IF we see the mass IT Staff resignations rumored in black channels around the NET. Where Social Media giants are said to be "Actively" seeking out just Twitter IT staff. In order to hamstring, Twitter's re-launch to allow EQUAL COMMENTARY and posting of ALL THE FACTS on positions.
Or the IT "Deadman Control Process Switch" hints and ing discussions on black channels with examples. Note:an IT Deadman Control Process Switch, is a Sleeping Beauty cron job process designed to wreak havoc, if a certain IT person does not log in at least once a month, and it is activated.
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Musk has software people who most likely make the CTO at Twitter look like an ex-"journalist" trying to learn to code. I don't think there will be much of a problem.
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Remember when Musk was a God-Hero for Starlink's insertion into the Ukraine Theater, used thus for positioning, drones, artillery, and possibly utilized in the strike against Moskva, all while resisting electro-magnetic counter-measures?
The board had no choice. The offer was too good for them to be able to deny their fiduciary responsibility as board members to maximize shareholder returns. They would have gotten the pants sued off the board members personally had they not accepted the buyout.
[LSOZI] Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all of their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places. — Christopher Eger Just adding this memory hole piece 'from a friend' to the Moskva story.
[WalesOnline] "Everyone's older than me, everyone's bigger than me!" A distressed young player is struggling to cope with the demands of an Easter rugby course at the famous Sedbergh School.
Step forward a young team-mate to deliver one of the most inspiring motivational talks you will ever hear. Despite only knowing each other for two days, the young man took it upon himself to reassure his mate who didn't think he was up to standard at the Easter Camp.
The coach was already consoling the upset boy when his friend intervened, put both arms on his shoulders, and reminded him just how much of a good player he really is
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I'm unaware of any treaties limiting defensive actions of an invaded nation to their own soil.
And once the weapons are handed off, you don't really get a say in how they're used. It certainly never bothered Russians in their century of arming every revolutionary crackpot and despot they could find.
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Are homosexual British diplomatic staff easier to kill than those who prefer to play across the aisle? Is that a slam against the preferences of all members of the British Foreign Office? The language of the comment is not clear about who is being threatened.
[Newsweek] Trade officials in the United Kingdom have announced a new ban on exporting technology to Russia that could be used to spy on Ukrainians.
The U.K.'s Department for International Trade on Monday announced the latest trade sanctions against Russia following a meeting between British and Ukrainian officials. The ban is part of a broader effort by western powers to prop up Ukraine as the Russian invasion enters its two-month anniversary.
The new ban restricts electronics from being exported to Russia, particularly technology that could be used to intercept or monitor communications and could be used "to repress the heroic people of Ukraine," according to the department.
"The UK will continue to do everything in its power to support Ukraine's fight against Putin's brutal and unprovoked invasion and help ensure the long-term security and prosperity of Ukraine and its people," International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said in a statement.
[Newsweek] The aftermath of the Ukrainian village Novotoshkivske being almost completely destroyed by Russian forces has been captured in images shared online.
Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai confirmed that Russian forces had seized Novotoshkivske on Monday, while noting that the village had been largely destroyed. The destruction included multiple residential buildings, educational facilities and "all hospitals," according to the Ukrainian state-run news agency Ukrinform. A video released to social media on the same day appeared to show buildings in the village either entirely reduced to rubble or severely damaged.
"The town of Novotoshkivs'ke has been severely bombed, almost leveled, by Russia," Emil Filtenborg, a Danish journalist who was shot and wounded during the early days of the war, commented while sharing the video. "If it interests anyone, this is in fact Novotoshkivs'ke. #UkraineWar"
[Newsweek] A Russian locomotive reportedly derailed in the Bryansk region last Friday, when Russian media reported that the engine, which was running with no wagons behind it, fell off the tracks.
The Russian Telegram channel "Insidious Track" reported that subscribers had signaled the incident in the Bryansk region, which allegedly happened in the stretch between Zhukovka and Kletnya. The channel reports that the vehicle was a diesel locomotive registered TChE Bryansk.
The railway the locomotive was reportedly traveling on is the same line used by Moscow to send equipment and ammunition to Russian troops in Ukraine.
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For quite similar reasons, the Moscow to Vladivostok 5700 miles Trans-Siberian RR could have also been a High Value Target (HVT). Can't remember for whom, or the specific bridges and tunnels however.
[IsraelTimes] Moscow says it has arrested members of a "neo-Nazi ...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously and purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both.... terrorist" group in Russia, who allegedly planned to assassinate pro-Kremlin TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov on orders from Ukraine.
"The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation detained a group of members of the neo-Nazi terrorist organization National Socialism/White Power, which is banned in Russia," Russia’s FSB security agency says in a statement carried by news agencies, adding that those arrested are Russian citizens.
The FSB claims that the group is planning the "murder" of Russian TV and radio journalist Solovyov "on the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine."
It adds that the group "confessed to preparing the murder of Solovyov, after which they planned to flee abroad."
According to the FSB, "fake" Ukrainian passports, arms, drugs and an improvised bomb were found during a search of the detainees’ homes.
Speaking at a meeting of Russian prosecutors, President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... suggests Washington was involved in planning the "murder of a famous Russian TV journalist." without naming him.
"They have resorted to terror! To preparing the murders of our journalists. We know by name the curators of Western secret services, primarily, of course, from the CIA, who work with the security agencies of Ukraine," Putin says in televised remarks.
"Apparently, they give such advice (to kill journalists). So much for their attitude towards the rights of journalists... (and) human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... in general," Putin adds.
A staunch supporter of Putin and Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, Solovyov — who is Jewish — is under EU sanctions for spreading state "propaganda."
The risk of a nuclear war shouldn’t be underestimated, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told state-controlled media. Lavrov earlier said that if World War III were to take place, it would involve nuclear weapons and be destructive.
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Former President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... lashed out against Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... for repeatedly using the "nuclear word," claiming that if he were still president he would try and stop the strongman from ever saying it again.
"Putin uses the ’N-word’. I call it the ’N-word’. He uses the ’N-word’, the nuclear word all the time. That’s a no-no, you’re not supposed to do that," Trump railed during an interview on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" that aired Monday.
"He uses it on a daily basis. And everybody’s so afraid, so afraid, so afraid. And as they’re afraid he uses it more and more. That’s why he’s doing the kind of things he’s doing right now." The Russian dictionary word for negro is neger
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Larov’s response didn’t take long. It’s significant when the chief diplomat explicitly mentions the possibility.
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-little change in territory; some Russian advances west of Lunhansk; some Ukraine advance near Kherson
- substantial increase in bombardment; Russia hit rail in the west of Ukraine. This partly annoyance at Blinken and Austin public comments in kiev, partly to disrupt Ukraine weapon resupply; Ukraine may have hit some supply and logistics sites n Russia
- Ukraine still holding out in part of Mariupol. Russian forces took another city block or two.
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[Korrespondent] 23:20 The invaders launched an attack on Krivoy Rog, Arestovich said. According to him, on April 25, the Russians shelled the territories in the area of the Zelenodolsk community, the settlements of Novopavlovka, Novovorontsovka, Trudolyubovka, Knyazevka and a number of others.
23:13 Thanks to humanitarian corridors in Ukraine, about a million people were saved, Vereshchuk said. In addition, according to her, thanks to the exchange, 250 military and civilians were released from Russian captivity.
23:11 Lavrov, after stating that "the risk of nuclear war is real," said that "nuclear war is unacceptable, this is Moscow's principled position."
23:09 Zelensky said that Russia had used more than 1,100 missiles against Ukraine in two months, "a countless number of bombs, artillery." “Part of Ukrainian cities and communities were destroyed right to the stone. But they didn’t achieve anything. And they won’t achieve anything,” the president said.
23:07 Zelensky: "Russia wants to play a fake "referendum" somewhere on our land? Even if they try, it will be as shameful as everything else that was "created" in Moscow to occupy Ukraine."
In his evening address, the president also said that as of this time, 931 settlements have already been de-occupied: "Many more cities and communities are under the temporary control of the Russian army. But I have no doubt that it is only a matter of time before we liberate our land" .
23:00 Lavrov said that the war to Ukraine "will end with a treaty, but its parameters will be determined by the stage of hostilities during which it will be concluded."
22:57 Zelensky: "In two months of hostilities, 9,781 defenders of Ukraine were awarded state awards. The title of Hero of Ukraine was awarded to 142 of our defenders. Ukrainians and Ukrainian women have shown massive readiness to defend the state. Ukrainians and Ukrainian women of any age, any property status, any education are the same stood in defense of the state. This war became a truly popular one for Ukraine. And it showed that throughout our territory - from east to west, from north to south - the Ukrainian idea is equally strong, equally popular."
22:53 Lavrov said that "the real position of Kiev is determined in Washington, London and other Western capitals," but Russia still continues to contact Zelensky's team. He also once again intimidated the world with the threat of nuclear war, noting that "the risk of nuclear war is real, this danger should not be underestimated."
According to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in the updated version of the treaty handed over to Ukraine, Russia "took into account Kyiv's remarks, but has not yet received a response to its proposals."
22:50 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council reports that the Russian Federation may be planning provocative explosions on the dam of the Karlovsky reservoir near Donetsk. So, in several Telegram channels, information appeared that "in the village of Karlovka (ORDO), nationalist battalions mined the dam of the Karlovsky reservoir."
At the same time, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, the propagandists report that "in the event of a dam blowing, six settlements with a total population of more than ten thousand people will be in the flood zone."
Such information stuffing can be an information-psychological operation of the occupiers, but the possibility of implementing such a plan cannot be completely ruled out.
22:47 As a result of today's shelling of five railway stations, one employee of Ukrzaliznytsia was killed and four were injured, said the head of the company Alexander Kamyshin.
22:43 Intensive use and loss of weapons by Russia in Ukraine, combined with tough Western sanctions, will limit the military power of the Russian Federation for many years. More about this in the material The collapse of the Russian army.
22:15 In the Donetsk and Lugansk directions during the day on April 25, the military personnel of the Joint Forces group successfully repelled six enemy attacks. In particular, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed four tanks, five artillery systems, 13 armored and 15 vehicles, two tankers and one anti-aircraft gun.
Air defense units in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbas shot down two aircraft and three Orlan-10 UAVs.
22:09 In Irpin, the terrorist defense detained two marauders who threw a grenade at two local women who complained about them. According to Mayor Alexander Markushin, the condition of one of the women is critical, doctors are fighting for her life.
21:43 In the Donetsk region, the curfew will begin an hour later - at 20:00, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. He also said that active hostilities are taking place in the Limansky community, including for the city of Liman. 47 people have been evacuated from the city today.
21:40 The status of France as a key element of the EU and the strongest member of NATO in its support of Ukraine is provided for another five years, they write in the media. Read more in the material Triumph for Europe .
21:25 The Russians carried out a provocative shelling of the Sumy region from the territory of the Russian Federation, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
21:23 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed that Warsaw handed over to Ukraine T-72 tanks, which were previously reported. In return, the UK is sending Challenger 2 tanks to Poland.
21:18 Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, every sixth resident has become an internally displaced person, according to the UN. Thus, the number of IDPs exceeded 7.7 million people. People need cash, medicines, transportation, stress the organization.
21:16 The UK estimates the losses of the Russian army in Ukraine at about 15 thousand people, Defense Minister Ben Wallace said during a speech in Parliament: "Along with the number of dead, there are losses of equipment, and in general, a number of sources suggest that to date, destroyed or captured "More than 2,000 armored vehicles. Of these, at least 530 tanks, 530 armored personnel carriers and 560 infantry fighting vehicles. Russia has also lost more than 60 helicopters and fighter jets. The offensive, which should have taken a maximum of a week, is already going on for many weeks."
21:11 Explosions in the unrecognized "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" are a planned provocation of the Russian special services, Ukrainian intelligence says. On April 25, at about 5:45 pm, a series of explosions thundered - they occurred in the premises where the offices of the local "Ministry of State Security" and the "branch" of the Russian FSB are located. As a result of the incident, the building was damaged, the windows were broken. On the street next to the room are objects - presumably used RPG-22 and RPG-27.
But for the leadership of the "PMR" this event did not come as a surprise: on April 22, Secretary of the State Commission for the Elimination of Emergencies of the "Republic" Vadim Shmalenko sent a letter to the Chairman of the Kamensky District Vladimir Bychkov, in which he announced the urgent preparation of information on the presence and location of the "protected point city civil defense department. And in the absence of such an item, the question was raised about its immediate creation.
That is, even three days before the incident, the leaders of the "PMR" were preparing for it and took care of arranging a secure and comfortable bunker. It is obvious that this case is one of a series of provocative events organized by the FSB to whip up panic and anti-Ukrainian sentiments, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense notes. As conceived by the authors, they must justify the war on the territory of Ukraine or involve the "PMR" in the fighting.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the FSB will continue a series of provocative terrorist attacks on the territory of the "MRT".
20:48 Russian invaders seized the building of the Kherson City Council , removed the flag of Ukraine from it and took away the keys from the guards, the mayor of the city Igor Kolykhaev told the UE. According to him, he and the employees of the City Council were given the opportunity to go home. From tomorrow Kherson City Council will not work.
20:44 Thanks to artificial intelligence systems, about 200 people involved in illegal armed groups, criminals and deserters were detained, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said.
20:38 The Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court in The Hague has officially joined the international Joint Investigation Group, which is investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The corresponding agreement was signed on April 25 by ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan and the Prosecutors General of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania.
20:35 In the Kremennaya Lugansk region, a building exploded, in which local collaborators and Russian occupiers gathered for a meeting. As the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said, when the meeting began, the crawls were demolished along with the "power block" and the traitors who were going to rule the city. Many Russian security officials and collaborators died, and many were injured.
"In Kremennaya, the occupiers took off into the air in the mayor's office during their gathering. They did not follow safety precautions: gas is such a thing. The traitors appointed by the orcs were also in the room," Gaidai said.
In short: there is no one else to hold meetings. There is nothing even to put in the balls.
20:19 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, high-ranking American officials arrived in Ukraine for the first time. Details - in the material Results of the secret visit of the Americans .
20:01 The Russians this morning tried to launch another missile strikes on the Odessa region: one missile fell into the water, the second was shot down by air defense, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Marchenko.
20:00 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of six traction substations in the areas of the railway stations Krasnoe, Zdolbunov, Zhmerinka, Berdichev, Kovel and Korosten, "through which foreign weapons and military equipment are delivered to the Ukrainian group of troops in Donbass."
19:43 Berlin "in the near future" will decide to provide Ukraine with 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, permission for which was requested by the defense concern Rheinmetall, said German government spokesman Steffen Hebeshtreit.
19:38 The threat of missile and air strikes throughout Ukraine remains to this day. Ignoring an air raid alert can cost a life. Korrespondent.net has compiled a selection of sites, as well as an application that allows you to learn about the danger in your region and assess the situation throughout the country. For more details, see the material Air Raid Map Online .
19:11 Erdogan said that on April 26 he would call Putin.
19:09 Baku will not pay for Russian gas in rubles, Azerbaijani oil company SOCAR has said.
19:08 The Belgorod governor announced the shelling "from the side of Ukraine" of the village of Nekhoteevka, residential buildings and personal vehicles were damaged.
19:06 In the village of Bolshaya Aleksandrovka, Kherson region, the occupiers announced to the local population the need to leave the settlement before April 28. Residents who do not comply with the order are forcibly evacuated, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:00 "Ministry of Internal Affairs" of Transnistria reported that the building of the "Ministry of State Security" was fired from a hand grenade launcher, no one was injured.
18:59 Ukrposhta showed a postage stamp, which it plans to publish next. This is an illustration of the Ukrainian Mrії - the world's largest aircraft. Even before the war, it was drawn by eleven-year-old Sofia Kravchuk from the Volyn region to participate in the contest What is Ukraine for me?
18:53 Media reports about explosions and shooting near the building of the so-called "Ministry of State Security" in Tiraspol (Pridnestrovie).
18:50 Vice President of the European Commission Vera Yurova expects that the sixth package of sanctions against Russia will be introduced this week.
18:46 Ukraine calls on the EU to impose a "real embargo" on Russian oil, Kuleba said: "If world leaders and business are serious about putting an end to Russia's war crimes, they must first deprive Putin of oil revenues. Enough excuses and half measures while Ukrainians are bombed ", killed, tortured and raped. Russian oil is full of Ukrainian blood. Stop buying it!"
He also emphasized that the Russian Federation is desperately trying to circumvent the already imposed restrictions: "Any mixture containing any Russian oil should be considered as 100% Russian oil. Do not let the Russians bypass the restrictions."
18:24 The UK will provide Ukraine with a "small number" of Stormer armored personnel carriers with anti-aircraft systems installed on them, Defense Minister Ben Wallace said. He also said that the British would send their Challenger 2 tanks to Poland in order to compensate for the T-72s transferred by the Poles to Ukraine.
18:01 The satellite has already recorded the third mass grave near Mariupol. The dug trenches appeared on the territory of the cemetery of the village of Stary Krym, occupied by Russian troops, located 5 km from the city. The trenches are over 200 meters long, Radio Liberty reports.
The first dug trenches on the territory of the Starokrymsky cemetery appeared on March 24 - already after the village was occupied by the Russian military. On the Planet satellite image, you can see that they reach 60-70 meters in length.
17:58 The Russians have captured Novotoshkivske in the Luhansk region , the head of the military administration of the Mountain community Aleksey Babchenko said: “Novotoshkivske was occupied, it was almost razed to the ground. Everything is being destroyed. Zolote and Gornoye were covered with phosphorus yesterday. Infrastructure is being destroyed. There are dead, both civilians and military are injured."
17:54 Ukrainian pilot Roman Vasilyuk released from captivity. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, a Ukrainian Su-25 pilot, while performing a combat mission on March 14, was shot down by hostile air defenses over Volnovakha, Donetsk region. He was able to eject, but was wounded and captured by the invaders.
He went through numerous interrogations by the Russian special services, until his release he was in the regional central clinical hospital in Donetsk. On April 24, he returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine and immediately met with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry, Kirill Budanov, and the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Alexei Danilov.
17:47 In the Black Sea there are eight Russian carriers of cruise missiles of the Caliber type, said the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. Their total missile salvo is 58 missiles.
According to him, the ship groups of the Russian Federation in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas continue to isolate the area of combat operations, conduct reconnaissance and provide fire support to their troops in the coastal direction.
17:41 The United States is putting pressure on Indonesia to invite Ukraine as a guest to the G20 summit in November, writes Bloomberg. In addition, according to the publication, Washington is disappointed with the refusal of Jakarta to withdraw the invitation for Putin.
17:40 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia records "endless evasion and rejection of even previously declared positions by the Kiev regime."
17:39 Moscow stated that Ukrainian Bayraktars were shot down in the village of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russian troops were ordered to collect and deliver to the territory of the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions the wreckage of downed Ukrainian Bayraktors and helicopters - the FSB and the Russian Defense Ministry are preparing large-scale provocations in these territories with explosions at civilian infrastructure facilities and in residential areas.
17:19 Anonymous hackers reported that they hacked more than a million emails of the Russian customs broker ALET from correspondence with companies exporting coal, oil, oil products and liquefied gas.
17:14 During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already shot down three planes, Arestovich said at a briefing: "There is a feeling that the Russian Federation wants to end the war without aviation. Well, we will help them."
17:13 About ten deputies of the Verkhovna Rada went abroad before the war and did not return to Ukraine. Most of them are members of the former OPF faction, Stefanchuk said.
17:10 The self-appointed "mayor" of Mariupol Konstantin Ivashchenko said that the Azovstal plant will not be restored, not only because it was destroyed, but also because the attitude of Mariupol residents towards it is negative because of environmental issues. At the same time, he promised to restore Azovmash and Ilyich's plant.
He also said in an interview with Russian media that the first bus would be launched in Mariupol one of these days: "The route will be laid from the Metro store (right bank) to the left bank in order to connect relatives of local residents."
17:06 Moscow sees no point in a ceasefire in Ukraine, since "Kyiv can use it for provocations," Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said.
17:04 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about 400 employees of Russian diplomatic missions have been expelled from 28 countries, the Foreign Ministry reported.
16:46 More than 26 thousand internally displaced persons have been registered in Kiev, their number has increased by more than 9 thousand in a week, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Most of the migrants are from the Kyiv, Donetsk and Chernihiv regions.
16:40 The Security Service of Ukraine commented on "another creative of the FSB of the Russian Federation, which "heroically detained neo-Nazis" who allegedly planned the murder of "public figure" Vladimir Solovyov by order of the SBU":
"Soloviev is not a public figure, but an ordinary propagandist - the Russian analogue of Goebbels - who will definitely answer for his crimes in international courts after the victory of Ukraine. The SBU has no plans to kill Solovyov. At the same time, given the number of fakes and anti-Ukrainian hatred that this person broadcasts, he can independently drown in the "products" of his own low-grade propaganda activities."
16:35 In the Kharkiv region, residents of Dergachi and nearby villages suffered from the shelling of the invaders today. The Russians are firing artillery at the streets, residential buildings, as a result, three civilians were killed, one was wounded, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, due to daytime shelling, two civilians were injured in the Zolochiv region.
16:34 Moscow declared 40 employees of the German diplomatic missions in Russia persona non grata, and the German ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry - he was protested in connection with the expulsion of Russian diplomats.
16:32 As a result of Russian missile attacks on the railway infrastructure in the Zdolbunovshchina of the Rivne region, about 20 nearby houses were damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Koval. According to him, three enemy missiles hit the railway infrastructure.
16:30 Arakhamia asks the leadership of the EU and the US to impose sanctions against the "chief Georgian oligarch" Bidzina Ivanishvili. According to the adviser to the head of the OP, Ukrainians and Georgians have always been and will be fraternal peoples. Georgians are rooting for Ukraine and our victory in the war - but not the Georgian authorities. The reason is that Ivanishvili is closely connected with the Russian political elite, this is also confirmed by the recently published "tapes of Ivanishvili".
"The whole policy of the Georgian authorities is the implementation of instructions from the Kremlin. This is the reason for their rhetoric about non-recognition of Russia's war crimes against Ukraine and attempts to help the Russian Federation circumvent sanctions. Today, Ivanishvili has turned into a Georgian Yanukovych. He and his people are pursuing a policy on Ukraine that is not "supports the Georgian people. They want to quarrel Georgians and Ukrainians for a decade ahead. No one will escape responsibility. Neither the occupiers, nor those who help them," Arakhamia concluded.
16:23 Russia announced in response to Japan's statement about the illegal occupation of the South Kuriles that it will accelerate the industrial and tourist development of these islands.
16:16 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, after a visit to Kiev, said that American M777 howitzers are already in Ukraine. Also, according to him, the training of 50 Ukrainian artillerymen has been completed and a six-day course for the next 50 people will soon begin.
“18 howitzers are already in Ukraine. Seven more are being prepared now, and 72 more are coming soon. Foreign military assistance in the amount of $322 million has been allocated to buy everything Ukraine needs, including former Soviet ammunition,” Austin said.
15:57 Rosneft was unable to sell 6.5 million tons of oil during the tender, as it demanded a full prepayment in rubles, writes Reuters.
15:40 In the Vinnitsa region, as a result of rocket attacks on Zhmerynka and Kazatin, according to preliminary information, five people were killed, 18 people were injured, the prosecutor's office said.
15:36 The United States is preparing Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to be sent to Ukraine, the Pentagon said.
15:02 The heads of the Novouspenovskaya and Kirillovskaya communities of the Zaporozhye region, Ivan Senik and Ivan Maleev, were released from captivity, Klitschko said. Eight mayors continue to be held captive by the Russians, their fate is unknown.
14:58 In Mangush near Mariupol, the occupiers are disguising a huge mass grave, placing signs on it that allegedly testify to individual burials. They showed "photos", which show one sector of the burial, where, judging by the numbering of the plates, at least 268 burials are located.
Satellite images from April 9 show four such sectors. Therefore, Russian propagandists themselves documented the fact of the murder of thousands of Mariupol residents. "Given the information of eyewitnesses about the nature and scale of burials throughout April, we confirm the preliminary estimate - from three to nine thousand Mariupol residents were buried in Mangush," the city council said.
14:55 On Easter, the invaders deported 149 people from Mariupol to Russia, of which 23 are children. All failures of real evacuation to Ukraine lead to increased deportation to the Russian Federation, Andryushchenko said. According to him, the occupiers do not hide their intentions - to limit the population of Mariupol, to settle mainly in the area of the seaport to provide its services.
"From the very beginning, we noted that the only and main goal of control over Mariupol is access to the port as the deepest in the Sea of Azov, and the arrangement of a military base there. All this should serve a limited number of the population," the mayor's adviser wrote.
14:40 There are no agreements on humanitarian corridors from Azovstal today, Vereshchuk said. "We ask that representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross be present in the humanitarian convoy. We hope for the effectiveness of the negotiations between the UN Secretary General and Russian representatives," she added.
14:38 Kyiv region received the first subvention in the amount of 400 million hryvnia for the restoration of housing and damaged infrastructure, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko. According to him, the funds will be used to replace windows, roofs, clean streets, and repair roads.
14:33 Biden officially announced the nomination of Bridget Brink for the post of US Ambassador to Ukraine, the White House said.
14:31 Russian missiles destroyed a thermal power plant in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, the next heating season was under threat, the mayor of the city, Vitaliy Maletsky, said. Local media also write that the supply of hot water to the city is under threat.
Due to Russian shelling, one person died and seven were injured. The deceased is an employee of the thermal power plant, five injured are also employees of the thermal power plant.
In addition to the thermal power plant, the Russians also fired at the local refinery. A fire broke out there, it has already been eliminated.
14:19 Putin said that the FSB stopped the activities of a group that allegedly planned an assassination attempt on well-known Russian journalists: “Tolerating the information fiasco in the Russian Federation, the West turned to attempts to kill Russian journalists. We know by name the curators of Ukrainian Nazis from Western services, primarily the CIA, who give advice such as killing journalists."
The FSB said that it was about preparing the murder of Vladimir Solovyov "on the instructions of the SBU."
14:13 In Kiev, this week, a sculpture of two workers, which was installed in 1982 "to commemorate the reunification of Ukraine with Russia," is being dismantled near the Arch of Friendship of Peoples, Klitschko said.
13:47 Ukrzaliznytsia announced that it had restored the movement of all trains after Russian missile strikes.
13:39 In the Kharkiv region, near Balakleya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian plane - according to preliminary data, a Su-34, the Air Command of Skhid reported. Two pilots have ejected, they are being searched for.
13:16 The Pentagon will expand training for the Ukrainian military, in particular, on the use of new weapons for them, transferred as part of military assistance. This is stated in the communiqué of the State Department following the visit of the Secretary of State and the Minister of Defense to Kyiv, writes UP.
13:14 Greenpeace activists blocked the tanker that delivered Russian oil to Norway - they chained themselves to the ship in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ust-Luga tanker is currently anchored near the Exxon Mobil oil terminal in Slagen, about 70 kilometers south of the capital Oslo.
13:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that today at 14:00 it will open a humanitarian corridor from Azovstal. It will be intended "for the civilians that Kyiv is talking about." Moscow assured that "there are no obstacles for the exit of civilians from Azovstal.
13:04 Russian troops launched a missile attack on Korosten in the Zhytomyr region in the morning, Mayor Vladimir Moskalenko said. There is no information about the dead.
12:58 Two cruise missiles were spotted over the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant on the morning of April 25 - they flew over a cooling pond. The rockets were fired by the Russian military, presumably in the direction of Rivne or Zdolbuniv, Energoatom reports.
12:55 Russia has not abandoned plans to use chemical weapons at Azovstal. According to Ukrainian intelligence, in order to avoid losses among the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the so-called smoking out of Ukrainian defenders and civilians from the premises of the enterprise can be carried out.
To this end, the Russian leadership plans to carry out bombing and missile strikes with artillery and aviation munitions - carriers of chemical warfare agents. In parallel, Russian units of the "radiation, chemical and biological defense troops" will use aerosols with chemical weapons.
12:48 In Mariupol, the "police" of the occupiers began to work. Former police officers are required to report for duty, Andryushchenko said.
12:44 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said that the bombing and shelling of Azovstal from heavy artillery does not stop despite public statements. Yesterday, the occupiers again tried to enter the territory of the plant with sabotage groups, but failed.
12:41 In the Kherson region, the invaders demand that farmers give them most of the future harvest for free, and also force them to dig trenches with their own equipment, said an expert at the Center for Middle East Studies, political scientist Sergei Danilov.
According to him, in the Chaplinsky district, the Russians have allowed farmers to sow only grain and sunflower and demand that they agree to give 70% of the future harvest to the occupiers free of charge.
12:38 Borrell said again that there is no agreement among EU members on a complete embargo or higher duties on Russian oil and gas imports: "Stopping oil and gas imports or a punitive tariff would be important to put pressure on Putin and bring him to the negotiating table But at the moment we do not have a unified position in the EU on this issue."
12:33 Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdemaras Rupshis admits that a strategic defeat in the war in Ukraine will increase revanchist sentiment in Russia, and in 5-10 years it may unleash a new war. However, according to him, military threats will depend on who will be in power in the Russian Federation.
12:12 Austin is convinced that Ukraine can win the war with Russia with the right equipment and the right support.
11:46 Ukraine's needs have changed after the hot war zone moved to the east of the country, the United States plans to respond to changes as quickly as possible and provide the necessary support, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said following a visit to Kiev.
“We need long-range weapons. You heard that they expressed the need for tanks. And we are doing everything possible to provide them with support, types of artillery and ammunition that will be effective at this stage of the struggle,” the head of the Pentagon emphasized. He also said that he "sees signs" that many countries "intend to move forward and provide additional ammunition and howitzers."
11:40 In the Lugansk region, the supply of voltage to the surviving substations has begun, soon the light will return to the houses, Gaidai promised. Repair of damage, according to him, is currently impossible due to active hostilities.
11:37 From April 25, cars that are imported into Ukraine for personal needs will be issued only at certain checkpoints, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayem said. On the Polish border, these are Ugrinev, Grushev, Smilnitsa, Ustilug. In Slovak - M. Berezny, in Hungarian - Davinkov, Kosino.
This innovation is associated with large queues at the border due to the abolition of customs duties and a sharp increase in car imports. As a result, humanitarian supplies also stand in line for two days, and EU law does not allow creating separate lanes for them.
"In Poland, Slovakia and Romania, they are slightly surprised by such an active renewal of the fleet of a warring country, for which the whole world is raising funds for humanitarian aid. They are shocked by the industrial scale of imports" for the needs of ZSU "luxury cars. Including dozens of BMW X5, Mercedes S -Class, 2022 Audi Q7 and even Cadillac Escalade for UAH 3.1 million," Nayem emphasized.
11:30 Blinken said following a visit to Kiev that the United States will support Ukraine until "final success": "We do not know how other wars will unfold, but we know that a sovereign independent Ukraine will exist much longer than Vladimir will act Putin: And our support for Ukraine will continue. It will continue until we see ultimate success."
11:26 Zelensky said that negotiations with Austin and Blinken lasted more than three hours and were very productive. The main theme is the supply of arms. Also, the President of Ukraine insists on even greater sanctions against Russia, so Washington was given a plan for a package of sanctions developed by the group of Yermak and McFaul.
11:22 Deputies of the Kyiv City Council propose to demolish 60 monuments in the capital, including the monument to Bulgakov, Pushkin, Vatutin, Zhiglov and Sharapov and others. Alina Mikhailova, one of the initiators of the project from the Golos party, said that such a proposal is contained in the draft decision on the dismantling of memorial signs in Kyiv that are related to Russia and the USSR. Among its initiators is also deputy Ksenia Semenova from the Servant of the People.
11:20 Lugansk region was left without electricity - the invaders de-energized the new Kremensk substation with a voltage of 500 kV, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, alternative power supply options for the region are currently being worked out.
11:18 According to the prosecutor's office, as of April 25, 3,818 civilians were killed in Ukraine, more than 4,000 were injured, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. At the same time, she stressed that these figures are just as incorrect as the UN statistics, since they do not take into account the blocked Mariupol and those places in the Kyiv region where the prosecutor's office cannot yet enter.
11:15 As a result of Russian shelling of Zhmerinka and Kazatin, Vinnitsa region, there are dead and wounded, their number is being specified, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Borzov.
10:57 Chairman of the Lviv OVA Maxim Kozitsky said that as a result of a missile strike, an explosion occurred at the traction substation of the Krasnoe railway station, the State Emergency Service is now extinguishing the fire. There is no information about the victims yet.
One rocket on the territory of the Lviv region was destroyed by units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Zakhid Air Command. The invaders fired missiles from strategic aircraft, probably Tu-95.
10:39 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the facilities of an oil refinery, as well as storage facilities with oil products, were destroyed in Kremenchug. Also hit "56 military facilities of Ukraine, including a fuel storage facility in the Kharkiv region."
10:37 The American Institute for the Study of War showed how the map of hostilities in Ukraine has changed since February 24:
10:29 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 25:
personnel - about 21,900 people were liquidated,
tanks - 884,
armored combat vehicles - 2258,
artillery systems - 411,
MLRS - 149,
air defense systems - 69,
aircraft - 181,
helicopters - 154,
automotive technology - 1566,
ships/boats - 8,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 201,
special equipment - 28,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
10:24 Europe resumed buying oil from the UAE to replace Russian oil. France's TotalEnergies chartered a tanker to ship oil from the UAE in early May to Europe, Reuters reported. These are the first deliveries in two years.
10:18 At night, the occupiers fired at the Novolatovskaya bulk of the Dnipropetrovsk region from multiple rocket launchers. The blow fell on the outskirts of the settlement, no one was injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
10:15 In the Nikolaev region, about 30 retreating Russians were shot by their own and then burned, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim, citing the interception of enemy conversations.
10:13 The media write that in Bryansk the railway was damaged, along which military equipment and ammunition were transported to Ukraine. The information has not been officially confirmed.
10:07 The Rada will not yet ban the activities of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate because of the risk of a split in society, speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to him, the deputies will return to this issue after the war.
10:04 The Russian military has gathered a large number of equipment and personnel at the Velyka Novoselka - Novodarovka - Malinovka section and are preparing for an offensive towards Zaporozhye, said Ivan Arefiev, a representative of the UVA. At the same time, he added that the enemy’s offensive was not successful, so the disposition of forces at the front did not change.
10:03 The Russians attacked the railway in the Rivne region, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Koval. According to him, there are no victims, the damage is being established. The blow fell on Zdolbunov.
10:01 Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov sent a note of protest to Washington regarding the supply of weapons to Ukraine. He called the shipments an attempt to "inflate the stakes even more, see more losses", and said that they "do not contribute to finding a diplomatic solution to the situation" and should be stopped.
09:59 The head of Ukrzaliznytsia, Kamyshin, said that five railway stations in central and western Ukraine came under fire this morning for an hour, and at least 16 trains would be delayed.
09:55 After the morning explosions, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that due to damage to traction substations, there was no voltage in the contact network at the Shepetovka-Kazatin, Zhmerinka-Kazatin, Kazatin-Fastov sections. Trains following these sections have been delayed.
09:29 There were several explosions in the Vinnytsia region, the regional administration asks to stay in shelters.
09:25 Zelensky said that he had discussed with Blinken and Austin defense assistance, strengthening the sanctions policy against Russia, financial support for Ukraine and security guarantees.
09:23 British intelligence notes that Russia has made little progress in some areas since it focused on the complete occupation of Donbass. However, it is too early to talk about a significant breakthrough without sufficient logistic and combat support.
The British Ministry of Defense believes that the decision of the Russian Federation to encircle, rather than attack, Azovstal means that many units are forced to remain in Mariupol and cannot be redeployed. The Ukrainian defenders of the city also exhausted many Russian units and reduced their combat capability.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposed that compensation payments to the families of dead servicemen be controlled by the military, and not by civilian officials. This is probably dictated by the desire to hide from the local population the real extent of the losses.
09:20 The State Department for the first time since 2019 appoints the US Ambassador to Ukraine - it will be the current head of the diplomatic mission in Slovakia, Bridget Brink, Blinken said during a visit to Kiev. He also noted that American diplomats would return to Ukraine "gradually."
09:16 Air defense works in the Lviv region, residents are asked to stay in shelters, said the head of the Regional State Administration Maxim Kozitsky. He also said that a fire broke out in two settlements in the Zolochiv district, the situation is under control, details will be later.
08:45 Russia plans to hold a staged referendum in Kherson to justify its occupation, British intelligence notes.
08:43 As a result of yesterday's shelling of Kremenchug, one person died and seven were wounded. According to the head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, this was the largest shelling of the region during the full-scale Russian invasion. According to him, nine enemy missiles hit the Kremenchug Thermal Power Plant and again the Kremenchug Oil Refinery.
08:40 Russian media write with reference to eyewitnesses that not only the oil depot, but also the missile arsenal was on fire in Bryansk. Moreover, we are talking about the oil depot of the Druzhba oil pipeline complex, through which oil enters Europe.
Also, according to unconfirmed reports, the 120th arsenal of the Main Rocket and Artillery Directorate was engulfed in fire. According to RIA Novosti in emergency services, in the Bryansk region there were fires "on the territory of the oil depot of JSC Transneft-Druzhba and at another facility."
08:22 The Russian army shelled an oil refinery in Lisichansk for the third time, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, on April 24, Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhnoye, and Gorskoye suffered the most from Russian shelling. A total of seven houses were damaged.
08:19 Latvia will help Ukraine with the export of grain through its ports - this was agreed upon by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Nikolai Solsky during a visit to the Republic of Latvia.
08:09 APU returned under control five settlements of Nikolayevshchina, reported operational command Pivden. The settlements are located near the administrative border with the Kherson region.
08:04 During their visit to Kiev, Blinken and Austin told Zelensky that American diplomats could return to Ukraine in the next week, Reuters writes.
They also announced more than $322 million in new military funding for Ukraine. Thus, total US security assistance to Ukraine since the Russian invasion amounted to about $3.7 billion.
08:00 In Volchansk, Kharkiv region, the invaders took the capacities of one of the captured factories to Russia, and set up a concentration camp and a torture chamber in the empty premises, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
"A prison, a real concentration camp, was set up in the premises of the plant, where people are subjected to certain torture, they are forced to cooperate, to join the ranks of the Russian armed forces," he said.
07:45 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the directions of Izyum - Barvenkovo and Izyum - Slavyansk, the enemy tried to storm, but had no success, fired at the settlements of Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Vernopolye and Novaya Dmitrovka.
In the Donetsk and Tauride directions, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In Mariupol, the enemy launched missile and bomb attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops on the territory of the Azovstal plant. Conducts assault actions of the settlement of Popasnaya.
07:10 The French Interior Ministry officially announced Macron's victory: he won 58.08% of the vote, Le Pen - 41.92%.
07:02 Ballingcat investigative journalist Khristo Grozev believes that the failure of the second phase of the war is approaching for Russia: “If the situation near Izyum and Gorlovka does not change within a few weeks towards the conquest of new territories by Russia or they are minimally tactical, this can be considered a failure of the second phases of the Russian war in Ukraine".
He also foresees that in the near future, in two or three weeks, heavy battles will take place for the south and east of Ukraine.
04:50 In Russian Bryansk, an oil depot is on fire, the press service of the regional government reported. Media publish photos:
03:13 Russia is trying to get anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles and secret documents from the sunken cruiser Moskva, writes Bild. To do this, the rescue ship Commune was driven to the place of flooding. Due to the size of the cruiser Moskva (187 meters long), the 110-year-old Commune is unlikely to be able to lift it entirely. Therefore, stakes are made on the extraction of ammunition and documents.
00:42 Zelensky congratulated Macron on his victory in the presidential elections in France.
00:36 Arestovich said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the location of enemy troops in Chernobaevka for the 17th time.
00:05 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "capacities for the production of explosives and gunpowder were destroyed by the impact of high-precision missiles in the Pavlograd region."
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:15 More than 700 children were evacuated by the Russian Armed Forces from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as other dangerous regions of Ukraine during the day.
22:21 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian army has destroyed: 141 aircraft, 110 helicopters, 570 unmanned aerial vehicles, 265 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2554 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 283 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 1104 field artillery guns and mortar, as well as 2380 units of special military vehicles.
21:53 Starting from March 2, the Russian Federation has already delivered 15,024.3 tons of essentials, food, medicines and medical supplies to Ukraine, carried out 895 humanitarian actions, including a humanitarian action in the Kharkiv region over the past day , during which 22.6 tons of humanitarian aid were transferred to the civilian population.
21:52 Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold hostage as a "human shield" 90 foreign citizens from 5 states.
21:51 More than 9.5 thousand temporary accommodation centers continue to operate in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation,
which are fully equipped with all the necessary equipment, they provide places for recreation and hot meals.
21:51 In the Nikolaev region, in order to intimidate the civilian population, making independent attempts to evacuate to Russia in private cars and on foot, the militants of the territorial defense mined country roads and roadsides near the settlements of Kapustino, Suvorovka and Antonovka.
20:51 There are powerful explosions in Nikolaev.
20:50 The special forces of the Russian Guard discovered another cache with weapons of saboteurs in the Kherson region.
20:01 Russian air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Izyum, Donetsk and Kharkiv in a day.
20:01 Up to 40 personnel and 17 units of armored vehicles and vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
20:00 Rocket troops delivered 15 strikes. The following were hit: the starting position of the Tochka-U tactical missile system, three command posts, an artillery battery and 10 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment.
20:00 During the day, 27 military installations of Ukraine were hit by high-precision air-based missiles. Including destroyed: four command posts, an ammunition depot near Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic, the headquarters of the Right Sector terrorist group in Novogrodovka, as well as 16 strongholds and places of concentration of manpower and military equipment.
19:59 During the day, operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 82 military facilities of Ukraine. Among them: 4 command posts, 76 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy, as well as two fuel depots.
19:58 High-precision long-range weapons destroyed six traction substations in the areas of the Krasnoe, Zdolbunov, Zhmerynka, Berdichev, Kovel and Korosten railway stations, through which foreign weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian group of forces in Donbas are supplied.
18:50 Three powerful explosions in the building of the Transnistrian Ministry of State Security. They write that they shot from a grenade launcher.
18:50 In the forest between Sukha Kamenka and Dolgenkiy (south of Izyum), Russian special forces destroyed a group of APU fighters.
18:50 Without changing their tactics, the fleeing soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the overpass leading from Kupyansk to Kharkov. Thus, both road and rail links are no longer possible.
18:49 The British Ministry of Defense reported that the country will transfer Stormer self-propelled anti-aircraft guns with Starstreak missiles to Ukraine.
17:43 About 1 million refugees entered Russia from Ukraine (including the republics of the DPR and LPR), Russian President Vladimir Putin said. According to him, this number includes about 100 thousand children.
17:43 6 defendants in the criminal case on the attempted murder of Vladimir Solovyov were detained, the RF IC reports. The investigation will ask for their arrest. The criminals planned to blow up the journalist's car.
16:43 Arestovich admitted that at the beginning he did not believe that Ukraine would be able to cope with the onset of Russian troops.
16:42 Kharkiv, air raid alert.
16:41 In Dagestan, officers of the Russian Investigative Committee paid tribute to the memory of servicemen who died during a special operation in Ukraine. Department officers and cadets laid red carnations at the obelisk of the “Grieving Mother” in Kaspiysk and honored the memory of the dead with a minute of silence.
16:40 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the supply of American M777 howitzers to the Kyiv regime:
“The training of 50 Ukrainian artillerymen has been completed. A 6-day course for the next 50 people will start soon. 18 howitzers are already in Ukraine. Now 7 more are being prepared and 72 more are coming soon. A total of $322 million in foreign military assistance has been allocated to buy everything Ukraine needs, including ex-Soviet munitions.”
15:40 The Russian Guard announced the destruction of the armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv direction.
15:35 The Russians are preparing an attack on Zaporizhia, - the regional state administration.
“The military of the Russian Federation has collected a large number of equipment and personnel at the Bolshaya Novoselka – Novodarovka – Malinovka section and are preparing for an offensive towards Zaporozhye,” the speaker of the Regional State Administration said.
14:35 This week, a sculpture of two workers under the Arch of Friendship of Peoples in the center of Kyiv is being dismantled - Klitschko. It was installed in 1982 "in commemoration of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia."
14:35 A group of neo-Nazis was preparing the assassination of journalist Vladimir Solovyov by order of the Ukrainian special services. During the searches, a home-made explosive device, 8 home-made Molotov cocktails, 6 PM pistols, a sawn-off hunting rifle, an RGD-5 grenade, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, drugs, fake Ukrainian passports, nationalist literature and paraphernalia were seized. Members of the criminal group give confessions about the preparation of the murder of Solovyov, after which they planned to hide abroad.
14:34 FSB stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned attacks on well-known Russian journalists - Putin.
13:44 Near Kharkov, Russian troops launched massive strikes from cannon and rocket artillery on the city of Chuguev, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine have long been trying to organize a counteroffensive. In addition, the regional center itself was under fire. Also, Russian artillery divisions fired on the villages of Malaya Danilovka and Zolochev.
13:43 Near Kherson, Ukrainian troops are already preparing for an attack on the regional center. After a massive artillery strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the village of Kiselevka, Russian troops retreat to the Chernobaevka airfield. Which, by the way, has become a trap for them more than once. The Ukrainian army has already shot well at this place.
13:43 In the near future, we should expect an attack on Krivoy Rog from the territory of the Kherson region. There, the Russian group formed a powerful armored fist. Moreover, the strike is being prepared in two directions: to the west of the Kakhovka reservoir near the village of Shevchenkovo and from the area of the village of Vysokopole.
13:41 The pause is over. Over the past day, fierce ground battles have been going on in Ukraine in almost all the main sectors of the front.
12:58 Tonight, Bryansk was attacked by Ukrainian drones. The Armed Forces of Ukraine planned to carry out the same provocation in the Kursk region, but they managed to shoot down the devices there 40 km from the border.
12:57 Two men suspected of setting fire to a car and military equipment have been detained in Kupyansk. Also, two men tore the Russian flag from the city building. One of them had tattoos with runic symbols common among the Nazis on his body.
11:48 EMERCOM of Russia has delivered another batch of humanitarian aid to Melitopol. This is reported by the city authorities. We are now packing the delivered food and essentials. Targeted delivery of humanitarian aid will continue in the near future.
11:47 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 141 aircraft, 110 helicopters, 566 unmanned aerial vehicles, 265 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2526 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 283 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 1096 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 2362 units of special military vehicles.
11:46 During the night, the missile forces delivered 19 strikes, destroyed: four command posts, three ammunition depots, more than 240 personnel.
11:46 During the night, six military facilities of Ukraine were hit by high-precision air-based missiles.
11:46 Russian Aerospace Forces hit 56 Ukrainian military facilities, including a fuel storage facility in the Kharkiv region, killing up to 160 personnel.
11:45 High-precision long-range weapons in Kremenchug destroyed the facilities of an oil refinery, as well as storage facilities with oil products.
10:44 Ukrainian media report rocket fire on 9 junction railway stations in the country.
10:43 As a result of hitting 9 missiles on the infrastructure of the Krmenchug Oil Refinery, serious damage was caused to the enterprise.
10:41 Today at 4.15 am in the village of Borovskoye, Rylsky district, Russian air defense crews shot down 2 Ukrainian drones. There are no casualties, injuries or damage. The situation is completely controlled by the governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit.
10:29 According to the internal report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 8 tanks, 19 armored vehicles, 14 field artillery guns and mortars, 3 MLRS, 2 short-range air defense systems, 21 vehicles and special equipment and 7 UAVs were lost.
10:17 During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 348 people killed, wounded and captured. The total losses in killed, wounded and captured in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NSU and State Border Service are over 44 thousand people.
10:07 It is difficult for the US to track what is happening with the weapons transferred to Ukraine - Lloyd Austin.
10:03 Blinken and Austin during their visit to Kyiv announced the allocation of $ 713 million for military needs to Ukraine and 15 other countries - Associated Press.
10:00 Russia sent a note to the United States demanding to stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 The DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire reported that Ukrainian troops fired 18 mines in Gorlovka and Dolomitnoye in an hour.
22:29 The areas of eight settlements of the DPR fell under shelling. As a result of Ukrainian aggression, one civilian was killed and four were injured. Twenty-five residential buildings and five civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
21:49 On April 25, 2022, 11 humanitarian actions were carried out in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kharkiv and Kherson regions, during which 502.2 tons of essentials and food were transferred to the population.
21:48 In the city of Avdiivka of the Donetsk People's Republic, in a residential building on Koroleva Street, neo-Nazis have equipped a stronghold,
firing points are located on the upper floors, heavy equipment and MLRS are placed in the courtyard, while civilians are forcibly kept
in their apartments, hiding behind them as "alive shield."
21:47 In the village of Karlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, nationalist battalions mined the dam of the Karlovsky reservoir. In the event of an explosion, six settlements with a total population of more than 10,000 people will be in the flood zone.
21:47 Despite the extremely humane initiative shown by the Russian Federation to evacuate civilians from the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, the Kyiv authorities today again cynically disrupted this humanitarian operation. As of April 25, 2022, at 20:00 (Moscow time), no one
has used the proposed humanitarian corridor.
21:10 The Investigative Committee of Russia will attach information about the shelling of civilians in the city of Rubizhnoye to the criminal cases under investigation. Today, the head of the Luhansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, said that the Kyiv security forces are firing at clusters of civilians in the city of Rubizhne, preventing the organization of humanitarian assistance to the population. The Investigative Committee of Russia will study this information and attach it to the criminal cases being investigated in the department.
21:09 Ukrainian troops fired at Donetsk, firing four mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reports.
20:10 Gorlovka is once again under enemy fire. As a result of the shelling of the VFU, the village of Bessarabka was partially de-energized, the villages of Michurina and Rutny were completely de-energized.
20:09 Special Forces of the "O" group captured another batch of Western weapons in the area of the settlement. Scars of the Limansky district of the DPR.
The Swedish-British NLAW anti-tank systems, the American Javelin, the Czech RPG-76 Komar, and the Ukrainian Stugna-P were captured.
Soon they will all be destroying enemy vehicles.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian Nazis have fired 280 shells at the DPR with a caliber of 152, 122 and 120 mm. Eight settlements came under fire, where 25 residential buildings and five civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Four civilians were injured and one person died.
19:00 From the beginning of the day, militia of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, destroyed 32 Ukrainian nationalists, six firing points, one tank and two infantry fighting vehicles. One armored personnel carrier, one ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun and one cargo vehicle were captured.
18:48 Ukrainian Nazis fired five rockets from the Grad MLRS in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
18:48 Ukrainian troops fired six 122 mm shells at Panteleymonovka in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
18:48 Ukrainian troops fired at Staromikhaylovka in the DPR, firing six 120 mm mines at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
18:48 Kyiv militants fired eight shells of 122 mm caliber at Mikhailovka in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
18:00 Kyiv Nazis fired at Shirokaya Balka and Aleksandrovka in the DPR. They fired eight 120 mm mines at them, and also used small arms and heavy machine guns. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:00 Kyiv punishers fired six shells of 122 mm caliber at Yelenovka in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:00 Ramzan Kadyrov announced the complete liberation of the city of Rubizhne in the LPR.
16:00 The authorities of Mariupol are not going to restore the Azovstal plant.
16:00 Ukrainian Nazis fired five shells at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:22 AFU fired at the village of Donetsk in the LPR. They fired ten rockets at him from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:20 The head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik, arrived in the city of Rubizhnoye in the LPR. He will assess the situation in the city.
14:27 In Gorlovka, a civilian was injured under fire from Ukrainian punishers.
14:27 Kyiv punishers fired at Makiivka in the DPR from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:48 Kyiv militants fired four shells with a caliber of 152 mm in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:15 Ukrainian Nazis fired on Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing five shells of 122 mm caliber at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:15 Ukrainian Nazis shelled the village of Zolote-5 in the LPR. Eight mines with a caliber of 120 mm were fired at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
12:51 Russian Armed Forces and DPR formations stop hostilities at 14:00 to allow civilians who may be on Azovstal to exit - Russian Defense Ministry.
12:10 A local resident became a victim of an artillery strike on Makiivka in the DPR.
11:38 The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that about 400 foreign mercenaries were blocked at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
10:54 Petrovsky district of Donetsk under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Artillery fire.
10:30 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis fired 250 shells at the DPR with a caliber of 152, 122, 120 and 82 mm. Eight settlements were under fire, where 22 residential buildings, seven civilian infrastructure facilities and seven cars were damaged. Four civilians were injured.
10:30 Over the past day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, destroyed 52 Ukrainian nationalists, one firing position of a 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one tank and TWO infantry fighting vehicles. One infantry fighting vehicle, two armored personnel carriers, one ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun and one cargo vehicle were captured.
10:19 During the day, Ukrainian punishers opened fire on the DPR 30 times, fired 225 shells at it. Three civilians were injured.
08:20 Over the past day, Ukrainian punishers opened fire on the LPR twice. Pervomaisk and Zolote-5 came under fire. Punishers fired 122 mm shells and 120 mm mines at them.
08:20 The DPR said that the Ukrainian Nazis no longer have enough ammunition.
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Really Russia has already been weakened seriously
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^^ Only because they don't subscribe to 'diversity and inclusion', Garth. Then all would be well.
Oh and they apparently aren't good at PowerPoint, either.
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Forgot the /sarc tag.
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Russia already can't replace the hardware it has lost and even if the war ended today, the tech embargo would stay and it will be very, very hard for Russia to get its modern weapons replaced.
"Navy to fly in year's supply of crickets, mealworms and mice to feed shrikes under $3.8M grant."
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the US aim is to make Russia so weak it can't invade another country again
Interesting. So Haitians jumping our border are.....?
OK, so Going Green is hot, its wow, its pop, its now! Airships. Electric powered airships. But can you string power cords and rely one sunny days? No. So one large mother ship. Coal powered. Producing steam. Generates electricity for smaller airships which separate for action. Yup, straight steam punk. Get a high ranking official, triple masked, large gold sprocket to chair the position, and a special kind of Admiral to run Xem Birthing Ship Ship.
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Boy, Lloyd, I wish I had a nickel for every time Russia "invaded" another country. I might, well, have a nickel.
Too bad Lavrov didn't go to the UN Security Council and show off a vial of something. A "slam dunk" sure would have helped. I guess he didn't read Powell's book.
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Tell me, after the Afghanistan withdrawal, does anyone believe anything Lloyd Austin says? Can you say credibility problem?
This has nothing to do with Russia invading other countries. You wanna talk about invading other countries? Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Ukraine and most likely others that we never even heard about. The Biden AdministrationDeep State wants to be free to go around the world telling people who can run their countries and who can't. And now they're going after Russia so they can put Hunter on the Gazprom board of directors at $1 million a month.
Does anyone seriously believe that Joe Biden gives a rat's ass about democracy in Ukraine after what happened in our own 2020 election? I don't. This is all about American hegemony brought about by Javelin missiles...because they think Russia is so weak they can do it on the cheap. Maybe they're right about Russia being weak but if they are then how is Putin a threat to Poland? I think it's more like America being a threat to Russia.
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Russia already can't replace the hardware it has lost and even if the war ended today, the tech embargo would stay and it will be very, very hard for Russia to get its modern weapons replaced.
DarthVader.. you are an imbecile if you believe your narcissistic American trash propaganda.. with the western countries stealing Russian individuals properties you can kiss your trademarks and patent’s rights. Russia and China will now going to benefit
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Persuading people by calling them names: The Afternoon Edition.
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you can kiss your trademarks and patent’s rights. Russia and China will now going to benefit
With regard to Russia, Western companies have been manufacturing their products in local factories with local staffs since the 1990s, so if the locals could do it on their own they already would be; with regard to China, where Western factories have been operating almost as long, the key difference is between being able to manufacture a thing and choosing to manufacture it up to Western standards— that’s a cultural issue, not a knowledge one.
And for your own information, my dear Thanks to the cia Ukraine Is Novorossiya Now, the idiom is you can kiss XX goodbye. Not that that would be a change in China’s behaviour since President Nixon went to China, so the West’s response is already firmly established.
[CitizenFreePress] As Beijing's biggest district began mass COVID testing, concerns around food supplies and a possible lockdown prompted residents to clear supermarket shelves as they panic-bought groceries and other supplies.
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as Skid notes, Shanghai's lockdown is probably the worst case senario
but about a dozen other cities in China are various lockdowns
China is proactively crippling it's own economy. The Shanghai index is down about 20% in 2022 (as compared to the NYSE which is down about 4% in that time period) and China's main street economy is probably down 40%.
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Having seen the photos of the CCP long lines for MASS TESTING. Aren't the lines just spreading the virus quicker?
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China is proactively crippling it's own economy.
To be fair, we did so first — they’re just catching up. It does make me wonder, though: if their population has already passed the inflection point, what benefits them by killing off more faster? Rebalancing with fewer old and less robust? Or is this “Après moi, le déluge”?
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They do seem to be going nutty over there. Pretty much everyone else is done with the Covid thing. Makes me wonder if there is something here we don't know about, some little tidbit that makes it all clear.
but my theory is that the Chinese ruling class, which is almost all 50+ and mostly 60+ (Xi Jinping is almost 70) thinks extreme quashing of the virus protects them (that is the ruling class)
come to think of it, this may also apply in lesser degree to the USA ruling class
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Could be China is Asshole.
*Dons Al Chapeau*
There is a program or series of programs which allow a phone to ping a tower without leaving a serial number or location, undermining the Social Credit Score Program. By shuffle people about and by extreme isolation like a giant 3-Card Monty they can figure by process of association and elimination which phones, therefore which people, are using this software.
[GEO.TV] A bar in Australia was delighted by the entrance of its national animal, a kangaroo, casually walking inside. A Kangaroo wearing a mask hops into a bar with a chicken in its pouch...
A video of the kangaroo entering the bar and its unbothered hosts went viral on social media. "What'll you have mate," asked the barkeep.
Since kangaroos are native to Australia, people are used to them. In the video, the animal can be seen casually walking in and out of the room. He bellied up to the bar and sez, "Gimme a whiskey!"
An Instagram account, @australian.animals published the video. It has now garnered more than 85,000 likes and millions of views. "Gonna be here long?" the bartender asked.
Netizens were amused by people's behaviour. A user said, “We love that everyone there just looked at him and was like 'hm nice' and then kept waiting in line.” "Just passin' through," answered the roo.
“Doesn't look unexpected. Everyone just moved and went about their business. It didn't cause a fuss either. Looks like a frequent customer," said another. "Who was that masked kangaroo?" asked one of the patrons when the roo had gone.
"I dunno, but he left me this silver pullet!" replied the bartender.
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Great old National Lampoon cover. Bartender says to kangaroo, "We don't get many kangaroos in here." Kangaroo says, "And at these prices you won't."
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[NYPOST] Twitter’s board of directors said Monday afternoon that it has accepted Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the company — bringing an end to a weekslong saga and ushering in a new era for the struggling social-media platform.
Musk, who has said he wants to buy Twitter in order to restore the platform’s adherence to free speech principles, will pay $54.20 per share for the company, which he has vowed to take private.
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a statement.
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Whats-his-name in Belarus showed a map with a big "offensive goes here" arrow that swept into Moldova. I'm surprised if there's actually troops headed there from Russia or one of its satraps; seems they have enough to handle already.
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If they run they work as good as the russian tanks seem too.
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Their military industrial complex must have twisted arms. The globalists had worked hard to create this opportunity for unlimited profit. No way they were being left out in the cold.
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But do we really need this? Are we willing to risk nuclear war to protect Helsinki or Malmo?
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..we're on the tab for everyone else in NATO. Either get out all together or 'so what?'. At what point do you look'em the eye and respond likewise. They'll keep using the threat against everything and anything as long as you flinch.
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I think this is a good move. Now, what about Moldova? Not exactly a power move, but since Putin has already said "They are Next" I would put a stick in his eye. Don't get suckered into sending troops or 'rebuilding' these nations, but make the line clear.
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Russia pulled out the nuke card early and keeps waving it around. At this point, it is clear that is the only card they have left.
This needs NATO to pull a Tombstone move where they state, "You die first get it? Your counterstrike might kill our side but not before I turn you, your family, your generals and their family and your oligarchs and their family into radioactive dust. Get it?"
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The Russian SOB's would all be speaking German today had it not been for the US assistance in WWII. Of course, good communists that they are, they've forgotten all about that chapter in history.
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One might get the idea that Russia fears fighting the Finns.
The army defends the national territory and its military strategy employs the use of the heavily forested terrain and numerous lakes to wear down an aggressor, instead of attempting to hold the attacking army on the frontier. With an arsenal of 700 howitzers, 700 heavy mortars and 100 multiple rocket launchers, Finland has the largest artillery in western Europe (Pictures at link). Homeland defence willingness against a superior enemy is at 76%, one of the highest rates in Europe
They paid their own way and developed an effective military. I doubt they will become a drain like the Germans and Frnech.
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In middle Eastern GA we are screwed.
We live in a 1st and 2nd wave attack zone.
(Ft. Gordon Cyber / NSA Center, SRP, Nuke plants, a Harden Hwy (aircraft use) system and for heavy hauls to Charleston and Kings Bay areas and more.
BTW: Our well water table runs 50 to 130 ft. below surface. Underground Bunkers/shelters are not realistic here.
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.
...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously and purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both....
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
[GEO.TV] A bar in Australia was delighted by the entrance of its national animal, a kangaroo, casually walking inside.
