[American Conservative] As the astute author Hunter S. Thompson noted, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Weird is indisputably the condition in Great Britain, where Liz Truss, an arguably empty and talentless prime minister, is out—and was, it seemed for a moment, very nearly replaced by her vacuous predecessor, Boris Johnson.
Weirdness, however, is not foreign to American politics. An indicator of just how weird Washington is becoming is the apparent interest in General (ret.) David Petraeus’s recent suggestion that Washington and its allies may want to intervene in the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev.
According to Petraeus, the military action he advocates would not be a NATO intervention, but "a multinational force led by the US and not as a NATO force." In other words, a U.S.-led Multi-National Force on the Iraq model composed of conventional ground, air, and naval forces.
Petraeus does not explain why U.S. military action is needed. But it’s not hard to guess. The intervention is designed to rescue Ukrainian forces from defeat and presumably compel Moscow to negotiate on Washington’s terms, whatever those terms might be.
Admittedly, the whole business seems weird, but Petraeus’s suggestion should not be dismissed. Not because Petraeus’s military expertise warrants consideration—it doesn’t.
Ouch.
Rather it merits attention because Petraeus would never make such a recommendation unless he was urged to do so by powerful figures in Washington and on Wall Street. And as Jeffrey Sachs tells Americans, globalist and neocon elites clearly want a direct armed confrontation with Russia.
For Petraeus, it is business as usual. He rose through the ranks by checking with everyone in a position of authority above him before doing anything. Seeking permission to ensure no one in authority is offended (like a "coalition of the willing") is key to promotion. It works well in peacetime, or during wars of choice against weak, incapable enemies that present no existential military threat to Western forces. But Ukraine is not Iraq nor is the Russian Army an Iraqi-like force, or mounted on "technicals"—pickup trucks with automatic cannon.
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The excerpt above missed the most important part of Col. Doug Macgregor’s shrewd analysis: that Petraeus is reduced to mouthing such a stupid proposal is proof positive that the war is lost.
The Ukrainians are getting their asses kicked, and the Russians are about to — are starting to — bring the hammer down.
This is the key part of Col. Macgregor’s astute analysis:
Petraeus’s suggestion confirms two critical insights.
First, the perilous state of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Absent the foreign fighters and Polish soldiers fighting in Ukrainian uniform, Ukraine has little left to withstand the Russian winter offensives. The series of Ukrainian counterattacks over the last 60 to 90 days have cost Ukraine tens of thousands of lives, human capital in uniform that Kiev cannot replace.
Second, it is the 11th hour. The Russian sledgehammer scheduled to fall on the Zelensky regime in the November or December timeframe, or whenever the ground freezes, will crush whatever remains of Ukrainian forces.
In other words, Petraeus’s real message is that the only way to prolong the life of the Zelensky regime is for Washington and its coalition of the willing to intervene directly before it's too late.
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More wisdom from Col. Doug Macgregor — fortunately, someone in DC still remembers what was said by our wisest student of Russia, the brilliant and resolutely anti-NATO expansion US diplomat and scholar George Kennan:
“The usual war hawks in the White House, the Pentagon, the CIA, and on the Hill probably assume that a quiescent American electorate will buy the argument that the commitment of U.S. forces in Ukraine without a declaration of war could facilitate a face-saving deal with Moscow.
It's dangerous and stupid to think so, and Americans should reject this notion, but it’s not unreasonable to assume this deluded thinking is prevalent inside the beltway. George F. Kennan, American diplomat and historian, insisted 30 years ago that, “We [Americans] tend to overemphasize military factors at the expense of political ones, and in consequence, overmilitarize our responses.”
The result, Kennan argued, is Washington’s chronic failure to relate the development and use of American military power to attainable ends of national strategy… .”
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Yeah, go ahead. Tell me the globalists are not lusting for Russia's energy and mineral wealth. Not to mention the forces they could then array against China. It's all about wealth and power, nothing whatsoever about democracy.
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[Vesti] October 27 is the 246th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
7:00 am . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russian troops launched 18 air and four missile strikes and carried out 56 attacks from the MLRS. Kupyansk, Druzhkovka and Zaporozhye suffered.
Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Lugansk region and Bakhmut, Ivangrad, Soledar, Mayorsk, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka, Donetsk region
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out five strikes over the past day. The defeat was confirmed: the area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, three strong points, air defense systems.
7:50. On the night of October 27, several arrivals were recorded in one of the communities in the Kyiv region. There are no prior casualties or injuries. Also, enemy air targets were eliminated over the region.
8:00. Nikolaevkskaya area. Five settlements of the Shevchenko community came under shelling. At night, from 02:30 to 03:00, shelling took place outside the village of Shirokovskaya community. Hitting an open area. There were no casualties or damage.
8:35. Zaporozhye region. The Russian army attacked the outskirts of Zaporozhye from the Smerch MLRS. There were no casualties. Destroyed infrastructure. As a result of the impact, windows were blown out in 10 apartment buildings and educational institutions. Roofs, doors and windows were destroyed in more than 10 private houses. The entire street was left without electricity.
8:50. Donetsk region. The Russians fired at another industrial enterprise in Kramatorsk. Damaged non-residential premises and the former enterprise. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties, critical infrastructure was not damaged.
In the Lisichansk direction, massive shelling of the Limansky community continues - Torskoye and Zarechnoye suffer again. Information about the victims and the amount of damage caused is being established.
9:00. In the morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down an enemy Ka-52 helicopter and an enemy Su-25 attack aircraft in the Kherson region, the Air Force Command reports.
12:30. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 28 exchanges have already been made and 978 people have been released, including 99 civilians.
17:00. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the "withdrawal" of Russian troops in the Kherson direction is an information operation, trained Russian troops remain in place and do not leave Kherson.
"This is an information attack so that we can move troops from other dangerous areas there. The Russian troops are not ready to leave Kherson, but they know that if the Defense Forces succeed, they will not be able to get out."
18:40 Zelensky, by his decree, created 8 military administrations on the territory of the Kharkiv region. The list of created VAs and their leaders was published by the head of the VA Sinegubov.
19:19 Ukrspetssistemy presented a new SHARK drone, which is necessary for solving reconnaissance, surveillance and fire control tasks.
19:37 Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk from "Gradov". More than 50 thousand subscribers were left without electricity. This is reported by the "mayor" of the city.
20:00 "If I want to go to Odessa, will I have to apply for a Russian or Ukrainian visa in two years?" a foreign journalist asked Vladimir Putin. A good question.
Putin replied that Odessa is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And it can be both a bone of contention and a symbol of conflict resolution and finding some kind of solution.
For want of a nail... the kingdom was lost. But it’s too soon to say whose will be the nail and whose the kingdom, even for the mighty president of Russia. Nor could the president of Ukraine do better.
20:20 In the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by the Russian army, a restriction on the sale of alcohol has been introduced, the sale to military personnel is strictly prohibited. This is reported by Russia-appointed "authorities" in the region.
20:53 Putin accused Ukraine of "now doing everything to cover up the traces of the preparation of a" dirty bomb ", and the West of" fussing around nuclear threats "from the Russian Federation.
21:21 And here is the first reaction from Bankova to Putin's speech today and his comments on Ukraine.
"A person who invaded a foreign country, annexed territories and arranges genocide - accuses someone ... of violating international law and the sovereignty of other countries?" Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the OP, said.
21:44 Russian troops are fortifying positions on the left bank of the Dnieper. Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the evening of October 27.
22:05 US sees no evidence that Russia or Ukraine is planning a dirty bomb incident - Pentagon.
22:34 In eight communities of the Kharkiv region, partial restrictions on electricity supply are introduced, the press service of the OVA reports.
"At the moment, there is partially no electricity in Bogodukhovskaya, Valkovskaya, Dergachevskaya, Zolochevskaya, Krasnokutskaya, Lozovskaya, Sakhnovshchinskaya, Pervomayskaya communities. The recovery time is no more than 4 hours," the OVA said.
23:01 Ukrainian aviation inflicted 14 strikes on areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of Russian troops. The rocket and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment. This is reported by the General Staff.
23:23 Russian troops may try to capture Kiev through the Chernihiv region or the Chernobyl zone. This was stated by Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov.
23:44 The Pentagon will receive the NASAMS air defense systems promised to Ukraine in early November. This was stated by the head of the US Department of Defense Lloyd Austin at a briefing during the presentation of the US National Defense Strategy.
00:00 Mobilization in Ukraine is going according to plan, according to the situation at the front and the decisions taken by the military-political leadership. This statement was made today at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
00:18 More than 40 streets, lanes and squares have been renamed in Kiev today. The list of major renames was published by the mayor of the capital, Klitschko.
00:43 In the Borovsky district of the Kharkiv region, a mass grave was found, in which at least 17 bodies of civilians and military personnel were found. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior.
00:59 The situation with nuclear safety at the ZNPP remains unstable, but the energy supply has been uninterrupted for 10 days - IAEA.
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[Korrespondent] 23:19 The first NASAMS systems will be transferred to Ukraine, as expected, in early November, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said.
22:41 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, during the presentation of the new US defense strategy, said that Russia is an acute threat to the US and its allies. He listed the risks posed by the Russian Federation: nuclear threats, long-range cruise missile threats, cyber and information operations, counter-space threats, chemical and biological weapons, submarine warfare, and broad campaigns in the gray zone, directed, in particular, against democracies.
22:13 A Russian drone hit an energy infrastructure facility in the central region of Ukraine, which was being completed repairs after previous attacks. Due to new destruction, Ukrenergo dispatchers were forced to give an order to limit the consumption of Kyiv, Kiev region, Chernihiv region, Cherkasy region and Zhytomyr region. "A new terrorist attack has complicated the situation in the energy system of Ukraine, and we must be prepared to limit more consumers," Ukrenergo said.
21:18 The Kyiv OVA published an instruction on what is necessary to overcome the consequences of the occupiers' attacks on the energy infrastructure:
20:37 The United States will respond in the event of Russian strikes on commercial satellites, said John Kirby, a spokesman for the US National Security Council. According to him, any attack on US infrastructure will meet with an appropriate response. He also stated that there is indeed public evidence that Russia is seeking to acquire anti-satellite technology.
20:16 In Kiev, more than 40 streets, alleys and squares have been renamed, the names of which are associated with Russia and the Soviet past, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. In particular, streets appeared in the capital in honor of the fallen defenders of Ukraine: military Denis Antipov, photojournalist Max Levin, actor Pavel Li, General Sergei Kulchitsky.
19:24 The lack of warm clothes from the Russian military has led to an increase in the number of cases of theft and looting in the Kherson region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the evening summary. In addition, according to the General Staff, the mobilized military who arrived in the area of combat missions did not undergo appropriate training, do not have practical skills in using the main types of weapons, which leads to significant losses of the enemy in manpower.
And the unsatisfactory condition of military equipment removed from storage and arrived to make up for losses was the result of frequent cases of desertion and surrender of the invaders to the Defense Forces of Ukraine. According to preliminary information, a significant part of the weapons and military equipment sent by the invaders to the Donetsk and Novopavlovsk directions is limited or completely unsuitable for combat use. In particular, we are talking about T-62 tanks removed from long-term storage.
19:13 The Pentagon said they see no signs that Russia or Ukraine is planning a "dirty bomb" incident.
18:54 Putin said that the main goal of the "special operation" is to help Donbass, "and when our troops approached historical Novorossia, how could we not respond to the aspirations of local residents."
18:45 Putin said that Russia does not need a nuclear strike on Ukraine, "there is no point - neither political nor military." At the same time, according to him, "as long as nuclear weapons exist, there is always a danger of their use." There was no military expediency for the United States to use nuclear weapons against Japan - "they did it because they thought it was in their interests," the Russian president added.
He also stated that "Kyiv is now doing everything to cover up the traces" of the "dirty bomb" preparation. According to Putin, it was he who instructed Shoigu to call foreign colleagues and warn them about the "threat of provocation."
As for relations with the US, Russia is "ready to resolve any issues," Putin stressed.
18:28 Putin said that the only real guarantor of Ukraine's sovereignty could be "only Russia, which created it." Ukraine, in his opinion, "historically took shape as an artificial state." At the same time, according to Putin, one can only treat the fact that Ukrainians consider themselves a separate people with respect.
Commenting on his decision to launch a "special operation," Putin said that "a few more years, and the situation for Russia would be completely different, given the supply of weapons there and the construction of fortified areas." He noted that Russia "had to do something with the Donbass, it was necessary to decide something for itself." But “recognizing independence and abandoning it,” he said, is unacceptable, “independent Donbass would not have survived without its inclusion in Russia.”
Answering the question whether what is happening between Russia and Ukraine can be considered a civil war, Putin said: "In part, yes." Because "the Russian and Ukrainian peoples are united, this is a historical fact."
18:09 Putin spoke at the Valdai discussion club, accused the West of "igniting war" in Ukraine, creating a tense situation in Taiwan and a food crisis, as well as destroying the Nord Stream gas pipelines. According to him, "the world is standing at a historical turning point, ahead of the most dangerous, unpredictable and important decade since the Second World War: the period of undivided dominance of the West in world affairs is coming to an end."
"The West is incapable of single-handedly governing humanity, but it is desperately trying - and most of the peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it, this is the main contradiction ... The situation is revolutionary - the tops cannot, and the bottoms do not want to, in the words of a classic," Putin said. .
17:37 Poland will help Ukraine restore damaged airports, as well as expand rail links. This was discussed during a conversation between Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy of Poland Marcin Goraly and Ambassador of Ukraine Vasily Zvarych, the Polish agency reported. In particular, the parties discussed the deepening of cooperation in the implementation of the high-speed railway project between the two countries and the related revision of the trans-European transport network TEN-T.
In addition to the Warsaw-Kyiv railway link via Jagodin, Poland wants to offer a new route that will connect many Polish and Ukrainian cities. Thus, it is planned to build a railway link Lublin - Zamosc - Belzec to the border. Such a route from the Ukrainian side of the border can be laid through Rava-Ruska to Lvov and Kyiv, and in the future - from the Carpathians to the Black Sea ports in Ukraine and Romania.
17:26 In occupied Melitopol, collaborating teachers are fleeing schools, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. So, in the 13th school, almost all the "teachers" quit, in other institutions the occupiers have a total shortage of personnel. For example, in the 16th school, a Chechen military man and a student of a fake university, which the Russians opened on the basis of captured Melitopol universities, became class teachers. According to Fedorov, more than 90% of Melitopol teachers did not cooperate with the invaders.
17:05 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to promote the "Marshall Plan" for Ukraine in the international arena, writes The Telegraph. To do this, he has already opened an office in Westminster, where he hopes to establish a fund to support Ukraine.
16:54 Belarus currently does not have a strike force that would be properly equipped for an offensive, at the same time it is conducting exercises to divert the attention and forces of Ukraine from the east and south, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei said in a comment to RBC-Ukraine Chernyak. “Of course, there is a potential danger from Belarus for Ukraine. From the territory of the Republic of Belarus, strike UAVs are launched, which Russia bought from Iran, MiG-31K planes that can carry Kinzhal missiles have been moved there,” he specified.
In addition, Russia sends its recently mobilized citizens to Belarus, who also do not have proper weapons or equipment, Chernyak noted: "They are brought in by rail. At the same time, tanks and armored personnel carriers repaired in Belarus are sent, on the contrary, to Russia."
16:27 Zelensky said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that the invaders did not retreat from Kherson: “I don’t see them fleeing from Kherson. This is an information attack. This is such an attack for us, so that we go there to transfer troops from other dangerous directions. This was their information operation, they are not ready to leave Kherson. But they know that if we succeed, they will not be able to leave."
16:13 Zelensky said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that Ukraine hopes to receive SAMP-T air defense systems from Italy and has already asked the Italian government about it: "Because we want our people to return home from abroad, so that their children could go to school, university, etc. But without security, without air defense, we cannot provide this. Very few countries produce air defense - not only have, but also produce. Italy, together with France and Germany, produces the SAMP-T complex. And we need them."
16:02 In the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region, a restriction on the sale of alcohol has been introduced, the sale to military personnel is strictly prohibited, the "authorities" reported.
15:59 The "authorities" of the occupied Shakhtyorsk, Donetsk region, said that a fire started as a result of a Ukrainian strike on an oil depot, four people were injured.
15:48 In Crimea, an increase in the intensity of the movement of Russian military equipment along the Taurida highway is recorded, Krym.Realii reports. At road junctions and at the congresses, banners were placed that the Kerch bridge was open "only for passenger cars." Echelons were seen heading towards Kerch, while most of the military equipment is heading towards mainland Ukraine. In most cases, we are talking about military trucks and tankers.
Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, also reports on the movement of vehicles through the city center in the direction of Zaporozhye. "Heavier than usual," he said.
15:06 Tougher restrictions on the supply of electricity today are applied in Kiev, Kiev, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions. Outages can last longer than four hours, but power engineers are doing their best to stabilize the system, the OP said.
14:51 The Ukrainian company Ukrspetssystems has developed an unmanned aerial system SHARK , which can penetrate behind enemy lines and correct the work of HIMARS. The development of this reconnaissance UAV from the project to the first flight lasted less than six months. Now SHARK is completely ready for use in combat conditions.
14:29 Over the past week, the invaders have more than halved the number of missile strikes, all of them were aimed at destroying energy infrastructure facilities, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, during the week Russia fired 52 missiles into Ukraine (compared to 146 a week earlier), but none of them were aimed at military installations.
14:27 Spain will provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance, Reznikov said after a conversation with the head of the Spanish Ministry of Defense. He also thanked for providing Ukraine with Hawk air defense systems.
14:22 In Shakhtyorsk, the oil depot of the occupiers is on fire, local publics report. Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko reports that from today in Mariupol there are again problems with fuel at gas stations.
13:53 Acting Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine that the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, had nothing to do with the blowing up of the Crimean bridge, and the Russians were conducting a pseudo investigation: "They came to the conclusion that my colleague in the power unit Kirill Budanov and the Main Intelligence Directorate were allegedly involved in the blowing up of the bridge The Ministry of Defense as a whole. I assure you that this is not so. And we understand that the Russians are generally far from reality. And what really happened - we can talk about it in detail after the victory."
13:49 Due to significant damage to the power system, Ukrenergo introduces longer emergency power outages in Kiev and the region. According to the Kyiv City State Administration, as a result of enemy attacks, a number of critical facilities of the country were put out of action. In Kyiv and the region there was a power shortage of 30% of consumption. In order to prevent a complete blackout of the capital and central regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo is introducing unprecedented emergency restrictions. Stabilization shutdown schedules drawn up the day before are no longer relevant. More stringent and longer power cuts will be applied in the coming days.
Ukrainians are asked to continue to consume electricity moderately - turn on energy-intensive appliances one by one, reduce electricity consumption as much as possible from 6:00 to 11:00 and from 17:00 to 23:00. Business clients are asked to limit the use of outdoor lighting in the facades of offices, restaurants, shopping centers.
13:43 In Ukraine, they do not plan to increase the pace of mobilization, which is carried out according to plan starting from February 24, said Oleksiy Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:35 The representative of the "authority" of the occupied Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov announced the introduction of military censorship in the occupied territories based on Putin's decree on martial law. According to him, "selective preventive checks of citizens' mobile phones" have been launched in the region since today.
They will check for subscriptions to Ukrainian information resources, Rogov explained: "Those who are found to have them will receive a warning for the first time. In the future, violators will be fined. Criminal liability is provided for malicious violations of the requirements of the law on the activities of foreign agents."
13:19 Peskov said that Putin did not convey any "specific message" to Zelensky through the President of Guinea-Bissau, but simply informed him about the progress of the negotiations, which stopped due to Kiev's fault. At the same time, Russia allegedly remains "ready to secure its interests at the negotiating table and wants it."
Zelensky said the day before that the Russian side had submitted a request through the President of Guinea-Bissau to "build bridges" and "unblock relations."
13:11 The Russians have taken people out of the Popasnaya Lugansk region and are preparing the city for defense, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, the Russian troops have closed the settlement and are creating a "fortress on ruins" out of it. He added that all the de-occupied villages in the region were almost completely destroyed.
13:05 Russia is going to send the bulk of those mobilized to the front within one and a half to two weeks, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, despite the Kremlin's statements about the completion of mobilization, in practice, mobilization activities continue. With the help of the mobilized, the Russian Federation will try to contain the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain sectors of the front and strengthen them in other sectors, to understaff the units that have suffered significant losses, and to form completely new units, including tank, motorized rifle and artillery regiments.
12:44 Law enforcement officers are working out critical infrastructure facilities of Ukraine, including in the energy sector, for the presence of potential collaborators among employees, the acting director said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk: "Each place where our facilities are located is constantly being worked out as part of counter-sabotage and anti-terrorist measures. What does this mean? A specific location is taken, the forces of the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, the National Guard enter, and through such a phased" reseeding "we find those who are potentially ready to work with the enemy. As a rule, there are also those who are already really working for him."
12:39 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, 28 exchanges have already been carried out and 978 people have been released, including 99 civilians, the Defense Ministry said.
12:27 Ukraine has strengthened its grouping in the northern region near Belarus in order to counter any possible resumption of the Russian attack across the border, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also suggested that during the retreat in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, the Russians could carry out terrorist attacks to blow up residential areas and a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
11:56 Since the beginning of the war, the SBU has opened 23 criminal proceedings against representatives of the UOC-MP, there are already 33 suspects - from classic agents for collecting in-depth information to banal fire spotters in cassocks, the acting director said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasily Malyuk. According to him, this environment is an ideal field for the functioning of the enemy station.
11:39 The Lithuanian army handed over seven Toyota Land Cruiser 200 SUVs and other equipment to Ukraine, Defense Minister Arvydas Anašauskas said.
11:35 Zaluzhny said that over the past 24 hours, 18 out of 20 Shahed-136 UAVs used against critical infrastructure facilities have been destroyed by air defense forces and means.
11:29 The occupiers are bringing newly mobilized Russians to Kherson and are preparing for street fighting, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said in a comment to CNN: "Russia is reinforcing Kherson with recruits who have recently mobilized. They are probably being used as cannon fodder."
At the same time, according to Budanov, the Russians are taking their puppets out of the city and surrounding areas. "The withdrawal of the occupying forces will accelerate when Ukraine takes the Novaya Kakhovka dam under its artillery control," he added.
11:21 The head of UN humanitarian aid, Martin Griffiths, said that he is "optimistic" on the issue of extending the grain agreement and does not exclude the involvement of the Nikolaev port in it.
10:53 In the Kherson region, during the demining of the de-occupied territory, the head of the explosive department of the regional police headquarters, police colonel Alexander Kozyura, was killed, the NPU reported.
10:48 Tonight, the Russians fired again at the energy infrastructure, as a result of which the equipment of the backbone network of the Ukrainian energy system in the central regions was damaged, Ukrenergo reported. In this regard, electricity consumption will be limited in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions.
10:44 In the Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers discovered another mass grave of the Ukrainian military, 17 bodies of defenders may be in the mass grave, said the head of the Kharkiv region police Volodymyr Tymoshko. The soldiers died in April during the retreat.
10:30 On the evening of October 26, fuel tanks exploded in the occupied Shakhtersk, Donetsk region. Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, specified that 12 tanks burned down.
09:48 This morning, a unit of the Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Pivden Air Command shot down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter, and a unit of the Odessa anti-aircraft missile brigade shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft.
09:35 US to deploy upgraded B61-12 tactical nuclear bombs in Europe ahead of schedule. They will be delivered in December, and not in the spring of 2023, writes Politico. The move is being made "to keep Moscow from crossing the red line."
09:27 At night, the Russians attacked one of the industrial enterprises of Kramatorsk, the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko said. There were no casualties, but there is destruction.
09:23 Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog said in an interview with CNN that his country cannot supply Ukraine with air defense systems because of secrecy: “There are weapons for which we don’t even have an export version. There are things that should not fall into the hands of our enemies "There are secrets we can't share. But wherever we can help, we try to help."
According to Herzog, Israel is analyzing the situation with Russia's use of Iranian-made drones. According to him, he does not have specific information about such a deal, but "there is no need for additional evidence that Iran poses a threat to world order and stability."
09:21 Russia said that American commercial satellites could become "legitimate targets" in the framework of the war in Ukraine. "We are talking about the use by the United States and its allies of civil infrastructure components in space, including commercial ones, in armed conflicts," said Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the arms control department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, speaking at a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. According to him, these satellites are "quasi-civilian infrastructure", so they may "be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike."
09:17 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 27.
personnel - about 69,220 (+320) people liquidated,
tanks - 2631 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 5364 (+13),
artillery systems - 1690 (+4),
MLRS - 379 (+0),
air defense systems - 192 (+0),
aircraft - 271 (+0),
helicopters - 249 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1398 (+19),
cruise missiles - 351 (+1),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4078 (+2),
special equipment - 150 (+1).
09:08 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is not interested in negotiations with Ukraine and maintains the maximalist goals of the war. This is evidenced by his rhetoric. Thus, Putin said that Ukraine "has lost its sovereignty" and that the United States is using Ukraine to "ram" against Russia.
ISW also reports that Russian troops launched an offensive on Ternovaya, Kharkiv region, likely to block Ukrainian troops there and prevent them from reinforcing Ukrainian counter-offensive operations elsewhere.
09:00 British intelligence writes that on October 24, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin would coordinate the "development of security measures" in the regions of Russia. According to analysts, this will lead to a closer inclusion of regional governors in the Russian national security system. The greater involvement of regional officials is likely at least partly intended to divert public criticism from the Kremlin, intelligence said.
08:56 In the Donetsk region, as a result of enemy shelling, three civilians per day were killed - in Bakhmut. Two more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:50 A drone attacked the Balaklava power plant in Sevastopol at night, one of the idle transformers caught fire, Mikhail Razvozhaev, the "governor", said. According to him, this incident does not affect the power supply of Sevastopol and Crimea.
08:11 At night, the enemy attacked the outskirts of Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, he fired three shells of Smerch multiple launch rocket systems. There were no casualties, but the infrastructure facility was damaged. A fire broke out, which was liquidated by the employees of the State Emergency Service, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
07:42 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Lugansk region and Bakhmut, Ivangrad, Soledar, Mayorsk, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka, Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
Russian servicemen mobilized a week ago continue to arrive on the territory of the Zaporozhye region. They have no motivation and desire to participate in hostilities, cases of desertion are recorded. Meanwhile, representatives of private military campaigns are recruiting prisoners in correctional facilities in the city of Ulyanovsk. Most of those who agree to fight on the territory of Ukraine are convicted of murder, rape and drug trafficking.
04:02 At night, the enemy struck at one of the communities of the Kiev region, the elimination of the fire and the consequences of the strike continues. There are no preliminary victims or injured, said OVA head Aleksey Kuleba. The air defense forces also eliminated enemy air targets.
02:37 From 22:00 to 24:00 on Wednesday, October 26, the enemy fired over 20 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones across Ukraine, of which 19 were shot down, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. In the Odessa region, 15 drones were destroyed, in the Mykolaiv region - three, in Vinnitsa - one. In addition, in the area of responsibility of the air command Skhid, an anti-aircraft missile unit destroyed a Kh-59 guided missile.
01:48 The United States accused Russia of trying to intimidate the UN, as well as to avoid joint responsibility with Iran for violating Security Council resolution 2231 in connection with the use of Iranian drones to strike civilian targets in Ukraine. This was stated at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to this organization Robert Wood. He explained that the Russian Federation is trying in every possible way to block the launch of an investigation under the auspices of the UN Secretary General regarding the violation of Resolution 2231, which refers, in particular, to a ban on Iran from participating in the trade or transfer of weapons, including UAVs. Iran violated the requirements of the resolution when it handed over combat drones to Russia, and the Russian Federation when it acquired these weapons and used them against peaceful targets in Ukraine.
Now, in order to divert the attention of the world from their malicious actions, the Russian delegation accuses the US and other countries initiating the investigation of violating Article 100 of the UN Charter. There is rhetoric on the Russian side that the US is trying to impose its will on the UN Secretary General.
00:04 CIA Director William Burns visited Ukraine in early October and met with Zelensky and other officials, two people with knowledge of the matter told CNN. According to them, the American official confirmed the US commitment to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, in particular by continuing the exchange of intelligence.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 20:11 Losses of Ukrainian troops in recent years almost always reach the ratio of 1 to 7 or 1 to 8 - Vladimir Putin.
19:19 Yesterday the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried conduct reconnaissance in force, but due to the fact that our drones are constantly on duty in the sky, they did not even have time to get to the position and were defeated.
15:07 In Ukraine, a significant energy facility was hit at night, an energy shortage formed in the central part of the country.
12:51 An explosion occurred in the Kyiv region.
12:03 Local media report explosions in Odessa.
12:00 Morning radio intercept near Liman pleases. On the air, two citizens, one of the Polish People's Republic and the second of the Ukrainian SSR, found out which of them was Kurva.
No doubt that made sense in the original Russian.
Last night, in several places of deployment of Polish and Romanian mercenaries on the Krasny Lyman-Svatovo line, exchanges of fire between the Poles and the national battalions took place. The victory in both cases was for the Poles. According to various sources, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have from 30 to 50 people - 200, 300. The Poles and Romanians refuse to go meat on our positions, positioning themselves as second-line formations. What the Aidarovites and other national battalions who have taken on the role of detachments really do not like.
10:40 An air raid alert has been announced in the central regions of Ukraine.
10:07 Tonight, several strikes were carried out on targets in the south of the Kyiv region using the Geran-2 kamikaze UAV. To destroy the drones, the Ukrainian army again used revolutionary air defense methods, the essence of which is the indiscriminate firing of small arms into the sky. As a result, it didn't help. Local authorities recognize "arrivals" in the area. Presumably, drones hit objects in the area of Belaya Tserkov.
09:33 Mykolaiv region - a series of explosions.
09:15 In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) direction, Russian missile forces and artillery hit the concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment in Bakhmut, Soledar, Mayorsk, Yakovlevka and Ozeryanovka. In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on targets in Druzhkovka, Avdeevka, Maryinka, Krasnogorovka and Pervomaisky.
09:13 Russian UAVs "Geran-2" attacked the Kyiv region. Local residents heard the sound of a drone flying in the Belotserkovsky district. In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces worked on targets in the border villages of Chugunovka, Strelechya and Staritsa.
08:08 Six explosions occurred at night in Kyiv-controlled Zaporizhia, after which there was a detonation of ammunition - Vladimir Rogov.
08:02 Destruction positions of the mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the anti-tank systems. Liman direction.
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...two citizens... found out which of them was Kurva.
"Kurva" is rooski for a gal who peddles it on the street retail, if you get what I mean. Which only adds to the mystery.
* Voice Over *
"There are eight million stories in the naked city. This is one of them."
Actually, I believe the cryptic item refers to an incident near Lyman where a group of Polish and Romanian mercenaries refused an order for a suicidal attack on a strong Russian position. A Ukrainian national brigade, one of those brute squads with a name and a reputation, was brought in to remind the mercs of their contract obligations. A firefight ensured, Ukr vs Poland. The Ukrainians took casualties and the attack was called off.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:33 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 27, receivedadditionalinformation on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka:
The water conduit Ø1000 mm and the production facilities of the filter station No. 2 were damaged.
19:04 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Central - city district): 3 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired.
18:27 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the Central City district of Gorlovka. Explosions of enemy shells are recorded near the former knitting factory. Residents advised to leave the streets and take personal security measures - Prikhodko.
17:50 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: 5 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired.
17:12 Donetsk: 362 transformer substations are de-energized, without power supply to 53,250 subscribers of the Kirovsky, Leninsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk.
16:49 AFU continue shelling the cities of the Republic
Since the morning, the enemy has been intensively shelling residential areas of the republic's settlements, under the fire of artillery and MLRS areas of Donetsk, Makeevka, Shakhtersk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya. To date, the enemy has fired more than 145 shells of various calibers, including MLRS Himars and BM-21 "Grad".
As of 16:30, 13 civilians received injuries of varying severity. There are damages to the housing stock and civil infrastructure facilities.
15:15 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): 10 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.
15:03 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): 5 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired.
14:41 In Shakhtyorsk, after the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four containers with gasoline with a capacity of 60 tons are burning on the territory of the railway station, the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
14:08 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Chestnut: fired 3 shells with a caliber of 152 mm.
13:40 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Zaitsevo: 5 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Kirovo - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): 5 mines fired with a caliber of 120 mm;
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 3 shells fired with a caliber of 152 mm;
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Mineral: fired 3 shells with a caliber of 152 mm.
13:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are deploying reinforcements to Svatovo. According to “Come and See,” Ukrainian troops and equipment continue to arrive through Kharkiv towards Kupyansk. In particular, the forces of the National Guard and BTR-4 were seen.
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning to defeat the RF Armed Forces near Svatovo in order to break through towards Starobelsk. The next weeks will be decisive, as weather changes will slow down the course of the conflict, ”said the source of the channel.
Currently, the highest activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is shown at the two extreme points of the front - the north of Lugansk and the west of Kherson regions. It is planned to develop the offensive there in the future. However, the losses of the Ukrainian army are really serious.
13:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired three rockets at Shakhtyorsk from the HIMARS MLRS - the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
13:13 Shakhtyorsk. Tanks with fuel and lubricants are burning again due to the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:11 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): 3 shells fired with a caliber of 155 mm.
13:06 Loud in Torez and Shakhtyorsk.
12:46 As a result of the shelling of the village of Biryuzova, Kirovsky, Donetsk region, 5 civilians were injured.
Fixed a direct hit in another apartment building
12:38 SBU threatens the death penalty to police officers in the Zaporozhye region - the Department of Internal Affairs for Melitopol and Melitopol district.
11:56 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 4 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired.
11:45 Kulemzin: There is shelling of the village. Biryuzova in the Kirovsky district. Don't come out of hiding. Take care of yourself!
11:40 Prikhodko: As a result of an armed attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), destruction of a residential building and outbuildings on the street was recorded. Astrakhanskaya, 54.
11:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 3 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired.
11:13 AFU at 04:37 attempted to shell the civilian infrastructure of Kherson, firing 4 Haymars missiles, thanks to air defense units, all missiles were shot down
11:11 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells were fired with a caliber of 152 mm.
11:03 The main statement of the Acting Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the air of Solovyov LIVE:
💬The Maryinsky direction remains one of the most difficult - the enemy has seriously strengthened himself in the private residential sector. The day before, a successful assault on enemy positions was carried out, there are positive prospects;
💬The situation in the Krasnolimansky direction is changing dynamically, the enemy foothold on the Kremennaya-Svatovo highway was destroyed;
💬The situation with the supply of army units with weapons is beginning to improve, there is a positive trend;
💬We have never had such a difficult heating season before. Over the past 24 hours, 62 boiler houses have been stopped in Donetsk due to lack of water.
10:33 A curfew has been introduced in the Luhansk Republic!
Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhnoye, Pervomaisk, Kremenskoy, Svatovsky, Troitsky districts: from 21.00 to 06.00.
In other areas, the presence of citizens on the street is limited from 23.00 to 04.00.
09:50 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 3 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired.
08:53 Over the past day, as a result of shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, 1 person was wounded.
08:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): 4 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired.
08:35 As a result of the shelling of Shakhtyorsk by Ukrainian militants, fuel and lubricants caught fire.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts): 4 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts): 5 shells fired with a caliber of 152 mm
Commentary from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] The War Tears project posted its research on the losses of Ukrainian formations since the beginning of the war.
Following commentary is from wartears.org ABOUT THE LOSSES OF THE ARMED FORCES
Having a database of more than 125,000 records on the project, we decided to try to estimate the losses and the total strength of the VFU (the armed formations of Ukraine, which includes the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the NSU, and the territorial defense, and volunteer battalions) based on the data obtained by statistical methods. It is quite difficult to do this directly because of the many reasons that can significantly distort the statistics. But some of the records, namely the records of the dead, prisoners and applications from relatives, we manually check for uniqueness, so duplicates can affect the estimate of the total number, but not the estimate of losses.
We make the assumption that the distribution of people searched through the WarTears.org project ( https://wartears.org/), and the distribution of data obtained by the project from open sources are independent. For the most part, we receive information about the prisoners and the dead from open sources. Losses in the officers of the VFU regularly surface in the media, we monitor these losses on purpose, and also monitor posthumous awards, so in this case we can assume that we know about all or almost all cases of officer deaths.
For each state (dead, prisoners), the score was calculated by the formula: T = R / (A / Q)
where:
T is the total number of VFU soldiers in this state,
R is the number of records about this state in our database,
Q is the total number search requests from relatives,
A is the number of requests for which the soldier was found and is in this state.
In other words, we a priori assume that the probability that we have an entry about someone in our database is the same as the probability that it was found in our database, provided that we searched.
As of October 27, 2022, the loss of VFU by the dead: 100,523 people.
Prisoners - 22,940 people.
The active composition of VFU is 356,422 people.
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The real losses of the VFU, in addition to these numbers, include the wounded, deserters and actually missing. We assume that the total irretrievable losses of VFU (both dead and wounded, unfit for military service) may be twice as high as our estimate. The numerical composition, perhaps, is exaggerated.
It should also be remembered that this is a delayed smoothed estimate. Firstly, it takes into account the fact that relatives applied to our project. This can happen both in two weeks and in five months, as was the case with the attack on the location of 137th OBMP in Nikolaev on March 18, 2022. The jumps in our estimates, for example, on October 5 or 24, are directly related to the fact that we stumbled upon some a fairly large list of the dead and made it at once.
We did not make an assessment of the missing and other categories. In the case of the missing, we know for sure many cases where the Kyiv regime informed relatives that people were missing, while this person died during a rocket attack on a location deep in the rear.
For the time being, we consider the assessment of other categories to be premature, because the number of known cases in them is not enough to obtain statistically significant values.
We also understand that the estimate of the total number of HFU is likely to be overestimated. We plan to clean up the database from duplicate entries and, accordingly, adjust the estimate.
The full text and graphics are available in a post on our website
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"...So, having proven with questionable numbers another questionable number, we demand that Ukraine surrender now before we have to kill the entire population of the planet in order to make this nonsense work out."
...This is really starting to sound like what the Imperial Japanese were telling their people as things started to close in about the beginning of 1945. Read John Toland's The Rising Sun or John Dower's War Without Mercy for a very good idea of where this sort of thing is going to end up.
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Ukraine contained something like 40 million people, which amounts to about 20 million males or approximately 5 million of age to serve in the armed forces. The armed forces of Ukraine could easily produce an armed force from these numbers of one million. That Ukraine has been training recruits actively and as fast as possible since February makes such numbers plausible in the near future. The losses described, are negligible by comparison.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] The State Duma passed in the first reading a law banning LGBT propaganda.
The initiatives propose punishment for the promotion and justification of non-traditional sexual relations in the media, the Internet, literature and cinema. Their authors were Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, leaders of all factions, as well as more than 300 deputies.
Deputies of the State Duma at the plenary session unanimously adopted in the first reading amendments to the legislation regarding the prohibition of propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations. Almost 400 deputies headed by the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and leaders of all factions acted as their authors.
Amendments are proposed to the federal laws “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection”, “On the Media”, “On the Protection of Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development”, “On Advertising” and “On State Support for Cinematography of the Russian Federation”. Corresponding amendments are also provided for in the Code of Administrative Offenses.
The document provides for a ban on propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations or preferences among Russian citizens, both adults and minors.
“You and I make a decision solely in the interests of our citizens, in the interests of our country,” said Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma, during the plenary session.
He cited data from opinion polls, according to which 16% of Europeans aged 14 to 29 identify themselves as LGBT. And in the US state of Maryland, the number of students who have not decided on their gender due to the promotion of non-traditional relationships has grown almost six times in two years and today makes up 45% of all students in the state.
Viacheslav Volodin stressed that Russia has a different path: “We have traditions, a conscience, an understanding that we need to think about children, families, the country, and preserve what our parents have passed on to us.”
“We must do everything to protect our children and those who want to live a normal life. Everything else is sin, sodomy, darkness, and our country is fighting this,” said the Chairman of the State Duma.
The bill expands the list of information prohibited for dissemination among children: propaganda and demonstration of non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences, as well as information that can make children want to change their sex. On paid resources, access to such information can only be obtained using a special code that confirms the user's age. Where it is technically impossible, the dissemination of such information will be completely prohibited.
The bill also expands the requirements for advertising, which should not contain information demonstrating non-traditional sexual relations or preferences. Films promoting non-traditional sexual relations will not receive a rental license. In addition, amendments to the Code are proposedon administrative offenses in terms of punishment for non-compliance with the ban.
So, for violation of the ban on propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations or preferences among people of any age, a fine of 50,000 to 400,000 rubles for citizens, from 100,000 to 800,000 for officials, from 800,000 to 5 million or suspension of activities up to 90 days for legal entities.
For violating the ban on propaganda of pedophilia, the fine will be from 200,000 to 800,000 rubles for citizens, from 400,000 to 2 million rubles for officials, from 1 to 10 million rubles or suspension of activities for up to 90 days for legal entities.
Also, for the dissemination of information among minors that demonstrates non-traditional sexual relations, or that can make them want to change their gender, the fine will be from 50 to 200 thousand rubles for citizens, from 100,000 to 400,000 thousand for officials, from 800,000 to 4 million rubles or suspension of activities up to 90 days for legal entities.
For such violations, foreign citizens and stateless persons will face expulsion from the Russian Federation.
Recall that earlier in the State Duma parliamentary hearings were held on legislative initiatives to ban information that promotes non-traditional sexual relations. Participants expressed their support for the proposed amendments.
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Those villains! Setting a bad example for everyone. We're all supposed to let the activists pimp our kids out to pedos, cut off our dicks and let our women grow beards, like good subjects of the next big thing.
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Daily Nail: Out of ammunition, the Russian artillery has decided to use deserters and slackers as ammo! British intelligence obtained insider footage.
Separately: Why does this otherwise intelligent site print such obviously moronic DM bullshit?
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Why,...because we can.
The soundtrack may be fabricated, as a number of videos, et. al. have been observed to be.
Important to note the Ukraine has the capacity to create, or appear be provided of and publish such content. As suggested above, such an action of enforcement really is of an old guard soviet standard.
This is obvious disinformation from Mi6. They’ve been spewing BS through their faux-journalist plants in the UK tabloids for as long as Mi6 have existed
Millions were spent clandestinely setting up and paying a network of ‘journalists’ to pump out anti-Assad, pro-opposition content as directed by a shadowy firm run by the UK foreign intelligence service’s counter-terrorism ex-head.
In July 2019, an arresting image of two young Syrian girls entombed in rubble in opposition-occupied Idlib attempting to haul their sister to safety as she dangled off the precipice of a bombed out building, their panic-stricken father looking on from above, went viral the world over.
The photo, disseminated by Syrian news service SY24, subsequently featured in countless Western media outlets, and was even discussed during a United Nations Security Council session. What very few knew however, was SY24 was created and funded by The Global Strategy Network, founded by Richard Barrett, a former MI6 Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations. The photo had been taken by one of the firm’s trained “stringers” across Syria, who were charged with creating “wildly impactful” and “engaging” content for “defined target audiences” both inside and outside the country.
Global Strategy is one of several contractors bankrolled and directed by the UK Foreign Office to conduct information warfare operations in Syria over the grinding course of the decade-long crisis. These efforts, costing millions annually, sought to destabilize the government of Bashar Assad, convince Syrians, Western citizens, foreign states, and international bodies that the Free Syrian Army was a legitimate, “moderate” alternative, and flood media the world over with pro-opposition propaganda.
Leaked files indicate that the company’s “core Syria media team” has been working in the country “since the earliest days of the revolution” – and boasts of their work being “wildly (sic) impactful” on perceptions internationally.
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10/28/2022 9:31 Comments ||
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Looks like Mi6 InfoOps Upper-Class Twit Of The Year, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, is bollicksing up another imperial venture with his bullshit.
Last year, it was Syria. If this is 2022, it must be Ukraine:
Posted by: Black Bart ||
10/28/2022 9:45 Comments ||
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Why does this otherwise intelligent site ...
Precisely because it's intelligent, Billy B. The ability to accommodate several perspectives and form your own convictions is a key element of intelligence. 😎
#12
The now-defunct Mi6 front group, the “Integrity Initiative,” recruits willing tools among western media figures such as Anne Applebaum, Bill Browder and Nina Jankowicz — yes, the Biden ‘Ministry of Truth’ moron — to spread lies and disinformation in coordinated attacks.
Mi6 call these disinformation cells “clusters.” Yes, as in clusterfuck, except it’s more sinister than funny.
Midday: (II) Integrity Initiative Spanish cluster hear that a well known pro-Kremlin voice Pedro Baños is to be appointed as Director of the National Security Department, which works closely with the Spanish PMs office (La Moncloa) and is very influential in shaping policy
14:00: Spanish cluster leader alerts other cluster members and prepares a dossier to inform the main Spanish media. The cluster starts a campaign on Twitter to try to prevent the appointment.
15:45: Spanish cluster leader alerts Integrity Initiative UK Team which activates the Integrity Initiative network to generate international support for the Twitter campaign
UK team creates a WhatsApp group to coordinate the Twitter response, get contacts on Twitter to spread awareness and get people retweeting the material.
Publishes opinion piece by Nico de Pedro on StopFake’s Spanish website, which was also retweeted by key influencers.
Cluster send material to El Pais and El Mundo to publish and alert contacts at UK and French Embassies.
Outcome
By 19:45 Spanish Cluster assesses that the campaign has generated significant noise on Twitter. Contacts in the Socialist Party confirm that the PM has received the message. Some Spanish diplomats also express concerns
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10/28/2022 10:14 Comments ||
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Mi6 not only use Applebaum, Browder, Jankowicz, the “Atlantic Council” Ukraine-propaganda racket and dozens of other media shills as disinformation tools; they’ve got their tentacles into Facebook’s executive team.
Here’s the story of Ben Nimmo, Facebook/Meta’s
“Global Threat Intelligence Lead for Influence Operations”
At the time of the leak, Ben Nimmo worked for a group called the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). The DFRLab is a subsidiary of the Atlantic Council, an NGO which is also funded by the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, NATO, and the State Department. The group brags that it has “operationalized the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news.”
You know what that means: Nimmo and DFR have become notorious for accusing all sorts of journalists and even random civilians of being “Russian bots.”
The Integrity Initiative’s leaked handbook identified Ben Nimmo’s DFR Lab, along with Buzzfeed and a handful of other organizations, as friendly outlets to rely upon when conducting its influence operations.
What is Ben Nimmo’s current position? If you guessed that Ben Nimmo now works at Facebook and helps to lead Facebook’s global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations, you’d be correct.
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16:05: Whitehall cluster leader alerts Integrity Initiative US Team which activates the Integrity Initiative network to generate international support for the DM Ukraine BS campaign
US-Kentucky team spams DM InfoOps planted article across social media sites to spread awareness and get people retweeting the material.
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10/28/2022 11:11 Comments ||
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Russians have their propaganda, US/UK/UKR have theirs. Can't believe any of it.
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Black bart you have no sense of humor
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#22
I read that exact opposite propaganda yesterday.
I was reading that the Polish Troops in UKR Uniform on the ukr front line, I was reading the Poles were having 'morale issues' after a large portion of their company were killed/injured. The Poles were refusing to return to the front so UKR sent in Azov hardboys to improve the Pole's spirits.
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Black Bart,
Let me ask this - if MI5 is so fiendishly clever (and let's face it; they ain't bad at what they do), how is it that their home country is facing rolling blackouts this winter and has issues keeping anything resembling a solid defense?
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