Ukraine Outraged, Summons Hungarian Ambassador, After Viktor Orban Speaks Inconvenient Truths

Ukraine has lost patience with Hungary, and on Tuesday lashed out in a message to the Hungarian ambassador, lodging formal protest over "disparaging" statements made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The Ukrainian foreign ministry demanded that Budapest stop what it described as anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.

"The envoy was summoned by the foreign ministry after its spokesperson said last week that Orban had told reporters Ukraine was a no man's land and compared it to Afghanistan," according to Reuters. But there's crucial missing context to how Orban's words are being misleadingly presented, which will be made clear below.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-outraged-summons-hungarian-ambassador-after-viktor-orban-speaks-inconvenient

US accuses Russia of violating nuclear treaty – media

Washington has reportedly claimed that Moscow breached terms of the New START accord by refusing on-site weapons inspections

US President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly accused Russia of violating the last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between the two countries by blocking on-site inspections.

The US State Department made the allegation – marking the first US claim that Moscow breached terms of the New START treaty – in a report sent to Congress on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The report also claimed that Russian officials had rejected US requests to hold a meeting to address compliance concerns.

“Russia’s refusal to facilitate inspection activities prevents the United States from exercising important rights under the treaty and threatens the viability of US-Russian nuclear arms control,” the State Department said in a statement to Reuters.

The conflict may add to concerns that the world’s two largest nuclear superpowers may no longer be able to work together on nonproliferation goals amid deteriorating relations between Washington and Moscow. The Kremlin said earlier this month that US-Russian relations were probably at an all-time low and offered no hope of improving as Washington intervened against Moscow in the Ukraine crisis.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warned last week that a nuclear arms race will ensue if New START is allowed to expire in 2026, as scheduled, without being replaced. New START, which then-Presidents Barack Obama and Peter Medvedev signed in 2010, replaced the soon-to-expire Treaty of Moscow and called for halving the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers emplaced around the world.

Russia has a “clear path” for resuming compliance with the treaty, and the US stands ready to collaborate with Moscow on fully implanting the deal, the State Department said. In November, the Kremlin canceled New START talks that had been scheduled to take place in Cairo. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said there was no possibility of resuming negotiations while the US was continuing to arm Ukraine.

“The US intends to supply even more weapons to the conflict region, in which the Russian Federation is directly involved,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at the time. “That is, they will supply all these weapons, they will encourage the Kiev regime to cause even more bloodshed, they will allocate money for extremist activities that are carried out under the auspices of these delusional people. And we will sit with them at the same table and discuss issues of mutual security with them, including those in their interest?"

https://www.rt.com/news/570776-us-accuses-russia-nuclear-treaty-violations/

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Health department reviewing fifth COVID-19 vaccine. But what if you have missed a dose?

Australians will consider further vaccination against COVID-19 with new booster recommendations to be made ahead of winter.

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) is expected to make a decision on the fifth dose within weeks.

Currently, only those who are severely immunocompromised and over 16, are eligible to get the fifth COVID-19 jab.

As federal authorities prepare to recommend a fifth jab, what happens if you have skipped a dose?

Here's what we know so far.

What if I haven't had my fourth dose yet?

"We really need to think about how recent someone's last vaccine was, rather than how many doses they have had," Monash University associate professor James Trauer says.

"Evidence for the fourth dose was that people were protected for a few months, but that the protection waned back to the level we would see for three doses relatively quickly.

"So these repeated boosters seem to be providing a window of extra protection for a few months.

"This protection is likely to be quite important for the elderly and those with medical conditions, and so we do need to be looking at repeated vaccination as we head into waves of transmission."

What are the recommended intervals between booster doses?

Three months is the recommended time between completing the primary COVID-19 vaccine course and the first booster.

The recommended interval between the first booster dose and a second booster dose (for those who are recommended to receive a second booster dose) is also three months.

ATAGI advises there is no upper time limit for the administration of a booster dose, but notes vaccine effectiveness wanes over time.

What vaccine am I eligible for?

For adults under 60, Pfizer, Moderna, or Novavax are preferred by ATAGI over AstraZeneca for the first two doses, while there is no preferred brand for people over 60.

For pregnant women, Pfizer and Moderna are recommended and Novavax is also an option, but AstraZeneca is not preferred.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/australia-to-announce-guidance-fifth-covid-vaccine-dose/101905806