Dire news day on all fronts
It truly is RED ALERT day.
⚡RED ALERT: RUSSIAN TACTICAL NUKES NEAR UKRAINE, ISRAEL INVASION BEGINS, MAY 7th ATTACK INTEL LEAK
Russia To Conduct Tactical Nuke Drill "To Deter Western Threats"
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Monday that its forces were preparing to conduct tactical nuclear weapons exercises in response to Western “threats and provocations.”
“At the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in order to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to perform combat missions, the General Staff has begun preparations for conducting exercises in the near future,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It added that the exercises would involve missile units of Russia’s Southern Military District, which is headquartered in the city of Rostov-on-Don, as well as aviation and naval forces.
“During the exercise, a set of measures will be carried out to practice the issues of preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons,” the statement read.
According to the Defense Ministry, the exercises seek to maintain the readiness of personnel and equipment amid “provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials against the Russian Federation.” It did not say when the nuclear weapons exercises were scheduled to take place.
President Vladimir Putin placed Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert days after ordering Russian troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later on Monday linked the drills with what he described as Western announcements to send troops to Ukraine.
In an interview with The Economist last week, French President Emmanuel Macron said the question of sending Western troops to Ukraine would "legitimately" arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request.
*****FLASH***** Russia Warns British Ambassador - Russia May Strike British Forces ***ANYWHERE**
Both the French and British Ambassadors to Russia were Summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry this morning. When they came out, they were pale with nothing to say to the Press. INTEL Source reveals what the British were told.
A strong protest was expressed to the British ambassador in connection with the country's Foreign Minister David Cameron's statement about Kiev's right to strike Russia with British weapons. (Reported HERE 3 days ago)
The Ambassador was warned that "the Russian response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory, could be any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond."
UPDATED 4:47 PM EDT -- *** FLASH *** French Ambassador "Warned" By Russia
Earlier today, this website reported the British Ambassador had been Warned by Russia (HERE) and now we can confirm the French Ambassador has also been explicitly warned over Ukraine. The reaction by Paris was clear and unambiguous.
The British diplomat spent half an hour in the facility and left without speaking to the press.
Following him, the French ambassador arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Within just minutes of his departure, the French Foreign Ministry in Paris issued a statement confirming that France would not send any military forces to Ukraine.
UPDATE 4:47 PM EDT --
It seems as though the French . . . . have surrendered!
Macron -- "We are not at war with Russia or the Russian people, and we have no desire for regime change in Moscow."
We are not at war with Russia or the Russian people, and we have no desire for regime change in Moscow - Macron pic.twitter.com/96wtylEoT3
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) May 6, 2024
Western Actions in Ukraine: Approaching an "Explosive Critical Mass"
The Russian Federation will perceive F-16s in Ukraine as carriers of nuclear weapons, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, adding that Russia reserves the right to react in a mirror way to the deployment of American-made missiles.
The Russian Foreign Ministry's statements on the escalation in Ukraine:
The Russian Tactical nuclear weapons exercises should be viewed in the context of recent belligerent statements by Western officials and destabilizing actions by NATO.
We hope that exercises to test the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons will cool down the “hot heads” in Western capitals.
In response to the actions of the United States, the Russian Federation is intensifying its development and starting production of medium and shorter-range missile systems.
The United States is “at full speed” producing and testing medium and short-range missile systems in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
The actions of NATO member countries indicate that they are deliberately heading towards an open military clash with Russia.
The reckless steps of Ukraine and Western countries are bringing the situation ever closer to the accumulation of an explosive “critical mass.”
'China' hacks bank details of 250,000 British MOD workers: Beijing blamed as soldiers, veterans and officials are targeted in huge data breach - as President Xi is wined and dined by Macron on Paris visit
MPs are set to be told about the massive data breach tomorrow
The Chinese state has hacked the Ministry of Defence, it has been reported last night.
It is understood that a quarter of a million people have been impacted by the breach which targeted service personnel.
MPs are set to be told about the massive data breach - which targeted service personnel - tomorrow after it was reportedly discovered in recent days.
The government has not named the country involved, but Sky News understands it to be China.
The cyberattack was on a payroll system with current service personnel as well as a number of officials and veterans. Their
BREAKING NEWS: Israel has just Launched Ground Offensive in Rafah, Gaza
Israel is attacking Rafah with air strikes, as tanks and troops have begun moving in. A ground offensive is underway.
More as I get it.
UPDATE 6:53 PM EDT --
IDF tanks were spotted less than 200 meters from the Rafah crossing to Egypt. This might be a move to cut off the crossing before any Hamas leadership tries to flee.
Israel is launching its offensive from the absolute SOUTH. No one in Gaza is thus able to flee the fighting into Egypt!
(Hal Turner Remark: Israel gave 1.4 million Palestinians just 12 hours to leave Rafah. Except there's nowhere to go; Israel destroyed everything else. Attacking one million cornered refugees. Real bravery those Israelis.)
-- D-9 bulldozers and Merkava tanks have breached the border.
-- IDF are blowing up houses in the Al-Shouka area and the vicinity of the crossing, east of the city of Rafah.
-- Hamas says that it approved of a cease-fire proposal presented by Egypt and Qatar, according to a statement on a Palestinian news site. IT was HOURS AFTER Hamas accepted the peace plan, that Israel began its attack!
-- Air Strikes described as "merciless and unrelenting" are hitting all over Rafah
-- Heavy artillery attack on fringes of eastern Rafah
-- - 162nd Division, 401st Armored Brigade has entered Eastern Rafah. - An IDF source tells me Givati and Nahal are attached, unclear whether already inside.
FLASH
Reports of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon
Back to Gaza . . .
-- Israeli Air Force strikes Hamas terrorists in Jabalia, northern Gaza. (HT Remark: Didn't Israel tell the Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate to the north??? Now Israel is bombing the NORTH!)
-- From inside the U.S. Government: American official: "Netanyahu and the war government do not appear to be dealing with the final stage of negotiations with Hamas in good faith."
Statement from Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministry
UPDATE 7:27 PM EDT --
-- Israeli artillery units have begun to hit the welfare region intensively at these minutes. Food storage, water storage, what limited medical facilities exist!
-- Egypt has ordered its Army to "High Alert."
-- Al-Arabiya correspondent: Israeli air strikes on the “Al-Tanour neighborhood” east of Rafah.
USA
New York Police have just Declare Level 3 Mobilization as Pro-Palestine Clashing Outside the Metropolitan Opera Gala Forcefully Tearing Through Barricades
UPDATE 7:50 PM EDT --
From __MY__ source in Gaza:
"I am speaking to you from east of Rafah, from within the evacuation zones.
The vehicles are starting to enter from the eastern border.
The situation is very bad, and the bombing and fire belts are continuing and do not stop.
Aircrafts bombing, artillery shelling, lighting bombs, Apache helicopters supporting the vehicles, shooting, the sound of the vehicles’ movements inside the Rafah borders. Oh God, we entrust ourselves to you."