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Hunter Biden Warned Devon Archer About Potential FARA Violations Right Before Taking Burisma Board Seat, Emails Show

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Hunter Biden warned business associate Devon Archer about potential violations under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) right before Ukrainian energy firm Burisma put the two men on its board, according to emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop archive.

Hunter Biden emailed Archer in April 2014 about the value the two would provide Burisma and how they could protect themselves from FARA and other potential legal issues, the archive shows.

“To that end they need to know in no uncertain terms that we will not and cannot intervene directly with domestic policy makers, and that we need to abide by FARA and any other US laws in the strictest sense across the board,” Hunter warned Archer, according to the laptop archive.

“The contract should begin now- not after the upcoming visit of my guy,” he continued. “That should include a retainer in the range of 25k p/m w/ additional fees where appropriate for more in depth work to go to BSF for our protection. Complete separate from our respective deals re board participation.” (Read more from “Hunter Biden Warned Devon Archer About Potential FARA Violations Right Before Taking Burisma Board Seat, Emails Show” HERE)

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Zelensky Says War ‘Returning’ To Russia After Moscow Drone Attack

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said war is “returning” to Russian soil after a drone attack in Moscow.

In his daily address on Sunday, as reported by The Kyiv Independent, Zelensky said “Ukraine is becoming stronger” — more than 500 days after Russia began its invasion of his country.

“The war is gradually returning to Russia’s territory, to its symbolic centers and military bases,” Zelensky said. “This is an inevitable, natural, and absolutely fair process.”

The message followed what Russian officials said was a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday in Moscow, which is about 300 miles away from Ukraine’s border with Russia.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense s aid it brought down three drones, destroying one in the air and jamming two others that then crashed. (Read more from “Zelensky Says War ‘Returning’ To Russia After Moscow Drone Attack” HERE)

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Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Moscow Force Airport to Shut Down

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Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports around the Russian capital.

It was the fourth such attempt at a strike on the capital region this month and the third this week, fueling concerns about Moscow´s vulnerability to attacks as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.

The Russian Defense Ministry referred to the incident as an “attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime” and said three drones targeted the city. One was shot down in the surrounding Moscow region by air defense systems and two others were jammed. Those two crashed into the Moscow City business district in the capital. (Read more from “Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Moscow Force Airport to Shut Down” HERE)

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Russia Largely Thwarts Ukrainian Drone Attacks in Moscow and Crimea

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Russian authorities said they successfully prevented Ukrainian drone attacks against Moscow and occupied Crimea early on Monday.

The Russian foreign ministry said it was able to stop two drones that were deployed to strike the capital using electronic warfare. While they crashed, no one was injured and there was only damage to two non-residential buildings. Russia accused Ukraine of being behind the attack, and a defense intelligence official told CNN that Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, an arm of the Ministry of Defense, carried out the plot.

“All the drones have been neutralized today, and measures are being taken,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said afterward. “As for the development of the defense system, ensuring its more intensive work, this is a question for the Ministry of Defense.”

The ministry, after more than a year of targeting Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, accused Ukraine of resorting to “terrorist methods” by “intimidation of the civilian population.

“These attacks had no military meaning,” the statement said. “We strongly condemn this yet another crime of the Kyiv regime. We call on international organizations to give it a proper assessment. Behind the brazen actions of Ukrainian neo-Nazis is the West’s focus on further aggravating the situation.” (Read more from “Russia Largely Thwarts Ukrainian Drone Attacks in Moscow and Crimea” HERE)

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Russian Company Presents 16-Qubit Quantum Computer to Vladimir Putin

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Today at the Forum for Future Technologies in Russia, President Vladimir Putin was shown through the country’s current state in quantum computing — and it might be more developed than many would initially believe. Rosatom, the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation that’s the main governmental body responsible for coordinating national efforts relating to technological innovation, showcased what it says is a 16-qubit trapped-ion-based quantum computer. And according to Rosatom’s own press release on the matter, they’ve already run useful, molecule-simulating computations on it. The Russian processor is said to use the same quantum annealing technology that’s been shown to be impressively useful for military applications.

There’s quite a bit to digest here, assuming we don’t have another “quantum, but not really” situation on our hands – one that mirrors Iran’s recent attempt to shine a light on its quantum computing capabilities that, amusingly, backfired. (Perhaps someone in Iran should have read our “What is Quantum Computing” article.)

Developed by Russia’s Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI) and the Russian Quantum Center, the quantum computer seems to make use of trapped ion qubits with integrated photonics – an approach leveraged by marquee quantum computing companies such as Quantinuum (the child fathered by the merger of Honeywell and Cambridge Quantum) and IonQ to achieve higher qubit count scalability while also reducing the impact of noise. In quantum computing, noise refers to changes in the qubits’ environment (such as vibrations, electromagnetic interference, temperature, and others) that destroy qubits’ processing capabilities by collapsing the qubits’ entanglement and state (and as such, the information they were processing as well).

Rosatom’s push for Russia’s quantum advances started at least from November 7th, 2019, when it launched Russia’s program for the development of quantum computing and algorithmic solutions. Just one year later, Russia announced an investment of around $790 million in the country’s quantum computing capabilities, covering quantum research funding for the next five years. More recently, as early as February 2022, ROSATOM announced the creation of the National Quantum Laboratory (NQL), which aims to consolidate national quantum knowledge within one roof, with teams hailing from a number of state and private entities across Russia (and some contributions from foreign specialists as well). (Read more from “Russian Company Presents 16-Qubit Quantum Computer to Vladimir Putin” HERE)

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Trump Says He Would Directly Tell Putin, ‘Honorable’ Zelensky to End War; Trump Claims Media Lying About Ukraine War

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By Daily Caller. Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to end the war between their countries.

Russia invaded Ukraine Feb. 24, 2022, launching a massive attack across the latter country. The United States has sent over $100 billion in aid to Ukraine, and announced in January they would send 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks after a December announcement that a battery of MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missiles would be provided.

“I know Zelenskyy very well because he was very honorable with the fake phone call impeachment hoax number one. They said I made a phone call to him and I was threatening,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I was actually very nice, congratulating him, but when they asked, they said, ‘were you threatened?’ He didn’t even know what they were talking about.”

“He is very honorable. He could’ve done grandstanding and said he felt threatened. He didn’t do that,” Trump continued. “As you know, I get along very well with Putin. I would tell Putin, you’ve got to settle. I would tell Zelenskyy, you’ve got to settle. I would get a settlement in 24 hours.” (Read more from “Trump Says He Would Directly Tell Putin, ‘Honorable’ Zelensky to End War” HERE)

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Trump Says Media Lying About Ukraine War: ‘Hundreds of Thousands of People Are Dying’

By Daily Wire. Former President Donald Trump said during an event on Tuesday evening that the legacy media was lying about Russia’s war in Ukraine by underplaying how bad the death and destruction truly are.

Trump made the remarks during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity in Iowa after he said over the weekend that he would threaten Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine by telling him that if he did not, the U.S. would send more weapons to Ukraine than they have ever received before.

(Read more from “Trump Says Media Lying About Ukraine War: ‘Hundreds of Thousands of People Are Dying’” HERE)

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Tucker-Hating Media Darling “Fighting” in Ukraine Admits He’s a Fake, Stolen Valor

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By Business Insider. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a 48-year-old American veteran and building contractor from Connecticut named James Vasquez was one of thousands of volunteers who went to join the fight.

He quickly became one of the most recognizable faces of the foreign fighters in Ukraine, often going viral with his battlefield updates and dramatic social-media posts purportedly from the front lines.

In his videos and posts, he bragged about capturing Russians and taking out tanks, was regularly interviewed by the news media, and made catchy claims including that he imagined the “punchable” Tucker Carlson when preparing for battle.

He gained more than 400,000 followers on Twitter and even got a shout-out from Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who called for his account to be verified.

[But he recently admitted to the New York Times that] “I had to tell a million lies to get ahead. I didn’t realize it was going to come to this.” Insider was unable to reach Vasquez for comment, as his social-media profiles have been deactivated and calls to two phone numbers for him provided by sources went unanswered.

(Read more from “Tucker-Hating Media Darling “Fighting” in Ukraine Admits He’s a Fake, Stolen Valor” HERE)

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American Fighting In Ukraine Who Claimed to Be Decorated Sergeant Lied About Extent of Military Service

By Clare Fitzgerald. The Russo-Ukrainian War has saw several former American servicemen volunteer to take up arms and fight in Eastern Europe. One of them was James Vasquez, 48, a decorated veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan – except, he never did. After amassing hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, it came to light that Vasquez isn’t a war hero, but, instead, a culprit of stolen valor.

James Vasquez is a former home improvement contractor from Norwalk, Connecticut. After traveling to Ukraine, he’d garnered a following of individuals who kept up to date with his exploits on the frontlines, which he claimed included capturing 159 Russians and even taking into custody a mercenary with Wagner PMC.

According to Vasquez, he was a decorated retired sergeant with the US Army who’d fought in Kuwait, as well as in Afghanistan and Iraq. During one interview, he even spoke about the differences between the fighting in Ukraine and what he’d previously experienced, saying, “I was in Kuwait during Desert Storm, and I was in Iraq after 9/11 […] This is a whole different animal.” . . .

After months of rumblings on social media, The New York Times interviewed James Vasquez, who admitted to misrepresenting his military service for decades – including lying to his now-ex-wife. Speaking with the publication, he revealed he’d been kicked out of the US Army Reserve, before being deployed. He also shared that he specialized in fuel and electrical repairs, as opposed to combat.

A spokesperson for the Pentagon confirmed this, saying Vasquez was never deployed overseas and revealing that he’d served as a fuel and electrical systems repairer with the New York National Guard between July 1992 and July 1993, after which he served in the Army Reserve from July 1993 to August 2003. (Read more from “American Fighting in Ukraine Who Claimed to Be Decorated Sergeant Lied About Extent of Military Service” HERE)

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Whopping Ninety-Six Percent Oppose Supporting Ukraine Against Russia in New Poll; Russia and China Begin Joint Air and Sea Drills

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By Mediaite. A huge 95.8% of attendees in the Turning Points Action conference straw poll said they oppose the United States supporting Ukraine against Russia, Charlie Kirk announced on the stage in Florida on Sunday.

The Turning Points Action conference saw about 6,000 attendees for Donald Trump’s keynote speech this weekend at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

As expected at the MAGA event, Trump dominated in the straw poll of attendees conducted over the course of the event, with Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in third, not second, as the choice for nominee. DeSantis was not first place even on the question of who would be the nominee if not Trump – instead the overwhelming selection was businessman and primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

On the question of support for “U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine,” the result came close to being unanimous.

“We asked the question, ‘Do you support U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine?’” said Kirk on Sunday. “95.8% of you said no.” (Read more from “Whopping Ninety-Six Percent Oppose Supporting Ukraine Against Russia in New Poll” HERE)

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Russia and China Begin Joint Air and Sea Drills in Sea of Japan: Report

By Daily Caller. Russia and China are reportedly teaming up and carrying out joint air and sea drills in the Sea of Japan Sunday, according to Reuters.

A Chinese naval fleet reportedly set sail to join Russian Navy vessels as well as Kremlin air assets to carry out exercises in the Sea of Japan as part of a mutual interest in “safeguarding the security of strategic waterways,” Reuters reported, citing a statement issued by China’s defense ministry.

China sent out a total of five warships as well as four ship-borne helicopters to join the Russian military. The codename for the combined operations is North/Interaction-2023:

(Read more from “Russia and China Begin Joint Air and Sea Drills in Sea of Japan: Report” HERE)

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Biden Authorizes Pentagon to Deploy 3K Reserve Troops to Europe in Response to Ukraine War

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President Biden on Thursday authorized US military leaders to deploy as many as 3,000 reservists to Europe in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The order is intended to augment US troops already overseas as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the president said in a statement released by the White House after his five day trip to Europe, during which he attended a two-day NATO summit in Lithuania.

“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America . . . I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation Atlantic Resolve in and around the United States European Command’s area of responsibility,” the 80-year-old president said.

Biden’s order specifies that no more than 3,000 total members can be activated at any one time, of whom no more than 450 may be members of the Individual Ready Reserve, which consists of trained soldiers who have previously served in the Active Army or Selected Reserve.

Operation Atlantic Resolve is an initiative that was launched in the wake of Russia’s 2014 invasion of the Crimean Peninsula, designed to enhance the deterrence posture along the eastern flank of the US’s NATO allies. (Read more from “Biden Authorizes Pentagon to Deploy 3K Reserve Troops to Europe in Response to Ukraine War” HERE)

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Fired Russian General Accuses Defense Minister of Treason

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A senior Russian general in command of forces in occupied southern Ukraine says he was suddenly dismissed from his post after accusing Moscow’s Defense Ministry leadership of betraying his troops by not providing sufficient support.

Gen. Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, which has been engaged in heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region. He is one of the most senior officers to have taken part in the bloody Russian campaign in Ukraine.

Popov said he had raised questions about “the lack of counter-battery combat, the absence of artillery reconnaissance stations and the mass deaths and injuries of our brothers from enemy artillery,” in a voice note published on Telegram late Wednesday. . .

UA POV: Major General Ivan ‘Spartak’ Popov
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“I also raised a number of other problems and expressed it all at the highest level frankly and extremely harshly,” Popov said in the audio message. “I had no right to lie, therefore, I outlined all the problematic issues that exist today in the army in terms of combat work and support.”

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu “signed the order and got rid of me,” the general also said in the recording, as he accused the top Kremlin official of treason. (Read more from “Fired Russian General Accuses Defense Minister of Treason” HERE)

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