On Saturday, the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) wrapped up in Beijing. This was followed by the CPC’s new Central Committee approving on Sunday the Standing Committee of the party’s Politburo.
Xi Jinping has been elected for a third term as head of the Communist Party of China (CPC), according to the decision of the CPC' Central Committee.
He also secured a third term as Chairman of the Military Council of the CPC Central Committee, in what came after the 20th Congress of the CPC wrapped up on Saturday.
On Sunday, the new Central Committee, consisting of 205 people, approved the Politburo of 25 people and the Standing Committee of the Politburo. The Standing Committee's new members include Li Qiang, Ding Xuexiang, Cai Qi, and Li Xi.
Speaking to reporters after securing his third term, Xi Jinping for his part underscored that China and “the world” need each other.
“China cannot develop without the world, and the world also needs China. After more than 40 years of unwavering efforts towards reform and opening up, we have created two miracles - rapid economic development and long-term social stability,” he pointed out.
Separately, China's President thanked the reporters, saying “throughout this week, journalists and media representatives actively covered the [20th CPC] Congress, conveying the party’s position to the whole world.”
“Thank you all for this. I urge you to travel more across China, and speak objectively about the country and the CPC,” Xi added.
The remarks came after the Chinese president declared the 20th Congress of the CPC closed on Saturday. The delegates unanimously approved a resolution on the report of the CPC Central Committee of the 19th convocation, a resolution on the report on the work of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the 19th convocation and a resolution on amendments to the party charter.
Kremlin: Putin Congratulates Xi For Third Term Election as General Secretary of CCP
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of congratulations to Chinese President Xi Jinping on his election for a third five-year term as General Secretary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
"A congratulatory message was sent," Peskov told Sputnik.
According to the Kremlin spokesman, the official text will be published on the website of the Russian president.
Earlier in the day, Chinese leader Xi Jinping was elected for a third five-year term as General Secretary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported citing a statement from the CCP Central Committee.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk provides an update on the development of the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket at the company’s Launch facility in South Texas on Feb. 10. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)
Mary Jordan Washington D.C.
Between launching four astronauts and 54 satellites into orbit, unveiling an electric freight truck and closing in on taking over Twitter this month, Elon Musk made time to offer unsolicited peace plans for Taiwan and Ukraine, antagonizing those countries’ leaders and irking Washington, too.
Musk, the richest man in the world, then irritated some Pentagon officials by announcing he didn’t want to keep paying for his private satellite service in Ukraine, before later walking back the threat.
As Musk, 51, inserts himself into volatile geopolitical issues, many Washington policymakers worry from the sidelines as he bypasses them.
A two-decade partnership between Musk and the federal government helped the United States return to global dominance in space and shift to electric cars, and made the tech geek an internationally famous CEO. But many in Washington, even as they praise his work in areas of national security, now see Musk as too powerful and too reckless.
Citing Musk’s public ridicule of those who snub him — the billionaire has called President Biden a “damp sock puppet” and said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reminds him of “my friend’s angry mom” — many of the two dozen top government officials interviewed for this article would only speak about Musk on the condition of anonymity. But nearly all described him as being as erratic and arrogant as he is brilliant.
“Elon, The Everywhere” is what one White House official called him. “He believes he is such a gift to mankind that he doesn’t need any guardrails, that he knows best.”
“He sees himself as above the presidency,” said Jill Lepore, a Harvard historian who hosted podcasts on Musk.
Musk declined to comment for this story, but he says he weighs in on important problems and described his mission as “enhancing the future of humanity.” He said his Ukraine plan could avert possible nuclear war, and that his Taiwan proposal could ease dangerous regional tensions.
But Musk’s freelance diplomacy is angering allies at the same time he bids $44 billion to take over a media platform with hundreds of millions of users.
“The bottom line is that people hang on his every word because he has delivered so many times,” said Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.). “I hope he shows some respect for that responsibility.”
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) called Musk’s plan for Ukraine an “affront” to its people, and even suggested federal subsidies that help electric carmakers might be better spent.
Musk’s relationship with Washington started out strong. “I love you!” Musk blurted out when a NASA official called to tell him in 2008 that he got a $1.6 billion contract at a time when he was heavily in debt. Washington then poured billions more into Musk’s company as it developed its rockets and space capsule. SpaceX delivered, rebuilding the flagging U.S. space program.
His bipartisan efforts once helped him win over Washington. He dined with President Barack Obama and joined President Donald Trump’s economic councils. He donated to candidates of both parties. Now, he bashes Biden and says he plans to vote for a Republican president in 2024.
These days, the eccentric entrepreneur rarely visits Washington and is increasingly critical of the federal government. He does talk to foreign presidents and prime ministers, according to people who work directly with him. Musk sells his state-of-the-art rockets and aerospace technology to South Korea, Turkey and a growing list of other countries. He has Tesla factories in Germany and China. He also owns and controls more than 3,000 satellites circling the Earth — far more than any nation, including the United States.
In May, Brazilian officials said Musk met with Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian president who is described in Latin America as a right-wing ultranationalist. Musk said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin 18 months ago, but denied a report that he talked to Putin just before offering his Ukrainian peace plan that was widely condemned as pro-Russian.
Though Musk needs Washington less now that he is global powerhouse, Washington continues to depend on him. The U.S. military uses his rockets and satellite communications services for its drones, ships and aircraft. NASA currently has no way to get American astronauts to the International Space Station without his space capsule. And, at a time when climate change is a top White House priority, he has more electric cars on U.S. roads than any other manufacturer.
Several top government officials said they are working on decreasing their reliance on Musk, including partnering with and nurturing competitors with government contracts and subsidies. “There’s not just SpaceX. There are other entities that we can certainly partner with when it comes to providing Ukraine what they need on the battlefield,” Sabrina Singh, deputy Pentagon press secretary, told reporters last week.
A key concern if Musk buys Twitter is his web of overseas holdings and foreign investors, including his massive Tesla factory in China, and possible leverage others could have over Musk if he controls a platform where some users have spread misinformation and ratcheted up political divisiveness. As a U.S. defense contractor, Musk has been vetted, but several top officials said they wanted a more thorough review, including any expansion plans in Russia and China. Warren and others have called his Twitter purchase a “danger to democracy.”
Washington has dealt before with powerful tycoons who dominated railroads, oil or a key economic sector, said Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations. “But what’s a bit different here is Musk’s ability to project his political agenda and the fact that now that we have technology and media that allows individuals to essentially become their own network or channel,” Haass said.
Because Musk has business investments in China, and, according to Russian and other news reports, said last year at a Kremlin-sponsored event for students that he was planning one in Russia, several top U.S. government officials wonder if Musk’s business interests affect his views on foreign affairs.
The economic turmoil since the Ukraine war began has dented the fortunes of many people including Musk, whose personal wealth dropped by tens of billions, to about $210 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.
Two people who know him well said Musk is impulsive and that makes him say things that harm his own interests — a tendency that makes it difficult for government officials to count on Musk. Musk himself has said he has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism, and no one should expect him to be a “chill, normal dude.”
“He shoots himself in the foot all the time. He should not be getting into politics,” said one person who has worked with him for years.
“I have been as shocked as anyone these last few months at some of the things he has waded into,” said Lori Garver, former deputy administrator at NASA. She worries about the consequences. SpaceX restored U.S. leadership in space, but his politically charged comments attract critics who are starting to ask, “Why is taxpayer money going to this billionaire?”
Musk set his sights on D.C. 20 years ago. A South African who moved to Silicon Valley, Musk became a U.S. citizen in 2002 — the year he used his payment from the sale of PayPal, the electronic payment firm he helped found, to start SpaceX. It was a big risk, and he needed high-dollar government contracts to survive. In early 2003, Musk announced he would have a “significant presence” in the nation’s capital so that he could build a “close working relationship with the federal government.”
He invested in Tesla around the same time and soon took over running it, tapping into financial subsidies and tax credits Washington was offering to wean the country off gasoline. California alone gave Tesla $3.2 billion in subsidies, according to figures provided by the office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
A review of public disclosure forms show that for brief periods of time, Musk hired dozens of lobbyists, many of them former staff members of powerful members of Congress. Rohan Patel, who worked on energy and transportation in the Obama White House, runs Tesla’s regulatory and legislative affairs in Washington.
SpaceX has spent more than $22 million to lobby Washington over the years, according to OpenSecrets, a research group tracking money in politics. Musk, himself, proved a savvy political operator. He flew into Washington 40 times between 2008 and 2013, according to flight records obtained by Musk biographer Ashlee Vance. He knocked on doors and invited officials to breakfast.
When backroom persuasion didn’t get results, he learned that publicity helps.
On a sunny Wednesday in June 2014, Musk parked his new “space taxi” a few blocks from Capitol Hill. He had hauled the capsule designed to carry seven astronauts into orbit across the country from his California factory and invited TV cameras, along with government officials, to check it out.
“Great job, Elon!” yelled Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican member of Congress, as he climbed out of the sleek spacecraft. Democrats applauded, too, that day. Musk was beaming. He was about to get richer.
The United States then relied on Russia to carry American astronauts to the International Space Station, paying Moscow tens of millions of dollars for each seat. Musk promised he would put an end to that and rebuild the American space program. Obama was in the White House and wanted to let private companies like SpaceX try. Weeks after Musk brought his space taxi to D.C., NASA awarded him a $2.6 billion contract.
Musk also pursued Pentagon contracts and found public confrontation helped. In a sparsely attended Capitol Hill hearing in 2014, he made headlines by slamming the joint venture between aerospace giants Lockheed Martin and Boeing that supplied rockets to the Air Force. He called it a “monopoly” and said it was vastly overcharging taxpayers.
“Elon was saying, ‘Give me a chance,’ ” said Scott Pace, a former NASA official who spoke at that hearing.
The Pentagon did, and Musk delivered. His game-changing, partly reusable Falcon rockets were considerably less expensive.
Now, just eight years later, Musk is the goliath of the space industry. And Musk’s success has shifted the dynamic with Washington.
Democrats are more vocal on the need to rein in Musk.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) calls Musk “my good friend,” and Musk spoke at his August fundraiser. In June, Musk, who recently moved from California to Texas, announced he voted for Mayra Flores in a congressional primary — and said it was the first time he voted for a Republican. He also bashed Democrats as too extreme and too controlled by unions and publicly predicted a “massive red wave” in November.
But some Republican lawmakers are skeptical Musk’s new coziness with the GOP will last. “He’s another bullshit artist” is how former president Donald Trump described Musk at a July rally in Alaska.
A rare area of bipartisan agreement is that for certain vital issues, especially national security, the United States should not depend on any one person or company, and the federal government is making moves to lessen dependence on Musk.
NASA has funded Boeing’s Starliner capsule to compete with SpaceX to transport astronauts. (Blue Origin, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post, is also a competitor for NASA contracts.) NASA officials said Starliner’s delays and higher cost show why SpaceX is so dominant. “But still, we need a second option,” said one influential member of Congress.
The Federal Communications Commission in August decided it would not give SpaceX’s Starlink — which is now operating in 40 countries — a $900 million subsidy to bring broadband to rural areas even though that money had been provisionally granted in the waning days of the Trump administration. The FCC said the $600 satellite dish a home would need to purchase from SpaceX was a factor. A top SpaceX official called the rejection “unreasonable” and “grossly unfair.”
Congress also has been encouraging Ford and other automakers to build electric cars. A new condition on a federal $7,500 rebate is that the price of the new car cannot top $55,000. Most Tesla models cost more.
But Musk will be eligible for many subsidies and incentives, including for his electric charging stations. He just announced his Superchargers are now in 46 countries.
Musk hates “a false narrative out there that he is a grifter who survived off government handouts,” said Eric Berger, author of "Liftoff,” a history of SpaceX. “He sees the government as a double-edge sword,” Berger said. It can help but its bureaucracy slows him down. “He is really frustrated by the dizzying array of federal agencies that he has to deal with — and the bigger he gets the more there is.”
“Those bastards” is how Musk refers to officials at theSecurities and Exchange Commission. The SEC fined Musk and Tesla $20 million each after Musk tweeted that he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private at $420 a share, after finding that was not true. The SEC is also now investigating Musk in connection with his bid for Twitter, including whether he complied with disclosure laws. Musk’s lawyer told a judge that the SEC was trying to “muzzle and harass” the businessman because he is an “outspoken critic of the government.”
Musk believes Tesla’s driver assistance system will save many lives and has said he is irritated by the publicity around the federal safety investigation into his Autopilot system. But government officials say it’s worth looking into whether the self-driving system was a factor in crashes, including some that were fatal.
Biden got into one after Musk was not invited to a White House conference on electric vehicles in August 2021. Musk tweeted that the snub was the “next level of insanity,” and that Biden was controlled by unions. Musk also has been drawing attention to any Biden misstep, including when he mistakenly read instructions meant only for him on his teleprompter.
Apart from not wanting to get on his bad side, many in Washington admire his accomplishments and want to work with him. At the Pentagon, there are many who see Musk as a secret weapon. His Starlink satellite systems mean Ukraine soldiers have real-time information about military targets, and other countries are looking at how it can help their defense efforts.
In April, the White House said Musk was invited to a discussion about electric cars and charging stations and did make an appearance by teleconferencing.
“We used to be on the same page. Now, we are not always. It’s great when we are,” said one member of Congress. “One thing is clear: Musk believes he knows best, and he will do whatever he wants — and that can be good and it can be bad.”
Meanwhile, Musk is also working on an ever-growing number of ventures, from building robots that can cook dinner to plans for colonizing Mars.
Lepore, the historian, said Musk’s power is not like anything the country has seen before. “We should be worried, not because it’s inevitable that his influence would be malignant, but it’s inevitable that it would be a huge influence.”
Islam Makhachev, petarung mma, berhasil mengalahkan Juara Kelas Ringan, Charles Oliveira dengan kemenangan KO menggunakan teknik arm triangle di laga UFC 280. Islam Makhachev pun sukses menjadi juara dunia dan yang teristimewa, pengalungan medali dilakukan Khabib Nurmagomedov bukan oleh Dana White yang biasa sering dilakukan.
Bertarung di Etihad Stadium, Uni Emirat Arab pada Minggu dini hari, 23/10/2022, Makhachev mendominasi pertarungan sejak awal pertarungan. Akhirnya, Makhachev mengalahkan Oliveira setelah melakukan arm triangle submission.
Islam Makhachev memulai pertarungan dengan cukup baik. Petarung asal Rusia itu berhasil mengunci pergerakan Charles Oliveira di awal-awal ronde pertama. Oliveira terpantau sulit lepas dari kuncian yang dilakukan Makhachev. Olieviera tidak mampu mengimbangi Islam di pertarungan atas maupun bawah.
Situasi ini terus terjadi hingga ronde pertama selesai. Oliveira yang terkunci pergerakannya tak bisa berbuat banyak. Akhirnya, Makhachev mengakhiri pertarungan di ronde pertama dengan kuncian kepada Oliveira.
Khabib Nurmagomedov menjadi sosok yang memberi sabuk juara dunia kelas ringan UFC ke Islam Makhachev usai mengalahkan Charles Oliveira di UFC 280, bukan Presiden UFC Dana White.
Usai mengalahkan Oliveira di ronde kedua lewat submission, Makhachev kemudian dinyatakan sebagai juara dunia kelas ringan UFC yang baru.
Biasanya orang yang memasangkan sabuk juara dunia ke pemenang adalah Dana White. Namun kali ini justru Khabib yang memasangkan sabuk ke Makhachev.
Khabib mengaku meminta ke White agar diperbolehkan memasang sabuk ke Makhachev. Pasalnya Khabib menganggap tidak pernah kehilangan gelar juara dunia kelas ringan UFC setelah pensiun pada 2020.
"Itu sebabnya saya bilang ke Dana White: 'Saudaraku, saya yang harus beri sabuk gelar ini ke Makhachev, karena saya tidak kehilangan sabuk gelar'. Karena saya tahu saya adalah juaranya hingga hari ini, sebelum Makhachev menjadi juara dunia," ucap Khabib.
"Saya bilang ke Dana: 'Saya yang harus memasangkan sabuk gelar ini'. Dia bilang, 'Tidak masalah, ini sabuk kamu, ini sabuk gelar Dagestan'. Ini gila, benar-benar gila," ujar Khabib kepada ESPN.
Pasukan keamanan Israel mengamankan lokasi di mana sebuah insiden terjadi di Yerusalem 22 Oktober 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Tentara Israel menembak dan membunuh seorang Palestina di Tepi Barat yang diduduki pada hari Sabtu, kata pejabat kesehatan Palestina, dan seorang Palestina menikam seorang Israel di Yerusalem, kata polisi.
Militer Israel mengatakan pasukannya berusaha menahan sebuah kendaraan setelah penumpangnya menyeberang secara ilegal ke Israel. Dikatakan kendaraan itu melarikan diri dan menabrak seorang tentara, setelah itu "tentara menembak ke arah kendaraan".
Salah satu penumpang meninggal di rumah sakit, kata pejabat rumah sakit Palestina. Ayah pria itu mengatakan kepada berita Qudsnet Palestina bahwa putranya sedang menuju tempat kerja ketika dia ditembak. Tidak jelas apakah dia memiliki izin masuk ke Israel.
Dalam insiden terpisah di Tepi Barat, para pejabat pertahanan Israel mengatakan seorang pengemudi Palestina menabrakkan mobilnya ke pos penjagaan berawak, dalam apa yang digambarkan sebagai serangan yang dicurigai.
Di Yerusalem, polisi Israel mengatakan mereka menembak dan 'menetralisir' seorang Palestina yang telah menikam dan melukai seorang Israel. Video yang beredar di media sosial menunjukkan tersangka penyerang terbaring terluka di taman bermain tempat anak-anak bermain sepak bola, ketika seorang petugas polisi bersenjata berdiri di atasnya.
Kekerasan di Tepi Barat telah meningkat dalam beberapa bulan terakhir, kadang-kadang meluas ke Yerusalem, setelah pasukan Israel memulai tindakan keras pada akhir Maret sebagai tanggapan atas serangkaian serangan oleh warga Palestina di Israel.
Perundingan damai yang ditengahi AS, yang bertujuan untuk mengakhiri konflik yang telah berlangsung selama beberapa dekade dan mendirikan negara Palestina di Tepi Barat, Yerusalem Timur dan Gaza, runtuh pada tahun 2014 dan tidak menunjukkan tanda-tanda kebangkitan.
Israel mengadakan pemilihan pada 1 November dengan Perdana Menteri Yair Lapid, yang pada bulan September mendukung kesepakatan dua negara dengan Palestina, bersaing dengan mantan perdana menteri Benjamin Netanyahu, yang telah bolak-balik dalam masalah ini.
The decisions of the EU summit have confirmed the confrontational nature of the European Union’s policy, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
"The decisions adopted at the EU Council meeting have again confirmed the confrontational nature of the European Union’s policy," Zakharova said in response to a media question from the media, published on the Russian Foreign Ministry website.
According to the diplomat, the European Union is transforming into "a space of lawlessness" where the rights of citizens and investors are violated.
"It is regrettable that the European Union, which declared itself the main guardian of the rules-based order, is increasingly evolving into a space of lawlessness where it is allowed, for political reasons, not to respect the rights of foreign investors and foreigners," the diplomat said.
The most obvious example, as Zakharova pointed out, is the EU reaction to the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.
"The conclusions of the European Council do not contain a single word about the need for a relevant investigation, which can show just one thing - the persistent unwillingness to find out who is behind the terrorist attacks against the largest European infrastructure object, which was built to ensure real, rather than imaginary, energy security of the EU member states," the statement says.
Zakharova added that Moscow sees the West’s accusations that Russia is shelling Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure as hypocritical.
"We find the accusations that Russia is ‘shelling Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure’ as utterly hypocritical. The European Union has lost the moral right to say anything about war crimes, since over eight years it had been turning a blind eye to killings of civilians, women and children as a result of the Kiev regime’s shelling of the Donbass territories," Zakharova stressed.
The diplomat added that the EU is not willing to find a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict
"We see that the EU does not show any willingness to resolve the conflict peacefully. On the contrary, they continue to thoughtlessly invest considerable funds to protracted hostilities. For this purpose are aimed the decisions on additional (another 500 million euros) funding for arms supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces and on establishing an EU mission on military support for Ukraine," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman concluded.
The crew of a Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces, which was protecting bomber and fighter aircraft and helicopters, spotted and took out an aircraft of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry wrote on its Telegram channel on Saturday.
"The personnel mastered patrolling of an assigned area and monitoring the activities of bomber and attack aircraft as well as army aviation during airstrikes against military infrastructure and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the post says. "During the sortie, Su-30SM pilots detected and neutralized" an aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian armed forces.
EU summit decisions a proof of Brussels’ confrontational policy — Foreign Ministry
The decisions of the EU summit have confirmed the confrontational nature of the European Union’s policy, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
"The decisions adopted at the EU Council meeting have again confirmed the confrontational nature of the European Union’s policy," Zakharova said in response to a media question from the media, published on the Russian Foreign Ministry website.
Main results of The European Council on 20-21 on October 2022
Russia’s escalating aggression against Ukraine
Safety of civilians and war crimes
Sanctions
Visa procedures for Russian applicants
Military support for Ukraine
Financial support for Ukraine
Reconstruction of a democratic Ukraine
Sanctions targeting the use of Iranian drones in Russia's aggression
Sanksi PBB yang dijatuhkan Iran karena dianggap (belum terbukti) telah membantu Rusia dengan pengiriman Drone. Ini mempertegas bahwa PBB adalah kepanjangan As, UE dan NATO. PBB tidak pernah memberikan sanksi apapun terhadap AS dan NATO yang terang - terangan mempersenjatai Ukrania.
Krisis Rusia dan Ukrania semakin memperjelas PBB itu bukan Persatuan Bangsa - Bangsa. PBB bagian dari taktik dan strategi AS dan UE untuk mencapai kepentingan mereka. Sejak awal krisis, statement Gueteress lebih banyak menyudutkan Rusia. PBB tidak mengutuk pemboman jembatan Krimea, Irak dan Suriah dilakukan AS dan UE. kondisi ini sudah berlansung lama sejak krisis Vietnam 1976.
Tatatan dunia harus diubah, PBB harus dibubarkan termasuk bagian organisasi didalamnya, WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO dan lain - lain. Semua organisasi dibawah PBB tidak pernah membuat satupun negara berkembang lebih baik, berbagai propaganda kemiskinan hanyalah alat untuk membuat satu project teroganisir untuk kepentingan barat.
Perlu tatanan dunia baru, jika hal ini tidak diperlukan, maka jalan satu-satunya harus terjadi Perang Dunia III. NATO dan AS harus dihancurkan. Karena sudah banyak membuat kerusakan tatanan dunia. Setelah Libya, Mesir, dan hampir saja Suriah juga jadi korbannya. Suriah selamat setelah Rusia membantu secara militer dan artileri.
Krisis Ukrania bukan terjadi tahun 2022, ini sejak 2014. Diperparah sejak awal pandemi, Ukrania menjadi tempat pertemuan pasukan NATO, terutama AS dan Inggris dengan membawa armada perangnya. Ini yang Rusia mencurigai kegiatan pangkalan AS di Ukrania yang membuat senjata biologis.
Dan sejak operasi militer Rusia di Ukrania dan terbongkarnya dokumen senjata yang kemudian dibawa ke PBB oleh perwakilan Rusia. PBB bungkam sama sekali. Ini situasi yang berbahaya bagi tatanan Dunia yang digerakkan secara kolektif oleh AS, Inggris dan Jerman bagi semua bangsa di dunia.
Perang Dunia III tidak perlu terjadi jika PBB siap ditinjau ulang, ditata ulang, di reformasi secara menyeluruh.
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US airborne drills, which include live-fire ground and air assault exercises, are being conducted just several miles from Romania’s border with Ukraine, where Russia continues its special military operation.
The deployment of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division in Europe has caused waves on social media, with netizens blasting the move amid growing tension between Russia and NATO.
CBS News reported on Friday that the unit’s troops are conducting joint drills with counterparts from Romania, which hosts the war games. According to the broadcaster, the exercises are being carried out just several miles from Romania’s border with Ukraine, where the Russian special military operation is underway.
Twitter users were quick to respond, with some slamming the “stupid war mongers” from the US military and writing that “American hegemony continues to disrupt the international order for its own interests”.
These sentiments were echoed by another user, who warned that “this isn’t WW2” and that “nukes will start flying if America tries to get involved [in the Ukraine conflict] directly”.
Another netizen sarcastically noted - referring to the US airborne units - that “Dark Brandon's forces march to the Gates of Mordor,” while another cautioned: “Stop pushing WW3 dialogue”.
“Classic diplomacy move, having troops near the borders of two warring nations that America (should) have nothing to do with,” a separate message read.
The comments followed a 101st Airborne Division commander telling CBS News that they are “ready to defend every inch of NATO soil,” adding that the troops “bring that mobility with us, for our aircraft and air assaults”.
Moscow Warns West Against Arms Supplies to Kiev
The unit’s war games in Romania come amid ongoing US military funding of Kiev, with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin recently informing that President Joe Biden approved an additional $675 million package for Ukraine, which includes howitzers, artillery munitions, Humvees, armored ambulances, and anti-tank systems.
Moscow has repeatedly warned the West against its arms supplies to Kiev, which the Kremlin says further escalates the Ukraine conflict. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cautioned that “any weapon, [and] any arms shipment on the Ukrainian territory" would be considered “a legitimate target” by the Russian military.
Lavrov referred to Ukrainian forces widely using the US-made military hardware and communication systems in hostilities, underlining that “the United States is not at all neutral in this situation" and that Washington is "a party to the [Ukraine] conflict.”
The view was shared by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu who earlier underlined that, “Ukraine has been picked [by the West] as an instrument of a hybrid war against Russia,” and that western arms supplies to Kiev contribute to prolonging the Ukraine conflict and causing more casualties.
In an address to the nation last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that the West’s current goal is “to weaken, divide and ultimately destroy” Russia.
He referred to “some irresponsible politicians in the West,“ who “talk about plans to organize the supply of long-range offensive weapons to Ukraine, systems that are capable of launching strikes against Crimea and other regions of Russia.” The Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, warned that the West’s supplies of such weaponry to Kiev would become “red lines” for Moscow, which the ministry said had enough
