Diplomatic immunity is no protection against feral idiots running driving amok.
[NYPOST] A Philippine government attorney was fatally shot while riding in an Uber with his mother on their way to the airport in Philadelphia, police said.
Prosecutor John Albert Laylo, 35, and his mom, Leah Bustamante Laylo, were heading to Philadelphia International Airport to catch a flight home from a vacation in the US when gunfire broke out around 4 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Police said someone in a black car fired several rounds into the victims’ Uber at a red light near the University of Pennsylvania, striking Laylo in the back of the head.
The gunman then moved to the driver’s side and fired additional shots before fleeing.
The Philippine official was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m. Sunday. His mother was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds from shattered glass, according to Philippine Consul General Elmer Cato and Bustamante Laylo.
"Never did I imagine or dream that ... the end of our vacation will be like this!" the mother wrote in a post accompanied by photos of her and her son happily posing up at landmarks in New York, Washington, DC and Philadelphia. "We travelled together and we are supposed to go home together! I will bring him home soon in a box!"
Cato said the mother and son were going to catch a flight to Chicago and then were to fly to California en route to Manila.The shooting happened about five minutes after Laylo and his mother left the apartment of his cousin, who they had been visiting, Cato said.
As of Monday, no arrests have been made in Philadelphia, which has been experiencing a wave of gun violence. Investigators did not reveal a suspected motive, or say whether Laylo, his mother or the Uber driver were intentionally targeted.
The consulate general of the Philippines confirmed the victim was a government attorney, KYW-TV reported.Cato said he assured Laylo’s mother the Philippine government will help in bringing his remains back home.
"We are also in touch with police authorities and have underscored the importance of our request for them to bring the perpetrator of this incident to justice," Cato said in a statement.
Laylo had worked in Manila as a legislative staffer for opposition Sen. Leila de Lima from 2016 to 2018 then left to take up graduate studies at Central European University, where he graduated in June 2019 with a degree in international business law."He was so young and still full of dreams," de Lima said Monday in Manila and expressed hope the suspect would immediately be held to account "for the brutal and senseless act."
Laylo’s mother wrote on Facebook Sunday of the heartbreak of losing her "good, smart, generous, loving, caring son," whom she referred to by his family nickname, Jal, in such a violent manner.
"I’m lost of words!" Bustamante Laylo wrote. "My son has a lot of dreams a lot of plans, hopes and everything! He’s gone now. I can’t explain the pain the heaviness I have in my heart. It took me hours to post this because still I can’t believe this happened!"
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Certainly looks like a political assassination rather than random Philadelphia violence unless the Uber driver was killed. I have lived around Filipino communities in and off for many years. I have not heard of this type of hit before. Sounds like a relatively low level guy for an international operation.
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[Breitbart] The Kellogg Company, one of the original perpetrators of Woke Capitalism, said Tuesday that it is breaking itself up into three independent companies.
The company will split into three publicly-traded companies whose names will be determined later, Kellogg said. The break-up, which is expected to be a tax-free transaction, has been approved by its board of directors.
"Kellogg has been on a successful journey of transformation to enhance performance and increase long-term shareholder value," said Steve Cahilane, the company’s chief executive and board chairman.
Breitbart News reported in 2017:
Every time an American family picks up a box of Kellogg’s cereal at the grocery store, it is contributing to the wealthy radical leftwing foundation that agitates for open borders, supports George Soros’s Open Society Insitute, and pushes a host of leftwing causes.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is the largest shareholder of the Kellogg Company. According to its 2016 tax filing, the Kellogg Foundation’s trust owns approximately $5.2 billion of stock in the company, about 20 percent of the company’s equity. The other large holders are mostly passive investors such as mutual funds and their ownership is a fraction of the foundation’s. That means that the foundation effectively controls the famous cereal company.
Back in 2016, the Kellogg Company called for a blacklist of Breitbart, saying that the news organization did not reflect its values. This prompted a #dumpkellogg’s boycott in response that AdWeek described as inflicting huge damage to the company’s reputation.
Kellogg shares have been volatile over the past five years but have failed to gain value. Five years ago, the stock traded at around $70 a share. On Monday, shares were around $67.50. Year-to-date, however, the stock has gained around four percent, outperforming the major indexes which recently entered into bear market territory. Shares were trading around $73 at the time Kellogg announced its blacklisting of Breitbart. The all-time high was around $81 a share in the spring of 2016.
The new businesses will be divided into a global snacking company, a North American cereal company, and a plant-based food company.
Haven't used a Kellogg Branded box, since around 2020. When I finally got the wife to go generic label. Note: usually $2 to $3 cheaper.
BTW: Was wondering went Wheaties was going to use a that Mentally Ill Trans-Gender swimmer for a box cover, given that staged petition drive? After all, they used Mentally Ill Tranny Bruce Jenner.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Everglades training anyone?
Florida researchers captured a female Burmese python that weighed 215lbs and measured 17.7ft long
The python was caught at the Picayune Strand State Forest just outside of Naples. The discovery was documented in a newly released piece for National Geographic
Researchers found 122 proto eggs inside, which is the largest amount to be discovered in a female
The team also determined the python had an entire white-tailed deer as for its last meal
The discoveries help scientists learn about the reproduction and feeding behaviors
Florida authorities are estimate there are at least 30,000 to 300,000 pythons living in Florida
This shows the success of using scout snakes, male pythons with GPS transmitters. The males are released and the snakes lead them to large reproductive females
[FoxNews] Several record-high temperatures are in jeopardy of falling as excessive heat continues in the southeastern US
Some much-needed relief from the oppressive heat is on the way for the Plains and Midwest, but the focus now is on the southeastern U.S., where temperatures will continue to soar into the upper 90s and lower 100s on Wednesday.
NOAA's Weather Prediction Center says a cold front sweeping eastward through the Ohio Valley will result in a cooling trend, with temperatures in the lower 90s on Wednesday dropping to the 80s on Thursday.
But the hot weather will continue across the Southern Plains and the Southeast, where several record-high temperatures are in jeopardy of falling Wednesday afternoon.
As a result, heat alerts are in effect for millions of Americans, warning them to take precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses such as heatstroke.
Some major cities across the region are included in Heat Advisories, which will remain in effect until at least Thursday.
Those cities include Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the National Weather Service says it could feel like 106 degrees by the afternoon.
Most of Mississippi is included in those advisories, as well as the Birmingham, Alabama, area. The NWS is also saying the heat and humidity could make it feel like 105 degrees by Thursday afternoon.
Portions of Middle Georgia, including the Macon area, are under Excessive Heat Watches. The NWS says temperatures will soar above 100 degrees during the day, and the humidity will make it feel around 105 degrees as well.
Temperatures are generally forecast to be in the upper 90s across the Southeast, but several locations will be hotter than that.
Dallas/Fort Worth, Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans are expected to be about 98 degrees on Wednesday, with areas to the north, like Little Rock, Arkansas, getting very close to 100 degrees.
Tallahassee, Florida, and Columbia, South Carolina, will be above the century mark, with a high temperature in both cities around 102 degrees.
Those temperatures are excessively hot, but the humidity will make it feel even hotter.
Macon and Augusta, Georgia, could see their old records fall Wednesday as temperatures get above 100 degrees.
Interior South Carolina will also be baking, and Columbia, the capital city, could see its old record fall if the city reaches 102 degrees.
[Weather] The Southwest is suffering through a severe drought, so the forecast early start for the annual monsoon season means good news, but too much rain over a short period of time could also bring flash flooding This is a weather channel report. Nice graphics in video. The various NWS offices are reporting precipitate moisture values double the norm and are pretty happy about it. Parts of NM had over 2" of rain in past few days.
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[FOX] The Minnesota Supreme Court delivered a win Monday for a group of Minneapolis residents who have been suing over an influx of crime into their neighborhood following the defund police movement, ruling the city is not hiring the approximately 731 police officers required under its charter.
The nine-page order, issued Monday by Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, stems from a lawsuit brought by a group of eight North Side residents who sued Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council for not fulfilling their obligation to fund and employ 0.0017 sworn police officers per Minneapolis resident.
Based on the 2020 census, at least 731 officers should be on the force based on the city’s population.
The ruling says the City Council has followed through by allocating funding in the 2021 budget for 770 sworn officers — dozens more than required by the city charter.
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The lawsuit came form residents of the North Side? You'd probably think that they would be asking for the police cuts. The fact is that support for the abolishment of the MPD came from white voters...in fact, a majority of African Americans actually came out against the cuts, seeing as they were taking the brunt of the consequences of the force cuts.
[FoxNews] The Chicago Police Department (CPD) on Tuesday announced a new foot-pursuit policy that bars officers from chasing people under certain circumstances.
Chicago officers will no longer be able to chase people because run away during a confrontation or people who give chase over minor incidents, among other circumstances, according to the new policy.
CPD Superintendent David Brown emphasized his hope that the new policy will improve officer safety and accountability, as well as trust between officers and communities, during a Tuesday press conference.
"It's new to the Chicago Police Department. It's not new to law enforcement. … It's made officers safer," he told reporters.
So far in 2022, 25 CPD officers have been shot or shot at, Brown told reporters Tuesday.
Meanwhile, shootings have decreased 22% year-over-year since last June, and homicides are down 21% year-over-year. Additionally, CPD has recovered 2,600 illegal firearms in 2021.
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Copying the SFPD drone patrol policy. Take reports and avoid food spills in the patrol car. Officer safety is paramount, so avoiding encounters with dangerous people makes good sense.
Must be a way to show party policy loyalty without cutting off the nuts or tits of a six month old. Hard to get a bloody gauge clean when we aren't even walking yet.
I was filling out forms for kids to make a trip. One of the questions was "Have you been exposed to any communicable disease in the last six months?"
Pretty obvious ask around about being exposed to the covid but my response was something like, "Yes. My children attend school and social settings when, inevitably, they will be exposed to some sort of communicable disease. Even got sick a couple times, but never more than just a couple of days and no significant fever or conditions. The rest of the time we were not aware of them being exposed to anything, as they didn't get sick."
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] At least 260 non-combatants were killed due to an attack launched by gunnies in Oromia region of western Æthiopia.
According to eyewitnesses, the victims of the attack, which occurred Saturday, were from Amhara ethnic group, a minority in the region.
One resident put the number of dead at 260 and another said it was 320, making the attack one of the deadliest on civilians in Æthiopia for years, noting that the attackers belonged to an ethnic Oromo rebel group called the Oromo Liberation Army.
...until 2018 the fighting wing of the Oromo Liberation Front, the political party advocating for the self-determination of the Oromo people until the OLF negotiated what turned out to be a temporary peace with the Ethiopian government. The OLA took up arms again during the Tigrayan excitement...
There is at present no indication that the attack is directly linked to the conflict in the northern Tigray region that began in November 2020, which has killed thousands and displaced millions of Æthiopians.
Æthiopia has seen a resurgence of ethnic conflict started by a series of ethnicity-based rebel groups opposing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who assumed office in 2018. Ahmed has been trying to end the system of "ethnic federalism" and ethnicity-based politics that have been in place since the 1990s, which has been met with opposition from certain heavily ethnicity-based political groups and politicians. Some analysts suspect the US plays a role in supporting the rebel groups, a suspicion further bolstered by recent US attempts to place sanctions on countries supporting the Addis Ababa government.
America, Egypt, Saudi Arabia — a variety of parties are interested in the outcome of the current nonsense over there.
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I submit all predictions are just guesses, and the one person who can end the war is the one who started it -- Putin.
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Col. Doug MacGregor's interview on 16 June with Germany's Die Weltwoche - this English translation was posted to FreeRepublic yesterday:
«This war has been lost a long time ago»
Before critics denounced him as “the voice of Vladimir Putin,” US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor was known for his daring military exploits. During the first Gulf War, his squadron famously demolished nearly seventy Iraqi Republican Guard vehicles in 23 minutes. Now, the West Point graduate is battling the diplomatic establishment over Russia and its war against Ukraine.
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16.06.2022
Retired United States Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor does not suffer fools. In the West’s efforts to assist the Ukrainians in repelling Russia’s invasion, he sees a motley crew. Once regarded a war hero, the Gulf War veteran is now denounced as a “Putin apologist” for hisuncompromising criticism of what he regards as the West’s duplicity toward the old Cold War foe.
The 69-year-old strategist tells Die Weltwoche, “At this point, the notion that the Russians would negotiate with anybody about events in Ukraine is simply unrealistic.” More ominously for the Ukrainians, Macgregor believes their fight for territorial integrity is already lost. He dismisses glowing reports of Ukrainian tactical victories as a politically concocted “fiction.”
This is not the first time the battle hardened warrior has crossed swords with the foreign policy and military establishment. As an active duty officer, he took the extraordinary step of publishing a radical critique of the U.S. Army’s military readiness with his book, “Breaking the Phalanx.” Praised by the then-head of the Army, General Dennis Reiner, and later by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Macgregor’s public criticism was, nevertheless, viewed by many top brass as a shot across the bow. U.S. News and World Report observed, “The Army is showing it prefers generals who are good at bureaucratic gamesmanship to ones who can think innovatively on the battlefield.”
Years after serving as one of the top planners for NATO’s successful 1999 aerial bombing campaign of Kosovo to expel Yugoslavian forces, Macgregor found himself, once again, crosswise with official Washington. Appearing on Russian state television RT in 2014, the American colonel advocated for a plebiscite in Ukraine to allow Russians in Eastern Ukraine to decide whether their future was in Ukraine or Russia....
Everything Col. MacGregor said then and more recently has been justified and reasonable. It is disgusting to hear him being smeared with lies ("Putin apologist") by people who do not have one-tenth as much courage, brainpower and integrity as Col. MacGregor.
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Weltwoche: Colonel Macgregor, could the American missile systems that President Joe Biden wants to deliver become a game changer in the war?
Doug Macgregor: No. These weapons are not going to have any significant impact whatsoever. First of all, this “High Mobility Artillery Rocket System” is a good system, but we are sending only four launchers. This is about as significant as sending four tanks. You don't have a significant impact with so few launchers. Keep something else in mind. It takes, on average, at least five weeks to train crew members on the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. Unless we are sending American soldiers to operate these systems, it seems very unlikely to me that these systems are going to be placed into operation quickly and have any real utility at all.
Secondly, the 50-mile range is the outer limit of the system. I doubt that they would get any rockets close to the Russian border.
Then, finally, when the High Mobility Rocket System fires, it is visible from low Earth-orbiting satellites. That means, as soon as you fire a salvo of these rockets, the first thing that you absolutely must do is rapidly move to a new location. If you don't, you're going to be identified and destroyed by counter-battery fire.
If we've learned one thing from this current war, the Russians have excellent counter-battery fire capability. They have the radars, they have the links to the intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance assets in space, as well as overhead in the terrestrial environment.
The bottom line is these four launchers are going to make absolutely no difference at all. It looks like a face-saving venture by the U.S. government to create the illusion that we've done something important for Ukrainians when, in fact, we haven't.
Weltwoche: In reaction to the announced deployment of US rocket systems, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman, Dmitri Medvedev, said that "if, God forbid, these weapons are used against Russian territory, then our armed forces will have no other choice but to strike decision-making centers.” If the four launchers are going to make absolutely no difference on the battlefield, as you point out, then the Russians can easily relax, can’t they?
Macgregor: The Russians are simply reinforcing something that they actually made clear from the very beginning of this operation. If we begin to operate from neighboring NATO states and directly attacking Russian forces in Ukraine, they will view those neighboring states as co-belligerents. Right now, the state that is the assembly area for the distribution and projection of new equipment and assistance into Ukraine is Poland. It is not unreasonable for the Russians to say, “If these things come in from Poland and they actually hit Russia, we will strike Poland.”
Now, my point is that I think the people in Washington are acutely sensitive to this, more so than people think in Europe As a result, it may have started out as a much larger infusion of rocket systems. I think that they suddenly scaled back..
Also, kudos to Lonzo for finding the transcript of Col. Doug MacGregor's interview with Die Weltwoche.
There's not yet a transcript of yesterday's Fox News interview with MacGregor but here are some choice bits:
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"The question is an easy one to answer: Ukraine has lost this war. I would argue, Ukraine lost it some time ago. It's now becoming apparent -- even to Ukraine's most ardent supporters in London, Berlin, Paris and Washington can't really stand up and say anything else.
I suppose some of them will try [to deny that Ukraine has lost] the truth is, the war is over. It was over a long time ago. The Ukrainians are losing, on a daily basis, 500 to 1000 dead and wounded... their army is being annihilated.
"The Ukrainian Army is reduced to relying on reservists -- what we would call the National Guard -- and throwing them into the buzzsaw. And the Russians are calmly, methodically annihilating whatever shows up. The Russians are consolidating control over 25 to 30 percent of Ukraine, where the Ukrainians were previously [in control]..."
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I do agree backing Ukraine is a failed policy. It's worth noting that politicians, and not just the ones in Washington, have only one response to a failed policy: Double down.
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MacGregor says the war is over but I don't believe it. People are still dying, Zelensky remains defiant and the longer that continues the more Biden and his handlers are liable to do something really stupid. Putin needs to wrap it up.
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Lysychansk is surrounded now. The Russians are taking their time, ensuring that the choice those few thousand poor Ukrainian civilians-in-uniforms face is surrender or death.
The New York Times and the other US / UK propaganda sheets have stopped pretending that Ukraine is not on the brink of losing the entire Donbas.
Time to face reality....as Doug MacGregor says, The Russians are in total control of the tempo and are "calmly, methodically annihilating whoever comes up".
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as Doug MacGregor says, The Russians are in total control of the tempo and are "calmly, methodically annihilating whoever comes up"
Dragging out the poor Ukrainians' slaughter like this is obscene. For what realistic goal? They're not going to "win" anything. They've lost almost a third of the country and nearly all their GDP...
Ukraine's a failed state now. There's nothing left to fight for. It's just a meat grinder.... What are they fighting for at this point - Blinken and Sullivan's vision of LGBTQWERTY+ rights?
For the greater glory of the Biden Crime Family?
Biden Rice Blinken and Sullivan are sick fucks. I'm with MacGregor: we need to get these maniacs out of the White House asap
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Russia Breaks Through Front Line; Ukrainian Troops Brace For Onslaught
I've always thought fighting for every foot of land a mistake. Let them advance a little and get strung out, the way they did around Kiev and Kharkov. Then cut off the pocket and roll them up. It would be amusing if the Ukrainians managed to replicate the Polish Miracle on the Vistula.
Insider - A former US general compared Russia's war in Ukraine to a 'heavyweight boxing match' and said a 'knockout blow' is coming
Hertling is a Democrat party animal. Whatever a Democrat administration is doing, he will say only the good things that come to mind about its policies.
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[Vesti] Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, called the worst scenario for the development of hostilities in eastern Ukraine. He expressed his opinion on Tuesday, June 21, in an interview with journalist Dmitry Gordon.
He noted that the Russian army is unlikely to be able to achieve any success in the Donetsk region, so the worst-case scenario is the possible capture of the Luhansk region.
"The Russians will call it their biggest victory and the fulfillment of the intermediate goal of the special operation," Arestovich is convinced.
According to him, for the fulfillment of such a "goal" the enemy will have to sacrifice many lives of Russian soldiers and military equipment.
"And even the Russian Federation cannot afford to fight at such a pace. No wonder they already have in many units the number of reservists under 60 percent and the number of old models of the T-62 type is already under 30-50 percent. They are slowly exhausted in this regard, so that they didn’t say anything ,” the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office noted.
Aleksey Arestovich pointed out that the Donetsk region is a large agglomeration.
"One node Slavyansk - Kramatorsk is worth something. The defense is prepared there, there are enough of our troops there. Let's see how they will take it. I very much doubt at least some success in that direction. But the fact that they will physically run out, I have complete confidence in myself," he said.
As Vesti.ua previously reported, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the OP, said that the Ukrainian army had lost about 10,000 people killed and about 30,000 wounded since the outbreak of hostilities on February 24.
[Vesti] Residents of temporarily uncontrolled Donetsk and Makiivka report explosions. Shots of shells hit on social networks.
According to preliminary data, artillery strikes were recorded in the Putilovka area. It is also reported that the explosions occurred in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
There is no information about victims and injured. Residents of Donetsk are asked not to leave their shelters during the shelling.
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[Korrespondent] 23:38 Russian troops destroyed housing, business and infrastructure worth $100 billion in Ukraine, the National Bank said: "In addition to lowering current production, the war significantly reduces the potential of the economy. According to the NBU, the loss of physical capital from the destruction of enterprises, housing and infrastructure at the beginning of May reached $100 billion - the equivalent of 50% of GDP in 2021."
23:25 British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said that on Wednesday, June 22, she is going to Turkey in order to discuss ways to help the Ukrainian side in the export of grain from Odessa. She announced this in her speech in the British Parliament, Voice of America reports. According to Truss, only a few weeks remained to find a solution to the problem.
23:17 Numerous war crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine will be investigated and will not go unanswered, our Western partners assure. Help in the US investigation. US Attorney General Alex Garland arrived in Kyiv, he announced the creation of a special group to investigate Russian war crimes. For more details, see Find Everyone: An Investigation into Russia's Crimes .
23:04 US State Department spokesman Ned Price announced Washington's full support for Lithuania in its conflict with Russia over the ban on transit to Kaliningrad: "We support our NATO allies, we support Lithuania. Our commitment to Article 5 of NATO - the postulate that that an attack on one would mean an attack on all, is unbreakable."
22:58 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today was a day of "very active foreign policy work - almost a telephone marathon": "We are increasing the circle of those who are in favor of the candidacy for Ukraine, and adding confidence that the decision of the European Council on Friday will be positive. In all negotiations, I invariably emphasize: the seventh package of sanctions of the European Union is needed as soon as possible. Russia must feel the constant increase in pressure for the war."
22:34 The US Department of Justice is creating a group to investigate the war crimes of Russians in Ukraine, which will be led by the famous "Nazi hunter" Eli Rosenbaum, the head of department Merrick Garland said during his visit to Kiev. The group will also include experts in human rights and war crimes investigations.
Rosenbaum served 36 years in the US Department of Justice, formerly serving as Director of Strategy and Policy for Human Rights Enforcement. It was thanks to his efforts that more than 100 people accused of Nazism were identified and deprived of citizenship or deported. Also, the US Department of Justice will send three prosecutors to advise Ukraine.
22:28 After almost a month of "arrest", the Russians released the head of the fire department of the occupied Energodar, Vitaly Troyan, from captivity, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said.
21:53 Ukraine's courage and resilience inspired Europe, President of the European Parliament Roberta Mezola said during a rally in support of Ukraine in Amsterdam: "Your fight for common values is our fight. It's time for Ukraine to join the EU. And on behalf of the European Parliament, I wanted to convey such a message ".
21:35 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. During the talks, they discussed the possible outcome of the NATO summit in Madrid: "Thanked for the approval of the decision of the European Commission on the status of a candidate for Ukraine. We discussed the possible outcome of the NATO summit in Madrid."
21:27 In Melitopol, the invaders want to introduce public death penalty. As the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, said, the abductions of local residents have continued in recent days. So, during the service on the central square, one of the pastors was kidnapped, his fate is now unknown. Several activists were also taken away in an unknown direction.
The occupiers think that such actions will force the townspeople to stop resisting the aggressive aggression of Russia. And local Gauleiters on the air of Russian propaganda channels are already publicly declaring their desire to introduce the death penalty.
20:56 Johnson told the British Parliament that any concessions to Putin would be a disaster: "We must not allow anyone to believe that concessions to Putin will lead to anything but disaster." According to him, this can be "taken as a reward for unjustified aggression" and "encourage not only Russia, but also its allies." Johnson also stressed that it is important to prevent the Russians from freezing the conflict and consolidating their gains before a new attack.
20:51 Washington categorically disagrees that, as Russia claims, American citizens captured in Ukraine are not protected by the Geneva Convention. According to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, Washington has brought its position to the attention of the Russian authorities.
20:49 In the Kharkiv region today, 15 people were killed, 16 were injured , the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. According to him, five of the 15 dead were in Kharkiv, six were in Chuguev, three were in the Zolochiv community, and an eight-year-old child also died in the Kharkiv region.
20:46 Mobile justice teams will start working in Ukraine - they will travel around the country and work with regional prosecutors, US Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaak said in an interview with Suspіlny: "These will be small interdisciplinary teams of experts, Ukrainian and international, who will be able to travel around the country and work with its regional prosecutors in dealing with cases in their areas of activity." He specified that some teams would be specialized - focusing on, for example, sexual violence, the use of hunger as a weapon of war, or attacks on cultural property.
20:37 From July, a railway connection between Melitopol and Crimea will be launched in test mode, Russian media report, citing the "general director" of the Melitopol Railways.
20:32 Slovakia will transfer 12 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine immediately after Poland and the Czech Republic agree to protect its airspace until the country receives its F-16s from the United States, writes Business Insider.
20:29 As a result of today's shelling of Chuguev, Kharkiv region, six civilians were killed, three were injured , Mayor Galina Minaeva said.
20:26 The Ukrainian military launched a concentrated attack on the occupier's garrison on Zmeiny Island, the enemy suffered significant losses. More details - in the material Cleansing the Black Sea .
20:24 The unemployed in Ukraine will be involved in public works, Shmyhal said. According to him, today the state does not have the money to pay those who are unemployed, but refuses the offers of the employment center: “In wartime conditions, the state does not have the resources for this. for the front."
20:19 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, confirmed the capture of Toshkovka by Russian troops. According to him, for this, the enemy threw one and a half BTGs there. Also, according to Gaidai, attempts are underway to cut the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, but so far without success.
20:15 In the Lugansk region near Lisichansk, the invaders gained control over the settlements of Podlesnoye and Mirnaya Dolina, and also have partial success in the Gorsky area and in the direction of Belaya Gora. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assault in the direction of Vysokoe, the General Staff said. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired at the areas of Berestovoye and Kamyshevakhi, led an offensive in the direction of Alexandropolye - Kamyshevakhi, but had no success, retreated.
20:01 The German authorities have not yet officially announced the supply of Panzerhaubitze 2000, but for the first time published a register of military support for Ukraine, in which they appear. There are also anti-aircraft and rocket systems, but there are no tanks that Berlin cannot agree on with Slovakia. More details - in the material, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the PzH 2000 self-propelled guns .
19:43 As a result of today's shelling of Nikolaev one person was lost, three more are wounded, the mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
19:29 During the demining of Azov, Russian sappers and the military in the area of blast furnace shops today killed two invaders, said adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko. "The explosion heard half the city," he wrote.
19:11 Zelensky signed the law on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention.
18:43 At today's meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the attraction of a grant for budget support from Germany in the amount of 1 billion euros. In addition, the draft Agreement was approved in accordance with the instrument created by the IMF for the administrative account for Ukraine for this grant, Shmyhal said. The funds will be used to cover budgetary needs in order to stabilize the Ukrainian economy.
18:31 Luxembourg allocated 15% of the funds from its defense budget to support the Ukrainian army, Zelensky said: "Luxembourg has constantly helped us. If we talk about help regarding the power of our army, then 15% of the entire defense budget, although the Prime Minister does not like it say, Luxembourg singled out our defenders and defenders."
18:19 Ukraine is connecting the UN, the ICRC and several states that have this or that influence on Russia to the process of exchanging prisoners of war, Zelensky said at a briefing with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg in Kiev. At the same time, the president admitted that he currently does not have information regarding the conditions of detention of Ukrainian prisoners and the assistance provided to them.
"I really want the exchange to take place. So that certain partners who have undertaken to help with the exchange really keep their word. We not only believe in this. We work. The work takes place at the GUR site. They manage this process," - said Zelensky.
18:00 As a result of today's shelling of Kharkiv, five people have already died, 11 were injured , said the head of the Investigative Department of the Regional Police Sergey Bolvinov.
17:57 Great Britain turned to Russia on the issue of the British "sentenced" in the "DPR" to death, Russian Ambassador Andrey Kelin said. "I sent an arrogant note," the ambassador said.
17:55 Germany will continue to support Ukraine with weapons as much as necessary, Scholz said, speaking at the annual meeting of the Federation of German Industry. He stressed that "Europe and Western democracies do not accept a violent attack on Ukraine."
The chancellor also acknowledged that anti-Russian sanctions do not pass without a trace for Germany, but they are necessary: “These sanctions really work. Yes, these sanctions harm us ourselves. They harm our companies, but they are right ... Freedom has its price. Democracy has its price. Solidarity with friends and partners has its price. And we are ready to pay this price."
Scholz also said that his trip to Irpen last week made him realize that Ukraine belongs to the European family: "I will never forget the horror pictures I saw there." The head of the German government stressed that he would seek a positive decision on granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for joining the EU.
17:46 The EU is discussing the possibility of including gold in the seventh package of anti-Russian sanctions, Reuters writes, citing sources in the EU. Brussels is not yet developing the next package of sanctions, but work is already underway to identify sectors that are most tangible for the Russian economy.
17:35 Podolyak said that the shelling of residential areas of Kharkov from the point of view of military art does not make any sense: "Russia clearly does not have the strength to take Kharkov. But Moscow does not have such a goal. Their goal is to inflict maximum damage on the city and take revenge on it To show Kharkov the real charms of the "Russian world" and "friendship of peoples" - Grads, Hurricanes, Tornadoes".
17:23 Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau believes that the current security crisis has shown that Europe is not able to defend itself without the help of the United States: "Poland sees the involvement of the United States in European security as a fundamental condition for peace in Europe." The head of the Foreign Ministry stressed that it was precisely the leadership positions of the United States in NATO that became key in "quick and effective adaptation to the Russian threat in 2016."
"The current crisis clearly shows that Europe cannot defend itself without the United States," Rau stressed and added that Washington should not take full responsibility for protecting peace in Europe, which also "lies on the shoulders" of European allies.
17:20 Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has developed a mechanism for the confiscation of sanctioned Russian assets for their subsequent transfer to Ukraine: “As for sanctions against Russia, we hope that in the coming days my bill will be approved. For the first time for Canada, it contains measures that will allow the confiscation , as well as freezing sanctioned assets.<...> We believe that it is really important to expand our legal powers, because the search for funds for the restoration of Ukraine will become extremely urgent, and here it is not worth thinking about a more appropriate source of this funding than the confiscated Russian assets".
17:18 A Turkish delegation intends to visit Russia within a week to discuss the "grain issue," Turkish television reported, citing sources. A meeting of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN on the "grain problem" will be held in Istanbul next week, the channel said.
17:14 The US Attorney General arrived on an unannounced visit to Ukraine, ABC reported. Garland, in particular, intends to discuss with Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova "US efforts to assist in the prosecution of war crimes."
16:57 Ukraine may need up to 1 trillion euros of outside assistance to repair the damage caused by the Russian invasion, Werner Hoyer told the European Investment Bank (EIB).
16:54 A citizen of Spain died in Ukraine. The Spaniard was 22 years old and was originally from the town of Manacor, located on the island of Mallorca, according to Europa Press. Sources of the publication in the Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed that the young man died on Saturday, June 18. The embassy is already in the process of transporting the body. It is known that the deceased traveled to Ukraine to participate in the war, but it is not known whether he died in battle or for another reason.
16:40 As a result of today's shelling of Kharkov, four people were killed, ten were injured , said Natalya Popova, adviser to the head of the regional council.
16:38 The French Foreign Ministry announced that the EU countries have reached a full consensus on granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for the European Union.
16:20 Drilling platforms, on which Ukraine launched a missile strike, functioned as fortification points for complete control by the Russian occupiers of a part of the Black Sea, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk: "On those towers in question, Russia organized such small garrisons, attracted air defense assets there, including for radar warfare, reconnaissance, that is, these platforms have turned into such fortification points that have helped and are helping the Russians to orient themselves towards complete control of the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
15:57 Reznikov said that the German PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer guns of 155 mm caliber have replenished the arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:52 Since the beginning of the war, daily gas production in Ukraine has fallen by 6.1%, said the head of Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko.
15:43 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and thanked him for his support in granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate. "We agreed to draw on the experience of Portugal in our rapprochement with the EU," the president added.
15:39 The Ukrainian military attacked the Snake Island, the OK Pivden reported: "A concentrated attack was carried out on the Snake Island using various forces and methods of destruction, during which the enemy suffered significant losses."
15:37 Ukrainian military intelligence reports that personnel changes have taken place in the Federal Service of the Russian Guard. So, Lieutenant General Sergei Vlasenko was removed from the post of chief of staff - first deputy commander of the North Caucasian district of the Russian Guard troops. And Lieutenant General Anatoly Malikov was appointed to a leading position in the North Caucasian district of the Russian Guard troops. Prior to that, Malikov served as head of the main department of state control and licensing and permit work of the Federal Service of the Russian Guard Troops.
Personnel rotations are associated with a low level of organization of tasks during the war against Ukraine, which led to significant losses of personnel and military equipment.
15:22 The Russians captured Toshkovka in the Lugansk region, said the head of the Severodonetsk regional state administration Roman Vlasenko on the air of the telethon. According to him, there was also an attempt to break through the defenses between Dolina and Gorsky.
15:20 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council warned that provocations by Russians are possible tomorrow: "On June 22, dozens of events are traditionally held in different regions of Ukraine to commemorate the memory of the sons and daughters of the Ukrainian people who fell during World War II. In this regard, there is high probability of provocations by the occupying forces of Russia with possible rocket attacks."
15:17 Zelensky said that he had a "fruitful conversation" with Orban: "Thanked for supporting the sovereignty of Ukraine and shelter for Ukrainians during the war. We agreed to develop cooperation in the field of energy. Thank you for supporting the candidate's status. I invited him to visit Ukraine."
15:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing in the Kherson region, which is why the occupiers are mercilessly hitting the southern regions of the country, said the head of the press center of the security and defense forces of OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk on the air of Channel 24: "When we gain a foothold on these lines, we will definitely However, while the military operation is going on, I urge everyone to remain calm and wait for official announcements, since only the military knows where they are, where they are going and what successes they have."
15:06 Slovenia handed over to Ukraine 35 armored amphibious infantry vehicles, which should arrive in Ukraine today, June 21, reports 24UR. In exchange for the donation, Slovenia will receive a voucher from the United States to purchase weapons worth more than the donation.
15:01 Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced his country's desire to join NATO: "We are not naive, we understand that Georgia has territorial problems, which we must first solve, and then join NATO. This is the opinion of our European friends and friends in NATO.
14:52 The position declared by President Tokayev on Ukraine and sanctions can be costly for the Kazakh economy. But cooperation with the sanctioned Kremlin is even more expensive. More about this - in the material, Putin was offended by Kazakhstan and started a trade war .
14:47 Zelensky said that he had held telephone conversations with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda: "Noted the status of a partner - a participant in Trimorye for Ukraine and the initiative of the first ladies - a center for internally displaced persons in Lithuania. We coordinated steps on the eve of the vote of the European Council."
14:40 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that yesterday at about 5:00 the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an attempt to seize the Zmeiny Island, inflicting massive air and artillery strikes, but Russian air defense destroyed all weapons fired at the island. After that, the BK-1 and Krym-1 gas production platforms were attacked. In response, the Russian Armed Forces allegedly destroyed hangars with Bayraktars-TB2 with Oniks cruise missiles at the Shkolny military airfield near Odessa, and two artillery platoons of 155-mm M-777 howitzers, as well as two S-300 launchers near Ochakov and Tuzla in Kubansky Island. Odessa region.
14:35 The Russians are shelling Kharkiv, in the Industrial District it is already known about seven victims, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:16 In the Kiev region, 1333 bodies of dead Ukrainians have been found to date. According to Andrey Nebitov, the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the region, the bodies of the dead citizens are still being found. At the same time, 213 bodies remain unidentified, another 300 people are listed as missing.
13:59 In the Zaporozhye region, another operation was carried out to transfer the bodies of dead servicemen - Ukraine returned the bodies of 35 of its defenders, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
13:41 The German government announced that to provide assistance to Ukraine, Germany increased the budget by 2 billion euros. Berlin will provide Kyiv with 30 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, an IRIS-T air defense system, Mars MLRS and a number of other weapons.
13:38 One of the Russian missiles, which was fired at Kharkiv on June 20, hit the parking lot of subway trains, one person was injured. There are damaged trains, Volodymyr Timoshko, head of the Main Police Department of the Kharkiv region, told Suspilny.
13:34 Putin said that at the end of the year the first "latest ballistic missile" Sarmat will be on combat duty. He also said that the Russian troops "began to receive unparalleled S-500 systems."
13:32 The Estonian military said that a Russian helicopter violated the country's airspace. The Estonian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador and gave him a note of protest. According to the Estonian military, there were five such cases last year and two this year.
13:30 Peskov said that the death penalty for American prisoners cannot be ruled out, "but this is a court decision."
13:28 Moscow will "soon respond" to the decision of Vilnius to declare a "transport blockade" of the Kaliningrad region, "this will seriously affect the inhabitants of Lithuania," said Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.
13:25 49 Russian conscripts from the cruiser Moscow are again sent to war with Ukraine, the Russian edition Novaya Gazeta writes, citing the appeals of military relatives. The newspaper notes that the sailors have not yet been transferred to land, now they are on the Ladny ship, which was commissioned in 1981 - they plan to involve it in the war with Ukraine.
13:23 The leader of the "DPR" Pushilin signed a "decree" allowing to accept foreign citizens into the ranks of Russian militants.
13:22 Slovakia was unable to transfer Soviet T-72 tanks to Ukraine in exchange for more modern German Leopards, as Berlin offered an insufficient number of them, writes Business Insider. According to an agreement reached in April between Slovakia and Germany, Ukraine was to receive 30 Soviet-made T-72 tanks in exchange for German Leopard 2A4s. But Berlin offered Bratislava only 15 tanks, which is not enough to cover the Slovak defense needs.
13:19 There are up to seven Belarusian battalions on the border of Belarus with Ukraine - this is about 3.5-4 thousand personnel, said the speaker of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Motuzyanyk. "But you have to understand that there are Russian troops there too. I won't say their number, but there are a number of settlements where they are stationed," he added.
13:04 Zelensky addressed the participants of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: "It is the attention of the world that determines when and how the war will end. For this, Ukraine needs allies. We need people who are the best in the world at attracting and paying attention. Your campaigns and your work will make a legend out of our struggle for freedom. We are fighting for freedom not only for ourselves - we are fighting for the freedom of the entire democratic world, everyone who cannot even imagine living in the tyranny and censorship that flourishes in Russia."
12:40 Canada and the Netherlands will help restore Ukraine after the victory over the Russian Federation. This was stated by the Prime Ministers of the countries Justin Trudeau and Mark Rutte after a telephone conversation, Yermak said.
12:36 All 27 member states have agreed on the status of a candidate for Kiev, writes Bloomberg. According to the publication, at a meeting of EU ambassadors, which took place the day before, no one objected to such a decision. EU leaders will meet in Brussels to discuss the issue on June 23-24.
12:20 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said that another 993 people, including 254 children, were evacuated from the occupied territories of the region. More than 30 buses to Chuguev and Kharkiv were involved in the evacuation.
12:16 Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen speaks online in the Verkhovna Rada, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.
12:00 Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bethel arrived in Kiev and immediately went to Borodyanka. "As long as there is a war with Russia, Luxembourg will be on the side of Ukraine," Bethel wrote on Twitter.
11:34 For the maintenance of Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine, 51 sites have been organized, which are located in almost every region of the country, and one camp in the west of the state. The Ministry of Justice reported that proper living conditions have been created in the prisoner of war camp, and medical support has been organized. The prisoners of war themselves work at the same time - they are engaged in woodworking. The camp is guarded, prisoners of war can freely move around its territory.
In the areas organized in penitentiary institutions and pre-trial detention centers, prisoners of war are kept in separate rooms, isolated from other convicts.
11:25 The Russians completed the construction of the crossing in the Kharkiv region. According to Radio Liberty, the route was laid across the Oskol River near the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya. The occupiers built the crossing near the destroyed railway bridge. Now they can transfer both manpower and equipment across the Oskol.
11:22 Erdogan discussed with UN Secretary General António Guterres options for unblocking the export of Ukrainian grain. According to the office of the President of Turkey, Erdogan announced the continuation of joint efforts to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. Erdogan also told Guterres that he continues to offer Ukraine and the Russian Federation the resumption of peace negotiations and the end of the war through diplomacy.
11:15 Rada returned duties and VAT for imported goods, as well as customs clearance of cars. The changes will come into effect on July 1. The deputies supported the corresponding government bill No. 7418 in two readings at once, said MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
10:49 The invaders are evacuating the Russian equipment knocked out by Ukrainian defenders to the territory of the Russian Federation for repairs, but on the way they remove spare parts, batteries and weapons control units from it and try to sell them or exchange them for alcohol. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, given the scale of the theft and the critical level of equipment of the Russian units, the commander of the troops of the Southern Military District ordered to conduct urgent investigations into cases of theft and double the security of the trains that deliver the destroyed equipment to the repair units.
10:28 Finland has not yet made progress on disputed issues with Turkey and probably will not be able to join NATO until September, said Finnish President Sauli Niiniste.
10:21 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU will be able to replace all supplies via Nord Stream by changing the temperature of heating or air conditioning on average in Europe by two degrees.
10:19 In Crimea, a train with Russian boats has been formed at the Dzhankoy railway station. According to the speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk, two boats BMK-15, two BMK-130 and one BMK-T were seen on the railway platforms. Also, a railway echelon with 50 tanks of fuel and lubricants arrived in Dzhankoy. "Obviously, the boats will be sent to mainland Ukraine for use in forcing water interference," Bratchuk wrote.
10:11 SBU exposed Russian agents, which included officials from the Cabinet of Ministers and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine. The agent network of the FSB conducted reconnaissance and subversive activities in the authorities. As a result of a multi-stage special operation of the counterintelligence service of the Security Service in Kyiv, the head of the department of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the head of one of the directorates of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry was detained.
09:50 Stefanchuk submitted to the Rada the candidacy of People's Deputy Dmitry Lubinets for the position of Commissioner for Human Rights.
09:48 In the Kiev region of Kharkov, the enemy bombed an educational institution, it was destroyed by 40%, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. In just a day in the region three dead and seven wounded. After the shelling, a transport enterprise in the Saltovsky district was on fire, and in the Izyum region, a fire that arose after the shelling at a gas processing plant is being eliminated.
09:46 In Crimea, the fire is still being extinguished on the towers of Chernomorneftegaz, which were hit by Ukraine the day before. The fire spread to the well, Russian Senator Olga Kovitidi said. Also, seven people who worked on drilling rigs have not yet been found.
09:34 Borrell called the Kremlin's accusations of Lithuania in blocking railway transit to the Kaliningrad region pure propaganda. He stressed that Lithuania did not accept any unilateral national restrictions - Vilnius is consulting with the European Commission about its actions.
09:10 In Odessa, due to a massive missile strike on June 20, one person died - a guard at a food warehouse, OK Pivden reported.
09:08 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 21. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
personnel - about 34,100 (+300) people liquidated,
tanks - 1496 (+19),
armored fighting vehicles - 3606 (+18),
artillery systems - 752 (+3),
MLRS - 239 (+1),
air defense systems - 98 (+0),
aircraft - 216 (+0),
helicopters - 181 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 611 (+10),
cruise missiles - 137 (+7),
ships/boats - 14 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2537 (+10),
special equipment - 59 (+4).
09:03 British intelligence notes that the destruction of the Russian ship Vasily Bekh on June 17 during a resupply mission demonstrates the difficulties that the Russian Federation is facing in trying to maintain its forces on Zmein. The Ukrainian coastal defense largely neutralized Russia's ability to establish control over the sea and deploy naval forces in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. This undermined Russia's original plan of action for the invasion, which envisaged creating a risk to the Odessa region from the sea, analysts say.
08:50 The provisions of the Geneva Conventions do not apply to captured US citizens, Peskov said. According to him, these Americans are not related to the Ukrainian army.
08:46 52-year-old American volunteer Steven Zabelsky died in Ukraine, writes The Washington Post. According to an obituary published by his family and confirmed by the State Department, he was killed in action near Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region, on May 15. This is the second confirmed death of a US military in Ukraine. The first was PMC employee Willy Kansel, whose death became known at the end of April.
08:43 Russians fired at school No. 6 in Avdeevka at night. According to the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko, the building was fired from Gradov with incendiary rockets. There is no information about the victims.
08:41 About 200 invaders are hiding in the forests of the Kharkiv region. According to the Borovsky village council, in recent days a lot of enemy equipment and troops have been moving through the territory of the community. The invaders deserted near the village of Gorohavatka, refusing to engage in battle with the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Izyum. As a result, they were wounded, hungry, angry and fled into the forest with damaged equipment, now their commanders are looking for Russians.
08:27 In the Lugansk region, the Russians were advancing from different directions - in the areas of Kamyshevakhi, Zolote, Gorsky, at the same time the enemy was massively shelling Lisichansk - the head of the military administration of the city came under fire, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, about half of the wounded invaders do not survive in the future.
Doctors are still working in one of the hospitals in Severodonetsk. 568 people remain on Azot, among them 38 children - mostly employees of the enterprise and their families, they refused to evacuate, Gaidai specified.
08:15 The government of Taiwan will allocate 500 thousand dollars for the restoration of Buchi. "We are aware of the suffering, killings, destruction from the war that the aggressors left in Bucha. The atrocities in Bucha are war crimes that need to be condemned and those responsible punished," Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said during an online meeting with Mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedoruk. Financial and material assistance will also be directed to the restoration of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Odessa, Sumy and Zaporozhye.
08:01 In the Nikolaev region, an enemy mine was washed up to the shore. According to OK Pivden, Russian ammunition drifted in Koblevo at a distance of about 50 meters from the coast, and subsequently detonated uncontrollably. Due to the absence of people on the beach and in coastal waters, no one was hurt.
07:48 The Armed Forces of Ukraine held their positions after the attack of the invaders near Severodonetsk, and also repelled the assault of the Russians near Slavyansk, the General Staff reports in the morning report . Also, the Ukrainian military stopped the attempts of enemy assault operations in the Maryinka area. In the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, five carriers of high-precision weapons are kept in readiness for launching missile strikes on targets on the territory of Ukraine.
06:56 According to the UN, more than 7.7 million people left Ukraine during the war, more than 5.1 million of them went to Europe.
04:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the mass activity of partisans in the occupied territories does not allow the Russian authorities to publicly support the "accession" of these territories to the Russian Federation.
04:22 Editor-in-chief of the Russian Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov sold his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal for a record $103.5 million - he will use the funds to help Ukrainian refugee children.
03:13 "Referendum" on the entry of the Kherson region into Russia is planned to be held this fall, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the "military-civil administration" of the region.
02:04 Peskov said that the crisis in Ukraine will be protracted, and "the West will never be able to regain Moscow's trust."
00:36 Ukraine has ratified the Istanbul Convention according to the Croatian scenario, that is, with reservations, Tatyana Pechonchik, head of the board of the ZMINA Human Rights Center, said on the air of the telethon. Thus, according to her, the ratification of the convention does not oblige Ukraine to amend the laws, the Family Code, the Constitution or change the definition of marriage. On the other hand, the ratification of the convention will open the way for Ukraine to the EU, since some EU members, in particular the Netherlands and Sweden, have emphasized its importance. And as a negative example, Pechonchik cited the decriminalization of domestic violence in the Russian Federation.
00:18 In Ukraine, they began to separate passenger and cargo flows at the border, spokesman for the State Border Service Andriy Demchenko said on the air of the telethon. According to him, today the Krakovets checkpoint has been launched, where these flows go separately. Another checkpoint - Yagodin - will soon start working only for cargo flows, passenger traffic will be redirected to other points.
Even before the introduction of such a distinction, trucks with fuel were allowed into Ukraine without a queue, Demchenko recalled and stressed that with the separation of flows, the pace of fuel supply to the country would also accelerate.
In turn, Zelensky said in an evening video message that within the framework of the Open Border project, the capacity of the Krakovets-Korcheva checkpoint has been increased by 50%, which will significantly increase the export-import flow across the border.
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[RIA Novosti] Special forces of the British Special Air Service (SAS) are participating in the battles in Ukraine on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said an American mercenary who is also fighting in the former Soviet republic. Correspondence with him was published on Twitter by journalist Seth Harp.
Speaking about the numerous problems of the Ukrainian troops arising from poor management and coordination, the militant mentions an episode with a British soldier.
"(APU. - Ed.) They are constantly shooting at their own people. We just lost a sniper from the British SAS special forces - the fighter advanced to the position, but the Ukrainian armored personnel carrier turned him into dust, since no one warned the crew," the mercenary said.
Earlier, an employee of the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti that two dozen specialists from the British Special Air Service (SAS) had been thrown into the Lviv region . They are considered among the most highly skilled in the world in organizing mass protest rallies, contract killings of politicians and in preparing terrorist attacks. The head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has already instructed to analyze this information.
ZAKHAROVA TOLD HOW WESTERN INSTRUCTORS "SHEPHERD" UKRAINIAN MILITANTS
On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine . Vladimir Putin called its goal "the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years."
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has completed the main tasks of the first stage - significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass.
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tw, the SAS has a history of 'not so clean' operations. Operation Flavius(1988) in Gibraltar against the IRA during the height of 'The Troubles' was rather public.
A British man sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court for fighting in Ukraine has been told the execution will be carried out, his family say.
Mr Aslin told his family his captors said there had been no attempt by UK officials to negotiate on his behalf.
The foreign secretary discussed his case with Ukraine earlier in June.
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Just because the prisoner was told nobody spoke up for him does not mean that’s so. After all, it was reported not long ago that the Russians were providing regular Ukrainian prisoners with fake newspapers to demoralize them.
Day 118: #Russia threatens #Ukraine with retaliatory strikes “on decision-making centers”, and #Lithuania after the ban on the transit of goods to the Kaliningrad region. Odesa and Kharkiv under fire. The battle in Donbas for Sieverodonetsk continues.https://t.co/m7WrVcHlj3
The senior Estonian civil servant said there had been "multiple border violations by helicopters" from Russia over the past week https://t.co/GVFR6O2IGR via @haynesdeborah
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:12 A large-scale humanitarian convoy from the Republic of Dagestan arrived in Energodar. Volunteers from the volunteer corps "Volunteers of Energodar" took an active part in the extradition.
22:31 A total of 253.5 tons of essential items and food were transferred to the population of the Donetsk People's Republic, Zaporozhye, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
21:48 Attacks were made on targets in the city of Chuguev, Kharkiv region - strong explosions and fire at the place of arrival
18:31 Relations between Moscow and London have nowhere to fall, then only a gap - the ambassador.
17:37 Today, a Su-25 of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down in the sky over the village of Pervomaiskoye, Mykolaiv region. Since the beginning of the month, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already lost the fifth military aircraft in the Kherson direction.
15:21 Patrushev: Russia will soon respond to the restriction of transit through Lithuania to the Kaliningrad region. The consequences of the Russian retaliatory measures "will have a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania."
15:05 What is the difference between the shelling of Donetsk, for example, and Kharkov? In Donetsk, the victims of shelling have names and surnames, relatives, heartbroken.
In most cases, there is immediately a photo / video evidence of the crimes of Ukrainians. Because there are always people nearby, everyone sees everything. They just have words. Exactly the same as hundreds of raped and murdered babies who had neither names, nor surnames, nor relatives. Fucking fake shots.
13:12 In Kherson, young anti-fascist people are getting rid of traces of the shameful Bandera occupation of the Russian region.
The movement is gaining momentum.
12:27 In New Kakhovka near Kherson, a point for receiving documents for Russian citizenship has opened.
12:50 In the village of Vesyoloye, Zaporozhye region, the issuance of financial assistance to pensioners in the amount of 10,000 rubles continues. Local residents thank the staff of the local Administration and the Russian Federation for their assistance and support.
12:27 In New Kakhovka near Kherson, a point for receiving documents for Russian citizenship has opened.
11:15 A 52-year-old American volunteer, Steven Zabelski died in Ukraine - The Washington Post. He was killed in a battle near Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region, on May 15th.
According to some reports, he was blown up by a mine. Earlier, the State Department stated that three Americans were missing on the territory of Ukraine.
08:05 A Su-34 fighter-bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroys a Ukrainian army facility with high-precision weapons.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:32 Punishers hit the peaceful quarters of Makiivka with cluster warheads. As a result of the shelling of the Chervonogvardeisky district of the city from the Uragan MLRS, many residential buildings in the private sector were damaged, several people were injured, one, unfortunately, died.
21:49 As a result of shelling of the VFU in Makeevka, on the territory of school No. 56, the number of injured children increased to 3: a boy born in 2009, a girl born in 2009. and a girl born in 2016 21:14 Air defense systems intercepted a Ukrainian missile, the wreckage collapsed on the territory of Torez. The building of the motor transport enterprise was damaged, according to the headquarters of the defense of the DPR.
20:15 Representation of the DPR: AFU fired 15 rockets from the "Grad" at Makiivka.
19:36 VFU shelled Krasny Liman
There was a fire in the garages of the gas service, which are located on the street. Freedom.
Take care of yourself and your family, try not to leave the house unnecessarily. During the shelling, do not leave the shelter.
19:18 Ukrainian nationalists destroyed a monument in the village of Nizhne in the LPR and desecrated the burial place of Soviet soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War.
19:16 In Mariupol, during an inspection of the territory of one of the industrial enterprises, two power engineers were blown up on an explosive object. All have been taken to the hospital, where they receive the necessary assistance.
18:53 The foreign ship Azov Concord left the port of Mariupol along the corridor organized by the Russian military. This is the first ship to leave the harbor after the liberation of the city.
18:09 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): two missiles were fired from the BM-27 Uragan.
17:06 Again under massive artillery shelling Donetsk. They hit in the center. Donetsk City area and Donbass Arena stadium.
17:05 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:
n.p. Avdievka - Donetsk (Kyiv region):eight shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Avdievka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): 13 shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:03 Under the fire of Ukrainian militants Kyiv district of Donetsk.
15:41 The Headquarters of the TerO DPR reports:
According to preliminary data, as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the street. Tsvetkov in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka, one person was killed and two more were injured. Posted on social media. Burning coke plant on the 28th line in Makeevka.
15:11 Kyiv district of Donetsk. At the moment, under massive artillery shelling from the Nazis.
13:50 There are reports of powerful arrivals in the Kyiv district of Donetsk.
They report powerful arrivals in the Kyiv district of Donetsk
13:32 AFU fire at the Kyiv district of Donetsk. As a result of the shelling, an apartment building on the street was damaged. Buslaev. Details are being specified. Take care of yourself and your family, try not to leave the house unnecessarily. During the shelling, do not leave the shelter.
13:26 Today's officers and soldiers are selflessly fighting for our Motherland, for our people, defending Donbass from neo-Nazis. The troops began to receive unparalleled S-500 complexes - Putin.
13:05 A pair of Su-25 Russian Aerospace Forces over Donetsk. They are working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka, from where they are shelling the peaceful quarters of the city.
11:56 Yasinovataya is under attack from VFU artillery. According to the city administration, the shelling of Yasinovataya continues. Two men, born in 1988 and 1965, and a woman, born in 1964, were injured.
11:03 Petrovsky district is again under fire. According to the JCCC, shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the village of the Trudovskaya mine. Fired 15 mines with a caliber of 120mm and 29 AGS grenades. Small arms were also used.
10:47 As a result of another shelling of the VFU in the city of Yasinovataya, a man born in 1988 was injured.
09:32 GKO DPR allowed foreigners to enter the service under the contract in the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Resolution No. 114 of 06/06/2022.
09:16 Daily official summary of the DPR JCCC from 03:00 June 20 to 03:00 June 21:
Over the past day, the Representation reported 44 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used - MLRS "Hurricane", "Grad", artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, mortar 82mm.
On Gorlovsky - artillery 152mm and 122mm, mortar 60mm. By releasing 320 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of nine settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kirov, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Gorlovka (village of the Gagarin school), Golmovsky, Panteleymonovka, Krasny Partizan, Elenovka, Mineralnoye, Trinity.
Over the past day, information was received about the injury of 11 civilians, incl. boy born in 2011, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Makeevka.
A total of 22 houses were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk and Makeevka, as well as 11 civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 41 shellings were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:23 Over the past day, from 08:00 on June 20 to 08:00 on June 21, as a result of shelling of the VFU on the territory of the DPR, one person was killed and another 16 civilians were injured, the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.
07:53 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
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Slovakia has presented its plan of transferring its 12 MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Business Insider reports that the planes will be delivered after Poland and Czechia agree to protect Slovak air space until the country receives its F-16s from USA. pic.twitter.com/HVMfo74VRr
#1
Keth Laumer's Bolo series was great fiction, but...
It's that problem with AI Pattern Recognition that keeps stumping them. How do you 'teach' and AI to know what is or isn't a valid target -- and what keeps the enemy from subverting the process?
#2
One method, developed during the Reagan Starwars programs was used to identify missile types by a spectral analysis of their launch exhaust. Laze(r) the plume and assess the fuel composition and combustion cycle revealing friend or foe patterns.
As we have seen from innumerable videos, armor and heavy diesels blow a lot of soot when operating. I have also read about paint composition patterns resonating at the molecule level when fanned by a high frequency strobe.
#5
IIRC there was a program to develop an anti-vehicle round for the 120mm mortar back in the 1970s. It would pop a parachute so it had some loiter time and then fire a explosively formed slug downwards at its targets. The idea was that the Warsaw Pact used a common paint so they 'refined' the IR sensor for the chemical compounds in that paint. Supposedly the Soviets said they were going to put additives in the paint and change its spectra (The Enemy always gets a vote!).
#6
If a foolproof mechanism for discriminating between friendly and enemy vehicles were developed, some fool at the Pentagon would rush out to announce it to the media.
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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.
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