[Desert Sun] A 50-year-old woman died while rock climbing in Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday, according to park superintendent David Smith. Park service rescuers aided in the incident near the Sheep Pass group campsite. The woman's identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
It is the second reported climbing death in the popular national park this year, which is known for its iconic rock formations and climbing trails.
San Diego schoolteacher Michael Spitz, 35, died while free-solo climbing on Jan. 16. His body was found at the base of the Sentinel Wall near the Hidden Valley Nature Trail the next morning.
[NYP] A massive pileup on a snowy stretch of Pennsylvania highway Monday left at least three people dead and almost resembled something out of a war — with explosions, flames and drivers standing on the road fleeing more skidding cars, according to reports.
Black clouds of smoke and the sound of explosions filled the sky after the massive, deadly crash involving at least two dozen vehicles, including more than five trucks, on the rural section of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County around 11 a.m.
At least three people died in the pile-up, according to local WKOK radio.
The horrific scene unfolded amid a dangerous mix of snow and fog that left drivers with virtually no visibility, and the crash closed down all lanes between three exits of the highway, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said on Twitter.
[CSNBC Afrika] “Mad Mike” Hoare was a legendary mercenary and adventurer who came from Ireland. After fighting in the 2nd World War, he made South Africa his home, and Africa his playground.
His many exploits and adventures are detailed in the biography “Mad Mike” Hoare: The Legend. His son, Journalist Chris Hoare, wrote the biography and joins CNBC Africa’s Jill de Villiers in the studio to discuss the book.
#Dubai real estate developer #UnionProperties says it suspects that $42 million had been “misappropriated” by the company’s former officials while declaring it massively overvalued its holdings.https://t.co/ubPWmKR9mc
[Libertarian Institute] The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, threatened total "guerrilla" warfare in Russian-occupied territory. He also warned Moscow was attempting to split his country into a divided state.
Budanov said that Ukraine was preparing a guerrilla war in any territory Russia continues to control. "The season of a total Ukrainian guerilla safari will soon begin," he said.
The statement from the intel chief comes as the US is dumping billions of insurgency-style weapons into Ukraine. The American weapon’s shipments to Keiv included the shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile that the CIA provided to the Afghan Mujahideen to use against the Soviet Army.
There is a long track record of influential foreign policy thinkers who suggested America would benefit from Russia fighting an insurgency in Ukraine.
The latest official to express the benefits of Ukrainian insurgency is US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl. He believes Russia would be weakened by the war in Ukraine. "I think with a high degree of certainty that Russia will emerge from Ukraine weaker than it went into the conflict. Militarily weaker, economically weaker, politically and geopolitically weaker, and more isolated," Kahl said on Thursday.
The CIA has also spent several years training Ukrainians in insurgency tactics. The agency believed those it trained would be the leaders of the resistance if Russia invaded.
Budanov also accused Russia of trying to recreate a Korean split of Ukraine. "In fact, it is an attempt to create North and South Korea in Ukraine," he said.
Russia has demanded that Keiv recognize Moscow’s control over Crimea and the independence of the Donbas before it would end its assault. On Sunday, Zelensky indicated for the first time he may be willing to "compromise" with Russia over control of the Donbas. The two Donbas republics — Donetsk and Luhansk — have been at war with Keiv since 2014.
[Guardian] One week into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia massed a 40-mile mechanised column in order to mount an overwhelming attack on Kyiv from the north.
But the convoy of armoured vehicles and supply trucks ground to a halt within days, and the offensive failed, in significant part because of a series of night ambushes carried out by a team of 30 Ukrainian special forces and drone operators on quad bikes, according to a Ukrainian commander.
The drone operators were drawn from an air reconnaissance unit, Aerorozvidka, which began eight years ago as a group of volunteer IT specialists and hobbyists designing their own machines and has evolved into an essential element in Ukraine’s successful David-and-Goliath resistance.
However, while Ukraine’s western backers have supplied thousands of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles and other military equipment, Aerorozvidka has been forced to resort to crowdfunding and a network of personal contacts in order to keep going, by getting hold of components such as advanced modems and thermal imaging cameras, in the face of export controls that prohibit them being sent to Ukraine.
The unit’s commander, Lt Col Yaroslav Honchar, gave an account of the ambush near the town of Ivankiv that helped stop the vast, lumbering Russian offensive in its tracks. He said the Ukrainian fighters on quad bikes were able to approach the advancing Russian column at night by riding through the forest on either side of the road leading south towards Kyiv from the direction of Chernobyl.
The Ukrainian soldiers were equipped with night vision goggles, sniper rifles, remotely detonated mines, drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras and others capable of dropping small 1.5kg bombs.
"This one little unit in the night destroyed two or three vehicles at the head of this convoy, and after that it was stuck. They stayed there two more nights, and [destroyed] many vehicles," Honchar said.
[DW] DW has been put on a list of "foreign agents" in Russia, which includes a number of foreign media operations as well as NGOs that receive funding from abroad.
On February 3, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it would take "retaliatory measures against the German media" working in Russia after German authorities banned the state-run Russian TV channel "RT DE."
This included "recognizing DW as a foreign media outlet fulfilling the functions of a foreign agent," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Shortly after, DW moved its Moscow office to the Latvian capital Riga.
DW (Deutsche Welle) is Germany's international public broadcast service. It is tax-funded and produces freely accessible journalism in 32 languages.
The Federal Republic of Germany's Broadcasting Council — an independent, non-partisan body free of government influence — oversees DW's compliance with its legal mandate to supply people around the world with independent information. DW employs roughly 4,000 individuals, most of whom work at studios in Bonn and Berlin.
WHAT IS THE 'FOREIGN AGENT' LIST?
Since 2012, the list has been used to curtail the operations of international media outlets as well as non-profits that receive foreign funding, particularly those that are active in politics or report on corruption.
It requires that all publications on the list be marked as coming from a "foreign agent," and submit a report on their activities every 6 months.
Over 100 media outlets and individuals are currently on the list, including US public broadcasters Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as well as Amnesia Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
The Kremlin says that #US President Joe #Biden’s remark that Vladimir #Putin “cannot remain in power” was a cause for alarm, in a measured response to a public call from the United States for an end to Putin’s 22-year rule.https://t.co/DHlyY8JgLa
Bellingcat investigator says Russia's defense minister Shoigu and other senior officials, possibly including Putin, are residing in nuclear bunkers near Ufa in the Ural mountains, according to recent flight data https://t.co/oPCJPB561V
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#1
Looking at this from a Political view.
Maybe Biden has helped Putin get re-elected?
WHY?
A US President basically told Russian Citizens
and the world that Putin has made RUSSIA a superpower again and the USA is worried about such a strong leader.
So if you are a PRO-USSR type how would you vote next election.
BTW: It is Official Carter has been replaced as the worse President in office in the last 100 years.
But unlike Carter who has done some great humanitarian projects after leaving office. I suspect Biden's & Obama's contributions to the World will never see any of the wealth their families raked in, while in office, used for anyone other than themselves and socially/racially dividing causes.
#4
Any rational person who heard Biden's words should be alarmed. It was a defacto declaration of war. Putin has no choice but to assume that Biden wants him dead and will act accordingly.
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I don't care if it's impeachment, the 25th Amendment or resignation. Biden is reckless and dangerous. He is a national security risk. Even Democrats should see by now that Biden could get us all killed. I'm even willing to settle for Kamala Harris in the Oval Office at this point. Biden needs to be removed from office ASAP.
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#6
President Chance the Gardener would be less dangerous than Grampaw Joe Biden
#7
The guy pooped himself on a papal visit. He obviously can’t stay on script even when his handlers are screaming into his earpiece. What is alarming is that Obama or Soros is having Joe implement dangerous policies that are detrimental to our prosperity and world peace. Joe, himself, is not dangerous. Given his druthers he would most likely be on a Delaware beach trying to convince kids to sit on his lap. He needs to be retired so that we can see who is behind the curtain and everyone can understand that Joe never was in charge.
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#8
He's just babbling. Putin knows that but will use it for acting all outraged. Nothing but a storm in a teacup. Cold War style.
It's Sørōs who needs the Putin's, the Dutertes, Orbans, the Modis and the Trumps gone. It was open socïëty lobbying and political engineering that brought Zelensky to power and made a bid to undermine Russia's territorial power projection. And took the world to the brink of MAD. It just sounds implausible and tinfoil hat-ish that's why people don't acknowledge the silent influence of these Globalist bastards behind the rubber spined figureheads. The Trudeaus and Bidens and Macrons and Merkels and Arderns. These are the kind of leaders needed to bring about total elitist control, make sovereign nations labs for experimentation on populations, seeking the utopia the elites promise themselves.
‘Don’t Underestimate Joe’s Ability to F— Things Up’ - Barack Obama
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It was open socïëty lobbying and political engineering that brought Zelensky to power and made a bid to undermine Russia's territorial power projection
Who put the idea in Zelensky's head that he should demand the Crimea and NATO membership? Those ridiculous demands happened after November 2020. He was restrained and docile before then
#11
The Bidens have been compromised by the Russians. They have the second laptop that the crackhead lost last summer
BIden has definitely been compromised. Senate Republicans smell blood. They're producing specific bank transfer documents linking the Bidens to the CCP and the Russians.
According to the documents obtained by the senators, energy company CEFC, “an arm of the Chinese Government,” paid Wells Fargo Clearing Services $100,000 and designated “further credit to Owasco,” Hunter’s firm.
“There’s no middle man in this transaction. This is $100,000 from what is effectively an arm of the communist Chinese government direct to Hunter Biden,” Grassley said on the Senate floor on Monday. “To the liberal media and my Democratic colleagues: Is this official bank document Russian disinformation?”
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:37 Eduard Basurin on Russia-1 announced that no more than 3,000 Ukrainian militants (out of a 16,000-strong group) remained surrounded in Mariupol. 21:25 Pushilin and Kadyrov agreed to sign an agreement on cooperation in all areas between the Chechen Republic and the DPR. Kadyrov promised to help Donbass with restoration as well. Chechnya has a similar experience
21:16 On the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the death of a civilian born in 1937. at the address st. Tavasyan, 11 as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk
20:57 In Mariupol, nationalists of the Azov Battalion * tortured a girl to death in the basement of a school - the head of the RF Investigative Committee instructed to investigate the brutal murder.
19:52 The DPR army found documents of a British mercenary near the remains of the destroyed Nazis.
19:10 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian Nazis have fired more than 200 shells at the DPR, using Grad MLRS, 120 mm mortars and 122 mm and 152 mm artillery.
19:10 Today, 11 settlements were under fire from Ukrainian Nazis. In total, 25 residential buildings, eight civil infrastructure facilities, and two cars were damaged.
19:10 Under the fire of the Ukrainian Nazis, one civilian of the DPR was killed today, and four more people were injured.
19:10 Since the beginning of the current day, the NM DPR, with the support of the Russian army, has destroyed 33 Ukrainian nationalists, one helicopter, one infantry fighting vehicle and two trucks. Two BPMs and a warehouse with weapons and ammunition were captured.
19:10 At the positions of the Ukrainian Nazis, the NM DPR fighters found documents of the British mercenary Sean Pinner, who served in the 36th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, already denazified.
19:10 Ukrainian Nazis tried to evacuate the leader of Azov Prokopenko and the commander of the 36th brigade Baranyuk from Mariupol today by helicopter. Air defense forces of the DPR shot down a helicopter on approach to the city.
19:10 Today, five servicemen of the 25th airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine voluntarily laid down their arms and went over to the side of the DPR.
18:53 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Yasinovataya (DPR) from the Grad MLRS and 122mm artillery. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
18:01 Today, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, evacuated another 272 people from Mariupol to Bezymennoe, including 66 children.
18:01 Ukrainian troops at 17.30 shelled the settlement of Dokuchaevsk in the DPR, firing eight shells with a caliber of 122 mm. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:51 Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov arrived in the Mariupol region.
17:15 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the sewage treatment plant in the village of Golmovsky (DPR).
17:14 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR and the Russian army cut through the Azov group * on the Left Bank of Mariupol.
16:20 Ukrainian Nazis shelled the village of Shiroka Balka in the DPR. They used grenade launchers. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:20 Kiev militants opened fire on Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired four 120mm shells into the city. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:10 On Monday, Ukrainian Nazis fired at four settlements in the DPR, firing 49 shells of 120mm and 122mm caliber at them.
15:09 A man was killed under fire from Ukrainian punishers in Staromikhaylovka (DPR).
15:07 As a result of Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk, two civilians were injured: men born in 1961 and born in 1951.
15:06 On the liberated part of Mariupol, under shelling from the Ukrainian Nazis, 11 civilians were injured, including a child born in 2007.
14:11 In the area of the residential area "Komsomolets" (Gorlovka, DPR), a shell explosion fired by Ukrainian nationalist gangs was recorded
14:05 Ukrainian Nazis used heavy weapons during the shelling of the village of Golmovsky in the DPR.
13:03 Now the Ukrainian Nazis are shelling the Gorlovka villages of Zaitsevo and Mikhailovka (DNR).
12:39 The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR over the past day advanced five kilometers and took control of the settlements of Ivanovka and Novosadovoye and reached Novolyublino and Terny.
12:27 Over the past day, more than 680 people have been evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye.
12:23 As a result of shelling from the Ukrainian Nazis in the Kiev region of Donetsk, a gas pipeline was damaged.
11:45 Methadone and syringes were found at the positions of Azov militants* in Mariupol.
11:43 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Donetsk using the Grad MLRS. Ten shells of 152mm caliber were fired at the city. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
11:15 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Nazis have fired more than a hundred ammunition into the DPR, using Grad MLRS, 120mm mortars and 122mm artillery.
11:15 Nine settlements of the DPR were under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis. 31 residential buildings, six infrastructure facilities and one car were damaged.
11:15 During the day, 41 civilians of the DPR, including five children, suffered from Ukrainian aggression.
11:15 Over the past day, the air defense forces of the People's Militia of the DPR destroyed three Tochka-U missiles fired by Ukrainian Nazis.
11:15 Since the beginning of the current day, the NM DPR, with the support of the Russian army, destroyed 57 Ukrainian nationalists, a tank firing position, two firing positions of 122mm D-30 howitzers, one armored personnel carrier and three armored vehicles. One 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, one BMP and two armored personnel carriers were captured.
11:15 During the day, 12 servicemen of the 54th Mechanized Brigade and five of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine laid down their arms and went over to the side of the DPR.
11:14 In Lugansk, the operation to liberate the territory of the LPR from Ukrainian Nazis was soon completed.
11:13 The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR are advancing in the area of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.
10:22 The official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, said that the Ukrainian military is running out of ammunition. Many lay down their arms and voluntarily go over to the side of the republic.
10:21 Soldiers of the "Somalia" battalion (DPR)hoisted a flag over the administration of the Kalmiussky district of Mariupol.
10:20 Chinese journalists talked with residents of Mariupol, who told how Ukrainian Nazis hid near schools and kindergartens, as well as about other crimes of the militants.
09:41 A group of Ukrainian Nazis fled from positions in Mariupol. Online published their documents in order to speed up the search for the Azov militants.
08:38 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Yasinovataya (DNR). Three shells with a caliber of 152mm were fired at the city. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:00 Ukrainian Nazis once a day opened fire on the territory of the LPR. The village of Logvinovo was under fire.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:50 In Matveevka (a northwestern suburb of Nikolaev), the Armed Forces of Ukraine have equipped a large stronghold near the fish processing plant and the former silicate plant. Local residents report that the stronghold is located close to residential buildings and their lives are in danger. 21:25 A resident of the Kherson region died while trying to launch a live projectile on metal.
20:50 The UN representative said that he had not seen videos demonstrating the atrocious attitude towards Russian prisoners of war by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine pull together infantry and armored vehicles in the direction of Galitsinovo and Luparevo. Local residents claim that at least 6 Urals with infantry and 5 BMDs have been deployed there.
20:07 From about 17.30, the RF Armed Forces are conducting artillery training at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the southern entrance to Nikolaev. Explosions are heard in the Ship area of the city.
19:53 During the day, operational-tactical aviation hit 41 military facilities of Ukraine.
19:18 High-precision sea-based cruise missiles "Caliber" destroyed large ammunition depots in the areas of settlements in the Zhytomyr region, from which the group of Ukrainian troops defending the suburbs of Kyiv was supplied.
18:40 In the Kherson region, the RF Armed Forces repelled the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:59 The Russian military specifically began to remove red crosses from medical vehicles, because they became a priority target for Ukrainian artillerymen.
17:13 Residents of Kherson continue to receive humanitarian aid from Russia.
16:35 Residents of Kramatorsk publish footage of a burning Ukrainian Su-27 shot down by the Russian military.
15:25 After the appearance on the network of personnel with bullying of Russian prisoners of war, new combat orders were sent to the commands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. There is a strict ban on posting such materials online. The fact itself is not condemned.
14:53 The Russian military destroyed a battery of BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems of the Ukrainian army.
14:03 Russian ships entered the closed areas of the Black Sea. Probably they are planning to carry out missile strikes against targets on land - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:15 Today there will be no humanitarian corridors in Ukraine - Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Vereshchuk.
13:00 The commander of the self-propelled gun battery of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Denis Maksishko was denazified.
12:50 At night, another DRG was detected, abandoned from the side of the Nikolaev region near Kherson. Under the settlement of Zhovtnevoye (Engineering), foreign mercenaries were identified who were preparing an ambush for the rear columns of the RF Armed Forces. They acted in conjunction with the agents of the SBU in the Kherson region.
12:21 Talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held tonight in Istanbul.
12:18 Russian troops have entered Golaya Pristan, Kherson region.
12:15 The number of arrivals in Russia from Ukraine and Donbass exceeded 472,000, the source said.
11:23 Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and missile forces hit 36 military targets of Ukraine in a day, including two air defense systems and one MLRS installation.
10:40 Russian Armed Forces shot down five missiles of the Ukrainian Smerch multiple launch rocket system in the air near the airfield in the Kherson region.
10:30 Russian military shot down four Ukrainian Su-24s and one Su-27 in a day.
10:20 Russian Armed Forces since the start of the special operation have destroyed 308 drones, 1,713 tanks and 170 MLRS.
10:00 During the day, 19 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
09:40 Burnt Nazi equipment near residential buildings and dead Ukrainian militants in Borodyanka, Kiev region.
09:18 Medical vehicles with a red cross are becoming a priority target for Ukrainian artillerymen in the Kiev direction. They are fired upon first of all, so that no one can help the injured and wounded. Therefore, red crosses from cars have to be washed.
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[Korrespondent] 22:04 Despite the lack of agreed humanitarian corridors, today it was possible to evacuate Mariupol residents from Berdyansk: 15 buses carrying 881 people are already in Zaporozhye, the Office of the President reported. Also, 2,350 people arrived in Zaporozhye on their own transport, most of them are residents of Mariupol. 21:55 The Russian invaders, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, drove on their armored vehicles without protection through the highly toxic zone of the Red Forest, raising clouds of radioactive dust, Reuters writes with reference to an employee of the nuclear power plant. It is "suicide" for the military, he said, as the radioactive dust they inhale causes internal exposure.
21:53 Investigative journalist Khristo Grozev says that Putin, Shoigu and top Russian officials can hide in nuclear bunkers in the Urals - their flights testify to this. According to him, if Russia decides on a nuclear strike, then the leadership will not be able to hide later, so they hide in advance.
21:38 The Red Cross helped the Russians forcibly take the residents of Mariupol to Russia. We are talking about 40,000 forcibly evacuated Mariupol residents, Vereshchuk said in a comment to Strana .
"The Red Cross itself announced its participation in the transfer of people from Mariupol to Russia. Then they removed this publication, but it was too late. Yes, I can confirm this," Vereshchuk said.
21:24 Russian troops launched a missile attack on an oil depot in the Rivne region, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Koval.
21:13 In the Donetsk region, Bishop Ambrose of Volnovakha was wounded, the UOC reported. This happened during the shelling of the Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery, located in the village of Nikolskoye near Volnovakha.
21:06 The course of the war was a surprise not only for the Kremlin, which was preparing for the parade in Kiev, but also for our Western partners, who assigned no more than 96 hours to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for resistance. What is the secret of the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine? About this in the material Why Ukraine fights better than the Russian Federation .
20:55 Russian invaders in the southern regions of Ukraine collect passport data of citizens, giving them small amounts in rubles, Podolyak reports. One of the reasons for collecting data is an attempt to organize fictitious "referendums". "Technology is meaningless. Ukraine pays pensions and salaries to citizens everywhere," writes an adviser to the head of the Presidential Office.
20:49 Ukrzaliznytsia resumes ticket sales ten days in advance for main flights.
20:30 A spokesman for Abramovich confirmed that he had symptoms of poisoning, according to the BBC.
20:27 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the village of Rudnytske in the Baryshevsky district of the Kiev region, pushing the front line about 15 kilometers to the east, military journalist Nolan Peterson said.
20:25 Erdogan announced that he would hold talks with the delegations of Ukraine and Russia before their meeting in Istanbul. He also noted that telephone conversations with Zelensky and Putin "continue in a positive way."
20:20 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development closes its offices in Moscow and Minsk.
19:59 UNIAN journalist Dmytro Khilyuk has been held captive for 24 days, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine reported. He is being held at a prison camp in the village of Dymer, Kiev region. Journalist Natalya Boguta says she received confirmation "from witnesses, relatives of those who are being held captive in Dymer - there are 100 people there."
19:54 Stefanchuk warned the "pro-Russian hawks" who pretended to be "doves of peace" for years, and fled with the start of the war: "The adopted law on collaborationism is already in effect. And the choice here is simple. Everyone now either defends this country or fights against it."
19:37 As a result of four auctions for the sale of war bonds in March 2022, Ukraine was able to accumulate about 26 billion hryvnias, the Finance Ministry said.
19:25 Russia transferred about 150 people from South Ossetia to the occupied Crimea in order to further transport them to Ukraine. A covert mobilization of the population of South Ossetia is also being carried out in order to further involve them in the war against Ukraine, the General Staff reports.
19:23 Despite Moscow's statements about changing plans and priorities in Ukraine, the enemy continues to build up the group of troops around Kiev. Thus, Russian troops continue unsuccessful attempts to take positions from which they could attack or cordon off the capital, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
19:19 Russia is concentrating its main efforts on fulfilling the task of reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. Also, the command of the Russian Federation is making every effort to establish control over the occupied territories.
In order to replenish the losses of personnel, the military commissariats of the Russian Federation are recruiting so-called "volunteers" who will be involved in ensuring occupational "order" in the occupied territories.
19:07 UN Secretary General António Guterres said that he had instructed his deputy for humanitarian affairs to discuss the possibility of a humanitarian truce with Ukraine and Russia.
He also said that he did not believe in the possibility of the conflict around Ukraine escalating into a nuclear war, and called on all parties to "avoid rhetoric leading to escalation."
19:05 As a result of the shelling by Russian troops of Severodonetsk and Rubizhne, two people were killed today, ten were injured, 26 were rescued from the rubble, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
18:53 Bellingcat reports that three members of the delegation at the first talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of March 3-4 experienced symptoms of chemical weapons poisoning. One of the victims was Roman Abramovich.
Earlier today, the media reported on the poisoning of the people's deputy, a member of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, but he denied this information.
18:38 Azerbaijan is ready to provide Ukraine with fuel for the sowing campaign, Zelensky said following a conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
18:36 The situation with Mariupol is not war crimes, it is genocide, Venediktova said.
18:32 Andriy Shevchik, a collaborator from Energodar, who cooperated with the occupiers and headed an illegal "council" in the city, was handed a message of suspicion by the Zaporizhia Regional Prosecutor's Office. The sanction of the article "treason" provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 15 years or life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
18:29 Since the beginning of the war, the SBU has eliminated five enemy bot farms with a capacity of more than 100,000 fake accounts. They operated on the territory of Kharkov, Cherkasy, Ternopil, Poltava and Transcarpathia.
18:17 The nuclear subcritical installation Source of Neutrons once again came under fire from the Russian occupiers this afternoon, the operating organization said. As a result, buildings and infrastructure suffered serious damage, the extent of which and its impact on nuclear and radiation safety cannot currently be assessed due to intense hostilities.
17:52 Kadyrov is in Mariupol, according to Russian media, citing the Chechen authorities. The Chechen authorities also stated that the further strategy of the militants' actions in Mariupol "is adjusted in order to liberate the city in the coming days."
Pushilin, in turn, said that a cleansing of the central regions was underway in Mariupol, and the "DNR" expected to "take the city under full control in the near future."
17:47 The head of Ukrainian intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said that Ukraine, with the help of undercover intelligence, including sources in the Kremlin, receives a large amount of information about Russia's intentions. One example is the recent missile attack in Berdyansk that destroyed a Russian landing ship.
In addition, according to the head of the GUR, agent-based intelligence has been enhanced by rapidly growing cyber-intelligence capabilities, which give a deep understanding of Russia's military plans.
17:28 The EU has expanded sanctions against Russia through the "50% rule". The blacklist now includes companies where the majority of shares are jointly owned by two or more sanctioned individuals, even if none of them owns more than 50%.
In the United States, the 50% sanction rule has been in effect since 2008, while in the European Union it has not yet been applied.
17:22 The GPU has opened more than 3,000 cases of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Venediktova said.
17:19 The state-owned Ukrgasbank announced that it is ready to give all the cash in rubles to the Russian military, who will surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine along with equipment and weapons.
17:13 Fitch Ratings reported that it would no longer publish data on Russia's sovereign rating.
16:59 The Armenian Embassy in Ukraine stated that the country did not transfer planes to Russia.
16:54 According to preliminary estimates, almost 5,000 people died in Mariupol , the UP reports with reference to the data of the authorities. After the blockade, 150,000 people were evacuated from Mariupol, and about 170,000 remain in the blockade.
16:43 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated Irpen, a sweep is currently underway, Mayor Alexander Markushin said. At the same time, he warned residents that it was still impossible to return to the city.
"We are gaining a foothold on our new frontiers and will continue to go and liberate Bucha, Gostomel, Vorzel. We understand that there will be more attacks on our city, and we will courageously defend it," he stressed.
16:38 Anonymous hackers published a scan of the order of acting. Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Dmitry Bulgakov on the preparation of fake videos, which should demonstrate the "inhuman behavior" of the Ukrainian military in relation to Russian prisoners of war.
16:26 The second largest sovereign investment fund of the UAE Mubadala Investment Company suspends investments in Russia.
16:16 The German Interior Ministry warned that the use of the letter Z "in some cases may constitute an endorsement of Russia's aggressive war", and anyone who publicly approves of this aggressive war could be held accountable.
16:04 A large number of units of the Russian army are forced to withdraw their troops to the territory of Russia or Belarus in order to resume their combat capability, said the speaker of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. According to him, without this, the Russian army can no longer advance in certain areas.
16:00 Head of the Ministry of Energy German Galushchenko said that Ukraine would not agree to receive money for gas transit from Russia in rubles. He explained that payments for transit are not bilateral agreements: "First, Europeans need to pay in rubles. Everything is connected. It is impossible to pay in rubles here, but here to receive euros and dollars."
15:58 Ministers of the G7 countries will not pay Russia for gas in rubles, said Vice Chancellor of Germany Habek. He explained that changing the payment currency is a violation of the current contract, and therefore companies should not agree to new conditions. Habek stressed that Europe is ready for any scenario, including a complete halt in supplies.
15:56 Arestovich admits that the enemy can take Mariupol, "although it will not be easy or fast at all." He stated this in an interview with Mark Feigin. "If they are now transferring forces from Russia and from the north, this will give a result in total, and no matter how professional the defenders of Mariupol are, there will be grief," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office explained.
The second "most unpleasant possible outcome," according to him, is the encirclement of Ukrainian forces in the JFO zone. In this case, the enemy will receive a "major operational victory." At the same time, he assured that Ukraine would not lose the war because of this.
Arestovich voiced another version of the development of events: in Mariupol, resistance will remain in certain areas, which will distract enemy forces from a strike in the northern direction, in the JFO zone, "thus giving us room for political maneuver."
In the JFO zone itself, according to him, Ukrainian troops will withdraw to previously prepared positions, while holding the front line, and will not allow themselves to be surrounded.
15:47 In Genichesk, the occupiers began to issue a "pension" in Russian rubles. According to the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergey Khlan, people are standing in queues and are already receiving cash in their hands.
"True, the whole movement of the ruble ends at money changers, where pensioners immediately exchange rubles for hryvnias," the deputy added.
15:32 In North Macedonia, the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and handed him a note stating that the presence of five employees of the Russian embassy in the country is undesirable. The reasons for this decision are not reported.
15:29 In Genichesk, the invaders kidnapped a deputy from the Servant of the People Alexei Konovalov, said Yuriy Sobolevsky, the first deputy head of the Kherson Regional Council. According to him, the deputy was detained on the morning of March 28 at one of the checkpoints, there is no connection with him.
15:27 The Turkish edition of Haber Global reports, citing intelligence data, that Armenia sent four of its Su-30 aircraft with pilots to support Russia in the war against Ukraine.
15:24 The Russian Novaya Gazeta said that it had received another warning from Roskomnadzor and was forced to stop its activities "until the completion of the special operation on the territory of Ukraine."
15:22 The European Commission called on the EU member states to cancel the granting of citizenship in exchange for investments and to assess the possibility of canceling the citizenship of Russians and Belarusians who fell under sanctions.
15:17 Peskov said that Russia is "not afraid" of publishing Zelensky's interview, it's just that Roskomnadzor should check the material of the Russian media "for compliance with the law."
15:06 Ukraine cannot stop the transit of Russian gas, because this would mean failure to fulfill its obligations to European companies, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko explained.
15:00 Russian troops hit three military units in the Zhytomyr region during shelling on Sunday evening, said the head of the Zhytomyr OVA Vitaly Bunechko. According to him, in one of the units they got into the warehouses of artillery weapons. Two soldiers were injured.
14:44 In Russia, from April 1, mobilization will begin under the program for the urgent formation of army reserves BARS. To hide mass mobilization activities, it will be carried out simultaneously with the planned call for military service. So the authorities of the Russian Federation intend to hide a large number of mobilized people arriving at the military registration and enlistment offices, reports Urkainskaya intelligence. These reservists will be sent to Ukraine.
At the same time, with the help of the BARS program, they hide the involvement of Russian prisoners in hostilities. In particular, about 100 criminals held in the Chernokozovo colony in the Chechen Republic are already preparing to be sent to Ukraine. All of them were convicted of serious crimes (robbery, murder, distribution of drugs). Convicts who have received terms under political articles (extremism, terrorism) are not offered such agreements.
Those who agreed were promised a full amnesty if they returned alive after participating in hostilities. Such mobilized people are not allowed to see their relatives and generally inform them about their participation in the war in Ukraine.
14:33 It is impossible to open a criminal case against Putin for committing war crimes while he has functional immunity while in office, Venediktova said.
14:16 NATO countries do not want to transfer tanks and aircraft to Ukraine because they are afraid of Russia, Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist. According to him, the Russians still have a lot of military vehicles: "There are cities where there are so many tanks that tank traffic jams form."
14:10 Russia has stolen 400 leased planes worth $10 billion - this is the largest theft in the history of civil aviation, writes Reuters. Most of the aircraft still fly in the Russian Federation on domestic routes, although the validity of airworthiness certificates has been suspended.
Despite the fact that dual registration is not allowed under international rules, the Russian Federation has already transferred more than half of the aircraft owned by foreigners to its own registry.
14:01 Ukrainians again went to the rally in Energodar and sang the anthem of Ukraine. They also demand the release of Ivan Samoydyuk, deputy mayor.
13:55 Romania, following Turkey, found a mine in the Black Sea off its coast.
13:38 The total damage to Ukraine from the Russian invasion reaches 564.9 billion dollars, said Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko.
13:20 In the Sumy region, the occupiers deliberately ran over pedestrians with military equipment, as a result of which the family suffered: the father died, and the mother and 15-year-old son were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
13:15 In the Gomel region of Belarus, the enemy is pulling the Iskanders to the border with Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
13:11 Arakhamia said that negotiations with the Russian delegation should begin tomorrow at 10:00 in Turkey.
13:09 More than half of Ukrainians lost their jobs during the war and are actively looking for work. In this regard, the Ministry of Digital Development is negotiating with the management of the site for the sale of unique goods Etsy, so that Ukrainians can create new accounts on the site, Fedorov said.
13:03 Russia has planned to send military equipment and 150 servicemen from the 155th Separate Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet (the point of permanent deployment - Vladivostok), the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. A subdivision of the 14th Separate Special Purpose Brigade of the Eastern Military District has been formed (permanent deployment point - Khabarovsk), readiness for a business trip - May 2022.
13:00 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian ships have entered the closed areas of the Black Sea and are probably planning to launch missile attacks on targets on land.
12:57 The Russians are trying to create a corridor for themselves around Kiev and block transport routes, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. "To repel the attacks, ground, airborne troops, and terrorist defense are involved. It is very difficult for the enemy, but we must be honest: the enemy is trying to capture Kyiv, because capturing Kyiv is, in fact, capturing Ukraine, and this is their goal," she explained.
12:42 Podolyak said that Russia loses 510-530 people killed every day. According to him, this testifies to the extremely high intensity of the fighting and the motivation of the Ukrainian military.
"In order to double/triple the number of irretrievable losses for the Russian Federation, it is necessary to sharply increase the volume of supplies of shells for heavy and long-range artillery systems," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office added.
12:38 The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine estimates the losses in the energy sector due to the war unleashed by Russia at two billion dollars.
12:47 Peskov said that Russia will not supply gas to EU countries for free if they refuse to pay in rubles.
12:34 Zelensky in an interview with The Economist divided NATO countries into five groups:
those who "are not against a long war, because it will exhaust Russia, even at the cost of the death of Ukraine and Ukrainians";
those who want a speedy cessation of hostilities because "the Russian market is large and their economy is suffering from sanctions";
those who see "Nazism in Russia" and want Ukraine to win;
those who want the war to end quickly at any cost, because they "first of all care about people's lives";
those who want peace here and now, because they are the "representation of the Russian Federation in Europe."
12:30 Occupants have killed some Ukrainian mayors , Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist. "They're kidnapping the mayors of our cities. They've killed some of them. Some of them we can't find. Some of them we've already found and they're dead."
12:19 Peskov said that there would be no meeting between Zelensky and Putin after the meeting of the delegations in Istanbul, because "we cannot yet state significant progress or breakthroughs."
12:17 Minister of Energy German Galushchenko called the Luhansk TPP, Akhtyrskaya TPP, Trypilska TPP and Chernihiv TPP the most affected energy facilities from the war.
12:14 The Russian court explained that citizens of the Russian Federation can continue to use Facebook and Instagram, despite the ban on Meta as an extremist organization. In particular, as stated in the court decision, "these measures of judicial protection do not limit the actions on the use of Meta software products by individuals and legal entities not participating in activities prohibited by law."
12:11 Lavrov said that Russia now "is obliged to make sure that people in Donbass never again suffer from the Kiev regime." He is also convinced that the West "wanted to spit" on the sovereign rights of other states. The Russian Foreign Minister expressed hope that negotiations with Ukraine would be crowned with success.
12:00 In Odessa and the region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will conduct practice firing at sea from various types of weapons, including large-caliber weapons, today. Residents of the region are asked to remain calm.
11:43 The next round of Ukrainian-Russian talks will begin tonight in Istanbul, Reuters reports citing a high-ranking Turkish official.
11:35 In Kiev and the region, the curfew time has changed: from today it will operate from 21:00 to 6:00, Klitschko said.
11:22 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that Ukrainians, whom the Russians forcibly removed from the occupied territories, provide their data to the nearest Ukrainian embassy in neighboring states or states of possible transit.
11:17 Mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko said that the city needs a complete evacuation. According to him, about 160,000 people remained in Mariupol, "in which it is impossible to live, because there is nothing at all: no water, no light, no heat, no connection."
11:10 In Kiev, part of the districts were left without electricity due to hostilities near the city. So, two high-voltage lines were again damaged, feeding part of the houses in the residential areas of Belichi, Borshchagovka, Vinogradar, Windy Mountains and Pushcha-Voditsa. A total of 82,000 subscribers were left without electricity, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
11:08 People's Deputy Umerov said that the information about his poisoning is a fake.
11:03 The United States continues to explain Biden's statement in Warsaw that Putin cannot remain in power: the State Department said that the American president's statements were made "on emotions" and do not reflect the official course of the White House.
11:02 Numerous Russian troops have entered the Naked Pristan of the Kherson region , the city is cordoned off from all sides, local deputy Yury Zelenin said. He urged local residents "not to provoke them and not to leave the house."
10:49 Investigative journalists of the Russian edition of the Agency report that people's deputy Rustem Umerov, who was a member of the Ukrainian delegation at negotiations with the Russian Federation, was poisoned in Kiev. He is now alive and doing well. Three sources from both sides told about this publication at once.
10:47 The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the discovery of a mine in the Black Sea near the border with Bulgaria.
10:45 Reactive artillery of the Russian army fired at the positions of the 128th separate mountain-assault Transcarpathian brigade with multiple launch rocket systems, the General Staff reports. At the same time, most of the shells hit the area where peaceful settlements are located far beyond the line of fire.
10:34 Humanitarian corridors are not opening today for security reasons , Vereshchuk said. According to her, intelligence reported possible provocations by the invaders on the routes.
10:22 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of March 28:
personnel - about 17,000 people,
tanks - 586,
armored fighting vehicles - 1694,
artillery systems - 302,
MLRS - 95,
air defense systems - 54,
aircraft - 123,
helicopters - 127,
automotive equipment - 1150,
ships/boats - 7,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 73,
UAV operational-tactical level - 66,
special equipment - 21,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
10:20 In total, 42 countries have already applied to the International Criminal Court in connection with the war crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. According to Minister of Justice Denis Malyuska, if the war crimes of the Russian troops are recognized by the court, those involved in them can be detained in any country that recognizes the jurisdiction of this court.
10:16 Slovakia awarded Zelensky with the Alexander Dubcek State Prize - this is a "symbol of freedom," Prime Minister Eduard Geger said.
09:53 Russian troops changed not only tactics, but also strategy, starting to shell Ukrainian cities as much as possible, trying to destroy critical infrastructure and testing the nerves of Ukrainians and the effectiveness of Ukrainian air defense, Denisenko said.
In his opinion, in the near future, the Russians will maximize their missile strikes on various points in Ukraine: “Their task is to show that there is no point in this country where you can be safe. And this is one of the key tasks at this moment in the psychological part of this wars."
09:38 The situation with the fires in Chernobyl has stabilized, the radiation background is normal, said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
09:20 Slovenia returned its diplomat to Kiev, he has already started work.
09:18 As a result of the Russian invasion, 143 Ukrainian children have already died, 216 were injured, Denisova said.
09:16 At the end of the war, Russia will pay indemnities and reparations to Ukraine for decades, said presidential adviser Oleg Ustenko. The Russian Federation will receive from Ukraine more than one claim for compensation for material damage.
09:11 In Russia, cartoons about Masyanya were recognized as extremist and Oleg Kuvaev's website mult.ru was blocked.
09:10 At the Oscar ceremony, the dead Ukrainians were honored with a minute of silence, Mila Kunis made a speech. Zelensky was never invited, because, according to the organizers, it would be too political a move.
09:05 Japanese banks Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and MUFG Bank, together with the British HSBC and the American JPMorgan Chase, will provide a loan in the amount of one billion dollars to Kuwait Petroleum. This will help boost Kuwait's crude oil production quickly.
09:02 According to the UN, since the beginning of the Russian invasion, 3.8 million Ukrainians have left the country, another 6.5 million have become internally displaced. There are 13 million people in war zones who cannot leave.
08:58 Scholz said that Putin achieved the opposite effect by invading Ukraine: the whole country rallied as a nation, and NATO strengthened the defense of the eastern flank of the alliance.
08:51 The occupiers again fired at Rubizhne, one person died and one was wounded, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
08:49 In the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region, a car shot by Russians with a dead family - parents and a three-year-old child was found, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office reported.
08:44 In Kiev, fragments of a downed rocket fell on a private house in the Darnitsky district, as a result, the garage caught fire. The fire has been extinguished and there are no casualties, officials said.
08:30 In response to Switzerland's accession to EU sanctions, the FSB confiscated Audemars Piguet watches worth millions of euros in Moscow.
08:01 The Ukrainian military has already destroyed the occupiers in the Chernobaevka area for the 12th time, Arestovich said.
07:06 A grouping of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past day destroyed four aircraft, one helicopter, two UAVs of various types and two cruise missiles. Aviation of the Air Force was also involved in delivering strikes against certain ground targets and objects of the occupiers.
07:00 The grouping of forces and means of defense of Kiev is holding back the enemy, who is trying to break through the defenses from the northwest and east in order to take control of key roads and settlements, the General Staff reports.
04:37 The NB65 hacker group, associated with Anonymous, hacked the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, which, in particular, manages the Rossiya 24, Rossiya 1 and RTR Planet TV channels. Hackers threaten to leak 870 GB of VGTRK data.
03:40 On Sunday, thousands of people around the world came out to support Ukraine and join the SaveUkraine telethon - in particular, in Britain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Austria, and the USA.
00:40 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on citizens to prepare for the worsening financial situation due to Russia's war in Ukraine.
00:05 Mayor of Slavutych Yury Fomichev said that the Russian occupiers had left the city. According to him, they "did their job - they checked the city" and left for its borders.
[FOXNEWS] Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued to call on the world to do more to help his country fend off Russian aggressors, going as far as to accuse the West of cowardice during an address on Sunday, while a top Ukrainian official identified a shift in Russian strategies.
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, predicted that Russia was aiming to split Ukraine into Western and Eastern blocs, similar to how North and South Korea were independently recognized following the Korean War, as ongoing negotiations with Russia have so far failed to reach a conclusion.
"The occupiers will try to pull the occupied territories into a single quasi-state structure and pit it against independent Ukraine," Budanov said in a statement via the Defense Ministry. The official said Ukraine would continue to fight to defend the regions.
The occupied territories include Donetsk and Luhansk, two cities Russian officials have demanded Kyiv hand over amid the negotiation process.
In the Sunday address, Zelenskyy called for additional fighter jets and tanks to push back Russian advances, as the latter country has pivoted its focus to taking over the Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine.
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From the start I have believed this to be Putin's end state. He has had his eye on the eastern side or the country for years. Early on we here at Rantburg discussed Putin's attack and negotiated limited withdrawal. Lets see how the negotiations go.
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an interesting problem with the 2 Ukraine solution is that the inhabitants of Eastern Ukraine are now familiar with Russian style corrupt governance and thuggery.
Of course Ukraine has a fair amount of corruption also but not, I think, the thuggery of Russia.
So even the Russian speaking population of Eastern Ukraine may prefer to be part of Ukraine.
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^ They will not be given the choice, or allowed to flee, methinks
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An Azov base in Mariupol has been destroyed, and the remaining Azov forces have been effectively cut in half. According to reports on the ground, they're leaving behind whole districts to retreat into the Azovstal factory. pic.twitter.com/khHQlvXfCV
New dreadful figures from #Mariupol: - 170,000 residents are still trapped in the besieged town; - officially, 5,000 people killed, including 210 kids; - 2,000+ residential blocks destroyed; - 60,000+ private houses destroyed#SaveMariupol#ProtectUАSky#warcrimespic.twitter.com/M8h2QC3RO3
[CNBC] U.S. 5-year and 30-year Treasury yields on Monday inverted for the first time since 2006, raising fears of a possible recession.
The yield on the 5-year Treasury note rose to 2.56 percent, while the 30-year yield fell to 2.55 percent. This is the first time the shorter-dated 5-year Treasury yield has risen above that of the longer-dated 30-year U.S. government bond since 2006 — just a couple of years before the Global Financial Crisis.
The main yield spread that traders watch — the spread between the 2-year and the 10-year rate — remained positive for now.
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There is only one way to choke off inflation once it gets started, and that is with a rip-roaring recession. See 1979-82.
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I recall US Givernment bond yields from the Great Recession:
What were bond rates in 1980?
30 Year Treasury Rate - 39 Year Historical Chart
30 Year Treasury - Historical Annual Yield Data
Year Average Yield Year Close
1981 13.45% 13.65%
1980 11.27% 11.98%
1979 9.28% 10.11%
[Libertarian Institute] The Pentagon’s 2023 budget proposal calls for retiring 24 ships to make way for more expensive vessels. All nine of the Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) would be among those scrapped.
The LCS program has been plagued with issues. The most serious are failures in the population system. Last year, a major defect was found in the transmission, causing new ship deliveries to be halted. The frequent issues have led to the nickname "little crappy ships."
Many of the Freedom-class crafts to be cut are the newest in the American fleet, with five ships commissioned in the past four years. Rear Adm. John Gumbleton, the Navy’s budget chief, said the decision to scrap the vessel was a money-saving move.
"A piece of that was our choice going after decommissioning vessels that were very expensive to maintain," he said. The 24 ships would generate savings of "$3.6 billion across the budget that I can reinvest."
The Pentagon was planning to buy six additional Freedom-class LCSs. It is unclear if the projects will be terminated. Five cruisers, four landing dock ships, two submarines, two oilers, and two expeditionary transfer docks will also be retired.
The Navy is looking to add more nuclear-powered ships like Ford-class aircraft carriers and Columbia-class submarines. The new DoD budget would bring the total number of ships down from 298 to 280.
However, Congress may reject the Pentagon’s suggestion to remove the ships from service. For example, the DoD’s past efforts to eliminate the A-10 program were removed from the budget during the legislative process.
Even if the ships are cut, American taxpayers will not see savings. The White House plans a $30 billion increase in war spending in 2023.
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well, once they fix the population system, they can get around to the propulsion system. Nice reporting.
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Exactly how does one in any government position get fired?
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These ships were built and are being replaced almost entirely in order to maintain some domestic shipbuilding capability. (Oh, and to distribute cash to friends.) It never mattered if they were problematic.
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They actually might fit the Coast Guard counterdug mission as airborne platforms for a more robust littoral surveillance and response task force farther off-shore than current land based systems. Such a task force could be formed with the new 110's and give them the aviation and drone coverage area breadth/reaction speed they sorely lack. Just spit-balling but they are new 4-spot flight decks.
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...There's some talk about taking the new-build ones that have the glitches fixed/alleviated and making them dedicated anti-sub ships - they're surprisingly well suited for the job, (especially the new-build Independences) but the bad name the project has earned may doom that idea.
And BTW, the USCG runs from the idea of getting them like the Devil from Holy Water.
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They are the naval equivalent to the Aztek.
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The Pentagon was planning to buy six additional Freedom-class LCSs. It is unclear if the projects will be terminated.
Wait - so they are going to buy six more very expensive ships and then immediately retire them?
There you have it folks! Modern Procurement in action.
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#8 The Pentagon was planning to buy six additional Freedom-class LCSs. It is unclear if the projects will be terminated.
Wait - so they are going to buy six more very expensive ships and then immediately retire them?
There you have it folks! Modern Procurement in action.
Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-03-29 13:59
...Since the 60s, every major defense contract has had a clause that essentially makes it cheaper to keep buying the contracted product rather than cancel the program. Whatever it costs to pick up completed new ships at the yard and tow them into mothballs, it'll cost a couple of orders of magnitude more to cancel the program where it sits.
Mike
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As I recall there was one, one defense contracting firm that manufactured deliverable M1 Abrahams tanks. If you close the line, like they did with the A-10, the institutional knowledge of the precise tooling, skilled workers and knowledge of procedures for assemble are lost. Reassembly isn't easy, cheap or fast, so there is a national value in keeping mininmal capability online.
[Aviantionist] The U.S. Air Force recently released, on March 25, the first photos of an A-10C Thunderbolt II loaded with GBU-39 Small-Diameter Bombs during a test near Eglin Air Force Base (Florida). The service did not disclose much info, except for mentioning that the test flight was performed by the 40th Flight Test Squadron on Feb. 9, 2022.
The integration of the GBU-39 on the "Warthog", as the A-10 is affectionately known by its pilot, is one of the major upgrades that were announced in 2019 as part of the A-10 Common Fleet Initiative. The program has the goal of keeping the aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory until late 2030s, while at the same time making sure that the A-10C will be a credible and lethal threat in that timeframe, should the need to deploy it during an eventual high-end conflict arise.
Until now the A-10 was limited to carry only a single weapon on each pylon; by using the BRU-61/A rack, the A-10 will be able to carry four SDBs on each weapon pylon, becoming a "bomb truck" that can release these stand-off weapons to neutralize threats as far as 50 miles in the target area before starting to provide Close Air Support (CAS) to ground troops. In the photos released on DVIDS we can see the aircraft carrying four BRU-61s, for a total of 16 SDBs.
The integration of the GBU-39 on the A-10 has been in the works at least since 2020, when The War Zone reported that SDB testing was in developmental testing with the 40th Flight Test Squadron, Detachment 1, based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The GBU-39, first deployed aboard the F-15E Strike Eagle in 2006, is currently integrated also on the F-16, F-22, AC-130, Gripen and Tornado and will be integrated on the F-35, B-1, B-2 and B-52.
As we already reported, the SDB is a small 250-lb multipurpose, insensitive, penetrating bomb with a blast-fragmentation warhead for stationary targets. It is equipped with deployable wings for extended standoff range that open upon release allowing the GPS-guided bomb to glide for several miles before hitting the target with accuracy: launched at high-speed from high altitude it can travel for as much as 50 miles, allowing the attack plane to remain outside the range of most SAM (Surface-to-Air Missile) batteries.
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The military convoy that was stuck north of Kyiv for more than a week would have been a great target to test the new SBD bomb truck system on the A10.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[NYP] A massive pileup on a snowy stretch of Pennsylvania highway Monday left at least three people dead and almost resembled something out of a war — with explosions, flames and drivers standing on the road fleeing more skidding cars, according to reports.
[Libertarian Institute] The Pentagon’s 2023 budget proposal calls for retiring 24 ships to make way for more expensive vessels. All nine of the Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) would be among those scrapped. 
