[Roosta]

Russia's Medvedev says arms supplies to Kyiv threaten global nuclear catastrophe.

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russia's former president and an ally of President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Monday that the continued arms supply to Kyiv risks a global nuclear catastrophe, reiterating his threat of nuclear war over Ukraine.

Dmitry Medvedev's apocalyptic rhetoric has been seen as an attempt to deter the U.S-led NATO military alliance and Kyiv's Western allies from getting even more involved in the year-old war that has dealt Moscow setbacks on the battlefield.

The latest comments by Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Putin's powerful security council, follow Putin's nuclear warning last week and his Sunday remarks casting Moscow's confrontation with the West as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people.

"Of course, the pumping in of weapons can continue .... and prevent any possibility of reviving negotiations," Medvedev said in remarks published in the daily Izvestia.

"Our enemies are doing just that, not wanting to understand that their goals will certainly lead to a total fiasco. Loss for everyone. A collapse. Apocalypse. Where you forget for centuries about your former life, until the rubble ceases to emit radiation."


A true USSR patriot & believer.

Fuck Poo Tin & his Bitches !

[Guns N' Coffee]

Russian power couple Putin and Medvedev enjoy special time together

[scorpion9]

Originally Posted by Guns N' Coffee ↗

Russian power couple Putin and Medvedev enjoy special time together

The last picture should have a caption
Putin: "After you"
Medvedev: "No no...after you"

[WonderMomma]

Deputy Commander in Chief of the ground forces of the Russian Federation caught on video...




WIKI INFO: (I don't know if his wiki page is just outdated but it doesn't talk about anything since 2020)

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Matovnikov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Матовников; born on 19 September 1965), is a Russian statesman and military leader, who is a Lieutenant General as of 2018, and currently the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation since 22 January 2020. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2017.

Matovnikov was the 4th Plenipotentiary Representative in the North Caucasus Federal District from 2018 to 2020.

In his military career, he was the Deputy Commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Main (Intelligence) Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces from 2013 to 2015, and Commander of the MTR and Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces 2015 to 2018.

Matovnikov was also a member of the Russian Security Council from 2018 to 2020.

Video source quote: "The senior operational group of the Ground Forces of the RF Armed Forces is still a little naughty.

In the video, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, ex-plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation Alexander Matovnikov.

It has a flexible plasticity and an excellent sense of rhythm, as you can see in the video. "

EDIT w/another quote from a different source:

"1/ A faction within the Russian state seems to have gone down the traditional route of leaking a compromising video on an opponent, in this case showing Lieutenant General Alexander Matovnikov apparently performing a strip-tease for one of his girlfriends.

2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel, to which the Wagner Group and the Russian military both seem to be leaking information, has published a video showing a dancing Matovnikov doing a 'sexy dance' which is possibly the least sexy thing ever.

3/ VChK-OGPU writes: "The video ... shows the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, former presidential envoy Alexander Matovnikov, who is the senior officer of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Belarus.

4/ An avid connoisseur of Minsk restaurants and ladies, General Matovnikov likes to shift the responsibility for making decisions to his subordinate officers. The general is more involved in creating similar video content for his girlfriends."

5/ The leak of the video is very likely intended to further embarrass Matovnikov for the operational failures that reportedly enabled Belarusian partisans to attack Machulichi air base near Minsk yesterday and damage an A-50 surveillance aircraft."

[WonderMomma]

Still searching for media on this but for now here's an article about it. ride

Belarusian partisans claim to have used drones to attack a Russian AWACS plane
27 February 2023


A Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, that was allegedly damaged by Belarusian resistance members, was attacked with drones, the country’s opposition activists have claimed.

Two drones with explosives were used in the attack, one of which damaged the aircraft’s radar, while the other hit the cockpit, the activists said.

The attack was first announced in the afternoon of February 26, 2023, on social media channels belonging to ByPol, an organization comprising former Belarusian security officers who oppose the pro-Russian regime of official Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

According to ByPol, two explosions were heard at the Machulishchy air base and were followed up by the increased activity of Belarusian security services in the area.

Later the same day Belarusian oppositional news website BelSat published an interview with Alexandr Azarov, a retired Belarusian police lieutenant colonel and the head of ByPol.

“It was drones. The operation was performed by Belarusians, members of the “Peramoha” plan. They are now safe outside of Belarusian borders,” Azarov is quoted as saying by BelSat.

According to Azarov, the aircraft was heavily damaged in the attack and “is not going to fly anywhere”.

An alleged attack
So far there has been no independent confirmation of the attack, nor damage inflicted on the aircraft.

According to Belarusian Hajun Project, which monitors resistance activity to Russian forces in Belarusian territory, the attack was performed with drone-dropped munitions.

An A-50, registration RF-86843, which arrived at Machulishchy air base at 18:33 local time (3:33 PM GMT) was attacked, according to the project’s website, which refers to insider sources.

The website also lists several reports from local residents who heard the explosions and noticed an immediate ramp-up in the presence of security forces around the airport.

Belarusian militia and the personnel of special purpose police detachment “OMON” began to stop cars and check the documents of residents in the Machulishchy area the same evening, messages from local Telegram chats show.

According to Belarusian Hajun, local law enforcement personnel later found a bag containing the remotes that were used to control the drones.

Official Belarusian news channels did not publish any news about the alleged attack. According to Belarusian media, an urgent meeting of high-ranking security officials was called in the morning of February 27.

Meanwhile, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson of Russian president Vladimir Putin, said he had “nothing to say” about the alleged attack and added that Belarusian sources had denied it took place.

Several pro-Russian military influencers commented that they were able to confirm the attack, although they did not provide details about its target, or the extent of the damage caused.

Russian AWACS
The Beriev A-50 is the main airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It is based on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport and is largely similar to the Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) used by the United States and NATO countries.

Introduced in the 1980s, the A-50 carries Vega-M surveillance radar in a rotordome above its fuselage. According to Russian sources, the Vega-M can track up to 150 airborne targets at the range up to 200-600 kilometers (125-373 miles) depending on the target’s altitude.

A-50 aircraft, operated from air bases within Belarus, have been performing surveillance flights to support the operations of Russian forces since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian authorities, the aircraft were used to direct Russian fighter jets on intercept and attack missions, including the launch of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.

According o data from the International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Balance 2022, at the end of 2021, Russian Aerospace Forces had six operational A-50Us that had undergone a modernization program since 2011, as well as three unmodified A-50s.

In February 2022 Russia also began testing the Beriev A-100 Premier, a new AEW&C aircraft intended to replace the A-50.

In his interview with BelSat, Azarov claimed the RF-86843 was not the only A-50 operated from Belarusian territory, although the exact number of such aircraft involved in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not yet known.

Earlier reports by Belarusian Hajun claimed that another A-50, registered RF-94268, was regularly flown from Machulishchy during the first half of 2022. According to reports from February 2023, that aircraft remains based in Belarus.

UPDATE 02-27-2023, 17:40 (UTC +3):
In the afternoon of February 27, 2023, Russian news websites and Telegram channels began to publish claims that, according to unnamed sources, the attack was performed by drones launched from Ukrainian territory. The reports claim that six drones were launched, four of which were shot down, while two hit the air base, setting a Belarusian Air Force plane on fire and damaging a Russian Aerospace Forces A-50.

The incident was also mentioned by the Speaker of the Air Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Iurii Ihnat in his media address. Ihnat called the attack “good news” and said that he trusts the reports about the attack.

[dandroid]

Medvedev is a bit of a toolbox isn't he...

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by dandroid ↗

Medvedev is a bit of a toolbox isn't he...

Those pics of Poo Tin & Medvedev kind of reminds me of Hitler & Heinrich Himmler – ReichsFührer of the entire SS but then again Medvedev could be the 2022-2023 mix of Himmler & Joseph Goebbels – Reichsminister for Propaganda which makes him more dangerous than a pit full of cobras ready to strike anything that moves.

Gotta love the co ordinated wardrobe BTW.

[dandroid]

Goebbels might have been too smart for this comparison.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

Warsaw, 24 February 2023

Originally Posted by Guns N' Coffee ↗

Thousands Of Georgians, Ukrainians & Russians Rally In Support Of Ukraine | One Year Of War

Originally Posted by Guns N' Coffee ↗

Tributes flow from all over the world for one year anniversary of war in Ukraine

Vienna
24 February 2023

[WonderMomma]

Tamara Mikhaylovna, from Russia, 82 years old speaks her mind.