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Former United Nations weapon inspector Scott Ritter says the timing of congressman Mike Turner’s headline-grabbing announcement is not a coincidence.

Ohio Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) made waves this week when he warned of an alleged “serious national security threat” to the United States. The supposed risk was soon revealed to be Russian in nature, with a media cycle quickly emerging over the danger of alleged “space nukes” the country could detonate to disable US satellite communications.

The timing of the revelation raised eyebrows as Turner had visited Ukraine just days ago as part of a Congressional delegation in solidarity with the country’s embattled President Volodymyr Zelensky. Turner’s claims also come as the Biden administration struggles to continue funding the US-backed Ukrainian proxy war, with key Republicans blocking a compromise bill with aid for Kiev and Tel Aviv.

Former UN weapons inspector and whistleblower Scott Ritter joined Sputnik’s Fault Lines program on Thursday to discuss the latest Russophobic hysteria, speculating Turner is part of a secret group of lawmakers and intelligence officials hellbent on undermining Russia at any cost.

“There's a cabal,” claimed Ritter, who was shunned in Washington after defying intelligence claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction during the George W. Bush administration. “Turner is… part of the cabal of people that view this Ukrainian conflict [as] not about defense of democracy – knock off this nonsense – it's about defeating Russia, the strategic objective of the United States by using Ukraine as a proxy in a conflict against Russia.”

“You've heard everybody say this, 'we're killing them without losing a single American, we're weakening Russia, we're creating the conditions to destroy Russia, to collapse Russian society, to bring down [Russian President] Vladimir Putin,'” noted Ritter. “He believes that this is a good thing. He believes that's the direction the United States should be going. And he understands that Ukraine right now is in freefall. Their military is being slaughtered on the battlefield. The Americans have no clue what's happening on the battlefield right now.”

John Kirby blames Republicans unwilling to support the supplemental funding bill for the critical situation in the city of Avdeyeva.

"In very large part this is happening because the Ukrainian forces on the ground are running out of artillery ammunition… And because Congress is… pic.twitter.com/7PGHeQdyXI

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Ukraine has faced declining fortunes in the Donbass conflict since the spectacular failure of the country’s vaunted “counteroffensive” last year. In recent days Russian forces have achieved an advantage in the city of Avdeyevka, where for months they’ve endured a stalemate with Ukrainian troops. Shortages in ammunition have undermined Ukrainian reinforcements in the past weeks, allowing Russia to break down Kiev’s foritifications.

“The Russians aren't losing anywhere,” said Ritter. “Maybe in the Black Sea they lost a ship, big deal, but on the ground, they're routing Ukraine. There's no ammunition left. There's nothing left. Ukraine has got nothing.”

“And he [Turner] knows he's looking at it, saying ‘it's over, game set match – Russia, they win,’” he added. “‘Therefore, we need to make people understand the consequences of a Russian victory.’”

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240216/theres-a-cabal-mike-turner-part-of-shadowy-us-group-that-wants-to-destroy-russia-1116810546.html

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By Gus Leonisky at 16 Feb 2024 - 2:40pm
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John Kirby Has One Word Response To Kremlin About Russian Anti-Satellite Capability Revelation

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By Gus Leonisky at 16 Feb 2024 - 2:53pm
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By Jaroslav LukivBBC News

The US has warned that Russia could seize Ukraine's key eastern town of Avdiivka - the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in recent months.

"Avdiivka is at risk of falling into Russian control," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, citing Ukraine's ammunition shortages.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to do everything to "save as many Ukrainian lives as possible".

Russian troops have made gains in Avdiivka, threatening to encircle it.

The town - which has been almost completely destroyed - is seen as a gateway to nearby Donetsk, the regional Ukrainian capital seized by Russian-backed fighters in 2014 and later illegitimately annexed by Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

At Thursday's briefing in Washington, Mr Kirby said Avdiivka could fall largely "because the Ukrainian forces on the ground are running out of artillery ammunition".

"Russia is sending wave after wave of conscript forces to attack Ukrainian positions," he said.

"And because Congress has yet to pass the supplemental bill, we have not been able to provide Ukraine with the artillery shells that they desperately need to disrupt these Russian assaults.

"Russian forces are now reaching Ukrainian trenches in Avdiivka, and they're beginning to overwhelm Ukrainian defences."

Earlier this week, the US Senate approved a $95bn (£75bn) foreign aid package - including $60bn for Ukraine - after months of political wrangling, but it faces an uphill battle in the House of Representatives.

Ukraine is critically dependent on weapons supplies from the US and other Western allies to be able to continue fighting Russia - a much bigger military force with an abundance of artillery ammunition.

Nato Secretary General Jen Stoltenberg warned on Thursday that the US failure to approve continued military assistance to Ukraine was already having an impact on the battlefield.

In his video address late on Thursday, President Zelensky said: "We are doing everything we can to ensure that our warriors have enough managerial and technological capabilities to save as many Ukrainian lives as possible."

On Friday, Mr Zelensky is visiting Berlin and Paris where is expected to sign security pacts with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Late on Thursday, Ukrainian General Oleksandr Tarnavsky admitted that "fierce battles" were taking place "within" Avdiivka.

"We value every piece of Ukrainian land, but the highest value and priority for us is the preservation of the life of a Ukrainian soldier," he said.

Earlier in the day, Ukraine's military spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy acknowledged that Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka were being forced to "sometimes move to more advantageous positions... in some places leaving positions".

Some Ukrainian soldiers have privately admitted the town could fall at any moment.

"We're upset," Ukrainian officer Oleksii, from Ukraine's 110th Mechanised Brigade in the Avdiivka area, told the BBC earlier this week, standing beside a huge mobile artillery piece as Russian guns boomed in the distance.

"Currently we have two shells, but we have no [explosive] charges for them… so we can't fire them. As of now, we have run out of shells," said Oleksii. He suggested that the shortages were widespread and having a dramatic impact on the fighting in Avdiivka.

"We feel a very strong responsibility for our guys fighting right now in the town, armed only with assault rifles."

Ukraine's newly appointed commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, visited the frontline in the Avdiivka area this week, acknowledging that the situation there was "difficult".

He said the Russian military did not "count losses", using its troops as cannon fodder.

Kyiv says an elite Ukrainian brigade has now been sent to Avdiivka and reserve artillery has been deployed.

In unverified reports, Russian military bloggers said on Thursday that a key Ukrainian defence position in southern Avdiivka - known as Zenit - was now under Moscow's control.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68313306

WHAT THE WEST DOES NOT UNDERSTAND (THE IDIOTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT THEY FEIGN SUPPORT AND DEMOCRAPCY IDEALS OF THE NAZIS IN KIEV) IS THAT NATO HAS SUPPLIED ARMAMENT AND TROOP TRAINING TO UKRAINE AT LEAST SINCE 2014... IT HAS NOT WORKED. SENDING MORE WEAPONS TO UKRAINE WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BECAUSE MOST OF THE NEW HELP TO KIEV WON'T ARRIVE UNTIL 2025 AND BY THEN THE YUCKRAINIANS (THE KIEV NAZIS) WON'T HAVE ANYONE TO OPERATE THE BIZOS THAT WILL GET OBLITERATED NONETHELESS BY THE RUSSIANS... TO THE PRESENT RATIO OF 100 TO ONE........ STOLTENBERG IS AN IDIOT IN CHARGE OF A LITTLE FASICST ORGANISATION WITH LITTLE WEAPONRY TO SPEAK OF, COMPARED TO THE RUSSIANS...

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

EASY.

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

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By Gus Leonisky at 16 Feb 2024 - 3:06pm
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Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: War and Debt

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