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Blinken calls on Russia to stop using food as ‘weapon’ in Ukraine war

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4135 … raine-war/

Ukraine accuses Russia of damaging 40,000 tonnes of grain

https://www.dawn.com/news/1768082/ukrai … s-of-grain

These events are causing big impacts on world food supply, China, European Union, and India are big eaters of grains, China consumed almost 150 million metric tons of wheat grain year.
the explosions on news feeds of war seem true and if true
1 tonne = 2240 lbs or 1016 kg
Russia alone with its bombings has driven up global prices, Ukraine a critical global food supplier the country of Ukraine was where a fifth of the world’s barley came from Ukraine, as well as a sixth of the maize and an eighth of wheat.

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Another Russian warship looks badly damaged.

the ship name is reported as the 'Olenegorsky Gornyak' a military landing ship with a Speed 17.59 knots (32.58 km/h; 20.24 mph) Length 112.5 m (369 ft 1 in) Beam 15.01 m (49 ft 3 in) Draught 4.26 m (14 ft 0 in) Ships were constructed in Poland in the mid 70s and the islamic country of Yemen currently in famine and civil war with Unitary provisional republic used to operate the same class of ship, Ukrainian Navy's only ship of the class, Kostiantyn Olshansky, was reportedly seized in 2014 by Russian troops and accepted into service with the Russian Navy, all other ships of this class are Russian, the ship's propulsion operates from 2 diesel engines.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bl … 023-08-04/
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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 … ikaze-usv/

There seem to be many angles of a drone attack on social media, one vid has a Russian warship seen listing. I'm not sure what hit it perhaps a robotic Boat or small drone ship rammed it and exploded.

Tv newspaper Media in Russia claimed that its ships had “repelled an attack”

Other Western media report a successful series of sea-drone hits 'Combined Assault' in Black Sea

Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking Black Sea navy base and Crimea with drones
https://nypost.com/2023/08/04/russia-ac … th-drones/

port of Novorossiysk hit with 'sea drones'

Russian Ropucha class landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak. Two unmanned naval drones were implicated
https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.p … rnjak.html

Ukrainian drone strike ‘blows hole’ in Russian ship at key Black Sea base
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/u … 98717.html

Videos Show Russia Is Lying About Ukraine’s Secret Attack on its Ship
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/videos-show-r … 35051.html

there is footage of the ship getting tugged but it seems to be "Listing" a big hole exploded on its side and vessel took on water and tilting to one side, other footage seems to show a robotic boat, maybe an Unmanned water vehicle an Unmanned surface vehicle. The one that hit the Russian ship seems to be a boat, in previous events there were reports of Toloka TLK-150 a type of robot sub Underwater Torpedo ship or unmanned underwater Drone but recent attacks seem to be small robotic kamikaze ships.

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Lithuania has declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national security and said it is stripping them of their permanent residency permits

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wi … -102012549

US takes custody of Russian agent from Estonia

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/2 … om-estonia

Latvia to ask thousands of Russian citizens to leave the country

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/1 … he-country

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Drone attack hits building in central Moscow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66541027

Ukraine tells military-age citizens to 'overcome their fear' in recruitment campaign
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk … 2023-08-17

North Korean missile capable of striking the U.S. likely a result of cooperation with Russia, think tank says
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nation … rcna100450

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seems like F16's are going from other nations to be use and we will train from what I have seen.

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I have seen the same rumor in social media news feeds

other news

'Ukraine continues to target Moscow with drone strikes, forcing the city to shut down its airports'
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine … rts-2023-8

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I will assume this is a real film, this website has been more or less reliable for Leaked Streams and Live Video

'Drunk Russian Drone Pilot Attempts to Hit Target With RPG'
https://funker530.com/video/drunk-russi … -with-rpg/

However the Robot Drone seems to have held an RPG as a human could and fired the weapon, it had a 'drunk' moment trying to stabilize itself. There is a lot of home made weaponry and improvisation happening in this war.

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Ukrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomber
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66573842

There are mixed news reports and different pics on social media, some news agencies say just say Tu-22 others report two Tu-22M3 strategic bombers were completely destroyed, an African broadcasting group is showing pictures of the 'Blackjack' from a Soviet parade which must be incorrect, although made by Tupolev this is a totally different aircraft and is more shaped like the B-1 Lancer

Two Tu-22 bombers attacked by drones and destroyed at Russian Soltsy aтd Shaikovka airfields
https://news.yahoo.com/two-tu-22-bomber … 43913.html

Ukraine drone strike reportedly destroys Russian supersonic bomber
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ … nic-bomber

Even non aggressive flocks of birds are known to take down aircraft but this perhaps in a ways proves that a supersonic military plane can be destroyed by what is essentially a disposable drone

the Tupolev Tu-22 or 'Blinder' is over 50 years old. I don't think its the old version as I thought they had been retired, they were used during the 80s Iran–Iraq War, the Tupolev Tu-22M 'Backfire' is the more modern-ish version which might fill a similar role to the USA's Rockwell B-1 Lancer. I believe Ukraine used to fly the more modern version but then scrapped them as it disarmed after the fall of the USSR, the Swedish often intercepted the new Tupolev version near their border flying around international airspace.

This was not Air to Air combat, the drone destroyed something parked on the ground

Russian media might report an accident or something with cigarettes

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Russian general who ran Ukraine war fired
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66590916

this news article claims 5 aircraft were destroyed

Ukraine blows up five jets ‘deep within Russian territory’

https://news.yahoo.com/five-russian-jet … 53205.html

Five Russian jets have been blown up by Ukraine in the past three days, as Britain said drone attacks on targets within Russia were being launched from inside its own territory.

The claim by the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday came as Ukrainian media cited intelligence sources linking a spate of recent strikes on air bases deep inside Russia with saboteurs.

The MoD highlighted the destruction of a Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber on Saturday at the Soltsy-2 air base south of St Petersburg, some 400 miles from the Ukrainian border, saying it was “unlikely” that the drone which hit the plane could have been launched from Ukraine.

“The Russian Defence Ministry said that a copter-style uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) was responsible for the attack,” the MoD said.

“If true, this adds weight to the assessment that some UAV attacks against Russian military targets are being launched from inside Russian territory. Copter UAVs are unlikely to have the range to reach Soltsky-2 from outside Russia,” it added.

Russia’s defence ministry admitted the Soltsy-2 air base, situated in the Novgorod region, was attacked on Saturday but has downplayed the extent of the incident.

Dramatic pictures published by Ukraine following the strike showed the Tu-22 bomber enveloped in flames.

Several open-source intelligence outlets have since verified the images and on Tuesday, the BBC’s Russian Service released fresh satellite imagery supporting the reports.

An image taken on Monday showed a patch of scorched earth in what appeared to be a parking spot for a warplane.

Putin has strange deep voice in address to BRICS summit
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia- … cs-summit/

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Russia destroys 13,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain destined for Egypt and Romania - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/ … /102768324

Putin attended concert as news broke of Prigozhin’s possible death: reports
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4167 … h-reports/

Biden points finger at Putin as Prigozhin’s reported death seen as a warning to ‘elites’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ … ests-putin

Wagner chief Prigozhin was on plane with no survivors, say Russian authorities
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/ … /102768858

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In 13 Weeks, Ukraine Has Lost Just Five Of Its 71 Leopard 2 Tanks
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2 … 053d97185b

M10 Booker vs. M1A2 Abrams Tank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LfgYd6ZN8

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Entrenched Ukrainian Exchanges Gunfire with Russian Over No Man's Land

https://funker530.com/video/entrenched- … mans-land/

Kremlin says 'deliberate wrongdoing' is a possible cause of the plane crash that killed Wagner chief

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 … in/007000c

Wagner leader laid to rest in secret ceremony

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/08/31/ … ny/1907796

Kremlin says Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane may have been downed on purpose

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia- … ed-purpose

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Ukraine's dramatic strikes on Crimea appear to have hit a submarine and a landing craft, setting them ablaze
https://news.yahoo.com/news/ukraines-dr … 38864.html

Submarine hit
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/russian-subm … ck-crimea/

Seems like a Russian submarine was hit it might be on fire or beyond repair

Some online are reporting a B-237 Rostov na Donu  diesel-electric submarine hit by a Cruise Missile or British Storm Shadow missile Kilo class vessel

Already damaged in August 2023 another Ropucha-class ship seems to be hit, Project 775,  landing ship built in Poland for the Soviet Navy, they were built in the 1970s they were also operated by the Ukrainian Navy and Yemen.

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Finland bans entry of Russian-registered private cars from midnight Friday
https://yle.fi/a/74-20050337

A scandal in Polish Ministry of Foreign affairs uncovered by journalists - a people smuggling ring within the Ministry issued over 250 thousand visas to migrants from Asia and Africa for cash
https://apnews.com/article/migration-vi … b4a7c5f7ea

Wagner group formally banned as terror organisation in the UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66822833

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Imprisoned Russian ultranationalist claims Putin's regime is near 'collapse' due to failures in Ukraine and can't be saved
https://news.yahoo.com/imprisoned-russi … 17603.html

Once part of the Soviet Eastern political bloc 'Grenada' prime minister calls on Britain to pay slavery reparations: ‘It’s the decent thing to do’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl … 98928.html

St. George's in Creole French Sen Jòj is the capital of Grenada. The town is surrounded by a hillside of an old volcano crater and is located on a horseshoe-shaped harbour, they also speak a Pidgin Rap English Rasta language Ebonics Grenadian Creole English.

The location of St. George's makes it a popular Caribbean tourist destination.

Once also ruled by almost directly the Queen it also classifies as a Monarchy and has Monarch King Charles III

24 hours after Azerbaijan's army launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic-Armenian forces have agreed Russian terms for a ceasefire that include a demand for complete disarmament
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66863702

Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic TDFR a short-lived state in the Caucasus

Why Do Armenia And Azerbaijan Hate Each Other?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tY7uEZHSjE
social media channel 'NowThisOriginals'

Can the Joe Biden Administration ‘Flip’ Armenia?
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/can-the-joe- … p-armenia/

AEI formed 85 years ago is a think tank based in Washington, some of their positions have attracted controversy, including their defense policy recommendations for the Iraq War, their analysis of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 AEI is governed by a 28-member Board of Trustees
https://web.archive.org/web/20170113152 … -trustees/

Biden calls on international community to 'stand up against Russian aggression' in Ukraine
https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/19/bid … up-ukraine

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Vladimir Putin marks anniversary of annexation of Ukrainian regions as drones attack overnight
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/euro … 524a1.html

Russia dismisses Ukraine plan, grain deal proposal
https://thewest.com.au/news/conflict/ru … c-11997387

Japan to ensure stable energy supply amid US sanctions on Russia
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/japan-says-en … 38262.html

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Leftover ColdWar politics

Non-Aligned Movement with parts of Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia

Pakistan classed as a US Ally

India ‘takes great care’ ensuring steady ties with Russia are in good shape: EAM Jaishankar
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ … 350879.ece

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea in show of force as North's leader Kim exchanges messages with Putin
https://www.firstpost.com/world/us-airc … 36972.html

Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas as he urges aid for Israel and Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 … el-ukraine

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not sure if propaganda but there have been rumors about his health

Russian President Vladimir Putin suffers cardiac arrest in presidential bedroom, an insider group reveals
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/r … ec6ae8f3d8

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a female non-dictator, non-oligarch

40-year-old single mother aims to beat Putin in Presidential race

https://www.dagens.com/news/40-year-old … ntial-race

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Poland Charges 16 Foreigners With Spying For Russia
https://www.rferl.org/a/poland-russia-s … 95360.html

A cannibal Gorin was initially sentenced in 2003 for murder and desecration of a corpse? sent off to war and allowed back into society in Russia

Putin pardons a second cannibal killer in a week as reward for fighting against Ukraine
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl … raine.html

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Ukrainian Infantry Charged By Russian Armor
https://funker530.com/video/ukrainian-i … ian-armor/

Helmet cam combat footage from Ukrainian forces defending Avdiivka shows a trench fighting position come under direct assault by Russian armor.

The Ukrainian forces have already suffered casualties and are not equipped to deal with a direct attack from hardened fighting vehicles. Luckily, some nearby M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles come to the rescue. They stop the Russian advance and rapidly evacuate the besieged troops from the no-longer-defensible fighting position.

The Bradleys taxi the fighters off the front line to refit and rearm, and the wounded begin receiving a higher level of care from medical teams.

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It's bound to happen n as war continues after a period of time Ukrainian drones start to fall mysteriously. Germany cracks the case

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RPG Shot at Close Range
https://funker530.com/video/rpg-shot-at-close-range/

A Ukrainian defender in Avdiivka fires an RPG at a target at close range. Modern systems such as ATGMs, artillery firing cluster munitions, and drones have received the lion’s share of attention in this fight, but old technology still has its place, particularly in a close fight. In a target-rich environment such as Avdiivka, every weapon counts.

Putin to boost AI work in Russia to fight a Western monopoly he says is 'unacceptable and dangerous'
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/techn … 572596.ece

Kiev brands German building materials giant a sponsor of war
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274 … sor-of-war
Knauf has been blacklisted by the Ukrainian government for paying taxes in Russia

or they no longer use Kiev?

Kyiv hit by biggest drone attack since war began
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67529571

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Finland closes border to stop Russia sending in asylum seekers

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/finl … -3x60g928s

Ukraine war updates: Finland to close entire border with Russia; winter storms wreak havoc in Russia and Ukraine

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/28/ukraine … raine.html

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France Joins India To Arm Armenia Against Azerbaijan As Russia Gets Bogged Down In Ukraine War
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/france-jo … zerbaijan/

Orbán: The EU shouldn’t even begin discussing Ukraine’s EU accession
https://telex.hu/english/2023/12/01/orb … -accession

Hungary and a controversial figure, he argues against the Ukrainian legal and political system joining the EU, due to them being at war.

he seems to also run protectionism and does not want an outside group over running the Hungarian agriculture industry with cheaper goods.

Hungary has taken refugees from Ukraine but also clashed with the EU for a while

“We don't need others telling us how we should live”

The latest national consultation also addresses questions of sovereignty. The Prime Minister concluded that in his view, throughout history, Hungary has always been surrounded by empires bigger than itself, and said that "we never sought to have a bite of them, they have always been the ones who wanted to have a bite of us". But

Hungary "has chosen the tactic of making sure it's there to attend the funerals of empires", and "this is our plan for the future as well".

Tucker Carlson has also been meeting and doing interviews with Hungary's politicians

Ukraine's ex-president says he was blocked from leaving country
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk … 023-12-01/
Poroshenko, who led Ukraine from 2014 to 2019 and is now an opposition lawmaker, posted a video of himself at a border crossing with Poland, saying he had been turned away and holding up papers that he said showed he had official permission to cross.
Under martial law, Ukrainian officials have to get special approval to travel abroad.
The Ukrainian parliament's deputy speaker, Oleksandr Korniyenko, later confirmed he had cancelled Poroshenko's permission to leave the country.

There is a Russian drone with an Iranian name.

Cards from the Kyivstar mobile Ukrainian cellphone network inside Iran made munitions. Oleksandr Komarov managed the company and was active on social media under the tag 'oktalk'
https://web.archive.org/web/20211104230 … bXqp_M4A0a

A downed Russian Shahed drone was found with a Ukrainian SIM card
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/downed-russia … 38045.html

They say the SIM card reportedly allows Russian forces to exploit the Kyivstar mobile network to track the drone's location and change its flight path. Another report says Kyivstar is working with law enforcement agencies to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

Mykhailo Shamanov, a spokesperson for the Kyiv city military, told CNN that the drone attack on the Ukrainian capital is the fourth from Russia in the last month.