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| | Ein folgenreicher russischer Angriff im Krieg gegen die Ukraine erfolgte nicht mit Raketen oder Panzern in Städten wie Kiew, Mariupol oder Charkiw, sondern im Internet. Wie erst jetzt bekannt wurde, waren russische Hacker für einen Cyberangriff auf einen Satelliteninternetbetreiber verantwortlich, bei dem am 24. Februar europaweit Zehntausende von Modems lahmlegt wurden. Das berichtet die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters und beruft sich auf eine gemeinsame Erklärung der Länder USA, Großbritannien, Kanada, Estland und der EU.
Der Cyberangriff sei laut US-Außenminister Antony Blinken erfolgt, um "die ukrainische Befehls- und Kontrollstruktur während der Invasion zu stören." Die britische Außenministerin Liz Truss habe den Hack des Satelliteninternets als "vorsätzlich und böswillig" bezeichnet. Und der EU-Rat habe erklärt, die Attacke habe "wahllose Kommunikationsausfälle" in der Ukraine und mehreren EU-Mitgliedstaaten verursacht. | |
https://www.t-online.de/digital/internet-sicherheit/internet/id_100009120/der-krieg-in-der-ukraine-begann-mit-einem-hackerangriff.html
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Hier wird darauf Bezug genommen und im Faden insgesamt der Kontext aufgemacht: "Ukraines Uber Style C3I" und "GIS Arta". [Randbemerkung: Hier zeigen britische Paras Vergleichbares.]
Das zusammengenommen mit den zulaufenden westlichen Artilleriesystemen nebst intelligenter Munition wie Excalibur-Artilleriegranaten ist bemerkenswert. Telenkos Schlussfolgerung:
| | Ukraine's 'GIS Art for Artillery' app combined with Starlink actually gives the Ukrainian military measurably better than US Military standard artillery command and control.
The Ukraine War is the first Starlink War & the side with Starlink is beating the side without. | |
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1523828151251517441?s=20&t=ABMYRin9cesUVU3J-LJVAg
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World War II Is All That Putin Has Left
The regime offers Russians little more than selective memories of Soviet-era military triumph.
| | | This year’s war commemoration even had a rote, empty quality, as if the Russian state is no longer capable of offering its citizens anything more than cardboard nostalgia—but also as if it assumes those citizens need little else. | |
| | In practice, Putinism is a powerful but ultimately empty ideology. Its propaganda divides people from one another, creates suspicion, and promotes apathy. State media put forth multiple nonsensical explanations for reality, including multiple nonsensical reasons for the invasion of Ukraine. In different tellings, Ukraine, a democratic state led by a Jewish president, is “Nazi,” is Russian, is a Western puppet, is nonexistent.
Alongside these stories, Russians are spoon-fed cynicism, mockery, and nihilism. They are told endless tales about the glorious past, but given hardly anything to hope for in the terrifying future.
They have no idea who or what could follow the Putin regime, or what that would mean for them. They support him because nothing else is on offer. But support does not translate into excitement. Neither he nor his war stories seem able to create enthusiasm for another Great Fatherland War. | |
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Dann zieht UK ja die NATO mit in den Krieg!!111
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Die waren schon Schuld am zweiten Weltkrieg. Wenn die nicht Frankreich zur Hilfe gekommen wären, dann hätte das gar nicht so lange gedauert und so schlimm war die Besatzung nun auch nicht!
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U.K.: China Views Russia’s War as ‘Bad for Business’
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Beijing views Moscow as an increasingly “inconvenient friend” as the war in Ukraine is further bogged down.
| | China appears to be increasingly embarrassed by Russia’s conduct of its war in Ukraine, Britain’s defense secretary told reporters on Tuesday, underlining a growing split in the once-budding relationship between the two powers that has dissuaded Beijing from providing material support to Moscow over the course of the ongoing conflict.
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One Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence assessments, said that there was no indication that Beijing was supplying anything of scale.
“I think China views instability [as] bad for business,” British Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace said. “I think probably China is rather embarrassed by the behavior of Putin. He’s a rather inconvenient friend, and … you don’t see a full-throated support.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s increasing international isolation—and the threat of courting opprobrium from the West—are making it more difficult for countries to do business with Russia during the Ukraine war. | |
| | He said that Russia’s losses—which the British government has pegged at some 15,000 troops, while the Ukrainian government has tallied over 25,000—have likely demoralized leadership. The Kremlin appears to be taking troops out of Syria and other overseas bases, such as Georgia, Libya, and Mali, to cover for tens of thousands of losses, and it seems to be replacing regular forces with Wagner Group mercenaries. And Russia is likely to continue to take heavy losses by trying to use larger numbers of less-trained forces to overwhelm the Ukrainians in the Donbas. “Their solution is just cannon fodder,” Wallace said.
It’s not just a question of what Russia’s not getting. There’s also the question of what Russia has to offer. Russian gear—from jets to helicopters to advanced battle tanks—have been massacred in the fighting so far. That could have implications for China, which has based its fighter jets and some surface-to-air missiles on Russian designs. And Ukraine’s defeat of top-level Russian military equipment, such as Sukhoi fighter jets and modern T-90 tanks, with handheld Western-made weapons, such as Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, Javelin anti-tank missiles, and British-made NLAWs, is leading Russia’s military customers to think twice about buying more equipment.
“Who’s going to be buying Russian kit? We have seen in Libya, in Syria, in Azerbaijan, and now in Ukraine, Russian equipment being defeated by predominantly handheld equipment,” Wallace said. “When a TB-2 [drone] takes out your SA-22 [Russian missile defense system] … I think that has an impact on what is Russia’s offer.” | |
What Victory Will Look Like in Ukraine
| | Every war must end, and this one will as well. One set of follow-on objectives for the West is clear: helping Ukraine rebuild and put itself in a condition to defeat further Russian aggression. Similarly, it is both necessary and likely that NATO will emerge from this conflict larger, more united, and more powerful than before.
But all of this leaves the problem of Russia. It will not be reconstructed from without, as Germany and Japan were after World War II. If it is convulsed from within, it is less likely to be dominated by liberals (many of whom have fled the country) than by disgruntled nationalists. Putin may go, but his replacements are likely to come from similar backgrounds in the secret police or, possibly, the military. And it will not be able to rejoin the international community as it was. | |
How Putin’s War in Ukraine Has Ruined Russia
| | | In a matter of weeks, the Russian autocrat has erased his country’s prosperity in a feckless attempt to rebuild a doomed empire. | |
Sanctions forcing Russia to use appliance parts in military gear, U.S. says
| | U.S.-led sanctions are forcing Russia to use computer chips from dishwashers and refrigerators in some military equipment, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday.
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The semiconductor anecdote came from Ukrainian officials, who told the secretary that when they opened up captured Russian tanks, they found parts from refrigerators and commercial and industrial machinery that appear to make up for other unavailable components, Commerce Department spokeswoman Robyn Patterson said.
The number of U.S. shipments to Russia including items subject to the new rules — semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, lasers, avionics and maritime technology — has decreased 85 percent and their value has decreased 97 percent, compared with the same time period in 2021, Patterson said.
In her Senate remarks, Raimondo also pointed to recent reports that two Russian tank manufacturers have had to idle production because of a lack of components. The White House, too, has previously highlighted those reports, saying Uralvagonzavod and Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant have halted production. | |
The Anglosphere is saving Ukraine while the EU is saving itself
| | It’s the military support provided by the US and Britain in particular that’s protecting European democracy.
... the sad reality is that beneath all the rhetoric, the photo ops and recycled pledges, the EU continues to prevaricate while it is the Anglosphere that’s busy helping Ukraine save itself.
In fact, if Ukrainians were relying on the EU alone, the war might already be over. And we’d be looking at a weak, dismembered and Russia-controlled Ukraine. | |
Quentin Sommerville: BBC on patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back
In the Trenches of Eastern Ukraine, Combat Becomes a Vicious Dance
| | | In some villages along the front, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers face off at close quarters, sometimes within eyesight of one another. | |
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[Dieser Beitrag wurde 1 mal editiert; zum letzten Mal von Bregor am 12.05.2022 15:40]
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| | Russland hat für einen möglichen NATO-Beitritt Finnlands Gegenmaßnahmen angekündigt.
Das russische Außenministerium erklärte, man werde nicht näher bezeichnete „militärtechnische“ Vergeltungsmaßnahmen unternehmen. Finnland würde mit einem Beitritt zur NATO gegen frühere Vereinbarungen verstoßen und der Stabilität und Sicherheit in Nordeuropa ernsthaften Schaden zufügen. | |
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/russland-droht-finnland-mit-vergeltungsmassnahmen-100.html
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‘They were furious’: the Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine | Guardian
| | | Troops are saying no to officers, knowing that punishment is light while Russia is not technically at war | |
Western Sanctions Are ‘Beginning to Bite’ Into Russia’s Military | FP
| | U.S. and British officials believe that damaging international sanctions slapped on Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine are hampering its ability to restock high-tech weapons, such as precision-guided munitions, though Russia still has plenty of conventional ammunition stocks at its disposal to continue to wage war.
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The bite of Western sanctions seems to have forced Moscow to begin dusting off Soviet-era defense stocks and use munitions that are less accurate—and thus potentially deadlier to Ukrainian civilians caught in the crossfire of Russia’s clumsy military offensives. On Monday, the British defense ministry’s intelligence arm assessed that the depletion of Russia’s precision-guided stockpiles has “forced the use of readily available but aging munitions that are less reliable, less accurate, and more easily intercepted.” | |
Intelligence-sharing with Ukraine designed to prevent wider war | WaPo
| | The administration has drawn up guidance around intelligence-sharing that is calibrated to avoid heightening tensions between Washington and Moscow. Given to intelligence personnel at the working level, the guidance has placed two broad prohibitions on the kinds of information that the United States can share with Ukraine, officials said.
First, the United States cannot provide detailed information that would help Ukraine kill Russian leadership figures, such as the most senior military officers or ministers, officials said. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and Sergei Shoigu, the defense minister, for example, would fall into that category. ...
The second category of prohibited intelligence-sharing is any information that would help Ukraine attack Russian targets outside Ukraine’s borders, officials said. That rule is meant in part to keep the United States from becoming a party to attacks that Ukraine might launch inside Russia. Those concerns led the administration to halt earlier plans to provide fighter jets, supplied by Poland, which Ukraine could have used to launch attacks on Russian soil. | |
Does the West Want Ukraine to Win or Not? | Defense One
| | The relative trickle of advanced weapons to Kyiv suggests Western leaders would be fine with a stalemate.
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Ukrainians are fighting to win, but it’s clear the world will give them only enough weapons to hold the line — a line largely dictated by the Kremlin’s will — and hope for a negotiated peace with accused war criminal Vladimir Putin. ...
If allies want Ukraine to be better positioned for a future peace table, then they also should be more willing to give Ukraine weapons that help them do more than hunker down and hold the line. | |
Is Putin Sick – Or Are We Meant to Think He Is? | New Lines
| | | > Good deep dive into Putin medical rumours. Also: “Putin has also taken to homeopathic and nonscientific folk remedies, according to the outlet, such as soaking in baths filled with the blood of deer antlers, which is thought to improve cardiovascularity and skin complexion.” | |
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Interview mit der Historikerin Hedwig Richter (von der Uni der Bundeswehr)
| | Was glauben Sie, bleibt die Unterstützung der Ukraine mit schwerem Kriegsgerät ein Einzelfall – oder wird er Präzedenzfall für die Zeitenwende?
Richter: Der Westen, also die Welt der liberalen Demokratien, hat signalisiert, dass er die Logik der Gewalt nicht akzeptiert. Das gilt auch für die Zukunft. Putin ist kein Hitler; wir sehen auch nicht annähernd ein Verbrechen, das etwas wie dem Holocaust nahekommt. Und doch ist eine Lehre aus der Geschichte, dass Demokratie wehrfähig sein muss. Jede kluge Regierung in Deutschland wird auch künftig sorgfältig abwägen, wann Deutschland militärisch hilft oder eingreift. Aber für unsere Republik haben die Bequemlichkeit und Scheinheiligkeit ein Ende. Die alte Bundesrepublik hat aufgehört zu existieren. Das ist irgendwie traurig. Es ist sehr unbequem. Aber es ist richtig. Wir leben in einer neuen Demokratie.
Sie blicken qua Beruf auf die langen Linien und Kipppunkte der Geschichte unseres Landes. Müssen die Deutschen als Lehre aus Putins Krieg wieder lernen, kampfbereit zu sein?
Richter: Ja, leider. Von heute aus, erscheint es banal: Klar muss eine Demokratie ihr Land verteidigen können. Es war unanständig, dass wir diese Aufgabe unseren Verbündeten überlassen haben, und uns dafür sogar noch moralisch für überlegen hielten.
Heißt das auch, dem Militär wieder eine höhere Anerkennung zukommen zu lassen, wie es zum Beispiel in Frankreich und England noch der Fall ist?
Richter: Ich finde es richtig, wenn die Deutschen kritisch bleiben, wenn sie Militarismus verabscheuen, wenn das deutsche Militär eine nüchterne Angelegenheit bleibt; keine Militärparaden. Mir gefallen die Offiziere, die ich als Studierende haben: Sie sind nüchtern, bescheiden, aber auch entschieden. Diese jungen Menschen sind wirklich bereit, ihr Leben für die Demokratie herzugeben. Das gehört zu den Dingen, die sie bei Diskussionen immer wieder betonen. Ich fände es gut, wenn das mehr ins öffentliche Bewusstsein dringt, wenn sie künftig mehr Respekt erfahren. | |
https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/kultur/interview-hedwig-richter-die-deutsche-haltung-war-offensichtlich-scheinheilig-id62643741.html
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| | Finnland wird in den kommenden Tagen als Reaktion auf den Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine einen Antrag auf Aufnahme in die NATO stellen. Das sagte der finnische Präsident Niinistö in einem Telefonat mit dem russischen Präsidenten Putin, wie sein Büro in Helsinki mitteilte. Putin sprach nach Angaben russischer Agenturen von einem Fehler.
Außerdem sei Finnlands Sicherheit gar nicht bedroht. | |
Ah?
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/finnland-wird-aufnahme-in-den-kommenden-tagen-beantragen-100.html
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See how technology is helping Ukraine identify Russians killed in battle - CNN Video
Die Ukraine versucht, Leichen russischer Soldaten mit einer Vielzahl von Methoden zu identifiezieren, unter anderem per Gesichtserkennung.
Wo es sich ergibt, schicken sie den Angehörigen in Russland eine Nachricht (zB über Facebook) über den Tod, verbunden mit Fotos.
80% der Angehörigen sagen, dass sie selber in die Ukraine kommen und den Tod des Soldaten rächen werden. 20% bedanken sich oder kommen, um die Leiche abzuholen.
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Why Russia needs to be humiliated in Ukraine | Spectator
| | Now Ukraine has punctured a big, gaping hole in the narrative of Russia’s ‘greatness’. Russia is poor, corrupt and authoritarian, and now we also know that it is weak and pathetic. Russia’s ‘greatness’ has crumbled in an orgy of murder and rape inflicted by brutal occupiers in Ukraine. Tainted by the blood of the innocents, and beaten in honest combat, the bully has been reduced to size. It’s about time. Thank you, Ukraine, for serving this bitter medicine. Russia needed it badly.
Russia needs proper humiliation. It needs a humble recognition of its diminished status, an acceptance of guilt, and a slow, painstaking effort to rebuild the trust of those it has wronged. Russia did not learn this lesson in the 1990s. It must learn it now. | |
America Must Embrace the Goal of Ukrainian Victory | Foreign Affairs
| | It’s Time to Move Past Washington’s Cautious Approach
For years before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Ukrainians had been growing frustrated with U.S. leadership. A former high-level Ukrainian official described U.S. policy to the country in this way: “You won’t let us drown, but you won’t let us swim.”
Washington has earned this mixed reputation in the decades since Ukraine broke free from the Soviet Union in 1991. Although Ukraine saw the United States as an indispensable partner and greatly appreciated U.S. security and economic assistance, many Ukrainians were aggrieved that the United States remained reluctant to more fully and forthrightly support them in the face of Russian provocations and aggression—even following Ukraine’s pivot toward the West after the tumult of 2014, when protests toppled a pro-Russian government in Kyiv and Russia responded by annexing Crimea and invading the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
With few exceptions, Ukrainian pleas for increased military aid, greater economic investment, and a concrete road map for integration with Europe fell on deaf ears in Washington. The Ukrainians could not understand why the U.S. national security establishment continued to privilege maintaining stable relations with Russia—an irredentist and revanchist authoritarian state—over support for Ukraine, a democratic state that had made important strides in weeding out corruption and implementing democratic reforms. | |
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| | Statement by Denmark, Iceland and Norway on Finland and Sweden’s decisions to apply for NATO membership
We strongly welcome Finland and Sweden’s decisions to apply for NATO membership.
We note that the decisions by Finland and Sweden to apply for NATO membership are sovereign national decisions in line with Finland and Sweden’s right to choose their own security arrangements. Finland and Sweden have the right to pursue their accession process without any attempts of outside interference. | |
| | | Should Finland or Sweden be victim of aggression on their territory before obtaining NATO membership, we will assist Finland and Sweden by all means necessary. | |
https://www.stm.dk/statsministeriet/publikationer/faelles-udtalelse-om-sikkerhedsforsikringer-til-finland-og-sverige/
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Mia san mia?
Kürzt man im Land wo Schokolade und Geld fließen eine Milliarde mit Mia ab?
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| | In der EU gibt es nach Angaben des Außenbeauftragten Borrell weiterhin keine Einigung auf das geplante sechste Sanktionspaket gegen Russland.
Die Verhandlungen seien festgefahren – insbesondere wegen Unstimmigkeiten über das geplante Öl-Embargo, sagte Borrell in Brüssel. Die Pläne der EU liegen bereits seit Anfang des Monats vor, konnten aber bislang vor allem wegen Vorbehalten aus Ungarn nicht beschlossen werden.
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https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/laut-borrell-weiter-keine-einigung-auf-oel-embargo-102.html
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