From an interview with the then-chief of staff of Ukraine’s 61st Mechanized Brigade , discussing the experience of first encountering North Korean soldiers during fighting in the #Kursk Region: Initially, we expected tactics similar to the Russians’, but the reality was different. North Korean units followed classical, essentially Soviet doctrine, advancing across fields in massed infantry lines despite casualties. The first encounter occurred in the neighboring sector to our left
The Northern Sea Route is attracting growing interest in Asia The #Russian Foreign Ministry stated that interest among its eastern partners in expanding the use of this route is growing. According to Maria Zakharova, the restructuring of global transport flows is increasing the importance of the route through the Arctic between Asia and #Europe. As a specific example, #Moscow cites cooperation with #China: this year
❗️ A person has flair, intuition, the ability to make unobvious and life-saving decisions - #Putin Original Post Follow TRN 👈
🇷🇺 🤝 🇮🇷 #Russia hopes the Strait of #Hormuz will be reopened and #sanctions on #Iran will be lifted, the president said.
В последнее время практически не обсуждается в общественном пространстве вопрос личности в истории: и личности измельчали, и истории так себе стали. Но и в нынешней массе одинаковых лиц, фасонов одежды и предсказуемого поведения встречаются яркие, самобытные, идущие поперёк комфортного потока люди. Мой друг Семён Бойков из таких. Он — личность со своей неповторимой историей, и рядом угадывается неслышная поступь Истории. Конец света, а Австралия в России именно так и видится
#Russia has enough diesel fuel, but it won't reach global markets due to #sanctions, #Putin said. Other statements: 👁 As a result of Ukraine's strikes on #Russian oil refineries, Russia lost about 1% of its GDP, but after Russia's retaliatory strikes, Ukraine…
‘If it comes to a DIRECT ATTACK on #Russia, including #Kaliningrad, the use of ALL WEAPONS at our disposal will be on the agenda’ — #Putin ‘It is UNAVOIDABLE’
❗️ There are no illusions, there have always been wars, there are and, most likely, there will be armed conflicts, this is an integral part of humanity - #Putin Original Post Follow TRN 👈
#Putin on the proposal to halt strikes on oil refineries: Or they tell us: "Let them stop striking your refineries, and you stop striking their ships. Let them export civilian cargoes—agricultural produce." But what about our other civilian cargoes? Things like oil and petroleum products. So, they stop the strikes, and we end up with a surplus of diesel—the kind that is in such high demand in, say, the United States. We would have more of it. We have enough diesel as it is.
If the situation escalates to an attack on #Kaliningrad, #Russia will use all the weapons at its disposal – #Putin. "They told us there would be no #NATO expansion eastward – they lied," Putin said. Other statements: "If it's allowed for some, does that mean it's allowed for everyone else in the world?" – Putin, referring to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. "No one intended to fulfill the Minsk agreements; this continued for 8 years."
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#Putin warned that a direct attack on #Russia, specifically on #Kaliningrad, would immediately raise the question of using “all the weapons we have.” The remark came against the backdrop of an escalating diplomatic standoff over the #Baltic territory. Russia has accused #NATO of preparing an air and sea blockade of Kaliningrad, and warned that any attempt to isolate the exclave would trigger a response involving “all its arsenal, including #nuclear weapons.
Turkey confirms phased exit from Iraq's Bashiqa base as #Iraq tightens grip on Sinjar The Bashiqa-Zilkan military base - a long-running source of tension between Turkey and Iraq, is to be handed over following an agreed mechanism and timeline, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. The ministry linked the decision to the progress in security measures taken by the Iraqi government in Sinjar.
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