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-Great Cultural Revolution
Let's talk about the BBC
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:


Just a brilliant video that gives an idea of ​​what "free and democratic journalism from the BBC" is.



Replayed and destroyed.
That poor BBC journalist came boldly to do the interview, unarmed and unarmoured. Under the circumstances, Mr. Musk was considerably gentler than he need have been.
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#1  It was the height of folly for that reporter to be as ill-prepared as he was to conduct an interview with a billionaire genius. If that's the best the BBC has to offer it's a sad commentary. Just the fact that they assigned this particular reporter to do the interview demonstrated to the whole world how inept they are. Companies with competent management don't make mistakes like that.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/13/2023 12:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Well done Elon!

QotD:
Do you like BBC?
Penetrating deep & hard with @BBC.

*rofl*
Posted by: mossomo || 04/13/2023 13:35 Comments || Top||

#3  these days,the world seems to be about 90% of these kinds of half-wits
Posted by: 746 || 04/13/2023 17:14 Comments || Top||

#4  #1 They did not send their best as they didn't think it necessary. This is how they approach all who are not on The Team.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/13/2023 19:54 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
US Special Forces in Ukraine at embassy, official confirms, as Pentagon document leak probe heats up
"...there is a small U.S. military presence at the embassy in conjunction with the Defense Attachés office to help us work on accountability"
A Benghazi detachment?

[FoxNews] White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to Fox News about leaked classified documents, says Special Forces 'are not fighting on the battlefield'
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#1  .....there is a small U.S. military presence at the embassy in conjunction with the Defense Attachés office to help us work on accountability of the material

Yes, canteen cup and tent peg counting just like that conducted at Kabul, AFG. Kirby is so foking sad.


Posted by: Besoeker || 04/13/2023 2:41 Comments || Top||



Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
The enemy is trying to advance in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions, - General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions.

by Yuriy Korogodskyi


During the day, the enemy carried out 19 airstrikes, carried out more than 10 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and the infrastructure of populated areas.

This was reported by the press center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The probability of launching missile and air strikes remains high throughout the territory of Ukraine.

Despite numerous losses in equipment and manpower, the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions - 34 enemy attacks were repulsed during the day.

On the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. Certain units of the territorial troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to be on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

A comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the armed forces of Belarus is underway. Separate units and units are brought to higher levels of combat readiness. Additional staffing of the units involved in the inspection was carried out at the expense of the draft of reserve servicemen.

The enemy will continue to maintain certain units in the Kursk and Belgorod regions bordering Ukraine, and will continue to carry out engineering equipment in the area. During the day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Galaganivka, Zaliznyi Myst, Arkhipivka of the Chernihiv region; Methodivka, Bilopillya, Volfine, Kindrativka, Varachine, Basivka, Zapsilya in the Sumy region, as well as Veterinarne, Vovchansk, Varvarivka, Zemlianka, Komisarov and Kolodyazne in the Kharkiv region.

Topoli, Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Zapadne, and Kindrasivka of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy fire in the Kupian direction .

In the Lyman direction, during the day, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of ​​Bilogorivka. Novoselivske, Nevske, Pischane, Kuzmine and Bilogorivka of the Luhansk region were hit by artillery fire.

In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions, tries to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, fierce battles continue. During the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area north of Khromovoy and near Bohdanivka.

The units of the defense forces repelled about 18 enemy attacks on the indicated section of the front. In particular, Vasyukivka, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba and Zalizne of the Donetsk region suffered from enemy shelling.

On the Avdiyiv and Maryinsk directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the Maryinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka districts of the Donetsk region, without success. The fiercest battles on the indicated part of the front continue for Maryinka, where 14 enemy attacks were repulsed. At the same time, the settlements of Keramik, Novokalynove, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Netaylove, Nevelske, Karlivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka of the Donetsk region were subjected to enemy shelling.

During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction . He shelled the settlements of Novomykhailivka, Shakhtarske, Novoukrainka, Velyka Novosilka, Vugledar, and Prechistivka in the Donetsk region.

The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions . Shelled, in particular, Vremivka and Novopil of the Donetsk region; Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region; Kachkarivka, Vesele, Antonivka, Inzhenerne, Zelenivka of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 12th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:24 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he took part in a meeting of a special format of support for Ukraine - financial: "The event is held in Washington and brings together the finance ministers of strong democracies - our partners, the European Commission, the heads of international financial institutions: the IMF, the World Bank, the European Bank reconstruction and development. The topic is, first of all, the restoration of Ukraine after hostilities... There will be no ruins in Ukraine. This is our goal. And this will be quite concrete proof of the complete defeat of the terrorist state."

"Russian assets should go to renewal after the aggression. The war should turn out to be the most expensive - just for the aggressor," the president stressed.

21:45 Czech President Petr Pavel said that if the fact of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war by the Russians is confirmed, then "this will put Russian soldiers next to the Islamic State, which we must all condemn."

21:29 Representatives of the United States and Latvia confirmed that their military personnel are in Ukraine, but stressed that they are not participating in hostilities. For example, John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, said that the US embassy in Ukraine has "a small US military contingent working together with the defense attaché's office." At the same time, he stressed that the US military in the embassy does not participate in the war.

The Latvian Ministry of Defense said it sent troops to Ukraine to perform certain support functions, including guarding the embassy and cargo, but they also do not participate in hostilities.

21:23 Rumors about the impending counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been circulating for a long time. This stimulates strong pressure from Ukrainian society to start the operation. Recently, however, there have been speculations that Ukraine has postponed the offensive. About why this happened - in the material Many reasons .

20:54 The World Bank will provide Ukraine with a $200 million grant to help restore energy infrastructure. The partners will also provide another $300 million in additional funding as the project expands, Reuters writes.

20:19 The Ukrainian military was beheaded by Wagner mercenaries - the voices of their former colleagues were identified by ex-PMC fighter Andrei Medvedev, who fled to Norway, said human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin. "He unambiguously identifies his colleagues there, PMC Wagner fighters, by their characteristic call signs, by the way they talk, by what they voice over the radio," Osechkin says. He promised a reward of 3,000 euros for any information about a person in the frame who wields a knife, and a video operator who comments, approves and directs the actions of the executioner.

According to Osechkin, the decapitation of prisoners by PMC Wagner fighters is not the first time. He recalled the videos from Syria, in which the Wagnerites not only beat a man with a sledgehammer, but also pose with a severed head. The beheading video was created by order of the security services to intimidate the enemy, the human rights activist believes.

20:06 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that he received Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik because Budapest is committed to peace in Ukraine and wants to avoid the expansion of the war. In turn, Aleinik during the visit called for an immediate truce in Ukraine and the start of peace talks. He added that Minsk "has taken and will continue to make every possible effort to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine."

19:54 Zelensky announced that he had met with a bipartisan delegation of the US Senate of the US Congress consisting of Joseph Manchin, Lisa Murkowski and Mark Kelly: "I informed about the situation on the front line and shared assessments of the prospects for its development. We discussed in detail the further directions of American assistance and the role of Congress in this process.”

19:27 Russians today fired twice at the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region: two people were killed, one was injured, the prosecutor's office said.

18:53 The Russians are preparing for the deportation of more than 2.7 thousand children from the Lugansk region , the OVA reported. In particular, medical examinations of children continue in the so-called "LPR", after which a certain number of them disappear. Doctors from the Russian Federation have already examined more than 94,000 children, as the occupiers themselves stated. “Pathology” of varying degrees was allegedly “discovered” in 69.6% of them, which already gives rise to deportation. Referrals for hospitalization, usually to medical institutions on the territory of the Russian Federation, were issued to 2,726 children.

18:37 Shmygal, during a trip to the United States, met with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, thanked him for his leadership in defense support and called for more weapons, including fighter jets, to be provided to Ukraine. He stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine need more anti-aircraft systems, as well as artillery and ammunition. In addition, the prime minister called on the United States to reconsider the possibility of providing Ukraine with longer-range missile systems.

18:14 The United States has imposed new sanctions against dozens of individuals and entities associated with Russia. The sanctions lists include Megafon, Metalloinvest, Deputy Prime Minister Khusnullin, Yunarmiya, and 19 merchant ships.

In addition, citizens of Hungary, Cyprus and Uzbekistan, as well as the International Investment Bank, headquartered in Budapest, fell under the new anti-Russian sanctions. Rusatom Overseas, the Rosatom company responsible for building nuclear science and technology centers abroad, also came under restrictions. The US Treasury also announced that, together with Britain, it is imposing sanctions against structures controlled by Alisher Usmanov.

18:08 Ukraine sent Brazil at least two requests with a list of weapons that it would like to receive or purchase, but these requests were ignored there, writes The New York Times. The lists included armored vehicles, aircraft, air defense systems, mortar shells, ammunition, and small arms. Germany also made a similar request. Brazil once bought German Gepard anti-aircraft guns, and Berlin wanted to buy shells for them, but Brazil was against their delivery to Ukraine.

17:39 Zelensky received the highest state awards from the government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile - the Order of the Honor of the Nation (Qoman Sij) and the Order named after Dzhokhar Dudayev. The head of state was honored for outstanding services and selfless actions in the name of freedom and democracy throughout the world and for personal services to the Chechen people. The awards were personally handed over by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov.

17:13 Spain will send six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine in the coming days, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said. They should arrive before the end of April. Four more tanks are under repair.

16:57 Reznikov denied media reports with reference to "secret documents" of the Pentagon about the alleged presence of NATO military in Ukraine: "The presence of NATO military is not true. Unless we consider that there is an official representative of the armed forces in every embassy."

The minister also said that the leak of "secret documents" is a mixture of true and false information. In addition, according to him, any information contained in the documents is no longer relevant. Reznikov believes that these leaks are beneficial to Russia and its allies.

16:53 The court in Cherkassy chose a preventive measure for Metropolitan of Cherkasy and Kanev UOC-MP Theodosius - he was sent under house arrest for 60 days. The metropolitan is suspected of inciting interfaith hatred and justifying, recognizing as legitimate, denying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, glorifying its participants.

16:38 Pakistan is going to send 230 containers of military equipment to Ukraine in April. Two ships MV Bokram and MV Kherson with military assistance will leave the port of Karachi, writes The Economic Times. Vessels carrying weapons from Pakistan to Ukraine are increasingly flying American and European flags, sources said. Ports in Poland and Germany are key to the transfer of weapons from Pakistan, including tanks and missiles.

16:15 Ukrainian human rights activists have set up one hundred places in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and in Russia, where 948 civilian Ukrainians are being held, representatives of the Media Initiative for Human Rights and NGO Civil Captives said . According to experts, work on the map lasted a year. In particular, social networks and websites were monitored to identify people who disappeared during the period of occupation.

At the same time, human rights activists add that new prisons are discovered almost every day, so their total number may be several hundred, and hostages - up to 15,000.

15:24 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to immediately pay attention to another atrocity of the Russian military in the context of the investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by citizens of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine.

The department emphasizes that the murder of a Ukrainian prisoner, recorded on video, is a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions and a war crime in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Under the Rome Statute, such acts can also be qualified as crimes against humanity.

15:20 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called shocking videos with beheadings, as well as mutilated bodies of two Ukrainian soldiers. At the same time, they added that such cases are not isolated - the UN documented 15 executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war in a year.

In turn, the representative of the EU foreign service, Nabila Massrali, called the video with the beheading of the Ukrainian military "another reminder of the inhumanity of Russian aggression." According to her, Russia has once again demonstrated a complete disregard for international law.

15:11 The Russians hit residential buildings in Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, four people were injured. 13 private houses were damaged, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.

15:07 The United States is leasing 500,000 155 mm artillery shells from South Korea, which will allow Washington to increase the supply of shells to Ukraine from its own stocks after they are replenished at the expense of South Korean ones, the DongA Ilbo newspaper writes. According to government sources, South Korea has decided not to sell the munitions, but to borrow them to minimize the likelihood of these shells being used in the war in Ukraine.

The US purchased 100,000 of these munitions last year and asked for the same in February, but the South Korean government decided to use the loan method, adhering to the principle of not providing lethal weapons to Ukraine.

14:59 The Russians fired on the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region. According to preliminary information, two people were wounded, both in serious condition, Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the OVA, said.

14:55 The Washington Post writes that Ukraine allegedly postponed the counteroffensive due to weather, slow supplies of equipment and a shortage of ammunition, as well as leaks of American intelligence documents.

14:29 France is blocking the implementation of the approved EU plan for the joint purchase of ammunition, including for shipment to Ukraine, the Polish edition of PAP reports, citing sources. In particular, Paris wants refunds to be possible not only for ammunition, but also for missiles, even in a situation where Ukraine does not ask for such missiles. Some EU countries, including Poland, are protesting against this.

According to some diplomats, lobbying by defense companies may be behind the French position. We are talking about creating a mechanism for the forced order of specific equipment that the Ukrainian side may not need.

14:07 Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic denied media reports about arms supplies to Ukraine. He stressed that Serbia has not sold and will not sell weapons to either the Ukrainian or Russian side.

13:43 The US Defense Intelligence Agency considered four "wild" scenarios for the development of the war in Ukraine, NYT writes with reference to a secret document. In particular, hypothetical scenarios include the death of Putin, Zelensky, a change in the leadership of the Russian army, and a Ukrainian attack on the Kremlin. At the same time, the Biden administration is allegedly particularly concerned about a possible strike on Moscow, since this could lead to a sharp escalation from Russia, including a full-scale mobilization or the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

13:32 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar urged to stop the distribution of a video of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner, as well as any similar video footage. "Now that everyone has already seen it, prosecutors and the International Court of Justice should watch it," she stressed.

Malyar assured that the competent Ukrainian services are carefully studying the video frame by frame in order to identify war criminals and identify the deceased. She added that identifying a person from a video, and even more so a person in such circumstances, is an extremely difficult task, and called for refraining from publicly voicing any versions before official conclusions.

13:18 Peskov called the footage of the murder of a Ukrainian prisoner of war "terrible", but urged to first check the authenticity - "whether this took place, and if so, where and from whom."

12:57 Pentagon after the leak of classified documents reduces the number of employees with access to such data, according to CBS.

12:24 The purpose of the video with the execution of the Ukrainian military is to intimidate the Ukrainians and discourage the Russians from surrendering, said Andrei Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. At the same time, he assured that, despite such videos, Ukraine continues to adhere to the Geneva Conventions and takes Russians prisoner without such reprisals.

12:01 Yermak and Kuleba called Russia's UN presidency absurd after the video of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner was made public. They called for the expulsion of Russian terrorists from the UN and bringing them to justice.

11:49 British intelligence reports that over the past weeks, Russia has been rebuilding the linear defense in the Zaporozhye region, creating three levels of defense zones for about 120 km. Defensive fortifications consist of a front line of advanced combat positions, and then two zones of almost continuous, more complex defense. Each zone is about 10-20 km behind the front.

Analysts suggest that the Southern Group of Russian Forces is responsible for this territory. Probably, in this way the Russians are preparing for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Melitopol. Intelligence notes that the effectiveness of such protection will depend on the support of a sufficient amount of artillery and personnel. It remains unclear whether the Southern Group of Forces is now able to collect these resources.

11:36 Great Britain expanded the sanctions list against Russia. It includes the USM holding, Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko, as well as family members of several Russian businessmen.

11:13 The published video of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner by Russian war criminals is a video of Russia as it is, Zelensky said: "There is something that cannot be ignored by anyone in the world: how easily these animals kill. This is a video of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner... World must see. This is a video of Russia as it is... This is a video of Russia that is trying to make this the new normal - this habit of destroying life. This is not an accident. This is not an episode. It happened before. It happened in Bucha. Thousands of times" .

"We are not going to forget anything. And forgive the killers. Legal responsibility will be for everything. We need to lose terror," the president stressed.

10:44 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that he spoke by phone with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, discussed the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense and the possibilities for the upcoming counteroffensive. Kuleba indicated that the United States has no doubts about Ukraine's ability to win on the battlefield.

10:32 The SBU launched a pre-trial investigation into a war crime - brutal torture and murder by Russian occupiers of a Ukrainian prisoner whose head was cut off.

09:35 CNN journalists found another video of the beheading of Ukrainian soldiers by PMC Wagner mercenaries. The weather conditions in the frame indicate that the execution took place recently. CNN does not publish footage of the murder, but the description indicates that two soldiers had their heads and hands cut off.

09:28 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, one person was killed (in Vugledar), eight more people were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, in the Kharkiv region - one was injured, according to the OVA.

09:14 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said that the United States will "turn over every stone" to find the source of the leak of secret documents. He became the first US senior official to comment on the leak.

09:05 The "authorities" of the occupied Crimea and Sevastopol decided not to hold parades and marches of the "immortal regiment" on May 9 "for security reasons," Aksyonov said.

08:59 One of the leaked "secret documents" of the Pentagon claims that Serbia has agreed to supply weapons to Ukraine or has already sent them, writes Reuters. At the same time, Serbia refused to train the Ukrainian military. The document also states that Serbia has the political will and military capability to provide weapons to Ukraine in the future.

08:55 In one of the leaked "secret documents" of the Pentagon, it is mentioned that special forces of several countries are operating in Ukraine, which formally do not participate in the war. The Guardian writes that between February and March, up to 50 British special forces could be in Ukraine.

The document, dated March 23, says that the UK (50 people), Latvia (17), France (15), the USA (14) and the Netherlands (1) have the largest contingent of special forces in Ukraine. The document does not indicate exactly where they were and what tasks they could perform.

08:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 12.

  • personnel - about 180,050 (+730) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 3646 (+2),

  • armored combat vehicles - 7043 (+5),

  • artillery systems - 2770 (+5),

  • MLRS - 535 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 282 (+0),

  • aircraft - 307 (+0),

  • helicopters - 293 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 2334 (+2),

  • cruise missiles - 911 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 5630 (+10),

  • special equipment - 319 (+3).

08:24 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, 72 enemy attacks were repulsed in the indicated directions, the General Staff reported in the morning summary .

06:32 The UN confirmed the death of 8490 Ukrainian civilians due to the Russian invasion. Another 14,244 were injured, according to the organization. At the same time, the UN emphasizes that these data are not final, and the real number of those killed due to hostilities in Ukraine may be much higher.

05:47 Russian publics are spreading a video of the brutal murder of a Ukrainian prisoner. It shows how a masked Russian soldier cuts off the head of a Ukrainian defender with a knife, who was still alive at that time. The Russians demonstrate the severed head to the camera and say that it should be sent to the commander of the victim. Also, the Russian military demonstrates to the camera the bulletproof vest of the executed Ukrainian military. You can also see green leaves in the video, so it's probably from last year.

04:01 Ukraine can succeed in the offensive on the front, said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine have every opportunity to succeed. We have trained, trained a huge number of personnel and provided a large number of platforms. I think they are in are sufficiently prepared to continue offensive actions and operations... I am sure that the leadership of Ukraine will continue to fight the enemy. They have a plan, but only the President of Ukraine and the leadership of the country know the details of these plans."

00:46 Another one has joined the assault brigades of the Offensive Guard - the Kharkov Charter, said Deputy Interior Minister Kateryna Pavlichenko. According to her, due to the large number of requests, it was decided to create a new brigade. She will be the ninth in the Offensive Guard, recruitment has already begun.

00:22 Shmygal, on the eve of his visit to Washington, said in an interview with The Hill that Western partners do not put pressure on Ukraine on the issue of a future counteroffensive, and the strongest pressure is felt from within the country. According to the prime minister, the counteroffensive could begin this summer.

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#1  The United States is leasing 500,000 155 mm artillery shells from South Korea, which will allow Washington to increase the supply of shells to Ukraine from its own stocks after they are replenished at the expense of South Korean ones, the DongA Ilbo newspaper writes.

NORKS might be interested in that information.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/13/2023 12:51 Comments || Top||

#2  "Shmygal...that was your name once?"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/13/2023 16:45 Comments || Top||


Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief April 12th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:16 Captured Ukrainian serviceman: “We have one mortar from our cover, which can also hit our own”

Serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine tells that units on the front line are without heavy weapons cover. There is not even inventory for equipment positions.

The Ukrainian serviceman emphasizes the advantage of the firepower of the Russian troops. He says that the commanders are incompetent, they themselves do not understand what means are firing at them, they cannot build a defense. They sit and wait to see if it will fly over them or not.

21:15 Statement head of the press center of the Vostok group

In the South-Donetsk direction, an enemy missile strike was repelled by S-300 and Buk air defense systems, two shells of the Hymars multiple launch rocket system were shot down.

In the Zaporozhye direction, motorized rifle units of the Vostok group destroyed a pickup truck and three militants of the enemy’s mobile fire group. The calculation of the Tor air defense system shot down the Leleka UAV, two Wing-type UAVs were shot down by small arms fire.

Forces and means of aerial reconnaissance in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole and Lugovskoye opened and artillery fire destroyed two enemy strongholds, eliminated up to 10 militants.

As part of the counterbattery fight with the help of the Zoo complex, the crews of the 152mm Akatsiya and Hyacinth self-propelled guns discovered and destroyed an enemy howitzer and an Akatsiya self-propelled gun in the area of ​​the Charivnoye settlement.

20:09 The elimination of two American mercenaries over the past few days has been confirmed during the CBO:

▪Grady Kurpasi
▪Edward Wilton

20:07 Field commander of the Nazi group "Gonor" published the moment of the liquidation of their militants in the Bakhmut direction. It is assumed that the filming of the zrada that happened to the Nazis was carried out on April 2.

20:03 In Odessa, a brave girl decided to restore monument to commander Georgy Zhukov and pasted his name and initials on the pedestal

The monument was dismantled by Bandera on August 24, 2017. The Nazis will be furious.

20:00 “Dnipro, Dnipro, I am Pulsar. We are being attacked again."

Personnel on the other side. Our fighters in Artyomovsk are storming the Ukrainian Nazis who have occupied someone else's house. During the negotiations of the enemy, it turned out that in addition to ours, our own people also work on Ukrainians, for the company.

19:04 Destroyed Wilfrido Caraballo Romero - a fighter for Ukrainian identity (that is, for quick money)

A Colombian mercenary came to Ukraine to receive $3,500 for war crimes against civilians and the murder of Russians for the glory of Bandera. But something went wrong

18:26 The 132nd Brigade identified and destroyed enemy detachment

UAV operators of the 132nd Brigade (formerly the 3rd NM Brigade of the DPR) of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, using an UAV with a thermal imaging camera, identified a group of enemy manpower and aimed artillery at it. As a result of the inflicted fire damage, the enemy suffered heavy losses.

18:26 Australian armored cargot lost in the steppes of Donbass

The Buschmaster armored vehicle was badly damaged and left on the side of the road.

18:02 Ukraine is in full swing go mass graves of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The policy of the West “to fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented

18:01 “There are no fascists in Ukraine”…

Nazis APU with stripes in the style of the Nazi eagle and SS Totenkopf.

16:37 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

◾️Assault detachments "Wagner" captured three city blocks in Artemovsk;

◾️The Airborne Forces fettered the enemy's actions on the flanks of the assault detachments in the Artemovsk area;

◾️In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of three Ukrainian DRGs were stopped;

◾️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 180 soldiers and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

◾️Russian troops destroyed more than 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;

◾️The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft in the DPR;

◾️Russian troops destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers in the direction of Kherson;

◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the day amounted to more than 245 servicemen in the Donetsk direction;

◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped the activities of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;

◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 94 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions;

◾️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 30 people per day in the Kupyansk direction.


15:58 Work of Donetsk anti-aircraft gunners

The MANPADS operator strikes an enemy Mi-8 helicopter.

Despite the fact that Ukrainian pilots are trying to use their machines at extremely low altitudes, this does not save them from anti-aircraft fire.

15:57 As a result of the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the village of Novostroevka-Vtoraya in the Belgorod Region, a man was injured - Governor Gladkov

APU fired on two n. settlement of the Belgorod region, one person received a shell shock.

"A man was driving by in his car when the shells started to explode. Thank God that the gaps did not occur on the driver's side. Everything worked out with only a slight concussion, the victim refused hospitalization," the governor said.

14:34 Detect and destroy: Airborne sniperstellhow they perform combat missions in the special operation area

In the Kherson region, sniper pairs of our paratroopers daily destroy enemy DRGs, which make unsuccessful attempts to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper.

The sniper and the spotter choose a convenient position and get ready to fire. After taking into account and comparing all the factors that affect the sniper's shooting, such as wind direction, distance to the target, etc, the spotter gives target designation, and the sniper opens fire on the target.

Shooting is carried out from a 12.7 mm sniper rifle. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are liquidated at the distant approaches, exceeding the distance of 1000 meters. Sniper pairs quickly change firing positions and conduct aimed fire.

13:20 Soldiers from the 132 Brigade shot down militants' helicopter in the Avdievka direction

13:20 In Ukraine continues crew set for Leopard tanks

Police officers, together with representatives of the military registration and enlistment office, are catching and “packing” another inhabitant of Nezalezhnaya

13:19 "Vovki da Vinci" sheds tears for the sworn brothers who disappeared near Artyomovsk. Wagner, playing his military symphony, is systematically cleaning out the Russian lands.

12:42 Statementhead of the press center of the group "South"

In the Avdievka direction, aviation of the Southern Military District attacked the command and observation post of the battalion of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine, as well as the stronghold of the battalion of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy suffered losses in personnel.

In the Lisichansk direction, an artillery unit of the 2nd Army Corps destroyed an enemy ammunition depot near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye.

In the region of Kramatorsk, a missile unit of the Southern Group of Forces hit two points of temporary deployment of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:42 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroy nationalist positions with incendiary ammunition

11:36 Russian Armed Forces attacked Kupyansk

According to "Go and look", last night a blow was struck at military facilities in Kupyansk, Kharkov region.

"At night, new arrivals in Kupyansk. There are losses in the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said the source of the channel.

According to him, strikes were also carried out on other military facilities in the Kharkiv region, in particular in Volchansk.

11:36 Result of fire destruction of the location of the personnel and equipment of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions

10:57 Combat work of Russian crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS to destroy objects and disguised positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions

10:57 A UAF drone with an RPG-7 grenade was landed by Russian border guards in the Kursk region.

The copter was noticed the day before at about seven in the evening in the Glushkovsky district, about one and a half kilometers from the Ukrainian border. He was successfully neutralized, there were no casualties.

09:34 Crews of Mi-28N attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces fulfilled missile launches at the discovered fortified points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As a result of combat use, the control center, tanks and other armored vehicles of the enemy were destroyed.

Army aviation in the course of a special military operation performs the tasks of escorting columns, destroying armored vehicles, delivering troops and military cargo.

08:15 RIA Novosti correspondents filmed the consequences of the fighting in the center of Artemovsk from a bird's eye view -video.

08:10 Russian troops in the Zaporozhye region destroyed two strongholds of the Ukrainian troops, about 10 militants were liquidated, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

08:05 In Artemivsk, a fighter of the special forces of the main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Konstantin Deneka was eliminated.

08:00 Combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​the special operation.

07:50 Another mercenary from Georgia, Arsen Ketsbaia, was liquidated in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) square.

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#1  Here is hoping and wishing all you wannabe Russians get the Russian treatment, real Russians do, why not you wannbe's?

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1646574922062331908
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#2  Russian explaining why Russians look like ISIS member:

https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1646454457255821319
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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: April 12th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representation reported about 18 facts of firing by the VFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 11 artillery attacks from artillery of 155mm and 152mm.

On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 122mm.
On Volnovakhskoye two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

Having fired 109 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleymonovka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Yelenovka, Vladimirovka.

Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man, in the previously liberated Vladimirovka.

Four residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Yelenovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.

A previous 26 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU during the day.

21:02 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the village of Yelenovka, firing eight rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm in 20 minutes, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported(SCCC).

19:45 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

19:38 Rock and roll in the ruins of Maryinka: the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District gives fire -video.

Hunting for Ukrainian militants in the city is carried out by the assault groups of the division with the support of tank crews, mortar and artillery crews of the RF Armed Forces.

On the video: aimed fire at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the T-90M Proryv and T-72B3M tank crews, as well as first-person shots of the assault groups. 18+ on the frames there is profanity.

18:55 Panteleimonovka village is under fire from Ukrainian terrorists.

18:40 Ukrainian military in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) more and more often throw warehouses filled with ammunition, weapons and their positions, but they continue to fight for every building and every street. The fights remain extremely difficult.

The fighters of PMC "Wagner" also spoke about the depressed spirit in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “We don't want anything. They brought us and left us,” say the Ukrainian mobilized.

And foreign mercenaries are rare guests in Artyomovsk.

17:47 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, firing 23 rounds, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

17:18 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 12, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

d. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): — str. Timiryazeva, 38 - private residential building.

17:05 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk and Vladimirovka, firing 20 rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

17:01 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroy positions of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Spornovo.

16:29 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing 12 rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

16:27 A man who was evacuated from Rubizhne (LPR) lost his entire family during the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - at that moment they were about to leave the city. About this hetoldCorru RT Arabic Mohammad Kassab:

"While in the nursery I went for the things of the child, a shell hit, the three of us - on the landing. The child died in my arms, my wife died immediately."

The evacuated residents of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), who were taken out by the Wagner PMC fighters, note that the situation there is very tense.

16:23 A fuel depot was destroyed in the Zaporozhye direction -video.

16:05 A large cache with tank rounds was found in the Zaporozhye region.

In the Tokmak district of the Zaporozhye region, when checking operational information, criminal investigation officers found wooden boxes in an abandoned warehouse near the village of Novomikhailovka, in which 135 tank rounds, 52 boxes of rounds with rounds, 576 fuses for tank rounds and 67 cartridges of 14.5mm caliber were stored.

According to the information received, the cache was organized by the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the retreat. The found dangerous items were confiscated and handed over to representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

15:51 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing nine rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

15:41 To be exact defeat deployment point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine militants in the Kremennaya area with two aerial bombs.

15:15 From Artyomovsk they report that it is very loud now on the highway between Kalinovka and Bogdanovka.

According to the Military Chronicle, in this area, the artillery of the Wagner PMC discovered a combined detachment of units of the 56th and 57th motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were trying to break into the western regions of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) on light vehicles

After the enemy was covered by the fire of the Giacint-B guns a couple of kilometers from Khromov (Artemovsky), rocket artillery worked on the retreating units.

Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - about 25 people killed and about 50 wounded. The column with equipment was destroyed.

14:30 In the Kherson region of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation daily destroy Ukrainian DRGs when trying to force the Dnieper.

Thanks to the use of 12.7mm sniper rifles, our fighters eliminate the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the distant approaches, which exceed the distance of 1000 meters.

14:26 In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian militants, three combat armored vehicles and six vehicles over the past day - Russian Defense Ministry

In addition, Russian servicemen destroyed the warehouse of military-technical equipment of the 121st Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Otradokamenka area.

14:15 Assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" captured three city blocks in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) - Russian Defense Ministry. The actions of the enemy on the flanks are pinned down by airborne units, the ministry said.

14:07 After arrival according to the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk. The survivors pull out the Starlink antenna and ammo, and grieve over the destroyed car that burned down in the garage.

13:54 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

13:32 Calculation of MANPADS "Igla" 132 brigades knocked down helicopter Mi-8 APU.

The calculation of the portable anti-aircraft missile system "Igla" of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd brigade of the NM DPR) shot down an enemy Mi-8 helicopter in the Avdiyivka direction.

13:12 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

12:47 Settlements in the Artemovsk region transferred to the zone of responsibility of the RF Armed Forces from the Wagner PMC.

12:36 Western quarters of Artemovsk. Video from the APU.

12:25 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for April 12, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Vladimirovka (included in the zone of responsibility of the administration of the Volnovakha district): - on the street. Shevchenko, 194 wounded man born in 1958

12:14 Ukrainian troops fired at Vladimirovka, firing 4 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

11:57 Destruction of strongholds of neo-Nazis in the forest near Kremennaya.

Paratroopers of the 234th Black Sea Guards Regiment on BMD-2 and BMD-4M destroy neo-Nazi strongholds in the Kremenny forest. Carrying out artillery fire adjustments with the help of quadrocopters, paratroopers methodically destroy one opornik after another. All types of artillery support are used, from 100mm BMD-4M guns to the Solntsepek TOS.

11:25 Personnel destruction of an enemy ammunition depot in the Kherson direction.

11:05 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":

In the Avdievka direction, aviation of the Southern Military District attacked the command and observation post of the battalion of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine, as well as the stronghold of the battalion of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy suffered losses in personnel.

In the Lisichansk direction, an artillery unit of the 2nd Army Corps destroyed an enemy ammunition depot near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye.

In the region of Kramatorsk, a missile unit of the Southern Group of Forces hit two points of temporary deployment of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Bbrigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:35 Russian Armed Forces destroyed an enemy mortar and howitzer in the Kherson region - emergency services.

Yesterday, our fighters destroyed a Ukrainian 120mm mortar with ammunition and crew in the Kozatsky area - together with the mortar, 6 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, and two were injured.

At night, in the Priozerny area, a 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed by artillery strikes of the RF Armed Forces - two Ukronazis were eliminated, four were wounded.

10:05 Russian special forces of the Airborne Forces presses Ukrainian militants in the Zaporozhye direction.

The special forces of the Airborne Forces continue to liberate Russian territories in the Zaporozhye direction. Exclusive footage from Readovka shows how the Russian military from the Kornet ATGM successfully work on the positions of Ukrainian militants.

09:50 The DPR representative office in the JCCC reports 26 facts of firing by the AFU per day.

The enemy fired from 155mm and 152mm artillery, firing 123 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR. Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Panteleymonovka, Donetsk, Makeevka.

Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians.

09:35 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:

- n.p. Dnepra fired 10 rounds;

- n.p. Korsunka fired six rounds;

- seven rounds were fired at the settlement of Sagi;

- 17 rounds were fired at the Dnieper settlement;

- n.p. Kardashinka fired nine rounds;

- n.p. Novaya Zburyevka fired five rounds;

- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired 12 rounds;

- n.p. Aleshki fired 12 rounds;

- n.p. Sagas fired five projectiles;

- n.p. Golaya Pristaon' fired seven rounds;

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Tavriysk, settlement Aleshki, settlement Kardashinka firing a total of 46 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

09:20 Artillerymen of the 1st Slavic Brigade beaton the enemy in the Avdeevsky direction.

The crews of self-propelled artillery installations of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Donetsk army corps work day and night against the enemy in the Avdievka direction. For the purpose of additional camouflage of self-propelled guns and protection from kamikaze drones and drops, the positions of self-propelled guns are equipped with special frames with a protective net.

09:10 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 04/12/2023

08:50 Frontline summary on the morning of 12/04/2023:
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, continued assault operations in the city of Maryinka. They also launched a ground attack at Nevelskoye and Severny. After massive artillery and air strikes, Russian troops advanced on the southern approaches to Avdievka from the side of Opytnoye. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Ostrom, Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, New York and Druzhba. The Ukrainian army struck at Donetsk and Yasinovataya.

PMC "Wagner," with the support of artillery and aviation, continued to advance in the central and southern parts of Bakhmut. Also, after artillery strikes, Wagner operators attacked near Khromovoe.

In this area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding positions. Subdivisions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attempted to attack Veseloye. The Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced in the area of Spornovo. Russian artillery hit Predtechin, Chasov Yar, Minkovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Ivanovsky and Vasyukovka. The Ukrainian attacked Ozaryanovka and areas of Bakhmut controlled by PMC Wagner.

In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops ousted the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a number of positions in the Serebryansky forest area southwest of Shipilovka. With the support of artillery, they attacked in the direction of Torsky, Nevsky and Makeevka. In these areas without success.

The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Novoegorovka, Berestovo, Kislovka, Kondrashovka, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Krasny Pervoi and Kamenka are under fire. Ukrainian artillery attacked Ploschanka, Kuzemovka and Olshany.


08:13 Russian military in the Krasnoliman direction fought off APU attacks in three areas. This was reported to us by the head of the press center of the group of troops "Center" Alexander Savchuk.

08:07 Russian military showed how, with the help of a drone, they discovered Ukrainian positions with a drone base in the village of Krasnogorovka (bordering Maryinka in the DPR).

08:05 A resident of Artemovsktoldhow the Ukrainian military used vehicles with a red cross to transport weapons last summer.

07:45 The elusive avengers of the group are crushing the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction -video.

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US and the EU are preparing to punish Hungary for common sense in relations with Russia
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[REGNUM] Hungary's friendship with Russia must not go unpunished. This is the lesson that Washington and Brussels want to teach Budapest by scaring it with sanctions. Experts consider the threats serious and realizable, given the number of claims from the current White House team and Euro-bureaucrats. The United States will not act first, but two EU countries, including the nearest neighbor, will strike first. In what way, besides the unwillingness to join in support of Kyiv, was the team of Prime Minister Viktor Orban "guilty?"

The White House thought about imposing sanctions against Hungary in connection with its position on the conflict in Ukraine, as well as relations with Russia. This was reported by the Budapest publication 444 . Washington is "planning new measures to punish the Hungarian government, including the possible imposition of sanctions against powerful individuals," according to him from several diplomatic sources .

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Head
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military blogger Donetsk

This is a blogger's reaction to a video posted two days before showing a Russian soldier cutting off the head of a prisoner of war. The video I have seen is very grainy, and thus very old. I told one of the purveyors of the video that Akhamat, the Chechen military group operating in Ukraine has been committing a number of atrocities such as this.

That is when a number of accusations at me went flying. Then, when I asked for the name of the cameraman and the name of the victim or at least the GPS data from the phone, there was silence.

The voice in the video is undoubtedly Russian, so it was a Russian speaker who murdered the prisoner. But without more data I can't be sure it was a Russian soldier who did it. And the poor quality of the video, the lack of electronic data and the lack of data about the cameraman and the victim is very telling, as an issue.

[DonRF] He who gives birth to the wind will reap the storm. And it is. And from the other side, the wind was picking up with all its might. But there is a but:

According to the military prosecutor's office, “in the first months of 1945, 4,148 officers and a large number of privates were convicted by military tribunals for committing atrocities against the local population. Several show trials of military personnel ended with the death sentences for the guilty..."

Our ancestors, faced with a dilemma, decided this:

On January 21, 1945, the commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front, Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky, issued order No. 006, designed to “direct the feeling of hatred of people to exterminate the enemy on the battlefield”, punishing for looting, violence, robbery, senseless arson and destruction. The danger of such phenomena for the morale and combat effectiveness of the army was noted

...which echoes the words of the Ghost of Novorossia in our days:

You know my position: demonstrative atrocities are manifestations of weakness. Our path and attitude towards the enemy is a bullet in the medulla oblongata.

Dry, calm, without saliva, snot and emotions. But ALL biological carriers of the Ukronazi consensus and their allies.

Kill a Nazi, but not a German, excuse me, a Ukrainian. No more and no less. And now it's probably in order. So, a certain blogger Pozdnyakov, famous for his scandals, posted a video. On which ALLEGEDLY a captured militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is cut off his head.

Let's put aside even the moral side, although this is a crime, and it is customary to punish criminals, and think - who benefits?

And it is beneficial to the enemy. There is an information war going on. On the other hand, the decline of spirit is gaining momentum. The West began to pay less attention to the howl from the Hutsul meadows. And suddenly ... And where is Pozdnyakov? That's right, not in Russia. Immediate consequences of this FRAGMENT of the video, it is not entirely on the Web:
Hutsul is a Ukrainian ethnic group.
1. A wave of propaganda and hatred from the other side. This will make it easier for the enemy to mobilize.

2. More deaths of our prisoners.

3. Strengthening the help and support of Saloreich in the world.

4. Greater resistance of the enemy, who will not surrender now, therefore, more victims.

Khokhols have been doing this since day one. From video. For some reason, we were not afraid, on the contrary, the number of people who wanted to send a bullet into the medulla oblongata increased many times. Now they have launched it with us. And a herd of degenerates ran through social networks to shout "hurrah" and demand more. What the enemy has recorded and is spreading.

And now simple questions - for whom did they work, and why? Of course, I understand that it’s easy to hate from the couch, but thinking with your head is a useful activity. For all. And the saddest thing is, if it turns out that the video is a fake, which is far from excluded, and even very possible, then it will be easy to poke all these statements of useful rear idiots who are in favor. But by someone else's hands. And no one will even ask a question - even if it is revenge - VIDEO WHY?

And yes, things happen. As a rule, with those who wore chevrons similar to the chevrons of the state of Adolf. They choke on a bone, fall into a pit and break their neck, heart attacks there ... But a NORMAL PERSON will not do it like this, much less shoot a video.

The desire for revenge can be understood, given the general amazingness, even accepted, because we don’t have military tribunals, but sadism, torture and video shooting should be stopped in the bud. And even more so, you can’t disperse the possible fakes of a fugitive blogger and admire them. War has its own rules. It is beyond any.

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#2  Don't be too surprised -- or disappointed for that matter -- to learn the video was taken 20+ years ago, taken in Chechnya.
Posted by: badanov || 04/13/2023 2:34 Comments || Top||

#3  If they would do it in Chechnya they would do it there.
Posted by: Chris || 04/13/2023 9:55 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
US congressman confused in testimony
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets

In any incomprehensible situation, say what kind of democracy and freedom it is

When asked by a journalist why Americans should prepare to get drawn into the conflict and shed blood for Taiwan, US Congressman Michael McCaul
...could Mr. Chernovets mean Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Austin)?
Blame the translation. Andrey did the best he could. Corrected in the text
replied that

a) there is no NATO (which means you have to climb yourself)

b) 90% of the world's semiconductor production is located there.

Host: clarified:
- Is it something like a war for oil?

McCaul instantly changed his shoes in his testimony:
- Well, actually, we are talking about protecting democracy and freedom ...

Interestingly, these hypocrites themselves believe in the nonsense they are talking about?

P.S.

Quote:

"And in the evening, the president turned to us all on a pager. He explained that the Iraqi leader does not want to share oil. This means that he is against democracy"

M. Zadornov. "Diary of an American Soldier".

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Two weeks of WOT
Thu 2023-04-13
  Texas police seize 3.1 million lethal doses of fentanyl in single traffic stop
Wed 2023-04-12
  Canadian authorities arrest 2 women repatriated from NE Syria
Tue 2023-04-11
  Egypt planned to covertly send 40,000 rockets to Russia: report
Mon 2023-04-10
  20 killed in DR Congo attack blamed on Islamic State group
Sun 2023-04-09
  Forty-four dead in two attacks in Burkina Faso
Sat 2023-04-08
  Lebanon to file complaint at UN Security Council over Israeli 'aggression.' Really.
Fri 2023-04-07
  34 rockets fired from southern Leb by Islamic Jihad
Thu 2023-04-06
  Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for burning alive three southern Yemeni separatist prisoners
Wed 2023-04-05
  Clashes between armed groups in Syria's Aleppo lead to casualties
Tue 2023-04-04
  al-Qaeda commander dronezapped in Syria's Idlib
Mon 2023-04-03
  Car bombing rocks Syrian capital Damascus, state media says
Sun 2023-04-02
  ISWAP Terrorists Launch Midnight Attack On Nigerian Police Station In Borno State
Sat 2023-04-01
  California police union executive director ran fentanyl operation from home: feds
Fri 2023-03-31
  Gun control activists storm Tennessee State Capitol
Thu 2023-03-30
  Fort Campbell helicopter crash: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear confirms multiple fatalities expected


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