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Maybe it is just me, but I'd less concerned with who f**ked up which part of this mess and more about what they could have done to get a better outcome and what they would do differently next time. You know, the whole After Action/Lessons Learned thing. At the end, you'd have a 3-ring binder with all those important little details like where to get master keys, who to call, and who is running the show - stuff you don't want to try and figure out on the fly.
Also, a bunch of people should be reconsidering their career choices and looking for something more suitable to their abilities and temperament.
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Accountability demands consequences when failure occurs. That does not happen in our gummint, constabulary or corporate worlds anymore. They make a show of still having it in the military, but it's not all on the up-and-up there.
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So. Who was chief in contact with this entire time?
Looks like every decision point was a critical failure.
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Regarding after action plan, the officer on scene ordered them to not follow the standard plan. They were in place super-fast and then stood there. The door was unlocked, they had ballistic shields, they waited until it was over. Heads should roll.
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"P80's are often called ghost guns, as they can be constructed at home and oftentimes do not have serial numbers, making them hard to trace."
So the reporter does not know if it is a ghost gun but went with the term anyway. Since the cops are not following up the investigation I think it is safe to assume the gun was entirely legal and the term ghost gun was used to shock the British readers.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday morning struck down a New York state gun law that made it difficult to obtain a handgun carry permit outside the home in public for self-defense.
In an opinion penned by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court ruled 6-3 to strike down the New York law.
"Because the State of New York issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the State's licensing regime violates the Constitution," Thomas wrote for the court's 6-3 majority.
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I'm just loving all the whiners who felt Roe v Wade was sacrosanct and untouchable now saying maybe people should just ignore the Supreme Court.
Bwahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahahhaaaaaa!!!
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So who’s gonna enforce that ruling? How many Divisions has the SCOTUS?
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to enlist the services of a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, to address racial inequities in maternal care.
After first offering doulas to employees in Georgia last year, the nation’s largest retailer said Wednesday that it will expand the same benefit to its employees in Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois.
Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, largely due to differences in the quality of health care, underlying chronic conditions and structural racism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Employing a doula as a part of a birthing team decreases C-sections by 50%, shortens the time of labor by 25% and decreases the need for other medical interventions by more than 50%, according to the National Black Doulas Association.
Walmart said it chose to extend coverage to Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois because of the potential for instant impact for employees who live in those three states. The company said that in Louisiana, the mortality rate is five times higher for Black mothers than it is for white mothers. Walmart said that in Indiana, 33 counties don’t have OB-GYN services.
On the other hand...my mother was a drill sergeant in scrubs who worked as an RN for 42 years, my FIL just retired from medical practice after nearly fifty years as a thoracic/cardiac specialist. I think both of them would say the same thing I'm thinking: I want to see some serious documentation on those statistics.
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I worked at Wal mart back in 208, if you work there and take their health care package you don't have enough time to go to the doctor in between your other jobs you will have to have.
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[BBC] A little-known meteorological phenomenon makes a tiny village in Arctic Sweden one of the best places on Earth to consistently see the Aurora Borealis.
[BBC] For the track lovers
Over 100 dirt bikes and ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) were lined up and crushed by a bulldozer, in New York City.
They were just some of the 2,000 illegal vehicles that seized this year by the New York Police Department, under a promise from Mayor Eric Adams to eradicate the "nuisance" from city.
Dirt bikes and ATVs are designed for unpaved roads and it is illegal to ride them on the city's streets.
At least the NYCPD are allowed to enforce some of the laws on the city’s books...
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The corpse count from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has reached at least 1,000, an official from one of the worst-hit provinces said Wednesday.
"The number is increasing. People are digging grave after grave," Mohammad Amin Huzaifa, head of the Information and Culture Department in Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... , said in a message to journalists.
The quake shook parts of eastern Afghanistan and parts of Pakistain during the early hours of Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The quake struck about 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan and was at a depth of 51km (31 miles), according to the USGS.
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Bill Gates has reportedly obtained 2,100 acres of farmland in North Dakota
The land was purchased by a trust allegedly linked to the Microsoft billionaire
Red River Trust purchased the land from Campbell Farms for $13.5M last year
State officials are concerned the purchase may violate corporate farming laws
ND AG Drew Wrigley has asked trust officials to confirm plans for use of the land and whether the company meets any of the exceptions to the state's laws
The state agrictulure commissioner says residents are 'livid' about the sale
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The wealthy people have a staff who do their work as directed by their employer. I have seen this before in DC. Second floor of home dedicated to full time staff. Gates as with Biden have a support staff who do most of their work.
[Daily Beast] Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital are trying to drag several lawyers representing indicted Oath Keepers before a judge to make them explain how exactly they’re getting paid, citing a concern that conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell is actually covering the legal tab. And...so? Is that illegal? Is it even unseemly? They should be told to pound sand
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice asked a federal judge to intervene to ensure that members of the armed, anti-government paramilitary group have "competent and conflict-free" attorneys.
They cited recent reports in Mother Jones and BuzzFeed News that laid out how Powell’s political group, Defending the Republic, has quietly funded several defense lawyers.
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Meanwhile, the avowed communist "National Lawyers Guild" hands out business cards at riots. They provide "free" -- paid by unknown sources -- representation for violent leftists all the time.
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DOJ was arresting anyone who supports the Right. This week Deep State began raiding homes of right wing politicians who claim Biden's election was fraudulent. Desperation on the Left.
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I bet a lot of CYA letters are being filed for the time when this scam breaks down.
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I have also heard third-hand accounts of sperm banks turning away males who have been vaccinated...heard that last year, so this report does not surprise me.
[Daily Beast] POLTAVA, Ukraine—It was a one-in-a-million hit, said 23-year-old Skyler James Gregg from his hospital bed in Poltava, eastern Ukraine. He remembers how everything suddenly turned black when a Russian drone dropped an explosive at his post in the Kharkiv region on June 1. One French volunteer soldier died immediately in the blast, and flying shrapnel injured another foreign fighter.
Skyler was sent to the ground as fragments penetrated his body. One hit his right arm, tearing off a chunk of it. "It was all as black and white suddenly. It ran through my head that I might die. For some reason, it felt peaceful," Skyler told The Daily Beast from his hospital bed.
"I felt heat in my arm. Dogs around were just screaming. It rang in my ears, and I ran to an outdoor bathroom and shut the door. I was trying to hold my arm together."
After taking the hit, Skyler trudged outside with his shirt tied around his lower arm to hold it in place. He then locked eyes with one of his friends who had fallen down a set of stairs and was in a panic.
"He was losing a lot of blood. I took off his shirt to put pressure on his wounds. He was bleeding in so many places. I did not know what to do," said Skyler. "I was about to faint myself. I took a plastic bag and put it on his bleeding chest. He had trouble breathing."
After using a radio to call for help, Skyler and several other soldiers were taken to a field hospital. Skyler’s friend survived.
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But that doesn’t seem to phase Skyler, who told The Daily Beast he intends to go back to fight as soon as he is recovered. “The job isn’t finished,” he said. “I have not finished what I came to do.”
The very next paragraph...
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No doubt there will always be a war somewhere in this world where adventurers, thrill seekers, adrenaline junkies and romantic idiots can go to get their kicks. Nothing I can do about it and I don't mind too much as long as they don't expect me to pay for it.
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US To provide Another $450M In Military Aid For Ukraine, Including Medium-Range Rocket Systems
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^ That's what I mean.
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[Censor] In the western military district of the Russian Federation the formation of the 3rd Army Corps numbering up to 15,500 servicemen with a permanent location in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod region, is underway. It is possible that they may be involved in the attack on the capital.
This was announced in an interview with Ukrinform by the commander of the group of forces and means of defense of the city of Kiev Alexander Pavlyuk, Censor.NET reports .
"Currently, three battalion tactical groups, one company tactical group from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and three battalions of the Federal Service of the National Guard are concentrated along the state border of Ukraine in the Bryansk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation. The main task of the offensive operation in the direction of Kyiv is to cover the area of the Russian-Ukrainian border. units, "Pavlyuk said.
In addition, according to the commander, in order to increase the number of troops and create favorable conditions for the offensive in the North-West Zone, the enemy continues to form reserve units and new military units.
"According to available data, the formation of the 3rd Army Corps with up to 15,500 servicemen with a permanent location in Mulino (Nizhny Novgorod region) is underway in the Western Military District. that, if necessary, units and military units of the newly formed army corps can be involved in the offensive on Kyiv, "he said.
Pavlyuk also noted that in the future the enemy will continue to launch air and missile strikes, including high-precision weapons, and keep the necessary set of troops near the state border to carry out restraining, as well as assault (raid) operations in some areas. fortification equipment of positions along the section of the Russian-Ukrainian border.
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....I'd be worried - very seriously worried - about the Russians thinking about just bludgeoning their way through to Kyiv regardless of losses and to hell with restrictions on WMD. They've been playing by 'modern' rules so far, but if they decide to go full Ivan Grozny...
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[Censor] Operational information as of 18.00 on 22.06.2022 regarding the Russian invasion.
This was reported by Censor.NET .
"In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation has not changed significantly.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy used barrel artillery to shell areas of the settlements of Turya, Myropilske and Slavgorod, Sumy region.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position of its units near the town of Slovyansk by storming. He used barrel and jet artillery in the areas of Bohorodychne, Nova Dmytrivka, Novopavlivka, Kurulka, Dolyna, Pryshyb, Krasnopillya, Vernopillya, Ridne, Chervone, Shnurky, Chervona Polyana, Karnaukhivka, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Nova Dmytrivka and Semyla.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is fighting to deter units of the Defense Forces and prevent them from entering the state border. He carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Bayrak, Peremoha, Korobochkyne, Shevelivka, Rubizhne, Lebyazhe, Mospanove, Shestakove, Petrovka, Ruska Lozova, Khrestyshche, Kulinichi, Udy, Staryi Saltiv, Verkhniy Saltiv, Pitchivnyk and Rtyty.
In the Donetsk direction, the occupying forces are trying to advance towards the city of Bakhmut and establish control over the city of Severodonetsk.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy launched air strikes in the areas of Verkhnyokamyanka, Severodonetsk and Sirotyne. Fighting continues for the city of Severodonetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Berestove, Yakovlivka, Klinove and Vershina, and air and missile strikes near Chasov Yar, Novolugansk and Gorsky.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Kramatorsk direction. He fired at the positions of the Defense Forces with artillery in the Pryshib, Sidorov, Donetsk and Mayakov districts.
In the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv, Novopavliv and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy continues to systematically fire in order to prevent the transfer of units of the Defense Forces to other directions.
The enemy launched air strikes near Novobahmutovka, Kamyanka, Avdiivka, Pavlivka, Vuhledar and Shevchenko.
In the Novobakhmutovka area, our soldiers repulsed the assault and forced the enemy to retreat.
In the South Buz direction, the enemy is trying to prevent the advance of units of our troops into the occupied territory, with engineering equipment of positions, fire from barrel and jet artillery, "the statement reads.
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[Korrespondent] 23:37 British military intelligence believes that the pace of Russia's offensive in Ukraine will slow down in the next few months, Johnson said in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung: "Our military intelligence believes that in the next few months Russia may come to a point where there will no longer be any moving forward because it has exhausted its resources. Then we must help the Ukrainians to change the dynamics. <...> To the extent that the Ukrainians are able to launch a counter-offensive, it should be supported. With the weapons they demand from us."
Asked what a Ukrainian victory or Putin's defeat would look like, Johnson pointed out that at the very least, the pre-February 24 status quo should be restored and Russian troops should be forced out of the occupied territories.
23:33 During the summit in Madrid at the end of June, NATO allies will decide to provide Ukraine with immediate assistance to repel Russian aggression and will consider a long-term program for rearmament of the Armed Forces of Ukraine according to NATO standards, Stoltenberg said.
23:31 Tankers that transport Russian oil are increasingly turning off their location in the Atlantic Ocean - a similar tactic is used to buy sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, writes Bloomberg. Over the past ten days, at least three tankers have disappeared from AIS as they approached the Azores, a tiny group of islands 1,500 kilometers from mainland Portugal, according to the publication.
They probably transferred their parties to other ships. Such "transfers" of cargo did not occur before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, especially with the location turned off, analysts say.
22:55 In Ukraine, a division of river boats has been formed on the Dnieper River and its tributaries, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa told the Army Inform portal: "On the initiative and with the support of the command of the Ground Forces, we jointly formed a division of river boats in the north of the Dnieper - the main logistical artery Ukraine that we cannot afford to lose."
22:27 The occupiers continue to abduct residents of Energodar and employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said: "People are being kidnapped en masse, the location of some of them is unknown. The rest are in very difficult conditions: they are tortured with electric current and mocked both physically and mentally."
22:16 The purpose of the military operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Zmein is the complete liberation of the island from Russian invaders, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon. He said that "a group consisting of air defense units, units armed with rocket artillery mounts, there are three of them. In addition, there is a boat group and special forces units of the Russian Federation."
Budanov said that the operation is ongoing and will continue until the island is completely liberated. He clarified that all the "unusual" events in the Kherson region over the past four days have occurred thanks to the resistance movement, which cooperates with the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, including military intelligence.
22:07 Zelensky talked with the student community of key universities in Canada: "If Russia seizes Ukrainian territories and kills Ukrainians with impunity, this can become an example for other states in any corner of the planet, so the whole world should join in countering the aggressor, and in no case You can't get tired of the war in Ukraine."
21:52 Local residents of occupied Skadovsk Kherson heard explosions. The mayor of the city, Alexander Yakovlev, said that two explosions were heard: "It flew into the industrial zone near the port. Information about the destruction and victims is being specified."
21:46 In the Internet troops of Ukraine, the total number of "fighters" exceeds 200 thousand people, Deputy Minister of Culture Anastasia Bondar said on the air of the telethon. According to her, the main task of the Internet troops is to remain in the global information space - with Ukrainian topics. Anyone who has access to the Internet can join such troops. "These are not bots - these are real people who devote part of their time to helping Ukraine spread this or that information," Bondar explained.
21:13 An enemy missile that was flying today in one of the districts of the Odesa region was destroyed by air defense forces, OVA speaker Serhiy Bratchuk said.
21:07 Zelensky said that he had talked with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer: "We discussed the upcoming summit of the European Council. Thanked Austria for humanitarian support. We exchanged views on the reconstruction and the upcoming conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Lugano."
21:05 Ukrainian forces have moved the first line of defense of Russian troops in the Kherson region, said the press secretary of the Pivden Operational Command Forces Natalya Gumenyuk on the air of the telethon. According to her, the fortifications that the enemy erected no longer help him.
Ukrainian forces continue to advance in the Kherson direction, Gumenyuk noted, but as soon as Kyiv reports encouraging news, Russia intensifies shelling. So, today Nikolaev was fired upon. In the Mykolaiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving towards the Kherson region, Gumenyuk added and urged to observe the regime of information silence so as not to interfere with gaining a foothold in the liberated settlements.
20:58 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, confirmed the fact of the attempt on the life of a collaborator, people's deputy Alexei Kovalev in the Kherson region: "I can confirm that a certain action was committed. The car was definitely blown up. In what condition this collaborator and traitor is, we find out."
20:56 Ukraine may soon take away some of the defenders whom Russia captured in Mariupol, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon: "We clearly know about the fate of almost all of them, we are engaged in their release from captivity. I hope that in the near future many see their loved ones at home." He clarified that we are not talking about the return of all at once - in the near future they hope to release a "more or less significant" number of prisoners. The main problem, according to Budanov, is the exchange of command personnel.
Budanov also said that the bulk of the prisoners of war are in a camp in the occupied Yelenovka, Donetsk region, but periodically "certain people" are taken out of there for investigative actions.
20:52 Russian TV presenter Maxim Galkin was excluded from the list of persons threatening the national security of Ukraine. Galkin was included in the corresponding list of the Ministry of Culture in November 2021. From the beginning of the war, he took a pro-Ukrainian position.
20:50 Lithuania has expanded restrictions on the transit of sanctioned goods through its territory to the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation - the ban now applies not only to the railway, but also to roads, Delfi reports, citing a representative of Lithuanian carriers. Lithuanian customs officers do not allow trucks with prohibited goods to pass, which is why queues form at checkpoints.
20:48 Germany warns Russia against countermeasures in response to restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Kaliningrad region through Lithuania, said German government spokesman Steffen Hebestrait: "We urge Russia not to take any measures that violate international law." He stressed that Lithuania acts within the framework of European sanctions and does not restrict the movement of goods that are not subject to them.
20:44 Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov said on the air of the telethon that there is no threat of an invasion of the Belarusian army into the territory of Ukraine now: "At this stage, there is no threat from the Belarusian side, I can tell you with absolute certainty. The situation is under control. Belarus continues and military training, and exercises, and the strengthening of the border, a whole complex of various military actions is now taking place.But they are not aimed at conducting military operations against Ukraine at this stage.If they have such thoughts, we will immediately know about it and Let's all take appropriate action."
20:33 Ukraine has earned the status of a candidate in the EU, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, speaking in the European Parliament: "Now we need to make a decision in the European Council and comply with the historical responsibility that we face."
20:15 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin specified that Azovstal in Mariupol could continue to work "as an industrial park or a place of recreation", but not as a metallurgical complex. Earlier today, he said that the Russian government "would be inclined to believe that Azovstal should continue to work," since "that's 12,000 employees."
20:12 The Belarusian army is digging trenches and trenches near the borders with Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, reports Belaruski Gayun.
20:07 Russian language and literature will no longer be taught in the Odessa region, said Alexander Lonchak, director of the Department of Education and Science of the OVA. According to him, the corresponding textbooks have already been seized, and all Russian writers have been removed from the educational program. The teaching of the Russian language in schools will also be completely banned: "We were offered to leave the Russian language and literature as an elective, but we refused. The department stands for its complete ban in all city educational institutions."
19:53 In Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, under the rubble of a high-rise building destroyed today by a Russian rocket, the bodies of three people were found, head of the Zolochiv community Viktor Kovalenko told Suspіlny.
19:36 Replacing the British stockpiles of weapons depleted in connection with deliveries to Ukraine will take several years, British Chief of Staff Tony Radakin said at a meeting of the Lords Committee on Foreign Relations and Defense: "Let's be honest, we are talking about years, because in fact In fact, it is impossible to get fast production at the click of a button when it comes to modern weapons."
Radakin added that it could be "five to ten years" before the UK can deploy a division capable of fighting alongside US forces: "We could field a division now, but it's not the one we'd like."
19:13 Agreements on holding talks with the participation of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain have not yet been reached, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told Interfax-Ukraine: "Ukraine welcomes the efforts of the UN Secretary General to resolve the issue of export of grain from the Ukrainian sea blocked by Russia ports. At present, expert consultations between the parties concerned are ongoing. Concrete agreements on holding quadripartite negotiations with the participation of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN have not yet been reached."
19:00 Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention, which it signed back in 2011. This document is one of the most effective international acts in the field of protection of women's rights. For more than a decade, it could not be ratified because of the threats that, according to conservative segments of the population, are hidden under the concept of "gender". Read more in the material What is the Istanbul Convention.
18:23 As a result of today's mortar attacks on the village of Prishib, Kharkiv region, five local residents were killed, the head of the Izyum district administration, Stepan Maselsky, said on the air of the telethon. The women were at the entrance of a multi-storey building.
18:12 In Mariupol, the occupiers have changed the tactics of movement control: stationary checkpoints have been dismantled, only checkpoints in the area of bridges have been left. At the same time, control is more often used by mobile groups that suddenly appear in different parts of the city, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. According to him, the change in tactics is connected with the withdrawal of most of the military from the city to other sectors of the front. In particular, for the second day in a row, large columns of vehicles are leaving Mariupol and the Mariupol region in the direction of Berdyansk-Pologi.
18:00 As a result of an enemy missile attack on Nikolaev, a terminal owned by the agricultural trader Viterra caught fire, writes Bloomberg with reference to the company's data. The terminal can export up to 1.5 million tons of oil per year. The mayor of the city, Alexander Senkevich, said that "the fire broke out on the territory of a private enterprise where oil was stored."
17:57 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that the government of the Russian Federation "will be inclined to believe that Azovstal should continue to work," since "there are 12,000 workers." Earlier, the "DPR" stated that the plant would not be restored, because its work had a bad effect on the environment.
17:54 Security will work in Ukrainian schools, and systems will also appear to alert the alarm. In addition, children will be trained to evacuate, Minister of Education Sergei Shkarlet said on the air of the telethon.
17:52 Next week, training will begin for the Ukrainian military on the use of the Mars II multiple launch rocket system, which Germany promised to provide, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said. Mars II will be the next weapon system that Berlin will provide to Ukraine after the already transferred seven Panzerhaubitze 2000 heavy self-propelled artillery mounts (five more were transferred by the Netherlands).
The German government has promised to provide three Mars II systems, with three more coming from the UK and four from the US. These systems are important "to support Ukraine with artillery that is long-range yet very accurate," Lambrecht said.
17:49 The Ministry of Digital Development reported that Ukrainians who suffered from Russian aggression can receive compensation in the amount of 5,000 to 30,000 euros - for this you need to submit an application to the European Court of Human Rights within four months, but no later than January 16, 2023. The corresponding form must be filled out on the website: https://espl.com.ua
17:30 Scholz, during his speech in the Bundestag, said that he does not currently see the prospect of negotiations on Ukraine: “We are far from negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Russia believes in a dictated peace. We must continue to support Ukraine, including with a large number of weapons <...> Ukraine is receiving weapons that it especially needs at the current stage of the war. Germany is supplying weapons - today and in the future."
The chancellor also stressed that "partnership with Putin's imperialist Russia is unthinkable in the foreseeable future."
17:26 Russian media today spread information that Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili accused Ukraine, which allegedly demanded not to give his country the status of an EU candidate. He stated that the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, personally traveled to Europe and the United States and insisted on this: "Arakhamia practically put forward an ultimatum to Europe that if Georgia received the status of a candidate, they would be very upset."
Arakhamia himself commented on this information: "Georgia has always been and will be a friend of Ukraine. I want to thank all the Georgian people for supporting Ukraine and our citizens. And I ask you not to fall for the provocations and fakes spread by the Prime Minister of Georgia."
16:55 Lithuania is ready for Russia to cut them off from the common power grid due to transit restrictions to Kaliningrad, President Gitanas Nauseda said in an interview with Reuters: "We are ready for unfriendly actions from Russia, such as disconnecting from the BRELL system or other It will not be wrong for us to use this example to show what Russia really is and what methods and threats it uses to solve its problems.Maybe this will cool the heads of those who say that we should help the Russian Federation save face, then how defiantly she threatens us."
At the same time, Nauseda added that he does not believe that Russia "will challenge us militarily, because we are a member of NATO."
16:34 Belarus has placed wooden dummies of tanks on the border with Ukraine in order to "promptly disguise and demonstrate its presence," Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanyk said.
16:32 Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against expanding military alliances. He stated this at the BRICS virtual forum with the participation of the top leadership of Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. According to Xi Jinping, "the Ukrainian crisis is ... a wake-up call." He warned that one should not seek one's own security at the expense of the security of other countries.
16:18 Russia regularly hits Ukrainian oil refineries and fuel depots, but this time the Russian refinery has already been put out of action. More details - in the material Fire at an oil refinery near Rostov - what is known .
16:10 Miami Police will hand over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine the weapons purchased from the local population during the Guns 4 Ukraine action. According to The Washington Post, American law enforcement officers pursued two goals - to reduce the number of weapons on the streets of the city and to help the defenders of Ukraine. Therefore, they announced that they would buy weapons without question about their origin, even if they are prohibited types.
They paid $50 for pistols, $100 for guns, and $150 for assault rifles. As a result, the police collected 68 weapons. However, only a small part will be transferred to Ukraine, since a special federal license is required for the export of weapons.
15:58 Ukraine plans to complete seven steps towards EU membership by the end of this year, said Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Earlier, German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhusen said that Ukraine can easily cope with the seven requirements stipulated by the European Commission, since much has already been done.
"The decision is so historic that almost all EU leaders confirmed the existence of a consensus on the start of Ukraine's accession to the European Union and granting it the status of a candidate for EU membership," the Deputy Prime Minister said. At the same time, Stefanyshina admitted that Kyiv does not have high expectations from the NATO summit in Madrid, no breakthrough decisions on Ukraine and the end of the war with Russia are expected there.
15:44 As a result of rocket attacks of Nikolaev in the city one person was lost, two more got wounds, one school, five high-rise buildings, four private houses and two private enterprises are damaged, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
15:37 The son of a journalist, the general director of the Blitz-Inform publishing house, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Business Vladimir Chepovoy, Ivan asks not to spread unverified information about the death of his father at the front. According to him, officially his father is listed as missing, he is not on the lists of dead or wounded.
15:35 Ukraine has assured its Western partners that it is not going to attack Russian territory and will use the weapons provided by the West only for its own defense, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said in the Bundestag.
15:31 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she was "alarmed" by the West's repeated statements that Russia is to blame for the global food crisis: "This is a lie - such accusations are a complete lie. This means that the West can supply all these weapons to "Ukraine, but for some reason nothing can be taken out of Ukraine? This is illogical - on the one hand, the European Union says that a threat to global food security is being created, but at the same time they are blocking the delivery of goods to their own continent."
15:29 Doctors Without Borders has recorded a "shocking level" of indiscriminate violence against civilians in Ukraine, writes The Guardian. On a special train of the organization, its employees evacuated more than 650 patients from the east of Ukraine from March 31 to June 6, 40% of the wounded were elderly people and children with shrapnel and gunshot wounds, traumatic amputation.
"Most of the patients we spoke to when determining who was responsible for their injuries pointed to Russian and Russian-backed military forces," the organization said.
15:22 The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy's advance in the direction of Molodyozhny and Yekaterinovka, Donetsk region, said Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. He also said that Severodonetsk remains the hottest point, the enemy is working on resuming the offensive in the direction of Izyum and Slavyansk - the invaders are actively conducting reconnaissance.
15:16 In the Odessa region, the Russians launched four missile strikes today, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. According to him, the blows were inflicted on an infrastructure facility. There were no casualties, but the object itself was damaged.
15:14 In the Vladimir region of the Russian Federation, three servicemen and a civilian were killed during the explosion of ammunition during unloading and loading operations, the Western Military District said.
15:10 In Odessa, from June 22, any alcohol can be bought from 9:00 to 20:00, OVA reported. It is forbidden to sell alcohol to military personnel, National Guard soldiers and policemen.
14:53 In the Kherson region, an attempt was made on the head of the "military-civilian administration" of Chernobaevka, Yury Turulev, he was slightly wounded, the administration of the village told RIA Novosti.
14:42 Indirect losses in Ukrainian agriculture due to the reduction and rise in production costs, the blockade of ports are estimated at more than $23.3 billion, according to a study conducted by the Center for Food and Land Use Research KSE Institute together with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
14:27 Finland is ready to fight with Russia in the event of its attack, said the head of the country's Defense Ministry Timo Kivinen: "We have systematically developed our military defense precisely for the type of hostilities that is being conducted in Ukraine, with the massive use of firepower, armored vehicles, as well as aviation ". According to the minister, Finland has created a significant arsenal, but the decisive factor is the motivation of the Finns. The general also believes that even after joining NATO, Finland itself will still bear the main responsibility for the defense of Finland.
14:16 Customs data showed that Switzerland imported gold from Russia during the war, writes Reuters. In May, Switzerland received 3.1 tons of gold from the Russian Federation for about $200 million. The publication notes that Western sanctions against Russia were not aimed directly at the commercial supply of gold, but many banks, shippers and processors stopped working with the Russian Federation after its invasion of Ukraine.
13:59 Zelensky said that he had held talks with Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins: I am grateful to Latvia for supporting the granting of candidate status to Ukraine. This decision is important for Ukraine and the whole united Europe. We discussed the issue of Ukrainian grain exports."
13:51 Great Britain explained why it did not issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to the OSCE. According to The Guardian, citing a representative of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are currently no restrictions or prohibitions for Russian citizens to work in the UK on long-term work visas, but applications from Ukrainians are given priority, and applications for student, work and family visas are processed longer.
13:36 A layered air defense system has been created around Kiev, which is generally capable of protecting the city from air attack. The system is constantly being improved, said Alexander Pavlyuk, commander of the group of forces and means of defense of the capital. At the same time, he added that the threat of a second offensive in the Kiev direction still exists, and an even greater threat is the likelihood of rocket attacks on the city.
13:33 The European Union considers Russia's reduction in gas supplies to Europe to be a "fraudulent move," European Commission spokeswoman Elina Bardram said: "Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine has led to an emergency situation in the EU... Considering the very fraudulent actions that we are seeing from the administration Putin regarding the fact that Gazprom is reducing flows very sharply, we are taking some very important measures, but all these measures are temporary."
13:25 Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery confirmed that the fire at the plant was caused by two drones.
13:23 Two-thirds of Europeans support Ukraine's membership in the EU - this is the highest figure in 15 years, writes Reuters. Most countries showed a significantly more positive attitude towards Ukraine's EU membership than six months earlier, especially in the Baltic countries. At the same time, only every tenth respondent has a positive attitude towards the Russian Federation - compared to every third in 2018.
13:21 Semenchenko was released - he was released by the court at the request of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov. Budanov promised to make sure that after leaving the pre-trial detention center Semenchenko would arrive at the military unit, and then to the front, and guaranteed Semenchenko's participation in the trials after the war. Semenchenko published Budanov's letter and his selfie in military uniform and said that "now we will bring Ukraine's victory closer together."
13:03 Talks were held in Moscow between the delegations of the Russian and Turkish defense ministries, they discussed the safe exit of Turkish merchant ships and the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. Moscow said that the delegations emphasized the importance of "interaction in a bilateral format, which made it possible to ensure the exit from the port of Mariupol, including the Turkish dry cargo ship Azov Concord." And the Turkish Defense Ministry said that an agreement was reached on the need for quadripartite negotiations on the grain issue.
12:55 Reporters Without Borders published an investigation into how Ukrainian photojournalist Max Levin and military man Aleksey Chernyshev, who accompanied him, could have died. Journalists have found evidence that Levin and Chernyshev were killed by the Russian military on March 13, probably after interrogation and torture. Investigators speculate that Levin was probably killed with one or two shots at close range, while Chernyshev may have been burned alive. RSF notes that Levin and Chernyshev could have been killed by the military of the 106th Airborne Division or Russian special forces.
12:39 Russia has started the transfer of weapons to Belarus: a new batch of rocket launchers for the S-300 air defense system arrived in Belarus at night, the monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports. Presumably, two Il-76MD VKS of the Russian Federation flew from Pskov to Gomel airport, which brought to Belarus at least 16 missiles for the S-300, and also, presumably, one ZRPK Pantsir.
12:22 Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that the fire at the Novoshakhtinsk refinery, according to one version, arose as a result of a drone attack, fragments of two such devices were found on the territory of the plant. According to him, there were no casualties in the incident. Novoshakhtinsk Refinery is the largest supplier of petroleum products in the south of Russia.
12:17 Russians fire at Nikolaev, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim confirmed the information on seven rocket strikes.
In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that yesterday, as a result of a strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces, "up to 500 servicemen of the Ukrainian 59th mechanized brigade with weapons and military equipment stationed in the shops of the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant Okean" were allegedly destroyed. In addition, the fuel terminal in Nikolaev was allegedly destroyed, "from which Ukrainian military equipment was supplied."
11:53 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that "taking into account the risks of further escalation of the Ukrainian crisis and the general unpredictability of the development of the international situation, the unconditional priority of Russian diplomacy is the prevention of a direct conflict between nuclear powers, maintaining a dialogue on deconflicting." In particular, according to him, "the work to ensure strategic stability, preserve the nonproliferation regimes for weapons of mass destruction, and improve the situation in the field of arms control is extremely in demand."
11:50 Russia's response to restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad will be "practical, not diplomatic," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. According to her, Moscow has sent a note to Lithuania and the EU about the need to "return the situation to a legal course," and "if this is not done, retaliatory actions will be inevitable."
11:19 In the Kharkiv region, at least three people died per day, six were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
10:55 Kuleba said that he had a telephone conversation with Borrell on the eve of the EU summit this week: "Ukraine's status as a candidate for EU membership will draw a line under decades of uncertainty and carve in stone: Ukraine is Europe, not part of the Russian world. I thank the High Representative of the EU for supporting Ukraine on this path."
10:49 Britain refused to issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to participate in the regular session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Russian Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov said. He stressed that Russia "does not recognize the decision of the session in which it will not be able to take part," but considers it "inappropriate" to leave the OSCE PA.
10:42 From June 22 to July 1, Belarus will hold mobilization exercises with the military commissariats of the Gomel region, training camps for those liable for military service are planned, the country's Defense Ministry said. "In the course of the exercise, questions will be worked out on the re-staffing of military commissariats by calling up military reserve personnel," the ministry said.
10:40 The Turn Back We Live Foundation was the first in Ukraine to receive the official right to buy military goods abroad. Now volunteers will be able to buy even heavy weapons.
10:32 A fire broke out at the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery in the Rostov region. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, a fire on an area of 50 square meters. m, there is no threat of fire spread. Earlier, Telegram channels reported that a drone was allegedly circling over the refinery.
10:29 There will be no accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU, Minister Delegate for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Clement Bon said in an interview with Europe 1 radio station: "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we will grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU accession. This will be the beginning of a long negotiation process with certain conditions ... There will be no accelerated procedure, no exceptions.
10:26 In Mariupol, the Phoenix operator's SIM cards, which the invaders allegedly "distribute" to local residents, are actually sold for 450 hryvnias by people close to the collaborators, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. He also warned everyone who uses this operator that all conversations are tapped.
According to Andryushchenko, demolition of houses continues in the city, concentrated on the Left Bank district. All high-rise buildings along Meotida Boulevard up to number 46 will be demolished. People are driven out into the street, they are not given the opportunity to take their personal belongings. Russian employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who are engaged in demolition, do not neglect looting. No one is purposefully looking for those who died under the rubble, but for a bribe they can search separately at the specified address.
10:08 Pushilin said that those "sentenced" to death in the "DPR" have not yet turned to him with a request for pardon. He also said that the charter of the "international tribunal" over the foreigners who fought on the side of Ukraine "is already at the final stage of development." According to him, the "tribunal" may take place in Mariupol.
09:47 Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Ukraine next week, he will also visit Moscow, Der Spiegel reports, citing the country's foreign minister. Widodo plans to meet with both Putin and Zelensky to overcome the food crisis.
09:44 In Moscow, the territory near the US embassy was officially named "Square of the Donetsk People's Republic."
09:39 Europe must immediately prepare for a complete shutdown of Russian gas supplies this winter, and governments must take steps to keep aging nuclear power plants running, Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, told the Financial Times.
09:37 Journalist, general director of the Blitz-Inform publishing house, editor-in-chief of Business magazine Vladimir Chepovoy died in the battle, said Lyudmila Shikota, press secretary of the deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
09:35 The draft outcome of the EU summit on June 23-24 contains a provision on granting the status of a candidate country to Ukraine and Moldova, journalists from The Wall Street Journal reported. The document also discusses the need to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation and its sole responsibility for the global food crisis.
09:34 The head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky reported on the mortar shelling of the Esman and Novoslobodskaya communities. A total of 20 shells were fired, there were no casualties. As a result of yesterday's shelling of the Krasnopol community, six people were injured.
09:32 Slavyansk, Donetsk region, was shelled last night and tonight. According to Mayor Vadim Lyakh, the outskirts, in particular the Northern District, were hit, there are wounded.
09:28 The Armed Forces of Ukraine still hold the industrial zone in Severodonetsk, where more than 500 civilians remain, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. About 7-8 thousand people remain in the city itself. Humanitarian aid is brought to Lisichansk daily, and the "silent" evacuation continues. There are no occupiers in Lisichansk itself yet, fighting continues in the surrounding villages.
09:19 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 22. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Slavyansk, Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
personnel - about 34,230 (+130) people liquidated,
tanks - 1496 (+0),
armored combat vehicles - 3614 (+8),
artillery systems - 752 (+0),
MLRS - 239 (+0),
air defense systems - 99 (+1),
aircraft - 216 (+0),
helicopters - 182 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 614 (+3),
cruise missiles - 137 (+0),
ships/boats - 14 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2543 (+6),
special equipment - 60 (+1).
08:54 During the shelling of the city of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, one person was killed, 11 were injured, including six children, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. The area of Zolotaya Rybka Beach was shelled, and the remains of cluster munitions were found on the spot.
08:40 British intelligence reports that the Russians are trying to cover the Severodonetsk area through Izyum in the north and Popasnaya in the south, so heavy artillery shelling continues. The Russian Federation may be preparing for an attempt to transfer a large number of reserve units to the Donbass.
Analysts note that although the Russian Federation has not disclosed its losses since March 25, the "DNR" reports more than 2,000 dead military personnel and about 9,000 wounded. The losses of the "DPR" army, according to British intelligence, are equivalent to about 55% of its original strength, which underlines the extreme attrition of Russian and pro-Russian forces in the Donbass. There is also a high probability of equipping the "DPR" forces with obsolete weapons and equipment. On both sides, the ability to form and deploy reserve units at the front is becoming increasingly important to the outcome of the war.
08:34 The Russians are approaching Lisichansk, gaining a foothold in settlements nearby, the city is being shelled by aircraft. Over the past day, at least three civilians were injured, and several policemen were injured. Rocket strikes were carried out on the buildings of the police, the prosecutor's office, the SBU, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
In Severodonetsk, according to him, street fighting continues, the Russians again opened fire on the villages of Sinetsky and Pavlograd, on already destroyed bridges and twice on the Azot plant. On the Popasnyansky direction, the enemy entered Toshkovka, which allowed him to increase his fire influence on other settlements. The Russian army is already entrenched in Ustinovka, Podlesnoye and Mirnaya Dolina, and are attacking Belaya Gora.
08:30 Due to insufficient support for Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio leaves the 5 Star Movement party, Reuters writes. Di Maio accused party leader and ex-premier Giuseppe Conte of undermining the government's efforts to support Ukraine and weakening the position of official Rome in the EU.
08:28 Lavrov will pay a visit to Iran today, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said.
08:24 Ukraine spends 5-6 billion dollars a month on the war, said USAID head Samantha Power. It's a "staggering" cost, she said, and the promised US$7.5 billion in aid will not cover it: "We know that this money won't be enough, we know that more direct budgetary support will be needed going forward."
07:45 The Russian army is concentrating its efforts on the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions to enter the administrative borders of the Lugansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . The enemy is trying to establish control over Severodonetsk, to block the units of the Defense Forces in the areas of the settlements of Borovskoye and Voronovo, the fighting continues. For reinforcement, in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy regrouped troops.
The Russians are holding up to three battalion-tactical groups in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, and are also trying to resume the offensive against Slavyansk. In the direction of Mironovka - Semigorye, the Ukrainian military repulsed the assault in the direction of the Uglegorsk TPP. They also stopped the offensive in the direction of Molodezhnoye - Ekaterinovka, the enemy retreated.
05:18 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are successfully advancing into Lysichansk from the south and are likely to attack the vicinity of Lysichansk in the coming week. This Russian offensive is a clear setback for the Ukrainian defense in the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk region, analysts say. That being said, the Russians will likely need further protracted fighting with Ukrainian forces, similar to the blockade battles in Mariupol and Severodonetsk, to capture Lysichansk.
At the same time, Russian operations on the Izyum-Slavyansk axis are increasingly stalled as the Russians prioritize operations around Severodonetsk.
04:30 U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price recalled NATO Article 5 against the backdrop of aggravated relations between Lithuania and Russia: "Our obligations under NATO, in particular our obligations under Article 5 of NATO - the condition that an attack on one will be an attack on all - these commitments from the United States are ironclad... We support our NATO allies and we support Lithuania."
03:27 On the Serpentine Armed Forces of Ukraine, they hit the Pantsir C1 air defense system, a radar station and enemy vehicles, OK Pivden reported.
01:35 At a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Serhiy Kislitsa, announced the need to put an end to Russian fascism and recalled that at one time there was no vote on accepting Russia into the UN instead of the USSR.
01:13 US National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby reacted to Peskov's words about the possible execution of American volunteers: "It's terrible that a government official in Russia could even allow the death penalty for American citizens ... in Ukraine."
00:56 Gazprom's reduction of gas supplies to Europe is an "economic attack" on the part of Moscow, said German Economy Minister Robert Habek. According to him, such an "attack" is intended to provoke an increase in gas prices by reducing its volume and thereby "cause a debate in Europe and Germany about the grave situation and anxiety" in connection with the shortage of raw materials. This, in turn, paralyzes the debate as to whether support for freedom is the right thing to do.
00:04 The conflict over Ukraine could become an "endurance contest" between Russia and Europe, Biden said: "I do think that at some stage there will be a game of waiting - what the Russians can withstand and what Europe will be ready to withstand."
[MoscowTimes] Authorities in Moscow said on Wednesday that they have changed the official address of the U.S. Embassy building in the Russian capital to one named after pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine.
"The United States Embassy in Russia has a new official address," Moscow City hall said in a statement, saying it had named a previously unnamed open area in front of the embassy's main entrance.
It said the embassy is now located at 1 Donetsk People's Republic Square, referring to a breakaway region in eastern Ukraine that Moscow recognized as independent shortly before sending troops there.
The embassy's previous address was 8 Bolshoi Devyatinsky Lane.
The statement added that the change was made after Moscow councilors proposed honoring the "defenders of Donbas" — a majority Russian-speaking region in Ukraine that Russia says it is liberating as part of its military campaign — on the map of Moscow.
The new address was chosen in a public vote in which nearly 280,000 people participated, the city hall said.
In February 2018, a street outside the Russian Embassy in Washington was named after Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician who was shot dead outside the Kremlin in 2015.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:51 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Ukraine should not "give up its territories in exchange for peace." He told the newspaper Corriere della Sera. 15:20 Lithuania expects Russia to disconnect it from the regional power grid in response to the blocking of rail transport of Russian goods to the Kaliningrad region.
14:40 In the Kherson region, an attempt was made on the head of the military-civilian administration of Chernobaevka, he was slightly injured, reported RIA Novosti village administration
12:29 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the results of attacks on Nikolaev.
As a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces, up to 500 servicemen of the Ukrainian 59th Mechanized Brigade with weapons and military equipment, located in the shops of the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant Okean, were destroyed.
In addition, the fuel terminal in Nikolaev, from which Ukrainian military equipment was supplied, was destroyed.
But the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the heat exchanger in Novoshakhtinsk, writes Colonelcassad.
11:45 Across Nikolaev, several missiles arrived at infrastructure facilities. There are strong explosions and fires in the area of the shipyard and oil depot.
11:05 In Kherson, Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered to the Russian military commandant's office asked not to be included in the exchange lists and to issue Russian citizenship.
“We want to stay here, live here, get citizenship, and so that all this nonsense and war doesn’t touch us anymore, I just want to live peacefully. We want <…> to help Russia fight Nazism,” said conscripts Boyko and Nevzglyadov.
They reported that they were issued summons to the army at work and threatened with three years in prison for draft evasion.
10:16 There will be no accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU - Minister Delegate to the French Foreign Ministry.
08:02 The anti-aircraft missile system of the Tor-M2 air defense system destroyed the Bayraktar drone, which was moving in the direction of the positions of the Russian troops.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:38 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the liberation of the village of Katerinovka in the LPR. According to him, soldiers of the Akhmat special forces took part in this operation. 23:25 The LPR and Russia stopped an attempt to break through the APU from the encirclement in the Lisichansk direction. The forces of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Russia defeated the Ukrainian security forces while trying to break out of the encirclement in the Lisichansk direction. This was told by the commander of one of the units of the defense department of the republic with the call sign "Razor", reports RIA News.
Kadyrov emphasized on his Telegram channel that a large number of nationalists were killed as a result of a decisive offensive.
21:15 Ukrainian nationalists mined the roadsides in Slavyansk. They blew up a school in Avdievka, equipped firing positions in the educational institutions of Kramatorsk and Dachny.
20:55 The operational lines of the DPR JCCC received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU of the following settlements:
n.p. Gorlovka:
Golmovsky village:
- st. Soviet Army, 11 - DK "Golmovsky".
Kalininsky district:
- st. Samoilova, 22 - the private sector.
n.p. Makeevka:
Chervonogvardeisky district:
- st. Avrora, 36, 38 - private sector;
- st. Davydenko, 127 - private sector;
- st. Tsvetkova, 1 - the private sector;
- st. Chernyakhovsky, 32 - apartment building;
- st. Makarova - 85/1 - apartment building;
- st. Tokareva, 5 - private sector;
- st. Space, 26 - the private sector.
Kirovsky district (village Yasinovka):
- st. Oktyabrskaya, 24, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 53, 53 "a", 61, 63 - private sector;
- st. Belorusskaya, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 - private sector;
- st. Sovetskaya, 26 "a" 35, 37, 39 - the private sector;
- st. Lenina, 34 - private sector;
- Severny Batman, 39.
Sovietsky district:
- st. Gorky, 4 - apartment building.
Over the current day, as of 20:45, the enemy fired 274 rounds of ammunition of various calibers on the territory of the Republic, including MLRS "Hurricane" and "hail“, as well as artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
20:04 Donetsk, Makeyevka, Zugres, Khartsyzsk air defense is working.
19:39 The Petrovsky television center in Donetsk received serious damage.
Digital channels are now on the air, analogue channels are not. The tower itself is standing, but the hardware rooms are badly damaged, some of the equipment has been evacuated.
The restoration of the television center will begin after the stabilization of the situation in the city, and it will be possible to assess the scope of work only after a complete inspection of buildings, facilities and equipment.
16:44 During today, information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC about the death of civilians - a girl born in 2001. and her child (boy) born in 2022 as a result of a direct hit of VFU ammunition in a residential building at the address: st. Oktyabrskaya, 33, Rivnopol village, Volnovakhsky district (earlier liberated territory).
15:47 Units of the People's Militia of the LPR liberated the village of Metelkino.
15:26 Russia sent a new 50-ton cargo to Donbass for restoration. According to the Ministry of Construction of the DPR, this material will be used to restore facilities damaged during the hostilities, as well as in preparation for the autumn-winter period.
15:06 The enemy is building up pressure on the front south of Ugledar. N.p. Pavlovka - for Ukrainians. From Novodonetsk to Nikolskoye, the situation is very tense.
13:49 Kadyrov said that in the near future there will be a message about the encirclement of Lysichansk and the cleansing of its territory from nationalists.
13:17 Air defense is working over Makiivka in the DPR.
11:40 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the Kievsky district at the intersection of Tamansky Avenue and st. Chelyuskintsev, men born in 1962 and 1974 were wounded. The following apartment buildings were also damaged:
- st. Universitetskaya, 108 - damaged gas pipeline;
- st. Artem, 163;
- st. Shchorsa, 96.
11:31 Prikhodko: Ukrainian Nazis are shelling Gorlovsky villages Golmovsky, Gagarin mines and Panteleimonovka. Residents of Gorlovka also report explosions of Ukrainian shells near the Solnechny residential area. Residents of these settlements are urgently requested to leave the streets and move to shelters.
11:03 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
--n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:57 According to the information of the JCCC this morning in Donetsk, the following were damaged:
- st. Shchorsa, 100, 104, 104 "a" - apartment buildings;
- st. Artema 118 - Children's Music School;
- st. Artyoma, 122 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
Due to the ongoing intensive artillery shelling, it is not possible to record all the consequences.
09:52 In two hours, 60 shells of 155mm caliber were fired at the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Ukrainian militants continue shelling Donetsk.
09:37 Serviceman of the 501st Separate Marine Battalion Yury Tishchenko told about how, on March 24, 2022, he received an order to shoot a civilian in a white car, who repeatedly came into the view of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The detainee was in the inspection pit with his hands tied and blindfolded. Tishchenko and two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine escorted him to the basement of a residential building, where they shot him. On April 2, 2022, having received an order to shoot at anyone moving towards the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he shot dead an unknown civilian who fell into his field of vision.
09:06 Today at 4:00 am, in memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War, singer Nikolai Baskov and volunteers from the DPR and Russia performed the famous song "Holy War" at the foot of the Saur-Mogila memorial destroyed by the Nazis. The composition was performed in honor of the memory of the heroes as part of the International Candle of Memory campaign.
08:36 AFU tonight fired at the village of Poklonsk, in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka. Houses along Vershigory Street, 126 and 128 were damaged, gas pipelines along the street were broken. Vershigory, 128 and Desnyak, 123, breakage of high-voltage wires between the street. Desnyak and Uglegorsk highway. Thankfully no casualties.
08:27 There is shelling of the Kyiv region. Under fire crossing the street. Chelyuskintsev and Tamansky prospect. According to local residents, there is heavy smoke in the area. For this morning, Ukrainian punishers from N. p. Sands in the Kyiv region, a total of 23 shells were fired.
08:23 Kyiv district of Donetsk - shelling continues. It flies overhead on RIK, lies down in the direction of the City and DM "Youth" again.
08:18 As a result of the shelling of the Kyiv region during the repair of the contact network, two employees of the Donelektroavtotrans enterprise, Alexei Kulemzin, were injured.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Codema - n.p. Golmovsky: fired six mines in 120mm caliber.
-- n.p. Majorsk - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): four mines of 120mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): seven shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kyiv region): 14 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm.
-- n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: four 152mm rounds were fired.
[CNBC] A test car made by Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio fell out of a third-floor parking lot of a building in Shanghai, killing two people, the company said in a Weibo post on Thursday.
The incident happened at around 5:20 p.m. Beijing time on Wednesday. One company staff member and a partner employee died.
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As god is my witness, I thought turkeys EVs could fly.
[HOT AIR] In China, as part of the alleged "zero COVID" control system, everyone is required to have a government-issued Q-code app on their phones that serves as a "health tracker." If you have a negative COVID test and have not been "tracked" to an area where infections are being reported, your Q-code is green and you are (usually) free to proceed. This is much the same as the New York "Empire Pass" system that was in use during the lockdowns. But if you either test positive or are "tracked" in the vicinity of others who have tested positive, the code turns red and you are forbidden from most public spaces, public transportation, and social activities.
That’s scary enough to begin with when observed from a western perspective. But many residents of rural portions of China recently learned the hard way that the Chinese Communist Party is using the tracker for a lot more than health reasons. There was recently a banking scandal involving several smaller, rural banks, where a banking executive was accused of stealing large sums of money from the banks’ coffers and going on the run. When residents learned of this, many attempted to travel to towns where the banks had physical branches to withdraw their money while they could. But upon arriving, most of them found that their health tracker codes had mysteriously turned red despite having negative COVID tests and the towns not being listed as infection hotspots. They were locked out of the banks, their hotels, and other resources.
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This is just asking for the scene in The Running Man where the old hacker says "Mr. Spock, you have the con" and the young hackers have no idea what he's talking about right before they hack the network. The old guy just rolls his eyes, pushes the button and all hell breaks loose.
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[ET - paywall removed] long article with a focus on USCP embedded in the crowd. Further down, however, is this -
More extensive video footage, analyzed by Ray Dietrich of Red Voice Media, shows "the beginning of violence on January 6."
"The video shows the moment either stun grenades or tear gas canisters were deployed into the crowd of protestors," Dietrich says as the video plays out. "The question I have, after a 20-year career in law enforcement, is why were these munitions deployed? I have picked this video apart and many more, and cannot see why the USCP used this force against the crowd. There is no fighting and no violence, so why did they target these people with less-lethal weapons?"
"What happened next?" Dietrich asks rhetorically. "Chaos. Violence. The crowd fought back. The Capitol was breached."
As the stunned crowd scurries in the attack, police can be seen spraying people in the face with pepper spray. In another segment, three police officers are beating a protester who is being held on the ground. In a measure that further escalates the tension, police begin deploying tear gas into the already frantic crowd. In a course of 20 minutes, a once peaceful scene descends into total chaos. So the Capitol Police started the riot by stampeding the crowd. Certainly, the J6 investigation will reveal this!
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06/23/2022 09:34 ||
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I'll be the one to point out I misspelled the word "Chaos". Fumble fingers...
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06/23/2022 16:50 Comments ||
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How far from woke we once were. When I was in college there was a game played on campus with water pistols and hit lists called KAOS - Killing As Organized Sport.
Today you'd be expelled and jailed.
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What KAOS doesn't want you to know you've already forgotten by now.
U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens, 48, said his controversial 'RINO hunting' ad was 'clearly a metaphor' as he shrugged off the backlash
The campaign ad showed the Missouri Republican armed with a military squad breaking into a home and firing shot after shot
They were hunting for RINOs, Republicans In Name Only, as Greitens urged GOP voters to back Donald Trump's MAGA candidates
The video faced quick backlash from political opponents as it was deleted from Facebook and flagged by Twitter over the violations of 'abusive behavior'
Greitens is the frontrunner of 20 vying for the GOP nomination on August 2 upon the upcoming retirement of GOP Sen. Roy Blunt
Greitens, who previously resigned in disgrace as the governor of Missouri amid sexual assault and blackmail allegations, posted a 38-second campaign clip to Twitter.
'I'm Eric Greitens, Navy Seal and today we're going RINO hunting,' he said. 'A RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice.'
'We are sick and tired of the Republicans in Name Only surrendering to Joe Biden & the radical Left. Order your RINO Hunting Permit today!' he captioned the new clip.
'Join the MAGA crew and get a RINO hunting permit,' Greitens says. 'There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit and it doesn't expire 'til we save our country.' Trump has not endorsed Greitens or waded into the Missouri race at all so far.
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06/23/2022 00:00 ||
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But hey, Sri Lanka is now 100% organic and nonGMO, so there's that
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Bet they long for old years of the Civil War with Luigi and the Tamil Tigers.
Good Times. Good. Times.
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06/23/2022 11:57 Comments ||
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Put in a call to Joe "Corn Pop" Biden and get a Sri Lankan priority flight out of El Paso. Crossing over from Juarez is easy. It's your best bet as I see it.
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.
[BBC] 
[Daily Beast] Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital are trying to drag several lawyers representing indicted 
[Daily Beast] POLTAVA, Ukraine—It was a one-in-a-million hit, said 23-year-old Skyler James Gregg from his hospital bed in Poltava, eastern Ukraine. He remembers how everything suddenly turned black when a Russian drone dropped an explosive at his post in the Kharkiv region on June 1. One French volunteer soldier died immediately in the blast, and flying shrapnel injured another foreign fighter.
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