On Friday morning, police say Joseph Ridge, 58, broke into the Middleborough, Massachusetts home of Avery Cormie, 14, and her 12-year-old sister while they were home alone
Avery was awoken by Ridge and she bravely confronted him with two steak knives
The terrified teen called 911, asking the dispatcher if she can 'call her parents really fast,' but she remained on the line
As Ridge fled Avery recorded his truck which Middleborough police said led to his arrest
Ridge was apprehended shortly after and charged with aggravated breaking and entering during the day, trespassing and disorderly conduct
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I recommend keeping a set of scary contact lenses handy for such a situation. A knife in hand and demon eyes... the only thing to worry about is the urine they'll leave across your floor as they run out.
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For repeat offenders out on parole and/or on bail awaiting conviction. I could support Ankle GPS trackers for the duration of the parole or until the court hearing.
Plus, a law making the removal of an Ankle GPS tracker by anyone other than a court appointed official a felony.
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It's already a felony to remove an ankle monitor.
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Elsewhere here we are told the gummint spends millions on empty hotel rooms. But jail cells cost too much.
Riiiiiight...
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The Daily Mail calls for the arrest of the children for possession of a dangerous weapon, and their parents for allowing minors easy access to such weapons. Leave it to Americans to think they need more than one kind of knife, and for turning children into unnatural murderers without any regard to the Senior community and their needs.
[NYPOST] Alleged subway shooter Frank James complained his career as a machinist was derailed by discrimination — but court records show he was a shoddy worker who refused to fix his own mistakes.
Untreated mental illness can be a distraction from perfectionism, and can make it hard to accept that outside observations are based on reality.
James, 62, worked as a machinist at Curtiss-Wright, a massive defense contractor, for 17 months, suing the company for racial discrimination in Newark Federal Court after he was fired in March 1991 for insubordination. So he was an incompetent racist crazy asshole over 30 years ago
He complained about getting poor mental health treatment in his youth, which may or may not be true, so yes.
His bosses at the time said James failed to fill out inspection sheets and made parts incorrectly, then blew off directives to fix the sloppy work, decades-old court papers reveal. The only machinist in the US in 40 years to turn in crappy parts. They finally caught the bastard! Well done!
He was disciplined eight times in his final 13 months with the company, including for excessive absenteeism, and was once suspended for three days for "failure to perform," according to accounts from Curtiss-Wright employees filed by the company in response to James’ 1991 lawsuit.
James told a supervisor at the Wayne location that he wouldn’t fill out the inspection sheets as directed "until the Union told him to do so," said his then-supervisor, James Powell, in court papers.
A year earlier, in 1990, then-shop foreman Kevin Noon found in James’ work area five parts that were defective "because of Mr. James’ own errors in machining."
"I told him that he should correct his mistakes before his shift ended and not leave this work for the next operator," Noon recalled in the legal filing. After James ignored him, Noon’s supervisor gave James a three-day suspension, since it was the second warning "for the same violation within the past three months."
James was one of five employees fired for insubordination from 1985 through 1991, then Curtiss-Wright Human Resources exec Joseph Sangregorio said in court records, noting that the other canned workers were white or Asian and race did not factor into the decisions.
After being fired, James was arrested for repeatedly calling Curtiss-Wright to make "terroristic threats," local prosecutors told The Post. In 1995, he was found guilty of harassment.
Sangregorio didn’t recall the details of the case when reached by The Post, but said, "It’s unfortunate that Frank James did what he did, it disturbs me."
[MAIL] Russia lost its eighth general since the invasion of Ukraine in the latest blow to Vladimir Putin's botched war.
Major General Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms unit, was given a military funeral in St Petersburg earlier today.
It's not known how or where he died, but the timing of his funeral suggests Frolov was killed in the past few days.
His 8th Combined Arms Army was fighting in Kherson, near Crimea last month when commander Andrei Mordvichev was killed.
Frolov 'sacrificed his life so that children, women and the elderly in Donbas would not hear bombs exploding again', the St Petersburg governor said as his friend was laid to rest.
The general was from a military family and 'died the death of the brave in battle against Ukrainian nationalists', Alexander Beglov added.
He was 'a true patriot, a brave and courageous man' who 'honestly and to the end fulfilled his military and human duty.
'People will not forget their heroes. Eternal memory to him.'
Russia also lost its 34th colonel of the war, tank battalion commander Miras Bashakov, according to reports today.
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99 generals on the wall, 99 generals.
One shot himself to avoid capture,
he dreaded Nazis more than the boss.
98 generals on the wall, 98 generals.
One eloped with a blonde to Poland,
and dressed his aide's corpse as himself.
97 generals on the wall, 97 generals.
One was smoking on a no-smoking ship,
and it went down with him, a smoking ship!
96 generals...
[ZeroHedge] As hours of coverage and an avalanche of op-eds are unleashed to explain to the masses why they should grab their pitchforks as Elon Musk offers to buy a social media platform at a significant premium for shareholders, this brief MSNBC clip from 2017 perfectly summarizes where the real panic lies.
[FoxNews] Defense to equalize outcomes for employees, partners across racial, sexual and gender lines.
It doesn’t how many pushups you actually do; everyone who does (or does not) show up will be credited with 200 in the proper military style. If you choose to do one arm pushups instead, or more than 200, or clap at the top of the rise, you will be penalized fifty because you selfishly tried to demonstrate superior ability in this area.
#1
How about doing away with 'resigned for the good of the service' and instead just courts martial them like you'd do the lower enlisted? /rhet question
[ZeroHedge] If you wanted to capture over 55% of the global population inside a circle with a 4,000km radius, which city would you place at its epicenter?
In 2013, a post appeared on Reddit marking a circular area of the globe with “more people living inside this circle than outside of it.” The circle had a radius of 4,000 km (just under 2,500 miles) and was named the Valeriepieris circle after author Ken Myers’ username.
As Visual Capitalist's Trixie Pacis details below, acknowledging that the Valeriepieris circle is not actually a circle (it was drawn on a two-dimensional map rather than a globe) and is based on data that has become outdated, mapmaker Alasdair Rae went digging and discovered what he calls The Yuxi Circle, the world’s most densely populated area.
INTRODUCING THE YUXI CIRCLE
Rae traced circles around 1,500 cities worldwide to find out how many people lived within a 4,000 km radius, just like the original Valeriepieris circle. He based his calculations on WorldPop data from 2020, based on a global population of 7.8 billion people.
Of the 1,500 circles that Rae made calculations for, 148 contained populations of 4 billion or more. He found many examples in Asia including in China, Myanmar (Mandalay), Laos (Vientiane), Bangladesh (Chattogram), India (Agartala), Bhutan (Thimpu), and Vietnam (Hanoi) to name a few.
But of them all, Yuxi, a city in the Yunnan province of China, has the largest population living within a 4,000 km radius: 4.32 billion.
Put another way? The circle encompasses over 55% of the world’s population, despite including desolate areas like the Taklamakan Desert, the Tibetan Plateau, Mongolia, and Southern Siberia.
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Weren’t we just informed the other day that China has over-counted its population by something like 100 million souls? Although even that large number doesn’t appear significant compared to the totals here.
Theo Jansen is engaged in creating new forms of life: the so called strandbeests. Skeletons made from yellow plastic tube (Dutch electricity pipe) are able to walk and get their energy from the wind. They have evolved since their inception in 1990 and have been divided into 12 periods of evolution. Their properties determine this period. You will find the most important types of strandbeests at geneology.
"By developing this evolution, I hope to become wiser in the understanding of existing nature by encountering myself the problems of the real Creator."
[NYPOST] Traffic on a Florida highway was snarled for about three hours by a 43 car pileup late Friday afternoon. The massive chain-reaction collision happened just before 5 p.m. on the westbound lanes of state highway 408 near a toll plaza in Orlando, police said. Only one person was hospitalized with minor injuries, according to cops.
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Just the annual mass 🚙🚙🚙🚙🚙🚙 migration by Floridians, to avoid the influx of tourists.🙃
[ZeroHedge] Wind power is the most productive renewable energy source in the U.S., generating nearly half of America’s renewable energy.
Later in the article it is revealed that wind power provides nearly half of the renewable energy created in the U.S., that is to say 8.4% of the total. And Texas produces more wind energy than any other state, which is why they had that long power outage when it got so cold the wind turbines froze.
But, as Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte details below, wind doesn’t blow fairly across the nation, so which states are contributing the most to U.S. wind energy generation?
This map uses data from the EIA to show how much wind electricity different U.S. states generate, and breaks down wind’s share of total electricity generation in top wind power producing states.
[MPL] Madison Public Library is hosting Movement & Meditation classes for seniors on Fridays in May at both Goodman South Madison Library (2222 S. Park St.) and Meadowridge Library (5726 Raymond Rd.).
Movement & Meditation is a movement class where elements of mindfulness and movement intersect for one hour! All identities, skill levels, and capabilities are encouraged and welcomed. Adaptable movements will be shared for all abilities. The end of each class will include time for reflection and connection. Notebooks and writing materials will be provided. This is an invitation to get to know your community while learning more about dance, movement and mindfulness.
Presented by KLJ Movement(link is external). KLJ Movement is a professional performance and dance company that embraces the influence of black and brown people in the world of dance.
This program is intended for BIPOC seniors 55+. Space is limited, so register to reserve your spot by clicking the links below.
Emphasis added at the closing para.
BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Pronounced “bye-pock,” this is a term specific to the United States, intended to center the experiences of Black and Indigenous groups and demonstrate solidarity between communities of color.
...and the pointed exclusion of those defined as lacking thereof, regardless of their personal experience with acceptance and bigotry. Where do “white Hispanics” fit into that world view? We know how Jewish Holocaust survivors are defined.
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So basically BIPOC is a Race vs Race focused group and not a group promoting racial Unity to non-members of color.
Isn't that what the MSM, Hollywood has-been's & LSD's quickly label Racist and vilify?
Strange, that I haven't seen or heard the Reverends, LSD's or Hollywood has-been's or the usual sudden expert talking heads screaming their lungs out about the racist BIPOC Group.
[The Wrap] Evangelical Preacher Franklin Graham is getting roasted on social media for telling Fox News Viewers to "Pray for Putin."
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Graham told Maureen Mackey that he admires the Ukranian people and suggested that prayer might change Putin’s heart.
"I admire them, and we want to do all that we can to help them. It’s a mess. It’s going to get worse, I’m afraid. And what President Putin’s end game is, I don’t know. But I think we just need to pray that God can change his heart," Graham, who is president and CEO of the Billy Graham, Evangelistic Association said.
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I once told Steven den Beste (somewhat famous atheist) that I could pray for him and there was nothing he could do to stop me. He conceded the point but said I would understand if he didn't thank me all the same.
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There was a time when I felt that way, M, but as I spent more time out in the world I realized that good wishes ought to be appreciated in the spirit in which they are intended, even if not phrased precisely as I would prefer — doing as I would be done by.
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I appreciated the man's insistence to stick to his principles, but felt I had the power. He couldn't stop me, and he admitted as much. I think reticent, recalcitrant and stubborn are distinct points on a spectrum.
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My personal maxim: Always be suspect of the person who is sure they have it all figured out.
I try to be like Chief O'Doul in Miller's Crossing: "I know I don't know nothing. I was just speculatin' about a hypothesis..."
But I totally Do Believe.
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Typical conversation
Dron: I pray Lord you give every king the strength to fight the New World Order of these rich globalist satanists. Smite thou the proud and grind them into powder. That the godless and the idolaters and the wild dogs of the deserts that howl for innocent blood are scattered and slain! That thou wouldst keep my soul from the snare, and deliver my enemies into my hands. Then shall I show them thy wrath. And ...
Gawd: Enough! What do you take me for, you idjit? A lot has happened since Malachi!
Dron: Okay, sorty sorry. Uhh... give me your... err... Spirit so I can think as you and be... a child of light? Forgive me the other... things. Thank you, Sir for everything. Oh have mercy on me a sinner...
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The problem occurred when "social media" became involved. That's where any good intentions got left behind.
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Somewhere in this time of Easter, Love and Renewal I still can't shake the hope that among other things the Almighty might do a bit more "Smite the Wicked" stuff. Just admitting a bit of the "Ole Time Religion" memory from my Southern Baptist Grandmother, one hard lady!
#10
I think reticent, recalcitrant and stubborn are distinct points on a spectrum. Acting classy is on a different spectrum altogether. Kudos to both of you!
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Ima thinkin' the world needs more of Dron's first part.
#18
Self-righteous pulpit pounders with multi million dollar 'ministries' and hobnobbing with kings are to me like Zedekiah who thought he was the real McCoy.
It never occurs to such people that Gawd creates good and Gawd creates evil. Shall there be trouble in a land and (He) has not done it? Why, I'm willing to even believe it is by His fiat Russia has attacked Ukraine! And I say this with total impartiality that I don't expect a professional godman to know what's what anymore.
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^ Of course that may not be the case with Russia but a thinking man would consider. Gawd was always using Nebuchadnezzars and Cyruses to do what needed to be done. And He would command the Jews to stay out of stuff that needed to be done. Today, even in christian societies, to stop and consider anything is anathema. Every action must have an equally fcuked reaction, and quick! Before anybody realises we're doin' absolutely nothing!
When doing absolutely nothing maybe exactly what Gawd wants, and anything coming in the way... well it gets Nebuchadnezzared.
Aahhh... I'm just babbling, it's one of those nights.
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I just meant to say the polished runt that seems to be Gawd's spokesman might never have known Him.
'Get away from me you tax exempt workers of iniquity' an' all that. We have derived our notions of right and wrong based on some mescalin addicts' musings on Rawls and super snoots from the Renaissance or what not.
But Gawd. Gawd is a different ballpark. To him our ranks and files and armor and oh the mighty bomb bom bom bomb and our shrewd edifices of control, our institutions of nobility mean jack and shit. And not only that, He probably wants to smash our faces into it and have us admit it. I'm not some luddite kool aid connoisseur. I just... think for myself. In this age you can't let seemingly noble, soap scrubbed faces lead you anywhere. Not even to prayer.
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I nightly 'aum' president biden. He may be stupid, he may be criminal, but he is the president and i 'aum' him that he may find 'peace. there are no pre-conditions to the 'aum' but if he finds peace he may act on it.
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That's what the bible teaches Christians to do, pray for leaders. The folks who are anti Christian don't understand the why, but, Franklin is right in this regard.
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Je booze! To youse too-quiet ghosts
Who have fallen asleep at your posts...
Arise and run riot!
Put worms on a diet,
And save us, grave hosts, or we're toast!
[Douaumont a la Transco Tower of Europe]
Views expressed, etc... just paraphrasing last night's film. Gawd bless us every one.
[Business Insider] Ukrainian intelligence officials claim to have intercepted a call in which a Russian soldier says Vladimir Putin's troops are shooting their own people in Moscow.
The Security Service of Ukraine released an audio clip of the call on Friday, in which a man's voice can be heard saying Putin's forces have been opening fire on a Russian town. The man, a soldier located in Ukraine's Donetsk region, was speaking to his wife on the phone, who's back home in Russia.
"These are our heroes," he told his wife.
"This is done in order to provoke ... Ukrainians," he said, according to Ukrainian intel.
The soldier said Russian forces bombed Klimovo, a Russian city straddling the border between Russia and Ukraine. Klimovo authorities, meanwhile, blamed Ukrainian soldiers for shelling the city, an accusation Kyiv has vehemently denied. The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine characterised the blame as "an attempt to ignite anti-Ukraine hysteria in Russia," according to Radio Free Europe, a US-funded media company.
[An Nahar] Russia has formally complained to the United States over its military aid to Ukraine, warning of "unpredictable consequences" if shipments of advanced weaponry go forward, U.S. media reported.
In a diplomatic note this week, Moscow warned the United States and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... against sending the "most sensitive" weapons for Kyiv to use in the conflict with Russia, saying such shipments were "adding fuel" to the situation and could come with "unpredictable consequences," the Washington Post reported.
The warning came the same week that U.S. President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. The nincompoop who dumped Afghanistan. The copier doesdn't exist that could reelect him.... pledged a new $800 million military aid package for Ukraine, including helicopters, howitzers and armored personnel carriers.
"What the Russians are telling us privately is precisely what we've been telling the world publicly -- that the massive amount of assistance that we've been providing our Ukrainian partners is proving extraordinarily effective," the Post quoted a senior administration official -- who spoke on condition of anonymity about the note -- as saying.
The State Department declined to comment on reports of the formal note.
"We won't confirm any private diplomatic correspondence," a State Department spokesperson said.
"What we can confirm is that, along with allies and partners, we are providing Ukraine with billions of dollars' worth of security assistance, which our Ukrainian partners are using to extraordinary effect to defend their country against Russia's unprovoked aggression and horrific acts of violence."
According to the New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... citing US officials, the note was sent through normal channels, and was not signed by any senior Russian officials.
The formal correspondence indicates Russia is concerned about the United States' ongoing material support for Ukraine, an anonymous US official told CNN ...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for... .CNN also reported that one source familiar with the document said the complaint could mean Moscow is getting ready to adopt a more aggressive stance against the United States and NATO as the invasion of Ukraine continues.
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"Yeah? Or what?! You'll make Hunter's videos public? He lives for this shit! They're doing it all in Disney World now! Fcuk you! I'm going to do what I want. Fcuk you, Shinzo Abe!"
Russia cares about the security of Russia. I wonder if the reason we have such a hard time believing the Rus mean what they say is because our leaders are such bullshitters and bloviators and no one actually means any of it.
Pity we could not have spent $800 million dollars on diplomacy to keep this mess from jumping off in the first place. But where is the graft in that?
Then they better remember MAD. All these threats gets fingers moving closer to the trigger. Putin gains nothing in an exchange of one time use weapons.
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This has been my point of our great leaders needing to STFU about what they are sending and just do it. Someone here yesterday said it right, they'll get us all killed for some likes on the net.
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But, to die with a Blue Check...
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Russia used high-precision strikes to destroy an armored-vehicle manufacturing plant in Kiev and a military repair depot in the city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine, Defense Ministry front man Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.
He added that 16 targets were hit overnight, including Ukrainian military units, weapons and ammunition depots, and radar facilities.
Moscow warned that it would step up strikes on Kiev after accusing Ukraine of shelling Russian territory on Thursday. Kiev has denied launching attacks on Russian soil.
Russia confirmed on Thursday that the cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the country’s Black Sea Fleet sank after a fire and detonation of ammunition on board. Ukraine, however, claimed that it hit the Russian vessel with anti-ship missiles.
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#Russia banned the British prime Minister and 12 other British officials from entering its territory after British sanctions against it. #Britainhttps://t.co/VqN8otoiqF
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) April 16, 2022
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Russia's Uralvogonzavod shuts down production. It will no longer be able to assemble any of T-72 tank (main RU tank) or newer T-90 & T-14 tanks (Armata). Reason: lack of imported components. It means more saved UA lives, is direct result of Western sanctions which should continue
[YouTube -Sky News] Ukraine has claimed the captain of a Russian warship that was sunk in the Black Sea has been killed on board.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's ministry of internal affairs, shared the claim on Telegram saying that the ship's captain, Anton Kuprin, had died during an "explosion and fire on board".
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You will not see this propaganda on your Dailly Mail…..
Only amphetamines keep the Ukrainian army’s conscripts and officers going, massive use of drugs rampant at any level and rank.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/M5u62TqP2A8K/
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Burroughs said, "nobody likes a drunk with a gun." He would know (look it up) A chemically motivated zealot with a weapon, mind your 6. It's notable our troops were ingenious at improvising the manufacture of alcohol beverages and also liberating the local product everywhere they went in WW II.
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It's notable our troops were ingenious at improvising the manufacture of alcohol beverages and also liberating the local product everywhere they went in WW II.
I feel confident American troops at that time and place were absolutely typical of men at war throughout history. ;-)
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/\ #6 & 6: A friend's father was a Tanker in WW2 and remarked that in the march across France they discovered that wine bottles fit nicely in the "ready round storage" in a Sherman tank... Something to think about when playing a WW2 armor wargame, eh?
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[Korrespondent] 22:46 The Office of the British Prime Minister clarified that during today's conversation with Zelensky, Johnson promised that armored vehicles would be sent to the Ukrainian military in the coming days. 22:43 Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich came to Kiev to try to resume the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia, Bloomberg writes, citing its sources. According to the publication, he met with members of the Ukrainian negotiating group and discussed possible ways to resume negotiations.
22:29 Governor of the Kharkiv region Oleg Sinegubov urged to evacuate from Lozovaya and Barvenkovo, around which there are fights. At the same time, there is no reason to leave Kharkiv, he said.
21:40 Zelensky did not rule out the possibility of a nuclear strike from Russia: "We don't have to wait from Russia when it will use nuclear weapons, the world needs to prepare for this. Prepare in different ways, not only antidotes or bomb shelters. You need to speak with them, sign them paper, clamp them down so that they don't even think about it. They can use any weapon, I'm sure of it, and you can't trust them."
21:37 According to the UN, in Mariupol more than 100,000 civilians suffer from lack of food, water and lack of heating. "This is a catastrophic situation: people are dying of hunger," said the head of the World Food Program David Beasley. He stressed that the Russian military did not let UN representatives into the city.
21:33 From Izyum, Kharkiv region, Russian invaders, in cooperation with local collaborators, organized the forced deportation of more than 50 citizens, said the head of the Department of Youth, Sports and Image Projects of the Izyum City Council Maxim Strelnik.
According to him, people refused to leave voluntarily even with complete informational isolation and disinformation from the invaders about the "fall" of Kyiv and Kharkov. Local residents were offered to leave for Russia on their own, but the vast majority refused to leave even despite the constant threat of shelling.
Earlier, the RF Ministry of Defense reported that it had taken to the Belgorod region "the first batch of refugees from Izyum" in the amount of about 100 people.
21:28 The destroyed bridge in the village of Romanovka near Irpen can become part of the memorial, Zelensky said. According to him, he has already received a draft memorial, which should convey the atmosphere of horror that prevailed during the evacuation from the occupied Irpen, Bucha and neighboring towns and villages. The bridge across the Irpin River actually stopped the Russian offensive against Kyiv.
21:23 Russian troops shelled Kharkiv again tonight. One person died, two were injured, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
21:12 On Saturday, April 16, power was resumed at one of Energoatom's nuclear facilities - the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the company's press service reported. Began setting up equipment and instruments for its normal operation.
21:10 The Cabinet of Ministers allocated almost 1.3 billion hryvnias from the state budget reserve fund to the Ministry of Economy for payments by the Fund of compulsory state social insurance in case of unemployment.
21:07 The Georgian delegation visited Bucha and Irpen. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili noted that everything he saw proves an act of Russian aggression against Ukraine and recalls the events in Georgia.
21:05 The mayor of Trostyanets Yuriy Bova said that after the Russian military visited the Sumy region, the remains of chemical weapons were found in the village of Belka. According to him, it was "sarin and other substances."
"They found ampoules. Currently, the Security Service of Ukraine is engaged in this. Perhaps the occupiers wanted to hit this chemical either in Kiev, or in Poltava, or in other cities," Bova said.
20:53 Zelensky spoke with Johnson. The British prime minister said on Twitter that he "informed his friend about the further military assistance that we will provide to Ukraine in the coming days."
"The UK will stop at nothing to ensure Ukrainians have the resources they need to defend their country against the ongoing Russian offensive," Johnson wrote.
20:46 France froze 41 properties in connection with anti-Russian sanctions and estimated them at $620 million, but in fact, the value of the property is approaching a billion dollars, writes Forbes.
20:44 Washington is concerned that the Ukrainian army is quickly running out of ammunition, especially artillery shells, and therefore is speeding up deliveries, CNN writes, citing an unnamed senior Biden administration official. The intensification of the offensive of Russian troops in the Donbas, according to the official, is expected in the near future.
20:33 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the entire urban area of Mariupol was cleared of Ukrainian troops, "the remnants of the group are blocked at Azovstal."
The department also assures that "the irretrievable losses of the Ukrainian army, the National Guard and mercenaries amount to 23,367 people." In Mariupol alone, "the losses of the Ukrainian group amounted to more than 4,000 people," the Russian Defense Ministry said.
20:31 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy met with the crew of the cruiser Moskva in Sevastopol.
20:29 Vereshchuk said that on April 16, 1,449 people were evacuated. Including from Mariupol and Berdyansk, 1,381 people arrived in Zaporozhye on their own transport, of which 170 were from Mariupol.
20:26 Oksana Marchenko, in an address to Putin, said that her husband Medvedchuk agreed to the exchange and extradition of him to Russia if Kiev and Moscow reach the relevant agreements.
20:20 According to the State Border Service, from April 2 to April 15, about 400,000 people entered Ukraine from the western side, more than 500,000 people left. The border guards note that the increase in the flow is due to the return to Ukraine for the Easter holidays of those who work or study abroad. Evacuated Ukrainians also return to visit relatives or their homes.
20:09 Zelensky said that Abramovich is not a neutral participant in the negotiations between Kiev and Moscow, but represents Russia: “I don’t think that anyone on the Russian side has a neutral position. I think that their diplomats and businessmen are defending the Russian side only their own interests. Our interests cannot coincide."
At the same time, the president considers Abramovich's participation useful because it can balance the position of Moscow, whose delegation is dominated by supporters of the "destruction of the Ukrainian people." In addition, the oligarch represents the economic bloc in the delegation, consisting of the military and diplomats.
19:58 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assumes that the enemy will continue assault operations along the entire line of confrontation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, concentrating efforts on capturing Popasna, Rubizhne, Mariupol, as well as at the exit to the Ugledar and Marinka regions. It will also prepare for an offensive on the Kurakhovsky and Avdeevsky directions.
At the same time, there is a decrease in the level of the moral and psychological state of the units of the 1st Army Corps operating in the Donetsk direction. This is due to the heavy losses of units, the replenishment of which occurred at the expense of the mobilized.
19:52 According to the General Staff, the main efforts of the invaders in the Izyum direction are focused on holding occupied lines and positions in the area of the settlements of Dry Kamenka, Suligovka, Brazhkovka, Malaya Kamyshevakha and Andreevka. To strengthen the grouping, units from the 106th Airborne Division were moved from the territory of Russia. After the creation of the strike force and the formation of reserves, the enemy will try to resume the offensive in the direction of Barvenkovo and Slavyansk.
19:47 Due to the war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation has postponed the rotation of units of the 68th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District in Syria, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The General Staff also reported that the military registration and enlistment offices of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces are agitating those in the reserve who are liable for military service to sign short-term contracts from three months to one year.
19:35 The Turn Back Alive Foundation reports that "unknown patriots successfully corrected the fire on the occupiers in Tokmak, Zaporozhye region - the entire personnel of the Russians, who unloaded 10 wagons with ammunition, was eliminated."
19:26 In the Pavlograd district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, explosives experts defused the warhead of the 9M79-1 Tochka-U missile. According to the State Emergency Service, pyrotechnicians destroyed the remains of a rocket near the villages of Bogdanovka and Boguslav.
19:20 The Lychakiv court in Lvov changed the preventive measure for Medvedchuk: he was arrested without bail. The court session was held via videoconference. The defense may appeal this decision.
18:54 The pseudo-referendum in Kherson is planned from May 1 to May 10. During this period, they intend to close the city for entry and exit and turn off all communications , Denisova said. According to her information, ballot papers for the "referendum" are being printed in the printing house of Nova Kakhovka. Obviously, all protocols on the results of the "voting" will be prepared in advance and brought to the regional center.
18:47 According to the official data of the Ministry of Health, as of April 16, as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, 341 children were treated in healthcare institutions. Of these, 174 continue treatment, 150 have been discharged, five have died. 93% of hospitalized children received mine-explosive or gunshot wounds. 12 children lost limbs.
18:40 Zelensky said that Ukraine does not receive enough weapons from Western partners, although recently the rhetoric of some countries on the supply of weapons has "warmed up". According to him, deliveries take 2-3 weeks from the moment when a decision to provide weapons to Kiev is announced in some country.
18:37 Zelensky again said that Ukraine is ready to exchange Medvedchuk - "for the Ukrainian military or what Russia can offer." “It seems to me that we publicly and not very publicly transmitted these signals. If they are interested, they will respond,” the president said.
18:19 The Russians fired at Kharkiv today with a Caliber cruise missile. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, as a result of the shelling of the Sloboda and Osnovyansky districts, two civilians were killed and 18 more were injured. Damaged and destroyed houses, cars, market and shops.
17:50 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said that the actions of the occupiers in Mariupol are by all indications a genocide of Ukrainians: the local population is subjected to filtration, intimidation, torture, labor service is introduced in the city.
17:41 Medvedchuk's wife turned to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with a request for help in the exchange of British prisoners for her husband.
17:36 Zelensky believes that a peace treaty with the Russian Federation could consist of two separate documents - one on security guarantees for Ukraine, the second on relations with Moscow. According to him, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and Turkey demonstrate their readiness to become security guarantors, but there is still no final answer from anyone.
The "first circle of conversation" is planned in the format for five - Britain, the USA, Germany, France and Poland. Then other countries will join. “So far, I have not received confirmation from others. But there are complex questions about what we want and what we are ready to provide,” the president explained.
He also expressed his conviction that Ukraine would not have problems with weapons or sanctions against Russia from guarantors in the event of a new attack by the Russian Federation, but there would be issues with a "military component."
17:27 More than 10,000 rescue volunteers have already registered on the website of the State Emergency Service to help rebuild the country. Volunteers are now working in the Kiev region, in particular, in places where the territories have been cleared of mines. Basically, this is search work, cleaning the streets from building materials, and removing rubble.
17:23 Russia has sent a note to the Czech Republic warning that Prague cannot supply Soviet-made weapons to third countries without its consent, České noviny reports.
In response, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said: “The Foreign Ministry has not responded and will not respond to this note, given that it is factual nonsense and that there is no military equipment re-export clause. This is another way for Russia to use lies to demand from us stop supporting Ukraine."
17:18 Zelensky said that the destruction of Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol would put an end to negotiations with Russia.
"Mariupol - it can be like ten Borodyanka, and I want to say that the destruction of our military, our guys will put an end to all negotiations. A dead end - because we do not trade territories and our people. And the more Borodyanka there are, the more difficult it will be," the president explained.
17:16 Zelensky spoke about Mariupol: "The situation is very difficult. Our military is blocked, the wounded are blocked. There is a humanitarian crisis, there is no food, no water, no medicines. Nevertheless, the guys are defending themselves. And gratitude alone is not enough, so negotiations continue. Trust to the negotiators on Mariupol, to be honest, no."
According to the president, Russia has refused to open humanitarian corridors even for women and children. He also assured that the authorities "are in touch with the guys at the blocked plant," the conversations are "at different levels." Zelensky stressed that the Azov people are already heroes, and "no one would forbid them to take certain steps."
"What can save Mariupol? This is powerful weapons that must be provided as soon as possible. The second is a matter of negotiations," the head of state said. He noted that the ceasefire is very necessary to take away the wounded, but Russia instead offers to surrender. Zelensky did not rule out that there could be Ilovaisk in Mariupol.
16:55 In Lisichansk, the Russians fired on eight grain vans, Gaidai said. According to him, they shot there deliberately, with powerful weapons, there was a gunner. Three vans caught fire, but they were saved and the others were kept safe.
16:51 The Russians thwarted the evacuation from Lisichansk by opening fire on the city center during the "silence regime", said the head of the Luhansk OVA Sergei Gaidai. According to him, only one person was taken out. More than 70 people were evacuated from other cities of the Luhansk region, including 42 from Severodonetsk.
16:40 UAH 200 billion of Russian and Belarusian companies were found in Ukrainian banks, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said. According to him, if banks heed the recommendations of the National Police and the National Bank, this money will not be allowed to be paid on the territory of Russia, but will be used to strengthen the combat capability of Ukraine.
16:37 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda urged Finland and Sweden not to delay in applying for NATO membership.
16:32 Podolyak said that the European Union does not give Ukraine the weapons that Kiev asks for, moreover, these weapons travel too long. "This game can be played for a long time, but it is definitely not democracy that benefits from it. Ukraine needs weapons. Not in a month. Now," he wrote.
16:29 Washington does not exclude that Russia may soon launch a new offensive, since Ukraine has practically used up its stock of artillery shells, NBC reports, citing US officials.
Last week, the White House announced the shipment of 40,000 artillery shells and 18 155mm howitzers to Ukraine. But given that the Ukrainian military uses thousands of shells a day, those 40,000 are only enough for a week, the unnamed official explained.
According to the US, the Russian Federation may begin to transfer part of its forces back to Ukraine as early as this weekend or early next week.
16:26 As a result of shelling by Russian troops of Akhtyrka, Sumy region, almost all the houses in the city turned out to be uninhabitable, Mayor Pavel Kuzmenko said. According to him, 25-30% were damaged by direct shelling, and in 70-75% of houses, batteries and water supply pipes froze due to lack of heat supply.
16:17 The monitoring group of the Belarusian Gayun project received evidence of the use of Tochka-U tactical missile systems by the Russian Armed Forces, which allegedly are not in service with the Russian army.
The publication published an intercept of the negotiations of the Russian Aerospace Forces, from which it is clear that on March 18, 2022, two Russian An-124s arrived at the airfield in Machulishchi. One of them brought three Tochka-U fuel dispensers to Belarus. The information is confirmed by a video showing Tochki-U leaving the military airfield in Machulishchi that day.
16:13 The BBC Russian service showed footage taken by Reuters journalists on April 15 near the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. Many dead people lie right on the street.
16:07 Russian media report that in St. Petersburg on April 16 they said goodbye to the deputy commander of the 8th Army of the Russian Federation, Major General Vladimir Frolov, who died in Ukraine.
15:58 Asian countries are refusing Russian coal. The only market that the Russian Federation can still conditionally rely on is India. But here, too, demand will depend on the price and discount that Russia is ready to provide, writes Reuters.
15:51 According to Ukrainian intelligence, Eduard Basurin, "deputy commander" of the "DPR Ministry of Defense" corps, after talking with FSB officers, was taken to an unknown direction. The massacre against him is associated with a careless statement that revealed Russia's plans to use chemical weapons against the Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense writes that repressions continue against the commanders of the Russian army, who "did not justify the high confidence" of the leadership of the Russian Federation and in fact failed tasks in Ukraine.
Another example - from April 24 to March 2, a commission from the Russian Federation worked in the occupied Gorlovka, which was supposed to identify the reasons for the shortage of the 3rd separate motorized rifle brigade of the occupying troops. According to the reports of the commanders, the 3rd Motorized Rifle Brigade was 100% manned before the start of the war, and after the outbreak of hostilities, it turned out that the actual presence of military personnel amounted to about 55% of the staff list.
After establishing the facts of discrepancies, two battalion commanders were taken under arrest and taken away in an unknown direction by civilians (probably FSB officers). Their further fate is unknown.
15:34 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova reports that the "authorities" of the "LDNR" are mobilizing children from the age of 16 who participated in the so-called "patriotic clubs". Among the teenagers there are already dead.
According to human rights activists, propaganda and military exercises among children have been held in ORDLO for more than a year. Since 2017, the self-proclaimed republics have been training "graduates" who are ready to take up arms.
15:30 From Sunday, April 17, Italy stops letting Russian ships into its ports. According to the Italian press, the ban will also apply to ships that have changed flags after 24 February.
15:07 In Lviv, more than 30 streets named after Russian figures are planned to be renamed by the City Day, which is celebrated on May 7, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said. He said that a special commission had already been created for this, since it is necessary to rename wisely, "not so that in 5-10 years something will change again, but so that it will be for the next 100 years."
14:59 The mayor of Lozovoy Kharkiv region asks local residents to urgently evacuate. Recently, rocket and air strikes have been carried out on the city.
14:45 Russian troops will intensify hostilities and try to resume the offensive in order to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region, OK Pivden is convinced. There is also the threat of cruise missile strikes from Russian warships stationed in the Black Sea.
14:42 The Georgian parliamentary delegation arrived in Ukraine, the head of the delegation, speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Twitter.
14:40 The head of the coordinating press center of the security and defense forces of southern Ukraine, Natalya Gumenyuk, confirmed that there was a storm on the day the cruiser Moskva sank. According to her, due to weather conditions, the Russian navy was unable to carry out the evacuation, as a result, almost all crew members died.
"We watched how other ships tried to help, but even the forces of nature were on the side of Ukraine, because the storm did not allow a calm rescue operation, to evacuate the crew," she said.
14:35 The Russians once again fired at the Lisichansk oil refinery, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. The strike was inflicted in the morning, firefighters are still extinguishing a fire on an area of 5000 square meters. There was no fuel at the plant, the Russians are shelling it in order to deplete the State Emergency Service. Burning oil sludge.
14:31 As a result of a missile attack on one of the central districts of Kharkiv, 18 civilians were injured, one person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:22 The Russian occupiers did not let through humanitarian aid for the residents of Energodar. The column was deployed at a checkpoint in Vasilievka, Energoatom reports.
It is also reported that the stele at the entrance to Energodar has been repainted in the colors of the Russian flag.
14:20 According to the UN satellite center Unosat, more than a thousand buildings were damaged in Irpen: 115 were completely destroyed, 698 were significantly damaged, 187 were partially damaged. This is 71 percent of the city.
14:07 Another group of Rosatom employees arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP, headed by Andrey Gorbunov, chief engineer of the Rostov NPP. They arrived to replace the previous brigade, Energoatom said.
“Energoatom employees reacted briefly and emotionally to this fact: Gorbunov, Likhachev (CEO of Rosatom) and others like them sent for the Russian ship Moscow - so far intact,” the report says.
13:59 The occupying "authorities" of Kherson are trying to convince local residents that Russia's crimes in Ukraine are committed for the benefit of the people, and "the armed forces of the Russian Federation are not at war with the Ukrainian people." They are trying to be convinced that the war began because of "Western plans" to destroy the Russian and Ukrainian peoples. And the war itself is called "an operation to eliminate the anti-people Kiev regime."
Leaflets of the corresponding content are distributed in Kherson by the occupiers, according to Ukrainian intelligence. They blame the Russian aggression on the Ukrainians themselves and the government they have elected - the "Kyiv regime". It is also alleged that "the Russian army does not fight Ukrainian soldiers and does not fire at civilians."
13:40 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "high-precision long-range air-based weapons destroyed the production buildings of an armored plant in Kiev and a workshop for repairing military equipment in Nikolaev."
13:37 In Borodyanka, Kiev region, the first modular houses have been installed for the employees of the State Emergency Service and volunteers who are clearing the rubble after the Russian occupiers were expelled from the city.
Previously, 18 such structures were provided to the Transcarpathian OVA by former New York State Governor George Pataki during his visit, but at the request of the OP, 15 houses ended up in the Kiev region, which suffered as a result of Russian aggression. A power point was also installed, Yermak said.
The first modular houses for rescuers and volunteers were installed in Borodyanka
13:32 In the Darnitsky district of Kiev, as a result of morning shelling, one person died and several were hospitalized, Klitschko said on the air of the telethon.
13:26 Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko reported on British citizens who were captured by the militants of the "DPR" and the Russian Federation and turned to London with a call to exchange them for her husband.
13:22 Director of the Department of Transport and Communications of the Mariupol City Council Vasily Klat told why people could not be taken out of the city. According to him, after March 2, heavy shelling began, and buses began to prepare for the evacuation of people. But the Russian side did not allow this to be done, the buses were shot at the depot one after another, they did not give a regime of silence.
In addition, as it turned out, Mariupol deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life were involved in the disruption of the evacuation. They helped the occupiers destroy all vehicles to save people.
13:16 As a result of a missile attack by Russians on one of the villages in the Poltava region, a farm was damaged, a watchman died, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin.
13:14 The head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, calls on residents to evacuate from the region and thereby help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the confrontation with the Russian occupiers.
13:02 Putin signed the law on fines for identifying the USSR and Nazi Germany - violators face from 2 to 50,000 rubles or arrest for 15 days for the first violation.
12:58 Russia has banned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and 13 ministers, including Theresa May, from entering its territory. This decision was made "in connection with the unprecedented hostile actions of the British government, including the imposition of sanctions against senior Russian officials."
12:40 Professional firefighters and rescuers from the USA, Australia, Germany and Poland arrived in Ukraine to help Ukrainian colleagues in eliminating the consequences of the war in de-occupied cities and villages. From today, they have started work in Borodyanka, Kiev region, the State Emergency Service reports.
12:36 The amount of charitable assistance received for Ukraine from citizens and corporations from around the world has reached almost 924 million dollars, the funds continue to come in, the Office of the President said.
12:14 About 700 Ukrainian military and more than a thousand civilians are currently in Russian captivity, Vereshchuk said. According to her, the Ukrainian side also has about 700 Russian prisoners of war.
11:35 According to international law, the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine does not mean entry into the war against Russia, since Kiev is waging a permitted defensive war, said German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann.
11:32 Romania from Sunday, April 17, prohibits ships flying the Russian flag from entering their ports.
11:30 Electricity tariffs for the population in Ukraine will not be increased for at least six months, Zelensky said.
11:27 In Mariupol, from Monday, April 18, the invaders plan to finally close the city for entry and exit for everyone. In addition, there will be a ban on movement around the districts for a week. During this time, 100 percent of the men remaining in the city will be filtered, for this they will be moved to Novoazovsk, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
According to him, they plan to mobilize some people, send some to clear the rubble, and isolate those who are considered "unreliable". Andryushchenko suggests that the Russians want to keep only women and men in the city to serve certain needs. According to him, the filtration procedure has already gained maximum momentum.
In the filtration camps, after interrogations, checking gadgets and physical examinations, all men are forced to stage executions. Those who do not pass the filtration (this is 5-10%) are taken to Dokuchaevsk and Donetsk. Their further fate is unknown.
11:22 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 16:
personnel - about 20,100 people,
tanks - 762,
armored combat vehicles - 1982,
artillery systems - 371,
MLRS - 125,
air defense systems - 66,
aircraft - 163,
helicopters - 145,
automotive equipment - 1458,
ships/boats - 8,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 138,
Special equipment - 26,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
11:18 Germany will not limit the number of accepted Ukrainian refugees, said Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Volker Wissing.
11:16 Russian troops are ready for an offensive in the Donbass, says the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russian offensive may begin simultaneously in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. At present, the Russians have intensified shelling of peaceful cities, and Popasnaya and Rubizhne are already similar to Mariupol in terms of the level of destruction.
11:01 At least 824 new graves have been found on satellite images of Kherson, which appeared in the city cemetery from February 28 to April 15, the London-based human rights organization Center for Information Sustainability (CIR) said.
10:56 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that Russian troops are now looking for weaknesses in the Ukrainian defense to launch a full-scale offensive in the Donbass. They are also restocking equipment, personnel, provisions and preparing medical infrastructure to help the wounded.
10:43 In Kherson, the invaders launched a TV channel where they talk about "biological weapons" in Ukraine, local media report.
10:17 On the morning of April 16, the invaders attacked the Lviv region from Su-35 aircraft. Subdivisions of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Zahid air command destroyed four cruise missiles.
10:12 Nine humanitarian corridors agreed on April 16:
Mariupol, Berdyansk, Tokmak, Energodar - Zaporozhye (by own transport). Due to weather conditions, evacuation buses still cannot travel along this route - the road on the route section between Zaporozhye and Vasylivka is washed out.
Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Popasnaya, Gornoye, Rubizhnoye - Bakhmut.
09:57 The Dnipropetrovsk region was fired twice, a poultry farm was destroyed, the head of the Regional State Administration Reznichenko said.
09:37 Ukraine has been asking the United States for anti-ship missiles and other weapons for coastal defense for several weeks now. According to The New York Times, citing US officials, the US ended up adding such weapons to an $800 million military aid package.
09:30 The Russian authorities announced that they began to export Ukrainians from Izyum, Kharkiv region, to the territory of the Russian Federation. As the Russian media write, the RF Ministry of Defense "has taken out the first batch of refugees from Izyum in the Kharkov region - about 100 people, the destination is the Belgorod region."
09:27 Since the beginning of the invasion, 200 children have died at the hands of the Russian invaders, more than 360 have been injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
09:18 British intelligence reported that damage to the transport infrastructure of Ukraine is currently a serious problem for the delivery of humanitarian aid to areas previously besieged by Russia. Russian troops exacerbated the problem by destroying bridges, using anti-personnel mines and leaving vehicles on key routes as they left northern Ukraine.
09:11 Prime Minister Denis Shmihal, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko and NBU Governor Kirill Shevchenko will visit Washington next week, Reuters reports. Ukrainian officials will arrive during the spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank.
09:07 Klitschko said that the enemy had fired at the Darnitsky district of Kiev this morning. Medics and rescuers are working at the scene, information about the victims is being specified. Also, the mayor again urged not to return to the capital yet.
08:44 Britain returned military instructors to Ukraine: SAS special forces for the first time since the beginning of the war again began to train Ukrainians on the territory of Kiev, writes The Times.
08:31 A procession with the participation of a Ukrainian and a Russian woman took place in the Roman Colosseum, Ukrainian Ambassador to the Vatican Andriy Yurash said.
08:16 As a result of a missile attack on one of the villages near Poltava on the evening of April 15, one person was killed, another was injured, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin.
08:03 As a result of night shelling of the Luhansk region, one person was killed, three were injured, gas pipelines in Severodonetsk and Lisichansk were broken, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
07:42 An increased level of threat of the use of missile weapons by the occupiers at the facilities of the military-industrial complex and logistics infrastructure throughout the country remains, the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says .
06:32 During their retreat from the Kiev region, the Russian invaders left a huge amount of stretch marks, explosives, mines and grenades, which pose a great danger to local residents. The Ministry of Internal Affairs asks citizens to be careful and not to visit areas that have not been explored by experts.
06:06 Borrell said that the European Union will accelerate the provision of the necessary support to Ukraine. He also urged EU countries to provide weapons to Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to intensify the Russian military campaign.
04:27 Between 2,500 and 3,000 Ukrainian servicemen died in the war, Zelensky said in an interview with CNN. Up to 10,000 people were injured, he said.
03:27 The Russian military launched a missile attack on the infrastructure of the Alexandria airfield in the Kirovograd region, the mayor of the city said.
01:13 The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that it had sent a note to the United States on the supply of weapons to Ukraine - according to Zakharova, a similar note was sent "to all countries." Moscow accuses the West of violating "hard principles" of transferring weapons to conflict zones and of ignoring "the threat of high-precision weapons falling into the hands of radical nationalists, extremists and bandit formations in Ukraine."
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:10 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wounding of 26 civilians as a result of the shelling of the AFU of the previously liberated territories of the Republic:
N. p. Mariupol: men: 1953, 1980, 1941, 1989, 1956, 1987, 1976, 1987, 1984, 1975, 1966, 1956; women: born in 1956, 1942, 1985, 1966, 1971, 1959, 1951, 1970.
n.p. Krasnaya Polyana: child, boy born in 2014.
n.p. Azov: male, born in 1953.
n.p. Nikolskoe: men: born in 1980 and 1981;
Information was also received about two injured women, about the wounding of two more civilians born in 1977. and born in 1995 as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Thus, the total number of victims of today's shelling of Donetsk has increased to 10 people, including 2 children. 21:11 Representation of the LPR in the JCCC: as a result of artillery shelling (https://t.me/LPR_JCCC/5834) of the village of Donetsk, a 35 kV power line was damaged. More than 1,200 subscribers in the settlements of Donetsk and Golubovskoye were left without power supply.
20:36 Russian Defense Ministry: The entire urban area of Mariupol has been cleared of Ukrainian troops, the remnants of the group are blocked at Azovstal
20:17 Ukrainian troops fired at Donetsk from large-caliber shells.
20:15 Representation of the LPR in the JCCC: Ukrainian troops fired at Donetsk.
19:31 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing six 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, Kiev militants have fired more than a hundred shells in the DPR with a caliber of 152mm, 122mm, 120mm and 82mm. Seven settlements came under fire, in which four houses were damaged.
19:00 Since the beginning of the day, five civilians have been injured in the DPR, including two children.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, have destroyed 37 Ukrainian nationalists, one 122mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 "Gvozdika", two armored personnel carriers and a truck. One tank and two infantry fighting vehicles were captured.
18:19 Ukrainian Nazis fired 32 shells of 122mm caliber at Donetsk and Yelenovka. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:41 Ukrainian punishers fired at the village of Golmovsky in the DPR, firing 12 shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:40 A child was injured under fire from Ukrainian Nazis in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
17:39 Kiev militants shelled Gorlovka in the DPR, firing three mines with a caliber of 8 mm at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:38 Ukrainian militants fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing four shells of 152mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:37 Kiev Nazis fired at Donetsk, firing six 152mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:17 Ukrainian militants fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing four shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the destruction and casualties is being specified.
15:54 Kiev Nazis fired on Yasinovataya in the DPR, using the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:53 Ukrainian militants opened fire on Dolomite in the DPR. It fired seven mines with a caliber of 82mm. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:40 There are reports of a fire at an oil refinery in Lisichansk (LPR).
15:39 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Pervomaisk (LPR), using artillery pieces. Several shells of 122mm caliber were fired at the city. Nine houses and a school were damaged.
15:38 Kiev militants fired at the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, firing four shells of 152 mm caliber at them. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:30 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Donetsk, firing 11 rockets at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:29 Four people were injured in Donetsk during the shelling of the Petrovsky district by the Ukrainian Nazis.
14:27 Ukrainian militants fled from positions in Mariupol, which were located in the museum building next to the Azovstal plant.
13:12 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Four shells of 122mm caliber were fired at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:11 Kiev militants fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing five rockets from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:10 Ukrainian punishers opened fire on the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing four shells at it, caliber 122mm. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
12:02 Kiev Nazis fired at Makiivka in the DPR, firing six shells of 122mm caliber at it.
12:01 Ukrainian militants opened fire on Panteleymonovka in the DPR, firing 12 122mm shells at it.
11:18 Ukrainian Nazis fired five rockets from the Grad MLRS at Yasinovataya in the DPR.
11:17 In Mariupol, Arthur Savelyev, a Nazi from Azov, who participated in the burning of Russians in the Odessa House of Trade Unions, was destroyed.
11:16 Three children were wounded in Mariupol. The Nazis are firing, using artillery and the Grad MLRS.
10:25 APU fired more than 60 munitions of 152mm and 122mm caliber on the territory of the LPR.
10:25 During the day, the Kyiv army lost more than 20 servicemen in the LPR.
10:00 Over the past day, Kiev militants fired 249 shells at the DPR with a caliber of 152mm, 122mm and 120mm. Ten settlements came under fire, in which 12 residential buildings and one civilian infrastructure were damaged.
10:00 During the day, 20 civilians were injured in the DPR, including three children.
10:00 Since the beginning of the current day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, have destroyed 64 Ukrainian nationalists, two tanks, ONE firing position of the ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun, two armored vehicles and one cargo vehicle. Two infantry fighting vehicles, a field artillery depot and two cargo vehicles were captured.
09:39 During the day, 512 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye in the DPR.
09:27 Kiev Nazis shelled the territory of the DPR 35 times in a day. 249 shells were fired at it.
08:10 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis opened fire eight times on the territory of the LPR, using artillery weapons with a caliber of 152mm and 122mm. Three settlements came under fire.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 00:40 Nationalists blocked at Azovstal are in a hopeless situation and demand permission from Kyiv to surrender - Ministry of Defense.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation offer those blocked in Mariupol to lay down their arms from 06:00 Moscow time on April 17 and guarantee the preservation of life. 22:05 The entire urban area of Mariupol has been cleared of Ukrainian troops, the remnants of the group are blocked at Azovstal - Russian Defense Ministry
21:43 Russian Defense Ministry: the losses of the Ukrainian army amounted to more than 23,000 people
21:39 Russian Armed Forces hit 15 military facilities in Ukraine with high-precision missiles
20:37 Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian military transport aircraft near Odessa, loaded with a large batch of Western military equipment.
19:46 A strong explosion thundered in Kharkov, as a result of which a fire started.
19:46 A group of foreign mercenaries was destroyed near the frontier. At least three Georgian militants are known.
19:09 In the Kharkiv region, near Izyum, two Georgian mercenaries were liquidated.
17:45 In the area of the National Guard Academy in Kharkov, a blow was struck.
16:55 The offensive of Russian troops in the Slavic direction continues. Paratroopers, who are moving south, have been added to the advancing forces. Artillery is active on both sides, oncoming tank battles and small fire contact.
15:45 VFU hit the Tochka U missile at the agricultural fuel and lubricants warehouse in Tokmak, Zaporizhia region.
15:37 British instructors returned to Ukraine - The Times. Over the past two weeks, officers from two battalions stationed in Kyiv have been trained. Among the various areas in the program, there is training in the use of NLAW ATGM systems.
British instructors were hastily taken out of the country before the start of the special operation.
14:38 There are serious problems with water supply in Nikolaev. The authorities turned off the water on April 12. They assured that it was only for a day to switch to backup pumping stations. They blame everything on Russia.
13:54 Viktor Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko appealed to the relatives of the British mercenaries Aiden Eslin and Sean Pinner, who surrendered in Mariupol. She asked them to contact Prime Minister Boris Johnson to influence the Ukrainian leadership and achieve the release of Aiden and Sean by exchanging them for Medvedchuk.
12:47 The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine submitted a report to the Ministry of Defense on the mass exodus of military personnel of regular units and territorial defense in the Kamensky area in the Zaporozhye direction. Similar cases are observed in other settlements. This is all connected with the unwillingness of the forcibly drafted citizens to fight and rumors about the upcoming large-scale offensive of the RF Armed Forces.
12:21 The Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned their armored artillery boat "Kremenchug" of the Gyurza-M project.
12:18 A Ukrainian Su-25 was shot down south of Izyum.
12:16 VKS and artillery of the Russian Federation strike at the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Barvenkovo on the border of Kharkov and Donetsk regions.
12:03 Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will be issued weapons in case of a threat to life.
11:38 Russian air defense systems 15 kilometers south of Izyum shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the air.
11:37 Missile troops and artillery of the Russian Federation hit 811 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:10 Operational-tactical aviation during the night destroyed 67 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of Ukraine.
11:06 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed 16 enemy targets with high-precision missiles, including equipment concentrations, warehouses and weapons storage bases.
11:05 Since the beginning of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 133 aircraft and 2,246 units of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:01 The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine announced the approval of nine humanitarian corridors.
10:44 Production buildings of an armored plant in Kyiv and a workshop for the repair of military equipment in Nikolaev were destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry
10:40 Zelensky announced the death of about 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers during the special operation.
10:39 The helicopter pilots of the Russian Guard destroyed a group of Ukrainian nationalists and military equipment.
09:01 The Russian army evacuated about 100 people from Izyum, who will be sent to the Belgorod region.
Fighters of the DPR and Chechen battalions inspect the hidden parking lot of American Humvees transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces and national battalions in Ilyich plant Mariupol City. The plant is completely liberated. pic.twitter.com/Xovc5Q1VVH
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If you want to buy a used up-armored Humvee talk to the Afghan Taliban. They're selling them at pennies on the dollar due high maintenance per unit.
[NYPOST] Russia continued to pound Kyiv with shelling Saturday — making good on Moscow’s pledge to renew its bombardment of Ukraine’s capital city.
The scattered attacks occurred after a Russian strike hit a missile plant in Kyiv on Friday and as the Kremlin vowed to again start bombing what it called "military sites" in the city and surrounding areas, after retreating amid heavy losses earlier in the war.
Smoke was seen rising from the city’s southeastern Darnytski district, but it wasn’t immediately clear what was hit. The sprawling district contains apartment buildings and big-box retail outlets, along with industrial sites and railyards. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it targeted an armored-vehicle plant there.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned residents who fled the city when it was under heavier attack earlier in the war not to return.
[NYPOST] Russian forces withdrawing from the Kyiv region left behind the bodies of more than 900 slaughtered Ukraine civilians, local authorities said Friday.The vast majority of the victims in the area surrounding the capital were "simply executed" by gunfire, police said. The grim body count continued to mount as corpses were uncovered under rubble and in mass graves.
Andriy Nebytov, the head of the capital’s regional police force, estimated that 95 percent of bodies left stranded in the region had been shot, and citizens who had expressed strong pro-Ukrainian views had been hunted down and murdered.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky accused occupying troops in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of doing the same.
"The occupiers think this will make it easier for them to control this territory. But they are very wrong. They are fooling themselves," Zelensky said. "Russia’s problem is that it is not accepted — and never will be accepted — by the entire Ukrainian people. Russia has lost Ukraine forever."
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[BBC] A huge queue of trucks has formed on the Poland-Belarus border as Russian and Belarussian drivers try to leave the EU following a sanctions deadline.
In the run-up to the Saturday deadline, the line extended to 80km (60 miles), with some stuck for up to 33 hours.
The EU has banned lorries from Russia and Belarus - except those carrying medicine, mail or petroleum products - from entering or staying in the bloc.
The move is part of sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Drone footage filed by Reuters news agency showed long queues remaining as the midnight deadline neared.
"There are still many kilometres to drive... so it's unrealistic," it quoted a Belarusian driver on his chances of crossing the border in time.
And hours after the deadline passed, the waiting times had been shortened to 12 hours, says the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw, with the number of trucks at two border crossings between 230-400 vehicles.
However, it is unclear what will happen to thousands of other trucks from the two countries estimated to currently be on EU territory.
One possibility is that they will be seized by national authorities.
A Polish official representing transport groups expressed concern that such a move may lead to similar measures against Polish trucks using Russia and Belarus on their way back home.
#Finland’s prime minister said Wednesday that the Nordic nation would decide whether to apply for #NATO membership “within weeks,” and #Sweden is also discussing joining the alliance.https://t.co/MS55pPVokn
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This would be very expensive for Finland. Quite hazardous for them in this day and age.Knee jerk reactions will not provide the security they dream of.
#6
From NATO's perspective, are we really willing to commit to sending our young men to die for Helsinki or Malmo? Really?
And also, the recent Ukraine invasion has done a lot to subvert the notion of a strong, victorious Russia.
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04/17/2022 14:38 Comments ||
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/\ And also, the recent Ukraine invasion has done a lot to subvert the notion of a strong, victorious Russia.
Yes indeed. Shoots the hell out of "they'll be rolling through the Fulda Gap and having Tartare and sipping Remy Martin at Fouquet's by 18hrs30 the following day."
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A Russian Invasion! Who'll save
Western Civ but the stunning and brave?
[Go, stranger, and tell them
our "Refugees welcome!"
signs halted the Slavs at first wave.]
[ZERO] The Ford F-150 Lightning pickup is officially coming to compete with Tesla.
We have been tracking interest in Ford's flagship electric pickup projects and have watched reservations and consumer interest pick up over the last year.
Now, it looks the pickup is finally ready to hit the road - and Elon Musk's Cybertruck, its most obvious competition, is still nowhere to be found.
Ford executives have said the new pickup is going to be worth the wait. Linda Zhang, chief engineer on the project, told Bloomberg: "We were dealing with a ton of skepticism internally. It couldn’t just be a battery on wheels. We wanted it to be a real American truck that does work."
This meant Ford had to create features that "hand't been invented yet," Zhang said. The truck's "frunk", for example, can hold 400 pounds of cargo and is comprised of 14 cubic feet of space.
In selling an electric pickup, Ford is beginning to convert its extremely popular F-Series, which sells about 900,000 trucks a year, to electric.
Posted by: Frank G ||
04/17/2022 8:14 Comments ||
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^ Let's just say that thanks to it's load capacity, the electric F-150 is capable of carrying enough batteries to go around the block twice. And if you recharge it overnight while you sleep, does it really matter how long it takes?
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Last Sept. I bought an F-150 Powerboost. This is a hybrid that will recharge it's own batteries with a 3.5L twin turbo. Outrageously fast and full of torque. The batteries boost the MPG to 24 with an effective range greater than 600 miles if you fill up the 30 gal tank. Love the darn ting....
#4
I put a hundred bucks down for a reservation when they first opened it up. I was working full time then. Retired now. Not sure I really a new anything now.
#5
Absolute best retirement advice I have to offer: Make sure you have a reliable vehicle and good insurance.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
04/17/2022 12:07 Comments ||
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/\ Excellent advice. My biggest personal challenge was ending the conflict over 'wants and needs.' Needs eventually saved the day, but it was an epic struggle.
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I'm still in "why did I even want this?" mode...
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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#3 -The hybrid makes sense. I've got a '20 Ecoboost Crew cab as the hybrids weren't available. Twin turbos w/ the 10 speed tranny make it every bit as fast as my old 5.4L V8
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This has nothing to do with efficiency, economy or state-of-the-art. It is about a truck...
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I bought an F-150 in 2004. Still have it. No problems, love it. So much so I bought a F-150 Raptor in 2018. I love it too but I wouldn’t buy another Raptor. It’s sucks for towing vs. other models. 5000 lbs towing or 8k with weight distribution hitch.
I can’t help but wonder how far you would get towing a 10k trailer with this electric truck. Hills and heavy loads eat up batteries like crazy. A normal drive from San Diego to say Dallas or Seattle could be done in 2 days (9-10 hour drive days). I bet it would take 2 weeks for this electric truck to do it with a trailer.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
[MPL] Madison Public Library is hosting Movement & Meditation classes for seniors on Fridays in May at both Goodman South Madison Library (2222 S. Park St.) and Meadowridge Library (5726 Raymond Rd.). 
[NYPOST] Russia continued to pound Kyiv with shelling Saturday — making good on Moscow’s pledge to renew its bombardment of Ukraine’s capital city.
[NYPOST] Russian forces withdrawing from the Kyiv region left behind the bodies of more than 900 slaughtered Ukraine civilians, local authorities said Friday.The vast majority of the victims in the area surrounding the capital were "simply executed" by gunfire, police said. The grim body count continued to mount as corpses were uncovered under rubble and in mass graves.
