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[RIA] Recently, another massacre took place in the United States. This, of course, is nothing new - such executions occur there more often than once a day. To improve statistics, it was decided to consider a massacre in which more than four people die as a "mass" massacre. If it's less, it doesn't count at all.
The non-standard situation is not even in the fact that the Nashville shooting took place at an elementary school, this is also quite standard American practice. Some shock is caused only by the fact that all the leading media - the blood of innocent victims had not yet dried up - began vying to glorify the killer.
'Adorable creature', 'really shy and really kind', 'she suffered', 'amazing illustrator', 'great professional' is CNN's story of 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who planned a massacre in cold blood and shot three nine-year-olds and three teachers at the school where she used to study. She also had some credentials.
Hale, a black classmate, speaks on all TV channels and talks about how pretty her friend was as a child. In the meantime, no one takes care of the parents of the dead children and the relatives of the killed teachers. There seem to be no victims. They were "cancelled" in the best traditions of cancel culture.
This story is explained simply. Audrey Hale, shortly before her attack, went crazy - she declared herself transgender and demanded that she be addressed in the masculine gender. This made her face untouchable.
Now the democratic media are unanimously attacking those who dared to write about Hale in the female gender. This, they say, violates the rights of a transgender, although this transgender was shot dead by the police right at the crime scene and she (he) doesn’t care anymore.
They are trying to switch the arrows to the policemen - they, they say, did not arrive quickly enough to respond to the call. Wrong gun laws are also blamed for everything. Hale was being treated for "emotional disorder," but that didn't stop her from legally buying seven firearms.
But most of all - you will not believe - the school in which Hale killed people is to blame. This is a paid private Protestant school, that is, the left agenda with its LGBT fanaticism has not yet reached there. The disciples are present every day at the service, study the Bible. Most of them are children of parishioners and preachers of the local Presbyterian church. In general, these are white Christians - the most oppressed minority in modern America.
Hale herself studied at this school for several years. And now the public is gradually led to the idea that there she suffered so much from believing classmates that years after graduation she came to kill them. There, they say, there was such an atmosphere that is incompatible with the freedom of transgender people. In general, one more step, and the next George Floyd would have been made of the killer.
The only thing that interferes is that Hale prepared her attack for a long time and consciously: in her house they found both a firearm and a plan of the school, as well as notes and drawings that testify to the careful planning of the crime. The most mysterious find is a kind of "manifesto" that the killer wrote shortly before the execution.
There is a suspicion that if it is published, then the bright image of transgender people will noticeably fade. Therefore, the FBI is working closely with the document and trying to prevent all leaks from the "manifesto". The LGBT community unanimously demands not to publish it in any case.
Donald Trump claims that in Hale's manifesto there is a phrase "if you harass our children, we will kill yours" addressed to Christian priests. The special services do not confirm this, and they can be understood. If the manifesto is indeed like this, then Hale should be recognized posthumously as a terrorist and extremist, and the motive for her crime is hatred of Christians. But how is it, a transgender - and suddenly an extremist?
No, only cisgenders can be extremists - those "backward" subjects whose sexual attraction coincides with the biological norm. Also, of course, the patriots who stomp for "Make America Great Again!" Christians, of course.
And also those irresponsible mothers who demand to abolish LGBT propaganda in elementary schools. This is the practice of the American security forces, and they are not going to change it - in any case, as long as the country is ruled by the Democratic Party.
Psychologically, Hale's case is perfectly understandable. The mentally ill woman was imbued with acute envy of happy families and hatred of children. This hatred, alas, is quite often a companion of sexual disorders. But since transgenderism is no longer considered a mental illness in the United States, she was able to buy herself a firearm and fulfill her delusional fantasies.
Another question is why the US ruling party continues to roam and encourage this mental illness? There is a feeling that the Washington regime deliberately provokes a war of all against all in the country. Blacks against whites. Proponents of sexual freedoms against traditionalists. Left versus right. Atheists versus Christians. The situation is pre-election, hot, and citizens smoothly move from ideological disputes to shooting their opponents.
Unstable personalities are the ideal fighting units in this large-scale civil conflict. Well, who will be more unstable than a transgender man pumped up to the very end with hormones and antidepressants, exhausted by monstrous operations and his mental disorder? This is a combat biorobot, without exaggeration.
In the meantime, the citizens will shoot each other, the elites will do their business in full confidence that the masses will not be able to unite and demolish the central government. Washington hopes to conduct a civil war in the country under its control and so that the population kills each other without touching the leadership. Dangerous policy? Undoubtedly. But there is no other way to keep the power of the deep state.
And if children die in the process, who cares? Joe Biden will once again tell an unfunny joke and ask for more ice cream.
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[REGNUM] According to psychological research, young transgender people are one of the groups most prone to radicalization. This is already manifesting itself in numerous "rainbow parades" and protests. And now they have begun to resort to violence with murder. The intensity of the confrontation on the issue of transgender people in the United States is higher than ever.
American society is increasingly divided over the issue of transgender people. More and more states are trying to fight back against the LGBT agenda. By the spring of 2023, 10 states had already passed laws restricting the practice of hormone therapy and gender reassignment for minors. Another 20 states are considering such a ban. But the transgender lobby is not giving up either.
Large-scale protests are taking place in the buildings of the Congresses of individual states. And some radicalized transgender people are already taking up arms.
Approximately one and a half percent of Americans identify themselves as transgender. The explosion of popularity of the transgender agenda is observed among young people - the generation of millennials and zoomers. The number of transgender people among young men and women in the United States has doubled in the past few years, and has increased by more than 1,000 percent in 10 years. According to various surveys, the proportion of transgender people among Americans under 29 is already at 5%, and it continues to grow rapidly.
In many schools in the US, from a very early age, they begin to tell children about the possibility of gender change, which leads to a rise in the number of transgender people.
A significant role in popularizing the transgender agenda is played by those who earn fabulous money selling hormonal drugs, puberty blockers for children, and performing sex change operations. This transgender industry has already grown into many billions of dollars. Last year, the revelations of a doctor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee caused a big scandal. She urged with might and main to advertise hormone therapy practices, recognizing that this brings them enormous profits.
And in the state of Missouri, a scandal erupted around the St. Louis Children's Hospital.
There has been a separate “transgender center” there for several years. Employees of this institution appealed to the prosecutor's office, accusing their management of using experimental hormonal drugs on children without parental permission. Basically, children with diagnosed psychological disorders applied to this center. But instead of receiving psychological help, they were sent to hormonal therapy, which often led to suicide as a result.
The scandals surrounding the spread of the transgender agenda have led to the fact that many states have begun to restrict it.
Florida has been a pioneer in this direction. State Governor Ron DeSantis passed a law last year to curb LGBT propaganda in elementary schools. He also began to sue all organizations involved in gender reassignment practices for minors, squeezing them out of his staff. DeSantis even declared a whole war with Disney Corporation for promoting the LGBT agenda and deprived Disney parks in Florida of a special economic status with tax benefits.
DeSantis is now using his example of fighting the transgender lobby as one of the bases for his own 2024 presidential campaign.
In other states, things are much more turbulent.
For example, during the passage of a law banning gender reassignment surgery for minors in Oklahoma, LGBT activists temporarily took over the local Congress. In Texas, they threw a real tantrum at the hearings, comparing these restrictions almost with Nazi policies. And promising to respond with violence to such laws.
Indeed, the violence was not long in coming. A 28-year-old transgender man opened fire at a parochial school in Nashville, Tennessee. He killed three young children and three adults before being shot dead by police. The transgender left behind a "manifesto", in which he probably called the act of violence a kind of "protest" against laws restricting gender reassignment surgeries.
Therefore, in the future, such attempts to arrange shootings are likely to continue. And transgender people will turn into another group, like the far right, which they will begin to classify as radicals.
A separate issue concerns the participation of transgender men in women's sports.
A big scandal erupted around a "swimmer" from the University of Pennsylvania named Leah Thomas.
She beat all female swimmers to win the Ivy League varsity competition, setting a new record. Outraged parents of student swimmers then wrote open letters demanding that he be removed from participation in women's swimming. Officials from the US Olympic Committee for swimming defiantly resigned , calling what was happening utter madness. But they were unable to influence the situation.
Many international sports associations are now on the leash of transgender people for fear of being accused of "transphobia". Therefore, the participation of transgender people in women's sports will only increase.
Even more egregious are the numerous stories of transgender rape.
They are increasingly placed in women's prisons, where they actively force female prisoners to have sex. And according to statistics from the British penitentiary system, transgender people commit five times more rapes than other prisoners.
In general, public opinion in the United States is not on the side of transgender people anyway - most Americans consider their lifestyle immoral and oppose changing the sex of children or the participation of transgender people in women's sports. The current radicalization of the transgender lobby may turn its remaining supporters away from it in the long run.
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[LB] During the day, the Russians fired twice in the Chernihiv region. Mortars and artillery were used in the Novgorod-Siversky district, there were no casualties or damage. This is stated in the summary from OVA.
The occupiers fired six times at the border settlements of the Sumy region: Bilopolska, Znob-Novgorodska, Yunakivska. They fired from mortars and artillery. No consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy shelled three communities: Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, Seredino-Budska. In Krasnopilska, a civilian was wounded, in Suredino-Budska, a defunct granary and a private house were damaged.
The enemy also attacked Zaporozhye and its suburbs. The enterprise was damaged. In the suburbs, the Russians hit an agricultural enterprise and a civilian building. Information about the injured and destruction is being clarified.
In total, during the day, the Russians fired artillery 56 times along the contact line. Civilian infrastructure was shelled in the vicinity of the populated points of Zaporizhzhia, Novodanilivka, Mali Shcherbaki, Gulyaipole, Orihiv, Novodarivka, Preobrazhenka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Olhivske, Stepnohirsk, Kam'yanske, Stepove. There are 30 damage reports.
In Dnipropetrovsk , the Nikopol district was under fire. The Russians hit the Marganets community with artillery. There are no dead or injured.
In the Mykolaiv region yesterday afternoon, the enemy twice fired artillery at the water area of the Ochakiv community. No casualties.
In the Luhansk region, near Kuzmyny and Stelmakhivka, the Russians tried to conduct offensive actions last night - but without success.
Novoselivske, Nevske and Bilogorivka were subjected to artillery fire. The occupiers are trying to passport as many people as possible before the so-called first elections. In particular, in Alchevsk, Kadiivka and in settlements near these cities, consultation points for the translation of documents from the Ukrainian language, which is necessary for obtaining a Russian passport, will be opened in schools from April. The situation in the region remains difficult.
Kramatorsk was also shelled by rockets in the Donetsk region at night. Two rockets hit the residential sector. Eight private houses were damaged. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. During the day - shelling from "Smerch" salvo missile systems, artillery, missile strike. Shelled: Avdiivka, Kostyantynivka, Bakhmut, Kramatorsk, village. Kutuzovka 19 residential buildings, four civilian cars, power lines were damaged. One person died, six were injured.
On Kharkovthe enemy hit with nine missiles, previously - 5V55 K to the S300 air defense system. Two rockets hit the territory of the Ukrgazvydobuvanny gas station. One - on the road, two more - near private houses. Their doors, windows, roof and fences were damaged. Rockets also hit the territory of the military unit and the pre-trial detention center. Three employees of the pre-trial detention center were injured: 36- and 45-year-old men and a 36-year-old woman. They did not require hospitalization.
In addition, the enemy attacked a critical infrastructure facility in the village of Donets with "Shakhed". A security guard and an employee of the facility were injured, they were hospitalized in moderate condition. In the direction of Slobozhansk, the enemy hit the settlements of Kozacha Lopan, Strelecha, Oliinikove, Neskuchne, Vilcha, Krasne prze, Topoli during the day. Dvorichanske, Zapadne, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Sinkivka, Kup'yansk and Krokhmalne were hit by artillery fire in the Kupyansk direction.
In Khersonskathe Russians continue shelling settlements in the Kherson and Beryslav districts. Over the past day, the enemy launched 64 shellings, firing 243 shells. The region was under fire from the Russian Hradiv aircraft and artillery. The enemy shelled Kherson nine times. 25 shells hit residential quarters of the city, private and apartment buildings. One person died, two were injured.
Yesterday morning, Russian aircraft attacked the village of Lviv, Beryslav District. The enemy targeted civilians with guided aerial bombs. About ten homes of local residents were mutilated by the blast wave and projectile fragments. Fortunately, no one was hurt in this Russian attack. A mine left by Russian troops exploded in Velika Oleksandrivka. The 67-year-old man received numerous burns on his body and face, and is currently in a serious condition. Doctors are fighting for his life. A 37-year-old man died on the spot. 61 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
We will remind you that this night the Russians tried to launch a massive strike with drones. Air defense forces shot down nine out of ten Shaheds.
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[Korrespondent] 23:06 Zelensky said that fixing the results of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine should take place along the diplomatic path, but only after the withdrawal of all Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine and with the participation of partner countries.
22:30 The United States plans on Monday, April 3, to announce a new $2.6 billion military aid package to Ukraine, Reuters writes.
22:03 All US citizens, including journalists, should leave Russia for their own safety, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said: "Now is not the time for Americans to be in Russia ... even if you work as a journalist. Russia is now hostile environment for American citizens. And it's time to leave if you're there."
21:46 Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that Ukraine can again export electricity to Europe: "The stabilization of the Ukrainian energy system and a certain power reserve allow us to discuss this issue."
21:14 Zelensky confirmed that the IMF has approved a four-year program to support Ukraine for a total of $15.6 billion.
21:07 The Russians shelled Avdiivka from artillery - two people were killed, among them a child born in 2022. Two more people were injured, the President's Office said.
20:06 Zelensky said that the decision of the Russian Federation to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus indicates an unsuccessful meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping: “The signal that Russia will deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus indicates an unsuccessful meeting with China. It was necessary to show some subjectivity , which Russia under the leadership of President Putin has completely lost ... This is a complete loss of any subjectivity and the President of Belarus. I think he no longer decides what weapons are on his territory. "
20:00 The IMF has approved a record $15.6 billion loan to Ukraine, Reuters reports. The program is designed for four years, the funds will go to urgent needs, as well as to support reforms and Ukraine's integration into the EU.
19:28 Europol analyzed 7,000 photographs and video clips and was able to identify 150 Russians suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, said Europol Executive Director Catherine de Bolle during a conference in Bucha.
19:23 Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan called on Russia to return abducted children to Ukraine: "Give them the opportunity to return to Ukraine as soon as possible. Directly to Ukraine or through third parties, but let the children return home... The rights of the child must be given paramount attention ".
The ICC prosecutor added that the issuance of an arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova did not make him feel happy, because it concerned the head of a country that is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. According to Khan, Putin and Lvova-Belov should be brought to justice and answer the charges.
19:17 The Russians are preparing for a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left bank of the Kherson region, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "The invaders began to constantly reformat and change their locations. Because they understand that before the counteroffensive begins, we will take a number of measures to deplete their logistics ".
18:39 Zelensky also met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu: "We paid special attention to the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, as well as the prospects for our states to move along the path of European integration."
18:25 Zelensky said that he had met with Croatian Prime Minister Andrey Plenkovic: "We discussed many important issues. Special attention was paid to further joint work on the creation of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine."
17:58 Ukraine has received a preferential loan from Canada in the amount of $1.8 billion, the Ministry of Finance announced. The funds were provided through the IMF administrative account mechanism and will be used primarily to finance priority state budget expenditures. Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko noted that these funds will help support Ukrainians during the war and bring victory over Russia closer.
17:39 Ukraine is now seeing "the apogee of this campaign, which was called the new Russian big offensive," said Andrei Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. In his opinion, it was rather an attempt by the Russian Federation to demoralize Ukrainian society, partners and allies. Yusov recalled that the Russian army failed the next deadlines and tasks that Putin set for the military leadership, in particular for Valery Gerasimov after he was appointed responsible for the war in Ukraine. Thus, Russian troops were supposed to capture the territory of Donbass by the end of March, but once again this did not happen.
16:47 Ukrainian military aviation is already using JDAM bombs, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “We also use JDAM bombs. These are Western-style bombs with which our aviation delivers successful strikes on important targets. ".
16:30 Podolyak reacted to Lukashenka's calls for a ceasefire: "Any ceasefire will mean the right of the Russian Federation to remain in the occupied territories. This is categorically not allowed. Ukraine has the right to move troops and equipment on its territory as it sees fit. Strange "peacekeepers" look comical."
16:21 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that during a meeting with Xi Jinping, he called on him to negotiate with Kiev. In particular, he told the Chinese leader that Spain supports Zelensky's peace formula and urged him to talk to the Ukrainian president. At the same time, Sanchez refused to say that Xi Jinping answered him.
15:43 The Russians fired two missiles at the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, from an airplane. Two people were injured, one in serious condition. There was also a blow in the Kommunarsky district, two victims were reported in the President's Office.
15:40 Zelensky announced that he had met with Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, discussed countering Russian aggression, and thanked for the latest support package.
15:24 Australia has imposed new sanctions and banned the entry of seven Russian officials in Crimea, who hold regional leadership positions in Sevastopol. The restrictions affected the "governor", "prime minister", former "head" and "deputy chairman of the election commission", members of the "legislative assembly". In total, Australia has imposed sanctions on more than 1,000 people since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
14:58 Zelensky awarded Bucha the title of Hero City. Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk received an honorary distinction from the hands of the president.
14:56 Putin signed a decree on a new concept of Russia's foreign policy. In the document, the United States is called "the main initiator and conductor of the anti-Russian line." At the same time, it is specified that Russia does not consider itself an enemy of the West and does not isolate itself from it, does not have hostile intentions, but counts "on the West's awareness of the futility of confrontation and on a return to equal interaction."
Moscow views the US course as "the main source of risks for its security and international peace." Priority will be given to removing "rudiments of US dominance in the world," the document says. The Kremlin will pay particular attention to ties with China and India.
14:39 The European Union intends to leave the price ceiling for Russian oil at $60 per barrel, writes Bloomberg, citing sources. The European Commission believes that such a price cap effectively limits the Kremlin's revenues and does not affect the global oil market. They also said that most of the G7 countries are also not ready to lower the ceiling.
14:28 During a visit to Beijing, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will try to convince Xi Jinping to take a more pro-European side on the issue of Russia's war against Ukraine, writes El País. According to the publication, Madrid considers China's position to be decisive in resolving the war. "We have a lot of expectations, we believe that this meeting with Xi Jinping is very important," the premier said on the plane en route to China.
14:21 In Belarus, a division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs published a video of the detention of "extremists" in one of the garage cooperatives in Gomel. Two S-400 air defense systems, which were standing on the runway of the Gomel airport, got into the frame, the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun reports. Thus, Lukashenka's security officials themselves additionally confirmed that the An-124 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces brought to Belarus not only missiles, but also launchers of the S-400 air defense system. In total, from March 25 to March 31, five such aircraft have already flown to Gomel airport.
The day before, the group learned that a convoy of military equipment was seen in the Gomel region, in which missiles for the S-300/400 air defense system were transported. According to eyewitnesses, the convoy was moving in the direction of the Zyabrovka airfield, so there is reason to believe that missiles and the S-400 air defense systems themselves are being transferred there, says Belaruski Gayun.
14:15 Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova said that Ukraine allegedly does not want to exchange 133 of its soldiers who are in captivity in the Russian Federation. The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war said that Ukraine is using every opportunity to return its defenders, and Moskalkova ignores numerous attempts by the Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets and international humanitarian organizations to establish a constructive dialogue, "demonstrates a lack of independent behavior and is only a tool of Russian propaganda."
"The only positive in such provocations is that by publishing the lists, the enemy indirectly confirms the presence of Ukrainian citizens in captivity. We suggest that Ms. Moskalkova next time make public all the lists of Ukrainians in hostile captivity: information that the aggressor state diligently hides from Ukraine and international organizations," said in the Coordinating Headquarters.
14:09 Lukashenka said that, if necessary, he would agree with Putin on the introduction of strategic nuclear weapons into Belarus, and not just tactical ones. According to him, Belarus will "provide sovereignty and independence," including a nuclear arsenal.
13:57 Moldovan President Maia Sandu has arrived in Ukraine. She published a photo from Bucha, where she is with the heads of government of Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia, as well as Zelensky. The visit is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha.
13:46 On March 30, permanent representatives of all member states to the European Union paid a joint visit to Ukraine, the UE reports, citing a source in the EU structures. The visit was symbolically organized on the 400th day after the start of a full-scale invasion. Ambassadors, members of the Political and Security Committee (PSC), came to Ukraine to demonstrate EU solidarity and continued unwavering support.
In particular, Reznikov met with the ambassadors, who said that Ukraine needed heavy equipment and the training of reserves for the counteroffensive.
13:22 Peskov said that the Kremlin considers the discussion of the possibility of deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine, which Orban had previously announced, to be a "potentially very dangerous topic". The Kremlin speaker also stressed that nothing is changing in the context of Ukraine, "the special operation is now the only means of achieving the goals set by Russia."
He also said that next week a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State would be held, at which Lukashenka and Putin would certainly discuss Minsk's proposals for a "settlement."
13:07 Finland will officially become the 31st NATO member in the coming days, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
12:45 Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Golob during his visit to Kiev met with Zelensky and promised that his country would contribute to the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. In particular, he stressed that Slovenia is ready to contribute to the reconstruction of the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region.
12:42 After the arrest of the American journalist, the Polish Foreign Ministry again called on its citizens to leave Russia.
12:18 Lviv city council urges city residents to send photos of improperly parked cars to a Telegram bot or Facebook page. The fines that the drivers of these cars will pay will be transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The action is called Donate photo violations of parking lots to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:51 Beijing does not rule out the possibility of a telephone conversation or meeting between Xi Jinping and Zelensky, Chinese Ambassador to the EU Fu Cong said. According to him, high-ranking Chinese officials were in contact with their Ukrainian counterparts.
11:35 Lukashenka proposed to stop hostilities in Ukraine, declare a truce without the right to move equipment and transfer weapons from both sides. He also said that the "slaughter" in Ukraine will not stop "until the overseas master gives the go-ahead." Lukashenka claims that a third world war with "nuclear fires" "loomed on the horizon", negotiations are needed without preconditions.
Lukashenka also believes that the West is "preparing to invade the territory of Belarus to destroy the country."
11:26 In Bakhmut, time is playing against the enemy, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, the competent actions of the Ukrainian command in the Bakhmut direction and the courage of the fighters “made these long battles for the enemy the most expensive during a full-scale invasion. After all, the time, weapons, equipment and a huge number of dead spent by the enemy to capture Bakhmut are not justified from the point of view of military expediency ".
However, the Russian Federation does not abandon its plans, went on principle and raised the stakes to its own detriment. "It's very 'Russian', you can't understand the logic," added Malyar.
11:23 Prime Ministers of Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia Eduard Heger, Robert Golob and Andriy Plenkovich arrived in Ukraine , where they will take part in the summit on the occasion of the anniversary of the de-occupation of Bucha, writes the Slovak edition Aktuality.
11:07 Russians fired at the villages of Razumovka and Nizhnyaya Khortitsa of the Zaporozhye region. There are hits in residential private houses, as well as in the area of a local farm. According to preliminary information, people were not injured, the President's Office reported.
10:49 In the village of Posad-Pokrovskoe, Kherson region, three power engineers who were working on restoring the power grid were blown up by a Russian mine. According to preliminary information, two were killed and one was wounded, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
10:38 Orban said that the EU countries are already close to discussing the possibility of sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine: "We are close to the fact that in the conversations of European leaders, the question of whether EU member states can send to some form of troops of some peacekeeping type, or better not to send. We are close to this never-before-crossed border."
According to the Hungarian prime minister, Budapest's position is to achieve a cease-fire, after which a peace plan can allegedly be worked out. "The threat of a world war is not a literary exaggeration. At the moment it is a real danger," Orban said.
10:11 The Russians each time use a new tactic for attacks, said the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat. So, according to him, the day before they first used kamikaze drones during the day, and then at night, realizing that mobile fire groups could not destroy them as effectively as during the day. "But we do not stand still, and mobile fire teams receive modern equipment from our partners, from volunteers, which helps to destroy Shahedin even at night," Ignat added.
09:46 The defense forces continue to defend Bakhmut, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in the East, said Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, in some areas "the enemy is noticeably nervous, because time is playing against them, and there are fewer human resources left to storm our positions."
09:23 Teams of Ukraine will boycott competitions in which athletes from aggressor countries will participate. This decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleg Nemchinov said. The decision applies to all international competitions, including qualifying rounds for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“A protocol decision was made at a government meeting at the suggestion of Gutzeit’s colleague that we participate in qualifying competitions only where there are no Russians. Accordingly, participation outside these criteria may be the basis for depriving federations of national status,” Nemchinov said.
09:08 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, two more were injured. In the Donetsk region, one dead (in Bakhmut) and six injured, according to the IVA.
09:02 Late in the evening on March 30, the Russians launched a missile attack on the Novobavarsky district of Kharkov, in total, nine missiles were fired at the city, previously from the S-300 air defense system, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In Kharkiv, a civilian infrastructure facility and private residential buildings were damaged. Part of the missiles hit the ground and exploded in the air. As a result of the rocket attack, three people received minor injuries.
Also last night, the enemy attacked critical infrastructure facilities in the Izyum region with kamikaze drones. Two people are injured.
08:45 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 31.
personnel - about 173,360 (+460) people liquidated,
tanks - 3615 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 6977 (+3),
artillery systems - 2675 (+4),
MLRS - 526 (+0),
air defense systems - 278 (+0),
aircraft - 306 (+0),
helicopters - 291 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2248 (+9),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5521 (+3),
special equipment - 294 (+3).
08:22 At night, the Russians fired nine S-300 missiles at the civilian infrastructure of Kharkov. In addition, the enemy deployed ten Shahed-136 strike UAVs, nine of them were destroyed, the General Staff said in a morning report . According to the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to five other air targets, probably balloons, were also recorded in the sky. The Russians attacked with shock kamikaze drones from the northern direction - the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, through the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
The Russian Army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed more than 80 enemy attacks. Belogorovka, Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities.
07:58 From April 1, Russia will chair the UN Security Council for a month. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that a country that grossly violates the UN Charter and invades its neighbor has no place in the Security Council, but today there are no legal ways that can exclude Russia from the Security Council. According to Jean-Pierre, the Russian Federation will continue to use its seat at the UN to spread Kremlin narratives and try to justify its military aggression against Ukraine and war crimes.
07:41 At night, the Russians attacked Zaporozhye, an infrastructure facility was damaged. People and residential buildings were not affected, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
07:36 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that about 30,000 Russian military and Wagner PMC mercenaries were killed or wounded in the Bakhmut area. According to analysts, the significant losses of Wagner PMCs will threaten their ability to maintain their influential role among the Russian forces fighting in Ukraine. At the same time, experts note that Russian troops continue offensive operations in the Bakhmut area, as well as in the Avdiivka-Donetsk sector.
The ISW also believes that Putin is unlikely to send newly mobilized Russians to Ukraine because of fears for the stability of his regime. And since Russia has limited training opportunities, the fact that they will be filled by conscripts who will not fight in 2023 makes it impossible for the Kremlin to train reservists and volunteers.
Experts admit that the Russian authorities may try to recruit reinforcements for the war in Ukraine by forcing or persuading some of the soldiers who are completing their military service and already to some extent prepared to sign contracts. However, ISW is not sure that such an attempt will bring the desired result.
06:47 Japan has banned the export to Russia of toys, hydraulic excavators and bulldozers, aircraft and ship engines, electronic equipment for navigation, spacecraft and drones, optical equipment and photographic equipment, steel, aluminum and products from them, fiber optic cable.
05:14 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the plans of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces do not include a second wave of mobilization - the volunteers already called up as part of partial mobilization allegedly "are quite enough to carry out the tasks assigned as part of the special operation."
02:23 NATO intends to provide the Ukrainian military with everything necessary for the future counter-offensive, which may take place this spring, said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. She added that the allies will discuss the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels on April 3-5.
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[RIA Novosti] The EU is close to discussing the issue of sending a peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. And thus turned to a taboo topic within the European Union. About what this can lead to - in the material of RIA Novosti. "THE PREVIOUSLY UNCROSSABLE BORDER"
“We are close to the fact that in the conversations of European leaders, the question of whether EU member states can send troops of some kind of peacekeeping type (to Ukraine. — Approx. ed.) or better not to send has become legitimate and accepted. We are close to this previously uncrossable border," Orban said.
He recalled that only a year ago in Brussels they discussed the possibility of providing Kiev with lethal weapons.
“The Hungarians both then and now said no. But the countries of the West also hesitated. Now this is not a question. The only question is tanks or how many aircraft, or shells with uranium-containing elements, or troops,” the Hungarian leader said.
"DANGEROUS SUBJECT"
Peacekeeping operations with European security forces - EUFOR - were carried out in Macedonia , Bosnia and Herzegovina, in African countries: Sudan , Congo, Chad and the Central African Republic . And the troops of individual European states participated in almost all UN missions .
But sending the Blue Helmets requires a decision by the Security Council. And without Moscow, it cannot be accepted: as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, Russia has the right to veto.
THE KREMLIN REACTED COLDLY TO THE IDEA OF "PEACEKEEPERS".
"This is a potentially extremely dangerous discussion. You know that such forces in world practice are usually used with the consent of both sides, in this case, this is potentially a very dangerous topic," Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
Without the consent of Russia, the arrival of any armed forces of third countries in the conflict zone will become an intervention - as, for example, in Iraq .
CONTROVERSY OVER AID TO UKRAINE
Whether the EU will be able to reach an agreement, at least among themselves, is unknown. But the precedents are disappointing.
Kyiv was armed long before the Russian special operation. Mostly infantry weapons - portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft missile systems.
After the breakdown of negotiations in Istanbul, they began to transfer artillery and MLRS to Kiev. Then - Soviet-made tanks, planes and helicopters from the former Warsaw Pact countries.
Western tanks were discussed for a long time. Washington denied the Abrams, but put pressure on the allies to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine with their equipment.
France announced the delivery of AMX-10RC wheeled tanks in early January. Then the UK promised the Challenger 2. After that, the White House managed to get Berlin to agree to the transfer of Leopards - both from the Bundeswehr and from other European countries. At the same time , Germany demanded that the United States share the Abrams.
American equipment will arrive by the end of the year. But "Leopards" are already in Ukraine. And recently London announced that the Challengers would be equipped with depleted uranium ammunition.
More and more actively discussing the supply of NATO aviation. The Americans are back again. Like, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have the appropriate infrastructure for the F-16.
But there are other options as well. Last week, Le Figaro wrote about the training of three dozen Ukrainian pilots for the Mirage 2000. True, the Ministry of Defense denied this information, explaining everything by training to counter air defense.
A NEW ROUND OF ESCALATION
Orban's statement brings into the information field the topic of the participation of European troops in the confrontation with Russia. Escalation to such an extent makes even the darkest scenarios real.
As Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, points out, the armed forces of NATO countries cannot be considered a peacekeeping contingent.
"This will be an open military intervention of the North Atlantic Alliance in the conflict in order to interfere with the NVO," he emphasizes. "What the Hungarian prime minister said is impossible."
According to the expert, we are talking about direct military aggression with all the ensuing consequences.
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[KavkazUzel] Ingush blogger Adam Khamchiev is in the hospital after being beaten, said human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov. He connected the attack on the blogger, who is known for criticizing officials, with a domestic conflict. Khamchiev has not been active in the public space since last year's arrest and initiation of a case for illegal possession of weapons, noted journalist Isabella Evloeva.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that blogger Adam Khamchiev, who has repeatedly criticized officials, ended up in the hospital after several unidentified men attacked and beat him in Malgobek .
On February 2, 2022, Adam Khamchiev's mother said that he was threatened by people in power. This was the result of Khamchiev voicing problems at the perinatal center, Magomed Khazbiev, chairman of the Ingush branch of the Civil Initiative party, said. On January 23, 2022, it became known that the newborn child of a resident of Ingushetia died in a perinatal center.
Relatives of women in labor believe that the death of the child was the result of medical negligence, and demanded an investigation. Adam Khamchiev then told the "Caucasian Knot" that the branch of the party had already received more than 70 appeals from residents of the republic with reports of poor-quality medical services, which led to serious consequences for health.
"Adam Khamchiev is in the hospital, we can talk about causing grievous bodily harm," Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization MASHR, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "but now it has grown into a different scale. It was an assassination attempt," Mutsolgov said.
Speaking about the possibility of reconciliation of the parties, the institution of which is addressed in conflict situations in Ingushetia, the interlocutor noted that the actions taken are in conflict with both Islamic norms and traditional Ingush law.
"Speaking from the point of view of Islam, they violated all Sharia laws, also in the month of Ramadan. From the point of view of adat, it is also impossible to kidnap an adult man and take him away, this is also a serious crime, here a hooligan and conciliatory procedures with the participation of elders are indispensable. Law enforcement the authorities are obliged to initiate a case, there were five of them, everything else does not matter," Mutsolgov said.
At the same time, the human rights activist noted that the public activities that Khamchiev had previously carried out resonated with the Ingush society, there was a request for it.
"Adam became a popular and well-known blogger because he helped people voice their concerns. Recently, he was on a subscription, so he tried not to appear in the public space. He is now in the hospital, and by law, if he stays there for more than ten days, - then the damage to health is moderate or severe. The case has not been opened yet, but I don’t see any way to hush it up," Mutsolgov concluded.
The political party "Civil Initiative" does not see the connection between the attack on Khamchiev and his public activities as a member of a political association, Vakha Kartoev, head of the Ingush branch of the party, told the "Caucasian Knot " correspondent.
"Recently, we have not received any information about threats against the party or members. On March 20, we talked with Adam, he came to the office. According to him, he was not involved in party affairs, he was busy with family and financial problems. There were no complaints about threats I spoke with him today, he said that it was a personal, domestic conflict, not related to his social activity," Kartoev said.
At the same time, he noted that no one in the party is monitoring the quality of medical services, which was conducted by Adam Khamchiev. "This work was suspended. During his detention, all equipment was confiscated from us, everyone was frightened by the actions of the authorities, who did not want to continue this work. I was told that the equipment was returned, but we did not check all or part of it," Kartoev concluded.
Recently, Adam Khamchiev has not been engaged in blogging or other public activities, Isabella Evloeva, editor-in-chief of the Fortanga publication, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in a commentary. "Therefore, I doubt that the beating is connected specifically with blogging activities, perhaps it was a domestic conflict. I do not know if he contacted law enforcement agencies, whether a criminal case was initiated, and why this happened, "said Evloev, adding that he "condemns the violence committed."
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on January 27, 2022, members of the "Civil Initiative", citing eyewitnesses, reported the kidnapping of blogger and party member Adam Khamchiev. Prior to this, the blogger announced threats against him. At the same time, it became known that Khamchiev was in police custody on suspicion of possession of a pistol and three rounds of ammunition converted from a traumatic into a combat pistol. Members of the same party linked the persecution of Khamchiev with his social activity.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:56 In Odessa, Mykolaiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions Ukraine an air alert has been declared, follows from the data of the Ministry of Digital Development of the country.
Also, the alarm sounds in the parts of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions controlled by the Kyiv authorities.
21:29 Defeat the enemy ammo warehouse
Russian troops discovered and destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv direction.
20:15 Artillerymen of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps continue to destroy the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement of Pervomaiskoye with accurate fire. Correction is carried out using the UAV.
19:13 Russian Armed Forces sniper pair struck Ukrainian military
18:08 Statement head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the units of the Vostok group repulsed an attempt to reconnoiter our forward positions in battle, and also destroyed the enemy reconnaissance group. More than 10 militants were liquidated.
The calculation of the Osa-AKM air defense system destroyed the Valkyrie UAV.
In the Zaporizhia direction, when trying to deliver an air strike on our positions from the area of the settlement of Temirovka, an enemy Mi-24 helicopter was shot down by the crew of the Buk air defense system.
Forces and means of reconnaissance in the area of the village of Malinovka revealed a cluster of five armored vehicles and up to 40 militants. The enemy was defeated by preemptive artillery fire. According to radio intercepts, an armored car and up to 10 nationalists were destroyed.
18:08 Aviation of the Russian Armed Forces destroys strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
17:13 Russian military destroyed a car with soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Dzerzhinsk
16:16 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to 260 military personnel and mercenaries in the Donetsk direction;
◾️The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 85 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction in a day;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 30 military personnel and the 152mm Akatsiya howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 35 Ukrainian military personnel, as well as 122mm D-30 and 152mm D-20 howitzers, in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;
◾️Russian air defense intercepted three HIMARS MLRS shells and destroyed three APU drones.
16:16 In Ukraine, another "motivating" visit of European Russophobes - this time the prime ministers of Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia arrived. In Kyiv, for the sake of this, the city center was blocked. The program is expected to be standard - a meeting with a clown and a visit to Bucha.
15:42 Hit by a Russian calculation of a 120mm mortar received significant damage to the evacuation vehicle of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions
15:41 127th Territorial Defense Brigade continues rebel. This time they are having a conversation in raised tones with the brigade medic demanding to send everyone to the military medical commission
14:55 Unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Aerospace Forces adjusted high-precision weapon fire on a convoy of APU equipment
During the performance of the flight task, the UAV crew discovered a column of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was making a march. The coordinates of the detected targets were transmitted in real time to the command post, after which the military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit with high-precision weapons.
Involved unmanned aerial vehicles in a special military operation carry out reconnaissance, fire adjustment, as well as the combat use of weapons against targets.
13:18 In the NWO zone eliminated militant of the National Guard, and part-time four-time world champion in kickboxing and champion of Ukraine in universal combat Vitaly Merinov.
Earlier, as part of the National Guard, he took part in the so-called. "ATO" - Kyiv's punitive operation on the territory of Donbass.
12:47 Destruction, APU observers
A direct hit destroyed an enemy observation post.
12:46 Personnel destruction of the warehouse of the 126th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Olgovka, Kherson region
This was reported in the report of the Ministry of Defense.
11:33 Results of the shooting defeat locations of personnel and equipment of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdievka direction
10:32 Russian military destroyed fuel tanks buried in enemy positions
They worked with the help of a quadrocopter, converted into a shock one.
10:31 Turkish armored personnel carrier, together with the crew, was blown up by a mine near Maryinka
On personnel our fighters with UAVs are inspecting the frame of the burned-out armored vehicles and what is left of the liquidated fighters inside.
NATO or Ukrainian equipment - it doesn't matter. Only surrender will save you from Russian weapons.
09:27 Personnel destroyed vehicles transporting ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the NVO zone.
08:55 Ghost drones attack hiding enemy.
08:20 "Sun" is powerful fulfills 220mm thermobaric projectiles on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, burning down enemy shelters.
The enemy units were detected by our reconnaissance UAV, which pointed the TOS-1 at the target. Video of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
08:09 When the Buk is on alert, the sky remains clear.
During a special military operation, the crews of the Buk air defense system continues to ensure the protection of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from air attack weapons.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Over the past day Representation reported about 34 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 25 artillery attacks from the MLRS and artillery of 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky nine artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm. Having fired 171 units of various ammunition.
The region of four settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in Aleksandrovka.
Four housing constructions were damaged in Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Previously, 11 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
21:04 Russian tankers work according to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya
19:40 Personnel destruction of the 155mm self-propelled guns "Crab" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of the UAV-kamikaze "Lancet" in the Bakhmut direction.
18:55 Russian air defense shot down Ukrainian drones in the area of Novaya Zburyevka and Konstantinovka.
18:39 Summary of the artillery attack of the Donetsk People's Republic for March 30, 2023
The enemy fired at Donetsk from the following directions:
– n.p. Avdiivka;
- e.g. Shcherbynovka
Consequences of the attacks:
n.p. Yasinovataya (08:45 fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm): damage was recorded to the infrastructure of Scientific and Production Association Yasinovatsky Machine-Building Plant LLC, and employees of the enterprise were also injured: men born in 1993 and 1966, woman born in 1968
n.p. Gorlovka
- Zaitsevo village: (13:35 five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired): damage to the building of the village administration was recorded.
18:20 Consequences yesterday's artillery attack of the village of Troitskoye (LPR) by American MLRS HIMARS.
One civilian was killed. A total of 15 people were injured, five of them are now being treated in Lugansk and the Belgorod region.
17:46 Over Donetsk works air defense
17:44 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 11 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
17:36 Artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed military equipment and manpower of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Disputable area -video.
17:20 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 31, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - st. Kosminsky, 76 - a private residential building.
16:49 What is left of the Uludar dachas after the most intense period of fighting -video.
16:22 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:09 A total of 10 leopards were brought near Ugledar. This information was reported to the war gonzo project by the commander of BARS-23 of the Union of Donbass Volunteers with the call sign "Viking" -video.
In the Ugledar direction, if not an offensive, then its imitation in the form of a distracting strike is expected. But in any case, the guys holding the defense here are always on the alert and ready for the most unexpected developments.
15:54 A blow of kamikaze drone "Lancet-3" on the Ukrainian 122 mm MRLS "Grad" in the Artemovsky direction. As a result of the arrival of the UAV, one of the missiles independently starts from the guide.
15:35 Arrival at the ammunition depot of the 126th Troop brigade in the Olgovka area of the Kherson region -video.
15:15 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 30, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Osoaviahima, as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a teenage boy born in 2006 was injured.
As of March 31, 105 cases of explosions of civilians were registered, incl. 10 children, on mines PFM-1 "Petal". Three of the victims died as a result of the wound.
Thus, the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks on March 30, 2023 is four people. The information continues to flow.
14:43 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, firing 15 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:22 Fire destruction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipment in the area of the settlement. Avdievka (DNR) –video.
13:50 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 12 rounds, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:29 Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade destroyed enemy transport in the Dzerzhinsky direction.
After detecting the movement of Ukrainian nationalists from UAVs, artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps destroyed the transport of Ukrainian militants in the Dzerzhinsky direction with accurate fire, corrected from a quadrocopter.
13:15 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 31, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- st. Panas Mirny, 18 - a private residential building;
- st. Panas Mirny, 20 - a private residential building; gas pipeline fire.
12:40 Destruction of enemy observation post in the Kherson direction.
12:14 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 22 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 31, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka: - on the street. Kirova, 33, a woman born in 1959 suffered.
11:43 Yesterday's artillery attack of Naked Pristan by the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed the lives of four civilians - one person was injured.
The victim was taken to the Skadovsk Central District Hospital with a mine-explosive injury. Now the patient is in a state of moderate severity - he is receiving all the necessary treatment.
11:35 Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Kamyshany (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, two were seriously injured.
11:22 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing 17 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:50 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing 10 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:36 A summary of the Luhansk People’s Republic’s Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, March 30.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, two artillery attacks were recorded on the settlement. Troitskoye with the use of MLRS HIMARS (four missiles).
As a result of the shelling, a man born in 1986 was killed, 16 people were injured of varying severity, four apartment buildings, the building of the Troitsk Central District Multidisciplinary Hospital and a store were damaged.
10:28 At night in the area of N. p. Olgovka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was inflicted on the industrial zone, where the parking of weapons and military equipment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was located, as a result of which: 12 units. automotive equipment destroyed; 23 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, 12 were seriously injured.
09:25 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
- 10 projectiles were fired by N.P. Aleshki;
- according to n.p. Novo Kakhovka fired eight rounds;
- 14 rounds were fired at the settlement of Golaya Pristan;
- 6 rounds were fired at the village of Kardashinka;
- according to n.p. The Dnieper fired nine rounds;
- according to n.p. Geroyskoye fired 10 projectiles;
- according to n.p. Kazachi Lagerya fired eight rounds;
- according to n.p. Novaya Zburyevka fired six rounds;
- according to n.p. Peschanovka fired seven rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Velikaya Lepetikha, Tavriysk settlement, Rybalche settlement, having fired a total of 42 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:10 Ukrainian troops fired at Oleksandrivka, firing 10 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
09:05 Artillery of the 9th Brigade destroys Ukrainian fighters in Pervomaisky.
Artillerymen of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 9th Regiment of the NM DPR) continue to destroy the manpower of the Ukrainians in the village of Pervomaiskoye with accurate fire. Correction is carried out using the UAV.
08:45 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing two rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
08:42 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 31, 2023
08:20 Ukrainian troops fired at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
08:15 Russian troops near Maryinka destroyed three strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported to us by the head of the press center of the Yug group, Ivan Bigma. Video: MO RF
08:10 Reportfrom Marinka - infantry fighting vehicles and artillery of the 5th Brigade destroy enemy strongholds.
Active hostilities continue in Marinka. Every day, assault groups of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps move forward, destroying the enemy with small arms, armored vehicles and artillery fire.
08:07 Work crews of heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces to destroy positions, manpower and equipment of nationalists in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 31.03.2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck at Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka and Charovnoye. In this area, the Ukrainian army conducts reconnaissance in force. Staroukrainka, Zheleznodorozhnoe, Gulyaipole and Malinovka were also under fire.
On the Donetsk front, after a fire defeat, Russian troops again stormed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the western part of Maryinka. No promotion. Encounter battles near Pervomaisky with the prevalence of attempts by the Ukrainian army to attack in the direction of Peski. The village was hit by Russian artillery.
Units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with fire support, tried to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Severny. The enemy held their positions. They also launched an offensive on the western outskirts of Avdievka, which is subjected to massive artillery and air strikes.
After shelling, Russian troops attacked Stepnoe and Keramik. Under fire positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, the city of Krasnogorovka and Karlovka. The Ukrainian army struck at Donetsk.
PMC "Wagner," with the support of artillery and aviation, conducted assault operations in the southern and northern parts of Bakhmut. There is no significant progress. The attempt to attack in the direction of Khromovoye did not bring success to Wagner operators.
Also, after artillery strikes, they attacked at Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. APU managed to fight back. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to advance to Vyemka. No result. Russian artillery hit Alexander-Shultin, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo, Ivanovsky, Seversk and Spornovo.
In the Lugansk direction, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with fire support, attacked in the direction of Nevsky and Stelmakhivka. There was no advance..
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[REGNUM] In the State Department and at the same time in the leading Western media, the Belarusian opposition was “reanimated”, both respectable and radical, but equally written off after the failure of the Minsk Maidan in 2020. However, there is no big difference between extremists fighting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and “legitimate leaders” like Svyatlana Tikhanovskaya. The reason for the new US interest in the "democratic movement" is obvious. But does Washington have the necessary tools to stir up the situation in Russia's union republic?
The mainstream Western media, coincidentally, remembered the Belarusian opposition, which seemed to have fallen out of the spotlight a few months after the failed attempt to oust Alexander Lukashenko in the summer and fall of 2020.
The London-based The Economist on March 30 devoted a lot of material to some Belarusian “cyber guerrillas,” a group of “anonymous dissidents” who are ready to hack state servers and use “terabytes of hacked data to help Ukraine”, “identify Russian and Belarusian spies” and at the same time bring down the “authoritarian regime” President Lukashenko.
"Svetlana Tikhanovskaya , the candidate who undoubtedly won the election that Lukashenka stole in 2020, kept the opposition flag flying from exile in Lithuania; but the radicals want more," writes the Economist. The publication claims that in December 2022, "cyber partisans" established interaction "with the regiment named after Kastus Kalinouski, Belarusian volunteers who are fighting the Russians in Ukraine." A unit with this name, made up of Belarusian nationalists, is indeed listed as part of the "International Legion" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Belarusians must be ready," a certain Pavel Kutkha, a recruiter of the regiment named after A. Kalinovsky in Warsaw, who collects ammunition for the militants who are now "fighting in the Bakhmut citadel", that is, they are in the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk.
These groups "see themselves as a new force that could challenge" the more cautious Tikhanovskaya, Yekaterina Glod, a former European Endowment for Democracy representative in Belarus and now of the London-based European Leadership Network, told the Economist. "These people wanted Tikhanovskaya to become a “leader in exile who could create a liberation army," but were disappointed by her passivity, says Artyom Shraibman, another expert who emigrated from Belarus, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment .
But, the Economist notes, Tikhanovskaya herself is trying not to miss the trend. She called the militants of the "Kalinovsky regiment" heroes and established ties with the ByPol group, which allegedly unites about 600 former intelligence officers, the British publication emphasizes.
ByPol "train partisans in Poland and conduct operations in Belarus." They allegedly also "attack on a Russian air base near Minsk" - apparently, the incident at the Belarusian Air Force base in Machulishchi on February 26 is implied.
Almost simultaneously, an editorial was published in The Washington Post focusing on the proposal of Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who specializes in Eastern Europe. The senator appealed to the Joe Biden administration (more specifically, to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken ) with a call to establish the post of US Special Representative for Belarus "to better support the democratic movement" in this country. The State Department reacted and announced its intention to appoint such a representative to work with the Belarusian opposition, TASS reported.
The idea of Senator Sheikhin appeared after her communication with Tikhanovskaya, who was visiting Washington. On March 28 , National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with the self-proclaimed leader of the opposition .
A similar position - special representative for Venezuela - was established in the structure in 2019, when Washington most actively supported the opposition's attempts to overthrow Nicolas Maduro and bring in an alternative president, Juan Guaidó, in his place. The Spanish agency EFE pointed out a curious moment - Tikhanovskaya and the current leader of the Venezuelan opposition Leopoldo Lopez were simultaneously invited to the event in the US Senate.
"Until 2022, there was a US special envoy for Belarus, he was not called that way, but he was. When at the beginning of 2021 Belarus did not issue a visa to the appointed US ambassador, the representative of the US diplomatic mission, Julie Fisher, went to Vilnius and performed this role," Belarusian political scientist Yevgeny Preygerman told REGNUM.
The answer to the question why Washington decided to reactivate the “Venezuelan scenario” in Belarus, which did not work in 2020, and why the opposition (which has gone to the periphery of the media agenda in the past two years) has again become the focus of attention - the answer to this question, according to in fact, The Washington Post herself gave in an editorial.
It is dedicated to the agreement between Moscow and Minsk on the preparation by Belarus of infrastructure and carriers for the possible deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons. The Democratic opposition, led in exile by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election, opposed the deployment of nuclear warheads in Belarus and demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from the country .
If Washington has staked on a new Minsk Maidan led by a legitimate winner or new forces, then there are radicals ready to radicalize the protest, following the example of the Kyiv Maidan in 2014. Moscow does not rule out that Kiev could transfer sabotage groups from among Belarusian nationalists to Belarus in order to overthrow the leadership of the republic, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said on March 29 in an interview with RTVI.
The question is whether Kyiv or its Western curators will find a base for mass discontent. In 2020, the reason was the presidential elections, the next election cycle will be in 2026, and now there is no clear reason for new rallies, political analyst Kirill Yemelyanov told REGNUM news agency.
The vast majority of Belarusians would not want the republic to be directly involved in hostilities in Ukraine, Preygerman believes. Although the messages appearing in the media on this topic disturb the society, but, he is sure, these sentiments are unlikely to become a trigger for public protests.
"After all, there is no such formulation of the question - about the participation of Belarus - in the negotiations between Moscow and Minsk. For Moscow, as I understand it, it is more important and more profitable to have Minsk in the quality it has now, including from the point of view of the Belarusian military-industrial complex," the Belarusian expert believes.
It is unlikely that Lukashenko himself plans to go beyond the assistance that Belarus is already providing to Russia (from providing territory for the Russian Armed Forces, creating a joint group of troops to agreeing to prepare infrastructure for Russian nuclear weapons), Averyanov is sure.
"Precisely because the resumption of protests is theoretically possible, Belarus will not join the NWO. The inclusion of the country in the NWO is categorically disadvantageous for Lukashenka, so he will not agree to this," the interlocutor argues. "But this is also unprofitable for Russia: the entry of Belarus means that the front line will approximately double, along the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, and will pass next to the second largest city of the republic, Gomel. Will the 60,000-strong Belarusian army be able to hold back the front line without combat experience? Obviously not. And the participation of the Armed Forces of Belarus in the NMD is unlikely to help change the course of hostilities.
Moreover, Averyanov believes, the Belarusian president expects that the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in the republic will remain a theoretical possibility - a threat that should bring the West to reason.
The question, in fact, about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus has not yet been resolved, the interlocutor emphasized.
"Lukashenko can backfire," Averyanov suggested . - In 2015, Putin signed a decree on the creation of a Russian air base in Belarus, and Lukashenka did everything to prevent the air base from appearing. It is possible that the situation will be the same now."
In any case, the Belarusian authorities seek to maintain the status quo, in which the situation inside the republic is under control, and the leaders of the opposition are limited to loud statements from emigration.
As for the plans of the United States, which decided to give the "democratic movement" a curator from the State Department, it is obvious that they are trying to use an instrument that is not very suitable, Preygerman believes.
"The instrument of the special envoy did not give much then, in 2020-2021, when it seemed to many that the situation was more precarious in Belarus. Now it is hardly possible to expect that something can be achieved through this toolkit," the interlocutor believes. Preigerman admits: the new excitement around the Belarusian opposition is "a way for specific politicians and diplomats to earn political points, in order to later say that the agenda of US President Joe Biden to promote democracy is being carried out."
But even if the bet is made seriously, Washington, remembering Tikhanovskaya, Pavel Latushko and their associates, bets on already played pieces, Averyanov believes. "The former opposition missed its political chance and lost the fight. Any pumping of them from Washington or other Western capitals does not make much sense," the expert believes.
But in this regard, the media coverage of new forces in the form of hacker groups and nationalist militants who have been tested in the Donbass looks indicative. It cannot be ruled out that the West has already made a big bet not so much on mass protests, but on a subversive struggle by the forces of a radical minority, about which Belarusian law enforcement officers also warn.
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[REGNUM] Moscow reacted sharply to the cautious message of the Hungarian leader Viktor Orban that the EU leadership resumed until recently impossible talk about sending a peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine. The "pioneer" of this idea, with the exception of Kyiv itself, in recent years has been not Hungary, but another European state.
The issue of sending peacekeepers from the European Union to Ukraine is close to becoming “legitimate and accepted”, although before it seemed impossible to talk about this topic. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced this on the radio Kossuth . “We are close to this previously uncrossable border,” the Hungarian leader said, adding that a year ago there was a dispute about whether lethal weapons could be transferred to Kiev (and as a result, these weapons go to Ukraine).
It follows from Orban's words that he rather fears that the scenario of sending EU "peacekeepers" to Ukraine, which is now being discussed by EU leaders, will be implemented. But in July last year, the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjarto, told the Index publication that Budapest had some scenarios for protecting 150,000 ethnic Magyars in Transcarpathia.
In Moscow, the very question of sending EU peacekeepers to Ukraine was treated with caution. "If we are already talking about some kind of serious negotiations, then this is a potentially extremely dangerous discussion," RIA Novosti quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as commenting on Orban’s current statement.
Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev spoke even more clearly.
"It is clear that the so-called NATO peacekeepers are simply going to enter the conflict on the side of our enemies," Medvedev wrote on the Telegram channel. "It is also obvious that such “peacekeepers” are our direct enemies… They will be a legitimate target for our Armed Forces if they are deployed on the front lines without the consent of Russia with weapons in their hands and will directly threaten us. And then these "peacekeepers" must be ruthlessly destroyed. They are soldiers of the enemy."
The arrival of European peacekeepers in Ukraine will provoke an escalation of the conflict, push Russia and NATO together and may lead Russia to turn to the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) forces, said Alexei Chepa, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.
If Budapest seems to hesitate about the "previously uncrossable border," then Warsaw is definitely in favor. The leader of the ruling Law and Justice party in Poland, Yaroslav Kaczynski, even at the beginning of the SVO, a year ago, called for the introduction of an “armed peacekeeping contingent” of NATO into Ukraine. The statement was made at a briefing following a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Prime Ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia.
Back in 2015, Kiev itself appealed to the UN Security Council and the leadership of the European Union with a call to send peacekeeping forces to the conflict zone in Donbass. Both this appeal of the then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to the EU, and the appeal of the de facto leader of Poland Kaczynski to NATO in 2022 had no effect. The Joe Biden administration then responded that the United States would definitely not send troops to Ukraine as part of any alliance mission. But now, judging by Orban's statement, the first persons of the European Union have already begun to discuss (more precisely, they have returned to the discussion) armed peacekeeping.
So far, a different opinion prevails in the political circles of most EU countries - that Ukraine must defeat Russia on the battlefield and that, moreover, Kiev has a chance of a military victory, German political scientist Alexander Rahr told REGNUM. According to him, any other options are seen as weakening the positions of the European Union, NATO and the West as a whole. But theoretically, Poland and Hungary, “states that have developed special relations with Ukraine,” see themselves as countries ready to send peacekeeping contingents, Rahr points out.
"Provided that Ukraine does not have enough strength to return the lost territories, and Russia cannot move further, then the talk about the need to conduct a peacekeeping operation and find diplomatic ways will sound louder and louder," the German political scientist believes. Under such conditions, the EU leadership will already try to put pressure on both sides - on Kyiv and Moscow, Rahr believes.
If now the intention to send the military to Ukrainian territories to “protect civilians and stop the conflict” is announced in Poland and with reservations in Hungary, then "in the future there may be more such countries," the German political scientist believes.
But if Moscow allows such a development of events, then "it will hardly agree that the peacekeeping troops that entered Ukraine were purely Western," the interlocutor emphasizes. Rahr suggested: "Therefore, it is possible that in the future a scenario will be realized (which today seems unrealistic) when not only Europeans, but also military personnel from China or India will be involved in the peacekeeping mission."
"Moreover, in my opinion, the appearance of peacekeepers from China or India in Ukraine is more realistic than NATO troops. Rather, one should expect some kind of Chinese-Indian-European "mixture," the German political scientist believes.
The formation of any international contingent with the participation of the EU countries is in principle excluded, objects military expert, captain 1st rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin . He recalled that the countries of the European Union (with the exception of Austria, Ireland and - still formally - Finland and Sweden) are members of NATO.
"Peacekeeping missions are still possible through the UN - and we see examples of such missions, from Cyprus to the countries of Central Africa. But the involvement as peacekeepers of the military from those countries that supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with weapons and instructors and whose citizens are already fighting in the Ukrainian army as mercenaries? This will only add kerosene to the fire," Dandykin told REGNUM.
He noted that the possibility of participation in the peacekeeping mission of China, India and Iran - about which the German expert spoke - is not considered even hypothetically, the conversation is only about the EU countries. Which, Dandykin emphasized again, is absolutely unacceptable for Moscow.
Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk
[DonRF] I found in one chat a completely scientific article about the first phase of the special operation. It is interesting in her attempts to comprehend what is happening and in the analysis of forces in the spring of 2022. There is no link, the file hung in PDF format. Author - Alexey Krivopalov.
So, about the forces - at the beginning of the operation - one BTG per 5.5 km of the front. In total, up to 200,000 people, together with the Corps, most of which were mobilized rifle regiments. Without technology and with a minimum of weapons. The enemy has 130,000 people on February 24 and 200,000 after the first stage of mobilization. I mean active bayonets. More rears. I drew the directions of the blows on a very clumsy map. And very conditional. More is not needed. Why?
And because even on the clumsy map you can see that there was NO decisive blow. Lugansk 2nd Army Corps went to the North, Donetsk 1st Army Corps - to the South, the mobilized regiments rushed to Avdeevka and Maryinka. The Russian Armed Forces in the North simultaneously attacked Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkov. At the same time, he is also trying to take Kyiv. In the South "more fun" just. The southern group struck along the sea - access to Odessa, Krivoy Rog, Zaporozhye, and Mariupol through Berdyansk.
In the meantime, the enemy closed in the cities, not really engaging in a field battle, and acting with the forces of the DRG, along communications. As a result, the tasks of the RF Armed Forces have multiplied:
1. Continue the offensive deep into Ukraine.
2. Take the blocked cities.
3. Protect your communications (70,000 Russian guards under the article for 2,000 kilometers of the front)
As a result, the following came out, point by point:
1. Lugansk 2nd Army Corps ran into the triangle of Severodonetsk-Lysichansk-Rubezhnoye
2. Donetsk 1st Army Corps was able to take Mariupol, together with the RF Armed Forces
3. Russian 20th Army reached Balakleya
4. Chernihiv was besieged
5. Stuck in the Sumy region
6. Kiev was semi-sieged.
7. Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhia were not taken
8. The breakthrough to Odessa failed near Nikolaev and Voznesensk
Running after 13 hares did not work out. Why? The reasons are more political. Another thing is interesting - what's next? And then, if you do not wage a positional war to the point of melting, the only option looms - the creation of a powerful strike force in a decisive direction. And the creation for her of all the necessary stocks. Ensuring its air cover (up to 200 sorties per day) and striking. Kyiv can become such a direction. Maybe Kharkov. Maybe Zaporozhye. But not the DPR, where all the settlements are fortresses, and where only heavy battles are possible with an advance of a kilometer or two, and a breakthrough is impossible in principle. Simply due to the oversaturation of the territory with lines of defense and reserves.
The occupied part of the DPR is a continuous military camp. In addition, heavily mined. It is pointless to catch anything on its territory. Is it possible to push out of the territory for at least a year, step by step, moving through the ruins to the borders of the region. Provided that the enemy does not collect YOUR fist. And he collected it. More precisely, he collected two fists:
1. Northern, capable of striking at the line of Svatovo-Kremennaya or Bakhmut
2. Southern. Which, according to thought, should make a breakthrough to the Crimea.
Plus four auxiliary groups - in the area of Maryinka, Avdievka, Vugledar, and Kherson. Which led the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the situation of chasing six birds with one stone at the same time, and in general weakens their strike potential. They can improve the situation by surrendering Bakhmut, Marinka and Avdievka, but they cannot surrender them for political reasons. The whole point of the current situation is that one side DOES NOT WANT to assemble a strike force capable of conducting an effective offensive in depth, the second CANNOT do this, because it is chasing POLITICAL goals.
However, they will try to use both fists. You have to PAY for Western aid.
By blood. And we will try to reflect them. Having previously smeared, with local attacks on their auxiliary groups. Come out - get a classic stalemate. Until the superiority of one of the parties on a new one. It won't work out - depending on how it doesn't work out.
The war has entered a stage when, without truly serious forces, access to the operational space is impossible. Which both sides regularly prove. Even the unlimited source of people in Kyiv is unable to correct the situation. In principle, the enemy’s offensive will show what the 2023 military year will be like. And what to expect in the year 2024.
So far, it is only clear that the manuals in the style of the US war against Iraq do not work in principle. More precisely, they work, but on the condition that the elites have betrayed, the army is demotivated and does not properly own its weapons. Now both sides are not. However, the choice of positional warfare is also possible. And even the entry into battle of EU troops is possible. The Overton window is now such that everything is possible in principle.
Perpetuating the myth that German Leopard tanks are miracle weapons is part of the propaganda, Jiri Šediva, former Chief of the Czech Army General Staff, said in an interview with Czdefence.
According to him, the difficulties with the supply of weapons to Ukraine are due to the fact that " no one believed " in the inevitability of this war. As a result, Europe has the opportunity to supply Ukraine with only Leopard tanks, mostly their old versions.
"This, again, is part of the propaganda, because the Leopard tanks are being touted as some kind of “wonder weapon”, which is definitely not true," Shedivy said.
As for the American Abrams tanks, Ukraine will be able to receive them at best in a year, and for Kyiv, deliveries will be belated, even if the tanks arrive in May or June, the general noted. He also called the amount of heavy equipment insufficient for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the shipment of which is being discussed, recalling that Turkey in Syria "lost at least 10 tanks in just a few operations."
As REGNUM reported , on March 31, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not have enough tanks to launch a counteroffensive. According to him, Ukraine received 50-60 units of heavy equipment from the West.
The Russian army received several hundred of the latest tanks for use in the special military operation zone, it was reported on March 29.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have enough tanks to launch a counteroffensive, said Andriy Melnyk, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine . His words are published by the German edition Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .
According to Melnyk, there are no conditions for a counteroffensive, because the Ukrainian army has only 50-60 tanks sent by the West.
"The Russians, both now and in the past, are capable of producing or putting into service up to ten tanks daily. And this means that we will be unable to achieve a decisive advantage on the battlefield for a long time to come," Malnik stated.
He also recalled that Ukraine is waiting for the dispatch of fighters from Europe, and there should be no “red lines” for this.
As REGNUM reported, on March 27, Ukraine received 18 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany.
For use in the special military operation zone, the Russian army received several hundred of the latest tanks, an informed source reported on March 29.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Igor Klymenko, announced the creation of eight brigades of the Offensive Guard.
"To date, eight brigades have been formed, and we are ready for active offensive measures," he said on the air of the telethon.
It was assumed that the Guards project would unite six existing units in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Hurricane, Krasnaya Kalina, Kara-Dag, Rubezh, Spartan and Azo, as well as two new ones. In addition, Kyiv has formed a brigade of the State Border Service "Steel Border" and an assault brigade of the National Police "Fury."
Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported that assault brigades from the military, police and border guards were being trained to seize the Crimea and Donbass.
After the start of the special operation, the Kiev regime has repeatedly spoken about plans to launch an offensive operation on the peninsula, including against the backdrop of reports of new deliveries of Western weapons. In Crimea, such attempts were called suicidal, noting that it was simply impossible to seize part of the territory from a powerful nuclear power.
As Apty Alaudinov , commander of the Akhmat special forces operating in the special operation zone, said earlier today , if Kiev decides to launch a counteroffensive, this will "become its swan song," since the Ukrainian troops will no longer have reserves.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rohzin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Putin signed a new concept of Russian foreign policy that was being prepared during 2022. The old one was adopted in 2016 and is completely outdated. Now, at the doctrinal level (unlike the previous one), the fight against American hegemony is spelled out, as well as the basic vision of a future multipolar world order without a clear hegemon.
Actually, this de jure fixes the already de facto process of Russia's exit from the unipolar American world and the nature of the contradictions between the Russian Federation and the United States that cannot be eliminated at the current stage. And there are still a lot of progress.
The concept of foreign policy of the Russian Federation
Formation of a just and sustainable world order
18. Russia seeks to form a system of international relations that would ensure reliable security, preservation of cultural and civilizational identity, equal development opportunities for all states, regardless of their geographical location, size of territory, demographic, resource and military potentials, political, economic and social structure. In order to meet these criteria, the system of international relations must be multipolar and based on the following principles:
1) sovereign equality of states, respect for their right to choose models of development, social, political and economic structure;
2) rejection of hegemony in international affairs;
3) cooperation based on a balance of interests and mutual benefit;
4) non-interference in internal affairs;
5) the supremacy of international law in the regulation of international relations, the rejection of all states from the policy of double standards;
6) indivisibility of security in global and regional aspects;
7) the diversity of cultures, civilizations and models of organization of society, the refusal of all states to impose on other countries their development models, ideological and value orientations, reliance on a spiritual and moral guideline that is common to all world traditional religions and secular ethical systems;
8) responsible leadership of the leading states, aimed at ensuring stable and favorable conditions for development both for themselves and for other countries and peoples;
9) the leading role of sovereign states in making decisions in the field of maintaining international peace and security.
19. In order to facilitate the adaptation of the world order to the realities of a multipolar world, the Russian Federation intends to give priority attention to:
1) removing the vestiges of domination by the United States and other unfriendly states in world affairs, creating conditions for the abandonment of any state from neo-colonial and hegemonic ambitions;
2) improvement of international mechanisms for ensuring security and development at the global and regional levels;
3) the restoration of the role of the UN as a central coordinating mechanism in coordinating the interests of the UN member states and their actions to achieve the goals of the UN Charter;
4) strengthening the potential and enhancing the international role of the BRICS interstate association, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), RIC (Russia, India, China) and other interstate associations and international organizations, as well as mechanisms with a significant participation of Russia;
5) support for regional and sub-regional integration within the framework of friendly multilateral institutions, dialogue platforms and regional associations in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East;
6) increasing the stability and progressive development of the international legal system;
7) ensuring fair access for all states to the benefits of the world economy and the international division of labor, as well as to modern technologies in the interests of fair and equitable development (including solving the problems of global energy and food security);
8) intensifying cooperation in all spheres with Russia's allies and partners, suppressing attempts by unfriendly states to prevent such cooperation;
9) consolidation of international efforts aimed at ensuring respect and protection of universal and traditional spiritual and moral values (including ethical norms common to all world religions), neutralizing attempts to impose pseudo-humanistic and other neoliberal ideological attitudes, leading to the loss of traditional spiritual and moral values by humanity. moral guidelines and moral principles;
10) constructive dialogue, partnership and mutual enrichment of different cultures, religions and civilizations.
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70811 - full link
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
A New York grand jury voted to indict Trump in a 2016 campaign payout to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump said in response that there was political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history.
According to him, Manhattan Attorney Alvin Bragg does "dirty work" for US President Joe Biden, although he must fight murders, attacks and other crimes in New York, the ex-president believes that the Democrats are "obsessed with the idea" of "getting" him.
To do this, they "lied, cheated and stole," Trump said.
If Donald paid the woman, no one would have uttered a word. And if Stormy Daniels was a black transgender, Trump would have been given a medal. Not on those Donald's mood rises, he did not act in an American way.
Therefore: “Trump should be sued for paying a white woman, this is interference in the elections,” the Democrats say, interfering in this way in the 2024 elections.
By the way, here you can ask an interesting question. And no one wants, since such a booze has gone with the former US presidents, to show them for the causeless unleashing of numerous wars by them? No, nobody wants.
It even happens the other way around. Those who unleash wars around the world are just bringing legal charges against the one for whose reign none has been unleashed.
Trump is being drowned so that in the next election the American people will have no choice but the mummy of Biden's great grandfather.
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
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