Nunes reacts to Jack Smith subpoenaing Trump’s archived Twitter account
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11 Aug, 2023
West can’t defeat Russia – Vucic
The Ukraine conflict is now “a war of attrition,” with no easy solution on the horizon, the Serbian president has said
All Western efforts to help Ukraine prevail over Russia on the battlefield are in vain, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday, calling on Moscow and Kiev to engage in peace talks.
Speaking to Happy TV, Vucic stated that while Western countries are providing Ukraine with massive military assistance, “now it is clear that there is nothing to it,” and an “easy end” to the conflict is nowhere in sight.
“A war of attrition is being waged, and with all the strength of the West, Russia will not be defeated on the battlefield,” the Serbian leader opined.
Vucic noted that while he is “not sure what Russia has to gain politically,” a truce between Russia and Ukraine would be the best outcome. “I see initiatives coming from some Arab countries, I hope that something will bring us closer to peace,” the president said, adding that a cessation of hostilities would also be in the interests of US President Joe Biden, who is up for reelection in 2024.
“The economy would immediately flourish; energy prices would drop dramatically. Everything would be much easier. I think he knows that the key issue in the US election is the economy,” Vucic said.
He also stated that the same would be true for Russia and Ukraine, which the president believes are “exhausted,” although he noted that Moscow was holding up under Western sanctions “better than many expected.”
In June, the Serbian leader warned of a possible escalation in the Ukraine conflict, saying that Kiev’s much-touted offensive – which Russia claims has failed to gain any ground – could trigger a strong response from Moscow.
Vucic’s comments come after a recent Saudi-hosted summit in Jeddah attended by officials from some 40 countries. While the list included Ukraine, some of its Western backers such as the US and the UK, and Moscow’s partners from the BRICS group (Brazil, India, China and South Africa), Russia itself was not invited. Moscow has argued that without its participation, any peace talks are pointless.
While the summit did not end with an official communique, the Wall Street Journal reported that Ukraine refrained from pushing its peace formula requiring the withdrawal of Russian troops from all territory Kiev claims as its own. Ukraine, however, denied that it had given up on its plan, which rejects any compromise on the ground with Moscow.
https://www.rt.com/news/581140-west-cant-defeat-russia-vucic/
11 Aug, 2023
Air defenses down drone over Moscow – mayor
Sergey Sobyanin has reported that the falling UAV debris did not result in any victims or significant damage on the ground
Air defenses downed a UAV over Moscow on Friday, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said. Russia’s defense ministry blamed Ukraine for the foiled attack.
In a post on his Telegram channel, Sobyanin wrote that the drone had “been destroyed as a result of the air defenses’ work.” The official added that the falling debris had not led to casualties or any considerable damage on the ground, with emergency services working at the site.
The country’s defense ministry said in a statement that an “attempted drone terrorist attack by the Kiev regime” on an unnamed facility in Moscow had been thwarted.
Military officials revealed that the UAV had been downed by electronic warfare means and crashed in a wooded area in Western Moscow.
Several media outlets reported on Friday, citing witnesses, that a drone crashed near a hydroelectric plant in the western part of the capital.
Baza Telegram channel has published several video clips depicting the debris of the UAV and what appears to be the moment of the crash.
https://www.rt.com/russia/581145-moscow-mayor-drone-downed/
Explosions reported in Kiev after air raid alert
The Ukrainian military says the capital has come under attack by Kinzhal hypersonic missiles
The Russian Air Force has launched a missile attack on Kiev, Ukrainian defense officials have said, amid reports of several powerful explosions in the capital. The Russian Defense Ministry has yet to comment on the alleged strikes.
On Friday morning at around 9:50am local time, the Ukrainian Air Force issued an air raid alert over the entire country, and a few minutes later, it stated that it had registered “launches of Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K in the direction of Kiev Region.”
Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said there had been several explosions in the city, while the local authorities claimed that the air defenses were working. Later, Klitschko added that there had been no injuries or damage.
Following reports of missile attacks, the Ukrainian Air Force issued specific alerts for the western Chernovitskaya and Ivano-Frankovsk Regions, and Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, and Khmelnitsky Regions in the central part of the country. The authorities in the latter area also reported several blasts, without giving further details.
Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched missiles can travel more than 2,000km and have high maneuverability, allowing them to evade air defense systems.
11 Aug, 2023
(Ben Bergquam and Oscar Blue were in Kiev yesterday and they heard air raid alerts, but no one seemed frightened nor did they see any explosions.)
https://www.rt.com/russia/581141-explosions-kiev-air-raid/
11 Aug, 2023
Moscow airport briefly closed due to drone alert
Air traffic at Vnukovo International has been disrupted in recent weeks by Ukrainian UAV attacks on the Russian capital
Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, located just southwest of the Russian capital, was closed for an hour overnight, TASS news agency reported on Friday morning, citing emergency services.
According to information from the Telegram channel 112, air traffic was halted due to a drone alert. Several flights, scheduled to land at Vnukovo, were diverted to the nearby Domodedovo airport.
Air traffic at Vnukovo has been disrupted of late in connection with the early detection of Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow. The latest attempted attack was reported by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin and the Russian Defense Ministry.
Air defense systems were activated at around 4am local time, Sobyanin wrote on Telegram. One drone was intercepted over Kaluga Region, southwest of the capital, and the other was shot down in the vicinity of the Central Ring Road, which separates Moscow city from the eponymous region.
Meanwhile, several media outlets have reported, citing witnesses, that a UAV crashed near a hydroelectric plant in the western part of the capital.
A video shared by Baza Telegram channel shows white smoke rising from the spot where the drone reportedly fell.
https://www.rt.com/russia/581138-moscow-airport-closed-drone-alert/
10 Aug, 2023 22:25
Ukraine bans Christian monks from their monastery
A court has ruled in favor of evicting the clergy from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, claimed by the state
A court on Thursday ruled against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, giving the green light to the government to begin forcibly evicting monks from the historic monastery in the heart of Kiev.
“We are listening to a short text of one of the most shameful decisions in the history of modern Ukraine!” Nikita Chekman, an attorney representing the UOC, said on his Telegram channel.
According to Chekman, the state court has upheld the motion by the national historic preserve to “remove obstacles to the use of property” by evicting the monks. On Wednesday, the same court ruled that the government had every right to terminate the lease with the UOC.
Chekman said that the court committed several procedural violations, such as not giving a hearing to the monks living at the Lavra and violating their constitutional right to housing. He believes that the ruling came under pressure from the government, and said he would file an appeal.
Founded in 1051, the Pechersk Lavra (‘Monastery of the Caves’) is considered the most prominent Orthodox Christian site in Ukraine. Officially, it is the property of the Ukrainian state, but the UOC has administered it under the terms of an agreement signed in 2013.
In March, President Vladimir Zelensky’s government announced that the UOC had “violated” the terms of the deal and ordered them to leave the Lavra. Zelensky called the eviction “a move to strengthen our spiritual independence” and accused the UOC of being a tool of Russia.
Meanwhile, Kiev has granted the use of several churches on the premises to the ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ (OCU), created by the government in 2018. Culture Minister Aleksandr Tkachenko said in March that any monks who defected to the OCU could stay at the monastery.
In June, the historic preserve announced an OCU service honoring Ivan Mazepa, a cossack leader who fought on the Swedish side in the fateful Battle of Poltava in 1709, and was excommunicated as a traitor.
So far, about a third of Ukraine’s regions have moved to outright ban the UOC in favor of the OCU. Russia has accused Ukraine of persecuting the canonical Orthodox church and the US for tacitly approving Kiev’s actions.
#3838
Feb 7 2020 00:04:23 (EST)
Control over the media has kept people in the dark.
Control over the media has kept people at heel (behind).
Control over the media has kept people focused on falsehoods.
Control over the media has kept people in a constant state of fear.
Control over the media has divided our Republic into segments:
>Race
>Religion
>Class
>Political Affiliation
>Gender
[weaponized]
When a citizenry is divided they have no 'collective' power.
When a citizenry has no 'collective' power they can no longer control the levers that govern them [levers of control].
[illusion of democracy]
Q
https://www.rt.com/russia/581124-kiev-pechersk-lavra-court/