Russia/Ukraine/WW3 cont.

[Matthew]

>Some Kommersant sources suggested that the terrorists could be members of the Russian Volunteer Corps organization, banned in Russia. Its members periodically carry out attacks on populated areas in the Russian regions bordering Ukraine. Just on the eve of the terrorist attack, FSB officers detained in Moscow a whole group of their supporters who were planning to go to fight in Ukraine, but in the meantime were committing minor sabotage in Russia.
>Already at night, security forces began to receive instructions from the operational headquarters, in accordance with which the search for the attackers was carried out. In them, according to Kommersant’s sources, it was said that the terrorists were young men, above average height, up to 180 cm, and may have used false beards and mustaches.
https://archive.is/a2pWc

[Matthew]

>Dmitry Medvedev: "If it is established that these are terrorists of the Kyiv regime, it is impossible to deal with them and their ideological inspirers differently. All of them must be found and mercilessly destroyed as terrorists. Including officials of the state that committed such atrocity. Death for death."
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1771262964940640750

[Matthew]

>Most Americans in new survey say another world war likely in next 5-10 years
>Around 61 percent of Americans in the survey said it is either “[v]ery likely” or “[s]omewhat likely” that another world war will happen in the next five to 10 years.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4551787-most-americans-in-new-survey-say-another-world-war-likely-in-next-5-10-years

[Matthew]

>Russia's FSB chief accuses Ukraine, US and UK of being behind Moscow shooting
>Russian news outlet SHOT published a video of an exchange in which a reporter asked Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, whether it was "ISIS (Islamic State) or Ukraine?"
>"Of course Ukraine," Patrushev replied. Asked about the remark later, he said there were "many" indications of Ukrainian involvement.

https://archive.is/maft8

[Matthew]

>Russia says it's now in 'direct confrontation' with NATO
https://news.sky.com/story/russia-ukraine-latest-first-responders-killed-in-drone-strike-zero-dialogue-between-nato-and-russia-12541713

[Matthew]

>Russia says Ukraine struck nuclear plant; Kyiv denies it was behind the attack
>The International Atomic Energy Agency, which has experts at the site, said it was the first time the nuclear plant was directly targeted since November 2022 and that the attack had endangered nuclear safety.
>“The radiation levels at the plant and the surrounding area have not changed,” it said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-struck-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-kyiv-denies-attack-rcna146797

[Matthew]

>Ukrainian military intelligence was responsible for an attack on a Russian naval missile carrier in the Baltic Sea, according to an official familiar with the operation
>Such an attack, which couldn’t be independently confirmed, would be the first by Ukrainian forces in the Russian territory of Kaliningrad
https://archive.is/qV122

[Matthew]

>Massive explosion reported overnight into 17 April at Dzhankoi airbase in Russian-occupied Crimea.
https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1780478799945277452

[Matthew]

>Russian forces 'have used chemical weapons in Ukraine in violation of international law', US claims
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13373627/russia-putin-forces-ukraine-chemical-weapons-agent.html

[Matthew]

>Belarus launches nuclear drills a day after Russia announces them amid tensions with West
https://apnews.com/article/russia-belarus-nuclear-drills-ukraine-war-144422347bb168878cebc0b78071dd99

[Matthew]

>Russian government announces it no longer recognizes the maritime borders of Lithuania and Finland.
https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1792988181723218211

[Matthew]

>Ukrainian strike on Russian nuclear radar system causes alarm in West
https://news.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-strike-russian-nuclear-radar-163845828.html

>The United States threatened Russia with a powerful strike if it used nuclear weapons, states Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.
>"The Americans have told the Russians that if you explode a nuke, even if it doesn't kill anybody, we will hit all your targets in Ukraine with conventional weapons, we will destroy all of them," Sikorski said.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-threatened-russia-with-powerful-strike-in-case-of-nuclear-weapons-use-polish-foreign-ministry/ar-BB1n3o88

[Matthew]

>Denmark Says Ukraine Can Use F-16s Against Targets in Russia
>On Monday, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged Washington and its allies to drop restrictions on how Ukraine uses Western-supplied weapons despite concerns Putin may use nuclear weapons in response.
>Reuters cited an anonymous high-ranking Ukrainian military source as saying earlier this month that the first F-16s would arrive sometime between June and July.
>Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last year that F-16 deliveries to Ukraine would be interpreted as a “nuclear” threat to Moscow because of the aircraft’s ability to carry nuclear weapons.
>Russia’s Ambassador in Copenhagen Vladimir Barbin echoed the nuclear threat Thursday, which Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen dismissed as part of a “tough rhetoric in Russia’s propaganda war.”
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/30/denmark-says-ukraine-can-use-f-16s-against-targets-in-russia-a85272

>Russia Warns NATO Ally Not to Underestimate Nuclear War Threat
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-vladimir-barbin-denmark-fighter-jets-nuclear-threat-1906483

[Matthew]

>Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons
>The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv — using U.S.-provided weapons, two U.S. officials and two other people familiar with the move said Thursday, a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/biden-ukraine-weapons-strike-russia-00160731

[Matthew]

>The F-16s that the Netherlands supplies to Ukraine can be deployed on targets in Russia without permission from the United States. Outgoing Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot said this to the ANP news agency. The use is also not limited to the border region near Kharkiv, Bruins Slot says.
>Today, Germany also gave Ukraine permission to use German weapons on Russian territory. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it was necessary for the country to continue to be able to adequately defend itself.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2522702-nederlandse-f-16-s-ook-inzetbaar-voor-doelen-in-rusland

[Matthew]

>The Kremlin on Monday said the U.S. could face “fatal consequences” if it ignores Moscow’s warnings that Ukraine should not use weapons provided by Washington to attack Russia.
>“I would like to warn American leaders against miscalculations that could have fatal consequences," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, Russian state news agency RIA reported. "For unknown reasons, they underestimate the seriousness of the rebuff they may receive.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-warns-of-fatal-consequences-against-us-over-miscalculation-in-ukraine

[Matthew]

>NATO plan to get US troops to the front line to fight RUSSIA: Alliance prepares for rapid deployment of American soldiers amid fears Moscow is plotting major war with Europe
>last week, Putin warned that western countries would suffer 'grave consequences' if they allowed their weapons to be fired from Ukraine into Russia.
>'In Europe, especially in small countries, they should be aware what they are playing with,' the Russian president said during a visit to Uzbekistan.
>'They should remember that, as countries with small, densely populated territories... They should keep this in mind before talking about striking Russia.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13492243/NATO-plan-troops-line-fight-RUSSIA-Alliance-prepares-rapid-deployment-American-soldiers-amid-fears-Moscow-plotting-major-war-Europe.html

>Ukraine Strikes Into Russia With Western Weapons, Official Says
>Just days after the Biden administration granted permission for Ukraine to fire American weapons into Russia, Kyiv took advantage of its new latitude, striking a military facility over the border using a U.S.-made artillery system
https://archive.is/ykn4c

[Matthew]

>Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the chair of the Bundestag Defense Committee, calls for the immediate induction of 900,000 reservists into the army. "Putin is training his people for war and positioning them against the West. We must, therefore, become capable of defence as quickly as possible," the politician justifies.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/german-defence-chief-urges-swift-mobilization-of-900-000-reservists/ar-BB1ntHC9

[Matthew]

>when you have this type of narrative and rhetoric which is getting worse and worse day by day, and then you just have to understand that phrase made by famous historian Taylor, "the train has left the station and no one can stop it."  And it looks like that, and I believe that we are getting close to the last days of possible rethinking and reconsidering of everything that is happening in Ukraine.  If those big powers don't do anything in a short period of time, yes, I am pretty much certain that we will face a real disaster.

>I am speaking that we are getting close to the precipice, to the abyss....we are getting closer to a real disaster....Who is ready to lose 1 million, 2 million, 5 million, 10 and 15 million people?  Ask yourself.

>I cannot say a third world war, but a big confrontation - how far we are, I believe that we are not far away from it, not more than 3, 4 months.  And there is a danger to happen even before that.

>When you have this kind of conflicting interests, then contradicting interests, then you get close to big clashes and to big wars.  And I don't see the way how someone can stop it.  I would like to see that more than anything else to tell the truth.  Today I was checking all the datas about our reserves on oil...from flour to sugar to salt to everything else, because I don't know what tomorrow will bring to all of us.

https://youtu.be/AZIDLlqh-Oc

>Russia’s Devastating Attacks on Ukraine’s Grid Spark Fears of Brutal Winter
>Ukraine is imposing blackouts, launching hasty repairs and hunting for spare parts after a Russian bombing campaign targeting power infrastructure in recent months slashed the country’s electricity production by half.
>The Russian attacks, using waves of missiles and explosive drones, have sparked fears of a painful winter should the power outages severely hamper the economy and lead to an exodus from cities.
https://archive.is/z37Uv

[Matthew]

>Pyongyang Says It Will Send Troops to Ukraine Within a Month
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34893

[Matthew]

>nuclear weapons are now unfathomably more destructive than the ones used by the US at the end of World War II.
>"The effect is no longer comparable to Hiroshima or Nagasaki," he said. "With modern weapons, the entire Federal Republic of Germany could be wiped out with nine to 12 rockets."
>Bunkers that could withstand that kind of attack, he said, would need to be buried thousands of meters deep in the Swiss Alps.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-plans-new-war-bunkers/a-69527565

[Matthew]

>A mechanised horse is now galloping down the Seine

>#Paris2024 opening ceremony

https://x.com/Telegraph/status/1816933136996929904

[Matthew]

>Ukraine Receives First F-16 Fighter Jets After Long Wait
https://archive.is/y6F9s

[Matthew]

>Ukraine says it sank Russian submarine in Crimea
>The Rostov-on-Don, a kilo-class attack submarine launched in 2014, sank after it was struck in a missile attack on the port city of Sevastopol on Friday, Ukraine's general staff said in a statement.
>Officials in Kyiv said the attack also destroyed four S-400 air defence systems protecting the peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nggvg1yggo

[Matthew]

>Belarus sent more troops to reinforce its border with Ukraine on Saturday, saying Ukrainian drones had violated its airspace in the course of Kyiv's military incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
>"Special operations forces, ground troops and rocket forces, including Polonez and Iskander systems, have been tasked with deploying to the designated areas."
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-boosts-troops-border-summons-diplomat-after-accusing-ukraine-airspace-2024-08-10

[Matthew]

>Ukraine on Sunday called on Belarus to pull back what it described as significant levels of Belarusian forces and equipment deployed at their common border. The Ukrainian foreign ministry warned Belarus against making “tragic mistakes” while under pressure from Moscow. The ministry said Belarus special forces and former Wagner mercenary fighters were among the troops at the border. The statement said their equipment included tanks, artillery, air defence systems and engineering equipment...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/26/ukraine-war-briefing-kyiv-calls-on-belarus-to-pull-back-forces-from-border

[Matthew]

>Tactical sign “B” started to appear on Belarusian military vehicles
https://x.com/Liveuamap/status/1828487201241387099

[Matthew]

>Washington is close to a deal in which it will give Kyiv long-range cruise missiles that can strike deep into Russia, it has been reported
>Unnamed officials cited by Reuters said that Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSMs) will be part of a weapons package that is expected to be announced this fall, pending a final decision.
>Politico reported in August that the Biden administration was "open" to giving Ukraine the weapons. They are 2,400-pound missiles that carry a 1,000-pound warhead and will bring into range up to 30 Russian airbases, some of which are used to launch attacks on Ukraine.
>Washington has been reluctant to supply Ukraine with weapons that can strike targets deep inside Russian territory for fear of escalating the conflict.
https://www.newsweek.com/jassm-missile-ukraine-hodges-1948002

[Matthew]

>Biden says ending ban on Ukraine's use of long-range weapons being worked out
>The U.S. has been reluctant to supply or sanction the use of weapons that could strike targets deep inside in Russia for fear it would escalate the conflict.
https://archive.is/o7S2Y

[Matthew]

>Blinken hints US will lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range arms in Russia
>Decision understood to have already been made in private
>[UK] foreign secretary suggested Iran’s dispatch of ballistic missiles to Moscow – revealed this week – had changed strategic thinking in London and Washington.
>British government sources indicated that a decision had already been made to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow cruise missiles on targets inside Russia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/11/blinken-hints-us-will-lift-restrictions-on-ukraine-using-long-range-arms-in-russia

[Matthew]

>Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Thursday that letting Ukraine use longer-range weapons to strike targets inside his country would put NATO “at war” with Russia.
https://insiderpaper.com/putin-says-long-range-arms-for-kyiv-would-mean-nato-countries-at-war-with-russia

[Matthew]

>Joe Biden is resisting pressure to allow American long-range missiles to be used inside Russian territory, despite plans to let Ukraine fire Britain’s Storm Shadows.
>The US president is set to agree for Ukraine to fire British-made Storm Shadows inside Russia with the assistance of American targeting technology.
>But the Biden administration is concerned that doing the same for ATACMS missiles, manufactured in the US, could escalate the wars in both Ukraine and the Middle East.
>While the UK has been willing to allow Storm Shadows to be used in Russia for some weeks, the decision has been held up by Mr Biden’s resistance to Ukraine using American targeting systems alongside the missiles.
>“We all know where this will end, and it’s best just to get on with it." -Ben Wallace, former [UK] defence secretary
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/09/13/joe-biden-ukraine-atacms-missiles-storm-shadows

[Matthew]

>Putin issues a nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine
>"The updated version of the document proposes that aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear-weapon state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear-weapon state, should be regarded as a joint attack on the Russian Federation. The conditions for Russia's transition to the use of nuclear weapons are also clearly defined. We will consider such a possibility as soon as we receive reliable information about a massive launch of aerospace attack means and their crossing of our state border, meaning strategic or tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic missiles and other aircraft."
>"We reserve the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against Russia and Belarus as a member of the Union State. All these issues have been agreed upon with the Belarusian side and with the President of Belarus. This includes cases when the enemy, using conventional weapons, poses a critical threat to our sovereignty."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-issues-nuclear-warning-west-212020794.html

[Matthew]

>‘Everything is dead’: Ukraine rushes to stem ecocide after river poisoning
>Russia is suspected of deliberately leaking chemical waste into a river, with deadly consequences for wildlife
https://archive.is/ry0aX

[Matthew]

>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly told NATO to let his country join the group or it will get nuclear weapons in a shock ultimatum
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13971251/Zelensky-tells-NATO-let-join-NUKES-Ukrainian-leader-issues-shock-ultimatum-says-proposal-backed-TRUMP.html

>North Korea reports on 1.4 million mobilised people ready for "holy war"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-reports-1-4-101351630.html

[Matthew]

>Vladimir Putin is waging a covert war in Europe. Assassination attempts, cyber attacks and arson. There’s been a sudden increase in suspicious incidents across Europe—all linked to Russia. We’ve mapped them for the first time and found a pattern in Putin's new tactics.
https://x.com/TheEconomist/status/1847222592144630102

[Matthew]

>Russia and Ukraine exchange record numbers of drone strikes
>Russia and Ukraine have exchanged record numbers of drone strikes, with Moscow launching a total of 145 drones on Saturday night – the most ever in a single night-time attack of the war.
>Ukraine meanwhile fired an unprecedented number of drones towards Russia’s capital overnight on Saturday into Sunday.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/10/europe/ukraine-largest-drone-attack-moscow-intl/index.html

[Matthew]

>Ukraine could develop a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if Donald Trump withdraws US military assistance, according to a briefing paper prepared for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/zelensky-nuclear-weapons-bomb-0ddjrs5hw

[Matthew]

>Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles
>the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.
>Some U.S. officials said they feared that Ukraine’s use of the missiles across the border could prompt President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to retaliate with force against the United States and its coalition partners.
https://archive.is/6bOKn

>The Deputy Head of the Upper House in the Russian Parliament: The US decision to authorize Ukraine to attack with American weapons deep within our territory is an unprecedented step that will lead to a third world war. The response will be immediate
https://t.me/asafroz/26347

[Matthew]

>They have a chance to reconsider their position, if they do care about the European security. There is no space for primitive political games anymore.
https://x.com/Amb_Ulyanov/status/1858379969304436843

[Matthew]

>France and Britain have joined Biden in provoking nuclear conflict. Long range missiles=nuclear answer - that is the equation.
https://x.com/Agdchan/status/1858234703200788538

[Matthew]

>Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks, and Moscow said Ukraine had struck deep inside Russia with U.S.-made ATACMS missiles.
>"We will be taking this as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia and we will react accordingly," Putin's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said in English, adding that U.S. personnel and data must have been used in the ATACMS attack on Russia.
>The war is entering what some Russian and Western officials say could be its final and most dangerous phase as Moscow's forces advance at their fastest pace since the early weeks of the conflict and the West ponders how the war will end.

>"Now the danger of a direct armed clash between nuclear powers cannot be underestimated, what is happening has no analogues in the past, we are moving through unexplored military and political territory," said Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister overseeing arms control and U.S. relations.
>"Nuclear deterrence is aimed at ensuring that a potential adversary understands the inevitability of retaliation in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation and/or its allies," Peskov said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-issues-warning-us-with-new-nuclear-doctrine-2024-11-19

[Matthew]

>Russia says Ukraine attacked it using U.S. long-range missiles, signals it’s ready for nuclear response
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/russia-says-ukraine-attacked-it-using-us-made-missiles.html

[Matthew]

>Sabre-rattling Putin mouthpiece warns Brits of nuclear war 'before Christmas' after Biden gave Ukraine the green light to use long-range US rockets to strike deep inside Russia
>'I think Biden, Macron and Starmer want escalation which could lead to, from my understanding, in the worst scenario, the nuclear war happens before Christmas of this year.
>'Probably you will not be able to say 'Merry Christmas' because you will stay in the hole trying to hide away you family from the nuclear catastrophe. It can develop very, very quickly.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14097069/Sabre-rattling-Putin-mouthpiece-warns-Brits-nuclear-war-Christmas-Biden-gave-Ukraine-green-light-use-long-range-rockets-strike-deep-inside-Russia.html

[Matthew]

>The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv received specific information of a potential significant air attack on Nov 20. The Embassy will be closed and recommends U.S. citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced.
https://x.com/TravelGov/status/1859104054619636107

>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells Russia’s TASS state news agency that a special emergency hotline between the Kremlin and White House, created after the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, is not currently in use.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-shuts-kyiv-embassy-warns-russia-may-launch-major-air-attack

[Matthew]

>Ukraine Fires UK Storm Shadow Missiles at Russia for First Time
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-20/ukraine-fires-uk-storm-shadow-missiles-at-russia-for-first-time
https://archive.is/7ezmo

[Matthew]

>Russia is threatening to strike Kyiv with a “massive” new missile in revenge for the use of Western weapons against its territory.
>Vladimir Putin’s armed forces are preparing to fire RS-26 intercontinental ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital, local media reported.
>Western nations including the United States shut their embassies on Thursday in anticipation of a large-scale air strike. The joint closure, also involving Italy, Spain and Greece, marked the gravest expression of concern from foreign embassies since the early days of the war.
>According to Moskovky Komsomolets, a Moscow-based newspaper, the Russian military is readying to launch RS-26 missiles from a site in the city of Astrakhan by the Caspian Sea.
>The RS-26 has not been used in combat before, according to Western missile experts. It is said to fly at five times the speed of sound, making it harder for Kyiv’s US-supplied Patriot missile systems to shoot down.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-threatens-strike-kyiv-massive-201523376.html

[Matthew]

>Russia is reportedly planning to launch a new intercontinental missile at Ukraine - the RS-26 Rubezh. The projectile, which as per reports is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, has a range of up to 6,000 kilometers and weighs an estimated 40–50 tons. This comes as Ukraine allegedly fired a US-made ATACMS on Tuesday and UK's Storm Shadow missiles on Wednesday.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/rs-26-rubezh-russia-planning-to-launch-new-intercontinental-missile-at-ukraine/ar-AA1ureNQ

[Matthew]

>World’s conflict zones increased by two-thirds in past three years, report reveals
>Wars have spread and intensified, with far-reaching impacts on global economic growth and food security, according to latest Conflict Intensity Index
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/21/world-conflict-zones-increased-by-two-thirds-past-three-years-report-ukraine-myanmar-middle-east-africa

[Matthew]

>Russia Vows Response Over ATACMS Strikes: 'Preparing Actions'
>The ministry of defense details that Ukrainian forces utilized five American-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles in an area north of Kursk on November 23 and struck the Kursk-Vostochny airfield (Khalino settlement) with eight ATACMS operational-tactical missiles on November 25.
https://archive.is/c2uRt