[American Thinker] Planned Parenthood obviously has more money than it knows how to spend well. Abortion on a mass scale is quite lucrative, of course, and those who profit from it by definition have a warped sense of humanity. Abortion fanatics can be very generous donors, anxious to see as many babies killed as possible, for reasons I cannot begin to fathom.
But the latest effort by Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the political affiliate of the abortion mill, bespeaks a mentality that doesn’t seem to grasp what abortion actually does: kill children.
Behold the vehicle deployed at SXSW in Austin, Texas:
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The ice cream truck (that's what it looks like, and it's no accident) is a clever piece of marketing. It's laser-focused on the audience at SXSW - tech industry people who are maybe smart in their narrow field but mostly have the minds of children when it comes to the world at large.
These tech people are the sort that see everything as an abstraction, primarily. That would include human lives. You must remember, in the end to these people, everything is data, similar to Stalin's casual pronouncement that millions of deaths is "just a statistic."
They are absolutely certain only they understand how to build a better world. There will be broken eggs aplenty as they make their omelet. Think of the way the kitchen looks when mom lets the kids "help" make breakfast.
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Let's not forget who performs the most gender transitions in America? PP is in the business of destroying America by killing the unborn, warping the adolescents, and bribing the swamp.
I miss the days when it was popular to picket/burn/assault PP clinics and their demented staff.
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Variety's Owen Gleiberman calls the concept of Cage playing Cage, 'a conceit we get used to in seconds'
How is that different than any of his other pieces, or Hollywood Theory for the last 30+ years of character actors. George Clooney is by far the worst.
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Interesting that the virtue signalers in media never would accept an anti-abortion ad showing what PP actually delivered. You get vapors over pronouns but shut down actually seeing what you support.
I had the idea, reading this, that hosting an internal version of Twitter might not be the best use of the employees’ time...
[Military] An internal U.S. intelligence messaging system became a "dumpster fire" of hate speech during the Trump administration, a veteran National Security Agency contractor says. And it's "ongoing," another Defense Department contractor tells SpyTalk.
Dan Gilmore, who was in charge of overseeing internal chat rooms for the Intelink system for over a decade starting in 2011, says that by late 2020 the system was afire with incendiary hate-filled commentary, especially on "eChirp," the intelligence community's clone of Twitter.
"I was the admin of this application and after a couple years, it became a dumpster fire," Gilmore, a 30-year veteran of Navy and NSA cryptologic systems, wrote Thursday in an extraordinary public post on his own website. "Professionalism was thrown out the window, and flame wars became routine."
Flame wars are highly unprofessional, not to mention a time suck and general morale destroyer. That was the point when Mr. Gilmore should have recommended shutting the thing down as hopeless, even if it meant he would have to find other employment.
NSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"Hate speech was running rampant on our applications," wrote Gilmore, whose identity and credentials have been vouched for by another Pentagon contractor. "I'm not being hyperbolic. Racist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamaphobic [sic], and misogynistic speech was being posted in many of our applications."
Even more startling, Gilmore alleges, "there were many employees at CIA, DIA, NSA, and other IC agencies that openly stated that the January 6th terrorist attack on our Capitol was justified."
Noted for future reference.
Gilmore says that "more than a few babus government employees at many different IC agencies" grew "concerned about the content that Intelink was allowing to be hosted."
"I wanted to tell everyone that there is a cancer within the government and when I tried to weed it out, I got fired," Gilmore wrote. "It was just easier for government management to get rid of me rather than to deal with the underlying issue."
Another NSA contractor told SpyTalk that the hate speech started in 2016 after Trump's election and is "ongoing." Trump's followers in the agency get away with professional indiscretions, some of them serious, while others get dismissed for minor infractions, this person said on condition of anonymity.
"We literally had folks get their clearances burned for time card discrepancies while pro-MAGA types might have multiple DUIs, foreign contacts, and (in one case) vehicular homicide," the source said. "They were kept working while others were let go."
Extremist groups have made inroads in U.S. military and police units, experts say. Intelligence sources have told SpyTalk over the past several months that pro-Trump fervor is centered in special operations and hostage rescue units.
...where the pointy end of the spear is lived, and airy theory and political games must give way to hard facts.
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Intelligence sources have told SpyTalk over the past several months that pro-Trump fervor is centered in special operations and hostage rescue units.
My Edward Jones guy likes to talks about solid investments, future growth, and economic security. It's what he does.
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For the last thirty years, it has been the job of every intelligence agency to be islamophobic. Take that away, and you might as well shut them down and wait for the bombings.
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ISTR the source site actually has nothing to do with the US military.
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This is the sort of thing you have to expect when you've got a national security state that has no problem working with Nazis. This didn't begin yesterday and it won't stop tomorrow.
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hate speech started in 2016 after Trump's election
Ah I see. This is reported by establishment deep state facists that are upset people aren't using the right pronoun and not sticking to the established narrative. So all of that is hate speech.
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You mean the rank and file who despise the woke/progressive BS policy and rigid mindsets?
Actually a relief that they feel it necessary to suppress as hate speech, code for dissenting opinion to a demokrat. It means not everyone has been bent yet...
[Political Wire] "American intelligence officials have discovered that the barrage of ballistic missiles Russia has fired into Ukraine contain a surprise: decoys that trick air-defense radars and fool heat-seeking missiles," the New York Times reports.
"The devices are each about a foot long, shaped like a dart and white with an orange tail, according to an American intelligence official. They are released by the Iskander-M short-range ballistic missiles that Russia is firing from mobile launchers across the border, the official said, when the missile senses that it has been targeted by air defense systems."
"Each is packed with electronics and produces radio signals to jam or spoof enemy radars attempting to locate the Iskander-M, and contains a heat source to attract incoming missiles."
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A "mystery" to some possibly. Others might recognize it as an offensive adaptation of the US AN/ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser system. (C-130 in graphic deploys a buttload of countermeasure rockets)
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Excellent question Andy. Yes, I suspect the decoy's do confuse and overwhelm defensive radar systems. A few decoys dispersed among successive missile salvos would still permit effective defensive penetration. As we know, the Russians enjoy firing artillery in successive salvos.
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In Linebacker, we jammed the heck out of the North's equipment so they started to use their missiles in barrages. Yes, they did hit stuff. Day three they were out of missiles and signaled they'd sit down again at the table in Paris.
[Town Hall] Guy wrote earlier this week about Russian intelligence officials warning that their military faces disaster in Ukraine. The invasion has not really gone according to plan. Russian forces are stalled. Major cities have not been taken; the capital of Kyiv has not been taken. The 40-mile convoy outside of the capital, which is supposedly the force that will deliver the death blow, has not moved in days. The Russian death toll ranges are all over the place. The Ukrainians claim that at least 12,000 Russians have been killed. Other estimates are in the 4-8,000 range. The truth is we don’t know, and we may never know.
We have reports that hospitals in southern Belarus are absolutely overrun with Russian war dead. They’re filled to the brim, with some suggesting that the Russian military has mobile crematoriums to mask the true death count. There are also suspicions that mass graves for dead Russian troops have been created. If true, it means that the Ukrainian estimates are more accurate and that the Russian death toll is catastrophic.
Russia has not been able to gain air superiority, which has allowed Ukrainian defenders to inflict heavy losses against their Russian invaders. We’ll see how long that lasts. They’re holding, and that’s a good thing.
Did Russian intelligence know this and not tell Putin out of fear of upsetting him? Either way, some heads are going to roll. One person who could be a prime scapegoat candidate is Putin's top military adviser, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. For now, it’s his top spy chiefs who have been placed under house arrest (via Daily Mail):
Vladimir Putin has placed the head of the FSB's foreign service and his deputy under house arrest after blaming them for intelligence failings that saw his army handed a series of embarrassing defeats in Ukraine, it has been claimed.
Andrey Soldatov, a respected author on the Russian secret services, said sources inside the FSB told him that Sergey Beseda, 68, head of the agency's foreign service, has been placed under arrest on Putin's orders.
Also arrested is Anatoly Bolyukh, Beseda's deputy, according to Soldatov, who said Putin is 'truly unhappy' with the agency - which he ran before becoming president.
Putin is said to blame the agency for intelligence which assured him ahead of the invasion that Russian forces would face only token resistance from the Ukrainian army and that Ukrainians themselves were eager to be rid of their leaders. Putin would accept no other conclusion.
[Ukrinform] Amid losses sustained, Russian troops are replenishing their forces at the expense of mobilized residents of the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region.
That’s according to General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
As of 06:00 on March 15, there have been no significant changes in the position and nature of actions of Ukraine’s defense forces. The Army is inflicting devastating blows on groupings of enemy troops, targeting their rear infrastructure.
Over the past day, the Air Force downed four helicopters and a warplane, while a Ukrainian fighter was shot down an enemy cruise missile.
According to the General Staff, groupings of Russian troops engaged in the offensive had not much success in any of the operational areas. The main efforts are still focused on holding ground on the already occupied positions.
The enemy pursues missile and bomb strikes on critical infrastructure, using a network of health care facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to treat their wounded.
The invaders also continue to use civilian infrastructure to equip firing positions and place heavy weaponry and military hardware.
According to the General Staff, due to the inability to maintain infrastructure operations in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Russians have suspended further mobilization of utility workers.
The poor moral and psychological condition of enemy forces leads to their servicemen refusing to fulfill their commanders’ orders.
The available reports suggest that mobilized residents from the temporarily occupied territories in Luhansk region are being deployed to the front line to replenish Russian invasion forces amid losses sustained.
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Ukrainian claims of Russian losses of morning of March 15:
Over 13,500 personnel, 404 tanks, 81 planes, 95 helicopters.
7 days ago they claimed the number of dead was 12,000. That means that the pace of ground combat has really dropped in the last 7 days.
Videos that I am seeing in the British newspapers indicates that the battles have moved to the rear supply lines where convoys are being attacked and wiped out. One video I saw was of an engineering column with bridging and construction equipment burning by the side of the road.
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.....battles have moved to the rear supply lines where convoys are being attacked and wiped out.
[Ukrinform] Russian invaders continue to strike residential areas in Kharkiv, destroying the city's historic center.
Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
"The occupiers continue to strike residential areas in Kharkiv, destroying the historic center. The shelling continues in Chuhuiv, Izium, Derhachi. Today the enemy also launched strikes from Iskander missile systems. According to the General Staff, the attack came from Russian territory," he wrote.
He added that Kharkiv is defending for the 19th day. The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not allow the enemy into the city and carry out counter-offensive operations in the region.
Other headlines at Ukrinform
Russian invaders launch 65 attacks on Kharkiv over past day
Ukrainian defenders stop Russian attacks on outskirts of Kharkiv
Ukrainian Armed Forces not allowing Russians to achieve air superiority — U.S. defense official
[Ukrinform] 1 star general. That's five generals so far if including the Chechen general that was wiped out with his column.
Another Russian general has been killed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"One Russian general down. Position and surname are being established," the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Facebook.
The Ukrainian Air Force has announced that a Russian Forpost drone crossed into Polish airspace after inspecting the damages by the bombed Yavoriv training center.
Minutes after entering Polish airspace it turned back into Ukraine and was shot down by the Ukrainians. pic.twitter.com/65nI6xSl09
Wow, what a scoop by @johnismay. Russia has been firing Iskander missiles with penetration aids to fool missile defenses, meaning we get to see the Russian PENAIDS themselves. I never expected to see these. https://t.co/LKBKaBXspt
Another interesting read from the minds at West Point.
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What happened to the Russian Boogeyman that US Taxpayers spend $$$ TRILLIONS defending against?
It died in the late 80s and no one noticed. We have been building up against "near peer" adversaries and only in the last few years (see Syria and now Ukraine) have we seen that the Russian stuff isn't even close to peer level. It is little better than the stuff Iraq had in 1991.
Yeah, the Russians have some kewl high tech toys... but they cost a lot to produce them and they can't afford to put them into mass production. And the money spent on them hasn't gone to military upgrades or training. What little went there was hovered up by corrupt generals and spent on yachts.
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What happened to the Russian Boogeyman that US Taxpayers spend $$$ TRILLIONS defending against?
Those trillions went on display in Iraq I and II.
The Europeans never got around to covering their part (like the whole part) of their own defense. They expected the Americans and Russians to mutually immolate over them.
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One of the main problems with Russian weapons that their best integrated circuit tech is 20 years behind the world. Even then, their best fab is not commercial scale and can't make the quantities needed for their military. Now Russia will also be cut off from commercial and dual use chips.
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As the Russians slowly grind down Ukraine and the tragedy of mistakes grows, I hope we do not fall for the MIC efforts to create another marketplace for endless arms sales and expenditures to keep the carnage going as a zero sum game. Putie is awakening to this being an existential struggle for himself, and I think he has that inbred slavic /Rus fatalism that might toy with a Götterdämmerung moment in extremis.
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I have heard that their reserves are going to the cities, and 19,000 Syrian mercenaries are being deployed to protect the supply lines.
I predict lots of war crimes in the near future.
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#10 I have heard that their reserves are going to the cities, and 19,000 Syrian mercenaries are being deployed to protect the supply lines.
I predict lots of war crimes in the near future.
I suspect that the Syrians will find out PDQ that there's a hell of a difference between a berserk, semi-literate jihadi and a trained, motivated Ukranian. They'll probably be longing for the piece and quiet of Syria in no time.
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For information: MIC is Military-Industrial Complex, right?
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and 19,000 Syrian mercenaries are being deployed to protect the supply lines.
The Syrian mercenaries are still being advertised for, as of the other day. Hardly any had been actually hired yet, so who knows what they’ll be qualified to do.
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/\ One likely course of action (COA) would be a pull-back to separatist controlled Lunask and Donetsk region and connect the land-bridge (and rail link) between Crimea and Mariupol along the Black Sea.
Pushing the Crimean border northward to Kherson could also be a part of that COA.
Having nearly cut off Ukraine's access to the Black Sea, declare victory, hand out orders of Saint George medals, and hurry off to the Bolshoi.
[SAHARAREPORTERS] Russia has admitted to losing its first GRU military intelligence spy in the war - the latest high-profile casualty of the savage Ukraine invasion.
Captain Alexey Glushchak, 31, from Tyumen in Siberia, died in the carnage in Ukrainian port Mariupol, but the Russians have given no details of how he was killed.
'Due to the strict secrecy of the military operation, the circumstances of the death of the Tyumen hero are not disclosed,' said a statement.
Pictures emerged of father-of-one Glushchak's funeral in Russia, where he was buried with full military honours and a guard of honour, despite Russia hiding 'thousands' of deaths from those back at home, Daily Mail reports.
Putin's stalling invasion has so far seen the loss of 12 commanders including three generals.
Glushchak was killed fighting near Mariupol, the Russian military said, as it acknowledges losing a GRU officer for the first time.
On the day the military intelligence officer died he had spoken to both his wife and mother in Russia, it was revealed.
He called to congratulate them on International Women's Day but on the same day in the evening they learned he had been killed.
He will be posthumously decorated.
Two elite paratrooper intelligence officers were also revealed to have been killed as the toll worsens for Vladimir Putin " ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... ’s forces.
Georgy Dudorov, deputy commander of the reconnaissance company for the 137th regiment of the 106th Tula Guards Airborne Division, was acknowledged as dead.
Another paratrooper intelligence officer killed was Aleksey Aleshko, a graduate of the prestigious Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne School.
It follows the loss of Major General Andrei Kolesnikov of the 29th Combined Arms Army last week, the third general to be killed in battle of the 20 taking part in the invasion.
His death came four days after the killing of Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, 45, the first deputy commander of Russia's 41st army.
The general took part in the second Chechen war, the Russian military operation in Syria, and the annexation of Crimea, winning medals from those campaigns.
According to reports, Gerasimov was the son of Valery Gerasimov - the Chief of General Staff of Russia's armed forces.
And Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, 47, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, was killed.
Sukhovetsky died during a special operation in Ukraine, his comrade-in-arms Sergey Chipilev wrote on social media.
He was shot and killed by a sniper near Mariupol, which has been under a brutal siege by Russian forces for days.
Their deaths coincide with the first expressions of anger and dismay on the toll of coffins now returning to Russia.
Accurate numbers of Russian troops killed in fighting are hard to come by. Ukraine claims 12,000 have been killed, but has not updated that figure for several days.
European and American estimates are lower - between 2,000 and 6,000 - while Russia has only acknowledged around 500 deaths.
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He will be posthumously decorated.
These sort of decorations should be avoided if possible.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 First Deputy Minister of Information of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov:
I came across an interesting report by the commander of the 105th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion of the 109th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, which was on electronic media in the military registration and enlistment office of the city of Volnovakha.
According to this report, local authorities were able to allocate only those facilities that belonged to them to accommodate the newly formed paramilitary units. And these are municipal facilities - primarily schools and preschool institutions.
21:35 On the operational line, the DPR Ministry of Health received information about the wounding of five civilians from the territories previously liberated by the NM of the DPR as a result of shelling by the VFU:
- woman, born in 1974
- woman, born in 1974
- male, born in 1972
- woman, born in 1977
— girl, born in 2014
Proceedings will be held on all facts of war crimes of the VFU, and the results will be transferred to the General Prosecutor's Office of the DPR.
21:26 In the near future, 2,100 volunteers from Nagorno-Karabakh are expected to be sent to support the forces of the NM DPR. The backbone will be artillery units. Crews of anti-tank systems, D-30 howitzers and self-propelled guns Gvozdika. All volunteers have 2020 extreme war experience. Financing was undertaken by a number of Russian businessmen of Armenian origin.
19:45 DPR Defense Headquarters: the number of victims of the shelling of Donetsk by Tochka-U has grown to 36 people.
19:44 The shelling of Donetsk "Tochka-U" was carried out by Ukrainian nationalists of the 19th rocket brigade from the outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk. It is said in the statement of the people's militia of the DPR.
19:41 Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko: the forces of the defense department of the Republic encircle the armed formations of Ukraine, which are still stationed in Severodonetsk and Lisichansk.
19:40 A laptop of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with data on the targets of the Tochka-U strikes came into the possession of the DPR NM. Among the objects for launching missile strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are the Government House of the DPR, a radio and television transmitting center and a military registration and enlistment office, the People's Militia Department of the DPR reported.
18:30 JCCC: AFU shelled the settlement Novoluganskoye - n.p. Zaitsevo: 5 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
18:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Steppe - n.p. Yelenovka: 4 shots fired from a tank - STsKK.
17:27 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: The special forces liquidated the main forces of neo-Nazis in residential areas along the perimeter of the city. The successful operation to unblock the city made it possible today from 15:00 to open humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians and to begin mass evacuation of the population, which had been held hostage by neo-Nazis for a long time.
17:25 The operation to unblock Mariupol made it possible to open humanitarian corridors and begin the evacuation of residents. 200 buses have been organized for the evacuation of Mariupol residents, the first 50 have already arrived in the city. Also, the first humanitarian cargo has already been delivered to Mariupol - the Russian Ministry of Defense.
17:23 Almost all the firing points equipped by neo-Nazis in the suburban areas of Mariupol have been destroyed - the RF Ministry of Defense.
15:50 March 14, at about 11:30 Moscow time, from the territory controlled by the Kiev nationalist regime, a tactical missile "Tochka-U" was struck at a residential area of the city of Donetsk. The shelling of the city was carried out from the north-western direction, from the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Krasnoarmeysk, which is controlled by Ukrainian nationalist units. As a result of the explosion of a cluster warhead in the center of Donetsk, 20 civilians were killed. Another 28 people, including children, were seriously injured and taken to medical facilities - the Russian Ministry of Defense.
15:45 There are no children among those killed in a missile strike in the center of Donetsk. The TOK correspondent was informed about this in the Ministry of Health of the DPR.
15:39 As a result of the shelling of Yasinovataya, md. Dawn, a local resident born in 1949 was wounded. From the received wounds the man died in hospital - the head of the city Dmitry Shevchenko.
15:21 "In the very near future, in a matter of days, the situation will change dramatically. We are accelerating," head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, on the air of the 60 Minutes program, spoke about forcing the liberation operation.
15:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Maryinka - Donetsk (Trudovskoy settlement): 3 shells fired 122mm caliber - STsKK.
15:02 Tomorrow, March 15, is declared a day of mourning - Pushilin.
14:10 DPR Defense Headquarters: according to updated data, 17 dead and 28 wounded at the site of the fall of fragments of the Tochka-U missile.
13:55 In the center of Donetsk, only one cassette of the Tochka-U rocket charge went off. If everyone had worked, the consequences would have been worse. At least 23 people were killed as a result of the UAF missile attack on Donetsk. 28 people were injured - Basurin.
13:50 The object from which the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched Tochka-U today will be installed and destroyed. To date, DPR forces have already shot down more than 15 Tochka-U missiles - Head of the DPR Pushilin.
13:47 The offensive operation will continue and be accelerated as much as possible, Pushilin said at the site of the shelling of Donetsk by the Ukrainian Tochka-U
13:31 The number of victims after the shelling of Donetsk has grown to 23, among them a child - the Ministry of Health of the DPR.
12:41 In Melitopol, the handing over of weapons that were uncontrollably distributed in Ukraine continues. "Today I handed over a Kalashnikov assault rifle, which I received upon mobilization. He also brought a machine gun of a neighbor who was afraid to come," declared resident of Melitopol.
12:27 "If Tochka-U flew to its destination and worked, the radius of destruction would be 500 m - there would be nothing alive at all," head of the DPR on air 60 minutes
12:15 DPR Defense Headquarters: according to preliminary data, in the center of Donetsk, at the site of the fall of fragments of the Tochka-U missile, 20 dead and 9 wounded. The information is being specified.
11:52 In the center of Donetsk, near the Government House, a Tochka-U was shot down. At least 8 civilians were killed in an attack on the center of Donetsk.
11:42 AFU shelled the center of Donetsk, administrative buildings were damaged.
11:36 Social networks: Arrival in the center of Donetsk. Details to be confirmed
11:15 Nationalists continue to occupy hospitals on the territory of the captured cities. According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR in Dzerzhinsk, Ukrainian militants occupied the 5th floor of the children's department of the Central City Hospital. It is noted that the ammunition is placed in the basement. Sick children continue to stay in the hospital, parents are trying to pick them up.
11:05 AFU shelled a kindergarten in Yasinovataya. According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR, as a result of the shelling of the VFU, the building of kindergarten No. 6 "Zhuravushka" in the Zorka microdistrict was damaged.
11:03 DPR fighters are fighting near Mariupol, where nationalist units are located. Formerly locals told that the national battalions are blocking the gum corridors near the city, which were organized by Russia.
11:00 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation shows transfer of captured Ukrainian equipment and weapons to units of the People's Militia of the LPR and DPR. Among other things - American Javelin anti-tank grenade launchers and British NLAW.
10:48 Smoke from a fire at a coking plant may cover several districts of Donetsk - Basurin.
10:23 This night, special forces from Chechnya entered Mariupol. A total of 5,000 people arrived. Good help to the forces of the DPR. The Nazis have no chance of survival.
10:12 The offensive of the allied forces of the Russian Federation and the DPR in the direction of Vuhledar is developing. The scattered enemy forces have the option of retreating in the direction of Kurakhovo.
During the day, the fate of Ugledar will be decided. The key point will be cleared of Ukronazis.
10:11 The mine came under fire. Zasyadko, the main ventilation fan is de-energized. Currently, 83 mountain women are underground.
10:10 Ukrainian military block and intercept humanitarian supplies for the population - Pushilin.
09:55 As a result of the morning shelling by Ukrainian militants of the village of the Trudovskaya mine, the glazing at school No. 103 and the Donetsk professional mining lyceum No. 93 is damaged - the head of Donetsk Kulemzin.
09:51 LPR troops, having previously blocked Severodonetsk from the east and south, are fighting against nationalists on the northeastern outskirts of the city, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
09:50 Subdivisions of the RF Armed Forces, continuing the offensive, reached the line of Vodyanoye, Sladkoe, Stepnoe, Taramchuk and Glorious. Promotion per day amounted to 11 kilometers - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
09:43 A war gonzo war correspondent reports that the Russian Aerospace Forces are working in Avdiivka. Avdiivka is a city north of Donetsk, from where Donetsk is constantly under artillery fire.
9:33 It became known that the territory of the Shchastinsky TPP in the LPR was cleared of mines and the station began its work.
9:12 A total of 86 people were evacuated from Mariupol and its suburbs. According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR, over the past day, from 08:00 on March 13 to 08:00 on March 14, 86 people, including 15 children, were evacuated from Mariupol and its suburban settlements to the Bezymennoye Novoazovsky district. In total, for the period from March 5 to 08:00 on March 14, 922 people were evacuated to the Bezymennoye PPN.
9:10 JCCC: shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Marinka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 mines fired with a caliber of 120 mm.
8:53 NM DNR: Extinguishing fire at the Avdiivka Coke Plant, which began as a result of sabotage by Ukrainian militants, is now impossible. The entrance of emergency services to the plant is blocked by units of the "Right Sector" and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:51 The Gorlovka-Yasinovataya-Makeevka highway is closed, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.
08:40 The JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction: n.p. Marinka - Donetsk (Trudovskoy settlement): 5 shells of 122 mmcaliber were fired.
08:30 AFU shelled the settlement Novoselovka Second - n.p. Panteleimonovka: 10 122 mm shells were fired. — SCCC.
08:23 The JCCC reported that the village was under fire. Avdiivka - n.p. Mineral: 10 shells fired caliber 122mm.; n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 15 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
07:00 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, four artillery attacks were recorded on four settlements of the LPR:
n.p. Irmino received damage to polyclinic No. 3 "Stakhanovskaya Central City Multidisciplinary Hospital" at the address: st. Profsoyuznaya, 1. n.p. Zolote-5 damaged 2 residential buildings and 4 outbuildings.
n.p. Novokrasnyanka, a girl born in 2008, was wounded, and a residential building was also damaged - the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.
06:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novoselovka Second - n.p. Verkhnetoretskoye (southern): 6 shells fired caliber 122 mm. — SCCC.
05:00 For 25 days, as a result of hostilities in the DPR, 26 civilians were killed, 174 civilians were injured of varying severity, 12 of them were children - JCCC.
[REGNUM] A new artillery attack of Donetsk with 82mm mines was carried out on March 14 by the armed formations of Ukraine, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports in its telegram channel.
The fire was fired at the village of Trudovskoy mine (Petrovsky district of Donetsk). Everything was fired by four mines. In addition, Ukrainian militants fired small arms at the village of Mikhailovka.
As REGNUM reported earlier, Ukrainian armed formations fired six 122-mm artillery shells at the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:23 Only from Kramatorsk a volley was fired from the MLRS towards Slavyansk. A volley was heard at Yasnogorka, probably they worked from a chalk quarry. 22:50 Military correspondent Kotenok: residents of the village of Vygoda, Odessa region, report that a large convoy of APU equipment, including air defense systems and charging vehicles, has entered the village. Technique moves with extinguished fires.
22:44 Ukrainian troops in Odessa place technology in residential areas. The tanks are directed towards the sea.
22:43 The position of Russian troops near Kiev, March 14.
Losses of brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the DPR from February 24 to March 14, 2022:
95 odshbr - 87 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 107 were injured;
25th Air Assault Brigade - 82 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 111 wounded;
56th Separate Rifle Brigade - 112 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 142 wounded;
54th Separate Rifle Brigade - 167 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 178 were wounded;
53rd Separate Rifle Brigade - 279 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, including the brigade commander, and 303 were wounded;
36th Infantry Regiment - 249 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 303 were wounded;
12th Rifle Brigade - 235 NGU servicemen were killed and 246 wounded.
20:10 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation calls on all citizens of Ukraine working at military production plants to leave their jobs, as these military-industrial complex facilities will be bombed in response to the missile attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk on March 14 against civilians.
17:54 Nationalists, under the threat of reprisals against family members, are forcing men from 18 to 60 years old to enlist in battalions in Kharkov, Odessa and Nikolaev - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
17:52 Social networks: Armed militants of "terror defense" in Zaporizhia seized banks and check the accounts of depositors. Wealthy residents are robbed by nationalists “for the needs of territorial defense detachments” - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
17:49 Melitopol and Kherson are under the full control of the Russian Armed Forces, the population of the cities is provided with everything necessary, there are no problems in helping the residents - the Russian Defense Ministry.
17:42 Almost 7,000 foreigners are held hostage by militants in Ukraine, as well as the crews of more than 50 vessels blocked in seaports - the Russian Defense Ministry.
17:00 Russian commandant's office of Melitopol redeems weapons from the inhabitants of Melitopol. The reward for the returned machine is $100 in cash. The Russian military is buying up weapons to prevent them from falling into the hands of criminals.
16:55 Ships of the Russian Navy enter the port of Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region.
13:52 The mass surrender of Ukrainian servicemen and militants of neo-Nazi groups into captivity began due to the lack of supplies of ammunition, fuel, food and uniforms. According to the residents of the city of Dnepropetrovsk, the radicals created special patrols in the city, seizing warm clothes, food and medicine from citizens.
13:51 Russian Armed Forces continue to maintain order in the liberated territories of Kherson. Checkpoints have been set up in the city to preserve the safety of the civilian population.
12:28 Social networks write that the Ukrainian General Staff ordered to hide artillery, tanks and air defense in houses. At the request of the Bank General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is developing a new instruction for the protection of troops. The document indicates how to more effectively hide heavy weapons systems in residential buildings. At the same time, the instruction specifically states that the presence of civilians is an important element of protection. Therefore, Ukrainian commanders should choose places with a large crowd of people, and during the defense not carry out evacuation.
11:11 APU blew upbridgein the area of Kamianske: Transport communication between Zaporozhye and Energodar is stopped.
10:58 The Armed Forces of Ukraine, retreating, blew up all the bridges, and then it’s impossible for people to leave from there, or vice versa, humanitarian convoys have to go on a detour through hot spots.
09:55 Local media reports that the Antonov aircraft factory is on fire in Kyiv.
09:54 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 3,920 military infrastructure facilities of Ukraine have been disabled . special military vehicles, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
09:53 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Operational-tactical, army and unmanned aircraft hit 187 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including: two command posts, one Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, one guidance and targeting radar station, two multiple rocket launchers, two electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots and fuel and lubricants, 31 military equipment accumulation sites.
09:43 In social networks they write that broadcasting of Russian TV channels has begun in Melitopol and Kherson.
09:24 A TV tower in the city of Rivne has been destroyed. Her destruction confirmed regional governor.
09:20 In the port of Berdyansk, the Russian military is disarming Ukrainian ships.
08:20 The forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The attack was carried out by Su-25 attack aircraft. After a successful operation, the aircraft returned to base.
08:18 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to go to the end in scorched earth tactics. At the moment, a plan has been worked out for the destruction of all bridges, and detachments have already been partially trained to carry out these tasks. In the Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions, part of the bridges had already been blown up during the retreat. The infrastructure of the country is being destroyed at such a rate that soon the country will be uninhabitable.
08:15 Zhytomyr authorities urged civilians to leave the city and not resist the Russian army.
07:40 Now known that many schools and kindergartens were completely occupied by Ukrainian warriors and members of the Terodefense. There is a list of 23 already occupied properties, but there will be many more soon.
07:32 Social networks report that explosions have become more frequent in Kyiv in the morning - fighting is underway on the outskirts
06:00 David Phillips, a journalist for The New York Times, confirms the presence of American militants at the Yavoriv training ground at the time of the strike.
05:00 Acting mayor of Melitopol Galina Danilchenko announced the start of broadcasting of Russian TV channels in the city.
03:00 "Let's go fill someone up." Consequences of the uncontrolled distribution of weapons to civilians in Ukraine. On the personnel one can see how young people “play” with the issued weapons and try to figure out how they work.
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[Korrespondent] 21:52 In the Russian Federation, for the first time since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, a suspect in treason has been arrested, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow reports. Yuri Abramov faces up to 20 years in prison.
21:47 During the evacuation from Gostomel, the enemy fired at a column of civilians, the National Police reported. Russian troops fired mortars at a convoy of four buses, as a result, the driver of one of the buses was injured. Also under fire was a car in which the spouses were traveling - the woman died on the spot.
21:45 Out of ten humanitarian corridors, seven have worked today, in total, about four thousand people have been taken out, Vereshchuk said. The column, which was supposed to arrive in Mariupol, did not get into the city - it was detained by the occupiers in Berdyansk.
21:42 Bellingcat investigator Hristo Grozev reports that panic has already begun in Moscow due to the lack of a new plan of action to invade Ukraine. According to him, the Russian elites openly declare that the course of the Russian Federation is "suicidal", it is impossible to continue the war, and repressions have begun in the special services.
21:40 A team of doctors with a mobile hospital arrived from Israel to Ukraine, Yermak said.
21:31 The media write that the girl who came out with a poster during the live broadcast of Channel One is employee Maria Ovsyannikova. She has already been detained by the police, now she is being interrogated at the police department.
21:29 American doctors have deployed a field hospital near Lviv, where they will provide free medical care to all those in need in war conditions, said the head of the Regional State Administration Maxim Kozitsky.
21:09 In Russia, during the evening news broadcast on Channel One, a girl ran out with an anti-war poster:
21:06 The International Court of Justice in The Hague will rule on the case of Ukraine against the Russian Federation on March 16. According to the press service of the court, the decision will be announced at 17:00 Kyiv time.
20:54 Humanitarian cargo with food, water, clothes, as well as buses by which people could leave Mariupol, could not get to the city, said the deputy head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko.
20:49 Scholz, after meeting with Erdogan in Ankara, called on Russia for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
20:47 In Odessa, the threat of an enemy amphibious landing remains, but Ukrainian soldiers are ready to meet them, assured the head of the regional administration Maxim Marchenko.
20:21 Reuters and Financial Times write that China is ready to provide military and economic assistance to Russia in the war against Ukraine. The publications cite anonymous sources in the US.
20:20 Minister of Justice Denis Malyuska joined the Ukrainian delegation in the negotiating group with the Russian Federation, Podolyak said.
20:18 The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, together with the investigators of the Main Investigative Directorate of the SBU, reported the suspicion to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Army General Sergei Surovikin, the Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, and the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
20:16 Rogozin said that Russia can launch the first module of its orbital station as early as 2026, "if you push yourself hard." He also threatened that the Russian Federation "will make the station a military-applied one if the situation in the world is hostile."
20:08 Shmyhal said that Ukraine demands to immediately exclude Russia from the Council of Europe.
19:57 The EU has agreed on the fourth package of anti-Russian sanctions - the black list will include individuals and legal entities, the restrictions will affect several sectors of the Russian economy.
19:53 In Russia, they reported the death of another colonel in Ukraine - it turned out to be Sergey Porokhnya, commander of the 12th engineering brigade.
19:49 Russian troops today around 17:00 tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian defenders in the Donetsk direction. As a result, the enemy lost up to 100 personnel, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and one armored personnel carrier, after which he retreated, OK Skhid reports.
Four infantry fighting vehicles and two infantry platoons were destroyed in the Volnovakha direction.
Also during the day, Ukrainian aviation destroyed a supply convoy - more than 12 vehicles.
19:43 The decision on the possible transfer of the MiG-29 to Ukraine should be made by the entire NATO structure, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.
19:42 Putin and Bennet discussed the situation in Ukraine, "agreed to continue the dialogue," Russian media report.
19:38 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation warned that it would strike at the military enterprises of Ukraine "in response to the shelling of Donetsk with a Tochka-U missile."
19:17 According to the IMF, Ukraine will need about 4.8 billion dollars of external financing this year, and GDP will shrink by 10%, provided that the war ends soon.
19:14 A British journalist received a shrapnel fracture of both legs as a result of the military operations of the Russian invaders and is now in intensive care. According to Venediktova, the journalist was not at any military facility at the time of the injury.
19:10 Russian oligarch Valery Oif is selling his stake in the Dutch football club Vitesse. Also, Oif, who is the main shareholder of FC, will "immediately" withdraw from the supervisory board, according to the club's website.
19:04 The Russian military fired at the Lavina Mall shopping center in Kiev, MP Goncharenko said.
18:45 In Kharkiv, as a result of enemy attacks, about 600 houses have already been destroyed, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
18:33 As a result of an air strike on a TV tower in the Rivne region, nine people were killed, nine more were injured, the regional administration reported.
18:29 A Russian drone has fallen in Romania. According to local media, the drone was found in the municipality of Dumitra, just over a hundred kilometers south of the border with Ukraine.
18:24 Slovakia expels three employees of the Russian embassy based on information from the security services, reports Reuters.
It is also reported that the Slovak police detained employees of the Ministry of Defense and counterintelligence on suspicion of spying for the Russian Federation.
18:20 Vereshchuk said that the Russians let 160 private cars from Mariupol pass, which reached Berdyansk. "But this is about nothing, because there are 300,000 people there, and 160 cars is a maximum of 600-700 people," she added.
18:17 The Pentagon has warned China of the consequences if it decides to assist Russia in the war against Ukraine.
18:06 The UN Secretary General said that the prospect of a nuclear conflict, previously unthinkable, has now returned to the realm of the possible, and called for maintaining the safety of nuclear facilities.
18:05 Venediktova said that an exchange of prisoners could take place in the near future.
18:03 Facebook changes the rules and prohibits publishing posts with death wishes to heads of state, including Putin and Lukashenko, Reuters reports citing a letter to Meta Platforms employees.
17:52 In Brussels on March 16, an extraordinary session of NATO defense ministers is going to discuss the situation in Ukraine, the Turkish Defense Ministry reported.
17:45 The Estonian Parliament appealed to the UN member countries with an appeal to close the skies of Ukraine from the Russian aggressor. As the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk said, this is the first decision from the parliament of a country that is a member of the EU and NATO.
17:38 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports that the invaders are targeting agricultural machinery and undermining food security in Ukraine and the world. Systematic cases of such actions were recorded in Brovarsky district (Kyiv region), Melitopol district (Zaporozhye region), Prylutsky, Nezhinsky, Novgorod-Seversky districts (Chernihiv region), as well as in a number of districts of Kherson and Kharkov regions.
17:33 "DPR" accuses Ukraine of using Tochka-U in Donetsk, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine refutes this information.
17:32 During the work of humanitarian corridors, 150 thousand people were able to use them, Vereshchuk said. At the same time, she added that, in general, the process is very difficult due to non-compliance with the regime of silence by the Russian troops.
17:28 Germany will no longer announce the supply of weapons to Ukraine. German government spokesman Wolfgang Buechner said the decision was made "in order to avoid security risks," writes AP.
"Russia's goal is to cut off supply routes to Ukraine and strengthen its own defense, and we do not want to contribute to this," Defense Ministry spokesman Arne Kollatz explained.
16:54 The State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine has banned the import of publishing products from the Russian Federation.
16:49 Shares of Chinese companies have collapsed on record amid news of Russia's request for military assistance, writes Bloomberg. Although Beijing officially denied this information, March 14 was the worst day for shares of Chinese companies that are traded on the stock exchange in Hong Kong since November 2008. Investors are afraid of Western sanctions against China, which is moving closer to the Russian Federation.
16:46 The occupiers destroyed the sewage treatment facilities in Zaporozhye - now sewage enters the Dnieper, said the head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration Oleksandr Starukh.
16:43 The EU plans to introduce new sanctions against Rosneft, Transneft and Gazprom Neft, writes Reuters. The ban will apply "to all investment, technology transfer, financial and other services related to the exploration and production of energy." At the same time, countries will continue to buy oil from Russian companies.
16:38 The Rada is planning to adopt a bill on business support during the war period, which has already been approved by the tax committee of the parliament.
16:25 There are 11 representatives of Rosatom at the Zaporozhye NPP. "Obviously, explosions of ammunition at the station site are carried out with their direct participation. So it turns out that Rosatom is also involved in this terrorism," Energoatom's press service said.
16:22 Zelensky will speak via video link before both houses of the US Congress on March 16 at 15:00 Kyiv time.
16:17 From today, Revolut becomes available to Ukrainians who left for the EU due to the Russian invasion. The company has simplified many of the requirements for creating an account, and has also waived a number of fees for currency exchange and account replenishment. Refugees can now link their Revolut account to a Ukrainian bank account.
15:59 A technical pause has been taken in the Ukrainian-Russian negotiations until tomorrow - for additional work in the working subgroups and to clarify certain points, Podolyak said.
15:55 Most of the Luhansk region was left without mobile communications, Governor Gaidai said.
15:52 One of the captured Russian soldiers said at a briefing that there were more than 150 conscripts in his battalion alone.
He also envied those who were able to pay off this war: "You could buy a military ticket for 80,000."
15:46 Media reports that a rally against forced mobilization was planned today in the center of Donetsk. But suddenly there was an explosion, as a result of which 20 civilians were killed, another 28 were injured.
15:45 Arestovich says that the enemy has decided on the main directions of the strike - this is the JFO zone in the Donbass and Nikolaev. Reinforcements are being sent there from other directions. On the other front lines, the situation has stabilized.
15:44 The head of the Kiev city military administration, General Nikolai Zhirnov, believes that in order to capture the capital, the Russians must gather all available human resources and bring them to Kiev.
15:42 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland reported that the number of Ukrainian refugees in the country has reached 1.8 million.
15:41 During martial law, pharmacies will give out insulin free of charge with a prescription from a doctor.
15:39 The Russian military blew up part of the ammunition at the site of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant near the ruins of the training center and power unit No. 1. According to Energoatom, they plan to continue to carry out explosions at the largest nuclear facility in Europe. At the time of the explosions, the staff left their jobs.
15:34 The State Bureau of Investigation announced that it was putting the propagandist Solovyov on the international wanted list.
15:24 In the Zaporozhye region, the invaders robbed the Vasilyevsky historical and architectural museum-reserve Popov's Estate, said the head of the regional department of culture, Vlad Moroko. Together with saws and a screwdriver, they stole a marble toilet from the time of the Popovs.
“The first time this toilet was stolen by the Bolsheviks. Subsequently, one of the descendants of the thieves “returned” the artifact to the museum. And here again, new invaders steal the ill-fated toilet,” he wrote.
15:21 Peskov said that Russia can capture large Ukrainian cities, but does not do this because of concern for the civilian population .
15:12 The authorities of Mariupol say that as of 13:00 there is "actual confirmation of the observance of the silence regime in the direction of the humanitarian corridor for private transport" from the city.
15:09 Germany stated that it cannot accept such a number of Ukrainian refugees from Poland. The German government asked Poland to stop the movement of special trains that Ukrainians fleeing the war travel for free.
15:03 On the morning of March 14, Russian troops attacked one of the pumping stations in Chernihiv. According to Chernihivvodokanal, four people were killed, there are wounded.
14:59 The occupation of Ukrainian nuclear plants will cost Russia hundreds of millions of dollars, says one of the most influential people in the American nuclear industry, former member of the US Atomic Energy Commission Jeffrey Merifield, writes The Wall Street Journal.
"An underestimated motive for Russia's invasion of Ukraine is Kyiv's stance, which was to sever relations with long-standing Russian nuclear suppliers, as the United States encroached on Russia's largest nuclear export market (Ukraine)," the expert notes.
14:49 In Energodar, the invaders are trying to distribute "help" to local residents in the form of peas and flour. According to the press service of Energoatom, the Ukrainian humanitarian aid that came from Zaporozhye was taken away and is not given back to people.
14:28 Russia continues to destroy infrastructure in Ukraine and strike at cities, but "we will restore every street of every city, every house, apartment of every Ukrainian," Zelensky promised.
14:26 Zelensky again called on businesses to start working and instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to reduce taxes as much as possible and create a new tax model for the period of the war and the post-war period.
14:16 In Poland, the police pushed back the activists at the Kozlovichi-Kukuriki checkpoint on the border with Belarus and allowed the movement of trucks with goods bound for Belarus and Russia.
14:09 Zelensky will not be able to speak at today's PACE session "due to unforeseen circumstances", media quote the chairman of the assembly. Instead of the president, Prime Minister Shmygal will speak via video link. The performance was expected at 17:00 Kyiv time.
14:06 More than a thousand people have been recruited in Syrian mercenary recruitment centers in recent days, about 400 of them have already arrived in Russia, the General Staff said. Camps have been set up near the Ukrainian border in the Rostov and Gomel regions for their accommodation and training.
14:04 Russian troops have been stopped in the Nikolaev and Krivoy Rog directions, the General Staff said.
In the Polesye direction, the invaders do not abandon their attempts to gain a foothold in Bucha and Irpen. DRGs are preparing to act under the guise of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Donetsk and Tavria directions, the enemy continues to conduct active hostilities. Due to the numerical advantage in some places it has a partial success.
13:58 Putin signed a law that allows Russian airlines not to return aircraft leased from foreign companies.
13:53 Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said that the hryvnia exchange rate is stable: "I think we will keep it."
He also urged all businesses in regions where there is no fighting to open up and operate. "It is very important that the country's economy continues to work," the minister stressed.
13:50 Elon Musk challenged Putin to a duel for Ukraine:
13:37 Energoatom said that in the near future the invaders who seized the Zaporizhzhya NPP plan to start "recycling" ammunition right at the plant site near the ruins of the ZNPP training center.
"In other words, the rashists are going to blow up ammunition right in front of power unit No. 1 of the nuclear power plant," the report says.
13:29 The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that the country will not become "a way to circumvent the sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia."
13:15 Zarubezhneft's tender for the sale of six consignments of Urals oil with a volume of 600,000 tons with shipment in the second quarter was declared invalid, since none of the buyers responded to the offer.
12:56 In London, activists occupied Deripaska's house and hung a Ukrainian flag on it.
12:44 The State Border Service reported that on the western border of Ukraine there were practically no queues in front of the checkpoints on the morning of March 14, only about 30 cars accumulated at the Shehyni checkpoint.
12:42 The State Emergency Service criticized the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko, who, with his messages immediately after the moment of shelling the enemy, can help adjust the fire of the Russian occupiers.
12:35 Putin personally ordered not to let the humanitarian corridor into Mariupol, Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, said. According to him, the situation in the city is now the most difficult in all of Ukraine.
12:30 The invaders again damaged the line to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was repaired by Ukrenergo specialists the day before. According to the press service of Ukrenergo, emergency teams are forced to go to the danger zone again and repair the damage.
12:28 As a result of the fall of rocket fragments on a house on Kurenevka in Kiev, one person died, six were injured, Klitschko said. The trolleybus, which was without passengers, was completely destroyed.
12:22 Podolyak commented on the course of negotiations with the Russian delegation: "The parties are actively expressing their already clarified positions. Communication is difficult, but it goes on. The reason for the disagreement is that we have very different political systems. Ukraine is a free dialogue in society and a mandatory consensus. Russia is an ultimatum suppression of one's own society."
12:18 Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk is filing a lawsuit with the Israeli Supreme Court against the actions of the country's government and personally Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked on the issue of accepting Ukrainian refugees. According to Channel 12 ITV, such a step is unprecedented.
The lawsuit alleges that the minister violates the agreements reached earlier by Jerusalem and Kiev on a visa-free regime, using "vague language" for this. The ambassador explained that all diplomatic options to protect Ukrainian citizens had been exhausted.
12:11 Russian soldiers who have already managed to take part in the hostilities against Ukraine and returned to their places of deployment are massively refusing to return to the war. Photos of the corresponding reports of servicemen of the 41st Air Force of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces, who arrived in Ukraine in full force, were at the disposal of the information publication Guildhall.
12:08 According to updated information from the Kyiv City State Administration, as a result of an explosion in a residential building in the Obolonsky district of the capital on the morning of March 14, one person died, not two.
11:47 Ex-People's Deputy Evgeny Rybchinsky promised a house and 40 acres of land near Kiev for the murder of Kadyrov, if he is really in Ukraine.
11:41 In the sky over Kiev, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a cruise missile , the remnants fell into a house on Kurenevka, Gerashchenko said.
11:30 Pushilin said that as a result of the fall of the Tochka-U rocket in the center of Donetsk, according to preliminary data, 20 people were killed, nine were injured.
11:28 Another blow was dealt to the central part of Kharkiv, the State Emergency Service and the mayor of the city said. The four-storey house was completely destroyed.
11:26 Media reports about the shelling of the center of Donetsk, at least eight dead.
11:23 The staff of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant no longer performs repairs and maintenance of equipment, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grosi. According to him, this is due to physical and psychological fatigue after working continuously for almost three weeks.
11:12 The National Bank announced that 11.8 billion hryvnias have already been collected to support the army and humanitarian aid.
11:10 According to WHO estimates, the number of victims in Ukraine from the military invasion of Russia is 18 million people, including 6.7 million were forced to become internally displaced.
10:59 Australia and the Netherlands have filed a lawsuit against Russia demanding to pay millions of dollars in compensation in the case of the MH17 disaster, which killed 298 people in 2014, said Australian Foreign Minister Maris Payne.
10:41 Yermak said that negotiations are underway with Israel on his humanitarian participation in the situation in Ukraine. Among the first results - Israel allowed Ukrainians whose relatives already live there to come to the country.
10:36 The fourth round of Ukrainian-Russian negotiations begins. "Negotiations. Fourth round. About peace, ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of all troops and security guarantees. Difficult conversation. Although the Russian Federation is aware of all the absurdity of its aggressive actions, it remains under the illusion that the 19-day violence against the peaceful cities of Ukraine - the right choice of strategy," Podolyak wrote.
The talks will be held in video format. Ukraine's position remains unchanged.
10:26 In Berdyansk, Russian invaders "arrested" and took a priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in an unknown direction.
10:22 The National Bank of Ukraine canceled the permit for the free export of foreign currency worth more than 10 thousand euros. Such permission was introduced with the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February. Now citizens again must provide supporting documents from banks on the origin of funds. In particular, documents on cash withdrawals from their own accounts.
10:18 Kuleba addressed the West: "To those who abroad are afraid that they will be "dragged into the Third World War." Ukraine is successfully resisting. We need you to help us fight. Provide us with all the necessary weapons. Impose more sanctions against Russia to completely isolate it. Help Ukraine make Putin fail and you will prevent a big war."
10:14 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, 90 children have died, more than 100 have been injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
09:55 The Ministry of Defense announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy on the morning of March 14:
personnel - more than 12,000
tanks - 389,
armored combat vehicles - 1,249,
artillery systems - 150,
MLRS - 64,
air defense systems - 34,
aircraft - 77,
helicopters - 90,
automotive equipment - 617,
ships/boats - 3,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 8.
09:51 In Chernihiv, Chernihiv Polytechnic University came under attack at night, Governor Chaus said. There were no casualties. Also, the city of Nizhyn was fired upon by Hurricanes, and an enemy aircraft was shot down over Chernigov.
09:50 Kramatorsk was hit by a missile, at least two people were killed, the mayor of the city said.
09:48 In Kherson, the invaders set fire to the house of the Secretary of the City Council Galina Lugova. "I was left without a home. I think I'm on the list for physical destruction," she said.
09:47 On the Polish-Belarusian border, at the Kozlovichi-Kukuriki checkpoint, activists have been blocking trucks with goods heading to Belarus and Russia for the second day, Polish media write.
09:46 In Akhtyrka, as a result of a night airstrike on residential areas, at least three people were killed, Mayor Pavel Kuzmenko said.
09:43 The occupiers have been shelling Avdiivka since yesterday evening - they are shooting from Tochek-U and multiple launch rocket systems, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant was fired upon by Grads. The gas pipeline, school, private houses are damaged. Information about the victims and injured is being specified.
09:39 Vereshchuk reported on humanitarian corridors for March 14. Kyiv region:
In Mariupol today there will be an attempt to unblock the path for a convoy with medicines from Berdyansk (via Mangush) to Mariupol. This was not possible in previous days.
09:22 Voice of America journalist Asya Dolina reported that a pregnant girl on a stretcher from the attacked maternity hospital in Mariupol died along with her unborn child.
09:19 Transport communication between Energodar and Zaporozhye is lost, the invaders bombed the bridge in the Kamensky area. Humanitarian convoys and evacuation of people are not yet possible, Energoatom reports.
09:02 Instagram from today is officially in the register of resources banned in Russia.
08:59 The Czech Republic suspends the issuance of visas to Russians - now the country will issue them only humanitarian visas.
08:54 Ukraine insists on creating a separate account in the EU, to which Russia will receive money for gas and oil. Then this money will be used to restore the economy of Ukraine and reparations, said Lana Zerkal, a member of the Ukrainian delegation to participate in the oral hearings of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
08:51 In the Nikolaev area on March 14 at 06:00 the Russian invaders fired at the city of Snigirevka from aviation - five houses on the street are damaged. Oktyabrskaya, said Governor Vitaly Kim.
08:50 The KSCA reported that the Antonov plant was also fired at in the capital tonight.
08:48 As of 07:40, the bodies of two dead were found in a house in the Obololnsky district of Kiev, which was fired upon, the rescuers said. Three more are hospitalized.
08:46 The General Staff reports that according to the statement of one of the officials of the special operations forces of Belarus, the special forces of the Republic of Belarus will not participate in the war with Ukraine.
08:45 A military camp is located in Russian Belgorod, where servicemen are kept, who, after treatment, have been discharged from hospitals and are waiting to be sent to units. Also in the camp are Russian servicemen who refuse to participate in hostilities - they are being interrogated, the General Staff reports.
08:43 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine began using the face recognition system of the American company Clearview AI, which has access to a database of 10 billion photos, Reuters writes. Two billion photos - from the social network VKontakte. The system will help identify the Russian attackers, combat disinformation and identify the dead.
08:39 Zaluzhny congratulated the Ukrainians on the Day of the Ukrainian Volunteer.
08:37 In Rivne, a TV tower was damaged as a result of an airstrike. Television and radio broadcasting does not work in the region, Governor Vitaliy Koval said.
08:23 In the Obolonsky district of Kiev, a shell hit a nine-story house at night, a fire started. Rescuers evacuated 63 people from the building, the fire was extinguished.
08:01 At night, the town of Stavishche in the Zhytomyr region was subjected to a missile strike. According to preliminary data, seven administrative buildings were destroyed, four people were injured, and searches are underway for other victims, the State Emergency Service reports.
07:27 The Russian Orthodox Church in Amsterdam announced a break with the Moscow Patriarchate. The clergy expressed their desire to join the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul, which is considered a rival of the Moscow Patriarchate.
05:54 The Czech Republic will provide military assistance to Ukraine for 31.5 million dollars.
05:39 The British Ministry of Defense reports that Russia has isolated Ukraine from maritime trade.
05:10 Australia has imposed sanctions against 33 Russian oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich, Alexei Miller, Dmitry Lebedev, Sergei Chemezov, Nikolai Tokarev, Igor Shuvalov and Kirill Dmitriev.
03:32 The Bahamas joined the sanctions and left Russia without offshore companies, the Central Bank of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas said.
01:30 Arakhamia announced the fourth round of Ukrainian-Russian negotiations on March 14 at 10:30.
00:36 On March 13, missile strikes were carried out on targets in Uman, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Starichi using strategic aircraft. In addition, launches of the Iskander OTRK from the territory of Belarus continue, the General Staff reports.
00:30 In Russia, cases of mass refusal of military personnel from business trips to Ukraine are recorded, despite promises of the status of a war veteran, additional daily payments and an increased official salary, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
00:16 Of the 14 humanitarian corridors scheduled for March 13, nine have been activated. More than 5,500 people managed to get out of the shelling, Vereshchuk said.
00:02 Western media writes that Russia has requested military and economic assistance from China in the war with Ukraine. China denied this information.
„If China does back Russia in its showdown with the west, the Biden administration will shift its focus to persuading allies, in Europe particularly, to rethink their relationships with Beijing“
[ABC] On Sunday, China ordered all of Shenzhen's 17.5 million residents into a seven-day lockdown, with three rounds of testing. All public transport is halted and all businesses, except essential services, will be closed until March 20.
As a result, Apple supplier Foxconn has shut two of its plants in the area and relocated production elsewhere.
The lockdown and outbreaks threaten manufacturing and tech production in Shenzhen, known as China's Silicon Valley. It's home to Huawei and Tencent, and is home to one of the country's key ports. The fun continues.
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In order to ensure a needed "110% turn out" for Mid-term Elections. The US Liberal Socialist Democrat party (LSD's) will be working hard to implement their Covid-19 Mid-Term ☺ "Open Poll Voting process" ☺. Which is modeled after their successful Open Borders Policy.
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China has a very large and vulnerable population to illness and it is only getting larger every day. They have few ways to treat them and their medicines are complete crap.
This is the only choice for them to keep from a major system shock, full 100% containment.
And they are slitting their own throats with it as they need to keep being a major exporter to survive economically. People don't make cheap Chinese crap when they are locked down.
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Wonder what the real sickness and death rate is in China? In similar population India, from excess mortality data, about 4 million, while 500K is acknowledged by the government. The problem with China is that no data can be trusted, even mortality tables, if the CCP believe there is some advantage in manipulating it.
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any blue state voters want to stay home on election day?
?? What are you talking about? COVID hysteria is how the Democrats turn out their base. Thanks to Democrat brainwashing, "handling the pandemic" is the only issue where Biden polls favorably
#11
A new variant beyond Omicron?
And Omicron is little affected by the current vaccines - though we are now being told to get yet another booster anyway. Shouldn't we be seeing a new vaccine now instead of just another shot of the same? (Assuming the vaccines are of value.)
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^ It's theater. Like all theater, it's a made-up story and you have to use your imagination while you sit in the audience watching it.
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As I mention a few days ago regarding another CCP panic and massive widespread testing parade due less than 10 people being found with the C-19/22.
It looked like the CCP wanted to infect as many as possible given the multiple ROWS of jammed packed with people for Testing. What better way to start a Wide Spread massive infection.
[Sun] The alleged NSA spy tool is capable of lurking in a victim's computer and accessing sensitive information, according to the Chinese outlet Global Times.
Despite the claims, there has been no confirmation by US officials on the alleged hack or of the tool's existence.
A report obtained by the outlet from National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center claims the dubbed Trojan horse, or NOPEN, is a remote control tool for Unix/Linux computer systems.
The instrument can allegedly remotely control existing network servers and terminals, which attackers can manually implant, or cyberattack platforms by the NSA, the outlet reported citing the NCVERC report.
According to the Chinese outlet, the tool is "mainly used to steal files, access systems, redirect network communication, and view a target device's information."
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Paper, grease pencils and overlays, typewriter and viewgraphs, the old school is amused at the discovery that electrons are not always the safest form of information storage and sharing.
Post and story from a TW comment and link last evening.
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong had their worst day since the global financial crisis, as concerns over Beijing’s close relationship with Russia and renewed regulatory risks sparked panic selling.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index closed down 7.2% on Monday, the biggest drop since November 2008. The Hang Sang Tech Index tumbled 11% in its worst decline since the gauge was launched in July 2020, wiping out $2.1 trillion in value since a year-earlier peak.
The broad rout follows a report citing U.S. officials that Russia has asked China for military assistance for its war in Ukraine. Even as China denied the report, traders worry that Beijing’s potential overture toward Vladimir Putin could bring a global backlash against Chinese firms, even sanctions. Sentiment was also hurt by a Covid-induced lockdown in the southern city of Shenzhen, a key tech hub, and the northern province of Jilin.
That comes on top of a spate of regulatory worries. Tencent Holdings Ltd. is reportedly facing a possible record fine for violations of anti money-laundering rules, which pushed the stock down nearly 10% on Monday. There’s also a risk of Chinese firms delisting from the U.S., as the Securities and Exchange Commission identified some names as part of a crackdown on foreign firms that refuse to open their books to U.S. regulators. This is indeed a significant development. The Russian stock market has crumbled. It is likely Chinese investors have a fear that their US 'box store' cash cow could be put on indefinite hold, not to mention US grain imports. Eating appears to have become a habit in China. Teaching moment to be found here somewhere.
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On Sunday, China ordered all of Shenzhen's 17.5 million residents into a seven-day lockdown, with three rounds of testing. All public transport is halted and all businesses, except essential services, will be closed until March 20.
As a result, Apple supplier Foxconn has shut two of its plants in the area and relocated production elsewhere.
The lockdown and outbreaks threaten manufacturing and tech production in Shenzhen, known as China's Silicon Valley. It's home to Huawei and Tencent, and is home to one of the country's key ports.
Mmm, it's not. Chicago Board Options Exchange's CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has been wavering between 29 and 33 for the last week. As I type, it's just under 31. Average for the last 5 days is -1.76%.
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My 'investments' (retirement income stream) are over weighted in cash and energy and under weighted in other stocks and bonds. So, I am doing ok for now.
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We bought our first house in 1982. We caught a dip in the interest rate, which before and after was around 21% for an FHA mortgage with $2,000 down.
When trailing daughter #2 and her husband bought in Dallas in 2016, the issue wasn’t interest rates but a strong imbalance between buyers and sellers. Buyers were making no-conditions, above-asking-price offers sight unseen, driving average prices up 1% per month... and it’s only gotten worse there since then.
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WSJ article is behind the paywall but here's the gist. The Saudis are royally pissed about the Iran deal, about Biden not helping them vs Houthis etc and are serious about diversifying out of dollar assets -- probably the way the Kuwaitis do with the Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD).
If this happens, then a "block" will be "taken out of the wall" of the "supremacy of the US dollar in the international financial system, which Washington has relied on for decades to print Treasury bills it uses to finance its budget deficit." Economist Gal Luft, an expert on the dollar, says if that happens, "The wall will begin to collapse."
Pegged to a basket of currencies, the KWD is the world's most valuable currency and, while not 100% invulnerable to sanctions, has great strength and flexibility.
"Freezing Russia's foreign exchange reserves must have scared the daylights out of the Chinese (and others) who hold massive reserves in dollars. Any doubts countries had about the need to diversify into Yuan & other currencies/ geographies would have ended with that huge step."
Ali Shihabi adds:
"Ultimately countries will have to diversify more into non-dollar and also acquire material exposure to China/Asia in currency and investments. Also who knows maybe even #bitcoin. Diversification is the only sound and safe strategy for any large investor let alone a country."
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^ I'm not and it's not my opinion, it's just obvious. Common sense. Everyone sees this coming
Who knows, maybe some adults in Washington will take over from Biden and pull us back from the brink, halt the Iran deal, stop the sanctions, start helping the Saudis with their problems. But probably not.
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Uncertainty is the enemy of any fiat money. The US was already fueling that uncertainty with the nonstop explosion of debt going back to the W Boosh years. Add the scattershot "sanctions everywhere" approach of the Bidet misministration and the US dollar stool is now very wobbly.
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Meanwhile the Chinese stock market is crashing. May I recommend Swiss Francs (that was the go to in the 70's crash).
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If we straighten out our national finances and stop the hysterics, all those diversifying away will diversify themselves back to the dollar. In the meantime, if I were living elsewhere, I’d be pondering other options, too. Luxembourg, maybe. Not crypto, though, because that’s too easily manipulated for my taste.
Indeed. It's like ol' Rudyard had psychotic powers or something. Given that we have been evolving civilization since the Younger Dryas, you'd think we would have the basic plan down by now. Maybe we are just slow learners. It will be different this time!
In 2014, shortly after the Maidan coup stoked by Victoria Nuland, Zelensky was a professional comedian. This video shows his standup routine delivered to a national TV audience in which Zelensky makes light of the Ukrainian regime's support for the neoNazi "Banderite" battalions who were at the time committing atrocities across the east and south of Ukraine.
The routine's format is a mock "letter" to his "uncle" (think: 'Hello Muddah') from a recruit into a Nazi battalion in Ukraine's war on the Donbas region after Nuland's coup in 2014. Half the audience laughs; the other half is appalled. Transcript:
ZELENSKY reads mock "letter" to "uncle":
0:30 "Dear Uncle... things will be alright because I am in the ranks of the [neo-Nazi] Banderites" AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
0:40 "This [ie fighting in a Nazi battalion] is the only way to make money in Ukraine... My salary is small but we are allowed to steal from the Russians" LAUGHTER
0:50 "The same [theft] happened to the Jews, but then the main Bandera man, [Jewish billionaire Igor] Kolomoisky prohibited it"
NERVOUS LAUGHTER, PEOPLE LOOKING DOWN
1:08 "As for me, I'm learning English to forget Russian -- with the help of American mercenaries. They're all over the place."
LESS LAUGHTER
1:17 "I have married: his name is Vadik! This is normal for us Europeans..."
1:35 "Today our president, Barack Obama, has promised us we will join NATO soon - as an American henchman, of course."
1:46 "If you can, please send me Hitler's book, Mein Kampf. They're sold out here." LAUGHTER
Zelensky ends by giving a Nazi salute three times after delivering this last punch line:
1:57 "I do morning exercises on the balcony. I do it like this [Nazi salute, repeated], from my heart to the sun"
This is the obscene little puppet who makes light of his own corruption - he is a protege of the corrupt oligarch Igor Kolomoisky - and his country's open embrace of neo-Nazis. At the same time that those monsters were torturing killing and burning their neighbors.
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Alexi Sayle stood on stage throwing the Nazi salute, dressed as Mussolini -- and it not only aired on the BBC, but it's been on US cable TV as well.
Should Russia invade Great Britain and the US to "denazi" US?
Does it mean Sayle is a fascist?
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Wow... this is some twisted shit. Where did this guy come from?
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Some background - the Jewish Ukrainian oligarch whom Zelensky's routine makes light of, Igor Kolomoisky, is not only Zelensky's boss and patron at 1+1. Kolomoisky is a primary funder of thugs and murderers within Kiev and yes, neo-Nazi battalions in the East.
Reuters on Kolomoisky's "shady private armies"::
Amnesty International has reported that the Aidar battalion — also partially funded by Kolomoisky — committed war crimes, including illegal abductions, unlawful detention, robbery, extortion and even possible executions.
Newsweek on Kolomoyski's war criminals:
The Aidar battalion is publicly backed by Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi, who also allegedly funds the Azov, Donbas, Dnepr 1, Dnepr 2 volunteer battalions, operating under orders from Kiev
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Looked at the video. He is making fun of the "Banderites". He is also making fun of the USA at the same time. Yeah, what a fascist. Try again Russian troll.
In the meantime in Moscow, all Putin wants is peace. A piece of Ukraine, a piece of Modava, a piece of Latvia, ...
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Hunter Biden's Lapdog is just another Puton troll trying to sow confusion but has the usual trollish problem with irony, sarcasm and humor in general.
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Internationale Outrage, or, The Bloody Bandera
To Jews under blank banderoles,
"He's damned us," wail commissars' souls'
As Russians' scream, "Mommy,
He acts like a commie!
Just look how he murders our Poles!"
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Waiter, more Nazis for my friends! Can't have a political discussion nowadays without Nazis. We're talking modern Nazis and Neo-Nazis, of course, not the old-school National Socialist German Workers' Party Nazis.
You know that face your dog makes when you explain quantum mechanics to him? You can get people to make that same face by telling them the Nazis were socialists. Drives them into total cognitive dissonance. You'd think the name would give it way, but no.
[RFE] Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children have become refugees since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Their testimonies of the horrors of war are a stunning combination of unfiltered emotion and calm descriptiveness. The children also reflect on politics, with one girl remarking that Russian President Vladimir Putin was perhaps "neglected as a child." RFE/RL interviewed several Ukrainian refugee children in Poland and Lithuania on March 2-8.
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[An Nahar] Germany said Monday that it will replace some of its ageing Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Announcing the decision, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said Germany also will upgrade its Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets for electronic warfare — a capability that's also currently fulfilled by the Tornado jets. The Eurofighter will be replaced from 2040 with the Future Combat Air System, or FCAS, that's being jointly developed with La Belle France and Spain, she said.
Germany's air force commander, Ingo Gerhartz, said the current war in Ukraine made it necessary to choose Lockheed Martin's F-35s. Previously, the government had considered replacing the Luftwaffe's Tornados with a mix of different U.S. and European-made aircraft.
"There can be only one answer to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's aggression," said Gerhartz. "Unity in NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... and a credible deterrent. This in particular means there is no alternative but to choose the F-35."
The German military does not have nuclear weapons of its own, but as part of the system of nuclear deterrence developed during the Cold War it maintained bombers capable of carrying U.S. atomic bombs, some of which are stationed in Germany.
The opposition Left Party criticized the decision to purchase almost three dozen F-35s for Germany's military.
"We reject arming the Bundeswehr with new, nuclear-capable combat jets," said Ali al-Dailami, the party's deputy defense front man. He warned that equipping German pilots to drop U.S. atomic bombs could "fuel the risk of nuclear war in Europe."
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"We reject arming the Bundeswehr with new, nuclear-capable combat jets," said Ali al-Dailami, the party's deputy defense front man.
....Now that there is a double-barreled Teutonic name if I've ever heard one.
And it's the Luftwaffe getting the -35s, not the Bundeswehr, you weapons-grade plum.
Mike
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during the Cold War it maintained bombers capable of carrying U.S. atomic bombs, some of which are stationed in Germany
Why didn't you think this up during the second world war itself you fucking idiots? Listen to Ali Allah ul Din whatever.
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...and missiles. 'Systems' were sold to allies. However, the warheads belong to the President of the United States, held by his minions (aka custodial teams) in the immediate area.
Two weeks after the United Kingdom dropped its last remaining Covid-19 mitigation measure -- a requirement that people who test positive for the virus isolate for five days -- the country is seeing cases and hospitalizations climb once again.
Covid-19 cases were up 48% in the UK last week compared with the week before. Hospitalizations were up 17% over the same period.
The country's daily case rate -- about 55,000 a day -- is still less than a third of the Omicron peak, but cases are rising as fast as they were falling just two weeks earlier, when the country removed pandemic-related restrictions.
Daily cases are also rising in more than half of the countries in the European Union
the UK Health Security Agency said BA.2 had an 80% higher relative growth rate than the original Omicron strain
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Oooohhh, scary. Meanwhile, in the US, "Serious/Critical" cases (hospitalizations) have fallen from just over 26,000 on Jan. 22 to just over 4,000 yesterday.
51 days of non-stop decline.
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Any increase at all will be a "dangerous surge..."
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If it's a previous (or similar) variant it will pass. It is likely a new variant, mostly immune to the current vaccines. Good excuse for more interventional measures(economic, political etc.) And for a new vaccine and associated mandates.
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So do we have yet another new strain and one that is more tolerant of slightly warmer weather?
Some additional facts to chew on.... UK COVID-19
Also interesting to notehere we have a country with 64.8 Million residents, with 140.4 Million vaccinations given. Yet still continues to see interesting C-19/22 infection numbers.
Either way, as predicted, arriving just in time for a massive US Media Panic and likely new "LSD creative" Mid-Term Voting processes.
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Remember how Joe declared he wanted 75% of the US vaccinated by July last year? Instead, the number has been stuck at 60% since well before then. That's probably a hard ceiling, short of coerced at gunpoint vaccination.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Political Wire] "American intelligence officials have discovered that the barrage of ballistic missiles Russia has fired into Ukraine contain a surprise: decoys that trick air-defense radars and fool heat-seeking missiles," the New York Times reports.
/\ One likely course of action (COA) would be a pull-back to separatist controlled Lunask and Donetsk region and connect the land-bridge (and rail link) between Crimea and Mariupol along the Black Sea. 
" ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
[Sun] The alleged NSA spy tool is capable of lurking in a victim's computer and accessing sensitive information, according to the Chinese outlet Global Times.
[An Nahar] Germany said Monday that it will replace some of its ageing Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
