Monthly Archives: June 2024

2024-06-23: News Headlines

Larry Johnson (2024-06-23). The United States and Ukraine Have a Math Problem. sonar21.com Despite U.S. claims that it will supply Ukraine what it needs to fight the Russians, the math on the U.S. side does not add up. What do I mean? If you calculate what the United States is producing and subtract what Ukraine is using up with daily fires — whether we are talking 155 mm howitzers, ATACMS or Patriot missiles — the United States is falling way short. | Let's take the Patriot missile as one example. In 2010, Lockheed Martin had produced over 10,000 Patriot missiles. Can we agree that this quantity was not held solely by the United States? According to Wikipedia, the United States built…

noemail (2024-06-23). Moscow Mulls Nuclear Timing Amid Rising Threats. devdiscourse.com Moscow may change the timing for use of its nuclear weapons if threats against Russia increase, the RIA state news agency cited Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian lower house's defence committee, as saying on Sunday. The former general's comments follow recent warnings by President Vladimir Putin that Moscow may change its nuclear doctrine, which lays out the conditions in which such weapons could be used.

newleftreview (2024-06-23). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-06-23). Andrew Bridgen: We are already at war with Russia. expose-news.com On Thursday, Andrew Bridgen, an independent candidate for Northwest Leicestershire, joined Resistance GB journalist Will Coleshill. One of the many shocking revelations he made is that the UK is already at war …

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-06-23). Defense intercepts 33 Ukrainian drones in four Russian regions. plenglish.com In the statement published Sunday on its official Telegram page, it is specified that most of these unmanned aerial vehicles (28) were intercepted in Bryansk province; two were also shot down in Smolensk province; the same number in Lipetsk; and one in Tula province. | Aleksandr Bogomaz, the governor of Bryansk region, reported that an attempted terrorist attack was perpetrated against this territory on Sunday. | He added that, thanks to the professionalism of the anti-aircraft defense, these attacks did not cause any casualties or destruction, all drones were repelled and all targets were eliminated. | Russian…

Inter Press Service (2024-06-23). European Nuclear Deterrent a Harebrained Illegal Proposal. pressenza.com It is quite astonishing and clearly insane, that Manfred Weber, the German leader of the European Union's center-right European People's Party, now expected to come in first in the European Parliament election scheduled on June 6-9th, is calling for the EU's own nuclear "deterrent"—arguing that the US-stationed nuclear weapons in five NATO states, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherland, and Turkey, may be inadequate protection for Europe's security should Trump, that great friend of Russia, be elected! | By Alice Slater | There is a total disconnect from reality in the Western world. It is driven by what h…

presstv.ir (2024-06-23). Oil depots on fire in Russia's Rostov region after drone attack: Officials. presstv.ir Several oil storage tanks were on fire after a drone attack early on Tuesday in the town of Azov in Russia.

presstv.ir (2024-06-23). Russia's Pacific Fleet holds naval drills off Kamchatka Peninsula. presstv.ir The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy holds exercises June 18-28 in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

aljazeera (2024-06-23). Video of deadly Russian missile strike hitting Ukraine's Kharkiv. aljazeera.com Video shows the moment a Russian bomb struck an apartment in Kharkiv, killing at least three people and injuring 50.

newleftreview (2024-06-23). Joy Neumeyer: Moscow's Story. newleftreview.org Joy Neumeyer on Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers and Russia's War. Twin studies, scholarly and less so, of the uses of the past in Putin's war for Ukraine.

aljazeera (2024-06-23). Why did the Ukraine Peace Summit fail? aljazeera.com The Global South is not buying the Ukrainian claim to colonial victimhood.

Agence France-Presse (2024-06-23). Ukraine war: Russia blames US for deadly missile attack on 'peaceful residents' in Crimea. scmp.com The attack on Russian-annexed Crimea, killed five people, including three children, and wounded more than 100, Moscow said, and used US-supplied ATACMS missiles.

aljazeera (2024-06-23). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 849. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 849th day, these are the main developments.

hindustantimes (2024-06-23). Putin's Rage On Full Display; Destroys Ukraine's Western Arms Warehouses In Missile & Drone Strikes. hindustantimes.com The Russian Army, on June 22, claimed to have attacked Western-supplied air weapon depots in Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry said the warehouses, storing western-supplied weapons, were attacked with long-range air and sea-based weapons and drones. The Russian army reportedly also attacked Ukraine's Northeastern city of Kharkiv.

Associated Press (2024-06-23). Ukraine war: US-supplied weapons proving successful inside Russia — 'we can do a lot'. scmp.com Ukrainian forces pushed Russian positions back, and even mounted small offensive actions, after Washington allowed Kyiv to use US-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory.

aljazeera (2024-06-23). Russia, Ukraine conduct air attacks on multiple cities as war intensifies. aljazeera.com Russia says four killed in attacks by Kyiv, while Russian strikes on Ukraine cause injuries and damage to buildings.

Staff (2024-06-23). Two European Thorns in the Empire's Side: Rightist Orban and Leftist Fico (and Look What Happened to Him). defenddemocracy.press by Eve Ottenberg Jun 14, 2024 Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban may be a far-right politician, but he also opposes the west's proxy war in Ukraine and that, much more than his extreme conservatism, is what infuriates imperial henchmen. The European Union is in a constant snit over Orban, because every time that organization turns …

hindustantimes (2024-06-23). US Warship Reaches South Korea; War Clouds After Putin-Kim Sign 'NATO-Like' Pact | Details. hindustantimes.com The US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt reached the South Korean port city of Busan on June 21. The nuclear-powered warship will take part in joint military exercises later this month with South Korea and Japan. This comes amid heightened tensions in the Korean peninsula after Russian President Vladimir Putin and the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, signed a 'NATO-like' pact. Watch…

Bloomberg,dpa (2024-06-23). US election 2024: Trump has picked vice-president nominee, will attend debate against Biden. scmp.com The top vice presidential contenders, include North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, and Senator JD Vance of Ohio.

Maxime Duriez (2024-06-23). European Union General Affairs Council must address continued rule of law and human rights violations in Hungary and Poland. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international NGOs sent a letter to EU ministers ahead of the EU General Affairs Council's meeting on 25 June 2024 where member States will hold a hearing on the situation in Hungary under the Article 7.1 TEU procedure.
In the letter, the signatory organisations point to the continued deterioration of the situation in Hungary, which fails to comply with Europea Union rule of law recommendations. Major concerns include judicial (…) | – |

Staff (2024-06-23). La proposition de Mélenchon pour l' Ukraine. defenddemocracy.press par Dimitris Scarpalezos L' interview de Jeffrey Sachs montre que la proposition de Mélenchon d' organiser de referendums dans differents regions d' Ukraine, pour que les habitants decident librement dans quel etat veulent vivre, est la seule décente a la foi pour éviter la guerre généralisée et le risque nucléaire et pour respecter les droits des peuples. …

teleSUR, JCM (2024-06-23). ONU condena más de 500 asesinatos de palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Más de 500 palestinos han muerto desde el 7 de octubre en actos de violencia en la ocupada Cisjordania vinculados al asedio del Ejército israelí de ocupación en Gaza.

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