Re: Inför Ryssarnas invasion (2022)
Postat: torsdag 20 oktober 2022 9:02
Putins krigslagar ändrar inget på slagfältet
Israel offers help with air-attack alerts, but Ukraine wants interceptors
Russia Shrinks Forces in Syria, a Factor in Israeli Strategy There
Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone?
Ska stoppa fartsyndare – misstänks nu användas i kriget i Ukraina
Putin inför krigslagar i fyra av de regioner som Ryssland påstår sig ha annekterat. Samtidigt evakuerar ryssarna en av dessa regioner, nämligen Cherson.DN skrev:I själva verket omfattar de ryska krigslagarna ett annat lands, internationellt erkända, territorium. Vilket gör att krigslagarna, liksom själva de illegala annekteringarna, blir alltmer värdelösa papper i takt med att Ukraina under sin motoffensiv återerövrar ockuperat land.
Det måste ses som ett misslyckande att Putin inför krigslagar i områden han knappt kontrollerar militärt. Det ändrar ingenting i den verkliga krigföringen, där de ryska styrkorna trycks tillbaka på flera fronter. Redan inom den närmaste veckan kan Cherson, den första regionhuvudstaden som Ryssland erövrade i början av kriget, bli befriad. Det gör att Kremls olika dekret snart kan gå till pappersåtervinningen.
Israel offers help with air-attack alerts, but Ukraine wants interceptors
Israel går till val den 1 november 2022 - det femte valet på fyra år. För närvarande finns det 13 partier i den lagstiftande församlingen Knesset. Två av partiledarna - Netanyahu och Lieberman - slåss om proryska röster. Valutgången kan påverka Israels linje. Dessa två partiledare står dock på olika sidor.Reuters skrev:Israel offered on Wednesday to help Ukrainians develop air attack alerts for civilians, signalling a softening of a policy of non-military intervention in the war after Kyiv appealed for ways to counteract Iranian-made drones being used by Russia.
Ukraine's ambassador, however, asked for systems that would shoot down the drones instead, while Defence Minister Benny Gantz said Israel was firm on not supplying Kyiv with weapons.
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Ukrainian Ambassador Yevgen Kornichuk told Reuters the system on offer was "not relevant any more", and confirmed the authenticity of an embassy letter, leaked to Israel's Walla news agency, urgently requesting to buy Iron Beam, Barak-8, Patriot, Iron Dome, David's Sling and Arrow interceptors from Israel.
Russia Shrinks Forces in Syria, a Factor in Israeli Strategy There
Ryska motgångar på slagfältet kan också förändra Israels kalkyl.The New York Times skrev:Russia recently redeployed critical military hardware and troops from Syria, according to three senior officials based in the Middle East, underscoring how its faltering invasion of Ukraine has eroded Moscow’s influence elsewhere and removing one of several obstacles to Israeli support for Ukraine.
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Iran’s growing military support for Russia, coupled with rising Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilians, have already resurfaced a debate in Israel in recent days about whether Israel should provide arms to Ukraine. Israel produces several air-defense systems that might be useful to Ukraine in shooting down missiles and drones, including the short-range Iron Dome, which Israel uses against rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, and the longer-range Barak 8.
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Israel is providing Ukraine with basic intelligence about Iranian drones used by Russia, and has also offered to examine the remains of drones that crashed in Ukraine, according to senior Ukrainian and Israeli officials.
Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone?
Förhoppningsvis röstar dessa ryssar inte på Netanyahu eller Lieberman.The New York Times skrev:On Monday, Moscow’s mayor announced that mobilization in the capital had officially ended. But many businesses were already feeling a downturn. In the two weeks following the call-up, the number of orders in Moscow restaurants with an average check of more than 1,500 rubles — about $25 — decreased by 29 percent over the same period last year. Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, closed 529 branches in September alone, according to Kommersant newspaper.
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At the Chop-Chop barbershop, Mr. Ermilov, the founder, said something similar. In late September, he left for Israel, and he now plans to open a business that has no physical presence in his home country and that is “less exposed to geographic risks.”
Ska stoppa fartsyndare – misstänks nu användas i kriget i Ukraina
Rysslands militär, som i Moskva brukar beskrivas som ”världens näst mäktigaste”, faller sönder inför våra ögon.Aftonbladet skrev:I skåpen sitter så kallade DSLR-kameror av märket Canon. Exakt likadana kameror har hittats i ryska hemmabyggda drönare.
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Totalt ska ett hundratal kameror runt om i landet ha stulits de senaste månaderna, enligt Trafikverket.