2024-06-23: News Headlines

Larry Johnson (2024-06-23). The United States and Ukraine Have a Math Problem. sonar21.com Despite U.S. claims that it will supply Ukraine what it needs to fight the Russians, the math on the U.S. side does not add up. What do I mean? If you calculate what the United States is producing and subtract what Ukraine is using up with daily fires — whether we are talking 155 mm howitzers, ATACMS or Patriot missiles — the United States is falling way short. | Let's take the Patriot missile as one example. In 2010, Lockheed Martin had produced over 10,000 Patriot missiles. Can we agree that this quantity was not held solely by the United States? According to Wikipedia, the United States built…

hindustantimes (2024-06-23). Hezbollah To Hit Israel Nuclear Site, Oil Refineries If IDF Attacks Lebanon? New Drone Video Threat. hindustantimes.com The Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah released drone footage showing vital Israeli targets, also known as 'security apparatus.' The drone footage showed Israel's nuclear sites, IDF bases, oil refineries, ports, airports, etc. Hezbollah suggested that these sites would be targeted in the event of a war against Lebanon. In a chilling warning, Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said, 'Israel will regret waging war on Lebanon as resistance would fight with no restraints or limits.'

noemail (2024-06-23). Moscow Mulls Nuclear Timing Amid Rising Threats. devdiscourse.com Moscow may change the timing for use of its nuclear weapons if threats against Russia increase, the RIA state news agency cited Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian lower house's defence committee, as saying on Sunday. The former general's comments follow recent warnings by President Vladimir Putin that Moscow may change its nuclear doctrine, which lays out the conditions in which such weapons could be used.

newleftreview (2024-06-23). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-06-23). Andrew Bridgen: We are already at war with Russia. expose-news.com On Thursday, Andrew Bridgen, an independent candidate for Northwest Leicestershire, joined Resistance GB journalist Will Coleshill. One of the many shocking revelations he made is that the UK is already at war …

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-06-23). Defense intercepts 33 Ukrainian drones in four Russian regions. plenglish.com In the statement published Sunday on its official Telegram page, it is specified that most of these unmanned aerial vehicles (28) were intercepted in Bryansk province; two were also shot down in Smolensk province; the same number in Lipetsk; and one in Tula province. | Aleksandr Bogomaz, the governor of Bryansk region, reported that an attempted terrorist attack was perpetrated against this territory on Sunday. | He added that, thanks to the professionalism of the anti-aircraft defense, these attacks did not cause any casualties or destruction, all drones were repelled and all targets were eliminated. | Russian…

Margarita Labarca Goddard (2024-06-23). Biden, Trump or neither? pressenza.com The President of the United States is the most powerful man in the world, I don't think anyone doubts that. Perhaps that status will be short-lived, but for now it is. He is backed by money, weapons, including nuclear weapons, and an economy that affects the rest of the planet. This president can intervene and even invade any country he wants and almost always succeeds. There are a few exceptions, starting with Vietnam, but come on, today it dominates the whole of Europe, which not so long ago was quite autonomous, and now even France grovels before the Yankee president. There is no need to dwell on this subject…

Inter Press Service (2024-06-23). European Nuclear Deterrent a Harebrained Illegal Proposal. pressenza.com It is quite astonishing and clearly insane, that Manfred Weber, the German leader of the European Union's center-right European People's Party, now expected to come in first in the European Parliament election scheduled on June 6-9th, is calling for the EU's own nuclear "deterrent"—arguing that the US-stationed nuclear weapons in five NATO states, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherland, and Turkey, may be inadequate protection for Europe's security should Trump, that great friend of Russia, be elected! | By Alice Slater | There is a total disconnect from reality in the Western world. It is driven by what h…

presstv.ir (2024-06-23). Russia's Pacific Fleet holds naval drills off Kamchatka Peninsula. presstv.ir The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy holds exercises June 18-28 in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

presstv.ir (2024-06-23). Oil depots on fire in Russia's Rostov region after drone attack: Officials. presstv.ir Several oil storage tanks were on fire after a drone attack early on Tuesday in the town of Azov in Russia.

aljazeera (2024-06-23). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 849. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 849th day, these are the main developments.

Associated Press (2024-06-23). Ukraine war: US-supplied weapons proving successful inside Russia — 'we can do a lot'. scmp.com Ukrainian forces pushed Russian positions back, and even mounted small offensive actions, after Washington allowed Kyiv to use US-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory.

newleftreview (2024-06-23). Joy Neumeyer: Moscow's Story. newleftreview.org Joy Neumeyer on Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers and Russia's War. Twin studies, scholarly and less so, of the uses of the past in Putin's war for Ukraine.

Agence France-Presse (2024-06-23). Ukraine war: Russia blames US for deadly missile attack on 'peaceful residents' in Crimea. scmp.com The attack on Russian-annexed Crimea, killed five people, including three children, and wounded more than 100, Moscow said, and used US-supplied ATACMS missiles.

hindustantimes (2024-06-23). Putin's Rage On Full Display; Destroys Ukraine's Western Arms Warehouses In Missile & Drone Strikes. hindustantimes.com The Russian Army, on June 22, claimed to have attacked Western-supplied air weapon depots in Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry said the warehouses, storing western-supplied weapons, were attacked with long-range air and sea-based weapons and drones. The Russian army reportedly also attacked Ukraine's Northeastern city of Kharkiv.

aljazeera (2024-06-23). Russia, Ukraine conduct air attacks on multiple cities as war intensifies. aljazeera.com Russia says four killed in attacks by Kyiv, while Russian strikes on Ukraine cause injuries and damage to buildings.

aljazeera (2024-06-23). Video of deadly Russian missile strike hitting Ukraine's Kharkiv. aljazeera.com Video shows the moment a Russian bomb struck an apartment in Kharkiv, killing at least three people and injuring 50.

tn.ai (2024-06-23). IAEA's Demands beyond Legal Framework Out of Question: Iran's Nuclear Chief. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The interaction between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency has a definite legal basis, thus any request inconsistent with the NPT or the Safeguards Agreement would fall outside the purview of the UN nuclear agency, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said.

hindustantimes (2024-06-23). US Warship Reaches South Korea; War Clouds After Putin-Kim Sign 'NATO-Like' Pact | Details. hindustantimes.com The US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt reached the South Korean port city of Busan on June 21. The nuclear-powered warship will take part in joint military exercises later this month with South Korea and Japan. This comes amid heightened tensions in the Korean peninsula after Russian President Vladimir Putin and the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, signed a 'NATO-like' pact. Watch…

tn.ai (2024-06-23). Iran World's 30th Producer of Nuclear Electricity in 2023. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran managed to produce 6.6 terawatt/hour of nuclear electricity last year, becoming the 30th producer of nuclear electricity in the world.

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