Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- US made clear about Ukraine’s “attack deep inside Russian territory”
- Kirby’s comments appeared to be in response to a statement by Aleksey Danilov, head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, a day earlier that Kiev had not ruled out attacks inside Russian territory. .
- Asked by ABC whether Ukrainian drones should strike airports deep inside Russia, spokesman Kirby said he would let the Ukrainian armed forces have a say about their activities.
- Kirby later clarified: “We certainly do not encourage or facilitate Ukrainian activities inside Russia. We are trying to make sure that they can defend their territory, regain their territory in Ukraine”.
- Kirby previously mentioned Washington’s latest $275 million military aid package for Ukraine, which includes missiles for the HIMARS system, artillery shells, air defense equipment and other weapons.
- This new aid package brings the total amount of military aid provided by the administration of President Joe Biden to Ukraine to about $20 billion, of which $19.3 billion has been awarded since the start of the military campaign of Russia in February.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova earlier warned that the US supplying Kiev with long-range weapons to attack Russia would cross a “red line” and potentially make Washington “a direct party to the conflict.”
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- NATO Chief Says Full-Blown War With Russia Is A ‘Real Possibility’
- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned “I fear that the war in Ukraine will get out of control, and spread into a major war between NATO and Russia,” he said, “If things go wrong, they can go horribly wrong.”
- Russian officials have made clear that they believe they are fighting against NATO in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said recently that both the US and NATO are “directly participating” in the war in Ukraine, meaning Russia has the pretext for strikes on NATO bases in Europe if they choose to take that step.
- The risk of escalation rose last week after Ukrainian drones struck air bases hundreds of miles inside Russian territory
- Stoltenberg said that he understands why some people in Europe are getting tired of supporting Ukraine as they face rising energy and food prices. But the NATO chief claimed that the continent’s “peace and freedom” would be threatened if Putin wins in Ukraine.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Putin holds council meeting on domestic security following 3 airbase ‘explosions’
- The Kremlin did not release details of the meeting but said that Russian officials looked to shore up the nation’s “internal security.”
- The meeting appeared to take place just hours after a third airbase was struck in the Russian city of Kursk north of the Ukrainian border and one day after explosions were reported at two separate airbases hundreds of miles inside Russian territory.
- The regional governor of Kursk said an oil storage tank had been set ablaze, but no casualties have yet been reported, according to Reuters.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Explosions rocked two Russian airbases far from the frontlines on Monday as Kyiv appeared to launch a pre-emptive strike on the bombers that the Kremlin has used to try to cripple the Ukrainian electrical grid.
- The attack, if confirmed, would be an unprecedented operation deep inside Russia
- Russian media reports… an explosion at the Engels-2 airbase, and the Dyagilevo military airbase near Ryazan, a city less than 150 miles from Moscow
- If confirmed as a Ukrainian operation, the strike on the Engels airbase would be the most daring attack behind Russian lines to date. The airbase is a crucial site for Russian air force operations against Ukraine and for the country’s strategic nuclear forces. It has a nuclear weapons storage bunker with warheads that can be deployed on Russia’s long-range strategic bombers.
- Satellite images published by Der Spiegel last week showed 20 strategic bombers parked on the runway at the Engels airbase in preparation for another strike on Ukraine. Satellite imagery released by Maxar showed that those bombers remained parked on the runway through Sunday.
- A Ukrainian official offered a cryptic appraisal of Monday’s explosions… “If it was, they would know: if something is launched into other countries’ airspace, sooner or later unknown flying objects will return to departure point.”
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhounds Proving To Be A Threat To Ukrainian Aircraft
- The MiG-31 is playing an important, if generally unsung role in the conflict in Ukraine
- They are fulfilling an important role by virtue of the extreme distance at which they can engage aerial threats — a role in which they are now also joined by the Su-35S Flanker multirole fighter.
- The MiG-31BM has a Zaslon-AM radar with a claimed search range of 149 miles against a fighter-size target
- Now, MiG-31BMs armed with R-37M missiles threaten a large part of southeastern Ukraine…without entering any of the areas in which the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses are operating.
- Located in the suburbs of Sevastopol, Belbek Air Base is now the main hub for Russian fighter jets operating against Ukraine.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- ‘Imminent large-scale attack’ on Ukraine feared as dozens of nuclear-capable bombers amass amid unusually high activity at Russian air base
- Dozens of Russia bombers seen massing at Engels-2 air base near city of Saratov
- Satellite images reveal what appear to be ammo crates for cruise missiles nearby
- Analysts say bombers are preparing for new large-scale attack on Ukraine which will likely target its key infrastructure
- The attack will almost certainly focus on destroying Ukraine’s already-battered power and water network which has been pounded by cruise missiles and Iranian-made kamikaze drones in recent weeks, leaving people freezing in their homes.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Ukrainian energy systems on brink of collapse after weeks of Russian bombings
- After just six weeks of intense bombing of energy infrastructure, Russia has battered Ukraine to the brink of a humanitarian disaster this winter as millions of people potentially face life-threatening conditions without electricity, heat or running water.
- “Put simply, this winter will be about survival,” Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, regional director for the World Health Organization, told reporter saying the next months could be “life-threatening for millions of Ukrainians.”
- Kluge said that 2 million to 3 million Ukrainians were expected to leave their homes “in search of warmth and safety,” though it was unclear how many would remain inside the country.
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- As US and China vie to win over Asia-Pacific, France warns of need for ‘single global order’
- US-China power struggle poses ‘a big challenge’, French President Emmanuel Macron says, as he warns against having to pick sides
- “America is a strong partner to the economies and the companies of this region because America is and will remain a major engine of global growth,” Harris said.
- In much the same vein, Chinese President Xi Jinping a day earlier urged greater economic integration and cooperation among countries in the Asia-Pacific.
- Xi has increased his engagement with regional leaders over the past week, holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- He also met New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah separately on Friday, and called for greater collaboration between nations.
- French President Emmanuel Macron, also delivering a keynote address at the Apec CEO forum on Friday, urged an end to “confrontation,” calling the struggle for supremacy between the two major powers “a big risk and a big challenge”.
- Stressing the need for a “single global order,” Macron said intensifying confrontation between the US and China had forced some countries to pick a side.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- NATO Parliamentary Assembly declares Russia to be a ‘terrorist state’
- Yegor Chernev… who heads the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, said the resolution, which was put forward by the Ukrainian delegation, was passed unanimously.
- “All 30 NATO countries supported the proposals of our delegation,”
- Chernev added the resolution considered other wishes of Ukraine, including:
- an increase in arms supplies to Ukraine;
- the development of specific steps regarding Ukraine’s accession to NATO;
- the creation of a mechanism for collecting reparations from Russia for damage caused to Ukraine.
- The resolution also established the principle that NATO will support Ukraine as long as necessary.
- “I’m also very pleased with the fact that the Ukrainian position, such as the creation of a tribunal, the payment of reparations, or the recognition of Russia as a terrorist state, is gradually becoming mainstream at the highest international platforms.”
- The UN General Assembly on Nov. 14 passed a draft resolution on Russia’s payment of compensation to Ukraine for the damage caused. The relevant decision was backed by 94 countries, 14 opposed it, and 73 abstained.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- It Is Time for NATO to Confront Iran
- For decades Tehran has consistently lied about the true extent of its nuclear ambitions, so it should come as no surprise that Iran’s instinctive response when confronted about its military support for Russia has been to issue a denial.
- Iran’s belated admission that it is actively supporting the Russian war effort is certainly an alarming development, one that completely destroys the argument that Iran’s malign activities are solely confined to the Middle East.
- NATO has already demonstrated a welcome display of unity in providing vital military support for Ukraine in its battle to defeat Russian aggression. NATO leaders must now take similar measures to support all those states, whether they are in Europe or the Middle East, who want to protect themselves against Iran’s intimidating conduct.
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