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Ukraine gets highly anticipated arms from Germany – Spiegel

 https://www.rt.com/russia/564488-ukraine-germany-iris-system 13 Oct 22,

Kiev has received the IRIS-T air defense system even before Berlin’s own military.

Ukraine has received the first of four IRIS-T SLM air defense systems from Germany, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday. With its own weapons stockpiles seriously depleted, Germany is gifting this ultra-modern system to Kiev before its own forces.

The system – which comprises a command vehicle, a radar vehicle, and a truck-mounted launcher capable of firing eight missiles – was handed over to the Ukrainian military next to the Polish-Ukrainian border on Tuesday, the German magazine reported.

The handover took place four days after German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht made an unannounced visit to Ukraine, where she promised her Ukrainian counterpart, Aleksey Reznikov, that his country would receive the IRIS-T “in a few days.” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to provide this system to Ukraine back in June, with delivery initially slated for November.

In an update on Monday, Lambrecht said that Russia’s devastating missile strikes on Ukrainian military and infrastructure targets that morning showed “how important it is to supply Ukraine with air defense systems quickly.”

Berlin has promised Ukraine at least four IRIS-T systems, each of which can supposedly strike incoming missiles up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) away. Ukraine has reportedly asked Germany for at least a dozen of these systems, and offered to purchase them directly from the manufacturer, Diehl Defense.

Germany’s own military has yet to field a single ground-based IRIS-T system, with the remaining three pledged to Ukraine yet to be manufactured, Der Spiegel reported. Germany has faced persistent criticism from Kiev for its supposed hesitance in donating sufficiently heavy weaponry, but the arms it has sent have left its own stocks depleted. 

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned of “absolute deficits” in Germany’s weapons stocks in August, and a report by Business Insider on Saturday revealed that the Bundeswehr (German Army) has only enough ammunition for two days of warfare.

October 14, 2022 Posted by | Germany, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Russia open to talks with West: Lavrov

Canberra Times, 12 Oct 22, Moscow is open to talks with the West on the war in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Moscow says, which Washington has dismissed as “posturing” because Russia continues to strike Ukrainian cities.

In an interview on state television, Lavrov said Russia was willing to engage with the United States or with Turkey on ways to end the war, now in its eight month, but had yet to receive any serious proposal to negotiate……………………..

Lavrov said officials, including White House national security spokesman John Kirby, had said the United States was open to talks but that Russia had refused.

“This is a lie,” Lavrov said. “We have not received any serious offers to make contact.”  https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7938759/russia-open-to-talks-with-west-lavrov/?cs=14264

October 14, 2022 Posted by | politics international, Russia | Leave a comment

The risk of nuclear weapons use could ground all commercial planes.

Closed Russian airspace isn’t the biggest threat to global aviation—it’s the risk of nuclear weapons use grounding all commercial planes.

FP, By Elisabeth Braw 14 Oct 22, ………………………………………… Ever since the Cold War, aviation insurance has excluded nuclear war. That means if Russia deploys a so-called mini nuke against Ukraine, global aviation risks being grounded……………………………………..

more https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/14/russia-ukraine-nuclear-weapons-halt-global-air-traffic/—

October 14, 2022 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

We’re Being Pushed Toward Nuclear War On A Fiction: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

the empire depends on keeping its activities obfuscated and unseen while we’re all working to make its machinery visible and transparent. That’s why Assange is in prison.

 https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/were-being-pushed-toward-nuclear?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=82124&post_id=78305448&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email Caitlin Johnstone, 14 Oct 22,

We’re being driven toward nuclear war on the completely fictional claim that Putin is a Hitler-like megalomaniac who’s just invading countries completely unprovoked, solely because he is evil and hates freedom, and won’t stop invading and conquering until he’s stopped by force. 

The news media aren’t telling people about the western aggressions which led to this war. They’re not telling people the US is keeping this war going with the stated goal of weakening Russia and is rejecting peace talks and refusing to push for peace. All people are being told is that Putin is another Hitler who won’t listen to reason and only understands violence. The world’s two nuclear superpowers are being pushed closer and closer to direct military confrontation based on a complete fiction which omits mountains of facts.

To participate in this madness is indefensible. It is indefensibly immoral to foist a fictional version of events upon a trusting populace in order to manufacture consent for more and more aggressive acts of brinkmanship with a nuclear superpower. These people are depraved.

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October 14, 2022 Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Preparing for COP27 Climate Summit – an urgent shake-up of international finance system is needed

COP26 President Alok Sharma will today (Friday 14 October, 2022) deliver a
major keynote address at the Wilson Center think-tank in Washington, D.C.,
outlining key climate finance priorities ahead of COP27 next month. Mr
Sharma is expected to address how the international system – including
multilateral development banks, businesses, central banks, finance
ministries and regulators – must reform to support faster climate action in
line with the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact, which was
agreed by nearly 200 countries at COP26 last year.

Cabinet Office 13th Oct 2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cop26-president-alok-sharma-calls-for-shake-up-of-the-international-system-to-confront-urgent-climate-challenges

October 14, 2022 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change | Leave a comment

German Greens lay out nuclear power extension position amid coalition infighting

DW 15 Oct 22, The Green Party decided to support reserve operation of nuclear power plants in Germany, but rejected procurement of new fuel rods. Their party conference coincides with a conflict in the coalition on the issue.

…………………………………………. No to new nuclear fuel

The issue has also put Habeck in a difficult position with the party grassroots, given the Green Party’s longstanding objection to German nuclear power and the pride it took in being part of the first government to declare that the country would stop using it altogether.

The Greens said their red line on any nuclear extension would be the procurement of new nuclear fuel elements. The Greens would not agree to any legal regulation in the Bundestag that would procure new nuclear fuel.

Party co-leader Ricarda Lang said in the debate that new fuel rods or a return to nuclear power “will not happen with us.” Renewable energies need to be expanded, and “nuclear power is not the future,” Lang said.

Habeck also described a return to nuclear power as “wrong”, adding: “There’s no way that’s going to happen to us.”

As for the reserve operation of the two nuclear power plants, he said that “we shouldn’t rule out this contribution from the outset” because of the emerging gap in the energy supply…………………………….. more https://www.dw.com/en/german-greens-lay-out-nuclear-power-extension-position-amid-coalition-infighting/a-63449846

October 14, 2022 Posted by | Germany, politics | Leave a comment

Update on Toxic Culture at Sellafield Nuclear Plant: We Need the Truth — RADIATION FREE LAKELAND

A message from Alison McDermott via CrowdJustice Update on Toxic Culture at Sellafield Nuclear Plant: We Need the Truth Dear Supporters, I have now launched a new crowdfunding site to cover the costs of my Appeal. When Whistleblowing Goes Nuclear. (crowdjustice.com) In essence, my whistleblowing case is still very much alive. I have an appeal listed at […]

Update on Toxic Culture at Sellafield Nuclear Plant: We Need the Truth — RADIATION FREE LAKELAND

October 14, 2022 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Stockpiling iodine tablets in Europe, as fears rise over dangers in Zaporizhzhia nuclear station

The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure – and
interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some
radiation. Concerns have grown in recent weeks over periodic power cuts to
the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that have increased the risk of a meltdown.
And threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will use “all
means necessary” to win the war in Ukraine has raised the specter of
nuclear warfare.

Some countries in Europe have started stockpiling the
tablets and pharmacies in Finland began to run low on the pills after that
country’s health ministry recommended households buy a single dose in case
of emergency.

Daily Mail 13th Oct 2022

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11312075/EXPLAINER-How-iodine-tablets-block-nuclear-radiation.html

October 14, 2022 Posted by | EUROPE, safety | Leave a comment

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