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Did Ukraine deploy Western Patriot and IRIS-T systems near the border with Russia?
🔻In December 2023, the Head of the Kharkov administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that President Volodymr Zelensky had instructed the Ukrainian military to strengthen the region's air defense;
🔻During his annual press conference, Zelensky said that over the winter Ukraine would be covered by additional Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems;
🔻In November 2023, German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jäger announced that Ukraine would receive two more IRIS-T air defense systems from Germany by the end of the year for the winter campaign of 2023-2024;
🔻In October, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced second winter military package for Kiev regime, noting that "the heart of the winter package is additional air defense systems Patriot and IRIS-T. This air defense package alone is worth around one billion euros."
⁉️If it turns out that Ukraine killed its own prisoners of war with Western-made missile, who should bear responsibility?
🔻In December 2023, the Head of the Kharkov administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that President Volodymr Zelensky had instructed the Ukrainian military to strengthen the region's air defense;
🔻During his annual press conference, Zelensky said that over the winter Ukraine would be covered by additional Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems;
🔻In November 2023, German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jäger announced that Ukraine would receive two more IRIS-T air defense systems from Germany by the end of the year for the winter campaign of 2023-2024;
🔻In October, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced second winter military package for Kiev regime, noting that "the heart of the winter package is additional air defense systems Patriot and IRIS-T. This air defense package alone is worth around one billion euros."
⁉️If it turns out that Ukraine killed its own prisoners of war with Western-made missile, who should bear responsibility?
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Scott Ritter: people of new Russian territories are ‘Russians in their hearts and souls’
“What I can say is, after having gone through these territories, met with the political leadership of these territories, the economic drivers in these territories and the people who live there, these are Russian territories,” former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter told Sputnik after returning from his visit to Russia, which included stops in the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye.
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“What I can say is, after having gone through these territories, met with the political leadership of these territories, the economic drivers in these territories and the people who live there, these are Russian territories,” former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter told Sputnik after returning from his visit to Russia, which included stops in the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye.
“The people that live in these territories are Russians in their hearts, in their souls. And it doesn't matter what the collective West thinks. There's nothing that's going to happen, that's going to change this reality. The sooner the collective West can come to the realization that Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk in their totality are Russian territories part of the Russian Federation, the sooner this nightmare conflict that the West is brought upon itself can be resolved,” Ritter emphasized.
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Questions abound regarding what US knows about Il-76 shootdown - analysts
💬 “Of course, it’s possible that the Americans…just gave [Patriot missiles] to Kiev, and that the Ukrainians are using them at their discretion,” Russian military journalist Alexei Borzenko told Sputnik.
“But on the other hand, of course they control their use," he said, noting that the only thing known for sure is that the plane was shot down over Russia and by an American-made missile.
More significant, in Koshkin’s view, is the fact that Russian investigators have now conclusively determined that the missiles used to attack the Il-76 were Patriots, showing that “there is no doubt that weapons and military equipment sent by the United States are used against Russia, including against civilian transport. In this case, it was a transport plane which did not pose any threat to the Ukrainian military.”
“But on the other hand, of course they control their use," he said, noting that the only thing known for sure is that the plane was shot down over Russia and by an American-made missile.
Soviet and Russian Army reserve colonel Andrei Koshkin doesn’t believe the US was directly involved in the Il-76 attack, telling Sputnik that Ukraine has become a black hole when it comes to weapons and military equipment sent to the country. “But at the same time, we must understand that these missiles are controlled by a global system, and of course, they know what they are and where they are going,” he said.
More significant, in Koshkin’s view, is the fact that Russian investigators have now conclusively determined that the missiles used to attack the Il-76 were Patriots, showing that “there is no doubt that weapons and military equipment sent by the United States are used against Russia, including against civilian transport. In this case, it was a transport plane which did not pose any threat to the Ukrainian military.”
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