The phone call between the Ukrainian and French leaders comes on the eve of the summit between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the Black Sea grain deal.
I tell you, this tank is like a sniper rifle. . . set a world record by impacting a T-55 from a distance of more than five kilometers.
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When you drive a T-80 [a Russian-made large war tank (MBT)] and you’re not sure you’ll even get a shot because the loading mechanism might malfunction or some sensors wouldn’t work. I mean, basically, you scare [the Russians] with engine noise, so that’s another feeling.
Its merit is that it has a long range and is very accurate.
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If used correctly, it will cause them, I don’t know, death and horror, that’s all.
In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Sunday, Nikol Pashinyan accused Russia of failing to secure Armenia in the face of what he called aggression across neighboring Azerbaijan opposed to the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Pashinyan warned that Moscow, which has a defense pact with Armenia and a military base there, was not his country pro-Russian enough and said he believed Russia was leaving the South Caucasus.
Yerevan is therefore looking to diversify its security arrangements, he said, referring to its ties with the EU and the United States and its attempts to forge closer ties with other countries in the region.
“Armenia’s security architecture is 99. 999% similar to Russia’s, adding the acquisition of weapons and ammunition,” Pashinyan told La Repubblica.
“But we see that Russia itself wants weapons and ammunition [for the war in Ukraine] and in this scenario it is understandable that even if it wants it, the Russian Federation cannot satisfy Armenia’s security desires.
“This example shows us that relying on a single, secure spouse is a strategic mistake. “
His comments underscore resentment in Armenia over what many see as Russia’s failure in its interests.
Here we play a leading role. We see strong efforts all over the world for the realization of the grain corridor.
The current status [of the grain deal] will be discussed at Monday’s summit. We are cautious, but we hope to succeed because this affects everyone.
They have published thousands of pages of information that could be criminals who broke into the HMNB Clyde nuclear submarine base, the Porton Down chemical weapons laboratory and a GCHQ listening post.
The LockBit Group raid also stole information about high-security prisons and a key military site of our cyber defenses.
The hackers attacked the databases of Zaun, a company that manufactures fences for maximum-security sites. The data was then placed on the dark web of the Internet, available in special software. . .
We can reveal that the data was stolen last month in a major attack on West Midlands-based Zaun, which manufactures perimeter fencing and security measures for high-risk sites and provided security barriers for the London 2012 Olympic Games.