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[RUSVESNA] The Russian troops have begun creating groups to fight tanks that Western countries supply to Kyiv, said Yevgeny Arifulin, head of the Center for Combat Training of the Armed Forces.
“This work is organized based on the instructions of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General (Yunus-Bek) Yevkurov, who set a specific task to create these groups,” he specified on the air of the Zvezda TV channel.
In accordance with these instructions, the main department of combat training, under the leadership of Colonel General Ivan Buvaltsev, developed methodological recommendations and organized a "method of implementation."
“The Combat Training Center is implementing these events,” Arifulin emphasized, calling the creation of such groups “a big state system work.”
Recall that at the end of January, Berlin, succumbing to pressure from the United States and other NATO partners, changed its initial position and agreed to transfer the Leopard 2 to the Kiev regime, and also allow third countries armed with German tanks to do the same.
The United States also promised to send 31 modern Abrams tanks of its own production to Ukraine, although they complained that this would take a long time.
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The Russian troops have begun creating groups to fight tanks that Western countries supply to Kyiv, said Yevgeny Arifulin, head of the Center for Combat Training of the Armed Forces.
"...Here's a couple of RPGs and a Molotov cocktail. Knock yerselves out, and remember the Motherland will send flowers."
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[LB] The cost of damages and losses from Russian aggression has already reached record levels, and the drop in real GDP in Ukraine is deeper than in most countries that have experienced armed conflicts. At the same time, Ukraine managed to maintain macro-financial stability and attract significant amounts of international aid, which will positively affect the prospects of post-war recovery.
by Tatyana Bohdan Tetyana Bohdan , Doctor of Economics, Director of Research at the Growford Institute
Russia's military aggression against Ukraine caused large-scale destruction of production capital and infrastructure, brought human casualties and social losses. The war led to a reduction in jobs and incomes, a decrease in purchasing power and the amount of accumulated assets. In 2022, the national economy lost 29.2% of real GDP, and 13.5 million people were forced to leave their homes. More than 7 million people were below the poverty line, and the poverty level reached 24% of the population.
Experts from the World Bank and the European Commission estimate the damage from the war in Ukraine in the period from February 24, 2022 to February 24, 2023 in the amount of 134.7 billion dollars, and the need for reconstruction - 410.6 billion dollars.
According to the methodology of "Rapid Damage and Needs Assessments" (RDNA2) of the World Bank, damage is direct loss from the destruction or damage of physical assets and infrastructure, expressed in monetary terms, based on the cost of replacing or repairing lost assets at prices valid until the beginning of the war
Needs are the cost of restoring pre-war normality through such works as repair, reconstruction and implementation of modernization efforts, energy efficiency improvement, taking into account inflation, increasing insurance premiums, etc. Needs are calculated at current market prices at the time of assessment.
The World Bank will reassess Ukraine's war recovery needs in early spring
If we talk about damage or direct losses from the first year of the war, according to the estimates of the World Bank and its partners, the housing sector (38% of the total damage), transport (26%), energy (8%), industry and trade (8%) suffered the greatest losses ), agriculture (7%). In particular, during the year of the Russian-Ukrainian war, 1.4 residential premises (separate apartments, houses) were destroyed and damaged, including 135,000 private houses and 39,000 dormitories.
In the total amount of recovery needs ($410.6 billion), the transport sector occupies 22%, the housing sector 17%, the energy sector 11%, the sphere of social protection and life activities 10%, the fight against dangerous situations 9%, agriculture 7%.
In general, economic losses from war include not only the destruction and damage of infrastructure, production facilities, public institutions, but also the loss of human capital and the expenditure of resources on military confrontation. In 2022, national budget expenditures on defense amounted to 23% of GDP, and in 2023 they should amount to 20% of GDP. Along with this, military aid to Ukraine from Western partners until January 15, 2023 amounted to 65.4 billion US dollars or 46.5% of GDP for 2022.
Demographic losses from military operations are also significant, which are still difficult to estimate. But according to the results of the EBRD study in the world, even 25 years after the end of the wars, the population of the affected countries remained significantly smaller than in comparable countries without armed conflicts. The main components of these losses are the victims of military operations, the outflow of refugees and the decrease in the birth rate.
According to the EBRD, on average, war events result in a drop in GDP per capita by 9% relative to the pre-war level. However, the most destructive and large-scale wars ended with a drop in GDP per capita by 40-70% (Transition Report 2022-23).
In Ukraine, it is still too early to talk about the total drop in GDP as a result of the current war, but in 2014-2015, after the first act of Russian aggression, Ukraine already lost 15.8% of GDP, and in 2022, real GDP decreased by 29.2%.
In order to compare losses from the war in Ukraine with losses in other countries affected by hostilities, the indicators of the "Maddison Project Database" of the University of Groningen (Netherlands) were used. Historical episodes that had signs of broad international conflicts (as opposed to local or civil wars) were taken into account. Thus, the sample included 10 episodes from World War II, 2 episodes from the Yugoslav wars, 2 episodes from the Persian Gulf wars, 1 episode from the Arab-Israeli wars, 2 episodes from the Russian-Ukrainian wars, and 1 episode from the Russian-Georgian war.
Table 2 shows data on the rates of decline in real GDP in the first year of hostilities in the countries of the specified sample. The available data indicate that in terms of the rate of decline in real GDP in 2022 (by 29.2%), Ukraine ranks III among the 18 countries in the sample. In the studied historical period, only wars in Iraq in 1991 (fall in GDP by 60.2%) and in Austria in 1945 (by 58.7%) were more destructive.
Giant losses of real GDP in the first year of the war distinguish our country from other episodes of military operations. Thus, the drop in real GDP at a rate of 25-50% in one year of the conflict, as a rule, took place only in countries that had capitulated or suffered a crushing defeat in the war (Germany, Austria, Japan, Iraq), or in countries where combatants actions were carried out on more than 50% of the territory (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
The conducted research showed that the average level of cumulative losses of real GDP during the war was 40%. At the same time, the average drop in real GDP in the first year of the war was equal to 20%. We will remind that the drop in the real GDP of Ukraine in 2022 reached 29.2%, and the drop in industry - 38%. This speaks both to the brutality and massive destruction from the Russian aggressor, which Ukraine suffered, and to the low adaptive capacity of the Ukrainian economy to the conditions of martial law and the lack of broad state support.
One of the mechanisms that determined the potential for the recovery of economic activity after the end of the war was the amount of destruction of infrastructure and production capital. According to the EBRD, in countries affected by the war, the stock of physical capital 5 years after the end of the war was on average 12% smaller than before the war.
However, a key factor in a successful recovery is the achievement of a secure and lasting peace. Along with this, according to the EBRD, other factors have a positive effect on the speed of economic recovery after the war: the short duration of the war, dynamic economic growth and strong institutions on the eve of the war, a slight decline in the economy during the war.
Ukrainian industry suffered significant losses from the war. In 2022, the industrial production of Ukraine fell by 38%. And the amount of losses in industry and trade is estimated by experts of the World Bank at 10.9 billion dollars. At the same time, the recovery needs for these sectors for the period until 2033 amount to 23.2 billion dollars. USA. 80% of this amount is the projected costs for reconstruction and modernization of production premises, machines and equipment, restoration of warehouse stocks.
The destructive consequences of the war are manifested not only in the economy and social sphere, but also in the financial system of the country that is waging an armed struggle. In Ukraine in 2022, the average annual inflation was 20.2%, which almost corresponds to the average annual inflation rate in 9 European countries most affected by World War II (20.1%). At the same time, the rate of inflation in Ukraine contrasts with the average annual inflation during the war in Croatia in 1991-1995 (471.7%), in Iraq in 1991 (181%), and in Italy in 1941-1945 ( 77.3%).
Fairly moderate inflation in 2022 in Ukraine, with large-scale destruction of the production base and infrastructure, was due to the fact that the western border of Ukraine remained open, and neighboring countries were not engulfed in war. In this way, a significant part of consumer demand in Ukraine was met at the expense of imports. Imports compensated for some of the lost domestic supply (while real GDP fell by 29.2%, dollar imports decreased by only 4%), and large-scale foreign aid helped to maintain the purchasing power of the population relative to imports. The freezing of energy tariffs in Ukraine in the face of rising global energy prices also helped to curb the rate of inflation.
Tariff plan. How does the government plan to increase the cost of electricity?
Monetary financing of the budget deficit in the amount of 8% of GDP for 2022 did not significantly affect the acceleration of inflation rates, since the expansion of the hryvnia supply was sterilized by the NBU's currency interventions at the expense of international reserves. Official reserves were again replenished with foreign loans and grants. In 2022, Ukraine received more than $32 billion in foreign aid from official donors.
The structure of sources of financing of public expenditures of Ukraine in 2022 looks as follows: 41% of expenditures were financed by tax and non-tax revenues of the budget, 35% by external loans and grants, 13% by monetary financing and 9% by attracting loans on the domestic market (diagram. 1).
That is, the expenses of the state for the conduct of military operations and the functioning of the social and humanitarian sphere were divided almost equally between Ukrainian taxpayers and external creditors/donors. The NBU also made its contribution by covering part of the deficit through issuance. However, the internal creditors of the Government played a minimal role, especially when counting the net borrowings of the Government.
At the same time, as the experience of other warring countries shows, the contribution of the state's internal creditors and monetary emission is usually more significant, and external donors do not always play as important a role as in Ukraine.
For example, in Israel during the war of attrition (1967-1970), 53% of government spending was financed by internal revenues, 20% by central bank issues, 22% by external loans and grants, 5% - at the expense of loans from banks and other domestic sectors.
In the US economy during the Second World War, 30.2% of public expenditures were financed by tax revenues of the budget, 10.1% by monetary financing of the central bank, and 46% by domestic borrowing by the Government. That is, in the USA, in the structure of public expenditure financing, the share of the Government's internal creditors was several times larger than in Ukraine, the share of money emission was slightly smaller, external donors were absent, and taxpayers had a comparable share in the total financing.
So, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 started one of the largest and most destructive wars in the world since World War II. The cost of damages and the need for restoration have already reached record levels, and the rates of decline in real GDP and industrial production exceed the indicators of most countries during the wars of the second half of the 20th century - the beginning of the 21st century. On the other hand, in 2022-2023, Ukraine managed to avoid macro-financial destabilization and diversify the sources of financing expenditures, which will keep the economy from further decline and have a positive impact on the prospects of post-war recovery.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Donetsk regions were under enemy fire.
Over the past day, the Russians have carried out three shellings in the Chernihiv region . Mortars were fired in the Novgorod-Siversky district, probably a rocket was launched from an airplane. Without victims and victims. There are no damages, says the summary from OVA.
In the morning, three artillery shellings were carried out from the territory of Russia in the Seredino-Budsk community of the Sumy region . Five arrivals were recorded. According to preliminary data, there were no damages or casualties. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out seven shellings of the border communities - Bilopolska, Khotynska, Velikopysarivska, Myropilska. 79 arrivals were recorded. Fortunately, in all cases without consequences.
In Zaporizhzhia , three residents of the region were killed, five more were injured as a result of enemy attacks over the past day. Zaporizhzhia, Orihiv, Gulyaipole and 15 other settlements became targets for Russian shells: one missile attack, four air attacks, five UAV attacks and 46 artillery attacks were carried out by the enemy. Over the course of a day, several dozens of objects were destroyed or damaged: apartments, houses, commercial buildings. Experts record the destruction. At night, the enemy attacked the regional center, targeting a private house. The father and child died, the mother was pulled out from under the rubble.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, the enemy shelled the Nikopol district, using heavy artillery and UAVs. Marganetska and Mirivska communities were targeted. There, the projectiles damaged a gas pipeline and a fence. Rescuers are still clarifying the consequences of the attacks. No casualties.
In the Luhansk region, in the direction of Lymansk, last day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions south of Kuzmyny, in the Kreminsk community. Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova and Bilogorivka were subjected to artillery fire from the Russians.
In Kharkivskain the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the settlements of Veterinarne, Graniv, Vilkhivka, Ternova, Staritsa, Vovchansk, Karaichne and Chugunivka.
In the Kupyansk direction, the settlements of Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Krokhmalne, Kindrashivka, Pischane and Berestov came under enemy fire. Yesterday morning, the enemy launched a rocket attack (previously, an X-59 rocket) on the territory next to the reservoir near the Kharkiv district, buildings were damaged in the village of Mala Danylivka.
Yesterday, the enemy launched a rocket attack on the village of Velikiy Burluk, Kupyan district. The missile, formerly S-300, hit the ground in an open area. Three residential buildings and three farm buildings were partially damaged. Two civilian men - 65 and 34 years old - were killed as a result of shelling in the village of Dvorichna in the Kupyan district.
During the shelling of the village Cup hems Yan district, a private home was damaged, a 65-year-old woman was injured. Also in the village The electric transformer was partially damaged by shelling. In the city of Izyum, a 53-year-old woman stepped on an anti-personnel mine of the "Petal" type on the territory of the central cemetery. She was hospitalized with a mine-explosive injury.
In Slobozhanske village of Chuguyiv district, a man found a suspicious object and began to disassemble it, as a result of which it exploded. Hospitalized with an explosive wound. In Slobozhanske village of Chuguyiv district, a man found a suspicious object and began to disassemble it, as a result of which it exploded. Hospitalized with an explosive wound. In Slobozhanske village of Chuguyiv district, a man found a suspicious object and began to disassemble it, as a result of which it exploded. Hospitalized with an explosive wound.
In Donetsk yesterday, the enemy carried out an attack with an unguided air missile, used artillery and mortar. Fired: Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Kurakhove, Toretsk, Velyka Novosilka town, Ocheretine town, Vremivka village, Druzhba village. Residential sectors were destroyed in all settlements. In Donetsk region, two civilians were injured in a day
In Khersonska region, the enemy launched 71 shellings during the day, firing 495 shells from various types of weapons and aviation. The enemy shelled Kherson six times (23 shells). According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian occupiers continue to strengthen the counter-intelligence and police regime in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region.
In particular, in the Gornostaev district, raids are underway to check the personal phones of the local population for the presence of photo and video materials, as well as "forbidden" content. During such inspections, the occupiers record the personal data of local residents and selectively search their homes. Restoration and reconstruction work is ongoing in the de-occupied territory of the region.
Yesterday, a tractor driver ran over an enemy mine in Kyivska. He survived and was hospitalized. More than 10 mines were found near the detonation site.
We will remind, the total combat losses of Russia from February 24, 2022 to April 9, 2023 approximately amounted to 178,150 people. Last day, defenders eliminated another 470 people.
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[Korrespondent] 20:41 In the area of Marinka and Avdiivka, the Russians are suffering colossal losses, losing about two companies of personnel every day, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction. According to him, positional battles continue in these areas, the Russians have mixed success, but the Defense Forces are retaking back all the positions that the enemy occupies.
17:55 Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, predicts that Patriot and other Western air defense systems will soon arrive in Ukraine: "We are talking about the systems that we have already been promised to provide - NASAMS, Iris-T, as well as Patriot and SAMP /T, which should enter Ukraine in the near future. It was announced two months that our specialists will study. We expect them to appear." He also stressed that the topic of F-16 fighters must be constantly raised, since their presence in the Armed Forces of Ukraine will allow them to gain an advantage in the air and win.
17:48 Macron said that the time for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia has not yet come: "I think that China is making the same observation that we are, namely that today the weather is military. The Ukrainians are resisting, and we are helping them. Now this is not the time for negotiations, even if we are preparing them and if we have to set milestones."
17:11 The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first time showed the work of NASAMS, which protect the Ukrainian sky:
16:15 The enemy fired on Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, from the MLRS, it is known about two wounded local residents, the President's Office reported.
15:28 Russia began to transfer air units of its army to Bakhmut, including paratroopers. This is due to the huge losses among the mercenaries of PMC Wagner, explained the representative of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty. At the same time, he added that the Russian paratrooper units, which are sent to Bakhmut, have also suffered losses and have been understaffed with mobilized ones.
According to Cherevaty, Russia loses about a hundred people every day in Bakhmut, there are also wounded and seriously wounded. "They have very heavy losses, especially now, when this flow from Russian prisons is not very continuous. This is the most aggressive group - Wagner - which showed the greatest dynamics of attacks. They are losing its potential," he added.
14:42 The Russians fired mortars at the village of Karaichnoye, Chuguyevsky district, Kharkiv region, one person was wounded - he is in serious condition. The enemy also fired MLRS on residential buildings and private areas in Kupyansk, the OVA reported.
14:17 The Russian army hit the border area of the Chernihiv region, in the Gremyach area, with an aviation missile. The enemy was aiming at the infrastructure of the settlement, there was no information about the losses among the local population, OK Pivnich reported.
13:56 In Avdiivka, parents hide four children to avoid evacuation, the National Police reported. They are currently looking for. Two children have already been found by the White Angels organization - they are trying to convince the family to leave the city.
13:31 The Russians fired guided bombs in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region. From aviation, the Russian army hit the village of Lvovo in the Tyagin community, the villages of Olgino in the Vysokopolsky community and Tomarino in the Berislav community. No people were hurt, the OVA said.
12:18 In the past two weeks, there has been an intensification of explosions at enemy military bases and an increase in the number of cases of reprisals against collaborators, said Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov. In particular, more than 15 positions of Russians were destroyed during this time, seven of them in Melitopol. Explosions were heard twice at the airfield and three times - in the area of the locomotive depot. The location of the occupiers in Fedorovka, Vesele, near Tokmak, Upper Tokmak, Mirny, Molochansk was also destroyed.
11:27 Germany will present Zelensky with the Charlemagne Prize in May, and it is possible that the Ukrainian president will personally attend the ceremony, writes Bild. The award is given for a contribution to the unification of Europe, and this year it was decided to award Zelensky and the Ukrainian people for protecting not only their country, but also Europe and European values. The award ceremony is to be held in the German city of Aachen, where Charlemagne's residence was. Chancellor Olaf Scholz will speak at the ceremony. However, the publication adds that due to Ukraine's counter-offensive, Zelensky may receive an award via video link.
10:19 According to the "leaked" Pentagon documents, in early February, representatives of Wagner PMCs met with Turkish representatives to purchase weapons and equipment in Turkey in order to strengthen the position of PMCs in the war in Ukraine and Mali, writes The Washington Post.
09:43 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that Russian troops are stepping up their use of artillery to compensate for their reduced offensive capabilities. At the same time, Ukrainian troops are likely to benefit from being on the defensive in most areas, since offensive operations require more artillery.
Analysts note that Russian attacks have slowed down across the front line and are more focused on diverting the Ukrainian Armed Forces and dispersing Ukrainian troops in anticipation of their counteroffensive. In particular, the pace of offensives in and around Bakhmut has slowed down in some areas and completely stopped in others. The Russian attack on Avdeevka and Maryinka also "bogged down".
09:26 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 9.
personnel - about 178,150 (+470) people liquidated,
tanks - 3636 (+0),
armored combat vehicles - 7024 (+4),
artillery systems - 2740 (+13),
MLRS - 533 (+0),
air defense systems - 282 (+0),
aircraft - 307 (+0),
helicopters - 292 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2312 (+14),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5602 (+3),
special equipment - 309 (+5).
08:55 The Russians hit Zaporozhye at night, got into a private house. One person was rescued, two died, including an 11-year-old child, the OVA said. Over the previous day, three people were killed in the region as a result of Russian shelling, five were injured. The enemy shelled Zaporozhye, Orekhov, Hulyaypole and 15 other settlements with rockets, aircraft, drones and artillery.
08:28 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, more than 50 enemy attacks were repelled in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
05:10 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost at least 10 thousand units of military equipment, the Oryx research project has calculated. At the same time, the list includes only those equipment, the destruction of which is confirmed by photo or video recordings, so the real number can be much higher. Among the military equipment lost by Russia are 1928 tanks, 2281 infantry fighting vehicles and 12 ships. According to researchers, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost three times less equipment during the year of the war than the Russian Federation.
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[RIA] Many do not doubt that the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky was ordered - but the investigation needs to identify both the organizers and accomplices of Daria Trepova, who handed the military commander a bust stuffed with explosives.
At the same time, it is more than likely that Trepova herself was used blindly - that is, she really did not understand that she was participating in the terrorist attack. This does not remove the blame from her, but adds additional color to the most important topic, which needs to be discussed in parallel with the fight against terror emanating from Kyiv. How big is the threat of radical youth terror in Russia?
The surname of the St. Petersburg "bomber" seemed to specifically emphasize the relevance of the issue: almost a century and a half ago, in St. Petersburg, they tried to kill the governor, General Trepov. Vera Zasulich, who shot him, was acquitted by a jury, and a century of individual terror began in Russia.
From the shot of Zasulich in 1878 until the revolution of 1917, it passed in several waves, as a result, Tsar Alexander II, Prime Minister Stolypin, several ministers and governors, many officials and policemen were killed.
It is clear that terror was part of the "revolutionary struggle". Although the Socialist-Revolutionaries mainly relied on him publicly, and most of the radical oppositionists (practically all of them were Marxists of various persuasions) formally condemned him, terrorist methods gradually received unofficial support from a considerable part of the liberal opposition, including the Duma.
In universities, editorial offices and salons, they rejoiced at the murder of another "satrap" and "dzhimorda". Moreover, the very choice of targets for assassination attempts was largely determined by the attitude of "progressive society" toward them, that is, people with "good faces."
The last massive wave of murders of sovereign people ended in 1907, when Stolypin brought order to the country and suppressed what was later called the "first Russian revolution", although four years later in Kiev the killer's bullet caught up with him. But after 1917, terror became the norm, and individual terror was soon supplanted by the state, and the country plunged into chaos and the blood of the Civil War.
Since then, we have had no individual political terror, neither in the Soviet years (the murder of Kirov was artificially passed off as a conspiracy), nor in the post-Soviet years. There was terror associated with the Chechen wars, but there are other reasons, goals and methods. But so that one part of society wants to kill representatives of the authorities or people who support it, this has never happened before.
And the fact that Trepova did not understand what she was doing (thinking that there was a listening device in the bust) does not change anything - judging by her efforts to infiltrate the patriotic environment, she still consciously played the “revolutionary”, the “fighter for a just cause ". Trepova, despite her participation in anti-war rallies and communication with the radical opposition, of course, is not Zasulich - who by the time of the assassination attempt had already gone through Nechaevism, and through Petropavlovka and exile.
But Daria is now justified in exactly the same way by many of the emigrants and radical oppositionists in Russia: she killed the "warmonger"! The legalization of terror, at least in the eyes of public opinion, is deliberately not taken into account. "To live with wolves - to howl like wolves" - that's what the admirers of Zasulich and Trepova preach.
So far, we are seeing only the very first attempts at this legalization, but there are already arsons of military registration and enlistment offices, and the murders of Dugina and Tatarsky. A considerable part of the active potential "bombers" went abroad - however, Russian youth, gullible and seeking justice, are again being lured onto the path of "fighting evil with all possible methods." If only the Ukrainian special services did this, it would be half the trouble, it is much worse that those who pretend to be their own people, our fellow citizens, who allegedly "want freedom for their homeland," are doing this.
The paradox is that those who for years have been scaring everyone with the "new 37th year" and state terror have actually already switched to terror - at least to its moral support. God forbid, if we are on the verge of a new wave of Russian terror, because the special services alone cannot fix the matter (although their work is very important).
The key antidote to terror is the atmosphere in society. But if the absolute majority of our people are unambiguously against terror and condemn terrorists, then in some strata of society (for example, among the youth and students of both capitals) everything is not so unambiguous. It is there that the heirs of the "revolutionary terrorist tradition" will seek and are already looking for grateful listeners and followers. They need new Zasulich, Perovsky, Kalyaev and Bogrov - and we need a great, united and just Russia.
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[RIA Novosti] Prigozhin estimated the number of Ukrainian troops assembled for the counteroffensive at 200,000
Kiev has prepared about two hundred thousand people for the counteroffensive, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, said at a meeting of Cyber Front Z, the video was published on the movement's Telegram channel.
"They have collected about 200,000, according to some sources - up to 400,000 personnel, this cannot be underestimated," he said.
Earlier in April, the New York Times, citing secret US documents on Ukraine leaked to the Web , claimed that the Kiev authorities had to transfer elite troops near Artemovsk , which they counted on during the counteroffensive. It is noted that this led to "strategic costs" for the country.
As Reuters reported earlier this week, Kyiv has trained eight assault brigades of the so-called offensive guard. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview with the Wyborcza newspaper that a counteroffensive could begin when the mudslide stops.
Kiev and Western military experts and politicians have repeatedly named the Zaporozhye region as one of the strike directions in order to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov in order to cut the land corridor to the Crimea.
In turn, in this region, as well as in other new subjects of Russia , they declared that they had prepared for any actions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:35 In Kharkiv and Kyiv regions announced air alert. 22:25 Heard explosions in the Kharkov region.
20:45 Video- Clear work of a sniper, and minus one VSUshnik
Personnel of the professional work of our specialists in the Zaporozhye direction
19:34 Spot elimination of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and collection of trophies from them fromvideo
18:58 Working days of Russian artillerymen to destroy enemy shelters and manpower in one of the directions -video
18:36 Nazis continue fight against history
Again "Decolonization of Ukraine". Again - the praise of the "heroes" who, in fact, are Nazis (see second photo).
We are waiting for the Sabbath on May 9th. This date is like a bone in the throat for them.
17:11 Coordinated actions of units of the 291st Regiment of the Southern Military District force the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to run away from their positions in the Zaporozhye direction -video
16:57 Another ammunition cache discovered in Skadovsk
In a wasteland in a hole under a destroyed wall, the police found 490 cartridges of various calibers.
Also seized from the cache was a silencer for a 9-mm pistol, an F-1 grenade with a fuse, a Fakel light-noise device, and a belt unloading.
What was found was placed in the Skadovsky weapons room of the MIA of Russia.
16:44 Russian Armed Forces inflicted blows on enemy objects on the right bank of the Kherson region - the civilian population was not injured
Last night, our fighters launched a series of strikes at places of accumulation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukrainian facilities on the right bank of the Dnieper - the targets were located in the settlements: Lvovo, Olgino and Tomarino.
Including one of the blows fell on the elevator in the Berislav region - the facility was seriously damaged.
15:37 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces continuously continues its work to identify and destroy the positions of the Ukronazis -video
15:35 Footage of the "road of death" leading to Artemivsk (Bakhmut), with destroyed Ukrainian vehicles and armored vehicles -video
15:31 Helicopters of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation -video
14:57 Defeat bridge planning air bomb in the Chernihiv region.
Worked out the Su-34. On the issue of work on bridges - air bombs in this matter are much more effective than missiles.
14:53 A selection of shots of the work of the kamikaze drone "Lancet" to hit targets in the Artemovsky direction -video
14:41 The main thing from the briefing Ministry of Defense of Russia:
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed in a day up to 60 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction and self-propelled guns 152mm "Acacia" and 122mm "Carnation";
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed over 250 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
Russian troops destroyed up to 55 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasnoliman direction during the day;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a storage facility with 70,000 tons of fuel in Zaporozhye to ensure the actions of the APU group in the Donbass;
Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted 10 HIMARS and 300mm BM-30 Smerch MLRS shells, a Grom-2 missile, and destroyed 14 drones;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed Ukrainian warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition in the Zaporozhye region and the DPR;
The Russian Armed Forces hit the advanced command post of the Kharkiv operational group of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv region;
The RF Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Pavlovka and Vodiane in the DPR.
13:13 The destroyed Ukrainian tank by the gunners of the RF Armed Forces. Somewhere in the Donetsk direction -video
12:55 Today have been subjected toshellingon the part of the Nazis of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Graivoronsky, Volokonovsky, Valuysky and Shebekinsky districts of the Belgorod region.
12:16 Air Raid announced in Chernihiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine
11:55 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District cover the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
11:50 Hastily leaving their positions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under fire from Russian artillery -video
10:21 In the residential area of Gola Prystan, the police eliminated a grenade dropped by the Ukrainians from a drone -video
In the garden of Golaya Pristan, investigators found a cocked explosive munition in a pit on the territory of one of the private houses.
The police evacuated the residents and destroyed the grenade in one controlled detonation.
Local residents, who spoke about the found item, added that they had previously seen a drone that had flown in from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime.
10:20 Clear work of a sniper, and minus one VSUshnik -video
Personnel of the professional work of our specialists in the Dorozhnyanka area, Zaporozhye direction
10:19 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut): Wagner operators continue to hit the positions of the Nazis who have taken refuge, every day occupying new streets and entire neighborhoods -video
09:21 The Russian Aerospace Forces successfully used a planning "smart bomb" this night - and it landed exactly in a warehouse with ammunition and equipment located near the occupied Berislav (Kherson region) -video
The warehouse immediately detonated powerfully.
We hope that the VSU workers, freezing in the Kherson steppes, have become a little lighter and warmer.
All thanks to the artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces
08:12 Nazis from the "Right Sector" (67th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) report on the growth of losses under Bahmut.
It is reported that all the destroyed militants were part of the Da Vinci battalion, commanded by the famous Nazi Kotsyubailo, who was liquidated a month ago by the Wagner PMC.
08:06 One of explosions that were heard tonight in the city of Zaporozhye.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 Video- Russian tanks suppress Ukrainian positions in the Belogorovka area of ??the LPR. First person shots. 21:25 Video— The tank destroys a Ukrainian opornik opened with the help of a drone with a thermal imager.
21:09 Video- How is life on the front line. A mobilized serviceman with the call sign "Shah" arrived in the zone of the special military operation from Bashkiria.
“I have been in the military for six months. We are provided with everything. The paycheck comes on time. Nothing offended. I will go on vacation soon. I will soon see my relatives and friends,” Shah shares.
The serviceman also showed the life of the Russian servicemen on the front line: “... the dugout is very good, it can withstand any blow. Sleep in it comfortably and safely. We even have a TV here. After dressing, we watch the news, watch the outside world.
20:44 Video “The Lancet has become the nightmare of the enemy. Operators of the Lancet reconnaissance and strike system of the 98th Guards Airborne Division destroy an enemy self-propelled artillery mount.
The Lancet became the enemy's nightmare. Not only do the formations of the Kiev regime lose dozens of armored vehicles and artillery every week (cumulative ammunition successfully hits everything down to tanks), but also the enemy personnel are forced to spend time and effort on camouflage, constant movement, the personnel do not feel safe, nervous. When the enemy is nervous, that's great.
20:12 Video- Exclusive. 18+ Our fighters, in the area of Bakhmut, found an APU blown up on a mine M113 with three corpses.
Where their heads fled - history is silent.
19:34 Video- Destroyed Ukrainian 152mm self-propelled guns "Acacia" Gone by the detonation of ammunition.
19:00 Video- For the first time in a long time, military personnel of the Central Military District talked with their loved ones living in the Orenburg region
During the conversation, the servicemen thanked their relatives for the support and patience they show every day while they carry out tasks to protect the Fatherland. The participants of the special operation assured that all the assigned tasks would be completed, and they would soon return home.
Poems were read for the servicemen and patriotic songs were sung.
Relatives during the meeting expressed recognition to the servicemen for the courage, heroism and courage they show when performing combat missions. Mothers and wives of servicemen reminded them that they are loved and welcomed at home, told about their lives, shared the latest news.
18:30 Video- The carnations of the 238 Artillery Regiment of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps worked out on targets in the Maryinka area.
18:00 Video- The work of artillery Donetsk 2nd Army Corps in the area of Spornovo.
17:25 Video- The Russian Airborne Forces continue their offensive in the Kremennaya area. To help the infantry, the Vasilek automatic mortar works. With its help, the soldiers of the Russian army destroy the line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and force them out of the forest to the river, where they will try to squeeze the Ukrainian military into the cauldron.
16:40 Yesterday was a year since the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the railway station of Kramatorsk from the Tochka-U OTRK, inresultwhich killed 60 people. Roosters immediately accused Russia of shelling, ignoring the fact that these missiles are practically not used by Russia and the wreckage proves that the strike was carried out by Ukraine.
An Italian journalist published the numbers of the rocket to the general public, after which they were covered up and so they did not prove that this number was a Russian rocket.
There is also the fact that there really were several videos where Russia transports the Tochka-U OTRK, but there is not a single case where the AFU officers complain about the point that fell on them and there is not a single mention in the reports of the General Staff of the APU about the use of such missiles by Russia.
The Ukrainian authorities killed “their” citizens, blamed Russia for this, and then everything was forgotten.
16:25 Video- And then the tank of the 60th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade continued to nightmare the Vushniks, although it received a hit.
16:00 Night strike of "smart bombs" on enemyobjectsin the Kherson region - the consequences.
Russian warplanes launched a series of strikes at night on places of accumulation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukrainian facilities on the right bank of the Dnieper.
Aviation hit targets in the areas of the settlement. Lvov, Olgino and Tomarino, specify the Ukrainian authorities, hushing up the type of objects.
No civilians were hurt, officials said in a statement.
It is also reported that one of the strikes was carried out on an elevator in the Beryslavsky district of the Kherson region (under the control of Ukraine) by a guided aerial bomb, the object was seriously destroyed.
15:25 Video- Combat work of the crews of Ka-52 helicopters of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces during the special operation. During combat sorties, pilots of Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopters launched missiles at the discovered fortified strongholds and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
14:58 Video- Our birds are "good" on the position of the enemy.
14:38 Video- Attack on the Ukrainian bridge. Pilots of the Western Military District (Western Military District) on the Su-34 today attacked the bridge over the Sudost River in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. The bridge is located not far from the village of Gremyach. As a result of the fire damage, the bridge received significant damage.
The infrastructural facility on the territory of the enemy was hit, as it was used by the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the main intelligence department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to advance into the territory of Russia and attack the inhabitants of the Bryansk region.
14:00 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/09/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Olshana, Ivanovka, Timkovka, Krakhmalnoe of the Kharkov region and Stelmahovka of the Luhansk People's Republic were hit by strikes from operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka in the Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoe in the Luhansk People's Republic, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
“In just a day, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and two cars were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Torskoye, Terny and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, a car, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, during the active operations of the units of the "Southern" group of troops, strikes by operational-tactical aviation and artillery fire, over 250 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles, self-propelled artillery installation were destroyed during the day " Gvozdika, as well as the 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka and Vodiane of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Novoselka and Vladimirovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
During the day, the enemy’s losses in these directions amounted to up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
- In the Kherson direction, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, 152mm Akatsiya and 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as the 152mm Giacint-B cannon were destroyed during a day of fire damage.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 98 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 127 districts.
In the area of the settlement of Veliky Burluk, Kharkiv region, the advanced command post of the operational group of Ukrainian troops "Kharkov" was hit.
- In the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region and Vuhledar, Donetsk People's Republic, warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade and the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
In addition, near the city of Zaporozhye, a high-precision missile strike destroyed a storage facility with 70,000 tons of fuel accumulated to support the operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.
- Air defense systems intercepted ten rockets of the HIMARS and Smerch multiple launch rocket systems, as well as one Grom-2 operational-tactical missile, during the day.
In addition, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Vasilyevka, Inzhenernoye in the Zaporozhye region, Staromayorskoe, Vesele, Kirillovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya, Rubizhne and Ilyinka in the Luhansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 406 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,716 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,593 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,078 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,543 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 9,387 units of special military vehicles.
13:56 Video- Night hit by tankers on an enemy infantry group. At least a few KIAs.
13:34 Video- The front at Bakhmut: the VSUshnik burned down, his brother tells how they are being destroyed by Russian troops. Complains that there is almost nothing left of the body of a colleague and it is necessary to take valuable equipment from his things
13:22 Video- Infantry fighting vehicles and the enemy’s ammunition depot take off after accurate hits from a mortar. Northern direction.
12:23 Video- Self-propelled guns 152mm Msta-S of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with anti-drone devices.
11:55 Video- And here is the actual German anti-tank mine AT2.
11:28 Video- Guards senior sergeant Ilya Voroshilov - nurse of the airborne assault division (mountain). Under heavy enemy mortar fire, he provided first aid to five wounded. He was awarded the medal "For the Salvation of the Perishing" precisely for this episode of his service. But “situations are different…” says Ilya, who often has to risk his own life to save other people.
10:40 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/09/2023
- In some sectors of the Donetsk front, Russian troops have again stepped up offensive operations. In many ways, this was facilitated by the powerful work of artillery. With her support, they attacked near Pobeda.
Here the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are trying to regain their previously lost positions. Also, relying on the "god of war," they conducted assault operations in the city of Marinka, in the area of Pervomaisky and Severny. The attack from the village of Krasnogorovka in the direction of Berdychi forced the Ukrainian troops to leave some positions.
But similar actions in the Keramika region ended to no avail. Under massive artillery attack of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyivka, Georgievka, Kurakhove, Ukrainsk, Karlovka, Avdeevka, Novobakhmutovka (the one to the north-west of the village of Krasnogorovka), New York, Toretsk and Shumakh. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk and Vodyany.
- To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC, with the support of artillery, attacked near Ivanovsky. In the city itself, after artillery strikes, the “orchestras” conducted assault operations from the south, east and north. There is progress on the first two sections.
For the Ukrainian garrison, the greatest danger now is the advance in the southern part. PMC "Wagner" also, with the support of artillery, conducted assault operations near Bogdanovka. Not successful here. Russian troops attacked again in the direction of Verkhnekamenskoe. There is no promotion. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Konstantinovka, Stupochek, Chasov Yar, Novomarkov, Minkovka, Vasyukovka and Spornovo.
- In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, managed to take up new positions in the Serebryansky forest from Dibrova. Also, after artillery strikes, they tried to move towards Torskoy, Nevsky and Makeyevka. It didn't work out. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Zarechny, Novoselovsky, Krakhmalny, Kondrashovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Pervoi and Topoliy.
10:25 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from April 8 to April 9, 2023
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Tishanka, Volokonovsky district, Belgorod region, several houses were damaged, there were no casualties.
- In the Chernihiv region, the Russian army hit Gremyachy, from where militants of the so-called "Russian Volunteer Corps" made a sortie.
- Russian artillerymen hit the enemy forces in Baranovka, Bezsalovka and Volfino, Sumy region.
- In the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy points and concentrations in Veterinary, Granov and Karaichny.
- In the Starobelsky direction, artillery and aviation of the RF Armed Forces worked out along Kolodeznoy, Makeevka and Nevsky.
- In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian forces hit the enemy fortifications and concentrations in Vasyukovka, Markovo and Bakhmut itself.
- In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on targets at the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the western part of Maryinka, Pobeda and Avdievka.
- Ukrainian formations, in turn, randomly fired at Panteleymonovka, Yelenovka, Yasinovataya and Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
- In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, enemy concentrations in Novomikhailovka and Ugledar were subjected to strikes by the RF Armed Forces.
- In the Zaporozhye region, Russian forces hit enemy manpower concentrations in Orekhovo, Novoselka, Malinovka and Krasnoye.
- The points of deployment in Zaporozhye itself were also hit.
- On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces delivered strikes at the planned enemy concentration points in Dudchany, Kachkarovka and Dneprovsky.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, attacked a school in Makarovka with HIMARS high-precision missiles.
The Russian Volunteer Corps is recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation.
10:17 Last day, militants of the Kyiv regimereleasedon the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region 122 rounds from cannon artillery. Of these, during the day, 80 rounds, including on settlements:
Solontsy - 18;
Golaya Pristan - 15;
Kardashinka - 10;
Dnipro - nine;
Aleshki - eight;
Vasilievka - seven rounds;
Korsunka - seven rounds;
Stari Zburyevka - six.
During the night, the Ukrainians continued artillery attack civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Gornostaevka, Rybalche, firing a total of 42 rounds from cannon artillery.
10:00 Video- 220mm BM-27 MLRS Hurricanes remind the 404s that it's time to get up somewhere in the NWO zone
09:30 Russian fighters thwarted three attempts by Ukrainian fighters to conduct reconnaissance in battle in the YuzhnoDonetsk direction -video
The Valkyrie UAV and the reconnaissance group of militants were destroyed, said the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev.
09:09 Officialsummary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 04/08/2023 to 00:00 04/09/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 17 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky three artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky seven artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
On Volnakhsky three artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 96 units of various ammunition.
The region of seven settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleimonovka, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts), Vladimirovka, Nikolskoe.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in Yasinovataya.
A total of 15 civilians were injured of varying severity in Yasinovataya and previously liberated Vladimirovka.
A total of 12 residential buildings in Yasinovataya were damaged, as well as two2 civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 18 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:27 Kings of the sky over the battlefield: UAV operators are indispensable combat units -video
Drones have been actively used from the very beginning of the special operation and have proven to be an indispensable means of reconnaissance and fire adjustment.
UAV operators hone their quadrocopter control skills every day. A visual aid - shooting from the zone of real combat operations. Fighters are taught to bypass electronic warfare equipment and identify hidden enemy firing positions.
The eyes of the servicemen begin to burn already on the second day of training, the head of the unmanned aviation of the group of troops notes.
In the near future, graduates of special courses will apply their knowledge on the battlefield!
08:13 "Axis where are the ZSU cars going!" - a dumbfounded Ukrainian militant shows the work of Russian troops near Bakhmut -video
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[REGNUM] For the sake of the image of the “new masters”, Warsaw shows particular delicacy in dealing with the Kyiv regime. The Polish authorities applaud Zelensky's words that Russia should answer for "Smolensk and Katyn" and ignore Ukraine's consistent refusal of any responsibility for its actions in principle.
Polish President Andrzej Duda, commenting on Polskie Radio's visit to Warsaw of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with his wife, noted " the phenomenon of what happened."
According to Duda, "in the midst of all the terrible misfortunes of the war, two peoples - Ukrainians and Poles - were able to destroy the barriers that were, are and are associated with a very complex history, sometimes with many prejudices... "
"The destruction of barriers" in Warsaw is associated with Zelensky." After all, the leader of the Polish ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), Yaroslav Kaczynski, told his predecessor, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, several years ago that "Ukraine will not enter Europe with Bandera."
Now Polish politicians prefer not to mention Bandera. This is typical not only for the ruling PiS, but also for the leading opposition party Civic Platform. Of the forces represented in the Sejm of Poland, the only one who raises the topic of unresolved complex issues of history is the Confederation association.
One of its leaders, MP Krzysztof Bosak , says that Zelenskiy's visit "was full of fine words, but lacked specifics." Including on issues of historical politics, since I would like to see actions from Kyiv. Not just another apology for the Volyn genocide, but a plan for carrying out exhumation work at the site of the death of hundreds of thousands of Poles.
But Warsaw is not up to it. Although Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said following talks with Zelensky that " we strongly insist " on obtaining permission for the exhumation, there is no real progress.
After all, even at the level of simple apologies for the Volyn genocide, as Leszek Miller, member of the European Parliament and former Polish prime minister, explains, "Neither the Ukrainian authorities nor the Ukrainian society are ready to solve this problem."
Kyiv does not want, Warsaw does not insist. "In questions like this, the answer has always been that now is not the time, never the time, ” Miller notes. - And I think that it is very time, because today the Ukrainian society, I think, is more aware of what pain, blood is and what the Poles feel. Such a cleansing in relation to the Volhynia massacre right now, at this time, would have a very deep meaning."
However, the Polish authorities in dealing with the Kyiv regime are particularly sensitive. They applaud Zelensky's words that Russia should be held accountable for "Smolensk and Katyn" and ignore Ukraine's consistent denial of any responsibility for its actions at all. And not only rooted in history.
"After all, why should a Russian-speaking Jew apologize for the crimes of Ukrainian Greek Catholics?" asks Przemysław Piasta, publisher of the Polish magazine Myśl Polska, in the context of the Volyn massacre.
"But what Zelensky could apologize for is the shelling of our territory with Ukrainian missiles, for the so-called incident in Pshevodovo. In the end, it was the fault of the Ukrainians that Polish citizens lost their lives and property. However, we have not received these apologies either. No wonder. An apology implies an admission of guilt, which in turn implies payment of compensation .”
The topic of "compensation" is well understood by the Poles, and the ruling party could play on it during the election campaign. But that is precisely why Law and Justice presses the lid of this Polish-Ukrainian Pandora's box with all its might. Although in the case of Germany, it behaves in exactly the opposite way, putting forward official demands for the payment of 1.3 trillion euros in reparations for the Second World War.
Poland claims to become something more for Ukraine.
"How will a Pole be welcomed in Ukraine in the future? Duda asks questions. — Polish stores? Polish, I don't know, food? How will Polish service providers be perceived? This is very important for the future as well as for business as usual. How will the Poles feel when they go to rest on the Black Sea? How will Ukrainians take them?"
However, the Poles had previously traded with Ukrainians, worked and rested in Ukraine, and Warsaw did not care about the image problems of its fellow citizens. The fact that the President of Poland “suddenly” thought about this is of interest. Of course, if the Polish elite dreams of dominating Ukraine, working on the image of the “new masters,” how Ukrainians will perceive them, is very important.
And for the sake of this, the Warsaw salon is ready to endure, hoping to become an uncontested "partner" for the Kyiv regime, after which Ukraine will be presented with a real bill for everything, including complex historical issues.
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[REGNUM] The classified US intelligence documents on the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which got into the Network, indicate that the Ukrainian side has lost almost all means of air defense (air defense). This is stated in an article published on April 9 by The Washington Post.
Journalists note that this is the data of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Air defense systems take a lot of damage from Russian missiles and drones, and air defense is able to withstand two or three more waves of strikes.
"Ukraine's ability to provide medium-range air defense to protect [the front line] will be completely reduced by May 23," the report was quoted as saying.
The leaked data suggests that Western air defense systems are only partially solving the problem, as they cannot cope with the amount of shelling from the Russian side. In addition, according to the forecast of American intelligence, due to the lack of ammunition in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Buk anti-aircraft missile systems will stop working by April 13, the Osa air defense system by May, and the US NASAMS air defense systems by April 15.
Experts from the United States recommended using air defense only against Russian aircraft and helicopters and not taking drones as targets. The documents also talk about the imminent exhaustion of all ammunition in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Earlier, The New York Times reported that, according to data in leaked secret documents, the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed brigades to Artyomovsk, which should organize a large-scale offensive this spring . They say that the head of military intelligence of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, called the situation in this city "catastrophic" for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Mikhail Podolyak , adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine , said that the documents that got into the Network are fake. At the same time, an investigation into this matter began at the Pentagon .
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[REGNUM] In the fall of 2022, Su-27 interceptor fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces over the Black Sea almost shot down a British reconnaissance aircraft RC-135 Rivet Joint, according to the American newspaper The Washington Post, citing the Pentagon.
According to the newspaper, a Russian fighter then almost shot down a British reconnaissance aircraft. "… the incident was more significant than originally disclosed and could directly involve the US and its NATO allies in the war in Ukraine," claims the Washington Post.
As previously reported, the head of the British Ministry of Defense, Ben Wallace, said on October 20 that a Russian fighter fired a missile towards a British Air Force aircraft over the Black Sea. According to him, it happened on September 29th.
He clarified that the strategic reconnaissance RC-135W Rivet Joint patrolled over international waters, accompanied by two Russian Su-27s - one of them later fired a missile out of line of sight. Some time later, the British aircraft returned to the airbase.
American military pilots have received orders from Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin not to approach close to the Crimea on aircraft, The Washington Post reported on April 9, citing classified materials that appeared on the Web.
According to journalists, this decision was made after the incident with the US MQ-9 drone, which fell into the Black Sea while flying near the peninsula. The documents that leaked to the Web are accompanied by a map showing areas in the Black Sea where American reconnaissance aircraft can fly.
As REGNUM reported, on March 14, a US Air Force MQ-9 drone fell into the waters of the Black Sea. It was moving with transponders turned off and was heading towards Russia in violation of the borders of the area of the temporary regime for the use of airspace.
To escort the drone, two Su-27 fighters were lifted into the air, which did not come into contact with the UAV. The MQ-9 crashed into the water due to its own violent maneuvering.
Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk
[DonRF] In Artemovsk street fights are burning down. The city is basically ours.
Under Avdeevka, they managed to keep the occupied wedge in the defense of the enemy. The rest - no change. And all this is not a fairy tale, all this is a saying. The saying is because the soil dries rapidly, and brilliant green just as rapidly appears. We did not use our chance to attack - there was no strike, there were positional battles to improve the situation in certain sectors of the front. Now it's their turn.
A lot of words have been said about this, a lot of texts have been written, but in anticipation we have to slightly repeat ourselves. Because it's coming soon. Or not.
The depth of that bit of profundity cannot be overstated. Whew! Sorry about that — I’ll be good now.
Actually, Kyiv has two options for the spring-summer campaign. Defense and offensive. The first allows you to accumulate reserves by the fall, and this is not only tanks (three brigades), but also AFVs, the number of which will reach a thousand (five full-fledged motorized brigades), this is an opportunity to get F-16s, these are air defense systems and a supply of shells. Until autumn, they are more profitable.
The second is ... there is a crisis inside. In fact, the motivation of military personnel is sagging. Not personnel, and not ideological first waves of mobilization, but nonetheless. And half a year of the next Bakhmuts, and ours will attack locally, will lead to a serious drop in morale.
The population is also losing faith in victory, which can be fatal. The economy is crumbling, and people are fleeing the country. A victory, especially a wide and beautiful one, will fix most of these problems. Plus, it will show the West that finances are not wasted. Plus, it will add points to Western politicians.
Where to attack is also obvious - everywhere. The main blow in the South. A sort of Brusilovsky breakthrough at the minimum. Pull apart the reserves and deliver a powerful blow in a favorable place. And plan B has a place to be - if we say the front falls on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line, the center of efforts can be moved there.
For them, success is the most important thing. Where - secondary, although the South in this sense is more promising and more attractive media. I don’t think there will be a big advertisement for the start of offensive battles, simply for the reason that they are afraid of failure. Their media will be connected in case of any result. No, they will be silent.
In a word, here it is. Are our troops capable of repelling their blow?
They are. They studied tea in some schools. Yes, and NATO instructors are also not a panacea.
Can they break through our defenses?
They can. They gave them a lot of different things, but they just have no problems with people - they caught them - they brought them - they used them - they delivered new ones instead of those that were disposed of.
And there is no fear of loss. The men are still to be caught, not to be caught, but NATO is carrying iron. So... the battle will show. Provided that time is not pulled all the same until the fall, the bay is more money and tightening the screws on Ukrainian society until the thread breaks. Predictions for this war are such a thing ... The conflict itself, and the forms of its conduct, are extremely illogical. But my personal opinion - two weeks maximum left.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Elena Karaeva
[RIA] The music did not play for long: before the pan-Europeans had time to trumpet to the whole world that they "managed to live the winter without Russian gas and Russian oil," since the winter turned out to be warm, they were immediately cut short by meteorologists. Above-zero temperatures with a minimum of precipitation mean the depletion of the already frail fresh water reserves of the continent. In this case, we are talking not only about traditional water arteries like rivers, which are used, among other things, for freight transportation, but also about groundwater.
In the European news agenda, the geopolitical crisis is being pushed out more and more by purely internal problems, red lights are already starting to flash. If in winter the population was urged to save energy, today the authorities are beginning to prepare society for new restrictive measures. And no, not at all in relation to our country, but in relation to the Europeans themselves. Both continental, EU, and insular, British.
The United Kingdom is already considering a ban on the production and installation of plumbing fixtures (such as showers and toilets) that use "a lot of water". Obviously, all this design with different water pressure, all these massage amenities, all these devices for flushing waste products with several buttons can simply disappear.
There, in the list of "forbidden," Jacuzzi will certainly be added. In general, everything that requires a large consumption of water in everyday life, if you remain in the paradigm of bureaucratic logic, will be banned. The British, who are still proud of the fact that, unlike the continent, they still live with taps without faucets and with bathtubs in which water (once poured) serves to wash the whole family, they will certainly treat this with understanding.
With their eternal rivals, the French decided to do otherwise. These will be beaten in the pocket - the most intelligible way to convey to a nation in which the miser Gobsek is practically a national hero, that water is now a luxury item. In the literal sense of the word.
The president himself, having visited the Alps and looked at the shallow water bodies, stated this unambiguously. It is assumed that a certain "hygienic minimum" will be sold by supplying companies inexpensively, and for everything above this indicator, the price will be raised so that especially stubborn clean and neat people will not be left with a choice.
Or once again wash or wash - or buy food. And this is by no means a hypothesis, not a dystopia and not a joke - this is the reality that the inhabitants of the "European garden" will have to reckon with in the near future.
And if, in the end, with oil and gas, albeit at a multiple of the cost high in comparison with Russian prices, you can run around the world and get hold of somewhere, then no one can sell water, all the more clean and fresh, and for no EU money will not be. And storages, as well as infrastructure for the uninterrupted supply of Europeans and the European industry with H 2 O in the required quantities, simply do not exist.
The fact that the Europeans will have to stretch their legs for some water was reported at a UN conference held at the end of March. The statistics are completely ruthless to those who consider the presence of clean water in the tap the norm, while a quarter of the world's population does not even know what plumbing is.
The "European Garden", which may soon be banned from watering, will predictably end up ended.
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