Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

[petros]

Kamchatka is still jiggling.

The earth is seeing rare seismic activity.

This should be in the Science threads.

6.9 Earthquake Hits Kamchatka AGAIN‼️

6.9 Earthquake Hits Kamchatka AGAIN‼️ RARE Earthquakes‼️ August 3 2025 #earthquakes #newyork #oklahoma #portugal

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[Tecumsehsbones]

Kamchatka is still jiggling.

Damn, I remember her! Jiggling, indeed!

The good ol' days. . .

 

[petros]

Damn, I remember her! Jiggling, indeed!

The good ol' days. . .

For me it was the girl from Nagasaki.

 

[petros]

 

[Ron in Regina]

Now the American Virginia class submarine might be quieter than the Akula ll, the advantage the Russian submarine has is that Trump isn’t on Truth Social telling the world where they’re going to be deployed even in vague terms.

Akula-class submarine - Wikipedia

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[Taxslave2]

Now the American Virginia class submarine might be quieter than the Akula ll, the advantage the Russian submarine has is that Trump isn’t on Truth Social telling the world where they’re going to be deployed even in vague terms.

That's assuming Trump actually knows. If you were head of naval operations, would you tell the Twit in Chief where your assets are? That would be like telling IRS where your cash is stashed.

 

[petros]

Now the American Virginia class submarine might be quieter than the Akula ll, the advantage the Russian submarine has is that Trump isn’t on Truth Social telling the world where they’re going to be deployed even in vague terms.

Akula-class submarine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That's assuming Trump actually knows. If you were head of naval operations, would you tell the Twit in Chief where your assets are? That would be like telling IRS where your cash is stashed.

Vaguely in the Baltic.

 

[spaminator]

Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Aug 05, 2025 • 3 minute read

MOSCOW — Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles, a warning that potentially sets the stage for a new arms race as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise again over Ukraine.


In a statement Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry linked the decision to efforts by the U.S. and its allies to develop intermediate range weapons and preparations for their deployment in Europe and other parts of the world. It specifically cited U.S. plans to deploy Typhoon and Dark Eagle missiles in Germany starting next year.


The ministry noted that such actions by the U.S. and its allies create “destabilizing missile potentials” near Russia, creating a “direct threat to the security of our country” and carry “significant harmful consequences for regional and global stability, including a dangerous escalation of tensions between nuclear powers.”

It didn’t say what specific moves the Kremlin might take, but President Vladimir Putin has previously announced that Moscow was planning to deploy its new Oreshnik missiles on the territory of its neighbour and ally Belarus later this year.


Asked where and when Russia could potentially deploy intermediate-range weapons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that it’s not something to be announced in advance.

“Russia no longer has any limitations, Russia no longer considers itself to be constrained by anything,” Peskov told reporters. “Therefore Russia believes it has the right to take respective steps if necessary.”

“Decisions on specific parameters of response measures will be made by the leadership of the Russian Federation based on an interdepartmental analysis of the scale of deployment of American and other Western land-based intermediate-range missiles, as well as the development of the overall situation in the area of international security and strategic stability,” the Foreign Ministry said.


Russia’s move follows Trump’s nuclear messaging
The Russian statement follows President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that he’s ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of Dmitry Medvedev, who was president in 2008-12 to allow Putin, bound by term limits, to later return to the office. Trump’s statement came as his deadline for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal in Ukraine approaches later this week.

Trump said he was alarmed by Medvedev’s attitude. Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council chaired by Putin, has apparently sought to curry favor with his mentor by making provocative statements and frequently lobbing nuclear threats. Last week. he responded to Trump’s deadline for Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine or face sanctions by warning him against “playing the ultimatum game with Russia” and declaring that “each new ultimatum is a threat and a step toward war.”


Medvedev also commented on the Foreign Ministry’s statement, describing Moscow’s withdrawal from the moratorium as “the result of NATO countries’ anti-Russian policy.”

“This is a new reality all our opponents will have to reckon with,” he wrote on X. “Expect further steps.”

INF treaty abandoned in 2019
Intermediate-range missiles can fly between 500 to 5,500 kilometres (310 to 3,400 miles). Such land-based weapons were banned under the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Washington and Moscow abandoned the pact in 2019, accusing each other of violations, but Moscow declared its self-imposed moratorium on their deployment until the U.S. makes such a move.

The collapse of the INF Treaty has stoked fears of a replay of a Cold War-era European missile crisis, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union both deployed intermediate-range missiles on the continent in the 1980s. Such weapons are seen as particularly destabilizing because they take less time to reach targets, compared with intercontinental ballistic missiles, leaving no time for decision-makers and raising the likelihood of a global nuclear conflict over a false launch warning.


Russia’s missile forces chief has declared that the new Oreshnik intermediate range missile, which Russia first used against Ukraine in November, has a range to reach all of Europe. Oreshnik can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.

Putin has praised the Oreshnik’s capabilities, saying its multiple warheads that plunge to a target at speeds up to Mach 10 are immune to being intercepted and are so powerful that the use of several of them in one conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack.

Putin has warned the West that Moscow could use it against Ukraine’s NATO allies who allowed Kyiv to use their longer-range missiles to strike inside Russia.

— The Associated Press receives support for nuclear security coverage from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Outrider Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles

Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a moratorium on the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles.

torontosun.com

 

[spaminator]

Putin's high-flying sexy secret daughter is now on Team Ukraine

Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Aug 05, 2025 • 2 minute read

EXILE EN RUE MAIN: Putin reputed love child Elizaveta Rudnova.
EXILE EN RUE MAIN: Putin reputed love child Elizaveta Rudnova. INSTAGRAM
He’s gonna be Vlad as hell!


The secret jet-setting daughter of Russian despot Vladimir Putin has allegedly turned back on the Motherland and is now supporting Ukraine in the bloody three-year conflict.


European reports claim Elizaveta Rudnova has now ditched her “beloved” St. Petersburg for Paris where she will no doubt continue flying to hot spots in private planes, cloaked in pricy designer wear and knocking back Champagne by the gallon.

The Kremlin has always denied that Putin has any relation to 22-year-old Elizaveta Rudnova. In Paris, Putin’s suspected princess works at two anti-war art galleries.


Now, she claims she is living in self-imposed exile, lamenting being unable to “make an extra lap around my beloved St. Petersburg.”


In one thinly veiled attack, she blasted the Vlad Hatter as the “man who took millions of lives and destroyed mine.”

She wrote: “It’s liberating to be able to show my face to the world again. It reminds me of who I am and who destroyed my life.”

Russian sources say Rudnov was born in 2003, the result of one of Putin’s numerous sexual assignations. Her mother is reportedly former cleaning woman Svetlana Krivonogikh, now in her 40s. She is now a multimillionaire, somehow owning a $100 million property empire and a stake in the Rossiya Bank.

FROM CLEANING LADY TO OLIGARCH: The mother, Svetlana Krivonogikh. SOCIAL MEDIA
FROM CLEANING LADY TO OLIGARCH: The mother, Svetlana Krivonogikh. SOCIAL MEDIA
In addition, she owns a St. Petersburg sex club called Leningrad Centre and well known for its raunchy shows.

Love child Rudnova was raised in luxury, often flaunting her staggering wealth and luxe lifestyle as the country grappled with poverty, the pandemic and the bloody war with Ukraine. And then she disappeared from social media, perhaps irking her father with her tone deaf posts.


Like generations of Russian exiles, she reemerged in Paris. This time, she used the name Elizaveta Rudnova. Ukraine claimed she abandoned the patronymic Vladimirovna, which would confirm her father’s name as Vladimir.

She graduated from ICART School of Cultural and Art Management in 2024 and “works” at two Parisian galleries — L Galerie in Belleville and Espace Albatros in Montreuil — both host anti-war and dissident exhibitions.

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MY DAD THE DESPOT: Putin’s reputed love child, Elizaveta Rudnova. INSTAGRAM
Not everyone is pleased with the antics of the Russian princess, particularly ex-pats forced to flee the Russian strongman’s wrath. To the exiles, she’s like barf in the borscht.

Artist Nastya Rodionova severed ties with the galleries when she learned of Rudnova’s involvement.


“It is inadmissible to allow a person who comes from a family of beneficiaries of [Putin’s] regime to come into confrontation with the victims of that regime,” she wrote on Facebook. “My personal answer in this case is no.”

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In this file photo taken on June 6, 2008 Russian former gymnast Alina Kabaeva attends the senior event at European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Turin. Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE /AFP via Getty Images
One of the gallery directors told The Times: “She looks like Putin but so do 100,000 other people. I haven’t seen a DNA test.”

Putin officially recognizes only two daughters from his previous marriage. He has never acknowledged Luiza — nor denied her.

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Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter Dr. Maria Vorontsova has her own woes. Photo by SCREENGRAB /YOUTUBE
Also part of the Putin paternity patch is former gymnast-turned-media mogul Alina Kabaeva. She is reportedly the mother of several of his children, and again, the despot has not commented on the relationship or alleged children with Kaebeva.

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@HunterTOSun

Putin's high-flying sexy secret daughter is now on Team Ukraine

He's gonna be Vlad as hell! The secret jet-setting daughter of Russian despot Vladimir Putin has allegedly turned back on the Motherland.

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[Ron in Regina]

Trump, who once said he could end the Russia-Ukraine war within his first 24 hours in office and touted his personal relationship with Putin, has expressed increasing frustration with the Russian leader.

In mid-July, Trump said he was giving Putin a 50-day ultimatum to stop the fighting. He then moved up the timeline to 10 days, citing his disappointment with Putin.

"I want to be generous, but we just don't see any progress being made," Trump said at the time. "I'm not so interested in talking anymore. He talks, we have such nice conversations, such respectful and nice conversations, and then people die the following night in a -- with a missile going into a town and hitting."

So on that note, they’re gonna meet for talks.

Trump says he'll meet with Putin next Friday in Alaska — ABC News

He had set a deadline for Putin to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine.

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[petros]

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Trump, who once said he could end the Russia-Ukraine war within his first 24 hours in office and touted his personal relationship with Putin, has expressed increasing frustration with the Russian leader.

In mid-July, Trump said he was giving Putin a 50-day ultimatum to stop the fighting. He then moved up the timeline to 10 days, citing his disappointment with Putin.

"I want to be generous, but we just don't see any progress being made," Trump said at the time. "I'm not so interested in talking anymore. He talks, we have such nice conversations, such respectful and nice conversations, and then people die the following night in a -- with a missile going into a town and hitting."

So on that note, they’re gonna meet for talks.

Trump says he'll meet with Putin next Friday in Alaska — ABC News

He had set a deadline for Putin to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine.

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Eareckson Air Station I'd wager but it'll be the Putin double.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Eareckson Air Station I'd wager but it'll be the Putin double.

Is America gonna send Shane Gillis, for balance?

 

[petros]

Is America gonna send Shane Gillis, for balance?

I hope so.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Trump had said earlier that Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict. The contents of the deal have yet to be announced, but it could require Ukraine to surrender significant territory…

Kyiv won't give up land, says Zelensky as US-Russia summit confirmed — AFP News

Ukraine won't surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.

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The Kremlin earlier confirmed the summit. The two leaders will "focus on discussing options for achieving a long-term peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian crisis," Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said, adding: "This will evidently be a challenging process, but we will engage in it actively and energetically."

Moscow warns of 'titanic efforts' to disrupt Putin-Trump meeting — Reuters

Certain countries will make "titanic efforts" to disrupt the meeting U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin for August 15, Russia's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Saturday.

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Announcing the summit on Friday, Trump said that "there'll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both" Ukraine and Russia, without providing further details.

 

[petros]

Trump had said earlier that Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict. The contents of the deal have yet to be announced, but it could require Ukraine to surrender significant territory…

Kyiv won't give up land, says Zelensky as US-Russia summit confirmed — AFP News

Ukraine won't surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.

apple.news

The Kremlin earlier confirmed the summit. The two leaders will "focus on discussing options for achieving a long-term peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian crisis," Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said, adding: "This will evidently be a challenging process, but we will engage in it actively and energetically."

Moscow warns of 'titanic efforts' to disrupt Putin-Trump meeting — Reuters

Certain countries will make "titanic efforts" to disrupt the meeting U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin for August 15, Russia's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Saturday.

apple.news

Announcing the summit on Friday, Trump said that "there'll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both" Ukraine and Russia, without providing further details.View attachment 30435

For Trump it's about BRICS. There is no deal on the horizon.

The only deal is between Ukraine, USA UK and EU.

No stopping until there is no Russian economy.

Have you heard Zelenskyy begging for arms lately?

There is one thing the US and Ukraine have that nobody else does. Palantir AI. Just one company alone in Ukraine is cranking out 1000 drones a day with parts made in house and the Baltics. They aim to double that in another month.

There are another dozen companies like it.

If you're aware of Palantir, you'll be aware their AI can conduct an air offensive involving quadcopter, thru to predator drones, fighter bombers, fighters, bombers and and every kind of missile you can imagine without humans in control of weapon systems.

Welcome to the future.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Have you heard Zelenskyy begging for arms lately?

Have you heard if Zelenskyy is going to be at this Alaska summit, or he’s still at the children’s table wherever that is?

Trump had said earlier that Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict. The contents of the deal have yet to be announced, but it could require Ukraine to surrender significant territory…

There is no deal on the horizon.

For Trump it's about BRICS.

What’s it about for Ukraine?

The only deal is between Ukraine, USA UK and EU.

Where does Russia fit into this?

No stopping until there is no Russian economy.

And here we are years later, and yet this just keeps chugging along. Shame that Canada couldn’t have actually made a difference by supplying Europe with natural gas, but I guess there was no economic model for that. Same with displacing Russian oil by having multiple pipelines to the Pacific, but here we are just squeaky and limp in the background.

 

[petros]

Have you heard if Zelenskyy is going to be at this Alaska summit, or he’s still at the children’s table wherever that is?



What’s it about for Ukraine?

Where does Russia fit into this?

And here we are years later, and yet this just keeps chugging along. Shame that Canada couldn’t have actually made a difference by supplying Europe with natural gas, but I guess there was no economic model for that. Same with displacing Russian oil by having multiple pipelines to the Pacific, but here we are just squeaky and limp in the background.

I think it'll be Ukraines next President in grooming in attendance. Zaluzhnyi.

For Ukraine its expulsion of Russians, EU and NATO.

For the EU it's food security.

We've had a chance to fill the Russian void but Equitable Green Elbows Up!

 

[Ron in Regina]

I think it'll be Ukraines next President in grooming in attendance. Zaluzhnyi.

For Ukraine its expulsion of Russians, EU and NATO.

For the EU it's food security.

We've had a chance to fill the Russian void but Equitable Green Elbows Up!

Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15, Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ready for real solutions that could bring peace. But he added that any solutions without Kyiv would be solutions against peace.

Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers, Zelenskiy says — Reuters

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine could not violate its constitution on territorial issues, adding that "Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers".

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[petros]

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Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15, Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ready for real solutions that could bring peace. But he added that any solutions without Kyiv would be solutions against peace.

Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers, Zelenskiy says — Reuters

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine could not violate its constitution on territorial issues, adding that "Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers".

apple.news

The "mineral deal" rotates around Soledar back an in Ukrainian hands so you know shit hasnt hit the fan yet.

Kherson and Zaporizhia will see 2 fronts start from one salient.

 

[Ron in Regina]

The "mineral deal" rotates around Soledar back an in Ukrainian hands so you know shit hasnt hit the fan yet.

Kherson and Zaporizhia will see 2 fronts start from one salient.

Wonder what “Land Swaps” Trump is alluding to? Maybe Putin is willing to trade some parts of the Ukraine for other parts of the Ukraine?