Putin’s fingerprints are all over the Hamas attack
There was only one real winner last Saturday when war broke out in Israel — Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin’s enabling of his “Arsenals of Evil” ally, Iran, resulted in the opening of a new front in Gaza in his war against the West.
Moscow has brutally suppressed uprisings in Chechnya and Syria, supported insurrections in Niger and Sudan, illegally annexed “Russian-speaking” territories in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Crimea, and, in February 2022, launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine — so far a failure that threatens Putin’s aspirations.
He needed a distraction, and last weekend he got it.
The Kremlin’s surreptitious activities resurfaced in a surprise attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, code-named Operation Al-Aqsa. Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, described the attack as “the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.”
It was a multi-domain assault — air, land, sea, and cyber. Well beyond the recognized capabilities of Hamas, fueling speculation that the terrorist organization received direct support from Iran, and likely from Russia as well.
The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal confirmed the speculation with respect to Iran. Both reported that Hamas “began planning the assault at least a year ago, with key support from Iranian allies who provided military training and logistical help as well as tens of millions of dollars for weapons” — and greenlighted the operation last week in Beirut. They also reported officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had trained Hamas.
Putin also likely saw an opening after Congress passed its 45-day continuing resolution last week that provided no additional funding for Ukraine.
Russia’s relationship with Iran — a principal supporter of Hamas — suggests a more nefarious relationship.
Hamas leaders traveled to Moscow in March 2023, where according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, their meeting “touched on Russia’s unchanged position in support of a just solution to the Palestinian problem.” More recently, Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was in Moscow on Sept. 10. At the time, Hillel Frisch, a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, thought the purpose of the meeting was “to signal [Moscow’s] displeasure with Israel, perhaps in relation to Ukraine.”
Given the events of Oct. 7, a more likely explanation would be that he back-briefed the Kremlin on Hamas’s final preparations for the attack timed to take place on Putin’s 71st birthday — a quid pro quo.
Other activities suggest Russian support and organization.
Wagnerians trained Hamas terrorists for attack on Israel - Resistance Center of Ukraine reports
Part of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) fighters who left Belarus in the direction of African countries have been involved in training and transferring combat experience to Hamas terrorists, the National Resistance Center of Ukraine reported.
The critical training areas for Hamas militants included storming operations and using small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to drop explosive materials.
The National Resistance Center adds that among the allies of Hamas, only Russians have experience using UAVs with dropping mechanisms. These mercenaries passed on their expertise to the militants during training in African countries.
Russian Wagner group's hands are 'all over Hamas attack on Israel', expert claims
Russia's feared mercenary Wagner group has allegedly been training Hamas terrorists with the attacks on Israel having “Russian hands” on it, an expert has claimed.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, had offered to find a “peaceful solution” while also offering to back Hamas with “units ready” to do so. But now, according to an ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine, Russia might already be involved in the conflict, with its Wagner forces supposedly training fighters through its Syria base – and with Hamas using some of the group's signature moves.
Petro Poroshenko, speaking to Euractiv, said: “I’m absolutely convinced that there is Russian interest, Russian hands, in the preparation of the Hamas terror attack on Israel.
A former leader of Ukraine has claimed that the Russian Wagner mercenary group has been training Hamas terrorists, and that 'Russian hands' are 'all over' the attacks
www.dailystar.co.uk
Wagner Trained Hamas Militants for Attack on Israel, Ukrainian Partisans Claim
Ukrainian partisans claim Wagner mercenaries trained Hamas fighters in assault tactics and the use of small UAVs in the deployment of explosive weapons.
Elements of the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner are alleged to have participated in the training of Hamas militants, the Ukrainian Center of National Resistance (CNR) reports.
“The Center of National Resistance thanks the Belarusian underground for the information about the enemy,” its message reads.
According to the CNR, the primary fields of training given to Hamas fighters included assault tactics and the use of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to drop explosive devices on to vehicles and other targets, a technique documented during Hamas’s assault on Israel over the weekend.
The CNR underlined the view that among Hamas’s allies, only Russia possess experience in the use of drones equipped with the means to deploy explosive devices onto enemy targets.
Ukrainian partisans claim Wagner mercenaries trained Hamas fighters in assault tactics and the use of small UAVs in the deployment of explosive weapons.
www.kyivpost.com
Vladimir Putin's Wagner mercenary group involved in 'training Hamas terrorists'
The Russian mercenary Wagner army group was involved in training Hamas terrorists ahead of the weekend's deadly attacks in Israel, the Ukrainian military claimed yesterday.
A spokesman for the centre, established by the Ukrainian army’s special operations forces, said: “Instructors of the Russian internationally-recognised criminal organisation Wagner PMC trained militants of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas to attack Israel.”
During the Summer, Wagner fighters billeted in Belarus are understood to have left for Africa. Once there, they were “involved in training and transferring combat experience to Hamas militants,” according to the Ukrainians.
“Key training areas for Hamas militants were assault training and the use of small drones to drop explosive materials,” the spokesman for Ukraine’s national resistance centre said. “Only the Russians, among allies of Hamas, have experience in using drones with mechanisms for dropping explosives on enemy equipment.
“This is exactly what the Wagner mercenaries trained Hamas militants to do during exercises in Africa.”
The Russian mercenary Wagner army group was involved in training Hamas terrorists ahead of the weekend's deadly attacks in Israel, the Ukrainian military claimed yesterday.
www.express.co.uk
This is the smoking gun:
Russia is seeking to capitalize on the Hamas attacks against Israel by pushing disinformation and seeking to discredit Ukraine.
www.businessinsider.com
Russia took captured weapons from the Ukrainian battlefield and gave them to Hamas.
And this too:
Wagner Group mercenaries who left Belarus for Africa were involved in training and transferring combat experience to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which attacked Israel on Oct. 7, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s National Resistance Center has claimed.
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One of the two parties in the war in Ukraine trained Hamas. Either Russia or Ukraine.
How many major Ukrainian organizations linked to Hamas. Zero.
How many Russian organizations linked to Hamas. Wagner,
the Russian media lets itself be a mouthpiece of Hamas, and
the Russian government. Also, Iran supplying weapons to Russia. Syria, "ally of Russia".
Putins response is an admission of guilt.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas commended Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, and “Russia’s tireless efforts” in the ongoing conflict with Israel, CNN reported on Oct. 14, citing a statement from the militant group.
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Russia benefits from the war in Gaza in three ways.
Russia stands to benefit from the Hamas-Israeli war but the conflict also carries big risks for Moscow, analysts say.
www.cnbc.com
Ukraine would not be part of starting a war against Israel knowing it would draw a huge amount of foreign focus and aid, away from Ukraine. This tinfoil hat theory of Ukraine behind Hamas makes zero sense. Russia would want to spread chaos to divert global attention (and aid) away from Ukraine.
Ukraine needs weapons, a seemingly endless amount of weapons, yet according to Putin and the Muscovites, say Ukraine is selling weapons to the friends of Russia and Iran, terrorists no less. None of this adds up.
Has Russia done false flags before, yes:
The US warned of Russian false flags before the war involving blaming Russian crimes on Ukraine. And
it looks as though the Americans are buying the Russian stories.
