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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Atlanta Subway worker shot dead for putting too much mayo on sandwich
[NYPOST] A Subway worker in Atlanta was rubbed out and another was injured after an angry customer opened fire because they put too much mayonnaise on his sandwich, police said.

The shooting erupted at the Subway in a downtown Atlanta gas station at about 6.30 p.m. Sunday after the customer became irate over his order, police said.

The store’s owner, Willie Glenn, told FOX5 that mayo was to blame for the deadly argument.

"Believe it or not, it was about too much mayonnaise on his sandwich," Glenn said. "He decided to escalate the situation and from there that’s when all hell broke loose."
"The amount of condiments wassa disrespectin' me!"
The manager on duty was able to return fire but didn’t strike the gunman, Glenn added.

Police said they are still searching for the suspect and are reviewing surveillance footage to try to track him down.

The employee who was injured, a woman, had to be rushed to a hospital for surgery, according to the owner and police.

Glenn said the son of the woman was also inside the store at the time.
Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I had some clown put mayo on an Italian sub a few weeks ago, so this hits close to home.
Posted by: Raj || 06/28/2022 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Mayo? Maybe. Anchovies? Definitely!
Posted by: DooDahMan || 06/28/2022 0:20 Comments || Top||

#3  At least he toasted the roll, so I'll give him that one. Half these places have rolls that are Hindenburg size; toasting the roll basically solves that problem.
Posted by: Raj || 06/28/2022 0:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Mayo? Isn't that white? Thus automatically Racist by definition?

Entirely Justified!

(/snark)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/28/2022 0:42 Comments || Top||

#5  Yet another reason not to inside the perimeter.
Posted by: Chris || 06/28/2022 9:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Never road MARTA. Will never willingly ride MARTA.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 9:17 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 9:24 Comments || Top||

#8  See? Mayo causes heart failure!!!
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2022 9:37 Comments || Top||

#9  Hard to imagine any of these places putting too much anything on nowadays.

I had some clown put mayo on an Italian sub a few weeks ago, so this hits close to home.

You are not alone. Daughter and I had this talk, "Dad, why would anyone put mayo on a sandwich?" "Well you sure dig my tuna salad recipe..." "No, not that, I mean like on an Italian sandwich?!"

Sorry fellas, little dusty in here, give me a moment.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/28/2022 10:05 Comments || Top||

#10  My brother dips his fries in mayo instead of ketchup. Creepy.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 10:13 Comments || Top||

#11  "Give me Ham on 5 and hold the Mayo."
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 10:16 Comments || Top||

#12 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 10:18 Comments || Top||

#13  My brother dips his fries in mayo instead of ketchup

I asked the same question once. The reply was potato salad.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/28/2022 10:48 Comments || Top||

#14  ^ I see it now in a different light...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 10:49 Comments || Top||

#15  Never thought of it that way either.
Posted by: Chris || 06/28/2022 10:59 Comments || Top||

#16  Buttermilk made me gag just looking at it --Spoiled! Spoiled! my subconscious howled. Then I got a job where I had to taste test the product (dairy plant) before bottling. I started mentally chanting "Sour Cream! Sour Cream! Yummy sour cream on baked potatoes!" and eventually it worked. The mind is a strange and wonderful thing.
Posted by: magpie || 06/28/2022 12:03 Comments || Top||

#17  Most people who like buttermilk also like head cheese.

Just sayin'...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 12:13 Comments || Top||

#18  I note that just after the Supreme Court ruling we have a manager carrying, and returning fire to protect his people.

Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2022 21:32 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
His Family Mus be So Proud
[PJMedia] A 13-year-old female competitive skateboarder was knocked into second place by a transgender dude with a Y-chromosome — and not for the first time.
This travesty has to stop.
The Boardr Open is open to both men and women, "but is split into male and female contests," according to LBC news.

29-year-old Ricci Tres won the women’s competition, worth $500. 13-year-old Shiloh Catori was the top-performing female in the women’s event, yet placed second and was awarded only $250.

Posted by: Deacon Blues || 06/28/2022 08:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Blue-city prosecutors in red states vow not to press charges over abortions
[Politico] Dozens of elected prosecutors across the country — including a number representing blue cities nestled inside red states — are pledging to not press charges against patients or providers over abortion in the wake of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling giving states full control over abortion policy.

So far, 84 district attorneys and other prosecutors from 29 states and territories and Washington, D.C., have signed the statement distributed by Fair and Just Prosecution. Altogether, the officials represent jurisdictions covering 87 million Americans, according to the organization.

Significantly, the signatories include district attorneys in states like Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas — all Republican-controlled states with abortion "trigger bans" set to activate within a month, now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Other prosecutors have also joined in via public statements online.

"Criminalizing abortion will not end abortion; it will simply end safe abortions, forcing the most vulnerable among us — as well as medical providers — to make impossible decisions," the statement read. Later, it added: "Our legislatures may decide to criminalize personal healthcare decisions, but we remain obligated to prosecute only those cases that serve the interests of justice and the people."

The statement marks a public, preemptive deployment of "prosecutorial discretion" in the battle over abortion policy. Prosecutors and law enforcement agencies have significant leeway over what cases they choose to pursue.

But it’s still unclear what practical effect the prosecutors’ stand will have in each state. Abortion providers are already suspending procedures in a number of states with bans already written into statute, like Planned Parenthood in Arkansas. Similar actions have taken place in Alabama, West Virginia and a slew of other states.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 07:37 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Conspiracy to obstruct the law. That should work.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/28/2022 8:02 Comments || Top||

#2 
Since the SCOTUS only ruled it "NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT" but a State Regulated issue.
My understanding is ABORTION is NOT banned and the only change is the States can now regulate Who, What, When and Where and the acceptable Time Period.

IF SO, then it depends on IF these 84 State district attorneys and other various prosecutors are from 29 states that agreed to continue Abortion. As to, whether or not they face any criminal violation of the law.

More than likely, they're just doing the usual PR LSD Staging for agenda and votes with the MSM's careful wording for Newsbites help.

So the question boils down to:
How many of these 84 district attorneys and other prosecutors from these 29 states live in a State that will halt Abortion?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/28/2022 8:40 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ The ruling says, "the federal gummint can't jam it down your throat." That's fascism as far as progressives are concerned.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 8:43 Comments || Top||

#4  P2K it's been working for awhile now.
Posted by: Chris || 06/28/2022 9:11 Comments || Top||

#5  ..what they said was rabid Blue City-States* can't tell the rest of the country how they live.

* City-States where one or two major urban areas rule the entire state with the rest of the state population held captive.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/28/2022 9:12 Comments || Top||

#6  With any luck these DA's will find out that there are a lot more pro-life citizens than the meda has let on and be replaced.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/28/2022 9:16 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ Leftists say "that's the entire point of concentrating power..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 9:16 Comments || Top||

#8  Virtue signaling. Abortion isn't illegal, just pushed to the states. So in blue states you are fine and the prosecutors are blowing smoke up someone's ass. If enough states want it the issue will be come a law passed by congress, which where it should have happened, again as per the ruling by the court.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2022 9:40 Comments || Top||

#9  I like the idea of fewer children being born in blue states.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 9:43 Comments || Top||

#10  Darwin or Intelligent design, or both at work MM.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 10:15 Comments || Top||

#11  https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FJP-Post-Dobbs-Abortion-Joint-Statement.pdf

A lot of Georgia prosecutors.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 06/28/2022 10:46 Comments || Top||

#12  Wouldn't making this declaration move it out of the realm of "prosecutorial discretion" and into the realm of refusal to enforce the law?

"prosecutorial discretion" kind of implies it's applied on a case-by-case basis.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/28/2022 11:21 Comments || Top||

#13  Now its all about the voter.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/28/2022 11:31 Comments || Top||

#14  So what do those clowns enforce?
Posted by: Bobby || 06/28/2022 11:35 Comments || Top||

#15  In very happy news, South Carolina's heartbeat law is effective as of yesterday afternoon. You can no longer kill babies with beating hearts in SC. And hopefully more to come!
Posted by: Tom || 06/28/2022 11:35 Comments || Top||

#16  Also, in these states, are they not just inviting the state Attorney General to step in and prosecute the abortionists and maybe even the DAs refusing to enforce the laws?

See the Duke Lacrosse fiasco, where the state AG had to step in and end the chaos caused by the DA.
Posted by: Tom || 06/28/2022 11:37 Comments || Top||

#17  Seize Planned Parenthood's facilities and bank accounts.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 11:40 Comments || Top||

#18  Aiding and Abetting.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/28/2022 12:58 Comments || Top||

#19  If local DA's refuse to enforce state law, I think the state attorney generals should be able to prosecute them for misfeasance.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/28/2022 13:33 Comments || Top||

#20  So what do those clowns enforce?

Any infraction by legal gun owners.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2022 14:47 Comments || Top||

#21  Somewhere, an unwitting adult is letting Mike Nifong bag groceries their kids will eat.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 17:36 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
‘Top Gun: Maverick' Soars Past $1 Billion, Overtakes ‘Doctor Strange 2' as the Highest-Grossing Movie of the Year Globally
[Variety] Paramount and Skydance’s all-American blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick" is still flying high at the box office, crossing the coveted $1 billion milestone over the weekend.

It’s the first movie of the year and only the second in COVID times (following Sony’s "Spider-Man: No Way Home" with $1.9 billion) to reach that benchmark. It’s even more impressive that "Maverick" hit the $1 billion mark without playing in China or Russia, two major markets.

After only 31 days on the big screen, "Top Gun: Maverick" has become Tom Cruise’s first movie to surpass $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Previously, 2018’s "Mission: Impossible — Fallout" ranked as the actor’s most successful film with $791.1 million worldwide.

Cruise took to Twitter to celebrate the achievement, writing, "To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations. To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you. See you at the movies."
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 03:28 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


#2  ...Even my friends from Naval Aviation (and they are AVIATORS, not pilots) are saying that it's a good, fun movie.

And mind you, these are the same people who came from a culture where you were FINED if you quoted the original movie in any way, shape, or form.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 06/28/2022 8:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Hardest takedown: Top Gun: Maverick takes place in an America that didn't make any mistakes in the last 40 years.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 8:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Imagine a movie about Tony Stark trying to fill out EPA and FAA paperwork.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 8:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Or where Musk actually does.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2022 8:57 Comments || Top||

#6 
I bet Movie Ticket cost between $10 and $15 (Inflation) helped.

Plus the idiots that rent 1st run releases ($1,500-$3,000) for home parties.


BTW: These are already on several popular Internet Streaming channels in 4k, 1080, 720 and HD. $0.00
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/28/2022 9:02 Comments || Top||

#7  It is really good and the jet shots are amazing as the actors are really in F-18s and pulling those gs. Highly recommend.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2022 9:36 Comments || Top||

#8  Camera plane was an Embraer.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 9:46 Comments || Top||


World's Ugliest Dog of 2022 winner: Meet Mr. Happy Face, a 17-year-old stunner
[NYPOST] A bald-bodied, 17-year-old Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix named Mr. Happy Face scored points for mutts who are ruff on the eyes after winning the 2022 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest Saturday in Petaluma, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,.

His human, Janeda Banelly, said the title was a well-deserved honor for the senior canine with a signature silver tuft and an askew tongue.

"I believe that this humble soul is also being an example, in subtle ways, to help humans realize that even old dogs need love and a family too," Banelly, who adopted Mr. Happy Face from an Arizona shelter in 2021, told "Today."

The win garnered the Flagstaff, Arizona, native $1,500 and an appearance on the aforementioned show with her mirror-shattering mutt.

Mr. Happy Face beat out eight other contenders, including a canine that resembled a mandrill baboon and a "hairless mutant" with a Picasso-esque face. He also took top honors over a Pekingese named Wild Thang that evoked the fictional Tribble species from "Star Trek."

Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Helen Thomas is dead, so...
Posted by: Raj || 06/28/2022 0:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Looks better than my next door neighbors dog, a rat-faced psychopath.
Posted by: Knuckles Elmereth9731 || 06/28/2022 3:15 Comments || Top||

#3  But Nancy P. is not...
Posted by: Bobby || 06/28/2022 11:40 Comments || Top||


Multiple deaths after Amtrak train derails in Missouri
[CBS] At least three people were killed Monday after an Amtrak train hit a dump truck and derailed in Missouri, officials said. It's not yet clear how many were injured, though at least two hospitals said they had received patients.

Officials said Southwest Chief Train 4, which was carrying 207 passengers and additional crew members from Los Angeles to Chicago, hit a truck near Mendon, Missouri, at approximately 12:43 p.m. local time. An official from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crossing was "uncontrolled" and had no lights or crossing rails, which is common in more rural areas.

Seven of the train's eight cars derailed, Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Justin Dunn said at a press conference.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So, what's it gonna be, Congress, you gonna outlaw trucks or outlaw trains?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 06/28/2022 0:21 Comments || Top||


#3  The railroads are completing a multibillion Positive Train Control system mandated by Congress after a California-state commuter train engineer ran a red signal while texting, killing dozens. Texting!

When will trucks have Congressional-mandated computer control?
Posted by: Bobby || 06/28/2022 14:42 Comments || Top||

#4  This one hits home for me. My wife and I took the Southwest Chief, train 4, from LA to Chicago only a week ago.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 06/28/2022 21:27 Comments || Top||


‘Everything just kicked in': Sailor saves flight attendant's life on a long Navy trip
[Daily Press] It was an ordinary, if long, flight from Naples, but some 45 minutes out from Hampton Roads, it turned into something else for Petty Officer 1st Class Gerardo Alvarez, on his way to join the crew of USS John C. Stennis at Newport News Shipbuilding.

A flight attendant had stumbled, struck her head and was lying unconscious on the floor of the Navy transport plane. Alvarez, a physical therapy tech whose normal duties involve muscle strains and skeletal issues, scrambled.

But every Navy hospital corpsman has to know, train and be regularly tested on basic life-saving skills. Alvarez, a Los Angeles native who joined the Navy specifically to become a corpsman, says anyone on his Stennis team could do the same.

"I’d just been recertified for CPR," he said. "Everything just kicked in — muscle memory."

Kneeling next to the unconscious flight attendant, he couldn’t detect a pulse. He started chest compressions, tilted her head back so he could fit an oxygen mask from the plane’s first aid kit onto his patient. Another sailor hastened over, to hold the flight attendant’s head steady while Alvarez concentrated on chest compressions.

"You have to keep it up until the EMTs come and can take over," he said.

So as the pilot, with clearance for an emergency landing at Atlantic City, banked and turned and then landed, he kept going: on the floor of the plane, by the flight attendant lying there.

No seat belt.

If there were bumps or turbulence, he didn’t notice.

"At times like this, it’s the patient first," he said. "You don’t think about yourself."
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...The kids are all right.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 06/28/2022 4:52 Comments || Top||


South Carolina man killed after 11-foot alligator pulled him into pond
(NYPOST] A South Carolina man was killed Friday after officials say an 11-foot alligator attacked him and pulled him into a retention pond.

In a Facebook post, the Horry County Police Department said they responded to a water rescue call around 11:45 a.m. Friday near the Myrtle Beach Golf & Yacht Club.

They and members of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Section and SCDNR Law Enforcement Division also responded to assist.

When they arrived at the scene, it was determined that the alligator grabbed the unidentified man standing near a retention pond and pulled him in.

The man’s body was later recovered from the pond, and officials determined that the alligator should be euthanized on site.

FOX News correspondent Phil Keating reports there are millions of alligators in the United States, from Texas to the Carolinas.
Posted by: Fred || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Was he talking a 'selfie' at the time?
Posted by: magpie || 06/28/2022 22:01 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
New York City, DC run out of monkeypox vaccines
[FoxNews] Big whoop. According to the CDC, monkeypox can be treated with antivirals, such as tecovirimat, though it’s only recommended for those with weakened immune systems.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

CDC mentioned those of us that had smallpox VAX's may have some coverage?

"Smallpox/monkeypox vaccine (JYNNEOS™) can help protect against smallpox, monkeypox, and other diseases caused by orthopoxviruses, including vaccinia virus.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/28/2022 9:17 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
SCOTUS Sides With High School Football Coach Barred From Praying on Field After Games
[WLT] The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a high school football coach in a First Amendment case about prayer at the 50-yard-line.

In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS says the public school district violated the coach’s free speech and free exercise rights when it barred him from praying on the field after games.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion and noted, "The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike."

The majority also said it was abandoning the Lemon test and its "endorsement test offshoot" to evaluate establishment clause questions.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 06:16 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's freedom 'of' religion, not 'from' religion.
Posted by: Cesare || 06/28/2022 7:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Sotomayor said the decision "does a disservice" to schools, children and "our Nation’s longstanding commitment to the separation of church and state."
"It elevates one individual’s interest in personal religious exercise, in the exact time and place of that individual’s choosing, over society’s interest in protecting the separation between church and state, eroding the protections for religious liberty for all," she added.
She couldn't be more wrong. Any football player who didn't want to be there was free to leave.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 06/28/2022 7:49 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Strangely, 'worship of the State' is a topic seldom discussed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 7:54 Comments || Top||

#4  Given the 'rulers' promote every perversion and commie idea in the system, its about time something of Western Civilization is allowed if only on the periphery.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/28/2022 7:54 Comments || Top||

#5  It elevates one individual’s interest in personal religious exercise, in the exact time and place of that individual’s choosing, over society’s interest...

Remember that quote. That is the authoritarian left's view in a nutshell.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2022 8:03 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ This. DV hits it.
Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2022 8:31 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ Individuality be icky in commie world.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 8:36 Comments || Top||

#8 

This how far LIBERAL ATHEIST Agenda has penetrated our School Systems with their ATHEIST crap.

A teacher, thanking GOD, had to have the SCOTUS to rule to allow him to thank GOD AFTER a Game. All while they (LSD's) promote Anti-Pronouns, Transgenderism, various forms of mental Illness and teach kids they can be Animals.

Remember it 50 years ago this month
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/28/2022 8:51 Comments || Top||

#9  The very fact SCOTUS said "you are allowed to pray" and progressives say "that cannot stand" tells you the entire story.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 9:11 Comments || Top||

#10  Great to know that "free exercise of religion" means "free exercise of religion."

But very sad that 3 supreme court justices thought that it didn't.
Posted by: Tom || 06/28/2022 11:39 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ Word.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 11:43 Comments || Top||

#12  It's past time to introduce school administrators to Title 18, Section 242.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/28/2022 15:25 Comments || Top||

#13  But very sad that 3 supreme court justices thought that it didn't.

Oh they just don't care It elevates one individual’s interest in personal religious exercise, in the exact time and place of that individual’s choosing, over society’s interest.

They were specifically chosen for their task and they are performing it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/28/2022 15:33 Comments || Top||

#14  In Pride Month, yet!
Posted by: Big Sheting6752 || 06/28/2022 17:21 Comments || Top||


West Point Graduates And Officers Sign Letter Arguing That Biden Defense Department Is Violating Army Regulations
[Tennessee Star] Several retired U.S. military officers signed a letter written by "Concerned Graduates of West Point and The Long Gray Line," which objects to mandatory vaccinations, CRT instruction, progressivism and other "woke" sentiments in the military academy.

"We wanted to challenge the leadership of the Academy and the Defense Dept on their WOKE actions, CRT, Diversity training and the other discrepancies in the Academy," retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, told the Epoch Times.

"We found it pervasive at the Naval and Air Force Academies so we knew it was directed from the highest levels of our Military Leadership. We all want the Military to get back on track to training and leading our Armed Forces to secure America and it's Citizens," he said.

The letter, titled, "Declaration of Betrayal of West Point And the Long Gray Line," requests from the academy information in a number of areas including a justification for the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of cadets and an explanation for reaching so-called "Critical Race Theory" at West Point.

In addition to other information, the letter also demands to know why some civilian faculty members have been permitted to become involved with political activism, violating the "long-standing policy of the Academy and Army Regulations."

And it questions the institution's "exclusive reliance upon radical progressive guest speakers to address the Corps of Cadets."

"This practice results in prejudiced political activism on the part of the Staff and Faculty in violation of Army Regulation," reads the letter.

The signees, who include a number of military officers, say they have witnessed and been informed of a modern rejection of the principles of the military academy that could ultimately endanger the institution's core and original mission to "educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career or professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army."
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 05:58 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

I predict these West Point Graduates And Officers that signed the Letter will see a series of Politically "created" scandles, or they will be stationed in Africa or on the border of UKRAINE
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#2  ^ People who don't get how the game is played deserve whatever happens to them.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 9:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Not a USAMA grad. Been retired just over 20 years. Some of my old colleagues and I still don't know how we made it.
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#4  ^ I said that to myself when I got through college in only 4 years. I knew so many people on the 6 year plan.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  How about that! There is hope.
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#6  As a proud OCS Mustang I am pleased to see courage still flickers at the Monastery on the Hudson.
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Africa North
Libya among Few Countries Still Operating 30-Year Old Airbus A340
[LibyaReview] The Airbus A340 has been out of production for about a decade now. Yet, the four-engined jet continues to operate commercial service. There are nearly 80 Airbus A340s still listed as active in a few countries, including Libya.

The remaining active A340s mostly fall into two categories: VIP government transports, or wet-lease services. Governments that use the A340 as Presidential or VIP transports, include Azerbaijan, Libya, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, Egypt, Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Iran, Kuwait, and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
The government of Algeria has an A340-500, while the Kingdom of Eswatini has a single -300. The Royal Thai Air Force has an active -500, while the German Air Force also operates a pair of A340-300s.

According to Planespotters.net, there are 79 A340s listed as active, 35 listed as parked, and 87 listed as stored.

Given the status of this aircraft type as old and inefficient, it’s questionable if the jets listed stored will indeed ever return to service again. While perhaps a handful of stored Lufthansa A340-600s maybe eventually be re-activated, it’s unlikely that the three SAS A340-300s will ever fly out of their current home at the Marana storage site in Arizona.

Those listed as parked have a much better chance of flying again, but there is always the possibility that these will eventually have their status changed to stored.

Notably, there are more A340 operators out there than those flying Airbus’ other quad jet, the A380. Indeed, if sanctions against certain countries persist, perhaps it’s possible that the A340 will outlive the A380 in terms of active commercial service. The A380, after all, is much more costly to operate, and isn’t able to access as many airports as its older but smaller sibling.

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#1  Well, if you had a choice, would it be an Airbus A340 or a Boeing 737 MAX?
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#2  /\ A DC-3 cause its a tough old bird and still flying.
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#3  I would pick the 340; i don’t think the Max is done crashing yet. I specifically refuse flights where that is the listed equipment.
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Bullseye! Ukrainian soldiers use British-made Starstreak surface-to-air missile to 'shoot down' ANOTHER Russian helicopter worth £12million in incredible long range shot
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#1  You can draft hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder to send into combat, but making credible pilots takes much mush longer.
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Russia bans 43 more Canadians from entering its territory
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For the past 24 hrs, 20 Russian strikes on Donetsk region have been documented, - the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] Among the victims is a child.

by Zaza Poualishvili


During the day, the Russians fired on twelve settlements. The occupiers beat with aircraft, missiles, artillery, MLRS "Hail", "Hurricane" and "Tornado". There are civilians killed and wounded.

This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on its official Telegram channel .

The enemy fired on the town of Avdievka, the town of Slovyansk, the town of Toretsk, the town of Bakhmut, the town of Kostiantynivka and the town of Maryinka, the town of Raigorodok, the village of Novoluhanske, village Malynivka, village Katerynivka, village Lighthouses and with. Karpivka. 20 civilian buildings were destroyed - 11 houses, a school, a coke plant and garages.

A boy born in 2012 was wounded in the village of Malynivka as a result of shelling by cluster shells. The child is in the hospital.

"The police and the Security Service of Ukraine have opened criminal proceedings under Art. 438 (violation of laws and customs of war) of the Criminal code of Ukraine », - the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs summarizes.

We will remind, Russia gathers forces on the Slavic direction.

Two civilians die in Russian artillery attacks in the Donetsk region, Kyrylenko

[LB] Another 13 people were injured today.

by Alexander Kravchenko


Today, June 27, the Russians killed two civilians in the Donetsk region .

This was announced by the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko .

Two civilians were killed by the Russians - in Slovyansk and Selidovo.

We will remind, Russia once again struck blows across the city of Kremenchuk that in Poltava region. The occupiers hit the Kremenchuk shopping and entertainment center, injuring at least dozens of people. It is already known about 13 dead.

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Russian military shelled Lisichansk from Uragans
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[Vesti] Residents of Lisichansk were hit by Russian Hurricanes. This was announced on Monday, June 27, by the head of the Luhansk region Serhiy Gaidai.

According to him, the blow was delivered at the moment when civilians were collecting water from a mobile tank.

As a result, eight people were killed and 21 others were injured. Among them are two children.

"The Russians are storming Lisichansk, besides, they are constantly destroying the city with all possible weapons. The quantitative advantage is on the side of the enemy. Our defenders lack long-range artillery. For the last two days we have not been able to deliver humanitarian supplies, but the city is kept on stocks that we made in advance, in including the hospital is equipped with everything necessary. In the occupied territories, "someone" is constantly littering with cigarette butts. Several enemy BCs have been destroyed ," the head of the UVA said.

Also, as Gaidai noted, the invaders will not be able to restore communications in the occupied Severodonetsk, and the meager humanitarian aid from them is a window dressing for the propaganda "media", no one will bring enough food and medicine for the townspeople.

As Vesti.ua reported, today Russian aircraft attacked Kremenchug. As a result of rockets hitting the Amstor mall, ten people were killed, about 40 were injured . There were about a thousand people in the mall, so the number of victims is likely to only increase.

It also became known that as a result of today's shelling of Kharkov, four people were killed, 19 were injured, including four children.

Gaidai urges residents of Lisichansk to urgently leave the city

[Vesti] The head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai, called on the residents of Lisichansk and the territorial community to urgently evacuate. He wrote about this in Telegram .

“Due to the existence of a real threat to life and health, we call for an urgent evacuation! The situation in the city is extremely difficult! Save yourself and your loved ones. Take care of the children!” he emphasized.

He assured that all those who left will be taken care of at the places of arrival on the territory of Ukraine and left phone numbers for reference: 050 208 92 23, 095 513 80 91, 050 986 42 10, 066 464 22 83.

Gaidai also recalled that on June 26, six residents of Lisichansk were evacuated.

"Each of those who hesitate should understand that next time it will be even more difficult. Do not miss these chances," the head of the OVA stressed.

It should be noted that the Russian military continues to shell Lisichansk in the Luhansk region, in particular, over the past day, at least 11 houses, infrastructure facilities, and two churches were damaged in the city.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 27th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:40 The Russians today after 16:00 began shelling from cannon artillery in the Sumy region: more than 40 shots were fired at the Krasnopol community, as a result of which one person was injured. After 22:00, the enemy opened fire on the Belopolskaya community, said the head of the UVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

23:39 Moody's agency stated that holders of Russian Eurobonds did not receive payments in due time, which is considered a default.

23:38 Tonight Russians fired at Nikolaev with cluster shells from Hurricanes, Mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. Private houses and a car were damaged.

23:35 At the NATO summit, an "awakening" of the alliance is expected, Yegor Chernev, head of the Ukrainian permanent delegation to the NATO PA, said on the air of the telethon. According to him, this will be expressed in increased support for Ukraine. And Chernev connects the acceleration of our country's integration into the alliance with the end of the war - then, probably, "we will very quickly follow this path and, possibly, without a MAP." He also said that tomorrow at the summit of the alliance the issue of Ukraine's transition to NATO standards, in particular, rearmament, will be discussed.

23:33 Currently, more than 40 applications have already been received from citizens about the disappearance of their relatives after the shelling of the mall in Kremenchuk, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.

23:31 Ukraine won an interim victory in the UN maritime arbitration against Russia. The UN Arbitration Tribunal for the Law of the Sea supported the position of Kyiv and ruled that it had jurisdiction to consider the case of the seizure by the Russian Federation of three ships and sailors in November 2018.

23:08 As a result of the shelling of Kharkov, the number of wounded increased to 31, including five children aged 8-12. The death toll remained unchanged - five people , said the head of the regional police Vladimir Timoshko.

23:04 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the Russian army does not know how to fight. He stated this in an address to the leaders of the G7: “Our common potential is absolutely enough to defeat the Russian army - it does not know how to fight. All the operations that we carry out to de-occupy our territories show one thing: the occupiers pour in when they have something put pressure on them. They don't know how to resist."

The President recalled that even before the start of a full-scale war, Ukraine told its partners that it needed modern missile defense: “The world is capable, and therefore must stop Russian terror. And now I can already say this - I heard it from our partners: Ukraine must receive reliable missile defense, we are waiting for the delivery of the corresponding systems."

22:49 Today's Russian attack on a shopping center in Kremenchuk is one of the most daring terrorist attacks in the history of Europe, Zelensky said in an evening video message. According to him, before the announcement of the air raid alert, there were about a thousand people in the shopping center, but many managed to get out. "Only completely frostbitten terrorists, who should not have a place on earth, can strike such an object with missiles. And this is not a mistaken missile hit, this is a calculated Russian strike on this particular shopping center," the president stressed.

He stated that "the Russian state has become the largest terrorist organization in the world - this is a fact, and this should be a legal fact." Zelensky said that this morning he called on the United States to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The corresponding resolution has been approved by the US Senate committee, and the legal decision can be taken by the State Department.

According to the president, during the full-scale invasion, Russia used almost 2,800 different cruise missiles against Ukraine: "The number of air bombs, rocket artillery shells hitting our cities is simply incalculable. There are hundreds of thousands of them over the four months of the war. This is nothing but terror".

22:10 In Kremenchug, as a result of a missile attack on the mall, the number of victims increased to 13 , said the head of the Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin.

22:08 In Lisichansk, the Russians fired on local residents from Hurricanes who were collecting water from a tanker: eight people died, 21 were taken to the hospital , said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. Of those who asked for help, 16 citizens were evacuated to hospitals in other regions, the rest remained in the city.

22:03 First Deputy Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that the "situation" in Kremenchug looks "like a provocation in Bucha."

22:01 The Russian Defense Ministry said that Kiev is allegedly preparing a provocation at the Krivorozh thermal power plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of which "the population of most of the central regions of Ukraine will be left without electricity."

21:57 As of 20:50, firefighting continues in the building of the shopping center in Kremenchug. The bodies of ten dead were found at the scene of the fire, and another person died in the hospital. 59 people turned to medical institutions, 25 of them were hospitalized, the State Emergency Service reported.

21:55 Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said that after the rocket attacks on the shopping center in Kremenchug, even more sanctions should be imposed against Russia: “Another terrible war crime of Russia is the rocket attacks on the shopping center in Kremenchug. The day will come when those responsible will be held accountable, "Until then, let's stop calling the Kremlin. They need to be completely isolated, more sanctions need to be imposed. My condolences to all those affected."

21:53 Johnson at a meeting of G7 leaders condemned the Russian missile attack on Kremenchuk: "This terrible attack once again showed the depth of cruelty and barbarism into which the Russian leader will fall. <...> Putin must understand that his behavior will only strengthen the resolve of the UK and any other G7 country to support Ukraine for as long as necessary."

Also, the British prime minister said in an interview with the BBC that the world should continue to support Ukraine regardless of the cost, because "the price of freedom is worth it." He recalled that during the Second World War, it took a lot of time and money to overthrow dictators, but "decades of stability" and "long-term prosperity" came.

21:49 Over the past day, Russian troops have not advanced in the Donetsk region, while their main intentions - Slavyansk and Kramatorsk - remain, the head of the UVA Pavel Kirilenko said on the air of the telethon. According to him, the situation is serious in Bakhmut, where the enemy is approaching from the Luhansk region, and Slavyansk has been under shelling for the third day. Also in the region there are again interruptions in water and electricity supply.

21:41 Argentina and Iran have applied to join the BRICS (an alliance that unites Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). This desire was announced three days apart by Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh.

21:38 As a result of today's shelling of Kharkiv by the Russian army, five people were killed, 22 were injured, five of them were children , Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. The condition of the wounded is grave and average, as a result of the shelling, the residents received explosive injuries, shrapnel wounds.

21:34 The Baykar company announced that it would give Ukraine three Bayraktars for free, for which the Ukrainians transferred money to the fund of Serhiy Prytula. The company was asked to send the collected funds to help in the struggle of the people of Ukraine.

21:27 The Pentagon called "unceremonious" Putin's statement about providing Belarus with missiles capable of carrying a nuclear charge, reporter Jack Detsch said referring to a US Department of Defense official: "I can't think of anything more irresponsible than a high-ranking leader who talks about nuclear weapons in this case".

21:25 Following the summit in Germany, the leaders of the Group of Seven countries announced that they are ready to provide financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine as much as necessary. For more information about the decisions made, see Sanctions and Putin's trolling .

21:22 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that two rockets were fired at Kremenchuk, one of which hit the shopping center, the second - the city stadium.

21:14 The Ukrainian court arrested the property of Russian companies, including RusAl, Rostec and Tatneft, worth more than 4.5 billion hryvnias, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.

21:12 Borrell called on the EU to abandon the principle of unanimity in decision-making: "As we revitalize EU enlargement, we must make similar efforts to reform the EU and the decision-making process ... This means reducing the scope of the unanimity rule in foreign policy and other areas to make more decisions by qualified majority."

The head of European diplomacy stressed that the union at various times paid for the principle of unanimity in foreign policy. As an example, he cited the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation, in particular, the exclusion of Patriarch Kirill from the sanctions list and the mitigation of some final provisions.

Borrell added that if countries know in advance that a final decision can be made by a qualified majority, they have an incentive to negotiate and build consensus. If they know that they can block everything, then they have no incentive to reach a healthy compromise: "They can sit in their positions, forcing others to change. And the more outsiders are considered successful in their tactics, the more this dynamic spreads, and now the veto occur more frequently than in the past.

21:05 JP Morgan predicted that Ukraine would receive $ 20 billion in financial assistance from the West and called for lowering the official hryvnia rate from 29.25 to 35-35.6 hryvnia per dollar: "A quick return to some form of exchange rate flexibility is required. The only way to cope with expectations - to start moving closer to the parallel foreign exchange market, which is about 35-35.6 hryvnia per dollar - this is the exchange rate in the currency offices of banks."

If this is not done, then, according to American analysts, there is a serious risk of depletion of the NBU's gold and foreign exchange reserves and destabilization of the economy, even if external financial assistance is received.

20:58 The death toll in Kremenchug has risen to 11, 25 have been hospitalized , Anton Gerashchenko said from the scene. Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky, head of the State Emergency Service Nikolai Chechetkin and head of the Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin are working on the spot.

20:48 Provocations are not ruled out from Belarus in the areas bordering Ukraine, continued air and missile strikes from the territory and airspace of Belarus are expected, as well as increased reconnaissance to clarify the positions of Ukrainian troops, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

20:46 Putin confirmed that he will go to the G20 summit in Indonesia, where Zelensky will speak. The President of Russia was invited by Indonesian leader Joko Widodo. The summit will be held in Bali on November 15-16.

20:34 Biden imposed 35 percent customs tariffs on a number of Russian goods, the import of which was not completely prohibited by sanctions, the White House said. Import duty rates have been increasing since June 27, 2022. At the same time, the United States will monitor the implementation of these customs rates and may decide to revise them.

Commenting on this decision, Yermak recalled that following the results of the G7 summit, an agreement was reached according to which the money from the increase in duties on Russian exports will be transferred to Ukraine - "in this way, Russia will be forced to pay for the war."

20:25 The United States will send an advanced air defense system to Ukraine, the White House said. According to media reports, we are talking about NASAMS complexes. Read more about them in the material What is known about NASAMS .

20:21 Residents of Mariupol are forced to hunt pigeons due to lack of food. As Mayor Vadim Boychenko said, home-made traps appeared near the 17th microdistrict: "Mariupol residents are in the ghetto, without normal drinking water and food. They cannot leave the city. Collaborators staged real hunger games for Mariupol residents."

20:17 The tactics of the Russian troops is to destroy every house, National Guard lieutenant Vladimir Nazarenko, who participated in the battles in Severodonetsk, said on television: “The enemy’s tactics is that they destroy building after building. Not just entire cities as an ephemeral concept. The enemy understands that each building could potentially have a fighter with NLAW, Javelin and other anti-tank weapons. They let the infantry forward, the infantry meets resistance, the tanks leave and begin to dismantle building after building."

20:11 The "DNR" stated that the remains of 172 Ukrainian soldiers were exhumed on the territory of Azovstal.

20:09 Canada is imposing sanctions against six individuals and 46 legal entities associated with the Russian military-industrial complex, said the office of Prime Minister Trudeau.

20:07 As a result of evening strikes on Kharkov, four people were killed, 19 were injured - among them four children, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. According to him, the strikes fell exclusively on civilian infrastructure.

20:05 The United States will begin training 50 Ukrainian military on HIMARS systems, the exercises will last for two weeks, Politico journalist Jack Detsch said following a closed briefing by Pentagon officials. Also, the US Department of Defense reported that over the weekend, the Russians fired more than 60 missiles at Kyiv, Lvov and Chernigov. In the case of Kyiv, they believe that the target of the strike was a plant that produces ammunition.

The Pentagon also reported that over the past few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated several small settlements near the occupied Kherson, and before leaving Severodonetsk, the Ukrainian military inflicted serious losses on the Russians.

At the same time, Russia does not have enough commanders, so they involved retired officers and reservists. In addition, Russian troops have changed the tactics of the war in Ukraine - they rely on rocket strikes and artillery shelling. Therefore, Ukraine asked the United States to provide air defense equipment, in particular helicopters and missiles for air defense systems.

19:49 Russian aggressors continue to storm at the front and have achieved partial success in some areas , the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening summary.

19:43 Ten people were killed and 40 injured as a result of the strike on the mall in Kremenchug , said the head of the Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin.

19:29 The Russians hit the shopping and entertainment center in Kremenchuk with X-22 missiles fired from Tu-22 M3 long-range bombers, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. The planes took off from the Shaikovka airfield in the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation, and the launches were carried out from the Kursk region.

18:42 Ukraine will receive Norwegian NASAMS air defense systems from the United States, CNN reports.

18:21 As a result of today's shelling of Kharkiv, three people were killed and 15 injured , Natalya Popova, adviser to the head of the regional council, said. She stressed that this is "definitely not the final number."

18:04 The area of ​​fire in the shopping and entertainment center in Kremenchug after a missile attack is 10,300 square meters. m, according to the State Emergency Service. 115 people and 20 pieces of equipment of the State Emergency Service are involved, a fire train of Ukrzaliznytsia is going to the place.

17:50 Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko announced the first data on the dead and injured in Kremenchug: at the moment, 20 wounded are known, nine of them are in serious condition. Two people have been confirmed dead.

17:48 As a result of enemy shelling of Kharkov, including Northern Saltovka, three people were injured, the OVA reported.

17:44 Zelensky commented on media reports about the possible resignation of the head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov: "Firstly, if I wanted to fire him, I would have fired him already, and secondly, we are undergoing an inspection of all law enforcement agencies now. It is for this reason the fact that on February 24 there was a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation on our land.

According to the president, "some representatives of various law enforcement agencies have disappeared somewhere, instead of being in place and protecting their state and people." "For various reasons. All these reasons - I travel around the regions and listen to the reports personally. And therefore, the change in the leadership of any law enforcement agency, I emphasize - any, depends only on this. Which is what I do," Zelensky said.

17:30 First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova said that rockets hit the Amstor shopping center in Kremenchug.

17:25 In Kremenchuk, the Russians fired missiles at a shopping center where there were more than a thousand civilians , Zelensky said. A strong fire broke out in the mall, rescuers are extinguishing it, "the number of victims is unimaginable," the president added.

17:21 In Ukrainian ports, about 80 foreign ships are blocked along with their crews, said Dmitry Barinov, deputy head of the Sea Ports Administration. He explained that the ships should not be left without control, since they still have goods. However, they cannot leave the ports due to Russian aggression. According to unconfirmed information, one of the ships allegedly managed to leave the Mariupol port - the ship was tracked, but there was no communication with it.

17:18 The enterprises of the Russian defense industry are trying to find analogues of hundreds of items of components for their aircraft, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports, citing materials from official correspondence dated June 20 between the command of the 8th Special Purpose Aviation Division (Chkalovsky, Moscow Region) with the leadership of defense industry enterprises that carry out production, repair and maintenance of aircraft of the An, Il, Tu series of various types and purposes.

Among the components and systems that were no longer supplied to the Russian Federation after the imposition of sanctions are beacon landing systems, smoke detectors, weather radars, radar systems, navigation systems, and even coffee makers with microwaves.

17:10 Ukraine and Moldova intend to create new transit routes, as well as strengthen cooperation in all areas, Zelensky said at a press conference with his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu in Kiev. Zelensky stressed that Ukraine and Moldova have the same root threats created by Russia: "If the threats have the same roots, then our responses must be joint."

The President also touched upon the topic of the threat from the unrecognized Pridnestrovie: “Today we raised the issue of risks. If they exist, I believe that this is a global mistake. We receive some kind of signals. They are unpleasant. But these people are from the temporarily occupied territories Moldovans should know that for us it will not be a blow, but a slap in the face, and we will respond to a slap in the face with a blow."

17:06 Mayor of Kremenchug Vitaliy Maletsky confirmed that the missile attack hit "a very crowded place , which is 100% unrelated to military operations." There are dead and wounded.

17:00 The Russian military attacked the village of Pechenegy, Kharkiv region, through which an evacuation convoy was passing. As the village head Alexander Gusarov said, as a result of the shelling there were victims, several residential buildings were destroyed.

16:49 The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Margareta Sederfelt visited the destroyed cities in the Kiev region, the Rada channel reported.

16:45 The "DNR" stated that they received a request from Morocco to communicate with the "convicted" defender of Ukraine, the request was granted.

16:43 The G7 countries are ready to provide Ukraine with up to $29.5 billion of budget support in 2022 to help close the funding gap and continue to provide basic services to the Ukrainian people, the G7 leaders said in a joint statement.

16:40 The head of the Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin said that in Kremenchug a rocket hit a civilian object, there are victims. People's Deputy Goncharenko writes that the hit was in a "very crowded place", as a result a fire broke out.

16:38 Zelensky published a video from a meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu. They communicate with each other in English.

16:23 Mayor of Poltava Oleksiy Mamay reports explosions in the city.

16:20 The operational command of Pivden reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing in the south and pushing back Russian troops, but they ask not to comment on the counteroffensive in the Kherson region, because it harms the operation. The operation continues in open steppe terrain, it is difficult to fight. In addition, the Ukrainian side does not yet have the corresponding powerful artillery, which would be as long-range as the enemy.

16:04 The head of the Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin reports on missile attacks on Kremenchug.

16:01 NATO will increase the number of high-readiness forces from 40,000 to more than 300,000 people, Stoltenberg said, talking to the press on the eve of the NATO summit in Madrid. He also said that the alliance will agree on a strengthened comprehensive assistance package for Ukraine, which will include significant supplies in areas such as secure communications, anti-drone systems and fuel.

15:56 Russia will not withdraw its troops from Ukraine and will fight to the end, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with FT: "If Russia now admits that it could not defeat Ukraine ... This is not a collapse of the system, this is a collapse of statehood. Therefore, they will fight as long as they can. The Russian army will be forced to fight to the end. They have no other choice."

15:53 ​​The correspondent asked Deputy Minister of Justice Irina Mudraya about how Ukraine, Ukrainians and Ukrainian companies will seek compensation for the damage caused by the open Russian invasion. More about this in an interview with the Deputy Minister .

15:51 The EU approved a new regulation on gas storage, which obliges to fill gas storage facilities by 80% by November 1. Now they will be considered critical infrastructure, their management must be protected from outside interference.

15:46 Stoltenberg confirmed that NATO leaders at the June 28-29 summit in Madrid will approve a new strategic concept that will identify Russia as the greatest threat.

15:23 The United States is completing the formation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which includes modern medium and long-range air defense systems , Biden's national security aide Sullivan confirmed.

15:21 Danilov said that the Sunday rocket attacks on Ukraine are a tactic of intimidation borrowed by the Russians from the Nazis during the Second World War: "In 1940, the Luftwaffe began a massive bombardment of London in order to break the resistance of the British, to undermine their morale, but this led directly to the opposite effect - the bombing rallied and angered. Rashist bombings of Kiev and other Ukrainian cities and regions have the same consequences as the Luftwaffe raids - Ukrainians are not afraid, but angry and want revenge, and Ukrainian missiles will find their high-precision targets. "

15:15 Moscow does not have the technical ability to pay off debts due to Western sanctions that have frozen most of the gold and foreign exchange reserves and foreign exchange transactions. Despite the fact that the default is technical, the consequences will be felt for years. Read more in the material What does Russia's default mean .

15:12 The beach season in Odessa will be open despite the ongoing danger, said the mayor of the city, Gennady Trukhanov. According to him, the flow of tourists is growing, the police are not enough to cope with such a large number of people: "We are now developing a project to create safe areas on the beaches, where special protective nets will be installed. We also plan to install additional observation towers."

15:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered more than ten precision strikes on Zmeiny Island tonight, destroying the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system of the Russians, OK Pivden reported. The losses of the infidels are still being specified, the military operation on the island is designed for a long time.

15:07 Compared to last summer, Russia has halved gas supplies to Europe, said Kadri Simson, member of the European Commission for Energy.

15:05 Zelensky held a meeting with the co-chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee James Rish: they discussed the situation at the front, the deepening of bilateral cooperation in the defense sphere, the tightening of sanctions and recent missile strikes - security challenges not only for Ukraine, but for the entire European continent.

15:03 Zelensky said that during his address to the participants of the G7 summit, he proposed five concrete steps that could be useful "for Ukraine, all of Europe and, importantly, to reduce the colossal costs of all countries because of this Russian war":

  • effective security guarantees for Ukraine;

  • modern missile defense for Ukraine and the supply of sufficient weapons;

  • resumption of agricultural exports from Ukraine;

  • recognition of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, radical limitation of oil revenues and confiscation of all frozen and seized Russian assets;

  • post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, which will be the biggest economic project of our time.

14:56 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that yesterday a missile attack was carried out on the shops of the Artem Rocket-Building Corporation in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, "where ammunition for Ukrainian multiple launch rocket systems was produced." Moscow claims that all four Russian missiles reached the target, "the object was hit, the civilian infrastructure of Kyiv was not damaged as a result of the use of high-precision weapons."

As for the strike on a residential building, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian forces tried to intercept Russian missiles with S-300 and Buk M1 anti-aircraft weapons, which fired more than ten missiles, "but due to the lack of interfacing of launchers located in urban areas air defense systems and radio equipment, two S-300 missiles were shot down in the air by Ukrainian Buk, presumably one of the downed anti-aircraft missiles fell on a residential building.

14:44 German self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000, which arrived in Ukraine last week, are already being used in the east of the country, writes Bild. One of the servicemen, who was trained in howitzers in Germany, told the publication that the process took more than a month. "We thought we could learn it in ten days, but it took us 36 days," he said.

14:38 Peskov commented on Akhmetov's claim to the ECHR against the Russian Federation: "We have already withdrawn from the relevant documents, so here the answer is absolutely obvious."

14:36 ​​Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov said in an interview with the Financial Times that the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Severodonetsk was a tactical step to avoid a repetition of the siege of Azovstal in Mariupol. According to him, because of this retreat, it will be very difficult for Russian forces located on the eastern banks of the river to cross and advance, especially uphill, to Lisichansk.

14:28 40 billion hryvnias are spent on the salaries of the Ukrainian military per month, Alexander Zavitnevich, head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security and defense, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to him, the amounts that Ukraine now pays monthly to military personnel were previously paid for almost a year. At the same time, they do not plan to reduce the salaries of the fighters: "I would like to increase, but we'll see, it all depends on the general state of the economy."

14:25 Zelensky, addressing the leaders of the G7, said that he wants the war in Ukraine to end before the onset of winter, writes AFP. In turn, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the G7 countries promised Zelensky to support Ukraine "for as long as necessary."

14:19 On Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, Russian troops launched the most massive missile attack on Ukraine in recent weeks, writes The New York Times. The missiles were launched from bombers in Belarusian airspace, from warships in the Black Sea and from aircraft flying over the Caspian Sea.

14:02 On the night of June 27, the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on a residential area of ​​one of the border villages of the Odessa region, as a result of which 65 houses of Ukrainians were damaged, of which four were completely destroyed by fire. According to preliminary data, eight civilians received multiple injuries, of which two children are three-year-old twins, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.

13:50 An operation center has been established in Turkey to export grain from Ukraine, Fahrettin Altun, a spokesman for the presidential administration, said: "We took on the role of an intermediary, and as a result of contacts, a consensus was reached on the establishment of an operation center in Istanbul. We hope that the ships loaded grain will be removed as soon as possible. We attach great importance to the safe execution of this process and the prevention of any accidents."

13:38 Zelensky took part in a video conference at the G7 summit. As reported in the OP, he thanked the G7 states for the defense and financial support of Ukraine, as well as for the consistent sanctions policy against the Russian Federation. The President noted that sanctions pressure on Russia should increase, in particular, by limiting the price of oil exported by the aggressor.

In turn, Reuters writes, citing an unnamed European official, that Zelensky demanded that the G7 provide Ukraine with air defense systems, impose additional sanctions and agree on security guarantees. The president also asked for help in exporting grain from Ukraine and in rebuilding the country.

13:22 G7 will commit to helping Ukraine cover a short-term budget financing gap, including US commitments of $7.5 billion. The leaders will make long-term commitments to provide security, as well as financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine.

The G7 leaders are also ready to limit Russia's income, including from gold, Russia's second largest export after energy. In particular, the US Treasury will decide to ban the import of new gold into the country, which will hinder Russia's presence in the official gold market.

13:16 The United States plans to block access to American technologies, including semiconductors, for companies that support the Russian Federation, the White House said.

12:59 Russia cannot shell Kharkiv from the air thanks to the work of Ukrainian air defense, Mayor Igor Terekhov said on the air of the telethon: "But, unfortunately, they get it from the ground - residential areas are under shelling, the distance is very small from the Russian Federation to Kharkov." He also assured that he is constantly in touch with Zaluzhny, and the city authorities are helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine in every way they can, "to strengthen the defense, to give people the opportunity to live more or less normally, and our public utilities to prepare for the autumn-winter season."

12:44 In Ukraine, at the request of the SBU, they blocked about 500 pro-Russian YouTube channels with an audience of more than 15 million subscribers. Also, 1529 Telegram channels and bots, 426 accounts on Instagram, 93 on Facebook, 1050 on TikTok were transferred for blocking.

12:41 The mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh reports new shelling of the city. At night, a missile attack was launched on the sector of multi-storey buildings on the street. Novyi Byt, and in the morning the houses on the street were damaged by a rocket attack. Torskaya and the adjacent private sector. There are dead and wounded. "This is almost the center of the city. There are no military facilities here," the mayor stressed and urged residents to evacuate.

12:37 G7 leaders agreed that the money from the increase in duties on Russian exports will be transferred to Ukraine. The White House press release said the G7 leaders "will seek permission to use the proceeds from any new tariffs on Russian goods to help Ukraine to ensure that Russia pays the cost of the war."

The United States alone will increase tariffs on 570 groups of Russian goods in the amount of $2.3 billion. The United States also intends to impose sanctions on about 500 more Russian officials.

12:18 In Mariupol, local residents continue to record the movement of Russian equipment in the Mariupol region and last night in the Volonakh region towards the Zaporozhye region. Large and small columns, tankers and a truck with manpower, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko.

12:00 Klitschko on the air of the telethon warned the people of Kiev that the heating season in the capital would not be easy: “I can say, referring to the words of Minister Chernyshev that, unfortunately, this season will not be easy for us. And, maybe, the temperature in residential premises "It will be a little lower than usual. We are doing everything now to use modern technologies and prepare for the winter, but all other issues lie in the plane of the state, and we hope for a timely supply of energy."

11:54 Moldovan President Maia Sandu arrived on a visit to Ukraine , her press service reported. She plans to visit Borodianka, Bucha and Irpin, and also meet with Zelensky.

11:43 Stoltenberg promised to increase the defense capability of the Baltic countries and assured that Russia would not be able to capture Tallinn. The new military plan, to be agreed upon at the Madrid summit, will improve the alliance's eastern defenses by shifting the focus to the overall defense of allied territories, he said.

Earlier, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that with the current NATO strategy, her country would be wiped off the map in the event of an invasion. Nato's Gosek said he had already discussed "precisely these issues" with her and the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia.

11:36 Johnson and Trudeau addressed the Ukrainian people and Zelensky from the site of the G7 summit. The leaders of Great Britain and Canada announced increased sanctions, increased military assistance and declared unwavering support for the Ukrainians.

11:30 Almost all units of the Ukrainian army left Severodonetsk and took with them the funds that they had, said the mayor of the city Alexander Stryuk. According to him, the evacuation of civilians from the areas around Severodonetsk is now impossible - only towards the Russian Federation. There are about 7-8 thousand citizens left in Gorda, the invaders seize the surviving houses. The situation with water and food is critical. Only once did the Russians demonstratively hand out help to the camera.

11:24 In Kiev, rescue work continues at the site of Russian shelling in the Shevchenko district, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Two adults and a seven-year-old girl remain in the city's hospitals, four of the six injured were hospitalized in total, and one more person died.

11:20 At night, the Russian army fired two missiles in the direction of Akhtyrka, said the head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. Also last night, shots from automatic weapons were heard along the border of the Sumy region. No damage or casualties.

11:16 The opening of the corridor for the export of grain from Ukraine may take 3-4 weeks after reaching agreements between Ukraine and Russia, said Erdogan's speaker and adviser on international issues, Ibrahim Kalin. He recalled that the Ukrainians mined the Odessa port area when the war began. "It's only fair that they don't want to clear it because Russia could attack," Kalin admitted, adding that the Ukrainian side had offered several other options for exporting the grain.

He also said that Ankara is negotiating the organization of a joint meeting between Turkey - Ukraine - Russia - the UN.

11:12 Rinat Akhmetov filed a lawsuit against Russia at the ECHR - he demands that the Russian Federation be held accountable for the destroyed Ukrainian infrastructure, in particular the Azovstal plant, as well as for looting and stolen goods. Akhmetov said that this lawsuit is one of the first international legal actions against Russia.

Earlier, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law allowing not to execute decisions of the ECtHR made after March 16, 2022.

10:56 NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana explained in an interview with European Pravda why the alliance does not give Ukraine weapons: "We in NATO have an agreement on the distribution of roles. The Alliance as such provides Ukraine with non-lethal assistance, and the member states - lethal weapons. In the end "After all, what is more important for you: this distribution, or are you interested in the end result, that is, has Ukraine received assistance? Therefore, I advise friends in Kiev to perceive our assistance as a whole."

10:32 In the Donetsk region, 20 rocket strikes were recorded per day, there is a child among the victims, the National Police reported. 12 settlements were hit - Avdeevka, Slavyansk, Toretsk, Bakhmut, Konstantinovka, Maryinka, Raigorodok, Novoluganskoye, Malinovka, Yekaterinovka, Mayaki, Karpovka villages. 20 civilian objects were destroyed.

10:19 Senator, Chairman of the Republican wing of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the US Senate Jim Rish paid an official visit to the Kyiv region, OVA reported.

10:17 Due to the missile attack on the bridge in Cherkassy, ​​the passage on the dam is subject to restrictions: the passage of vehicles over 8 tons is prohibited, said the head of the OVA Igor Taburets.

10:15 NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana said in an interview with European Pravda that the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield is, among other things, the merit of the alliance: "Of course, we all applaud and incredibly admire the courage of your soldiers. But one of the components of their success on the battlefield is the battlefield is what they were taught to fight according to NATO standards, both the alliance as an organization and individual allies - the Canadians, the British, the Americans, the Poles, the Romanians and others."

"The current successful operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a combination of heroism and ingenuity, we really see a lot of cool military decisions on their part, but these are just the decisions that correspond to the NATO style, which were made possible thanks to the approaches to command that we taught you" Joan said.

10:12 British intelligence reports that although Russia's main operational focus remains the Severodonetsk-Lisichansky "pocket", a week of intense shelling indicates that Russia is trying to take the initiative on the northern axis of Izyum. At the same time, Ukrainian troops hold the line in this sector, making good use of the forest area to support the defense.

Analysts also note that in the coming weeks, the Russian campaign is likely to increasingly rely on the echelons of reserve forces. The Russian Army Combat Reserve is a recent innovation. It is made up of part-time volunteer reservists deployed as entire units, usually assigned to rear-line missions.

The human mobilization resource is a significant pool of all veterans who have served in the regular army over the past five years. But despite the constant shortage of reservists, the Russian leadership is likely to continue to be reluctant to accept the idea of ​​ordering a general mobilization, experts say.

10:04 At night, the Russians fired on the Odessa region with a Kh-22 cruise missile fired from an enemy Tu-22 aircraft from the direction of Crimea. Eight people, including one child, received minor shrapnel wounds as a result of the explosion, said Serhiy Bratchuk, speaker of the UVA.

10:02 Hundreds of children stolen in Ukraine were found in the Romashka camp near Taganrog. Their forcible removal may become an episode of the genocide process in the future. According to the Nestka edition, there are 414 children in the "health center" now, the youngest - two years old, the oldest - 18 years old. Russian teenagers are not allowed into the camp.

A volunteer who visited the camp said that it included not only orphans from boarding schools, but also those who were left unattended, since their fathers went to war. Many children talk about wanting to return home, but they are planning to be given Russian passports and start looking for new families to adopt.

09:56 The "LPR" states that "more than 500 civilians" were evacuated from the industrial zone of Severodonetsk Azot on Sunday, June 26.

09:52 Russia has changed its approach to shelling Ukrainian cities, Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said on Espresso: "They are massively shelling Ukrainian cities. Previously, they fired several missiles, but now dozens. They shoot from different points. That is why air defense is difficult to cope with with them. Launched missiles were developed in the middle of the last century and were intended to destroy aircraft carriers, cruisers and ships. They have up to 1,000 kg of explosive charge and a speed of up to 3,000-4,000 km. Therefore, they are difficult to shoot down."

According to Denisenko, such missiles cause great damage because they are not accurate and were intended for military combat. At the same time, the Russians have enough stocks of Soviet equipment, while there are problems with the production of Caliber and high-precision equipment.

09:41 The British government announced that it will provide assistance to Ukrzaliznytsia in the amount of more than 11.5 million euros. The aid will come in the form of materials and equipment to repair railroad infrastructure to facilitate train traffic and grain removal. In addition, London offers the assistance of its experts in creating safe corridors for commercial vessels with Ukrainian grain. The UK also announced the allocation of 1.5 million pounds sterling to develop an algorithm to detect grain on the world market that Russia illegally exported from Ukraine.

09:13 In the Chuguevsky district, as a result of enemy shelling, two people were killed, two more were injured, the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. Also at night in Kharkiv, a Russian missile hit a school yard, and another missile strike damaged an administrative building. There were no casualties.

09:06 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 27. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Kurakhovsky directions.

  • personnel - about 35,000 (+150) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1552 (+20),

  • armored combat vehicles - 3687 (+28),

  • artillery systems - 771 (+7),

  • MLRS - 243 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 101 (+2),

  • aircraft - 217 (+0),

  • helicopters - 184 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 636 (+6),

  • cruise missiles - 139 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 14 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 2575 (+11),

  • special equipment - 60 (+0).

08:43 In Mariupol, when examining buildings in the Levoberezhny district, in a house hit by an air bomb at the intersection of Pobedy Avenue and Blvd. More than 100 bodies of those who died from the bombing were found in Meotids. The bodies are still under the rubble, the occupiers do not plan to remove and bury, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said. According to him, the exhumation in the city continues, but the priority is the courtyards of schools and kindergartens. After exhumation, odor pits are treated here. On the streets and in the yards after exhumation, processing is not carried out.

08:35 Today, an exhibition of Russian military equipment destroyed by the Ukrainian defense forces opens in Warsaw. An exposition called For our and your freedom! will open in the historical center of the Polish capital - on Castle Square. The organizers of the exhibition are the Ministry of Defense and the Office of the Prime Minister of Poland.

08:31 In Slavyansk, Donetsk region, one of the microdistricts suffered as a result of night shelling, said the mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakh. Damaged houses, power lines, because of which the city was left without electricity. The mayor again urged residents to evacuate.

08:16 On June 26, enemy attack aircraft launched airstrikes on Lisichansk and Volcheyarovka. Fighting is going on in Volcheyarovka. The Russians tried to attack in the area of ​​Verkhnekamenka, but were forced to retreat, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. In Lisichansk, the territory of the bus station, the building of the St. Mitrofanov Church, the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara, one of the enterprises, and the premises of the border detachment were shelled.

07:59 Belarus sent another echelon of ammunition to the Belgorod region, but there were no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups in Volyn and Polesie, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . Near Marinka, as well as in the Bakhmut and Donetsk directions, Ukrainian defenders repulsed the assaults and stopped the advance of the enemy.

07:37 Japan expands sanctions against Russia - about 160 more individuals and legal entities are blacklisted, NHK TV channel reported.

07:25 Bratchuk warns of a high threat of rocket attacks in the Odessa region. According to him, there are two enemy missile carriers in the Black Sea, 16 Caliber missiles are ready to attack. The counter-sabotage operation continues.

05:34 In the Odessa region, the enemy launched a missile attack using Tu-22M strategic aircraft. The blow fell on a peaceful settlement, residential buildings and utility rooms were damaged, a fire started on a total area of ​​​​about 500 square meters. m. Previously, six people were injured, including one child, said the speaker of the Odessa OVA Sergey Bratchuk.

03:51 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing the collected data, reports that the head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko, is leading the so-called "special operation" in Ukraine instead of Alexander Dvornikov, commander of the Southern Military District.

Analysts also note that the massive missile attack on the Shevchenkovsky district of Kyiv on June 26 was a response to the discussion of Western leaders in helping Ukraine during the G7 summit, as were the attacks on April 29 during the visit of UN Secretary General António Guterres to Kyiv.

03:20 Lithuania intends to veto the decision of the European Commission on the unlimited transit of goods to Russia through the EU countries, if adopted, writes Delfi. Member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius said that several meetings were held in the EU this week and Lithuania expressed an uncompromising position on the inadmissibility of the transit of sanctioned goods to Kaliningrad.

03:03 Spanish NASAMS air defense systems have been deployed in Latvia to strengthen the protection of the Baltic region, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The air defense systems were deployed at the Lielvarde military air base on June 26 in response to the need to strengthen the defense capabilities of the Baltic region after a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

02:42 In three districts of the Kherson region, Ukrainian aviation attacked the accumulation of manpower and military equipment of the enemy, OK Pivden reports. Russian troops have stepped up aerial reconnaissance in the Kherson region, trying to reconnoiter the positions of Ukrainian units. The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed three Russian drones Orlan-10.

02:14 In Russia, for the first time since 1918, there was a default on sovereign debt in foreign currency due to sanctions that made payments to foreign creditors impossible, writes Bloomberg. This is a sign that the country is turning into an "economic, financial and political pariah," the newspaper notes.

02:01 This week, the United States will announce its intention to supply medium and long-range missile defense systems to Ukraine, CNN reports citing a source.

00:18 Significant and important news from Canada on defense support is expected in the near future, Andriy Sibiga, deputy head of the Presidential Office, said on the air of the telethon following a telephone conversation between Zelensky and Trudeau. Sibiga added that against the backdrop of the shelling of Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine on June 26, the question of the supply of air defense systems again arose: "We expect a lot from this meeting [G7], there are such agreements." Answering a question about possible negotiations with Moscow, Sibiga stressed that the Ukrainian position remains unchanged - there can be no talk of any negotiations before the withdrawal of Russian troops.
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Russian forces enter the Lisichansk refinery
Direct Translation via Google Translate Edited.
[RIA Novosti] The allied forces of Russia and the Lugansk People's Republic entered the territory of the Lisichansk oil refinery from the east, LPR Ambassador Rodion Miroshnik said on his Telegram channel.

"From the eastern side, the allied forces also entered the territory of the Linik refinery and continue to squeeze the militants out of the territory of the enterprise," Miroshnik wrote.

He added that Ukrainian units still "continue to be at the refinery."

Remains of 172 Ukrainian soldiers found in Azovstal

[RIA Novosti] The remains of 172 Ukrainian servicemen were exhumed on the territory of the Azovstal plant, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Donetsk People's Republic reported on its Telegram channel.

"Investigators of the General Prosecutor's Office of the DPR , together with employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR, continue to work on examining the territory of Mariupol , including the Azovstal plant," the statement said.

According to the agency, on May 20, 2022, the remains of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers buried during the active phase of the liberation of the city were also exhumed in the Petrovsky Park.

It is noted that the investigators of the prosecutor's office, together with colleagues from the Investigative Committee of Russia, found on the spot lists with the data of the buried, which made it possible to identify them.
At the end of May, the Russian army and units of the DPR liberated the last line of defense of Ukrainian troops in Mariupol - the territory of the Azovstal plant.

In total, according to the Ministry of Defense, since May 16, more than 2,400 militants from the nationalist Azov battalion (against whose militants criminal cases have been initiated in Russia) and Ukrainian soldiers have laid down their arms and surrendered.

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At least 13 dead after Russian missiles strike Ukrainian mall crowded with 1,000 shoppers
[NYPOST] Ukrainian officials said Monday that 13 civilians were confirmed dead and scores more were missing following a Russian missile attack on a crowded shopping center in the Poltava Oblast that was filled with some 1,000 people.

Footage shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from the scene in the city of Kremenchuk showed orange flames and clouds of thick black smoke pouring out of the strip mall, with onlookers and firefighters standing outside.

"The invaders hit the mall where there were more than 1,000 civilians ... the number of victims cannot even be imagined," Ukraine’s leader wrote on social media. "(It) posed no danger to the Russian army, not a single strategic value."

Zelensky added: "Russia continues to take out its impotence on ordinary citizens. Hoping for common sense and humanity on Russia’s part is useless."

Regional governor Dmytro Lunin said Monday that, in addition to the 13 known dead, more than 50 others were found maimed as rescue crews continued to crawl through the rubble.

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
G7 leaders condemn Russia for its strike on the shopping center in Kremenchug

[REGNUM] The leaders of the G7 countries (USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan) condemned the alleged Russian military missile attack on the Amstor shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchug. This is stated in the joint statement of the G7.

"We, the leaders of the G7, condemn the heinous attack on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk."

from a joint statement by the leaders of the G7 countries
In the statement, the responsibility for what happened in the Poltava region was traditionally assigned to Russia.

Earlier, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, said that the fire in the Kremenchug Amstor shopping center "with 1,000 visitors" allegedly arose as a result of a deliberate missile attack by the Russian military, which is a "terrorist act."

According to the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration Dmitry Lunin , at least 13 people died as a result of the fire in the shopping center. First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky called the incident reminiscent of a provocation organized by the Kiev regime in Bucha.

A fake about a strike on a shopping center with 1,000 visitors in Kremenchug was exposed

[REGNUM] The information that the Russian military attacked the Amstor shopping center (the city of Kremenchug, Ukraine), which was full of visitors, is false, the telegram channel “War against fakes” reports on June 27.

The international media quickly picked up the news, according to which "a Russian missile hit the shopping center with 1,000 visitors" . This is how they reacted to information disseminated on June 27 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , who stated that there were about a thousand civilians in the shopping center at the time of the strike.

The Ukrainian authorities cite official data: preliminary, two people were killed, 20 were injured. The information was disseminated by the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko .

An analysis of messages on the Internet shows that the shopping center was probably not working. This is evidenced by the almost empty parking lot and attendance data. A large number of military men with weapons next to the building is also typical. There is information that equipment repaired at Dormash, the Kremenchug plant of road machines, was stored on the territory of the shopping center.

Amstor shopping center is located next to Dormash, 90 meters away. In one of the videos, it seems to people that the rocket hit the plant, judging by their comments. Since 2014, the plant has been repairing equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A railway line from the Kremenchug station leads to Dormash.

The Kremenchug station is one of the most important railway junctions in Ukraine, connecting the central and western parts of the country. In addition, in Kremenchug there is a locomotive depot (TC-6) and the Kremenchug power supply distance (EC-8). The station is actively used to supply fuel from the Kremenchug refinery for the needs of the Ukrainian army.

In the coming days, a NATO summit will be held, during which Zelensky will ask for military assistance from the Western "big brother". Now the Ukrainian authorities are preparing the ground to make a new Bucha out of Amstor, the authors of the publication note.

Polyansky compared the footage of the fire in Kremenchuk with the provocation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bucha

[RIA Novosti] Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, suggested that "the attack on the shopping center in Kremenchug" was another Ukrainian provocation. He wrote about this on Twitter.

“It looks like we are dealing with a new Bucha-style provocation. We have to wait what our Ministry of Defense says, but there are already too many conspicuous inconsistencies. This is exactly what the Kyiv regime needs to keep the focus on Ukraine before the NATO summit,” - said the deputy chairman.

On Monday, footage of a shopping center in Kremenchug engulfed in flames appeared on social networks.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense called all photographs and videos published by the Kiev regime, allegedly testifying to crimes in Bucha , another provocation. As noted in the department, during the time this settlement was under the control of the Russian army, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov

The names of those killed in the provocation in Bucha have not yet been presented, Lavrov said.

They also stressed that all units completely left Bucha on March 30, and exits from the city in the northern direction were not blocked, while the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were fired around the clock by Ukrainian troops from large-caliber artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems.

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#1  How this story will turn out is precisely the reason why I won't source news about this war just from western and western sponsored Ukrainian sources.

The line of bullshit coming from the Ukrainians about this incident is very thick.
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#2  And the line of bullshit from the Russians is very fluid and odiferous.
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#3  What no baby formula factory?
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#5  Skid, those photos certainly dispute the "analysis" linked in another article. I wonder if anyone in Russia (except those Putin can absolutely trust) has seen them.
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#6  Skid, those photos certainly dispute the "analysis" linked in another article. I wonder if anyone in Russia (except those Putin can absolutely trust) has seen them.

The Mail article said the nearby factory was hit. It was the target.
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#7  More lies and bullshit from the prime propaganda outlet.

A much better description is at moonofalabama.org. It includes Ukrainian television's video of the incident on the factory grounds, photos showing the direct hit hit on the enormous munitions factory and Google maos' satellite imagery showing the huge factory as immediately adjacent to the tiny mall.
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#8  And the Ukrainians' bullshit isn't convincing anyone in the Biden Administration any longer.

Biden officials privately doubt that Ukraine can win back all of its territory
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN


(CNN)White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will ever be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send.

Advisers to President Joe Biden have begun debating internally how and whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should shift his definition of a Ukrainian "victory" -- adjusting for the possibility that his country has shrunk irreversibly.

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Posted by: Chesney Throger2743 || 06/28/2022 11:32 Comments || Top||

#9  A lot of people here would dig seeing Russia lose. I don't think anyone here wants civilians to suffer.

Nobody here has any reason to lie.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 11:35 Comments || Top||

#10  Of course I want Putin to lose. I want him dead in a ditch and Russia joining the civilized world for a change.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 06/28/2022 11:40 Comments || Top||

#11  The Russians did not strike a mall. They hit and destroyed an adjacent, enormous machining plant that is ideal for repairing or preparing heavy weaponry and that sits at a central distribution point in Ukraine.

This is another monstrous lie designed to keep up the con that Ukraine has not lost the war. Even little Natasha Bertrand's Pentagon and CIA whisperers are not pushing this stupid, obvious lie.
Posted by: Chomoting Tingle6957 || 06/28/2022 11:51 Comments || Top||

#12  Just "next door" to the "baby milk factory." Gotcha.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 11:52 Comments || Top||

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Posted by: Chomoting Tingle6957 || 06/28/2022 11:53 Comments || Top||

#14  Thanks M2...
Posted by: badanov || 06/28/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||

#15  Sorry. Can't find my rubber nose. And I don't use gurgle. Calling me a clown certainly brings me around to you point of view.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 11:56 Comments || Top||

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Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 06/28/2022 12:51 Comments || Top||

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Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 06/28/2022 12:54 Comments || Top||

#18  Makes me think of the shopping center strike from some 8 weeks ago which was roundly rebuffed.

Way back when, friends and I would go to Haunted Houses around Halloween. Not crummy one, but put together by people who *Love* their job, multi story refitted buildings. Anyways, one had a stunt where an employee would run out and attack another employee, like a ticket taker. Maybe shift was up, don't know. Thing is, it sure set the mood.

I think of that everytime I read a story about a VIP visiting Kyeeeev and there are 'explosions' and the VIP gets to play serpentine.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/28/2022 13:43 Comments || Top||

#19  Of course I want Putin to lose. I want him dead in a ditch and Russia joining the civilized world for a change.

Civilized? You mean like the Biden family laundering money through a Ukrainian energy company? That kind of civilized? The kind of world where politicians rig elections, promote critical race theory and sexual confusion, take bribes from Chinese communists and allow their countries to be flooded with fentanyl? You must really hate Russia if that's what you want for them.

Nobody here is trying to tell you that Putin is a good guy. But I will assert that Biden is just as bad.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/28/2022 14:48 Comments || Top||

#20  I will also assert that this war is just as much if not more Biden's fault than it is Putin's.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/28/2022 14:50 Comments || Top||

#21  Our beloved president is a different kind of bad than their beloved president. Not a better kind of bad, just different.

Abu Uluque, Vladimir Putin is supposed to be super clever after all those years moving up the ranks in the KGB. Falling for the nonsense coming out of Joe Biden’s mouth is a rookie mistake.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2022 14:59 Comments || Top||

#22  Falling for the nonsense coming out of Joe Biden’s mouth is a rookie mistake.

I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean Biden's insistence on expanding NATO into Ukraine? Or, maybe, believing Biden when he said NATO wouldn't put nuclear armed cruise missiles on the Russian border with Ukraine? I don't think Putin believed that one.

After all these years I admit I still don't know much about Putin except that he is a ruthless dictator and that deliberately provoking him is not a good idea. But I do believe I know all I need to know about Biden.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/28/2022 15:24 Comments || Top||

#23  Years of the Nuland / Vindman show must have been a factor in Vlad's decision loop. That was happening well before Bidet was prexident.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 17:19 Comments || Top||

#24  I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean Biden's insistence on expanding NATO

When he said that he wouldn’t be bothered if Russia went in, just before President Putin invaded.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2022 22:00 Comments || Top||

#25  Biden said that!?!?
Posted by: Jatle Sinatra9653 || 06/28/2022 22:16 Comments || Top||

#26  Seriously, Biden said that?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/28/2022 22:26 Comments || Top||

#27  Something to that effect, yes. I don’t recall his exact words.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2022 22:53 Comments || Top||

#28  To be fair, the sense wasn’t that Russia should conquer the whole country, but just nibble a bit along the edges. So one can imagine President Putin’s shock when it all blew up in his face.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2022 22:55 Comments || Top||

#29  Yeah, well, even I know that whenever Biden speaks he's either lying or blithering absolute nonsense.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/28/2022 23:06 Comments || Top||

#30  I agree with Badanov.

It's been non-stop rubbish propaganda from the Ukrainians (and helped along by the media).

By the way, the Ukrainians would not have happened to have an artillery battery near this mall now, would they?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 06/28/2022 23:33 Comments || Top||


Ukraine war in maps: Tracking the Russian invasion
[BBC] Heavy fighting continues in east Ukraine, with key locations under intense bombardment from Russian forces.

Here are the latest developments:

  • Russian missile have struck Kyiv for the first time since April
  • Russian forces consolidated control over eastern city of Severodonetsk
  • Russian troops are continuing to attack Ukrainian positions north of Kharkiv city
  • Ukrainian positions in the south have come under shelling
    Eastern cities under heavy bombardment

    Russian officials have said their forces are fighting for the "complete liberation" of the Donbas, which broadly refers to Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where Russian-backed separatists held significant territory before the invasion.

    Russia has made slow but significant advances in the east, at the cost of heavy losses of troops and equipment.
  • Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


    From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary June 27th (updated)
    Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

    Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

    [NewsFrontInfo] 23:56 Residents of Transcarpathia report that they began to catch men not only in public places, but even break into houses with searches, check phones and walk around the courtyards of houses, just to hand over summonses.

    21:37 Medvedev about the words of the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Latvia about the ban on transit as the first step to cut off Kaliningrad: "you see, he drank or ate something bad, he will come to his senses - he will be afraid of every rustle at the door."

    21:36 The Kyiv regime is preparing a provocation at the Krivoy Rog thermal power plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. The Ukrainian command has placed armed formations on the territory of the thermal power plant, artillery and MLRS are moving out of there to positions. It is possible that, having failed to provoke the Russian military to strike at the station, Kyiv itself will arrange an explosion, the Ministry of Defense notes. In this case, the population of most of the central regions of Ukraine will remain without electricity.

    17:56 Residents of the liberated districts of the Zaporozhye region receive threats from residents of Ukraine, told Ilona Ishchenko, head of the Russian-controlled Chernihiv region. Ishchenko noted that Ukrainians make threatening phone calls and also send messages on social networks and instant messengers.

    16:46 A series of strikes were carried out in the Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions. According to Come and See, up to eight missiles have been fired by the Russian army in just the last hour.

    15:36 Kherson region receives targeted humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid was delivered to Novoaleksandrovka, Baltazarovka and Novopavlovka with the assistance of the Russian Guard, the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Ministry of Defense.

    15:36 Russian servicemen continue to reveal caches of uncontrollably issued weapons. In Energodar, during operational activities, Russian military personnel identified a member of the territorial defense organization who organized a cache with a machine gun (AKM) and ammunition. The attacker planned to commit sabotage against Russian servicemen. By order of the curators, he spied on the personnel and the location of military equipment.

    15:36 In Energodarworks Center for Humanitarian Aid. The center is designed to provide humanitarian assistance to socially unprotected segments of the population. To receive humanitarian assistance, you must leave your application to the center employee at st. Builders, 29.

    14:46 During the fighting, 3 km from the Lisichansk oil refinery of the Luhansk People's Republic, Russian units destroyed two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of mercenaries, totaling 14 militants.

    ◽️The first group was "international" and consisted of citizens of various European states. The second included only mercenaries from Georgia, who were part of the so-called "Georgian Legion". In the ranks of this bandit formation, mainly criminals are fighting. Destroyed Georgian militants are involved in the brutal torture and murder of Russian servicemen near Kyiv in March of this year.

    ◽️The Russian Defense Ministry has information on every mercenary involved in the abuse and murder of our servicemen. We found them and punished them.

    14:46 The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a strike with four high-precision air-launched missiles at the shops of the Artem Rocket-Building Corporation in the Shevchenko district of Kyiv. This enterprise produced ammunition for Ukrainian multiple launch rocket systems.

    ◽️According to objective control data, all four missiles reached their target. The object is hit. The civilian infrastructure of the city of Kyiv, as a result of the use of high-precision weapons, was not damaged.

    ◽️The Kyiv regime made attempts to intercept Russian high-precision missiles by anti-aircraft weapons deployed in the city. More than 10 anti-aircraft missiles were used by Ukrainian crews of S-300 and Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile systems.

    ◽️Due to the lack of interface between launchers of air defense systems and radio equipment located in urban areas, two S-300 anti-aircraft missiles were shot down in the air by Ukrainian Buk. Presumably one of the downed anti-aircraft missiles fell on a residential building.

    ◽️Against the backdrop of the successes of the Russian army in liberating the territory of Donbass, the Ukrainian command is trying to stop the chaotic flight of Ukrainian military units in the Lysichansk region.

    ◽️So, in order to hold the positions of the personnel of the first battalion of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a “blocking detachment” of the Nazi formation "Right Sector" was sent to the area of the settlement of Volcheyarovka. This unit was destroyed by Russian artillery.

    ◽️Control of the Ukrainian troops in the Lysychansk direction is lost. Thus, the commander of the 115th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who placed his command post in the rear zone, lost control of his units, which led to the irretrievable loss of 80 percent of the personnel and about 70 percent of the equipment of the 138th battalion of this brigade during the fighting.

    14:30 Militants APU when surrendering a new specialty. Now they are all not cooks, but drivers of vehicles for the supply of material resources. The Brave grouping is increasingly capturing servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the rear units. At first glance, it is hard to believe in their fairy tales, but in fact, this is exactly what happens.

    Huge losses of personnel force the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to throw everyone on the front line. And if the combat units, especially artillery, the command is still somehow trying to withdraw and save, then such cook-drivers, etc. thrown without the slightest pity and regret.

    14:29 Ukrainian contractors told that the command persuaded them to commit terrorist attacks in Kherson.

    13:54 Local residents report explosions in the Nikolaev area.

    13:51 Self-propelled howitzers delivered by Berlin to Kyiv are used in the East of Ukraine - Bild newspaper.

    13:08 Odessa resistance reports: a large number of nationalists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Troops are based on Shota Rustaveli Street in an unfinished high-rise building.

    11:33 Ukraine announced that it was terminating two agreements with Russia in the field of nuclear security.

    11:28 The affairs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Lisichansk are very bad. N.p. Volcheyarovka came under the control of the Allied Forces. There are fights on the southern outskirts of Lisichansk, in the area of ​​the gelatin factory. Fierce battles unfolded behind the settlement. Berestovoe, there is also movement towards the settlement of Verkhnekamenka and the neighboring Lisichansk Oil Refinery.

    The only escape route for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is through Seversk, but even there fire control of the road is carried out. As I noted earlier, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk region are doomed to an unknown death. In general, the fall of the Lisichansk-Severodonetsk agglomeration may become a “point of no return” for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which can trigger a “domino effect” in all key areas. I won’t be surprised if the Allies make a dash for Artemovsk / Bakhmut in the very near future."

    10:46 Captured Ukrainian soldier told RIA Novostihow the commanders abandoned him in Volcheyarovka and he almost died under a tank in the basement.

    10:44 The RF Armed Forces have increased the number of missile and artillery strikes on the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine several times. According to Come and See, the Russian army has significantly increased the number of rocket and artillery strikes. And even in minor areas.

    "The number of missile arrivals through the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has increased. From the standard 10 launches to 50 missile and artillery strikes per day," the source of the channel said.

    According to him, the practice of "second volleys" has appeared. We are talking about missile launches not only from 22.00 to 00.00, but also from 0200 to 0500 hrs.

    "Moreover, even daytime rocket launches have become common practice," he said.

    Russian aviation is increasingly visible over Kharkiv.

    10:43 Today at 4.30 Ukrainian troops produced shelling of the city of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region. As a result of a direct hit on the house on the street. Nevsky, a woman born in 1970 died, households and personal cars of citizens on the street were damaged. Nevsky, st. Dneprovskaya, per. Chekhov.

    09:29 The number of refugees who arrived in Russia from Donbass and Ukraine exceeded 2.1 million people, TASS reported, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

    09:25 Today at 4.30 am, Ukrainian troops shelled the city of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region. As a result of a direct hitto the house on st. Nevsky, a woman born in 1970 died, households and personal cars of citizens on the street were damaged. Nevsky, st. Dneprovskaya, per. Chekhov.

    08:16 Consequences of the impact according to n.p. Lighthouses in the Odessa region. According to preliminary data, another ammunition depot.

    02:43 The situation on the fronts for the past day:

    -On the Kharkov, Izyumo-Slavyansk and Donetsk sectors of the front without change. There are minor skirmishes and exchanges of "greetings" from the gunners without the advance of the troops. There are fights in Klinovoe and in the direction of Pokrovsky.

    - MiG-29 was shot down in the Zaporozhye direction (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/55164) in an air battle in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

    01:54 The United States will supply medium and long-range missile defense systems to Ukraine, CNN reports.

    Posted by: badanov || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Hey Badanov,

    Have you guys bombed any schools, churches or malls lately?

    Yea, you have. Hoping you pay the price for your evil on earth and your moral vomit nation, too. Same for the owner of Rantburg.
    Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 06/28/2022 11:09 Comments || Top||

    #2  Have you guys bombed any schools, churches or malls lately?

    Some of them need bombed.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 11:14 Comments || Top||

    #3  Nobody lets me play with the fun toys, darn it! Maybe if I were Russian...
    Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2022 14:53 Comments || Top||

    #4  Hey Badanov,

    Have you guys bombed any schools, churches or malls lately?

    Yea, you have. Hoping you pay the price for your evil on earth and your moral vomit nation, too. Same for the owner of Rantburg.


    Been awhile. Where you been?
    Posted by: badanov || 06/28/2022 19:49 Comments || Top||

    #5  The Herb McCoy "You" or "We." I don't own any bombers or missiles. I can't do any of that stuff...
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 19:52 Comments || Top||

    #6  When the beltway decides to get its NATO on, there's nothing "democratic" about it. I didn't vote for it. I was not given the opportunity to vote against it.

    Don't put it on me, fuckwipe.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 19:57 Comments || Top||

    #7  You know who thinks sending arms to Ukraine is a good idea? Jimmy Kimmel. John Oliver. Coolbear. Joy Behar.

    Don't lump me in with them.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 20:00 Comments || Top||


    Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: June 27th, 2022
    Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
    [NewsFrontInfo] 21:43 The Ukrainian military were ready to blow up tanks with chemicals at Azot in Severodonetsk. On the territory of the enterprise they find a large amount of explosives ready for use, as well as gas masks and chemical protection.

    21:43 The remains of 172 Ukrainian servicemen were found on the territory of Azovstal. The remains of 52 of them were exhumed, according to the Prosecutor General's Office of the DPR

    21:43 The territory of the LPR is 98 percent liberated, Severodonetsk and its environs are under the full control of the allied forces - representative of the People's Militia of the Republic Andrei Marochko

    21:43 Refugees from the LPR, DPR and Ukraine will be able to exchange their driver's licenses for Russian ones without passing exams - a decree of the government of the Russian Federation.

    20:39 Enterprises in Kremennaya APU destroyed intentionally. The second city-forming enterprise in Kremennaya is being destroyed even after three months of liberation from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. First, they made the location of personnel and ammunition there, and after the retreat, the Kyiv neo-Nazis hit him with artillery. There are no explanations other than barbarism.

    20:38 The air defense system shot down a Ukrainian drone over Stakhanov, according to Izvestia correspondent Denis Kulaga.

    19:50 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Novopokrovskoye - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: four shells of 152mm caliber were fired.

    19:45 AFU attacked Yasinovataya,School No. 24 is on fire

    19:30 According to the official representative of the NM DPR: the Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which in turn do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military targets.

    So, since the beginning of the current day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than a hundred shells from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.

    The fire was fired at the areas of nine settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, two civilians were killed and eight were injured, of which one child was born in 2007. Four residential buildings and seven civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.

    As a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, twenty-seven transformer substations were de-energized, and 4,500 subscribers were left without power supply. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

    During the current day, the joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one installation of the BM-21 Grad MLRS, one Fury UAV and two armored vehicles. Two enemy firing points were suppressed in the areas of the settlement. Avdievka and Novomikhailovka.

    In addition, we inform you that while performing military duty in the struggle for independence, five defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic were injured.

    19:29 The Russian military liberated Severodonetsk and entered Lisichansk.

    Details of the operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the armies of Donbass according to the map of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

    - The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost all supply lines and are blocked in Lisichansk.
    - Up to 8,000 Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries were surrounded.
    -Our troops cleared the "cauldron" with a powerful fortified area of ​​the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gorsky and Zolote.
    -At units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that are trying to get out of the encirclement, massive air strikes and artillery of the RF Armed Forces are inflicted.
    -At the same time, the "grinding" of the Ukrainian defense in the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration is going on.
    -The next goal of the RF Armed Forces and the armies of Donbass is Artyomovsk and Soledar - the southeastern gates to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.

    18:29 The headquarters of the DPR TerO reports: as a result of today's shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, two people were killed and 12 civilians were injured.

    18:17 A direct hit by a Ukrainian shell damaged the roof of kindergarten No. 77 "Solnyshko", located on the street. Zagorodnaya, 1a. According to preliminary data, in an apartment building on the street. Hospital 27, st. Chopin, 11, as well as in the area of ​​the local market on the street. Hospital residents watch the smoke.

    18:17 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

    — n.p. Wedge - n.p. Golmovsky: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad;
    n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Dokuchaevsk: eight shells of 152mm caliber were fired.

    18:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: 16.00 from the direction of the Uglegorskaya TPP along the settlement Svetlodarsk (DPR) using an SPG-9 recoilless rifle (four rounds). Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

    17:58 Consequences of the shelling of Makiivka. Neighborhood Gvardeyka. two people died, three were injured.

    17:52 As a result of today's shelling of the VFU in Yasinovataya, the number of wounded has increased to six people.

    17:50 Weekly report of the "Military Chronicle" about the events on the front line.

    After pinning down the AFU grouping in the Zoloto-Gorsk cauldron and ousting the Ukrainian formations from the Volcheyarovsky fortified area, the units of the Toshkovo and Popasnyanskaya groupings of the allied forces managed to establish fire control over the key Lisichansk-Seversk highway, as well as over numerous field loopholes for the retreat of the APU from the Lisichansky semi-boiler.

    Only a few units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and some foreign contingents (including British, French and Belgian mercenaries) managed in a chaotic manner through the fields and dirt paths to overcome the closing neck of the Lisichansky pocket and retreat to the areas of the Seversky and Artyomovsk fortified areas.

    Units of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, 112th BrTrO (terodefense brigade), Aidar and Donbass battalions remained in Lisichansk.

    In the last 24 hours, groups of militants from Azot broke through to them across the Seversky Donets River. The divisions dispersed in the urban development of the pitted city, as well as on Belaya Gora and a number of dominant heights near Maloryazantsev.

    They deployed mortar and anti-tank crews at the firing positions of the Lisichansk glass factory and the rubber products factory, as well as near the waste heap of the OGPU mine and in the Lisichansk "grand canyon" - as the locals call the recently closed illegal coal pit. Such fortifications will allow Ukrainian formations to resist for another one and a half to two weeks.

    It is also important that the concentration of the Popasnyanskaya and Toshkovskaya groupings of the united allied forces in the Lisichansk direction, most likely, will not allow in the near future to free up resources to intensify offensive operations on the most powerful network of more than ten fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the tactical square Artyomovsk-Seversk-Slavyansk-Kramatorsk.

    This, unfortunately, gives time for additional fortification of the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine both in the cities listed above and in the settlements of Krasnaya Gora, Soledar, Druzhkovka and Chasov Yar, where the refractory plant is located.

    SLAVIC DIRECTION

    In the Slavyansk direction, one can observe a noticeable increase in the counter-battery response to the firing positions of British-made M777A2 howitzers and rocket artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the corps artillery deployed near Svyatogorsk, south of Izyum and near Liman.

    But there are no noticeable offensive actions on our part here, since a number of firing positions of the Stugna-P, Javelin and Konkurs anti-tank systems are deployed on two dominant heights near the village of Donetsk and in the greenery of the Svyatye Gory natural park, as well as anti-tank guns 2A29 "Rapier" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which prevent our units from building pontoon crossings across the Seversky Donets and further advance towards Slavyansk.

    Apparently, the accelerated establishment of control over the Artemovsk-Seversk-Slavyansk-Kramatorsk square can only be carried out through active offensive operations by the Izyum group of allied forces through the settlements of Aleksandrovka, Dobropolye and Pokrovsk (bypassing the Slavyansko-Kramatorsk agglomeration) with the closure of the neck of the boiler in the area Dzerzhinsk.

    17:41 According to operational data, as a result of the shelling of the VFU in the village of Golmovsky at the address: Bolnichnaya St., 14, an elderly civilian of 62 years old was wounded.

    17:39 According to updated data, as a result of yesterday's (06/26/2022) shelling of the VFU, the village of Golmovsky, a civilian resident of the village, 28 years old, received a shrapnel wound and concussion.

    16:54 DPR Foreign Minister Natalya Nikonorova made a number of important statements:

    -Negotiations on the recognition of the DPR are underway with some countries;
    -Some states have already shown interest in the impending tribunal in the DNR over Ukrainian war criminals;
    - Relatives of a mercenary from Morocco, convicted in the DPR, contacted his lawyer and requested the opportunity to communicate;
    - The authorities of the DPR did not receive from the convicted mercenaries either an appeal or a request for pardon.

    16:42 Troops of the LPR and Russia have entered Lisichansk with fighting and can completely liberate the city from the Nazis by the end of this week, - Vitaly Kiselev, assistant to the head of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs.

    16:29 AFU retreat from Lisichansk and Bakhmut (Artemovsk). "Come and See" established the fate of specific units.

    According to "Come and See", the remnants of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being withdrawn from Bakhmut (Artemovsk), and parts of the National Guard are also being withdrawn from Lisichansk.

    "One of the retreating was the 26th Artillery Brigade, which suffered heavy losses and went to restore combat capability. Another brigade, the 72nd Brigade, entered the city, ”said the source of the channel.

    According to him, in Bakhmut we are talking about the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade. After fortifying the city and preparing it for street fighting, fresh forces were brought to Bakhmut, the composition of which we are now establishing.

    16:27 Child wounded in Yasinovataya as a result of Ukrainian shelling

    16:13 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

    15:56 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122mm caliber.

    15:52 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Mineral: fired four shells with a caliber of 122mm.

    14:49 Georgian mercenaries who tortured Russian military were destroyed in Ukraine

    Yesterday, during the fighting, three km from the Lisichansk Oil Refinery, Russian units destroyed two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of mercenaries (a total of 14 militants) - the first consisted of citizens of European countries, the second included only mercenaries from Georgia who were part of the "Georgian Legion", the Ministry of Defense reports .

    Destroyed Georgian militants are involved in the brutal torture and killings of Russian servicemen near Kyiv in March, the ministry said.

    "The Russian Defense Ministry has information on every mercenary involved in the abuse and murder of our servicemen. We found them and punished them," the department stressed.

    14:47 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports:

    According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district, the following were damaged:

    - st. Katovitskaya, 74 - facade and glazing of the Privolye store;
    — Rodnikovaya st., 1a — glazing of the building on the territory of the republican rehabilitation center of the Ministry of Health of the DPR;
    - st. Znamenskaya, 2a - the roof of the box building of the Petrovsky Eastern District of the Distribution Zone.

    14:27 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Zaitsevo - n.p. Dolomite: fired five shells with a caliber of 152mm.

    14:15 The situation in the Severodonetsko-Lysichansk direction as of 14.00 June 27, 2022:

    The allied forces of the RF Armed Forces, the NM of the LPR and the DPR, as well as volunteer formations are developing an offensive in order to encircle the Severodonetsk-Lisichansk enemy grouping.

    Units of the Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade attempted a counterattack on Volcheyarovka in order to prevent the closing of the encirclement north of the village. The attack was repulsed: fighting continues in Maloryazantsevo north of Volcheyarovka.

    Assault units of the RF Armed Forces, with the support of army aviation, broke through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine west of Volcheyarovka and occupied part of the territory of the Lisichansk Oil Refinery. Fighting is taking place in the western part of the refinery and the village of Verkhnekamenka with units of the 25th Brigade, 24th Brigade and 17th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

    The fighting in Maloryazantsevo and at the oil refinery actually means the narrowing of the encirclement around the Severodonetsk-Lisichanskaya group. It is now possible to leave the outlined cauldron along the only remaining road along the banks of the Seversky Donets through Belogorovka, which is under the fire control of the RF Armed Forces.

    In Lisichansk, fighting is going on on the southern outskirts in the area of ​​the RTI plant, Belaya Gora and a glass factory.

    On the eastern bank, the cleansing of Borovskoye and Severodonetsk continues. Several hundred civilians were evacuated from the shelters of the Azot plant.

    13:54 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka, the death toll has increased to two people, three more civilians were injured.

    13:51 As a result of another shelling of the VFU in the city of Yasinovataya, a woman born in 1972 was injured.

    13:45 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): two missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

    13:39 The Headquarters of the TerO DPR reports: AFU fired at Yasinovataya, two people were injured.

    13:34 The Armed Forces of Ukraine during the special operation lost at least 50,000 people killed, said the first deputy head of the Ministry of Information of the DPR.

    13:22 It is reported thatArmed Forces attacked the ammunition depotin Zymogorie, Luhansk region. The front line is about 50 km.

    13:20 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

    13:09 Electricity will be brought to the port of Mariupol in a matter of days, then it will be possible to talk about the beginning of its full-scale loading, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

    12:48 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: four shells of 152mm caliber were fired.

    12:46 The Russian military liquidated the commander of the company of the 1st battalion of the 24th Ombr, senior lieutenant Yury Bun, in the Lisichansk region. He did not have time to escape from the positions.

    12:45 Donetsk and Makiivka under fire from APU militants: air defense systems work

    12:36 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: six missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

    12:30 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

    12:22 The territory of the Azot plant in Severodonetsk has come under the complete control of the forces of the NM LPR and the RF Armed Forces, civilians still remain in the plant’s bomb shelters, Andrey Marochko told the People’s Militia of the LPR

    12:16 According to Grigoriev's telegram channel: Dmitry Romanchuk, a forensic expert from Starobilsk (LPR, previously the city was under the control of Ukraine)told, as Ukrainian national units and the military in 2014-2017. they brought him the bodies of civilians killed by them with signs of torture, gunshot and stab wounds:

    "... Varenich A.V. was detained by Ukrainian servicemen, was placed in a concrete well and one of the servicemen threw a grenade into it…"

    12:06 Armed forces of Ukraine are deprived of the opportunity to shell the center of Donetsk - the head of the DPR Pushilin

    12:01 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Gladosovo - n.p. Golmovsky: fired eight mines in 120mm caliber.

    11:59 Under Slavyansk, the RF Armed Forces took the 79th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the cauldron. Today, the military of the RF Armed Forces defeated a convoy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Slavyansk.

    11:42 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: nine shells of 152mm caliber were fired.

    11:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Dolomite: fired two shells with a caliber of 152mm.

    11:09 LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that all the hostages of Ukrainian militants on the territory of the Azot plant have been released.

    10:30 According to the official representative of the NM DPR: over the past day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than 270 shells from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, cannon artillery with a caliber of 152mm and 122mm, as well as 120mm and 82mm mortars.

    The fire was fired at the areas of 11 settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, two civilians were killed and nine were injured, of which one child was born in 2013. Eighteen residential buildings and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

    Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: a BM-21 "Grad" MLRS platoon, two armored vehicles, and suppressed three enemy firing points in the areas of the settlement. Pervomaiskoye and Kurdyumovka settlements.

    10:26 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Rozovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber.

    10:20 Cars of the next, 156th, convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered building materials and food to Lugansk as humanitarian aid. This was announced today by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.

    "On Sunday, June 26, the cars of the next convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry with humanitarian aid for the residents of Donbass arrived in the capital of the LPR. The current convoy of Russian rescuers, consisting of 10 vehicles plus one escort vehicle, delivered building materials and food to Luhansk," the report says.

    10:14 NM of the LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, continues to develop successful offensive operations in the Lisichansk area.So, during the clasheswith units of the defense department, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and armored vehicles. Captured weapons received.

    10:02 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine:

    -- Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) according to the settlement Zimogorye with the use of the Tochka-U tactical missile system (one missile). Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

    10:00 During the clashes with units of the defense department, over the past day, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:

    -43 personnel;
    -four armored personnel carriers;
    - three units of automotive equipment.
    - One serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made the right decision and laid down his arms, thereby saving his life.

    09:46 The STCCK DPR reports that they received information about the wounding of a civilian - a man born in 1956. as a result of yesterday's shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine n.p. Alexandrovka at the address: st. Gorky, 185.

    09:30 More than 500 civilians were evacuated from the industrial zone of Severodonetsk Azot on Sunday, the People's Militia of the LPR reported

    09:29 MES DPR reports:

    Over the past day, from 08:00 on June 26 to 08:00 on June 27, as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, two people were killed and nine more civilians were injured.

    09:29 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Nikolaevka the second - n.p. Golmovsky: 15 shells of 122mm were fired.

    08:18 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

    08:01 Enemy air target detected in the sky over Lugansk❗️

    Air defense works.

    06:59 The People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic allows the abolition of the death penalty after the end of hostilities on its territory and the completion of trials and tribunals for war criminals. Elena Shishkina, chairman of the committee on criminal and administrative legislation of the People's Council of the DPR, announced this.

    06:59 A summary of the Luhansk People's Republic's Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, June 26.

    From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, three shellings were recorded on the settlement. Stakhanov and Kremennaya using the Tochka-U tactical missile system (one missile), 122mm artillery pieces (seven rounds) and 120mm mortars (12 min).

    As a result of the attacks:

    -in n.p. Kremennaya, a woman born in 1982 died. and three civilians were injured;
    -in n.p. Stakhanov damaged 10 houses and 23 garages.

    Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

    06:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Dolomite: fired 20 shells with a caliber of 152mm;

    03:48 After 03:00 shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

    — n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Dolomite: fired four shells with a caliber of 152mm;

    0:02 The Ukrainian military is destroying foreign instructors in Lisichansk, fearing that they will reveal secret data after being taken prisoner, the source said.

    The forces of the LPR and the Russian Federation entered Lisichansk from five directions, the ring around the Ukrainian group is actively narrowing, the source said.

    Posted by: badanov || 06/28/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


    Europe
    NATO to boost rapid reaction force to 300,000 troops: Stoltenberg
    [Aljazeera] NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the Western military alliance will increase the size of its rapid reaction forces nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an "era of strategic competition".

    The NATO reaction force currently numbers around 40,000 soldiers, who can deploy quickly when needed.

    Coupled with other measures including the deployment of forces to defend specific allies, Stoltenberg said on Monday that the move to expand NATO forces is part of the "biggest overhaul of collective defence and deterrence since the Cold War".

    He made the remarks at a news conference ahead of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, when the 30 military allies in the bloc are expected to also agree on further support to Ukraine after its invasion by Russia.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 03:52 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  ...299,999 of which will be American.

    Mike
    Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 06/28/2022 4:51 Comments || Top||

    #2  Given that, by law, the Army has a size ceiling of about 485k active members and a tail to tooth ratio of about 7:1, that would be pretty much everything not tied up in training or hospitalization.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/28/2022 7:51 Comments || Top||

    #3  Currently 40,000 that can "quickly react if needed"? ROFLMAO
    Posted by: magpie || 06/28/2022 11:02 Comments || Top||

    #4  They will be there when someone is mean to a trans or refuses to wear their mask.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||

    #5  Didn't they really try to do this some 15 years ago? Or was that the EU Intra-Union Rapid Police Force?
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/28/2022 18:43 Comments || Top||


    NATO warns Moscow as Putin ally says Russia ‘considering' attack on Lithuania
    [Washington Examiner] A restriction on railway shipments from mainland Russia across Lithuania has put a harsh spotlight on a dangerous boundary between NATO and Russia.

    "We have more than 40,000 troops under direct NATO command, most of them in the eastern part of the alliance and many of them in the Baltic region," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. "The purpose of this increased presence is to send a message that we are ready to protect and defend every inch of allied territory, including of course Lithuania and the other Baltic countries."

    Stoltenberg issued that reminder amid an unfolding controversy over Lithuania’s announcement that Russia would not be permitted to ship certain commodities, such as cement, across Lithuania rail lines to Kaliningrad. That restriction, imposed under the auspices of European Union sanctions, was met by a flurry of cyberattacks and Russian state media broadcasts that Russian President Vladimir Putin could initiate a war of conquest against Lithuania.

    "We understand perfectly well that when the [Russia] armed forces achieve the goals set by the president and reach the western border of Ukraine, the rest will certainly not be about Ukraine," Russian lawmaker Andrey Gurulyov said this weekend in a state media broadcast translated by the Russian Media Monitor’s Julia Davis. "Yes, the taming of Lithuania is being considered."

    Gurulyov, a former senior Russian general, insisted that the combination of Russian energy resources and military capabilities would allow Moscow to win a war against NATO — and claimed that he had studied target lists during his military career.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 06/28/2022 03:04 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


    Home Front: Politix
    Biden's nominee to be ICE director withdraws from consideration
    [FoxNews] Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez's nomination has stalled in the US Senate.

    Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he has withdrawn from consideration to be the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more than a year after he was nominated by President Joe Biden to the post.

    Gonzalez tweeted on Monday that he "arrived at this decision after prayerfully considering what's best for our nation, my family, and the people of Harris County."

    Gonzalez, the sheriff of Texas's largest county, noted that his nomination has stalled for over a year and that the U.S. Senate has not confirmed an ICE director since the Biden administration.

    Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., raised concerns about Gonzalez's nomination in March over domestic abuse allegations against the sheriff and called on Democrats to delay the vote.

    Gonzalez's withdrawal comes amid a surge of migrants crossing the southern border. Customs and Border Protection counted a record 239,416 migrant encounters in May, eclipsing the previous record of 235,478 encounters in April.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2022 06:54 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

    #1  He skated.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2022 8:55 Comments || Top||

    #2  His nomination was on pretty thin ice anyway.
    Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/28/2022 9:12 Comments || Top||


    International-UN-NGOs
    Ahead of NATO summit, alliance sets out plan to increase high-alert forces
    Promises.
    [DW] Ahead of the annual NATO
    ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
    Summit in Madrid this week, the alliance's chief announced plans to increase the number of its high-readiness forces and bolster its eastern flank.


    "We will transform NATO's response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000," NATO chief Stoltenberg told news hounds in Brussels on Monday, as part of what he called "the biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War."
    Continued on Page 49
    Posted by: trailing wife || 06/28/2022 02:15 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:


    Olde Tyme Religion
    Invasion of the Mormon crickets: 'Biblical' swarm of two-inch-long cannibalistic bugs descend on Oregon
    Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2022 00:08 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Well, the homeless won't be hungry.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2022 8:58 Comments || Top||

    #2  OK I'll bite.

    How do they know they were Mormon?
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/28/2022 10:07 Comments || Top||

    #3  At least it's not Jerusalem Crickets. They're nasty little biters
    Posted by: Frank G || 06/28/2022 10:15 Comments || Top||

    #4  Do meat eating crickets taste more like meat? I don't see myself finding out empirically...
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 10:16 Comments || Top||

    #5  How do they know they were Mormon?

    "Despite its name, the Mormon cricket is actually a shieldbacked katydid, not a cricket. It takes its name from Mormon settlers in Utah, and for the prominent role they play in the miracle of the gulls."
    Posted by: Butch Glusoger4508 || 06/28/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

    #6  ^ Why I come here. I just learned something.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/28/2022 10:34 Comments || Top||

    #7  happens every year, esp. here in southern Idaho.

    more media hype...
    Posted by: 746 || 06/28/2022 13:28 Comments || Top||

    #8  also, consider the source, the Daily Mail, thats a laugh
    Posted by: 746 || 06/28/2022 13:29 Comments || Top||


    Science & Technology
    Gigantic nuclear-powered 'flying hotel' capable of carrying 5,000 passengers and staying airborne for months at a time is unveiled in outlandish concept design
    Hey Marvel...
    Posted by: Skidmark || 06/28/2022 00:13 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

    #1 
    A Terrorist with a Stinger Missile with a targeting range of up to 3 miles, will love this target.
    Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/28/2022 9:09 Comments || Top||

    #2  Hey Marvel...
    Winter Soldier was Best Written. Even competent.

    "For search and rescue efforts."
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/28/2022 10:08 Comments || Top||

    #3  Why did I think Orion? If the second nuke works we're airborne!
    Posted by: magpie || 06/28/2022 10:58 Comments || Top||



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