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Russian Army’s Chief Of Staff Wounded In Ukraine, Other Officers Feared Killed
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-Land of the Free
Texas mother shoots intruder dead after he broke into her home while her three children slept inside
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A San Antonio, Texas mother shot and killed a man who broke into her home while her three children were inside at around 10 p.m. Thursday

  • Police say the woman - who has not been identified - heard the man break in

  • He allegedly entered the home from the rear through the laundry room, which is apparently adjacent to a public park

  • Once inside, police say, the woman shot the man twice in the chest

  • The alleged intruder - later identified as Roman Rodriguez, 41 - died of his wounds en route to a local hospital

  • The homeowner is not facing charges under the state's castle doctrine, which allows for the use of force against anyone trying to break into your property
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ahhh.... I love a happy ending!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/03/2022 1:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Evolution in action.
Posted by: Too Old To Work || 05/03/2022 7:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Don't Mess With Texas (Mothers)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 7:41 Comments || Top||

#4  Nice shooting
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/03/2022 8:17 Comments || Top||

#5  Does she get compensated for the ammo for saving taxpayers a shit load of money?
Posted by: Chris || 05/03/2022 11:00 Comments || Top||

#6  It happens a fair amount down here in Texas. I live near a prison here outside Houston and have been asked, "Aren't you nervous?" I researched it and can find no articles about any escapes from the prison. Plus, knowing my neighborhood, any prisoner who did manage to escape is going to run as fast as he can away from our area as it's way too likely they'd get shot by a citizen as opposed to the cops. In reading many of the incidents down here, I've noticed that here, there's very few attempts to hold miscreants for police. If people have to draw, they're shooting to put them down.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 05/03/2022 11:11 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/03/2022 11:32 Comments || Top||

#8  In three years, I've seen ONE hitchhiker in the area. One. And nobody paid him any mind. Of course, in the picture above, he'd probably get shot if he tried to get in a car.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 05/03/2022 12:25 Comments || Top||

#9 
Texas is down another Demoçratic voter.
Now he can only vote once from the graveyard.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/03/2022 12:32 Comments || Top||

#10  A sign I saw near Dallas recently, "We don't call 911."
Posted by: Bugs McGurque4586 || 05/03/2022 14:05 Comments || Top||

#11  Lovely. I'm gonna sleep very well tonight knowing there is one less scum bag stealing oxygen.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/03/2022 21:44 Comments || Top||


Britain
Now NatWest tells staff they can put pronouns on name badges as bank becomes latest major company to signal the move in bid to make workers feel more 'comfortable or respected'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Back in Britain:
  • NatWest is introducing new name tags that include people's chosen pronouns

  • Options available will include ‘he/him/his’, ‘she/her/hers’ and ‘them/theirs’

  • The changes will be optional and will be made available to 6,500 branch staff

  • Marks & Spencer, the BBC and the Ministry of Defence already give employees the chance to state their pronouns.

  • NatWest, formerly known as the Royal Bank of Scotland, serves about 19million customers across the UK and Ireland.

Related: Trans women are told to call 999 if they are made to leave female-only spaces and feel 'unsafe'

Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

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Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 9:59 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Nice
Posted by: Frank G || 05/03/2022 11:03 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/03/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||

#4  What if my preferred pronoun is Kami-sama? Japanese anime reference...
Posted by: magpie || 05/03/2022 11:31 Comments || Top||

#5  #3: i got a chuckle!
Posted by: irish rage boy || 05/03/2022 14:16 Comments || Top||


Blackface Morris dancers who were axed from national body for refusing to give up controversial make-up continue to defy critics by entertaining May Day pub crowd
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Britannia Coconut Dancers traditionally perform for locals in Bacup, Lancashire

  • But they were told to stop painting faces black in response to the BLM campaign

  • The group defied instruction yesterday, however, and still performed in make-up
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Why should they change? Wearing blackface isn't a disqualification for being Prime Minister of Canada, why should it be a disqualification for dancing for a crowd?
Posted by: Blackbeard Unereck7174 || 05/03/2022 3:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Governor of Virginia, too.
Posted by: Cesare || 05/03/2022 8:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Or Walgreens thieves.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 12:03 Comments || Top||

#4  They're Morris dancers -- can you shame them out of ANYTHING?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 05/03/2022 16:05 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Israel reportedly leaning toward sending defensive military aid to Ukraine
[Times of Israel] First couple of paragraphs
Israeli officials are set to discuss expanding aid to Ukraine, including supplies of defensive military equipment so far withheld by Jerusalem, according to a report Tuesday.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Israel has rejected requests from Kyiv and the West for military equipment such as anti-missile batteries, and only recently agreed to send helmets and flak jackets to civilian rescue and medical forces, part of a policy meant to preserve ties with Russia. Instead it has sent some 100 tons of humanitarian aid and set up a field hospital in western Ukraine for six weeks.

However, Israeli officials are now expected to support sending Ukraine military aid, albeit at symbolic levels, and still with hopes of keeping its relationship with Russia intact, Haaretz reported Tuesday, citing officials with knowledge of the matter.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 05/03/2022 13:44 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maybe Russia should start to disperse Man-portable air-defense system trophied in Ukraine to Palestinians, Houthi, Pakistani, etc.
Posted by: The Dailly News || 05/03/2022 21:41 Comments || Top||

#2  It won’t do any good, dear boy. In the end a science-technology culture beats an inshallah culture. Something about actually aiming rather than randomly shooting off, and then maintaining the weapons properly between uses.

The proof is that the Gazans claim to have some of those, and despite their best efforts, it’s done them no good at all.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/03/2022 23:30 Comments || Top||


Russian troops stole $5M worth of farm vehicles from a John Deere dealership, which remotely locked the thieves out of the equipment
[Yahoo] Russian troops occupying the Ukrainian city of Melitopol stole nearly $5 million of farm vehicles from a John Deere dealership and shipped some of them more than 700 miles to Chechnya, CNN reported, only to find they had been rendered useless by a remote-locking system that prevented the thieves from turning the equipment on.

Two compound harvesters, valued at $300,000 each, as well as 27 other tractors, seeders, and additional pieces of equipment were stolen from the dealership. But the remote access technology of the equipment, which allows for GPS tracking and some of the vehicles to be remotely operated, prevented them from being used.

"When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that they could not even turn them on, because the harvesters were locked remotely," a source familiar with the incident told CNN.

While the equipment could still be scrapped and sold for parts by Russian troops, the source said it is currently lying idle on a farm near Grozny.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/03/2022 10:43 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That would be 2 tractors, 2 twelve row planters, and an X9, 1450 combine harvester.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 11:17 Comments || Top||

#2  CNN is not naming a contact in Melitopol

The numbers are a little jumbled.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 11:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Now the russians know how US farmers feel. Except they didn't have to pay for the things to begin with.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/03/2022 11:46 Comments || Top||

#4  The one and only time that DRM in farm equipment turned out to be a good idea.
Posted by: Angstrom || 05/03/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||

#5  I can hear some locals, "Yeah, well, they still gonna get ya with the service contracts."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 12:11 Comments || Top||

#6  Start calling them to offer extended warranties.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 12:49 Comments || Top||

#7  P2K: I think that's already countermanded by the Geneva Convention...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 05/03/2022 14:05 Comments || Top||


Russian ‘nuclear tsunami’ will wipe out Britain, Kremlin-backed media threatens
[The Times - UK]
Posted by: 3dc || 05/03/2022 06:15 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Bagdad Boris?
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/03/2022 8:58 Comments || Top||




Ukraine says that Russia may soon announce general mobilization.
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 05/03/2022 05:18 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  File under bogus 'Ghost of Kyiv' fighter pilot story until draftees begin showing up at induction centers.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 6:57 Comments || Top||

#2  IIRC they never did end conscription, they sort of left it whither away when the kids refused to report for induction. The enforcement was and is on par with our control of our border in gathering up invaders.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 7:53 Comments || Top||

#3  We'll see how desperate Putie-pie is. A full mobilization means he is throwing everything at Ukraine. And I mean everything.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/03/2022 8:49 Comments || Top||

#4  I think the plan is to conduct the mobilization before NATO and the US. This is an existential war and the Ukraine is only an early part.
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 05/03/2022 8:51 Comments || Top||

#5  General mobilization means that instead of 250,000 troops in the equivalent of one military district, we could see between four and eight times as many troops, tanks and aircraft in up to eight military districts being thrown at the west.

It then is prolly likely nukes will be in play.
Posted by: badanov || 05/03/2022 9:10 Comments || Top||

#6  we could see between four and eight times as many

Realistically, how long would it take to get them all in place and facing in the same direction, not to mention fully equipped for the task, from a standing start? In my ignorance, it seems to me that they sent their best in the first round.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/03/2022 10:10 Comments || Top||

#7  ...it seems to me that they sent their best in the first round.

They did. A good chunk of their contract soldiers were spent in the Ukraine. A general mobilization would also include those that have left the military along with raw recruits but it would take time to get them fitted, back in shape and in a rough form for the front.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/03/2022 10:15 Comments || Top||

#8  TW - I believe roughly 10% of available RF ground forces are currently committed in the SMO. As the troops rotate probably 25% of the RF ground forces will have experience with near peer combat operations following the completion of the SMO. By contrast current NATO forces have limited experience operating in combat without enjoying air supremacy. Mobilized RF reserves without combat experience would be useful for securing lines of communication, occupation/civil affairs functions and relief of forces in static sections. That frees up more capable troops for direct action
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 05/03/2022 10:23 Comments || Top||

#9  Russia Has Committed 75 Percent of Its Total Military to Ukraine
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/03/2022 10:48 Comments || Top||

#10  Realistically, how long would it take to get them all in place and facing in the same direction, not to mention fully equipped for the task, from a standing start? In my ignorance, it seems to me that they sent their best in

In the first 30 days of WWII, the Soviets managed to mobilize and put to field 2.5 million men at arms.

Then they didn't have modern transport and communications means they have now.
Posted by: badanov || 05/03/2022 10:55 Comments || Top||

#11  Realistically, how long would it take to get them all in place and facing in the same direction

May 9th.

Russian Victory Day Parade Cut By 35%, Emphasizing Ukraine’s Battlefield Prowess
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 11:52 Comments || Top||


#13  We can expect any mobilization plan to go as smoothly has their invasion plan. Our experience with Desert Shield/Storm showed that mother nature doesn't care what your timelines are. The human body takes weeks to get in condition for combat (less just throwing bodies at the enemy to eat up their ammo). If it wasn't for the massive logistics and support structure in the services which allowed the US to literally overwhelm normal log problems, our plans wouldn't even be effective.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 12:47 Comments || Top||

#14  And maybe the troops will ride into battle and be supplied by all the well-maintained trucks the Russians have been hiding before now.

And the S-300 and S-400 missile systems will suddenly start working!

And they'll turn on the CIwS on their remaining cruisers.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 05/03/2022 12:52 Comments || Top||

#15  Darth - The RF has 170 Battalion Tactical Groups. 75% would be 127 units committed. Most estimates I’ve seen suggest it’s closer to 40 units in contact plus the logistical tail. So ballpark 25% of the available direct action elements. That is more than the 10% I mentioned earlier. Frankly I’m looking forward to reading the history of this operation in future to see what actually happened. So much propaganda on both sides …
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 05/03/2022 13:45 Comments || Top||

#16  This reminds me of Red Storm Rising. Soviets wanted to invade Iran for the oil, but needed to bust up NATO first so they attacked Europe only to bog down and draw off their forces waiting to go into Iran.

Except the Russians don't have troops waiting to go into Iran to symphon off.
Posted by: ruprecht || 05/03/2022 15:35 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 2nd, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:48 The EU has finally come close to an embargo on Russian oil. It could be introduced as early as next week. However, a number of obstacles still remain. Read more about this in the article Russia's oil ban: the EU is ready for a solution .

23:46 Russia has developed clear plans for the invasion of Moldova in the near future to open a second front against Ukraine. More details - in the material of the Russian Federation is preparing the capture of Moldova .

23:43 Ukraine will receive another five thousand Javelins by Friday, May 6, said Pentagon Speaker John Kirby.

23:41 The Swedish embassy will resume work in Kiev on May 4, said Foreign Minister Ann Linde.

23:35 The United States currently does not see China providing assistance to Russia in the war against Ukraine, said Permanent Representative to the OSCE Michael Carpenter.

23:33 Another 5,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles will be delivered to Ukraine by Friday, May 6, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

23:28 Arestovich said that the first Russian soldier today surrendered to the Legion of Freedom of Russia - Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine against the Putin regime. Also, the adviser to the head of the OP said that the man who today threw a Molotov cocktail into a paddy wagon on Red Square in Moscow did it with the words "Legion of Freedom of Russia."

23:25 A column of people from Azovstal, released on May 1, today could not get to Zaporozhye, Suspilny was told in the Zaporizhia OVA. It is only known that the column stays on the territory of the region.

23:23 Zelensky said in an evening address that "Russia does things every day that simply exclude any adequacy." This is how he commented on Lavrov's anti-Semitic statement:

“How could such a thing be said on the eve of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism? These words mean that the top diplomat of Russia is transferring the blame for the crimes of the Nazis to the Jewish people. There are no words.

Of course, today there is a big scandal in Israel about these words. However, no one hears objections or excuses from Moscow. They are silent there. So, we agree with what their foreign minister said. After the Russian missile attack on Babi Yar in Kyiv, after the Menorah damaged by shelling at the site of mass executions in Drobitsky Yar near Kharkov, after the death from Russian shelling of ordinary people who survived the Nazi occupation and Nazi concentration camps, such an anti-Semitic attack by their minister means that Russia has forgotten all the lessons of World War II. Or maybe they never learned those lessons.

Therefore, the question is - will the Israeli ambassador stay in Moscow, knowing such a new position of theirs? Will relations with Russia continue as usual? Because this is no coincidence. Not accidental words of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs - "a great connoisseur of Hitlerism."

23:10 Slovakia will insist on exemption from the embargo on the purchase of Russian oil, said Minister of Economy Richard Sulik. Slovakia is 100% dependent on oil imports from the Russian Federation, therefore, according to Sulik, the preparation of a replacement will take several years.

22:37 The US has "extremely credible" intelligence that Russia will attempt to annex the Donetsk and Lugansk regions "somewhere in mid-May" and create a "Kherson People's Republic," US Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter said.

22:33 Zelensky in an evening address: "In the near future we expect a new sanctions package from the European Union. This package should contain clear steps to block Russia's income from energy resources. So that a billion euros every day for fossil fuels are not transferred to a terrorist state. But also already Now we should prepare for the next sanctions steps. In any case, we will have to block all export-import operations with Russia. Because without this, Moscow will never understand that international law and peace in Europe must be respected."

22:30 Danilov said that Putin warned Hungary in advance about the attack on Ukraine, and she thought she could "take" part of the Ukrainian territory. "This will never happen, the victory will definitely be ours. And as for Hungary, which behaved this way, we will see what the consequences of this war will be for this country," the NSDC Secretary stressed.

22:28 In the Donetsk and Lugansk directions, the military JFO repelled 12 enemy attacks in a day, and also destroyed dozens of pieces of equipment of the occupiers - six tanks, five artillery systems, 22 units of military armored vehicles and eight vehicles.

22:17 The progress of the Russian offensive in the Donbas is minimal, a Pentagon spokesman said, according to NBC News. According to a US Department of Defense spokesman, although Russian troops advance into some areas to declare victory, they then leave and allow the Ukrainians to take them back.

22:09 The Mariupol City Council announced that, with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, on Tuesday, May 3, the evacuation of the civilian population was agreed. Collection point - Lunacharsky ring near Berdyansk, beginning at 7:00.

22:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that 11,550 people, including 1,847 children, were "evacuated" to Russia from "dangerous regions of the DPR and LPR, Ukraine" in a day. Also, 101 people allegedly left the territory of the Azovstal plant between April 30 and May 1, 32 of them decided to stay in the "DPR". 69 civilians decided to leave for the territory controlled by Ukraine, who were handed over to representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

22:03 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "nationalists" in Ukraine have equipped a stronghold in Barvenkovo, Kharkiv region, in the building of a psychiatric hospital, and in the basement "civilians are forcibly kept." Also, the Ukrainian troops allegedly "equipped firing positions and placed armored vehicles, artillery and MLRS in the schools of Dnipro, Nikolaev, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk."

21:59 The head of Ukrainian intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with NV that the Russians have a very strong personnel shortage, so those potential collaborators on whom they staked before the war in many cases did not justify themselves at all.

As for Kherson, according to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian leadership has two ideas: the re-establishment of the Taurida province, which existed for a short time in the Russian Empire (this is the territory of Crimea, Kherson, partly Nikolayevshchina and a little Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions with an administrative center in Simferopol) , as well as the so-called Heavenly City (Odessa, Kherson, part of the Nikolaev region, Dnieper and part of the Donetsk region). "There was such a concept. I say it again: this is a sick mind," Budanov said.

21:37 After a partial evacuation of civilians from Azovstal, the enemy continues to shell the plant's territory, including buildings where civilians hide from danger. Also, as the Azov Regiment reported, the enemy inflicts air strikes, fires using naval artillery and tanks. However, the fighters of the Azov regiment managed to destroy five invaders.

21:11 Germany said it was ready to support an immediate EU embargo on Russian oil, which could allow Europe to impose such a ban within a few days, writes Reuters.

21:05 As a result of an evening missile attack on Odessa, a 15-year-old teenager was killed, another child was injured and is in the hospital, OK Pivden specified. A residential building, in which there were five people, came under fire.

21:02 The CIA urges Russians dissatisfied with the authorities to get in touch via the darknet, writes Sky News. Instructions on how to access the CIA dark web site surfaced on its social media today. The dark web site has the same functionality as a regular home page, but can only be accessed through the Tor internet browser. The CIA is hoping that Russians living abroad will share instructions with their domestic contacts.

20:59 Danilov said that there are trophies in the apparatus of the National Security and Defense Council - maps that Russian troops were supposed to use. According to him, these are old maps of the Kyiv region of 1977, which the Ukrainian military does not use.

20:53 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry, Kirill Budanov, believes that if Russia uses tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, there are only two options for ending the war - the collapse of the Russian Federation into three or more parts or a change in the Russian leadership.

20:50 According to some reports, the chief of the Russian general staff personally arrived in Izyum. Why did Putin send him to the front? All the details - in the material Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation in Ukraine - what does it mean .

20:46 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Danilov specified in the national telethon that as a result of a missile attack on Odessa, the Moscow Patriarchate church was damaged, its roof was "torn down."

20:44 Scholz urged Putin to stop the invasion of Ukraine and negotiate peace with Kiev. Speaking at a press conference in Berlin with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Scholz said that "it is important to achieve a better future together, not to wage war against each other, but to enable economic development and common development." The chancellor also called on Putin to "withdraw his troops from Ukraine," adding that "borders should not be changed with violence."

20:38 The European Commission considers payment for gas in rubles a violation of sanctions and will provide explanations to EU companies on possible actions in the coming days, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson said at an extraordinary meeting of EU energy ministers.

20:36 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said on the air of the telethon that there can be no peace treaty with Russia - only its surrender is possible. He is also convinced that the war will not end quickly. In his opinion, the turning point in the war has not yet come, but it will definitely happen, given the amount of aid that comes to Ukraine.

20:34 Podolyak: "The mayor of Berdyansk, appointed by the occupying forces, was previously convicted of pedophilia. A janitor was appointed as the" deputy mayor. "The head" of the registry office is a cleaning lady. world".

20:32 Servicemen of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine named after. Dmitry Vishnevetsky, who are now at Azovstal, appealed to the Ukrainian authorities and the world community with a request to do everything possible to evacuate civilians, wounded soldiers, pick up the bodies of the dead, and evacuate the entire military garrison. They stated that they were without light, water and food, in complete surroundings.

20:25 UEFA suspended the Russian national team and football clubs from participating in the Nations League and European competitions of the 2022/23 season. The application of the Russian Federation to host the Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 championships in the country has also been cancelled.

20:20 There are enough mobilized in Ukraine today, they are being trained, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said on the air of the telethon, answering a question about the possibility of a new wave of mobilization.

20:18 The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with NV that the so-called "MRT" is not a big threat to Ukraine, but this territory remains a factor of destabilization in the entire region: "Transnistria is a huge problem for them militarily. There is a territory ", which they completely control. However, they have no approach to it. The border is on one side with Moldova, on the other - with Ukraine. And no matter how they shout there, they cannot do anything serious there."

20:14 Lavrov spoke about Zelensky's Jewish roots and went so far as to say that Hitler also had Jewish roots, and in general, Jews are the most ardent anti-Semites. The words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry caused a wave of indignation both in Israel and in Ukraine. Details about the reaction of the world - in the material Lavrov drowned in anti-Semitism .

20:09 Eight mass graves were found in the Kiev region, said the deputy head of the regional police Maxim Ocheretyany. According to him, 148 people were found in these eight burials. All the dead have physical injuries. At the same time, 280 out of 1202 people found in the Kyiv region still remain unidentified.

20:03 Donetsk telegram channels report that a huge column of smoke is rising over Azovstal. Meanwhile, the Russian media write with reference to the "authorities of the DPR" that the Ukrainian side allegedly broke the silence regime at Azovstal.

20:00 The European Commission urged the EU countries to prepare action plans in case of interruption of gas supplies from Russia, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson said before an extraordinary meeting of EU energy ministers.

19:54 As a result of a rocket attack on Odessa, according to preliminary data, a 13-year-old child was killed and a 17-year-old girl was seriously injured. There are other dead, said people's deputy Alexei Goncharenko.

19:52 The occupiers have built a pontoon bridge across the Seversky Donets River, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on establishing full control over the settlement. Rubizhnoe and Popasnaya and moving in the directions of N. p. Liman and Seversk.

19:50 According to the General Staff of Ukraine, the situation in Transnistria remains tense. Russia, through its controlled media, continues to spread provocative messages about the increased threat to the population of Transnistria from Ukraine.

19:47 Zelensky said that Ukrainians are not ready to give up part of the territory of Ukraine in favor of Russia, especially after the death of thousands of military and civilian Ukrainians: "Give them a little rest before they start a new aggression in 2-3 years? We are not ready go for it".

19:39 The enemy launched a missile attack on one of the infrastructure facilities of Odessa, there are dead and wounded , said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.

OK Pivden reported that a religious building was also damaged.

19:34 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with NV that Russia is preparing to announce mobilization on May 9: "Now the Rosrezerv has begun to check what they have in stock and calculate what they can issue according to mobilization orders. This is absolutely necessary step before the real mobilization."

Asked if the Kremlin plans to win in the Donbas by May 9, the head of Ukrainian intelligence said: "That's their goal, but it won't happen, they don't make it. They don't make it in time in any way." He also said that the Russian army is "completely demotivated", but there is a military vertical - "they receive orders, and they will be forced to carry them out."

19:20 The movement of the column from Mariupol to Zaporozhye is delayed, said the head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Alexander Starukh. Also, on the air of the national telethon, it was reported that the convoy was stopped in the Mangush region.

19:17 Zelensky does not know anything about whether Ukrainian special operations took place on the territory of Russia: "If we take the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, then I believe that we have every right to carry out certain steps on our land. All within the framework of internationally recognized borders. Other actions are unknown to me."

19:12 A member of the Hungarian government, Zoltan Kovacs, has denied Western media reports that Hungary has withdrawn its veto on the oil embargo against Russia.

18:59 Ukraine will continue to cooperate with Moldova and maintain its territorial integrity amid the escalation in the unrecognized Transnistria, Kuleba said: "We need to work with Moldova and maintain the territorial integrity and sovereignty of this state. We will do this even though, let's be frank , we expected a better response from Moldova to our requests for support at the start of the Russian invasion."

18:37 Deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine have reached a five-month high, writes Reuters. According to the data of the Slovak operator TSO Eustream, the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine to Europe through the Velké-Kapushany border checkpoint (Slovakia) on May 2 amounted to about 994,407 MWh, which is the highest figure since November 30.

18:35 Johnson on Tuesday, May 3, will address the Ukrainian Parliament.

18:23 Podolyak recalled that 27 civilians died in Donbas in 2019, eight in 2020, and 15 in 2021. there is so much pain for the residents of Donbass as Russia has since 2014 and especially today," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office wrote.

18:15 The Hungarian embassy has returned to Kiev, Hungarian media report, citing Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó.

18:14 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Jeppe Kofod, promised to take patronage over Nikolaev in the issue of restoring the city after the war with Russia.

18:10 Ukraine's victory in the war with Russia depends on three factors - sanctions, arms assistance and getting closer to EU membership, Kuleba said at a press conference in Kiev with Danish counterpart Jeppe Kofod.

18:04 The Azeri Times reported that Azerbaijan closed the airspace for Russian military aircraft. This is due to the intention to disrupt the transportation of military cargo between the Russian Federation and Armenia. Now Russian planes carrying military supplies from Armenia to Russia are forced to fly over Iran and the Caspian Sea on their way to Rostov-on-Don. There are no official statements about this yet.

18:02 The United States intends to ensure that the situation around Ukraine turned into a "strategic failure" for the Russian Federation, said Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander.

17:54 One of the largest metallurgical companies in the world, Tata Steel, has refused coal from Russia. Previously, this company was India's largest importer of Russian coal, writes the Financial Times.

17:51 The occupiers carried out five artillery shellings in Kharkiv in a day, the Saltovka and KhTZ districts suffered. In the region, Bogodukhov, Zolochev, Malaya Danilovka, Chuguev were shelled. Three people were killed, eight civilians were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA.

According to him, the fighting continues in the Izyum region, the enemy is trying to attack in the direction of Barvenkovo, but has no success. The Russian invaders are demoralized and refuse to go into battle. The number of attacks has decreased, but residents are asked not to lose vigilance.

Sinegubov also said that in Kharkiv today, a curfew is in effect from 21:00 to 6:00.

17:40 The "DPR" reported that another 214 people were "evacuated" from Mariupol to Bezymennoye, including 33 children.

17:38 In Mariupol, the invaders do not have time to exhume the bodies of the killed residents of the city. According to the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko, the city has an ultra-high mortality due to a lack of drinking water, food and medicine: “Now in Mariupol, medieval living conditions. The infrastructure is completely destroyed. So far, we do not see any progress in establishing human conditions for the population. there is almost no chance for people with oncology and chronic diseases to completely lack quality medical care. The number of victims of Russian aggression is constantly growing. Therefore, now only evacuation will help save people."

17:19 Russia is preparing for a cholera epidemic in the regions bordering Ukraine. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Anna Popova, chief medical officer of the Russian Federation, signed a decree on additional measures to prevent cholera, in which special attention is paid to the regions bordering Ukraine: Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Territory and Crimea.

Probably, in late May - early June, the leadership of the Russian Federation may resort to provocations in the areas bordering Ukraine. Traditionally, they will try to transfer responsibility for this to Ukraine, accusing it of "using biological weapons," the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense notes.

17:14 Mariupol is predominantly under the control of Russian troops, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: "The situation in Mariupol is extremely difficult. The invaders continue to block our units in the area of ​​the Azovstal plant, blocking humanitarian corridors. The only thing is that there are certain agreements on organizing an evacuation corridor today." .

16:56 There are currently three Russian carriers of Caliber-type sea-launched cruise missiles with a total missile salvo of up to 20 missiles in the Black Sea, while a week ago there were eight carriers with a missile salvo of 58 missiles, Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik said.

16:31 In Russia, on the territory of the Perm Powder Plant on the evening of May 1, a strong explosion thundered, killing two employees. According to Ekho Perm, initially the company's management said that they were undergoing planned tests and there was no reason to panic. However, the editors found a person who claims that her relative died there.

16:24 In the Kiev region, law enforcement officers have already found 1202 bodies of Ukrainian citizens who died at the hands of Russian invaders, the National Police reported.

16:23 The unprecedented loss of Russian officers was the result of "surprising incompetence" of the Russian military, said James Stavridis, former commander of the NATO allied forces in Europe.

16:21 An ammunition depot has been destroyed in Chernobaevka, Arestovich said. "Chernobaevka-18", - wrote the adviser to the head of the OP.

16:18 Ukraine has received an additional grant of 495 million euros from the World Bank trust fund, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said. Funding was provided by the United States, Norway and Austria. Marchenko added that work continues on obtaining a $500 million grant from the United States.

15:57 Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak reports that the EU will announce the sixth package of sanctions against Russia by May 9.

15:46 The first suspect in the murders in Bucha has been identified - the commander of the National Guard of the Russian Federation Sergey Kolotsey, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said. She published a photo, one of which depicts the bodies of civilians who were shot with their hands tied behind their backs, the other shows Kolotsey, who sends the loot from the Ukrainians at the Belarusian post office with fellow soldiers. His "gift" from Ukraine to Ulyanovsk is the hood of a car trunk.

Bucha prosecutors and the police determined that it was this soldier who killed four unarmed men on March 18 in Bucha. On March 29, he tortured another civilian, forcing him to confess to subversive activities against the Russian army.

15:33 Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod arrived in Ukraine and began his visit with a trip to Irpin.

15:16 The US Embassy resumes work in Ukraine. Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Christina Quinn visited Lviv and said that the embassy employees plan to travel from Poland to Ukraine for some time, then they will stay in Lviv, and by the end of May they intend to return to Kyiv.

15:02 Yesterday, those evacuated from Mariupol safely arrived in Zaporozhye, writes Anton Gerashchenko.

14:59 Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said that a bill has been registered in Parliament, which proposes to approve the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada to the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US Congress on recognizing the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

14:48 In Ukraine, they can extend the general mobilization, said the head of the personnel department of the headquarters of the command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Gorbach. Zelensky's order on general mobilization was signed on February 24, according to him, the mobilization should end on May 24. According to Gorbach, the further situation with the mobilization will depend on the situation at the time of the end of the general mobilization.

14:44 In Russia, a campaign to recruit "volunteers" for military service under a contract is intensifying, which should make up for the losses of personnel suffered in Ukraine. It is also planned to form several new divisions.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, the military leadership of the Russian Federation has set clear "recruitment standards": for the Far Eastern and Siberian federal districts - 200 "volunteers" weekly, while in Moscow recruitment is not carried out at all.

To motivate "volunteers" campaign events are held: they are told about the "collective West" and "non-existent Ukraine", they are also promised increased material support and benefits.

14:39 The Verkhovna Rada presented a plan for the post-war restoration of Ukraine developed by the government and the Office of the President. It has nine core principles:

  • full access to the markets of the EU and G7 countries;

  • the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union, and subsequently full membership;

  • economy based on the principles of deregulation and liberalization;

  • logistics routes to Western countries;

  • transition from the export of raw materials to its processing and sale of finished products;

  • development of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex;

  • production of own gas and expansion of nuclear energy;

  • climate modernization;

  • localization of production in Ukraine at a level of at least 60%.

14:37 Russia illegally deported or transported 181,000 Ukrainian children to the occupied territories, said Daria Gerasimchuk, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights and Child Rehabilitation.

14:33 The SBU has identified almost 900 Russian invaders who committed crimes against the civilian population in the Kiev region. The invaders have all the information, as well as evidence of their atrocities. More than 2,500 Russians, whose units were based in the Kyiv region, are currently being checked for involvement in crimes.

The SBU also exposed about 100 collaborators who helped the enemy in the Kyiv region.

14:10 The Cabinet of Ministers has fixed tariffs for utilities at the current level until the end of the war with Russia.

14:08 Odessans heard explosions again - it was Ukrainian air defense that destroyed an enemy drone, OK Pivden reported.

13:55 Zelensky does not think that Putin has gone mad by declaring war on Ukraine. According to Zelensky, the President of the Russian Federation deliberately created an informational basis for hatred towards Ukrainians and continues to instill in Russians views about Russia's opposition to the whole world.

13:53 Denmark reopens its embassy in Kiev, Ritzau reports.

13:48 Kuleba commented on Lavrov's anti-Semitic speech: "Minister Lavrov could not hide the deep-rooted anti-Semitism of the Russian elites. His disgusting comments are offensive to President Zelensky, Ukraine, Israel and the Jewish people. In a broader sense, his words demonstrate that modern Russia is full of hatred for other nations."

Yermak, in turn, wrote: "Russia's anti-Semitism is becoming more and more obvious. They are no longer hiding and openly show it to the world. First, they hit the territory where the Babi Yar memorial complex is located with rockets."

13:44 The invaders are taking out the corpses from Mariupol in trucks of "humanitarian cargo". "That is, the same trucks that deliver "humanitarian handouts" to Mariupol are loaded with the bodies of the dead on the way back," said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. He stressed that this is not an isolated case - this is how the bodies of thousands of the dead are taken out on a regular basis.

13:38 The Finnish company Fennovoima terminates the contract with the Russian Federation for the construction of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant. This decision was called "absolutely incomprehensible" in Rosatom, because this project "progressed".

13:36 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, more than 5.5 million people have left Ukraine, according to the UN. More than half of the Ukrainians left for Poland, but some of the refugees have already returned home to those regions where the fighting has stopped.

13:27 The UN reported that 2,000 emergency housing kits with basic building materials such as tarpaulins, wooden beams and nails were delivered to Ukraine. They are intended for people in Irpin, Bucha, Borodyanka and Makarov whose houses were damaged by the war.

13:21 The war in Ukraine is in a decisive phase, said the former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges. According to him, a lot depends on whether the allies manage to deliver the necessary weapons to the Ukrainian fighters in time. The challenge is the need to find systems that can shoot down such weapons as, for example, Caliber.

13:19 The SBI announces the detention of proxies of ex-People's Deputy Ilya Kiva, who were supposed to organize provocative actions involving "titushki" and destabilize the situation in the Odessa region on May 2.

13:14 In Mariupol, the invaders staged an information blockade, completely blocking all information flows to and from the city. “You may be surprised, but the people of Mariupol are now in the city sure that Russian soldiers are marching along Khreshchatyk, Kharkov is under Russian control, and every man from Mariupol is sent to the front when leaving,” wrote Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.

He also said that in order to maintain this blockade, the occupiers strictly control all photography and video filming: people cannot even take a selfie without the permission of the soldiers. Only propagandists and “volunteers” from the FSB can shoot in the city - hence all these shots of “grateful Mariupol residents”. When leaving for filtering, all content that can show the truth of life is also deleted.

13:07 To mask the losses in the war in Ukraine, the Russians take out the corpses in small batches and only at night, the SBU reports with reference to the interception of the conversation of the invaders. This significantly prolongs the delivery time, so sometimes the relatives of the occupiers receive "half-decomposed cargo 200", which has to be additionally identified.

12:55 The evacuation from Mariupol continues. The buses have not yet reached the place, but Mariupol residents are asked to stay near the Port City shopping center, the city council said.

12:52 Three rockets were fired at the Odesa region, OK Pivden said.

12:41 Russian troops again fired at the bridge across the Dniester Estuary, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Bratchuk.

11:31 In Odessa, on the eve of the anniversary of the tragedy on May 2, the SBI together with the police detained 12 saboteurs. They found an arsenal of weapons and explosives, flags with communist symbols, medals, anti-Ukrainian books and campaign brochures. According to the plans of the enemy, they had to implement their criminal plan on the anniversary of the tragic events of May 2.

11:30 Israel summoned the Russian ambassador because of Lavrov's words about the Jews and Zelensky in an interview with the Italian TV channel Mediaset, reports the BBC. Lavrov was asked how the accusations of Nazism against Ukraine fit in with the fact that Zelensky was a Jew, to which the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry replied: “He puts forward an argument: what kind of Nazism can they have if he is a Jew. I could be wrong, but Hitler also had "Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing. The wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites, as a rule, are Jews. The family has its black sheep, as we say."

The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded to this statement: "The statements of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov are not only inexcusable and outrageous - they are also a terrible historical mistake. Jews did not kill themselves during the Holocaust. Accusing the Jews themselves of anti-Semitism is the lowest level of racism against Jews" .

11:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of May 2:

  • personnel - about 23,800 (+300) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1048 (+22),

  • armored combat vehicles - 2519 (+48),

  • artillery systems - 459 (+8),

  • MLRS - 152 (+1),

  • air defense systems - 80 (+0),

  • aircraft - 194 (+2),

  • helicopters -155 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 1824 (+28),

  • ships/boats - 8 (+0),

  • UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 271 (+26),

  • special equipment - 38 (+6),

  • cruise missiles - 84 (+0).

11:21 Zelensky about ten attempts on his life: "It's not so much, because only ten people want it. I think that the President of the Russian Federation has many more problems, judging by the attitude of the whole world towards his policies. That which everyone has experienced we are experiencing now, when Ukrainians are sitting in basements and being tortured, and then they are found in wells - this is scary. I'm scared for our people, especially for those who have lost loved ones. I think that while you have a family and you If you haven’t lost loved ones, then everything can be fixed.”

10:56 Internet is turned off for Belarusians in order to hide information about the movement of Russian troops on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. According to Ukrainian intelligence, for the first time the restriction of Belarusian mobile subscribers to the Internet was recorded on April 1. Within a month, access to the network was limited in entire regions of the country.

According to the estimates of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the disconnection of users from the Internet was coordinated by special services. Thus, the KGB of Belarus and the FSB of Russia are trying to limit the communication of patriotic citizens and prevent the dissemination of information about the movement of Russian military equipment through the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

Anomalies in network access in certain areas south and southeast of Minsk indicate a corridor for the movement of military equipment, which is confirmed by information from other sources.

10:49 In Ukraine, the ability to buy and sell real estate has been resumed, the Ministry of Justice said.

10:46 Between the Nikolaev and Kherson regions in the combat zone, Internet communications are disrupted, the head of the Nikolaev region Vitaliy Kim said: "We have identified a point, today we will try to figure it out, if they have not specifically turned it off. If there is an opportunity and accessibility, we will fix it, not Let's leave the people of Kherson without communication."

10:43 In Ukraine, US citizens who have undergone military training are fighting against Russia. According to Politico, the Task Force Yankee group, which includes about 190 volunteers, is fighting on the side of Ukraine. Most of them are involved in the delivery of food and medicine to the battle lines, but some are directly involved in hostilities.

10:36 The Zaporizhzhya OVA reported that with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, the green corridor Mariupol-Zaporozhye was agreed today. The columns of buses will go through Tokmak and Vasilievka.

10:33 Zelensky, in an interview with the Australian TV channel Nine Network, assessed the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons against Ukraine: "You cannot expect from these people, from the leadership of the Russian Federation, both political and military, that they will not use nuclear weapons, or will. .. I can’t say for 100% that no, they won’t, or they will.<...> Sometimes it seems to me that they use something without even understanding the result, or they understand the result, but they don’t care. Well, you know perfectly well, the worst people who don't care. They're the worst. It's not even an enemy."

10:28 The Kremlin forced Oleg Tinkov to sell his stake in Tinkoff Bank. As the businessman himself told in an interview with The New York Times, the day after his post condemning the war in Ukraine and criticizing the Russian army, he was contacted by the Putin administration and threatened to nationalize the bank if he did not sell his stake. Therefore, he sold his 35% stake to Vladimir Potanin. He could not discuss the price, as well as conduct any negotiations. The deal amounted to about 3% of the market value.

Tinkov also said that he had to hire security because he was afraid of being killed.

10:23 Czech President Milos Zeman said in an interview with CNN that Russia now looks ridiculous: "Putin was under the illusion that Russia is omnipotent and, in particular, that the Russian army is the second most powerful army in the world. Today it looks ridiculous. It turned out that the Russian the army is much weaker than all the experts thought."

He also spoke about Moscow's demand to pay for gas in rubles: "I don't think Russia will stop deliveries, but ... I once publicly said that the Russians are not crazy to attack Ukraine, but they turned out to be crazy."

10:20 German Minister for Economy and Climate Protection Robert Haback said that dependence on Russian oil has decreased from last year's 35% to 12%, gas - from 55% to 35%, coal - from 50% to 8%. According to him, the process of reducing energy dependence on Russia is difficult, but these efforts are worth it in order to deprive Moscow of the opportunity to blackmail its counterparties.

10:16 In the area of ​​​​the village of Yampol, Donetsk region, Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed a special forces group of invaders from Siberia, the Command of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. The group of invaders was identified as the 24th Separate Special Purpose Brigade of the Main Directorate (formerly known as the GRU) of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.

10:13 Russia's plans to quickly seize the Donetsk region have been thwarted, said the head of the UVA Pavel Kirilenko: "The situation is difficult, but remains under control. The enemy cannot advance even in those directions that he was forced to change, adjusting his plans for a rapid advance deep into the Donetsk region and capturing the main key cities in the Donetsk region. But I can say for sure that their plans for the month of May, the celebration of May 9, are actually broken."

10:10 Today, at dawn, two Russian Raptor-type boats were destroyed near Zmeiny Island with the help of Bayraktars, Zaluzhny said.

09:45 The petition to introduce a visa regime with Russia has gained more than 25 thousand votes, now it will be submitted to Zelensky for consideration.

09:43 The office of the Prosecutor General announced suspicion to the commander of the eastern military district of the Russian Federation, Alexander Chaiko, for trying to capture Kiev. The investigators established that he was in the village of Zdvizhevka, Buchansky district, for two weeks in March 2022. There, in a kindergarten, he set up a headquarters, from which he led the military operations to capture the capital. And at the stadium in the village of Katyuzhanka, he presented state awards to his subordinate military.

09:41 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban got into the database of the Peacemaker website with the note "an accomplice of Russian war criminals."

09:40 As a result of the shelling of Orekhovo, Zaporizhia region, two people were killed, four were injured, the OVA reported.

09:37 In Mariupol, enemy naval artillery hit Azovstal, but by morning it became quieter, said the commander of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard Denis Shlega on the air of the telethon. He also said that about 200 people remained on the territory of the enterprise, of which almost 20 were children, the exact timing of their evacuation is still unknown. Also, there are more than 500 wounded soldiers at Azovstal, and they receive medical care in very difficult conditions.

09:35 The EU will stop importing Russian coal in the summer, and will refuse Russian oil by the end of the year, Scholz said in an interview with Indian Express.

09:06 Zelensky, in an interview with the Greek ERT, criticized Greece and Turkey for accepting Russian tourists who "earn on blood, and then take this money": "This is unfair ... I think that this cannot be, because that you have to make a choice - are you for the truth or not.

09:04 Erdogan said that decisions on Ukraine will be made in Turkey: "Probably this week we will have negotiations with Putin ... We want us to gather leaders in Istanbul or Ankara. The decision point is the steps to be taken in relation to the east of Ukraine, will be Turkey".

09:01 In the Lugansk region over the past day, cities and villages were subjected to enemy shelling 18 times, only the destruction of 28 houses was officially recorded. Three people were killed and three others were injured, including a child. In Lisichansk, the building of the gymnasium burned down, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai.

08:55 Russia is constantly recruiting new saboteurs, so their work to identify them will never be completed, even after the end of the war, said adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Rostislav Smirnov.

08:52 Head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov was near Izyum, but managed to escape, writes The New York Times, citing two American officials. According to them, Ukraine learned about the visit and struck at the position where Gerasimov was. However, he managed to escape.

US sources describe the arrival of a high-ranking army official at the front lines as an unusual event: "Our working assumption is that he was there, as they admit that they have not resolved all their problems."

08:46 South Korean Ambassador Kim Hyung Te returned to Kiev, along with some of the department's employees. The rest of the staff will return in stages.

08:34 British intelligence reports that Russia has deployed 65% of all its ground armed forces in Ukraine - more than 120 battalion tactical groups. It is likely that more than a quarter of these units have now become incapacitated. Some of the most elite units, including the Airborne Forces, "experienced the most attrition." It may take years for Russia to rebuild these forces.

08:32 The Russians again struck at the Dnepropetrovsk region - a rocket hit the elevator, destroying the warehouse with grain. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.

08:30 The Russians stole $5 million worth of agricultural equipment from a dealership in Melitopol and sent it to Chechnya, but could not use it because it was blocked remotely, writes CNN. Now the only way to make money on the stolen is to dismantle it for parts.

08:28 US First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Slovakia and Romania to meet with Ukrainian refugees. She plans to fly out of Washington on Thursday, May 5, writes The New York Times.

08:26 The head of the US House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, believes that Biden's visit to Ukraine is only a matter of time: "The only question is how soon this will become possible."

08:25 Three EU countries have withdrawn the veto on the introduction of an oil embargo against Russia - these are Hungary, Austria and Slovakia, writes ZDF.

08:23 Turkey plans to launch gas production in the Black Sea in 2023, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez said. We are talking about two wells in the Sakarya region. The total potential volume of gas deposits is 540 billion cubic meters.

08:21 The head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power said that the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine are comparable to the consequences of a world war. According to her, the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict extend not only to Kyiv, but to the whole of Europe: in particular, food prices have increased in a number of countries.

Power stressed that it is the war in Ukraine, not the sanctions, that is driving up food prices, although Russia may argue otherwise.

08:10 Mariupol City Council reported that with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, two additional locations have been agreed today for landing people in an evacuation convoy that will leave Mariupol - Mangush and the Lunachar ring near Berdyansk. It will be possible to join the evacuation convoy by personal transport.

07:55 The American Institute for the Study of War notes that the Russian forces continue to gradually move southwest in the direction of Liman. They made limited progress south and west of Yampol. There are no successes in other areas.

The Russian Federation also creates conditions for permanent control over the occupied territories of southern Ukraine. The ruble began to circulate there. Moscow sees these regions either as nominally independent "people's republics" or wants to join Russia.

07:36 Russian troops have focused their efforts on taking Rubizhne under full control and preparing for an offensive on Severodonetsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .

06:57 Denmark and Sweden summon Russian ambassadors after a Russian plane violated their airspace.

03:04 Almost 4.5 million tons of grain are blocked in the ports of Ukraine - so far it is impossible to export them, because sea routes are closed because of the war, Martin Frick, a representative of the UN World Food Program, said.

02:55 The governor of the Belgorod region reported "two strong gaps", there were no casualties and no damage.

00:31 Ukraine will get access to the liquefied gas terminals of Poland and Lithuania, said the director of the gas transmission system operator of Ukraine Serhiy Makogon: “In the coming days, a tanker with a cargo of liquefied gas LNG for Poland will arrive at the LNG terminal in Klaipeda. Slovakia will also have access to LNG terminals in Poland and the Baltic countries this summer."
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Day 68 of Invasion; Day 14 of Battle of Donbass
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Russia didn't make any advances and didn't even try to do so except small scale and in isolated places. There was some movement of Russia troops behind their own lines so this may be prep for a new offensive or changing to a hold-the-line strategy.

Ukraine didn't make any substantial counterattack either. This may be partly because Ukraine took heavy casualties in their most recent advance in the Kharkiv region in the north and they may be assessing new tactics.

Ukraine still holds a piece of Mariupol.
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Russian Army’s Chief Of Staff Wounded In Ukraine, Other Officers Feared Killed
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's top military commander has been flown out of the war zone with shrapnel wounds after being sent to Ukraine by the Russian president to secure victory, a former Russian internal affairs minister has claimed.

According to Daily Mail, Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of Staff of the Russian army, was on Sunday maimed in Izium in Ukraine's Kharviv region, which has been at the centre of intense fighting since Russia's invasion..

Putin had sent Gerasimov to the region to take personal control of his push to grab territory in eastern Ukraine, after the Russian army abandoned its plans to take Kyiv at the end of March in favour of a concentrated assault on the Donbas region of Donetsk and Luhansk.

An unofficial Russian source reported that Gerasimov sustained 'a shrapnel wound in the upper third of the right leg without a bone fracture.

'The shard was removed - there is no danger to life,' he said.

But Gerasimov's injury was severe enough to have him flown away from the frontlines and back to Russia to undergo further treatment, marking another embarrassing defeat for Putin's forces.

The chief of staff's injury came just one day after Russian Major General Andrei Simonov, 55, was killed in Kharkiv, according to an adviser to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

He is Russia's ninth general to have been killed since the start of the invasion.

Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said the precision strike on Izium was "the very place where Gerasimov, who personally came to lead the attack on Slavyansk, was located."

A "large number" of senior officers were killed in the attack which maimed Gerasimov, Gerashchenko said.

Pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Vertikal also alleged Gerasimov had been “maimed near Izium", citing unspecified sources.

Russia is believed to have sustained heavy casualties in the eastern Donbas region and around cities Kharkiv and Izium, as Ukraine's armed forces continue their bitter defence of the Donetsk and Luhansk territories which have been partially occupied by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.

Russia's military leaders are pouring troops and equipment into the east of Ukraine in an attempt to force a bloody victory after they abandoned plans to blitz through Ukraine's north and seize Kyiv earlier in the war.
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#1  According to Daily Mail

Even Twitter reads DM!
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 11:56 Comments || Top||


Russian army on offensive in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Kherson regions
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#1  "...Russian army offensive?"

"You bet, they stink on ice!"

/tip o' the hat to one Mr. M. Brooks

Mike
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From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary May 2nd (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:12 A total of 11,550 people were evacuated from dangerous areas of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics during the day.

22:25 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Federation hit 38 military facilities of Ukraine in a day.

21:50 In Kherson, members of the territorial defense, prepared for sabotage, are being disarmed.

21:50 Ukrainian militants in a number of cities equipped their positions and placed equipment in schools and a psychiatric hospital, said Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.

"In Barvenkovo, Kharkiv region, in the building of the Regional Psychiatric Hospital No. 2, the nationalists equipped a strong point, and civilians are forcibly kept in the basement," the general said.

21:00 Russian air defense systems destroyed three Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 drones near Zmeiny Island.

21:00 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 13 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:59 High-precision air-launched missiles hit 36 ​​Ukrainian military facilities during the day.

20:59 During the day, the missile forces of the Russian Federation hit the command post of the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:58 Artillery units of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 170 nationalists, as well as 36 units of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

19:51 The missile hit the target in Odessa. According to reports, the blow was struck at the Shkolny airfield, where military aviation is based.

19:50 Explosions in Nikolaev, smoke rises from the impact over one of the districts.

19:49 The United States handed over to Kyiv 80 percent of the American howitzers allocated to them - Pentagon.

19:10 In Odessa, several explosions sounded again. Residents report three rocket attacks on targets in the vicinity of the city.

19:06 There is an air raid alert in Nikolaev.

19:05 The Russian Armed Forces defeated the radio intelligence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Izyum Front. In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops attacked the 164th air defense radio intelligence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The surviving cars were captured. Most of the technical means are very obsolete and are unlikely to be used.

17:57 Kharkiv was shelled again.

17:55 Americans are loading M777 howitzers to be sent to Ukraine.

17:55 Pentagon: The United States is trying to make the situation around Ukraine become a strategic failure of the Russian Federation.

17:06 Humanitarian aid was delivered to the village of Malaya Belozerka, Zaporozhye region.

17:05 In the liberated Vasilievka, on the eve of May 9, posters with the heroes of the Great Patriotic War appeared.

17:04 NATO weapons turned out to be useless - a Ukrainian prisoner.

16:04 In the Kherson region, in all the churches of the Novokakhovka Orthodox diocese today, memorial services are being held for those who died during the fire in the Odessa House of Trade Unions on May 2, 2014. In Odessa itself, any mourning events in memory of the monstrous tragedy are prohibited. Since yesterday evening, the city authorities have introduced a "protracted" curfew, which will last until 5:00 on May 3.

15:03 In Moscow, on the anniversary of the tragedy in Odessa, a procession is being held to the Ukrainian embassy. On May 2, 2014, about 2,000 people gathered to honor the memory of the dead.

15:01 In Chernobaevka, Kherson region, the Russian flag was raised.

14:01 On May 1, Melitopol begins to introduce the ruble into money circulation. This will ensure payments to pensioners, as well as salaries of public sector employees. Within a few months there will be a transition period when both currencies will be in circulation, then a full transition to the Russian ruble will take place.

14:00 At least one rocket hit the bridge near the Zatoka settlement, through which fuel supplies from Romania to Odessa go. Previously, the bridge has twice become the target of missile strikes.

12:47 Former member of the Turkish parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party Shamil Tayyar reacted sharply to Vladimir Zelensky's statements about Russian tourists in Turkey.

"Stupid comedian!" - the ex-MP wrote, noting that Zelensky was "offended by Turkey" because of the Russians on vacation. In his opinion, during an interview with the Greek channel, Zelensky "was talking nonsense."

12:46 Footage of fierce battles in the Izyum direction, taken from the UAV. The Armed Forces of Ukraine took up defense in the hangars and were eventually destroyed.

12:46 A strike was made on an object in Odessa, a cloud of smoke over the city.

12:45 Residents of Kherson reported an explosion in the vicinity of the Chernobaevka settlement.

12:44 The media reported thousands of foreigners fighting on the side of Ukraine.

12:00 Today, the Russian Guard is issuing humanitarian aid in the following settlements: Slavyanka, Rozovka, Novovladimirovka, Volkovka, Oktyabrskoye.

11:57 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 27 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:56 VKS high-precision air-launched missiles hit 38 Ukrainian military facilities in a day.

11:56 Since the beginning of the military operation, 146 planes, 112 helicopters and 683 drones of Ukraine have been destroyed.

11:56 Russian air defense systems destroyed 10 Ukrainian drones and two Tochka-U missiles in a day.

11:55 During an air battle near Slavyansk, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter was shot down.

11:02 A captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: drugs are being distributed to the Ukrainian military under the guise of an anesthetic.

11:00 In Melitopol, liberated by Russian troops, the new city administration has written off all debts of citizens for public services. This support measure was announced back in March.

10:59 From tomorrow, schools number 6 and 11 will start working in Melitopol. Kindergartens number 41, 48 and 99 and art school number 2 will also open.

09:46 In Melitopol, they began to pay in rubles in stores.

09:39 In Melitopol, the Banner of Victory was raised on the flagpole near the monument of the Boundary Stone.

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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: May 2nd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:19 VFU struck from the Uragan MLRS on the city of Debaltseve. As a result of this war crime, a kindergarten, houses, adjacent territories, outbuildings, power lines and roads received multiple damage. Civilians were injured, as well as domestic animals and livestock. Emergency services are on site.

22:51 Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed 32 Ukrainian nationalists, 2 122-mm multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad" and 1 infantry fighting vehicle. 1 armored personnel carrier and 2 cargo vehicles were captured.

21:27 The Investigative Committee opened cases against eight Ukrainian soldiers because of the shelling of the DPR and LPR.

21:27 A civilian died during the shelling of Pervomaisk by Ukrainian troops in the LPR.

20:31 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four shells with a caliber of 122mm, the DPR representative office in the JCCC said.

“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction: 18.50 - n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired, ”the representative office reported in its Telegram channel.

20:29 Shots and shell explosions are heard in the Azovstal area. The Ukrainian side broke the silence regime at Azovstal, shelling began from their positions on the territory of the plant, the DPR military had to respond, a representative of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic told RIA Novosti.

"The Ukrainian side began to break the silence regime and had to take retaliatory actions. They are afraid of responsibility for their crimes, which they have been committing for eight years already," a representative of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR.

19:29 Kyiv militants fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

19:28 As a result of artillery shelling of the city of Pervomaisk in the LPR, two residential buildings were damaged.

19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian Nazis have fired more than a hundred shells of 122mm, 120mm and 82mm caliber in the DPR. Five settlements came under fire, where seven residential buildings and three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Two civilians were injured.

19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR have destroyed 32 Ukrainian nationalists, two 122-mm multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad" and one infantry fighting vehicle. One armored personnel carrier and two cargo vehicles were captured.

18:42 Ukrainian Nazis fired at four settlements in the DPR - Gorlovka, Zheleznaya Balka, Staromikhaylovka and Aleksandrovka.

17:45 DPR artillery is working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Volnovakhsky district.

17:45 DPR artillery destroys the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.

17:01 Ukrainian punishers fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR. They fired six missiles at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

16:38 Kyiv Nazis shelled Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired seven 122mm shells at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

16:16 A total of 214 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye, including 33 children.

15:45 Ukrainian Nazis fired on Stakhanov in the LPR. They fired four shells at him from the Uragan MLRS. One man died.

15:04 Kyiv security forces fired at the urban-type settlement of Kalinovo. They used the Grad MLRS, firing 20 missiles at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

14:38 Kyiv punishers fired at the village of Staromikhaylovka in the DPR. They fired ten 82mm mines at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

13:59 More than 100 people were evacuated from the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reports.

13:59 Canadian General Trevor Kadier was arrested while trying to escape from Azovstal and taken to Moscow to stand trial. He directed biolaboratory No. 1, where 18 people worked with deadly viruses.

13:59 In Rubizhne (LPR), due to constant shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they do not have time to bury the dead. Local morgues are overcrowded, some have no electricity.

13:17 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Stakhanov in the LPR. A man died under the fire of Ukrainian punishers. In addition, two more civilians were injured. Several houses were also damaged and destroyed.

12:13 Ukrainian Nazis shelled the city of Pervomaisk in the LPR. They fired five 152 mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

12:13 Kyiv militants fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 15 shells of 122mm caliber on it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

11:00 Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive in the Kharkiv region and in the DPR in the direction of Izyum-Barvenkovo ​​and Izyum-Slavyansk. There is also an ongoing attempt by Russian units to completely liberate Rubizhne in order to launch an offensive against Severodonetsk. Another battalion tactical group from the Mariupol direction was transferred to the Popasnaya area.

11:00 Another "defender" from "Azov" * tried to escape from Mariupol, pretending to be a civilian. He was identified at the exit from the city.

11:00 During the clashes with units of the defense department over the past day, the forces of the People's Militia of the LPR destroyed 26 Ukrainian militants, five armored personnel carriers, seven cars. Eight servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made the right decision, laid down their arms and thus saved their lives.

10:30 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis fired 168 shells and mines with a caliber of 122mm and 120mm across the DPR. Eight settlements came under fire, where 79 residential buildings, 11 civilian infrastructure facilities and three cars were damaged.

10:30 During the day, three civilians of the DPR were killed under Ukrainian shelling. Seven more people were injured.

10:30 Over the past day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR destroyed 39 Ukrainian nationalists, two firing positions of 120mm mortars and one ZU-23-2, two infantry fighting vehicles and one armored personnel carrier. One tank, two armored personnel carriers and an armored car were captured.

10:06 In the DPR for 75 days of escalation, 97 civilians were killed, 428 were injured.

10:06 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing three 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

10:06 Over the past day, 159 people have been evacuated from Mariupol to the territory of the DPR, 29 of them are children.

10:06 Ukrainian Nazis in the village of Novoselovka drive people out of their homes and make fortifications out of them. In response, civilians transmit the coordinates of the premises where the militants are hiding.

10:06 Kyiv militants fired at the village of the mine. Gagarin in Gorlovka (DPR), damaging several houses.

09:34 The Russian Investigative Committee seized the documents of Ukrainian mortarmen in the LPR. They were found in the village of Trekhizbenka. The papers prove the involvement of the Ukrainian security forces in the shelling of civilians, and also make it possible to establish the names of the commanders who gave criminal orders and lists of personnel.

08:25 Ukrainian Nazis shelled Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired eight 122mm shells at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

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The West is trapped due to sanctions against Russia - The Hill
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The United States and its allies, which have introduced a series of unprecedented restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, have driven themselves into a trap. This is written by the American edition of The Hill.

The author of the article notes that the sanctions were supposed to “destroy” the Russian economy, however, in reality, the restrictive measures entailed serious costs for those who introduced them.

"The West (the United States and its allies) has actually found itself in a trap," the journalist writes.

The material says that Russia, despite the reduction in exports, managed to increase revenues from the sale of gas and oil, as restrictive measures and a special operation in Ukraine raised world prices for raw materials and energy.

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#1  Importers are predicting significant Christmas shopping delays.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 6:44 Comments || Top||


Russian military continues to shell Azovstal.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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#2  Reality is, the Russian Federation want the bastards nato and the foreign military scum into the Azostal alive,
The Russians wants this scum alive in order to parade them in incoming trials. The bombing it’s just…..for keeping the nazis occupied until they run out of food water or ammunitions.
Besides all the lies and distortions Odessa will fall in the incoming weeks, European will pay gas in rubble, and the Biden junta will cancel or stole the midterm elections.
Posted by: The Dailly News || 05/03/2022 21:52 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ "Remember the fall of Odessa
In incoming weeks? Kiss ma Messer!
The Wein was so sweet
When them NAZIS got beat!"
"And the vinegar?"
"Da, even besser!"
[sunny beaches]
Posted by: Choger Gonque4882 || 05/03/2022 22:38 Comments || Top||


US ambassador: Russia to annex occupied Donetsk, Luhansk regions by mid-May
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Zelensky says Russian missile hit a dormitory in Odesa.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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#1  Angelina Jolie movie?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 13:27 Comments || Top||


Zelensky warns of impending world food crisis as Russia blocks 4.5m tons of grain leaving Black Sea ports
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] ...and attacks key grain store: Putin's troops also steal £4m worth of farm vehicles and ship them to Chechnya but they're remotely disabled
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Russia's chief propagandist threatens to 'plunge Britain into the depths of the sea' with underwater Poseidon nuke that would trigger a 1,600ft radioactive tidal wave and wipe the UK off the map
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Who needs rockets.
Wait, will that also hit DC?
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#1  The Russians have lost their minds. They are not\w making the case for the world to see them eradicated as a nation, much the was a rabid dog is put down.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 || 05/03/2022 1:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Did these people pick up Kim's writers? Where is the "Sea of Fire"?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 7:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Hank Johnson was way ahead of them.
Posted by: Matt || 05/03/2022 9:13 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 9:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Wasn't it back in the 80s when the threat was to sink The Azores and flood the coasts from Nova Scotia to Venezuela?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 12:14 Comments || Top||

#6  The Azores and Canaries have volcanoes that could sluff off a good portion of their mass in an eruption (like Mt St.Helens but on a much larger scale). That would potentially send a tsunami to the East Coast.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 12:28 Comments || Top||


Russian shelling destroys renowned school in Luhansk Oblast
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FM Kuleba: Lavrov’s statement demonstrates that ‘today’s Russia is full of hatred towards other nations.
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#1  ...and they call other people 'Nazi'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 12:34 Comments || Top||


Russia launches a secret military spacecraft into orbit around Earth – rumoured to be a radar satellite system for use in the Ukraine war
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
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Ukrainian drones take out two Russian Raptor boats in the Black Sea near Snake Island where the Moskva was sunk
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
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#1  It does not look like this allows for much defensive reaction time or countermeasures.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/03/2022 9:58 Comments || Top||

#2 
Looked like a tanker.
Nothing left but an oil spill.
Wonder where they would use that?

Needs a secondary incendiary charge.

JDAM
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 12:13 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Is China preparing to invade Taiwan? Beijing orders officials to find ways to protect the nation from western sanctions like those used against Russia
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
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#1  How are they going to replace the chip fabs that will certainly be destroyed by in ChiCom invasion of Taiwan? Their economy will utterly collapse. Plus, it will be open season on Chinese naval vessels and logistics for western submarines and aircraft.

Hard to evade sanctions with your ports blocked. They must be betting on the "Silk Road" projects.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 || 05/03/2022 1:41 Comments || Top||

#2  They play the long game. Russia was being watched closely. Plans already in place. I wonder what else this administration will give away.
Posted by: Dale || 05/03/2022 4:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek possessed both a military intelligence and merchant, entrepreneurial mind. Having been defeated by the communists on the mainland in 1949. Chiang took the Nationalist gov't to the safe harbor of what is now Taiwan where it has survived and prospered for more than 70 years. Chiang's survival was made possible through assistance from the United States and to a lesser degree, other western nations. That assistance continued until the Chinese Communist bum licking Henry Kissenger (also a skilled military intelligence officer, entrepreneur, and statesman) undertook a policy of rapprochement to the Chinese communists by exploiting the lucrative manufacturing capabilities of the mainland. See Lowes, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and our tech giants for more current information.

As long as our box stores and tech community remain the financial engine of the Chinese communists, the US isolation and cold shoulder toward Taiwan (as directed by the communists) will continue.

A Chinese communist invasion of Taiwan or attack on the United States is most unlikely. Chiang Kai-shek used the Straights of Taiwan as his 'great wall' and it has worked splendidly. The money is simply not in an invasion. When dealing with the Beijing or Washington, always first think about the money.

To take it a step further, one of the reasons I feel Donald Trump was removed from office was his open challenge to Kissinger's Chinese communist rapprochement.

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 5:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Taiwan has indicated there is a plan to blow the bleeding edge chip fabs if the PRC invades. If that occurs then the PRC then has the most advanced surviving chip fabs. They’d also have whatever wasn’t destroyed, access to the records/personnel associated with them. That suggests they could rebuild them faster than the US/EU/etc could build those fabs from scratch.
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 05/03/2022 7:16 Comments || Top||

#5  The problem Xi faces is not sanctions. The problem he faces is the same lying bureaucratic culture that Putin now shows the consequences of. When you failed to make a substantial impact upon the corruption and put 'Yes Men' in key positions, this is the result. The Shanghai "fire drill" situation is a Chinese reflection of the real problem that faces him if he chooses to invade.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 7:39 Comments || Top||

#6  How Taipei discovered an active volcano on its doorstep
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 8:42 Comments || Top||

#7  I would if I was China, even if an invasion of Taiwan is not in the cards. China is incredibly vulnerable to sanctions as they are a net exporter of low value goods and they import all the high value ones. On top of that they have the most vulnerable oil supply line in history. A fleet parked off the southern tip of India would cut their lifeline and in 10-12 months 500 million Chinese would be starving.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/03/2022 8:47 Comments || Top||

#8  China has a big damn upstream of a large chunk of their population. Its a big gamble to think Taiwan would go down without a scorched Earth attack on such a devastating target.
Posted by: ruprecht || 05/03/2022 10:37 Comments || Top||

#9  Of course they have "A Plan"....
*Cough* I mentally started snickering at the unintentional pun: PLAN (Peoples Liberation Army Navy)
... the Big Question is how many resources they have currently earmarked and how close to activating. The action to the second part is "More than they had last year..."

The thing is that Chinese Military Thought is big on long-term planning and only attacking if necessary -- as long as they plan on successfully corrupting Taiwan's leaders into a voluntary Anschluss an actual invasion will be a distant second choice. 'Why break your future property?'
Posted by: magpie || 05/03/2022 10:57 Comments || Top||

#10  If China plays the long game then why invade at all? In 100, maybe 200 years things will look very different. A future Taiwan government might beg for annexation.
Posted by: Angstrom || 05/03/2022 11:59 Comments || Top||

#11  A future Taiwan government might beg for annexation.

Yeah, like Cuba and PR.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 12:15 Comments || Top||

#12  I see Biden allowing the invasion of Taiwan. What is it a single American ship in the straight. I see Biden failing at nearly everything he and his administration tries. Make a fast buck and leave. Deplete national oil reserves and refill it with what and when. Sell it or give it away at discounts we will never see.
Posted by: Dale || 05/03/2022 14:52 Comments || Top||


Cyber
NSO's Pegasus spyware found on phones of Spanish PM, DM
[Jpost]
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#1 
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Economy
Miami is the least affordable place to live in the US as rent prices rocket to $3,000 per month while wages slump due to surge of loaded New York tech workers flocking to the Sunshine State
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Miami is now the least affordable place to live in the United States, new real estate data shows

  • Average rents in the city now rival those in New York and San Francisco after soaring to nearly $3,000 a month this year

  • The mass exodus has spurred landlords in the Sunshine State to hike rents

  • The increase, rental experts say, stems from the mass migration of Big Apple and Silicon Valley tech workers to Florida during the pandemic

  • However, as transplants continue to take advantage of the recent remote work boom and takeover South Florida wages have yet to catch up, statistics reveal

  • A shocking bout of inflation, coupled with lingering effects left by the pandemic, has further limited locals' ability to keep up with rapidly rising rent costs
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Adam Smith's way of saying - Don't go to Miami.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 7:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Expensive maybe, but on the other hand, unlike San Francisco, no one is pooping in the street.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/03/2022 9:25 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 9:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Because demand instead of cost of living.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 13:21 Comments || Top||

#5  My broken record act - Businesses do not pay taxes. Customers do. Or the business goes broke.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/03/2022 14:22 Comments || Top||

#6  /\ "Broken record" possibly.....but absolutely true.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 15:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Jacksonville, St P, Orlando are all much less expensive than Miami
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/03/2022 19:16 Comments || Top||


Europe
Germany ready to support embargo on Russian oil.
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Home Front: Politix
Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, 'leaked draft opinion' shows
[Politico] The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.
She weeps at the leaked draft, not the actual decision.
The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — that largely maintained the right. "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Alito writes.

"We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," he writes in the document, labeled as the "Opinion of the Court." "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives."
Chief Justice makes no comment. Was it a clerk who leaked the document, or was it an actual sitting Justice ?

Interesting times:


Related: Supreme Court Barricaded After Bombshell Abortion Leak, Leftists Start to Call for Rash Action

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#1  Biden's pick of Judge Ketanji Brown to sit on the Supreme court was the administration's first betrayal of the process. The leaked draft decision was the second betrayal.

Retiring Justice Stephen Breyer has nothing to lose. My guess however, is Sotomayor or Kagan. I'd be shocked to learn it was a clerk.

Chief Justice Roberts is likely attempting to find the memory hole exit.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 0:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Let's abort all of our babies and illegally import millions of foreigners instead.". The Deranged Leftists
Posted by: Bugs McGurque4586 || 05/03/2022 1:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Wrong headline. Overturning Roe v. Wade, not "abortion rights". All this does is send it back to the states and the legislative branch (Congress), which is where it should have been settled long ago, instead of arrogating it to the federal bench.

Its called representative government. And places like NY and California will not see any restric5ttions other than the ones they vote in, same with Texas and Mississippi. A US is a republic that uses a Representative Democracy.

If you don't like it, elect representatives and change it.

Roe v. Wade is completely taken apart in that so-called draft. Its as wrong and defective a judgement as Plessy v. Ferguson, Dredd Scott, Or Pace v. Anderson. Or if you want a gay rights reference of a wrong decision reversed later, of the same vintage, try Baker v. Nelson.

Defective decisions can and should be reversed.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 || 05/03/2022 1:27 Comments || Top||

#4  This "leak" is an attempt to pressure the court before the formal decision and opinion are fully decided. It's a blatantly political and despicable move by the left.

If a clerk leaked it, their law license should be forfeited, as well as their job, and any and all criminal and civil penalties must be pursued. If, God forbid, a justice leaked it, they must be impeached.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 || 05/03/2022 1:30 Comments || Top||

#5  There is a report that a clerk for Sotomayor leaked it.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/03/2022 1:46 Comments || Top||

#6  Ref #3: I believe the court may have decided that the US Constitution contains no "right" to an abortion.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 6:07 Comments || Top||


#8  #3 - spot on. Back to the States. Moloch is pissed.
Posted by: Frank G || 05/03/2022 6:40 Comments || Top||

#9  @#7, last night when the news broke and almost immediately protesters showed up at SCOTUS I commented that this was all set up in advance by the Left.

A clerk did this, with or without the tacit approval of a justice. When identified, he, she, or it should be disbarred. Sadly, the Democratzis will likely provide some level of protection.
Posted by: Too Old To Work || 05/03/2022 7:27 Comments || Top||

#10  Flip the coin. If a "leak" said SCROTUS was going to invalidate the First and Second amendments, the right would cluck a bit and do nothing. A few hapless "protesters" would get the Jan 6 treatment.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/03/2022 7:37 Comments || Top||

#11  Haven't we had enough DC leaks to know to wait.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 7:49 Comments || Top||

#12  #3 Very well said and referenced, many thanks.
Posted by: Cesare || 05/03/2022 8:07 Comments || Top||

#13  I think this "leak" was a hail Mary for the demoncrats in November. They were going to get pummeled, but this will pull a few rotting carcasses across the finish line by riling the base.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/03/2022 8:12 Comments || Top||

#14  If a justice leaked it (not a clerk) they should be impeached
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 05/03/2022 8:53 Comments || Top||

#15  Now wait a moment. A "Woman's Right"? I thought they just confirmed a SCOTUS judge who couldn't define what a woman is.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 9:22 Comments || Top||

#16  If it goes back to the states, how many states will 100% repeal abortion?

How many blue citizens will leave red states because of this?
Posted by: ruprecht || 05/03/2022 9:31 Comments || Top||

#17  Going to be interesting in my state. It's blue but also heavily Hispanic/Roman Catholic. The socialists have been OK with punting the issue with the prior SCOTUS status. Now they'll have to commit. Not going to help them in November.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 9:47 Comments || Top||

#18  #15 they are no longer called “birthing person” either
Posted by: Beavis || 05/03/2022 10:39 Comments || Top||

#19  There are a lot of liberal/progressive Catholics…
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/03/2022 10:56 Comments || Top||

#20  I had a Catholic friend tell me the other day that he was praying that his long..... "departed parents were praying for his shoulder surgery."

I made no comment, backed off a step or two, and attempted to steer the conversation toward his post-op therapy and the weather in Georgia.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/03/2022 11:02 Comments || Top||

#21  I remember when President Bush was going to overturn Roe vs Wade. Then it was President Trump. Funny how it may happen when a Democrat is president.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/03/2022 11:29 Comments || Top||

#22  #18 Noticed that. It's all political expediency for the Left.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/03/2022 11:30 Comments || Top||

#23  Life is in the blood. When the pumping starts it is a live human not a lump. We are going to become, at least, two countries (soon i hope).
Posted by: irish rage boy || 05/03/2022 11:31 Comments || Top||

#24  ^-- not until I move out of WA. If overturned I expect Washington state to allow abortions up to +6 months after birth (if not +6 years).
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/03/2022 11:38 Comments || Top||

#25  Regardless of the merits of Alito's draft opinion, the leak is an absolute catastrophe for the operation of the federal judicial system. I suspect that a whole bunch of federal judges this morning are conversing with their clerks about the judges' confidentiality expectations. What's next? Clerks writing letters to the editor explaining how the judge they're clerking for went wrong on a given case?
Posted by: Matt || 05/03/2022 11:43 Comments || Top||

#26  The leak gives SCROTUS an easy out. They can decide that the leak makes deciding impossible.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/03/2022 11:50 Comments || Top||

#27 
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/03/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||

#28  Some have speculated that the leak was timed with the '200 mules' movie release. Haven't seen it and don't know the movie would be that critical to the Left that they would have to leak a SCOTUS decision...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/03/2022 12:15 Comments || Top||

#29  "Let the RIOTS mostly peaceful protests and INTIMIDATION Censored discussion Commence!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/03/2022 12:18 Comments || Top||

#30  What have the LSD's learned after 45 years?
Obviously nothing....!

Abortion statistically kills more LSD's voters than conservatives.Yet they continue to fight to have on demand. Which has taken OVER 3.2 millon African-American babies alone.

Abortion has killed 100,000+++times more blacks than the KKK/Democrats has and the Democrats did, it the help of Black Reverends and legally according law.

Anyone looking up the demographics of abortion will quickly see the data shows this.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/03/2022 12:29 Comments || Top||

#31  ...Margaret Sanger founder what is now call Planned Parenthood was a real racist and xenophobe.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/03/2022 12:38 Comments || Top||

#32  Speculation that someone at the Government Printing Office leaked the draft opinion from February. An archivist is also possible.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/03/2022 13:34 Comments || Top||

#33  Who is Amit Jain for $500.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 05/03/2022 13:42 Comments || Top||

#34  Secondaries are going to be epic.

"My Body My Choice!"

Well, that's fucking interesting, man."

-puts jalapeno poppers and hot wings on the smoker, lights some sparklers for the kids-
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 14:01 Comments || Top||

#35  Was this the first release by Biden's Disinformation Bureau?
Posted by: Bugs McGurque4586 || 05/03/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||

#36  Remember the Unborn!
Posted by: Chesney Bucket9949 || 05/03/2022 14:52 Comments || Top||

#37  Abortionists must be absolutely stoked that the greatest orator and politician in human history Joseph Biden is the front man.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 14:59 Comments || Top||

#38  ^ We've gotta protect ..uh..the thing.
Posted by: Frank G || 05/03/2022 15:10 Comments || Top||

#39  The bee has the leaker

Source Of SCOTUS Leak Found To Be Swedish Supreme Court Janitor Hildur Clintonheim
Posted by: Beavis || 05/03/2022 15:44 Comments || Top||

#40  Elenskyy looking at today's USA headlines:

"Oh, shit."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 16:54 Comments || Top||

#41  Regardless of who leaked the draft, the left is having a hair-on-fire response. Pocahontas is apoplectic. Year's ago, this should have been decided in the states; not by SCOTUS. If abortion is a state's rights issue, Shouldn't gay marriage also have been a state's rights issue? Will the DOJ and the FBI infiltrate and investigate the growing crowd of potential pro-abortion insurrectionists at SCROTUS?
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/03/2022 17:18 Comments || Top||

#42  The left makes lots of miscalculations. This time around, they may have energized their (shrinking) base, but reading Roberts' statement regarding the leak, they may have pushed him right in the bargain.

The question I have re: packing the court. Why would the current SCOTUS find any such effort to be constitutional? They might if it was an actual amendment ratified by the required number of states. Short of that, I don't see it.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/03/2022 18:01 Comments || Top||

#43  "We're from the child groomers, and we are here to help!"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/03/2022 18:22 Comments || Top||

#44  The left will go ballistic against "Conservative" members of The Supreme Court, especially Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.

Remember who voted for said Justices? Sens. Murkowski and Collins.

This is going to be fun to watch.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 05/03/2022 21:29 Comments || Top||


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Israel FM: Russian remarks are 'unforgivable'
[An Nahar] Israel has summoned the Russian ambassador over comments made by the Russian foreign minister about Nazism and antisemitism.

In an interview with an Italian news channel, Sergey Lavrov explained that Ukraine could still have Nazi elements even if some figures, including the country’s president, were Jewish.

"Hitler also had Jewish origins, so it doesn’t mean anything," he said, according to an Italian translation.

In a statement Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called the remarks "unforgivable and scandalous and a horrible historical error."

"The Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust," Lapid said. "The lowest level of racism against Jews is to blame Jews themselves for antisemitism."

Israel’s Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem called the remarks "absurd, delusional, dangerous and deserving of condemnation."

The stern reaction stands in contrast to Israel’s position on the war in Ukraine, where it has tried to maintain a semblance of neutrality. It relies on Russia for security coordination in Syria and has been measured in its criticism of Russia’s invasion. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has also tried mediating between the two countries, though the efforts appear to have stalled.

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