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EU to set up humanitarian aid center in Uzbekistan
[KhaamaPress] The Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan announced that the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
will establish a center of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in Termez of Uzbekistan.

A statement released by the ministry reads that special representatives of EU and Uzbekistan for Afghanistan discussed the issue on Monday, November, 15 in Brussels.

European Union’s envoy to Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson appreciated the efforts of Uzbekistan in the evacuation of EU nationals from Afghanistan and expressed interest in continued cooperation with Uzbekistan in bringing peace and stability in Afghanistan.

The special representatives also agreed to continue consultations.

Earlier, the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
had said that the main hub of the World Food Program for assistance to Afghanistan will be based in Termez.

It comes as the international aid organizations have called on the international community to move forward and help prevent the deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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EU to introduce new sanctions against Belarus and Wagner
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
By Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] 1. Europe has introduced new personal sanctions against Belarus in connection with the situation around migrants on the border with Poland.

2. Belarus has already officially announced that it will give a tough answer. Among the options, blocking the transit of European goods through Belarus and blocking the transit of gas.

3. After the Kremlin sent Merkel to communicate directly with Lukashenko, she was forced to call him today and discuss the situation on the border with Poland with the "illegitimate president" for about an hour.

As it turned out, if necessary, they are even ready to talk with Lukashenka. But with "President Tikhanovskaya" for some reason no one is in a hurry to discuss "ways to resolve the migration crisis."

4. Russia has traditionally stated that what is happening is a showdown between the EU and Belarus, and it has nothing to do with it.

Of course, even if Russia has something to do with it, the logic of the game requires you to say that you have nothing to do with it. Therefore, regardless of what Russia has to do with it, during today's talks between Macron and Putin, Macron was directly told that the solution to the problem lies in the EU’s negotiations with Lukashenka (which de facto means disavowing the policy of non-recognition of Lukashenka).

Call Mekel Lukashenko is the first swallow, but not the last. This is to the question of whether Lukashenka has a profit from what is happening.

And more about the sanctions.
The EU announced the imposition of sanctions against the Wagner PMC for the fact that Wagner got completely unbridled and entered Mali, from where the French were asked to leave, who are losing another country from their crumbling neo-colonial empire.

A particularly touching reason is that the Wagner PMC is interfering in foreign conflicts. They are blathering about this in the EU, the troops of the member states of which have been hanging out in Afghanistan for 20 years and not so long ago happily scrambled out of there. It is quite obvious that the decision is lobbied by France, which in Africa is not being kicked only by the lazy. It is quite understandable that Wagner has acted and will continue to do so in Africa.

In addition to Wagner itself, veiled threats are also directed at the local military junta, which is threatened to be deprived of all economic aid if it continues to flirt with the Russians. Of course, if she adhered to a subordinate position in relation to France, then no claims against the Malian military junta would arise. There is exactly one problem - she communicates with the wrong people. Therefore, now it can easily fall under the sanctions, the introduction of which France is seeking.

It is reported that Russian military instructors are already training the military in Mali to throw a flounder correctly, since the French could not teach them this.

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Briefly about the situation in Armenia
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
By Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] 1. After the communication of the parties with Shoigu, it was announced that the hostilities had ceased and the parties continued negotiations. Both sides confirmed a decrease in the intensity of clashes by the night of November 17. However, there are still reports of sporadic border gunfights, where Azeri troops invaded Armenia.

2. Armenia has not sent a written request to the CSTO on the use of articles of the organization's charter, having limited itself to verbal appeals that do not oblige anyone to anything. All the same line from the cycle "recognize Karabakh, but we ourselves will not recognize it." Now "We want help from the CSTO, but we will not send the corresponding paper to the CSTO." This once again reminds of who exactly is in power in Armenia and how much they are concerned about the issues of sovereignty and Armenian interests.

3. Armenia recognized 15 200x fighting per day + from 6 to 12 prisoners of war. Azerbaijan is hiding its losses, but judging by the videos published, it has at least several killed and wounded, plus several destroyed pieces of equipment. Basically, a penny price for the occupied territories. It is quite obvious that the tactics of squeezing out the territories on the border from the Armenians will continue, because sooner or later Pashinyan will be knocked out and the moment for territorial acquisitions may be lost, so we must take advantage of the moment that Aliyev, with the support of Turkey, is doing.

4. The Armenian opposition once again threatens with protests and demands that Pashinyan and his gang resign in order to end the ongoing disgrace that threatens Armenia with further territorial losses. Pashinyan by itself is not going anywhere, well, except perhaps a trip to the "summit of democracies", where only he was invited from the CSTO countries (which, again, says a lot about Pashinyan himself).

5. Regarding Pashinyan's hopes for international support, it is worth remembering how the West helped a lot during the Karabakh war (a little more than nothing), which was of course a more weighty reason than the loss of pieces of territory by the Armenians on the border.

As a result, in 2020, the remnants of Karabakh were taken under the tutelage of the Russian Federation. But as practice shows, this did not stop the holding of anti-Russian rallies in Armenia. It is interesting how many more territories Armenia should lose before the onset of enlightenment in their heads and the realization of the simple fact that in the Transcaucasus there is no one else to deal with the security issues of Armenia except Russia.

Well, perhaps even to bow to Iran, which in recent months has also somewhat changed its position on Turkish affairs in the Transcaucasus and is flexing its muscles. Well, just like that, you immediately have to run to Moscow for protection.

Armenia asks for military aid from Russia
More from Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] In connection with the invasion of Azerbaijan into the territory of Armenia, Armenia officially requested military assistance from Russia in accordance with the 1997 agreement, which obliges Russia to provide military assistance in the event of a threat to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia.

So far, the request has been made orally, but as the Armenians assure, a written request of identical content is being prepared. Of course, any reaction can be made only after an official written request. It is worth noting that just the other day, local Armenian Natsiks held a rally against Russia.

In the course of renewed sporadic hostilities, Azerbaijan continues to squeeze pieces of the border territory from Armenia, taking advantage of the military and political inconsistency of Armenia itself, where an incessant disgrace continues after Pashinyan came to power.

Azerbaijan will take what it can bite off and hold.

1. The secretary of the Armenian Security Council stated that Armenia asks Russia to help protect its territorial integrity within the framework of the 1997 bilateral agreement, a written appeal is being prepared.

2. If it is possible to resolve the current situation through negotiations, it will be talks. If not, then we will ask you to provide Armenia with military equipment so that the Republic of Armenia can resolve the situation by military means - Armen Grigoryan (Head of the Security Council of Armenia)

3. As of 14:30, the situation on the eastern border of the Republic of Armenia remains extremely tense. Local battles are being waged, during which the enemy uses artillery, armored vehicles and small arms of various calibers. Adequate actions are being taken from the Armenian side. The situation is controlled by the armed forces of Armenia (c) the Ministry of Defense of Armenia

4. The Armed Forces of Armenia committed a large-scale provocation on the state border today. As a result, two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan were injured, who received medical assistance; nothing threatens their lives.

The enemy fired intensively at the positions of the Azerbaijani army from small arms and grenade launchers of various calibers. In order to prevent the combat activity of the armed forces of Armenia, the units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan located in the Kelbajar and Lachin directions carried out an immediate operation.

As a result of the measures taken, the Armenian military were disarmed and detained, a large number of weapons of various calibers and ammunition were seized as trophies. (c) Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan

5. Over the past day, the Armenians have 10 killed, six wounded and six prisoners (Azerbaijan claims 22 prisoners). Azerbaijan recognized two wounded (according to the statements of Armenians, Azerbaijanis had killed and wounded). Several pieces of equipment were also damaged.


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#1  "The Armed Forces of Armenia committed a large-scale provocation on the state border today."

They existed on their side of the border and carried weapons. The Azerbaijanis agree with Back Door Binger that carrying a rifle is provocation.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/17/2021 8:00 Comments || Top||

#2  The Balkans V2.0
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/17/2021 11:24 Comments || Top||


Lukashenka is to blame!
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Alexander Kots

[KP] With great professional interest, I awaited reports from Western journalists from a refugee camp on the border with Poland. I remember the Syrian government staged an attraction of unprecedented openness after the massive missile strike that the United States and its allies launched across the country. The reason then was the alleged use of chemical weapons by Assad's army in the city of Duma.

After he was freed from terrorists, Damascus sent all interested journalists there. Without unnecessary accreditations, without (lo and behold!) Escorts from the Ministry of Information, without the "tails" of intelligence officers. Work? I don’t want to! Look for evidence of the regime's treachery. Or, on the contrary, the provocations of the militants.

But representatives of major media brands have been doing anything but finding the truth about the chemical attack. They were more interested in the "bombing of schools and hospitals" than witnesses to the staged "sarin poisoning" at a local field hospital. We then found them (the witnesses), and the Western media read a prepared mantra about the atrocities of the Assad regime. Actually, we did not expect anything else then. We got used to it.

European reporters in Belarus did not disappoint either. Minsk, too, apparently decided to play free journalism, and now in the border zone, against the background of barbed Polish wire under the jets of water cannons and clouds of tear gas with microphones, CNN and BBC journalists are standing. I even held my breath. How they will get out?

"You see migrants (that's the word, not refugees) throwing stones and bricks at the police force," says Steve Rosenberg, BBC correspondent.

This is chaos that has no end. And this is very similar to a provocation. It seems that on this side of the border a decision was made to provoke a response from Poland and the EU. And with this picture, Alexander Lukashenko wants to show the world the image of a heartless and inhuman Europe. Belarus will not fail to use this image.

Bravo! Of course, I do not approve of the violent actions of some of the refugees, but it was necessary to ignore the fact that about two thousand people who were deceived by the hospitality of the European Union have been spending the night practically on the street for almost a week to the accompaniment of Polish loudspeakers and strobe lights.

Here, unprepared people will easily lose their nerves. At home, they were promised an unhindered journey to Germany through Minsk for their money. And then some "cosmonauts" with cannons stood in the way. Of course, those who are tired of trembling in frail tents at night take out their anger at them.

But Steve Rosenberg didn't go that far. This would spoil the previously prepared picture, in which tons of water are poured out into the frost on people only because Lukashenka wants it. How else to explain to the audience the actions of the Poles, so as not to expose the European Union in an unfavorable light.

Every year, by the way, about 700,000 refugees receive citizenship in the EU per year, most of whom came to the Old World through Turkey. This is about 2,000 people a day. As much as it is now freezing on the Polish-Belarusian border. Erdogan, apparently, did not want to show Europe as inhuman - so they let him in.

Aleksandr Kots is prior service Russian airborne and a writer for Komsomol Pravda

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#1  Russian garbage agitprop. I love how it's supposedly Poland who is "heartless" while Putin's cockholster Lukashenko is the one not providing shelter. They're in Belarus; they were taken to Belarus by that government; they're not the Poles' problem.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/17/2021 7:56 Comments || Top||

#2  I think I can unravel this really clumsy machine translation, but Google really struggles with the old кто кого. Maybe try Yandex?

Who exactly is the object of the writer's sarcasm -- the CNN and BBC liars? Lukashenka? Erdogan?

Kinda hard to take anyone's side here, when you consider the cast of poltroons* and blackguards* involved

* translate THESE!
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/17/2021 8:25 Comments || Top||

#3  On a lighter note, perhaps when they take the feed down, YouTube could do the Soviet thing and switch to pre-programmed acceptable entertainment for the masses.

The USSR always reverted to Swan Lake. Maybe for this trial YouTube-Ministry of Truth could switch to a sendup of Tom Stoppard's sendup on Shakespeare: "Rosenbaum and Grosskreutz are Dead”
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/17/2021 8:59 Comments || Top||

#4  I think Kots main sin was not pointing out that the EU and Poland are at loggerheads over migrants.

And Kots is having a god guffaw over it all.
Posted by: badanov || 11/17/2021 9:14 Comments || Top||


Ukrainan, Russian supplied separatists exchange artillery fire near Donetsk city
[NewsFrontInfo] Separatist troops stationed it Trudovskaya mine returned mortar fire with Ukrainian army units in Maryinka, Wednesday, according to Ukrainian and Russian language new resources.

Separatists fired on Maryinka, they claimed, after Ukrainian mortar units fired on them using 82mm mortars.

According to Ukrainian new sources, separatist troops fired 82mm mortars at a residential building located at 236 Prokofieva Ulitsa. The lb.ua report said the residential building was destroyed.

Elsewhere in Donetsk, official Ukrainian military a civil new sources said separatists used mortar and medium artillery fire at Novotoshkivsky.

Separatists also fired on​​ Novoalexandrivka in Lugansk.

Separatist media claimed that Ukrainian troops fired on an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) drone at Novozvanovka.

Lugansk official media said that Ukrainian EW units were jamming an OSCE drone over Schastye and Luhanskoye, they say, to prevent discovery of Ukrainian heavy equipment in the area.


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What prompted Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume hostilities
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
By Andrey Kots

[RIA Novosti] The dead and wounded, shootings, accusations of provocation, a year after the end of the Second Karabakh conflict in the region, it may flare up with renewed vigor. In Yerevan and Baku, there are reports of battles along the border with the use of artillery and armored vehicles. RIA Novosti understood the situation.

LOCAL BATTLES
According to the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, at 13:00 local time, "units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces committed a new provocation in the eastern direction," firing at the Armenian positions on the contact line in the Syunik region. An answer followed. There are dead and wounded. Twelve servicemen were captured.

ARMENIA AND RUSSIA DISCUSSED THE SITUATION ON THE BORDER WITH AZERBAIJAN
"The situation continues to remain extremely tense," the Armenian military department adds. "Local battles are underway. Our armed forces are carrying out proportionate actions and control the situation. The Azerbaijani side suffers heavy losses in armored vehicles and manpower."

In turn, Baku announced about "panic in the ranks of the Armenian army" after "a large-scale provocation." They believe that the neighbors began "a surprise military operation at 11:00 (local time. - Ed.)

With the aim of seizing heights on the indicated directions of the state border and taking more advantageous positions to gain a military advantage."

"In response, anti-tank weapons and mortars of the opposite side were destroyed," the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claims. "The situation at the border remains tense, military operations are underway."

RECRIMINATION
The situation in the region has been heating up since November. The media reports that the Azeris fired at the workers of Nagorno-Karabakh were also confirmed by the Russian peacekeepers. The brigade that repaired the water supply for the contingent had three wounded and one dead.

"The repeated provocations with violation of the ceasefire regime openly demonstrate the deceitful nature of Baku's statements about its desire to normalize relations with Armenia and the Armenian people," the Yerevan noted.

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced tense situation at border
After the incident, the Berzor-Stepanakert highway linking the Armenian regions of Nagorno-Karabakh with the "mainland" was blocked. And only the mediation of the Russian military helped unblock the road.

And on November 13, citizen of Armenia Norayr Mirzoyan, passing by the checkpoint in the Shushi region in his private car, threw a hand grenade at the Azerbaijani military. Two soldiers and a sergeant were wounded. Armenian media reported that he was a relative of a murdered worker.

On the same day, Yerevan was accused of attacking positions in the Kelbajar region. A day later, in shelling "from sniper rifles, grenade launchers and various small arms." Armenia called it a reaction to "an attempt to launch an offensive" on the border.

A SHAKY TRUCE
Officially, the ceasefire after the 44-day war has been in effect in the region for over a year. As a result of negotiations with the mediation of Russia, the Kelbajar, Aghdam, Lachin and Hadrut regions, as well as the settlements in the south of the unrecognized republic - Fizuli, Jabrail, Zangelan and Kubatli were transferred to Azerbaijan. The NKR had 3,170 square kilometers out of the pre-war 11,458.

Since then, the parties have regularly accused each other of violating the ceasefire. Now Yerevan is talking about the invasion of the Azerbaijani troops into Armenia. And he calls on the allies in the CSTO "to respond clearly."

They separately addressed Moscow: Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan recalled the 1997 agreement, according to which Russia and Armenia "undertake to render each other mutual assistance in the event of a military threat."

Russian peacekeepers during a ceremonial formation on the territory of a military town near Stepanakert on the first anniversary of the introduction of a peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called on both sides to stop actions that "provoke an escalation of the situation."

The CSTO, however, stated that they are closely monitoring the situation, but have not received any official requests from Yerevan. There is no information about the talks between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, which were scheduled online for November 9.
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Azerbaijan and Armenia announce a truce mediated by Russia
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The hostilities in the area of ​​the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia were stopped after telephone talks between the heads of the Defense Ministries of the two countries with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defense department reported. The Armenian side confirmed the stabilization of the situation.

As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, today the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced an attempt by Armenian soldiers to seize the heights in the Kelbajar and Lachin regions, and the Armenian defense department accused Azerbaijan of attempting to advance troops on the border. The parties later exchanged accusations of shelling.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, two Azerbaijani soldiers were injured in a shootout, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported that four Armenian soldiers were wounded and several soldiers were killed, 12 Armenian soldiers were captured .

The press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Armenia and Azerbaijan stopped clashes in the border area after a conversation between the heads of the Defense Ministries of the two countries with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

"As a result of telephone conversations, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides took measures to stabilize the situation. At present, the clashes in the area of ​​Mount Kilisali have ceased, the situation has returned to normal and is under control," the press service of the Russian defense department RIA quoted as saying.

The Ministry of Defense of Armenia also disseminated a message about the ceasefire on the Armenian border through the mediation of the Russian side.

"From 18:30 (17:30 Moscow time) on the eastern part of the border of Armenia, the fire stopped, the situation is relatively stable," the statement of the Armenian Defense Ministry says. As a result of the retaliatory actions of the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani armed forces suffered losses, the ministry said.

"The Armenian side also has losses. By this time, it is known about the death of one serviceman - a contract soldier born in 1991, Meruzhan Harutyunyan," the message says. The number of wounded is being specified. Another 12 Armenian servicemen were captured in Azerbaijani captivity, the ministry said.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry also reported on telephone conversations in connection with the situation on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, conducted by the head of the department Zakir Hasanov with the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Trend agency reported.

Let us remind you that the border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared up in May. Yerevan then announced the consolidation of Azerbaijani troops in the Black Lake region, on the territory of Gegharkunik and Syunik regions.

The Azerbaijani military reached these lines following the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict in the fall of 2020 - earlier, these two Armenian regions adjoined the so-called "security belt" in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Armenian-Azerbaijani border, both in this and in other areas, has not been precisely defined since the collapse of the USSR. More details about the border conflict can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference " On the Black Lake: the border conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia ".

The territories of the Kelbajar and Lachin regions fell under the control of Azerbaijan under an agreement of November 10, 2020 following the results of the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh. In total, following the results of the 2020 war, Azerbaijan gained control over two-thirds of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Russian missile cruiser Moskva returns to Sevastopol
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

See photos at the link

[Regnum] The crew of the ship in Sevastopol was given a solemn welcome - the cruiser entered the bay to the tune of "Legendary Sevastopol".

The cruiser "Moskva" performed a mission to monitor NATO ships in the Black Sea.

The ships of the US Navy entered the Black Sea in late October - early November, the presence of the American military was explained by unscheduled exercises.

The actions of the US naval forces were constantly monitored by the Black Sea Fleet, including the missile cruiser Moskva.

The day before, on November 15, it became known that the flagship of the 6th US Fleet Mount Whitney had left the Black Sea.

On November 16, the cruiser Moskva also returned to the base. The missile cruiser Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, based in Sevastopol since 1999. The cruiser is designed to deliver strikes against large single ships and groupings of attack surface ships, to ensure the combat stability of naval anti-submarine groups and to conduct collective air defense of ship formations in remote areas.

The missile destroyer USS Porter left the Black Sea on November 16.

[NewsFrontInfo] The ship visited Istanbul as planned, according to a release from the US Sixth Fleet posted on its official website.

"USS Porter (DDG 78) left the Black Sea, arriving in Istanbul for an earlier scheduled port visit on 16 November. While in Turkey, the crew of the ship will have the opportunity to take part in coordinated tours and events of the MWR format (Morale, Welfare and Recreation - morale, welfare, recreation. - Ed.) To learn about the history and get to know the rich culture of the city," it was said in the message.

Destroyer Commander Christopher Petro said the visit is "a great opportunity to strengthen our naval partnership with a NATO ally," so the US ship's crew is looking forward to serving as US ambassadors in Istanbul and "appreciating the culture, history and hospitality of the local people."

Recall that the American destroyer USS Porter entered the Black Sea on October 30 to participate in exercises with NATO allies and partners in the region. Since arriving in the Black Sea, the ship has conducted maneuvering exercises with the Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the US Sixth Fleet of the Henry J. Kaiser class USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189), as well as ships of the Bulgarian, Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian fleets.



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Russian Foreign Ministry: Satellite destruction in accordance with international law
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The tests of the anti-satellite weapons system, carried out on November 15 by the Russian military department, were carried out in strict accordance with international law. This was stated in the commentary of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, published on November 16.

The statement states that the only sure way to the safety of space activities is to start negotiations on an international agreement banning the deployment of any types of weapons in space.

"We confirm our readiness to discuss the entire spectrum of space security issues with all interested states, including the United States. We are convinced that the launch of negotiations on an international agreement prohibiting the deployment of any types of weapons in outer space, the use or threat of the use of force against or with space objects is the right way to reduce tensions and remove the concerns of states in the context of ensuring the security of space activities," stated in the document of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"There is a basis for such work - the Russian-Chinese draft treaty on the prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space, the use of force or the threat of force against space objects (DPROK)," the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasizes.

As reported by IA REGNUM , on November 15, the Russian Ministry of Defense tested an anti-satellite missile, successfully destroying one of the decommissioned satellites in near-earth orbit, launched back in the Soviet era.

The Ministry of Defense showed a video proving that the ISS was not in danger
The video is at the link
[RIA Novosti] The Ministry of Defense published a video that simulated the trajectory of the fragments of the destroyed Tselina-D satellite and the orbit of the International Space Station
.
The department emphasized that the specialists visualized the situation in outer space, based on real data.

"The video image clearly shows that objects move in orbits with different inclinations in different planes. In addition, the ISS is located 40-60 kilometers below the fragments of the destruction of the spacecraft," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

It is noted that the domestic space control system monitors each orbit of all objects that appear and, in addition, predicts the situation.

"From the moment of their appearance, the fragments of the former satellite do not pose any threat to the ISS. The statements about the alleged risks for the ISS do not correspond to reality," the Defense Ministry concluded.

Earlier on Tuesday, the defense ministry said that Russia had successfully tested and hit an inoperative Tselina-D spacecraft that had been in orbit since 1982. As the Ministry of Defense emphasized, the United States knows for certain that the resulting fragments do not threaten orbital stations and satellites. The department also recalled that such tests had already been carried out by America, China and India.

In Washington said yesterday that because of the Russian anti-satellite weapons tests there was a danger of collision with the ISS space debris.

For more than 40 years Moscow has been advocating the development of an agreement prohibiting the deployment of weapons or the use of force in outer space. Russia has repeatedly submit proposals to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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#1  In addition, the ISS is located 40-60 kilometers below the fragments of the destruction of the spacecraft," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Mendacious asshole. Orbits decay, which means the fragments will gradually drop closer and closer to the ISS orbit...
Posted by: magpie || 11/17/2021 9:32 Comments || Top||

#2  #1 In addition, the ISS is located 40-60 kilometers below the fragments of the destruction of the spacecraft," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Mendacious asshole. Orbits decay, which means the fragments will gradually drop closer and closer to the ISS orbit...
Posted by: magpie 2021-11-17 09:32


...With two of their own guys on it. That's cold.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 11/17/2021 13:18 Comments || Top||

#3  that objects move in orbits with different inclinations in different planes

All orbital planes intersect.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/17/2021 14:38 Comments || Top||


Russian Bad Weather Report
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[REGNUM] In Ugra, frosts are expected below -30 Degrees C

In Ugra, on the night of November 19, frost will hit -30 degrees Celsius. This was reported by the Khatnty-Mansiysk Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring.

On Thursday night, November 18, the temperature will drop to -21 degrees C, in the afternoon it is expected to rise to -20 degrees C.

On the night of November 19, frost will hit -28 degrees C, wind gusts up to 11 meters per second. During the day it "gets warmer" to -16 degrees C.


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#1  Why I live in Tucson...
Posted by: borgboy || 11/17/2021 0:44 Comments || Top||



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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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