Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2

[khansaheeb]

Belarus foreign minister Makei dies suddenly - Belta

Belarus's long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday, two days before he was meant to meet his Russian counterpart.

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2 minute readNovember 26, 20228:27 AM PSTLast Updated 10 hours ago

Belarus foreign minister Makei dies suddenly - Belta​

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Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei looks on during a joint news conference with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran October 26, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Nov 26 (Reuters) - Belarus's long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday, two days before he was meant to meet his Russian counterpart.
"Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei has passed away suddenly," Belta reported without giving further detail. Makei had held his post since 2012.
Makei, 64, attended a conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) - a military alliance of several post soviet states - in Yerevan earlier this week and was due to meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday.

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Before the presidential elections and mass anti-government protests in Belarus in 2020, Makei had been one of the initiators of efforts to improve Belarus' relations with the West and had criticised Russia.
However, he abruptly changed his stance after the start of the protests, saying they were inspired by agents of the West.
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February, Makei, a supporter of close ties between Moscow and Minsk, said the West had provoked the war and that the Ukrainian authorities should agree to the Russian terms of peace.

A few days before the start of the war, Makei promised that there would be no attack on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. A few days later, Russian troops proved that he was wrong.
"We are shocked by the reports of the death of the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted in her Telegram channel. "Official condolences will be published soon."
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who retained power despite the protests of 2020, also expressed his condolences.
Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, commenting on the minister's death called Makei a traitor to the Belarusian people.
"In 2020, Makei betrayed the Belarusian people and supported tyranny. This is how the Belarusian people will remember him," Tsikhanouskaya said.

 

[PakFactor]

Ukraine's 'People's Satellite' Helping Expose Russian Equipment: Kyiv (msn.com)

@LeGenD @RescueRanger

This war is a case study of how a minor power outwitted a more significant force through technological power, albeit even if provided these assets during the conflict.
It should be studied in PMA, and funds allocated to replicate many of what the Ukrainians have been doing, all thought that's asking for too much from our guys.

I was reading another article about the unmanned naval vehicle used last month to knock out a Russian battleship that was crudely built in Ukraine.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596636624284430336

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596571455004807174

 

[khansaheeb]

Guided artillery seems to have taken technological leaps. Smart munitions is taking toll on both sides.

 

[Soldier35]

Archival episode of the battle made by a Ukrainian soldier in the Kherson direction, presumably in September. In the video, Ukrainian BTR-70s received from Macedonia. The result of the battle at the end of the video.

The Russian calculation of the Tor-M2U air defense system showed the destruction of the UAV of the Ukrainian army. Usually, the work of SAM crews is not as interesting as the actions of combat units of other troops, since in most cases you cannot see the result. In this case, this is not the case, the moment of the UAV hit is shown on the screen of the air defense system, the UAV type could not be established. The Tor-M2U air defense system is a modification of the 2009 complex, the air defense system can direct missiles at 8 targets and simultaneously fire at 4 at a distance of up to 12 kilometers.

Ukraine received TRLG-230 MLRS from Turkey, as reported in the video, their first use. After the appearance of footage with the MLRS, the Turkish media denied this, it is reported that the installation on the video is most likely Azerbaijani. The TRLG-230 MLRS from the Turkish company Roketsan are quite new; 230 mm missiles were tested in 2020. The missile of this MLRS has a flight range of 70 km and, in the final section of the flight path, can be guided by a Bayraktar TB2 UAV laser beam or ground-based laser target designation. It is worth noting that the Bayraktar TB2 UAV is quite large and can be detected even by older versions of air defense systems, it will be difficult to carry out laser target designation with them in the air defense coverage area. The chassis of the Russian KAMAZ-63501 was used as a platform for the MLRS, and other chassis were reported to accommodate installations.

Russian troops fired MZ-21 incendiary shells at the positions of the Ukrainian army in the village of Nevelskoye near Donetsk. The peculiarity of the 9M22S shells is that the fire they caused cannot be extinguished. A magnesium-based combat incendiary mixture ignites upon burst and reaches a combustion temperature of up to 2700 degrees. Each incendiary shell carries up to 180 incendiary elements and inflicts damage on enemy personnel and lightly armored vehicles.

The Ukrainian army began to use Dingo ATF armored vehicles, some of them were seen in the photo of the Ukrainian Airborne Forces units. Earlier it was reported that Germany will transfer 50 of these machines to Ukraine. Dingo ATF entered service with Germany in 2003. The body of the Dingo-2 machine is made of armored steel and combined armor "MEXAS" and provides protection against bullets of 7.62 mm caliber and explosive devices up to 8 kg of TNT. The machine is produced in nine modifications and is in service with 7 countries. For fire support, a 7.62 mm MG-3 machine gun is used, which can be replaced with a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun or a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher. The vehicle is capable of carrying eight troops. The ATF "Dingo" armored car was created on the Unimog all-wheel drive chassis and has a speed of up to 90 kilometers per hour. The engine power is 237 hp. Power reserve - 1000 km.

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Can't win against the Ukrainian IRL so they resort to beating them in a movie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596465046095368192

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596802544616939520

 

[That Guy]

The evidence is in the number of missiles fired by Hezbollah at Israel since 2006.

Which occasionally still happens, including drone intrusions, which is a major step up from before 2006.

 

[Viet]

Belarus foreign minister Makei dies suddenly - Belta

Belarus's long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday, two days before he was meant to meet his Russian counterpart.

www.reuters.com

2 minute readNovember 26, 20228:27 AM PSTLast Updated 10 hours ago

Belarus foreign minister Makei dies suddenly - Belta​

Reuters

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei looks on during a joint news conference with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran October 26, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Nov 26 (Reuters) - Belarus's long-standing foreign minister has died suddenly, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday, two days before he was meant to meet his Russian counterpart.
"Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei has passed away suddenly," Belta reported without giving further detail. Makei had held his post since 2012.
Makei, 64, attended a conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) - a military alliance of several post soviet states - in Yerevan earlier this week and was due to meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday.

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Before the presidential elections and mass anti-government protests in Belarus in 2020, Makei had been one of the initiators of efforts to improve Belarus' relations with the West and had criticised Russia.
However, he abruptly changed his stance after the start of the protests, saying they were inspired by agents of the West.
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February, Makei, a supporter of close ties between Moscow and Minsk, said the West had provoked the war and that the Ukrainian authorities should agree to the Russian terms of peace.

A few days before the start of the war, Makei promised that there would be no attack on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. A few days later, Russian troops proved that he was wrong.
"We are shocked by the reports of the death of the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted in her Telegram channel. "Official condolences will be published soon."
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who retained power despite the protests of 2020, also expressed his condolences.
Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, commenting on the minister's death called Makei a traitor to the Belarusian people.
"In 2020, Makei betrayed the Belarusian people and supported tyranny. This is how the Belarusian people will remember him," Tsikhanouskaya said.

What happened? Falling out of the window by accident? Or is it a hint of Putin what can happen to Lukaschenko if he continues to refuse the join the war? Putin has no humour. All opponents are either dead, poisoned, jailed or in gulags.

 

[Ali_Baba]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596648737518284800

Oh look - the russians digged their own graves aswell..

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Can't win against the Ukrainian IRL so they resort to beating them in a movie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596465046095368192

It has been taken straight out of the Indian Army/Indian Keyboard warrior squadrons playbook's to create victories where none exist in text and film and build their whole narrative around those lies..

 

[Viet]

Russians run amok. running out of conventional missiles they now use nuclear missiles without nuclear war heads to terror bomb Ukraine cities, as per British intel report.

I hope they don’t nuke themselves by mistake.

Where is China?

Can Chinese stop this madness?

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

Russians and Pro-Russian forces taking Ukrainian vehicles and troops from the air. The drones are doing their wonders.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596824471977234433

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596826322768220161

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596827111243018240

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596329846543720449

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596580726224277504

 

[SIPRA]

It, by and large, seems to be a stalemate and war fatigue, on either side.

 

[Beny Karachun]

Which occasionally still happens, including drone intrusions, which is a major step up from before 2006.

From Hezbollah's side? Zero rockets launched. Rockets were launched by rouge Palestinian militants.

All intercepted/missed. Drone intrusions are all shot down, unless those are small drones flying in between the mountains at low altitudes, those are much harder to intercept but at the same time pose no threat.

Anyways, your "baseless lies" claim was disproven, Lebanese border is the most peaceful it has ever been.