[ZeroHedge] One moment, Louisville mayor Greg Fischer is hugging someone. In the next, he's on the receiving end of a vicious sucker punch that sends him straight to the ground.
That's the scene captured on surveillance video Saturday night, as Fischer mingled at "Fourth Street Live," an entertainment and retail complex in downtown Louisville.
In the video, the attacker casually strolls up to Fischer before unleashing a forceful punch on the unsuspecting third-term Democrat.
As is increasingly the case with urban violence, the perpetrator hasn't been identified and has thus far escaped any consequences. Video shows a man briefly confronted the attacker, but nobody made any effort to detain him—despite the fact that the mayor was accompanied by a protective detail.
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^ 3rd term Democrat. Maybe they're sick of his shit too?
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Double whammy on the lack of any noticeable media coverage: Third-term Democrat and a black perp. I guess I missed the part about the MAGA cap. /sarc
A freeze-frame from surveillance cameras inside Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, show police inside the building at 11:52am on May 24
The gunman, lor:maroon;>Salvador Ramos
, had entered the school 19 minutes earlier, but was not shot dead until 12:50pm
Serious questions have been raised as to why the police did not immediately storm the school and end the massacre
Monday's new detail will heap further pressure on Uvalde police as the grieving parents and relatives of the 19 children and two teachers demand answers
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Hard to push an anti-gun narrative if you let the police do their job. Of course, in most cases, there is no legal obligation for the police to protect anyone. Dial 9-1-1 and Die.
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But be a doctor or nurse and pass up a car wreck and there will be consequences.
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^ Actually, be a health care professional volunteering at any accident scene and watch the ambulance chasers circle overhead...
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I was wrong. It looked like a closed scene because everyone was walking about and standing around looking.
Gets worse every day. Stuff like suits to prevent body camera release, that the chief is an AA hire, or worse waiting for instructions from a political officer, not trying an alleged suite door.
Still the shooter's fault, and anything but a mentally addled LGB connection is allowed, but damn man.
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Cops always like to say, "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about." Cops also like to point to "lawyering up" as a tacit admission of guilt.
So what are they saying with their post event stances here?
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^^ good point
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Mother-may-I syndrome. Often an effect of micro-management by those 'in charge'.
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Lots of fault going around it seems, poor leadership (ignorance and cowardice?), failure to understand the lessons of prior shootings and the need for aggressive, dynamic entry, multi-agency confusion, the list goes on and on. But the one question I have from a macro perspective is the impact of years of seeing LE found personally liable when their agencies failed to defend them. You make a mistake being aggressive, and you lose everything, pension, job, even your personal freedom. George Floyd, Freddie Grey, Michae Brown, the list goes on ad nauseam. We have moved from immunity whenthe officer has the best intent and acts on it, to liability when a race hustler like Benjamin Crump takes the case and your agency folds up on you. When you doubt your agency has your back, you doubt the wisdom of making decision and punt upwards. What you tend to get eventually get are the SFPD drones who take reports and avoid any pursuit actions. LE is becomming less a great career than a lifetime course in minefield avoidance for a great pension.
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^ Yes. If the perp is anything other than a middle aged white guy with MAGA tattoos, the cries of "police murdered a brown person" will be instant and shrill. In this case, it was a brown cross-dresser and the only reason the cops aren't getting Chauvin-ized is that so many school kids died and it's election year anti-gun scaremongering time.
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Speaking of elections, when are the elections coming up in Uvalde? If the mayor and the entire city council are re-elected, there is something wrong with the people of Uvalde. If the police chief is an elected position, same thing (I don't know if police chiefs are elected or appointed there.Sheriffs are usually elected.)
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Quick search: When told that the Texas Department of Public Safety said he was not cooperating, Arredondo said, “I’ve been on the phone with them every day.”
But in a statement released before that interview, the Texas Department of Public Safety said, “The chief of the Uvalde [School District] police provided an initial interview but has not responded to a request for a follow-up interview with the Texas Rangers that was made two days ago.”
Yesterday, Arredondo was sworn in as a newly elected member of the City Council. The ceremony was not open to the public. "Uvalde City Council members were sworn in today as per the city charter," Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement. "Out of respect for the families who buried their children today, and who are planning to bury their children in the next few days, no ceremony was held."
But some criticized that Arredondo was sworn in at all.
“Rewarding failure,” one person on Twitter wrote.
“During a week where the words accountability and transparency have been all over the news and on people’s mouths, Uvalde City Council holding a secret ceremony is quite something,” Texas-based NPR reporter Sergio Martínez-Beltrán wrote.
McLaughlin said there was nothing preventing him from taking his new position. “There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office,” he said.
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“There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office,” he said.
Except a sense of shame, ethics, and honesty. Something really stinks in that town.
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There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office
See: Marion Barry. Alcee Hastings. And maybe soon, Corinne Brown.
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“There is nothing in the city charter, Election code, or Texas constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office,” he said.
Except a sense of shame, ethics, and honesty. Something really stinks in that town.
I understand they have quite a budget. Perhaps a financial audit?
And this SWAT team which was a no show - if the promo pic was correct, it was the most Diverse cast I"ve seen since that last Independence Day movie. Some AA hires slowing the team down, or just more bullshit?
And the (retired?) FBI agent associated with the shooter? Retired Fed got something in common with a gay teen?
[NYPOST] Nine people were shot — one fatally — when gunfire broke out in Harlem early Monday morning, police said.
Two women and seven men — including a 21-year-old man who departed this vale of tears — were shot near the intersection of East 139th Street and Fifth Avenue at about 12:40 a.m., according to the NYPD.
Responding officers found five people shot on a footpath just under the Madison Avenue Bridge, NYPD Chief Brian McGee, the commanding officer of Detective Borough Manhattan North, said at a morning presser.
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Maybe not even the worst incident there that night...
[NYPOST] Two Missouri men are facing murder charges after a home near St. Louiswent kaboom! Friday, killing four people — including three teens — who were assembling black-market fireworks in a garage.
Terrell Cooks, 37, and Seneca Mahan, 43, are each charged with three counts of second-degree murder and several other charges in Friday’s explosion near Black Jack, about a 30-minute drive north of St. Louis. They were charged before a fourth victim died Saturday.
St. Louis County prosecutors say Cooks and Mahan made fireworks and directed younger people on how to load the canisters and attach a fuse for lighting. They would then sell the fireworks to others, despite neither having a license to make or sell fireworks.
Investigators have been identified as Travell Eason, 16; Christopher Jones, 17; Damario Cooks, 18; and William Jones, 21.
Friday’s powerful blast shook other homes and blew out neighbors’ windows. Authorities said a 12-year-old child was also injured in the earth-shattering kaboom, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police could not provide details Sunday about how many others were still hospitalized.
Court documents say Cooks admitted that he and Mahan made bombs designed to make a loud bang and bright flash. Investigators saw Cooks moving boxes of chemicals used to make explosives to his vehicle after Friday’s explosion, and they found large quantities of "completed explosive weapons and components to manufacture them" when they searched a home and other vehicles connected to Cooks.
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...A little bit of trivia: when I was in the Air Force, and illegal/dangerous fireworks were confiscated by the SPs, it was often my job to get them safely to the Munitions Storage Area for safe storage until EOD could dispose of them.
And to a man, we would rather work around an unexploded bomb than the fireworks. I hate that stuff with the white-hot intensity of ten thousand suns. At BEST, the cheap stuff is poorly and haphazardly made with little regard for safety or quality control.
[NYPOST] A 15-year-old boy was killed and three others, including a police officer, suffered gunshot wounds during a shooting at a music festival in Washington, DC Sunday evening. An "unauthorized" music festival.
Gunfire erupted on a street corner as crowds began to disperse from the "advocacy" festival called Moechella — which officers had shut down moments earlier over dangerous conditions. Moechella, just like Coachella, but with shootings and death
The event was advertised as a peaceful demonstration at 14th and U Street celebrating Juneteenth, but police described a chaotic scene where several illegal guns were recovered over the course of two-and-a-half hours. "Vibrant and Diverse"
"When you have large gatherings in a dense area, all it takes is one person introducing a gun to the situation that makes it deadly," Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee said.
"In this case, unfortunately a 15-year-old lost his life."
The teenager was killed, while the officer was shot in his lower extremity and is being treated at an area hospital. The two other adults injured were also rushed to the hospital and are in stable, pH balanced condition, according to the police chief.
Before shots rang out and struck the four victims, a fight broke out among attendees, multiple unrelated illegal firearms were recovered and several people were maimed when an unknown disturbance cause people to scatter and create a stampede, Contee said.
[MSN (gag, hack)] LOCKEFORD, Calif. — Six months ago, Amazon contacted local authorities in this rural town to let them know it planned to launch its long-awaited drone delivery service here. But as of last week — when Amazon made the news public — many of the residents of unincorporated Lockeford, with its vineyards, fruit stands, and ranches, still didn’t know about the plan.
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Shooting at drones is a federal crime. It's interfering with an aircraft in flight. That applies to hobbyist drones as well.
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^ Like all laws in the USA, it's selectively enforced. The little old lady in Virginia who shotgunned a drone over her farm a few years ago was not charged or prosecuted, to my knowledge.
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There's also an FAA rule about not flying below 750 feet. One might argue that some UFO diving at your house could be considered an imminent threat.
PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer’s triple digit temperatures arrive.
The stifling tent city has ballooned amid pandemic-era evictions and surging rents that have dumped hundreds more people onto the sizzling streets that grow eerily quiet when temperatures peak in the midafternoon. A heat wave earlier this month brought temperatures of up to 114 degrees (45.5 Celsius) - and it’s only June. Highs reached 118 degrees (47.7 Celsius) last year.
"During the summer, it’s pretty hard to find a place at night that’s cool enough to sleep without the police running you off," said Chris Medlock, a homeless Phoenix man known on the streets as "T-Bone" who carries everything he owns in a small backpack and often beds down in a park or a nearby desert preserve to avoid the crowds. I thought T-Bone was Cory "Spartacus" Booker's imaginary friend in Newark?
"If a kind soul could just offer a place on their couch indoors maybe more people would live," Medlock said at a dining room where homeless people can get some shade and a free meal.
Excessive heat causes more weather-related deaths in the United States than hurricanes, flooding and tornadoes combined.
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Pheonix is like any other metroplex in the desert southwest. Both good and bad there, but once you leave the outlying communities, it's a haul to anywhere else you can reasonably expect to find stores, etc.
It gets hot in the desert in the summertime. The Bill Nye types have trouble grasping this fact.
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Might ask yourself why the indigenous people didn't settle here long before Europeans showed up.
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I well remember back in the late 50's in Oklahoma temperatures of +100 with once getting to 117.
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When it got too hot in the summer, the Kumeyaay native Americans east of what is now San Diego would move from the desert up into the mountains where it was cooler. They found acorns in abundance and collected them so they could eat them in the desert in winter when it got too cold in the mountains. Hunter gatherers, they had other food sources both in the desert and the mountains. They had it wired. Of course, all that took some work and thought which is a bit more than we can expect from the homeless or the politicians.
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Yeah, instead the white settles went into the mountains in the wintertime and you got the Donner Party.
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[CHD] As history shows, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention don’t always get it right the first time they declare a drug "safe" — in fact, sometimes they’re dead wrong.
Throughout the pandemic, health officials have urged the public to "trust the science," reassuring people that "the science" is the basis for any recommendations originating from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Biden on COVID-19, at one point even went as far as to tell the media if they criticize him, "They’re really criticizing science because I represent science. That’s dangerous."
In the U.S., the FDA approves new drugs, including vaccines — or, as is the case with COVID-19 vaccines, grants them Emergency Use Authorization. The CDC then recommends them.
Once that process is completed, it’s assumed the public — and the mainstream media — will unquestionably trust that the drugs or other treatments are safe and effective.
But as we’ve seen recently — when Newsweek last week broke with mainstream media and published two opinion pieces criticizing the U.S. government’s response to COVID-19 and claiming Americans don’t trust the CDC — not everyone buys everything the FDA and CDC are selling.
As history shows, the FDA and CDC don’t always get it right — in fact, sometimes they’re dead wrong.
Whether they err because they allow pharmaceutical companies to deceive them, or because the agencies are populated with "experts" whose financial conflicts of interest cloud their judgment, the results are the same.
There is a lack of a firewall between the FDA and drugmakers who pay much of the agency’s fees.
For example, the current FDA commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf, who had previously served in that role and was again nominated by President Biden, has 50 conflicts of interest.
After leaving the FDA in 2017, Califf became head of medical strategy at Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. He also presided over a discredited drug trial of the blood thinner Xarelto, which was linked to at least 370 deaths, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Discussing the Vioxx scandal on PBS, Califf said, "Many of us consult with the pharmaceutical industry, which I think is a very good thing. They need ideas and then the decision about what they do is really up to the person who is funding the study."
As the FDA and CDC unleash risky, experimental COVID-19 vaccines on babies and toddlers, it’s worth looking back at some of their deadliest mistakes....
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Then end result is lack of faith. Year by year visible degradation is seen and heard. Avoidance will be the end result. Some people are as cattle but many others will avoid all services.
Example: For us born in the 2nd dark age (pre-Internet ☺). Some might remember the poplar sleeping pill issued to mothers to be that caused the 2 finger arm birth defects we saw a lot of growing up.
In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) tested tap water in
nine states across the country and found 85 man-made chemicals,
including some medications.
• Other research has reported traces of various pharmaceuticals in
drinking water supplies including: drinking water supplies, including:
• Antibiotics
• Anticonvulsants
• Mood stabilizers
• Synthetic hormones (oral contraceptives)
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Does anyone doubt there's mRNA in the water now too?
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nn2n1, its called thalidomide.
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@#4 - Oh, there's no doubt about it. With Americans gulping down thorazines (credit The Ramones) and countless/numerous drugs, I thought I read a long time ago that crap is ending up in lakes and streams--and ending up in seafood.
And "they" worry about carbon emissions. Another end-around.
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FDA tried to ban NAC 2 years ago. Still can't get it on Amazon. It's been on the market since the 60's and there is literally not a single fatality associated with it. Aspirin is more dangerous. They want us sick, because it's good for business.
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Was flipping through channels. TCM, the classic movie channel, was doing some fluff piece about how vaccine scientists saved our ass during Obama or something.
[NYPOST] Dozens of illegal immigrants colonists were sent back to Cuba after being stopped in four vessels off the Florida Keys, US Coast Guard officials said.
Boats carrying a total of 45 Cubans were spotted by civilians beginning late Wednesday about 12 miles south of Boot Key, according to the US Coast Guard 7th District on Sunday.
Three other "rustic" vessels carrying more migrants colonists headed to the US were then intercepted by Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton’s crew on Friday, including one about 17 miles south of Long Key.
Photos released by the Coast Guard Sunday showed the migrants colonists tightly huddled on small wooden boats, including one that appeared to be extremely tattered.
"The possibility of being stopped by Coast Guard crews while illegally migrating through the Caribbean Sea is high," Lt. Cmdr. Mark Cobb of the Coast Guard’s Seventh District said in a statement. "No one should risk their lives on unsafe rustic vessels in unpredictable seas."
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As was his habit before each flight, the veteran Ukrainian army pilot ran a hand along the fuselage of his Mi-8 helicopter, caressing the heavy transporter’s metal skin to bring luck to him and his crew.
They would need it. Their destination — a besieged steel mill in the brutalized city of Mariupol — was a death trap. Some other crews didn’t make it back alive.
Still, the mission was vital, even desperate. Ukrainian troops were pinned down, their supplies running low, their dead and injured stacking up. Their last-ditch stand at the Azovstal mill was a growing symbol of Ukraine’s defiance in the war against Russia. They could not be allowed to perish.
The 51-year-old pilot — identified only by his first name, Oleksandr — flew just the one mission to Mariupol, and he considered it the most difficult flight of his 30-year-career. He took the risk, he said, because he didn’t want the Azovstal fighters to feel forgotten.
In the charred hell-scape of that plant, in an underground bunker-turned-medical station that provided shelter from death and destruction above, word started reaching the wounded that a miracle might be coming. Among those told that he was on the list for evacuation was a junior sergeant who’d been shredded by mortar rounds, butchering his left leg and forcing its amputation above the knee.
"Buffalo" was his nom de guerre. He had been through so much, but one more deadly challenge loomed: escape from Azovstal.
A series of clandestine, against-the-odds, terrain-hugging, high-speed helicopter missions to reach the Azovstal defenders in March, April and May are being celebrated in Ukraine as among the most heroic feats of military derring-do of the four-month war. Some ended in catastrophe; each grew progressively riskier as Russian air defense batteries caught on.
The full story of the seven resupply and rescue missions has yet to be told. But from exclusive interviews with two wounded survivors; a military intelligence officer who flew on the first mission; and pilot interviews provided by the Ukrainian army, The Associated Press has pieced together the account of one of the last flights, from the perspective of both the rescuers and the rescued.
Only after more than 2,500 defenders who remained in the Azovstal ruins had started surrendering did Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy first give wind of the missions and their deadly cost.
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Disgusting pathetic Hollywood style shilling narrative…dude Russia has won the war, and soon everywhere in Europe and the USA people will spit on the face of the Russophobic people like the one pushing this sort of BS, sort like a cherry on the top, Europeans will be forcing their governments to do business with the Russians,Chinese, Indian, and African countries, revengefully kicking the Anglo/Americans disgusting businesses homosexuals culture out of their countries. No more Nato, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, or fat woke green purple hair Americans in spandex..…anywhere in Europe.
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Observation: the linguistic skills diminish when the spittle flies
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I dunno. My experience is people who have reason to be in a good mood are, what? Garrulous? Voluble?
The unhappy? Not so much...
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Observation: the linguistic skills diminish when the spittle flies
That is a problem with monkey-brain behavior. It feels good to yell and hoot with your tribe and fling pooh at The Other Guys who, by the way, totally suck. You get a big endorphin rush and it feels soo good. Yeah, baby!
Unfortunately, when you are running at that level, your higher brain functions are inaccessible and any kind of analytic thinking goes out the window. Pity.
tl;dr: Once the name-calling starts, posts get stupid.
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It’s not about linguistic style…it’s about,, mental health…style..and morals, and realistic view of reality, rantburg continuous aggregation of pro criminal joe biden government narrative, is shilling for a lie.
And anytime a pot of crap is thrown on the face of the educated and ‘’civil’’ brainwashed fools the loudest always shows off their grammatical snobby faces
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Bless your heart
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Disgusting pathetic Hollywood style shilling narrative.
"We were coming in from the North...below their radar."
[Business Insider] More than 100 days after Russia renewed its attack on Ukraine, and the world has seen that the Russian military isn't what it was believed to be.
The Russian force the US military and intelligence agencies believed to be a near-peer adversary hasn't shown up. The force that did appear had its main thrust blunted by smaller Ukrainian units. After taking heavy casualties and achieving few objects, Moscow pulled back its troops and lowered its ambitions.
Something was off in US assessments of Russia's military, and the Pentagon and intelligence community have admitted that they missed indications that Moscow was in fact fielding a "hollow force."
The US intelligence community is conducting an internal review of its processes after underestimating Ukrainian resolve and overestimating Russian military capabilities.
The faulty assessment in Ukraine comes after the Pentagon's extremely poor assessment of the Afghan military, which US leaders thought would be able to hold off the Taliban for months after the US withdrawal.
During a Senate Armed Services committee hearing in May, lawmakers questioned Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, and Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, about their agencies' assumptions in Ukraine, focusing on assessments that Kyiv would fall in three to four days and that the war would last only two weeks.
"We assessed their capacity to face the size of the Russian forces that were amassed on their border was going to be very difficult for them," Berrier said of the Ukrainians.
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You don't enhance your budget by saying the problems you are charged with monitoring / addressing are "meh..."
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I seem to remember during the Obama administration officials saying Russia is a regional power with nucs. What changed?
Why were they correct then and not now?
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^ Then, the Bath House junta wanted to divert military spending to "other priorities." Now they just spend from the Magic Monetary Theory Tree™. No need to set priorities.
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Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, about their agencies' assumptions in Ukraine, focusing on assessments that Kyiv would fall in three to four days and that the war would last only two weeks.
Remember this when the 'boys' keep citing 'experts' in their postings.
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Actually, a few swabbies taking time off from critical pronoun indoctrination training pulled off a pretty cool multi-domain SINKEX recently.
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It's no surprise if our vaunted "intelligence" community is mistaken about Russia. It wouldn't be the first time. But remember that Hitler found out the hard way how badly mistaken he was about Russia in December 1941 outside Moscow. Even if he looks weak and pathetic, Putin might have reserves that Biden and Zelensky will learn about the hard way.
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[Vesti] The General Staff also urged the use of official sources of information
The Russian army continues to carry out missile and air strikes against military and civilian infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on Monday, June 20, 2022.
Due to heavy losses, the personnel of individual units of the occupying forces have a very low level of moral and psychological state and are looking for an opportunity to avoid further participation in hostilities.
According to available information, this is common among the personnel of the 1st Army Corps of the Russian occupation forces, and specifically in units withdrawn to restore combat capability from the regions of Kherson, Nikolaev and Popasnaya.
The General Staff also called for the use of official sources of information and not to spread rumors.
Besides:
in the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions without significant changes. At the last, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructure in the border areas of the Sumy region;in the Kharkov direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to conduct reconnaissance in force near Rtishchevka in order to identify weak points in the defense of our troops. In addition, shelling of civilian infrastructure was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Ukrainka, Korobochkino, Mikhailovka and Petrovka;
in the Slavyansk direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on holding positions. He carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Dibrovno, Grushuvakha, Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Krasnopolye and Dolina. In the area of the village of Bogorodichnoye, our defenders successfully repelled an enemy assault;
in the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not conduct active operations;
in the Severodonetsk direction, the military of the Russian Federation continues to fire from cannon artillery and multiple launch rocket systems at units of our troops. Air strikes were carried out on civilian infrastructure facilities in the areas of the settlements of Ustinovka and Lisichansk. Artillery shelling of civilian infrastructure was recorded near Lisichansk, Gorny and Ustinovka;
fighting continues for control of the city of Severodonetsk. In addition, the Ukrainian soldiers nullified the attempts of the enemy's assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Mirnaya Dolina and Belaya Gora;
in the Bakhmut direction, under the cover of artillery shelling, in the area of the settlement of Nikolaevka, an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group tried to operate. As a result of the fire defeat received from our soldiers, she retreated. Subsequently, the enemy made an attempt to storm, but had no success. In addition, the Russian military fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Berestovo, Yakovlevka, and Pokrovskoye. Air strikes were carried out near Maloryazantsev and Belogorovka;
in the Avdeevsky, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy did not conduct active operations. He carried out shelling of civilian infrastructure near Kamenka, Gulyaipol, Avdiivka, Vugledar, Malinovka and Zheleznodorozhny. Inflicted airstrikes on the settlements of Malye Shcherbaki, Maryinka, Ugledar, Konstantinovka and Novomikhailovka;
in the Yuzhnobugsky direction, in order to constrain our actions of units, the military of the Russian Federation fired artillery and mortars at the areas of Krasny Yar, Kalinovka, Topolinoye and Zelenaya Roshcha.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] The Ukrainian side controls only the territory of the Azot plant
Fights with Russian troops for Severodonetsk are already underway in the industrial zone. This was stated in the Telegram of the head of the Lugansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai.
According to him, today the extremely difficult situation remains along the entire front line in the Lugansk region.
“We state that the orcs are starting a large-scale offensive in our region, they have accumulated a sufficient number of reserves, and today all the free settlements of the region are on fire. In Severodonetsk, fighting continues already in the industrial zone, Ukrainian troops control only the territory of the Azot plant ,” said Gaidai.
The head of the region specified that the enemy is advancing along the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, and the settlements close to it are under constant shelling. Lisichansk itself is under fire almost around the clock, the number of victims cannot be established.
"Ukrainian defenders are not surrounded, moreover, they inflict significant losses on the enemy. Hospitals and morgues in the occupied territories are overflowing with rashists ," Gaidai added.
Russia is firing as many as 50,000 artillery rounds a day into Ukrainian positions, and the Ukrainians can only hit back with around 5,000 to 6,000 rounds a day, he said. The United States has committed to deliver 220,000 rounds of ammunition — enough to match Russian firepower for around four days.
50,000 rounds a day might sound like a lot, but it was well within Germany's industrial capacity a century ago. During WWI, it fired 222m rounds over 4 years, or ~150K rounds a day.
#2
The small arms analogy would be if 1 side had muzzle loading muskets and the other side had M-16's. Given that roughly 2/3 of friendly casualties in WWII were inflicted by enemy mortars and howitzers, it's clear why the 10-1 Russian superiority needs to be whittled down by Western supplies if the Ukrainians are to merely hold, never mind advance.
Artillery and mortar fire together accounted for 65 percent of the total casualties in the European and Mediterranean theaters
#4
Here's a guy who actually knows what he's talking about -- as opposed to the blowhard blogger above: Colonel Markus Reisner of Austria. His latest: Heavy Weapons To Ukraine
Col. Reisner is sympathetic to the Ukrainians but he doesn't lie or bullshit. He makes clear that the proposed weapons deliveries -- which he describes clearly in precise detail -- will not make a difference in the Donbas.
This is for multiple reasons:
1) the Russians destroy many of them before they can even be used
2) the Russians capture many of them
3) the Ukrainians lack training in how to use them and their few experienced operators are suffering extremely high casualty rates
4) the quantities are far too small to make a difference even if the Ukrainians were properly trained on them
#5
This Austrian guy is just Douglas MacGregor without the military experience. A Redditor comments:
That might come as a shock maybe, but what I've gleaned from his previous videos is that, first, aside from social media, he doesn't have any additional intelligence sources. Yes, that dude is, just like all of us, working with the stuff OSINT aggregators are putting together.
Second, for whatever reason, his intelligence is based to a larger part on pro-Ru sources. At least that's how most of his last few videos looked like to me.
And third, that dude might appear competent, but he hasn't gotten the best track record. He got interviewed by the Austrian television on TV in February and was like "This is going to be over in a couple of days", and some time later, when it was obvious that it wasn't, he was interviewed again and was like "Well, they're f**ked in a month".
The only difference between you and me and Colonel Reisner is that he got a military education. But from what he's presenting in his videos, he doesn't seem to be privy to any additional information we don't have, but the information he relies on seems to have a pro-Ru slant.
Anyway:
When he's saying in his video that the Kherson bridgehead got destroyed, then I'll bet you a 100 $ that this is not Austrian spy satellites or Austrian HUMINT assets on the ground which let him come to this conclusion. That's pro-Ru OSINT sources, I'm sure of that. And these have claimed for weeks that the Kherson bridgehead has been destroyed.
However, for some reason, all the pontoon bridges the Ukrainians put up there, still exist. Why would that be if they got wiped out?
#6
I think there's this perception that the Austrians are neutral, that they're this cuddly teddy-bearish country. In reality, it's a nest of unrepentant Nazis. Real Nazis, not the LARPers who defended Mariupol alongside Ukrainian Jews from the Russian forces besieging it, on orders from a Jewish President, many of whose closest advisers are also Jewish. Kurt Waldheim wasn't a Nazi Party member, but he was on scene with the relevant Wehrmacht units when Greeks and Serbs were massacred in large numbers. Austria elected him president anyway.
Jorg Haider became a bigwig in Austrian politics because in spite of his repeated associations with Nazis:
Haider was frequently criticized for statements in praise of Nazi policies, or considered antisemitic.[43] International reports on Haider often referred to his remark that the Nazi government had produced a "proper employment policy" as compared to the SPÖ government. He was forced to resign as governor of the Carinthia province in 1991 because of the incident. Haider years later apologized.[15] On one occasion during a parliamentary debate, Haider described World War II concentration camps as "punishment camps".[15]
On several occasions Haider made remarks about Austrian World War II veterans that were represented as broad endorsement of the war and of the Nazi SS. Speaking to a gathering of veterans from several countries in 1990, he said that the veterans were "decent people of good character" and "remain true to their convictions". Haider stated that he did not specifically address Waffen-SS veterans with his remarks.[15] On another occasion, he said, "the Waffen-SS was part of the Wehrmacht (German military) and because of that it deserves every honour and recognition".[44] (The Waffen-SS was not part of the Wehrmacht.)[45]
In 2000, at a gathering of Wehrmacht veterans in Ulrichsberg, including Waffen-SS veterans, he said, "Those who come to Ulrichsberg are not the old Nazis. They are not neo-Nazis, they are not criminals."[citation needed]
Haider also compared the deportation of Jews by the Nazis to the expulsion of Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II.[46] His detractors pointed to a punning reference to the leader of the Jewish community of Vienna, Ariel Muzicant; Haider indicated that he did not understand how someone named Ariel (also the name of a popular laundry detergent) could have gathered so much filth, implying the real estate agent's business methods were crooked.[47] Haider's critics characterized the remark as antisemitic.[47]
He maintained that Muzicant faked antisemitic hate letters to himself. He later withdrew this and other accusations, and apologized for his "derogatory remarks".[48]
Haider was closely watched by Mossad, the Israeli secret service; FPÖ secretary general Peter Sichrovsky – a Jewish-Austrian politician and formerly one of Haider's closest aides – had gathered inside information on Haider's controversial contacts with prominent "Arab dictators".[49]
Due to Haider's perceived contacts to Holocaust deniers, the Israeli Foreign Ministry on 29 September 2008 declared it was heavily concerned about the 2008 Austrian elections;[50] a spokesman of the ministry said that Israeli officials were "very worried about the rise to power of people who promote hatred, Holocaust denial, and befriend Neo-Nazis. We see it as a disturbing development and are following the matter very closely."[51]
As far as they're concerned, Ukrainians might as well be lice. If the Germans Russians want to wipe them out, more power to them.
Maybe it's just residual Austrian longing for its most famous hometown hero - Adolf Hitler. It's reliving Germany's military exploits through Russia.
There's an amusing anecdote about how Austrians and Germans are each always trying to claim Beethoven for themselves while foisting Hitler on the other. In Austria's case, the latter might just be for show.
#9
What do they mean by "already underway"? This battle has been going on for weeks now.
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Where's the evidence that modern Russia has the industrial capacity of WWI Germany?
I can't find any stats that would allow a comparison of modern Russia to WWI Germany, but relatively recent stats put Russia's manufacturing output at below Mexico and slightly ahead of Indonesia and Brazil. We tend to think of WW2 and the mighty Russian army sending hordes of T-34's and T-85's against the invading Germans. Those Russians are gone, and so is that manufacturing capacity. Where did it go? Look at the yachts and villas of the oligarchs and siloviki.
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^ and spent on troll farms, apparently, cheap ones.
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Zhang Fei has earnt a reputation here at Rantburg as a calm, fact-based thinker with areas of deep knowledge, Mr, Palmerston. I don’t always agree with him, but I always take his non-snark seriously.
ZF, with regard to Colonel Reisner — about whom I have no opinion — it seems to me that getting information only from open sources is not objectionable when deeper insight and understanding are applied, as we try to do here at [OSINT aggregator] Rantburg. That the gentleman’s track record of predictions is less than stellar does, however, merit future skepticism, along with all the other reports coming out of or about that part of the world.
Fog of war and smog of propaganda both wreathe thick in the air there. I only hope a year or two after the final documents are signed the air will clear enough to see what actually happened.
#13
/\ Difficult to analyze remotely via Open Source (OS) reporting. Somewhere, someone is monitoring a 'Common Operating Picture (COP) of the battlespace.
It's a tactical chess game. Commanders must continually (24x7) monitor events and movements in order to anticipate enemy intent and development Course of Action (COA) to defeat that intent.
Actions on the ground generally take place entirely to fast for Open Source reporting to track and report events which might enable the exploitation of tactical opportunities.
OS certainly has a role, but other real-time intelligence collection and monitoring "All Source" platforms (SIGINT, HUMINT, IMAGERY, etc) must be utilized to achieve success.
"All Source" (as opposed to single source) reporting enables the fusion and validation of intelligence data which provides for an accurate COP.
I do apologise. Both my parents learnt British English as an Nth language before coming to America as adults, (4th language for my mother, 8th or 9th for Daddy) and I grew up exposed to both versions as well as other languages. The old hands here are used to it, both the American ones and those in and of other lands.
I thought this was a place for native English speakers.
For English speakers, yes. But clearly being a native English speaker — of any English dialect — is not required. How could it be? And why would we want to — look how our discussions are enlivened by commentary clearly based abroad.
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[Korrespondent] 23:47 Russia switched to open threats to the entire European Union after Lithuania restricted transit to the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. More details - in the material Lithuania irritates the Russian Federation .
23:45 Zelensky in the evening video message thanked all the people's deputies who supported the European integration of Ukraine: "I want to note the vote for the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Thank you to the deputies who supported the law on waste management. This is an important environmental document. The adopted anti-corruption strategy is important."
23:38 75 defenders of Zmeiny Island are in Russian captivity, Vereshchuk said.
23:37 Borrell believes that Putin wants to destroy Ukraine: "It looks like Putin wants to destroy Ukraine by destroying the infrastructure of the city, denying the very idea of a Ukrainian nation. Therefore, we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. The ministers stressed full dedication to continue support Ukraine from any point of view - military, continue to put pressure on Russia and work with the international community."
23:24 Vereshchuk called on the residents of the occupied Kherson region to leave the region in the ways that the Russians allow, in particular through the occupied Crimea. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, residents of the Kherson region, especially those who have children, should not give up the opportunity to leave: "Please leave, because our army will definitely de-occupy these lands. Our will to do this is unshakable. And very- it will be very difficult later to open a humanitarian corridor when there are children there... We will know that there are children there, and we will be powerless, and we really don’t want to. Believe me, the de-occupation will be very soon. There will definitely be a counteroffensive."
22:43 In Tbilisi, tens of thousands of citizens came to a large-scale action Home, to Europe in order to show that integration into the EU is Georgia's historical choice, that the ruling Georgian Dream party is hindering reforms, which hinders European integration. The Ukrainian flag was also hung at the rally.
22:40 Scholz tweeted: "Putin obviously fears that the spark of democracy could reach Russia. That's why he has been pursuing a policy aimed at the collapse of NATO and the EU for years. He wants to return to the zone of influence policy. But he will not be able to do this" .
22:37 All EU countries support the status of a candidate for EU membership for Ukraine, Stefanyshina said during the telethon: "The EU countries declared their support for granting Ukraine the status of a candidate, without waiting directly for the meeting on June 24."
22:35 Vereshchuk said that 75 defenders of the Serpent's Island are still in Russian captivity.
22:29 Control over the village of Metelkino in the Luhansk region will not create tactical superiority for the Russian troops and will not affect the battle for Severodonetsk, Roman Vlasenko, head of the Severodonetsk OVA, said: “But psychologically this is a certain problem for us. On the other side of the Donets, we control not only part industrial areas of Severodonetsk, but also several other settlements. That is, we had such a springboard for that side of the Donets, with which logistics is complicated for us. This (Metelkino) was such a backlash for maneuvers so that our guys would not be surrounded on Azot, on "promke" Severodonetsk ".
22:01 The European Union in the coming days will finally determine the details of the financial package for Ukraine in the amount of 9 billion euros, writes Bloomberg, citing three European officials. According to the publication, the new aid package to Kyiv will consist of "25-year loans with a ten-year grace period to repay the principal." Sources say interest payments will be covered from the EU budget.
21:33 The Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives in its draft law on the military budget for 2023 proposes to pledge $450 million in aid to Ukraine. In total, the draft US defense budget includes more than $6 billion to support allies in Asia and $4 billion in Europe.
21:10 Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg that the issue of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for the EU has already been decided: "There was a discussion about the status of a candidate for Ukraine. Now it is difficult to assume that this status will not be granted to Ukraine "There was agreement here. It seems that this question is a foregone conclusion."
20:57 Arestovich said that since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army has lost about 10 thousand killed and about 30 thousand wounded. At the same time, he specified that up to 98% of the wounded return to the army.
20:42 In Severodonetsk, fighting continues already in the industrial zone, Ukrainian troops control only the territory of the Azot plant, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He called the situation on the Lugansk front "very difficult" and added that Russian troops are launching a large-scale offensive in the region: "They have accumulated a sufficient number of reserves, and today all the free settlements of the region are on fire."
Gaidai also said that the Russians are advancing along the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, and the settlements located next to it are under constant shelling: "Lysichansk has been suffering from massive Russian shelling for the whole day. It is not yet possible to establish the number of victims."
20:16 The Netherlands has removed all restrictions on the production of electricity from coal-fired power plants. As Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said, without additional measures, Europe will not be able to fill gas storage facilities for winterization: "Without additional measures, there is no longer any guarantee that we in Europe and the Netherlands will be able to fill enough gas storage facilities for winterization."
Developing resilience — a little late, but the next time an energy supplier tries something like this, it will be considerably less effective.
20:14 Biden said that his visit to Ukraine during the European tour is "unlikely." When the president was asked if he planned to visit Kyiv, he replied that "it depends" and added that he did not want to "create additional difficulties for Ukrainians," CNN reports.
20:12 Ukraine received the status of a candidate member of the Three Seas Initiative, Polish President Andrzej Duda said at the organization's summit in Riga, where Zelensky also spoke via video link. According to Duda, it was at this summit that they agreed to create a new type of partnership, and Ukraine is the first to receive such a status, because, according to the participating countries, Kyiv will soon become a candidate for the EU.
Duda recalled that the member states belonging to the Trimorie are the EU countries, and the strategic partners are countries that are much better developed than most of the Trimorie, such as Germany and the United States.
The Three Seas Initiative (Baltic, Adriatic and Black) currently unites 12 states of Central-Eastern Europe and the Baltic States - Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia and Croatia. The goal of the initiative is to stimulate economic development and partnership.
20:07 Scholz said he did not believe Moscow's explanations regarding the reasons for the reduction in gas supplies to Europe. According to the chancellor, Russia's claim that gas supplies have been reduced due to the lack of spare parts due to sanctions is "implausible."
20:05 For the first time in 20 years, the re-elected President of France lost his parliamentary majority. In opposition - right and left fans of Putin. For more details, see Problem for Ukraine: Macron Lost Parliament .
20:01 Zelensky said at the Global Policy Forum that Russia's priority plans include an attack on Kharkiv: "And there is one and a half million inhabitants. They constantly bombard Nikolaev - and there are almost half a million inhabitants. They want to capture and completely destroy Slavyansk - there before the war there were a hundred thousand inhabitants.
19:58 Hollywood actor Ben Stiller visited Irpin and Makarov, Kiev region, after which he met with Zelensky.
19:55 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy assault attempts in the areas of the settlements of Mirnaya Dolina and Belaya Gora. In the Bakhmut direction, in the area of the settlement of Nikolaevka, the enemy’s DRG tried to operate, but as a result of the attack by the AFU fighters, they retreated. In the Slavyansk direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on holding positions. In the area of the village of Bogorodichne, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also successfully repulsed the enemy assault.
19:44 The head of the Odesa OVA, Maxim Marchenko, said that as a result of rocket attacks on the region, there are wounded, but he did not specify the details.
19:30 Aksyonov said that after the attack on the drilling platforms of Chernomorneftegaz, three people were injured and seven were missing. 94 people were evacuated, 15 servicemen remain to guard the operating drilling platforms.
19:26 Zelensky held a meeting in Kiev with the President of the Confederation of Italian Industry Carlo Bonomi, which was dedicated to the participation of entrepreneurs from Italy in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. The President also spoke at the opening of the Global Policy Forum of the Institute for International Political Studies (Milan), where he said that by providing Ukraine with weapons, the EU countries strengthen the defense capability of the Ukrainian army and the ability of our state to oust the aggressor from its land.
19:10 Slovakia offers to supply fuel to Ukraine through the Druzhba pipeline, said the country's Economy Minister Richard Sulik: "In Ukraine, most of the oil refineries have been destroyed. Ukraine needs fuel. The Druzhba main pipe is used to import crude oil. The second pipe can be adapted to transport finished products - diesel or gasoline - with a reasonable investment."
18:45 The ex-mayor of Kiev, Leonid Chernovetsky, was informed of suspicion. The day after Russia's full-scale invasion, he posted a post on Facebook about the possibility and even the need to recognize the borders of the "LDNR", according to the Office of the Prosecutor General. In this regard, he was informed of a suspicion on the fact of public calls to change the borders of the territory and the state border of Ukraine. Chernovetsky faces three to five years in prison.
18:16 Russia needs a food crisis in the world in order to put pressure on the states that have imposed sanctions against it. There is no progress in reopening Ukrainian ports to resume grain exports, Zelensky said, speaking at a meeting of the Bureau of the African Union Assembly.
18:13 Severodonetsk Azot is not Azovstal, there are no such bomb shelters, Vereshchuk said. "We tried to take our people to Lisichansk. Today, about 300 people remain there. I know that there are a small part of people who want to leave Azot," she specified.
18:07 In Mariupol, the invaders began exhuming the bodies of the dead, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said: “They dig up the corpses, load them onto tractors and take them to the Metro morgue. Registration is carried out only with the participation of relatives. burial in mass graves. Not always with the installation of numbers. "
18:04 The Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2022) will be held in Lugano, Switzerland on July 4-5. It is expected that representatives of 40 countries and 20 organizations will take part in it. The conference is Switzerland's contribution to the stability of Europe and the world, said President Ignazio Cassis. According to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, Zelensky and Shmyhal agreed to participate in the event, but it is not yet clear in what form - in person or via video link.
18:00 According to Vereshchuk, today about 1.2 million deported Ukrainians are known, of which 240 thousand are children. Earlier, the Russian authorities reported that since the beginning of a full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia has illegally deported 1.9 million Ukrainians, of which 307,000 are children.
17:54 Zelensky spoke at the global policy forum of the Institute of International Political Studies Global Policy Forum: "Our goal is for this migration crisis in Europe caused by the Russian war to become the last such crisis. So that it would not even occur to any other aggressor that with the help of war it will be possible to destroy the life of any European country. Arms for Ukraine, financial support and future reconstruction are three elements that should work."
17:51 Estonia from July 10 introduces a ban on the import of sanctioned goods from Russia by private individuals. In the list of goods, in particular, alcohol, furniture, wood, fertilizers and a number of other items.
17:48 Kharkiv is under enemy shelling all day long, urban infrastructure and residential areas are under fire, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. According to him, the intensity of the bombardments has sharply increased since the night. There are constant shellings of different areas.
17:45 Only 25% of Ukrainian schools have confirmed the presence of bomb shelters today, Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet said on the air of the telethon. According to him, the level of safety in schools is assessed by the State Emergency Service. In particular, they are working on the issue of having shelters near educational institutions, if they are not in the schools themselves.
17:41 This afternoon, for three hours, the enemy launched a massive missile strike in the south of the country. According to OK Pivden, 14 rockets were fired at Ochakov, at the mouth of the Danube, at the Belgorod-Dniester region and at Odessa itself. In the region and in the suburbs of Ochakov, agricultural areas were damaged, in Odessa, as a result of a rocket hit, a logistics food warehouse burned out. Fire on an area of more than 300 square meters. m was quickly eliminated by rescuers, civilians were not injured.
17:34 More than 1,500 civilian Ukrainians are now in Russian captivity and prisons , Vereshchuk said.
17:28 Orban supports the recommendation of the European Commission to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership, said the head of the press service of the head of the Hungarian government, Bertalan Havasi.
17:25 People's Deputy from the Servant of the People Maryana Bezuglaya said that Zelensky had recently secretly visited Lisichansk. “He came under shelling, secretly, to support and see with his own eyes, to figure it out. He was with us,” she wrote.
17:22 In Germany, for the first time, property was seized on the basis of anti-Russian sanctions. According to Deutsche Welle, citing prosecutors, three private apartments were seized in Munich, as well as an account for rent payments. Thus, the assets of an unnamed deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and his wife registered in Munich were blocked.
17:17 Hungary has offered its territory as a possible route for the export of Ukrainian grain, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
17:02 The ship grouping of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea has decreased by one missile ship, OK Pivden reports. The threat of 28 cruise missiles remains. At the moment, the presence of three submarines of the Russian Federation and the same number of large landing ships has been recorded in the Black Sea.
16:56 The Polish Border Service reported a provocation from the Belarusian military, who tried to dig under a newly installed fence on the border. At a site near the village of Dubichi, Church officers noticed a group of six Belarusian soldiers who were trying to dig.
Well done, Poland!
In addition, according to the Polish border guards, yesterday 21 people tried to illegally enter Poland from the territory of Belarus. These were migrants, including those from Morocco, Senegal and India.
The migrants might want to find a less guarded path for a bit.
16:50 Zelensky addressed the countries participating in the African Union: "According to expert estimates, the lives of about 400 million people in different countries of the world depend on our food exports. And if it were not for the Russian war against Ukraine, there would be no shortage in the food market. If not for the Russian war, our farmers and agrarian companies would have been able to provide a record harvest this year.If not for the Russian war, people in Africa, Asia and anywhere else in the world would not have suffered from a catastrophic increase in food prices" .
16:41 The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said that Vilnius did not violate transit to the Kaliningrad region, but only carried out EU sanctions.
16:36 In Kherson, the occupiers stole electoral documentation with voter lists for 2019 from the State Archive. According to the National Police, Russians can use the personal data of voters of Kherson and the region to organize a pseudo-referendum.
According to the State Archive, on June 7, three men entered the archive premises, who presented certificates of employees of the "military-civilian administration of the Kherson region." Threatening the employees of the archive with weapons, they took out 15 boxes with electoral documentation. There were also lists of voters for the next presidential elections in Ukraine in 2019.
16:27 Ukraine will easily cope with the seven requirements stipulated by the European Commission, German Ambassador Anka Feldhusen said: "I think that Ukraine can easily cope, because these requirements have been in place for many years and there is already progress. Perhaps not the one we wanted Ukrainians themselves, especially in judicial reform, but this is not the first time Ukraine has been thinking about how this can be done. We, your partners, are constantly in contact with the Ukrainian government on these issues."
"I think that decentralization reform was carried out quite successfully - this is really a success story. But the judicial reform is the second reform that really changes the country. During all the years of work in Ukraine, I have been following the steps that have been taken, including for the judicial reforms. I will continue to do this," Feldhusen stressed.
16:23 All parks and squares in Kiev were examined for the presence of explosive objects. Eight parks are closed to the public, the city's military administration said. So, the following remain closed: part of the Bald Mountain park, part of the Kyoto park, the Fighters for Freedom and Independence park, Desnyansky park, Muromets park, part of the park on Trukhanov Island, part of Pushcha-Voditsa park, part of the Mariinsky park. All other parks are safe to visit.
16:19 PACE President Tiny Cox welcomed the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine: "I applaud the Ukrainian Parliament for ratifying the Istanbul Convention! Thanks to Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk and the Ukrainian PACE delegation led by Maria Mezentseva for ensuring this important decision."
16:10 The "mayor" of Donetsk said that the shelling of the city does not stop, there is smoke in the area of the television center in the Leninsky district. Earlier, local telegram channels wrote that an ammunition depot was on fire in the Azotny microdistrict.
16:01 Russia began exercises in the Kaliningrad region with the participation of about a thousand military personnel and more than 100 units of military and special equipment of artillery and missile units. Artillerymen and missilemen will have to perform several hundred fire missions using the Grad and Uragan MLRS, Giacint large-caliber guns, and Msta-S, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts.
15:47 Departure of Kherson residents from the region is now possible in two directions - towards the Crimea and through the occupied Melitopol-Vasilyevka in Zaporozhye, said the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta. According to him, at least 450-500 thousand inhabitants remain in the occupied territory of the Kherson region.
Laguta also said that more than 600 people are now in captivity - these are activists, participants in the ATO, people who oppose what is happening. They are kept in different places - a pre-trial detention center, police stations, premises of recreation centers and boarding houses.
15:39 The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta confirmed the information about the explosion of the car in which the head of the 90th colony, the traitor of Ukraine Yevgeny Sobolev was. Two victims, including Sobolev, who were in the car, are now hospitalized.
15:37 The Rada today adopted four bills on European integration issues. In addition to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, these are the Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2021-2025, a new waste management system, and strengthening control over the preservation of forests.
15:35 The German railway will join the export of Ukrainian grain, Anka Feldhusen, the German ambassador to Ukraine, said: "We want to help. The German railway is actively working with Ukrainian partners to conduct test transportation. I really hope that we will complete this testing in July and we will be able to export grain daily."
15:29 In the month from May 15 to June 15, about 900 wounded Russian soldiers were brought to the hospital in the occupied Pervomaisk, Luhansk region, 124 of whom died, Babel reports, citing relevant documents.
15:04 Russian deputy from the annexed Crimea, Mikhail Sheremet, said that the attack on the towers of Chernomorneftegaz "untied the hands" of the Russian Federation, and in the near future "retaliatory strikes will be inflicted on decision-making centers."
14:51 The defense forces almost reached the state border in the Kharkiv region, because of this, the Russians intensified their shelling, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon: "There is little left for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to reach the state border in the Kharkiv region, so that Kharkiv and the area was liberated from the enemy." Now, according to her, the invaders are making every effort to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from reaching the state border.
14:28 Kuleba said that Ukraine welcomes Lithuania's position on transit to the Kaliningrad region: "Russia has no right to threaten Lithuania. Moscow should only blame itself for the consequences of an unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. We highly appreciate the principled position of Lithuania and firmly support our Lithuanian friends."
14:26 Aksyonov said that a total of 109 people were on the drilling rigs during the Ukrainian strike, 21 have already been evacuated. Gas is supplied to the Crimea in the normal mode, there are no risks for the gas supply of the peninsula.
14:23 Zelensky said that he had held talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda: "He thanked for the invariable weighty defense assistance, as well as for supporting granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership. We coordinated positions before the Trimorya summit."
14:21 Russia wants to reach the borders of the Luhansk region by June 26, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon. According to her, decisive battles are now underway in the Severodonetsk region: “The Russian army has thrown in fact all its forces and means in order to storm the settlements around. and Severodonetsk.
14:19 Over the weekend, the invaders fired at four oil refineries - Kremenchug, Shebelinsky, Lisichansky, as well as a mini-refinery in the village of Gubinikha (Novomoskovsky district), said the director of the A-95 Consulting Group, Sergei Kuyun.
14:16 The head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, announced the third victim as a result of a missile attack on an oil depot in the Novomoskovsky district. According to him, rescuers have just found the body of the third victim. Firefighters continue to put out the fire, working for more than 42 hours.
14:13 Speaker of the International Defense Legion of Ukraine Damien Magru said that there is evidence that the Wagnerites are not paid in the structure of the Russian army, and this is much more compared to Russian military personnel. If this information is true, then they are considered mercenaries, thus the Ukrainian side has no obligation under international law to treat them as prisoners of war.
At the same time, Magru stressed that the two Britons and the Moroccan, whom the "DPR" court "sentenced" to execution, are prisoners of war.
14:00 Ukrainian strike was carried out on the platforms of Chernomorneftegaz at a field 71 km from Odessa, said Senator from Crimea Alga Kovitidi. According to her, the BK-1 platform suffered the most, there were no victims on the BK-2 and BK-3 platforms - work on all three affected platforms was stopped, gas is being discharged from the pipes to stop the fire.
13:49 Aksyonov confirmed that Ukraine had attacked drilling platforms in the Black Sea , which, after the annexation of Crimea, were captured by Russia. According to Aksenov, the Russian Defense Ministry is conducting a rescue operation with the participation of patrol ships and aviation. There were 12 people on the platforms, five of them have been rescued so far.
13:33 Moscow is not considering the option of involving the CSTO forces in a "special operation" in Ukraine, Peskov said.
13:27 The Rada ratified the Istanbul Convention , 259 people's deputies voted for this decision, eight against. The Convention should help countries combat domestic and gender-based violence.
12:50 The court banned the Opposition Platform for Life Party, all property, funds and other assets of the political force will become the property of the state.
12:35 Peskov called Lithuania's decision to blockade the Kaliningrad region unprecedented, "this is a violation of everything and everything, it requires a deep analysis before Russia takes action." He promised that "within a few days" this would be done.
12:29 Yermak said in an interview with LB.ua that the authorities have no options for allowing "Minsk-3": "We have different surnames than the creators of the Minsk agreements. And, fortunately, people who would allow this in our no team. Negotiations are possible only when there are appropriate conditions. We did not start this war, but this is our tragedy, we lost people, our cities were destroyed. Therefore, there will definitely be no compromises from our side."
12:24 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a missile attack on the Artsyz airfield in the Odessa region, which allegedly destroyed "the Bayraktar TB2 control station and two drones on the ground."
12:18 The European Union has extended sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol for a year, until June 23, 2023.
12:13 The defenders of Mariupol, who are now held captive by the Russians, are alive, the issue of their conditions of detention is being monitored, work on the release does not stop, Yermak said in an interview with LB.ua: "The task of the GUR at the first stage was to save the lives of fighters, and this task The GUR has been completed, today they are engaged in the second stage - the return of the fighters." Yermak noted that Zelensky’s position remains unchanged: if something happens to the defenders of Azovstal, there will be no negotiations with Moscow.
12:09 The Russian Federation is not preparing an offensive in the Zaporozhye region against Orekhovo, Gulyaipole or Kamenskoye, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the Zaporizhzhya City Council, citing data from the Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye Territory. According to him, the enemy is accumulating forces in the Vasilyevsky and Pologovsky districts and shelling settlements on the demarcation line from artillery.
12:07 Commander-in-Chief of the German Air Force, NATO General Ingo Gerharz said in an interview with Bild that the countries of the alliance need to be ready to use nuclear weapons in the event of an emergency: "For reliable deterrence, we need both the means and the political will to implement nuclear deterrence in the event of an emergency. necessity". The general added that "when it comes to fighting, Germany should also use the American nuclear bombs that are stored in Germany."
12:05 The Pivden operational command reported that in Kherson, three Russian soldiers were shot from a machine gun in a restaurant on the embankment. As a result, two were killed and one was injured.
11:54 In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving from defense to offensive operations, the commander of the Azov units, Rodion Kudryashov, said on the air of the Espreso TV channel: “We are advancing forward positions and pushing the enemy as far as possible. The front line is leveling off and becomes like a positional war. In the coming weeks commanders plan to break the enemy. Initiative groups will provoke the enemy, identify firing points and suppress them."
11:51 The Ministry of Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan denied the information of the Russian media that their country blocked 1,700 wagons with Russian coal on its territory. The agency assured that there are no delays in exports and imports.
11:35 The influx of Ukrainian refugees into the EU may gradually reduce the labor shortage in the eurozone, as some refugees will want to stay in Europe forever, notes the European Central Bank: “Rough estimates indicate an average growth of the labor force in the eurozone by 0.2-0.8% in the medium term. This corresponds to an increase in the labor force in the eurozone by 0.3-1.3 million people as a result of the influx of Ukrainian refugees.”
11:18 People's Deputy Aleksey Goncharenko said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack not on Zmeiny, but on the so-called "Boyko towers" - drilling platforms 100 km from Odessa and 150 km from Crimea, which the Russians seized in 2014. "The missile attack on the towers slightly interfered with gas production in the Ukrainian Black Sea by the Russians," the people's deputy wrote.
11:16 EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore visited the destroyed Irpensky police department, the Romanovsky bridge and the civilian infrastructure of the city damaged by the shelling of the invaders, as well as a mass grave in Bucha. He said that the world was shocked by the cruelty of the crimes of the Russians.
11:14 The BlackSeaNews monitoring group reports that 14 ships are blocked in the port of Kherson, half of which are from Turkey. Nine commercial vessels arrived days before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and five are under repair.
11:12 The Estonian Foreign Ministry announced that EU foreign ministers are to discuss the seventh package of sanctions against Russia today, including further energy measures.
11:10 Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports is a war crime, Borrell said before a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg: "It is impossible to imagine that millions of tons of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine, while in the rest of the world people suffer from hunger. This is a real war crime. This cannot continue, otherwise it will be something for which Russia should be held accountable."
11:07 Ukraine invites guarantor countries to sign bilateral agreements in addition to the framework agreement on security guarantees, Yermak said in an interview with LB.ua: "This could be a large framework agreement on security guarantees, which will contain general principles, parameters and tools. <.. .> On its basis, it will be necessary to conclude additional bilateral guarantee agreements with each guarantor state. They will contain more details and more specifics."
11:05 a.m. , the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the invaders from the first line of defense in the Kherson region , said the adviser to the head of the OVA Serhiy Khlan. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted precise strikes on warehouses located in the rear. In Novaya Kakhovka three times in a row there was a well-aimed hit on the enemy's ammunition depots. Near Sofievka and the village of Davydov Brod, Ukrainian soldiers carried out counter-offensive actions. The enemy is currently fortifying on the second and third lines of defense.
10:54 Odessa media report on the morning shelling of Serpent's Island, from where "dozens of explosions" were heard and a fire was visible from 4:30 in the morning. The speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk noted only that "the spirit of Zmeebaevka blows over the sea."
10:51 Russian senator Andrei Klishas said that an attempt to establish a "virtual blockade" of the Kaliningrad region by Lithuania is a violation of Russia's sovereignty over this region and "may become the basis for very tough and absolutely legal actions."
10:29 Andrey Klimov, head of the RF Federation Council Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty, said that if the European Union does not correct the situation with the blockade of Kaliningrad, then "it will disavow for Russia the documents on Lithuania's membership in the EU." The European Union needs to correct the situation with the blockade of Kaliningrad, "or Russia will have a free hand to resolve the issue of transit by any means," he added and stressed that "NATO, through Lithuania, begins the blockade of the Russian region, this is direct aggression against Russia, forcing to resort to self-defense."
10:17 British intelligence reports that during the war in Ukraine, the Russian Air Force is performing poorly. Their weakness is probably one of the most important factors in the very limited success of the Russian campaign. They cannot achieve full air superiority and operate in a risky style, rarely penetrating deep behind Ukrainian lines, analysts say.
At the same time, some of the main causes of these problems echo the problems of the Russian ground forces. For years, much of Russia's combat training has likely been scripted and meant to impress officials rather than to develop active initiative among aircrews.
While Russia has an impressive roster of modern and capable combat aircraft, the air force has almost certainly failed to develop the institutional culture and skill set needed to enable its personnel to match Russia's aspirations for a modern air campaign in the west. This has resulted in more effort than planned for the ground forces, which are running out of power, and cruise missiles, which appear to be running low.
10:11 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in an interview on German public television, expressed confidence that EU leaders at the summit this week will agree to grant Ukraine candidate status: "I am deeply convinced that we will receive a positive decision, and there will be support. The course has already been determined ".
At the same time, she added that after receiving the status, the speed of their progress towards membership will depend on the candidate countries. The President of the European Commission recalled the example of Slovakia, which received the prospect in 1999 and was able to join in 2004, and Turkey, which also became a candidate in 1999, but is now further from potential membership than it was at that time.
10:06 In Kiev, traffic on the Metro Bridge and the Paton Bridge is open to drivers, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Now five bridges operate for road traffic on the left and right banks: Darnitsky, Severny, Yuzhny, the Metro Bridge and the Paton Bridge.
10:03 The military of the 82nd Airborne Brigade of the United States arrived in Poland, which will train the Ukrainian military, said US Ambassador to Ukraine Britjit Brink. This unit was the last to leave Afghanistan in August 2021, effectively ending allied NATO missions in that country.
10:01 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, eight civilians were injured, including three children, another man was blown up by a mine and was hospitalized, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In the Izyumsky district, the elimination of a fire at an oil refinery, which the Russians struck on June 18, is still ongoing.
09:44 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost control over Metelkin near Severodonetsk , said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, now the fighting is going on in many villages around Severodonetsk and Lysichansk. The enemy continues to use "creeping" tactics - the Lugansk region is being fired from all kinds of weapons, people are being evacuated.
09:18 The mayor of Severodonetsk Alexander Stryuk said that the Russians control most of the residential areas of the city, street battles are going on almost around the clock, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the line. In this case, the enemy regularly uses prohibited ammunition. Stryuk also said that the Russians are deporting city dwellers by whole blocks and placing heavy weapons there.
09:16 The head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky said that this morning the Russians from their territory fired on the Seredino-Budskaya community from artillery, there were no casualties or destruction.
In turn, the governor of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bogomaz, announced the shelling of the village of Suzemka from the Ukrainian territory, as a result of which one person was injured. Suzemka is located near the border of the Sumy region, 14 km from Seredina-Buda.
09:13 China, following India, has increased its imports of Russian oil to a record high, writes Reuters. Compared to May 2021, crude oil imports increased by 55% last month, thus removing Saudi Arabia from the position of the main supplier.
09:12 Austria returns to coal generation. Against the backdrop of a reduction in Russian gas supplies, the Austrian government decided to reopen the coal-fired power plant in Mellach, writes DW. It was the last coal plant to be closed in the spring of 2020 as part of a program to phase out "dirty" energy sources.
09:10 An exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment will open in Warsaw today, Reznikov said in an interview with Polsat News. He noted that Russian generals wanted their tanks to be in Lisbon: "And we will help to have Russian tanks in Europe, but as wreckage." Later, a similar exposition will be held in Madrid, Lisbon, Berlin and Paris.
09:03 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of June 20. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Zaporozhye directions.
personnel - about 33,800 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1477 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 3588 (+11),
artillery systems - 749 (+4),
MLRS - 238 (+3),
air defense systems - 98 (+0),
aircraft - 216 (+0),
helicopters - 181 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 601 (+3),
cruise missiles - 130 (+0),
ships/boats - 14 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2527 (+4),
special equipment - 55 (+0).
08:50 Enemy missiles were shot down over Odessa and the region in the morning, OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk said. The Pivden operational command clarified that at night there was a missile attack on the Belgorod-Dniester region, and in the morning - on Odessa itself. In both cases, the missiles were shot down. They fired from the Onyx coastal complex in the Crimea.
08:31 Over the past day, the Russians have been attacking the city of Chuguev, the villages of the Kharkiv region Baranovka, Ivanovka, Korobochkino. In the village of Ivanovka, as a result of a shell explosion, three children were injured, said Vladimir Timoshko, head of the Main Directorate of the NP in the Kharkiv region.
08:26 Around Lisichansk, the enemy launched three air strikes, fighting is underway in Severodonetsk, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In Severodonetsk, the territory of the Fiberglass plant and the rescue range came under enemy fire. The RF Armed Forces attacked from the air three times - in the areas of Belaya Gora, Mirnaya Dolina and one of the destroyed bridges connecting Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.
08:23 The amount of frozen assets of Russian oligarchs in the EU has almost doubled - from 6.7 billion euros in April to more than 12.5 billion euros, Christian Wiegand, the official representative of the European Commission for Justice, told Die Welt.
08:07 Russia is deploying the Safe City system on the borders with Ukraine - this is the technology of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation and Rostec, which allows monitoring the space. It includes motion sensors and "smart" cameras, Kommersant reports citing sources. The system will be used to track sabotage groups from Ukraine, who allegedly began "frequently attacking Russian infrastructure." It is planned to deploy the system in all border regions in a year and a half.
07:45 The Russians have focused their efforts on deterring the Armed Forces of Ukraine in offensives and advancement, they are actively inflicting air and missile strikes. In the Bryansk region, the military of the Russian Federation deployed an anti-aircraft missile division of the S-300V4 air defense system, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
07:41 At night, the enemy hit the Krivoy Rog district from artillery, a house burned down in Velyka Kostroma, people were not injured, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. For the second day in the Novomoskovsky district, rescuers continue to fight a fire at an oil depot caused by a missile attack.
04:37 Occupants massively detain and beat men in the Kherson region. Sergei Danilov, deputy director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, said that from Stanislav, Tomina Balka and neighboring villages on the right bank of the Kherson region, mass detentions of men are reported, regardless of age. People are kept in pits, beaten very badly - for no apparent reason, all in a row. They also take out and rob the property of communities and people.
04:12 The West must be prepared for the fact that the war in Ukraine can last for years, Stoltenberg said in an interview for Bild am Sonntag and added: "But we must not weaken support for Ukraine, even if the costs are high."
03:56 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian artillery, coupled with supposedly small infantry units, is not enough to advance the Russian Federation within Severodonetsk.
According to analysts, Russian troops continued to prepare for an offensive against Slavyansk from the southeast of Izyum and west of Liman. The Russian Federation is focused on strengthening defense positions along the southern direction due to recent successful counterattacks by Ukrainian troops along the Kherson-Mykolaiv region border. And the successful counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region are forcing Russian troops to send reinforcements to this weakened sector of the front line.
Russian troops are likely to carry out false-flag artillery attacks on Russian-controlled territory to dampen Ukrainian sentiment, encourage mobilization, and build local hostility towards the UAF. As for the "trials" in the "DPR" against the defenders of Mariupol, the Russian authorities are likely to use them to strengthen control over the occupied territories and further demoralize the Ukrainian defenders, and will also promote the Kremlin's propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine in order to " denazification".
03:00 Ukraine expects at least a duty on imports of Russian gas to the EU in the amount of about 40%, but ideally - a complete embargo, said Alexander Rodnyansky, adviser to the head of the OP, on the air of the telethon.
02:44 The enemy ship grouping in the Black Sea has replenished with one ship and includes three surface and three underwater carriers of cruise missiles, whose total arsenal is 36 missiles, as well as three large landing ships, OK Pivden reported.
01:11 Poland has been under the gunpoint of Russia for a long time, Stanislav Zharin, a spokesman for the Polish security services, said. According to him, Moscow has been using propaganda and disinformation against Poland for many years: "Russia is trying to convince the Russian society and the West that Poland has no right to subjectivity, should not be taken seriously by the allies and should be a gray area between NATO and Russia" .
Still Nazis instead of Ukrainian nationalists? Someone isn’t part of the In crowd.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:10 US President Joe Biden said that he is unlikely to come to Ukraine in the near future.
22:48 The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation instructed state organizations to pay double salaries to employees during a business trip to Donbass. 21:26 Threat of missile strikes: An alarm is roaring over most of Ukraine. With every minute, anxiety covers more and more areas.
20:23 In the Nikolaev area the Ukrainian truck with ammunition is destroyed. Near the village of Zeleny Gay in the Mykolaiv region, a truck of the Ukrainian 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade carrying ammunition was destroyed.
19:09 The Russian Investigative Committee sent the first criminal cases about the crimes of the Kyiv regime to the prosecutor's offices of the DPR and LPR.
19:09 The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation instructed state organizations to pay double salaries to employees during a business trip to Donbass.
19:09 Kherson gas stations began to operate under the control of a new network and trade in fuel supplied from Russia. Every week, the city intends to open one gas station.
18:02 The Austrian Interior Ministry confirmed the participation of mercenaries from their country in the conflict on the side of Ukraine.
“DSN currently has information on a small, unambiguous number of people who have traveled to the war zone and who are likely to actively participate in hostilities,” the Austrian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
17:01 In the village of Vesele, Zaporozhye region beautify the area. Employees of the communal enterprise "Irida" monitor the cleanliness in the village, take out the garbage in a timely manner. Laying of paving slabs and repair of roads are planned soon.
17:01 Cossacks of the Rozovsky squad for the protection of public order handed out to the parishioners of the village church, the latest issue of the interdistrict newspaper Tauride Bulletin. In the context of a shortage of truthful information due to the shutdown of the Internet by Kyiv and the deluge of lies from the Ukrainian media, the newspaper provides residents of the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye region with the actual state of affairs.
Although local residents note that even the absence of Ukrainian radio and television programs has already had a positive effect on their informational health - they began to wake up from the hypnosis of Nazi propaganda.
16:30 Andrey Markin, the head of the administration of the Rozovsky district, appointed by the military commandant of the Zaporozhye region, held the first meeting with local residents in the churchyard of the village church. He answered the questions accumulated by the population of the settlement entrusted to him, and also spoke about the procedure for issuing social payments to pensioners and obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation.
16:29 The strike on the drilling platforms of Chornomorneftegaz was most likely caused by rockets made in the UK or the USA, State Duma deputy Vodolatsky said.
15:37 The Russian Guard detained four suspects of aiding the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region. The department has announced this.
15:27 A tough artillery duel is underway in Kharkiv. According to "Come and See", Russian artillery suppresses the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city.
“Smoke was noticed in the area of the Nemyshli River,” a channel source said.
According to him, in a number of districts of the city the power went out, and the water supply system also does not work.
14:37 A branch of the International Settlement Bank has been opened in the city of Energodar. At the initial stage, CB MRB Bank will work with legal entities, as well as individual entrepreneurs.
14:36 The main statements of the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov:
▪️Ukraine has dealt only three strikes on drilling rigs;
▪️There were 109 people on the towers of Chernomorneftegaz, 21 people were evacuated;
▪️Gas is supplied to Crimea in the normal mode, despite the attack on the tower by Ukraine, there are no risks in gas supply;
▪️There are enough air defense systems in Crimea, the entire land part of the peninsula is covered, including the Crimean bridge.
13:55 Ukrainian strike was inflicted on the platforms of Chernomorneftegaz at a field 71 km from Odessa, Crimean senator Kovitidi told RIA Novosti.
13:55 A Ukrainian court has banned the Opposition Platform - For Life party, according to the Justice Ministry.
13:55 In Kherson opened construction hypermarkets with prices in rubles, gas stations are considering the possibility of railroad deliveries of fuel from Russia.
12:55 Destruction company stronghold of the 28th Brigade in Nikolaev.
12:55 Many regions of Russia declare their readiness to help in the restoration of cities and regions of Donbass, including taking patronage over them.
12:55 In Melitopol, huge queues to apply for Russian citizenship.
11:53 Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 208 aircraft, 1,260 unmanned aerial vehicles, 3,696 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as 576 multiple launch rocket systems.
11:53 About 100 scouts of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were removed from combat missions due to disobedience to command.
11:52 The command staff of the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from the tasks, in most units there were no officers left.
11:52 About 800 Ukrainians refused to go to the combat area, accusing the officers of bribery and nepotism.
11:52 Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted nine shells of the Uragan MLRS in the Kharkiv region and the DPR.
11:52 Ukrainian troops are suffering significant losses, for a month of fighting, one mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 2,100 people killed and wounded.
11:51 Russian aviation destroyed the illumination and surveillance locator of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense system and one Buk-M1 installation.
11:51 The Russian Armed Forces attacked the Artsyz airfield in the Odessa region with an Onyx missile, and the Bayraktar control station was destroyed.
11:51 Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
11:51 Mercenaries from Poland suffered serious losses in the Lower Kamyshevakh of the LPR, the commander of the People's Militia Regiment reports.
"Yesterday they were beaten up quite seriously, they say the corpses lie in a forest plantation, they can’t even take them away," he says.
10:45 At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made another attempt to attack Zmeiny Island, occupied by the Russian Armed Forces. Locals reported dozens of explosions from the island. Recall that the air defense of the Serpentine was significantly strengthened, and the island was even more fortified. So far no details.
The last assault attempt in May ended in complete failure for Ukraine. From it, Russia learned lessons and only more prepared the island for defense.
10:45 Another Georgian nationalist, Aluda Zviadauri, has been eliminated in Ukraine. Aluda Zviadauri fought in the Chechen-Ukrainian battalion, sources say.
10:13 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said that even if the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv stops, his country will continue to oppose Russia and will "fight with shovels."
09:37 The issue of entry into the port of Mariupol of passenger ships from Russia is being studied. The launch of passenger shipping with the Crimea and Novorossiysk may begin in 2023 - director of the Mariupol seaport administration
09:24 Schoolchildren of the liberated territory of the Zaporozhye region will be able to take part in all-Russian programs of additional education and competitions, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region, said in his Telegram channel. Earlier it was reported that schools in the liberated territory of the region would switch to Russian educational programs .
If the Ukrainians are anything like my Czech and Polish au pair girls who'd grown up under the Soviet yoke, they’ll learn just enough Russian to pass their courses, then firmly block it from their memory.
08:45 In Lviv, an Orthodox church was burned down at night. Previously, the inscriptions “Devil of the FSB” and “Putin’s House” were made on it. After the rector of the temple, despite numerous threats, did not renounce the Moscow Patriarchate, the church was destroyed.
07:28 The main thing from the report of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
In the Kharkiv direction, the main efforts of the Russian Army were intensively shelling from artillery the areas of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan, Malye Prohody, Dementievka, Petrovka, Verkhniy Saltov, Rubizhne and the environs of the city of Kharkov;
- in the Slavic direction, artillery and MLRS fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Chepol, Prishib, Protopopovka, Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Dubrovnoye, Vernopolye, Mayak, Kurulka, Bogorodichnoye, Mazanovka, Krasnopolye;
- shelling of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut direction continues;
- in the Limansky, Avdeevsky, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhya directions, the Russian army is trying to prevent the regrouping of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to modestly keep silent about the loss of control over the village of Metelkino, the advance of Russian troops in the Lisichansk direction, the mass death of generals and officers at the command post in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
04:51 Zelensky said that Russia could step up attacks this week. The Russian army is preparing to act more actively. In particular, the RF Armed Forces are building up forces in the Kharkiv direction and in the Zaporozhye region, and are also striving to worsen the situation with fuel in Ukraine.
02:21 In Ukraine, Polish humanitarian aid appeared on sale in the Auchan supermarket chain. Products without Ukrainian marking.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:33 According to the operational line of the JCCC DPR, information was received about the third victim of a civilian as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Chervonogvardeisky district of the city of Makeevka - a woman born in 1986. Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive. 21:32 Troops of Russia and Donbass launched an offensive along the entire line of the Lugansk front. As of the evening of June 20, all areas occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under shelling, said the head of the occupying Kyiv Lugansk regional military administration, Gaidai.
20:35 Up to a thousand civilians can be on Azot in Severodonetsk. Such data was announced by Lieutenant Colonel of the NM LNR Andrey Marochko. The Ukrainian military, who have settled on the territory of the chemical plant, cover themselves with tanks with pesticides and explosives, people are used as human shields.
19:30 According to the official representative of the NM of the DPR: Since the beginning of the current day, according to information from the JCCC of the DPR, the enemy has fired more than 280 shells from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
The fire was fired at the areas of ten settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, five civilians were injured, of which one child was born in 2012. Sixteen residential buildings and five civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Materials on the facts of the destruction of civilian facilities will be transferred to the General Prosecutor's Office of the DPR for inclusion in the criminal cases initiated against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the current day, the joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: two BM-21 Grad MLRS, one truck and more than forty personnel. Two enemy firing points were suppressed in the area of the settlement. Avdievka and Nevelskoe.
We regret to inform you that two defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and seven were injured during the day in the struggle for independence in the performance of military duty.
We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
19:22 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): four missiles were fired from the BM-27 Uragan MLRS.
19:04 Ukrainian shells are reported to have arrived at Gvardeyka in Makeyevka.
18:57 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Red Partizan: 10 rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
18:46 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
18:30 “Today, during the shelling of the Kuibyshev region at the address: st. Lebedinsky, 41a, the building of the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 41 of the city of Donetsk" was damaged. Damaged window glass." - reports the Head of Donetsk Administration Aleksey Kulemzin
18:00 The LPR army reports that the AFU grouping defending Gorskoye and Zolote is in operational encirclement. After the capture of Vrubovka and the advance of our troops in Chekhirovo (20 km from Lisichansk), it was a matter of time. Now the enemy can formally supply the encircled group through Rai Aleksandrovka, but this road is already under fire from the RF Armed Forces and the LPR army.
Accordingly, when Mirnaya Dolina and Rai Aleksandrovka are taken, the cauldron will turn from an operational cauldron into a mere cauldron, where, according to various estimates, from 1,500 to 2,500 people will sit.
17:30 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kirov district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:25 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kirov district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
16:59 Donetsk LCD "Cherry" the results of the shelling of the Armed Forces
16:55 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): 10 shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
16:49 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports: According to eyewitnesses, arrivals to the Kyiv district of the city were recorded. Smoke is observed in the area of the city hospital No. 1 (Vishnevsky hospital). In the smoke nearby residential complex "Cherry".
16:45 The official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office of the LPR, Inna Semenova: as a result of shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine last week, more than seven people died, two of them were minors, more than 17 residents of the republic were injured of varying severity.
16:39 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
16:35 Aleksey Kulemzin: According to preliminary data, as a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshev region, three civilians (including one child) were injured on the street. Vannikov.
16:32 Consequences of the use of the shopping mall "Tochka-U" by the armed formations of Ukraine in the settlement Good Slavyanoserbsky region.Damaged as a result of shelling9 residential buildings, secondary school No. 5, kindergarten "Ryabinushka", house of culture, department of life support of the village and a store. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
16:23 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports: the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. On st. Vannikov wounded three civilians, including a child.
16:14 Donetsk is under fire again. The capital of the DPR is again being fired upon both by rockets and howitzers.
At about 15:15, a missile was shot down over the city by means of air defense. However, despite counter-battery fire, artillery shells fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine explode in residential areas.
The video shows one of these hits near the house 6a on the street. Vannikova, microdistrict Smolyanka.
16:13 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
16:07 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): 15 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
16:02 Bombs continue to continuously rain down on the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Russian attack aircraft are working on the positions of the APU militants, from where the city is being shelled.Footage takenVittorio Rangeloni, an employee of the Ministry of Information of the DPR.
15:59 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports: In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, apartment buildings were damaged along the streets: Vannikova, Olimpiev, Lebedinsky. Damaged kindergarten on Lebedinsky Street, there are victims. Their personal data is established. In addition, smoke is observed in the area of the television center in the Leninsky district.
15:59 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:58 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Codema - n.p. Golmovsky: eight shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
15:48 Explosions continue to shake Donetsk. Air defense crews are working over the capital of the DPR and in a number of rear cities. From the field they report a strong explosion in the Budenovsky district of Donetsk.
15:41 Kadyrov announced the liberation of the settlement Toshkovka in the LPR
15:41 Our attack aircraft are working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from which Donetsk is being shelled.
15:38 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: 15:25 — n.p. Sands - Donetsk: 8 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired.
15:11 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:08 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Codema - n.p. Golmovsky: eight shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
14:57 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: 10 15 mm rounds were fired.
14:36 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
14:28 BK continues to detonate at Azotny. Glass shattered in some houses
14:09 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Troitskoye: fired 12 shells of 122mm caliber;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka: six shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
13:36 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
13:30 Multiple artillery strikes again in Donetsk, several districts of the city are under fire at once.
13:18 Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered on the territory of the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk are on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic, operational work is being carried out with them - Andrey Marochko, a representative of the people's militia of the LPR
13:10 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
13:07 At the moment, AFU are shelling the residential area "Solnechny" (Kalinin district of Gorlovka) and the village of Mikhailovka (Central-City district of Gorlovka)
12:46 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Mikhailovka: eight shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
12:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
12:32 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): eight shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
12:24 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
12:23 In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk on the street. As a result of shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a man was wounded.
12:17 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): 10 shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:21 The Headquarters of the TerO DPR reports: 32 shells of 155mm caliber were fired from the positions of Ukrainian militants in Avdievka, Peski and Kamyshevakh in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
11:11 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
11:00 Artillery of the NM LPR continuesto strike at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukrainein the area of the Uglegorskaya TPP, on the Svetlodarskaya arc. Fighting continues near Novoluganskoye and Semigorye.
10:43 Residents of the LPR, DPR and citizens of Ukraine received material assistance from the Russian Federation for almost 4.8 billion rubles - TASS, citing sources
10:39 Hits in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. They hit with 155mm artillery.
10:29 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of June 20, 2022:
During the clashes with units of the defense department, over the past day, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:
The enemy continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, shelling the civilian infrastructure of the front-line settlements of the LPR, which do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military facilities.
Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired sixteen shells from the BM-27 Uragan MLRS and one missile from the Tochka-U tactical missile system at the settlements of Stakhanov and Good.
As a result of the attacks:
-in n.p. Kirovsk damaged residential building;
-in n.p. Irmino destroyed a residential building, damaged 27 residential buildings and a low-pressure gas pipeline;
-in n.p. Stakhanov, nine residential buildings, school No. 29 and a power line were damaged;
-in n.p. Good damage was done to three residential buildings, secondary school No. 5, the Ryabinushka kindergarten, a cultural center, a life support department and a store.
In order to suppress the enemy’s fire activity against civilians of the Republic, the positions of the VFU, from which the fire was fired, were promptly discovered and destroyed by the on-duty firepower of the NM LPR units.
The NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, continues to deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the liberated territories.
So, yesterday Volunteers of the Nevsky Front and fans of the Zenit football club, with the support of the People's Militia of the LPR, delivered humanitarian cargo in the form of food, baby food, personal hygiene products and water to the needy residents of the front-line Pervomaisk.
10:00 According to the official representative of the NM DPR: Over the past 24 hours, according to information from the JCCC DPR, the enemy fired more than three hundred shells from multiple launch rocket systems "Hurricane", BM-21 "Grad", cannon artillery caliber 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, as well as mortars with a caliber of 120mm, 82mm and 60mm.
The fire was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, three civilians were killed and six were injured of varying severity. Thirty-two residential buildings, eight civilian infrastructure facilities and thirteen vehicles were damaged.
Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: three installations of the BM-21 Grad MLRS, four trucks and up to a company of personnel. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the area of the settlement. Avdievka and Nevelskoe.
09:47 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts): eight shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
09:45 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost control over Metelkin in the Luhansk region, admitted Gauleiter Gaidai.
09:37 Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kyiv region): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
09:22 The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR reports:
Over the past day, from 08:00 on June 19 to 08:00 on June 20, two people were killed and six more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the AFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
09:02 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kyiv region): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kyiv region):five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:51 There is shelling of the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk. The blows are delivered by artillery with a caliber of 155mm
08:50 Shelling from the Armed ForcesKievsky district of Donetsk
08:50 The village of Toshkovka, south of Severodonetsk in the LPR, has been liberated from Ukrainian military formations - assistant to the minister of internal affairs of the republic
08:47 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kyiv region): eight shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:15 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdiivka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:01 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
07:44 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Dzerzhinsk (sh-ta Yuzhnaya) - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement sh-you named after Gagarin): fired five mines with a caliber of 60mm;
07:00 Summary of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC for the past day, June 19.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, two shellings were recorded on the settlement. Stakhanov and N.P. Good with the use of the tactical missile system "Tochka-U" (one missile) and multiple launch rocket systems BM-27 "Hurricane" (16 shells). Information about damage and casualties is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
06:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
[The Guardian] Palaces, yachts and vineyards reportedly provided to Vladimir Putin by friends and oligarchs can now be linked to what appears to be an informal network holding assets worth more than $4.5bn (£3.7bn).
A digital paper trail appears to suggest that an array of holiday homes and other assets reportedly used by the Russian president, which according to available records belong to or have been owned by separate individuals, companies and charities, are linked through a common email domain name, LLCInvest.ru.
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That seems a tad light. Here's a different estimate:
$200 Billion Dollar Blackmail
The $200 billion figure was estimated by financier Bill Browder who, in a testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017, said that Putin amassed most of his wealth after a Moscow court jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 2003 for fraud and tax evasion:
"After Khodorkovsky's conviction, the other oligarchs went to Putin and asked him what they needed to do to avoid sitting in the same cage as Khodorkovsky. From what followed, it appeared that Putin's answer was, "50%" He wasn't saying 50% for the Russian government or the presidential administration of Russia, but 50% for Vladimir Putin personally."
On top of all this, the famous Panama Papers revealed a network of secret offshore deals and loans worth $2 billion pointing to Putin in 2016.
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But you can't ever leave office or the guys you screwed will find you and take back what they can while making your end slow and horrible. The Bidenista family is getting a smaller taste of this conundrum as we speak. But aside from the Clinton solution ordered up from the suicide hotline, most of what they face is just being broke and permanent dwelling changes.
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[REGNUM] Captured American mercenaries who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian Nazis are not subject to the Geneva Convention, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with MSNBC.
He stressed that the mercenaries were involved in the shelling of the Russian military and at the same time are not considered Ukrainian army servicemen.
"They are soldiers of fortune and have been involved in illegal activities on the territory of Ukraine. They participated in the shelling of our military. They threatened their lives and must be held accountable... for the crimes they committed," Peskov said.
"I would not go into explaining the legal side of their captivity. One thing is clear - they committed crimes. They are not members of the Ukrainian army. The Geneva Convention does not apply to them," he explained.
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Article 47 of the 1949 Geneva Convention addresses unlawful combatants (and defines them). The state holding them has the option to prosecute them civilly (as was done in the Sandrock/UK and Dostler/US cases)
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Someone needs to read up about the consequence of Malmedy*. There is an old phrase in war - those who show no quarter to others should expect none in return.
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If they were enlisted into the Ukraine military they are not mercs.
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I've been reading reports in Russian press about American and western European mercenaries helping Kiev dating back to 2014.
Since the Ukrainians have been firing on civilian areas all during that time, anyone associated with Kiev during that time is in legal jeopardy for all that destruction and deaths.
If Russian intelligence has those names, if they are caught, uniformed in the present day or not, they are hosed.
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So do the Russian-supported "separatists" also qualify as mercenaries? Is there any chance they'll ever see trial for shooting down a civilian airliner?
And since you want to ignore the question about the Wagner Group, how about the Syrians the Russians sent to fight in Ukraine?
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I thought the Ukes shot down that Malaysian Airlines plane. (But, OH NO, not another KLM 007 "spy plane".)
And isn't there a report that an UKR air traffic controller told the pilot to reduce altitude -- coincidentally to be in range of the missile?
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Ref #10: If the 1978 downing of Air Rhodesia Flight 825 is any indicator, probably not.
UMTALI, Rhodesia, Feb. 12, 1979 — An Air Rhodesia plane that military sources said had been hit by a missile fired by guerrilla forces crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from the resort town of Kariba today. All 59 people aboard were killed.
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I've been reading reports in Russian press about American and western European mercenaries helping Kiev dating back to 2014.
Since the Ukrainians have been firing on civilian areas all during that time, anyone associated with Kiev during that time is in legal jeopardy for all that destruction and deaths.
If Russian intelligence has those names, if they are caught, uniformed in the present day or not, they are hosed.
Mail them your name. During the terms of your enlistment a US-aligned entity bombed civilian areas in Gaza.
I know this because it happens every damn year.
Giving AK-47's to the civilian populace (unless debunked as more UKR bovine egesta propaganda) might not have helped matters, either.
OOh, guess what other countries let its citizens have military grade weapons. One's the US, and the other's the aforementioned US-allied entity.
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[REGNUM] The Ukrainian gauleiter of the Luhansk region Sergei Gaidai decided that almost a general offensive of the Russian army had begun on the remnants of the territory entrusted to him by Kiev.
In particular, on June 20, he published a message in which he stated that a "huge amount" of equipment, artillery and aviation fell directly on all the points of deployment of Ukrainian militants, especially on the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, which was called Artyomovsk before the Ukrainian renaming.
It is unlikely that this powerful Ukrainian leader is able to adequately assess the scale of military measures and the direction of strikes. However, the grain of reality in his messy messages can be seen.
It is immediately clear that Gaidai is most worried about the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, the main supply artery of the Lisichansk-Severodonetsk group of the hardened military.
Recall that this route has been in the zone of confident destruction of Russian artillery for several days. At the same time, Ukrainian military leaders continue to drive along it to Severodonetsk new detachments of militants of various qualities, as well as ammunition and weapons.
At first glance, this is a strange circumstance. It can be assumed that the Russian command does not intend to risk unnecessary losses in the course of a decisive cutting-off strike. You can fantasize in the hysterical style of “everything is sold” / “leaked” / “agreement” and the like.
And we can recall the relatively recent events in the North Caucasus, in particular the operation in the village of Komsomolskoye, where a group of several large militant groups was surrounded and almost completely destroyed.
The gang of Ruslan Gelaev , surrounded in the village, put up strong resistance and asked colleagues to come and take part in the future victory. Colleagues were walking, but corridors were “arranged” for them in one direction. They broke through into the village relatively easily, but they could no longer get out of it.
Therefore, it is possible that the Severodonetsk-Lysichansky “cauldron” for the Ukrainians is brewed according to the “Caucasian recipe”. And the corridor Bakhmut-Lysichansk works only for the entrance.
One thing is clear already now - the history of the "Zhroynyh forces of Ukraine" will soon be replenished with another environment. And it's unlikely to be the last.
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If this is done according to the Chechen recipe, it will likely have to be tweaked. The Chechens were fighting the Russians with ATGMs and RPG's. The Ukrainians are outgunned, but they do have limited amounts of artillery. And tanks. And fighter jets. And drones. Not to mention an agonizing slow trickle of Western resupply.
The Russians invaded Chechnya with 80,000 men. They fought maybe 8,000 Chechens, and claim losses of about 7,500. In Ukraine, they are literally fighting hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. I don't envy the Russian armor and infantry. Even if they gain ground, it is likely to be at a very high expense.
Ukraine's armed forces said Sunday they had pushed back Russian attacks on villages in the area of Toshkivka near Severodonetsk, adding that Russian forces were also "storming" toward the village of Orikhove.https://t.co/Zrb8Wf98h2
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I gotta hand it to the guys at ZSU. They're hanging in there despite being outgunned 10 to 1. Given that in WWII, artillery accounted for 2/3 of US casualties, it's impressive that they've been so staunch in their resistance. The impact of artillery isn't just psychological - it's physiological. Concussion from artillery impacts is basically adults getting shaken baby syndrome - brain injuries are the result.
Kaliningrad governor Alikhanov has told RIA that Russia is going to present a list of conditions (an ultimatum?) to the EU ambassador summoned to the foreign ministry over Lithuania’s partial Kaliningrad transit ban.
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Making war so horrific that the Ukraine sues for peace. Russia does not have to outright win. They have to make it so horrific that the world begs them to stop. Total war...
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This Lithuania’s partial blockade of goods to Russia’s exclave Kaliningrad is something to watch. Lithuania is fully justified in taking this step blocking prohibited goods from transiting its territory. Russia will see this as a provocation & escalation & will seek to respond. https://t.co/xhJsiXPQyp
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/\ Similar to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration's nursing home fiasco in New York ?
Nothing to do with the 'plandemic' (you remember the memory-holed term), 'open borders' or 'replacement people' conspiracy theories of course. Everyone knows we don't operate like that.
By Anna Hirtenstein and Benoit Faucon
June 21, 2022
The Indian government has asked state oil companies to scoop up huge volumes of cheap crude from Russia, according to industry executives, strengthening commercial ties with the country even as the West tightens sanctions on Moscow.
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^ It's that Russia-China-India-Israel-Gaza-Taiwan oil purchase coalition!
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Indian oil companies buy Russian crude in huge volumes at at a $30-40 discount, sell some to domestic customers, and them refine the rest and re-export it to American and European buyers.
They're making windfall profits as are the Russians. Poor American and European saps are buying Russian oil, funding Lutin's war effort ... and over-paying by about 40%.
Western Move to Choke Russia’s Oil Exports Boomerangs
With China and India buying the Russian oil shunned by the West in an effort to force an end to the Ukraine invasion, Moscow is earning more now than it did before the war.
SEOUL — When the United States and European Union moved to curtail purchases of Russian fossil fuels this year, they hoped it would help make the Russian invasion of Ukraine so economically painful for Moscow that President Vladimir V. Putin would be forced to abandon it.
That prospect now seems remote at best.
China and India, the world’s most populous countries, have swooped in to buy roughly the same volume of Russian oil that would have gone to the West. Oil prices are so high that Russia is making even more money now from sales than it did before the war began four months ago. And its once-flailing currency has surged in value against the dollar.
Russian officials are smirking over what they are calling a spectacular failure to cow Mr. Putin. And the economic pain the oil boycott was meant to inflict is reverberating not so much in Moscow but in the West, especially the United States, where skyrocketing oil prices pose a potent threat to President Biden less than halfway into his term.
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In May, China’s imports of Russian oil rose 28 percent from the previous month, hitting a record high and helping Russia overtake Saudi Arabia as China’s largest supplier, according to Chinese statistics.
India, which once purchased little Russian oil, is now bringing in more than 760,000 barrels a day, according to shipping data analyzed by Kpler, a market research firm.
“Asia has saved Russian crude production,” said Viktor Katona, an analyst at Kpler. “Russia, instead of falling further, is almost close to its prepandemic levels.”
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“Russia, instead of falling further, is almost close to its prepandemic levels.”
The fact that Russia is making less money than she might per barrel is being made up in volume, yes? And of course, each barrel Russia sells helps keep the price lower for everyone else. Are those reselling Russian oil charging Saudi prices or something between Saudi and Russian? If the latter, surely they, too, are helping keep a lid on prices for those not buying oil from Russia.
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And of course, each barrel Russia sells helps keep the price lower for everyone else.
Wrong. You completely missed what's going on.
The price is dramatically - $40 lower, even - for onlyCHINA and INDIA. They're paying around $80/bbl.
The Indian companies turn around and sell a large portion of that oil to the poor suckers in America and Europe - for $120 per barrel.
The price is ruinously high for the US, and for the couple dozen or so countries that are trying to punish Russia by signing on to America's unbelievably foolish, completely hollow sanctions.
Americans and Europeans are getting fucked in the arse -- by their own leaders. Truly unbelievable.
[Moscow Times] The Russian economy will return to 2021 levels in a decade unless the country takes reform measures amid unprecedented Western sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, the head of the country’s largest lender Sberbank said Friday.
"If nothing is done in the current situation, then... the return of Russia’s economy to the level of 2021 could take about 10 years," Sberbank CEO Herman Gref said.
Gref’s comments came a day after the Russian Central Bank chairwoman dampened hopes for a foreseeable return to pre-invasion indicators.
"External conditions have changed for a long time indeed, if not forever," Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said at a SPIEF event Thursday. "It’s obvious to everyone that it won’t be as it was before."
Gref said 56% of Russian exports and 51% of imports accounted for countries that have imposed sanctions against the country.
"This is a threat to 15% of the country’s GDP."
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But sanctions were only hurting us? All the trolls said that.
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Many have been forced to cut back on purchasing. Reduce inventories and reduce help. The next phase is layoffs. Regan said it best, Your neighbor loses their job is a recession. You lose your job is a depression. So I am telling people to hold onto their job. It's gonna get rough. Why, because this administration has not done anything right.
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Bizarre that there is a shortage of concrete. In Pocatello the local supplier serves over 300 commercial customers. Currently they have enough mud to adequately support 18
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My daily commute includes about 10 miles of I271. I got nervous when it looked to be going under heavy construction. Instead the crews did about a week of partial repairs to North and South bound lanes and booked it. It wasn’t really what was needed but I wasn’t looking forward to months of slowdowns. I wonder if projects are being scaled back and the bill will yield mediocre benefits at full cost.
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Farmer in Kentucky who employs about 1000 asked supplier for year contract diesel price. No way. Too unstable. Supplier said by September diesel will be 10 dollars a gallon. I say again will be 10 dollars a gallon. Mid su7mmer Maryland 10 dollars a gallon for regular. July 1st 18% tax added on.
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Had a patchwork assfault 2 lane road leading to my 1.5 lane dirt/gravel road. Somebody decided to resurface it. 2 years ago the surface was stripped down to stones and clay, then the winter rains came. 3 months later after repacking, they began spraying with tar and chipping. Over budget because of the delay they painted a center line on what they had surfaced, and the remaining gravel. 10 miles of that. When it immediately began cracking and settling (and the painted centerline disappeared)another firm got the contract to patch the cracks and load test the rest. A third firm was contracted to tear it all up again, repack, tar and chip it again. Now 3 years later the new surface is holding but getting travel grooves.
[TradingEconomics] WTI crude futures fluctuated around $109 per barrel on Monday, remaining close to their lowest in nearly five weeks [hit $123/bar on June 9]
as concerns about slowing global economic growth and fuel demand more than offset expectations of higher near-term consumption and ongoing supply issues. The US oil benchmark tumbled almost 7% just on Friday as worries about the economic fallout from higher interest rates rattled financial markets. Last week, the Federal Reserve led a global wave of monetary tightening by raising its benchmark rate by 75 basis points to combat surging inflation, stoking fears of a possible recession. Meanwhile, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned of a continued upward pull on demand over the weekend, and the likelihood of sustained high gasoline prices. Ongoing supply disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine and unrest in Libya, as well as OPEC's failure to pump more oil also continued to support crude prices. All the futures have also declined since June 9, e.g., Dec 2022 WTI is at about $100/bar. It would be at least $10/bar lower except that storage of both gasoline and crude is running about 10% less than average.
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...Prices here have dropped about 15-20 cents a gallon, and in other parts of town they're headed back under $4. I fear, however, that we may find but temporary solace before something else smacks us in the head.
Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski ||
06/21/2022 4:54 Comments ||
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Peak? No, it's just breathing heavy.
Posted by: Rob Crawford ||
06/21/2022 6:57 Comments ||
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Oil company stocks have been falling faster than the overall market recently; investors seem to think prices have peaked, probably because demand has peaked as the recession begins.
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Well, until they decide to actually start treating us in the industry as human instead of subscribing to the power-mad-dictator-of-the-month-club, I don't think oil will finish peaking.
I don't think they'll be able to "recession" their way out of massive oil and commodity price increases. The economy will shrink faster than they can shrink the money supply.
[IsraelTimes] 6th flight of Operation ’Tzur Yisrael’ arrives with financial support from entrepreneur and Keren Hayesod; minister hails ’the return of our sons and daughters home to Israel’
Dozens of new immigrants from Ethiopia stepped into the brisk early morning winter air at Ben Gurion airport on Friday to start their new lives as Israeli citizens. Clutching Israeli flags, some passengers knelt to kiss the ground after they descended the stairs from the plane.
The Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 162 passengers was the sixth flight in Operation Tzur Yisrael, which aims to bring 2,000 Ethiopians from the Falash Mura community waiting in camps to Israel in the coming months.
The planned ceremony to greet the immigrants was scrapped in light of Israel’s coronavirus restrictions.
The flight was funded by Keren Hayesod — United Israel Appeal, which serves as the official fundraising body for Israel. It was financially supported by Peter Wang, a Christian Chinese entrepreneur.
"The fact that dozens of new Olim will celebrate this Shabbat on the land of Israel fills me with feelings of pride and satisfaction," said Ethiopian-born Absorption and Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata in a statement. "Today, a long and taxing journey of waiting to be reunited with their families is over, and I am happy to lead the return of our sons and daughters home to Israel."
Look at those happy people coming down the steps. Finally, a story everyone can feel good about. Badly needed in these trying times.
Wang, the Chinese businessman who supported the flight financially, told The Times of Israel that his support for aliyah (immigration to Israel) comes from his deep Christian faith.
"’Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back,’" said Wang, quoting Deuteronomy.
"Jewish brothers and sisters in Ethiopia have been praying to return to the land of their ancestors for centuries," Wang continued, citing his concern over the precarious situation in which they find themselves. "I believe God has heard their cries out of distress and seen their longing for the promised land."
Grundwerg told The Times of Israel that there has been especially significant support from evangelical Christians around the world over the past decade.
"We’ve had Christians who supported aliyah from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, even from Mexico," said Grundwerg. "But there is something special that many Christians connect to with Ethiopian aliyah."
Grundwerg estimated the cost of the flight at around $320,000. Some of that went on preparations for the flight, including pandemic-related health precautions and other vaccinations.
Most of the funding from the Israeli government goes toward long-term costs, like housing and vocational training, leaving other Israeli and Zionist institutions to support the remainder of the preparatory costs as well as the flights themselves.
While Ethiopian Jewish immigrants from the Beta Israel community are recognized as fully Jewish, immigrants from Ethiopia belonging to the smaller Falash Mura community are required to undergo Orthodox conversion after immigrating. Required? Buh?
The Falash Mura are Christian, and have been for generations.
[Seabreeze Family Farm] A new medical model is fast emerging in line with ancient wisdom: one that aims to strike to the root cause of disease and resolve it permanently, and which some call "functional medicine." In cancer treatment, this highly rational approach involves targeting the cancer stem cells (CSCs) at the root of cancer malignancy. Because we now know that CSCs are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation treatment, and may even increase in number and invasveness when exposed to these outdated therapies, it is no longer ethical to continue with the conventional oncologist’s "standard of care." Clearly, unless a cancer treatment is capable of selectively killing and/or inducing suicide programs (apoptosis) within cancer cells without harming non-cancerous cells, it is not going to produce a cure.
In light of this, we are excited to report on a new review published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences titled, "Phytochemicals as Innovative Therapeutic Tools against Cancer Stem Cells," which evaluated the evidence for what natural compounds within various foods and spices make for the most compelling treatments for targeting CSCs.
So isn't this as much also saying that Human induced climate change is NOT the overwhelming problem. But that the SUN and its various solar cycles are?
#6
Any solution of messing with sunlight is insane. CO2 is NOT a problem. 400ppm is BAD! We really should be at around 1200ppm. We are still technically in CO2 starvation. Keep in mind at below 150 ppm, ALL plant dies and so do we. Idiots in Hollywood always show earth after gerbil worming as a desert when they should be showing a JUNGLE.
The reason why the little ice age was so bad was the loss of FOOD PRODUCTION. NO sunlight, NO Food. Any attempt at blocking sunlight could have DIRE and HORRIBLE consequences.
But, nothing unusual is actually occurring. Over the past forty years, the global tropospheric temperature has increased on average 0.13C per decade. Over a century, if continued, that would be 1.3C. There is no sign of acceleration.
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.
[CHD] As history shows, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention don’t always get it right the first time they declare a drug "safe" — in fact, sometimes they’re dead wrong.
[Business Insider] More than 100 days after Russia renewed its attack on Ukraine, and the world has seen that the Russian military isn't what it was believed to be.
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