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Maybe they're just considering job offers from employers who will let them work from home.
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but then maybe they can be rezoned into housing or something.
My old work office was smack in the middle of Seattle - a few blocks from Muscatel Meadows. No thanks. I haven't been to the office in 2 years except to pick up my stuff.
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My old job wanted us back in the office 5 days a week after only being there 2 days before COVID and I told them to go fuck themselves.
I jumped for a 100% remote job that paid more and had better benefits. I definitely get more done remotely than at the office where every random cocksplash stops by my desk with stupid questions.
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That's good. I just watched work from home schooling and it was absolute shit. They don't have the work ethic tooled in already, and think that hard work is sitting there phoning screening it in.
A micro cosmos of undeveloped personalities who think hard work is screen timing and forwarding items which sound high thinking engagement would be the professional media class. Our high school and college age kids just had two years of lessons that showing up isn't really 90% of it.
[oneIndia] The Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to interfere with the decision of a Christian woman to marry a MoslemDYFI
...The Democratic Youth Federation of India, the youth arm of the CPI(M)...
leader, a decision which stirred up a political storm in the state after her relatives alleged "love jihad", as she categorically told the court that she has not been illegally detained and she was not interested in speaking to her family at present.
A bench of Justices V G Arun and C S Sudha after interacting with the woman, Jyotsna Mary Joseph, said, "She has categorically stated she has decided to marry Shejin (DYFI leader) out of her own free will and not under any compulsion.
She has also stated that as of now she was not interested in interacting with her parents or family and will do so at a later stage," the court noted in its order.
It also told the woman's family that she has said she intended to visit them after her marriage, for which an application under the Special Marriage Act has been moved and is pending consideration, and not before that.
The bench told the family that while it understands their concerns, their daughter was a 26-year-old woman, who was a nurse in Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century... , and capable of making her own decisions.
"She has taken a decision and she is not deviating from it. It is her will and pleasure. She is not willing to speak to her parents now, so how can we compel her to do so," it said.
The woman's father, Joseph, had moved a habeas corpus plea alleging that his daughter had been illegally detained and seeking directions to the police to produce her before him.
He had also told news channels that since the day his daughter left her home, she has not spoken to any of them and therefore, he believed that she was being restrained against her will by the DYFI leader.
Joseph had also said that he lacked faith in the Kerala Police to look into the matter and wanted an agency from outside the state, like the CBI or NIA, to investigate what had happened.
The interfaith relationship stirred up a political storm after the woman's relatives alleged "love jihad", with a senior Left party leader supporting the charge, only to retract his statement later.
The CPI(M),
...the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is the largest communist party in India. It’s part of ruling alliances in Kerala and in Tamilnadu, and was actually elected in the legislatiures of 9 states...
thereafter, made it clear that there was nothing unnatural in interfaith marriages and the campaign of 'love jihad' was a creation of RSS and Sangh Parivar.
'Love jihad' is a term used by right-wing outfits to claim that Moslem men lure women from other faiths to convert them into Islam.
The couple had denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! of her family.
[RealClearDefense via Bongino] Without better preparation for war against a threatened Chinese invasion, Taiwan will suffer far worse consequences than Ukraine because of the constraining effects of its island geography. There are five immediate lessons from the first month of the Russian-Ukraine conflict that war planners in Taipei and Washington need to address. Forgot #6 - Jo-jo the (under)performing monkey
#1
We have no business "helping" Ukraine at all. The most we could do for Taiwan was help them get armed, share intelligence and make sure we were not caught short here if they are taken by China.
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I believe Taiwan has taken the threat of invasion seriously for decades. They should be far more prepared than Ukraine.
Hopefully China will collapse and abused mobs will beg Taiwan to take over.
BLUF:
[American Thinker] But back to what Biden is covering up because he’s clearly covering up something. As I noted, the Post seems to think he’s covering up financial malfeasance and that’s certainly a reasonable guess.
I have a different guess: I think that the secret visitors making their way to Biden’s Delaware homes are doctors who specialize in dementia. My theory is that they’re closely monitoring Biden’s mental status and are giving him a variety of drugs enabling him to get his act together for specific events, such as statements to the press, speeches, or official events. Little wonder our VA appointments are being cancelled. Staffing at the Biden's Delaware MASH may have become a challenge.
The one thing I don’t believe is that the Secret Service doesn’t have any records at all. They’re making notes of everything but, clearly, are under strict orders to keep everything on the down-low and they are following those orders. Wouldn’t it be crazy if those fake DHS agents who were able to gain the confidence of some members of Jill Biden’s Secret Service detail know who was in Delaware and have passed the word on to Iran’s mullahs? Emphasis added.
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The manic need to go back to Delaware almost every weekend seems to fit the medical treatment hypothesis. Clearly he sundowns more quickly recently, and even simple script reading has become troubling for the Puppet Show elder care team.
The Kalorama Kompound thesis was profoundly, stunningly confirmed by the video of the Magic Kenyan in the White House commanding the room and all the focus of those seeking his attention. Biden was quite literally an appendage unable to even interrupt the glad-handing by the actual President. Obama was basking in the adoration and fealty being paid, and Jojo was the picture of an ignored subordinate, pleading for attention, the puppet ignored. Pathetic and frightening image the world saw and noted.
BLUF:
[American Thinker] Joe Biden's policy reversals are detrimental to the strategic interests of the US. Why? There are reasons to suspect Biden is co-opted and or blackmailed by foreign and domestic enemies. These enemies are the Marxists, Globalists, the Communist Party of China (CCP), the Russian and Ukrainian Oligarchs, and the Iranians. Biden’s policy failures, the outright violations of the Constitution and federal laws, can't just be attributed to the utter stupidity of Biden and his administration but are intentional.
Biden failed to defend the US Southern Border and engaged with Iranian Mullahs to the detriment of our strategic interests and allies in the Middle East. He covered for China as the likely source of the Covid-19 virus. He disbanded the DOJ/FBI unit that roots out CCP espionage agents in academia. Finally, Biden went soft on Russia. He shut down our domestic oil and gas production, killed the Keystone pipeline, greenlighted Russia’s Nord Stream II pipeline, put the skids on Israel’s EastMed gas pipeline, and delayed Russian sanctions and arming Ukraine before the Russian invasion.
America had grown weary of the war in Afghanistan with its mission creep. It was time to leave. Biden and his administration did leave — an example of how not to do it. The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, abandoning Bagram AFB and leaving it for the Chinese. All the while, Hunter Biden was raking in millions from the Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian oligarchs for no credible purpose other than gaining access to Joe Biden.
The Biden Administration’s policy reversals backed the US into a shooting war between the Russians and Ukrainians, likely to escalate. So is Joe Biden now toast to "those that foisted him on us"?
Were these policy reversals the result of undue influence on Joe Biden by enemies of the US, both foreign and domestic?
We are at a tipping point with the coming midterms. The lies of the elite et al. are catching up with the common sense of the American people.
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All the while, Hunter Biden was raking in millions from the Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian oligarchs for no credible purpose other than gaining access to Joe Biden.
"Access to Joe Biden" is simply an intermediate goal. Globalization of our Republic remains the desired outcome.
Our tragic exit from Afghanistan was likely a foreign time-lined action. Notice how rapidly the event along with any follow-up investigation found it's was to the memory hole ?
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Truth is, I don't see it happening. 200+ years ago the Boston Massacre sparked a revolution. These days Ashli Babbit gets..... nada. The national will just isn't there.
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I fear you're right Mercutio. However a true crisis...say starvation , has a way of strengthening the spirit. Americans have never faced a true starvation situation en masse even during the Great Depression. It's going to be an interesting summer...
#7
I've got to agree with the outline above for the need and justification for a reset. Currently, we have criminals in D.C. at the helm. Whether or not the reset will happen I don't know.
#5 Mercutio. Many were not on board for a revolution 200+ years ago. Many sided with the British. And yet, the American Revolution went forward.
#9
I think the Afghanistan debacle leaving a bad taste in the average American's mouth is a good thing.
If you liked Afghanistan you'll love Ukraine. Endless opportunities for embezzlement by Hunter, his dad and his uncle. Plus, they get to trash the US economy and make Americans even more dependent on Washington
#10
Texas Bank Robbers' Credo: "Plan's just a list of things ain't gonna happen..."
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Bill Clinton and Bath House couldn't "ruin America." Pardon me if I doubt Joe Bidet can either.
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I have a friend who follows foreign policy issues closely and he partially blames Trump for the Afghanistan fiasco as he set the timeline in his deals with Afghanistan.
Well if he did I doubt he told them to evacuate important bases before the evacuation was complete. Nobody has been put on trial for incompetency, so Biden owns the fiasco.
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ruprecht, I seem to recall that President Trump couched the timing as dependent on the Afghan government and the Taliban meeting certain targets at each stage, otherwise it was off.
But also that the Pentagon was dragging its feet — and crowing about fooling him to their friends in the news media — so he eventually put his foot down.
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That is how I understood it. And Biden said we are leaving and they continued to drag their feet until it was too late and he hadn't changed his mind.
[Washington Examiner] The United States has begun training more than 50 Ukrainian military service members on the howitzers Washington is providing, according to a senior American defense official.
The training is expected to take approximately a week, the official told reporters on Wednesday, while the Pentagon has been tight-lipped about where it's happening. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Monday the training would take place "outside" of Ukraine. The Ukrainian soldiers will then return to Ukraine, where they will train additional soldiers.
#1
Take BOOM-boom and put it in here. Pull this for boom, other BOOM will go that way and make BOOM on bad guy. Make sure that the boom goes first otherwise BOOM will wreck your day.
[France24] Out of the thousands of foreign volunteers to have taken up arms in Ukraine, 73-year-old Florida retiree Steven Straub is perhaps the oldest. But he is hoping his combat experience as a veteran of the Vietnam war will come in handy in the fight against the invading Russian forces.
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Looks like he is out of shape. Thinking he will be desk operations. Most 73 year olds I see are in extremely poor shape physically and mentally. Reality will soon hit home.
[OneIndia] With the abrogation of Article 370, not only have terror cases and incidents of violence reduced in the country, but the investment proposals to create jobs in Jammu and Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... have also gone up.
In the past one year, there have been investment proposals of Rs 52,155 crore. The investment applications received until April 11 2022 seek to create 2.4 lakh employment opportunities in the Union Territory, a ToI report says.
Nearly 17,970 kanals of land as against a total 29,0322 kanals sought for setting up key units have already been allotted in both the Jammu and Kashmir divisions.
The hotels and restaurants, health and social work sectors have raked in total investments of Rs 5,193 crore in Kashmir alone, the report said. In the case of other sectors such as steel fabrication, recreation, warehousing and cold storage, sports, ecotourism and handicrafts have proposals totalling Rs 5,146 crore approved for Jammu division and Rs 2,157 crore for Kashmir.
At 3,164 kanals, the biggest chunk of land allotted in Kashmir has so far been for the food processing and hotel sector.
Meanwhile on the terror front there has been a considerable decline in the number of cases. In 2021 the number of terror related incidents stood at 229 when compared to the 417 reported in the year 2018 thus indicating a drop of 38 per cent over the past three years.
In the 2019-2021 period, 46 military personnel and 87 civilians bit the dust when compared to the 178 soldiers and 177 civilians who were killed in terror related incidents in the 2014-2019 period.
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian rioters hurling petrol bombs spark small fires at mosque, amid minor festivities.
Minor confrontations were reported at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and the al-Aqsa Mosque Wednesday morning between Israeli police and Paleostinians, with heightened tensions in the city ahead of a planned right-wing march that has not been approved by authorities. Videos from the mount showed rocks and Molotov cocktails being hurled at cops, including from within al-Aqsa. Several Molotov cocktails sparked small fires in a mosque and a carpet at an entrance. These were put out. The festivities were limited in scope.
"The violence endangers worshipers attempting to enter the mosque, and impeded police efforts to ensure freedom of worship at the site," Israel’s Foreign Ministry said.
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Is that the equivalent of the offertory or communion?
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Is that the equivalent of the offertory or communion?
Well we have a few months before the "Stoning of the Devil", so let's just call it the 'Collect'.
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Any Islamic edifice on Allah's earth is suitable for storing gasoline and C4 to be used in the war against the Crusaders. Doesn't matter if you're Sunni or Shia Mohammed commands you. Get of your couch and join the jihad.
Two opposing messages... and that’s just in English.
[IsraelTimes] ’It’s not taken for granted’: Senior Israeli official lauds PA’s Abbas for condemning terror attacks
A senior Israeli diplomatic official lauds Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... ’s condemnations of the recent terror attacks in Bnei Brak and Tel Aviv.
The diplomatic official recognizes the impact in Ramallah from the fatalities and injuries on the Paleostinian side as a result of the recent IDF activities in the West Bank in response to the recent terror wave. Seventeen Paleostinians have been rubbed out by IDF forces in the West Bank since the beginning of the month. The majority, but not all, were participating in festivities with Israeli troops.
The official says the PA faces its usual dilemma where it wants to maintain the security coordination with Israel because it allows Ramallah to maintain its stronghold in the West Bank, while also recognizing the unpopular nature of the cooperation among Paleostinians and the need to maintain "national independence."
But while Israel was pleased with Abbas’s response to the recent terror wave, it took note of the remarks made by PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh who claimed that the al-Aqsa compound, known by Jews as the Temple Mount, is for Moslems only and accused Israel of trying to divide the site.
"We didn’t respond publicly because it’s not worth it at the moment, but I have a good memory and everything is written down," says the senior Israeli diplomatic official.
[IsraelTimes] Iran ...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence... says it has arrested three spies working for the Israeli Mossad, the semi-official Fars News reports.
The three are accused of disseminating classified information, including documents.
They were arrested in the Sistan and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Province, Fars says.
[IsraelTimes] Expert says 50-year-old Soviet Strela-2 shoulder-fired system, hyped by Hamas, is easily countered and has limited functionality, with aging missiles and makeshift power solutions.
In the early hours of Tuesday, the Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, terror group launched several anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli jets conducting Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in the Gazoo
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[IsraelTimes] Worshipers to still be allowed into Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque, subject to existing restrictions; officials to reconvene to determine exact hour closure ends
[israelTimes] In largest exchange of fire since 2021 war, IDF says it targeted Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, military post, terror tunnel, underground rocket manufacturing site, compound used by air defense force
Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... terror groups fired two rounds of rockets at southern Israel late Wednesday and early Thursday, with each drawing a separate IDF response in what amounted to the largest exchange of fire since last May’s 11-day war.
The first launch from Gaza came at around 10:30 p.m., with shrapnel from the rocket striking a parked car and a wall near a home in the city of Sderot. Hundreds of ball bearings that were loaded into the rocket were found at the scene.
Less than three hours later, the IDF said it responded with Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in central Gaza targeting a military post as well as a tunnel complex "containing raw chemicals used for the manufacturing of rocket engines." The IDF claimed its strike marked a significant blow to the rocket production process in Gaza.
For the second time this week, the IDF said that Hamas targeted its jets with anti-aircraft missiles during the raid.
Shortly after 2:00 a.m., Gaza murderous Moslems launched a second salvo of rockets — this time consisting of more than one projectile.
The Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept all four rockets, according to the army.
The salvo was followed by additional Red Alert sirens in Gaza border towns, which the IDF later said were triggered by gunfire — consistent with earlier Paleostinian media reports on button men in the Strip shooting at Israeli aircrafts.
The army said it responded to the rocket salvo as well as the earlier anti-aircraft missile fire by striking a compound used by Hamas’s air defense force.
No Israelis were directly injured by the rocket fire, but two people were lightly maimed in falls that took place while running to bomb shelters. Both were evacuated to nearby hospitals for further treatment, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.
No Gaza group immediately took responsibility for either of the night’s launches, as had been the case after the week’s first rocket launch on Monday evening. However, the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything... several media reports citing Israeli security officials pegged Hamas-rival Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... as responsible for the Monday rocket fire.
Regardless, the IDF responded to the week’s first rocket launch with an air raid targeting a number of Hamas military sites in Gaza, including one used by Hamas to manufacture weapons.
The army said in its early Thursday statement that it holds Hamas responsible for what takes place in the Gaza Strip, sticking to its long-held justification for targeting posts belonging to the enclave-ruling group in response to rocket fire, regardless of whether its fighters were behind the launches or not.
Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasim said early Thursday that "the bombing of Gaza will increase the persistence of our people and its resistance to continue the struggle and escalate support and aid for our people in Jerusalem."
This week’s rocket attacks ended an almost four-month period of quiet on the Gaza border. Wednesday’s rocket fire came at the tail-end of a tension-filled day in Jerusalem, where Israeli nationalists were prevented by police from marching through the Old City’s Damascus Gate, a popular gathering point for Paleostinians in East Jerusalem. Hamas had threatened to attack if the march went ahead.
Recent days have seen violent mostly peacefulfestivities between Paleostinian rioters and police on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, leading to the injury of dozens of Paleostinians and several coppers.
Hamas and other Gaza-based terror groups have repeatedly invoked the flashpoint holy site as a red line. Police actions to quell riots there last year were among the triggers of an 11-day war in Gaza last May.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says a rocket launch from Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... that fell inside the enclave is what triggered Red Alert sirens in an open area near an Israeli town bordering the Strip.
[News9] Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days.
The company's customer base fell by 200,000 subscribers during the January-March period, according to its quarterly earnings report released Tuesday.
It's the first time that Netflix's subscribers have fallen since the streaming service became available throughout most of the world outside of China six years ago. The drop this year stemmed in part from Netflix's decision to withdraw from Russia to protest the war against Ukraine, resulting in a loss of 700,000 subscribers.
Even so, Netflix acknowledged its problems are deep-rooted by projecting a loss of another 2 million subscribers during the April-June period. Read the rest at the link
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I dropped Netflix and DirecTV years ago. I refuse to voluntarily put any money in the pockets of people who say I should be in a camp or exterminated. And there's a bunch of them in the "entertainment industry." And no, I am not entertained.
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How many dropped after they discovered they Had watched everything they had missed seeing when it first came out (also oldies and foreign works) and felt no reason to keep paying...?
#5
That is something magpie. Not subscribe for 11 months then catch up on everything watchable which couldn't be found somewhere else just at a delayed release.
Apparently the drop is being blamed on everyone sharing log-ins.
Like that hasn't been happening since five minutes into coming on-line, and not stuff like Masters of the Universe: Revelation.
And I'm going to go there. Squid Games was not that great and didn't leave me wanting a Squid Games universe. Don't get me wrong, some moments especially towards the beginning were fantastic The timing and pacing got botched and did character building which paid off in the plot somewhat towards the end, but never really cared about most players or even really the infiltration plot. In short, and just for me, went from Thriller to Soap Opera, and never made its way back to Thriller.
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] That's why they call them loop-loops.
On April 24, skydiving cousins Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington will make history with the first-ever dual skydive into separate airplanes
The Red Bull Air Force pilots will be the first to ever try a stunt that combines formation flying and skydiving
On Sunday the pair will take off from Sawtooth Airport in Elroy, Arizona, both piloting their own Cessna 182 single-seat aircrafts 14,000 feet in the air
Once side by side in the air the planes will fall into a nosedive at 120 mph, using a custom airbrake that holds the aircrafts in a controlled decedent
During descent, Aikins and Farrington will freefly skydive into the others aircraft and take control of the planes, completing the plane swap
#6
You know the guy that writes their insurance is looking over the paperwork right now.
Also, the guy that owns the ground that's gonna be underneath this stunt.
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[JustTheNews] In brutal federal cross examination, Fair Fight Action witness admits she called to "overthrow" Donald Trump, and claimed GOP wanted "internment camps."
With another gubernatorial campaign ahead of her, liberal activist Stacey Abrams saw her latest legal effort to strike down Georgia's "exact match" ID and citizenship checks for voters hit a major pothole when one of her group's expert witnesses got blistered in cross-examination in federal court.
Adrienne Jones, a 22-year political science professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, was called last Friday by Abrams' Fair Fight Action Inc. group as an expert witness in the ongoing civil trial against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other state officials defending their voter integrity rules.
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[Garowe] The fight against terrorism in East Africa will take a new shape after various military intelligence agencies agreed to sign a cooperation pact that will see them work effectively together to contain violent mostly peaceful extremism within the region.
Over the weekend, military intelligence teams from across East Africa gathered in Æthiopia's capital Addis Ababa, where they discussed effective ways of fighting forces of Evil who have left thousands of people dead.
Military intelligence in Kenya raised issues about their Somali counterparts, accusing them of trading information with Al-Shabaab. The National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA] denied the allegations.
Djibouti, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Æthiopia, and Uganda sent representatives to the forum in which Kenya was curiously not represented.
Very curious, indeed.
Kenya has actively been fighting terrorism both within her territory and across the border.
During the meeting, participants called for vigilance and cooperation among the countries in order to defeat the Death Eaters. Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda are worst affected by terror groups, which often cause havoc and mayhem.
According to a statement issued by the Æthiopian Ministry of Defense, the military agencies signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly combat terrorism and counter anti-peace forces that pose threat to regional peace and security, The EastAfrican reports.
Except for Kenya, because they weren’t there...
Sharing of military intelligence has perfectly worked elsewhere around the world but in Africa, due to dysfunctional systems, the mechanism has not often worked. There is high suspicion among certain countries and endless conflicts which hinder such cooperation.
For instance, military intelligence in Kenya raised issues about their Somali counterparts, accusing them of trading information with al-Shabaab ...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa... . The National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA] denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! accusing Kenya Defense Forces of fuelling propaganda.
In Somalia, NISA has also been battling similar claims, with the opposition and a number of stakeholders accusing the team of infiltration. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... NISA has often taken credit for a number of al-Shabaab snuffies who have either been killed or arrested.
Last year, Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble sacked Fahad Yasin, who is the current presidential security advisor, and served as the agency's director. Yasin, who had his victory as MP nullified by the electoral commission, is accused of meddling in the country's politics.
[AnNahar] During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... lavished praise on a Syrian general whose division played an instrumental role in defeating gunnies in the country's long-running civil war. The Russian president told him his cooperation with Russian troops "will lead to great successes in the future."
Now members of Brig. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan's division are among hundreds of Russian-trained Syrian fighters who have reportedly signed up to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, including Syrian soldiers, former rebels and experienced fighters who fought for years against the Islamic State
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[RedState] Black Lives Matter activists are protesting again, this time in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That follows an officer-involved shooting where a black male was fatally shot in the head.
Because there’s footage of the incident, we know what happened. The man in question, Patrick Lyoya, resisted arrest, but that alone would not be a justification to shoot. It was only after he attempted to take the officer’s taser, that the altercation turned deadly.
Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom has released four videos of the fatal encounter that began when Lyoya, who was unarmed, was stopped for driving a car with a license plate that didn’t match the vehicle.
One clip showed Lyoya exiting the car, ignoring the officer’s commands, and trying to flee. He then tried to grab the cop’s stun gun during a struggle that lasted about 90 seconds before he was shot after the officer ordered him to "drop the Taser," footage shows.
To summarize, the officer did have a legitimate reason to pull the car over. This wasn’t just for a broken tail light, and non-matching license plates are often a sign of a stolen vehicle. Once things escalated to a physical confrontation and Lyoya took the officer’s weapon, the situation fundamentally changed. If someone takes a weapon from a police officer, the response is going to be deadly force.
As to why he was trying to run in the first place, Lyoya had a long record of violent mostly peaceful crime, including a conviction for beating a pregnant woman. It’s probable he was committing a crime when he was pulled over, given the discrepancy in the license plates and that he felt he would end up in prison if he submitted.
Obviously, Lyoya’s family is grieving just as you’d expect, but that does not mean this was an illegal shooting worthy of protest in response. Yet, as per usual, that’s exactly what we are getting.
Far-left activist Talia “Jane” Ben-Ora & her #antifa comrades are very upset that one of the protesters has been trying to de-escalate & calm those wanting to be violent at the Grand Rapids #BLM protest. pic.twitter.com/a8HbQF0EWu
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Because it's a Liberal state with weird gun control laws that adversely impact honest citizens in their self-defense but don't seem to slow up the thugs.
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Russkies understand the word Hudna and probably won't agree to this.
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More time for US troops to train Ukrainians how to use the artillery Biden is sending. Not a good deal for Russia.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:39 Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment Svyatoslav Palamar announced the conditions for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the territory of the Azovstal plant, the Strana newspaper reports. The military does not agree to surrender. But they are ready to evacuate to a third country or with its assistance, keeping their personal small arms.
Another condition is that they will be allowed to pick up the bodies of the dead. According to Palamar, Ukrainian negotiators Podolyak and Arakhamia agree to come to Mariupol if their Russian counterparts Medinsky and Slutsky arrive there in order to resolve the issue of the garrison and civilians leaving.
21:37 Cavusoglu: there are countries in NATO that want to "continue the war in Ukraine."
21:36 Since the beginning of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 498 UAVs and 2,397 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:36 The RF Armed Forces with high-precision missiles attacked 12 Ukrainian military facilities, including two command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Osa-AKM air defense system was destroyed.
21:35 During the day, the Russian Rocket Forces attacked four command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:34 Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by Russian air defense systems in Donbass.
21:33 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit 73 military facilities of Ukraine during the day, including two depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition.
21:32 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case on the fact of damaging the monument to Soviet soldiers in Tallinn, the press service of the RF IC reported.
20:19 UN Secretary General António Guterres sent letters to Putin and Zelensky with a request to receive him in Moscow and Kyiv.
20:18 Alarms are roaring in a number of regions of Ukraine, missiles are flying towards enemy facilities in Nikolaev.
19:11 The Ukrainian military in Kharkiv started equipping firing points in schools. According to Come and See, at least three schools in the north of the city are home to Ukrainian military and territorial defense forces. “They occupied about three or four schools,” a channel source in the city said. At the same time, another Kharkiv resident confirmed to “Come and See” that a command and control center was deployed at the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs in the south of the city.
18:04 MFA: Ukrainian negotiators are trying to drag out the negotiation process, refusing to be constructive on priority issues. Kyiv also refuses to promptly respond to Moscow's proposals, Zakharova said. Moscow urges Kyiv to start looking for realistic options for agreements with Russia.
16:52 Our source in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that by the evening of April 18, Russian forces blocked significant forces of the 1st brigade of the National Guard in the Izyum direction near the Seversky Donets River. The withdrawal of units of the 1st brigade was not allowed in the president's office. The guards were pinned down by the river, and the bridges for the crossing had already been destroyed. Therefore, for complete destruction, they had only a few days, if not hours.
15:23 Persons who took part in hostilities in Ukraine are trying to enter Russia under the guise of refugees - Ministry of Internal Affairs
15:22 Boris Johnson urged to treat with mercy the British mercenaries captured in Mariupol.
15:20 Shariy: "John Kirby, Petagon: "Ukraine has received new planes." Ukrainian Armed Forces: "Ukraine did not receive new aircraft, only spare parts." The answer is simple - now you can assemble new aircraft from spare parts. The main thing is to pick up the right screwdrivers and wrenches.
14:44 Air defense worked out in Melitopol and a parachute appeared in the sky. Presumably, a Tu-143 Reis drone was shot down.
13:47 An armed warehouse of the VFU was found in the Kherson school.
13:46 Delivery of heavy weapons to Kiev from the stocks of the Bundeswehr is not provided - the Ministry of Defense of Germany.
13:40 Tokmok was shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Last night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched two OTR "Tochka-U" in the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region. One of the missiles was shot down by Russian air defense, the fragments of which fell on the premises of a poultry farm on the southern outskirts of the city. The second rocket flew into the area of the city cemetery.
12:47 Russian Muslims fully support the efforts of the RF Armed Forces to denazify Ukraine and protect the LDNR. The chairman of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board of Russia, Talgat Tadzhuddin, issued a fatwa (theological justification) of the Ulema Council of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board declaring all Russian soldiers who died during the SVO as martyrs (martyrs for the faith).
12:43 The calculation of the Bal coastal missile system from the Black Sea coast launched four high-precision missiles at the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:34 The Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims that Ukraine has not received new aircraft from Western countries, as was announced the day before by the Pentagon. And only received spare parts and components for the restoration and repair of the fleet of aircraft that are already in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:34 Russia has lost confidence in the Ukrainian negotiators - the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.
10:32 Since the beginning of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 496 UAVs and 2,388 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:31 Rocket troops and artillery attacked 1,053 infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:31 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 900 strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in total more than 1,500 objects were hit.
10:31 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces during the night struck 73 military facilities of Ukraine, including seven strongholds and four ammunition depots.
10:25 Russian air defense systems shot down two Tochka-U tactical missiles in the air in Donbass.
10:20 Russian Armed Forces with high-precision missiles destroyed up to 40 people of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and seven pieces of equipment in the areas of Novovorontsovka and Kiselevka.
10:20 Russian rocket artillery is working on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region.
10:05 A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber is working on the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
09:33 Three members of the territorial defense in the Kherson region surrendered to the Russian Guard - TASS with reference to the department.
08:51 Ukrainian "defenders" in Nikolaev are mining roads, preparing to repel the offensive of Russian troops. However, civilians who are undermined by shells suffer from this.
[ZeroHedge] Joe Biden, the sitting President, and apparently the most voted for president in history, struggled to rally a crowd of more than fifty people in New Hampshire Tuesday, where he complained to them that he was “the poorest man in Congress.”
Biden was visiting the Port Authority at Portsmouth Harbor. His record low approval rating was clear to see as only a few tens of people showed up.
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Article lies. The bill says nothing about trans or homosexual. It simply states that you cannot talk about sexual matters to small children in school.
Mail Online knows this - or should if they claim to be 'journalists'. But they are deliberately stating a falsehood. That is called LYING.
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The bill just passed wipes out all similarly arrangements made after 1960. The Disney arrangement dates from 1968. So, it cannot be said that it's designed specifically targeted to punish Disney, which will be important when it lands in court. Also, the legislation allows for the arrangements to be re-established via negotiations between the state and the parties involved. This opens the door for accommodations to be made. So calling it "scorched earth" is hyperbole.
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Either way, the major shareholders in Disney had a collective hissy fit.
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Wasn't Iger and his political ambitions when Disney went completely nuts?
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Its not scorched earth, it is a measured first strike. The lib left is pouring disinformation out saying the State will not inherit Disney's infrastructure debt. Not true.
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Florida is the land of the "ad-valorem" property assessment. Anyone saying Disney is going to become tax exempt over this is mouthing BS.
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'bringing back Bob Iger' to steady rocky ship."
Too little too late.
To paraphrase an old Military saying.
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First Blood my ass. Well overdue. Seem to remember Miley "Hannah Montana" Cyrus getting the Disney Grooming Business, some cush pop chart hits for whatever garbage that was, and what all she went on to influence.
I also seem to remember that Groomer+ thought they could just get a phone, and a pen, and dictate to De Santis to shelf this bill because....adults should be able to sexually assault toddlers so long as it is on school grounds? Florida Public Schools......perhaps add some sort of defamation suit vs. Groomer+, public attempt to sully Florida School System reputation? They approached under false flag and opened with carronades, full broadside and shiver their timbers.
But it may see two Florida counties saddled with $1billion of debt owed by Disney
Daily Mail is garbage, so I ask, is this money Groomer+ would have spent on its own to upkeep but now the county would upkeep with the increased tax base, so not "saddled"? BTW, saddled makes Urban Dictionary so nice choice of words.
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"Read the bill to find out what's in the bill (and what's not in the bill)" has gone out of fashion.
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Orange County has been run like Clark County, NV for some time. Now the bill comes due. Unlike Vegas, there's no m0b guys the county commissioners can look to for help.
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"OK, Groomer"
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Groomer+ need to discharge the debts they incurred. This is not a corporate takeover. Orlando can put a lien on the Groomer+ locally sourced revenues until the debts are discharged.
Lies about their debts are just more disinformation from the Daily Fail
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Disney is in Orange County, FLA and Orange County, CA. Is that a coincidence or did they get to name the county in FLA?
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It isn't just Wokeflix making awful content, Groomer+ is about to squeeze its anal sac all over Buzz Lightyear. Pixar, who has shown themselves to be the more dedicated enjoyers of Xerxes' tent, bringing this film right at parents who will share it with a family movie night.
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Netflix has become terrible. I've never searched for a Bollywood movie or an LBGT+ movie and yet that's all that I see when I log in. Show me what I'm likely to want to see or I'll try another service that will.
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Also Netflix was one of the companies that disappeared the D&D episode of Community because of some incorrect claim of blackface. I have issues with that.
Blustering in Egypt as changing reality becomes too much to ignore.
[AlAhram] The stark difference between US and Israeli plans for a New Middle East and the unchanging reality of Israel as an occupying power remains, as two recent pictures from the Middle East reveal.
Two vivid pictures, taken in less than a month, speak volumes about the serious challenges facing those powers, countries, and governing classes backed by their enablers in the media and some Arab think tanks that champion an elusive Middle East decoupled in their imagination and various scenarios from the past.
The first picture was taken last month and was of the participants at what has been falsely dubbed the "Negev Summit" where the foreign ministers of some Arab countries were pictured side by side with their Israeli and US counterparts. The Israelis, who spoke of a "historic" event, were the hosts.
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[AnNahar] With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup, and its Black Sea flagship sunk, Russia's military failings are mounting. No country is paying closer attention than China to how a smaller and outgunned force has badly bloodied what was thought to be one of the world's most powerful armies.
China, like Russia, has been ambitiously reforming its Soviet-style military and experts say leader Xi Jinping will be carefully parsing the weaknesses exposed by the invasion of Ukraine as they might apply to his own People's Liberation Army and his designs on the self-governed island of Taiwan.
"The big question Xi and the PLA leadership must be asking in light of Russian operations in Ukraine is whether a military that has undergone extensive reform and modernization will be able to execute operations that are far more complex than those Russia has undertaken during its invasion of Ukraine," said M. Taylor Fravel, director of the security studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Yeah well the Shanghai lockdown and the subsequent protests have put Taiwan on the back burner. Biggest takeaway: there's a fresh food clock on top of a military click. Chinese don't trust canned/dried food. So supply fresh food will be a problem if ever they invade Taiwan.
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"The Russian convoys keep breaking down. Who made those crappy tires?"
"We did"
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I'm pretty sure Tawain has far better weapons, and far better training, than Ukraine. Also troop transports at sea are sitting ducks.
Also the economic pain that might result. Russia sells raw goods the west needs. China says cheap plastic crap nobody really needs. They face economic collapse if they get the same united opinion against an invasion of Taiwan.
[OneIndia] The Centre on Tuesday designated Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... (LeT) member Sheikh Sajad alias Sajjad Gul and Al Badr member Arjumand Gulzar Dar alias Hamza Burhan as turbans for their involvement in a series of terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... While Dar has been involved in funding terrorism and other violence, Gul, who belongs to the LeT terror group, had taken part in the conspiracy to kill journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar in 2018.
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[AlAhram] Over a million Ukrainians have returned to their country since Russia launched its devastating invasion at the end of February, a front man for Kyiv's border force said Wednesday.
"From that period of time, 1.1 million of our citizens entered Ukraine," border official Andriy Demchenko said at a presser.
He added that "almost five million people" crossed the Ukrainian border in both directions since war with Moscow erupted.
Demchenko did not specify how many of those returning had earlier left the country in connection with the war.
He also said more than 2,000 people were arrested for attempting to cross the border illegally.
The United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... said Wednesday that more than five million Ukrainians have fled the country since Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... launched the invasion.
An intruder was tasered and shot to death by Secret Service after trying to break into and burglarize Peruvian Embassy in Washington, DC, Wednesday
The late suspect was armed with a 'metal stake' and 'smashed out several windows to the backside' of the residence to gain entry, cops said
Two Secret Service agents involved in the shooting have been hospitalized and are being 'evaluated.' Their injuries are non-life-threatening, police said
The Secret Service said that its officers were responding to 'a reported intruder' at the embassy, which serves as the private residence of Peru's US ambassador
The incident is being investigated by Secret Service, cops said Wednesday. Police are also participating in the investigation
[RT] By sending its troops into Kurdish areas in northern Iraq, Ankara was looking to fight terrorism and secure its own borders, not acquire new territories, Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... has stated.
The aim of Operation Claw Lock, which kicked off late on Sunday, was to "rid Iraqi lands of forces of Evil and guarantee the security of our borders," Erdogan outlined during a parliamentary group meeting of the ruling AK Party on Wednesday.
The northern Iraqi regions of Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan, where the operation is unfolding, have been used by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to prepare attacks against The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... , he said.
The PKK, which is considered a terrorist organization by Ankara, has been fighting Ottoman Turkish forces for decades, striving for greater autonomy for the Kurdish population.
"Turkey does not claim any territories," the president pointed out, adding that it was instead "making every effort to contribute to the strengthening of their territorial integrity and political unity so that our neighbors can live in security and peace."
"We will continue to do so. We act with the same aim in Syria as in Iraq," Erdogan insisted.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry slammed the operation by Ankara as "a violation of its illusory sovereignty and the sanctity of the country" that didn’t make Turkey look like a good neighbor. Iraq shouldn’t be "an arena for conflicts and settling scores for other external parties," according to the ministry.
The Ottoman Turkish Defense Ministry had said earlier that the incursion was needed to avert a large-scale attack on Ottoman Turkish territory that was being prepared by the Kurdish forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said the central government in Baghdad supported Turkey's latest offensive against outlawed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
The Turkish leader's comments came a day after Iraq summoned Turkey's ambassador to Baghdad to lodge a formal protest against Erdogan's latest military campaign.
Turkey's armed forces have reported the death of two soldiers and dozens of Kurdish militants since the launch Sunday of their third offensive in northern Iraq since 2020.
Erdogan told a parliamentary meeting of his ruling party that both Baghdad and the leaders of the autonomous Kurdish region based in Erbil supported Turkey's ground and air assault.
"I thank the central government in Iraq and the regional administration for their support to our fight against terror," Erdogan said.
"I wish success for our heroic soldiers involved in this operation, which we are carrying out in close cooperation with the central Iraqi government and the regional administration in northern Iraq."
Officials in Baghdad are publicly voicing displeasure over the Turkish military push into the mountains of northern Iraq, and later on Wednesday, the government dismissed Erdogan's claims.
"We promise that everything the Turkish side keeps saying regarding any coordination or agreement with the Iraqi government is not true," foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahhaf said, quoted by state news agency INA.
The foreign ministry on Tuesday said Iraq handed the Turkish ambassador a "firmly-worded note of protest" urging its northern neighbor to "put an end to acts of provocation and unacceptable violations".
Some analysts believe that Iraqi leaders -- while lodging formal protests -- are privately happy that Turkey is trying to punish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The group is recognized as a terrorist organization by both Ankara and its Western allies.
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"We wuz marching out backwards".
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"Turkey does not claim any territories," the president pointed out, adding that it was instead "making every effort to contribute to the strengthening of their territorial integrity and political unity so that our neighbors can live in security and peace." ...and then his lips fell off and lightning struck from a clear sky.
[France24] Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia's invasion, the Pentagon said Tuesday, declining to specify the number of aircraft or their origin.
The announcement comes a week after US President Joe Biden unveiled an $800 million military aid package for Kyiv, including heavier equipment such as howitzers, as fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine.
The moves indicate a change in attitude in the West, which had initially refused to provide Ukraine with heavy armaments to avoid action Russia could consider direct involvement in the conflict.
Ukrainian forces "right now have available to them more fixed-wing fighter aircraft than they did two weeks ago," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday.
"Without getting into what other nations are providing, they (Ukrainian forces) have received additional platforms and parts to be able to increase their fleet size," he said.
Kirby did not specify the type of aircraft delivered to the Ukrainian military, which had been pleading for warplanes for weeks, but suggested that they were Russian-made.
"Other nations who have experience with those kinds of aircraft have been able to help them get more aircraft up and running," Kirby said.
He underscored that while the United States had helped with the shipment of some parts, it had "not transported whole aircraft."
Kyiv has asked its Western partners to provide MiG-29 fighter jets that its pilots already know how to fly, and which a handful of Eastern European countries have.
A possible transfer of such aircraft from Poland was discussed in early March, before the United States poured cold water on the plan, fearing Russia would see it as direct engagement by NATO in the war.
[JustTheNews] Concern focuses on continually falling water level in Lake Powell, a reservoir that supplies millions with water and hydroelectricity.
Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science for the U.S. Department of the Interior, wrote governors’ offices of seven states about the continually falling water level in Lake Powell.
The reservoir is one along the Colorado River Basin and supplies millions with not only a source of freshwater but also electricity from the hydroelectric plant at the Glen Canyon dam. Currently, water levels sit at 3,522’ mean sea level (msl) but continue to fall, according to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation data.
Should the water level drop below 3,490 feet msl, Trujillo warned the governors that the shortage would affect both water flow downriver and power generation at the large power facility.
“In such circumstances, Glen Canyon Dam facilities face unprecedented operational reliability challenges, water users in the Basin face increased uncertainty, downstream resources could be impacted, the western electrical grid would experience uncertain risk and instability, and water and power supplies to the West and Southwestern United States would be subject to increased operational uncertainty,” she said in her April 8 letter.
She added that a nearby Arizona city and part of the Navajo Nation would lose drinking water should Lake Powell’s water level be allowed to fall below the threshold.
“In addition, should Lake Powell decline further below elevation 3490 feet, we have recently confirmed that essential drinking water infrastructure supplying the City of Page, Arizona and the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation could not function," she wrote.
The solution, Trujillo said, would be to pre-emptively limit the amount of water released downstream. She suggests in the letter that the agency reduce downstream water to 7 million acre-feet, representing a nearly 7% reduction in the “water year” that ends in September.
Tom Buschatzke, Director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, told 12News that the state’s residents are “going to have to learn to live with less water."
In addition to Arizona, Trujillo sent the letter to governors in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. The states, along with authorities in Mexico, have until April 22 to respond to the request.
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Allowing the whole world to flow across the border into the US like a hoard of locusts will definitely help secure the water level and all the other resources of this once great country.
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For the past several decades, California politicians under the influence of their developer buddies have operated under the assumption that we need to accommodate everyone in the whole wide world who wants to move here. They claim we need more affordable housing but the more they build the higher the cost of housing gets. They only way they can ever make it truly affordable is to turn the whole state into a slum where nobody wants to live. Of course, the real reason for all the building is that developers get rich and bribe the politicians while the quality of life for those of us who already live here declines. Now it seeems they are bumping into hard limits to how many people we really can accommodate. Newsom likes to blame drought and global warming for any water shortages. He will institute water rationing, rolling blackouts and taxes on miles driven by people who need to get to work. But the fact is we have too many people using more water and power than he can provide.
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Funny, the US had a treaty with Mexico that we'd let so much water continue to the Gulf of Baja. Then they used it all up so that only the smallest trickle makes it. That is one messed up river.
Carlsbad (San Diego not New Mexico) has plans to build a desalinization plant. It'll provide fresh water for a portion of the cities population. Neighboring cities are hoping to horn in on that. they need to build their own. Cheap bastards.
[AirLive] US Capitol Police issues alert to evacuate buildings due to "tracking an aircraft that poses a probable threat to the Capitol complex".
UPDATE Police say ’no threat’ at US Capitol after evacuation.
Evacuation at the U.S. Capitol caused by U.S. Army team skydiving into stadium for the Washington Nationals.
UPDATE A DHC-6-400 Twin Otter from Parachute team flew close to the Capitol from Andrews Air Base.
Police message to evacuate the Capitol complex:
• Evacuate the U.S. Capitol, Capitol Visitor Center, Hart, Dirksen, Russell, Cannon, Longworth, Rayburn, Library of Congress (Jefferson, Madison and Adams) and U.S. Botanic Garden (Administrative and Conservatory) buildings
• If you are on the Senate side of the Capitol or eve, in the Hart, Dirksen, or Russell buildings: move NORTH towards Union Station to the Aircraft Intrusion Assembly Area in the parks just prior to Columbus Circle NE. DO NOT STOP at your primary assembly area.
• If you are on the House side of the Capitol or eve, in the Cannon, Longworth, Rayburn or U.S. Botanic Garden (Administrative and Conservatory) buildings: move SOUTH towards Garfield Park. DO NOT STOP at your primary assembly area.
• If you are in the Library of Congress (Jefferson, Madison, and Adams) buildings: move SOUTH towards Folger and Providence Parks. DO NOT STOP at your primary assembly area.
• If you are in Ford, O’Neill, Postal Square, the Senate Page Dorm/School at Webster Hall, the Senate Child Care Center, or LOC Daycare Center, remain indoors.
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Quite certain The Golden Knights have a whole countdown procedure, if you will, on who to contact before, during, and after a demonstration. Probably the size if a novel, down to who to contact if they need to shut down an electrical grid. Kind of what they do. So:
On purpose, to be scaremongers. Or, a Kamela hire didn't do the week and daily briefing.
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Silos, and Incompetence, the hallmark of DC. Surely if the USCP thought there was a threat to the Capitol complex, the USSS would also be monitoring the same threat. Since the USSS is a vast national agency connected to every resource in the US Defense establishment, the FAA and DHS, and the USCP is a security guard force for one site, wouldn't a competent USCP watch officer call to verify a threat? The two sites are about 1.7 miles apart.
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If DC believed in the need for heavy missile and AA defense there, they wound be awash in Patriot and THAAD gear. Maybe they are. I doubt it. Someone would blab.
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[FoxNews] Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that it has conducted the first test launch of its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile – a nuclear weapon that President Vladimir Putin says will "provide food for thought for those who... try to threaten our country."
How long do the Russians usually take from first test to full production, then placement for use? How much longer can it be expected to take, given current supply chain and sanctions issues?
The ministry said the missile was launched Wednesday from the Plesetsk launch facility in northern Russia and its practice warheads hit designated targets at the Kura firing range on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
"This truly unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure Russia's security from external threats and provide food for thought for those who, in the heat of frenzied aggressive rhetoric, try to threaten our country," Putin said, according to Reuters.
The Sarmat is a heavy missile, intended to replace the Soviet-made Voyevoda missile which was code-named Satan by the West.
Putin and his officials said it's capable of penetrating any prospective missile defense.
"It has no analogues in the world and won't have for a long time to come," Reuters quoted him as saying.
⚡️Ukraine's intelligence: FSB arrests Russia's proxy in occupied part of Luhansk Oblast.
Ukraine's intelligence said that Moscow began to “clean up” its proxies in Donbas for “failures at the front.” Igor Kornet is currently being held in a detention center in Rostov-on-Don.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 20, 2022
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‘Libs of TikTok’ was doxed for exposing liberals owning themselves
Washington Post’s hypocritical doxing of the anti-grooming activist is what conservatives have come to expect from liberal media — Ian Miles Cheonghttps://t.co/hrWvuJoqzNpic.twitter.com/A3veVniZhR
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And Taylor Lorenz is a hypocritical dirtbag
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We're going about it all wrong. What is needed is a law that states anybody who doxxes will a) immediately have all their own information published b) should anybody do anything to the individual(s) doxxed, the doxxer will be charged as a co-conspirator and accessory in whatever subsequent criminal act occurs.
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I think that rather than the measures you suggest, States should amend their liable and tort laws to clarify that an intentional doxxing of someone who states an opinion on social media or in a letter to the editor or contributes to a charity, etc. is entitled to damages for emotional harm done not withstanding a showing of economic harm. With some guidance on minimum and maximum.
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#8
these will never be considered the good ol days, to far gone into bullshit to recover I'm afraid.
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[Breitbart] Militants of the outlawed Nigerian separatist group known as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) perpetrated a deadly armed attack on both Nigerian soldiers and civilians on Easter Sunday in southern Nigeria’s Imo state, Nigeria’s Premium Times online newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Armed members of the IPOB attacked the Ihioma community in Imo state’s Orlu Local Government Area on April 17, killing an unspecified number of Nigerian civilians and troops.
“The gunmen … were said to be on a manhunt for members of Ebubeagu Security Network, who reportedly arrived in the area last Saturday [April 16],” according to the Premium Times.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:49 Zelensky offered to exchange Russian prisoners of war for militants surrounded in Mariupol.
21:48 NM DPR: The rescue of civilians takes place through the humanitarian corridors provided by the military personnel of the NM DPR and the RF Armed Forces. The opportunity to evacuate from the criminal fire of the nationalists was used by 127 people who are currently in a safe place for life - the village of Bezymennoe. 21:13 The wreckage allegedly "Point-U" fell in Shakhtersk in the DPR, the child died, three more people were injured.
20:54 The fighters of the LPR have new chevrons - in honor of the Ukrainian grandmother, who rebuffed the nationalists.
20:53 DPR air defense systems intercepted a supposed Tochka-U missile of Ukrainian troops over Shakhtyorsk - the headquarters of the territorial defense.
20:53 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again hit Yasinovataya with rocket artillery.
20:53 NATO countries may be involved in the evacuation of people from Mariupol, US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told CNN.
19:45 On March 29, during the liberation of Mariupol, a group of nationalists attempted to break out of the encirclement in the area of responsibility of the unit under the command of Guards Lieutenant Viktor Zaits. Despite the numerical superiority of the enemy, he accepted the battle.
Thanks to his skills and skillful leadership, the breakthrough of the nationalists was stopped, during the battle two enemy vehicles and up to twelve nationalists were destroyed, the group of Lieutenant Zayets left the battle without losses and continued to carry out tasks to liberate Mariupol.
19:05 Since the beginning of the current day, Kiev militants have fired more than a hundred shells with a caliber of 122mm and 120mm at the DPR. Five settlements were under fire, where one residential building and one civilian infrastructure facility were damaged.
19:05 Since the beginning of the current day, the DPR NM servicemen have destroyed 35 Ukrainian nationalists, one firing position of a 120mm mortar, one tank and two armored personnel carriers.
18:59 The city of Rubizhne in the LPR, for which there were battles for several weeks, completely came under the control of the forces of the People's Militia of the Republic and Russian troops.
17:50 A photo of the order of the deputy commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Volodymyr Kondratyuk appeared on the Web, which says that any militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who surrenders in Mariupol will be shot. The document has already been found in several phones of Ukrainian militants.
17:10 In Mariupol, on Victory Day, the action "Immortal Regiment" will be held.
16:12 In Mariupol, along one of the corridors from two houses adjacent to the Azovstal industrial zone, all the peaceful people who were there came out - 28 people, including 7 children.
15:45 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing six rockets at her from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:08 Today, another 35 marines left Azovstal and surrendered. They had to be afraid of their own, because nationalists who want to surrender are shot.
14:54 The settlement of Staraya Krasnyanka (LPR) has come under the control of Chechen battalions, Ramzan Kadyrov said.
14:32 The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that work is already underway to open embassies on the territory of the LPR and the DPR.
14:30 Kiev Nazis again fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. They fired five 122mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:08 Popasnaya is gradually coming under the control of the People's Militia of the LPR. Kiev militants surrender en masse. After the settlement is completely liberated, the NM and the Russian army will be able to advance towards Artemovsk, Severodonetsk and Lisichansk.
12:40 There is information that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are leaving the Rubizhne-Severodonetsk-Lysichansk triangle in the Luhansk People's Republic.
12:36 Ukrainian punishers fired three shells at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at him from the Grad MLRS, firing five rockets at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
09:17 During the day, Ukrainian punishers opened fire 32 times on the territory of the DPR, firing 190 rounds of ammunition at it.
08:30 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis opened fire eight times on the territory of the LPR. They shelled the settlements of Pervomaisk, Kalinovo, Donetsk and Kirovsk, using 152mm, 122mm artillery, and Grad MLRS.
08:28 Kiev militants fired five rockets from the Grad MLRS at Yasinovataya in the DPR. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
08:25 The people's militia of the LPR continues to develop the offensive in the area of the 29th stronghold of the Ukrainian security forces taken earlier.
#3
After failing to take Mariupol's steel works plant
Apparently, in addition to being a big-ass steel plant, Asovstal Steel & Iron Works is also a Soviet-era underground city six levels deep with 3 meters of concrete between levels that was designed to survive nuke war. (Shades of the mine-shaft gap!). Cleaning this out would be a high-casualty nightmare. Siege is a better option if you have the time. It's not like the defenders are going anywhere.
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[Korrespondent] 23:29 On the night of April 20, during the rocket attack on Nikolaev, Russian troops attacked the infrastructure of the Nikolaev branch of the Public Broadcaster. This is reported by the management of the branch. There are no dead or injured. 23:15 The heroic defense of Mariupol has been going on for almost two months. The city has been destroyed, but Ukrainian troops are still holding the line at the Azovstal metallurgical plant, where there are about a thousand military personnel and civilians. Details about what is happening there - in the material Hell on Earth: how to save people in Mariupol .
22:50 The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine received an audio interception of the conversation of the occupiers, which refers to the order to kill all prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Popasna Lugansk region.
22:48 Arakhamia also confirmed that he was ready to arrive in Mariupol together with Podolyak to negotiate with the Russian side on the evacuation of the Ukrainian military garrison and civilians. He also assured that representatives of the Ukrainian delegation are in constant contact with the defenders in Mariupol.
"Today, in a conversation with the defenders of the city, a proposal was made to hold a round of negotiations on the evacuation of our military garrison right on the spot. For our part, we are ready to leave for such negotiations at any time, as soon as we receive confirmation from the Russian side," Arakhamia said.
22:40 The mayor of Zelenodolsk, Dnepropetrovsk region, Dmitry Nevesely, reported on the shelling of the city, according to him, there were no victims.
22:34 Pentagon spokesman John Kirby refuted his statement yesterday that Ukraine received planes from US allies: "I was given to understand that this was actually decided, but it's not. They didn't receive whole planes from other countries" . At the same time, he confirmed that the Ukrainian military nevertheless "increased the size of its fleet" after receiving spare parts and repairing damaged aircraft.
22:30 Podolyak confirmed that he was ready to go to negotiations with representatives of the Russian Federation in Mariupol: "Yes. Without any conditions. We are ready to hold a special round of negotiations in Mariupol. One on one. Two on two. To pick up our guys, Azov people, the military ", civilians, children, the living and the wounded. Everyone. Because they belong. Because they are in my heart. Forever. No options."
22:28 Over the past 24 hours, Russia has introduced four more battalion-tactical groups into Ukraine, and over the past week - 17 BTGs, writes CNN with reference to a Pentagon representative. In total, according to US estimates, there are now 82 Russian BTGs in Ukraine.
22:26 Zelensky: "I am very happy to say with cautious optimism that our partners have begun to better understand our needs, understand what exactly we need. And when exactly we need it all. Not in a week, not in a month, but immediately. Exactly now that Russia is trying to step up its attacks."
He also said that one of the topics in negotiations with Western partners is the restoration of Ukraine: "To resume the export of Ukrainian agricultural products and block the possibilities of Russian exports is a common goal for all of Europe."
22:22 Zelensky said that 934 settlements have already been liberated in Ukraine, the police have resumed work in 435 settlements, local self-government has started working in 431 communities, humanitarian headquarters - in 361 settlements. At the same time, he acknowledged that the situation in the east and south remains difficult: "the invaders are trying to achieve at least some kind of victory."
22:04 The President of the European Council Charles Michel announced that the trust fund for solidarity with Ukraine will begin work on May 5.
22:00 Denisova said that at the moment 878,000 Ukrainians have been forcibly taken to Russia, of which 164,000 are children. According to the Ombudsman, she does not know the whereabouts of these people - perhaps they are in filtration camps or temporary premises.
She also stressed that the International Red Cross "does not fulfill its mandate" - "no matter how much I wrote to the Red Cross, not a single answer came."
21:54 Ukrzaliznytsia reported that on April 20, the second Intercity train from Kiev to Polish Przemysl began to run, which will depart daily at 17:00 and arrive in Poland at 05:00 (departure back at 08:00, arrival in Kiev at 20 :43). Tickets for Ukrainians (except for men from 18 to 60 years old) are free.
21:50 Zelensky said he did not know when the Armed Forces of Ukraine would be able to unblock Mariupol. According to him, the situation in the city is deteriorating, in the hands of the defenders of Ukraine hundreds of wounded who protect women and children. "All the guys in Mariupol want our victory. Nobody is going to surrender to the enemy. These are their inner feelings," the president said.
21:48 Among the NATO countries, "there are forces" that are interested in continuing the war in Ukraine and "weakening Russia," Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said in a telephone conversation with Lavrov.
21:46 Moscow stated that "Kyiv disrupted the humanitarian operation announced by the RF Armed Forces on April 20 at Azovstal, no one used the open corridor."
21:42 The Maritime Guard of the State Border Service has banned fishing and navigation in nine estuaries of the Danube River because of the danger of undermining ships on drifting mines laid in the Black Sea by the Russians.
21:40 The head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Erdogan's telephone conversations with Zelensky and Putin are planned "in the coming days."
21:37 The United States is concerned that China supports Russia's actions in Ukraine, said Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.
21:34 The battle for Donbass may not be the last, and a big offensive in the East has not yet begun, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said in an interview with NV. According to him, there can still be many different things ahead: "This is not, as they used to say, the last and decisive battle. This is one of the battles on the territory of our country since 2014."
He also believes that for the next two to four weeks the Russian Federation can still pull up new resources and reserves: "In no case should we underestimate the strength of our enemy: a big country, a lot of people, not quite smart."
21:32 The heads of the Senates of the Czech Republic and Poland appealed to the parliaments of all civilized countries with an appeal to urgently provide weapons to Ukraine. "After visiting Bucha, Irpen and Borodianka, the speakers are convinced that the crimes of the Russian invaders in Ukraine are genocide," Ukrainian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Yevhen Perebiynis said.
21:28 The United States has introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia, which includes about 30 individuals associated with Otkritie Bank and another 40 legal entities.
21:25 Director of the Central Naval Museum Sergei Voronov told TSN that the cruiser Moskva sank in the exclusive economic waters of Ukraine - 50 miles from the coast, therefore, according to the UNESCO International Convention of 2006, it is now officially considered Ukrainian property, and appears in registers under titled Underwater Cultural Heritage Site No. 2064.
According to Voronov, Ukrainian specialists will study the cruiser after the war. Of particular interest is a part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, which was allegedly kept in Moscow as a talisman. They will not raise the ship from the bottom, because there are too many explosives and fuel on it, but even novice divers will be able to see it, because it sank at a depth of about 50 meters, being itself 45 meters high.
21:18 G20 finance ministers and central bank governors left the meeting today as Russian officials began speaking, writes Bloomberg.
21:16 The head of the patrol police of Mariupol, Mikhail Vershinin, said that several hundred civilians are hiding on the territory of Azovstal.
21:05 Deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar announced the conditions for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the territory of Azovstal. According to him, the military do not agree to surrender, but are ready to evacuate to a third country or with its assistance, keeping personal small arms. Also, one of the conditions is the opportunity to pick up the bodies of the dead.
Podolyak and Arakhamia agree to come to Mariupol if their Russian colleagues Medinsky and Slutsky arrive there to resolve the issue of the exit of the garrison and civilians, he added.
21:02 Gaidai denied the information spread in Russia that Ukrainian troops are retreating from Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, and the army of the Russian Federation and the "LNR" completely took Rubizhne. "The line of defense is from Rubizhne to Popasna," the head of the Luhansk OVA said.
20:59 The head of the Kiev OVA Oleksandr Pavlyuk signed an order to transfer three churches from the UOC to the OCU. Another such order, which will affect three parishes, he plans to sign by Easter.
"If there are legal grounds and the desire of the religious community to move, we will do it. The regional military administration acts exclusively in the legislative field in the interests of its residents and the Ukrainian state," Pavlyuk stressed.
20:51 The humanitarian corridor from Mariupol did not work as planned today, Vereshchuk said. According to her, due to the lack of control over their own military on the ground, the invaders were unable to ensure a proper ceasefire.
"Also, due to the inherent disorganization and slovenliness, the occupiers were unable to ensure timely delivery of people to the point where dozens of our buses and ambulances were waiting. Tomorrow morning we will resume our efforts in the Mariupol direction. I appeal to our people in Mariupol: we will fight for everyone of you!" Vereshchuk emphasized.
20:41 Some of the planned buses with evacuated residents of Mariupol are moving towards Zaporozhye along a route determined by Russia, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, compared with the declared number of buses, there were much fewer of them. People gathered at the collection points, but few people got on the indicated buses. Now some of these buses go along a route determined by the Russian Federation.
20:30 Military equipment with V marks appeared in Mariupol, which probably used to take part in the battles near Kiev, said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar: "This indicates that they transferred fresh forces here and, probably, this is the same bastard , which was near Kiev, because their equipment had the identification of the letter V".
20:22 About 85 percent of Russian military equipment has been withdrawn from Belarus, and there are almost no planes and helicopters of the Russian Armed Forces left at Belarusian airfields, reports Belaruski Gayun.
In recent days, only single trucks have been observed in Osipovichi, Kolodishchi, Khoiniki, Rechitsa, Kalinkovichi, Kozenki (Mozyr). However, the loading of broken equipment on platforms at the railway station in Yelsk continues. At the same time, there are practically no Russian aircraft at the airfields, but single attack aircraft, bombers and drones could remain, so it is too early to announce a complete withdrawal of troops.
The publication notes that Russia was forced to transfer almost all military equipment from Belarus to the Donbass.
20:15 Japan expelled eight Russian diplomats, NHK reports.
20:07 Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready for any format of exchanging its civilians and military blocked by Russia in Mariupol for Russians: "We are ready for various formats of exchanging our people for Russian people, Russian military, whom they abandoned. Both the corpses were thrown and the wounded they abandoned people. Therefore, for the sake of our people, both military and civilian, we are ready for any format of exchange."
20:04 American shells for Howitzer howitzers arrived in Europe to be sent to Ukraine, writes CNN with reference to the Pentagon. In total, they plan to send 40,000 pieces. The US Department of Defense also reported that the training of Ukrainians in howitzer handling has begun - 50 people are being trained outside of Ukraine.
20:02 Since the beginning of the war, Ukrzaliznytsia has evacuated 500,000 Ukrainians abroad. At the same time, the company is seeing an increase in demand for return flights. So, from April 1 to 9, 4,000 people returned to Ukraine from Poland by rail, while from April 10 to 18 - 50% more, 6,000 passengers.
After the end of hostilities, Ukrzaliznytsia promises to organize routes for the return of Ukrainians home.
20:00 About 80 percent of the territory of the Lugansk region is under the control of the Russian Federation, the governor of the region Serhiy Gaidai said on CNN. He also stressed that "Russia, of course, is not going to stop there and will try to move on."
19:58 The European Commission will publish its opinion on Ukraine's accession to the EU at the end of June, European Council President Charles Michel said.
19:56 The "DNR" reported that 127 residents of Mariupol were "evacuated" from the area of the Azovstal plant to Bezymennoye, which is under the control of militants, along the gum corridors.
19:53 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for almost two months. Bloomberg found out how Putin made the decision to attack Ukraine and why he does not abandon his absurd idea. Read more about this in the article How Putin Decided to Attack Ukraine .
19:48 US NATO allies may be involved in the operation to safely exit civilians from Mariupol, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said in a comment to CNN. According to her, "there was a certain hope that the Russians could allow" a safe exit for civilians and wounded soldiers from Mariupol. In her opinion, "NATO allies can be involved in this if this happens."
19:33 The UN Secretary General submitted a request to the Russian Permanent Mission to receive him in Moscow, a similar request was sent to the Ukrainian side about a visit to Kiev, the office said. In particular, he would like to discuss with Zelensky and Putin any "urgent steps" to end hostilities in Ukraine.
19:05 Kadyrov said that the city of Rubizhne, Luhansk region, has come under the final control of Russian troops. The Russian media are publishing a video where the militants set the flags of the Russian Federation and the "LPR" at the entrance to the city. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the Russians tried to gain a foothold in the western and northwestern parts of Rubizhne, but failed.
18:59 Zelensky does not confirm that Ukraine received a draft document from Russia as part of the negotiations. He also commented on Peskov’s words that now “the ball is on the side of Kyiv”: “I, in principle, played football well before. What are the rules there: you need to have two teams and have a ball. Here it seems to me that Peskov he plays football with himself.<...> We will definitely show how we hit the goal as soon as they give us the ball. "
18:57 Germany will stop importing Russian oil until the end of 2022, Reuters reports citing German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock.
18:54 The Ukrainian military portal Defense Express reports, citing its own sources, that the remains of the cruiser Moskva are in approximate coordinates 44°56' N 31°44' E, at a depth of 50-60 meters. The publication also became aware of the anomalous activity of rescue and diving ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet 75 km southwest of Cape Tarkhankut.
18:46 Zelensky said that about a thousand civilians are hiding at Azovstal in Mariupol. The president also said that he was still ready to exchange Russian prisoners of war for safe passage for civilians and Ukrainian troops in Mariupol.
18:43 Ukraine supports the initiative of the UN Secretary General to introduce a four-day Easter humanitarian pause in Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said.
18:41 Kiev took advantage of the opportunity of the presidency in the European Energy Community, which Ukraine received for 2022, and formally submitted a proposal to the organization to introduce a ban on the purchase, import, transfer and transportation of energy products produced or processed in Russia. We are talking about all oil and oil products, coal and other types of solid fuels, liquefied natural gas.
According to Yermak, this means that now the EEC, on the basis of Ukraine's proposal, must make a decision that will be sent to all members of the organization.
18:35 In the Zaporozhye region, the Russians, with the support of artillery fire, resumed their offensive in the direction of the village. Temirovka, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:33 According to the General Staff, the Russians are reconnoitring advance routes and preparing for further offensive operations in the direction of the settlement. Estuary and exit to Slavyansk from the northeast. In this direction, the enemy continues to increase the grouping of troops: units from the 90th Tank Division, the 41st Combined Arms Army and the 232nd Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Central Military District have been moved from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Meanwhile, the BTG from the 150th motorized rifle division lost its combat capability and was withdrawn to the recovery area. The enemy also tried to gain a foothold in the western and northwestern parts of Rubizhne, but failed. Assault actions in the direction of Novotoshkovsky were also unsuccessful.
18:27 On the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, the equipment of helicopter landing sites has been completed, where more than 90 attack and multi-purpose helicopters are concentrated, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The enemy regrouped troops in the Izyum direction. In the area of the settlement of Dibrovnoye, Chernihiv region, the Russians carried out offensive operations, achieved partial success. In the area of N. p. Staraya Gnilitsa, Kharkov region, the offensive was not successful; as a result of a fire defeat, the enemy suffered losses and retreated.
In addition, the attempt to take control of the village of Dovgenkoye in the Kharkov region failed: the enemy retreated with losses. In this direction, the Russians were dressed in Ukrainian military uniforms. At the Kupyansk-Sortirovochny railway station, an unloading of a Russian echelon with weapons and military equipment and the movement of artillery units was recorded.
18:24 The enemy is trying to continue the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening call. In particular, the enemy stepped up the use of operational-tactical aviation and air reconnaissance. Inflicts systematic air strikes on military and civilian targets, including long-range aircraft.
18:08 Zelensky is confident that the West will impose an oil embargo on Russia - he told reporters about this after a meeting with Charles Michel. The President of Ukraine stressed that without oil, the sixth sanctions package "will not be powerful, but will be empty."
17:49 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the successful test launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, "which has no analogues in the world." Putin said that the Sarmat missile system will ensure the security of Russia and "make those rabid who are trying to threaten her think."
The Russian Defense Ministry also stated that Sarmat has "unique characteristics" that allow it to "guaranteedly overcome any missile defense systems."
17:45 All Ukrainian military, police and rescuers during martial law and a year after its end will be able to be treated free of charge in medical institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense - this decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers.
17:41 The international expert group of Yermak-McFaul presented the Action Plan to increase sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation. A group of Ukrainian and international experts analyzes the real impact of anti-Russian sanctions. The document will become the basis for the further work of the Ukrainian government to increase sanctions pressure on Russia.
17:37 In the Kiev region, 1045 bodies of dead civilians have already been found , said the head of the regional police department, Andrei Nebitov. According to him, 50-75% of these people were shot with automatic weapons, or with a sniper rifle, or shot in evacuated cars from machine guns. Others died from mines, explosions, hail, etc.
The final number of deaths in the cities of the Kiev region previously captured by the Russians is unknown. The bodies of the dead are found in wells and cellars, sometimes up to ten bodies at once.
17:33 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow handed over to Kiev its proposals for an agreement on April 15, but has not yet received a response.
17:20 Israel will provide Ukraine with helmets and body armor, said the country's ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Brodsky. According to him, the ministers of defense of Israel and Ukraine agreed on this today during a telephone conversation.
17:13 The procedure for compensating Ukrainians for damaged or lost housing has not been finally determined, but it is possible and necessary to record losses and report them now. More about this in the material Compensation for destroyed housing: what needs to be done .
17:11 The state debt of Ukraine in 2022 will grow by 37% due to the war, the IMF predicts. According to his data, by the end of the year, the public debt will increase to 86.2% of GDP after falling from 61% to 49% of GDP last year. In subsequent years, public debt will remain at a high level due to a sharp expansion of the state budget deficit and a fall in GDP.
17:09 Servicemen of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade, together with other units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard, successfully carried out a special operation to evacuate border guards and policemen to the Azovstal plant, one of the officers of the 36th Marine Brigade told Crime.NO .
According to him, the Nikolaev marines and the military personnel of Azov went out on armored vehicles to the territory of the seaport, where there were fighters of the State Border Service and several units of the National Police, who were running out of ammunition. The servicemen fought their way to the fighters of the State Border Service and the National Police and transported about 500 fighters of the State Border Guard Service and the NPU to the territory of Azovstal. During the implementation of the special operation, the manpower of the invaders was seriously damaged.
17:04 Zelensky said that he had discussed with the President of the European Council Charles Michel sanctions against Russia, defense and financial support for Ukraine and answers to the questionnaire on compliance with EU criteria.
16:54 A bomb weighing 250 kg was defused in Irpen without casualties or destruction, Mayor Alexander Markushin said.
16:50 Andryushchenko told how the Russians organized the "evacuation" of civilians from the territory of Azovstal on April 19. According to him, the occupiers announced a "silence regime", rounded up the press along the conditional evacuation route and began to publish a video where they were allegedly "waiting for civilians from Azovstal."
"At the same time, artillery was brought up and shelling of the Azovstal zone was launched. Under such conditions, even if desired, the evacuation of civilians was impossible. But at the end of the day, propaganda showed that "no one wanted to evacuate because the Ukrainian military would not let him in," he said. advisor to the mayor of Mariupol.
16:45 Ukrainian border guards have reached the state border in all directions in the Kiev, Sumy and Chernihiv regions and are restoring the arrangement of positions, press secretary of the State Border Guard Service Andriy Demchenko said.
16:39 Since the beginning of the intensification of the Russian offensive in the Donbas, according to the United States, Russia has not received any significant territorial gains, writes CNN, citing two officials. According to one of them, Washington has recorded several new attacks by Russian troops, which are apparently test attacks to test the Ukrainian defense.
16:28 The IMF is discussing with partners assistance to Ukraine, whose economy, according to the Ukrainian government, requires $5 billion a month to function.
16:24 The Russian Foreign Ministry admitted that "with the help of the weapons supplied to Ukraine by the West, the territory of Russia will also be shelled." They also said that the United States supplied Ukraine with Russian Mi-17 helicopters, which were previously ordered for the Afghan army.
16:21 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that negotiations with Kiev are ongoing, but the Ukrainian negotiators "are trying to drag out the negotiation process, refusing to be constructive on priority issues." Moscow calls on Kyiv to "start looking for realistic options for agreements with the Russian Federation."
16:17 In the Kharkiv region, the SBU found a secret warehouse with ammunition and components for military equipment worth $200 million. According to preliminary data, the spare parts were intended for damaged Russian equipment, which the enemy was going to repair during the offensive. All equipment has already been transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:15 In the forest of the Kiev region, two foresters were blown up by an anti-tank mine, which the Russians hid on a forest road. One of them died, the second was hospitalized. Rescuers ask Ukrainians to be extremely careful and, if possible, avoid hiking in the forest, since the invaders left a lot of mines and stretch marks.
16:08 The decision to invade Ukraine was made by Putin in a narrow circle of "hawks", among whom were Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, writes Bloomberg.
According to the publication, a growing number of officials in Moscow believe that the continuation of the war will lead to a long-term isolation of Russia and destroy its economy. But officials do not believe that Putin will change course. He is isolated in a small circle of advisers, they say, and rejects any attempt to warn him of the consequences of the war in Ukraine.
15:59 Russia will increase the production of Caliber missiles. According to InformNapalm analyst Anton Pavlushko, the UEC-Saturn plant in the Russian city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region, is recruiting up to 500 new employees due to "growth in production volumes." It is at this plant that engines for Caliber rockets are produced.
15:53 The manufacturer of kamikaze drones Switchblade donated one hundred Quantix Recon drones to Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. The UAVs will be provided independently of other company systems supplied to Ukraine by the US government. The drones will be shipped out during the current week, with other deliveries to follow.
15:50 Hundreds of people remain under the rubble in Mariupol, said the deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar. According to him, the Russians dropped a super-powerful aerial bomb, according to some reports weighing up to three tons, in the area of the field hospital and in places where civilians, including children, were located. As a result, people were left under the rubble, how many of them - it is impossible to determine.
15:44 Italy will accept 500 Ukrainian athletes in 20 sports and provide them with training grounds until the end of the war. According to the National Olympic Committee, all expenses will be covered by the Italian side.
15:41 In the Kherson region, the Russian occupiers are preparing a pseudo-referendum, which they plan to hold in early May, said the head of the OVA Gennady Laguta: "Unfortunately, there have been such conversations that the occupiers are preparing something for the first days of May - either a "referendum", or how else to call it..." At the same time, he assured that "the entire Kherson region is waiting for liberation, it is Ukrainian."
15:39 Podolyak, in a commentary to the UP, said that the state has a strategy for the de-occupation of all cities and villages in southern Ukraine: "Firstly, the army. Briefly and clearly. Secondly, more than 90% of ordinary people in the occupied territories clearly declare their pro-Ukrainian position. Therefore, there will be no freezing of the conflict, there will not even be a temporary occupation, there will be no fake "KhNR" or something like that. There will be only the Kherson region of Ukraine."
15:35 Johnson urged Russia to treat British prisoners in Ukraine "humanely and with compassion".
15:33 The war in Ukraine has upset the market balance, so you need to be prepared for the fact that food prices will rise, warned the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky. According to him, today the supply on the world grain markets has fallen significantly, and it is possible that high prices for grain will remain for another 3-5 years.
He also said that the most important support that the Ukrainian agricultural business expects from the EU countries is the revision of export quotas and their maximum reduction. In addition, Ukraine requested to simplify transit conditions in order to be able to use ports in the Baltic Sea and Romanian ports in the Black Sea.
15:20 In three cities of Poland, three monuments to the Red Army were dismantled. The monuments were dismantled with the participation of the President of the Institute of National Remembrance in Sedlec, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
15:17 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine now has requests for more than 20,000 dead or captured Russians - these are personal requests from relatives who contact hotlines and telegram channels. And there is only one official request - for the return of the bodies of six military men, said Viktor Andrusiv, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
"These six dead were not identified by us. We published on telegram channels, their relatives recognized them and apparently began to put a lot of pressure on their departments, and now we received this request. In fact, this is how a certain channel is established," Andrusiv said.
15:08 The mayor of Irpin, Alexander Markushin, said that a powerful air bomb was found in the area of a military hospital, which cannot be taken away. Around 16:00, sappers will neutralize it, so all residents are asked to leave this part of the city.
15:06 The State Special Communications Service spoke about the recent decrease in the number and quality of Russian cyber attacks on Ukraine. The department attributes this to the fact that the enemy now spends most of his time on defense, and not attack.
15:02 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation decided to classify data on the families of servicemen who died in the war against Ukraine. Data on the soldiers who died during "special operations" have been a state secret since 2015, but officials of district administrations issue benefits to members of their families. Now it is proposed to transfer these powers to the military registration and enlistment offices, which will make information about the dead soldiers even more closed, writes the BBC.
15:00 German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock promised that Germany would help Ukraine with military instruction and maintenance of military equipment.
14:58 In Berdyansk, the occupiers appointed Nikita Samoylenko, a janitor, who positions himself as a creative person and claims to see patterns in his sleep and talks with stones, as a "deputy mayor", Zaporozhye OVA reports.
Immediately after the invasion of the Russian Federation, he voluntarily went over to the side of the occupying forces and agreed to cooperate. At the direction of his boss, the self-proclaimed "mayor" Saulenko, the former janitor is preparing the city for the May 9 Victory Day celebration - he decorates the flower beds and paints the borders.
14:54 France is ready to provide Ukraine with security guarantees that Kiev asks for in exchange for a neutral status and refusal to join NATO, writes Politico, citing a source in the Elysee Palace.
According to the publication, this option was supported by Paris on April 19 during a video conference of G7 leaders. Macron's diplomatic adviser said the leaders discussed security guarantees for Ukraine that would be "solid enough to avoid another war." He added that this "will require an international structure."
14:48 Since the beginning of the war, Russia has lost 3.5 times more military equipment than Ukraine, analysts of the Oryx project, which collects information about military losses from photo and video materials, have calculated. So, for 56 days of the invasion, the Russian Federation lost 2998 pieces of equipment, Ukraine - 845.
Of the Russian equipment, 1558 units were destroyed, 46 damaged, 244 abandoned, 1120 captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Of the Ukrainian equipment, 389 were destroyed, 22 were damaged, 36 were abandoned, and 398 were captured.
14:31 Podolyak said that the "second phase of the special operation" announced by Moscow is the same as "we will take Kiev in 72 hours." He added that it does not matter for Ukraine what phases the Russian invaders divide the war into. "It's just that Russians love to tell fairy tales. But in reality, there will be only what Ukraine needs," he stressed.
14:28 In Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, the Russian invaders have appointed a "director" of the house of culture and demand to prepare concerts for Victory Day. As told v.i.o. Mayor of Berdyansk Alexander Svidlo, people are outraged, and the invaders "make fake statements and insist on collaborations."
14:24 In Irpin, at least 2,000 families were left without apartments, said the governor of the Kiev region Alexei Kuleba. According to him, work is now underway to clear mines and clean up the city, it is too early to return.
14:21 The situation in Kharkov remains tense, the enemy is shelling the city from the air and the ground. As mayor Igor Terekhov said, the geography of shelling has shifted slightly: if earlier shelling was in areas adjacent to the ring road, now they are shelling the center as well. He asks the residents of the city not to go outside.
14:19 According to the UN, the number of Ukrainians who left the country due to the Russian invasion has exceeded 5 million people. Of these, more than 2.8 million people crossed the border with Poland.
14:17 Putin said that "the tragedy in the Donbas forced Russia to launch a special military operation in Ukraine." According to him, Russia will act consistently and ensure that "life in Donbas returns to normal."
14:15 The Ministry of Health refused to purchase vaccines against COVID-19 due to the war in order to direct resources to purchase goods for wartime medical needs, Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said. However, he added that vaccination in the country continues.
14:11 Arestovich said that the aircraft fleet of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "slightly increased." Also at the briefing, he said that fighting was going on in the Kharkiv region, several settlements had been liberated. The enemy tried to storm Rubizhne and Popasnaya, but was repulsed. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are "conducting an active mobile defense," and in the Kherson direction, the enemy is trying to advance towards Nikolaev. Equipment from Western partners continues to arrive.
14:07 The National Commission for Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and Postal Services has made the first decision to fully legalize the use of Starlink technology in Ukraine. For the period of martial law, the use of SpaceX Starlink terminals is allowed for all categories of users, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development.
13:58 Podolyak commented to the country on Peskov's statement that Moscow handed over to Kiev a draft document on a peace agreement and is waiting for an answer: "The Russian Federation loves to make loud statements in order to put pressure on this or that process. This is their traditional tactic. The essence is always simpler "During the Istanbul round, the opponents were given the formulaic position of the Ukrainian side. They studied it and now they just gave their counter positions. Nothing more."
13:53 Bloomberg writes that instead of direct deliveries of heavy weapons to Kiev, Germany will transfer modern tanks to Eastern European countries that are ready to send Soviet-era weapons to Ukraine.
13:50 Over the week, Russian oil supplies by sea fell by 25 percent, flows through the Black Sea decreased the most, writes Bloomberg.
13:43 Russia plans to carry out forced "mobilization" in the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, pseudo-referendums in these areas are aimed at announcing forced "mobilization". Then the FSB of the Russian Federation plans to throw "mobilized" Ukrainians to storm the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the control of barrage detachments. In fact, this is an attempt to destroy Ukraine with the hands of Ukrainians.
To conduct "referendums", personal data of the inhabitants of the occupied territories are collected in advance, ostensibly to receive "humanitarian aid" or social benefits. On the day of "voting" FSB officers will fill out the ballots, using the information received, without the consent and physical presence of the Ukrainians themselves.
13:26 The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, visited Borodianka, Kiev region, destroyed by the Russians. "History will not forget the war crimes that were committed here. There can be no peace without justice," he wrote.
13:22 About 40 percent of the population left Nikolaev, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported. At the same time, he clarified that such statistics are not kept on purpose, "but in terms of the amount of garbage collected and the use of drinking water, 40% of the inhabitants have already left the city."
13:20 Kuleba visited Bulgaria, discussed the need to strengthen agricultural supply chains to maintain global food security.
12:58 Russia's offensive on the Dnieper is unlikely, as well as repeated attempts to capture Kiev, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "I don't want to make any assessments. But, obviously, the enemy will focus on the goals that have now been officially announced Russian authorities. At least in the near future. The seizure of new territories will lead to numerous dispersal of forces, which will become more difficult to manage and more difficult to provide."
12:53 Ukrposhta has stopped selling stamps with the "Russian warship" in the offices. In total, about 700,000 units were sold. Another 100,000 stamps will be allocated to the online store, the rest of the circulation will be sent to official delegations, museum funds, as well as philatelic subscriptions. In addition, every employee of Ukrposhta will be able to receive a stamp.
12:49 Peskov said that Russia handed over to Ukraine a draft document "with clear wording worked out, the ball is on the side of Kiev." He also added that the work of the Ukrainian side "leaves much to be desired, they do not seek to intensify the process."
12:47 A square of Ukraine will be created in Tallinn. Most likely, she will appear in Lembitu Park, which is located behind the Foreign Ministry building, local media write.
12:44 The Ministry of Justice will return the possibility of conducting transactions and registering the purchase and sale of real estate within a month, said the head of the department, Denis Malyuska, in an interview with Radio Liberty.
12:36 In Estonia, from April 26 to May 10, public gatherings with the use of St. George ribbons, flags of Russia and the USSR were banned in order to avoid provocations on May 9.
12:27 Residents of Odessa heard explosions, OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk said that it was the air defense forces that were working.
12:21 In the Luhansk region, the occupiers are taking out the corpses with KAMAZ vehicles and abandoning the equipment, Gaidai said. According to him, hospitals are filled with wounded Russians. On the night of April 20, fewer enemy attacks and shelling were recorded in the region. This is probably due to the fact that the invaders are suffering huge losses among the personnel.
12:13 Energy, gas and water supply in the cities of Popasnaya, Rubizhne and parts of the villages of the community in the city of Gorskoye, Lugansk region, will not be restored before the end of the war, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
12:10 The court issued permission for a special pre-trial investigation against Kiva, suspected of public calls for a violent change of power, encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, treason and war propaganda. The former People's Deputy is on the international wanted list, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
12:06 Podolyak said in an interview with NV that the agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine is being finalized by legal subgroups that take part in negotiations with Russia.
11:53 Mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko called on Mariupol residents to evacuate the city. He once again confirmed that the evacuation from Mariupol to Zaporozhye would begin on April 20 at 14:00. The route of the column: Mariupol - Mangush - Berdyansk - Tokmak - Orekhov - Zaporozhye.
11:36 In Ukraine, agricultural production will be reduced by 40-70 percent, said the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky: "Now we already understand that the sowing will decrease by 20-30 percent. Accordingly, this will lead to a lower quality of sowing, and hence According to preliminary estimates, 20-30 percent of the sown area will remain unsown.
11:34 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow "through bilateral channels warned Sweden and Finland about the consequences of their entry into NATO."
11:32 According to the UN, 12 million people left their homes in Ukraine. Another 13 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. About 7 million became internally displaced persons, 5 million went abroad.
11:30 Sergei Gaidai announced the detention by the counterintelligence of the SBU of an agent of the FSB of the Russian Federation, who was surrendering positions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and correcting fire on cities.
11:28 Abramovich's main task in the peace talks with Ukraine is "smoothing the corners", as the Russian side continues to claim that it is engaged in "denazification", Podolyak said in an interview with NV.
11:26 Russia is trying to completely seize the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and not only by May 9, says the speaker of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
11:04 Hundreds of Ethiopian men were seen queuing in front of the Russian embassy in the capital Addis Ababa. According to The Addis Standard, this may indicate the recruitment of local mercenaries by Russia for the war in Ukraine. The Russian Embassy assures that African men are standing in line to "express solidarity with Russia."
11:00 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the strikes on the areas of Novovorontsovka and Kiselevka in the Kherson region - they report the destruction of "up to 40 Ukrainian soldiers, seven units of military equipment."
10:56 The Russians forcibly resettled more than 500,000 Ukrainians, including 121,000 children, to the territory of the Russian Federation, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Serhiy Kislitsa said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. At the same time, according to him, Ukrainians are given documents prohibiting them from leaving the Russian regions for two years.
10:53 Israel confirmed its readiness to host a possible meeting between Zelensky and Putin in Jerusalem, the Israeli ambassador to Russia said.
10:51 It is planned to evacuate 6,000 people from Mariupol along the agreed humanitarian corridor, Mayor Vadim Boychenko said. At the same time, he added that this is a preliminary figure, and "more work is needed to make the corridor work." According to him, there are now more than 100,000 people left in the city who are waiting to be evacuated.
10:48 Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs and ex-Minister of Economy of Germany Sigmar Gabriel admitted that he was wrong in promoting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project . It was a mistake, he said, not to listen to Eastern European objections to the pipeline. Gabriel explained that many then hoped to integrate it into European institutions through close trade relations with Russia. But that was an illusion, he admitted.
10:46 Cyber police blocked about 2,000 enemy resources with a total audience of over 17 million users, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
10:44 Against the background of failures at the front, Moscow began purges of the leaders of the "LNR". According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, "Minister of the Interior of the LPR, Major General" Igor Kornet was arrested by the FSB and is currently being held in the FSB detention center in Rostov-on-Don.
The arrest of the "Minister of Internal Affairs of the LPR" caused a negative reaction in the power structures and the political leadership of the "republic", which regarded this step as the beginning of changes in the power bloc of the quasi-state. The leader of the "LPR" Leonid Pasechnik is making every effort to release Kornet and reinstate him in his post.
10:32 The General Staff named the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of April 20:
personnel - about 20,900 people liquidated,
tanks - 815,
armored combat vehicles - 2087,
artillery systems - 391,
MLRS - 136,
air defense systems - 67,
aircraft - 171,
helicopters - 150,
automotive equipment - 1504,
ships/boats - 8,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 76,
UAV operational-tactical level - 165,
special equipment - 27,
launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
10:28 Russia's statements about several stages of the "special operation" in Ukraine were false, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Alexander Motuzyanyk said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "A lightning offensive, the capture of large Ukrainian cities including the capital, the overthrow of the Ukrainian and the establishment of a government controlled by the Russian Federation and, finally ", the return of Ukraine to the sphere of Russian control. That is, the destruction of Ukrainian statehood as such. This, in fact, was the main goal of the aggressor. And they planned to do this in one stage."
10:24 The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that Ukraine did not receive new aircraft from partners. With the assistance of the US government, Ukraine received only spare parts and components for the restoration and repair of the existing fleet of aircraft.
10:19 In the Zaporozhye region, Russian soldiers staged a riot and wanted to escape, but the instigators were killed by the Kadyrovtsy, said Ivan Arefiev, speaker of the Zaporizhzhya OVA. According to him, the Russian servicemen under Pologa refused to fight and rebelled because they did not receive the money promised by the state. Three rebels, who were ready to hand over their weapons and go home to Russia, were brutally killed by the Kadyrovites.
10:14 President of the European Council Charles Michel announced that he had arrived on a visit to Kiev.
09:58 The decisive battle for Ukraine has already begun, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "Now we can say that this decisive battle has already begun, judging by the activity and nature of the invaders' offensive in the East and South of Ukraine."
According to him, the goal of the Russians is clear: to push the Ukrainian forces beyond the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and to keep the land corridor to the Crimea. It is also obvious that in the future they will try to develop the offensive in other areas, in particular in Kherson, in order to capture as many territories as possible.
09:53 The Government of Latvia has finally decided on the date of the complete refusal to purchase Russian gas and will stop buying it until January 1, 2023.
Estonia also plans to phase out Russian gas from 2023.
09:50 The leaders of the United States, Britain, Poland, Italy, France, Germany, Canada, Romania, as well as the leaders of the EU and NATO discussed the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine after the war with Russia, Reuters reported.
09:33 Britain has allocated 400 million pounds of aid to Ukraine and guarantees a World Bank loan of $1 billion. London will also provide 220 million pounds for humanitarian needs to countries hosting Ukrainian refugees.
09:12 Vereshchuk said that today they managed to tentatively agree on a humanitarian corridor in Mariupol for women, children and the elderly.
09:07 Norway will send about 100 Mistral anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defense said.
09:05 One of the surviving sailors of the cruiser Moskva told his mother that the ship was heading to Odessa to participate in the operation to land paratroopers who were supposed to capture the city, Radio Liberty writes.
09:03 British intelligence warns that Russian attacks on the cities of Ukraine indicate the intentions of the Russian Federation to prevent the movement of Ukrainian reinforcements and weapons to the east of the country. The Russian military presence on the eastern border of Ukraine continues to grow.
08:55 Occupants in Mariupol have moved from "soft" proposals to wear white ribbons to civilians as a mark of "friend or foe" to direct threats to open fire to kill anyone who will be on the street without such ribbons, said adviser to the mayor of the city Petr Andryushchenko .
08:46 There are already more than 500 wounded and hundreds of civilians at Azov, said the commander of the 36th marine brigade Sergei Volyn. He called on Ukraine, the United States, Turkey and Britain to save the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the plant.
08:42 In the area of Izyum, Kharkiv region, 12 Ukrainian soldiers had breathing problems and reddened eyes after an attack by the Russian army, Arestovich said. According to him, it was "some kind of chemical substance", but they cannot determine it, because there is no laboratory there.
08:29 In the Lugansk region, the enemy continues offensive operations in order to move deep into Popasna. After attempts by the Russian invaders to storm Rubizhne and Severodonetsk, about 130 wounded Russian military personnel of the enemy were admitted to the hospital in the city of Novoaydar, said the head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai.
At night, the enemy fired at Novodruzhesk, located close to Lisichansk. After midnight, the Russians opened fire on residential buildings. Several times during the night, the enemy also fired at. Mining.
08:16 The United States does not rule out that Russia will attack the routes of arms supply, CNN reports citing a Pentagon spokesman. Russian troops don't often strike moving targets like convoys or railroads, he said, but they may try to destroy bridges, roads and rails that are used to transport weapons and supplies to Ukraine.
The Pentagon noted that even if the Russians manage to attack these routes, they will not be able to completely stop the supply, because there is a lot of cargo coming in.
08:02 Wikipedia has an article on rashism translated into 25 languages.
07:59 Relatives of the Ukrainian servicemen began to receive suspicious phone calls and messages. The attackers offer to facilitate their release from captivity for a monetary reward. They are also trying, allegedly for the purpose of clarifying, to find out the personal data of Ukrainian defenders.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states that representatives of the Marine Corps Command or other military command or government agencies do not collect funds. Issues of the release of prisoners of war are within the exclusive competence of state authorities. There can be no collection of funds from family members and relatives.
07:45 The United States regularly monitors the nuclear threat from Russia and believes that there is no reason to change the readiness status of its nuclear forces yet, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
"We monitor this every day, we saw no reason to change the approach to the use of strategic deterrence. We remain confident that we have the ability, if necessary, to protect the territory of the country, our allies and partners with the current state of the strategic deterrence forces," he said.
07:33 Russian troops are trying to continue the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and also do not stop inflicting missile and bomb attacks on military and civilian infrastructure facilities throughout Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said .
06:36 The IAEA can again contact the Chernobyl nuclear power plant when necessary and fully control the situation. According to the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, by the end of this month, a mission of experts will visit the station to assess the situation.
06:19 An Ipos survey conducted in 27 countries showed that 61% of the world's inhabitants believe that Russia's actions in Ukraine directly threaten their country. At the same time, 17% of respondents support sending their own troops to Ukraine, from 57% to 77% of respondents regularly follow the news from Ukraine: most of all in Japan (89%) and Sweden (83%).
00:05 The EU plans to create a solidarity trust fund to finance the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine. More about this in the article How Ukraine will be rebuilt .
00:03 The Biden administration will announce a new military aid package for Ukraine this week, NBC News reports. Its size will be similar to 800 million dollars - as in the previous time. The aid will include "more artillery and tens of thousands of shells" "which will likely be critical to the upcoming battle in Donbas."
00:01 Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky said that the proceeds from the arrest and sale of Viktor Medvedchuk's property will be transferred to the needs of the army.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Mariupol.
The active cleansing of Azovstal continues, the active work of artillery and aviation helps the assault groups to advance in industrial buildings. Along the way, civilians are taken out of the territory of Azovstal, who manage to escape from there.
2. Zaporozhye.
Active fighting east of Gulyaipol, troops are advancing west of Velikaya Novoselka, occupying several villages. On the line Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole without changes.
3. Ugledar.
Intensive fighting in the region of Novomikhailovka-Ugledar and Velikaya Novoselka. Two settlements were taken south of Velikaya Novoselka.
4.Marinka.
No major changes. The enemy firmly holds positions in the waste heap area. Without the capture of Novomikhailovka or control of the Maryinka-Kurakhovo highway, it will be difficult to push him out.
5. Avdievka.
No significant changes. Fighting continues in the area of Novobakhmutovka and Troitsky. There is no active traffic to New York yet.
6. LPR.
Today the enemy withdrew from Rubizhne and Kremennaya. According to unconfirmed information, the enemy is preparing a retreat from Severodonetsk. In Popasna, heavy street fighting. The pace of progress in the city is low.
7. Izyum.
Heavy fighting in the direction of Barvenkovo and Slavyansk. The enemy has thrown his main reserves here, which leads to very intense battles, which should hinder the pace of the advance of the Russian troops. The enemy is also strengthening the defenses of Seversk, Yampol and Krasny Liman, which will soon be on the agenda.
8. Kharkov.
Fighting north of the city and east of Chuguev. Both sides are actively using MLRS and cannon artillery, but so far the tendencies towards positionalism are dominating here.
9. Nikolaev.
The parties do not carry out active offensive actions. The RF Armed Forces strike at targets in Nikolaev and south of Nikopol. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to answer in the direction of Kherson. Clashes are going on in the villages between Kherson and Nikolaev.
10. Odessa.
No significant changes. The transfer of additional troops from western Ukraine to the city is noted. They also report the transfer of NATO cargo. Delivery of anti-ship missiles is expected, which will complicate the operations of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the western part of the Black Sea.
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Time is on Putin's side. Control the air and pound. Use of solders only after softening up. Biden and EU quite ineffective. This will signal pause for Finland and Sweden.
[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] Some $115.4 million are urgently needed to prevent a further deterioration of the food insecurity situation and worsening of the disruption of food supply chains in Ukraine. There is urgency to support Ukrainian farmers in planting vegetables and potatoes during this spring season, and farmers should be allowed and supported to go to their fields and save the winter wheat harvest, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.
With this Plan, in line with the revised Inter-Agency Flash Appeal, FAO has more than doubled its initial request of $50 million to support 376 660 small- and medium-sized farming households or almost one million people through December 2022.
“As food access, production and overall food availability deteriorate in many parts of Ukraine as a result of the war, efforts to bolster agricultural production and the functioning of food supply chains will be critical to averting a food crisis in 2022 and into 2023,” said Rein Paulsen, FAO Director of Emergencies and Resilience. “FAO’s immediate concern is to support the ongoing spring planting season and to prevent the disruption of the upcoming winter crop harvesting, which typically occurs in June-July, and could severely threaten food security in the country. Agriculture depends on seasons. There is no time to waste to get ready for the upcoming fall season.”
Agriculture is central to Ukraine’s economy, playing a key role in protecting food security and livelihoods across the country, as well as the region. The vast destruction of crops and infrastructure due to the war jeopardizes food production and food security.
FAO estimates that one‑third of the crops and agricultural land may not be harvested or cultivated in 2022. The forced displacement of civilian populations fleeing the war and the conscription of men into territorial defence forces is resulting in labour shortages and an increased burden on women. This situation is exacerbated by a decrease in the access and availability of crucial agricultural inputs.
Preliminary data collected by FAO, through ongoing assessments, demonstrates that farmers at all levels need cash to procure inputs and services for food production and to maintain their farming operations.
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The ship was also reportedly "harassed" by drones of the type Ukraine licensed from Turkey, and the Moskva was apparently conducting shore support -- which likely brought it close to the coast.
So it didn't take any external support for the Ukrainians to find it.
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But if a P-8 watched the attack go down and some breathless underling at the Pentagon has not rushed out to spill the beans about it, I'll take that as a win.
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Give it time, it's been proven none of them can keep their mouth shut.
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Just happened to be in position to observe. Chance, precognition or....?
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Meh. You can be sure Russian and Chinese surveillance planes keep an eye on our fleets every chance they get. There's plenty of evidence the Ukrainians pulled off the attacked with their own capabilities; no need to invent our involvement.
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It is not like Moskva was hiding. To be a credible threat to Odessa, people have to know you are there. The trick to this strategy, as with the benefit plan, is not getting killed.
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The most egregious got the Spam Cop. The rest...were underperforming and their ruble checks cut off?
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I doubt the United States needed a P-8 to tell where the Moskva was; I imagine when they turn their radar on the ship's location is apparent to every sigint satellite with that section of the earth's surface in view.
[FoxNews] The United States has reportedly stopped asking Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century... to pump more oil to combat market disruption from Russia’s war with Ukraine as the relationship between the U.S. and the oil rich kingdom is said to have hit a new low.President Joe Biden ...... 46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity, except maybe for abandoning Afghanistan...... ’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan brought up the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist beloved martyr of journalism Jamal Khashoggi ......who was simultaneously a very well paid Washington Post columnist and a long time propagandist for the Moslem Brotherhood and Al Qaeda — he died while on the Qatari payroll, but previously wrote at the behest of then-Saudi intel chief Prince Turki al-Faisal...... in a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...Crown Prince and modernizer of Saudi Arabia as of 2016. The Turks hate him, so he must be all right, despite the occasional brutal murder of Qatar-owned journalists. As crown prince, Moe has quietly jettisoned his country's policy of trying to impose its religion on the rest of the world... which angered the crown prince to the point where he told Sullivan never to mention it again and to forget about Saudi Arabia increasing its oil production, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday,
That’s what the subtle types call diplomacy. Well done, Jakey!
The report states that the Biden administration (aka the Wilmington comorra) ...the collection of boodlers, grifters, hangers-on, and self-proclaimed experts affiliated with the Biden Crime Family. Entrusted with an entire nation as the result of a suspicious election, they set about happily implementing stuff they absorbed in college, all of which blew up and splattered the rest of us... has since asked Saudi Arabia to increase production as gas prices soar in the United States amid Russia’s war with Ukraine and the conversations have gone nowhere.
A senior U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal that the White House has now stopped asking for more oil production from Saudi Arabia and now asks only that the country avoid actions that hurt U.S. interests in Ukraine.
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Jake should get ready for the interviews with Durham over the dossier
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Everyone remember come Mid-terms the LSD's know we have plenty of OIL waiting to be pumped here in the USA. But they have taken every opportunity to halt pumping, refining, and delivery of it.
Under their "RULE" Gas has gone from $2.12
to $3.69+ a gallon, Food prices have gone up 1/4 to 1/3 in cost and our dollar is worth 8.54% LESS than a year ago.
But the LSD's solution is IMPORT other Nations' costly OIL, where there are FAR LESS Environmental protections and a 100x's greater likelihood of Oil Spills, Environmental Pollution in the delivery process
It also seems they could care less about driving up US Gas, delivery, and Food prices. ALL OF WHICH are seriously hurting the lower-income working wage earners?
So IF we vote based on facts and our wallets and not their politically spewed BS, they are no longer in control come 2024.
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#2 Deliberate or not, the effect is the same. Unbefokkinlievable.
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04/21/2022 10:55
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Talked around who is in charge and led with Kashoggi?
Wow.
To those new, this is the team which called for up to and including the dissolution of the Saud Government over the death of their, uhem, "News Associate".
Perhaps a bit butt-hurt that Saud's SNL skit with Brandon had Kamela actually competent? That's what I was laughing at. Hardball, gonna play some hardball. Yeah hardball. Hardball.
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How Not To Do Diplomacy or, Exercises in Futility
Lecture and insult the Chinese in your very first meet & greet
Destroy any remaining influence you might have over OPEC and oil price stability through pointless insults directed at your only Arab ally
Encourage a puppet regime to demand the impossible - surrender of Russia's most important military base and membership in NATO - and then walk away, refusing to deter the puppet regime's enemy or even pay any attention to him
Leak your classified intelligence all over the world - but refuse to engage with the president of the country that is threatening an invasion
Insult all the other major nations you need to persuade to join you. Call their leaders "shaky" when they declare they'll do what's best for their people
Destroy the world's economy and make your own people poor as a means of getting back at your adversary
Posted by: Pearl Darling of the Jutes5883 ||
04/21/2022 11:55
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^^^ Excellent summary of the Biden Administration's foreign policy so far.
Posted by: Tom ||
04/21/2022 12:38
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I believe most people would do the green thing if it is not overly expensive and probably do better in the long run than knee-jerk green solutions that just create the next environmental problem.
I'm confident we'll do alright when the green movement is humiliated and made a pariah for a century or more and can't wait for that to start.
[Rudaw] Three members of the Sunni tribal forces were killed and eight others, including civilians, were maimed in northern Diyala province, following an attack by members of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) on Tuesday evening, officials confirmed to Rudaw.
A Hashd al-Ashayiri base in Qara Tapa’s Kashkul village was attacked by suspected ISIS members on Tuesday, killing four of the forces of Evil in the festivities that ensued. This is the third time ISIS has attacked the area within the last week, according to Qara Tapa’s Mayor Wasfi al-Tamimi.
Rudaw has learnt that three members of Hashd al-Ashayiri were killed during the incident, which also resulted in eight people maimed, including both civilians and members of the armed forces.
Hashd al-Ashayiri are Sunni tribal forces under the umbrella of the Iraqi Armed Forces, founded in 2014 to fight in the war against ISIS. Hashd al-Ashayiri fights ISIS threats in areas that are predominantly Sunni.
Additionally, ISIS carried out two other offences in other parts of Diyala province on Tuesday night, targeting brigades of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and the Iraqi army. The attacks were quickly thwarted without any casualties.
[OneIndia] Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... member Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo on Monday was declared a designated terrorist by the Centre for his role in various terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... . He is the fifth individual to have been designated as a terrorist by the Centre in the last fortnight.
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[AlAhram] A Russian national operating alongside Malian soldiers was killed on Tuesday by a roadside kaboom in the center of the conflict-torn Sahel state, an army document and officials said.
A Malian army unit accompanied by a "Russian advisor" struck an improvised bomb near the town of Hombori, according to a military memo seen by AFP late Tuesday.
One Russian advisor died after being airlifted to the central town of Sevare, the Malian army memo said.
The death marks the first confirmed fatality of what in Mali are officially described as Russian military instructors.
The United States, La Belle France, and others say the instructors are operatives from the Russian private-security firm Wagner.
Mali's army-dominated government denies the claim.
An official at a hospital in Sevare, who asked not to be named, confirmed the death and said the Russian was in his 30s.
An elected official in central Mali, who also requested anonymity, said that he had "learned of the death of a Wagner agent".
Mali is ruled by a military junta that seized power in a coup in 2020.
It initially promised to restore civilian rule, but it ignored an earlier commitment to West Africa bloc ECOWAS to stage elections in February this year, prompting regional sanctions.
The junta's friendship with Russia has also worsened friction with La Belle France, a traditional ally.
La Belle France, which intervened in Mali in 2013, decided in February to withdraw its forces in the country after a decade-long fight against jihadists.
Vast swathes of Mali lie beyond government control due to the brutal conflict, which began in 2012 before spreading to neighboring Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... and Niger.
[AlAhram] The Public Prosecution referred on Tuesday the man accused of murdering Coptic priest Arsanios Wadid last week to stand trial on charges of deliberate murder and possesion of a cold weapon, affirming that he was "fully cognizant" of his actions at the time of the incident.
The prosecution has collected evidence and built a case against the defendant based on the testimonies of 17 eyewitnesses and the Ministry of Health and Population’s Regional Mental Health Council’s report on his mental health condition during the time of the crime, the statement read.
The council's report showed that the man was fully cognizant and possessed agency throughout the crime, according to the statement.
The report also found that the defendant did not suffer from any symptoms of mental or psychological disorder at the time of examination or at the time of committing the crime, thereby making him criminally responsible, the prosecution said.
Additionally, the Public Prosecution said the victim’s autopsy report showed that the DNA extracted from the blood on the knife that was seized from the defendant after he was apprehended matched with the genetic fingerprint of the victim.
The prosecution also decided to move forward with the referral after checking on-site surveillance cameras, inspecting the scene of the crime, and obtaining other evidence, the statement said.
Wadid, 56, the Coptic priest of the Church of the Virgin Mary and Mar Boulos in Alexandria, was stabbed with a knife while walking along the Mediterranean Corniche in the Sidi Bishr District in Alexandria on Friday 8 April in a crime that terrorised witnesses and left the public in a state of shock.
Wadid was transported to Mostafa Kamel Military Hospital in Sidi Gaber, however, he departed this vale of tears.
During interrogation, the defendant confessed to deliberately killing the victim, the prosecution said in a statement last week.
However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... the defendant later recanted his confession, claiming that the knife in his possession was just for self-defence and that he was not aware of what he was doing on the day of the incident until he was arrested.
Wadid, born in 1966, was ordained to priesthood in 1995 by the late Pope Shenouda III, the former head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
[RealClearDefense via Bongino] Without better preparation for war against a threatened Chinese invasion, Taiwan will suffer far worse consequences than Ukraine because of the constraining effects of its island geography. There are five immediate lessons from the first month of the Russian-Ukraine conflict that war planners in Taipei and Washington need to address.
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...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
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[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] 
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it 
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] 
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
[Breitbart] Militants of the outlawed Nigerian separatist group known as the 
[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] Some $115.4 million are urgently needed to prevent a further deterioration of the food insecurity situation and worsening of the disruption of food supply chains in Ukraine. There is urgency to support Ukrainian farmers in planting vegetables and potatoes during this spring season, and farmers should be allowed and supported to go to their fields and save the winter wheat harvest, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.
...the collection of boodlers, grifters, hangers-on, and self-proclaimed 
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