I’m really anxious if they did one in German.
Seriously, I hope not. This could backfire massively.
And for turning over to police departments to deploy against citizens.
Thievery and fraud pervades all aspects of Putin’s regime.
Via Aljazeera:
Iran promises to send Russia surface-to-surface missiles
Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface-to-surface missiles and more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told the Reuters news agency.
A deal was agreed upon on October 6 when Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, two senior officials from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and an official from the Supreme National Security Council visited Moscow for talks with Russia about the delivery of the weapons.
“The Russians had asked for more drones and those Iranian ballistic missiles with improved accuracy, particularly the Fateh and Zolfaghar missiles family,” said one of the Iranian diplomats, who was briefed about the trip.
“Where they are being used is not the seller’s issue. We do not take sides in the Ukraine crisis like the West. We want an end to the crisis through diplomatic means,” the diplomat said.
However, the Iranian diplomat rejected that weapon transfers breach a 2015 UN Security Council resolution.
So Iran sees Russia as a willing patsy to test how good their missiles are, which frees them from any retaliation they might have faced in Yemen (or even firing over borders into Israel!), and the Russians are paying them for the privilege of testing their new Vergeltungswaffen.
Putin is being taken to the cleaners, but his ego cannot let him stop. He’s gambler on a losing streak in a casino, reeking of failure, pawning his Rolex for a pittance because he’s convinced the next hand, the next hand, it will switch his luck around, and he’ll show them all!
… buried in the body of the article: 96 legitimate P.O.W.'s and 12 civilian hostages
Sounds like a bunch of diplomats are about to accidentally fall out of windows.
They’re going to “regroup” before they get kicked out, in the best Russian tradition.
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1582657370953781249
The Kakovka dam is to the east of the city of Kherson.
Guardian liveblog:
Putin announces martial law in annexed territories in Ukraine
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has announced the introduction of martial law in the four Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia.
The Russian leader is currently addressing a national security council meeting.
