Daily Archives: October 21, 2022

2022-10-21: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-21). US General Makes Unprecedented Visit to Nuclear-Armed Submarine in Arabian Sea. news.antiwar.com The head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday made an unprecedented visit to a nuclear-armed submarine in the Arabian Sea, a move that comes amid soaring tensions between the US and Russia over the potential use of nuclear weapons. Gen. Erik Kurilla boarded the USS West Virginia, an Ohio Class long-range stealth submarine that …

Staff (2022-10-21). øUna explosión nuclear en la atmósfera puede ser un arma efectiva para destruir satélites? cubadebate.cu Investigadores del Instituto de Tecnología Nuclear del Noroeste, en China, desarrollaron un modelo computacional que puede evaluar el rendimiento de armas nucleares antisatélite con un detalle y una precisión sin precedentes. La simulación sugiere que una ojiva nuclear podría crear una seria amenaza para los satélites si estalla a una altitud de 80 km sobre la atmósfera terrestre.

____ (2022-10-21). Russia to export over- -mln-ton grain in 2022-2023 agriculture year. ecns.cn Russia is able to deliver the task of exporting more than million tons of grain in 2022-2023 agriculture year, set by President Vladimir Putin, said a senior official on Thursday.

Peace Action of San Mateo County (2022-10-21). Sunday 10/23: The New Cold War with Sharat G. Lin. indybay.org Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/3289220486

_____ (2022-10-20). Scott Ritter: We're In A Moment When One Mistake Could Start A Nuclear War. popularresistance.org This is a transcript of a recent interview with Scott Ritter on Clearing the FOG. Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union. He was also a Chief Inspector for the United Nations in Iraq in the early 1990s and was a critic of the US war in Iraq. Now he has been speaking out, writing, and providing an important analysis of the situation in Ukraine. Ritter says the NATO military exercises simulating a nuclear attack against Russia that start this week could trigger a nuclear war and should be postponed, but "there are no adults in the room" willing to do that. Ritter…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-20). How the Pro-Ukraine NAFO Troll Operation Crowd-Funds War Criminals. libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Rubinstein Celebrated in mainstream US media for its anti-Russian trolling, the Twitter operation known as NAFO was founded by a Polish antisemite to raise money for a militia that has hosted war criminals, white nationalists and wanted murderers. Whether they know it or not, anyone who has checked Twitter for recent coverage of the…

____ (2022-10-20). Russia declares martial law in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday, declaring martial law in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson from Thursday.

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-20). China Reaffirms 'No First Use' Nuclear Weapons Policy at UN. news.antiwar.com China reaffirmed this week its no first use policy for nuclear weapons at a meeting of the UN's General Assembly First Committee. Li Song, the Chinese ambassador for disarmament affairs, told the committee that China "has solemnly committed to no first use of nuclear weapons at any time and under any circumstances, and not using …

Staff (2022-10-20). Delivering weapons to Russia against Ukraine baseless claim. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) — Iran's top diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has told EU foreign policy chief sending weapons and drones against Ukraine is not Iran's policy.

Staff (2022-10-20). Iran, Russia reject claims on using Iran drones in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) — Iran and Russia have rejected baseless allegations that Tehran supplied Moscow with a fleet of drones for use in the war in Ukraine.

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-20). Putin Declares Martial Law in Annexed Ukrainian Territories. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in the territories that Russia annexed in Ukraine, which applies to the Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson. Putin said that the territories were already under martial law before they were annexed by Russia. "Now we must introduce the same mode under Russian law. This …

_____ (2022-10-20). How Russia is fighting the West's Economic Onslaught. journal-neo.org In Washington, economic and financial sanctions remain one of the most favourite options for fighting wars by other means. We continue to witness the use of this tool quite often, with the US strategy to fight Russia's military operations in Ukraine being the most recent example. A key reason that has thus far enabled the …

Anonymous587 (2022-10-20). Gas Is Weapon In Hands Of Oslo. southfront.org The prolongation of the war in Ukraine benefits not only the United States and Great Britain. Despite statements by some European politicians about the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities, many EU countries are making super profits under the guise of anti-war rhetoric. | For example, the energy crisis in gas supplies, which was turned by Putin into a weapon of geopolitical struggle against NATO, is actively used by Norway to improve its well-being. With a number of countries refusin…

Staff (2022-10-20). Arming Kyiv brings NATO closer to direct clash with Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) — The flow of NATO weapons to Ukraine and military support for Kyiv bring the alliance closer to a dangerous line of a direct military clash with Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-20). Russia's 300,000-Strong Mobilization: Facts and Fiction. libya360.wordpress.com Russia's mobilization continues preparing and deploying soldiers in support of military operations against Ukraine. The Western media, including the New York Times, is attempting to portray the mobilization as a disaster. However even other sources in the West admit that many of the problems pointed out are shared by all nations mobilizing (including Ukraine)…

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-20). UK Says Russian Fighter Jet Released Missile Near British Plane Over Black Sea. news.antiwar.com British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said Thursday that a Russian fighter jet released a missile near a British spy plane over the Black Sea in an encounter on September 29. Wallace said he expressed concern about the incident with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, and that he replied by saying the missile release happened due …

Anonymous103 (2022-10-19). Overview On October 19: Bloody Day For Ukraine On Kherson Front Lines. southfront.org US-made M113 APC captured by Russian paratroopers in the Kherson region. | On the morning of October 19, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched again offensive operations on the front lines in the Kherson region. The main strike of the AFU was aimed at breaking through Russian defences along the right bank 0f the Dnieper River. At the same time, Ukrainian forces attempted to advance on the western front lines in the region and fierce clashes broke out near D…

_____ (2022-10-19). The Decision of OPEC+, the Anger of the USA and the Reactions of the Media in the Middle East. journal-neo.org The enthusiasm of some Americans to punish Saudi Arabia for voting in favor of the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels on October 5 in Vienna seems similar to the excitement associated with sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, according to the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. This is one of the opinions …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-19). Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (19 October 2022). libya360.wordpress.com The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. üí• In the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have continued launching attacks by high-precision long-range air- and sea-based armament at the military control and energy systems of Ukraine. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. üí• The Russian troops delivered a fire strike…

____ (2022-10-19). Situation in special military operation area can be described as tense: Russian commander in Ukraine. ecns.cn The situation in the zone of the special military operation can be described as tense, commander of Russia's joint group of forces in Ukraine Sergey Surovikin told media on Tuesday.

_____ (2022-10-19). Response to Western Gas Terrorism. journal-neo.org At the recent Russian Energy Week (REW) forum, Russian leader Vladimir Putin made it clear that there is no doubt today that the Nord Stream incident is an act of international terrorism in its newest form. The aim of the attack was to undermine the energy security of the entire continent, cynically blocking the access …

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