๐ฅWar Moves๐ฅ
Is Putin losing his mind? Was Ukraine the center of deep state operations? Did Russia destroy bio-weapons labs in Ukraine that were targeting Slavic genomes? Agreement in place to remove Russia from the SWIFT banking system. Will Russia respond with a cyber attack on SWIFT? US imposes sanctions on Russian banks, seizes assets, and puts retrictions on trade... Taiwan next?
Devastating mushroom cloud erupts above Kharkiv after massive explosion from Russian bomb... The shocking footage lit up the night sky of Ukraine's second-largest city shockwaves were sent out to close by towns. On Monday, multiple cluster bombs were fired on Kharkiv leaving hundreds injured.
Toyota To Halt All Japan Plants As Supplier Hit With Cyberattack... Nikkei reports on Monday that Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend operations at all of its Japanese factories on Tuesday after one of its top suppliers was hit by a "suspected cyberattack."
UK is banning Russian ships from their ports.... UK says it becomes first country to pass law banning all Russian ships from entering its ports
Turkey has not notified Russia of straits closure -Ifax... Russia has received no official notification from Turkey on the closure of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian warships, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian embassy in Turkey as saying.
Turkey blocks warships from Bosphorus, Dardanelles... Turkey said Monday it was blocking warships from the key Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits in line with a convention that gives it control over the passage of military vessels in the strategic area.
Russia-Ukraine live news: Huge Russian convoy nears Kyiv... Russian attack hits Kyiv television tower, Ukrainian official says
Russia says 'real danger' of Ukraine acquiring nuclear weapons required response... Russia's foreign minister told a Geneva disarmament meeting on Tuesday that Ukraine has been seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, a "real danger" that needed a Russian response.
Falklands row explodes as UK accused of 'warmongering' like Putin's Russia... The Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmona told Argentinian news website Telam: "The British Government has been taking warmongering positions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in his Christmas message to the islanders, made a sort of apology for war, referring to the Malvinas conflict.
Snake Island border guards who were feared dead after telling Russian navy to 'go f**k yourself' are ALIVE and are being held as prisoners of war by Russia... The 13 Ukrainian border guards who were feared dead after they told the Russian military to 'go f*** yourself' over the radio as they defended a small island in the Black Sea are actually alive and being held as prisoners of war, the Ukrainian Navy has since confirmed.
Zelensky declares Russia 'a terrorist state' following rocket attack on Kharkiv and vacuum bomb blast in Kyiv and warns Putin: 'No one will forgive. No one will forget'... Ukraine's President Vlodymyr Zelensky has declared Russia 'a terrorist state' following a rocket attack in front of a civilian public administration building in Kharkiv which destroyed the road outside and blew the windows out of the building itself on Tuesday morning.
US official: Russian invasion of Ukraine risks release of dangerous pathogens... The Russian invasion of Ukraine may put at risk a network of US-linked labs in Ukraine that work with dangerous pathogens, said Robert Pope, the director of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, a 30-year-old Defense Department program that has helped secure the former Soviet Unionโs weapons of mass destruction and redirect former bioweapons facilities and scientists toward peaceful endeavors.
Russia Says It Will Strike Sites in Kyiv After Ukraine Reports Deadly Attacks in Kharkiv... Russian officials said March 1 that the military will launch strikes at sites in Kyiv, Ukraineโs largest city, after Ukraine blamed Russia for explosions in its second-largest city.
Telegram: RT 21502: Visa and Mastercard blocking Russia... Visa & Mastercard block Russian financial institutions US payment firms Visa and Mastercard have fallen in line with Washingtonโs sanctions package levelled at Moscow by blocking several financial institutions from their network. US government sanctions demand all โSpecially Designated Nationalsโ and institutions on their list to be excluded from American financial services. The move comes on top of Saturdayโs block from the US, Canada, Britain and Europe on some Russian lenders from the SWIFT international transfer system.
Telegram: RT 21506: Nord Stream 2 bankruptcy... โก๏ธ Nord Stream 2 AG considers bankruptcy due to sanctions โ Reuters citing sources
Telegram: RT 21507: Ukraine is using their civilians as human shields... Defense Minister Shoigu: 'Ukraine still using civilians as human shields' โช๏ธRussian forcesโ special military operation until the goals are achieved; the main task is to protect Russia from the military threat posed by Western countries โช๏ธ Western countries are trying to use the Ukrainian people in the fight against Russia. Ukraine uses civilians as human shields, also uses multiple rocket launchers, large-caliber weapons and mortars โช๏ธ Russian army isnโt occupying Ukrainian territory, but taking all measures to preserve the lives and safety of civilians - strikes only carried out on military facilities and exclusively with high-precision weapons โช๏ธ Ukrainian army is stationed in the courtyards of residential buildings, near schools and kindergartens
Telegram: RT 21509: Ukraine is apart of the EU.... โก๏ธ Ukraine's EU membership application - under accelerated procedure - has been accepted, registered and is under consideration - Zelensky's office
Telegram: RT 21519: Instagram is blocking RT... โก๏ธ Instagram BLOCKS all RT accounts in 27 European countries Instagramโs censorship mirrors Facebook's restriction of RT pages.
Iranโs Khamenei: โMafia regimeโ of US created Ukraine crisis... Iran wishes for the war in Ukraine to end but believes the crisis is rooted in the policies of the United States and other Western nations, Iranโs Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said.
Shell is leaving Russia.... Shell will exit all its Russian operations, including a major liquefied natural gas plant, becoming the latest major Western energy company to quit the oil-rich country
Zelensky Prods Biden to Impose โNo-Fly Zoneโ; Psaki: โNot a Good Ideaโ... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the D.C. outlet Axios in a statement on Monday that his country โneeds the West to impose a no-fly zone,โ a significant escalation potentially tantamount to an act of war.
Is Putin Considering Using Nukes on NATO?... From his principal avenues of attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin began this war with three strategic goals.
EU will freeze Russia's assets.... EU says it will 'paralyze' the assets of Russia's Central Bank, 'freezing' its transactions and 'making it impossible' to liquidate its assets, BNO News reports
Facebook and Twitter block pro-Russian misinformation groups that are targeting Ukrainians using hacked accounts or fake profiles... The cyber security team at Meta - parent of Facebook and Instagram - has blocked a set of pro-Russian fake accounts and hacked social media profiles that were part of a scheme to undermine Ukraine, the tech giant said Sunday.
Russian citizen's scrambling for money at the last minute... It's started.
Predictions of a Full Blown World War III, NATO's Article 4 & 5 are critical with Turkey's participation of particular importance, and a global cyber shutdown by the Ides of March (Julian 3/15; Gregorian 3/28) is possible - Do you have enough water, food, and gas to survive a multi week shutdown from cyber attacks?
Article 5 and Cyber attacks... Cyberattacks, according to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, could trigger Article 5 of the organization's charter, the "commitment clause," which considers an attack on any NATO ally an attack on all.
Wikipedia: Turkey... Turkey (Turkish: Tรผrkiye [หtyษพcije]), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Tรผrkiye Cumhuriyeti [หtyษพcije dสumหhuหษพijeti] (listen)), is a transcontinental country located mainly on Anatolia in Western Asia, with a portion on the Balkans in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea to the west.
Will Cyber Warfare Cripple the World?
โ ๏ธ Implement Cybersecurity Measures Now to Protect Against Potential Critical Threats... โ ๏ธ Every organization in the United States is at risk from cyber threats that can disrupt essential services and potentially result in impacts to public safety. Over the past year, cyber incidents have impacted many companies, non-profits, and other organizations, large and small, across multiple sectors of the economy.
WEF Warning of Internet Take-Down in the Event of a Computer Virus Pandemic Event
A cyber-attack with COVID-like characteristics?...
