U.S. Forces Deployed to Ukraine to Fight Weapons Smuggling
A “small number” of U.S. military forces are performing onsite inspections in Ukraine to ensure military aid to Kyiv is being properly accounted for
Mark Episkopos for The National Interest:
A “small number” of U.S. military forces are performing onsite inspections of weapons caches in Ukraine to ensure military aid to Kyiv is being properly accounted for, a senior U.S. defense official told journalists earlier this week.
The defense official said there have been “several” such inspections, but they did not specify how many U.S. personnel there are in Ukraine and where the inspections were performed. Similar inspections were carried out prior to the war, but they were suspended after the Russian invasion commenced on February 24.
It is unclear what prompted the decision to resume onsite inspections. There have been unverified reports alleging the misappropriation of Western aid, including purported black market transactions and even instances of Western-supplied arms being sold to Russian-affiliated actors by Ukrainian intermediaries. The Finnish police have raised alarm over the trafficking of Western-donated weapons from Ukraine by smuggling rings, according to the Moscow Times. These warnings were echoed earlier this year by Europol.
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When asked about the risks of direct engagement with Russian forces, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder reaffirmed, without providing details, that the inspections are being conducted away from the front lines. “In terms of personnel that are conducting these inspections, my understanding is they would be ... well far away from any type of frontline actions,” he said. However, the Kremlin has repeatedly said it will treat all foreign weapons shipments on Ukrainian territory, whether on the front lines or not, as legitimate military targets. Russian forces have made good on those threats over the course of the war, launching strikes on foreign aid stockpiles as deep as the far-western Lviv region near Ukraine's border with Poland.
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A “small number” of U.S. military forces are performing onsite inspections in Ukraine to ensure military aid to Kyiv is being properly accounted for
Mark Episkopos for The National Interest:
A “small number” of U.S. military forces are performing onsite inspections of weapons caches in Ukraine to ensure military aid to Kyiv is being properly accounted for, a senior U.S. defense official told journalists earlier this week.
The defense official said there have been “several” such inspections, but they did not specify how many U.S. personnel there are in Ukraine and where the inspections were performed. Similar inspections were carried out prior to the war, but they were suspended after the Russian invasion commenced on February 24.
It is unclear what prompted the decision to resume onsite inspections. There have been unverified reports alleging the misappropriation of Western aid, including purported black market transactions and even instances of Western-supplied arms being sold to Russian-affiliated actors by Ukrainian intermediaries. The Finnish police have raised alarm over the trafficking of Western-donated weapons from Ukraine by smuggling rings, according to the Moscow Times. These warnings were echoed earlier this year by Europol.
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When asked about the risks of direct engagement with Russian forces, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder reaffirmed, without providing details, that the inspections are being conducted away from the front lines. “In terms of personnel that are conducting these inspections, my understanding is they would be ... well far away from any type of frontline actions,” he said. However, the Kremlin has repeatedly said it will treat all foreign weapons shipments on Ukrainian territory, whether on the front lines or not, as legitimate military targets. Russian forces have made good on those threats over the course of the war, launching strikes on foreign aid stockpiles as deep as the far-western Lviv region near Ukraine's border with Poland.
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U.S. Forces Deployed to Ukraine to Fight Weapons Smuggling
A “small number” of U.S. military forces are performing onsite inspections in Ukraine to ensure military aid to Kyiv is being properly accounted for.
Situation in Zaporozhye region: what to expect?
11/13/2022 - 5:30
There are no reasons for the evacuation of the population from the Zaporozhye region, said the acting governor of the region Yevhen Balitsky. According to him, the borders of the Zaporozhye region are reliably protected. Meanwhile, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, admitted that the Kyiv regime would soon deploy about 40,000 servicemen from the Kherson region to the line of contact.
“There are no plans to evacuate, as there is no reason for this. Our borders have long been securely protected. Unfounded rumours spread by enemy propaganda, deliberately trying to sow panic and destabilize the situation, are nothing but agony and hiding the true state of affairs of the Kyiv leadership,” said Balitsky.
According to him, the evacuation of the population from the right bank of the Kherson region took place according to plan and was a forced strategically verified step, since civilians and cultural heritage sites should not suffer.
“We all remember how the situation was in Mariupol, Donetsk region, when the Kyiv Nazis were hiding behind the civilian population, took people hostage and destroyed everything in their path in impotent rage. This situation should not be repeated in the Kherson region, people's lives are the most valuable,” added the Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region.
In turn, the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, said that the Kyiv regime could transfer about 40 thousand military personnel from the Kherson region to the line of contact in the region.
“The Zaporozhye direction is a priority, because Zelensky’s dream – to cut the front, our grouping and go to Berdyansk – has already been voiced. So, I think they will try to move in this direction,” he said on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.
According to him, the authorities of the region have been observing the accumulation of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including at the expense of foreign mercenaries, for more than two months.
Rogov also believes that the Kyiv regime will attempt to storm and capture the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant through an amphibious landing.
“Officially, dozens of armoured boats were handed over to them. Obviously, the armoured boats will not be transporting wheat, but will be used in an attempt to cross the Dnieper,” he stressed.
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11/13/2022 - 5:30
There are no reasons for the evacuation of the population from the Zaporozhye region, said the acting governor of the region Yevhen Balitsky. According to him, the borders of the Zaporozhye region are reliably protected. Meanwhile, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, admitted that the Kyiv regime would soon deploy about 40,000 servicemen from the Kherson region to the line of contact.
“There are no plans to evacuate, as there is no reason for this. Our borders have long been securely protected. Unfounded rumours spread by enemy propaganda, deliberately trying to sow panic and destabilize the situation, are nothing but agony and hiding the true state of affairs of the Kyiv leadership,” said Balitsky.
According to him, the evacuation of the population from the right bank of the Kherson region took place according to plan and was a forced strategically verified step, since civilians and cultural heritage sites should not suffer.
“We all remember how the situation was in Mariupol, Donetsk region, when the Kyiv Nazis were hiding behind the civilian population, took people hostage and destroyed everything in their path in impotent rage. This situation should not be repeated in the Kherson region, people's lives are the most valuable,” added the Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region.
In turn, the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, said that the Kyiv regime could transfer about 40 thousand military personnel from the Kherson region to the line of contact in the region.
“The Zaporozhye direction is a priority, because Zelensky’s dream – to cut the front, our grouping and go to Berdyansk – has already been voiced. So, I think they will try to move in this direction,” he said on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.
According to him, the authorities of the region have been observing the accumulation of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including at the expense of foreign mercenaries, for more than two months.
Rogov also believes that the Kyiv regime will attempt to storm and capture the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant through an amphibious landing.
“Officially, dozens of armoured boats were handed over to them. Obviously, the armoured boats will not be transporting wheat, but will be used in an attempt to cross the Dnieper,” he stressed.
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Ситуация в Запорожской области: чего ждать?
Причин для эвакуации населения из Запорожской области нет, заявил врио губернатора региона Евгений Балицкий.
Rallies, blackouts and missing soldiers: what is happening in Lviv
13.11.2022 - 5:00
In the capital of Galicia, Lvov/Lviv (Eastern Ukraine), rolling blackouts from 9 am to 12 pm and from 4 pm to 9 pm continue these days.
However, it is noticeable that they do not apply to everyone. Cafes, bars and restaurants operate in the city centre without any blackouts and power generators, flashing advertising lights. In the expensive restaurant "Italian Yard" in the courtyard of the Lviv Historical Museum on Rynok Square, the golden youth of Kyiv carelessly rest.
Without electricity, mostly residents of the city outskirts and villages of the region are sitting. Heating in the city has not yet been turned on, despite night frosts, so a power outage here is tantamount to a power outage. As a result, cases of explosions of gas cylinders and tourist gas burners, which residents use to heat themselves during periods of blackout, have become more frequent in apartments.
Lviv nationalists mourn daily for their comrades who died in eastern Ukraine, but many of the dead are missing, which helps the authorities save on legal payments.
On weekends in the centre of Lviv, near the regional administration and the Opera House, the relatives of the military personnel of the 24th mechanized brigade, defeated by Russian troops, have been protesting for the second month. Relatives can neither pick up the bodies nor find out who is in captivity.
“Many, many missing people. Many died, and relatives cannot take away the bodies in order to bury them with dignity,” one of the participants in the protest rally tells the Ukrainian media.
The nationalists believe that the protesting relatives are destabilizing the situation by playing along with the pro-Russian forces. The authorities prefer to remain silent and ignore the requests of the relatives of the missing Vushniks.
“We call there, we write - all useleles. No one wants to communicate with us, we are in despair. All that remains is to look for relatives through social networks,” complains Galina from Lvov, whose brother disappeared in Popasna back in April.
The public of Lvov was also agitated by the recent high-profile trial of one of the pastors of an evangelical church in the city. This week, the Galician District Court of Lvov convicted the organizer of religious camps for children of the Children of Christ organization, Lvov resident Roman Moskovchenko.
He was accused of 147 cases of rape and molestation of minors. There were suspicions about several dozen more cases, but investigators could not find enough evidence.
The trial has been going on since 2020. In the pastor's house, videos with scenes of rape and related photographs were found, as well as diaries in which the pastor described in detail his sexual relations with children from 2005 to 2020, that is, it lasted 15 years.
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13.11.2022 - 5:00
In the capital of Galicia, Lvov/Lviv (Eastern Ukraine), rolling blackouts from 9 am to 12 pm and from 4 pm to 9 pm continue these days.
However, it is noticeable that they do not apply to everyone. Cafes, bars and restaurants operate in the city centre without any blackouts and power generators, flashing advertising lights. In the expensive restaurant "Italian Yard" in the courtyard of the Lviv Historical Museum on Rynok Square, the golden youth of Kyiv carelessly rest.
Without electricity, mostly residents of the city outskirts and villages of the region are sitting. Heating in the city has not yet been turned on, despite night frosts, so a power outage here is tantamount to a power outage. As a result, cases of explosions of gas cylinders and tourist gas burners, which residents use to heat themselves during periods of blackout, have become more frequent in apartments.
Lviv nationalists mourn daily for their comrades who died in eastern Ukraine, but many of the dead are missing, which helps the authorities save on legal payments.
On weekends in the centre of Lviv, near the regional administration and the Opera House, the relatives of the military personnel of the 24th mechanized brigade, defeated by Russian troops, have been protesting for the second month. Relatives can neither pick up the bodies nor find out who is in captivity.
“Many, many missing people. Many died, and relatives cannot take away the bodies in order to bury them with dignity,” one of the participants in the protest rally tells the Ukrainian media.
The nationalists believe that the protesting relatives are destabilizing the situation by playing along with the pro-Russian forces. The authorities prefer to remain silent and ignore the requests of the relatives of the missing Vushniks.
“We call there, we write - all useleles. No one wants to communicate with us, we are in despair. All that remains is to look for relatives through social networks,” complains Galina from Lvov, whose brother disappeared in Popasna back in April.
The public of Lvov was also agitated by the recent high-profile trial of one of the pastors of an evangelical church in the city. This week, the Galician District Court of Lvov convicted the organizer of religious camps for children of the Children of Christ organization, Lvov resident Roman Moskovchenko.
He was accused of 147 cases of rape and molestation of minors. There were suspicions about several dozen more cases, but investigators could not find enough evidence.
The trial has been going on since 2020. In the pastor's house, videos with scenes of rape and related photographs were found, as well as diaries in which the pastor described in detail his sexual relations with children from 2005 to 2020, that is, it lasted 15 years.
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Митинги, отключения света и пропавшие военные: что происходит во Львове
Националисты считают, что протестующие дестабилизируют ситуацию, подыгрывая пророссийским силам.
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Ukraine is building a wall on the border with Belarus: 3 km is already installed.
As planned, the construction will run along the border of the Volyn, Rivne and Zhytomyr regions.
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Ukraine is building a wall on the border with Belarus: 3 km is already installed.
As planned, the construction will run along the border of the Volyn, Rivne and Zhytomyr regions.
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Putin instructed to demobilize students of the DNR and LNR
13.11.2022 - 16:10
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the demobilization of students from the DPR and LPR who were called up for military service before the regions were included in the Russian Federation, said Dmitry Peskov, head of the Kremlin press service.
“Currently, the forces of the people's militia are integrated into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation after the entry of the DPR and LPR into Russia. Putin instructed to demobilize students and organize a return to the place of study," he said.
Recall that within the framework of partial mobilization, which was announced on September 21, students and graduate students of higher educational institutions were not subject to conscription into the armed forces.
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13.11.2022 - 16:10
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the demobilization of students from the DPR and LPR who were called up for military service before the regions were included in the Russian Federation, said Dmitry Peskov, head of the Kremlin press service.
“Currently, the forces of the people's militia are integrated into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation after the entry of the DPR and LPR into Russia. Putin instructed to demobilize students and organize a return to the place of study," he said.
Recall that within the framework of partial mobilization, which was announced on September 21, students and graduate students of higher educational institutions were not subject to conscription into the armed forces.
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СРОЧНО: Путин поручил демобилизовать студентов ДНР и ЛНР
Речь идёт о тех учащихся вузов, которые были призваны до включения регионов в состав РФ.
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Turkish media OdaTV published a photo of a woman who may be involved in the explosion in Istanbul.
According to journalists, it was her who left the package on the central Istiklal Street, which later exploded.
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According to journalists, it was her who left the package on the central Istiklal Street, which later exploded.
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A pensioner from Bataysk has been knitting socks with notes for fighters for three weeks
92-year-old Maria Belous from Bataysk woke up at 8 am for three weeks to knit warm socks for Russian soldiers. And in each pair, the pensioner put notes with wishes
“Three years ago I moved to my granddaughter in Bataysk,” the pensioner says. "We were lucky with the neighbours — both with the old-timers and with the youth. They often visit me, bring some goodies, well, and I, in turn, will definitely pass a couple of socks, because feet should always be warm."
The idea to give gifts to the fighters was suggested by a neighbour.
"Once Dasha came. We drank tea. And the guest suddenly asked: 'Maria Nikolaevna, kind people gave me five skeins of black yarn and an untied scarf, can you make socks out of them for the guys?' Well, how can you say no? She took the inventory and immediately set to work."
"Well, in three weeks I made five good pairs: four black ones and one pockmarked one. And it's still fast, usually it takes a week to knit one socks. And then I wanted to quickly give the boys a piece of the house. I think it's very important for them now!"
For all the time while knitting socks, the pensioner was almost never tired.
“Yes, the hands are not the same anymore, the eyes see poorly, but these are trifles compared to the feat our guys are doing,” she says. "I really want these socks to bring warmth not only to the body, but also to the soul. Therefore, I hid notes in each pair. I really want the guys there to feel our support and faith."
“It was in the evening, although the lamp shone, but the line is hard to see, that’s why the handwriting came out clumsy,” Baba Masha complains. "Well, I think the guys are young, big-eyed, they should understand my writings, because I tried to add something new to each note."
In them, a 92-year-old Donetsk woman told how, as a young girl, she faced the hardships of the Great Patriotic War, how she raised two younger sisters, hid from the bombings and believed that one day the world would finally come into our homes.
“It seems to me that the best wish is that each of them return home alive and healthy,” Baba Masha smiles.
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92-year-old Maria Belous from Bataysk woke up at 8 am for three weeks to knit warm socks for Russian soldiers. And in each pair, the pensioner put notes with wishes
“Three years ago I moved to my granddaughter in Bataysk,” the pensioner says. "We were lucky with the neighbours — both with the old-timers and with the youth. They often visit me, bring some goodies, well, and I, in turn, will definitely pass a couple of socks, because feet should always be warm."
The idea to give gifts to the fighters was suggested by a neighbour.
"Once Dasha came. We drank tea. And the guest suddenly asked: 'Maria Nikolaevna, kind people gave me five skeins of black yarn and an untied scarf, can you make socks out of them for the guys?' Well, how can you say no? She took the inventory and immediately set to work."
"Well, in three weeks I made five good pairs: four black ones and one pockmarked one. And it's still fast, usually it takes a week to knit one socks. And then I wanted to quickly give the boys a piece of the house. I think it's very important for them now!"
For all the time while knitting socks, the pensioner was almost never tired.
“Yes, the hands are not the same anymore, the eyes see poorly, but these are trifles compared to the feat our guys are doing,” she says. "I really want these socks to bring warmth not only to the body, but also to the soul. Therefore, I hid notes in each pair. I really want the guys there to feel our support and faith."
“It was in the evening, although the lamp shone, but the line is hard to see, that’s why the handwriting came out clumsy,” Baba Masha complains. "Well, I think the guys are young, big-eyed, they should understand my writings, because I tried to add something new to each note."
In them, a 92-year-old Donetsk woman told how, as a young girl, she faced the hardships of the Great Patriotic War, how she raised two younger sisters, hid from the bombings and believed that one day the world would finally come into our homes.
“It seems to me that the best wish is that each of them return home alive and healthy,” Baba Masha smiles.
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Пенсионерка из Батайска три недели вязала носки с записками для бойцов СВО
В них она рассказала, как сама ребёнком встретила войну и что пережила.
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Are you serious? 😂
They think that the People is their servant and not the other way around. They are the servants of their people.
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They think that the People is their servant and not the other way around. They are the servants of their people.
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Traslated from Colonelcassad:
Through undercover channels, Russian special services obtained access to an entire HIMARS MLRS missile, which was taken to the territory of the Russian Federation through the territory of a third country. One of the Russian military design bureaus has already got access to a fully equipped HIMARS MLRS missile and is conducting engineering work to study it.
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Through undercover channels, Russian special services obtained access to an entire HIMARS MLRS missile, which was taken to the territory of the Russian Federation through the territory of a third country. One of the Russian military design bureaus has already got access to a fully equipped HIMARS MLRS missile and is conducting engineering work to study it.
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China for the first time publicly in such detail showed its fifth-generation fighter J-20.
Single and group aerobatics were performed by the crews of combat aircraft as part of the Air Show China 2022.
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Single and group aerobatics were performed by the crews of combat aircraft as part of the Air Show China 2022.
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“The Post of Spain was forbidden to mark the 100th anniversary of the country’s Communist Party by issuing a stamp with a hammer and sickle”: This is not a sabotage on the Crimean bridge, this is not allowed on stamps in the democratic world.
“The court has ruled to suspend the issuance of a stamp issued by mail on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Spanish Communist Party. The State Post Office is now required to revoke the stamp. The design features a red star, hammer and sickle, and the inscription "Centenary of the Communist Party of Spain: 1921-2021".
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“The court has ruled to suspend the issuance of a stamp issued by mail on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Spanish Communist Party. The State Post Office is now required to revoke the stamp. The design features a red star, hammer and sickle, and the inscription "Centenary of the Communist Party of Spain: 1921-2021".
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Local residents collaborating with Russian authorities are being lynched in Kherson
14.11.2022 - 10:25
On entering Kherson, Ukrainian militants began to massacre civilians who are suspected of collaborating with the Russian administration of the region.
So, the Associated Press publishes a photograph in which local residents are tied to poles.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian occupants are cancelling the accreditation of Western media reporters (including those from CNN and Sky News), who began broadcasting from Kherson before the completion of “stabilization measures,” that is, reprisals against residents who collaborated with Russia.
“Recently, some media representatives, ignoring the existing prohibitions and warnings, without the consent of the relevant commanders and public relations services of military units, carried out information activities in the city of Kherson even before the completion of stabilization measures,” the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement.
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14.11.2022 - 10:25
On entering Kherson, Ukrainian militants began to massacre civilians who are suspected of collaborating with the Russian administration of the region.
So, the Associated Press publishes a photograph in which local residents are tied to poles.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian occupants are cancelling the accreditation of Western media reporters (including those from CNN and Sky News), who began broadcasting from Kherson before the completion of “stabilization measures,” that is, reprisals against residents who collaborated with Russia.
“Recently, some media representatives, ignoring the existing prohibitions and warnings, without the consent of the relevant commanders and public relations services of military units, carried out information activities in the city of Kherson even before the completion of stabilization measures,” the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement.
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Back to history. ..
If someone else is surprised that there were people who joyfully met the Ukronazis in Kherson, don't be surprised. History moves in a circle, all this has already happened.
Bandero-Nazis have betrayal in their blood, at the genetic level, this is how the German "Wehrmacht" was greeted.
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If someone else is surprised that there were people who joyfully met the Ukronazis in Kherson, don't be surprised. History moves in a circle, all this has already happened.
Bandero-Nazis have betrayal in their blood, at the genetic level, this is how the German "Wehrmacht" was greeted.
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Dancing in Kherson in honor of Ukraine ended. Photos and videos for Western newspapers were filmed and broadcast!
Now... All men from that part of Kherson military age are taken to the Ukrainian armed formations.
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Now... All men from that part of Kherson military age are taken to the Ukrainian armed formations.
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