Ukraine 3

[Kamaji]

Oopsie!!!


Nord Stream: Report puts Russian navy ships near pipeline blast site

By Gordon Corera
Security correspondent, BBC News
May 3, 2023

Russian ships able to perform underwater operations were present near to where explosions later took place on the Nord Stream pipelines, according to an investigative documentary.

The vessels were reportedly located using intercepted Russian navy communications.

Underwater explosions last September knocked the two Nord Stream pipelines - built to carry gas from Russia to Europe - out of action.

The cause of the blasts is unclear.

Formal investigations are still taking place in countries close to the blast site. So far, they have said only that they believe the explosions were the result of sabotage rather than any kind of accident.

But one possible lead pointing towards Russian involvement has emerged from details of suspicious Russian ship movements in the run-up to the Nord Stream blasts, reported by four Nordic public broadcasters and an accompanying English-language podcast Cold Front.

And Denmark's Defence Command has confirmed a separate report that a Danish patrol boat called Nymfen took 26 photos of a Russian submarine-rescue ship in the area days before the explosions. The Information website said the SS-750 had sailed from Kaliningrad and was close to Bornholm island on 22 September 2022.

*  *  *

Source:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65461401

[kevindavis007]

Oopsie!!!


Nord Stream: Report puts Russian navy ships near pipeline blast site

By Gordon Corera
Security correspondent, BBC News
May 3, 2023

Russian ships able to perform underwater operations were present near to where explosions later took place on the Nord Stream pipelines, according to an investigative documentary.

The vessels were reportedly located using intercepted Russian navy communications.

Underwater explosions last September knocked the two Nord Stream pipelines - built to carry gas from Russia to Europe - out of action.

The cause of the blasts is unclear.

Formal investigations are still taking place in countries close to the blast site. So far, they have said only that they believe the explosions were the result of sabotage rather than any kind of accident.

But one possible lead pointing towards Russian involvement has emerged from details of suspicious Russian ship movements in the run-up to the Nord Stream blasts, reported by four Nordic public broadcasters and an accompanying English-language podcast Cold Front.

And Denmark's Defence Command has confirmed a separate report that a Danish patrol boat called Nymfen took 26 photos of a Russian submarine-rescue ship in the area days before the explosions. The Information website said the SS-750 had sailed from Kaliningrad and was close to Bornholm island on 22 September 2022.

*  *  *

Source:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65461401

So the great Seymour was wrong?

[Kamaji]

So the great Seymour was wrong?

More and more, it would appear that that is the case.

[Hoodat]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr
@RobertKennedyJr
·
11h
In another reckless escalation, Britain has confirmed delivery of depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine. DU munitions should be banned. They partially vaporize on impact, poisoning the environment with uranium dust that causes cancer and horrific birth defects. #Kennedy24

U-238 has a half-life of 4 billion years.  Not a cancer risk.

[Kamaji]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr
@RobertKennedyJr
·
11h
In another reckless escalation, Britain has confirmed delivery of depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine. DU munitions should be banned. They partially vaporize on impact, poisoning the environment with uranium dust that causes cancer and horrific birth defects. #Kennedy24

Depleted uranium is actually less radioactive than naturally occurring uranium because it has been depleted of its natural U235 content (the fissile isotope of uranium).

Wiki article:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium

The main risk from depleted uranium projectiles is not radiation, but toxicity, since uranium is a toxic substance.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Depleted uranium is actually less radioactive than naturally occurring uranium because it has been depleted of its natural U235 content (the fissile isotope of uranium).

Wiki article:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium

The main risk from depleted uranium projectiles is not radiation, but toxicity, since uranium is a toxic substance.

So what he says is more or less accurate still? He doesn't mention radioactivity does he?

[Kamaji]

So what he says is more or less accurate still? He doesn't mention radioactivity does he?

No, it isn't.  Poisoning doesn't generally result in cancer or birth defects, although it can sometimes.

TBPH, I'm rather astounded that anyone would take this git seriously on anything other than, perhaps, his family tree.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

No, it isn't.  Poisoning doesn't generally result in cancer or birth defects, although it can sometimes.

TBPH, I'm rather astounded that anyone would take this git seriously on anything other than, perhaps, his family tree.

I was genuinely wondering. I had heard things on DU, wasn't sure how right/wrong they are.

The guy is a useful monkey wrench thrown into the media's message, he looks like a Kennedy, he's the spitting image frankly. I don't necessarily agree with his anti-vaccine stuff, although I myself am vaxxed.

[Kamaji]

I was genuinely wondering. I had heard things on DU, wasn't sure how right/wrong they are.

The guy is a useful monkey wrench thrown into the media's message, he looks like a Kennedy, he's the spitting image frankly. I don't necessarily agree with his anti-vaccine stuff, although I myself am vaxxed.

The stuff is not like snow; it's not innocuous, but neither is it the civilization-ending disaster people like Mr. Kennedy would like to make it out to be.

[kevindavis007]

More and more, it would appear that that is the case.

Somehow I'm not surprised.

[kevindavis007]

Looks like Putin is trying to find an excuse to nuke Kyiv. I hope I'm wrong.

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1654060439704317954

[sneakypete]

Looks like Putin is trying to find an excuse to nuke Kyiv. I hope I'm wrong.

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1654060439704317954

@kevindavis007

Of course they are going to claim that. It is MUCH less embarrassing to admit they are getting their asses handed to them by a superpower than it is a tiny nation they thought they could conquer in a week.

[Kamaji]

Looks like Putin is trying to find an excuse to nuke Kyiv. I hope I'm wrong.

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1654060439704317954

I suspect it's more an attempt to shore up flagging Russian support for the war by finding a new bogeyman - after all, Ukrainians are fellow slavs, whereas the U.S. is not.

[Timber Rattler]

Nah, they're just embarrassed that a drone got through the Moscow air defenses and over the Kremlin, and are blaming the U.S. because those "khokol" Ukrainians couldn't possibly carry out such a feat on their own. (And maybe they didn't).

[kevindavis007]

Nah, they're just embarrassed that a drone got through the Moscow air defenses and over the Kremlin, and are blaming the U.S. because those "khokol" Ukrainians couldn't possibly carry out such a feat on their own. (And maybe they didn't).

I saw the video and it was a nothing burger.

[Timber Rattler]

I saw the video and it was a nothing burger.

Kinda like when Mathias Rust landed his flying club's 4-seat Cessna in Red Square after flying all the way from Helsinki, Finland.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-notorious-flight-of-mathias-rust-7101888/

[kevindavis007]

Kinda like when Mathias Rust landed his flying club's 4-seat Cessna in Red Square after flying all the way from Helsinki, Finland.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-notorious-flight-of-mathias-rust-7101888/

True

[Kamaji]

Nato fears Russia may have laid mines on critical European undersea infrastructure points

NATO's intelligence chief warned Russia may seek to sabotage western nations
Explosions devastated the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September last year
It comes as Russia today accused Ukraine of trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin

By ELIZABETH HAIGH
3 May 2023

Russia may have already mined Europe's critical underwater infrastructure, NATO representatives fear, as its intelligence chief warned on Wednesday Russia may sabotage them to punish Western nations for supporting Ukraine.

The alliance is seeking to boost efforts to protect undersea pipes and cables following attacks on the Nord Stream pipeline in September last year, which saw three of the four main lines which transports gas from Russia to Germany damaged.

Threats to undersea cables and pipelines have become a focus of public attention since the as-yet unexplained explosions crippled the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

*  *  *

Source:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12043535/Nato-fears-Russia-laid-mines-critical-European-undersea-infrastructure-points.html

[Kamaji]

Truth about the Ukraine invasion smuggled into Russia inside popular computer game

The Finnish newspaper created a devastated and war-torn Slavic city 'Vonya'
Russians have been prohibited from accessing media content produced abroad
READ MORE: Putin seen in the Kremlin for the first time since drone attack

By CHLOE LOUISE
4 May 2023

The truth about the Ukraine invasion was smuggled into Russia inside a very popular computer game.

Finland's largest daily newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, fought against the county's intense media restrictions by hiding news about the war in Ukraine inside the shooter game Counter-Strike.

The publication's editor-in-chief, Antero Mukka, said the paper had to get creative in trying to breach the restrictions.

This was felt necessary after Russia cracked down on independent journalism and banned free reporting.

Since Moscow set their 'special military operation' in motion, Russians have been prohibited from accessing media content produced abroad.

*  *  *

Source:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12049041/Truth-Ukraine-invasion-smuggled-Russia-inside-popular-computer-game.html

[Kamaji]

Video shows drone shot down above Kyiv in fourth attack against Ukrainian capital

By Ronny Reyes
May 4, 2023

At least one drone was shot down above the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday as officials condemned Russia’s fourth attack on the city this week.

Shocking video from the streets near the city’s Independence Square show a drone flying over the capital as military personnel fired anti-aircraft ammunition during a raid that lasted about 20 minutes.

Spectators appeared to look on in concern and confusion until the drone was shot down, erupting into a fiery blaze that plummeted down toward the capital.

The violent sight was immediately followed by screams from the people on the streets, echoed by sounds of explosions from the drone before it crashed.

Serhiy Popko, the city military administration head, told Al Jazeera the drone was taken down by the air defense force, with the aftermath causing a fire in the city’s Solom’yans’kyi district.

*  *  *

Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/05/04/drone-shot-down-above-kyiv-in-fourth-attack-against-ukrainian-capital/

[Timber Rattler]

Prizgozhin melting down.  It sure doesn't smell like victory for Wagner and the Russians...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1654266075968684032

[Kamaji]

Prizgozhin melting down.  It sure doesn't smell like victory for Wagner and the Russians...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1654266075968684032

I think this version will render in the forum itelf:

https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1654266075968684032

[Maj. Bill Martin]

That's not a guy who believes his side is winning.

[Kamaji]

That's not a guy who believes his side is winning.

[kevindavis007]

Check this out:

https://twitter.com/Roadster1978/status/1654512707469443072