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There are increasing signs of a Ukrainian counterattack – and this is where the first strike must come from
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According to one report, a Ukrainian counterattack is imminent. The Russian army will be attacked in Donbass.
Donetsk/Luhansk – Is the long-awaited counter-attack by the defenders in Ukraine’s war imminent? This thesis is now being presented by the American News Journal Newsweek He refers to the Russian media in his report.
Accordingly, the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the Russian army should not be carried out in the south of the country, but from Coming northeast towards Donbass and the big city of Luhansk along the Russian border.
The Ukrainian military is „secretly” writing its forces into the northeastern Kharkiv region to push into the besieged Donbass. Newsweek Quoting the Russian media. The report said that the Ukrainian counterattack may be in its early stages.
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There are growing signs that the counterattack is heading in this direction, while Kiev has promised absolute secrecy. How is that ZDF I recently mentioned that the Russian army has been carrying out intensive fortification work in the Zaporizhia and Luhansk regions for a long time. According to satellite images, hundreds of kilometers of trenches have been dug, gathered in places with rows of concrete „dragon’s teeth”. These are intended to make special terrain impassable for tanks.
Ukraine War: Russian Defenses on the Sumy and Kharkiv Borders
as well Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) Citing maps drawn up by Brady Afric of the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, American analysts have discovered defensive lines on Russian territory near the borders of Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv regions. Both cities are located in the far north-east of Ukraine, which supports the hypothesis of an advance from this direction.
high Newsweek Colonel and Russian military expert Vitaly Kiselyov told the state news agency TASS that Ukrainian forces will reinforce their units around the city of Kupyansk, southeast of Kharkiv, to „carry out a strike”. It would also be consistent with the thesis that from Kharkiv you should walk along the Russian border to Luhansk. As a result, pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass could also be cut off from supplies to Russia.
Moreover, the American Institute for the Study of War, an oft-cited think tank, wrote in an analysis released on April 14, based on Russian sources, that Ukrainian forces were already attacking „rear areas” in Luhansk. Preparing for a major attack?
Ukraine War: Bad weather obviously delayed the counterattack
Recently, the bad weather has been roaring Washington Post The counterattack was delayed. Kiev was also waiting for more heavy weapons to be delivered from the Western Allies. For example, 30 M109 self-propelled howitzers arrived in Ukraine from Italy over the weekend.
The rainy season, also known as „Rasputiza” in Ukraine, made the ground in many places impassable for main battle tanks delivered from the West. For example: “Spring means mud,” a Ukrainian commander in Donetsk Oblast explained at the end of February to the television station ntv.
Ready for action: British Challenger 2 tanks in Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s war: Kharkiv’s counterattack towards Luhansk?
Another indication: in early April, the Ukrainian army apparently bombed Russian territory for the first time. Specifically, it is said that these were Russian outposts in the Belgorod Oblast on the border with the Kharkiv region. So that the fighting in the north of the Donbass could not be affected by artillery from there? (evening)
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China is angry: The US destroyer USS Halsey entered Chinese territorial waters „without permission.” The US Navy waves it off.
BEIJING – Against the backdrop of increasing tensions in the South China Sea China On Friday, the United States responded with sharp words to the passage of a US Navy ship near a group of disputed islands. Military spokesman Tian Junli said on Friday that “the US actions seriously violate China’s sovereignty and security.” Thus, the United States creates “security risks in the South China Sea” and is “the greatest destroyer of peace and stability in the region.”
According to military spokesman Tian, the missile destroyer USS Halsey entered Chinese territorial waters near the Xisha Islands “illegally and without permission from the Chinese authorities.” „Xisha Islands” is the Chinese term for the Paracel Islands. China sent naval and air forces to „track and monitor” the ship „in accordance with laws and regulations” and „issued an alert to redirect it away.”
Tensions in the South China Sea: US confirms passage of USS Halsey
The US Navy confirmed the ship’s passage, saying it „asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands.” “Unlawful and extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea pose a serious threat to freedom of the seas,” she said.
China has established a number of military bases on the Paracel Islands, although Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty over the island chain. The United States and its allies frequently send warships to the region to bolster their claim to freedom of passage.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s air force conducted a military exercise in the Penghu Islands, which are located a few kilometers from the Chinese coast and are administered by Taiwan. Several fighter jets fired live ammunition, including missiles and US-made laser-guided bombs, according to video footage distributed by Taiwan’s military news agency. These were „routine training” for fighter pilots in which they practiced their „skills in precision strikes in air combat.”
The exercises come ten days before the inauguration of Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, who won the elections last January and whom Beijing describes as a „dangerous separatist.”
China increases its pressure on Taiwan
China views Taiwan as a breakaway province that should be reunited with the mainland – by military force if necessary. In recent years, China has increased its pressure on Taiwan, regularly sending fighter jets and warships near the island.
Meanwhile, the Philippines and the United States concluded joint military exercises in areas near disputed maritime areas. Exercises Balikatan („Shoulder to Shoulder” in the language widely spoken in the Philippines, Tagalog) began on 22 April and also involved one hundred Australian soldiers. (AFP)
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Hundreds of bodies found: The United Nations calls for clarification regarding mass graves in Gaza
Hundreds of bodies found
The United Nations calls for clarification regarding mass graves in Gaza
May 10, 2024 at 11:41 pm
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Graves containing hundreds of bodies were found near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis and Al-Shifa Hospital in recent weeks. The UN Security Council is now demanding that investigators be given unfettered access to conduct an investigation.
The UN Security Council in New York demands clarifications about the mass graves discovered in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations said, „Members of the Security Council stressed the need for accountability for violations of international law and called for allowing investigators unhindered access to all mass grave sites in Gaza.”
The UN’s most powerful body has been deeply concerned about the discoveries since the end of April. Graves containing several hundred bodies have been found near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis and Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in recent weeks.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, was horrified at the time and called for an independent investigation into the deaths. Hospitals enjoy very special protection under international humanitarian law. According to Türk’s office, which cited information from Civil Defense, which is controlled by the armed Hamas movement, some of the bodies had their hands bound.
Israel denies these accusations
The European Union also called for an independent investigation. Peter Stano, spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, said: “This is something that prompts us to demand an independent investigation into all suspicions and all circumstances.” The impression was created that “violations of international human rights may have occurred.”
The Israeli side said that the allegations that Israeli forces buried the bodies of Palestinians there were baseless. Israeli soldiers only examined the bodies in the grave, looking for Israeli hostages.
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Delay due to breakdown
The Bushman government plane returns to the parking lot
May 10, 2024 at 3:44 pm
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German government aircraft are notoriously prone to breakdowns. Now a technical problem spoils the Federal Minister of Justice’s return flight from Venice shortly before the weekend. Its mechanism must return to the parking position. An hour delay is expected.
Federal Minister of Justice Marco Bushmann and his accompanying delegation were initially unable to leave Venice after the conclusion of the G7 Justice Ministers’ meeting. The reason for this was a technical problem with a government plane. The Minister and his accompanying delegation learned that a delay of several hours was expected after the Global 5000 aircraft was forced to return to the parking lot shortly before its scheduled takeoff at noon. The return flight to Germany was scheduled for early evening with a replacement plane that was supposed to come from Cologne. The exact cause of the collapse is not yet known.
At a meeting in Venice, justice ministers from G7 countries discussed how judicial authorities can use artificial intelligence in a legally safe way. According to the participants, the topic of the two-day meeting in Italy was also the question of where the boundaries for the use of machine learning and robotics should be formulated.
Collapses, collapses, collapses…
Malfunctions on government aircraft are not uncommon. Last year, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had to cancel a government trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji over one.
At the end of 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was involved in a serious accident when she was on her way to the G20 summit in Argentina on the Konrad Adenauer government plane. A faulty component – a central switching unit in the plane’s onboard electronics – paralyzed two radio systems that are supposed to replace each other in emergency situations. The plane that took off from Berlin had to turn back.
After a general repair of the government plane for four months, another malfunction occurred on the first official flight in April 2019. After a nine-hour flight from Berlin to New York with Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on board, a tire exploded during landing so that the Airbus A340 was unable to reach Parking on its own. It is now known that the Konrad Adenauer government plane, which has become known as the Breakdown Plane, will be scrapped.
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