PHOTOS: Multiple tanker trucks catch fire at oil refinery in Venango County
there are no coincidences
https://www.wpxi.com/news/photos-multiple/BERPX7NSHRGUDMS3IV326FWJSI/
guise… maybe dig on this refinery? anon thinks it's small and very old dating to when they still pulled lots of crude out of the ground in PA.
are they planning to remove the small regional refineries first so that when they take out the mega-refineries, we're all fucked?
>i've got an M.D.
the LEAST credible documentation of qualifications you he could have.
maybe a PhD in an actual physical science or physical engineering ought to be a prerequisite for congressmen?
Russia will return to the moon – Putin
Sanctions won’t derail the country’s plans in space, the president said
Russia must be able to respond to challenges in exploring space, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that the country is going to continue with its lunar program, among other ventures.
“We’ll resume the lunar program,” Putin asserted as he visited Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur Region on Tuesday with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko.
The Russian leader said he was referring to the launch of the Luna-25 robotic lander, which is scheduled to take place at Vostochny on August 22, according to spacecraft developer NPO Lavochkin.
The probe will be tasked with perfecting a soft landing on the lunar surface for future missions and studying the area near the Moon’s south pole. It’s planned to carry 30kg of scientific equipment, including a robotic arm and a drill.
Humanity’s exploration of the Moon began with the Soviet Luna-2 probe back in 1959, but the country hasn’t carried out similar missions for almost five decades.
The draconian sanctions slapped on Russia by the US, EU and a number of other nations over its military assault on Ukraine will not make Moscow give up on space exploration, the president said.
“Despite all the difficulties and attempts to interfere from the outside, we’re definitely going to implement all our plans with consistency and persistence,” he stated.
He also said that Russia and Belarus are going to develop their space infrastructure together, while also tasking Roscosmos with organizing a mission for a Belarusian cosmonaut aboard a Russian spaceship.
Lukashenko promised to send Belarusian workers to help service the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
French journalist reports that US military are in charge of the ground troops in Ukraine
https://twitter.com/antiwar_soldier/status/1513596067442569227
tattoos are like tagging a church/temple with graffitti.
US and UK conducting 'secret war' in Ukraine – Le Figaro
Elite special forces from the UK and the US have been present in Ukraine since the beginning of hostilities with Russia in late February, a source in the French intelligence community reportedly told a Le Figaro reporter, last week.
The claim was reported by the newspaper’s senior international correspondent Georges Malbrunot on Saturday, the day when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made his surprise visit to Kiev. The British leader was reportedly surrounded by guards from the elite SAS force, though this claim was not officially confirmed.
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SAS units “have been present in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, as did [sic] the American Deltas,” Malbrunot tweeted citing a French intelligence source. He added that according to the source Russia was well aware of the “secret war” waged against its troops by foreign commandos. Le Figaro included his report in their updates on Ukraine.
The UK and the US have been among the most active military supporters of Kiev. Johnson reportedly personally urged his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to keep on fighting against Russia and not settle for peace until better terms are offered.
Western pro-fighting consensus was apparently confirmed last week by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who said on Saturday that the “war will be won on the battlefield” as he too was visiting Kiev.
British media earlier reported that dozens of “retired” SAS soldiers had gone or planned to go to Ukraine to contribute their expertise in reconnaissance and anti-tank warfare to Kiev’s cause. Their services were allegedly paid for by “a country in Europe, still to be named, via a private military company” rather than by the British government, according to the UK tabloid the Daily Mirror.
The Russian military reported action against what it described as “mercenaries” fighting for Ukraine on several occasions. One of the recent instances was on Saturday, just as Johnson and Borell were in Kiev.
The Russian defense ministry said Kiev attempted to use a civilian ship in its latest failed attempt to evacuate high-value personnel from the port city of Mariupol, which saw some of the most intensive fighting during the conflict. The individuals intended for evacuation were identified as leaders of the ultranationalist Azov battalion and foreign mercenaries. There are unconfirmed reports that hundreds of foreign nationals could be blocked in Mariupol along with several thousand Azov troops.
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The US and the UK have publicly stated they had no plans to involve their troops in the fighting in Ukraine. Both are major suppliers of arms to Kiev and were training soldiers in Ukraine before the Russian offensive. The experts were reported pulled out of the country in the run-up to the hostilities.
Britain’s Defence Ministry banned active service members from traveling to Ukraine in early March, saying that violating the rule could result in prosecution. Kiev called on volunteers abroad to join the ranks of its newly-created “foreign legion” after the Russian attack.
Russia launched a large-scale offensive against Ukraine in late February, following Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements signed in 2014, and Russia’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German and French brokered Minsk Protocol was designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.
Russia has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two rebel regions by force.
https://www.rt.com/news/553656-sas-delta-deployed-ukraine/
NATO's Eastward Expansion Orchestrated by US With Goal of Regime Change in Russia - Military Analyst
"Right now NATO is waking up to the fact that despite all of the propaganda that NATO and the West, together with Ukraine, have been putting out about a Russian defeat in Ukraine, the military professionals are looking at the map, looking at this position of forces, and realising that Ukraine is about ready to suffer a very major strategic defeat; one that will transform the entire picture, so to speak, including any leverage Ukraine might enjoy at the negotiating table", Ritter says, concluding that NATO strengthening its eastern flanks is a response to the potential grim scenario for the alliance.
It looks like Russia's stance on the matter will not be too much of a concern for NATO, just like it wasn't before the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine. Pointing at how Russia warned that NATO's expansion eastward would prompt a "military-technical response", Ritter suggests that the alliance's actions may trigger exactly that. However, it could be limited to "simply a re-disposition of forces in a manner that's more forward-leaning", he notes.
Pondering as to why NATO would continue its provocative actions despite clearly knowing Russia's stance on its expansion eastward, Ritter pointed to it not being the alliance itself making this decision.
"I think the world is starting to wake up to the fact that NATO is an extension of American foreign policy, that NATO is not an independent entity capable of independent thinking or formulating an independent security policy, especially when it comes to Europe. Despite President Biden's denials to the contrary, the United States does have a policy of regime change in Russia. It is the expressed desire of the United States that the government of Vladimir Putin be done away with, hopefully by an uprising by the Russian people", Ritter says.
In order to achieve that goal, he continues, NATO, guided by the United States, will "move forward in a manner which is definitely counter to Europe's security interests", using a similar template to that observed in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and other nations where Washington was willing to change power.
This template, Ritter says, is "to create a tremendous amount of pressure through economic sanctions", then combining it with military pressure, a posturing of forces, and the like.
And if it does follow such a scenario, then it could face a military conflict with Russia, with Moscow "showing in the instance of Ukraine" that Russia is "willing to go to war to defend its national security interests, that it deems to be of an existential nature". Should Moscow deem the alliance's ambition of beefing up its eastern flanks with more military, then the consequences could be grim for Europe.
"This is suicidal, in my viewpoint and normal, rational minds in Europe would normally caution against this. But again, NATO has been captured by the United States and NATO policy is merely an extension of American national security policy. That's why I think NATO is doing this, because they're being directed to, pressured by the United States to maintain pressure on Russia in a manner that, at least from the American perspective, they believe would be conducive to domestic unrest in Russia", Ritter explains.
What Could NATO's Permanent Presence in Eastern Europe Mean?
What NATO calls its "tripwire presence" in Eastern Europe could be reinforced primarily in the Baltic countries and Poland.
"That is to expand the current reinforced battalion-size battlegroups that NATO has stationed on the soil of the Baltic republics and Poland with larger, perhaps brigade-size elements; in the case of Poland, maybe divisions, etc. This would be a much larger force", Ritter says.
His view comes as Lithuania announced on Monday that Vilnius and other countries of NATO's eastern flank "are seeking NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalions to be reinforced to the level of brigades".
When it comes to Poland, Ritter continues, NATO might be contemplating the possibility of reconfiguring the Polish Army so that it could "withstand an invasion by Russia", especially in light of military misfortunes already faced by the Ukrainian Army. However, given the slight difference between beefing up offensive and defensive combat due to manoeuvre warfare, Russia could view any Polish military buildup - even that carried out for defensive purposes - as a potential threat.
"So again, this reinforcement is counterproductive and counter-intuitive. I think only bad things can come from it", Ritter concluded.
https://sputniknews.com/20220411/natos-eastward-expansion-orchestrated-by-us-with-goal-of-regime-change-in-russia—military-analyst-1094670461.html
Remnants of Azov neonazis trapped in Mariupol killed/surrendered to Russian forces in thwarted escape attempt
The Russian army delivered air and artillery strikes to thwart a Ukrainian nationalists’ attempt to escape from Mariupol, eliminating up to 50 militants while 42 others laid down their arms, the general said.
"On the evening of April 11, the remnants of Ukrainian troops surrounded on the premises of the Ilyicha factory made an unsuccessful attempt under the cover of darkness to get away from the city. The breakthrough attempt was thwarted by air and artillery strikes," the spokesman said.
A group of up to 100 Ukrainian troops attempted to battle through from the factory’s territory on their armor and leave the city in the northern direction, the general specified.
"Three Ukrainian tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, seven vehicles and up to 50 personnel were eliminated. Another 42 Ukrainian servicemen voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered," the spokesman said.
https://tass.com/politics/1436241?utm_source=whatdoesitmean.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatdoesitmean.com&utm_referrer=whatdoesitmean.com
you're only off by a factor of 2500. clotshot 25,000 times (2,500,000%) more deadly than coronavirus (common cold).
>the 'event' is soon
well….. he's black. what else did they need to know?
Putin agrees that US is ready to resist Russia "to the last Ukrainian"
The Russian leader noted that "the world today is more complex than it was during the Cold War"
VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME, April 12. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees with the opinion Washington is determined to resist Moscow "to the last Ukrainian".
"A great deal is being said about the United States’ intention to fight against Russia ‘to the last Ukrainian’ - they say it there and they say it here. This is so in reality," Putin told a news conference following talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region.
The Russian leader said that "the world today is more complex than it was during the Cold War."
"In this complex world one country will fail to retain its total domination," Putin said. "Today we are witnesses to the collapse of the unipolar world system that took shape following the demise of the Soviet Union."
On February 24, Putin launched a special military operation in Ukraine following a request for help from the leaders of the Donbass republics. He stressed that Moscow had no plans for an occupation of Ukrainian territories. After that the United States, the European Union, Britain and a number of other states imposed sanctions on Russian individuals and legal entities.
https://tass.com/politics/1436579
Putin made Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn required reading in Russian schools.
MAYBE we need to get the LGBQT indoctrination out of OUR schools and make THIS required reading, instead.
>lemme know
(self-nom late posts)
spank me later.
>Solar Storm warnings multiple times a year andNOTHING EVER FUCKING HAPPENS
define "nothing"
fyi, solar storm warnings issued multiple times PER MONTH, because they DO have a major impact.
i guess knocking out multiple communications satellites doesn't amount to anything in your mind (i use the term VERY loosely).
now FUCK OFF, SHILL.
according to polls, 70% of the US public believes putin is bad. ten years ago, that number would have been 97+%
that's TEN TIMES more awakened sheep. we're close to the tipping point.
>>16061520 (me)
a great gift for your normie friends and family
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294911907296?epid=20038298762&hash=item44aa1e95e0:g:bOAAAOSwPK1f~m2l
>first of all it's a weird thing to argue with me over.
so WHY ARE YOU arguing? shill much? or just too STUPID and too LAZY to search it yourself?
just a few weeks ago, a SMALL solar storm took out 40 of elon's starlink sats. bigger storms have destroyed major satellites.
now STFU, assbreath faggot.
>all i said was it hasn't had any effect on everyday people in the modern era.
since you're using the internet, and presumably a phone and a TV, it HAS affected you, JACKOFF, even if you're too stoopit to know it.
when they spend billions to replace destroyed satellites, who do you THINK ends up paying for it? MORAN.
the inability to admit when you're wrong is a sure sign of total lack of character to go along with your total lack of intelligence.