[FOX] Former University of Arizona cornerback and Idaho State University assistant coach DaVonte’ Neal was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after being connected to a murder case from Nov. 17, 2017, in Maricopa County.
On May 25, police located Neal at his apartment in the 100 block of South Union Pacific Avenue in Pocatello, Indiana. They pulled over the assistant coach after he departed the complex, as reported by the Idaho State Journal.
Neal is also under investigation for his alleged role in a drive-by incident and using a firearm to shoot at a building.
[Washington Examiner] Multiples victims were reported in a Wisconsin cemetery shooting Thursday afternoon, according to police.
The violence took place at the funeral of Da’Shontay L. King, a man shot and killed by police last month, a family member told the Racine County Eye. At least five people were injured, the family told TMJ4.
At 3:50 p.m. local time, police in Racine, which is roughly 25 miles south of Milwaukee, asked citizens to avoid the area of Graceland Cemetery due to a "critical incident."
#3
I'm expecting any day now that the CDC and Fauxist will ban public meetings and that stores etc. be closed and make it mandatory that masks must me worn over the groin areas.
#2
We have lots of suicide wildlife also -- deer, elk, moose, antelope, tourists . . . Hard to miss them all. Hitting elk or moose is a sure way to commit suicide.
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#3
You killed the Harley and ripped out some farmers fence!
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Antelope, like Moose, are high-centered. Tend to clear the hood and take out the passengers
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Try hitting a 1,100+ lbs ELK in the Nantahala National Forest Park area (WNC) .
[DailyWire] A new U.S. classified intelligence report states that Russian President Vladimir Putin underwent treatment in April for advanced cancer.
The report also stated that an assassination attempt was made on Putin in March, after Putin had launched an invasion of Ukraine in late February.
“Putin’s grip is strong but no longer absolute,” one of three intelligence officers from three different intelligence agencies who read the report told Newsweek. “The jockeying inside the Kremlin has never been more intense during his rule, everyone sensing that the end is near.”
One official came from the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), one served as a senior officer for the Air Force, and one came from the Defense Intelligence Agency.
“What we know is that there is an iceberg out there, albeit one covered in fog,” the DNI officer stated.
The DIA officer added, “One source of our best intelligence, which is contact with outsiders, largely dried up as a result of the Ukraine war. Putin has had few meetings with foreign leaders. … Putin’s isolation has thus increased levels of speculation.”
Photos of Putin consistently sitting at the end of an extremely long table with the others at the meeting at the other end of the table have led to speculation regarding Putin’s health.
“Putin is definitely sick … whether he’s going to die soon is mere speculation,” the DIA official concluded. “Still, we shouldn’t rest assured. We shouldn’t answer our own mail, if you will, believing only the intelligence that affirms our own desired outcome. He’s still dangerous, and chaos does lie ahead if he does die. We need to focus on that. Be ready.”
Vladimir Putin's health is a subject of intense conversation inside the Biden administration after the intelligence community produced its fourth comprehensive assessment at the end of May. The classified U.S. report says Putin seems to have re-emerged after undergoing treatment in April for advanced cancer, three U.S. intelligence leaders who have read the reports tell Newsweek.
"We need to be mindful of the influence of wishful thinking," cautions the retired Air Force leader. "We learned—or didn't learn—that lesson the hard way with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein."
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Now have the same intelligence group do a report on Biden’s physical, emotional and mental health… and we will see how accurate these reports really are.
#4
Putin's days are numbered - just as Assad's were!
Western homosexuals journalists (53% of media workers are homosexuals) are telling the truth. Putin’s days are indeed numbered.
Putin was born on October 7, 1952. That’s day number 1. The next day, October 8, 1952, is numbered 2, and so on. According to my calculations, today’s Putin’s day is numbered 25442.
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#5
Same people who missed the fall of the Iron Curtain and gave us the "slam dunk."
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"Same people".....who along with their tech oligarchs actually run the country.
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Putin was born on October 7, 1952. That’s day number 1. The next day, October 8, 1952, is numbered 2, and so on. According to my calculations, today’s Putin’s day is numbered 25442.
:-D The absolute truth, Aca Joe, though I didn’t check your work.
(53% of media workers are homosexuals)
I find this difficult to believe — can you provide a reference?
Has Putin Lost His Sex Appeal?
NY Times, Mar 2012
Putin is losing the Sochi Olympic game
Washington Post, Feb 2014
Putin's Press Conference Proved Merkel Right: He's Lost His Mind
New Republic, Mar 2014
Vladimir Putin is losing the battle for Ukraine
Spectator, Mar 2014
Putin Is Losing In Ukraine And That's Our Biggest Problem Right Now
Forbes, Mar 2014
How Putin is losing in Crimea: A reality check
Yahoo News, Apr 2014
Putin is Losing Eastern European Energy Gamble
Oil Price , Apr 2014
Putin losing his geostrategic footing
Gulfnews, Nov 2014
Putin Is Losing the Battle to Restrain Online Media
Newsweek, Jan 2015
The War Putin Lost
OpEdNews, Mar 2015
Putin Is Losing a Nasty Food Fight
StopFake, Aug 2015
Why Putin Is Losing
RFERL, Aug 2015
How Putin is badly losing in Syria
Washingtonian Post, Oct 2015
How Vladimir Putin lost Ukraine
New Statesman, Jan 2016
How Putin is losing his grip on pipeline politics
Reuters, Nov 2016
Russia’s Putin may be starting to lose his grip on power
Marketwach, Mar 2017
Putin Lost France, but He’s Still Got a Chance in Germany
Daily Beast, May 2017
Putin Losing Public Support On Key Issues
Statista, Jun 2017
For Russia, Putin Power Is Losing Some of Its Shine
Stratfor, Jun 2017
Is Vladimir Putin Losing His Grip?
Project Syndicate, Oct 2017
Is Putin Losing Control of Russia's Conservative Nationalists?
Foreign Affairs, Oct 2017
Putin Is Losing the Long Game on Foreign Policy
Bloomberg, Nov 2017
Putin Is Losing Eastern European Energy Gamble
Yahoo, Jan 2018
Has Vladimir Putin Lost Control of Russia's Assassins?
Newsweek, Mar 2018
Why Putin Is Losing Popular Support
Carnegie, Aug 2018
Putin lost his supposedly ‘invulnerable’ nuclear-powered missile at sea
Business Insider, Aug 2018
Is Putin Losing His Balance?
Gordan Hahn, Sep 2018
Putin Is Losing Russia’s Far East
Bloomberg, Sep 2018
Is Vladimir Putin losing steam?
The Hill, Oct 2018
Putin losing grip on power: Popularity plummets as pension reforms spark Russia protests
Express, Oct 2018
Is Vladimir Putin losing his grip on Siberia?
BBC Newsnight, Dec 2018
Trump is winning and Putin is losing in global arms sales
Japan Times, Mar 2019
How Putin and the Kremlin lost Russian youths
Washington Post, Jun 2019
Is Putin Losing the Trust of Russians?
Politico, Jun 2019
Putin risks losing Moscow
MSN, Aug 2019
Vladimir Putin: Russian President losing his grip on energy
Gossipela, Aug 2019
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Affording to GLADD its more than 40% TW.
I think that was television shows with a gay/queer character, Xyz, not in the news media. The only gays in the news that I can think of are Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, and Don Lemon and that white-haired gent on CNN. It seems a reasonable assumption that if I can remember names of people I don’t pay attention to, that particular characteristic is rare enough to be noticed and commented on.
#16
Zelensky announced yesterday that Ukraine has lost 20% of its territory to Russia, which amounts to about 120,000 square km. Prior to the war, Russia controlled about 43,000 square km, or 7%. That's the "status quo ante" Kissinger referred to.
So Zelensky and Biden's rejection of Minsk II and insane announcement that they'd seize Crimea have caused Ukraine to lose -- so far, as of June 3 -- an additional 13% of Ukraine's territory.
Each month that passes will cost Ukraine another 3-4% of its territory -- and that's just to Russia. In the West, Poland has designs on Lviv and the adjacent lands.
If Z or to be precise, Biden, keeps resisting the inevitable capitulation through the summer, it's likely that Ukraine will lose 35-40% of its territory and more than 2/3ds of its valuable resources by September.
#2
Having been placed under arrest, the TAXPAYER'S will foot her medical bill.
"...shot five times...in stable condition..."
Cold as it sounds, the Deputy should be required to re-certify for firearm use. Because it places others at risk when he is unable to take down a attacking target.
[FoxNews] The worsening staffing crisis at the Seattle Police Department has forced the defunded force to no longer take on new adult sexual assault cases this year, according to a newly revealed internal memo.
The Seattle Times first reported Tuesday about the four-page memo, which the sergeant in charge of the Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit sent internally to interim police Chief Adrian Diaz on April 11.
In the memo, titled "Staffing Issues," Sgt. Pamela St. John said she currently is not able to assign new adult sexual assault cases "because of other statutory requirements."
Just three years ago, the unit had 12 skilled detectives, but at the time the memo was written, there are only four remaining. "May as well lay back and enjoy it" time?
#3
Already one case in which the rapist gloated to his victim about how he was going to get away with what he was currently doing to her. The message has been received.
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#4
Funny how the feminist movement tied itself to the Woke culture. Now they are the Woke's rubes. Men are competing in women's sports, likely heading to the Olympics, defunded cops not perusing crimes against women, men Pedos faking as women heading into girls bathrooms. And on and on and on. Actually it not funny, its sad.
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It is a skill set that is specialized and will be hard to recruit as officers will not likely choose to move to places where the politicians played the Defund card for votes. A couple of cities will probably end up with Sharia patrols. Other cities might try some Google-like perks. Overall women and minorities will suffer for a lunatic white liberal idea that was intended to shove us down the path towards the slavery of the Great Reset.
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And now it id unlawful for police in Washington state to engage in high speed chases.
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[The Hill] Russian President Vladimir Putin fired a slew of generals earlier this week as Moscow continues to experience losses among its top officers and generals during its invasion of Ukraine.
Five top generals — Maj. Gens. Vasily Kukushkin, Alexander Laas, Andrey Lipilin, Alexander Udovenko and Yuri Instrankin — in addition to Police Colonel Emil Musin were fired by the Russian president on Monday, the Russian newspaper Pravda reported, citing a decree extract, which a source close to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia confirmed the authenticity of to the news outlet.
Pravda, citing Russian media organization RBC, noted that a standard employee reshuffle procedure accounted for why the top officials had been fired.
But the development comes as officials have noted that Russia has suffered an unprecedented loss of top officers and generals.
"In modern history, there is no situation comparable in terms of the deaths of generals. ... Here, on the Russian side, in a two-month period, we’ve seen at least a dozen, if not more, Russian generals killed," former supreme allied commander of NATO, Retired Adm. James Stavridis, told John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM in an interview early last month.
The United Kingdom’s defense ministry also noted that Russia had likely suffered serious losses of "mid and junior ranking officers" amid the ongoing conflict.
"Brigade and battalion commanders likely deploy forwards into harm’s way because they are held to an uncompromising level of responsibility for their units’ performance. Similarly, junior officers have had to lead to the lowest level tactical actions, as the army lacks the cadre of highly trained and empowered non-commissioned officers (NCOs) who fulfill that role in Western forces," the ministry said in an intelligence update late last month.
#1
Yes, Russia's running out of everything. They've been running out for years. I read it in, well, every publication everywhere every day forever
#5 Time is running out for Russia. It's been running out, well, forever, according to the comical press:
🤡 😂
Russia running out of ‘easy’ oil
Nov 28 2021 - RT
Why Putin is acting like a man who has run out of time
Dec 23 2021 - Guardian
Italy could run out of gas due to Russia crisis – analysts
Feb 23 2022 - Montel
Rubio warns Putin's 'time is running out on this earth'
Mar 2 2022 - Washington Examiner
Putin is running out of options
Mar 3 2022 - New Statesman
Russian labs running out of equipment as sanctions begin to bite
Mar 7 2022 - Science Business
Putin’s depleted army is running out of time
Mar 23 2022 - Spectator
Russia running out of precision munitions in Ukraine war- Pentagon official
Mar 25 2022 - Reuters
Pentagon claim: Russia is running out of ammunition.
Mar 25 2022 - Sach Khabrain
Is the Russian Military running out of Soldiers?
Mar 28 2022 - Russia Matters
Russia May Be running out of Missiles
Mar 29 2022 - Newsmax
Russia running out Of Kh-55 Cruise Missiles Which Iran, China Have
Apr 3 2022 - IranIntl
Putin running out of missiles, jets and tanks because they're made in Ukraine
Apr 4 2022 - Mirror
Russian billionaires are running out of havens to stash their fortunes
Apr 8 2022 - Sydney Morning Herald
The Russian army is running out of options
Apr 9 2022 - Spectator
Is Russia Running Out of Money?
Apr 26 2022 - Trustnodes
SCORCHED EARTH Now humiliated Putin is running out of MISSILES in desperate bid to defeat Ukraine, UK armed forces chief tells TalkTV
May 5 2022 - Sun
‘Struggling’ Vladimir Putin is running out of missiles, UK says
May 6 2022 - News.au
Putin under intense pressure and could be running out of missiles, says UK army chief
May 6 2022 - Mirror
EMBARRASSING: Russia Now Running out of Missiles to Make War With
May 6 2022 - USSANews
Putin could be running out of missiles and is waging a 'logistics war' to keep his forces supplied
May 6 2022 - Daily Mail
Russia running out of weapons, can be defeated by Ukraine – UK Secretary
May 9 2022 - Daily Trust
Putin 'running out of bombs' and resorting to 'indiscriminate' civilian attacks, says UK
May 9 2022 - Daily Star
Russia is running out of precision-guided munitions and may struggle to replenish their stocks, says UK Defense Ministry
May 9 2022 - New Voice Of Ukraine
Putin is running out of Ideas on What to do Next
May 10 2022 - Bloomberg
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is running out of steam, again
May 16 2022 - Economist
Is Russia running out of missiles? US, Russia send mixed messages
May 16 2022 - Jerusalem Post
'Russia is running out of manpower' and Putin may have to shrink his war aims more: national security analyst
May 16 2022 - Raw Story
Explainer: Is Russia Running Low on Missiles?
May 17 2022 - Moscow Times
Vladimir Putin is running out of options to avoid defeat in Ukraine
May 17 2022 - Atlantic Council
Putin is running out of soldiers and resorts to an “army of grandfathers” who retired 10 years ago
May 17 2022 - CvvNews
Crippled Russia running out of weapons as embarrassing war ending looms 'Shockingly inept'
May 21 2022 - Express
Vladimir Putin's 'time is running out' and his behaviour has changed, claims expert
May 21 2022 - Mirror
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS TO AVOID DEFEAT IN UKRAINE
May 22 2022 - Lucorg
Russia ‘running out of ideas’ in 3-month-old war. Can Ukraine win?
May 24 2022 - Global News
The Russian Army Is Running Out Of Tanks For The War In Ukraine. These 60-Year-Old T-62s Are Proof.
May 25 2022 - Forbes
Vladimir Putin’s forces are running out of tanks
May 27 2022 - Telegraph
Exact date Putin's forces will run out of ammunition in Ukraine, according to expert
May 31 2022 - Mirror
Time is running out for Russia, German economy minister says
Jun 2 2022 - Reuters
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Is this "fired" as in "retired" with a pension, or something else.
The report seems to think that, in western armies, second lieutenants, being officers, are safe.
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Clem, that much dedication is either fanaticism or a paycheck.
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[ZERO] The US military has issued a stunning but perhaps not entirely unexpected admission that it has been conducting offensive cyber operations in support of Ukraine. It marks the first ever such acknowledgement, and suggests - as many observers have long suspected - a deeper Pentagon and US intelligence role in Ukraine against the Russian military than previously thought.
National Security Agency (NSA) and US Cyber Command Director Gen. Paul Nakasone told the UK's Sky News on Wednesday, "We’ve conducted a series of operations across the full spectrum: offensive, defensive, [and] information operations." This includes "offensive hacking operations" he said.
Without offering specific details, he continued, "My job is to provide a series of options to the secretary of Defense and the president, and so that’s what I do." Importantly, Gen. Nakasone gave the interview from allied Baltic country Estonia, from which other supporting operations including weapons transfers for Ukraine have come.
He spoke of major attempts of the Russians to launch infrastructurally devastating cyberattacks on Ukraine, saying, "And we've seen this with regards to the attack on their satellite systems, wiper attacks that have been ongoing, disruptive attacks against their government processes."
"This is kind of the piece that I think sometimes is missed by the public. It isn't like they haven't been very busy, they have been incredibly busy. And I think, you know, their resilience is perhaps the story that is most intriguing to all of us," he said, describing the Ukrainian response.
As for support the US has given Ukraine in the lead-up to the Russian invasion, the NSA director referenced the following:
Nakasone previously said his agency deployed a “hunt forward” team in December to help Ukraine shore up its cyber defenses and networks against active threats. But his latest remarks appear to be the first time that a U.S. official said publicly that the U.S. has been involved in offensive cyber operations in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
And like any powerful deep state insider of the intelligence community, he referenced alleged Kremlin attempts to influence US elections. "We had an opportunity to start talking about what particularly the Russians were trying to do in our midterm elections. We saw it again in 2020, as we talked about what the Russians and Iranians were going to do, but this was on a smaller scale."
"The ability for us to share that information, being able to ensure it's accurate and it's timely and it's actionable on a broader scale has been very, very powerful in this crisis," he added in the interview.
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[LB] Today, June 2, the occupiers fired on about 30 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
This was reported by the press service of the Allied Forces.
"Along the entire line of defense, the enemy uses combat aircraft, multiple rocket launchers, large-caliber artillery, tanks, mortars of various systems, launches missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure, peaceful housing estates," the statement said.
Today, the Russian occupiers in Donetsk and Luhansk regions destroyed and damaged 52 civilian objects - 42 houses, two factories, administrative premises and vehicles of several state fire and rescue units, a hangar.
As a result of these shellings, 5 civilians were killed and 7 others were injured.
Over the past 24 hours, the Allied Forces destroyed:
In addition, air defense units shot down 3 enemy Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles in the skies of the Ukrainian Donbass.
We will remind, the Ukrainian defenders in the area of responsibility of operational and tactical group "Vostok" (East) destroyed thanks to artillery a command and observation post of the Russian invaders.
[LB] In the Kryvyi Rih direction, the Russians blew up bridges in the Davydov Brid and Velyka Oleksandrivka districts.
Russia's main goal now remains the same - to establish full control over Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy focused on maintaining the occupied borders, restraining the advance of our troops towards the state border.
The Russians are firing from artillery and multiple rocket launchers to reduce our offensive potential. The shelling is concentrated mainly in the areas of Tsyrkuniv, Pitomnyk, Prudyanka, Peremohy, Rusky and Cherkasy Tyshko and Staryi Saltiv, said Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Russians once again stormed the town of Ternov, but without success.
In the Slavic direction, the enemy focused on shelling our troops and creating conditions for the offensive.
In the Donetsk region, the occupiers fired along the entire line of contact . They seek to inflict losses on defenders, deplete them and destroy fortifications. The main efforts are focused on the Lyman, Severodonetsk and Bakhmut (Artemovsk) areas.
In the Lyman direction, the Russians fired in the areas of Svyatogorsk, Shchurovo, Staryi Karavan, and Raigorodok. There was an assault in two directions: from Oleksandrivka and in the direction of Novoselivka - Yarova.
"They are preparing for the offensive in the direction of Svyatogorsk," Gromov said.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the Russians use all possible weapons and air strikes. The main fighting is taking place near Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.
"Fierce street fighting continues in Severodonetsk. The enemy is storming Oskolonivka-Borivske," Gromov said.
In the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers are using the full range of weapons to displace our positions and create conditions for the offensive. Missile strikes are carried out near Komyshuvakha, Zoloty, Belogorivka, Volodymyrivka, Pokrovsky and Soledar.
The Russians are trying to completely capture Komyshuvakha. The fighting continues. Also they storm again in areas of Nikolaevka and Vrubovka. To take control of the section of the road Soledar - Lysychansk, the Russians are storming in the directions of Vasylivka - Berestove, Nagirne - Belogorovka. The fighting continues.
In the Avdievka, Novopavlivska and Zaporizhzhya areas , the enemy is not conducting active hostilities, but mortar and artillery fire on the positions of our troops does not stop.
There were no active hostilities from occupiers and in the Nikolaev direction. They are taking steps to maintain control of the occupied territories and are shelling our troops.
In the Kryvyi Rih direction, in order to prevent the advance of defenders, the Russians blew up bridges in the Davydov Brid and Velyka Oleksandrivka districts. We moved to the defense on the unprepared border Davydiv Brid - Davydiv - Andriyivka. Electronic means of electronic warfare are used.
In the Volyn and Polissya operational districts, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were found. The main efforts of the Belarusian troops focused on reconnaissance and training. Mining of forest roads, bypass roads, bridges in the border areas of Brest region with Ukraine is also carried out - it is from the state border of Ukraine with Poland in the direction of Novohrad-Volynskyi.
The threat of missiles and air strikes from Belarus remains.
The enemy did not have active hostilities in the Seversky district. There are no signs of the creation of strike groups. He keeps his units in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk regions to bind our troops. Border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy regions are shelled from the territory of Russia. In the future, it is possible that the shelling of military and civilian facilities will intensify in order to prohibit the establishment of control over the state border by the Ukrainian defense forces and the retention of part of our troops.
In the Bessarabian area signs of formation of offensive groups are not revealed. The probability of attack here is considered low.
The Black Sea Operational Zone holds two missile carriers with a total volley of up to 16 Caliber missiles.
As of May 26, 59 missile strikes and 36 air strikes had been carried out by the enemy's armed forces since the morning of May 26. The main targets were railway transport infrastructure. "Of these, 1,211 aircraft from Belarus and 61 launches of Iskander cruise missiles," Gromov said.
We will remind, in the Luhansk direction as of morning the Russian invaders tried to break through defense of ZSU at once from several directions: from Zoloty, Popasna, Komyshuvakha, Belogorivka.
Russia launched a missile attack on the traction substations of the railway near the Beskydy railway tunnel, which runs through the Carpathians in the Lviv region. Train traffic has been stopped.
The blow can be considered zeroing, since methodical work is needed to disable this communication, similar to a series of strikes on the bridge in Zatoka or the use of BPM (high-powered ammunition).
The Beskydy Tunnel is the largest tunnel in the Carpathian Mountains, its length is 2 kilometers. It is of strategic importance for Ukraine, since up to 60 percent of cargo transit to Western and Central Europe passes through it. The capacity of the tunnel is 100 pairs of trains per day.
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[Korrespondent] 23:32 Zelensky in an evening video message: "The United States has confirmed at various levels that modern HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems are being sent to our state. These weapons will really help save the lives of our people and protect our land. <...> We are also waiting for good news about arms supplies from other partners. For example, today there is a new defense assistance package from Sweden. We are working to bring the volume of deliveries of modern combat systems to a higher level."
23:27 Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports could lead to destabilization and mass protests in Africa and Europe. Read more in the material War around grain .
22:56 As a result of the shelling of the Zelenodolsk community of the Dnipropetrovsk region from the artillery of Maryansky, two children and their mother were injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. According to him, two houses were completely destroyed, several more were damaged.
22:53 According to the European border agency Frontex, based in Warsaw, the number of refugees from Ukraine to the EU has exceeded 7 million people - this includes 5.3 million citizens of Ukraine, as well as those who are not Ukrainian citizens.
22:50 Speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk said that the leadership of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation began to apply the Russian "tactics" known since 2014, but now also at sea. War criminals bring ships of the merchant fleet to the roadstead of Sevastopol with the AIS identification systems turned off to make it impossible to recognize them as civilian ships. Hiding their warships behind them, the occupiers continue to fire Kalibr-type cruise missiles at Ukrainian cities.
22:44 Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky believes that all citizens of Ukraine should have firearms to protect themselves and their homes. In his opinion, the Ukrainians "passed the exam" and with the beginning of the Russian invasion changed their attitude towards weapons.
22:21 Hungary is abusing the principle of unanimity in the European Union, using it as a means of blackmail, and should be deprived of a vote for this, says Vice President of the European Parliament Katarina Barli. She clarified that the procedure for depriving a country of a voice exists and can be applied in violation of the rule of law.
It was Hungary that prevented the EU from agreeing on the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, demanding for itself not only a delay in the introduction of the oil embargo, but also large monetary compensation. Now the country has not allowed the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, to be included in the sanctions list.
22:17 After consultations with Ukraine, 45 OSCE participating States again activated the "Moscow mechanism", which provides for the documenting by a mission of experts of violations of human rights, international humanitarian law, as well as possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Ukraine by Russian troops with the support of Belarus .
During the meeting, the head of the French mission to the OSCE, Christine Fage, made a statement on behalf of 45 OSCE participating States on the new activation of the "Moscow Mechanism" in response to Russia's war against Ukraine.
21:55 Energoatom called all reports about possible scenarios for shutting down the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the energy system of Ukraine without any grounds: “Energoatom officially declares that today there is only one scenario - this is the stable and reliable operation of the ZNPP in the energy system of Ukraine. , neither from an economic, nor from a political, nor from a security point of view."
Earlier today, Advisor to the Prime Minister, former acting. Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is located in the occupied territory, may have to be stopped.
20:42 Severodonetsk is holding out and has every chance of an early release, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Ukrainian defenders are successfully carrying out local operations, taking prisoners, and have everything they need to push the Russians out of the regional center.
20:17 The Russians launched a massive missile attack using strategic aviation on the Nikolaev region. With four cruise missiles, the enemy hit the previously destroyed railway bridge near the village of Trikhaty, the Black Sea coast of the Nikolaev region and the rear areas of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also attacked, OK Pivden reported. In addition, Ochakov was attacked by Hurricane at night, and the regional center was once again fired from artillery.
20:01 During the war in Ukraine, the military of the Russian Federation completely destroyed Mariupol, Volnovakha, Rubizhne, Popasnaya, Liman and Severodonetsk. According to the deputy head of the OP Kirill Tymoshenko, the occupiers destroyed more than 350,000 objects.
19:40 Representatives of Russian companies were banned from entering the building of the European Parliament, said the head of the EP Roberta Mezola: "The ban on entry to the premises of the European Parliament for representatives of Russian companies comes into force immediately. We must not allow them to spread their propaganda and false toxic narratives about the invasion of Ukraine. We remain united and strong against autocrats."
19:32 Turkey has prepared a roadmap for ensuring the export of Ukrainian grain, the details of which will soon be discussed by representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the UN, writes Anadolu. It is also planned to create a command center in Istanbul. During the four-party meeting, which is scheduled for the coming days, the export route, insurance and safety of ships, and the clearance of the sea from mines will be discussed. In total, it is planned to supply 20 million tons of grain to the world market.
19:08 All police officers who did not appear on time from the occupied territories to other places of deployment in controlled territories were fired from the National Police, Head of the National Police Igor Klymenko said in an interview with Ukrainian News.
19:05 Salt has disappeared from the shelves in Ukraine. It is also difficult to find buckwheat in stores, the prices of which have increased significantly. Experts say other products will soon disappear. More details in the material What else will disappear from stores .
19:03 Belarus is mining its forest, bypass roads and bridges in the areas bordering Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
19:01 "Head" of the Zaporozhye region, collaborator Evgeny Balitsky signed a "decree" on the "nationalization" of property belonging to Ukraine. The "decree" was signed "in order to ensure state needs and preserve the national heritage for the inhabitants of the Zaporozhye region." Land plots, natural resources, objects of strategic sectors of the economy and other Ukrainian property are going to be transferred to the "ownership" of the region.
18:58 Zelensky spoke at the International Security Forum, which is taking place in Bratislava: "Right now, on the battlefield in Ukraine, there is a situation that can provide a turning point in the confrontation. When Russia loses the war against Ukraine, the freedom of Europeans will win for decades. As for sanctions, then the main point of the sanctions packages of the European Union is not just to harm Russia, but to make Europe independent of Russia, cut off all critical ties between Russia and European countries, which Moscow uses as a weapon, including energy. It takes so much time to discuss the sanctions package, in particular the sixth one."
18:49 Zelensky said that now the newly appointed ambassadors of foreign states will present their credentials in St. Sophia Cathedral: "This is a step by which Ukraine emphasizes its attitude towards each ambassador and relations with each state. I hope that now the famous mosaic image of Oranta, which is also called An indestructible wall that will protect not only Kiev and the Ukrainian state, but also all true friends of Ukraine who are nearby in difficult times."
18:35 The Ukrainian military will be able to determine the range of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems that Kiev will soon receive, new US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said at a briefing: "As President Biden announced yesterday, a $700 million security package has been signed. It includes HIMARS systems, which are long-range artillery systems. This will help the Ukrainian forces deliver more accurate strikes at a greater distance. At what distance, the Ukrainian forces themselves will determine. "
Initially, four HIMARS systems will be provided, it will take about three weeks for the Ukrainian military to train.
18:21 German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said she supports granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership: "This is a historic moment. We cannot close the doors to Ukraine." At the same time, the Foreign Minister added that the European Commission will make a final decision on the status of Ukraine's candidate in June, "but we, the Germans, have a special responsibility at the moment."
However, she made it clear that Ukraine would not receive any special treatment in the further EU accession process.
18:13 The Russians stole 698 computers, 344 cars, 1,500 dosimeters, irreplaceable software and almost all fire extinguishing equipment from the nuclear laboratories of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, writes The Washington Post. The total damage exceeds $135 million. Some software was developed specifically for the station.
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17:44 The United States imposes sanctions against the Russian industrial corporation Severstal. Also, the US Treasury included in the list of sanctions Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Minister of Construction Fayzullin, Deputy Prime Minister Grigorenko, oligarch Mordashov and his sons, cellist Roldugin close to Putin.
17:07 A new package of EU sanctions provides for the disconnection of Sberbank, two more Russian and one Belarusian banks from SWIFT, the French presidency has announced. Also, representatives of law enforcement agencies from the Russian Federation, businessmen, and media representatives will be included in the new lists of EU personal sanctions.
The sanctions will include a ban on the import of Russian oil shipped by sea. As for the ban on oil imports via the pipeline, it will be introduced "as soon as it becomes possible."
17:03 There is no need for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Severodonetsk, said Alexei Gromov, Deputy Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, he acknowledged that there was a danger of capturing the city: "If Severodonetsk is captured, we will be forced to defend along the river bank and will also fight in urban areas."
17:00 Russia in the near future may apply the "Syrian experience" in Ukraine, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He explained that, judging by the development of the situation and the nature of the enemy’s activities, in the near future, his priority tasks will be to increase the intensity of the use of aviation and launch missile strikes throughout Ukraine, as well as to continue the total destruction of civilian infrastructure and civilians, primarily for through air and missile strikes. According to him, this is the so-called "Syrian experience."
Gromov believes that the further goal of Russia is to encircle and destroy the grouping of the Joint Forces, create a stable land corridor from the Rostov region to the Crimea and later to Transnistria and, as a result, deprive Ukraine of access to the Black and Azov Seas.
16:51 Journalist Rikard Jozwiak writes that the EU approved the sixth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, while Patriarch Kirill was not included in the list - he was expelled at the request of Hungary.
16:49 The national police reported that last night in the Obukhov district of the Kiev region, Ukrainian air defense shot down a Russian missile. There were no casualties and no damage, only for some time in several settlements the power went out.
16:47 Vereshchuk urged parents not to send their children to educational institutions in the uncontrolled territory, and teachers not to work for Russia: "Let's be honest: there will be no normal life in the temporarily occupied territories until they are reunited with Ukraine. In addition to a bunch of legal problems, there are one more - Ukraine will fight for its lands: therefore, the temporarily occupied territories can be a war zone. Here we must be honest with each other."
The minister also called on teachers not to risk their careers and not work in Russian-led schools: “As for teachers, especially young ones, a wrong decision now can forever destroy professional life. Therefore, I appeal to teachers of educational institutions of all levels in the temporarily occupied territories: do not work in invaders. Just move to the territory controlled by the government of Ukraine. You will find work here."
16:43 OPEC + may agree to increase production by 648 thousand barrels per day in July-August. Yermak said that during his conversation with the ministers of foreign affairs of the member countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, he called "for his own benefit" to help the West overcome its energy dependence on Russia.
16:41 About 800 people are hiding under the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk, the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said in a commentary to CNN. According to him, there are local residents in shelters who were asked to evacuate, but they refused. There are children among them. Gaidai stressed that from a military point of view, the plant does not matter, so "Nitrogen is definitely not Azovstal."
16:39 Law enforcement officers have identified ten Russian servicemen who plundered the property of residents of Bucha, Kiev region. The occupiers were informed of suspicion, they were put on the international wanted list, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
16:17 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the police have received 9,030 missing persons reports, 6,793 people are still wanted, the Interior Ministry said. Most of the missing people are in Donetsk (1660 people), Kyiv (584), Kharkov (581), Poltava (579) and Dnepropetrovsk (566) regions.
In addition, the department recorded 1115 unidentified bodies. Most of them are in Kyiv (239), as well as in Kyiv (234), Ternopil (152), Luhansk (123) and Chernihiv (85) regions.
15:56 Since the beginning of hostilities, Russia has made 5722 sorties of tactical aviation and 551 launches of cruise missiles of the Iskander and Kalibr type, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. According to him, 1,211 air raids, more than 20% of the total, and 61 launches of Iskander-type cruise missiles were carried out from the territory of Belarus alone in order to destroy Ukraine's critical infrastructure.
15:54 Yermak addressed the foreign ministers of the countries - members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf: "Ukraine wants to become more open and understandable for the Arab world. Therefore, we are ready to assist in the opening of bureaus of Arab state television companies in our country. We will provide them with an appropriate level security."
Address of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
15:48 Germany responded to accusations of slow arms supplies to Ukraine. Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told Deutschlandfunk Kultur in an interview that the country has now organized a "circular exchange": if EU countries supply Ukraine, for example, with Soviet-made equipment, Germany will later restore their stocks.
As for the direct supply of Western-style tanks, according to Lambrecht, such decisions are always agreed with the allies. At the end of June, Ukraine will already receive PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers, and for the supply of Cheetahs, their modernization and military training are needed, the minister added.
15:20 Sweden is sending new military aid to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said. According to her, the new package will include anti-ship missiles, anti-tank weapons and 12.7-mm rifles, as well as ammunition. "This fourth support package also includes a financial contribution to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The total amount is more than 95 million euros. Russia's war against Ukraine must stop!" - wrote the minister.
15:03 Ukraine and Poland signed a memorandum on the establishment of a joint commission to establish cooperation between enterprises of the two countries. According to Shmygal, the document will prepare recommendations on the format for creating a Ukrainian-Polish joint venture for the production of weapons and military equipment.
14:58 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU should support Ukraine's entry into the bloc, while maintaining the implementation of all standards and requirements. She believes that the European Union is obliged to support Ukraine on its way to the EU, since this is its "historical responsibility."
14:51 Turkey will give Lithuania Bayraktar, for which the Lithuanians collected money, in order to later transfer it to Ukraine. Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said that now Lithuania will be able to buy the necessary ammunition for Bayraktar with the money raised, the rest of the funds will also go to support Ukraine.
14:44 Yermak said that today, together with Zaluzhny, he had a telephone conversation with US National Security Adviser Jacob Sullivan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley: "We discussed a new US military assistance package for Ukraine, including HIMARS MLRS and ammunition, helicopters Mi-17, Javelin missiles, tactical vehicles, radars and other ammunition. It is important that this is not the last US assistance. We voiced the needs of our army to defeat Russia. I can say that we also discussed future surprises that the enemy will definitely not like" .
14:28 Belgium will sell 155-mm self-propelled guns M109 to Ukraine. According to the Minister of Defense of the country Ludivine Dedonder, howitzers have already been sent to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Belgian warehouses.
13:57 The National Bank raised the discount rate by 1,500 basis points - up to 25% per annum from the current 10%. This is the maximum since 2015, according to the NBU website.
13:29 An interim "tribunal" over the Ukrainian military will be held in Mariupol, the "DPR parliament" said.
13:26 Ireland has recognized Russia's invasion of Ukraine as genocide , said the speaker of the upper house of the Irish Parliament, Mark Daly.
13:24 Belarus is moving armored vehicles to the border with the Volyn region. Belaruski Gayun reports that yesterday in the Grodno region, at the railway stations of Korobchitsy and Svisloch, equipment was loaded, including: 37 units of infantry fighting vehicles, five 9K33M3 Osa air defense systems, two Urals, BRDM-2, BTS-4, two units of bases for the Osa air defense system under awning. All equipment belongs to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, on many of the machines you can see an identification mark - a red square.
Today, around 08:00, this echelon left Grodno, and at 10:00 it was already seen in Baranovichi, as well as in ag. Forest. After 40 minutes in the area of ag. Domanovo (Ivatsevichi district) and at 11:00 in Ivatsevichi in the direction of Brest.
13:10 Peskov said that the continued supply of weapons to Kiev "will bring more suffering to Ukraine itself, which is an instrument of the supplying countries." The goals of the Russian "operation", he said, will be achieved, the use of foreign weapons "will only aggravate the situation."
13:09 Peskov said that holding a referendum on the entry of Donbass into the Russian Federation in the current conditions is "hardly possible", first you need to ensure the security of the "republics".
13:07 Member of the Finnish Parliament and Chairman of the Kurdish Friendship Group Johan Kvarnström said that Finland would not extradite Kurds from the Kurdistan Workers' Party and members of the FETO organization to Turkey, whom Ankara recognizes as terrorists and demands to be extradited.
13:05 The head of the commission of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation for the protection of state sovereignty, Andrei Klimov, said that the supply of long-range weapons to the United States "threatens the territory of the Russian Federation" and requires "the demilitarization of Ukraine to a depth much greater than the Donbass."
12:54 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Russian army destroyed most of the "mercenaries" who fought for Kiev due to "a low level of training and lack of combat experience." In particular, hundreds of "foreign mercenaries" in Ukraine were allegedly killed by "precision weapons shortly after their arrival in the training camps." Also, Moscow said that the influx of "foreign mercenaries" into Ukraine since the beginning of May "virtually dried up."
12:51 In Mariupol, residents record the beginning of a pestilence of fish, in particular dolphins. This may indicate the presence of the disease in the sea water, according to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko. According to him, the sea of fish is inherent in the Sea of Azov during the period of abnormal heat in July. But given the temperature and the season, the onset of a fish kill at this time could indicate the presence of disease in the water.
"The epidemic is no longer just a threat, but a reality... The sea today is one of the few places of hygiene for Mariupol residents, so the threat has ceased to be just a warning," Andryushchenko said.
12:50 Zelensky addressed the politicians and people of Luxembourg: "I thank the authorities and people of Luxembourg for the historic decision to provide weapons to Ukraine. Unlike other states, Luxembourg does not have large military depots or large defense production facilities. But you showed solidarity on the scale of a great nation and provided defense assistance on time and without unnecessary bureaucracy, as befits people with a big soul."
12:47 Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto noted that he was counting on a faster procedure for admission to NATO: "Some member countries, starting with Turkey, expressed certain doubts. We are trying to convince Finland and Sweden of the advantages of admission. I thought that we could would like to become members of the alliance in a shorter time, but now it is difficult to make predictions. I hope that we will be invited to the NATO summit in Madrid."
12:38 Poland from July 1 will stop paying benefits to Ukrainian refugees. Prior to that, they received 40 zloty (about 280 hryvnia) per day for food and accommodation. Payments will continue only for families with many children, pregnant women and the disabled. Warsaw motivates its decision with the desire to encourage refugees to start earning and provide for their needs on their own, writes Rzeczpospolita.
12:33 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko commented on Lavrov's demand to clear Ukrainian ports of mines to start the exit of ships with grain: "Russia must immediately unblock Ukrainian seaports, stop shelling Odessa and other coastal cities, withdraw its navy to a distance that will prevent attacks on merchant ships, and not create obstacles to international navigation."
According to Nikolenko, Ukraine, together with partners, is discussing the possibility of creating an international mission to unblock Ukrainian maritime exports. He also stated that Russia laid siege to Ukrainian seaports, and the Russian fleet mined part of the sea area.
12:24 In Kiev, it was allowed to sell alcohol in stores from 11:00 to 19:00, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
12:20 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that the Russian army is trying to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in several directions - from Zolote, Popasnaya, Kamyshevakhi, and Belogorovka. Over the past day, the enemy has not had any successes in Severodonetsk; they managed to push him back from several streets.
12:14 Prosecutors recorded the death of 17 more children in Mariupol - thus the number of confirmed deaths of Ukrainian children at the hands of the Russian military has increased to 261, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
12:06 In the Mariupol region, the invaders are arresting and shooting Ukrainian volunteers and officials who refused to cooperate with collaborators and the occupation authorities.
As the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko said, the "DPR court" sentenced the head of one of the Azov settlements to a ten-year prison term. At least one civil servant executed by firing squad. Also, the prison in Olenovka contains several dozen volunteers who, in March-April, helped in the evacuation of Mariupol residents and tried to deliver food with water to the blocked city. A Ukrainian judge, who has considered several high-profile cases on separatism, is also awaiting the "republic's" verdict. There are reports of torture being used against her.
11:53 The Taiwanese government has banned local manufacturers from selling chips with a clock frequency above 25 MHz and a performance of more than 5 gigaflops to Russia and Belarus. Thus, Taiwan joins the European, British and American technological sanctions, since it is impossible to produce more or less complex devices with chips that are allowed to be supplied. In addition, Russia and Belarus will not be able to buy Taiwanese equipment for the production of chips, such as scanning electron microscopes, as well as all types of semiconductor instruments.
11:19 In the Kherson region, the Russian military is suffering from a lack of logistical support, so they come to the locals and try to get hired to pick strawberries, the Pivnich Operational Command reports. The Russians are ready to lay down their arms and pick strawberries in groups, offering their services for 50 hryvnia per hour.
11:00 Podolyak said that Ukraine has the moral right to ask the West for weapons: "Some politicians today say:" Nobody owes Ukraine anything. Fight with what you have and stop demanding weapons." Of course, Ukraine is very grateful for any help. But there is a nuance that requires a historical digression. Many years ago, Ukraine not only abandoned nuclear weapons, but also destroyed its missile potential in exchange for guarantees security. Today we have neither weapons nor security. Considering this, we have the moral right to ask for help. And we are grateful that our partners lend us a shoulder."
10:58 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
personnel - about 30,850 (+150) people liquidated,
tanks - 1363 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 3354 (+11),
artillery systems - 661 (+2),
MLRS - 207 (+0),
air defense systems - 95 (+1),
aircraft - 210 (+2),
helicopters - 175 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 521 (+2),
cruise missiles - 120 (+0),
ships/boats - 13 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2325 (+35),
special equipment - 51 (+2).
10:47 Biden said that the US and the EU are discussing the possibility of buying Russian oil at a price below the market price instead of refusing to import it against the backdrop of a sharp increase in fuel prices, writes CNN.
10:33 Ukraine and Slovakia have signed a contract for the supply of eight Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers to Kiev, Slovak Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said.
10:15 Saudi Arabia is ready to increase oil production if production in Russia falls significantly as a result of sanctions imposed on it, writes FT. Earlier, Saudi Arabia resisted calls to accelerate the increase in production, despite record price increases. Saudi Arabia believes it should keep idle production capacity in reserve. But concerns about an outright shortage of supplies have intensified after the EU passed another package of sanctions against Moscow, including an oil embargo.
10:12 In the Kharkiv region, there are places where the Ukrainian army has reached the border with the Russian Federation, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: "Near the Ukrainian border with Russia, the enemy is trying to dig in, supposedly there is a threat of our offensive actions across the Ukrainian-Russian border. This is Russian tactics to tie down our troops and prevent one unit from being transferred to where we need to strengthen."
10:05 Reconstruction of residential buildings affected by Russian shelling has begun in Kiev, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. The work is scheduled to be completed closer to mid-autumn so that the townspeople return to their homes by the beginning of the heating season. The city allocated almost UAH 600 million from the capital budget for the reconstruction, and the government also allocated UAH 200 million from the state budget. In total, almost 390 buildings are in need of restoration, of which more than 220 are residential buildings, the rest are social infrastructure facilities.
09:56 The American Institute for the Study of War notes that the Russians are trying to secure communication and supply lines in the Kherson region after a series of successful counter-offensives by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are close enough to supply lines to potentially undermine the ability of the Russians to counter Ukrainian counter-offensives from the north of the region.
09:45 The head of the Lviv OVA, Maxim Kozitsky, told the details of the evening missile attack, which was delivered from 22:45 to 22:55. As a result of rocket attacks, the railway infrastructure in the Stryi and Sambir regions was damaged. In total, four cruise missiles were launched, they were launched from the Black Sea.
Railroad facilities are significantly damaged, many trains are delayed. Specialists of the Lviv Railway are working to restore communication. Five people were injured - three in the Stryi region and two in the Sambir region. Four people are in a state of moderate severity, they are in hospitals in the region. Another victim received minor injuries, she was not hospitalized. There are no dead.
09:29 Troops of the Russian Federation this morning once again fired at Slavyansk of Donetsk region. According to the mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakh, as a result of the strike on the private sector, there were no casualties or injuries, but there is no electricity in the city due to a broken high-voltage line. The water supply, which yesterday began to be debugged by the Water of Donbass enterprise, was also stopped. The mayor of the city urges his countrymen to evacuate.
09:24 The HIMARS MLRS transferred to Ukraine are already in Europe, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said. According to him, before the transfer of equipment, the United States will train Ukrainian fighters, which will take about three weeks.
09:22 The "DNR" stated that there are about 8,000 prisoners of war on the territory of the two pseudo-republics.
09:20 British intelligence reports that the Russians have taken control of most of Severodonetsk. At the same time, the main road leading to the Severodonetsk pocket probably remains under the control of Ukraine, but Russia continues to build up local successes thanks to a strong concentration of artillery, although it has suffered losses.
Analysts say crossing the Seversky Donets is vital for Russian forces as they seize the Luhansk region and prepare to turn their attention to Donetsk. Potential crossing points are between Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, and also not far from the recently captured Liman. In both places, the line of the river is likely still controlled by Ukrainian forces, which have destroyed existing bridges.
It is likely that Russia will need a short tactical pause to reboot before forcing the rivers and subsequent attacks deep into the Donetsk region, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have prepared defensive positions. However, this could lead to the loss of some of the momentum gained over the past week, experts add.
09:08 At night, the Russians launched three missile attacks on the Sumy region, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. According to him, the strikes were delivered from an aircraft on the territory of the Krasnopol community. As a result of a direct hit by a rocket, one house was destroyed, and several more were damaged. According to preliminary data, at least three local residents were injured.
08:59 The Turkish newspaper Sabah writes about consultations on the grain deblockade of Ukraine. According to the publication, Moscow has two conditions - the demining of the Ukrainian water area and the lifting of sanctions against Russian merchant ships, which are prohibited from insuring. Ukraine, on the other hand, says that it agrees to clear mines in the water area in two weeks if NATO countries protect the ports from Russia.
08:47 Angela Merkel expressed solidarity with Ukraine in what she called a "barbaric war" with Russia after her months-long silence drew criticism of her policy towards Moscow, writes Reuters. In particular, she stated that she supports the government's efforts to "find an end to this barbaric war." "My solidarity with Ukraine," Merkel added.
08:32 Peskov said that Russia has clearly voiced its demands on Ukraine, they are well known to Kiev, but "the Ukrainian authorities are now freezing the negotiations, probably under pressure from the curators, preferring another option to the negotiation process."
08:26 The Russians are preparing to fire at educational institutions in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said. The occupiers began to massively disseminate information that "firing positions of the national battalions" were located there. The General Staff in today's summary also reported that the occupiers continue to spread information about the alleged location of military units in schools, hospitals and kindergartens in order to justify the destruction of civilian facilities.
08:24 In Severodonetsk Azot, the Russians damaged a warehouse with methanol, in Lisichansk they were hospitalized, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
08:07 In Kharkiv, Russians fired at a school at night, which is located in the Kievsky district of the city, the library was on fire. After the fire, a woman's body was found, four more people were injured, according to the State Emergency Service.
07:54 In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues to fire at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire line of contact, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy is focused on holding occupied positions. The invaders fired at the settlements of Dolgenkoye, Kurulka, Vernopolye and Dolina.
On the Liman direction, the enemy fought in the direction of the settlement of Raygorodok, but withdrew with losses. In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy is conducting assault operations in the city of Severodonetsk, unsuccessfully conducting an assault in the direction of the settlements of Bobrovo and Ustinovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is conducting assault operations in the village of Kamyshevakh with the aim of taking control of the city, with partial success, the fighting continues. The troops of the Russian Federation unsuccessfully conducted an assault in the directions of the settlements of Nagornoe and Belogorovka.
In the Seversk direction, from the territory of the Russian Federation, the enemy fired mortars at the settlements of Seredina-Buda, Progress, Sumy region and Leonovka, Chernihiv region. In the Kharkiv direction, the positions of the Defense Forces were fired at in the areas of the settlements of Mikhailovka, Prudyanka and Verkhny Saltov.
06:55 Residents of Denmark voted in a referendum on June 1 to join the EU defense policy. Denmark has become the last EU country to sign a common policy. The decision was made due to Russian military aggression in Ukraine.
06:27 AFU destroyed two high-speed landing boats of the Russian Federation, ready to practice sabotage in the Dnieper-Bug estuary, OK Pivden reported.
05:06 Germany will hand over to Greece the Marder armored personnel carrier, which the German arms company Rheinmetall and Ukraine agreed on in a declaration of intent back in March. According to Bild, citing a source in the German government, Scholz wanted to "finally put an end to the tedious disputes about armored personnel carriers," therefore functioning Marder are being taken out of Germany so that they are no longer available to Ukraine. At the same time, about 100 Soviet infantry fighting vehicles of the BMP-1A1 Vostok type are to leave Athens for Ukraine.
05:01 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are trying to advance towards Lisichansk from the south and west, avoiding the crossing of the Seversky Donets from Severodonetsk. Also, Russian troops are fighting for control of Belogorovka (where the Russians failed the attempt to force the Seversky Donets) and Vrubovka, which will allow attacking Lisichansk from the west.
04:23 Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in the Kherson region: the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already liberated more than 20 settlements from Russian invaders. According to the head of the Kherson regional military administration, Gennady Laguta, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving further south. About what this means for the course of the war in Ukraine - in the material What's next?
04:17 In the Black Sea, the number of enemy ships threatening missile strikes has increased from two to three, OK Pivden reported. At the same time, landing ships are not observed. The Russians dragged their two wrecked Raptors from Zmeinoye to their base in Sevastopol with "remains of hope" to revive them.
04:13 Information about the attack on the Beskydy tunnel is not true, said Alexander Kamyshin, head of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia. At the same time, he confirmed that as a result of the missile attack, the railway infrastructure on the Lviv railway was damaged. According to Kamyshin, there were no injured among the railway workers. Three passenger trains are delayed, there is no threat to passengers.
03:04 The UK will send M270 multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine, said Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. The move was "closely coordinated" with the US decision to provide Kyiv with the HIMARS system, he said. The Ukrainian military will be taught how to handle launchers in the UK.
"As Russia's tactics change, so should our support for Ukraine. These highly effective multiple launch rocket systems will enable our Ukrainian friends to better insulate themselves from Russia's brutal use of long-range artillery, which Putin's forces have indiscriminately used to destroy cities," he said. Wallace.
In turn, Politico writes that the UK has asked the US to approve the shipment of advanced M270 medium-range missile systems to Ukraine. On Thursday, June 2, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken are to discuss this issue.
The UK will be the first country to send American-made MLRS to Ukraine. But the US must formally approve the move under export regulations.
00:57 The Biden administration plans to sell four MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs to Ukraine, which can be armed with Hellfire missiles, but their sale may be blocked by Congress, writes Reuters. The Gray Eagle is a technological leap because it is capable of flying for over 30 hours depending on its mission and collecting vast amounts of intelligence data.
00:42 The head of the Lviv OVA, Maxim Kozitsky, said that five people were injured as a result of rocket fire in the Stryi district, their condition is assessed by doctors as mild or moderate.
00:30 Zelensky, in an evening video message, cited statistics on children affected by the war: "During the 98 days of a full-scale invasion, 689 children suffered as a result of attacks by the invaders. And this is only what we know. We do not yet have all the information from the occupied territory. But from what is known today - 446 children were injured, 243 children died. Another 139 are missing. <...> Russia is also pursuing a consistent policy of deporting our people. It takes both adults and children by force. In total, more than 200 thousand Ukrainian children. These are orphans from orphanages. And children with their parents. And children separated from their families. The purpose of this criminal policy is not just to kidnap people, but to make the deportees forget about Ukraine and cannot return."
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[RIA Novosti] The EU embargo on Russian oil supplies will have serious consequences for both sides and will greatly change the global market, Jean-Pierre Favennec, an energy expert , said in an interview with Le Figaro.
The specialist emphasized that the ban on the supply of fuel from Russia to Europe by sea will not improve the current state of affairs, when resource prices are breaking records.
"I'm inclined to believe that with the embargo, Russia will sell less oil to Europe, but it could try to sell it to China and especially to India," he said.
Favennec noted that India has already significantly increased the volume of oil purchases from Russia, as a result, the latter is in second place among suppliers in the local market.
"You can count on a game of“ musical chairs" (a game in which one participant drops out in each round. - Approx. Ed.): Russia will send its oil to China, India and other recipient countries <…>, but they will no longer take oil in the Middle East , and the EU will be able to have significant volumes of oil from this region," the power engineer explained.
At the same time, such a reorganization has a significant disadvantage: the delivery of fuel to Europe from the Middle East is more expensive than from Russia.
Russia will not sell oil at a price below the market, said the Kremlin
Western countries faced severe economic problems - rising energy prices and a surge in inflation - due to the imposition of sanctions against Russia after the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine . The measures mainly affected the financial sector and the supply of high-tech products, but calls in Europe to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources have become louder.
On Tuesday night, EU leaders reached a political agreement on the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions, which includes, among other things, the gradual imposition of an embargo on oil imports from Russia. The ban will affect only deliveries by sea, and the oil coming through the Druzhba pipeline is not limited. But, according to the head of the European Commission , Ursula von der Leyen , by the end of the year, the EU expects to abandon almost 90 percent of Russian oil imports.
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How the World Is Paying for Putin's War in Ukraine
Bloomberg News
Tue, May 31, 2022
Russia is being propelled by a flood of cash that could average $800 million a day this year — and that's just what the commodity superpower is raking in from oil and gas.
For years, Russia has acted as a vast commodity supermarket selling what an insatiable world has needed: Not just energy, but wheat, nickel, aluminum and palladium too. Putin's coffers are overflowing with the revenue from commodities, which have become more lucrative than ever thanks to the surge in global prices driven in part by the war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine signs deal with Westinghouse to supply Ukraine's nuclear power plants with fuel to replace Russia as the supplier. Westinghouse also will help Ukraine build more nuclear power plants to supply itself and Europe replacing Russia as a major energy supplier.
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The joke of the EU's oil sanctions policy has created the absurd situation whereby the countries buying up the Russian crude oil -- such as Hungary in the EU and India outside the EU -- are now refining that Russian oil and re-exporting it to the EU countries that supposedly banned it.
Russia is reaping extraordinary, unprecedented oil revenues; Hungary and India and many other middlemen are getting all the oil they need and pocketing very generous profit margins as middlemen; and the EU nations are receiving Russian oil in disguise.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:17 The Russian Federation handed over 366 tons of essentials and food products to the population of the DPR, Zaporozhye, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. 21:50 Ukrainian militants are holding civilians in Zelenodolsk (Dnipropetrovsk region), preventing them from returning to villages controlled by the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson region, said Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.
20:15 Russian liberators inflicted missile attack on the railway bridge near Nikolaev. Four rockets destroyed the railway bridge near the village of Trikhaty.
19:52 Ukrainians offer to take a queue at the gas station for money - media.
18:48 The Ukrainian media, citing the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "wang" the loss of the entire Black Sea coast and the formation of a corridor from Rostov-on-Don to Tiraspol. In this regard, they predict the intensification of air and missile strikes and the further destruction of the military infrastructure of Ukraine.
18:33 Good news from the head of the National Police of Ukraine Igor Klymenko: all employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who have not yet left for the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are considered dismissed.
Welcome to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR, LPR and RF!
18:26 How NATO supplies militants through Ukraine. Announcements about the sale of the American Javelin anti-tank systems by the Ukrainian military appeared on the darknet.
Then these weapons will go to the Middle East, Africa and so on. Because NATO does not think to whom they give weapons, and in the desire to harm Russia, they pump the entire criminal market with weapons, by the hands of cunning Ukrainian captors.
18:03 The authorities of the liberated Zaporozhye region announced the nationalization of Ukrainian property located in the region on February 24, 2022. This applies to various enterprises, land, natural resources, real estate, etc.
18:00 Personnel combat work of artillery units of the Airborne Troops during a special military operation. Paratroopers from artillery pieces D-30 destroyed military equipment, fire weapons, as well as camouflaged defensive structures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:40 The first branch of the Russian bank in the Kherson region will open in the coming days - the head of the region.
17:30 The Russian Armed Forces are mobile, modern and able to solve the tasks assigned to them in any conditions, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said. He added that in the development of new weapons, Russia is often ahead of many advanced armies in the world.
17:20 Since March 2, Russia has delivered over 11,000 tons of humanitarian cargo to Ukraine, carried out 810 humanitarian actions - the Russian Defense Ministry.
17:06 A batch of M109 self-propelled artillery mounts, which until 2015 belonged to the Belgian army, could get to Ukraine through private companies, Belgian media reported.
17:02 Vacancies in city enough, wages will exceed those that were at Ukrainian enterprises - the head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo.
16:52 Personnel recent "calibration" of the railway bridge across the Dniester Estuary in Zatoka.
15:45 Residents of Kharkiv report an arrival and an explosion within the city.
15:35 The Russian army has stepped up military operations in the Kharkiv direction. The RF Armed Forces are building up their grouping. According to "Come and See", shelling of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has resumed in the north of the Kharkiv region.
“The grouping of the RF Armed Forces in Volchansk is being strengthened,” a channel source said.
According to another source, there are fights in the area of Fedorovka and Kutuzovka.
“It looks like an attempt to bag the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Saltov direction,” the source said.
Kharkov itself does not bypass the aggravation of hostilities. Two strikes were made on the city at night. (17th gymnasium and warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Slobozhansky district).
15:04 Negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine are possible only if Russian conditions are observed and they remain unchanged - Matvienko.
14:30 The explosion that occurred today in the port of the city of Berdyansk at 13.00 was the result of demining the port area from explosive devices left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the flight and discovered during the survey of the territory by employees of the military-civilian administration. Demining work continues.
14:24 An explosion is reported in the port of Berdyansk. According to some reports, there were two explosions - Сolonelcassad.
13:45 “This is a prison! No civilization around." In Bulgaria, Ukrainian refugees began relocate from hotels to containers. Disgruntled Ukrainians who fled Ukraine complain about the conditions of "containment" in fraternal Bulgaria.
13:10 Attempts by Ukraine to use foreign weapons on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation will significantly change the situation in an unfavorable direction - Peskov.
13:02 The influx of foreign mercenaries to Ukraine has actually dried up since the beginning of May - the Russian Defense Ministry. Most of the mercenaries who fought for Kyiv were destroyed due to the low level of training and lack of combat experience.
11:55 Morning briefing by the Russian Defense Ministry. The main thing:
- Air-launched missiles hit 21 targets, incl. control points of the national battalions "Kraken" and "Azov" near Kharkov;
- Airstrikes were carried out on 15 objects;
- Three BM-21 Grad installations and one Osa-AKM air defense system were destroyed;
— In the area of N. p. Lubomirovka shot down Ukrainian Su-25;
- Air defense systems destroyed seven Ukrainian UAVs;
- Rocket troops and artillery hit 856 targets.
11:35 Free television has started working in Kherson, 64 analog channels and 170 digital channels are available to residents - Sergey Moroz, press secretary of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region.
10:18 By the morning of June 2, about 250 people applied for a Russian passport in the Kherson region. The deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov said.
09:36 Russian Aerospace Forces launched a missile attack on the Beskydy railway tunnel, which passes through the Carpathians in the Lviv region, - Advisor to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.
08:26 The Ukrainian authorities are now freezing negotiations with Russia, Dmitry Peskov said. The Kremlin representative also recalled that the Russian Federation had clearly voiced its demands on Ukraine, and they are well known to Kyiv. The negotiations, according to Peskov, are not moving forward, probably under pressure from the curators
08:18 Russia has clearly voiced its demands on Ukraine, they are well known to Kyiv, but the Ukrainian authorities are now freezing the negotiations, probably under pressure from the curators, preferring another option to the negotiation process, Peskov told RIA Novosti.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:19 Ukrainian militants launched a missile attack on Yenakiyevo. The air defense forces of the DPR managed to shoot down a Smerch MLRS missile. Unfortunately, residential buildings in the private sector were damaged. Two civilians were hospitalized. 21:05 Fightsfor the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway. Control over this section of the road will make it possible to cut off a large grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which now holds the city of Lisichansk, from logistics and military support.
20:45 Ukrainian militant sfired upon Flint from heavy weapons.
19:06 Basurin said that the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counterattack in the Avdieivka area cost three tanks destroyed and 70 killed.
Apparently, another company came under artillery fire when reaching the line of attack - Colonelcassad (Boris Rozhin).
18:56 After Azovstal, one more underground inmates appeared. Now Azot. There are about 800 people in bomb shelters under the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk. Kyiv data. That is, there is a boiler, and there is no way to take them out. They will be taken prisoner again.
18:18 The forces of the DPR and Russia will close the boiler in the area of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk in a few days - Basurin.
17:50 Exclusive personnel from the colony in Yelenovka - how the prisoners of Azov who laid down their arms in Mariupol are being held. Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered from Azovstal in Mariupol were taken to a colony in Yelenovka.
We present a special report by Readovka about the new living conditions of those who laid down their arms in Mariupol. Three meals a day are organized for them in the colony, and medical care is provided to all the wounded.
17:35 A medical train from the Leningrad region has arrived in Enakievo. Medics will work on the territory of Yenakiyevo for about a month. This will help determine what kind of medical assistance to residents will be provided in the future.
17:15 American MLRS HIMARS, which Ukraine will receive, pose a real threat to the republics of Donbass - LPR Foreign Minister.
17:10 According to the operational line of the JCCC DPR, information was received about the damage to the Yasinovsky coke plant as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Kirovsky district of the settlement. Makeevka at st. 50 years of the formation of the USSR.
17:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Noises - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four LNG grenades were fired, small arms were also used;
n.p. Maryinka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 shots were fired from a tank, 10 mines were fired with a caliber of 12 mm;
n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five LNG grenades were fired, small arms were also used.
16:50 Mayor of Mariupol: about 2,000 buildings in the city are in need of reconstruction. It is necessary to build prefabricated houses for 50,000 people.
15:40 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Maryinka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 12 shots were fired from a tank.
15:07 The DPR forces suppressed the attempts of the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian troops in the area of Avdeevka, south-west of Donetsk and Novomikhailovka - Basurin.
15:06 Rewarding soldiers and officers of the DPR OBTF for the liberation of Mariupol on the territory of Azovstal.
15:04 The first stage of the Tribunal over Ukrainian war criminals will be held in Mariupol. It will be called the Mariupol Tribunal.
In addition to the Ukrainian Nazis who committed crimes in Mariupol, foreign mercenaries and NATO instructors will also be tried there.
15:00 Russian servicemen to the city of Pervomaisk LPR brought humanitarian aid. More than thirty tons of food products were delivered to residents, including baby food, hygiene products, medicines, as well as basic necessities.
14:37 The first stage of the Tribunal over Ukrainian war criminals will be held in Mariupol. It will be called the Mariupol Tribunal.
In addition to the Ukrainian Nazis who committed crimes in Mariupol, foreign mercenaries and NATO instructors will also be tried there.
14:28 Makiivka was subjected to massive shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine
13:50 The Chervonogvardeisky district was under attack, on which 10 shells of 155mm caliber were fired. At the same time, a volley of 10 shells of 155mm caliber also hit the Kirovsky district.
13:44 In the morning, they report the capture of Kamyshevakhi (near Zolote) and the complete cleansing of Shchurovo (Slavic direction).
13:23 Petrovsky district is again under fire from Ukrainian militants. At 12:00 as a result of the shelling, damage to the glazing and households was recorded. buildings of houses of the private sector on the street. Velyaminova, 38, 40, 41a, 42.
13:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovskyi district): fired five shells with a caliber of 122mm.
12:36 Central city district of Horlivka under fire from VFU artillery. Ukrainian militants continue shelling the city's civilian infrastructure from positions in Novgorodsky. Artillery of 155mm NATO standard caliber is used against the civilian population.
12:05 Air defense systems intercepted Ukrainian missiles, the wreckage collapsed in Yenakiyevo. A number of housing constructions along the street were damaged. Krasnodar. Two civilians, a man and a woman, were injured.
11:53 Over the past day, the AFU fired at the territory of the DPR 68 times, firing almost 500 large-caliber shells at peaceful cities and towns. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and 17 more were injured of varying severity, including a child born in 2012.
11:21 APU is shelling the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The supply of long-range weapons by the United States threatens the territory of the Russian Federation and requires the demilitarization of Ukraine to a "depth" much greater than the Donbass - the head of the Federation Council commission for the protection of state sovereignty.
11:15 VFU continues strike at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka with 155mm artillery from positions in Avdievka.
10:12 According to the operational line of the JCCC DPR, information was received that as a result of the shelling of the VFU, 14 transformer substations, the settlements of Zemlyanka and Yasinovka, the Yasinovka Coke and Chemical Plant were de-energized. Without power supply 2,084 subscribers.
09:32 About 8,000 prisoners of war are on the territory of the DPR and LPR, how many of them will receive the status of defendants, it will become clear closer to the tribunal, Elena Shishkina, head of the committee on criminal and administrative legislation of the People's Council of the DPR, told RIA Novosti.
09:01 AFU attacked Makiivka with NATO caliber artillery. Ukrainian militants from positions in Avdiivka again attacked the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, using 155mm artillery.
08:16 Artillerymen of the NM DPR inflictblowson the positions of Ukrainian nationalists. Howitzer self-propelled artillery battalion of the 9th Regiment of the NM of the DPR fires at the detected accumulation of manpower and equipment of Ukrainian nationalists in the Avdievsky direction using Giacint-B guns
08:10 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): seven shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Golmovsky: fired eight mines in 120mm caliber.
[BenarNews] China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has intensified activities around Taiwan and in the South China Sea in an apparent response to the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, as well as its support for Taipei.
The PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command recently conducted a multi-force patrol "in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island," said an army front man.
This is the third large-scale military exercise around Taiwan in the past 30 days.
Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, said the joint combat-readiness security patrol involved "multiple services and arms," but did not specify the date.
"These actions are a necessary response to the collusion activities between the U.S. and the ’Taiwan independence’ forces," Shi said.
He added that the U.S. "has been making frequent moves on the Taiwan question recently," and warned that by emboldening and supporting Taiwan, Washington "will put Taiwan in a dangerous situation and bring serious consequences to itself."
Last weekend two U.S. aircraft carriers — the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Ronald Reagan — reportedly conducted dual-carrier exercises in waters to the southeast of Okinawa, according to the South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI), a Beijing-based think tank.
Chinese analysts say the area could be a main maritime battlefield if the U.S. militarily intervened in a possible conflict across the Taiwan Strait.
A U.S. delegation led by Senator Tammy Duckworth has just completed a three-day visit to Taipei to "talk about our support for Taiwan security."
The U.S will also make sure Taiwan "does not have to struggle alone," Duckworth told Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, who said that a cooperation plan between the U.S. National Guard and Taiwan’s armed forces was in the works.
On the day of her arrival, 30 Chinese aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), making it the second-highest number of daily incursions since the beginning of the year.
The senator’s visit has infuriated Beijing. A Chinese Foreign Ministry front man said China "deplores and rejects this and has lodged solemn representations with the U.S. side."
SOUTH CHINA SEA DRILLS
On Wednesday morning the PLA conducted a military exercise in waters south of Hainan island in the South China Sea, according to a navigation warning issued by the Hainan Maritime Safety Administration.
A navigation warning is a public advisory notice to mariners about changes to navigational aids and current marine activities or hazards including fishing zones and military exercises.
The warning did not specify what kind of military exercise took place but the coordinates provided indicate the location was just south of Hainan, not far from the Gulf of Tonkin that China shares with Vietnam.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) condemned the harassment by the Chinese Coast Guard of a joint Filipino-Taiwanese research vessel in the South China Sea in April, calling it "a breach of a United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... convention."
A day earlier, the Philippines summoned a senior Chinese diplomat to protest over the incident.
From late March to early April, the China Coast Guard (CCG) tailed the Legend, a Taiwanese research vessel with Filipino scientists, as it mapped undersea fault lines in the waters northwest of Luzon Island in the South China Sea.
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[KavkazUzel] One of the possible targets of a group of Chechen-born Khamzat Dokuev, who was detained in Turkey in March 2021, was former Russian Defense Ministry officials arrested in absentia in the case of illegal timber sales, the Turkish Sabah reported. The Kremlin knows nothing about this, said a Russian presidential spokesman.
Apparently it was some sort of blood feud between various Chechen parties in and out of government that expanded across the Turkish border. Nothing to do with jihadis at all. Really it’s President Erdogan’s fault for indiscriminately importing ethnic Turks from various Stans without checking their connections. See the Related article link below.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in Turkey, eight people are accused of plotting to assassinate Chechen political emigrants. Six of them were detained and arrested in October 2021. Two more - Khamzat Dokuev and Badrudin Kimaev - were arrested in March of the same year on suspicion of transferring "state confidential information for the purpose of political or military espionage."
According to the DHA agency, the accused Bislan Rasaev received instructions from Adam Delimkhanov, an adviser to the head of Chechnya, with whom he was in touch, and from Kazbek Dukuzov, who is wanted by Interpol for the murder of journalist Paul Khlebnikov.
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[FoxNews] A bill in Ohio that would allow teachers and other school staff to carry guns on school grounds with less training time passed the state legislature and is expected to be signed by Gov. Mike DeWine.
"I think it gets down to this: Do we want our kids to have a fighting chance in the event that the worst happens, right," said one of the bill's supporters, legislative affairs director for the Buckeye Firearms Association Rob Sexton, according to reporting from KAMR. "And for us, we’d just like a school to be able to have that option. Allows local school districts to make their own decisions,"
The bill will allow any adult that is licensed to carry a concealed firearm in both public and private schools with a reduced training requirement, doing away with the 737 hours of peace officer training that is currently required in favor of mandating only 24 hours of training. Individual schools and districts have the option to set their own policies, including requiring additional hours of training.
The bill, which passed by a 23-9 vote in the State Senate and a 56-34 vote in the State House, mandates at least 18 hours of general training, two hours of handgun training, two hours of "additional" general training, and two hours of "additional" handgun training.
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A week-long course (24 hours) is more than enough time to learn when and where to, load, point and shoot.
Many years ago, I taught my wife and later teenage kids using 2 boxes of 22 LR. All were hitting 7-10 at 50 ft. after a few hours.
NOTE: A wall of shame listing the names of the OHIO politicians voting against it should be made. "9 vote in the State Senate and a 34 vote in the State House,"
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Grade school used to be the school you went to to get ready for high school. These days, there probably needs to be a remedial step in between.
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HS - High School
At one time in America (generally) there was an age/advancement hierarchy of the educational system.
A facility, the school, hosted one or more levels of achievement with correspondingly more complex training materiel and social engagement skill setting.
The hierarchy followed a progressive student age pattern of Elementary or Grade School(G1-6), Junior High School(G7-8) and High School(G9-12).
The High School school facility also may have offered advanced placement preparation classes for the exceptional college or university bound student and technical skills classes for the workforce bound.
Beyond, there were also Tech Schools, Prep Schools, Junior Colleges, etc. offering remedial and or specialized life skill training.
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As badly as the failed at basic subject matter, I'm hoping they fail twice as hard at the indoctrination gobbledy-gook.
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As a Buckeye, I will continue to call for armed lunch ladies. I don’t think most teachers will have it in them to squeeze the trigger, except several math teachers I had, but they are long dead.
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[Rudaw] Adnan Abdelrahman shows off the drums he learned to play at age 12. He belongs to Iraq's centuries-old black minority, guardians of musical traditions but relegated to the margins of society. Here comes the Reparations Train!
Centred in the city of Zubair, near Basra in the far south of Iraq, the community has its origins in East Africa.
Like other remote parts of Iraq, Zubair is a place of poverty and decaying public services, where dusty roads are lined with simple cement houses.
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Are we allowed to send them some type of pandering reparations to assuage our collective guilt over people we knew nothing about, or do we only owe that to the transgender ones?
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Yes, I doubt we would be reading about it unless it involved some sort of monetary commitment.
BTW. I spent a little time over there. Don't remember seeing any of those people or hearing about them either.
[IsraelTimes] After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what is promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport
Just over 180 Æthiopian immigrants colonists landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday afternoon, some after waiting decades to arrive in Israel and reunite with family members.
The flight kicked off the resumption of immigration from the civil war-torn nation after more than a year following a series of delays. A second flight on Thursday from Addis Ababa is slated to bring a further 160 new immigrants colonists, with more flights expected throughout the summer and fall.
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[Task and Purpose] Fans of the free-to-play military video game "War Thunder" are so passionate about the game that they’ve taken to sharing actual classified schematics for real-life military vehicles in an effort to win arguments with complete strangers online.
If three make a trend, well, this is a trend. Because now there is another instance of someone apparently leaking classified military documents to make sure that their tank video game more accurately conforms with reality.
The popular armored combat simulator features modern land, air, and sea craft, and has a devoted following of roughly 50,000 players. And some of them seemingly can’t help themselves from leaking classified military data to make the gaming experience more accurate.
The latest incident, first reported by the OSINTtechnical Twitter account, involves information in Mandarin on the penetrator section of a Chinese tank round along with a technical diagram.
While many of the original images have been taken down, they were essentially the schematics for a Chinese tank munition, presumably revealed to the world so a video game could more accurately depict what would happen if a Chinese tank and an American tank — or British, French, Russian, German or Israeli tank — met in combat.
And this isn’t the first time these forums have become an outlet for technical leaks.
Back in July 2021, someone who very possibly could have been a commander in the Royal Tank Regiment of the United Kingdom, uploaded some documents to the "War Thunder" forums detailing the technical specifications of Britain’s Challenger 2 tank. Presumably, this was in an effort to prove that the game had gotten details wrong about the tank.
[HindenburgResearch] SUMMARY: ENOCHIAN BIOSCIENCES, INC. (NASDAQ:ENOB)
Last week, Enochian Biosciences’ co-founder, “scientific founder”, “inventor”, and largest shareholder, Serhat Gumrukcu, was arrested by Federal authorities over allegations that he conspired in a plot to murder a Vermont father of six.
The victim, Gregory Davis, was murdered on January 6th, 2018, just 19 days before Gumrukcu was scheduled to appear in court to defend himself against felony fraud allegations related to a 2016 deal with Davis. Federal prosecutors argued that the prospective merger deal that eventually resulted in Enochian going public served as a key motive for the murder.
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.
[IsraelTimes] Ankara seeks to rebrand country by dissociating name from game bird, negative connotations.
[IsraelTimes] After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what is promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport
[Task and Purpose] Fans of the free-to-play military video game "War Thunder" are so passionate about the game that they’ve taken to sharing actual classified schematics for real-life military vehicles in an effort to win arguments with complete strangers online. 
