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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Putin Didn't Directly Order Alexei Navalny's February Death, U.S. Spy Agencies Find
[WSJ] Alexei Navalny’s February death in an Arctic penal colony prompted a new wave of sanctions targeting Russia’s economy, upended delicate negotiations to exchange prisoners between Russia and the West, and left Russia’s limited opposition in disarray.

Russian President Vladimir Putin might not have planned for it to happen when it did.

[Sorry, but the rest of the article on this pseudo-celebrity is behind a paywall.]

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Ukrainian Defense forces: the enemy is trying to bypass Chasiv Yar on the flanks through other settlements
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] The Russian army is concentrating its efforts west of Bakhmut in order to reach the Siverskyi Donets - Donbas channel.

by Ivanna Kapustyanska


The Russian army is trying to bypass Chasiv Yar on the flanks through other settlements and has now begun to storm Andriivka and Klishchiivka, west of Bakhmut, in order to reach the Siverskyi Donets - Donbas channel.

Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesman for the Khortytsia operational-strategic group of troops, said this on the air of the telethon, Ukrinform writes .

"The enemy is concentrating its efforts to break through our defenses west of Bakhmut, access to the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas channel, capture the settlement of Chasiv Yar, create conditions there for further advance to the Kramatorsk agglomeration. The enemy is trying to take Chasiv Yar into an operational encirclement," the spokesman said.

Despite the attempt to surround Chasiv Yar, the occupiers conduct unsuccessful assaults. However, they are still trying to capture the village of Ivanivske and the outskirts of Bohdanivka in order to enter Chasovoy Yar.

Voloshyn adds that the enemy is additionally storming Andriivka and Klishchiivka in an attempt to level the lines of defense and confrontation.

"In the area of ​​Klishchiivka, an increase in the personnel of the enemy army was noticed," Voloshyn noted.

Currently, most of the clashes are taking place in the Chasovoyarivsk direction, near Bilogorivka.

"There, the enemy is regrouping, bringing in ammunition, trying to demine our mined territories. However, he is not succeeding. Our soldiers are restraining the enemy," the spokesman said.

The spokesman also notes that the enemy has an advantage in ammunition and manpower. The Russians are practicing "meat assaults" again, and they are not sparing either their weapons or their equipment.

In order to capture Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, the Russian army began to use tactics that were used during the offensive in Avdiivka. The enemy drops aerial bombs on the city.

Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that the higher Russian military leadership had set the task for its troops to capture Chasiv Yar by May 9.

Having captured Chasiv Yar, the enemy gets the opportunity to attack Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka. Read more about this in the LB.ua article "Chasiv Yar. Time is short."



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#1  Ukrainian Defense forces: the enemy is trying to bypass Chasiv Yar on the flanks through other settlements

I believe that's called a pincer or encirclement but lately Russians have been calling it a cauldron because you don't want to be inside it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/27/2024 11:55 Comments || Top||

#2  [inciteful alien glyphage] morphs...

[TO SERVE UKRAINE]
Posted by: Phinerong Brown4008 || 04/27/2024 17:04 Comments || Top||

#3  The entire Ukraine section of Rantburg is a wasteful toilet.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/27/2024 17:10 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ I don't know of any other source for any kind of news at all on how this war is going. Yes, almost all of it is either Ukrainian or Russian propaganda but when you compare the two of them you can kinda sorta get the gist. It doesn't seem to be going well for Ukraine but I wonder if Putin needs to step up the pace before NATO gets any deeper into it than they already are.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/27/2024 19:36 Comments || Top||

#5  It is hard to find news of the Ukr-Rus war that isn't just cheering for one side or the other. IMHO, badanov does a good job of coming up with interesting tidbits.

Long story short, Ukraine is getting ground down, running out of equipment and more importantly, bodies. NATO will soon be faced with the choice of doubling down or finding another regional war of interest. I hear Africa is nice this time of year.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/27/2024 20:08 Comments || Top||

#6  I'm supposed to care.

I do not care.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/27/2024 20:17 Comments || Top||

#7  We are being sold dominoes again.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/27/2024 20:19 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ One can hope. Upspeaking spokesfreak in Dronsanto PSA...

"For your safety, we're taking great pains
To try all our new stuff in Ukraine
So those grain-growing guys
And gals never get wise
Till it flies on our own fruited plains."
Posted by: Phinerong Brown4008 || 04/27/2024 21:18 Comments || Top||

#9  They've been slaughtering one another for hundreds of years. How is our meddling going to solve anything ?

The human slaughter. It's what they do.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/27/2024 21:31 Comments || Top||

#10  You "aren't an American" unless you care about everyone else's borders more than our own.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/27/2024 21:34 Comments || Top||

#11  As for the use of US military assets on US citizens - as touter by Eric Swallwell D-CCP and Joe Bidet - well, if it happens they will need a big victory garden at LockMart HQ.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/27/2024 21:52 Comments || Top||

#12  Imagine the awful things you could do to your crop when you know the gummint is coming to take it.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/27/2024 21:54 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 26, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 22:20 Belgium will allocate 200 million euros to Germany’s initiative to search for air defense for Ukraine, Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said. According to her, Brussels will also transfer missiles for air defense systems from its own reserves to Kyiv.

Continued on Page 49
Posted by: badanov || 04/27/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [67 views] Top|| File under:


Ukrainian General Staff on the hottest areas at the front
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] In the Avdeevsky direction, the defenders repulsed 23 attacks of Russian invaders, in Novopavlovsky - 12.

During the day, 79 clashes were recorded at the front, most of them in the Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Friday, April 26.

In total, Russian troops carried out one missile and 67 air strikes, and carried out 54 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.

In the Kupyansk direction, soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kislovka and Berestovo, Kharkov region; Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region.

In the Liman direction, nine attacks were repelled in the Serebryansky forestry area of ​​the Lugansk region; settlements of Terna and south of Zarechny, Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, eight attacks were repelled in the areas of Belogorivka settlements in the Lugansk region; Vyemka, Spornoe and Ivanovskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.

In the Avdeevsky direction, defenders repelled 23 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Arkhangelskoye, Keramik, Ocheretino, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Kalinovo, Donetsk region, where the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried to oust Ukrainian units from their occupied lines.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Prechistovka and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defense 12 times.

In the Orekhovsky direction, the invaders, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders three times in the area of ​​Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon his intention to oust the Ukrainian Armed Forces units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, within 24 hours, with the support of aviation, he carried out three unsuccessful attacks in the area of ​​​​the village of Krynki, Kherson region.

During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 11 areas where Russian personnel were concentrated.

Units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on two areas where personnel were concentrated, a radar station, three air defense systems, an electronic warfare station, and the composition of the enemy’s material and technical means.

Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 950 invaders . Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 463,930 soldiers.

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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (26 April 2024)
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.

Article Linked To Is Available Only Via VPN

[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

The Zapad Group of Forces seized more advantageous lines and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Borovoye (Kharkov region). In addition, they repelled a counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 408th Separate Rifle Battalion close to Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 Ukrainian troops and two pickup trucks. In counter-battery warfare, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated.

The Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and defeated the units of the 5th Assault, 41st Mechanised, 79th Air Assault, 46th Airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Maksimilyanovka, Katerinovka, Paraskoviyevka, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, Konstantinovka, and Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

One attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 58th Separate Mechanised Infantry Battalion has been repelled near Nevelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 430 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, as well as one unmanned aerial vehicle command post.

In counter-battery warfare, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 gun, one 105-mm U.S.-made M102 howitzer, two Anklav electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare radar station, and four field ammunition depots.

The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 23rd, 115th mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Novoaleksandrovka, Karlovka, Novogorodskoye, and Arkhangelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

In addition, eight counter-attacks launched by the assault groups of the 25th Air Assault, the 68th, 71st jaeger, 142nd Infantry, 24th and 100th mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled near Novokalinovo, Shumy, Berdychi, Semyonovka, Ocheretino, and Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 415 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, eight armoured personnel carriers, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, and three 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

The Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted fire damage on the units of the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU and 1st Separate National Guard Brigade of Ukraine near Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses included up to 105 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers.

The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 117th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 121st and 126th territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region), Respublikanets, and Chervony Mayak (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, a UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, three U.S.-made 155-mm M777 guns, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M102 towed howitzer.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery hit an echelon with Western weapons and military hardware near Udachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), personnel and equipment of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU at a railway loading station near Balakleya (Kharkov region), as well as manpower and hardware of the AFU in 112 areas.

Air defence systems shot down 193 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, two Olkha MLRS shells, and three French-made Hammer aerial guided bombs during the day.

In total, 592 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,325 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,856 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,274 MLRS combat vehicles, 9,140 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,308 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.

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Current information on the situation on the front line: April 26 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/26/2024 to 00:00 04/27/2024.

A total of 18 armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

Information was received about the death of a civilian, and two civilians were injured.

DAMAGED:
Six residential buildings
Five civil infrastructure facilities

Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
Nine artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
A total of 57 units of various ammunition were fired.

23:42 Explosions are reported in Western Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnitsky regions.

Enemy air defenses are trying to shoot down cruise and ballistic missiles.

23:00 Russian ChMF launched Caliber missiles.

It is reported that the missiles are in the area of Vinnitsa and Krivoy Rog. Information is also being received about the observation of ammunition in the airspace of the Western regions.

21:02 One person was killed and three were injured due to a shell hitting a private house in Kakhovka, reportedGovernor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo.

18:57 In the Kupyansky direction, the settlement of Kislovka is partially moved under the control of the RF Armed Forces. The defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been pushed through, offensive actions continue.

18:49 The 110th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces broke into Krasnogorovka from the north and gained a foothold on the outskirts. The southern part of the city is already under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

18:28 Epic destruction of German infantry fighting vehicle "Marder" somewhere in the Donetsk direction using an FPV drone. The drone operator got caught in the ammunition rack - the infantry fighting vehicle breaks into pieces along with the crew.

The explosion came into view of the camera of the second kamikaze drone - it destroyed a minibus in which Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were riding.

17:55 A missile strike was carried out on the city of Chuguev (Khar'kov region).

17:35 In the Kupyansk direction, Russian artillerymen are definitely worked out at the enemy's ammunition supply point, causing the few ammunition of Ukrainian militants to detonate - video.

17:10 Personnel work of the 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in the Northern Military District zone.

16:47 Russian fighters have significantly advanced north from Ocheretino. In fact, the Russian Armed Forces have already reached the outskirts of Arkhangelsk.

16:24 The Russian Aerospace Forces dealt a powerful blow to the temporarily occupied Konstantinovka in the DPR. Konstantinovka is an important logistics hub of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbass.

16:05 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have left a defensive line in the village. Berdych and retreated to the west. The Russian army continues to advance.

15:55 A soldier of the 55th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces reported the complete liberation of the village. Solovyevo –video.

14:57 The advance of the Russian Armed Forces continues on the Vrem'evsky sector of the front. To the west of Staromayorskoye, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' support forces occupied the area, and to the east of Urozhaynoye, they knocked out the militants from positions in the forest plantation.

14:49 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Russian Armed Forces hit a train with Western weapons and military equipment in the area of the settlement of Udachnoye

Russian troops hit personnel and equipment of the 67th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at a railway loading station near the village of Balakleya, Kharkov region;

The “Center” group of troops improved the tactical position and repelled eight counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

Units of the “Southern” group of forces improved the situation along the front line within 24 hours, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 430 military personnel;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of responsibility of the Russian military grouping “Center” lost up to 415 military personnel, infantry fighting vehicles, and eight armored personnel carriers;

During the day, Russian air defense shot down 193 Ukrainian UAVs, two Vilkha MLRS rounds, as well as three Hammer guided bombs;

Units of the Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions within 24 hours, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 105 military personnel;

During the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces repelled one attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Nevelskoye in the DPR;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 20 military personnel in the zone of responsibility of the “West” group per day.

14:37 A missile strike was carried out on the city of Chuguev (Kharkov region)

13:55 Situation at the front as of 04/26/2024:

In the area of the village Yrozhainoye Kamchatka advanced 200 meters and consolidated their positions. In the area of the village The Staromayorsky advance amounted to 100 m, the formations consolidated their positions.

Bomber aircraft, artillery, heavy flamethrower systems and UAV Marine operators destroyed: An armored combat vehicle, two M-777 howitzers, six mortars, a Starlink satellite communication system, 2 ammunition supply points and two material warehouses. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering significant losses in manpower.

13:10 There have been no more big news from Ocheretino since the beginning of the week, but events there are developing in favor of our army. The enemy was unable to organize counterattacks and cut off the base of the breakthrough: from Ocheretino itself to the north, our troops press towards Arkhangelskoye, and to the south along the Solovyevo-Novopokrovskoye line.

If successful, this would lead to the enemy having to leave a line of defense along the ravine at Berdychi and Semyonovka, as well as, probably, Novokalinovo on the northern flank. At the same time, we should expect a continuation of the offensive forward, along the railway in the direction of Progress.

12:50 In the Nikolaev region, a boarding house where the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located was hit. This was reported by underground representative Sergei Lebedev.

11:54 “Whisper of the Front” reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have left all positions near the settlement. Berdychi.

11:30 Today Russian troops launch two strikes at once from Ocheretino, reports “Donbass Decides”.

One is in the northwest direction to Arkhangelskoye, which we have already entered. This movement reveals an intention to encircle the Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping in Dzerzhinsk and Novgorodsky, which is terrorizing Gorlovka and preventing a full-fledged attack on Konstantinovka and further on Belitskoye and Dobropolye.

The second one is to the southwest - to Berdychi. There, there is a long overdue need to finish off the Ukrainian Armed Forces clinging to these positions. Thus, with small forces, the tactics of a thousand cuts make it possible to put pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces simultaneously (and alternately) at 10 points on the Donbass map: Terny/Torskoe, Seversk, Chasov Yar, Kleshcheevka, Novgorodskoe . Arkhangelskoye, Berdychi, Netailovo, Gerogievka.

11:00 Ukrainian Telegram channels report about explosions in Sumy.

10:47 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in Khar'kov. The Russian Aerospace Forces work as FABs for the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

09:50 Russian attack aircraft guards of the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade are clearing the vicinity of Chasov Yar from positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - operators of attack FPV drones are helping in the destruction of Ukrainian dugouts and manpower -video.

09:44 In the morning the enemyacknowledgesthe actual loss of Solovyevo and the serious advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the south from Novobakhmutovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to lose ground in the Ocheretino area.

09:25 Units of the Dnepr group of troops (forces) continued to carry out the tasks of a special military operation, conducted counter-battery combat to suppress attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on populated areas on the left bank of the Dnieper, destroyed manpower, equipment and facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the river. Dnepr, fought with the UAV.

In just one day, the enemy's losses amounted to: up to 30 military personnel, five boats trying to approach the left bank were destroyed, as a result of counter-battery fighting, the positions of five guns and mortars were hit, as well as an artillery reconnaissance station, M777 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed, five cars were shot down 89 reconnaissance and attack UAVs and 20 UAV control points were hit.

Three electronic warfare stations, 19 observation posts, one ammunition depot and two warehouses of material and technical equipment were destroyed.

08:17 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/25/2024:

Zaporozhye Front. The Russian Armed Forces carried out several attacks from Novoprokopovka, in the resulting pocket between Rabotino and Verbov. Otherwise, positional battles continue in the area. Long-range weapons are actively working on both sides.

On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces continue successful assault operations in a number of directions. Fierce fighting is taking place in the south of Krasnogorovka, where Russian troops were able to take control of an important fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at a fireproof plant.

Complete capture of the enterprise's territory will significantly weaken the defense of the Ukrainian garrison. Fierce fighting continues in the Netailovo and Umansky areas, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold the defense in these settlements.

In the Semenovka area and in Berdychi, the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain their presence in their previous positions. LBS unchanged. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were unable to hold their positions in Solovyovo, where the Ukrainian troops had retreated from Novobakhmutovka the day before. The Russian Armed Forces quickly knocked out the Ukrainian garrison from this settlement.

In Ocheretino there are also advances of Russian troops, which knocked out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the northern outskirts of the village. The Ukrainian garrison moved north to the village. Arkhangelskoe.

There are no significant changes in the LBS in the Chasovoyarsk direction.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are throwing reserves into battle to prevent the advance of Russian troops from the east in the suburb of Chasov Yar. The Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery continue to actively work on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Encountering battles on the flanks in the Bogdanovka area and west of Ivanovsky (Krasny). In the Kleshcheevka area, the LBS also remains without significant changes.

08:00 RF Armed Forces fought off attempts by the enemy to strengthen forward positions near Urozhainy and Staromayorsky in the DPR. This was announced by the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev.

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'Destructive phantom': Where will the new 'front' between Russia and the West lie?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Igor Ivanenko

[REGNUM] “When Ukraine collapses... we will be ready to strike with unprecedented intensity and firepower in Romania to protect the country's national and vital interests.”

Continued on Page 49
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Zelensky announces the formation of new brigades to strengthen the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Kyiv is forming new brigades to strengthen the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was stated by the head of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky at the Ramstein meeting, reports Strana. ua".

It is clarified that Zelensky also told Western partners that the Ukrainian military needs their timely support in sufficient quantities. He noted that they would also need this if they “were soldiers in the conflict.”

Continued on Page 49
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#1  From Ukrainians repatriated by force from EUrope?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 04/27/2024 5:29 Comments || Top||


A monument to Soviet soldiers was toppled from its pedestal in Rovno
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] In the city of Rivne in Ukraine, figures of soldiers erected in memory of Soviet soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War were thrown off their pedestals, the Ukrainian publication “Country” reported on April 26. ua".

The footage published on the publication’s Telegram channel shows that construction equipment was brought to the monument. Cables were thrown over the statues, and then, pulling them, they threw the figures off the pedestal.

Continued on Page 49
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L'affaire Ivanov News Roundup for April 27th, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Borodin, a defendant in the bribery case against Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov, appealed his arrest
[Regnum] On April 26, the Basmanny Court of Moscow received an appeal against the arrest order from the second defendant in the criminal case of a large bribe of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov - Sergei Borodin. Information about this is posted on the court's website.

The appeal is registered in the case file. Borodin asks to reconsider the court decision on choosing a preventive measure in the form of arrest.

He is accused of giving a bribe on an especially large scale to the main defendant in the case, Timur Ivanov (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

According to investigators, Borodin was on friendly terms with Ivanov and entered into a criminal conspiracy with him.

As Regnum reported, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on April 26 called on journalists to focus only on official statements on the Timur Ivanov case.

Ivanov was detained at his workplace on the evening of April 23. In the morning the court arrested him until June 23. He was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.

It was established that the deputy minister, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the Ministry of Defense. The bribe amount could be more than 1 billion rubles. Ivanov did not admit guilt in committing the crime.

Two more people appear in the corruption case. This is businessman Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order.

Witnesses are questioned and searches are conducted.

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The Kremlin urges journalists to trust only official information on the Ivanov case
For sure in a case rumored to bring down the top echelons of the Russian ministry of defense including Defense Minister Shoigu.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on April 26 urged journalists to focus only on official statements on the case of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov.

“In this case, I propose to rely only on official statements,” he said.

Answering a question about the discovery, according to some reports, of expensive real estate belonging to Ivanov, the Kremlin representative noted that he did not know about it.

“I have not heard official statements from the investigation on this matter. The investigation is ongoing, so we cannot say how true this information is; this is not our prerogative,” Peskov emphasized.

As Regnum reported, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov was detained at his workplace on the evening of April 23. The next morning the court arrested him until June 23. He was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.

According to investigators, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the Ministry of Defense. The bribe amount could be more than 1 billion rubles. Ivanov did not admit guilt in committing the crime.

Two more people appear in the corruption case. This is entrepreneur Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order.

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Source: episodes related to Mariupol may appear in Ivanov’s case
In the criminal case of former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov, new episodes may appear related to contracts for the restoration of Mariupol. RT TV channel reported this on April 26,citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

It is noted that the new episodes may also be related to contracts in other cities of new regions that were received by businessmen detained along with Ivanov.

In addition, according to the source, new defendants may appear in the criminal case.

As Regnum reported, law enforcement officers detained Ivanov at his workplace on the evening of April 23. The next morning the court arrested him until June 23. He was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.

According to investigators, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the Ministry of Defense. The bribe amount could be more than 1 billion rubles. Ivanov did not admit guilt in committing the crime.

Two more people appear in the corruption case. This is entrepreneur Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order.

Ivanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense in May 2016. He oversaw issues related to property management, troop quartering, housing and medical support for the Russian Armed Forces, construction, reconstruction and overhaul of Ministry of Defense facilities. He was in charge of the restoration of Mariupol.

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General Skshipchak: The Russian Armed Forces have set the task of destroying all airfields in Ukraine
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[Regnum] The Russian military has set the task of destroying all airfields in Ukraine so that the aircraft that the West plans to transfer to it have nowhere to be based, former commander of the Polish ground forces, General Waldemar Skrzypczak, said on April 26 on the radio station RMF FM.

“The Russians have an advantage in the air. Firstly, because they greatly weakened the air defense of the Ukrainian army. Secondly, the Ukrainians do not have their own air forces capable of resisting the Russian Aerospace Forces,” he pointed out.

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About the transfer of F-16s to Ukraine
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] The welders received information that the F-16s would be transferred to the 30th tactical aviation brigade of Ukraine and the 114th tactical aviation brigade of Ukraine.

3 F-16AM fighters with tail numbers J-010, J-019, J-366 and 2 F-16BMs with tail numbers J-064 and J-210 arrived at the Romanian 86th air base “Lieutenant George Mokornice”.

The aircraft are intended for use by the European F-16 Training Center.
The center was created as a result of cooperation between Romania and the Netherlands in partnership with the intention of transferring 5 fighter jets to Lockheed Martin with the support of Denmark.

All five fighters are relatively new:

the F-16AM J-010 built in 1991;
F-16AM J-019 built in 1991;
F-16 AM J-366 built in 1988;
F-16BM J-064 built in 1988;
F-16BM J-210 built in 1986.

Estimated delivery dates - third quarter of 2024.

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Pentagon chief Austin: deliveries of F-16 fighters to Kyiv will begin in 2024

Deliveries of F-16 fighters to the Kyiv regime will begin in 2024. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin before the start of a meeting of the contact group on providing assistance to Ukraine.

“The delivery of more than a squadron of F-16s to Ukraine will begin this year,” Austin said.

According to him, deliveries will be carried out together with pilots and maintenance personnel trained by members of the contact group.

As Regnum reported, in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a conversation with military pilots, noted that American F-16 fighters would not change the combat situation in the Northern Military District zone if they were transferred to Kiev. They will be mercilessly destroyed, like other Western equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the head of state emphasized.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on April 5 that F-16 fighters will not be able to become a “silver bullet” for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia and will not turn the situation in the combat zone in favor of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Russian armed forces will easily destroy the F-16 fighters stationed at Ukrainian airfields, says German journalist Julian Röpke. In his opinion, the supply of any number of fighters without creating effective air defense on the territory of Ukraine makes no sense. He also called for a sober look at the feasibility of transferring the F-16 to Kyiv.


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#1  without creating effective air defense

European Nations Balk at Sending Patriot Missile Systems to Ukraine
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