Silicon Curtain

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December 03, 2024 561. Kevin Leach - The Surge Can Save Ukraine But There is Little Time Left for Sullivan to Get it Done
Kevin Leach is the main director for Sabre Training Advisory Group, a
professional military training non-profit. Their aim is to give
Ukrainian defenders the skills to come home alive. Kevin is a Canadian
Armed Forces veteran, with a long history of working in Ukraine and in
military affairs. He served as a sergeant from 2008-2018, specialising
in armoured reconnaissance. He leads a weekly segment on the Mriya
Report called “Come Home Alive” covering the Key Elements of Training
for the Ukrainian army.
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LINKS:
https://x.com/SabreAdvisory
https://www.sabretag.org/donate
https://www.instagram.com/sabre_tag/
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mriyareport/episodes/Kevin-Leach--Sabre-Advisory-Training-on-Key-Elements-of-Training---May-29--2024-e2kavap
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
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December 02, 2024 559. Cormac Smith - Putin Will Escalate Ahead of Being Forced into Negotiations - A Violent Winter Awaits
Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
for over three decades. In 2016 he travelled to Ukraine to take up a
special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Advisor’ to Pavlo
Klimkin, then the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. He was attached to the
British Embassy in Kyiv but was embedded in Ukraine’s Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the first foreigner to hold such a position. While in
Kyiv, he also advised and provided training for five other government
ministries and worked directly with three other cabinet ministers:
Health, Education and the Deputy Prime Minister.
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LINKS:
https://defencebrink.uk/
https://x.com/philipingmbe
https://x.com/CormacS63
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
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December 01, 2024 Silicon Bites #66 - Putin and Patrushev Threaten Trump with Unsubtle Warnings - What do They Expect?
Edition No66 | 01-12-2024 - It is an illusion that Putin wants the war
to end. In fact, he needs the war not to end, to perpetuate his regime.
There are no limits to how many Russians he will sacrifice to save his
own neck, how much blood he will spill to save the 10.5 pints in his own
body. He is quite prepared to burn all of Russia’s economy and
resources, for as long as that keep him in power.
So, the determination of President-elect Donald Trump to achieve a
settlement of the war, any deal in fact, so he can boast to his
supporters that he delivered on campaign promises. As we’ve suggested in
a recent episode, it would seem Putin and Trump are on a collision
course.
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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER
A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of
Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to
Ukraine's frontline towns.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
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NEWS SOURCES:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3932396-zelensky-putin-seeks-to-escalate-so-that-trump-cant-end-war.html

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1982490/Trump-Putin-MI6-Europe-Ukraine-war
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/vladimir-putin-russian-president-donald-trump-us-president-elect-ukraine-assassination-threats-2642092-2024-11-29
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-map-live-uk-putin-nuclear-threat-b2656716.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/putin-sends-chilling-warning-to-trump-over-his-safety-as-he-threatens-kyiv-with-oreshnik-missile-strike-101732841021860.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cdj3kmel349t
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1982318/ww3-fears-russia-ukraine-war-latest-vladimir-putin
https://kyivindependent.com/putin-threatens-to-target-decision-making-centers-in-kyiv-with-oreshnik-missile/
https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-nikolai-patrushev-donald-trump-russia-1984360
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/22/how-patrushevs-paranoia-consumed-the-kremlin-a85198
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-putin-ditched-security-chief-nikolai-patrushev-conspiracy/
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemysl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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November 30, 2024 560. Philip Ingram & Cormac Smith - Trump Holds All the Cards as Putin Weakens Economically & Militarily.
Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
for over three decades. In 2016 he travelled to Ukraine to take up a
special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Advisor’ to Pavlo
Klimkin, then the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. He was attached to the
British Embassy in Kyiv but was embedded in Ukraine’s Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the first foreigner to hold such a position. While in
Kyiv, he also advised and provided training for five other government
ministries and worked directly with three other cabinet ministers:
Health, Education and the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Philip Ingram is a journalist and consultant who has built on a long and
senior military career as an intelligence, counterintelligence,
security officer, and planner. Philip has extensive business experience,
especially in steel manufacturing. He also has extensive media
experience, appearing on the BBC, Sky News and Radio networks,
international networks including Al Jazeera, TRT World, CNN, ABC, CBC,
Japanese NTV and many others.
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LINKS:
https://defencebrink.uk/
https://x.com/philipingmbe
https://x.com/CormacS63
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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November 29, 2024 558. Timothy Ash - Dramatic Collapse of Rouble Weakens Russia and Terrifies Putin, Shaking his Authority.
Timothy Ash, who has been professional economist for more than 30 years,
with two thirds of that in the banking industry. Timothy’s specialism
is emerging European economics, and he writes and blogs extensively on
economic challenges for leading publications such as the Kyiv Post,
Atlantic Council, the Financial Times, and the United Business Journal.
He is also an Associate Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia programme at
Chatham House and has advised various governments on Ukraine-Russia
policy and specifically on the impact of sanctions.
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/tashecon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-ash-83a87158/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/timothy-ash
https://cepa.org/author/timothy-ash/
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ARTICLES:
https://timothyash.substack.com/
https://kyivindependent.com/author/timothy-ash/
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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1h
November 28, 2024 Silicon Bites #65 - Rouble Crashes Showing up Flaws in Putin's Fantasy Militarised Sovetised Economy
Edition No65 | 24-11-2024 - We’ve been predicting that the Russian
economy would implode for going on two years, but also pointing out that
Russian Central bankers may be able to preserve an impression of
stability and normalcy for some considerable time. And so, it’s proved.
Russia has been more adept at creating an alternative economy to replace
Western exports, and indeed not all the revenue from Western markets
dried up despite three nearly years of full-sale war. Grey markets, grey
fleets and the fundamental shift to running a brazenly dark economy
have helped Russia hugely recover from the initial economic shock of
Feb-22.
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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER
A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of
Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to
Ukraine's frontline towns.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
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Indeed, it’s the willingness of many countries, especially China and
India to benefit from discounted Russian exports of hydrocarbons and raw
material that has kept the cash flowing into Russia’s war machine. Many
western countries have been entirely hypocritical on this, paying lip
service to sanctions, but turning a blind eye as their manufactured
goods continues to flow into Russia via intermediary countries
neighbouring Putin’s empire.
It turns out there are three key levers that can trigger crisis and even
collapse in the Russian economy. And to an extent, these could have
been triggered at any time over the last 3 years.
- Reduce Russia’s sovereign wealth funds that maintain the war economy
and currency
- Work to reduce the global price of oil, hitting Russia’s grey fleet
exports hard
- Tighten sanction to stop the flow of goods and revenue into Kremlin
war machine
Russia amassed a huge sovereign wealth fund over many years of
relatively frugal financial management amid soaring oil prices. It’s
mind boggling to think what could have been done to improve standards of
living in Russia if you combine the revenues wasted on war with the
mountains of cash stolen by the kleptocratic classes.
Anyway, that wealth fund – the fighting war chest – is running out. The
flows of money into it from the external economy are lessening or are
held in non-conventical currencies such as Rupees or Yuan. The domestic
economy is flagging (and the income it generates in taxes) as is moves
to more of a nationalised, militarised economy. So, the money lake is
draining down.
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NEWS SOURCES:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/27/russias-rouble-plunges-to-lowest-rate-since-early-weeks-of-ukraine-war
https://www.ft.com/content/6189fdb4-d1ef-4e0b-a7f1-e7f9a7286df5
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11/27/7486548/
https://timothyash.substack.com/p/the-rouble-is-melting-finally?r=ynli4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/27/russian-central-bank-halts-currency-buying-until-2025-as-ruble-slides-a87147
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemysl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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November 27, 2024 556. Terrell Jermaine Starr - Russia Treated as 1st Tier Adversary but Ukraine Often as a 2nd Tier Ally
African American journalist Terrell Jermain Starr sees the Story of
Ukrainian resilience as a Black experience. Russia is not only a
colonial state, but it’s also a supremacist state, he says. Terrell has
made it his mission to build bridges of trust between Americans and
Ukraine. This is clearly vital, as he explains that African Americans
are some of the most exposed people to Russian propaganda and
disinformation within the US. Today we’ll be exploring the parallels to
discrimination faced by Black people in the US, with centuries long
persecution of Ukrainian identity by the Russian Empire.
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Terrell Jermaine Starr is the host and founder of Black Diplomats
Official YouTube channel, where he posts regular dispatches from Ukraine
that feature underrepresented voices and share how civilians are living
through the war. Terrell was in Ukraine when the war broke out and
provided daily video reports via Twitter that generated millions of
views and dozens of appearances on network television where he spoke to
millions of people around the world.
What makes his work so interesting is that he explains the Russian
colonialism that Ukrainians experience through the lens of white
supremacy that Black people in the United States and around the world
have endured. He helps people get past the challenge of seeing
Ukrainians as merely white and, therefore, unable to be oppressed.
Before Terrell focused on Ukraine full-time, he reported for various
Black-owned and run media outlets in the U.S., including The Root where
he was a national correspondent and covered presidential, state and
local politics. He has a master’s degree in Russian, East European and
Eurasian Studies and a second in Journalism from the University of
Illinois. He graduated from Philander Smith College, a historically
Black school, with a bachelors in English.
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LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/@BlackDiplomatsOfficial
https://www.instagram.com/terrelljstarr/?hl=en
https://bsky.app/profile/terrelljstarr.bsky.social
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569344763189
https://x.com/terrelljstarr
https://terrellstarr.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrellstarrukraine/
Terrell’s fundraiser to create a series on black people in Ukraine:
https://x.com/terrelljstarr/status/1861449586188984699
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ARTICLES:
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/28/story-of-ukraine-is-a-black-experience-says-african-american-reporter/

https://www.ukrainer.net/terrell-star/
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/19/person-of-interest-terrell-jermaine-starr-00018630

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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER
A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of
Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to
Ukraine's frontline towns.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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55min
November 27, 2024 557. Mark Toth and Jon Sweet - Ukraine Given Enough Weapons to Survive and not Lose War on Biden’s Watch.
Too little too late. Slow walking munitions for Ukraine over three years
has ensured the war becomes a long, attritional grind. In that time
Ukraine has lost some of its bravest and brightest warriors. Is the rush
to supply Ukraine after the US election simply to ensure that the
country does not lose on Biden’s watch?
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Jon Sweet is an accomplished intelligence professional who served for 30
years within the Defence and Intelligence sector as an U.S. Army
Military Intelligence Officer. He is now a freelance author, contributor
and columnist for The Hill, The Messenger, Washington Examiner, Kyiv
Post and FOX News. He provides an experienced military perspective on
current world events.
Mark Toth is a retired economist, historian and entrepreneur and has
lived in US diplomatic and military communities around the world. Mark
writes on issues of National Security and Foreign Policy and is a
regular contributor to The Hill, BBC, Washington Examiner, Fox News,
Kyiv Post and The Messenger.
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LINKS:
https://x.com/MCTothSTL
https://x.com/JESweet2022
https://nationalsecuritynews.com/author/mark-toth/
https://nationalsecuritynews.com/author/jon-sweet/
https://muckrack.com/mark-toth-1
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ARTICLES:
https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/42703
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
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November 25, 2024 555. Kira Rudik - 1000 Days of Struggle Against Invasion - Recorded at the National Liberal Club London
This video and the audio recording were made at an event at the Liberal
Club in London on 20th November 2024. The event was kindly organised by
the Liberal Democrat Friends of Ukraine.
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Kira Rudik is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's
Deputy of Ukraine from the Holos party. She is the party's leader, and
vice president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
(ALDE). Prior to politics she worked in the Ukrainian and American IT
industries. She was a member of the board of the American Chamber of
Commerce in Ukraine and the IT Association of Ukraine.
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LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kira_Rudik
https://nlc.org.uk/
https://www.libdems.org.uk/
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
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being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
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November 24, 2024 Silicon Bites #64 - Russia's Geopolitical Strategy of Terror and Trauma Learned from Golden Horde
Edition No64 | 24-11-2024 - Russia stands accused of firing the first
intercontinental ballistic missile to be used against an adversary at
war. The horror is even starker, as the missile was not used against
military objectives, but fired indiscriminately into an urban centre.
Dnipro in Ukraine. When we strip way all the fluff of geopolitical
jargon, we can see Russia as a nuclear armed, terroristic entity that
learned its statecraft of trauma and threat from the Mongol Horde and
not Europe.
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- Russia's deployment of an ICBM armed with conventional warheads
against Ukraine marks a significant and alarming escalation.
- This unprecedented action suggests Russia may have depleted a
substantial portion of its conventional missile arsenal, compelling it
to resort to strategic reserves.
- The use of such an expensive and complex weapon, typically reserved
for long-range nuclear deterrence, underscores the challenges Russia
faces in sustaining its military campaign. But also suggests that the
informational and psychological benefits far exceed the military impact,
to justify the use of such a munition.
- This type of ICBM is known for its lack of precision in conventional
warfare – underscoring Moscow’s role as terrorist, willing to cause
indiscriminate trauma.
- This appears to be a desperate attempt to project strength yet
highlights Russia's difficulties in subduing a smaller nation committed
to defending its sovereignty.
- It’s bizarre Russia compromises some of its most guarded technology to
Ukraine and partners, just for brinkmanship and signalling.
- The strike was an elaborately staged attempt to demonstrate escalatory
dominance — the ability to outbid the west in the retaliatory ladder
all the way to nuclear war. But again, this may be another Potemkin
façade of a strategy. All teeth and no bite.
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NEWS SOURCES:
https://kyivindependent.com/what-is-russias-oreshnik-missile-and-what-happens-next/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/vladimir-putin-war-ukraine-russia-intercontinental-missile-us-b1195343.html
https://mickryan.substack.com/p/russias-oreshnik-missile-attack-on
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-at-ukraine/
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/russias-rumoured-icbm-launch-is-raising-the-stakes-in-ukraine/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/22/what-is-ballistic-missile-russia-ukraine-war-irbm-icbm

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-launched-icbm-ukraine-war-putin-rcna181131

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/russia-fired-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-at-dnipro-says-ukraine

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