Notices by Hanse Mina (hanse_mina@mastodon.social), page 3

#Russia restricted foreign internet access across several regions over the weekend to test its national infrastructure.

As per local reports, not even virtual private network (VPN) apps managed to help citizens bypass internet restrictions.

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/russia-disconnects-several-regions-from-the-global-internet-to-test-its-sovereign-net

#Ukraine

"The Syrian example shows that #Russia can be kicked out and will go home. The Baltics were right – the West is strong enough to win. We don't need to fear "the Bear" in #Ukraine or anywhere else he is causing chaos."

Gabrielius #Landsbergis, MFA of #Lithuania

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1865746628059287746.html

#EU #Syria

Based on the map, #Damascus has fallen.

https://syria.liveuamap.com/

#Ukraine #Russia #Syria

Latest map of the situation in #Damascus.

Reuters, citing senior Syrian officials: Bashar al-Assad left Damascus to an unknown destination.

https://syria.liveuamap.com/

#Ukraine #Russia #Syria

A representative of the Russian Federation laughs in the #UN hall as the Ukrainian representative tells about the missile strike that killed Yevhenia #Bazylevych and her three daughters in #Lviv.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1864616312317575209.html

#Ukraine #Russia

“It’s never been this bad.” #Russia faces record loss of winter crops.

The share of poor and ungerminated winter crops for the 2025 harvest in the country “has reached an unprecedentedly high level - 38%

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/12/04/tak-ploho-nebilo-nikogda-rossii-grozit-rekordnaya-poterya-urozhaya-ozimih-a149495

#Ukraine

Troops were seen trying to enter the South Korean parliament on Wednesday after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in a surprise late-night TV address that slammed domestic political opponents and sent shockwaves through the country.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-declares-martial-law-2024-12-03/

#SouthKorea

#Germany’s Chief of Defense Carsten #Breuer suggested that #Russia may have been “exploring vulnerabilities” when the #DHL aircraft crashed near #Vilnius airport on Monday.

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article254682148/Maischberger-Bundeswehrgeneral-spricht-bei-Absturz-von-DHL-Maschine-von-einem-Muster.html

#Ukraine #EU #NATO

Despite the global recovery of the steel market, Russian metallurgists continue to decline in production. In October, according to the World Steel Association, steel production fell by 15.2% (5.6 million tons), and since the beginning of the year - by 6.8%.

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/11/27/proizvodstvo-stali-v-rossii-ruhnulo-na-15-a148914

#Ukraine #Russia

#Russia's acts of sabotage against Western targets may eventually prompt #NATO to consider invoking the alliance's Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of #Germany's foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-hybrid-attacks-may-lead-nato-invoking-article-5-says-german-intel-chief-2024-11-27/

#EU #Ukraine

Tulsi #Gabbard’s history with #Russia is even more concerning than you think

In almost every foreign conflict in which Russia had a hand, Gabbard backed #Moscow and railed against the #US.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tulsi-gabbard-dni-trump-syria-b2652285.html

#Ukraine

#Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit research group based in the #UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr4pr0gyyzo

#Ukraine #NorthKorea

The damaging of two undersea telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea should be presumed to be sabotage, #Germany said on Tuesday, while #Lithuania's armed forces boosted surveillance of its waters in response.

"No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally. I also don't want to believe in versions that these were ship anchors that accidentally caused the damage," German Defence Minister Boris #Pistorius said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/lithuania-steps-up-surveillance-sea-following-damage-undersea-cable-2024-11-19/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #NATO

#Russia's economy crumbling with food prices skyrocketing.

Currently, a kilogram of potatoes is at least 73% more expensive than at the start of the year, while the price of butter has increased by more than 30%.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1976701/russia-economy-crumbling-food-prices-putin

#Ukraine

Russians reportedly blew up the #Kurakhove Reservoir dam to flood the near by villages.

The area of the reservoir is ~16 km², the length is 40 km, the total volume is 62.5 million m³.

https://t.me/The3rdForceUA/26974

#Ukraine #Russia

German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz announced plans to resume dialogue with Russian President Vladimir #Putin “soon,” speaking on the ARD program “Caren Miosga,” Tagesspiegel reports.

This comes amid news from The Washington Post that #US President-elect Donald #Trump held a telephone conversation with Putin on 7 November.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/11/german-chancellor-scholz-plans-dialogue-with-putin-first-since-late-2022/

#Ukraine #Russia #Germany #EU

#EU leaders are trying to work out whether they can keep the Ukrainian war effort going if Donald #Trump decides to shut off support from the #US.

The EU has been the biggest provider of aid to #Ukraine, allocating €118 billion ($127 billion) since the start of the conflict, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The US has provided €85 billion in total.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-08/eu-is-looking-at-ramping-up-ukraine-aid-if-trump-pulls-the-plug

#Russia

The #US will send #Ukraine the full $6 billion in outstanding military aid before President-elect Donald #Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20, Deputy #Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina #Singh said at a briefing on Nov. 7.

Ukraine will receive $4 billion under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which pulls weapons from U.S. stocks, and $2 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-receive-6-billion-in-us-military-aid-before-trumps-term-begins-pentagon-confirms/

#Russia

As stated by the media, only 30% of the shells Russia is currently using are manufactured domestically. If this is accurate, Russian Soviet-era ammo arsenals should be empty by now. To prove or refute this claim, I’ve reviewed Russian arsenals, and here are my observations.

🧵 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1853848360525902227.html

#Ukraine #Russia #NorthKorea

A new analysis by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy suggests that stopping military aid to #Ukraine would cost #Germany’s economy “significantly more” than maintaining current support levels.

Germany’s average annual military support for Ukraine since the beginning of #Russia’s invasion amounts to only 0.1% of its GDP, while ending this support could result in costs of 1-2% of GDP annually.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/03/stopping-ukraine-aid-would-cost-berlin-10-20-times-more-than-current-support-think-tank-says/