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Ukraine fires UK-made missiles into Russia for first time — Guardian US
Storm Shadow missile attack comes day after Kyiv used US-supplied long-range weapons to strike within Russia
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Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)
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Chinese ship suspected of undersea cable sabotage detained in "NATO lake"
"The investigation could span years," legal expert Ben Knowles has told Newsweek about the cutting of the cables.
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Disgusting
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Biden administration moves to forgive $4.7 billion of loans to Ukraine — Reuters
The Biden administration has moved to forgive about $4.7 billion in U.S. loans to Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday, as outgoing officials seek to do what they can before leaving office to bolster Ukraine in its war against Russia.
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God bless Joe Biden
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Ukraine war briefing: We will regain Crimea through diplomacy, not force, says Zelenskyy — Guardian US
President says Ukraine would not legally acknowledge invaded areas as Russian in exchange for peace; Kyiv says embassies fell for Russian ‘psychological attack’. What we know on day 1,002
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Putting Russia in a tough spot
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Sweden, Finland and Norway Update Crisis Advice as Ukraine-Russia War Grinds On
Sweden, Finland and Norway have recently updated their advice for citizens preparing to survive war and other crises, wary of Ukraine’s grinding fight against Russia.
Croatia to Supply Ukraine with €145M Worth of M-84 Tanks and M-80 IFVs
The Croatian Ministry of Defense has estimated the batch of M-84 tanks and M-80 infantry fighting vehicles to be received by Ukraine at almost €145 million
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Map shows telecoms cable between two NATO allies mysteriously cut
The undersea cable, connecting Finland and Germany across the Baltic Sea, has broken for the first time.
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Better late than never: Israeli companies finally reach out to Ukraine to help fight Iranian drones
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Israeli investigative outlet Shomrim. The Kyiv Independent is republishing it with permission. After Israeli officials earlier ignored Ukrainian warnings and offers to help counter the threat of Iranian drones, the tides appear to be...
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2025 going to be ugly for everyone
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Watch: Call tells Russian spokeswoman not to comment on ballistic missile — NBC News
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was phoned during a live briefing and told not to comment on reports that Russia had fired a ballistic missile at Ukraine. The call was captured on a video of the briefing.
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Russia looking more pathetic by the day
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Putin, in Threat to West, Says Russia Struck Ukraine With New Missile
Mr. Putin said the launch was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American and British missiles to strike deeper into Russia.
US should find a way for Ukraine to open another front in Kaliningrad or the Far East
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Russia gives North Korea a million barrels of oil, report finds — BBC News
Satellite image analysis shows several North Korean tankers visiting Russia dozens of times since March.
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Russia responds as North Korean troops accused of sexual assault in Kursk
Unconfirmed reports said the attack on a teacher working as an interpreter happened 10 miles from the front lines.
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Russia Responds As North Korean Troops Accused of Sexual Assault in Kursk
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By John Feng
Contributing Editor, Asia
ARussian government ministry and a public university said separately this week that online reports alleging sexual assault by North Korean soldiers near the front lines of the Ukraine war were unfounded.
The Kursk regional office of Russia's Internal Affairs Ministry denied that a teacher from Moscow had recently been the victim of a "crime" in the western region, where Western intelligence assessments said North Korean troops were helping the Russian army fight off a monthslong cross-border raid by Ukraine's armed forces.
The ministry's statement on Tuesday described the rumors as "false information," and was followed the next day by a response from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. In a post on VKontakte, one of the country's largest social media platforms, the university in Moscow said the widespread reports on Telegram were "fake."
Reports by multiple Russian-language news sites this week carried a screenshot resembling an official statement on the university's website, which purportedly accused a group of intoxicated North Korean soldiers in Kursk of sexually assaulting a faculty member who had been dispatched to provide interpretation services.
The incident, which Newsweek could not independently verify, was alleged to have taken place in the village of Kromskie Byky, 10 miles from the front lines of Ukraine's raid into the region, and about 20 miles northeast of the Ukrainian border.
The accusations were made in a recorded statement showing the alleged female victim, with the footage accompanying the written account in online reports.
However, the Russian university said members of its Korean language department had not been sent to Kursk to provide translations.
A Ukrainian Roshel armored infantry vehicle travels on the road from Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region to the border with the Kursk region in western Russia on August 15. Russia has recaptured some territory in Kursk... More Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images
"There are only two Korean language teachers in the philological faculty. The voice in the video, as well as the physique, does not match any of the teachers," the state university said.
It also shared a Russian news report denying the presence of North Korean military personnel in Russia.
The Russian Internal Affairs Ministry and the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia did not immediately respond to written requests for comment before publication.
A month since South Korea first disclosed that tens of thousands of Kim Jong Un's soldiers were being sent to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war, Seoul said Pyongyang has also transferred howitzers and rocket launchers to Moscow, in addition to millions of rounds of artillery shells.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service said around 11,000 North Korean soldiers are now stationed in Kursk as the war approaches its third full year.
Dmytro Ponomarenko, Kyiv's top diplomat in Seoul, said recently that North Korea could deploy up to 15,000 troops in Kursk and send a similar number to the Russian-occupied Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.
At a regular briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh did not confirm reports that the U.S. had permitted Ukraine to launch U.S.-supplied weapons into Russian territory. However, she said Kim Jong Un's forces would be legitimate targets.
"[W]e've said very clearly that the introduction of DPRK soldiers into the fight, especially when it comes to Ukraine's sovereignty, means they are a fair game in that fight," Singh said, referring to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name.
North Korea's embassy in Beijing and the Russia's Foreign Ministry could not be reached for comment.
1/11
@Mylovanov
Russia’s economy is in worse shape than Ukraine’s. Russian Central Bank head Nabiullina admits it has nearly exhausted its resources.
Addressing parliament today, Nabiullina complained about
1. No people left. A record-low unemployment at 2.4%, worsening labor shortages 1/
2/11
@Mylovanov
73% of enterprises face labor shortages 2/
3/11
@Mylovanov
2. Production at its limits. Factory capacity utilization surpasses 80%, a record high 3/
4/11
@Mylovanov
“When an economy reaches the limits of its productive capacity while demand continues to be stimulated,” Nabiullina warned, “stagflation arises.” 4/
5/11
@Mylovanov
3. Credit bubble and isolation. Rising interest rates are driving up credit costs, commodity industries are losing Western markets, and defense factories are running at full capacity 5/
6/11
@Mylovanov
4. Slowing GDP growth. GDP growth slowed to 3.1% in Q3, down from 4.1% in Q2 and 5.4% in Q1. 6/
7/11
@Mylovanov
5. Stagflation. The Central Bank predicts near-stagnation next year, with GDP growth of 0.5%-1% and flat investment and private consumption. 7/
8/11
@Mylovanov
Bloomberg says that Russia’s elite describe grim economic conditions: Western company exits have weakened industrial capacity, import substitution lags, and mass mobilization has worsened labor shortages. 8/
9/11
@Mylovanov
Source in Russian X Набиуллина заявила об исчерпании почти всех ресурсов российской экономики - Русская служба The Moscow Times
10/11
@viies7
Please, collapse already
11/11
@Mylovanov
it will happen
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@Mylovanov
Russia’s economy is in worse shape than Ukraine’s. Russian Central Bank head Nabiullina admits it has nearly exhausted its resources.
Addressing parliament today, Nabiullina complained about
1. No people left. A record-low unemployment at 2.4%, worsening labor shortages 1/
2/11
@Mylovanov
73% of enterprises face labor shortages 2/
3/11
@Mylovanov
2. Production at its limits. Factory capacity utilization surpasses 80%, a record high 3/
4/11
@Mylovanov
“When an economy reaches the limits of its productive capacity while demand continues to be stimulated,” Nabiullina warned, “stagflation arises.” 4/
5/11
@Mylovanov
3. Credit bubble and isolation. Rising interest rates are driving up credit costs, commodity industries are losing Western markets, and defense factories are running at full capacity 5/
6/11
@Mylovanov
4. Slowing GDP growth. GDP growth slowed to 3.1% in Q3, down from 4.1% in Q2 and 5.4% in Q1. 6/
7/11
@Mylovanov
5. Stagflation. The Central Bank predicts near-stagnation next year, with GDP growth of 0.5%-1% and flat investment and private consumption. 7/
8/11
@Mylovanov
Bloomberg says that Russia’s elite describe grim economic conditions: Western company exits have weakened industrial capacity, import substitution lags, and mass mobilization has worsened labor shortages. 8/
9/11
@Mylovanov
Source in Russian X Набиуллина заявила об исчерпании почти всех ресурсов российской экономики - Русская служба The Moscow Times
10/11
@viies7
Please, collapse already
11/11
@Mylovanov
it will happen
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1/12
@TrentTelenko
Russia seems headed towards a February 1917 moment.
1. A kilogram of potatoes in Nov 2024 is 73% more expensive than in Jan 2024.
2. Interest rates reached 21% in Oct 2024
3. Mortgage rates have risen to 28%
1/
Russia economy crumbling with food prices skyrocketing as Putin's problems mount
2/12
@TrentTelenko
The Russian railway system is now falling apart.
It's not one thing, it is everything.
The Western ball bearing were the excuse for the Russian railway system to fire its entire maintenance department in 2013.
2/
РЖД на 10 дней остановили отправку контейнеров в крупнейший терминал Московского региона - Русская служба The Moscow Times
3/12
@TrentTelenko
~40% of Russian railway rolling stock is Soviet era vintage.
Russia went to 100% utilization of the Trans-Siberian railway in the late summer of 2021 and has stayed there ever since.
Those rail cars were not well maintained to start with, less Western bearings.
3/
4/12
@TrentTelenko
Finnish firms were also hired out to do some of the Russian engine maintenance before Feb 2022.
All of the above ended in April 2022.
This isn't the first time I've mentioned this subject.
4/
[Quoted tweet]
The Putin regime is not the Soviet Union of old.
I suggest you look at the rolling stock "age cohorts" in Russian Railway system to get an idea how badly it is suffering from a lack of engine/wagon roller bearings from SKF & Amsted, given 100% Trans-Siberian use since Nov 2021.
5/12
@TrentTelenko
Modern railway roller bearings last 2 million kilometers with good rails and reliable preventive maintenance cycles.
That is 108 round trips from Moscow to Vladivostok and back in about 63 months on an 80% usage rate.
5/
[Quoted tweet]
Russian railway car trucks (illustrative photo
) rely upon Western SKF & Amsted cassette bearings that have not been supplied since May 2022 and the Russian co-production facilities were shut down from a lack of proprietary software...
3/
6/12
@TrentTelenko
The war has lasted 2 years ~9 months with 100% usage since 3rd qtr 2021
Things have gotten so clogged on the east-west pats of the Russian railway system that Russian companies are _Trucking_ railway rolling stock just to have the ability to move
6/
[Quoted tweet]
Russia's rail system is in such disarray that empty rail carriages are being moved by truck.
The increased use of roads will see an acceleration in their deterioration
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1858216456523255808/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/_2OooSQwx9FMIYl4.mp4
7/12
@TrentTelenko
...product by train on other parts of the system.
Half of Russian engines and rolling stock may have burned out their Western bearings by now.
The bill for delayed/deferred maintenance has come due.
Plus, the Chinese rail bearing have far less
https://xcancel.com/TrentTelenko/status/1821249917350023506
7/
[Quoted tweet]
The Russian Railway monopoly is suffering a perfect storm of Western railway cassette bearing wear out, maintenance work force burnout, and administrative chaos between oligarchs owning rolling stock.
Now it is being over stressed by priority...
20/
t.me/vchkogpu/49636
8/12
@TrentTelenko
...life & require lubrication that Western bearings do not.
The Moscow Times article makes clear that lubricated Chinese bearings are not a real option for Russia as there is also a huge labor shortage for locomotive crews as well as for rolling stock.
Clip H/T @Prune602
8/
9/12
@TrentTelenko
The Russian rail system collapse sequence is as follows:
1st trains on remote Russian rail lines derail.
2nd more Russian trains on lines closer to Moscow derail.
3rd the Russian repair trains derail on the way to open derailments.
9/
[Quoted tweet]
Trains are derailing all over Russia: Freight train derailed and crashed into warehouses in Orenburg region.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1824131127281586178/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/ubvBQK76lQD7j-PT.mp4
10/12
@TrentTelenko
4th we see triage as the Russian rail system starts collapsing on a LARGE SCALE.
5th, Russian rail transport apocalypse
The Moscow Times article points to Russia closing in on #4.
Clip H/T @Prune602
10/10
11/12
@TrentTelenko
@threadreaderapp unroll please
12/12
@Sweeegu
It says the issue is a shortage of employees, did i read it wrong??
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@TrentTelenko
Russia seems headed towards a February 1917 moment.
1. A kilogram of potatoes in Nov 2024 is 73% more expensive than in Jan 2024.
2. Interest rates reached 21% in Oct 2024
3. Mortgage rates have risen to 28%
1/
Russia economy crumbling with food prices skyrocketing as Putin's problems mount
2/12
@TrentTelenko
The Russian railway system is now falling apart.
It's not one thing, it is everything.
The Western ball bearing were the excuse for the Russian railway system to fire its entire maintenance department in 2013.
2/
РЖД на 10 дней остановили отправку контейнеров в крупнейший терминал Московского региона - Русская служба The Moscow Times
3/12
@TrentTelenko
~40% of Russian railway rolling stock is Soviet era vintage.
Russia went to 100% utilization of the Trans-Siberian railway in the late summer of 2021 and has stayed there ever since.
Those rail cars were not well maintained to start with, less Western bearings.
3/
4/12
@TrentTelenko
Finnish firms were also hired out to do some of the Russian engine maintenance before Feb 2022.
All of the above ended in April 2022.
This isn't the first time I've mentioned this subject.
4/
[Quoted tweet]
The Putin regime is not the Soviet Union of old.
I suggest you look at the rolling stock "age cohorts" in Russian Railway system to get an idea how badly it is suffering from a lack of engine/wagon roller bearings from SKF & Amsted, given 100% Trans-Siberian use since Nov 2021.
5/12
@TrentTelenko
Modern railway roller bearings last 2 million kilometers with good rails and reliable preventive maintenance cycles.
That is 108 round trips from Moscow to Vladivostok and back in about 63 months on an 80% usage rate.
5/
[Quoted tweet]
Russian railway car trucks (illustrative photo
) rely upon Western SKF & Amsted cassette bearings that have not been supplied since May 2022 and the Russian co-production facilities were shut down from a lack of proprietary software...3/
6/12
@TrentTelenko
The war has lasted 2 years ~9 months with 100% usage since 3rd qtr 2021
Things have gotten so clogged on the east-west pats of the Russian railway system that Russian companies are _Trucking_ railway rolling stock just to have the ability to move
6/
[Quoted tweet]
Russia's rail system is in such disarray that empty rail carriages are being moved by truck.
The increased use of roads will see an acceleration in their deterioration
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1858216456523255808/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/_2OooSQwx9FMIYl4.mp4
7/12
@TrentTelenko
...product by train on other parts of the system.
Half of Russian engines and rolling stock may have burned out their Western bearings by now.
The bill for delayed/deferred maintenance has come due.
Plus, the Chinese rail bearing have far less
https://xcancel.com/TrentTelenko/status/1821249917350023506
7/
[Quoted tweet]
The Russian Railway monopoly is suffering a perfect storm of Western railway cassette bearing wear out, maintenance work force burnout, and administrative chaos between oligarchs owning rolling stock.
Now it is being over stressed by priority...
20/
t.me/vchkogpu/49636
8/12
@TrentTelenko
...life & require lubrication that Western bearings do not.
The Moscow Times article makes clear that lubricated Chinese bearings are not a real option for Russia as there is also a huge labor shortage for locomotive crews as well as for rolling stock.
Clip H/T @Prune602
8/
9/12
@TrentTelenko
The Russian rail system collapse sequence is as follows:
1st trains on remote Russian rail lines derail.
2nd more Russian trains on lines closer to Moscow derail.
3rd the Russian repair trains derail on the way to open derailments.
9/
[Quoted tweet]
Trains are derailing all over Russia: Freight train derailed and crashed into warehouses in Orenburg region.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1824131127281586178/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/ubvBQK76lQD7j-PT.mp4
10/12
@TrentTelenko
4th we see triage as the Russian rail system starts collapsing on a LARGE SCALE.
5th, Russian rail transport apocalypse
The Moscow Times article points to Russia closing in on #4.
Clip H/T @Prune602
10/10
11/12
@TrentTelenko
@threadreaderapp unroll please
12/12
@Sweeegu
It says the issue is a shortage of employees, did i read it wrong??
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Russia threatens to attack new US base in Poland with ‘advanced weapons’
Russia has threatened to attack a new US defense base in Poland with “advanced weapons” — just hours after reportedly launching an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine on…
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Putin should test the US and Polands resolve.
Maybe attack Japan and Alaska while he’s at it
They need to put his ass on the front lineRussia threatens to attack new US base in Poland with ‘advanced weapons’
Russia has threatened to attack a new US defense base in Poland with “advanced weapons” — just hours after reportedly launching an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine on…
Putin should test the US and Polands resolve.
Maybe attack Japan and Alaska while he’s at it
what's up with these 70+ year old dudes trying to end the world
