China — “The US has 336 labs in 30 countries under its control, including 26 in Ukraine alone. It should give a full account of its biological military activities at home and abroad and subject itself to multilateral verification.“

https://mobile.twitter.com/ASBMilitary/status/1501186294961082369

US and NATO Have Delivered 17,000 Anti-Tank Weapons to Ukraine in Six Days

2,000 Stingers

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went last week to an undisclosed airfield near the Ukrainian border that has become a hub for shipping weapons, a senior Defense Department official said, seeing firsthand the multinational effort to get weapons into Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion.

While at the airfield, Milley met with troops and personnel and examined the shipment activity, the official said Friday. The site has become a beehive of activity in recent days, going from a handful of flights each day to as many as 17, the field’s maximum capacity.

The airport’s location remains a secret to protect the shipments of weapons, including anti-armor missiles, into Ukraine. The Russian military has not targeted these shipments once they enter Ukraine, the official said, but there is some concern Russia could begin targeting the deliveries as its assault advances.

The US and other NATO members have so far sent Ukraine 17,000 anti-tank missiles and 2,000 stinger anti-aircraft missiles, a senior US official told CNN.

Since even before Russia’s invasion began late last month, the skies above Europe have been filled with military cargo aircraft of the US and others, particularly C-17s, the backbone of the US airlift fleet. The flights have been repositioning troops along NATO’s eastern flank, but also moving weapons to the transfer points where they can be delivered to Ukraine. The pace of the flights has only increased.

US European Command (EUCOM) is at the heart of the massive shipment operation, using its liaison network with allies and partners to coordinate “in real time” to send materials into Ukraine, a second Defense official said.

EUCOM is also coordinating with other countries, including the United Kingdom, in terms of the delivery process “to ensure that we are using our resources to maximum efficiency to support the Ukrainians in an organized way,” the official added.

Since Russia’s invasion began, 14 countries have sent security assistance to Ukraine, the official said, some of whom had rarely sent such substantial equipment before.

The “vast majority” of a $350 million US security assistance package has already been delivered to Ukraine, according to the official, only one week after it was officially approved by the White House.

Approximately $240 million of the package has reached Ukraine, and the rest should arrive within days and maybe weeks, “but not longer,” the official said Friday. The components that have already been delivered include “the most needed capabilities, like anti-armor capabilities.”

The speed at which the US now delivers weapons to Ukraine is dramatically faster than just two months ago. Most of a $200 million package approved in late December was delivered within a month, though some ammunition has yet to be shipped, the official said.

Meanwhile, the complete $350 million package, which the official described as the largest presidential drawdown in history, should be completed within days or weeks.

Source: CNN

The New York Times:

In less than a week, the United States and NATO have pushed more than 17,000 antitank weapons, including Javelin missiles, over the borders of Poland and Romania, unloading them from giant military cargo planes so they can make the trip by land to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and other major cities. So far, Russian forces have been so preoccupied in other parts of the country that they have not targeted the arms supply lines, but few think that can last.

https://anti-empire.com/us-and-nato-have-delivered-17000-anti-tank-weapons-to-ukraine-in-six-days/

Russian oligarchs are moving to Israel: media reports

At least 7 rented private jets are suspected of carrying wealthy Russian oligarchs to Israel in an effort to escape sanctions imposed on Moscow

At least seven rented private jets are suspected of carrying wealthy Russian oligarchs to Israel in an effort to escape sanctions imposed on Moscow.

According to the Times of Israel, the planes originate from a company in Turkey that provides jets for hire in Europe.

Tracking data showed the planes made trips to Moscow and St. Petersburg, then from those cities to Tel Aviv.

This comes after several Russian oligarchs have been sanctioned by the US, UK and EU, resulting in them being cut off from the US financial system, with their assets frozen and property blocked off.

Israel has not joined the imposition of sanctions but has said oligarchs cannot leave their planes or yatchs on its soil for more than 48 hours.

"We will not give oligarchs on the sanctions list their yachts and airplanes in Israel. We must not be seen as a country used to evading sanctions," an official told Ynet.

Despite the sanctions on Russia, the Bank of Israel has yet to issue instructions on how local banks should deal with Russian banks in general, and Russian oligarchs in particular, who hold Israeli bank accounts.

Channel 12 news on Friday reported that an inter-ministerial committee is set to give recommendations to the government this week regarding sanctions that Israel could impose against Russia.

It added that there is no legislation that would prevent oligarchs with Israeli citizenship from putting their money into bank accounts in Israel.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220308-russian-oligarchs-are-moving-to-israel-media-reports/

Ukrainian officer's essentials: night vision, water, and Golda Meir

Ynet correspondent in Ukraine runs into a Zionist Ukrainian officer in a military post as he takes his a trip to Kyiv following the announcement about a humanitarian corridor

After Russia announced a ceasefire on Tuesday, I made my way to the outskirts of Kyiv. I drove south and was surprised to find no trace of the Russian army at an 80 kilometers distance from the capital.

I continued eastward and arrived at Wyszogród, the northern-most neighborhood in Kyiv on the West banks of the Dnieper River. This neighborhood is where the city's northern post is located, which the threatening Russian convoy has been lagging to reach for several days due to a traffic holdup.

The convoy stopped at a bridge that the Ukrainians bombed, but if it advances it will reach Northern Kyiv.

Despite the snowy weather conditions, citizens have been bringing food to the soldiers at the post. Though I wasn't permitted photograph the fortification at the post, the Russian lieutenant Alex Gorgan was stunned to hear I was Israeli.

"My name is Alex, but my nickname is Zion", he told me. "Zion, like the holy mountain in Jerusalem. I'm Zionist". He opened his bag and elaborated on what was inside

https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/r1d00axszq#autoplay

Ukrainian oligarchs flee Kyiv in luxury cars escorted by regime police

Ukrainian oligarchs are fleeing Kyiv in luxury cars and escorted by regime police.

The financial elite of the Ukrainian capital, board their luxury cars - they have a preference for Porsche, BMW, Jaguar and Land Rover - and leave with their families.

But not so simply but escorted by the regime police in order to prevent something unexpected from happening, naturally infuriating the underprivileged who are squeezed into their cars as much as they can and take the road of escape without any provision and protection.

https://youtu.be/j8rZgoPFi4o

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Judge Slams DOJ For ‘Trampling’ Rights Of Capitol Riot Defendant – ‘No Excuse To Treat A Human Being Like That’

A judge on Monday admonished the Justice Department for their handling of Capitol riot cases, suggesting the sheer size and scope of the investigation led to some defendants having their rights “trampled.”

U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui made the unusually stern denunciation at a hearing for Lucas Denney of Texas, whom the judge states was “lost” in the system as the DOJ sought to prosecute a considerable number of cases involving January 6th.

Faruqui, who noted he was formerly a federal prosecutor in the same U.S. Attorney’s Office leading the investigation, suggested the government had “bitten off more than it can chew.”

“You have been lost for months,” the judge told Denney. “There’s no excuse to treat a human being like that. … There is no circumstance under which any person should be forgotten.”

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui decried delays in the case of a Texas man accused of assaulting police on Jan. 6.

Last year, Faruqui complained about another defendant taking 3 weeks to be moved to D.C.

“There’s no excuse to treat a human being like that.”https://t.co/2rIAKbypok

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) March 7, 2022

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/judge-slams-doj-for-trampling-rights-of-capitol-riot-defendant-no-excuse-to-treat-a-human-being-like-that/