[KhaamaPress] The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
...reconstituting the Soviet Union but without Communist soviets...
is consistently engaging with the Taliban ...Arabic for students... authorities to improve regional security in response to mounting concerns over turban forces in Afghanistan.
Yuri, Shuvalov, the representative of the CSTO Secretariat, said that member countries are engaging in talks with the Taliban, hoping for a positive result, quoted by Sputnik News Agency.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... the representative emphasized the importance of maintaining political and military-technical readiness to counter any possible threats from Afghanistan.
"CSTO is closely monitoring the southern borders of Tajikistan to detect any potential threats posed by various turban groups known to be operating from Afghanistan," he added.
Simultaneously, Secretary General of CSTO Imangali Tasmagambetov also expressed his concerns on Friday over the increasing risk that terrorist groups from Afghanistan will infiltrate the member countries’ territories.
"There is an increasing risk that terrorist groups and turban ideas will infiltrate the territories of our CSTO allies. Complex threats coming from Afghanistan are of particular concern," he said.
In addition, Russia’s updated Foreign Policy concept emphasized the significance of comprehensive settlement, a peaceful and neutral state with a stable economy and an inclusive political system for a peaceful Eurasia.
"Comprehensive settlement in Afghanistan, assistance in building it as a sovereign, peaceful and neutral state with a stable economy and political system, which meets the interests of all the ethnic groups living there and opens up prospects for integrating Afghanistan into the Eurasian space for cooperation," the documents stressed the requirement of a peaceful and stable Eurasia.
The recent remarks by the various Moscow and CSTO officials indicated their concerns over the current security and political situation in Afghanistan.
However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... the de facto government denied any threats emanating from Afghanistan to the neighbouring states. It reiterated that it would not allow any groups to use Afghanistan soil against the neighbouring countries.
#2
If I was the Ukrainian Security Service, I would be running around whacking people left and right. You know Putin will take the blame for it.
After a bit of research (aka clicking web links), reliable sources like CNN (stop it!) say the guy supported the war in Ukraine. The above paragraph still stands. I predict we will see a story in tomorrow's Daily Mail about how Tatarsky got on Putin's bad side.
#3
It might be the USS, but I always ask, "What will they gain that benefits them in this war?"
And honestly the answer I produce is "not much". Putin on the other side has a very popular pro-Russian vloger that gets whacked in St. Petersburg of all places when war support is flagging. A good death to beat the war drum and rally around.
Either way, the Russians will make the most of this.
#5
whacked in St. Petersburg of all places when war support is flagging
Contrary to the Daily Mail, I'm not sure war support is flagging. Certainly we are seeing dissent. But that not surprising in a large country. The surprising part is that we hear about it openly on youtube and the media, instead of smuggled underground samizdat publications. It is one sign that Russia is not the Soviet Union (ptui!)
The impression I get is that Russians see this as an existential war with the West/NATO and see Putin as standing up for them. Notice we don't hear much talk lately about regime change from western sources.
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[Korrespondent] 21:48 The Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kiev sent the former rector of the Lavra Pavel under house arrest for 60 days.
21:25 Russians from artillery attacked the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region, said the head of the RGA Vladimir Litvinov. In Berislav, residential buildings were damaged, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged, which left several settlements without electricity. One person was injured. The enemy also hit Tyaginka, one person was injured.
20:47 Ukraine is actively preparing for next winter and is working to protect energy facilities, said Volodymyr Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of NPC Ukrenergo. According to him, in order for the country to prepare for the next winter and possible terrorist attacks, four key components are needed: the physical protection of energy facilities, the restoration of generation, equipment and finance for this.
"Our plan is to have time for the next heating season to significantly strengthen the protection of our facilities, that is, engineering fortifications, and make our substations more resistant to shock. In addition to the physical protection of facilities, it is also the restoration of generation - hydro and thermal power plants, the preparation of thermal power plants by winter. It is also important to contract and bring to Ukraine a sufficient amount of equipment for repairs," Kudrytsky said.
20:22 Zelensky, in an evening video message, called "obviously absurd and destructive" the news that Russia began chairing the UN Security Council today: "Yesterday, the Russian army killed another Ukrainian child - a five-month-old boy from Avdiivka... One of the hundreds of artillery shelling, which a terrorist state commits on a daily basis. And at the same time, Russia chairs the UN Security Council. It is difficult to imagine something that further proves the complete bankruptcy of such institutions... There is no form of terror that has not yet been committed by Russia. And there will not be such a reason that will stop the reform of global institutions, in particular the UN Security Council."
18:26 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. During these days, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed more than 50 enemy attacks. The most fierce battles remain for the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Marinka, the General Staff said in an evening report.
In the Zaporozhye region, the occupiers continue the forced passportization of the population. In particular, in Tokmak, at checkpoints, Russians do not allow Ukrainian citizens who have not received Russian passports to pass through. In turn, FSB representatives during house searches threaten local residents with job loss and problems with employment without a Russian passport.
16:02 The Russians fired artillery at Kherson, hit a private house, one person died. They also fired on the village of Kazatskoye, hit a private house, there is a wounded man, the President's Office reported.
15:43 Zelensky said that he had an hour-long conversation with Macron: "We substantively and effectively discussed the defense cooperation between Ukraine and France. He informed in detail about the situation at the front. We stopped at further steps to implement the peace formula. We coordinated actions in the context of upcoming international events."
15:18 Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions against 273 individuals and 380 legal entities. The list, in particular, includes ex-president of Motor Sich Vyacheslav Boguslaev and a number of Russians.
14:36 Reznikov said that he met in Kiev with the Minister of Defense of Slovakia Yaroslav Nagy, thanked for military assistance, including for the transfer of MiG-29 aircraft and the provision of an air defense system for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:57 The Russians fired on the village of Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region, one person died, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
12:49 The SBU stated that it had collected a reasonable evidence base regarding the involvement of the former rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Pavel (Peter Lebid) in inciting religious hatred, justifying and denying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The SBU also published the conversations of Metropolitan Pavel .
12:14 The Ukrainian army will buy 100 Rosomak armored personnel carriers from Poland at the expense of the EU and the USA, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
11:23 The countries of the Bucharest Nine, following a meeting of foreign ministers in Lodz, Poland, called on the United States to expand its military presence on NATO's eastern flank. The association includes Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. "If we have strong defenses, we will be able to contain Russia's destabilizing and assertive behavior. This is the only language that Russia understands," said Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu.
10:49 NATO countries are planning to send two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks and four battalions of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, while no more announced deliveries are planned, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. He explained this by the limited resources of both Germany itself and the allies. "There are reserves that cannot be spent," the minister explained.
09:52 The Russians are trying to move into the central part of Bakhmut and in some areas have minor, variable successes, but they cannot capture the city. Fierce fighting continues around and in the city itself, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. The enemy is also conducting offensive operations in the Avdiivka area in order to cordon off the city and block supply routes. In addition, fighting continues in Belogorovka and Marinka.
09:28 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Avdiivka), three more were injured. In the Kherson region, three people were killed, two were injured. Among the dead are two electricians who were blown up by an enemy mine during restoration work, according to the IVA.
09:21 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the new concept of Russian foreign policy, which Putin approved on March 31, is aimed at creating an anti-Western coalition, but the decline in economic power and military losses in Ukraine are a bad incentive to show serious interest in the proposal Moscow. According to ISW, Putin suggested that Xi Jinping create an anti-Western bloc, but the Chinese leader rejected this initiative because he did not want to draw China into the Kremlin's geopolitical conflict with the West.
09:10 In Andreevka, Volnovakhsky district, Donetsk region, an explosion occurred at night at an enemy ammunition depot, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. Eyewitnesses spoke of a prolonged detonation.
08:44 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 1.
personnel - about 173,990 (+630) people liquidated,
tanks - 3616 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 6981 (+4),
artillery systems - 2683 (+8),
MLRS - 527 (+1),
air defense systems - 279 (+1),
aircraft - 306 (+0),
helicopters - 291 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2248 (+0),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5528 (+7),
special equipment - 296 (+2).
08:35 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled 70 enemy attacks in the indicated directions. The most intense fighting continues for Belogorovka, Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Marinka, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:23 The United States is not yet ready to supply Ukraine with ATACMS long-range missiles, but is considering other options, Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview with Defense One. “From a military point of view, we have relatively few ATACMS, and we need to make sure that we also have our own stockpiles of ammunition,” he explained and added that there is also a political decision not to transfer ATACMS to the Ukrainians.
"As for the range of the weapon - I think there is some exaggeration of what ATACMS can do and what not ... The range of ATACMS is greater, but there are other systems that can provide the same range," the general noted.
Milley also sees a Ukrainian victory this year as unlikely: “I don’t think it will be done in the near term this year… Zelensky has publicly stated many times that Ukraine’s goal is to expel all Russians from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories. And this is an important military task "It's a very, very difficult military task because there are several hundred thousand Russians in Ukraine. I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying it's a very difficult task."
00:54 The European Union calls on the Belarusian authorities to refuse to deploy Russian nuclear weapons on its territory, EU Permanent Representative Olaf Skog said during a meeting of the UN Security Council: “Belarus can still decide to refuse to deploy Russian nuclear weapons. Therefore, we call on the Belarusian authorities to immediately stop support for Russia's war against Ukraine and change its mind, which will only exacerbate tensions in the region."
00:26 The units of the Offensive Guard are almost formed and ready for battle, however, against the backdrop of a large number of people wishing to join the ranks of the Interior Ministry units, it was decided to extend the recruitment, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said. He specified that reserves would be formed from the additionally recruited people.
"Eight brigades have been formed, and today we are ready as part of the Defense Forces for active offensive measures on the territory of our state. And, of course, in parallel we are ready to carry out stabilization measures on this territory," Klymenko said. He noted that "several tens of thousands" of people from all regions of Ukraine expressed their desire to join the Offensive Guard.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:54 Video- VOG-17 VS VEHICLE OF THE APU Kherson direction Again, an error in the unsuccessful disguise of the car. Punished instantly and mercilessly by our air patrol. 21:48 Colors near Kupyansk: Tanks of the Western Military District destroy the positions of the 14th and 92nd brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Tankers in the Kupyansk direction from closed positions continue to smash the enemy. Reconnaissance with the help of quadrocopters directs and corrects fire on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As you can see in the footage, not everyone was able to escape from under the fire.
21:20 Archival Video"BOBROV" Our work on the disposal of Ukrainians.
20:35 Video “Our fighters warmed up the enemy’s equipment a bit. The calculation of the ATGM from the Novosibirsk detachment of special forces of the Russian Federation destroys the BMP of the nationalists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
19:55 Russian soldiers shot down a helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Verba MANPADS at a distance of 5 km -video
The guys ambushed the military transport Mi-8 of the enemy, sitting in the ruins of the industrial zone.
"Air defense systems in the areas of N. p. Temirovka, Zaporozhye region and Dvurechnaya, Kharkiv region, two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down," the Russian Defense Ministry reported earlier.
The shot was fired by a fighter with the call sign "Zarya", the guys from PTSD said.
Also on February 22, a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, flying to attack Novaya Kakhovka, was shot down from the Verba MANPADS.
19:43 Artillerymen of the 1st Tank Army covered the warehouse of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and thereby brought warmth and light -video
18:30 In the Zaporozhye direction, fpv drones are used not only as a weapon to destroy personnel, but also as a means of distributing leaflets calling for laying down weapons and saving one's life -video
18:21 A possessed Nazi at the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra screams and trembles with hatred for the Orthodox
On a young degenerate, the flag of the Nazi group "Right Sector" -video.
17:24 "Rooks" fly in pairs: the combat work of the crews of the Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of a special military operation -video
Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
As a result of combat use, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
15:50 New Kakhovka prevented terrorist attack on the territory of the kindergarten
Today, at about 07:00 hrs, the caretaker of the Thumbelina kindergarten found an object that looked like explosives on the steps at the entrance.
The watchman was right. Specialists who arrived at the scene found that the unknown object was an improvised explosive device with a capacity of 1.5 kg of TNT.
Fortunately, there were no people in the garden, but there was a busy street nearby and random passers-by could have been injured in the explosion.
Thanks to the vigilance of the watchman, terrible consequences were avoided - the IED was taken out and neutralized in time.
15:47 A 122mm Grad projectile fired from the Ukrainian-controlled side of the Dnieper River fell into the yard, injured and killed domestic animals, but did not detonate and posed a threat -video
In order to secure the site and not harm civilians and buildings, the police removed dangerous ammunition from the ground and carried it on their hands, and then destroyed it.
The incident took place in the city of Golaya Pristan near the Dnieper embankment.
15:43 Highlights new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Russian troops destroyed up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasnoliman direction during the day;
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 50 people;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 110 Ukrainian military and mercenaries, 122mm Grad MLRS, 152mm Akatsiya and 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers in the Donetsk direction in a day.
Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers and a 152mm D-20 howitzer in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
An ammunition depot of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Kharkiv region;
Russian air defense systems intercepted nine MLRS shells and destroyed five Ukrainian UAVs.
14:44 Helicopters of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation -video
14:42 Destroyed the famous terrorist "Mujahid" - Ukrainian militants write Islamist Lyashuk from Belarus was killed in battles in the Donbass.
If this is not an April Fool's thing, of course, by the terrorists.
The page of the action movie says: “Wait for official information”
13:37 Russian artillerymen at night destroyed in the area of the village of Stanislav near Kherson, a Ukrainian mobile counter-battery radar station manufactured in the United States and a car transporting it, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source familiar with the situation.
"Losses: three dead soldiers, two wounded," the source added.
Also, according to him, yesterday, in the area of the village of Zimovnik, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya howitzer with ammunition and a crew was destroyed.
At the same time, Russian gunners eliminated five military AFU.
12:44 Not far from Novodanilivka, Zaporizhia direction, another APU supporter was blown up -video
The hunt for nationalists is in full swing
12:06 Tankers of the Southern Military District continue to sort out the places of accommodation of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
12:05 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to pull the surviving brother-in-arms out of the rubble after a rocket attack on the building where they were hiding -video
11:59 Arrival of an ATGM right at the fleeing detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
11:57 In the Zaporozhye direction, engineering and sapper units of the RF Armed Forcesconductedcareful work on mining the area.
It remains only to wait and watch how the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will climb and take off when the Fuhrer ZeReich sends them to the slaughter. Express to Bandera is waiting for the Nazis.
Mining was carried out with the help of several units "Object-318" or GMZ-3 - caterpillar minelayers.
This combat vehicle of the engineering troops was put into service almost 40 years ago - in 1984. Designed for mechanized anti-tank mining during the battle. Mining is carried out on the ground surface without camouflage or in the ground with camouflage.
During mining, mines from a cassette (four mines TM-52, TM-57, TM-62, TM-62PZ and TM-89 with contact and proximity fuses are placed in the cassette) located in the middle part of the body are fed to the issuing mechanism and then on the trigger conveyor with a mechanism for transferring mines to a combat position. A plow device with reverse mouldboards allows deepening and masking mines.
GMZ-3 provides for the early installation of minefields in the expected tank-dangerous directions, as well as in the direct repulsion of attacks by tank and mechanized enemy units. A platoon of minelayers, consisting of three combat vehicles, within 30 minutes establishes a minefield that is practically impassable for armored vehicles along the front up to 2.5 - 3 kilometers.
The navigation equipment available at GMZ-3 provides not only the development of the course, but also the digital indexing of the installed mines, which makes it possible to fix the minefield on the topographic map.
After all, after the liberation of our native land from the Nazi abomination, we still have a lot of work to do to clear the South Russian lands and restore the national economy.
10:52 Near Artemovsk eliminated:
1. Fighter "Kraken", junior sergeant Vladimir Galaiko with the call sign "Beard".
2. Natsik 10th Guards Brigade Andrei Melnik.
Recall that on February 14, 2023, the formation was given the "honorary" name "Edelweiss" (by analogy with the 1st Mountain Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht).
10:51 During the NWO liquidated Georgian mercenary Mikhail Mazanashvili.
According to Georgian media, the militant was killed near Bakhmut
09:24 Sappers of the RF Armed Forces leave daily for humanitarian demining in the Zaporozhye region in connection with the start of agricultural work -video
08:52 Destruction of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region -video
Participants of those events told us the details and provided archival footage taken before the new year.
Earlier, they wrote on the Web that the footage was supposedly the result of the work of artillery, but this is not so.
How it was.
In fact, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine planned an attack on the positions of the Russian army in the Orlyanka area. Ours foresaw the enemy's plan, and the night before, the engineers of the Northern Fleet prepared a surprise - a mine barrier and something else interesting.
In the early morning, the militants lined up behind the BMP and went on the attack, eventually running into anti-tank mines. After the explosion, the armored car was torn apart, almost the entire assault group was killed by shrapnel, only one militant tried to escape, but he did not manage to hide far. It was also eliminated.
08:06 One more confirmation the need for a special military operation is clear. Reportedly, these are leaflets with the dates of the "exploits" of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, distributed in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
The brochures in an insulting way refer to Russians, Belarusians, Tatars, interestingly - Poles, and "heroic" dates - including Hitler's birthday, the day of burning people in the Odessa House of Trade Unions and the date of the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge.
The references to "pure blood" are one to one references to Nazi Germany.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 18 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made seven artillery attacks from 155mm and 152 mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky eight artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152 mm.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152 mm. Having fired 97 units of various ammunition.
The regions of five settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Central-city district, Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Petrovsky district), Yelenovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man, in Yakovlevka.
Damaged one house building in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Previously 34 shellings were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:56 Helicopters VKS in the sky over Donbass.
21:50 Report about the explosions in Kherson.
21:03 Video- Let's move forward! A serviceman from the Stavropol Territory has been participating in a special military operation from the very first days.
In his address to his countrymen, he expressed gratitude to everyone for their help and support and assured that none of the paratroopers would give up their positions and would not retreat a single step!
“The fighting spirit of everyone here is at the highest level,” the soldier says with confidence, “the mood is excellent! So victory will be ours! Let's move forward!"
20:46 Video— The Russian army is destroying enemy positions on the front near Kremennaya. Artillery of the 2nd Army Corps (LPR), corrected by the Orlan night UAV, inflicts fire damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine
20:21 Video- "Cornflowers" from paratroopers: servicemen of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit continue to destroy fortifications, equipment and manpower of Ukrainian troops from towed mortars
"Cornflowers" inflict fire damage on the enemy with tempo fire of four mines. One such mortar is capable of destroying the enemy in a section of terrain up to 600 meters.
Mortarmen use the "roaming gun" tactic, according to which the firing position constantly changes after firing. Thus, it is possible to avoid losses during return fire from the APU.
19:39 Captured M113 at the Wagners in the Bakhmut direction.
19:20 Video- The downing of the Ukrainian Mi-8 from the Verba MANPADS a few weeks ago. Distance - five kilometers
18:37 Trophies from the defeated Ukrainian military
17:41 Video- The destruction of the Ukrainian opornik in the area of Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region.
17:25 Video— How the GRU special forces repulsed the attack of the NATO armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporozhye front
- Scouts of the 22nd GRU Special Forces Brigade, together with fighters of the 291st regiment, on March 15 from the anti-tank systems destroyed enemy equipment, incl. tanks.
In total, the Armed Forces of Ukraine then lost up to 6 pieces of equipment, the militants were also destroyed, the survivors fled. Perhaps this is how the enemy suicidally probed our defenses with the help of reconnaissance in force.
It is reported that the ATGM crews of the special forces of the intelligence department of the General Staff, following the results of that battle, were presented for high awards.
17:00 Video- Minus the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of ATGMs.
16:30 Video- One of the Russian military awarded the "Gold Star", the commander of a motorized rifle company, said that the forces of the unit held the height taken for three days, and then, without losses, they were able to bypass the enemy from the flank and capture 10 Armed Forces of Ukraine
16:00 Video “Ukrainian prisoners are not only in normal conditions and safe, but also receive additional education as help, since Ukraine has had serious problems with this for a long time. In the footage you can see a creative lesson with Ukrainians on history.
15:40 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/01/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Tabaevka, Sinkovka of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, strikes by operational-tactical aviation, heavy flamethrower systems, and artillery fire from the "Center" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, up to a hundred Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, strikes by operational-tactical aviation and artillery, the enemy’s losses per day amounted to 110 Ukrainian military personnel and mercenaries, one armored personnel carrier, five armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, a combat vehicle 122mm MLRS "Grad", self-propelled howitzers 152mm "Acacia" and 122mm "Carnation", as well as howitzers 152mm "Msta-B" and 122mm D-30.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Vugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, Marfopol and Dorozhnyanka, Zaporizhzhia region.
Enemy losses in these areas amounted to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, a 152mm Akatsiaself-propelled howitzer, as well as one 152mm Giacint-B towed gun were destroyed in a day.
- Operational-tactical aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 86 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and equipment in 92 districts. In addition, an ammunition depot of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the Izbitskoye settlement in the Kharkiv region.
- Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Koptevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Also, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in the area of the settlement of Novovasilevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- Air defense systems intercepted nine rockets of the HIMARS and Smerch multiple launch rocket systems per day. In addition, five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Valeryanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole, Novoukrainskoye, Zaporizhzhya region and Krynki, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 405 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,630 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,497 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,077 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,478 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9,247 units of special military vehicles.
15:32 Video from the front. Russian soldiers storm the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
For a brave warrior with the call sign "Groom" snowfall is not a hindrance. After all, he has an experienced crew and a reliable Russian tank at hand. He confidently leads the attack aircraft to knock out the overstayed enemy. Competent leadership, synchronicity of actions and a sober assessment of the situation bring results. The assault detachment completed its task and destroyed the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, occupying a stronghold.
Nothing will stop these guys!
14:51 Video- Fighters of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps show their trophies - downed enemy UAVs.
14:30 Video- Work with the PDO (closed firing position) 291 Regiment crew "Novorossiysk".
13:52 Video— Our tankers are destroying another batch of the enemy.
13:28 I don't know how good this news is, but in any case, I think it's better than the T-55. It became known that in the second half of April, Black Eagle tanks will appear in the NVO zone.
The first prototype was first demonstrated in 1997 and was a modified undercarriage of the main T-80U tank with a new design turret installed on it.
The tank's previous armament, a 125mm cannon, has been replaced with a larger caliber 152mm gun. A 7.62 mm machine gun and a remote anti-aircraft gun with a 12.7 mm Kord machine gun are paired with the gun.
With a combat weight of 48 tons, the tank is equipped with a new gas turbine engine with a capacity of more than 1500 hp. Thus, the specific power of the tank exceeded 30 liters. s. / t and, as a result, the dynamic characteristics of the "Black Eagle"
significantly exceed the characteristics of third-generation Western tanks with a specific power of 20 - 25 liters. s./t.
12:46 Video— Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, during combat duty, the means of air defense of the group of forces "Center" discovered and destroyed reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- During the counter-battery fight, intelligence uncovered artillery units of Ukrainian nationalists. As a result of the fire defeat, the enemy suffered losses in personnel and equipment.
12:04 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 03/31/2023 to 00:00 04/01/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 34 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 25 shellings from the MLRS and artillery of 155mm and 152mm. On Gorlovsky nine artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm. Having fired 171 units of various ammunition.
The region of four settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in Aleksandrovka. Four housing constructions were damaged in Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
In the previous day, 11 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
11:40 Video— Luhansk People's Republic, Makeevka
The enemy began to transfer a column of motorized infantry on NATO vehicles of the MRAP class.
Soldiers of the 24th Separate Special Forces Brigade timely discovered the movement of the enemy, destroyed two armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The rest of the personnel of the ukroreikh fled, abandoning the combat mission.
11:20 Front-line summary for the morning of 04/01/2023 -photo.
- On the Donetsk front, after massive shelling, Russian troops attacked all three large fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in Maryinka, the city of Krasnogorovka and Avdeevka. To the west of the latter, they carried out offensive operations near Severny. And to the north - at Stepnoy.
The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to advance to Novobakhmutovka (the one to the north-west of the village of Krasnogorovka).
After a fire defeat, they also attacked in the Keramika area. In all sectors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they held their positions. Russian artillery shelled Kurakhovo, Ostrovsky, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Novoselovka First and Nevelskoy. The Ukrainian army attacked Donetsk.
PMC "Wagner", with the support of artillery and aviation, conducted assault operations in the southern and northern parts of Bakhmut. On the first of these sites, the "orchestrants" managed to push through the defenses of the Ukrainian garrison.
Also, after artillery strikes, they attacked at Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. They didn't have success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were shelling Minkovka, Rozdolovka, Seversk and Disputed.
- In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops attacked in the area of Ternov, Stelmakhovka and Berestovoe. Artillery hit the Wells, Zarechny, Nevsky, Novoselovsky, Starch, Kupyansk, Sinkovka, Masyutovka, Western, Dvurechnaya, Krasny First, Dvurechensky and Poplars.
11:08 Ukrainians over the past dayreleasedon the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, 93 shells from cannon artillery, of which 48 during the day. The following settlements were shelled:
During the night, the militants of the Kyiv regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Holaya Pristan, Kardashinka and Gornostaevka, firing a total of 45 shells from cannon artillery.
10:47 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy made three attempts to conduct reconnaissance in force of the advanced positions of the Vostok grouping. Motorized rifle units, supported by artillery, repulsed all attacks, killing up to 20 militants.
In the Zaporozhye direction, an enemy reconnaissance group was opened and destroyed, five nationalists were liquidated.
- As part of the counter-battery fight with the help of automatic sound-measuring systems, two enemy howitzers were discovered and destroyed by the crews of the 152mm Msta self-propelled guns in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Krinitsa and Preobrazhenka.
10:07 Fighter groups "O" riding on the armor go to congratulate the troops of 404 on the first of April.
09:28 Kyiv regime continues terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services
Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 48 shells from cannon artillery at the settlements: Pokrovskoye, Peschanovka, Kazachi Lagera, Golaya Pristan, Kardashinka, Alyoshki.
At night, the shelling did not stop - Ukrainians fired 45 shells from cannon artillery at Novaya Kakhovka and Kakhovka, Hola Pristan, Kardashinka and Gornostaevka.
09:19 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from March 31 to April 1, 2023
Russian troops worked on targets in Baranovka, Chernihiv region, as well as Katerynivka, Sosnovka, Starikovo, Volfino and Kondratovka in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, enemy positions were hit in the border Veterinary, Goptovka, Strelechya, Glubokoe and Budarki.
In the Starobelsk direction, Russian artillerymen attacked the concentrations of AFU manpower in Figolevka, Masyutovka, Sinkovka, Krakhmalny and Nevsky.
On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Bakhmut, Disputed, Vasyukovka, Novomarkovo, Grigorovka and Krasny (Ivanovsky).
In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces inflicted fire damage on the enemy in Stepovoe, Krasnogorovka and on the western outskirts of Maryinka.
Ukrainian formations once again shelled Donetsk, Gorlovka and Makeevka.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the concentrations of Ukrainian army manpower in Ugledar, Bolshaya Novoselka, Novomikhailovka and Novoselka.
In the Zaporozhye region, Russian troops hit targets in Gulyaypole, Orekhovo, Olhovsky, Malaya Tokmachka and Stepnogorsk.
On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against Ukrainian army facilities in Kherson and its environs.
08:53 Combat operation "Wolves" in the area of Svyatogorsk -video
The fighters of the reconnaissance detachment of the sabotage and reconnaissance brigade during the operation came under enemy fire. One of the guys was injured. Archival footage of the work of a special group of volunteers
08:18 Summary on the morning of April 1, 2023
In the center of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), with heavy fighting, the Wagner PMC is advancing.
Fighting is going on in the north of the Avdiivka direction, our units have managed to expand the zone of controlled territories.
From the Kupyansk direction they report on battles of local importance.
At the Kremennaya-Svatovo sector, they report the intensification of offensive operations of the Russian Armed Forces
In the Maryinsky direction, our units are fixed in their positions in the center of the settlement.
In the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the Glushkovsky and Korenevsky districts. The Glushkovsky district came under fire twice: Tetkino (without consequences) and Krasnooktyabrsky (out of two attacks on the village, one ended in a direct hit on a private garage).
The enemy fired 171 rounds of ammunition at the DPR. Under enemy fire Gorlovka, Donetsk, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka.
Lyashuk was one of several Very Bad Guys who formed part of the core of the Ukrainian privately funded Tornado armed group. Apparently they were so bad Ukrainian interior ministry troops were about to conduct military operations against them until they decided to surrender.
You can read about it here,here and here.
[REGNUM] Former member of the Ukrainian punitive formation "Tornado" Daniil Lyashuk, known as the Mujahideen, was destroyed in the Artyomovsk region.
This was announced by the head of the movement “We are with Russia” Vladimir Rogov on April 1 in his Telegram channel.
According to him, Lyashuk, a native of Belarus, is an odious Nazi and a former militant of the formation, whose members were tried for murder, torture, rape and pedophilia back in 2015, when Petro Poroshenko was the president of Ukraine.
Lyashuk was accused, among other things, of creating a criminal group, torture, and kidnapping. In 2017, he was sentenced to ten years in prison, but already in 2021 he was released as an “ATO veteran” by decree of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In mid-2022, the militant joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“This character was chosen for the front only for PR and photo shoots,” said Rogov.
As REGNUM reported , in March, the Russian military killed a militant from the Da Vinci Wolves unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Mironchikov in Artyomovsk . This formation was commanded by the previously liquidated Dmitry Kotsyubaylo, one of the leaders of the Right Sector (an organization whose activities are banned in Russia).
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[REGNUM] In the special operation zone in the second half of April, Russian Black Eagle tanks will appear, which, in terms of characteristics, are significantly superior to Western equipment, according to the SVO Tankers Telegram channel on April 1.
The first sample of the tank was presented in 1997. It was a modified undercarriage of the main T-80U tank with a new design turret mounted on it. Subsequently, the 125 mm gun was replaced by a 152 mm gun.
The tank with a combat weight of 48 tons is equipped with a gas turbine engine with a capacity of more than 1500 horsepower. The specific power of the "Black Eagle" exceeds 30 liters. s./t., and Western tanks of the third generation have only 20-25 hp. s./t.
As REGNUM reported , on April 1, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced a multiple increase in the production of precision-guided munitions by expanding production capacities and increasing labor productivity. We are talking about both conventional and high-precision types of weapons.
The Black Eagle project was formally cancelled in 2001 by Omsktransmash. Development of the Black Eagle was stopped due to financial problems, questions about the reliability of the design and most importantly, the terrible performance of the T-80 upon which it was modeled, in the first Chechen war. The T-80 performed so poorly that after the conflict General-Lieutenant A. Galkin, the head of the Armor Directorate, convinced the Minister of Defence to never again procure tanks with gas-turbine engines.[7] This included the Black Eagle, which was later cancelled in 2009.[1][8] Omsktransmash attempted to appeal the decision, but were unable to pursue the appeal after filing for bankruptcy in 2002.
Colonel Vladimir Voitov, head of research at the Main Directorate of the Armored Troops, denied the existence of the tank in an interview with the Echo Moskvy radio in September 2009. "There was no such project...and those 20-year-old pictures show a mock-up of a futuristic tank which remained just a product of someone's imagination," ... "the turret of the vehicle did not have anything inside."[9] In late 2011 it was announced that some technical solutions developed for the Black Eagle tank and Uralvagonzavods Object 195 (T-95) will be incorporated into the Armata Universal Combat Platform.[10]
#2
USSR tank production was at 4000 different types in a year. Today 1500 tanks is quite an achievement. Sending older units in is the plan it seems. Korean 1000 tanks considered much better than western offers. Perhaps a change of thought for the 'Black Eagle'. Well anyway close proximity and electronics plus air dominance all in Russia's favor.
#3
Seems Russia has alternatives to offer. T-90A and others. They always seem inventive with mechanical things of all types. Supply of spare parts seems main issue. Made in Russia a desirable production ability. The eagle was an experimental tank but lack of funding killed it. Dreams of a gas turbine engine(USSR days) still desired.
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[REGNUM] The White House did not understand in time what an important role Russia attaches to the events in Ukraine, and did not prevent hostilities. The corresponding author's article by columnist Stephen Walt
...professor of international affairs at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, co-author with John Mearsheimer of U.of Chicago a controversial study on the Israel lobby in the U.S., and one of President Obama’s favourite intellectuals ...
was published in the American magazine Foreign Policy.
The publication says that it will never be known whether the fighting could have been avoided if the US and its allies in Europe had taken Russia's security concerns more seriously and stopped stubbornly insisting that Ukraine would one day join NATO.
According to the observer, the failure of the United States to do everything possible to prevent conflict "deserves more critical consideration than has been done so far . "
In addition, Walt doubts the expediency of the participation of the US authorities in the Summit for Democracy, since such events do not give Washington the desired results.
As REGNUM reported , on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his message to the Federal Assembly, stated that the countries of the West are implanting the principles of totalitarianism around the world . Their goal is unlimited power over everyone, while Russia defends its home.
According to him, Western politicians turned a blind eye to the crimes committed by the Nazis in the Donbass and helped Kyiv with weapons. As a result of the wars unleashed by the United States after 2001, more than 900 thousand people died, more than 38 million became refugees, the Russian president recalled.
#4
The entire Russia/Ukraine war is for resources, including people. The birthrate in Russia is unsustainable. Russia needs more people, hence the transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia. There's also the significant resources, especially in the Donbas, plus the economic boost so much grain production would bring to Russia. Of course, Putin's desire to "recreate" the territory of the USSR also plays a part, and is a signal to the previous "Soviet Provinces" that they are next in his eyes - especially Poland and the Baltics. Ukraine isn't innocent in this, but stopping Putin there is essential in preventing a European-wide war of Russian aggression.
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#5
The birthrate in Russia is unsustainable.
So is Ukraine's. Russia has a known birthrate of 1.8. Ukraine's is 1.4. Part of both nation's issues is the brain drain and poverty. I suspect if Ukraine comes through this without being conquered, their population might boom. A good chunk of having kids is the hope for a better future. With all the money that will come in to rebuild, armaments and other industries the birthrate will have a nice little boost. Usually happens after a war.
#6
They should take it up with thair own people who redrew the map and gave Crimea to Ukriane.
No prophet I, but when I saw that on a map I thought "there will be blood here". Russia has repeatedly killed thousands over Crimea.
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I saw that on a map I thought "there will be blood here"
Yep. Lots of ethnics Russians. When Ukraine voted to gain independence from Russia, almost all the areas voted 85-95% for. Crimea voted 54% for independence. I thought, "Well there's Russia's first target for re-integration"
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Reports about the capture of the city center and city administration are still ahead of events. Assault groups of PMC "Wagner" slowly push through the enemy's defenses and go deep into the city center. Before the administration in the morning it was 200-250 meters.
The enemy puts up fierce resistance despite heavy losses. Also ahead of the events are reports of an exit to the southwestern entrance of the city and the ruins of a monument to pilots. The enemy is also fiercely defending in the southwestern quarters, there are no signs of the collapse of the defense here yet. There is a slow breaking of the defense.
Despite the worsening weather, the assault on city blocks continues. PMC "Wagner" controls more than 70% of the city. Fighting is taking place to the south of the monument to the pilots at the southwestern entrance to the city, in the central districts of the city and in the southern part of the AZOM industrial zone.
Good news from the central districts of Artemovsk can be expected in the next week.
To the northwest of the city, fighting continues near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Bogdanovka and Khromovo. These settlements are still held by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Deteriorating weather complicates the conduct of active operations. The road through Khromovo is still under the tight fire control of the Wagner PMC. The main movement of the enemy passes to the south.
Taking into account the cold snap, it became a little easier to use the primer and the fields for the enemy, but after the coming warming, everything will be carried there again.
At the same time, the threat of a counterattack from Chasov Yar and Rai-Aleksandrovka did not disappear in order to unblock the road through Khromovo or the highway to Slavyansk. It is no coincidence that Prigogine reminds of the need to watch the flanks. The RF Armed Forces have recently reinforced the flanks to the north and south of Artemovsk, in case of counterattacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
To the south-west of the city, fighting continued near Krasnoe, as well as to the west of Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka. There is no significant progress yet.
The road through Krasnoe is under our fire control. The enemy's counter-attacks failed to clear this road, although he managed to prevent the loss of Krasnoye, at least for the time being.
[ColonelCassad] The atmosphere in Bahmut is unlike anything else. Evaporation of the earth is mixed with powder gases, the smell of diesel fuel and bandages soaked in blood, and all this infernal bouquet beats right into the brain.
Sometimes it gets ill, but these are rather the consequences of sprinting throws that have to move in this inhospitable place.
But most of all I was struck by the acceptance of death that comes after five days of continuous being on the front lines. Death here envelops you from all sides and eventually forms a comfortable cocoon that protects your consciousness from overload. Corpses are everywhere. Here they pull out their two hundredth funeral team in their arms. But as soon as you turn the corner, three Ukrainians are already lying here, covered with a direct hit. Their corpses become a kind of landmarks.
More than once I heard phrases like: "You get to that pi ** ra without legs, and go away from him to the left, and there 300 meters and you will be with me." "P**ry is the international slang of the NWO. And we and they call each other that. Well, after that, how not to call everything that happens a civil war?
Stormtroopers operating in Bakhmut have long accepted the opportunity for themselves to back up in the next roll (assault). The death or injury of new friends is no longer taken to heart. This information is hidden in the depths of consciousness and just move on. Soaking in the atmosphere of Bakhmut, I realized that only in this state does a soldier turn into an attack aircraft. Other fighters are trying to survive, but here they want to win. These are completely different motivations, but this can only be understood at the forefront after several assaults. There is no fear and never will be. If you're scared, you're dead. So they say and think in Bakhmut, and this axiom works.
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[REGNUM] During the discussion of the resolution in the National Assembly, the deputies noted that such documents had already been adopted by the US and German parliaments. According to them, France should not be left behind. This demonstration of the position is intended to eliminate the reason for France's accusations that it is not zealous enough to show its consensus with Western countries on the protection of "civilizational values."
Last week, the lower house of the French Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the Holodomor and recognizing this phenomenon as genocide. It would seem that the importance of this issue in protest-ridden France should not be of paramount importance. However, upon closer examination, one can see that this topic fits well into the foreign policy agenda.
The ground for this decision was gradually prepared over several decades.
The development of the Holodomor concept was carried out by Ukrainian emigrant circles in Canada and the United States after the end of World War II. Especially often it began to rise in the 1980s. in connection with the 50th anniversary of the events associated with the famine in the USSR.
Then and now, Nicolas Werth was considered one of the most recognized Sovietologists in France. This name is also known in Russia. Many history students of the 1990s prepared for university entrance exams, including from his book The History of the Soviet State, 1900–1991, which was published in Russian in the post-Soviet period in several editions.
In those days, Werth did not actively operate with the term "Holodomor" and certainly did not equate it with genocide. However, many years later, already in 2008, he writes: “The specific anti-Ukrainian orientation makes it possible to define the set of deliberate political actions taken by the Stalinist regime since the end of the summer of 1932 against the Ukrainian peasantry as genocide.”
Although at the same time he admits that representatives of other nationalities were victims of the famine, thereby openly demonstrating the tension of his own interpretation.
After 2014, a number of representatives of the French research and university circles, with the support of the French Foreign Office, began to intensively organize scientific and commemorative events together with institutions promoting the official historical interpretation of the Institutes of National Remembrance.
Vladimir Vyatrovich, who was just newly appointed director of this institute in 2014, is known for trying, through selective publication of historical sources, to prove the absence of anti-Semitism among members of the OUN-UPA. These publications have been the object of much criticism from researchers of this issue from around the world. Of course, Vyatrovich also promoted the theme of the Holodomor as genocide.
It must be said that the odiousness of this person is recognized by part of the scientific and public circles of France, because his speech in 2017 at the Sorbonne became the reason for the petition of a number of researchers and teachers who called for this to be prevented.
Plots that, it would seem, should be related only to the past and excite only lovers of history, in French rhetoric often turn out to be an element of the present. They became especially relevant after the start of the NWO. Thus, historian and teacher Anna Kolin-Lebedev speaks of a second famine plan that the Russian authorities are allegedly trying to implement in Ukraine today.
The March 28 vote in the National Assembly should be considered within the framework of the same trend.
The initiator of the resolution, Anne Genete, a deputy from the pro-presidential Renaissance party, as well as the parliamentarians who supported this text, explain its necessity as a topical issue. According to Madame Genet, Russia is following in the footsteps of the Soviet Union in a repressive policy towards Ukraine: before the USSR tried to destroy Ukrainians by starvation, now the Russian Federation, shooting at infrastructure, wants to kill the inhabitants of Ukraine with cold.
Anne Genete, as well as Republican MP Michel Herbillon and the representative of France Invictus Bastian Lachot say that the famine was deliberately organized by the leadership of the Soviet state and personally by Joseph Stalin in order to break the resistance of the Ukrainians. In their opinion, the analogies with today are obvious.
France's show of active support for Ukraine intensified after President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the United States in early December 2022.
Prior to this, the French leader spoke about the need for a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian conflict and expressed his readiness to communicate with Vladimir Putin. This position did not like the overseas "big brother". But after returning from the American tour, Macron changed his rhetoric.
In an interview with Le Monde and the Wall Street Journal, he said that the time for diplomacy had not come and victory could only be achieved by military means. And although the President’s promises to supply Ukraine with fighter planes have not yet become a reality, nevertheless, Ukrainian pilots are already being trained on French territory.
And Vladimir Zelensky, who arrived in Paris with a surprise visit , noted with pleasure for himself that the President of France had actually changed his position towards Ukraine.
During the discussion of the resolution in the National Assembly, the deputies noted that such documents had already been adopted by the US and German parliaments. According to them, France should not be left behind. This demonstration of the position is aimed at eliminating the reason for France's accusations that it is not zealous enough to show its consensus with Western countries on the protection of "civilizational values".
"For" the adoption of the text of the resolution on the recognition of the Holodomor as genocide, 168 people voted out of 170 participating: these are representatives of the parties "Renaissance", "Republicans", "National Association" and others. "Against" only two people from the "French Communist Party" spoke out.
The adopted document has a declarative character. However, on its basis, it would be logical to expect, for example, the emergence of some kind of memorial law prohibiting the denial of the Holodomor. In any case, at the end of 2022 in Germany, a similar article was introduced into the Criminal Code.
In France, there is legislation regulating public statements on historical subjects. It is quite possible that if the need arises to show zeal, another repressive law may emerge.
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