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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2024 20:08:01 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov spoke at the UN General Assembly, saying, "It is pointless to try to fight Russia, a nuclear power, until we win."
Lavrov spoke at the UN General Assembly on the 28th, claiming that Western countries are backing Ukraine in an attempt to defeat Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
He then said, "It is pointless and dangerous to try to win against Russia, a nuclear power."
While stating that Russia is not rejecting dialogue with the West, he reiterated his opinion that the reason progress is not being made is because of the arrogant and aggressive West.
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Post by Admin on Oct 1, 2024 13:11:09 GMT
There are growing fears that the key town of Ugledal in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, where Russia is stepping up its offensive, will fall. Urban fighting appears to be continuing, but on the 1st, a video of soldiers waving the Russian flag was circulated online. Ugledal is located southwest of Donetsk, the capital of the Russian-controlled oblast, and has been used as a defense base by the Ukrainian military.
On September 30th, Pushilin, head of the Russian-controlled region in the oblast, spoke on state television in Ugledal, saying, "We are improving our positions every day and making progress." On the 1st, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that President Putin has received reports from the military, indicating that he believes control of the area is imminent.
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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2024 21:05:38 GMT
Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, has said that North Korea's supply of ammunition to Russia is critical for Ukraine.
Source: Kyrylo Budanov at the 20th annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) meeting in Kyiv, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine
Quote from Budanov: "As the head of intelligence, I can say directly: the fact that they are supplying ballistic missiles there is unpleasant for us, but it is not a significant amount – but with regard to the ammunition, that is critical for us. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about it for now. That is the unfortunate truth."
Details: Asked to rank the countries that provide the most military support to Russia, the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence chief said that North Korea would be first, "then no one else for a lot of places, and then all the rest", because there is no comparison in terms of the volumes supplied.
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Post by Admin on Oct 8, 2024 12:28:12 GMT
Ukraine claims that the video, released by the Ukrainian Border Guard on October 5, shows the Ukrainian military, working with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, retaking several oil and gas drilling facilities (also known as Boyko Towers) that had been occupied by Russia around the strategic Black Sea island of Zmyny (Snake Island).
The Russian military attacked Zmyny Island first, within hours of the start of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Zmyny Island is located in the northwestern Black Sea near Romania, and is a convenient location for attacking the Black Sea Fleet based at the Sevastopol Naval Base on the western edge of the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed, and the Ukrainian military has actually achieved great success there.
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Post by Admin on Oct 8, 2024 21:12:33 GMT
The online edition of the U.S. newspaper The Washington Post reported on the 8th that a new book by renowned journalist Bob Woodward states that U.S. intelligence agencies analyzed in the fall of 2022 that Russian President Putin seriously considered using tactical nuclear weapons against the invaded Ukraine, and that there was a 50% chance that they would actually be used.
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