Ian Benjamin Rogers, 46, pleaded guilty to conspiring to destroy a building by fire or explosives, possessing an explosive device and possessing a machine gun
Rogers faces seven to nine years in federal prison after he and Jarrod Copeland, 38, planned a series of politically-motivated attacks targeting Democrats
Prosecutors said the pair believed that their attacks would spark a movement to overthrow the government
Their first planned target was the John L. Burton Democratic Headquarters in Sacramento, prosecutors said
Law enforcement officers who searched Rogers´s home in January 2021 seized nearly 50 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and five pipe bomb
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Drank deep of the white supremacy Kool-aid — that photo with a brassy, bleached blond coiffeur is symptomatic. It remains to be seen if the prison sentence will be a sufficient shock that he’ll be sensible by the time he returns to his wife and son.
[Reuters] Two blazes that grew into New Mexico's largest ever wildfire were both started by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the agency said on Friday, prompting the state's governor to demand the federal government take full responsibility for the disaster.
Forest Service investigators determined the Calf Canyon Fire was caused by a "burn pile" of branches that the agency thought was out but reignited on April 19, the Santa Fe National Forest said in a statement.
That blaze on April 22 merged with the Hermits Peak Fire, which the USFS started with a controlled burn that went out of control on April 6, the agency previously reported.
The combined blaze has so far torched over 312,320 acres(126,319 hectares) of mountain forests and valleys, an area approaching the size of greater London, and destroyed hundreds of homes.
"The pain and suffering of New Mexicans caused by the actions of the U.S. Forest Service – an agency that is intended to be a steward of our lands – is unfathomable," New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement.
Lujan Grisham said the USFS investigation was a step towards the federal government taking full responsibility for the destruction of property, displacement of tens of thousands of residents, and millions in state spending caused by the fire.
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a friend has been evacuated from his ranch in the Pecos area,just thinkin' but I wonder if there were some loose end "properties" up in those forests, not unlike a certain Epstein holding, that needed "cleaning"
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Reports at The Truth About Guns say the attendance at the convention is way down and the protests are not very impressive either. But the loudmouths on both sides will get plenty of media attention.
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But, hey, if you want to "empower" yourself by using heroin, the left is all in with that.
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OK, Let say a Guy plows into a Christmas Parade killing 20 people.
Should ALL Christmas parades, Car Shows, Car related commercials and Christmas Ads be canceled ????
NO
Because then the LIBERAL FRUIT-CAKES & NUT-JOBS would just plan their Attacks in an around major events them oppose to heighten their ANTI-______ agenda accomplishments.
[FoxNews] Police in Uvalde, Texas hosted a training on what to do during an active shooter situation at a school just two months before a gunman stormed Robb Elementary, killing 21.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department hosted an "active shooter scenario training" in March, just two months before the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday that left 19 children and two adults dead.
"Active Shooter for School-Based Law Enforcement" was the training hosted by the school district's police department on March 21, with "Peace Officers, School Resource Officers, and campus security officers" encouraged to attend.
The training was hosted at Uvalde High School, and covered topics such as "Stop the killing - solo response to active shooter events," "Stop the Dying: Transitioning to First Aid and Evacuation of the Injured," as well as an "Active shooter scenario training and evaluation."
Pictures from the training posted on the school district police department's Facebook page show officers role playing different scenarios that would be encountered during an active shooter situation. One photo from the drill shows officers in the hallway as individuals lie on the floor pretending to be dead or injured.
The training was mandated by Texas House Bill 2195, which states that school resource officers must complete training on active shooter situations.
According to a course guide for the active shooter training program, one of the objectives states that "the student will be able to compare/contrast an active shooter event and a hostage or barricade crisis."
"A simple barricade crisis develops when an armed actor(s) isolates themselves with little or no ability to harm innocent others. Barricaded subjects pose the greatest threat when attempts are made to enter the space and subdue them," the course guide goes on to state.
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It's not even worth bothering with conspiracy theories anymore. Incompetence and cowardice explain it all without any help.
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It's a power thing, the mother-may-I environment*.
In the 80s when the National Training Center got rolling one of the hallmarks of failure was if the boss at home station was a micro management guy, the visiting team inevitably collapsed on the playing field.
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From what I have read so far, the Incident Command System produced a default to the local School District Police Chief, who paralyzed much of the available resources urging dynamic breach, by defining the event, beyond all evidence, as a barricaded subject, not an active shooter. It was the BORTAC "mutiny" that ended the disaster. Somehow, adherence to Incident Command training froze better leaders, and the post-mortem may well find tragic incompetence and cowardice as a root cause. The lessons of Columbine were learned, but in this case were trumped by the reality that in crisis, "not all the brothers are valiant".
“We had large groups of juveniles walking around the downtown area,” a police spokesperson reportedly said. “We believe it’s from within that group that the shooting took place.”
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^Absolutely a Class Lady. A leader a country should be proud of even if non-Queening
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Prince William and Princess Kate appear to be thoughtful and responsible — much more so than Prince Charles, who means well but reportedly couldn’t think his way out of a paper bag. And so he falls for all the fashionable fads. Prince Harry has outlived his usefulness as spare heir, so it doesn’t really matter what he does short of fomenting revolution.
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[Korrespondent] 23:14 The Russians are going to use the obsolete T-62 tanks not for offensive, but for defense. As the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military District Oleksandr Starukh said on the air of the telethon, the occupiers have prepared a "defense in depth" in the south of the region. At the same time, he did not rule out another use of the T-62: "Knowing the Russians, they can find those who will agree to ride in these cars to their death. This is not a problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
22:52 Severodonetsk is under the Ukrainian flag, Russian troops have not advanced further than the Mir Hotel and are suffering significant losses, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. Meanwhile, Kadyrov claims that Severodonetsk has been “liberated” and is under the complete control of the troops of the Russian Federation and the “LPR”.
22:13 Anti-Russian sanctions have nothing to do with the food crisis in the world, Kuleba said: "Sanctions against Russia have nothing to do with the unfolding global food crisis. The only reason for the shortage, rising prices and the threat of hunger is the Russian military, which is physically blocking 22 million tons of Ukrainian food exports in our seaports. We demand that Moscow end the blockade."
22:01 Zelensky named the main directions on the front: "These are Severodonetsk, Lysichansk, Bakhmut, Popasnaya. Our defense is held in unbearable conditions, I am grateful to everyone who withstands the onslaught of the invaders."
21:56 The Russians fired several missiles at one of the industrial enterprises of Krivoy Rog, said the head of the military administration Alexander Vilkul: "The plant is almost destroyed. Explosions are heard. Rescue units are involved in the elimination of the consequences of the fire."
21:54 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he expects "good news" next week: "Every day we are working to strengthen our defense. This is primarily the supply of weapons. Every day we are approaching the fact that our army will prevail over the occupiers technologically and shock Of course, a lot depends on the partners, on their willingness to provide Ukraine with everything necessary to protect freedom. And I expect good news on this matter as early as next week."
21:38 Luxury yachts associated with sanctioned Russian oligarchs have begun disconnecting from automatic location tracking systems to avoid arrest, writes The Guardian.
21:32 Podolyak denied Putin's statement that Ukraine refuses to negotiate: "They are generating lies in Moscow again. Real negotiations are possible if Russia refuses hypocrisy (we say one thing, we do another), leaves the south and withdraws troops. Until then, negotiations is led by a separate "delegation" on the front line.
21:09 Germany is ready to transfer heavy weapons to Ukraine, in particular, Gepard self-propelled guns, German Ambassador Anka Feldhusen said on the air of the telethon: "There are two aspects. You can buy them directly from the manufacturer, but you need the government to give permission ... I think that the process has already begun. They [supplies] have already been approved."
As for the delivery of Marder armored personnel carriers, according to her, this equipment is no longer used in Germany and needs to be repaired.
21:00 Today, at about 18:00, a Russian plane fired three unguided rockets at two border settlements in the Sumy region, the State Border Service reported. As a result of the shelling, one person was injured, a church, a kindergarten, private housing and a road were damaged.
20:49 The Russians launched a missile attack on Krivoy Rog, said the head of the military administration Alexander Vilkul. The blow fell on the exit from the city, detailed information is being specified.
20:42 In Ukraine, about 35% of the economy is now not functioning due to the war, Shmygal told BBC journalists. He also said that the invaders destroyed more than 25 thousand km of roads, several hundred bridges and 12 airports. More than 100 educational institutions, over 500 medical institutions and 200 factories were also destroyed or damaged.
According to Shmygal, from 30% to 50% of GDP has been lost, the monthly budget deficit is $5 billion. According to various estimates, the direct damage to infrastructure and the economy is about $600 billion.
20:15 The head of the Odesa OVA Maxim Marchenko said that the number of shellings in the region has decreased: "In our direction, the war takes on a positional character, but it is strongly activated in the information space. Now we must think critically and impartially."
19:53 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated the Russian commander of the airborne assault battalion of the 104th airborne assault regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dosyagaev, the strategic communications department reported. Dosyagaev won the Winged Infantry category at the Russian Army-2021 festival.
19:40 Ukraine has received so many Harpoon anti-ship missiles that they are enough to sink the entire Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, said Serhiy Bratchuk, speaker of the Odesa OVA. He cited estimates by American experts, according to which five Harpoon missiles would be needed to disable an aircraft carrier, four to destroy a cruiser, and two to destroy a destroyer. One rocket is capable of causing serious damage when it hits a small ship or boat. For example, two Iranian ships were sunk by Harpoon missiles in the Persian Gulf.
19:18 A rocket attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk was launched on April 8 from the occupied areas of the Donetsk region - presumably from Shakhtersk or Starobeshevo, said Galina Prishchepa, spokeswoman for the SBU main department for Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
19:02 Johnson, following a conversation with Zelensky, said that London would continue to provide equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "I told President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky this morning that we are together with Ukraine for a long time. We will continue to provide equipment to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine defend our country, and We are working intensively to find ways to resume grain exports and prevent a global food crisis."
18:59 This afternoon, an enemy plane fired missiles at the border areas of the Sumy region. Six unguided rockets were fired at the border areas of the Sumy region, they fell outside the settlements. The Russians also fired five mortar mines from the direction of Troebortnoye settlement along the border area of the Shostkinsky district, the State Border Service reported.
18:57 The General Staff confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the offensive in the Kherson region, the enemy is defending at unfavorable lines near Andreevka, Lozovoye and Belogorka. The fighting continues.
18:52 Biden approved the abolition of the 25 percent duty on steel imports from Ukraine, the White House said. The duty was introduced under President Trump.
18:34 As a result of today's shelling of residential quarters of Nikolaev, one person was killed, six more were injured, reports OVA. Several apartment buildings were damaged.
18:17 Macron and Scholz, during a conversation with Putin, asked him to release the captured Ukrainian military from Azovstal, the French side said.
18:02 The speaker of the operational command Pivden Vladislav Nazarov reported on the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the southern front: "The situation on the line of contact has its own dynamics. As a result of the counter-offensive actions of our troops, the enemy has suffered significant losses and has to take up defensive positions at unfavorable, under-equipped lines. The fighting continues."
17:48 There is no information about a possible Russian offensive on Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon: "I was in touch with the commander-in-chief on this issue, and with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov. As of today, we do not have such information, which would indicate a possible offensive. But we must understand that the threat to Kiev and the entire territory of Ukraine is constant, because we have a war."
However, according to her, escalating the situation and creating "panic waves" can be beneficial for Russia: "Yesterday we were looking for roots where they could first appear on social networks. And it's worth saying that these are, indeed, Russian sources, and in that including efforts made by our not indifferent citizens".
17:43 On May 27, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the territory of the Chernobaevsk rural community, the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office reports. As a result of a shell hitting a private house under the rubble, one person died and six more were injured.
17:32 The Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kiev confiscated Rosneft's assets in the amount of almost UAH 23 million, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports. The funds are held in the account of a banking institution owned by Rosneft and controlled by the Russian Federation.
17:11 The military intelligence of Ukraine has received evidence of the use of microelectronics produced in the United States in the arms and military equipment of the Russian Federation, writes The War Zone. Foreign-made microcircuits were found by employees of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in the Russian Pantsir air defense systems, Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters and Kh-101 cruise missiles.
17:00 A resident of Makeevka, Donetsk region, on whose tip Russia fired at Kharkov, was found guilty of treason by the court and sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
16:55 The occupiers have started the first loading of rolled metal products from the Mariupol port. Since there is no confirmation of the unblocking of the new gates, the metal will be taken out in small batches, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city.
16:46 Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Buyar Osmani paid an official visit to the Kiev region.
16:27 In Berlin, it was reported that Scholz and Macron, in a conversation with Putin, called on the Russian president for an immediate truce and withdrawal of troops, and also offered him to negotiate directly with Zelensky and resolve the Ukrainian-Russian conflict through diplomacy.
15:41 Putin, in a telephone conversation with Macron and Scholz, reiterated that negotiations with Ukraine were frozen through the fault of Kiev, and the Russian side was "open to resuming dialogue." He also warned that "pumping Ukraine with Western weapons" threatens to "further destabilize the situation and aggravate the humanitarian crisis."
As for the difficulties with food supplies, they, according to Putin, "become the result of the erroneous economic and financial policies of Western countries, as well as the sanctions they have imposed." Russia is allegedly ready to "facilitate finding options" for the unimpeded export of grain, including the export of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea ports, the Kremlin press service reported.
"Reducing tension" in the world food market, according to the head of the Kremlin, will also allow increasing the supply of Russian fertilizers and agricultural products, "which, of course, will require the removal of sanctions restrictions."
15:05 Europol will create an international working group to oversee weapons that, as a result of the war in Ukraine, may fall into groups of criminal groups. A similar situation already happened 30 years ago as a result of the war in the Balkans, and weapons are still in use. Director of Europol Catherine de Bolle noted that the agency records secret movements of terrorists known to the authorities and extremists ready for violence between Ukraine and the European Union.
14:47 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, denied rumors that electricity would be completely cut off in the region: "There will be electricity in the region. Our power engineers continue to do everything possible to ensure that the electricity supply is stable, and restore it as soon as possible after the shelling."
Kirilenko said that the Russians are conducting targeted fire on infrastructure facilities, so power outages are inevitable. He again urged local residents to evacuate.
14:23 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar denied Moscow's information that Lyman had come under Russian control. According to her, fighting continues in the city: "We can definitely say that the situation is difficult, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting back."
13:58 The Russians have been firing rockets at the city of Merefa, Kharkiv region, for two days in a row, as a result, an electrical substation operating on solar batteries has been destroyed, the head of the Merefa community, Veniamin Sitov, said.
13:47 Zelensky said in an interview with Nieuwsuur that it only makes sense to negotiate peace with Putin, since "he has formed a state in which no one can make decisions."
The President also expressed his conviction that Ukraine will win the war with Russia - the only question is at what cost and when: "For me, victory means the return of all our territory. I don't think we can take back all of our territory militarily. If we decide to do it, it will cost us hundreds of thousands of lives. That's for sure. Every Ukrainian wants to return both Donbass and Crimea. I think we should at least return to the situation on February 24, when the Russians invaded our country. Then we can talk about restoration our territory through diplomatic channels.
13:20 There is not a single building left in Avdiivka, there is no water, electricity, gas, but humanitarian aid is being brought in and there is an opportunity to evacuate, the head of the city administration Vitaliy Barabash said on the air of the telethon.
13:07 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Johnson - they discussed strengthening defense support, ways to prevent a food crisis and unblocking ports, supplying fuel to Ukraine, stepping up work on security guarantees.
13:00 Russians shelled the residential areas of Nikolaev in the morning. Preliminarily, as a result of the shelling, civilians were injured, said the mayor of the city, Alexander Senkevich.
12:48 In Mariupol, the occupational authorities have officially announced that it is up to the residents themselves to restore electricity in their homes. At the same time, condominiums as a form of operational management of houses will be eliminated, instead, housing offices will be restored, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of the city.
12:39 Ukrainian soldiers released from Russian captivity, most of whom were taken prisoner near Mariupol, spoke about torture and ill-treatment. At first they were kept in basements and outbuildings, then they were transferred to Donetsk, after that - to the pre-trial detention centers of Taganrog and Voronezh, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said.
In captivity, Ukrainian servicemen were tortured - threatened with murder, beaten and humiliated, while torture was applied with particular cruelty to the officers and fighters of Azov. Ukrainian servicemen reported that the Russians, among other things, injected them with an unknown drug with the letter "M", after which they lost consciousness and memory.
The invaders forced Ukrainian soldiers to learn the poem Forgive us, dear Russians , the anthem of the Russian Federation, the history of the creation of the coat of arms and the flag of the Russian Federation. Electric torture was used. Male prisoners of war were severely beaten in front of female prisoners of war, and women were forced to have sexual intercourse. Medical care was not provided to the wounded, the prisoners were practically not fed, water was given at 1.5 liters per 30-40 people.
12:04 Ukrainian sailors caught and handed over to the border guards a life buoy and a light buoy from the Russian cruiser Moskva , head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Serhiy Deyneko said.
12:02 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the complete capture of the city of Krasny Liman.
11:44 Ukraine received M109 self-propelled guns and Harpoon missiles, Reznikov said: "This was the result of cooperation between several countries. Harpoon missiles will also strengthen coastal defense. The Ukrainian military has already undergone combat training for their use."
11:17 S&P downgraded Ukraine's credit rating in foreign currency by one notch - from B-/B to CCC+/C (close to default). The rating agency's experts believe that the war in Ukraine will drag on, and this will lead to a situation in which the payment of debts by Kyiv will be more dependent on international assistance.
11:15 Zelensky said in an interview with Nieuwsuur that he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte have differences of opinion regarding Ukraine's membership in the EU: "I told him very frankly: if you think that we have no place in the EU, then you should say it clearly."
According to the president, Rutte told him that the EU has a place for Ukraine, "but then you need to go through certain steps." Zelensky agreed with the need for reforms, including the fight against corruption: “Yes, there are problems. And you have them in many countries. There are reforms that we still need and that we want to implement. And we are doing this not for the EU, but for ourselves. We want to realize them. But it takes time... We will also not be a member of the EU tomorrow. We would like to become a candidate member."
Zelensky noted that 62% of the population of the Netherlands support Ukraine's membership in the EU. Therefore, he believes that politicians should also support membership, because they are chosen by the people.
11:09 Kherson region switched to Moscow time, said the "deputy head" of the region Kirill Stremousov.
11:06 Over the past day, the Kievsky district of Kharkov was shelled, at night there were several hits of shells in Malaya Danilovka, fires broke out in two private houses. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. They also shelled the Kharkiv region, in Slatino and Balekley two people were injured, one was killed.
10:50 The third meeting in the Ramstein format, which will be attended by ministers from more than 40 countries, will be held on June 15, NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov said in an interview with Channel 24.
10:44 Slavyanskaya TPP has been stopped since May 27 due to constant shelling in the area, Donbasenergo reports.
10:19 Japan will continue emergency grant assistance to Ukraine and allocate an additional $166 million for this. According to the country's Foreign Ministry, these funds should ensure the transfer to Kyiv, in particular, of fire-fighting equipment, communications equipment, medicines, medical supplies through the UN Office for Project Services.
10:02 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of May 28. The enemy suffered the greatest losses over the past day in the Avdiivka and Krivoy Rog directions.
personnel - about 30,000 (+250) people liquidated,
tanks - 1330 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 3258 (+12),
artillery systems - 628 (+5),
MLRS - 203 (+2),
air defense systems - 93 (+0),
aircraft - 207 (+1),
helicopters - 174 (+4),
UAV operational-tactical level - 503 (+0),
cruise missiles - 116 (+1),
ships/boats - 13 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2226 (+0),
special equipment - 48 (+0).
09:36 In Severodonetsk, the enemy entered the Mir hotel, suffered huge losses, but remains in the building, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He also said that Severodonetsk is not cut off now, "but, by and large, trucks will not pass there." According to him, there are a lot of shot cars on the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway.
09:13 Russia fails to solve the problem of providing for the occupying units. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the commanders of the logistics units of the Russian troops, in order to avoid liability for the loss of equipment, prohibit drivers from evacuating the wounded and delivering food and fuel to advanced units. More than 3,000 rear vehicles of the Russian army continue to be in points of permanent deployment.
Since the beginning of the military invasion of Ukraine, the logistics troops of Russia have already deployed more than 45% of the available vehicles. However, it turned out that the entire logistics scheme of the Russians could not meet the needs of a significant number of troops at a distance of more than 100 km from their own border. The defenders of Ukraine have already destroyed more than 2,200 cars and tank trucks of the invaders.
09:03 In Mariupol, the occupants installed mobile shower tents because they could not establish water supply, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said.
09:01 British intelligence reports that most of the Liman has been captured, and now Russia can move on to the next stage of the offensive in the Donbass. Liman is of strategic importance, as it is a major railway junction, and there is also access to important railway and road bridges across the Seversky Donets River.
Analysts suggest that in the coming days, Russian units in the area are likely to start crossing the river. And while the main effort will be at Severodonetsk, the bridgehead at Liman will give Russia an advantage in the potential next phase of the offensive - to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
08:45 A missile attack was carried out in the Sumy region, a farm enterprise was destroyed in the Putivl community, there is no information about the victims, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
08:43 The occupying "authorities" of the Kherson region reported that "for security purposes" they closed the borders with regions controlled by Ukraine.
08:41 Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov commented on the likely provision of long-range missile weapons to Ukraine: "The Americans are well aware that their actions are delaying the prospects for achieving peace. The United States is getting deeper and deeper into the crisis in Ukraine. This is fraught with unpredictable consequences for global security."
08:39 In Melitopol, partisans are posting leaflets against obtaining Russian passports. The guerrillas also invite the townspeople to a pro-Ukrainian rally on May 29, Zaporizhia OVA reports.
08:33 In the morning, the Russians hit the Zelenodolsk bulk of the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery. There is destruction, but people were not injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:30 In the sky over Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, two enemy air-to-air missiles self-destructed during aviation activity, OK Pivden reported. It is also reported that the Russians brought to the Kherson region a train of about 30 units of fifty-year-old reactivated T-62 tanks, as well as automotive equipment, armored combat vehicles, multiple launch rocket systems.
08:16 The representative of the Odessa military administration, Sergei Bratchuk, called Russia's announcement of supposedly safe routes in the Black Sea for civilian shipping a manipulation.
08:03 In the Luhansk region, the Russians managed to be pushed back to their previously occupied positions, another bridge between Severodonetsk and Lisichansk was damaged, but the passage between the cities is preserved, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russians had significant losses, and they were forced to retreat in the area of Severodonetsk, Toshkovka and Oskolonovka. At the same time, the enemy does not leave attempts to reach the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and disrupt the logistics of the Luhansk region.
The enemy fired at Severodonetsk point-blank several times, at least three times - very powerfully, in some places street fighting began. As a result, 14 high-rise buildings were damaged. The adjacent village of Sinetsky, which the locals often call a farm, was also seriously shelled.
07:42 Over the past day, Russian troops have tried to develop success in the Bakhmut direction and reach the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the attack was repelled, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning summary . The enemy carried out offensive and assault operations with the support of mortar and artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Nagornoe, Vasilievka, Kamyshevakha and Vozrozhdeniye.
07:22 Among the Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, there are no residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg, Podolyak said on Twitter: “By the way, why in the struggle for the“ Russian world ”in Ukraine, Buryats act as“ expendable ”people, whose corpses are littered with our fields, Tuvans, Dagestanis and Chechens, but not Muscovites and Petersburgers? The forced colonies of the Russian Nazi empire should ask themselves a few questions ... "
07:15 A storm in the Black Sea forced part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s ship group to retreat to shelters near Crimea, but two missile and three landing ships continue to act as navigation blockers and threaten missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, OK Pivden reported.
07:09 The American Institute for the Study of War notes that Russian troops have shown themselves poorly in operations in the city, so they are unlikely to be able to move quickly through Severodonetsk. They continue to build up positions around the city, but did not cordon it off. Russian forces are likely to continue their gradual advance and may cordon off Severodonetsk in the coming days. APU slowed down the advance of the Russians.
Russian operations around Izyum remain at a standstill, and enemy forces will probably not be able to increase the pace of the offensive. Russian forces are advancing from Liman in a direction both to the southwest to support their forces in Izyum, and to the southeast to Seversk. It will probably be difficult for them to achieve any goal in the coming days.
06:51 The United States has signed a $625 million contract with Raytheon Technologies for the supply of Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Reuters writes. Thus, the stocks of weapons previously sent to Ukraine will be replenished.
03:50 The United States approved the supply of MLRS to Kiev, capable of hitting "tens of miles further than any artillery installation that Ukraine currently has at its disposal," writes The Wall Street Journal. The new assistance package will also include HIMARS systems, which have approximately the same missile launch range, but move on wheeled chassis.
00:01 Due to the position of Hungary, the EU fails to break the deadlock proposals for an embargo on Russian oil. On Monday, May 30, EU leaders will gather for an extraordinary summit. For more details, see the material Sanctions Deadlock .
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:34 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the dispatch of another group of volunteers to Ukraine. He did not specify how many people were in it, but noted that the fighters leave Grozny every week.
21:16 Air raid alert almost throughout Ukraine.
20:48 Explosions are heard in Krivoy Rog.
17:31 Melitopol border guards laid flowers at the mass grave.
17:00 Life in Kakhovka and New Kakhovka is gradually getting better. Sowing work has already begun, residents are gathering vegetables and preparing for the fruit harvest. An eternal flame burns near the shore.
15:53 Humanitarian aid has been delivered to the village of Astrakhanka (Melitopol District) from the Russian Emergencies Ministry. Volunteers and employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have already delivered 103 food packages. People got everything they needed: sunflower oil, canned food, condensed milk, cereals.
15:26 Putin, in a conversation with Scholz and Macron, confirmed the openness of the Russian side to resume dialogue with Kyiv - Rhtvkm.
14:39 Media: Poroshenko was not released from Ukraine again.
14:28 Biden and Zelensky will achieve their goal - they will go down in history as presidents who staged a famine on the planet - Volodin.
11:49 Briefing by the official representative of the RF Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov as of 11.00 on May 28, 2022 on the progress of the special operation in Ukraine
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
▪️As a result of the joint actions of the units of the people's militia of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Russian armed forces, the city of RED LYMAN was completely liberated from Ukrainian nationalists.
▪️High-precision air-launched missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the village of BAKHMUT destroyed: the forward command post of the 30th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the command post of the territorial defense brigade in the village of SOLEDAR.
Affected: 5 command and observation posts, 17 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, and also destroyed four ammunition depots in the area of NYRKOVO, BAKHMUT and MIRONOVKA of the Donetsk People's Republic.
▪️During the day, tactical and army aviation hit 6 command posts, a communications center, 4 ammunition depots, 2 Grad MLRS batteries, as well as 50 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment. As a result of air strikes, more than 260 nationalists were killed.
▪️During the day, fighter aircraft shot down 2 Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the air over the settlements of ZAHRADOVKA, Kherson region and BARVENKOGO, Kharkiv region.
▪️Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near the village of Orekhovo, Zaporozhye region.
▪️During the day, 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the air in the areas of the settlements of ZHOVTNEVOE, PITOMNIK, RUSSIAN LOZOVAYA, LIPTSY, VOLOKHOV YAR, DEEP, STRELECHIA, PETROVSKOE, MIKHAILOVKA, MOSPANOVO, SMALL PATHS of the Kharkiv region, PERVOMAISK of the Luhansk People's Republic, Voznesensk of the Nikolaev region.
One Ukrainian strike unmanned aerial vehicle "Bayraktar TB-2" was shot down near the village of POKROVKA, Mykolaiv region.
▪️A Ukrainian ballistic missile "Tochka-U" was intercepted in the SVATOVO region of the Donetsk People's Republic, and 7 Smerch MLRS rockets were shot down in the areas of the settlements of DRY KAMENKA in the Kharkiv region and GOLAYA PRISTAH in the Kherson region.
▪️Rocket troops and artillery hit
57 command posts, 618 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, 42 Ukrainian artillery and mortar units at firing positions, 2 batteries of Grad multiple launch rocket systems.
▪️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 182 aircraft, 128 helicopters, 1,045 unmanned aerial vehicles, 324 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,297 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 444 multiple rocket launchers, 1,714 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 3,245 units of special military vehicles.
11:41 Fighter aircraft shot down two Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 planes in the air in a day - Russian Defense Ministry.
11:36 “Russians are good people, good soldiers. They do not mock, as the Ukrainians say. Friendly, one for one, like brother with brother… Ukrainians are not that **** corrupt.” A captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with tears in his eyes, says that he was thrown to fight "like meat."VideoMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
11:31 In Nova Kakhovka, utilities continue to clean up the streets of the city. Employees of the KP "Ecoservice" are mowing the grass in the old part of the city, and the road workers from the KP "Road Operational Administration" carried out backfilling of the roadbed on Dzerzhinsky Street.
11:02 On the entire huge arc of the front, that is, from Kharkov to Kherson, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack at two extreme points, actually near Kharkov and near Kherson. In the center of the arc, that is, where the main forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrated, no counteroffensives are being undertaken. It is impossible to achieve any military result with the strikes that Ukraine is now carrying out, therefore the maximum that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can achieve is a brief media effect, as with that very migrating border pillar.
10:25 Kherson region closed its borders with regions controlled by Ukraine for security purposes - deputy head of the regional administration.
10:24 Residents of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, are standing in line for Russian SIM cards.
09:35 In Ukraine, the situation withfuel shortage:
In Sumy, due to the lack of hot water, buses will run only during rush hour in the morning and evening. The director of the communal Elektroavtotrans hopes that the authorities will be able to provide fuel in the near future, but the chances of this are slim. In Zaporozhye, residents complain about problems with minibuses, it is impossible to get to the Shevchenko district. The authorities announced a rise in prices to 13 hryvnia for travel. In Akhtyrka, Sumy region, public transport may stop due to a lack of fuel and lubricants. According to preliminary estimates, fuel supplies will last only two weeks. The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance confirms the stable growth in the cost of fuel. The price for the A-95 reached 50.7 hryvnia, for the A-92 - 49.4 hryvnia.
And the icing on the cake: in Kyiv, they are already thinking again about the return of state regulation of fuel prices. The very one that was literally recently canceled precisely as part of the fight against the deficit. All this clearly demonstrates both the managerial failures of the Ukrainian authorities and their categorical inability at the moment to cope with the fuel crisis.
09:05 Personnelconducting combat by a subdivision of the Airborne Forces. Russian paratroopers, supported by artillery fire, suppressed the resistance of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located at an advantageous height and forced the Ukrainian militants to leave their positions. During the battle, paratroopers destroyed two armored personnel carriers and about 20 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:00 The Russian military used the latest heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 "Tosochka" during a special operation in Ukraine, TASS source.
08:13 Residents of the Kharkiv region reported at night that Ukrainian MLRS were firing towards the Belgorod region. Muted explosions are heard near the Russian border.
#1
Russia has raked in billions on oil sales. India and China account for most of it. Reduced price will attract countries like Sri Lanka who currently cannot afford oil or importation of food. Oil is a countries greatest need. Take oil away and the nations standard of living will decline dramatically and quickly.
#2
With US approval, Ukraine is giving up sovereignty to Poland in western Ukraine.
First was the revelation that Zelensky is invotibg (with US approval of course) Polish "peacekeepers" into western Ukraine -- even though there are no hostilities in that part of the country.
Then on May 24 Zelensky announced "joint customs control” on Ukraine’s border with Poland... “also the beginning of our integration into the common customs space of the European Union…."
This is an Anschluss of two former rivals. The enemy here is as much the Franco-German EU axis as it is Russua.
#3
The Polish power grab is not unexpected but is astounding nonetheless. It is an extraordinarily reckless and foolish maneuver on the part of the Biden administration. It represents an escalation of the war and a direct attack on western unity.
The Russians will begin to target the Polish "peacekeepers" and the war, rather than coming to a conclusion, will escalate to get another front, this time in the west on NATO's border.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:51 Kyiv security forces fired at Pervomaisk from an artillery gun - JCCC.
21:35, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four shells with a caliber of 152mm into the city.
22:40 The armed formations of Ukraine (VFU) fired at the territory of the DPR, injuring two civilians, on March 28, the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports.
A girl born in 2004 in the village of Vladimirovka and a man born in 1977 in Mariupol were injured.
22:05 Severodonetsk is under our complete control - Ramzan Kadyrov.
21:50 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU in Donetsk at the following addresses:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Kuibyshev, 134 - a direct hit in the house;
- st. Krakowska, 7 - the private sector, the car was also damaged.
Kirovsky district:
- st. Koksokhimicheskaya, 1 - a former coke plant;
- st. Suvorov, 115 - store "Troyanda";
- st. Ostrogorsky - 24/2 - private sector.
20:54 The shelling of the VFU de-energized the village of Bayrak in Horlivka. More than 1,000 subscribers were left without electricity.
20:21 On the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman born in 1982. as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Kirovsky district of Makeevka at the address: st. Manuilsky, 117a.
Also, as a result of the shelling of the VFU, damage was recorded at the following addresses:
Petrovsky district Donetsk:
- st. Club, 37 - private sector;
- st. Dunaevsky, 1 - MBOU "School No. 103".
Kirovsky district of Makeevka:
- st. Manuilsky, 100, 102, 106, 115a, 117a - private sector;
- st. Manuilsky, 98, 115a - the gas pipeline was damaged.
n.p. Gorlovka (settlement Bayrak):
- st. Zhelebova, 106 - private sector;
- st. Astakhova, 2 - private sector;
- st. Pavlovsky, 10 - the private sector;
- st. Severodonetskaya, 10 - the private sector.
At the moment, the village is de-energized due to the shelling of the VFU.
19:30 AFU continue shelling Kalininsky district of Horlivka
Damage received housing construction on the street. Academician Pavlovsky and st. Astakhov.
16:33 “The territory in the Svyatogorsk region to the north-west of Krasny Liman and north of Slavyansk is gradually passing under the control of Russian units. There is information about the liberation of the village of Pasika, ”said Yevgeny Poddubny, military commander of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
16:20 Centralized water supply is being launched in two districts of Mariupol
In the coming weeks, water will be supplied to the Ilyichevsk and Ordzhonikidzovsky districts.
To date, centralized water supply is already supplied to the Oktyabrsky and Primorsky districts of the city, but not all facilities have the opportunity to supply water.
15:55 Pushilin: More than 1,300 residential buildings, as well as 152 sports and educational institutions need to be restored in Mariupol. Russia will assist in the restoration of the city.
15:50 Sixteen servicemen of the 95th Airborne Assault and ten of the 25th Airborne brigades voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered to the DPR forces.
15:43 Ukrainian Nazis again fired at the Solnechny residential area in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka. The apartment buildings along the street were hit. Rogozina, 5, st. Br. Mazikovykh, 33, 35, 37 (photo 1, 2, 3), the building of the Center for Primary Health Care No. 1 on the street. Rogozina, 3.
15:10 As of May 27, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a group of troops of the DPR and LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated and established full control over 220 settlements, including Krasny Lyman.
14:50 Ukrainian MLRS BM-21 "Grad" from positions in Avdiivkacontinuestrike at the residential areas of Yasinovataya.
14:30 People's militia of the LPR gives Ukrainian nationalists in Zolote last opportunity to stay alive.
13:40 A branch of DonNTU will be created in Mariupol. According to the rector of the university Alexander Anoprienko, the base of the Priazov State Technical University will be used for this.
13:35 A branch of DonNTU will be created in Mariupol. According to the rector of the university Alexander Anoprienko, the base of the Priazov State Technical University will be used for this.
13:30 As a result of the armed aggression of Ukrainian militants, damage to a number of housing constructions of varying degrees in the village of Bayrak (Kalinin district of Gorlovka) was revealed:
he Mezhlauka, 65 (photos 1, 2), 108 a, st
. Astakhova, 94 (photo 3);
he Dunaevsky, 51;
he Rubinstein, 46;
he Mezhlauka, 73;
he Markina, 77;
he Dunaevsky, 88;
he Intermediate, 73, 75 (photos 4, 5), 126.
13:18 Personnelarrival in the liberated port of Mariupol of the first civil vessel. Dry cargo ship RM 3 type Slavitich entered the port accompanied by two Russian anti-sabotage ships and a boat with combat swimmers. The ship will take on board a cargo of rolled metal products from the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:54 On May 27, more than 2,300 patients received qualified medical care in the liberated territory of the DPR
12:20 On May 27, rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR in Mariupol issued humanitarian aid to the population in the form of 8,127 sets, of which:
12:15 The operational line of the DPR JCCC received information about wounding a civilian - male born in 1936 as a result direct hitVFU projectile in a residential building in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk at the address: st. Shvernik, 27 (private sector).
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
11:40 Russian Ministry of Defense: the city of Krasny Liman is completely liberated from Ukrainian nationalists.
11:33 Ukrainian militantsfired uponMakeevka. As a result of the shelling, the private sector in the Krasnogvardeisky district was damaged.
10:13 The first ship entered the seaport of Mariupol.
09:47 As a result of hostilities on the territory of the Kuibyshev region on the street. Odintsov, the high-pressure gas pipeline 426 mm was damaged. Currently, work is underway to eliminate the emergency without disconnecting subscribers.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122mm caliber.
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five mines in 120mm caliber.
n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
#3
I lost all respect for Australia when their diplomats and spooks got involved in the conspiracy against Trump. At least two of the "Five Eyes" (UK and Australia,) need to be gouged out.
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#4
*Shrug* The Sons of Chin bribing barbarian tribes -- how novel!
#5
If we re-industrialize, stop foreign ownership of agricultural assets, return to energy independence and secure the borders, American prosperity returns and since its mostly a zero-sum game, The Middle Kingdom diminishes. Long term, the impact on the Pacific will effectively reduce these issues to regional, not strategic, level. Its Western Money that feeds the PLA/PLAN/PLAAF and PLA-whatever. When it dries up, the corruption eats itself there first.
#8
While I like the average Aussie there is some Past History from the Colonial Days. I read some books on WW2 in the SE Pacific and they noted in passing some of the "charming" behavior of Aussie/British planters in Papua New Guinea and the islands. A full day of hard labor in the copra plantations (well, as far as what a 'hard day' meant there *cough*) would be paid for by a few tobacco cigarettes. When the American GIs blew through and gave cigarettes away it made a lasting impression... (The Cargo Cult movement was a side effect).
TL/DR: There is some cynicism and ill will left from the Colonial years among the natives...
#10
Fuck the Australian GOVERNMENT! We all saw how they did and are still treating their own people over the covid bullshit. Can't blame the Island nations taking up for themselves.
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#11
So they're going to side with the people whose labs made the virus?
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The "Xinjiang Police Files" document the scale and brutality with which the Chinese state oppresses its mainly Moslem Uyghur minority. The cache's publication comes at a time when many are thinking — and speaking out — about values-based foreign policy.
German politicians have expressed shock. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for a transparent investigation. Human rights, "which Germany is committed to protect globally," are a fundamental part of the international order, Germany's Foreign Office said in a statement.
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[Dawn] The the long lists of sections under which the various FIRs were registered can be seen at the link, though why anyone not a Pak policeman or prosecuting attorney would have the slightest interest is beyond me. [Dawn] Eleven more cases were registered against the PTI leadership, including Chairman Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders... , and scores of activists under different sections of Pakistain Penal Code (PPC), police said on Friday.
Besides, the Hassanabdal police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khursheed Khan, his chief security officer and around 4,000 other participants of the PTI long march for rioting and disturbing public order besides violating Section 144.
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