“Ukraine – Russia”

Why Kherson Is Key to Vladimir Putin’s War as Counter-Offensive Begins

Kherson was the first major city to fall to Russia after Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Now it has become the focus of a reported counteroffensive by Kyiv’s forces to take it back.

Ukrainian claims of new attacks on Russian positions around the strategic southern port city at the mouth of the Dnieper River’s exit into the Black Sea have spurred speculation that the long-awaited attempt to seize back the region and its capital was under way.

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How dummy Himars are depleting Russia’s missile supplies

Ukraine has deployed a fleet of dummy Himars across the battlefield to trick Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range weapons on pointless targets.

The decoy versions of the US-supplied rocket launcher systems have drawn fire from at least 10 Kalibr cruise missiles fired by Moscow’s naval fleet in the Black Sea.

Russian drones were said to be unable to distinguish between the wooden dummy targets and the real deal when scouting the battlefield for Ukrainian targets.

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Rex Murphy: Environmentalists biggest triumph was to aid Vladimir Putin

When Donald Trump was president, he warned Germany that leaving its economy vulnerable to Russia, by depending on Russia for natural, gas was dangerous.

Now I’m not entirely foolish. Please note the qualifier. I am aware that any sentence with Donald Trump as subject, and suggesting that on any issue, any issue at all, he knew what he was talking about and should have been listened to, will for many sensitive readers, bring on convulsions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Green-Scam

The ‘MacGyvered’ Weapons in Ukraine’s Arsenal

WASHINGTON — The billions of dollars in military aid the United States has sent Ukraine includes some of the most advanced and lethal weapons systems in the world. But Ukraine has also scored big successes in the war by employing the weapons and equipment in unexpected ways, and jury-rigging some on the fly, according to military experts.
From the sinking of the Moskva, Russia’s Black Sea flagship, in April to the attack on a Russian air base in Crimea this month, Ukrainian troops have used American and other weapons in ways few expected, the experts and Defense Department officials say.

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German state leader ‘not wanted’ in Ukraine after war remarks

The state premier of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, drew the ire of Ukraine’s ambassador in Germany over a suggestion that the Russian war be “frozen” to give diplomacy a chance.

Kyiv’s ambassador in Berlin, Andriy Melnyk, rescinded an invitation to the Premier of Germany’s Saxony state, Michael Kretschmer to visit Ukraine.

“I invited you to Ukraine. This invitation has been canceled. You are not wanted. Period,” the diplomat wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

Nothing happens by accident right?

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Germany’s decision to close its nuclear plants as energy prices climb tenfold is not just stupid – it’s insane

Stupidity is not always painful. Often it can be laughed away with some embarrassment and minimal injury to the victims, allowing life to trundle on. But deep, cavernous stupidity on a national scale is something else. Everyone suffers.

Germany comes to mind – yes, the same country admired for its industrial prowess, green environmental policies and generally rational corporate and political management style.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Germany, Green-Scam

Russia’s grieving mothers and hawkish generals unite as Putin’s failures turn allies into enemies

Fears of a Russian attack prompted Ukraine to curtail public celebrations of its Independence Day last week.

But when a missile struck a railway station full of civilians some Russian nationalists were underwhelmed. They had been whipped into an expectation of retaliation for the murder three days earlier in Moscow of Darya Dugina, the daughter of a nationalist ideologue, which the authorities had blamed with barely plausible haste on a supposed Ukrainian assassin.

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The six-inch Black Hornet ‘microdrones’ that can enter Russian buildings

Britain is to supply Ukraine with hundreds of “microdrones” so small they can fly within feet of Russian soldiers and enter buildings to spy on their positions.

The six-inch Black Hornet drones, which look like a child’s toy helicopter, were first used by British forces during the invasion of Afghanistan.

The miniature drones have a 1.2-mile range, a top speed of 11mph, night vision and a flight time of up to 25 minutes.

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Six Months Into The Ukraine War, Putin Ordered An Increase In Troops. It’s Not Exactly What You Think.

Six months in, Russia needs soldiers.

Tallies of Russian military casualties since the invasion of Ukraine was launched in February vary. U.S. officials put Russia’s dead and wounded at between 70,000 and 80,000, a figure echoed by British and other Western intelligence estimates.

For months now, Russian commanders and recruiters have been conducting a quiet but sweeping campaign to find more men to replenish the ranks.

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The strange theory of Aleksandr Dugin and “child sacrifice”

Social media has been gripped by Dugin derangement syndrome

Dugin derangement syndrome. What else might we call the reaction to the assassination of Darya Dugina, daughter of nationalist Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, coming from some quarters? The war in Ukraine has created a class of highly influential social media “experts,” whose analysis we might normally simply ignore if their collective reach did not number in the millions. But their latest idea is too odd to overlook. They have accused Alexander Dugin, her father, of having her killed in a ritual, esoteric sacrifice.

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Rex Murphy: Yes, Trudeau, there is a case for exporting LNG to Europe

An online story from one of our broadcasters contained an incredible sentence. For — the sentence made sense. Hence, it was incredible.

Here it is: “One economist suggested Europe should drop its focus on climate change and instead prioritize keeping their countries warm and their lights on in the coming months.”

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Analysis-Forget showering, it’s eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis

LONDON (Reuters) – No more ironing, limited oven use and showering at work – Europeans are trying to keep their energy use down but the bills keep climbing.

As wholesale gas and electricity prices surge, millions of people in Europe are now spending a record amount of their income on energy, data show.

In the east England town of Grimsby, Philip Keetley didn’t turn on his cooling fan at home as Britain sweltered under a record heat-wave this summer.

A look at his bank account showed he couldn’t afford to.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Green-Scam

Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis deepens: How long until people decide that the war being waged is against them and Ukraine is just a smokescreen?

LONDON (AP) — Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can’t pay, she feels the impact immediately.

The power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg.

… To blame for the increase is the soaring price of wholesale natural gas triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine, which is driving up consumer prices and roiling economies across Europe that rely on the fuel for heating homes and generating electricity.

How long until people decide that the war being waged is against them and Ukraine is just a smokescreen?

I support Ukraine but the cynical manipulation by the Green-scammers like Trudeau who use the crisis to advance their harmful agenda is appalling and needs to end.

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Extremists plan ‘autumn of rage’ to exploit cost of living crisis in Germany

Spy chiefs are warning of violent protests that could shake the foundations of the nation’s democratic system

At first glance it was just another bad day in a rotten week for Olaf Scholz. A week ago the German chancellor travelled to Neuruppin, a small town 40 miles northwest of Berlin, to deliver a routine speech to a sympathetic audience of 300 people or so.

Instead he found himself drowned out by a din of boos and taunts from 300 protesters gathered outside the cordon around the square: “liar”, “piss off”, “traitor to the people”. So far, so normal in today’s Germany.

A political revolt is brewing in Germany

The coalition government is out of touch with what voters want

… The coalition government of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals looks out of touch with a voter base that has recently shifted in a dramatically pro-nuclear direction. Several polls have shown that at least 60% of Germans want to postpone the phase-out of nuclear, including a surprising 61% majority among supporters of the Greens.

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