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  • Putin announces partial mobilization, warns nuclear 'wind' could blow t

    From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 20 23:52:01 2022
    Putin... claimed that Western countries had "crossed every line" and tried to "blackmail" Russia with nuclear weapons.

    "Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind can turn in their direction," warned the Russian president, adding that Russia will use "all available means."
    https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-717706

    Russia pushes the panic button and raises risk of nuclear war

    “After annexing the territories, Moscow would likely declare Ukrainian attacks on those areas to be assaults on Russia itself, analysts warned, a potential trigger for a general military mobilization or a dangerous escalation such as the use of a
    nuclear weapon against Ukraine,” wrote my colleague Robyn Dixon.

    “Judging by what is happening and what is about to happen, this week marks either the eve of our imminent victory or the eve of nuclear war,” Margarita Simonyan, editor in chief of state propaganda channel RT, tweeted. “I can’t see any third
    option.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/21/russia-referendums-ukraine-occupied-nuclear
    https://archive.is/m1Rv2

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 21 02:50:57 2022
    Russia is at war not so much with the Ukrainian army as with the "collective West," the nation's defense minister said on Wednesday
    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/russia-at-war-not-so-much-with-ukrainian-army-as-with-collective-west-defense-minister/2690655

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  • From Jim Wilkins@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 21 08:17:42 2022
    "Matthew" wrote in message news:760a46fc-28dc-4e82-bc98-40df42ee96a5n@googlegroups.com...

    Russia is at war not so much with the Ukrainian army as with the
    "collective West," the nation's defense minister said on Wednesday https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/russia-at-war-not-so-much-with-ukrainian-army-as-with-collective-west-defense-minister/2690655

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    The West was quite willing to accept Russia after the USSR collapsed, but Russia (and socialism) can't admit responsibility for its failures and needs someone else to blame.

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 22 12:55:14 2022
    Medvedev: Strategic nuclear weapons can be used to defend annexed Ukrainian territory
    https://www.jpost.com/international/article-717871

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 23 00:28:22 2022
    Four occupied Ukraine regions begin vote on joining Russia

    Referendums will continue until Tuesday and are seen as paving the way for Moscow’s annexation of the territories and an escalation of the war.

    “If this is all declared Russia territory, they can declare that this is a direct attack on Russia so they can fight without any reservations,” Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian TV.
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/23/four-occupied-ukraine-regions-ready-for-votes-on-joining-russia

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 25 16:10:11 2022
    Russia’s nuclear doctrine would extend to annexed Ukrainian territories, Lavrov says

    Lavrov added that the United States, the EU, and NATO members “cannot claim neutrality” in the Russia-Ukraine war, as they provide security assistance to Kyiv.
    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/russia-nuclear-doctrine-extend-annexed-141500008.html

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 26 02:58:57 2022
    US will take ‘catastrophic’ action if Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons >Severe consequences loom if Russia follows through on attack threat, says White House, as Kremlin’s sham referendums in Ukraine continue
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/25/occupied-ukrainians-refuse-vote-sham-annexation-referendums

    https://archive.is/gwpDm

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 26 03:51:13 2022
    Japan expressed grave concern about Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine as the top government spokesman on Monday announced an additional ban on exports of chemical weapons-related goods to Russia.
    https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-japan-global-trade-nuclear-weapons-81f3a7fdd121028852ec58f0ca5fd2af

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 27 22:48:55 2022
    Telegram (a reliable one):

    ❗️🇷🇺 Russian Military in occupied-Kherson and Zaporizhia 🇺🇦 regions are being given iodine, chemical suits, and other things for radiation sickness. - 🇷🇺 Russian military command.

    ‼️ Information requires further confirmation. https://twitter.com/officejjsmart/status/1574842367823183873

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 12 21:33:26 2022
    An oil leak was detected on a pipeline in Poland that’s the main route through which Russian crude reaches Germany, the pipeline’s Polish operator said Wednesday.
    https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-poland-climate-and-environment-3802be20564b7339beb4e51c55afa9e0

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  • From Keith Willshaw@21:1/5 to Matthew on Sun Oct 16 15:12:28 2022
    On 13/10/2022 05:33, Matthew wrote:
    An oil leak was detected on a pipeline in Poland that’s the main route through which Russian crude reaches Germany, the pipeline’s Polish operator said Wednesday.
    https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-poland-climate-and-environment-3802be20564b7339beb4e51c55afa9e0


    In the old days when Baku was in the USSR you could see the pipeline
    from 30,000 ft by the pools of oil from leaking joints. In the end the
    whole thing had to be replaced. Quality Assurance seemed to be a
    unknown concept in the USSR and modern Russia is little better.

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  • From Jim Wilkins@21:1/5 to Matthew on Sun Oct 16 20:14:26 2022
    "Keith Willshaw" wrote in message news:0dc2ae0a-95d6-73b5-5875-3c0d9ef0b3c3@gmail.com...

    On 13/10/2022 05:33, Matthew wrote:
    An oil leak was detected on a pipeline in Poland that’s the main route
    through which Russian crude reaches Germany, the pipeline’s Polish
    operator said Wednesday.
    https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-poland-climate-and-environment-3802be20564b7339beb4e51c55afa9e0


    In the old days when Baku was in the USSR you could see the pipeline
    from 30,000 ft by the pools of oil from leaking joints. In the end the
    whole thing had to be replaced. Quality Assurance seemed to be a
    unknown concept in the USSR and modern Russia is little better.

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    https://en.newizv.ru/article/general/19-08-2021/work-is-not-a-wolf-how-the-russian-work-ethic-differs-from-western-and-japanese

    Victor Belenko's biography provides examples of how no one cared about anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG_Pilot:_The_Final_Escape_of_Lieutenant_Belenko

    Surprisingly Erich Hartmann's account of his imprisonment reinforces it; the guards worked only half days, so the prisoners did too.

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 17 09:20:27 2022
    ‘EVACUATE NOW’: China tells citizens to leave Ukraine amid nuclear fears

    The Global Times report made no mention of a potential nuclear threat, but said tensions in Ukraine had “escalated to a new level”.

    Eight other countries have reportedly joined China in inviting their citizens to evacuate Ukraine in recent days.

    Serbia
    Kazakhstan
    Uzbekistan
    Turkmenistan
    Kyrgyzstan
    Tajikistan
    Belarus
    Egypt

    There are also unconfirmed reports that Kazakhstan has closed its embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
    https://www.asiamarkets.com/evacuate-now-china-tells-citizens-to-leave-ukraine-amid-nuclear-fears

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 18 16:19:34 2022
    Ukraine war: Mysterious defence secretary trip to Washington amid fears of Russian escalation
    The secretive, last-minute nature of the trip and a comment by a second defence minister, James Heappey - who said the conversations Mr Wallace would be having on Tuesday were "beyond belief" - suggested particularly sensitive and serious issues would
    be discussed. https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-mysterious-ben-wallace-trip-to-washington-amid-fears-of-russian-escalation-12723942

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 18 16:34:12 2022
    The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin, has warned that he has information about a possible Ukrainian attack with "prohibited methods of warfare" against the city of Kherson, in southern Ukrainian territory but annexed by Russia.

    According to the Russian military high command, the Ukrainian Army could carry out a "massive missile attack" against the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station
    https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/russia-warns-ukraine-plans-attack-on-kherson-with-prohibited-methods-of-warfare/ar-AA136JfD

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  • From Keith Willshaw@21:1/5 to Jim Wilkins on Thu Oct 20 14:37:00 2022
    On 17/10/2022 01:14, Jim Wilkins wrote:


    Victor Belenko's biography provides examples of how no one cared about anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG_Pilot:_The_Final_Escape_of_Lieutenant_Belenko

    Surprisingly Erich Hartmann's account of his imprisonment reinforces it;
    the guards worked only half days, so the prisoners did too.



    I have worked in the old USSR in 1976 and again in 1988 and am very
    familiar with this. My contact in Moscow was an East German who was
    tearing his hair out as he found it impossible to get any Russian to
    make a decision. As he explained it to me it works this way.

    If you take the initiative and it works your boss will take the credit
    and if it doesnt you will be demoted. The safest thing to do is leave it
    to him and that cascades all the way up.

    In 1988 I also worked in Czechoslovakia which was entirely different.
    Skoda Praha were a major player in the Nuclear Power Industry and had
    the latest high end Silicon Graphics workstations. They still are up
    there and were privatised very quickly. The only way the USSR was
    successful at all was due to the efforts of the industries in the Warsaw
    pact countries, their only usable computers were knock offs of the VAX
    made in the DDR.

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  • From Keith Willshaw@21:1/5 to Matthew on Thu Oct 20 14:39:13 2022
    On 19/10/2022 00:34, Matthew wrote:

    According to the Russian military high command, the Ukrainian Army could carry out a "massive missile attack" against the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station
    https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/russia-warns-ukraine-plans-attack-on-kherson-with-prohibited-methods-of-warfare/ar-AA136JfD

    The Russians are now evacuating Kherson which will seriously compromise
    their ability to supply their army.

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 20 18:23:29 2022
    India urges its citizens to leave Ukraine as soon as possible https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/travel-advisory-ukraine-russia-drones-b2206647.html

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 20 20:43:23 2022
    UK says Russian aircraft fired missile near British spy plane over Black Sea https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-defence-minister-wallace-russian-aircraft-fired-missile-near-british-plane-2022-10-20
    https://archive.is/BAEkh

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 20 21:47:55 2022
    The Russian Foreign Ministry: The Western countries that supply weapons to Ukraine are approaching a point of conflict with the Russian Federation.
    https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1583025216032120833

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 20 21:39:05 2022
    Multiple undersea cables in the south of France were cut overnight, making Internet access unreliable globally.
    An unlikely coincidence or did Russian sabotage temporarily put Internet access on hold?
    https://www.techspot.com/news/96394-damaged-european-undersea-cables-impact-internet-connectivity-worldwide.html

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 22 11:06:40 2022
    Ukraine's power grid sustains record damage in Russian strikes, utility says https://www.npr.org/2022/10/22/1130742768/ukraine-power-grid-outages-record-damage

    https://img.4plebs.org/boards/pol/image/1666/46/1666461767410687.web

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  • From Matthew@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 23 15:03:31 2022
    Russia defense chief makes unfounded claims of Kyiv ready to use ‘dirty bomb’
    https://www.politico.eu/article/ukrainw-russia-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-defense-chief-claims-of-kyiv-dirty-bomb

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