Ruble is falling in value... Russian bank has run out of Yuans... Russian force are conducting meat waves in rusted civilian cars and Chines golf carts... Putin is pointing fingers at his generals now after arresting several for corruption... End game or is everything still going... pic.twitter.com/A9IH5t9E1k
[AyPee] The biggest remaining unsanctioned Russian bank hit with U.S. sanctions, nearly three years into war.
Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank and its six foreign subsidiaries were hit with U.S. sanctions on Thursday — in a move intended to curtail Russia’s ability to evade the thousands of sanctions imposed on the nation since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the sanctions targeting Russia’s largest remaining non-sanctioned bank would further diminish Russia’s military effort and “will make it harder for the Kremlin to evade U.S. sanctions and fund and equip its military.”
In addition, more than 50 internationally connected Russian banks, 40 Russian securities registrars, and 15 Russian finance officials were hit with sanctions.
The move comes after President Joe Biden this weekend authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the longer range weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war.
In addition, on Wednesday the Pentagon announced that it will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, including an undisclosed number of antipersonnel land mines, as the Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can to help Kyiv fight back against Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. “remains committed to putting Ukraine in the strongest possible position, and we will continue to take all available steps to do so from surging security assistance to imposing and fully enforcing sanctions and other restrictions on Russia’s war machine.”
Among other things, the sanctions deny the people and firms access to any property or financial assets held in the U.S. and prevent U.S. companies and citizens from doing business with them.
Canada and the United Kingdom have previously sanctioned Gazprombank.
Treasury states that Gazprombank is a means for Russia to fund its military to continue its war effort against Ukraine, using the bank to pay soldiers and compensate families of Russian soldiers killed in the fighting.
Gazprombank played a role in remaining Russian natural gas supplies to Europe by handling payments from foreign customers.
Earlier rounds of sanctions spared Russian gas because Europe’s economy was so dependent on it but Europe is now far less reliant on Russian gas, which is down to about 18% of imports. Russia cut off of most supplies in 2022, plunging the continent into an energy crisis.
European governments and utilities have now lined up alternative supplies, much of it liquefied gas brought by ship from the U.S. and Qatar. Ukraine says it will halt flows of Russian gas through a pipeline across Ukraine to Europe - about 4% of Europe’s gas imports - at the end of the year. Gazprom recently cut off shipments through that pipeline to Austria’s OMV in a commercial dispute; OMV has said it has plenty of reserves and can find alternative supply elsewhere. The EU has set a nonbinding goal of ending all Russian gas imports by 2027.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Before the invasion of Ukraine, Russian occupiers were given instructions on the location of collective graves.
Russia was preparing for the genocide of Ukrainians long before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and was compiling execution lists. This was stated by the Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Kirill Budanov, speaking at the forum Genocidal Practices of the Russian Federation in Ukraine: from the Holodomor to the Russian-Ukrainian War, the special service reported on Saturday, November 23.
"We have seen terrible mass crimes against Ukrainian citizens, the facts of which have become known to the entire world. The atrocities of the Russian Armed Forces units in Borodyanka, Bucha, Gostomel, Izyum, Mariupol and many other settlements in Ukraine have shown that these identical and synchronous actions were based on clear doctrinal provisions of the Russian genocidal policy of the authorities and military leadership," he said.
According to Budanov, the execution lists should include teachers of the Ukrainian language, literature, history, ATO veterans, journalists, scientists, writers, priests of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and other confessions who supported Ukraine, public and political figures, heads of state and local government bodies.
Also, according to his data, Russia's preparation for genocide against the Ukrainian people included the creation of mobile crematoriums and provided for mass burials. Before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian occupiers were given instructions on the location of collective graves.
Recall that, according to the UN, in October, Russians killed at least 183 Ukrainian civilians , including nine children. Another 903 people were injured. And from the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 to the end of October 2024, 12,162 civilians were killed and 26,919 were injured.
However, these data are far from complete and do not include, for example, victims among the residents of Mariupol. According to various estimates, from 20,000 to 100,000 people could have died in this city alone.
Linked article is available only through a VPN
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Kharkov direction engaged formations of 43rd Mechanised Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Volchansk, Liptsy (Kharkov region), and Kharkov.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 troops, an armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, a 152mm D-20 gun, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops engaged 14th, 60th, 67th Mechanised brigades, 115th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 27th National Guard Brigade near Kucherovka, Novoosinovo, Senkovo (Kharkov region) and Ivanovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Three counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 410 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, five motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, a 120mm Nona self-propelled artillery system, an Italian-made 105mm Melara Mod 56 howitzer, and a 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery control station, and four field ammunition depot were eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of enemy defences. Russian units hit 24th, 54th, 56th Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 81st Airmobile Brigade near Chasov Yar, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Seversk, Kramatorsk, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 490 troops, a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS, a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzer. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian forces hit 23rd, 100th, 132nd Mechanised brigades, 152nd Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 109th, and 111th Territorial Defence brigades near Shcherbinovka, Dzerzhinsk, Shevchenko, Druzhba, Yablonovka, and Sukhaya Balka (Donetsk People's Republic). Three counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 400 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers. A U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare station was eliminated.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian formations engaged 32nd Mechanised Brigade, 113th, 118th, 127th, and 241st Territorial Defence brigades near Volnoye Pole, Razliv, Oktyabr, and Novy Komar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, three tanks, two of them are German-made Leopard tanks, six motor vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, a U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, and an Anklav electronic warfare station.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces damaged manpower and hardware of 110th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 103rd, 118th Territorial Defence brigades, and 15th National Guard Brigade near Novopavlovka, Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region) and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 40 troops, four motor vehicles, Bukovel-AD and Anklav-N electronic warfare stations.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 149 areas.
One MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was neutralised on the ground.
Air defence systems shot down three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, eight U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 59 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 36,559 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,491 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,492 MLRS combat vehicles, 18,405 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,661 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces Group of Forces engaged formations of 41st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 5th, 17th Tank brigades, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 112th, 117th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Aleksandria, Gornal, Daryino, Kruglenkoye, Leonidovka, Mirny, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryno, Novoivanovka, Plyokhov, and Sverdlikovo.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and hardware near Aleksandria, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zelyony Shlyakh, Kazachaya Loknya, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Melovy, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Loknya, Miropolye, and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.
The AFU losses were over 360 troops during the day. Russian troops destroyed two armoured fighting vehicles, German-made Marder and Swedish-made CV-90 combat vehicles, two armoured fighting vehicles, 25 motor vehicles, three artillery guns, eight mortars, and two electronic warfare stations.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 35,050 troops, 215 tanks, 149 infantry fighting vehicles, 120 armoured personnel carriers, 1,192 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,017 motor vehicles, 300 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 70 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 23.11.2024 to 00:00 24.11.2024.
Two facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian injuries.
DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.
Two artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
A total of six units of different ammunition were fired.
21:19 Russian troops entered the village of Razdolnoye in the west of the DPR, active assault operations began, Rogov told RIA Novosti.
19:50 Footage from liberated Dalny to the DPR - the Russian tricolor, an assault and captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.
The settlement had to be stormed almost without artillery preparation in order to protect the remaining residents, said the company commander with the call sign Abkhaz, he was one of those who unfurled the Russian flag in the settlement.
18:55 The Ukrainian 155mm AS-90 self-propelled gun of British manufacture destroyed in the Zaporizhia direction –video.
18:07 Footage of destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces communication antennas in Kupyansk by the 16th Special Forces Brigade
17:58 Special forces "AKHMAT" together with the Rurrisan 4th Brigade of the 3rd Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Chasov Yar discovered enemy manpower and destroyed it with direct fire from a tank and mortars.
16:44 Situation in the South Donetsk direction.
In the area of Trudovoye, the expansion of the control zone to the north and west of the settlement continues; the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not attempted counterattacks in the past 24 hours. The expansion of the control zone also continues in the direction of Sukhi Yal, but here the enemy is still "resisting", attempting to dislodge Russian units from the forest belts on the line of combat contact.
The advanced units of the "East" group of troops are already fighting in Razdolnoye itself; the eastern part of the village is currently being cleared; the enemy is suffering heavy losses here (up to 30 people per day), and some Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen have managed to surrender.
The fiercest battles are taking place in the area of Velikaya Novosyolka. The enemy has brought reserves here, has a good supply of FPV and does not hesitate to use them by the dozens per unit of equipment. Nevertheless, the assault units of the "Vostok" group of forces managed to gain a foothold on the approaches to the settlement.
In the Makarovka area, assault groups continue to push the enemy north; Kyiv lost one armored fighting vehicle with troops here overnight in an attempt to rotate personnel in the forest belt.
16:36 Su-25 crews inflicted missile air strikes on armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border areas of the Kursk region.
16:05 Assault units of the Russian army were able to enter the outskirts of the village of Belogorye in the Orekhovo area in the Zaporizhia direction –map.
15:57 UAV struck several units of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles in the Khar'kov region.
Scouts of the North group of forces, using UAVs, identified five enemy vehicles. After analyzing the intelligence, a decision was made to fire at the Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles. The detected targets were quickly destroyed by FPV drone crews.
15:16 Russian Armed Forces advance west from Selidovo –map.
14:57 Missile strike by the Iskander OTRK using a missile with a cluster warheaddestroyedUkrainian Armed Forces MiG-29 combat aircraft at the Dnepr airfield.
As a result of the precise hit, one Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter and up to 15 engineering and technical personnel were destroyed.
13:49 The situation near Velyka Novosilka has begun to rapidly deteriorate for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russian forces are "pressing" the village from three sides and it will soon find itself in operational encirclement.
13:30 In the Kursk region, the villages of Darino and Nikolayevo-Daryino came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
12:56 Mop up in Kursk region from Ukrainian militants. Two airborne assault vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in the village of Plekhovo.
12:20 Settlement Kopanki released by the forces of the 1st Tank Army of the Russian Federation in the Boguslav direction, the Napravilets channel in Ukraine reported
After the liberation of Kruglyakovka, Pershotravneve and Kolesnikovka, it took Russian fighters a little over a week to inflict another crushing defeat on the enemy.
The defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction is weakening every day, and attempts at counterattacks were unable to delay the success of the Russian Armed Forces and the enemy’s flight from their positions.
11:56 Footage of liberation of Novodmitrovka in the DPR.
The stormtroopers of the "Center" group worked under heavy artillery and attack drone fire in the forest belt near the settlement. They entered Novodmitrovka from different sides to clear and consolidate.
11:45 Crimean paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian militants and their equipment, and also captured a Western-made Mastiff armored vehicle during an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through in one of the border areas of the Kursk region.
10:54 Russian troops have advanced in the Vrem'evsky direction and approached the outskirts of the village of Velyka Novosyolka, where a large command and logistics point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is located, Rogov reported.
10:07 Footage of objective control of the destruction of the M-198 howitzer (USA) and field ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by artillerymen of the "West" group of forces in the zone of the NVO in the LPR.
09:58 The situation in the combat zone is difficult for the Ukrainian army, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
09:49 Russian troops have cut off the supply route of the Ukrainian group in Chasovy Yar, leading from Slavyansk, security forces reported.
09:41 Air strike using an Kh-38 missile on a pontoon crossing over the Seversky Donets River (20 km east of the settlement of Slavyansk) –video.
09:30 Russian troops broke through to the outskirts of Velyka Novosyolka in the DPR yesterday. "Extremely difficult times" have set in there, the Ukrainian military public Deep State reported.
Yesterday, Russian troops stormed there in several columns, along the highway from Shakhtyorskoye. There was also a column of equipment from Zolotaya Niva, which landed troops three kilometers east of the hangars near Velikaya Novosyolka.
09:07 A group of Ukrainian military personnel was destroyed during an attempt to counterattack in the area of the settlement of Predtecheno near Konstantinovka, security forces reported.
08:47 Fighting began on the eastern outskirts of the village of Velikaya Novosyolka in the south of the DPR, security forces reported.
They added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had set up a powerful fortified area with an extensive network of trenches in the settlement.
08:12 Destruction of IFV Marder of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by FPV drone operators in the Kursk region.
In this area, 147 IFV units were destroyed during the fighting.
08:07 Russian military personnel are advancing in Chasovy Yar of the DPR during fierce battles; 30% of the city is currently under the control of Russian forces – military expert Andrey Marochko.
08:04 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have transferred reserve forces from among elite units to Chasiv Yar to maintain defense in the area of the fireproof plant, the security forces reported.
It is noted that Russian military forces are taking a semi-envelopment of Ukrainian units stationed in the city.
08:00 Combat crews of 122mm D-30 howitzers of the "West" group of forces continue to destroy manpower, armored vehicles, artillery and mortar crews of Ukrainian militants in the area where the special military operation is being conducted.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Representatives of the Russian Red Cross (RKK) have found out the fate of more than 1,200 people who went missing in the Kursk region after the attempted invasion of Ukrainian troops. This was reported on November 23 by the organization's press service.
So very good of them. Now do the those kidnapped by Hamas over thirteen months ago. It shouldn’t be hard — there are only about 100 of them, and something like half are already dead.
Since August, the RCC noted, requests have been received to search for more than 6,000 people, including lonely elderly people.
"We managed to restore contact or learn the fate of 1,253 people. The work continues," the statement said.
The organization provided assistance to 46 residents of the Sudzhansky district, who were taken to Ukraine in August and returned to Russia on November 22. People were given things, provided psychological support and helped to contact relatives.
Chairman of the RSC Pavel Savchuk emphasized that the Russians returned to their homeland thanks to three months of coordinated work.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, among the 46 residents of the Kursk region who returned as a result of the negotiation process with Ukraine, 12 were children. The people were placed in the Bryansk region, provided with food and opportunities for recreation.
On the morning of August 6, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) invaded the Kursk region, intending to seize the territory. Their advance was stopped by Russian troops. A counter-terrorist operation is in effect in the Kursk, as well as the Belgorod and Bryansk regions, to ensure the safety of citizens.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reported on October 25 that the Russian Armed Forces had created a reliable ring around enemy units in the Kursk region and were continuing to squeeze it.
The number of civilians who have been recognized as victims in the case of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the Kursk region is in the thousands. Criminal cases have been opened against Ukrainian military leaders involved in committing crimes in the Kursk border area, the Russian Investigative Committee reported.
[GatewayPundit] Former Polish Minister: At Least Half of US Aid Was Laundered by Ukrainians and Much Was Given to Democrats
Former Polish Minister Piotr Kulpa says up to half of the US aid to Ukraine was laundered by Ukrainians, and much was given to US Democrats.
Maybe that’s why the Democrat lawmakers were waving Ukrainian flags on the House floor?
In March 2022, the wife of former Ukrainian MP Ihor Kotvitskyi declared 28 million dollars and 1.3 million euros when entering Hungary.
And, she’s not the only one.
Another Ukrainian diplomat tried to flee Ukraine with 68,000€, $140,000, 12kg gold, 13.8kg gold jewelry and a large number of cigarettes.
Your tax dollars at work — making corrupt Ukrainian politicians rich.
Now even foreign diplomats are speaking out against the money laundering.
Via Azerbaycan24:
Kiev laundered money for the Democrats, taking a cut of what was left over, Piotr Kulpa has claimed.
Ukraine did not receive as much foreign aid as claimed by the administration of US President Joe Biden, and whatever help it did get was largely embezzled, a former Polish deputy minister has claimed. Up to a half of the funds that reached Kiev was stolen by Ukrainian officials, Piotr Kulpa has alleged.
The political commentator previously held several posts in the Polish government, serving as deputy labor minister in the mid-2000s, and is currently a regular contributor on Ukrainian online shows. Kulpa is a vocal supporter of US President-elect Donald Trump, as evidenced by his remarks to Ukrainian journalist Lana Shevchuk on Thursday.
“Everyone understands that war-related corruption is linked not only with Ukraine, but also the supplier nation,” he said. “Who would ever believe that the US burned through $2 trillion in Afghanistan? It’s delusional!”
US aid programs are a mechanism to “write off large sums of money that finance shady systems under the Democratic Party’s control,” he alleged. The incoming Trump administration could review government finances and discover the truth that “Ukraine got very little” compared to the amounts mentioned in public statements, Kulpa claimed…
…If Kiev were to recover all the embezzled money for the Ukrainian budget, the country would have enough for a year, Kulpa said.
#1
The Democrat Party has evolved into a money laundering operation. The GOP tries to, but they get cut out of the best deals. Both of them used to try to achieve political goals, but now it's just about the benjamins.
Posted by: ed in texas ||
11/24/2024 11:00 Comments ||
Top||
#2
Can it be proved? Do we have the will to address it?
Posted by: Super Hose ||
11/24/2024 16:06 Comments ||
Top||
#3
^^^^^
The will is the real question, my guess is the rot is very widespread, not Mexico deep, but heading that way in time.
Russian ballistic missile ring laser gyroscopes for missile guidance! Two laser beams are generated & travel in opposite directions within a ring-shaped cavity. When the gyro rotates, the effective path length for each beam changes slightly due to the Sagnac effect. 1/5 https://t.co/FskQd7XdG1pic.twitter.com/4F1to8PkXE
Russian ballistic missile ring laser gyroscopes for missile guidance! Two laser beams are generated & travel in opposite directions within a ring-shaped cavity. When the gyro rotates, the effective path length for each beam changes slightly due to the Sagnac effect. 1/5
Considering that each group of RVs takes about 0.5s to reach the ground from the cloud, which is about 2 km from the earth's surface, the RVs reach the ground at a speed of about 4 km/s or almost Mach 12. This is breathtaking & staggering! There is no defense against it! 1/4
Drift rate is typically 0.001 to 0.01 degrees per hour for high-end systems. High-grade RLGs used in intercontinental ballistic missiles or submarine-launched ballistic missiles provide a circular error probable (CEP) of 200-500 meters or better over intercontinental ranges (10000 km+). The U.S. Minuteman III or the Russian RS-24 Yars, the gyros contribute to a CEP of 90-200 meters when paired with other guidance aids like star trackers or GPS. So the Russian medium-range ballistic missile Oreshnik will probably have a CEP of around 40-90 meters at a distance of 3000 km! 5/5
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.
