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-Lurid Crime Tales-
At Least 35 Shot Friday into Sunday Morning Across Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Chicago
[Breitbart] At least 35 people were shot, five of them fatally, Friday into Sunday morning in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

Breitbart News noted 14 were shot, one fatally, in Chicago during the same time-frame — Friday into Sunday morning — last weekend.

Related: Eric Adams slams his own party for backing BLM instead of cops as he tells Democrats to give police MORE powers because doing so will stop black people being killed
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 07:52 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1 
PLEASE NOTE:
When I had my Ill. State Patrol issued Carry Permit back in the 90's, Chicago did not accept the Ill. State Permit.

Given, Chicago is a Top 5 STRICT GUN CONTROL CITY. Thugs and police are usually the only ones armed.

Therefore most of this 35 number likely represent Illegally carried (THUG) firearms.

Check out HEYJACKASS.COM for historical shooting numbers.

SAMPLE DATA
Chicago's Last Week’s Totals (4/17 – 4/23)
Shot & Killed: 8
Shot & Wounded: 49
Total Shot: 57
Total Homicides: 8

April to Date
Shot & Killed: 40
Shot & Wounded: 166
Total Shot: 206
Total Homicides: 44

Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 158
Shot & Wounded: 670
Total Shot: 828
Total Homicides: 178

Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/25/2022 16:18 Comments || Top||

#2  A lot of fatalities yes.

However, fatalities are running about 5% below last year's numbers.

Also, some past studies found that of the people killed by urban violence, over 70% were people previously convicted of felonies.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/25/2022 16:35 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ ....over 70% were people previously convicted of felonies.

So the problem appears to be resolving itself.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/25/2022 17:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Besoeker,

Yes. That is one reason cops aren't more aggressive in preventing gang wars which cause perhaps 50% of the fatalities. If you are a cop, why go all out to prevent thugs from killing eash other.

Of course there is collateral damage which sometimes indirectly leads to more gang opportunity.

A truly awful problem
Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/25/2022 18:41 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Musk Deal to Buy Twitter May Happen Monday
[PJMEDIA]
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/25/2022 10:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Elon Musk is the greatest African-American in history! He ranks up there with Philip Emeagwali another African-American who created the internet!
Posted by: Papa Cooky || 04/25/2022 11:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Ja papa, dis is reg !
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/25/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||

#3  I hope there is alot of anxiety for the leftist twits right now.
Posted by: Chris || 04/25/2022 13:47 Comments || Top||

#4  It sounds too good to be true. So...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/25/2022 13:54 Comments || Top||

#5  Round up of lefty meltdowns
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/25/2022 14:24 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ paywalled
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/25/2022 14:27 Comments || Top||


#8  I knew it! It's the Russians!
"How many Russian Oligarchs are propping up this @elonmusk @twitter bid right now, do ya think?
It sure would fix everything for putin, tang and the rest of the complicit super rich if this platform was run by them." "Actress Evette Nicole Brown
After the takeover, I wouldn’t DM anymore if I were you.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 04/25/2022 15:21 Comments || Top||

#9  If I had anything to communicate to someone else and was concerned about who might see it in the future, DM is about the last thing I'd use.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/25/2022 15:30 Comments || Top||

#10 
If he buys it and makes it a OPEN / EQUAL VIEW site, I'll actually join it.

But I am already hearing rumbles from a few ITSEC buddies, that a Group Resignation is being discussed, and they suddenly have had offers from other Social Media Site headhunters.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/25/2022 16:09 Comments || Top||

#11  Not Antivaxxers? Imma disappointed.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/25/2022 16:21 Comments || Top||

#12  A glorious day. I did a test on Facebook - I posted the news of the purchase with the comment of "Schadenfreude". FB edited my post within 5 minutes, but they did include a link so folks could see my original post. Bless their hearts.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/25/2022 16:58 Comments || Top||

#13  Re:#* Deacon, they're all dead.
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/25/2022 17:17 Comments || Top||

#14  Nobut I think Twitter wastes a lot of money on a large staff of SJWs who look for conservatives to ban. Reducing that staff and making directors take only token salary will reduce costs.

Of course, it will be privately held so no one will know for years.

If it looks like a viewpoint neutral success, I'll sign up. There is a lot of factual stuff on twitter, e.g., storm and tornado warnings, corporate financial public info releases, etc.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/25/2022 18:35 Comments || Top||

#15  SJW's : Learn to Code, bitches
Posted by: Frank G || 04/25/2022 19:26 Comments || Top||

#16  Of course. Fucking leaches.

Human Rights Watch, ACLU, Amnesty International Clutch Their Pearls in Horror At Elon Musk’s Purchase of Twitter
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/25/2022 20:07 Comments || Top||

#17 
Posted by: Sheba Barnsmell9965 || 04/25/2022 20:28 Comments || Top||

#18 
Posted by: Pheaper Stalin2427 || 04/25/2022 21:54 Comments || Top||

#19 
Posted by: Pheaper Stalin2427 || 04/25/2022 22:43 Comments || Top||


Google goes woke! Search engine launches 'inclusive language' function to cut down on politically incorrect words
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 06:50 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule


#2  So much for free speech...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 04/25/2022 8:00 Comments || Top||

#3  search this, Google: chinga tu madre!
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/25/2022 8:47 Comments || Top||

#4  George Orwell's 1984 was NOT a How-To Guide, just saying.
Posted by: magpie || 04/25/2022 17:20 Comments || Top||

#5  "Don't be evil."
Posted by: JHH || 04/25/2022 18:55 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Red Bull DOESN'T give you wings! Groundbreaking mid-air plane SWAP sponsored by energy drink fails after aircraft nosedives and crashes - but neither pilot is injured
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] “Here — hold my beer.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 06:33 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Chereng Angaique4639 || 04/25/2022 10:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Red Bull may give you wings, but at, apparently, the expense of brain cells.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 04/25/2022 19:49 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
WATCH– Deputy Climbs Building to Rescue Baby from Fire: ‘No Hesitation'
[Breitbart] A deputy in Florida scaled an apartment building to save a one-year-old girl from a fire on Saturday, and citizens are praising his bravery.

The baby and her mother were trapped when the fire started at the Isles at East Millenia, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release, according to ABC 7.

When deputies arrived at the scene early that morning, they saw the mother and her child on the third-floor balcony.

“Due to the imminent danger, Deputy William Puzynski began to climb the outside balconies in order to get to the baby on the third floor,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

Firefighters brought the mother and grandmother down using a ladder, the sheriff’s office said, noting there were no casualties and no deputies were hurt.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 07:43 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
Egypt releases 41 political prisoners ahead of Eid, says negotiator
[IsraelTimes] More detainees expected to be released ahead of next week’s holiday, but thousands more likely to remain locked up on charges like spreading ‘false news’.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
'Russia has already failed': Blinken hails Ukraine's strategy against Putin, announces new $713m aid package but won't reopen embassy yet - unlike the UK - after he and Austin hold talks with Zelensky in Kyiv
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The US is providing $713million in assistance to war-ravaged Ukraine after a meeting with officials in Kyiv

  • Zelensky was promised more than $322million in new foreign military financing by Blinken and Austin

  • Ukraine will also receive $165million in non-U.S. made ammunition, they announced

  • The US plans to gradually begin the return of diplomats to Ukraine next week but the embassy will stay closed
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 07:05 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:




#4  Russia pounds five railway stations in central and western Ukraine after Blinken travelled to Kyiv by train

Expect to see a lot more long range strikes into the western part of Ukr. It is the flip side of NATO sending arms and materiel. Little to do with Blinken, although it is notable he is traveling by train instead of by air.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/25/2022 9:30 Comments || Top||

#5  I heard Darth Lunch was going too. He'd have to go by train or at least C5A.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/25/2022 9:36 Comments || Top||

#6  shamed by boris johson.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 04/25/2022 10:21 Comments || Top||

#7  Completely wrong mindset. This thing isn't over. The side that plays the long game will come out ahead.
Posted by: Angstrom || 04/25/2022 10:23 Comments || Top||

#8  the Ukranians have no choice but to play the long game, home turf is always an advantage.
Posted by: Chris || 04/25/2022 13:50 Comments || Top||

#9  In the sufficiently long game, Russia runs out of Russians.
Posted by: Matt || 04/25/2022 13:59 Comments || Top||

#10  Yes, Ukraine has to play the long game. But idiots like Blinken are already moving on to the next crisis, which will leave Ukraine in the lurch.
Posted by: Angstrom || 04/25/2022 14:03 Comments || Top||

#11  Surprised they've lasted this long but Elenskyy's costuming does make for good photos.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/25/2022 16:18 Comments || Top||

#12  In the sufficiently long game, Russia runs out of Russians.

Reportedly the Ukraine runs out of Ukrainians first, Matt. While Russia is killing off its military age males, the Ukraine on one hand has sent millions of breeding females and their children to safety in exile, while Russia is reportedly taking even more into exile in Russia. It looks like a three-legged race to me with no winners.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/25/2022 23:14 Comments || Top||


Unconfirmed Claymore Mine story
BLUF:
[SOFREP] HAVE WE SEEN CLAYMORE MINES ALREADY USED IN UKRAINE?
Remember a few days into the war; there was a 40-mile-long Russian convoy slowly heading down muddy roads into Ukraine? The satellite image below showing Russian trucks packed together like sardines in a can was taken on 28 February of this year. The red arrows are mine. I’ll talk about those in a minute.

A group of 30 Ukrainian Special Forces operators and drone operators on quad bikes managed to bring this thing to a screeching halt within hours. Munitions such as Claymore mines played a role in that.

The unit commander was Lt Col Yaroslav Honchar, and he gave an account of the ambush and the Ukrainian epic David vs. Goliath resistance.

The Ukrainian soldiers on the quads were able to approach the advancing Russian convoy from the front, riding through the woods on either side of the road. This was done at night, and they were equipped with night vision goggles, sniper rifles, remotely detonated mines (such as Claymores), drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras, and others capable of dropping small 1.5kg bombs.

Posted by: Besoeker || 04/25/2022 06:59 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Cool story.

M18A1 CLAYMORE MUNITION training circular
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 8:32 Comments || Top||

#2  What's Ukrainian for "This side toward enemy"?
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/25/2022 8:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Well the Russians (Soviets) made several versions of their own Claymore mine. One was big enough to take out light skinned vehicles. Wouldn't be surprised to see that in use by the Ukrainians.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/25/2022 10:06 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Chereng Angaique4639 || 04/25/2022 10:14 Comments || Top||

#5  What's Ukrainian for "This side toward enemy"?

I"d figured they'd gone universal language and put the Taco Bell logo on that side.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/25/2022 10:45 Comments || Top||


Large fire reported at oil storage depot in Russia's city of Bryansk - agencies
[Financial Post] A large fire was reported early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, Russian news agencies reported, citing the emergency services ministry.

No further detail has been provided.

Bryansk is located about 380 km (236 miles) southwest of Moscow. The city is the administrative center of the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine.
Via Free Republic, where it was reported there are multiple fires in the city.

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This depot was to supply fuel for the Russian Donbass Offensive and fueled the Russian military rocket offensive infrastructure.
Posted by: Clusosh Floluter6074 || 04/25/2022 2:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Russia is being attacked. Sappers are inside the wire. This adds a whole new dimension to the struggle between Russia and Ukraine.
Posted by: Clusosh Floluter6074 || 04/25/2022 2:30 Comments || Top||


#4  I think the oil depot sank in a storm after a fire sponteneously erupted.
Posted by: Matt || 04/25/2022 11:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Russia is being attacked. Sappers are inside the wire. This adds a whole new dimension to the struggle between Russia and Ukraine.

You all saw it! That orphanage attacked me!
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 04/25/2022 22:58 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian forces liberate eight settlements in southern Ukraine.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Pacific Fleet naval infantry troops with T-80BV tanks and a R-149MA1 command-staff vehicle reportedly departing Mariupol
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Russian forces fail to advance in Kharkiv Oblast.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]



Posted by: Fred || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  'Fail' assumes that the Russians were 'advancing' and not making sure that the Ukrainians would be unable strip forces from here to reinforce the Donbas...
Posted by: magpie || 04/25/2022 10:17 Comments || Top||


9 Russian missiles hit infrastructure in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Russians prepare to attack Kryvyi Rih (Krivoi Rog), Zelensky's home town
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Day 60 of invasion Day 6 of Battle of Donbass
militaryland and understandingwar

- Several advances by Russia of up to 5 km along the front but mostly no movement

- Russia has not removed troops from Mariupol and actually tried to take more territory in that city. It was partly successful. Maybe Russia has changed its mind about its battleplan there or maybe the announcement a few days ago was a feint.

Continued bombardment by both sides. Ukraine claims to have had a big day downing Russian aircraft.


Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Several days ago the Azov regiment sent tanks and apcs into the port area on a raid. As long as the defenders have armored vehicles with fuel the russians can't afford to relax.
Posted by: Chinetch Bourbon4578 || 04/25/2022 12:18 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 24th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:46 Arestovich said that "a new Bucha is happening right now in the Zaporozhye direction - they are killing, raping ... everything is in their style."

22:31 The US Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense arrived in Ukraine, a meeting with Zelensky is underway, Arestovich said.

22:29 Servicemen of the Joint Forces group successfully repelled seven enemy attacks in a day, the Defense Ministry reports. Ukrainian defenders destroyed 13 tanks, three artillery systems, 17 armored vehicles, four armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles and four enemy tankers. Air defense units in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbas shot down three UAVs of the Orlan-10 type.

22:27 The Azov Regiment released a video from Azovstal, where women and children are hiding in basements. They had only a few days of water and food left.

22:26 Arestovich said that mined cars and streamers are still being found in the government quarter in Kiev. "Many people think that Kyiv is safe, but it's not," he stressed.

22:22 The occupiers are preparing to attack Krivoy Rog, the city is ready to defend itself, said the head of the city administration Aleksandr Vilkul: "The enemy is forming an offensive strike formation in our direction in the Kherson region. In the coming days, we are waiting for their possible transition to the offensive. But we know there is more about them than they think, we understand all their plans, and we are fully prepared for any development of the situation."

22:20 In the Donetsk region, five civilians were killed today from enemy shelling: two in Novoselovka, two in Krasnogorovka and one in Novomikhailovka. Five more people were wounded, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

22:18 Shmygal called "not so simple" the process of discussing security guarantees for Ukraine with Western countries. He also said that Kyiv and Washington are discussing the use of frozen Russian assets for financial assistance to Ukraine. According to him, Ukraine needs up to $5 billion in financial assistance every month, and Western partners agree with this amount.

21:51 In the area of ​​​​responsibility of the operational-tactical group Skhid, on April 24, Russian troops launched one attack. Ukrainian defenders destroyed up to a hundred personnel, three tanks, 17 infantry fighting vehicles, ten vehicles, two artillery systems, one UAV, the Defense Ministry said.

21:46 Dozens of civilians in Ukraine were killed by flechettes - aircraft weapons that were distributed during the First World War, The Guardian writes, citing Ukrainian forensic experts.

“We found several very small, nail-like objects in the bodies of men and women,” said forensic scientist Vladislav Pirovsky. According to him, such objects are found mainly in bodies from the vicinity of Bucha and Irpin.

Dozens of civilians in Ukraine were killed by flechettes

21:44 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, said that nine Russian missiles had already hit the infrastructure of Kremenchug tonight.

21:38 Biden: "Two months after Putin launched an unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine, Kiev is still standing. President Zelensky and his democratically elected government remain in power. We will continue to support Ukrainians in their struggle to defend their homeland" .

21:35 The city authorities continue to ask the people of Kiev not to return home if they are in safe places. Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Mykola Povoroznik said that now more and more people are returning to the city, and this will push the business to open. At the same time, the war has not ended, missile attacks continue, and it is difficult to predict the course of events.

21:33 According to French exit polls, in the second round of the presidential elections, Macron is gaining about 58 percent of the vote, Le Pen - about 42 perrcent. Le Pen announced that she admits her defeat in the French presidential elections.

20:51 In the Kharkiv region today, two people died and 11 were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. According to him, Saltovka and Alekseevka came under attack in Kharkov, and Chuguev and Zolochiv were shelled in the region.

20:44 Arestovich said that the main direction of the enemy now is Izyum, from where he is trying to attack Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Also, the enemy is increasing pressure in the direction of Hulyaipol (from south to north of the Zaporozhye region). During the week, the Russian troops advanced there by about 10 km, but now the pace of advance has slowed down due to opposition from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:41 Arestovich said at an evening briefing that Russia is concentrating ground forces around Azovstal for a likely assault - despite the fact that the Kremlin promised not to do this. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office also urged Moscow to start negotiations on Azovstal and threatened that otherwise "you won't like the consequences."

20:28 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have successes in the Kherson direction - the enemy suffers significant losses in personnel and equipment, said the head of the Odessa OVA Maxim Marchenko. He also said that warning notices were posted on the streets of Kherson stating that occupiers and collaborators who decide to come to the so-called "referendum" will be punished.

20:23 Five Russian missiles hit infrastructure facilities in the Poltava region in the evening, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

20:04 White House Deputy National Security Adviser John Finer said he expects new statements about Washington's assistance to Ukraine next week.

20:01 More than 20,000 residents of Mariupol died at the hands of the invaders, said the mayor of the city Vadim Boychenko.

19:33 Arestovich said in an interview with Meduza that in Mariupol "there is no question" of complete control over the city: "The Putin-Shoigu scene is ridiculous... It takes three times as many troops to surround Azovstal as for an assault."

19:31 Russia has only 30% of high-precision missiles left compared to the period before February 24, investigative journalist Khristo Grozev said. However, according to him, the Russian Federation is capable of independently producing such missiles. The production cycle is about a month.

19:20 Putin has "lost interest" in diplomatic ways to end the war and is now determined to seize "as much Ukrainian territory as possible," writes the Financial Times, citing three sources familiar with the conversations with the Russian president. According to them, Putin "came into a rage after Ukraine sank Moscow ."

“There was hope for a deal. Putin hesitated. But he had to find a way to emerge victorious from this,” one of the sources said, adding that everything changed after the flooding of Moscow . “Now Putin is against signing anything. After Moscow, he wouldn't look like a winner. It would be humiliating."

19:16 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announces the intensification of offensive and assault operations of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Pashkovo, Dovgenkoye and Bolshaya Kamyshevakha. The enemy had no success, suffered losses and was forced to retreat to the previously occupied lines.

In the Donetsk and Tauride directions, the Russian Federation is building up control and air defense systems, continues to fire at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from mortars, artillery and multiple launch rocket systems along the entire line of collision. Inflicts air strikes by aircraft of operational-tactical aviation.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy tried to carry out assault actions in the direction of the settlements of Liman and Yatskivka, but had no success. But the occupiers established control over part of the Zarechnoye settlement. They tried to gain a foothold in the western, northwestern and eastern parts of Rubizhne, but were not successful. We began to advance in the directions of Orekhovo and Nizhny.

19:13 The Russian Federation is regrouping units of the Central Military District from the areas of restoration of combat capability to the eastern regions of Ukraine. The enemy plans to move an anti-aircraft cannon division from the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense from the Kursk to the Belgorod Region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the transfer of weapons and military equipment of the enemy to the area of ​​​​the city of Kupyansk is underway. The occupiers continue partial blockade of Kharkiv, trying to carry out fire destruction of Ukrainian troops and critical infrastructure facilities.

19:06 Russia lost 90 percent of its best paratroopers in the war in Ukraine, Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev said: “I personally checked that Russia lost 90 percent of its best paratroopers in the first part of the war. This is the most important and essential part of the army, without which it is simply impossible to conquer key infrastructure facilities and capitals."

Grozev also believes that now Russia has lost the majority of the second echelon - a quality army from their point of view.

19:00 Shell has begun the process of withdrawing from its largest project in Russia - Sakhalin-2. The British-Dutch company is likely to sell its stake to the Chinese, writes the Financial Times.

18:40 Journalists of the Slidstvo.Info project found out that the Russian Orthodox Church, together with the security forces, is forcibly resettling Ukrainians in the Russian Federation. In the hacked correspondence, journalists discovered that since the first day of the war, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has been sending daily to the clergy detailed information about the course of the war, the number and routes of Ukrainians taken to Russia. Priests settle Ukrainians in churches and monasteries, conduct "spiritual conversations" with them and monitor them with the help of surveillance cameras.

18:38 In the Kherson region, Russian tanks under Ukrainian flags are shelling settlements, the Pivden operational command reports. The occupiers are trying to simulate the presence of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the territories they occupied and to discredit the Ukrainian military.

In the occupied territories of the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, the Russian military continues to agitate the locals for the creation of pseudo-republics.

18:36 The European Union intends to completely abandon Russian gas by 2027, Austrian Minister for Climate Protection, Ecology, Energy Leonora Gewessler said in a comment to Kurier. According to her, for this it is necessary to gradually reduce gas consumption, switch to heat pumps and geothermal energy, where possible, start the production of biogas and renewable hydrogen, and find other suppliers.

18:23 Arestovich said that Kiev is no longer negotiating with NATO to close the sky over Ukraine - now only air defense systems are needed: "This is a closed issue. What we need is the air defense system that we are already provided with. And the sky We will close ourselves."

18:01 Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said that everyone who does not support granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate this summer is working against the interests of Europe.

17:55 Russia is trying to exterminate the population of eastern Ukraine, Timofei Mylovanov, adviser to the head of the President's Office, said in a comment to CNN: "I think their message is quite clear - if you surrender, like Crimea did in 2014, nothing will happen to you. If you resist like the Donbass, like the east of Ukraine, you will be destroyed. It doesn't matter if you are military or civilians. So the message that Russia is sending is: Surrender or you will be exterminated."

17:28 The traditional fires in Siberia are already twice as large as last year, and they have become uncontrollable, as the Russian military, who used to fight them, is now at war in Ukraine, writes The Independent.

17:04 Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov announced that he would visit Kiev next week. He intends to leave on Wednesday, April 27, and go to Ukraine via Poland. Among the purposes of the visit are to bring a cargo of helmets and body armor, to negotiate with the Ukrainian leadership and to discuss the assistance that Bulgaria can provide to Ukraine.

16:32 Russia forcibly removed 915,000 Ukrainians from the territory of Ukraine, of which 160,000 are children, more than 2,000 are orphans. But there are those among them who were stolen from living parents, Denisova said.

According to her, there are still volunteers in Russia who quietly help Ukrainians escape from the Russian Federation and enter Europe. Seven people are known to have emigrated to Estonia and then to Sweden.

16:07 Russia, in violation of the Geneva Convention, is holding captive Ukrainian soldiers in penal colonies without converting prisons into prisoner of war camps, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said.

According to her, in the Rostov region, the invaders settled two penitentiary institutions in the south of the Russian Federation at once: a general regime colony No. 1 in the city of Zverevo, and also No. 12 in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky near the Russian-Ukrainian border.

A month and a half ago, the detainees were evicted from there to colony No. 10 of Rostov-on-Don, where prisoners now sleep in three shifts. And the institutions in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and Zverev are filled with captured Ukrainian soldiers. They are guarded by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation and prisoners left in auxiliary work.

15:53 ​​Russia has definitely lost seven generals in 60 days, and according to data not yet confirmed - nine, Podolyak said.

15:50 Arestovich said in an interview with Meduza that "in two or three weeks the offensive will end, and with it, the active phase of the war will quite possibly end, because the Russian troops have nothing more to attack with." According to him, now the Russian Federation has collected "the penultimate operational reserves." In particular, in the Belgorod-Valuyek region there are about 15,000: "But these are the unfortunate ones who came out from under Kyiv, Sumy and Chernigov - they have the psychology of the executed. They really do not want to fight."

15:48 According to the border guards, over the past day, more than 24,000 people left Ukraine, and 30,000 returned.

15:44 Russian troops fired on Chuguev, Kharkiv region, the National Police reported. Three people were injured, including a mother with a 12-year-old child.

15:43 In the Donetsk region, a curfew from April 25 will be in effect from 20:00 to 05:00 (it was from 19:00 to 06:00), the OVA reported.

15:42 Thanks to the efforts of military doctors, more than 80 percent of the wounded Ukrainian soldiers are returning to duty, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister.

15:40 Lithuania calls on the EU to impose sanctions on the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill, who supports the war in Ukraine.

15:38 Bank of America blocked the accounts of the Russian Consulates General in Houston and New York, Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said.

15:37 Kyrgyzstan has revoked distribution certificates and banned the screening of Russian propaganda films about the war in Donbas and the annexation of Crimea, Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy Azamat Zhamankulov said.

15:35 Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, will ban its export from April 28. President Joko Widodo said he wants to ensure food availability in his country after the war in Ukraine caused a record increase in global food inflation.

15:33 WHO warns that the healthcare system in eastern Ukraine is practically destroyed, the lives of thousands of people in Mariupol and other cities of Ukraine are at risk. UN health officials are asking for immediate access to Mariupol and other areas hardest hit by the fighting in eastern Ukraine.

15:31 The IAEA will provide Ukraine with all the necessary equipment for the safe operation of nuclear power plants. According to the organization, the first part has already entered the country, the rest will be brought during his visit next week by CEO Rafael Grossi.

The list sent by Ukraine recently covers a range of equipment for the country's various nuclear facilities, as well as radiation measuring instruments, shielding materials, computer assistance, power supply systems and diesel generators.

15:25 Avdievka Coke and Chemical Plant today came under heavy shelling, said the ex-director of the enterprise, People's Deputy Musa Magomedov. According to him, the fire was fired from Gradov, the shops were damaged, but there were no casualties.

He also clarified that the two girls, whom the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko spoke about earlier, died not in Ocheretino, but in Krasnogorovka.

15:19 Arestovich said in an interview with Meduza that Lukashenko is already holding separate negotiations with the West - this is evidenced by the data of both the Belarusian opposition and Western intelligence.

"But the Belarusian territory and the Belarusian military infrastructure - airfields, supply bases, the railway network - were completely used against us. Missiles were launched from there, aircraft flew, troops attacked. This, by definition, is military aggression. But we did not specifically raise this issue, because we "We understand Belarus itself and very clearly separate the Belarusian people and the Belarusian authorities. And we saw that the Belarusian people were against it. Now the Belarusian territory is used very little, practically not used," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office said.

15:11 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Erdogan on the eve of his talks with Putin. The Ukrainian president announced the need for the immediate evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, in particular from Azovstal, as well as the immediate exchange of blocked military.

The parties discussed the negotiation process, the coordination with Turkey and other countries of security guarantees for Ukraine, the defense capability of Ukraine, as well as the threat to global food security due to the blocking of shipping in the Black Sea.

15:08 Today it was possible to evacuate 16 residents of Popasna, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. They left on a bus that brought humanitarian aid in the morning. Gaidai said that there were more people who wanted to leave: "We sent cars for them, but shelling began."

14:31 In Ocheretino, Donetsk region, this morning, two girls of five and 14 years old were killed during shelling, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko. The shell hit the house on Mira Street, where this family lived.

14:07 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called "short-sighted" the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria that Ukraine should not be offered EU membership.

“Such statements also ignore the fact that the overwhelming majority of the population of the founding countries of the EU support Ukraine’s membership… To continue, under various pretexts, to postpone Ukraine’s membership in the EU or to look for an alternative to it, means to indulge Putin’s aggressive plans and slow down the strengthening of the European Union by including Ukraine’s capabilities,” - said the speaker of the Ukrainian department Oleg Nikolenko.

13:25 Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in an interview with The New York Times told how he tried to mediate in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. In early March, representatives of the Ukrainian authorities approached him with a corresponding proposal. On March 7, Schroeder met in Istanbul with a member of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, and then contacted the Russian Embassy and arranged a meeting with Putin on March 9. The next day, Schroeder also spoke with Medinsky and Abramovich.

"I can say that Putin is interested in ending the war. But it's not so easy. There are several points that need to be clarified," Schroeder said after the meeting with Putin.

The ex-chancellor is also convinced that a country like Russia cannot be isolated. According to him, the German industry needs Russian raw materials. Schroeder believes that "when this war is over, we will have to return to relations with Russia."

12:59 Residents of the occupied territories massively refuse hostile assistance and surprise Russians with self-organization. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a broad volunteer movement is being deployed in the occupied territories of the Kharkiv region.

Volunteers deliver food and medicine to the poor in the Veliko Burluksky District. To do this, they collect money on their own, refusing on principle the Russian "help".

In the Kupyansky district, where there is no water supply, volunteers organized the delivery of technical water for the elderly. The occupiers are surprised by the activity and self-organization of Ukrainians, according to them, "in Russia everything would be different, no one would volunteer."

12:04 The invaders threaten journalists of RIA-Melitopol with sending them to "correctional institutions of the FSB". According to the publication's employees, they receive such letters every day. The Russians are annoyed that the publication's policy could not be influenced even after the kidnapping of the journalist's father, Svetlana Zalizetskaya.

11:59 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik appealed to the coalition in the German parliament, posting a photo of a girl killed in Odessa: "While you hesitated for eight weeks with modern German weapons for Ukraine, Russia is allowed to kill new Ukrainian women and children every day. Like this young mother and child yesterday in Odessa under rocket fire. Oh, you don't want a nuclear war. Okay."

11:56 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss: "We are entering the third month of Putin's illegal war with Ukraine. Russia has committed horrific atrocities, including attacks on innocent civilians and children in Odessa and the siege of Mariupol. We will not rest until Putin loses, but Ukraine will not win."

11:52 Scholz decided to strengthen the armed forces of Germany. So, the Bundeswehr will receive CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Boeing as its new heavy vehicle, writes Bild. The Ministry of Defense intends to purchase 60 vehicles for about 5 billion euros. They will be delivered no earlier than 2025/26. These aircraft will replace the CH-53G Sikorsky helicopters, which are about 50 years old and in need of repair.

11:48 Podolyak said that right now Russia is attacking the Mariupol Azovstal without stopping, despite Putin's alleged order "not to storm." In this regard, he suggests that Moscow "think about the remnants of its reputation", for which "three Mariupol steps" are needed:
  • proclaim a real Easter truce over Mariupol,

  • immediately give a gum corridor for civilians,

  • agree to a "special round of negotiations" so that you can pick up / exchange the military.

11:43 The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry denied the information about the kidnapping of its consul in Melitopol, BGNEWS news agency reports. According to the Foreign Ministry, Consul Sergei Zhelev is now in his house in complete safety.

11:36 The Red Cross called the situation in Mariupol critical and demands that she be given access to the city.

11:20 Switzerland blocked Germany from re-exporting its ammunition to Ukraine for the Marder infantry fighting vehicle, writes Sonntags Zeitung. According to the publication, Switzerland received two requests from Germany on this issue and both of them answered in the negative. In addition, Switzerland in March rejected Poland's request for arms supplies to Ukraine.

10:53 Suspicion was declared against the downed Russian pilot Krasnoyartsev, the Prosecutor General's Office said. He carried out bombardments on the territory of Ukraine, including civilian objects in Chernihiv, with UFZAB-500, UFAB 250-270, FAB-50 bombs, and also shot dead a Ukrainian civilian. He is accused of violating the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder. The pilot faces life imprisonment.

10:46 The National Guard of the US state of West Virginia will send M-113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. According to the state Ministry of Justice, the equipment will be sent at the request of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. The exact number was not disclosed.

10:13 Bulgaria refused to supply weapons to Ukraine. According to The Sofia Globe, the reason is that the ruling four-party coalition in Bulgaria has not yet reached an agreement on this issue.

10:10 Arestovich said that nothing threatens the Crimean bridge now: Ukrainian aviation and artillery will not reach it, besides, the bridge is covered by at least two anti-aircraft missile brigades, several ships of the fleet and a permanent detachment of forces in the air.

10:09 UN Secretary General António Guterres will visit Ankara before his trips to Moscow and Kiev (April 26 and 28, respectively). On Monday, April 25, he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

10:06 British intelligence in its new report notes that despite the fact that Russia has made some territorial gains, Ukrainian resistance has been strong across the board and has inflicted significant damage on Russian forces. And low Russian morale and limited time to rebuild, re-equip and reorganize forces after previous offensives are likely to reduce Russia's combat effectiveness.

09:40 Not only the fate of the French, but of the whole of Europe depends on who wins the second round of the presidential elections in France. What are Macron's chances and why is Le Pen a threat to the EU? Read more about this in the material Second round of elections in France .

09:22 In Mariupol, Valery Kirsanov died from shelling by the Russian army - it was he who in 2015 directed Russian Grads to the Vostochny microdistrict. Then he managed to avoid punishment thanks to the "Savchenko law", according to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko.

09:17 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 24:
  • personnel - about 21,800 people liquidated,

  • tanks - 873,

  • armored combat vehicles - 2238,

  • artillery systems - 408,

  • MLRS - 147,

  • air defense systems - 69,

  • aircraft - 179,

  • helicopters - 154,

  • automotive technology - 1557,

  • ships/boats - 8,

  • tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 191,

  • special equipment - 28,

  • launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.

09:13 British intelligence reports that the Russian Federation plans to call up Ukrainian civilians from the occupied territories for military service, which is a violation of the Geneva Convention. Russia resorted to similar practices in the occupied territories of Donbass and in Crimea.

According to Art. 51 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, "the occupying State may not compel protected persons to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces", and "any pressure or propaganda aimed at securing voluntary entry into service is not permitted."

09:11 An investigation into Russian war crimes in Ukraine has begun in Germany, and Ukrainian migrants are invited to participate and become witnesses. The prosecutor general at the German Supreme Court, Peter Frank, will collect evidence, said Justice Minister Marco Buschman. According to him, experts are collecting testimonies, photo and video materials.

09:09 Provocations near the churches were avoided this night, Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said. More than 13,000 police officers worked across the country on Easter night, he said.

09:07 Russian diplomats expelled from Poland not only engaged in espionage, but also purposefully intimidated and blackmailed Ukrainian migrants after the start of the war, Lukasz Jasina, spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry, told Newsy.

09:05 As a result of Russian shelling of the Luhansk region, at least eight people were killed, two were injured, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russians fired 12 times at peaceful houses of the residents of the Luhansk region on April 23. In particular, Mining, Zolote, Lisichansk, Severodonetsk suffered.

08:51 According to OK Pivden, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the manpower and equipment of the occupiers in the Kiselevka area of ​​​​the Kherson region, after which they retreated towards Chernobaevka. The total losses of the invaders amounted to 74 people and two tanks, MLRS, six units of armored and engineering equipment, four reconnaissance UAVs.

08:34 At night, the Russian invaders fired at the Pavlogradsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, one rocket hit the railway infrastructure, killing a 48-year-old man. Two more rockets hit an industrial enterprise, there were no casualties.

08:28 There are about 20 enemy ships and submarines equipped with cruise missiles in the Black Sea Operational Zone. As Vladislav Nazarov, spokesman for the Pivden operational command, said, among them there are submarines equipped with Caliber-type cruise missiles.

08:04 Ukraine should not be offered EU membership, said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. He argued this position by the fact that the countries of the Western Balkans went a much longer way to candidacy for EU membership.

Schallenberg believes that Ukraine, in principle, should not become a member of the EU, even in the future. According to the minister, there should be other models instead of Ukraine's accession to the EU. He called for "greater flexibility" in the search for mechanisms for rapprochement between Ukraine and the EU.

07:41 Russia is accumulating a group of troops, transferring and concentrating additional units in the Belgorod region in the direction of the Kharkov region, according to the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . Thus, according to available data, OTRK Iskander-M launchers are deployed 60 kilometers from the state border of Ukraine.

Russian troops stepped up offensive and assault operations in the Severodonetsk, Kurakhovsky and Popasnyansky directions. There are fights in the areas of the settlements of Zarechnoye, Rubizhnoye and Popasnaya. In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy built pontoon crossings across the Red River. In the Avdeevka direction, it is building up an air defense system.

In Mariupol, the invaders continue to fire on Ukrainian units in the Azovstal area. Air strikes are carried out, including from long-range aircraft.

07:05 In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian military liberated eight settlements, OK Pivden reported.

03:17 The Russians captured several members of the OSCE SMM in Donetsk and Luhansk, the Organization is seeking their release, writes Reuters.

02:12 The EU plans to resume trade negotiations with India in order to limit trade ties with Russia, writes Bloomberg.

01:17 Ukrainian defenders at 22:00 shot down two more Russian cruise missiles, which were launched towards the port of Yuzhny in the Odessa region. Prior to this, the Russians "announced" supposedly Ukrainian "provocations" in Yuzhny, Pivden air command reports. The missiles were fired from the Black Sea.

01:11 In Kiev, on Victory Square, two bronze images of orders with Lenin's profile have been dismantled, eyewitnesses report.

00:50 In Melitopol, the invaders kidnapped the honorary consul of Bulgaria, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. Nothing is known about the fate of the consul and the requirements.

00:14 On April 23, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and the Ground Forces hit three enemy aircraft (preliminarily Su-34, Su-35, Su-25), five cruise missiles, nine UAVs (presumably Orlan-10).

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From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary April 23rd (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:11 VFU subjected the Gorlovsky village of Molochnoye to shelling from the BM-21 Grad MLRS, as a result of which the village was de-energized. The inhabitants are in hiding. We find out the details.

21:33 Group "O" units continue to increase their combat potential. Another column of the RF Armed Forces has been spotted, which includes at least eight BMP-1AM "Basurmanin".

21:31 Destroyed positions of the mortar battery of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Cold Yar" in the Donetsk direction, the photos are published by the Ukrainians themselves.

21:30 The Chechen military captured a Ukrainian nationalist from Azovstal - the prisoner told the fighters where the main forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Azov are located.

21:29 As a result of a missile attack on Kremenchuk, Poltava region of Ukraine, a fire is observed. The 107th Reactive Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is based in this city, armed with Tochka-U tactical missile systems and 9K58 Smerch multiple launch rocket systems.

20:31 American, British, Australian C-17A and C-130 continue to transfer thousands of tons of weapons and ammunition to Polish Rzeszow, from where it will go to Ukraine.

19:32 Kyiv and Washington are discussing the use of frozen Russian assets for financial assistance to Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said.

19:31 The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on the shelling of a border checkpoint in the Kursk region, the press service of the Investigative Committee reported.

19:31 Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal called the process of discussing security guarantees for Kyiv with Western countries “not so simple”.

18:09 The head of the Belgorod region reported that a projectile had arrived in the village from Ukraine. The head of the administration of the Belgorod district of the Belgorod region, Vladimir Pertsev, said that no one was injured when a shell came from Ukraine to the village of Otradnoye, located near the border.

“Dear residents of the Belgorod region! I inform you about the incident in the village of Otradnoye. Unfortunately, indeed, there was a projectile arrival from Ukraine, but not a cemetery, as some media write, but in a field. It was one projectile, not six, as it is presented in unreliable sources,” Pertsev wrote in his Telegram channel.

17:22 Deliveries of weapons for the Kyiv regime are gaining momentum. The Italian authorities announced plans to transfer to Kyiv a batch of PzH 2000 and M109 self-propelled artillery mounts from their reserves.

On the eve of the transfer of a batch of self-propelled artillery mounts, the countries of the European Union, the United States, Canada and Great Britain reported.

16:08 A powerful blow was dealt to the base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in abandoned children's camps near Kramatorsk. A rocket or bomb hit a target near Druzhkovka, residents write that the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the National Guard have been stationed there for a long time.

15:20 Russian "Hurricanes" are aiming at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Liman direction.

14:13 The Ukrainian military fired at Tochka-U missiles at the village of Novaya Basan in the Chernihiv region. At the same time, the Ukrainian media publish footage from the scene and give it away because of the consequences of the shelling of our military, demonstrating fragments of a rocket that the Russian army has long since decommissioned.

13:02 Rocket troops and artillery hit 423 targets in Ukraine overnight.

13:01 Since the beginning of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 551 UAVs and 2,496 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:59 The RF Armed Forces destroyed four strongholds and concentrations of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and weapons depots.

12:58 Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 26 military facilities of Ukraine, up to 150 nationalists were destroyed.

12:56 High-precision ground-based missiles in the Pavlograd region destroyed the workshops of an enterprise for the production of explosives for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:21 Bulgaria refused to supply weapons to Ukraine - Bloomberg.

11:19 A wounded officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was left to die, but the Russian military saved his life.

“Thank you very much doctors. To be honest, I was sure that they would mock me, beat me. Unexpectedly good attitude from the medical staff.”

10:21 More than 10,500 residents of Donbass crossed the Russian border in the Rostov region in a day. In total, 951,329 people have been evacuated to Russia since the beginning of the special military operation.

10:21 The Russian military delivered more than 160 tons of humanitarian aid to the Kharkiv region.

08:30 The Russian military carried out humanitarian demining of private houses in the Kherson region.

08:29 An Easter procession was held in Kherson.

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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: April 24th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NrwsFrontInfo] 22:45 The DPR JCCC reports that shelling from the AFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Dzerzhinsk (mine "Yuzhnaya") - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of the mine named after Gagarin): 4 mines with a caliber of 82 mm were fired;
n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of mine named after Gagarin): heavy machine guns were used;
n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement Molochnoye): 15 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

22:36 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wounding of 8 civilians as a result of shelling of the previously liberated territories of the Republic by the AFU:

n.p. Mariupol: - men: born in 1957, 1967, 1989; - women: born in 1945, 1986, 1958, 1968.
n.p. Volodarskoye: - male born in 1967.

21:21 The mayor of Mariupol said that there were no hostilities in the city.

21:19 N.p. Novotoshkovskoye was liberated by the allied forces of the RF Armed Forces and the NM of the LPR.

20:19 One DPR soldier was killed and 14 more were injured in battles with Ukrainian units over the past day, said Eduard Basurin, deputy head of the DPR People's Militia Department.

20:18 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC: Ukrainian troops fired from "Gradov" Yasinovataya in the DPR.

19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian Nazis have fired 197 shells in the DPR with a caliber of 152mm, 122mm, 120mm and 82 mm. Eight settlements were under fire, in which 12 residential buildings, four infrastructure facilities and seven cars were damaged. Three civilians were injured.

19:00 Today, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR destroyed 26 Ukrainian militants, one firing position of a 122mm D-30 howitzer and two infantry fighting vehicles. One armored personnel carrier, one ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun and one cargo vehicle were captured.

18:01 Kyiv militants fired at the village of Lugansk in the DPR. They fired five 122mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

17:04 The People's Militia of the DPR evacuated 149 people from Mariupol.

16:01 Ukrainian Nazis shelled Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired several mines at the local school grounds. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

15:23 Kyiv militants fired on Panteleymonvka in the DPR, firing five shells of 122mm caliber at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

15:13 Ukrainian punishers fired at the city of Pervomaisk in the LPR. They fired ten 122mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

15:13 Kyiv militants shelled Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired 16 120mm rounds and ten 122mm rounds at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

14:09 Kyiv punishers fired at the village of Zolote-5 in the LPR, fired four mines with a caliber of 120mm at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

13:48 Kyiv militants fired five rockets from the Grad MLRS at Yasinovataya in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

13:45 A peaceful resident of Gorlovka in the DPR suffered under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis.

13:45 Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka, firing four 120mm mines at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

13:45 The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Mineralnoe in the DPR in half an hour. They fired ten rockets from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

12:40 Ukrainian punishers fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. They fired four 122mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

12:06 A peaceful resident of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk suffered under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis.

12:06 A civilian in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk suffered under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis.

12:06 Kyiv militants fired at Donetsk and Yasinovataya, firing six 122mm shells and ten rockets from the Grad MLRS.

10:47 Ukrainian troops in battles with the DPR military lost 53 people in a day - People's militia of the republic.

10:44 Ukrainian troops have lost 16 personnel in the LPR over the past day, the Republic's People's Militia reports.

10:41 More than 2,200 facts of firing by Ukrainian troops were recorded in the DPR in 67 days of escalation, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports.

10:40 Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka, fired five shells of 122mm caliber, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reports.

10:39 Ukrainian troops shelled Zheleznaya Balka and Staromikhaylovka in half an hour, fired eight mines with a caliber of 120mm and four mines with a caliber of 82mm, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reports.

09:00 Kyiv militants shelled Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired three 122mm shells at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

08:25 In the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Mariupol, despite everything experienced in recent months and the fact that there are still militants of the Azov National Battalion at Azovstal, they celebrated Easter.

08:24 Ukrainian Nazis opened fire on Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired ten 120mm mines at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

08:23 Over the past day, Kyiv punishers opened fire three times on the territory of the LPR. The settlements of Pervomaisk and Zolote-5 came under fire. They used 122 mm artillery, Grad MLRS and 120mm.

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Down Under
Chilling Anzac Day warning Australia must 'prepare for war' as Defence Minister Peter Dutton pledges the nation will 'not cower' to China and Russia
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Russia is at war and China is pursuing a more assertive foreign policy under Xi

  • Defence Minister Peter Dutton said Australia must now 'prepare for war'

  • He said that was on the only way to 'preserve peace' in Australia's region
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#2  Call me when all the COVID gulag stuff is scrapped and the people who put it in place are jailed for life.
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Australia, NZ show support for Ukraine at ANZAC Day commemorations
SYDNEY, April 25 (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Monday to honour military personnel on Anzac Day, after the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled or limited public gatherings and commemorations in the past two years.

Anzac Day originally commemorated a bloody battle on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey during World War One. On April 25, 1915, thousands of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) were among a larger Allied force that landed on the narrow beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula, in an ill-fated campaign that would claim more than 130,000 lives.

Today, Anzac Day honours all Australian and New Zealand troops from all conflicts.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who faces an election next month, attended the dawn service in the Northern Territory city of Darwin, where be paid tribute to the people of Ukraine who are fighting a Russian invasion.

"On this particular day, as we honour those who fought for our liberty and freedom, we stand with the people of Ukraine who do the same thing at this very moment," Morrison said.

Across the Tasman sea New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Russia's invasion of Ukraine shows peace cannot be taken for granted.

"In New Zealand we may feel a great distance from this conflict, but we are all inextricably linked to what it represents," Ardern said in her Anzac Day address in Auckland.

The Ukraine flag was flown during an Anzac Day dawn service at Auckland Museum.

Crowds gathered at dawn services across Australia and New Zealand on Monday without any pandemic restrictions.

"The last few years have been really hard with COVID-19," navy veteran Ray James, said at the dawn service in Sydney's Martin Place Cenotaph, ABC News reported.

"I'm really delighted to see the enormous crowds that have shown up today."
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/25/2022 02:47 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Celebrate this by rounding up people for camps, or can I just go down and shoot some homeless puppies?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/25/2022 10:47 Comments || Top||


Economy
Farms face long-term challenges as production costs continue to skyrocket, fifth-generation farmer says
[FoxNews] Rising input costs puts U.S. farmers at risk of long-term issues

Rising costs of fertilizer, fuel and equipment could cause long-lasting problems for the agricultural industry, a fifth-generation farming facing the skyrocketing prices told Fox News.

"It’s going to be a very expensive year for farmers," Chris Pollack, co-owner of Pollack Vu-Dairy, said "We are going to the field with very expensive tools in our toolbox."

"Fertilizer right now is double what it was a year ago. Fuel is over double what it was," Pollack continued. "Some chemicals are dramatically increased as much as three to four times."

The cost of fertilizer alone has risen more than 300% in some areas, according to the American Farm Bureau.

Pollack's dairy farm typically spends around $70,000 on fertilizer per year, the farmer told Fox News. But he said that will likely more than double to around $145,000 this year.

"If we do not have an adequate supply distribution network and affordable fertilizer, it really does create some concern around long term yields," said Corey Rosenbusch, who heads the advocacy group The Fertilizer Institute.

The rise in price is due to a number of factors, including increased demand, supply chain disruptions, increase in energy costs, according to the American Farm Bureau. Even the war in Ukraine plays a role.

"Natural gas makes up anywhere from 70 to 90% of the production cost of nitrogen," a necessary component for most fertilizers that farmers use, Rosenbusch said.

Russia, which faces strict sanctions for its invasion in Ukraine, was the largest natural gas exporter in 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration. It and Belarus together export about 20% of the world's fertilizer.

Pollack pointed to one tractor and said it would "go through 800 to a thousand gallons of diesel in this year alone."

"We’re going to use it either way, but it just makes it that much more expensive to operate," the farmer, whose family has managed Pollack Vu-Dairy since 1901, added.

Diesel costs have risen to an average of $5.065 a gallon as of Thursday night, up nearly $2 from a year ago, according to AAA.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 08:09 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Many farmers I've talked to are stopping. Too many negatives to overcome. So you start your day and think how much will I lose today. Many small farmers have had husband and wife working full time jobs just to keep the farm going.
Posted by: Dale || 04/25/2022 14:41 Comments || Top||

#2  Many small farmers have had husband and wife working full time jobs just to keep the farm going.

Not a new thing, Dale. Way back in the 1980s when I was involved in new-ing and improving toothpaste, half the staff of the company’s Iowa City factory gave up the idea of sleep during planting and harvesting seasons.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/25/2022 23:24 Comments || Top||


Europe
Paris police shoot two dead and injure woman as car refuses to stop at checkpoint and speeds towards officers amid Macron re-election protests
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The vehicle was driving against traffic on the Pont Neuf in Paris on Sunday night

  • A security perimeter has been set up at the scene in the heart of the capital

  • It comes hours after Emmanuel Macron was re-elected
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 07:02 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  At the very very very end.

It is not known if the incident involving the car was related to the earlier protests.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/25/2022 11:24 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Army To Test Its Biggest Interactive Drone Swarm Ever Over Utah
[THEDRIVE]
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 08:02 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Chinese navy launches hypersonic anti-ship missiles in public display
[Jpost]
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 07:17 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Putin brags his new nuke is UNSTOPPABLE: Russian warmonger boasts his 'Satan II' nuclear missile 'can break through ALL modern defences'... and will be aimed and ready to strike Britain 'by AUTUMN'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  The U.S. and UK are still tied by NATO. MAD in play.
Posted by: P2kontheroad || 04/25/2022 6:01 Comments || Top||


#3  ...Don't sweat it.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/25/2022 7:17 Comments || Top||

#4  Riiiiight....

Considering the Satan II is already behind schedule, they can't bring it up to full production runs due to tech embargo, and the Russians have a very long history of over promising and under producing.

I ain't to worried about it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/25/2022 7:58 Comments || Top||

#5 
Close only counts in Horseshoes, Grenades, Artillery and Atomic Bombs.

However, the initial resulting EMP might be a bigger issue.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/25/2022 8:21 Comments || Top||

#6 
BTW: The EMP idea is nothing new.

Food for thought
In May of 1999, during the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia, high-ranking members of the Russian Duma, meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation to discuss the Balkans conflict, raised the specter of a Russian EMP attack that would paralyze the United States.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/25/2022 8:25 Comments || Top||

#7  RU ships are unsinkable. RU missiles are 'UNSTOPPABLE."
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/25/2022 9:53 Comments || Top||

#8  The nukes that worry me are the ones Iran might be getting.
Posted by: Matt || 04/25/2022 10:46 Comments || Top||

#9  Iran is getting. Or at least steadily working toward, with or without the connivance of various Democrats in the White House.

Unless Israel, after all the longer distance efforts, goes firmly kinetic on all the “hidden” as well as known sites involved in the project.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/25/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||



Syria-Lebanon-Iran
At least 6 dead, 48 rescued after migrant boat capsizes off Tripoli (Leb)
Responding to this story from yesterday.
[An Nahar] At least six people died, including a little girl, and almost 50 others were rescued after an overloaded migrant boat capsized off north Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...
during a chase by naval forces, Lebanese officials said.

The boat carrying nearly 60 people capsized on Saturday night near the port city of Tripoli
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Posted by: Fred || 04/25/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists



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