[RT] CNN ...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for... ’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has officially pulled the plug on the premium streaming service CNN+ after a mere three weeks. Thursday’s announcement came as a "total and utter shock" to employees of the service, which has reportedly already spent $300 million to hire top corporate media talent, launch and advertise, with another $700 million in investments planned.
Variety magazine broke the story on Thursday morning, saying the decision came from Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. By noon, CNN executives confirmed it to the staff at their offices in a New York City high-rise, saying the service would shut down on April 30.
The announcement was met with "total and utter shock" that "morphed into despair," an anonymous staffer told CNN’s Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy. Staffers were "freaking out" at first, then "turned to sadness" before breaking out whiskey and wine "to commiserate."
Officially, Zaslav wants to unite all of the company’s brands under one streaming service. CNN+ was commissioned by former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, just weeks before Discovery acquired its parent company AT&T earlier this year.
CNN had planned to sink $1 billion into the venture, hiring executives, producers and on-air talent from other networks, and planning for CNN+ to break even after four years. The service attracted as many as 150,000 subscribers in the first couple weeks, according to some reports — though others said a mere 10,000 people tuned in on a daily basis.
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[Twitter] Small plane crashes into a General Mills food processing plant in Georgia. This is just one of many food processing plants that has been caught on fire over the past month or two.
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There are LOTS of food processing plants in the US. Find the rate at which they have fires or other accidents in other years -- go back to 2018 to eliminate COVID as a factor -- and compare it to what's happening now.
Then you'll have something interesting.
Until that leg-work is done, this is just a new "church fire epidemic".
We live in the Age of Misleading Vividness. Don't fall for it.
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I blame Bill Gates.
He is buying farmland like crazy and now wants to crash the processing part and buy it on the cheap!!!
Counselors are available for any air(wo)man that couldn't get to their designated safespace
[FoxNews] The Air Force grounded its B-1 bomber fleet for a few weeks last year while investigating a fuel system issue.
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Yeah, seen that.
Unless you're the US gov, you use whatever components that are on the shelf, made by other people.
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The US Air Force just recently developed a new drone system called "Phoenix Ghost" which they are sending hundreds of to Ukraine so that they can continue to slaughter Putin's incompetent puppets.
From the Daily Mail... where GloboHomo spreads its propaganda to an unwitting universe. Save us, Batboy!
Plumes of smoke seen at the huge Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant outside Moscow
Cause of latest fire unknown, just hours after weapons facility blaze killed seven
Scientists seen jumping out of windows at research hub in Tver, also near capital
Defence Ministry site is where Iskander missiles were built before use in Ukraine.
A blaze broke out at Russia's largest chemical plant just hours after a huge fire at a military facility killed seven people.
Huge plumes of smoke were seen enveloping the Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant late this afternoon.
The cause of the fire remains unknown. Almost 150 plant workers were reportedly evacuated.
The facility in Kineshma, east of Moscow produces more industrial solvents than any other in Russia. Solvents. Like those used in preventative maintenance? Well, losing that won't have much impact, I guess.
Benzene, carbon tetrachloride, acetone, etc. — not healthy for children and other living things. To be fair, chemical plants are prone to catching fire, as they’re generally making highly flammable things under pressure. So this is not necessarily enemy action.
It is less than 1,000km from the border with Ukraine.
Anti-Putin racecar driver Igor Sushko tweeted footage of the latest fire and wrote: 'This is the largest Russian manufacturer of chemical solvents. Located 250 miles EAST of Moscow.
'We are beginning to see a pattern develop.'
Possibly. Or it could just be bad luck. Twice. It’s the third time that it’s enemy action, right? Though even lacking outside help, this kind of thing will not help Russia recover from the secondary effects of Putin’s little war in the Ukraine.
The Dmitrievsky blaze follows a deadly fire around lunchtime at a top secret Ministry of Defence research facility in Tver, west of the Russian capital.
Seven were killed and 25 were injured after the mysterious fire caused the roof to fall in.
Four military scientists were forced to jump out of windows from the burning institute in Tver which develops new space and weapons systems.
The cause was not clear but there were reports of 'poisonous bluish-black smoke' at the plant which produces Iskander missiles.
It was unclear if there were chemical releases before the fire or as a result of the raging inferno.
Iskander missiles have a range of 300 miles and are designed to confound missile defences by flying on a low trajectory. I suppose they spent everything on offensive systems like Iskander, as if no one would ever shoot back and they'd never need a CIWS to shoot down missiles or drones with. That would explain a lot of recent headlines.
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Kind of hope it's coincidental crappy Russian maintenance. The timing won't allow for that conclusion, so the investigation will have to go from one blind alley to the next, with suspects every ten yards.
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The left over from soviet times penchant for concentrating rather than dispersing this sort of work may become a problem just now.
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We, of course, do the same thing, but call it "merger and acquisition."
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Maybe, some UKRAINIAN Freedom Fighters are paying Russia a visit?
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Cost of damage to Ukraine's infrastructure rises to $60 billion, World Bank says. The damage to Ukraine's infrastructure has now hit $60 billion and will continue to rise as the war goes on, World Bank President David Malpass told a conference.
US, EU ON THE HOOK FOR $1 TRILLION+
That figure, which Malpass described as an early estimate of "narrow" damage costs, did not include the losses to Ukraine's economy. Analysts have estimated that the country's economy has been cut in half. Estimates are that rebuilding Ukraine will require approximately $5 for every dollar of lost GDP.
"Of course the war is still ongoing, so those costs are rising," Malpass said. The US hopes to prolong the war for years, thereby lifting the cost of rebuilding Ukraine into the trillion-dollar range.
PAY UP, SUCKERS
Zelenskyy told World Bank and IMF leaders on Thursday via video that Ukraine needs $7 billion monthly to prevent its economy from collapsing under the Russian invasion.
And why would that be? Just Putin-propaganda. The damages should all be laid at that sick Commie's feet
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Makes perfect sense. I'm already paying for the welfare, healthcare and God-knows whatelse for every illegal alien that invdes my homeland because my government isn't mine, its the globalists who just control its checkbook to enrich themselves, allies and China. SO of course I need to also pay for the salaries of a foreign government, its rebuilding and the cost of arming it in a war on another continent. Because that pesky Constitution and Oath, laws and the idea of sovereignty are all so white supremacist!
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#8 US, EU ON THE HOOK FOR $1 TRILLION+ And why would that be? Just Putin-propaganda. The damages should all be laid at that sick Commie's feet
^ Sucker. How many times do you have to be told the checks in the mail before you wake up and realize they're fucking lying to you? How many trillions will you allow them to scam out of your pockets?
Yeah, the US won't spend a penny on [Iraq's] [Afghanistan's] [Ukraine's] reconstruction! It'll pay for itself!
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"Iraq's oil will pay for it all!" NOT.
"Afghanistan's rare earth metal export revenues will pay for it all!" NOT.
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Within the first year of the Iraq clusterfuck $12 billion in cash was flown into Iraq in 21 separate flights in late 2003-May 2004, all of which disappeared.
An inspector general's report indicated that "'Severe inefficiencies and poor management' by the Coalition Provisional Authority would leave no guarantee that the money was properly used", said Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., director of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Bowen said the missing money may represent "the largest theft of funds in national history."
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Well, if you're trying to tell me that we shouldn't be giving thirty billion a month to Putin, I'd say I was convinced by your examples, but to tell you the truth I was already convinced.
Heck, I know you're not supposed to talk about it, it's what you're here to distract away from.
But the plain fact of the matter is, our administration and the other administrations of the West give Putin about a billion a day to obtain stuff we already have but won't get for ourselves because a) they're environmental/religious fanatics and b) they're at war with the working class. Putin's enabled by an extremist religion we really shouldn't have any more time for.
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FFS, this is the THIRD TIME that we're being played. We spent fucking trillions on Iraq and Afghanistan. TRILLIONS. Completely wasted.
By now, anyone who doesn't recognize what an obvious scam this is needs to STFU.
Same deal as with those other black holes: Keep this war going as long as possible. Keep sending billions to the MIC. Keep getting robbed by local kleptocrats posing as Saviors of Democracy. Keep the billions in graft flowing to our corrupt warmongers.
Fuck this shit. Twice fooled and trillions wasted... no more.
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"Don't respond to his argument! Redirect! Redirect! Your mimeograph says Trillions Wasted! DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE BILLION A DAY WE GET FROM THE WEST! YOU'RE A RED-BLOODED AMERICAN, NO SENATOR'S SON, AND YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT THE TRILLIONS BUT YOU HAVE TO BE MYSTERIOUSLY SILENT ABOUT THE DEINDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE BILLION DOLLARS A DAY WE GET FROM IT! DISTRACT! DISTRACT! DISTRACT!"
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] EWWWW!! That'll turn them all into Azov NAZIs!!
⚡️Russian lawmaker proposes to force Ukrainian POWs to donate blood to injured Russian soldiers.
Sergey Leonov proposed the move while speaking with reporters on April 21.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 21, 2022
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Just another war crime to add to Putie's list.
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Russia has long been a pariah state. Perhaps now the feckless world community will take note and treat them as they deserve to be treated. Ostracize and ignore the worthless communist SOB's.
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Otherwise a bunch of literature scolds will say it's not accurate.
Is there anything more pedantic than pedantic nerds?
File this one under Stupid Politicians. Now that Zirinovsky is gone, somebody has to take up the slack. It's not like we ain't got them. Pols in one of those little New England states want to double the income tax on anyone unvaccinated because if you can't use the power of the State to punish your enemies, then what is the point?
⚡️CNN: Russia replenishes forces on the front line.
According to a senior U.S. defense official quoted by CNN, Russia continues to bolster its forces in eastern Ukraine, bringing the total number of its battalion tactical groups to 85. Most of them are deployed to the Donbas.
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⚡️EU committed to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine, says Michel.
President of the European Council Charles Michel told European Pravda that the EU had agreed to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine but there won’t be many announcements about it.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 21, 2022
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"Biden authorizes $1.3 billion more for Ukraine…" Then "There’s also a fresh $500 million in direct economic assistance to Ukraine for government salaries, pensions and other programs." Spend, spend, like a drunken sailor. Every week and I'd bet no way to tell where the money goes.
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So, being China's wh*re isn't getting it anymore for the average swamp creature? Story in that somewhere.
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Economist David Malpass, head of the World Bank, notes that &60 billion doesn't cover the cost of replacing lost $GDP.
Ukraine's version of Hamid Karzai demands we pay him $7 billion a month just to grease the wheels.
The typical cost to rebuild is around 5x the lost GDP. Keeping the war going one more year will destroy $90 billion in Ukrainian GDP, so one year will cost us $450 billion to rebuild.
Let's be clear: "rebuild" means pour another $1 trillion of our money into ANOTHER overseas sinkhole brought to you by our liberal imperialist fools.
The THIRD time in a row that we've been suckered. Are we having fun yet?
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Let'sbe clear: "rebuild" means pour another $1 trillion of our money into ANOTHER overseas sinkhole brought to you by our liberal imperialist fools.
No worries. The US can always just do more "quantitative easing," right?
Or maybe not...
Jay Powell signals Fed is prepared to raise rates by a half-point in May
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At least a quarter of the Iraq rebuilding project funds was stolen. Ukraine will cost us a trillion at least, and Ukraine us even more corrupt than Iraq. Plus, this time the US presidency is held by an actual crime family. And they know all the players in the Ukraine swamp.
Not hard to see that Save Ukraine! is the Mother of All Grifts. Now do you understand why the Swamp is so determined to keep the war going? They've got their eyes on $300 billion in loot.
[RT] Washington will follow the lead of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and ban all Russian-affiliated ships from docking at US ports, President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect hacked up by the World's Greatest Deliberative Body. The guy who single-handedly lost Afghanistan... announced on Thursday. This applies to all vessels flying the Russian flag, owned, or operated by entities from the country.
"No ship, no ship that sails under the Russian flag, or that is owned or operated by a Russian interest, will be allowed to dock in a US port or access our shores. None," Biden said on Thursday morning at the White House, after meeting with the Ukrainian prime minister.
The EU banned Russian ships from its ports on April 6. Biden said the move intends to "deny Russia the benefits of [the] international economic system that they so enjoyed in the past."
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So what about the RUSSIAN Oil that we were told a few weeks ago by Biden handlers that the US was accepting?
Sergey Protosenya, 55, is believed to have carried out the murder-suicide
He was found hanged in the courtyard of his holiday home in Spain, and his wife Natalia and their 18-year-old daughter were found murdered inside
Police are reportedly working to the assumption he killed them before taking his own life. However, reports suggest the evidence is not conclusive
It comes after another Russian businessman, Vladislav Avayev, 51, was found dead in Moscow with his wife Yelena, 47, and their younger daughter Maria
Both men, found just one day apart, had separate links to Russian gas companies
Protosenya, who had a fortune of over £330 million, was Deputy Chairman on the Board of Directors for natural gas company Novatek for seven years
Avayev was previously a vice president at Gazprombank - a bank that was created to work for Russian gas giant Gazprom - and had also been a Kremlin official
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I cannot recall a genuine case of murder suicide where the perp HACKED to death his family before doing himself. This is a signature killing by some very nasty people over a lot of stolen money and betrayal of profound trust.
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[Korrespondent] 23:06 The Pentagon said that Washington next week will organize consultations with the participation of other countries on strengthening the military potential of Ukraine. 23:04 As a result of the shelling of Nikolaev with cluster shells, three people were injured in a day, one of them died in the hospital, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said. He also said that on April 21, 72 people from the Nikolaev and Kherson regions were evacuated to Nikolaev. At the same time, 437 people were evacuated from Nikolaev itself to Odessa and Palanka today.
23:02 Ukrainians who went abroad without documents will be able to get an identity card for free, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.
23:01 The commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Igor Osipov, was removed from his post and arrested after the destruction of the missile cruiser Moskva, Defense Express reports citing its sources.
22:56 In recent weeks, Russian oil exports to unknown destinations have increased significantly - this has already happened to buy oil from Iran and Venezuela in circumvention of sanctions, writes The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, the use of the "unknown destination" mark is a sign that oil is delivered to large ships at sea and shipped, and then mixed with the cargo of this ship, hiding its true origin.
22:54 Rocket strikes inflicted today on Zaporozhye fell on the island of Khortytsya, one of the strikes damaged the building of the sanatorium, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
22:52 Europe will provide Ukraine with heavy weapons, European Council President Charles Michel said in an interview with the UP. According to him, the agreement in principle of the EU on the supply of weapons to Ukraine was reached in February, although at the beginning of the negotiations he was not sure of success.
At the same time, the President of the European Council stressed that there is no need to wait for news about deliveries - only a few pieces of information will appear in the public space for security reasons.
22:48 Danilov said that Putin and Shoigu planned to create concentration camps for Ukrainians in Western Siberia. According to him, Russia's goal is "the destruction of our country, nation and colonization of Ukraine."
22:46 Arestovich said that Putin lost the battle for Mariupol. According to him, the Russians withdrew troops from there, and now it will be easier for the Ukrainian defenders to kill them daily. In addition, the enemy does not have such a number of troops to surround Azovstal - for this you need 2-3 times more. The threat of losing Mariupol receded, the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office assured.
"They were afraid of Zelensky's ultimatum that Ukraine would withdraw from the negotiations if our soldiers were killed there. They are afraid that Ukraine will withdraw from the negotiation process," Arestovich explained.
22:23 The United States does not plan to participate in the possible evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, the Pentagon said.
22:22 As a result of a missile attack on the Novomoskovsky district, five people were injured, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Nikolai Lukashuk, said.
22:21 The White House reports that it sees signs that the People's Liberation Army of China is supporting the Russian army "directly and indirectly."
22:18 Western media, including Reuters and The Times, write that Russia is gathering "volunteers" for the war against Ukraine not only in Ethiopia, as previously reported by the local press, but also in neighboring Eritrea, where they plan to recruit 5,000 for this purpose Human.
22:13 During the full-scale war, Zelensky held 294 video calls and more than 230 telephone conversations with leaders and heads of governments of foreign states, and also addressed the parliaments of other countries and international organizations 26 times, nine visits of foreign leaders to Ukraine took place, said the deputy head of the Presidential Office Andrey Sibiga.
21:55 Vereshchuk on the evacuation from Mariupol: "Everything is going very hard. On the part of the Russians, everything is very difficult, chaotic, slow and, of course, dishonest. It gives hope that yesterday people left Mariupol for the first time directly (we are talking about about the four buses that left Mariupol yesterday). We apologize to the Mariupol residents who did not wait for the evacuation today. Shelling began near the collection point, which forced the corridor to be closed."
21:51 The operational-tactical group Skhid reported that on April 21, Russian troops carried out three attacks, Ukrainian defenders destroyed up to 200 personnel, five tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armored personnel carrier, one artillery system, one aircraft and three UAVs.
21:49 The satellite recorded a mass grave in the occupied village of Mangush, Donetsk region, which is located less than 20 km from Mariupol. Up to 9,000 Mariupol residents can be buried in this grave.
21:47 The UK will provide financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $500 million in loan guarantees.
21:45 Zelensky created the National Council for the Reconstruction of Ukraine after the war.
21:41 Denmark will help restore Nikolaev after the war, the country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen promised.
21:18 Ukraine now has more tanks than the Russian Federation, writes The Washington Post. Thus, following the results of 57 days of the war, the Russian invaders lost hundreds of pieces of equipment, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly receive assistance from allied countries. This has led to the fact that now the Ukrainian military has more combat-ready tanks and armored vehicles at its disposal than the enemy.
21:13 The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that as a result of a missile attack on Zaporozhye, eight people were injured today. Also, windows in four carriages of the Zaporozhye-Lviv evacuation train were damaged by the blast, according to preliminary data, there were no casualties among the passengers.
21:10 The mass grave for Mariupol residents in Mangush is 300 meters long, Piotr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said: "If you do not take into account the depth, then the Mangush grave for Mariupol residents is prepared for 3,000 people. Minimum. Three thousand nameless and unidentified Mariupol residents killed by Russians. Minimum ".
21:04 The Yermak-McFaul group presented the Action Plan to increase sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation:
a complete embargo on Russian gas, oil and oil blends;
total sanctions against all banking institutions in Russia and Belarus, with freezing of assets;
Russia and Belarus should be recognized as state sponsors of terrorism, and the Russian army and political parties should be recognized as terrorist organizations;
the inclusion of the Russian Federation in the FATF black list along with Iran and North Korea;
expansion of personal sanctions against officials and their families, leading members of political parties, management of state corporations, Kremlin propagandists, as well as sanctions against state corporations themselves;
secondary sanctions against individuals and legal entities that will provide Russia and Belarus with services to circumvent restrictive measures.
20:56 Over the past 24 hours, Russia has introduced three more BTGs to eastern Ukraine, bringing their total number in the country to 85, US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby said. The total number of BTG administered over the past week has reached 20, most of them "go to the Donbass region."
20:54 Zelensky appealed to the Parliament and the people of Portugal with a request to transfer Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers and Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine to protect against Russian aggression.
20:51 The UN will allocate $50 million to Ukraine - this is a record amount for the organization, said Osnat Lubrani, coordinator of the UN system in Ukraine.
Details: The money will go to non-governmental organization partners of the UN to provide assistance to Ukrainians affected by the war.
20:47 President of the European Council Charles Michel said that the EU agreed to purchase heavy weapons for donation to Ukraine.
20:45 In Kharkov, during the shelling of the Kiev region, a Russian shell hit a car, killing two civilians, local authorities reported.
20:43 Heating season 2022/2023 Ukraine will pass without any Russian energy carriers , Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said.
20:41 Kadyrov said that Mariupol was taken "finally and irrevocably, the entire territory was systematically cleared of nationalists."
20:39 Ukraine and the civilized world will never recognize the results of "referendums" in the occupied territories of the south of the country, the Foreign Ministry said: "The Russian Federation is actually following the same path as in 2014 in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions."
20:36 From Monday, April 25, the movement of minibuses from Irpin and Bucha to Kiev is resumed.
20:34 The head of the UOC-MP Onufriy proposed to hold a peaceful religious procession for Easter - from April 22 to April 24 from Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, to the blocked Mariupol. Onufry said that this procession could take civilians, the wounded and the military, as well as the bodies of the dead, from Mariupol and return back to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
20:32 The governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Valentin Reznichenko, announced three missile strikes in the Novomoskovsky district. The railway track and the contact network were destroyed, there were no casualties. It is not yet clear whether it will be possible to resume movement, he added.
20:26 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Madrid sent Kiev 200 tons of ammunition, 20 armored vehicles "and other military materials."
20:18 Ukraine has become the number one topic even in the presidential elections in France. Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and oppositionist Marine Le Pen entered the second round of the race. In their only debate of the entire campaign, Ukraine became one of the central issues. Details - in the material, Disputes Macron and Le Pen.
20:01 Danish Prime Minister Matte Frederiksen announced an increase in military assistance to Ukraine by $90 million.
19:38 Shmygal met with Biden in Washington, handed him the Ukrainian flag, signed by Zelensky, and a limited postage stamp indicating the direction for the "Russian warship".
19:36 In Popasnaya, the enemy has captured individual high-rise buildings and police buildings and is gradually moving deeper into the city. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting back, but they need support, Nikolai Khanatov, head of the city military administration , said in an interview with Radio Liberty . According to him, between two and 3,000 people remain in the city. People die even in shelters - a hundred people died from shelling in shelters.
19:26 A total of 79 Ukrainians arrived from Mariupol to Zaporozhye, who were taken out yesterday along the humanitarian corridor.
19:22 The US Air Force has developed a system of unmanned aerial vehicles Phoenix Ghost specifically for the requirements of Ukraine, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
19:15 The Russian Foreign Ministry again stated that Moscow has the right to consider the transport of the United States and NATO with weapons as a legitimate goal, if it follows Ukrainian territory - "we talk about it directly."
18:57 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the commander of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army of the western military district of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant Colonel Denis Mezhuev, has been eliminated. Also, two representatives of the leadership of the same unit, Colonel Kharitonov and Lieutenant Colonel Smirnov, were seriously injured and are being treated in Moscow.
18:55 In the Kherson region, the invaders announced the mobilization of men. A so-called "referendum" is scheduled for May 1 in the part of Kherson occupied by the Russian Federation, and a "population census" from May 2 to 10, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
18:51 Partial blocking of Kharkiv and the destruction of the city's infrastructure by artillery continues, the General Staff reports. In the occupied territory of the Kharkiv region, the invaders prohibit the movement of the local population towards the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the delivery of humanitarian aid from the Ukrainian side is blocked.
18:46 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine registers a significant reduction in the intensity of movement of columns of Russian military equipment across the territory of Belarus. Separate units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to carry out tasks to cover the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Brest and Gomel regions.
18:28 The humanitarian corridor agreed at the government level from the Kherson region did not work - the Russians did not let the buses to take people out, continued shelling. Also, the invaders captured the coordinator of the evacuation column, said the mayor of Krivoy Rog Alexander Vilkul.
18:25 Zelensky admitted that the de-blockade of Mariupol could happen by military means, but this requires more strength: "There is a military way. We need to prepare for it, and we are preparing to be powerful, and here we need the help of our partners. It is difficult for us ourselves."
The second way, according to the president, is diplomatic and humanitarian, which could be implemented quickly, but Russia even refused the offer of an exchange in Mariupol according to the "wounded for the wounded" formula.
18:23 Russia imposed sanctions against 29 Americans "from among top leaders, businessmen, experts and journalists who form the Russophobic agenda." Mark Zuckerberg was among them. Sanctions have also been imposed on 61 Canadian citizens.
18:21 A new package of US military assistance to Ukraine for $800 million includes 72 155mm howitzers and 144,000 shells for them; 72 tactical vehicles for slipping these howitzers; over 120 Phoenix Ghost drones; field equipment and spare parts for it, the Pentagon said.
18:19 Deputies of the City Council of Mariupol from the Opposition Platform for Life of Life directed artillery and corrected enemy fire on the city, Mayor of the city Vadym Boychenko said. According to him, we are talking about Yevgeny Kharmyshev and Konstantin Ivashchenko.
18:12 Biden said that the United States has the military ability to support Ukraine "for a long time."
18:06 Zelensky said that the Russians captured most of Mariupol, but there is a part of the city where the Ukrainian military is located. He also added that Ukraine is preparing to unblock Mariupol by military means, but hopes that it will be possible to carry out the evacuation peacefully.
17:55 The invaders in Mariupol are shelling the territory of Azovstal right now. There are also fighting in the area of the tram depot, located at a considerable distance from the territory of Azovstal, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. He is convinced that "the invaders will not stop until the complete annihilation of everyone inside Azovstal, neither our defenders nor civilians."
17:53 In Drohobych, Lviv region, local authorities assigned new names to the streets that bore the names of Russian figures, and also dismantled the eternal flame memorial in the park.
17:45 Project Belaruska Gayun reports that Russian troops have removed 85 percent of the equipment from the territory of Belarus, which was recorded during the retreat from the Kiev region.
17:30 The United States will continue to provide support to Ukraine in the field of intelligence transfer, Biden said. Also, according to him, next week he will submit a request to Congress for additional funds for military assistance to Kiev.
17:27 Biden called on Russia to ensure the exit of the civilian population from Mariupol and from Azovstal. At the same time, he expressed doubts that "Putin really controls Mariupol."
17:26 Biden announced the Unite for Ukraine program , which will allow Ukrainian refugees to emigrate from Europe directly to the United States under an accelerated procedure. The US Department of Homeland Security said that Ukrainian refugees will be allowed to stay in the country for up to two years if they can prove the presence of a person who is ready to provide them with financial support.
17:24 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, at a meeting with Zelensky, said that Madrid would send Ukraine 200 tons of military materials. And Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen promised to do everything "to help with weapons in the future." Both countries supported holding an international trial for war criminals who committed crimes in Ukraine.
17:22 The EU will not lift sanctions from Russia as long as the Russian troops remain on the territory of Ukraine, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock.
17:20 Russian ships are now prohibited from entering American ports, Biden said during an address on the situation in Ukraine.
17:18 An air defense unit of the National Guard in the Zaporozhye region, based on MANPADS, destroyed an enemy K-52 Alligator helicopter, the NSU reported.
17:16 In the Kherson region, the invaders take ownership of agricultural enterprises, take out products from warehouses and threaten employees to work, reports the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council.
17:13 Biden announced the provision of a new $800 million military assistance package to Ukraine , which includes, in particular, howitzers, tactical drones and artillery systems.
17:10 Biden said that the United States will provide $500 million in direct economic assistance to Ukraine.
17:07 Britain, in a new package of sanctions, has imposed a ban on the import of silver, wood products and high-quality products, including caviar, from Russia. Taizhe increased tariffs on imports from the Russian Federation and Belarus of a number of goods, including diamonds and rubber.
17:05 The Rada has simplified the procedure for confiscation of assets of Russians who fell under sanctions.
16:47 The invaders are shelling along the entire front line in the Donetsk region, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, Russian invaders tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian military in the Avdiivka direction, but failed. Also, over the past 24 hours, the enemy has been shelling civilians. The most active - in the Maryinsky, Avdeevsky, Ocheretinsky and Toretsky directions.
16:38 The invaders stole the unique collection of Efim Kharabet from the Mariupol Museum of Medal Art and took it to Donetsk, the city council said. The museum had more than 700 exhibits placed on 16 stands. All works were donated to the museum by the artist's wife, People's Artist of Ukraine Svetlana Otchenashenko-Kharabet. She died in the besieged Mariupol in April 2022.
16:31 The Rada has increased the military spending of the state budget by 200 billion hryvnias.
15:55 The Governor of the Kharkiv region Oleg Sinegubov confirmed that the Ukrainian Su-34 was shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Izyum region.
Also, servicemen of the 25th Separate Airborne Secheslav Brigade shot down a Russian SU-25 aircraft. The brigade's Facebook page states that the plane was shot down by a Stinger MANPADS in the Donetsk region.
15:43 In Chernivtsi, two monuments associated with Russia were demolished - a monument to Red Army soldiers in battle and a monument to communist Sergei Galitsky.
15:36 The Rada has significantly simplified obtaining the status of the unemployed and the appointment of unemployment benefits during the war. Now there is no need to collect a lot of documents and certificates, everything will be done in one day in accordance with the adopted bill No. 7269.
15:33 The Rada has extended martial law in Ukraine until May 25.
15:28 Instead of HLE, the Rada will have the Platform for Life and Peace group . Yuriy Boyko was elected its head, and included 25 deputies from the former Opposition Platform for Life faction.
15:17 Another exchange of prisoners took place: 19 people are returning to Ukraine, of which ten are military (including two officers) and nine civilians, Vereshchuk said.
15:15 Turkey begins to diversify its natural gas supplies, writes Bloomberg. State-run Botas, a longtime partner of Gazprom, is finalizing talks with Deutsche Bank, which will provide a $1 billion loan to purchase liquefied natural gas from the United States.
Also, the Austrian oil and gas company OMV stopped importing and refining Russian oil. At the same time, Russia accounted for no more than 8% of the total oil imports to Austria.
15:12 On February 3, Putin agreed on a plan to eliminate Zelensky, Kadyrov was responsible for this, Danilov said: "Regarding the liquidation of our top leadership. The plan was received on February 3 by Kadyrov when visiting Putin. At this meeting, a plan was agreed on the liquidation of our president, and Kadyrov took undertaking that his group will do it."
15:09 Italy imposes a 25°C limit on air conditioning as the Ukrainian crisis forces energy rationing, writes The Guardian.
15:06 Johnson said that the UK reserves the right to strike back on its own, without consulting with other NATO countries, if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction.
15:00 In Kharkov, as a result of Russian night shelling, two markets were destroyed, a direct hit on a residential building was recorded, the mayor of the city of Terekhov said. According to him, the situation in the city is tense, there were very massive attacks at night. The people left without housing are moved to kindergartens, schools, boarding schools. In total, about 1 million people remain in the city.
14:46 After today's missile attack on Zaporozhye, windows in four carriages of train No. 119/120 Zaporozhye-Lviv were shattered by an explosive wave and debris, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. There were no casualties.
14:38 Great Britain has expanded sanctions against Russia. Restrictions were imposed on four Russian commanders who are considered responsible for war crimes, the Ukrainian ex-deputy Kivu, the wife of the oligarch German Khan Anzhelika, the general director of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, and the first deputy director of the FSB, Sergei Korolyov.
Four companies also fell under the sanctions: the Kalashnikov concern, the Arzamas machine-building plant, the Military Industrial Company holding and the State Transport Leasing Company of Russia.
14:29 More than 30 streets have been renamed in Dnipro, the names of which were associated with Russia. Now the streets of Azovstal, Ukrainian soldiers, Avdeevskaya, Volonterskaya, Chernobaevskaya and others have appeared in the city.
14:05 The Russians control about half of Popasna, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. He also said that more than 100 people have died in the city since the beginning of the fighting, and more than 2,500 residents remain in bomb shelters. Street fighting goes on non-stop, people live in bomb shelters, they cannot go outside.
14:02 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council warns that the Russian Federation may plan to shell the railway infrastructure of the western regions of Ukraine. So, in several pro-Russian Telegram channels, information appeared about the receipt by the Russians of "a complete and accurate list of the coordinates of the railway bridges in Western Ukraine." It is also noted that "to be a bridge-breaker".
At the same time, the CPD does not exclude that such stuffing may be part of a hostile information-psychological operation aimed at fomenting panic. In addition, information about the location of railway infrastructure facilities has never been a state secret and is freely available. On the other hand, the possibility of implementing such a plan cannot be completely ruled out.
13:53 The Latvian Seimas unanimously recognized Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide. The country's parliament also calls on the EU to immediately suspend imports of Russian oil and gas.
13:51 Virgin Group founder billionaire Richard Branson called on entrepreneurs and governments to limit car speeds and turn off heating to reduce dependence on Russian energy and end the war in Ukraine.
"If we can reduce the West's dependence on fuel by, say, just 10%, that would free up about three billion barrels of fuel. That would be enough to ensure that countries like Germany no longer have to import Russian energy," he was quoted as saying. CNBC.
13:47 Arestovich reported that the main efforts of the enemy were concentrated on Izyum, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, but during the day he failed to advance in any direction.
According to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, the statements of Putin and Shoigu that Azovstal does not need to be stormed mean that the Russian troops are unable to take it, they suffered huge losses there. Arestovich noted that part of the troops from Mariupol were probably transferred to the north in order to try to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Russia will also fail, he is convinced.
Arestovich believes that a positional war awaits us next: the Russian Federation will try to declare a truce, negotiate, create humanitarian corridors and accumulate forces for the next phase, but these forces are conscripts. While the Russian Federation will prepare them, Russia will be broken by sanctions and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:41 Ukrainians have already registered in Dії more than 96,000 statements about houses and apartments destroyed by the occupiers. More than 270,000 citizens were left without a roof over their heads. Most of the apartments and houses were destroyed in the Donetsk, Kiev, Kharkov and Chernihiv regions, writes Anton Gerashchenko.
13:36 Spiegel writes that dissatisfaction is growing in Germany with the position of Scholz, who is blocking the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine. The opposition can take advantage of this and express no confidence in him by raising the issue of additional armament of Ukraine in the Bundestag, the newspaper notes.
At the same time, Scholz's position regarding Ukraine raises questions not only among the opposition: even representatives of coalition parties are increasingly expressing their dissatisfaction with the course of the chancellor. In fact, this determines the issue of confidence in Scholz of the majority in the Bundestag, which means that the Ukrainian issue may lead to his resignation, the publication indicates.
13:34 The Estonian Parliament recognized the actions of the Russian Armed Forces and the military-political leadership of Russia as genocide against the Ukrainian people and calls for support in the investigation of these crimes.
13:31 At about 12:50 Russians launched two missile attacks on Zarorozhye. According to the OVA, there were no casualties. The enemy once again tried to damage the infrastructure of the city.
13:28 Russian publics are publishing a video of columns of DPR military equipment leaving Mariupol. They report that after the "capture of the city" announced by Shoigu, the units are being transferred to other sectors of the front.
13:25 Russia closes the Consulate General of Latvia in St. Petersburg and Pskov, as well as the Consulate General of Estonia and Lithuania in St. Petersburg.
13:23 Peskov called Danilov's statement about his readiness to strike at the Crimean bridge "the announcement of a terrorist attack."
13:01 The Kherson regional prosecutor's office announced a suspicion of treason to a deputy of the Kherson city council from the mayor's party We live here . According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, he handed over to the Russian curator documents on pro-Ukrainian figures, representatives of law enforcement agencies and combatants, and also called on local officials to cooperate with the occupiers, organized the deployment of personnel of the Russian military and contributed to the repair of their equipment.
12:55 The economy of Ukraine has already adapted to the state of war, said the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Daniil Getmantsev. He also stressed that spending on the army and the military-industrial complex should be substantially increased.
12:38 Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Brigadier General Yuri Galushkin said that in the regions liberated from the invaders, "it's time to concentrate weapons in certain storage areas."
He addressed the soldiers of the TRO: "You will take care of weapons, take them to training and, if necessary, receive them to complete tasks. We will keep gunpowder dry. Proper storage of weapons is very important so that at a critical moment they can be quickly used and used against our enemy - Russian troops.
12:20 Italy plans to completely abandon Russian gas in the second half of 2023, "including for ethical reasons," said the country's Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani. He called the heavy dependence on Russian fuel that Europe has fallen into "a serious geopolitical mistake of the last 20 years, which is pointless to resolve in a month."
12:16 Gaidai said that Russia has announced the capture of Rubizhne for the third time, but this information is not true.
12:11 The archive of Vyacheslav Chornovol has been destroyed in Bucha, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine reported.
12:08 In the Nikolaev region, south of Snigirevka, about 20 villages have been occupied, governor Vitaly Kim said in an interview with NV. According to him, supplies to some villages come from the territory of the Kherson region, part of the humanitarian cargo goes through the corridors, which the Ukrainian authorities negotiate with the occupiers.
12:03 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports that today all the occupied settlements of the Veliko Burluksky district of the Kharkiv region are blocked. Departure is possible only in the Russian Federation.
There is an absolute ban on the delivery of humanitarian cargo from Ukrainian-controlled territory. Local residents were warned that volunteers trying to deliver aid would be shot. Recently it became known about the execution of volunteers who were traveling from the village of Shevchenkove.
There is no mobile communication in the region, many settlements were left without electricity. ATMs do not work, and products are sold at inflated prices. It is impossible to get medical help, as well as to buy medicines. All roads, including dirt roads, are mined.
12:00 Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic announced that he is cutting off all contact with pro-Russian President Zoran Milanovic: "I don't know if he is their agent or not, but the damage he has done to Croatia in foreign affairs over the past two months is enormous."
11:58 Near Mariupol, a new mass grave was discovered, into which the invaders are transporting the bodies of the dead civilians by trucks. As mayor Vadim Boychenko said, Russian invaders carry out mass graves near the village of Mangush, 20 kilometers from Mariupol.
11:56 Germany is negotiating with the EU and NATO countries, which can provide Ukraine with Soviet-made heavy weapons in exchange for German equipment, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said.
11:54 Podolyak said that in the next week and a half it will become clear how events will develop further. He admitted that the war in Ukraine could be ended by direct negotiations between Zelensky and Putin, but in this case, the position of Ukraine should be "strong and thoughtful." And for this you need to wait for the development of the battle for the Donbass.
"They have enough resources, enough missiles, they, unfortunately, continue to bomb our cities. They still have manpower and equipment that they do not mind destroying on our fields. Therefore, let's wait a while, and then we can already judge positions of the parties, primarily the President of Ukraine, at the upcoming bilateral meetings," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office explained.
11:45 The NBU introduced additional restrictions on cross-border transactions of citizens in order to prevent an unproductive outflow of capital from the country under martial law. According to the innovations, individuals will be able to make quasi cash transactions (quasi-cash), using only their own foreign currency, within the limit of UAH 100,000 per month (equivalent).
11:43 The Parliament of Latvia in the second and final reading adopted amendments to the legislation providing for the deprivation of citizenship of persons who support the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
11:41 Ukraine has applied to the IMF for support in covering the financial deficit to keep the economy functioning in the amount of $5 billion a month for the next three months, and the IMF will help raise this $15 billion , said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the fund.
11:36 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the Russian Armed Forces and the "LPR" have taken Kremennaya, Lugansk region, under full control. According to the invaders, the city "managed to avoid serious destruction of urban infrastructure and residential buildings."
11:30 The head of the Lviv OVA, Maxim Kozitsky, said that today a missile strike from the Black Sea was prevented in the Lviv region.
11:27 The Azov regiment reported that, despite the extremely difficult situation, over the past two days it had destroyed three enemy tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and an armored personnel carrier.
11:12 Ukraine requires the Russians to urgently open a humanitarian corridor to Azovstal, where, as Vereshchuk said, there are 1,000 civilians and 500 wounded soldiers.
11:01 The Russian army is already preparing to use outdated Soviet military equipment. According to Ukrainian intelligence, in order to restore their combat capabilities, the Russian Armed Forces are increasingly resorting to the use of Soviet-made equipment, which has been in storage bases since the 1970s. Considerable attention is being paid to increasing the capabilities of artillery and missile units for continuous shelling of Ukrainian cities.
10:39 AFU completely destroyed a small detachment of Syrian and Libyan mercenaries in the Donbass, which included about 20-25 people, Danilov said. In total, according to him, no more than 500 mercenaries from Libya and Syria are fighting on the territory of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
10:34 Putin called the completion of combat work on Mariupol a success and congratulated Shoigu.
10:32 Prime Ministers of Denmark Matte Frederiksen and Spain Pedro Sanchez arrived in Kyiv.
10:28 Crypto exchange Binance will restrict access to users from Russia. User accounts with a total value of crypto assets exceeding 10,000 euros will be limited - only the withdrawal function can be used. The accounts of Russians living outside the Russian Federation and the accounts of Russian citizens whose total value of crypto assets does not exceed 10,000 euros will remain active.
10:19 Shoigu, at a meeting with Putin, called Mariupol "the capital of the nationalist Azov" and assured that "the city itself has been liberated, but militants remain in Azovstal." According to him, we are talking about "more than 2,000 militants" who are "securely blocked." It will take three or four days to complete the operation on Azovstal, Shoigu said.
In turn, Putin ordered the storming of Azovstal to be canceled, since it was "inexpedient" : "We need to protect the lives of our soldiers. We don't need to climb into the catacombs, we need to block the industrial zone in Azovstal so that a fly does not fly."
09:55 In the territories of the Kharkiv region occupied by the invaders, "after the stabilization of the situation," a "referendum or a survey of citizens on the political future of the region" may be held, said Vitaly Ganchev, the so-called "head of the temporary civil administration of the liberated territory of the Kharkiv region."
09:53 Vereshchuk said that today there will also be an attempt to organize a humanitarian corridor in the Kherson region. We are talking about three settlements: the village of Vysokopolye, the village of Novovoznesenskoye and the village of Mirolyubovka.
09:42 The German Ministry of Defense has crossed out all heavy weapons from the list sent by Ukraine, although the German industry is ready to supply them in the short and medium term, writes Bild.
09:40 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 21:
personnel - about 21,000 people liquidated,
tanks - 829,
armored combat vehicles - 2118,
artillery systems - 393,
MLRS - 136,
air defense systems - 67,
aircraft - 172,
helicopters - 151,
automotive technology - 1508,
ships/boats - 8,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 166,
special equipment - 27,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
09:35 Lithuania handed over heavy mortars to Ukraine, Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas said: "I won't name the number, but we handed over a lot."
09:33 Russian troops continue to storm Popasna, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. Also, according to him, the enemy tried to gain a foothold in the western and northwestern parts of Rubizhne, but failed. He made unsuccessful assault actions in the direction of Novotoshkovsky.
09:07 In Nikolaev as a result of night attacks one person was lost, the head of the region Vitaly Kim reported.
09:05 Russia insists that Belarus be one of the guarantor countries of the future agreement with Ukraine, said Aleksey Polishchuk, Director of the Second CIS Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. He also expressed the opinion that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Russia, China, Great Britain, the USA, France) can form the basis of guarantor states.
09:02 In Kiev, traffic on the red metro line has been resumed, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. Trains run non-stop at the stations Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Khreshchatyk, Dnipro, Hydropark, Klovskaya. The transfer hub Khreshchatyk - Maidan Nezalezhnosti remains closed. On all lines, the interval between trains will be reduced to 10-15 minutes, while underground stations continue to receive people around the clock as shelter.
08:53 Vereshchuk said that four evacuation buses managed to leave Mariupol along yesterday's humanitarian corridor - they spent the night in Berdyansk and are now heading to Vasilyevka, they should soon arrive in Zaporozhye.
Today, the evacuation of women, children and the elderly continues. Boarding buses on Shevchenko Boulevard on the ring near the Port City shopping center at 14:00. At the same time, the minister stressed that the security situation is difficult, changes are possible.
08:47 Johnson said that dealing with Putin is like bargaining with "a crocodile that holds your leg in its jaws." The British premier suggests that Putin will only want to participate in the negotiations if he gets a strong position in Ukraine - but then he can launch a new offensive against Kyiv.
08:45 Finance ministers of the G7 countries announced additional support for Ukraine in the amount of more than $24 billion for 2022 and are ready to increase it if necessary, writes Reuters.
They also again condemned the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and stressed that because of this, it is impossible to continue normal cooperation with Russia.
08:42 British intelligence reports that Russia is likely looking to demonstrate significant gains in the run-up to May 9, and this could affect how quickly and vigorously Russian troops will try to conduct operations. Currently, Russian forces are advancing from the bridgeheads in the Donbass towards Kramatorsk, which continues to be subjected to constant rocket attacks.
Intelligence also notes that a high level of Russian aviation activity remains, as the Russian Federation seeks to provide close air support for its offensive in eastern Ukraine, to suppress and destroy its air defense systems.
08:35 The American Institute for the Study of War believes that Russia has not yet launched a large-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine. As before, there is an assault on individual settlements, there is an advance of the Russian Federation in Rubizhny, Popasnaya and Severodonetsk. At the same time, in the Zaporozhye region, a local offensive towards Gulyaipol and Temirovka was not successful.
"Russian forces continue to build the logistics and command infrastructure necessary for a major offensive. They have not achieved any major breakthroughs and do not demonstrate the ability to simultaneously and successfully attack in many directions," the Institute's analysts say.
08:03 Five more planes with military assistance arrived in Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
07:59 The United States does not allow Poland to transfer fighter jets to Ukraine, writes Reuters. According to the publication, Washington rejected an offer from Warsaw to transfer its Russian-made MiG-29 fighters to an American base in Germany to replenish the Ukrainian Air Force. The prospect of transferring combat aircraft from NATO territory to the war zone "raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance," the Pentagon said.
07:58 Russia refused the "Easter humanitarian pause" and does not intend to stop hostilities, Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN Serhiy Kislitsa said.
07:32 In Balakliya, Kharkiv region, wounded Russian servicemen began to be placed in the city clinic, despite the fact that the hospital for the military of the Russian Federation is equipped in the building of a local music school. The placement of the invaders in the city clinic indicates a significant increase in the number of wounded and problems with their subsequent medical evacuation, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:30 In the Kherson region, the invaders plan to organize a forced mobilization of the population, and also intend to completely stop humanitarian support for the region from the Ukrainian authorities, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning summary .
The terror continues as well. Thus, in the village of Zolotaya Balka, Kherson region, representatives of the Russian occupation troops held a meeting with the local population, where they announced that there would be no more "green corridors" and forbade people to leave the village. In addition, they warned that in the event of shelling of their positions by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they would begin shelling the settlement. The occupiers continue to bypass the premises, conduct searches.
07:02 Biden will make an address today on the situation in Ukraine. The performance is scheduled for 16:45 Kyiv time, the White House reported.
06:38 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said that as soon as Kiev has a chance to hit the Kerch, or Crimean, bridge, this will be done.
06:16 In Borodyanka, Kiev region, two mass graves were found, in which were the bodies of nine civilians shot dead by the invaders. Some of the dead have signs of torture, the National Police said.
05:53 Due to the supply of spare parts from other countries, Ukraine received about 20 combat-ready aircraft, CNN reports with reference to a high-ranking official in the Pentagon.
04:56 Turkey is ready to become a guarantor of Ukraine's security, but first you need to understand what this role implies, said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. "Everyone approves security guarantees in the 5+1 format," he said and added that Ankara is against acting as a guarantor following the example of paragraph 5 of the NATO charter on collective defense.
02:57 The invaders in the Kherson region have scheduled the so-called "referendum" for April 27, the operational command Pivden reported.
02:23 Arestovich believes that the Russian army, heavily exhausted by clashes with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, will have enough forces for active operations in Donbas for two weeks or less. He also noted that during the three days of the "big offensive" in eastern Ukraine, the Russian troops did not advance anywhere.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 The Russian army delivered to the Zaporozhye region and handed over to representatives of the Ukrainian authorities 79 civilians who want to evacuate to the territory controlled by Kiev. 23:24 A battalion tactical exercise with servicemen of a separate Arctic motorized rifle brigade of the army corps of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation took place at a military training ground near the village of Alakurtti, Murmansk region.
22:04 Russian air defense systems in the area of the settlement of Yasnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle.
21:58 A Ukrainian tactical missile "Tochka-U" was shot down over Izyum, Kharkiv region.
21:41 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the shipment of 200 tons of ammunition and other equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during his visit to Kyiv on April 21.
21:20 The Russian humanitarian mission and the international public organization "Grandchildren" sent about 7.5 tons of humanitarian aid from Moscow to the Kharkiv region, said the mission's director general Sergei Shevchuk.
21:18 There are strong explosions in Nikolaev.
21:18 Russian missile troops and artillery hit 450 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day.
21:18 Since the start of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 2,422 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:18 The RF Armed Forces launched a strike with high-precision missiles at 14 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 120 nationalists were destroyed.
21:17 Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces during the day hit 64 military facilities of Ukraine, including two depots of rocket and artillery weapons.
20:16 An air raid alert is roaring in most regions of Ukraine.
20:15 The head of the Dnepropetrovsk administration reports that three missile strikes were carried out on the railway infrastructure of Dnepropetrovsk.
20:13 The possibility of holding a referendum on the further political status of the Kharkiv region is not ruled out, but the residents have not yet shown the appropriate initiative - Vitaly Ganchev, head of the temporary civil administration of the liberated territory of the Kharkiv region.
20:12 The Ukrainian Armed Forces in Zaporozhye hit a private poultry farm with a Tochka-U strike. Several cars in the city of Tokmak were burned to the ground, and residential buildings closest to the factory were damaged, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
20:12 Every night from 23.00 to 5.00, the Lviv bypass highway is filled with columns of military equipment supplied by Ukraine's partners from abroad.
20:11 In the passport offices of Ukrainian cities, the crush of those wishing to obtain foreign passports continues. Among them are a large number of men who do not want to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fight for Zelensky.
20:11 In Drohobych (Lviv region), the Memorial of Glory and the eternal flame are being dismantled at the burial place of Soviet soldiers. It is planned to build a park on this site. In addition, by the decision of the City Council, the streets named after Sakharov, Chekhov, Glinka, Pushkin, Nekrasov and Tolstoy will be renamed.
19:03 Moscow has the right to consider US and NATO transport with weapons as a legitimate target if it follows Ukrainian territory, we are talking about this directly - Russian Foreign Ministry
19:03 Russia has expanded the sanctions list against US citizens.
19:02 The RF Armed Forces struck with precision-guided munitions on the railway bridge in Zaporozhye.
18:19 The United States is able to maintain the current level of military supplies to Ukraine for a long time.
18:18 The United States will allocate $500 million in economic assistance to Ukraine.
17:20 While peaceful life is being established in Kherson, artillery duels and insane digging of ditches continue in Nikolaev, in the Odessa region they are feverishly preparing for the offensive of the RF Armed Forces. The main forces have been transferred to the Nikolaev region, so they use recently mobilized, ideological nationalists and territorial defense units.
US to provide Ukraine with dozens of howitzers and tactical drones worth $800 million - Biden
17:20 In Kherson, the voluntary surrender of weapons continues. The inhabitants of Kherson, to whom the Kyiv regime uncontrollably distributed weapons allegedly for the defense, now they understand that there is no one to defend themselves from and voluntarily hand over weapons and ammunition.
17:20 Zelensky said that the West is still supplying insufficiently heavy weapons to the country.
16:31 More than 30 streets have been renamed in Dnipro, whose names were previously somehow connected with Russia. Now the city has the streets of Azovstal, Ukrainian soldiers, Avdeevskaya, Chernobaevskaya and others.
16:30 Another exchange of prisoners took place between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. 19 people are returning to Ukraine, of which 10 are military (including 2 officers) and 9 civilians, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
16:25 The Verkhovna Rada extended martial law in Ukraine from 5:30 on April 25 for another 30 days.
15:25 The command of the 8th Special Purpose Regiment of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces demonstrated the blowing up of their bridge during the retreat. Russian troops will not stop it. But it will now be more difficult for Ukrainian propagandists to convince the population that it is the “evil” Russians who undermine bridges and drive residents into a trap, and not their own military.
15:15 Terodefense fighters, in the territories that have returned under the control of Ukraine, are asked to hand over their weapons for storage. With such an appeal, the commander of the Sea Troop, Yuri Galushkin, addressed them.
15:04 A popular telegram channel controlled by the presidential administration of Ukraine published a monstrous Nazi post.
In the photo, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is hanged, and under it is the caption: “The monument to the communist whore Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was finally demolished in Chernigov. The photo shows what our allies did with it 80 years ago.” If someone still had doubts about Nazism in Ukraine, we pay attention to the word "allies".
14:04 In Chernihiv, Bandera, led by the leader of the 119th brigade of Teroborona Dmitry Skrypka, demolished the monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, which was installed in the courtyard of secondary school No. 10.
14:02 In Melitopol, the teaching staff of kindergarten No. 24 "Swallow" was given humanitarian kits. According to the head of the kindergarten, the application submitted to the city administration was responded to very promptly. The educational process has been restored in the preschool institution: teachers are working, and there are more and more kindergarten students every day.
14:02 From Zaporozhye, they report two very accurate arrivals at the object of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:00 In the village of Dneprorudne, Zaporozhye region, eight Russian digital channels and three radio stations have been broadcast. Radio "Mayak" was launched at a frequency of 104.7 MHz. Now the residents of Dniprorudny have the opportunity to find out the truth, and not be subjected to total zombification by the media controlled by Kiev.
12:56 In the Nikolaev region, the Russian army occupied about 20 villages, the governor of the Nikolaev region Kim said.
12:55 A significant part of the Moldovan society believes that its President Vladimir Zelensky, NATO and the West as a whole are guilty of the war in Ukraine. This is stated in the results of the IMAS study.
11:54 In the liberated Kakhovka, Kherson region, on the Labor Glory Square, residents raised the Russian flag.
11:54 Yesterday, in the center of the liberated city of Tokmak, the Eternal Flame was lit at the memorial "Book of Memory", where the names of almost 4,500 dead liberators are carved.
11:54 Russia is ready for meetings on Ukraine at any level, but they must be meaningful - Russian Foreign Ministry.
11:49 Nazis from Azov shot dead a civilian for trying to drive them away from the house where women and children were hiding. The murder took place at Mariupol, Pervomayskaya, 21.
11:05 Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces during the night struck 20 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment.
11:05 Russian air defense systems destroyed 13 drones and shot down a Ukrainian tactical missile "Tochka-U" in the Donetsk region.
11:03 Troops of the Russian Federation and the LPR have taken full control of the settlement of Kremennaya, which was turned into a fortified area by Ukrainian nationalists.
10:54 Russia has attacked 1,001 military targets in Ukraine in a day.
10:53 Investigative Committee will study data on punitive raids of Ukrainian nationalists in Nikolaev.
09:55 In Nikolaev, a blow was struck at a military facility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at night.
09:53 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Danilov threatens that "the Armed Forces of Ukraine will hit the Crimean bridge as soon as they have such an opportunity." Probably, by "opportunity" they mean the supply of new weapons from the West.
09:52 During the night, three Points U were shot down over Izyum. One of them was heading towards Russian Valuyki.
08:40 Ukrainian troops attacked a poultry farm in the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region with a Tochka-U rocket.
08:39 The districts of the Kharkiv region de-energized by Ukraine will be powered from a thermal power plant in the city of Schastiye in the LPR.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:06 Another humanitarian convoy from Russia has arrived in Donetsk. A lot of medicines, food, hygiene items, a large amount of drinking water, as well as many other things necessary for a normal life, were delivered to the residents of the DPR. 21:43 “The administrative building of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, which is of particular strategic importance, has been taken under control, and the entire surrounding territory has been cleared. The remnants of the Nazis are blocked under the thickness of concrete and iron on the territory of the plant, and I am sure that these walls are the last thing they will see in their lives,” Ramzan Kadyrov
21:13 Mariupol is ours - Kadyrov.
21:12 The United States will supply Kiev with drones designed specifically for Ukraine - Pentagon.
20:28 In the liberated cities of Starobelsk and Svatovo, the replacement of Ukrainian car numbers with new numbers of the Luhansk People's Republic has begun.
20:27 At the highest point in Mariupol - a television tower, the state flag of the Donetsk People's Republic is raised.
The city is under the control of the Armed Forces of Russia and the DPR.
20:26 The US does not plan to participate in the possible evacuation of civilians from Mariupol - Pentagon.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian militants have fired more than a hundred shells at six settlements in the DPR. A total of 17 residential buildings and three infrastructure facilities were damaged. Three civilians were injured.
19:00 The People's Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, destroyed 46 Ukrainian nationalists, one 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system and one armored personnel carrier. Two 120mm mortars, one armored vehicle and one cargo vehicle were captured.
18:15 In Gorlovka today, three local residents were injured under fire from Ukrainian Nazis.
17:00 The Russian army destroyed the Azov militant Taras Lavriev.
16:11 Kiev punishers fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR. They fired 30 rockets at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:19 Four parishioners of the Donetsk diocese died from the impact of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the evacuation from Mariupol. According to the priest of the St. Nicholas Naval Church Father George, on April 11, a group of refugees tried to leave the city by car. Large crosses were painted on the windows.
From the explosion of an anti-tank grenade, the car was ruined. People were thrown to the curb. The wounded and burned priest and parishioner reached Berdyansk, where they received medical and humanitarian assistance. Father George organizes the delivery of 2,500 Easter cakes to the parishioners of Mariupol for the Easter holiday.
14:35 In Gorlovka (DPR), a civilian was injured under fire from Kiev militants.
14:32 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing ten shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:32 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Golmovsky in the DPR, firing ten mines with a caliber of 120mm at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:45 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing 15 rockets at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:45 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Gorlovka in the DPR, fired three 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:45 A resident of Rubizhne told how Ukrainian Nazis kicked him out of his own apartment at gunpoint and took up defense there. People had to live in basements to escape the incessant shelling of the city. And only when the military of the LPR entered the territory of the city, the residents were helped to evacuate and provided them with food and clothing.
12:54 A civilian from Donetsk suffered under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis.
12:54 The Armed Forces of Ukraine used the children's rehabilitation center in Mariupol as a firing position.
12:54 Kiev militants fired on Zheleznaya Balka in the DPR. Three grenades were fired at the village. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
12:10 Over the past day, the People's Militia of the DPR destroyed 57 Ukrainian nationalists, one firing position of a 120-mm mortar, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle and two armored personnel carriers. One infantry fighting vehicle and two armored personnel carriers were captured.
11:44 Zelensky about the impossibility of unlocking the Nazis at Azovstal:
“The question that we are talking about watches is true, because we do not know how many hours or days they can last there. As for our army, today we are not allowed to pass these occupied 120 km by the equipment of the Russian Federation in order to reach the military unblocking of the city of Mariupol. We cannot do this today."
10:46 The forces of the NM of the LPR have established control over the city of Kremennaya.
10:45 A Ukrainian missile "Tochka-U" was shot down near the village of Donetsk (LPR).
10:44 During the day, the LPR forces destroyed 17 Ukrainian militants, three armored personnel carriers and eight cars.
10:44 Ukrainian punishers fired at Donetsk in the LPR, firing eight shells of 152mm caliber at the village. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
10:15 It will take three or four days to complete the operation on Azovstal - Shoigu.
10:15 Putin confirmed that all those who surrendered in Mariupol are guaranteed life
10:15 Putin explained the cancellation of the assault on Azovstal by the considerations of saving the lives of the Russian military.
10:11 Putin said that he did not consider it expedient to storm the Azovstal industrial zone, ordered it to be canceled.
10:10 Militants in Mariupol four times covered themselves with civilians when they retreated, driving them out of the basements of houses. More than 142,000 civilians have been evacuated from Mariupol.
10:05 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Mariupol was taken under control. More than 2,000 militants are now blocked in Azovstal, 1,478 have already surrendered.
09:54 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing for a retreat in the Rubizhne-Lysichansk-Severodonetsk triangle. Most likely, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine understands the futility of attempts to hold the territory of the LPR and is preparing a “tactical maneuver” with a retreat across the Seversky Donets River.
09:33 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis opened fire on the DPR 21 times. One child was killed and four civilians were injured.
08:30 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the village of Yelenovka in the DPR. They fired ten 122mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:29 Under fire of the Ukrainian punishers the civilian of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk suffered.
08:28 In the hospital in Mariupol, they found 26 civilians who died during shelling from the side of Azov *.
08:27 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. They fired five 12 mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:26 During the day, Kiev militants opened fire twice on the territory of the LPR. They fired from artillery with a caliber of 152mm and 122mm the villages of Zolote-5 and Donetsk. Two houses and a kindergarten were damaged.
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This is what is meant by the states being "laboratories of federalism." I don't think DeSantis would have done this (and make no mistake, he's the architect here) unless his inside polling was good on it. The left is going, as Gen. Turgidson said "absolutely ape." Count on huge amounts of outside money coming into the FL election this fall. Some was coming anyway but it will be a huge flood now. Again, I don't think DeSantis would have chanced it if the numbers didn't look very good for him. The beauty thing, should he have decided correctly, is that's money sucked out of other dem races elsewhere and money that will remain in Florida either way. Assuming DeSantis wins, that's all wind at his back going forward.
If the voters toss him out, well, where do I sign up for "let it burn?"
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Perhaps a hero cartoon starring a mouse from the Levant who comes to America to teach gymnastics?
[AlAhram] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... 's main opposition leader said Thursday that his power supply had been cut at home after he stopped paying electricity bills in protest at sharp utility bill hikes. That was effective. And predictable. Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the secular Republican People's Party (CHP) has seized on Turkey's social and economic turmoil to try and mount a serious challenge to veteran President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... in elections due by June 2023.
The 73-year-old former civil servant announced in February that he would stop paying "inflated" bills that had shot up by at least half for most households as a result of inflation and a sharp currency depreciation.
Economists link Turkey's social problems to Erdogan's unconventional economic views.
The Ottoman Turkish leader has pushed the central bank to sharply cut interest rates in order to bring down soaring consumer prices -- the exact opposite of what policymakers usually do in similar situations.
Turkey's official annual inflation reading has soared to more than 60 percent as a result.
Some of those increases are linked to a lira collapse that has made imports such as oil and gas much more expensive.
Kilicdaroglu announced on Twitter on Thursday that he now had no lights on at home.
"I just got news from my wife -- they cut off our electricity today," Kilicdaroglu said in a video message recorded from his well-lit office.
"My actions are not a call to civil disobedience," he added. "My actions are meant to represent the voice of families and children of a country that has been left in the dark."
Erdogan and his Islamic-rooted party have accused Kilicdaroglu of trying to stir up street protests and social upheaval by refusing to pay his bills.
Next year's general election is turning into one of the most serious challenges yet to Erdogan's dominant 20-year rule. The 68-year-old leader has seen his once overwhelming support implode in the past year.
Russia's assault on Ukraine has shifted some of the focus away from Turkey's economic problems and onto Erdogan's efforts to try and mediate an end to the brutal conflict.
Turkey's chilly relations with Washington have also improved as a result.
But opinion polls -- while not always trustworthy in Turkey -- still show Erdogan trailing most potential presidential challengers.
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...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
