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Will he skip over his 3 day victory? Today marks 900 days since Russia illegally launched their unprovoked full-scale invasion into Ukraine, on 24 February 2022. Putin said it would take three days, and that Ukraine would welcome Russian occupation. He was wrong. https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1822936123120693346

Apparently this is not as serious as it may seem according to this. This fire is not near the reactors and is not a threat to them. The fire is at the base of one of the natural draft cooling towers circled in red. The nuclear reactors (green) are offline. Cooling towers are not in use. The public is not in danger from it Russia sets fire to Ukrainian nuclear plant to ‘blackmail’ Kyiv Russian forces have reportedly started a fire on a nuclear power station in southern Ukraine to “blackmail” Kyiv as it pushes into Russian territory. A Ukrainian official said there was “unofficial” information that Russia had set fire to a large number of car tyres on the cooling towers of the facility in Zaporizhzhia, which it occupied shortly after launching an invasion in February 2022. Footage circulated on social media shows plumes of black smoke pouring off one of the towers. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/11/russia-sets-fire-to-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant/ https://archive.ph/QA851 Enerhodar. We have recorded from Nikopol that the Russian occupiers have started a fire on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Currently, radiation levels are within norm. However, as long as the Russian terrorists maintain control over the nuclear plant, the situation is not and cannot be normal. Since the first day of its seizure, Russia has been using the Zaporizhzhia NPP only to blackmail Ukraine, all of Europe, and the world. We are waiting for the world to react, waiting for the IAEA to react. Russia must be held accountable for this. Only Ukrainian control over the Zaporizhzhia NPP can guarantee a return to normalcy and complete safety.

Iran waiting to get all its ducks in a row. New Israeli intelligence suggests Iran prepares to attack Israel within days: sources The new intelligence assessment indicates an attack could come before the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal talks planned for Thursday, potentially jeopardizing negotiations at what Israeli officials have said is a "now-or-never" moment for a potential deal between Israel and Hamas. But one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the intelligence said the situation is "still fluid." https://www.axios.com/2024/08/11/iran-attack-israel-intelligence-updated Pentagon chief orders submarine to the Middle East, tells aircraft carrier to hasten its transit U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday. The moves come as the U.S. and other allies push for Israel and Hamas to achieve a cease-fire agreement that could help calm soaring tensions in the region following the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut. Officials have been on the lookout for retaliatory strikes by both Iran and Hezbollah for the killings, and the U.S. has been beefing up its presence in the region. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-us-submarine-carrier-43e2574e746af59993f54e4ef250a640

Russians dropping bombs in Russia. The new reality

I remember this. "Early in the war, Israel asked the UN to help evacuate Palestinian civilians out of combat zones where Hamas was using them as human shields. The UN refused. "

See Ukraine's Special Military Operation has taken over the Gazprom gas facility in the Russian town of Sudzha now Ukraine's Zelensky acknowledges offensive in Russia In his Saturday address, President Zelensky thanked Ukraine's "warriors", and said he had discussed the operation in Russia with the country's senior military commander Oleksandr Syrsky. "Ukraine is proving that it can indeed restore justice and ensure the necessary pressure on the aggressor," he added. More than 76,000 people have already been evacuated from the border area, according to Russia's state Tass news agency, and Mr Smirnov said on Sunday he had ordered officials to speed up the operation to get civilians to safety. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y87gk729do

Its been well documented before your NYT effort of how they obtain some of their material from unexploded ordinance but that does not negate the need it had/has for specialized equipment that was smuggled via sea and other routes, its not new found knowledge. However the irony of you claiming I'm making future references or unsupported assertions is not lost, I am referring to now, not the future. Its you that's brought up a six month old article without acknowledging that a lot of their military infrastructure has been eliminated since then. Its smuggling routes have been eliminated and its capabilities to manufacture rockets with the use of heavy machinery, lathes etc is also diminished. Evidence of this is in well documented by the IDF the same IDF that you question their credibility. Diminished frequency of rocket launches is a fact and the number of weapon making workshops and facilities already destroyed is also a fact backed up with video and imagery evidence. However its clear that you'd argue with your own shadow on this, the evidence of your low and vile criticism of a hostage's mothers words to UNRWA about her son who's body is still being held makes it distasteful for me to engage with you any further.

Except there was no genocide but yes it could all have been avoided had Russia not illegally invaded.

And it gives the lie to claims that tight border control will cut off the supply of weapons. How does it? Its 6 months old and since then the smuggling tunnels in the philadelphi corridor have been destroyed. If anything it makes a strong argument that border controls are working if they are resorting to having to find unexploded ordnance. If there are tight controls how else can they get in?

Its a valid question to the mum. Government ‘appalled’ that UNRWA staff may have been involved in Israel attacks A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “It’s appalling that nine members of UNRWA may have been involved in the October 7 atrocities. “We welcome UNRWA’s decisive action and support their decision to terminate the contracts of these individuals. “Anyone who participated in the horrific October 7 attacks should face the full force of the law.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/unrwa-government-israel-david-lammy-foreign-office-b2591970.html

Future of what, you linked to a 6 month old article, you think they still have working lathes to make rockets?

Why do you not? After all she would have been the main method for identifying him being kidnapped in the video by the UNRWA worker.

What are you talking about, the body stolen was dead, murdered by Hamas.

Nothing about their bodies being stolen by UNWRA and taken back to Gaza for ransom. https://x.com/Israel/status/1819325058730410127

Wow..............I bet the mum of the murdered hostage didn't say that.

Bows and arrows plus unexploded ordnance....lol Not going to get many rockets made with that when all the weapons facilities to make rockets are destroyed........

That's far from the truth. China supplies essential dual purpose items to Russia and its Military Complex. Critical components that are essential to make more munitions, tanks, armoured vehicles, missiles and even drones and satellite tech. 70% of the machine tools and 90% of the microelectronics Russia imports come from China. Oh and you are also wrong today as you were 2 1/2 years ago. Ukraine would not have all its lands, they would be Russian.

Ukraine's Special Military Operation just gets better..... Ukraine launches ‘massive’ drone strike on Russia’s Lipetsk region, as cross-border attack rages on Russia’s Lipetsk region has been struck by a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack, according to its governor, as Ukraine’s cross-border assault into Russia shows no sign of easing. At least nine people were wounded in the attack, which damaged energy infrastructure and prompted the temporary evacuation of residents in several areas, Lipetsk governor Igor Artamonov wrote Friday on Telegram. The reported strike comes after Russia accused Ukrainian troops of crossing the border into its Kursk region on Wednesday, which marked the first incursion of its kind from Ukraine and put pressure on Moscow in an area largely untroubled by more than two years of war. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/09/europe/russia-lipetsk-kursk-ukraine-zelensky-intl/index.html

Kursk update from the WSJ Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent Day four of Ukraine’s “special military operation” in Russia. What we know amid the fog of war: Ukrainian forces continue to hold the city of Sudhza and operate in a large swath of Kursk region. A Russian reinforcement column was destroyed on the highway to Rylsk (video shot by a local resident) Overnight, Ukrainian drones struck the major Russian Air Force base in Lipetsk. Footage shows major ammunition explosions going off all night. Russian military channels say no aircraft were damaged. Satellite pictures will show. https://x.com/yarotrof/status/1821801784970555757 I like this one he mentioned. "A Russian reinforcement column was destroyed on the highway to Rylsk"

If you are unaware today, Ukraine is crushing Russians in actual Russia.

Where are these fighters going to get their weapons and ammo from? The smuggling route philadelphi corridor is now under the control of Israel and the smuggling tunnels being destroyed. Bow and arrows?

Sort of pales into insignificance when the actual leader of Hamas sees the Gazans as necessary sacrifice, has murdered 12 of them himself and got the nickname “The Butcher of Khan Younis.” as a result. Wants to murder all Jews with a machette and rape all the Jewish women.

O\h what a pity, passport confiscated so he cant make a run to his mates in Russia.....

How did they issue that with a straight face............ ‘may have been involved’ Government ‘appalled’ that UNRWA staff may have been involved in Israel attacks A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “It’s appalling that nine members of UNRWA may have been involved in the October 7 atrocities. “We welcome UNRWA’s decisive action and support their decision to terminate the contracts of these individuals. “Anyone who participated in the horrific October 7 attacks should face the full force of the law.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/unrwa-government-israel-david-lammy-foreign-office-b2591970.html

Its not over yet. Tass is reporting the fighting continues and............... "Information from Russian sources about activity in the Kursk region. The information is unverified. However, clearly it is not yet possible to contain the offensive - especially due to the abundance of Ukrainian air defense, which threatens Russian UAVs and aircraft. There is also information about the seizure of the gas measuring station in Sudzha by the Ukrainian liberation forces." https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1821084230325301650 Kursk oblast. A group of russian PoWs being escorted by Ukrainian army.