Sunday, September 15, 2024

Again? Trump Reported Safe After Gunfire Near His Location: AK-47 Found at West Palm Beach Golf Course

President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity,” Trump campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement. “No further details at this time.” According to one report, the gunshots were fired while Trump was at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he was golfing today.
Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., said a suspect has been apprehended and an AK-47 rifle was found in the bushes at Trump National, citing law enforcement officials.
Update 5:56 p.m.: Multiple media outlets have identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh.
Update 4:51 p.m.: The FBI now says it is investigating "what appears to be an attempted assassination of Trump
The shots came from "a few hundred feet from where Trump was playing," according to Fox News. "It was the Secret Service that fired the gunshots" after they saw a man carrying a long gun," Fox reported. He reportedly dropped the gun and ran and was apprehended by Secret Service."
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RFK Jr urges Biden not to approve long-range missiles for Ukraine: ‘Reckless escalation’

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slammed President Biden’s administration for continuing to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles arguing it was a major escalation of the conflict.
Kennedy called out both Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. He made the comment in relation to reporting that the U.S. is set to approve Ukraine using long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.
“Secretary Blinken, President Biden — STOP IT! Stop this reckless escalation. I say this not as a political partisan, but simply as a citizen of the world,” Kennedy wrote." FOX

Venezuela Arrests Navy SEAL Among Several Foreigners Behind Alleged Maduro Assassination Plot

"Venezuela has announced the arrest of three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen, accusing them of plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. The arrests were first
announced Saturday by the country's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who said that one of the
Americans is Wilbert Joseph CastaƱeda Gomez - a Navy SEAL - who state television said served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Colombia.
Cabello alleged this was all part of another CIA plot to overthrow the Maduro government, which comes after Washington has contested the official results July 28 election which ensured the longtime strongman another six-year term as leader.
Cabello further held up rifles he claimed were used by the six foreigners as part of the anti-government plot. Below is an image circulated by state media of Gomez, who is being described as an active elite SEAL" ZH

German warships a ‘security risk’ – Chinese military

"The passage of two German Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Friday “increased security risks” in the region, the Chinese military has said." RT

164 combat clashes at front in past day, almost half of them in Pokrovsk, Kurakhove sectors

"164 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders occurred on the front lines, with almost half of them in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors.
The
Russian army launched air strikes on the areas of Khotin, Obody, Iskryskivshchyna, Pavlivka, Bilopillia, Kindrativka, Novoivanivka, Velyka Cherneshchyna, Katerynivka, Yunakivka, Pervomaiske in the Sumy region; Novoosynove, Kivsharivka, Berestove in the Kharkiv region; Druzhba, Kostiantynivka, Katerynivka, Kleban-Byk, Nelipivka, Oleksandropil, Myrnohrad, Antonivka, Vuhledar in the Donetsk region; Verkhnia Tersa, Piatykhatky, Lobkove in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past day, the
Ukrainian Air Force, missile forces, and artillery conducted six strikes on the areas where Russian troops and weapons were concentrated and one strike on a command center. One enemy artillery system and one pontoon bridge were also hit.
In the Kharkiv sector, three combat engagements took place in the vicinity of Vovchansk.
In the Kupiansk sector, 17 enemy attacks were recorded over the past day. The defense forces repelled
Russian assaults near Kolisnykivka, Stelmakhivka, Lozova and Synkivka.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 19 times, particularly attempting to advance near Druzheliubivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Novosadove, Zarichne, Cherneshchyna, Serebrianka and Terny.
In the Siversk sector,
Ukrainian defenders repelled 13 enemy assault attacks in the vicinity of Bilohorivka, Verkhniokamianske and Vyimka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the
Russian army attacked twice - near Chasiv Yar and Andriivka.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy, supported by aircraft, launched 12 attacks near Druzhba, Dachne, Nelipivka and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector,
Ukrainian defenders thwarted 41 aggressor attacks towards the localities of Sukha Balka, Vozdvyzhenka, Zelene Pole, Novooleksandrivka, Novotoretsk, Hrodivka, Krasnyi Yar, Novohrodivka, Mykhailivka and Marynivka.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 39 attacks near Selydove, Ukrainske, Krasnohorivka, Dolyna, Zhelanne Druhe. Heorhiivka, Kostiantynivka, Katerynivka and Zhelanne Pershe.
In the Vremivka sector, according to updated information, the enemy launched six attacks on
Ukrainian positions in the vicinity of Vodiane, Zolota Nyva, Katerynivka and Vuhledar.
In the Huliaipole sector, the village of Verkhnia Tersa was attacked with guided aerial bombs.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy attacked the settlements of Piatykhatky and Lobkove with unguided aerial missiles.
In the Dnipro River sector,
Russian invaders attacked Ukrainian positions eight times but received a tough rebuff and suffered losses.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no signs of enemy offensive groups have been recorded.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the
Russian army deploys artillery from its territory to fire at Ukrainian settlements." Ukrin