[ABCNews] A jury in Louisville, Kentucky, has found Brett Hankison, the former police officer charged with recklessly shooting into a neighboring apartment during the course of the raid that ended with the death of Breonna Taylor, not guilty on all three counts. Now we shall see how teefa behaves when a dem prexident is in office...
Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing multiple shots into a neighboring apartment that endangered the lives of three people on March 13, 2020.
The jury deliberated for just three hours before returning its verdict.
Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor's apartment, several of which entered a neighboring apartment where a man, child and pregnant woman were living, according to prosecutors.
Bullets and casings from Hankison's gun were found on the scene and retrieved from a common wall of Taylor and her neighbors.
In an interview with Louisville Metro Police Department's Public Integrity Unit in the weeks following the shooting, Hankison alleged that he saw muzzle flashes and was "certain" at the time he heard an AR-15 rifle firing out of the apartment.
After he heard gunshots, Hankison said he thought Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly had been shot. He said he assumed other officers were hit as well.
"I thought they were just being executed," he said.
[Daily Caller] Former CIA Director John Brennan speculated about the fall of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future during a Thursday appearance on MSNBC.
Brennan said Putin and other autocrats censor their countries’ media and use mis- and disinformation to "shape" the minds and actions of their citizens, saying he thinks Putin "fears" the truth. He stated that Russian citizens will learn of the true events happening in Ukraine via social media and turn against him.
"This is where Mr. Putin has a vulnerability. Which is why also I think that, what worries me, is that I think Putin doesn’t see any option for him except to double down. He knows he’s not gonna be able to turn back the clock," he told MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace. "He’s gonna be held to account for the death and destruction of Ukraine and so, therefore, Putin and his henchman around him believe that the only option they have is to continue with this ferocious intensity in trying to devastate Ukraine."
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Brennan said Putin and other autocrats censor their countries’ media and use mis- and disinformation to "shape" the minds and actions of their citizens
"Shaping minds and actions"...a topic Brennan is eminently qualified to discuss I am certain.
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Yes that is Senator Klobuchar with Senator McCain and Senator Graham encouraging a Ukrainian battalion to attack Russia. Can't tell whether that is the Azov Battalion though.
#18
In Klobuchar's defense, I doubt she has the capacity to understand what was happening there. And Graham had his nose so far up McCain's ass he probably didn't even know where he was.
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[IsraelTimes] 20-year-old Hasidic Jew and his father say they are ’ready to kill Russian soldiers’; force of 400 Ukrainians poised to repel expected attack on Dnipro
Until just a few months ago, David Cherkaskyi was finishing a degree in cybersecurity, praying at his Chabad synagogue, and posting selfies from his travels across the Jewish world.
Now, he’s standing by in his hometown of Dnipro, Ukraine, "ready to kill Russian soldiers."
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Russia, the Virtue-Signalling West, and Ukraine
By Caroline Glick
On Wednesday evening, Israeli journalist Ron Ben-Yishai reported from Kyiv that the memorial site at Babi Yar is unharmed. For a full news cycle Tuesday, Ukraine’s leadership from President Volodymyr Zelenskyyy down a report of an alleged Russian bombing of the site where Ukrainian and Nazi forces massacred 33,000 Jews in two days in September 1941 as a means to demonize Russia. They also used the alleged Russian bombing to whitewash Ukraine’s record of massive collaboration with the Nazis in the genocide of Ukrainian Jewry during the Holocaust.
Ukraine’s obscene and cynical exploitation of Babi Yar and the Russian bombing that didn’t happen, must serve as a lesson to Israel that there’s much more gray than black or white in the war between Russia and Ukraine."
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Somebody should tell Putin that he loses credibility with all this NAZI talk. Stick to the paranoia about NATO. We can kinda sorta believe that.
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That's the problem with reading Twitter, everyone that doesn't agree and fall in line with the western academia Bolsheviks are Nazis. It has little meaning other than 'othering'.
#6
What about Russian complicity in the genocide of Ukrainians in general during the Soviet Union?
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Caroline Glick is a smart lady, but it’s not fair to single out Ukraine for turning on their Jews — nearly all the countries of Europe participated enthusiastically. Mussolini’s Italy, Denmark and Sweden, Hungary until the Nazis finally invaded in 1944 refused to participate, but no others come to mind at the moment. And goodness knows Russia is in no position to point fingers, with imperial Russia’s Pale of Settlement, and Soviet Jew-hate couched as anti-Zionism, anti-cosmopolitanism, and anti-religiosity rather than straightforward antisemitism. Not to mention, as Rob Crawford points out, Stalin’s Holodomor.
She does make several good points about the entirely elevated response, and how Putin came to invade in the first place. A lesson for President Putin in relying on the weak response of weak leaders who are not polling well, one he may not recover from.
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Mussolini’s Italy, Denmark and Sweden, Hungary until the Nazis finally invaded in 1944 refused to participate, but no others come to mind at the moment.
I think Finland was similar but don't really remember the details.
[Hot Air] "What is going on with Sean Hannity?" Tom Bevan tweeted this morning. "Two nights ago he suggested a NATO country bomb the Russian convoy, last night he argued in favor of assassinating Putin. Dangerous stuff."
Love it or hate it, it illustrates Fox’s commitment to viewpoint diversity. How many other networks have a Putin apologist hosting at 8 p.m. and a guy who wants to kill Putin hosting at 9?
I think Tucker’s track record on Russia is part of the reason Hannity has been off the rails this week in suggesting countermeasures against Putin. For years he’s had to listen to critics claim that Carlson is more in tune with the MAGA base than he is, especially on foreign policy. Putin’s attack on Ukraine exploded that myth. Hannity’s hearts-and-minds victory over Tucker has evidently left him so exuberant that he’s willing to, uh, start World War III to spike the football.
#1
Miss Lindsey is calling for the Russians to assassinate him. These people are deluded, sick and not very up to speed on the situation.
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"Sorry Vlad, its nothing personal, just business"?
Don't work that way. You notice how many of these guys die of old age (sort of like our Senators). There is a reason for that. They have people who make sure it can never happen.
Every problem has a solution that is simple, easy, and usually wrong. It seems to be a shortcoming of the Liberal Mind that, while there is a keen sense for outrage, injustice and wrong-doing, they are unable to see the connections between things. Classic examples are raising the minimum wage to end poverty, and banning internal combustion engines to stop climate change.
But let's play! We just took Putin out with a cruise missile. Now what? Russia is miffed. China is gloating. And Russia's security situation vs NATO is changed not a whit. And that is what led us into this situation in the first place.
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Megan McCain - there a street in Keev named after my father!
Oh, why's that? Why would they name a street after a rather obscure foreign leader, no not even that, member of Congress?
Sean Hannity calling for the assassination of a foreign leader, not even at war with, is the most arrogant, stupid use of a position of power imaginable at a time like this.
-Linsey Graham walks in-
"Hey guys, I have an idea..."
Heilige Nacht, in der der Herr geboren
Oh heil'ge Nacht, die den Heiland uns bracht
Lang war die Welt in Sünd' und Schuld verloren
Doch Gottes Sohn nahm dem Satan die Macht
Und Hoffnung wird er neues Leben bringen
In Jesus bricht der ew'ge Morgen an
Fallt auf die Knie
Oh hört die Engel singen
Oh heil'ge Nacht, da Jesus zu uns kam
Heilige Nacht, in der der Herr geboren
Oh heil'ge Nacht, die den Heiland uns bracht
Er wird dem Tod, der Sünde Ketten wehren
Ja Freude schenken, wo Herzen so leer
Der Kön'ge Herr liegt arm in einer Krippen
In Jesus nimmt uns Gott als Kinder an
Oh, fallt auf die Knie
Oh hört die Engel singen
Oh heil'ge Nacht, da Jesus zu uns kam
Oh heil'ge Nacht, da Jesus zu uns kam
[Washington Examiner] The value of Russia’s ruble has collapsed to less than 1 cent after the United States and other Western countries applied biting sanctions against the Russian economy.
The ruble was down nearly 10% against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday at 115.68 to the dollar. On Monday, after a weekend filled with painful new sanctions, the Russian currency saw an even more precipitous decline of about 30%. The ruble was at about 84 per dollar late Friday before the harshest financial penalties kicked in.
The ruble is now worth even less than an Afghani, which is the currency of Afghanistan, a failed state that has been overrun and is controlled by Taliban militants.
The currency’s free fall was blunted a bit by the Russian central bank’s decision to hike interest rates aggressively, increasing them from 8.5% to 20% in order to bolster the ruble and prevent a run on the banks. Still, people across Russia have been seen lining up at ATMs to withdraw foreign currencies.
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Why do the Russians want dollars for oil if they are trying to eliminate the dollar as a reserve currency? Shouldn't they demand we buy that oil with rubles?
/sarc
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For all the trolls today:
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As of 0842hrs today it was trading for 0.0093 against the $US?
So its Cheaper to burn it in a fireplace to warm a room than it is to buy the firewood.
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I think the kind of war Putin understands, the west is no more able to give it to him. And that's all he needs. Those stolid Ukrainians are the only ones that seems to know the language.
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Goldman strategist Jim O'Neill's term for the high growth huge economies of the global south (plus post-Yeltsin Russia) formerly know as "emerging markets"
Timed perfectly for the commodities supercycle post-internet bubble collapse.
In great position once again for the 2002 wartime commodities boom and NASDAQ bubble bursting
#17
These oligarchs are being doxxed in real time, but no this isn't suspicious at all. It brings up a question I've been rattling around - under what pretense are these Russian Oligarchs being detained? Just shutting down everything Russian?
Give me a second to put my floaties on, and it is amazing the mechanisms in place to specify a specific currency and tank it almost overnight, but what, in theory, would keep a person from snatching up a whole bunch at penny on the dollar, knowing that, eventually, either it goes back up or Russia is destroyed, which means there are bigger problems going on than loosing a few dollars in a venture? If it goes from the 118:1 to the historic 70:1?
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Econ 101, your awareness of such details as Pelosi's graft is interesting, care to share your sources and means of access? Inquiring minds want to know, and you seem so eager to share...
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@Rob Crawford
Don't know who pissed in your flowerpot but Pelosi's trades are public record (assuming you know anything about financial info sources). With a T+45 delay of course
Pelosi is friends with Republicans incl the Shansby's, who were close pals w John and Cindy McCain
#26
^ But you cited call and put options info, something that is information closely held by market-makers to avoid positional advantage to other traders. It would require significant access to know the call-strike level and term. Surely you can be m ore specific about how you knew...
Also attributed to John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan. But it’s the kind of truism that in earlier years was attributed to Pliny the Elder, and before that to wise old Uggbugg, who used to live in the cave on the next mountain.
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Puts need not be disclosed but long positions must
Even amateurs can find these with two clicks
Their long-dated call positions are all over the internet ... enjoy
#30
Such expertise, and so smugly provided, suggests a depth and professionalism in finance, and yet you are responsive here, a tiny little blogspace. Almost as informational influence here matters to you, and to the anonymous readers who pay attention to this as a source for opinion and policy whom you seek to influence?
#35
Couple of silly questions. Having ungratefully delayed taking last month's (or perhaps January's) advice to buy buy buy Lukoil and Gazprom, I seem nevertheless to have made a nice chunk of change by not buying them. Will they now be driven to zero, do you think, further rewarding my inaction? And if not, are we Americans permitted to buy (and perhaps someday sell) these filthy Bolshevist instruments?
#38
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. A stitch in time saves nine. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. Nothing is sure in life save death and taxes. There's many a slip betwixt cup and lip. War is harmful to humans and other living things. This is not financial advice
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Seriously, I'd rather be a farmer now and for the next several years. This will be a VERY good year, probably a good five years, for nations and people who pull stuff out of the earth
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But you cited call and put options info, something that is information closely held by market-makers to avoid positional advantage to other traders. It would require significant access to know the call-strike level and term.
I'm guessing it's that KGB training. No doubt our CIA guys could do it too.
Good question about why he bothers with Rantburg but I find some of the Russian trolls to be interesting even they are...somewhat biased. It's certainly not the kind of perspective we can get from CBS.
And, yes, Econ, we know that Nancy is a corrupted old hag. Question is, if we can be honest about our leaders, can you be honest about yours?
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They all suck. They're all scoundrels, foolish thieves at best and plundering war criminals at worst
#42
more financially advantageous than dispensing useless advice to morons? Hard to believe
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You have oligarchs, China has oligarchs, Russia India Brazil every one of the Lord's nations has oligarchs. They're the people who game the rules, who figure out the desired behavior when young and emulate it to the elite's satisfaction at every step along their road to power and money. Young Pioneers, ENArques, Harvard Oxbridge CPSU CCP .. its all the same. Steerforths, climbing and scamming and raping their way over the David Copperfields among us.
But life is not a Dickens novel and has no happy endings. Americans are naive hopeful children who ignore what Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy and Jesus knew about the truth of this Vale of Tears
#49
The spooky old castle that beckoned
To Oleg was chock full, he reckoned,
Of chicks, but he read
That Izolda was wed,
So he quickly beat feet. Forty-Second.
Seriously, fell asleep halfway through that last night. First time seeing it since what today they'd call childhood. Guess I'll have to finish it, now.
"This will not come without some short-term cost to Beijing if the US chooses to impose sanctions on Chinese banks, but longer term SWIFT’s days as a monopoly are coming to a close. Even though SWIFT manages $400billion of daily transactions to CIPS’ $50billion, CIPS volume has been growing rapidly.
"If anything, the Ukraine conflict and the accelerating expansion of trade with Russia will further increase the size of CIPS, which will be a viable alternative to nations who would otherwise be vulnerable to Washington’s dictates.
"Certainly, as global polarisation increases, China will be less likely to submit reflexively to the current dollar-centric monetary system. If anything, the guarantee of a vast new source of oil, gas, and other strategic commodities from Russia will help to address China’s longstanding comparative disadvantage in these areas relative to the US, who have basically frittered away their unique period of dominance in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War.
"Whatever the ultimate outcome of the war in Ukraine, it will almost certainly accelerate the ongoing shift of power from Washington to Beijing."
#53
Oh dear — another charming Russian! Well if you click your heels when you kiss my hand like my father used to, Econ101forMorons, I shan’t blush and simper.
But life is not a Dickens novel and has no happy endings.
Such a Slavic outlook — of such thoughts is an Anna Karenina unnecessarily made. The poor girl chose to be unhappy, then chose to make herself and all around her even more unhappy; she could have decided to be happy, or at least content, instead. To some extent it goes to how one chooses to define the events of one’s life, and how one chooses to feel about them. The choices are not only, after all, whether the glass is half full or half empty, but there is also the possibility of gratitude that one can has a glass (or can contrive a fluid-containing container, whether temporary or permanent) and can find something nourishing to drink from it, however much or little that might be.
The fact that I exist, and my children, is a proof that Hitler lost, despite my parents’ decidedly challenging childhoods and early adulthoods. The fact that we meet here on the internet and end up discussing in comity is proof that the Soviet totalitarians lost — two wonderful things, indeed. How much happier an ending can there be?
Incidentally, Charles Dickens was an Englishman, my dear, not American. I highly recommend his A Child’s History of England, which I enjoyed as a child.
Read the great American critic Gary Saul Morson of Northwestern University for a brilliant, radically original interpretation of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. See Morson's brilliant analogy of "gold hidden among sand," and his radical notion that Tolstoy and Dostoevsky subverted the normal, causal progression of the novel with a technique that Morson calls "side-shadowing," ie the opening up of multiple, equally likely potential outcomes of characters' (human) actions.
Morison asserts that the true hero of Anna Karenina is actually Karenin, who literally saves the life of Anna's love-child with Vronsky - the child whom selfish Anna abandons.
In Odessa, which Russia is preparing to attack once Mariupol falls, there's a company called Iceblick. They make 65% of the world's supply of Neon, essential to the production of microchips.
If you're looking to upgrade a phone or PC. Do. It. now.
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Ima waiting until AMD comes out with processors that support DDR5 memory architecture, then I'm building an asshole machine (16 core CPU, 64GB of DDR5 memory, as fast as the board supports it, about 6400 MHz).
#2
No problem. We'll just source it from .. Russia's best friends, China and South Africa?? - oh shit
Shunned by Others, Russia Finds Friends in Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/africa/russia-ukraine-eritrea-africa.html
Africa’s largest arms dealer, Russia has ties to the continent that stretch back to the Cold War and helped Mr. Putin win rare support over the invasion of Ukraine.
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Africa’s largest arms dealer, Russia has ties to the continent that stretch back to the Cold War...
Yep, the Soviets spread lots of misery and murder around Africa.
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And look at all the colonies they still have there...
/sarc
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What's even worse about the neon from Iceblick, is that it's refined from gas produced from Russian steelmaking. As long as there's no incoming gas from Russia, there's no product source for Iceblick.
(Iceblick is a cryogenic refining operation.)
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That's right. Which is why all the western neon supplier stocks tanked (AirLiquide, Linde for ex) while other commodities soared
[7News]Russia fires on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that could spark explosion ‘ten times larger than Chernobyl’
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, is on fire after an attack by Russian troops, the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar says.
There had been fierce fighting between local forces and Russian troops, Dmytro Orlov said in an online post on Friday, adding that there had been casualties without giving details.
“A threat to world security!!!” Orlov posted to Facebook.
“As a result of relentless shelling by the enemy of the buildings and blocks of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on fire.
“I demand, stop! Immediately stop shelling the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant point blank.”
The Russian army is “firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted on Friday.
“Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl!
“Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!”
Firefighters are unable to reach the fire at the nuclear power plant, according to the mayor.
“The Zaporizhzhia Power Plant is notifying of a threat at the first block of the power plant,” he said.
“The fire at the plant is continuing. The firefighters cannot reach the location of the fire.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a tweet it is “aware of reports of shelling at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant”, and that it was in contact with Ukrainian authorities about the situation.
Before the fire broke out, the IAEA released a statement warning that Russian troops were approaching the area and any fighting near the plant could be disastrous.
Ukraine told the IAEA “a large number of Russian tanks and infantry ‘broke through the block-post’ to the town of Enerhodar, a few kilometres from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)”, the IAEA said in a statement.
It added that Ukraine’s regulatory authority had sent them an “urgent letter”, warning that Russian troops were moving directly toward the nuclear plant and the situation was “critical”.
Earlier, the mayor posted to Facebook warning of intense fighting on approach routes to the nuclear power plant.
“Our National Guard fighters are defending,” he said.
“There are victims, but the exact number and condition so far cannot be determined under the circumstances.”
In an earlier post he wrote, “stop shelling the Zaporizhzhia power plant”.
Ukrainian authorities had earlier reported Russian troops were stepping up efforts to seize the plant and had entered the town with tanks.
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Could be strategic - restore fear of nuclear power alternatives and thus increase energy dependence of your enemies on your fossil fuel? (Assumes there was no intention of causing nuclear catastrophe and was competence to avoid doing so.)
Ukrainian authorities say a fire at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant ignited by Russian shelling has been extinguished, with Russian forces taking control of the site.
The regional military administration says in a statement that Russian forces took control of the Zaporizhzhia plant in Enerhodar and that operational personnel are ensuring its safe operation.
The administration says the fire at the site was extinguished, and that there is damage to the compartment of reactor No. 1 but it does not affect the safety of the power unit.
#8
Among the excuses offered by Putinites: they were only burning the administration building (you know, where maintenance records are kept), and the Ukrainians were at fault because they had troops there to defend it and didn't open fire until Russian troops showed up.
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Russia's bogged down!! (Kherson, Mariupol fall, Odessa next, land bridge to Crimea nearly complete)
Russia's going to unleash radiation 10x greater than Chernobyl!!! (facility back to normal and under full operational control)
Russia has united the world against her!!!!! (every one of the non-'R' BRICS nations - 3B population - plus another 2 billion people across the global south refuse to join US sanctions and will keep trading with Russia)
These buffoons are worse than Baghdad Bob. Not as bad as Copperhead Jen, but getting there
#15
Depends on the end goals. Blowing it all to hell means no power for a very long time and that pisses people off, and then they get stuff like grandma freezing in the dark, hospitals not operating, the electric locks stuck closed at the puppy orphanage. Your guys don't have to dink around and feed generators, sleeping in structures includes heat and light without extra effort.
Sacramento Doctrine says you can assert control by being able to turn the power off and on according to conditions met. Partisan action - power off. 2 days (whatever) of no partisan action, power back on.
#17
Transmission Towers and transformer farms are the way to disable any generation facility for months with simple kinetic devices, albeit big ones! Air delivery preferred but not required. Towers are easy to replace, but the world supply of replacement transformers is tiny, and mostly in South Korea in days gone by.
#19
It's the big substation and generating station ones that take a really l o n g lead time to make.
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It's the big substation and generating station ones that take a really l o n g lead time to make.
Current lead-time - 2-3 years for the big outdoor oil-filled fan-cooled ones (because of 'c*vid', 'gerbil worming', 'trucker strikes' and the ever popular 'supply chain issues' doncha know).
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^ They are capital intensive enough that they are typically overhauled / rebuilt rather than replaced.
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It's simple. Don't do what the Russians want and they turn the power off. Cooperate and the power stays on.
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According to NPR earlier today, the Russians have control of the power plant. The fire was an administrative building. The Ukrainian employees are still operating the plant.
Later, the story changed to outrage that the Rooskis would attack a nuke plant and endanger all mankind.
[Breitbart] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia will continue its "military operation" in Ukraine even if a peace deal is made until the process of "demilitarization" and "de-Nazification" is completed to Moscow’s satisfaction and Ukraine is stripped of weapons of mass destruction — including chemical and biological weapons he accused the United States of developing on Ukrainian soil.
"Demilitarization, in the sense of destroying the military infrastructure that threatens us, will be brought to an end, even if we sign a peace agreement. It will necessarily have to include such a clause," Lavrov said from Moscow in an internationally televised interview.
Lavrov began with a rambling speech about the U.S. supposedly using Ukraine in a bid to conquer Europe, similar to those of Napoleon and Hitler, and claimed Russia was invading Ukraine with murderous force to liberate Ukrainians from American and European Union domination so they could chart their own destiny.
Lavrov insisted Russia is acting with care and responsibility according to strict "protocols" regarding nuclear weapons, while "erratic" Ukrainian, NATO, and American officials make irresponsible nuclear threats.
"It is in the minds of the Western politicians that they keep returning to nuclear war," he said. "It’s not in our minds, so we will not allow any provocations to take us out of equilibrium."
"We have data that the Pentagon is preoccupied with chemical and biological installations in Ukraine. The Pentagon built two biological war labs, and they have been developing pathogens there, in Kyiv and in Odessa. Now they are concerned that they may lose control over these labs," Lavrov charged.
#1
Actually, the US Embassy in the (old, pre-Russian) Kiev said it.
And then tried to bury it by deleting all the .pdfs of the many announcements they'd previously posted at their website
#2
How many of those labs were originally Soviet bio labs? As one of the two superpowers of the Cold War, the Soviet Union pursued biological warfare as thoroughly as it did chemical warfare, nuclear warfare, conventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, propaganda warfare. etc
As I recall, the thinking when the Soviet Union fell was that America would pay the salaries of as many of the scientists and engineers as possible thereafter, so that they would not be tempted to sell their services to terrorist and criminal groups. If the labs are still staffed now, it must have worked.
#4
Obama launched the Cooperative Threat Reduction when the USSR dissolved, but many former Soviet bio and other WMD experts found themselves poorly paid or not paid at all. Bio and rad materials began finding their way to the underground economy and in some cases to jihadi groups.
The US began working with some of the experts in non-Russian former USSR republics like Georgia, using their expertise to build detection capabilities, at least in theory.
[FOX] Ukrainian defense forces killed Russian Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky in combat earlier this week, according to Ukrainian officials and Russian media.
The circumstances of the 47-year-old’s death were not immediately clear, but the Kremlin-backed Pravda said he was killed "during a special operation in Ukraine."
According to Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Sukhovetsky deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District last year. He was also the head of the 7th Airborne Division, had served in Syria and received two commendations for bravery from the Kremlin.
49Pan said the General was Spetznez!
An empty bottle of Beluga and a Makarov were found nearby. No further details are available.
#4
The current situation in the Ukraine pains all of us greatly. The only good that I can see is that we are losing no young US soldier, Marines, or Airmen. The only other potential good is that the West may finally awaken to the evil that is Putin, Xi, and communism.
Punks and traitors who flirt with socialism, communist, and the globalist dream, yes, the Antifa, BLM, crowd and leftest dems should be rejected at every turn. We know where these people lead us.
#6
He went through a lot prior to the war. He placed 'politically reliable' officers in their place. That the Germans got within kilometers of Moscow is testament to the wisdom of that move. At least in the States, Obama used the promotion and selection board system to install 'politically reliable' officers in the higher ranks.
[Facebook —Clarice Feldman] Mason Clark, George Barros, and Kateryna Stepanenko
March 3, 4:00 pm EST
The Russian military has continued its unsuccessful attempts to encircle Kyiv and capture Kharkiv. The Russians continued to attack piecemeal, committing a few battalion tactical groups at a time rather than concentrating overwhelming force to achieve decisive effects.
Russian commanders appear to prefer opening up new lines of advance for regiment-sized operations but have been unable to achieve meaningful synergies between efforts along different axes toward the same objectives. They have also continued conducting operations in southern Ukraine along three diverging axes rather than concentrating on one or attempting mutually supporting efforts.
These failures of basic operational art—long a strong suit of the Soviet military and heavily studied at Russian military academies—remain inexplicable as does the Russian military’s failure to gain air superiority or at least to ground the Ukrainian Air Force. The Russian conventional military continues to underperform badly, although it may still wear down and defeat the conventional Ukrainian military by sheer force of numbers and brutality.
Initial indications that Russia is mobilizing reinforcements from as far away as the Pacific Ocean are concerning in this respect. Those indications also suggest, however, that the Russian General Staff has concluded that the forces it initially concentrated for the invasion of Ukraine will be insufficient to achieve Moscow’s military objectives.
Operations to envelop Kyiv remain Russia’s main effort. Russian troops are also continuing three supporting efforts, one to seize Kharkiv, one to take Mariupol and secure the “land bridge” connecting Rostov-on-Don to Crimea, and one to secure Kherson and set conditions for a drive west toward Mykolayiv and Odesa.
The Russian attack on Kyiv likely consists of a main effort aimed at enveloping and ultimately encircling the city from the west and a supporting effort along the axes from Chernihiv and Sumy to encircle it from the east.
Russian forces in the south resumed offensive operations toward Mykolayiv on March 3 after securing Kherson on March 2, but do not appear to pose an imminent danger to Odesa. Russian forces likely seek to force Mariupol to capitulate by destroying critical civilian infrastructure and killing civilians to create a humanitarian catastrophe—an approach Russian forces have repeatedly taken in Syria.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Russian forces opened a new line of advance from Belarus south toward Zhytomyr Oblast, west of Kyiv, as Russian forces attempting to encircle Kyiv from the northwest were driven further west by determined Ukrainian resistance and counterattacks. Russian forces will struggle to complete an encirclement of Kyiv at all if they have to advance along ring roads as far from the city center as those they are now using.
Russian forces on the east bank of the Dnipro River remain unable to secure the important town of Chernihiv or to break through Ukrainian defenses in the northeastern outskirts of Kyiv.
Russian ground forces have remained relatively static near Kharkiv as Russian artillery, air, and missile bombardments wreak devastation in the city. The Ukrainian military indicates that a regiment-sized Russian formation will try to envelop or bypass Kharkiv in the coming days. Similar Russian attempts at such operations elsewhere in Ukraine render the success of such an undertaking at that scale unlikely.
Russian forces are attempting once again to open a line of advance through northern Luhansk Oblast, possibly to assist efforts at Kharkiv or, as the Ukrainian General Staff assesses, to drive on Dnipro and Zaprozhya. The Russian forces currently reported as engaging in that drive are far too small to attack either city successfully and are probably insufficient to sustain a long drive on their own.
Russian troops have surrounded Mariupol and are attacking it brutally to compel its capitulation or destroy it.
The mayor of Kherson conditionally surrendered to the Russians, allowing Russian forces to renew their advance on Mykolayiv, which they have done. The Ukrainian military nevertheless reportedly defeated an attempted Russian air assault to take an airfield near Mykolayiv.
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Time. Why rush in. Let those who want to leave leave. Holdouts will soon run out of materials of all sorts of things. Let the media bloviate. People will soon tire of Pete and re-Pete. Soon complete encirclement cutting off western supply lines. Time. Putin berated and derided will move steadily on. Then Biden slavish followers blindly proclaim in any discussion because he is buddies with Trump. I might add 10 Wuhan type research labs in Ukraine of which seven Putin has destroyed. I can hear the Democrats and Soros squirm. This is a major financial setback for them and the swamp.
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[Korrespondent] Invasion of Ukraine: text broadcast
22:07 Refugees from Ukraine received the right to live, work, receive medical care, housing and education immediately for up to one year, without having to go through lengthy asylum procedures. If the conflict continues for a long time or the refugees cannot return safely, this status can be extended for another two years, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
22:05 The United States imposes sanctions against a number of Russian aircraft manufacturing enterprises, including the Irkutsk aircraft plant and the Aviastar plant. 21:49 First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenska launched a telegram channel with verified information that can be useful during the war: @FirstLadyOfUkraine
21:31 In the Donetsk region, the invaders continue to fire at civilians, they also want to blockade Mariupol, like the Nazis - Leningrad, said the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration.
21:18 The flagship of the Ukrainian Navy - the frigate Hetman Sahaydachny - was flooded, confirmed the head of the Come Back Alive Foundation Taras Chmut. According to local residents, the ship was sunk on purpose, because it was being repaired in Nikolaev and was unfit for combat.
21:14 The United States imposes sanctions against Peskov, as well as 19 Russian businessmen and 47 persons associated with them. Among those who fell under the sanctions are the Rotenbergs, Chemezov, Shuvalov, Prigozhin, Tokarev, Usmanov.
21:13 The Chernihiv governor warned that communications and the Internet could be lost in the region.
20:58 Roskomnadzor demanded that Telegram remove services that collect information about Russian servicemen who died in Ukraine or are in captivity.
20:56 Fedorov said that Ukraine is expecting a new batch of Starlink terminals in the near future, but for now, Elon Musk has responded to our request: SpaceX has updated the software to reduce energy consumption so that Starlink can be powered from a car cigarette lighter. Mobile roaming is also included so that the phased array antenna can maintain a signal while the vehicle is in motion. "All this will help our heroes to be in touch!" - the minister of digital transformation wrote.
20:53 The United States is transmitting real-time intelligence about Russian troops to Ukraine, Psaki said. She also reaffirmed that Washington does not intend to close the skies over Ukraine, as this will lead to an inevitable war with the Russian Federation, which is exactly what the US wants to avoid.
20:44 The battle for control over Gostomel, Kiev region, continues. As of 18:30, ten enemy airborne combat vehicles were destroyed in the area of the local glass factory. The battle is being fought by a group of special forces under the leadership of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and trained by local resistance groups. In total, during the day, the special forces destroyed 20 enemy airborne combat vehicles in Gostomel.
20:42 In Volnovakha, Donetsk region, where the fighting continues, about three thousand people remain. The city has undergone significant destruction from the shelling of the Russian occupiers, it has no water and electricity supply.
20:41 In Kherson, the Russian military seized a TV tower. They can spread misinformation about the alleged "surrender and the signing of a peace treaty with the Russian Federation," warned the head of the Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta.
20:39 Zaporozhye NPP is securely guarded, a tragic scenario is impossible, assured the head of the Ministry of Energy Galushchenko.
20:37 The State Service for Communications warns that subscribers of Ukrainian mobile operators will not be able to get through to subscribers of Russian operators. Such measures are necessary to prevent the invaders from transmitting information from Ukrainian phones to Russia and Belarus. Similar restrictions apply to fixed-line subscribers.
In addition, mobile operators have limited the ability to activate recently purchased SIM cards.
20:35 German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock called for an end to attacks on Russians and Belarusians living in Germany because of the war in Ukraine.
20:31 France announced its readiness to transfer the latest MMR and Enforcer anti-tank systems to Ukraine.
20:28 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov urged city residents to go down to the subway: “We deliver food to the subway. We make hot food. We deliver food, medicine. help. Completely from all cities of Ukraine. We are distributing it to you here. We will hold on, we will endure."
20:26 The Pentagon believes that 90 percent of the Russian group is already in Ukraine.
President Putin is nothing if not committed to the course he has chosen.
The US sees this as a sign of Russia's military weakness. Additional troops to the border are not being pulled together yet.
20:25 Washington believes that Zelensky retains control over the armed forces of Ukraine, but fears for his safety, Western media report, citing a Pentagon spokesman.
20:20 Podolyak said that the next talks will be held in Belarus at the beginning of next week.
19:58 The mayor of Voznesensk of the Nikolaev region Yevgeny Velichko denied the information that phones were taken from the heads of the UTO in the area. Earlier, the head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim spoke about this.
19:53 On the territory of Belarus, on the other side of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, in a wooded area, the 38th separate air assault brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces is deployed. According to the General Staff, the command of the military unit received an order to cross the border with Ukraine. Bringing the combat order will be carried out after crossing the border.
The moral and psychological state of the paratroopers is extremely low, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Officers and soldiers do not want to play the role of Russian mercenaries. A significant number were in favor of ending their contracts, most of which expire in May.
19:52 In the "LDNR", units are being formed from reservists called up in January-February 2022. According to the plans of the Russian curators, marching companies will be urgently transferred to Kharkov. The mobilized men express acute dissatisfaction, the General Staff reports.
19:50 Lukoil - the largest private oil company in Russia - called for the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine. Co-owner of the company Vagit Alekperov has been losing about a billion dollars a day since February 24, media outlets say.
Uh oh. Somebody isn’t happy. How many other unhappy oligarchs aren’t talking about it in public?
19:48 Podolyak said following the talks that the parties agreed on the organization of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of the population and the delivery of medicines to especially hot spots, and for the duration of these corridors, a ceasefire is "possible".
The third round of negotiations with Russia will take place in the coming days.
19:36 Podolyak on the outcome of the negotiations: "The parties have reached an understanding on the joint provision of humanitarian corridors with a temporary ceasefire. <...> The Ukrainian delegation did not receive the results that it expected , and will continue the dialogue in the third round of negotiations."
19:35 The media write that the Ukrainian-Russian negotiations ended without much result, the parties agreed to hold a third round.
19:33 Canada will provide Ukraine with 4,500 M-72 LAW grenade launchers and 7,500 hand grenades, the country's defense minister said.
19:27 The Cabinet of Ministers, on behalf of Zelensky, will create four funds for the restoration of Ukraine:
Rehabilitation Fund for Destroyed Property and Infrastructure,
The Fund for Economic Recovery and Transformation, which for partners has already been dubbed the "Ukrainian Marshall Plan",
Debt Service and Repayment Fund,
Fund to support the affected business.
19:22 Not only specific perpetrators in The Hague, but also the authors of this inhuman plan will be punished for rocket salvos in Kiev, Zhytomyr, and other Ukrainian cities, Shmyhal said.
19:14 Putin said that all the tasks set during the "special operation" in Ukraine are being successfully solved. He also assures that everything is going "according to plan, in strict accordance with the schedule."
"Russians and Ukrainians are one people, I will never refuse this," Putin stressed.
19:12 Putin said that all the families of the Russian military who died in Ukraine will be transferred 7,420,000 rubles and monthly compensation. And the wounded soldiers will receive an additional payment of three million rubles.
19:09 In Kherson, the invaders seized the premises of the Broadcasting Company Public Broadcasting: Kherson. According to the press service of the Regional State Administration, the enemy plans to spread disinformation through communication channels about the alleged "surrender and signing of a peace treaty with the Russian Federation." Local authorities warn that this is a fake.
19:07 In Voznesensk, the invaders took away the phones from four heads of the UTO. "Do not believe, if someone calls by phone, occupiers use phones of heads of UTO and people in power", - the head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim warned.
18:59 At least three governors of the US states - New Hampshire, Ohio and Utah - have ordered the removal of Russian-made alcoholic beverages or Russian brands from stores. German supermarkets are also clearing shelves of vodka and other goods from Russia.
18:47 SBU detained a traitor involved in rocket attacks on a TV tower in Kiev. He provided the enemy with information for the conduct of the war, in particular, persistently campaigned to bomb the Kiev television tower in order to stop broadcasting Ukrainian TV channels.
18:42 Kuleba said that tomorrow he would take part in a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers and would demand the closure of the sky over Ukraine. Also at tomorrow's meeting, he will negotiate the supply of NATO air defense systems.
18:40 Ukroboronprom reported that it had already begun to accept and repair captured equipment.
18:39 The head of the Vinnitsa Regional State Administration also warned about the appearance of fakes on official websites about the surrender of Ukraine. "Don't believe the fakes! You can't intimidate Ukrainians," Sergei Borzov wrote.
Similar reports are coming in from other areas.
18:37 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba confirmed that in order to carry out an information attack, Russia intends to shell its own territory.
"Russia is losing not only the ground war in Ukraine, it has also already lost the information war. Trying to correct the situation on the information front, Russia is preparing provocations," he explained.
18:35 Zelensky said that "the end of the world has already come," and Ukraine is now a "fence" between civilization and non-civilization. If we do not stop Putin, then the next victims of the gluttonous Russia will be Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Georgia, Poland.
The president also says that if NATO does not have the courage to close the sky, then at least provide aircraft to Ukraine.
"The Russians carry crematoria for themselves. It's terrible. I don't understand what kind of person he is who can plan such acts of genocide and Nazism. Even the Ukrainian side treats the occupiers better than their leadership," Zalensky said.
18:32 In Chernihiv, as of 18:20, the bodies of 33 dead and 18 injured were recovered from the rubble after air strikes. Rescue operations have been suspended due to shelling, the State Emergency Service reports.
18:30 In Akhtyrka, Sumy region, at about 17:00, as a result of air strikes, the buildings of a thermal power plant, a distribution zone and a railway station were destroyed. Currently, two dead have been found, and the search continues, according to the State Emergency Service.
18:24 Russian troops have stepped up their attempts to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Gerashchenko reports. Despite the fact that the approaches and the road to Energodar were blocked by representatives of the territorial defense, local residents, two tanks and two armored personnel carriers approached the city, which are trying to break through the defense.
18:21 Georgia, following Ukraine, applied for EU membership, followed by Moldova.
18:18 Zelensky to Putin: "If you don't want to leave now, sit down with me at the negotiating table, I'm free. Just not 30 meters, like with Macron, Scholz - I'm a neighbor! I don't bite. I'm a normal man, sit down with me Tell me, what are you afraid of?
18:17 The invaders hacked the official pages of the territorial communities of the Volyn region and publish fakes about the surrender of Ukraine there, the SBU reports.
18:14 The United States and Great Britain declare the use of banned thermobaric weapons or so-called vacuum bombs by Russia in Ukraine.
18:13 Russian invaders are shelling Mangush in the Donetsk region, in Mayorsk a woman was killed as a result of shelling, there was also shelling of Krasnogorovka, writes UP.
18:02 The Kherson regional state administration claims that the Russian media are spreading fakes that requests are allegedly received from the Kherson region "to accept the region into Russia."
17:53 Channel One in Russia showed live footage allegedly from Kharkov to prove that the city is intact. But it turned out that this is not Kharkov, but Zaporozhye.
17:40 An alleged text by Zelensky appeared on the network, in which he calls on Ukrainians to lay down their arms. State Communications Service warns that this is a fake.
17:19 Ukrainians have collected 80 million hryvnias to help the Ukrainian army through Diya. The global crypto community has raised about $55 million in cryptocurrency for Ukraine, Fedorov said.
17:18 In Chernihiv, there are already 22 dead as a result of an attack on residential buildings, rescue work continues.
17:17 The mayor of Akhtyrka said that the Russians launched an airstrike on the thermal power plant and the city's railway station.
17:16 Macron, after a conversation with Putin, said that the Russian president seeks to seize all of Ukraine and "the worst is ahead."
17:15 Military equipment of the Russian Federation in the amount of about 100 units entered Energodar, the invaders are shooting at the civilian population.
17:08 People's Deputy Goncharenko reports, citing an intelligence source, that in Belarus, near the city of Gomel, the soldiers of the Belarusian army refused to advance towards the border with Ukraine. Ready to write a report, but the conscripts are afraid and do not want to fight. The commanders say that they will just stand at the border, but no one believes them. Soldiers are threatened with criminal cases.
17:06 UNIAN writes that the military contingent of the so-called Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic has been put on full alert.
17:05 A bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on conscription for military service in the Donbass of those who were held accountable for participating in "illegal actions" against the war in Ukraine. The initiators were deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party. But Peskov did not approve of the idea: "Military service is a privilege, not a punishment."
17:02 The morgue in Mozyr, Belarus, has run out of places. The bodies are immediately loaded onto Russian trains arriving at the station, Radio Liberty reports. According to the publication, the hospital is guarded by the police and the KGB. The doctors do not tell anything, because they took a non-disclosure agreement from them, they threaten not to renew the contract. There are not enough surgeons.
Previously, the corpses were transported on sanitary PAZ and loaded onto Russian trains. But after such a video was posted online, the bodies decided to ship at night so as not to attract attention.
17:01 At least three combat Russian aircraft were destroyed today by the Ukrainian army. Directions - Odessa region, Kyiv region, Kharkiv region, people's deputy Goncharenko said.
16:53 Turkey did not transfer Bayraktar drones to Ukraine as assistance, this is a purchase from a private company, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
16:50 The second round of Ukrainian-Russian talks has begun, Podolyak said.
16:49 Canada is imposing a 35 percent duty on exports from Russia and Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said.
16:34 On the outskirts of Bucha and in the city itself, fighting has not subsided for four hours in a row, Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said.
16:31 The mayor of Energodar reports that Russian troops fired at a checkpoint in front of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and asks residents of the city not to leave their homes.
16:27 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "all Western mercenaries who arrive in Ukraine will not have the right to the status of a prisoner of war, they will face criminal liability when they are detained."
"Foreign mercenaries commit sabotage and raids on Russian convoys of equipment and material supplies, as well as aircraft covering them. We urge citizens of foreign states planning to go to fight for the Kyiv nationalist regime to think twice before the trip," the Russian Defense Ministry threatens.
16:24 Rain TV channel, following the Echo of Moscow, announced a temporary suspension of work.
16:23 Ukrtransgaz announced that gas exports from Ukraine are temporarily prohibited. The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine has banned market participants from exporting natural gas from the customs territory of our state - this also applies to gas stored in Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities in the "customs warehouse" mode.
16:20 Mayor of Vilnius Remigis Shimasius announced that the street where the Russian embassy is located will be renamed Heroes of Ukraine.
16:04 The Korotich airfield of the Kharkov flying club was destroyed by an enemy air raid.
16:01 Russian ships knocked out a peaceful merchant ship near Odessa, there are casualties among the crew, Gerashchenko reports.
On March 3, due to a refusal to enter the Odessa seaport, on the mined part of the Odessa equator, two missiles below the waterline sank the merchant ship Helt, which sailed under the flag of Panama, in the area of \u200b\u200bTendrovskaya Spit. The crew consisted of six people. Two of them - the captain and the cook - are currently on the raft and heading towards the shore. The rescue operation is impossible, because the bay is under the gun of the Russian Navy.
15:58 The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Karim Khan, asks everyone who has documentary evidence of war crimes to send him these materials by e-mail: otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int
You can write in any language. You can dump photos, videos, documents, testimonies of eyewitnesses. What facts should be reported?
killings of civilians by Russian invaders,
barbaric rocket-bomb and artillery strikes on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and other civilian objects.
15:51 Journalist Yury Romanenko refuted his own information that the head of the Gostomel UTO was shot by the Russians.
15:49 The Rada appealed to the UN, the Red Cross, the European Parliament and other international organizations with a demand to urgently ensure the protection of the population of Ukraine from armed attacks by Russian invaders. The deputies, in particular, demand:
immediately introduce a no-fly zone over the territory of Ukraine;
immediately open green corridors for the safe evacuation of people;
introduce peacekeeping forces into Ukraine on the basis of UN General Assembly Resolution 377 (V) Uniting for Peace of November 3, 1950.
The parliament also appealed to the UN Secretary General with a call for mediation in ending the war.
15:42 Deliveries of Russian gas via the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany have stopped. In recent months, this is not the first such message about the suspension of supplies.
15:37 According to the NBU, Ukraine has already received $15 billion in aid during the war. Of these, more than five billion went directly to the state budget.
15:30 According to the State Border Service, after the start of the Russian invasion through checkpoints in the Lviv region alone, 50 thousand people arrived from abroad, of which 40 thousand are men aged 18 to 60 years. They are returning to defend Ukraine from invaders.
15:26 The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Russian military leadership has mobilized in the LDNR and is forming units to storm the settlements of Ukraine.
"Most of these people have Russian passports. Now some of our fellow countrymen are being transferred through the territory of the Rostov region, Krasnodar Territory and the temporarily occupied Crimea to conduct a naval offensive operation to capture Odessa. The other part was taken to Belgorod to storm Kyiv in the first echelon as cannon fodder" , the message says.
15:24 Kuleba accused Lavrov that the tactics of the Russian Federation are manipulations based on the suffering of ordinary people.
"Russia's barbaric military tactic is to manipulate the suffering of ordinary people, which she herself causes. Now Lavrov accuses Ukraine of obstructing the evacuation of civilians. Tell your boss to stop the indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities. Show the world that Russia is serious about the negotiations ", - wrote Kuleba.
15:21 In Chernihiv, the occupier bombed two schools, killing nine people.
15:12 The UAE was going to introduce a visa regime for Ukrainians, but changed its mind: from March 3, 2022, all citizens of Ukraine arriving in the UAE have the right to visa-free entry and stay in the country.
15:09 Kivu was officially expelled from the Opposition Platform for Life faction. Kiva is now hiding in Spain and declares from there that "the Ukrainian people need liberation, and Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians are one people."
15:07 Putin and Macron held talks, during which the Russian president said that the tasks of the "military operation" would be fulfilled in any case, and attempts to "gain time by dragging out negotiations would only lead to the Russian negotiating position adding additional requirements to Kiev", write RIA Novosti.
Putin also said that allegations of rocket attacks and bombings of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities "do not correspond to reality", according to him, "these are elements of an anti-Russian disinformation campaign."
15:06 UEFA has banned the national team of Belarus and Belarusian clubs from holding international matches on the territory of the country.
15:05 The Verkhovna Rada adopted a number of important documents:
tougher liability for crimes against the foundations of Ukraine's national security under martial law (for looting, sabotage, treason - life imprisonment with confiscation of property);
nationalization of assets of Russian companies, legal entities and individuals;
approved Zelensky's decree on mobilization;
appeal for support and the establishment of a no-fly zone;
on protecting the interests of the subjects of reporting and other documents during the period of martial law.
15:01 In Belarus, the movement of army equipment with an identification mark - a red rectangle has been noticed. The column was noticed today at 08:54 Kyiv time on the M-10 highway towards Pinsk near Drogichin, Brest region. According to media reports, this is the 38th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.
14:57 Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a plane that tried to fire at an electrical substation in a village near Zatoka, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district, Odessa region. Eyewitnesses report that the pilot managed to eject from the downed plane, and now they are looking for him.
14:53 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the capture of an enemy command and control vehicle - the intelligence and control module 9S932-1 (Barnaul-T). The purpose of the machine is reconnaissance of air targets. The crew of the module was destroyed.
Together with the car, the documentation of the occupiers, personal documents of the Russian military, maps and means of communication fell into the hands of Ukrainian intelligence officers. The first conclusions from the studied documents: in the Russian army there is a huge problem with the theft of military property. According to the commanders' reports found in the vehicle, a number of the unit's combat vehicles lack fixed communications and the necessary equipment.
14:51 The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta reports that the occupiers began to mine Kherson. According to eyewitnesses, the Russians installed "stretch marks" in the center of the city - near the Skifia shopping mall.
14:49 Ukrainian users today noticed a failure in the operation of some Internet services. According to the State Service for Special Communications, Russia is trying in every possible way to hide the truth about its own war crimes, which is spread all over the world by the Ukrainian media.
"State structures responsible for cyber security and the forces of national cyber resistance will continue to prevent such attempts by the occupiers," the ministry assured.
14:48 Most of the representatives of the Russian elite are now engaged in the evacuation of their relatives and friends from Moscow to Georgia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, the UP reports on Ukrainian intelligence data. Panic continues in the top political leadership of the Russian Federation and the level of distrust towards Putin is rising.
14:37 The invaders continue to use the civilian population as a human shield, taking hostages, the General Staff says. Also, contrary to the norms of International Humanitarian Law, high-yield cluster and fragmentation munitions are used during bombing. Grads, Tornadoes and Hurricanes are actively used by the invaders in settlements.
14:36 Usyk in an interview with CNN: "I don't want to kill, but if they come to kill me or my family, I'll kill you."
14:34 The 206th Kiev Terrodefense Battalion rescued more than 400 women and children from Irpen, bombed by the invaders.
14:33 Ukraine asks the International Nuclear Security Agency (IAEA) to apply to NATO with a demand to close access to the airspace over its nuclear facilities and to intensify actions to prevent acts of nuclear terrorism, which is the fact that the troops of the Russian Federation seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the exclusion zone.
14:30 RossMI reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, that Russia allegedly arranged a "silence regime" for the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens through humanitarian corridors.
14:29 The EU signed a Memorandum with Ukraine on the provision of 1.2 billion euros of macro-financial assistance.
14:28 Journalist Yury Romanenko reports, citing eyewitnesses, that the Russian invaders shot the head of the Gostomel UTO, Yury Prilipko.
14:16 The head of the Kiev Regional State Administration Oleksiy Kuleba said that the cities of Irpin and Bucha are Ukrainian. Almost 1,500 women and children have already been taken from there through the green corridor. Another 250 people were taken away by buses. For those who remained, six trucks with food are being brought. Fighting is still going on in Gostomel.
14:09 Ukraine informed the WTO members about the decision to impose an economic embargo and not apply the WTO agreements against Russia, the Ukrainian mission in Geneva said.
14:08 Power supply has been restored in Bucha.
14:07 Arakhamia on negotiations with the Russian Federation: "The minimum program is humanitarian corridors, then according to circumstances."
14:03 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine asks not to cover the facts of the supply of weapons, since public information can damage the process. You can publicly report only on the supply of bulletproof vests, helmets, humanitarian aid, the department warns.
14:01 The SBU reports that in the Russian village of Popovka, which borders on the Krasnopolsky district of the Sumy region, enemy Grads have turned towards the Russian Federation in the direction of movement from the Ukrainian border. The SBU assumes that the invaders are preparing to arrange a provocation and shelling of their own territory in order to accuse Ukraine of attacking the civilian population of the Russian Federation.
14:00 During the shelling of Popasna by Russian invaders, two local residents were killed, six more were injured, said the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai.
13:56 The Ukrainian delegation flew to negotiate with the Russian delegation, Podolyak said, attaching a photo from the helicopter.
13:52 The city council of Kherson reports that, according to preliminary information, on the territory of the GDNP in the Kherson region on the street. Lutheranskaya, 4 and the SBU Department on Lutheranskaya street, 1 invaders penetrated, who could leave explosive objects behind them in buildings and around. Residents are being asked to be extremely careful.
13:51 In Mariupol, the Epicenter has completely burned out, the invader's troops continue to inflict missile strikes on the city and residential areas.
13:49 The International Court of Justice will hold the first hearings on the suit of Ukraine against the Russian Federation on March 7 and 8. On Friday, March 4, Borrell convened an extraordinary meeting of EU ministers with the participation of Kuleba, Blinken, Stoltenberg and Truss.
13:48 The mayor of Lviv Sadovoy warned landlords that the increase in rental prices is looting.
13:47 Turgenev oak, which is located in the Oryol region of the Russian Federation, has been excluded from the European Tree of the Year competition.
13:36 Attorney General Venediktova said that some employees of the prosecutor's office had fled the country: "We will soon conduct a roll call of the personnel and understand who is in the field, who is at war. It's also time to take an inventory of the trash that escaped from their compatriots. tens of thousands of dollars with which they tried to bribe the border guards? At least they didn’t show official IDs. Soon they will create a group to compile a list of those who escaped.
13:34 A bot has been created in Kharkov to search for missing relatives and friends. According to the city information and dispatch service 15-62, in order to find a missing relative or acquaintance, Kharkiv residents need to send information to telegrams @Nadiia_Kharkiv_bot
13:27 The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta said that the occupiers completely occupied the building of the regional state administration.
13:23 Venediktova reported that enemy aircraft swept through Yakovlovka, Kharkiv region, like a tornado. The occupiers of the Russian Federation bombed and destroyed the village near Kharkov. At least three people were killed, two of them civilians. Eight people were injured and taken to the hospital. 45 houses were destroyed, 21 of them were completely destroyed.
13:14 The invaders completely occupied the building of the Kherson Regional State Administration.
13:10 At all checkpoints on the western border of Ukraine on March 3, the queues for leaving the country disappeared, reports the State Border Guard Service.
13:05 Near Kharkov, Russian troops suffered catastrophic losses, the offensive slowed down, Arestovich said.
According to him, the direction of Zaporozhye is controlled by the Ukrainian military. Odessa is holding on, Nikolaev completely destroyed the airborne assault yesterday. The defenders of the city know about the Russian ships going to Odessa, they are ready for this.
At night, the enemy hit Kiev, Kharkov and Zhitomir. Arestovich said that this tactic, from a military point of view, is an attempt to intimidate local residents.
13:04 Binance, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, has restricted access to cardholders of Russian banks that are subject to sanctions.
13:03 Arestovich: "On the seventh day of aggression, we launched a counteroffensive in a separate area. The Armed Forces of Ukraine entrenched themselves in Makarov and are chasing the enemy through the bushes. This is a serious success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We liberated an important area of the terrain, despite the quantitative advantage of the enemy."
13:01 Lukashenka said in his video message that they want to "push" Belarus into a war with Ukraine.
“They just want to push us into the war in Ukraine specifically so that we expose our remaining borders, and then they will deal with you quickly, we won’t even have time to return from Ukraine to protect you. This is a tactic. And their strategy is to deal with Russia and with us at the same time. We figured out their plans, not just figured out, we have enough information for this," he said.
12:59 Ukrainian security officials warn that lists with personal data of members of the DRG may be fake, the enemy may include real Ukrainian security officials there. The goal is to sow panic and chaos so that the Ukrainians begin to destroy each other.
12:55 In Chernihiv, Russian troops hit residential buildings in the city center. Authorities are asking residents not to leave their shelters.
12:47 The head of the British Foreign Office said that it is necessary to disconnect all Russian banks from SWIFT and that she will raise this issue at the G7 meeting.
12:46 Russia is ready to discuss the issue of security guarantees during the second round of negotiations with Ukraine, Lavrov said. According to him, Russia is ready to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and all of Europe. But peace agreements must necessarily include a clause on the destruction of weapons that threaten Moscow. "Russia's demands are minimal," Lavrov says.
12:45 The block of "Russian proposals" in the negotiations with Ukraine consists of military-technical, humanitarian-international and political parts, Medinsky said. Negotiations are expected at 14:00 Kyiv time.
12:44 The head of Roscosmos Rogozin said that the Russian Federation is stopping the supply of rocket engines to the United States. "Let the US fly on their brooms," he said.
12:43 Peskov called the rumors about plans to introduce martial law in a number of regions of Russia and ban men of military age from traveling abroad a "duck".
12:41 The French authorities have arrested the yacht Amore Vero, which is believed to belong to the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire said.
12:39 In Bucha, the military raised the Ukrainian flag in front of the City Council building.
12:38 Billionaire Deripaska says that the iron curtain has already fallen, the crisis in Russia will be three times worse than in 1998.
12:37 Zelensky spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae-In, discussed support for Ukraine and anti-Russian sanctions.
12:35 More than 500 foreign doctors are ready to provide medical care in Ukraine - they have registered on a special website. These are doctors, nurses and paramedics from the EU, UK, Switzerland, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Jordan, Brazil and other countries.
12:34 In Voznesensk of the Nikolaev area fights go, the terrorist defense undermined the bridge, the head of Regional State Administration Kim reported.
12:28 Lavrov said that a solution to the situation in Ukraine would be found. He admitted that "it's bad when people die, including civilians."
12:19 Roskomnadzor issued requirements according to which, when preparing materials about the war in Ukraine, all Russian media are obliged to use information only from official sources of the Russian Federation. It is forbidden to publish materials in which the actions of the occupier are called "attack", "invasion" or "declaration of war". For violation - a fine of five million rubles, may also be followed by blocking the publication.
12:11 Klitschko asked the people of Kiev not to leave their cars en masse near the railway station, from where women and children are being evacuated by trains. Now abandoned cars blocking the entrance to the station are being evacuated to neighboring streets.
The military administration warns that cars left uncontrollably on the Railway Station Square, blocking passage and quick evacuation, may be confiscated for the needs of the defense and protection of Kyiv.
11:58 The board of directors of the OneWeb telecommunications company, which provides satellite Internet access, voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur.
11:51 The head of the Russian delegation, Medinsky, said that negotiations between Ukraine and Russia could begin at 15:00, they will be held in the Brest region.
11:47 The mayor of Mariupol declares a humanitarian catastrophe in the city: the enemy does not allow the resumption of water, heat and electricity supply, damaged the railway connection, hinders the supply of food, creating a blockade. Deliberately, in seven days they destroyed the critical life support infrastructure of the city.
11:41 Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska called for an early end to the war in Ukraine and called it a "nuclear power": "Peace is very important! Dragging out negotiations is madness! Ukraine has long been a nuclear power, on its territory, in addition to the mothballed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, there are 15 more nuclear power units and three storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel. For those who are dumb, our descendants in European Russia, Ukraine and Europe will remember any incident at these facilities! Another 200 years with curses," he wrote.
11:37 Zelensky announced that the first 16,000 foreign volunteers are going to Ukraine. Earlier, Kuleba said that volunteers come from 16 countries.
11:36 In the Volnovakha region of the Donetsk region, Ukrainian air defense shot down another Russian SU-34 fighter-bomber. The pilots of this plane bombed the civilian population of the city, writes Babel.
11:32 Ursula von der Leyen said that Zelensky sent a request to the European Commission for Ukraine's accession to the EU, but first the war must be ended, so it's too early to talk about the timing.
11:27 Zelensky said that the government has prepared an assistance program for all Ukrainians who have lost the opportunity to work due to the war. Every employee, sole proprietor, every Ukrainian from whom Russia has taken away the opportunity to work will receive 6,500 hryvnias without any conditions.
11:25 The State Border Service reported that tonight, near the border with Moldova, border guards detained six men from Ukraine who planned to get to Moldova by boat across the Dniester.
Also, eight citizens of Ukraine were detained in Bukovina, who tried to avoid military service and illegally cross the state border.
11:23 LEGO stopped deliveries of products to Russian stores in Russia, and before that transferred 16.5 million dollars to help the people of Ukraine.
11:22 Ukrposhta announced that today it is starting to pay pensions to Ukrainians. "If you are at home, wait for the delivery of the pension, or you can pick it up yourself at the nearest post office," the message says. Details can be clarified in the contact center: 8-800-300-545 (button 2).
11:20 Roskomnadzor requires Google to ban advertising about the war in Ukraine in YouTube videos for users from Russia. According to the agency, such advertising creates "a distorted perception of events and forms protest moods among the Internet audience."
11:17 The RF Armed Forces use medical vehicles to transport ammunition - this is a war crime.
11:16 Zelensky: "We will restore every house, every street, every city, and we say to Russia - learn the word "reparations" and "indemnities", you will compensate everything that you have done against our country, against every Ukrainian in full, and those who died - we will not forget."
11:15 The EU will allocate 500 million euros for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and create a humanitarian hub in Romania, the head of the European Commission said.
11:14 All lines of defense have been preserved, the enemy has no success in any direction of strategic defense - "they are suppressed and doomed," Zelensky said.
11:13 Zelensky: "Russia has invaded our independent country, our land. An acute attack of aggression, megalomania, persecution, severe psychological complexes and, as a result, missile systems, rocket artillery, tanks and other armored vehicles are just like locusts."
11:10 Ukrainian border guards with an advanced group, together with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reached the state border line in the Sumy region, said NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov.
11:09 As of the morning of March 3, 34 civilians were killed from Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region, the State Emergency Service reports.
11:06 Ukrzaliznytsia made all flights from the east to the west of Ukraine evacuation and closed the sale of tickets for them - these trains can be used free of charge by passengers who need to leave hot spots.
10:58 Russian invaders entered the part of Voznesensk of the Nikolaev region and place military equipment in residential quarters, the head of the Nikolaev VGA Vitaly Kim reported.
10:50 Podolyak called on international organizations to help Ukraine organize humanitarian corridors from the cities that Russian troops entered.
10:49 Primorsk, Zaporozhye region, went to a rally against the invaders.
10:45 Ukraine may become a candidate for EU membership tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.
10:39 Roskomnadzor demanded that Google stop "the distribution of false advertising messages on the territory of Russia."
10:34 The price of gas in Europe has again updated its historical record, rising to $2,267 per thousand cubic meters.
10:19 Ukrzaliznytsia provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with 20 refrigerated cars for the removal of the dead Russian invaders. According to the press service of UZ, these trains will run at a sanitary distance from other trains.
10:12 The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that a Russian SU-30 aircraft had just been shot down over Irpin.
09:54 The General Staff announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy as of the morning of March 3:
personnel - about 9000 people
tanks - 217
armored combat vehicles - 900
artillery systems - 90
MLRS - 42
air defense systems - 11
aircraft - 30 (information to be confirmed)
helicopters - 31 (to be confirmed)
automotive equipment - 374
light speedboats - 2
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60
UAV operational-tactical level - 3
09:51 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that tonight in Kiev a missile attack was carried out on a reserve radio and television center in the area of Lysa Gora. According to the Russian Federation, it "was used by the SBU for psychological operations against Russia, there are no victims or destruction of residential buildings."
In Kyiv, the explosion was heard around 02:00. The State Emergency Service reported that the Ukrainian air defense system intercepted an enemy missile.
09:48 The International Cat Federation has introduced a ban on participation in exhibitions for cats from Russia.
09:47 In Chernihiv, during shelling, a shell hit an oil depot, the tanks caught fire.
09:45 In Energodar, the occupiers asked them to let them into the city for a short time in order to take a photo against the background of the ZNPP for a report, said Energoatom head Petr Kotin. According to him, the invaders come out and try to negotiate with the city leadership. “They say that it is enough for them to enter the city at least a little, take a picture against the backdrop of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and send a report to the management,” Kotin said.
09:44 Belarusian and Russian Paralympic athletes have been banned from participating in the Paralympics even under a neutral flag.
09:42 Japan will freeze the assets of four Russian banks, including VTB.
09:39 Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification amendments to the agreement on the CSTO peacekeeping activities on the introduction of the concept of "coordinating state."
Under the auspices of the "coordinating state" a collective peacekeeping force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be created for use in UN peacekeeping operations.
09:32 Kyiv City State Administration declares that the situation in Kiev is calm, the infrastructure is operating normally - heat, water, electricity, communications are available in all areas.
Night explosions - the work of air defense forces on enemy missiles. "Air defense forces worked at night. And the explosions that were heard were the operation of enemy missiles," said Nikolai Povoroznik, First Deputy Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration.
According to him, rocket fragments damaged the heating main near the railway station yesterday, but there is no threat to heat supply.
09:25 The General Staff calls on bloggers and the media not to publish real-time information about the location where enemy missiles hit, as well as the consequences they caused.
"Your operational information may be of interest to Russian gunners and gunners for further adjustment of the enemy's subsequent shot," the General Staff noted.
09:21 By a majority vote of the board of directors of Ekho Moskvy, a decision was made to liquidate the radio channel and the website, said Alexei Venediktov.
09:18 The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer will not supply aircraft parts to Russia and will stop serving the fleet of Russian companies.
09:17 Morgan Stanley no longer considers Russia a "developing country", now it is a country "not suitable for investment."
09:15 On March 4, Spain will send a batch of offensive weapons to Poland for Ukraine, including 1,370 grenade launchers, 700,000 cartridges for rifles and machine guns, as well as light machine guns, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said.
09:14 As of today, a 30 percent commission has been introduced in Russia for the purchase of dollars, euros and pounds sterling by individuals.
09:13 Russia's crimes in Ukraine have signs of genocide, those responsible for unleashing the war must be punished in international tribunals, said Polish President Andrzej Duda.
09:04 Kazakhstan adheres to neutrality in the "conflict between Russia and Ukraine" and does not support either side, Deputy Defense Minister Sultan Kamaletdinov told reporters.
"The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has nothing to do with Kazakhstan. We do not support either side. There can be no questions in this regard," he said.
09:02 The German authorities are ready to provide Ukraine with 2,700 Strela anti-aircraft missiles, the DPA agency reported.
08:59 AvtoVAZ has been stopping car production since March 5 due to a shortage of parts that were supplied from Europe.
08:55 Russian banks that fell under EU sanctions will be disconnected from the SWIFT international payment system on March 12.
08:53 The international rating agency Fitch has downgraded Russia's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating from BBB to B with a negative outlook.
08:37 As a result of the attack in Izyum, eight civilians were killed - six adults and two children. The enemy also got into the police, a fire started. There is significant damage in the city center, the windows in the executive committee's office flew out.
08:31 The State Emergency Service commented on reports of night explosions in Kiev: no applications were received from the population, according to preliminary information, air objects were shot down by air defense forces.
08:15 According to the UN, about one million citizens have left Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Several million more people in Ukraine need humanitarian assistance.
08:09 On the night of March 3, Russian troops launched a missile attack on Sumy, five people were injured. The blows fell on the military department of Sumy State University and the cadet corps.
07:48 In Paris, the metro station Europe, with the support of the Stand with Ukraine movement, was renamed Europe-Ukraine.
07:37 The Government of Canada introduces personal sanctions against ten top officials of Rosneft and Gazprom.
07:35 Russian troops, having practically not succeeded in advancing, again resorted to the tactics of night shelling of large cities, according to the operational information of the General Staff on the morning of February 3.
05:36 The Ukrainian military near Kharkov defeated and captured an elite unit of enemy troops, Arestovich said. According to him, Russia loses an average of 1,500 troops per day in the war with Ukraine.
05:14 The UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has recorded since the beginning of the Russian invasion, as of midnight on March 1, 752 dead and injured among the civilian population of Ukraine. In Ukraine, the State Emergency Service announced about two thousand dead.
04:20 Due to the danger of an air raid, Ukrzaliznytsia canceled trains in the directions of Artsyz, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky and Izmail in the Odessa region.
03:11 Biden said that the Russian army is deliberately attacking civilian targets, throwing bombs and shells at them. In turn, Blinken added that "in the past, Russia has repeatedly demonstrated that one of the methods of warfare is its absolute brutality."
02:28 German authorities arrested in Hamburg a 156-meter yacht of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who fell under EU sanctions. Usmanov purchased the yacht in 2016 for $600 million from German shipbuilder Lürssen, who built it to order over a period of 52 months.
02:10 Several explosions thundered in Kiev, which were heard in Pechersk.
02:03 Zelensky said that for the week the losses among the personnel of the Russian military amount to about nine thousand people. According to him, every day the morale of the occupiers is falling and they are fleeing from Ukraine, "from all those who drive them out with a tool and fortitude."
01:44 In Kharkiv, Marina Fenina, an employee of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, was killed during enemy shelling.
00:55 Mariupol was again left without water, heat and electricity, Mayor Boychenko said. According to him, March 2 was "the most difficult and cruel day in all seven days of the war."
00:02 As a result of the explosion at the railway station in Kiev, a man was injured, the National Police reported.
The California-based businessman said that “as an ethnic Russian and a Russia citizen, I see it as my moral duty to facilitate the denazification of Russia.”
The original post was later deleted by Facebook, which Konanykhin said was because it included a “dead or alive” poster depicting the Russian president.
However, on Thursday the Russian entrepreneur clarified in a LinkedIn post that he never intended to pay for Putin’s assassination.
“Some reports suggest that I promised to pay for the assassination of Putin. It is NOT correct. While such an outcome would be cheered by millions of people around the world, I believe that Putin must be brought to justice,” Konanykhin wrote.
He encouraged others to take a stand against Russian aggression and Putin specifically.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:13 The Stinger missiles that Germany will give to Ukraine will be the maximum gesture, but not help at all. The German publication Bild writes that the ammunition is not suitable for shooting.
22:52 Russia has not yet entered the active phase. The forces are prepared in case of direct intervention in the conflict of NATO forces, experts say. There has not yet been a massive raid of calibers, including sea-based ones. There was no mass use of aviation yet. The strategists have not taken off yet. The Iskanders, long-range rocket artillery, have not yet worked in a continuous salvo. A lot more was missing because the Russian troops are tiptoeing in. According to analysts, everything can change and acquire a completely different character and scale, if only NATO groups come to the defense of Kyiv. 22:28 The Pentagon said it was creating a line of communication with the Russian Defense Ministry in order to prevent conflicts and incidents, Reuter
22:12 Local residents of the liberated Pavlopol spoke about lawlessness on the part of Ukrainian militants.Video.
22:08 Photo confirmation of the flooding of the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy "Hetman Sahaydachny".
Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary March 3 (updated)
22:03 Local residents are walking along the streets of Kherson, shops have begun to open. Everything is quiet. Another proof - the war is only where the Nazis. Where Z is, there is peace and order, writes the Telegram channel “Reports of the militia of Novorossiya”.Video.
21:49 The Russian military in the Kharkiv region assisted a Ukrainian intelligence officer who was wounded by his own.
Russian servicemen found Ivan, helped him and took him to the hospital. As it turned out, a bullet from a Fort-12 pistol, which is in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, got stuck in his leg.
21:46 The White House said that the United States is transmitting intelligence information about the Russian troops to Ukraine in real time.
20:57 Russia and Ukraine have agreed on humanitarian corridors for the exit of the population and a possible temporary ceasefire, said the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky.
20:21 News Front readers report that a TV channel has started broadcasting in the city of Melitopol (Zaporozhye region), in the broadcasting schedule of which there are patriotic films in Russian banned by the Ukrainian regime.
18:59 "Azov" (banned in the Russian Federation), territorial defense and the remnants of the 92nd brigade are finally driven into the basements of Kharkov with pinpoint strikes at their places of deployment.
18:47 High-precision strike of the armed forces of the Russian Federation on military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Belenky near Odessa.Video.
18:46 Energodar included about 100 units of military equipment of the Russian Federation, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said.
18:43 Rosguards continue to distribute free food packages in the center of Melitopol. People are grateful, no one is dissatisfied. The line is long and growing all the time.
Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary March 3 (updated)
18:31 In the area of Voznesensk, the Russian Armed Forces crossed the Southern Bug. After the disengagement and undermining of bridges in Nikolaev, this is the only unproblematic way to Odessa,informswar correspondent Oleg Blokhin. The second group of Russian troops is moving towards Krivoy Rog. In Odessa and the region, they are waiting for the landing, wondering where it will take place. These actions can be conditionally called the second phase of the operation in the South, he concluded.
18:28 Confirmed: the commander of the SOBR in the Kemerovo region, Colonel Konstantin Ogiy is alive! He was blocked near Kiev, but he was able to break out of the encirclement and get to his own.
17:50 The Russian army took control of the Ukrainian settlements in the Zaporozhye region: Blagoveshchenka, Sinya Gora, Petrovskoe, Shevchenkivske, Sweet Balka, Ilchenkovo, Ocherevataya and Novoprokopovka, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
17:35 Employees of three American PMCs are recruited to be sent to Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
17:28 In the city of Enerhodar (Zaporozhye region), a checkpoint was fired upon. Now the movement of the Russian Federation equipment has begun, which has been standing around the city for the fourth day.
17:16 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are crawling away from the Donbass front, trying to regroup and connect with other units in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The RF Armed Forces are advancing from the north and south, trying to take the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which terrorized the Donbass, into the cauldron. It is in the region of Dnepropetrovsk that large-scale combined-arms battles are possible, the Telegram channel writes. "Notes of midshipman Ptichkin".
17:14 The Ukrainian delegation arrived at the place of negotiations with Russia in Belovezhskaya Pushcha by helicopter, reportsTASS.
16:55 Russia is facing unprecedented information terrorism from the West, this attack is aimed at misinforming the world community, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
16:03 Combat aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is already operating in the area of the Black Sea coast of Odessa.Video.
15:53 In Kyiv, Kharkov, Mariupol, Volnovakha and other cities, Ukrainian Nazis do not allow civilians to evacuate along humanitarian corridors from settlements, using weapons or threatening to use them,informedjournalist Vladimir Solovyov in his Telegram channel.
15:53 On the territory of the Bienta / Elamine Ltd chemical-medical plant in the east of Kyiv, a workshop for the preparation of Molotov Cocktails and toxic substances has been opened, writes"Rybar".
15:47 Local residents of the city of Genichesk, which was taken under the control of the Russian Armed Forces on the first day of the special operation, told the News Front correspondent about the situation in the village. According to them, representatives of the city authorities and internal organs continue to work, night watches were organized to protect civilians, which will also help to avoid looting. The mayor of Genichesk Alexander Tulupov went to work on Monday, like many other officials. The head of the city also stressed that the supply of food products will soon be fully adjusted.
15:38 The Russian military continues to fight the humanitarian situation in the liberated Kherson. In the Tavrichesky microdistrict, in one of the stores, the forces of the Russian Federation organized a free distribution of food, where a queue immediately gathered.A photo.
15:36 The topic of today's meeting of the Ukrainian and Russian delegations will be the creation of humanitarian corridors, one of the participants in the negotiation process said.
15:33 The Ministry of Defense reported that Norway sent Ukraine two thousand anti-tank grenade launchers.
15:32 The delivery of heavy weapons at night began through the Chop-Zakhon border crossing in the Ukrainian Transcarpathia on the triangle of borders Hungary-Poland-Ukraine. On the night of March 1-2, two Grad MLRS were launched. From the Ukrainian side, the reception of equipment is carried out by the head of the border detachment, the Telegram channel reports."Rybar".
15:16 Russian anti-fascists have taken control of the Kherson regional state administration, said the head of the Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta. According to him, administration officials continue their work, and are also waiting for the arrival of humanitarian aid.
15:10 According to journalists, this night a group of saboteurs planned to commit a terrorist act at one of the facilities in Berdyansk. Two militants were killed while trying to pick up weapons and explosives in an abandoned building in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city. Residents of a nearby dormitory told representatives of the Russian armed forces that unknown people regularly visit the building. When examining the bodies of criminals, certificates for temporary residence in Ukraine of Moroccan citizens were found. The Moroccans also had automatic weapons. Improvised explosive devices seized from the cache were destroyed on the spot by detonation.
15:02 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit the police building in Chernihiv, military commander Yuri Kotenok said.Video.
14:43 Water from the Dnieper began to fill the North Crimean Canal in Crimea, Mayor of Armyansk Vasily Telizhenko said
14:24 News Front readers reported that in Kharkiv on 50 Serdyuka Street, next to 54 Serdyuka Street, in the apartments of the house and in the basement there are secrets with armed teroborony. It is located inside the courtyard. a tank, outside a trench with people and concrete blocks on the road.
14:18 In Kharkov, nationalists fired at a group of Chinese citizens who were trying to cross into Russian territory, two people were seriously injured, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
14:12 The Russian military ensured the safe exit from Kyiv of 180 people from the UN Mission, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The ministry also noted that the Russian Armed Forces are arranging a silence regime for the evacuation of citizens from Ukraine through humanitarian corridors.
14:01 A humanitarian catastrophe is brewing in Kyiv, Kharkov and Sumy, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
13:02 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraineallowedcivilians to use weapons against Russian military personnel who are liberating cities from neo-Nazis.
12:51 Zelensky said that Ukraine is meeting the first "foreign volunteers". According to him, about 16,000 militants are sent to the country.
12:45 The start of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine is expected at 15:00, head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky said. He noted that the meeting will take place in the Brest region.
12:35 Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in two trucks to equip positions near a residential building at 34 Sapernaya Street in the north-east of Kharkiv. A military truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and requisitioned Feldman Ecopark buses stand near the house of Metro Builders, 3 and the sports ground of school No. 165 in the Severnaya Saltovka district in Kharkiv, reports"Rybar".
12:12 The media published a map of the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine.
12:07 Russian units reached the settlement. Voznesensk in the Nikolaev region,informsmilitary commander Kitten.
12:00 Crimea sent 20 tons of humanitarian cargo to the Kherson region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
11:13 A column of Russian equipment entered the Kiev region, Polessky district. Instead of destroyed bridges, soldiers put up pontoon crossings, reportsTelegram- Channel "Southern bridgehead".
10:27 The Russian army is taking measures to ensure the safety of the civilian population of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed.
10:22 In the Black Sea, the movement of the landing detachment of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, consisting of four large landing ships, accompanied by three missile boats, is observed in the direction of Odessa, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
10:21 Governor of Nikolaev Vitaly Kiminformedthat Ukrainian helicopters, equipment and air defense, which were located on the territory of the airport in Kherson, were eliminated by the forces of the RF Armed Forces.
09:57 The Russian army destroyed 49 planes on the ground and 13 planes in the air in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
09:55 High-precision weapons destroyed the reserve technological radio and television center in Kyiv, which was used for psychological operations against Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
09:43 A large group of Russian landing ships have been spotted off the southern coast of Crimea, waiting to land in Odessa, Ukrainian media report.
09:11 SourcesTelegram-channel "Rybar" reported the presence of units of the RF Armed Forces in Rakovo and troops in the village of Andreichikovo north of Nikolaev. According to them, a convoy of Russian equipment is also moving towards Voznesensk through the Elanetsky district from the east.
09:00 An air raid alert sounds in Kharkiv
08:25 The Estonian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Ukraine received a second batch of Javelin anti-tank missile systems from Tallinn,informsmilitary commander Yuri Kotenok.
08:24 At night, a blow was struck on the building of the Kharkiv SBU in the city center.Video.
08:21 An air raid alert sounds in Nikolaev. Residents of the city were asked to go down to the shelters.
08:10 Precise missile strikes continue to be delivered to military facilities in Kyiv, according to the Telegram channel "Reports of the militia of Novorossiya".Video.
Military summary LDNR. The situation on the line of contact on March 3 (updated)
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:37 Kiev Nazis shelled the village of Mineralnoye in the DPR. According to preliminary data, a civilian born in 1999 suffered.
23:02 In the city of Shchastya, liberated from the Nazis, in the LPR, the prosecutor's office of the republic is already working. Law enforcement officers are ready to accept complaints from local residents about Ukrainian militants, in order to then send them to the European Court of Human Rights. 22:54 The Nazis will not be able to leave Mariupol. The Mariupol-Dnepropetrovsk highway is under the control of the People's Militia of the DPR and the Russian army.
22:44 The People's Militia of the DPR liberated all settlements in front of Mariupol from the eastern and northeastern directions. The Nazis, meanwhile, are turning the city into a fortified area. The grouping, which was advancing from the Crimea, stopped after the capture of Berdyansk. This was not caused by enemy resistance, but by the desire of the command to secure the northern flank of the advancing group, using the Dnieper as a natural barrier. Her task is to block the city. They hope to avoid the storming of Mariupol and resolve the issue of liberating the city through negotiations. In this way, human casualties can be avoided.
22:04 In the 15 days that have passed since the beginning of a new escalation in the Donbass, 26 people have died in the DPR. Another 105, including children, received injuries of varying severity. During this time, the Nazis opened fire on the republic 766 times, fired 9174 ammunition.
They damaged 500 residential buildings, 194 civil infrastructure facilities, including 11 medical institutions, 17 educational institutions, 11 social security facilities, 12 critical infrastructure facilities, electricity, water and gas supply facilities. The Zuevskaya TPP came under fire twice, the cooling tower and the boiler house building, 82 vehicles were damaged.
22:03 Gorlovka in the DPR is constantly under fire from Kiev militants. In the village of Rumyantsevo near the city, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged as a result of shelling.
21:40 The LPR authorities continue to put the liberated settlements in order. In many ways, such tasks can be dangerous. So, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic was injured when he was inspecting a mined area in Stanytsia Luhanska. He has already received the necessary assistance and taken to the hospital.
20:33 Ukrainian punishers continue to fire at the settlements of the republics of Donbass. Under attack was the settlement of Zolote-5. The Nazis used Grad multiple rocket launchers. The fire damaged 13 apartments.
20:10 The People's Militia of the DPR stormed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Andreevka south of Volnovakha. In addition, the defenders of the republic captured trophies: four Ukrainian tanks.
19:53 Two fifteen-year-old boys were injured during the shelling of the village of Golubovskoye in the LPR by Ukrainian Nazis. APU from 120 mm mortars opened fire on the Golubovskoye-Kirovsk highway.
18:55 The fighting for the liberation of Mariupol is in full swing. Street clashes are already underway in the city. Local residents post photos showing that the fighting has moved to residential areas of the city.
18:46 Ukrainian Nazis use the tactics of the German SS and hide behind the civilian population. In the city of Rubizhne, which is located in the part of the LPR still occupied by Kiev, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are installing mortars on the roofs of residential buildings. This was told by the inhabitants of the settlement, who are outraged by the position of the "defenders" who cover up their crimes with orders from the command.
18:40 The Kiev Nazis practically took hostage School No. 34 in Mariupol. There are 60 people in it, with whom the militants cowardly hide behind the operation to liberate the city.
18:38 Ukrainian militants from the 53rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to leave the combat zone under the guise of civilians. They abandon their positions and rob civilians, extorting civilian clothes and transport from them.
18:35 Residents of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Konstantinovka and Druzhkovka in the part of the DPR still occupied by Kiev report that the Nazis are hiding behind people. The militants of the "Right Sector"* and the National Guard of Ukraine are equipping firing positions on the roofs of multi-storey residential buildings.
18:32 At the moment, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR have already liberated 36 settlements from the Nazis. Now all attention is focused on the military operation in the cities of Volnovakha and Mariupol.
17:56 Updated data on the tragedy in Yasinovataya: the death toll has risen to two people. In addition to the woman, another person was killed under fire.
17:45 A resident of Starobilsk, who was recently completely liberated from the Nazis and took control of the forces of the People's Militia of the LPR, told how the mayor of the city is sowing panic. He gathers people and denigrates the defenders of the republic and the Russian military. Anatoliy Anikiyev, the administrator of the Starobilsk – Peaceful Protest group, helps him in this. They film tank-jumping demonstrations and later distribute them to the Ukrainian media.
17:38 The People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of Russian troops, liberated from the Nazis and took control of the settlements of Blagoveshchensk, Sinya Gora, Petrovskoye, Shevchenkovskoye, Sladkaya Balka, Ilchenkovo, Ocherevataya and Novoprokopovka. Also, the defenders of the republic entered the villages of Novokrasnovka and Krasnovka.
17:36 The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR, with the support of Russian troops, moved forward and liberated the road direction Yarovaya - Krasny Lyman - Privolye from the Ukrainian Nazis.
17:34 A photo of the consequences of the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian Nazis has been published on the Web. The Kievsky district of the capital of the DPR was again under attack.
17:24 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR are already in the village of Vinogradnoye in the suburbs of Mariupol. The Azov Nazis refuse to negotiate and use the civilian population as human shields. They posted grenade launchers and snipers on the roofs of high-rise buildings. The defenders of the republic cannot use serious weapons, since the lives of the civilian population are at stake.
16:44 Fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the village of Veselogorovka from a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) Grad, the JCCC reports. 14:20 According to the published data, at the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 40 shells at the settlement.
16:08 A civilian was killed in Yasinovataya: a woman became a victim of an APU strike - military commander Georgy Medvedev.
16:04 As a result of an artillery strike, a civilian was wounded in Donetsk.
16:00 Yasinovataya under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:52 Donetsk is again under heavy shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military commander Georgy Medvedev reports.
14:57 The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR continue to liberate the republic from the Nazis, and find "gifts" that the West and the EU gave to Kiev in abandoned positions. The defenders of Donbass already have a large amount of foreign weapons at their disposal.
14:50 In Kramatorsk, people with Right Sector badges broke into the OSCE office and "wrung out" three mission vehicles. The militants are armed and very dangerous, all residents of the city are asked to be careful.
13:27 Updated information about the victims in Gorlovka: the number of victims has increased to four people. Two children and two adults were injured.
13:13 Residents of Mariupol report that fighting is already underway near the city. The operation of the People's Militia of the DPR to liberate Mariupol from the Nazis continues.
13:01 In Gorlovka, three people were injured as a result of the shelling. Two of them are minors: a teenager and a ten-year-old child - the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko.
12:58 Ukrainian Nazis do not allow civilians to leave the settlements of Mariupol and Volnovakha. The cities are already in a state of humanitarian catastrophe, however, any attempts by the People's Militia of the DPR to organize a corridor for the evacuation of people are suppressed by militants - the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin.
12:46 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR are going to take the Ukrainian Nazis into the operational ring in the area of the cities of Donetsk and Gorlovka - the official representative of the NM DPR Eduard Basurin.
12:24 The outskirts of the city of Gorlovka in the DPR remain under fire from Ukrainian punishers. In recent hours, the village of Komarova has come under fire - there a shell hit the roof of a residential building. In the village of mines. Lenin also hit two residential buildings. In the microdistrict "Quarter 88" after the shelling, a house caught fire. Information about the victims is being specified.
12:01 The ring around the city of Mariupol is narrowing and in the near future the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, will liberate it from the Ukrainian Nazis - the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
11:37 The operation to clear Mariupol from Ukrainian Nazis continues. The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of Russian troops, have already entered the village of Vinogradnoye on the outskirts of the city and are trying to gain a foothold there.
11:31 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR counter-battery artillery fire suppressed attacks from the Kiev militants. Most of the artillery of the 56th motorized infantry and 25th airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
11:29 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis opened fire 13 times on the territory of the DPR. They used 120 mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers. Six settlements were under attack. As a result of the aggression, two civilians were injured and one house was damaged.
11:27 Kiev militants tried to damage the Zuevskaya thermal power plant for the second time. They opened artillery fire on it, as a result of which the boiler room was damaged.
11:26 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR liberated the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Novoalekseevka, Polkovoye, Shevchenko, Privolnoye, Lidino, Primorskoye, Priazovskoye and Berdyanskoye from Ukrainian Nazis.
11:23 According to local residents of Mariupol, Nazis from the Azov units move around the city with mortars and fire in the immediate vicinity of schools, kindergartens and other social institutions. In residential areas, militants drag machine guns and grenade launchers onto the roofs of residential multi-storey buildings, equip firing points, thereby endangering the houses of civilians - People's Militia of the DPR.
10:05 Ukrainian punishers continue to fire on the territory of the LPR. The urban-type settlement of Donetskiy again came under shelling. The militants used mortars with a caliber of 82 mm. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
09:44 If the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the national battalions in Mariupol do not negotiate the surrender, targeted strikes are possible to demoralize the enemy, Basurin said.
09:40 The LPR units continue to liberate settlements from the Ukrainian army, seven more have been taken under full control, the LPR NM reported.
09:19 In Volnovakha, the operation to clean up the city is ending, said Eduard Basurin, official representative of the NM DPR.
09:14 The number of residents of the DPR and LPR evacuated to Russia since February 18 exceeded 142 thousand people.
08:56 Humanitarian aid with a total volume of over 30 tons was delivered to the city of Volchansk and the urban-type settlement of Kazachya Lopan from the neighboring Belgorod region at the request of the local population, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
08:18 Ukrainian militants attacked the Zuevskaya TPP again. On the night of March 2-3, Ukrainian militants fired another round of ammunition at a life-support facility. During the shelling, the building of the boiler house of the Zuevskaya TPP was damaged. The place of shelling was examined by sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
There were no casualties or casualties during the shelling. Earlier, the militants attacked the Zuevskaya TPP late in the evening on March 1, according to the Telegram channel.TRO_DPR.
08:10 Servicemen of the People's Militia of the DPR captured about 17 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the territory of the settlement.
[Breitbart] Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called upon the United States to recognize Taiwan as an independent nation during his visit to the island off the coast of China.
On Thursday, Pompeo publicly declared that the U.S. government should take the "long-overdue" step and recognize the freedom of Taiwan.
"It is my view that the U.S. government should immediately take necessary, and long-overdue, steps to do the right and obvious thing, that is to offer the Republic of China (Taiwan) America’s diplomatic recognition as a free and sovereign country," Pompeo said in a statement.
Pompeo said this would be a recognition of an already "existent reality."
"This is not about Taiwan’s future independence, it is about recognizing an unmistakable, already existent reality," asserted Pompeo. " That reality is this, as many of your past and present leaders have made clear, there is no need for Taiwan to declare independence because it’s already an independent country."
"Its name is the Republic of China (Taiwan)," he continued. "The people and government of the United States should simply recognize this political, diplomatic, and sovereignty reality. The Taiwanese people deserve the world’s respect for a free, democratic, and sovereign country."
#1
This is the type of response and geo-political action that should be taken as a result of events in the Ukraine. Will it happen? No, of course not. Not in a thousand years of a Biden administration.
#2
It would force China's hand and make it lose face and most likely strengthen Xi's position before the September meeting of the CCP.
I would wait until after that and if Xi is still in power, declare it and then do a complete decouple from the direct Chinese manufacturing pipeline. Just make sure there are other sources that you have put in place to pick up the slack.
It would hurt, badly but not as much as it would to China that is in a slow collapse of its economy. China would cease to exist.
#3
Lately I've been very disappointed with Mr. Pompeo. Sympathetic as I am to the idea of Taiwan's independence, I think this is as recklessly provocative an action as promising Ukrainians that they could join NATO. Better to quietly and privately let Xi know, in no uncertain terms, that his navy would end up at the bottom of the South China Sea if he tries to invade Taiwan. My understanding is that the concept of "face" is very important in that part of the world. So let Xi keep his face as long as he stays in his place.
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Speak loudly! Carry a big toothpick!
Pompeo's weightloss program is depriving his brain of oxygen
[MSN] The U.S. Navy has retrieved the F-35C Lightning II plane that crashed in January in the South China Sea.
A team made up of divers from the 7th Fleet's Task Force and a Navy salvage and diving team recovered the wreckage from the bottom of the South China Sea, about 12,400 feet below the surface, the Navy said in a press release Thursday.
[IsraelTimes] Commissioned by a Chechen security official in 2020, the hit was meant to silence an exiled Chechen blogger in Sweden who is the brother of the intended victim, prosecutors say
A Russian man has been charged with plotting to kill a Chechen dissident living in Germany on the orders of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov,
...who just sent a a whole bunch of super special Chechen forces and an assassination team to Ukraine, where they were promptly massacred, I seem to recall to the last man...
prosecutors said Thursday.
The suspect, named as Valid D., is accused of planning the murder commissioned by the state, carrying out shooting exercises with the intended hitman and spying on the target.
"A member of the security apparatus of Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov commissioned the accused Valid D. with the logistical organization of the killing of an opposition member" in the first half of 2020, prosecutors said.
The charges come amid global outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has sparked unprecedented Western sanctions against Moscow.
The suspect was arrested last year and has since been in pre-trial detention.
According to German media reports, the target was Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov, the brother of exiled Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who lives in Sweden.
"The state-ordered killing was intended in particular to silence the brother of the targeted victim," the prosecutors said.
Valid D. is accused of procuring a weapon, selecting a hitman to carry out the murder and arranging for him to be brought to Germany.
He also allegedly spied on the target and his home in search of a suitable scene of the crime, as well as carrying out shooting exercises with the intended killer.
The man picked to carry out the murder claims to have accepted the offer only out of fear of reprisals, the prosecutors said.
Germany and Russia have been at odds over the years over several burning issues, including cyberattacks and a string of espionage cases that Berlin has blamed on Moscow.
A German court in December sentenced a Russian man to life in prison for shooting dead a former Chechen commander in a Berlin park in broad daylight, a murder prosecutors say was ordered by Moscow.
Kadyrov, a former rebel-turned-Kremlin-ally, has given his backing for Putin’s attack on Ukraine, sending his notorious fighters to the country.
Israel is a close ally of the US, yet has not supported the US over Ukraine. “I’m deeply disappointed that they have not supported the United States,” says former US Defense Secretary William Cohen. “They do have to make a decision here.” pic.twitter.com/nIYzxKHHPL
Recall that Mr. Cohen was secretary of defense under President Bill Clinton, over two decades ago. It is not clear to me why his disappointment should matter to anyone now, particularly the leadership of a foreign country. It is clear why proudly biased British-Iranian CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour would seek attention by tweeting it, though.
Nonetheless, since this tweet on March 1st, Israel did support America vis a vis Russia, so none of this matters beyond the few days of anti-Israel agitation.
#1
Israel sold weapons to the Ukraine Nazis. That doesn't sound like something a close ally would do. That doesn't sound like anything a Jewish government would do, either.
#2
So Israel won't join in sanctions.
Neither will about 5 billion people around the world who will be delighted to trade for Russian oil, and gas, and wheat, and gold, and potash palladium nickel alumina titanium coal etc
How do they love thee, Russia? Let us count the ways:
China - that's 1.4 billion people
India - another 1.3 billion people
Turkey - add another 82 million pop.
Brazil - gee they're pretty big: 213 million pop.
Egypt - wow, over 106 million pop.
Iran - now buying Russian arms thanks to Joe "Help the Iranians!" Bidet - add another 86 million pop.
Indonesia - leapin' lizards! 275 million pop.
South Africa - with much gratitude for support during the anti-apartheid struggle, 57 million pop.
Uganda - along with Iran, one of many African customers for tens of billions in Russian arms exports 44 million pop.
... the rest of the African arms importing nations: 1 billion pop.
Supporting the US sanctions are maybe 1 billion people tops
Vs. 5 billion sitting it out.
Don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the 21st century wind blows
#3
Sanctions are Washington's knee-jerk response to almost every situation. It's healthy for them to see it not working.
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Why would Israel support the US over this? Not in their sphere of influence except for maybe Russia's ties with Iran and the Ukrainian war won't effect that.
#6
Now the ruble's backed by gold - whose dollar-denominated price is rising
And oil - whose dollar-denominated price is soaring.
As is the dollar price of every other commodity that Russia's rolling in.
But if these were priced in gold or another currency tied to a basket of commodities, they would NOT be soaring. As Joe Bidet likes to gargle mumble slosh, "Go get 'em!"
As of 0842hrs today it was trading for 0.0093 against the $US? So its cheaper to burn it in a fireplace to warm a room than it is to buy the firewood.
I'd be really careful about pointing out how invincible "backed by gold" makes your currency. The gold freaks from Zero Hedge will stop by your home to tonsure you and Ron Paul will stop coming to your sister's "sporting house."
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Anyone who hasn't loaded up his portfolio with commodities and precious metals including but not limited to gold is a fool. The kind of sucker who gets his investment advice from social media sites with anonymous morons sporting Hollywood movie avatars touting meme stocks
#13
Because Israel is not stupid enough to enter a tussle over something as 'someone-else's-problem' as European interests.
And what exactly would madam have them do? Like spout rhetoric about 'evil russians'? Break off ties with them? And then they'll what... let Iran have it's nukes? Let Paleostinians propagandize and encroach on Israeli land? How would that work, one standard for a European interest another for themselves?
Oh! Amanpour! Iranian! So that's how it works... silly moi.
#15
Insufferable Jooos will NOT support Biden's sanctions against Putin. Gee....I can't possibly imagine whey they (insufferable Jooos) are not fully on board.
#17
They are digging up these fossils from the late 90s and early 2000s to target that group old enough to remember The Soviet Union and Red Scare, yet young enough to influence newer generations.
This is also to rally the anti-Israel groups while shaming those who both support Ukraine and Israel.
Largest propaganda effort in history, already built and activated by two years of covid action, and should be treated as such; they have to get those influencers on board to convince the generations of Draft Age kids that war is no longer a bad-wrong craving of red necks but touts cool freedom loving neat-o; its the act where they try to re-define what Rally 'Round the Flag means.
Russia can use China’s Cross-border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) for its international trade after its major banks were removed from the US dollar-based SWIFT payment system in response to the Ukraine war, according to Chinese state media reports.
Several Chinese researchers were quoted by Xinhua and the Communist Youth League Central Committee’s website as saying Russia would not be seriously hurt by the Western world’s SWIFT ban as it had developed its own payment system – the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) – since the Crimea crisis in 2014.
They said CIPS together with SPFS would continue to grow and become an important global interbank payment system.
Some Chinese commentators speculated Russia would be able to survive the recent round of sanctions imposed by the West over the Ukraine issue as it was not holding a lot of US dollar assets, but mainly gold, oil and foreign currency.
European countries would also be hit by the SWIFT ban as the cost for them to buy Russia’s energy would increase, they said.
#19
"US THREATENS India with SANCTIONS as the Globalist Order CRUMBLES!!!" Swift weaponized so Alternates actively searched to prevent US and EU control of countries using swift.80% of the worlds population is bucking globalist efforts to control them.
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.
[ABCNews] A jury in Louisville, Kentucky, has found 
[Hot Air] "What is going on with Sean Hannity?" Tom Bevan tweeted this morning. "Two nights ago he suggested a NATO country bomb the Russian convoy, last night he argued in favor of assassinating Putin. Dangerous stuff."
[Washington Examiner] The value of Russia’s ruble has collapsed to less than 1 cent after the United States and other Western countries applied biting sanctions against the Russian economy.
Russia fires on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that could spark explosion ‘ten times larger than Chernobyl’
[Breitbart] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia will continue its "military operation" in Ukraine even if a peace deal is made until the process of "demilitarization" and "de-Nazification" is completed to Moscow’s satisfaction and Ukraine is stripped of weapons of mass destruction — including chemical and biological weapons he accused the United States of developing on Ukrainian soil.
[FOX] Ukrainian defense forces killed Russian Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky in combat earlier this week, according to Ukrainian officials and Russian media.
I know it sounds crazy, but could this be a contributing factor ?
