Forwarded from China and Geopolitics with Danny Haiphong
My response to the State Department’s travel warning? There’s nothing to warn about unless fun, clean streets, a good standard of living, the celebration of the founding of the CPC and liberation of Hong Kong, and impressive infrastructure are somehow terrifying.
Oh wait, all of this is to a declining empire with nothing to offer but war and poverty. China is a great place to travel, especially if you have friends there. Goodbye Beijing! See you all in Gansu province 🇨🇳!
Oh wait, all of this is to a declining empire with nothing to offer but war and poverty. China is a great place to travel, especially if you have friends there. Goodbye Beijing! See you all in Gansu province 🇨🇳!
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Intense Fighting on the Krasno-Limansk Front: [O] Group Hold Back Enemy Pressure, a report by @btr80
▶️ In the area of Makeevka, Ukrainian militants, supported by pickups from the 100th and 107th Territorial Defense Battalions, made two attempts to break through. The enemy was repelled during the firefight and artillery strikes. Special forces discovered and eliminated an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) during the engagement.
▶️ In the area of Chervonaya Dibrova, the enemy, supported by BMPs from the 67th Separate Motorized Brigade, launched an attack on our positions. Through artillery and tank fire, the enemy was pushed back. A Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery battery was detected by reconnaissance, and it was destroyed by the fire of TOS-1A MLRS systems.
From the side of Yampolovka, Ukrainian infantry, supported by BMPs from the 25th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion, launched an attack on our strongholds. The enemy suffered losses and retreated after the battle.
💥 Aviation and artillery carried out strikes against the regrouping units of the 21st and 63rd Separate Motorized Brigades and the 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Yampolovka, Torskoe, and Serebryanskoe Lesnichestvo.
💥 In the area of Golikovo, the TOR-M1 air defense missile system shot down two UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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From the side of Yampolovka, Ukrainian infantry, supported by BMPs from the 25th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion, launched an attack on our strongholds. The enemy suffered losses and retreated after the battle.
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🇺🇦☢️ 🇷🇺Kiev on the night of July 5 is going to attack the ZNPP using high-precision weapons and kamikaze drones.
Ukraine on the night of July 5 intends to hit ZNPP with a Tochka-U missile with a warhead stuffed with nuclear waste - adviser to the head of Russia Rosenergoatom Renat Karchaa
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Ukraine on the night of July 5 intends to hit ZNPP with a Tochka-U missile with a warhead stuffed with nuclear waste - adviser to the head of Russia Rosenergoatom Renat Karchaa
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🇺🇦☢️ 🇷🇺Kiev on the night of July 5 is going to attack the ZNPP using high-precision weapons and kamikaze drones. Ukraine on the night of July 5 intends to hit ZNPP with a Tochka-U missile with a warhead stuffed with nuclear waste - adviser to the head of Russia…
🇺🇦☢️ 🇷🇺The Armed Forces of Ukraine inform about the possible preparation of a provocation in the near future on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP.
This is reported by the Telegram channel of the Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is stated that, according to operational information, foreign objects similar to explosive devices were placed on the outer roof of the third and fourth power units of the Zaporizhzhya NPP today.
“Their undermining cannot damage the power units, but it can create a picture of shelling from Ukraine,” the message says.
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This is reported by the Telegram channel of the Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is stated that, according to operational information, foreign objects similar to explosive devices were placed on the outer roof of the third and fourth power units of the Zaporizhzhya NPP today.
“Their undermining cannot damage the power units, but it can create a picture of shelling from Ukraine,” the message says.
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🇬🇧🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺Russia has prepared the defense lines well, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet broken through them. But the main forces of Ukraine have not yet advanced.
This opinion was expressed by the head of the British Defense Staff, Admiral Tony Radakin, speaking in the Defense Committee of the House of Commons, reports the BBC.
“You see that the Ukrainian forces have not yet broken through the defensive lines that Russia dug out over the winter. They are in the security zone and are still waiting for the first defensive lines to be taken. We expect Ukraine to bring in some of its existing second-tier forces. In our estimation, Russia has probably saturated the security zone. She has very effective lines of defense. The density of minefields that Ukraine has to overcome is probably greater than expected. And then there are all the tactical problems: Ukraine does not have air cover, it has not received all the equipment that it could wish for, ”Radakin said.
At the same time, according to him, “the full counteroffensive has not happened yet”: now Ukraine is striking at logistics and command posts and forcing Russia to stretch its forces with diversionary maneuvers.
The Chief of Defense Staff urged not to apply "unfair terms" to the Ukrainian offensive.
“This counter-offensive should not have unfolded in one act. It had to be careful and methodical. Nothing was supposed to happen quickly,” Radakin said.
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This opinion was expressed by the head of the British Defense Staff, Admiral Tony Radakin, speaking in the Defense Committee of the House of Commons, reports the BBC.
“You see that the Ukrainian forces have not yet broken through the defensive lines that Russia dug out over the winter. They are in the security zone and are still waiting for the first defensive lines to be taken. We expect Ukraine to bring in some of its existing second-tier forces. In our estimation, Russia has probably saturated the security zone. She has very effective lines of defense. The density of minefields that Ukraine has to overcome is probably greater than expected. And then there are all the tactical problems: Ukraine does not have air cover, it has not received all the equipment that it could wish for, ”Radakin said.
At the same time, according to him, “the full counteroffensive has not happened yet”: now Ukraine is striking at logistics and command posts and forcing Russia to stretch its forces with diversionary maneuvers.
The Chief of Defense Staff urged not to apply "unfair terms" to the Ukrainian offensive.
“This counter-offensive should not have unfolded in one act. It had to be careful and methodical. Nothing was supposed to happen quickly,” Radakin said.
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This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a joint press conference with Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Colacu, adding that the criteria for NATO membership include "the absence of open border conflicts."
Colacu, in turn, said that Romania expected the conflict to end with a Ukrainian counter-offensive, but had to reckon with a longer conflict.
Scholz noted that he "never expected everything to change overnight."
According to him, Germany "created the conditions for supporting Ukraine even for a long time, if the war continues for a long time."
Scholz said that many countries will be able to support Kiev "one, two, three years, if necessary, because we do not know how long the military conflict will last."
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🇷🇺✈️ 💥 🔥 🇺🇦Russian Aerospace Forces launch a strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces' diversion and reconnaissance group (DRG) using FAB glide bomb near the Antonovsky bridge on the left bank of the Dnepr River.
The area is currently being cleared of enemy forces through a shooting battle.
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The area is currently being cleared of enemy forces through a shooting battle.
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"The best troops of the Russian Federation are the Wagner PMCs. "Wagner" — power! The victory will be ours. Ukrops, who still has common sense,give up(surrender) because it won't work any other way. We will move forward by leaps and bounds. And we will still win back our lands!"
"In place of the AFU, I would not relax. The best musical group can still unexpectedly return to its zone with new combat tasks.
What will happen next, I think it is not necessary to explain))" according to Ria Fan war correspondent Яремчук Александр who posted this video as his latest video
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⚠️🇺🇦☢️ 🇷🇺Ukraine Ministry of Health has issued recommendations in the event of an explosion at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
They say that residents of a potential zone of a radiation accident should be prepared for a possible evacuation.
“If the authorities have officially reported a radiation accident, stay indoors or get to the premises as soon as possible. Stay tuned for further messages and follow the instructions from the authorities,” recommends the Ministry of Health.
Recommendations have also been made regarding the evacuation suitcase:
1. Documents and their copies (identity documents, medical documents, title documents certifying ownership of movable and immovable property, contacts of persons who can be contacted in emergency cases).
2. Face mask or respirator.
3. First aid kit and a week's supply of medication (if you have chronic diseases).
4. Wet wipes.
5. Change of clothes and shoes.
6. A minimum supply of water and food is required.
“Tightly wrap your suitcase or backpack with cling film or tape. This will greatly facilitate the process of their decontamination at sanitary posts,” recommends the Ministry of Health.
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They say that residents of a potential zone of a radiation accident should be prepared for a possible evacuation.
“If the authorities have officially reported a radiation accident, stay indoors or get to the premises as soon as possible. Stay tuned for further messages and follow the instructions from the authorities,” recommends the Ministry of Health.
Recommendations have also been made regarding the evacuation suitcase:
1. Documents and their copies (identity documents, medical documents, title documents certifying ownership of movable and immovable property, contacts of persons who can be contacted in emergency cases).
2. Face mask or respirator.
3. First aid kit and a week's supply of medication (if you have chronic diseases).
4. Wet wipes.
5. Change of clothes and shoes.
6. A minimum supply of water and food is required.
“Tightly wrap your suitcase or backpack with cling film or tape. This will greatly facilitate the process of their decontamination at sanitary posts,” recommends the Ministry of Health.
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Eyewitnesses have posted footage of the attack on the city. The Voroshilovsky and Kalininsky districts are under enemy fire. Further details are being clarified.
Mayor's statement urges everyone to limit their movements on the streets as much as possible.
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