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The Russian IL-76 heavy transport plane was carrying 65 captured Ukrainian military personnel when it crashed in Belgorod Region some 90km (55 miles) from the Ukrainian border. The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that the aircraft was brought down by Kiev’s forces.
The ministry has also stated that the Ukrainian side was informed of the flight ahead of time and was aware that it was carrying POWs, noting that the prisoner exchange was supposed to take place later in the afternoon at the Kolotilovka checkpoint.
Shortly after the crash, the Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda released a report claiming that it had received confirmation from Kiev's military that the its forces had shot the plane down and that it had been told that the aircraft was believed to be carrying S-300 missiles.
Shortly after, however, the outlet redacted that statement, stating only that Kiev had confirmed that it was aware of the plane crash but could not confirm it was carrying Ukrainian POWs.
The head of Russia’s State Duma Defense Committee, Andrey Kartapolov, has suggested that the IL-76 was shot down using Western Patriot or Iris-T air defense missiles. He has also proposed calling off any further prisoner swap negotiations with Kiev and insisted that Ukraine should officially be branded a terrorist state and its government a terrorist cell.
Deep within the halls of a post-holiday Pentagon, a mischievous renegade created a paper doll that merges the Archangel Michael’s body with Rep. Mike Rogers’s head. The doll-maker tucked the creation inside a framed photograph of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, hoping the two Michaels would impart some sort of mojo.
“The Archangel Michael is the military’s patron saint, all about truth and justice,” the dollmaker told Soldier of Fortune. “Now we have St. Michael v.2,” chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, fighting to preserve integrity inside the Defense Department. “Their combined power is our last best hope,” the dollmaker said, noting that a few cognoscenti have left pebbles alongside the hidden paper moppet.
Soldier of Fortune has viewed a photo of the paper doll, on condition that it not be published. The creator was concerned that meta data or image searches could pinpoint who made the doll.
The dollmaker said that the semi-joking, semi-serious hocus-pocus springs from wanting to hasten Rogers’s efforts to wrest the truth about unanswered questions surrounding Austin’s recent two-week hospital stay.
Shadow of Ezra 1hr ago
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
Where They Go One, They Go All
1. Hillary Clinton
2. Bill Clinton
3. Nancy Pelosi
4. John Podesta
5. John Brennan
6. James Comey
7. Maxine Waters
8. Adam Schiff
9. Hunter Biden
10. George W. Bush
11. Dr. Anthony Fauci
12. Huma Abedin
13. Bill Gates
14. Anthony Wiener
15. George Soros
16. Lindsey Graham
17. Mitch McConnell
18. Kevin McCarthy
19. Chuck Schumer
20. Kamala Harris
21. Robert Mueller
22. Mike Pence
23. Joe Biden
24. James Clapper
24. Lloyd Austin
25. Dick Cheney
26. John Kerry
27. Alexander Soros
28. Loretta Lynch
29. Andrew McCabe
30. Peter Strzok
31. Lisa Page
32. James Baker
33. Eric Holder
34. Tony Podesta
35. Susan Rice
36. Harry Reid
37. Paul Ryan
38. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
39. Sally Yates
40. Mitt Romney
41. Jerry Nadler
42. Klaus Schwab
43. Michelle Obama
44. Sally Yates
45. Andrew Cuomo
46. Herbert Raymond McMaster
47. Deborah Birx
48. Mark Zuckerberg
49. Nikki Haley
50. Brian Kemp
This list will grow as Guantanamo Bay was recently expanded.
The largest and most powerful Air Defence Destroyer ever built,
Poke- Poke- Poke. One would hope that they are all on the same page. This just looks like mad chaos.