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except Sweden already has put troops there one thing for sure Putin is moving pieces into place
ALERT RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE - Consolidated Thread
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I'm very thankful to @ICDS_Tallinn for allowing me to share some thoughts about the structure and capabilities of the Belarusian Armed Forces and its relationship with Russian counterparts. https://icds.ee/wp-content/upl
View: https://twitter.com/konrad_muzyka/status/1423636090351673345?s=20
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I wonder about Germany? Has Germany cut a deal with Russia to betray the Ukraine?, or NATO?
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Well if it's the globalist / Military-Media-Industrial-Complex shaking the jar up to see what they can break, it will need to stay fairly cool; remnant populations surviving nuclear winters in caves write their news in ochre on the caves' wall, and fight their battles with sticks n stones, no?
..no profit for the skin sacs in that, let alone any fun : (
..no profit for the skin sacs in that, let alone any fun : (
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I posted something earlier that suggested they were not going to supply defensive weapons to Ukraine, and that if that stood it woulsd prevent Estonia sending the ex GDR artillery... last things I saw fly by were harsh comments re: Germany so I guess they're still a fly in the ointment? :: shrug :: I can't keep up with the world gone mad
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Looks like Russia expelling US Embassy staff in Moscow:
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#Russia is apparently effectively expelling @USEmbRu chef and other contractors and diplomats.
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Michael MacKay
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Russia is mobilized to launch an offensive against Ukraine along 7 fronts: from the Union State of Russia and Belarus, from the Russian Federation, from Russian-occupied Donbas, from the Sea of Azov, from Russian-occupied Crimea, from the Black Sea, from Russian-occupied Moldova.
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Russia is mobilized to launch an offensive against Ukraine along 7 fronts: from the Union State of Russia and Belarus, from the Russian Federation, from Russian-occupied Donbas, from the Sea of Azov, from Russian-occupied Crimea, from the Black Sea, from Russian-occupied Moldova.
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I convinced. They WILL attack NATO installations.
This not a drive by media joke anymore. This is as real as a 10,000 degree sunburn.
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The rapid nature of these weapon shipments should concern just about everyone. Just a few minutes passed between the official announcement and the tracking of outgoing C-17 shipments. Time is running out. US MUST follow.
View: https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1483169541534457858?s=20
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The rapid nature of these weapon shipments should concern just about everyone. Just a few minutes passed between the official announcement and the tracking of outgoing C-17 shipments. Time is running out. US MUST follow.
View: https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1483169541534457858?s=20
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Michael Kofman
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Russian forces arriving in Belarus should have implications for folks' perception of the size/scope of the operation. First time ever Eastern Mil District forces in Belarus. If you think its not a bluff, great. If you think its not going to be large-scale...I suggest a rethink.
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Russian forces arriving in Belarus should have implications for folks' perception of the size/scope of the operation. First time ever Eastern Mil District forces in Belarus. If you think its not a bluff, great. If you think its not going to be large-scale...I suggest a rethink.
9:35 AM · Jan 17, 2022·Twitter Web App
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this thread will link to "status six"'s thread; he's done a good job of documenting what kind of hardware is coming in and where it's going. . .
Dara Massicot
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My Twitter feed may get pretty grim folks, as the Russian military shifts into higher gear this week & onwards: reservists, troops saying goodbye to families at train, large exercises starting up, MRLS moving around etc. I’m staying sharp while battling growing dread.
View: https://twitter.com/MassDara/status/1483100582546182148?s=20
Dara Massicot
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My Twitter feed may get pretty grim folks, as the Russian military shifts into higher gear this week & onwards: reservists, troops saying goodbye to families at train, large exercises starting up, MRLS moving around etc. I’m staying sharp while battling growing dread.
View: https://twitter.com/MassDara/status/1483100582546182148?s=20
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British military aircraft rapidly supplying weapons to Ukraine
By George Allison
UK Defence Journal
January 17, 2022
British C-17 transport aircraft are currently moving “light anti-armour” weapons into Ukraine in light of “increasingly threatening” behaviour from Russia.
The C-17 transport aircraft are in flight as we speak, Germany has apparently denied overflight rights judging by the path taken.
According to a statement given by the Defence Secretary in the House of Commons today, the 17th of January 2022.
“As of today, tens of thousands of Russian troops are positioned close to the Ukrainian border. Their deployment is not routine, and they are equipped with tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, rocket artillery, and short-range ballistic missiles.
I can today confirm to the House that, in light of the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia, and in addition to our current support, the UK is providing a new security assistance package to increase Ukraine’s defensive capabilities.
We have taken the decision to supply Ukraine with light, anti-armour, defensive weapon systems. A small number of UK personnel will also provide early-stage training for a short period of time, within the framework of Operation ORBITAL, before then returning to the United Kingdom.
FILE PHOTO of a Royal Air Force C-17.
This security assistance package complements the training and capabilities that Ukraine already has, and those that are also being provided by the UK and other Allies in Europe and the United States. Ukraine has every right to defend its borders, and this new package of aid further enhances its ability to do so.
Let me be clear: this support is for short-range, and clearly defensive weapons capabilities; they are not strategic weapons and pose no threat to Russia. They are to use in self-defence and the UK personnel providing the early-stage training will return to the United Kingdom after completing it.”
You can read the full statement here.
British military aircraft rapidly supplying weapons to Ukraine (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
By George Allison
UK Defence Journal
January 17, 2022
British C-17 transport aircraft are currently moving “light anti-armour” weapons into Ukraine in light of “increasingly threatening” behaviour from Russia.
The C-17 transport aircraft are in flight as we speak, Germany has apparently denied overflight rights judging by the path taken.
According to a statement given by the Defence Secretary in the House of Commons today, the 17th of January 2022.
“As of today, tens of thousands of Russian troops are positioned close to the Ukrainian border. Their deployment is not routine, and they are equipped with tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, rocket artillery, and short-range ballistic missiles.
I can today confirm to the House that, in light of the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia, and in addition to our current support, the UK is providing a new security assistance package to increase Ukraine’s defensive capabilities.
We have taken the decision to supply Ukraine with light, anti-armour, defensive weapon systems. A small number of UK personnel will also provide early-stage training for a short period of time, within the framework of Operation ORBITAL, before then returning to the United Kingdom.
FILE PHOTO of a Royal Air Force C-17.
This security assistance package complements the training and capabilities that Ukraine already has, and those that are also being provided by the UK and other Allies in Europe and the United States. Ukraine has every right to defend its borders, and this new package of aid further enhances its ability to do so.
Let me be clear: this support is for short-range, and clearly defensive weapons capabilities; they are not strategic weapons and pose no threat to Russia. They are to use in self-defence and the UK personnel providing the early-stage training will return to the United Kingdom after completing it.”
You can read the full statement here.
British military aircraft rapidly supplying weapons to Ukraine (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
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One way to watch how the US is overtly manuevering in Ukraine is in the false dichotomy they have set up in the Orthodox church there, creating a schism which has the falsely 'nationalistic' OCU (orthodox 'church' of ukraine) taking churches away by force from the UOC, or Ukrainian Orthodox church. The OCU takes the churches by force, but the people don't come and they stand empty. In any case, religion has been turned into political manipulation. One often sees U.S. diplomats meeting with OCU 'hierarchs' to try and give them implied respectabiity and political support.
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Canada deploys special forces to Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia
By Alex Boutilier , Mercedes Stephenson & David Baxter Global News
Posted January 17, 2022 2:36 pm
The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned a massive cyber attack against Ukraine government websites on Friday, which warned Ukrainians to "be afraid and expect the worst.” It came as Kyiv and its allies have sounded the alarm about a possible new Russian military offensive against Ukraine.
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The deployment of a small contingent from the Canadian Special Operations Regiment comes as diplomatic talks aimed at staving off an armed conflict in Ukraine have faltered, and an estimated 100,000 Russian troops remain camped on Ukraine’s border.
READ MORE: Canada urges avoiding non-essential travel to Ukraine, citing ‘Russian aggression’
Sources told Global News that the Canadian special operations presence is part of an attempt by NATO allies to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, and to identify ways to assist the Ukrainian government.
The unit has also been tasked with helping to develop evacuation plans for Canadian diplomatic personnel in the event of a full-scale invasion, sources said.
Neither the government nor the Canadian Forces would officially confirm the special forces presence in Ukraine when contacted by Global News, other than to say special forces operators have been involved in Canada’s broader assistance to Ukraine.
“(The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command) is part of the broader Armed Forces’ efforts to support Ukraine’s Security Forces,” wrote Maj. Amber Bineau, a spokesperson for special operations command, in a statement to Global News.
Bineau noted that Canadian special forces have been providing training, as well as “instructor and leadership expertise,” to Ukrainian counterparts since 2020 — although sources told Global News the latest special forces contingent, which left for Ukraine around Jan. 9, is not conducting training.
READ MORE: Russia denies U.S. allegations it’s preparing pretext to invade Ukraine
Diplomatic talks between the U.S., European allies and Russia ended last week without a clear path to deescalate tensions along the Ukraine-Russia border. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, called the talks a “dead end.”
In a statement Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said NATO and the U.S. remain committed to a diplomatic solution and urged Russia to scale back its operations on Ukraine’s border. But the U.S. also warned Russia may look for a pretext to invade Ukraine should diplomatic talks falter, including engaging in “false flag” operations to precipitate a conflict.
The Kremlin has denied the U.S. accusations.
Russia has demanded a guarantee that Ukraine will not be permitted to join the NATO alliance — a demand that both U.S. and NATO officials have flatly rejected.
Canada’s foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, departed Sunday for a week-long visit to Kyiv and bilateral meetings to reaffirm Ottawa’s support for Ukrainian sovereignty.
“The amassing of Russian troops and equipment in and around Ukraine jeopardizes security in the entire region,” Joly said in a statement.
“These aggressive actions must be deterred. Canada will work with its international partners to uphold the rules-based international order and preserve the human rights and dignity of Ukrainians.”
READ MORE: Russia may face more sanctions amid military build-up near Ukraine, Trudeau warns
Canada has consistently backed Kyiv in its dealings with Russia since Putin annexed Crimea in 2014. According to the Canadian government, Ottawa has committed roughly $700 million in assistance to Ukraine since Jan. 2014, including provision of non-lethal military equipment and sending rotations of 200 Canadian Armed Forces troops every six months to train Ukrainian security forces.
The opposition Conservatives have urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals to reject Putin’s demands, but instead to “stand shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine and Canada’s European allies.
Aural Braun, an international relations professor at the University of Toronto, said in an interview Monday that while Canada’s support does “make a difference,” the West’s central player around the negotiation table is the U.S.
“It depends a great deal what the Americans do,” said Braun, who is also associated with Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Braun said Canada and its allies need to continue to support Ukraine — not only from a military perspective, but also economically and diplomatically — as Russia’s goal is to isolate Kyiv and present Ukraine as a failed democratic experiment.
“What Mr. Putin fears is a successful Ukraine, because if there would be a successful democratic state emerging on (Russia’s) borders … that would present an alternate vision to the kind of ultra-nationalistic kleptocracy that is running inside Russia itself,” Braun said.
READ MORE: Massive cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites amid tensions with Russia
On Friday, Canada’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, Marta Morgan, met with U.S. deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, to pledge “continued close coordination to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
According to U.S. officials, Morgan also agreed that “further Russian invasion of Ukraine would result in massive consequences and severe costs including coordinated, restrictive economic measures for the Russian Federation.”
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Posted January 17, 2022 2:36 pm
The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned a massive cyber attack against Ukraine government websites on Friday, which warned Ukrainians to "be afraid and expect the worst.” It came as Kyiv and its allies have sounded the alarm about a possible new Russian military offensive against Ukraine.
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The deployment of a small contingent from the Canadian Special Operations Regiment comes as diplomatic talks aimed at staving off an armed conflict in Ukraine have faltered, and an estimated 100,000 Russian troops remain camped on Ukraine’s border.
READ MORE: Canada urges avoiding non-essential travel to Ukraine, citing ‘Russian aggression’
Sources told Global News that the Canadian special operations presence is part of an attempt by NATO allies to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, and to identify ways to assist the Ukrainian government.
The unit has also been tasked with helping to develop evacuation plans for Canadian diplomatic personnel in the event of a full-scale invasion, sources said.
Neither the government nor the Canadian Forces would officially confirm the special forces presence in Ukraine when contacted by Global News, other than to say special forces operators have been involved in Canada’s broader assistance to Ukraine.
“(The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command) is part of the broader Armed Forces’ efforts to support Ukraine’s Security Forces,” wrote Maj. Amber Bineau, a spokesperson for special operations command, in a statement to Global News.
Bineau noted that Canadian special forces have been providing training, as well as “instructor and leadership expertise,” to Ukrainian counterparts since 2020 — although sources told Global News the latest special forces contingent, which left for Ukraine around Jan. 9, is not conducting training.
READ MORE: Russia denies U.S. allegations it’s preparing pretext to invade Ukraine
Diplomatic talks between the U.S., European allies and Russia ended last week without a clear path to deescalate tensions along the Ukraine-Russia border. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, called the talks a “dead end.”
In a statement Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said NATO and the U.S. remain committed to a diplomatic solution and urged Russia to scale back its operations on Ukraine’s border. But the U.S. also warned Russia may look for a pretext to invade Ukraine should diplomatic talks falter, including engaging in “false flag” operations to precipitate a conflict.
The Kremlin has denied the U.S. accusations.
Russia has demanded a guarantee that Ukraine will not be permitted to join the NATO alliance — a demand that both U.S. and NATO officials have flatly rejected.
Canada’s foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, departed Sunday for a week-long visit to Kyiv and bilateral meetings to reaffirm Ottawa’s support for Ukrainian sovereignty.
“The amassing of Russian troops and equipment in and around Ukraine jeopardizes security in the entire region,” Joly said in a statement.
“These aggressive actions must be deterred. Canada will work with its international partners to uphold the rules-based international order and preserve the human rights and dignity of Ukrainians.”
READ MORE: Russia may face more sanctions amid military build-up near Ukraine, Trudeau warns
Canada has consistently backed Kyiv in its dealings with Russia since Putin annexed Crimea in 2014. According to the Canadian government, Ottawa has committed roughly $700 million in assistance to Ukraine since Jan. 2014, including provision of non-lethal military equipment and sending rotations of 200 Canadian Armed Forces troops every six months to train Ukrainian security forces.
The opposition Conservatives have urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals to reject Putin’s demands, but instead to “stand shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine and Canada’s European allies.
Aural Braun, an international relations professor at the University of Toronto, said in an interview Monday that while Canada’s support does “make a difference,” the West’s central player around the negotiation table is the U.S.
“It depends a great deal what the Americans do,” said Braun, who is also associated with Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Braun said Canada and its allies need to continue to support Ukraine — not only from a military perspective, but also economically and diplomatically — as Russia’s goal is to isolate Kyiv and present Ukraine as a failed democratic experiment.
“What Mr. Putin fears is a successful Ukraine, because if there would be a successful democratic state emerging on (Russia’s) borders … that would present an alternate vision to the kind of ultra-nationalistic kleptocracy that is running inside Russia itself,” Braun said.
READ MORE: Massive cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites amid tensions with Russia
On Friday, Canada’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, Marta Morgan, met with U.S. deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, to pledge “continued close coordination to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
According to U.S. officials, Morgan also agreed that “further Russian invasion of Ukraine would result in massive consequences and severe costs including coordinated, restrictive economic measures for the Russian Federation.”
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Global News has learned that a small contingent of Canadian special forces soldiers sent to aid Ukrainian government, plan for potential embassy evacuation should Russia invade.
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Here ya go, North. . .
James Crofts
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Wow, Germany not allowing U.K. flights providing military equipment to Ukraine. Looks like they’ve picked a side, they need the gas.
View: https://twitter.com/jimbocrofts/status/1483176389213831171?s=20
Andreas Witte
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are said to move military material in support of Ukraine , while Baltic states and Poland might have accumulated 30T troups. Germany resting neutral. It’s better to be on a remote island now …
View: https://twitter.com/Andreas_Witte/status/1483176125375389703?s=20
James Crofts
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Wow, Germany not allowing U.K. flights providing military equipment to Ukraine. Looks like they’ve picked a side, they need the gas.
View: https://twitter.com/jimbocrofts/status/1483176389213831171?s=20
Andreas Witte
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are said to move military material in support of Ukraine , while Baltic states and Poland might have accumulated 30T troups. Germany resting neutral. It’s better to be on a remote island now …
View: https://twitter.com/Andreas_Witte/status/1483176125375389703?s=20
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Canada deploys special forces to Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia
The question is whether these special forces will fight Russians?
The question is whether these special forces will fight Russians?
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Shortly after a report of "British transport aircraft" moving weaponry into Ukraine, today's second Royal Air Force C-17A Globemaster III landed in
Kiev, Ukraine. That should be the 3rd C-17A in 2 days, unless I missed any: 10-0215 #RCH1815 ZZ178 #RRR6887 ZZ173 #RRR6888
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Shortly after a report of "British transport aircraft" moving weaponry into Ukraine, today's second Royal Air Force C-17A Globemaster III landed in
Kiev, Ukraine. That should be the 3rd C-17A in 2 days, unless I missed any: 10-0215 #RCH1815 ZZ178 #RRR6887 ZZ173 #RRR6888
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Wow, Germany not allowing U.K. flights providing military equipment to Ukraine. Looks like they’ve picked a side, they need the gas.Here ya go, North. . .
James Crofts
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Wow, Germany not allowing U.K. flights providing military equipment to Ukraine. Looks like they’ve picked a side, they need the gas.
View: https://twitter.com/jimbocrofts/status/1483176389213831171?s=20
Andreas Witte
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are said to move military material in support of Ukraine , while Baltic states and Poland might have accumulated 30T troups. Germany resting neutral. It’s better to be on a remote island now …
View: https://twitter.com/Andreas_Witte/status/1483176125375389703?s=20
This reminds me of The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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Germany says Russia will pay price if it moves on Ukraine
January 17, 202210:49 AM CST
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January 17, 202210:49 AM CST
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Greens co-Chief Annalena Baerbock looks on as she gives a statement following last night's meeting with the leadership of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/Pool
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- 'Diplomacy is only way,' Germany says of Ukraine conflict fears
- Russian troops arrive in ally Belarus for joint exercises
- Cyber attack on Ukraine also raises alarm
Minister Annalena Baerbock was speaking in Kyiv on a tour that next takes her to Moscow after talks between Russia and Western states on the Kremlin's deployment of tens of thousands of troops along Ukraine's border ended with no breakthrough last week.
The United States said last week it feared Russia was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine, which Moscow denies. A cyber attack against Ukraine has heightened alarm. read more
"Each further aggressive act will have a high price for Russia, economically, strategically, politically," Baerbock told a joint news conference with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. "Diplomacy is the only way."
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, visiting Madrid, said everything must be done to avoid military intervention in Ukraine.
As they spoke, Russian military forces and hardware were arriving in Belarus after Minsk announced the neighbours would stage joint manoeuvres next month, state news agency Belta reported.
The "Allied Resolve" exercises will be held near Belarus's western rim, the borders of NATO military alliance members Poland and Lithuania, and its southern flank with Ukraine, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said.
Ukraine's Kuleba said Kyiv and Berlin were united in pushing to revive four-way peace talks on ending the war in eastern Ukraine in the so-called "Normandy" format, which includes Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia.
Excluded from much of last week's talks, Ukraine has sought and received reassurances from allies that no decisions would be taken about its future without its involvement and assent.
"It is important for us now that neither Berlin nor Paris makes any decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine, and does not play any game behind our backs in relations with Russia. This is the key now," Kuleba said at the briefing.
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Germany has supported Ukraine with aid and diplomatic backing in its standoff with Moscow since Russia seized the Crimean peninsula and backed separatists in the Donbass region in 2014.
But there are points of contention.
Ukraine opposes Nord Stream 2, a pipeline, yet to open, that would ship Russian gas to Germany, circumventing transit through Ukraine. Baerbock said the pipeline was on hold and did not comply with European energy law.
Kyiv has also bristled at Berlin's refusal to sell weapons to Ukraine. Ukraine's ambassador to Germany Andrij Melnyk called the decision "very frustrating and bitter" in an interview with German media ahead of Baerbock's visit.
The friction between Russia and Ukraine also hit markets on Monday, with Ukrainian sovereign dollar bonds slipping into distressed territory and Russian bonds suffering sharp falls. read more
"The market has to price in some kind of probability of Russia invading," said Viktor Szabo at asset manager abrdn.
Despite the border deployment, Moscow denies it plans to attack Ukraine and has demanded NATO stop its eastward expansion.
Ukraine's cyber police said on Monday that last week's hacking of government systems appeared to have destroyed "external information resources", suggesting the attack went beyond temporarily defacing government websites.
The cyber attack warned Ukrainians to "be afraid and expect the worst".
Ukrainian officials say it hit around 70 internet sites of government bodies including the security and defence council, the cabinet of ministers and several ministries.
"It can already be argued that the attack is more complex than modifying the homepage of websites," the cyber police said in a statement.
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Germany says Russia will pay price if it moves on Ukraine
Germany's foreign minister said on Monday she hoped tensions with Russia over Ukraine could be solved by diplomacy, but she warned that Moscow would suffer if it does attack its neighbour.
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State Duma deputy proposed to propose a nuclear strike on the United States Russian news EN
Sugar Mizzy January 16, 2022
State Duma deputy Yevgeny Fedorov proposes a particularly preventive strike on US nuclear security as one of the impacts on Washington. He expressed his opinion on air. YouTube– Channel “National course”.
“The third option is a warning strike with nuclear weapons, maybe even without the danger of an attack, but simply strategic missiles at the Nevada test site. This is a training ground where US citizens live, there are no civilians there, and especially if you warn two or three days in advance, then this is a perfectly acceptable action of serious intentions, ”Fyodorov said. In his opinion, Russia has the authority to do so.
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Among other features of the impact on the United States, the deputy named flight missions and bomb strikes in the opinion of laboratories with biological needs. Fedorov believes that this will affect US citizens and shows that the threat of retaliation from Russia is not a bluff. According to the MP, as a result of this, the impact on the Australian economy is expected.
Earlier, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, said that to force Kiev to peace could be the bombing of Ukraine, which can be found in the meeting. The politician recalled that strong attacks on the territory developed in Ukraine on New Year’s Eve.
State Duma deputy Yevgeny Fedorov proposes a particularly preventive strike on US nuclear security as one of the impacts on Washington. He expressed his opinion on air. YouTube– Channel “National course”.
“The third option is a warning strike with nuclear weapons, maybe even without the danger of an attack, but simply strategic missiles at the Nevada test site. This is a training ground where US citizens live, there are no civilians there, and especially if you warn two or three days in advance, then this is a perfectly acceptable action of serious intentions, ”Fyodorov said. In his opinion, Russia has the authority to do so.
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Among other features of the impact on the United States, the deputy named flight missions and bomb strikes in the opinion of laboratories with biological needs. Fedorov believes that this will affect US citizens and shows that the threat of retaliation from Russia is not a bluff. According to the MP, as a result of this, the impact on the Australian economy is expected.
Earlier, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, said that to force Kiev to peace could be the bombing of Ukraine, which can be found in the meeting. The politician recalled that strong attacks on the territory developed in Ukraine on New Year’s Eve.
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Shortly after a report of "British transport aircraft" moving weaponry into Ukraine, today's second Royal Air Force C-17A Globemaster III landed in View attachment 314029Kiev, Ukraine. That should be the 3rd C-17A in 2 days, unless I missed any: 10-0215 #RCH1815 ZZ178 #RRR6887 ZZ173 #RRR6888
#RRR6887 ZZ173 #RRR6888 are British RAF C-17's
#RCH1815 is an American aircraft.
The British aircraft are bypassing Germany
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Global News: Canada deploys special forces to #Ukraine amid rising tensions with #Russia
Report notes that Canadian special forces have been providing training to Ukrainian counterparts since 2020 but this latest special forces contingent, which left for Ukraine around Jan. 9, is not conducting training.
Special forces unit has also been tasked with helping to develop evacuation plans for Canadian diplomatic personnel in the event of a full-scale invasion.
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Global News: Canada deploys special forces to #Ukraine amid rising tensions with #Russia
Report notes that Canadian special forces have been providing training to Ukrainian counterparts since 2020 but this latest special forces contingent, which left for Ukraine around Jan. 9, is not conducting training.
Special forces unit has also been tasked with helping to develop evacuation plans for Canadian diplomatic personnel in the event of a full-scale invasion.
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The best time to leave is now, if you want a airplane ride out, when the action starts, I suspect Russia will control the skies.
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Michael Shurkin
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Anti-tank weapons like Javelins and whatever the UK is now flying to Ukraine aren't worth anything unless the force using them knows how to deploy them effectively against organized militaries. That takes doctrine, training, etc. Otherwise they are just more loot for the invader.
Alexander Clarkson
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The Ukrainians produce some of the most advanced ATGMs around. This is a symbolic move in support for a state that develops, produces and globally sells arms to much of the rest of the world. Stugna-P is standard issue for UA army units, all trained in its use
If I'd criticise anything about the arms shipment discussions is the symbolic dimension that looks, like sanctions, largely like attempts to be seen to be doing something. Especially since UA builds its own stuff
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Spot-on. The US and UK systems provide some niche advanced capabilities, but the act is far more political; and weak tea at that.
@MichaelShurkin
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Anti-tank weapons like Javelins and whatever the UK is now flying to Ukraine aren't worth anything unless the force using them knows how to deploy them effectively against organized militaries. That takes doctrine, training, etc. Otherwise they are just more loot for the invader.
Alexander Clarkson
@APHClarkson
7m
The Ukrainians produce some of the most advanced ATGMs around. This is a symbolic move in support for a state that develops, produces and globally sells arms to much of the rest of the world. Stugna-P is standard issue for UA army units, all trained in its use
If I'd criticise anything about the arms shipment discussions is the symbolic dimension that looks, like sanctions, largely like attempts to be seen to be doing something. Especially since UA builds its own stuff
Scott Hielen
@smhielen
1m
Spot-on. The US and UK systems provide some niche advanced capabilities, but the act is far more political; and weak tea at that.
adgal
Veteran Member
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was a pact between Germany and the USSR in 1939. The original treaty suggested by Hitler would have lasted 100 years.
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German–Soviet pact" redirects here. For the Weimar-era German–Soviet non-aggression pact, see Treaty of Berlin (1926).
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The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that enabled those two powers to partition Poland between them. The pact was signed in Moscow on 23 August 1939 by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov[1] and was officially known as the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.[2][3] Unofficially, it has also been referred to as the Hitler–Stalin Pact,[4][5] Nazi–Soviet Pact[6] or Nazi–Soviet Alliance[7] (although it was not a formal alliance).[8][9]
Its clauses provided a written guarantee of peace by each party towards the other and a commitment that declared that neither government would ally itself to or aid an enemy of the other. In addition to the publicly-announced stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included the Secret Protocol, which defined the borders of Soviet and German spheres of influence across Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. The secret protocol also recognised the interest of Lithuania in the Vilnius region, and Germany declared its complete disinterest in Bessarabia. The rumour of the existence of the Secret Protocol was proved only when it was made public during the Nuremberg Trials.[10]
Soon after the pact, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the Soviet invasion of Poland on 17 September, one day after a Soviet–Japanese ceasefire came into effect after the Battles of Khalkhin Gol.[11] After the invasions, the new border between the two countries was confirmed by the supplementary protocol of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. In March 1940, parts of the Karelia and Salla regions, in Finland, were annexed by the Soviet Union after the Winter War. That was followed by the Soviet annexation of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and parts of Romania (Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region). Concern for ethnic Ukrainians and Belarusians had been used as pretexts for the Soviets' invasion of Poland. Stalin's invasion of Bukovina in 1940 violated the pact since it went beyond the Soviet sphere of influence that had been agreed with the Axis.[12]
The territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union after the 1939 Soviet invasion east of the Curzon line remained in the Soviet Union after the war ended and are now in Ukraine and Belarus. Vilnius was given to Lithuania. Only Podlaskie and a small part of Galicia east of the San River, around Przemyśl, were returned to Poland. Of all the other territories annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939 to 1940, those detached from Finland (Western Karelia, Petsamo), Estonia (Estonian Ingria and Petseri County) and Latvia (Abrene) remain part of Russia, the successor state to the Russian SSR after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The territories annexed from Romania had also been integrated into the Soviet Union (as the Moldavian SSR or oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR). The core of Bessarabia now forms Moldova. Northern Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region now form the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Southern Bessarabia is part of the Odessa Oblast, which is also in Ukraine.
The pact was terminated on 22 June 1941, when Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union, in pursuit of the ideological goal of Lebensraum.[13] After the war, Ribbentrop was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials and executed. Molotov died in 1986.
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact - Wikipedia
German–Soviet pact" redirects here. For the Weimar-era German–Soviet non-aggression pact, see Treaty of Berlin (1926).
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact[a]
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The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that enabled those two powers to partition Poland between them. The pact was signed in Moscow on 23 August 1939 by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov[1] and was officially known as the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.[2][3] Unofficially, it has also been referred to as the Hitler–Stalin Pact,[4][5] Nazi–Soviet Pact[6] or Nazi–Soviet Alliance[7] (although it was not a formal alliance).[8][9]
Its clauses provided a written guarantee of peace by each party towards the other and a commitment that declared that neither government would ally itself to or aid an enemy of the other. In addition to the publicly-announced stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included the Secret Protocol, which defined the borders of Soviet and German spheres of influence across Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. The secret protocol also recognised the interest of Lithuania in the Vilnius region, and Germany declared its complete disinterest in Bessarabia. The rumour of the existence of the Secret Protocol was proved only when it was made public during the Nuremberg Trials.[10]
Soon after the pact, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the Soviet invasion of Poland on 17 September, one day after a Soviet–Japanese ceasefire came into effect after the Battles of Khalkhin Gol.[11] After the invasions, the new border between the two countries was confirmed by the supplementary protocol of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. In March 1940, parts of the Karelia and Salla regions, in Finland, were annexed by the Soviet Union after the Winter War. That was followed by the Soviet annexation of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and parts of Romania (Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region). Concern for ethnic Ukrainians and Belarusians had been used as pretexts for the Soviets' invasion of Poland. Stalin's invasion of Bukovina in 1940 violated the pact since it went beyond the Soviet sphere of influence that had been agreed with the Axis.[12]
The territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union after the 1939 Soviet invasion east of the Curzon line remained in the Soviet Union after the war ended and are now in Ukraine and Belarus. Vilnius was given to Lithuania. Only Podlaskie and a small part of Galicia east of the San River, around Przemyśl, were returned to Poland. Of all the other territories annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939 to 1940, those detached from Finland (Western Karelia, Petsamo), Estonia (Estonian Ingria and Petseri County) and Latvia (Abrene) remain part of Russia, the successor state to the Russian SSR after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The territories annexed from Romania had also been integrated into the Soviet Union (as the Moldavian SSR or oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR). The core of Bessarabia now forms Moldova. Northern Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region now form the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Southern Bessarabia is part of the Odessa Oblast, which is also in Ukraine.
The pact was terminated on 22 June 1941, when Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union, in pursuit of the ideological goal of Lebensraum.[13] After the war, Ribbentrop was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials and executed. Molotov died in 1986.
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ArianaGic/Аріянॳць
@GicAriana
Today, in addition to German companies selling prohibited dual use technology to Russia which Moscow uses in weapons in its war on Ukraine, Berlin has its modern day #MolotovRibbentrop deal with RU via the corrupt #NordStream2 gas pipeline project which RU yields as a weapon.
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Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
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Germany invade Ukraine twice in 30 years, millions of Ukrainians die, cities and towns are destroyed. Later, when Ukraine finally become independent, Germany actively undermine Ukraine's security, block its attempts to seek allies and refuse to support it when Russia invades.
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ArianaGic/Аріянॳць
@GicAriana
Today, in addition to German companies selling prohibited dual use technology to Russia which Moscow uses in weapons in its war on Ukraine, Berlin has its modern day #MolotovRibbentrop deal with RU via the corrupt #NordStream2 gas pipeline project which RU yields as a weapon.
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Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
· 5h
Germany invade Ukraine twice in 30 years, millions of Ukrainians die, cities and towns are destroyed. Later, when Ukraine finally become independent, Germany actively undermine Ukraine's security, block its attempts to seek allies and refuse to support it when Russia invades.
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
2h
NSC denies Reuters report (citing German paper) that West is no longer considering cutting Russia off from SWIFT – NSC: “No option is off the table. We continue consulting very closely with European counterparts on severe consequences for Russia if it further invades Ukraine.”
@JacquiHeinrich
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NSC denies Reuters report (citing German paper) that West is no longer considering cutting Russia off from SWIFT – NSC: “No option is off the table. We continue consulting very closely with European counterparts on severe consequences for Russia if it further invades Ukraine.”
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The Intel Crab
@IntelCrab
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A page on Telegram run by Belarusian Railway Workers claims that Russian Military Forces have begun to transfer military equipment into Belarus via four crossings: Osinovka, Zakopytya, Shesterovka, and Ezerishche. No 'reverse movement' dates scheduled, as of now.
They estimate the transfer of military echelons will continue for the next 2-3 days.
CoMo
@ConnorMong1
11m
Replying to @IntelCrab
Russia has a CBRN unit close to the border as well. Someones thinking about the Cherenobyl route.
@IntelCrab
10m
A page on Telegram run by Belarusian Railway Workers claims that Russian Military Forces have begun to transfer military equipment into Belarus via four crossings: Osinovka, Zakopytya, Shesterovka, and Ezerishche. No 'reverse movement' dates scheduled, as of now.
They estimate the transfer of military echelons will continue for the next 2-3 days.
CoMo
@ConnorMong1
11m
Replying to @IntelCrab
Russia has a CBRN unit close to the border as well. Someones thinking about the Cherenobyl route.