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When someone misuses a gun its front page news pushing the usual agenda even though its an isolated incident. This is another story to be buries by the same bias lame stream media.
[BREITBART] Eighteen people were shot, three of them fatally, Friday into Sunday morning in Mayor Lori Lightfoot ...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway... ’s (D) reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reports the first fatal shooting occurred around 8 p.m. during a fight Friday night. The deadly exchange was "in the 1500 block of East 61st Street" and a 29-year-old man was shot in the head and killed.
The weekend’s second fatal shooting was occurred around 2:20 a.m. Saturday "in the driveway of a home in the 9500 block of South Sangamon Street." A 17-year-old was standing in the driveway and was shot in the chest. He was transported to a hospital where he died.
A 40-year-old man was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting Sunday morning "in the 300 block of South Kilbourn Avenue." The shooting occurred just before 3:30 p.m.
Nineteen people were shot last weekend in Chicago and one of those shooting victims shuffled off the mortal coil.
The Sun-Times reports 143 people were killed in Chicago January 1, 2022, through April 10, 2022.
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[Hot Air] Michelle Irwin, the principal of San Diego’s largest high school, has decided to cut many of the school’s honors classes. In an email sent to parents, Irwin explained she was doing this for equity.
Irwin cut the courses for equity reasons, according to an email she wrote to parents. She told parents she wanted to move away from "stratifying" classes and remove the stigma from non-honors courses. She has also cited racial disparities in honors course enrollment — a problem that is mirrored nationwide...
Latino students made up 54 percent of California’s public school students in 2017 but they represented only 43 percent of students who were enrolled in at least one AP course, according to the U.S. Civil Rights Data Collection. Black students made up 6 percent of the state’s enrollment but just 4 percent of students who were enrolled in at least one AP course.
A similar trend is happening at Patrick Henry, according to limited data presented by Irwin at a school council meeting earlier this year. White and Vietnamese students made up a disproportionately higher percentage of enrollment in Honors American Literature and Honors U.S. History, while Latino students were disproportionately lower, according to Irwin’s data.
The underrepresentation is a problem because enrollment in advanced courses is associated with a host of academic benefits, such as better attendance, fewer suspensions and higher graduation rates. Participation and success in honors and AP courses are also key factors considered in college admissions.
The last paragraph is a bit confusing. The way it’s written it almost sounds as if the author is suggesting honors classes make kids into better students, thus inequity in who joins the classes is denying them that chance.
I guess that’s possible but, intuitively, it seems more likely this runs the other way. The students who already care about things like challenging classes, a higher GPA and getting into a good college (likely because their parents care about them) are the ones who will gravitate toward honors classes. The cycle of good behavior doesn’t start with the classes, rather enrollment in the classes is one more example of good students acting like good students. Getting rid of the honors classes won’t improve student behavior for the kids who aren’t interested in those things, it will just take an option away from the students who do care.
Principal Irwin’s biography does note her commitment to equity.
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More like - if group A and group B parents are active in their children's education and group C and group D are not, we'll undermine group A and B. - Public Education
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I have a better idea - cut out high school altogether. Nobody except the leeches who work there will ever miss it. Send the smart kids to college after junior high school and give the rest of the kids vocational training.
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"Michelle"
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Patrick Henry High School in San Carlos if anyone else is curious which High School is San Diego's largest.
Seven women and one man had to be escorted out, some in tears, on Monday
Eventually, Judge Elizabeth Scherer dismissed the entire pool of potential jurors
The judge had already screened two 60-person panels in court that day
The jury selection process for the sentencing of Nikolas Cruz
...diagnoses of autism, anxiety, depression and significant psychological problems, described as a troubled kid obsessed with guns — the police came to the family home frequently to deal with him. Mr. Cruz was adopted at birth, then his adoptive father died when he was young, followed into the grave by his adoptive mother a few months before he ran amok. So really he was a classic school shooter. Interestingly, his biological sister Danielle Woodard, a decade older, also has a long rap sheet and is classified as a habitual violent offender...
has been marred with emotional outbursts
Cruz, 23, confessed to killing 17 people at a South Florida high school in 2018
A jury will soon decide whether he gets life in prison or the death penalty
Under Florida law, a jury must be unanimous in its decision to recommend that a judge sentence Cruz to be executed.
If any of the 12 jurors objects, Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Among the mitigating factors the defense will ask the jury to consider are Cruz's brain damage from his mother's drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy, his long history of mental-health disorders, and allegations he was sexually abused and bullied.
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So this happened over 4 years ago in February 2018 and this Piece of Excrement is still alive and WAS just now getting to the Death Penalty sentencing phase?
Where is the justice in this?
NOTE:Families awarded 127.5 million by the Federal Gov.
It seems the families sued and won after accusing the FBI of dropping the ball.
The families proved the FBI received tips about Cruz, his cache of weapons, and his openly stated desire to shoot up a school. But for some reason, the agents failed to intervene and prevent the violence.
It is documented that almost a month before the shooting, a tipster told the FBI that Cruz was "going to explode," and that he "was going to slip into a school and start shooting the place up."
QUESTION: Some are openly wondering ... If the failure to act was deliberate and actually part of a Bigger Gun Control Agenda? Given the well-documented FBI/DOJ Obama (5th Column) holdovers and Anti-Trump DC leadership?
[BRCC] Four teams from the 75th Ranger Regiment posted a sweep of the top four places in the 38th annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. A fifth team representing the 75th came in sixth.
The team of Joshua Corson and Tymothy Boyle, both captains in the 75th, took first place, ahead of Sgt. Nathan Buck and Sgt. Enrique Caballero, who were second. Staff Sgt. John Goldsmith and Spc. Kory Fogarty were third. Sgt. Jonathan Deguzman and Sgt. Alex Mauch placed fourth.
A team from Training and Doctrine Command took fifth to break up a full sweep.
[Breitbart] When the original Henry rifle by New Haven Arms Company came out in 1860, it was the high-tech weapon to have. Twice the magazine capacity of the Spencer, it was also less ammo-sensitive and faster in use. For the first time, cycling a rifle also cocked the hammer. Only two factors kept the 1860 model from becoming the standard: a weaker cartridge than the Spencer and the inability to mount a bayonet. The unsealed magazine with an external follower went away in the following decade. Once ammunition advanced from rimfire to drawn brass centerfire, the Henry served as a basis for further development of the Winchester line with a side-loading gate.
By the end of the 19th century, stronger actions chambered cartridges like 45-90 Sharps. By then, the Henry brand was history and looked to stay that way until Louis Imperato and his son Anthony revived the name in 1996. This wasn’t the first gun-related business for the family, but it was to be more durable than those before it. "I wanted Henry to be the best long gun company in the firearms business. Period," said Anthony, "At that time, cities were suing gun companies that made handguns, and getting into the handgun business wasn’t going to be an option. In short, being the best meant manufacturing a quality product, at a value to the consumer, backed by the best customer service in the industry."
[Breitbart] Residents in a Mexican border state torched the governor’s palace in Nuevo Leon as part of a protest against female kidnappings. Concerned citizens and activists alike are accusing state police of inaction on the problem. The latest demonstration led to a fire being set at the entrance.
Over the weekend, hundreds of activists gathered around downtown Monterrey and made their way to the governor’s palace — where they set fire to the entrance. Local police had brief clashes with protesters to keep them from causing more damage, and eventually, they dispersed.
The protests come as Nuevo Leon saw 18 women go missing in a little over 30 days and most recently, state authorities confirmed that the latest woman to be reported as missing, Maria Fernanda Contreras Ruiz, had in fact been killed.
While authorities have not publicly revealed a motive for the rise in missing women, the issue comes at a time when rival cartels are fighting for control of local drug distribution in Monterrey and reliable smuggling routes to Texas.
#6
When the ‘arf-made recruity goes out to the East
‘E acts like a babe an’ ‘e drinks like a beast,
An’ ‘e wonders because ‘e is frequent deceased
Ere ‘e’s fit for to serve as a soldier.
Serve, serve, serve as a soldier,
Serve, serve, serve as a soldier,
Serve, serve, serve as a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!
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Sean Penn preps for Harvey Milk role each day by eating spicy chicken wings and jamming to The Weather Girl’s “It’s Raining Men” as he enters the Castro -- what he calls “homosexuality by musical hypnosis.”
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^ Method actor.
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Too late, Seanny. No chicken wings in Mariupol. It's raining men corpses. But "a pleasure" while it lasted.
Aslin said in a message posted via a contact on Twitter: 'It's been 48 days, we tried our best to defend Mariupol but we have no choice but to surrender to Russian forces.
'We have no food and no ammunition. It's been a pleasure everyone, I hope this war ends soon.'
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If Sean is going to save the world, let's hope he puts the drain plugs in first this time.
#2
Replacement FSB Agents for Putin. Send them over immediately.
What proof did they have? By their own admission, none. “We do not know if the emails . . . are genuine or not,” the letter said. They’re just “suspicious.” Why? Because they hurt Biden’s campaign, that’s evidence enough.
Keep in mind this was written Oct. 19, 2020, five days after The Post published its first story. Neither Joe Biden nor Hunter Biden had denied the story, they simply deflected questions. Didn’t these security experts think that if this was disinformation, the Biden campaign would have yelled to the heavens that the story was false?
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The brave Russian generals all saluted.
Success of the Plan undisputed!
In voina or mir,
If it failed, never fear:
It would be, nonetheless... executed.
BREAKING - Chechen chief Kadyrov says Russian forces will eventually take Kyiv - Reuters News
"Luhansk and Donetsk - we will fully liberate in the first place ... and then take Kyiv and all other cities” - Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful head of Russia's republic of Chechnya
Ukrainian SSO claims they destroyed a BTG from the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment (42nd Motorized Rifle Division) in Donetsk Oblast, including killing the battalion commander and chief of staff in their BMP-3.https://t.co/K720SntwK3pic.twitter.com/YgotOS6HPI
Azov Regiment claims Russian forces have dropped a “poisonous substance of unknown origin” from a drone causing respiratory failure among victims in Mariupol.
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Ukrainian AZOV marines are out of ammunition.
Ukrainian marines defending Mariupol under siege published an appeal, in which they stated that they were running out of supplies and hope for help. "Today we'll have the last battle. After that, it will be a hand-to-hand fight," the statement reads.
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"We're very aware of the situation. It's alarming and we're dealing with it. I have an hour of anxiety counseling scheduled this very evening in fact."
The UK has warned Vladimir Putin "all options are on the table" if Russia is found to have used chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Defence minister James Heappey also appeared to refuse to rule out "direct Nato involvement" in the conflict, a move that would represent a significant escalation in tensions between Russia and the West.
On Monday, Ukrainian officials said they were checking unverified reports that Russia had used chemical weapons - possibly phosphorous munitions - in the southern port city of Mariupol, causing soldiers and civilians to show signs of respiratory illnesses.
“Russian occupation forces used a poisonous substance of unknown origin against Ukrainian military and civilians in the city of Mariupol, which was dropped from an enemy [unmanned aerial vehicle],” the Azoz Regiment, a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, said in a post on Telegram.
“The victims have respiratory failure, vestibulo-atactic syndrome.”
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, armed forces minister James Heappey said: “I think it’s important that everybody is clear that the reports overnight haven’t been verified.
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"Men (and women) shall come to be employed in the news business, that shall push information to get ratings for their masters. And they shall push stories so far up the arse of kings and drag queens in uniform, that the world will see a fiery war. Basically fake news shall kill everybody. Deal thou unfortunates with it." - Nostradamus
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespndent] 23:21 InformNapalm recalls that back in late March, intelligence received data, the totality of which may indicate the intentions of the Russian Federation to use chemical warfare agents against Ukrainian military or civilians. At the time, it was reported that Russia was likely planning to use sarin to achieve its goals in critical areas for the possibility of breaking through the Ukrainian defenses.
"Mariupol, Kyiv, or other cities of Ukraine, where Russian troops fail to break through the defenses of Ukrainian defenders, can become a field for such an experiment," the volunteers warned.
22:47 Denmark will buy two million iodine tablets, which will be used in the event of a nuclear disaster - this decision was made on the basis of the recommendations of the Danish emergency agency.
22:33 Most of the civilian population of the Donetsk region was evacuated before the onset of the Russian troops, said the chairman of the UVA Pavel Kirilenko. At the same time, according to him, "hard work still needs to be done in some places."
22:29 The defenders of Mariupol criticized the political and military leadership. Zaluzny replied that "everything possible and impossible" is being done. About what is happening in the city - in the material Defenders of Mariupol now .
22:27 The Azov Regiment reports that Russian troops tonight used an unknown poisonous substance dropped from a drone against Ukrainian military and civilians in Mariupol. As a result, the victims have respiratory failure and vestibulo-atactic syndrome.
22:25 Forbes calculated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed Russian equipment with a total weight of about 85 thousand tons of metal. Its total cost is 45 million dollars. At the same time, the publication notes that it is not easy to dispose of scrap metal, since different departments are involved in this, and the metal itself needs to be sorted and completely cleaned.
22:17 Six Russian diplomats have been declared persona non grata in France, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
22:15 Today, 4,354 people were taken out through humanitarian corridors, Vereshchuk said. According to her, the Russian military has not let a convoy of buses from Zaporozhye through for the evacuation of Berdyansk, Tokmak and Energodar for the third day.
22:13 In Kharkiv, as a result of today's shelling, eight people were killed, including a child of 13 years old, said the head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov. Another 19 people were injured, including two children. The Kholodnaya Gora area was shelled, as well as Saltovka, where a shell hit a 16-storey building.
Sinegubov reported that the use of delayed action mines by the enemy was recorded. They were found in different districts of Kharkov - Industrial, Kiev, Nemyshlyansky and others. Rescuers eliminated them all day, managed to destroy more than 80 mines.
22:05 Warsaw seized a residential complex along Sobieskogo Street, 100 from the property of Russia and plans to transfer it to the needs of Ukrainians. The mayor of the city Rafal Tshaskovsky wrote about this on his Twitter.
21:51 Over the next few months, it will be difficult for Russian troops to find a sufficient resource to succeed in the Donbass, CNN reports with reference to the Institute for the Study of War. Experts believe that Russia is likely to continue to throw heavily damaged and partially regrouped units into the offensive.
21:49 Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Geger did not rule out the transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. He also said that the country is negotiating with partners on the protection of the airspace of Slovakia.
21:44 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar: "We should not underestimate the enemy, the Russian army. In the end, it prevails in numbers, it is armed in large quantities with military equipment and weapons. And this must be realized. They have enough missiles, taking into account the fact that that they have already released more than a thousand here. And we must understand this. Therefore, we are ready for any scenario, and there is a threat of these scenarios. This is a very difficult, exhausting struggle."
21:42 In Irpen, the curfew will last from 6:00 Tuesday, April 12, to 9:00 Friday, April 15. According to local authorities, all this time entry into the city will be prohibited. Travel to Bucha is allowed, bypassing Irpin - through Dmitrovka and Zabuchie.
21:38 Macron said that he would come to Kiev only if it helped organize a meeting between Zelensky and Putin. The White House also reported that Biden is not going to Ukraine yet.
21:36 Bloomberg writes that, despite the intensifying sanctions, Russia's offshore oil supplies are recovering. Thus, weekly deliveries reached almost four million barrels per day in the first week of April, which is the highest figure this year. Russia's income from export duties on oil also reached its highest level since the beginning of the year - $230 million per week.
21:30 The head of the Zaporozhye military administration, Ivan Arefiev, warned local residents that sounds similar to thunder are the work of multiple rocket launchers. "Our gunners are real gods," he wrote and urged to remain calm, since the situation is completely under control.
21:28 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said that the intensity of shelling in the city has increased. The enemy bombed residential areas, Gorky Park, and urban infrastructure facilities. There are dead and wounded, including a child.
21:26 In Ukraine, due to the war, about 1.6 million children are malnourished, Manuel Fontaine, director of UNICEF's emergency programs department, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
21:16 Zelenskiy spoke with the Prime Minister of Norway and announced increased cooperation, including in the energy sector.
21:14 Borrell said that both Hungary and Bulgaria are helping Ukraine, as they are participating in the financing of arms supplies carried out by the European Union.
21:10 The SBU detained an agent of the Russian special services, who, according to the UP, was a low-ranking employee in the Presidential Administration of Poroshenko. Since 2014, the detainee has been collecting state-level secret information and compromising information about officials, security forces, weapons and military equipment in Ukraine.
20:53 Lithuania will help Ukraine with the export of agricultural products, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine reported. In the near future, Lithuania plans to send a test train with 2,000 tons of raw materials from Ukraine to Lithuanian seaports.
20:40 The battle for Donbass is the key battle of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskiy says Russian troops will move into even larger operations in eastern Ukraine this week. According to him, the occupiers can use even more rockets and even more air bombs against us. Details of what is known at the moment are in the article How the Russian Federation will attack .
20:29 The Pentagon does not yet see signs of a new escalation in the Donbass. According to CNN, citing an unnamed representative of the US Department of Defense, Russian troops are trying to strengthen their positions in the Donbass, but there are no signs of a new escalation of hostilities in eastern Ukraine yet.
20:16 Former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev reported, citing his sources, the arrest in Russia of Vladislav Surkov, an ex-assistant to Putin, who was the Kremlin's curator of the so-called "LDNR".
20:12 The yellow level of terrorist danger is also introduced in the Yeisk and Shcherbinovsky districts of the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. Aksyonov also announced the introduction of a yellow level of terrorist threat in the north of Crimea.
20:08 The EU countries have agreed to increase the supply of weapons to Ukraine, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock. "As the European Union, as friends of Ukraine, we will intensify the supply of weapons in the future," she said.
20:00 Borrell said that in the issue of imposing sanctions on Russian energy supplies, oil will be the first in line.
19:52 Polish border guards, whom Belarus accused earlier today of shelling its checkpoint, reported an attempt by illegal migrants to get out of the territory of Belarus and an attack by the Belarusian military.
19:49 Sources of journalists in Western intelligence agencies claim that almost a third of the forces that Russia concentrated in mid-February to invade Ukraine have lost their combat capability, writes UP with reference to and CNN.
19:35 Manuel Fontaine, Director of the UNICEF Emergency Programs Department, made a presentation at the UN following his visit to Ukraine. He stated that in his 31 years of service in humanitarian missions, he had very rarely seen so much damage done in such a short period of time. He was especially horrified by the attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk.
19:31 Borrell said that Russia could launch a new large-scale attack in eastern Ukraine, while the EU understands that the sanctions already applied will not be able to immediately stop the Kremlin, although they significantly reduce its resources.
19:27 Sir Geoffrey Nice, who led the trial of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Court, called for Russia's expulsion from the UN Security Council or its veto power. This is necessary for the trial of Russian war criminals, writes The Guardian.
19:18 Ukraine will be able to repel the armed aggression of the Russian Federation if it is provided with the necessary weapons as soon as possible, Yermak said in an interview with CBS.
19:15 Washington confirmed the transfer of tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a group of countries led by the Czech Republic. According to a Pentagon official, a number of countries have sent tanks, and several other states are exploring this possibility. He clarified that it is mainly T-72.
19:11 The General Staff reports that the Russians tried to storm Severodonetsk, but to no avail. During the shelling of Popasnaya, the Tochka-U tactical missile system was used. Attempts to move deep into the territory of Ukraine to improve the tactical situation were also unsuccessful.
19:07 In Borodyanka, during the analysis of the rubble of two multi-storey residential buildings, the bodies of seven people were found today, the State Emergency Service reports. Since the beginning of the work, the bodies of 19 people have been removed from under the rubble. Work continues.
19:04 The Russians are trying to improve their tactical position and gain a foothold along the administrative borders of the Kherson region. At the same time, rumors are spreading among the Russian troops that the Armed Forces of Ukraine may go on the offensive against Kherson with a subsequent entry into the territory of Crimea, the General Staff reports.
18:59 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after virtual talks with Biden, said he offered Moscow direct talks between Zelensky and Putin. At the same time, Modi said that the news about the killing of civilians in Bucha was "very disturbing."
18:47 Weapons are delivered to Ukraine by 8-10 flights a day and an "almost constant" flow of ground convoys, the Pentagon said.
18:45 Belarusian border guards said that the Polish security forces fired at the Belarusian checkpoint Peschatka.
18:36 The occupants caused damage to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant for at least 18.3 billion hryvnias, Energoatom said.
18:33 Since the beginning of the war, 33,000 local residents have been deported from Mariupol - they were taken to Russia and to the occupied territories of the Donetsk region, Denisova said.
18:29 The state starts building housing for Ukrainians who lost it because of the war. As Kirill Timoshenko, deputy head of the Presidential Office, said, they will build in ten regions and select projects that can be completed in 3-4 months.
Within the next month, the state will begin to buy ready-made residential buildings that have not yet been put into operation. All these apartments should be immediately renovated, furnished, with household appliances. This is not about modular towns, but about stationary housing.
18:21 German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said that the EU should start negotiations on the accession of Albania and North Macedonia in the current half of the year.
18:19 Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte visited Borodyanka, Kiev region, and said that "the consequences of the occupation by Russian barbarians are horrifying."
18:17 Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, following today's talks with Putin, said that it was not a friendly visit, but that the conversation was "very tough and open." He called for an end to this war and promised that sanctions against Russia would remain in place and be tightened.
18:12 The Russians are building Grads near Novoukrainka along the banks of the Dnieper, in close proximity to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Energoatom reports.
18:07 In Ukraine, the TiKhto application has been launched to check suspicious persons. The application was created with the support of cyber experts of the Security Service of Ukraine. Its main purpose is to simplify the procedure for checking suspicious persons at roadblocks, on the streets during curfews, at the entrance to a hideout, or in other situations.
18:03 The number of civilians killed by Russian invaders in Bucha, Kiev region, exceeded 400 people , said the secretary of the Buchansk City Council Taras Shapravsky, writes Strana.
18:00 Podolyak said in an interview with Ukraine 24 that after Europe and the world saw the terrible crimes of Russian troops against civilians in the Kiev region and Donbass, they began to "more resolutely" provide assistance to Ukraine to repel Russian aggression.
17:55 Borrell said that the EU Foreign Ministers decided to send a mission to Ukraine to collect evidence of war crimes and provide financial assistance for this work.
17:53 The EU Foreign Ministers again did not make decisions on sanctions against Russian oil and gas, they agreed to continue the discussion, Borrell said.
17:49 After the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which earlier today declared a yellow level of terrorist threat, a similar decision was made in the Bryansk region, bordering the Chernihiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine, as well as in two regions of the Voronezh region bordering the Lugansk region - Rossosh and Kantemirov.
17:47 The State Emergency Service reports that in just six days more than eight thousand Ukrainians have expressed a desire to become volunteer rescuers. More than half - Kyiv and Kyiv region.
17:40 The first Russian company to default is the Russian Railways, writes Bloomberg. We are talking about eurobonds in Swiss francs with a payment date of March 14. Russian Railways tried and failed to make the payment due to sanctions imposed on it.
17:37 The invaders are stepping up anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western propaganda in Russian military medical facilities. For this, the military-political department of the eastern military district of the Russian Federation demands to organize "military-political informing about the progress of the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine using a special issue of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper," according to Ukrainian intelligence.
In the Russian Federation, hospitals are overcrowded with servicemen who participated in hostilities in Ukraine and do not want to return there. Therefore, Russian propagandists are trying to convince them with the help of a special issue of Komsomolskaya Pravda, which contains staged photographs of supposedly "happy liberated Ukrainians" and so on.
17:29 The speaker of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Motuzyanyk says that Russia will decide on the resumption of the offensive against Kiev, depending on the development of events in the Donbass.
17:27 The National Police opened a round-the-clock hotline for relatives of those killed as a result of hostilities: 0 894 201 867
17:25 Ukrposhta announced the cessation of issuance of postage stamps with the letter values Z and V.
17:21 The unexpected military successes of Ukraine - the defense of Kiev and most other large cities - are the merit of Zaluzhny, a 48-year-old general who was born in a military family. Details about him can be found in the Politico article about General Zaluzhny .
17:17 According to Ukrainian intelligence, the Russians who participated in war crimes against Ukrainians in Borodyanka, Kiev region, are servicemen of the 234th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Russian Federation.
17:10 About 3.5 million students of Ukrainian schools have returned to education, said Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet.
17:06 Russian invaders in Mariupol captured the crew of the cargo ship SMARTA under the flag of Liberia. The sailors were taken to an unknown destination, Denisova said.
17:02 The European Union has prepared a plan for reverse gas supplies to Ukraine in case of interruptions in supplies from Russia, said European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson. According to her, the EU in the current situation cannot consider Russia a trustworthy partner, and therefore interruptions are not ruled out.
16:57 The occupiers are planning to attack the Dnepropetrovsk region from the city of Izyum, where they are gathering new forces, experts say. More about this - in the material , the Pentagon is waiting for an offensive on the Dnieper .
16:49 Podolyak said that the world knew about Russia's plans for many months, but when Ukraine asked for weapons and sanctions, it was offered "evacuation and the government on Zoom." And when she asked to break business ties with the Russian Federation, "we were told that Kiev had three days left."
"Putin turned out to be partially right in his calculations: by that time, some politicians had already made a decision for themselves to surrender Ukraine. They were ready to express concern, introduce semi-sanctions and continue life. But some were against it. The President and the people of Ukraine," he wrote in his Twitter adviser to the head of the OP.
"Sometimes one person can change everything simply by making the right choice. Do not listen to analysts, but listen to the heart. It is not too late for politicians in Europe to make this choice. It's time to take responsibility for the future of Europe and abandon Russian oil and gas," Podolyak said.
16:38 Ukraine, in negotiations with Moscow, will do everything to end the war, taking into account its national interests and receive reliable international guarantees to prevent such wars in the future, Podolyak said in an interview with Ukraine 24.
16:25 In the Lugansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down an enemy plane, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He also said that today there was shelling of Lisichansk, as a result of which one person died, shelling of Severodonetsk, where a "strategic" building was destroyed.
The hottest places are in Kremennaya, Rubizhnoye and Popasnaya, where the Russians are trying to make breakthroughs. The fighting continues, the enemy suffers losses.
16:19 In Rivne, a woman was sentenced to 13 years in prison with confiscation of property for treason. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, a resident of Donetsk in 2017 created and maintained a network of informants who transmitted data to the Russian Federation on the movement of units and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:16 Borrell called on the EU countries to immediately provide Ukraine with all the weapons it asks for. According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, after a trip to Kyiv, the head of European diplomacy appealed to EU countries to provide weapons to Ukraine as it prepares to intensify the Russian military campaign. In particular, Borrell said that the decision must be made in the coming days, not weeks.
16:05 Zaluzhny said that the defense of Mariupol continues, communication with the units is maintained constantly.
"I emphasize that the conduct of defense operations is not a topic of public discussion.
We are doing everything possible and impossible to win and save the lives of personnel and civilians in all directions," the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine emphasized.
16:00 Zelenskiy, in an interview with CBS, said that a new, most difficult stage of the war is now beginning in the east and south of Ukraine: "We do not know how much equipment there will be, and we understand that there will be many times more than now. We see the accumulation of the military We understand almost all the corridors where the enemy will go We understand what he is going to do, and we understand that the speed of how they will help us, and above all, by the way, the United States, from that speed, how they can hand over weapons to us, I’ll tell you honestly, it depends on whether we stand or not,” he said.
15:55 Russia has almost completed preparations for an offensive in the Donbass, hostilities may begin in the near future , said the speaker of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. However, he assured that the Ukrainian army is ready for this. He also said that recently in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions along the line of demarcation, the number of Russian troops has increased significantly and will continue to increase.
15:47 Georgia and Moldova, following Ukraine, received questionnaires from the EU on candidate status.
15:39 The representative of the "DPR" Eduard Basurin suggested using chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military, who are defending themselves at Azovstal. According to him, it makes no sense to storm the underground fortifications of the plant in Mariupol, so you need to "turn to the chemical troops."
15:35 Canada has imposed sanctions against 33 Russian defense companies. "Canada has always been and will always support Ukraine. Today's measures are the latest example of our unwavering support for Ukraine and its people," Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said.
15:33 Zelensky about the battle for Kiev: "I think this is not the final victory. I'm not sure that it is the last one. I'm sure that you can't say that we won the battle for Kiev, then lose something, I can't do that I will be able to say about this only when we win this war and liberate our territories. Because Bucha is part of a large Kiev. If people were exterminated in Bucha, Gostomel and Irpen, did we win this battle? I'm not sure. We held on and did not give up, I can confirm this. And whether we won, I'm not ready to talk about it."
15:27 Zelenskiy is convinced that Putin could have prevented war crimes as part of the invasion, since a rigid power vertical has been built in Russia.
"Whether he wanted it or not, whether he likes me or doesn't like me, whether he hates me as a person - I don't know. But this is not about personalities, this is about a war between two states. And that's why I'm talking about a dialogue between the leaders of the two countries. He could have prevented it, and therefore a lot depended on him, as now. You can’t close your eyes and say “we didn’t do it.” Even if you think that you didn’t do it, you have to say it to my eyes, you have to say this is in the eyes of the whole world," Zelensky said in an interview with CBS.
He also criticized the Russian position, which is that if Ukraine is destroyed, then no one will remember the war crimes.
"It is impossible to destroy the entire Ukrainian people and the whole world. You are no longer shaking hands, the whole world will not forget this. And we live in a modern technological world, so everything is there - video, audio, there will be books, memories," Zelensky added.
15:19 The head of the Kiev city military administration, Nikolai Zhirnov, said that the danger for Kiev remains: "As long as there is no peace, Kiev must be ready for defense. Considering that the capital is the political and economic center of Ukraine, today many are returning, the city is coming to life. KGVA takes measures to ensure that, without violating the general system of defense, it is possible to improve traffic in the city.
15:13 The SBU said that the Russians are using Ukrainian children for reconnaissance of military positions, and therefore urge parents to carefully monitor the correspondence and contacts of children.
15:06 The European Commission blacklisted 21 Russian airlines, including Aeroflot, Russia, Pobeda, UTair, S7. They are banned from flying within the EU due to "non-compliance with international safety standards."
15:04 In Bucha, the Russians killed the ex-people's deputy, the head of the All-Ukrainian political association Yedin Rodin Alexander Rzhavsky, the family of the deceased said. He was killed on March 27th. Rzhavsky, a native of Kramatorsk, recently turned 63 years old. In 1999 and 2004 he ran for president.
14:58 Ukraine begins to resume control over the state border in the Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions, said Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Service.
14:52 The Croatian Foreign Ministry announced that it was expelling 18 diplomats from the Russian embassy in Zagreb, along with whom six administrative and technical personnel would leave the country.
14:44 Ukraine's accession to NATO is one of the components of the right of sovereign choice, which the Ukrainian side defends during the war with Russia, Zelensky said in an interview with CBS. At the same time, according to him, the Ukrainian people are fighting not for Western values, but for universal ones.
14:30 Lavrov said that "the special operation of the Russian Federation is designed to put an end to the US course of dominance in the world." He stressed that "the EU sees Kyiv as a springboard for the suppression of the Russian Federation," and Russia will never submit to pressure.
14:23 Ukrainian intelligence reports that the Russians are preparing for a guerrilla war on their territory. Thus, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation obliges to ensure the interaction of the Russian railway with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB. Increased security measures are associated with "the threat of interference in the operation of transport infrastructure facilities located on the borders of the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Territory."
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine notes that the recent explosions in Belgorod sowed panic in neighboring Russian regions, which marked the beginning of a guerrilla war and the transfer of hostilities to the territory of the Russian Federation.
14:18 The State Emergency Service reported that 300 thousand square kilometers of Ukrainian territories should be examined for mines and may need humanitarian demining.
14:16 The German defense concern Rheinmetall has announced that it is ready to supply Ukraine with up to 50 Leopard 1 tanks and up to 60 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, reports Handelsblatt.
14:13 The American newspaper Politico writes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used the "hit-and-run" tactics in the war with Russia, which turned out to be extremely effective. And this is the merit of Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny, whom the publication called "an iron general" and "a hero, not a star."
Zaluzhny, according to the newspaper, "largely avoided the publicity of the commander, giving this role to Zelensky." But military successes were made possible by the modern way of warfare.
13:54 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine warns of possible provocations from the Russian Federation. Thus, in order to discredit Ukraine in the world, the Russian media report on provocations allegedly prepared by "the Ukrainian government with the support of Western countries."
In particular, Ukraine is allegedly going to organize "an action with the mass destruction of civilians in ORDLO," namely, "preparing to film a provocation with shelling of ambulances in the Severodonetsk region," and also plans to "blow up chlorine tanks in the Popasnyansk region."
13:43 The Lychakiv court of Lviv handed over the arrested Royal Romance yacht of Viktor Medvedchuk to the Agency for Tracing and Asset Management (ARMA). The yacht was in the port of Croatia.
13:40 Zelenskiy called on South Korea to provide military assistance: he asked for air defense systems, aircraft, tanks, other armored vehicles, artillery systems and ammunition.
13:35 Finland suspends postal communication with Russia and Belarus.
13:26 Peskov said that the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO will not bring security to Europe: "The alliance itself is rather a tool sharpened for confrontation. This is not an alliance that ensures peace and stability. Further expansion of the alliance will not bring additional security to the European continent."
13:12 The EU has imposed the first direct sanctions against the Russian gas industry, banning the supply of LNG production equipment to the Russian Federation. The fifth package of sanctions establishes a ban on the sale, supply, transfer or export to Russia, directly or indirectly, of goods and technologies necessary for gas liquefaction, regardless of whether such goods or technologies originate from the EU or not.
Previously, Russia hoped to become one of the world's largest LNG producers.
12:57 Ukrainians have filed more than 66,000 applications for property damaged as a result of the war in the Diya application, said Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.
12:55 According to Polish customs officers, 2.66 million people have arrived from Ukraine since the beginning of the war. The record figure was on March 6 - 142,300 people. On Sunday, April 10, 28,500 Ukrainians entered Poland, and 19,400 left.
12:52 The office of the Prosecutor General reported on suspicion of collaborationism to the former mayor of the city of Rubizhne, Lugansk region, Sergei Hortiv.
12:47 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that Russian special forces, five kilometers south of Izyum, eliminated one of the leaders of the Right Sector, Taras Bobanich.
12:45 Pushilin said that the "operation to liberate" the territory of the "DPR" will be "intensified".
12:39 Taras Kremin, Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, announced the need to rename settlements whose names are in Russian.
12:27 Zelensky said that tens of thousands of Ukrainians have already died in Mariupol. According to him, the Russians want to make it a "demonstratively destroyed city."
12:25 A special camp is being created for Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said in an interview with LB.ua. Since there are a lot of prisoners, the issue is currently being resolved in order to reopen and transfer to the Ministry of Defense one of the abandoned colonies.
Denisova does not name the exact number of prisoners, as this will damage negotiations with Moscow on the exchange. However, she said that in Kyiv she personally communicated with 34 Russian prisoners of war, 24 of which were officers, 10 were soldiers.
12:22 In Ukraine, the process of examining buildings and structures destroyed and damaged as a result of the Russian invasion has begun to determine the possibility of their further operation, restoration work or dismantling, said Natalya Kozlovskaya, Deputy Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories. According to her, the first group of experts has already left for the Kiev region.
12:20 The European Union should increase military support to Ukraine, especially the supply of heavy weapons, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock before the EU Council meeting. She stressed that "there is no more time for excuses."
12:18 In the Kiev region, 220.57 hectares of territory have already been checked, 11,241 units of explosive objects have been neutralized, said the head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Pavlyuk.
Over the past 24 hours, rescuers have examined Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpen, Belogorodka, Stoyanka, Gostomel, Velikaya Dymerka, Nemeshaevo, Dmitrovka, Novy Korogod, Lyutezh - this is 34.61 hectares of territory and 72 infrastructure facilities. Specialists of the State Emergency Service neutralized 675 explosive objects.
12:14 In Kharkov, in different parts of the city, rescuers find time bombs. These are ammunition with a plastic case, small in size, weighing about one and a half kilograms, which are scattered around the yards of residential buildings and streets.
Local residents are asked not to pick up such ammunition under any circumstances, not to approach them and not to try to eliminate them on their own, but to immediately call rescuers by calling 101.
11:52 Law enforcement officers have blocked operations to withdraw the assets of almost seven thousand pro-Russian companies that could be used in support of military operations in Ukraine, the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police reported.
11:47 Macron took first place in the first round of the presidential election following the processing of 100% of the protocols - he scored 27.6% of the vote. Le Pen received 23.41% of the popular vote.
11:45 A detachment of technical and scientific gendarmes from France arrived in Ukraine to investigate war crimes committed around Kiev, French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Ponsin said.
11:40 In the Kiev region today, a temporary bulk bridge was opened in Romanovka, connecting Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel and Vorzel with the capital, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko.
11:37 In Mukachevo, by decision of the executive committee of the city council, the Soviet tank-monument T-34 was dismantled. The tank was dismantled by public utilities, it will be transferred to "responsible storage".
11:29 Ukraine will join the European Union "in the coming years" - this process will definitely not take a "five-year period", said Zelensky's diplomatic adviser responsible for European integration, deputy head of the Presidential Office Igor Zhovkva. He also said that Kyiv has not yet received signals from Budapest about Orban's intention to block Ukraine's movement to the EU.
11:26 Russia is ready to go to court in case of default due to non-fulfillment of obligations on Eurobonds and to prove that it has done everything to make payments, said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. According to him, Western countries are artificially creating a "man-made default."
11:10 In the Kharkiv region, the invaders fired at settlements about 66 times with rockets, Grads and Tornadoes. According to the head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov, 11 people died, including a seven-year-old child. In total, more than two thousand residential buildings were destroyed in the region, there are traces of violent deaths of Ukrainians at the hands of the invaders.
Sinegubov also said that in spite of everything, the sowing campaign has begun actively in the region: they plan to sow about 60-80% of arable land.
10:58 Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said that the Russian invaders are forcing children in the occupied territories to return to educational institutions. In particular, this applies to Volnovakha, Donetsk region. According to her, such actions of the Russians are likely to complicate the operation for the upcoming liberation of the city, and provocations with victims are also possible in order to discredit and accuse the Ukrainian side. In this case, the children will actually become hostages and human shields for the aggressor troops, Denisova stressed.
10:42 The head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry announced that the EU countries have begun work on the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions with the "oil option".
10:33 The liberated Olkhovka of the Kharkiv region has been almost completely destroyed by the invaders, the prosecutor's office said.
10:18 Kuleba warned of the impending large-scale information campaign of the Kremlin: “Russia knows that arms supplies are necessary for Ukraine and is mobilizing all forces to undermine them. Moscow has prepared a large-scale information campaign aimed at foreign media and politicians. Their troll factory can spam emails and flood the comments with disinformation about Ukraine. Don't fall for it."
10:11 Arestovich again stated that it is impossible to deblock Mariupol now, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not pass the steppe under air strikes from Rostov and Crimea. According to him, the siege can be removed and facilitated indirectly.
The adviser to the head of the OP also spoke about what is being done in relation to Mariupol:
the supply of Russian troops was interrupted by damage to the Crimea-Melitopol railway;
attacks were made on the port of Berdyansk;
Ukrainian helicopters flew to Mariupol, took out the wounded and brought in ammunition and equipment. Later, one of the helicopters was shot down, and the fighters fell into a shroud, after which the route became known and was no longer feasible;
the Ukrainian command "makes any possible movements" in the Zaporozhye region, so that part of the troops that could go to Mariupol went to the flank in the Zaporozhye region. The military is doing everything they can.
09:57 Ukraine is likely to receive the status of a candidate for EU membership in June, said the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas.
09:55 EU foreign ministers will discuss further steps on the situation in Ukraine today, including new sanctions against the Russian Federation, Borrell said.
09:53 First Lady Olena Zelenskaya and the children were forbidden to stay with the President on the premises of the Presidential Office. Since the beginning of the war, Zelensky has been in contact with his family only by phone, his wife said in an interview with Vogue.
09:50 The governor of the Nikolaev area Vitaly Kim reported that rocket attack in the regional center last night fell on the enterprise belonging to Qatar, there are no victims.
Recall that in December last year, the port of Olvia in Nikolaev was finally transferred to the concession of the Qatari QTerminals . It was planned that the largest international company would invest in Ukraine for 35 years.
09:47 In Kiev, the South Bridge is open for passage, which has worked for more than a month only for special and public transport, Klitschko said. Now communication between the left and right banks in the capital is carried out through three bridges - the North, Darnitsky and South.
09:42 As of today, nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed:
09:35 In Ukraine, 183 children were killed at the hands of Russian invaders, another 342 were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
09:27 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a warehouse with Russian ammunition near the occupied settlement of the Lugansk region. "We have a small victory - for two and a half hours something that could have killed our people was on fire," said Sergey Gaidai, head of the UVA.
09:05 Russian media wrote that the Slovak S-300 air defense system was allegedly destroyed near Nikolaev. But Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger denied this: "Slovakia categorically denies Russian propaganda that the S-300 defense system in Ukraine was destroyed. This is a hoax. Officially confirmed by Ukraine."
09:02 Kadyrov said that after the offensive in the Donbass, "we will continue to take Kiev and other cities."
08:59 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 11:
personnel - about 19,500 people,
tanks - 725,
armored fighting vehicles - 1923,
artillery systems - 347,
MLRS - 111,
air defense systems - 55,
aircraft - 154,
helicopters - 137,
automotive equipment - 1387,
ships/boats - 7,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 119,
special equipment - 25,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
08:53 Russians fired at one more railway station in the east of Ukraine. Five locomotives, track and contact network were damaged, no one was injured, Ukrzaliznytsia reported.
08:42 Arestovich said that Ukraine will not sign a peace agreement if Russia seizes Donbass within its administrative borders. In this case, the war will continue.
“Only a war on the conditions that we are armed, and Russia has nowhere to take it from. And this advantage is very long, we will implement it,” the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office specified. “It will be a lot of blood on our part, additional efforts, grandiose problems for the economy."
Arestovich believes that Ukraine will fight with Russia until 2035, probably, it will be several wars.
08:37 In France, according to the results of counting almost 100 percent of the ballots, the current President Macron received 27.6 percent of the vote, Le Pen - 23.41 percent. The second round of elections will take place on 24 April.
08:35 Russia has assembled at least 32 Su-27 fighter jets, as well as several Il-76 and other aircraft at a military airfield in Voronezh, as seen in Planet Labs satellite imagery from 9 April. Probably, this airfield will become the main one for attacks on Ukraine, Orion Intel analysts say.
08:33 British intelligence reports that Russian troops continue to shell Donbass, the risk of civilian casualties is increasing. It also increases the likelihood of the occupiers using phosphorus munitions in Mariupol.
In addition, Russia's use of unguided bombs reduces the ability to distinguish targets when aiming and striking, while at the same time greatly increasing the risk of further civilian casualties.
08:30 A total of 42 countries have already applied to the Hague court because of war crimes of the Russian Federation, said Minister of Justice Denis Malyuska.
08:28 Ukraine may become a testing ground for US Switchblade kamikaze drones in combat, as it is not clear how often the US military has used killer drones on the battlefield, CNBC reports.
According to the channel, a group of Ukrainians, who just recently left the United States, have been trained in the handling of these drones for many weeks. They were trained at the Special Forces Training Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. Moreover, the Ukrainian military were in this special school even before the start of the Russian invasion.
08:25 Finland and Sweden may join NATO this summer, the Times writes. The membership of these countries in NATO was discussed during the talks of the foreign ministers of the alliance last week. Sweden and Finland were also present, US officials told the paper.
08:10 Bellingcat investigative journalist Hristo Grozev says that Putin purged the FSB: 150 officers involved in the "Ukrainian issue" were either fired or arrested.
07:59 In the Lugansk region, the entire infrastructure was destroyed as a result of shelling by the Russian invaders, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
07:52 UOC-MP priests are collecting signatures under an appeal to the Cathedral of the Primates of the Ancient Eastern Churches "with a lawsuit against Patriarch Kirill."
"Today, when Patriarch Kirill of Moscow frankly supports Russia's war of conquest against Ukraine, we, the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, have decided to appeal to the Council of Primates of the Ancient Eastern Churches with a lawsuit against Patriarch Kirill," Archpriest Andriy Pinchuk of the UOC-MP wrote on Facebook.
07:34 Russia in the war with Ukraine is acting unpredictably, and its next strike may be directed at Odessa and the Dnieper in order to capture them, said the captain of the first rank of the US Navy, retired Harry Tabah.
07:30 The offensive of the Russian Federation in the east is likely to resume in the coming days, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
07:22 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not rule out provocative actions by the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the Transnistrian region of Moldova in order to accuse Ukraine of aggression against a neighboring state.
00:03 According to the World Bank, output in Ukraine is likely to decline this year "by a staggering 45.1 percent," writes Reuters. While the Russian economy will fall by 11.2 percent in 2022, the World Bank predicts. The total GDP of Eastern Europe (including both EU countries and the former USSR) will fall by 30.7 percent this year.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:35 — The shelling of the VFU in the direction of the settlement was recorded. Novoselovka - n.p. Panteleimonovka: 7 122 mm rounds fired 23:05 As a result of the shelling of the VFU, two civilians of the settlement were wounded. Staromikhailivka: woman born in 1975, men born in 1970 The place and circumstances of the injury are being specified, according to the DPR JCCC. Damage was also recorded in the settlement. Yelenovka at st. Krupskaya, 90. Information about the consequences of the shelling continues to arrive.
21:42 The city of Pervomaisk in the LPR is considered a local Stalingrad because of the ongoing eight years of shelling by the Ukrainian security forces, said Miroshnik, adviser to the head of the LPR.
21:26 In Mariupol (near Azovstal), another 160 soldiers and officers of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have surrendered.
21:03 VFU shelled the Kirovsky district of the city of Donetsk. On April 11, militants of the armed formations of Ukraine fired from Grad multiple launch rocket systems at the Tekstilshchik microdistrict, located in the Kirovsky district of the city of Donetsk. As a result of this terrorist act, residential multi-storey buildings were damaged, as well as a bakery - part of the roof collapsed with a direct hit on the building. Fortunately, none of the bakery workers who were in the shops at the time of the hit were injured.
20:37 In the areas of the settlements of Popasnaya, Novozvanovka and Zolote, two company groups of the Ukrainian 24th Mechanized Brigade and the territorial defense brigade were destroyed.
20:30 In the Selidovo area of the Donetsk region, Tochka-U, 2 MLRS in an underground shelter and up to 40 Ukrainian nationalists were destroyed.
20:29 In the area of Novogrodovka, Donetsk region, the base camp of the Nazis of the Right Sector terrorist organization * (a terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation) was destroyed.
20:28 In the afternoon, near Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, a well-defended command post of a grouping of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass was destroyed by a “Dagger”.
18:38 Assault groups with flamethrowers prepared to clean up Azovstal in Mariupol - UNM
Earlier, the effectiveness of this approach was proven during the assault on ground and underground structures of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works.
18:16 LLC "South Mining and Metallurgical Complex" can provide jobs for former employees of giant factories in Mariupol.
“In order to find work for metallurgists and coke chemists, there is no need to leave Donbass” — Evgeniy Yurchenko
18:08 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about a wound in the head of a civilian born in 1978. as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Alexandrovka at the address: st. Chelyuskintsev, 40 "a". The victim was taken to the DOKTMO in critical condition, where he is receiving the necessary medical assistance.
Also, information was received through the operational line of the JCCC of the DPR about damage to a residential private house as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Alexandrovka at the address: st. Kirov, 167.
17:56 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling from the direction of N of the item is recorded. Novotoshkovskoe along the settlement Frunze with the use of MLRS BM-21 Grad (20 shells) - STsKK LPR.
17:54 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Vodyanoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): eight shells of 122 mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
17:45 Ukrainian militants blew up a dam in the Donetsk region - Basurin.
17:27 Pockets of resistance by Ukrainian militants remained only on the territory of Mariupol factories, decisions will be made on how to "smoke" them - Basurin.
17:12 Fire from the VFU in the direction of Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district) was recorded: six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
17:11 Pushilin: the port of Mariupol came under the control of the DPR.
17:00 As a result of the shelling of the VFU Aleksandrovka, a civilian was wounded - a man born in 1978. With a diagnosis of mine-explosive injury, open craniocerebral injury, a bullet wound to the head with a foreign body, the victim was hospitalized in the DoKTMO.
16:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
15:24 And now, briefly, what is happening in the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On April 1, in the village of Razdolnoye in the former Donetsk region, an Aidar patrol stopped two locals. One of them was Alexander Afendikov (01/06/1987). The Aidarovtsy demanded that they kneel down and shout “glory to Ukraine”. Afendikov refused and was instantly shot by the bastards.
15:17 Ukrainian nationalists continues helling the monastery in the village of Nikolskoye. About 300 civilians are hiding on the territory of the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, having left the settlement, opened fire on the temple several times.
14:30 The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who voluntarily surrendered to the military of the LPR told how they were put in a pit for several days for refusing to shoot at civilians.
The Ukrainian military miracle managed to escape and reach the LPR military.
14:10 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wounding of three more civilians as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the settlement. Yasinovataya:
- two women born in 1995 and 1970
- man born in 1951
13:55 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about the death of a civilian - a man born in 1963. as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Yasinovataya. Another civilian was injured - a man born in 1957. (traumatic amputation of the leg). As a result of the shelling of the VFU, damage was recorded at the following addresses:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- st. Pervomayskaya, 58a (garage);
- st. Levanevsky, 53, 56 - the private sector;
- st. Gorky, 25 - the private sector;
- st. Nakhimova, 10, 11, 12 - the private sector.
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
st. Alyabyeva, 21 - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of the shelling continues to arrive.
13:41 Just now, as a result of the shelling of the VFU in the city of Yasinovataya, seven private houses were damaged. There was a fire. One person died, one was injured. The shelling continues - Head of the Yasinovataya Administration Dmitry Shevchenko.
12:27 Pushilin said that the special operation in Donbass will be intensified.
12:26 The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin: the number of civilians in Mariupol who died due to the actions of Ukrainian militants may exceed 5,000.
12:25 NM DPR took control of the asphalt plant in Mariupol.
12:24 Nikolskoye under Ugledaris. The temple in the village is daily shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. About 300 people, including babies from all the surrounding villages, are forced to hide from the terrorist actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the basements of the temple.
12:23 "They said, if we retreat, we will wipe out the city from the face of the earth." A resident of the liberated Mariupol said that the nationalists never cared about civilians
12:22 There are up to 3,000 Ukrainian nationalists in the Azovstal area - Pushilin.
12:10 Information was received that today in Mariupol there was an attempt to break through the enemy from the territory of the Ilyich plant in a northerly direction. The Volnovakha-Mariupol highway is blocked for traffic.
11:40 Over the past day, 415 people, including 76 children, have been evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoe, Novoazovsky District.
11:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Kievsky Donetsk region with Grad MLRS.
11:15 NM DPR took control of the asphalt plant in Mariupol. This is reported by the sources of the project.@wargonzoon the Donbas front line. The asphalt concrete plant is part of a large conglomeration of industrial zones in the north of Mariupol and is adjacent directly to the territory of the Ilyich plant.
11:08 Russian Ministry of Defense: Kyiv, with the support of the West, is preparing actions with the mass destruction of civilians in the LPR in order to blame the Russian armed forces.
11:05 Information was received via the operational line of the DPR JCCC about damage caused by shelling in the VFU microdistrict. "Tekstilshchik" of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk at the following addresses:
- st. Petrovsky, 113, 113 "a", 113 "b", 113 "c", 117 - residential apartment buildings;
- Zharikov street, 23 - residential apartment building;
- st. Petrovsky, 113 "g" - a hit in the roof of the Sokol market was recorded.
11:00 Work units of the NM DPR with the support of the Russian Army for the destruction of nationalists in Mariupol continues.
10:44 The shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk from the positions of the VFU damaged the tramway and the contact network in the area of the Sokol market. The city administration announced a reduction in the movement of routes No. 8 and No. 16 to the station. Rutchenkovo.
10:43 A total of 60 transformer substations and 5,994 household subscribers are de-energized in the Donetsk People's Republic. Repair and restoration work will begin as soon as the situation allows, the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the DPR reported.
10:06 The Armed Forces of Ukraine with Azov terrorized an entire microdistrict in Mariupol for two weeks. “They moved along the perimeter of four streets: Zelinsky, Bakhchivandzhi, Stroiteley, Mir. They probably fired mortars. A shot was heard and two seconds later an arrival," told a local.
09:54 In the village of Novoaidar, nine houses were destroyed after a missile attack from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the LPR reported.
09:47 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
09:35 In Donetsk, the rewarding of the servicemen of the NM of the DPR, who distinguished themselves during the liberation of Donbass, took place. Well-deserved awards were presented to more than a hundred servicemen. Russian performer Yulia Chicherina presented the fighters with a number of her works.
09:25 Interview with a girl evacuated from Mariupol.
She calls the Russian military, who protected children from getting into dangerous areas, “cute”: “come up - don’t worry, everything will be fine, just don’t go there, it’s dangerous there. They didn’t let us in, there are still snipers sitting on the houses.”
09:23 Shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction of:
n.p. Vodyane - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Dokuchaevsk: eight shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
09:20 In Sloviansk, near boarding school No. 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine mined a site near residential buildings, women tried to disperse them.
09:07 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk is in the high-risk zone. Oktyabrsky, Stationary, Topaz, Slovak, Dock, Trunk, etc.
09:05 In Mariupol there was an orphanage "Pilgrim", children from which Azov supervised for eight years. The curatorship consisted in the fact that girls were made into snipers, and boys were taught the art of war. So, after the start of the NMD, these teenagers, besides the fact that they fought together with Azov, they, of course, on the orders of their curators, set fire to peaceful houses.
09:02 LPR fighters lead fire on Ukrainian troops from the AGS in Popasna.
09:00 Port near the Azovstal plant - under controlof Russian forces. The Azovstal plant is one of the last refuges for Nazi criminals on the territory of Mariupol. Despite the fact that the enemy is well prepared for the defense, units of the NM of the DPR and the RF Armed Forces are already operating on the outskirts of the industrial zone, confidently moving forward.
08:15 Today, a massive shelling of Donetsk has been going on since four in the morning! More than 40 arrivals of artillery shells have already been recorded:
04:20 — n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (settlement of the mine "Trudovskoy"): 15 shells fired with a caliber of 122mm
04:40 — n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
06:00 — n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
06:15 — n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (settlement of Trudovskaya mine): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
08:00 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about the death of a civilian born in 1981. as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Staromikhaylovka at st. Kirov, 64 "a".
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:05 Another large party of Ukrainian marines of the 36th brigade voluntarily surrendered in Mariupol, military commander Oleksandr Sladkov said. He noted that the decision to lay down their arms was made by another 160 Ukrainian marines in Mariupol. 21:44 A three-day curfew has been announced in Irpin. It starts tomorrow, April 12 at 6 am and ends at 9 am on April 15. All this time, entry into the city will be prohibited. It is noted that travel to Bucha is allowed, bypassing Irpen - through Dmitrovka and Zabuchie.
20:50 Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-27 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Sinelnikovo region of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
20:36 Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 42 military facilities of Ukraine.
19:20 In Melitopol continues issuance of targeted humanitarian aid.
17:00 Canada trained representatives of the Azov Regiment* as part of the UNIFIER training mission in Ukraine - Radio-Canada. “Canada has spent nearly a billion dollars training Ukrainian forces since 2014. The fighters of the Azov Regiment have benefited from this training.
16:29 The authorities of the Voronezh region have raised the level of terrorist threat to medium in two areas bordering Ukraine.
16:15 Special forces of the Russian Guard discovered and neutralized more than 400 kg of TNT in the Kharkiv region - department.
15:38 In Greece, activists blocked the railroad, which carried NATO equipment to the borders of Ukraine. The demonstrators stood in the way of the train, which was heading towards Romania and Poland. The Greeks came out with a banner "NATO assassins, go home."
15:14 Destroy themselves myself (AKA: Friendly fire).
A Ukrainian tank hit a group of Ukrainian soldiers point-blank. Earlier, a video was circulated on the network, in which, according to some reports, a Russian T-72B3 tank fired point-blank at a cluster of Ukrainian infantry. It turned out that the tank was Ukrainian and mistook its own soldiers standing near the BMP with the letter “V” for Russians.
13:36 A Russian tank at point-blank range destroys a crowd of infantrymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Apparently, the Ukrainians at the checkpoint thought that these were their own tankers and, as a result, minus 15 military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense. After the first shot, the operator runs and after 10 seconds the second is heard.
13:16 Kherson activists dismantled the memorial "Glory to Ukraine!" Citizens take an active part in cleansing the city. Residents of the city tore up the flag of the European Union, installed on the memorial, broke the panel with photographs of the Heavenly Hundred and “ATO soldiers”.
13:14 The Russian Armed Forces have captured the village of Kamenka, one of the most fortified defense lines in the Izyumsky district, - the Russian Defense Ministry.
13:13 In Genichesk, Kherson region, a peaceful life. The flags have been changed.
13:05 Ukrainian nationalists have established production mortars at the Melitopol Automotive Spare Parts Plant in the village of Obilnoye, where parts for agricultural machinery were previously manufactured. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stamped spare parts for guns with a caliber of 60 and 80 millimeters. They also planned to produce 120mm mortars, but did not have time. The structural parts of the guns still remain at the plant.
13:00 It is reported that the Kharkiv authorities received instructions from Kyiv to turn the city into a similarity to Mariupol. In each residential building, it was ordered to equip firing positions for snipers, ATGM and MANPADS crews. All civilian infrastructure facilities must be prepared for complete destruction. Minimize as much as possible, and from April 10 completely stop the evacuation of civilians.
12:35 Ukrainian "actors" TsIPSO in Bucha found themselves in staged scenes. The story of the "resident of Bucha", about which the channel "Ukraine 24" told, turned out to be the game of a certain Lera Salogub. The clip from an eyewitness from Bucha "Where I was and what I saw" also turned out to be an actor's improvisation by Stanislav Karpenko. Both "actors" are employees of the 72nd CIPSO. Bucha and fakes, the investigation continues.
10:40 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 129 aircraft, 99 helicopters, 243 S-300, Buk-M1, Osa AKM anti-aircraft missile systems, 441 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2079 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 239 multiple rocket launchers, 909 field artillery and mortars, and 2,003 special military vehicles.
10:39 Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 78 military facilities of Ukraine.
Among them: three command posts, a radar for illumination and guidance, three positions for short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, four ammunition depots, as well as 58 strongholds and areas of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment.
10:38 In the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Posad-Pokrovskoye, Kherson region, a Ukrainian military helicopter Mi-24 was shot down in the air by concentrated fire from small arms.
10:37 In addition, three unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the Balakleya districts of the Kharkiv region, Gulyai Pole and Volnovakha, as well as one unmanned aerial vehicle of the Valkyrie type in the area of the settlement of Kalininskoe, Nikolaev region.
10:36 Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the air near the village of Izium.
10:35 As a result of high-precision strikes in the areas of the settlements of Vozdvizhenka-2 and Ivanovka, Donetsk region, nine tanks, five self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3 "Acacia", five multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad" and more than 60 nationalists were destroyed.
10:32 Also, in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev and Zhovtneve, two ammunition depots were destroyed, and in the Uspenovka area, a radar for illumination and guidance of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.
10:30 On Sunday, April 10, Caliber high-precision sea-based missiles on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnepropetrovsk destroyed equipment of an anti-aircraft missile division hidden in a hangar
S-300 delivered to the Kiev regime of one of the European countries.
Four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces were hit.
09:32 Under n.p. Raisin special forces of the RF Armed Forces sent to Bandera 21-year-old Georgian mercenary Nika Shanava. As part of a group of foreigners, he arrived in Ukraine on March 16 with his 19-year-old brother. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation advises Georgians to stay at home - it is good for life.
09:20 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed personnel the launch of the Iskander missile at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Precise strikes disable and destroy command posts, warehouses with weapons, ammunition and fuel and lubricants, communication centers, air defense and other important targets.
09:17 The RF Armed Forces are fighting with the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Topolskoye in the Kharkiv region.
08:21 In the north of Crimea - near the village of Tavrichesky - a Ukrainian drone was shot down by Russian air defense forces, the military is inspecting the crash site.
[BBC] Russia has warned Finland and Sweden against joining NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... , arguing the move would not bring stability to Europe.
Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov told news hounds that "the alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation".
It comes as US defence officials said Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has been a "massive strategic blunder" which is likely to bring NATO enlargement.
US officials expect the Nordic neighbours to bid for membership of the alliance, potentially as early as June.
Washington is believed to support the move which would see the Western alliance grow to 32 members. US State Department officials said last week that discussions had taken place between NATO leaders and foreign ministers from Helsinki and Stockholm.
Before it launched its invasion, Russia demanded that the alliance agree to halt any future enlargement, but the war has led to the deployment of more NATO troops on its eastern flank and a rise in public support for Swedish and Finnish membership.
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Yes, say nothing, stand back and watch with a finger on your safety. Russia never misses an opportunity to re-open old wounds or alienate neighbors. Their MO has seldom changed.
More on this story from yesterday. Excerpted from the liveblog.
[USATODAY] Russia is resupplying and reinforcing its invasion force in eastern Ukraine with a long convoy of vehicles heading to the region, indicating a new phase of the war is likely to occur there, according to a Pentagon brasshat.The convoy, exposed in commercial satellite imagery, stretches an estimated eight miles. It appears to contain vehicles to command and supply infantry units and possibly helicopters, said the official, who provided intelligence assessments on condition of anonymity.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of an impending Russian offensive in his country's east and has urged civilians to flee the region.
"The occupiers have sent dozens of thousands of soldiers and colossal numbers of equipment to prepare new attacks," he warned in a speech to South Korean politicians translated by NBC News. Josep Borrell, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, issued a similar warning Monday.
The Pentagon official said some of the Russian forces involved in the failed attempt ...Curses! Foiled again!... to seize the capital of Kyiv appear headed toward the eastern region. There are about 60 Russian battalion tactical groups in eastern and southern Ukraine — 48,000 to 60,000 troops — the official said.
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#1
What about all those cheap Chinese flat tires? They seemed to move from the north to east ok.
#2
The Chinese bureaucrats are going to kill more people than the disease. Then again they do have the numbers to waste. Let's see if they can get the numbers up to what Stalin achieved in the Ukraine.
[Red State] What’s going on in Shanghai, China as I write this may be one of the most disturbing stories in modern history. That’s not because great atrocities haven’t occurred before. No doubt, they have (and in China, no less), but it’s rare to have such a stark look behind the curtain of an authoritarian regime.
Because of advances in cell phone technology and the existence of VPNs, videos are coming out of Shanghai that will make your skin crawl.
[FoxNews] The official was engaged in a scheme to steal proprietary software from the US government.
A former branch chief with the Department of Homeland Security has been convicted of theft of government property and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Murali Y. Venkata,
...more formally Murali Yamuzala Venkata, an interesting name...
a 56-year-old former Acting Inspector General of DHS-OIG, was convicted of the charges in addition to convictions for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and obstruction, according a Monday Justice Department announcement.
The DOJ said that Venkata, along with Charles K. Edwards and Sonal Patel, was engaged in a scheme to steal proprietary software from the U.S. government and the personal information of hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
"Edwards pleaded guilty in January 2022 and Patel pleaded guilty in April 2019 to stealing property from the U.S. government for the purpose of developing a commercial version of a case management system to be offered for sale to government agencies," the DoJ release said.
Venkata's role in the scheme was to ex-filtrate the proprietary source code from DHS facilities and help set up computer servers in Edwards' home that were remotely accessed by developers in India who were tasked with making the commercial version of the software.
Venkata worked at DHS from June 2010 until October 2017, when he was placed on paid administrative leave following charges in the case. He was also an employee of the U.S. Postal Service's Office of the Inspector General, another role in which he had access to sensitive information about federal employees and proprietary software systems.
#3
Check your owner’s manual: several car makers and lots of small engine makers warn against E15 as it will cause internal damage. More of Bidet’s well thought out planning
#5
This might p*ss off many indigenous folks too as they tend to believe that corn is spiritually food and not fuel.
Besides, E15 reduces my newer truck's MPG substantially. It would kill my older vehicles.
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Cheap insurance for the dems against a Senate Judiciary Committee headed by the Hon. Chas Grassley, (R)-Corn.
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But I thought there was going to be a food shortage? Taking food off the plates of the disadvantaged to fuel the hydrocarbon-guzzling SUV's of Global Warming Denialists?
Maybe I should write headlines for MSNBC...
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I've had several people explain to me over the years that corn grown for ethanol is not corn I'd want to eat. I have no idea if that's true, but I've heard it from multiple parties. Of course, there's still the issue that turning corn into ethanol uses lots of water and energy, so it's not a "all gain, no pain" proposition. Then there's the fertilizer issue. Then there's the "this isn't going to happen in the next 60 days, let alone before the end of the summer.
The administration is just flailing. They will probably lose both houses of congress to the Pubs, but the GOPe will assure that's no big improvement.
We would probably be better off if every American was just shipped a 55 gallon drum of potable grain ethanol ASAP.
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IMPORTANT: Not all UNLEADED Fueled vehicles can handle E1-5.
According to US DOT statements "...90 percent of all vehicles on the road today fall into this 2001-and-up category, so chances are that's your vehicle."
In plain English, 10% of the US vehicles on the road cannot.
Question: Will this damage my lawnmower, boat, jet ski, snowmobile, or four-wheeler? Answer:It sure will if you don't pay attention. Generally, small engines are not designed to deal with the more corrosive E15 blend.
PLUS: Producers will use about 1/3 MORE energy (BTU's) in producing E-15 fuels than is generated by the fuel itself.
PLUS: How long does E-15 gas last? Well E10 Ethanol-blended gas lasts up to three months. Expert Sources are saying E15 will last less than 2 months in the summer heat, as Ethanol evaporation is quicker with E-15 vs E-10.
Better stock up on Gas Stabilizer, and/or pay the extra 50 to 70 cents for real Gas per gallon.
BTW: there is sure to be a run to the pumps to get E-10... another Toilet Paper shortage in the making.
#11
M. Murcek corn grown for E-15 is the same corn used for animal feed. Less corn for feed the higher the price. Beef, chicken, and pork prices will continue to rise. Blame Big Meet (sarc).
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Thanks, DB. I figured it was something like that, the actual details are all searchable on the internet but it's just not on my plate today. So I appreciate hearing it from you.
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Use of Corn to produce Ethanol has improved a lot in the past 30 years or so.
The process is far more energy efficient than it used to be and markets have developed for many of the byproducts.
The US produces far, far more corn than needed for animal feed and human use. Furthermore, in 2021 about 15 billion bushels were produced compared to only about 10 billion bushels per year in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
At $40/gal for oil, ethanol added doesn't save much but at $100/gal it does.
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I meant $40/barrel not per gallon - sorry
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Off the "increasingly tenuous connections" pile...
The open society! Pr0n
And yesterday's kernels of cr0n,
Though quite as banal
As a crane or canal,
Are for some much more thrilling,
Eh, Popper? "Fulfilling
And wholesome as dew in the mr0n!"
#21
By Allah, one delicate petal
Survives amidst dust, meat, and metal!
Is aught like the bloom
When a rose goes kaboom?
[rising moon over sun-blasted nettle]
#22
"Wife grudging and sullen... again."
How tragic for Japanese men!
No one to feel close to
For Tojo or Ozu...
"Who knows where those noses have been?"
[sun rises behind imperial palace]
"I am taking these Britons to tea
For they're selling their Typhoo to me,
But though I shall take it,
The Brits will still make it,
Since tea's their chapati and ghee."
Cool to learn in light of an ancestor's supposed fondness for the stuff.
Slovakia will consider providing Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to #Ukraine if alternative protection of its own air space can be arranged, Prime Minister Eduard Heger says.https://t.co/oT6aWJdFS4
[FOXBUSINESS] A radical environmental group raised a few eyebrows on Twitter after encouraging people to let the tires out of SUVs in an apparent bid to combat climate change.
The group, Adbusters,
...a Vancouver, British Columbia-based global network of anti-capitalist activists founded in 1989. Naturally, Jew-hating and Israel-hating are integral to their message. One of their big projects was Occupy Wall Street, making them yet another Black Bloc front of the century-old Antifa — the Stalinist-anarcho-communist syndicate that got its start brawling with Nazi Brownshirts in the streets of Germany...
tweeted step-by-step instructions for the provocation on Wednesday, calling it a "gentle escalation" or ramping up the urgency about climate change.
"Wedge gravel in the tire valves, leaflet the SUV to let them know the tires are flat and why it was done, and walk away. It’s that simple," the group tweeted. "If we organize, we can hit enough SUVs in particular neighborhoods to spark reporting and spread the metameme."
The group said climate change was the "biggest crisis we’ve faced as a species, and we are failing the test at every step," adding: "it’s time for us to carefully escalate our methods in a non-violent mostly peaceful manner to convey the seriousness of this crisis in tangible ways."
They argued that targeting SUVs — which they said were playing a big role in carbon emissions — was a good way to "hurt the automotive industry where it hurts."
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Environmental group calls for getting shot deflating tires of SUVs to combat climate change while attempting to mess with people's SUVs.
Getting shot and dying will end their contribution to the carbon scam.
#2
In what state is deadly force authorized to deal with someone messing with your tires? Jesus what's wrong with you people and your constant fantasies of killing?
Call the freaking cops and turn over the footage from your surveillance cameras.
Of course nobody bothers to call out the real villains of the story: those who publicize it. The whole point of this is to get visibility and inspire copycats. Which not only Fox has done, but whoever posted this here. Good job, everyone is doing Adbusters' work for it!
#3
but whoever posted this here. Good job, everyone is doing Adbusters' work for it!
No worries. If any Rantburgers were prone to joining Black Bloc LARPing, they would have been arrested at some of the Antifa/Black Lives Matter actions posted here over the past few years, and their name and police photo would have shown up in our pages in turn.
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#2 In what state is deadly force authorized to deal with someone messing with your tires?
Texas.
Now I'm not saying I would it do that, cause I wouldn't. But believe me when I say that there are many of my neighbors who will happily light someone up for messing with their stuff, on their property after dark. Funnily enough, quite a few of them were not born in the US, but now that they are citizens and living in Texas, they have gone FULL Texan.
SUBCHAPTER D. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Sec. 9.41. PROTECTION OF ONE'S OWN PROPERTY. (a) A person in lawful possession of land or tangible, movable property is justified in using force against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on the land or unlawful interference with the property.
(b) A person unlawfully dispossessed of land or tangible, movable property by another is justified in using force against the other when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to reenter the land or recover the property if the actor uses the force immediately or in fresh pursuit after the dispossession and:
(1) the actor reasonably believes the other had no claim of right when he dispossessed the actor; or
(2) the other accomplished the dispossession by using force, threat, or fraud against the actor.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Sec. 9.42. DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY. A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:
(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41; and
(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:
(A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or
(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and
(3) he reasonably believes that:
(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or
(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.
#7
Good morning Skid! I get to go home and go to sleep in 15 minutes....well, after driving for an hour. TWO more nights and I have two weeks off and next hitch is daytime:)
Bought the boy a simple recurve so he can start learning archery. He'll get a kick out of that.
#8
And #2, I am COMPLETELY SERIOUS about this. People can and DO get shot for crap like that in this state. It almost never goes to trial either. Daytime is one thing, after dark in Texas, a lot of crime suddenly has a very real death penalty if you get caught in the act.
Admittedly, there are many people like me that would call the cops and have them facedown on the pavement while we wait for the law. I'm not going to shoot someone for something like that. Break in my house though and it's a different ball game. That brings in a potential threat to my family.
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It falls under criminal mischief. It's the same as vandalizing a car.
(A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or
Who didn't read what now? And we give them no publicity, some fool gets shot in Texas because they did something illegal at night doesn't make the national news. It barely makes the local news sometimes.
#11
Someone doesn't understand the 'right to trial by a jury of one's peers'. DA's with common sense don't waste resources on trials they know they're going to lose.
#14
My wife called the cops once for suspecting someone was in the back yard. We lived in Harris County so after 45 minutes a single deputy shows up. Nobody there when he checked so he asked the wife, "Do you have protection?" She said, "Yes we have an alarm." He shook his head and said "A firearm." She nodded and said, "Yes, we have plenty." He smiled and said, "Well, just call us for cleanup." That is a direct quotation. Harris County is the democrat bastion in Houston but even the cops realize reality here in Texas.
[Jerusalem Post] Thermal mugs given to Israeli government offices by the Chinese embassy may have contained a listening device, government sources said on Tuesday.
Then Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) began investigating the matter after finding a suspicious device in mugs the embassy sent to the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry and Transportation Ministry. The suspicions were first reported on Tuesday morning by Army Radio's diplomatic correspondent Moriah Asraf-Walberg.
The mug arrived at the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry earlier this week without any prior announcement from the embassy, and security found the device before it reached Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen.
Other ministries received text messages from the embassy: “On April 12, my colleague will deliver the Passover gift for you and the Minister at your Ministry entrance. Can you please ask someone to receive [it]?”
On Sunday, the Shin Bet told ministries that any gifts from China must be scanned. Existing security instructions already required all gifts be checked by security before going to the ministers. They also must be authorized by a gifts committee before use by a minister.
#2
It is a testament to modern bureaucratic pig headedness that any gifts whatsoever from the Chinese embassy are not destroyed with the packaging immediately upon arrival.
#1
NextEra spokesperson Steven Stengel said the company didn’t seek permits because it believes the law didn’t require them for unintentional bird deaths.
So, you thought you were Above the Law, that eagles are Hard to Kill, or were they Marked for Death?
(I know, spelling, but that's a point in horseshoes)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
[Hot Air] Michelle Irwin, the principal of San Diego’s largest high school, has decided to cut many of the school’s honors classes. In an email sent to parents, Irwin explained she was doing this for equity.
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