Russian special military operation in Ukraine #45

Kiev considering ‘holding Crimea hostage’ – WaPo

Ukraine reportedly plans to use the Russian peninsula as leverage in negotiations with Moscow

Ukrainian officials aim to station long-range weapons near Crimea in order to gain the upper hand in future peace negotiations with Russia, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter.

According to the Post, the Ukrainian leadership shared the plans with CIA head William Burns during his secret trip to Kiev last month, where he met with President Vladimir Zelensky.

Zelensky and his aides are reportedly devising plans to end the fighting “on terms that are acceptable to Russia and the Ukrainian people.” To achieve this, they hope to gain leverage over Moscow by retaking “substantial territory by the fall,” and, “in an ideal scenario,” station artillery and rocket systems on the border with Crimea, where the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is located.

By “holding hostage” the peninsula, Kiev wants to “open negotiations” and demand that “Russia accept whatever security guarantees Ukraine can secure from the West,” the Post said.

The vulnerability of Russian helicopters (and jets) against Western manpads

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https://www.rt.com/russia/579018-ukraine-crimea-hostage-plan/

Kiev considering ‘holding Crimea hostage’ – WaPo

Ukraine reportedly plans to use the Russian peninsula as leverage in negotiations with Moscow

Ukrainian officials aim to station long-range weapons near Crimea in order to gain the upper hand in future peace negotiations with Russia, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter.

According to the Post, the Ukrainian leadership shared the plans with CIA head William Burns during his secret trip to Kiev last month, where he met with President Vladimir Zelensky.

Zelensky and his aides are reportedly devising plans to end the fighting “on terms that are acceptable to Russia and the Ukrainian people.” To achieve this, they hope to gain leverage over Moscow by retaking “substantial territory by the fall,” and, “in an ideal scenario,” station artillery and rocket systems on the border with Crimea, where the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is located.

By “holding hostage” the peninsula, Kiev wants to “open negotiations” and demand that “Russia accept whatever security guarantees Ukraine can secure from the West,” the Post said.

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A special aircraft WC-135R Constant Phoenix of the US Air Force was deployed on June 30 to the Chania airbase in Crete. It is from this base that RQ-4B Global Hawk reconnaissance UAVs and RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft fly to the Black Sea region.

WC-135R is designed to collect information about radioactive radiation and control nuclear tests.

ALAMO wrote:

Werewolf wrote:[
We here are getting told only lies about North Korea and they are not crazy and quite sobber regarding world affairs and what is going on in the world. Kim Jung Un studied in Switzerland and speaks German.

Well, I have never been to NK, so won't dare to judge the matter.
But I used to get familiar with NK construction and shipyard workers. It is a hardly known fact that NK is exporting labor on a wide scale, and this labor is being used in the EU countries without any hesitation.
What is the most bizarre from the perspective of NK workers are involved in South Korean construction sites/investments.
Sooooo ... let's say that I do have my own opinion at least about that.

Belisarius wrote:

The vulnerability of Russian helicopters (and jets) against Western manpads

Thousands of MANPADS launched, less than 100 aircraft lost and hundreds of thousands sorties made by VKS say otherwise.