"

"In general, this message is intended to warn the West that the aid currently being discussed may be problematic," he said.

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The reaction of the West

Putin's statement has not yet caused any panic reaction in the West. The publications there mostly write about the possibility of a full-scale war in the Middle East. Rather, the West expected russia to resume nuclear tests or show off some destructive weapon.

But the resumption of tests is causing displeasure in Beijing and Delhi, which have repeatedly indicated this, and the "demonstration of force" failed due to the failure of the Sarmat missile test.

In fact, the Kremlin decided at the time of the UN General Assembly and Ukraine's active negotiations with its Western allies to indicate its own position and "impose a threatening discussion on the West", but it has not yet succeeded.

In this sense, the comment of the German publication Spiegel is quite revealing:

"A nuclear power that relaxes the rules for using its nuclear arsenal sounds scary. However, this effect was precisely what was calculated.
- Since Putin ordered to attack Ukraine in 2022, he has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons and brought the arsenal into a state of increased readiness, the possible change of the doctrine was also announced a long time ago.

- However, despite these threats, Putin still ignored all his own red lines. The most important thing is that the decision on the use of nuclear weapons and the right to interpret the existence of an existential threat is taken by Putin himself - therefore, the new doctrine does not actually mean anything. changes"

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Sep 27

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russia involved the FSB in operations in #Kursk, but faced problems - ISW

The FSB of the russian Federation has difficulties in coordinating combat missions with the russian military in the Kursk region.

From the very beginning, the Kremlin appointed the security forces responsible for controlling the "counter-operation" against the offensive of the Armed Forces, but then duplicated the tasks of the Ministry of Defense and the russian Guard, and now they have faced problems.

This was pointed out by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Analysts drew attention to reports in rosZMI, which cited several complaints by FSB officers about their inability to fight and lack of communication with the military.obozrevatel.com/ukr/topic/nast…

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This was pointed out by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…

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"The exiled russian opposition newspaper Nova Gazeta Europe reported on September 25 that it had identified an FSB special forces soldier who died in the Kursk region in August 2024, confirming that FSB elements were fighting there," the summary reads.

According to the aforementioned publication, the FSB officer stated that the service tasked its special forces, taking into account the elements of the "Alfa" and "Vympel" groups, to identify and destroy Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence groups in Kurshchyna.

But, he said, these groups are ill-suited for full-arms combat using heavy equipment against regular troops.

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Sep 26

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They agreed to discuss in more detail: @VZelenskyUA met with Biden and talked about the Victory Plan

"Volodymyr Zelenskyi focused on the issue of the Victory Plan. The leaders agreed to discuss it during the negotiations in Washington on September 26", - said in the OP

The President told Biden about the situation on the battlefield in #Ukraine and thanked him for the support that helps our country maintain its independence.

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On Wednesday, September 25, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi

- held a meeting with the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden.

During the conversation with his American colleague, the Ukrainian president focused on the issue of Ukraine's Victory Plan.obozrevatel.com/ukr/person/vol…

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This was reported on the website of the Office of the President.

As noted, Zelensky told Biden about the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine and thanked him for the support that helps our country maintain its independence.

"Volodymyr Zelenskyi focused on the issue of the Victory Plan. The leaders agreed to discuss it during the negotiations in Washington on September 26," the message said.president.gov.ua/news/volodimir…

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Sep 25

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Everything is just for the hands of the trash": the russian occupiers began to surrender their commanders en masse

Every day, scandals break out in russia because of what is currently happening in its occupation forces.

Mobilized russians and contract workers began to en masse record videos about the arbitrariness of the commanders, fearing for their lives.

Appeals to the "military authorities", of course, do not lead to anything.

More details about the order in the "second army of the world"

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Very smart? You are going to storm

The war became a "window of opportunity" for Russian commanders who, judging by the reports of their subordinates, could already be millionaires.

One of the most common schemes is extortion from mobilized and contract workers, and in case of refusal, brutal revenge.

A very revealing story happened with the russian Hryhoriy Kotovsky - a 41-year-old father of many children, who voluntarily went to fight against Ukraine and joined the UAV unit of the 3rd battalion of the 33rd motorized rifle regiment.

- According to him, extortion by the commanders began almost immediately:
- a sergeant with the call sign "Buhor" and a platoon commander with the call sign "Moscow" demanded money from him allegedly for the purchase of a UAV.

At first, the occupier gave them 30,000 rubles (according to the NBU exchange rate, this is a little more than 13,000 UAH), then another 70 (about 31,000 UAH), but the drones never appeared.

- Then he already refused to "reset" and the commanders began to threaten to transfer him to attack aircraft

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"Gryhoriy stood his ground and did not take part in extortions, and after some time someone planted an explosive device in his dugout, and a cardboard box with a message was left nearby.

Grigoriy's relatives immediately made the story public, spreading the information through social networks.

- As a result, the matter reached the State Duma deputy, who initiated the appeal to the military authorities.
After that, Kotovsky and his commanders were summoned to the military commandant's office for questioning.

The questioning concerned the explosion in the dugout, threats and extortion by the commanders,
" the Telegram channel "Don't wait for good news"
described the situation
t.me/ne_zhdi_novost…

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Sep 25

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Exclusive: Russia has secret war drones project in China, intel sources say

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters.

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IEMZ Kupol, a subsidiary of Russian state-owned weapons company Almaz-Antey, has developed and flight-tested a new drone model called Garpiya-3 (G3) in China with the help of local specialists, according to one of the documents, a report that Kupol sent to the Russian defence ministry earlier this year outlining its work.

Kupol told the defence ministry in a subsequent update that it was able to produce drones including the G3 at scale at a factory in China so the weapons can be deployed in the "special military operation" in #Ukraine, the term Moscow uses for the war.

- Kupol, Almaz-Antey and the Russian defence ministry didn't respond to requests for comment for this article.

#China's foreign ministry told Reuters it was not aware of such a project, adding that the country had strict control measures on the export of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

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Fabian Hinz, a research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based defence think-tank, said the delivery of UAVs from China to Russia, if confirmed, would be a significant development.

"If you look at what China is known to have delivered so far, it was mostly dual-use goods - it was components, sub-components, that could be used in weapon systems,"
- he told Reuters.

"This is what has been reported so far. But what we haven't really seen, at least in the open source, are documented transfers of whole weapon systems."

Still, Samuel Bendett, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington-based think-tank, said Beijing would be hesitant to open itself up to international sanctions for helping Moscow's war machine, and that more information was needed to establish that China was playing host to production of Russian military drones.

The U.S. State Department and the Ukrainian government didn't respond to requests for comment. American officials raised concerns last week about what they said was Chinese support of Russia's war machine, declining to provide specifics.
reuters.com/world/us-says-…

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Sep 25

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Trump briefed on "threats from Iran to assassinate him," his campaign says

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Former President Trump said early Wednesday after his campaign announced intelligence officials had briefed him on Iran's efforts to assassinate him that he believes Tehran "will try again."
axios.com/politics-polic…

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The big picture:

The 2024 election has seen a spike in political

threats, with two assassination

- attempts on Trump, shots being

fired into Vice President Harris'

- campaign office in Tempe, Arizona, and election officials targeted.
axios.com/2024/09/20/202…
axios.com/2024/09/24/tru…
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