International Russia/Ukraine Megathread V15

[SandisLL]

He sure was entertaining but at the same time was a dead man walking after he made his 1st video. Putler seen he was making progress so let a lot of his shit go that I'm sure wouldnt do normally.

IMHO hitler wanted to get all these territories he had annexed on paper to be occupied de facto.
After this ofc hitler most likely might get them gone. ...

When was clear that Girkin and Prigozin can't get enough results, Girkin is in prison, Prigozin is done...

 

[GhostZ06]

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Ukraine says it uncovers $40m arms corruption scheme​

The Security Service of Ukraine says five charged over plot to embezzle funds earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells.

Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with Ministry of Defence officials to embezzle almost $40m earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reported.

The SBU said late Saturday that five people have been charged, with one person detained while trying to cross the Ukrainian border. If found guilty, they face up to 12 years in prison.

The announcement, which was confirmed by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence, will have a deep impact on a country beleaguered by Russia’s nearly two-year-old invasion.

The SBU said an investigation had “exposed officials of the Ministry of Defence and managers of arms supplier Lviv Arsenal, who stole nearly 1.5 billion hryvnias [$40m] in the purchase of shells.”

“According to the investigation, former and current high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defence and heads of affiliated companies are involved in the embezzlement,” the SBU said.

The deal involved the purchase of 100,000 mortar shells for the military, with a contract secured in August 2022 and payment made in advance.

But no arms were ever provided, the SBU statement said, with some funds then moved to other foreign accounts.

Five people have been given “notices of suspicion” – the first stage in Ukrainian legal proceedings – both in the ministry and the arms supplier, according to the security service’s statement.


One suspect, the SBU said, was detained while trying to cross the Ukrainian border.

Officials accused of participating in the scheme include the current and former heads of the defence ministry’s Department of Military and Technical Policy, Development of Armaments and Military Equipment, as well as the head of Lviv Arsenal.

According to Ukraine’s prosecutor general, the stolen funds have been seized and will be returned to the defence budget.

Corruption within Kyiv’s military has been a thorny issue both as it tries to maintain wartime public morale and present its case to join the European Union.

Last September, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov was dismissed amid various corruption cases.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...on-embezzlement-scheme-involving-its-military

 

[Ruthless Ryan]

i'm not a plumber but isn't a wedge only going to make the hole/crack bigger?

They are so fucked they just have to do whatever it takes. Using wood on steel isnt the worst idea as the wood will swell a bit and help plug the leak. However doing that on a forced main wont fix the problem ....obvi.

 

[Ruthless Ryan]

Ukraine says it uncovers $40m arms corruption scheme​

The Security Service of Ukraine says five charged over plot to embezzle funds earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells.

Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with Ministry of Defence officials to embezzle almost $40m earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reported.

The SBU said late Saturday that five people have been charged, with one person detained while trying to cross the Ukrainian border. If found guilty, they face up to 12 years in prison.

The announcement, which was confirmed by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence, will have a deep impact on a country beleaguered by Russia’s nearly two-year-old invasion.

The SBU said an investigation had “exposed officials of the Ministry of Defence and managers of arms supplier Lviv Arsenal, who stole nearly 1.5 billion hryvnias [$40m] in the purchase of shells.”

“According to the investigation, former and current high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defence and heads of affiliated companies are involved in the embezzlement,” the SBU said.

The deal involved the purchase of 100,000 mortar shells for the military, with a contract secured in August 2022 and payment made in advance.

But no arms were ever provided, the SBU statement said, with some funds then moved to other foreign accounts.

Five people have been given “notices of suspicion” – the first stage in Ukrainian legal proceedings – both in the ministry and the arms supplier, according to the security service’s statement.


One suspect, the SBU said, was detained while trying to cross the Ukrainian border.

Officials accused of participating in the scheme include the current and former heads of the defence ministry’s Department of Military and Technical Policy, Development of Armaments and Military Equipment, as well as the head of Lviv Arsenal.

According to Ukraine’s prosecutor general, the stolen funds have been seized and will be returned to the defence budget.

Corruption within Kyiv’s military has been a thorny issue both as it tries to maintain wartime public morale and present its case to join the European Union.

Last September, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov was dismissed amid various corruption cases.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...on-embezzlement-scheme-involving-its-military

Should be sent to jail for life for shit like that. That will give the excuse needed to stop sending aid for those who are divided already.

 

[SandisLL]

Should be sent to jail for life for shit like that. That will give the excuse needed to stop sending aid for those who are divided already.

Yes and it is exactly very sensitive period because in february EU will decide about 12x1,5b macro financial assistance package and additionally about supposed 50b EUR bill....

Damn and there ... ... .... ...

 

[Strychnine]

The meatwall continues and the human lawnmower chops on...

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

SLAVA UKRAINI!

Suck my dick and lick my nutsack, Putin.

 

[PEB]

 

[PEB]

 

[PEB]

 

[AWilder]

 

[lsa]

Kremlin officials and mouthpieces continue to set information conditions to destabilize Moldova, likely as part of efforts to prevent Moldova’s integration into the EU and the West among other objectives.

Alexei Polishchuk, the director of the Second Department of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Countries at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), claimed in an interview with Kremlin newswire TASS published on January 28 that Moldova has begun to “destroy its ties” with CIS member states and the Russia-led CIS organization as a whole and that there are rumors that Moldova plans to leave the CIS by the end of 2024.[1] Polishchuk claimed that this decision would not benefit Moldovan interests or citizens and would be unprofitable for the Moldovan economy. Polishchuk also claimed that the settlement of the Transnistria issue in Moldova is in a “deep crisis” and that Moldova’s economic pressure on Transnistria since the beginning of 2024 has “further delayed” any solution

Institute for the Study of War

Kremlin officials and mouthpieces continue to set information conditions to destabilize Moldova, likely as part of efforts to prevent Moldova’s integration into the EU and the West among other objectives. Alexei Polishchuk, the director of the Second D

www.understandingwar.org

 

[AWilder]

that's quite the pickle

Russians changing equipment on a tower met by FPV drone

 

[Cole train]

Lots of stuff coming out about zaluzhny that he is resigning/being removed from command.That being said UA MOD has denied it

ОП розглядає відставку Залужного. Але указу ще немає – джерела

Анонімні Telegram-канали і окремі політики почали писати про начебто звільнення головнокомандувача Збройних Сил України Валерія Залужного, проте указу про це немає.

www.pravda.com.ua

 

[Cid]

The EU will sabotage Hungary’s economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week, under a confidential plan drawn up by Brussels that marks a significant escalation in the battle between the EU and its most pro-Russian member state.

In a document drawn up by EU officials and seen by the Financial Times, Brussels has outlined a strategy to explicitly target Hungary’s economic weaknesses, imperil its currency and drive a collapse in investor confidence in a bid to hurt “jobs and growth” if Budapest refuses to lift its veto against the aid to Kyiv.

Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s premier, has vowed to block the use of the EU budget to provide €50bn in financial aid to Ukraine at an emergency summit of leaders on Thursday.

If he does not back down, other EU leaders should publicly vow to permanently shut off all EU funding to Budapest with the intention of spooking the markets, precipitating a run on the country’s forint currency and a surge in the cost of its borrowing, Brussels stated in the document.

“This is Europe telling Viktor Orbán ‘enough is enough; it’s time to get in line. You may have a pistol, but we have the bazooka’,” said Mujtaba Rahman, Europe director at Eurasia Group, a consultancy.

The document declares that “in the case of no agreement in the February 1 [summit], other heads of state and government would publicly declare that in the light of the unconstructive behaviour of the Hungarian PM . . . they cannot imagine that” EU funds would be provided to Budapest.

Without that funding, “financial markets and European and international companies might be less interested to invest in Hungary”, the document stated. Such punishment “could quickly trigger a further increase of the cost of funding of the public deficit and a drop in the currency”.

János Bóka, Hungary’s EU minister, told the FT that Budapest was not aware of the financial threat, but that his country “does not give in to pressure”.

“Hungary does not establish a connection between support for Ukraine and access to EU funds, and rejects other parties doing so,” he said. “Hungary has and will continue to participate constructively in the negotiations.”

Client Challenge

 

[PEB]

Russia has boosted conscripted soldiers to 2 million. They say Putin cannot automatically send then to Ukraine frontlines but people have been moved unofficially. More bodys to die for Putin.

 

[SandisLL]

The meatwall continues and the human lawnmower chops on...

Unfortunately Putin will not count casualities and will continue. Propaganda works well and he is able to continue and replace casualities with new meat.

He told that special operation is going as had been planned and will be continued. For rus audithory.

 

[SandisLL]

Orban is advocating not to sent weapons and managed to delay decision about 50b bill 2 months in row.
He also is concerned about macro financial assistance plan 12x1,5b ....
This cancer is Putin's friend...
For a reason once he told that does have border with russia.

 

[curryjunkie]

The EU will sabotage Hungary’s economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week, under a confidential plan drawn up by Brussels that marks a significant escalation in the battle between the EU and its most pro-Russian member state.

In a document drawn up by EU officials and seen by the Financial Times, Brussels has outlined a strategy to explicitly target Hungary’s economic weaknesses, imperil its currency and drive a collapse in investor confidence in a bid to hurt “jobs and growth” if Budapest refuses to lift its veto against the aid to Kyiv.

Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s premier, has vowed to block the use of the EU budget to provide €50bn in financial aid to Ukraine at an emergency summit of leaders on Thursday.

If he does not back down, other EU leaders should publicly vow to permanently shut off all EU funding to Budapest with the intention of spooking the markets, precipitating a run on the country’s forint currency and a surge in the cost of its borrowing, Brussels stated in the document.

“This is Europe telling Viktor Orbán ‘enough is enough; it’s time to get in line. You may have a pistol, but we have the bazooka’,” said Mujtaba Rahman, Europe director at Eurasia Group, a consultancy.

The document declares that “in the case of no agreement in the February 1 [summit], other heads of state and government would publicly declare that in the light of the unconstructive behaviour of the Hungarian PM . . . they cannot imagine that” EU funds would be provided to Budapest.

Without that funding, “financial markets and European and international companies might be less interested to invest in Hungary”, the document stated. Such punishment “could quickly trigger a further increase of the cost of funding of the public deficit and a drop in the currency”.

János Bóka, Hungary’s EU minister, told the FT that Budapest was not aware of the financial threat, but that his country “does not give in to pressure”.

“Hungary does not establish a connection between support for Ukraine and access to EU funds, and rejects other parties doing so,” he said. “Hungary has and will continue to participate constructively in the negotiations.”

Client Challenge

fuck Orban, the cunt