[LATimes] Sacramento police said Wednesday that it appears at least five shooters fired guns during Sunday’s massacre in downtown, which killed six people and injured 12.
Officials are still trying to determine the motive for the violence but said in a statement, "... it is increasingly clear that gang violence is at the center of this tragedy. While we cannot at this time elaborate on the precise gang affiliation of individuals involved, gangs and gang violence are inseparable from the events that drove these shootings."..
A law enforcement source said that Smiley Martin and his brother are associated with a Crips gang while others involved have ties to a Bloods gang that historically is a rival.
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"Round up the White Supremacists!!1"
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So, mutual combat then. The only crime committed here is having done so right in front of CA State Govt facilities.
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I don't rule out a Mexican Gang component, as there was Hispanic tagging graffiti on a Hispanic themed bar proximate to the event and the video of the scuffle that preceded by only a few minutes in the same area had clear Hispanic and Wakandan participants.
[Breitbart] Leaked video from Disney’s “Reimagine Tomorrow” summit shows Disney corporate president Karey Burke saying that the company has been “targeting Gen Z and millennials” with LGBTQIA2S+ content, and that her son told her, “Gen Z is 30 to 40 percent queerer than the other generations, mom, so Disney better get with it.”
“When I was at Freeform, it was very much in the brand ethos of Freeform to be the tip of the spear when it comes to inclusion,” Burke explained of her experience working for another company, adding that the situation is very different at Disney, which caused her to “celebrate.”
“And we, like you, Latoya, we jumped up and down. We celebrated that. Nobody stopped us, and it felt great,” Burke said to Disney executive producer Latoya Raveneau, who has admitted to having a “gay agenda,” and wanting to get “gay advanced” with regards to children’s content at Disney.
Burke, who has one “pansexual” child and one transgender child, went on to say that she believes “nobody stopped us because we were targeting Gen Z and millennials.”
“We were targeting a young, I think, more open-minded — and now we know, as my son texted me this morning: ‘Gen Z is 30 to 40 percent queerer than the other generations, mom, so Disney better get with it,'” the Disney executive added.
This is not the first time Burke has been seen in leaked video footage talking about advancing LGBTQIA2S+ content in content geared toward children.
Previously leaked video from the summit also shows Burke claiming that not enough lead characters in Disney content are “LGBTQIA.”
Disney executives have spoken at an internal 'Reimagine Tomorrow' forum - part of an initiative begun in September to increase representation on screen
Karey Burke, head of entertainment, said that it made commercial sense for Disney to show more gay and non-binary characters
She told the virtual assembly her son had told her: 'Gen-Z is 30-40 percent queerer than other generations Mom, so Disney better get with it'
Bob Chapek, the CEO, told the forum he 'pledged to be a better ally for the LGBTQ+ community' and 'apologized for not being the ally you needed me to be'
Chapek, who has been strongly criticized for his handling of Disney's policy on LGBTQ issues, said he learnt from the experience and felt their 'pain'
[NYP] A tense video captured a group of revelers jumping off a pontoon boat in South Florida after it was partially crushed by a drawbridge.
Gillian Pisciotto witnessed the recent incident and shot viral video that shows the boat stopping under the Cato drawbridge along the Intracoastal Waterway in Jupiter, Fox 13 reported.
The boat did not go under the bridge in the main channel, and instead went closer to the edge of the waterway, the outlet said.
There are signs along that section that say "Unauthorized personnel prohibited," "Danger moving machinery" and "No trespassing, violators will be prosecuted."
"Twenty minutes went by and the drawbridge began to open for a sailboat," Pisciotto told Fox 13. "(The bridge) began to crush the boat and me and my friends were in shock, not knowing how to react."
[NYPost] Ric Flair thought the kerfuffle of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was a work.
That’s the term in Flair’s world of pro wrestling, when the violence is scripted. Flair and his longtime friend Mike Tyson spoke to The Post to promote Tyson 2.0, the cannabis business they’re partnering in, and covered a wide range of other topics like his daughter Charlotte Flair’s success in WWE, Hulk Hogan’s proclamation that Flair was the greatest wrestler of all-time and the Oscars’ moment that will live in infamy.
“I didn’t think it was real,” Flair said of the Smith slap.
Tyson chimed in: “If Ric says it’s a fake, then it’s a fake.”
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It is Hollywood... and they are in the business of faking things, so we cannot tell by looking at the event unless it was done so badly as to be obvious. (see Juicy Smollett)
However, we can look at the effects: who benefits?
Will Smith: Does this help his career? I'd say no. He looks like the stereotypical angry prone-to-violence black guy, his marital 'issues' are paraded in public, his good-guy movie image takes a hit, and he is out of the Academy. Sounds negative to me.
The Academy Awards: Hollywood loves drama. Lately, ratings for the Academy Awards have been in the dumpster. A little drama might perk things up. "Let's watch and see what a bunch of coked-up actors do this year!" That is a plus, but the cost is losing a known star and the box office revenue he generates.
Seems to me Will takes a bigger hit than the Awards show gains. But maybe they playing the long game with a fall-and-redemption story arc.
tl;dr: Is it fake or does Will Smith just slap like a girl?
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Now I'd like to see Terry Crews slap somebody. Somebody like say Dave Chappelle. But Crews is such a nice guy I can't imagine him doing such a thing.
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Will Smith is, I think, one of those people who is in love with their own self image. His self image pre Oscars: tough, smart, beats his enemies at their own game, clean cut, never relies on cheap gimmicks.
This self image was smashed up at the Oscars.
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First thing that occurred to me. And, I agree with Mae West.
[ZeroHedge] Puerto Rico's power grid was hit by a devastating fire at one of the largest power plants on the island that triggered widespread blackouts, according to Bloomberg.
On Wednesday night, the outage began when a fire broke out at the Costa Sur power plant in the island's southwest region, Puerto Rican utility company LUMA Energy said.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) tweeted a video of one of the power plant's generator circuit breakers erupting in flames, shooting fireballs into the night sky.
"The power grid has suffered a massive island-wide blackout, potentially caused by a circuit breaker failure at the Costa Sur generation plant," LUMA officials said Wednesday night. The fire was extinguished hours later.
In recent months, the outage was one of the biggest for the island's deteriorating electrical grid, which has seen frequent rolling blackouts grow worse by the year.
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico exited bankruptcy last month, but PREPA remains buried in insurmountable debt, totaling around $9bln.
Because I know some people thought the story of the knocked out Russian armoured vehicle with "Wolverines" written on it was false... pic.twitter.com/FHF0B0IA53
[Independent] More than 30 people have reportedly died after two Russian rockets hit a train station in Donetsk where thousands of people were waiting to be evacuated.
Ukrainian Railways said dozens of civilians were killed and more than 100 others were injured when the projectiles struck the station in the city of Kramatorsk on Friday.
“Two rockets hit Kramatorsk railway station,” the state railway company said in a statement.
“According to operational data, more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in the rocket attack on Kramatorsk railway station,” it added.
Russians say the missile is Ukrainian. The missile fired may have been a "short":
Фото №1: Ракета комплекса «Точка У», стоящего на вооружении Украины.
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Looks like payback for the March 14 massacre by the Ukrainians of over 20 civilians in central Donetsk with cluster bombs delivered by a Tochka-U missile
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[NATION.PK] A highway through the rolling plains of eastern Ukraine looks set to play an important strategic role in the anticipated Russian offensive in the Donbas.
Connecting the regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk, the two-lane thoroughfare is one of the key routes in the northeast of the country.
The road runs like an arrow to the centre of the Ukrainian-controlled Donbas, caught between pro-Russian statelets of Donetsk to the south and Lugansk to the east, and the advance of Russian forces from the north.
"We re waiting for them!" said a lieutenant tasked with reinforcing the positions along the road, giving a thumbs up.
"We are going to destroy the enemy that came to invade our motherland. Fascist Russia, we can t describe it any other way. Who lives by the sword will die by the sword," says a young officer with a dagger strapped to his vest.
"If only Western countries would give us more vehicles, if only they would help us close the sky (to Russian planes). And victory will be ours."
The forest adjacent to the highway is dotted with springtime bluebells and camouflaged equipment alike.
Trench positions have been dug by a bulldozer, while the artillery and armoured vehicles have been largely covered with earth.
The road is littered with anti-tank obstacles. As winter reaches its end and the sodden terrain makes moving through the fields difficult, the army s aim is to control the asphalt.
Since capturing Izyum a few days ago, Russian troops are camped around 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the north of the twin cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the capital of the Ukrainian controlled Donbas.
According to the American think-tank the Institute for the Study of War, Slavyansk will be the site of "the next pivotal battle of the war in Ukraine".
Between Izyum and the Ukrainian-held city, the village of Krasnopillia, where elite Ukrainian troops are stationed, marks the frontline.
"The Russians are getting ready, we know they are preparing to attack," says a senior officer, noting the increasing activity of Russian helicopters, usually a sign of a large-scale operation.
"We are ready... we ve planned some surprises for them along the way," says the officer, a veteran of the 2014 war with pro-Russian separatists.
A few kilometres to the east of the road, the Seversky Donets river, winding through pine-covered hills, represents a natural obstacle to the advance of the invader.
A number of the eight water reservoirs along the waterway have been opened by the Ukrainians to make passage across even harder.
"The level has risen by two metres," according to one local.
Crossings, like the one in Bogorodychne, a village where a few older residents remain, have been blown up.
"Everyone is nervous at the moment, the old people did not want to leave," says Artur Nazarov, 58, the head of a local school.
"It s the end of the line, we ve made our provisions, we re waiting," he says, standing in front of the blown-up bridge.
A single bridge, three kilometres downstream in the usual tourist hotspot of Svyatogirsk, has so far been spared — though it too is mined and slated for destruction.
Flanked by hills, the "Holy Mountains" orthodox monastery — under the authority of the Patriarch of Moscow — used to attract pilgrims and visitors to its peaceful surroundings.
"When the Russians launch their assault, we will have an hour — two max — to evacuate to the west bank of the river," says a local commander in the territorial defence, Andriy Bezruchko.
Russian troops are a handful of kilometres away to the north and not necessarily in hostile territory.
"The population around here is 80 percent pro-Russian," says Andriy, 43, owner of a restaurant in Svyatogirsk.
"Of course the town is going to be taken. I am going to lose everything, my possessions, my house. Everyone knows me here, I m threatened all the time," he says with a shrug, showing the death threats he has received on his phone.
The monastery is also the site of a surprising manoeuvre, an illustration of the complexities of the war in east Ukraine.
Each morning, people gather to travel towards the Russian-controlled zone, all with the tacit consent of the Ukrainian authorities.
"These people think they will be safe in the occupied territories," says Andriy.
In the afternoon, a convoy arrives from the Russian zone. Svyatogirsk is a corridor, a discreet place of contact where civilians can pass from one side to the other.
"Cars are moving in both directions, the choice is still there for everyone," Andriy notes.
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[NATION.PK] The battle for the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine will remind the world of World War Two and involve thousands of tanks, Ukraine’s foreign minister says on Thursday.
Dmytro Kuleba asks NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... allies to provide "everything we need, and we will fight not only for our security, but for your security". NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is ready to strengthen support but does not provide details of weapons.
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As long as it doesn't look like WWIII.
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Ukraine moving troops to Donbass Front.
Russia organizing troops to send to this front.
Some fighting at the front.
Ukraine troops still in control of part of Mariupol.
Russia now admitting its battle casualties are significant.
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...Wondering if the Russians aren't going to just say screw it and go all human wave...
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Russians might want to lick their wounds and play defense for a while.
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Notice the salient near Lukansk in the Donbas? It looks like the Soviets Russians are transferring troops from the Kiev area to Izyum and drive south to pocket the Ukrainian troops.
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/\ So no 'human wave', rather I expect the idea is to bag a goodly part of the UA and then declare the "War One Against the Nazis!". Gobbling the the biggest chunk of eastern Ukraine and thinking about taking more in a year or so...
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In my opinion I would like to know Badanovs opinion being a gamer and very knowledgeable of historical Russian war efforts other than human wave idea. Putin is a tenacious Russian bear in my opinion. Ceasefire. Allow population to leave. Then rocket barge then attack is my opinion. Flatten the place to reduce Russian losses. Ukraine will claim all sorts of Russian offenses. That is a given.
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Why is this such a mystery? Putin's strategy is clearly to neuter Ukraine. He has destroyed the country's ability to produce and export anything. He's cut Ukraine in two and permanently blocked it off from access to the Black Sea.
Strategically, Ukraine is now worthless to the West. Negative worth, actually... an endless sinkhole for billions annually in Western aid.
Putin doesn't give a shit about morality or the world's opinion, least of all about his own conscripts. He wanted to permanently destroy Ukraine as a threat and hescachieved that.
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Negative worth, actually... an endless sinkhole for billions annually in Western aid.
Don't you know? There are committees formed just to look for such treasures.
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#2 Russians might want to lick their wounds and play defense for a while.
I doubt it. They are already pushing hard and now the Ukrainians have the long ass supply lines from Kiev and Poland. It is a race between how far the Russians can push before the new weapons and reinforcements get there to stop them.
It is looking like whoever gets the most stuff there fastest will win this battle and Russia has the edge here.
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Russia now controls the region's natural gas reserves as well. Ukraine has Europe's second-largest reserves of natural gas, along with significant biogas, hydrogen and biomethane energy potential.
The natural gas reserves are concentrated in the east, in the Dnieper-Dobets and Carpathian Basin. Should be obvious why the Russians never cared about Kyiv. The real prize is in Donbas and along the coast.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:39 The Russian side is ready to deploy humanitarian corridors in any direction of Ukraine as soon as possible and ensure the safe evacuation of civilians. 21:08 Nazis settled in Azovstal beat from RSZO "City" and mortars.
20:54 The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Igor Konashenkov, announced the destruction of 42 military facilities in Ukraine over the past day.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
125 aircraft;
95 helicopters;
416 unmanned aerial vehicles;
227 anti-aircraft missile systems;
2003 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles;
220 multiple launch rocket systems;
869 field artillery and mortar guns;
1902 units of special military vehicles.
20:30 Parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering heavy losses in the Nikolaev-Kherson direction. To replenish them, the command began recruiting volunteers in nearby settlements.
However, the number of people wishing to join the Ukrainian army is not very large there. Therefore, the command approved the recruitment of even citizens from among asocial elements: former prisoners, drug addicts and alcoholics.
The reason for such measures is the lack of personnel for the more than once announced counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area. However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are aware of these plans not only in Kyiv, but also in the command of the Russian group in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions.
18:26 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba admitted that the Ukrainian military may violate the rules of war, he said this, commenting on the video of the massacre of the Ukrainian military over Russian prisoners published in the media.
“I didn’t see it, I heard about it, I want to assure you that the Ukrainian army is following the rules of war,” Kuleba said when asked about the video. “Of course, there may be isolated incidents of violation of these rules, and they will certainly be investigated,” the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry added.
18:13 At the intersection of Bogoyavlensky Avenue and the street of the 295th Rifle Division in Nikolaev, a checkpoint of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was installed. Dugouts are being created around it, to the construction of which captured alcoholics, drug addicts and other troublemakers are attracted. Coordinates - 46.913669, 32.044075.
18:11 "It is wise today to cooperate and build a peaceful life." The first successes of the military-civilian administration of Kakhovka. “The communal transport company has restored its work. We distribute humanitarian products. We are preparing the supply of medicines to our hospital, ”-toldPavel Filipchuk, head of the military-civilian administration of Kakhovka.
18:08 The Russian military took control of the instrument-making plant in Izyum - the Russian Defense Ministry.
17:41 Briefing Mayor of Melitopol Galina Danilchenko dated 04/07/2022:
In Melitopol, before the holidays, a big cleaning of the city started.
The city is preparing for the end of the heating season.
A specialized wholesale food warehouse for entrepreneurs and residents of Melitopol will open in the city.
ATB chain of stores is preparing to open in Melitopol
In the microdistrict Aviagorodok, the issue of opening a pharmacy has been resolved.
17:06 The Investigative Committee concluded that the cause of the explosion at the ammunition depot near Belgorod, which occurred on March 29, was Tochka-U missiles with cluster submunitions. According to the agency, they arrived from Ukraine.
15:43 The supply of weapons to Ukraine leads to an escalation of the conflict - the head of the government of the Vatican.
15:20 “Thank you guys, thank you very much! We are very grateful to you for helping us. And we ask you not to leave us! Russian army helps residents of Melitopol.
15:15 Russian servicemen helped to evacuate the civilians of Izyum and provided medical assistance to those in need. People with chronic diseases and severe pathologies will be sent to Russia for treatment.
14:47 Schoolchildren in Latvian schools are forced to fill out questionnaires about the Russian military operation in Ukraine. The Baltics are more and more asking for denazification every day.
14:13 Ukraine proposes to discuss the issues of Crimea and Donbass at a meeting of the leaders of the two countries, this plan is unacceptable - Lavrov.
14:06 A monument to Alexander Pushkin was dismantled in Transcarpathia in Ukraine. Also, a memorial plaque in honor of the Russian poet was removed from the school building in Mukachevo.
In Transcarpathia in Ukraine, a monument to Alexander Pushkin was dismantled. Also, a memorial plaque in honor of the Russian poet was removed from the school building in Mukachevo.
13:50 Information about the withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces from the Kherson region is another "fake" of Ukrainian propagandists.
In fact, units of the RF Armed Forces are successfully conducting a special military operation (SVO) and have now established full control over the city of Kherson and the territories adjacent to it. A new military-civilian administration has been appointed in the region, the supply of humanitarian aid to the local population has been arranged, and economic cooperation has been organized following the example of Crimea. Such work is systematically carried out in all Ukrainian territories liberated by units of the RF Armed Forces.
13:41 The Russian Aerospace Forces are conducting airstrikes on military facilities in Vasishchevo, Kharkiv region. In many parts of Ukraine, an air raid alarm is roaring.
13:30 A representative of the military-civilian administration of Energodar said that the city is organizing the supply of fuel and everything necessary. Also, employees of the military-civilian administrations help to organize the export of products from the Zaporozhye region to Russia.
13:26 To New Kakhovka delivered humanitarian aid from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. First of all, food and medicines are delivered. The Novokakhovskaya VGA organized the distribution of humanitarian aid in the settlements of Krynki, Obryvki, Maslovka, Dnepryany, Korsunka. According to the head of the military-civilian administration, Vladimir Leontyev, the process of applying for and issuing humanitarian aid is being built systematically. Delivery will become regular soon.
13:24 Over Kherson system air defense intercepted the released Ukrainian ammunition.
12:48 Appeared audio recording of negotiations between Nazi Sergei Korotkikh “Botsman”, whose units entered Bucha among the first after the Russian Armed Forces left it, with a curator from the SBU - 18+ A lot of obscene language. The latter reprimands Korotkikh for a video where corpses in Bucha, Kiev region, “come to life” by moving their arms. Another proof of the staging and gross provocation, in which Kyiv accuses the Russian army.
11:52 Melitopol Oncology Center got humanitarian aid.
11:49 In Gostomel, the Ukrainian authorities impose a curfew for ... a week! Think about it, you can’t leave the house for seven days! Not to the store, not to the pharmacy, not to get water, nowhere! And then they will again show shots of people who have violated this wild restriction, and pass them off as “victims of Russian aggression”?
11:06 Russian Defense Ministry published frames launch of cruise missiles "Caliber" from the frigate of the Black Sea Fleet. The strikes were carried out on Ukrainian bases for storing fuel and lubricants.
10:56 During the night, high-precision air and sea-based missiles destroyed four bases for storing fuel and lubricants in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Kharkov and Chuguev, from which fuel was supplied to Ukrainian groupings of troops near Kharkov, Nikolaev and in the Donbass.
10:50 Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 29 military facilities of Ukraine. Among them: two command posts, a radar for illuminating targets and guiding the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the Kurakhovo region, seven artillery batteries, a depot of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, as well as 10 strongholds and areas of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment.
10:30 Russian troops advanced from Izyum towards Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
08:32 Voenkor VGTRK Yevgeny Poddubny told that Ukraine continues to be bombarded with Western weapons. “At the former Ukrainian positions, from which the formations of the Kiev regime were knocked out, there are actually no anti-tank systems of Ukrainian or Soviet production. Basically, these are Swedish-British complexes, American, German,” he said on the air of the 60 Minutes program on the Russia 1 TV channel.
08:30 In short, according to Izyum. Throughout the night, the MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Izyum. The RF Armed Forces are fighting near the village of Suligovka, breaking through the enemy's defenses. The Suligovka area is very well fortified, our artillery works non-stop. Yesterday our reconnaissance took five prisoners, right on the positions of the Ukrainian artillery. Everyone says that they were mobilized a month ago from the Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions.
08:09 Yesterday, a column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reinforced with armored vehicles, arrived in Konotop, Sumy region. The second day in the city is carried out forced mobilization.
08:00 Russian Defense Ministry publishes frames crossing of Russian equipment across the river Seversky Donets. For three weeks, battles were fought for the territory south of Izyum. APU shelled the bridge day and night.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:47 Since the beginning of the current day, the enemy has fired more than 200 shells and mines from 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery and 120-mm mortars. 21:35 The RF Armed Forces blocked the settlement of Ugledar, now they are fighting for its release.
21:13 Over the past day in the struggle for independence, four DPR defenders died in the line of military duty and 26 were injured - People's Militia.
20:55 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the settlement. Alexandrovka at the following addresses:
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 59 "a", 60 "a" - residential private houses.
20:50 About 5,000 civilians were killed in Mariupol, the city's new mayor said.
19:26 In Mariupol, 15-20 percent of the housing stock is not subject to restoration, the mayor of the city Konstantin Ivashchenko, who was appointed the day before, said on the air of the 60 Minutes program.
18:54 As it became known to the Military Donetsk channel, the fighters of the NM DPR broke into the settlement. Kamenka in the Yasinovatsky district. Now our defenders continue to fight, clearing the village itself from the Nazis. This will provide a springboard for the subsequent attack on Avdiivka.
18:20 As a result of shelling in the Petrovsky district on the street. Socialist and in the Kuibyshev region on the street. Steppe suffered housing construction.
18:15 The situation in Mariupol as of 18:00 on April 7, 2022: On the right bank, the encirclement around the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blocked around the park in the Primorsky district is shrinking. On the left bank, the Allied forces almost completely liberated all residential areas of the Left Bank District.
Under the control of the Ukrainian armed formations, the industrial zone to the north of Taganrogskaya Street partially remains. There are clashes with blocked units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and militants of Azov at Azovstal. Artillery and aviation of the Allied Forces are inflicting intense strikes on the positions of militants on the territory of the plant.
18:06 In the secret prison of the Mariupol airport, the nationalists subjected to terrible abuse those who were considered to disagree with their Nazi ideology. There are those who went through this hell and survived - they testify - Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin in an exclusive interview with Free Press
18:05 Signalers have installed the Phoenix operator equipment to launch a 4G network in Volnovakha and a 3G network in Volodarsky and Mangush. It is planned to establish communication "Phoenix" in Mariupol in the area of Volodarskoe highway.
17:45 Ukrainian Foreign Minister: the battle for Donbass will resemble the Second World War. They are really sick people.
17:39 Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPRdelivered18 tons of humanitarian food and 3,000 loaves of bread for residents of Rubizhne - head of the department Yevgeny Katsavalov.
17:31 Artillery of Russian troops continues to apply fire defeat to the enemy in the Slavic direction. They also work with Krasnopol precision-guided munitions.
17:10 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novoselovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 15 shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
16:30 Another 289 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye. During the day on April 7, from 08:00 to 16:00, 289 people were evacuated from Mariupol to the Bezymennoye Novoazovsky district, including 56 children.
16:08 More than 1,400 subscribers were left without power supply in Yasinovataya. As a result of the shelling of the VFU in Yasinovataya, seven transformer substations and 1,444 household subscribers were de-energized. Repair and restoration work will begin as soon as the situation permits.
16:05 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wound as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the settlement. Yasinovataya civilian - male born in 1957 at the address st. Babushkina, 26.
The victim was taken to the Yasinovatskaya Central District Hospital, where he is receiving the necessary assistance. Damage was recorded as a result of shelling of the VFU at the following addresses:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- st. Yasenevaya, 3 - the private sector.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Stepnaya, 17 - a direct hit in a private house.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- st. Chkalova, 30 - private sector (garage fire);
- st. Babushkina, 27 - private sector, direct hit.
15:50 In the liberated territories of Mariupol, public utilities began to clean up garbage. The liberated sections of Mariupol are slowly starting to return to civilian life. During the absence of centralized water supply to the former shopping center "Metro", where a temporary humanitarian aid center is now equipped, six cubic meters of drinking water are delivered daily for residents. Of course, this volume is not enough for a half-million population of the city.
15:48 The village of Donetsk in the city of Kirovsk of the LPR is regularly shelled by Ukrainian militants. As a result of shelling from the Grad MLRS and artillery guns with a caliber of 152mm, 122mm and 120mm, more than 20 residential buildings were destroyed this week, and a transformer substation was also damaged Employees of the prosecutor's office of the LPR are checking each case of shelling.
15:44 AFU shelled the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk - the headquarters of the defense. As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Petrovsky district, on the street. Socialist, and the Kuibyshev region, on the street. Steppe, housing construction suffered. Details are being specified.
15:38 For Kamenka, standing on the Kharkiv-Slavyansk highway, the Ukrainians clung to for a long time. From here to the city-symbol of Russian resistance Donbass 45 kilometers in a straight line. But the Armed Forces of Ukraine were still knocked out of here. Leaving, they left dozens of bodies of their dead paratroopers here. As well as several armored personnel carriers and a tank, which have already been marked with tactical signs Z. Our Vistula division is working in this direction. And she goes further, towards Slavyansk.
15:10 Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation: The involvement of the commander of the 19th Separate Missile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yaroshevich in the death of civilians in Donetsk as a result of the Tochka-U strike has been established. He was charged in absentia under the article "Use of prohibited means and methods of warfare."
15:08 Turchak and Pushilin hoisted the Banner of Victory and the flag of Russia in Zaporozhye Rozovka.
15:07 The photo shows the consequences of shelling from the side of the VFU on the road near the stadium leading to the Gorlovka village of Panteleymonovka.
The photo shows the consequences of shelling by the VFU of the road near the stadium leading to the Gorlovka village of Panteleymonovka.
14:50 As a result of an air raid by the Russian Aerospace Forces, Viktor Alekseevich Litvin, a major of a separate airborne assault brigade, was destroyed. Ukrainian publications specify that the officer died from injuries incompatible with life after air strikes on the village of Konstantinovka, Donetsk region.
14:10 As of April 7, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a group of DPR troops, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated and established full control over 160 settlements, including Novogrigorovka (Volodarsky district), Pannovka, Suzhenka, Lugovoe, Sadovoye, Fedorovka , Kalchinovka, Nazarovka, Ukrainka, Republic, Ksenovka, Novoromanovka, Sergeevka, Starchenkovo, Peremoga, Priazovskoye, Shevchenko (Pershotravnevy district), Ilyichovskoye, Rybatskoye, Chervonoe, Wide Beam. The cleansing of Mariupol continues.
14:00 The radar for target illumination and guidance of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kurakhovo region was destroyed.
13:47 11-year-old Sasha from Mariupol has been looking for his parents for a whole month. The family reunion scene is better not to retell, but to look atvideo.
13:27 In Artemovsk, north of Gorlovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have placed positions on the territory of the Vistek machine-building plant. There are several units of armored vehicles and MLRS. Coordinates - 48.599213, 37.995633.
13:10 Two commanders of the Azov* national battalion (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) are involved in the encroachment on the lives of at least eight captured Russian servicemen - RF IC.
13:09 As a result of today's shelling from the Ukrainian armed formations of the Petrovsky district, the village of Lugansk and the village of Signalnoye (four shells of 122mm caliber were fired) were left without electricity. Repair and restoration work will begin as soon as the situation allows - Kulemzin.
13:01 Bastrykin arrived in Donetsk, held a meeting on the investigation of war crimes against civilians and the Russian military in the Donbass and Ukraine, instructed to ensure the permanent deployment of investigators in the Donbass.
13:00 As a result of the shelling of Gorlovka from the side of the VFU, damage was recorded to the Gorlovka checkpoint along Artemovskoe highway. There was a message about the discovery today, April 7, of damage to a private household at 53 Vlasenko Street as a result of a direct hit by a Ukrainian shell (the date of the shelling is being clarified). The house is not residential.
12:46 In Kherson, the former militants of the territorial defense of Ukraine voluntarily hand over the weapons that the Kiev authorities previously issued to them. As a rule, these are Kalashnikov assault rifles and cartridges for them. Recall that the Ukrainian side distributed all weapons to everyone uncontrollably and without providing any documents and entries in the registers for further accounting.
12:30 Shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction of:
n.p. Avdeevka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): 6 shells of 122 mm were fired;
n.p. Noises - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Komarova): 6 mines were fired with a caliber of 120 mm;
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired 2 shells of 122mm.
12:15 The situation near the Kramatorsk railway station. People are trying with all their might to get out of the city, which the Ukronazis plan to turn into a “second Mariupol”.
11:55 Air defense of the DPR worked to intercept an air target over the city of Shakhtersk DPR.
11:53 Chronicle special operations. In the battles for the residential areas of Mariupol, the Russian military beat the Azov people out of their holes. Under the onslaught of experienced fighters, the bandits either go to Bandera, or sparkle with oiled heels.
11:47 As a result of the mortar shelling of N. p. Kalinovo received damage to three residential buildings - the representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
11:42 The head of the Ukrainian Lugansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai, called on residents of the settlements that were not liberated by the LPR to evacuate.
11:40 Ukrainian troops shelled Ozeryanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing eight shells with a caliber of 122mm.
11:32 AFU shelled the settlement Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
11:23 Continues evacuation of civilians from the Mariupol hospital who were not released by the Azov militants. During the day, Russian marines and military personnel of the DPR people's militia made more than 10 trips to the hospital building on BMP-2 and BTR-80: they took out about 100 patients, including 16 children.
11:10 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Zhovanka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): 8 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm - DPR JCCC.
11:07 The main battles in Mariupol have moved to the port of the city and to the territory of the Azovstal plant. Regarding the situation in Mariupol, the central part of the city, we can say that the main battles are over - Eduard Basurin.
11:05 Eduard Basurin: about three thousand militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may currently be in Mariupol. Footage of an interview with a representative of the People's Militia Department of the DPR was shown on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
11:04 About 60 percent of the territory of the DPR is liberated from the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Basurin.
11:02 Aleksandrovka is again under fire from the VFU. As a result of the morning shelling, a direct hit of a shell on a residential building at 145 Gorky Street - Kulemzin was recorded.
10:50 Russian air defense systems shot down five unmanned aerial vehicles in the air in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovka Vtoraya, Chervonaya, Novogradovka, Ilovaisk, Khartsyzsk.
10:47 The settlement Sladkoe came under the control of the DPR.
09:26 The main battles in the central part of Mariupol are over. The clashes moved to the port of the city and to the territory of the Azovstal plant - Basurin.
09:22 In Mariupol cleared out and occupied a military unit in which the consolidated unit of the Ukrainian police tried to defend.
09:15 Emergency statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation on 04/07/2022
As we reported earlier, the Azov command, in cooperation with specialists from the 83rd Center for Information and Psychological Operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, continues to spread fakes and disinformation. According to available information, Ukrainian nationalists continue the targeted destruction of ships in the Mariupol port.
After setting fire to the Turkish ship "Azburg", operating under the Dominican flag, Ukrainian militants carried out another provocation. The craftsmen of 83 TsIPSO and the nationalists of "Azov" set fire to the control ship "Donbass". Currently, a fire continues on board both ships, and smoke is observed. We do not rule out that in the near future Ukrainian and foreign media will start distributing video clips with killed crew members to discredit the Russian military.
09:10 Renamed Zhukov Avenue into Defenders of Ukraine Avenue in Mariupol soon reverted back to its original name. When renaming the avenue, residents staged rallies on the streets, to which the nationalists replied, "it's none of your business." Those who are loyal to Russia will always remember their heroes, no matter how the Ukrainian government tries to erase the history of the defenders of the fatherland.
09:07 According to the operational line of the JCCC DPR, information was received about the wounding of 14 civilians, including four children, as a result of shelling from the AFU of the previously liberated part of Mariupol.
08:53 Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
08:50 As a result of artillery shelling of the settlement. Donetsk in the LPR, a residential building was destroyed - the representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
08:02 Two district police departments of Mariupol have changed addresses:
Zhovtnevy district police department of Mariupol: st. Fontannaya, 87;
Ordzhonikidzevsky District Police Department of Mariupol: st. 130th Taganrog Division, 114.
06.20 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling was recorded: from the direction of the settlement. Gorskoe along the settlement Donetsk with the use of 152mm artillery guns (five shells) - Representation of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
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[Korrespondent] 23:35 Ukraine intends to seize Russian ships that are at the shipyard in Izmail, said the head of the Odessa OVA Maxim Marchenko.
23:32 Zelensky said that Russia is preparing provocations with the bodies of the dead in Mariupol in order to pass them off as "victims of Ukraine." He also added that in Mariupol "almost every street" is now what the world saw in Bucha and other towns in the Kiev region. 23:28 Arakhamia met with the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region to consult on possible compromises with the Russian Federation. Details on all stages of negotiations with Moscow can be found in the material Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia: online .
23:26 The third wave of general mobilization has begun in Ukraine , during which reservists who have graduated from military departments will be called up to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Reserve officers who were not called up during the previous stages of mobilization should appear at the military registration and enlistment offices, Ivano-Frankivsk Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv said.
23:25 The Saeima of Latvia banned the celebration of Victory Day and declared May 9 the Day of Remembrance for those killed in Ukraine. On this day, mass entertainment and festive events will be prohibited, in addition, fireworks will be prohibited throughout the country on May 8 and 9.
23:23 After the end of the war in Ukraine, security measures will be strengthened and the population will be taught to defend themselves, Zelensky said in an interview with the Indian Republic Media Network: "From the point of view of security, we will have a big revision. Security in everything. Starting with children, families, streets, houses, security inside cultural places, security in stadiums and other venues where there are mass events. And training of the population. It happened, we have such neighbors. Therefore, our population will understand how to fight, everyone will have special knowledge."
23:19 Zelensky: "If everyone in the world had at least ten percent of the courage that we Ukrainians have, then there would simply be no danger to international law. There would be no danger to the freedom of peoples. We will spread our courage. Let's start special global campaign.
23:15 Estonia has limited the opportunity for citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus to work and do business on its territory. The country also suspended the issuance of new visas and residence permits to Russians and Belarusians.
23:12 Danilov said that the National Security and Defense Council, on behalf of Zelensky, maintains a register of collaborators, which will soon be made public. It will include "a lot of amazing people who appeared on all TV channels until February 24 - they were regulars and even presenters of some programs and shouted about our state, freedom of speech on our channels," the NSDC secretary added.
22:53 In Chernigov, out of almost 300,000 inhabitants, from 80,000 to 95,000 remained, the mayor of the city Vladislav Atroshenko said. According to him, it was possible to calculate them by analyzing working SIM cards.
22:44 The plane confiscated from Medvedchuk is already working to protect Ukraine, said NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov: "If the Russians do not leave their suicidal intentions, the private plane of Putin's godfather will be the first" heroically "to meet their Russian friends, reliably blocking the runway ".
22:40 Pink Floyd released a clip called Hey Hey Rise Up dedicated to Ukraine. This is a joint project with Andrey Khlyvnyuk from Boombox:
22:35 In Irpen, a curfew is introduced for three days - from 21:00 Thursday, April 7, to 9:00 Monday, April 11. The entrance to the city will be completely closed. The road to Bucha will be carried out through the Dmitrov community. Only municipal services and volunteers will work on the streets of Irpin according to an agreed list.
22:29 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Russian troops "blocked" the settlement of Ugledar and are now fighting for its liberation; "completely blockaded" the settlement of Novomikhailovka and began to clean it up; "high-precision air-launched missiles" struck at the "accumulation of Ukrainian military equipment" at the Novograd-Volynsky railway station in the Zhytomyr region.
22:26 If Russia tries to transfer military aircraft to the territory of the "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic", the Ukrainian air defense forces will shoot down air targets, said the head of the Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Bogdan Senik.
22:19 According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Russia is intensifying propaganda among the personnel of military training centers. Thus, according to a letter from the head of the Missile Forces and Artillery of the RF Armed Forces Mikhail Matveevsky to the heads of training centers, it is forbidden to answer calls and messages from telephone numbers with the codes +375, +380 (Belarus, Ukraine). And if the call is nevertheless accepted, everything said by the interlocutor, by definition, must be taken as a lie and a provocation and the number should be blocked.
Propaganda should also include explanations about the "pluses" of participation in the war with Ukraine - social guarantees and higher payments. In addition, all Ukrainian "and other" resources are allegedly spreading fakes. And all military personnel are obliged to familiarize themselves with the contents of the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper every day.
22:13 The EU adopted a new package of anti-Russian sanctions: a ban on the import of coal, on the supply of weapons to the Russian Federation, on entry into EU ports of ships under the Russian flag, on the export of high-tech goods, on the activities of transport companies from the Russian Federation and Belarus, freezing the accounts of Russian banks, as well as sanctions against Russian businessmen, security personnel, military personnel and businesses associated with the war in Ukraine.
22:07 Zelensky addressed the Parliament and the people of Cyprus: "People of Cyprus! I am grateful to you for the principle with which you reacted together with the entire European Union to the full-scale invasion of Russia. You made a strong decision - to prevent Russian warships from entering your ports. This is true enhances security throughout our region."
22:00 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that on March 29 the Belgorod region was fired upon by Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles. As a result, eight people were seriously injured, 21 units of military equipment were destroyed.
21:54 According to the OP, 4,676 people have been evacuated today. 1205 people left Mariupol for Zaporozhye by their own transport, 2051 people from Berdyansk, Rodov, Vasilyevka, Melitopol for Zaporozhye. 1,420 people left Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Kremennaya by evacuation buses.
21:50 In Borodianka, Kiev region, the bodies of 26 dead were pulled out from under the rubble of only two houses, Prosecutor General Venediktova said.
21:43 The head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that today the Russians fired at residential areas on Saltovka, KhTZ and Alekseevka. In Kharkov and Kharkov region - 14 victims, one woman died. In the evening, a missile attack was delivered on one of the districts of Kharkov.
According to Sinegubov, Izyumskoye remains a critical area: the Russian army plans to transfer a large amount of equipment there. The evacuation continues from the cities in the south of the region - Lozovaya and Barvenkovo. At the same time, there is no need to evacuate the inhabitants of Kharkov, the governor assured.
21:36 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that conscription for military service in the Ukrainian army in April-June will not be carried out: "During the general mobilization in Ukraine, the recruitment of vacant positions in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations is carried out at the expense of the conscripts and reservists. Thus, there is no need for the next conscription of Ukrainian citizens for military service in April-June 2022."
21:33 Shmyhal said that the invaders had left three regions - Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy: "We can say with confidence that the next stage of our liberation war ended with the victory of Ukraine. The enemy's plans were broken. Russian terrorist troops were driven out of the Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions ".
21:30 Deputies of the municipality of the capital of Bulgaria decided to call the sidewalk near the Russian Embassy in Sofia the Heroes of Ukraine Square.
21:13 The governor of the Nikolaev area Vitaly Kim reported that the Ukrainian army regained control over almost the entire territory of the region. At the same time, according to him, the Russians continue to fire at Nikolaev (in particular, from Smercha), and also try to intimidate the local population, saying that they are preparing an offensive, gathering a thousand tanks, 700 rocket launchers, 5,000 people.
“But they are not there. On the contrary, they are relocating, taking out equipment to repair, they no longer leave, they dig in and are afraid. They sit in the trenches and wait for us to attack them,” Kim said.
21:00 Lithuanian Ambassador Valdemaras Sarapinas returned to Kiev - since the beginning of the war, he worked in Lviv and on the Ukrainian-Polish border. Sarapinas said that he was the first of the evacuated ambassadors to return to the capital. At first, six Lithuanian diplomats and employees will work in Kyiv. Before the war, the mission consisted of 32 people.
20:44 The United States imposed sanctions against Putin's daughters - Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova - about which the President of Russia has never spoken publicly. What is known about them and what do Washington's sanctions against them mean? More about this in the material Putin's Daughters .
20:30 The authorities of the Dnipropetrovsk region are asking migrants who evacuated here from other regions to leave the region if they have the opportunity to move to Western Ukraine. As the head of the regional council Nikolay Lukashuk explained, such a request is connected with the situation in the Donetsk direction, which may worsen, which means that the number of migrants in the Dnipropetrovsk region may increase significantly.
20:16 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that a large number of Russian equipment is being drawn to the cities of the region, local authorities are asking residents to evacuate immediately.
According to him, 1,400 people have been evacuated from the region today. In Lisichansk, out of 80,000 inhabitants, about 30,000 remained. In Rubizhne and Popasnaya, it is almost impossible to take people out because of the shelling, and in Kremennaya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed the Russian army back. The worst situation is now in Popasnaya and Rubizhne.
19:55 Peskov said in an interview with Sky News that the "special operation" in Ukraine "will achieve its goals in the coming days or in the foreseeable future, or end through negotiations - it depends on the agreement of the Ukrainian side with the Russian conditions."
He also acknowledged that Russia suffered "significant losses of troops - this is a huge tragedy for us." And he added that Moscow began to prepare for Western sanctions a year ago.
19:38 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, at a meeting of the US Senate said that "Russia's war with Ukraine will be long and exhausting." According to him, Ukraine will not put up with the loss of its territorial integrity, and there are no signs that Moscow will stop its aggression either.
He also said that the Pentagon had already handed over 60,000 ATGMs and 25,000 MANPADS to Ukraine.
19:33 Yermak said that the battle for Donbass would be a key one in the Patriotic War: “We have already survived the battle for Kiev, Kharkov, Chernihiv, Sumy, Nikolaev and many others. The army holds Mariupol. But the further course of the war with Russia will be determined precisely by the battle for Donbass".
19:31 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she would leave for Kiev on April 8.
19:29 The Russians launched an airstrike on the overpass near the Barvenkovo station on the Donetsk railway, Ukrzaliznytsia reports. Three evacuation trains remained temporarily blocked in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk - passengers have been placed at the station for the time being.
The route through Barvenkovo is the only Ukrainian-controlled railroad exit from Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and Liman.
19:20 Finnish President Sauli Niiniste said there is "convincing evidence" that the majority of the country's citizens want to join NATO. Therefore, over the next weeks, the country will unveil plans for its possible entry into the alliance. At the same time, Finland can apply for membership this spring.
19:16 Occupation "authorities" in the Zaporizhia region have forbidden men from traveling towards the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
19:13 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the enemy continues to prepare for an offensive in eastern Ukraine. The enemy is concentrating his main efforts on capturing Mariupol, conducting an offensive in the Izyum region and trying to break through the defenses in the Donetsk direction. At the same time, the invaders are holding Izyum, trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Slavyansk and Barvenkovo.
The enemy has also intensified its efforts in the Severodonetsk direction - it is trying to continue the offensive in the areas of the settlements of Donetsk, Novotoshkovskoye and Popasnaya. The enemy also tried to launch an offensive in the areas of the settlements of Marinka, Borovskoe and Sladkoe, but to no avail.
It is likely that the invaders will soon try to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops in the Severodonetsk, Avdeevsky and Kurakhovsky regions, the General Staff believes.
19:11 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution suspending Russia's participation in the Human Rights Council. How countries voted:
18:54 Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov today called on local residents to leave the city for Western Ukraine, if possible. Panic rose in social networks, the townspeople began to massively discuss the need for evacuation. In this regard, Filatov explained that this was his personal opinion: in the conditions of constant shelling, it is better for women, children and the elderly to stay in quieter places. But there is no talk of any announcement of evacuation.
18:39 The Ukrainian authorities seized the assets of the company, the ultimate beneficiary of which is Viktor Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko. According to the National Police, there are seven apartments, two property complexes, expensive art objects, and vehicles among them. All this will be used for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the restoration of the infrastructure destroyed by the enemy.
18:31 Montenegro expels four Russian diplomats.
18:30 The US Senate supported the abolition of the most favored nation treatment for Russia and Belarus in trade. The US Senate also voted in favor of refusing to import energy from Russia. Now only the President's signature is needed to put the law into effect.
After Biden signs the law, new contracts for the purchase of crude oil and certain petroleum products, liquefied natural gas and coal from Russia will be banned immediately, and existing contracts must be terminated within 45 days.
18:27 Latvia has banned issuing primary temporary residence permits to citizens of Russia and Belarus until June 30, 2023. As exceptions - residence permits for employment, study and family reasons.
18:20 G7 leaders have drawn up a seven-point plan to increase pressure on Russia:
a ban on new investments in key sectors of the Russian economy, including energy;
expansion of bans on the supply of goods and services to Russia that are important for its security, state and economy, as well as new restrictions on the purchase of goods, the export of which from the Russian Federation is important for its economy;
further disconnection of Russian banks from SWIFT;
additional sanctions against Russian state-owned enterprises acting as drivers of the Russian economy;
new personal sanctions against members of the Russian elites;
additional sanctions against the defense sector;
accelerating plans to reduce dependence on Russian energy, including phasing out Russian coal and oil.
18:11 Stoltenberg, following the NATO summit in Brussels, said that the allies strongly condemn the atrocities of the Russians in the Kiev region and support the international investigation of these crimes. Also, Ukraine will be supplied with a wide range of weapons - from Soviet models to modern ones, but the details remain secret.
In addition, NATO will strengthen support for Ukraine in the field of cybersecurity and supply equipment to protect against chemical and biological attack. According to the Secretary General, the current meeting shows that the Allies are ready to work to provide Ukraine with more military equipment without delay. The world must be prepared for the fact that the war will drag on for months, or even years, stressed Stoltenberg.
In addition to Ukraine, NATO will help strengthen its defense capabilities to other partner countries, in particular Georgia, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
18:02 The State Emergency Service, together with mobile operators, is launching a warning system using Cell Broadcast technology, the State Service for Communications reports. Such messages will be immediately displayed on the phone screen over all applications and the lock screen, with a simultaneous loud sound signal.
This is done to promptly inform the population about the threat of emergencies or other dangerous incidents and the sequence of actions in such situations. Kyivstar subscribers will soon start receiving test messages from DSNS.
17:49 From February 24 to March 31, Russian servicemen dug trenches in the soil contaminated with radiation in the Exclusion Zone. Near their abandoned positions, the dosimeter constantly gives a signal - it warns of danger. According to the Ukrainian Svіdok, the occupiers even brought sacks for the barricades with them, and the land was collected in them already in the Red Forest.
According to eyewitnesses, dogs infected with radiation run around the enemy positions. After themselves, the invaders left the remnants of food, they burned a lot of things - that is, they lived fully in the forest.
17:36 The Russians shot at point-blank range a boat with civilians on the Kakhovka reservoir. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 14 people, including three children, tried to get out of the village of Pervomaevka, Kherson region, along the Kakhovka reservoir by boat. She was washed ashore near the village of Maryinskoe, Krivoy Rog district, Dnepropetrovsk region. At a distance of 70 meters from the coast, the invaders covered them with artillery fire and Grads.
As a result of the shelling, three adults and a child born in 2009 were killed on the spot. The rest were taken to the hospital with shrapnel wounds of varying severity.
17:33 Over the past two days, 16 enemy DRGs have been discovered in Kiev, said Brigadier General, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Gruzevich. Therefore, checkpoints in the capital will not be removed in the near future, only the carriageways will be widened.
He also said that during the cleansing of one district of the capital, one group was caught and a handful of sensors were found on which missiles were aimed. Therefore, it is impossible to neglect the air raid signals, the threat of missile strikes remains, Gruzevich stressed.
17:24 Kuleba said in Brussels that the battle for Donbass will resemble the Second World War: "With major operations, maneuvers, using thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft and artillery. This will not be a local operation of Russia, given how it getting ready for it."
According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Russia has its own plan, Ukraine has its own, and the outcome of this battle will be decided on the battlefield.
17:11 According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 400 Ukrainian citizens are now known to have been killed in the Kiev region, and this figure will increase, Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said. He also said that about 200 residents of Borodyanka are considered missing.
16:55 US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo is convinced that Moscow's efforts to maintain the ruble exchange rate will eventually drain its resources to wage war in Ukraine.
16:52 Kuleba said that NATO, as an organization, does not plan to supply weapons to Ukraine, but encourages allies to assist Kiev in the fight against Russian aggression.
16:45 Switzerland has blocked Russian assets worth over eight billion dollars, writes Bloomberg.
16:33 After the regrouping of troops, Russia will try to make a second attack on Kiev, said Brigadier General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Gruzevich. At the same time, he assured that the Ukrainian military leadership is aware of the plans of the enemy and takes measures to defend Kyiv and the region.
16:23 Podolyak said that Russian propagandists bear no less responsibility for the atrocities in Ukraine than the military: "They have been raising hatred for Ukraine in the media for years. Now the Russian audience wants someone else's blood and does not accept excuses. If Moscow seeks to demonstrate readiness for dialogue, it should reduce the degree of enmity."
16:14 Russian companies have faced serious problems in the execution of military orders, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
According to the report of the Russian government apparatus, in order to avoid price increases, the Russian government allowed concluding contracts with a single supplier, but this did not lead to the expected result: the price of the work still increased due to a significant increase in the cost of materials and components. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation insists on price fixing, which only leads to losses for the "single executor".
At present, the fulfillment of the order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is called into question due to lack of funds and inconsistency between the government and manufacturers. This situation is a direct consequence of international sanctions.
16:00 The SBU is working in more than 20 settlements of the Kiev region to identify everyone involved in the atrocities in Bucha and other cities. Already in a few days, it was possible to establish the names of the Russian military who will be held accountable.
The SBU also interviewed almost 2,000 people who witnessed the crimes, which made it possible to identify 33 collaborators who collaborated with the occupiers. In addition, 15 looters among the local population were detained, who have already been transferred to the National Police.
15:54 Podolyak reacted to Lavrov's statement that Ukraine allegedly "departed" from the agreements reached in Istanbul. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office stressed that the Ukrainian side approaches the issues of war and peace systematically and responsibly - "without speculation, which is characteristic of the Russians, who, through provocative public statements, are trying to put pressure on the positions of the other side."
"Let's focus on the official position of Ukraine, and not on the next provocative statements of Russian tops. By promoting our draft agreement, which clearly and in full sets out all our initial key positions and requirements," Podolyak said in a commentary to the UP.
15:48 Aksyonov said that more than a thousand "volunteers" from Crimea are participating in hostilities in Ukraine on the side of Russia.
15:36 Australia will supply Bushmaster armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Maris Payne said.
15:33 The European Parliament will decide on Ukraine's accession to the EU after Kiev answers a few questions, said the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. According to her, the Ukrainian side must do this within four days.
15:31 There are no surviving hospitals left in the Lugansk region, said the head of the Luhansk regional administration, Serhiy Gaidai.
15:20 In Lviv, today they begin to equip the first container town for the temporary stay of Ukrainians who come from hot spots. These are 70 habitable containers, in which more than 350 people can live. One house is designed for 2-4 people, said the mayor of the city Andrey Sadovy.
15:17 The mayor of Balakleya, Ivan Stolbovoy, who went over to the side of the invaders, has already left for Russia with his family, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration.
15:06 The European Parliament adopted a resolution demanding an immediate embargo on the purchase of Russian energy resources. The document also calls for the adoption of a plan for EU energy security and supply diversification. In addition, MEPs propose creating a strategy for lifting sanctions against the Russian Federation if it restores the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and withdraws its troops.
The resolution, which is advisory in nature, also calls for Russia's exclusion from the G20 and other international organizations, the closure of Russian ships from ports, the disconnection of all Russian banks from SWIFT, and the seizure of the assets of Russian officials and oligarchs associated with the Putin regime.
14:59 Lukashenko said that Belarus had carried out "a special operation to free Belarusian citizens" in Ukraine.
14:46 Lavrov said that in the new draft agreement with Russia, presented by Ukraine the day before, "there is a departure from the proposals made in Istanbul."
"Ukraine proposes to discuss the issues of Crimea and Donbass at a meeting of the leaders of the two countries. This plan is unacceptable. In addition, the new Ukrainian version of the agreement does not state that Ukraine's security guarantees do not apply to Crimea and Sevastopol," the Russian Foreign Minister explained.
14:33 "When you're covering one of the biggest massacres in Europe, but someone spots a cute cat."
14:31 Zelensky, speaking to Greek parliamentarians, spoke about possible attempts by Russia to destroy Odessa, historically close to the Greeks.
"Russia may try to destroy Odessa, as well as Mariupol. Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding back Russian attacks in Odessa ... We must save Odessa from such an destruction that Mariupol faced," the president stressed.
14:29 Approximately 90 percent of the dead civilians of Bucha were found with bullet wounds, not shrapnel , said the head of the city Anatoly Fedoruk.
In Bucha, several places with mass graves were found. As of yesterday, 320 dead civilians are known. Every day the number of discovered bodies increases.
14:19 Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt criticized the EU sanctions against Russia, saying that they do not work, speaking from the rostrum of the European Parliament. His speech has already collected almost 80,000 likes on Twitter.
"Why don't your sanctions work? Because they are designed to be applied in a democracy, when there is public opinion. And in Russia there is no public opinion, there is no democracy. What is in your fifth package of sanctions? Coal? It's ridiculous, this is only three percent of Russia's imports "What's next, SWIFT? Ridiculous, more than 50 percent of Russian financial institutions have avoided this type of sanctions. Oligarchs? They have lost almost nothing from your sanctions."
Also, he reminded everyone about the list of Navalny with 6,000 people close to Putin, advised the Parliament to take care of them and called on the European Parliament to introduce a full package of all kinds of sanctions against the entire Russian Federation, because - "Everything else will contribute to the continuation of the war, great sacrifices from Ukraine"
14:15 Quality work of furniture makers:
14:13 The Ministry of Defense showed the Brazilian volunteers who are fighting for Ukraine.
14:07 Ukrainian activists showed a video from the radioactive Red Forest, where the invaders have been digging trenches for the last month.
14:03 German intelligence presented in the Bundestag data of interceptions of Russian military conversations about the killings of civilians in Bucha, writes Spiegel.
According to intelligence, these were neither random actions nor the actions of individual soldiers - the killing of civilians could be part of a "clear strategy" about intimidating the civilian population and suppressing resistance. Russian mercenaries from PMC Wagner also took part.
14:01 The Ukrainian military captured several operating enemy MLRS.
13:59 Ukrainian volunteers launched a global campaign Spend with Ukraine = this is a platform that brings together outstanding Ukrainian companies that produce products for Western markets.
The purpose of the campaign is to encourage people around the world to buy Ukrainian goods and use the services offered by Ukrainian businesses.
13:55 Lukashenka believes that Belarus must necessarily participate in the negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. “We do not proceed from the fact that we have been loaded into the same basket with Russia. We proceed from the fact that this war is behind the fence of our country,” said the Belarusian dictator.
13:51 "The agreement between Russia and NATO, where both sides do not consider each other enemies - is dead," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in an interview with the Independent.
"The era of interaction with Russia is over. We need a new approach to security in Europe, which should be based on resilience, defense and deterrence," the politician said.
She also insists on tougher sanctions and calls on partners to "quickly and decisively" arm Ukraine.
13:49 The Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream-2 must be dismantled, says Polish President Andrzej Duda. He said this in an interview with CNN.
“We still believe that Nord Stream 2 should not only be blocked, but simply dismantled, since it is harmful to the entire European Union. This leads to Russian hegemony over Europe, primarily in the gas market, to the monopolization of the European gas market by Russia, which obviously - now it's seen in black and white - just deadly for Europe," he said.
Duda recalled that Poland had been fighting against joint German-Russian investments in Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II from the very beginning. According to him, their construction was of a political nature, aimed at bypassing the territory of Poland, the Baltic countries and Ukraine and the possibility for the Russian Federation to use gas blackmail against these countries.
"We protested against this all the time, but, unfortunately, these investments were made. The German authorities in the European Union pushed these projects all the time," the Polish president said.
13:38 In Mukachevo, a bust monument to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was dismantled, and a memorial plaque was removed from the school that bore his name.
13:31 The world's largest music streaming service Spotify completely stops working in Russia from April 11, media write.
13:27 British intelligence publishes a summary of the front in Ukraine as of April 7:
The main activity of the Russian armed forces is the development of offensive operations in the east of Ukraine
Russian artillery and aviation continue to strike at the line of control over Donbass. Russian strikes on infrastructure inside Ukraine are likely designed to reduce the ability of the Ukrainian military to resupply and increase pressure on the Ukrainian government
Despite the reorientation of logistics forces and assets to support operations in the Donbas, Russian forces are likely to continue to face morale problems and shortages of supplies and personnel.
13:23 The time frame for considering Ukraine's application for EU membership will be significantly less than in other cases, if the Ukrainian side promptly responds to the questionnaire of the European Commission, said the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
13:19 The European Union has postponed a complete ban on the import of Russian coal until mid-August - a month later than proposed. Germany insisted on postponing the embargo, Reuters writes, citing a source.
13:11 Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov recommended that women, children and the elderly be evacuated from the city due to the escalation in Donbas.
12:45 Of the nine directions on which the enemy advanced, two and a half remained. This is the JFO zone, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Mariupol. In the Kherson region, the enemy is no longer advancing, but defending himself, Arestovich said.
He noted that Russian troops have drastically reduced the use of their aircraft, as they are confidently shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. Now combat aviation is used mainly in the JFO zone.
"As we have seen, the 95th brigade shot down a Russian helicopter with an anti-tank missile system, which is an outstanding military achievement," Arestovich said.
The heaviest battles are now in the Luhansk region - Rubizhne, Popasna, Severodonetsk - where the Ukrainian military is holding the line and making counterattacks.
The situation in the JFO zone is also difficult. The enemy is developing an offensive from Izyum to the south, as well as Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, and is trying to attack on the Ugledarsk-Marinka line.
"This is an attempt to encircle our troops. But I think that this attempt will be futile. The situation there is too unfavorable for the enemy, although it will not be easy," Arestovich said.
Continues to hold on to Mariupol. The Ukrainian authorities managed to deliver aid to the defenders and residents of the city, the adviser said.
12:40 Shmygal named the sources of restoration of Ukraine after the end of the war with Russia:
confiscation of the assets of the aggressor country on the territory of all civilized countries
support of financial organizations and international partners
charitable contributions from international corporations and ordinary people
"Ukraine will be fed financially from these sources in order to restore its economy and infrastructure," Shmyhal said.
12:33 TV presenter Dmitry Komarov showed the consequences of the "Russian world" in the Chernihiv region.
12:22 The Russian war will cause damage to Ukraine for more than one trillion dollars, Shmihal said.
12:02 While the Russian invaders act like ruthless maniacs and sociopaths, for Ukrainians every life matters.
11:42 In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian military defeated an artillery unit of the Russian invaders, the General Staff reports.
11:38 Over the past day, Russian troops have inflicted 48 strikes from multiple launch rocket systems, artillery and mortars on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv.
11:32 After the retreat of the Russian troops in Chernihiv and the Sumy region, they are restoring order on the roads, restoring electricity and water supply. According to the authorities, Chernihiv is 70 percent destroyed.
11:21 Russia's military losses since the beginning of the war have already exceeded $12 billion, the OP reported.
11:17 Ukraine has already prepared a plan for restoring the country after the end of the war with Russia , Shmyhal said.
"We have already announced this plan. We will call it U-24. This is a plan for the renewal of Ukraine. There will be an appropriate recovery fund, which will take place in three stages. The first is already underway, when we restore the destroyed facilities temporarily, promptly and quickly," he said. .
The second stage is a quick recovery after the end of hostilities. It includes the resumption of water and electricity supplies in the devastated territories.
The third stage is a full-fledged renewal of cities, infrastructure and the country as a whole.
"This stage will be the most costly, the longest, but we want to implement it very quickly. This should be in parallel with the political processes of Ukraine's entry into the European Union, as was recently written in the Versailles Declaration," Shmyhal said.
According to him, the prospect of Ukraine's membership in the EU supports the internal expectation of a speedy end to the war.
10:56 The General Staff has updated the data on Russian losses in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
10:31 The goal of the Russian invasion is to destroy Ukrainians as a nation. The genocide in Ukraine is hard to deny after the appearance of photos of civilians killed in Bucha and other cities. This was stated in an interview with CNN by Polish President Andrzej Duda.
"Of course, it's hard to deny. It's a crime that fits the signs of genocide," he said.
In his opinion, the Kremlin, under the term "denazification of Ukraine," wanted to "carry out a massacre."
"The fact that Ukrainian civilians are being killed best shows what the purpose of the Russian invasion is. The purpose of this invasion is simply to destroy the Ukrainian nation," the Polish leader summed up.
Duda added that the dialogue with Russia does not make sense. And the sanctions against the Russian Federation should be even tougher. And the best thing is to ban the Russian Federation from selling oil, the President of Poland said.
10:27 The fifth package of sanctions against Russia does not include a ban on the purchase of oil in Russia.
9:51 The US Senate unanimously approved a bill that would allow Biden to use the lend-lease program to speed up the supply of weapons and other assistance to Ukraine. Politico reports.
The draft law was submitted to the Senate as early as January 2022 - more than a month before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and after reports of its preparation. Senators accepted it late on the evening of April 6.
The document expands the powers of the US president to conclude deals for the supply of weapons and other critical supplies to Ukraine, bypassing standard bureaucratic procedures.
In fact, Politico notes, the bill allows for the transfer of weapons free of charge on the condition that the recipient country pays for it later.
Now the document must be considered by the House of Representatives. If approved, it will be sent to the President for signature.
9:48 About 60 Russian servicemen from Pskov refused to go to fight on the territory of Ukraine, the Pskov province reported, citing its own sources.
“Now most of them are fired, but some are threatened with criminal cases,” the report says.
9:35 The United States believes that the country's intelligence will be able to identify Russian units that committed crimes in Bucha. This was reported by CNN with reference to the official representative of Washington.
9:10 In Energodar, the Russian invaders set about creating fake "authorities" and even fired the mayor and all members of the executive branch.
8:56 NATO member countries are divided on the future policy towards Russia in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the New York Times writes, citing senior Western officials.
Thus, according to the publication, the Baltic countries and Poland insist on a complete severance of relations with Moscow and measures that would "bring Russia to its knees." They fear that anything Russia may present as a victory will cause serious damage to European security.
At the same time, France, Germany and Turkey want to continue to maintain contacts with Vladimir Putin, despite allegations of war crimes against the Russian army.
8:29 Russian troops failed to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and occupy Novotoshkivske. Therefore, they fired at the settlements of the Luhansk region, aiming at civilian infrastructure, reports the head of the Luhansk military administration, Serhiy Gaidai.
Residential buildings in Lisichansk and a hospital in Severodonetsk were shelled
8:22 Britain is developing a plan to send armored vehicles such as Mastiff or Chakal to Ukraine, the Times newspaper writes.
7:49 As a result of attacks of the Russian troops the railway station in the Nikolaev area suffered, it does not work.
7:25 The Russian invaders are focusing their main efforts on preparing for an offensive in eastern Ukraine. The goal of the enemy is to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, they say in the General Staff.
6:27 Pentagon forecast: How long the war in Ukraine will continue if it is not stopped diplomatically is unknown, but Kiev can definitely win it. This was stated by US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby.
"The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to concentrate on a smaller geographical area certainly creates the possibility that the violence will continue. It may even intensify throughout Ukraine," the speaker said.
At the same time, he reiterated that Ukraine could "absolutely" win the war. Evidence of this is the inability of the Russian leader to achieve his strategic goals.
"Mariupol has not been taken yet. He has withdrawn his troops from Kyiv. He has withdrawn his troops from Chernigov. Kharkov has not been taken. They have not taken Nikolaev in the south. Therefore, I think that the proof is literally in the results that you see every day," Kirby said.
5:55 Only in one of the garages in the village of Gostomel near Kiev, the police found the bodies of 11 shot people.
5:26 A total of 18 countries (EU, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Greece, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Macedonia, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark) together kicked out 318 Russian diplomats.
1:46 A rally was held in Berlin calling for an embargo on Russian energy carriers. About 5,000 people took part in it.
1:13 On the territory of the Kiev region liberated from Russian troops, sappers every day discover 4-5,000 explosive objects, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
0:53 The United States sent 100 Switchblade tactical unmanned aerial systems to Ukraine by the American company AeroVironment.
0:28 As of April 1, Ukraine's international reserves amounted to $28.1 billion, which is two percent more than at the beginning of March.
0:11 Servicemen of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the electronic warfare unit of the Russian army and the security forces guarding it.
APU shelled Donetsk in the LPR
[REGNUM] On the afternoon of April 7, Kiev militants shelled the Donetsk settlement in the Lugansk People's Republic from artillery. This was announced on April 7 by the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).
It is noted that the shelling of Donetsk from the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded at 13:55 (coincides with Moscow time) and during it seven shells of 152mm caliber were fired at the settlement.
As REGNUM reported earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Vladimir Zelensky was being pushed to continue hostilities and that the United States and its allies were doing it.
Ukrainian Armed Forces fired artillery at Ozeryanovka in DPR
[REGNUM] Kiev militants fired artillery at the village of Ozeryanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was announced on April 7 by the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).
It is specified that the shelling of Ozeryanovka by the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded at 10:30 (coincides with Moscow time) and during it eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired at the settlement.
Ukrainian militants fired from "Grad" Makiivka in the DNR
[REGNUM] Ukrainian militants fired four Grad rockets at Makiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported on April 7.
“Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 09:15 (Moscow time) - the settlement of Avdiivka - the settlement of Makeevka (the village of Zemlyanki): four rockets were fired from the BM 21 Grad," the telegram says. representation channel.
As REGNUM reported , a special military operation of Russia in Ukraine has been carried out since February 24. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin , the actions of the Russian military and the forces of the DPR and LPR are aimed at protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.
The main battles in the central part of Mariupol are over - Basurin
[REGNUM] Currently, units of the People's Militia (NM) of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have actually cleared the central part of Mariupol from Ukrainian Nazis. This was announced on April 7 by the official representative of the NM DPR Eduard Basurin on the air of the Russia 24 channel.
"Regarding the situation in Mariupol, the central part of the city, one can say that the main battles are over," he said.
Basurin also pointed out that at the moment the fighting continues in the port of the city and the industrial zone of the Azovstal enterprise.
[SkyNews] Ukraine latest at Vladimir Putin's spokesman is condemned over his "catalogue of lies"; shock as he admits Russia has "had significant losses"; Kyiv says a major new offensive in the east is "likely" within days, with a military analyst saying Putin may then be ready to negotiate.
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The Brickworks, being a cheersome appreciation of the brilliant, very pragmatic, highly effective policy of maintaining Ukraine as a depopulated, motherland-preserving buffer zone, breadbasket, and source of natural gas. Hoorah!
First leaks, then the dammed human mud
Rushes down the ravine in a flood,
The remains, spread about,
Soon forgotten, no doubt,
By all men save their own flesh and blood.
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Perceptive propagandists will notice I've failed to address the totally chessmaster smart "collecting crazy checks for the starving kid locked in the basement and sticking the West with the eventual medical bills" plan. Curses, Russia wins again!
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The West is stuck with Gaza-style subsidies (x 100) of $50 billion a year or more, for another half century;
hyperinflation; rationing of gas and other essentials; depreciating currencies;
and continued humiliation as 80% of the world's countries and people say Fuck Off to their moral crusade and continue to trade with and enrich Russia.... while they hypocritically do the same and buy Russian oil.
[Breitbart] China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday published a fulminating editorial denying widespread reports of serious problems with China’s spring planting season, including shortages of fertilizer and farmers prevented from tending to their fields by coronavirus lockdowns. "It's all going according to our current 5 year plan"
“China’s spring farming, the first major battle to ensure sufficient grain production for the whole year, is in full swing across the country, despite challenges posed by Covid-19 and other factors, as officials are taking various efforts to support farmers and ensure food security,” the Global Times insisted.
The editorial quoted one farmer, one seed distributor, one government minister, and the usual unnamed “Chinese experts” to conclude that reports of a looming food crisis are lies spread by the “propaganda arm of the U.S. government,” as Voice of America News (VOA) was contemptuously described.
The Global Times argued that since China imports a small percentage of most crops other than soybeans, disruptions due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict should be inconsequential — as if losing 10 percent of the corn supply for a population of over a billion people is a trivial concern.
“Ukraine is China’s main source of corn imports, and the corn in China is mainly used as feed, and wheat is also used as feed, so there is little impact,” a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher blithely declared — a statement that would puzzle anyone who has actually tried to raise livestock.
Despite its nasty cracks about foreign propaganda, the Global Times article did not really challenge any of the troubling reports from VOA and other foreign sources; it merely argued the skyrocketing prices and short supply of imported agricultural products and fertilizer are manageable problems. Hardscrabble Chinese farmers might be less sanguine than Communist Party editorialists about the price of fertilizer increasing by 30 percent.
The Global Times continued its harangue on Wednesday with the first of a promised three-part installment “investigating” the “smear tactics” employed by foreign reporters who think China might be headed for a food crisis.
One reason Communist Party propagandists dump so much ink on the food crisis story is that it can be seen as an indictment of China’s draconian “zero-Covid” policies. The Global Times focused on supply disruptions from Russia and Ukraine, but the farmers warning international media about the spring planting season are mostly complaining about coronavirus lockdowns blocking shipments to their farms and preventing them from working in their fields.
[Breitbart] A delegation representing South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington on Tuesday.
Among the topics of discussion was South Korea’s desire for more American “strategic assets” to be deployed for “strengthening extended deterrence” as tensions with North Korea grow.
North Korea greeted the new government in Seoul by picking a bizarrely vicious fight over a routine speech given by the defense minister from the outgoing administration. Taking point on the hyperbolic North Korean response, dictator Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong threatened to attack Seoul with nuclear weapons on Tuesday.
South Korea is long accustomed to belligerent rhetoric from the psychotic communist tyranny to its north, but the meeting with Sullivan suggests Yoon has real concerns about tensions escalating as he takes office.
Speaking on behalf of the new South Korean president, Rep. Park Jin of Yoon’s People Power Party – a leading candidate for foreign minister in the new administration – conducted the usual pleasantries at the White House before holding what he described as “consultations on ways to enhance the joint defense posture of South Korea and the U.S. and strengthen the U.S. extended deterrence.”
“Deploying strategic assets is an important part of strengthening extended deterrence as I said just now. You may understand South Korea and the U.S. discussed the issue today in that sense,” Park said.
Yonhap News noted “strategic assets” is usually interpreted to mean “formidable military hardware such as nuclear-powered submarines, aircraft carriers and long-range bombers.”
“South Korea’s defense ministry earlier said in a report to President-elect Yoon’s transition team that it plans to hold discussions with the U.S. on the deployment of U.S. strategic assets to South Korea amid growing tensions with North Korea,” Yonhap reported.
After meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, Park said the White House agreed on “the importance of renewed consultative group activities for extended deterrence, which have not been functioning as they should.”
The Moon administration seemingly lost interest in some of the consultations Park referred to, preferring instead to pursue diplomacy with the North Korean regime. Yoon ran on a platform of getting tougher with Pyongyang after Moon’s dovish strategy failed to produce significant results.
Foreign Policy argued in March that Moon’s administration fundamentally misunderstood the nature and objectives of the Kim regime, which wants to absorb or conquer South Korea under the guise of “reunification,” not develop a sustainable peaceful relationship with Seoul.
“Yoon has promised ‘strategic clarity’ in declaring South Korea’s pro-American stance on matters of U.S.-China relations. The president-elect has also spoken of the importance of liberal democracy and human rights in Seoul’s foreign policy,” Foreign Policy added.
If Yoon is truly determined to stand up to China, his determination to secure more American strategic assets should give him an opportunity for defiance very soon. China is reliably infuriated by the deployment of such U.S. assets to South Korea, in part because the Chinese argue that advanced American sensor systems can see past North Korean territory and into China.
Yoon has also promised to resume joint military drills with the United States after Moon reduced them to placate Pyongyang. In fact, Yoon reportedly wants to expand the drills to increase their deterrence value, possibly adding nuclear-capable bombers for the first time in five years.
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Yonhap News noted “strategic assets” is usually interpreted to mean “formidable military hardware such as nuclear-powered submarines, aircraft carriers and long-range bombers.”
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Posting British trash again?
If this is the way rantbughers get the news I understand why the comments in this journal are crappy.
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Posting British trash again?
Not from around here, eh? We loves the DM. It has stories that somehow never appear in American media, news from a certain 'british' perspective (wave to the nice GCHQ man!), and last but not least, little snippets of T&A in the sidebar. What's not to like?
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And, because the very English Daily Mail has different cultural shibboleths than American and others, we get details about American and other stories not available elsewhere, like the full names and backgrounds of miscreants. Much like publishing reports from both Russian and Ukrainian sides of the current little war.
[Breitbart] Big media companies are making another attempt to pass the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would protect them from online competition, propping up legacy media in the face of widespread public distrust and a failing business model.
According to an exclusive story published by News Corp’s Wall Street Journal (News Corp has been a major backer of this legislation, and similar efforts around the world), the new version of the JCPA would give an even bigger advantage to legacy media companies, giving them an antitrust exemption for ten years instead of the four years of the original bill.
Publishers would be given the legal authority to form a cartel, usually illegal under antitrust law, to collectively bargain with Silicon Valley tech giants for financial handouts and special treatment, such as prioritization in search results, news feeds, and other core features.
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I don’t think the handouts will increase viewership, but having government fund news always ends up with propaganda. Canadian Broadcasting’s Prada-like coverage of the trucker convoy is a good example.
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[NATION.PK] Sri Lanka’s president has appointed a panel of experts to organise a restructuring of foreign debt as he seeks a way out of a worsening economic crisis, with protests demanding his resignation escalating.
Shortages of food and fuel, along with record inflation and regular blackouts, have inflicted unprecedented misery on Sri Lankans in the most painful downturn since independence from Britannia in 1948.
Ratings agencies have warned of a potential default on the nation’s $51 billion foreign debt, with authorities unable to secure more commercial loans because of credit downgrades.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office said late Wednesday that a three-member advisory panel had been tasked with guiding Sri Lanka through a "sustainable and inclusive recovery".
His government is preparing for bailout negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, and finance ministry officials told AFP the trio will prepare a programme for sovereign bond holders and other creditors to take a haircut.
"What Sri Lanka is keen to do is avoid a hard default," a source from the ministry who requested anonymity told AFP. "It will be a negotiated restructuring of the debt with the help of the IMF."
Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana warned Wednesday that the economic crisis could lead to starvation unless addressed within the week Meetings with the IMF are set to begin by next week but Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa — the president’s brother — resigned on Sunday night along with nearly the entire cabinet.
The country is still without a replacement, with his successor quitting after just one day in office.
Public anger is at fever pitch, with crowds attempting to storm the homes of several government figures and demanding President Rajapaksa’s resignation.
On Thursday a court in Colombo slapped a travel ban on the country’s recently resigned central bank chief over allegations he was responsible for the country’s predicament by not seeking IMF help earlier.
Arith Cabraal, who quit Monday, was told to appear in court on April 18 to answer allegations of a criminal breach of trust.
Rights activist Keerthi Tennakoon has filed a petition with the court alleging the current shortages are due to Cabraal’s mismanagement of Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves.
Court proceedings were briefly held up when the power went off.
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...One of the big problems here - and curiously missing - is that President Rajapaska ran on a platform of (among other things) going 'all organic' in Sri Lankan agriculture, i.e.; no fertilizer.
This worked about as well as you'd expect. There weren't crop failures - they just couldn't grow enough. Tea, Sri Lanka's major agricultural export, took a massive hit. What little money they had was needed to buy food, and it still wasn't enough.
In the meantime, the good people of Sri Lanka who elected this moron (and BTW, since his brother was Finance Minister, I'd be looking REAL hard at exactly where all that money went) are getting it good and hard, while The Gods Of The Copybook Headings ruminate with Robert Heinlein about the concept of 'bad luck'.
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[TWITTER] On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council with 93 votes for suspension, 24 against and 58 countries abstaining. According to the Los Angeles Times, the "apparent execution-style killings of civilians" in Bucha, a suburb of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, pushed momentum around the bid to eject Russia. Ukrainian officials have said that hundreds of bodies of civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv, per The Associated Press.
Content warning: This timeline includes live-updating Tweets which may consist of sensitive images from this developing news story.
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I have to ask what about the CCP?
Given all the CCP's well documented abuses of (Insert Group Name)
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I guess we now know that there is something brutal enough to get you kicked off the Human Rights Council. Forced harvesting of organs and tossing gay folks off buildings remains UN approved.
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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.
[NYP] A tense video captured a group of revelers jumping off a pontoon boat in South Florida after it was partially crushed by a drawbridge.
