During a massive missile strike by the Russian Armed Forces on February 10, the Krivorozhskaya thermal power plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region was hit at the energy facilities of Ukraine.
The blow fell on the machine room of the TPP.
At least one generator stopped producing electricity and was permanently disabled.
Judging by the number of objects hit in Ukraine, the wave strike tactics are bearing fruit.
One wave discharges air defences, revealing the location of air defence systems. The other overcomes it, reaching the targets, and part hits the exposed places of deployment of air defence systems.
There are already reports of train delays. And the railway is the blood vessels of the enemy. But in order to cut them, you need a system of such strikes. I hope that the industry will soon reach the turnover necessary for a systematic approach.
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The blow fell on the machine room of the TPP.
At least one generator stopped producing electricity and was permanently disabled.
Judging by the number of objects hit in Ukraine, the wave strike tactics are bearing fruit.
One wave discharges air defences, revealing the location of air defence systems. The other overcomes it, reaching the targets, and part hits the exposed places of deployment of air defence systems.
There are already reports of train delays. And the railway is the blood vessels of the enemy. But in order to cut them, you need a system of such strikes. I hope that the industry will soon reach the turnover necessary for a systematic approach.
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Ukraine’s rocket campaign reliant on U.S. precision targeting, officials say
Ukrainian officials say that they almost never launch HIMARS rounds without detailed coordinates provided by U.S. military personnel situated elsewhere in Europe
The Washington Post
Kiev, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials said they require coordinates provided or confirmed by the United States and its allies for the vast majority of strikes using its advanced U.S.-provided rocket systems, a previously undisclosed practice that reveals a deeper and more operationally active role for the Pentagon in the war.
The disclosure, confirmed by three senior Ukrainian officials and a senior U.S. official, comes after months of Kyiv’s forces pounding Russian targets — including headquarters, ammunition depots and barracks — on Ukrainian soil with the U.S.-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and other similar precision-guided weapons such as the M270 multiple-launch rocket system.
One senior Ukrainian official said Ukrainian forces almost never launch the advanced weapons without specific coordinates provided by U.S. military personnel from a base elsewhere in Europe. Ukrainian officials say this process should give Washington confidence about providing Kyiv with longer-range weapons.
A senior U.S. official — who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue — acknowledged the key American role in the campaign and said the targeting assistance served to ensure accuracy and conserve limited stores of ammunition for maximum effectiveness. The official said Ukraine does not seek approval from the United States on what to strike and routinely targets Russian forces on their own with other weapons. The United States provides coordinates and precise targeting information solely in an advisory role, the official said.
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Ukrainian officials say that they almost never launch HIMARS rounds without detailed coordinates provided by U.S. military personnel situated elsewhere in Europe
The Washington Post
Kiev, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials said they require coordinates provided or confirmed by the United States and its allies for the vast majority of strikes using its advanced U.S.-provided rocket systems, a previously undisclosed practice that reveals a deeper and more operationally active role for the Pentagon in the war.
The disclosure, confirmed by three senior Ukrainian officials and a senior U.S. official, comes after months of Kyiv’s forces pounding Russian targets — including headquarters, ammunition depots and barracks — on Ukrainian soil with the U.S.-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and other similar precision-guided weapons such as the M270 multiple-launch rocket system.
One senior Ukrainian official said Ukrainian forces almost never launch the advanced weapons without specific coordinates provided by U.S. military personnel from a base elsewhere in Europe. Ukrainian officials say this process should give Washington confidence about providing Kyiv with longer-range weapons.
A senior U.S. official — who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue — acknowledged the key American role in the campaign and said the targeting assistance served to ensure accuracy and conserve limited stores of ammunition for maximum effectiveness. The official said Ukraine does not seek approval from the United States on what to strike and routinely targets Russian forces on their own with other weapons. The United States provides coordinates and precise targeting information solely in an advisory role, the official said.
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Your look when you found out that Ukies have shot down 71 out of 61 missiles is priceless...
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Russian artillery and transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut/Artemovsk.
The footage was taken by an Ukrainian soldier.
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The founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, spoke about the possible schedule of the Military Operation:
"If we need to go to the Dnieper, then for three years. If we need to close the DPR and LPR, then we need to work for another year and a half or two. If we need to go to the English Channel, then I have my own ideal plan," Prigogine said.
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Brits, keep calm and carry on...
Even "Wagner group" is not going to cross the Channel. It has already been crossed by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
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"If we need to go to the Dnieper, then for three years. If we need to close the DPR and LPR, then we need to work for another year and a half or two. If we need to go to the English Channel, then I have my own ideal plan," Prigogine said.
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Stockpiles of ammunition in Ukraine are "almost at zero." Everything ends very quickly due to the intensity of the fighting, — said Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the OP
"We are in desperate need of weapons, ammunition, artillery, battle tanks, armored vehicles, fighter jets," Zhovkva said. Fighters are needed, among other things, to intercept ballistic missiles, which Ukraine is not yet capable of shooting down. The same information was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Stefanyshina FT.
Ukraine produces more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day, which corresponds to the annual order of a small European country in peacetime.
From Ukrainian propaganda channel
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"We are in desperate need of weapons, ammunition, artillery, battle tanks, armored vehicles, fighter jets," Zhovkva said. Fighters are needed, among other things, to intercept ballistic missiles, which Ukraine is not yet capable of shooting down. The same information was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Stefanyshina FT.
Ukraine produces more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day, which corresponds to the annual order of a small European country in peacetime.
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IN THE EVENT OF WAR
One in ten Germans wants to fight
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In the event of war, only one in ten Germans would be willing to defend their country with a weapon.
This emerges from a representative YouGov survey.
5% would therefore register voluntarily,
6% would expect them to be called up in the event of war and used for national defence,
33% would try to continue their usual lives as best as possible,
24% would leave the country as soon as possible in the event of war, with the proportion being larger among the young generation.
There are practically no differences between east and west.
The question asked by pollsters in 2000 eligible adults was: “Once assumed that there would be a military attack on Germany, comparable to the Russian attack on Ukraine that started in February 2022. What do you think you would be most likely to do personally in such a situation?"
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One in ten Germans wants to fight
Bild
In the event of war, only one in ten Germans would be willing to defend their country with a weapon.
This emerges from a representative YouGov survey.
5% would therefore register voluntarily,
6% would expect them to be called up in the event of war and used for national defence,
33% would try to continue their usual lives as best as possible,
24% would leave the country as soon as possible in the event of war, with the proportion being larger among the young generation.
There are practically no differences between east and west.
The question asked by pollsters in 2000 eligible adults was: “Once assumed that there would be a military attack on Germany, comparable to the Russian attack on Ukraine that started in February 2022. What do you think you would be most likely to do personally in such a situation?"
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Bundeswehr – Im Kriegsfall: Jeder zehnte Deutsche will kämpfen
Im Kriegsfall wäre gut jeder zehnte Deutsche bereit, sein Land mit der Waffe zu verteidigen.
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US has new problem with Chinese research platforms: Chinese 'environmental monitoring satellite' emits green laser beams from space over Hawaii.
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Syrian President Assad visits earthquake-affected areas of Aleppo.
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In the Odessa region in the evening of last day, the Russian Armed Forces for the first time since the beginning of the Military Operation struck with naval unmanned vehicle on a drawbridge in Zatoka. How much the railway-road overpass was damaged is not yet known.
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Biden: "Every time I hear 'the president of the United States,' I look around and say 'Where the hell is he?'"
From Greg Price on Twitter
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Biden: "Every time I hear 'the president of the United States,' I look around and say 'Where the hell is he?'"
Zakharova commented on Hersh's investigation about Nord Streams
Zakharova waits for NATO to convene summit because of Hersh's Nord Stream investigation
MOSCOW, Feb 11 — RIA Novosti. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on journalist Seymour Hersh's investigation into the explosions at Nord Stream, said that "there are more than enough facts", while she wondered when an emergency NATO summit would be held on this issue.
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Hersh published an article earlier this week about his investigation into gas pipeline explosions. His publication says that during the NATO exercises Baltops in the summer of 2022, American divers installed explosives under the Nord Streams, which the Norwegians activated three months later. US President Joe Biden decided to sabotage Nord Stream after more than nine months of secret discussions with the national security team, Hersh said. Later, the Pentagon told RIA Novosti that the United States had nothing to do with the blowing up of Russian gas pipelines last year. The White House made a similar statement. The State Department urged to believe the position of the United States.
"Well, what? Where are the NATO experts on "novichok"and dead ducks, who once a year regularly made absurd accusations from scratch, stating that they "highly likely" have facts? They never presented any facts to anyone. Here there are more than enough facts: the pipeline explosion, the presence of a motive, the circumstantial evidence obtained by journalists. So when will an emergency NATO summit be held to analyse the situation?" — Zakharova wrote in the Telegram channel.
From the analysis of the tracks in the Flightradar24 archive, conducted by RIA Novosti, it follows that the aircraft of the US and German navies in June 2022, during the Baltops-22 exercises, regularly circled over the sites of future explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines. According to Flightradar24, from June 8 to 16, German and US P-3 Orion and P-8 Poseidon aircraft performed regular flights over the sites of future explosions. At the same time, the military aircraft descended to low altitudes and transponders were turned off in almost every flight, so some of their trajectories remained unrecorded in the portal tracks.
The attacks took place on September 26, 2022, on two Russian export gas pipelines to Europe at once — Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2. Germany, Denmark and Sweden do not rule out targeted sabotage. The Nord Stream operator Nord Stream AG reported that the state of emergency on gas pipelines is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the repair time. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation initiated a case on an act of international terrorism after the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines. On October 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin reported that Gazprom was allowed to inspect the site of the explosion, and the head of the company, Alexei Miller, reported to him about the inspection. Putin also said that the explosion on the Nord Stream gas pipeline is an obvious terrorist attack.
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Zakharova waits for NATO to convene summit because of Hersh's Nord Stream investigation
MOSCOW, Feb 11 — RIA Novosti. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on journalist Seymour Hersh's investigation into the explosions at Nord Stream, said that "there are more than enough facts", while she wondered when an emergency NATO summit would be held on this issue.
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Hersh published an article earlier this week about his investigation into gas pipeline explosions. His publication says that during the NATO exercises Baltops in the summer of 2022, American divers installed explosives under the Nord Streams, which the Norwegians activated three months later. US President Joe Biden decided to sabotage Nord Stream after more than nine months of secret discussions with the national security team, Hersh said. Later, the Pentagon told RIA Novosti that the United States had nothing to do with the blowing up of Russian gas pipelines last year. The White House made a similar statement. The State Department urged to believe the position of the United States.
"Well, what? Where are the NATO experts on "novichok"and dead ducks, who once a year regularly made absurd accusations from scratch, stating that they "highly likely" have facts? They never presented any facts to anyone. Here there are more than enough facts: the pipeline explosion, the presence of a motive, the circumstantial evidence obtained by journalists. So when will an emergency NATO summit be held to analyse the situation?" — Zakharova wrote in the Telegram channel.
From the analysis of the tracks in the Flightradar24 archive, conducted by RIA Novosti, it follows that the aircraft of the US and German navies in June 2022, during the Baltops-22 exercises, regularly circled over the sites of future explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines. According to Flightradar24, from June 8 to 16, German and US P-3 Orion and P-8 Poseidon aircraft performed regular flights over the sites of future explosions. At the same time, the military aircraft descended to low altitudes and transponders were turned off in almost every flight, so some of their trajectories remained unrecorded in the portal tracks.
The attacks took place on September 26, 2022, on two Russian export gas pipelines to Europe at once — Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2. Germany, Denmark and Sweden do not rule out targeted sabotage. The Nord Stream operator Nord Stream AG reported that the state of emergency on gas pipelines is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the repair time. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation initiated a case on an act of international terrorism after the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines. On October 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin reported that Gazprom was allowed to inspect the site of the explosion, and the head of the company, Alexei Miller, reported to him about the inspection. Putin also said that the explosion on the Nord Stream gas pipeline is an obvious terrorist attack.
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Захарова прокомментировала расследование Херша о "Северных потоках"
НАТО следует собрать экстренный саммит после статьи журналиста Сеймура Херша о причастности США к взрывам на "Северных потоках", написала официальный... РИА Новости, 12.02.2023
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Front summary on February 11
from Oleg Tzarev
Noteworthy is the almost total lack of news from the field. On all fronts without significant changes. Yesterday's maps are relevant.
There is news only from Artemovsk. In Paraskoveevka and Krasnaya Gora, the position of the Ukrainian formations is deteriorating, the Wagnerites are pushing the enemy. The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the bridge on the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka highway, between Ivanovskoye and Stupochki. Zaluzhny continues to insist on the withdrawal of the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artemivsk. In the coming weeks, warming may begin, again mudslides in the fields, which means that the Ukrainian army may be in a cauldron.
The Ministry of Defence has traditionally reported that all yesterday's missiles flew to the given addresses — energy and transport infrastructure facilities, military-industrial complex enterprises. Interestingly. In the evening, the arrivals of Geraniums began again. Explosions were in Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk. But ours struck not only from the air, but also from the sea. Seems like the first time. A video of a Russian naval drone attack on a bridge in Zatoka, in the Odessa region, has surfaced. Three pillars of the railway bridge, through which NATO equipment from Romania is being transferred to Ukraine, have been damaged, making it impossible to move on it. I hope these messages and videos are authentic.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 7 HIMARS missiles at Melitopol, the air defense shot down everything, but one missile fell in the private sector, a person died. Shebekino, Belgorod region, was also fired upon, there are wounded. In the Kursk region, a brigade of builders came under fire from Ukraine, one person was killed, another was wounded.
At the same time, on both sides of the front, and in the west, they are waiting for the offensive of our troops, for which, based on intelligence data that fell into the hands of Western media journalists, Russia has everything - mobilization, building up the capacity of the military-industrial complex. Based on the fact that the Ukrainian authorities are openly announcing their counter-offensive for the spring (or summer), and have already amassed about 20,000 troops in the Zaporozhye region, the time for the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces now also seems good. At the same time, one must understand that a major offensive designed to change the strategic alignment at the front depends on many different factors, the result of which will be success or failure. And since there is no offensive, it means that these factors, obviously, do not converge yet. And taking into account the past experience and the "bumps" stuffed in it, the unwillingness to miscalculate is logical, the risks are high.
By the way, do you remember how the events of the Battle of Kursk in 1943 unfolded? By the summer of 1943, the Red Army was superior to the Wehrmacht in all key indicators, and was ready to launch an offensive that could change the strategic position at the front. But, having learned about the preparation of the Wehrmacht for their offensive, the military leaders changed the concept and decided to first properly beat the advancing units of the Wehrmacht in defensive battles, and then go on the counteroffensive themselves. It is usually easier to defend, but whether this will be the case, given the amount of weapons promised to Ukraine, is unknown.
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from Oleg Tzarev
Noteworthy is the almost total lack of news from the field. On all fronts without significant changes. Yesterday's maps are relevant.
There is news only from Artemovsk. In Paraskoveevka and Krasnaya Gora, the position of the Ukrainian formations is deteriorating, the Wagnerites are pushing the enemy. The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the bridge on the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka highway, between Ivanovskoye and Stupochki. Zaluzhny continues to insist on the withdrawal of the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artemivsk. In the coming weeks, warming may begin, again mudslides in the fields, which means that the Ukrainian army may be in a cauldron.
The Ministry of Defence has traditionally reported that all yesterday's missiles flew to the given addresses — energy and transport infrastructure facilities, military-industrial complex enterprises. Interestingly. In the evening, the arrivals of Geraniums began again. Explosions were in Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk. But ours struck not only from the air, but also from the sea. Seems like the first time. A video of a Russian naval drone attack on a bridge in Zatoka, in the Odessa region, has surfaced. Three pillars of the railway bridge, through which NATO equipment from Romania is being transferred to Ukraine, have been damaged, making it impossible to move on it. I hope these messages and videos are authentic.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 7 HIMARS missiles at Melitopol, the air defense shot down everything, but one missile fell in the private sector, a person died. Shebekino, Belgorod region, was also fired upon, there are wounded. In the Kursk region, a brigade of builders came under fire from Ukraine, one person was killed, another was wounded.
At the same time, on both sides of the front, and in the west, they are waiting for the offensive of our troops, for which, based on intelligence data that fell into the hands of Western media journalists, Russia has everything - mobilization, building up the capacity of the military-industrial complex. Based on the fact that the Ukrainian authorities are openly announcing their counter-offensive for the spring (or summer), and have already amassed about 20,000 troops in the Zaporozhye region, the time for the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces now also seems good. At the same time, one must understand that a major offensive designed to change the strategic alignment at the front depends on many different factors, the result of which will be success or failure. And since there is no offensive, it means that these factors, obviously, do not converge yet. And taking into account the past experience and the "bumps" stuffed in it, the unwillingness to miscalculate is logical, the risks are high.
By the way, do you remember how the events of the Battle of Kursk in 1943 unfolded? By the summer of 1943, the Red Army was superior to the Wehrmacht in all key indicators, and was ready to launch an offensive that could change the strategic position at the front. But, having learned about the preparation of the Wehrmacht for their offensive, the military leaders changed the concept and decided to first properly beat the advancing units of the Wehrmacht in defensive battles, and then go on the counteroffensive themselves. It is usually easier to defend, but whether this will be the case, given the amount of weapons promised to Ukraine, is unknown.
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Фронтовая сводка 11 февраля
Обращает на себя внимание практически тотальное отсутствие новостей с мест. На всех фронтах без значимых изменений. Вчерашние карты актуальны.
Вести есть только из Артемовска. В Парасковеевке и Красной горе положение украинских…
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Ukraine Braces for Grisly Russian Offensive in the East
Russia is sending more bodies. Ukraine doesn’t have enough. And the tanks won’t arrive in time.
By Amy Mackinnon, a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy, and Jack Detsch, a Pentagon and national security reporter at Foreign Policy.
Ukraine is bracing for a grisly Russian offensive in the Donbas. Moscow has concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops in the country’s east, using brute-force tactics and human waves in a bid to chip away at the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses.
Amid a recent surge in fighting, many military analysts believe the long-awaited Russian offensive is already underway and is expected to accelerate as the first anniversary of the invasion approaches.
“Something is brewing in the east,” said Jonatan Vseviov, secretary-general of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “More and more Russian soldiers are arriving on the front,” he said.
Ukrainian officials estimate that Russian forces inside the country have surpassed the 300,000 mark following a recent mobilization effort that began in September of last year. Military analysts believe the figure may be slightly lower, but even more conservative estimates of Russia’s presence in Ukraine are significantly higher than the invading force that Russian President Vladimir Putin used to invade the country last February—and this time, they are highly concentrated in eastern Ukraine.
“We expect in the next 10 days a new, huge invasion,” a Ukrainian military official, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk about intelligence matters, told Foreign Policy. Over the weekend, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that he expects a surge in Russian operations around the upcoming anniversary of the invasion on Feb. 24.
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Russia is sending more bodies. Ukraine doesn’t have enough. And the tanks won’t arrive in time.
By Amy Mackinnon, a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy, and Jack Detsch, a Pentagon and national security reporter at Foreign Policy.
Ukraine is bracing for a grisly Russian offensive in the Donbas. Moscow has concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops in the country’s east, using brute-force tactics and human waves in a bid to chip away at the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses.
Amid a recent surge in fighting, many military analysts believe the long-awaited Russian offensive is already underway and is expected to accelerate as the first anniversary of the invasion approaches.
“Something is brewing in the east,” said Jonatan Vseviov, secretary-general of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “More and more Russian soldiers are arriving on the front,” he said.
Ukrainian officials estimate that Russian forces inside the country have surpassed the 300,000 mark following a recent mobilization effort that began in September of last year. Military analysts believe the figure may be slightly lower, but even more conservative estimates of Russia’s presence in Ukraine are significantly higher than the invading force that Russian President Vladimir Putin used to invade the country last February—and this time, they are highly concentrated in eastern Ukraine.
“We expect in the next 10 days a new, huge invasion,” a Ukrainian military official, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk about intelligence matters, told Foreign Policy. Over the weekend, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that he expects a surge in Russian operations around the upcoming anniversary of the invasion on Feb. 24.
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Ukraine Braces for Grisly Russian Offensive in the East
Russia is sending more bodies. Ukraine doesn’t have enough. And the tanks won’t arrive in time.
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Object over Northern Canada shot down, Trudeau says
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By Paula Newton, CNN
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the downing of a high altitude object over Canadian airspace on Saturday, he said in a tweet.
“I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau said.
Trudeau said he spoke with President Joe Biden on Saturday and that Canadian forces will lead the object recovery operation.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said earlier Saturday it was monitoring “a high altitude airborne object” over northern Canada, and military aircraft are currently operating in the area from Alaska and Canada, according to a news release from the agency.
It is not clear what the object is or whether it is related to the suspected Chinese spy balloon from last week or another object shot down over Alaska on Friday.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the downing of a high altitude object over Canadian airspace on Saturday, he said in a tweet.
“I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau said.
Trudeau said he spoke with President Joe Biden on Saturday and that Canadian forces will lead the object recovery operation.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said earlier Saturday it was monitoring “a high altitude airborne object” over northern Canada, and military aircraft are currently operating in the area from Alaska and Canada, according to a news release from the agency.
It is not clear what the object is or whether it is related to the suspected Chinese spy balloon from last week or another object shot down over Alaska on Friday.
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US jet shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over northern Canada | CNN Politics
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that an “unidentified object” had been shot down by a US fighter jet over Canadian airspace on his orders.
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"Geraniums" (aka moped drones) are moving deep into Ukraine
It is reported about the activity of unmanned aircraft in the sky over Pavlograd.
A characteristic buzzing is heard in the Nikolaev and Zaporozhye regions.
Also, local residents report on the work of air defence in the sky of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
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It is reported about the activity of unmanned aircraft in the sky over Pavlograd.
A characteristic buzzing is heard in the Nikolaev and Zaporozhye regions.
Also, local residents report on the work of air defence in the sky of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
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Zelensky's goal is to engage Europe in a full-scale war with Russia, and Europe is gradually moving in this direction.
Independent foreign relations analyst Gilbert Doctorow.
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Independent foreign relations analyst Gilbert Doctorow.
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Head of the Polish General Staff Raimund Andrzejczak - about "wild eastern neighbors": I'll tell you this, from a Polish perspective. We have lived in the same space with them for a thousand years, so we know the Russians. That's how they fight. This is not surprising for us. The standards of the Russian army and Russian society are completely different from the Western matrix. There is no need to measure Russians by Western standards. What you see - their behavior, actions - how much they suffer and are still ready to move forward - is completely different from Western society. So please don't compare Russian and Western standards - they have nothing in common.
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