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[RIA Novosti] A clash with the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine was inevitable, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting marking the decade of the re-establishment of the Russian Historical and Russian Military Historical Societies.
“If we hadn’t taken appropriate actions in February, everything would have been the same, only from a worse position for us. The situation in Ukraine was brought by her so-called friends to the stage when it became deadly for Russia and suicidal for itself. ” Ukrainian people.
And we can see this even by the nature of the hostilities: it’s just amazing what is happening there, in general, as if Ukrainians do not exist, they are thrown into a furnace and that’s it," he said.
At the same time, Russia has always treated Ukraine and its people with respect and warmth,
*cough* Holodomor *cough*
and this is how it is now, despite the current tragic confrontation, Putin said.
He admitted that the events taking place in Ukraine are difficult and bitter, because, in fact, the confrontation is going on within one people.
Kinda like the Americans and the Canadians, eh?
The same thing happened after the upheavals of 1917, when people were played off, and foreign powers warmed their hands on the tragedy of the people, the president added.
"Woe! Nazis! Oh, what shall I do?
I'll blame you and Ukraine, and boohoo!"
[wiggles mustache and winks,
his dry eye wryly twinkling,
like Dedushka's Stalin tattoo]
#4
There once was a doofus named Putin
Who figured some folks needed shootin'
Couldn't be commies, not that
So he reached in his hat
Nazis! That's it! Irrefutin'!
#6
Friend, I've always liked Russians, and Russia, and wished them the best. But if Russia wants to keep on drinking and doing the same crazy stuff over and over until the Hans are paving their outhouse paths with Russian tombstones, it's not me that can stop her, is it?
When commies talk shit about H-----,
A "n---" should ask each belittler,
"Who camped first and best?
Was it Comrade Mae West
Or her decadent mimic Bette Midler?"
I am not only Jewish, but my Jewish mother and all her family survived the Holocaust — not a thing that happened to distant relatives or co-religionists we left behind, a Muh Peepul thingie, but actual stories my mother told us kids about her entire childhood before she arrived in America days before her 21st birthday. Followed by editing my mother’s translation of her mother’s memoir of the war years while they were in hiding in Amsterdam, and visiting some of the surviving relatives and my mother’s rescuers when Mr. Wife's career took us to Germany and afterward.
My Jewish father, who was born in Riga and left for the British Mandate in Palestine when he was fifteen, did not tell stories. On the other hand, as far as we can tell, none of his Latvian and Russian relatives survived the combination of Nazi Jew hatred and Soviet Jew hatred. Because the Russians also have a long history of abusing and killing Jews, and Stalin and Hitler started out best buddies — while they were dividing Poland between themselves, the Russian socialist empire commonly called the Soviet Union, was gleefully conquering as much of Eastern Europe as they could swallow, and killing off the local Jews because they were intellectuals, capitalists, and kulaks.
Bottom lines:
1) I DO NOT NEED ANY FUCKING WHITE KNIGHTS TO TELL ME HOW TO FEEL ABOUT EITHER THE UKRAINIANS OR THE RUSSIANS — UNLESS YOU HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED ATTEMPTED GENOCIDE, IN WHICH CASE YOU ARE NOT A RUSSIAN THROWING SHADE ON UKRAINIANS.
2) I THINK THE LIMERICK IS FUCKING HILARIOUS. ME — THE JEWISH CHILD OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND A COMMUNIST ESCAPEE. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT THINK THE LIMERICK IS FUCKING HILARIOUS IS A WITLESS KILLJOY WHOSE OPINION IS WORTHLESS ON ANY AND ALL SUBJECTS AND SHOULD SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN.
3) All shrieking posts about either Nazi Ukrainians or evil Russians will be herewith spamcopped because they add nothing useful to the discussion.
3.5) Anyone who complains about escaped Twitter censors will also be spamcopped.
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Markus - you are on permanent ban path - keep it up
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#11
This site is sickening. It’s crawling with Nazi-worshippers and assholes who think it’s fun to make jokes about Stepan Bandera and Ukrainian Nazis.
#12
tw, you are the goddess of my idolatry. *applause*
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#13
"You've won the war agaiin, Andrei?"
#12 Russians are crushing Ukraine now, everywhere. South, north and west. Almost over. Looks like we got punked again by our garbage media with their lies about the heroic Ukrainian resistance
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#14
Fucking cowards.
You spam the boards with your bullshit about Ukraine’s Nazis and shut down anyone who calls you in your lies. Disgusting.
#15
It is not clear, Mr. Lampedusa Dribble3278, whether that is aimed at the hysterical shriekers who got themselves spamcopped for being unbalanced insulters, or at the moderators who refuse to put up with the abuse any longer.
#16
There were several extremely informative posts above about the history of Ukrainian fascism, the OUN and a successor Organization. They included examples of how the Ukrainian fascist hee-killers were so barbarous that Ukraine’s Jews actually turned for support to the Germans. The Ukrainian pogroms we’re worse than the German Nazis violence.
Now you’ve blocked those educational posts and the rest of us can’t read them anymore.
Instead you put out stupid limericks and insults and personal rants.
#18
#16 There were several extremely informative posts above about the history of Ukrainian fascism, the OUN and a successor Organization. They included examples of how the Ukrainian fascist hee-killers were so barbarous that Ukraine’s Jews actually turned for support to the Germans. The Ukrainian pogroms we’re worse than the German Nazis violence.
Now you’ve blocked those educational posts and the rest of us can’t read them anymore.
Instead you put out stupid limericks and insults and personal rants.
Shameful.
Take it up with the Russians. They're the ones who shut down our source at regnum.ru .
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Oleksandr Kots
[KP] Telegram dispersed the panic
The morning did not bode well. The phone is bursting with notifications. Telegram is covered by a cytokine storm: “We are renting Kherson?! Why did Russian troops abandon all checkpoints?! The state flag has been removed from the administration! This is the end?!" The abundance of exclamation and question marks, coupled with panic paragraphs written in capital letters, speaks for the fact that people are worried.
This is how you wake up at one wonderful moment, and the “whites” are already in the city. Inopportunely, I remember how in 2014 my friend, military commander Semyon Pegov, found himself in such an unpleasant situation when he discovered at dawn that Slavyansk had been abandoned by the militia, and Ukrainian troops were entering the city.
Standing in my heart, I draw to myself: the last convoy has already crossed to the left bank of the Dnieper, the pontoon crossing has been blown up. The dam on Kakhovka is being shelled by Khaimars...
And, nevertheless, it’s good when you can take a hot shower like that without a schedule. Half of the Donbass is deprived of this "luxury". This is the first thing that struck me in Kherson. No rolling power outages, no gas supply interruptions, no queues at the water carts...
The region almost painlessly returned to its native harbor and became an external Russian territory. Without painful trials through which people would check the loyalty to their choice. Signs of statehood very quickly appeared here, a Russian bank, ATMs and payment terminals at the box office ... By the end of the summer, in fact, it had become a full-fledged Russian region, with its economy, communications and logistics tied to the "mainland".
And then suddenly on you.
Russian flags in Kherson in place
I carefully open the front door, checking for any wire hinting at a stretch. I go to the car. Having taken the emphasis lying down, I examine the bottom for "foreign bodies" ...
- And I know that you are checking there, - a neighbor girl draws in from behind.
- And what, - I get up, dusting off my knees.
- So that there are no cats - so as not to crush.
- Clever, - I praise the quick-witted neighbor. And I'm going downtown.
The day is full of sun and careless passers-by. I drive up the street past the House of Trade Unions and the Naval College, past the City Council and the Ushakov Academy. And here are miracles for you - Russian tricolors flutter in the wind above them. At the welfare building with the same flag on the roof, I turn to the square. There is no state symbol on the former Ukrainian regional administration. Weird. After all, he was there the day before.
The explanation is simple. The Russian Military Civil Administration (VGA) has never lodged in this building - another service was located here, but it moved to the other side a week ago. As, by the way, and VGA. Either the flag was torn off by the wind, or the economic supply manager returned for the state symbol with the inventory number, which was listed on the balance sheet, or someone deliberately decided to tickle the nerves of the excited public ...
Be that as it may, this does not look like systematic work to get rid of Russian state symbols. Tricolors are still hanging on all administrative buildings, and young parents are still smiling from billboards on a white-blue-red background, either in embroidered shirts or in kosovorotkas, advertising maternity capital. Kherson residents do not pay any attention to a building without a flag.
Shops in Kherson are full of goods
I go to the supermarket across the street. Old men begging at the entrance. I remembered the Donetsk "Amstor" on Ilyich of the sample of August 2014. There, poor old men also stood with outstretched hands. Only there the shelves were half empty. And here - bursting with goods. Departments that were empty a week ago are again filled to capacity. Sausages and frankfurters, cheese, and alcohol that had disappeared appeared. Business, as a rule, is the first to smell something wrong and will not work at a loss. And gastronomic abundance, which, however, they can afford, as Klitschko says, “not only everyone”, I took it as a good sign. Who will carry goods to the city, which is about to be handed over.
Here they just brought to life all the merchants who suddenly decided to make payments exclusively in hryvnias or at a predatory rate. Which, of course, hit state employees who receive pensions and salaries in rubles very well.
Evacuation continues
- Guard your car? - a familiar grubby kid at the cafe holds out his dirty palm.
- Guard, - I put 200 rubles into it.
But just in case, I take a table by the window so that the car still remains in front of my eyes. In Donetsk, by the way, on the contrary, restaurant visitors try to sit away from the glass - in case of arrivals.
- Tell me, well, pensions will not be paid now, - the waiter “swims up” in the hookah smoke. “My daughter is disabled. And the Pension Fund is closed.
“They left,” my friend says. - Pensions are now only on the left bank. Alas.
This fact of the inhabitants of Kherson occupies much more than the disappeared flag. Not only the administration and banks, but also social services moved to the eastern bank of the Dnieper ... Accordingly, any payments are now only there. All residents of Kherson are still offered to evacuate - both the ferry crossing and river boats are working. But there is a category of people who, despite all exhortations, will sit to the last. Even without pensions.
However, good news does not always reach from the “mainland”. Either they complain about the bureaucracy, or about callousness, or about slovenliness, as a result of which someone is left without appropriate payments ...
I do not rule out that some of these rumors are spread by the Ukrainian Center for Information and Psychological Operations, which plays on people's feelings. However, in my humble opinion, even the most terrible collective image of a Russian official is still better than the bombing, because of the danger of which the Ukrainian side began the evacuation. These are the harsh realities. The mechanism for receiving and distributing tens of thousands of refugees will inevitably improve. And life is one.
The road from Kherson to Nikolaev - What's in the trunk? - asks a fighter at a checkpoint near Kherson.
On one of those that, according to panic rumors, we abandoned.
- Humanitarian, - I open the door.
- Copters, a necessary thing, - a fighter passes me.
I'm taking the drone to the front line of the gunners. Along the road - burnt equipment - ours and Ukrainian. The road sign says that to Nikolaev - a little more than 30 kilometers. I move to the side, watching how two pairs of Su-25 attack aircraft take turns attacking, sending missiles towards the enemy. Artillery roars outside the window. Well, it doesn’t look like the surrender of Kherson.
- What will happen to the people if we leave, - my friend in the positions is surprised at my question. - As we stood, so we stand. I want to move forward, of course. This is what is expected of us. People are tired of bad news. Now let's build up some strength...
I give the guys a quadrocopter, which immediately leaves for where it was sorely lacking. I return to Kherson. The streets are already empty. Passions in Telegram are still boiling. Someone curses "zrada", someone is counting on a cunning plan ...
“Nothing is incomprehensible, but very interesting,” my friend states, closing the door of our apartment with three locks.
Above the Antonovsky bridge, at the crossing, they shoot down another portion of the Hymars missiles ...
[NEWAGEBD] Kyiv on Thursday condemned the ’mass forced relocation’ of its citizens living in regions occupied by Russia.
’The Russian occupation administration began mass forced relocation of residents of the left-bank of the Kherson region to the temporarily occupied Crimea or to Russia,’ the Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement.
’Similar deportations are also being carried out by Russia in the Zaporizhzhia, Lugansk and Donetsk regions, as well as in Crimea.’
On Tuesday Russian occupation authorities in the southern Kherson region announced more ’evacuations’ of people along the left bank of the Dnipro river.
Moscow-installed Kherson governor Vladimir Saldo said he was moving people further into the region or to Russia because of the risks of a ’massive missile attack.’
Kyiv reiterated Thursday that it saw the move as a ’deportation’ and said it was ’accompanied by looting by the Russian occupiers of industrial, infrastructural, cultural, educational and medical institutions, as well as private houses and apartments’ in the south.
Moscow-installed authorities in Kherson said last week 70,000 civilians had left their homes on the right bank of the Dnipro.
Kyiv’s forces are preparing for a fierce battle to retake the region’s main city Kherson and the surrounding areas on the right bank of the Dnipro after making major gains in Ukraine’s east and south.
The city, with a pre-conflict population of around 2,88,000 people, was one of the first to fall to Moscow’s forces after president Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... sent troops across the border in February. Retaking it would mark a major milestone for Kyiv.
Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had been cornered by the banditti... Putin on Friday said civilians should be taken out of Moscow-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been leading evacuations since mid-October as Kyiv’s forces advance.
’Those who live in Kherson should be removed from zones of dangerous fighting,’ the Russian president told young volunteers from the occupied Ukrainian territories on Red Square as Moscow celebrated Unity Day.
’The civilian population should not suffer from shelling, an offensive, a counter-offensive or other such things,’ he said.
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[LB] The occupiers continue their offensive in the Bakhmut direction.
by Iryna Gamalii
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions. Conducts offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Novopavliv directions.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the beginning of the 254th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by Russian occupiers in the areas of Verkhnokamyanske, Spirne, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Vodyane and Pavlivka settlements of the Donetsk region .
The enemy is shelling units of the Defense Forces along the contact line, carrying out border fortification equipment in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. It continues to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes in violation of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war.
The enemy launched four missile and 28 air strikes, carried out more than 45 attacks from rocket salvo systems. About 30 settlements of Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson and other regions were affected by these criminal actions.
The threat of new strikes and the use of strike UAVs remains. In particular, from the territory of the Republic of Belarus .
In the Volyn and Poliske directions , the situation has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
The enemy shelled in other directions:
in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the area of Volfine settlement of Sumy region. The invaders also used attack UAVs;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Berestovka, Bilogorivka, Veterinarne, Gatishche, Chugunivka and Udy;
in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Myasozharivka, Zvanivka, Rozdolivka, Siversk, Verkhnokamianske, Serebryanka, Novoyehorivka, and Yampolivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks and artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Andriivka, Klishchiivka, Ozaryanivka, Kurdyumivka, Mayorsk, Ivangrad, Soledar, Opytne, and Zelenopillia;
in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Avdiivka, Oleksandropil, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Vugledar, Nevelske and Pervomaiske settlements;
in the Novopavlovsk direction - from the entire range of artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Prechistivka, Vodyane, Pavlivka, Vremivka and Velyka Novosilka;
and the Zaporizhzhia direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Dorozhnianka, Novoandriivka, Olhivske, Shcherbaki and Mali Shcherbaki.
More than 25 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buz region. In addition, the enemy continued aerial reconnaissance. Actively used the UAV, made up to thirty sorties.
The leadership of the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Federation is forced to introduce additional security measures and strengthen the police regime.
In the city of Vladivostok, the authorities are preparing for possible protests among the local population, which expresses dissatisfaction with the previously held mobilization measures and the heavy losses of representatives of the region in the war in Ukraine.
In the temporarily occupied territories, the occupiers continue to violate the norms of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of warfare. In the village of Pisky, Starobil district, Luhansk region, representatives of the so-called military commander's office conducted filtering measures against the local population. About 30 citizens were kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination. Similar events are held in settlements along the Oleshka - Nova Kakhovka highway of the Kherson region.
In addition, the highways of the Kherson region are marked by increased traffic of trucks and cars with looted property. Significant robberies are taking place in Beryslav and nearby settlements. In particular, the property and repair base are exported from power grid maintenance enterprises. In the village of Topolivka, the Russian occupiers are using a local school and a kindergarten, where up to three hundred enemy soldiers and equipment are located, as a "human shield".
Aviation of the Defense Forces during the past day struck the enemy 21 times. 20 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as the position of the enemy's anti-aircraft defenses, were affected. Our air defense forces shot down 3 Shahed-136 UAVs.
During the day, units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck the enemy's control post, four areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, an ammunition warehouse, a radio-electronic intelligence station, mine-explosive barriers and other important enemy military objects.
It will be recalled that US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin said that Ukrainian troops can recapture the strategic southern city of Kherson from Russian troops.
[LB] During the night and morning, the enemy also attacked the Lviv, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
by Iryna Lysohor
The night was relatively quiet in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi, Ternopil Oblasts, Poltava Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast and Kyiv Oblast.
One kamikaze drone was shot down in the Lviv region this morning during an air alert (around 05:20) by air defense forces. According to preliminary information, there were no damages or injuries. The information is being clarified, says the message from OVA.
Four S-300 missiles "arrived" in the Zaporizhia region at night near one of the villages of the Zaporizhia district . There are no casualties. Detailed information about the consequences is being clarified.
In the Sumy region, the Russians fired 157 shells and mines at the border yesterday . Bilopolska, Esmanska, Znob-Novgorodska, Krasnopilska, Khotinska, Shalyginska, Yunakivska and Seredino-Budska communities came under fire.
An attack by enemy drones was repelled in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
They shot down all eight "shaheeds" that the enemy sent to the region. Today, the Russians shelled the Nikopol district again. They hit four communities - Nikopolska, Marganetska, Myrivska and Chervonogrigorivska. It passed without casualties or injuries. In the Chervonogrigorivska community, houses, farm buildings, cars, a gas pipeline and an electricity transmission line were mutilated.
In the Kharkiv region, four hits were recorded in an open area this morning in Chuguyev, fortunately, without casualties. During the day, the occupiers again struck the settlements of Kupyan, Izyum and Chuguyiv districts.
Around midnight, in the Savynska community of the Izyum district, the occupiers hit a private house. No casualties. Pyrotechnics in the territory of the region eliminated 471 explosive objects during the day. Mine danger in Kharkiv Oblast remains very high. Yesterday in Izyum, a man was blown up by a mine, he was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
Seven enemy attacks were repulsed in the Luhansk region, during which the enemy shelled 19 of our positions with artillery and mortars. Delivered one airstrike. Units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces struck the enemy's control post, four areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and ammunition depots during the day.
Meanwhile, the so-called government of the "LPR" announced the introduction of changes to the "state target program for the restoration of objects of the housing stock, social sphere and infrastructure of the liberated territories of the "LPR". houses
It should be noted that only according to preliminary estimates, about 3,200 high-rise buildings were damaged or completely destroyed in the territory of Luhansk region by Russian aggression.
In the Donetsk region, there were six rocket attacks on Pokrovsk yesterday evening. The school and private houses were damaged. At night, there was shelling of the Toretsk community, especially in the area of the villages of New York, North, South, Kurdyumivka, Shumy, and the town of Zalizne. In the morning, shelling started again. At night - artillery shelling of the town of Krasnohorivka, the town of Maryinka, the village of Konstantinovka, village Maksimilyanivka, Maryinska TG.
In Avdievka, there were isolated flights over the old part of the city. In the morning, there was a massive shelling of the central part of the city, with 122mm BM-21 "Grad" anti-aircraft missiles hitting the central area. In de-occupied communities, humanitarian and material aid is distributed, electricity is restored. In one day in Donetsk region: eight dead, 14 wounded.
At night, the enemy shelled one of Mykolaiv's districts with S-300 missiles , as a result of which a warehouse was destroyed, an administrative building and cars parked nearby were damaged. Also, due to a missile strike, a fire broke out in another warehouse, which was quickly extinguished by units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region. Previously, without victims and victims.
Also, tonight and this morning, there was shelling of the settlement of Shirokivska hromada. Hitting already destroyed buildings and open areas. There are no casualties.
In the Kherson region , soldiers of the 61st Separate Infantry Steppe Brigade of the Operational Command "South" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the village of Mala Seidemenukha of the Berislav district from the Russian occupiers.
The Russian occupiers continue to shell peaceful settlements in the region. Villages of the Berislav district were hit by the enemy. The Russian military shelled residential quarters with artillery and mortars. Local residents were killed and wounded as a result of the shelling.
According to information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, children were taken from boarding schools in Kherson to the territory of Crimea. Today, the children are housed in one of the psychiatric hospitals of Simferopol. Prisoners of the Kherson colony were also transported to the territory of Crimea.
The highways of the Kherson region are marked by increased traffic of trucks and cars with looted property. Significant robberies are taking place in Beryslav and nearby settlements.
It will be recalled that, over the past day, the units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the Russian invaders in the areas of Verkhnokamyanske, Spirne, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Vodyane and Pavlivka settlements of the Donetsk region.
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Lost amidst the verbiage is this take away:
"The threat of new strikes and the use of strike UAVs remains. In particular, from the territory of the Republic of Belarus. In the Volyn and Poliske directions , the situation has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine."
If so, what is NATO's response?
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[Vesti] BRIEFLY ABOUT THE MAIN
November 4 is the 254th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The main thing from the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
repelled the attacks of the Russian army in the areas of n. Verkhnekamennoye, Disputable, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye and Pavlovka villages of the Donetsk region;
The Russian army launched four missile and 28 air strikes, carried out more than 45 attacks from the MLRS. 30 settlements of Ukraine suffered;
Aviation of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 20 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, units of missile forces and artillery: a command post, four areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Air defense forces shot down 3 UAVs.
08:00 . According to Ukrenergo, the shutdown schedules on November 4 will operate in Kyiv and 10 regions: Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Zaporozhye, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr. On Friday morning in Kyiv without electricity - 450 thousand subscribers. This is 1.5 times more than in previous days.
Nikolaevkskaya area. On November 3, at about 11:30 p.m. , Russians fired at one of the districts of Nikolaev with S-300 missiles - a warehouse was destroyed, an office building and cars were damaged. A fire broke out, which was quickly extinguished. Previously, without victims and victims. At about 00:30 and 04:45 there were shelling of the settlement of Shirokovskaya community - hits on already destroyed buildings and open areas. There were no casualties.
Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians fired from Grads and heavy artillery at four communities - Nikopol, Mirovskaya, Krasnogrigorevskaya and Marganetskaya. There were no casualties. In the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, residential buildings, cars, and a gas pipeline were damaged. Broken power line.
Donetsk region. On November 3, the Russians killed 8 civilians : five in Bakhmut, one in Pokrovsk, one in Nelipovka and one in Krasnogorovka. Another 14 people were injured. Law enforcement officers found in Krymki the body of 1 civilian killed by the Russians during the occupation.
09:20 . Zaporozhye region. A team of four IAEA experts arrived at ZNPP . The new team will be the third one at ZNPP over the past two months.
10:30 am . Zaporozhye region. The head of the OVA, Oleksandr Starukh, said that at night the Russians fired S-300 missiles at the settlements of the Zaporozhye region . One of the rockets damaged a gas pipe in an open area, causing a fire. There were no casualties.
13:00 . Kyiv. Head of the German Ministry of Justice Marco Buschmann has arrived in Ukraine . One of the items on the agenda of the visit is assistance in the investigation of Russian war crimes.
14:30 . Putin signed a law allowing the drafting of citizens with unexpunged convictions for a number of serious crimes as part of the mobilization.
16:50 . Ternopil region. Explosions are reported. According to preliminary data, this is the work of air defense.
17:30 . Kherson region. In Kherson, temporarily uncontrolled by Ukraine, a round-the-clock curfew was declared, but later the messages disappeared.
18:20 . The main thing from the evening summary of the General Staff:
The Russian Federation launched three missile and five air strikes, and also carried out 2 shelling from the MLRS;
enemy troops continue to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions;
APU inflicted four blows. Also, two UAVs were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces.
On Friday, in the southern direction, the Ukrainian military shot down an enemy cruise missile. "A successful volley is a rescued infrastructure facility and hundreds of civilian lives," the OK Yug noted.
22:00. National Security Adviser to US President Joe Biden Jake Sullivan paid an unscheduled visit to Kyiv. Zelensky presented Sullivan with the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, II degree.
22:40. The most brutal fighting throughout the week has been concentrated in the Donbas - these are Bakhmut and Soledar, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening video message.
“We are holding our positions. In these and some other areas in the Donetsk region, the Russian army has already spent as many lives of its people and as much ammunition as it apparently did not spend in the two Chechen wars combined,” the head of state said.
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[Korrespondent] 23:29 Any use of nuclear weapons by Putin will have disastrous consequences for him and his country, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers.
He also noted that capping the price of Russian oil is a key way in which the G7 is trying to punish Russia for invading Ukraine: “This is to ensure that energy continues to enter the market to meet demand. And secondly, to limit the ability of President Putin to fill out of their pockets with energy revenues to fuel and finance the war against Ukraine. I believe this mechanism will help us do just that."
22:47 Kuleba said that he spoke with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie: they discussed the next steps after the G7 ministerial meeting, as well as preparations for the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cambodia next week and the Francophonie summit in Djerby. "It's good to know that Canada will provide even more assistance to clear mines in the liberated territories," the Foreign Minister wrote.
22:30 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the most brutal hostilities throughout the week were concentrated in the Donbass - these are Bakhmut and Soledar: "We are holding our positions. In these and some other directions in the Donetsk region, the Russian army has already spent so many lives of its people and as much ammunition as, perhaps, did not spend in two Chechen wars put together."
The President emphasized that at the same time, Russia hides from its society both the real level of losses and mobilization: "And this absolutely insane stubbornness of the owners of today's Russia is the best indicator that everything that they tell some foreign leaders about their alleged readiness to to negotiations... And it is very good that the world perceives Russian rhetoric as it deserves, namely as a lie, and pays attention only to what the terrorist state really does, and does not say."
22:16 The United States is informed of Ukraine's needs for the Kherson operation and will provide the necessary assistance, Jake Sullivan said: "I asked again today what is needed, and I am confident that we will be able to provide what is needed for this battle."
Biden's national security adviser also emphasized that the United States refuses to negotiate with Russia without the participation of Ukraine: "President Biden has clearly said that the guiding principle of his policy throughout the conflict is "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine," and this remains. In addition, according to Sullivan, the conditions under which the Russians are ready in principle to conduct a dialogue are unacceptable, since in fact all conversations should begin with the complete de-occupation of Ukraine.
22:13 The United States is informed of Ukraine's needs for the Kherson operation and will provide the necessary assistance, Jake Sullivan said: "I asked again today what is needed, and I am confident that we will be able to provide what is needed for this battle."
22:09 The European Commission reported that 17 EU countries sent 500 power generators to Ukraine through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to ensure Ukrainians' access to electricity and heating.
22:06 In the liberated territories of the Kherson region, in the village of Vysokopolye, law enforcement officers found three bodies with traces of violent death. According to preliminary data, during the occupation of the settlement, the Russian military shot three civilians and buried them near private households, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
21:27 Zelensky presented US presidential adviser Jake Sullivan with the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, II degree for strengthening interstate cooperation, supporting state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
21:14 The Pentagon creates a new command to oversee the process of training and equipping the Ukrainian army by the United States and its allies, writes The New York Times. U.S. officials say the Pentagon's commitment to supplying Ukraine with arms, as well as the creation of a new command, indicate that the U.S. is preparing for a long-term threat from Russia to Ukraine and its neighbors.
The new command, called Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, or SAG-U, is to streamline the training and assistance system that was put in place on the fly after the Russian invasion in February. According to the military, the main candidate to lead the group is Lieutenant General Antonio A. Aguto, Jr., head of the US First Army headquarters, located in Rock Island in Illinois.
20:59 Bipartisan support for Ukraine will continue regardless of the results of the elections to the US Congress, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said during a visit to Kiev. He recalled that congressmen adhere to a similar point of view, including two senators who visited Kyiv this week - Democrat Chris Koons and Republican Rob Portman.
Sullivan stressed that this is not only about weapons, but also about financial assistance: "We plan to ensure the availability of resources that can fuel the Ukrainian economy, restore the energy system, help displaced people and cover other humanitarian needs."
20:43 Radio Liberty published satellite images of three Belarusian training grounds and the airfield in Machulishchi. They show that the number of tents for the Russian military has increased at the training grounds, field camps, hospitals and parking lots of Russian equipment have appeared. Three Russian MiG-31Ks are clearly visible at the Machulishchi airfield, near one of them lies an object that looks like a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile.
20:14 Today, around 16:00, Ukrainian defenders shot down two Caliber-type cruise missiles fired by the Russians from the Black Sea. One missile was shot down over the Kherson region, the second - over the Mykolaiv region, the Pivden air command reported.
19:23 The Netherlands will supply Ukraine with a new military aid package worth 120 million euros. According to the Ministry of Defense of the country, together with the United States and the Czech Republic, they will supply 90 modernized and overhauled T-72 tanks with a total cost of 45 million euros. It is expected that Ukraine will receive part of the tanks next month.
18:56 CNN writes that since October 24, 1,300 Starlink terminals have been disabled for the Ukrainian military. According to the publication's sources, the terminals were turned off due to "lack of funding." Specifically, the Ukrainian military paid $2,500 a month to keep each of the 1,300 blocks connected. Therefore, until September, the total cost increased to almost $20 million. As a result, the military could no longer afford to pay for Starlink. They turned off the terminals that Ukraine acquired in March from a British company and used for military operations.
18:45 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the village of Kamenka, Zaporozhye region, the enemy moved the personnel of his units, turned off the checkpoints and the commandant's office. There is a low level of moral and psychological state of the personnel of the enemy units located in the Zaporozhye region. These are the consequences of unsatisfactory conditions of detention, poor equipment, constant delays and incomplete payments of monetary allowances, as well as the dismissive attitude of the military leadership towards subordinates.
18:02 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are getting closer to Kherson, the Russians are cleaning blockopsts in the city and declaring a round-the-clock curfew. Read more in the material The situation in Kherson .
17:54 The Pentagon has announced a new $400 million military aid package to Ukraine. It will include, in particular, 45 T-72 tanks, 250 M1117 armored personnel carriers, 40 armored boats, and 1,100 Phoenix Ghost drones.
17:13 The Associated Press published a video investigation of the events in Bucha that took place in the first month of the Russian invasion. Journalists, together with OSINT investigators, analyzed hundreds of hours of video recordings from CCTV cameras and intercepted telephone conversations of the invaders, where they talk about the executions of civilians, and reproduced a 3D model of what is happening.
17:06 In Kherson, local "authorities" have announced a round-the-clock curfew.
16:41 In Vladivostok, the authorities are preparing for mass actions of disobedience in connection with the opposition of the local population to mobilization. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, in the Primorsky Territory of the Russian Federation, the police and special services are planning measures to counter possible acts of disobedience and strengthen the police regime in the region. It is planned to check the operability of video surveillance systems of institutions and organizations with the provision of remote access to representatives of law enforcement agencies. It is assumed that in the coming months, even at mass events sanctioned by the authorities, frame metal detectors will be installed at the entrance.
The vast majority of the local population does not support the "special operation" and mobilization on the territory of the region. Among the reasons are the residence of a significant number of ethnic Ukrainians in the region and the loss of the RF Armed Forces during the hostilities.
16:13 The G7 countries, following the two-day meeting, issued a joint statement, in which, in particular, they called for the extension of the grain agreement and announced plans to create a coordination mechanism to support the restoration of Ukraine. They also rejected Russian information about Kyiv's intentions to use a "dirty bomb".
In addition, the G7 countries intend to complete the introduction of a price ceiling for Russian oil in the coming weeks. In addition, the imposition of economic sanctions against Russia and other countries providing military support to the war in Ukraine will continue. In particular, the G7 foreign ministers accused Iran of transferring drones.
16:06 There is no confirmation of the arrival of Iranian ballistic missiles in Russia yet - there is only information about the conclusion of relevant contracts, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: "There is confirmation of the concluded contracts and receipt of all necessary agreements and approvals. There is confirmation that that a batch of more than a thousand units can take place, these are not only missiles, there are different weapons. Now we are talking about the next batch - these are still drones, these are 200 drones that are already on their way to Russia. This is confirmed information."
16:03 From Friday, November 4, the sale, manufacture and import of alcoholic beverages is prohibited on the territory of the de-occupied settlements of the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the Berislav regional military administration, Vladimir Litvinov, in order to ensure public order in the liberated territories.
15:58 Putin said that Russia respects the Ukrainian people, but the West behaves as if Ukraine does not exist - "throws Ukrainians into the furnace." He also stated that "a clash with neo-Nazis was inevitable, brought to the stage when the situation became deadly for Russia."
15:37 Reznikov explained that the weather conditions and the relief of the Kherson region somewhat slow down the movement and advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also noted that the behavior of the occupiers, indicating an alleged escape from Kherson, may be another IPSO of the enemy. At the same time, the minister did not rule out that the Russians are ready for a "goodwill gesture" in Kherson.
15:05 The United States plans to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine today, Reznikov said.
14:53 Reznikov said that the Russians had used up almost all Iranian kamikaze drones from the first batch. However, there are other contracts, according to which it is planned to supply from 1500 to 2400 drones.
14:22 Putin signed a law that allows conscripting citizens with unexpunged convictions for a number of serious crimes as part of the mobilization, as well as allowing them to perform alternative civilian service during the period of mobilization.
14:00 The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on the procedure for booking those liable for military service. According to the document, employees will be booked:
bodies of state power and local self-government, if their work is necessary to provide for these bodies in wartime;
enterprises and organizations that have been assigned mobilization tasks, if employees are involved in their implementation;
enterprises producing defense products;
enterprises, institutions and organizations that are critical for the functioning of the economy and the livelihoods of the population in a special period.
13:37 Putin said that in Russia the number of mobilized has already reached 318 thousand: "Why 318 thousand? Because the volunteers are coming. The number of volunteers is not decreasing." According to Putin, 49,000 of them are already fighting in Ukraine.
13:11 Putin said that those who live in Kherson should be taken out of the war zone - "the civilian population should not suffer."
13:09 The Russians are trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Svatovo and Kremennaya in the Luhansk region, said the head of the UVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Lugansk land is strewn with the bodies of the dead invaders: “Each time during the attacks, the Russians send their soldiers up to a platoon for “reconnaissance”, in which it is impossible to survive. accompanied by the fact that the Russians "trample" their 200s. Of course, no one takes the bodies."
Gaidai added that the shelling of the de-occupied settlements continues, so it is not safe to return there. In addition, villages and cities have not been cleared of mines, there are a huge number of unexploded shells. The evacuation of local residents continues.
13:03 The Russian military is using the territory of the Kursk nuclear power plant and related enterprises for the storage and maintenance of missiles. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, over the past few weeks, representatives of the Russian Armed Forces have been delivering missiles to the S-300 complexes to the underground hangars of the Kurskatomenergoremont enterprise near the village of Ivanino, Kursk Region.
Also at the end of October, the arrival of several civilian trucks on Iranian car numbers with an unknown cargo was noted in these hangars. It is likely that the Russian military is using this facility to covertly house and maintain missile munitions and Iranian UAVs. The presence of Iranian ballistic missiles in underground storage facilities is not ruled out.
12:40 The Verkhovna Rada adopted bill No. 8008 on protecting the financial system of Ukraine from the actions of the Russian Federation. The document, in particular, provides for the non-admission to the management and management of the subjects of primary financial monitoring of persons who are citizens of the Russian Federation; expanding the list of high-risk clients by citizens and legal entities that are residents of the Russian Federation and/or whose activities are related to it; Establishing an obligation for primary financial monitoring entities to report to the State Financial Monitoring Service on threshold transactions with entities related to the Russian Federation.
12:17 The Likud party of Benjamin Netanyahu won the parliamentary elections in Israel. About what his victory means for Ukraine and Russia - in the material of the Rada of Ukraine and the Russian Federation .
11:44 In Mariupol, local residents are asking for help by placing inscriptions on the walls and balconies of their houses. "We are cold, help," they write. The photo was published by the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko.
11:26 Scholz, during a visit to Beijing, told Xi Jinping that Russia's war against Ukraine "creates many problems for our rules-based world order."
10:53 The mayor of the city of Oleshki, Kherson region, Yevgeny Ryshchuk, announced a night strike on the Zolotoy Fazan hotel complex near the village. Radensk, Oleshkovsky district. The detonation continued for two hours, information on the number of equipment hit and personnel has not yet been received. The local population is not allowed to come close, according to preliminary data, the complex is completely destroyed.
10:20 British intelligence writes that due to low morale and unwillingness to fight, Russian forces probably began to deploy so-called barrage detachments or "blocking units." These units threaten to shoot down their retreating soldiers to force them to go on the offensive. This practice has already been used in previous conflicts by Russian troops. Also, Russian generals are likely to require commanders to use weapons against deserters. This indicates the low quality, low morale and indiscipline of the Russian troops, analysts say.
10:09 The rotation of the IAEA mission took place at the Zaporozhye NPP, the new group included nine people, the occupying "authorities" reported. This is the third IAEA mission at the nuclear power plant. The first included two people, the second - four.
09:58 Tonight, the Russians fired S-300 missiles at settlements in the Zaporozhye region. As a result of hitting one of the missiles, a gas pipe in an open area was damaged, a fire broke out, which was eliminated by rescuers. According to preliminary data, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
09:22 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 4. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions.
personnel - about 74,840 (+840) people liquidated,
tanks - 2750 (+16),
armored combat vehicles - 5580 (+28),
artillery systems - 1772 (+17),
MLRS - 391 (+1),
air defense systems - 201 (+3),
aircraft - 277 (+0),
helicopters - 258 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1450 (+8),
cruise missiles - 397 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4174 (+12),
special equipment - 155 (+1).
08:57 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) predicts that after the conclusions of the IAEA about the absence of a "dirty bomb" in Ukraine, the invaders will immediately try to transfer the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to the Russian power grid.
Meanwhile, Russian troops continue to withdraw individual units from the northwestern part of the Kherson region, but it is not yet clear whether they will fight for Kherson. Thus, Russian troops continue to prepare reserve positions on the left bank of the Dnieper, equipping defensive positions northwest of Kherson and transferring additional mobilized forces there. At the same time, some Russian elite units - such as airborne troops and marines - continue to operate on the right bank of the Dnieper, and their complete withdrawal from the north of the Kherson region would be a clearer indication that the Russians will not fight for Kherson or the inhabited points on the right bank.
ISW also notes that the occupiers have concentrated an insufficient number of mobilized for offensive operations near Bakhmut and Vuhledar in the Donetsk region. According to analysts, the Russian Federation has prematurely committed its newly mobilized personnel to offensive operations in the western part of the Donetsk region, seeking to gain minimal and operationally negligible territorial gains. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is likely to continue covert mobilization.
08:45 Yesterday, late in the evening, Russians fired at one of the districts of Nikolaev with S-300 missiles. A warehouse was destroyed, an administrative building and cars were damaged, a fire broke out in another warehouse, which was promptly eliminated. Previously, without casualties and victims, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
08:34 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, eight civilians were killed - five in Bakhmut, one each in Pokrovsk, Nelipovka and Krasnogorovka. In addition, in Krymki, law enforcement officers found the body of one civilian killed by the Russians during the occupation. Another 14 people in the region were injured during the day.
08:30 The head of the Lviv OVA, Maxim Kozitsky, said that air defense forces shot down an Iranian kamikaze drone over the Lviv region, there were no damages or casualties.
08:27 In the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, air defense forces destroyed eight enemy kamikaze drones tonight, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said.
08:19 In Kiev this morning, there are 450,000 consumers without power supply, which is one and a half times more than in previous days. Stabilization shutdowns occur due to overloading of the central node of the country's energy system, Klitschko said and urged the people of Kiev to save electricity as much as possible, as the situation remains difficult.
07:28 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of Russian invaders in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamennoe, Disputed, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka, Vodiane and Pavlovka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the Kherson region, there is increased traffic on the roads of trucks and cars with stolen property. Significant robberies are committed in Berislav and nearby settlements. In particular, property and repair facilities are being removed from power grid service enterprises.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:41 The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of the rocket engine manufacturing workshops of the plant in Pavlograd and three workshops of the Kommunar plant in Kharkov, which produced shells for the MLRS. 22:10 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of the rocket engine manufacturing workshops of the plant in Pavlograd and three workshops of the Kommunar plant in Kharkov, which produced shells for the MLRS.
19:48 The Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson region continues. There are more and more new graves. On the video- one of the rural cemeteries of Ukraine.
18:09 Andriivsky direction:
The enemy took no action.
I tried to find the lines of defense of the paratroopers and marines. He restored crossings across the Ingulets River, which were immediately hit by our fire weapons.
All three crossings in the areas of Ternovka, Davydov Brod and Velikoye Artakovo were put out of action by us. The enemy suffered losses and retreated.
18:00 DPR drones launched a massive attack on the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The operators of shock quadrocopters of the 3rd Brigade of the DPR carried out a massive raid on Ukrainian positions near Gorlovka. Several off-road vehicles were hit. The enemy also suffered losses in manpower.
17:06 An air raid alert sounds in the central part of Ukraine.
16:27 The situation in the Belarusian direction as of 14.00 November 4, 2022:
In the Lviv region in Starychi, on the basis of 184 training centers, the recruitment of 67 Mechanized Brigade continues. At the moment, the number does not exceed 500 people.
There is an acute shortage of officers in the 67th ombr. Part of the brigade’s fighters are planned to be sent to the Nikolaev-Berislav direction due to the high losses of the 24th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Starting from November 5, training courses for gunners of Western-made anti-aircraft missile systems will begin in Starichi.
Yesterday, a group of mobilized people was sent from Lvov to undergo training on the territory of Slovenia and Latvia. The fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine themselves believe that these particular classes are useless in terms of combat training and are needed only for a “tick” and a report on the allocated funds.
In the Rivne region, the management of Ukrenergo imposed a restriction on the generation of electricity at the Rivne NPP due to the failure of some open switchgears and high-voltage lines after the strikes of the Russian Armed Forces.
In the Zhytomyr region, at the training ground in Perlyavka, assault units of the 77th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being trained. Upon completion of coordination, the personnel will be transferred to the Soledar direction.
On November 4, under the guidance of American instructors, training courses for specialists in the use of the Krapiva automated control system begin in Kyiv.
In the Chernihiv region, instructors from NATO countries and foreign mercenaries are deploying positions at the 169th training center in Desna, which has already become the target of attacks by the Russian Armed Forces in spring and summer. Specialists are equipping command posts and establishing satellite communications.
A Ukrainian UAV was shot down in the Gomel region of Belarus.
In the vicinity of Semenovka, a group of MTRs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operates. Under their leadership, mobilized as part of the DRG are being trained.
15:07 Air alert announced in Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad and Poltava
oblasts of Ukraine - the authorities.
14:10 The headquarters of one of the units of foreign mercenaries is hit by a missile attack in Nikolaev - the Russian Defense Ministry.
13:45 Attempts to attack Ukrainian troops were thwarted in the Kupyansky direction, more than 110 Ukrainian soldiers, three tanks, 14 armored vehicles were destroyed - the Russian Defense Ministry.
12:44 In the Liman sector, the command of the Liman OTG, with the forces of two motorized infantry battalions, attacked Russian positions in the Krasnopopovka-Ploschanka direction. Artillery fire and MLRS forces of the enemy formations were squeezed out to the starting lines.
A Ukrainian DRG is operating to probe the front line of defense of the RF Armed Forces in the area northeast of Terna.
In the Lisichansky section of the RF Armed Forces, they delivered a massive strike on the positions of the 54th Ombre and 80th Specialized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Belogorovka and Serebryanka. The formations suffered losses in manpower, evacuation to spare positions is being carried out.
11:32 Poltava plunged into darkness, but the Roshen store did not.
09:50 Russian troops continued assault operations in the Prechistovka area and in Pavlovka at the Uludar site. The goal is to take control of the rocade and push the enemy across the Kashlygach River. Artillery hit Ugledar itself.
09:35 Our fighters found a rag of the Third Reich on the positions of the Ukronazis.
09:28 At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched at least five missile attacks on Ukrainian army facilities in Chuguev in the Kharkiv region. At the same time, Russian artillery worked on targets in Gatishche, Chugunovka, Udy and Veterinary.
09:08 In Kyiv, there are 450,000 apartments without electricity, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. This is one and a half times more than in previous days.
The reason is the overload of the power system throughout the country. In this connection, Klitschko urged to strengthen the economy.
08:09 UAV-kamikaze "Geran" flew to the Kyiv region, they were heard in the Bila Tserkva area.
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You don't get it, Sleatle. This is not a government site: private individuals pay for and maintain this site. But I wouldn't expect a Russian to understand that.
Frank, do me a favor and spamcop this freeloader.
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Done, Sorry @ #6
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No problem, Frank
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Keep Fapping, Jack SForza. Lies from NYT don't mean reality or future income from the Soviet paymasters ;-)
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Ok, forget the $50 -- $20 as a special discount for you. You just find the "Donate" button. It's an English word meaning "to give money".
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Well, we've conclusively established that Jack doesn't have $20 to spare. Baby needs new shoes, I guess. No wonder we had to give so much aid during WW2.
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Kyiv may be completely without electricity, water and communication - Klitschko
11/5/2022, 4:55:07 PM
The mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko does not rule out that the capital may be completely without electricity, water and communications due to Russian rocket fire.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:49 At about 1900 hrs in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) on the territory of the DPR controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a powerful explosion thundered.
According to preliminary data, the RF Armed Forces hit a large ammunition depot in the area near the railway station in the western part of the city.
Shortly before this, residents heard the sounds of Geran-2 kamikaze drones flying over, which they tried unsuccessfully to shoot down with small arms.
At the moment, detonations have been going on in the arrival area for several hours. Local authorities are urging residents not to leave their homes until the blasts stop.
19:37 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attack Donetsk. A civilian was killed in the Kuibyshev region. There are six wounded in the Kirovsky district. Gorlovka, Zaitsevo, Makeevka are also under fire. According to Leninsky, the Ukronazis worked from the Hymars, there is destruction.
19:26 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression in the residential area "Solnechny" (Kalinin district of Gorlovka), arrivals of enemy rounds were recorded near the Amstor shopping center and the Jazz gas station. The trolley was cut off between gas stations "MIF" and "Jazz" on the street. Peresypkin. Preliminary, no casualties - Prikhodko.
19:05 Shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Kurakhovo - n.p. Leninskoye (Starobeshevsky district): four missiles were fired from the Himars MLRS;
-- n.p. Leonidovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
18:06 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
18:05 A round-the-clock curfew has been declared in Kherson - the authorities.
16:17 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 4, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- on the street. Dagestan women were injured:
- women born in 1988, 1982, 1988
- men born in 1961, born in 1964
n.p. Vladimirovka (included in the area of ??responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- on the street. Gagarin killed men born in 1974, born in 2000.
- on the street. Victory wounded man born in 1985
- on the street. On March 8, a man born in 1961 was wounded. and a woman born in 1960
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kiev district):
- st. Stratonavtov, 1 "e" - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. Neverova, 46, 46 "a" - State Educational Institution "Gorlovsky College of Technology and Service";
- the building of boiler house No. 128 was damaged;
- per. Krutoy, 5 - a fire was detected;
- per. Krutoy, 5 "a" - a private residential building;
- st. Neverova, 4 - a private residential building; the gas pipeline was also damaged;
- st. Neverova, 3, 6 - private residential buildings;
- st. Russian, 8 - a private residential building;
- st. Vysotsky, 17, 21, 19, 23 - private residential buildings;
- st. Raspberry, 11, 13 - private residential buildings;
- st. Lyubimenko, 3 - a private residential building;
- st. Far, 50, 58, 64 - private residential buildings;
- st. Otechestvennaya, 5, 17, 31 - private residential buildings.
Part of the residential area "Komsomolets" is de-energized.
15:35 Makiivka, Guards again under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:24 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:17 Fixing the consequences of the shelling of the Central City District of Makeevka on 04.11.2022:
Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmed the shelling of the Tsentralno-urban district of Makeevka by the VFU, and also specified the weapons used and the direction of fire.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Kramatorsk, using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS. Area of responsibility of the 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade. The shelling of the Central City District of Makeyevka by the Armed Forces of Ukraine was carried out using weapons supplied by NATO countries, which, together with Ukraine, continue to kill civilians and destroy the social infrastructure of the Republic.
As a result of the shelling on the street. Lenin, 73/19, a woman born in 1954, a man born in 1954 died. was seriously injured.
Fixed damage at four addresses:
— st. Lenina, 73/19 - a direct hit in an apartment building, the roof, floor slabs, glazing, facade were damaged, the glazing of the city central library named after. Gorky located on the first floor of the house;
- st. Dzerzhinsky, 19 - ceilings, facade and glazing of a private residential building were damaged;
- st. Lenina, 77 - damaged facade, glazing of an apartment building;
- st. Lenina, 78 - the glazing of the building of the cinema them. Kirov.
14:40 According to updated data, as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression, damage to houses of varying degrees was revealed at the following addresses: st. Vysotsky, 21, st. Vysotsky, 23, st. Vysotsky, 19, st. Vysotsky, 17, st. Raspberry, 11, st. Raspberry, 13. Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka - Prikhodko.
13:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
13:11 In the housing estate "Komsomolets" on the street. Neverova, 4/4, as a result of the arrival of a Ukrainian shell, a gas tube, an extension, and a fence were damaged. On st. Russian, 8/2 gas pipeline damaged. Gorgaz went to the place for repair work.
13:05 Arrivals are reported in the Kuibyshevsky and Azotny districts of Donetsk.
13:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky, Kirovsky districts): seven rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
12:46 Gorlovka under shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:43 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
11:19 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:12 Kyiv district of Donetsk - two powerful arrivals with a whistle in the area of ????Putilovskaya grove. Be careful! In the risk zone Putilovka, 15 plot, Grigorievka, pos. Gorky, pos. Novorossiysk, Shcheglovka, etc.
10:49 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds fired with a caliber of 155mm.
10:18 Measure of Donetsk: According to updated data, in the direction of Petrovsky district at 9:45 from n. Krasnogorovka settlement fired six rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
09:45 Eyewitnesses report arrivals in the Petrovsky district. The information is specified — Kulemzin.
09:40 APU is shelling the village of the mine. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Residents of the village - leave the streets, move to shelters - Prikhodko.
09:36 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov, Kuibyshevsky districts): four rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
09:30 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds fired with a caliber of 155mm.
08:56 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds fired with a caliber of 155mm;
-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
08:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a massive attack on the settlements of the Kherson region, most of the rockets were intercepted by air defense systems.
08:07 The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to regain their previously lost positions and contracted near Novomikhailovka. Far Eastern motorized riflemen repulsed the enemy’s assault, forcing him to retreat with losses deep into the village
08:00 At night, Ukrainian militants attacked an apartment building in the Central City district of Makeevka. As a result of the shelling, a woman was killed and a man was wounded.
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[KP] Children of the inhuman 90s left to fight for the young. Because they are not used to retreat. Dmitry Steshin talks about simple and honest hard workers who have become new Russian heroes.
by Dmitry Steshin
Mobilized at the age of "over forty" become the backbone of our army in the combat zone. And the word "kuzmich" from fan jargon suddenly takes on a completely different meaning. "Kuzmich", KP.RU military correspondent Dmitry Steshin tried to understand this phenomenon. Morally stable, All life Growing for one team
I myself am a seasoned "kuzmich" , I am no longer over 40, but a little over 50, so please, no offense. You can’t rewind the years you lived back, let’s put up with it.
For the first time, I heard the definition of "kuzmich" almost at the end of the 90s from the "Zenith" football fans. There was something offensive in this word and at the same time very figurative. A typical "kuzmich" at the stadium is a hard worker of decent qualifications, a foreman or foreman, a medium-sized manufacturing businessman or builder.
Age over 40, family, morally stable, all his life he has been rooting for one team. From paraphernalia - a "rose" scarf, seeds, a sports newspaper, sometimes a heating pad with beer or port wine behind the belt of "holiday" trousers. The tube from the dropper was passed under an ironed white shirt, so that you could celebrate the goals of your favorite team or fill in the bitterness of defeat right on the podium.
The fans themselves, who dubbed the "kuzmichi", often did not go to the ball at all, but preferred to defend the honor of the team with fisticuffs in the bushes behind the stadiums and in the wastelands.
As a result, the eight-year struggle in Ukraine found everyone.
Many football fans went to fight as volunteers in the summer, and the “Kuzmichs” were enlisted en masse in the fall. Although, in the Donbass, “Kuzmichi” have been fighting since 2014. Before the special operation, I only met them here in the trenches, they pulled out the most hopeless period of this conflict, when there were no hostilities, and the dead and wounded were every day. It seems that the war is not visible, but there is burned-out equipment and dugouts destroyed by shells, skirmishes with enemy sabotage groups and its regular units, trying to constantly occupy the “gray zone.”
"Kuzmichi" dragged this war in detail, not seeing much difference between the positions at the "Promka" near Donetsk and work in the shop. For young people in their 20s and 30s, such a hopeless sitting in the trenches was painful.
I'm what the shop, what the fellow
The term "Kuzmich" with a different semantic content threw the same "Kuzmich" with the call sign "Admin" into the public space. "Admin" is also over 40 years old, he fought all his life - in the mountains, on the plains and in the sands. For several months he slept on the floor to my left, in the location of the DPR battalion "Vostok" near Mariupol. On the right was Vladlen Tatarsky , aspiring by age to Kuzmichi , who had been at war since 2014.
And at our disposal, whenever possible, there were always clean floors, food, coffee. We also had a lot of potions and pills. What to do, years. In the evenings, we treated each other with medicines for colds, stomach, and pressure. Sometimes - sleeping pills. But, every morning we got up at six and left for the front.
I am on my journalistic business, "Admin" with Tatarsky - for aerial reconnaissance. According to Kuzmichevsky, in detail, they have assembled a unique set of drones for various tasks and are still literally in great demand at the front. Almost irreplaceable.
Somehow, without agreeing, we supported the harsh male order of life, although no one demanded this from us. Exactly the same order I saw many times at the "kuzmichi" in positions.
I remember that in 2018, near Dokuchaevsk, I listened to a half-hour monologue by “Kuzmich”, the former director of the state farm. He told and showed me non-standard weapons, which he took away or knocked out for his defense unit. Starting from the Donchanka sniper rifle, manufactured by the DPR, and ending with the mines with which the Kuzmich covered his opornik from Ukrainian saboteurs. According to him, while extracting this military good, he even reported from his small front-line salary. And I have no doubt about it. Good commanders value such fighters above generals. Donchanka sniper rifle is an old PTRS antitank rifle issued to Red Army troops during WWII. Separatists stuck a scope on it, bore sighted it, then went to work with it. It uses the same 14.5mm cartridge used on the KORD machine guns on Russian tanks. This is the first time I heard this implementation called "Donchanka sniper rifle." Born in the USSR and Deceived by the West
It is well known that the exact nickname takes root instantly. And there is something special in the generation of "kuzmichi", some unique details.
Firstly, our generation was brought up by grandparents who really fought. And the winners! Who did not fight, just took a sip of military dashing. Beloved grandchildren, all this was told many times within the framework of the "oral tradition of transferring knowledge between generations."
For example, my grandmother, who fought, explained to me at what point it was already necessary to start fighting. White bread for her was a symbol of peaceful life and prosperity. She did not like black, because it reminded her of her youth left on the front road from Stalingrad to Frankfurt on the Oder.
The second detail: it was the generation of “kuzmichi,” born back in the Soviet Union, who believed in Perestroika, and then endured the terrible deceit and humiliation of the 90s, when the USSR was dismantled under the sweet speeches of the West.
The Kuzmichi know how the Empire was traded for aniline liqueurs, Jupi powdered juices, and Uncle Ben's Negro puree. They remember how already in 1992 the attitude of the West towards Russia changed. Love and friendship disappeared somewhere, and the so-called, in terms of those years, “goat presentations” began. It didn't for me until February 24th, 2022
These "Kuzmichi" understand that they were bred and thrown. Because after the deceit came poverty, humiliating "humanitarian", banditry, chaos and lawlessness. And a series of military conflicts: Transnistria, Abkhazia, Karabakh, Tajikistan, Chechnya, the first and second, a wave of terrorist attacks.
They did not run from mobilization like the juniors
The Kuzmichi will not step on the same rake a second time, we have an equation firmly embedded in our brains: a strong independent state - peace. And if this world needs to be conquered, do not hesitate, the “kuzmichi” will win it back, gnaw it out. "Kuzmichi" are absolutely devoid of illusions and understand that no one will do anything for them. When partial mobilization was announced, they did not flee to Georgia or Kazakhstan, like the generation of 20-30-year-olds. And most importantly, they know how to win and what this victory is worth.
All "kuzmichi" went through borderline states in their lives - wild and savory army service in the 90s, quarter-by-quarter fights, racketeering shootouts from Chinese TTs and converted gas pistols. They know how to distinguish between "a specific hit on a business from a punch" and enter the prison cell correctly. They know how to take away and how to protect.
“Kuzmich” will not hesitate to explain what he is fighting for: “for his wife”, “for the mine”, “for the boys”, “so that the children do not walk near the basements”, “for Russia”. He does not need to be agitated additionally, he, by definition, calmly endures dirt, cold, hunger and buying food with equipment for his own. But it would be nice not to take him for a dumb idiot. You can not deceive a person who is ready to part with life or health for the Motherland. "Kuzmichi" cannot stand such an attitude.
[ALAHRAM] "Today we establish a G7 coordination mechanism to help Ukraine repair, restore and defend its critical energy and water infrastructure," the ministers said after a two-day meeting in the western city of Muenster.
The club of rich countries said Russia was trying to "terrorise the civilian population" of Ukraine with attacks against people and infrastructure, in particular energy and water facilities.
"Indiscriminate attacks against civilian population and infrastructure constitute war crimes and we reiterate our determination to ensure full accountability for these and crimes against humanity," the ministers said in a statement.
The G7 also expressed concern over Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... 's recent comments on nuclear weapons and said any use of such arms would be met with "severe consequences".
"Russia's irresponsible nuclear rhetoric is unacceptable," they said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia's campaign against Ukraine's energy network has left around 4.5 million people without power.
For weeks Russian forces have rained missiles and explosive drones onto Ukraine infrastructure, apparently hoping to turn sentiment among the Ukrainian public and its neighbours against the war during the cold of winter.
Russian strikes over the past month have destroyed around a third of the country's power stations. The Kyiv government has urged Ukrainians to conserve electricity as much as possible.
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In other words , we get to pay for it while companies in other countries get the contracts.
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[RIA Novosti] The third committee of the UN General Assembly adopted the Russian draft resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, 51 countries voted against, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
A total of 106 countries voted for the document entitled "Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" 106 countries voted, 15 abstained. 51 countries voted against.
This resolution is adopted by the UN General Assembly annually . She must approve the project after it is supported by the third committee. The vote on this issue will take place later, usually in December.
The resolution recommends that countries take appropriate concrete measures, "including in the field of legislation and education, in accordance with their international obligations in the field of human rights, in order to prevent the revision of the history and results of the Second World War and the denial of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the Second World War".
The authors of the document condemn incidents related to the glorification and propaganda of Nazism, in particular, the application of graffiti and pro-Nazi drawings, including on monuments to victims of World War II.
The resolution urges states to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination by all appropriate means, including, if circumstances so require, by legislation.
In addition, the document condemns the use of educational materials, as well as rhetoric during training, that promote racism, discrimination, hatred and violence based on ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief.
[IsraelTimes] CNN ...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for... says Tehran asked Kremlin for nuclear material and fuel; could shorten the time it would take to build a nuclear weapon
Iran ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979... has requested assistance from the Kremlin for its nuclear program in the event that it fails to restore the 2015 nuclear deal with Western powers, CNN reported Friday.
Citing US intelligence officials briefed on the matter, the network reported that Iran asked Russia for nuclear material and fuel. These could shorten the time it would take to build a nuclear weapon.
However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... it was not clear if Moscow — which opposes the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran — had agreed to aid them in their efforts, according to CNN. Iran’s UN delegation and Russia’s Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request by the network for a comment on the report.
Negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal have remained stalled for months.
On Monday, US special envoy to Iran Robert Malley said the US was not "wasting" time trying to pursue a new deal, adding that there had been no movement in the negotiations since Iran imposed new, unconnected conditions in August.
"It’s really not our focus now," he said.
Iran has said a delegation will travel to Vienna for talks with UN nuclear watchdog officials. The ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency has been pressing Iran to give answers on the presence of nuclear material at three undeclared sites, a key sticking point that led to a resolution criticizing Iran being passed at a June meeting of the IAEA’s board of governors.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Wednesday he hoped that the IAEA would be able to resolve "accusations" brought against Iran, and that "we will be able to pass through this stage through technical cooperation."
Iran has repeatedly said it wants the IAEA to drop its interest in the three sites — a position that the nuclear watchdog has rejected.
Since the collapse of the 2015 accord, Iran has greatly increased its uranium enrichment efforts, reaching levels Western officials have said have no credible civilian use, as well as installing new and more advanced centrifuges to further grow its stocks.
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[IsraelTimes] Experts say use of Iranian weapons in Ukraine war may be a ’warning’ to Western powers; arms sales between the two countries remain a global concern
Iran ...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence... stands accused by Western powers of supplying drones to Russia for its war against Ukraine, with analysts saying such military cooperation is of immense interest for Tehran at a delicate moment for its theocratic leadership.
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Two failed states shake hands. (With fingers crossed.)
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...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...
...The nation is noted for 
