Month: March 2024

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov sees NATO ambitions to defeat Russia in Ukraine behind Macron’s hint at French troops in Ukraine! This is a Major escalation!!

Scholz and Macron will speak to each other first before being joined by Tusk, a German government source said.

The meeting follows tension between the French and German leaders over issues such as Ukraine policy, most recently stirred by Macron not ruling out the deployment of ground troops in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron opened the door on Monday to European nations sending troops to Ukraine, although he cautioned that there was no consensus at this stage as allies agreed to ramp up efforts to deliver more munitions to Kyiv.

🚨Update: President Macron going to make a major announcement tomorrow! Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov sees NATO ambitions to defeat Russia in Ukraine behind Macron’s hint at French troops in Ukraine! Major escalation!! pic.twitter.com/vvoXYeOCJr

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) March 13, 2024

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Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov discussed with guests on his evening television show which NATO countries Russian nuclear weapons should target, even proposing a viewer competition to decide the city that should get hit first.

Solovyov, and his guests who appear on the Russia 1 channel, frame Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a proxy war with the West and over the two years of the conflict, have repeatedly called for nuclear strikes against Kyiv’s allies.

🚨🇷🇺 Russia: "The weather is ideal for conducting nuclear strikes against NATO countries." pic.twitter.com/eeNRzM6Lc7

— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) March 10, 2024

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An Il-76 was lost east of Moscow due to engine failure, the Defense Ministry has reported.

An Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed in Russia on Tuesday, after one of its engines failed during take-off, the Defense Ministry has reported.

The aircraft had 15 people on board, including eight crew members and seven passengers, the statement said. The incident happened in Ivanovo Region, some 250km east of the capital of Moscow.

A video circulating online that was apparently filmed by an eyewitness shows the aircraft passing by in the sky with flames engulfing one of its four turbofan engines.

🚨Update: NATO anti-aircraft fire hits Russian transport plane! Over the Russian city of Ivanovo, an Il-76 plane caught fire and reportedly crashed!
pic.twitter.com/SzhRBqCpES

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) March 12, 2024

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China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the armed forces to coordinate preparations for military conflicts at sea, protect the country’s maritime rights and interests and the development of the maritime economy.

🚨Update: Chinese President Xi Jinping orders the PLA to prepare for war to retake Taiwan!! pic.twitter.com/veFfbzGixG

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) March 8, 2024

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Diplomats have urged American citizens to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours.

The US Embassy in Moscow has warned that “extremists” are plotting attacks in the Russian capital that could happen within the next few days.

“The embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts, and US citizens should be advised to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours,” the diplomatic mission said in a statement on its website in the early hours of Friday local time.

It urged Americans to stay vigilant and “monitor local media for updates.” The embassy did not provide any additional details about the alert.

'Avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours'

The US and UK are warning of an imminent terrorist attack in Moscow, urging the public to avoid large gatherings in the city. The warning comes after Moscow police says it also thwarted a planned Islamist attack on a synagogue. pic.twitter.com/rRAdHBlwPG

— GB News (@GBNEWS) March 8, 2024

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Stockholm has formally been greenlit for accession to the US-led bloc.

Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization after the document formalizing Stockholm’s accession to the bloc entered into force on Thursday.

The accession ceremony will be held in Washington, where Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will submit his country’s accession documents to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. 

Sweden officially joins NATO pic.twitter.com/LDzanR7E1v

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 7, 2024

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NATO is preparing for new wars, and drills conducted by the alliance in Europe increase tensions in the world, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday. 

“The joint drills of NATO armed forces in Europe called Steadfast Defender 2024, during which the scenario of armed confrontation with Russia is being worked out, will certainly increase tensions and destabilize the situation in the world,” Patrushev said during a meeting on security in North Caucasus. 

NATO plans to increase its presence in the Arctic and Asia-Pacific, Patrushev added.

Nikolay Patrushev pointed also out that “the exercises of NATO’s armed forces in Europe codenamed Steadfast Defender 2024, during which the scenario of an armed confrontation with Russia is being worked out, undoubtedly increase tension and destabilize the situation in the world”

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Facebook and Instagram are down. This is evident from various reports and data from DownDetector. It is still unclear what is going on.

Thousands of users have been logged out of their Facebook accounts this afternoon.

And upon attempting to re-login, Facebook is insisting that it does not recognise the user’s password – even after changing it.

Hundreds of users have flooded Down Detector with reports of outages on Facebook.

And users of Instagram – which is owned by Facebook parent company Meta – have also reported issues regarding search functions and other functions in the app.

Neither Facebook or Instagram have released statements as of yet to outline what the problem is with the sites.

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Meta says it’s looking into a global Facebook, Instagram outages.

Other Meta services, such as Workplace and WhatsApp for companies, have also been disrupted. The same goes for the Ads Manager, where people can place ads. The status page to see which Meta services are still up and running is also partly down.

In the meantime YouTube is also having some server issues.

thanks to everyone who sent notes about loading issues with YouTube: we're on it! 🔍

will follow up here once things are back to normal, you can also follow our Help Community post for details ➡️ https://t.co/4Ezmtku3Em

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) March 5, 2024

JUST IN – Facebook, Instagram down: Meta services facing login issues in multiple countries: NetBlock pic.twitter.com/Xt81bvzGeN

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 5, 2024

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