Anonymous ID: 1b9a2a Feb. 11, 2023, 7:02 p.m. No.18329264   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9274 >>9331 >>9547 >>9591 >>9645

>>18329105

11 Feb, 2023 09:40

US defense official flags 'no objections' to Kiev attacking Crimea

 

Washington will not limit Ukrainian strikes on territory it claims as its own, Celeste Wallander said

 

The US would have no objections to Ukrainian forces striking targets inside Crimea with American-supplied weapons, a senior defense official said on Friday.

 

Dr Celeste Wallander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, was asked whether Washington supports Kiev in seizing Crimea, or at least in striking Russian targets there. The peninsula overwhelmingly voted to become part of Russia in 2014 following a Western-backed coup in Kiev.

 

Speaking at the Center for a New American Security, Wallander reiterated that the US “supportsUkraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty over its internationally recognized borders, and that includes Crimea.” With this in mind, the official argued that Kiev “has the right to defend every inch of its territory.”

 

As long as Ukraine “identifies operational value in targeting Russian forces on Ukrainian territory… we don’t have objections and do not seek to limit Ukrainian military operations to achieve their objectives.”

 

She also commented on remarks made by Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, who warned in January that it would be “very difficult” for Ukraine “to militarily eject the Russian forces” from all the territories they currently control.

 

“I am not going to contradict general Milley, and I think he was giving a hard-headed assessment of the scale of the challenge,” she said.

 

In January, The New York Times reported, citing sources, that the administration of US President Joe Biden was warming to the prospect of helping Ukraine to target Crimea, “even if such a move increases the risk of escalation.”

 

On February 3, the US announced a new $2.17 billion security package for Ukraine which included ground-launched, small-diameter bombs (GLSDB) with a range of up to 150 kilometers (93 miles). While the Pentagon said that this long-range capability would enable Ukrainians “to take back their sovereign territory,” it declined to speculate about Kiev's future potential operations.

 

Last week, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who now serves as Deputy Chair of the nation’s Security Council, warned that any attack on Crimea would be interpreted as an attack on the country itself. Kiev, he said, must understand that such moves would be “met with inevitable retaliation using weapons of any kind.”

 

(Ukraine is not a country, they belong to Russia, its all a head fake!)

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/571323-us-no-objections-crimea-attack/

Anonymous ID: 1b9a2a Feb. 11, 2023, 7:10 p.m. No.18329327   🗄️.is đź”—kun

11 Feb, 2023 04:54

Russia issues warning to US over special ops in Ukraine

 

The deployment of such troops would carry “indescribable risks,” Moscow's ambassador claims

 

Russia’s envoy to Washington has responded to recent reports that the US is seeking to resume its “top-secret programs” in Ukraine, warning that it would mean direct American involvement in the conflict.

 

Asked to comment on a report published in the Washington Post on Friday which said the Pentagon may restart its clandestine operations in Ukraine, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said that while the claim has not been confirmed by officials, it would mark a major escalation.

 

“Discussions on the pages of one of the leading American media about the possible sending of Special Forces to Ukraine are very remarkable,” he said. “Such publications once again testify that here in Washington there is an obsession with an unrealizable dream to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia and readiness to face indescribable risks in this pursuit.”

 

If the US leadership decides to resume activities of the Special Operations Forces on the Ukrainian territory,it will represent undisguised participation of the regular army in the current conflict.

 

The Post report noted that military officials are now “urging Congress” to approve funding for top-secret programs, which were paused after the conflict with Russia kicked off nearly one year ago. Though no decision is expected until the fall, the Pentagon reportedly hopes to resume the projects sometime in 2024.

 

It remains unclear whether President Joe Biden will authorize deployments by American commandos, with the Post suggesting they may operate from a neighboring country. Prior to the conflict, US Special Operations troops ran two “irregular warfare surrogate programs”in Ukraine, one of which sent local Ukrainian operatives on “surreptitious reconnaissance missions in Ukraine’s east.”

 

Antonov went on to accuse Washington of acting as an “accomplice” to Ukraine, sayingUS involvement in the conflict is driving the world toward “unpredictable consequences.”

 

Washington has approved more than $30 billion in direct military assistance to Kiev since last year, supplying a long list of heavy weapons and other gear. The Kremlin has repeatedly urged against outside involvement in Ukraine, stating the weapons would only prolong the conflict, while vowing to destroy any Western military hardware shipped to the battlefield.

 

https://www.rt.com/news/571313-russia-us-special-operations/

Anonymous ID: 1b9a2a Feb. 11, 2023, 7:13 p.m. No.18329344   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9384

10 Feb, 2023 21:55

Wagner boss estimates how long Ukraine conflict will last

The hostilities between Moscow and Kiev might drag on for three more years, Yevgeny Prigozhin believes

 

The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine will likely continue for up to three more years, depending on the goals Moscow actually pursues, Wagner private military group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has said. The businessman made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Semyon Pegov of the independent WarGonzo project on Friday.

 

“If we need to cover the DPR and LPR, then we need to work for at least another year and a half or two,” Prigozhin stated, referring to the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which were recently incorporated into Russia.

 

Should Russia seek to “go toward the Dnepr,”a major river separating Ukraine into roughly two halves, the conflict will last even longer and drag on for up to three more years, Prigozhin suggested. At the same time, the founder of the private military group noted that in any conflict, the destruction of the enemy’s army must be the priority, rather than a desire to seize territories from the adversary.

 

Prigozhin also revealed, apparently jokingly, that should Moscow also seek to reach all across Europe toward the English Channel, he already has a perfect plan for such an endeavor. To achieve that goal, everyone in Russia must drop any leisure activity, put on their “working suits,” and work tirelessly. Some spoils of the campaign, however, including “France, Italy, Bulgaria and something else,”should be ceded afterwards to Ukrainians, since they are set to “suffer here with us”much more.

 

Founded in 2014, Wagner has mainly operated as a security contractor in Africa and the Middle East until now. The precise details of its deployments have not been made public, while Prigozhin denied his ties to the group and its very existence until last year.

 

The group has been an active participant in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, scoring several victories against the Ukrainian troops. The achievements have also earned the company wide international attention, with the US declaring Wagner a “transnational criminal organization” last month.

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/571310-wagner-boss-ukraine-conflict/

Anonymous ID: 1b9a2a Feb. 11, 2023, 7:33 p.m. No.18329491   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9499

>>18329246

 

Secretive Russian Satellite Breaks Apart In Orbit, Creating Debris Cloud

 

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BY TYLER DURDEN

FRIDAY, FEB 10, 2023 - 11:20 PM

A secretive Russian satellite launched nearly a decade ago has experienced a "breakup" in outer space, according to a tweet published by the US Space Force's 18th Space Defense Squadron.

 

The Space Force said the Kosmos 2499 spacecraft disintegrated on Jan. 4 and unleashed a hazardous cloud of debris orbiting the planet.

 

The military branch that conducts operations in outer space did not explain why Kosmos 2499 broke apart. However, one person on social media asked a good question.

 

Arcadiy Ivanov

 

@arcivanov

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Replying to @18thSDS @SpaceTrackOrg and 2 others

Did they blow it up or failed to vent the tank and popped? At 1169km that junk is going to be there for a looooong time.

9:13 PM · Feb 6, 2023

 

Business Insider and Space.com cited RussianSpaceWeb.com's Anatoly Zak, who said Russia launched a rocket in late 2013, supposedly carrying three military communications satellites into orbit. But it wasn't until space trackers found a fourth and very mysterious spacecraft (Kosmos 2499) that was also released into orbit.

 

Zak said the head of Roscosmos in 2014 assured world leaders that Kosmos 2499 wasn't a "killer satellite." Roscosmos never revealed the satellite's mission.

 

As for space debris, Brian Weeden, an expert in space junk at the Secure World Foundation, told Ars Technica this is likely not a catastrophic event.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/secretive-russian-satellite-breaks-orbit-creating-debris-cloud

Anonymous ID: 1b9a2a Feb. 11, 2023, 7:37 p.m. No.18329516   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9544

>>18329438

Go to the doctor asap. If its red your colon could have a perforation of ulcer punctured. If it black you have a bleeding stomach. Get it checked out dude, that’s definitely not normal. If you bleed too much internally its pretty dangerous. I had a stomach bleed a year or two ago and was in the hospital for two days

Anonymous ID: 1b9a2a Feb. 11, 2023, 7:50 p.m. No.18329612   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9620

>>18329545

Please go to the doctor or ER, bloating swelling and bleeding for a week is not good at all. Your colon may be punctures or colitis, or ulcer broke open. Its pretty serious what you are talking about. Do you have an urgent care centet you can go to?