[Garowe] Russia is making significant inroads into Somalia's market through exports, it has emerged, in what could trigger stiff competition with the United States and other economic powerhouses across the world despite the fact that the Horn of Africa nation is struggling with insecurity.
A recent report from the money market shows Russia was able to earn over $10.8 million from exports to Somalia compared to Somalia's $65,000. This showcases huge gaps in terms of exports between the two countries where Russia is appearing dominant according to statistics.
According to a report published by the Russian Interfax News Agency, Somalia’s export to Russia consisted of sesame seeds only. The Horn of Africa nation is struggling to make an impact on global markets after decades of instability following the ouster of military leader Siad Barre.
The report says Russia’s agricultural exports to Somalia totaled 36,600 tonnes worth $10.8 million in 2021 compared to 29,800 tonnes worth $6.5 million in 2020 when only wheat was exported. Wheat is a major export and foreign income earner to Somalia from Russia.
The report further noted that Russia’s export potential to Somalia amounts to $30 million per year. It adds that some of the promising products include grains and leguminous crops, sunflower oil, wheat flour, pasta, yeast, and others.
Other products supplied to Somalia from Russia include wheat flour, sunflower oil, yeast, soft drinks, and water without sugar and additives were also supplied to the Somali market in 2021, Interfax said. Somalia is a close ally of Russia and Moscow has been contemplating setting up a military base in the war-torn country despite resistance from the US.
Both Russia and the United States are scrambling for economic and security fortunes in Somalia, with the US already establishing a military base to protect its interest. Along the Indian Ocean stretch, Russia has a military base in Mozambique and a post in Djibouti where the US has a huge presence.
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"Both Russia and the United States are scrambling for economic and security fortunes in Somalia." Good Lord, that has got to be some Russian whistling past the graveyard.
Russian spending on erectile dysfunction drugs surged 75 per cent year on year
The findings coincide with Putin's invasion of Ukraine and conscription laws
On average, there were 392 packs of such drugs per thousand adult men living in Russia in the first quarter of 2023,' noted Chestny Znak analysts.
The rise in use of such drugs comes despite a 'blow below the belt' to Putin with a February announcement that supplies of Viagra tablets were suspended to Russia.
'Viatris LLC informed us about the suspension of the supply of the Viagra drug in the dosage form of a tablet,' the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said, reported Interfax.
Yet this triggered a 50 per cent increase in sales of the potency-enhancing drug, said Chestny Znak. There was no chance of couples being let down by a lack of supplies.
'Available stocks are sufficient to meet the current level of demand for eight months,' explained state news agency TASS.
'During this time, suppliers of equivalent drugs can increase the volume of supplies and replace Viagra in Russian pharmacies with their products.'
There are also signs that Viagra and other similar Western drugs are reaching Russia via other countries including Kazakhstan and China.
The dictator himself is believed to favour another method of boosting potency, after being introduced to blood baths by his defence minister Sergei Shoigu, a Siberian native.
Putin is reported to have fathered children with lover Alina Kabaeva, 39, in 2015 and 2019 - and some accounts say there are more children.
Rather than a little blue pill, this method involves bathing in a bath of moral deer blood gathered when the animals' antlers are severed in Siberia.
There is the tell again. "Putin's *whatever*"
It is straight Alinsky: "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." And let's not forget #5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage." Say what you will about the DM, they're good at what they do.
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I find it curious the silence of western media concerning the hyper-sonic missiles used on specific targets in Ukraine. One missile hit a high level security underground bunker that was 400 feet underground destroying it. Concrete and other defensive protections employed but all failed. 200-300 killed mostly high level people including NATO advisers present. Z was supposed to be there but missed all the fun and games. Macron's trip to China perhaps related trying to get China to end the festivities as EU wants out.
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[LB] The 422nd day of large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation against our state continues.
by Iryna Gamalii
During the day, the enemy launched 2 missile and 28 air strikes, carried out about 20 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the territory of Ukraine.
Tonight, the enemy used 12 Shahed-136 type attack UAVs for airstrikes, eight of them were destroyed by our defenders, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv, Marin, and Shakhtar directions. Units of the defense forces of Ukraine repelled about 30 enemy attacks on the indicated areas of the front during the day. The city of Bakhmut remains at the epicenter of hostilities.
On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes. Certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to perform tasks in the border areas with Ukraine. Some units of the territorial troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to be on the territory of Belarus .
In the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the enemy continues to keep a certain number of his troops in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions bordering Ukraine. During the day, he shelled the settlements of Leonivka, Chernihiv region; Kindrativka of the Sumy region, as well as the settlements of Hoptivka and Vovchanski Khutory in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupyansk direction, during the day the enemy made an attempt to improve the tactical position, carried out assault actions near the settlement of Liman First, but was unsuccessful. Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kotlyarivka and Berestov in the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire.
The enemy did not carry out any offensive operations in the Lymansky direction that day. Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova, Bilogorivka of the Luhansk region and Ivanivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne, Zvanivka of the Donetsk region came under artillery fire.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions. Fierce battles for the city of Bakhmut continue. The enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives near the settlement of Bohdanivka. Rozdolivka, Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Oleksandro-Shultine, Bila Gora, Diliivka, Zalizne, Severnye, Pidvenne and New York of the Donetsk region were affected by enemy shelling.
In the Avdiyiv direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Novokalynovy, Stepovy and Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region, without success. He shelled the settlements of Novokalynove, Stepove, Avdiivka, Tonenke, Pervomayske and Nevelske of the Donetsk region.
In the Marinka direction, during the day, our defenders repelled numerous enemy attacks in the area of the Marinka settlement. At the same time, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.
On the Shakhtarsky direction, during the day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Ugledar. He shelled the settlements of Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Velika Novosilka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions . During the day, he carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Olhivske, Pavlivka, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Novodanilivka and Novoandriivka of the Zaporizhia region, as well as the city of Kherson.
Recently, a unit of the occupiers numbering about 300 people, from among the convicts, arrived in the temporarily captured Skadovsk, in the Kherson region, allegedly to ensure law and order. Rumors are spreading among the occupiers about a quick end to hostilities with territorial concessions in favor of the Russian Federation, probably to raise the spirits of the invaders.
At the same time, it is known that some combat units, which were previously located in the city, are gradually being withdrawn from the settlement to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the area of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers.
Units of missile troops and artillery struck the area of concentration of manpower, the anti-aircraft missile complex and two more important military objects of the enemy.
We will remind you that in Bakhmut of the Donetsk region, the Russian military advanced on separate sections of the front.
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[Korrespondent] 22:59 The Czech Republic is ready to upgrade several dozen more T-72 tanks for Ukraine as part of a partnership project with the United States and the Netherlands, Deputy Defense Minister Daniel Blazhkovets said.
21:45 Latvia will transfer all its Stinger MANPADS to Ukraine, Minister of Defense Inara Murniece said during the Ramstein meeting: "Latvia responded to Ukraine's request for the supply of air defense systems and decided to transfer all the Stingers that we still have. We will do our best to deliver them in Ukraine as soon as possible."
21:23 The Cabinet of Ministers has simplified the mechanism for sending the military for treatment abroad: from now on, a consultation of doctors is not needed, medical institutions will be able to independently determine such a need.
20:34 The Cabinet of Ministers has banned the collection of debts for housing and communal services in the territories of hostilities or temporarily occupied territories. We are talking about debt formed after February 24, 2022, and about people who were forced to leave their homes and evacuate to safer regions.
According to the decision, consumers must provide the utility service provider or the manager of the apartment building with documents confirming their absence: a certificate of an internally displaced person, a document on temporary shelter in a foreign country or documents from work, treatment, training, military service.
20:01 Zelensky signed a law, according to which, in order to obtain Ukrainian citizenship, it is necessary to pass an exam in the Ukrainian language, knowledge of the Constitution and history of Ukraine.
19:22 The reason for NATO expansion is Putin's decision to attack Ukraine, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said: "Putin's military choice is not the result of NATO expansion, Putin's war is the reason for NATO expansion." The head of the Pentagon added that Putin made "a number of gross miscalculations when he invaded Ukraine more than a year ago."
19:13 The United States is now focusing on supplying Ukraine with powerful air defense systems, while the issue of transferring F-16 fighter jets is political, said Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“In order to prevent Russian attacks, we are now relying on powerful air defense systems. Usually the occupied territories or recently liberated territories suffer the most ... This is the most important task now. Powerful air defense systems so that the Ukrainians control the airspace. When we say about fighters, this requires powerful training for pilots, and now, if we compare how much time we have, we use it optimally and focus on air defense," he explained.
In turn, Reznikov also noted that at the moment the main need of Ukraine is air defense systems, and combat aircraft will be the next stage of negotiations: “Of course, today we confirmed our need for Western aircraft as part of air defense. And I am sure that we will have modern "Generation 4++ combat aircraft. But right now we are talking about the main need - ground air defense. Of course, we are discussing combat aircraft as the next stage, but it will take time to train pilots, engineers, etc. But it will be done."
18:59 Germany hosted the 11th meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine within the Ramstein format. On the eve of the meeting, the Pentagon announced that the focus would be on the purchase of ammunition and air defense of Ukraine. Not everything about Ramstein is publicly reported, the participants leave a significant part of the agreements behind closed doors. Korrespondent.net collected official statements that were made at today's meeting. For more details, see the material on the Ramstein Arrangement .
18:32 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the arms race in the missile sphere is becoming "uncontrollable", for Russia "there is an obvious need to build up tactical missile potential, including for the defense of Kaliningrad."
18:24 The allies have already transferred more than 230 tanks and 1,555 armored vehicles to Ukraine, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said.
18:17 Reznikov said that he had a meeting with Stoltenberg, during which a decision was made on Ukraine's cooperation with the NATO procurement agency: "On the eve of the Vilnius summit, a number of specific projects were discussed. I am pleased to receive the green light for our close cooperation with NSPA, the NATO agency for purchases".
"Ukraine has reached an unprecedented level of interoperability with NATO. We are already de facto part of the Alliance's security space. I expressed the hope that this will accelerate political decisions regarding our country's integration into NATO," the minister stressed.
18:08 Germany and the Netherlands will transfer mine rollers, vehicles and tankers to Ukraine, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said following the Ramstein meeting. He also confirmed that Abrams tanks would arrive in Germany to train Ukrainians over the next few weeks.
In turn, the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said that about 25,000 Ukrainian military personnel are currently being trained in Germany, and about 8,000 have already completed their studies and returned to Ukraine.
17:49 Brazilian President Lula da Silva will stop criticizing the West for military assistance to Ukraine, Reuters writes citing a high-ranking Brazilian official. According to him, the change of rhetoric will take place during the visits of the Brazilian President to Portugal and Spain. "Brazil does not want to give the impression that we support what Russia has done," the source said.
17:26 YouTube, at the request of the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko, removed the videos of PMC Wagner with more than 1 million views and the channels that distributed them. Earlier today, Tkachenko revealed that he had sent an official letter to YouTube, LLC CEO Neil Mohan asking him to take specific action to monitor and stop Wagner's internet activities. According to the minister, YouTube "reacted with lightning speed."
17:07 Since the beginning of counterintelligence activities in the UOC-MP, criminal proceedings have been opened against 61 clergymen, seven of them have already been sentenced by the courts, Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. And two even managed to be exchanged for captured Ukrainian defenders. "I would like to emphasize that the enemy greatly appreciates his agents in cassocks - for example, one such person was exchanged for 28 Ukrainian servicemen," he said. Also, based on the materials of the SBU, the citizenship of Ukraine was terminated for 19 priests of the UOC (MP), Malyuk added.
16:55 Zelensky said that during a meeting in Kiev with EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso, he called on the bank to pay attention to the housing segment and stimulate housing construction in Ukraine, in particular, in the context of the implementation of the state mortgage program. He also called for speeding up the implementation of all EBRD projects in Ukraine, since "speed now, in conditions of war and rapid recovery, is a critical element."
16:24 Reznikov said that he had met with German Defense Ministers Boris Pistorius and Poland Mariusz Blaschak. He said that at a meeting of the so-called tank coalition, an agreement was signed on the establishment in Poland of a Center for the maintenance and repair of Ukraine's Leopard 2 main battle tanks.
16:02 SBU reported suspicion to the former acting. Roman Chervinsky, commander of one of the MTR units, whose actions led to the shelling of the Kanatovo airfield in the Kirovograd region, the death of one and the injury of 17 Ukrainian soldiers. According to the materials of the case, it was Chervinsky, together with other persons, who arbitrarily decided to carry out the so-called "special operation" - to take possession of the Russian aircraft. This "operation" was carried out despite the objections of the SBU and without the consent of the relevant state bodies.
15:56 More than 16,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained under the EU assistance program to Ukraine, Borrell said. Also delivered ammunition and missiles worth more than 600 million euros.
15:50 Finland will send another, 15th package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of about 78 million euros, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The package will include various types of weapons to meet the needs of the European training mission to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The specific content of the package, as well as the timing and methods of its delivery, are not specified for security reasons. The total cost of assistance provided by Helsinki to Kyiv is estimated at 990 million euros.
15:38 Orban, apparently, does not agree that the future of Ukraine is in NATO. This follows from his surprised twitter post, consisting of one word - "What?!" in the commentary to the relevant Stoltenberg statement.
15:24 For the first time in modern history, the Czech Republic managed without Russian gas in the first quarter of this year, said Minister of Industry and Trade Josef Sikela. According to him, the reduction in consumption, as well as alternative gas supplies from Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, played a decisive role.
15:20 Western allies of Ukraine over the past few months have provided equipment and training to support nine more armored brigades, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said.
15:11 A court in Moscow "arrested" the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, in absentia on charges of "organizing terrorist acts." The case concerns the "terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge." Budanov has also been put on the international wanted list, Russian media write.
14:58 Russia's blocking of ship inspections within the framework of the grain corridor is fixed by both the secretariat of the Joint Coordination Center and the Ukrainian side, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said. He explained that these recordings will serve as evidence when the time comes to consider Russia's blocking of the grain initiative in the International Criminal Court as one of the crimes related to the war against Ukraine.
14:37 The Russians stopped launching balloons in Ukraine due to adverse weather conditions, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, believes: "Recently, the enemy has not launched balloons. There must be appropriate weather conditions for them - at least the wind should be where it needs to be."
14:19 Zelensky said that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters: "We analyzed the current situation on all sectors of the front. We heard Budanov - we know about all the enemy's plans for the near future. We are developing an even better scheme for distributing weapons and ammunition among units, special attention here - newly created brigades. We also discussed the issues of establishing the production of missiles and ammunition by domestic enterprises. "
13:54 Canada announced the provision of a new military assistance package to Ukraine for almost $29 million. It will include, in particular, 40 sniper rifles, 16 radio stations to escort Leopard 2 tanks and a contribution to the NATO fund to help Kyiv, the country's Defense Ministry said.
13:33 The Russians this week tried to attack in two more directions - Kupyansky and Shakhtyorsky, but the Defense Forces repelled the attacks, and the enemy did not pass. Bakhmut remains the hottest place, where the enemy is advancing in places in some areas, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. At the same time, according to her, the defenders of Bakhmut perform both defensive and active assault actions, the enemy suffers unreasonably high losses. "The situation is tense, but under control. Decisions are made in accordance with military expediency," Malyar added.
13:06 The night attack of the Russians by drones had no consequences for the energy system and did not lead to the need to limit consumption, Ukrenergo reported.
12:49 Peskov said that NATO "continues the line of absorption and retraction of Ukraine." According to him, Russia "is dealing with an aggressive bloc," whose actions "demonstrate the correctness of the decision to launch a special operation."
12:32 The United States will begin to train the Ukrainian military on Abrams tanks in the coming weeks - the corresponding decision was made during a meeting at the Ramstein base, Associated Press reports. 31 tanks will arrive at the test site in Germany at the end of May. The training of 250 soldiers will last about ten weeks.
12:07 On the left bank of the Kherson region, Russians are putting pressure on local residents to obtain Russian passports and evacuate to the Russian Federation, said Yury Sobolevsky, First Deputy Head of the Regional Council: "They have certain routes to not entirely prosperous regions where they are trying to send our people - for example, in Ufa. In addition, they again began to throw another wave of so-called recovery into the information space in order to send children to the Crimea, to the Russian Federation. We know how it ends - it is very difficult to return children later."
11:58 The fighting in Ukraine is turning into a war of logistics, Stoltenberg said: “As important as it is to discuss specific types of weapons, it is so important to discuss that all the weapons supplied are functioning properly, this requires ammunition, spare parts, fuel, etc... This battle of attrition is turning into a war of logistics."
11:41 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius considers it "completely normal" to conduct certain operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of Russia, which may be required to protect against aggression. He cited the blocking of supply routes as an example.
11:24 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, NATO has provided Ukraine with $55 billion in military assistance, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said as he opened a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
11:22 At the Ramstein meeting on April 21, the allies will talk not only about immediate needs, but also about the strategy for the whole of 2023, Reznikov said. He also recalled that this day marks a year since the founding of Ramstein. "On the agenda is an analysis of what has already been done, our strategy for 2023, the current needs of the Armed Forces and the distribution of support programs among all Ukrainian defense forces," the minister said.
11:15 Russia sent a letter to the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, in which it threatens to withdraw from the grain deal, writes Politico. Moscow warns that it cannot guarantee the safety of ships carrying Ukrainian exports after May 18, and that registration of ships will only continue until that date.
10:59 Stoltenberg announced that Zelensky had accepted an invitation to take part in the NATO summit in Vilnius in July. "As I said yesterday in Kyiv, the future of Ukraine lies in the Euro-Atlantic family. All NATO allies agreed that Ukraine will become a member of NATO," the Secretary General added.
10:44 Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk said that he had checked the combat positions of the Patriot air defense system in one of the directions. "Although in small numbers, in fact we already have modern Western anti-aircraft missile systems in service: NASAMS, IRIS-T, Patriot, SAMP / T, Crotale, Gepard and others. In order for the puzzle of promising Ukrainian air defense to finally take shape, the Air Force needs F -16," he stressed.
10:20 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit said that a Ukrainian drone allegedly attacked an empty tractor in the border village of Guevo, no one was injured.
10:17 A meeting of the contact group on support for Ukraine will be held today in Ramstein. The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said that he had already met with Reznikov before the meeting. He also promised that partners would support Ukraine "for as long as it takes."
09:44 After almost a month of calm, Kiev has undergone another air attack. Air defense forces shot down all enemy targets, but there are "arrivals" in other areas. Read more about the night attack in the article Where did the Russians get to .
09:41 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz said that in Klintsy an allegedly Ukrainian drone fell on a residential building, there were no casualties.
09:38 In January, the United States thought that the Russians "were about to capture Bakhmut", warned the Ukrainian command about this and advised them to retreat. However, the Ukrainian leadership decided to continue the defense of the city, writes The Washington Post, citing secret Pentagon documents.
09:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that checkpoints between Russia and the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine significantly slow down the supply of ammunition to the front, but Moscow, for security reasons, does not intend to abandon them. In particular, the Kremlin can use these checkpoints to prevent the mass movement of men from occupied Ukraine who avoid forced mobilization, to prevent Russian conscripts from escaping to Russia, and to support Russian filtration measures.
The existence of these checkpoints underscores once again that Russian officials do not view residents of occupied Ukraine as Russian citizens and run them as occupying authorities, despite constant claims that the illegally annexed territories are part of the Russian Federation, ISW experts note.
09:29 In the Vinnytsia region, an infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of a night attack by drones, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said.
09:23 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed, three were injured. In the Donetsk region, one dead (in the city of Chasov Yar) and one injured, according to the IVA.
09:08 The decision on Ukraine's membership in NATO will not be quick, said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. According to him, such decisions should not be made only out of a sense of solidarity. The minister also stressed that Ukraine could be accepted into NATO only after the end of the war.
09:01 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 21.
personnel - about 185,050 (+630) people liquidated,
tanks - 3668 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 7126 (+6),
artillery systems - 2827 (+2),
MLRS - 539 (+0),
air defense systems - 285 (+0),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 293 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2394 (+8),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5713 (+6),
special equipment - 334 (+2).
08:45 At night, the Russians released up to 12 Shahed-136/131 strike drones from the Bryansk region, eight of them were shot down, the command of the Air Force reported.
08:26 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, more than 60 enemy attacks were reflected on them. The most fierce battles are being fought for Bakhmut, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
06:23 The Russians hit the Poltava region with drones at night, there is destruction of civilian infrastructure, there are no preliminary victims, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin.
06:14 "Mayor" of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko said that the employees of the FSB department for the "DPR" prevented an attempt on his life, which was allegedly prepared by the SBU.
05:55 Secret Pentagon documents say that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry allegedly prepared attacks on Russian troops and Wagner PMC mercenaries in Syria with the participation of Kurdish formations. However, in December, Zelensky ordered to stop the preparation of the operation, writes The Washington Post.
The purpose of opening a new battlefield thousands of kilometers from Ukraine was allegedly to inflict costs and losses on the Russian army and the Wagner group, which is active in Syria, which would probably force the Russian Federation to redeploy its resources from Ukraine.
05:49 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with Iranian Shahed UAVs, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. According to him, on approaching the capital, about eight hostile targets were detected and shot down, there were no casualties or destruction.
04:17 Slovenia has decided to join the project for the joint purchase of a million ammunition for Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defense reported.
03:41 A group of US senators and congressmen from the Republican Party sent a letter to Biden urging him to stop transferring weapons to Ukraine , because "with every new aid package and every new weapon that is provided to Ukraine, the risk of a direct conflict with Russia is growing." The authors of the message demand to stop "unlimited assistance to Ukraine" from the United States, using the term "proxy war".
01:27 An explosion thundered in Belgorod, a large funnel formed at the intersection of Vatutin and Gubkin streets, cars and a store were damaged, two people were injured, Russian media write. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that during the flight of the Su-34 VKS aircraft over Belgorod, an "abnormal departure of aviation ammunition" occurred.
00:48 Biden had a conversation with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during which the parties discussed support for Ukraine, reaffirmed the commitment of the United States and the EU to provide Kiev with the necessary assistance and the intention to lay the costs on the Kremlin for Russian aggression, the White House said. Later, the American president discussed these topics with Macron.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 19:33 Bandera write: "Physics, chemistry and exact sciences will not be in Kharkov schools!
These subjects will be excluded from the curriculum for grades 10-11. They will be posted only if the child himself chooses this direction.
Instead of geometry and algebra, the course “Mathematics” will be taught, which will be reduced from five to three hours per week.”
Our comment: these are the costs of the journey to Europe. Panams do not need very smart serfs, read, count, and they learned the pansky mova and march on the plantation and wash the toilets.
19:31 Call sign "Adolf" told Reuters about everyday life of Nazis APU
Recruits of the assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Spartan” are being trained in the Kharkiv region, says a military man with the call sign “Adolf”. The neo-Nazi said they were receiving tactical and firearms training, as well as basic first aid.
Under the video, commentators laugh that he is certainly not a fan of Adolf Hitler.
19:29 In Zaporozhye, on the Alley of Glory, all commemorative plates and plaques installed in honor of the liberators of Zaporozhye from the Nazi occupation were destroyed -video
18:43 More powerful Shaheeds at night startled targets in Ukraine: two burned oil depots in different regions of the country
two more hit unnamed objects, possibly military.
Also, the director of the A-95 consulting group, Sergei Kuyun, said that these are new, more powerful Shahids.
"It's not always reported, but thousands of tons of fuel are added and lost every month," Kuyun added.
Recall that after the attack of drones this night, it was reported about the defeat of infrastructure facilities in the Vinnitsa and Poltava regions.
18:41 Footage from the impact site, destroyed fighters, equipment and infrastructure of the airfield of the Armed Forces of Ukraine when trying to hijack a plane of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
A group led by Chervinsky "recruited" the pilot and "persuaded" him to fly a military aircraft to Ukraine, but at the agreed time, missiles flew to the airfield of Knatovo, killing the commander of the base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, injuring 17 soldiers , destroying 2 fighters, equipment and damaging the runway (the SBU publishes a photo of the destruction).
Former intelligence officer R. Chervinsky, who led the failed operation, was charged with suspicion.
“The special operation was fraught with many risks. But some people decided to act on their own… The scoundrel, whose actions led to the death of one Ukrainian soldier and the injury of 17 more, should be punished,” said the head of the SBU V. Malyuk.
The operation was immediately “conducted” by the Russian special services, using the pilot’s contact with Chervinsky to obtain data on the deployment of the Armed Forces aviation. This is confirmed by a video previously published by the FSB.
18:35 All over Ukraine announced air raid alert
17:20 And here it is reason such zeal of the Ukrainian police in the hunt for cannon fodder.
Apparently, the employees of the military registration and enlistment offices were reluctant to catch people - and went to Bakhmut themselves.
The police are not going to repeat their mistake.
Screenshot from the volunteer chat to help the 92nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:18 Epic footage of the Ukrainian police chasing the dodger -video
Apparently, these policemen REALLY DO NOT WANT to join the assault brigades of the "offensive guard" - and therefore they are doing everything to provide the Moloch of War with as much cannon fodder as possible instead of their loved ones.
16:56 In the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, the police detained a streamer-seminarian of the UOC, who was filming what was happening -video
The detention hit the stream, but the police eventually took away the phone.
In the last shots, the detainee demands to call a lawyer - as if Ukraine was once a state of law.
16:39 Martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine will be extended until mid-August 2023 at the beginning of May.
This was stated by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Zheleznyak.
This will be the 7th VR vote for martial law since the start of the war.
15:56 Ukrainian oligarchy they don’t abandon their own: the court officially defended the “Yatsenyuk wall”
In Ukraine, the court officially recognized as a lie the accusations of former Prime Minister Yatsenyuk of embezzling 2.5 billion allocated for the construction of the “great wall”.
Recall that at the end of last year, even the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine demanded that the former head of the Cabinet of Ministers be held accountable for stealing money.
However, the Kiev regime “does not abandon its own…”.
Recall what the notorious “Yatsenyuk wall” looks like.
15:54 Precise strike on a crowd of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the field -video
Russian fighters hit a cluster of enemy infantry with an anti-tank missile.
15:01 Highlights of new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The assault detachments continued to fight in the western part of Artemovsk in the last 24 hours;
The Airborne Forces supported the actions of the assault detachments and prevented the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counterattack on the flanks in the Artemovsk region;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two ammunition depots of the 65th Mechanized and 44th Artillery brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region;
In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of four sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to over 60 servicemen;
The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 55 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
Over the past day, up to 310 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed in the Donetsk direction;
In the area of the village of Konstantinovka in the DPR, a fuel depot for Ukrainian military equipment was destroyed;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed about 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted three HIMARS shells in a day, destroyed three drones.
14:45 While Zelensky's gang continues to crackle from every iron about the attack, the fighters in the Zaporozhye direction decided to sort out the issue themselves -video
We went to the dill, two lads from the 128th Brigade agreed to tell what they had there on counteroffensives
13:36 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces strike at the positions and stronghold of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who took refuge at the plant in Belogorovka -video
13:34 Servicemen of the Central Military District destroyed the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of Sani mortars -video
Artillerymen used high-explosive fragmentation ammunition against enemy fortifications and personnel. Shooting was carried out from closed firing positions at a distance of about six kilometers with constant adjustment of firing by unmanned aircraft crews.
13:33 Meanwhile, mass graves of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in full swing in Ukraine -video
The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented
Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones
12:36 In Yampol (relatively deep rear) by exact arrival destroyed sniper group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - patented Nazis Roman Tverdokhleb and Miroslav Sidor went to hell to Bandera.
They did not manage to reach the front line, which means that one successful flight saved the lives of at least several Russian soldiers.
Glory to Russian artillerymen!
12:34 Ukrainian soldiers “successfully carried out” the order of the President ZE, and ingloriously go to Bandera -video
12:33 Nazis started using chemical weapons in Bakhmut —video
Ukrainian nationalists began to use gas against the Wagner assault squads. What chemical compound the enemy uses is not yet known. Samples are still being analyzed. So far, I only know that when a person receives a heavy dose, an epileptic attack begins.
The gas has no smell. The Nazis, either from RPGs or from mortars, fire at Wagner attack aircraft with gas cylinders, which collapse in a certain place and spray chemicals.
Actually, the Ukrainian Nazis cannot stop our assault units anyway. The assault is moving forward. I'll talk about this a little later. Now I am preparing a report.
The video shows one of the episodes that he shot while working in Bakhmut. Stand-up recorded on the move, as soon as information appeared about the shelling of one of the positions with chemistry.
Later I learned that the Nazis had fired chemical weapons at the point where I myself was. But I found out about it when I had already left that point. I didn’t overwrite anything, I left a stand-up with an error about the “neighboring position”.
11:29 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy: Wagner operators continue to hit positions and fight against the Nazis hiding in the city —video
In the first video, a Ukrainian militant filmed not only his unit, but also a multi-storey building turned into a fortified stronghold
11:24 In the NWO zone eliminated commander of the Ukrainian division of the special forces "Dozor", colonel (posthumously) Alexander Ocheretnyuk.
Dozor was established in 2022. Subordinate to the Ukrainian State Border Service. The soldiers were trained by American military instructors.
10:10 In the Armed Forces for the first timeappeareda full-time rabbi who will take care of the Jewish soldiers who serve in the army, as is the custom in many Western armies of the world.
Will explain how to stand in the same ranks with Bandera and neo-Nazis?
10:08 The mobile anti-tank reserve of the Russian airborne units on ATVs destroyed the accumulation of enemy manpower -video
Servicemen from the mobile anti-tank reserve of the Airborne Forces, having received the task of destroying the accumulation of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, promptly moved to the indicated area to conduct reconnaissance and destroy the indicated targets.
Paratroopers make daring raids and get close to enemy positions. Upon arrival in a given area, the reconnaissance officers of the Airborne Forces, using thermal imaging equipment, discovered a cluster of personnel of Ukrainian formations. The calculation strikes the nationalist infantry with rocket launches from the Fagot anti-tank missile system.
After destroying the enemy, the calculation disappears as quickly as it appears on the firing line. This is called a "roaming gun emplacement."
Work for self-confident professionals, because the ATV has no protection against bullets and shrapnel. Armor would make the structure heavier and would deprive the crew of mobility and maneuverability.
09:33 Combat work of Su-34 fighters of the Eastern Military District in the special operation zone —video
09:30 The other day, in the Donetsk direction, a whole batch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered -video
The 110th Brigade is the defense of Zaporozhye. Apparently, its militants decided that it was better to have a happy future in Russia and a passport with a double-headed eagle than an inglorious death near Donetsk.
09:27 Ukrainian sources officially report at least two “infrastructure facilities” hit during the Geranium night raid - in the Vinnitsa and Poltava regions.
08:16 Eliminated sniper, chief sergeant of the sovereign cordon service of Ukraine Mykola Tkachuk.
08:08 The defeat of the Kyiv regime will be the same as in Stalingrad. Although this small from Bandera- not Field Marshal Paulus at all - Dmitry Medvedev
08:06 "Solntsepyok" burn out the Nazis in the Avdeevsky direction -video
In the Avdeevsky direction, fire support for the advancing assault groups is provided by one of the most powerful weapons systems in service with the Russian army - heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepyok". Their crews strike from closed positions on enemy fortifications at night in order to make it difficult to detect a combat vehicle from enemy UAVs.
This flamethrower system is unique in that, with the help of thermobaric ammunition, it can hit enemy manpower hidden even in concrete bunkers, since the fire mixture penetrates into the narrowest slots and ventilation holes and burns out the air along with all living things.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:23 Fixed shelling from VFU 20:48 Video- Minus Kozak-2M1 in Bakhmut.
20:29 Video- The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley, said that fighter jets would not be given to Ukraine. Only air defense.
20:18 Video– The inhabitants of Bakhmut, evacuated by the Wagnerites, spoke about life in the basement and about the process of their evacuation. Everything is almost like in Mariupol, where there were Azov. And here it’s just the Armed Forces of Ukraine (mostly), but for some reason the situation is similar for civilians.
Azov – On August 2, 2022, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, based on the May appeal of the Prosecutor General’s Office, recognized Azov as a terrorist organization.
20:00 Video- Minus another M113 VMU near Bakhmut.
19:34 Video- Another video of Russian tanks driving to Maryinka.
19:22 Video- The Storm detachment of the 110th Brigade of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps, with the support of armored vehicles, took the positions of the 59th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nevelsky area.
18:54 And here is the result of the Lancet's arrival. By the way, Ukraine has six such howitzers. Rather, now officially one less.
18:42 Video- Dumping of thermobaric munitions on the heads of vushniks near Kremennaya.
18:26 Video- Pskov paratroopers hit the Ukrainian 155mm howitzer TRF-1 of French origin with Lancet near Kremennaya. The mesh didn't help.
18:02 Video- The work of Donertsk 2nd Army Corps artillery on Ukrainian positions in the Kremennaya area.
17:49 Video- Accurate arrivals of FABs from the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Kupyansk direction to Ukrainian military facilities.
17:28 Video– There is no cauldron in Artyomovsk yet: the head of the DPR said that he would work with his advisers after reckless statements about the situation in Bakhmut
17:17 Video- The soldiers of the Russian Guard in the NVO zone were supplied with 100mm Rapiers.
A fighter with the call sign “Hurricane” noted that the guns were “transferred to strengthen both the infantry units and the rest.”
16:48 Video- Russian troops, along the entire front line, continue to work on the positions of the Ukrainians from all cannon artillery of various calibers, leaving them no chance.
16:33 Video- And on these frames, the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trained. Do you think wrong? But no! This training increases resistance to being beaten by superiors, resistance to psychological attacks from superiors, as well as from sudden arrivals of “logs” on the back of the head.
16:07 Video- Arrival of the "Lancet" in the 152mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika". One of the members of the crew noticed the drone and began to run away from the self-propelled guns even before arrival. The car itself burned out after the hit without detonation.
15:48 Ukrainian drone attacked power engineers working in Staromikhailivka
Today, a bomb was dropped onto the aerial platform of employees of the Petrovsky Western Distribution Zone of the Regional Energy Supply Company.
The operational mobile brigade was restoring the power supply to the residents of Staromikhaylovka, who had been de-energized by yesterday's shelling.
According to one of the power engineers, they were warned about a drone flying over them by local residents. This saved the lives of four people, they managed to jump out of the car a few minutes before the explosion.
15:32 Video- Tanks T-90 M "Breakthrough" beat the enemy in the Donetsk direction. Alexander Bilibov worked with the brave tankers.
A young mechanic-driver talks about the tanks supplied from Europe and America to the Armed Forces of Ukraine “we know that they are supplied with something there, it never skipped a beat, we know that our tanks are the best and their tanks cannot be compared with ours.”
15:12 Video- 3rd Motorized Rifle "Vislenskaya Red Banner, orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov" Division. The work of UAV operators in dropping ammunition from quadrocopters.
14:52 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/21/2023)
- In the Kupyansk direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Sinkovka, Timkovka and Pershotravneve of the Kharkov region.
The actions of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed in the areas of the settlements Liman Perviy, Sinkovka of the Kharkiv region, Novoselovskoe and Stelmakhovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
- In addition, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Kislovka in the Kharkiv region.
Enemy losses per day in this direction amounted to more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, assault and army aviation strikes, artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chervonopopovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic, Grigorovka and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
More than 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments continued to fight in the western part of the city of Artemovsk.
- The airborne troops stop the enemy's attempts to counterattack on the flanks and support the actions of the assault squads to capture the city.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Southern" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoe, Chasov Yar and Predtechino of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- Aviation to support the actions of the assault squads made eight sorties. The artillery of the "Southern" group of troops completed 69 fire missions.
Over the past day, up to 310 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount have been destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Vugledar, Prechistovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Chervonoye, Zaporozhye region.
– In addition, two ammunition depots of the 65th Mechanized and 44th Artillery brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole and Poltavka in the Zaporozhye region.
During the day, in these directions, the enemy’s losses amounted to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, as well as the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of air strikes and artillery fire, up to 10 Ukrainian servicemen and two cars were destroyed.
- 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 the 94th artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 135 districts.
- In the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a fuel depot for Ukrainian military equipment was destroyed.
Air defense systems intercepted three rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system per day.
- In addition, three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Experimental of the Donetsk People's Republic, Reshetilovskoe of the Zaporozhye region and Kakhovka of the Kherson region
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 411 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,782 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,773 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,091 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,633 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9,650 units of special military vehicles.
14:27 Video- Bakhmut / Artemovsk.
14:08 Video- What are the differences in the work of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Soviet school?
As you know, over the past eight or nine years, the enemy has greatly modernized his army. This also applies to technology, and the speed of interaction, and decision-making.
13:52 The Ural company "Unmanned Vehicles" presented first Russian FPV jet-powered kamikaze drone.
13:35 Video- Destroyed BTR-4E in the Artemovsk direction. Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in armored vehicles to the west of the city continue to grow. Both as a result of attempts to counterattack, and as a result of the defeat of PMC "Wagner" cars on the roads through Krasnoye and Khromovo, as well as in the fields between them.
And this is not to mention the consequences of the attacks of the Russian Aerospace Forces on Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, etc., where the Artyomovskaya grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also suffers systematic losses in materiel.
13:19 On photo you see the “Stepashka” anti-drone gun, capable of jamming the most used quadrocopters.
13:12 Video– The work of artillery of the 5th Brigade, Donetsk 1st Army Corps in the vicinity of Maryinka
The Russian military is working with 152mm D-20 howitzers on the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are trying to approach Maryinka.
12:55 Video- Elimination of the enemy's DrGe.
12:37 Video– Military personnel of the Central Military District destroyed the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of Sani mortars
Artillerymen used high-explosive fragmentation ammunition against enemy fortifications and personnel. Shooting was carried out from closed firing positions at a distance of about six kilometers with constant adjustment of firing by unmanned aircraft crews.
To protect the personnel and ensure the camouflage of positions, the military personnel of the Russian Federation, after a quick series of shots, immediately take cover in a protective dugout, and in the event of the destruction of the target, they camouflage the gun, waiting for new tasks.
12:24 Video– The drone operator of PMC “Wagner” is working on Artemivsk, identifying the positions of the Ukronazis
A drone operator from the Wagner group told RIA Novosti that it is easier to work at night: with a thermal imager, everything is clearly visible - both snipers and firing points of Ukrainian Nazis.
12:04 In the morning, they report that the road through Khromovo is physically cut off to the west of Khromovo in a section of several hundred meters. We are waiting for photo/video confirmation.
Despite statements about the formation of the Artemovsky cauldron, it is not yet formally closed - the neck is preserved to the south of the highway through Khromovo - this is a shot through and not yet physically cut road through Krasnoe (it is very problematic to use it) and fields between Krasnoye and Khromovo, which are problematic to move on in mud conditions (at least for wheeled vehicles, and tracked vehicles get stuck there with a bang).
So, we can rather say that our troops came close to the formation of the Artemovsky pocket and strengthened the operational encirclement of part of the Artemovskaya group - the affairs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are steadily deteriorating here.
11:39 Video- Frames of "greetings", as the servicemen themselves say, in the Seversk direction.
11:22 Russian forces took overboilergrouping of Ukrainian militants in Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut). This was announced to us by the adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, TASS reports.
11:05 Morning summary on the artillery attack of the left bank of the Kherson region.
Yesterday, during the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 54 cannon artillery rounds at the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region.
The blows were inflicted on the following settlements:
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements: Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Gornostaevka and Kardashinka, firing a total of 40 rounds from cannon artillery.
10:58 Video- The mobile anti-tank reserve of the Russian Airborne Forces units on ATVs destroyed the accumulation of enemy manpower.
10:47 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group opened and destroyed two enemy reconnaissance groups, liquidated up to 10 militants.
- The crew of the Osa-AKM air defense system shot down the Furia UAV.
In the Zaporozhye direction, while trying to deliver an air strike on our positions, a Buk air defense missile system shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the Shcherbaky settlement.
The reconnaissance group opened and artillery fire destroyed the enemy stronghold in the area of the population.
10:23 Video– Russian gunners are faithful to the precepts of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“Woke up in the morning - clean your planet, otherwise it will be all overgrown with baobabs,” said the Little Prince.
One of my favourite quotes from a charming little tale, and clearly more broadly applicable than I’d previously understood.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian artillerymen delivered precise strikes on a large stronghold of the baobabs of the UAF militants, clearing the planet of Nazi abomination.
10:04 Video- Mykola, you need to sleep at night, and not go to the DRG. Now sleep. Sleep.
09:40 Kherson direction
1. The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery.
Staraya Zburyevka fired eight rounds;
Podlesnoye fired six rounds;
Aleshki fired four rounds;
Kazachi Lagera fired four rounds;
Six rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement;
Golaya Priston fired eight rounds;
Six rounds were fired at the village of Peschanovka;
Kardashiani fired 12 rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Gornostaevka, settlement Kardashinka firing a total of 40 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
2. At night, artillery fire in the area of ??the settlement Belozerka destroyed by 122mm. howitzer D-30 with an artillery crew, three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, three were injured
3. yesterday, artillery fire in the area of n.p. Kizomys destroyed 152mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B with ammunition, five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, two were injured.
09:34 The drone operator of PMC “Wagner” is working on Artemivsk, identifying the positions of opponents -video
According to him, it is easier to work at night: with a thermal imager everything is clearly visible - both snipers and firing points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:22 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 04/20/2023 to 00:00 04/21/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 21 cases of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 15 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from artillery 152mm and 122mm.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 151 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of four settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central-City, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk
Damaged two residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
In the previous day, 23 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:24 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/21/2023
In the Ugludar sector, Russian troops launched a ground attack on the southwestern approaches to the city. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were artillery attack Bolshaya Novosyolka, Prechistovka and Novoukrainka.
On the Donetsk front, units of the Russian army resumed assault operations near Pobeda. And after artillery strikes, they attacked within the city limits of Maryinka, in the direction of Pervomaisky, Severny and on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. They also tried to advance towards Stepnoy.
The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Netaylovo, Thin, Novokalinovo, Zhelezny and Druzhba are under shelling.
In Bakhmut, PMC Wagner, with the support of artillery and aviation, continues assault operations in the southern, western and northern parts of the city. There is progress on the last of the listed sites.
Wagner PMC also launched a powerful ground attack on Khromovoye. Here the Armed Forces hold positions. Russian artillery hit Belaya Gora, Aleksandro-Shultin, Konstantinovka, Predtechin, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka, Spornovo and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again advanced in the Serebryansky forest from Shipilovka. With the support of artillery, they attacked in the area of Torskoy, Ternov and Nevsky. Here without success.
To the north, they managed to push the APU near Sinkovka. Russian artillery shelled Belogorovka, Stelmakhovka, Berestovoe, Petropavlovka, Zapadnoye, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk and Krasnoe Pervoe.
08:22 Bakhmut: militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine accidentally showed a high-rise building turned into a fortress -video
Filming a heroic video for TikTok in Bakhmut (Artyomovsk), a Ukrainian militant filmed not only his unit, but also a multi-storey building turned into a fortified stronghold.
The house was in the frame for a couple of moments, but they allow you to see that the house is filled with military dug trenches that go into the basement, and almost every floor of the building sticks out the Armed Forces.
It should be noted that high-rise buildings in Bakhmut have been massively turned into fortresses.
08:03 Summaryon the morning of April 21, 2023
PMC "Wagner" continues the assault on Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Most of the city has been taken, but heavy fighting is still ahead on the western outskirts due to high-rise buildings.
At Marinka, they report on the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the west.
In the Belgorod region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the settlement. Lomakovka.
It was reported from the Kherson direction that the enemy was holding a small foothold on our side of the river. The area is cut off from the main coast by canals and dachas, there are units of the Russian Armed Forces nearby.
In Belgorod - an emergency due to an abnormal descent of ammunition from a combat aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces. A shell fell in the city, two people were injured.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] About the battles in the Artemovsk area.
In the morning, they report that the road through Khromovo is physically cut off to the west of Khromovo in a section of several hundred meters. We are waiting for photo/video confirmation.
Despite statements about the formation of the Artemovsky cauldron, it is not yet formally closed - the neck is preserved to the south of the highway through Khromovo - this is a shot through and not yet physically cut road through Krasnoye (it is very problematic to use it) and fields between Krasnoye and Khromovo, which are problematic to move on in mud conditions (at least for wheeled vehicles, and tracked vehicles get stuck there with a bang).
So, we can rather say that our troops have come close to the formation of the Artemovsky pocket and have strengthened the operational encirclement of part of the Artemovskaya group - the affairs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are steadily deteriorating here.
Against the backdrop of complaints from the Armed Forces of Ukraine that it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep Artemovsk and that they have to leave positions there, the transfer of enemy reserves to Chasov Yar, Rai-Aleksandrovka and the Seversky ledge continues. The enemy obviously did not give up hope of delivering counterattacks to the north and south of Artemovsk, and in fact only the weather prevents him from making this attempt.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation take advantage of this and strike at the enemy reserves deployed to the Artemovsk direction. Without counterattacks, the dynamics of events in Artemovsk itself obviously cannot be changed - communication problems certainly affect the stability of the enemy forces in Artemovsk itself, which, under the onslaught of Wagner, are forced to constantly move back towards the block with high-rise buildings.
More: Taken from Wagner's V Kontakte page, a query by journalist from MASH:
Evgeny Viktorovich, good afternoon!
Since the morning, information has been received about the formation of a boiler for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut. We would like to clarify the current information about the operational situation in the city. And is the track of Chasov Yar - Bakhmut cut? Thank you.
We publish a comment by Yevgeny Prigozhin:
"It is too early to talk about the formation of a boiler for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk, as before they are in the so-called “operational encirclement”, when the roads are shot through. But there is no boiler. So there are tough fights. And those who speak their tongues ahead - they only create problems for us."
Prigozhin that if they decided to create a PMC by analogy with Wagner, then it is necessary to solve the issues of training/supply in the same way as in Wagner. But just to recruit people and name PMCs - this will not work.
Along the way, topical problems of training and providing volunteers are voiced.
More of the interesting. Peskov's son fought in the PMC "Wagner" as a member of the calculation of the MLRS "Hurricane". Some will burn.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin in italics: RIA Novosti reports that the Poles in Katyn were shot by the Nazis, not by the NKVD,
Polish officers in Katyn in 1941 were shot by the Nazis, and not by employees of the NKVD of the USSR - this was testified back in 1945 by a participant in the burial of the killed Poles, later a fighter of the German "special purpose" battalion Arno Dure.
"We slept during the day, and worked in the evening and at night - we dug holes. Parts of the SS brought people in cars and dumped them into a ditch 15-20 meters deep," Dure said.
He also told how in 1943 he came home on vacation and saw in the newspapers a photograph of this huge grave.
“It was written under the picture that the Russians did it all. I told my mother that it was not the Russians who did it, but the Germans, but my mother did not believe me,” Dure said.
https://t.me/rian_ru/199498 - zinc
I have been writing about this for over 15 years. Of course, the Nazis shot the Poles in Katyn. This should be recognized at the state level, especially since the only court decision regarding Katyn is quite clear that the Poles were shot by the Nazis in the autumn of 1941.
Playing along with the Poles and the Goebbels version at the present time looks simply ridiculous.
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The world's upside down [kookaburra]
Per word of absurd tortured Dürre,
A turd put on trial
By one vastly more vile
And his kangaroo court! [comrades URAA]
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