Lancets are one of Russia’s most advanced kamikaze drones – a type of projectile that should be more correctly referred to as loitering munition, which fills the niche between cruise missiles and regular UAVs.
Sputnik has obtained footage that shows Russian Special Forces destroying a Ukrainian vehicle with a Lancet kamikaze drone. The Ukrainian Army tried to hide its military equipment in the wooded area, but Russian troops discovered it and blasted it with loitering munitions.
Russia successfully employs kamikaze drones as part of the special military operation to perform surgical high-precision strikes and avoid unnecessary risk for its soldiers.
Russia Repels 8 Attacks in South Donetsk Direction, Ukraine Loses Up to 145 Soldiers
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin described Kiev’s summer counteroffensive attempt as a total failure, which racked up a total death toll of more than 90,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
Russia's Vostok group of forces has repelled eight attacks by the Ukrainian military in the South Donetsk direction, with Kiev losing up to 145 service people and military equipment, Oleg Chekhov, the group's spokesman, told Sputnik on Thursday.
"In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with artillery, repelled eight attacks ... in the areas of (the town) of Novomikhailovka and north of (the towns of) Nikolskoe, Urozhainoe and Staromayorskoe," he said, adding that Ukraine lost up to 145 soldiers, military vehicles and two radar stations.
He added that Russian kamikaze drone Lancet has also struck Polish-made self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer AHS Krab. Ukraine has also lost several D-20 and FH-70 howitzers and five mortar units.
Ukrainian drone drops cluster bombs on Russian town – governor
A Ukrainian unmanned aircraft has dropped cluster munitions on a food plant in Russia’s Kursk Region, Governor Roman Starovoyt reported on Thursday. Images that the official shared online suggest the payload may have been Western-made.
The reported attack took place at a butter-making facility in the town of Sudzha, less than 10km from the Ukrainian border. A total of three cluster bombs were dropped at the location, the governor said, causing some damage but no casualties. One failed to detonate and is being handled by a bomb squad.
Ukraine has been using Soviet-made cluster munitions since the hostilities in Donbass started in 2014, according to Human Rights Watch. The type of explosive is controversial due to its design, with dozens of small submunitions that are normally scattered over an area. Some of them can fail to detonate and remain a hazard years and even decades later. Kiev was given access to Western-made weapons in July, after the US started supplying some from its stockpiles.
Starovoyt shared several images of the munitions recovered in Sudzha, including small bomblets and a fragment of the casing with the letters “SH” written in yellow on it.
Washington justified its decision to arm Kiev with cluster weapons by claiming that the Ukrainian forces had pledged not to use them in populated areas. The US government also argued that the additional contamination would not be relevant, considering that both Russia and Ukraine have been using their own cluster munitions throughout the conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in July that Moscow reserved the right to use its cluster weapons in response to Ukrainian deployments, when he commented on deliveries by the US. He claimed Russian forces had previously refrained from using such weapons even when there was a shortage of other types of munitions.
Last week, Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, stated that the frontline action with Russia had reached a stalemate. The government of President Vladimir Zelensky rejected the assessment and criticized Zaluzhny for his remarks.
Russian officials have claimed that since Kiev’s attempts to make territorial gains have proven futile, it is increasingly resorting to terrorist methods. The warning was reiterated this week by Nikolay Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council.
He cited a recent Ukrainian drone attack on a nuclear power plant in Kursk Region as an example of such an escalation. The incident in late October involved kamikaze drones, which reportedly carried Western-made explosives.
Palestinians need international protection, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh told an aid conference in Paris on Thursday.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Thursday that Israel is waging a war not against Hamas but against Palestinian people.
"What Israel is doing is not a war against Hamas, it is a war against the entire Palestinian people," Shtayyeh said at the humanitarian conference for people of Gaza in Paris.
He said international human rights law was being violated and that war crimes were being committed and added that Israel was not waging a war against Hamas, but against all Palestinians.
Hamas Says Shelled Israel’s Raim Military Base
The military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas, Al Qassam Brigades, said on Thursday that it targeted Israel’s Raim military base and Ashdod with rockets.
“Al Qassam Brigades report rocket attacks on occupied Ashdod in response to attacks against civilians … report a missile strike on the Raim military base,” the military wing said in a statement.
Malaysian Police Ready to Send Peacekeeping Force to Palestine Upon UN Request - Official
The Malaysian police are ready to deploy officers to Palestine for a peacekeeping mission if the UN requests it, Inspector General Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said.
"If we want to send policemen, there needs to be a request from the government and the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL). If there is, we will indeed send them for a peacekeeping mission, but the situation does not allow it at the moment," Razarudin was quoted as saying by Malaysian state news agency on Wednesday.
The official added that the Malaysian police were not aware of any civilians willing to travel to the area of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The authorities also warned citizens to be cautious and vigilant when sending aid to the Gaza Strip to avoid being scammed.
The police are now looking into public statements on the conflict in the Middle East over possible links with the activities of foreign intelligence agents in the country, the inspector general said.
Two months ahead of the Iowa caucuses, Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate in Miami was one of a dwindling number of opportunities for former President Donald Trump’s rivals to prove that they have a real chance of winning the nomination.
National and early state polls continue to show Trump dominating the field, with the support of as many as half of Republicans. The former president once again skipped the debate, instead holding his own rally in nearby Hialeah.
His GOP opponents started the debate by landing some blows on the former President, but quickly pivoted to attacking each other and outlining their own views on the Israel-Hamas war, related hate incidents at home, and China. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley occupied much of the spotlight as they vie for second in the polls, with both DeSantis and Haley accusing each other of having ties to China and only attacking the country’s leaders when convenient..
These were some of the highlights of the third Republican presidential debate in the 2024 campaign.
Knives out for Trump
Asked at the start of the debate why any of them should be the Republican nominee over Trump, the five candidates onstage drew some of the clearest contrasts yet.
“Donald Trump’s a lot different guy than he was in 2016,” said DeSantis. “He owes it to you to be on this stage and explain why he should get another chance. He should explain why he didn’t have Mexico pay for the border wall. He should explain why he racked up so much debt. He should explain why he didn’t drain the swamp. And he said Republicans were going to get tired of winning. Well, we saw last night. I’m sick of Republicans losing. In Florida, I showed how it’s done,” referencing his landslide reelection in 2022.
From left to right, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott during the NBC News Republican Presidential Primary Debate on November 8, 2023 in Miami.
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Haley painted a portrait of a country in dire straits thanks to antisemitism, an insecure border, and wars abroad. She described Trump as the right choice for 2016, but not for 2024, blaming him for saddling the country with $8 trillion in debt.
“He used to be right on Ukraine and foreign issues, now he’s getting weak in the knees and trying to be friendly again,” she said, earning applause from attendees.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy lamented Republicans’ losses in multiple states Tuesday night, but mostly steered clear of attacking Trump, instead going after the NBC News anchors who were moderating the debate and suggesting Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, and Elon Musk would have been better picks.
Donald Trump’s rivals vow to back Israel and argue over China and Ukraine at the third debate
In their first debate since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the Republican presidential candidates all declared hawkish support for Israel but squabbled over China and Ukraine as they faced growing pressure to try to catch Donald Trump, who was again absent.
Sparring over several issues were Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, who has appeared competitive with DeSantis’ distant second-place position in some national polls. Much of the debate focused on policy — especially foreign policy issues — rather than Trump and his record.
Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, declared she would end trade relations with China “until they stop murdering Americans from fentanyl — something Ron has yet to say that he’s going to do.” In return, the Florida governor said Haley “welcomed” Chinese investment to her state, referencing a land deal with a Chinese manufacturer while she led South Carolina.
All five candidates face growing urgency, with the leadoff Iowa caucuses just a little more than two months away, to cut into Trump’s huge margins in the 2024 primary and establish themselves as a clear alternative. But it’s not clear many Republican primary voters want a Trump alternative. And given his dominance in early state and national polls, Trump again skipped the debate to deprive his rivals of attention.
Trump was the subject of the debate’s first question, when moderators asked each candidate to explain why they were the right person to beat him.
DeSantis said, “He owes it to you to be on this stage and explain why he should get another chance.” He suggested Trump had lost a step since winning the White House in 2016, saying he failed to follow through on his “America First” policies.
Knives Out in Third GOP Primary Debate as Candidates Attack Each Other, Defend Israel
Republican candidates turned up the heat with strong rhetoric focused on drawing distinctions in a debate that had a particular focus on foreign policy.
Republican candidates for their party’s presidential nomination gathered in Miami on Wednesday evening in their third debate of the primary season.
Once again the party’s leading candidate---former President Donald Trump---whom polls have shown with an advantage of as much as 50 points, was absent, leaving the remaining candidates to draw distinctions with the former president.
Those who were present on stage included Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. The GOP candidates primarily drew distinctions between themselves however, in a debate featuring numerous personal attacks, especially among the highest polling candidates on stage.
Throwing Elbows
Candidates made efforts to draw distinctions between each other in a debate that saw significant interaction between the nominees.
Vivek Ramaswamy set the tone early on by attacking the “corrupt media establishment,” as well as the network hosting the debate, a perennial conservative punching bag.
“Was that real or was that Hillary Clinton made up disinformation?” said Ramaswamy, referring to the so-called “Russiagate” investigation against former President Trump that failed to find evidence of alleged collusion between him and Russia in the 2016 election.
Ramaswamy suggested Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, and Elon Musk would’ve served as better hosts of the debate, drawing cheers from the Republican audience.
Ramaswamy kept up the combative tone throughout the evening, especially in his interactions with Nikki Haley who’s currently surging in the polls. Ramaswamy occasionally interrupted Haley during her answers and at one point referenced the former ambassador’s daughter, a remark that caused Haley to refer to Ramaswamy as “scum” in perhaps the most heated exchange of the evening.
Meanwhile, Chris Christie continued to differentiate himself by touting his alleged bipartisan appeal as a former governor of a traditionally Democratic state and Tim Scott brought a religious tone to the proceedings. DeSantis reserved much of his ire for pro-Palestine student protesters, having recently banned Students for Justice in Palestine groups from Florida’s college campuses.
Israel Front and Center
Israel played heavily into the first hour of the debate amidst the country’s month-long military incursion into the besieged Gaza Strip.
Matthew Brooks, CEO of the group Republican Jewish Coalition, asked several questions relating to US-Israeli relations and a reported increase in antisemitism on US college campuses.
DeSantis urged Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu to “finish the job” in their war on the militant group Hamas, while Haley likewise repeated her infamous “finish them” line.
Haley continued to distinguish herself as perhaps the biggest foreign policy hawk in the contest by bringing up the subject of Iran early on in the evening. “There would be no Hamas without Iran,” said Haley, referring to the country’s alleged funding of armed groups in opposition to Israel. The former UN Ambassador mentioned economic cooperation between Iran, Russia, and China, calling them an “unholy alliance” throughout the evening.
Ramaswamy distinguished himself by suggesting a slight skepticism towards deep involvement in Israel’s conflict, saying “Israel has the right and the responsibility to defend themselves.” The discussion prompted another dispute between Ramaswamy and Haley, with the businessman calling her a “multimillionaire… military contractor” and “Dick cheney in three-inch heels.”
“I wear heels, they’re not for a fashion statement, they’re for ammunition,” Haley retorted.
Ramaswamy spoke of avoiding the “mistakes of the neocon politicians of the past” in another comment that seemed directly aimed at the former ambassador.
Red Scare
A debate over the social media platform TikTok emerged late in the second half of the debate, with candidates denouncing the platform and claiming China is using the platform to promote harmful and anti-Israel views.
Most of the candidates claimed they would ban the TikTok app in the United States. Ramaswamy distinguished himself by rejecting the idea and claimed Haley is hypocritical given that her daughter uses the platform---the comment thus prompted Haley’s “scum” remark.
Mungkin sebagian besar orang selalu merayakan pencapaian dari anak-anak berbakat di sekolah, atlet berbakat dalam olahraga, dan anak- anak ajaib dalam musik. Apakah mutlak untuk mencapai kesuksesan harus menjadi orang ajaib atau hanya dimiliki anak ajaib.
Dalam studi, proses belajar belum selesai ketika kita memperoleh ilmu. Akan mnejadi Lengkap, bila kita berani dengan konsisten menerapkan ilmu itu.
Berikut adalah 11 perubahan kecil dalam hidup yang dilakukan oleh orang-orang sukses setiap hari:
1. Mereka mencari ketidaknyamanan.
Daripada hanya berusaha untuk belajar, usahakan untuk merasa tidak nyaman. Mengejar ketidaknyamanan membuat Anda berada pada jalur pertumbuhan yang lebih cepat. Kalau mau benar, harus merasa salah dulu.
2. Mereka salah menetapkan anggaran.
Untuk mendorong trial and error, tetapkan target jumlah kesalahan minimum yang ingin Anda lakukan per hari atau per minggu. Ketika Anda untuk tersandung, Anda tidak harus terlalu memikirkannya, yang harus dilakukan mmengevaluasi langkah, karena membuat lebih banyak berkembang.
3. Mereka meminta nasihat, bukan umpan balik.
Umpan balik bersifat melihat ke belakang - hal ini membuat orang mengkritik atau mendukung Anda. Saran bersifat berwawasan ke depan - ini mengarahkan orang untuk melatih Anda.
Anda dapat membuat kritikus dan pemandu sorak Anda bertindak lebih seperti pelatih dengan mengajukan pertanyaan sederhana: “Hal apa yang dapat saya lakukan dengan lebih baik di lain waktu?”
4. Mereka mencari tahu sumber mana yang bisa dipercaya.
Putuskan informasi apa yang layak diserap – dan mana yang harus disaring. Dengarkan pelatih yang memiliki keahlian yang relevan (kredibilitas), mengenal Anda dengan baik (keakraban), dan menginginkan yang terbaik untuk Anda (peduli).
5. Mereka mengupayakan keunggulan, bukan kesempurnaan.
Kemajuan datang dari mempertahankan standar yang tinggi, bukan menghilangkan setiap kekurangan. Identifikasi beberapa kekurangan yang dapat Anda terima. Pertimbangkan di mana Anda benar-benar membutuhkan yang terbaik dan di mana Anda bisa menerima yang cukup baik.
Pada akhirnya, tanyakan pada diri Anda: Apakah Anda membuat diri Anda lebih baik? Apakah Anda membuat orang lain menjadi lebih baik?
6. Mereka adalah hakim terakhir bagi diri mereka sendiri.
Lebih baik mengecewakan orang lain daripada mengecewakan diri sendiri. Sebelum Anda merilis sesuatu ke dunia, nilailah apakah itu mewakili Anda dengan baik. Jika ini adalah satu-satunya karya Anda yang dilihat orang, apakah Anda akan bangga?
7. Mereka mengubah kesibukan sehari-hari menjadi sumber kegembiraan sehari-hari.
Untuk menjaga gairah yang harmonis, desainlah latihan seputar permainan yang disengaja. Siapkan tantangan pengembangan keterampilan yang menyenangkan - seperti memasukkan bola basket ke dalam keranjang basket, mencoba mencetak tinggi poin dalam satu menit, atau bermain mengasah keterampilan komunikasi nonverbal mereka dengan menggunakan kata-kata yang tidak masuk akal dalam permainan komedi improvisasi dan lain sebagainnya.
8. Saat mereka terjebak, mereka mundur untuk maju.
Mundur selangkah untuk melompat dua - tiga langkah. Saat Anda menemui jalan buntu, mungkin inilah saatnya untuk berbalik dan mencari jalan baru. Rasanya seperti mengalami kemunduran, tetapi sering kali ini merupakan satu-satunya cara untuk menemukan jalan menuju kemajuan.
9. Mereka mengajarkan apa yang ingin mereka pelajari.
Cara terbaik untuk mempelajari sesuatu adalah dengan mengajarkannya. Anda memahaminya dengan lebih baik setelah Anda menjelaskannya — dan Anda mengingatnya dengan lebih baik setelah Anda meluangkan waktu untuk mengingatnya. Anda dapat melakukan ini dalam kelompok, dengan masing-masing anggota mengajarkan keterampilan atau informasi yang berbeda.
10. Mereka membuka pintu bagi orang-orang yang diremehkan dan diabaikan.
Ciptakan sistem yang berinvestasi dan menciptakan peluang bagi semua orang — tidak hanya siswa berbakat atau karyawan berpotensi besar. Sistem yang baik memberikan kesempatan bagi mereka yang tidak diunggulkan dan orang yang terlambat berkembang untuk menunjukkan seberapa jauh kemajuan mereka.
11. Mereka terlibat dalam perjalanan waktu secara mental.
Saat Anda kesulitan menghargai kemajuan Anda, pertimbangkan bagaimana diri Anda di masa lalu memandang pencapaian Anda saat ini. Jika Anda tahu lima tahun lalu apa yang akan Anda capai sekarang, betapa bangganya Anda?
