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California has a ban on the death penalty, so does that make abortion illegal in California? It's still murder. I note that police etc file murder charge against people who kills a pregnant woman's baby while still inside the mother. That means abortion is illegal anyway as it's still murder?
The cancer survivor who ran 104 marathons in 104 days
[BBC] A woman who took up running after she lost her left leg to cancer has passed the Guinness World Record for most consecutive marathons. Jacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, has run 26.2-miles every day since mid-January, normally taking around five hours.
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Before any 'judge' rules on 'inhumane' prison conditions for convicted criminals, they should have a mandatory tour of how our naval personnel live for extended tours.
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...The USN has pretty much screwed things up beyond belief in this situation. Leaving aside the fact that a priceless strategic asset has been out for action for five years and likely to be out for another:
*The USN steadfastly refused to make any real effort to properly house these guys. Some were sleeping in their cars and others were very concerned about walking through Newport News to get to the yards. (SPOILER: It ain't pretty)
* A lot of these guys are being used solely as glorified firewatch and cleanup crews because of what happened aboard Bon Homme Richard last year.
* Contractors who don't feel like walking a couple hundred feet to the nearest functioning head are urinating and defecating in the passageways.
*Food service aboard the ship ranges from spotty to nonexistent.
*Crew billeted aboard ship are essentially living in a 24/7 construction zone, with all the safety and quality of life issues that go with that.
*The CINC Atlantic Fleet - the man who owns the damned ship - lives and works less than five miles away. Where the hell is HE?
*USN sent the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy to talk to the crew, and he stepped in it even worse, telling the crew that "they could be sleeping in foxholes" and telling the crew in so many words to suck it up.
Mike
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^ To me this is part and parcel with the running rust I see in every photo of a USN surface ship, and with the bigger disasters (McCain, Fitzgerald, BHR).
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Ref #3: Warrants a Department of Defense Inspector General investigation. SECDEF Austin, get off your arse.
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i would have refused the vax to get out of there.
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Usually carriers have better crew accommodations than smaller ships. It blows my mind that crew are probably serving whole enlistments without getting underway. I am not sure how they will have any qualified people remaining to do anything once the ship is finally ready. They might have to get towed to Whiskey anchorage and do a full six month deployment there to get trained enough to drive out to the Vacapes.
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Bad Luck Commands and Duty Stations require a new broom and measured command focus to recreate morale and pride in the unit. It sounds like the existing command staff became indifferent and went ROAD.
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^ I learn by being exposed to what I do not know. Don't apologize, just carry on!
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If you are having your house remodeled you would not allow hammering, sawing, etc going on 24 hours a day because you need sleep. And your neighbors would call the cops on you as well.
Other videos and tweets verify the attack. The oil depot was taken out by a multiple missile strike. No explanation of how the tanks and troops were taken out. Some videos show trains evacuating the residents of that area to Russia.
10:05. Oil depot on fire in occupied Makiivka 09:29. Losses of Russians: 300 manpower, 15 tanks and a dozen drones in a day 07:32. General Staff: Ukrainian defenders beat off 12 enemy attacks in Donbas last 24 hours 06:52. 🇸🇰 Slovakia will repair military equipment for #Ukrainepic.twitter.com/oJI0VxiIpd
— The Odessa Journal 🖋⚓ (@Odessa_Journal) May 4, 2022
#Donetsk Police cars with loudspeakers are calling for people to evacuate in #Makiivka
Reports say 4 large-capacity oil tanks of 5000 tons each are on fire in #Makiivka with other oil tanks nearby in danger of catching fire pic.twitter.com/LTUZiKEuym
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Russian Tu-95 or Tu-160 strategic bombers launched a missile strike from the Caspian region. Missiles were fired at infrastructure of Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv & Zakarpattia regions. Missile strikes were inflicted on Odesa & Donetsk regions by other means.
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Russian air forces shooting missiles to Ukraine from over the Caspian Sea. That suggests to me that Ukraine has been getting good shots at planes attacking just over the border in Russia.
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Or they are running out of shorter orange missiles.
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Stand-off weapons are the future of aircraft delivered strategic ordnance. Testing, practice and use in actual operations all makes sense.
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The Rus are blowing up transportation and electric power infrastructure in western Ukr. It is a reaction to all the mil-goodies NATO is sending. Flying all that way is still a bit hazardous at the moment.
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/\ ...or the part of the Military-Industry Complex in Russia that owns the airplanes/missiles feels a need to stay 'relevant' so their budget (AKA source of graft) doesn't go elsewhere to, say, the tactical missile makers... (cynical, perhaps)
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[Korrespondent] 23:45 The Zaporizhzhia District Military District reported, as of 22:00, that the school was damaged by rocket fire and two people were killed. In addition, 12 houses were damaged.
23:41 OK Pivden reported that the enemy re-attacked the Odessa region, hitting infrastructure with two missiles. There were no casualties.
23:36 Zelensky on the evacuation from Azovstal: "Finally, we got the result, the first result of our evacuation operation from Azovstal in Mariupol, which we organized for a very long time. It required many efforts, long negotiations and various mediations."
23:24 In an accident in the Rivne region, where a minibus, a fuel truck and a passenger bus collided, police investigators found 27 remains of the dead. Of the 38 passengers on the bus, 12 survived. He survived, but the fuel truck driver is in serious condition, Anton Gerashchenko said.
23:17 German Eurofighters, armed with air-to-air missiles, intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft after it crossed international airspace and headed for the German island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. According to Bild, citing its sources in military circles, "it was done on purpose, the Russians usually don't come that close."
23:13 Zelensky, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said that he would consider the ousting of Russian troops to the borders as of February 24 a victory for Ukraine:
"We understand that it will be difficult to restore territorial integrity on the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. Still, I believe that we can then, having shown our strength, switch to the diplomatic path. Because any war ends with diplomacy, and I believe that we need endure.<...> In any case, this will end in one format or another of negotiations... I don't know how long it will last, but I am confident in our people, I am confident in the Armed Forces, I am confident that we will win. We know we don't back down."
According to Zelensky, a new stage of the war has now begun, when Ukraine is gaining strength and putting pressure on the Russian invaders. The president also noted that Ukrainian defenders are moving forward in some territories: "Therefore, not a step back."
23:09 The UK will transfer Malloy T150 drones to Ukraine, capable of delivering heavy equipment to troops on the front line, Sky News reports.
23:05 In the Odessa region, a missile attack was carried out on Artsyz, Mayor Sergei Parpulansky said.
23:03 In Transcarpathia, a rocket hit one of the railway substations in Volovets near the station, the OVA reported. Windows were shattered within a radius of 500 meters, cars were damaged. Information about the victims is being clarified.
22:44 Podolyak continues to insist on the recognition of the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism: “First, Moscow’s anti-Semitic statements, now massive missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad region, Transcarpathia. Russia should be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism. ISIS is becoming less of a difference even on a verbal level."
22:41 Two missile strikes were inflicted on the Kamensky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the railway infrastructure was badly damaged, Governor Valentin Reznichenko said.
22:38 Biden called the war in Ukraine a turning point in history, which happens every 6-8 generations.
22:35 Biden, during a visit to the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama, said that thanks to the supply of Javelin anti-tank systems in Ukraine, new names for newborns appeared - Javelin and Javelina. "This is not a joke," the American president stressed.
22:33 Mobile operator Vodafone resumed 71% of mobile coverage in the Kherson region. According to the State Service for Special Communications, there is no access to mobile Internet yet, but you can already make phone calls.
22:30 The Russians attacked six railway stations in the center and west of Ukraine. Among the railway workers and passengers, according to operational information, there were no casualties. 14 passenger trains were detained. The first of them have already left, the rest will leave within two hours, said Alexander Kamyshin, head of Ukrzaliznytsia.
22:22 Foreign Ministry Speaker Oleg Nikolenko thanked the Pope for keeping Ukraine in the center of his attention, and carefully reminded who is the cause of the war: "We are grateful for the efforts of the Pope to establish a just peace and stop the war, which was in no way provoked by Ukraine , NATO or any other third party. Both for the Pontiff and for the whole world, it has now become quite obvious that neither Russia nor Putin personally is determined to stop the bloodshed on Ukrainian soil.<...> Ukraine reaffirms its commitment to dialogue and once again once again renews the invitation to the Holy Father to pay a visit to Kiev. We believe that good will definitely overcome evil."
22:15 Russians hit the railway infrastructure of the Kirovograd region with two missiles fired from the Caspian direction, the Operational Command Pivden reports. There are dead and wounded.
22:04 Near Rivne, an accident occurred near the village of Sytnoye, Dubno district, along the Kiev-Chop highway. According to preliminary information, a bus carrying passengers traveling abroad collided with a fuel tanker. As a result of the accident, according to police, 16 people have already died, six more were injured.
21:52 In Lviv, problems with water began: due to the de-energization of substations after the missile attack, pumps stopped working, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
21:50 There are more than 40 seriously wounded soldiers at Azovstal, Vereshchuk said: “There are now more than 40 seriously wounded, lying, and they need to be rescued. conventions should be handed over to Ukraine, because they are seriously injured and need such assistance."
21:45 The Russians launched a missile attack on the mountainous region of Transcarpathia. Services are working on the spot, information about damage and possible victims is being clarified, said the head of the Transcarpathian OVA Viktor Mikita.
21:23 In the Donetsk region, 21 civilians died today, Governor Pavel Kirilenko said. Shelling killed ten people in Avdiivka, five in Liman, four in Vugledar, one each in Velyka Novoselka and Shandrigolovoe.
21:22 As a result of a missile strike in Lviv, two electrical substations were damaged, Sadovy said.
21:17 Russian missiles hit objects in the Dolinskaya community of the Kirovograd region, its head Yevgeny Zvizdovsky said.
21:13 Ukrzaliznytsia reported train delays due to explosions this evening. In particular, trains cannot enter Lviv, where powerful explosions were reported.
21:09 Director General of Azovstal Enver Tskitishvili said in an interview with the BBC that five bomb shelters on the territory of the enterprise are capable of withstanding a direct hit by a nuclear warhead. According to him, the restoration of bomb shelters that remained from the times of the USSR began in 2014. There are 36 of them in total, and at the same time 12 thousand people can be in them.
Tskitishvili said that on the eve of the Russian invasion, plant employees created very large supplies of drinking water and food in bunkers, which allows long-term living in them. In addition, he said that there are still about 300 civilians in the plant's underground bomb shelters, including 30-40 children. Most of them are seriously injured and need qualified medical assistance.
21:01 The UN Security Council on Thursday, May 5, will hold a meeting on Ukraine. According to the organization, the United States will chair.
20:59 The head of the Odesa OVA Maxim Marchenko said that in the region they began to remove private satellite dishes from houses. This is done so that their owners cannot watch Russian TV channels. The authorities are doing it. In addition, Ukraine is now negotiating with countries whose satellites are rented by Russian TV, so that they stop broadcasting a signal to the territory of Ukraine.
20:55 From Mariupol, the invaders deported 149 people to Russia today, including 22 children, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. According to him, on the one hand, there is a tendency to reduce the number of deportees per day, on the other hand, the reason for the slowdown in the rate of deportation is primarily due to the strengthening of the filtration procedure.
20:48 Gerashchenko writes that another cruise missile was shot down on approach to Kiev in the area of the Odessa highway.
20:45 There was a powerful explosion in Lviv, Mayor Andriy Sadovyy said that electricity was lost in part of the city.
20:44 APU shot down two cruise missiles of the invaders over Vinnitsa, said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
20:43 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the command post of the RF Armed Forces on the administrative border of the Nikolaev and Kherson regions, the Operational Command Pivden reported. Three warehouses with ammunition and several points of concentration of manpower and equipment were destroyed.
20:32 Vladimir Solovyov arrived in Mariupol. The Russian propagandist published his photo at the entrance of the Ilyich plant with Denis Pushilin, the head of the militants of the so-called "DNR", and promised to tell "all the details" tomorrow, May 4.
20:22 Explosives specialists plan to complete a survey of the Kiev region by the end of May. Currently, about 8,000 hectares have been checked, said Alexander Pavlyuk, head of the Kyiv OVA.
19:59 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol published a video of today's attempts to storm Azovstal:
19:55 Johnson, in his speech to the Verkhovna Rada, expressed faith in Ukraine's victory over Russia and announced a new package of military support. Read more in What Johnson Said .
19:54 Zelensky addressed the Albanian Parliament: "Decades ago, Ukraine and Albania chose the path of democracy and European integration. We have not deviated from this path. Together we strive to develop freedom and a united Europe. And I believe that when the time comes to decide on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, your voice will be able to sound in our support."
19:44 Civilians remain on the territory of Azovstal, their exact number is unknown, said the UN coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani.
19:39 The Center for IDPs from Mariupol has started working in Dnipro, said Mariupol mayor Vadim Boychenko. According to him, Mariupol residents can get psychological, medical, social and legal support here. Soon a similar center should open in Zaporozhye.
19:36 In Russia, military pensioners began to receive summons to the military registration and enlistment offices and receive job offers in the occupation administrations in Ukraine. The journalists of the publication Important Stories have already learned about several facts of serving subpoenas to military pensioners and reserve officers aged 40 to 60 years. Some are offered to sign contracts for service in the administration in the occupied Ukrainian territory. For this offer a salary in the range of 90-100 thousand rubles.
19:34 Lithuania has exhausted its stocks of weapons to help Ukraine, so it is switching to a new scheme: it is starting to purchase equipment and ammunition, said the commander of the Lithuanian army, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupshis.
19:31 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the situation in the Transnistrian region remains difficult, units of the operational group of Russian troops continue to be in full combat readiness. The armed formations of the Transnistrian region are serving in an enhanced regime, and preparations are also being made for the evacuation of the families of officers of the operational group of troops of the Russian Federation.
19:25 In the Izyum direction, the enemy is conducting offensive operations in the direction of Izyum - Barvenkovo, incurring losses, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. The occupiers moved from the territory of the Belgorod region to the Izyum region a battery of heavy self-propelled mortars Tyulpan with a caliber of 240 mm and a unit armed with Smerch multiple launch rocket systems.
19:19 Macron, in a conversation with Putin, announced the extremely dire consequences of the war in Ukraine, the Elysee Palace reported. Thus, the French President expressed deep concern about the situation in Mariupol and Donbass, called on Russia to continue the evacuation from Azovstal and said that he was ready to work with international organizations to lift the "Russian blockade" on Ukrainian food exports through the Black Sea.
19:11 Croatian President Zoran Milanovic announced that he would veto the invitation of Sweden and Finland to the NATO summit if this issue was raised at the presidential level.
19:08 The International Committee of the Red Cross reported that civilians left the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol as part of a five-day operation to safely exit. Families and individuals in private cars joined the convoy of buses and ambulances, escorted by ICRC and UN teams.
On Tuesday, May 3, more than 100 people, including the wounded, reached Zaporozhye. The rest left the territory of the plant in other directions, the ICRC did not organize or accompany such movements of civilians, the organization said in an official statement.
19:06 The head of Germany's leading opposition party, the CDU, Friedrich Merz, said that he was already on his way to Kiev.
19:04 Greece and Bulgaria said a new liquefied natural gas plant to be built off the northern Greek port of Alexandroupoli would help create a new gas route to Europe, cutting dependence on Russian gas at a crucial moment, Reuters writes.
19:03 Investors the day before the deadline received dollar payments to Russia, thus the country again avoided a default that could have occurred on May 29, writes Bloomberg.
19:01 Russians are taking away phones from residents of the occupied Kremennaya Luhansk region, they are also running out of food, there is no electricity and gas, local authorities report.
18:54 Since the beginning of the war, Russian occupiers have stolen a total of 400,000 tons of grain from four temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine - a third of the available reserves, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said. According to him, this can deprive Ukrainians of food in the occupied regions and creates a threat of starvation for them.
18:47 As a result of the shelling by the Russian occupiers of the Avdeevka coke plant, at least ten people were killed, 15 were injured , said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. He stressed that the information will still be refined and the number of victims is likely to increase.
According to Kirilenko, the Russians knew exactly where they were aiming: the workers had just finished their shift and were waiting at the bus stop for a bus that was supposed to take them home.
18:29 In Kherson, mobile communications have been restored, the regional administration said. With the work of the Internet, according to the Regional State Administration, the situation is more complicated, since the damaged equipment is in the combat zone, they will try to restore it from the territory of the Nikolaev region.
18:22 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and a dialogue between Kiev and Moscow. He stated this during his large European tour: “At the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, we immediately called for a ceasefire and emphasized that dialogue is the only way to resolve the conflict. We believe that neither side can emerge victorious in this war , everyone will suffer losses, and that is why we are for peace."
18:10 Israeli officials said that the country can send "many items" to Kiev with a more defensive purpose, but air defense systems, modern weapons and strike systems will not be sent, writes The Jerusalem Post.
18:09 Johnson: "This is Ukraine's finest hour, an epic chapter in your national history. Your children and grandchildren will say that Ukrainians have taught the world that the brute force of an aggressor is worth nothing against the moral strength of a people who have decided to be free."
18:03 The EU is working on a sixth package of sanctions, which aims to cut off more Russian banks from SWIFT, list the subjects of disinformation and fight oil imports. These measures will be submitted to the EU Council for approval, Borrell said.
18:01 Slovakia will repair and modernize Ukrainian military equipment. The State Joint Stock Company Construction - Defense has already signed a contract. The first order is about dozens of BRDM-2 armored vehicles, said Martina Kova Kakaschikova, spokeswoman for the Slovak Defense Ministry.
17:55 Yermak and Fedorov held a video meeting with Kimbal Musk, an American entrepreneur, brother of Elon Musk, a member of the board of directors of Tesla and SpaceX. We discussed projects and areas of cooperation in which Kimbal Mask's company and American business as a whole could be involved for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
17:46 Cyprus resumed the work of the embassy in Kiev.
17:44 Employees of the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation of Khmelnytsky at 14 railway stations of the Zhytomyr region found 191 empty wagons belonging to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The State Bureau of Investigation initiated the nationalization of these wagons, the department's press service said.
17:42 The UK will give Ukraine 13 units of armored vehicles to evacuate civilians from the occupied areas, Foreign Minister Liz Truss said.
17:34 As a result of enemy shelling of Kharkov, several fires broke out in the city center this afternoon, the State Emergency Service reports. Garages, trade objects, as well as wooden structures of children's attractions on the territory of the city recreation park were on fire. The fires were extinguished, according to preliminary data, one woman received shrapnel wounds.
17:25 The situation at the front will begin to change in two weeks, the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai believes: "Decisions made by the West are being implemented within two weeks. And in two weeks we will see changes."
17:20 The Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine is outraged by the statements of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov that Budapest was allegedly warned about an attack on Ukraine and planned to annex part of Ukrainian territory: "We strongly reject and condemn the false slander that is being spread against Hungary, as well as the intentions behind them. We also call on Mr. Danilov to withdraw his statements."
The embassy is also "awaiting explanations from the competent leaders of Ukraine, how they imagine the formation of our bilateral and good-neighbourly relations in the future in the light of what has been said."
17:18 The Times of Israel writes that Israel is leaning towards sending defensive military aid to Ukraine.
17:11 UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani confirmed that 156 civilians evacuated on May 1 from Azovstal in Mariupol arrived in Zaporozhye.
17:09 In the morning, the media reported that the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, called Scholz "an offended liver sausage" because he did not want to go to Kiev. DW clarified that Melnik used the stable German expression beleidigte Leberwurst spielen, which is correctly translated into Russian as "to play offended."
17:03 A mine that floated to the surface of the water was defused in the Odessa Bay. According to OK Pivden, the explosion of the mine is controlled, there is no danger. However, residents are urged to stop walking along the coast in close proximity to the water.
16:54 More than 150 people have been evacuated from Azovstal, including almost 20 children - they are heading to Zaporozhye, Vereshchuk said. According to her, several hundred people still remain at Azovstal.
16:53 Vereshchuk said that the Russians today disrupted the evacuation from Tokmak and Vasylivka, Zaporozhye region.
16:50 Putin, in a conversation with Macron, said that Moscow is "open to dialogue" with Kiev, the Kremlin said. Putin also said that problems with global food security "are caused primarily by Western sanctions."
16:47 The "DPR" reported that another 149 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoe today, including 22 children.
16:45 The Rada today did not adopt a bill to postpone the celebration of Victory Day to May 8. The previous information was wrong.
16:43 Russian occupiers have captured the village head of Chernobaevka Igor Dudar , Irina Vereshchuk reported.
16:38 The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that out of 290 bodies of civilians in Irpin, exhumed for examination and reburial, 105 remain unidentified.
16:30 The assault on Azovstal continues, the invaders are trying to break into the territory of the plant, using all possible means, there was an attempt to land troops from boats, said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment, captain Svyatoslav Palamar. According to him, as a result of the night bombardment, two civilian women were killed, and about ten more civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity. The defenders urge to organize the evacuation of civilians remaining at Azovstal.
16:22 Israel will increase humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine in the war with Russia. One of the reasons for this decision was Lavrov's recent offensive statement, writes the local newspaper Haaretz.
16:11 In Pridnestrovie, a new sabotage at the Mayak TV and radio center was prevented. According to local TV channel TCB, the attempted attack was carried out at night using a cargo drone loaded with explosives. Attackers tried to blow up the building where the cooling system for transformers is located. This would completely disable the radio and television center, journalists say.
16:00 The occupiers created a telegram bot @mariupolnowbot, which was announced as the official bot of the Mariupol channel now . The main goal of the bot is to hack accounts, the Mariupol City Council warns. The Mariupol channel itself is now the only local public that is administered by patriots, all the rest are controlled by Russians.
15:53 Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko said that now is not the time for negotiations with Russia: "We have already passed the stage when it was possible to negotiate and look for common ground. Now these negotiations have stalled. After the events in Bucha, many Ukrainians cannot even think to sit down at the negotiating table with these people."
He also acknowledged that the Russian Federation has military achievements, "especially in the south, where they got this channel to Crimea", but "our troops are there and they are fighting with all their might, we believe that something can be done militarily ".
15:48 Macron secretly received Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace before talking with Putin, writes Le Figaro. According to the publication's sources, the meeting participants wished to keep the contents of the conversation secret.
15:43 The FSB wants to return to Russia those who left - employees of defense enterprises, students, opponents of the "special operation". They are trying to lure them back through relatives. According to lawyer Yevgeny Smirnov, five such cases are already known. FSB officers interview relatives, mostly elderly, find out phone numbers, ways of communicating with those who have left, and their whereabouts. Relatives are promised that nothing threatens their departed relatives and they need to "just come and talk."
15:32 Statements by Russian officials that Israel supports the "neo-Nazi regime" in Kiev, as well as the use of analogies with the Nazis, insult the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The Israeli side fundamentally condemns the Russian invasion, Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky said in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine.
15:22 In the coming weeks, the UK will provide Ukraine with Brimstone anti-ship missiles and armored vehicles to evacuate civilians from occupied territories, Johnson said.
15:19 The authorities of the Chernivtsi region have obliged all men of military age to constantly carry a number of documents. In addition to identity documents, you must carry a certificate of registration to the recruiting station, a military ID or a temporary certificate of a person liable for military service.
15:10 Utilities are completing the restoration of the vital supply of Irpen with water, electricity and gas, it will soon be possible to return, Mayor Alexander Markushin said.
15:09 The Rada allowed the territorial defense to carry out tasks in areas of warfare outside its community.
15:08 Two residential complexes with an area of 50,000 square meters will be built in Irpin and Borodianka for people who have lost their homes due to the war, the Kiev Regional Police Department reported.
15:05 Since the beginning of the Russian aggression in Kiev, 319 members of the DRG have been detained, some of whom were part of 18 groups. The defense forces continue to work in an enhanced mode, the Kyiv City State Administration reports and asks to remain attentive, not to communicate with strangers and, in case of any suspicion, call 102.
15:02 The United States sent to Ukraine a fifth of the promised strike drones, designed specifically for the Ukrainian military. The military is currently undergoing training. Details about the new weapon - in the material, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the Phoenix Ghost .
15:01 Zelensky published a video from today's Rada meeting:
14:55 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the Azov Regiment and the Armed Forces of Ukraine “took advantage of the silence on Azovstal and went to firing positions,” now units of the Russian army and the “DPR” are starting to destroy these firing positions using artillery and aircraft.
Russian media write that artillery fire is now heard at Azovstal, columns of smoke are visible over the territory of the plant.
14:54 The Rada voted for a draft resolution on the inadmissibility of the Russian Federation appropriating victory over Nazism.
14:48 So far, only three of the 14 buses with evacuated residents of Mariupol have reached the territory controlled by Ukraine, Mayor Vadym Boychenko said. He said that the Russian side promised to provide 90 buses, three locations were identified. But only 14 buses arrived in two locations, and only three reached Ukraine.
"We understand that 11 buses disappeared somewhere, which were supposed to move towards Zaporozhye to the controlled part of our state, but they got lost somewhere. They get lost in these filtration centers, unfortunately, they [the invaders] take and kidnap our residents, and today this is happening in our Ukrainian Mariupol," Boychenko said.
14:46 Rada banned the activities of pro-Russian parties. This decision was supported by 330 deputies, including 17 from the former faction of the Opposition Platform for Life.
14:44 After yesterday's air raids on the Azovstal plant by Russian invaders, it became known about the death of two civilian women , the Azov regiment said.
14:38 Mayor of Brussels Philip Kloz, at the invitation of Klitschko, arrived in Kiev and handed over two ambulances and three tons of critical medicines and supplies to the Ukrainian capital. According to the Kyiv City State Administration, a total of 57 trucks with humanitarian aid arrived from Brussels to Ukraine during the war.
14:36 Johnson, in an address to the Ukrainian parliament, admitted that the West made a mistake by not imposing sanctions against Russia in time: "We collectively failed (we collectively failed)."
14:30 The RF Armed Forces are losing civilian personnel due to lack of financial support. This is stated in a letter from the trade union organization of civilian personnel of the RF Armed Forces in the Siberian region to the head of government Mishustin. Employees complain about the extremely low wages and claim that "the process of reducing the staffing of military units and institutions with civilian personnel is sustainable." Therefore, there is a mass dismissal of qualified employees, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
14:21 Italy may completely refuse Russian gas supplies in mid-2024, said the country's Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani.
14:18 The Russian invaders began the assault on Azovstal , said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar. According to him, right now the invaders are trying to break into the territory of the plant. Before the assault, Russian aircraft bombed the plant.
14:16 Vladimir Gundyaev, aka Patriarch Kirill, said that Russia "never attacked anyone" and does not want to fight at all: "We don't want to fight with anyone, Russia has never attacked anyone. It's amazing when a great and powerful country did not attack anyone, it only defended its borders."
14:15 Kazakhstan will not send its military to Ukraine even within the framework of the CSTO agreement, said Deputy Defense Minister Sultan Kamaletdinov.
14:04 In Dnipro, public utilities dismantled more than ten memorial signs installed in the Soviet era. In particular, as the city council reported, a brick wall with Stalin's order was removed from Globa Park.
14:00 Kharkiv OVA reports shelling of the city, one of the local parks was damaged. Residents of the districts of Pavlovo Pole and Alekseevka are asked to urgently go down to shelters and not leave them unnecessarily.
13:55 The Rada supported the appeal to the US Congress on the recognition of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
13:54 200 residents of Mariupol and the Zaporozhye region arrived in Zaporozhye, evacuated by private vehicles, reports Suspіlne. The column with people evacuated from Azovstal is delayed.
13:49 Ukraine has not abandoned its intention to join NATO, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna said in an interview with El País. According to her, Kyiv "did not refuse and did not postpone" the intention to join the alliance. "NATO's reports on Ukraine were a bit disappointing, and of course we expected more," Stefanyshina said, adding that Zelensky has "a full right to criticize."
13:45 Johnson addressed the Verkhovna Rada, answered him and for the first time since the beginning of the war, Zelensky addressed the parliament. The British prime minister announced a new military aid package that includes missiles, counter-battery radars, and so on.
13:42 Due to the shelling in the Donetsk region, at least nine people were killed today, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
13:37 The number of Ukrainian refugees registered in Germany has exceeded 400 thousand people, the German authorities said.
13:33 Putin signed a decree on retaliatory measures against the actions of the United States and "foreign states and international organizations that have joined them," Russian media report. Authorities of the Russian Federation, organizations and individuals were banned from making transactions with companies and citizens that fell under Russian sanctions.
13:25 Since the beginning of the invasion, Russia has killed more than 20 journalists in Ukraine and destroyed more than 100 regional media outlets, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports.
13:18 Slovakia will seek an exception to the ban on Russian oil imports if it is agreed by the European Union, Reuters reported.
13:10 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi criticized the Italian TV channel Rete4 for the scandalous broadcast with Lavrov. He stated that the program was advertised as an interview, but in reality it was a "political agitation session".
12:57 Podolyak: "Torn off nails. Tied hands. Another burial of two civilians was found in the village of Kalinovka, Kiev region. How many such crimes are being committed right now in the occupied territories? Russia has chosen the path of terror of the civilian population and should be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism."
12:44 The 79th separate airborne assault brigade of Nikolaev DShV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the unit of the occupiers, the General Staff reports. Among the personal belongings of the liquidated Russian servicemen are a new uniform, chevrons with the letter Z and a ticket for the Ufa-Chebarkul train dated April 22.
12:35 The Kremlin may use 500 Ukrainian prisoners of war during its May 9 parade - they will be forced to walk through Red Square on cameras, the Russian human rights project Gulagu.net reported, citing its sources.
12:13 In the Kiev region, almost every day, the police record explosions due to hitting mines, said Maxim Ocheretyany, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the National Police.
12:04 In Mariupol, the occupiers have begun registering private housing. Formally - to determine the amount of compensation, in fact - to inventory and legalize the appropriation of property by the occupiers, said the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko.
Sources say that in order to create an illusion of legality, the invaders will apply the procedure for recognizing property as ownerless or escheated, which was successfully tested in Donetsk. As for state and communal property, it is already considered the property of the occupiers by a separate paper signed by the leader Pushilin.
12:02 Russian troops fired on the village of Zheleznodorozhnoye, Gulyaipol district, killing two people. A school was damaged by rocket fire, the Zaporizhzhia District Police Department said.
11:58 The Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District reported that fighting is underway on the outskirts of Gulyaipole and to the east of it, the enemy is suffering losses. In the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region in cities and villages, a resistance movement is actively developing.
11:55 Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said he wants to receive an apology from the Russian side for Lavrov's words about Hitler's Jewish roots. In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the Israeli authorities support the "neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv."
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "history, unfortunately, knows tragic examples of cooperation between Jews and the Nazis." In addition, Zelensky was again accused in it of “covering himself behind his origin and covering with it natural neo-Nazis, spiritual and blood heirs of the executioners of his people.”
11:42 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in the Odessa region, Onyx missiles hit a logistics center at a military airfield, "through which foreign weapons were delivered."
11:40 The head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that the occupiers intend to arrange a famine - in Rubizhne they destroyed a modern elevator complex that could store 30 thousand tons of grain.
11:38 In Vuhledar, Donetsk region, a shell killed three people who came for drinking water. The Russians shelled the city today at about 6:30 am, the Suspіlny correspondent reports.
11:35 American Time magazine is voting in the new ranking of the TOP 100 most influential people in the world. As of May 3, Zelensky is the leader in the rating, with 83% of the votes cast for him. The voting results will be announced on May 23.
11:11 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of May 3. The enemy suffered the greatest losses over the past day in the Izyum direction.
personnel - about 24,200 (+400) people liquidated,
tanks - 1062 (+14),
armored combat vehicles - 2567 (+48),
artillery systems - 475 (+16),
MLRS - 162 (+10),
air defense systems - 80 (+0),
aircraft - 194 (+0),
helicopters - 155 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 1843 (+19),
ships/boats - 10 (+2),
UAV operational-tactical level - 291 (+20),
special equipment - 38 (+0),
cruise missiles - 84 (+0).
11:04 Occupants disrupt the evacuation from Mariupol. Near Berdyansk, about two thousand Mariupol residents are waiting for evacuation, said the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko. He also said that more than 200 civilians remain at Azovstal.
11:02 According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, information is being disseminated among the military of the Russian army that the term of the so-called "special military operation" is set until September 2022.
11:00 Russia is considering the possibility of including the occupied territories of southern Ukraine into Crimea and their subsequent integration into the Russian economic space. Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the so-called “head” of Crimea on information policy, announced on May 1 that the development of an appropriate plan with a period of at least until 2030 was announced.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, a number of private enterprises in the Rostov region received an order for the production of seals and stamps for the occupation administrations of Mariupol. The ordered stamps and seals contain the inscription: "Russia, the Republic of Donbass, Mariupol, military-civilian administration." In June similar stamps and seals will be produced for Kherson.
10:53 Pope Francis spoke in an interview with Corriere della Sera about his conversation with Orban, in which he allegedly announced the plans of the Russians to end the war in Ukraine before May 9: "Orban, when I met him, told me that the Russians have plan that everything will end on May 9. I hope this is so... Because now it's not just Donbass, it's Crimea, it's Odessa, it takes the Black Sea port from Ukraine, that's all.I'm pessimistic, but we must do our best to stop the war."
10:51 Over the past two days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated almost 20 enemy UAVs worth about $2 million, Zaluzhny said.
10:36 The European Union plans to expand cooperation with Nigeria, Senegal and Angola to reduce dependence on Russian gas by two-thirds by the end of the year, writes Bloomberg.
10:33 Pope Francis said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that back in March he sent a proposal to Putin to meet in Moscow to discuss the war in Ukraine: "We have not yet received an answer and we still insist, although I am afraid that Putin cannot and doesn't want to have that meeting right now."
10:29 The organization Doctors Without Borders assesses the situation in Mariupol as a "complete disaster." According to Anya Volts, coordinator of the organization for emergency situations in Ukraine, the true scale of human suffering in the besieged city will only fully manifest itself in the future: “I don’t think we have an idea of what we will see there. Bucha, Irpen and Gostomel - this is just the tip of the iceberg."
10:24 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, in an interview with Der Spiegel, called Scholz "an offended liverwurst" because of the unwillingness of the chancellor to go to Kiev after Zelensky refused to accept Steinmeier: "Playing an offended liverwurst is not very state-of-the-art. We are talking about the most brutal war of annihilation since the Nazi attack on Ukraine, this is not a kindergarten."
10:21 Hungary cannot guarantee the smooth functioning of the economy without Russian oil, said Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Peter Sziyarto. He stressed that Budepachet's stance against the embargo is not a political decision and complained of "unfair reproaches" from the EU.
10:14 In the Donetsk region, Russians shelled ten settlements in a day, there are dead and wounded. At least 33 civilian objects were damaged - residential buildings, children's health facilities, a school, life support facilities, police said.
Over the past day, Russian troops have attacked the following settlements: Mariupol, Liman, Avdeevka, Pokrovsk, Seversk, Svyatogorsk, Yarovaya, Novonikolaevka, Ocheretino, Shevchenko. The enemy fired at the civilian population from aviation, Gradov, tanks, heavy artillery, as well as cruise missiles.
10:11 Greece has begun construction of a floating LNG terminal that will allow the country to abandon Russian gas. A new floating terminal in the north of the country with a capacity of 5.5 billion cubic meters per year should start operating at the end of 2023. The project operator Gastrade SA reported that the gas could be distributed to the markets of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and North Macedonia, Moldova and Ukraine.
09:46 Pope Francis said that he is not planning to visit Kiev now, because first he needs to meet with Putin. He also said that he talked with the Russian Patriarch Kirill for 40 minutes via Zoom: “For the first 20 minutes, with a map in his hands, he read me all the justifications for the war. I listened and told him: I don’t understand anything about this. Brother, we are not statesmen, we cannot use the language of politics, we have the language of Jesus."
09:44 A ban on the sale of alcohol is returning to Chernihiv, Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said. According to him, this decision is associated with an increase in crime.
09:42 British intelligence notes that Russia's defense budget roughly doubled between 2005 and 2018 through investment in several high-end air, land and sea forces and assets. Since 2008, this has underpinned New Look's extensive military modernization program.
At the same time, the modernization of physical equipment did not allow Russia to dominate Ukraine. Failures in both strategic planning and operational execution robbed her of the ability to turn her numbers into a decisive advantage.
The Russian army is now significantly weaker - both materially and conceptually - as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. The recovery process will be complicated by sanctions. This will have a long-term impact on Russia's ability to deploy military forces.
09:39 A mined scooter exploded in occupied Melitopol, local media report. Windows were blown out in the apartments, and the facade of the store was also damaged.
09:36 Borrell expects an oil embargo against Russia as part of the upcoming round of sanctions. The European diplomat hopes that the EU will be able to significantly limit energy imports from Russia, but so far there is no agreement among all members. The EU Commission will submit proposals for the sixth round of sanctions on Wednesday, May 4.
09:34 Inflation in Ukraine in April rose to 15.9%, and by the end of the year it may exceed 20% - this forecast was announced by the head of the National Bank Kirill Shevchenko in a column for NV.Business. According to him, in a war it is impossible to avoid rising prices.
09:32 In the Kharkiv region, the Russians attacked a factory that was not working because of the war. A fire broke out and one worker died, the OVA said.
09:31 On the evening of May 2, the Russian military again fired at the Ship district of Nikolaev. As a result of the shelling, three metal household trailers caught fire, there were no victims or injured. The head of the Nikolaev area Vitaly Kim reported that in the morning "still arrived in one area outside the city."
09:16 Mayor of Chernihiv Vladislav Atroshenko said that public transport in the city will be launched in the second half of May. According to the mayor, the city now lacks both drivers and fuel, so the fare will rise to 10-12 hryvnias.
08:50 The mayor of Skadovsk, Alexander Yakovlev, said that mobile communications appeared in the city, so far without the Internet. Also, the connection began to appear in the Shumensky and Tavriysky microdistricts of Kherson and Stepanovka, Suspilne reports.
08:48 The US Department of Defense assessed the progress of the Russian army in the Donbass as "minimal at best." The Russian army, according to the Pentagon, suffers from poor command, low morale and poor logistics.
08:46 Romania will repair the railway tracks for the transport of goods from Ukraine. According to Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu, his department has announced a tender for the repair of the railway line between the village of Giurgiulesti (Moldova) and the port of Galati for the transportation of goods from Ukraine.
08:44 The command of the joint forces of NATO in Naples announced the creation of a new battle group in Romania.
08:43 The US Department of Defense has not yet observed signs that third countries, including China, are supplying weapons to Russia, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
08:42 The European Union hopes to approve the sixth package of sanctions against Russia at the next meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on May 10, Borrell said.
08:40 Lavrov's statements about Jews and Zelensky are a manifestation of "the lowest form of racism, propaganda and lies," said US State Department spokesman Ned Price.
08:38 Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District announced today the evacuation from the occupied Tokmak and Vasylivka.
08:36 Russia disconnected the Kherson region from the Ukrainian Internet. The British IT company NetBlocks recorded that on April 30, the Internet in the occupied region was completely disconnected from Ukrainian providers. The connection was restored a few hours later, but the metrics showed that traffic was now going through Russia.
08:33 Biden today at 22:00 Kyiv time will speak at the plant where Javelins are produced. The President of the United States is going to thank the employees of the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama for helping the Ukrainians win the "battle for Kyiv." The White House notes that more than 5,500 Javelins were transferred to Ukraine, and in total the enterprise can produce 2,000 such complexes annually.
08:20 In Japan, for the first time in almost a decade, they are preparing to raise prices for buckwheat soba noodles, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to an increase in the cost of raw materials, writes Reuters. Previously, Japan bought buckwheat groats for making traditional noodles from Ukraine. Chinese raw materials are considered to be of lower quality and worse in taste, so the Japanese preferred Ukrainian buckwheat.
07:42 The Russians are trying to make up for significant losses of equipment in the units, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning summary . So, in the city of Boguchar, Voronezh region, from April 27 to May 2, 17 tanks and 60 BMP-1s were removed from storage and sent to the occupied territory of Ukraine.
07:03 Borrell announced the disconnection of even more Russian banks from SWIFT.
06:47 Britain will provide Ukraine with another 300 million pounds of military assistance, including the supply of electronic warfare and counter-battery radar systems, writes Reuters.
04:52 Putin may officially declare war on Ukraine on May 9, according to US officials interviewed by CNN. This will make it possible to announce mobilization in order to send an army to conquer eastern and southern Ukraine.
02:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the invaders 40 km east of Kharkiv, Jack Detch, a reporter for the Pentagon's Foreign Policy and National Security Department, said.
01:11 Against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Germans were advised to stock up on food and medicine at home in case of emergency based on the consumption of one person for ten days, Interior Minister Nancy Feather said.
- Ukraine gained more territory near Kharkiv in the north. Russia has removed logistics assets away from this area so it is less of a strategic asset.
- Russia has moved more troops around further south and made some minor gains in central Donbas. Ukraine has reinforced positions previously attacked by Russia.
- Ukraine forces holding out in a small part of Mariupol.
- lots of bombardments by artillery and missiles with Russia striking deep into industrial areas in west Ukraine and Ukraine concentrating on military targets and logistic centers.
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[DW] German right-wing extremists are receiving paramilitary training in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to a new report by news magazine Focus. Who is running the training, and what do we know about the participants?
Participating in paramilitary training is legal in Russia. Such training takes place under the protective umbrella of DOSAAF (Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy), an organization whose founding dates back to the days of the Soviet Union. The actual training, in which Germans reportedly participated, is provided by a club appearing under two different names: "Rezerv" or "Partizan." It takes place at a military facility on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Until 2018, "Partizan" and its members were listed on the website of St. Petersburg's municipal office as a vigilante group in the Vyborg district. "That was prior to my taking office," a district representative told DW when asked about the matter.
Talking to local journalists in 2017, one of the organizers of the paramilitary camp confirmed that the center also provided paramilitary training for foreigners, "including Germans." Today, the center advertises both offline and online courses, including classes on handling weapons and on "military topography" — in June 2020 alone, it offers six different classes, bookable via the Russian social network Vkontakte.
According to Focus magazine, some of the men are members of the Young Nationalists, the youth wing of the NPD, Germany's oldest right-wing extremist party. As the youth wing only counts 280 members, it remains politically insignificant, although its participants are rather active when it comes to public action. The group has run would-be environmental protection campaigns, for example, in an attempt to win over young supporters.
Other participants in the paramilitary training in Russia are reportedly members of The Third Way, one of the most radical political parties in Germany. According to the Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, the party promotes a nationalist and racist ideology influenced by Nazism, and it rejects democracy. The Third Way was founded by members of a right-wing extremist association from southern Germany just as it was about to be banned by lawmakers — in Germany, the hurdles for banning a political party are much higher than those for banning a club or association
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Bingo.
As bad as Hitler was, he was the first Nazi leader to be elected and was not to be assassinated by Time Travelers, because Hitler was the first of leaders to manage to lose WWII. During the final stages of The Siege of Berlin, Hitler's personal guard, and Hitler himself, were captured along with mysterious ancient scripts.
These scripts were deciphered by The Brotherhood of Nod, and through Kane, Stalin was advised to begin a resurrection program of these Teutonic Believers of the Damned so that, one day, if need be, a reconstituted hard core of Nazis would be re-birthed and used as-needed.
⚡️Ukrainian troops repel 12 Russian attacks in Donbas on May 3.
Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation reported that Russian losses in the fighting in Donbas include six tanks, two artillery systems, three MLRS, 15 units of armored combat vehicles and nine cars.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 3, 2022
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⚡️Zelensky: Ukraine seeks full restoration of territory, including Crimea.
Speaking at the WSJ's CEO Council Summit on May 3, President Zelensky said Ukraine's goals are to halt Russia’s advance, reclaim territory, and to restore Ukraine’s entire territory through diplomacy.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 3, 2022
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When the Russo-Turkish War began in 1768, the Tatars who lived on the Crimea operated somewhat autonomously under a Khanate. The predominantly Muslim population descended from centuries of intermarriage between the native Turkic people and Mongol armies who had occupied the region during Genghis Khan’s time. They had a fractious relationship with the surrounding Russian and Polish-Lithuanian Empires because they raided their neighbors, engaging in human trafficking. As Russia expanded southward, these raids decreased in frequency, but continued to take place until the annexation of the Crimea.
The 1774 Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca temporarily ended the conflict, leaving the Crimea with nominal independence but giving Russia control of key ports on the peninsula. Catherine refused all offers from Prussia, Austria and France of further mediation, determined to continue pursue her territorial ambitions in the region. Catherine’s fellow monarchs ultimately accepted the loss of the Crimea’s independence, and Russia formally annexed the Crimea in 1783.
So, tell me again, Z-man, what is your justification for claiming Crimea for Ukraine?
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Most if not all of the borders in that part of the world have been in dispute for thousands of years. Now would be the time to call for an international conference to settle these issues diplomatically and with consideration for the people who live there. But it seems that nobody wants a diplomatic solution and everybody would prefer to grab what they can militarily - with complete disregard for the people who live there or for how many people die.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if our own president was a man of peace instead of a war monger? Why won't he offer American resources and offices to a diplomatic settlement?
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Mexico would like full restoration of their territory. It seems as if that is more likely to happen. It might take Biden a full four year term to do it. They will likely need to expel the Nicaraguans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans at some point.
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Russians starving Ukrainians, sounds familiar:
"The Holodomor's Death Toll The Ukrainian famine—known as the Holodomor, a combination of the Ukrainian words for “starvation” and “to inflict death”—by one estimate claimed the lives of 3.9 million people, about 13 percent of the population. And, unlike other famines in history caused by blight or drought, this was caused when a dictator wanted both to replace Ukraine’s small farms with state-run collectives and punish independence-minded Ukrainians who posed a threat to his totalitarian authority."
(https://www.history.com/news/ukrainian-famine-stalin)
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[RIA Novosti] The United States is making a mistake by intervening in the Ukrainian crisis, pushing Kiev to resolve the conflict by force and at the same time refusing a diplomatic solution, American economist Jeffrey Sachs said in an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini.
"The inability of the United States to negotiate and compromise is a terrible mistake, it is a disastrous manipulation of Ukraine in the interests of Washington's foreign policy in order to weaken Russia," the expert explained.
In his opinion, Washington is defending its own geopolitical interests through the hands of the Ukrainians, ignoring other options for resolving the conflict, except by military means.
The American administration's desire for global dominance is hindering humanity's transition to a multipolar world, Sachs concluded.
Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized , its goal is to "protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years."
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian military strikes only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The main goal of the operation in the department was called the liberation of Donbass.
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Stay out of it, this administration would fuck up a wet dream.
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'US exceptionalism is self-destructive', Jeffrey Sachs tells FRANCE …
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20200120...
Jan 20, 2020 · On Iran, "Europe should find its voice and say to Trump: 'stop the bullying'", he adds.
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Ukraine for several years now has been attacking areas pro Russia within Ukraine. Mass graves said to be Russian quick burials was 400 with most graves empty. So for myself media just lies. So I pay little attention anymore.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 The strikes on Lviv with missiles are connected with the supply of 155mm caliber shells to American howitzers by the United States to Ukraine.AttackRussian missiles underwent a railway junction, just where the trains with these overseas ammunition were located. 23:03 The RF Armed Forces are destroying arms supply routes from Europe. The Russian army has severely destroyed the railway infrastructure, said the Gauleiter of Dnepropetrovsk region.
“We have two “arrivals” in the Kamensky district. The missiles severely destroyed the railway infrastructure, one was wounded,” said V. Reznichenko, Head of the Regional Military Administration.
22:33 US Army General Christopher Cavoli has been appointed the new commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Europe. Prior to that and currently holds the post of commander of the US Army in Europe and Africa. The new NATO commander in Europe will take up duties in the summer.
22:27 The Russian army is destroying the supply routes of weapons and fuel from Europe. The head of Ukrzaliznytsia Alexander Kamyshin said that today the Russian Armed Forces launched six missile attacks on railway stations in the center and in the west of the country, he described the damage as severe:
“... According to operational information, there are no victims among the railway workers and passengers. The damage to the infrastructure is severe, we will clarify the details after the end of the air raid.”
22:23 Two rockets fired from the Caspian direction hit the railway infrastructure of the Kirovograd region.
22:19 Over the past day, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 11,564 people, including 1,571 children, were evacuated from the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation.
21:46 US Stryker battalion and F-35 detachment entered Romania. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis informed the parliament about the entry of the American Stryker battalion and the F-35 detachment into the country.
21:42 Rocket strike in Transcarpathia.
21:25 As a result of a missile strike in Lviv, two electrical substations were damaged.
21:02 The mayor of Lviv said that part of the city lost electricity. Residents publish footage they took after powerful explosions. Probably hit the ammunition depot.
21:00 The missiles have also reached western Ukraine. In total, five missile strikes were carried out on targets in the vicinity of Lvov. Also, strikes were made on objects in the Odessa and Ternopil regions.
20:35 Peace and tranquility in Energodar, liberated from Nazism: shops, pharmacies and catering establishments are open. There is no food and household blockade. Hundreds of locals walk the streets of the city. Playgrounds are full. The nuclear power plant continues to operate.
20:34 Another atrocity of the Ukrainian military in the Kharkiv direction. A report by the Dutch edition of HNL from Kharkov included the bodies of Russian servicemen, which the Ukrainians laid out in the middle of the street with the letter Z, and the charred body of their comrade was strung on an anti-tank hedgehog and put on display. It is not known how these soldiers died - in battle, or were the next victims of execution after being taken prisoner, however, as Dutch journalists say, both of these incidents with bodies can be considered a war crime.
20:34 A monument to Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov was demolished in Rivne.
20:34 A batch of 155mm artillery shells for American howitzers, delivered by another US Air Force military transport, has arrived in Ukraine.
20:33 Arrivals in Vinnitsa and Dnepropetrovsk region are reported.
19:54 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 190 nationalists and 31 units of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:53 High-precision missiles of the Russian Federation destroyed three Ukrainian S-300 air defense radars, the Tochka-U complex, the Osa-AKM air defense system and three Grad MLRS installations in a day.
19:53 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed six warehouses of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons, as well as a US-made radar during the day.
19:52 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit 39 Ukrainian military facilities.
19:50 Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian missile "Tochka-U" and intercepted nine shells of the "Smerch" system.
18:49 While the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to pull equipment, personnel from central and western Ukraine to the east, the Russian military is restoring captured Ukrainian equipment at an accelerated pace, which will be used on the side of the Russian Federation. From the latter, the captured 2S1 Gvozdika and 2S7 Pion go for maintenance in a slender column, after passing the service, the self-propelled guns will be put into operation and will take part in the liberation of the DPR and LPR.
18:45 In Turkey, the struggle between Russians and Ukrainians has moved to street poles. Patriots of Ukraine put up stickers accusing Russian citizens of killing Ukrainians.
17:25 During the offensive in the Donbass, the Russian army seizes new batches of weapons supplied by NATO. The photo shows the NLAW anti-tank system, taken during the cleaning of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Limansky direction. This one is soon - one of many missiles ready to hit its former owners. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that London and its allies would continue to supply weapons to Kyiv.
16:34 The Russian Ministry of Defense published a video of a base for the repair and storage of air defense weapons left by the Ukrainian military. As noted in the military department, retreating, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned weapons, ammunition, other property, as well as documentation.
15:43 Objects related to the Soviet past are being dismantled in Dnipro. The city leadership decided to remove the symbols of Soviet power from the streets of the Dnieper. Currently, the Zhukov Square stele on Pobedy Boulevard is being dismantled. A total of 13 monuments will be dismantled.
15:39 At the Kuchurgan-Pervomaisk checkpoint between Ukraine and Pridnestrovie, concrete blocks were erected on the Ukrainian side and sandbags were brought.
15:39 An air raid alert is sounding throughout western Ukraine.
14:19 The Kyiv regime is preparing to officially withdraw from negotiations with Russia. Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko said that the time for negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow has passed.
14:18 Explosions thunder in Nikolaev and Kharkov.
13:34 Ukrainian authorities have not given up their intention to join NATO, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshina said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper Pais. At the same time, the politician criticized NATO's indecision regarding Ukraine.
“NATO reports on Ukraine have been a bit disappointing and of course we were expecting more,” Stefanyshina clarified.
13:18 In the Kharkiv region, the nationalists' plan to attack a convoy of Russian troops was thwarted. In a forest in the Kharkiv region, fighters of the National Guard discovered a large cache of Ukrainian nationalists, inside of which were foreign weapons, ammunition and food. It is reported that this hiding place was built by a sabotage group of special operations forces of Ukraine in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region with the aim of a surprise attack on the columns of Russian troops. The contents of the vault have been removed.
13:17 On the eve of May 9, billboards with the heroes of the Great Patriotic War appeared in Dniprorudny.
13:16 Berlin will supply Ukraine with seven Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers from the stocks of the Bundeswehr - Welt, citing sources.
13:16 For those civilians who want to evacuate to Ukraine, difficult times are ahead. If they survive, of course. All of them were taken into the development of the SBU in order to prevent the leakage of information about the events in the Azovstal dungeon. In the future, when the noise subsides, everyone will be eliminated, but carefully, "for various reasons."
12:15 In Ukraine, there are massive searches and arrests of local residents, whom the authorities and security forces suspect of pro-Russian sentiments and "cooperation with the Russian Federation." Armed law enforcement officers break into citizens’ homes, check their gadgets and subject them to humiliating interrogations – even a photo found on a person’s social networks with the Russian flag and symbols of the USSR can become a reason for accusation of “betrayal”.
After that, the security forces take the detainees away in an unknown direction, after which the relatives cannot learn anything about their fate for several days or even weeks. All this is not the initiative of individual power structures, but the conscious policy of the Kyiv regime. In particular, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly threatened pro-Russian Ukrainians, promising to punish all "collaborators". “Responsibility for collaborationism is inevitable.
12:14 The SBU is preparing provocations on the border of Pridnestrovie and Ukraine to justify the start of a military campaign. Targets have already been prepared for shelling in the Odessa region, which will be blamed on Russian peacekeepers, after which a retaliatory missile strike will begin. Now Kyiv is waiting for the arrival of new military assistance from the West, after which this scenario will be implemented by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a defense of the territory of Ukraine.
12:13 The Polish army is ready to send troops to Western Ukraine. At the disposal of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine was a document with an order from the General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces, General Jaroslaw Mikax, to inform the entire staff of the readiness to take control of the strategic facilities of two regions - Lviv and Volyn. To do this, the Poles put airborne battalions on alert.
11:40 Artillery units hit 54 artillery firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 38 strongholds, as well as 195 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment. Up to 230 nationalists and 52 units of weapons and military equipment were destroyed.
11:39 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 69 strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:39 High-precision air-based missiles during the night of the Russian Aerospace Forces defeated six military facilities in Ukraine.
11:39 High-precision missiles "Onyx" in the Odessa region struck at the logistics center at the military airfield, through which the delivery of foreign weapons was carried out.
11:38 Better under the bombs than in this evacuation, where you are not considered a person, where you are for everyone - a Russian-speaking creature. Refugees from Eastern Ukraine returned to Kharkiv after their stay in the Lviv refugee camp. A young family spoke about the bad attitude of the inhabitants of Western Ukraine towards them.
10:40 The Ukrainian national battalion "Aidar" staged provocations against politicians of Donbass, planted weapons on them, and from local residents they knocked out dirt on objectionable businessmen, a former militant of "Aidar", who was detained and testifies to Russian security forces, told RIA Novosti.
10:37 The Pope announced that he was ready to go to Moscow to meet with Putin to discuss the settlement of the situation in Ukraine.
10:34 Kherson switched to the Russian Rostelecom network.
10:34 RF Investigative Committee opened 35 criminal cases on fakes about the activities of the RF Armed Forces - Bastrykin.
08:38 The Investigative Committee of Russia opened 14 cases against the Kyiv regime for the illegal persecution of citizens of the Russian Federation.
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Any denazification will be done inside Russia. It's high time that putrid state is broken into about 50 smaller sections except the oil and gas region.
If the survivors are lucky, the rest of the world will let them eat the wheat they produce instead of stealing it like the Russian thieves are doing right now in Ukraine.
Russians are worse than Germans in 1940 culturally, just way less capable thank GOD.
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Many Russian soldiers will die at the hands of the new Phoenix Ghost and that's a great thing. Here for all you Russians or Russian ass suckers, read this:
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:42 Another shelling of the outskirts of Donetsk, now in the evening, and the statistics of destroyed houses continues to grow again.Direct hitto a residential building. Due to the rupture of ammunition fired from the Ukrainian positions, a fire broke out in the house building. Rescuers arrived promptly, started extinguishing, but most of the property could not be saved. The owners of the affected house survived due to the fact that they were not at home. 23:25 Heavy equipment is involved in the analysis of the rubble of the Mariupol Drama Theater, where, according to information from various sources, there may be dozens of bodies of Mariupol residents.
22:15 According to preliminary information, during the shelling of the Gornyak village of the Kuibyshev region by Ukrainian punishers. Residential buildings of the private sector were affected:
- st. Severodvinskaya, 36, 38 - shrapnel damage to the facades, glazing, direct hit in the outbuildings, resulting in a fire. At the moment, work is underway to eliminate the fire;
- st. Friendship, 41, 43, 45, 47 - damage to the glazing and roofing of houses.
21:30 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as a result of shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a residential building is on fire.
21:40 Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Yasnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing five shells with a caliber of 122mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reports.
“Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction: 19.40 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Novomikhailovka - the settlement of Yasnoye, five shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired," the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says.
20:10 Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin and First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak awarded more than 90 servicemen of the People's Militia, employees of the Ministry of State Security, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR with the medal "For the Liberation of Mariupol".
20:09 Kyiv security forces during the shelling from February 22 destroyed and damaged residential and social facilities in Pervomaisk at 904 addresses. This was announced by the head of the city administration Sergei Kolyagin.
20:08 Civilians remain on the territory of the Azovstal plant, Osnat Lubrani, the UN coordinator in Ukraine, said at a briefing.
“I hope that this pause will be the first step in a series of many, because [in some areas], including at Azovstal, there are still civilians,” she said. Lubrani added that she could not give an exact number of civilians at the plant. “The numbers are different, the plant is huge,” she said.
19:00 During the day, Ukrainian Nazis fired more than a hundred shells of 122 and 120 mm caliber at the DPR. Eight settlements came under shelling, where a residential building and two infrastructure facilities were damaged.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR have destroyed 28 Ukrainian nationalists, one tank, one armored personnel carrier and two cargo vehicles. Two 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers and a field artillery depot were captured.
18:01 A peaceful resident of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk suffered under fire from Ukrainian militants.
18:01 Kyiv punishers fired at Pervomaisk in the LPR, firing 12 shells of 122 mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
18:01 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. They fired five missiles at him from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:12 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Aleksandrovka in the DPR, firing five 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:44 A total of 149 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoe in a day, including 22 children.
16:13 Ukrainian punishers fired at the villages of Zolote-5 and Zolote-4 in the LPR. They fired four 120mm mines at them. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:37 Ukrainian Nazis fired three RPG grenades at the village of Luganskoye in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:26 Two civilians of the LNR suffered under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis in the city of Pervomaisk.
14:48 The Russian military and the army of the DPR began to destroy the firing positions of "Azov" * and the Armed Forces of Ukraine at "Azovstal" when they violated the silence regime - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
14:48 Ukrainian punishers fired at the village of Yelenovka in the DPR, firing six shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:48 Ukrainian Nazis shelled Dokuchaevsk in the DPR, firing five shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:00 Kyiv militants fired at Pervomaisk in the LPR. They fired four 152 mm shells at him, as well as 20 rockets from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:37 Ukrainian punishers fired at the village of Yasnoye in the DPR, firing five shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:30 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the village of Yelenovka in the DPR. The shell hit the local school. There were no reports of casualties.
13:27 Kyiv punishers fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR. They fired five 122mm shells at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:08 A captured Ukrainian soldier said that the command had left him to die. But Russian soldiers saved him. Such words are heard from the lips of an increasing number of fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:19 Ukrainian militants have equipped trenches right in the residential areas of Rubizhne. In some areas, they reach several kilometers in length. In these trenches they threw not only foreign weapons, but also the bodies of their comrades.
11:50 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
11:00 War correspondent Semyon Pegov (WarGonzo)sought out NATO biological laboratory in Mariupol. It also carried out bacteriological studies.
10:54 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the village of Lozovoe in the DPR, firing five mines with a caliber of 120mm at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
10:54 Ukrainian Nazis shelled Gorlovka in the DPR, firing ten shells of 122mm caliber and 18 mines of 120mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
10:54 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Donetsk, firing six 120mm mines at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
10:30 During the day, seven settlements of the DPR came under shelling from the APU, where nine residential buildings and four civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Two civilians were injured.
10:30 Over the past day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR destroyed 54 Ukrainian nationalists, two 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, two infantry fighting vehicles and one armored personnel carrier. One armored personnel carrier and two cargo vehicles were captured.
10:19 Kyiv militants fired at Pervomaisk in the LPR. They fired four 152 mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
10:00 Contact battles began in Lisichansk and Severodonetsk (LPR).
10:00 Ukrainian Nazis fired on Yasinovataya in the DPR. They fired five Grad MLRS rockets into the city. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
09:24 About 400 people, including 59 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to the DPR per day.
09:19 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis shelled the territory of the DPR 17 times, firing more than 120 shells at it.
08:39 Ukrainian militants fired at Donetsk, firing four 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:15 Ukrainian punishers fired at the village of Zolote-5 in the LPR. They fired for 12 minutes at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:15 During the day, the Kyiv Nazis opened fire five times on the LPR. Under fire were Pervomaisk, Kalinovo, Stakhanov. They fired shells with a caliber of 152mm, 122mm and 120mm, as well as several Grad and Uragan MLRS rockets.
08:15 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. They fired five 122mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:15 Kyiv punishers fired at Yelenovka in the DPR, firing six shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
[NYPOST] Russian forces are storming the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, its defenders said Tuesday — less than two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... made a show of calling off plans to attack the Ukrainian redoubt.
"The enemy is trying to storm the Azovstal plant with significant forces using armored vehicles," Denys Shlega, a Ukrainian National Guard commander at Azovstal, said.
The sprawling, Soviet-era metalworks — a maze of bunkers and tunnels — has been likened to a Ukrainian Alamo in the decimated port city of Mariupol. Some 2,000 of the city’s last remaining defenders have been holed up there for weeks, along with a few hundred civilians hiding from the Russian advance.
Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Ukrainian National Guard’s Azov Regiment, said on Telegram that the Russians were attacking the plant with "the support of armored vehicles and tanks, with attempts to land troops from boats and a large number of infantry."
"We’ll do everything that’s possible to repel the assault, but we’re calling for urgent measures to evacuate the civilians that remain inside the plant and to bring them safely," he said.
Palamar said two civilian women were killed following overnight Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s and artillery bombardment, and ten more civilians were maimed.
In an interview with CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... Monday night, the Azov leader said that their stocks of food and water were getting thin, with soldiers and civilians sharing resources.
"We are extremely short on supplies in terms of water and food. I cannot tell you for sure how much is left... but I can assure you that we are saving, very fearful without water and food, and especially ammunition," he said.
"If (worse) comes to worst and we run out of food, we’ll be catching birds and we’ll be doing everything just to stand firm," he added.
After days of wrangling, a joint United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... and International Red Thingy evacuation effort on Monday brought a reported 101 civilians out of the plant.
Dozens of evacuees reached the safety of Kyiv-controlled Zaporizhzhia on buses Tuesday.
"I can’t believe I made it, we just want rest," said Alina Kozitskaya, who said she spent weeks cowering in a basement with her packed bags waiting for an opportunity to escape.
Still, many remained trapped in the port city. More than 200 civilians are still in the steel plant, with a total of 100,000 stuck in Mariupol, according to Mayor Vadym Boichenko.
Pascal Hundt, who heads the Ukraine office of the International Committee of the Red Thingy, said that he remained "extremely concerned" about more fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the city.
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...How many times is that now?
Mike
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"The enemy is trying to storm the Azovstal plant with significant forces using armored vehicles,"
Color me skeptical. I don't doubt there is shelling and armor and fighting to keep the defenders bottled up, but there is no sense in storming an impregnable fortress when you can use the troops elsewhere.
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^ Just make sure you have the BFG when you try it.
Seen elsewhere: the defenders emerged and took up fighting positions which drew the predicable response from the attackers, hence the report of 'storming'
They're not wrong.
[REGNUM] In the case of a request in Yandex
...it could be described as the Russian version of Google, or whatever they call themselves these days...
for information about the People's Militia of Donbass, the search engine will automatically offer to read about other "criminal groups". This is reported by the correspondent of news agency REGNUM .
Thus, Yandex ranked the People's Militia of Donbass as a criminal gang.
At the same time, the nationalist battalions "Azov" (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) and "Aidar" (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation), whose members are "famous" for numerous attacks and atrocities on the territory of Donbass, the search engine does not classify as criminal groups.
[NYPOST] A gruesome image has emerged of the bodies of four apparent Russian soldiers arranged in a Z — a symbol of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The macabre scene was photographed Monday near a village recently retaken by Ukrainian forces on the outskirts of Kharkiv after heavy fighting over several days.
News Agency that Dare Not be Named journalists saw the bodies formed into a Z, like the symbol found on Russian armored vehicles. The corpses bore white arm bands commonly used by Russian troops.
Also lying nearby was the charred body of a man propped on an anti-tank barrier. The door to an apartment also opened to three bodies inside.
The unidentified remains were all taken to a morgue later.
There was no explanation for the Z formation or the propped burned body — a possible war crime for disrespecting the dignity of the dead.
The outskirts of Ukraine’s second-largest city have the feel of an open-air morgue, where corpses lie unclaimed and unexplained as Ukrainian and Russian forces continue fighting.
Mutilating bodies of combatants is covered by the war crime of "committing outrages upon personal dignity" under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, according to the Red Thingy.
On Monday, a senior US defense official said Ukrainian forces had succeeded in pushing Russian troops farther away from Kharkiv during the previous 48 hours.
The Russians have now been pushed some 25 miles to the east of the city, farther into the Donbas region, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered...
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The usual suspects who screamed 'war crimes' during our time in Afghanistan and Iraq seem rather quiet these days.
But the left is certainly lionizing one side. I have been wondering when the trading card sets will be available online.
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Let's not forget the Russians are who invaded, Ukraine has invaded no one. It is the Russians attacking mainly civilians, it is the Russians stealing grain and hauling it into Russia, it is the Russians who have more war crimes in weeks than anyone since Hitler, Badnov and his neo Nazi ass suckers need you to be stupid and agree there are "no angels in this fight".
Don't be stupid, don't fall for Tucker Carlson's and Badonov's Russian pr. Russia has invaded and terrorized a smaller neighbor, period.
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It's not our business. Saying that does not make me or anyone else pro-Russian or con-Ukraine.
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Let's not forget the Russians are who invaded, Ukraine has invaded no one. It is the Russians attacking mainly civilians, it is the Russians stealing grain and hauling it into Russia, it is the Russians who have more war crimes in weeks than anyone since Hitler, Badnov and his neo Nazi ass suckers need you to be stupid and agree there are "no angels in this fight".
Don't be stupid, don't fall for Tucker Carlson's and Badonov's Russian pr. Russia has invaded and terrorized a smaller neighbor, period.
So far, the lion's share of information about this war comes from Ukraine and the west.
Russia has clearly stated its intentions and its rationalization for its invasion.
I sympathize with Russia but not the rationalizations for this war they are conducting.
You likely are already aware of just how much Ukraine has lied for eight years, and how much they are lying now. They already have been caught in a lie about the Kramatorsk Incident, so chances are they are lying about much, much more.
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Yet Ukraine has invaded no one, Russia is the invader and a mass murdering state and Army by all accounts.
Fuck Russia, fuck bullies like Russians are culturally, Ukraine has the same right to be independent and free as the USA did from Britain.
Ukraine will end up being in NATO shortly after they run all these cowards out of Ukraine and the few good Russians are helping, this stuff is happening all across Russia:
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Maybe it was the work of The Ghost of Keeev, who was shot down and crash landed in a swamp, destined to return re-invigorated by a Zen Master and more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
There have been so many complaints about posting articles from The Daily Mail that I'm posting an article from a different English newspaper.
[CityAM] Disgruntled generals join FSB looking to oust Putin and end Ukraine war.
Rumours are swirling in Moscow that a number of former generals and KGB officials are preparing to oust Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and plan to end the war in Ukraine, which is increasingly seen across Russia as a strategic mistake and, above all, an economic disaster. Lies! All lies! Putin is a master strategist playing 10-dimensional chess. Or maybe "Go Fish!". Possibly even "52 Pickup".
The top of Putin’s former employer — the Russian security service FSB — is said to be so frustrated about the lack of military progress in Ukraine that it has reached out to a number of generals and former army officials, according to various analysts and local media reports. Lies! All lies! Everyday Russia is morely winning! The Moskva has even conquered the bottom of the Black Sea as a base for future operations.
In particular a group called the ’Siloviki’ — which comprises of former FSB officers who are active in Russian politics — is said to be pushing hard to replace Putin, together with former officers from the GRU, KGB and FSO, other Russian intelligence units.
The Russian president is reportedly "very worried" and has tightened security in and around the Kremlin.
"Does it matter? It matters a lot," said Russian security expert Andrei Soldatov told The Center for European Policy Analysis.
"The Russian President has been bracing for a coup for some weeks as has faced fierce criticism over his "special operation" in Ukraine and he has purged around 150 of his spies over the constant failures," Soldatov explained. Lies! More Rantburg lies! Even now the Jewish Nazi Ukrainians are feeling the full force of Russia's IGM's (Imprecisely Guided Munitions). No high-rise apartment buildings in Kyiv are safe! The Nazi dishwashing machines will be liberated! Running water will be achieved!
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Pre-empting the trolls, Matt?
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Pre-empting the trolls, Matt?
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Now I see how folks double-post!
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Bobby, I prefer to think of the article as "pre-trolled".
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[MEMRI] On April 27, 2022, the Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service [SVR], Sergey Naryshkin, (whom Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... publicly humiliated on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine) claimed that the Polish authorities are planning to take control of Ukraine. Russia has made these charges before but Naryshkin now claimed that the assessments were backed by trustworthy sources.
"There are reports that Washington and Warsaw are developing plans to establish strong military and political control of Poland over 'its historical possessions' in Ukraine" Naryshkin said.
According to the SVR, the plan will develop as follows: Poland will deploy troops in Western Ukraine claiming that these forces will be tasked with defense against Russian aggression. Poland would be acting outside NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... but would assemble a coalition of the "willing states" under the pretext of "defending against Russian aggression" Naryshkin divulged that Poland intends to act without a NATO mandate, but in concert with the "willing states." To further its designs for controlling the Ukraine, the SVR alleges that the Polish special services have been searching for representatives of the Ukrainian elite "capable of compromise", in order to form a "democratic" counterweight to the nationalists oriented towards Warsaw.
Russia cited the previous proposal of Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Jarosław Kaczyński, to Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky to deploy an armed NATO peacekeeping mission to Ukraine as a prelude to the takeover.
Naryshkin also claimed that if the scheme hatched in Washington and Warsaw reached fruition, the result would be the partition of Ukraine. The idea of a Greater Poland that would absorb parts of Ukraine had historical antecedents. At the end of the First World War, the victorious "Entente" powers sought to increase Poland's boundaries to weaken and contain Soviet Russia. Today, the collective West headed by the United States was using Poland in the same way.
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Kremlin uses front companies and blackmail to obtain Western components SENSELESS Ad HOMINEM ATTACK REDACTED British companies were selling 'dual purpose' (can be used for both military or peaceful uses) technology - vehicles and parts, lasers, IT, nuclear components, personal defence equipment to Russia up until February. All legit according to government rules and covered by export licences.
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And circuit boards from Taiwan were found in drones and missiles.
Problem is, so much of this stuff is dual use and can be bought by shell companies without anyone noticing.
Also the shellacking the Russians are getting also shows (along with a myriad of other factors) they aren't getting very much value for their money for these anyway.
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BTW: 780 KM = 484.6 miles.
More than enough to gain orbit for an EMP.
3 basic 100KT EMPs detonated over the USA properly would fry about 90+ % of all civilian electronics.
Yesterday the leaked draft and the spontaneous, grassroots protests. Today the confirmation and the hunt for the miscreant.
[IsraelTimes] US Supreme Court ...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations... Chief Justice John Roberts issues a statement confirming the authenticity of a draft opinion published by Politico, which indicated that the top legal panel is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Roberts calls the leak a "betrayal" and "singular and egregious betrayal of trust," but insists that it "will not succeed" in undermining the court’s integrity.
He says he has ordered an investigation to determine the identity of Politico’s source.
Someone in the SCOTUS Staff is going to jail.
Publishing court case discussions and documents prior to Official Release is a Felony.
The obstruction of justice in the federal courts is governed (18 U.S.C.A. §§ 1501–1517), which protects the integrity of federal judicial proceedings as well as agency and congressional proceedings.
But what IF one of the more "liberal" Justices leaked the documents?
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#4 - If Roberts really wanted to find out who leaked he wouldn't have assigned it to the SCOTUS Marshal, which has no subpoena power and is assigned with security, not investigations
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/\ My guess is Roberts and the other justices, already know the identify of the leaker(s).
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#7 Judging by the instantaneous and utterly uniform response, I would have to say that the identity is not only known but known well in advance of the event.
After all, the serfs were beginning to get wise to St Volodymir of Kiev and the regime's desire to give him in excess of 100% of their national tax revenues to 'defend the sanctity of their sacred border against invasion'.
Then again I hear there's some kind of movie coming out...
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Has the "Science" failed us again?
Or is this just the media blowing something up to get our attention?
"Scientists say the Sun may be going through a long period of decreased activity known as the Modern Grand Solar Minimum from 2020 to 2053. The last time such an event occurred was during the Maunder Minimum — from 1645 AD to 1710 AD, which was part of what is now known as the Little Ice Age — when Earth went through a series of elongated cold periods during the medieval centuries." - By Akshit Sangomla Published: Wednesday 23 September 2020
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
German right-wing extremists are receiving paramilitary training in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to a new report by news magazine Focus. Who is running the training, and what do we know about the participants?
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations...
