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Ukraine’s experimental DRONE BOATS strike two Russian Navy ships in Crimea

October 15, 2023 -

On Friday, Oct. 13, one such Ukrainian drone struck a Russian Buyan-M-class ship in Sevastopol Bay in Crimea. Two days before on Wednesday, Oct. 11, the patrol ship and missile carrier known as the "Pavel Derzhavin" was attacked by another drone. (Related: Russia pulls Black Sea vessels out of Crimea following Ukrainian missile, drone strikes.)

If these strikes can be independently confirmed by third parties, it could mean that Ukrainian drone strikes are placing additional ...

Zelensky predicts ISOLATION of Crimea region in 2024 during New Year’s Day interview

January 05, 2024 -

Zelensky made the prediction in a Jan. 1 interview with the Economist magazine. According to him, Kyiv will seek to cut off access to Crimea's Kerch Peninsula by destroying the Kerch Strait Bridge. The bridge connects Crimea to the Taman Peninsula in Russia's Krasnodar Krai region.

To accomplish this goal, Zelensky demanded that the West give him long-range Taurus cruise missiles made in Germany. Despite France and the United Kingdom providing Kyiv with Storm Shadow ...

Russia pulls Black Sea vessels out of Crimea following Ukrainian missile, drone strikes

October 09, 2023 -

Now, the mainstream media is making it appear that Ukrainian missile and drone attacks are challenging Moscow's hold of the peninsula, which the Russians seized in 2014. According to the Wall Street Journal, (WSJ) Western officials and satellite images verified by naval experts revealed that Russia has moved powerful vessels, including three attack submarines and two frigates, from Sevastopol to other ports in Russia and Crimea that offer better protection. (Related: Russian ...

Journalist Jack Posobiec the latest American added to Ukrainian website’s KILL LIST

September 24, 2023 -

Human Events, which Posobiec oversees as senior editor, confirmed the development in a Sept. 18 article. The website accused him of being an "anti-Ukrainian propagandist" and "provocateur." Prior to Posobiec, several American journalists, including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Intercept founder Glenn Greenwald were put on the list.

The Myrotvorets website, which is the Ukrainian word for "peacemaker," calls for retribution against perceived enemies of Ukraine....

India joins Russia’s SPFS banking payments system – another death blow to the dollar and Western money dominance

May 05, 2023 -

The Narendra Modi government reportedly agreed to adopt the Russian financial messaging system, known as the Service Bureau of the Financing Messaging System of the Bank of Russia, in order to make payments to the country for trade purposes.

The landmark agreement was signed by Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar and visiting Russian deputy prime minister Denis Manturov on April 18 in New Delhi, according to a report from The New Indian Express.

"The deal ...

Ancient Scythian artifacts returned to Ukraine after decade-long legal battle with Russia

December 05, 2023 -

The Scythians were an ancient group of nomadic pastoralists centered around the territory of modern-day Ukraine and southwestern Russia and whose culture flourished from about 800 B.C. to about 300 A.D. Many artifacts have been found in the region and dating to the time of the Scythians, including burial offerings made out of gold like jewelry, weapons, richly decorated cups and other elaborate and luxurious grave goods. (Related: 8 Remarkable gold and silver artifacts discovered ...

Putin plans to annex breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria

2 months ago -

Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, an unrecognized nation of around 400,000 people in the eastern fringe of Moldova, broke away from the state in 1990. The majority Russian-speaking nation's government has reportedly appealed to Putin for integration into the Russian Federation.

The unrecognized nation already has a Russian "peacekeeping" garrison of around 2,000 troops, which is supported by an uncertain number of additional paramilitary units, ...

FBI agent who pushed hoax Trump-Russia investigation sentenced to 4 years for supplying info to Russian oligarch

December 19, 2023 -

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that McGonigal, now 55, has been handed down a 50-month prison sentence, or four years and two months. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jennifer H. Rearden said McGonigal harmed national security by flouting American sanctions when he dealt with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. McGonigal was also ordered to forfeit $17,500 and was slapped with an additional fine of $40,000.

Defense attorney Seth ...

Top Russian banker calls for end of Western payment systems like SWIFT

5 days ago -

Addressing the Data Fusion 2024 conference on Thursday, April 18, Andrey Kostin, CEO of Russia's third-largest bank VTB, advocated for the advancement of digital financial settlements within Russia and its allied nations, and a shift away from Western-controlled transaction settlement platforms like SWIFT. He argued that such a move would diminish the dominance of the dollar and enable full sovereignty in the financial sector.

Kostin asserted, "We need to eliminate SWIFT from ...

Ukraine’s deadly kamikaze drone strike, orchestrated with help of U.K. and U.S., kills couple and injures teen while damaging Crimean bridge

July 19, 2023 -

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack with the involvement of the "two superpower nations." "Today's attack on the Crimean bridge was carried out by the Kyiv regime. This regime is terrorist and has all the hallmarks of an international organized crime group," she said. "Decisions are made by Ukrainian officials and the military with the direct participation of American and British intelligence agencies and politicians....

Ukraine warns its frontlines could COLLAPSE at any time as generals fear severe losses from upcoming Russian offensive

22 days ago -

The scenario is made more complex by an anticipated Russian offensive by late spring or early summer, which is accompanied by uncertainty about the tactics and regions that would be targeted. Military insiders and generals in Ukraine's armed forces paint a bleak picture, highlighting the daunting prospect of front lines collapsing under the weight of Russian

They emphasize the critical need for effective defense technologies and timely support from Western allies, lamenting ...

Palestine’s representatives call for end to Israeli occupation at ICJ hearings

February 21, 2024 -

Led by Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki and United Nations (UN) envoy Riyad Mansour, along with legal and academic experts, the hearings in The Hague will continue until Feb. 26. This legal action is distinct from the ongoing South Africa-Israel genocide case and specifically focuses on the legal consequences of Israel's decades-long occupation. (Related: Palestinian rights group seeks prosecution of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau for complicity in Gaza war crimes.)

The ...

Thousands of people forced to evacuate following destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine

June 08, 2023 -

Concerns over the fate of the Nova Kakhovka dam had been building since the beginning of the conflict and Russia's takeover of the Kherson Oblast. The dam itself had already suffered damage in October when sections of it and some of its sluice gates were destroyed during a Ukrainian offensive. The dam was vital both for Ukraine and Russia.

The reservoir created by the dam provided a much-needed stable irrigation source for farmers who depend on the dam's water to cultivate ...

Russia terminates Black Sea grains deal amid escalating tension with Ukraine

July 27, 2023 -

The Black Sea grain export deal, brokered by the UN and Turkey between Russia and Ukraine in July 2022, allowed Ukraine to export hundreds of thousands of tons of food and help bring down global food prices.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that the termination of the deal stemmed from the failure to meet its demands to implement a parallel agreement easing rules for Russia's own grain and fertilizer exports. (Related: Russia halts Black Sea grain deal but denies ...

Russia to teach young students how to build MILITARY DRONES as part of craft lessons

February 12, 2024 -

Russia's Deputy Education Minister Tatyana Vasilyeva also announced that students would spend more time studying technical drawing, a skill needed for work with blueprints.

As early as July 2023, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense warned that Russian schoolchildren were being taught the basics of combat drones. (Related: Russia making progress toward goal of MASS PRODUCING combat drones to rival Ukraine’s Western-supplied drone fleet.)Drones have become a key weapon ...

Russia inflicting HEAVY DAMAGE against Ukrainian Air Force using innovative long-range air-to-air missile

October 27, 2023 -

This is according to Vladislav Shurygin, a Russian military expert who notes that there is "a real massacre in the Ukrainian sky." (Related: Ukraine conducts first strike using U.S.–supplied ATACMS missiles, allegedly destroying 9 Russian helicopters and 2 airfields.)

Shurygin noted that, in the span of two weeks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost between 10 to 14 aircraft. All of them were shot down far from the frontlines and outside the radius of Russian air defense ...

Panic-stricken Russians share videos, pictures of massive “NUCLEAR MUSHROOM” on social media

August 08, 2023 -

Local news outlet Vechernyaya Kazan later clarified that the cloud that resembled a "nuclear mushroom" was actually a meteorological occurrence called a "cumulonimbus" or "anvil" cloud, a dense, vertical cloud containing a thunderstorm. It is formed from warm, moist and unstable air that rises and overturns upward, causing the cloud top to flatten and spread into an anvil or a mushroom shape.

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), this ...

Hungarian security analyst: Russia-Ukraine war will not end in 2024

January 02, 2024 - A Hungarian top security expert predicts that the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is unlikely to end in 2024.

In a recent interview with Index, a Hungarian news outlet, top security expert Péter Tarjányi said the upcoming U.S. elections could influence the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. He added that the outcome of the election will impact the stance of the West on financing Ukrainian forces.

According to Tarjányi, the geopolitical landscape is uncertain. He suggested ...

Trump: COMPROMISE with Russia could have helped Ukraine avoid war

September 20, 2023 -

The 45th U.S. president outlined this possibility during a Sept. 17 interview with NBC News' Kristen Welker. He argued that the Russia-Ukraine war, which began in February 2022, could have been prevented had Kyiv sat down with Moscow to ink a peace deal.

Per the former chief executive's words, the loss of Ukrainian territory to Russia is "something that could have been negotiated." He told Welker that "a lot of people" expected Kyiv to give up its claims to "Crimea ...

South Africa files GENOCIDE case against Israel: here’s what you need to know

January 14, 2024 -

As of this writing, Israel has massacred more than 23,000 Palestinians, including more than 9,000 children. This is in response to the October 7 Hamas attack that resulted in around 1,140 Israeli deaths, some of which were caused by Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

South Africa called for an emergency order against Israel to suspend its military Campaign, having filed a lawsuit in late December that cited admissions made by Israeli public officials concerning the actions ...