Russia is capturing its biggest swath of territory since July 2022, as Kyiv desperately awaits US weaponry
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CNN ^
| Wed May 1, 2024 | Nick Paton Walsh, Andrew Carey, Victoria Butenko, Yulia Kesaieva and Olga Voitovych
The five-month wait before US Congress approved $61 billion in military aid to Ukraine may have caused lasting damage that will be felt on the frontlines for months to come. Russian
forces have used the “artillery drought” hampering Ukraine’s defenses since December to push forward on the eastern front near Avdiivka, making the largest advance since the early months of the war. Moscow’s progress has prompted warnings from senior Ukrainian military officials of a possible threat to Kyiv’s supply lines and hubs in the east, which are now perilously close to being in range of superior Russian firepower. The bleak...
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Hamas ‘using massive stockpile of Chinese weaponry’ in Gaza
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The (U.K.) Telegraph ^
| 1/5/24 | Melanie Swan
IDF uncovers items such as assault rifles, grenade launchers, and telescopic sights for rifles and cartridges for M16s Chinese weaponry including assault rifles and grenade launchers is being used by Hamas to wage war in Gaza, Israeli investigations have revealed. Stockpiles
of hi-tech supplies uncovered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) contained telescopic sights for rifles and cartridges for M16s as well as an array of communications equipment such as listening devices and tactical military radios. Israeli investigators are now working to determine how the equipment made it into Hamas’s hands amid concerns Beijing may have been directly involved. “This...
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The EPA arms up to protect "our democracy": Agency has spent millions of dollars in taxpayer funding to stockpile military-grade equipment and weaponry.
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American Thinker ^
| 01/05/2024 | Mike McDaniel
Under the Mummified Meat Puppet Administration (MMPA), our military is prepared to fight the trans/pronoun wars, not the real thing. But
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting ready to go to actual war. It appears the environment needed more protection than anyone could have imagined:A resurfaced report that initially flew under the radar claims that President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent millions of dollars in taxpayer funding to stockpile military-grade equipment and weaponry. In a letter sent to the EPA in September, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, wrote, “As...
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Russia's improved weaponry and tactics pose challenges to Ukraine's counteroffensive
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The Associated Press via Yahoo ^
| June 12th, 2023 | Unattributed (nobody wants the stink on them)
Ukrainian troops are probing Russian defenses as spring gives way to a second summer of fighting, and Kyiv's forces are facing an enemy that has made mistakes and suffered setbacks in the 15-month-old war. But
analysts say Moscow also has learned from those blunders and improved its weapons and skills.Russia has built heavily fortified defenses along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, honed its electronic weapons to reduce Ukraine's edge in combat drones, and turned heavy bombs from its massive Cold-War-era arsenal into precision-guided gliding munitions capable of striking targets without putting its warplanes at risk.The changing Russian tactics along with...
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Federal agencies spend billions on weaponry
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News 8 Tulsa ^
WASHINGTON (TND) — Billions of dollars have been spent over the past few decades to arm federal agencies with more agents, guns, ammunition and military-style equipment. Founder
of Open the Books Adam Andrzejewski joined The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat Friday to discuss the issue. “Here's what we found in the books, we found in the latest audit that 103 federal agencies had purchased guns ammunition and military-style equipment,” he said. “What's interesting is that only 27 of those federal agencies are traditional law enforcement agencies. We found 76 traditional paper-pushing regulatory agencies.” Andrzejewski’s investigation found some alarming statistics when it...
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Neil Oliver Outlines the Weaponry of Words, as Used to Shut Down Truth and Hide Perversion and Corruption
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The Conservative Treehouse - The Last Refuge ^
| February 11, 2023 | | Sundance
Given the recent events at GBNews, I was very interested to see and hear the Neil Oliver monologue this week, to see if the issues of censorship, control and weaponized cultural Marxism would be part of his focus. In
his unique way, Oliver does approach the subject, by targeting the larger social Marxist effort to control speech and language. Oliver talks about how accurate words are diminished by those who overplay them in order to achieve political gains. Additionally, how the politically correct (culturally Marxist) intents of the progressive movement, intentionally downplay very real and dangerous outcomes by ignoring events...
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Ukraine expects tank deal will lead to West delivering long-range missiles capable of striking Russian supply lines as Zelensky begs for more heavy weaponry – but angry Kremlin brands increased UK, German and US aid to Kyiv 'extremely dangerous'
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UK Daily Mail ^
| January 26, 2022 | David Averre and Mark Nicol
Ukrainian officials last night said they expect Western allies to provide their armed forces with long-range missiles after the UK, US, Germany and several other nations agreed to send battalions of tanks long-sought by Kyiv. Presidential advisor Mikhailo Podolyak told The Daily Telegraph: 'Right now we are seeing a sharp change in
sentiment among the political elites of European countries... we will reach, I am sure, no doubt, an agreement on long-range missiles.' In a devastating blow to the Kremlin, nine countries joined Britain yesterday in agreeing to send tanks to destroy Russia's forces in eastern Ukraine. The coalition came...
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No Tanks? Zelensky Uses Davos Pulpit to Scold Western Allies for Lack of Heavy Battlefield Weaponry
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Breitbart ^
| 01-19-2023 | Simon Kent
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky used the pulpit provided by the World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering in Davos on Thursday to complain about not obtaining enough main battle tanks from some Western countries to help turn back Russian forces. Speaking
by video link at a breakfast with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, AP reports Zelensky offered a very public rebuke of countries like Germany, Poland and the U.S. that had not been quick enough to respond to his call for heavy battle tanks. Zelensky bemoaned a broader “lack of specific...
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US has made ‘substantive’ change in weaponry provided to Ukraine, officials say
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CNN.Com ^
| January 10, 2023 | Jim Sciutto
There has been a “substantive” change in the type of weaponry the US and its allies are providing to Ukraine to meet Kyiv’s requests for firepower, two senior US officials tells CNN. The US’s latest aid announcement included more offensive weapons, such as Bradley Fighting Vehicles and advanced long-range rocket systems, reflecting
the nature of the battlefield in Eastern Ukraine and a belief that Ukraine sees a window to regain territory before Russia regroups, one of the officials said, describing the new weapons systems as giving the Ukrainians “much more capability.” One US official also noted that Ukraine has abided...
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Ukraine turns abandoned Russian weaponry on Putin's forces
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ITV News ^
| Oct 12, 2022 | John Ray
NATO defence ministers met today to discuss the recent wave of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine, and how to continue providing help. But
Russia itself is turning out to be an unexpected source of military hardware. As Russian troops retreated, recently, they abandoned huge amounts of equipment, including battle tanks. And as our correspondent John Ray reports, it's all being salvaged and put to good use.
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Allies push for US weaponry after seeing impact in Ukraine
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Associated Press ^
| September 9, 2022 | LOLITA C. BALDOR
As other nations see the impact of U.S. weapons in the Ukraine war, the Pentagon is getting more requests for them, including the high-tech, multiple-launch rocket system that Ukrainian forces have successfully used against Russian ammunition depots and other supplies, Defense officials said Friday. Bill LaPlante, the department’s under secretary for acquisition,
told reporters that the Pentagon has been working with the defense industry to increase production lines to meet both U.S. and international demands for certain weapons. And he said some countries have already begun asking about buying the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. As a result,...
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NYT: Russia Buying Millions of N. Korean Weaponry
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KBS World ^
| 2022-09-06 | Unnamed
Russia is reportedly buying millions of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea to shore up its arsenal in its ongoing war with Ukraine. The New York Times reported on Monday, citing newly declassified U.S. intelligence, which lacked detail on the type of North Korean weaponry being sent to Russia, as well
as the scale and timing of their shipment. The Times quoted a Washington official as saying that Moscow was expected to seek additional purchases of military equipment from Pyongyang in the future. Other global media outlets also issued similar reports, with the Associated Press citing a U.S. official...
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Russia’s War in Ukraine Drives a Quantum Leap in NATO Weaponry
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WSJ ^
| 29-JUN-2022 | Daniel Michaels
The conflict in Ukraine is driving a modernization of NATO weaponry, honing the alliance’s ability to face off against Russia and adding to the list of unintended consequences from Moscow’s invasion of its smaller neighbor. Former
East Bloc NATO members have been arming Ukraine with Soviet-designed equipment similar to Kyiv’s existing gear. That has permitted a military housecleaning of their own arsenals on a scale that would have been unimaginable months ago. In turn, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will help its eastern members replace those arms with newer ones, greatly improving efficiency.
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Answering The Call: Heavy Weaponry Supplied To Ukraine
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Oryx ^
| 4/11/2022 | Joost Oliemans and Stijn Mitzer
The following list attempts to keep track of heavy military equipment delivered or pledged to Ukraine during the 2022 Russian of invasion of Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag denoting the country of delivery), and due to the confidential nature of some arms deliveries they can
serve only as a lower bound to the total volume of weaponry shipped to Ukraine. MANPADS, ATGMs and commercial UAVs are not included in this list. This list will be updated as further military support is declared or uncovered. Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs) 16+ Bayraktar TB2 [March...
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Australian Police Under Investigation for Using Sonic Weaponry Against Protestors
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dailyexpose.uk ^
| FEBRUARY 20, 2022 | RHODA WILSON
ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please
pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.On Saturday, 12 February 2022, Australians protested in Canberra outside Parliament House in the “Convoy to Canberra” against vaccine mandates and Covid restrictions. According to reports, Australian Capital Territory Policing admitted to the use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (“LRAD”) during the protest, however, only after Senator Malcolm Roberts and Senator Alex Antic brought up the issue in...
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China Pursues ‘Brain Control’ Weaponry in Bid to Command Future of Warfare
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Epoch Times ^
| 12/30/2021 | Eva Fu
Launching assaults on the battlefield with a mere thought. Enhancing
the human brain to create “super warriors.” Disrupting the minds of enemies to make them submit to the controller’s command.Once believed to only exist in sci-fi movies, the weaponization of the brain has been discussed by Chinese military officials for years. And Beijing is spending billions each year on neuroscience that could draw these scenarios ever closer to reality.“The study into brain science was born out of a vision for how the future warfare would evolve,” Li Peng, a medical researcher at a subsidiary of China’s state-run Academy of Military...
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US accuses Chinese tech firms, research institutes of weaponizing biotechnology, creating 'brain-control weaponry'
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ABC News ^
| 12/16/2021 | Conor Finnegan andLuke Barr
The Biden administration has blacklisted and sanctioned dozens of Chinese government research institutes and private-sector tech firms, accusing them of weaponizing technology for use at home and abroad, the U.S. departments of Commerce and Treasury announced Thursday. In particular, the U.S. warned that these entities were working as part of a broader
Chinese government strategy to develop and deploy biotechnology, including "brain-control weaponry," for possible offensive use and as part of its crackdown on Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities -- a campaign that the U.S. has determined constitutes genocide. "The scientific pursuit of biotechnology and medical innovation can save...
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US hands China a victory in Ethiopia ----
China provides winning weaponry to Ethiopian national forces while US de facto sides with the fading Tigray rebels
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asiatimes.com ^
| December 6, 2021 | Stephen Bryen
Just as Ethiopian government forces appear to have turned the tide in the country’s so-called civil war, the Biden administration is pushing for US citizens in Ethiopia to leave and is providing relocation assistance to those who can’t afford to buy a plane ticket. Meanwhile,
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has visited Addis Ababa and has made it clear that China backs Ethiopia’s government fully. This, in contrast to the United States which has imposed sanctions on Ethiopia, but not on the rebellious Tigray. As Bloomberg reports: The US last month suspended duty-free access to its exports “because of gross...
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Pelosi on ‘Billions of Dollars’ of U.S. Military Weaponry Left for Taliban: That’s ‘What Happens When You Withdraw’
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CNS News ^
| 8/19/21 | Craig Bannister
Twenty-five U.S. senators have sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense expressing grave concerns about the threat posed by the U.S. military leaving behind in Afghanistan weaponry, such as UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, which have now fallen into the hands of Taliban forces and their terrorist allies. But,
that’s just “what happens when you withdraw,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says. The senators, led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), want a full accounting of the military equipment left behind, the equipment that is now in the Taliban’s hands and the Taliban’s ability to use, or learn to use with...
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Putin’s glamorous troops prepare alongside Russia’s deadliest weaponry in Moscow’s Red Square as they rehearse for Sunday’s WW2 Victory Day parade
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UK Daily Mail ^
| May 7, 2021 | Chris Jewers
Preparation for Russia's extravagant annual victory day parade have been held in Moscow's Red Square on Friday ahead of the 76th anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender and the end of the Second World War. The huge celebration is held every year on May 9, a day after Western Europe celebrates VE Day
on May 8 due to the time difference between Russia and other Soviet Bloc countries, and Central European Time. Thousands of glamorous soldiers have been pictured during a dress rehearsal for Sunday's event, which will see the military demonstrate its might in Moscow's Red Square in front of...
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