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"Inspectors have analized hairs
From the scene, and--"
"Aw, f-ck it, who cares?
Blame some Guatemalan
For not re-installin'
That rat-catcher after repairs."
[IsraelTimes] Police investigating assault in Brooklyn as a hate crime, make one arrest; ADL offers $10,000 reward for information; governor ’outraged,’ as antisemitic attacks surge
A group of assailants beat a Jewish man on a New York City street on Friday night, the latest in a string of attacks on Jews in the area.
Six males repeatedly punched and kicked the Hasidic Jewish man in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, causing him minor injuries, according to police and neighborhood groups.
Police are investigating the case as a hate crime and have made one arrest.
There were no "prior words of provocation" between the 21-year-old victim and assailants ahead of the beating, police said.
The New York Police Department released a blurry video of the attack, which appeared to show the group striking the victim and shoving him against the side of the truck, where he collapsed, and the beating continued.
The police also released a video showing the group that allegedly carried out the attack, offered a $3,500 reward for information, and said detectives had arrested a 16-year-old and charged him with gang assault and assault as a hate crime.
I guess the Guardian Angels have found other neighbourhoods more interesting to patrol, or Curtis Sliwa lost track while running for mayor.
The United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, a leading community group in the neighborhood, called the incident a "disturbing hate fueled attack."
It said that after the assault, the group of assailants carjacked an Uber driver.
The attack took place on the neighborhood’s Gerry Street, near Harrison Avenue, at 7:55 p.m. on Friday night. Attacks on Jews in the neighborhood often take place on Friday nights, when religious Jews do not carry cell phones, making it more difficult to report crimes. Williamsburg is the home base of the large, tightly-knit Satmar Hasidic community.
The Anti-Defamation League offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.
Police figures showed 81 antisemitic hate crimes in New York City so far this year, marking an increase of over 300% over the same period last year.
The antisemitic incidents include assaults on city streets against visibly identifiable Jews, racist graffiti, property damage, and verbal abuse.
Jews are targeted in hate crimes more than any other group in New York City, by far, year after year. Anti-Jewish attacks accounted for 38 percent of all confirmed hate crimes in New York City last year, according to NYPD statistics.
In February, there were 56 hate crimes against Jews, compared with 11 during the same month last year. Hate crimes in New York City as a whole climbed by 100% last year, and other types of crime have also been on the rise.
Hate crimes usually do not lead to arrests in New York. The 198 confirmed hate crimes against Jews in New York last year only resulted in 58 arrests.
Last week, hundreds of pro-Paleostinian demonstrators chanted "Globalize the intifada" during a march through Manhattan that stopped at the offices of several Jewish organizations, in what many Jewish and Israel advocates interpreted as alluding to violence against Jews.
The protesters, who called for Israel’s complete dismantlement, say they are targeting the Jewish state, not Jewish people. The event came as Israel grapples with a wave of deadly terrorism that has killed 11 people.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Police have reportedly arrested Kelvin Winfield, who has six prior arrests, including a 2019 assault at Penn Station.
[Western Journal] They’re going to be playing for the national championship, but they’re already losers in the court of public opinion.
The South Carolina Gamecocks drew national attention Friday when they stayed off the court for the playing of the national anthem before their game in the Final Four of the NCAA’s women’s basketball tournament in Minneapolis.
While the team under coach Dawn Staley has been off the court for the anthem all year, like many of their competitors, the practice made news this weekend — because of how their opponent behaved.
The Louisville Cardinals honored the anthem on the basketball court, and fans noticed the difference.
#3
Well, womyn's team with "cocks" in the name seems to fit the narrative these days.
Snark O'The Day athletic category
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How many of the team are attending college based on Athletic Scholarships?
Where did that $$$$$ come from?
So I say, may their donors and supporters lists be released. Each donor/supporter should ask a direct question. "Will hey will continue to support/donate to this team IF this matter is NOT seriously addressed?"
#1
Don't understand what's shocking. I can see the argument that maybe we sanitize death too much, but hiding massive injuries seems like a kindness, not something goulish.
(But, then, there are two morticians in my extended family, and one of them spent some time with the federal Disaster Mortuary Response Team, so maybe I'm sanguine about it all.)
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Political 101.
During election act like you are actually doing something for the people voting for your
sorry a$$. When nothing happens blame it on others.
#2
People who get my attention while "doing stuff" (outside built actual female wimmin in strip clubs) are probably attracting the wrong kind of attention.
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[Garowe] An International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) convoy carrying medical assistance, food, and water treatment supplies arrived in the Tigray region on Saturday, 2nd April 2022, through Afar. This is the first ICRC convoy reaching the region by road since September 2021.
"Many people affected by the conflict in Tigray live in extremely challenging conditions, unable to access healthcare, sufficient food supplies, and basic goods and services," said Nicolas Von Arx, the head of the ICRC delegation in Æthiopia. "In addition, a lack of medication and medical equipment has placed enormous strain on the region's health-care system and medical staff."
"The ICRC welcomes the current ceasefire and the willingness of the parties to the conflict to facilitate passage of much-needed humanitarian aid into Tigray," he added. "It is vital that the assistance keeps reaching the region on a regular basis."
The ICRC convoy carried medicines, medical equipment, emergency food, water pumps, and water treatment chemicals, along with essential household items such as jerricans, solar lamps, mattresses, and kitchen sets.
Prior to the convoy's arrival, the ICRC conducted almost 40 cargo flights into Tigray since January, delivering life-saving drugs such as insulin, hemodialysis, oxytocin, tetanus toxoid, gloves, and surgical material.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment... in the Afar region, 9,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) recently received food delivered by the ICRC, including wheat flour, split peas, salt, and oil. A further 9,000 IDPs in Afar are currently being assisted with emergency household items.
“Ukraine’s Armed Forces and territorial defense battalions have pushed them away through Chernihiv Oblast,” Zhyvytsky said, warning that small groups of Russians might still be around.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 4, 2022
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Russian amateurs....
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I'm anti US involvement in wars we have no business in. I don't care how much that pisses you off, Ukraine troll.
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The US is already involved, Derp. You've been supplying weapons to Ukraine to kill Putin's amateur soldiers.
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Imagine being retarded enough to believe that the Ukrainians staged all of those dead bodies in the streets.
You're obviously a right wing nut job QAnon fan girl.
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You're obviously a right wing nut job QAnon fan girl.
Your homosexual references leads me to believe you have some experience in such matters.
okey-dokey.
Watch out, they might complain about having their 'free speech rights' stolen from them and then blame Hillary Clinton for the War in Ukraine.
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I'm only for the "Let's bleed Russia Dry so they don't go farther than Ukraine" side.
Because Russia really, really wants to establish their previous borders to secure their heartland. And that means going toe to toe with NATO. And that means nukes when their conventional forces get their teeth kicked in.
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The trolls are gonna hate this.
If Putin was frustrated about the fighting in Donbas, he's going to hate the results of the invasion. Ukraine will be like a giant Gaza Strip.
#2
Dead civilians piling up everywhere. Russian murderers leaving their angry calling cards. I doubt they'll be returning. Russian units participating in such activity have surely been identified. Going back into that region...very bad juju.
#4
Really? The head of the Horse Guards, what the GCHQ, used to be called IIRC, waxing contemptuous about "How those silly wogs play at war!" -- how novel! (/sarc)
#5
If we ever have another pub prexident and he / she does not gouge out the "five eyes" for what they did to Trump, I will stop caring how crooked our elections are.
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If Daily Mail reported water is wet and fire burns, the troll would be whining about shitposting.
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GCHQ's "JTRIG" (Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group) presentation: "The Art of Deception: Training for a New Generation of Online Covert Operations"
#10
"Is that JTRIG gobbledygook document authentic?"
Of course it is! Who else but an intel community plodder would stuff 50 PowerPoint slides with hundreds of meaningless social science jargon?
And now, class, to prep for your quiz: go to Slide #12 and memorize the 179 ACNO Key Skill Strands and assign them properly into the 17 categories of Behavior and the 13 categories of Influence and 7 Meta-Categories of Flat vs. Polycategorical vs Hierarchical Ontological Belief Systems!
#11
Read "Journalists for Hire: How the CIA Buys the News"
by Udo Ulfkotte, former editor at FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). It's in German, sorry.
Also Glenn Greenwald's explanation of how the security agencies spread fake news: "One large news outlet publishes a false story based on whispers from anonymous security state agents with the CIA or FBI, and then other news outlets quickly purport that they have “independently confirmed” the false story, in order to bolster its credibility (oh, it must be true since other outlets have also confirmed it).
"This is an obvious scam — they have not “independently confirmed” anything but rather merely acted as servants to the same lying security state agents who planted the original false story — but they do it over and over, creating the deceitful perception that a fake story has been "confirmed” by multiple outlets, thus bolstering its credibility in the public mind. It was the favored tactic for spreading debunked Russiagate frauds and is still used."
According to Amazon, the English translation is currently unavailable, who h just means some work finding it. Usually the author has some extra copies lying about in such cases.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 20:38 Anonymous hackers leaked the personal data of 120,000 invaders fighting in Ukraine. "All soldiers participating in the invasion of Ukraine should be court-martialed," Anonymous said. 20:36 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that Ukrainian defenders expect heavy fighting with the occupiers in the direction of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv regions in the coming days:
"In the direction of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkov regions - a large grouping of Russian troops is gathering there. They are not going to stop. The tasks that Putin sets for his Janissaries to destroy the Ukrainian state, they do not disappear anywhere. They will regroup. They want to do it in this direction big problems for our armed forces and we also expect that there will be fierce battles for our territory in the near future."
20:11 UN Secretary General António Guterres announced the need for an independent investigation into the events in Bucha.
20:03 Scholz said that Germany will continue to provide weapons to Ukraine. He added that Western countries will discuss new sanctions against the Russian Federation in the coming days, and it will "feel their consequences."
19:56 Zelensky says that the negotiators are close to agreeing on agreements that may include a non-nuclear, non-bloc and neutral status of Ukraine.
"An important part of these agreements is security guarantees. Security guarantees should imply the existence of a circle of states that will support our country. And in the event of aggression by Russia against Ukraine, the leaders of these countries will help Ukraine in various ways after certain conditions in the security sphere are met, regarding which there must be an agreement between these guarantor countries," he said in an interview with CBS.
19:43 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that the EU should discuss the issue of a ban on Russian gas imports.
19:38 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, called on all civilians to leave the region for safer regions. In an interview with the publication, the League said that there is a high probability of the situation worsening.
"And in this case, one of the important levers of manipulation and achievement of results for the enemy will be the population. Therefore, people need to leave in order to knock this lever out of the hands of the occupier. And it will be much easier for the defenders of Donbass to beat the enemy," he said.
19:31 The mobile crematoriums that the Russian troops were carrying with them were intended for Ukrainians, says Podolyak.
19:29 Kim reported that 14 people were injured as a result of today's shelling of Nikolaev. 11 of them were hospitalized, among them a child with moderate injuries, one died. He added that as a result of the shelling of Ochakov, there were also dead and wounded.
19:21 The Welt publication, citing sources, reports that Germany refused to supply Ukraine with 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, which were requested last week.
19:10 From the territory of the Kiev region liberated from Russian invaders, 410 bodies of dead civilians have already been taken out.
"In the liberated territories, there is super-important evidence of the brutal war crimes of the Russian Federation. This is a hell that must be documented in order to punish the non-humans who organized it on our land," said the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
19:04 With respect to Russia, the United States will very soon take additional actions, said State Department spokesman Ned Price.
“As for the photos from Bucha, we have already assessed that Russian troops have committed war crimes. We are collecting information. Firstly, to shed light on what exactly they are doing, and secondly, to ensure that all those who committed these atrocities, and all those who ordered these atrocities. This is our mission," he said.
18:58 French President Emmanuel Macron reacted to the brutal killings of civilians by the Russian military in Bucha. According to him, the Russian authorities will have to answer for this.
"The photos that come to us from Bucha, a liberated town near Kiev, are unbearable. There are hundreds of civilians killed on the streets. My compassion for the victims, my solidarity with the Ukrainians. The Russian authorities will have to answer for these crimes."
18:54 Rape, executions, looting: Human Rights Watch documents war crimes of Russian occupiers in Ukraine.
In particular, at the moment, atrocities have been recorded in the territories of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Kiev regions, as well as in the city of Bucha.
“The cases we have documented represent unspeakable, deliberate brutality and violence against the civilian population of Ukraine. Rape, murder and other violent acts against people in the custody of Russian troops should be investigated as war crimes,” said Hugh Williamson. Director of Human Rights Watch in Europe and Central Asia
18:51 The United States does not yet agree to provide Ukraine with security guarantees in the form our country asks for, Zelensky said in an interview with CBS. In addition, the president said that Ukraine has not yet received security guarantees from other countries.
“I would like to thank the United States and the Biden administration for their bipartisan support, for everything they do for us. But nevertheless, the United States did not provide us with security guarantees. This must be understood,” Zelensky said.
18:48 Georgia is categorical in its decision not to join economic sanctions against Russia, head of the Georgian government Irakli Garibashvili said.
"We want peace, stability and development. This is what our country needs today. No one needs war. And to prevent war, any leader of the country - a patriot should do everything possible," Garibashvili explained.
He also does not welcome the participation of volunteers in the hostilities in Ukraine.
18:46 Zelensky reproached NATO for the delay in inviting Ukraine to the Alliance:
"Bucharest, NATO summit declaration. April 3, 14 years ago. There was a chance to prevent. So that Russia would not come. Bucha, Kyiv region. Now. Russia has come. I advise the mothers of the Russian military to look. Look what bastards you raised. Killers, marauders, executioners".
18:44 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declares that none of the civilians were injured under their occupation.
18:42 The footage from the suburbs of Kiev is terrifying, but the situation in Mariupol blocked by the invaders is much worse, the Azov regiment says.
The chief of staff of the Azov regiment, captain Bohdan Krotevich, said that the situation in the city is critical and up to 200,000 Ukrainians are under the rubble or in bomb shelters, under constant enemy shelling.
"They have no food, water, electricity. We have no way to help them, because we are fighting fiercely in the city. What is happening now in Mariupol is the genocide of the Ukrainian population," he said.
18:39 Slovak Economy Minister Richard Sulik announced the country's readiness to pay for gas supplies in rubles, as required by the Russian Federation.
"In order not to refuse gas, we will pay in Russian currency, unless we agree on something else," Richard Sulik said.
18:22 "Some of the murdered children had their hands tied. Children. Children were tied up. Shot dogs. Murdered women. Girls under 10 with torn vaginas."
The editor-in-chief of the publication Babel Evgeny Spirin told on his Facebook page what he learned about after visiting the settlements of the Kiev region after the Russian occupation.
18:18 NATO will find ways to accept Sweden and Finland relatively quickly if they express a desire to join the North Atlantic Alliance, Stoltenberg said.
18:15 How social networks react to the crimes of the occupiers in the Kiev region:
17:11 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with CNN said that the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kiev is not a real conclusion, but rather a change in position, which may be followed by further attacks.
According to him, the alliance is not yet convinced that Russia is conducting peace talks in Istanbul in good faith, because Moscow's military goal has not changed since the start of its invasion of Ukraine.
17:09 The pilot of the plane shot down near Izyum was detained, Gerashchenko said.
17:06 The occupiers again fired at the city of Vasilkov, which is located south of Kiev. Part of the missiles was shot down by air defense. There was a hit in the headquarters building, which had already been destroyed.
16:59 Pentagon: Military assistance from the United States to Ukraine is constantly received, in the last 24 hours, part of the $800 million package has been received.
16:53 Peskov: "The goal of the military operation in Ukraine will be achieved in full."
16:51 BBC News report from Bucha and Gostomel, where almost every house has the bodies of civilians killed by the invaders:
16:38 The network published footage of dogs and puppies killed by Russian invaders in one of the liberated settlements of the Kiev region.
16:34 The General Staff published a photo of a Russian plane shot down in the Kharkiv region today.
16:31 In one of the houses in Bucha, where the invaders set up their headquarters, they found the bodies of five executed civilians.
16:23 German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said that those responsible for war crimes in Ukraine must be punished.
"Photos from Bucha are unbearable. Putin's rampant violence is destroying innocent families and knows no boundaries," Burbock tweeted.
16:16 The next three weeks will be decisive - the former commander of the US European Army, General Ben Hodges. What happens at that time will influence Putin's decision to end the war against Ukraine, Hodges said.
“It depends on what happens over the next three weeks. If we don’t help Ukraine beat the Russians now, it will drag on for months and Russia will continue to make Ukraine bleed. However, if we beat the Russians now, then we can go to negotiations on this issue are much faster," the general explained.
16:08 Kuleba: "The Buchan massacre was deliberate. The Russians are trying to destroy as many Ukrainians as possible. We must stop them and expel them. I demand new destructive sanctions from the G7 now: an embargo on oil, gas, coal; close all ports for Russian ships and goods; disconnect all Russian banks from SWIFT".
15:24 In Ukraine, as a result of hostilities, 23,000 kilometers of roads and 273 artificial structures were destroyed, Andriy Ivko, First Deputy Chairman of Ukravtodor, said.
14:58 European countries will continue to pay for Russian gas in euros, according to the concluded contracts, the Kremlin said. Earlier, Moscow delivered an ultimatum to the EU demanding payment in rubles.
14:11 Russia is preparing for a protracted war in Ukraine, spreading propaganda about the "first stage of the special operation," the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council said.
"Russian propaganda is actively spreading the theses: "the first stage of the special operation has shown results", "denazification is proceeding according to plan", "Donbass can count on security". It is already obvious that the so-called withdrawal of troops in the Kiev and Chernihiv regions is nothing more than redeployment" , the message says.
14:06 The Russian military is not being withdrawn from the Kiev and Chernihiv directions, but will be redeployed for the next "phase" in the Donbass. This opinion was expressed by US General Ben Hodges, explaining why Putin agreed to withdraw his troops from these directions.
"Russian military units have been defeated, they have lost leaders, their equipment has been smashed, they have lost a lot of equipment, thanks to the Ukrainian defenders. So now they are trying to retreat, reorganize, regroup for the next 'phase'. This is exactly what I think is happening right now. So this is not a withdrawal," Hodges said.
13:52 German Finance Minister Christian Lindner spoke out against the imposition of an embargo on Russian energy carriers as part of the EU sanctions policy for the invasion of Ukraine.
Asked by journalists why Germany continues to finance warmonger Putin's campaign in Ukraine by importing gas and oil, the minister replied: "All options are on the table. Sanctions are already unprecedented. But they should hit the Putin regime and not jeopardize Germany's stability."
The minister said that "the war in Ukraine makes us all poorer, for example, because we have to pay more for imported energy."
“Even the state cannot compensate for this loss of wealth. But we can mitigate the biggest shocks, and we are doing it. That is why we support those in need and ensure the existence of companies that are at risk. But since funding is limited, these measures can only be temporary,” - he said.
Recall that on the first day of the war, when the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany turned to the German government for help, Lindner replied that there was no point in this, "because Ukraine will fall in two days."
13:48 On Nikolaev several missile attacks are put, the Nikolaev mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
13:46 A video of the moment of the execution of civilians in Bucha by Russian invaders has appeared on the network. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred on March 25. Local residents were shot after interrogation. Apparently, photos of their bodies were published in all media the day before.
13:45 Vladislav Atroshenko, the mayor of Chernihiv, spoke on the air of UA at once about the situation in the city:
"Chernihiv is 70 percent destroyed, people have already ceased to be interested in how many mines have arrived ... Our city resembles Bucha, and in some areas it is already the same as Mariupol. People are interested in how they can survive until tomorrow. We have a concentration of Russian troops on border with Belarus, we are interested in how the air defense will work, whether bombs will continue to fall on the head."
13:41 President of the European Council Charles Michel promises support from the European Union in the prosecution of war crimes committed by the Russian army in the Kiev region
“I am shocked by the photographs that stick in my memory and testify to the atrocities committed by the Russian army in the liberated areas of the Kiev region,” Michel admitted, adding the “Bucha Massacre” note (#BuchaMassacre) to his tweet.
The head of the European Council believes that this is evidence of war crimes that should be used in court. "There will be new sanctions and new support," he added.
The politician completed the message, written in English, with two words in Ukrainian: "Glory to Ukraine!".
13:32 As a result of rocket strikes and bombings, 80 percent of residential buildings in Izyum have been destroyed.
13:26 Russian invaders in Irpin shot girls and women, and then drove over their bodies with tanks, city mayor Alexander Markushin told reporters.
13:19 The United States may facilitate the transfer of Soviet T-72 tanks to Ukraine, the issue of delivery is expected to be resolved within "days, not weeks," CNN chief correspondent Jim Shiutto said on his Twitter page.
13:12 Ukrainian artist Max Barskikh, who from the first day of a full-scale invasion waged an information war on the network, decided to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
He has to go through two weeks of training. Now, instead of a microphone, he will hold a machine gun in his hands.
13:08 Dmitry Antonov, the commander of the An-225 Mriya, the largest cargo plane in the world, destroyed by the invaders, was one of the first to get to the Gostomel airfield after its release.
"The Russian world has been here. There is no need to explain anything else. It's just awful," Dmitry Antonov said against the backdrop of the An-225 Mriya aircraft destroyed by the Russians.
He examined the aircraft and assessed what parts from it could be used to build a new Mriya. According to him, some engines, wing elements, landing gear survived, but the expert commission will evaluate the suitability of these units.
Numerous holes from shells are visible on the fuselage of the aircraft. Part of the aircraft burned down as a result of a fire, the wings and nose are on the ground after numerous shellings.
12:55 The President of Ukraine posthumously awarded photojournalist Maxim Levin with the Order For Courage.
12:39 Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, about 280,000 Ukrainian refugees have been registered in Germany. Under the new EU rules, they are allowed to operate legally. But is it so easy for Ukrainians fleeing the war to find work ?
12:36 Ukrainian landing units took control of the Pripyat region and a section of the state border with Belarus.
12:28 Belarusian activists have published a three-hour video about how Russian military looters, who returned from Ukraine to Belarus, send home the loot from Ukrainians.
The video clearly shows that the soldiers of the RF Armed Forces are sending TVs, air conditioners, electric scooters, video cards, car batteries and many other things.
The footage shows the faces, phones and some documents of the Russian occupiers.
12:18 World media publish photos of killed and tortured Ukrainians in the Kiev region. The events in Bucha are called Bucha massacre (Bucha Massacre).
12:17 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged not to wait for Russia's active actions on the coast of Odessa and immediately provide Ukraine with anti-ship missiles, the Times newspaper writes.
Johnson said that British anti-tank missiles had already been used in the defense of Kyiv, which had a tangible result, and now it was necessary to protect Odessa and thwart Putin's plans in southern Ukraine.
12:15 Mediterranean hubs did not wait for the decision of the EU and arranged "self-sanctions" for ships with Russian fuel.
"Mediterranean fuel sellers have stopped serving Russian-flagged ships at major European hubs, including Spain and Malta, in another blow to Moscow's exports," five industry sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The loss of access to refueling points in the Mediterranean creates serious logistical problems for Russian oil tankers sailing from Baltic ports to Asia.
12:11 Gennady Trukhanov, the mayor of Odessa, on the consequences of rocket attacks on the city on air UA at a time:
The blow was delivered to critical infrastructure facilities, residential buildings - private and multi-apartment buildings - were damaged, there was smoke and fires in the city, but no one was injured
There is no critical fuel situation in the city
The threat from Transnistria exists, and the military leadership is preparing to repel it
12:09 British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons: "Rape is a weapon of war. And although we do not yet know the full extent of the use of this weapon in Ukraine, it is already clear that it was part of the Russian arsenal. Women are raped in front of their children, girls - in front of their families, as an act of deliberate enslavement. Rape is a war crime."
12:06 At a pro-Ukrainian rally in occupied Kakhovka, the Russian army opened fire:
11:59 Food for Ukrainian servicemen in combat conditions is of great importance. Great physical and mental overloads constantly require to replenish the body with energy.
BBC News correspondents filmed a report on Ukrainian dry rations. The video was filmed two days before the full-scale invasion, but has now been released.
Now other samples of army dry rations are coming from Western countries for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:38 The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch said it had collected evidence of Russia's war crimes in Bucha.
11:30 The General Staff published fresh data on the losses of Russian invaders in Ukraine:
10:53 "Kyiv region. Hell of the 21st century. Bodies of executed men and women with their hands tied. The worst crimes of Nazism are again in Europe. Russia did this on purpose. Impose an embargo on energy resources, close ports. Stop the killings now!" Podolyak wrote.
10:34 Poland is open to the deployment of US nuclear weapons on its territory, said Deputy Prime Minister Yaroslav Kaczynski.
"If the Americans asked us to store US nuclear weapons in Poland, we would be open to it. This would greatly strengthen the containment of Moscow," he said.
According to him, at present such a question is not raised, "however, this may soon change." He also stressed that the initiative should come from the Americans.
10:15 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have completely abandoned Russian gas.
9:54 Kazakhstan announced the arrest of a foreign intelligence agent who was preparing an assassination attempt on President Kasym Zhomart-Tokayev.
9:05 The draft peace treaty between Russia and Ukraine is not yet ready, Medinsky said, noting that Ukraine "is more realistic in its approach to a number of issues."
8:41 335 out of 485 dogs died in the animal shelter in Borodyanka, Kiev region.
"Today, volunteers went to the shelter to pick up the heaviest dogs, as well as feed the rest of the survivors. In total, out of 485, only 150 survived. 27 animals in serious condition were taken to private clinics for treatment," UAnimals, an animal rights NGO, reports.
8:05 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is stunned by the crimes of the Russian invaders in Ukraine.
“Shocked by the atrocities in Bucha and other cities in Ukraine. Reports of attacks by Russian troops on innocent civilians are disgusting,” Truss wrote.
She also said that the UK is working with other countries to gather evidence and support the International Criminal Court's investigation of war crimes.
"The perpetrators will be held accountable," the diplomat added.
7:43 Putin seeks to win "at least some kind of victory" in Ukraine before May 9 and arrange a traditional parade in Moscow, CNN reports, citing sources familiar with intelligence.
The President of Russia is under pressure from society and his entourage due to the lack of high-profile victories. Therefore, the day of May 9 should be for him the day of victory in a new war. But all sources agree that Putin intends to stage a victory parade on May 9, regardless of the state of the war, or peace negotiations.
7:18 Explosions sounded in Odessa in the morning, after which a large cloud of smoke rose over the city. This was announced by the speaker of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Sergei Bratchuk.
6:26 An explosion occurred in a nightclub in the center of the Azerbaijani capital Baku on Sunday night. At the moment it is known about three dead and 24 wounded.
5:57 Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki criticized European states because of their indecision on the issue of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The head of government published his message on Twitter.
“Every day, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians wake up in fear of bombing Russian planes. Meanwhile, Europe is playing roulette: first it announces tougher sanctions, a day later it says: let’s not go too far. Putin set fire to Ukraine, and Europe wonders if it has enough fire extinguishers ", Morawiecki wrote.
Prior to that, he said that the sanctions imposed on Russia do not work, as the Russian ruble is strengthening.
"At the moment, Putin and his entourage have been able to change fiscal policy, credit policy, financial policy in such a way that they are immune to sanctions to a certain extent. At least for several months," the Polish prime minister said.
He expressed the opinion that for the next few weeks and the next few months, Russia is ready for this war. "I'm not sure that the West or the United States, the European Union and NATO are so prepared," Morawiecki said.
5:25 The effective operation of the Ukrainian air defense system has become a serious problem for Russian air and missile operations, according to a British intelligence report released on the night of April 3.
Full control of the air was one of the main tasks of the Russian army in Ukraine, but Russia proved unable to destroy the Ukrainian air defense systems.
4:58 It will take at least ten days to clear the entire territory of the Kiev region liberated from the invaders from explosive objects.
3:23 As a result of the shelling of the city of Kremenchug, Poltava region, a local oil refinery was destroyed.
"The invaders massively shelled the Kremenchug Oil Refinery and the surrounding warehouses of fuel and lubricants. Unfortunately, the infrastructure of the enterprise has been destroyed. The plant is not working. Our rescuers continue to heroically put out the fire," the governor said.
2:22 Over the previous day, on the territory of the city of Irpin, Kiev region, liberated from the invaders, rescuers discovered 643 explosive objects.
1:34 Russian invaders continue to launch missile and air strikes on Ukrainian cities in the east, but their intensity has decreased, the General Staff said.
1:19 Footage of mass casualties among the civilian population in the settlements of the Kiev region liberated from Russian occupation has been published.
Reportedly, the bodies of the people who were shot lie just in the middle of the streets. They often have their hands tied behind their backs. In some settlements, the dead were thrown into mass graves.
In particular, as Vadim Tokar, the head of the Makarov community of the Kiev region, informed, the bodies of headman Olga Sukhenko and her son were found in a mass grave in the village of Motyzhin. The husband was found in a sewer well. All three were abducted by the Russians on March 23. First, they were tortured and then killed.
The facts of the massacre of peaceful Ukrainians are also confirmed by footage from Bucha and Irpen. At the same time, the mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedoruk said that 280 people were buried in mass graves in the city.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:07 Everyone who has the opportunity to leave the territories of Donbass temporarily occupied by Ukraine should do this in the next 24 hours. 22:29 The Russian Federation from 06:00 am on April 4 opens another humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of civilians in Mariupol, and is also ready to ensure the movement of ships involved in the evacuation in the port of Berdyansk.
21:40 Ukrainian troops fired from the "Grad" the village of Donetsk in the LPR.
20:14 In the Novoselivka area, the retreating units of the Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade suffered heavy losses as a result of an artillery strike.
20:13 Units of the DPR troops, continuing the offensive, are fighting in the area of Novobakhmutovka and Troitsky.
18:10 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: 5 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
18:00 On the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk at the following addresses:
- st. Stepana Shchipacheva, 33, 35 - multi-apartment residential buildings.
17:23 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling from the direction of N of the item is recorded. Novotoshkovskoe along the settlement Donetsk with the use of 120mm mortars (15 min) - Representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
17:10 A visit to the base of the Azov National Regiment leaves no doubt about these fascists. The origins are posters with photographs of Bandera fighters of the 1941 model with Schmeissers and the slogan from the same time “Ukraine is over the mustache”, i.e. “Ukraine above all” is a tracing-paper from the German slogan of the NSDAP party under Adolf Hitler “Deutschland uber alles” – “Germany above all”. As always, we find license plates of cars with European numbers. This time from Poland and Germany.
17:05 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (settlement of Trudovskaya mine): 2 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
15:46 Reported that French military intelligence officers were on board the helicopter shot down near Mariupol.
15:21 In Mariupol, the Azov barricades are being dismantled*. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR eliminates the barricades of "Azov," with which they defended themselves from the army of the DPR, this did not help.
15:20 The hospital building was damaged as a result of shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops. According to the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR, the building of hospital No. 14 in the Petrovsky district was damaged.
14:03 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded from the direction of the settlement. Lower by settlement Donetsk with the use of MLRS BM-21 "Grad" (40 shells) - Representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
13:48 The head of the DPR Pushilin signed a decree on the creation of the State Defense Committee of the DPR.
13:30 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Georgievka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
13:06 Residents of Mariupoldelivered100 tons of products from Chechnya The food cargo included: salt, flour, sugar, canned food, buckwheat, rice, pasta, butter, baby food, water and other products. Also, the Chechen fighters asked local residents to indicate the houses and apartments of people who cannot come for humanitarian aid on their own, so that representatives of the Chechen law enforcement agencies could personally deliver the products.
13:04 Information was received via the operational line of the DPR JCCC about damage as a result of shelling of the AFU at the following addresses:
Donetsk (settlement sh-ty them. Trudovskaya "):
- st. Pilots, 8.
n.p. Gorlovka (village of the mercury plant):
- st. Pogodina, 16, 18, 20;
- st. Pogodina, 21 - the gas pipe and the car were also damaged.
13:00 Refugeesfrom Mariupol: “On the 29th, two Kamaz trucks brought Azov soldiers to the railway station and began to shoot the entire Slobodka.
They shot from 9 am until the very evening, until 11 pm. Shells ... the whole Slobodka lies with us. Opposite me was a woman - a baby a year and seven months old, mother-in-law and father-in-law - they were all killed with one shell.
Everything was on fire. School 37 is behind us, we went out at night - everything around us was on fire. And we walked, waited for dawn at 6 am, the curfew, and from the railway station we walked to the checkpoint on foot ...
Refugees were sitting at Azovstal. They were kept there by force. This is according to the refugees. We lived along Donetskskaya street. We went out into the street - people fled from there. Run with children. We say where are you from? - We are with Azovstal. There is hell. They forcibly detained us, and today they let us out…”
12:59 More than 70 civilians have died in the Donetsk People's Republic since the beginning of the escalation in Donbass, 988 civilians were injured of varying severity, including 59 children - the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
11:45 After spending more than a month in cellars,residentsMariupol go out to meet allied units. People thank the fighters for the gift of hope for a return to normal life.
11:23 Artillerymen of the NM LPR received state awards and continue to carry out their tasks.
11:17 During the day, 612 people were evacuated from Mariupol, including 116 children - the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR.
11:15 Fighters of the Chechen National Guard in the liberated territories of Mariupol handed out 100 tons of humanitarian aid from Chechnya. Peaceful life is gradually being established in the city, said Ramzan Kadyrov.
11:12 In the liberated Volodarskoye, the sowing campaign of early grain crops has begun - local farmers have begun sowing spring barley.
11:00 The operational line of the DPR JCCC received information about the wounding of a civilian born in 1939 as a result of the shelling of the VFU in Donetsk (village Trudovskaya sh-ty) at the address. Pilots, 49a.
10:45 According to updated information, as a result of the morning shelling of the Gorlovsky village of the Nikitovsky mercury plant from the side of the VFU, housing constructions were damaged along Pogodina Street, 16, Pogodina, 18 (a direct hit by a shell on the roof of the house), Pogodina, 20, Pogodina, 21. On the street. Pogodina, 21, a Ukrainian shell hit the yard around 09:00 in the morning. As a result of the shelling, glazing in wooden frames was damaged - six pieces, glazing in wooden frames on the veranda - four pieces, an outbuilding (summer kitchen) was damaged: the slate roof was damaged, PVC double-glazed window - one piece, the walls were cut. The Zhiguli car was damaged, the gas pipe in the house was damaged. No casualties.
10:30 shelling of Olenivka village began. Request to the residents of the village to go to shelters.
10:10 Over the past day, the Representation reported 14 facts of firing by the AFU. Also, over the past day, information was received about 27 wounded civilians (23 from previously liberated territories).
09:30 VFU covered the village Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka: 4 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
09:20 AFU shelled the Gorlovka village of Panteleymonovka. Shell explosions were recorded behind the highway and in the area of the treatment facilities. A series of shell explosions is reported in the village of Bessarabka near the canal.
We find out the details. A direct hit was recorded on a house along Pogodin Street, 21 (a village of a mercury plant, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). According to preliminary data, the roof, glazing, car, gas pipeline - Prikhodko were damaged.
09:17 NM LPR leads cleansing of the city of Rubezhnoye.
09:12 Shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction of:
n.p. Trinity - n.p. Panteleimonovka: six 122mm shells were fired;
n.p. Majorsk - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of the mine named after Izotov): 10 mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm.
09:00 Very loud in Donetsk in the morning. One pleases, almost everything is there. For one arrival in Donetsk, at least twenty pieces are required in response.
08:47 The DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction: n.p. Experimental - Donetsk: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
08:45 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wounding of 11 civilians as a result of shelling from the AFU of the liberated early part of the settlement. Mariupol:
men: born in 1980, 1976, 1982, 1994;
women: born in 2002, 1967, 1981, 1974, 1982, 1955, 1972.
The victims were taken to medical institutions of the Republic, where they receive the necessary medical care.
08:09 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about the wounding of a civilian born in 1965. as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Alexandrovka at the address: st. Lenina, 21.
The victim was taken to a medical facility, where he is receiving the necessary medical care.
08:00 As a result of artillery shelling of the settlement. A woman born in 1985 was injured in Pervomaisk, 2 residential buildings and 5 outbuildings were destroyed and damaged, and the Kolobok nursery garden, the LPR representation in the JCCC and in the negotiation process, was also damaged.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 Sergey "Malyuta" "Boatswain" Korotkikh deleted the video from Bucha with the words "And the boys without blue armbands - can you shoot at them?". What happened, Sergei? 22:36 Russia has delivered almost 8,000 tons of necessary humanitarian cargo to Ukraine. Over 22,500 tons of food, medicines and essentials have already been prepared at collection points
20:32 Russian armored train Z goes across Zaporozhye. On this armored train, the Russian Armed Forces are evacuating foreigners and Ukrainians to Crimea.
20:17 Russian air defense systems shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles in the air in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorka and Grabovskoye.
20:16 During the day, operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 42 military facilities of Ukraine.
20:17 A strike on the Vasilkov military airfield in the Kiev region disabled the Center for Warning and Control of Aviation and Air Defense of the Ukrainian Air Force.
20:16 As a result of the strike on the Balovnoye airfield, the aircraft parking lot and fuel storage were destroyed.
20:15 Large fuel storages in Konstantinovka of the Nikolaev area, Slavuta of the Rivne area and Ternopil are destroyed.
18:54 Ukraine is not capable of neutralizing mines drifting in the Black Sea on its own. As expected, they were not serviced - the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
18:52 Continues demining Melitopol region. Some citizens mistakenly confuse controlled detonations of munitions being collected around Melitopol with ongoing hostilities.
18:01 Germany refused to supply Ukraine with 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles that Kyiv requested last week - WELT, citing sources.
17:52 The Russian Defense Ministry denied Kyiv's statements about the massacres in Ukrainian Bucha. All units of the Russian Armed Forces completely left Bucha on March 30, and “evidence of crimes” appeared only on the fourth day after that - the Russian Defense Ministry.
17:17 "Russia is the guarantor of peace." Inhabitants of Paphos came out on the streets of Cyprus with Russian flags in support of the special operation in Ukraine. On posters and banners, the inhabitants of Cyprus placed the symbol Z. They accompanied their procession with the slogan "Russia is the guarantor of peace."
17:11 Russian troops launched a missile attack on Vasilkov, Kyiv region.
17:03 In Tokmak denacified monument to the killers of civilians in Donbass.
17:00 Stoltenberg said that tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers opposing Russian troops have been trained by NATO.
15:09 In Odessa, the mass evasion of conscripts from military service continues against the background of the forced mobilization of the male population into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Six people were detained while trying to cross the border with Moldova in the Odessa region. During the interrogation, the young people said that they were going to visit their grandmother in the village, but they could not answer the name and where the woman lives. Now, according to Ukrainian legislation, they will be punished up to imprisonment for up to nine years.
13:54 On the military purposes in the city of Nikolaev several rocket blows are put. The mayor head Alexander Senkevich reported about it.
13:52 Russian military engineers carry out clearance of unexploded ordnance in the settlements of the Sumy region. As a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nationalist battalions, the buildings of schools, kindergartens, administrations of settlements and other civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. All found ammunition is destroyed in specially designated areas.
13:26 Another batch of trophies from Izyum, which will soon enter service with the LDNR.
Among them:
🇬🇧British ATGM NLAW;
🇩🇪German RPG Panzerfaust 3;
🇸🇪Swedish disposable AT4 grenade launcher;
🇨🇿Czech RPG-75;
🇺🇸Monocular Bushnell 16x52;
🇨🇳Binoculars LEIDORY 25×50;
🇺🇸Anti-noise headphones 3M peltor.
13:13 VFU destroyed another bridge - across the Seim River in the Sumy region.
AFU destroyed another bridge - across the Seim River in the Sumy region.
11:00 As a result of the combat use of aviation weaponswerethe positions of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine camouflaged in a wooded area were destroyed. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed the destruction of hidden positions of Ukrainian troops by Ka-52 attack helicopters with the help of Vikhr guided missiles.
10:58 New briefing by the Russian Defense Ministry, the main thing:
- This morning, high-precision sea and air-based missiles destroyed an oil refinery and three storage facilities for fuel and lubricants in the Odessa region;
- The air defense of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down two Ukrainian drones in the air in the areas of Kudryashovka and Shurovka;
- 51 military facilities of Ukraine were hit;
- In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 125 aircraft and 88 helicopters, 383 unmanned aerial vehicles, 221 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1903 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 207 multiple rocket launchers, 805 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 1781 units of special military vehicles.
09:33 The local authorities of Odessa confirmed the missile hit. Local residents report 6-8 rocket arrivals. According to preliminary data, the oil refinery is on fire.
08:00 In the morning were several strikes were made on Odessa.
Nearly all Russian troops have withdrawn from both siege of Kiev (2 April) and Chernihiv (3 April). Probably 10-20k troops total withdrawn from territory about the size of Delaware.
Ukraine is also making some advances in both the east near Sumy and the south near Oleksandrika.
Russia still concentrating on taking the rest of Mariupol (on the Azov Sea) and reinforcing positions near Donetsk in SE.
Lots more at link with detailed graphics.
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In Mariupol, 23 civilians were injured due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
[REGNUM] During the shelling of the liberated part of Mariupol by the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU), 23 civilians were injured. This was announced on April 3 by the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
"The operational line of the DPR JCCC received information about the wounding of 23 civilians as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces of the previously liberated part of the Mariupol settlement," the report said.
Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the settlement of Donetsk from the MLRS "Grad"
[REGNUM] The settlement of Donetsk in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) was fired upon by representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on April 3 by the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).
“The shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: ... from the direction of the settlement. Novotoshkovskoe along the settlement Donetsk with the use of multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) BM-21 "Grad" (20 shells)," the report said.
No casualties or injuries have been reported.
As REGNUM reported, on April 3, the People's Militia of the DPR reported that eight more Ukrainian servicemen had defected to the side of the republic.
"Five servicemen of the 56th motorized infantry brigade (AFU) and three servicemen of the 25th airborne brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and went over to the side of the DPR," the message said.
In the DPR, six servicemen were killed during the day during the fighting
[REGNUM] In the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), six servicemen were killed during the day during the fighting with representatives of the armed forces of Ukraine (APU). This was stated on April 3 in the message of the People's Militia of the DPR in the Telegram channel.
"Over the past day, in the struggle for independence, six defenders of the DPR died in the line of military duty and 20 were injured," the report said.
Ukraine fired more than 100 shells and mines at Donetsk
[REGNUM] Representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have fired more than 100 shells and mines in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since the beginning of the current day. This was stated on April 3 in the message of the People's Militia of the DPR in the Telegram channel
"Since the beginning of the current day, the enemy (APU) has fired more than 100 shells and mines from 152 and 122-mm cannon artillery," the message said. "The areas of six settlements of the Republic came under shelling."
It is noted that as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two civilians were injured.
Nearly 40 Ukrainian nationalists killed in Donetsk
[REGNUM] Servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have killed 37 Ukrainian nationalists since the beginning of the current day. This was reported on April 3 by the People's Militia of the DPR.
"Our servicemen (DPR) destroyed 37 Ukrainian nationalists, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and a field depot of rocket and artillery weapons," the report said. One 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount was captured.
Ukrainian Armed Forces shell the village of Yelenovka in Donetsk
[REGNUM] The settlement of Yelenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) was fired upon by representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on April 3 by the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
"Fire was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction ... the settlement of Yelenovka," the report said. "Five shells of 122mm caliber were fired."
Russia demanded to convene a meeting of the UN Security Council because of the provocation in Bucha
[REGNUM] Russia demands to convene a meeting of the UN Security Council on April 4 in connection with Ukrainian fakes about the events in Bucha, Kiev region. Dmitry Polyansky , First Deputy Permanent Representative of the country to the UN, announced this on his Telegram channel.
"We will bring presumptuous Ukrainian provocateurs and their Western patrons to clean water," the diplomat said.
As REGNUM reported , video materials with supposedly corpses on the streets of Bucha have been published in Ukrainian public and media outlets. Internet users discovered that these "corpses" were alive, and the Russian Defense Ministry called the incident another provocation.
Meanwhile, Western countries decided to use Ukrainian materials to tighten anti-Russian sanctions.
"All the photographs and video materials published by the Kiev regime, allegedly testifying to some kind of “crimes” by Russian military personnel in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are another provocation," the report said.
As REGNUM reported, the Russian army left this settlement on March 30, after another round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. For all the time the city was under the control of Russian military personnel, local residents did not experience harassment. They could move freely and use mobile communications, as well as travel in a northerly direction. At the same time, the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were shelled around the clock by Ukrainian military personnel.
Also, the Ministry of Defense drew attention to the fact that the so-called "evidence of crimes" in Bucha became known to the public on the fourth day of the withdrawal of the Russian army from there.
Employees of the SBU, as well as Ukrainian television, arrived in the city. At the same time, the bodies of people published by the Kiev regime did not stiffen for at least four days and do not have cadaveric spots, and unclotting blood is not visible in the wounds.
All this also irrefutably confirms that the video footage and photographs from Bucha are another production of the Kiev regime for the Western media. Previously, this has already happened in Mariupol and other cities.
"All the photographs and video materials published by the Kiev regime, allegedly testifying to some kind of “crimes” by Russian military personnel in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are another provocation," the message said.
The Ministry of Defense also emphasized that during the entire time this settlement was under the control of the Russian army, not a single local resident suffered from violent actions. Moreover, Russian servicemen delivered 452 tons of humanitarian aid to the Kiev region and gave it to the population.
Representatives of the Ministry of Defense added that the inhabitants of the city freely moved around it and used cellular communications. The exits were not blocked. All local residents were free to travel northward, including to Belarus. At the same time, the southern outskirts of the city, including residential areas, were shelled around the clock by Ukrainian troops from multiple launch rocket systems, tanks and large-caliber artillery.
The Ministry of Defense stressed that on March 30, all Russian units left Bucha. This happened after a face-to-face round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. And on March 31, the mayor of the city Anatoly Fedoruk confirmed this fact in his video message. Also, he did not even mention any local residents shot in the streets with their hands tied.
“Therefore, it is not surprising that all the so-called “evidence of crimes” in Bucha appeared only on the fourth day, when SBU officers and representatives of Ukrainian television arrived in the city,” the Ministry of Defense noted.
Also, representatives of the department emphasize that all the bodies of people whose images were published by the Kiev regime did not stiffen after at least four days, do not have characteristic cadaveric spots, and unclotting blood is visible in the wounds.
"All this irrefutably confirms that the photographs and video footage from Bucha are another production of the Kiev regime for the Western media, as was the case in Mariupol with a maternity hospital, as well as in other cities," the department concluded.
So he commented on the video that appeared in the Ukrainian media and social networks, allegedly filmed in the city of Bucha, where the bodies of the dead lie on the road. Users noticed that the "corpses" move their arms and remove their limbs so as not to fall under the wheels of military equipment, and in the rear-view mirror you can see that one of these "dead" gets up as soon as the car passes by him.
"The conveyor works, but periodically fails, which the West, however, does not notice <...> They are impressed by the "crimes" themselves and the reason to shout loudly that the Russians are murderers. Reveals then no longer interest anyone, you can always dismiss and not be interested in the consequences," - wrote Miroshnik.
He recalled that the American investigators themselves reported that at least 150 PR structures and key Western media companies were working on promoting fake news about the situation in Ukraine.
“And here is an example of their work,” Miroshnik concluded.
[IsraelTimes] 144,000 people left Ukraine and 88,000 arrived over past week, with 537,000 returning in total, ministry says; UN figures show 4,176,401 Ukrainians have left since Feb 24.
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Bullion star dot com has a detailed breakdown on how much gold various countries believe they have stored in London vaults. It’s going to be interesting to see what they may be allowed to repatriate. It’s taken Germany 5 years to relocate a fraction of their holdings. I’m not a gold bug so I found the information very illuminating. Learned about the tungsten adulteration of gold bars in Macau in 2019 along the way. Holdings of physical gold have been pretty opaque but with recent changes they may become of greater interest to the citizens of the countries owning them
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Yes. "Possession is 9/10 of the law" becomes more like 99.9999% when an underground vault is involved.
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*Yawn*
Russia can't even maintain trucks, let alone their economy.
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/\ Yes, the horrible Russian bear has been exposed. Or was it only the Chinese truck tires? Not good news for our Military Industrial Complex or the constantly chirping blame Russia beltway crowd.
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I remember the stink years ago about fake grade 8 bolts from China turning up in US military equipment and commercial aircraft. I wonder what other substandard Chinese stuff has continued to find its way into our gear.
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/\ I'll never forget then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki and the first issue of the coveting US Army black beret.....that was made in China. Rather embarrassing to some.
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As I recall, they corrected the problem by just letting every soldier wear a beret.
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What's the point of those trips down memory lane? US logistics maintained fighting forces in two theaters simultabeously on the other side of the world; the Russians are failing to keep a force supplied in the next country over.
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/\ Valid point, but "Memory Lane" has a Cul de sac on both ends.
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What's the point of those trips down memory lane?
History tends to repeat itself. Tragedy. Farce. Something that makes tragedy and farce remind everyone of good times.
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Russia has some of the biggest reserves of physical gold on the planet, more than enough to back the ruble with a gold standard. This also links the oil price for Russian exports to the gold standard.
In effect, the Bank of Russia's move has put floor under the ruble and also boosted the value of these two physical commodities, physical gold and oil.
Bad news for the dollar. Hyperinflation will hurt the dollar and boost the ruble, also sendcthe price of physical gold upward.
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Credit Suisse's Zoltan Pozsar, a currency and interest rate expert who used to be a top official in the US Treasury, argues that Bretton Woods II collapsed when the G7 countries seized Russia's foreign exchange reserves.
Pozsar argues that the next global currency regime will not be driven by the US dollar but by commodities instead. The West's sanctions have created a large gap between Russian and non-Russian commodities' prices, and the only way for markets to close this gap is by ditching the dollar and moving back toward the gold standard. Which is exactly Russia's strategy. Last week the Russian central bank pegged the ruble to gold and forced Russian banks to sell their gold holdings to the central bank at a slightly discounted price.
Russia is in effect arbitraging the sanctions and positioning itself to come out ahead in a post-Bretton Woods, new world monetary order in which commodities are king. This is probably the biggest reason that so many nations around the world are siding with Russia rather than the West.
[Al-Rooters] Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban scored a fourth consecutive landslide win in Sunday's election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, "illiberal" state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest's close ties with Moscow.
Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine had appeared to upend Orban's campaign in recent weeks, forcing him into awkward manouvering to explain decade-old cosy business relations with President Vladimir Putin.
But he mounted a successful campaign to persuade his Fidesz party's core electorate that the six-party opposition alliance of Peter Marki-Zay promising to mend ties with the European Union could lead the country into war, an accusation the opposition denied.
Surrounded by leading party members, a triumphant Orban, 58, said Sunday's victory came against all odds.
"We have scored a victory so big, that it can be seen even from the Moon," he said. "We have defended Hungary's sovereignty and freedom."
Preliminary results with about 98% of national party list votes counted showed Orban's Fidesz party leading with 53.1% of votes versus 35% for Marki-Zay's opposition alliance. Fidesz was also winning 88 of 106 single-member constituencies.
Based on preliminary results, the National Election Office said Fidesz would have 135 seats, a two-thirds majority, and the opposition alliance would have 56 seats. A far-right party called Our Homeland would also make it into parliament, winning 7 seats.
His comfortable victory could embolden Orban, 58, in his policy agenda which critics say amounts to a subversion of democratic norms, media freedom and the rights of minorities, particularly gay and lesbian people.
Conceding defeat, Marki-Zay, 49, said Fidesz's win was due to what he called its vast propaganda machine, including media dominance.
"I don't want to hide my disappointment, my sadness ... We knew this would be an uneven playing field," he said. "We admit that Fidesz got a huge majority of the votes. But we still dispute whether this election was democratic and free."
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This guy must be talking about the USA-
Conceding defeat, Marki-Zay, 49, said Fidesz's win was due to what he called its vast propaganda machine, including media dominance.
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/\ If he mentions FOX News, we'll know he is a Democrat.
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this fellow has been on the outs with King Abdullah for over a decade and is currently under a form of house arrest
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He was trained as the spare, but no longer needed once the heir’s son grew up, and hasn’t been able to find another meaningful role. Britain's Prince Harry has the same problem.
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^ Ugh. He was talented (just didn't do music I cared about.) Married, kid who died in a couple days. Did chemicals in his body have anything to do with that? We'll never know.
RIP in any event.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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