[Ledger] The Polk County Sheriff's Office has arrested 152 people as part of an ongoing traffic safety initiative along Interstate 4 that began last year, the agency said in a recent news release.
Officials said the arrests were for a variety of offenses ranging from knowingly driving with no driver's license, reckless driving, racing, possession of narcotics, driving under the influence, DUI manslaughter or violation of injunction.
The Sheriff's Office said the initiative began last year in response to aggressive driving and excess speeding.
"According to the Teletrac Navan study, Interstate 4 is the most dangerous highway in the United States," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. "It is our mission to keep you safe while in Polk County along this stretch of roadway in our county by enforcing the speed limit and arresting those who drive recklessly. Please, slow down and pay attention. Your life and safety are important to us."
[WashingtonPost] Lower-income neighborhoods in the District [of Columbia] recorded eight times more traffic fatalities in recent years than the city's wealthiest area, an analysis shows, as residents call for more enforcement and road improvements following the deadliest year on city streets in more than a decade.
The 40 traffic fatalities in the nation's capital last year were the most since 2007, fueled by what authorities say is a proliferation of unsafe driving during the coronavirus pandemic that reflects an alarming rise in traffic deaths nationwide. The toll has fallen disproportionately on the city's two poorest wards, which contain less than one-quarter of Washington's population but nearly half of its road deaths. as you might expect, the WaPo and the 'experts' they interviewed say this is because of racism even though the mayor since 2014 is black and the one before that was black and the city council is majority black and the chief Transportation official of the city is black, etc.
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Guilt infested fools still pushing for an America where people pay 'whitey tax' and are heckled, stabbed, raped, shot and shit upon everyday in the media.
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The 40 traffic fatalities in the nation's capital last year were the most since 2007, fueled by what authorities say is a proliferation of unsafe driving during the coronavirus pandemic that reflects an alarming rise in traffic deaths nationwide.
Of course it's because of coronavirus and has nothing to do with defunding the police. If people would just get vaccinated...
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[Breitbart] I anticipate another 'furry' vs. Gypsy Biker situation with Pelosi's 'peacekeepers'
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has authorized an order to mobilize as many as 700 National Guard members ahead of an upcoming trucker convoy to the nation’s capital.
The National Guard said in a press statement that Austin approved requests from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) for National Guard assistance with traffic control during “First Amendment demonstrations expected in the city in the coming days.”
“The people who live, work and visit the District are part of our community, and their safety is our first mission priority,” said Maj. Gen. Sherrie L. McCandless, DCNG commanding general, in the statement.
“Our MPD and USCP partners have asked for our help in ensuring people can demonstrate peacefully and safely, and we stand ready to assist,” she said.
Austin approved approximately 400 National Guard members to provide support to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) at designated traffic posts, provide command and control, and cover sustainment requirements along with 50 large tactical vehicles to be placed at those designated traffic posts on a 24-hour basis starting no later than 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, or as “soon as logistically possible.”
The mission is approved through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 7, as Breitbart News previously exclusively reported.
Austin also approved a request from the USCP for assistance for up to 300 National Guard troops from outside D.C. to assist at designated traffic posts and select Capitol entry points starting no later than 7 a.m., on Saturday, February 26.
The statement said Guard members will not carry firearms or take part in law enforcement or domestic-surveillance activities.
The approval does not allow for the use of helicopters or other aircraft by the National Guard or the sharing of equipment with law enforcement agencies, it said.
The DCNG will provide command and control for both missions, although units from outside the District will remain under operational and administrative control of their respective governors.
Breitbart News is told that the states sending National Guard members include West Virginia, Vermont, and New Jersey.
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Hey, Lloyd, you fat racist f*ck. Watching the news?
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"Eh, just a bunch of white homos killing white homos. What I need is military electronic surveillance over The Interstates."
-reaches for another Baba au Rhum-
"No such thing as white culture, you know."
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Next up, going after the Girl Scouts and their moms for selling girl scout cookies on the corners of the streets of the U.S; a huge threat to the Republic.
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[DVIDSHUB] Why Today’s ‘Gen Z’ is at Risk for Boot Camp Injuries
For today's generation of 18-to-25-year-olds, making it through recruit training and successfully transitioning from civilian life into the military is not easy.
Today's recruits are coming from a far more sedentary lifestyle compared to previous generations, making their skeletons more prone to injuries because they're not used to the kind of intense activity they will face at basic training.
"The "Nintendo Generation" soldier skeleton is not toughened by activity prior to arrival, so some of them break more easily," said Army Maj. Jon-Marc Thibodeau, a clinical coordinator and chief of the medical readiness service line at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.
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One might guess that 18 years of inactivity is not easy to remediate in a few weeks of intensive PT, no matter how well it's done.
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March fractures, back and connective tissue issues top my list.
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I believe there are plenty of studies noting that physical work at formative years influences bone, tendon, and muscular development. Otherwise known as, don't arm wrestle anyone who has been stacking hay since they were ten.
Amateur athletes, what we used to call school athletics, has come a long ways, and with some perhaps a bit too tight; you want the guitar string to twing, not snap. They all want to go on to College with that scholarship, maybe make big bucks some day. Takes a good portion of able bodies out of the prime recruiting pool.
Nintendo Generation isn't quite right; they were still outside riding bikes and playing pick-up during the day.
These are the kids born turn of the century, and there are a number of factors which lead to being screen heads, raised by 'Smart Phones" and parents who for whatever reason didn't emphasize as least basic physical conditioning. Remember the scene in WALL-E when the humans were shown as totally out of shape and unable to get away from their screens, or even really think, and everyone giggled because "That Would Never Happen ha ha good one."?
PS - advertising to Island Boys and Karen the Gay is attracting who?
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Back in 1966-67 I was a wimpy little kid. But I carried my 22 pound (I packed right) pack plus for much of the time another even wimpier little kid's 25+ pound pack 50 miles on the Appalachian Trail in 2 1/2 days. That's what Boy Scouts did then. Never had to find out how that would transfer to 1971/72 basic training.
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..at the 10th Mountain we had to carry a +100lb ruck, that's without live ammo, additional mortar rounds for the 61mm, plasma bag, and anything else the G3 could think of to add. Line units had to do 12 miles in 3 hours with that. Support units in four. Basically, we were mules. Way back when, SLA Marshal determined that around 30lbs is what the soldier can carry and still be efficient to go into close combat.
[Steven Ambrose] During Black History Month, we are happy to once again share Historian Kevin Hymel’s article on Deloris Ruddock and the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion that was originally published in ARMY magazine in January 2021. The 6888th was the only all-female, all-black unit to serve overseas during World War II. Deloris Ruddock was one of the five surviving members of that battalion who attended the dedication of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion monument at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in December 2018. Kevin, who also attended, had the pleasure of speaking with this remarkable woman about her WWII experiences at that time.
On a cold November morning in 2018, crowds of people lined a road at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, cheering and waving small American flags. A parade of cars, led by police and motorcycle escorts, slowly rolled by. Inside the cars were five special guests, smiling and returning the waves. All five were African American women in their 90s who had come to witness the dedication of a monument to their service and a parade seven decades late. All had been members of a unique Army unit, one that had changed the face of the U.S. Army in the waning days of World War II.
The women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion snapped the stereotype that Black women would not serve their country during a global crisis. While their job did not carry much glory—they sorted letters so the letters could find their recipients—these women were pioneers, helping chart the path for future generations and making the Army the diverse reflection of America it is today.
One of those women was Deloris Ruddock, now 97, a native of Washington, D.C. Ruddock was a high school student at Cardozo Business School when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
"I was too young to have a reaction," she said about learning of the attack that brought the U.S. into World War II.
After her high school graduation, someone recommended she join the Army. Before World War II, Black women were not allowed into the military, but the war brought change. Her father had been deferred from serving, but when she asked about joining, he agreed.
[Breitbart] Constitutional carry legislation, House Bill 272, passed in the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The NRA-ILA reports that HB 272 passed by a vote of 65-37 and now moves to the Alabama Senate.
On January 18, 2022, Breitbart News pointed to a report that Alabama Sheriff’s Association director Robert “Bobby” Timmons was reportedly working with Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Moms Demand Action to defeat the constitutional carry legislation bill.
Moreover, 1819 News quoted Timmons explaining his disappointment that the Supreme Court of the United States had not issued a ruling limiting Second Amendment rights to the exercise of self-defense in one’s home.
Timmons told 1819 News that he believes the carrying of a gun ought to require a permit in the same way that driving a car requires a license: “Absolutely without question for public safety just like a driver’s license, you need a driver’s license. If you don’t have a license, you can’t drive. If you don’t have a permit, you can’t carry a concealed gun.”
There are currently 21 constitutional carry states in the Union. Those states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
[ZeroHedge] The UK government has been urged to take action against people granted so-called “golden visas” who have close links to the Kremlin and pose a security risk to the UK, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to send troops into eastern Ukraine.
The main opposition Labour Party has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel demanding answers to a series of questions about the Tier 1 Investor visa route for wealthy foreign investors, which the Home Office decided to scrap last week amid “security concerns.”
The visa, launched in 2008, has often been called a “golden visa,” as it offered residency to those investing £2 million ($2.7 million) or more in the UK, and allowed their families to join them.
There have been a total of 13,213 golden visas issued since the third quarter of 2008, with 564 issued between January and September 2021, according to analysis of Home Office data by the PA news agency.
Since this period in 2008, 2,581 have been issued to Russians, with 55 in the same nine months in 2021.
[Breitbart] President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) told U.S. voters not to trust Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), calling him “crooked” (chueco) and a “busybody” (metiche) during a Tuesday news conference in response to the Texas politician’s recent comments about cartel violence in Mexico.
“Why does he have to get involved?” Lopez Obrador said in Spanish. “I would tell our friends in the United States and our countrymen living over there to consider him a busybody.”
AMLO went on to claim Cruz was interfering in Mexican politics to create discord.
“If [Cruz] wants to be governor, legislator or president, the U.S. people should not consider someone like that,” AMLO said. “Imagine a candidate who interferes with the internal life of another country. Do not trust him, that Ted Cruz — because he is crooked.”
The statements from Lopez Obrador come in response to comments made during a February 16 meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Cruz said the breakdown of civil society and rule of law in Mexico posed a danger to the United States.
“The current climate faced by politicians and journalists in Mexico is the deadliest ever,” Cruz said. “In 2020, more journalist were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world. It alone accounted for a third of the journalists killed.”
Cruz also stated that since September 2020, 80 politicians have been murdered and 60 candidates dropped out of their races under threats from organized crime.
“President Lopez Obrador seems intent on making all these trends worse,” Cruz said. “On Friday he used his morning press conference to intimidate one of Mexico’s highest-profile journalists, Carlos Loret De Mola. He waved around private financial information and asked authorities to investigate it. He seems to be indulging in abusing power.”
Breaking: @mchancecnn with Russian forces at the Antonov airport about 15 miles outside of Kyiv. "These troops you can see over here, they are Russian airborne forces. They have taken this airport" pic.twitter.com/SnvmwQ1GeA
That is a lot of destroyed Ukrainian T-64BM tanks. Depending on exactly where it is, the Russians may have broken through the Ukrainian line on the western edge of the Dnieper river. https://t.co/jxQbstOMsM
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I only saw one on fire. The others had the top hatch open, so maybe the crews got out? Or abandoned their tank?
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"Now that it's happening, you have to choose a side."
No. I don't.
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Top hatch could have blown open.
Weird... thought the Russians were just going in as "peacekeepers".
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but Biden unfriended Putin on Facebook and is unfollowing him on tiktok
so there
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I forget, what was the name of the side who was saying Desert Storm is a war for profit to line the president's son's pockets with energy sector money?
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As I pointed out before, the "Ukranians" keeping Hunter on the payroll were working for Putin. All the people saying "The Corrupt Ukranians deserve this..." etc are telling half-truths.
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I'm seeing a lot of Ukraine flags popping up by peers who were like, "Kurds and Saddam are an internal neighbor thing so President Chimp is only in it for the money!"
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Dana Houle:Lots of Ukrainians crowding together inside.
Only 35% have been vaccinated. Less than 2% have been boosted.
Behold the Warmongers. Bet they haven't had a chance to determine pronouns either.
*interestingly, there is the stat difference between shot and booster I have been wondering about; with the possibility that number was pulled out of his ass.
**I thought people not wanting the vaxx, and especially boosters, should just shut up and die already?
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In continuance, how many of these chickenheads who successfully google searched for a Ukraine image avatar were, not too long ago, laughing and cheering at high gas prices because, "It was hurting people who were driving something not hybrid or EV ha ha ha."?
So the take, if you really cared about low gas prices, you now need to get on board the Brandon Express?
[USA Today] International condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's pre-dawn attack against Ukraine mounted Thursday, as U.S. and Western allies prepared to impose punishing sanctions against Moscow for a stunning full-scale invasion that global leaders had been warning about for weeks.
The attack threatened to create global upheaval and escalate into the largest military conflict on European soil since the end of World War II.
"This is a brutal act of war," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.
Here's what to know about Russia's attack on Ukraine:
WHEN DID THE INVASION START? At roughly 10 p.m. ET (5 a.m. in Ukraine), Russian forces began a military operation in eastern Ukraine.
HOW DID BIDEN RESPOND: Biden said G7 leaders would convene Thursday morning. He is expected to announce the harshest sanctions possible against Russia at noon ET.
HAS PUTIN SAID ANYTHING? Russian president has not made any comments since his declaration of war was televised in Russia. He met with the president of Pakistan at the Kremlin on Thursday.
ARE THERE CASUALTIES? Ukraine last reported about 40 people dead from Russian attacks.
Explosions were heard in major cities, including the capital of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa. Oleksii Arestovich, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said at least 40 people had been killed and dozens others wounded in the attack so far. Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces had hit military assets and other defense facilities, while footage shared by Ukrainian border guards showed Russian military vehicles moving across the border from Crimea.
Zelenskyy announced Ukraine had cut diplomatic ties with Russia, declaring martial law and offering to issue weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country. Despite pleas to stay home, people in Kyiv were jamming roads to leave.
Global markets plunged and oil prices skyrocketed on news of the invasion, a dramatic escalation after weeks of diplomacy talks failed to defuse the months-long standoff between Moscow and NATO countries over Ukraine's sovereignty.
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Except Russia won't rely on their remittances as Messico does
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Jens Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician who has served as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014. A member of the Labour Party
The Labour Party is officially committed to social-democratic ideals. Its slogan since the 1930s has been "everyone shall take part" and the party traditionally seeks a strong welfare state, funded through taxes and duties.
Controversies
Stoltenberg participated in protest rallies against the U.S. war in Vietnam in the 1970s.[124] In 2011, Stoltenberg said "We sang the chorus, ‘Singing Norway, Norway out of Nato.' It was a hit."[124]
In 2001, Stoltenberg crashed his Labour Party-owned car into a parked car; he then left the premises without leaving a note with his name or number; the damages cost 8000 Norwegian kroner to repair.[125]
In 2002, Stoltenberg admitted to having used cannabis in his youth.[126] He therefore asked the Ministry of Justice and Public Security to evaluate his impartiality in the upcoming government response to the report on drugs by the Stoltenberg Commission, headed by his father, Thorvald Stoltenberg.[127]
In 2011, Stoltenberg received a prize from the UN Foundation for excellent global leadership and Norway's support of the UN. Earlier the same year, Stoltenberg had allocated 150 million Norwegian kroner of the foreign aid budget to the same foundation, which led to criticism.[128] Also in 2011 Stoltenberg got a 380,000 kroner boat as a birthday gift from the Norwegian Labour Party and the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions; the givers also paid the tax for the gift which led to criticism.[129][130]
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Nato chief....he'll scream and clutch his man purse but he will do NOTHING. Europe will do nothing, nobody will do nothing and the shrieking will really start when Russia ups their prices to Europe on gas. Then when China takes Taiwan and nobody has computer chips outside of China, they will panic and probably all retire somewhere.
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If NATO didn't think they could expand all the way to Russia's doorstep this "brutal act of war" might have been avoided. Next time Putin says something you want to do is unacceptable, think about it a little more carefully, Jens.
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Then when China takes Taiwan and nobody has computer chips outside of China, they will panic and probably all retire somewhere.
You have to pick your fights a little more carefully. What is strategically important and what isn't?
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Hint: Not Ukraine.
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Stoltenberg's a mouthpiece. He doesn't have authority over what time of day the clocks are wound.
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H/T Aoshq:
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...ironic that the one thing that protected 'his' Ukraine, he worked so hard to remove.
Huawei has one of its largest research facilities in Moscow, with plans to train 50,000 technicians at five Russian research centers. The Chinese telecom giant is building Russia’s mobile broadband network, but its partnerships in Russia extend to cloud computing, video surveillance and facial recognition, and other artificial intelligence applications.
Russia’s reserves of human capital are formidable. It graduated 445,000 engineers in 2015 vs. 238,000 in the United States. According to the OECD, Russia has about 215,000 electrical engineers, more than America’s 188,000.
Russia always has had superb science—with thinner resources it beat the US into space during the 1950s—but lamentable industrial organization. For the US, the combination of Russian scientific and engineering talent and Chinese industrial organization is a marriage made in hell.
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For the US, the combination of Russian scientific and engineering talent and Chinese industrial organization is a marriage made in hell.
Commie edge-cutting and lack of ingenuity? Really? Lol
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For the US, the combination of Russian scientific and engineering talent and Chinese industrial organization is a marriage made in hell.
Fortunately for us, both Russia and China are really, really bad at economics, and have been for about a century. So in the next few decades China will take control of Russia’s technology while its own sand foundation crumbles, just like all its ghost cities and the Three Gorges dam.
[SpaceNews] Scolese said both government and commercial satellites systems are potential targets
As the Ukraine crisis escalates, U.S. National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher Scolese warned that Russia’s military could target satellites to disrupt communications and GPS services.
“I think we’re seeing pretty clearly that Russia is committed to doing what they want to do in Ukraine, and they want to win,” Scolese said Feb. 23 at the National Security Space Association’s Defense and Intelligence Space Conference.
“So I think it’s fair to assume that, to the extent that they can, and to the extent that they feel it won’t extend the conflict out of their control, that they will extend it into space,” Scolese said.
Scolese said both government and commercial satellites systems are potential targets. “I would tell everybody that the important thing is to go off and ensure that your systems are secure and that you’re watching them very closely because we know that the Russians are effective cyber actors.”
“And, again, it’s hard to say how far their reach is going to go in order to achieve their objectives. But it’s better to be prepared than surprised,” he added.
Vladimir Putin in an early morning address on Thursday said that he had invaded Ukraine
Putin said that it was a 'special military operation' in the Donbas region to 'demilitarize' the area
Putin insisted that it was not an occupation, as explosions reported in Kiev, Mariupol, Kharkiv and Odessa
Unconfirmed reports on Twitter appeared to show a huge seaborne landing by Russian forces in the Black Sea port of Odessa, involving large landing craft and helicopters shortly before 6am local time
Biden issued a statement saying: 'President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering'
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed that the Ukrainian people will 'fight back' if Putin invades
Ukraine was earlier on Wednesday placed on a war footing with state of emergency declared; 200,000 military reservists called up; border areas restricted and citizens given right to arm themselves
Boris Johnson pledged more British weapons to help defend Ukraine, and tougher sanctions if Russia attacks Putin gave sabre-rattling speech to troops, praising their 'readiness' and boasting of 'advanced' weapons
Video footage appeared to show clouds of smoke rising up into the night sky near Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, but it was unconfirmed whether it was as a result of shelling
In a televised address, he urged Ukrainian soldiers who are facing off Russian-backed rebels to lay down weapons and return to their homes.
Mr Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine, but warned that Moscow's response would be "instant" if anyone tries to take on Russia.
Ukraine said that "Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine".
In a tweet, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote: "Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now."
Reports are now coming of explosions in several Ukrainian cities, and gunfire near main Boryspil airport in the capital Kyiv.
US President Joe Biden said Washington and its allies would respond in a united and decisive way to "an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces" on Ukraine.
"President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering," Mr Biden said. "The world will hold Russia accountable."
In a last-ditch attempt to avert war shortly before Mr Putin's announcement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia could start "a major war in Europe" and urged Russian citizens to oppose it.
Mr Zelensky said Russia had almost 200,000 troops and thousands of combat vehicles on Ukraine's borders.
Russia is launching its military operation just days after recognising the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.
The breakaway regions - who control large swathes of the Donbas region - later asked Moscow for military support.
In his announcement, Mr Putin said the military operation's objective was to defend those people who had been subjected for eight years to "genocide by the Kyiv regime".
It was an apparent reference to mass street protests in Ukraine that ousted Pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014.
Mr Putin also said that Moscow would seek "demilitarisation and denazification" of Ukraine.
Mr Putin has repeatedly accused the US and its allies of ignoring Russia's demands to prevent Ukraine from joining Nato military alliance and offer Moscow security guarantees.
On Wednesday, Ukraine's state of emergency was overwhelmingly approved by lawmakers, and is now in force nationwide.
It introduces personal document checks, blocks military reservists from leaving the country, bans mass gatherings and places restrictions on radio communication systems. Kyiv's mayor said checkpoints would be set up in roads into the city, and access to government buildings would be restricted.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian officials say Russian troops have landed in Odessa while others are crossing the border into Kharkiv. The Ukrainian interior ministry made the announcement on Telegram, adding that rocket attacks are targeting Ukrainian fighter jets at an airport outside Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/lZBlr9I6hV
Overnight updates added here at 7:22 a.m. ET
From 3dc:
[YouTube] With artillery and missile strikes provided by Russian troops, troops from Lugansk advanced north. They have crossed the river Sever Donetsky, and are in position to begin an assault on Schastye.
Donetsk troops have begun their advance west. towards Volodymyrivka. Russian news sources did retell operations against Ukrainian troops to the north of Donetsk city, the assumption being these troops could launch massive artillery strikes on the civilian population.
According to Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets, Russian tanks already have taken a crossing on the Dnepr River near Novi Kakhovka. Those tanks are probably part of the group which landed at Kherson.
Russian motorized rifle units also took Antonovka, three kilometers northeast of Kherson.
Video briefing by Russian Ministry of defense spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov (translatable):
#Breaking#NewsMap The Ukrainian front in Kherson totally collapsed. Russian troops reached the Dnepr and do not face any resistance. I geolocated them 130 km inside Ukraine. The Ukrainian army says the situation is "difficult". Understatement of the year. This is unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/0yExuFmjXA
Terrible news. Russia troops have already landed in Odessa. If Russia occupies Odessa and the Black Sea coast, what remains of Ukraine will be landlocked state next to Belarus and Poland. https://t.co/s0WKiKcaem
🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Ukrainian ambassador to the UN said to the Russian ambassador who is chairing the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council: „There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell ambassador."pic.twitter.com/o1mLlZb27K
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Set as today’s headline. So much for all the predictions, including mine, that President Putin would settle for making President Biden, et al look like hysterical fools by doing nothing.
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Reports airborne/SF have taken Kiev airport, full amphibious assault on Odessa. Cruise missile attacks on military and govt comm centers and buildings in mst major cities, cratering at airbases. Also apparent decapitation strikes via spec ops and cruise missiles aimed at military and civilian leaders.
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Is it now clear that electing a mentally deteriorating man, who was of limited intelligence even before his dementia, constitutes a ‘CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER” to our safety and security.
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On February 24, the day of the Russian operation in Ukraine, France, Germany, Spain and Italy will sign the Eurodrone development contract. First delivery scheduled for 2029 (sic) for a twin-engine drone that will probably be too heavy and outdated
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#Breaking
Live footage of Missile attack at the Military Airport of Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.
Western Ukraine also under heavy atack now
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No one will ever give their nukes up. Further, those with the ability to quickly acquire them, will do so. The only viability of those then is if they so declare them.
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The battle for the military airfield in Kiev oblast is ongoing. At least one KA-52 gunship has been shot down by US made stinger SAMS ner Kiev. Russians are putting their maximum effort in conducting an air assault on the airfield using what has been termed "dozen of helicopters."
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US stock market swooning early. The gummint may have to decide to point its bazooka at something other than a distant regional conflict before the day is out.
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Situation at 5 pm.
Despite the massive strikes with rockets and aviation across Ukraine, the Armed Forces are doing an effective resistance. Russians' hopes for the lack of resistance and air force did not justify. Loud statements about the complete destruction of the Ukrainian air defense and air force, simplified by real combat actions.
Our pilots are performing combat flights, and Russian aviation is forced to recognize losses.
On earth Russia is trying to destabilize Ukrainian defense. Separate battalion tactical groups are trying to wage a maneuverable war, to push for maximum distances to disrupt our communications. Russians are trying to avoid contact fights. When they meet the resistance, they try to bypass the knots of resistance.
Key border regional centers of Kharkiv, Sumy, the capital of Kyiv, successfully defeated the first Russian attacks. The Russians are trying to create a threat from the back of big cities, so they are moving fast without covering the flanks. Suddenly the enemy failed to capture these big cities.
This creates an opportunity for defense to attempt by maneuverable combat groups to beat Russian columns that go along the highways.
The most difficult situation is now looking south.
Ukraine receives the necessary intelligence information, military management works.
Russia is trying to destroy all resistance nodes and firearms, ammunition warehouses. They create a threat for Kiev to take hostage the multi-million capital and thus force the leadership to surrender on Russian conditions.
But the desperate resistance of the Ukrainian army gives us time to get new help from our partners.
We are all one today around our state, our army, our Homeland. We will be together in this time.
#31
Apparently other than the advance on Volodymyrivka, separatist troops are not advancing to the northwest and north of Donetsk city.
It could be the Russians want to maneuver to the rear of Ukrainian forces and capture them without the Ukrainian forces attacking Donetsk city with artillery.
#33
#1 TW, I didn't think that Putin (and Xi) would get so frisky so quickly either. They sensed weakness and opportunity. Currently, we have a feckless leadership of fools in control in DC who spend money until we are broke with no coherent direction guiding them. Our enemies could care less about cimate change, green new deals and "wokeness."
#34
The Russian offensive has the earmarks of a punitive operation, and not an invasion. Russian troops are took scattered about. Russian high command has to know that even with all their geographical objectives seized, they still have to mop up. It could be bloody.
I expect that once the territories occupied by Ukraine in Lugansk and Donetsk are captured, Russia's war will end.
#37
Ukrainian interior ministry claims, using US made Javelin antitank rocket launchers, a total of 15 Russian T-72s were destroyed near Glykov, north of Sumy
#40
I was wondering how the "upgraded" armor packages the Russians have been buying would work against western anti-tank missiles. The "rack" that some separatist tanks were using to detonate missiles before they hit turned out to not work for shit against the Javelin.
If the reports are correct, looks like the Russians will get a huge bloody nose while taking their objectives.
#45
I expect that once the territories occupied by Ukraine in Lugansk and Donetsk are captured, Russia's war will end.
No, maybe a ceasefire, but the war will never end. Too much animosity. It's like the old grudges certain tribes nations seem to keep over hundreds of years.
#46
I didn't think he'd do it and then I thought if he did it he would be content with Donbas. Now I can only hope that he is trying to disable Ukraine's military by attacking command and control, communications, intelligence and logistics. Then, when Zelensky hollers uncle, Putin can achieve recognition for the new status of Donbas(Russian annexation of Donbas).
We can only hope.
If the Ukrainian people are as determined to resist as they say they are, Putin will find any attempt to occupy the whole country extremely disagreeable, nasty, ugly and bloody. He might be embarrassed and then he might double down which would get even bloodier.
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journalists have identified a Russian helicopter shot down near Gostomel: the Ka-52 helicopter was probably flown by the squadron commander of the 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment from the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Federation, Джерело:
#48
After a huge battle Ukraine lost Chernobyl and state of reactors unknown.
https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1496900307288272899?s=20&t=ltJcs9tz9yTQ9hLISV5c2A
#49
If the Ukrainian people are as determined to resist as they say they are, Putin will find any attempt to occupy the whole country extremely disagreeable, nasty, ugly and bloody. He might be embarrassed and then he might double down which would get even bloodier.
Putin doesn't want to occupy. He wants to upend the Nazi social culture that has taken hold in Ukraine. He wants an independent Ukraine without a military force, that Russia would be as her security guarantor.
It is a complex thing he is trying to accomplish.
We''ll have to see once Russian follow-on forces are committed. We're still in Act I of a multiact play.
Ugh. Awful development. "After a fierce battle, Ukrainian control over the Chernobyl site was lost. The condition of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, confinement, and nuclear waste storage facilities is unknown," said Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to head of Chernobyl plant
#51
I was wondering how the "upgraded" armor packages the Russians have been buying would work against western anti-tank missiles. The "rack" that some separatist tanks were using to detonate missiles before they hit turned out to not work for shit against the Javelin.
Javelin is a top attack missile. Not many ERA packages are configured against that type of attack
If the reports are correct, looks like the Russians will get a huge bloody nose while taking their objectives.
Russian military expects to take losses that would turn other militaries white.
They want their troops blooded. Under Slavic military doctrine, it is the best way to keep troops in combat
#52
Javelin can be top down or direct attack, depending on the user selection. They built a steel rack above their tanks to get the charge to go off and explode before it hit the top of the tank. Didn't work, Javelin pierced the steel rack and exploded as designed.
And not a good plan to take heavy losses for whatever reason, especially with Russia's demographic problem.
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I like the Patton doctrine better.
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badanov -- thanks. That's much better coverage than I can find anywhere else.
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#56
Crudely, the Russians have argued for a long time that they were the ones who defeated Hitler because they had the most soldiers killed. I've never understood that argument.
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#57
The airport in Gostomel, near Kiev, has fallen.
#58
Antonov airport, 15 miles from Kiev, has fallen into Russian hand. Russian airmobile troops preparing a perimeter defense. Ukrainian forces are preparing a counterattack.
#59
From Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets:
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At the moment, Ukraine has lost its military fleet, almost the entire air defense system, with the exception of MANPADS. The runways have been put out of action, the “mosquito fleet” has been destroyed, and the information warfare troops have ceased to exist. The Security Service of Ukraine burns documents in a panic, and command and control of the troops is completely disrupted.
But the talking heads in Ukraine still continue to say that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are winning
As a result of Russian strikes, 83 ground facilities of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were disabled, two Ukrainian Su-27s, two Su-24s, one helicopter and four Bayraktar TB-2 drones were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Confirmed losses in equipment are: one T-80 tank on the district of Kharkov, two to three MTLB armored personnel carriers, two Tigers (T-72) personnel left the damaged vehicles), two Ka-52 (1, 2), one Su-25 (non-combat loss, on the territory of the Russian Federation)
Strength: two dead. Ukrainian media disperse information about the capture of a group of Russian servicemen from a reconnaissance platoon. Well, if they were ambushed, I don’t see anything reprehensible here. The main thing is that they are alive and will be exchanged in any case.
From the last broadcast, the information was confirmed that the North Crimean Canal blocked by Ukraine was unblocked and the water went through the canal to the Crimea. What appeared confirmation video.
The information about the capture of the airfield in Gastomel by Russian troops was confirmed. Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to knock out paratroopers, Ukrainian artillery is working
Sumy apparently became the first regional center occupied by Russian troops. Russian tanks entered the center. In this direction, the Russian units took control of Konotop and Baturin. The further goal is the capture of Poltava and the dissection of the northwestern grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into two parts.
In Akhtyrka, Sumy region, a convoy of the Russian Armed Forces was attacked from the window of a high-rise building. Waited. I had to fire back. The attackers were destroyed by a point shot.
Russian troops did not take Odessa. Only the port is captured. It can be assumed that a landing of a Russian strike force in the port should be expected at night.
Helicopters fly over Dnepropetrovsk. Whose - is still unknown.
A column of Russian armored vehicles was found on the outskirts of Melitopol (this city from Crimea is "to the right")
Chernobyl under the control of the RF Armed Forces is just the best guarantee of security for both Ukraine and Europe ...
At night, a march will probably take place with the encirclement of large cities and the capture of important objects. Tomorrow we should expect news from Kherson and Kharkov, but denser news about Kiev and the appearance of the first news about Poltava, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye and Mariupol.
Newsweek: US authorities expect the Ukrainian capital to be captured by Russian forces within 96 hours.
The well-known Svidomo and Maidan patriot Aleksey Goncharenko, in order to maintain the low morale of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is busy spreading outright fakes.
A video about the destruction of a column of tanks from Bayraktar in Syria two years ago, he passed off as "the destruction of tanks of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Russian Federation from a Ukrainian drone."
At the same time, he knew that this was a fake, since the video was purposefully mirrored horizontally so that there was less likelihood of his identification. But he underestimated the people, they identified.
#60
In Lugansk, battles are raging into the night around the Serersky Dontesk River, at Staitsiya Luganskaya, at Schastye, and points west, as Russian backed separatists with the help of Russian artillery fire support are attempting to gain control of the left bank of the river.
#67
I don't understand Putin's thinking. If he just stopped at the point of war he would have split the West in two. Now he has unified the West. He also saved Boris Johnson's career.
Battles in Sumy city ongoing as Ukrainian forces launched a counter offensive to take back the city from Russian Armed Forces. pic.twitter.com/BugKRbAdOp
[REGNUM] On the fact of an attempt by Ukrainian saboteurs to penetrate the territory of Russia, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Art. 317 of the Criminal Code (CC) of the country (encroachment on the life of military personnel) and part 3 of Art. 322 of the Criminal Code (illegal crossing of the state border of Russia). This was reported on February 23 by the press service of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia.
According to the latest information, the incident occurred near the farm Patronovka, Tarasovsky district, Rostov region.
“ The investigation established that on February 21, unidentified persons from among the representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, following from the territory of Ukraine on two units of military equipment - infantry fighting vehicles, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation ,” the report says.
It is noted that the specified group, which offered armed resistance, was destroyed by return fire.
Recall that information about the destruction by the Russian military of two infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian army was previously confirmed to a REGNUM correspondent by a source in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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[Rusvesna] The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the issue of the Republic of Donbass entering the historical borders of the former Donetsk and Lugansk regions could be resolved “by itself”. However, for the leadership and residents of the Republics, a peaceful path is preferable.
“The situation is such that the issue of the DPR and LPR reaching the historical borders can be resolved by itself, I would like the world to do so,” the Head of the Republic emphasized today during a press conference .
He also noted that so far there is no way to conduct any negotiations with Kiev, since there is no one to talk to.
“So far, it’s not that early to draw up our negotiating positions in detail, there’s just no one to talk to,” Pushilin explained the situation, answering a question from RT Arabic correspondent Maxim Al-Turi about a possible dialogue between the DPR and Ukraine.
“We, within the framework of the Minsk (negotiations - approx. RV), how much did we demand this? Of course, in order for a peaceful settlement to be possible, we just need a dialogue to begin with,” the Head of the Republic noted.
He also added that the Republic is well aware of the types of equipment and weapons of the Ukrainian troops.
“We are well aware of the threat posed by the new weapons that were delivered to Ukraine in the recent period of time,” Pushilin emphasized. My prediction is that the two republics eventually will merge into one republic called Novorossiya.
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[Rusvasna] The heads of the DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to help repel the aggression of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to avoid civilian casualties and a humanitarian catastrophe in Donbass.
This was announced by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
“President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin received letters of appeal from the head of the Luhansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, and the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin.
The appeals emphasize that at present, due to the aggravation of the situation and threats from Kiev, the citizens of the Republics are forced to leave their homes, their evacuation to Russia continues.
The actions of the Kiev regime testify to the unwillingness to end the war in the Donbass.
Kiev continues to build up its military presence on the line of contact, while receiving comprehensive support, including military support, from the United States and other Western states.
The Kiev regime is focused on the forceful solution of the conflict.
Taking into account the above, the heads of the two Republics, in connection with the current situation, as well as in order to prevent civilian casualties and a humanitarian catastrophe, on the basis of Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Republics, ask the President of Russia to assist in repelling aggression Armed forces and formations of Ukraine," he said.
[REGNUM] The situation in the Donbass escalated to the maximum by February 21: the authorities of the republics reported about the penetration of Ukrainian saboteurs, shells fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine flew into Russia, border guards liquidated a sabotage group that had penetrated into the Russian Federation, and due to the actions of the Ukrainian army, a significant part of the territory of the DPR was left without water supply.
After the decision of the Russian authorities to recognize the independence of the DPR and LPR, the hostilities did not stop - and on February 21, 22, and 23, the Ukrainian army continued shelling the territory of the republics. On the evening of February 23, the heads of the DPR and LPR announced the aggravation of the situation and threats from Kiev and officially appealed to the President of Russia with a request to help repel Ukrainian aggression.
In Kharkiv, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk, the runways of airports were blocked by tractors in order to prevent the landing of Russian troops, says the Older Edda TV channel. Russians began developing air assault troops in the 1970s to be delivered by parachute of helicopter, in anticipation of just this sort of countermeasure.
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[UKRINFORM] The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has initiated more than 400 criminal cases targeting Ukrainian officials, military servicemen, and volunteer fighters who defended Ukraine from Russian occupation, and is setting up a "trial".
This was reported on the Investigative Committee’s website, Ukrinform reports.
Russian detectives brand the persons targeted in the fabricated cases "war criminals whose victims were civilians, including women and children."
The IC accuses the Ukrainian side of "employing prohibited means and methods of waging war" and claims that it has established complicity in crimes on the part of 85 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other law enforcement agencies.
Among them are former commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Ihor Voronchenko, ex-commander of the Air Force Serhiy Drozdov, ex-commander of the Airborne Troops Mykhailo Zabrodsky, and others.
Russian investigators plan to "bring to justice" former Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, his ex-deputy Anton Gerashchenko, and ex-Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko, who allegedly "incited terrorism."
According to the IC, former Defense Minister of Ukraine Valeriy Heletey and former Chief of General Staff Viktor Muzhenko allegedly "issued orders to completely destroy the ethnic group of Russian-speaking citizens."
The Russian Investigative Committee is also "charging" the former head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Ihor Kolomoisky and ex-Verkhovna Rada Head Oleksandr Turchynov (without revealing the charges).
Russian investigators accuse commanders of several brigades and the Aidar Battalion of "shelling civilians," claiming that they know by name all members of the "Right Sector" and "Azov" Battalion fighters, who are being accused of "committing violent crimes."
At the same time, accusations are made against Russian citizens who fought on the side of Ukraine at that time.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation added that "the list will be supplemented."
As Ukrinform reported earlier, on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the “LPR/DPR” puppet statelets and signed the relevant decrees.
At the same time, he accused Ukraine of escalating the situation in Donbas.
On Tuesday, the State Duma and the Council of the Russian Federation ratified agreements with the so-called "LPR/DPR" on friendship and mutual assistance, including military.
The Federation Council also unanimously approved a motion by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the Russian military abroad.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a decision to impose the first package of sanctions against Russia. The European Union has also adopted new sanctions.
On Wednesday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it has thwarted a terrorist attack in one of Crimea's Orthodox churches, and has arrested 6 Russian citizens.
The citizens, reportedly, are supporters of the Ukrainian nationalist Right Sector organization - a party that is banned in Russia.
"The Russian Federal Security Service prevented a terrorist act in the Republic of Crimea. As a result of the measures taken, we arrested six Russian citizens, who are supporters of Ukrainian extremist organization Right Sector, who were preparing to detonate an improvised explosive device in one of the Orthodox churches in the region in order to intimidate the population," the FSB said in a statement.
The FSB confiscated compartments of an improvised explosive device found with one of the detained men, also finding correspondence with plans and symbols of the party.
Ukraine claims that Crimea is occupied by Russia. However, Crimea became part of Russia after a March 2014 referendum in which 96% of Crimeans voted to rejoin the Russian Federation.
Last month, German Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schonbach said that Crimea, despite Kiev’s attempts to pressure Russia, will never return to Ukraine.
"Crimea is gone, and it will never come back," he said at a conference hosted by India's Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses.
As for the countries that want to be part of NATO, the Vice-Admiral said that Georgia meets the criteria for membership, but it joining the alliance is “illogical”, considering how this would impact its relations with Moscow.
Earlier this month, Zelensky stressed that his country would like to join NATO, asserting his belief that it would be a "security guarantee" for Ukraine and saying Kiev was counting on Berlin for entry.
"We count on the support of Ukraine's full membership in the EU. Such a step would be a powerful signal of the geopolitical choice of the Ukrainian people, recognized by our legislation and many countries of the world," he said at a joint press conference with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
Russia has been demanding a written commitment that Ukraine would never be able to join NATO and that the alliance would not place any military equipment in certain countries in the region surrounding Russia.
Moskalkova: Situation in Donbas meets all signs of genocide
[REGNUM] The situation that has developed in Donbass meets all the signs of genocide, which are enshrined in international documents and national legislation. This was stated by the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova.
“It must be admitted that the situation that has developed there meets all the signs of genocide that are enshrined in international documents and national legislation,” RIA Novosti quotes her.
She added that since 2014 there has been a whole chain of events, including the prohibition of payment of pensions and benefits.
Follow the development of events in the broadcast: “Russia recognizes the DPR and LPR. Reaction and comments – broadcast”
As REGNUM reported , on February 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that a genocide was taking place against the Donbass by the Ukrainian authorities.
Three Russian businessmen whose fathers are already under U.S. sanctions were themselves targeted by the treasury on Tuesday
Joe Biden said that the sanctions were 'the first tranche to impose costs on Russia in response to their actions'
Two Russian state-owned banks were also targeted as the Biden administration sought to punish Putin for destabilizing Ukraine
Biden has warned that the sanctions are just the first step and Putin and his inner circle should prepare for more if they do not pull back from the brink
The sanctions cut off individuals and companies' access to global financial markets and make it hard to trade internationally
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[REGNUM] At the statement of British Foreign Minister Liz Truss that after the “invasion” of Ukraine, Russia supposedly intends to “seize the Baltic states”, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reacted:
“And Liz Truss is not as simple as it seems,” Zakharova wrote on February 20 in her Telegram channel. “The Englishwoman has figured out our insidious plans to capture the Kaliningrad region.”
As reported by news agency REGNUM , British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said earlier that Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly "will not be limited only to Ukraine." In her opinion, the Russian leader is ready to "invade the states of the former USSR, primarily the Baltic countries."
#1
Sure they did. The entire idea was to crush Russia.
Breaking Russia up into several countries would offer a great deal of profit to the bankers who would own them. Why not do this? They're simply not rich enough yet.
#2
#1 Sure they did. The entire idea was to crush Russia.
Breaking Russia up into several countries would offer a great deal of profit to the bankers who would own them. Why not do this? They're simply not rich enough yet.
Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 2022-02-24 03:17
...Gonna posit another reason as well: ethnic voting blocs in the US.
Over the last 15 years or so they have lost some of their importance as Democratic focus has shifted to the LGBTQPOCMOUSE groups and their woke supporters, but in the 90s you saw Bill Clinton and Al Gore still actively pursuing Polish, Ukranian, and Baltic votes.
Mike
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Ukrainian government and banks hit in 'massive' cyberattack, similar to attack last week blamed on Russia
Comes amid fear of Russian invasion, with analysts warning cyberattacks would likely be the first phase
Ukraine was today placed on a war footing with state of emergency declared across the country, 200,000 military reservists called up, border areas restricted and citizens given the right to arm themselves
Boris Johnson pledged more British weapons to help defend Ukraine, and tougher sanctions if Russia attacks
Put earlier gave sabre-rattling speech to troops, praising their 'readiness' and boasting of 'advanced' weapons
[ZeroHedge] Soaring material costs, supply chain constraints, and intensified price competition are some of the reasons why LG Electronics Inc. will shutter its solar factory in Huntsville, Alabama, according to a company press release.
"The decision comes as uncertainties in the global solar panel business continue to increase due to a variety of contributing factors, including the intensification of price competition and the rising cost of raw materials," LG said.
Soaring commodity prices have sent solar-grade polysilicon prices up more than 550% in the last two years. Polysilicon is a critical raw material in producing solar photovoltaic cells for panels.
Other commodity prices have risen, along with soaring labor and freight costs have added to LG's margin compression where it appears solar production has become uneconomical.
The plant was opened in 2019 with 550 megawatts of annual panel output. Panel production is expected to wind down next month and officially shut down at the end of June. Around 160 employees and 60 contract workers will be fired or shifted to other LG manufacturing units.
#1
A proposed major school building program in my district has come to a halt even before plans have been drawn up, due to this same issue. However, the taxes to pay for this are still being levied.
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#2
Same thing in Hawaii...originally 300 solar plants existed in 2015....only 98 left last time I checked.
#4
^^^ I'm beginning to think the same thing. We've been at this solar power thing for 50 years now, and it seems still to be unviable.
The sun is, after all, 93 million miles away. Maybe its energy and power just disperses too much to provide effective and efficient power to the earth, aside from what it does naturally every day.
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#5
Solar thermal have interesting niche uses: solar water heaters, solar chimneys for passive cooling, glass windows facing the winter sun and other passive improvements. Solar electricity, not so useful...
#6
Bare solar cells aren’t that expensive. The real problem is the M&S involved in getting them installed on the roof and integrated into the electrical system, especially if batteries are involved.
#8
a large part is also the utility companies resisting full credit for solar power fed back into their system. If you are only looking at solar for disaster/battery backup, cool. But you'll never recover your costs if the local utility doesn't buy back your supply during sunny hours. They still have to keep capacity during weak solar/wind hours, like.....night?
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If the point is disaster resilience, then everyday payout isn’t the point. The question how much is the insurance worth when the hackers or the Texas winter storm/tornado/hurricane break the power grid?
#1
Reverse your day one cancelling of Trump's fracking and pipeline initiatives and a lot of pressure is off. Instead, like the proverbial monkey you'll keep your hands tight around the (green) candy and never get your hand out of the bottle.
[DEBKA] Three Russian guided missile cruisers took up battle positions in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Feb. 23, opposite the USS Harry Truman, the Italian ITS Cavour and French FS Charles de Gaulle strike groups. For the first time, the consequences of the Ukraine crisis seem to be spilling out of East Europe over to the Mediterranean arena.
The Russian warship array finds the Moskva cruising south of Italy, the RFS Varyag, in the eastern part of the sea and the RTS Marshal Ustinov off the coast of Syria. They are all armed with Sandbox anti-ship cruise missiles, which have the capacity to sink aircraft carriers.
The three-ship Western fleet was boosted this week with four guided missile destroyers, USS Earl Porter, USS Roosevelt, USS Ross and USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51. Adm. Mike Gilday, chief of US Navy Operations, said that the US Navy was prepared to interact with the Russian Navy in the region. “Given this current situation, the chance for miscalculation is greater. That is why we train to a very high standard.”
Closer to Ukraine, the Pentagon released information about the American force ordered to the Baltic region on Russia’s borders, as first announced on Tuesday night by President Joe Biden. These forces include an infantry battalion of 800 troops heading to the Baltics, the repositioning of eight F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters further east, 20 AH-64 attack helicopters moving to the Baltics region and another 12 AH-64 helicopters heading to Poland.
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This is how you already do it by limiting exchanges between our cosmonaut and astronaut training centers. Or do you want to manage the ISS yourself? Maybe President Biden is off topic, so explain to him that the correction of the station's orbit, its avoidance of dangerous rendezvous with space ..
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[DEBKA] Three Russian guided missile cruisers took up battle positions in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Feb. 23, opposite the USS Harry Truman, the Italian ITS Cavour and French FS Charles de Gaulle strike groups. For the first time, the consequences of the Ukraine crisis seem to be spilling out of East Europe over to the Mediterranean arena.
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