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'No', said the priest, 'You don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary.' 'Depressing view', said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world."
Exploding pagers and other communication devices in #Lebanon among #Hezbollah members today. Recall the public reporting that #Israel has infiltrated the Hezbollah communication networks and that Hezbollah had switched to pagers and couriers after cell phones were banned. pic.twitter.com/AGGVYhE2lC
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also on X:
The Taiwanese-Based Pager Company, Gold Apollo has stated that the production the of 5,000 Pagers that were Imported to Lebanon and eventually provided to Hezbollah, mainly the AP924 Model Pager, were Subcontracted to a Company in Europe.
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Note:
According to various sources.
The pagers were imported 5 or 6 months ago.
The pager battery contained 20+/-grams of PETN explosives.
Naturally, the Mossad is blamed for allegedly planting the Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, (PETN) on the pager batteries, and calling specific pagers to detonate it by increasing the pager temp.
This could possibly mean certain Intel groups know certain terrorist names, ship to addresses & IMEI / #'s.
Which could suggest, the ability of 24/7 real time tracking of certain terrorists.
SIDE THOUGHT
Imagine, if Iran/Russia/China undertook a similar operation and the targets were certain elected US officials via their congressional or newly issued smartphones.
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CTH Israeli poster from Israeli has more local news reporting summary:
"David
September 18, 2024 1:41 am
Hezbollah pager operation casualty update:
– 4,000 Hezbollah Terrorists injured.
– 400 in critical condition.
– 18 High-Ranking commanders injured.
– 500 plus lost their eyesight
– 11 Hezbollah Terrorists dead.
Lebanon later changed the numbers to 2750 injured and 9 killed. I suspect that the original report above is correct but in any case it was massive.
Numbers from Syria are not known yet. This is the biggest blow to hezbollah since it was founded
And imagine the paranoia of all communication devices, and subsequent breakdown of communication.
Mossad managed to somehow replace the beepers which came from Europe. There were some 20g of explosives and a kill switch. The Mossad sent a fake message that appeared to be from Command of Hezbollah, then a delay and a boom.
While it was incredible there is a huge waste of opportunity to take advantage and follow with an invasion. It would have saved lives of soldiers. Attack with the element of surprise and the chaos of this cyber attack. This is Bibi afraid of the Biden Administration. Now we are into waiting for the upcoming revenge.
Or maybe there is more to follow ?
PS. A new report says that Israel was afraid that the beepers will be exposed and therefore didn’t want to wait any longer.
https://x.com/hahussain/status/1836035130416124390 "
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^^^^
Follow-on post from the same source
"David
September 18, 2024 8:37 am
Israel Update:
-Following the Beeper attack there is a report that Hezbollah was close to exposing the plot which caused a premature use of the beeper attack.
-As I reported before it turns out to be true. A senior IDF Commander hints that the hold up is because the US is very strongly against a menouver into Lebanon and we need back up when it happens, munitions, etc…
-Important: The IDF is moving Division 98 from Gaza to the North border with Lebanon.
Div 98 are the best that we have with the Commando Brigade as part of it with some of the most elite units of the IDF. They crushed the strongest Brigade of Hamas in Khan Yunis and were also in Rafah. This means that it’s getting serious at the North." https://youtu.be/Q_1jspTbZ_o
🚨BREAKING: In a rare, unscripted interview, VP Kamala Harris proudly states that she was “entirely supportive of” “the pause on 2000 lb bombs” to Israel to act as “leverage” to force a cease fire against Hamas.
[PJMedia] UPDATE: According to a report from Newsweek, Nassau Police confirmed its response to a “suspicious occurrence” near the Trump rally site on Wednesday morning. However, it is denying that officers discovered an explosive device.
Original article: Police reportedly discovered "explosives" in a car near the site of former President Donald Trump's rally on Long Island just hours before his Wednesday evening speech, reports the Daily Mail. If confirmed, this would mark the latest alarming security breach, a mere three days after a second assassination attempt was thwarted at Trump's Palm Beach golf club.
Sources within the Nassau County Police Department reportedly told One America News Network journalist James Lalino that the rally site’s perimeter had been breached and a blue barrel was removed from the area.
In addition, during the K9 sweep they apparently 'found an explosive device in one of the vehicles.'
The sources allegedly said the driver ended up running into the woods.
'No one saw if he had anything on him, they just saw him take off running. A lot of cars are now parking, they’re lining up on Hempstead Turnpike, just parking on the grass. Even over at Eisenhower Park, they’re just parking over there,' the source went on to tell Lalino according to a post on X.
Thousands of MAGA fans are expected to descend upon Long Island this afternoon ahead of the 7 p.m. ET rally at the Nassau Coliseum.
Although doors don't open until 3 p.m. ET, a large crowd has already gathered, with many camping out overnight to secure good seats in the indoor arena.
More on that update from the Daily Mail article linked by PJ Media:
Said Nassau County Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryde, 'There is a person who is being questioned who may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site. The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police.'
It’s comforting that the security team is both alert and reacting quickly. Had that been the case at the Pennsylvania rally, President Trump would not be missing a small chunk of his ear.
I’m grateful that this can be moved from Lurid Crime to Short Attention Span at 12:20 p.m. ET. And also grateful that Rantburg’s irregular militia, as it were, is equally alert and quick to react.
#3
They wouldn't be trying to kill him this hard if Cameltoe was really winning.
Yes, in a way, this is encouraging news. It'll be awfully damn discouraging if any of these attempts succeed.
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...(a person)who may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site. The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police.'
My spider sense tells me there are interesting details omitted from the story.
From Grom’s link in comments, added for future searchability:
Several explosions were reported Wednesday afternoon in the Dahieh area of Beirut,
…Hezbollah’s bedroom community, until recently assumed to be protected from
Israeli attacks by the dense civilian population…
Lebanon, as exploding hand-held radios killed at least five people and injured approximately 500. Lebanon's state news agency reported that three people were killed in Beqaa.
According to Sky News Arabic, the explosions took place during the funeral for Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese MP Ali Ammar's son, who was killed when his beeper exploded on Tuesday.
The explosions occurred in multiple locations, including in private homes, the reports added. Injuries were reported in Dahieh, Ghaziyeh, and Al-Sarafand in southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Al-Hadath reported that 19 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed in the beeper explosions on Tuesday, and 150 were injured. Tehran has denied the reports. According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, approximately 3,000 people were injured in the explosions, and 12 were killed.
Asharq Al-Awsat reported that "hundreds" were wounded in the second wave, many of them in their stomachs and hands.
...Following the explosions, Hezbollah terrorists in Syria have been instructed to turn off all of their communications devices, Arab media reported.
A Sky News reporter attending one of the funerals said that Hezbollah terrorists are now throwing away both their phones' and their communications devices' batteries.
Reports soon said that the second "wave" of explosions affected thousands of military communications devices, which exploded within minutes of each other across Lebanon. This system is an alternate system, used following Tuesday's explosions.
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...Following the explosions, Hezbollah terrorists in Syria have been instructed to turn off all of their communications devices, Arab media reported.
The simultaneous targeting of thousands of individuals, without knowing who held the devices or their location violated international human rights law and possibly international humanitarian law, Turk said in a statement.
Yesterday’s beeper operation will go down in history as one of the most mind-blowing military operations pulled off by Israel ever, right alongside the six day war, Entebbe, and the April 14th unsuccessful Iran attack on Israel.
Israeli Chief of Staff on Lebanon attacks: "We still have many capabilities,at every stage we operate we are already 2 stages ahead. At every stage the price in Hezbollah should be high.We will make it so that terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet & even eating food." pic.twitter.com/Rd1OHoZ7fa
BREAKING! WATCH Hassan Nasrallah's first reaction to the "pager attack" that struck thousands of Hezbollah fighters yesterday. pic.twitter.com/RbaN4W8rKu
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#19 UN rights chief calls for investigation into Middle East pager explosions
"In the firelit Mohammedan murk,
Dire dilemmas for Zionists lurk,
Like, er, whether to take
The advice of a snake!"
- Österreichischer jerk Volker Turk
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Go ryuge!
I think my favourite so far is
Israeli Chief of Staff on Lebanon attacks: "We still have many capabilities,at every stage we operate we are already 2 stages ahead. At every stage the price in Hezbollah should be high.We will make it so that terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet & even eating food."
#41
"We will make it so that terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet & even eating food."
I eagerly look forward to the first exploding toilet story.
As Mahmood sat down to poo,
He heard a curious sound in the loo.
"Whatever's that ticking?"
"Them Juice they be tricking?"
Then his carcass kaboomed up the flue.
[DM] The Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates today for the first time in more than four years in a major move that could prove decisive to the finances of millions of Americans.
On Wednesday, the Fed is expected to lower its benchmark rate, as the US central bank starts to reverse the restrictive conditions it imposed to beat back inflation -but whether policymakers opt for a half-percentage-point cut or smaller move remains up in the air.
Their choice on how they want to kick off a new easing cycle - less than two months before what is expected to be a close US presidential election - likely hinges more on what signal they want to send as they pivot from the highest interest rates in a quarter of a century than about expectations for near-term macroeconomic impact, even as their worries about the job market grow.
A half-percentage-point cut - now given more than a 60 per cent probability in rate futures markets - would signal a commitment to sustaining the current economic expansion and the job growth that goes along with it, something Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said is the top priority now that inflation is approaching the central bank's two per cent target.
A quarter-percentage-point reduction in borrowing costs would be more consistent with how the Fed has begun prior easing cycles outside of any brewing crisis.
This will have little short term economic impact as even after the cut the rates are pretty high by historic level (the rate hit 4.75% in 2007 but went down and didn't reach that level again until 2023).
After a few more cuts people will begin to borrow for vacations, home improvement, etc.
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[DM] When Republicans vote on Wednesday to tie a stopgap spending bill to new requirements for voters to provide proof of citizenship they will have the backing of Americans, according to a new poll for DailyMail.com.
It found that 48 percent of likely voters believe that noncitizens are voting in American elections, and that 45 percent feel strongly enough that they would support a government shutdown over the issue.
In contrast, 27 percent said they would oppose a shutdown on those grounds.
The results come in a poll of 1000 voters, conduced by J.L. Partners, which delved into one of the major dividing lines in the 2024 election.
Republicans insist that legislation is required to protect the legitimacy of the vote after years of unprecedented illegal immigration at the southern border.
[Gateway] The Gateway Pundit reported earlier on Jerome Corsi, Ph.D., and Andrew Paquette, Ph.D., meeting with the official Ohio Secretary of State’s Inquiry regarding alleged evidence of secret algorithms encoded into the Ohio State Board of Elections official Ohio voter registration database with a presumed purpose of facilitating mail-in ballot fraud.
In a one-hour-and-twenty-minute meeting, Corsi and Pacquette presented to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office a series of voter ID scatterplots for various counties. Corsi and Pacquette told The Gateway Pundit that these scatterplots revealed undeniable evidence that mathematical formulas had been secretly applied to create a cryptographic assignment of State Board of Election Voter ID numbers in Ohio, a fact previously unknown to the Ohio Board of Elections.
On Monday, a complaint was filed with the Ohio Secretary of State — with all the documentation on the CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHM that Dr. ANDREW PAQUETTE found embedded in the Ohio Board of Elections Official Database.
GodsFiveStones suggests that the preliminary report submitted to the Ohio Secretary of State and the Ohio Attorney General on Monday, September 16, 2024, Andrew Paquette, Ph.D., identified a complex cryptographic algorithm embedded in the voter identification numbers of three counties in the Ohio State Board of Elections voter registration that he believes were designed "for the purpose of covert data manipulation."
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I'm thinking that the underlying reason the Chinese are getting active in the Arctic is they forsee a time in the near future that they take possesion of Siberia.
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[American Thinker] It is a common historical myth that Rome fell in 476 A.D. after Odoacer, King of the Goths, sacked the capital city and forced Romulus Augustus to abdicate his throne.
The historical reality is rather different. Over the course of nearly a century, Germanic tribes — fleeing everything from war, famine and tribal politics — moved, unimpeded, into Roman territory. And the Empire died not by traditional invasion but by unchecked mass migration.
During this period, Rome was ruled by a disaffected elite. Rather than send out a legion or two to kick some culus and take nomen, they decided it would be easier and cheaper to just wave them in and grant them citizenship. In return for citizenship and farmland, entire clans of Angles, Burgundians, Franks, Ostrogoths, Vandals and Visigoths agreed to serve in Rome’s military forces. The fact that this upended centuries of Roman law and practice regarding citizenship didn’t cause the upper echelons of Roman society to get their subligaculum in a bunch. They figured, now that the barbares were citizens, they’d just start acting like Romans.
That was overly optimistic thinking on the part of the Romans. Assimilation tends to occur when people enter a new culture, in small numbers, and experience social pressure to blend into their new communities. Assimilation tends to make it easier to get along in one’s newly adopted homeland because it eliminates barriers to economic success, like being unable to speak the local lingua franca.
But Rome admitted too many Germanic tribesmen, too quickly. Suddenly Rome’s elite found themselves trying to persuade guys with names like Giselric the Plunderer or Hairuwulf the Skull-Crusher to slap on a toga and eat stuffed grape leaves while daintily reclining on a Roman lounge chair. As you may have guessed, that didn’t work out so well.
In the end, unchecked mass migration, bulk amnesty and pay-for-citizenship schemes didn’t rescue Rome, they killed it. Following about three centuries of political confusion, the remnants of the society spawned by the Eternal City morphed into a distinctly Germanic simulacrum of the Empire called the Holy Roman Empire.
If you’re reading this and thinking to yourself, "Gee, that sounds kind of like the U.S. today!" you may be onto something.
#2
The unending border and civil wars drained the traditional manpower pools to the point that Rome relied more and more upon auxiliary troops of 'allies' which incorporated those 'migrants'. At the critical Battle of Châlons against the invading Hun army, half of the forces where allied Germanic tribes. Eventually, the 'allies' started to ask 'why are you in charge?'.
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"It is a common historical myth that Rome fell in 476 A.D. after Odoacer, King of the Goths, sacked the capital city and forced Romulus Augustus to abdicate his throne"
Odoacer was Germanic, but not a Goth, let alone their king. He actually fought the Ostrogoths later on. He also didn't sack Rome (that was Alarich).
At that time, the party was in Ravenna, not in Rome.
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It is more complicated than that.
For example, Flavius Stilicho, who was of Vandal barbarian ancestry commanded a number of Roman Legions in battle against, among others, the Huns, Goths and Franks. He was executed by a Roman emperor in 408. The Roman army basically fell apart after that and Rome itself was sacked in 410.
There were other barbarians who fought successfully for Rome in command positions.
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The Roman Empire did not fall at all, it lived on for 1000 years in the Eastern part.
But indeed, it's a complicated story. I recommend to visit the churches of Ravenna with their splendid mosaics.
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What did it mean to be Roman?
When everybody is Roman,
Roman means nothing.
Who maintains a loyalty to nothing?
Without loyalty to a central govt,
You have a reversion (at best) to tribalism.
That spells Cultural Darwinism for the central authority.
[JP] Taiwan's Gold Apollo denied responsibility for explosive pagers used in Lebanon, stating they were made by BAC, which licensed its brand.
Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday that Budapest-based BAC Consulting made the pagers used in Lebanon's detonations. The firm added that it had only licensed its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices.
At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday. According to a senior Lebanese security source and another source, explosives inside the devices were planted by Israel's Mossad spy agency.
Reuters analyzed images of destroyed pagers, which showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with pagers made by Gold Apollo.
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So he spoke in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him. Down from the peaks of Olympus he strode, angered at heart, bearing on his shoulders his bow and covered quiver. [45] The arrows rattled on the shoulders of the angry god as he moved, and his coming was like the night. Then he sat down apart from the ships and let fly an arrow: terrible was the twang of the silver bow.
[MISES Wire] Ludwig von Mises depicts the aim of revolutionary socialism as: "to clear the ground for building up a new civilization by liquidating the old one." One of the main strategies in liquidating a civilization involves dismantling its legal and philosophical foundations. This role is fulfilled by activists who embark upon "sabotage and revolution" by subverting the meaning of words: "The socialists have engineered a semantic revolution in converting the meaning of terms into their opposite."
George Orwell famously called this subversive language "Newspeak." Peter Foster describes Newspeak as "a sort of totalitarian Esperanto that sought gradually to diminish the range of what was thinkable by eliminating, contracting, and manufacturing words."
Mises explains that dictators express their ideas in Newspeak precisely because, if they did not, nobody would support their schemes:
This reversal of the traditional connotation of all words of the political terminology is not merely a peculiarity of the language of the Russian Communists and their Fascist and Nazi disciples. The social order that in abolishing private property deprives the consumers of their autonomy and independence, and thereby subjects every man to the arbitrary discretion of the central planning board, could not win the support of the masses if they were not to camouflage its main character. The socialists would have never duped the voters if they had openly told them that their ultimate end is to cast them into bondage. (emphasis added)
In the proliferation of Newspeak, the reinterpretation of "human rights" has proved to be one of the most powerful weapons of sabotage and revolution. Activists have seized control of a vast empire of international law, NGOs, and human rights charities with a global network of staff who monitor respect for "human rights." They wield their significant influence in the human rights industry to undermine human liberty by redefining the meaning of "human rights" to denote the antidiscrimination principle. Under the banner of equality and nondiscrimination, they restrict free speech and other human liberties. In other words, the doctrine of "human rights" now denotes the precise opposite: the destruction of human liberty.
THE "HUMAN RIGHT" TO NON-DISCRIMINATION
Human rights no longer mean what many might suppose: the right to life, liberty, and property. The vast corpus of human rights in international law has been categorized by Karel Vašák into three: civil-political, socio-economic, and collective-developmental. These categories are said to encompass negative rights (things the state must not do, such interfering with life, liberty, or property), positive rights (things the state must do, for example, provide citizens with food, shelter, education, healthcare, etc.), and rights of solidarity between citizens such as wealth redistribution through social welfare schemes and equal participation in economic progress through measures such as the minimum wage or equal pay.
Human rights organizations monitor progress against these categories and ensure that the legal system works in favor of socialist goals and against liberty. For example, the United Nations human rights program educates the public on the need to eradicate "hate speech" and interprets "equal protection" of the law, as a fundamental human right, to mean protection from hate speech. The UN says:
The “ideal” or “illusion” of democracy comes from widespread misconceptions about this political system, despite clear misgivings from the most illustrious political thinkers of the past. The most important misconceptions about democracy are that elected representatives are generally loyal and disinterested, and that the electorate is generally informed and rational with regard to politics.
Yes, we've had that "Many ruled by the few" thing figured out for decades now.
[AFRICANEWS] Mali's capital sustained early Tuesday (Sep. 17) a terrorist attack carried by al-Quaida affiliate group JNIM.
That’s the Al Qaeda in the Sahel group that in Arabic is called JNIM and in French is GSIM. Recent estimates of its size range from 2,000-6,000 turbans.
Citing a security official, AP reported that both the Faladi gendarme school and the military base near the Modibo Keita Senou airport were targetted.
Later in the day, the situation was under control and the army chief of staff visited the camp where he urged to fight division and amalgams
''I'm telling the Malian people that this attack was done on purpose. and that we're all Malians and we mustn't let people pit us against each other, so we must avoid amalgams.''
General Oumar Diarra also called on the residents to provide information to the authorities: "I'm asking the population to provide information. I think their support has been very substantial, allowing us to pick up suspects here and there. The investigations are ongoing."
"All the terrorists" who raided the school were " neutralized".
Students were killed as well as soldiers, a statement read on national broadcaster ORTM 1 said.
Speaking on condition of anonimity to AP, an official confirmed ''material damage,'' was also recorded but did not provided specifics.
At least 15 suspects were arrested, the source added.
The JNIM Death Eater group released a video which it says shows fighters setting fire on a presidential plane and pavilion near the airport in Bamako.
The army said that it was conducting a security sweep after fighting off button men.
This is the first attack in Bamako in years as terror groups seek to heap pressure on Mali's military.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:50 Washington has already familiarized itself with Zelensky's plan to end the war, US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said at a press conference on the occasion of the opening of the General Assembly: "We believe that he lays out a strategy and a plan that can work. And we need to see how we can facilitate this by communicating with all the heads of state who will be here in New York. We hope to achieve some progress. That's why we are here."
19:48 Zelensky reported that he held a meeting with the Air Force command today on the Ukrainian F-16 fleet: "There is a clear understanding of the steps to increase the number of combat aircraft in Ukraine and speed up the training of our pilots. All tasks for the Ukrainian Air Force and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have been defined." In addition, the president said that he held a meeting on the military content of the Victory Plan for Ukraine: "I worked together with the military command. Good, strong content has been prepared for the military package - exactly what can significantly strengthen Ukraine in accordance with the Victory Plan."
18:26 The UN is ready to join the humanitarian aid to the Kursk region, but only on condition of the corresponding permission from the Russian Federation, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric in response to the call of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to the UN representatives and the International Committee of the Red Cross. According to him, the UN representatives are ready to arrive in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, but to do this, the organization needs permission from Moscow.
Operation in Kursk region Online
17:59 Bloomberg writes, citing sources, that the West is discussing the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine next year through negotiations. At the same time, according to the agency's sources, the allies are not putting pressure on Kiev, but are discussing the possibility of "leaving the track". Although neither Zelensky nor Russia have yet demonstrated readiness for this. The key problem is how to protect Ukraine from a future Russian attack without drawing the West into a direct conflict with the Kremlin.
Bloomberg also writes about a split in the West into two camps: the first is afraid of escalation and Putin's threats and is inclined towards negotiations, the second is against negotiations in the near future and wants to increase arms supplies to Ukraine.
17:03 The Ukrainian Navy reported that it destroyed Russian ammunition depots near Mariupol: "As a result of the strike, both the infrastructure of the depots and tons of ammunition that the invaders had been stockpiling for use on Ukrainian territory were destroyed."
16:21 Denmark has allocated a new aid package to the Nikolaev region in the amount of 44 million euros, said the head of the OVA, Vitaliy Kim. According to him, a program to support Ukraine in the total amount of 64 million euros was approved jointly with Denmark, of which 44 million is provided for the Nikolaev region. The funds are intended to meet the urgent needs of the region, in particular for energy.
16:14 Russians hit Kievsky district of Kharkov with KABs - six people are known to have been injured, including four rescuers, Mayor Igor Terekhov reported. OVA head Oleg Sinegubov specified that one of the hits was recorded in a forest belt near a shopping center. Rescuers who were extinguishing a fire nearby were injured.
16:06 Russia has already crossed all the red lines and there is no point in fearing escalation, said Estonian President Alar Karis: "NATO allies must do more to help protect Ukraine by crossing all the so-called red lines... Now we probably realize that we must cross all these red lines and then start pushing Russia out of Ukraine."
15:38 There is no plan to end the war that would involve freezing the conflict, ceasefire, or handing over territories to Russia, said adviser to the head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podolyak. He stressed that Kiev has only one official position: the war must end with Russia's defeat.
15:02 The Vekhovna Rada adopted as a basis the draft law No. 12023 on amendments to the procedure for military service under contract by foreigners and stateless persons. The document proposes the creation of a Foreigners Recruitment Center. The draft law proposes allowing foreigners and stateless persons to sign contracts and serve in military service as officers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service, and the National Guard.
14:29 Russians dropped three guided aerial bombs on civilian infrastructure in the city of Glukhov in the Shostka district of the Sumy region - two people were injured, at least 20 private homes were damaged, the regional prosecutor's office reported.
14:07 CNN reports, citing anonymous US officials, that the Pentagon's stockpiles of weapons and other military equipment are shrinking, which is why military aid packages to Ukraine have become smaller in recent months. "The shortfall has left the Biden administration with $6 billion to spend on weapons and ammunition for Ukraine, but the Pentagon does not have the inventory it is willing to deliver," the officials said.
13:33 Brazil does not want to participate in the Russian-Ukrainian war, and therefore will not take sides and will call for peace, said President Lula da Silva: "It is important for Brazil not to participate in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. That is why it is important for Brazil to say that we want peace."
12:56 Today in the afternoon, Russians again launched a massive missile attack on Sumy Oblast. Four explosions were recorded, the consequences are being clarified, said OVA head Volodymyr Artyukh.
12:45 The Prosecutor General's Office reported that it had launched an investigation into the probable execution of a Ukrainian serviceman by representatives of the Russian Armed Forces. The message about the execution of the Ukrainian defender in Novogrodovka, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region, appeared in Telegram channels on September 17. The published photos show that the Russians plunged a sword into the body of the Defense Forces serviceman. In the photo, the dead man is missing his equipment and there is no adhesive tape on one of his hands. The sword has the inscription "For Kursk".
12:31 Germany will allocate an additional 100 million euros to help Ukraine's energy system in the winter, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.
12:24 In August, Russians struck 46 times at railway infrastructure facilities, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. One railway worker was killed and three were wounded while on duty. Last month, the enemy struck both energy railway infrastructure and stations and rolling stock. The facilities located in the frontline zone in Donetsk, Kharkiv regions and in the south of the country suffered the most.
11:57 The Wall Street Journal writes, citing Ukrainian and Western sources, that since the beginning of the war, about a million people have been killed or wounded on both sides. According to Ukrainian sources, Ukraine has lost 80,000 soldiers killed and 400,000 wounded. And according to Western intelligence, Russia has lost almost 200,000 soldiers killed and 400,000 wounded. The newspaper believes that one of Putin's motivations for starting the war was to increase the population of the Russian Federation by absorbing Ukrainians.
10:42 The European Union is preparing to allocate up to 40 billion euros in new loans to Ukraine by the end of the year without the participation of the United States. Brussels was prompted to take this step by concerns that Hungary would disrupt the G7 plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Kiev, the Financial Times writes, citing sources.
According to the draft proposal, the EU would provide Ukraine with an unspecified number of billions of euros in loans until the end of 2024. Brussels would thus expand its existing aid program, which would require the support of a majority rather than a unanimous decision by all countries in the bloc. The final amount could be between 20 and 40 billion euros and would be set by the European Commission after consultations with EU member states.
09:38 Russians executed an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war with a sword, with his hands bandaged with tape, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported, citing photos that appeared on social networks. He said that he had sent letters to international organizations, the ICRC and the UN, so that they would record another violation of human rights by the Russian Federation. According to Lubinets, such demonstrative executions are aimed at demoralizing Ukrainian society.
08:49 In Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, over the past day, two people were wounded as a result of shelling, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was injured as a result of enemy artillery shelling in the village of Podoli.
08:41 In Donetsk region on September 16, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were wounded - in Pokrovsk, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:37 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed, including one child, and three others were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:34 As a result of the Russian strike on Sumy at night, there is no electricity in the city, only buses will be running on the routes today, the city council reported. Also, all water utility facilities are without power, a transition to emergency backup power has been made. The drainage system is working, water is supplied to the city with reduced pressure.
The OVA specified that at night the enemy attacked energy system facilities with strike drones - settlements in the Konotop, Akhtyrka and Sumy districts were damaged. Critical infrastructure facilities - water utilities, hospitals and others - are connected to backup power systems.
08:29 Air defense destroyed 34 out of 51 attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. Another 12 enemy drones were lost in several regions of Ukraine (information about casualties and damage was not received). Two enemy attack drones returned to Russia. Air defense forces worked in Mykolaiv, Kherson, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv regions.
07:58 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 17:
personnel - about 635,880 (+1020) people,
tanks - 8685 (+2),
combat armored vehicles - 17,077 (+6),
artillery systems - 18,129 (+6),
MLRS - 1188 (+1),
air defense systems - 947 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,329 (+66),
cruise missiles - 2592 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 24,739 (+27),
special equipment - 3091 (+1).
07:05 Britain will not allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory without the consent of the United States, The Times writes. The publication's sources explain that Britain will not act on its own, since American guidance systems are considered crucial for Storm Shadow missiles to hit their target.
00:37 Russians launched a massive drone strike on the city of Sumy, the consequences of the attack are being clarified, OVA reported. In addition, in the evening, the enemy struck Konotop with a Shahed UAV.
[Breitbart] Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang as a foreign terrorist organization on Monday. The move gives Texas law enforcement officials additional tools and resources to attack the gang and “disrupt their criminal operations and deny their foothold in the state,” the governor stated.
During a press conference on Monday, Governor Abbott said he was “designating Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization. Our goal is to defend Texas from the growing threat of the gang.”
“The recent entry and expansion of the vicious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, is a dangerous and deadly problem facing our state and nation,” Abbott explained. “Our top focus is the safety and security of all Texans.”
The governor also designated the TdA gang as a Tier 1 gang and ordered the creation of a TdA Strike Team to identify and arrest TdA gang members.
The move by Governor Abbott follows news of violent activity by alleged TdA gang members that forced a Texas district court judge to order the closing of a hotel in El Paso, Breitbart Texas reported. City officials complained in a lawsuit against the owners of the Gateway Hotel after responding to nearly 700 calls for service to the address.
During Fiscal Year 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full year in office, Border Patrol agents apprehended only 465 Venezuelan migrants who crossed from Mexico into the five Texas-based sectors. During the first year of the Biden-Harris administration, a dramatic increase in crossings led to the apprehension of nearly 68,000 Venezuelan migrants.
From FY21-FY24 year-to-date, Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 499,000 Venezuelan migrants who illegally entered the United States in the five Texas-based Border Patrol Sectors, Texas DPS officials reported.
In September 2022, Governor Abbott also designated certain Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Breitbart Texas reported. “Cartels are terrorists, and it’s time we treated them that way,” Abbott said at the time.
The executive order identified the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels (CJNG) as terrorist organizations. He requested President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris create federal terrorist designations for these cartels and others producing and distributing fentanyl.
The governor later codified the executive order into law with the signing in June 2023 of Senate Bill 1900.
Governor Abbott called the TdA gang an “extreme version of the heinous MS-13 gang.” He said the gang began as a Venezuelan prison gang and then transformed into a transnational criminal organization “that is dominating the international flow of migrants from South America through Mexico and into the United States.”
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Articles on this talk about civil forfeiture and seizing "their" property. I would have hoped that Texas at least would be more interested in punching these "Train" peoples' tickets.
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[Korrespondent] 18:26 The UN is ready to join the humanitarian aid to the Kursk region, but only on condition of the corresponding permission from the Russian Federation, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric in response to the call of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to the UN representatives and the International Committee of the Red Cross. According to him, the UN representatives are ready to arrive in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, but to do this, the organization needs permission from Moscow.
13:30 In the Kursk region, the Defense Forces captured another 13 Russian soldiers, four of whom were seriously wounded. After five days of fierce fighting, the Russians themselves raised the white flag, as they were left without water and ammunition, the command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In Moscow, security forces detained a man who holds radical religious views and is suspected of financing terrorism. This was reported on September 17 by the press service of the FSB Directorate for the city of Moscow and the Moscow Region.
“The UFSB of Russia for the city of Moscow and the Moscow region, in cooperation with the UFSB of Russia for the Yaroslavl region, stopped the activity of an adherent of radical religious views involved in the financing of an international terrorist organization, the activities of which are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the press service of the UFSB stated.
The investigation established that the suspect transferred money to a person against whom criminal cases had previously been opened for assisting a terrorist organization and participating in it.
A criminal case has been opened against the detainee under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Assistance to terrorist activity”). The defendant has been arrested.
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] In what many on X are calling a "red pilling" moment for News Nation's Chris Cuomo, Cuomo said that he had called Donald Trump after the second assassination attempt on his life. Cuomo praised Trump for surviving the first assassination attempt in July and continuing with his campaign, said he is not a Trump supporter, but said he reached out to Trump because he's "really sorry that this is going on and it's being dealt with this way." In the wake of a second attempt on Trump's life, media and Democrats have placed blame on Trump for it.
"I called him today because I am ashamed of how we are responding and not responding to the threats on him," Cuomo said. "And I feel for his family, and I know you can roll your eyes and say, 'Oh yeah, he asked for it.' Listen, that's your choice, and I think it's a wrong choice. Okay? We got to get out of the judgment business, unless it's judging ourselves, and you've got to start rewarding things that are better. And I got to tell you, I don't know how he stays in the race. I don't know how he got up after being shot in the head. And you people who try to mitigate that, you need to check yourself. He gets up, pumping his fist, stays in the race, barely even talks about it."
Cuomo peppered his remarks with criticism of Trump,
…the man is all heart…
saying he's not supporting Trump but "supporting us." He went on to say "I am worried about us. I am ashamed of what's happening around us right now, and the relative lack of concern about it. I just don't see how we get anywhere better than where we are right now," Cuomo said.
Unlike many Democrats in media, Cuomo does not blame Trump for attempts on his life, he said instead he "blames the guy," Ryan Routh, "and whatever disease he has that the people around him either knew about and did nothing about. The guy was arrested 20 years ago for barricading himself in a room with all these weapons."
"Where are we caring about one another?" he asked "Where are we taking care of our own? Where are we pushing to get help? We're leaving people languishing, dying on the streets. What is going on with us? I don't get it."
"That's why I reached out to Trump. I wanted to just say, 'Listen, I'm really sorry that this is going on and it's being dealt with this way.' Not because I'm in favor of his politics or what he says. I criticize him all the time. That's my job, and he deserves it, but he doesn't deserve this. A guy pointing an AK-47 at him while he's playing golf? And we take solace in the fact that the guy didn't get any rounds off? That does not work for me," Cuomo said.
If I had been through what that guy's been through in the last two months, you would not know where I am. You would never see me on TV again. No way I would do that. I don't know how he does it. He's got kids, they're adults, but he's got grandkids. He's got a wife. People giving crap to Melania Trump, worrying about whether or not there was a plot around her husband. How could she not? I don't think she's right, but I totally get why she feels that way. People mock her? And then her husband has a guy pointed with an AK-47 where are those people apologizing? That's what it's time for. 'I should not have come at you, Melania Trump, for suggesting that maybe there was something more afoot I get your, paranoia, I get your feelings, you have a right to that.'" Perhaps Cuomo was speaking directly to his former colleague Don Lemon, who mocked Mrs. Trump for her concerns.
"There's nothing wrong with saying that," Cuomo went on, "with being a basic, decent human being, it has gotten too out of control, too far from where we need to be and how we need to be, and I don't know what to do about it. I don't know."
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] New York City Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban, one week removed from his cell phone being seized by federal agents, formally resigned Friday, effective at 5 pm that day.
Caban, a veteran New York cop since 1991, was first promoted to the top job in July 2023. He is one of many close to Mayor Eric Adams ...Hizonner da Mare of Noo Yawk. As a Manchurian candidate, Hizonner was all in favor of law and order and that kind of stuff. Once in office, a bunch of his friends found cushy jobs with the city, the windows kept getting broken, and Soros-funded DA Alvin Bragg remained right where he was. Most people comfort themselves with the thought that he's not Bill di Blasio but that's pretty small comfort with kids who actually go to school getting bumped off while standing in front of them. But he's a Dem, so the rubes will vote for him next election too, so he's what they deserve... currently under federal investigation, including Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks and his brother David Banks, the city's chancellor of schools.
''He (Caban) was there to be a puppet,'' a former NYPD chief told The Post Millennial. ''He was an inspector on the borough staff. That's nothing. He was in a support role. And to give him that kind of job (police commissioner), it was ridiculous. It was unfair to Ed, too, by the way.''
The former NYPD chief also said ''Banks is a fraud man, who's had problems before. This mayor brought him back,'' adding that Adams, ''took a big risk in doing so.''
The source described Mayor Adams, himself a one-time police officer, as ''fast and loose with what he does, his operational tactics.'' They added that the mayor's administration is involved in ''low-rent corruption, like back from the old days. Skimming, taking money, shaking down people.''
Adams' campaign has been under investigation for alleged illegal campaign fundraising connections with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... . It is unclear if these most recent device confiscations are also related to the Ottoman Turkish government, or some other nation's government. The source believes Adams may be benefiting from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Reports of attempted extortion for police protection have also surfaced regarding Caban's brother, and top legal counsel for Adams has also since resigned.
Adams publicly hosted the mayor of Shanghai, Gong Zheng, at City Hall in May. The New York Post reported last week that one of Caban's top aides, Lin Gui'an, was directly linked to the CCP through a nonprofit group.
Last week, Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, was charged with acting as a foreign agent for the Chinese Communist Party.
Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams are close allies.
Tom Donlon, former director of the Office of Homeland Security, has been brought in as interim police commissioner. Adams announced the appointment in a social media post Thursday to his office's official X account.
Regarding Donlon, Adams said on X, ''He is an experienced law enforcement professional who has worked at local, state, federal, and international levels to keep us safe.''
Adams isn't believed to be the one who actually made the decision to hire Donlon. ''The feds, in their investigation, wanted someone who could stop this nonsense in its tracks,'' says the former NYPD chief. ''Tom Donlon can do it. He's not NYPD, but he's a New York guy. So that helps a little. Donlon is a winner.''
The source also said that former commissioner Keechant Sewell, who resigned last year, ''wasn't even in charge of promotions, which is a priority job for them.'' The source added that Sewell ''had class'' and ''didn't badmouth anyone'' as she was leaving the job.
According to the National Police Association, ''she (Sewell) apparently wanted to promote based on her criteria, which appear to be merit-based. For example, promoting a patrol officer to detective or detectives to higher grades for stellar performance. Typically, department promotions are within the commissioner's purview.''
The retired police chief wants to see a return to a merit-based promotion system, such as Sewell intended. ''We were once a meritocracy. We went through a disastrous mayoral tenure through de Blasio that's changed the fabric of how we police.''
Eric Adams faces an uphill battle in his re-election bid next year. The city comptroller, Brad Lander, and New York state senator Jessica Ramos, have both declared their candidacies. Former governor Andrew Sonny Cuomo is also rumored to be considering a run.
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Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT,
pentyl, PENTA (ПЕНТА, primarily in Russian), TEN
(tetraeritrit nitrate), corpent, or penthrite (or, rarely and
primarily in German, as nitropenta), is an explosive material.
It is the nitrate ester of pentaerythritol, and is structurally
very similar to nitroglycerin. Penta refers to the five carbon
atoms of the neopentane skeleton. PETN is a very powerful
explosive material with a relative effectiveness factor of
1.66. When mixed with a plasticizer, PETN forms a plastic
explosive. Along with RDX it is the main ingredient of Semtex.
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
PETN is also used as a vasodilator drug to treat certain heart
conditions, such as for management of angina.
History
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate was first prepared and patented in
1894 by the explosives manufacturer Rheinisch-Westfälische
Sprengstoff A.G. of Cologne, Germany. The production of PETN started in 1912, when the improved method of production was patented by the German government. PETN was used by the German Military in World War I. It was also used in the MG FF/M
autocannons and many other weapon systems of the Luftwaffe in World War II.
Properties
PETN is practically insoluble in water (0.01 g/100 mL at
50 °C), weakly soluble in common nonpolar solvents such as
aliphatic hydrocarbons (like gasoline) or tetrachloromethane,
but soluble in some other organic solvents, particularly in
acetone (about 15 g/100 g of the solution at 20 °C, 55 g/100 g
at 60 °C) and dimethylformamide (40 g/100 g of the solution
at 40 °C, 70 g/100 g at 70 °C). PETN forms eutectic mixtures
with some liquid or molten aromatic nitro compounds, e.g.
trinitrotoluene (TNT) or tetryl. Due to steric hindrance of the
adjacent neopentyl-like moiety, PETN is resistant to attack by
many chemical reagents; it does not hydrolyze in water at
room temperature or in weaker alkaline aqueous solutions.
Water at 100 °C or above causes hydrolysis to dinitrate;
presence of 0.1% nitric acid accelerates the reaction.
The chemical stability of PETN is of interest, because of the
presence of PETN in aging weapons. Neutron radiation
degrades PETN, producing carbon dioxide and some
pentaerythritol dinitrate and trinitrate. Gamma radiation
increases the thermal decomposition sensitivity of PETN,
lowers melting point by few degrees Celsius, and causes
swelling of the samples. Like other nitrate esters, the primary
degradation mechanism is the loss of nitrogen dioxide; this
reaction is autocatalytic. Studies were performed on thermal
decomposition of PETN.
In the environment, PETN undergoes biodegradation. Some
bacteria denitrate PETN to trinitrate and then dinitrate, which
is then further degraded. PETN has low volatility and low
solubility in water, and therefore has low bioavailability for
most organisms. Its toxicity is relatively low, and its
transdermal absorption also seems to be low. It poses a threat
for aquatic organisms. It can be degraded to pentaerythritol
by iron.
Production is by the reaction of pentaerythritol with
concentrated nitric acid to form a precipitate which can be
recrystallized from acetone to give processable crystals.
Variations of a method first published in US Patent 2,370,437
by Acken and Vyverberg (1945 to Du Pont) form the basis of
all current commercial production.
PETN is manufactured by numerous manufacturers as a
powder, or together with nitrocellulose and plasticizer as thin
plasticized sheets (e.g. Primasheet 1000 or Detasheet). PETN
residues are easily detectable in hair of people handling it.
The highest residue retention is on black hair; some residues
remain even after washing.
The most common use of PETN is as an explosive with high
brisance. It is a secondary explosive, meaning it is more
difficult to detonate than primary explosives, so dropping or
igniting it will typically not cause an explosion (at standard
atmospheric pressure it is difficult to ignite and burns
vigorously), but is more sensitive to shock and friction than
other secondary explosives such as TNT or tetryl.
Under certain conditions a deflagration to detonation
transition can occur, just like that of ammonium nitrate.
It is rarely used alone in military operations due to its lower
stability, but primarily used in main charges of plastic
explosives such as C4 along with other explosives (especially
RDX), booster and bursting charges of small caliber
ammunition, in upper charges of detonators in some land
mines and shells, as the explosive core of detonation
cord. PETN is the least stable of the common military
explosives, but can be stored without significant deterioration
for longer than nitroglycerin or nitrocellulose. Detonation velocity 8400 m/s (density 1.7 g/cm3)
During World War II, PETN was most importantly used in
exploding-bridgewire detonators for the atomic bombs. These
exploding-bridgewire detonators gave more precise
detonation, compared with primacord. PETN was used for
these detonators because it was safer than primary explosives
like lead azide: while it was sensitive, it would not detonate
below a threshold amount of energy. Exploding bridgewires containing PETN remain used in current nuclear weapons. In spark detonators, PETN is used to avoid the need for primary explosives; the energy needed for a successful direct initiation of PETN by an electric spark ranges between
10—60 mJ.
Explosive data
Autoignition temperature
190 °C (374 °F; 463 K)
Its basic explosion characteristics are:
Explosion energy: 5810 kJ/kg (1390 kcal/kg), so 1 kg of PETN has the energy of 1.24 kg TNT.
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Detonation velocity: 8350 m/s (1.73 g/cm3), 7910 m/s (1.62 g/cm3), 7420 m/s (1.5 g/cm3), 8500 m/s (pressed in a steel tube)
Volume of gases produced: 790 dm3/kg (other value: 768 dm3/kg)
Explosion temperature: 4230 °C
Oxygen balance: −6.31 atom -g/kg
Melting point: 141.3 °C (pure), 140—141 °C (technical)
Trauzl lead block test: 523 cm3 (other values: 500 cm3 when sealed with sand, or 560 cm3 when sealed with water)
In mixtures
PETN is used in a number of compositions. It is a major ingredient of the Semtex plastic explosive. It is also used as a component of pentolite, a Pentaerythritol tetranitrate before
50/50 blend with TNT. The XTX8003 extrudable explosive, used in the crystallization from acetone W68 and W76 nuclear warheads, is a mixture of 80% PETN and 20% of Sylgard 182, a silicone rubber. It is often phlegmatized by addition of 5—40% of wax, or by polymers (producing polymer-bonded explosives); in this form it is used in some cannon shells up to 30 mm caliber, though it is unsuitable for higher calibers. It is also used as a component of some gun propellants and solid rocket propellants.
Nonphlegmatized PETN is stored and handled with approximately
10% water content. PETN alone cannot be cast as it explosively decomposes slightly above its melting point, but it can be mixed with other explosives to form castable mixtures.
PETN can be initiated by a laser. A pulse with duration of 25 nanoseconds and 0.5—4.2 joules of energy from a Q-switched ruby laser can initiate detonation of a PETN surface coated with a 100 nm thick aluminium layer in less than half of a microsecond.
PETN has been replaced in many applications by RDX, which is thermally more stable and has a longer shelf life.
PETN can be used in some ram accelerator types.
Replacement of the central carbon atom with
silicon produces Si-PETN, which is extremely sensitive.
Terrorist use
Ten kilograms of PETN was used in the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing.
In 1983, 307 people were killed after a truck bomb filled with PETN was detonated at the Beirut barracks.
In 1983, the "Maison de France" house in Berlin was brought to a near-total collapse by the detonation of 24 kilograms (53 lb) of PETN by terrorist Johannes Weinrich.
In 1999, Alfred Heinz Reumayr used PETN as the main charge for his fourteen improvised explosive devices that he constructed in a thwarted attempt to damage the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
In 2001, al-Qaeda member Richard Reid, the "Shoe Bomber", used PETN in the sole of his shoe in his unsuccessful attempt to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. He had intended to use the solid triacetone triperoxide (TATP) as a detonator.
In 2009, PETN was used in an attempt by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to murder the Saudi Arabian Deputy Minister of Interior Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, by Saudi suicide bomber Abdullah Hassan al Asiri. The target survived and the bomber died in the blast. The PETN was hidden in the bomber's rectum, which security experts described as a novel technique.
On 25 December 2009, PETN was found in the underwear of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "Underwear bomber", a Nigerian with links to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. According to US law enforcement officials, he had attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 while approaching Detroit from Amsterdam. Abdulmutallab had tried, unsuccessfully, to detonate approximately 80 grams (2.8 oz) of PETN sewn into his underwear by adding liquid from a syringe; however, only a small fire resulted.
In the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula October 2010 cargo plane bomb plot, two PETN-filled printer cartridges were found at East Midlands Airport and in Dubai on flights bound for the US on an intelligence tip. Both packages contained sophisticated bombs concealed in computer printer cartridges filled with PETN.
The bomb found in England contained 400 grams (14 oz) of PETN, and the one found in Dubai contained 300 grams (11 oz) of PETN. Hans Michels, professor of safety engineering at University College London, told a newspaper that 6 grams (0.21 oz) of PETN—"around 50 times less than was used—would be enough to blast a
hole in a metal plate twice the thickness of an aircraft's skin".
In contrast, according to an experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team designed to simulate Abdulmutallab's Christmas Day bombing, using a Boeing 747 plane, even 80 grams of PETN was not sufficient to materially damage the fuselage.
On 12 July 2017, 150 grams of PETN was found in the Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.
Detection
In the wake of terrorist PETN bomb plots, an article in Scientific American noted PETN is difficult to detect
because it does not readily vaporize into the surrounding air.
The Los Angeles Times noted in November 2010 that PETN's low vapor pressure makes it difficult for bomb-sniffing dogs to detect.
Many technologies can be used to detect PETN, including chemical sensors, X-rays, infrared, microwaves and terahertz, some of which have been implemented in public screening applications, primarily for air travel. PETN is one of the explosive chemicals typically of interest in that area, and it belongs to a family of
common nitrate-based explosive chemicals which can often be detected by the same tests.
One detection system in use at airports involves analysis of swab samples obtained from passengers and their baggage. Whole-body imaging scanners that use radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, low-intensity X-rays, or T-rays of terahertz frequency that can detect objects hidden under clothing are not widely used because of cost, concerns about the resulting traveler delays, and privacy concerns.
Both parcels in the 2010 cargo plane bomb plot were x-rayed without the bombs being spotted. Qatar Airways said the PETN bomb "could not be detected by x-ray screening or trained sniffer dogs". The Bundeskriminalamt received copies of the Dubai x-rays, and an investigator said German staff would not have identified the bomb either. New airport security procedures followed in the U.S., largely to protect against PETN.
Medical use
Like nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) and other nitrates, PETN is also used medically as a vasodilator in the treatment of heart conditions. These drugs work by releasing the signaling gas nitric oxide in the body. The heart medicine Lentonitrat is nearly pure PETN.
Monitoring of oral usage of the drug by patients has been performed by determination of plasma levels of several of its hydrolysis products, pentaerythritol dinitrate, pentaerythritol mononitrate and pentaerythritol, in plasma using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
[GEO.TV] Pakistain lodged a strong protest with Afghan authorities on Tuesday over the "disrespectful action" of Afghanistan's acting consul general in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire... towards the national anthem.
"The disrespect of host country's national anthem is against diplomatic norms," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement.
Afghan Acting Consul General Muhib Ullah Shakil and his aide were attending the National Rehmat-ul-Lil-Aalamin (PTUI!) Conference when all attendees, including KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, stood for the national anthem.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the Afghan diplomat and his aide remained seated, prompting a strong reaction from Islamabad.
In a clarification regarding the incident, Afghan Consulate Peshawar spokesperson Shahid Ullah stated that the consul general's actions were not intended to "disrespect" or "disgrace" the Pak national anthem.
"Consul General did not stand due to the music in the anthem. We have even banned our own national anthem for the same reason," the spokesperson told Geo News.
The Afghan consulate spokesperson added that the diplomat would definitely have stood and placed a hand on his chest if the anthem had been performed by children or without music. "Preferably young attractive boys...in skimpy outfits"
"This act by the Acting Consul General of Afghanistan is reprehensible. We are conveying our strong protest to the Afghan authorities in both Islamabad and Kabul," Foerign Office spokesperson said responding to media queries about the acting Afghan consul general's actions at an event in Peshawar.
According to sources, the Foreign Office has also summoned the Afghan Charge d'Affaires to register a protest over the consul general's actions.
The relationship between the two South Asian nations has been unsteady since the Afghan Taliban ...Arabic for students... took power, further deteriorating recently due to border festivities and the Kabul administration's inaction against terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil to disrupt peace in Pakistain.
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Did they play the Afghan anthem and the ambassador stood up?
No? Pffft.
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[DailyWire] The surprise is someone showed the balls to speak up. Bravo!
Iowa police arrested a trans-identifying 19-year-old on Monday and charged her with a "threat of terrorism" after she revealed in therapy that she wanted to shoot up an elementary school, The Daily Wire has learned.
The Norwalk Police Department announced Monday that it had arrested Margaret Anderson after being made aware last week of a "potential threat" to Oviatt Elementary School, located in Norwalk, Iowa. In a release, the department said that Anderson has been charged with a "Threat of Terrorism" under Iowa Code 708A.5, and had been processed into the Warren County Jail.
Anderson is a 19-year-old female who identifies as a transgender man, Warren County Attorney Doug Eichholz confirmed to The Daily Wire on Tuesday. The police department said on Monday that Margaret also went by Maxwell, raising initial suspicions that gender identity was at play in the case.
Eichholz said that the case arose out of statements that Anderson made to her therapist during the course of her "regular treatment." The therapist then reported the statements to the Des Moines Police Department, he said, which forwarded the information to the Norwalk Police Department in her hometown.
"And then the investigation took off from there," he explained.
According to Eichholz, the complaint about Anderson says: "The defendant stated that she had thoughts that she wanted to take a gun to Oviatt Elementary School in Norwalk, at 11 am through the cafeteria, and shoot children."
The complaint did not contain context as to why Anderson was motivated to shoot children, the Warren County Attorney said. He noted that after Anderson shared these thoughts, she was immediately entered into Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, which has a mental health facility attached. She was then arrested on Monday, Eichholz said, released Tuesday morning to house arrest with restrictions including a GPS bracelet, and is currently on pretrial release.
Shawn Holloway, superintendent of Norwalk Community School District, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Given all the well documented history concerning the deadly nature of the Transgenderism Mental Illness.
Because any school has students of both Liberal and Normal. That means your political group is just as much at threat.
So isn't it time to get off the deadly social media driven Bus, and get these freaks treated for their mental illness? Before more are killed and harmed?
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So, statements made to your therapist during treatment can get you arrested, but statements make in public don't.
Does anybody else see the problem here?
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Doctor patient confidentiality went out with Obamacare.
[YouTube] Lebanese officials say at least 9 people were killed and nearly 2800 injured when pagers used by the Hezbollah militant group exploded simultaneously across the country.
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^To me there's another argument - Mossad may intercept shipments, they don't have personnel to open 5000 pagers, insert explosives and close them in untraceable fashion.
For example, Starlink’s high-speed data links could stream real-time video footage from drones or other crewless aerial vehicles, allowing military commanders to make more informed decisions on the battlefield – live.
One of the main advantages of Starlink in a war scenario is its ability to provide a reliable and resilient communications network. In traditional warfare, enemy forces can easily disrupt terrestrial communication networks such as telephone lines and cellular networks.
However, with Starlink, communication can be maintained even if traditional networks are destroyed or rendered inoperable. This is because Starlink operates in space, outside the reach of ground-based weapons and other forms of interference.
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Note: this post appears to be planted information. The post syntax makes it sound like Russian disinformation. [MyRepublica] Recent leaks from Russian intelligence have revealed a shocking picture: India, using its advanced technologies, including the NATGRID infrastructure, is employing psychophysical weapons to suppress the citizens of Nepal.
According to the obtained information, Indian intelligence agencies have been testing these technologies on peaceful Nepali residents, causing uncontrollable bursts of aggression and emotional instability. This influence may have played a key role in the recent tragedy in Kathmandu, where 37-year-old Kaji Bishwakarma brutally killed his 39-year-old wife, their 8-year-old daughter, and 2-year-old granddaughter, before taking his own life.
Intelligence agencies claim that Kaji was a victim of psychophysical influence, which led to deep emotional disturbances and ultimately resulted in the tragedy. The police reported that in a video message recorded by Kaji for his 15-year-old son, he confessed to committing the crime due to suspicions of his wife’s infidelity.
However, there are now serious concerns that his actions may have been triggered by external interference through psychophysical suppression technologies, implemented via India’s NATGRID system – a national security network designed to monitor and analyze data on the population
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] Former CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... host Don Lemon appeared on the next work on Monday to speak out against former President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... for causing a second liquidation attempt on his own life. On Sunday, a gunman lay in wait for 12 hours on Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, the barrel of a long rifle with scope propped through the fence, before he was spotted by Secret Service agents who fired at him and scared him off.
Lemon said "the effort is right" to "lower the temperature" on political rhetoric in America and as we enter the final days of this bizarre election season, "but," he continued, "Donald Trump, and his folks, to say, and JD Vance, that it's Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... that are causing this..." Lemon turned to his notes and began to read. Crooked Hillary Clinton ...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do... made the same assertions on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show on Monday night.
"So," Lemon began, "he's called everyone who works in this building the enemy of the people, right? We had pipe bombs sent because he kept calling us the enemy of the people. And that CNN was fake news." Packages containing "pyrotechnic powder" were sent to many elected officials and former officials of the US government in 2018 by Cesar Sayoc. None of them went kaboom! despite being "handled through the postal system — jostled and moved" and all were intercepted before they reached a target.
Trump spoke against it at the time, saying "The full weight of our government is being deployed to conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice. We will spare no resources or expense in this effort. And I just want to tell you that, in these times, we have to unify. We have to come together, and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America."
During the Vietnam War, the Studies And Observations Group (SOG) created an ingenious top-secret program called Project Eldest Son to wreak general mayhem and cause the Viet Cong and NVA to doubt the safety of their guns and ammunition.
Amid a firefight near the Cambodian border on June 6, 1968, a North Vietnamese Army soldier spotted an American G.I. raising his rifle, and the NVA infantryman pulled his trigger, anticipating a muzzle blast. He got a blast, alright, but not quite what he’d expected.
United States 1st Infantry Division troops later found the enemy soldier, sprawled beside his Chinese Type 56 AK, quite dead – but not from small-arms fire. Peculiarly, they could see, his rifle had exploded, its shattered receiver killing him instantly. It seemed a great mystery that his AK had blown up since nothing was blocking the bore. Bad metallurgy, the G.I.s concluded, or possibly defective ammo. It was neither.
In reality, this actual incident was the calculated handiwork of one the Vietnam War’s most secret and least understood covert operations: Project Eldest Son. So secret was this sabotage effort that few G.I.s in Southeast Asia ever heard of it or the organization behind it, the innocuously named Studies and Observations Group. As the Vietnam War’s top-secret special ops task force, SOG’s operators – Army Special Forces, Air Force Air Commandos and Navy SEALs – worked directly for the Joint Chiefs, executing highly classified, deniable missions in the enemy’s backyard of Laos, Cambodiaand North Vietnam.
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I think I saw a longer clip yesterday where she did 'answer' Doocy's question. Something like, "That's a dangerous question" and word salad.
Deceitful, sure, but she shows up regularly.
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Jean-Pierre appeared frustrated and angry during her response.
"Peter, if anything from this administration, I actually completely disagree with the premise of your question. The question that you’re asking, it is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you’re asking it," she responded.
"Because the American people are watching and to say that, to say that from an administration that has consistently condemned political violence, from an administration where the president called the former president and was thankful, grateful that he was OK, from an administration who has called out Jan. 6, called out the attack on Paul Pelosi, called out and said we need to lower the temperature after the Butler incident, and now for you to make that kind of comment in your question, because your question involved a comment and a statement," Jean-Pierre continued. The Blaze
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Yeah, the clip is at Fox News, at Skidmark's link. I can't stand listening to that woman lie and distort the truth. Such as, she says Trump told those people to go to the capitol. But she conveniently forgets that he told them to protest peacefully, and that he never told them to enter the building. That kind of dishonesty, repeated over and over again, is the kind of Big Lie that would have made Joseph Goebbels proud.
We have a right in this country to protest and to peacefully air our grievances.
Then she acts like questioning the integrity of an election is a threat to democracy. The real threat is when we are not allowed to ask questions.
Calling a question dangerous is an implied threat of violence to the questioner as well as to democracy. If anything happens to Doocy, she is a prime suspect.
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It is a bold take, the brute saying the battered wife deserves every bit of it.
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] When CBS Mornings went around to different restaurants in Nevada, correspondent Adriana Diaz could only find one supporter of Kamala Harris Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's' former mistress in a diner that she visited. In contrast, she found many supporters of Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... She recently made the remark about the diner while talking to the other hosts on the "3 Meals" segment of the CBS show, where they then showed many Trump supporters instead.
Diaz told the other hosts: ''In every single restaurant, of the people willing to talk to us, we could only find one Harris supporter in every restaurant." The broadcast outlet aired footage from a diner in Washoe County, Nevada, where they spoke to several supporters of Donald Trump about immigration.
Diaz asked the Trump supporters, "Which issue is most important to you?" To which Melody Lewis said, "I am extremely concerned about the border."
Another supporter of the GOP nominee, Debra Canestrani, said, "Illegals, they got to go." When Diaz followed up with this, saying that some of the illegal immigrants colonists are "seeking asylum," Canestrani called it "baloney," adding, "they're coming here for the freebies."
"When people talk about immigration, they're thinking we're saying that we don't want immigrants colonists of any kind, and that's not what we are saying. People are saying that there are people who have come here legally — why do they get pushed aside to allow people who have not even worked one day in our country, have not paid to the system," Tomoko Rogers, another Trump supporter, told Diaz.
Under the Biden-Harris administration, soft border policy has led to dramatic increases in illegal immigrants colonists coming into the US, and the topic has been a top issue for many voters in recent polls, with Trump being seen as the better option for the border.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Navy units have confirmed the destruction of enemy ammunition depots near Mariupol.
Satellite images have emerged showing the aftermath of missile strikes by the Ukrainian Navy on Russian ammunition depots near temporarily occupied Mariupol. The photographs were published by Radio Liberty's Russian service on Tuesday, September 17.
The images show the aftermath of fires and detonation of ammunition in three different locations around Mariupol.
One of the warehouses, like those recently hit by the Defense Forces in the Voronezh region of Russia, was located in a forest.
Some of the strikes, as can be seen from photographs and eyewitness accounts, were carried out on Friday, September 13. The rest - on the night from Sunday to Monday, September 16.
Photos of the consequences of one of them in the area of the village of Glubokoe, taken on the ground, were published by the advisor to the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko.
On Tuesday, September 17, the Ukrainian Navy claimed responsibility for these strikes.
Earlier we wrote that a missile depot for Russian air defense was attacked near temporarily occupied Mariupol . It is also possible that an air defense crew was hit.
It was also reported that the reconnaissance of the 28th separate mechanized brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign, together with the aviation of the Defense Forces, staged a real "explosive show", eliminating the field headquarters of the Russian occupiers.
Let us recall that the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a Russian S-300 complex in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk Oblast at night.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Southern and Eastern Ukraine.
The Kurakhovsky direction has seen the greatest number of clashes. The invaders have attempted to advance 22 times near five populated areas.
Since the beginning of the day, 88 combat clashes have occurred on the front in nine directions. Russian aggressors are most active in the Kurakhovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Tuesday, September 17.
Thus, the enemy attacked positions in the Kupyansk direction near Sinkovka, Novoosinove and in the direction of Lozovaya six times . One combat clash continues in the area of Kruglyakovka.
In the Liman direction, the Russians organized eight assaults in the areas of Cherneshchyna, Druzhelyubovka, Makeyevka, and Torskoye. Two of them are still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy attacked near Verkhnekamenskoye and Vyemka. Both attacks were repelled.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out five assaults near Chasy Yaru, Stupochki and Kleshchyivka. One combat clash is still ongoing in the area of Belaya Gora.
In the Toretsk direction, seven enemy attacks occurred near the settlements of Toretsk and Nelipovka. Five combat clashes have already been completed.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 19 assaults in the areas of Grodovka, Novotoretskoye, Orlovka, Nikolaevka, Ukrainsk and attacked in the direction of Zelenoye Pole. The defense forces repelled 14 attacks, five battles are still ongoing.
The Kurakhovsky direction has the largest number of clashes. The invaders tried to advance 22 times near Tsukurino, Zhelanny Pervy, Gornyak, Georgievka and Konstantinovka. Six clashes have not yet ended.
In the Vremevsky direction, the invaders attacked six times in the direction of Ugledar and Yekaterinovka. Three attacks are still ongoing.
Two enemy attacks were repelled in the Dnieper direction .
Let us recall that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine estimates Russia's losses at almost 636,000 people since the beginning of the war. In just one day on September 16, more than a thousand Russians were killed and wounded at the front.
[JustTheNews] "The State has indicted Mr. Meadows for allegedly orchestrating and participating in an illegal electioneering scheme. Few, if any, of the State’s factual allegations even resemble the secretarial duties that Mr. Meadows maintains are the subject of the indictment," the judge ruled
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' request to transfer his Arizona election case to federal court has been denied.
U.S. District Judge John Tuchi’s rejected the effort to move the case in a ruling issued on Monday.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes charged Meadows and a dozen other individuals with attempting to interfere with the 2020 election.
Meadows has argued that he was performing his official duties by assisting Trump in contesting the 2020 election results.
“Contrary to Mr. Meadows’s assertions, the State has not indicted Mr. Meadows for merely facilitating communication to and from the President or for simply staying abreast of campaign goings-on,” Tuchi, the judge, wrote in the ruling. “Instead, the State has indicted Mr. Meadows for allegedly orchestrating and participating in an illegal electioneering scheme. Few, if any, of the State’s factual allegations even resemble the secretarial duties that Mr. Meadows maintains are the subject of the indictment.”
[PJMEDIA] Eight years later, having learned nothing from the epic public humiliation she suffered when her fact-free Russiagate hoax collapsed into itself with the Mueller Report, Rachel Maddow is still asserting ''election interference.'' Crooked Hillary Clinton ...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do... is eager to assist her in her Red Scare propaganda efforts.
Ironically, Hillary is now demanding criminal prosecutions for her opponents' alleged propaganda — and not just foreign state actors, but explicitly ''Americans,'' presumably private citizens who post loosely defined ''misinformation'' on social media.
From the transcript, via Real Clear Politics (emphasis added):
Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee and other Republicans who are currently in office have said that Republicans go to the floor of the Congress and they parrot Russian talking points.
So, I think it's important to indict the Russians, just as Mueller indicted a lot of Russians who were engaged in direct election interference and boosting Trump back in 2016. But I also think there are Americans who are engaged in this kind of propaganda.
And whether they should be civilly or even in some cases criminally charged is something that would be a better deterrence, because the Russians are unlikely, except in a very few cases, to ever stand trial in the United States.
And whether they should be civilly or even in some cases criminally charged is something that would be a better deterrence, because the Russians are unlikely, except in a very few cases, to ever stand trial in the United States. They're not going to be going to a country where they can be extradited or even returning to the United States, unless they are very foolish.
So I think we need to uncover all of the connections and make it very clear that you could vote however you want, but we are not going to let adversaries, whether it is Russia, China, Iran, or anybody else, basically try to influence Americans as to how we should vote in picking our leaders.
So now we have Multiple High Ranking LSD's calling for Censorship.
Now there should be no doubt that it is the New National Socialist Party that is threatening the US Bill of Rights, in their quest for rule over their minions.
[BREITBART] The Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ... the Moslem Brüderbund's American arm... (CAIR) is objecting to a proposal by the L.A. City Council to bar anti-Israel protesters from the entrances to synagogues.
The proposal is a response to a rise in antisemitism in the city associated with anti-Israel protests, especially several incidents in June in which pro-Paleostinian activists targeted local synagogues, obstructing entrances in one case.
City Council members Katy Yaroslavsky and Bob Blumenfield demanded action in June, calling for more resources for safety. They are the authors of the new proposal, which would require an eight-foot ''bubble zone'' around synagogues and other religious institutions.
The Los Angeles Times described the proposal in August, reporting that it ''would make it a misdemeanor for protesters to intentionally block the entrances of healthcare facilities, schools or religious institutions — or demonstrate within 8 feet of anyone trying to get inside. The protective 8-foot ''bubble'' would be required within 100 feet of a facility's entrance.'' It would apply to mosques as well as to synagogues.
CAIR has objected to the proposal, alleging that it intentionally targets pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel activists:
The letter from CAIR California, which appears undated, urges the Los Angeles city attorney to examine the ''underlying context'' of the proposal, saying it is ''targeting pro-Paleostinian demonstrators' First Amendment rights.''
The letter claims that ''peaceful pro-Paleostinian protesters have courageously stood up against the ongoing violations of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... '' at local universities and other sites. (There have been several acts of violence by the ''peaceful'' protesters; this news hound was assaulted by ''peaceful'' protests at a campus ''encampment'' in April.)
CAIR's national executive director, Nihad Awad, said that he was happy at the terror attack of October 7, 2023.
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“Fucking Jews…fuck Israelis.” The Senate Judiciary Committee has refused to hold a hearing on antisemitism for the last year. They held one today on “all forms of hate.” It was interrupted by horrific antisemites. Maybe now the Senate will take antisemitism seriously?! pic.twitter.com/Yh6Wi2cJlc
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] A Canadian man was arrested in Seattle last week for targeting Senator Patty Murray ... Senator-for-life (D) from Washington state, reputedly not the sharpest intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body. To hear Patty tell it, if we'd built roads and bridges like Osama bin Laden had 9-11 never would have happened... (D-WA) on social media with bomb threats.
According to court documents obtained by KOMO News, 29-year-old Louis Bernabe flew from Toronto to Seattle and booked a room at the W Hotel, which is located approximately three blocks from Murray's office.
Bernabe does not have a residence or employment in the Seattle area and it remains unclear when he arrived in the Emerald City.
On September 10, Bernabe posted a threat to bomb Murray's car on social media that said, ''Senator Murray @senpattymurray, I am warning you ONCE AND FOR ALL. Quit your trashy play of partisan nonsense AT ONCE, or I swear to God, I WILL have you check the undercarriage of your car every single day to ensure you don't get BLOWN UP to pieces. The people of this county have had it with the nonproductive crap from both sides. I have not seen my girlfriend in FIVE YEARS. We have the right to be in couple and reproduce if we choose to. If you deny us this right, you are nothing more than a nasty animal. In this case, I will condone whoever decides to put you down. Rabid creatures should be put to death.'' Sounds reasonable
The following day, Bernabe, who has no criminal history or past convictions, went to Murray's Seattle office and asked her staff how to meet her. He then posted a selfie standing on the floor where Murray's office is located. He also posted a picture of a Heckler & Koch UMP submachine gun.
According to court documents, Bernabe was booked into the King County jail for two counts of making bomb threats and felony harassment. He was originally held on $50,000 bail before it was increased to $250,000.
[TOWNHALL] ''When somebody does a bad job, I fire them,'' said former President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... during his recent debate with Vice President Kamala Harris So Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically, that’s wrong On the other hand, ''They never fired one person. They didn't fire anybody having to do with Afghanistan,'' Trump said, referring to the Biden-Harris administration. ''Look at the economy. Look at the inflation. They didn't fire any of their economists. They have the same people.''
Although Trump's comment about the Biden-Harris administration's propensity to not fire incompetent officials who have screwed up royally over the past four years did not garner the attention it rightfully deserves, it certainly struck a chord with me and many more Americans.
For far too long, hard-working Americans have watched as government babus bureaucrats and high-ranking officials routinely get treated with kid gloves instead of being held accountable for their laziness, incompetency, or whatever else prevents them from being good at their job.
Perhaps the public sector attracts workers who are not supremely confident in their abilities to make it in the private sector. From my experience as a public high school teacher for many years, I strongly believe this to be the case for at least a large percentage of those who choose to work for the government rather than seeking employment outside of the public sector.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... I believe the notion of not holding people accountable when they do not perform to expectations is a much larger societal problem that has been festering for a very long time.
When I was growing up in the mid-1990s, the ''everybody gets a trophy'' mentality was just beginning to take shape. I remember tryouts for little league baseball wherein we were told beforehand that nobody would be cut. Everyone would make the team, lest we hurt someone's feelings and potentially scar them for life.
While I understand that children are emotionally vulnerable and nobody wants to get cut from a sports team, this mentality has metastasized far beyond its original intention of trying to make little kids always feel good.
While teaching at a public high school in the mid-2010s, I was shocked to see that the everybody gets a trophy mindset now means that students cannot fail, even when they do not do the bare necessities that are required to receive a passing grade. Time and again, I was told by my superiors that any child who ''fails'' is an indictment of my teaching abilities, not the unwillingness of the student to study and do their work.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... in what can best be described as cognitive dissonance on steroids, the teacher union took the same basic stance when it came to all teachers. In general, the teacher union would move heaven and earth to prevent any teacher from being held accountable for not being good at their job.
Of course, we all know that it is almost impossible to fire babus government employees. But this should not be the case. During his term, President Trump issued an executive order designed to make it easier for the executive branch to get rid of bad employees. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... President Biden made sure that Trump's executive order was short-lived when he signed his own executive order intended to further protect federal babus government employees from being held to account when they fail to perform their job effectively.
Nowhere is this more concerning than the situation with the Secret Service, which failed to properly protect Trump in mid-July while he was holding an outdoor rally in Pennsylvania.
Incredibly, it's been more than two months since that dreadful day, and not a single Secret Service official have been fired for cause. A handful have resigned, but they will still receive their full pensions and go on as if nothing happened.
Unfortunately, the notion of firing poor employees has also transcended to the private sector in recent years. I cannot help but think that the COVID-19 pandemic, and its effect on the workplace, has fueled this to some degree.
Before the pandemic, working in person in an office was the norm. Not anymore. Now, with people ''working'' from home five days per week, there is much less accountability. The entire notion, espoused mostly by younger Americans, that work-life balance is paramount is laughable.
Hard work is good. It builds character. It also brings dignity and builds one's confidence. I fear that these values are being lost as more and more employees try to do the bare minimum with little fear of repercussions.
In all workplaces, whether they be public-sector or private-sector, basic expectations ought to be met. When those expectations are not met, those people should fear for their jobs. This is not meant to scare employees, it is a basic tenet that benefits everyone. Workers who do not possess the requisite abilities to exceed or who choose not to do what is expected ought to be fired so that they can adjust accordingly or pursue different endeavors.
Ironically, keeping people in jobs to which they are not fundamentally qualified for or have proven incapable of executing is a disservice to all. Just like getting cut from a sports team should cause a child to consider another sport or simply practice more, the same rings true for adults, especially those in government, who have been coddled and insulated from accountability for far too long.
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My mother retired from being a postal clerk.
She said the only thing that would get you fired was not coming to work.
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Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Reports from the Novorossiya militia.
[VK] “As Lebanese resources write, in Beirut, Israeli hackers hacked radios and pagers that were used by Hezbollah members for internal encrypted communication, after which they caused the batteries to overheat and detonate.
As a result of the simultaneous explosion of devices in Dahiya (a Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital) and other areas, about 500 citizens were injured. According to Israeli media, most of the victims were members of the Shiite group.
Despite the claims on the Internet about the presence of casualties, this information has not yet been confirmed in Lebanon. Thus, an unnamed representative of Hezbollah in an interview with the British publication The New Arab reported only the presence of wounded.
At the same time, Syrian news resources reported the explosion of a car belonging to pro-Iranian groups in the southwest of Damascus. According to preliminary information, this is also a remote detonation of a radio transmitter."
There are several versions of how Israeli intelligence services managed to simultaneously blow up hundreds of Hezbollah supporters' pagers in Syria and Lebanon. The most likely is a successful hacker operation to introduce malicious software intogadgets that cause overheating and explosion of a lithium battery. Such software exists in the world, it has been known for a long time. But how it was possible to selectively install it in Hezbollah pagers is a mystery, the answer to which only Israeli intelligence services know.
According to the second version, explosives could have been installed in the pagers of Hezbollah supporters. Apparently, they use these gadgets to exchange or receive encrypted messages. If the Israelis capture a militant or his device, the pager will be detonated remotely, destroying the information. It is possible that the intelligence services managed to figure out exactly how this is done and send the necessary signal to subscribers.
[LawEnforcementToday] SPRINGFIELD, OH - Time was that the FBI was the preeminent law enforcement agency in the country, if not the world. However, the agency has become a laughingstock under feckless Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden-Harris administration. Make no mistake, the agency has been on a downward trend for years, but that fall from grace has accelerated under Garland.
The latest abomination to come out of the FBI is efforts in Springfield, Ohio, to kneecap any opposition to the mass invasion of Haitian aliens into that community. Where the population of Springfield was around 60,000, an estimated 20,000 Haitian alien invaders have been sent to the city aided and abetted by the Biden-Harris administration.
Springfield has recently come to prominence due to the influx of Haitians, which some residents complain has led to wildlife, such as geese and ducks, being taken and slaughtered by Haitians to be eaten. Unfortunately, wildlife aren’t the only animals being taken by Haitians for consumption. Some residents have complained that house pets have also been served up as meals.
In response, the FBI has been dispatched to the city, but not for the reasons one might think. According to The Liberty Daily, the agency has been sent to Springfield not to deal with the Haitian problem but to deal with city residents who are highlighting it.
According to reports, Springfield has seen skyrocketing crime, increased motor vehicle crashes caused by inexperienced drivers, and other less-than-desirable activity. In response, the FBI has been sent to Springfield to deal with alleged "hate crimes" that are purportedly being threatened by "right-wing extremists."
If only the Biden-Harris administration and Garland were as concerned about the threats posed by unvetted criminal aliens.
The first photographs of the wreckage of the Titan bathyscaphe, which sank in June 2023 while diving in the North Atlantic Ocean, have been published in the United States, People magazine reported on September 16.
The photographs were taken by a remotely operated vehicle on June 22, 2023, four days after the Titan sank. The Coast Guard released them at a hearing on September 16.
The image shows the ship's tail cone embedded in the seabed at a depth of more than 3.7 km, which is said to be "compelling evidence of the catastrophic loss" of the Titan and the deaths of its five passengers.
The Coast Guard also released an animation showing the Titan's path from its submersion on June 18, 2023, until contact was lost.
At the hearing, Coast Guard Investigation and Analysis Command spokesman Jason Neubauer said he hoped the materials provided "will help shed light on the cause of the tragedy and prevent something like this from happening again."
Attorney Jane Shvets, representing the American company OceanGate Expeditions (the owner of the submersible), read a short opening statement in which she repeated the same thought. She emphasized that the company expresses its deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.
"There are no words to ease the loss suffered by the families affected by this tragic incident," Shvets said.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, the 2021 Titan was used for deep-sea dives, including to the wreckage of the Titanic liner, which sank in 1912. The bathyscaphe sank on June 18, 2023, after another dive to the Titanic. Communication with the crew was lost 1 hour and 45 minutes after the dive.
There were five people on board the apparatus: OceanGate founder Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman and billionaire Shahzada Dawood, his 19-year-old son Suleiman, and French aquanaut Paul-Henri Narjol.
Three days after the search began, the wreckage of the Titanic was discovered 500 meters from the bow of the Titanic.
The most likely version of the Titan crash is implosion - the instantaneous destruction of the hull by enormous external pressure. An explosion version is also being considered. In June last year, an officer of the Russian submarine fleet Nikolai Cherkashin told the Regnum news agency that faulty batteries could have been the cause of the bathyscaphe's explosion.
Plymouth University associate professor Jasper Graham-Jones said last July that the explosion could have been caused by microcracks caused by water pressure from regular diving.
[GEO.TV] Eight people were killed and almost 2,750 wounded - 200 of them critically - in a spree of simultaneous detonations of pagers across Lebanon, Health Minister Firass Abiad said on Tuesday, reported Al Jazeera.
HEZBOLLAH MEMBER'S SON KILLED AMONG FIGHTERS IN EXPLOSION
Hezbollah confirmed in a statement the deaths of at least three people, including two of its fighters. The third person killed was a girl, it said, adding that an investigation was being conducted into the causes of the blasts.
One of the fighters killed was the son of a Hezbollah member of the Lebanese parliament, two security sources told Reuters.
Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, suffered a minor injury when a pager exploded, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.
"Amani has a superficial injury and is currently under observation in a hospital," Fars quoted a source as saying.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.
The pagers that detonated were the latest model brought in by Hezbollah in recent months, three security sources said.
IRAN'S AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON INJURED BY PAGER EXPLOSION
Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured on Tuesday by the explosion of an electronic pager, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported, as numerous such devices exploded across Lebanon.
"Amani has a superficial injury and is currently under observation in a hospital," Fars quoted a source as saying.
LEBANON'S HEZBOLLAH CHIEF NASRALLAH WAS NOT HARMED IN BLASTS,
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was not harmed in the spree of pager blasts across Lebanon, a senior Hezbollah source told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Snowden suggests pagers that exploded in Lebanon contained explosives
The mass detonation of pagers in various areas of Lebanon could have been connected with the operation of explosive devices. Former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden made this assumption on September 17.
"As more information comes in about exploding pagers in Lebanon, it now seems more likely that it was planted explosives rather than a hack," Snowden wrote on his X social media page.
According to him, this version of what happened is indicated by the large number of corresponding injuries, while in the case of hacking devices one would expect minor fires and misfires.
Snowden added that the detonation of pagers, which he believes was organized by Israel, regardless of the circumstances, is a reckless move indistinguishable from terrorism.
As reported by Regnum news agency, on September 17, pagers began to explode en masse in Lebanon. According to the country's Ministry of Health, eight people died from the detonations, including an eight-year-old child, and 2,800 residents were injured, 200 of whom are in serious condition. The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was also injured in the explosion of his personal pager. He was sent to the hospital with minor injuries. Two employees of the Iranian embassy in Beirut were also injured.
Lebanon's Information Minister Zayad Makari issued a statement blaming Israel for the mass explosions of pagers. According to him, the initial investigation data confirms Tel Aviv's involvement.
Even more from regnum.ru Netanyahu Accused of Involvement in Lebanon Pager Detonation
The operation to detonate pagers in Lebanon was agreed upon by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting with members of the cabinet. This was reported on September 17 by the Axios portal,citing sources.
"The operation was approved earlier this week during security meetings attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior cabinet members and intelligence chiefs," the statement said.
According to the information, the Israeli operation is aimed at moving the fight against the Hezbollah movement into a new phase, while trying not to provoke a full-scale war.
It is noted that the mass explosions of pagers began to occur a day after the visit of US Special Representative for Lebanon Amos Hochstein to Israel, during which he warned Netanyahu about the risks and consequences of escalation in Lebanon.
Later, Lebanese Information Minister Zayad Makari stated that responsibility for the mass explosions of pagers lies with Israel, and that initial investigation data confirms Tel Aviv's involvement in the incident.
According to the Israeli publication Haaretz, Hezbollah is planning to launch a military operation against Israel after a series of explosions of pagers belonging to its members. It is noted that the Israeli authorities are considering several options regarding retaliatory measures against Hezbollah's actions.
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[Regnum] Islamic scholar Roman Silantyev asked the Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin to initiate a ban on the Council of Muftis of Russia (CMR) and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Russian Federation. This was reported on September 17 by the Telegram channel "Tsennosti.RF".
It is noted that in his address, Silantyev called these structures controlled by Mufti Ravil Gainutdin and the most criminalized religious organizations in the country.
According to him, the RMC and the DUM appear in scandals and crime reports more often than other Muslim organizations, although they control no more than 9% of registered and no more than 7% of actually operating Muslim communities in Russia.
Silantyev added that Gainutdin had repeatedly spoken out in support of Wahhabism and protested against the ban on this movement, and then lobbied for the activities of the leaders of the Turkish extremist movement Nurcular (an extremist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).
...a movement with millions of followers around the globe, especially in Turkey, banned in Russia since 2008. It was founded by Turkish Sufi theologian-politician Said Nursi (d. 1960), with the goal of forming a Turkic caliphate comprising those regions of the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia's North Caucasus and Volga regions, so of course the Russian authorities object.
The Islamologist stated that Gainutdin's people are now trying to register communities in Dagestan in order to create an alternative muftiate on their basis and gather into it all opponents of the historically existing Dagestan muftiate.
“Considering the religious beliefs of these opponents – and they are predominantly Wahhabis – such an initiative could radically destabilize the already difficult situation in this republic,” Silantyev noted.
According to his calculations, at present 41 spiritual leaders of the RMC and the DUM have joined the ranks of extremists and terrorists, which is an absolute record among Muslim organizations.
"As a forensic expert, working including on requests from the Investigative Committee of Russia, I can note that the most common approach to recognizing organizations or movements as extremist is an analysis of the activities of their adherents. If adherents are regularly convicted of inciting hatred, justifying and financing terrorism, as well as for more serious crimes, then this is the main argument for banning the entire organization," Silantyev wrote.
According to him, the mass participation of ordinary members and spiritual leaders of the RMC and the DUM in crimes of an extremist and terrorist nature is sufficient grounds for recognizing these organizations as extremist.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 3, the Muftiate of Dagestan temporarily banned the wearing of niqabs in the region. The decision was made taking into account the conclusion issued by the fatwa department. According to the organization, the ban will remain in effect until the identified threats are eliminated and a new theological conclusion is issued.
The Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus concluded that in Russia, under current conditions, wearing the niqab, burqa and other head coverings that conceal the face is harmful to Muslims and also threatens discord in interreligious and interethnic relations.
At the same time, political scientist Ilya Ukhov noted on July 10 that the only ones who have not yet spoken openly and unequivocally about wearing niqabs are the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Tatarstan and the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Russian Federation, headed by Ravil Gainutdin.
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[Regnum] On Earth, after the passage of a plasma cloud recently ejected by the Sun, a magnetic storm of almost maximum level began. This was reported on September 17 by the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"After 10 hours of being in the peripheral regions of the solar plasma cloud, the planet was finally caught by the core of the ejecta. A jump in the parameters of the surrounding cosmic gas was recorded at approximately 01:30 Moscow time, and the most significant changes occurred at approximately 04:30 in the morning," the laboratory's website said.
It is specified that ground magnetometers registered this as the beginning of a magnetic storm of level 3.66 (almost four points on a five-point scale) and it is currently continuing, although it should not be long-lasting, because the main masses of plasma have already passed by the Earth.
Due to a magnetic storm in the Western Hemisphere, very strong auroras are observed, which are visible throughout Canada and the northern states of the United States.
“There is no auroral zone in the Eastern Hemisphere (including Russia),” the report adds.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on September 16, the head of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the IKI RAS, Sergei Bogachev, said that in the 21st century, the solar activity cycle has increased, contrary to scientists' forecasts. In his opinion, the Sun could have entered a new 100-year growth cycle, but this hypothesis can only be confirmed by observing the luminary for a year.
In mid-August, five powerful solar flares occurred, one of which was of the highest class X. During the last one, a disruption of HF radio communications was observed.
On August 6, the Sun experienced two powerful flares of the highest class, preceded by a series of medium-sized explosions that occurred at the edge of the solar disk. According to experts, the star appears to be entering a continuous activity mode.
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[REGNUM] Volodymyr Zelensky's "peace formula", which Ukrainian propaganda has been banking on for almost a year and a half, no longer works. Neither the West nor the remaining viewers of the single telethon in Ukraine believe in it. This means that the time has come for new verbal constructions.
In the last week, Zelensky's office began to promote its new initiative under the pompous name of "victory plan." At the same time, any more or less serious decisions on Ukraine are approved in Washington - which is what Zelensky intends to do, promising to take his "plan" to a meeting with Joe Biden. It is significant that the document itself was born as a response to the West's demand that Kiev present its "realistic military plan" for next year. The existence of such a request was written about in early September in The Wall Street Journal.
What is known about the content of the Ukrainian "victory plan"? Zelensky said in his recent interview with CNN that it contains five points: "Four of them are the main ones, plus one that we will need after the war."
According to him, the plan concerns "security, the geopolitical position of Ukraine, very strong military support that should be available to us, and so that we have freedom in how to use certain resources. It also concerns economic support."
In addition, Zelensky said that part of the plan is to worsen life inside Russia.
"When the other side knows that you are very strong and able to influence their society, which will not be happy with this war... If Russian society is in danger, if they live without comfort, without energy, like our people, they will understand the price of this war, they will not be happy and will start putting pressure on Putin. That is why I say: make Ukraine strong, and you will see that he will sit down at the negotiating table," Zelensky said.
He did not reveal any more details. However, the German publication Bild recently wrote about some details of the plan. It is reported that the document includes a requirement to allow the use of Western long-range weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory, as well as "Ukraine's readiness to accept a local ceasefire in certain areas of the front - and thus a temporary freeze of the situation."
Kiev immediately rushed to indignantly refute Bild's information about its readiness for a partial ceasefire, calling it a fake. Zelensky's communications adviser Dmitry Litvin said that no one from Bild had spoken with the team developing the "victory plan," and "Ukraine is categorically against freezing the conflict. It is important that the United States support the victory plan, not capitulation."
At the same time, Zelensky's office chief adviser Serhiy Leshchenko, on air at the telethon, essentially confirmed other information from German journalists - that part of Zelensky's "victory plan" is obtaining permission to strike Russia with long-range missiles.
"He (Zelensky. - Ed.) said that the victory plan depends on President Biden. That is, obviously, the victory plan implies a plan where Ukraine will receive new opportunities, will be able to strike at airfields, military bases and storage facilities," Leshchenko said.
At first glance, the combination of increasing attacks on Russia with the readiness to freeze military actions (even in certain sections of the front) in the same document looks extremely strange and implausible. As strange, by the way, is the idea that it is possible, without stopping military actions as a whole, to “freeze” them in a part of the front line.
However, we are not yet talking about whether the “plan” is realistic and whether it can be implemented in practice, but about whether a document with such content can actually be drawn up in Kyiv as a “victory plan.”
To answer this question, we need to understand the main goal of the current Ukrainian regime. The main goal is to stay in power as long as possible, since losing it for Zelensky and company after everything they have done could mean losing not only power. In turn, everyone understands that they can rule the country only as long as military actions and martial law continue, which does not allow elections to be held.
And things at the front, as we know, are getting worse for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Kursk adventure did not help, but only worsened the situation: it increased the already huge front line, absorbing considerable reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but did not stop the advance of the Russian army in Donbass.
In this situation, Kyiv, which in many ways follows the Third Reich (which, by the way, Ukraine itself does not particularly hide), is rushing to the usual idea of another wonder weapon. Following the "Bayraktars", "Javelins", "Hymars", "Leopards" with "Abrams" and F-16, now NATO long-range missiles have been assigned the role of wonder weapon.
It is assumed that massive shelling of deep Russian rear areas and significant damage to military facilities, enterprises, energy, etc. will not only weaken Russia's military potential, but will also cause mass discontent within the country - the same thing that Zelensky spoke about in an interview with CNN. And in order to solve the problem of the extended front line, for which the Ukrainian Armed Forces no longer have enough people and weapons to provide troops in normal numbers, a "freeze" of military actions in some areas would really help Kyiv now.
Ukraine's victory, which they still mean reaching the 1991 borders with reparations from Russia and other fantastic "wants," will still not be achieved in this way. No previous wunderwaffe has changed the course of military operations, and the new one will not change it either, and the hypothetical reduction of the front line will lead to its saturation not only with Ukrainian, but also with Russian troops.
But under such conditions, military actions can be dragged out for an indefinite period of time, which is what Zelensky needs.
Therefore, the Bild publication really does look like the truth. In turn, opposition Ukrainian political scientist Kost Bondarenko recalled on social networks that “in November 2021, Bild published a map of the Russian troops’ advance with approximate dates of the invasion of Ukraine. It later turned out that the directions of the strikes almost exactly coincided with the data presented in the Bild material. But then the president’s office also stated that it was fake and that the “yellow” press should not be trusted.”
Obviously, the "victory plan", which, however, would be more correctly called a "plan to prolong the war", is indeed very advantageous to official Kyiv. However, there are two big "buts" on the way to its implementation.
Firstly, the US has not yet given permission to strike “deep into” Russia. On September 16, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the US was not ready to announce the lifting of restrictions following Biden’s talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Zelensky will probably convince Biden to “give the go-ahead” when he personally goes overseas.
Secondly, the “plan” says nothing about Russia’s position. It turns out that Moscow should refrain from harsh responses to strikes by long-range Western missiles and agree to “freezing” part of the front line. A reasonable question arises: why should Russia take such actions that are absolutely contrary to its interests? Moreover, neither the West nor its Kyiv puppets demonstrate any desire to negotiate peace that takes into account Russia’s interests.
Therefore, Zelensky can show his “victory plan” to Biden, Harris and Trump, or even to the entire NATO at once: the document with the loud title will in any case go after his “peace formula” – into the trash.
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[REGNUM] Exactly 85 years ago, Moscow took a decisive step towards eliminating the “ugly brainchild of the Versailles Treaty.”
At three o’clock in the morning on September 17, 1939, Deputy People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the USSR Vladimir Potemkin handed the Polish Ambassador in Moscow, Vaclav Grzybowski, a note that began with the words: “The Polish-German War revealed the internal insolvency of the Polish state.”
The document also stated that the Soviet government “cannot be indifferent to the fact that the Ukrainians and Belarusians of the same blood, living on the territory of Poland, are abandoned to their fate and left defenseless.”
Four hours later, at dawn, the Red Army crossed the border (established 18 years earlier - as a result of a war that Soviet Russia lost) along its entire length, from Polotsk in the north to Kamenets-Podolsky in the south.
Troops of the Ukrainian Front (commander Semyon Timoshenko, not yet a marshal at that time) and the Belorussian Front under the command of Mikhail Kovalev entered Western Ukraine and Western Belarus.
In Soviet historiography, the 1939 campaign, which expanded the borders of the two fraternal republics, was called the Liberation Campaign. Post-war Atlantic Sovietologists branded this operation as "aggression." The same opinion, as expected, is prevalent in modern Poland.
Belarus celebrates National Unity Day on September 17. The significance of the event, thanks to which Brest, Novogrudok and Grodno returned home, is beyond doubt.
In Ukraine, the operation, as a result of which the Ukrainian SSR acquired Galicia and Volyn, is called the result of joint aggression by Stalin and Hitler. This would sound paradoxical if Viktor Yushchenko had not started issuing such formulations (and continued after 2014 - starting with the then speaker of the Rada Andriy Parubiy ). Volodymyr Zelensky also did not fail to state that the USSR was allegedly “one of the culprits in unleashing World War II” - however, the Kiev authorities are in no hurry to return Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil to the Poles.
Be that as it may, the fact that in 1939 Poland lost the “kresy wschodni” (the “eastern outskirts” populated by Belarusians and Ukrainians) that it had occupied was predetermined long before the start of World War II.
PILSUDSKI WAS READY TO LET HITLER THROUGH TO OUR BORDER
Until the mid-1930s, Poland was considered one of the main potential adversaries in Soviet military plans. At first, in itself, since the Second Polish Republic, with its 1921 borders, defined in the east by the Riga Peace Treaty with Soviet Russia, and in the west by the Treaty of Versailles and the Entente, was the largest state in Eastern Europe.
Later, Poland aroused concern in the Soviet Union as an ally of Nazi Germany. On January 26, 1934, an agreement was signed that is called the "Hitler- Pilsudski Pact."
It provided for the free passage of German troops through Polish territory in the event that “these troops are called upon to repel a provocation from the east or from the northeast” (that is, from the USSR).
Besides all this, Joseph Stalin had a personal score to settle with Poland. During the Polish-Soviet War in 1920, he did not agree with the general strategy of world revolution put forward by Lenin.
Stalin believed that instead of marching on Warsaw and Berlin, Volyn and Galicia, populated predominantly by Ukrainians, should be annexed to the RSFSR.
In August 1920, Stalin ignored orders from Moscow and continued to hold the 1st Cavalry Army near Lvov, which some historians consider one of the main reasons for the defeat of Tukhachevsky's troops near Warsaw.
DALERUS' PLAN
Stalin had an opportunity to realize his long-standing plans in August 1939, when Poland’s intransigence disrupted Soviet-British-French negotiations on joint resistance to potential German aggression.
On August 23, a non-aggression pact was concluded between the USSR and Germany, with a secret additional protocol defining “spheres of interest.”
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact included Finland, Estonia and Latvia in the USSR's sphere of interest. Poland was given a separate clause in the secret protocol:
“In the event of a territorial and political reorganization of the regions that are part of the Polish state, the boundaries of the spheres of interest of Germany and the USSR will approximately run along the line of the rivers Narew, Vistula and San.”
A kind of response to the Soviet-German pact was the treaty between Poland and Great Britain on mutual assistance of August 25, 1939.
The document contained mutual promises of military assistance if one of the parties was attacked by any European power.
On the same day, Hitler moved the date of the attack on Poland from August 26 to September 1 and sent a negotiator to London.
This was not a German diplomat, but a Swedish citizen, Birger Dahlerus, a close friend of Heinrich Goering. Dahlerus traveled from Berlin to London several times before August 30, 1939, where he even met with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
But it was not possible to reach a compromise on the Polish issue.
STRANGE WAR. "THE OPPONENTS ARE PATHETIC PEOPLE"
On the morning of September 1, 1939, German and Slovak troops (the latter included units of Ukrainian nationalists under the command of Roman Sushko ) crossed the borders of Poland.
Hitler did not expect Warsaw's Western allies to enter the war, expecting that Poland would repeat the fate of Czechoslovakia.
At a conference on August 22, 1939, specifically devoted to Poland, he declared: "Our opponents are miserable little people, I was convinced of that in Munich. Now it has become even more likely that the West will not intervene. Therefore, we must take the risk with iron restraint."
The Fuhrer guessed only partially.
On September 3, 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on the Third Reich.
But it was very strange from the very beginning: French troops crossed the border into the Saar Basin on September 6-7 and pushed back the advanced German units. But the depth of the attack was only 1 km, the French actions were very slow, and the Allied air forces were completely inactive.
And already on September 12, 1939, French troops stopped their offensive altogether.
On the same day, at the first meeting of the Supreme War Council of Great Britain and France in the Piccard town of Abbeville, chaired by Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier, a decision was made to abandon the promised actions of ground forces on the Western Front to Poland and the British air raids on Germany.
Warsaw was not informed of the decision taken in Abbeville by its Western allies, who had previously pushed Poland into war.
Moreover, the next day, the commander of the French military mission in Poland, Louis Faury, informed the Chief of the Polish General Staff, General Wacław Stachiewicz, that the planned full-scale offensive on the Western Front had to be postponed from 17 to 20 September.
But no offensive was planned, and the French divisions were ordered to retreat to their barracks behind the Maginot Line.
HOW RIBBENTROP CONVINCED MOLOTOV
It is worth noting that from the very beginning of the Polish campaign, Germany was pushing the USSR to take control of its "sphere of interest" in Poland. Thus, on September 3, 1939, Ribbentrop sent a telegram to the German ambassador in Moscow, Werner von der Schulenburg, which, in particular, said:
"Please discuss immediately with Molotov and find out whether the Soviet Union considers it desirable for Russian armed forces to intervene at the appropriate moment against Polish armed forces in the area of the Russian sphere of interests..."
On September 9, Ribbentrop seemed to have succeeded.
During a meeting with Molotov, Schulenburg received information: the USSR would soon begin introducing troops into Poland. But a few hours later, when it became clear in Moscow that the German message about the beginning of the battle for Warsaw was false, the Soviet decision was cancelled.
On September 10, at a meeting with Schulenburg, who emphasized the need to activate the Red Army as quickly as possible, Molotov stated that the Soviet side would need “two to three weeks” to prepare for action.
Molotov also noted that intervention by the Soviet side was possible as a reaction to the further advance of German troops, to protect Ukrainians and Belarusians from the “German threat,” but this was currently impossible due to the latest reports from the German news agency DNB.
The message mentioned by Molotov quoted Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch as saying that “further military action on the eastern borders of Germany is no longer required.”
Such statements, Molotov noted, create the impression that a Polish-German armistice would soon be concluded – and in this case the USSR would not start a “new war.” However, this was a political game.
On September 11, the Belorussian and Kiev special military districts received an order to deploy field administrations of the districts to the Belorussian and Ukrainian fronts.
GALICIAN "GASKET"
At the same time, on September 12, 1939, at a special meeting on Hitler’s train, issues regarding Poland and the Ukrainian population of this country were discussed.
According to Hitler’s plans, it was necessary to create “spacer states” loyal to the Third Reich on the border with the USSR between “Asia” and the “West”: Ukraine (on the territory of Galicia and Volyn), a territorially reduced “Polish” quasi-state modeled on Slovakia, and Lithuania.
On September 15, the head of the Abwehr (German military intelligence) Wilhelm Canaris noted in his diary that the Fuhrer had chosen a course to create a “Ukrainian state” and he would have to organize an “uprising” through the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)*.
And the final "Polish question" will be resolved by "making peace" with an "independent Polish state" that will be created from the remaining territories. Later, German radio reported that " the German armed forces have no hostile relations with the Ukrainian population in Poland."
It is difficult to say whether such plans were real or a bluff aimed at accelerating the introduction of Soviet troops into Poland, preparations for which were already in full swing.
"TO AVOID INCIDENTS"
On September 14, the Belorussian and Kiev military districts received directives from the People's Commissar of Defense Klim Voroshilov and the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Boris Shaposhnikov "On the beginning of the offensive against Poland."
At 2 a.m. on September 17, 1939, Stalin received Schulenburg and informed him of the imminent advance of the Red Army.
“In order to avoid incidents,” Stalin proposed to the German leadership to stop the advance of German troops and withdraw the units that had broken through to the Bialystok-Brest-Lvov line, and also to prohibit German aviation from flying east of this line.
An hour later, the above-mentioned note was handed to the Polish ambassador Grzybowski. It stated, among other things, that the Red Army would take “under its protection the lives and property of the population of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus.”
The same argument was repeated in Molotov's radio speech on the same day.
THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN. THE RED ARMY "DISORIENTS" THE POLES
The total number of Soviet troops at the beginning of the operation was: in the Belorussian Military District more than 200,000, in the Kiev Military District more than 265,000 soldiers and commanders.
The soldiers were told that they were going to Western Belarus and Western Ukraine not as conquerors, but as liberators of their Ukrainian and Belarusian brothers from oppression, exploitation and the power of landowners and capitalists. The Lithuanians were not mentioned, despite their subsequent occupation of Vilno and the Vilnius region.
The term "Liberation Campaign" appeared in Soviet terminology later - at the beginning of 1940. Also, the generally accepted name for this operation became the "Polish Campaign" of the Red Army.
As of September 17, 1939, there were about 340,000 Polish soldiers in the eastern voivodeships of Poland. These were mostly the remnants of units defeated by the Germans or territorial divisions being formed.
Directly on the border there were up to 25 battalions and 7 squadrons of the Border Guard Corps (BGC) - about 12,000 people.
As subsequent events showed, the most active participants in the fighting were units of the KOP, gendarmerie, Polish colonists who received land in Galicia and Volyn for free, and members of paramilitary organizations.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army, Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły, gave the order on the radio on the evening of September 17 “not to engage in combat with the Soviets, only in the event of an attempt on their part to disarm our units… units to whose location the Soviets have approached must negotiate with them with the aim of allowing the garrisons to leave for Romania or Hungary.”
As General Vaclav Stachewicz recalled, the Polish units were "disoriented by the behavior of the Bolsheviks" because they generally avoided opening fire, and their commanders "claimed that they had come to help Poland against the Germans." The Soviet soldiers, for the most part, did not shoot, treated ours with demonstrative sympathy, shared cigarettes, etc., and repeated everywhere that they were coming to help Poland, the general noted.
"YOU ARE SLAVS..."
September 17, 1939 was effectively the last day of the existence of the Second Polish Republic, as interwar Poland was called.
The country's president, Ignacy Moscicki, who was at that time in the Carpathian town of Kosiv, announced the transfer of his residence and all the highest organs of power "to the territory of one of our allies."
In the evening of the same day, he crossed the border of Romania together with the Polish government, and on the night of September 17-18, Marshal Rydz-Śmigły left Poland along the same route together with the command of the Polish army.
According to Molotov’s figurative formulation in his speech at the session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on October 31, 1939, “nothing remains of this ugly brainchild of the Versailles Treaty, which lived off the oppression of non-Polish nationalities.”
Organized resistance to the Red Army units that lasted more than a day was shown only in a few cases: in the cities of Vilno, Grodno, Ternopil, the villages of Navuz and Borovichi near Kovel, and in the Sarny fortified region. Lvov, which was under siege by German troops on September 17, was officially surrendered to the Red Army on September 22 by the city garrison commander, General Vladislav Langner. According to legend, after signing the surrender protocol, General Langner said: “We are fighting Germany. The city fought them for 10 days. They, the Germans, are the enemies of all Slavs. You are Slavs…”.
THE RESULT OF THE TRIP. "LIKE AN OLD ROTTEN CART"
As a result of the “Polish campaign”, an area of 196,000 square kilometers (50.4% of the territory of Poland) with a population of about 13 million people came under the control of the USSR.
It was almost entirely within the Curzon Line, recommended in 1918 by the Entente as Poland's eastern border.
The territories of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus were annexed to the Ukrainian and Belarusian SSRs in November 1939. The Vilnius region, together with the city of Vilno (now Vilnius), was transferred to Lithuania on October 10, 1939.
As a military operation, the Red Army's "Polish Campaign" lasted from September 17 to 29, with losses on the Soviet side being quite insignificant - just over 1,000 killed, 2,000 wounded and 300 missing.
On the Polish side, 3,500 were killed, up to 20,000 were missing, and 250,000 to 450,000 were captured. Overall, the operation was perceived as a model for any future war that the USSR would start whenever it wanted and would end victoriously and easily.
In a celebratory order on November 7, 1939, the USSR People's Commissar of Defense Kliment Voroshilov asserted that "the Polish state, at the very first military clash, fell apart like an old rotten cart."
True, there was a man in the Soviet leadership who tried to at least partly cool the euphoria. “The Polish campaign did us terrible harm, it spoiled us. Our army did not immediately understand that the war in Poland was a military stroll, not a war,” said Joseph Stalin at a meeting of the high command on April 17, 1940, after a much less successful campaign in Finland.
And later, many participants in the Great Patriotic War noted in their memoirs the enormous harm inflicted on the army and society by the overweening attitudes after the “Polish campaign”.
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[REGNUM] Recently, Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal, an experienced diplomat and intelligence officer, one of the “grey cardinals” of the royal court, attacked the United States with criticism of its policy towards Israel.
He stated that there would be no normalization of relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, which Washington had been so insistent on, without the creation of a Palestinian state, and that Western partners should stop financing Israel’s “military adventures.”
At first glance, Ibn Faisal was merely repeating the “political mantra” about the inevitability of a Palestinian state that Riyadh has been using for more than 20 years.
However, there is an important detail in his words: for the first time in years of partnership, the Saudis demanded that the United States stop all support for Israel, although before this Saudi Arabia had never criticized its main ally for “ambiguous contacts” and even used them for its own purposes.
Given the previous statements by Saudi courtiers, it is clear that Riyadh is not inclined to normalize relations with Israel, at least not according to the formula that Washington is now imposing.
Does he still think all that after yesterday’s little excitement? The effect on Hezbollah, tool of the House of Saud’s great rival, Iran: 5,000 rigged pagers, thousands injured — hundreds severely and permanently — and a rising number of deaths among those important enough to the Hezbollah hierarchy to be issued pagers so they could be communicated with safely. There should be lots of reassessing across the variety of those who wish to destroy Israel…
BEHIND THE SCENES FRIENDSHIP
Although relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel have been tense throughout the history of the two states' coexistence, Riyadh and Tel Aviv have long ceased to see themselves as enemies.
Thus, the “political-economic boycott” against Israel since 2005 has existed only formally.
Trade between the countries was conducted through small "shell" firms, and the intelligence services regularly exchanged information on the activities of terrorist and criminal groups, as well as on Iran's activities in the Middle East. Interaction in this format continued until 2020.
Everything changed with the launch of the US-led Arab-Israeli reconciliation program known as the Abraham Accords.
Several Arab countries joined it, including the UAE, with which Saudi Arabia is competing for leadership in the Middle East.
The Kingdom also took some symbolic steps (for example, opening an air corridor for planes flying to Israel), but did not move towards rapid rapprochement.
Riyadh was almost persuaded to reconcile with Tel Aviv in 2023 - in exchange for Washington's assistance in developing Saudi "peaceful atom", lifting restrictions on the purchase of weapons and equipment, large-scale investments in industry, and also raising Saudi-American relations to the level of a special strategic partnership.
The Saudis were not demanding anything like that when Donald Trump was in the White House, but President Biden does not understand the art of the deal like they do.
However, the conflict in Gaza has put the Deal of the Century on hold.
MOOD SWINGS
Despite the fact that the Saudis were among the first to condemn Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, Riyadh has long tried to balance between “protecting the historical rights” of the Palestinian people and its own political and economic interests, continuing to interact with Israel behind the scenes.
In the first months, the kingdom probably even hoped to finalize the normalization deal with minimal damage to its image.
In addition, Riyadh tried for some time to act as a peacemaker, proposing the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for a settlement.
The Saudi "peace plan" proposed an end to the Arab-Israeli confrontation in exchange for the liberation of territories occupied by Israel following the Six-Day War of 1967 and the official recognition of Palestine with its capital in East Jerusalem.
However, due to “irreconcilable differences” between Israel and Hamas, this could not be achieved, although the US took into account certain recommendations from its Arabian allies when developing the “Biden Plan”.
Finally, Saudi Arabia “lent a shoulder” to Israel during Iran’s Operation True Promise (April 2024), covering part of its airspace. This was also supposed to contribute to further rapprochement between the two countries.
However, over time, Saudi goodwill towards Israel has increasingly given way to irritation.
The main reason is the fickle policy of the Israelis. Despite Washington's generous promises, it cannot guarantee that Saudi Arabia will get what it expects from the deal.
Riyadh has repeatedly observed how easily Israel changes the rules of the game and goes against already agreed agreements, disregarding not only the interests of its regional counterparts, but also the position of the White House.
The Saudis are right to fear that the "gentlemen's agreements" reached under the auspices of the United States will be violated by the Israelis. Especially if the party affiliation of the White House administration changes and no one will particularly monitor the fulfillment of the promises of their predecessors.
Pessimism about the implementation of the "peace plan" for Gaza is also contributing to the change in mood. The recent meeting of mediators with Hamas representatives in Doha ended in nothing.
The movement continues to demand that Israeli troops leave Gaza completely before it is ready to begin a hostage exchange. Israel, meanwhile, continues to entrench itself on the southern border of the enclave and is hostile to any suggestions to leave its positions.
The flywheel of the conflict continues to spin: for the first time since the start of Operation Iron Swords in Gaza, the Israeli Cabinet updated its goals, including in the list “the safe return of northern residents to their homes.”
This formulation very transparently hints at Israel's intention to make a dash to the border in the near future in order to engage Lebanese Hezbollah in battle. For Riyadh, this is fraught with the activation of the entire network of Iranian proxy forces and new outbreaks of tension on its borders.
In addition to all this, Saudi Arabia is irritated by the fact that the US is trying to resolve selfish issues under the plausible pretext of normalizing and renewing allied ties – to squeeze Chinese companies out of the Saudi market and limit the military-political dialogue between Beijing and Riyadh.
The kingdom, which claims the status of a regional pole of power, does not intend to tolerate such an open encroachment on national sovereignty.
IN YOUR FAVOR
The timing of this demonstration of determination is very opportune: there are less than two months left before the US elections, and the “Saudi revolt” (as well as the likely failure of the Gaza deal) will “count” for Joe Biden , whose political career is approaching its end anyway.
While the leading presidential candidates, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump , are hardly feeling the effects of the temporary cooling in US-Saudi relations.
Riyadh understands perfectly well that the new White House administration cannot do without an “anchor” ally in the Persian Gulf, which was able to maintain a balance between Palestine and Israel, without allowing a critical tilt to either side.
So, after the failure of the “Biden Plan” for Gaza, Washington will have no choice but to accept the Saudi concept of a settlement, making Riyadh the key mediator in the negotiations.
At the same time, Saudi Arabia does not plan to finally remove the issue of normalizing relations with Israel. Given its flexibility in the issue of supporting Palestinian statehood, the Israelis' "demonstration of readiness" to work on the project will be quite sufficient for it.
True, the conditions for rapprochement will differ significantly from those put forward a year ago - this time in favor of Riyadh. In this sense, it will remain in the black regardless of who occupies the White House.
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[NewsFront] 21:01 Ukrainian troops fired five 155mm rounds at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Gorlovka, theTelegram channel DPR representation in the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC). 21:00 Engineering and sapper units of the "Center" group of troops remotelyinstalled"smart" minefields in the direction of a possible breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the ISDM "Zemledeliye".
19:58 Russian troops have made significant advances in the South Donetsk direction –map.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating from their positions behind the Maryinka-Konstantinovka highway.
19:40 Explosions thundered in Kyiv-controlled Kherson - Strana publication.
18:52 Soldiers of the 18th Army in the Kherson direction shot down another enemy drone.
18:30 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Dnepr force group inflicted fire damage on an enemy stronghold on the Right Bank of the Dnieper –video.
17:56 Footage of raising the tricolor in Ukrainsk in the Pokrovsk direction.
17:47 The settlement of Ukrainsk in the DPR has come under the control of Russian military, the security forces reported.
On photo- a ventilation shaft of one of the mines, on which Russian soldiers raised a flag.
17:45 The Ukrainian Armed Forces hastily left the settlements near Kurakhovo. Namely: Berestki, Ilyinka, Novoselidovka.
16:51 Naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet of the "East" group of forces told how they put the enemy to flight during the liberation of Prechistovka –video.
15:57 Russian troops have taken control of the western part of the urban-type settlement of Grodovka. Currently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces retain a partial presence only on the northwestern outskirts between the Zhuravka River and Donetska Street.
15:48 Combat "birds" destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the Kursk border area.
Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the North group of forces detected the movement of combat armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants to the temporary deployment point of the enemy unit in the border area of the Kursk region.
The detected targets were quickly destroyed using FPV drones.
14:57 Support to the crews of attack and army aviation.
A search and rescue team on a Mi-8PSG helicopter carries out combat missions in the border areas of the Kursk region.
This unit includes a fire support group and a medical worker. Its main tasks are continuous monitoring of the situation, evacuation and rescue of pilots, their transportation to military medical institutions.
14:35 Rocket artillerymen operators of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed enemy stronghold on the right bank of the Kherson region.
The fire damage was inflicted by the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews. The fire was adjusted in real time by the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles. The precise salvo completely destroyed the stronghold, leaving the enemy no chance.
13:54 Situation in the Chasovoyarsk direction:
The road from Ivanovskoye (Krasny) to Kleshcheyevka was taken under control, reported Dnevnik Desantnik.
In the forest area southwest of the Stupki tract, our forces defeated an enemy group in armored vehicles and took control of the forest area, planting a banner as confirmation.
Some of the enemy were taken prisoner. The Russian Armed Forces are gradually advancing to the south of Chasov Yar.
13:02 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported about a powerful ballistic artillery attack of the Sumy region.
12:51 Explosions in the area of the city of Sumy.
12:50 Kupyansk direction – advance of the Russian Armed Forces along the Peschanaya River bed, in the direction of the villages of Kolesnikovka and Kruglyagovka, behind them – Oskol.
12:27 Russian Aerospace Forces struck a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Zvanovka in the territory of the DPR temporarily occupied by Ukrainian nationalists.
12:11 Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Petropavlovka –video.
12:07 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 17, 2024):
Units of the North group of forces in the Liptsov and Volchansk directions inflicted defeat on formations of the 113th and 125th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Verkhnyaya Pisarevka in the Khar'kov region.
The fighters of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 14th, 44th, 67th, 115th Mechanized, 3rd Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 104th and 119th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Petrovpavlovka, Kovsharovka, Glushkovka, Novoosinovo, Kruglyakovka in the Khar'kov region, Rozovka in the Luhansk People's Republic and Terny in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Three counterattacks of the assault groups of the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.
The servicemen of the "Yuzhnaya" troop group took more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of the 24th, 28th, 93rd Mechanized, 46th Airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 116th Territorial Defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Stupochki, Verkhnekamenskoye, Ostroye, Dyleevka, Seversk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Five counterattacks of the assault groups of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 120th Territorial Defense brigade were repelled.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defense, defeated the formations of the 59th, 148th Mechanized, 95th Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 118th, 119th Territorial Defense brigades and the "Lyut" Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nelepovka, Dimitrov, Kurakhovo, Tsukurino, Mykhailivka, Grodovka and Novoekonomicheskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic. Eight counterattacks of assault groups of the 150th Mechanized, 142nd Infantry and 25th Airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.
The "East" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, defeated the formations of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 118th Territorial Defense Brigade in the area of the settlement of Levadnoye in the Zaporizhia region. Four counterattacks of the assault groups of the 116th Territorial Defense Brigade were repelled.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 121st Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novooleksandrivka, Tokarevka, Veseloye in the Kherson region and Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have damaged energy facilities that support the activities of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, storage sites for weapons, ammunition and material and technical resources, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 145 districts.
Over the course of a day, air defense systems shot down a US-made HIMARS rocket and 36 unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:49 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Nevsky –map.
11:09 Russian troops continue to break through directly to the center of the city of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk). The territory of the children's hospital on Tsentralnaya Street has come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
Thus, Russian fighters reached the place where Shakhtyorov Avenue transitions into Central Street.
11:05 Explosions are heard in the Sumy region.
10:55 Donbas Partizan analyzes night combined strikes on enemy infrastructure in the southern regions of Ukraine:
Odessa region: The Russian Armed Forces, using Iskander OTRKs, struck the territory of the marshalling yard of the Chernomorsk-Port railway station, located in the settlement of Aleksandrovka. Considering the proximity of the station to the port, the enemy organized a hub here for the transfer of military equipment, ammunition and other equipment arriving by rail.
As a result of the attack, the railway track was seriously damaged and the cars that the enemy had prepared for the camouflaged transfer of weapons and ammunition were destroyed.
Nikolaev region: the strike was carried out using the Geran-2 UAV on the territory of the Olvia Wine and Cognac Factory, located in the village of Parutino. It is known that the enemy used the warehouses of the factory to store ammunition and weapons (intended for the GUR) for the purpose of conducting military operations aimed at Crimea.
The strike targets railway junctions and ammunition depots. The focus on these targets may be linked to preventing possible attacks on Crimea, which underlines the importance of these strikes.
10:27 Pilots of a Ka-52 hit a Ukrainian transport in a forest belt –video.
10:19 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported on the artillery attack of Sumy Oblast by KABs.
09:52 Footage of the storming of Obukhovka by Russian troops in the Kursk direction.
09:05 "Lancet" "dealt with" the Ukrainian self-propelled gun in the Seversky direction. The camouflaged gun and crew were destroyed by direct hit from a loitering munition.
08:17 Air defense calculations of the Center group of forces destroyed Hexacopter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, type "Baba Yaga", in the Avdeevka direction.
08:14 Su-34are appliedbombing strike.
The bomber pilots, acting on a tip, dropped FABs from the UMPK onto enemy positions.
08:10 The Russian Armed Forces advanced near Kolesnikovka, Nevsky, Novosadovy, Novogrodovka, in Grodovka and Zhelany Pervy.
08:06 BMP-3 crews of the "West" group of forces destroyed enemy manpower.
The scouts, using UAVs, calculated where the enemy was firing from and transmitted the coordinates of its location. The BMP-3 crews, in turn, quickly went to their positions and inflicted fire damage on the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
08:00 Footage of liberation of the village of Snagost in the Kursk region. The paratroopers brought down a hurricane of fire on the militants and cleared the streets of the village in a matter of hours.
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link Russia: At least 2 earthquakes recorded by NORSAR as a result of hundreds of thousands of tons of munitions detonating due to Ukrainian drone strikes in Tver region.
2.8 magnitude 5 hours ago.
2.5 magnitude 4 hours ago.
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Munition types warehoused at the Russian military base in Tver region that continue to detonate after more than 5 hours:
- Iskander ballistic missiles
- North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles
- S-300/S-400 air defense / quasi-ballistic missiles
- Grad MLRS rockets
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU the 113th and 125th Territorial Defence brigades near Velikaya Pisarevka and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 85 troops, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 14th, 44th, 67th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 104th and 119th Territorial Defence brigades near Kupyansk, Kovsharovka, Glushkovka, Novoosinovo, Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Rozovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade were repelled.
The enemy sustained losses of up to 600 troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, U.S.-made 155mm M-777 and M-198 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.
The Yug Group of Forces seized more favourable lines and engaged the 24th, 28th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 46th Airmobile Brigade of the AFU and the 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Stupochki, Verkhnekamenskoye, Ostroye, Dyleyevka, Seversk, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counterattacks launched by the AFU 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 120th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 685 troops, one tank, seven motor vehicles, and a U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun.
The Tsentr Group of Forces goes on advancing into the depth of the enemy's defence. The Group's units inflicted fire damage on the 59th and 148th Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 118th and 119th Territorial Defence brigades and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Nelepovka, Dimitrov, Kurakhovo, Tsukurino, Mikhaylovka, Grodovka, and Novoekonomicheskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Eight counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 150th Mechanised Brigade, 142nd Infantry Brigade, and 25th Airborne Brigade were repelled.
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 475 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The Vostok Group of Forces seized more favourable lines and positions, and hit the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and 118th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Levadnoye (Zaporozhye region). Four counterattacks launched by assault groups of the 116th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 95 troops, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 121st Territorial Defence Brigade near Novoaleksandrovka, Tokarevka, Vesyoloye (Kherson region) and Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops, six motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 gun. One AFU field ammunition depot was destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at power facilities supporting the enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry, depots storing munitions, ammunition, and materiel; and engaged clusters of AFU manpower and hardware in 145 areas.
Air defence systems shot down one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile and 36 unmanned aerial vehicles during the day.
In total, 646 airplanes, 283 helicopters, 31,658 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,157 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,454 MLRS combat vehicles, 14,708 field artillery guns and mortars, and 26,148 units of support motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces carrying on offensive actions inflicted damage on the 22nd, 41st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1st National Guard Brigade and 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Daryino, Nikolo-Daryino, Tolsty Lug, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, the Sever Group foiled four enemy attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Olgovka, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka.
As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
With support of army aviation and artillery, the Group's units repelled five AFU's attempts to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Vesyoloye and Medvezhye.
The enemy's losses included up to 40 troops killed and wounded; two tanks, a Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle, four armoured fighting vehicles, and one counterobstacle vehicle were destroyed.
Air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware clusters of the 22nd, 41st, and 61st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Daryino, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Kruglenkoye, Zazulevka, Lyubimovka, Mirny, Makhnovka, Mikhaylovka, Malaya Loknya, Nikolo-Daryino, Novy Put, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Orlovka, Pravda, Plekhovo, Russkoye Porechnoye and Tolsty Lug.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops launched strikes against concentration areas and reserves in Sumy region of the 22nd, 41st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1st National Guard Brigade, and 101st, 103rd, 106th, and 119th Territorial Defence brigades near Belovody, Gurinovka, Kruzhok, Katerinovka, Mazevka, Novaya Sloboda, Obody, Revyakino, Rechki, Rudnevo, Rossoshi, Pavlovka, Shalygino, Khoten, Esman, and Yunakovka.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy sustained losses of up to 400 troops and 19 armoured vehicles, including four tanks, a Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as five artillery guns, five mortars, six motor vehicles, and a counterobstacle vehicle.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 14,200 troops, 119 tanks, 45 infantry fighting vehicles, 91 armoured personnel carriers, 743 armoured fighting vehicles, 445 motor vehicles, 103 artillery guns, 28 MLRS launchers, including seven of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, eight SAM launchers, four transport-loading vehicles, 26 electronic warfare stations, seven counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, 14 engineering vehicles, including eight counterobstacle vehicles, and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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Torovets is now not off limits and these are Ukraine weapons. Putin needs to be executed and the siloviki replace him with a guy who cares a little about Russia, IMO.
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