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Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces are in full readiness for use, — Putin.

Furthermore, according to Putin, the “Zircon” sea-based hypersonic strike complex has already been used in the battle.

He added that Russia is currently completing tests of the “Burevestnik” nuclear-armed cruise missile and the “Poseidon” nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle.

"The first mass-produced "Sarmat" intercontinental heavy ballistic missiles. And we will soon demonstrate them in the base areas on combat duty," he said.

Putin has traditionally repeated that "we did not start this war in Donbas" and once again stated that the Russian occupiers will do "everything to end it, to eradicate Nazism, to
solve all the tasks of the Special Military Operation”.

In addition, following Macron's words, Putin threatened "tragic consequences" for countries that dare to send their troops to Ukraine.

"They must understand that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory," the Russian president said.

Forbes suggests the absence of A-50 aircraft makes it easier to shoot down the Russian fighters.

https://t.me/United24media/19108

Robert Harrington writes about the stupidity we see from media in the election cycle.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/historys-lesson-in-democratic-suicide/54744/

About Ruben Gallego, the democratic candidate for Senator from Arizona

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/its-time-to-get-serious-about-the-2024-arizona-senate-race/54749/

A rapist pardoned by Putin for his participation in the war was detained for abusing a schoolgirl in Perm, ASTRA sources

In Perm a 38-year-old, Nikolai Nechaev who returned from the war in Ukraine, was detained on suspicion of committing violent acts of a sexual nature against a 14-year-old schoolgirl.

Nikolai was previously convicted of robbery, rape and sexual assault. In prison, he enlisted in the war in Ukraine and signed a contract for six months. In May 2023, Nikolai went to war, and in November 2023 he returned to Perm - to freedom. On February 18, 2024, according to investigators, he committed sexual assault against a 14-year-old schoolgirl. A criminal case has been initiated against him. Nechayev was previously convicted of robbery, rape and sexual assault.

Crime is no stranger to the ex-cons, previously in the Primorsky Territory, a former mercenary of the Wagner PMC, returned from the war in Ukraine and strangled a 32-year-old woman he knew and burned her body in a car to hide the crime. An acquaintance of the deceased confessed to the murder during a polygraph interrogation, explaining the motives to be a "personal conflict" with the deceased.

Further a former Wagner PMC fighter was detained on suspicion of killing two people. According to investigators, he set fire to a house in which there were two women. After the fire was extinguished, the bodies of two women were found, a 68-year-old and her 35-year-old daughter.
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@freerussia_report.

A Marine from Crimea has been trying for a year and a half to get discharged from service after being wounded. He went into the hospital with two herniated discs and came out with three.

Yuri is a defendant in the case of unauthorized abandonment of a unit. In 2022, he took part in the so-called “SMO” as part of the 810th Guards Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet. He fought for only a short time - he signed the contract at the beginning of the summer, and already in early September he was seriously injured and received a concussion during another useless assault on the village of Bezymyannye.

The shell-shocked Yura and his colleagues were denied medical care, and after the military hospital a hernia was found in the Marine. When the young man fainted on the street, his relatives sent him to Moscow for treatment".

At the end of 2023, Yuri managed to obtain a medical examination - on January 10, doctors from Burdenko gave him a “D” fitness category. In the certificate, Yuri has several diagnoses, renal dystopia, discogenic radiculopathy, he cannot walk for more than 15 minutes, bend his legs properly, or move sharply as he loses orientation. These could have ended up in category “B” or “D” for him, but the doctors assessed the diseases as acceptable for the service.

Yesterday Yuri went to the new military unit to ask for another medical examination. According to a relative of the young man, military investigator Denis Grishan came and took him straight from the unit. According to the latest information, Yuri should be in the detention center on Babushkinskaya. A relative of Yuri told that the young man was refused painkillers and other medicines needed.

Yuri does not receive any monetary allowance, or even payment for his injuries.
His trial is scheduled for February 28th, he is expected be sent to a pre-trial detention center. He faces 10 years in prison.
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A large redistribution of foreign assets enriched billionaires close to Putin.

War helps to extract benefits from connections with power, says a new report from Transparency International, “Corruption Causes and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion in Ukraine.” According to the Russian Union of Industrialists, sales of assets go with a discount of +50%.

Vladimir Potanin got Rosbank from the French Societe General. Tinkov’s share in Tinkoff Bank went to Potanin for “3%” of its real market value.

Leonid Mikhelson Novatek got a share of the French TotalEnergies in Terneftegaz and a share of British Shell in Sakhalin-2.

Vagit Alekperov. Lukoil got a network of 411 Shell gas stations and an oil plant in Torzhok.

The OBI chain fell into the hands of Kadyrov’s entourage - Valid Korchagin and
Arsen Kanokov. Starbucks also went to Korchagin.

Kadyrov’s nephew Ibrahim Zakriev became the CEO of Danone .

Kanokov and Kadyrov’s people also got McDonald’s assets, writes
“Project(Проект)”

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🔱 Operational information as of 18.00 on 27.02.2024 regarding the Russian invasion

❗️ The main summary:

⏺ During the day, 86 combat clashes took place.
In total, the enemy carried out 4 missile and 52 air strikes, carried out 94 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.

⏺ In the Kupyansk direction, the defense forces repelled 11 enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkivka and Tabaivka settlements.

⏺ In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repulsed 9 enemy attacks in the area of Terna, Donetsk region.

⏺ In the Bakhmut direction, the defense forces repelled 6 enemy attacks in the areas of Ivanivske, Klishchiivka and Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region.

⏺ In the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders repelled 18 enemy attacks in the areas of Berdychi, Orlivka, Tonenke, Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk region.

⏺ On the Novopavlivskyi direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka and west of Pobeda of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried 15 times to break through the defenses of our troops, and also repelled 4 more enemy attacks in the areas south of Vugledar, Staromayorsky and Urozhany of the Donetsk region.

⏺ In the Orihiv direction, defense forces repelled 6 enemy attacks in the areas of Malynivka and Robotine settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region.

⏺ In the area of responsibility of the "Odesa" air defense system, in the Kherson direction, the enemy made 1 attempt to storm the positions of our troops during the day.

🔥 During the day, the aviation of the defense forces struck 15 areas of concentration of enemy personnel. Also, units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 2 Su-34 fighter-bombers and 4 reconnaissance UAVs.

🔥 Units of missile troops damaged 3 areas
of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 2 artillery units, anti-aircraft defense equipment and the enemy's radar station.

Support the Armed Forces! Let's win together!✊
Glory to Ukraine!🇺🇦
AFU

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Russia has not deployed an A-50 early warning and control aircraft for days, Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said on air on Feb. 27 after Russia lost its second plane of this model.

The Russian Air Force has recently lost two of its A-50 planes, one in January and another on Feb. 23, reportedly due to Ukrainian attacks. One such aircraft costs around $330 million.

"The intensity of the A-50 aircraft's use has decreased. They have been gone for several days," Ihnat said.

"They (Russia) decided not to send more and more planes... they have only a few such special equipment pieces in service."

The spokesperson reminded that in addition to the two destroyed planes, one was reportedly damaged in Belarus last year, and the extent of its repairs remains unclear.

The plane stationed at the Machulishchy airfield near Minsk was damaged in a series of explosions in February 2023 in an alleged attack by Belarusian partisans.

According to Ignat, Russia is considering whether further use of A-50 planes is worth the risk.

Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said on Feb. 25 that Russia has only six planes of this model left in service. Should Moscow lose one more, it would be unable to operate them round-the-clock, he added.

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Macron

🇫🇷If Europe, if each of the EU member states, including France, is sovereign, if this war undermines our future, as I deeply believe, because our security as Europeans is at stake, should we delegate our future to the American electorate?

This is our future, Europe is at stake and it is up to the Europeans to decide. It's great if others join us, but that should be a bonus. And we must be able to continue without them."

"Let's not wait to find out, American results, it is Europe that is at stake, that is my mindset"

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❗️The Armed Forces of Ukraine use remnants of Patriot and NASAMS missiles to deplete the Russian Air Force, Forbes.

▪️Our military shot down 10 Russian military aircraft in 10 days: 9 latest Su-34 and Su-35 bombers and a rare A-50 aircraft;

▪️The further provision of our air defense with US missiles depends on the Speaker of the House of Representatives Johnson: he must bring the $60 billion project for us to a vote.

▪️The situation is now extremely serious on the battlefield. There is not enough ammunition in the Armed Forces - State Department.

Source: Denys @ Pilot Blog 🇺🇦

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A timely vote would have been 2 months ago!

🇺🇸 Speaker of the House of Representatives Johnson promised to "timely" vote on aid to Ukraine

He made such a statement after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. Regarding aid to Ukraine, the speaker emphasized that the Chamber is "actively studying all possible options."

"We will deal with this issue in a timely manner. But, again, the first priority for our country is the border and its security," the politician summarized.

Link to Johnson's speech to the press.
This is a factual account of what was said.

https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1762555737656418668

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🇷🇺 Leaked classified documents have shown that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons. This threshold turned out to be much lower than Putin and the Russian authorities had publicly stated

Journalists from the Financial Times reviewed 29 secret files created between 2008 and 2014. Experts claim that they are still relevant to modern Russian military doctrine. The documents include a wargame scenario and presentations for Navy officers.

Moscow is ready to use tactical nuclear weapons in the event of a strong enemy invading Russia, the defeat of its army or an important formation, the loss of 20% of ballistic missile submarines or 30% of nuclear submarines, as well as the loss of 3 cruisers, 3 airfields and a simultaneous attack on the main command centers.

Russia is also ready to use nuclear weapons to prevent the defeat of Russian troops. However, analysts interviewed by the FT say that in Ukraine, Russia probably has a higher threshold for the use of tactical nuclear weapons, as Kyiv does not have the nuclear capability and capacity for a major invasion.

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⚠️ Warning from the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence

📄 Statement of the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine, — the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

❗️ Dear Ukrainians and our international partners!

▪️ Two years after russia unleashed a full-scale war of aggression, Ukraine is facing an objective threat to its existence as a state, as a nation, as a community of free and equal people.

▪️ In the context of deliberate distraction of the world's attention from the ongoing and bloody russian-Ukrainian war, the leadership of the aggressor country has resorted to a plan of planned sabotage, information operations and outright provocations.

▪️ The main directions and goals of the enemy are to disrupt Ukrainian mobilisation, spread disinformation about Ukraine's inability to win, create and spread fakes about "fatigue from Ukraine" among our partners and allies in the world. The russians' global international goal is to reduce support for our country from the pro-Ukrainian coalition in the world.

❗️ The goal of the russians inside Ukraine is to demoralise Ukrainians, sow panic among the population, drive a wedge between the military and civilians, and put everyone at odds with everyone, including representatives of the country's political leadership and civil society.
russian special services have extensive experience in conducting hybrid wars. They spend no less on information attacks against Ukraine than on conventional warfare.

👉 As reported by the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine, in November last year, as part of the Maidan 3 special operation, russia spent almost $250 million on spreading anti-Ukrainian sentiment on the Telegram platform alone. The total budget of the operation was an astronomical $1.5 billion. This is the most expensive "action" of russian special services in history.

❗️ Special operation "Maidan-3" will reach its culmination in March-May 2024, and in the coming weeks, the enemy will make every effort to spread narratives destructive to global security and attempt to incite conflicts — both inside Ukraine and in other parts of the world where there is effective support for Ukraine.

✔️ The methodology of the campaign is traditional for russian special services: to question the legitimacy of government decisions made in Ukraine after 20 May, to spread panic and disbelief, to artificially oppose civilians and the military, to quarrel us with our allies, and to spread all sorts of "conspiracy theories" in society. This is happening against the backdrop of russia's public statements about the creation of new types of superweapons, which, according to the russians, should ensure russia's technical superiority over the West for the next decade. It follows that opposition to russia's goals in Ukraine is dangerous for the world, and therefore russia will push other countries to engage in direct dialogue on Ukraine without our participation.

⚔️ Also, the russians, through their own agents of influence in Ukraine and around the world, will rely on organising various protest actions and deliberately discredit the prisoner of war exchange process.

▪️ According to the enemy's plan, in the first half of June, the situation in our country will be shaken and then, taking advantage of the situation, Ukraine will be defeated militarily in the East, which is the key idea of their operation.

‼️ In view of the above circumstances, we call on Ukrainian society, our international partners and allies to strengthen joint resistance and comprehensive security
measures, especially in the information space, to effectively counter global threats and challenges of the new global hybrid war. The war waged by the russian federation and its criminal allies against the entire civilised world today.

🤝 Our society needs unity.

🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine!
@ukrainejournal

In Krasnoyarsk, russia, residents massively doused themselves with cold water, and the weather outside was -20, under the live performance of the Kremlin singer Shaman with the song "I am russian".
🤡
Morons!!

Note: a couple of days after this concert, in the same town, the POW killer was killed with a car bomb planted by partisans! 💥 He was russian!! 😁
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2014-2016, the US Central Intelligence Agency has trained a new generation of Ukrainian spies, the elite unit "Detachment 2245", who work in Ukraine, Russia, Europe, Cuba and other countries with Russian influence. As part of this project, the CIA, together with Ukraine, created 12 spy bases along the Russian border — to track intelligence satellites, eavesdrop on conversations of Russian commanders, and gather information for covert operations.

▪️The unit captured Russian UAVs and communications equipment so that CIA technicians could hack Russian encryption systems;
▪️Budanov, a member of this unit, “was a rising star”. Known for "daring operations behind enemy lines and had close ties to the CIA";
▪️"Disguised in Russian uniform, then Lieutenant Colonel Budanov ferried commandos across a narrow bay on inflatable boats, landing at night in Crimea";
▪️The operation was not coordinated with the United States and caused sharp criticism from Washington.

Oh, he became independent! 😁

@ukrainejournal

Ammunition for Ukraine

▪️Petr Fiala, Czech Prime Minister, said that fifteen countries are ready to join his state's initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine from outside Europe to solve the problem of the shortage of ammunition, particularly artillery shells.
At the Munich Security Conference, Petr Pavel, Czech President, said that the Czechia had found up to 800.000 shells of NATO-standard calibre which can be sent to Ukraine in a few weeks if it receives funding for delivery.
Among the countries supporting his initiative are Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, as well as other countries that did not want to be named.

▪️The German Government on February 16 announced a new military aid package which includes 120.000 122-mm artillery rounds. According to the „Spiegel“ these were ordered from Bulgaria and will be handed over to Ukraine in 2024. General Christian Freuding, the head of the Bundeswehr’s Situation Center Ukraine, noted that there is no shortage of money. Germany has allocated about €7 billion for 2024 alone. The main problem remains the availability of ammunition on the world market.
122-mm artillery shells are Soviet-era ammunition. They are used in D-30 howitzers and 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, which are widely used in the Ukrainian army.
Bulgaria is a producer of shells of this caliber and one of the largest players on the world market in the Soviet weapons niche.

▪️Furthermore, also according to the German newspaper „Der Spiegel“, German officials are holding secret talks with India to purchase ammunition for Ukraine.
India still has relatively large stockpiles of artillery shells (several hundred thousand rounds), but the Indian government, which still maintains cordial relations with Moscow, will not admit to wanting to sell any, if it is indeed willing. Therefore, covert negotiations are underway to see if the ammunition can be obtained through intermediaries.
Similar deals, according to Berlin, are possible with Arab countries and also with states in the Balkans and Africa that still have stockpiles - or may even produce new
ammunition.

▪️French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the creation of a coalition to provide Ukraine with "medium- and long-range missiles and bombs". According to the French newspaper "Le Monde", Macron said Western leaders decided to "create a coalition for deep strikes, and therefore for [supplying Ukraine with] medium- and long-range missiles and bombs."

@ukrainejournal

Well look who we have here !

Meet Petr Panasiuk, an “ordinary peaceful farmer”, protesting on the Poland-Ukraine border.

Coincidentally, Mr. Panasiuk is registered on Russian social media platform “VKontakte” and is listed in the “Peacemaker” database as an agent of the Russian special services.

On social media, Mr. Panasiuk enjoys posting Russian propaganda narratives and calling to end all support for Ukraine.

Hopefully he will get run over by a grain 🌾 lorry. @ukrainejournal

Zelensky: Commander-in-chief to prepare two plans for war

President Volodymyr Zelensky has reported that Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is preparing two plans for the war depending on whether the US decides to provide aid.

Zelensky in an interview for CNN explained that the actions of the Ukrainian army in the combat zone would depend on the US military aid. Therefore, Syrskyi is working on the two options of the plan of further military actions:
"If Kyiv gets US assistance, it will be able to start pushing back against Russia. If it doesn’t, it will have to focus on defending only."

Zelenskyy added that without aid from the
US it would not only be hard for Ukraine to achieve new results in the combat zone but also hold the defence this year.
"People will be prepared, but ammunition will not be prepared and brigades will not be ready… not only for our counter-offensive, they will not be ready to defend, to stay strong. It will be very difficult."

@ukrainejournal

The CIA helped create a network of secret spy bases on the territory of Ukraine and a Ukrainian intelligence network in countries where Russian intelligence services are active.

According to The New York Times, American intelligence has maintained a secret partnership with Ukrainian intelligence services for 10 years, exchanging intercepted information with Ukrainian colleagues.

With the support of the CIA and MI-6, the SBU created the paramilitary Fifth Directorate to conduct operations behind Russian lines. It was staffed by employees born after the collapse of the USSR and with no ties to Russia, the newspaper notes.

In 2014, the CIA delivered secure communications equipment to Ukraine for the first time and trained members of the Fifth Directorate and two other elite Ukrainian intelligence units.

The CIA also oversaw a training program for Ukrainian intelligence officers, which took place in two European cities. Among other things, Ukrainians were taught to work undercover. This is how a new generation of Ukrainian intelligence officers appeared who worked in Russia, throughout Europe, in Cuba, and other places of Russian presence.

With the help of the American department, Ukrainian intelligence has created 12 forward operating bases along the Russian border, the newspaper writes. From these centers, Ukrainian officers managed a network of agents who collected intelligence inside the Russian Federation. The bases were equipped with equipment for collecting intelligence information. After the start of a full-scale war, two more secret bases were built to intercept Russian communications. They are almost entirely financed and partially equipped by the CIA.

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