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Goodbye CSTO: Armenia wants to leave the Russian military alliance
Pashinyan: „We will go”
Armenia wants to turn its back on the military alliance with Moscow
June 12, 2024 at 11:44 pm
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Anger over alleged Russian inaction in Nagorno-Karabakh remains rooted in Armenia. At first, the relationship cooled significantly, and then Armenia did not participate in a military exercise. Now things are going better and she wants to leave the alliance.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wants to remove his country from the Russia-dominated security alliance that includes several former Soviet countries. Pashinyan said that his government would later decide the exact timing of its withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which includes Russia, Belarus, and the former Soviet Union countries in Central Asia, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
As the dispute with Russia deepened, Armenia had previously frozen its participation in the alliance, canceled its participation in joint military exercises and avoided attending CSTO summits. Now, in a question session in Parliament, Pashinyan said for the first time that Armenia will withdraw from the CSTO completely. There was no immediate statement from the Russian side.
“We will go,” Pashinyan said. „We won’t go back, there’s no other way.” Shortly thereafter, in an apparent attempt to mitigate disdain for Moscow, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirsoyan confirmed that Pashinyan had not yet announced a complete withdrawal. “Those who claim that the prime minister said that Armenia is withdrawing from the CSTO are wrong,” Mirzoyan said.
Armenia approaches from the west
Armenia’s relations with Russia, its long-time ally, have become increasingly strained since Azerbaijan seized the Nagorno-Karabakh region in a military offensive in September, ending three decades of Armenian separatist rule. The Armenian side accuses Russian peacekeepers, which were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 after previous hostilities, of failing to stop the Azerbaijani attack.
Moscow, which has a military base in Armenia, rejected the allegations, saying its forces had no mandate to intervene. The Kremlin, in turn, is angered by Pashinyan’s efforts to deepen relations with the West. Russia was particularly angry at Armenia’s decision to join the International Criminal Court, which last year issued an arrest warrant for Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
Pashinyan is currently facing calls for his resignation. The background is his government’s decision to cede four border villages to Azerbaijan in order to facilitate a peace agreement with the old adversary. Violent clashes broke out on Wednesday when thousands of demonstrators tried to break through police barriers outside the Parliament building. The demonstrators threw bottles and stones at the police, who then used stun grenades. According to official information, about 30 people were injured, and the police arrested a large number of demonstrators.
„Praktyk żywieniowy. Guru bekonu. Irytująco pokorny entuzjasta zombie. Uczeń totalny”.
After contact with an infected cow
US announces fourth case of bird flu in humans
July 4, 2024, 1:26 AM
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Experts around the world are concerned: This is the fourth time a person in the United States has been infected with the bird flu virus. After Texas and Michigan, a dairy farm in Colorado is now the source of the infection. The health authority is assessing the risk.
For the fourth time in just a few months, a person in the United States has contracted bird flu after coming into contact with infected dairy cows — this time in Colorado. As in previous cases, the woman worked on a dairy farm and was exposed to cows that had been found to have the H5N1 virus, the CDC said. In April, the first case of bird flu was reported in a dairy farm worker in Texas, followed by two more cases in Michigan.
The Colorado patient had only mild symptoms of bird flu in her eyes and was given an antiviral medication. She has since recovered, they said. However, the CDC reiterated calls for precautions for farm workers who handle infected cows. In the Colorado case, “further genetic analysis” is underway to identify potential variants of the virus that “could change the agency’s risk assessment” for the population.
The H5N1 avian influenza virus has increasingly spread to mammals in recent months, including dairy cattle in the United States. Numerous cattle herds have been infected in several US states, and the outbreak was first detected in March.
Drosten: All experts are concerned
Several people have already been infected, raising fears of an impending pandemic. Given the spread of H5N1 in the United States, the chief virologist at Berlin’s Charité hospital, Christian Drosten, has described the bird flu virus as a potential cause of an upcoming pandemic. The pathogen has recently appeared in dairy herds in the United States and „has even appeared in dairy products on the market,” Drosten said at the weekend. „There has never been anything like this before, such a large spread in cows – all the experts are worried.”
However, the virologist explained that there is no better view of the data to make a more accurate assessment. “We don’t yet know how often people who interact with these infected cows are getting infected.” It is desirable that decisive action be taken now in the United States.
„Praktyk żywieniowy. Guru bekonu. Irytująco pokorny entuzjasta zombie. Uczeń totalny”.
He presses
After his poor performance in the televised debate against Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden is under pressure. And he is now said to have directly mentioned a possible withdrawal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Joe Biden appears to be considering withdrawing from the presidential campaign. Here’s what I’m reporting The New York Times Quoting a person close to the current US president, the report said that if Biden is no longer able to convince the public that he is fit for the job, he realizes that „he may not be able to save his candidacy.”
US President Joe Biden about to withdraw from the election campaign?
It is clear to Biden that he now has to perform well. Among other things, an interview with ABC and campaign events in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are on the agenda. “He knows we will be in a very different place at the end of the weekend if he plays two more games like this,” she said. The New York Times Source. Today, the US president also wants to meet with Democratic governors to secure their support. Next week, he wants to hold a press conference at the NATO summit in Washington.
„This claim is completely false,” said Andrew Bates, a spokesman for the US president. The White House did not have time to respond to a request for comment. The New York Times To respond. “If the New York Times had given us more than seven minutes to comment on this, we would have told them so.”
Shortly after the report was published The New York Times Published by American Radio CNN Also quoting an ally, a report with similar content. It was not clear if the person was the same source. When asked what the White House wanted to say on the matter, the spokesman replied tersely: “Same thing.”
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After losing his first televised election duel against Donald Trump in late June, the debate over his age and health has once again accelerated. Biden spoke hoarsely, repeatedly slurring his words and failing to complete sentences. Panic has also spread within the Democratic Party. Calls for his replacement have grown louder. (LRG/EPA)
„Praktyk żywieniowy. Guru bekonu. Irytująco pokorny entuzjasta zombie. Uczeń totalny”.
New air defense ammunition
US releases needed military aid to Ukraine
July 3, 2024, 8:58 AM
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The opening of a new front line in the Kharkiv region by the Russian side will only put Ukraine in trouble for a short time. However, Kiev still lacks ammunition. And now the next batch comes from the United States.
The Ukrainian army is receiving urgently needed supplies. The United States will soon provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth about $2.3 billion (about €2.14 billion) to defend against Russia’s aggressive war. This was announced by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a visit to Washington by his Ukrainian counterpart Rustam Umzhirov.
Austin explained that the package approved by US President Joe Biden includes “additional anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank weapons, and other critical munitions from US stockpiles.” The “realignment of some foreign military supplies” will also allow the United States to provide munitions for Patriot missiles and other air defense systems “on an accelerated time frame.”
The aid is one of several that have already been made available since the US Congress released new funds worth about $61 billion (€56.2 billion) to Kiev in late April. According to the Pentagon, the US has already provided more than $50 billion in military aid to Kiev since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine began more than two years ago.
Kyiv prepares to import electricity from the European Union
Ukraine has managed to stabilize the situation on the nearly 1,000-kilometer-long front line after resuming US arms shipments despite continued Russian pressure.
The Russian opening of a new front line in the Kharkiv region has only briefly put the Ukrainian side in trouble. According to media reports, when it comes to artillery deployment, there are now only three Russian shells for every Ukrainian shell instead of the previous five or more.
Given the ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Kyiv is preparing to import electricity from the European Union. Following Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal’s report on the current state of the country’s energy supply, a decision on electricity imports is now necessary, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening video message.
“We are now fully committed to the volume of imports agreed with the EU, and I am grateful to all our neighbors for this help,” Zelensky said. “We are doing everything we can to increase imports and this should be a European solution.” His government is preparing the relevant agreements.
Zelensky called on the Ministry of Energy to inform the population on a daily basis about the state of work in the energy sector, the current deficit and the country’s measures to eliminate this deficit.
Lukashenko warns Kyiv
In recent months, the Russian military has begun targeting and destroying Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The aim of these attacks is also to weaken the population’s will to resist.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said in a speech on the occasion of the upcoming Republic Day on June 3 in Minsk that NATO does not want to end the war in neighboring Ukraine and also intends to drag Belarus into it. “I guarantee you that we will not allow clashes on the border with Ukraine, they will not happen,” he said.
At the same time, Lukashenko warned Kiev to refrain from provocations on the border. “I would like to ask Ukrainians not to play with fire,” Lukashenko said. Minsk will not allow any aggravation or escalation. Just a few days ago, Belarus increased its border forces on the border with Ukraine due to alleged provocations.
Kiev rejected this, saying that Ukraine was simply fortifying its defensive positions on the border. At the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine more than two years ago, Belarus allowed Russian military personnel to deploy from its territory.
„Praktyk żywieniowy. Guru bekonu. Irytująco pokorny entuzjasta zombie. Uczeń totalny”.
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