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Maybe already discussed here, but I heard in a David Pakman vid clip that russia says Ukraine attacked the kremlin with a drone and it was masterminded by the USA.

David’s thoughts were lol ya right most likely a russian flase flag as it’s highly unlikely that an attack masterminded by the USA would result in just a flag pole being damaged. Also doesn’t make sense that any drone would get past air defences around the kremlin.

If that’s the whole story, sounds like bs. Pretty sure if the USA was gonna collab with Ukraine on attacking the kremlin they’d have done it when putin was there and they’ve have used something more like bunker busters or a couple MOAB’s vs whatever firecracker got delivered by a dji from radio shack.

But I guess putin generated some propaganda out of it to get his cult followers to double down on his Ukrainian liberation efforts or whatever.

A person doesn’t have to be an aeronautical engineer to realize a drone that small and low powered didn’t fly 400 km to reach the kremlin.

The Mugin-5 has a flight duration of over 7 hours.
https://www.muginuav.com/product/mugin- ... -platform/

The Ukrainian UJ-22 has a flight range of over 800 km in autonomous mode.

These are the most likely models of drone used in the attack and it is not beyond their capabilities.

This doesn't mean Ukraine is responsible, but it does mean it's within their abilities.

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Denys Davydov
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The Ukrainians would be more than justified if they tried to assassinate Putin. But they would not use a weapon so weak it can only damage a flagpole to kill a person who was not there.

Leaked Pentagon reports this year detail confidential proposals by the Ukrainian presidency to intensify attacks on Russian soil. They are the most compromising documents for Ukraine in its defense against the invasion, since they would confirm that its president, Volodimir Zelenski, is willing to cross the red lines marked by his international allies. Zelenski, according to information published this Sunday by The Washington Post, He has proposed occupying Russian municipalities on the other side of the border and even destroying the pipeline that supplies crude oil to Hungary.

These documents would be part of the massive leak of US intelligence information discovered last April. The suspect behind the disclosure of this secret material is a 21-year-old US soldier who was arrested a month ago.

The United States, France and Germany have made it clear that the war cannot spread to Russian territory. Both Zelenski and his foreign and defense ministers have reiterated that the weapons provided by their NATO allies will not be used to attack the enemy beyond their borders, but the documents that he has released The Washington Post they indicate that, behind closed doors, the Ukrainian political and military leadership may have other ideas. In a meeting last February with Valeri Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Zelensky regretted not having long-range missiles to destroy enemy military assets hundreds of kilometers from the front. The president has replied, in statements to the American newspaper, that these are only private conversations with his generals.

Ukraine regularly bombards, using artillery and drones, military and energy targets in the Russian provinces bordering its territory. It has also managed to land drone strikes hundreds of kilometers inside Russian borders, such as those that took place last December at the Engels and Dyagilevo airbases. This Saturday, two planes and two combat helicopters were shot down in the Russian province of Bryansk, bordering northern Ukraine. As usual, the Ukrainian authorities do not acknowledge responsibility for these attacks.

Sergei Melnik, general in command of the Kharkov province, in eastern Ukraine, defended last April in an interview with EL PAÍS the need to destroy enemy positions in the Russian province of Belgorod, bordering on Kharkov, because since there they are firing on Ukrainian territory. Melnik also added that it was essential to be able to attack the Russian air bases from which the bombers take off, which, without leaving Russian soil, fire cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine, both military and civilian.

The leak of the Pentagon documents may stop the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine’s NATO allies. The UK announced on May 11 that it has delivered British-French-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles to kyiv. This weapon has a range of 250 kilometers. The United States agreed last February to supply the GLSDB long-range missiles. These are tactical rockets designed to eliminate very precise targets, but without the ability to destroy large infrastructure.

The information published by The Washington Post it includes a Zelensky meeting last January in which the president proposed that his troops cross the border to seize Russian townships, with the aim of “giving Kiev an advantage in negotiations with Moscow.” Ukrainian special forces units have already operated inside Russia, but the proposal to invade townships would put Ukraine’s allies in a diplomatic situation of maximum tension. Russia has been building defense fortifications on its border with Ukraine for months. The Kremlin has accused kyiv and its NATO partners of wanting to invade part of Russia. Speaking to the washington post, Zelensky assured that his armed forces have no intention of entering Russian territory. The Ukrainian leader added that no one in Ukraine has given orders to attack on the soil of the invading country.

The documents show that the United States is infiltrating the powers of the Ukrainian state. They offer pinpoint details, such as Zelensky’s proposal in a mid-February meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Yuliya Svrydenko to sabotage the Druzhba pipeline, which supplies oil to Hungary. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is the main EU leader in favor of understanding with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The New York Times reported last March that US intelligence has indications that Ukrainian groups sabotaged the Nordstream marine gas pipeline connecting Russia with Germany in 2022.

The Pentagon also has to its credit a 2022 plan, which was not carried out, by the intelligence services of the Ukrainian army to attack Russian positions in Syria, in covert operations together with Kurdish groups opposed to the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship. Russia is the main military support that El Asad has had to stay in power.

Zelensky argues in The Washington Post the need to use “any trick” to defend against an invasion “in which so many people have died, in which mass graves have been discovered and in which there has been torture.”

These documents would be part of the massive leak of US intelligence information discovered last April. The suspect behind the disclosure of this secret material is a 21-year-old US soldier who was arrested a month ago.

One part of this story leaps out at me as very odd:


How would a "21-year-old US soldier" gain access to so much intelligence info in the first place?

The US says it will support providing advanced fighter jets including US-made F-16s to Ukraine and also back training Ukrainian pilots to fly them.

A senior White House official said President Biden had told G7 leaders in Japan of the decision.
President Volodomyr Zelensky, who has requested fighter jets for months, said the decision would "greatly enhance our army in the sky".

US approval for the scheme means other nations can export their F-16s.

This is because the US legally has to approve the re-export of equipment purchased by allies.

The US would "support a joint effort with our allies and partners to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft, including F-16s, to further strengthen and improve the capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force", the official said.

"As the training takes place over the coming months, our coalition of countries participating in this effort will decide when to actually provide jets, how many we will provide, and who will provide them."

Senior US military officials who've spoken to the BBC in the past have questioned whether Western-supplied fighter jets will dramatically alter the conflict, with Russia's large air force still struggling to gain air superiority and the high density of air defence systems on the ground.

So this change in US policy is significant. However, training pilots to fly F-16 jets will take time. Ukraine does have more trained fighter pilots than aircraft at present. But even training experienced fighter pilots on a new plane could take up to four months for an already experienced pilot.

And then nations will need to agree to supply the jets. The F-16 is widely used by a number of European and Middle East nations as well as the US, which still manufactures the aircraft. Who is willing to supply the jets is the next key question.

The UK, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark also welcomed the US move.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted: "The UK will work together with the USA and the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark to get Ukraine the combat air capability it needs."

The UK does not have any F-16s in its air force itself.

Denmark has announced it too will now be able to support the training of pilots, but did not confirm whether it would send any jets to Ukraine. Denmark's air force has 40 F-16s, around 30 of which are operational.

Mr Sunak said the UK would set up a flight school to train Ukrainian pilots. French leader Emmanuel Macron said his country was willing to do the same but would not provide jets.

Some of the opposition to sending the jets has centred around maintenance issues, with former Nato official Dr Jamie Shea saying they require extensive maintenance after almost every fight.

Some Nato member countries have also expressed their worries that handing jets to Ukraine would be viewed as escalating the war, risking a direct confrontation with Russia.

At the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine was believed to have around 120 combat capable aircraft - mainly consisting of aging Soviet-era MiG-29s and Su-27s.
But officials say they need up to 200 jets to match Moscow's air-power - which is thought to be five or six times greater than Kyiv's.