Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rohin is in italics.
This s an important film about an important operation by Soviet troops in the opening of their war in Afghanistan
[ColonelCassad] A new video has been released on the channel "Indigenous Council of Workers" dedicated to the events associated with the storming of Amin's palace in Afghanistan.
Abstract:
Why and how the Soviet war in Afghanistan began.
In addition to the published memoirs of V. Kolesnik, V. Sharipov, R. Tursunkulov, an important source for the video was the most complete analysis of the Storm-333 operation presented in V. Koshelev's book Storming Amin's Palace. I yet to have had occasion to watch the video. Video is translatable.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A new campaign is underway this spring across Russia, seeking recruits to replenish its troops for the war in Ukraine.
As fighting grinds on in Ukrainian battlegrounds like Bakhmut and both sides prepare for counteroffensives that could cost even more lives, the Kremlin’s war machine badly needs new recruits.
A mobilization in September of 300,000 reservists — billed as a "partial" call-up — sent panic throughout the country, since most men under 65 are formally part of the reserve.
Tens of thousands fled Russia rather than report to recruiting stations.
The Kremlin denies that another call-up is planned for what it calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine, now more than a year old.
But amid widespread uncertainty of whether such a move will eventually happen, the government is enticing men to volunteer, either at makeshift recruiting centers popping up in various regions, or with phone calls from enlistment officials. That way, it can "avoid declaring a formal second mobilization wave" after the first one proved so unpopular, according to a recent report by the US-based think tank Institute of the Study of War.
One Muscovite told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that his employer, a state-funded organization, gathered up the military registration cards of all male employees of fighting age and said it would get them deferments. But he said the move still sent a wave of fear through him.
"It makes you nervous and scared — no one wants to all of a sudden end up in a war with a rifle in their hands," said the resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisal. "The special operation is somewhat dragging on, so any surprises from the Russian authorities can be expected."
It’s been more than a week since he handed in his card, he said, and exemptions usually get resolved in a day or two, heightening his anxiety.
Russian media report that men across the country are receiving summonses from enlistment offices. In most of those cases, men were simply asked to update their records; in others, they were ordered to take part in military training.
Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov said last week that serving summonses to update records in enlistment offices is "usual practice" and a "continued undertaking."
Other unconfirmed media reports say authorities have told regional governments to recruit a certain number of volunteers. Some officials announced setting up recruitment centers with the goal of getting men to sign contracts that enable them to be sent into combat as professional soldiers.
Ads have appeared on government websites and on the social media accounts of state institutions and organizations, including libraries and high schools.
One of them, posted by a municipal administration in the western Yaroslavl region, promised a one-time bonus of about $3,800 to sign up, and if sent to Ukraine, a monthly salary of up to $2,500, plus about $100 a day for "involvement in active offensive operations," and $650 "for each kilometer of advancement within assault teams."
The ad said the soldier would also get tax and loan repayment breaks, preferential university admission status for his children, generous compensation for his family if he is maimed or killed in action, and the status of a war veteran, which carries even more perks.
In the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, officials asked universities, colleges and vocational schools to advertise for recruits on their websites, said Sergei Chernyshov, founder of a private vocational school there.
Chernyshov posted the ad on his social media account "so that everyone knows what our city hall is up to," but he told the AP that he doesn’t plan to put it on the school website. "It’s weird" to target vocational school students, he said.
Other efforts include enlistment officials meeting with college students and unemployed men, or phoning men to volunteer.
A Muscovite who spoke on condition of anonymity for his own safety said that he received such a call and was surprised at how polite it was: "After my ’No,’ there were no threats or (attempts to) convince me -— (just) ’Thanks, goodbye.’"
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Ukraine-operated drone caused a kaboom in the center of a Russian town on Sunday, hurting three people and damaging three residential buildings, TASS news agency reported, citing a law enforcement source and the emergency services.
Kyiv did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has previously denied Russian assertions that its drones - also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) - have flown into Russian territory and caused damage to civilian infrastructure.
"A Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh UAV was the cause of a kaboom in the town of Kireyevsk, Tula region," TASS quoted a law enforcement agency source as saying. "The drone was packed with explosives."
The blast occurred in the center of Kireyevsk, located some 220 kilometer (140 miles) south of Moscow.
None of the three people hurt in the earth-shattering kaboom are believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries, Russian news agencies reported.
The blast, which occurred at around 3.20 pm (1220 GMT), caused a large crater in the heart of Kireyevsk, a local emergency services representative told TASS.
Social media videos and pictures showed a muddy crater near a building with its roof and walls heavily damaged. Shards of glass from broken windows spread across the stairwell of a nearby apartment block.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Ukraine’s government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to "counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail" after Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.
One Ukrainian official said that Russia "took Belarus as a nuclear hostage."
But Moscow said it was making the move in response to the West’s increasing military support for Ukraine. Putin announced the plan in a television interview that aired on Saturday, saying it was triggered by a UK decision this past week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.
Putin argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the lead of the United States. He noted that Washington has nuclear weapons based in Belgium, Germany, Italia, the Netherlands, and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... "We are doing what they have been doing for decades, stationing them in certain allied countries, preparing the launch platforms and training their crews," he said.
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[Korrespondent] 21:14 Public utilities are being evacuated from Avdiivka, Donetsk region, due to constant Russian shelling. In addition, mobile communications will be turned off in the city, said the head of the city military administration, Vitaly Barabash. He explained this by the fact that there are informants of Russian occupiers in the city. "A couple more days, and there will be no opportunity to charge the phone. A couple more days, and there will be no one to serve the generators and the mobile tower," Barabash said.
18:47 An explosion occurred in the Kireevsky district of the Tula region of the Russian Federation, three people were injured. The emergency services said that the alleged Ukrainian drone Tu-141 Strizh with ammunition became the cause of the explosion.
17:26 Borrell said that the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus would mean "an irresponsible escalation and a threat to European security." The diplomat stressed that Minsk can still stop this - it's his choice. "The EU is ready to respond with further sanctions," Borrell added.
16:43 Ukraine demands to immediately convene an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council regarding Russia's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called this intention of the Russian Federation "another provocative step" that undermines the foundations of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the architecture of nuclear disarmament and the system of international security as a whole.
Ukraine appeals to the Belarusian society to prevent the implementation of Putin's criminal intentions, which will further turn this country into a hostage of the Kremlin and will have catastrophic consequences for its future. Kiev also asks the G7 states and the EU to warn the Belarusian authorities about the far-reaching consequences for Belarus if it agrees to accept tactical nuclear weapons from Russia on its territory.
15:55 The defense forces were able to stabilize the situation in the Bakhmut area, but the fighting there is still ongoing, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the number of enemy assaults has decreased, but it is possible that "it is the enemy's maneuver on reserves." Cherevaty added that the Russian army has activated artillery in the Limansko-Kupyansky direction, so the shelling does not stop there.
14:39 The German Foreign Ministry called Putin's statement about plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus "another attempt at nuclear intimidation." The department emphasized that the deployment of nuclear weapons in NATO countries, cited by the Russian president as an example, "is misleading and cannot justify the step" announced by Moscow. In addition, the German Foreign Ministry reminds that Belarus has repeatedly pledged at the international level not to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory.
14:12 The Russians launched a missile airstrike on two high-rise buildings in Avdiivka, Donetsk region. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
13:50 Head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko showed how Vuhledar looks like now:
13:18 Danilov said that the Russian Federation took Belarus as a nuclear hostage: "Putin's statement on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is a step towards internal destabilization of the country - it maximizes the level of negative perception and public rejection of Russia and Putin by the Belarusian society. The Kremlin took Belarus into nuclear hostages.
12:41 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Budapest's call to stop the fire in Ukraine and start peace negotiations does not mean that Russia should receive all Ukrainian territories that it now controls: "Stop the war and sit down at the negotiating table does not mean that you accept status quo... When the war stops and peace talks begin, it is not necessary that the borders will be where the front line is. We know this from our history... The ceasefire must come now."
11:57 The government of North Macedonia will consider the decision to transfer Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine on March 29 - after the country's General Staff approved such a proposal, Defense Minister Slavyanka Petrovskaya said. She noted that this decision will not affect the combat capability of the army of North Macedonia. We are talking about equipment, which, according to the plans of the country, is about to expire. These will be 12 Mi-24 helicopters that North Macedonia bought from Ukraine in 2001. Some of them have not been used for some time.
According to Defense24, six helicopters have been upgraded - they have been adapted for interaction with NATO forces and have received new aircraft that allow the use of night vision goggles and the Aviators night vision system. Also added is a modern navigation system, infrared lighting, and "other minor upgrades."
11:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Putin launched another information campaign against the backdrop of failures at the front. So, he is trying to promote the false story that the West cannot support the supply of weapons to Ukraine due to limited production. In addition, he renewed nuclear threats, announcing that Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July 1.
According to ISW analysts, the Russian president wants to create the impression that further Ukrainian resistance and Western support for Ukraine is useless. He argues that the increase in defense production planned by the West is significantly inferior to the capabilities of the Russian defense industry. According to Putin, by the end of 2023, the Russian Federation will build more than 1,600 new tanks, but Russia's only plant for the production of tanks (Uralvagonzavod) produces 20 units per month, experts say.
The Kremlin will likely continue to remove old tanks from storage and may try to upgrade some of them. But even Putin's announced unrealistic production targets are actually close to the minimum level needed to make up for Russia's losses on the battlefield, analysts said.
They also believe that the announcement of the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus does not increase the risk of nuclear war.
11:28 Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom arrived in Ukraine. He visited the children's center Spіlno, which is supported by UNICEF.
10:47 Putin said that Russia does not create a military alliance with China and "does not threaten any countries." But the West, in his words, is beginning to build a new axis "similar to the one that was built by fascist Germany and militaristic Japan."
09:39 British intelligence reports that since the beginning of March, Russia has launched at least 71 Shahed drones on the territory of Ukraine - these attacks followed a two-week pause in late February. Analysts believe that the Russian Federation began to regularly replenish the stocks of shock UAVs.
Drones are launched from two directions - from the Krasnodar Territory and the Bryansk Region. This allows Russia the flexibility to target a wide sector of Ukraine and shortens the flight time to targets in northern Ukraine. Probably, this is also another attempt to stretch the air defense of Ukraine, according to intelligence.
09:35 In the Donetsk region on March 25, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed - in the North and the city of Chasov Yar. Another person in the region was injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:19 Russians over the past day 49 times attacked the settlements of the Kherson region, including three times fired at the residential areas of Kherson. Nine residents of the Kherson region were injured, the OVA reported.
09:01 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 26.
personnel - about 170,550 (+660) people liquidated,
tanks - 3595 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 6947 (+15),
artillery systems - 2631 (+8),
MLRS - 522 (+2),
air defense systems - 277 (+1),
aircraft - 305 (+0),
helicopters - 291 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2216 (+2),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5486 (+3),
special equipment - 282 (+3).
08:43 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. On them, the Defense Forces repelled more than 85 enemy attacks, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
In Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, the Russian occupation "administration" ordered local residents to receive passes from the city commandant's office before April 1 to move around the occupied territories of the region. Passes will be issued upon successful filtering, separately for people and vehicles.
04:20 The International Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) condemned Putin's intention to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus. "As long as President Putin has nuclear weapons, Europe cannot be safe," ICAN said.
In turn, the Pentagon said that so far they see no reason to change the readiness of the US nuclear forces, since they see no signs of the readiness of the Russian Federation to use nuclear weapons: "We have seen reports of Russia's statement and will continue to monitor the situation. We have not seen any reason to changes in the readiness of our nuclear forces, nor signs that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons."
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[RIA] The US Treasury Secretary, and before that, the head of the Fed, Janet Yellen, during the hearings in Congress, once again indicated that a possible default in the country would lead to a loss of confidence on the part of international partners both in the US and in the dollar as a reserve currency. And she added that raising the debt ceiling without preconditions is a tough necessity.
Thus, Yellen believes that the traditional butting in Congress regarding the ceiling of the national debt (the party in power at the moment assures that the ceiling should be raised; the opposition insists that it is not necessary, along the way putting forward various demands that are not directly related to the debt) in the current difficult time may be tolerant. As the titan of thought and the father of democracy I. M. Vorobyaninov noted, "bargaining is inappropriate here."
As far as one can understand, the head of the US Treasury believes that now butts may end not with a lobbying deal that more or less satisfies everyone - and so on until next year, when the cycle repeats - but with the collapse of the dollar, and such an outcome of lobbying games will not satisfy anyone. After all, the dollar as a reserve currency is the palladium of the American power, but if the dollar loses this honorary title, then the prospects for the United States become uncertain.
Thus, the economist M. L. Khazin, with his relentless "ceterum censeo, the dollar will end badly," received powerful ideological support from the US Treasury.
Billionaire O. V. Deripaska blew the same tune: “The situation in America, of course, is very, very problematic. Reckless militarization, sanctions on anyone and adventurous military actions around the world have already cost this country almost 33 trillion dollars. more for free. So they will argue in Congress how to quietly raise another debt ceiling. But then there's this problem of almost unsecured deposits of $ 17 trillion in regional banks. Something tells me that the filly will not stand it."
Will survive, will not survive - it's hard to say. “In the long run,” as the economist J. M. Keynes noted, “we are all dead.”
Ohhhhhhh.... philosophy! That’s deep, man.
And the dollar is also not eternal. Here , a simple consideration is relevant, which A. I. Solzhenitsyn shared with the leaders of the Soviet Union back in 1973 : in the heat of the moment, they would find time to consult with him: that a dozen worms cannot endlessly gnaw on the same apple.
Whereas American foreign and defense policy was and is based precisely on the fact that one and the same apple can be gnawed now, and forever, and forever and ever. Just now, the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley , said: "The United States will have to double its defense budget if the conflict in Ukraine brings down the rules-based world order." For a general to increase the budget of the Pentagon from one trillion to two - just go to the bath. Whether or not Cassandra Yellen thinks so is unknown.
Moreover, by the nature of her service, she thinks not in long-term categories, but in the most short-term ones, thinking, like the commander Kutuzov at the council in Fili: "I see that I will have to pay for broken pots." The Fed has long been not entirely healthy, but finally it rushed over the bumps, declaring a policy of "helicopter money" (that is, generously and countlessly scattered as if from a helicopter).
The first "helicopter" was the head of the Fed in 2006-2014, Ben Bernanke, he was succeeded by Yellen. But Bernanke's genius was also in the fact that he managed to escape in time, becoming a world-famous scientist and professor, even awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2022 - just for substantiating "helicopter finance", which is necessary and useful. Whereas Yellen is deprived of the opportunity to go into the bushes - and she will have to answer for herself and for that guy.
Of course, this has happened before. This August will be exactly a quarter of a century since the deep monetarists defaulted in Russia. The head of the Central Bank , S. K. Dubinin, lost his post, as well as his deputy, S. V. Aleksashenko, who was responsible for the placement of GKOs. A. B. Chubais was transferred from finance to electricity. Of course, in 1998, no one considered the ruble an unshakable reserve currency, while the dollar in 2023 is still considered by many to be. But the chronicles of 1998 and 2023 have something in common. All financial collapses are somewhat similar to each other.
The behavior of deep economists is also about the same. After the default of 1998, they calmed down for a while. In 2020, S. M. Guriev, V. L. Inozemtsev, K. I. Sonin, and the eternal S. V. Aleksashenko ardently approved of throwing money around and just as hotly criticized Russian financiers for their lack of zeal in throwing money around. Today they - in accordance with tradition - suddenly disappeared somewhere. Like in a fairy tale, when the devil comes for a person. But, unlike the victim of the unclean, advanced economists, of course, will soon return and will teach us further.
Although it is not known how the current banking crisis in the West will end and what will become of the dollar. Perhaps the apocalyptic prophecies of M. L. Khazin will finally come true. And perhaps there will be thunder not from a cloud, but from a dunghill, and the sorcerers from the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury will once again dodge.
True, even if now once again it turns out that the dream is terrible, yes God is merciful, the question of whether it is possible to rule the world steadily and forever by means of a printing press will remain open.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:36 An air alert has been announced in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine. This is evidenceddataonline maps of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. The alarm sounded at 22:24 (coincides with Moscow time). 21:06 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
During reconnaissance in the area of the settlement of Avdiivka, a camouflaged infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found in a firing position. The enemy combat vehicle was destroyed by fire from a battery of 152mm Msta-B howitzers of the artillery brigade of the Southern Military District.
In the Donetsk direction, in the course of conducting active operations in the area of the settlement of Marinka, assault units of the formation of the Southern Military District destroyed an enemy infantry group of up to 10 people, and two mortar positions on the outskirts of the settlement Georgievka were also suppressed by artillery fire.
21:06 They thwarted the enemy’s offensive: combatworktank crews of the Southern Military District for the destruction of objects and positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the special operation zone
The tankers of the Southern Military District inflicted a fire defeat on the accumulation of enemy manpower and military equipment, frustrating another plan of Ukrainian militants to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces.
Russian servicemen used the “tank carousel” method, which made it possible to fire at an increased rate and destroy the maximum number of identified targets.
21:05 Artillery of the "Ghost" unit strikes firing points, deployment points and other objects of the enemy.
19:42 In the battles near Artemovsk destroyed Ukrainian who fought in Chechnya
In the 90s, being a militant of the UNA-UNSO extremist organization banned in Russia, Stanislav Kaplunovsky (nickname Zhivoy) fought against the Russian army on the side of Chechen terrorists. In 2014-2015 he participated in the so-called ATO in Donbass
Near Artemovsk, the radical fought as part of the 3rd assault brigade and was recently destroyed by our military.
18:43 Per week destroyed at least three more Polish mercenaries
On March 21, in the Kremennaya area, a Polish citizen Pavel Sadzikovsky, who fought on the side of the Kyiv regime, was destroyed. The unit in which the mercenary served is being specified.
On March 24, the Russian military covered a group of Polish citizens who fought on the side of the Kyiv regime. One of them was killed on the spot, two were seriously injured. Today one of them died in a hospital in Dnepropetrovsk.
18:42 Result of fire damage to the place of shelter of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions
17:48 Artillerymen in the Zaporozhye direction with sniper accuracy amaze target from the first shot
16:40 Briefly about the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) from a soldier of the 204th battalion of the Troops:
“The situation is very difficult. We need more weapons and cover, there is no cover. That's all".
16:39 Calculation ATGM of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is working out at the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
15:36 Fighters of the International Legion of Ukraine denazified on the Avdeevsky direction
After an air strike by the Aerospace Forces and an accidental fire from the Ukrainian air defense on their own, our fighters stormed the positions of the militants.
What is remarkable: among the 200 in the trenches, there were stripes with the Polish flag and the emblem of the Georgian National Legion.
14:21 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers and two 152mm D-30 howitzers in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kramatorsk in the DPR;
◾️In the Kupyansk direction, more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed by the actions of the units of the "Western" group of troops;
◾️Russian air defense systems destroyed 14 Ukrainian drones in a day, intercepted seven HIMARS MLRS shells;
◾️Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction per day amounted to 90 military personnel and nine pieces of equipment;
◾️The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;
◾️In the Kherson direction, one US-made M777 artillery system was destroyed;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 200 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 84 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region hit the ammunition depot of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:39 Work of RF Armed Forces in the Maryinsky direction
A group of Ukrainian militants was caught retreating from a position after being hit by Russian artillery.
12:38 Russian military destroyed armored personnel carrier BTR-4E of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Bakhmut
Where the crew went is unknown.
12:38 Russian military destroyed point of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka area
The blow was delivered at night. The result is unknown.
11:40 Personnel work of Russian artillery on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ugledar
The fire is almost constant, and under such an onslaught it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to survive.
As the fighters said, from the north of the city, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also doing “not very well” - the Russian army is also pushing them there.
10:42 Russian Defense Ministry publishes personnel training of assault units of the Airborne Forces in the rear area of Northern Military District
10:40 Command of the troops of the Central Military District handed over awards to military medical workers who showed courage and heroism during a special military operation.
10:40 Arrival of UAV "Lancet" on the next howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine M-777 of American production in the Donetsk direction
09:19 An air raid alert was announced in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk regions of the outskirts, as well as in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kuev.
09:14 Local resident in the war zone explains why residential buildings come under fire.
Destroyed artillery mounts and abandoned howitzer shells at a playground used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a firing position explain why high-rise buildings fell into the firing range of Russian troops.
08:20 Combat work crews of 152mm towed guns "Hyacinth-B" of the Western Military District, performing fire missions to destroy armored vehicles and fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone.
Artillery crews of the Western Military District deliver accurate strikes on enemy positions around the clock.
08:07 "Buk-M1" to protect the skies of Donbass.
Continuous combat duty crews of the Buk-M1 air defense system in the NVO zone ensures the security of troops and peaceful Russian cities. The anti-aircraft gunners of the 71st anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Eastern Military District have destroyed more than 200 air targets since the beginning of the special operation.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representation reported about 11 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made seven attacks from the MLRS and 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky three artillery attacks from 152mm artillery. On Yasinovatsky One artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 65 units of various ammunition. The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Central-City district), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kirov, Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts).
Over the past day, there were no reports of civilian casualties.
Damaged one house building in the Central City district of Gorlovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Previously, 14 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU during the day.
21:52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hospital in Lysichansk is another war crime generated by the impunity of the Kyiv regime on the part of international structures, said Victoria Serdyukova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the LPR.
20:42 Two residential buildings in Lisichansk were damaged as a result of artillery attack from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, clarified in the representation of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:40 Kind to Ugledar from a drone. At the moment, the front passes along the southeastern outskirts of the city.
19:23 The consequences of the artillery attack of the city of Lisichansk (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine.
According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling of the settlement. Lisichansk with the use of 155mm artillery guns (three rounds) damaged the Lisichansk multidisciplinary hospital, two residential buildings and a gas pipeline.
18:40 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four 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.
18:13 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 20 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
18:05 Summary of the shelling of Donetsk on March 25, 2023:
The enemy fired at Donetsk from the following directions:
– Netailovo;
- Avdievka;
- Kurakhovo.
Areas of Donetsk that came under shelling:
- Kirovsky;
- Kuibyshevsky;
- Kyiv;
- Petrovsky.
Consequences of the attacks:
Kirovsky district:
- on st. Ailantova, 11 as a result of a mine explosion PFM "Petal" was injured man born in 1971.
Kuibyshevsky district:
-st. Ershova, 68 - a private residential building; A fire was also recorded in the outbuildings.
-st. Young Miners, 38, 38 "a", 54, 54 "a" - private residential buildings.
18:05 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky 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.
18:00 Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine:
– 15.20 p.m. Lisichansk (LPR) using a 155mm artillery gun (three rounds). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
17:45240mm mortar "Tulips" of the 14th artillery brigade "Kalmius"erasefrom the face of the earth the former military unit of air defense in the Avdiivka area.
The offensive of the assault groups in the Avdiivka area is supported by the fire of 240mm self-propelled mortars of high power 2S4 "Tyulpan". As a result of their fire, a number of fortified points were destroyed on the territory of the former air defense military unit in the Avdievka area.
17:26 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing two 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.
17:05 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces in the Seversky direction destroy positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:40 Colors on the Zaporozhye front: the Russian army destroys the opposing units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The fighting on the Zaporozhye direction of the southern front has slowed down again - positional battles continue, our intelligence is looking for targets, and artillery is destroying positions, equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:25 Battle for Marinka. Situation as of 16.00 March 26, 2023
In the Krasnogorovsky sector, the military personnel of the RF Armed Forces expanded the zone of control, moving the line of clashes from Staromikhaylovka to Krasnogorovka. Along the LBS are positional battles with mutual shelling.
In Maryinka, the assault on the Ukrainian fortified area continues. The fighting in this area is for every square meter, the Armed Forces of Ukraine use any house to equip strong points in them. Artillerymen and tankers of the RF Armed Forces are conducting massive fire, providing cover for infantry units.
On the southern outskirts of the RF Armed Forces, they managed to gain a foothold in another block behind Druzhby Avenue on the territory of a dental clinic, moving from Shchorsa Street. Tank units are shelling the apartment building adjacent to the area on Urozhaynaya Street.
Also, Russian troops completely cleared the territory of the fire department, tire repair plant and the Agroresurs enterprise, expanding the bridgehead on the southern outskirts of the city.
Russian soldiers once again tried to storm the village of Pobeda. However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine seriously strengthened the lines and repulsed the attack. The RF Armed Forces retreated to their original positions.
In the last few days, the position of the Russian army in Maryinka has improved. At the moment, the RF Armed Forces are advancing from the south and from the north, forcing the Ukrainian formations to retreat from the central quarters of the city.
Nevertheless, it is too early to talk about the liberation of Marinka: the Armed Forces of Ukraine have dug in tightly in the village and are holding every meter. The supply of the APU group passes without obstacles, since the roads from Pobeda and Maksimilyanovka are under the control of the APU. As long as the Armed Forces of Ukraine have the ability to supply ammunition and rotate personnel, they will be able to hold the city for a long time.
16:11 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing tweo 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.
15:40 The Russian military are advancing in the forests near Kremennaya (LPR): in two days they advanced 500 meters along the entire front line -video.
15:05 Soldier of the 204th Troop Battalion told on the situation of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk (Bakhmut): "The situation is very difficult. We need more weapons and cover, there is no cover. That's all".
14:40 Fighters of the Wagner group, under shelling of the Ukrainian army, are actively evacuating residents of the southern and eastern parts of Artemovsk, for which there are battles in the Donbass, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene.
"They (the army of Ukraine - ed.) see that civilians are being evacuated and beaten purposefully. VOGs (fragmentation grenade launcher shot - ed.) are dropped and flies from large (large-caliber guns - ed.) ... They want to destroy people so that they say as little as possible the truth about what is happening here. They want to remove the “peaceful” as much as possible and they will be calmer," said one of the fighters participating in the evacuation of people.
13:46 Battle for Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Situation as of March 26, 2023
In the north of Artemovsk, assault detachments of PMC Wagner successfully cleared the territory of the industrial zone of the Artemovsky Metal Processing Plant (AZOM) - the complex came under the full control of Russian units.
Also, the "Wagnerites" expanded the zone of control near the Bakhmut railway station, and to the south, the assault detachments managed to advance to the railway line and liberate the area of the garage cooperative.
To the south, the positional offensive of Russian units continues in the Sobachevsky and Budenovsky districts. The Wagnerites have secured behind Mariupolskaya Street, cleared the territory of School No. 5, and are now fighting near the bus station.
In Budenovka, the assault detachments have made significant progress towards the Mig-17 Stella - clashes are taking place almost at the monument itself. In addition, the territories adjacent to the Avangard stadium and several blocks near the market have been liberated.
In the northwest, positional battles continue along the Orekhovo-Vasilevka line - the route to Slavyansk. The settlement is currently in the gray zone, control over the strongholds is changing hands.
At the moment, the Wagnerites, with the support of the regular army, are advancing in Artemovsk itself. Positional battles are taking place in the suburbs and outskirts of the city, the purpose of which is to pin down the enemy's resources.
However, on the Druzhkovka-Konstantinovka-Chasov Yar line, significant forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are accumulated. Also, reinforcements from the 81st Separate Mechanized Brigade were partially transferred to Seversk.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning a counterattack on the positions of the Wagner PMC near Artemovsk. Probably, in order to stretch the front line and contain the RF Armed Forces, several distracting strikes from Seversk, Toretsk and Slavyansk will be carried out along with the main attack on Artemovsk.
13:40 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting back less and less in the forests near Kremennaya, and, in fact, only mobilized ones are put up against our fighters -video.
Now Russian tanks, supported by artillery, are trying to reach the concrete road - the only road passing through this massif. It will be easier to attack along it, explains RT military commander Stanislav Obishchenko.
The fighters say that every day they advance at least 100-200 meters. They never retreated.
13:15 Artillery of 132 brigades destroys enemy positions.
Servicemen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (the former 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with accurate artillery fire. Thanks to the well-coordinated actions of a professional calculation, each shot from the WWII vintage 152mm D-1 gun becomes fatal for Ukrainian nationalists.
13:05 There are reports that the fighters of PMC "Wagner" completely occupied the industrial zone of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). By data Military chronicle, it is premature to talk about the complete cleaning of the industrial zone from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At the moment, Wagner PMC has liberated the territory within the 4th Sadovaya Street and Nedogibchenko Lane from Ukrainian units. According to preliminary data, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that left the territory of the BZOTsM changed their positions and retreated to the south, to the area of the Bakhmut electrical and glass factories, the House of Culture and the 35/6 kV Artyomovsk-gorod substation.
Part of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine moved to the workshops and administrative buildings of the VISTEK machine-building plant, where positions were pre-equipped.
According to preliminary data, the headquarters of the 20th Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 93rd Kholodny Yar Mechanized Brigade, a sniper company and a satellite communications center with American Starlink terminals have been moved to one of these areas.
12:40 In Artemovsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack. Fighter PMC "Wagner"toldwargonzo project about a recent attempt to break through the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction controlled by his unit. The counterattack ended unsuccessfully for the APU.
11:50 Work in the Marinsk direction. We caught a group of Nazis retreating from a position after being hit by our artillery
11:47 Last road in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) looks more and more intimidating. The footage shows a large number of broken Ukrainian vehicles on the way to Artemivsk.
11:43 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky 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.
11:40 Video footagefrom the territory of AZOM, from which PMC "Wagner" knocked out the enemy and took him under his control. Video 2 - Artemovsk concrete plant - east of AZOM.
11:27 Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Sadovoye (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, three were seriously injured.
11:17 Ukrainian troops fired at the Yasinovataya and Kievsky district of Donetsk, firing 13 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.
11:07 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 26, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Central city district):
- st. Anapskaya, 30 - a private residential building.
- the village of the mine. V. I. Lenin is partially de-energized.
10:49 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District with an accurate hit destroyed transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. The shooting adjustment was carried out by the UAV operator.
09:48 A night assault in Artemovsk cut off two more schools and houses in the AZOTsMa area from the Bakhmut pie.
10:40 At night in the area of ??N. p. Tyaginka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which 152mm was destroyed. howitzer 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.
10:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 26.03.2023:
On the Vuglodarsky site, with the support of artillery, Russian troops resumed offensive operations on the city from the side of Nikolsky dachas. Under fire positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zolotoy Niva and Prechistovka.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, conducted assault operations in the Novomikhailovka area and in the western part of Maryinka. Ukrainian units hold positions. Russian troops continued their offensive on the North. They also attacked the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka from the west.
Artillery and aviation were actively working in the city itself. To the north of Avdiivka, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to cover the fortified area and carried out assault operations near Stepnoy. They also attacked Novokalinovo. Artillery hit Pobeda, Georgievka, Netaylov, Thin, Lastochkin, Toretsk and Zhelezny. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk and Ilovaisk.
To the south-west of Artemovsk, PMC "Wagner" attacked near Stupochek and Ivanovsky after shelling. And in the city itself, after a massive fire defeat, they managed to push through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern part and move towards the center. A similar success in the industrial zone in the north.
Wagner PMC continued assault operations on Khromovoe and Bogdanovka. Here the Armed Forces hold positions. As in Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, which the Wagner operators attacked after artillery strikes.
Russian troops, supported by artillery, were advancing near Disputed. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin, Predtechin, Chasovoy Yar, Grigorovka and Minkovka.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops tried to advance in the Serebryansky forest area. With the support of artillery, they carried out offensive operations on Terny and Nevsky. And much north-west they attacked in the Sinkovka area. The goal is to push the Ukrainian troops across the Oskol River and advance towards the strategically important Kupyansk.
09:48 Ukrainian troops fired at the Central City District of Gorlovka, 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.
09:14 Artillerymen of the 6th Infantry Battalion of the 9th Brigade struck Air defense of the enemy in the Avdeevsky direction.
Artillerymen of the 6th rifle battalion of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 6th battalion of the NM DPR) destroyed the enemy’s temporary deployment points in the Avdiivka direction with well-aimed fire.
09:06 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:
- eight rounds were fired at the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka;
– po n.p. Aleshki fired 19 rounds;
- six rounds were fired at the settlement of Krynki;
- eight rounds were fired at the village of Rybalche;
- according to n.p. Korsunka fired eight rounds;
- according to n.p. Zabarino fired four rounds;
- according to n.p. Novaya Zburyevka fired six rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Alyoshki, Gornostaevka settlement, Cairo settlement, firing a total of 46 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:56 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces near the Spornovo destroyed howitzer M777 Ukrainian Nazis.
08:30 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 26, 2023
08:15 Russian military groupings of troops "West" did not allow the transfer of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, as well as plucked rotation of Ukrainian units at the forefront, said the head of the press center of the group "West" Serhiy Zybinsky.
08:07 Combat work of our Ka-52s in the LPR. These are the only helicopters in the world with a crew ejection system.
08:05 In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Lancet strike UAV of the DPR OBTF Kaskad disabled another towed 155mm howitzer M777 of Ukrainian neo-Nazis -video.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, March 25
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one shelling was recorded at the settlement. Svatovo with the use of MLRS HIMARS (two missiles).
As a result of the shelling, a 19-year-old young man was killed, and a civilian born in 2002 was injured, one residential building was destroyed, and 6 houses were damaged.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] An audio recording of a conversation with an influential businessman, during which critical remarks about the political situation in the country are heard, was called a fake by producer Iosif Prigogine on March 25 on his pages on social networks.
“Now a fake audio recording is circulating on the Internet with supposedly my voice and a conversation with one influential person ... This voice definitely has nothing to do with me. It's fake ," Prigozhin explained.
As a well-known producer pointed out, today digital technology has reached a level that makes it easy to fake a voice? and conversation in general.
“Everyone knows my political position, it is present in all interviews and in the public field ,” Prigogine added.
Recall that an audio recording of a conversation appeared on the Web, which, as stated in the accompanying text, took place between producer Iosif Prigozhin and Russian businessman Farkhad Akhmedov. In the course of a telephone conversation, there is criticism of representatives of the Russian authorities in connection with the special operation.
Earlier , REGNUM reported that the artists of the Bi-2 group, who sponsor Ukraine by paying part of the fees, plan to perform in Moscow.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Smithsonian] Footage of the chronicle of the opening of the memorial complex in Khatyn dedicated to the Belarusian villages burned by the Nazis and their accomplices. Video is translatable.
#4
Dude, prease. I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoy all the maddening thought provoking Russian stuff you post. I can handle the Smithsonian. ;-)
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] EU nuclear escalation threatens Russia and Belarus with sanctions over Russia's deployment of nuclear warheads in Belarus, which should be deployed by July 1, 2023.
It is noteworthy that the issue of the supply of ammunition with depleted uranium was pointedly ignored by the EU.
Of course, Russia will now also ignore the threats of the EU, especially in Brussels they themselves constantly declare that all serious sanctions have already been introduced.
Therefore, nuclear weapons will be deployed and, among other things, guarantee the security of Belarus from any attack.
Of course, it can be expected that if depleted uranium shells are used in Ukraine, Russia will also begin to use them in large numbers (we got hundreds of thousands of storage units of such shells from the USSR). All this will lead to the fact that in Ukraine, not only the Chernobyl region will be marked by an increased radioactive background and an increase in carcinogenic factors. And we are not even considering the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
In any case, this story will not do without a new Caribbean crisis, so we continue to plan to go to the final red line.
PS. And remember how a few years ago they whined that the Old Man was not allowing Russia to deploy additional military bases on the territory of Belarus. Now, a permanent Russian-Belarusian group is operating in Belarus, and nuclear warheads will be deployed on the territory of the country.
The world has changed so well. Of course, none of this would have happened if Lukashenko had been overthrown and there would have been BCHB faggots in Minsk, who in 2020 yelled about "dishonest elections" and "democracy."
German Foreign Ministry: "The deployment of US nuclear weapons for joint use in NATO countries, cited by the Russian president as an example, is misleading and cannot justify the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus."
An overdose of this drug is evident.
Apparently, in Germany there are democratic and free rockets, and in Belarus - totalitarian slave ones. Need to understand!
[REGNUM] Media: NATO said it was monitoring the situation after the decision of the Russian Federation to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus
After the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin of the decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, NATO is closely monitoring the situation in this matter. This was reported by Reuters on March 26, citing a representative of the alliance.
“NATO is vigilant, we are closely monitoring the situation," a representative of the specified military-political bloc told the agency.
He clarified that the alliance has not yet noted any changes in Moscow's nuclear position, which would cause a change in its position on this issue.
The NATO representative also added that the member countries of the alliance, according to him, "act in full compliance with their international obligations."
As REGNUM reported , earlier the United States Department of Defense stated that they see no reason to change the readiness of nuclear forces against the background of the plans of the Russian Federation to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus.
On March 25, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow and Minsk had agreed to place tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. He pointed out that Moscow had long ago handed over to Minsk the 9K720 Iskander missile system capable of carrying a nuclear projectile, and added that nuclear weapons would be deployed within the framework of relevant international obligations.
Putin clarified that the reason for such a step was London's statement about the supply of depleted uranium ammunition to Kyiv, and added that Belarus had long asked to place Russian nuclear weapons on its territory. At the same time, he emphasized that Russia in this case is doing what the United States has been doing for decades, not transferring nuclear weapons to its allies, namely, placing them on their territory.
Commentary by Aleksandr Stepanov
[ColonelCassad] I see in the news feed about another scandal with the famous Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov. Well, what can I say? Two years ago, this figure shot a "wonderful" film about Karelia. I wrote about it then, but I will repeat it again.
Varlamov's press tour for the PR of the republic was organized by the local authorities themselves. It invited well-known bloggers throughout the country. Not for free. The Kaleva Tour company, which became the organizer of the event, held it for 4.8 million rubles. For money, the blogger had to place several materials about Karelia on his Internet sites, including a film on YouTube. This video already has one and a half million views...
And in this film, the top Russian blogger Varlamov, at the 28th minute, spoke about the Solovetsky Islands, which are actually not part of Karelia:
“In 1920, the Red Army soldiers liquidated the monastery, and their abbot was burned alive ...”
AAH! Bloody Bolsheviks! Ghouls! We won't forget, we won't forgive! After all, the top blogger was counting on such a reaction? However, I would like to inform not so much Mr. Varlamov (there is a suspicion that he deliberately misled his viewers), but rather the consumers of his information: year was amnestied. As a result, with another hieromonk, he settled in a cell in a dense forest on the banks of the Volkozero, this is the current Arkhangelsk region... He had no problems with the authorities.
On the evening of April 17, 1928, these two monks were killed in their cell by local residents Yarygin and Ivanov for the purpose of robbery. To hide the traces of the crime, the robbers took the property and burned the hut. Yarygin and Ivanov were soon arrested. At the trial, Ivanov, who was a member of the Komsomol, tried to justify the atrocity by the “counter-revolutionary” nature of the monks. But the Soviet court sentenced Ivanov and Yarygin to 10 and 8 years in prison. As proof, a link to an Orthodox website. Link is in Russian language.
That is, the true story of the death of the last Solovki abbot turns out to be diametrically opposed to the one described by the top metropolitan blogger! Moreover, he misled a huge number of people, and even for good budget money.. How can one not recall a phrase from the classics: Congratulations, citizen of a lie!
By the way, after the release of the film, our Karelian media gave a link to my then post and Varlamov after some time cut out the phrase about the burned rector from the film. The truth seems to have prevailed. However, there is simply no strength to refute all the nonsense that all sorts of top bloggers constantly talk about our history. I hope this example is indicative, if only for the next time not to pay attention to the scandalous revelations of Mr. Varlamov. Or independently double-check such information on the Internet ...
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A new campaign is underway this spring across Russia, seeking recruits to replenish its troops for the war in Ukraine.
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The US Treasury Secretary, and before that, the head of the Fed, Janet Yellen, during the hearings in Congress, once again indicated that a possible default in the country would lead to a loss of confidence on the part of international partners both in the US and in the dollar as a reserve currency. And she added that raising the debt ceiling without preconditions is a tough necessity.
