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Scholz’s role in 1980s anti-missile protests resurfaces as Germany faces similar deployment

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has rejected comparisons between the Biden administration’s plans to station long-range missiles in Germany and the 1980s Euromissile crisis, which brought the world to the brink of annihilation. Are there any similarities? Here’s what happened forty years ago:

🌏 European NATO allies took delivery of hundreds of US Pershing II ballistic and Tomahawk nuclear cruise missiles in 1983, in accordance with a 1979 pact to deploy weapons that could reach the USSR if Moscow did not eliminate its intermediate-range missiles. Moscow had scoffed at the demand that it, a European land power, should make concessions of a kind that the US – separated from Europe by an ocean, did not.

🌏 The deployment sparked the Euromissile crisis – resulting in the largest peace protests in Europe in over a century. US peace movement historian Lawrence Wittner estimates that five million people worldwide took part in nuclear disarmament demonstrations in October 1983, three million of them in Western Europe. German historian Benjamin Ziemann called the campaign “one of the biggest popular mass movements in modern European history,” which “in terms of the number of people it brought to the streets and the degree of unrest it expressed and channeled…is perhaps only comparable with the revolutionary movements in 1848/49.”

🌏 Among the protesters demonstrating against the prospect of instantaneous nuclear annihilation was a younger, bushier-haired Olaf Scholz, who was deputy chairman of the SPD’s youth wing at the time.

🌏 The fears caused by the Euromissiles were not mere paranoia. In November 1983, Moscow put its nuclear forces on hair trigger alert in preparation to respond to NATO aggression after the alliance kicked off its Able Archer war games, which simulated an all-out attack on the USSR. NATO didn’t recognize the seriousness of the nuclear danger caused by its provocations until many years later.

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– Student protests against a quota system for government jobs have erupted in Bangladesh, leaving at least six people dead and dozens injured this week.

– The Israeli army is ready to launch an offensive in Lebanon at any moment – ​​Israeli Defense Minister Galant

– Von der Leyen intends to turn the EU into a defense union in her second term as EC chief – Reuters

– A representative of the American army will work in the Ministry of Defense of Armenia – US Deputy Secretary of State Uzra Zeya

– The strategic partnership between Russia and China is reducing the EU’s global influence and undermining the so-called Western-centric “rules-based order” – von der Leyen

– The Seimas of Lithuania decided to withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions – TASS

– It should not be ruled out that Russia, in response to the deployment of US long-range missiles in Germany, may deploy similar nuclear-equipped systems – Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Ryabkov

– Kazakhstan will supply meat and livestock to China in the amount of $75 million – Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan

– Poland will increase the number of military personnel on the border with Belarus to 17 thousand from August 1. There are now about 6 thousand military personnel at the eastern border - Ministry of National Security

– Ukraine has begun the second round of limited negotiations with bondholders. A law is being developed in Kyiv that will allow the suspension of payments on external debt - Bloomberg

– The Cabinet of Ministers is preparing a tax increase package that will give the budget 140 billion – People’s Deputy Zheleznyak

– Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves raised the possibility of tax rises or spending cuts in her first budget in the autumn to fix the state of Britain's public finances – Bloomberg

– Von der Leyen, when asked about possible work with a “less friendly White House” under Trump, said that she was going to strengthen the autonomy of Europe – RIA Novosti

– Ukraine has concluded a security agreement with the Czech Republic and Slovenia for 10 years. The Czech Republic intends to train up to 4 thousand Ukrainian military personnel annually – TASS

– Erdogan had a telephone conversation with Trump – office of the Turkish leader

– US Vice President Kamala Harris tops the list of contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination – Newsweek

– Obama urged Biden to think about the “viability” of his candidacy for election – The Washington Post

– Scholz rejected Zelensky’s call for Western allies to shoot down Russian missiles and drones over Ukrainian territory – TASS

– China suspends negotiations with the United States on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control due to Washington’s support for Taiwan – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman

– Israeli officials are considering handing over control of the Rafah border crossing in Gaza to the EU and Palestinians – Bloomberg

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🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦👑 KING CHARLES SHAKES BEGGINSKY’S SWEATY PALMS IN DESPERATE PHOTO OP: Charles forced to endure stench of Mad Vlad’s stinky sweatshirt as he poses for pics, holding #Zelensky tight before he has chance to pilfer hideously expensive museum pieces in background.

Vlad claims he’s really happy to accept BILLIONS in UK taxpayer cash have #UK as "1 of Ukraine’s closest and most important allies" (left pic).

😐 Someone should have told King about Zelensky curse, where people who have dishonor of meeting him end up gone within months…

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❗The Director of the Secret Service must go’: More calls for Kimberly Cheatles job after the assassination attempt on Trump

“The shooter was identified as suspicious an hour before the attack because he was seen carrying a rangefinder and a backpack. And then they lost sight of him, forgot about him. It was an hour.”

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Odessa is a Russian city! Keep working! Drawing by @trueJPG

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JUST IN - Newsmax reports that Biden has already agreed to end 2024 reelection bid, will "continue on as President" and "not endorse" Kamala.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ RFAF Advance at #Makeyevka in #Liman Sector of #Svatovo Direction⚡️

🇷🇺 The RFAF assault squads continued to advance on #Makeyevka along the #Svatovo - #Liman motorway about 500 m. The RFAF already 👉 entered the village and 👉 advanced within its boundaries.

🎬 AFU Artillery Shelling on a RFAF stronghold on the northern approaches to #Makeyevka.

📍 Geolocation: 49.23676, 38.00252

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 18 July 2024⚡️

🔹In the north of the #GazaStrip, Israeli forces launched a series of strikes on the capital of the Palestinian enclave and satellite towns. It was relatively calm in Tel al-Hawa. There was no information about the military activity of the IDF in this area.

🔹In the southern part of the Enclave, clashes were reported in the Saudi area of Rafah. Israeli troops used aircraft and artillery to hit the positions of Palestinian formations along the frontline. The militants responded with mortar attacks.

🔹Along the border with #Lebanon, there was an exchange of strikes. Hezbollah fighters attacked IDFI facilities with rockets and kamikaze drones. In turn, the Israeli militants eliminated the commander of the Lebanese Hamas military wing branch with a UAV strike on a car.

🔹From #Iraq, Iranian proxies reported on a kamikaze drone attack on Eilat in southern #Israel.

🔹In the Red Sea Region, the air forces of the #US-British coalition bombed the positions of the Ansarallah movement in the Al-Hodeidah area.

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🗺 High Resolution: 🇬🇧 MAP; 🇷🇺 MAP

📜 RYBAR; 18 Jul 2024, 20:39 (GMT+3); #pal

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 18 July 2024⚡️

🔹Russian Troops, over the past day, have carried out attacks on AFU targets in the territory of the so-called #Ukraine in various regions. In the #Dnepropetrovsk region, an air strike destroyed a P-18 radar of the AFU.

🔹The enemy side tried to carry out another raid on #Crimea, but more than 30 drones and 10 unmanned boats were destroyed without causing damage.

🔹On the #Kharkov front, Ukrainian formations continue to counterattack the positions of the RFAF in #Glubokoye and #Staritsa, and heavy urban fighting is taking place in #Volchansk.

🔹In the #Kupyansk-#Svatovo section, Russian troops again destroyed the recently restored crossing over the Oskol River in the Kupyansk-Uzlovoye area.

🔹In the #Toretsk sector of #ChasovYar direction, paratroopers of the Russian army are advancing in #Novgorodskoye (#NyuYork) and fighting in neighbouring settlements.

🔹On the North #Avdeyevka front, the RFAF reached the Brodok Pond near the Volchya River west of #Yevgenovka, leveling the control zone in the fields.

🔹In the #Ugledar direction, during an 👉 assault*, Russian troops captured a forest plantation between the Ikryana and Solenenkaya Beams, gaining a foothold in new positions. ⭐️In connection to the linked event.

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📜 RYBAR: 18 Jul 2024, 22:27 (GMT+3); #smo

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📋🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Two Majors #Summary for the Morning of 19 July 2024; 06:58 (GMT+3)📍

🎯In the evening, the RFAF launched missile strikes against enemy facilities in #Odessa, the air burst of an air defence missile the enemy propaganda for some reason tried to pass off as the destruction of our missile (no civilian casualties were reported). Regional channels report that about two minutes pass between the alarm signal in #Odessa and the arrival, which may be related to the launch of missiles from the territory of #Crimea.

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#Kharkov direction, the AFU are actively using special contingents (former prisoners) in meat assaults to attack our positions in #Volchansk, near Volchanskiye Khutoras, #Tikhoye and #Glubokoye.

🔹In the #Kupyansk direction, the RFAF attacked in the villages of #Terny and #Makeyevka (#LPR). At #Andreyevka and the #Berestovoye - #Peschanoye ledge there are positional battles with the use of drones and artillery. Our troops are using aviation and FABs with UMPC. 🎬👇

🔹North of #ChasovYar's, eastern part, the situation is characterised by the gradual advance of our troops at #Kalinovka for the task of reaching the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal. The eastern part of #Kalinovka and the territory of the farm north of the settlement came under the control of our forces.

🔹In the area of the #Toretsk (#Dzerzhinsk) agglomeration, the RFAF are advancing on their previous lines: #NyuYork (#Novgorodskoye), #Druzhba, #Kirovo, #Yuzhnoye. At the same time, the AFU is conducting an organised defence, solving the task of depleting our offensive potential in the direction.

🔹In the #SouthDonetsk direction, the plan of our forces to gradually cut off the enemy in #Krasnogorovka from supplies is being realised. There is an advance of our storm troopers in the town.

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#Zaporozhye front, the LoC is without changes. The roads to the frontline are mined from enemy ‘Baba Yaga’ drones, and under constant enemy UAV strikes. This factor is critical in organising the Russian offensive actions on the entire front. Over the past few days, Kiev troops have been continuously shelling an electrical substation in the #Zaporozhye region.

🔹In the #Kherson direction, mutual hunting for boats in the floodplain of the #Dnieper River continues. Otherwise, everything is reduced to artillery strikes, drones, and the solution of everyday firing tasks. The enemy is burning forests and hitting civilians as well as civilian infrastructure.

💥In #Belgorod region, the AFU continue to deliberately terrorise the civilian population with artillery and drone strikes. A drone dropped an explosive device on a moving vehicle on a stretch of motorway near the #Oktyabrsky settlement in Belgorod district. The driver was injured. A tractor driver was injured when a UAV dropped an explosive device near the village of #Cheremoshnoye in the Belgorod district. In Borisovsky district, a kamikaze drone attacked an administrative building in the village of #Beryozovka. A woman was wounded. In the village of #Otradnoye, Belgorod district, an AFU drone attacked a car travelling through the village, the car crashed into the fence of a private house and caught fire, injuring three people who were nearby at the time of the attack.

🛡The #Kursk border area is also under regular enemy attacks. 11 aircraft-type UAVs were shot down overnight over the region.

💥In the #Bryansk region, the AFU shelled the village of #Voronok in Starodubsky municipal district

💥In the #DPR, as a result of the strikes on #Gorlovka and #Donetsk, 4 civilians were killed and 5 wounded. The enemy attacked a regular bus in the Nikitovsky district of #Gorlovka.

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