Putin’s End Game? Or Pretext? Russia’s lower house of parliament has voted to ask leader Vladimir Putin to recognize two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. The long-anticipated move by the lower house of the State Duma, if approved, could serve as a pretext or be part of Putin’s Ukraine end game. This coincides with the reported mass evacuation of civilians by Russian backed Ukrainian separatists from these regions. Axios reported: Pro-Russian separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered the mass evacuation of women, children and elderly civilians to Russia on Friday, alleging that Ukraine was preparing a military offensive. Ukraine immediately denied the…
Author: Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for office, taught political science, wrote for a major newspaper and had his own radio show. Paul has also been a defense contractor with the Pentagon. He brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty — at home and from abroad.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. NON-RUSSIA THREAT BRIEF Provided in SEPARATE PDB READ TODAY’S ‘RUSSIA THREAT EDITION’ PDB BELOW: Russia Threat Putin to oversee huge nuclear drills amid Ukraine tension. Russia says President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee military drills involving “strategic forces” on Saturday, at a time of soaring tensions at the country’s…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. RUSSIA THREAT BRIEF Provided in SPECIAL SEPARATE PDB READ TODAY’S PDB BELOW: National Security How the National Guard can help counter Chinese Influence. Now that the US military is shifting away from two decades of conflict in the Middle East, US policymakers and military leaders are…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. READ TODAY’S EXTENDED ‘RUSSIA THREAT’ PDB BELOW: National Security THANK YOU, MR. BIDEN – US warns Americans abroad not to count on a rescue. In Ukraine and Ethiopia, Biden officials have made clear that the 2021 Kabul airlift was a “unique” operation that won’t be repeated. Naval presence…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. READ TODAY’S EXTENDED ‘RUSSIA THREAT’ PDB BELOW: National Security The first shots in a Ukraine conflict may be in space. A potential conflict with Ukraine might also serve as the first opportunity for the newest service branch, the Space Force, to show the American public how…
With a Russian military invasion looming, air travel to and over Ukraine is being drastically curtailed. The Conflict Zone & Risk Database published by Safe Airspace has issued a Level 2 risk alert of “danger exists.” This level is just behind Level 1, a warning of “don’t fly.” News agency Interfax Ukraine reported that Ukrainian insurance companies had received a notification from reinsurers that airlines were not covered for war risks. Therefore, beginning Monday, February 14, many insurance companies are no longer providing coverage for Ukrainian airspace or airports, prompting some airlines to suspend their Ukraine air routes. According to Carrier Management, KLM…
After initially saying it was a spent Elon Musk SpaceX rocket, an expert now says a Chinese rocket will crash into the moon in a historic first. Bill Gray, an astronomer and the developer of the asteroid tracking software Project Pluto, initially identified the flying space junk as the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket. But now Gray says that the large object about to smash into the moon at roughly 9,300km/h (almost 5,800 mph) on March 4 is the booster of a Communist Chinese Long March 3C rocket. The space junk comes from China’s Chang’e 5-T1 mission launched in October 2014…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. READ TODAY’S EXTENDED ‘RUSSIA THREAT’ PDB BELOW: National Security Russia and China devote more cyber forces to offensive operations than US, says new report. Russia and China have each dedicated significantly more military cyber forces to conducting cyber effects than the United States, according to research by…
The United States has been officially stating that Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext ‘false flag’ excuse for an attack. Meanwhile, the U.S. has reaffirmed it will defend “every inch” of NATO territory. Sadly, Ukraine is only a NATO ‘partner’ state, not an official NATO member nation. (RELATED: Biden Threatens to Stop Russia’s Gas Pipeline to Europe if Putin Invades Ukraine – After Waiving Trump Sanctions Against Same Pipeline) Russia, of course has accused the U.S. and Europe of hysteria while providing its citizens substantial disinformation via its state-controlled propaganda organs. However, with…
Russian live-fire naval exercises in the Black Sea by a fleet of six Russian amphibious warships, and a Kilo-class submarine, are raising fears that they could be used to create a de facto blockade of Ukraine’s southern coast, which could be part of Russian preparations for an invasion. Russia has sent its six older amphibious warships – previously reported by ADN to have deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean – to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to conduct live-fire naval exercises. According to The Drive, Russia issued notices warning mariners and aviators to avoid significant portions of these areas from February 13 through February 19. The Interfax news…