...diagnoses of autism, anxiety, depression and significant psychological problems, described as a troubled kid obsessed with guns — the police came to the family home frequently to deal with him. Mr. Cruz was adopted at birth, then his adoptive father died when he was young, followed into the grave by his adoptive mother a few months before he ran amok. So really he was a classic school shooter. Interestingly, his biological sister Danielle Woodard, a decade older, also has a long rap sheet and is classified as a habitual violent offender...
23, will be put to death for murdering 17
It is expected to be a two-month process to pick 12 panelists, eight alternates
In October, Cruz pleaded guilty and jurors will only decide on his sentence
The jurors chosen will decide on a death sentence or life without parole
#2
The vics all got death. I will say, I am totally against the death penalty for people who fit the clinical and legal definitions of mentally ill. That comes down to did he know what he was doing and did he understand actions have consequences. I'm not qualified to say and if I was, I still have not interviewed him myself. My layman's impression is that he's sane enough to bear responsibility. YMMV.
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If one has murdered seventeen people, regardless of whether he's mentally ill, it's only sensible to end his life as soon as possible. Or others get the idea that your lives are not worth much.
#8
When I was a reporter, I covered lots of criminal court, but no death penalty cases. I believe in the death penalty in principle. In practice, I saw too many stupid jurors, drunk court officials and dishonest cops to believe the system was in any way competent to hand anyone a death sentence.
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Armed judges on motorcycles. With helmets connecting to all perp records. And ammo from armor piercing and flechettes to incendiaries and hi-explosive.
Anybody joining that service, I'd trust with law enforcement totally.
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When a dog mauls and kills a child, do we really worry about whether the creature understood what it was doing or the proceeding of its disposition?
#12
Oh, the pit bull apologists come out in droves every time. Makes me ill.
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A wild dog attacked me when I was eleven or so. It bit me in the neck, face, arms. Blood all over. My legs shook from fear and shock.
Passersby and my grandpa beat it half to death. Then my grandpa made me hit it too, get the fear out of me. They said I was to deal the killing blow but I couldn't. I just sat and watched the thing die. My blood, its blood. The same color. It was a moment.
Only killed one animal in my life, when I was fifteen. A monkey that was fighting my dog. We killed it together in fact. No guilt.
#14
Some crimes are so horrendous and shock the public to such an extent that the death penalty is the only appropriate sentence. I can think of a few such crimes in our area where the death sentence was the only appropriate sentence. There was no doubt about who did them; they were just vicious horrible crimes. However, endless appeals have dragged out the justice process for 20 years or so. These criminals end up destroying victim and their families' lives forever.
#15
If it's to be done, it must be done in public, so everyone can see. In the movie In Cold Blood, during the hanging scene, one witness asks another "Does anyone know the hangman's name?" The other guy says "Yeah, 'We the people.'"
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A number of readers will have killed better men than he and should have few qualms about putting down a dog that knows or doesn't know he did a bad thing.
#3
Court documents show that Martin — also listed as Dandrae Martin in some public documents — has an extensive arrest record.
In 2014, records show, he was convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence upon a spouse or partner in Riverside County and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Two years later, he was convicted of attempting to commit aggravated assault in Maricopa County and served a stint in an Arizona prison.
Two years after that, he was convicted of criminal damage, but another charge — assault causing fear of physical injury — was dismissed.
#6
This woebegotten son of a ho,
became a dredlocked rappist.
They wouldn't let him near money,
so he tried being a trappist.
But Alas! Wakanda calls,
and woe alway befalls
these yooths turnin' their
black lives 'roun.
Oh they all end up ded,
or behind the iron latticed.
#8
My comments initially are now consistent with opinion of contacts locally. The some of the RAP concert, down at the Mall, attendee's were on K Street, a wide city street for pedestrian and streetcar traffic only, and an encounter with patrons of an Hispanic-themed bar. Apparently some form of altercation ensued and some wakandan street respect was administered semi-randomly.
#11
Well. He's a certain type of person. And he did what he did. But connecting his type with what he did is rayciss.
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#12
Off the "hatin' on Haiti" ["Aye, and I loik it, too!"] pile...
Black hellhole! A vision beguilin'
For folks who think blacks ultraviolent.
Put a Frenchman or two
On les Iles du Salut,
And -- mon Dieu! -- bienvenue, Devil's Island!
[CBSNEWS] A man linked to a series of sexual assaults in central Indiana more than 30 years ago by his DNA on an envelope for a utility bill payment was sentenced Friday to 650 years in prison, prosecutors said. Eligible for parole in 425 years.
Steven Ray Hessler, 59, of Greensburg, was convicted March 3 of 19 felony charges for crimes against 10 victims between 1982 and 1985.
The charges included two counts of rape, six counts of unlawful deviate conduct and three counts of criminal deviate conduct and one count of robbery.
Investigators said Hessler, masked and armed, would break into homes in the middle of the night and would rape, bind and sexually torture his victims. He eluded authorities by wiping down the scene of the crimes and stealing items he had touched.
Shelby County Prosecutor Brad Landwerlen said that Hessler also struck a male victim with a gun, sending the man into a coma for months. The victim "for years now has been confined to a wheelchair," Landwerlen said.
The prosecution was made more difficult, Landwerlen said, because a previous task force had arrested and charged another local man with the first few attacks in 1983. In an odd turn of events, that man turned out to be Hessler's cousin, he said. Which is probably the reason he stopped.
The case received a break in 2020 when a detective asked prosecutors if they would pay for samples to be sent to a company that uses the same sort of DNA testing that resulted in the capture of the Golden State Killer. Testing narrowed down the case to Hessler, linked to a DNA sample left at one scene. DNA from the utility bill envelope matched it.
A very clever bit of police work. Well done, guys!
Authorities executed a search warrant at Hessler's home in the early morning hours on August 17, 2020, and "hit upon a gold mine," Landwerlen said. Investigators found photographs stolen from one victim, and computers which showed that he had been tracking down four other victims.
"Steven Ray Hessler is one of the most evil, dangerous, sadistic predators that I've had the pleasure of prosecuting in my 30+ year career," Landwerlen said. "He derived great pleasure from his unnecessarily brutal methods of terrorizing and sexually torturing his victims. I promised the victims early-on that my goal would be that he go to prison the rest of his life, and all involved are very happy that we have achieved that goal." UNLESS, if he lives longer than 650 more years!
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So we are told "justice" is placing this piece of excrement in prison for life.
In case you did not think about it this far.
The VICTIMS, (also being TAXPAYERS) will also provide funding for this piece of $%^ to have a better standard of living than 9+/-% of the USA's Honest citizens living in extreme poverty do not have.
#4
So, officers, now that this miscreant has been put away, could you maybe work on a crime that occurred in this century? There's been a couple I hear.
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Cripe. I'm from Greensburg. Fortunately, not that Greensburg...
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Clearly this gentleman is that 1% of the population that is convicted of 63% of all violent crimes — in Sweden around the turn of this century, at any rate. Link.
Welcome to the nation's capitol. [NYPost] It was like the hip-hop equivalent of "Weekend at Bernie’s."
Washington, DC’s Bliss nightclub has apologized over an appalling spectacle in which the body of slain rapper Goonew was reportedly displayed on their stage at his own funeral. The memorial service took place Sunday, weeks after the hip-hopper was shot dead at 24 years old.
"Our deepest condolences to Goonew’s family, friends and fans," the venue wrote in a statement, which was shared on Instagram Monday by the Shade Room. "Bliss was contacted by a local funeral home to rent out our venue for Goonew’s home-going celebration.
"Bliss was never made aware of what would transpire. We sincerely apologize to all those who may be upset or offended," the venue continued. "Please keep Goonew’s family and friends in your prayers at this difficult time."
The statement was posted amid trending Twitter footage that reportedly showed the slain rapper, whose real name is Markelle Morrow, apparently propped up onstage at Bliss nightclub while mourners raved around him like an Irish wake. The hip-hopper’s corpse was decked out in a hoodie, a blinged-out watch and a crown.
A source who attended the macabre public viewing, entitled "The Last Show," confirmed that there was a $40 cover charge to enter the venue, the Shade Room wrote in a prior post.
☹️ pic.twitter.com/yMbjdKMmQd
— Backend Pay (@itsopulencebaby) April 4, 2022
While initially unclear if the figure was Goonew’s actual corpse or a mannequin, the general consensus is that the body was, in fact, his.
"During the event, Goonew’s body was propped up on stage, wearing designer clothing and a crown," the Shade Room wrote on Instagram. Meanwhile, per XXLMag, Black Fortune — a rapper who performed at the event — wrote in an Instagram Story: "No this ain’t no wax figure my Brodie went out gansta."
Social media found the display obscene and disrespectful.
"No way goonew mama approved that s—t that’s so sad & disrespectful," wrote one aghast fan on Twitter. Another offered: "if y’all saw that video with Goonew’s body y’all can’t tell me this society ain’t already collapsed ... "
"This is madness," spluttered another gawker on the ’Gram. "WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?"
Even hip-hop icon 50 Cent weighed in on Twitter, writing: "oh s—t ! i just realized what this is."
Meanwhile, another tweeter — reportedly an employee at the bar, expressed shock upon arrival, claiming they were not clued in beforehand about what they witnessed.
"Imagine walking into work and it’s a deceased body on display. They didn’t warn us they didn’t tell us they didn’t even know," they wrote. "When i say I’ve officially been traumatized this year i mean it."
Imagine walking into work and it’s a deceased body on display. They didn’t warn us they didn’t tell us they didn’t even know. When i say I’ve officially been traumatized this year i mean it.
— MELLONZ🍒 (@mellonellen96) April 3, 2022
Morrow had reportedly been shot dead by an unknown assailant in District Heights, Maryland, on March 18, per an announcement by the Prince George’s County Police Department, Complex reported.
Once on scene, they located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound," according to the department. "The victim was taken to a hospital for life-threatening injuries. At approx. 7:30 p.m., the victim was pronounced dead."
Police are currently offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest of a suspect in the shooting.
[WWW-FOXBUSINESS-COM.CDN.AMPPROJECT.ORG] Twitter announced Tuesday it’s appointing Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to its board, expanding the billionaire’s influence during the ongoing debate over lack of free speech on the platform.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted the announcement Tuesday, writing that "Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board."
"He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!" he added.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] These things happen, from time to time. Nobody ever bothered with a vaccine before, they just culled the infected flocks.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering rolling out a bird flu vaccine for poultry in the country
A current outbreak of the avian flue has caused the death of around 22 million birds
The outbreak has caused turmoil in the poultry industry over the past few months
Humans are relatively safe from the outbreak, with bird-to-human transmission rare and human-to-human transmission likely not possible
#4
I think the standards for pet food are higher. I'm going to try Friskies one of these days.
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So, we won't be seeing those "no antibiotics, ever" chicken ads for a while. As an aside, the last time bird flu ran thru, it just about wiped out the alligator farmers down here. Turns out reptiles get bird flu.
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#8
Vaccine is now Holy Water of the COVIDian religion. It's water from the tap and does nothing. Oh, a priest waved his hand over it. Nut it's still just water.
But worse for you.
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Ed @#5 - Don't they feed the gators a lot of chicken?
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Yes they do. That's why gator meat "tastes just like chicken."
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chickens are currently consuming considerable quantities of antibiotics and various hormones
another vax would hardly register
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"Free range" chickens mainly eat each other's droppings. So healthy...
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#12 - "this chicken tastes like ass"
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^ Unfortunately, I've had that...
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My chickens just started laying. All egg chicken, only 6. I control all the food and water. Everyone should have a couple of chickens in the yard. Free range chicken eat bugs, snakes, lizards, spiders, greens, worms, mice, not their own crap. They might even eat dumb comments and russian trolls too.
#19
Fry the egg. And the chicken. Eat the egg. Give the chicken to the dog. A chicken who would get impregnated by a duck is not fit for human consumption.
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#20
A chick can't fcuk
a talking duck?
That's Disney top billing!
She's a Jezebel
for dogs to eat?
Why, that's honor killing!
#21
I envision one of those "behind the scenes" pr0n videos with Disney Elsa interviewing the chicken and duck in fluffy robes on a 70s style couch, with interspersed clips of avian preversion (that last word with props to Col. Bat Guano.)
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[PJ] Following Twitter’s suspension of the Babylon Bee, Elon Musk appeared to get a little irritated. In late March, Musk asked his more than 80 million followers what to do about Twitter’s failure to adhere to free speech principles:
With the plethora of new platforms emerging, many followers and commentators suggested that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO just buy Twitter. Musk once again proved that his timeline is one to watch because he’s willing to spend a gobsmacking amount of money in response to a Twitter poll. Musk just bought a 9.2% passive stake in the company. Talk about sending a message. According to CNBC:
#4
Musk is doing much more important stuff than messing with social media. I hope he has a trusted underling he can put in charge of cleaning up the public toilet that is Sh*tter.
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While Elon Musk now controls 9.2% of Twitter. Twitter's top five shareholders as of Q3 2021 all together still control 31.02%.
They are:
Morgan Stanley,
Vanguard,
BlackRock,
State Street Corp.,
and Lone Pine Capital.
Collectively, the top five Twitter shareholders own just around 30.02% of the company.
So, IF say Morgan Stanley and Vanguard Group teamed up, or one of them and 2 others teamed up then they outvote Musk.
Plus there is the issue of who all owns the other 59.7%
QUESTION: Looking at the bigger picture.
It is interesting to note these Elite companies own a Media company associated with the Massive Censorship of free speech and supported/promoted Anti-Trump narratives in 2020.
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[Korrespondent] 20:02 German President Steinmeier admitted that economic cooperation with Russia was a big mistake
"I did not believe that Vladimir Putin would accept the complete economic, political and moral collapse of his country for the sake of his imperial madness," he said.
In particular, they talked about the Nord Stream 2 project, which Steinmeier had previously actively supported. 20:00 US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that 140 UN members have already voted to condemn Russia for the war with Ukraine.
19:56 CNN, citing a senior US Department of Defense official, reports that about two-thirds of the Russian troops that were concentrated around Kiev have left the area.
The United States believes that these troops will be "used in the eastern part of the country, in the Donbas region." BUT emphasize that this is "only an estimate".
19:50 The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the amendments on the introduction of criminal liability for the implementation of sanctions on the territory of the country
Responsibility may arise for refusing to work with Russian banks that have fallen under sanctions, as well as for avoiding business cooperation with sanctioned companies. 19:41 In the basement of a children's camp in Bucha, in the presence of international journalists, the bodies of five people were found. All with bandaged hands and traces of torture. Who has been shot in the legs, who has five bullets in the heart or in the head.
19:37 The meeting of the UN Security Council on the tragic events in Bucha will be held tomorrow, April 5. Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative of Great Britain to the UN, stated this.
19:33 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday called for Russia to be excluded from the UN Human Rights Council.
19:25 Zelensky visited the bridge leading from Irpen to Kiev. According to him, it will take ten days to build a temporary crossing here, and a full repair of the bridge will last two to three months.
19:17 Germany declares 40 Russian diplomats persona non grata, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock.
19:13 Elections were held in Hungary and Serbia, which brought victory to Russia's closest political allies in Europe. It is Hungary and Serbia that continue to maintain ties with Russia even after the war unleashed by the Kremlin against Ukraine. What to expect after the strengthening of the existing regimes in the countries?
19:07 "Due to hostilities, Ukraine is losing from 35 percent to 50 percent of GDP. This is a blow to the economy. Budget losses of about UAH 2 billion a day. Infrastructure losses of $ 4.25 billion daily. We have enough reserves. But we must stop the aggressor as quickly as possible. We demand the next package of sanctions!" Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
19:01 "This guy is cruel, and what is happening in Bucha is outrageous, and everyone has seen it. I am considering imposing more sanctions. I will let you know about this later," Biden said.
At the same time, the Associated Press writes that the American leader in the commentary refused to call what happened in Bucha "genocide" - he considers it a "war crime".
18:58 The Israeli Foreign Ministry used the term "war crime" for the first time in relation to Russia.
18:53 President of the European Parliament Roberta Mezola declares the need to develop a strategy, the implementation of which will hit the Russian economy in proportion to the unprecedented brutality of the war waged by Russia against Ukraine.
18:47 In the territories of the Kherson region temporarily occupied by the invaders, hostilities continue, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
18:41 The creators of the video game Fortnite have completed a charity event. In two weeks, Epic Games managed to raise $144 million to help Ukraine.
18:35 Russians are surprised that a wardrobe in a hospital is the norm.
18:29 The seventh package of sanctions involves a blow even to those who cooperate with Russia, Arestovich said.
18:22 Diagram of EU countries that exported weapons to Russia during 2015-2020.
18:18 Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova said that despite the shocking footage and the situation in Bucha, the situation with human losses is the worst in Borodyanka.
18:13 Operational investigation teams have already arrived in Irpin, Bucha and Gostomel. International observers, investigators and the tribunal are arriving, said Arestovich.
18:10 In Nikolaev people at a stop and passengers of minibuses got under attack: there are victims.
18:06 In the Zhytomyr region, the invaders were driven back. As of April 4, there are no Russian occupation troops in the region, said the head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Bunechko
18:03 The work of the Russian media: first comes the operator, followed by sappers who are looking for mines.
18:00 Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine returns to Kiev.
17:55 The Central Bank of the Russian Federation found losses of almost 8 trillion rubles in Russian banks. In one year the bankers will lose 5 years of profit.
17:50 The German Gazprom Germania GmbH was transferred under the trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency - the German Ministry of Economy.
17:45 Beaten and starved. Ukrainian prisoners of war were kept in a tent camp at a time when it was 20 degrees below zero outside, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova accused Russia of violating the Geneva Convention.
17:40 Biden called Putin a war criminal, Reuters reports. The US President also spoke on the situation in Bucha - he called for "trial on war crimes." He added that the United States will continue to impose additional sanctions against the Russian Federation.
17:35 The Anonymous hacker group leaked 900,000 emails to the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
17:30 The UN office coordinating humanitarian missions has recognized Ukraine as one of the most mined countries in the world. "Even before the start of the military offensive, more than 1.8 million people lived for 8 years surrounded by mines," the OCHA said.
17:27 This week, the European Commission plans to submit a questionnaire to Ukraine, which is a necessary step for obtaining the status of a candidate for EU membership, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna said.
17:25 The Prime Minister [of Hungary] should be grateful to the President of Ukraine that the reality of the war did not reach the borders of Hungary thanks to the heroism of the Ukrainian people in containing the aggressive actions of President Putin, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
17:17 Historian and political scientist, professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of books on the genocide Yevgeny Finkel commented on footage from Bucha, which was occupied by Russian troops for a month. He declared that it was "genocide for what it is".
“As a genocide researcher, I am an empiricist, I usually reject empty rhetoric. I also treat claims of genocide not with a particle, but with a whole truckload of skepticism, because activists now use it almost everywhere. But not now. There are actions, there are intentions. This genocide as it is. Unprecedented, simple and put on public display," the scholar wrote.
17:11 Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova said that the Yunarmiya detachments got into the mobilization of reserves in the Russian Federation, some of them are located on the territory of the temporarily annexed Crimea.
17:06 The mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reports that the invaders are again conducting a chaotic shelling of the city with cluster shells.
17:03 Slovakia will act in unison with the EU on the issue of Russian gas payment requirements, Reuters quotes the words of Prime Minister Eduard Heger.
17:00 Pictures from Bucha deny the idea of a compromise, Ukraine needs weapons, said Polish President Andrzej Duda. He also stressed that criminals should be called criminals, and "Ukraine needs only three things: weapons, weapons and more weapons."
16:55 Georgia and China not only did not support the sanctions against Russia, but they can also secretly help the aggressor country bypass them. Thus, according to Bloomberg, China is preparing for secret purchases of Russian gas.
16:51 The developer of World of Tanks and other multiplayer online games Wargaming has decided to stop doing business in Russia and Belarus. The company wrote about this on its LinkedIn page.
16:46 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced her intention to send investigators to Bucha, who will work in cooperation with the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, Europol and Eurojust.
16:40 Zelensky published a photo from a trip to Bucha, Irpen and Stoyanka. "We will do everything to bring them back to life as quickly as possible," he added.
16:37 The enemy is preparing a new offensive. Russian occupation troops are preparing to encircle the Ukrainian forces of the Joint Forces Operation and capture Kharkiv, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said.
16:35 There are about 130,000 people in the blocked Mariupol, said the mayor of the city Vadim Boychenko.
16:24 The reaction of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the proposal to come to Bucha is a signal that "Western elites still remain in dangerous illusions," said Mikhail Podolyak, a member of the negotiating group, adviser to the head of the President's Office.
16:19 The Latvian Foreign Ministry said that their country "lowers the level of diplomatic relations with Russia."
16:16 Zelensky called the situation with Mariupol one of the most difficult. In response to a question about "realistic scenarios for saving Mariupol," he said: "In the coming days, or maybe in the next few hours, we will have an answer to your very difficult question."
16:13 The office of the president published a video of Zelensky's conversation with the press in Bucha.
16:00 The United States will appeal to the UN General Assembly with a call to expel the Russian Federation from the UN Human Rights Council, said US Ambassador to the organization Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Or maybe from the UN Security Council?
15:57 Ukraine will reduce the area under crops by 25-30 percent due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation, but in general the campaign is provided with fuel and funds, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
15:54 Imports of Russian gas in transit through Ukraine this morning rose to a level close to the maximum. This was announced on Twitter by Bloomberg energy and commodities columnist Javier Blass and provided a corresponding chart.
15:51 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that his country is recalling its ambassador from Russia, writes Bloomberg.
15:42 Belgrade will try to maintain friendly and partnership relations with Russia, Aleksandar Vucic said after winning the presidential election in Serbia.
"I can promise you that we will not kick Dostoevsky out of schools and Tchaikovsky out of the opera. Serbia will try to maintain partner and friendly relations with Russia," he said.
15:36 Journalists-researchers of the Conflict Intelligence Team received confirmation that Russia is transferring troops from the Kiev region and reserves to the east of Ukraine.
On April 2, a train with BMD-2 landing equipment was filmed on video in Belarus. According to CIT, there may be vehicles on the echelon from the airborne units or formations that took part in the battles on the territory of the Kiev region - the 76th airborne assault division, the 98th airborne division, or the 31st airborne assault brigade.
According to the Russian Railways database, the train goes to the Novy Oskol station in the Belgorod region - this is not far from the border with the occupied part of the Kharkov region.
Also, a train with T-72B3, which departed from Yelnya, where the 59th Tank Regiment of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division is stationed, is also heading to the nearby Valuyki station. According to CIT, in the last weeks before the invasion, the equipment of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District was located there.
Research journalists suggest that these tanks may not have taken part in the invasion due to malfunctions, and have now been repaired.
It is reported that the arrived equipment will most likely proceed south through Kupyansk and Izyum, recently captured by Russian troops, towards Slavyansk in the Donetsk region.
"The transfer of both withdrawn and, possibly, previously unused vehicles means that the Russian command is serious, and that in the coming days the battle for Donbass will only flare up," summed up CIT.
15:17 The Mariupol city council has published photos of the drama theater, which was destroyed as a result of the bombardment by Russian invaders. The exact number of dead has not yet been established, because in Mariupol, which Russia has been trying to take control of for the second month, hostilities continue.
15:14 Zelensky visited Bucha, where there is evidence of massacres of civilians by Russians. He inspected the road with the destroyed equipment of the Russian Federation and talked with local residents. The President said that Russia had committed war crimes and genocide in Ukraine.
Asked by a BBC News reporter if he still thinks it is possible to negotiate peace with Russia, he said: "Yes, because Ukraine must have peace. We are in 21st century Europe. We will continue our diplomatic and military efforts."
15:12 The UN Security Council will not hold a meeting on April 4 at the request of Russia, which demanded to discuss "the flagrant provocation of Ukrainian radicals in Bucha."
15:08 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki criticized French President Macron for frequent calls to Russian President Putin:
"Resident Macron, how many times have you negotiated with Putin, what have you achieved? Did you stop any action that took place? No one negotiated with Hitler. Would you have negotiated with Hitler, with Stalin, with Paul Pot?"
15:07 "All the tanks and machine guns in Putin's arsenal will never break the spirit of the Ukrainian people and conquer their Motherland," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.
15:05 Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that the country would support sanctions against Russian gas. Especially after the tragic events in Bucha. According to the Ansa agency, he expressed this opinion during a visit to Croatia: "Italy will not veto Russian gas sanctions."
15:02 The EU may impose an embargo on Russian gas and oil as early as April 6, the authoritative British newspaper Financial Times writes, citing sources.
14:35 The Kremlin-controlled edition of RIA Novosti published an article that contains direct calls for the "de-Ukrainization" of Ukraine and the need to re-educate the population through "ideological repression." The article is called What Russia Should Do with Ukraine.
In the publication, Rospropagandists substantiate the need for ethnic cleansing and ethnocide in Ukraine.
Now the article is actively discussed in social networks:
14:04 The state budget of Ukraine loses about two billion hryvnia every day.
13:59 In Trostyanets, Sumy region, liberated from Russian invaders, they are already starting to restore the destroyed facilities. Now the city is being surveyed by a group of architects and urbanists who will work on the restoration of the city.
13:48 Journalists were shown a mass grave in the village of Motyzhin, Kiev region, which was discovered after the withdrawal of Russian troops.
13:45 Greece will help rebuild Odessa after the war. This was stated by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna.
Dendias arrived in Odessa yesterday. Earlier, he stated that he would like to lead a humanitarian mission to Mariupol.
13:41 Russia's losses in Ukraine are comparable to the armies of other countries:
13:25 After the massacres in Bucha, the likelihood of European countries imposing an embargo on the import of Russian energy carriers is growing, writes the American newspaper New York Times. The EU has previously rejected calls from Biden in particular to impose such sanctions.
Now, world leaders are expressing horror at images "which appear to show dead civilians, some with their hands tied behind their backs, strewn about the streets of Bucha," according to a New York Times story.
13:24 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published the personal data of servicemen of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Federation, who were directly involved in the atrocities and massacres of civilians in the city of Bucha. The full list of war criminals is here .
13:22 Rescuers showed how the dog Patron helps in demining the Chernihiv region.
13:18 Peskov said that Russia rejects allegations of involvement in the killings of civilians in Bucha. According to him, in the video and photo from the city "there are forgeries and fakes", and "the factology, the calendar sequence of events also does not speak in favor of the reliability of these statements."
Peskov also refused to comment on how the topic of Bucha could affect the negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine and Russia.
13:11 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel insists that she considers her decision not to admit Ukraine to NATO in 2008 correct. This was stated on Monday by Merkel's press secretary at the request of the DPA agency.
At the same time, the ex-chancellor supported international efforts to end the Russian war of conquest in Ukraine, but did not respond to an invitation to come to Bucha.
13:06 The network publishes footage of the Zhytomyr and Warsaw highways near Kiev. The road is paved with destroyed Russian equipment and cars of peaceful Ukrainians shot or burned by the invaders.
13:04 The Russians are establishing a channel for smuggling sanctioned goods through the territory of Georgia, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Representatives of the Georgian special services were instructed by the political leadership not to interfere with the activities of the smugglers.
12:54 American television channel CNN learned that Macron wants to completely block Russian coal and oil exports to the EU this week after discovering what he called war crimes in Bucha.
"We cannot ignore this. We must have sanctions that discourage what is happening there [in Bucha], what is happening in Mariupol," he said.
12:45 American billionaire Elon Musk is convinced that Russia's attack on Ukraine is a message to other states. "Probably the war will come to them. We can't let Putin take over Ukraine. This is crazy," he said in an interview with Insider.
12:43 CNN journalists spoke about a mass grave in Bucha, in which at least 150 people are buried. The mass grave is located on the territory of the Church of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called and All Saints, the channel said.
It is noted that the CNN team saw at least a dozen corpses in bags dumped in the grave, some were partially covered with earth. Journalists of the TV channel stressed that the burial could be larger.
12:41 State enterprise Antonov told which planes the invader destroyed and damaged in Gostomel: An-225 Mriya, turboprop An-26 and An-74 were destroyed. An-132, which was developed for Saudi Arabia in 2016-2017, was damaged, one of the Ruslans - An-124-100-150; An-12, recently restored An-22 Antey and light twin-engine An-28.
In addition, the airport administration building and the control tower were destroyed.
12:32 Today, photos of a girl killed by Russian invaders with a swastika on her body appeared on the network. As Arestovich said, the Ukrainian woman was tortured to death in Gostomel.
12:21 The Board of Governors of the EBRD voted for the immediate suspension of Russia and Belarus' access to the bank's finances and expertise. Earlier, the EBRD announced that it was closing its offices in Moscow and Minsk.
12:16 Borrell: "Convincing images of a large number of deaths and casualties among the civilian population, as well as the destruction of civilian infrastructure, show the true face of the brutal war of conquest that Russia is waging against Ukraine and its people. The massacres in the city of Bucha and other cities of Ukraine will be included in a list of atrocities committed on European soil. The Russian authorities are responsible for these crimes."
12:14 Mobile crematoriums brought by Russian troops to Ukraine were intended for the disposal of the bodies of civilians killed by them to cover up the crime, the Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council said.
12:12 Germany is the main obstacle to the introduction of tougher sanctions against Russia, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
The head of the Polish government also called for the creation of an international commission to investigate the events in Bucha and other areas of the Kiev region, which he called genocide.
12:08 The state border in the Sumy region is again under the control of Ukraine.
11:51 By this time, about 350 people had been buried in Bucha, according to funeral services.
11:49 Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in the next few days will begin the process of complete transport isolation from Russia.
This was announced by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayem.
"Last week, we officially asked our colleagues to stop any road communication from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. Thanks to all the ministers of transport of these countries. The response is instant. We are waiting for the final result," he wrote.
According to Nayem, if a positive decision is made, the borders of the countries with the Russian Federation and Belarus will be completely closed, which means that auto connections and all transport will become impossible.
11:36 As a result of attacks by the Russian troops of the cities of Ochakov and Nikolaev on April 3, eight civilians were killed.
11:34 The National Gallery of London has renamed the painting Russian Dancers by the French impressionist Edgar Degas. From now on, the picture is called Ukrainian dancers.
11:06 Russian occupying troops shelled residential buildings in the Sloboda district of the city of Kharkov. Seven people were killed and 34 others were injured.
11:03 Russian troops are planning a huge breakthrough in the Lugansk region, troops and equipment are being pulled together, said the head of the Lugansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai.
10:49 The Russian army intends to continue to seize Ukraine, and the current withdrawal of Russian troops is only an intention to concentrate them in other areas, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar.
"... the risk of escalation, the likelihood of missile strikes remains. Among them, there remains the possibility of missile strikes on large cities ... Now there is a fierce war, a fierce struggle for every centimeter of our land and for every settlement," Malyar stressed.
According to her, despite the liberation of the Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions, this does not mean the surrender of the enemy, he concentrates his forces in other regions, withdraws part of the troops to Belarus and strengthens and regroups them there.
Malyar noted that today the danger in the East remains high, in addition, the enemy's target is Kharkov, Mariupol, Odessa.
10:34 On April 6, the ambassadors of the EU countries will discuss a new package of sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Ukraine. It may include an embargo on the supply of energy resources, reports the Financial Times, citing its own sources in the diplomatic environment.
10:31 Zelensky performed at the 64th Grammy Music Awards.
10:26 The massacres carried out by the Russian military in Ukrainian cities were part of Putin's plans for an invasion of Ukraine. This was stated by the head of British foreign intelligence MI6 Richard Moore.
"We knew that Putin's invasion plans included extrajudicial executions by his military and intelligence officials," Moore wrote.
9:48 According to British intelligence, Russian forces continue to consolidate and reorganize as they refocus their offensive on the Donbass.
Russian troops are being moved into the area, including mercenaries from the private military company Wagner.
8:59 Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale military aggression in Ukraine, 161 children have died. A total of 425 children were affected. The data is preliminary.
8:55 Russian troops launched several missile attacks on Nikolaev.
7:58 In the Russian Federation, which continues armed aggression against Ukraine, a covert mobilization of reservists has begun. They want to attract up to 60,000 people.
7:17 Russian troops began to actively withdraw from the territory of the Sumy region, said the head of the regional military administration Dmitry Zhivitsky
6:06 The first signs of a mass grave of the inhabitants of Bucha, who were killed by the Russian invaders, are visible on satellite images from March 10, Reuters reports citing Maxar Technologies, which collects and publishes satellite images of Ukraine.
5:44 Canada intends to do everything possible so that Russia is held accountable for the massive bloody crimes against Ukrainians committed in Ukraine, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
3:55 Another man of Putin wins in Europe. The current President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, is leading by a wide margin in the presidential elections.
3:27 Mariupol is certainly a key target for the Russian invasion, because the land corridor from Russia to the occupied territory of Crimea, British intelligence said.
The city continues to be subjected to intense indiscriminate strikes, but Ukrainian forces are putting up staunch resistance, maintaining control in central areas.
3:00 Russian occupiers can launch an offensive in eastern Ukraine, in the direction of Severodonetsk in the next day, according to the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The General Staff noted that in the Donetsk and Tauride directions, the enemy continued to focus its main efforts on capturing settlements:
Rubezhnoye
popasnaya
Trinity
Avdiivka
Maryinka
Krasnogorovka
In addition, the Russian occupiers are preparing for an offensive, which may start in the next day in the direction of Severodonetsk and Bolshaya Novoselka.
"With the support of aviation and artillery, the enemy continues the assault on Mariupol," the statement said.
In the Polesye direction, the enemy is completing the regrouping and preparation for the redeployment of individual units from Belarus to the Russian Federation.
According to available information, separate units of the airborne troops of the invaders are being transferred by military transport aircraft to the city of Belgorod.
To slow down the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the occupiers carried out mass chaotic mining not only of previously occupied positions and areas of the terrain, but also of the ways of advance.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to blockade Kharkov, inflicts artillery strikes on residential areas of the city and tries to regroup troops.
In the Izyum direction, the invaders tried to resume the offensive, but were unsuccessful.
2:33 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on the EU to immediately change its policy towards Russia after the massacre in the Kiev region. He noted that the EU is obliged to introduce really working sanctions.
"It is necessary to confiscate all Russian assets and sever trade relations with the Russian Federation," he urged.
The Prime Minister said that the leadership of the European Union should organize a meeting of the European Council as soon as possible. There, Poland will initiate consideration of the war crimes of the Russian Federation and the introduction of effective sanctions.
"Ukraine must receive weapons with which it will be able to protect the women and children of Mariupol, Bucha and many other cities. This is our political and moral obligation. Enough of fake gestures and avoidance tactics. Enough! Sanctions do not work. Turn off the oxygen to the Russian genocide," he said. Morawiecki.
1:09 In Hungary, the election is won by the party of Orban, Putin's main friend in Europe, which prohibits the supply of weapons to Ukraine through its territory, refuses to impose sanctions against Russia and blocks Ukraine's entry into the EU.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 00:15 Two SBU officers crossed the border with Belarus and they had some important data on the execution of civilians by Ukrainian soldiers in Bucha, whose corpses were later attributed to the Russians. If this is true, then soon we will see the continuation of Ukrainian cinema, according to the telegram channel Joker DNR. 22:18 The first confirmation of the mass surrender of Ukrainian marines from the 501st Battalion in Mariupol appeared on the network. Project Sources @wargonzo on the Donbass front, more than 200 military personnel were captured by the troops of the DPR and the Russian Federation.
21:40 The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation instructed to identify all those involved in the abuse of the Russian military in Ukraine.
21:36 Russia is preparing a new offensive. Russian troops are preparing to encircle the forces of the Joint Forces Operation (in Donbass) and capture Kharkiv, - the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
21:33 In total, since the beginning of the operation, 125 aircraft, 91 helicopters, 394 drones, 226 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,948 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 212 multiple launch rocket systems have been destroyed
21:02 During the day, 17 military facilities of Ukraine were hit by Russian Aerospace Forces aviation, including two command posts and communication centers, two ammunition depots and a fuel storage, as well as 11 strongholds and areas of concentration of Ukrainian troops.
20:19 Russia today will present materials on the situation in Bucha at a special press conference in New York - Lavrov.
20:01 Russia is trying to ensure that all accusations about the events in Ukraine are based on concrete facts, and not fakes, as they do in the West - Lavrov.
19:33 Russia requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the provocation of radicals in Bucha at 22:00 Moscow time on Monday - permanent mission.
19:02 Soldier of the Russian Armed Forces: Ukrainian nationalists beat a Russian prisoner of war to death.
18:47 A battalion of marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered in Mariupol.
18:37 There is a powerful fire at one of the oil infrastructure facilities in Odessa.
17:55 In the last week, a large number of military and dual-use cargo from Romania has come to the Chernivtsi region under the guise of humanitarian aid. They are placed in small settlements in order to avoid detection and centralized destruction. One of these places may be the former ammunition depots near the village of Kamennoye.
17:39 South of Poltava, between the settlements of Shcherbanya and Veliky Trostyanets, there is a point of permanent deployment of a separate radar reconnaissance company (military unit A-2057), which is part of the 164th radio engineering brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the territory of the unit there are several radar stations and an underground command post. To the north is also a base for storing military equipment.
17:07 The special forces of the Russian Guard liquidated a sabotage group and a workshop for the production of ammunition in the Kiev region.
16:29 During yesterday's attack on objects on the territory of Nikolaev, the Russian Aerospace Forces used a medium-range cruise missile X-59M "Gadfly-M".
16:16 In Dokuchaevsky, southeast of Kharkov, positions of the 164th Radio Engineering Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were discovered. Its units occupied the buildings of the Kharkov National Agrarian University.
15:24 The Odesa regional prosecutor's office said that as a result of a missile strike, fuel tanks were destroyed at the refinery, outbuildings and gas communications were damaged.
15:01 Yesterday afternoon in the village of Brazhkovka (southwest of Kamenka), a tank battle took place. Tankers of the 13th regiment of the First Tank Army went out to the tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroyed six tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a short-lived clash, losing one of their own tanks. At the moment, the village itself is in the gray zone, there are fierce battles for it.
14:38 Arestovich picked up the fake Ukrainian media about the atrocities of "Azov" in Mariupol, posed as killing civilians near Kiev.
13:52 Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday in connection with "the blatant provocation of Ukrainian radicals in Bucha" - Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN.
13:42 Russian humanitarian aid has been delivered to the village of Dneprovka.
13:03 In Novaya Vodolazh, southwest of Kharkiv, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense have set up headquarters in the building of the Novovodolazh Lyceum No. 3.
There are a large number of armed people in the village, and temporary parking lots for equipment and personnel are equipped in the surrounding forests.
11:45 Over 11,500 refugees from Donbass crossed the Russian border in a day.
10:39 During the night, operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 14 military facilities of Ukraine. Among them: two command posts, two launchers of Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems in the Krasnogorsk and Verkhnetoretskoye regions, one artillery battery, two depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, and three fuel depots, as well as six strongholds and areas of concentration of combat APU technology.
10:27 Russian air defense systems shot down six unmanned aerial vehicles in the air in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev, Kherson, Kurakhovka, Industrialnoye, Velyka Novoselka.
10:11 As a result of the April 3 attack on the Balovnoye airfield, in the suburbs of Nikolaev, the destruction of three helicopters of the Ukrainian armed forces was confirmed.
10:01 The RF Armed Forces continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine. On the night of April 4, in the area of the city of Lysichansk, as a result of an air strike, the command post of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces and nearby warehouses with ammunition, weapons and military equipment were destroyed.
09:16 The 60th Separate Infantry Brigade of the Reserve Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that it had received 12.7-mm Browning M2 machine guns and 7.62-mm MG3 machine guns delivered in the order of Western military assistance.
#2
^ Another shitposter links to laughable Brit tabloid MI6 Info Ops planted junk. What is with this site's magnetic attraction to the UK shit-tabloids? The titty photos?
#6
It disorienting to find our new guests personally trash-talking people whose posts I've been enjoying for years. You gotta learn to read the room, boys.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22.55 The DPR JCCC reports shelling of Makeevka and Yasinovataya, shelling from the VFU in the following directions was recorded:
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka: eight 122mm shells were fired;
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 12 mm caliber were fired.
Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
21:46 — Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired six shells of 122mm caliber. 21:37 - Hits in Makiivka near the railway and the K7 area. The shelling of Makiivka was carried out from the VFU MLRS.
22:18 The first confirmation of the mass surrender of Ukrainian marines from the 501st Battalion in Mariupol appeared on the network. Project Sources @wargonzoon the Donbass front, more than 200 military personnel were captured by the troops of the DPR and the Russian Federation.
21:32 From the direction of n.p. Novozvanovka by settlement Kalinovo with the use of 120mm mortars (six min) - LPR representation in the JCCC.
20:35 Two Ukrainian drones were shot down near Severodonetsk.
20:03 Units of the People's Militia of the LPR advanced 2 km in a day and blocked Novotoshkovskoye, Borovskoye, Metelkino.
19:49 The LPR said that the Ukrainian security forces are hiding in a residential area on the outskirts of Popasna.
19:12 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the village of Donetsk in the LPR, firing four 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
18:30 Since the beginning of the current day, six settlements of the DPR have come under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis. four houses, one car and four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
18:30 From the beginning of the day, three civilians were injured as a result of shelling by Kiev militants.
18:30 Today, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of Russian troops, destroyed 53 Ukrainian militants, three infantry fighting vehicles and one armored car. The Zu-23-2 anti-aircraft gun and the Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were captured.
18:30 Nine soldiers of the 56th and 53rd brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine laid down their arms and voluntarily went over to the side of the DPR.
18:12 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR came to the settlement of Novgorodskoe, which Kyiv renamed New York.
18:12 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian Nazis have fired about 50 shells at the DPR, most of them with a caliber of 122 and 152mm.
18:12 A difficult humanitarian situation is developing in Mariupol. Volunteers help all those in need, but many are still held hostage by the war and cannot leave the basements due to constant shelling.
17:25 Ukrainian Nazis fired five shells with a caliber of 152mm at Pervomaisk in the LPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:24 Kiev militants fired at Donetsk, firing five 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:30 Ukrainian Nazis fired five shells with a caliber of 152mm at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:14 Almost 200 more people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoe, 41 of them were children.
16:14 As a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian Nazis, the village of Krasny Partizan in the DPR has been de-energized.
16:14 Kiev militants fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing six shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:27 Three civilians of Donetsk were injured during the shelling by the Ukrainian Nazis.
14:25 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing six shells with a caliber of 122 mm. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:24 Kiev security forces fired from 152mm artillery guns at the urban-type settlement of Donetsk in the LPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:33 Ukrainian troops fired two shells with a caliber of 152mm at Pervomaisk in the LPR.
12:01 The captured Nazi "Aidar" spoke about the participation of instructors from Lithuania in the training of militants. He also stated that the attack on the Donbas was to begin on March 8.
12:00 The People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian Armed Forces, took Novobakhmutovka and went to the road leading from Konstantinovka to Avdeevka. The battles with the enemy for this village went on for three days.
11:15 Over the past day, 30 Ukrainian militants have been liquidated in the LPR.
11:01 Ukrainian punishers fired at the city of Kirovsk in the LPR and damaged a residential building.
11:00 Over the past day, 25 civilians of the DPR suffered under shelling from the Ukrainian Nazis.
10:33 Over the past day, the NM DPR destroyed 52 Ukrainian nationalists, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armored vehicle, two trucks and a field depot of rocket and artillery weapons. One 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and two infantry fighting vehicles were captured.
10:09 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR are advancing in the village of Staraya Marinka - under the control of about 40 percent of the village, the militants are putting up stiff resistance.
09:51 During the day, 526 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye in the DPR, including 90 children.
09:48 The central part of Mariupol is practically under the control of the DPR forces, the industrial zone and the port remain, the cleansing continues - the official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR Eduard Basurin.
09:17 Kiev Nazis shelled the territory of the DPR 14 times in a day, firing 97 pieces of ammunition across the republic.
09:17 As a result of attacks from the Ukrainian fighters seven civilians of the released part of Mariupol suffered.
09:17 Ukrainian militants fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing six shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
09:17 Kiev militants fired at the village of the Trudovskaya mine in Donetsk, firing two mines with a caliber of 120mm at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
09:17 Over the past day in the DPR, as a result of shelling by Ukrainian Nazis, 21 civilians, including one child, were killed.
08:31 Kiev militants opened fire on Yasinovataya in the DPR. They fired three 120mm mines at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:24 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the village of Donetsk in the LPR. Five shells of 152mm caliber were fired at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
Russia withdrew from the W and N of Kiev on 2 April, then withdrew from the NE around Chernihiv on 3 April and now has withdrawn from the area near Suny in the E of the Ukraine on 4 April. Ukraine forces are basically at the Russia border in all these areas.
Russian forces are making some gains to the West of Donetsk and Luhansk and some gains in completing the conquest of Mariupol.
Not much movement either way in the south.
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#1
And here ↓ come the overly passionate but rude bastitches supporting either side for no particular reason, in 3...2...1...
They're not paid, nobody from DC to Bankova street to the Kremlin cares about them, but they spend inordinate amounts of time on Rantburg trying to change minds and win hearts by insulting others.
Here they come. Enjoy, Smoky the bear and Bubba Smith.
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To try to save some bandwidth, I've complied a list of pro-Putin talking points our visitors can just check off as the spirit moves them:
( ) The Ukrainians are Nazis, especially the Jewish ones.
( ) Ukraine was wearing a short skirt. And for that matter, Poland and the Baltics are looking pretty hot.
( ) We had to destroy Mariupol in order to save it.
( ) We are not targeting civilians. Our aim isn’t all that good, though.
( ) We’ve weakened NATO by showing just how valuable NATO membership is.
( ) NATO made us do it.
( ) America made us do it.
( ) The Chinese didn’t make us do it, but they approve. Sort of.
( ) Good news! India is willing to buy our oil at 20% below market. We’re like the watermelon salesman — we’ll make it up on volume.
( ) Our special operation in Ukraine will make the dollar cease to be the world’s reserve currency. Heck, we haven’t seen a dollar in weeks.
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^ Not "snark of the day" but best sarcasm / cynicism tutorial so far this month.
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( ) Our tank and helicopter production was lagging due to excessive inventory. Our Military Industrial Complex oligarchs have set exciting new production and fielding goals.
#7
Walter Russell Mead: Biden's Ugly Options in Ukraine
1. Escalate and threaten Russia with nuclear war (LOL)
2. "Force Ukraine to accept Russian demands"
3. "Freeze" the conflict
"The first option, helping Ukraine win, is the most emotionally appealing
[always the best course of action: follow your feelz!]
"and would certainly be the most morally justifiable and politically beneficial, but the risks and costs are high. Russia won’t accept defeat before trying every tactic, however brutal, and perhaps every weapon, however murderous. To force Russia to accept failure in Ukraine, the Biden administration would likely have to shift to a wartime mentality, perhaps including the kind of nuclear brinkmanship not seen since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. With China and Iran both committed to weakening American power by any available means, a confrontation with the revisionist powers spearheaded by Russia may prove to be the most arduous challenge faced by an American administration since the height of the Cold War.
["Joe, you're no Jack Kennedy"]
"But the other two options are also bad. A Russian victory would inflict a massive blow to American prestige and the health of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, especially if the West were seen as forcing Ukraine to surrender to Russian demands.
"Freezing the conflict is also perilous, as this would presumably leave Russia holding even more Ukrainian territory than it did following the 2014 invasions of Crimea and the Donbas. It would be hard to spin this as anything but a partial victory for Russia—and Mr. Putin would remain free to renew hostilities at a time of his choosing."
This is what's likely to happen. And of course Psaki's successor and all of Bidens media shills (excluding honest Walter Mead) will "spin this as anything but a victory for Russia" -- as America gets invaded and plundered and becomes poorer and less free. For #Ukraine!
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WRM gives a certain vastly overrated blogger a woody lasting more than 4 hours. As soon as I see it's Waltah writing, I move on.
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#7 To force Russia to accept failure in Ukraine, the Biden administration would likely have to shift to a wartime mentality
They already are on a "wartime mentality": the Biden administration's been waging war against Americans on every front since before Biden was inaugurated
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The "frozen conflict" option allows Putin to keep on attacking Ukrainians and Biden to keep on destroying America.
With hyperinflation and shortages of everything, Biden can move forward to rationing of gas and food, UBI, Bernie's 95% tax on corporate profits, government seizures of private assets, nationalization of key industries...
#12
^ Putin can't afford to spend as he is right now in Ukraine for 20 years. America couldn't afford it either in Afghanistan, but we are just about to hit the borrowing wall now.
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#13
Food rationing has already started in Spain. Every left-wing government will be doing this soon. American cities will follow Spain's example:
The socialist government of Spain has introduced new laws allowing for the supermarkets to ration food and other items as a part of its “Response Plan” to the economic fallout from the war in Ukraine.
Amid soaring inflation, which hit nearly 10 per cent in March, the Spanish government, controlled by the leftist Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has opened up a legal loophole for supermarkets to begin rationing to customers.
#14
Seems there are so many fat people in the world today that food rationing could be the best test case ever for "needs based" regulations.
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#12 Putin can't afford to spend as he is right now in Ukraine for 20 years
How much is Russia spending? Do you know? The best analysis at the war's height was less than $500 million per day. A frozen conflict would require not more than $100m/day. Russia has a current account surplus that's already over $200 billion. Goldman Sachs now forecasts that Russia is on track to make $321 billion in oil revenues in 2022.
This doesn't even include the other revenues from exporting to Brazil, India, China and all the other big markets that are not telling the West to screw off. Russia can easily afford a frozen conflict for years to come.
Bloomberg Economics expects Russia will earn nearly $321 billion from energy exports this year, an increase of more than a third from 2021. It’s also on track for a record current-account surplus that the Institute of International Finance says may reach as high as $240 billion.
#17
Every time I read a MSM story about "teachers who have to buy pencils and paper for their classroom from they own funds," I then think about our pro bassetbaw stars that make millions a year and say they are basically slaves. I don't think Russia has $500 million a day / week / year to waste on Ukraine. Just as iran can't afford its nuke program or NKor its missile program.
All of that spending is foul and wrong, but hey, we do it too, so I guess everyone else is just following the example, eh?
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Russia is on track to make $321 billion in oil revenues in 2022.
...another very nice benefit of the "frozen conflict" option for the Biden administration is mucho kickbacks for the Biden family. More million dollar wire transfers from Russia to Biden's bagman. Get that pardon ready, Joe
#19
Dear Sir. I am a Nigerian Prince and my country is awash in money, but I can't get access to it without your help. Please send me your bank account and routing numbers...
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The only thing I regret is that Trump didn't do this to California a couple years ago. That would have been a laugh riot and over in 3-4 days.
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#21
Russians--or Putin anyway--excel at frozen conflicts. They haven't even bothered to use their navy or Air Force in this one. It's havoc on the cheap. Just do the math. A $250 billion current account surplus will fund a low intensity conflict that ensures Ukraine will be as poor as Gaza for, well, as long as Gaza has been poor.
Russia's current account situation is the opposite of ours: they're piling up savings, importing far less than they export, while we spend like drunken sailors, run up enormous deficits and pile up debts as far as the eye can see. Then we hope-pray-wish that other nations (mainly China) will keep lending us money, funding the spree and bailing us out.
A poster here pointed out that the US debt to GDP ratio is 125%, while Russia's is not even 1/7th ours. Their debt to GDP is the lowest in the industrialized world (17%).
He also noted that Russia has enough physical gold to almost totally (85% iirc) back up its money supply. The US has only 9% of its money supply backed by physical gold.
I don't think you understand. The oil exports are real. Commodities are real. The $321 billion that Goldman Sachs expects Russia to receive is real. Not funny paper cranked out by Jay Powell and Joe Biden's printing press.
Also, settlement is a trivial problem which the world's bankers can easily solve with non-SWIFT payment mechanisms. The ruble is going to backed by gold -- again, the ratio is a very healthy 85%, not pitiful 9% as is the case for the US fiat currency.
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#22 There you have it, friends. "Frozen conflict." Neither winning nor losing. Right, troll?
Walter Russell Mead's a "troll"?
He said the other two outcomes are either Biden threatens thermonuclear war, or a Russian victory. What do you think the chances are that Biden can successfully pull off another Cuban Missile Crisis?
Or are you implying you actually prefer the other option -- a Russian victory? Are you just trolling us, "Murcek"?
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The $however many billion that Goldman Sachs expects Russia to receive is real.
Really real. So real you can feel it. You might even stub your toe on it.
GS is only around today because Lehman was greedier and stupider.
I think the Russians are afraiderer of nazis. That may not work out so well for them.
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04/05/2022 12:19 Comments ||
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#28
^ Dont waste your time with the troll. Sarcasm is the resort of those who don't understand economics and can't do basic math
#29
successfully pull off another Cuban Missile Crisis
Bwahahhahahhhahhahahhahhaaaaa! Most historians say Jack almost destroyed the world even with the last credible cold-war brain trust experts at his disposal.
Joe does not have that.
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04/05/2022 12:22 Comments ||
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#30
Don't most trolls have treasure? Where's my treasure?
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#31
$250 billion current account surplus will fund a low intensity conflict that ensures Ukraine will be as poor as Gaza for, well, as long as Gaza has been poor.
Bloody hell... so we're going to be on the hook for funding bombed out Ukraine for the rest of the century? While we get food rationing and petrol queues. Fucking lovely
#32
$250 billion current account surplus will fund a low intensity conflict that ensures Ukraine will be as poor as Gaza for, well, as long as Gaza has been poor.
And you can see, good sir, with your help, we can unlock that wealth forthwith...
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#29 "successfully pull off another Cuban Missile Crisis" Most historians say Jack almost destroyed the world even with the last credible cold-war brain trust experts at his disposal. Joe does not have that.
Alright, then which of Mead's other two outcomes do you expect-- Russian victory, or frozen conflict?
Seriously, I'd like to hear people weigh in on which of these two is more likely. Go ahead, Murcek. What do you think? Do you think?
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#34
Ukraine will be as poor as Gaza for, well, as long as Gaza has been poor.
Yeah, that's the plan. Create another oppressed victim & charity group so our politicians can posture as morally superior while they screw us and waste our money. As well, we get millions of refugees we have to support - while they ration our food. All according to plan.
#35
I think Russia "wins." They get to define what "wins" means. Wall Street totally goes along with that, because, what else are they going to do? Bidet and Kamala declare victory, which means he's a Putin apologist and she s*cks Putin's cock. The dems still lose the mid-terms, but the GOPe makes it a closely run thing. The bigger their margins, the harder they sell their voters out. Because only the dems have non-real voters, and how can such constructs feel sold-out?Zelllleeeeeennnnnnsssssskkkkyyyy remains prexident (or whatever his title is) of Ukraine. There are still nazis, but they are lower case nazis as always.
More of the same, but staler, more unpalatable and more expensive. Wash, rinse, repeat.
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#36
I think Russia wins and Ukraine becomes European Gaza. Russia becomes like Israel and bombs the fuck out of Ukraine-Gaza every time they get frisky. This goes on for 50 years.
#37
Which I could live with as long as the US involvement is limited to "sternly worded communiques" from 9th tier diplomats we have to pay anyway to do something.
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#38
I think Russia wins and Ukraine becomes European Gaza. Russia becomes like Israel and bombs the fuck out of Ukraine-Gaza every time they get frisky.
I could go for that. As long as it's none of our money going down the Ukraine-Gaza sinkhole. I mean, who gives a shit about Chechnya today? Ukraine-Gaza will be replaced by The Current Thing soon enough. ("sternly-worded communiques" -- heh)
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#39
So Russia is turning a profit off their war while risking famines around the world?
Good Lord, that's inhuman! That certainly counts as a crime against humanity! If you really care about people, you'd demand Putin withdraw from the Ukraine so the sanctions can be dropped. It may be too late for the Ukrainian harvest, but the Russians haven't had a hostile army running around, and their fertilizer exports can get back on track!
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#40
War is not profitable. Has never been. But the powers that be will never, ever let you hear that. There is a difference between certain people "making money" and humanity's overall increase in wealth.
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It remains, though, that Putin is risking famines around the world for... what?
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#43
M is fine. M is for Martin, which I am also fine with. My long-time friends call me Bud. Because my great aunt called me "her little buddy" when I was an infant. It stuck and I still like being called that too.
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#44
It remains, though, that Putin is risking famines around the world for... what?
I'd guess there are 20 reasons related to Covid Protocols before getting sanctions preventing Russia exports, then getting to ripples in the Ukraine harvest.
I'm not quite sold on that part either, kind of depends on the strain of wheat. Out here it was planted months ago and the only thing to do is hope for the right moisture and keep an eye on weeds. If its a Spring wheat, then yes it is about planting time, and again dependent upon the grain and ground temperature and conditions.
Could be all those tractors are available because it is still idle time with the fields, and if the fronts become stabilized, those not near fighting could sow, if the appropriate resources are available such a fuel and parts for the implements.
The worldwide potential decrease in yields has a lot more to do with shutting down international (and intra-national) trade for a year and varying degrees of restrictions for an additional year.
Its these very same politicians who shut down our own energy and manufacturing capacities. Stories of fertilizer waiting to unload in California from China taking so long as to miss planting for Winter Wheat, that's California Government and people like Buttgig who slept their way to their position and are totally incapable of solving real problems, so they make money off of creating them. Whatever Putin is or is not, this is not on him.
PS - it also wouldn't be the first time Brandon hyped up a situation to scare people into The Narrative. Like, when all the unvaxed were supposed to die this last Winter so go get your shots and boosters.
#45
Politicians are not our friends. The original idea that politics is a form of organization that will benefit humanity is over now. politics is a business and leeching off humanity is the business model. They won't go away and they won't go easy, but they need to go, for the long term good of the human race.
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#46
^ Not solvable by humans. But a time is coming. When the kingdoms of this world shall become the Lord's.
#47
After 2020 and going into 21 The Ag Community was very vocal about what it needed, and certain key states and fed gov actually aggravated those needs, so whatever shortfalls in yields in the USA occur, and they are expected, is mostly government inflicted, and they would love it if you blamed Russia in the Ukraine instead of ridiculous dock yard policies which had shipments from Asia going to the Gulf or SE Coast to unload instead of West Coast to sit over the horizon for unknown weeks until their number came up or the check cleared.
#48
#35 I think Russia "wins." They get to define what "wins" means. Wall Street totally goes along with that, because, what else are they going to do?
Yup. Dividing and smashing the country to pieces is "winning." How many people does Ukraine even have left? Millions emigrated before the war, millions more have left since Feb. 24, and they've since lost millions more in Donbas, Mariupol etc.
I doubt Ukraine's healthy population even exceeds 20 million at this point. It would take decades and trillions in western aid to get the country back to anywhere close to where it was before February.
#49
#46 Cripe, Dron, thats the Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem outlook. I totally agree!
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Wall Street totally goes along with that, because, what else are they going to do?
Wall Street is most definitely on Russia's side - go for the gold, literally. Bill Browder is besieged with calls from money guys asking him how they can exploit this situation, which securities to invest in.
#51
#48 it's a piece of dirt. Who cares if anybody lives there? It's certainly not up to the rest of the world to subsidze human habitation there. Beadbasket, blah blah blah. If there's money to be made off the land there, it will happen regardless.
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#52
Their black earth is good farmland, similar in richness and quality to south-central Illinois black earth. Coal too (also like Illinois). But the Ukrainians are so corrupt and incompetent they've squandered what little good fortune they were given. It's basically like a middle eastern shithole.
An “opportunity to complete the deindustrialization of Ukraine.” Putin isn’t defeated or baffled or confused. He’s turning the crank on the meatgrinder.
One doesn’t have to read too far into these lines to conclude that Putin hoped that Zelensky would cut a deal on his terms once Russia invaded, but when Zelensky refused to cut a deal, Putin moved to Option B, which is to erase most of Ukraine from the face of the earth.
That’s not as difficult as it sounds. Putin will keep the bits he wants in the Southeast (Donetsk and Luhansk), leave the West to factory farming, and pound the rest to rubble with artillery and air power.
#55
"think Russia wins and Ukraine becomes European Gaza."
Ukrainians are not as stupid as the Palestinians.
Brits are already planning to build nuclear plants. I believe the Germans will follow. Russian stranglehold on energy exports will diminish in time.
Nuclear weapons and rockets have a shelf life and high cost of maintenance. At some point Russia's Florida sized economy will have to chose between a conventional military or maintaining the nuclear weapons.
Russia can't hold Ukraine for more than decade, shorter if they smash Ukraine at some later point.
#56
#55 "think Russia wins and Ukraine becomes European Gaza."
Ukrainians are not as stupid as the Palestinians.
Yes but they're (even) more corrupt. In any case this assessment is correct. Ukraine was the poorest country in Europe before the war. Now they will be as poor as sub-Saharan Africans. Wards of the European state.
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It's amusing to see people whine about corruption in the Ukraine, when Russia is right next door. Putin's corruption set the tone for the entire nation -- that's why their soldiers don't even have optics, let alone radios or trucks that can run farther than the local liquor store.
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#58
Why go to the liquor store when you have a whole radiator full of coolant right there?
#59
The West is with the US and its crippling sanctions.
The non-western world opposes these sanctions and is with Russia.
One of China's top diplomats, Zhou Xiaoming, notes that of the 193 member nations in the UN, more than 150 "refused to join in the West's effort to hamper Russia." These nations represent more than half the world's wealth and about 80% of its people.
Despite the Biden Administration's bluster, begging, and pleading, over 150 nations have held firm it is false to say that the West's sanctions "represent the will of the international community....This claim is neither accurate nor factual."
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After the departure of the Russian Armed Forces from Bucha, no one saw the corpses for four days - Nebenzya
[REGNUM] There were no reports that the Russian military fired on civilians in Bucha for more than three days after they left this settlement, Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said on April 4 at a press conference on the provocation in Bucha.
"For four days since the Russian military left Bucha, there was not a single sign of atrocities, not a single mention of them," the Russian diplomat said.
"To sum up, there are no reports of atrocities that are attributed to the Russian military in Bucha," he added.
“The videos that I presented, especially those of Bucha, do not give any reason to doubt that this was a production. We will present new evidence for this , ”Nebenzya emphasized.
In addition, the Russian permanent representative said that those who call for an "independent investigation" of the events in Bucha should remember the numerous "investigations" that had previously taken place with the strongest political motivation.
"The question is who will conduct the so-called independent investigation. We saw a lot of “independent investigations” that were not independent at all, because they were politically motivated," said Vasyl Nebenzya.
OSCE to hold special meeting on Ukrainian Bucha on April 5
[REGNUM] The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will hold a special meeting on April 5 to discuss the consequences of the Russian military operation in the Kiev region of Ukraine. The Permanent Representative of Poland to the OSCE , Adam Halachinsky , announced this on April 4 on his page on the social network Twitter.
"The next special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council was convened for 5 April."
The special meeting, the main issue on the agenda of which is the situation in the Ukrainian Bucha, will not end with the adoption of specific decisions that require the consensus of the OSCE participating countries. It will only state and discuss the positions of the parties on the situation.
Recall that on the news feed of the Italian state television and radio company RAI on April 4, the news about the response of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the situation in Bucha appeared, and then disappeared. The news was published with the headline "Lavrov: there was a fake 'attack' and staging by the West and Kyiv in Bucha" and was deleted after a few minutes.
From Andrey Chervonets a brief chronology:
They worked extremely synchronously - early on Sunday morning, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, the BBC Russian Service and other news aggregators issued notes about Bucha, from which Russian troops left on March 30th. At the same time, sheets of pages on this topic were rolled up on Wikipedia in different languages. In the photo and video - a dozen and a half bodies that were found on the streets of the city.
And now we are carefully watching the full picture, which, of course, will not be shown in the West. Let's go in order.
1) March 30th. Russian units are leaving Bucha in an organized and complete manner, the day after the in-person round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey, where the chief Russian negotiator Medinsky, as a gesture of goodwill, announced the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kyiv.
2) March 31st. The mayor of Buchi joyfully reported on the liberation of the settlement (despite the fact that the Russian troops left from there themselves). He does not talk about any corpses on the roads and terrible destruction in the video. At the same time, the deputy Jean Beleniuk was there. In the photo he is smiling, in his social networks there is no information about the bodies.
3) On the night of April 1-2, the Azov Nazis enter Bucha. Among others was the grouping of Sergei Korotkikh (Boatswain). In his video, empty streets with destroyed equipment.
4) Two days later , photos and videos of people lying on the streets appear. Why these photos and statements began to appear only two days after the entry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the city is obvious. Videos and more at the link, all in Russian
[REGNUM] A number of settlements in the DPR were shelled by Ukrainian armed formations on the evening of April 4, according to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime.
So, at 16:25 Moscow time, Ukrainian militants from the side of the village of the Yuzhnaya mine opened fire on the village of the Gagarin mine in the city of Gorlovka, firing five grenades from a grenade launcher.
At 17:40 Moscow time and at 18:45 Moscow time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the village of Ozeryanovka, firing four and five mines of 120 mm caliber from the side of Troitskoye.
At 17:58 Moscow time, the village of Bayrak came under fire, which Ukrainian militants attacked from the direction of the Novoluganskoye settlement, firing four mines of 120 mm caliber.
The city of Yasinovataya was shelled twice in the evening: at 21:46 Moscow time and at 22:25 Moscow time from the side of the settlement of Avdiivka. Ukrainian fighters fired six and three 122 mm shells.
At 22:04 Moscow time, the city of Makiivka was also shelled from Avdiivka: Ukrainian armed formations fired eight shells of 122 mm caliber at it.
[REGNUM] The settlement of Donetsk in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) was shelled by Ukrainian militants. This was announced on April 4 by the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).
Kiev punishers at 06:00 Moscow time fired five shells from a 152 mm caliber artillery gun from the direction of the Novotoshkovskoye settlement at the Donetsk settlement.
Information about possible victims or destruction of civilian infrastructure facilities is being specified.
Earlier , REGNUM reported that Russia evacuated more than 27,000 people from Ukraine, the LPR and the DPR in a day.
[NYPOST] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the mothers of Russian soldiers in an emotional Sunday night speech — saying he wants them to see the carnage their sons have caused after hundreds of executed civilians were discovered in a mass grave in a Kyiv suburb.
"I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in Irpin, in Hostomel. What did they do? Why were they killed?" Zelensky asked in his nightly address on Sunday.
"What did the man who was riding his bicycle down the street do? Why were ordinary civilians in an ordinary peaceful city tortured to death? Why were women strangled after their earrings were ripped out of their ears? ... How did all this become possible?" an enraged Zelensky said.
On Sunday, images surfaced of bodies littered in the streets of Bucha, a small city about 30 miles northwest of Kyiv. A mass grave of nearly 300 corpses was also uncovered, leading Zelensky to claim that the atrocity amounts to "genocide."
The bodies were discovered after Russian troops pulled out of the city. Among the slain were children and women, who were reportedly raped and set burned alive, Ukrainian officials said.
Men were also tortured executed, shot in the head with their hands bound behind their backs, the officials said.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The corpses of a missing Ukrainian mayor, her husband, and her child were recovered in a shallow grave, according to recently released images and Ukrainian officials.
Olga Sukhenko, mayor of the suburb of Motyzhyn outside of Kyiv, was initially kidnapped by Russian forces alongside her husband and son on March 23, Ukrainian officials said.
The Russians "tortured and murdered the whole family of the village head," said Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry.
"The occupiers suspected they were collaborating with our military, giving us locations of where to target our artillery," Herashchenko said. "These scum tortured, slaughtered, and killed the whole family."
The bodies of Sukhenko, her husband, Ihor Sukhenko, and her son, Oleksandr, were uncovered by a news hound on a farm outside of Motyzhyn, according to a report.
One body had its head taped, the report noted, and a fourth body was found tied up.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk verified Sukhenko's murder and said at least 11 community officials are being held captive by the Russians across the nation.
Satellite images of mass graves, including a 45-foot trench seen Monday, have been released to the public throughout the past month, leading to strong condemnation by foreign leaders.
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#1
"Госпожа, I'm calling to inform,
that your son resolutely
doth not conform
to the tenets of Geneva Rules."
"Ha! Mister выпендрежник.
I shall have you know.
The ленивый мальчик would never
be there but for you fools."
#2
Yeah, yeah. The mother who says her son is a "good boy." We are very familiar with that here in America. The sons are black and almost never know their fathers.
I sure as hell hope the Russians have done a bit better.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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#3
Not forgetting that quite a few Russians have Ukrainian cousins... Those mothers may well recognize some of the dead faces.
#4
The pro Putin stooges get more desperate as Russia's weakness is revealed more and more everyday.
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#5
Again. I am not an oncologist. That does not make me pro-cancer.
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#6
@M. Murcek
If i remember correctly it was you who mentioned that you are against USA getting involved with other nations problems?
And then i remembered another comment of yours which stated that you would be willing to go to Israel to fight Arabs....
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04/05/2022 16:13 Comments ||
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#7
you would be willing to go to Israel to fight Arabs
I never said any such thing.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
04/05/2022 16:18 Comments ||
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#8
I'm extremely anti muzz. At the same time, they are another "not my problem" thing.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
04/05/2022 16:20 Comments ||
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#9
If they become my problem, I will be all over them. Here. Nowhere else.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
04/05/2022 16:22 Comments ||
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#10
Yeah, it definitely was you.
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#11
DV shitbag. What is your problem? People who don't care about small case nazis? People who don't want somebody else's fight?
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#12
Yeah it was definitely me. Like never.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
04/05/2022 16:25 Comments ||
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#13
@M. Murcek
Most Neo-Nazi's are anti 'Muzz'.
Posted by: Don Vito and Company8397 ||
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#14
Oh, look. I'm white, therefore white supremacist. I don't like ANTIFA therefore I'm a nazi (lower case. I have no Party membership, uniform nor benefits) I won't be going to fight for the Ukrainians so I anm automatically a Putin apologist.
I got it.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
04/05/2022 16:32 Comments ||
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#15
LOL.
I wasn't even commenting directly to you when i mentioned "pro Putin stooges" on this article.
You jumped right into it to defend yourself. Seems a bit strange to me that you would feel the need to do that if you were not indeed a pro Putin stooge.
Posted by: Don Vito and Company8397 ||
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#16
Anyway, have fun.
The day is just getting started for me. I intend to enjoy it...offline.
Posted by: Don Vito and Company8397 ||
04/05/2022 16:39 Comments ||
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#17
See it as you need to. That's the game of life.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
04/05/2022 16:39 Comments ||
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#18
I actually dig this. Someone (maybe) who does not know me at all has me all figured out, in a totally fictional way.
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#19
Ok, so this is really out there. Enjoy, or possibly not.
#21
Don Vito and Company8397,
To suggest one would risk their own life in a foreign war is an entirely different thing than wanting ones nation involved in a foreign war. I'm not saying M. Murcek said that but it is hardly a gotcha.
In America we call that predatory lending, and toss the lenders in jail for it.
[OneInida] Both Pakistain and Sri Lanka have plunged into a crisis and the blame lies entirely on the Chinese debt.
The situation in these two countries has now forced nations like Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal to think again on the Chinese infrastructure and also being part of the BRI initiative.
In Sri Lanka the blame clearly lies on Rajapaksa who began leaning towards the Chinese heavily much to the displeasure of India. The nation brought upon itself immense economic stress by taking high interest loans from China in the name of developing infrastructure.
Pakistain on the other hand has more than 10 per cent of its debt owed to China. Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight... has been blamed squarely for the economic mess the country is in today. Due to this high value debts the country has not only fallen economically, buy has also plunged into political crisis. Khan is making matters worse by whipping up public sentiments and blaming the situation on a foreign conspiracy against him and his government.
Both Pakistain and Sri Lanka face complex situations as the US has a great amount of control on the global financial institutions. This would make it harder for the two nations as they have shifted their loyalties to China.
#1
Pakistain is no victim and is not in any trap. It is China who's in the trap that is Pakistain. This be deep, mon Ami. You gotta know the 'Stain to understand.
[Bloomberg] Germany will temporarily take control of a unit of Gazprom PJSC in the country as it seeks to safeguard security of gas supply.
Gazprom Germania GmbH -- owner of energy supplier Wingas GmbH and a gas storage firm -- will come under the trusteeship of the German energy regulator until Sept. 30, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters in Berlin.
#3
...Sweden is quietly working out behind-the scenes with their various political factions when and how - the 'if' has already been decided. Putin's harassment and the 'nuclear' intercept a week or two back did in thirty days what seventy-five years of NATO offers couldn't do.
Mike
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#4
The Rooskies and the Swedes surely have some score to settle from way back when.
[NYPOST] An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty after he had initially received a sentence of life in prison.
The case of teacher Herry Wirawan has shocked Indonesia and shone a spotlight on the need to protect children from sexual violence in the country’s religious boarding schools.
After he was sentenced to life in jail by a court in the city of Bandung in February, prosecutors who had called for the death penalty filed an appeal.
“(We) hereby punish the defendant with the death penalty,” the judge said in a statement on Monday posted on the Bandung High Court’s website.
Ira Mambo, Herry’s lawyer, declined to comment on whether there would be an appeal, citing a need to see the full ruling from the court.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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.
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[CBSNEWS] A man linked to a series of sexual assaults in central Indiana more than 30 years ago by his DNA on an envelope for a utility bill payment was sentenced Friday to 650 years in prison, prosecutors said.
[NYPost] It was like the hip-hop equivalent of "Weekend at Bernie’s."
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/\ But the Ukrainians are so corrupt and incompetent they've squandered what little good fortune
Ok, so this is really out there. Enjoy, or possibly not. 
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[NYPOST] An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty after he had initially received a sentence of life in prison.
