[FOX] James "Whitey" Bulger's nephew, Jim Bulger, was a business associate of Hunter Biden, and according to emails obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital, appears to have played a key role in a number of his Chinese business ventures.
Whitey Bulger was a notorious Boston crime boss, who became one of the nation's most-wanted fugitives after fleeing Boston in late 1994. He was captured in 2011. Bulger was serving a life sentence for 11 murders and other crimes when he died in prison in October 2018.
In addition to being Whitey's nephew, Jim Bulger is the son of William "Billy" Bulger, who served as president of the Massachusetts State Senate for eight years. Billy Bulger was an ally of John Kerry when he served in the Senate. Kerry’s stepson, Christopher Heinz, co-founded Rosemont Seneca with Hunter Biden and Devon Archer.
The Post also reports that "Under the terms of his initial agreement with Twitter, Musk would have received a board seat through at least 2024 and would be barred from acquiring more than 14.9% of the company. Without that deal in place, Musk is free to acquire a larger stake in the company and push for greater influence over its operations."
On Thursday morning, Musk stirred the pot a little more when he tweeted, "I made an offer."
I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy.
However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.
As a result, I am offering to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash, a 54% premium over the day before I began investing in Twitter and a 38% premium over the day before my investment was publicly announced. My offer is my best and final offer and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder.
Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it.
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I wished I could see all the hissy fits being thrown in the twatter offices.
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It isn't just the "twatter" offices. All of corporate media is sweating out the prospect of information flowing freely.
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The harder the left leans towards censorship the more I ask these two questions: What do they have to hide? Why should I trust anyone who is afraid of ideas?
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Window jumpers, it's ok to hold hands on the way down. It's ok !
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I foresee a sexual harrasment or me too thingy coming out of the blue. Some merc bitch suddenly remembers Musk's inappropriate advances or something, old pics, character assassination. These are the only tools the Left has against airtight good guys.
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Yeah, some unprovable sexual harassment claims and increased scrutiny from fedgov regulatory agencies over SpaceX expansion plans. With any luck, we will also get unpopular opinions from when Elon was 12.
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Twitter board is in a tough spot if they reject the bid. It's substantially above the market price, and they and the company may be subject to shareholder lawsuits if the reject and don't have a better alternative.
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The Biden/LSD DOJ will step in and stall the ownership using some legal tactic. Like placing EM under investigation for other stock-related transactions or something. Which will bar him from purchasing Twit until sometime after the Mid-Terms.
[HUFFpoo] A fiery crash in Minnesota was caught on camera earlier this week.
A driver lost control of a car while entering the highway and slammed into a box truck. The truck then careened across the road, into the rails of an overpass and burst into flames ― with some of the burning pieces falling onto the road below.
"I figured if I went over the bridge that would have been the end of it," truck driver Mitchell Moore told local ABC station KSTP.
But the railing held and kept the truck from going over.
The incident was captured by the state’s highway cameras:
(Reuters) - Life expectancy in the United States fell by nearly two years in 2020 to about 77 years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the sharpest drop compared to 19 other high-income countries, according to a recent analysis.
Americans, on average, had a life expectancy of 76.99 years in 2020, down from 78.86 years in 2019, according to the study, which looked at national death and population counts in 2019 and 2020, as well as provisional data for 2021 to calculate mortality rate ratios.
The decline of 1.87 years in life expectancy for 2020 was far higher than the mean reduction of 0.57 years in 19 peer countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Denmark and South Korea. No country experienced a decrease as steep as that of the United States, according to the analysis, which was published as a preprint on the medRxiv website.
U.S. COVID-19 mortality and excess deaths were among the highest in the world and the virus was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, after heart disease and cancer.
Based on provisional 2021 data, U.S. life expectancy fell even further last year, to an estimated 76.60 years.
Humans and animals die after amassing an analogous quantity of genetic mutations, researchers have discovered, suggesting the velocity of DNA errors is vital in figuring out the lifespan of a species.
There are enormous variations within the lifespan of mammals within the animal kingdom, from South Asian rats, which dwell for simply six months, to bowhead whales, which might survive for 200 years.
Previously. specialists have prompt that measurement is the important thing to longevity, with smaller animals burning up power extra rapidly, requiring a quicker cell turnover, which causes a speedier decline.
But a brand new examine from the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge suggests the velocity of genetic injury may be the important thing to survival, with long-living animals efficiently slowing down their charge of DNA mutations regardless of their measurement.
It helps clarify how a five-inch lengthy bare mole rat can dwell for 25 years, about the identical as a far bigger giraffe, which generally lives for twenty-four.
[BBC] A new film, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, tells the strange story of Japan's controversial WW2 hero. Its themes of nationalism and fake news are more relevant now than ever, writes James Balmont.
December 1944: in the final months of World War Two, a Japanese lieutenant named Hiroo Onoda was stationed on Lubang, a tiny island in the Philippines. Within weeks of his arrival, a US attack forced Japanese combatants into the jungle — but unlike most of his comrades, Onoda remained hidden on the island for nearly 30 years. The Japanese government declared him dead in 1959, but in reality, he was alive — committed to a secret mission that had instructed him to hold the island until the imperial army's return. He was convinced the whole time that the war had never ended.
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Quoting BAD ASS OF THE WEEK " If the delicate line between insanity and badassitude is measured by determination, then Lt. Hiroo is probably high in the running for being one of the most badassed men of World War II."
NOTE: It seems he and his team were still killing people after the war's ended.
"...he and his men had killed over 30 Filipinos and Americans and wounded over 100 more people..."
BTW: Can't resist pointing it out....
When he was 17 years old, he worked in Wuhan, China. for a Japanese Trading Company.
Shoigu is thought to have suffered a heart attack possibly caused by foul play
Russia's defence minister, 66, has been a close ally of Putin ever since 2012
He was a mainstay early in the invasion but has been largely absent for weeks
Russian-Israeli businessmen Leonid Nevzlin made the extraordinary claim RUMINT.
If his claims prove to be true, it would confirm suspicions of a major rift between the isolated Russian president and his closest advisers and military leaders
Nevzlin was once one of Russia's richest men but fled the country in 2003 when Putin and the Kremlin decided to seize his oil company
[JP] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posed with a stamp book of the new stamps, which he said "became a symbol of the steadfastness of Ukrainian defenders."
A "Russian warship, f***k you...!" postage stamp was officially introduced and a million entered into circulation, the Ukrainian postal service Ukrposhta announced on Tuesday.
The stamp's illustration features an armed and armored Ukrainian soldier with his middle finger raised to a Russian vessel. The background, the yellow ground and blue ocean, evoke the Ukrainian flag.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posed with a stamp book of the new stamps on Wednesday, and wrote that the phrase, "which became a symbol of the steadfastness of Ukrainian defenders, is now on postage stamps."
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The Russian warship in this case is the Moskva, formerly the Slava. I saw reports last night that Ukraine had managed to sink the vessel with Neptune anti ship missiles.
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[An Nahar] The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected the idea of exchanging a controversial Kyiv ally of Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... for Ukrainians detained by Russia.
Lawmaker and businessman Viktor Medvedchuk, one of Ukraine's richest people, is known for his close ties to Putin and says the Russian leader is godfather to his youngest daughter, Darya.
Ukrainian authorities announced Tuesday they had captured Medvedchuk, 67, who beat feet from house arrest after Russia sent troops to the pro-Western country on February 24.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to swap him for Ukrainians captured by Russia.
But Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov said Medvedchuk had "nothing to do with the special military operation.
"He is a foreign politician," he told news hounds, adding that the Kremlin was not aware if Medvedchuk wanted Moscow to be involved.
"Medvedchuk has never had any behind-the-scenes relations with Russia," Peskov said, implying that he would otherwise have left Ukraine before Moscow sent in troops.
Medvedchuk is a hugely controversial figure because of his close ties to Moscow.
He had been under house arrest since 2021 on treason charges over accusations that he tried to steal natural resources from Russia-annexed Crimea and hand Ukrainian military secrets to Moscow.
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Could be a response to Brandon's recent Floppy Gums Syndrome.
Read another deal where observer noticed none of what Putin's Very Mad Dealings happened, including the purposeful meltdown at Chernobyl and turning Keev into another Portland a meterball field.
[MilitaryLand] Ukraine believes that Russia has pre positioned everything equipment and supply related they are going to use for an offensive drive west from Russian held Donbas.
A lot of western observers doubt that the Russian troops are well trained and well motivated and well led but we will see.
Ukraine has reinforced its defenses in this area but how effective they have been integrated into existing units is another unknown.
Somehow Ukraine elements in Mariupol are still holding out.
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The 64,000 Euro Question: Is Putin going to demand that the Dobas Offensive is either (A) "Ambitious" by striking from Izium in a roughly westerly direction to Dnipro unhinging everything south of Kharkov; or (B) "Pragmatic" and striking southwards from Izium to Donetsk 'only' pinching off the salient?
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[Korrespondent] 23:32 The Biden administration will share intelligence data with Ukraine that will help Kiev hit targets in the Crimea and the occupied territories of Donbass, the Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources in the US Department of Defense.
At the same time, Washington will not transmit data that would allow the Ukrainian army to hit targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. 23:29 France will provide Ukraine with military equipment worth 100 million euros, said Defense Minister Florence Parly. The decision was made after Parley's talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Reznikov.
23:23 The war in Ukraine revealed a lot of problems for the Russian army. Analysts of the Conflict Intelligence Team analyzed the main problems of the Russian army, which became noticeable during the invasion of Ukraine. For more details, see Weaknesses of the Russian Army: Expert Analysis .
23:21 Zelensky said that Kiev did not receive an official appeal from German President Steinmeier regarding his visit to Ukraine.
23:18 US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in an interview with CNN that Washington is gathering evidence to officially recognize the genocide of the Ukrainian people at the government level: "I can predict what President Biden called is what we end up probably We will find out when we can gather all this evidence."
23:09 Arestovich about the fire on the Russian ship: "There was some kind of surprise with the flagship of the navy, the cruiser Moskva. It's on fire ... There are 510 crew members, we can't understand what happened - maybe two sailors smoked in the wrong place, either they violated some security measures again, no luck."
He also added that this is exactly the Russian warship that our border guards sent to Zmeiny Island.
23:02 Zelensky: “All this feverish activity of the occupiers testifies, first of all, to their uncertainty. The fact that even having significant stocks of Soviet military equipment and a significant number of soldiers whom the command does not spare from the word “completely”, the Russian military doubt their ability break Ukraine.
23:00 Russian occupiers kidnapped the deputy of the Skadovsky regional council Vladimir Kurikov, the deputy of the Kherson regional council Sergey Khlan said.
22:59 As a result of the shelling by Russian troops of the Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkov, three people were killed today, four were injured, Sinegubov said.
22:57 Russian invaders, with the help of propagandists, are preparing a fake about an allegedly found storage of explosives in Energodar in order to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhya OVA reported.
22:44 Journalist Oleksandr Karpyuk reported that a Ukrainian Neptune missile hit the missile cruiser Moskva , the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. The ship was on fire. This information was confirmed by Arestovich, and then Gerashchenko, Yermak and the head of the Odessa OVA Marchenko.
Russian publics write that they really shot at Moscow with Neptune , but they allegedly missed the ship on the go.
22:33 Mayor of Mirgorod Viktor Ivanenko said that the invaders bombed the airfield yesterday, and over the past ten days this is the third missile attack on the infrastructure of the city. According to him, there are numerous destructions, a fire broke out, but there were no deaths.
22:25 The Pentagon published the details of the new package of military assistance to Ukraine:
200 M113 armored personnel carriers,
11 Mi-17 helicopters,
18 howitzers
300 Switchblade kamikaze drones,
500 Javelin missiles.
Also, the US Department of Defense said that a number of NATO countries intend to announce the sending of tanks to Ukraine. Washington expects deliveries of new military aid to Kiev to begin immediately.
22:21 UN Secretary General António Guterres believes that "a global ceasefire in Ukraine at the moment is not possible." In doing so, he appointed an envoy to travel to Ukraine and Russia in the hope of negotiating a UN-led humanitarian ceasefire.
Guterres did not call the crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine genocide, noting that only the court can decide whether there was a genocide or not.
22:17 The UN said that due to the war in Ukraine, 1.7 billion people are threatened with starvation, a third of whom already live in poverty. According to the organization, 36 countries around the world, including some of the poorest and most vulnerable, receive more than half of their wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine.
22:03 Yermak said that an action plan to tighten sanctions against Russia has already been outlined: "Now there are two pages of priority sanctions against Russia, which are proposed for the US, EU, UK and other partners."
He clarified that the list includes a complete embargo on the export of crude oil and natural gas, and Ukraine also proposes additional bans for financial institutions in both Russia and Belarus, further trade barriers and duties, "other powerful measures." In addition, personal restrictions and the use of secondary sanctions are being developed.
Ukrainian experts have already presented their part of the action plan. In the near future, foreign experts will present their comments and proposals.
21:52 Biden, after talking with Zelensky, said that his administration will authorize the provision of additional weapons, ammunition and other security assistance to Ukraine for $ 800 million. The new package will include many of the weapons systems already provided, as well as new capabilities "adapted to the broader offensive we expect the Russian Federation to launch in eastern Ukraine."
He specified that these new capabilities include "artillery systems, artillery shells and armored personnel carriers." The transfer of additional helicopters has also been approved.
21:49 Yermak commented on Russia's threats regarding possible missile strikes on Kiev in response to his own provocations: "We are ready for any scenarios, and not a single Russian one will work. The Kremlin has already proven that it can only fight civilians who are not capable of them Russia will answer for all crimes before an international tribunal in the future."
21:35 Despite the absence of humanitarian corridors, 1,567 people were evacuated today by private transport, the Office of the President reported. Including 1102 left Pologi, Vasilyevka, Berdyansk and Melitopol of the Zaporozhye region, 83 - from Mariupol to Zaporozhye, 382 - from Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Gorny and Popasnaya Luhansk regions.
21:28 The authorities of Barvenkovo, a city on the outskirts of the north of the Donetsk region, announced a difficult military situation. This settlement stands in the way of the alleged offensive of Russian troops from Izyum to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The head of the Barvenkovo community, Oleksandr Balo, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the borders in the south of the region, but the situation is difficult. He urged local residents to evacuate tomorrow at 14:00.
21:26 The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, said that in the last two days the intensity of the bombing of the city has greatly increased and their geography has expanded. According to him, there are dead, including children. About 30% of the population left Kharkov - mostly women and children. But at the same time, many are returning, and planned evacuation is not planned.
Terekhov also said that the main hostilities in the region are being conducted in the areas of Izyum and Borovaya - cities in the southeast of the Kharkiv region.
21:17 Le Pen said that she still considers Crimea to be Russian. Also, the French presidential candidate does not regret that she is forbidden to visit Ukraine.
21:14 Today, the Russians fired at Avdiivka and Velyka Novoselka, said the governor of the Donetsk region, Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, the rate of evacuation of the population from the region has decreased. He urged local residents to respond more actively to the call to leave: "The offensive of the Russian troops can begin any day."
21:10 Chernobyl was captured by Russian troops on the first day of the war. About the consequences of temporary occupation - in the article What Russian troops left in Chernobyl.
21:08 The authorities of the island of Jersey have frozen assets that may be related to Roman Abramovich, in the amount of more than seven billion dollars, writes Bloomberg.
21:05 Klitschko admitted that at the next session of the Kyiv City Council the issue of renaming the metro stations connected with Russia and Belarus will be considered. He cited Minskskaya station as an example: “If there are threats to us from Minsk, planes take off from the territory of Belarus that bomb and launch missiles at our homes - some kind of unfriendly reminder. I am convinced that Minsk can become Warsaw. This is a city that who helps Kiev."
20:51 Zelensky said that he had spoken with Biden, discussed an additional package of defense and macro-financial assistance, and agreed to strengthen anti-Russian sanctions.
20:47 Italy will not veto gas sanctions against Russia, but wants the EU to start regulating maximum energy prices, said Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.
20:43 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council reports that Russia is changing the motivation for the "special operation" in Ukraine. Thus, Russian TV channels declare "a terrorist threat from Ukraine." According to the propagandists, the "key Banderites" have been destroyed, leaving the terrorists who plan to carry out terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation.
To justify the conduct of general mobilization in the Russian Federation, the Russian special services are preparing shelling and terrorist attacks to whip up anti-Ukrainian hysteria in Russia and the occupied Crimea. A similar scenario was used by the Russians in the second Chechen war.
20:35 The Russian Defense Ministry announced "attempts of sabotage and strikes by Ukrainian troops on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation."
"If such cases continue, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will strike at decision-making centers, including in Kiev , from which the Russian army has so far refrained," the agency said.
20:23 A Free Ukraine Square will appear in Krakow, Lviv Mayor Andrey Sadovy said: “It is symbolic that some of the Polish deputies vote for this decision while in Lviv. Since the beginning of Russian aggression back in 2014, Poland was the first country to openly call Russia an aggressor. This decision is another proof of truly brotherly love and support for Ukraine."
20:14 Medvedchuk's bodyguard Andriy Taran told the SBU how the escape was planned: "Medvedchuk spoke with his wife. In their conversation, I heard the FSB say 'they will do everything, they will help.'" I heard in their conversation that an escape from this address would be prepared , I assumed it would be soon."
He also said that on the night of February 23, he made two car exits from the territory of Medvedchuk's house "to lull the vigilance of the police." And for the third time I left with Medvedchuk, who soon moved to another car. Thus, the people's deputy left the place of house arrest a day before the start of the invasion.
According to Taran, Medvedchuk hid after that in a private house in Kyiv with his cook and bodyguards. And on the day when the departure to Transnistria was planned, he came out dressed in a Ukrainian military uniform and a balaclava and said: "That's it, thank you, wait for further instructions." After that, he left in a cortege of two cars.
20:08 Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan visited Bucha to see with his own eyes the consequences of the Russian occupation of the city. He stressed the need for an independent investigation into the atrocities in Bucha and other localities. He also announced the arrival of a group of forensic experts from the court.
20:05 In the Kharkiv region, in some occupied territories, the enemy disabled the cellular network. The occupiers have an aggressive informational and psychological impact on the population, which is mostly aimed at trying to convince them of the futility of the struggle against the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine urges citizens not to believe the propaganda and continue total resistance.
20:02 The General Staff reports that separate units of the 103rd, 109th, 113th, 125th and 127th motorized rifle regiments are operating in part of the territories of the southeastern regions of Ukraine as part of a grouping of enemy forces. They were recruited by forced mobilization by men from ORDLO.
Structurally, they have up to five battalions of about 300 troops each. 5-10 percent of the personnel have experience in combat operations. The Directorate consists of officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. These formations are experiencing significant problems with the provision of weapons, ammunition and medicines.
19:49 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the east the enemy is in readiness for offensive operations. It continues to focus its main efforts on the capture of certain quarters of Mariupol and to carry out airstrikes. He is trying to storm in the areas of Severodonetsk, Rubizhnoye and Popasnaya.
19:36 The head of the SBU, Ivan Bakanov, said that the FSB planned to take Medvedchuk out of Ukraine: "We were opposed not just by Medvedchuk. On the opposite side there was a very powerful enemy, whose name is the FSB, which intended to take Putin's godfather abroad."
He specified that Medvedchuk was detained when he tried to cross the border with Transnistria, where FSB officers were waiting for him.
According to him, in order to implement their plan, the Russian special services involved the leaders of the criminal world of Ukraine and corrupt law enforcement officers, and also threw in misinformation.
19:33 Since the beginning of the war against Ukraine, the Russian government has tripled funding for state propaganda. In particular, 17.4 billion rubles ($211.5 million) were allocated from January to March, compared with 5.4 billion rubles in the same period last year, writes The Insider.
Most of the allocated money was spent in March - 11.9 billion rubles, which is twice as much as in January and February combined.
The publication also notes that the dynamics of growth in spending on the media exceeds spending on the army (by 11%), national security and law enforcement agencies (by 5.6%) and social support (by 6.5%).
19:29 According to the mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boychenko, about 120,000 residents remain in the city. Approximately 150,000 people left for the controlled part of Ukraine. According to him, in the settlements around Mariupol, people are also waiting for evacuation, this is about 6,000 more people.
19:25 In Melitopol, captured by the Russians, unknown patriots are liquidating the occupiers. According to Ukrainian intelligence, between March 20 and April 12, 70 Russian servicemen were liquidated during night patrols in the city. Among them were Kadyrovtsy.
The cause of death of night patrolmen during the curfew was knife and gunshot wounds. The occupation administration carefully hides information about the exact number of those killed and the circumstances of death. There is evidence that this is a consequence of the work of the Ukrainian resistance movement in Melitopol.
19:19 At the beginning of the Russian invasion , many Ukrainian generals and officers fled , Arestovich said. According to him, many did not believe in the possibility of resisting Russia.
19:17 Russia's attack on Ukraine keeps the whole of Europe in suspense. European countries, which had previously formally adhered to neutrality, thought about guarantees of their own security. In particular, there are active talks about Finland and Sweden joining NATO. More about this in the material Away from Russia .
19:02 Reznikov said that the Russians are trying to surround the Ukrainian military in the Donbass, but Ukraine will be able to expel the invaders if it is provided with long-range weapons.
19:00 Le Pen announced the need for a strategic rapprochement between NATO and Russia after the war in Ukraine.
18:58 Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko, who left for Belarus shortly before the start of the war, appealed to Zelensky demanding the release of her husband, who is allegedly illegally detained by the SBU. She also turned to Erdogan with a request to assist in the release of her husband.
18:53 Klitschko said that two-thirds of the people of Kiev, who left the capital in the first weeks of the war, have already returned home. However, he again recommended not to return for the time being to those who have not yet done so.
18:49 Presidents of Poland Andrzej Duda, Estonia Alar Karis, Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda and Latvia Egils Levits met with Zelensky in Kiev.
Presidents of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia met with Zelensky in Kyiv
18:45 Austria, Germany and Hungary oppose an embargo on Russian gas supplies, said Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who recently visited Kiev and then Moscow.
"Austria is not alone in this issue against the gas embargo. On the other hand, Austria is on the side of other EU member states and on the side of sanctions against Russia. But sanctions should hit Russia harder than the European Union," he explained on CNN. .
18:37 Yermak urged residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions to immediately evacuate: "The battle for Donetsk and Luhansk regions will be difficult, and civilians should go where they can wait out the aggravation, save children and make it easier for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to work on the enemy."
18:36 Medvedchuk will remain a people's deputy at least until the end of his trial, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said. He explained that he could be deprived of his mandate only after a guilty verdict by the court in accordance with Article 81 of the Constitution.
18:32 The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Council of the EU recommends that countries hosting Ukrainian refugees create national schemes that allow converting hryvnias on similar terms throughout the European Union. This will allow migrants from Ukraine, in particular children, to exchange up to 10,000 hryvnias (approximately 310 euros) per person - free of charge and at the official rate of the NBU. These rules will remain in effect for at least three months.
18:29 The OSCE, in an expert report presented today, accused Russia of systematic violations of humanitarian law and the commission of war crimes. The report states that it was possible to identify credible evidence of violations of "even fundamental human rights (the right to life, the prohibition of torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment)".
At the same time, according to the OSCE report, since April 1, Belarus is not "a party to an international armed conflict, until it commits acts of violence or other actions that are direct participation in the hostilities of persons representing Belarus."
18:25 The Czech Republic resumes the work of the embassy in Kiev.
18:16 Latvian President Egils Levits said Ukraine deserves "huge reconstruction efforts" such as the Marshall Plan, which helped Western Europe recover from World War II. According to him, it needs to be planned now.
18:14 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that more than 275 million people around the world are facing severe food insecurity due to the war in Ukraine.
18:10 The command of the Air Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that a convoy of military equipment of Russian invaders was destroyed in one of the areas where tasks were performed. In particular, a mobile control post with the leadership of the 4th battalion tactical group (operational subordination) of the 201st military base of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces was destroyed.
18:07 Hotels of the Spanish network RIU refuse to accommodate tourists from the Russian Federation, including in the UAE, the Dominican Republic, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia reported.
18:03 The US Treasury said that Washington and its allies will increase the economic, financial and strategic isolation of Russia until the war in Ukraine ends.
17:55 Russian Foreign Ministry on Kiev's offer to exchange Medvedchuk: "We consider this trend extremely dangerous, given that there are many opposition politicians in Ukraine."
17:42 Martial law will be extended in Ukraine, which ends on April 25, MP Fedor Venislavsky said.
17:36 Kazakhstan has canceled this year's military ceremonial parades for Victory Day on May 9 and Defender of the Fatherland Day on May 7.
17:20 Le Pen clarified her statement about France's withdrawal from NATO in the event of her victory: "This is not about withdrawing from NATO, but about withdrawing from its common command structures."
17:19 Zelensky appealed to the whole world with a request to provide Ukraine with weapons that can stop the war with Russia. According to him, heavy artillery, heavy armored vehicles, air defense systems and aircraft are urgently needed:
artillery installations (caliber 155 mm) and ammunition;
artillery shells (caliber 152 mm) - as many as possible;
multiple launch rocket systems: Grad, Hurricane or American M142 HIMARS;
air defense systems (S-300, Buk or similar modern western air defense systems);
military aviation.
17:15 The border guards discovered and documented traces of the stay of the invaders who lived in houses abandoned back in 1986 in the Chernobyl Zone.
17:13 In Melitopol, Russian invaders seized money intended for the payment of pensions and subsidies for April, said the general director of Ukrposhta Igor Smelyansky.
17:09 Yermak said that at a meeting of a group of Ukrainian and international experts, "we are finalizing the action plan" regarding anti-Russian sanctions, Zelensky was personally involved in the discussion.
“Now I can reveal a few details. A complete embargo on energy exports, new personal sanctions, as well as further expansion of restrictions on the banking sector of the Russian Federation. More information will come with time,” the head of the OP wrote.
17:05 The European Space Agency announced the suspension of cooperation with Russia on lunar missions.
16:57 The InformNapalm intelligence community reports that Russian military personnel who refuse to fight in Ukraine are stamped on their military ID with the text: "Prone to betrayal, lies and deceit. Refused to participate in a special military operation on the territory of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine" .
16:48 The first of the 20 Bushmaster armored vehicles destined for Ukraine arrived from Australia at the Polish military airfield in Rzeszow. They were brought by an American military transport aircraft Boeing C-17 Globemaster III along with other military aid, equipment and equipment.
16:39 The Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland visited Borodianka and arrived in Bucha.
16:30 Scholz said he was "baffled" by Kiev's refusal to accept President Steinmeier and added that he himself had no plans to visit Ukraine yet. The chancellor recalled that he was in Kyiv a few days before the start of the war, and now he regularly calls Zelensky.
16:27 Le Pen said that if she is elected president, France will withdraw from NATO. At the same time, she does not intend to leave the EU: "This is not my goal ... But at the same time, I want this European structure to evolve."
16:25 Switzerland has banned the import of coal, timber and vodka from Russia.
16:23 The export of Ukrainian electricity to European countries will help them get rid of dependence on Russian energy carriers, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. In addition, according to him, the export of electricity will help attract significant funds for the Ukrainian economy and the country's reconstruction.
16:18 Japan has unofficially received an invitation to participate in the defense alliance of the United States, Britain and Australia AUKUS, writes the Japanese edition of Sankei.
16:05 In the Sumy region, as of April 13, more than 100 civilians killed by the invaders are known, a significant number of people are considered missing, Governor Dmitry Zhivitsky said.
16:02 Peskov on Medvedchuk: "Medvedchuk never had any behind-the-scenes relations with Russia. Regarding the exchange, which figures in Kiev spoke with such fervor: he is not a citizen of Russia and has nothing to do with the military operation, he is a foreign political figure. We don't know if he wants Russia's involvement in resolving this situation."
15:59 The Council of the European Union approved the third tranche in the amount of 500 million euros from the European Peace Fund (EPF) for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Thus, the initial budget has grown to 1.5 billion euros.
15:50 Tehran denied the information about the supply of weapons to Russia with the help of Iranian companies. Kuleba stated this following a conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Tehran also opposes the war between Russia and Ukraine and supports the diplomatic solution.
Kuleba also thanked his Iranian counterpart for sending a medical team to Ukraine.
15:39 Turkey has increased the level of combat readiness of sapper units and other services due to drifting mines in the Black Sea, said Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar.
15:37 Ivano-Frankivsk City Council has decided to rename 25 streets named after cultural and scientific figures of Russia, Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv said.
15:35 Over the Kharkiv region, two enemy planes were shot down, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. The press center of the Air Force Command of the UP clarified that, probably, we are talking about Su-34 or Su-30 aircraft.
The Department of Civil Protection of the Kharkiv region asks residents to stay in shelters throughout the day and not go outside due to the continuous shelling of the Russians.
15:32 The Ministry of Internal Affairs warned that scammers have appeared in the Kiev region, who go from house to house and offer to inspect the territories, after which, if found, they will defuse explosive objects for money. At the same time, they are represented by employees of the State Emergency Service. The ministry emphasized that the State Emergency Service carries out all work free of charge.
15:24 Podolyak said that Zelensky's meeting with Putin is necessary, "because only in this way it will be possible to resolve the fundamental dispute between Ukraine and Russia and stop the war."
And in order for the meeting to take place, one must have certain positions, Podolyak noted: "For Ukraine, these positions are clear: we must prove that we can fight, and we have already proved it; we must prove that Russia will lose a lot, not only in the sanctions and economic sense, but also on the battlefield."
Then, according to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, it will be much easier to defend one's position at the negotiating table.
15:17 This morning, the Russians fired missiles at the village of Cherkassk, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region. At least seven people were injured, apartment buildings were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
15:11 Attorney General Venediktova held a meeting in Kiev with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (The Hague Tribunal) Karim Khanon.
15:09 The authorities of the Korenevsky district of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation announced the shelling of the border checkpoint. "The firing points were suppressed by the return fire of the Russian border guards. There were no casualties or destruction on our part," the report says.
15:05 Russian propagandists faked a British BBC video to accuse Ukraine of rocket attacks on the railway station in Kramatorsk. The video was distributed on the network until the fraud was revealed. The BBC is already aware of the fake video with their branding and is taking action to take it down.
15:00 The center of Kharkiv will be rebuilt using new technologies, but taking into account the architectural features of the city, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. According to him, in the sleeping areas there will definitely be underground parking lots, which, if necessary, can be used as bomb shelters. Modern shelters will also be equipped in all social institutions, and water and heat supply systems will be modernized.
Earlier it was reported that famous world architect Norman Foster will participate in the restoration of Kharkov.
14:55 The Russian Foreign Ministry again announced that it would strike at vehicles that transport weapons to Ukraine from the West: "Attempts by the United States and Western countries to slow down the Russian special operation in Ukraine will be suppressed. Russia is considering US vehicles transporting weapons on the territory of Ukraine and NATO as legitimate military targets.
14:53 Temporary bridges are being built in the Chernihiv region, which will allow establishing communication with the Kiev region, said the deputy head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko. In particular, temporary passages are being built near the villages of Smolin and Kiselevka next to the destroyed bridges. In addition, general cleaning has begun on the M-01 Kyiv-Chernihiv highway.
14:51 Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Igor Zhovkva answered the question of German television why Kiev refused to host Steinmeier: "Friendly countries support sanctions against Russia, without making an exception for banks and energy resources."
14:42 Germany has agreed on the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine, said the deputy of the Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party, a member of the parliamentary group on defense policy Markus Faber: "Dear friends, Germany will now quickly supply heavy equipment to Ukraine. I am glad that we are from the FDP and our coalition partners were able to agree on this."
14:35 On April 13, Great Britain expanded the sanctions list by adding 206 Russian individuals and legal entities to it. Also from tomorrow, the country prohibits the import of iron and steel from Russia.
14:32 Kiev is disappointed by Macron's statements that the Russians and Ukrainians are "fraternal peoples", as well as the fact that the French President did not dare to call Russia's crimes in Ukraine genocide, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said.
He recalled that the myth of two "fraternal peoples" began to crumble after the occupation of Crimea and the aggression in Donbas in 2014, and finally collapsed when the first Russian missiles landed on Ukrainian cities in February of this year. Nikolenko stressed that now "there are neither moral nor real grounds to talk about 'fraternal' ties between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples."
14:27 The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, said that local residents are leaving the occupied city for the annexed Crimea, as well as for Ukrainian Nikolaev and Melitopol. According to him, in Kherson there are problems with the provision of medicines and budgetary payments for the needs of the city.
14:24 Zelensky, in an address to the Estonian Parliament, called on the EU to find tools that could stop the deportation of Ukrainians to Russia. According to him, to date, more than 500,000 Ukrainians have been forcibly taken to Russia.
"The black pages of history should not be repeated when Ukrainians and Estonians remained for many years in Siberia or the Far East of the Russian Federation," the President stressed.
14:17 Finland is starting a debate today, as a result of which the country can apply for NATO membership within a few weeks.
14:13 Presidents of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have already arrived in Kiev:
14:00 Putin is trying to gather forces in the Donbas that will outnumber the Ukrainian troops in the east of the country by a ratio of 5 to 1, writes The Times, citing sources. According to the publication, Russian troops are being transferred from all over the region for a decisive battle in the Donbass, but even this advantage does not guarantee Russia's victory.
13:56 Ukrpatent has received nine applications containing the legendary phrase about a Russian warship. Andriy Kudin, CEO of the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property, said in a commentary to EconomyNowUa that, according to the current legislation, such a designation cannot be officially registered because it contains obscene language.
13:53 The Economist has calculated that the restoration of Ukraine will require from 220 to 540 billion dollars. For comparison, last year's GDP amounted to 190 billion.
13:42 A total of 17 Holocaust museums from the US, UK, Canada and South Africa have written an open letter condemning Russian war crimes in Ukraine. In the document, the actions of the Russian army are equated with the "Holocaust from bullets" - Nazi executions, after which the murdered Jews were buried in shallow graves.
13:38 In the Zhytomyr region, Russians launched a missile attack on a military unit tonight. As the governor Vitaliy Bunechko said, there were no victims, rescuers put out the fire in a few hours.
13:36 In the village of Pravdino, Belozersky district, Kherson region, on April 12, Russian servicemen shot six men and one woman in a residential building. After that, intending to cover up the crime, the occupiers blew up the house with the bodies of the dead, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
13:29 At least 600 American soldiers and high-class defense systems will arrive in Slovakia as part of strengthening the eastern flank of NATO, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said.
13:22 Turkey has allocated ships for the evacuation of people from Mariupol and has done everything possible for this. "In the coming days, there will be some positive developments in this regard, we are looking forward to developments," National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said.
13:19 Borrell said that the EU is not trying to spread the conflict around Ukraine, but, on the contrary, seeks to contain it: "We are trying to contain it, both in the spatial dimension, so that it does not affect other countries, and in the vertical dimension, so that it does not apply more deadly weapon.
13:16 The United States is ready to consider the possibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons to strike Russian airfields, but it's too early to get ahead, said US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.
"We will continue to look at the types of vehicles that the Ukrainians are asking for in terms of giving them a little more reach and distance," she said, adding that more information about this will come "in the coming days."
13:09 Energy Minister German Galushchenko urged Ukrainians to pay for utilities in regions where there is no hostilities, if possible: "Thus, you will support people in regions where hostilities are really taking place, and who really do not have the opportunity to pay" .
13:05 In Bucha, during the exhumation of the second part of the burial place of people killed by the Russian military, 57 bodies have already been found, the head of the Buchansk procurator Ruslan Kravchenko said. According to him, almost all the victims found in the mass grave have traces of bullet and shrapnel wounds.
"Preliminarily, 40 to 60 bodies are still in the grave. Some bodies show signs of torture, people are lying with their hands and feet tied, there are also bodies with broken bones in different parts of the body," he said.
Mostly men are buried in the grave - they are all civilians, among them only one policeman. Also found were the bodies of a woman and two children who were shot in a car. Previously, according to investigators, more than 250 bodies of murdered people were found in Bucha, Kravchenko added.
12:56 Sweden will apply for NATO membership at the alliance's meeting in Madrid on June 29-30, Swedish media write. The Prime Ministers of Sweden and Finland are meeting today in Stockholm to discuss the defense situation.
12:44 Ukraine is moving towards the EU at an unprecedented speed, said EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas, writes The Guardian. According to him, what is usually done within two years is now being done in three months, namely, the first assessment by the European Commission of Ukraine's compliance with the basic membership criteria. We are talking about a working democracy and a market economy.
The ambassador said that after the return of the EU mission to Kyiv, round-the-clock work began on a questionnaire, the completion of which is a necessary step for granting candidate status. Maasikas believes that Ukraine has a chance to get this status in a matter of weeks, possibly as early as June.
12:38 In Tallinn, women went outside the Russian embassy to protest against the mass rape of Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers.
12:36 Residents of the suburbs of Mariupol complained about the deterioration of their health after the occupiers spread the poisonous substance that the Azov regiment talked about. The mayor of the city, Vadim Boychenko, said that a certain chemical substance was dropped from a drone.
“Unfortunately, we cannot take samples and see what it was. The wind spread this substance, and its particles reached the outskirts of the city. There were health complaints in the villages of Sartana and Talakovka. After that, people left their homes in these villages and evacuated ", he added.
12:33 Deputy Mayor of Dnipro Mikhail Lysenko, in an interview with Present Time, urged Russian mothers to pick up the bodies of Russian soldiers who died in Ukraine: "Now in the morgues of Dnipro there are more than 1,500 dead Russian soldiers who no one wants to take. They are in refrigerators."
12:31 ABC News writes that Russia has failed to slow down the supply of weapons to Ukraine by the West. The publication notes that the supply of weapons by the West helped to contain the initial offensive and, "it looks like they will play a central role in the decisive battle for the Donbass."
Moreover, the West is stepping up supplies, the White House is preparing another, "more diverse" military support package worth $750 million. The previous $800 million aid package approved by Biden a month ago is nearly exhausted with just one arms shipment left.
12:24 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council reports that Russia is launching a large-scale campaign to mythologize the war in Ukraine. Thus, in the foreign and Russian information field, the Kremlin is spreading reports that the Russian army is "more effective than NATO troops" and "experts noted that the Russian army is using non-standard methods of warfare in Ukraine."
To reinforce the myth, Moscow uses empty quotes taken out of context by US military Andreas Weber and US military analyst Trent Telenk. The main goal is to create a false impression that they support Russia's actions and analyze its "military achievements".
In fact, these experts support the Armed Forces of Ukraine and comment on the actions of the Russian army in a negative context. The enemy is using mythologization to make Russian citizens believe that the Russian army has heroically completed all the assigned tasks.
12:19 In Mariupol, the Russian invaders and the "DPR" are preparing a "victory parade" for May 9, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. According to him, the ex-deputy of the Mariupol city council and embezzler Konstantin Ivashchenko, whom Pushilin appointed "mayor", should take care of organizing the events.
12:15 Half of the clergy of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra support the idea of joining the OCU, Metropolitan Epiphanius, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, said in an interview with LB.ua.
12:11 The Ministry of Defense again urged Ukrainians not to return to the regions liberated from Russian occupiers yet. As Deputy Minister Anna Malyar stated, "the risk of resumption of aggressive actions in other regions, not only in the east, is possible, that is, we are considering such scenarios."
12:07 In Mariupol, members of the Opposition Platform for Life went over to the side of the Russian occupation troops - they helped create a humanitarian catastrophe and corrected enemy fire, the city council said.
11:49 The Pentagon reported that a significant number of Switchblade drones are already in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and they are working perfectly. Drones can carry explosives and cameras, and training in use takes one to two days. The US Department of Defense is also working on allocating another $100 million for Javelin missiles.
11:46 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, Russian troops inflicted about 53 strikes from artillery and MLRS. As a result of the shelling, 22 civilians were injured, including three children, seven people were killed, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Regional State Administration. At the same time, he added that evacuation from the city is not provided, since there are no grounds for this.
11:35 Macron refused to call Russia's actions in Ukraine a genocide: "I will be careful with such terms today, because these two peoples are brothers. What we can say with certainty is that the situation is unacceptable and that these are war crimes We are experiencing war crimes that are unprecedented on our soil - our European soil."
11:33 The world's largest independent oil trader Vitol Group intends to stop trading in Russian oil by the end of 2022.
11:27 Russian invaders are building up strength and are going to make a new attack in the Luhansk region, so the authorities are asking the residents of the region not to delay the evacuation. The head of the UVA, Sergei Gaidai, stressed that none of the five humanitarian corridors for April 13 had been agreed upon due to the violation of the ceasefire by the Russians, but at the first opportunity, people would still be evacuated from the Mountain community, Popasna, Lisichansk, Rubizhnoye and Severodonetsk.
11:25 The leadership of the Russian Federation ordered to destroy any evidence of the crimes of its army in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Thus, after wide international publicity of the genocide of the Ukrainian people in Bucha, Kiev region, Russian troops began to use mobile crematoria in Ukraine.
In particular, 13 mobile crematoria operate in Mariupol to clean the streets from the bodies of dead civilians. The invaders are trying to identify all potential witnesses of the atrocities through the filtration camps and destroy them. The facts of the use of mobile crematoriums in the Chernihiv region, in Novoaidar, Lugansk region were also recorded.
In addition, the RF Armed Forces use mobile crematoriums to destroy the bodies of their military personnel in order to hide the real number of dead soldiers and not pay compensation to their families.
11:18 Russian invaders fired at the village of Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region, with phosphorus ammunition. As a result, the house caught fire, there were no casualties, local authorities said.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the press secretary of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Arefiev on Facebook.
11:13 In the Rivne region, it was allowed to sell alcohol from 11:00 to 16:00, the Regional State Administration reported.
10:59 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 1892 deaths and 2558 injuries of the civilian population of Ukraine. Among those killed were 478 men, 308 women, 30 girls and 52 boys. The sex of 71 children and 953 adults has not yet been determined.
10:56 Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev said that the legitimate Ukrainian authorities of the city are on the ground and continue to work. At the same time, attempts by the Russian invaders to take Kherson under their control continue.
10:54 Podolyak commented on Biden's statement about the genocide in Ukraine: "The US President has shown his willingness to call Russia's war crimes genocide. This is a step towards forcing the Russian Federation to sit in the dock. It is extremely important for our partners to give precise legal definitions of what is happening. To call genocide genocide is bring an end to the massacres in Ukraine."
10:50 Apple Park designer in California, architect, winner of the Imperial and Pritzker Prizes Norman Foster has agreed to participate in the restoration of Kharkiv, the City Council announced.
Foster is closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture and the early adoption of energy efficient building technologies. Recognized as a key figure in British modern architecture.
10:43 Arestovich confirmed that in Mariupol, units of the 36th Marine Brigade "as a result of a complex and very risky maneuver, broke through to join the Azov regiment, which professionally provided this event."
As a result, Azov received significant reinforcements, and the 36th brigade avoided defeat in parts and received "additional serious opportunities, in fact, gained a second chance." According to the adviser to the head of the OP, the defenders of the city, now together, have seriously strengthened their defense area.
"That's what happens when officers do not lose their heads, but firmly maintain command and control of the troops.
Let's not lose. The army knows what it's doing," Arestovich wrote.
10:37 In Bucha, the police began exhuming the second part of the burial place of the victims of the Russian occupiers. The bodies of 55 civilians have already been found in the Mass Grave. According to Anton Gerashchenko, "they were shot, burned, crushed with caterpillars." All investigative actions will be recorded on video.
10:24 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that Scholz was invited to Kiev instead of Steinmeier: "We said that our president and our government would be very happy if Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Kiev." The topic of Scholz's visit to Ukraine should be the supply of heavy weapons, Melnyk added.
10:13 More than a hundred Russian servicemen seriously wounded in Ukraine were brought to hospitals in St. Petersburg, Channel 24 reports, citing intelligence sources. Almost all of them - with severed limbs. There are 2-3 invaders in each car, local hospitals cannot cope with the influx of the wounded.
09:52 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 13:
personnel - about 19,800 people,
tanks - 739,
armored combat vehicles - 1964,
artillery systems - 358,
MLRS - 115,
air defense systems - 64,
aircraft - 158,
helicopters - 143,
automotive equipment - 1429,
ships/boats - 7,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 132,
special equipment - 25,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
09:40 The Dutch government has arrested 20 yachts associated with Russian businessmen. The yachts will remain under arrest until sanctions are lifted from the Russian Federation.
09:37 British intelligence notes that Moscow's appointment of General of the Army Alexander Dvornikov as commander of the war in Ukraine is an attempt to centralize command and control, since the inability to coordinate and coordinate military operations has so far prevented the Russian invasion.
"The choice of Dvornikov demonstrates once again how determined Ukrainian resistance and ineffective pre-war planning forced Russia to reconsider its actions," the intelligence said.
09:33 Russia is pulling together columns of military equipment to the east of Ukraine - this follows from Maxar satellite images. The technique was noticed in the Belgorod region near the settlements of Soloty and Valuyki on the highway leading to the border with Ukraine.
09:29 The United States will allocate another $700 million for weapons for Ukraine, writes CNN.
09:18 Humanitarian corridors will not work in Ukraine today. According to Vereshchuk, in the Zaporozhye region, the invaders blocked evacuation buses, and in the Luhansk region they violate the ceasefire.
09:09 German Vice Chancellor Robert Gabek announced the need to speed up the supply of German weapons to Ukraine, because, according to him, "the Russians will attack in the coming days - this means that everything that is now helping the Ukrainian army must be delivered quickly."
09:00 The United States and its allies are working on the supply of artillery to Ukraine, and the Pentagon is also considering the possibility of providing Kiev with equipment and protective suits. The White House expects that "this stage of the conflict may drag on for a long time, and we should not have any illusions that Russia will adjust its brutal tactics.
08:42 Russian troops shelled a railway station in central Ukraine tonight, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. There were no casualties, but for safety reasons, the route and schedule for 17 passenger trains have been changed.
08:31 Presidents of Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia will visit Kiev today to meet with Zelensky.
08:22 A meeting will be held at the Pentagon today with the participation of eight leading US arms manufacturers to discuss the industry's ability to meet Ukraine's needs for weapons if the war with Russia continues for years, writes Reuters.
07:31 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a battalion of about 400 people has been formed in the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation, which consists exclusively of servicemen with combat experience. They were sent to Ukraine to reinforce one of the units of the 42nd motorized rifle division of the 58th combined arms army.
In addition, in the Seversky direction, it is not excluded that separate units will be kept in the border areas of the Kursk region with Ukraine for demonstration actions in order to tie down the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:29 Russian troops continue shelling Kharkiv and aerial shelling of Mariupol, do not stop launching missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, are actively conducting aerial reconnaissance, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
06:40 Biden said that more than 30 countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their own reserves to overcome price increases caused by Russia's attack on Ukraine.
06:03 South Korea plans to provide Ukraine with additional non-lethal assistance in the amount of $1.6 million in April. As for the supply of weapons, which Kyiv asked for, there are "limitations" here, they said in Seoul.
03:37 Zelensky commented on Biden's statement, in which he called Putin's actions a genocide: "The real words of the real leader Joe Biden. Calling a spade a spade is important to resist evil. We are grateful for the help that the United States has already provided, and urgently need more difficult armed to prevent further Russian atrocities."
01:42 Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics: “When you see so many terrible scenes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian troops in Ukraine, it becomes clear that the only country in the world that needs real denazification is the Russian Federation.
01:01 Biden for the first time called Putin's actions in Ukraine genocide: "Your family budget, your ability to fill your tank, all this should not depend on whether the dictator declares war and commits genocide for half the world."
00:58 On Tuesday, April 12, a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down in the sky over Ukraine, which became the 300th target for the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
00:47 Zelensky suggested that Russia create KhNR "somewhere at home, in Khakassia, and not in our native Ukrainian Kherson."
00:34 Zelensky insists that the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia must contain oil, because you need to react now, preemptively, and not wait for the use of weapons of mass destruction, when nothing will change the situation.
“Stop multiplying insufficiently strong sanctions packages. All the same, we will have to admit that only the rejection of Russian energy sources and the complete restriction of the Russian banking system can become an argument for the Russian leadership to seek peace,” the president is convinced.
00:30 Zelensky: "There is more and more evidence and other official data from the investigation about the terrible crimes of the invaders. About the inhuman cruelty of the Russian military against women, children. About numerous rapes. We will find everyone. And let Medvedchuk be a good example for you. Even the former the oligarch did not escape. What can we say about much simpler criminals from the Russian hinterland. We will get everyone."
00:26 Zelensky commented on the detention of Medvedchuk: "I propose to the Russian Federation to exchange this guy of yours for our guys in Russian captivity. It is important that our law enforcement agencies and the military also consider this possibility."
00:18 In the Kiev region, 720 bodies of civilians who died at the hands of Russian invaders have already been found, more than 200 people are considered missing , said Andriy Nebitov, head of the region's police.
00:13 The number of Russian fighters and bombers at the Lipetsk-2 airfield in the Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation has doubled compared to the end of March, Schemes report. Now there are more than 30 military aircraft, including six heavy multipurpose highly maneuverable Su-27 fighters.
00:03 The Pentagon has not yet seen evidence that Russia has begun moving weapons to the border with Finland, as previously reported by the British media, said US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:40 The Romanian branch of the Red Cross announced the cessation of humanitarian aid supplies to Odessa and the Odessa region in connection with the facts received about the theft of the supplied food and medicine. According to the Romanians, high-ranking officials of the military administration (primarily the governor and his entourage) are involved in this.
Corrupt officials, taking advantage of their official position, send the Romanian humanitarian aid to warehouses under their control, and then do not give it to the population, but sell it through retail trade networks.
US to give Kiev 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 18 howitzers, 300 Switchblade kamikaze drones, 500 Javelin missiles - Pentagon
22:10 Ukrainian nationalists have taken 450 civilians hostage in the village of Nikolskoe near Volnovakha. The militants are holding them in the Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery, said the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.
21:44 The Nazi sect is recruiting children into military units in Kharkov and throughout Ukraine. Under the cover of the fight against alcoholics and drug addicts, children are instilled with the principles of building an “ideal state” on the model of Nazi Germany and are recruited into the combat sect “Centuria”, which is impossible to leave. The secret sect is closely associated with Azov and spreads Nazi views: it takes children and students under its wing, forming Nazi detachments in parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where its members already serve as officers.
21:09 Russian aircraft hit 10 military facilities in Ukraine.
20:16 The RF Armed Forces destroyed the headquarters and fuel storage of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade.
20:15 The Russian Defense Ministry has promised to strike at military facilities in Kyiv if the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attempt sabotage.
19:01 The transfer of foreign instructors and employees of private security companies to Ukraine continues, which train personnel for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and territorial defense units.
19:01 In total, up to 300 foreign specialists operate on the territory of the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district.
18:02 Russia, during a military special operation, strikes only at military facilities in Ukraine, does everything possible to avoid civilian casualties - Zakharova
18:02 No intimidation and propaganda from the West will interfere with the fulfillment of the goals of the Russian special operation in Ukraine - Zakharova
17:59 Russia and Ukraine continue negotiations online - Foreign Ministry.
17:03 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the mayor of Dnipro on incitement to genocide.
16:04 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation will investigate the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attack on the border regions of Russia.
16:02 Ukraine fired at the border checkpoint in the Korenevsky district of the Kursk region. The authorities of the Kursk region reported about the shelling of a checkpoint in the village of Gordeevka on the border with the Sumy region of Ukraine from small arms.
15:05 On the outskirts of Kharkiv, a strong fire started after the explosion. According to preliminary data, another fuel depot was hit.
14:59 Voluntary surrender of weapons releases the surrenderer from criminal liability and is encouraged by a monetary reward. “External” surrender is also practiced - anonymous statements to the police about the location of weapons by people who are afraid to hand them over personally.
14:57 A month of voluntary surrender of weapons continues in the liberated settlements of the Zaporozhye region
14:02 Another active military facility was discovered near the military airfield in Mirgorod. The building at Bagachanskaya 55 houses the headquarters of the 831st tactical aviation brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force.
13:59 Ukrainian armed formations in Nikolaev continue to use the building of the Amstor shopping center and the Praktiker hypermarket. Early in the morning, residents noticed two military trucks near the northern facade of the complex, waiting for the loading of fighters. Probably, this was a rotation of personnel from the territory of the nearby building of the National Shipbuilding University, where the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also located.
13:57 Reinforcements from the fighters of the National Guard units arrived at school No. 78, occupied by the Azov militants, in the south-west of Kharkiv. A few days ago, several armored vehicles were also seen near the building. Local residents are extremely dissatisfied with the presence of Ukrainian armed forces and are afraid of strikes on the object, which could hit nearby residential buildings.
12:54 FSB detained two citizens in Crimea who called for terrorism and the murder of deputies
12:53 The city of Balakleya is completely under the control of the RF Armed Forces. A Russian banner flies over the administrative building. Despite the constant shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian humanitarian aid is regularly delivered to the city.
12:47 The head of the temporary military-civilian administration of Kakhovka Pavel Filipchuk: “Our Ukrainian authorities have always made life difficult for both agricultural producers and ordinary citizens. On the 24th, at night, all the security forces, all civil servants were taken out of here. They simply left people face to face with those military men who came to our region. And now we are declared traitors, criminals.”
11:47 The Russian military on the territory of one of the military units abandoned by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region found a UAV with liquid containers and sprayers. “Presumably, these aircraft could be used to spray poisonous substances to harm both the Russian Armed Forces and the civilian population and farmland,” the Russian serviceman said.
11:46 A secret archive with the data of the Ukrainian security forces was found in the children's hospital in Kherson. In the archives during the search, they found service characteristics, phone numbers and addresses of current police officers of the Kherson region.
11:44 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 130 aircraft, 103 helicopters, 244 anti-aircraft missile systems, 447 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,169 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 243 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 931 field artillery guns and a mortar, as well as 2,076 units of special military vehicles.
10:57 Missile forces and artillery hit 693 enemy targets, including: 676 concentrations of personnel and equipment, 11 command posts, five warehouses for logistics.
10:51 Russian air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles in the air over the village of Afanasyevka.
10:47 Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 46 military facilities of Ukraine. Among them: two command posts and a radar station in the Borovoye area, two installations of multiple launch rocket systems, as well as four areas of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment in the Borovoye and Peski-Radkovskoye areas.
10:41 During the night, high-precision sea and air-based missiles in the areas of the settlements of Sadovoye and Chudnov destroyed two large depots of missile and artillery weapons of Ukrainian troops. Also, four Ukrainian helicopters were destroyed at the Mirgorod military airfield - two Mi-24s and two Mi-8s.
09:55 In Ukraine, more than 25,000 weapons were distributed uncontrollably, which increases the risks of terrorism both in the European region and beyond.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:15 Kiev security forces fired from a 152mm artillery gun Zolote-5, the representative office of the Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. At 22:00, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 12 shells at the settlement. 23:08 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU at the following addresses:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): st. Veshenskaya, 3 - private sector; st. Cultural, 70 - the private sector; st. Znamenskaya, 87a - the private sector.
n.p. Yasinovataya: st. Mashinostroiteley, 15, 17, 32 - apartment buildings; st. Molodyozhnaya, 8 - apartment building; st. Krymskaya, 1a - KP "Combine of public utilities of the city of Yasinovataya"; st. Krymskaya, 1d - boiler room. microdistrict Dawn, houses number 4, 5, 6 - multi-apartment residential buildings.
Information about the consequences of the shelling continues to arrive.
21:37 Since the beginning of the current day, the DPR soldiers have destroyed 54 Ukrainian nationalists, two infantry fighting vehicles and three trucks. Captured two 12-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S1 "Gvozdika" - Basurin
21:37 As a result of attacks from the Armed Forces of the city of Yasinovataya, 16 apartment buildings, a school, a boiler room were damaged. One person died, two were injured.
20:11 Russian Defense Ministry: Mariupol commercial seaport has been completely liberated from Azov militants.
19:00 Since the beginning of the day, Kiev militants have fired 186 shells of 122mm caliber at the DPR. Five settlements came under fire, in which 16 residential buildings, three cars and two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, have destroyed 54 Ukrainian nationalists, two infantry fighting vehicles and three trucks. Two 122mm self-propelled artillery mounts 2S1 "Gvozdika" were captured.
18:03 The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, banned the work of the OSCE mission on the territory of the republic.
18:03 Kiev militants fired six mines at Zheleznaya Balka in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
17:37 Kiev Nazis fired six rockets from the Grad MLRS at Yasinovataya in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:29 Another 109 people, including 22 children, were evacuated to Bezymennoe from Mariupol.
15:13 Ukrainian Nazi and militant of the Azov battalion Ruslan Anin was killed during the battles for Mariupol. Biletsky confirmed his death.
15:11 Ukrainian Nazis fired four shells with a caliber of 122mm in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:10 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Yasinovataya, firing five shells of 122mm caliber at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:07 Kiev Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 12 shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:06 Ukrainian militants fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing five rockets at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:05 Kiev militants fired five rockets at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:04 Ukrainian Nazis fired eight shells of 122mm caliber. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:03 A civilian from the Petrovsky district of Donetsk suffered under fire from Ukrainian militants.
12:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk from the Grad MLRS. A whole package was fired towards the city - 40 missiles. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
11:53 In Volnovakha, the first birth certificates of the DPR sample were issued. Documents were received for four babies - natives of Volnovakha.
11:51 Kiev Nazis fired at Yasinovataya, firing six shells of 122mm caliber at her.
11:49 Two civilians of Yasinovataya died under fire from Ukrainian punishers.
10:38 During the day, the People's Militia destroyed 135 Ukrainian soldiers.
10:37 Kiev punishers again fired at Yasinovataya and Donetsk, using, among other things, the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
10:36 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Golmovsky in the DPR, firing 12 shells of 122mm caliber at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
09:32 More than 600 people, including 105 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoe.
09:30 Another 1,009 Ukrainian military surrendered to the DPR.
09:29 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the city of Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing 14 rockets at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:30 Over the past day, the Kiev Nazis fired at four settlements of the LPR, opening fire five times.
08:24 Ukrainian militants fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR, fire five rockets at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
[FOX] A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers flew to Taiwan for an official visit Thursday, defying threats from the Chinese government.
Lawmakers from both the House and Senate landed in the country Wednesday morning to a warm welcome from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The Chinese government soon released a statement condemning the visit.
The lawmakers visiting were Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Richard Burr of North Carolina, and Rob Portman of Ohio, Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, and Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez.
The lawmakers are among the most high-level U.S. officials to visit Taiwan, a territory of China. Mainland China argues Taiwan is a rogue region of China and not an independent country.
The U.S. has tenuously respected that designation for decades, even while sending military aid and occasional visits from U.S. officials to support Taiwan.
[SAHARAREPORTERS] AUS cryptocurrency expert was sentenced Tuesday to 63 months in prison for advising North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... on how to create cryptocurrency services and blockchain technology to circumvent US sanctions over its nuclear program, court officials in New York said.
Virgil Griffith, 39, had pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate US law, in a bid to reduce the sentence for a crime that can carry up to 20 years behind bars, AFP reports.
Prosecutor Damian Williams said "there is no question North Korea poses a national security threat to our nation, and the regime has shown time and again it will stop at nothing to ignore our laws for its benefit".
He said that Griffith had "admitted in court he took actions to evade sanctions, which are in place to prevent (North Korea) from building a nuclear weapon."
In April 2019, Griffith gave a presentation in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. He was arrested at Los Angeles airport in November of the same year.
At the conference, Griffith provided information on how North Korea could use the technology to launder money and evade sanctions, including through "smart contracts," according to the court.
After the presentation, the prosecution said that Griffith "pursued plans to facilitate the exchange of cryptocurrency between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and South Korea, despite knowing that assisting with such an exchange would violate sanctions against the DPRK."
The United States prohibits the export of goods, services or technology to North Korea without special permission from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
In addition to 63 months in jail, Griffith will spend three years on probation.
Griffith holds a doctorate from the Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Institute of Technology and has also worked on Ethereum, a Singapore-based global platform with blockchain technology for business and financial use, which has a cryptocurrency named after it.
[ZERO] Amazon is the latest company to implement a plan to combat soaring fuel costs: charge sellers on its giant e-commerce platform an inflation tax.
To compensate for rising fuel costs, Amazon will charge sellers a 5% fuel and inflation fee that will go into effect on April 28, according to Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The surcharge will apply to sellers who use Amazon's massive network of fulfillment centers across the US to sell goods. Fulfillment centers handle the logistics of getting goods to consumers' doorstep but take a massive network of fuel-guzzling planes, trains, trucks, and vans for the e-commerce company to deliver on its two-day promise.
[ZERO] Commercial traffic at a key South Texas border crossing has been halted due to a trucker protest on the Mexican side of the border, added to fears of more supply chain disruptions for fresh produce, according to Bloomberg.
The Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, one of the busiest trade crossings in the Rio Grande Valley and handles a large volume of Mexican produce, including avocados, broccoli, peppers, strawberries, and tomatoes, closed in both directions after Mexican truckers blocked the port of entry in a move to express their discontent with Abbott's new rules to enhance searches of 18-wheelers for drugs.
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Truck inspections are slowing traffic. This is an intentional move by the Governor of Texas intended to pressure Mexican authorities to do something about the migrant problem. I suspect a showdown between US Federal authorities and the State of Texas will be coming soon.
[IsraelTimes] Beijing pans reports of spying devices in cups sent to officials, accuses media outlets of trying ‘to drive a wedge’ between the two countries
[The Debrief] Air pollution is becoming more of a concern due to the various health problems it has been revealed to cause. While a high percentage of current air pollution is artificial, a significant percentage comes from natural events, such as wildfires.
Because climate change is driving more of these events to happen, experts predict that the amount of air pollution will only increase in the years to come, implying a dramatic shift in respiratory health for many individuals. Even the current rates of air pollution are causing problems, as a recent study from the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM) found a significant link between air pollution and rates of strokes.
BACKGROUND WHAT MAKES UP AIR POLLUTION?
There are many chemicals that make up pollution, but the most harmful ones include carbon monoxide (CO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). In order to study how these molecules affect individuals, the researchers at IMIM studied NO2 and soot exposure specifically, looking at emissions of these chemicals via car traffic in Catalonia, Spain. The researchers took into account individuals who had had a stroke before the study and how close individuals lived to green spaces (which intrinsically have less air pollution).
ANALYSIS: MORE POLLUTION EQUALS A HIGHER RISK OF STROKE
From their analysis, the scientists found a correlation between levels of NO2 in the atmosphere and the risk of stroke. Their data showed that for each increase of 10 micrograms per cubic meter of NO2, the risk of a stroke increases by 4%. According to Cathryn Tonne, a researcher, and author of the study: "It should be borne in mind that, unlike other air pollutants, which have various sources, NO2 is mainly caused by road traffic. Therefore, if we want to reduce the multiple risks that this pollutant poses to people’s health, we need to implement bold measures to reduce car use."
The study also found that the risk of stroke increases by 5% for every 1 microgram per cubic meter of soot particles in the atmosphere. For those living closer to a green space, the risk of stroke significantly decreased by up to 16% in some areas. "People who are surrounded by greater levels of greenery at their place of residence are protected against the onset of stroke," said Dr. Carla Avellaneda, one of the main authors of this study that the researchers published in Environment International.
OUTLOOK: A BIGGER TREND FOR AIR POLLUTION CAPS
From their study, the researchers are hopeful that policymakers can use their data to adjust the current levels of pollution that are considered safe for individuals. According to the lead author of the study, Dr. Rosa Maria Vivanco: "Despite compliance with the levels set by the European Union, we are faced with the paradox that there is still a health risk, such as the one we identified in this study, where there is a direct relationship between exposure to pollutants in an environment and the risk of suffering a stroke." As rates of air pollution are predicted to rise, researchers like Vivanco are worried regulations may be overlooked until it’s too late. "The danger is still present and many more measures need to be taken," Vivanco said.
China is deploying robots equipped with machine guns along the border with India. A report claims that China is replacing soldiers with these machines - as the Chinese troops are unable to cope with the high altitudes.
Don’t worry. These robots are made in China.
The China-Indian border is up in the Himalayas on a glacier. I would be shocked if Chinese robots worked under such conditions. Note that this video is dated 30. December, 2021, so they should know by now whether the silly things work at altitude.
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I had wondered when we would get the idea of sacrificing and slaughtering robots instead of our young men.
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Short Circuit, 1986.
Including Sci-Fi: in, through, and beyond Black Hole 1979.
I thought a series of Sentinels, if you will, along transit routes in Afghan with cameras, range finders (locators) and stand off weapons would have been nice. Bonus if in the guise of 1840 East India Company Troopers.
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.
[FOX] James "Whitey" Bulger's nephew, Jim Bulger, was a business associate of Hunter Biden, and according to emails obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital, appears to have played a key role in a number of his Chinese business ventures. 
The Post also reports that "Under the terms of his initial agreement with Twitter, Musk would have received a board seat through at least 2024 and would be barred from acquiring more than 14.9% of the company. Without that deal in place, Musk is free to acquire a larger stake in the company and push for greater influence over its operations."
How about it ? 
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
[ZERO] Amazon is the latest company to implement a plan to combat soaring fuel costs: charge sellers on its giant e-commerce platform an inflation tax. 
