Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
In which Rozhin channels his inner Comrade Stalin
[ColonelCassad] Regarding the heated debate about the role of games in education and leisure, then:
1. Video games have long turned into the same element of mass leisure for citizens as watching a movie, listening to music, reading a book, etc. Anyone who does not understand this is hopelessly stuck in the past and simply does not understand modern society. Ko-ko-ko, games for children and the like - this is senile grumbling at the entrance. In the Russian Federation, the games market (PCs, consoles, mobile devices) in 2023 exceeded the film market. At the same time, one should not confuse ordinary hobbies and recreation with gaming addiction and escape from reality into virtual worlds to the detriment of full life activity.
2. Video games have long been used to teach military personnel certain skills. Defense agencies fund the production of (professional) gaming simulators as needed and also support the use of related simulators from the consumer market. There is also a practice of financing targeted video games in the interests of propaganda or popularization of contract service in the army, which the Pentagon has been doing for a long time and successfully.
But there are also game strategic models where real military conflicts are simulated, which is used in the training of officers.
3. So games occupied their niche in the near-military environment a long time ago and successfully. This is not a question of whether it is necessary or not, but rather a question of how and why to use them, which requires the integration of this segment into the process of training certain skills, including before entering military service (the most commonplace now is orientation skills in three-dimensional space and piloting using a joystick/remote control - initial skills can be acquired even before getting acquainted with professional simulators). This does not mean that a person who only knows how to sit on the couch with a joystick will become an excellent fighter tomorrow, it means that he will already come to the army with good skills, which, if properly trained, will allow him to become an effective professional.
3. Should the government control the video game market? It certainly should. If left to its own devices, it will be occupied by the enemy's products one way or another. This entails the need for state subsidies for the domestic gaming industry (within reasonable limits - the same “Smoot”, which was actually released in an alpha version, is a negative example, it would have needed another 1-1.5 years for development and additional investments) and censorship foreign products (especially in war conditions). It is advisable to involve professionals in the development of the entire segment of the Russian gaming industry, and not just officials, who often simply do not understand the issue. As a guide, you can take China, where there is government regulation of the gaming industry, censorship of Western games entering the Chinese market, and the use of games to promote the state, army and patriotism.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:43 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China next week to try to convince Beijing to stop supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine, AFP writes.
21:54 Shmygal announced which areas will receive assistance from the United States totaling almost $61 billion:
$49.9 billion - defense spending;
$7.8 billion - potential budget support;
$1.57 billion - economic assistance;
$400 million - funds for border protection and humanitarian demining.
21:35 The Russians destroyed five out of 31 Abrams tanks in Ukraine in two months, writes The New York Times. According to the Oryx portal, a total of 796 Ukrainian battle tanks have been destroyed or captured since the start of the full-scale war, and Russia has lost more than 2,900 tanks.
21:02 The US House of Representatives passed a bill to help Ukraine in the amount of more than $60 billion. Next, the document must be supported by the Senate. In addition, the House of Representatives adopted a bill on the confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation in favor of Ukraine - we are talking about $8 billion.
20:16 The Russians launched a missile attack on Odessa - eight people were wounded, including two children born in 2021 and 2020. At least 20 private homes were damaged, prosecutors said.
19:28 Lithuania handed over a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which included a combat aircraft - the L-39ZA Albatross light attack aircraft in a disassembled state, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. This aircraft was used by the Lithuanian Army to train fighter control officers, who ensure the combat readiness of pilots.
14:07 The number of deaths as a result of today's shelling of Volchansk, Kharkov region, has increased to two, two more people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, the enemy used UMPB D-30 ammunition.
11:53 The newly appointed commander of the Danish defense, General Michael Wiggers Gildgaard, visited Kiev, Syrsky reported. During the meeting, the parties discussed the urgent needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in various areas and ways and opportunities for further support from the Danish government.
11:49 Today’s night drone attack on electrical substations and an oil depot in Russia was a joint operation of the SBU, Main Intelligence Directorate and Special Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports RBC-Ukraine, citing sources in the special services. The target was the energy infrastructure that powers the Russian military-industrial complex. After the attacks, some areas experienced problems with electricity and water supply. In particular, an oil refinery in the Smolensk region and at least two electrical substations in Kaluga and Bryansk were attacked.
11:28 Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to restrict gambling on the Internet. In particular, the National Security and Defense Council decided to limit advertising of online casinos, set weekly gaming limits and spending limits, and also introduce restrictions for the military. Earlier it was reported about a problem at the front: many military personnel lose all their money in online casinos.
11:03 In the morning, the Russians fired at Volchansk, Kharkov region - they hit a nine-story building and a private house, one person was killed, one was injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:21 At night, the Russians attacked the industrial infrastructure of Zaporozhye with ballistics. There were no reports of casualties, details are being determined, the Southern Defense Forces said. In addition, in the morning the enemy launched a ballistic attack on Odessa - an infrastructure facility was hit.
08:59 Rescue operations have been completed in Dnieper after the Russian missile attack on April 19, the State Emergency Service reported. At night, rescuers unblocked the body of another victim from under the rubble of a high-rise building. As a result of the attack in the city, three people were killed and 24 were injured. In total, due to Russian attacks on April 19 in the Dnepropetrovsk region, eight people were killed, including two children, and 34 were injured, including one child. Today is a day of mourning in the region.
08:41 On the night of April 20, Russia attacked Ukraine with three Iskander-M ballistic missiles, two S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region, as well as two Kh-59/Kh-69 guided aircraft missiles from the Black Sea, the Air Force command reported. Air defense forces destroyed two Kh-59/Kh-69 missiles. In addition, three reconnaissance UAVs were destroyed in the southern direction - two Orlan-10 and one SuperKam.
08:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 20:
personnel - about 458,580 (+750) people,
tanks - 7213 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 13,873 (+21),
artillery systems - 11,678 (+20),
MLRS - 1046 (+0),
air defense systems - 763 (+1),
aircraft - 348 (+1),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9341 (+30),
cruise missiles - 2109 (+13),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 15,717 (+46),
special equipment - 1918 (+3).
08:13 Over the past 24 hours, 102 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, 31 attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdychi, Umanskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye, Donetsk region) and 23 attacks in the Bakhmutskoye direction (in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Luhansk region, as well as Verkhnekamennoe, Spornoye, Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoe, Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region). In addition, the enemy tried 23 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Urozhayny districts of the Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Tverdokhlebovo, Kremennaya in the Lugansk region and Yampolevka, Terny, Torskoye in the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - five attacks in the Staromayorskoye area of the Donetsk region and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - seven attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:28 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that during the night 50 drones were allegedly shot down over the territory of the country: 26 - over the territory of the Belgorod region; ten - over the territory of the Bryansk region; eight - over the territory of the Kursk region; two - over the Tula region and one each - over the territories of the Smolensk, Ryazan, Kaluga and Moscow regions.
At the same time, Russian media report that a fire occurred at a number of energy facilities, allegedly as a result of “falling debris.” Thus, in the Bryansk region there was a fire at an electrical substation, in the Kaluga region the energy infrastructure was damaged, and in the Smolensk region there was a fire at a fuel and energy complex facility.
04:24 More than half of the military fund for assistance to Ukraine, which is managed by the British Ministry of Defense, was not used due to bureaucratic delays in contracts, The Guardian writes, citing statements by British Labor. Thus, of the £900 million provided by donor governments over the past two years (500 million of which came from the UK), only £404 million has been allocated or spent. The ministers admitted that some of the equipment provided for in the signed contracts will not arrive in Ukraine until the spring of next year.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back Russian troops in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Over the course of 24 hours, Defense Force aviation and missile forces carried out strikes on nine areas where Russian personnel were concentrated.
During the current day, 91 military clashes took place at the front. Most of the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repulsed in three eastern directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening report on Saturday, May 20.
Thus, the Russian invaders carried out 14 missile and 48 air strikes, carried out 61 shelling from MLRS on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
The Russians did not carry out offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction, but carried out an air strike in the area of the settlement of Sinkovka, Kharkov region.
About 15 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Ivanovka, Kotlyarovka in the Kharkov region.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks in the area of the village of Terny, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops.
The Russians also carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Novosadovo and Yampolevka in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Nevskoye in the Lugansk region and Terny and Torskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 25 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka settlements, Luhansk region; Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoe, Klishchievka, Ivanovskoye, Novy Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.
The Russians also carried out air strikes in the areas of Chasov Yar and New York in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Grigorovka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 18 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Semenovka, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdychi, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust Ukrainian units from their occupied lines.
The Russian army also carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Alexandropol, Solovyevo and Novoaleksandrovka in the Donetsk region. About 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continued to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 17 times.
The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Shakhterskoye and Bolshaya Novoselka. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Paraskovyevka, Konstantinovka, and Ugledar.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the Russians, with the support of aviation, once attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the Staromayorskoye area of the Donetsk region. Air strikes were carried out in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka and Robotino, Zaporozhye region.
About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Stepnoe, Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy did not abandon his intention to oust Ukrainian units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper and made three unsuccessful attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of the village of Krynki.
About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Novotyaginka, Ponyatovka, Sadovoe, Olgovka, Nikolaevka, Huge in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on eight areas where Russian personnel were concentrated.
Units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on the area of concentration of personnel, the composition of ammunition, air defense equipment, and the area of concentration of weapons and military equipment of the Russian Army.
Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 750 Russian aggressors. The total number of losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the invasion is approaching 460 thousand military personnel.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 77th Airmobile, 43rd Mechanised, and 110th Territorial Defence brigades near Beryozovka, Senkovo, and Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region).
Three attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 63rd Mechanised, 12th and 18th National Guard brigades were repelled close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 79th air assault, 46th Airmobile, 22nd and 67th Mechanised brigades close to Maksimilyanovka, Stupochki, Paraskoviyevka, and Kalinina (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counterattacks of the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade's units were repelled west of Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 610 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one ammunition depot, as well as one Nota electronic warfare station.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation and repelled eight counterattacks launched by assault groups of AFU 25th Airborne, 23rd, 24th, 100th, and 115th Mechanised brigades close to Novobakhmutovka, Leninskoye, Pervomayskoye, and Novokalinovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 355 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one Czech-made 152mm Dana self-propelled gun, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer were hit.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd Mechanised, 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, four ammunition depots, as well as one Anklav electronic warfare station.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 23rd National Guard, 121st Territorial Defence brigades close to Nikopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), Mikhaylovka and Zolotaya Balka (Kherson region).
The enemy losses were more than 30 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged one aviation fuel depot, two transport infrastructure facilities used for military purposes, as well as AFU manpower and hardware in 112 areas.
Russian air defence units have shot down one Su-25 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force, 213 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as five French-made Hammer aerial guided bombs.
In total, 591 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 22,095 unmanned aerial vehicles, 506 air defence missile systems, 15,812 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,267 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,991 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 21,183 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:12 Front birdbroadcasts: Kharkov region (border region). New strikes.
It is reported that FAB-500 and KAB-500 hit buildings and structures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. An enemy armored engineering vehicle and trucks were also reported to have been hit.
Our KABs hit Ukrainian Armed Forces targets with pinpoint accuracy. The strikes were carried out by our front-line bombers.
21:35 Good news from the Ugledar direction. Marines of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade have taken Novomikhailovka after a months-long assault. It was a damn difficult assault, but the naval infantry turned the enemy around.
20:15 Chasov Yar.
The enemy expects another massive attack on Chasov Yar and the surrounding area in the next 24 hours.
Reported about a significant concentration of our army in this area.
19:25 Hit at the Zaporozhye Electric Locomotive Repair Plant.
Russian troops continue to test the enemy's railway infrastructure. Tonight, two Iskander-M OTRK missiles struck the territory of the Zaporozhye Electric Locomotive Repair Plant.
Coordinates: 47.8297603, 35.1726337
It is known that the assembly and electrical machine shops of the enterprise were destroyed by the blows.
The assembly shop's capacities were used to repair heavy armored vehicles, and on the territory of the electric machine shop a parking lot was organized for equipment that was awaiting repair.
As a result of the damage, a strong fire broke out in the electrical machine shop area, which was accompanied by dull explosions. The exact amount of equipment that was at the facility or was destroyed is currently unknown.
One electric locomotive and several cars were also damaged as a result of the impact.
18:40 Series of powerful explosions in Konstantinovka.
After arrival, a secondary detonation is heard. The alarm continues to roar in eastern Ukraine.
17:22 Krivoy Rog. Explosion.
Single powerful explosionthunderedat a military industrial enterprise in the suburbs of Krivoy Rog.
Local public pages write about a bright flash.
16:35 Battle for Krasnogorovka. 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" from the 238th Guards Artillery Brigade support the advance of our troops with fire -video.
15:20 Around 14.30 Moscow timesuppressedan attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:39 Hit at the enemy point in Druzhkovka.
At night, Russian troops attacked the enemy’s deployment point in Druzhkovka.
Coordinates: 48.6325740, 37.5265221
The enemy continues to deploy personnel in residential areas, hiding behind civilians. The impact damaged houses near the intersection of Novaya and Krasnodontsev streets.
12:20 Arrivals in Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye. struck infrastructure facilities.
11:54 More than eight regions of the Russian Federation shot down 50 Ukrainian UAVs.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported repelling a large-scale UAV attack on Russian regions. Duty air defense systems intercepted and shot down 50 aircraft-type UAVs: 26 in the Belgorod region, 10 in the Bryansk region, eight in the Kursk region, two in the Tula region and one each over the territories of the Smolensk, Ryazan, Kaluga and Moscow regions.
As a result of the raid in the village of Poroz, Grayvoronsky district, Belgorod region,two local residents were killed: a disabled woman and a man caring for her. In the Bryansk region, when a downed UAV fell, an energy infrastructure facility caught fire.
10:45 Powerful explosions thundered in the suburbs of Dnepropetrovsk and Kherson, the air raid alarm is blaring.
Fires started at the arrival site, local channels write.
09:52 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 04/20/2024
– On the Zaporizhzhya Front there are no significant changes in the LBS. Encounter battles continue in Rabotino and north-west of Verbovoy.
– On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in a number of directions. In Krasnogorovka, Russian troops continue to carry out assault operations within the city limits.
In Netailovo, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up stubborn resistance, and there are fierce battles for landings.
In Semyonovka and Berdychi, the Russian Armed Forces continue to knock out Ukrainian troops from these settlements, actively using long-range weapons, including heavy flamethrower systems. There are advances of Russian troops in the direction of Novobakhmutovka.
In Ochertino, fighting continues on the eastern outskirts of the village. There are also advances of Russian troops in the village of Novokalinovo.
– Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting continues in the Bogdanovka area. Russian troops continue to put pressure on the Ukrainian garrison in Chasov Yar from the eastern side, while simultaneously taking assault actions on the flanks
. 09:28 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kakhovka three rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka two rounds;
-- n.p. Yubileiny two rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;
-- n.p. Kairos four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Velyka Lepetikha, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Dnipro fired a total of 17 rounds from cannon artillery.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. One civilian was killed in Cairo, one local resident was injured in the village of Kakhovka, and Kyiv militants also attacked an ambulance.
08:56 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for April 19, 2024
– Russian troops attacked the enemy’s transport infrastructure in Dnepropetrovsk, Pavlograd and Krivoy Rog, as well as the port of Yuzhny in the Odessa region. A Tu-22 M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Stavropol Territory due to a technical malfunction.
– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, fierce fighting continues on the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar, as well as on the outskirts of Bogdanovka and in the Kleshcheevka area.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian troops are consolidating on the outskirts of Ocheretino, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are drawing up reserves to prevent a breakthrough of the defense line.
– In the Donetsk direction, fighting continues in Krasnogorovka. Russian troops are advancing in the Pervomaisky area in the direction of Netailovo.
– In the Ugledar direction, Russian troops are storming the western outskirts of Novomikhailovka. At the Sladkoe - Novomikhailovka line, the Russian Armed Forces advanced slightly.
– There are no significant changes in the combat situation in the Zaporozhye direction. North of Rabotino, the enemy is accumulating reserves for a possible counterattack.
– In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian naval infantry maintain a presence in Krynki. Almost daily attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to transfer reinforcements to the village by boat continue.
08:05 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC.
A total of m31 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Information was received about the death of one civilian, and three civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity.
Damaged:
One residential building.
Eight attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 23 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 103 units of various ammunition.
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[REGNUM] The fate of the cheeky little boy in round glasses, who cheerfully praised the Azov children's patriotic camp, turned out to be quite logical. He grew up and died at the age of 19 near Chasovoy Yar, which was reported by all the news feeds, look, they say, what such an upbringing leads to. But behind the story of one boy there is a huge problem: there are thousands of them. “National-patriotic education of youth” in Ukraine gave results, growing both the striking force of the Maidan, and the corps of “activists” supervising fellow citizens and bringing them to obedience, and motivated soldiers working as “glue” for the unprincipled masses.
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[Regnum] On April 19, Russia celebrated the Day of United Action in memory of the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War.
On this day 81 years ago, Decree No. 39 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was issued “On punitive measures for Nazi villains guilty of murder and torture of the Soviet civilian population and captured Red Army soldiers, for spies, traitors to the Motherland from among Soviet citizens and for their accomplices.”
It became the first fact of recognition of the purposeful and large-scale policy of the Nazis and their accomplices to exterminate civilians in the occupied territory and the punishability of such crimes, as well as the legal basis for the work to establish and investigate Nazi crimes against the Soviet people, which had been carried out since November 1942.
Every year on April 19, Russia celebrates the Day of United Action. In Russian regions, a set of commemorative events are held in schools, universities, scientific and cultural institutions, regional and municipal institutions, and non-profit organizations.
This year, the preparation was carried out by the National Center of Historical Memory under the President together with the ANO Agency for Social Technologies and Communications, OOD Search Movement of Russia, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Federal State Budgetary Institution Rospatriototsentr and 144 regional representatives.
Each region has its own characteristics and local components. In the regions that were under the occupation of the Nazi invaders, there are places that bear witness to the terrible crimes of the Nazis.
“April 19 is the day of united action for the unique project “Without a Statute of Limitations.” This is not only a significant date in preserving historical memory, the memory of the victims of genocide, but also concern for the future: about human values and global meanings of the younger generation,” said Elena Rodionova, first deputy chairman of the Public Chamber commission on volunteerism and youth policy.
She noted that the memory of the Great Patriotic War is dear to every resident of Russia. For four years in Russia, within the framework of the “No Statute of Limitations” project, work has been going on in order to prevent the repetition of Nazi crimes.
“Knowing and understanding the concepts of “fascism”, “Nazism”, “genocide” means preventing this from happening in the future. Over the years of implementation, this most important topic has become everyone’s business. The work of those who do more than they should,” Rodionova said.
This year, the Day of United Action was held in a multi-format mode. In the regions, original events were held dedicated to preserving the memory of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.
First Deputy Chairman of the Public Chamber Commission on Volunteering and Youth Policy Elena Rodionova
A presentation of publications about the genocide of the Soviet people took place in Moscow. The search movement launched the “We Remember” campaign, within which dozens of videos were published.
A number of events were held on April 18–19 at the site of the Mordovian State Pedagogical University. A thematic session “Without a Statute of Limitations” is taking place in Artek: the children visited the Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Occupation of Crimea 1941–1944 “Red Concentration Camp”.
On April 19, participants of the All-Russian project “Keepers of History” laid flowers and set up guards of honor at mass graves and monuments. Victory volunteers held the All-Russian action “No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten.”
In the center of folk culture of the city of Yeisk in the Krasnodar Territory, the premiere of the play “On behalf of the dead,” based on real events, took place. Children from the Makeevka amateur theater showed the residents of Rostov-on-Don a play about the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, “Remember Your Name.”
Related from regnum.ru Serbia calls voting on the resolution on “genocide” in Srebrenica dangerous
The vote on the resolution on “genocide” in Srebrenica at the upcoming UN General Assembly threatens to devalue the term “genocide”, as well as the authority of the international organization, former Prime Minister and Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Ana Brnabic said at a briefing.
“For the first time, such a serious issue as genocide will be decided by a simple vote,” she said.
Brnabic added that the topic of genocide was raised only twice on the agenda of the UN General Assembly. According to her, Israeli historians Yehuda Bauer and Efraim Zuroff say that a war crime occurred in Srebrenica, but there was no genocide.
As the former prime minister suggested, the term “genocide” may then lose its meaning. She even added that some people probably wish the word didn't mean anything anymore.
A vote on the resolution proposed by Germany and Rwanda, which also includes a ban on denying the fact of genocide, is expected on May 2.
As Regnum reported, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on April 17 that the Republika Srpska could be abolished if July 11 is recognized as the International Day of Remembrance of the “genocide” in Srebrenica. According to him, if the resolution is approved, the Serbs will actually be equated to a “genocidal nation.” After this, as the president suggested, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be able to liquidate the Republika Srpska and demand reparations.
On July 11, 1995, Republika Srpska troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic entered Srebrenica, which had the status of a zone protected by UN forces. After this, the Serbs were accused of allegedly killing unarmed Bosnian Muslims. Various experts note that most of those killed during the battles for Srebrenica were soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina announced its secession from Yugoslavia in 1992, after which a war began in the republic with the participation of Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats, which lasted until 1995. The numbers of victims of those events vary from five to 27 thousand killed Muslims.
In 2019, Serbia formed an independent international commission of inquiry into what happened in and around Srebrenica between 1992 and 1995 to provide a comprehensive and unbiased analysis of events in the region.
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[Regnum] A Ukrainian detained in North Ossetia faces up to 20 years in prison for espionage, the FSB border department in the republic reported on April 20.
A criminal case was opened against a 36-year-old detained citizen of Ukraine under Article 276 of the Criminal Code (“Espionage”). If his guilt is proven, the Ukrainian faces up to 20 years in prison.
According to the department, the detainee was collecting information about the location of personnel and military equipment of the Russian army in the Northern Military District zone. After which he sent it to the curator via messenger.
As Regnum reported, on April 20, security forces detained a 36-year-old Ukrainian on suspicion of espionage. He tried to leave for Georgia through the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint.
As it became known on April 5, on the territory of the LPR, FSB officers detained a man for transferring data about Russian border guards to Kiev. According to investigators, the man had been working for the SBU since 2019, helping the Ukrainian side establish the identities of Russian border guards. The SBU recruited him using the compromising evidence they had.
At the end of March, FSB officers detained a Ukrainian citizen in the LPR, who was transmitting to the SBU data on the locations of Russian military members of the SVO. That same month, security forces detained a resident of Mariupol on suspicion of espionage. The detainee collected data on the location of Defense Ministry units in the DPR. She passed on the information she received to Ukrainian intelligence services on social networks.
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[REGNUM] The pressure faced by the Republika Srpska is pushing President Milorad Dodik and his circle to serious actions that are not to the liking of the collective West, but bring it closer to a historic solution.
Criminal cases, foreign interference, threats and blackmail - over the past year, the Serbian entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina has faced unprecedented pressure due to its refusal to impose anti-Russian sanctions, give up its powers to Sarajevo and join NATO.
Milorad Dodik has repeatedly stated that the Serbian people in Bosnia and Herzegovina have several “red lines”, if they cross them, the region will face serious consequences. If the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), with the help of the West, tries to “push” Banja Luka on a number of issues, including imposing anti-Serbian laws and recognizing the resolution on Srebrenica, the Serbs may declare independence.
But such an announcement is not the most difficult decision, unlike the pressure that is expected after. The main question is: will Banja Luka be able to survive?
REPRESENTATIVE DESTROYER
After the civil war, peace never came to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the West, they decided to forcibly keep three peoples within one state, albeit divided into two parts - the Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation of BiH.
Since 1995, the country has introduced the position of High Representative, who is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Dayton Peace Treaty. To say that all representatives vested with practically unlimited power worked against the Republika Srpska is an understatement.
However, I would like to dwell separately on the current High Representative, German politician Christian Schmidt, who was mired in scandals in his homeland and sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina into a kind of exile. His appointment is not recognized by Republika Srpska, Russia, or China, since his powers were not confirmed by the UN Security Council.
However, the lack of a UN Security Council mandate does not prevent Schmidt, who is actively supported by official Berlin and the US and British embassies, from pursuing a de facto anti-Serbian policy. The fact that Schmidt “wouldn’t work” with the Republika Srpska became clear when he insisted on implementing the “Law on Denial of Genocide in Srebrenica,” which not only prohibited denial, but also punished it with a prison term.
Republika Srpska, naturally, does not recognize either the law or the fact of genocide. In this regard, in August 2023, the prosecutor's office of Bosnia and Herzegovina brought charges against the president of the republic under the law on “failure to comply with decisions of the Constitutional Court and the High Representative.”
The confrontation between Schmidt and Dodik reached a new level when the High Representative, not recognized by many, tried to impose the “Electoral Law” and the “Property Law.”
The first assumed that the Central Election Commission (CEC) of BiH would have more rights and opportunities to influence the electoral process throughout the country, and the second - that all the property of the entities - from natural resources to government buildings - would belong to Sarajevo.
Both laws directly violate the Dayton Accords, which Schmidt is supposed to be enforcing. The innovations caused a strong reaction in Banja Luka, which stated that it not only does not recognize the imposition of such laws, but is also ready to consider the possibility of leaving BiH.
And recently, to these two “red lines” a third was added - work on a UN resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica.
“BOSNIA MAY NOT SURVIVE THE RESOLUTION”
In March, it became known that the Bosniak part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina mission to the UN was independently, without a decision from the BiH Presidency, working on a new resolution on Srebrenica. It is due to be presented at the UN General Assembly on May 2.
According to the draft resolution being prepared, July 11 will be declared “international day of genocide in Srebrenica”, the Serbian people will be called responsible for the genocide, and reparations may be demanded from the Republika Srpska and Serbia. Political pressure on the entity will also increase.
Despite the fact that such a resolution is not binding, a “sediment,” as they say, will remain. Moreover, neither the Germans, nor the British, nor the Spaniards, nor the Croats, etc. were not found responsible for genocide, despite proven crimes against humanity.
Just as the mass killings of Serbs in the concentration camps of Jasenovac, Jastrebarsko, Banica, and the executions in Kragujevac and Kraljevo were not declared genocide.
It is worth recalling that this is not the first attempt to assign such responsibility to the Serbs. In 2015, at the UN Security Council, the UK did everything to adopt a similar resolution, but then it was blocked by Russia.
The Russian “no” and the raised hand of the late permanent representative Vitaly Churkin saved the Serbian people from the stigma and again reminded Belgrade who its main ally is. The Russian diplomat himself received more than one monument in Serbia and the Republika Srpska for this decision.
And now nine years later, the West is again trying to adopt an anti-Serbian resolution, but not in the UN Security Council, but through the General Assembly, where no one has the right of veto.
Why now? Relations between Republika Srpska and Russia are at their peak. Milorad Dodik and Vladimir Putin presented each other with state awards, bilateral relations are developing in all directions. Banja Luka demonstratively refuses to introduce anti-Russian sanctions, which saves the whole of BiH from the status of an unfriendly country, and also blocks BiH’s entry into NATO.
Pressure on the Republika Srpska is also pressure on Serbia, which supports the Serbs on the other side of the Drina in everything. Belgrade and Banja Luka are Russia's only friends in the Balkans. This prevents the West from completely controlling the region and drawing the republics into NATO.
President Milorad Dodik has repeatedly called on the Bosniaks not to provoke the situation and not to incite ethnic hatred, since “Bosnia and Herzegovina may not survive the resolution.” According to the head of the RS, the Serbs see no point in continuing to live in the same country with those who consider their people guilty of genocide.
“Don't do this because it is not conducive to life in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This will not unite us, but will separate us forever. We do not want to live with those who say that the Serbian people are “genocidal”. We don’t want to live with you and we won’t live in the same country with you,” Dodik emphasized.
On April 18, a rally called “R. Serbia is calling you,” where the top leadership of the entity, as well as the Prime Minister and ministers from Serbia, were present. Several tens of thousands of Serbs from both sides of the Drina gathered in the square and presented a united front against the resolution on Srebrenica.
In addition, the Serbs do not understand why they should mourn the victims of others, while no one even remembers their losses for more than 30 years, which certainly does not contribute to reconciliation. From the stage, politicians declared that the national idea of the Serbs from Serbia and Republika Srpska is unification. The people supported.
Naturally, the brightest speaker was Milorad Dodik, who said : “Serbia is our land, our state. If it were God’s will, constitutional and any other justice, we would be an integral part of Serbia, and not this crap called Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
Hints of an imminent declaration of independence are heard more and more often in Banja Luka. And Republika Srpska is not limited to just words.
NOT BY RALLIES ALONE
On April 18, the Republika Srpska parliament adopted the report of an independent international commission. At one time, Banja Luka asked her for help in investigating the events in Srebrenica and the surrounding area in order to prove that accusations of genocide were lies. The group was led by the famous Israeli historian and “Nazi hunter” Gideon Greif.
According to the commission's findings, during the entire period of the war from 1992 to 1995, 3,741 people died in the Srebrenica region, more than 2,500 of them were Serbs. The National Assembly of the RS supports the point of view expressed in the conclusions of the commission and confirms that the term “genocide” for Srebrenica is incorrect and cannot be accepted.
At the same time, Parliament expresses its respect to the victims of the tragic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and their families and condemns the war crimes committed by all parties.
The report of the commission led by Greif is the only legitimate document that recognizes the Serbian entity.
Banja Luka also adopted its own law, which provides for the holding of municipal and republican elections. “We will return what belongs to us,” Dodik said.
Thus, the Republika Srpska actually ousted the Central Election Commission of BiH from its territory, and the Serbs working in this body resigned. This is how Banja Luka wants to protect itself from interference in the elections from Sarajevo.
If the resolution on Srebrenica is adopted, the Republika Srpska will not stop there and will return all its powers that were given by the Dayton Peace Agreement. Powers that, over the years, have effectively been taken away by Sarajevo and the West, using various pressures - from threats to personal sanctions.
The list of initial powers belonging to the Dayton Republic includes the return of the army, jurisdiction in the fields of justice, energy, government procurement, tax policy, border control, the electoral process, and so on.
In fact, Republika Srpska may soon become a full-fledged and independent state within the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then, possibly, beyond them.
The West continues to rely on Sarajevo in attempts to create a unitary Bosnia, which will oppose Russia, join NATO, and move away from Serbia. Republika Srpska does not see any point in continuing to coexist with the Federation of BiH within the framework of an artificially created state.
Milorad Dodik has made this clear with his latest statements. Given the seriousness of his intentions and the noticeably tougher rhetoric, Banja Luka clearly has an action plan and, apparently, support outside the entity.
One thing is for sure - in the near future the Balkans will not let the world get bored again.
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[Regnum] The allocation of US military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan will aggravate the crisis, noted the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“The allocation of military assistance by the United States to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan will aggravate the global crisis...” she wrote on April 20 in her Telegram channel.
Pre-emptive surrender is indeed both easier and cheaper. In the short term, anyway.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that providing military support to Kyiv is direct sponsorship of terrorist activities, and to Taiwan is interference in the internal affairs of China.
In addition, according to Zakharova, US assistance to the Israeli side will lead to an unprecedented escalation in the Middle East.
As Regnum reported, in mid-February the House of Representatives of the US Congress went on vacation without voting on the bill on military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. American President Joe Biden criticized congressmen for their decision to go on break without approving the document.
Later, members of the House Brian Fitzpatrick and Jared Golden proposed an alternative version of the bill on assistance to Ukraine and Israel with tightening measures to protect US state borders. The document provided for the allocation of more than $66 billion to the Pentagon, of which about $47 billion was intended for Kyiv, and $10 billion and $5 billion for Tel Aviv and the countries of the Indo-Pacific region.
On April 20, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide aid to Ukraine. The preliminary amount planned to be allocated for these purposes will be $61 billion.
The document was supported by 311 congressmen, and 112 opposed it. The bill will then be sent to the upper house of Congress. If approved by American senators, the document will be submitted to the head of the White House for signature.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene called the allocation of aid to Ukraine a disgrace. She explained that this step leads to the destruction of an entire generation of the male population of this country.
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Let's not even get into the ocean of money they steal/launder/ and give to their minions.
Funding ANYTHING in the Ukraine is silly, why gripe about their border?
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Sad to see the funding pass. Money spent goes round and round. Weapons appear on the black market. Small amount will make it to Ukraine. Some items will take a year to be shipped to Ukraine. Its like having a trophy wife who requires repeated monies. Z will return again and again for funding.
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