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Corespondent de război rus: Cine este pregătit pentru noile "Acorduri de la Istanbul"?

Cine este pregătit pentru noile “Acorduri de la Istanbul”?, se întreabă @sashakots, într-o postare de pe canalul său de Telegram. Georgiana Arsene Corespondentul de război rus analizează comunicatul de presă emis de Ministerul rus al Apărării, subliniind un aspect din informarea oficială: Ministerul Apărării (Ministerul rus al Apărării, nota Georgiana Arsene) cu privire la rezultatele…

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France will deliver missiles to Ukraine on a monthly basis in 2024

More than 600 missiles announced as continuous support in the midst of Ukraine's struggles.

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 01/19/2024 - 16:00 in Military, War Zones

France has committed to provide Ukraine with 50 missiles per month over 2024, totaling 600 missiles throughout the year, as the war-torn nation continues to face the effects of the conflict.

The French Minister of Defense, Sebastien Lecornu, announced the start of missile deliveries to Ukraine during an interview at France Inter, reports Le Figaro. From January 18, France will provide approximately 50 undesignated "missiles" per month by the end of the year.

Lecornu clarified that this is a distinct initiative from President Emmanuel Macron's decision to supply about 40 SCALP air-to-air cruise missiles to Ukraine.

The missile weapons supplied are believed to be modified air bombs of the AASM family, equipped with a propellant rocket and classified as missiles in the French military system. AASM is a modernization kit designed for existing free-fall unguided aerial pumps, specifically the American JDAM model used by Ukrainian tactical aviation.

The AASM kit includes a front section with orientation system and flaps and a rear section with accelerator to increase flight range. Two types of aerial pump kits are in use in France: "Hammer-250" for 227 kg Mk82 pumps and "Hammer-1000" for 908 kg Mk84 pumps.

The front part of the AASM kit can incorporate three orientation systems: inertial with GPS correction, inertial with thermal imaging orientation or similar with laser beam orientation system. In 2016, the French Ministry of Defense ordered the production of 764 AASM sets with inertial orientation system, 384 sets with thermal imaging orientation and 600 sets with laser orientation.

The range of these ammunition varies according to the launch height and the initial speed, officially ranging from 15 to 70 kilometers. With the expected start of ammunition transfers in January, it is expected that Ukrainian aircraft, especially Soviet-era models, such as the MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters, will be the main users of Mk.82 air bombs. The heavier Mk.84 pumps, weighing 908 kg, are only compatible with the Su-24M frontline bomber.

In addition, the AASM ammunition demonstrated compatibility with F-16 fighters during the tests in 2014. Ukraine is expected to receive its first F-16 fighters this year.

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France says its troops were misrepresented in ‘Wakanda Forever’

One of the things I loved about Wakanda Forever is just how *explicitly* it depicted western powers (in this case France and the US) making demands of a (fictional!) African nation to 'share' (hand over...) its resources, and covertly exploiting its perceived instability after the death of their King in order to simply steal those resources

Yes, this is fictional and yes, it's yet another MCU corporate blockbuster. But it's also one of a very few mainstream Hollywood films that has bothered to so much as glance at the legacy of Western European imperialism in Africa, and ongoing post-colonial exploitation

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I'm fascinated by the way Lecornu singled out the recent presence of French armed forces in Mali (originally on the requst of the Malian interim govt in 2012 after the fall of Libya led to insurgency in the North of Mali) for comparison, as if that's the only time France has ever had a contested presence there. As if colonialism, Françafrique and the CFA Franc never happened

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"Many ministerial services were targeted" from Sunday "using familiar technical means but of unprecedented intensity," Attal's office said, without providing further details of the targets.

A security source told AFP that the attacks "are not currently attributable to Russia," an obvious suspect for many given Paris' support for Kyiv since the invasion of Ukraine.

The PM's staff added that a "crisis cell has been activated to deploy countermeasures", meaning "the impact of these attacks has been reduced for most services and access to state websites restored."

Specialist services including information security agency ANSSI were "implementing filtering measures until the attacks are over".

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This was after last December's third independence referendum rejected the option of full sovereignty.[...] The pro-independence parties refuse to recognise the last referendum result and seek talks with Paris next year to secure a timetable to attain independence.

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La Russie représente une menace non seulement pour nos intérêts en Afrique, mais aussi directement pour nos forces armées

Le ministre ne prend évidemment pas la peine de préciser dans quelle partie du monde les soldats français auraient été menacés par Moscou, puisque cela pourrait faire lever un ou deux sourcils (https://www.lindependant.fr/2024/03/05/guerre-en-ukraine-tensions-en-mer-noire-un-awacs-et-deux-rafale-francais-ont-tente-de-violer-la-frontiere-de-la-russie-accuse-le-ministere-russe-de-la-defense-11806460.php).

Mais sa sortie médiatique n’a rien d’anodin et vise à préparer les esprits au pire, Paris cherchant à convaincre (https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/geopolitik/frankreich-europaminister-haddad-im-interview-ukraine-muss-langstreckenraketen-auf-russland-abfeuern-duerfen-li.2258051) les sponsors du régime de Kiev de l'autoriser à frapper en profondeur du territoire russe.

Soit la guerre nucléaire (https://t.me/kompromatmedia_2/1311).

«Les Français souhaitent-ils cela? On ne leur pas demandé», faisait remarquer Zakharova en juin dernier (vidéo).

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo by NPO. Alexander C. Kubitaz. DOD.  

U.S. Commitment to Ukraine's Defense

France's Key Role During a meeting with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, Secretary Austin expressed gratitude for France's contributions to Ukraine's defense. He emphasized the importance of international cooperation in countering Russian expansionism. "I'm deeply grateful for France's contributions to Ukraine's fight for freedom, and I know that we'll continue to work together to provide security assistance to our Ukrainian partners," Austin stated. "We've also worked together to strengthen NATO."   The D-Day Commemoration Reflecting on the recent D-Day ceremony, Austin highlighted the historical significance and the enduring principles of freedom and democracy. Meeting with World War II veterans, he reaffirmed the commitment to the rules-based international order established post-war. "It was very moving to have the chance to again thank the U.S., French, and other Allied veterans of World War II and to reaffirm the principles that they fought for. Their service and sacrifice laid the foundation for the rules-based international order that we built together after World War II," Austin remarked.  

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For the first time, French Rafale fighters are deployed in Lithuania for Baltic air policing

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/02/2022 - 08:30 in Military

The Polish Air Force, which strengthened the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic States from Lithuania, took over the leadership of the Hungarian mission on December 1. The reinforcement has a first detachment of four Rafale fighters, the most powerful fighter in France, never deployed in Lithuania before.

Previously, the French Ministry of Defense had said that Paris would deploy four Rafale fighters in Lithuania from November 25 as part of NATO's military reinforcement to protect airspace over the Baltic countries.

"The importance of NATO's air defense today cannot be exaggerated. Countries agreed to intensify deterrence and defense, including in the air domain, in Madrid. We recognize that air defense capabilities should play a stronger role in ensuring security in the Baltic region,” Poland's Deputy Minister of National Defense, Vilius Semeska said at the inauguration ceremony.

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Sebastien Lecornu said in a statement that the reinforcements would include a reinforced armored infantry company and a Leclerc tank squad. He described the mission as "defense, deterrence and protection".

In addition to the Rafale fighters to Lithuania, France is also sending a light infantry company to Estonia. The implementation will be in phases and will continue until November.

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The reinforcement of the NATO Air Policing Mission of Estonia's Amari Air Force Base is provided by the German Air Force Detachment with four Eurofighter fighters.

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Guardian, Warren Murray and agencies, Thu 23 May   France has carried out its first test firing of an updated nuclear-capable missile, the ASMPA-R, designed to be launched by a Rafale fighter jet, according to the French defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu. It came a day after Russia said it began nuclear drills in its southern military district, which stretches from Russia into occupied…

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Roma. Difesa: colloquio telefonico tra il Ministro della Difesa Guido Crosetto e l'omologo francese Sebastién Lecornu. Il Ministro Crosetto, nella giornata del 4 aprile, ha avuto una conversazione telefonica con il Ministro delle Forze Armate della Repubblica Francese, Sebastién Lecornu. "Ieri ho avuto un colloquio telefonico con il mio collega francese Sebastien Lecornu, che ha voluto condividere con me le sue impressioni in seguito alla recente conversazione col Ministro della Difesa russo, Serghei Shoigu. Tale telefonata - preannunciata dall'amico Sébastien - riguardava esclusivamente la condivisione di informazioni in merito alla lotta al terrorismo. Comprendo la ratio dell'iniziativa del collega francese poiché, sebbene la Federazione Russa abbia invaso un Paese sovrano, e per questo Italia e Francia sostengono e sosterranno sempre l'Ucraina, e' importante - come ho sempre detto - che vengano tenuti aperti anche canali di confronto e dialogo. Un canale di comunicazione aperto, necessariamente duro e critico, è fondamentale per ottenere l'obiettivo di far cessare gli attacchi russi e di poter creare le condizioni per una pace giusta". Così il Ministro della Difesa Guido Crosetto in una nota stampa. La scorsa settimana, i due ministri si erano già confrontati sul complesso quadro geopolitico internazionale, sottolineando l'importanza della collaborazione tra Italia e Francia per affrontare le difficili sfide in campo come quelle contro il terrorismo e contro il Daesh.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article