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🇺🇦🇺🇲 Repair in the field of the American M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in the Avdveeka direction.
🇭🇺🇪🇺 The European Parliament supported a resolution condemning Hungarian Prime Minister Orban for “systematically undermining EU values” and for vetoing aid to Ukraine.
This is one of the attempts to deprive Hungary of the right to vote in decision-making in the European Union. However, the European Parliament resolution has no legal force.
According to Reuters, MEPs are calling for "a further step in the rule of law process, which could ultimately lead to the suspension of Hungary's voting rights in the EU."
The publication notes that we are talking about a punishment mechanism under Article 7, which is “lengthy and complex” and therefore “unlikely in the foreseeable future.”
“The resolution has no legal force, but increases political pressure on Orban ahead of the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on February 1, which will again attempt to negotiate new aid for Ukraine,” writes Reuters.
Let us note that to make this decision, just like any other, the consent of all EU members, including Hungary, is required, which is unrealistic.
In addition, Slovak Prime Minister Fico has already promised not to allow the EU to deprive Hungary of its voting rights
This is one of the attempts to deprive Hungary of the right to vote in decision-making in the European Union. However, the European Parliament resolution has no legal force.
According to Reuters, MEPs are calling for "a further step in the rule of law process, which could ultimately lead to the suspension of Hungary's voting rights in the EU."
The publication notes that we are talking about a punishment mechanism under Article 7, which is “lengthy and complex” and therefore “unlikely in the foreseeable future.”
“The resolution has no legal force, but increases political pressure on Orban ahead of the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on February 1, which will again attempt to negotiate new aid for Ukraine,” writes Reuters.
Let us note that to make this decision, just like any other, the consent of all EU members, including Hungary, is required, which is unrealistic.
In addition, Slovak Prime Minister Fico has already promised not to allow the EU to deprive Hungary of its voting rights
🇮🇶🇺🇲⚡Reuters reports an explosion in northern Iraq, near a US military base
Forwarded from /CIG/ Telegram | Counter Intelligence Global (ȚepeȘ)
🇩🇪 Germany's ruling coalition wants to ban the AfD because its getting too popular
The debate kicked off in earnest after Saskia Esken, the co-chief of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD), came out earlier this month in favor of discussing a ban — if only, as she put it, to “shake voters” out of their complacency.
Since then, politicians from across the political spectrum have weighed in on whether a legal effort to ban Alternative for Germany (AfD), while possible under German law, would be tactically smart — or only further fuel the party’s rise.
Like so much of German politics, the conversation is colored by the country’s Nazi past. In a society mindful that Adolf Hitler initially gained strength at the ballot box, with the Nazis winning a plurality of votes in federal elections before seizing power, a growing number of political leaders, particularly on the left, view a prohibition of the AfD — a party they see as a dire threat to Germany’s democracy — as an imperative rooted in historical experience.
Others fear the attempt would backfire by allowing the AfD to depict their mainstream opponents as undermining the democratic will of the German people, desperate to ban a party they can’t beat.
“Calls for the AfD to be banned are completely absurd and expose the anti-democratic attitude of those making these demands,” said Alice Weidel, co-leader of the party, in a written statement to POLITICO. “The repeated calls for a ban show that the other parties have long since run out of substantive arguments against our political proposals.”
🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/can-a-ban-stop-the-rise-of-germanys-far-right/
The debate kicked off in earnest after Saskia Esken, the co-chief of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD), came out earlier this month in favor of discussing a ban — if only, as she put it, to “shake voters” out of their complacency.
Since then, politicians from across the political spectrum have weighed in on whether a legal effort to ban Alternative for Germany (AfD), while possible under German law, would be tactically smart — or only further fuel the party’s rise.
Like so much of German politics, the conversation is colored by the country’s Nazi past. In a society mindful that Adolf Hitler initially gained strength at the ballot box, with the Nazis winning a plurality of votes in federal elections before seizing power, a growing number of political leaders, particularly on the left, view a prohibition of the AfD — a party they see as a dire threat to Germany’s democracy — as an imperative rooted in historical experience.
Others fear the attempt would backfire by allowing the AfD to depict their mainstream opponents as undermining the democratic will of the German people, desperate to ban a party they can’t beat.
“Calls for the AfD to be banned are completely absurd and expose the anti-democratic attitude of those making these demands,” said Alice Weidel, co-leader of the party, in a written statement to POLITICO. “The repeated calls for a ban show that the other parties have long since run out of substantive arguments against our political proposals.”
🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/can-a-ban-stop-the-rise-of-germanys-far-right/
POLITICO
Germany’s far-right AfD is soaring. Can a ban stop it? – POLITICO
A fiery debate over whether to ban the ever-more radical Alternative for Germany is colored by the country’s Nazi past.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia may emerge from the war in Ukraine as a hyper-mobilized, hyper-illiberal revisionist power with a deep pool of trained military manpower and a deep sense of grievance toward the West.
Western sanctions no longer look like wonder weapons. The Russian economy contracted by just 2.2 percent in 2022, and resumed growing in 2023. Russian trade has been rerouted to Asia; financial, technological and commercial relations with China are flourishing. Geopolitically ambivalent swing states, such as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, are helping Moscow mitigate its economic isolation. Granted, the costs of conflict have exacerbated economic imbalances in Russia. But there is no near-term prospect of the economy, or the war machine it supports, falling apart.
Nor is it clear that the West will soon face a weakened, humbled Russia, incapable of seriously menacing its neighbors. Sure, Putin’s country has suffered grievous losses of men and materiel. But the government has mobilized hundreds of thousands of new soldiers and put the economy on a war footing. With the Kremlin pouring money into the defense sector, military production is soaring: Russia will pump out more artillery shells in 2024 than the US and Europe combined.
Putin has squeezed most remaining moderates out of the political system and weathered internal challenges to his power. He has doubled down on partnerships with Iran, China and North Korea, fellow autocracies that are now providing Russia with military and economic sustenance.
The Russia that emerges from this war may be a hyper-mobilized, hyper-illiberal revisionist power with a deep pool of trained military manpower and a deep sense of grievance toward the West. That’s a recipe for trouble on NATO’s Eastern front — and for increased global demands on American military power.
Finally, the democratic community no longer looks so committed, so unified. For months, political dysfunction has prevented the US from replenishing the level of support Ukraine needs to fight its war. The European Union has been momentarily stymied in its own bid to ramp up Ukraine assistance by the resistance of the pro-Putin government in Hungary. “Ukraine fatigue” is rising in much of the West.
If Donald Trump wins the presidency this November, democratic solidarity could devolve into transatlantic rancor. And if the US ends up abandoning Ukraine, that country could still go down to a military defeat that would have global consequences, by demonstrating that democracies lack the stamina to prevent expansionist autocracies –- whether Putin’s Russia, Xi’s China, Kim’s North Korea, or Khamenei’s Iran -- from imposing their will on the world.
🔗 Bloomberg | 🗄 Archive
Western sanctions no longer look like wonder weapons. The Russian economy contracted by just 2.2 percent in 2022, and resumed growing in 2023. Russian trade has been rerouted to Asia; financial, technological and commercial relations with China are flourishing. Geopolitically ambivalent swing states, such as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, are helping Moscow mitigate its economic isolation. Granted, the costs of conflict have exacerbated economic imbalances in Russia. But there is no near-term prospect of the economy, or the war machine it supports, falling apart.
Nor is it clear that the West will soon face a weakened, humbled Russia, incapable of seriously menacing its neighbors. Sure, Putin’s country has suffered grievous losses of men and materiel. But the government has mobilized hundreds of thousands of new soldiers and put the economy on a war footing. With the Kremlin pouring money into the defense sector, military production is soaring: Russia will pump out more artillery shells in 2024 than the US and Europe combined.
Putin has squeezed most remaining moderates out of the political system and weathered internal challenges to his power. He has doubled down on partnerships with Iran, China and North Korea, fellow autocracies that are now providing Russia with military and economic sustenance.
The Russia that emerges from this war may be a hyper-mobilized, hyper-illiberal revisionist power with a deep pool of trained military manpower and a deep sense of grievance toward the West. That’s a recipe for trouble on NATO’s Eastern front — and for increased global demands on American military power.
Finally, the democratic community no longer looks so committed, so unified. For months, political dysfunction has prevented the US from replenishing the level of support Ukraine needs to fight its war. The European Union has been momentarily stymied in its own bid to ramp up Ukraine assistance by the resistance of the pro-Putin government in Hungary. “Ukraine fatigue” is rising in much of the West.
If Donald Trump wins the presidency this November, democratic solidarity could devolve into transatlantic rancor. And if the US ends up abandoning Ukraine, that country could still go down to a military defeat that would have global consequences, by demonstrating that democracies lack the stamina to prevent expansionist autocracies –- whether Putin’s Russia, Xi’s China, Kim’s North Korea, or Khamenei’s Iran -- from imposing their will on the world.
🔗 Bloomberg | 🗄 Archive
Bloomberg.com
Ukraine’s Desperate Hour: The World Needs a Russian Defeat
After one year of war, it looked like Putin was going to lead a weakened, humbled nation. Entering year three, he has a chance to break Western solidarity.
🇮🇶🇺🇲 An American MQ-9 Reaper UAV was shot down over Iraq. The drone was flying from Kuwait.
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This, so to speak, is a serious post and not related to any type of paid advertising or anything else.
As previously mentioned here, the Bellum Acta Project and its team are undergoing some renovations and a new project that, if carried out, could change the entire OSINT Telegram environment.
This project aims to make Bellum Acta, and, over time, ALL channels considered by us as friendly, partners and linked to us self-sufficient in terms of liquid financial resources, capable of investing in their respective projects and tasks without depend on third parties, whatever they may be.
This idea has already been discussed extensively over the last 3 months between us and a range of channel owners here, seeking to put an end to the scarcity and limitations related to liquid financial resources, which has sometimes limited the work of some of us or even led to some projects coming to an end.
However, as one can imagine, for such a Herculean Task and for such an ambitious project, we do not have the resources on hand at the present time to achieve such a feat.
And beforehand, we are not talking about:
— Ponzi Schemes
— Nigerian Prince Scams (as scammers usually propose here)
— Cheap and fake scams based on nothing, but empty promises.
Everything we talk about revolves around an already existing industry that could be very useful for everyone here.
For this reason, we are formally inviting potential investors who are interested in this idea here on this channel to join this endeavor.
All we need, so to speak, is a starting point that, once done successfully, will allow us to do exactly as previously stated.
If you fall into this category, contact @reguluz here.
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🇧🇾🇺🇦 The KGB of the Republic of Belarus detained two SBU agents who were transporting weapons, explosives and drones across the border, organizing caches in a forest area.
According to initial data, they were preparing terrorist attacks at oil refining enterprises, murders of civil servants and media personalities on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.
According to initial data, they were preparing terrorist attacks at oil refining enterprises, murders of civil servants and media personalities on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.
🇾🇪🇺🇲 Despite further US strikes, the Houthis attacked another ship heading to the Red Sea.
A little earlier it was reported that a repeated attack was launched on an American bulk carrier, which yesterday received a kamikaze drone in its superstructure.
The US says it is fighting Houthi anti-ship missile launchers. But it is quite obvious that if over the 7 years of bombing Yemen, the Houthis’ missile and unmanned potential has only increased, then a measly few dozen or even several hundred missiles are not capable of fundamentally changing anything and the attacks will continue.
A little earlier it was reported that a repeated attack was launched on an American bulk carrier, which yesterday received a kamikaze drone in its superstructure.
The US says it is fighting Houthi anti-ship missile launchers. But it is quite obvious that if over the 7 years of bombing Yemen, the Houthis’ missile and unmanned potential has only increased, then a measly few dozen or even several hundred missiles are not capable of fundamentally changing anything and the attacks will continue.
🇾🇪🇺🇲 The Houthis reported that they successfully attacked the American tanker Chem Ranger and scored a direct hit on it. The level of damage to the vessel is still unknown.
🇺🇲🇺🇦 Trump opposed the compromise agreement on the border, on which the allocation of money to Ukraine depends
▪️“I believe that we should not enter into a border agreement at all unless we get EVERYTHING to stop the INVASION of millions and millions of people out of nowhere into our once, but soon to be again, glorious country.
▪️I also have no doubt that our House Speaker Mike Johnson will reach an agreement that will be perfect ,” Trump wrote on his social network The Truth.
▪️“I believe that we should not enter into a border agreement at all unless we get EVERYTHING to stop the INVASION of millions and millions of people out of nowhere into our once, but soon to be again, glorious country.
▪️I also have no doubt that our House Speaker Mike Johnson will reach an agreement that will be perfect ,” Trump wrote on his social network The Truth.