VIDEO OF SENATOR GRAHAM CALLING FOR PUTIN’S ASSASSINATION
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Germany Sends 2,700 Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Ukraine Despite Moscow's Warning
Germany on Thursday confirmed that it's ramping up military aid to beleaguered Ukraine, after days ago reversing its long-standing policy of neutrality which banned any country from shipping German arms into conflict zones. Now after one week of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, Berlin is sending an additional 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles to Kiev.
It comes after an initial arms shipment already arrived, upon the request of the Ukrainian government. Given that also on Thursday the White House confirmed that it's sharing "real-time intelligence" with Ukraine's military - all of this suggests the NATO allies are slowly getting sucked in more directly amid Ukraine's efforts to defend its territory.
It should be noted of course that obviously NATO has been supporting Ukraine on a military and intelligence level for a long, long time at this point, which the Kremlin has cited as one of the reasons for the extreme action now being taken.
The Wall Street Journal details in a fresh report that what's essentially Germany's version of the more well-known US Stinger system is called the Strela:
The shoulder-fired weapons, known as Strela, can be used against helicopters and airplanes and will be transported to Ukraine within days. The Soviet-made rockets belonged to the armed forces of the former East Germany and are among the most widespread weapons of that type in the world. They were mothballed years ago and are now stored by the environment ministry.
The initial German weapons shipment earlier this week included 1,000 anti-tank missiles, and additionally 500 American Stingers. Berlin's complete 180-turn on the issue also allowed Baltic states like Estonia to begin shipping in German-made weapons.
This poses a huge problem for those in the West not wishing for direct Russia-NATO confrontation. Moscow this week warned that if its forces come under fire by foreign-supplied weapons, then those external countries behind the shipments will "bear the responsibility."
But many reports suggest this is already happening, particularly given Ukraine has long had an abundance of US Javelin anti-tank missiles. By some estimates, Ukraine's military has already used literally hundreds of Javelins against the invading Russian army.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/germany-sends-2700-anti-aircraft-missiles-ukraine-despite-moscows-warning
Russia Halts Rocket Engine Supply To US As ISS Partnership Threatened
Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos halted deliveries of rocket engines to the US following a series of devastating financial sanctions by the US, according to Russian state-owned news agency TASS.
"Today, we have made a decision to halt the deliveries of rocket engines produced by NPO Energomash to the United States. Let me remind you that these deliveries had been quite intensive somewhere since the mid-1990s," Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV on Thursday.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-halts-rocket-engine-supply-us-iss-partnership-threatened
YouTube temporarily suspends The Hill's channel
YouTube has temporarily suspended The Hill's channel — according to Robby Soave, who is both a co-host on The Hill's "Rising" program and a senior editor at Reason, The Hill's YouTube account has been suspended for seven days.
"Last night, we learned that YouTube had suspended The Hill's entire account for the next seven days, preventing us from publishing new videos. The reason was election misinformation, stemming from two previous videos. The first video in question, which was not aired as part of Rising, was raw footage of Trump's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 26, during which he made false claims about the election," Soave wrote.
Soave indicated that the other video at issue was a segment from "Rising" that aired clips of former President Donald Trump being interviewed by Fox News host Laura Ingraham, including a part where Trump claimed that there had been a "rigged election."
Our Hill colleagues also posted a raw video of Trump's speech to CPAC, without comment or rebuttal. We know the 2020 election was neither stolen nor rigged and look forward to returning to our channel soon. We appreciate your support!
— Rising (@Rising) 1646339695
While Soave and co-host Ryan Grim did not seek to rebut Trump's claim, Soave wrote that, "No one who has watched Rising, read my work at Reason, or read Grim's work at The Intercept, could possibly come away with the impression that either of us thinks the 2020 election was rigged. We have criticized that false claim, both on the show and in our respective publications."
YouTube's policies prohibit "Content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of select past national elections, after final election results are officially certified."
"We may allow content that violates the election integrity policy noted on this page if the content includes additional context in the video, audio, title, or description," YouTube also notes.
"I understood that the platform would punish content creators who made false statements about the election. I had no idea that YouTube would punish news channels for reporting the news," Soave wrote.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/the-youtube-temporarily-suspends-the-hill
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