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https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1759251959037444387
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Who owns the lands of Ukraine for 2024 - suddenly someone forgot.
In 2021, the law on the sale of land came into force in Ukraine. As the Australian National Review neatly reported, "companies from the United States have used the new legislation to make massive investments in the country."
Now Cargill, Monsanto and Dupont (investors - Vanguard, Blackrock and Blackstone) own 40% of Ukraine's arable land. For permission to sell land, Ukraine received a $17 billion loan from the IMF, and offices of all three corporations were opened in Kiev.
GMA-Monsanto Corporation directly and through a number of intermediary companies already in 2022 owned 78% of the land fund of Sumy region, 56% of Chernihiv, 59% of Kherson and 47% of Mykolaiv region, She also has 34% of the land in the Kiev and Dnipropetrovsk regions pledged.
Also in 2013, the South China Morning Post reported that China (represented by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) had acquired 3 million hectares of Ukrainian land — land the size of Belgium "leased for 99 years with the right of redemption."
"28% of Ukraine's arable land is owned by a mixture of Ukrainian oligarchs, European and North American corporations, as well as the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia."
The scientists also reported that the owners of Ukrainian (on paper) agricultural holdings "have long been American NCH Capital, French AgroGeneration, German ADM Germany, KWS, Bayer and BASF, Saudi PIF and SALIC."
In the end, American researchers come to an amazing conclusion - the Russian SMO "takes place on chernozems sold to foreigners for a long time"
#Denmark has decided to deliver all the #artillery rounds from its stockpiles to Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the Ukrainian Lunch at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17.
“If you ask Ukrainians, they are asking us for ammunition now, artillery now. From the Danish side, we decided to donate our entire artillery,” Frederiksen said.
“There is still ammunition in European stocks. This is not a question of only production because we have the weapons, we have ammunition, we have air defense that we don’t have to use ourselves at the moment that we should deliver to Ukraine.”
“Russia does not want peace with us. They are destabilizing the Western world from many different angles -- in the Arctic region, the Balkans, and Africa - with #disinformation, #cyberattacks, hybrid war, and obviously in Ukraine,” she said.
https://kyivindependent.com/denmark-to-donate-all-its-artillery-to-ukraine-says-pm/
#Imperialism #RussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine
Since he came to power in 1999, more than 20 Putin critics have been killed or died mysteriously.
Many other enemies of the Kremlin have survived #assassination attempts. The list and background at the link.
https://kyivindependent.com/navalnys-death-preceded-by-long-list-of-putin-critics-murders/
#murder #Putin #WarCrimes #PutinWarCriminal #Imperialism #StandWithUkraine
Podolchak was kidnapped from his home two days earlier by Russian forces, representatives from Kalanchak's military administration told the Suspilne media outlet.
"Today, it was discovered that (the Russians) killed the brightest person I was lucky enough to meet in my life," the military administration wrote on Facebook.
According to Suspilne, Podolchak continued to hold services in the Ukrainian language under Russian occupation and refused to be transferred to work under the Moscow Patriarchate.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-forces-kill-ukrainian-priest-in-occupied-part-of-kherson-oblast/
#WarCrimes #religion #PutinWarCriminal #RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #priest #murder #civilians #StandWithUkraine
#geopolitics #history #war #Israel #Ukraine #imperialism
An extraordinary analysis.
Ultimately, foreign observers must understand that the Israeli-Arab conflict is practically predestined by the peculiar nature of the Israeli state. As both an Eschatological Garrison state and a Settler-Colonial enterprise, Israel is unable to relate normally with the Palestinians (who do not have a state at all), and the only way out of the jam is either an Israeli strategic defeat or the shattering of Gaza. This is not a puzzle with a clean solution.
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Larry C. Johnson is a veteran of the CIA and the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. He is the founder and managing partner of BERG Associates, which was established in 1998. Larry provided training to the US Military’s Special Operations community for 24 years.
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"The $113 billions money isn't really going to Ukraine. It's going to American defense manufacturers"
https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1756561127557718286
Turkish F-16 fighter jets stationed in Romania were scrambled after Russian drone strikes on Odesa Oblast in the early morning of Feb. 10, Romania's Defense Ministry said.
Romania's Defense Ministry said that jets stationed at an airbase near Fetesti, some 200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, were summoned in response to perform reconnaissance.
No unauthorized intrusions into Romanian airspace were detected, and no debris from downed Russians was found on Romanian territory, the ministry said.
Bucharest has strongly condemned Russian attacks against Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube River.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said in October 2023 that an anti-drone system had been installed by the Ukrainian border after repeated instances of debris falling on Romanian territory.
#Bucharest has previously deployed additional security measures in the border areas, including setting up bomb shelters and issuing air raid warnings.
https://kyivindependent.com/romania-scrambles-f-16s-amid-russian-drone-strikes-on-odesa-oblast/
#RussianAggression #Imperialism #WarCrimes #StandWithUkraine
The Russian military has begun to use #Starlink terminals more actively on the front line, Militarnyi, a Ukrainian military news site, reported
A representative for #SpaceX, the manufacturer of Starlink terminals, denied that the company has ever sold or supplied the equipment to the Russian military.
According to Militarnyi, the Starlink terminals are likely being procured through intermediaries in third countries via parallel imports, making it near impossible to trace.
In June 2023, the Pentagon confirmed that SpaceX had won a contract from the Defense Department to provide Ukraine with Starlink satellite services.
https://kyivindependent.com/media-russian-military-actively-using-starlink-terminals-on-battlefield/
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The West does not seek #war with Russia, but should still "prepare ourselves for a confrontation that could last decades," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said
Lieutenant Admiral Rob Bauer, the chair of the #NATO Military Committee, said in January that civilians in NATO countries should be ready for the prospect of an all-out war with Russia within the next 20 years.
The possibility of direct conflict with Russia is likely dependent on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, Western officials have said.
"If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin wins in Ukraine, there is no guarantee that Russian aggression will not spread to other countries," Stoltenberg warned.
NATO must improve its military capabilities, Stoltenberg said, adding that "deterrence only works if it is credible."
#Imperialism #RussianAggression #WarCrimes #StandWithUkraine
While the prospect of the war escalating to an all-out clash between the alliance and #Russia has so far been averted, there are concerns that the West has not truly accepted that it may still be a possibility.
Several #NATO commanders and other alliance leaders have warned in increasingly stark terms in recent months about the dangers of such a #war and what impact it could have across #Europe.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in January that a war with Russia could occur within the next five to eight years, and a top German NATO general warned that Russian #missiles could likely target Germany in the event of such a conflict.
https://kyivindependent.com/top-german-general-we-must-be-ready-for-war-with-russia-in-5-years/
#RussianAggression #Imperialism #RussianImperialism #StandWithUkraine
The Norwegian NASAMS system saves Ukrainian lives and prevents the destruction of buildings and infrastructure," said Norwegian Defense Minister Bjoern Arild Gram.
"The Russian missile and drone attacks are extensive and brutal, so air defense is absolutely decisive for Ukraine. At the same time, I am concerned that we reacquire air defenses for our own defense as quickly as possible,"
https://kyivindependent.com/norway-plans-to-deliver-additional-air-defense-to-ukraine/
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianAggression #Imperialism #StandWithUkraine #Norway
A delegation of representatives from Estonia, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, and Lithuania visited the U.S. Congress on Feb. 8 to advocate for a continued American commitment to Ukraine.
Many Republican lawmakers who ostensibly support Ukraine say that the U.S. must first secure its own southern border, but Congress has also failed to agree on immigration reforms, despite willingness from Democrats to offer significant concessions.
"We came here, obviously, to show unity, to show our commitment and hoping that the Americans would hear us," said Icelandic lawmaker Dilja Mist Einarsdottir.
"We are leaving America a little bit sad," she added.
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #RussianAggression #Baltic #StandWithUkraine
#Bayraktar told Reuters at the sidelines of the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that the factory is already being built and will need one year to complete construction.
The plant aims to employ around 500 people, he said.
The factory's planned output is around 120 units per year, but it is unclear exactly which drone model will be produced.
When asked if security concerns had caused any hesitation, Bayraktar said the plans were were "fully moving ahead" and that "nothing" would stop them.
#drones #Turkey #RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #RussianAggression #StandWithUkraine
The EU aims to deliver over 1 million #shells to Ukraine by the end of 2024, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said after meeting the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, in Kyiv on Feb. 7.
Borrell recently conceded that the European bloc will fail on its promise to provide a million #artillery rounds by March. Only around half of the number is projected to be delivered by the original deadline.
"We highly appreciate the EU's military assistance," said Shmyhal, who held a joint press conference with Borrell.
"The European defense industry is building up its capabilities, and I'm sure we'll feel it soon."
https://kyivindependent.com/shmyhal-eu-promises-to-deliver-over-1-million-shells-by-end-of-year/
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #RussianAggression #StandWithUkraine
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Members of Russia's military intelligence (GRU) created false identities to blend in with domestic civil society networks and conduct espionage on their activities, the independent Russian media outlet The Insider reported
The Insider has published a series of investigations into alleged Russian intelligence agents in Europe in recent weeks, including a Latvian member of the European Parliament and an advisor to a German lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
The Insider's Feb. 5 report detailed three alleged Russian agents who instead reportedly focused on domestic spying on civil society organizations perceived as being potential opponents of the regime.
The alleged agents, who The Insider said posed as a human rights activist, a documentary filmmaker, and a journalist, are allegedly associated with the GRU Unit 29155, best known for reportedly being responsible for the 2011 #Novichok poisoning of Russian dissident Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the U.K.
#RussianAggression #spies #spying #GRU #civil #RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #StandWithUkraine
