[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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[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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[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.
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.
[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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[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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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...
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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...
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...With two of their own guys on it. That's cold.
Mike
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that objects move in orbits with different inclinations in different planes
All orbital planes intersect.
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[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.
[Politico] As President Joe Biden weighs whether to impose a diplomatic boycott on next year’s Winter Olympics in China, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill want to force his hand.
Biden is facing bipartisan pressure from Congress to snub China at the 2022 games as some senators seek to force a diplomatic boycott as part of annual defense policy legislation hitting the Senate floor this week. The goal, lawmakers say, is to call attention to China’s human rights record, including what the Biden administration has characterized as a genocide of religious minorities in Xinjiang.
But House and Senate leaders are cool to the idea of imposing a diplomatic boycott on the games as part of the defense policy bill — even as support is growing on both sides of the aisle to send a message to Beijing.
"I think it’s a very difficult issue, and it would be tough to get it done in that way," House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in a brief interview. "As a general rule, I don’t think boycotting the Olympics is a good approach."
"I don’t think we’ll get it done," added Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who supports a diplomatic boycott. His GOP counterpart on the panel, Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, offered a similar assessment: "I don’t think there’s a consensus one way or the other at this point."
Biden is expected to heed a recommendation from his advisers to bar U.S. government-sponsored travel to China for the Olympics, according to a Washington Post report Tuesday. The Biden administration has declined to comment on that report.
[WorldViewWeekend] Chinglai Yang and Ling Ye are faculty members in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Chinglai Yang received his undergraduate degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, an institution under the direct control of the Chinese Communist Party via the Chinese Academy of Science and dedicated to improving China’s economy and defense infrastructure.
In 1996, Chinglai Yang completed a doctoral degree in biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Alabama.
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OK I am not a USA (Insert Major Name) University Fan by any stretch of the imagination.
But any field of study can be used for Good or Bad.
eg. ITSEC White Hat vs. Black Hats, Law Degrees, Poli-sci and etc.
So should a educational facility be blamed for the misapplied use of education?
OF COURSE, WITH THE NOTED EXCEPTION
of the Uber-Liberal Left taught Social/Woke-CRT degrees that too many offer knowing it will result in increased Social and Civil unrest.
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Agree it's not really the universities' fault. It's our idiot political class (and Stasi) who are to blame for allowing this ridiculous "Confucius Institute" BS to even exist in this country
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The universities have enthusiastically chased CCP money and influence, to the point of actively protecting their people embedded among university researchers. On the administrative side they are no naifs unaware of the adder nestled in their bosom.
[IsraelTimes] Cybersecurity researchers say they have uncovered evidence that Belarus has been involved in a hybrid hacking and disinformation campaign against Eastern European NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... members since 2016
...and nobody noticed? Shouldn’t the CIA or the FBI, or maybe the NSA have been paying attention for exactly that?
that aimed to sow discord in the military alliance, steal confidential information, and spy on dissidents.
Today’s report by the prominent US cybersecurity firm Mandiant appears to mark the first time Belarus has been blamed in the campaign known as Ghostwriter. European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... members have said they suspected involvement by Belarus’ close ally Russia, and Poland has directly accused Moscow of hacking government officials’ emails and leaking them online.
While Mandiant says it has compelling forensic evidence that Belarus was involved in the hacking — whose targets have also included German politicians — it says it has no direct proof of Russian participation, though that does not rule it out and attributing cyberoperations can be difficult.
The Belarus government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A press officer at the Russian embassy in Washington had no immediate comment on alleged Russian involvement in Ghostwriter. Russian officials regularly reject accusations that they are involved in hacking and disinformation activity.
[Times of Israel] A new documentary chronicles a piece of history that seems impossible to comprehend, detailing a verboten relationship at Auschwitz between a Jewish prisoner and an Austrian SS officer.
The romance between the comely, apple-cheeked Slovak captive Helena Citron and the blonde Nazi captain, Franz Wunsch, is unwrapped in the deeply engrossing "Love It Was Not" documentary from Israeli filmmaker Maya Sarfaty.
Using findings from years of research, eyewitness testimonies and a moving chorus of voices from Citron’s fellow inmates as well as artful diorama photos and footage, Sarfaty tells the story of Citron and Wunsch at Auschwitz.
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This presents some interesting and complex questions. Do you testify for or against a Monster (and if you were in the SS your were by definition an Evil Monster) you Loved.
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I don't think she did love him. She wouldn't have avoided him post liberation.
She just used the guy to survive, which is understandable.
Jordan have called on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to launch an investigation to determine the sex of Zohreh Koudaei
The Iran women's football team goalkeeper saved two penalties during a crucial penalty shoot-out win against Jordan in September
The president of the Jordan Football Association, Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, tweeted on Sunday a letter 'requesting a gender verification check' on Koudaei
Iran team's selector, Maryam Irandoost, dismissed the allegation and said the accusation was being used to cover up for Jordan's loss
Jordan also alleged that the Iranian women's team 'has a history with gender and doping issues', and called for 'due process' to be followed
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Where's his Islamicly required beard?
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One of the local farming couples has an interesting difference in body types.
He is a short (~5-ft) slender guy that you wouldn't think could even lift a bail of dry hay (don't let that fool you, though) and she is 6'2" and built like one of my college linebacker buddies. They're a great couple.
So not calling this one yet.....
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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.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
[Politico] As President Joe Biden weighs whether to impose a diplomatic boycott on next year’s Winter Olympics in China, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill want to force his hand.
[WorldViewWeekend] Chinglai Yang and Ling Ye are faculty members in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at 
Why is it always Georgia ? 
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
[Times of Israel] A new documentary chronicles a piece of history that seems impossible to comprehend, detailing a verboten relationship at Auschwitz between a Jewish prisoner and an Austrian SS officer.
