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Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian mystic known for her alleged precognitive abilities:
1. Europe's destruction
According to Baba Vanga, Europe may experience intense internal strife, which would result in a reduction in population and regional destruction.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/reli...968232.cms
2. Advances in Science and Medicine
By 2025, Baba Vanga predicts revolutionary developments in medical science. She predicted important developments in science and medicine, such as possible advances in organs generated in a lab and ground-breaking cures for illnesses like cancer. These developments have the potential to transform healthcare, extending life expectancy and enhancing millions of people's quality of life.
3. The Development of Telepathy
She predicts that by 2025, humans may become telepathic, which will drastically alter how people interact with one another. Telepathy is something which means people would be able to communicate with each other no matter how far they are.
4. Interaction with Life on Other Worlds
Baba Vanga alluded to the prospect of humans coming into contact with extraterrestrial life or going through experiences connected to extraterrestrial occurrences like aliens AND
5. The Start of an Apocalypse or Global Crisis
In 2025, she said, a string of catastrophes might begin, which she called the "beginning of the apocalypse." Even though humanity wouldn't be entirely exterminated, this time frame might portend difficulties that will eventually cause worldwide changes.

In Dec. 5, 1994, Ukraine had signed a set of political agreements would guarantee country's sovereignty independence in return for accession to Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Signed in Budapest, memorandum would lay grounds for Ukraine to dispose of nuclear arsenal in return for U.S., the U.K. & Russia to guarantee not use economic & military means to attack country.

Twenty years after signing agreement, Russia launched a war against Ukraine, occupying Crimea & parts of eastern Ukraine. Thirty years in, Russia is actively conducting a full-scale offensive against Ukraine, burning the cities and killing the people it once promised to protect.
The shadow of the events of 1994 haunts Ukraine today. Despite the agreements, Ukraine did not receive the main benefit of giving up the world's third-largest nuclear potential — security. Many in Kyiv believe the country was pressured into an unequal agreement by the parties that had no intention to abide by what they had signed.

"Today, the Budapest Memorandum is a monument to short-sightedness in strategic security decision-making," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry's statement read ahead of the 30th anniversary of the agreement. "It should serve as a reminder to the current leaders of the Euro-Atlantic community that building a European security architecture at the expense of Ukraine's interests, rather than taking them into consideration, is destined to failure."

How Ukraine lost everything
Following collapse of Soviet Union, Ukraine was left with 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles, including 130 liquid-fueled SS-19 Stiletto and 46 solid-fueled SS-24 Scalpel, according to Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). Ukraine between 1,514 & 2,156 strategic nuclear warheads & 2,800 - 4,200 tactical nuclear warheads in its arsenal. Yet, Ukraine was not destined to keep its nuclear arsenal, provision on non-nuclear status was enshrined in Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine, adopted by Ukrainian parliament on July 16, 1990. Provisions on future nuclear status were also confirmed when Ukraine gained independence in 1991.

Within less than a year, Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of independent Ukraine, approved the Lisbon Protocol, protocol supplemented the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) signed between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in 1984. U.S., Russia, Belarus &  Kazakhstan also became signatories to protocol. Lisbon Protocol, Ukraine, Belarus& Kazakhstan pledged to join the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), thereby renouncing their nuclear status.
On Dec. 5, 1994, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum. According to document, the signatory countries — U.K., Russia, & U.S. — pledged to be guarantors of Ukraine's independence, as a sovereignty, refrained from using weapons or economic pressure against Ukraine. In exchange, Ukraine renounced its nuclear status. For more info read more below....
https://kyivindependent.com/30-years-ago...yiv-today/

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Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian mystic known for her alleged precognitive abilities:

1. Europe's destruction
According to Baba Vanga, Europe may experience intense internal strife, which would result in a reduction in population and regional destruction.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/reli...968232.cms

2. Advances in Science and Medicine
By 2025, Baba Vanga predicts revolutionary developments in medical science. She predicted important developments in science and medicine, such as possible advances in organs generated in a lab and ground-breaking cures for illnesses like cancer. These developments have the potential to transform healthcare, extending life expectancy and enhancing millions of people's quality of life.

3. The Development of Telepathy
She predicts that by 2025, humans may become telepathic, which will drastically alter how people interact with one another. Telepathy is something which means people would be able to communicate with each other no matter how far they are.

4. Interaction with Life on Other Worlds
Baba Vanga alluded to the prospect of humans coming into contact with extraterrestrial life or going through experiences connected to extraterrestrial occurrences like aliens.

5. The Start of an Apocalypse or Global Crisis
In 2025, she said, a string of catastrophes might begin, which she called the "beginning of the apocalypse." Even though humanity wouldn't be entirely exterminated, this time frame might portend difficulties that will eventually cause worldwide changes.

War

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War

https://youtu.be/xnARJGakEpA?si=x_NJ_mquq7ABLaGm

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Russia needs foreign troops if it expects to keep up its war effort in Ukraine through next year. It needs foreign equipment, too. As the wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its fourth year, the stocks of old Cold War weaponry the Kremlin depends on to equip its regiments are running dangerously low.

Artillery stocks are dwindling at least as fast as stocks of tanks and fighting vehicles. A close survey of Russian military storage yards early this year counted 3,000 remaining self-propelled howitzers, down from 4,500 in 2021. And many of those remaining 3,000 guns were likely too corroded to be useful.

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Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian mystic known for her alleged precognitive abilities:

1. Europe's destruction
According to Baba Vanga, Europe may experience intense internal strife, which would result in a reduction in population and regional destruction.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/reli...968232.cms

2. Advances in Science and Medicine
By 2025, Baba Vanga predicts revolutionary developments in medical science. She predicted important developments in science and medicine, such as possible advances in organs generated in a lab and ground-breaking cures for illnesses like cancer. These developments have the potential to transform healthcare, extending life expectancy and enhancing millions of people's quality of life.

3. The Development of Telepathy
She predicts that by 2025, humans may become telepathic, which will drastically alter how people interact with one another. Telepathy is something which means people would be able to communicate with each other no matter how far they are.

4. Interaction with Life on Other Worlds
Baba Vanga alluded to the prospect of humans coming into contact with extraterrestrial life or going through experiences connected to extraterrestrial occurrences like aliens.

5. The Start of an Apocalypse or Global Crisis
In 2025, she said, a string of catastrophes might begin, which she called the "beginning of the apocalypse." Even though humanity wouldn't be entirely exterminated, this time frame might portend difficulties that will eventually cause worldwide changes.

1. Europe's destruction

According to Baba Vanga, Europe may experience intense internal strife, which would result in a reduction in population and regional destruction.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/reli...968232.cms

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-an...ect_mobile&utm_medium=digital-display.external-content.pd&utm_source=outbrain-outbrain&utm_content=discovery.content.non-subscriber.content_staticnative_np-iraqbattleground-n-nov_na-na_article_1x1_na_na_na&utm_term=sa.all&utm_id=ouq31166&OutbrainClickId=v4-fFm8X2r-1080386085-1&dicbo=v4-fFm8X2r-1080386085-1

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https://youtu.be/xnARJGakEpA?si=x_NJ_mquq7ABLaGm

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Reuters, citing two Syrian sources, reported that President Bashar Al-Assad may have been killed in a plane crash following the rebel takeover of Damascus. "It disappeared off the radar, possibly the transponder was switched off, but I believe the bigger probability is that the aircraft was taken down," Reuters quoted a Syrian source as saying. Watch this video for more info.
https://youtu.be/sNIU0YvtRpc?si=ul35DKPDDe7n45UA

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Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian mystic known for her alleged precognitive abilities:

1. Europe's destruction
According to Baba Vanga, Europe may experience intense internal strife, which would result in a reduction in population and regional destruction.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/reli...968232.cms

2. Advances in Science and Medicine
By 2025, Baba Vanga predicts revolutionary developments in medical science. She predicted important developments in science and medicine, such as possible advances in organs generated in a lab and ground-breaking cures for illnesses like cancer. These developments have the potential to transform healthcare, extending life expectancy and enhancing millions of people's quality of life.

3. The Development of Telepathy
She predicts that by 2025, humans may become telepathic, which will drastically alter how people interact with one another. Telepathy is something which means people would be able to communicate with each other no matter how far they are.

4. Interaction with Life on Other Worlds
Baba Vanga alluded to the prospect of humans coming into contact with extraterrestrial life or going through experiences connected to extraterrestrial occurrences like aliens.

5. The Start of an Apocalypse or Global Crisis
In 2025, she said, a string of catastrophes might begin, which she called the "beginning of the apocalypse." Even though humanity wouldn't be entirely exterminated, this time frame might portend difficulties that will eventually cause worldwide changes.

There are two main obstacles: the Ukrainian fortress city of Pokrovsk and, 25 miles to the northeast, a whole chain of fortress cities stretching from Kostyantynivka to Sloviansk. “By end of the current year, enemy will not succeed in seizing the ‘belt of fortresses’—Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka-Kramatorsk-Sloviansk—or occupying Donetsk Oblast,” the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies predicted.

That doesn’t mean the Russians aren’t advancing. In recent weeks, elements of the Russian army’s 90th Guards Tank Division advanced through the village of Zhovte to nearby Novopushtynka, creating a narrow but miles-deep salient in Ukrainian lines that places the Russian vanguard just five miles south of Pokrovsk. If the Russians aim to surround and cut off Pokrovsk rather than directly attack it—and there’s ample evidence that’s the plan—the recent advance is key. The next logical move for the 90th Guards Tank Division and adjacent units would be to widen the salient by capturing Novotroitske and, farther south, Ukrainka.

In addition to squeezing Pokrovsk, a wider salient would serve a secondary purpose for Russian forces: threatening the supply lines of Ukrainian forces in and around Zorya and Sontsivka, south of the salient. Since ejecting the Ukrainian army’s weary 72nd Mechanized Brigade from Vuhledar on Oct. 1, Russians have advanced at a slower but steady clip in southern Donetsk.

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https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE?si=s0pmPM9WAh-FK4FU

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First salvo of a Russia-China trade war
Moscow imposes hefty tariff on Chinese furniture parts, raising hackles in Chinese media.

Begging questions about health of bilateral ties.
First salvo of a Russia-China trade war
Moscow imposes hefty tariff on China.
https://asiatimes.com/2024/12/first-salv...trade-war/

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First salvo of a Russia-China trade war
Moscow imposes hefty tariff on Chinese furniture parts, raising hackles in Chinese media.

Begging questions about health of bilateral ties.
First salvo of a Russia-China trade war
Moscow imposes hefty tariff on China.
https://asiatimes.com/2024/12/first-salv...trade-war/

And this too also....  Putin is...

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First salvo of a Russia-China trade war
Moscow imposes hefty tariff on Chinese furniture parts, raising hackles in Chinese media.

Begging questions about health of bilateral ties.
First salvo of a Russia-China trade war
Moscow imposes hefty tariff on China.
https://asiatimes.com/2024/12/first-salv...trade-war/

1) Meanwhile in China. She Is Cutting Off Drone Supplies Critical to Ukraine War Effort.


2) Equipment squeeze follows sanctions on US military contractors

3) Beijing expected to set tighter drone curbs as soon as January.

4) China’s escalating conflict with US over trade is now extending the drones have become a vital part of Ukraine’s defense. 

5) Manufacturers: China recently began limiting sales to US & Europe, key components used to build unmanned aerial vehicles, multiple people with knowledge of developments, asked not to be identified discussing sensitive info.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ckout=true

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War

Russia hides Su-34 fleet to evade deadly ATACMS strikes

December 8, 2024...Google News
Russian military appears to be relocating a significant portion of its air fleet, including Su-34 frontline bombers, to Engels-2 Airbase. This conclusion is based on newly released satellite imagery from December 7, 2024, shared by OSINT specialist MT_Anderson via their account on the social media platform X [formerly Twitter].

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Russia hides Su-34 fleet to evade deadly ATACMS strikes

December 8, 2024...Google News
Russian military appears to be relocating a significant portion of its air fleet, including Su-34 frontline bombers, to Engels-2 Airbase. This conclusion is based on newly released satellite imagery from December 7, 2024, shared by OSINT specialist MT_Anderson via their account on the social media platform X [formerly Twitter].

https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/12/08...s-strikes/

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1. A Giant Russian Assault Is Coming Ukrainian Can’t Spoil It. Local Ukrainian counterattacks probably won’t stop siege of Pokrovsk.
   

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...the-north/

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1) Meanwhile in China. She Is Cutting Off Drone Supplies Critical to Ukraine War Effort.
2) Equipment squeeze follows sanctions on US military contractors
3) Beijing expected to set tighter drone curbs as soon as January.
4) China’s escalating conflict with US over trade is now extending the drones have become a vital part of Ukraine’s defense. 
5) Manufacturers: China began limiting sales to US & Euro, key components used for building unmanned aerial vehicles, multiple people with knowledge of developments, asked not tobe identified discussing sensitive info.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ckout=true

Ukraine answer to >China weaponizes drone supply chain, is Ukraine builds more and better parts@home.

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Ukraine answer to >China weaponizes drone supply chain, is Ukraine builds more and better parts@home.

https://kyivindependent.com/as-china-wea...s-at-home/

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

https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE

Iran’s Khamenei problem, he said al-Assad ouster are ‘plot blames’ on US-Israel.

Why did it all started? (The Syria folks are all suffering under their dictator life supported by another dictator from Russia who name is called Putin). 

Supreme leader says Iranian intel warned of ‘enemy’ threats, denies ‘axis of resistance’ is weakened by fall of key ally.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech addressing the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, on Dec 11, 2024 [ Ayatollah Khamenei's via AFP.

This stunning collapse is work of 53 years of al-Assad family rule has been described as a historic moment – nearly 14 years work on the  Syrians suffering, they rose in peaceful protests against a govt who met them with violence quickly spiralled into a bloody civil war, the regime still maintained control over significant portions of country. So this are all the work he did it all to unravel so quickly?.

(By himself from his father to son - Al-Assad did a worst job, along with his family. (So don't problems all your people & folks ok.)

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Ukraine received its first batch of F-16 fighter jets, originally developed for U.S. Air Force, in Aug. The 2nd batch of F-16s from Denmark has arrived in Ukraine. This is an eg of leadership in defending lives sets Denmark apart. Netherlands, Norway and Belgium—have together promised to send nearly 100 F-16s to Kyiv, said FlightGlobal, it is unclear how many received or are yet operational.
It still insufficient, Zelensky told AFP his country would require "120 to 130" F-16s to achieve "parity" with Russia's forces. The f-16 from first batch, provided by Danish people, are already intercepting Russian missiles, saving people’s lives. Ukraine Gets $266 Mil, boost, US aimed at supporting services & repairs maintain fleet of F-16 jets. U.S. Dept of Defense's Defense Visual Info Distribution Service announced jets supplied by Netherlands & Denmark had been fitted with new systems allowing them to conduct "full-spectrum electromagnetic warfare."
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-major-f...nt-1998949

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Ukrainian M-2 Bradley Force Has Peaked at Six Battalions. It's decreasingly likely more M-2s are coming as the 2nd Trump term looms. For a year or so after receiving first surplus M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles from US the Ukrainian armed forces assigned the 33-ton, 10-person IFVs to just one unit, army’s elite 47th Mechanized Brigade. Now there are no fewer than 4-units riding in M-2s, which are heavily armed with 25-millimeter auto-cannons & anti-tank missiles & well-protected with layers of add-on explosive reactive armor.

A battalion of 95th Air Assault Brigade also has M-2s—31 of them, the brigade has been fighting in 250-sq-mile salient Ukrainian troops carved out of Kursk Oblast in western Russia August, 95th Air Assault Brigade. It’s possible as Bradley inventory is spread out, several shipments this summer, U.S. Defense Dept shipped to Ukraine more than 300 M-2s. In 33 mths of hard fighting a widened war, the Ukrainians have lost at least 64 M-2s—6 of them captured fairly intact. Others have been damaged. It’s possible Ukrainian Bradley inventory is down to a little more than 200 vehicles. Enough for at most 6 battalions, some vehicles go for training units. 

47th Mechanized Brigade has 3 M-2 battalions with a total complement of 93 vehicles at full strength. The 100th Mechanized Brigade has
@least one M-2 battalion. 425th Assault Battalion also rides in M-2s. Add 95th Air Assault Brigade’s M-2s & that’s … six battalions. Bradley may be Ukraine’s best IFV, so it makes sense for Ukrainian planners to assign the vehicle to as many units as possible. But it’s clear there are very few M-2s in reserve to replace combat losses & there’s almost no chance Ukraine could form a seventh Bradley battalion. Unless, of course, US donates more M-2s, U.S. president Biden still has $billion of dollars aid may still ship more Bradley's, (w/1.5 mth to move Bradley) be4 elected Trump takes office in earlier by Feb'-25.

Biden admin said is prioritizing ammo over vehicles in its final few aid shipments. Given how long it take to select, refurbish & transport old IFV, been in storage for decades, vanishingly unlikely M-2s are coming under Biden & equally unlikely to come under Trump.
https://daxe.substack.com/p/the-ukrainia...-force-has

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The US has provided used 300 Bradley vehicles & four Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles to Ukraine since Russia's invasion. However, Bradley's armor is increasingly vulnerable to modern threats, this US said not include loses in the fight against Russia. Ukraine said.

Storage: US Army holds an additional 2,800 Bradley IFVs in storage.

History: Bradley has served as a mobile fortress for US troops since 1980s, saw action in Desert Storm@Iraq. A 1992 Govt Accountability Office report praised Bradley's performance in Gulf War, noting it was "lethal" & its weapons were "effective against a variety of targets".

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When a Ukrainian M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles recently tag-teamed a Russian T-90 tank outside Avdiivka northeastern Ukraine, ultimately disabling a more heavily-armed armored T-90 tank, this seeskirmish nearly ended in disaster for Ukrainian crews. One 30-ton Bradleys—assigned to Ukrainian army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade—got off a few rounds with its 25-millimeter auto-cannon be4 breaking off, speeding away, leaving a second Bradley to press the attack at a range of just a few tens of yards. The 3-person crew of the second M-2—nearly 200 of which the US donated to Ukraine last year—opened fire with 25-millimeter armor-piercing rounds & that’s when near-disaster struck then follows is the testimony of M-2’s crew, reported by Ukrainian T.V. program TCH, translated by @wartranslated.

"We first fired with all we could,” Serhiy, the gunner, told TCH. “At first with anti-armor. And then we started having issues.” It’s not clear what those issues were. Perhaps the crew ran out of armor-piercing rounds. In any event, it had to switch to other, less-powerful ammunition—likely high-explosive rounds.

The hits Serhiy scored with armor-piercing ammo had not yet penetrated the T-90’s add-on reactive armor, to say nothing of piercing its hundreds of millimeters of composite base armor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...-creative/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...-creative/

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According to Kirby, package of military aid to Kyiv includes “additional air defense equipment, artillery, drones, and armored vehicles.” U.S. will also train a new brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces in Germany. Negotiations are currently underway with France to train a second brigade in France, similar to the way the 155th Mechanized Brigade was trained. 

Biden admin now using balance funds approved by Congress to provide military aid before that, on Dec 7, U.S. Dept of Defense announced a significant new security assistance package for Ukraine worth almost $1 billion. Hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, thousands of missiles, & hundreds of armored vehicles to Ukraine by mid-January. 72nd such aid package provided under U.S. President’s authority to reduce number of weapons in U.S. army warehouses.

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Protected by state-of-the-art defenses, Russia’s Khalino Air Base was considered impenetrable—until now. In this episode of 'Point of Impact,' former Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer analyzes Ukraine’s precision strike on this critical Russian military hub. Ukraine’s hit on Khalino showcases power of deception, precision, modern warfare strategies, marking a significant shift in the conflict. Stay tuned as we dive deep into the events that changed the dynamics of this high-stakes battle. This strike means for future of the war & Ukraine’s evolving military capabilities.

How Ukraine used drone tactics to blind Russian S-400 air defenses. The strategic importance of Khalino Air Base for Russian op in Kharkiv & Sumy. Role of advanced U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles in this groundbreaking operation.

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KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian drone strikes southern Russia killed a 9-year-old boy and set fire to a major oil terminal, Saturday, the day after Moscow launched a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, Putin bomb with heaviest bombardments no Ukraine energy sector since Russia’s invasion 3 years ago.
Boy died as drone struck his family’s home outside Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine, local Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on Saturday morning on the Telegram messaging app, mother & 7-mth-old sister were hospitalised with injuries, Gladkov said.

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How Ukraine Took Out Russia’s Khalino Air Base with Advanced Tactics. Former Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer analyzes Ukraine’s precision strike on Russia’s Khalino Air Base. Protected by state-of-the-art defenses, Russia’s Khalino Air Base was considered impenetrable—until now. In this episode of 'Point of Impact,' former Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer analyzes Ukraine’s precision strike on this critical Russian military hub.

Discover: How Ukraine used innovative drone tactics to blind Russian S-400 air defenses. The strategic importance of Khalino Air Base for Russian operations in Kharkiv and Sumy. The role advanced U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles in this groundbreaking op. 

What this strike means for the future of the war and Ukraine’s evolving military capabilities. Ukraine’s hit on Khalino show power of deception, precision, and modern warfare strategies, marking a significant shift in the conflict. Stay tuned as we dive deep into the events that changed the dynamics of this high-stakes battle.

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Chechen Police, Military Bases attack by Ukrainian Drone. OMON base of Interior Ministry 2nd regiment tied to Russian war effort, opposition Chechen Telegram channel NIYSO reported 
@least 5 explosions in city &claimed ths attacks targeted key facilities, including an OMON riot police base, 2nd regiment Chechen Interior Ministry’s patrol & guard service & a military base linked to the Russian war effort, 2nd drone attack in Grozny this week. On Dec. 12, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov stated Ukrainian drone was downed in city, injuring 4-people, debris fell on a special police regiment base. A similar attack targeted the same regiment on Dec. 4.

The first recorded drone attack in Chechnya occurred on Oct. 29, when the Vladimir Putin University of Special Forces in Gudermes was struck. Kadyrov initially claimed no injuries but later stated that Ukrainian prisoners of war housed there were killed.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/43887

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30 years since start of First Chechen War, Kadyrov's Chechnya remains one of the most brutal places on Earth. Russian troops launched a brutal & eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning the First Chechen War. 30 years later & 2-wars since, Chechnya, under strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, has become a key pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's oppressive regime. After losing 1st & winning 2nd Chechen War, Russia has consolidated its hold over the region, home to 1.5m people, with help of Kadyrov's father, Akhmat, & loyalist forces under his command. The now pro-Kremlin Chechen Republic has become a state within a state, exporting brutality & silencing critics of both Kadyrov's & Putin's regimes.

Like Syria, Kadyrov family has successfully muster a private army authorities of 70,000 Chechen fighters loyal to the warlord with Chechen militants & police have been abducting, torturing & murdering activists, members of the LGBTQ+ community & those suspected of disloyalty to regime. In exchange for maintaining peace in Chechnya, he has given free rein beyond borders of his tiny republic, reportedly carrying out extrajudicial killings in Grozny, Moscow & Berlin, trauma of Chechen War in early 2000s still looms over Kremlin," Vadim Dubnov, a Caucasus expert at Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace, told Kyiv Independent, "Last thing Moscow needs now is instability in North Caucasus, particularly in Chechnya."
https://kyivindependent.com/30-years-sin...-on-earth/

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30 years since start of First Chechen War, Kadyrov's Chechnya remains one of the most brutal places on Earth. Russian troops launched a brutal & eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning the First Chechen War. 30 years later & 2-wars since, Chechnya, under strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, has become a key pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's oppressive regime. After losing 1st & winning 2nd Chechen War, Russia has consolidated its hold over the region, home to 1.5m people, with help of Kadyrov's father, Akhmat, & loyalist forces under his command. The now pro-Kremlin Chechen Republic has become a state within a state, exporting brutality & silencing critics of both Kadyrov's & Putin's regimes.

Like Syria, Kadyrov family has successfully muster a private army authorities of 70,000 Chechen fighters loyal to the warlord with Chechen militants & police have been abducting, torturing & murdering activists, members of the LGBTQ+ community & those suspected of disloyalty to regime. In exchange for maintaining peace in Chechnya, he has given free rein beyond borders of his tiny republic, reportedly carrying out extrajudicial killings in Grozny, Moscow & Berlin, trauma of Chechen War in early 2000s still looms over Kremlin," Vadim Dubnov, a Caucasus expert at Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace, told Kyiv Independent, "Last thing Moscow needs now is instability in North Caucasus, particularly in Chechnya."
https://kyivindependent.com/30-years-sin...-on-earth/

Like Syria, Kadyrov family has successfully muster a private army authorities of 70,000 Chechen fighters loyal to the warlord with Chechen militants & police have been abducting, torturing & murdering activists, members of the LGBTQ+ community & those suspected of disloyalty to regime. In exchange for maintaining peace in Chechnya, he has given free rein beyond borders of his tiny republic, reportedly carrying out extrajudicial killings in Grozny, Moscow & Berlin, trauma of Chechen War in early 2000s still looms over Kremlin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War