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Russian volunteers join Ukraine’s Siberian Battalion to fight against Putin's troops...

Some Russian citizens who oppose President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are taking up arms to fight alongside Ukrainians against their own homeland. These volunteers are part of the Siberian Battalion, a new unit formed last summer and is officially part of Ukraine's armed forces. 

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https://youtu.be/PcD1LklPPPM?si=7oeZhO8aiLcYYvZw

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Russian volunteers join Ukraine’s Siberian Battalion to fight against Putin's troops...

Some Russian citizens who oppose President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are taking up arms to fight alongside Ukrainians against their own homeland. These volunteers are part of the Siberian Battalion, a new unit formed last summer and is officially part of Ukraine's armed forces. 

CNA’s Megumi Lim reports. Our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub
Subscribe to our news service for must-read stories:...CNA: https://cna.asia
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https://youtu.be/PcD1LklPPPM?si=7oeZhO8aiLcYYvZw

The US Bradley Fighting Vehicle is one of those American-made weapons systems — along with the AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship and B-2 Spirit "Stealth Bomber" — that were developed in the 1980s, battle-proven in the 1990s, and remain in service to this day. Bradley Fighting Vehicle Is Starting to Show Its Age through some major growing pains — either due to cost overruns and/or reliability issues — that generated public controversy and cast doubt on whether the things would ever become viable in the first place. (Hey, hindsight is always 20/20, right?).

Bradley made it this far and what future holds for this venerable vehicle. A 5-Star General's Namesake. As students of WWII & Cold War history will recognize, Bradley vehicle currently manufactured by BAE Systems — was named for Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley (1893 - 1981), the WWII U.S. Army officer who rose in rank as General of the Army, earned a 5th star, and became first Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, serving in latter position fm Aug-1949 to Aug-1953.

As well-known personality clashes between the puritanical Bradley and the brash, colorfully profane Gen. George Smith Patton Jr, one wonders if ol' Omar is rolling over in his grave at the thought of getting a mere infantry fighting vehicle named after himself whilst Patton had four different main battle tanks bearing his own namesake. But I digress. Bradley was intended as replacement for U.S.l M113 carrier that entered service in 1960. Conceptualization of the M113's replacement actually began in 1963, but to make a long story short, it went through equivalent".

Bradley Fighting Vehicle entered production in 1981 became a replacement for M113. This considered a more powerful & faster vehicle than M113,  better suspension increases speed on off-road terrain. Within just a few years after Bradley rolled into service, its survivability and combat effectiveness became targets of concern.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/b...age-208720

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The range of tlKh-59MK air-to-surface missile used by russian terrorists to attack Ukraine, turned out less than what was officially declared by the manufacturer, Russia’s "defense" minister Shoigu demands missiles should be increased, he says is war criminal. Minister of Defense for Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu.

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North Korean Missile That Struck Ukraine: Only One Korean Character Remained Inscribed After Attempts to Conceal the Origin...Wreckage of a supposedly North Korean KN-23/KN-24 missile found in Kharkiv after a russian missile attack.

Conflict Armament Research confirms russia used a ballistic missile, manufactured in DPRK, to attack the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine

International organization Conflict Armament Research has published a detailed report on the debris of the missile that targeted Kharkiv, a major city in northeast Ukraine, during the russian aerial attack on January 2nd, 2024. 

Analysis of missile wreckage indicates this weapon was made in North Korea; its provision to russia means violation of UN Security Council resolutions regarding military cooperation with DPRK.

A reminder, on January 4th, U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby, officially stated Russia had used ballistic missiles from North Korea against Ukraine. Kyiv, in turn, neither confirmed nor refuted the information, saying the investigation was ongoing.

The missile to be either KN-23 or KN-24 type. Note that those are the designations assigned by the West, while the original Korean name is unknown, although believed to be Hwasong-11A and Hwasong-11B. Report draws attention to the distinct jet vane actuators that adjust the flight trajectory of the missile midair.

On a note from Defense Express, this is quite a difficult technology because the actuators must work properly in extreme temperatures. Considering that all tests of KN-23 and KN-24 were successful from the get-go, it raises justified suspicions that Pyongyang had received ready-made technology from a third party.
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/detai...-9242.html

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Ukrainian military observer Kostiantyn Mashovets stated Russian forces were advancing along Kolosova & Lermontov streets. However, ISW has not observed visual confirmation of such an advance.
Russian and Ukrainian sources reported positional battles were ongoing to the northwest of Avdiivka near settlements of Novobakhmutivka and Stepove; near Avdiivka Coke plant in the northwest; to the west of Avdiivka. 

Military analysts also pointed out that Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Commander of the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group, and Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for the Joint Press Centre of the Tavriia Defence Forces, stated that Russian forces are preparing to increase activity on the Avdiivka front and have concentrated over 40,000 personnel there.

Tarnavskyi said Russian forces have not carried out airstrikes on the Tavriia front in the last two days.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/22/7438289/

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Russia's / Putin asset Frozen Fund for Ukraine's to defenses and for recontruction...Putin Must Pay (blood money).
https://youtu.be/A1nfIwMPq6A?si=BM3nCrFeAjsLPrd4

NEWS FEED...Zelensky signs decree recognizing some Russian territories as historically inhabited by Ukrainians. January 22, 2024. President Zelensky gives his Unity Day address on Jan. 22, 2024. Ukraine will take steps to research, publicize, and protect the histories of Ukrainians living in parts of modern-day Russia that have been historically inhabited by Ukrainians, according to a decree signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan. 22. He announced he had signed the decree during his address on Unity Day, a national holiday celebrated on Jan. 22 that marks the unification of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Western Ukrainian People's Republic in 1919 into one independent country.

The decree "On Territories of the Russian Federation Historically Inhabited by Ukrainians" stipulates that govt should cooperate with international experts to create plan "to preserve national identity of Ukrainians" specific territories of what is now Russia.
The decree listed the regions of Kuban, a historical region to the east of the Crimean Peninsula, Starodubshchyna, to the north of Chernihiv, and northern and eastern Slobozhanshchyna. Also known as Sloboda Ukraine, Slobozhanshchyna was a significant & semi-autonomous region under Tsarist rule that extended across what is now northeastern Ukraine, predominantly Sumy, Kharkiv, and Luhansk oblasts, and southwestern Russia. Krasnodar Krai covers most of what once Kuban, Starodubshchyna now lies predominantly in Bryansk Oblast.

The decree also declares that the govt preserve the history of Ukrainians in these regions. Their testimonies on forced Russification, political repression & deportations they suffered should be recorded, according to the decree. More work should also be done to counter "disinformation propaganda of the Russian Federation regarding the history and present of Ukrainians in Russia"& to develop relations between Ukrainians & other "peoples enslaved by Russia," the decree says, govt should work with the National Academy of Sciences to develop materials about"more than a thousand-year history of Ukrainian state formation, the historical connections of lands inhabited by ethnic Ukrainians, and Ukrainian national state formations in various historical periods."

The "true history of ethnic Ukrainians in the lands historically inhabited by them within the borders of the Russian Federation" should also be included in educational textbooks, according to the decree.
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-sig...ukrainian/

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As Russia’s full-scale war approaches the two-year mark, Ukraine is headed for economic turbulence as vital external financial help hangs in the balance. As Ukrainian govt spends all of its revenue on military, it relies on international aid from its Western partners. The budget deficit is expected to reach $44 billion and Kyiv is hoping to cover it with both domestic borrowing and financial aid from abroad.

The Finance Ministry says the country will need around $37 billion in external financing next year, a slight decrease from the previously expected $41 billion. The total has been trending downward as the ministry ostensibly looks to cut costs where it can.

Ukraine’s needs will likely look closer to somewhere between $6-6.5 billion per month in 2024 to cover expenses, according to a former Ukrainian lawmaker with knowledge of current budgeting issues who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity around this issue.
https://kyivindependent.com/foreign-aid-...solutions/

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Zelensky Proposes Multiple Citizenship for Diaspora and Foreign Fighters On the Day of Unity. Except for Russian citizens, the new law will allow ethnic Ukrainians and their descendants around the world, as well as all those who fight for Ukraine’s freedom, to also have Ukrainian citizenship.

He introduction of a draft law that will allow people with Ukrainian citizenship to also hold citizenship in other nations, except for citizens of the Russian Federation.

The new multiple citizenship law will allow foreigners fighting for Ukraine and the ethnic Ukrainian diaspora to hold a Kyiv-issued passport without renouncing their citizenship elsewhere. The sole exception is “except for citizens of the aggressor country.”

During his address on the Day of Unity, Zelensky said: “Everyone who has Ukrainian blood in their veins and a free heart beating in their chest. Ukrainians by origin, who have...
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/27039

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The occupier regularly tried to provoke Magyar and paid a heavy price for it  In the Krynky area, on the left bank of Kherson, Ukrainian forces have eliminated a prominent Russian drone operator he is called Madyar X his wife confirmed on social media. Ironically, Moisei regularly used Telegram to post provocations threats against Robert Broudy, the commander of Ukrainian UAV unit “Madyar Hawks,” which also operates in their area. According to one such post, he taunted “I’m waiting ‘Madyar’in Novotyahynka/Ivanivka/Tyahynka.”

Unfortunately for Moisei, Broudy and his “Madyar Hawks” were more than happy to send an answer. The exact number of invaders eliminated in the strike alongside Moisei is currently undisclosed.

As they continue their combat missions in Ukraine, Moisei won’t be posting on Telegram any longer.
https://english.nv.ua/nation/prominent-r...85530.html

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Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane, killing 65 Ukrainian POWs aboard

Russia’s Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a military transport plane, killing all 74 people aboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war being swapped... 
https://youtu.be/GPcjnOTKYPM?si=WQZ66Kk2YVmwdIQP

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Russia is struggling to breach Ukraine's defenses b'cos its troops keep getting blown up by drones when they gather in groups: ISW

Russia troops gather in large assault they're targeted by drones as the use of drones has been a central part of the war by Ukrainiaian, can't breach  defenses is struggling to break through Ukraine's defensive lines b'cos when its troops gather to attack, they're targeted by Ukrainian drones, a think tank has said.

An influential Russian milblogger noted, Russian forces were struggling to work out how to break out of the current stalemate, US says, The Institute for the Study of War. The ISW, citing the source, said that "Russian forces are unable to concentrate in numbers sufficient to break through Ukrainian lines because Ukrainian forces strike all force concentrations larger than a battalion."

It added that even forces gathering far behind the front line are vulnerable to attack.

According to ISW, Ukraine is targeting gatherings of Russian troops and armored vehicles with drone strikes, "preventing Russian forces from even reaching Ukrainian forward defensive lines."
Share because Ukrainian forces strike all force concentrations larger than a battalion."

It added that even forces gathering far behind the front line are vulnerable to attack.
According to the ISW, Ukraine is being forced into a new era of drone warfare as its basic models succumb to Russian jamming

Russia is likely using Ukraine's freezing winter to ramp up its front-line assaults — but its losses are soaring, British intelligence says. Russia appears helpless to stop drone attacks by Ukraine forces on the Dnipro River, UK intel says

Russian milbloggers often have extensive military contacts and have been an important source of independent information about the Russian military during the nearly two-year conflict in Ukraine.

Ukraine is on the back foot and is running low on ammunition, with large aid packages blocked by Republicans in the US Congress and by Hungary in the European Union.

Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian positions in areas including Bakhmut and Avdiivka as it seeks to take advantage of the situation and break the stalemate.
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-s...isw-2024-1

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]Smoke and flames rise after a fire broke out at a large oil refinery in Tuapse, Russia in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on January 25, 2024

Rosneft, Russia's largest oil producer, has not commented.

Ukrainian source said SBU security service hit the refinery with drones would continue attacking facilities providing fuel for Russia's nearly two-year invasion. "The SBU strikes deep into the Russian Federation and continues attacks on facilities which are not only important for the Russian economy, but also provide fuel for the enemy troops," the source told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukr...024-01-25/

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Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane, killing 65 Ukrainian POWs aboard

Russia’s Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a military transport plane, killing all 74 people aboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war being swapped... 
https://youtu.be/GPcjnOTKYPM?si=WQZ66Kk2YVmwdIQP

 No informed us either orally or in written form. The Russians themselves admitted to using military aircraft to transport Ukrainian captives. Il-76M is a military aircraft with twin barrel anti-aircraft guns in the tail section."reported particular crew was spotted at airbase, Engels-2 in Russia, where it provided Russian strategic aircraft with ammunition, to this, this is the very same aircraft which supplied missiles for the attacks on the city of Kharkiv. 

On afternoon 24 January, an Il-76 military aircraft crashed in Belgorod Ukrainska Pravda's. Armed Forces of Ukraine noted tplane was carrying S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. Following the crash of the Russian Il-76, a number of Russian, cited Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of Russian State Duma Committee on Defence. He claimed plane contained dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war who had been taken for exchange & Ukrainian 

Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets stated that he was looking into the situation. A few hours after crash was reported, the Armed Forces of Ukraine issued a statement where they hinted this plane was a military target and was transporting ammunition for the Russian army.

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence confirmed that an exchange of prisoners was planned for 24 January but it did not take place. At the same time, they said that there is no information on whether the IL-76 had Ukrainian PoWs on board. The White House said that it does not yet have enough information to determine what happened to the Il-76 plane that crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on 24 January.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/25/7438861/

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Kyiv has not publicly commented on the claims. If accurate, however, it would mark first time that the northern region of Leningrad, where St. Petersburg is, has been targeted by Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/k-mLv3_7lB8?si=4bC2MB9VDMG23MRD

Latest update today from Ukraine: Bashkirs rise against Kremlin, another Russia Federation. Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin find no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe.  Bigeyes Sick Sick0
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=0LQZWCIvQui6szqO

https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=DmzRVxbkpPIkBPjq

Latest update today from Ukraine: Putin is fighting against another Federation folks by Thousand.

Another Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin finding no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe The folks is fighting back. crying Bigeyes crying Skeptical
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=0LQZWCIvQui6szqO

https://youtu.be/5_uhUKKjYJQ?si=xOE7E6Q1OXOIVyvB

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Ukrainian officials meet relatives of POWs who Russia claims were in crashed Il-76, say no evidence to confirm that. officials meet relatives of POWs who Russia claims were in crashed Il-76, say no evidence to confirm that.Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov during a meeting with the relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war who Russia claims were on the Il-76 transport plane that crashed over Russia's Belgorod Oblast, on Jan. 26, 2024. (Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War/Facebook)

Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Jan. 26 that during the planned exchange of POWs two days earlier Moscow was to return to Ukraine 65 people from one of the lists Russian propagandists shared after the crash of Il-76 transport plane in Russia's Belgorod, confirmation came after Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan published a list of Ukrainian POWs who were allegedly on board the aircraft on Jan. 24. The headquarters did not specify whether this was the mentioned list.

According to the HQ Secretary. Ukraine’s repeated requests to share list of POWs Russia claims were on plane, Moscow responded, referring to one of the lists previously published on Russian propaganda sources.
On Jan. 26, Usov, Ukrainian intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov, other military & law enforcement officials met relatives of prisoners of war mentioned in the list. After watching videos allegedly from crash site published by Russian propagandа sources, family members "did not see any special signs on the body fragments that indicate that these are their relatives."

"We are collecting and thoroughly analyzing all available information on this matter from many sources. So far, no information indicates that the plane could have carried that many people,” Budanov noted. He said that Moscow’s version that 65 Ukrainian POWs could have been on the board of the Il-76 for the exchange "still raises many questions."

The day earlier, Ukraine's Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said Russia’s list included prisoners of war who had already been swapped b4. Representatives of the HQ promised they would inform relatives about POWs’ fate as soon as they have reliable info.
Ukraine's military intelligence confirmed that a prisoner exchange had been planned for Jan. 24 but added that the Russian side had not informed the Ukrainian side about the need to ensure airspace safety over Belgorod before the plane crash.

President Volodymyr Zelensky called for an international investigation into the Il-76 crash.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-of...firm-that/

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Kuleba says Ukraine will be able to ensure control over its skies this year. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said control over Ukrainian skies this year is quite realistic if the country receives a sufficient number of F-16 fighter jets, drones, electronic warfare equipment and missiles.
He said this at a joint press conference with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis in Kyiv on Saturday, January 27, Ukrinform news.

"Everything is realistic, and this is what the war taught us. If we get the F-16, if we have our own combat and reconnaissance drones - this is the importance of our cooperation with Lithuania - if we have EW and missiles, we will control our skies. All this is achievable," Kuleba said.

Read also: Ukraine, Lithuania agree on joint production of drones for Ukrainian Armed Forces - Kuleba. He added that all these solutions were currently being implemented, and "there is nothing unprecedented here, we just need to get all these elements in sufficient quantity and at the right time."
"We are exactly working on, and that is why European Peace Facility is very important. It will additional opportunities and means to provide these elements for Ukraine," Kuleba said.

Earlier, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Kuleba said that Kyiv's priority for 2024 was to gain control over the Ukrainian skies😅
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/381...-year.html

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Kyiv has not publicly commented on the claims. If accurate, however, it would mark first time that the northern region of Leningrad, where St. Petersburg is, has been targeted by Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/k-mLv3_7lB8?si=4bC2MB9VDMG23MRD

Latest update today from Ukraine: Bashkirs rise against Kremlin, another Russia Federation. Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin find no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe.  Bigeyes Sick Sick0
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=0LQZWCIvQui6szqO

https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=DmzRVxbkpPIkBPjq

Latest update today from Ukraine: Putin is fighting against another Federation folks by Thousand.

Another Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin finding no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe The folks is fighting back. crying Bigeyes crying Skeptical
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=0LQZWCIvQui6szqO

https://youtu.be/5_uhUKKjYJQ?si=xOE7E6Q1OXOIVyvB

Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine...Terrifying Moment Ukrainian Focess has wipe out Russian tanks colume one by one Synkivka and also strike +1,300 k/m with missiles at oil towm near to home of Putin 2nd big city.
https://youtu.be/hgBBLlBaX-Y?si=K-KBTDK_XbYRm2mr

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday published his income over a two-year period, as he looks to promote transparency as part of Kyiv's push for European Union membership.

Ukraine formally started the screening process to begin talks over its future membership of the EU on Thursday, and faces stringent conditions to increase transparency and root out corruption. Zelenskyy has called for all public officials to disclose their incomes, while U.S. and other allies supporting Ukraine's war effort have sought assurances about the country's efforts. According to the declaration, the president and his family members received 10.8 million hryvnias ($286,168) in 2021, the last year before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, down 12 million hryvnias from the previous year. The 2021 also included income from the sale of around $142,000 in government bonds.

In 2022, Zelenskyy family's income dropped further to 3.7 million hryvnias, as income from real estate the president owned fell off in light of the war.

Elsewhere, a Russian missile struck an industrial site in the district of Kremenchuk in central Ukraine on Sunday, after a similar attack the previous day triggered a fire. There were no casualties in either strike, according to Regional Governor Philip Pronin.
AMuch of last week was dominated by Moscow and Kyiv trading allegations over the shooting down on Wednesday of a Russian military transport plane that was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war and nine Russians. Putin on Friday said the aircraft was shot down by air defenses,  he said in televised comments reported by Reuters that an investigation would be completed in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Hungary signaled it is open to using EU to supply 50 bil to Ukraine on Monday. 3 days Ahead of an emergency summit on Thursday.  Budapest had sent a proposal to Brussels on Saturday indicating that it was ready to compromise on a proposed 50 billion euro ($54 billion) aid package, PM has long been a vocal critic of the EU's financial & it military support for Kyiv and maintained close ties with the Kremlin, Hangary previously blocked a revision of the EU budget to include aid for Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion.

Financial Times reported on Sunday. EU has drawn up plans to blick sabotage Hungary's economy if Budapest was to thwart a fresh aid package this Thursday to stop Ukraine gotting the €50 billion.

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Secret EU plan ‘to sabotage Hungarian economy’ revealed as anger mounts at Orbán. Brussels’ fury grows over Budapest’s ‘policy of blackmail’ in continuing to hold up £50bn support package
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...s-at-orban

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Secret EU plan ‘to sabotage Hungarian
https://www.ft.com/content/b3913ca8-09d9...c20078c9f0

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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday kicked off a critical trip to the U.S., where he’ll meet with Biden administration officials, lawmakers and allies of former President Donald Trump in a high-stakes bid to unlock $60 billion in funding for Ukraine.

Longest-serving chief of alliance’s will deliver a speech at Heritage Foundation on Wednesday, a conservative think tank that’s closely aligned with Trump. The visit comes as Trump & allies press Republicans to reject a $111 billion package that includes aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan over a disagreement with White House on border policy.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29...e-00138433

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Blinken warns Ukraine gains in doubt if no US aid.  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Jan 29 that Ukraine’s gains over two years of fighting were all in doubt without new US funding, as Nato’s chief visited to lobby Congress. Tens of billions of dollars in US aid has been sent to Ukraine since the invasion in February 2022, but Republican lawmakers have grown reluctant to keep supporting Kyiv, saying it lacks a clear end game as the fighting against President Putin’s forces grinds on.

“Without it, simply put, everything that Ukrainians achieved and that we’ve helped them achieve will be in jeopardy,” Mr Blinken told a joint news conference with Mr Stoltenberg. “Absent supplemental, we’re going to be sending a strong and wrong message to all of our adversaries, we are not serious to defense freedom, the defense of democracy,” he said.

“It will simply reinforce for Vladimir Putin that he can somehow outlast Ukraine and outlast us,” he said.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/unite...-no-us-aid

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Kyiv has not publicly commented on the claims. If accurate, however, it would mark first time that the northern region of Leningrad, where St. Petersburg is, has been targeted by Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/k-mLv3_7lB8?si=4bC2MB9VDMG23MRD

Latest update today from Ukraine: Bashkirs rise against Kremlin, another Russia Federation. Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin find no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe.  Bigeyes Sick Sick0
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=0LQZWCIvQui6szqO

https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=DmzRVxbkpPIkBPjq

Latest update today from Ukraine: Putin is fighting against another Federation folks by Thousand.

Another Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin finding no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe The folks is fighting back. crying Bigeyes crying Skeptical
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=0LQZWCIvQui6szqO

https://youtu.be/5_uhUKKjYJQ?si=xOE7E6Q1OXOIVyvB

Latest update today from Ukraine: 31-01-2024
https://youtu.be/VHLd6BRt2go?si=ZMhyFjNJYGbNK-fF

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Four Ukrainian tactics that have stopped Russia's winter offensive and one for their majon flaw include shooting down many Putin airforces fighters jets.
https://youtu.be/CFIzJjP2YfI?si=R9WyUykU3LTASxt1

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Update on Ukraine frontline ground battle. Four tactics that have stopped Russia's winter offensive and one continue with for their major flaw included capturing two Russian soldiers.
https://youtu.be/dNKpCKZ1oNU?si=5u-lEm4qjXx1anLI

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Ukrainan thwarted using CV-90 IFVs from 14th Mechanised Brigade to stop Russian tanks colume...
https://youtu.be/S9DK6cEtd_w?si=M4fMYW6ZConBUp6D

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Zelensky Proposes Multiple Citizenship for Diaspora and Foreign Fighters On the Day of Unity. Except for Russian citizens, the new law will allow ethnic Ukrainians and their descendants around the world, as well as all those who fight for Ukraine’s freedom, to also have Ukrainian citizenship.

He introduction of a draft law that will allow people with Ukrainian citizenship to also hold citizenship in other nations, except for citizens of the Russian Federation.

The new multiple citizenship law will allow foreigners fighting for Ukraine and the ethnic Ukrainian diaspora to hold a Kyiv-issued passport without renouncing their citizenship elsewhere. The sole exception is “except for citizens of the aggressor country.”

During his address on the Day of Unity, Zelensky said: “Everyone who has Ukrainian blood in their veins and a free heart beating in their chest. Ukrainians by origin, who have...
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/27039

☆》When there is a will there is a way. The will to stop been bully is strong, is with Ukraineian folks.


☆》 @Follow the Will. Follow the way the will go. It will match the Russian halfway...Ukraine will not give up halfway, to protect their sovereignty against invaders and aggressors.

Putin is though, must ask Ukraine folks for their permission.. Sleepy. Is A Big No, he (OMG) he must ask his god whatever. Tongue

Devil "is Furious, he, orders more revenge" killing

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☆》When there is a will there is a way. The will to stop been bully is strong, is with Ukraineian folks.

☆》 @Follow the Will. Follow the way the will go. It will match the Russian halfway...Ukraine will not give up halfway, to protect their sovereignty against invaders and aggressors.

Putin is though, must ask Ukraine folks for their permission.. Sleepy. Is A Big No, he (OMG) he must ask his god whatever. Tongue

Devil "is Furious, he, orders more revenge" killing

Ukraine Set To Become ‘First Country’ To Use GLSDBs In A War; US To Deliver 1st Shipment Soon.

Sources familiar with the discussions revealed Kyiv is set to receive first shipment of Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB), a long-range weapon manufactured by Boeing, not yet part of the US inventory.

The impending delivery of Boeing’s Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) comes following successful tests of the long-range precision bomb, with deployment scheduled by January 31. “It gives them a deeper strike capability they haven’t had, it complements their long-range fire arsenal,” the US official said. “It’s just an extra arrow in the quiver that’s gonna allow them to do more.”

The GLSDB, capable of striking targets up to 150 kilometers away, underwent rigorous testing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida before being cleared for deployment. The testing phase culminated in the firing of six GLSDB units on January 16 at Eglin Air Force Base. Pentagon is on brink of delivering Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) to the Ukrainian military, a move that is set to reshape the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. And  Russian Ministry of Defense (RuMoD) January 30 first batch of newest self-propelled artillery complex 2S35 “Coalition-SV” or “Koalitsiya-SV” is at the final stage of production 
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Germany continues supporting Ukraine to strengthen its defense capabilities. This new supply of military aid will help Ukraine ensure security and protection on its territory,” said representative of federal govt.

The Wisent 1 is known as the Armored Recovery Vehicle 2000 or ARV 2000. Essentially based on the modified hull of the Leopard 1 main battle tank with the turret removed, it can accommodate different systems depending on the role.

The new batch includes 24 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC), 4 Bandvagn 206 (BV206) tracked all-terrain vehicles, 1 Beaver bridge-laying tank with spare parts, 3 WISENT 1 mine clearing tanks and 14 special mine clearing systems. In addition, package contains missiles for the IRIS-T air defense system, more than a thousand 155mm artillery ammunition, a system against sea mines, Satcom surveillance system, 4 cars for border service, 450 snow chains and 194 thousands of single module group rations.

Wisent 1 MC mine clearing tanks. Photo credits: 
In turn, transferred Beaver bridge-laying tanks, which carry and deploy bridge at a river crossing, are also based on the chassis of Leopard 1 tank.

Instead of a turret, Beaver is equipped with a bridge erection system. Bridge is laid horizontally, the main advantage of design is an invisibility for the enemy.
The bridge has an aluminum structure and consists of two sections of 11 meters. The total length is 22 meters and it can cover an obstacle 20 meters long.

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Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine

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Russia Ukraine war: ICJ finds Moscow violated terrorism and anti-discrimination treaties

The ethnic Tatar minority in Crimea, including by banning the Mejlis, a body representing Crimean Tatars. The ruling said Ukraine had not proven that the ban on the Mejlis was an example of racial discrimination.

However, ICJ had already ordered Russia to lift the ban on the body in 2017, a ruling ignored by Moscow. The court again found Russia in breach of this order. It also said Russia had violated a previous ruling to avoid making relations with Ukraine worse by launching a massive war against its neighbour.

One of the leaders of the Ukrainian legal team, Anton Korynevych, called Wednesday's ruling "important" because it found Russia had violated international law, "in particular both conventions under which we made our application".

Most of the seats on the Russian side were empty. Only a diplomat and a member of the Russian legal team turned up right before the ruling was announced. In contrast, the Ukrainian side was full.

This week, the court will issue another ruling on a case brought by Ukraine, accusing Russia of wrongly using the 1948 Genocide Convention to justify its full-scale invasion in 2022.

ICJ rulings are legally binding but cannot be enforced by the court itself.
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