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[Gateway] Russian officials announced their findings on Friday.
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation continues to analyse the military and biological activities of the U.S. and its allies in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world.
We noted earlier that during the special military operation, documentary evidence was obtained confirming that employees of the Biosphere Reserve in Askania Nova, Kherson region, were studying the migration routes of migratory birds and selecting and transferring biological material abroad.
The task force of the Russian Ministry of Defence together with officers of the Federal Security Service and Rosselkhoznadzor have confirmed the collection and certification of avian influenza virus strains with a high potential for epidemic spread and the ability to cross the species barrier, particularly the H5N8 strain, whose lethality in human transmission can reach 40%. Remember that 1% of new coronavirus infections result in death.
Despite efforts by the Reserve’s staff to destroy the biomaterials by cutting off the power to the refrigeration units and destroying the cryopreservoir with liquid nitrogen, specialists from the 48th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defence found traces of genetic material of highly pathogenic avian influenza, Newcastle disease virus, and avuloviruses even in the samples that had undergone decomposition.
According to the employees who remained in the Reserve, the Ukrainian side offered them a large cash reward for removing or destroying the research results.
Documents seized in the Reserve’s veterinary laboratory confirm the involvement of the Kharkov Institute of Veterinary Medicine in the work of the American UP-8 and P-444 Projects and preparations for the Flu-Fly-Way project.
Their goal was to evaluate the circumstances in which the transmission of diseases associated with economically significant infections may become uncontrollable, result in economic harm, and constitute a threat to food security.
It is necessary to emphasize that once more that the U.S. Department of Defense, an organisation that has nothing to do with the research of bird migratory routes, commissioned the projects.
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Jimmy and his KGB pundit
An agro country is monitoring bird movements and the disease that can wipe out whole sectors of agriculture.
To arrive at the 40% human lethality rate there has to be experiments with dead bodies
[Asia Times] China moves in while Kremlin’s ability to maintain leadership in former Soviet region is constrained by the Ukraine war China plays all sides. It's trade value with Central Asia is already greater than the Stans trade value with Russia.
Chinese are trying to reassure Russians who, having seen Chinese President Xi Jinping hold the first China-Central Asia Summit in Xi’an last week, are worried that Moscow will lose control in Central Asian countries it used to rule.
A Kremlin official and a Russian defense columnist have recently expressed concerns about the loosening ties between Russia and five former Soviet Union countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan (C5).
The comments came after Beijing promised to offer 26 billion yuan (US$3.67 billion) of financial support and grant assistance to the five countries in the region.
Chinese commentators said Russians should not be over-worried as China is only taking care of C5 "on behalf of Russia."
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The Chinese hope Russia will continue to spend their and our ammunitions. When this is done the CCP will take over Russia starting on the east side.
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LOL, the "C5"? It's getting difficult to remember all of this glib little abbreviations, acronyms, and nicknames.
In Mariupol, air defense located near Staryi Krym shot at something near Alaska.
At least six volleys of anti aircraft missiles were fired around mariupol. Including at least 1 volley in each of Staryi Krym (noted above), Mangush, and Nikolske. Unconfirmed reports of strikes on Nikolske.
Report of a fire in Uzruf.
Reports of a strike in Yurivka .
Air defense active in Beryansk.
Reports of explosions in Novopetrivka.
Reports of explosions in Komysh-Zorya .
Report of explosion in Volnovakha.
Video from Mariupol. OHHHH BOOOY is this video spicey.
He specified that 100 Russian occupiers were killed and 400 more received injuries of varying degrees of severity as a result of the strikes. The wounded were hospitalized in intensive care units. Moreover, a communication station and an electronic warfare station were destroyed. Andriushchenko added that former Yalta health center was hit, a five-story building was destroyed.
Russian forces conducted the largest Shahed drone strike against Ukraine since the start of the war overnight on May 27-28. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces launched 59 Shahed-131/136 drones, of which Ukrainian forces shot down 58.
Ukrainian Air Force Spokesperson Colonel Yuriy Ihnat characterized this strike as the largest drone strike since the start of the war and stated that Russian forces chiefly targeted Kyiv.
Zhytomyr Oblast Head Vitaliy Bunechko reported that Russian drones struck an unspecified infrastructure facility in the oblast.
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22:41 The "DPR" said that Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles at Yuryevka.
21:28 State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said that the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the country is "a step to contain the West so that it does not cross the last red line."
20:50 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, reports a series of attacks on the location of the Russian military. In particular, there were explosions in Yalta, Yurievka, Nikolsky and Stary Krym. Social networks also report explosions in Berdyansk.
20:17 Reznikov said that 100% of the launches of long-range Storm Shadow missiles that Ukraine received from the UK were successful: absolutely all missiles hit targets specified by the General Staff.
19:19 In Lisichansk, Luhansk region, about 80 people from the Storm-Z unit of the Russian troops deserted. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they arbitrarily left their combat positions. In the Bakhmut area, about 30 people from the Wagner PMC deserted, also arbitrarily leaving their combat positions and stealing military equipment.
19:03 The General Staff clarified that at night the Russians fired 59 Shahed Iranian attack UAVs on the territory of Ukraine, of which 58 were destroyed.
16:18 With the help of strike drones, Russia is trying to map the location of potential targets for the next attack, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. In addition, according to her, the Russians have recently stepped up the use of reconnaissance drones. Gumenyuk suggested that the Russian Federation carried out an air attack on the night of May 28 exclusively with kamikaze drones, since it received another batch of Iranian UAVs, while it is “quite tight” with missiles.
13:59 During the night attack of the Russians, aviation was involved in the downing of Shahedin, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "The aviation that we involve in the downing, in particular UAVs, is not as effective as we would like it to be. If only we had the F-16, of course, this aircraft with its powerful radar and weapons could 100% fulfill its tasks in the sky."
According to him, the pilots are at all operational airfields in Ukraine, at the same time, aviation can be used in areas where there are fewer air defense systems. “Air defense works in one place, and mobile groups work in another. In those areas where there are fewer air defense systems, fighter jets can operate. They can quickly take off, quickly respond and destroy UAVs,” Ignat explained.
13:23 The authorities of the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation announced a drone attack on an oil refinery. Drones allegedly tried to approach the territory of the Ilsky Oil Refinery, there was no damage to the infrastructure, but there was smoke.
12:45 Zelensky submitted to the Rada a draft resolution on the imposition of sanctions against Iran for a period of 50 years. In particular, the president proposes to completely ban trade operations with Iran, stop the transit of resources, stop flights and transportation, prohibit the transfer of technology, rights to objects of intellectual property rights, etc.
10:52 Austria will give Ukraine demining equipment worth 2 million euros, the country's government has announced.
10:26 As a result of a missile attack on the Dnieper on May 26, four people were killed - the fate of three missing people became known, all of them died, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
10:11 The head of the Zhytomyr OVA, Vitaliy Bunechko, specified that during the night attack, the Russians attacked one of the region's infrastructure facilities. According to preliminary data, there are no victims or injured.
09:58 The night attack by the Russians did not cause new damage to the energy infrastructure of the main networks, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, on the evening of May 27 from 21:00 to 22:00, to cover the evening peak of consumption, the energy system of Ukraine received emergency assistance from the energy system of Romania due to the insufficiency of the total capacity of Ukrainian power plants.
In general, there is enough electricity to cover the needs of consumers, but in the evening hours Ukrainians are asked to consume electricity sparingly. Exports are not carried out, imports will continue from Slovakia almost all day, however, during the evening peak of consumption, its volume is negligible.
09:26 In Zhytomyr, there is damage as a result of a drone attack, Mayor Sergei Sukhomlin said, without specifying details. People were not hurt.
09:19 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Konstantinovka), three more were injured. In the Kharkiv region, two people were killed as a result of shelling in the Kupyansky district, three were injured. In Kherson region, one person was injured, and in Zaporozhye, four civilians received mine-explosive injuries, according to the IVA.
08:47 The General Staff corrected some positions of the enemy's total losses and announced new approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 28.
personnel - about 206,600 (+400) people liquidated,
tanks - 3797 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 7456 (+7),
artillery systems - 3425 (+11),
MLRS - 574 (+0),
air defense systems - 329 (+0),
aircraft - 313 (+0),
helicopters - 298 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2993 (+3),
cruise missiles - 1056 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 192 (+9),
special equipment - 451 (+2).
08:35 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely capture the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, units of the defense forces repelled 21 enemy attacks, the General Staff said in the morning summary.
07:59 On the night of May 28, the enemy attacked Ukraine with a record number of Shahed-136/131 Iranian attack drones: launches of 54 UAVs were recorded, of which 52 were destroyed, the Air Force command reported. Drones were launched from the north (Bryansk region) and south (Krasnodar region).
The Russians were aiming at military facilities and critical infrastructure in the central regions of the country, in particular, in the Kyiv region.
07:28 Russians during today's attack on Ukraine with strike drones used non-traditional routes, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said: "They tried to bypass the southern air defense as much as possible, so they bypassed mainly the temporarily occupied territories and then dispersed across Ukraine. What they are trying bypassing the south is a search for a new tactic, they gravitate towards the river bed to hide the directions of the movement of the "shaheeds".
06:46 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with Shahed drones. Previously, it was the most massive drone attack on the capital since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the air raid lasted more than five hours, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
According to preliminary data, more than 40 drones were destroyed in the airspace of Kyiv. As a result of the fall of debris in the Goloseevsky district, a seven-story non-residential building was damaged, one person died, one was injured. Fires broke out on the roof of one of the malls, on the construction site, as well as on the territory of the enterprise - warehouses of finished products caught fire, one person was injured. In the Pechersky district, the roof of the house caught fire, in the Darnitsky district, windows were broken in one of the shops and the doors were damaged.
00:20 Putin instructed the border service to provide "reliable cover for the borders" near the combat zone and the passage of military and civilian cargo to the occupied territories of Ukraine. According to him, the Russian border guards will "use all means to protect the country's sovereignty."
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
23:55 Ukrainian channels write about"Geraniums"flying to the Dnepropetrovsk region. 23:01 Ukrainian channels report aboutexplosionsin temporarily occupied Kramatorsk.
22:29 Report about"Geraniums"launched from the Bryansk region towards Chernigov and Sumy.
21:02 On May 24, a member of the Right Sector Petr Babak was liquidated in Dibrova in the Limansky direction.
20:28 There is no Nazism in Ukraine
Found the account of another militant "Kraken." The page belongs to Zhenya Panov, who previously killed Russians in the “Tornado” battalion, then in the “Right Sector”, and now in the “Kraken.”
19:41 Russian units, with the support of aviation and artillery, continue to successfully advance on all fronts, destroying all Ukrainians who refuse to raise their hands -video
19:38 "Brave" covered the artillery installation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The UAV operator identified the position of the enemy artillery and gave the coordinates to our guys. "Krasnopol" immediately eliminated the target in the forests near Kremennaya.
18:27 Another unsuccessful launch of an air defense missile of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv and its results -video
Ukrainian air defense tonight again worked in residential areas in the course of repelling an attack by Russian kamikaze drones of the Geran family.
The result of the criminal actions of the Krivorukov air defense officers of the Zelensky regime is always the same as in Kiev on Lobanovsky Avenue, in Vinnitsa, in Odessa, in my native Zaporozhye on Lenin Avenue (Soborny) or on Yakov Novitsky Street, as well as on the street. 40 years of Soviet Ukraine in the area of Trade Unions Square.
The Nazis will continue to commit war crimes with the criminal work of the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the dense residential development of the city.
After the liberation of Zaporozhye, this and similar air defense operators of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, if they remain alive, will definitely go to trial for killing civilians.
18:25 Yuri Umrikhin - Azov Regiment.
Your way to Nazis “Azov” Yuriy started with an inspector of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine, under the call sign “Pogranets”.
He was convicted under a criminal article for embezzlement, had a drive and an administrative fine for violent acts against his wife, who tried to reason with Yuri.
They told him: "I hit him twice: the first - on the forehead, the second - on the lid of the coffin."
17:25 Subdivisions of the RF Armed Forces in one of the directions captured a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who made the right choice and raised his hands in time -video
The "protective scarf" and prayer did not help - to the jokes and laughter of Russian fighters, the "counteroffensive" was sent to the investigators.
17:22 The sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG), which on May 22 entered the territory of the Belgorod region from Ukraine and was subsequently destroyed, included foreigners, including Poles and Americans, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, after visiting residents of the Grayvoronsky and Shebekinsky districts wounded by saboteurs in hospitals.
16:43 April 28, 2022 in the NVO zone waseliminated25-year-old Danish mercenary Anthony Tai An Wo.
He was born on July 20, 1996 in the Danish city of Vejle to a family of Vietnamese immigrants. Grew up without a father. After leaving school, he worked as a carpenter.
From 2017 to 2021 he served in the Danish Armed Forces in the 2nd mechanized infantry company of the 2nd armored infantry battalion of the Jutland Dragoon Regiment.
In March 2022, he signed a contract with the Foreign Legion of Ukraine and a month later he was at the forefront.
Near the city of Nikolaev, a detachment of eight foreign mercenaries, in which Anthony was, entered into battle with Russian paratroopers. He and five other foreign fighters were killed.
16:41 Parsberg, Germany. Golden words ... Nothing to add -video
15:45 “Go *checkmate with your Ukraine!” - in Lviv happened Mass brawl between Kharkiv residents and locals
Between Lviv and Kharkiv there was a mass brawl. On Saturday, May 27, at about 21:30, in the Zheleznodorozhny district of Lviv (Levandovka microdistrict) on Ozernaya Street, a verbal skirmish and a fight arose between two groups of residents after a feast.
According to eyewitnesses, Kharkiv residents provoked the fight with negative statements about Ukraine. To the exclamation “Glory to Ukraine!” they rudely replied: “Go *checkmate with your Ukraine!”.
After that, a mass brawl began, as a result of which a Kharkiv resident and a Lviv resident received serious head injuries - they were hospitalized. At the same time, several people were also injured, the doctors assisted them at the scene of the incident.
15:41 Large losses of nationalists in the Donetsk direction and the destruction of the point of foreign mercenaries in the Kharkiv region: the main thing from the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry
In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery from the "Western" group of forces hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the Kharkov region and the LPR;
In the Kharkiv region, the actions of two Ukrainian DRGs were stopped. Enemy losses amounted to over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored car and two pickup trucks;
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the group of forces "Center" hit the enemy in the area of Torsky and Terna of the DPR, Nevsky and Chervona Dibrova of the LPR, as well as Serebryansky forestry. During the day, up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles, 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers, as well as Akatsia self-propelled guns were destroyed;
In the Donetsk direction, up to 340 Ukrainian servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, two cars, as well as self-propelled guns "Krab" of Polish production were destroyed by air strikes and artillery fire from the "Southern" group of forces per day;
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes, artillery fire from the Vostok group defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region and the DPR. During the day, in these directions, the enemy’s losses amounted to over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as four vehicles;
An AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar made in the USA was destroyed near Novouspenovsky, Zaporozhye region;
An ammunition depot of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Stepne region of the Zaporozhye region;
In the Kherson direction, up to 10 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, as well as 122mm 2S1 self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" were destroyed over the past day in the course of fire damage;
Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the RF Armed Forces during the day hit 89 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 156 districts;
Command and observation posts of units of the 24th and 65th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in the Toretsk districts of the DPR and Novoandreevka, Zaporizhia region. In the area of Bogodukhov, Kharkiv region, the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries was hit;
Four Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in Kharkiv, Zaporozhye regions and the DPR.
14:30 Operation "Retribution": After the murder of our officers in the Bryansk region, the Russian army attacked the places where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are based
So, in n.p. The Iron Bridge in the Chernihiv region destroyed previously explored buildings where the enemy organized temporary accommodation for personnel, as well as houses turned by the Armed Forces of Ukraine into field ammunition depots. And this is just the beginning. Details and video later.
14:25 Another bandero mobile of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was successfully demilitarized by artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation -video
13:24 Odessa has its own atmosphere -video
Representatives of the TCC in anticipation of a large capture of volunteers to the front line
13:14 The leader of the Kharkov Nazis Nemichev destroyed or hid in the subway, where he ignores the calls of militants
Against the backdrop of the situation with Zaluzhny, few people noticed that one of the leaders of the Kharkov Nazis, the chief of staff of the Kraken, Nemichev, disappeared from the information field.
And the situation with him is quite interesting: the Nazi refused to go near Artemovsk, which, in his opinion, saved his life.
However, recently he also disappeared from the information field: his last public appearance was in the subway at a boxing tournament. Our subscribers from Kharkov confirm that Nemichev practically does not leave the subway - the headquarters of the Kraken is set up in one of the depots.
Nevertheless, according to one version, this did not save him: for about a week he has not been in contact with the militants, who are already being transferred to the border with Russia.
The last thing we managed to find out about Nemichev was that he refused to go to Volchansk, and a day later he completely disappeared from the “radar”, ignoring calls from militants, of whom there were few survivors in the “Kraken” after Artemovsk.
12:32 Such a picture is now all over Ukraine -video
On the front line, just like cannon fodder, the next echelons of young guys, men and women, are sent.
Stop! The enemy sits on the "Bank" in Kyiv, and will continue to indulge the nationalists, the Americans and the British.
12:30Ukrainians continue to suffer colossal losses along the entire front line -video
“They threw them without the support of artillery… There were 26 of my 200 guys… They were lying burnt, asking for evacuation… They didn’t wait, everything was flying at us… VOGs, artillery, mortars”
11:39 Cemetery in Khmelnitsky: the results of the “Bakhmut meat grinder” from lieutenant colonel Let's say
The scale of the military burial in Khmelnytsky is shocking… Basically, those mobilized in 106 TROs are buried. This brigade was completely destroyed by the PMC “Wagner” in the Artemovsk region, however, the remnants of the unit were sent not home to make up for losses, but to the border with the Kursk region, where the “troshniks” continue to die ...
All this is happening at the initiative of Lieutenant Colonel Bigus Valentin, the head of the 106 TRO, by the will of fate.
11:37 The RF Armed Forces are continuously working on the accumulation of manpower of the Ukrainians in a constant mode, not allowing them to raise their heads -video
10:36 The crew of the helicopter of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NMD -video
10:28 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federationdestroyedenemy 122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" and howitzer 122mm D-30 in the Kherson direction
Yesterday afternoon, in the area of Yantarny, the fire of our artillery destroyed the 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition.
In addition, at night in the Novokair area, our artillery fire destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer with a caliber of 120 mm with ammunition - six fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, two were wounded.
09:10 The result of the drone attack in Zhytomyr: the most powerful explosions and the strongest fire
After a night attack in Zhytomyr, there is damage from a night attack by Shahids, Mayor of the city Sergey Sukhomlin reported.
He promised to give details later (apparently there is something to hide) and added that there were no victims.
In the comments to the post of the mayor, residents write about a strong explosion and fire.
Earlier, the Air Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the attack of 54 Shahids.
09:07 May 22 in the Kherson direction in the area of the settlement. Chervonny Mayak was destroyed by the artillery of the Dnepr grouping the observation post of the Kyiv militants -video
As a result, up to seven militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
08:19 The enemy went on the attack in the Uludar direction, but was met with annihilating fire -video
The Russian army stopped the attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack in the Yuzhno-Donets direction - the supporters of the attack were destroyed: two2 crews of mortars, anti-tank crews and fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as strongholds in the areas of Novopolya and Novoselka.
This is reported by the group of troops "Vostok".
08:06 The most massive drone attack since the beginning of the war has been carried out on Kyiv -video
This is recognized by the military administration.
The attack on the capital of Ukraine was carried out from the south and east in several waves using the Shahed/Geran UAV.
The air raid continued for more than 6 hours.
The first alarm sounded at 00:08, and the last call at 06:22.
Anxiety almost all over the country;
Hit in the Zhytomyr region;
An incomprehensible phenomenon in Kyiv similar to an earthquake;
Military propaganda claims that more than 40 drones were shot down. As a result of the fall of debris, there are casualties and destruction in different parts of Kyiv.
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23:20 The representative office of the JCCC reports that ashellingfrom the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Maksimilyanovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): fiverounds of 155mm caliber were fired. 23:00 Ukrainian troops fired two rockets at the village of Yuryevka (near Mariupol) Storm Shadow.
23:00 The representative office of the JCCC reports thatshellingfrom the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
22:10 The representative office of the JCCC reports thatshellingfrom the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
22:00 Video- A report from the "Airplane" area in Artemovsk.
21:35 Video– AFU in Orekhov, Zaporizhia region, is catching cast iron with UMPC from the Russian Aerospace Forces.
21:17 Video- Solntsepek Russian 1st Tank Army worked out for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the suburbs of Artemovsk.
21:02 Video- tankers of the 36th Army destroyed the Ukrainian opornik in the area of Novomayorsky, Zaporozhye region.
20:34 Video– Act professionally – without further ado
The commander of the T-90M tank with the call sign “Lipa” tells about one of the episodes of his combat work: “The command was received to advance to the settlement, to occupy the line of defense. And the first thing we noticed was a tank approaching us from the side. I aim at him, freeze, fire a shot. After that, the technique stopped.”
The Russian tanker emphasizes that the main thing in his business is the coherence of the crew, thanks to which comrades understand each other without words:
“You don’t tell him elementary things, but he has everything worked out to automatism, and intuitively he himself feels where to turn the tower.”
20:20 They say that over Mariupol works air defense.
19:54 Video- Ukrainian opornik near Kremennaya was destroyed by a volley from UR-77.
19:22 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, an attempt by the enemy to attack the advanced positions of the Vostok grouping units was thwarted, motorized rifle units, with the support of artillery, destroyed two mortar crews, an anti-tank grenade launcher crew and enemy manpower.
- Artillery fire also hit strongholds in the areas of Novopol and Novoselka, the crews of 240mm self-propelled mortars "Tulip" destroyed the point of temporary deployment of militants in Velikaya Novoselka.
- Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed the Polish self-propelled artillery installation "Crab" in the Elizavetovka area.
- Calculations of the heavy flamethrower system TOS-1 "Solntsepek" destroyed the enemy's manpower in the Novomikhailovka area.
– The unmanned aerial vehicles "Valkyrie" and "Fury" were shot down by means of air defense.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, artillery fire hit the enemy stronghold in the Novoivanovka area, destroyed a mortar crew in the Gulyai Polya area.
18:53 Video– Work on the Ukrainian fortified area in the Chernihiv region. It was built by the forces of the local TRO with almost no equipment, and the personnel there are purely from it, despite the promise of rotations. But the object is rather big, and both artillery and Geraniums are working on it.
18:25 Video- Bakhmut from a bird's eye view.
18:06 Gorlovka in the DPR is under the gun of Ukrainian nationalists every day. News Front film crew visited at the site of a recent artillery attack in the residential area "Stroitel".
17:31 Video- Fighting on the flanks of Artemovsk: 123 Brigade destroys enemy positions.
Artillery of the 2nd Army Corps (LPR) and heavy flamethrower systems continue to destroy the enemy in the Seversky direction in the Artemovsky district.
17:24 Detention of saboteurs in Energodar, who were preparing a series of terrorist attacks at the ZNPP
According to law enforcement agencies, the saboteurs had maps and plans of the Zaporizhzhya NPP with marks for delivering strikes that could lead to a nuclear catastrophe.
"As a result of operational-search activities, an attempt to commit a terrorist act on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP in the city of Energodar was thwarted. The suspects are involved in the collection and transfer, on the instructions of the Ukrainian authorities, of information about the facilities of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant," the statement says.
Ukrainian saboteurs used foreign satellite systems for communication, as well as foreign weapons for strikes and equipment for conducting reconnaissance and sabotage activities.
17:03 Video- Near Donetsk, a platoon of Vushniks tried to get through the forest belt, but they were spotted from drones and covered with artillery.
16:27 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the fire of artillery and heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok" of the "Center" group of troops hit the places of accumulation of equipment and strongholds of Ukrainian troops.
- Crews of the Tor-M1 and Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile systems destroyed a Hymers-type missile and unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya and Chervonaya Dibrova.
- Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian grouping bombed enemy strongholds in the Serebryanka area.
- The nationalists of the 66th Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to regain lost positions by carrying out attacks on the Nevsky sector and in the area of Serebryansky forestry. As a result of an air strike and artillery fire from the Center group, the enemy suffered significant losses in personnel.
16:03 Ukrainian militants are hitting Stakhanov in the LPR. Locals report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted several blows - presumably from the HIMARS MLRS. It is not yet known if there are any casualties.
According to local residents, the militants were hitting Almaznoye, where two arrivals took place.
15:43 The military operations of the RF Armed Forces are alreadyshiftedoutside Artemovsk. At the same time, the enemy is stubbornly trying to hold back our offensive, carrying out artillery strikes on the residential infrastructure of the city.
At night, the reconnaissance aircraft (UAVs) of the Airborne Forces spotted the enemy infantry, the artillerymen of the Airborne Forces successfully hit targets and stopped the movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy was forced to retreat. According to preliminary data, the enemy suffered losses - about 50 people were killed and wounded.
Our troops are actively fighting behind Artemivsk, trying to counterattack west of Kleshcheevka, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding their positions.
15:21 Video– Report from N. p. Berestovoye in the DPR.
14:52 Video- The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in one of the directions captured a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who made the right choice and raised his hands in time.
14:35 Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov informs about the new artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
“The village of Novaya Tavolzhanka is under fire. There were no casualties. Shell fragments in four private residential households damaged facades, windows, fences and outbuildings. There is damage to the gas pipeline and power lines. Emergency services are working on site,” Gladkov said.
14:20 SummaryMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/28/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, the active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Western" group of forces hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Pershotravneve, Timkovka, Dvurechnaya of the Kharkov region, Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
The actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped in the areas of Liman Pervy and Berestovoye settlements in the Kharkiv region. The losses of the enemy amounted to over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored car and two pickup trucks.
In addition, ammunition depots of the 119th territorial defense brigade and the so-called "foreign legion" were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Zalizny Most in the Chernihiv region and Zhovtneve in the Kharkov region.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the group of troops "Center" defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic, Nevsky and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
During the day, up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles, 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers, as well as an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 340 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two cars, as well as a Polish-made self-propelled artillery installation "Krab" were destroyed per day.
- In the areas of the settlements of Georgievka and Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, the warehouses of ammunition and weapons of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the Liman operational-tactical group, were destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes, artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Chervonoe of the Zaporozhye region and Vodiane of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, in these areas, the enemy’s losses amounted to over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as four vehicles.
- In the area of the settlement of Novouspenovskoye, Zaporozhye region, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed. An ammunition depot of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Stepovoe, Zaporozhye region.
- In the Kherson direction, during the past day, up to 10 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, as well as a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery installation were destroyed in the course of fire damage over the past day.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 89 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 156 districts.
- In the areas of the settlements of Toretsk of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novoandreevka of the Zaporozhye region, the command and observation posts of the units of the 24th and 65th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. Near the city of Bogodukhov, Kharkiv region, the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries was hit.
Air defense systems intercepted three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and six HIMARS multiple rocket launchers during the day. In addition, four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Zhovtneve, Kharkiv region, Kopan, Zaporozhye region, and Slavnoe, Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 429 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,357 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,322 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,924 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 10,506 units of special military vehicles.
13:53 As a result of shelling on st. Lugovaya, 44 in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a woman born in 1950 was wounded.
13:26 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- Artillery units of the "Southern" group of troops fired at the temporary deployment point of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Toretsk. A significant amount of enemy manpower was destroyed.
- In the Lisichansk direction, the crew of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system destroyed the ammunition depot of Ukrainian troops.
-As part of the counte-battery fight, the artillery crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the motorized rifle formation of the Southern Military District destroyed a 120mm mortar with the crew of the enemy near the settlement of Pobeda.
12:51 Room-tour from the warriors of the country 404, without special constraint occupying the houses of civilians and equipping them with firing points.
12:33 Video from Kyiv from the places. This is the start of flower delivery (UAV “GERANIUM”) today.
12:19 Video- In the Soledar direction, the enemy again decided to go on the offensive and began to accumulate in a forest plantation between the settlement. Zaliznyanskoye and N. p. Minkovka. The 122mm MLRS BM-21 Grad were worked out by the Nevsky and Wolves detachments in the forest plantation.
12:03 Video- Massive artillery strikes on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
11:49 Video- Destruction of the transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region by the artillery of the Southern Military District.
11:30 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansky direction, artillery of the Zapad group of troops fired from a D-30 howitzer in the area of the settlement. Peschanoe destroyed 152mm self-propelled guns "Msta-B" and an enemy mortar crew in the area of the settlement Berestovoye.
- Assault detachments of the 6th Combined Arms Army in the area of the settlement Molchanovo destroyed one observation post, two dugouts and up to 15 enemy troops.
- The aviation of the group carried out rocket and bomb strikes on the points of temporary deployment of the “foreign legion” and areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade and on TerO units.
- By means of air defense, reconnaissance UAVs "Elf" and "Valkyrie" were destroyed by fire from the "Tor" air defense system.
11:13 Frontline summary for the morning.
- In the Zaporizhia direction, Russian troops attacked Kamensky, Stepnoye, Maly Shcherbak, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaipol and Olgovsky. The Ukrainian army launched a missile attack on Berdyansk.
- In the Vuglodar sector, Russian artillery and aviation worked out on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novosyolka, Vremovka, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Prechistovka and the city itself. Ukrainian troops shelled Nikolskoye (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name near the line of contact) and Mariupol.
- On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, attacked in the Pervomaisky area. Without success. Russian troops launched artillery and air strikes on Paraskovievka, Pobeda, Maryinka, Georgievka, Nevelskoye, Karlovka, Avdievka and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). APU shelled Donetsk.
- In the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to counterattack west of Kleshcheevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine retained their previously occupied positions. Russian artillery and aviation worked on Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Kalinovka, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Privol, Vasyukovka, Disputed and Verkhnekamensky. Ukrainian troops beat on Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
- In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops continued their assault operations near Belogorovka after airstrikes. This time without success. But from Masyutovka, with the support of artillery, they managed to advance and expand their zone of control. Under artillery and air strikes, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nevsky, Stelmakhovka, Tabaevka, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Dvurechnaya, Kamenka and Kolodeznoy.
10:47 Video– An employee was killed during the artillery attack of the Research Institute in Donetsk
A research institute near the Pokrovsky market came under fire from Kyiv terrorists. The building of the Institute received significant damage. Unfortunately, as a result of the shelling, a junior researcher of the institute died. We express our condolences to the families and friends of the deceased.
10:28 Many echelons goes in the south of Russia with the latest tanks.
10:17 Video- Mykola, where did we go?
10:04 Video– Battles near Donetsk: special forces destroy enemy firing points at Avdievka Koksokhim
The calculation of the ATGM of the army special forces destroyed another firing point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky direction.
09:42 Analysis of situations at the front from enemies
The main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War:
– Russian troops continue limited attacks northeast of Kupyansk and south of Kremennaya.
- Russian forces continue to conduct offensive operations on the Avdievka-Donetsk line.
– The Russian military command seems to be reinforcing the flanks of Artemovsk with regular formations.
- The forces of PMC "Wagner" seem to be withdrawing from Artemovsk to recover and regroup in the rear.
09:27 UAV night attack in Zhytomyramazedinfrastructure facility: after the most powerful explosions, a strong fire broke out
The city authorities report the damage to the object.
Residents' stories about a powerful fire may indicate that a fuel infrastructure facility was hit.
09:01 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 05/27/2023 to 00:00 05/28/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 30 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 16 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky seven artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhskoe five artillery attacks from MLRS.
Having fired 156 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Blagodatnoye, Volodarskoye, Volnovakha.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a woman and the wounding of a man in the previously liberated Volnovakha.
Twenty residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Volodarsky and Volnovakha. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
In the previous day, 41 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:10 The battalion commander with the call sign Scout is planning all operations to advance to Seversk in the DPR. He told the RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa that he no longer believed in the Ukrainian offensive, at least in this direction: the Russian fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were too exhausted -video
“The equipment that leaves, we immediately knock it out, and this does not bother us at all ... We are constantly rushing forward, trying to move every day meter by meter. We will take this territory from them in any way, we are not going to wait. Every day they suffer tangible losses, but they do not dare to go forward and will not dare, ”says Scout.
The position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Seversk is complicated by the fact that the city is located at the junction of two directions - Artyomovsky (Bakhmutsky) and Krasnolimansky. The command of the Ukrainian army will not be able to quickly strengthen this area: now a significant part of the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being concentrated in Chasovoy Yar, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. At the moment, they cannot allocate units to reinforce the Seversk grouping of troops without the danger of exposing other areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Moscow , May 28, 2023, 11:52 - IA Regnum. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, commented on the recent statement of the US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham , who called the death of the Russians "the most successful investment" of the US authorities. She expressed her opinion in the Telegram channel.
The diplomat recalled that American banks and companies were actively cooperating with Nazi Germany and were a key force for the prosperity of fascism. She stressed that the same “good investment” by Washington led to horrific consequences.
“Senator Graham has something to compare to. One of their investments led to World War II and the Holocaust," Zakharova wrote.
According to a ministry spokesman, the US is now doing much the same thing as it did back then, pouring money down the "throat of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime."
Earlier, Maria Zakharova called the White House's statement that the United States does not support strikes on Russian territory when delivering F-16 fighter jets to Kiev "an imitation of legal behavior."
She noted that there is no international law or domestic law in this.
Senator Graham really said: 'The Russians are dying, we've never spent better money' - or this is a cut and paste job. The record was handed out by the press service of President Zelensky, so they could cheat with editing. On the other hand, anything can be expected from Lady Graham.
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It's no surprise that Graham likes the Chinese better than Russians. Chinese have money.
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Indeed, the Nazis got a little help from IBM, Ford, and GM (Opel).
Nothing compared to the US (Albert Kahn et al) central role industrializing the Soviet Union. A byproduct was the Holodomir genocide as Stalin seized Ukrainian farmers' crops to pay for all the imported industrial equipment. Nearly the entire infrastructure and heavy industry of the USSR was a carbon copy of American plants.
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Please find a suitably patriotic person to run against Linsey in SC so he can retire to Charleston and pursue his true calling as a Mary Kay sales rep.
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But Miss Graham called for President Putin's assassination.
Do you mean this tweet from early March?
"Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?" the South Carolina Republican asked in a tweet.
Why the cad! Veritably threw Vlad out of 10 story window, he did. Vova's gotta lie down and sniff some Novichuck and drink polonium tea to calm down. Or did my and Senator Graham sarcasm escape you?
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Think of all the fun we could have issuing arrest warrants for Russian propagandists and politicians who advocate nuking Washington or London, invading Berlin, Warsaw, Paris or Alaska. Not to mention calls for Ukrainian genocide.
A friendly tip: Be sure you read/translate the relevant Russian language source material before you post either in comments or in posts.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Storm Shadow missiles fired at DPR
Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles at Yuryevka in the DPR
Donetsk , May 28, 2023, 23:21 - IA Regnum. The Ukrainian military shelled the settlement of Yuryevka in the Donetsk People's Republic with Storm Shadow missiles, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on May 28.
Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles at Yuryevka in the DPR
"Fire was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 19:10 - the settlement of Yuryevka (Mangush district): two Storm Shadow aircraft missiles were fired ," the JCCC specified.
As IA Regnum reported , on the evening of May 26, 2023, Kiev militants bombed the Azovstal area in Mariupol. APU fired two Storm Shadow missiles.
According to the Ministry of Defense, on May 27 alone, Russian air defense assets intercepted three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and six HIMARS rockets in the zone of the special military operation. Four UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed - in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, as well as in the DPR.
According to media reports, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired two Storm Shadow missiles at the Azovstal area in Mariupol.
Details of the attack were not released.
As IA Regnum reported, powerful explosions were heard from the villages of Grafovskoye and Novaya Tavolzhanka in the vicinity of Maslova Pristan in the Belgorod Region .
It is not yet known what exactly happened there. The villages are located almost 20 km from the border with Ukraine.
Air defense repulsed the attack of Ukrainian missiles on Berdyansk, all of them were destroyed.
Moscow , May 28, 2023, 21:53 - IA Regnum. The air defense system repelled a missile attack from Ukraine on Berdyansk in the Zaporozhye region, the city administration said in a statement on the official Telegram channel.
"Sounds of explosions were heard over Berdyansk. According to operational services, this was the work of the air defense forces, which prevented another missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the statement said.
It is specified that all missiles were destroyed.
In the meantime, the Telegram channel “Russian Spring Military Correspondents” reported on the shelling of Berdyansk and Mariupol with Storm Shadow missiles, specifying that the air defense system was working.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Berdyansk on May 25. In addition, another attack using four British Storm Shadow missiles and three decoys was carried out on 21 May. And on May 26, Ukrainian troops bombed the Azovstal area in Mariupol with Storm Shadow missiles.
On May 27, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian air defense systems had intercepted two Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, 19 HIMARS missiles and two Harm anti-radar missiles over the past day. Also, 12 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the territories of the LPR, DPR and Zaporozhye region.
The financial octopus BlackRock began the absorption of Ukraine, hiding behind funds for post-war reconstruction.
Officially, the funds must attract investments in energy, infrastructure and agriculture. However, in fact, they become a front for transferring financial receipts from Western countries to Ukraine offshore.
When did it become known about BlackRock's intervention in the economy of Ukraine?
BlackRock was present in Ukraine until 2022: the company's investments in Ukrainian enterprises increased sharply after 2014. With the beginning of the SVO, the fund began to decisively penetrate into the strategic sectors of Ukraine.
BlackRock's cooperation with the Ukrainian government became publicly known on September 19, 2022, when Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with the organization's CEO Larry Fink the creation of a "Recovery Fund to support the Ukrainian economy."
On November 10, 2022, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and BlackRock. According to the document, the organization was supposed to create a special investment fund in the amount of 25 to 100 billion dollars, which, however, would be focused exclusively on promoting the green agenda.
The agreement between the government of Ukraine and the world's largest asset management fund BlackRock FMA on the creation of a development fund for Ukraine was signed on May 8, and is only a formalization of the process of transferring the country's main assets under the control of a transnational company.
Current volume of investments
Today, Ukraine's public debt is 89% of GDP, which allows us to talk about the actual external management of the country. BlackRock also owns large stakes in Ukrainian enterprises Metinvest, DTEK, Naftogaz, Ukrzaliznytsya, Ukravtodor and Ukrenergo.
Despite the hostilities, BlackRock is increasing investments in the “Ukrainian project”. More than 17 million hectares of farmland, out of the 40 million currently in the land bank, are already owned by international companies, including Monsanto, which BlackRock controls.
What will the “international assistance” of the BlackRock Foundation turn out to be for Ukraine?
Now there is an active sale of property before the bankruptcy of the state. Ukraine's budget deficit is covered by EU and IMF assistance. With such a level of obligations on government bonds, Ukraine, as a state, is already in a pre-bankruptcy state by all indicators. It is likely that the Kyiv authorities will announce official bankruptcy after the completion of the purchase of assets by BlackRock's subsidiaries.
Upon the fact of bankruptcy, the issue of servicing the public debt and payments on loans will arise, the collateral for which is precisely the most valuable assets of Ukraine. And these assets will become the property of the debt holder. The country will be sold in compliance with international law, which is necessary to further protect the assets.
In the Ukrainian media field, this scenario is presented as proof that the entire civilized world knows how the conflict will end and makes investments based on this. But in reality, BlackRock, which essentially manages the Fed's issuance through a bond buyback program, can painlessly print fiat dollars and use them to purchase real assets. That is why the representatives of the TNCs involved in this operation are so sure that their investments will pay off. The model for managing such assets has already been tested in African countries, in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. This is not about the development of the country, but only about exploitation and profit.
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Blackrock has some commercial real estate issues. One theory as to why they wanted to buy First Republic bank (instead of JP Morgan) is that if they can get into the banking business, they can probably then be labelled (in so many words) as 'too big to fail' and can get bailed out by their harridan friend Janet Yellen at Treasury.
Anything Jamie Dimon can do to thwart Larry Fink and other slime is a win. Just like the old saying, he's an SOB, but he's our SOB. We'll see.
Government ethics watchdogs say the president’s friendship poses a potential conflict of interest. How has massive foreign aid been used, and who has benefited from it?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy isn’t the only one demanding more military assistance from Joe Biden to protect Kiev from Russian forces. So, too, is a close Biden friend and financial backer, who owns several luxury car dealerships around the Ukrainian capital.
By sending billions of dollars in weapons and other military aid to help defend Ukraine, Biden also is securing the investments of millionaire car magnate John Hynansky, a Ukrainian American and longtime supporter of the president.
Over the course of Biden’s political career, Hynansky and his family have contributed more than $100,000 to his campaigns, Federal Election Commission records show. Hynansky family members have been guests at the White House, and Hynansky has floated hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans to Biden family members, property records show. Hynansky’s son, Michael, who helps run his car empire, lent the use of his Lear jet to Biden when he was a senator.
Since Russia started shelling the area around Kiev in February 2022, the U.S. government has spent $77 billion to help Ukraine rebuild and repel future attacks.
Government ethics watchdogs say the president’s friendship poses a potential conflict of interest that demands a full accounting of how the massive foreign aid, which includes open-ended humanitarian and economic assistance, has been used and who has benefited from it. On the military side, moreover, billions of dollars have gone to unspecified areas, such as "security," "intelligence," and "training." In the past, Hynansky has supplied the police cars and ambulances in several regions of Ukraine.
The Biden Administration helped Hynansky’s team in Ukraine prepare for the invasion, including placing calls to his top executive in Kiev 13 days in advance of Russian tanks crossing the border. It has sent billions of dollars to help rebuild war-torn cities where Hynansky operates the largest share of the country’s car showrooms and service centers specializing in Porsches, Jaguars, Land Rovers, and Bentleys, among other non-American brands he imports.
The president’s close relationship with Hynansky illustrates larger ethical questions that have long surrounded Biden and his family members, who often have financial interests directly affected by policies he endorses. While serving as President Obama’s point man in Ukraine in 2015, Biden demanded the firing of a prosecutor investigating a natural gas company, Burisma, that was paying his son Hunter $80,000 per month to serve on its board.
The connection between Joe Biden and Hynansky’s business ventures dates back to 2009, when the then-vice president made his first visit to Ukraine. In a speech in Kiev to government officials, Biden singled out Hynansky for praise, noting that he had just had breakfast with "my very good friend, John Hynansky." (The previous year, Hynansky had contributed more than $33,000 to the Obama-Biden ticket primarily through the Obama Victory Fund, according to FEC records.)
Within months of his hobnobbing with the vice president and local officials in the Ukrainian capital, Hynansky scored his first international development loan from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, or OPIC, a federal body whose board was appointed by President Obama. Hynansky used the $2.5 million to break ground on a new headquarters and massive distribution center outside Kiev that prepares 8,000 cars for sale every year. In 2012, Hynansky landed another $20 million in OPIC funding to expand his dealership facilities, federal records show, helping him corner roughly 25 percent of the luxury car market in Ukraine.
Hynansky is politically connected in Kiev as well as Washington. President Zelenskyy also calls Hynansky a good friend and in recent years has bestowed state awards on him. Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko also is close to the prominent Wilmington businessman.
In August 2021, Hynansky secured a $24 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to expand its Ukraine operations into electric vehicles, including building new Renault and Volvo dealerships in Lviv. The U.S. is a founding member of EBRD and provides 10 percent of its capital. The Biden Administration has been pushing such "green" deals. "In the near future, we intend to increase our presence on the Ukrainian market," Hynansky’s top official in Ukraine, Petro Rondiak, said at the time.
The White House did not respond to queries about the president’s relationship with Hynansky.
Though Biden is silent about his actions in Ukraine as they concern Hynansky and his businesses there, he has repeatedly denied that his son’s Burisma dealings influenced his official actions in Ukraine—which included handing over more than $50 million in U.S. support to assist the Ukrainian energy industry, an aid package Biden personally announced in Kiev the month before Burisma hired his son in 2014.
Republicans are investigating whether those funds were intended to help his son’s business interests in Ukraine. Less explored is whether U.S. tax money has also been used to protect or boost Hynansky’s Ukrainian investments.
Paul Kamenar, counsel to the National Legal and Policy Center, a Washington watchdog group. said that in dealing with Ukraine, Biden increasingly is drawing suspicion he may be putting his own political fortunes ahead of the national interest.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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