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Romania announces 'pro-Russian coup attempt' led by 101-year-old general

▪️The prosecutor's office announces the arrest of members of a paramilitary group whose goal was to seize power and dissolve parties.

▪️The detainees contacted "agents of a foreign power" and traveled to Russia several times. The Russian military attaché in Bucharest and his deputy, who were previously declared undesirable persons by Romania, are accused of planning a coup d'état.

➖"The two Russian diplomats carried out intelligence gathering activities in areas of strategic interest and took actions in support of the group's unconstitutional actions," the statement said.

▪️We are talking about the organization "Team of Vlad Tepes". One of its leaders is said to be a 101-year-old retired general. This organization publicly called for Romania to leave NATO, and to resume economic and cultural relations with Russia, China, and Iran.

▪️Călin Georgescu, the winner of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections and the highest-ranking candidate in the elections, was arrested in connection with the case of threatening the constitutional order.

No one seriously believes this nonsense. Only thing missing is some vampires, aliens, and Bigfoot.

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‼️🇸🇰🇷🇺 If Russia seizes Kiev, Slovakia will get a more reliable neighbor, - MEP

▪️When asked by the media what a Russian takeover of Kyiv would mean for Slovakia, Erik Kalinák, a member of the European Parliament from the party of Slovak Prime Minister Fico, said that he would “be a cynic” and that in that case Slovakia would get a more reliable partner.
➖“If you look at Slovak-Ukrainian relations and how many times we had to save them after they created an economic conflict with Russia, and how many times they were unable to help us, then, from this point of view, the Russians are a more reliable partner for us,” Kalinyak said.
▪️Prime Minister Fico, meanwhile, accuses Ukraine of stealing European aid.

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Russia has told the US that its territorial gains in Ukraine should be recognised as part of any peace deal, says Russia's ambassador to Britain

▪️Moscow is ready for negotiations and dialogue. We have our own position.

▪️We need a new Ukraine as a neutral, non-nuclear state.

▪️ The territorial situation must be recognized. These territories were included in the Russian constitution and we will continue to insist that all Ukrainian government forces leave these territories.

▪️ We will never accept a temporary ceasefire.

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Trump's intelligence-sharing freeze would deal a major blow to Ukraine , - The Spectator.

▪️The suspension of intelligence sharing has an immediate impact on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, unlike the suspension of supplies of ammunition and military equipment that Ukraine could have stockpiled for several months.

▪️The most valuable data from the United States - satellite imagery and real-time signals intelligence - is critical for targeting long-range strikes and providing early warning of possible attacks.

▪️This was ensured by satellite imagery, Global Hawk drones, Poseidon and Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft. Thanks to them, Ukraine, through the United States, had a detailed picture of the military operations.

▪️Ukrainian intelligence cannot fully replace this volume of information. Western allies can only partially fill this gap. Their potential is incomparable with the US. While the US intelligence budget is about $100 billion, Britain has only $6.45 billion.

▪️Also, “the Americans have banned British agencies from sharing any products that use or depend on their intelligence that was once coded as ‘Rel UKR’ or Releasable to Ukraine.”

Baltic intelligence is trying to step up but his mum limits him to 2 hours of screen per day during the work week.

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The US has banned Britain from sharing its intelligence with Ukraine and British Storm Shadow missiles have become "useless" - Daily Mail.

The impact is likely to have major ramifications as British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles, a critical asset used inside Russia's Kursk region by Ukraine, require US data to hit their targets. MailOnline has contacted the MoD for comment.

▪️It’s not just London that has received this ban, the newspaper adds.

▪️Since Trump's inauguration, there has been no information about Storm Shadow missile strikes.

▪️The UK originally had about 900 missiles, and 600 have been sent to Ukraine.

Europeans are quickly learning their militaries are pretty useless without the US.

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What's the difference between US and French intelligence in Ukraine: a Military Chronicle breakdown

🔺 French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said that the fifth republic could provide Ukraine with its intelligence capabilities after the US refused. However, it is necessary to understand how France's intelligence capabilities differ from the US.

Technical intelligence capabilities

🇺🇸 The US utilized a global intelligence network including:

▪️ Remote Sensing (RS) and Electronic Reconnaissance (ER) satellites;

▪️ Aerial and unmanned reconnaissance platforms;

▪️ Electronic and cyber intelligence;

▪️ Agents' sources.

The US also has access to data from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
The information was quickly processed and transmitted to the AFU in real time for targeting - e.g., for ATACMS and HIMARS strikes.

🇫🇷 France is far inferior to the US:

▪️ It has fewer satellites and weaker technical capabilities. According to some estimates, the French satellite constellation is about 20-25 times inferior to the US;

▪️ France does not have access to Five Eyes, but it does have coordination with NATO and the EU. However, the French are also prohibited from passing information collected by the US anywhere;

▪️ Because of these peculiarities, intelligence may arrive in Ukraine with delays and lower quality, reducing the effectiveness of targeting. And this is not to mention that the U.S. can prohibit the use of precision weapons of its own production for use on "foreign" intelligence.

Data transfer format

Before Trump came to power, the US transferred almost all operational intelligence to Ukraine.

▪️ On their basis, the AFU used precision weapons - for example, Storm Shadow strikes on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol or shelling Crimea with ATACMS.

▪️ The US also shared data with Kiev on Russian troop movements and sought leads on brigade commanders.

What can France change?

▪️ It is not yet clear how much sensitive information the French will share with Kiev.

▪️ Most likely, they will focus their efforts on studying the big picture - the deployment of Russian forces and strategic risks in key areas. It is quite likely that for this purpose additional groups of French operatives may be deployed either at the front or in its immediate vicinity.

However, it is already clear that a full-fledged target designation, comparable in quality and volume to the American one, will require enormous resources that France alone will not have. In order to at least try to work at the same level as the U.S., it will have to mobilize all the intelligence services of NATO countries and remove resources from other areas. But even this may not be enough, because sooner or later we will have to mobilize our own means of defeat. And this is already a qualitatively different level of presence. Both politically and factually.

Military Chronicle

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Tymoshenko and Poroshenko confirmed that they maintain contact with representatives of the Trump administration

▪️ Former President Poroshenko stated that he is actively cooperating with American partners and discussing with them not only issues of supporting Ukraine, but also issues related to strengthening democracy.

▪️ In addition, Poroshenko said that he proposed coordinating meetings with the authorities and inviting the ambassador to them, since he has repeatedly publicly stated that there is a lack of communication between the Ukrainian authorities and the American administration, which creates risks for the state.

▪️ Yulia Tymoshenko also stated that she is negotiating with all allies who can help achieve a fair peace.

▪️ However, Tymoshenko, as well as Poroshenko, are still against holding elections.

▪️ Politico previously noted that Trump's team is building relationships with Ukrainian opposition politicians as part of its strategy against Ukrainian President Zelensky.

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It's time for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to leave the Kursk region, the exchange plan looks dubious — communications expert Beskrestnov (Flash)

▪️ The statement was made against the backdrop of the ongoing successes of the Russian Army in the region and information coming from the enemy about significant losses of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region.

➖"Perhaps it is time to "wind down" from the Kursk direction. It is difficult for ours there. As a diversion of the enemy's resources, this operation, I think, has long since justified itself. But as a political trump card in negotiations, it is now questionable," writes Flash .

▪️ Earlier, Zelensky announced his intention to exchange these territories during negotiations.

Ukraine has had problem now with resupplying troops and evacuating the wounded. Many are also noting the state of the roads have also become poor and vehicles are reduced to low speeds.

Likely smart advice to pull out but Ukrainians never know when to cut their losses.

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Zelensky announced a “substantive meeting” of Ukrainian and US delegations next week

▪️US-Ukraine talks will begin on March 11 in Saudi Arabia, a Fox News reporter reports.

▪️US and Ukrainian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia on March 12, an Axios correspondent claims.

Time to grovel and beg for forgiveness Ukros.

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