Posted by ================
88,576 views 15 Sept 2023 Frontline | The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Sung Yoon Lee, a previous advisor to US administrations on North Korea has told Times Radio’s Frontline that Kim Jong Un could send troops to Ukraine disguised as medics.
16th September 2023
Have car can’t travel . Starting Sunday, #Poland joins the growing list of countries banning entry of cars registered in Russia. Interior minister said the ban is a further part of sanctions imposed on & its citizens because of invasion of #Ukraine https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/sep/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-kim-jong-un-meets-russias-defence-minister-and-inspects-nuclear-capable-bombers?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-6505966e8f083f8242cdd1a2#block-6505966e8f083f8242cdd1a2
16th September 2023
Anna and Vladyslav planned wedding photoshoot back in Feb 2022, but instead Vladyslav went to war. Later, he was severely injured & doctors were sure he wouldn’t survive. Yet here they are, getting married right in medical center. By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova
16th September 2023
Five Ukrainian veterans on prosthetics conquered Hoverla, Ukraine’s highest mountain, and raised 6 million hryvnias (about $162,000) for the brigades they served in before their injuries. Oleksandr Shvetsov
15th September 2023
I am honored to be given the opportunity to testify in front of congress on behalf of my friend Vladimir Kara Murza and his illegal imprisonment by Vladimir Putin. I would appreciate any online support for Vlad and his wife
on Wednesday.
Quote
Helsinki Commission
@HelsinkiComm
Sep 14
Join us on Wednesday, September 20th to hear testimony from @ekaramurza & @MeghanMcCain about why the State Department has failed to designate @vkaramurza as a Wrongfully or Illegally Detained Person and what the Department is planning to do to bring him home.
15th September 2023
The billionaire was duped by Russian nuclear propaganda, but he’s not the only one. Plus, Putin’s role in the far-right echo chamber, and why Romney stood up to Trump.
thebulwark.com Anne Applebaum: Musk Buys Russia’s Lies The billionaire was duped by Russian nuclear propaganda, but he’s not the only one in the West who worries about provoking Russia by
16th September 2023
#Uman , in #Ukraine, filled with reverence and joy. 32,000 Hasidic Jews celebrating RoshHashanah and honoring Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, under #Ukrainian protection, ignoring #putin’s threats. No better rebuke to #Russia’s grotesque “nazi” accusations. #Ukrainewillwin
16th September 2023
We’re hosting two x 3-day webinars (16 hours) for European time zones. The sessions are focused on image verification and digital footprint tracing. You can sign up for October 10-13th or November 7-10th. Places usually go fast. Find all the details here:
bellingcat.com Workshops Archive – bellingcat
===========
16th September 2023
Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis turns on ‘malignant narcissist’ ex-president
16th Setpember 2023
Is Kadyrov dead yet? Because his mate on the right is busy organising the welcome committee in hell.
16th September 2023
“Kadyrov is in a critical condition,” Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence representative Andrii Yusov told Obozrevatel media outlet. Yusov said that Chechen leader Kadyrov’s pre-existing illnesses have worsened, leading to his current serious condition.
Intelligence: Chechen leader Kadyrov in critical condition
Ukraine’s Security Service has confirmed that Chechnya’s head Ramzan Kadyrov is in serious condition due to illnesses.
16th September 2023
Ukraine: Nothing illustrates why #Russia still not taking serious the threat of accountability when not even a threat of accountability for Russia’s continuing crimes in #Syria like the bombing of a civilian market in #Idlib in which 9 people killed most of whom the… Show more
=============
16th September 2023
Senate Armed Services Committee began investigating Elon Musk’s decision to block the Starlink satellite network near Crimea. Musk: you screwed up bad. Now begins the pain.
16th September 2023
The governor of Maritime Territory (capital Vladivostok) rounded up some local schoolchildren to greet Kim Jong-un with flowers as his tour of Russian arms factories continues The governor insists the kids’ camps in North Korea are great and he’ll try to organise a trip for them
16th September 2023
#OpEd Putin may still be in power in ten years’ time. The West must prepare to defend itself and Ukraine against an increasingly belligerent Russia for many more years to come, argues
16th September 2023
The construction of a $407 million tourism development project is putting the Kamchatka peninsula’s pristine environment in jeopardy.
16th September 2023
Hundreds of migrant workers hailing predominantly from Central Asia have been rounded up in police raids in several Russian cities in recent weeks.
themoscowtimes.com Russia Pressures Migrant Workers with Raids, Military Summons Hundreds of migrant workers hailing predominantly from Central Asia have been rounded up in a wave of police raids that has swept several
15th September 2023
Three former shopping centers in the city of Izhevsk, located nearly 1,000 km from Moscow, are set to be converted into drone manufacturing facilities.
Shopping Malls in Central Russia Converted Into Drone Plants
A shopping mall in the Russian city of Izhevsk is set to be converted into a drone production facility, the third such repurposing in the city over the past year, local activists said Friday.
16th September 2023
Russia’s guy on the UN Security Council sounds like a raving lunatic.
Quote
Russian Embassy, UK
@RussianEmbassy
16th September 2023
#Nebenzia at #UNSC: Ukraine continues to slip into the abyss of totalitarian dictatorship, where any point of view inconvenient to ruling regime is denied. Authorities in Kiev are building up their policy on glorifying Nazi ideology and elevating Hitler’s henchmen to the rank of… Show more
16th September 2023
Air raid alert across northern, central, eastern and southern Ukraine – threat of Russian ballistic missile attacks, Ukrainian Air Force says.
16th September 2023
Blinken says it’s up to Ukraine how to use US-provided weapons. While Washington “does not encourage nor enable” Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapon systems outside of the country, it is “fundamentally” Kyiv’s decision how to use those weapons, U.S. State Secretary Antony… Show more
In our latest episode of “This Week in Ukraine,” Anastasiia speaks to business editor Lili Bivings about the unprecedented arrest of oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, and what it means for other oligarchs in Ukraine. Check out the podcast on YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ek2Ij5
16th September 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the ballet “Sleeping Beauty” at the Primorsky stage of the Mariinsky Theater in Vladivostok. Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Alexander Matsegora said that the timing of Kim’s departure is still unknown and that he continues to communicate… Show more
16th September 2023
A ban on the import of #Ukrainian grain to #Slovakia will remain in effect until the end of 2023, the country’s government announced.
16th September 2023
Russia is probably preparing for attack on Ukrainian infrastructure in winter – UK intelligence
16th September 2023
“History books will tell how Ukraine transformed modern warfare. They (Ukrainians) are moving forward every day, and every success is another step towards victory,” said Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer. : Reuters
16th September 2023
Ukrainian-Americans take note: A large part of the GOP congressmen opposes Ukraine (and supports Putin) without being able to explain why. Don’t vote for or in any way support the GOP!
State actors like China and Russia are likely to adopt generative AI for their malign social media manipulation efforts. And as the technology becomes more mature, more ubiquitous, and easier to implement, other nations are likely to follow suit.
Drones, cyber warfare, AI and space technologies: what is their role in the war in Ukraine and how could it shape our understanding of warfare going forward?
& Jenny Söderström
ecfr.eu Star tech enterprise: Emerging technologies in Russia’s war on Ukraine Russia’s war on Ukraine has featured many of the technological advances the world has made over the past decades. If Europeans are
The isolated regime of Lukashenka is increasingly desperate. Now the dictator wants to build an “axis of evil” with North Korea. This should be a wake-up call for Europe. We don’t need more nuclear-armed madmen threatening the democratic world’s safety. https://politico.eu/article/new-axis-evil-alexander-lukashenko-tout-russia-belarus-north-korea-alliance-sochi/
==============
16th September 2023
Having utterly lost the support of the people of Belarus, President Lukashenko joins Putin in seeking support from, of all people, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
Kim Yo-jong, the youngest child of North Korea’s second Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, was photographed today with other DPRK officials arriving at Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo-Jong is seen in Russia for Putin summit
Kim Yo-jong, the youngest child of North Korea’s second Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, was photographed today with other DPRK officials arriving at Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome.
============
Quotations:
The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat.
============
============
Who Watches the Watchers? 