This is from back on Feb. 24th; I'm posting it for historical purposes
[Haaretz] Russia's UN envoy voices 'concern' about Israel's plans for expansion in the north, saying Russia does not recognize its sovereignty over the region, hours before Russian attacks on Ukraine
Russia condemned the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights on Wednesday and said it does not recognize Israel's sovereignty in the region.
The statement, issued before Russia's all-out assault on Ukraine, followed Israel's first official statement of support for Ukraine in the unfolding crisis and appeared to be a Russian message to Israel...
"We are concerned over Tel Aviv’s announced plans for expanding settlement activity in the occupied Golan Heights, which directly contradicts the provisions of the 1949 Geneva Convention," said Russia's United Nations envoy Dmitry Polyanskiy just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin launched large-scale attacks across Ukraine on Thursday.
Speaking at the UN Security Council’s monthly briefing on the Middle East, he stressed "Russia’s unchanging position, according to which we do not recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that are an inalienable part of Syria."
On Wednesday afternoon, Israel's Foreign Ministry issued its first statement supporting Ukraine since the start of the conflict. Israel deliberately refrained from mentioning Russia or President Putin in the statement, which stated support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, reflecting the complicated position Israel has found itself in over the crisis.
Israel has an interest in maintaining neutrality in order to prevent a conflict that would make it difficult to continue its attacks in Syria, where Russia has a military presence.
The statement, which was approved by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, also expressed Israel's readiness to transfer immediate humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and said Israel is engaged in dialogue with its partners on ways to restore the diplomatic path...
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*yawn*
Putin's KGB funded most of the terrorist movements around the world until their post-USSR rebranding. It's no surprise his new empire hates Israel just as much.
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Let me get this right. Russia objects to Israel acquiring territory through military action. Just what is Moscow doing in the Ukraine? /rhet question.
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Ironically amusing, the Golan and Ukraine both serve as defensive barriers to protect the homeland from invaders.
I wonder if the Rus really meant it or whether the statement was pro-forma UN blather to keep the Syrians happy. Russia and Israel seem to have some sort of agreement that allows the IDF blow stuff up as needed in Syria.
[Times of Israel] First couple of paragraphs
Israeli officials are set to discuss expanding aid to Ukraine, including supplies of defensive military equipment so far withheld by Jerusalem, according to a report Tuesday.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Israel has rejected requests from Kyiv and the West for military equipment such as anti-missile batteries, and only recently agreed to send helmets and flak jackets to civilian rescue and medical forces, part of a policy meant to preserve ties with Russia. Instead it has sent some 100 tons of humanitarian aid and set up a field hospital in western Ukraine for six weeks.
However, Israeli officials are now expected to support sending Ukraine military aid, albeit at symbolic levels, and still with hopes of keeping its relationship with Russia intact, Haaretz reported Tuesday, citing officials with knowledge of the matter.
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Maybe Russia should start to disperse Man-portable air-defense system trophied in Ukraine to Palestinians, Houthi, Pakistani, etc.
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It won’t do any good, dear boy. In the end a science-technology culture beats an inshallah culture. Something about actually aiming rather than randomly shooting off, and then maintaining the weapons properly between uses.
The proof is that the Gazans claim to have some of those, and despite their best efforts, it’s done them no good at all.
[Yahoo] Russian troops occupying the Ukrainian city of Melitopol stole nearly $5 million of farm vehicles from a John Deere dealership and shipped some of them more than 700 miles to Chechnya, CNN reported, only to find they had been rendered useless by a remote-locking system that prevented the thieves from turning the equipment on.
Two compound harvesters, valued at $300,000 each, as well as 27 other tractors, seeders, and additional pieces of equipment were stolen from the dealership. But the remote access technology of the equipment, which allows for GPS tracking and some of the vehicles to be remotely operated, prevented them from being used.
"When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that they could not even turn them on, because the harvesters were locked remotely," a source familiar with the incident told CNN.
While the equipment could still be scrapped and sold for parts by Russian troops, the source said it is currently lying idle on a farm near Grozny.
Just another instance where the people engaging in Putin Opposition Theater are actually a life support system for the SOB.
[FreeBeacon] Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers late last week that the United States will not stop Russia from cashing in on a $10 billion contract to build out portions of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. So they've found nuclear power they like. Too bad they don't believe in building nuclear plants _here_. Hey, that's an idea, we can tell them Russia's building the plant in Twin Falls Idaho, and they'll _have_ to oppose it!
Blinken, in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, confirmed for the first time publicly that the Biden administration will not stand in the way of Russia-Iran nuclear cooperation. Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) asked Blinken to provide assurances that sanctions on both Iran and Russia remain in place as long as Moscow continues its unprovoked war in Ukraine.
Blinken said any sanctions lifted as part of a new nuclear deal will be separate from the United States' current pressure campaign on Russia, meaning that the $10 billion contract between Tehran and Moscow will be permitted to go through.
"The actions that Russia would take pursuant to the agreement, if there is a return to the agreement, would not be in contravention of the sanctions imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine," Blinken said.
As part of the ongoing negotiations with Iran on a revamped nuclear deal—which are being led by Russia on the United States' behalf—the Biden administration committed to waive sanctions preventing Tehran from paying Moscow at least $10 billion to construct nuclear reactors in the country. Republican lawmakers say the concession undermines the international community’s efforts to isolate Russia in response to its ongoing war in Ukraine. It's all Kayfabe, while they build out nuclear infrastructure for all the people threatening to nuke us every morning.
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IIRC they never did end conscription, they sort of left it whither away when the kids refused to report for induction. The enforcement was and is on par with our control of our border in gathering up invaders.
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General mobilization means that instead of 250,000 troops in the equivalent of one military district, we could see between four and eight times as many troops, tanks and aircraft in up to eight military districts being thrown at the west.
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we could see between four and eight times as many
Realistically, how long would it take to get them all in place and facing in the same direction, not to mention fully equipped for the task, from a standing start? In my ignorance, it seems to me that they sent their best in the first round.
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...it seems to me that they sent their best in the first round.
They did. A good chunk of their contract soldiers were spent in the Ukraine. A general mobilization would also include those that have left the military along with raw recruits but it would take time to get them fitted, back in shape and in a rough form for the front.
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TW - I believe roughly 10% of available RF ground forces are currently committed in the SMO. As the troops rotate probably 25% of the RF ground forces will have experience with near peer combat operations following the completion of the SMO. By contrast current NATO forces have limited experience operating in combat without enjoying air supremacy. Mobilized RF reserves without combat experience would be useful for securing lines of communication, occupation/civil affairs functions and relief of forces in static sections. That frees up more capable troops for direct action
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Realistically, how long would it take to get them all in place and facing in the same direction, not to mention fully equipped for the task, from a standing start? In my ignorance, it seems to me that they sent their best in
In the first 30 days of WWII, the Soviets managed to mobilize and put to field 2.5 million men at arms.
Then they didn't have modern transport and communications means they have now.
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We can expect any mobilization plan to go as smoothly has their invasion plan. Our experience with Desert Shield/Storm showed that mother nature doesn't care what your timelines are. The human body takes weeks to get in condition for combat (less just throwing bodies at the enemy to eat up their ammo). If it wasn't for the massive logistics and support structure in the services which allowed the US to literally overwhelm normal log problems, our plans wouldn't even be effective.
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Darth - The RF has 170 Battalion Tactical Groups. 75% would be 127 units committed. Most estimates I’ve seen suggest it’s closer to 40 units in contact plus the logistical tail. So ballpark 25% of the available direct action elements. That is more than the 10% I mentioned earlier. Frankly I’m looking forward to reading the history of this operation in future to see what actually happened. So much propaganda on both sides …
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This reminds me of Red Storm Rising. Soviets wanted to invade Iran for the oil, but needed to bust up NATO first so they attacked Europe only to bog down and draw off their forces waiting to go into Iran.
Except the Russians don't have troops waiting to go into Iran to symphon off.
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"Mohammedans having a tiff?
And one named Mohammed? As if!
We're peaceful, per Bush,
If a little farouche...
Like, we worship a silver-stone [cough]!
[Rudaw] An Iraqi soldier was killed during festivities with a force affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Shingal on Monday as Baghdad steps up efforts to retake the town from the group, the cousin of the soldier told Rudaw.
Adam Mohammed, 45, was killed in his hometown of Shingal following almost two weeks of festivities between the Iraqi army and the Shingal Resistance® Units (YBS), his cousin, Maysar Saado, told Rudaw on Monday afternoon. The Iraqi army has not confirmed his death
The YBS, which is an all-Yazidi group affiliated to the PKK, has been partly in control of Shingal since the Iraqi army withdrew in the face 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) attack in late 2014.
Mohammed was a Moslem Kurd who had been living in an IDP camp in Duhok since he fled Shingal, according to his cousin.
The Iraqi army has attempted on various occasions in the past to retake the town from the YBS with limited success. On April 18, armed festivities erupted between the Iraqi army and the group, when the latter opened fire on an army convoy that did not stop at a checkpoint in the north of the region.
Following the recent escalation, the army seems more resilient to establish control, with Iraqi troops controlling several YBS checkpoints in Shingal since mid-April.
Iraqi Security Cell said in a statement on Monday that there have been festivities between the army and the YBS in Shingal's Sinune subdistrict in the last two day, claiming that the "security incidents" took place after the hard boyz "blocked" a number of roads connecting Sinune and Khansur subdistricts to nearby villages and set up barriers on these roads.
"They prevented the movement of people between these areas," said the cell, adding that when the army tried to open these roads, they came heavily under fire by the YBS with snipers and roadside explosions. The army responded to the firing and "opened roads for the movement of people."
The cell did not confirm the soldier's death.
Sherwan Dubardani, a Kurdish MP in Baghdad who represents Nineveh province, told Rudaw on Monday that the YBS attacked the Iraqi army on Monday in retaliation to Sunday's attack on them by the army, "which led to the control of a number of YBS checkpoints by the army."
The Iraqi army’s attacks coincide with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s fresh offensive against the PKK in Duhok province. Ankara has targeted the YBS in Shingal several times, killing a number of commanders and fighters.
Pir Dayan Pir Jaafar, head of Duhok province’s migration and crisis office, told Rudaw’s Ayub Nasri that nearly 200 families from the Shingal district’s Dugre area have been displaced to Duhok province. "The number is likely to increase."
He added that they will be settled in Cham Mishko camp near Zakho town.
CALLS FOR DE-ESCALATION
Ali Alyas, the Baba Sheikh (spiritual leader) of Yazidis, called on both sides to keep the conflict away from cities and towns and "resort to the language of dialogue to end the skirmishes," in a statement seen by Rudaw.
"At the same time, we call on the governments of Erbil and Baghdad to find a radical solution to the Shingal region, which is still suffering from the consequences of genocide and the effects of the terrorist campaign of ISIS," the spiritual leader added, calling on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to provide "safe havens" to families who have fled the town.
Yazidi genocide survivor and activist Nadia Murad on Monday called on the international community to intervene in the face of recent returnees "once again forced to flee their homes."
The Iraqi government and the KRG signed an agreement in 2020 to "normalise" the situation in Shingal, which includes the withdrawal of all PKK-affiliated forces in the city. The agreement has been rejected by the PKK and its proxies.
[Rudaw] The latest festivities between the Iraqi army and the Death Eaters affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Shingal have led to the displacement of over three thousand residents to the nearby province of Duhok, the deputy governor of the Kurdish province said late Monday.
Majid Said Salih, deputy governor of Duhok, told Rudaw that more than 600 families from Shingal, consisting of about 3,500 people, have arrived in the province as a result of fleeing the latest fighting between the Iraqi army and the PKK-affiliated, all-Yazidi Shingal Resistance® Units (YBS). "The province's administration has made all the preparations to settle them in the camps," the official added.
The Iraqi army has attempted on various occasions to retake Shingal from the YBS with limited success. On April 18, armed festivities erupted between the Iraqi army and the group, when the latter opened fire on an army convoy that did not stop at a checkpoint in the north of the region.
There have been severe festivities between both sides since Sunday, leading to the death of an Iraqi soldier on Monday.
Iraqi Security Media Cell blamed the YBS for the escalation, claiming to have controlled a number of roads previously held by the militia group.
This is not the first time the people of the Yazidi-majority town have fled their homes. When 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) attacked the town in 2014, the terror group killed and kidnapped thousands of people, with thousands of others displaced to the Kurdistan Region, mostly residing in camps in Duhok.
Ongoing insecurity in Shingal, mostly linked to the presence of several armed forces, has prevented families from returning to their homeland. Around 200,000 displaced Yazidis still live in the Kurdistan Region, many of whom linger in IDP camps and live well below the poverty line.
[Garowe] Even in the middle of ongoing Ramadan which is set to end on Monday [today], the Somali National Army [SNA] intensified crackdown against al-shabaab murderous Moslems along the southern stretch of the country, where there group has almost absolute control
Reports from the SNA indicate that over the weekend, the elite Danab Special Forces targeted parts of Lower Shabelle region in Southwest state where they activated a series of patrols in pursuit of the krazed killers, who control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia.
The US-trained commandos raided homes in Leego and Jameo neighborhood where it is believed al-shabaab murderous Moslems have been hiding. The region has largely been affected by the drought conditions and the murderous Moslems have often been sighted by locals.
Mohammed Abdikadir, the commander of 4th Brigade which is in charge of 16th Battalion, said a number of al-shabaab extortion centers were completely destroyed upon leads from civilians who have borne the brunt of al-shabaab terrorists.
According to him, the Danab Special Forces will continue the operation until the military cleared it of the krazed killer insurgency group. The unit is trained by the US Africa Command and has been instrumental in thwarting al-shabaab activities in the country..
But the military did not deliver disclose whether the military managed to arrest or kill al-shabaab murderous Moslems within the vicinity of the region. The unit usually trains on executing such operations in Rural and urban centers besides promoting safety of civilians.
The murderous Moslems had heightened their activities throughout the electioneering period, even targeting senior politicians within the country. Former MP Amina Mohammed Abdi was one of the victims of the krazed killers, who have often been accused of working with government mercenaries.
Extortion has been the main source of income for al-shabaab krazed killers, who often target big businesses within rural and urban Somalia. A report complied by Hiiran Institute, a Mogadishu-based Think Tank, recently revealed that the murderous Moslems run a budget of up to $100 million annually.
Of this budget, sources said, at least $24 million goes to purchase of weapons mainly from uncontrolled markets in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... and other "cooperating" countries. The al-shabaab group has been a main cause of havoc within the Horn of Africa nation.
[IsraelTimes] According to indictment, Yaakov Atenau and his friends attacked and injured Ghassan Yahya in the parking lot of a Herzliya mosque
A Jewish Israeli man was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for taking part in the brutal mob assault of an Arab man in Herzliya during last May’s fighting in 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... The Tel Aviv District Court also ordered Yaakov Atenau, who was convicted of intentional and racially motivated vehicular damage and bodily assault with aggravating intent, to pay NIS 5,000 in compensation.
According to the indictment, on the night of the attack on May 12, 2021, Atenau and his friends were in Bat Yam, where a violent mostly peaceful demonstration of Jewish Death Eaters was taking place. Jewish-Arab ethnically motivated violence was tearing through the country at the time, particularly in mixed cities, against the backdrop of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,.
Atenau and his friends then drove from Bat Yam to the Sidna Ali Mosque in nearby Herzliya. They headed out with equipment for an assault, including batons, hammers, knives and gasoline. The group of Jewish Death Eaters numbered roughly 15.
Upon arrival at the mosque parking lot, they identified Ghassan Haj Yahya, an Arab Israeli resident of Taibe, who was eating the Ramadan fast-breaking meal in his car. The suspects waited for a parked police car to drive away before converging on Yahya’s vehicle, shouting "Arab!" the indictment said.
They then began pelting and hitting him with stones, spraying his face with pepper spray and stabbing him in the shoulder.
Yahya required hospitalization due to the injuries sustained in the attack.
Five other people were indicted for their alleged involvement in the incident.
Hundreds of indictments have been filed against mostly Arabs, but some Jews as well, over the days of rioting in which mobs on each side attacked members of the opposite ethnicity, in a rash of violence the likes of which hadn’t been seen in decades. The tensions were partially fueled by Israel’s conflict with Gaza-based forces of Evil and violent mostly peaceful pro-Paleostinian protests in Jerusalem.
[IsraelTimes] Police arrested two Paleostinian men in southern Israel on Monday morning suspected of smuggling guns from Jordan, confiscating several handguns in the process.
According to police, the two Bethlehem residents in their 30s were caught near Tel Arad in southern Israel, and found to be in possession of 20 handguns.
Police said they suspected the two men were headed to the West Bank with the weapons. Law enforcement officials have previously indicated that guns smuggled in from Jordan are often sold to Arab Israelis, for both criminal and terrorist purposes.
The value of the handguns seized on Monday was estimated at some NIS 500,000 ($150,000), police officials said.
The two Paleostinian men were to be brought before a Beersheba court later on Monday for an extension of their remand.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hailed the police operation. "We are determined to fight crime in Arab society and collect the illegal weapons. Police have now seized about 20 handguns in the Arad area. We will continue until we cleanse Israel of illegal weapons," Bennett said in a tweet.
The military and police have stepped up efforts to halt smuggling attempts along the Jordanian border in recent months, but officials have admitted that success has been limited thus far.
Unlike Israel’s other frontiers — with Egypt, Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...a strong argument in favor of European colonialism, even French colonialism... and Syria — its border with Jordan is largely open, often without significant fencing, and is relatively unguarded, making it an easy channel for large-scale smuggling.
Last week, 24 firearms apparently smuggled over the Jordanian border were seized.
Authorities have increasingly sought to crack down on the unmitigated spread of illegal weapons in the Arab Israeli community, which have been used to carry out record-breaking numbers of murders in recent years.
According to the Abraham Initiatives, a non-government group lobbying against violence in the Arab community, last year 125 Arabs were killed in Israel in community violence — an all-time record. Since the beginning of 2022, another 27 have been killed in incidents of violent mostly peaceful crime.
[IsraelTimes] The Shin Bet security agency says it has uncovered an Iranian operation that tried to recruit Israeli civilians to collect information on targets in Israel.
The network used a fake Facebook profile under the name "Sara Puppi," who was presented as a young Jewish woman with connections and business in Israel, according to the agency.
The profile had thousands of friends, mostly Israelis. After a connection was established, conversations would continue over WhatsApp, the Shin Bet says.
According to the Shin Bet, Puppi asked Israelis, including Shin Bet officers, to locate information about Israelis who are of interest to Iranian intelligence, as well as Arab diplomats and businessmen in Israel, in return for thousands of dollars as payment.
The Shin Bet says the operators of the profile also used emotional and romantic manipulation to get the information they were seeking.
In addition, the Iranian operators asked Israelis to place an "inciting" banner on billboards against 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... , "with the aim of harming Israel-Russia relations," the Shin Bet says
The agency says it had been monitoring the alleged Iranian operation from the start.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] ...and attacks key grain store: Putin's troops also steal £4m worth of farm vehicles and ship them to Chechnya but they're remotely disabled
[IsraelTimes] The terror group has repeatedly praised, but rarely taken responsibility for, attacks against Israelis in recent years.
In a rare move, Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",’s military wing grabbed credit on Monday for a terror shooting that left an Israeli security guard dead at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Ariel on Friday night.
"This operation comes within a series of responses to the defiling of our al-Aqsa [Mosque] and aggression against it," the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement.
Sixteen Israelis have been killed in a deadly wave of terror attacks since mid-March. Hamas officials have encouraged and praised the bloodshed, but this is the first time that the terror group has taken credit.
The "heroic, quality" attack "will not be the last one, with God’s help," the Qassam Brigades said.
Hamas’s military wing has rarely issued statements taking responsibility for attacks in recent years. Even when avowed Hamas members committed attacks — such as when an East Jerusalem schoolteacher killed an Israeli in the Old City last January — the terror group praised rather than claimed the killings.
A video that circulated after the attack purported to show that the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a set of gangs loosely affiliated with Fatah, Hamas’s main Paleostinian rivals, had claimed the killing. The claim could not be fully confirmed, however, as the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have no official channels.
Two Paleostinians — Yusef Assi, 21, and Yahya Marei, 20 — were arrested by Israeli forces in connection with the attack on Saturday from the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan in the northern West Bank. Official Hamas media identified the two as Qassam Brigades members on Monday night.
"[The Qassam Brigades] declare its pride in its fighters, the blessed sons of Qassam in the occupied West Bank, who are still wielding the ’Sword of Jerusalem,'" the terror group said, using Hamas’s name for the May war with Israel.
The victim of Friday’s attack, Israeli security officer Vyacheslav Golev, 23, was laid to rest in Beit Shemesh in central Israel on Sunday. Golev died while shielding his fiancee, Victoria Fligelman, who was on guard duty with him that night.
Tensions between Israel and the Paleostinians have been high for weeks. The deadly wave of terror against Israeli civilians led Israeli security forces to step up their activities in the West Bank to tamp down the violence in early April.
The resulting festivities left several Paleostinians dead. Many were combatants or were claimed by terror groups as members. But some others — such as a visually impaired woman killed in a town near Bethlehem in April — appear to have been unarmed civilians.
Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo watched the circling Commanches and asked himself What would Geronimo do?... Paleostinian rioters clashed with Israeli police at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holy site, which houses the al-Aqsa Mosque. Paleostinians hurled stones at officers, who responded with rubber bullets, sound grenades and tear gas, wounding hundreds.
The violent mostly peaceful scenes at the flashpoint site, Judaism’s holiest and Islam’s third-holiest, sparked fears of renewed war between Israel and the Paleostinians. Despite scattered rocket fire 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... in mid-April, however, the situation did not immediately deteriorate further.
On Saturday afternoon, Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar gave a speech laden with threats against Israel that urged Paleostinians in the West Bank to commit terror attacks.
He said that any further Israeli "violations" of the al-Aqsa Mosque would lead to attacks on Jewish synagogues worldwide.
⚡️ General Staff: Russian army on offensive in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Kherson regions.
According to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Russian troops are attempting to take control of the Luhansk Oblast towns of Rubizhne and Popasna and gain full control over the region.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 2, 2022
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"...Russian army offensive?"
"You bet, they stink on ice!"
/tip o' the hat to one Mr. M. Brooks
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[An Nahar] The Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... on Monday snapped back at Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... chief Jebran Bassil over the issue of electoral spending, blasting him as the "thief of the republic."
"The thief of the republic and the looter of the people who is to blame for at least $40 billion in electricity deficit over the period of 10 years... lacks a lot of ethics, and this is agreed on by the majority of the Lebanese," the LF said in a statement.
It also reminded Bassil that he is on "an international sanctions list," in reference to the U.S. sanctions slapped on him over corruption-related allegations.
As for Bassil's accusations that the LF has exceeded the allowed limit of electoral spending in its electoral campaign, the LF said: "Discussing electoral ceilings begins after the end of the parliamentary elections, seeing as the electoral expenses are still ongoing, and accordingly the supervisory commission can rule on who exceeded the allowed ceilings and who didn't after receiving all the bills in the wake of the elections."
"Anyhow, the most important electoral supervisory commission is the people, who will say their word on May 6, 8 and 15, so be very prepared," the LF added.
Bassil has on Sunday filed a complaint against the LF and the Kataeb Party, accusing them of exceeding the allowed limit of electoral spending in a "blatant and extreme manner."
Bassil cited the quantity of billboards and unipoles rented by the two parties for their campaigns.
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⚡️ US ambassador: Russia to annex occupied Donetsk, Luhansk regions by mid-May.
According to U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter, Washington has “highly credible” intelligence that Russia will hold a fake “referendum” to seize Ukrainian territory.
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This is what they had planned in 2017, when Hillary was supposed to be president and US troops poured into the Baltics. The "infrastructure hacking" lie was going to be used to start a war and it's not far to Moscow.
But Trump ruined their plans and postponed everything for five years. Now the plan is back. It's like when they tried for years to invade Iraq, but had to wait until 2003 to start the war.
Invest in weapons manufacturers. They're going to provide some spectacular returns to investors for a few quarters.
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The FDR model of incremental involvement. Sort of got overridden by an Asian power. Then they sweated it for a week trying to get America focused on Europe only to have it handed to them by the Axis powers there declaring war. Once is a tragedy, twice is a farce.
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Invest in weapons manufacturers. They're going to provide some spectacular returns to investors for a few quarters.
Yeah, it was kinda slow for a while after Afghanistan but looks to be gaining steam now.
And, of course, we need regime change in Washington a whole lot more than we need it in Moscow.
But I'm still not sure Tucker has it right. Even with Democrats, it's too much of a stretch to believe they want revenge for the 2016 hacking. They'd crow about it if they got it but I still think they want to control the whole world, spread their sick socialist ideology all over the planet and suck the blood out of ordinary people everywhere. Extending NATO all the way to Vladivostok and getting a seat on the Gazprom board of directors for Hunter would be excellent steps in that direction.
Right now they think Putin is weak, he might be sick and his army is pathetic so they're gonna go for it. Forget the real threat which is China. They're all in bed with the CCP anyway, for now. (The CCP would be wise not to trust them.) They sense opportunity in Russia.
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God knows I love a great conspiracy theory, but this one scares me deeply because so many of the events are actually happening:
By lurching incrementally to the edge of war with Russia, the Puppet Show is setting up the possibility of a National Emergency/Martial Law declaration that allows for the suspension of the Mid-Terms, habeas corpus, and those pesky individual rights defined by the Constitution, and effectively ends the Red Wave threat to Imperial Power. Ultimately, it would be the causus belli for civil war, and steps taken in recent history by DHS and the FBI to define the "greatest threat to America" being white supremacists and right wing extremist seems suddenly preparatory.
I can see no other reasoning for the path to nuclear confrontation with a mobilized Russia on a war footing.
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One good point Tucker made is that nobody is mounting a diplomatic effort to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine. All of the politicians in Washington are calling instead for escalation. Nobody is calling for negotiations. The only conclusion I can draw from that is that they really want war.
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The Really Big Lie that Carlson and Biden are both cooperating in telling is that Biden wants to and is going to war with Russia. Check the article I just posted about Blinken talking about Russia's next funding request.
[IsraelTimes] 15-year-old allegedly wanted ’to harm a person of Jewish origin’ in wake of death of Paleostinian said to be her boyfriend
Prosecutors on Monday filed charges against a teenage girl for stabbing an Israeli man in Haifa last month amid a spate of terror attacks.
The 15-year-old was arrested after stabbing and moderately wounding the man on April 15. Police have said her father had alerted authorities of her intentions shortly before the attack.
The minor, whose name is barred from publication, was charged with a terrorist act of aggravated sabotage and possessing a knife for racist motives.
According to the indictment, the teen took an increasing interest in religion and the Temple Mount ahead of the attack, which came hours after Paleostinians and police clashed at the Jerusalem holy site.
It also noted that she had heard the same morning that a Paleostinian she corresponded with had died of wounds sustained while trying to attack Israeli security forces in Jenin.
Hello, groomer!
A report last week identified the Paleostinian as her boyfriend.
At least 26 Paleostinians have been killed in festivities with Israeli soldiers during raids in the West Bank in recent weeks, including the ostensible boyfriend, 17-year-old Shawkat Kamal Abed from Kafr Dan, who was critically hurt on April 14 during festivities with Israeli troops in the town near Jenin, according to Paleostinian media reports.
Prosecutors said that the day of the attack, the girl took several knives from home and told a friend she wanted to die a "martyr" while intending "to harm a person of Jewish origin," which she then set out to do. She allegedly asked her younger brother to film her before leaving and hoped she would be shot as security forces responded.
After reaching a Haifa park, the suspect searched for a Jewish target and upon spotting Aleksi Yisrael Aidelman on a bench, hit him in the head with a brick and then repeatedly attempted to stab him, according to the indictment, which said the 47-year-old victim was stabbed twice.
I’ve read that actually stabbing someone is a lot harder than it looks. I know that learning to give myself subcutaneous shots with a 1/4” needle was traumatic, so trying to harm another must be even more so.
She allegedly yelled out pro-Paleostinian slogans during the attack, such as "Paleostine is ours and will remain ours."
The indictment said that police then arrived at the scene together with the teen’s father, who took the knife from her before officers arrested her.
Aidelman was taken to the hospital for his wounds and was released the next day. The hospital said he suffered several superficial wounds that did not require surgery.
[Babylon Bee] HADES—Ever since hearing the news of President Biden creating a 'Disinformation Governance Board', George Orwell has been really kicking himself for not thinking of it first.
"He nailed it, absolutely nailed it," said a dejected Mr. Orwell. "It sounds grimly clinical and impersonal, yet threatening. It really is a much better title than 'Ministry of Truth'. I don't know how, but this Biden guy managed to become more Orwellian than, well, me - George Orwell."
Mr. Orwell also expressed incredulity at the discovery of Nina Jankowicz to lead the Board. "I could have spent a thousand lifetimes and never come up with such a perfect character," said Mr. Orwell. "It's a top-shelf villain name. Then you have the woman deliver vicious pronouncements of what may or may not be spoken by her cheerfully singing to the tune of a children's song—a song famously sung by an omnipotent nanny while the parents are gone? Very twisted. How do they come up with these ideas?"
While feeling that Biden's ideas had been partially plagiarized from his work, Mr. Orwell did give him credit for the very original idea of destroying gender and sexual identity. "Of course, The Party wants to be stronger than family ties, but the best I could come up with was a direct attack on the act of sex itself. These liberals have done me one better, and instead attacked the very reality of humans having a sexual nature as male and female...I just never even conceived of such an audacious attempt to bully people into something so incomprehensible. Well played, Leftists. Well played."
At publishing time, Mr. Orwell was dumbfounded to learn that U.N. soldiers dispatched to war are called "peacekeepers", freedom to speak is considered "racism", and remaining silent instead of voicing agreement with Party beliefs is called "violence".
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...I am wondering why the Bee has Mr. Blair (AKA George Orwell) in Hades. He was a serious lefty in his youth, but after his experiences in the Spanish Civil War he repented - Animal Farm and 1984 show very clearly where his thinking had moved to.
Mike
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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... 's top military commander has been flown out of the war zone with shrapnel wounds after being sent to Ukraine by the Russian president to secure victory, a former Russian internal affairs minister has claimed.
According to Daily Mail, Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of Staff of the Russian army, was on Sunday maimed in Izium in Ukraine's Kharviv region, which has been at the centre of intense fighting since Russia's invasion..
Putin had sent Gerasimov to the region to take personal control of his push to grab territory in eastern Ukraine, after the Russian army abandoned its plans to take Kyiv at the end of March in favour of a concentrated assault on the Donbas region of Donetsk and Luhansk.
An unofficial Russian source reported that Gerasimov sustained 'a shrapnel wound in the upper third of the right leg without a bone fracture.
'The shard was removed - there is no danger to life,' he said.
But Gerasimov's injury was severe enough to have him flown away from the frontlines and back to Russia to undergo further treatment, marking another embarrassing defeat for Putin's forces.
The chief of staff's injury came just one day after Russian Major General Andrei Simonov, 55, was killed in Kharkiv, according to an adviser to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
He is Russia's ninth general to have been killed since the start of the invasion.
Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said the precision strike on Izium was "the very place where Gerasimov, who personally came to lead the attack on Slavyansk, was located."
A "large number" of senior officers were killed in the attack which maimed Gerasimov, Gerashchenko said.
Pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Vertikal also alleged Gerasimov had been “maimed near Izium", citing unspecified sources.
Russia is believed to have sustained heavy casualties in the eastern Donbas region and around cities Kharkiv and Izium, as Ukraine's armed forces continue their bitter defence of the Donetsk and Luhansk territories which have been partially occupied by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.
Russia's military leaders are pouring troops and equipment into the east of Ukraine in an attempt to force a bloody victory after they abandoned plans to blitz through Ukraine's north and seize Kyiv earlier in the war.
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[Jpost] Moshav was established by 43-year-old Matan Moyal, who served for 20 years in various roles in Israel’s air force and secret service positions.
A former Israeli secret service official has launched an international security venture offering services to Jewish institutions while combining security cameras, artificial intelligence and a control room based in the Philippines.
A security control room in a secret location in the Southeast Asian archipelago nation hosts the most surreal situation: a group of local female observers, wearing yellow T-shirts with the Hebrew word Moshav (village), who were trained by former IDF and Israeli Special Forces personnel, following security cameras in a New Jersey suburb. The two observers discuss whether a group of men running toward a synagogue in the middle of the night are a threat. The New Jersey synagogue is a client of "Moshav" - a new and savvy international security firm.
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Well Ukraine has a lot of space now… maybe the chosen tribe should consider to go back to their ancestral land before the Iranians or maybe the Russians Chinese Asian alliance, turn that little country to glass. Israel it’s been a failure, the zionists experiment turn out to be a nightmare for the Israeli people
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Or anti-Juice Walter B forgets who was the original inhabitants
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Israel it’s been a failure
If by 'failure', you mean a functional, industrialized Western democracy, then yeah. Total failure.
[NY POST] Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to undergo cancer surgery and temporarily hand over power to a hardline former federal police chief, according to a new report.
Putin will transfer control of Russia’s government to Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Russian federal police’s Security Council, while he is incapacitated during and after the procedure, according to a video from the mysterious Telegram channel “General SVR” on Saturday.
The channel — which is purportedly run by a former Russian Foreign Intelligence Service lieutenant general known by the pseudonym “Viktor Mikhailovich” — reported that Putin has been told by doctors that he must undergo an operation.
The anticipated surgery and recovery are expected to incapacitate Putin for “a short time,” according to the unconfirmed report.
“Putin is unlikely to agree to hand over power for a longer period of time,” the narrator of the video states, adding that the control of the country will likely be in Patrushev’s hands for no more than two to three days.
“I will say that this is the worst option,” the narrator adds. “Patrushev is an outright villain. He is no better than Vladimir Putin. Moreover, he is a more cunning, and I would say, more insidious person than Vladimir Putin. If he comes to power, Russians’ problems will only multiply.”
The video follows reporting from Russian investigative outlet The Project, which — in a sizeable report on the strongman’s vigor — claimed he has been seen by a cancer doctor 35 times in recent years. Putin has become so paranoid about his health, the outlet claimed, he has even turned to unconventional, and barbaric, therapies.
Putin is said to bathe in the blood extracted from deer antlers, which are hacked off while they are growing and still full of fresh blood, the outlet said. The sickening “antler baths” are an alternative therapy in the Altai region of Russia, which borders Khazakstan and Mongolia.
Believers say the baths improve the cardiovascular system and rejuvenate the skin, The Project explained.
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Colorectal cancer is not a trivial thing, especially if it has metastasized. Couple that with the alleged Parkinson's, and Putin is facing a very rapidly ticking clock.
Bowel resection/colectomy and the resultant need for a (temporary) colostomy are common surgical treatments. But if it spreads to his liver, and bones, he is going to need extensive chemo, and if it gets into the spine/brain, then he will need radiation.
As evil as he may be, I do pray for him because cancer sucks, its horrible, even if you do survive it.
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If the Russians launched a nuclear attack on the US, Nikolai Patrushev would prefer the ballistic missile not come across the Pacific making it a target of US defence systems, he would prefer the ballistic missile leave northern Russia, travel over the North Pole, over Canada and into the US target area (DC, NYC) a path unchallenged by US systems.
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Vlad, the poor paranoid stricken bastid, may be nearing the end of his string. Tucker's notion of Russian 'Regime change' as justification for US involvement in the Ukraine doesn't seem to be supported.
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/\ Interesting observation WU, especially with Vlad reported to be personally taking charge of the management of the combat effort in the Ukraine. Hopefully, he'll experience the same outcomes as our highly vaunted "intelligence community and Foggy Bottom geniuses" experienced in Iraq and Afghanistan. And prior to that, the Johnson and Kissinger White House brain trust "managing" the combat effort in Vietnam.
Believe me when I tell you the big green Army had little to do with the day-to-day strategy of events in either Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Where does it say colorectal? Did I miss something? I read somewhere previously it was thyroid cancer. But all cancer is bad and, even if you survive, it will not leave you unscathed.
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And that was the last anyone ever heard from Vlad the Invader.
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Ref #13: Waiting on a lift to somewhere years ago at Bagram and got evicted from my chair at the USO. Some disgusting entitlement wench said it was "for sojurs only." I told her I was sojuring before she was born and long since retired. No place for old white men. I picked up my pack and went outside, never to return or have anything to do with a USO again.
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Thoughts:
* Trap to catch any coup-plotters who would naturally punch while Putin was undergoing surgery?
* A semi-graceful way for Putin to bow out of power and let someone else finish/end the war?
* Late diagnosis and he has no choice but to under surgery
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There are two problems with that bar, Murcek. First, it's in Over-The-Rhine. No matter how gentrified that neighborhood becomes, I won't trust it.
Second, they have a pierogie filled with an abomination they call "vegetarian Cincinnati chili". As Cincinnati chili is the liquid phase of meat, there cannot be a vegetarian version of it.
At least they used the home-town Frank's Red Hot.
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Never been there. It was a tip from a friend. I used to hang out in a place where some low level Russian mafia went in Pittsburgh, but I tend towards BBQ pits and dive bars myself. I avoid the wrong side of town by staying out of town as much as possible these days.
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It’s fascinating on how Americans receive information……
General SVR is a Ukrainian propaganda telegram site.
The ny post is just doing is part in the anti Russian cia propaganda. Rantburg is just participating in this game.
Reality is .Russia is winning the war
Ukraine will cease to exist
Elensky will be killed by is own
USA Europe and the rest will be behind the new Asian block.
And the USA dollar will be trashed.
All of this noise is because the USA government doesn’t want to be investigated regarding their crimes and theft.
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Walter B, Two months ago everyone predicted Russia would win the war. The war continues. Maybe they are winning, maybe not.
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Walter B, see #11.
Posters here throw news on the wall and see what sticks.
Went to a Polish site last night. There lede was a story about horses. German sites aren't much better.
They’re the Shiite version of the Muslim Brotherhood, only beholden to Iran, so they deserved it.
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) says that 78 of its members have been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command and are in its custody over the International Quds Day rally held in Zaria and Kaduna metropolis.
According to the leadership of the group, 70 members were arrested in Zaria while eight were arrested in Kaduna metropolis on April 29, 2022.
The Kaduna representative of the IMN, Yunusa Lawal Musa, who disclosed this at a news briefing held on Monday, said one person was killed when the police attacked the procession.
He described the attack by the police on their members as "barbaric and uncivilised at a critical moment of insecurity and dissensions."
When asked if the action of the police was not borne out of the Kaduna State government’s order proscribing IMN, the front man said the issue of the proscription was still in court, adding that even at that, the Nigerian constitution supersedes any law or verdict by any state.
"The International Quds Day Procession is being observed worldwide on the last Friday of the Holy Month of Ramadan. It is conducted in solidarity and support of the oppressed Paleostinian people at the hands of the Zionist regime of Israel who are forcefully occupying their land," he said.
"The rally/procession took place in virtually all countries of the world including the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, La Belle France, Australia, Canada, Ghana, Niger Republic, and in Nigeria in several other states, without any intimidation or attack except only in Kaduna State (Kaduna and Zaria).
"Here in Nigeria, the International Quds Day is being observed for over 37 years running. It is a well-known annual event but alas, on Friday, 29th April 2022, the procession in Kaduna was brutally attacked with live ammunition gunshots and massive teargas, resulting in the cold-blood murder of one Mustafa Abubakar Wagini (28 years old) and seriously injuring nine others.
"Eight people were arrested on their way back home and are now in detention with the police. We view the police action in only Kaduna State as barbaric and uncivilised at this critical moment of insecurity and dissentions. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As amended) guarantees freedom of religion as enshrined under Section 38(1) and Section 40.
"It could be recalled, 34 people, including 3 undergraduate sons of Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zazzaky and a Christian faithful were massacred on a similar day in 2014. Army and Police brutality/ attack under the Buhari Regime have been going on during our religious activities; why all these indiscriminate attacks?
"We hereby condemn this act of extrajudicial killings perpetrated by the government. We are calling on all people of conscience to prevail on the government to STOP these attacks and also for the government to unconditionally release the passports of our Leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenatudeen Ibrahim.
"We are calling on fellow Nigerians to demand for security, justice, equality and freedom. Arise from the slumber and take your fate in your own hands! Oh God! Guide us to the straight path leading to perfection. Peace and blessings be upon those that follow peace and justice."
⚡️ Russian shelling destroys renowned school in Luhansk Oblast.
Built over 100 years ago, the Lysychansk Gymnasium school survived two world wars and Russia’s attack in 2014. It was one of top 100 schools in Ukraine, according to the regional governor Serhiy Haidai.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 2, 2022
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How are they going to replace the chip fabs that will certainly be destroyed by in ChiCom invasion of Taiwan? Their economy will utterly collapse. Plus, it will be open season on Chinese naval vessels and logistics for western submarines and aircraft.
Hard to evade sanctions with your ports blocked. They must be betting on the "Silk Road" projects.
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Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek possessed both a military intelligence and merchant, entrepreneurial mind. Having been defeated by the communists on the mainland in 1949. Chiang took the Nationalist gov't to the safe harbor of what is now Taiwan where it has survived and prospered for more than 70 years. Chiang's survival was made possible through assistance from the United States and to a lesser degree, other western nations. That assistance continued until the Chinese Communist bum licking Henry Kissenger (also a skilled military intelligence officer, entrepreneur, and statesman) undertook a policy of rapprochement to the Chinese communists by exploiting the lucrative manufacturing capabilities of the mainland. See Lowes, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and our tech giants for more current information.
As long as our box stores and tech community remain the financial engine of the Chinese communists, the US isolation and cold shoulder toward Taiwan (as directed by the communists) will continue.
A Chinese communist invasion of Taiwan or attack on the United States is most unlikely. Chiang Kai-shek used the Straights of Taiwan as his 'great wall' and it has worked splendidly. The money is simply not in an invasion. When dealing with the Beijing or Washington, always first think about the money.
To take it a step further, one of the reasons I feel Donald Trump was removed from office was his open challenge to Kissinger's Chinese communist rapprochement.
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Taiwan has indicated there is a plan to blow the bleeding edge chip fabs if the PRC invades. If that occurs then the PRC then has the most advanced surviving chip fabs. They’d also have whatever wasn’t destroyed, access to the records/personnel associated with them. That suggests they could rebuild them faster than the US/EU/etc could build those fabs from scratch.
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The problem Xi faces is not sanctions. The problem he faces is the same lying bureaucratic culture that Putin now shows the consequences of. When you failed to make a substantial impact upon the corruption and put 'Yes Men' in key positions, this is the result. The Shanghai "fire drill" situation is a Chinese reflection of the real problem that faces him if he chooses to invade.
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I would if I was China, even if an invasion of Taiwan is not in the cards. China is incredibly vulnerable to sanctions as they are a net exporter of low value goods and they import all the high value ones. On top of that they have the most vulnerable oil supply line in history. A fleet parked off the southern tip of India would cut their lifeline and in 10-12 months 500 million Chinese would be starving.
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China has a big damn upstream of a large chunk of their population. Its a big gamble to think Taiwan would go down without a scorched Earth attack on such a devastating target.
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Of course they have "A Plan"....
*Cough* I mentally started snickering at the unintentional pun: PLAN (Peoples Liberation Army Navy)
... the Big Question is how many resources they have currently earmarked and how close to activating. The action to the second part is "More than they had last year..."
The thing is that Chinese Military Thought is big on long-term planning and only attacking if necessary -- as long as they plan on successfully corrupting Taiwan's leaders into a voluntary Anschluss an actual invasion will be a distant second choice. 'Why break your future property?'
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If China plays the long game then why invade at all? In 100, maybe 200 years things will look very different. A future Taiwan government might beg for annexation.
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I see Biden allowing the invasion of Taiwan. What is it a single American ship in the straight. I see Biden failing at nearly everything he and his administration tries. Make a fast buck and leave. Deplete national oil reserves and refill it with what and when. Sell it or give it away at discounts we will never see.
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[REGNUM] The United States and its allies, which have introduced a series of unprecedented restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, have driven themselves into a trap. This is written by the American edition of The Hill.
The author of the article notes that the sanctions were supposed to “destroy” the Russian economy, however, in reality, the restrictive measures entailed serious costs for those who introduced them.
"The West (the United States and its allies) has actually found itself in a trap," the journalist writes.
The material says that Russia, despite the reduction in exports, managed to increase revenues from the sale of gas and oil, as restrictive measures and a special operation in Ukraine raised world prices for raw materials and energy.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:19 VFU struck from the Uragan MLRS on the city of Debaltseve. As a result of this war crime, a kindergarten, houses, adjacent territories, outbuildings, power lines and roads received multiple damage. Civilians were injured, as well as domestic animals and livestock. Emergency services are on site. 22:51 Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed 32 Ukrainian nationalists, 2 122-mm multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad" and 1 infantry fighting vehicle. 1 armored personnel carrier and 2 cargo vehicles were captured.
21:27 The Investigative Committee opened cases against eight Ukrainian soldiers because of the shelling of the DPR and LPR.
21:27 A civilian died during the shelling of Pervomaisk by Ukrainian troops in the LPR.
20:31 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four shells with a caliber of 122mm, the DPR representative office in the JCCC said.
“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction: 18.50 - n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired, ”the representative office reported in its Telegram channel.
20:29 Shots and shell explosions are heard in the Azovstal area. The Ukrainian side broke the silence regime at Azovstal, shelling began from their positions on the territory of the plant, the DPR military had to respond, a representative of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic told RIA Novosti.
"The Ukrainian side began to break the silence regime and had to take retaliatory actions. They are afraid of responsibility for their crimes, which they have been committing for eight years already," a representative of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR.
19:29 Kyiv militants fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
19:28 As a result of artillery shelling of the city of Pervomaisk in the LPR, two residential buildings were damaged.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian Nazis have fired more than a hundred shells of 122mm, 120mm and 82mm caliber in the DPR. Five settlements came under fire, where seven residential buildings and three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Two civilians were injured.
19:00 Since the beginning of the current day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR have destroyed 32 Ukrainian nationalists, two 122-mm multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad" and one infantry fighting vehicle. One armored personnel carrier and two cargo vehicles were captured.
18:42 Ukrainian Nazis fired at four settlements in the DPR - Gorlovka, Zheleznaya Balka, Staromikhaylovka and Aleksandrovka.
17:45 DPR artillery is working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Volnovakhsky district.
17:45 DPR artillery destroys the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.
17:01 Ukrainian punishers fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR. They fired six missiles at it from the Grad MLRS. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:38 Kyiv Nazis shelled Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired seven 122mm shells at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
16:16 A total of 214 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye, including 33 children.
15:45 Ukrainian Nazis fired on Stakhanov in the LPR. They fired four shells at him from the Uragan MLRS. One man died.
15:04 Kyiv security forces fired at the urban-type settlement of Kalinovo. They used the Grad MLRS, firing 20 missiles at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
14:38 Kyiv punishers fired at the village of Staromikhaylovka in the DPR. They fired ten 82mm mines at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
13:59 More than 100 people were evacuated from the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reports.
13:59 Canadian General Trevor Kadier was arrested while trying to escape from Azovstal and taken to Moscow to stand trial. He directed biolaboratory No. 1, where 18 people worked with deadly viruses.
13:59 In Rubizhne (LPR), due to constant shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they do not have time to bury the dead. Local morgues are overcrowded, some have no electricity.
13:17 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Stakhanov in the LPR. A man died under the fire of Ukrainian punishers. In addition, two more civilians were injured. Several houses were also damaged and destroyed.
12:13 Ukrainian Nazis shelled the city of Pervomaisk in the LPR. They fired five 152 mm shells at him. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
12:13 Kyiv militants fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 15 shells of 122mm caliber on it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
11:00 Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive in the Kharkiv region and in the DPR in the direction of Izyum-Barvenkovo and Izyum-Slavyansk. There is also an ongoing attempt by Russian units to completely liberate Rubizhne in order to launch an offensive against Severodonetsk. Another battalion tactical group from the Mariupol direction was transferred to the Popasnaya area.
11:00 Another "defender" from "Azov" * tried to escape from Mariupol, pretending to be a civilian. He was identified at the exit from the city.
11:00 During the clashes with units of the defense department over the past day, the forces of the People's Militia of the LPR destroyed 26 Ukrainian militants, five armored personnel carriers, seven cars. Eight servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made the right decision, laid down their arms and thus saved their lives.
10:30 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis fired 168 shells and mines with a caliber of 122mm and 120mm across the DPR. Eight settlements came under fire, where 79 residential buildings, 11 civilian infrastructure facilities and three cars were damaged.
10:30 During the day, three civilians of the DPR were killed under Ukrainian shelling. Seven more people were injured.
10:30 Over the past day, the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR destroyed 39 Ukrainian nationalists, two firing positions of 120mm mortars and one ZU-23-2, two infantry fighting vehicles and one armored personnel carrier. One tank, two armored personnel carriers and an armored car were captured.
10:06 In the DPR for 75 days of escalation, 97 civilians were killed, 428 were injured.
10:06 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing three 122mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
10:06 Over the past day, 159 people have been evacuated from Mariupol to the territory of the DPR, 29 of them are children.
10:06 Ukrainian Nazis in the village of Novoselovka drive people out of their homes and make fortifications out of them. In response, civilians transmit the coordinates of the premises where the militants are hiding.
10:06 Kyiv militants fired at the village of the mine. Gagarin in Gorlovka (DPR), damaging several houses.
09:34 The Russian Investigative Committee seized the documents of Ukrainian mortarmen in the LPR. They were found in the village of Trekhizbenka. The papers prove the involvement of the Ukrainian security forces in the shelling of civilians, and also make it possible to establish the names of the commanders who gave criminal orders and lists of personnel.
08:25 Ukrainian Nazis shelled Gorlovka in the DPR. They fired eight 122mm shells at her. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Who needs rockets.
Wait, will that also hit DC?
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The Russians have lost their minds. They are not\w making the case for the world to see them eradicated as a nation, much the was a rabid dog is put down.
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The Azores and Canaries have volcanoes that could sluff off a good portion of their mass in an eruption (like Mt St.Helens but on a much larger scale). That would potentially send a tsunami to the East Coast.
[NYPOST] Elon Musk "vehemently" opposed Twitter’s decision to ban former President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... , saying the social-media giant was wrong for "censoring ... a sitting president," according to a report.
Jared Birchall, Musk’s top assistant who has been described as the "point man" for the Tesla CEO’s $44 billion takeover bid of Twitter, told an associate that the idea of banning a sitting president from Twitter was "insane," according to The Wall Street Journal.
Musk reportedly "remains dismayed" that Trump is still not permitted to tweet, according to the paper, which cited unnamed sources close to the situation.
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[An Nahar] Israel has summoned the Russian ambassador over comments made by the Russian foreign minister about Nazism and antisemitism.
In an interview with an Italian news channel, Sergey Lavrov explained that Ukraine could still have Nazi elements even if some figures, including the country’s president, were Jewish.
"Hitler also had Jewish origins, so it doesn’t mean anything," he said, according to an Italian translation.
In a statement Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called the remarks "unforgivable and scandalous and a horrible historical error."
"The Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust," Lapid said. "The lowest level of racism against Jews is to blame Jews themselves for antisemitism."
Israel’s Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem called the remarks "absurd, delusional, dangerous and deserving of condemnation."
The stern reaction stands in contrast to Israel’s position on the war in Ukraine, where it has tried to maintain a semblance of neutrality. It relies on Russia for security coordination in Syria and has been measured in its criticism of Russia’s invasion. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has also tried mediating between the two countries, though the efforts appear to have stalled.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs has expressed his regret about the intransigence and obstructions by the US-Saudi aggression in the way of any breakthrough in prisoner exchange.
Abdulqadir al-Murtadha said "we had hoped that the month of Ramadan would bring a breakthrough in the prisoner exchange, and we had made many initiatives, but unfortunately the intransigence and obstructions put by the mercenaries prevented that."
He added that "the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... should put pressure on the countries of aggression and their mercenaries, to force them to fulfill their obligations and stop this intransigence and obstructions."
Earlier, the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs submitted a new prisoner exchange offer to the US-Saudi aggression through the United Nations.
"Due to the delay in the implementation of the prisoner exchange agreement, we submitted a new offer to the Saudi-led aggression through the United Nations," the head of the Prisoners’ Committee, Abdulqadir al-Mortadha said .
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:12 A total of 11,550 people were evacuated from dangerous areas of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics during the day. 22:25 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Federation hit 38 military facilities of Ukraine in a day.
21:50 In Kherson, members of the territorial defense, prepared for sabotage, are being disarmed.
21:50 Ukrainian militants in a number of cities equipped their positions and placed equipment in schools and a psychiatric hospital, said Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.
"In Barvenkovo, Kharkiv region, in the building of the Regional Psychiatric Hospital No. 2, the nationalists equipped a strong point, and civilians are forcibly kept in the basement," the general said.
21:00 Russian air defense systems destroyed three Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 drones near Zmeiny Island.
21:00 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 13 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:59 High-precision air-launched missiles hit 36 Ukrainian military facilities during the day.
20:59 During the day, the missile forces of the Russian Federation hit the command post of the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:58 Artillery units of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 170 nationalists, as well as 36 units of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:51 The missile hit the target in Odessa. According to reports, the blow was struck at the Shkolny airfield, where military aviation is based.
19:50 Explosions in Nikolaev, smoke rises from the impact over one of the districts.
19:49 The United States handed over to Kyiv 80 percent of the American howitzers allocated to them - Pentagon.
19:10 In Odessa, several explosions sounded again. Residents report three rocket attacks on targets in the vicinity of the city.
19:06 There is an air raid alert in Nikolaev.
19:05 The Russian Armed Forces defeated the radio intelligence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Izyum Front. In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops attacked the 164th air defense radio intelligence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The surviving cars were captured. Most of the technical means are very obsolete and are unlikely to be used.
17:57 Kharkiv was shelled again.
17:55 Americans are loading M777 howitzers to be sent to Ukraine.
17:55 Pentagon: The United States is trying to make the situation around Ukraine become a strategic failure of the Russian Federation.
17:06 Humanitarian aid was delivered to the village of Malaya Belozerka, Zaporozhye region.
17:05 In the liberated Vasilievka, on the eve of May 9, posters with the heroes of the Great Patriotic War appeared.
17:04 NATO weapons turned out to be useless - a Ukrainian prisoner.
16:04 In the Kherson region, in all the churches of the Novokakhovka Orthodox diocese today, memorial services are being held for those who died during the fire in the Odessa House of Trade Unions on May 2, 2014. In Odessa itself, any mourning events in memory of the monstrous tragedy are prohibited. Since yesterday evening, the city authorities have introduced a "protracted" curfew, which will last until 5:00 on May 3.
15:03 In Moscow, on the anniversary of the tragedy in Odessa, a procession is being held to the Ukrainian embassy. On May 2, 2014, about 2,000 people gathered to honor the memory of the dead.
15:01 In Chernobaevka, Kherson region, the Russian flag was raised.
14:01 On May 1, Melitopol begins to introduce the ruble into money circulation. This will ensure payments to pensioners, as well as salaries of public sector employees. Within a few months there will be a transition period when both currencies will be in circulation, then a full transition to the Russian ruble will take place.
14:00 At least one rocket hit the bridge near the Zatoka settlement, through which fuel supplies from Romania to Odessa go. Previously, the bridge has twice become the target of missile strikes.
12:47 Former member of the Turkish parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party Shamil Tayyar reacted sharply to Vladimir Zelensky's statements about Russian tourists in Turkey.
"Stupid comedian!" - the ex-MP wrote, noting that Zelensky was "offended by Turkey" because of the Russians on vacation. In his opinion, during an interview with the Greek channel, Zelensky "was talking nonsense."
12:46 Footage of fierce battles in the Izyum direction, taken from the UAV. The Armed Forces of Ukraine took up defense in the hangars and were eventually destroyed.
12:46 A strike was made on an object in Odessa, a cloud of smoke over the city.
12:45 Residents of Kherson reported an explosion in the vicinity of the Chernobaevka settlement.
12:44 The media reported thousands of foreigners fighting on the side of Ukraine.
12:00 Today, the Russian Guard is issuing humanitarian aid in the following settlements: Slavyanka, Rozovka, Novovladimirovka, Volkovka, Oktyabrskoye.
11:57 Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 27 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:56 VKS high-precision air-launched missiles hit 38 Ukrainian military facilities in a day.
11:56 Since the beginning of the military operation, 146 planes, 112 helicopters and 683 drones of Ukraine have been destroyed.
11:56 Russian air defense systems destroyed 10 Ukrainian drones and two Tochka-U missiles in a day.
11:55 During an air battle near Slavyansk, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter was shot down.
11:02 A captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: drugs are being distributed to the Ukrainian military under the guise of an anesthetic.
11:00 In Melitopol, liberated by Russian troops, the new city administration has written off all debts of citizens for public services. This support measure was announced back in March.
10:59 From tomorrow, schools number 6 and 11 will start working in Melitopol. Kindergartens number 41, 48 and 99 and art school number 2 will also open.
09:46 In Melitopol, they began to pay in rubles in stores.
09:39 In Melitopol, the Banner of Victory was raised on the flagpole near the monument of the Boundary Stone.
The biggest threat to American democracy occurs when citizens are assaulted & threatened for engaging in the democratic process.#Antifa mob attacks crowd of Republicans in Portland including children and old people, leaving two injured:https://t.co/RNPSMdR9Cq
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What surprises me is that other than one or two Rittenhousings, there is no definitive response to these mokes. It's like normies are waiting for the the law and cops to do their jobs. No time soon, I'm afraid.
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#1 This is what the J6 Commission is all about. Up until recently, one could count on citizen patriots showing up to counter Antifa. Biden, in coordination with Portland pols have been targeting patriots, and the Proud Boys specifically for years. Biden personally made them a target during the 2020 debates. Then, following the Antifa murder of Reinoehl, every social media giant purged all accounts containing the word "patriot", making coordination of efforts extremely difficult. Cut off communications, jail leaders on bogus charges, dish out sentences far in excess of any crime committed. Their efforts have been quite successful. Now, with Elon acquiring Twitter and the emergence of new social media platforms, there is an opportunity to regroup. Enter Bidens Department of Disinformation.
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[KavkazUzel] The Supreme Court of Dagestan declared illegal the sentence of Khanmagomed Isubov, who was sentenced to 3.5 years on charges of involvement in an illegal armed group. He stated that he confessed under torture.
The " Caucasian Knot " has reported that on February 4, security forces searched the house of 18-year-old resident of Khasavyurt Abdul Magomedov and detained him. On February 8, Magomedov was arrested on charges of creating an illegal armed formation and illegal arms trafficking. Magomedov's lawyer said he confessed his guilt under torture. The investigation named Khanmagomed Isubov as the alleged accomplice of Magomedov, who also pleaded guilty and was placed under arrest.
Khanmagomed Isubov was detained in Khasavyurt with two friends in 2010. They were charged with possession of cartridges, F-1 grenades and preparation for participation in illegal armed formations. Isubov did not admit his guilt, he explained that during the preliminary investigation he slandered himself because of physical pressure, and the ammunition found in the house was planted, Dosh writes on May 1.
The appeal ruling, published on the website of the Supreme Court of the Republic, states that the court of first instance in the descriptive and motivational part of the verdict did not indicate the circumstances of the crime committed related to the illegal acquisition, carrying and storage of the F-1 grenade. "At the same time, the court referred to the charge brought by the preliminary investigation body," the act says.
In addition, as the court found, the time, place, method and circumstances of carrying cartridges and grenades were not established in the case. The court also noted that during the search of the house and the verification of testimony, the same witnesses were present at the scene.
"The violations of the criminal and criminal procedure law committed by the court of first instance cannot be corrected by the court of appeal, due to the fact that these violations can be eliminated only during the retrial of the case in the court of first instance," the appeal ruling says.
The Supreme Court overturned the verdict of the Khasavyurt city court against Khanmagomed Isubov, his criminal case was transferred to a new trial in the same court with a different composition.
Emails obtained by DailyMail.com reveal Hunter Biden had courted Vladimir Yevtushenkov, a Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin
The billionaire, 73, owns a company which has reportedly supplied Putin's forces with drones used for deadly bombings in Ukraine
He was sanctioned by the UK and Australia this month but remains unsanctioned by the Biden administration
The president's son and his now-jailed business partner Devon Archer sought an investment from the billionaire in Rosemont Realty in 2012 and 2013
Emails from his abandoned laptop show Hunter booked a trip to Moscow for a dinner with the oligarch at his company Sistema's headquarters in February 2012
A Sistema itinerary translated from Russian also showed a March 14, 2012 'breakfast with Hunter Biden' at the Ritz-Carlton in New York
The following day, Yevtushenkov had another 'breakfast with Rosemont Realty' at the city's Ritz-Carlton on March 15, according to the itinerary
⚡️Zelensky says Russian missile hit a dormitory in Odesa.
“In Odesa, a 14-year-old boy was killed, a 17-year-old girl was injured. What is this? What for? How did these kids and this dormitory threaten Russia?” said Zelensky.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 2, 2022
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Steve Hilton served as director of strategy for the British Prime Minister David Cameron and hosts the podcast California Rebel Base.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A barrage of rockets has reportedly landed close to an airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces are stationed.
Sabereen News, a Telegram news channel associated with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces reported that at least four BM-21 Grad rockets ...Soviet-developed 122-mm rockets, usually launched from trucks. Newer versions are reported to have a range of up to 30 km.... were launched at the Ain al-Asad Air base, located about 160 kilometers west of the capital Baghdad on Saturday evening.
Now we know what managed to hit Iraq, if not anywhere near the target. Well done, Iranian catspaws!
The Security Media Cell, affiliated with the Iraqi Prime Minister’s office, said that two projectiles fell outside the base, without causing significant losses.
It added that security forces have opened an investigation to find out the circumstances of the incident.
A group calling itself the International Resistance® has grabbed credit for the attack, which is the latest in a series of assaults that have targeted US occupation forces over the past few months.
#2
In the name of some useless old sod
And the usual nonchalant gawd,
Feign concern as you wait
For the usual fate
At the hands of Generic Jihad!
[blood-spattered Holy Book on rack in shot-up convenience store]
I’m not sure what this accomplishes — it’s not like the Mossad is going to hunt them down in Africa like they did Eichmann and select other Real Nazis back in the day.
[IsraelTimes] Defense Minister Benny Gantz has designated four alleged 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.... senior members as foreign terrorist operatives, his office says.
This is the first time that the Defense Ministry has designated foreign terror operatives at the request of the United States, Gantz’s office says.
The four individuals — Farhad Hoomer, Siraaj Miller, Abdella Hussein Abadigga and Peter Charles Mbaga — are accused of setting up IS cells across the continent of Africa, raising funds and planning attacks.
The four were designated by the United States Treasury as murderous Moslems in March.
"Israel and the United States see the need to fight terrorist organizations, anywhere and anytime," Gantz says in a statement.
"We will continue to work to curb the capabilities of terrorist organizations and their operatives, and we will continue to strengthen our cooperation with partners around the world in the face of those who seek to undermine stability and harm [innocents]."
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Why should they change? Wearing blackface isn't a disqualification for being Prime Minister of Canada, why should it be a disqualification for dancing for a crowd?
from Militaryland and Understandingwar; source link to former
Russia didn't make any advances and didn't even try to do so except small scale and in isolated places. There was some movement of Russia troops behind their own lines so this may be prep for a new offensive or changing to a hold-the-line strategy.
Ukraine didn't make any substantial counterattack either. This may be partly because Ukraine took heavy casualties in their most recent advance in the Kharkiv region in the north and they may be assessing new tactics.
Ukraine still holds a piece of Mariupol.
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A San Antonio, Texas mother shot and killed a man who broke into her home while her three children were inside at around 10 p.m. Thursday
Police say the woman - who has not been identified - heard the man break in
He allegedly entered the home from the rear through the laundry room, which is apparently adjacent to a public park
Once inside, police say, the woman shot the man twice in the chest
The alleged intruder - later identified as Roman Rodriguez, 41 - died of his wounds en route to a local hospital
The homeowner is not facing charges under the state's castle doctrine, which allows for the use of force against anyone trying to break into your property
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Does she get compensated for the ammo for saving taxpayers a shit load of money?
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It happens a fair amount down here in Texas. I live near a prison here outside Houston and have been asked, "Aren't you nervous?" I researched it and can find no articles about any escapes from the prison. Plus, knowing my neighborhood, any prisoner who did manage to escape is going to run as fast as he can away from our area as it's way too likely they'd get shot by a citizen as opposed to the cops. In reading many of the incidents down here, I've noticed that here, there's very few attempts to hold miscreants for police. If people have to draw, they're shooting to put them down.
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In three years, I've seen ONE hitchhiker in the area. One. And nobody paid him any mind. Of course, in the picture above, he'd probably get shot if he tried to get in a car.
[Politico] The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO. She weeps at the leaked draft, not the actual decision.
The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — that largely maintained the right. "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Alito writes.
"We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," he writes in the document, labeled as the "Opinion of the Court." "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives." Chief Justice makes no comment. Was it a clerk who leaked the document, or was it an actual sitting Justice ?
Interesting times:
Right now: Barricades are up around the Supreme Court building, just minutes after reports from Politico were leaked indicating SCOTUS has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/LxR9rbs6TF
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Biden's pick of Judge Ketanji Brown to sit on the Supreme court was the administration's first betrayal of the process. The leaked draft decision was the second betrayal.
Retiring Justice Stephen Breyer has nothing to lose. My guess however, is Sotomayor or Kagan. I'd be shocked to learn it was a clerk.
Chief Justice Roberts is likely attempting to find the memory hole exit.
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Wrong headline. Overturning Roe v. Wade, not "abortion rights". All this does is send it back to the states and the legislative branch (Congress), which is where it should have been settled long ago, instead of arrogating it to the federal bench.
Its called representative government. And places like NY and California will not see any restric5ttions other than the ones they vote in, same with Texas and Mississippi. A US is a republic that uses a Representative Democracy.
If you don't like it, elect representatives and change it.
Roe v. Wade is completely taken apart in that so-called draft. Its as wrong and defective a judgement as Plessy v. Ferguson, Dredd Scott, Or Pace v. Anderson. Or if you want a gay rights reference of a wrong decision reversed later, of the same vintage, try Baker v. Nelson.
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This "leak" is an attempt to pressure the court before the formal decision and opinion are fully decided. It's a blatantly political and despicable move by the left.
If a clerk leaked it, their law license should be forfeited, as well as their job, and any and all criminal and civil penalties must be pursued. If, God forbid, a justice leaked it, they must be impeached.
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#3 - spot on. Back to the States. Moloch is pissed.
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@#7, last night when the news broke and almost immediately protesters showed up at SCOTUS I commented that this was all set up in advance by the Left.
A clerk did this, with or without the tacit approval of a justice. When identified, he, she, or it should be disbarred. Sadly, the Democratzis will likely provide some level of protection.
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Flip the coin. If a "leak" said SCROTUS was going to invalidate the First and Second amendments, the right would cluck a bit and do nothing. A few hapless "protesters" would get the Jan 6 treatment.
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Haven't we had enough DC leaks to know to wait.
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I think this "leak" was a hail Mary for the demoncrats in November. They were going to get pummeled, but this will pull a few rotting carcasses across the finish line by riling the base.
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Going to be interesting in my state. It's blue but also heavily Hispanic/Roman Catholic. The socialists have been OK with punting the issue with the prior SCOTUS status. Now they'll have to commit. Not going to help them in November.
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I remember when President Bush was going to overturn Roe vs Wade. Then it was President Trump. Funny how it may happen when a Democrat is president.
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#18 Noticed that. It's all political expediency for the Left.
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Life is in the blood. When the pumping starts it is a live human not a lump. We are going to become, at least, two countries (soon i hope).
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Regardless of the merits of Alito's draft opinion, the leak is an absolute catastrophe for the operation of the federal judicial system. I suspect that a whole bunch of federal judges this morning are conversing with their clerks about the judges' confidentiality expectations. What's next? Clerks writing letters to the editor explaining how the judge they're clerking for went wrong on a given case?
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The leak gives SCROTUS an easy out. They can decide that the leak makes deciding impossible.
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Some have speculated that the leak was timed with the '200 mules' movie release. Haven't seen it and don't know the movie would be that critical to the Left that they would have to leak a SCOTUS decision...
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What have the LSD's learned after 45 years?
Obviously nothing....!
Abortion statistically kills more LSD's voters than conservatives.Yet they continue to fight to have on demand. Which has taken OVER 3.2 millon African-American babies alone.
Abortion has killed 100,000+++times more blacks than the KKK/Democrats has and the Democrats did, it the help of Black Reverends and legally according law.
Anyone looking up the demographics of abortion will quickly see the data shows this.
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Regardless of who leaked the draft, the left is having a hair-on-fire response. Pocahontas is apoplectic. Year's ago, this should have been decided in the states; not by SCOTUS. If abortion is a state's rights issue, Shouldn't gay marriage also have been a state's rights issue? Will the DOJ and the FBI infiltrate and investigate the growing crowd of potential pro-abortion insurrectionists at SCROTUS?
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The left makes lots of miscalculations. This time around, they may have energized their (shrinking) base, but reading Roberts' statement regarding the leak, they may have pushed him right in the bargain.
The question I have re: packing the court. Why would the current SCOTUS find any such effort to be constitutional? They might if it was an actual amendment ratified by the required number of states. Short of that, I don't see it.
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"We're from the child groomers, and we are here to help!"
The head of the Mariupol patrol police Mykhailo Vershynin told CNN that the plant had been shelled “non-stop” by Russia since the early morning of May 2.
Vershynin called Russia’s agreement to release people a “cynical lie.”
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 2, 2022
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Reality is, the Russian Federation want the bastards nato and the foreign military scum into the Azostal alive,
The Russians wants this scum alive in order to parade them in incoming trials. The bombing it’s just…..for keeping the nazis occupied until they run out of food water or ammunitions.
Besides all the lies and distortions Odessa will fall in the incoming weeks, European will pay gas in rubble, and the Biden junta will cancel or stole the midterm elections.
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^ "Remember the fall of Odessa
In incoming weeks? Kiss ma Messer!
The Wein was so sweet
When them NAZIS got beat!"
"And the vinegar?"
"Da, even besser!"
[sunny beaches]
Miami is now the least affordable place to live in the United States, new real estate data shows
Average rents in the city now rival those in New York and San Francisco after soaring to nearly $3,000 a month this year
The mass exodus has spurred landlords in the Sunshine State to hike rents
The increase, rental experts say, stems from the mass migration of Big Apple and Silicon Valley tech workers to Florida during the pandemic
However, as transplants continue to take advantage of the recent remote work boom and takeover South Florida wages have yet to catch up, statistics reveal
A shocking bout of inflation, coupled with lingering effects left by the pandemic, has further limited locals' ability to keep up with rapidly rising rent costs
[IsraelTimes] Moslem officials say turnout is highest in years, mostly from East Jerusalem; Paleostinian arrested for hanging massive Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, banner at holy site
Some 200,000 Moslems attended Eid al-Fitr holiday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque to cap off the Ramadan holy month on Monday afternoon, according to the Islamic Waqf.
"There were more worshipers than we’ve seen for Eid al-Fitr prayers in many years," Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, the holy site’s chief imam, said in a phone call.
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer and reflection observed by Moslems worldwide. For Paleostinian Moslems, worship at the al-Aqsa Mosque — the third-holiest site in Islam — is a central part of the festival. Jews revere the same hilltop as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in their tradition.
In recent years, Ramadan has often been marked by festivities and high tension between Israel and the Paleostinians. The Temple Mount has emerged as an incendiary battleground; last May, violence between Paleostinians and Israeli forces at the sacred site helped spark a war between Israel and Hamas terrorists.
The Israeli army loosened some restrictions on movement for West Bank Paleostinians in advance of this year’s holiday to allow women, children and some men to pray at al-Aqsa without permits. But the policy had returned to the status quo as of Monday, a Defense Ministry spokesperson said.
Al-Kiswani said most of those who arrived to pray were likely Jerusalemites. He attributes the high turnout to recent festivities at the sacred hilltop, as well the uptick in visits by Jews to the holy site.
"People wanted to send a message that al-Aqsa is the inviolate right of Moslems," al-Kiswani said.
April saw repeated festivities between Israeli police and Paleostinians at the site, with Paleostinians hurling stones at officers on several occasions. Israeli forces responded with sponge-tipped bullets, tear gas and sound grenades, injuring hundreds.
While the majority of Paleostinians attended Friday prayers peacefully and dispersed, others gathered and rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud declaring loyalty to the Hamas terror group.
On Monday, Paleostinians unfurled a massive pro-Hamas poster over the archways leading to the al-Aqsa Mosque inside the compound, conveying the terror group’s wishes for a happy Eid al-Fitr.
Police later announced the arrest of an East Jerusalem Paleostinian in his twenties on suspicion that he had hung the Hamas banner.
"We take every act of incitement, threats, support for or identification with terrorist organizations seriously," police said in a statement.
⚡️Germany ready to support embargo on Russian oil.
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said his country would agree to an EU ban on Russian oil, despite the fact that fuel prices could rise.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] 1. All evacuees from Azovstal go through a check of documents and personal data.
2. If there are questions, then such people are delayed until all points are clarified.
3. Nobody will let anyone go without verification. Filtration is a mandatory procedure for everyone who leaves Azovstal.
4. The attempts of the Nazis to dress up as civilians are well known, many of these have already been caught at checkpoints during the fighting in the city.
5. The special services are interested in catching such people - on the one hand, this is the replenishment of the exchange fund, on the other hand, the opportunity to catch those who have been prosecuted in the DPR for war crimes.
6. The official position on the military - either captured or in the ground.
[REGNUM] Dozens of foreign citizens are still being held hostage as human shields by nationalists in Ukraine. This was announced on May 2 by Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, at a briefing.
“ Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 90 foreign citizens from five states hostage as human shields ,” he said.
As REGNUM reported on May 2, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov , said at a briefing that the aviation of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia had hit another 13 strongholds of Ukraine in a day.
Kuleba said that the statement was offensive to Zelensky, Ukraine, Israel, and the Jewish people, adding that Lavrov “could not hide the deeply-rooted antisemitism of the Russian elites.”
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[Korrespondent] 23:48 The EU has finally come close to an embargo on Russian oil. It could be introduced as early as next week. However, a number of obstacles still remain. Read more about this in the article Russia's oil ban: the EU is ready for a solution .
23:46 Russia has developed clear plans for the invasion of Moldova in the near future to open a second front against Ukraine. More details - in the material of the Russian Federation is preparing the capture of Moldova .
23:43 Ukraine will receive another five thousand Javelins by Friday, May 6, said Pentagon Speaker John Kirby.
23:41 The Swedish embassy will resume work in Kiev on May 4, said Foreign Minister Ann Linde.
23:35 The United States currently does not see China providing assistance to Russia in the war against Ukraine, said Permanent Representative to the OSCE Michael Carpenter.
23:33 Another 5,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles will be delivered to Ukraine by Friday, May 6, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
23:28 Arestovich said that the first Russian soldier today surrendered to the Legion of Freedom of Russia - Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine against the Putin regime. Also, the adviser to the head of the OP said that the man who today threw a Molotov cocktail into a paddy wagon on Red Square in Moscow did it with the words "Legion of Freedom of Russia."
23:25 A column of people from Azovstal, released on May 1, today could not get to Zaporozhye, Suspilny was told in the Zaporizhia OVA. It is only known that the column stays on the territory of the region.
23:23 Zelensky said in an evening address that "Russia does things every day that simply exclude any adequacy." This is how he commented on Lavrov's anti-Semitic statement:
“How could such a thing be said on the eve of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism? These words mean that the top diplomat of Russia is transferring the blame for the crimes of the Nazis to the Jewish people. There are no words.
Of course, today there is a big scandal in Israel about these words. However, no one hears objections or excuses from Moscow. They are silent there. So, we agree with what their foreign minister said. After the Russian missile attack on Babi Yar in Kyiv, after the Menorah damaged by shelling at the site of mass executions in Drobitsky Yar near Kharkov, after the death from Russian shelling of ordinary people who survived the Nazi occupation and Nazi concentration camps, such an anti-Semitic attack by their minister means that Russia has forgotten all the lessons of World War II. Or maybe they never learned those lessons.
Therefore, the question is - will the Israeli ambassador stay in Moscow, knowing such a new position of theirs? Will relations with Russia continue as usual? Because this is no coincidence. Not accidental words of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs - "a great connoisseur of Hitlerism."
23:10 Slovakia will insist on exemption from the embargo on the purchase of Russian oil, said Minister of Economy Richard Sulik. Slovakia is 100% dependent on oil imports from the Russian Federation, therefore, according to Sulik, the preparation of a replacement will take several years.
22:37 The US has "extremely credible" intelligence that Russia will attempt to annex the Donetsk and Lugansk regions "somewhere in mid-May" and create a "Kherson People's Republic," US Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter said.
22:33 Zelensky in an evening address: "In the near future we expect a new sanctions package from the European Union. This package should contain clear steps to block Russia's income from energy resources. So that a billion euros every day for fossil fuels are not transferred to a terrorist state. But also already Now we should prepare for the next sanctions steps. In any case, we will have to block all export-import operations with Russia. Because without this, Moscow will never understand that international law and peace in Europe must be respected."
22:30 Danilov said that Putin warned Hungary in advance about the attack on Ukraine, and she thought she could "take" part of the Ukrainian territory. "This will never happen, the victory will definitely be ours. And as for Hungary, which behaved this way, we will see what the consequences of this war will be for this country," the NSDC Secretary stressed.
22:28 In the Donetsk and Lugansk directions, the military JFO repelled 12 enemy attacks in a day, and also destroyed dozens of pieces of equipment of the occupiers - six tanks, five artillery systems, 22 units of military armored vehicles and eight vehicles.
22:17 The progress of the Russian offensive in the Donbas is minimal, a Pentagon spokesman said, according to NBC News. According to a US Department of Defense spokesman, although Russian troops advance into some areas to declare victory, they then leave and allow the Ukrainians to take them back.
22:09 The Mariupol City Council announced that, with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, on Tuesday, May 3, the evacuation of the civilian population was agreed. Collection point - Lunacharsky ring near Berdyansk, beginning at 7:00.
22:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that 11,550 people, including 1,847 children, were "evacuated" to Russia from "dangerous regions of the DPR and LPR, Ukraine" in a day. Also, 101 people allegedly left the territory of the Azovstal plant between April 30 and May 1, 32 of them decided to stay in the "DPR". 69 civilians decided to leave for the territory controlled by Ukraine, who were handed over to representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
22:03 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "nationalists" in Ukraine have equipped a stronghold in Barvenkovo, Kharkiv region, in the building of a psychiatric hospital, and in the basement "civilians are forcibly kept." Also, the Ukrainian troops allegedly "equipped firing positions and placed armored vehicles, artillery and MLRS in the schools of Dnipro, Nikolaev, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk."
21:59 The head of Ukrainian intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with NV that the Russians have a very strong personnel shortage, so those potential collaborators on whom they staked before the war in many cases did not justify themselves at all.
As for Kherson, according to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian leadership has two ideas: the re-establishment of the Taurida province, which existed for a short time in the Russian Empire (this is the territory of Crimea, Kherson, partly Nikolayevshchina and a little Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions with an administrative center in Simferopol) , as well as the so-called Heavenly City (Odessa, Kherson, part of the Nikolaev region, Dnieper and part of the Donetsk region). "There was such a concept. I say it again: this is a sick mind," Budanov said.
21:37 After a partial evacuation of civilians from Azovstal, the enemy continues to shell the plant's territory, including buildings where civilians hide from danger. Also, as the Azov Regiment reported, the enemy inflicts air strikes, fires using naval artillery and tanks. However, the fighters of the Azov regiment managed to destroy five invaders.
21:11 Germany said it was ready to support an immediate EU embargo on Russian oil, which could allow Europe to impose such a ban within a few days, writes Reuters.
21:05 As a result of an evening missile attack on Odessa, a 15-year-old teenager was killed, another child was injured and is in the hospital, OK Pivden specified. A residential building, in which there were five people, came under fire.
21:02 The CIA urges Russians dissatisfied with the authorities to get in touch via the darknet, writes Sky News. Instructions on how to access the CIA dark web site surfaced on its social media today. The dark web site has the same functionality as a regular home page, but can only be accessed through the Tor internet browser. The CIA is hoping that Russians living abroad will share instructions with their domestic contacts.
20:59 Danilov said that there are trophies in the apparatus of the National Security and Defense Council - maps that Russian troops were supposed to use. According to him, these are old maps of the Kyiv region of 1977, which the Ukrainian military does not use.
20:53 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry, Kirill Budanov, believes that if Russia uses tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, there are only two options for ending the war - the collapse of the Russian Federation into three or more parts or a change in the Russian leadership.
20:50 According to some reports, the chief of the Russian general staff personally arrived in Izyum. Why did Putin send him to the front? All the details - in the material Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation in Ukraine - what does it mean .
20:46 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Danilov specified in the national telethon that as a result of a missile attack on Odessa, the Moscow Patriarchate church was damaged, its roof was "torn down."
20:44 Scholz urged Putin to stop the invasion of Ukraine and negotiate peace with Kiev. Speaking at a press conference in Berlin with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Scholz said that "it is important to achieve a better future together, not to wage war against each other, but to enable economic development and common development." The chancellor also called on Putin to "withdraw his troops from Ukraine," adding that "borders should not be changed with violence."
20:38 The European Commission considers payment for gas in rubles a violation of sanctions and will provide explanations to EU companies on possible actions in the coming days, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson said at an extraordinary meeting of EU energy ministers.
20:36 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said on the air of the telethon that there can be no peace treaty with Russia - only its surrender is possible. He is also convinced that the war will not end quickly. In his opinion, the turning point in the war has not yet come, but it will definitely happen, given the amount of aid that comes to Ukraine.
20:34 Podolyak: "The mayor of Berdyansk, appointed by the occupying forces, was previously convicted of pedophilia. A janitor was appointed as the" deputy mayor. "The head" of the registry office is a cleaning lady. world".
20:32 Servicemen of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine named after. Dmitry Vishnevetsky, who are now at Azovstal, appealed to the Ukrainian authorities and the world community with a request to do everything possible to evacuate civilians, wounded soldiers, pick up the bodies of the dead, and evacuate the entire military garrison. They stated that they were without light, water and food, in complete surroundings.
20:25 UEFA suspended the Russian national team and football clubs from participating in the Nations League and European competitions of the 2022/23 season. The application of the Russian Federation to host the Euro 2028 and Euro 2032 championships in the country has also been cancelled.
20:20 There are enough mobilized in Ukraine today, they are being trained, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said on the air of the telethon, answering a question about the possibility of a new wave of mobilization.
20:18 The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with NV that the so-called "MRT" is not a big threat to Ukraine, but this territory remains a factor of destabilization in the entire region: "Transnistria is a huge problem for them militarily. There is a territory ", which they completely control. However, they have no approach to it. The border is on one side with Moldova, on the other - with Ukraine. And no matter how they shout there, they cannot do anything serious there."
20:14 Lavrov spoke about Zelensky's Jewish roots and went so far as to say that Hitler also had Jewish roots, and in general, Jews are the most ardent anti-Semites. The words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry caused a wave of indignation both in Israel and in Ukraine. Details about the reaction of the world - in the material Lavrov drowned in anti-Semitism .
20:09 Eight mass graves were found in the Kiev region, said the deputy head of the regional police Maxim Ocheretyany. According to him, 148 people were found in these eight burials. All the dead have physical injuries. At the same time, 280 out of 1202 people found in the Kyiv region still remain unidentified.
20:03 Donetsk telegram channels report that a huge column of smoke is rising over Azovstal. Meanwhile, the Russian media write with reference to the "authorities of the DPR" that the Ukrainian side allegedly broke the silence regime at Azovstal.
20:00 The European Commission urged the EU countries to prepare action plans in case of interruption of gas supplies from Russia, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson said before an extraordinary meeting of EU energy ministers.
19:54 As a result of a rocket attack on Odessa, according to preliminary data, a 13-year-old child was killed and a 17-year-old girl was seriously injured. There are other dead, said people's deputy Alexei Goncharenko.
19:52 The occupiers have built a pontoon bridge across the Seversky Donets River, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on establishing full control over the settlement. Rubizhnoe and Popasnaya and moving in the directions of N. p. Liman and Seversk.
19:50 According to the General Staff of Ukraine, the situation in Transnistria remains tense. Russia, through its controlled media, continues to spread provocative messages about the increased threat to the population of Transnistria from Ukraine.
19:47 Zelensky said that Ukrainians are not ready to give up part of the territory of Ukraine in favor of Russia, especially after the death of thousands of military and civilian Ukrainians: "Give them a little rest before they start a new aggression in 2-3 years? We are not ready go for it".
19:39 The enemy launched a missile attack on one of the infrastructure facilities of Odessa, there are dead and wounded , said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.
OK Pivden reported that a religious building was also damaged.
19:34 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with NV that Russia is preparing to announce mobilization on May 9: "Now the Rosrezerv has begun to check what they have in stock and calculate what they can issue according to mobilization orders. This is absolutely necessary step before the real mobilization."
Asked if the Kremlin plans to win in the Donbas by May 9, the head of Ukrainian intelligence said: "That's their goal, but it won't happen, they don't make it. They don't make it in time in any way." He also said that the Russian army is "completely demotivated", but there is a military vertical - "they receive orders, and they will be forced to carry them out."
19:20 The movement of the column from Mariupol to Zaporozhye is delayed, said the head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Alexander Starukh. Also, on the air of the national telethon, it was reported that the convoy was stopped in the Mangush region.
19:17 Zelensky does not know anything about whether Ukrainian special operations took place on the territory of Russia: "If we take the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, then I believe that we have every right to carry out certain steps on our land. All within the framework of internationally recognized borders. Other actions are unknown to me."
19:12 A member of the Hungarian government, Zoltan Kovacs, has denied Western media reports that Hungary has withdrawn its veto on the oil embargo against Russia.
18:59 Ukraine will continue to cooperate with Moldova and maintain its territorial integrity amid the escalation in the unrecognized Transnistria, Kuleba said: "We need to work with Moldova and maintain the territorial integrity and sovereignty of this state. We will do this even though, let's be frank , we expected a better response from Moldova to our requests for support at the start of the Russian invasion."
18:37 Deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine have reached a five-month high, writes Reuters. According to the data of the Slovak operator TSO Eustream, the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine to Europe through the Velké-Kapushany border checkpoint (Slovakia) on May 2 amounted to about 994,407 MWh, which is the highest figure since November 30.
18:35 Johnson on Tuesday, May 3, will address the Ukrainian Parliament.
18:23 Podolyak recalled that 27 civilians died in Donbas in 2019, eight in 2020, and 15 in 2021. there is so much pain for the residents of Donbass as Russia has since 2014 and especially today," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office wrote.
18:15 The Hungarian embassy has returned to Kiev, Hungarian media report, citing Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó.
18:14 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Jeppe Kofod, promised to take patronage over Nikolaev in the issue of restoring the city after the war with Russia.
18:10 Ukraine's victory in the war with Russia depends on three factors - sanctions, arms assistance and getting closer to EU membership, Kuleba said at a press conference in Kiev with Danish counterpart Jeppe Kofod.
18:04 The Azeri Times reported that Azerbaijan closed the airspace for Russian military aircraft. This is due to the intention to disrupt the transportation of military cargo between the Russian Federation and Armenia. Now Russian planes carrying military supplies from Armenia to Russia are forced to fly over Iran and the Caspian Sea on their way to Rostov-on-Don. There are no official statements about this yet.
18:02 The United States intends to ensure that the situation around Ukraine turned into a "strategic failure" for the Russian Federation, said Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander.
17:54 One of the largest metallurgical companies in the world, Tata Steel, has refused coal from Russia. Previously, this company was India's largest importer of Russian coal, writes the Financial Times.
17:51 The occupiers carried out five artillery shellings in Kharkiv in a day, the Saltovka and KhTZ districts suffered. In the region, Bogodukhov, Zolochev, Malaya Danilovka, Chuguev were shelled. Three people were killed, eight civilians were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA.
According to him, the fighting continues in the Izyum region, the enemy is trying to attack in the direction of Barvenkovo, but has no success. The Russian invaders are demoralized and refuse to go into battle. The number of attacks has decreased, but residents are asked not to lose vigilance.
Sinegubov also said that in Kharkiv today, a curfew is in effect from 21:00 to 6:00.
17:40 The "DPR" reported that another 214 people were "evacuated" from Mariupol to Bezymennoye, including 33 children.
17:38 In Mariupol, the invaders do not have time to exhume the bodies of the killed residents of the city. According to the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko, the city has an ultra-high mortality due to a lack of drinking water, food and medicine: “Now in Mariupol, medieval living conditions. The infrastructure is completely destroyed. So far, we do not see any progress in establishing human conditions for the population. there is almost no chance for people with oncology and chronic diseases to completely lack quality medical care. The number of victims of Russian aggression is constantly growing. Therefore, now only evacuation will help save people."
17:19 Russia is preparing for a cholera epidemic in the regions bordering Ukraine. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Anna Popova, chief medical officer of the Russian Federation, signed a decree on additional measures to prevent cholera, in which special attention is paid to the regions bordering Ukraine: Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Territory and Crimea.
Probably, in late May - early June, the leadership of the Russian Federation may resort to provocations in the areas bordering Ukraine. Traditionally, they will try to transfer responsibility for this to Ukraine, accusing it of "using biological weapons," the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense notes.
17:14 Mariupol is predominantly under the control of Russian troops, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: "The situation in Mariupol is extremely difficult. The invaders continue to block our units in the area of the Azovstal plant, blocking humanitarian corridors. The only thing is that there are certain agreements on organizing an evacuation corridor today." .
16:56 There are currently three Russian carriers of Caliber-type sea-launched cruise missiles with a total missile salvo of up to 20 missiles in the Black Sea, while a week ago there were eight carriers with a missile salvo of 58 missiles, Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik said.
16:31 In Russia, on the territory of the Perm Powder Plant on the evening of May 1, a strong explosion thundered, killing two employees. According to Ekho Perm, initially the company's management said that they were undergoing planned tests and there was no reason to panic. However, the editors found a person who claims that her relative died there.
16:24 In the Kiev region, law enforcement officers have already found 1202 bodies of Ukrainian citizens who died at the hands of Russian invaders, the National Police reported.
16:23 The unprecedented loss of Russian officers was the result of "surprising incompetence" of the Russian military, said James Stavridis, former commander of the NATO allied forces in Europe.
16:21 An ammunition depot has been destroyed in Chernobaevka, Arestovich said. "Chernobaevka-18", - wrote the adviser to the head of the OP.
16:18 Ukraine has received an additional grant of 495 million euros from the World Bank trust fund, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said. Funding was provided by the United States, Norway and Austria. Marchenko added that work continues on obtaining a $500 million grant from the United States.
15:57 Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak reports that the EU will announce the sixth package of sanctions against Russia by May 9.
15:46 The first suspect in the murders in Bucha has been identified - the commander of the National Guard of the Russian Federation Sergey Kolotsey, Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said. She published a photo, one of which depicts the bodies of civilians who were shot with their hands tied behind their backs, the other shows Kolotsey, who sends the loot from the Ukrainians at the Belarusian post office with fellow soldiers. His "gift" from Ukraine to Ulyanovsk is the hood of a car trunk.
Bucha prosecutors and the police determined that it was this soldier who killed four unarmed men on March 18 in Bucha. On March 29, he tortured another civilian, forcing him to confess to subversive activities against the Russian army.
15:33 Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod arrived in Ukraine and began his visit with a trip to Irpin.
15:16 The US Embassy resumes work in Ukraine. Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Christina Quinn visited Lviv and said that the embassy employees plan to travel from Poland to Ukraine for some time, then they will stay in Lviv, and by the end of May they intend to return to Kyiv.
15:02 Yesterday, those evacuated from Mariupol safely arrived in Zaporozhye, writes Anton Gerashchenko.
14:59 Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said that a bill has been registered in Parliament, which proposes to approve the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada to the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US Congress on recognizing the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
14:48 In Ukraine, they can extend the general mobilization, said the head of the personnel department of the headquarters of the command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Gorbach. Zelensky's order on general mobilization was signed on February 24, according to him, the mobilization should end on May 24. According to Gorbach, the further situation with the mobilization will depend on the situation at the time of the end of the general mobilization.
14:44 In Russia, a campaign to recruit "volunteers" for military service under a contract is intensifying, which should make up for the losses of personnel suffered in Ukraine. It is also planned to form several new divisions.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the military leadership of the Russian Federation has set clear "recruitment standards": for the Far Eastern and Siberian federal districts - 200 "volunteers" weekly, while in Moscow recruitment is not carried out at all.
To motivate "volunteers" campaign events are held: they are told about the "collective West" and "non-existent Ukraine", they are also promised increased material support and benefits.
14:39 The Verkhovna Rada presented a plan for the post-war restoration of Ukraine developed by the government and the Office of the President. It has nine core principles:
full access to the markets of the EU and G7 countries;
the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union, and subsequently full membership;
economy based on the principles of deregulation and liberalization;
logistics routes to Western countries;
transition from the export of raw materials to its processing and sale of finished products;
development of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex;
production of own gas and expansion of nuclear energy;
climate modernization;
localization of production in Ukraine at a level of at least 60%.
14:37 Russia illegally deported or transported 181,000 Ukrainian children to the occupied territories, said Daria Gerasimchuk, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights and Child Rehabilitation.
14:33 The SBU has identified almost 900 Russian invaders who committed crimes against the civilian population in the Kiev region. The invaders have all the information, as well as evidence of their atrocities. More than 2,500 Russians, whose units were based in the Kyiv region, are currently being checked for involvement in crimes.
The SBU also exposed about 100 collaborators who helped the enemy in the Kyiv region.
14:10 The Cabinet of Ministers has fixed tariffs for utilities at the current level until the end of the war with Russia.
14:08 Odessans heard explosions again - it was Ukrainian air defense that destroyed an enemy drone, OK Pivden reported.
13:55 Zelensky does not think that Putin has gone mad by declaring war on Ukraine. According to Zelensky, the President of the Russian Federation deliberately created an informational basis for hatred towards Ukrainians and continues to instill in Russians views about Russia's opposition to the whole world.
13:53 Denmark reopens its embassy in Kiev, Ritzau reports.
13:48 Kuleba commented on Lavrov's anti-Semitic speech: "Minister Lavrov could not hide the deep-rooted anti-Semitism of the Russian elites. His disgusting comments are offensive to President Zelensky, Ukraine, Israel and the Jewish people. In a broader sense, his words demonstrate that modern Russia is full of hatred for other nations."
Yermak, in turn, wrote: "Russia's anti-Semitism is becoming more and more obvious. They are no longer hiding and openly show it to the world. First, they hit the territory where the Babi Yar memorial complex is located with rockets."
13:44 The invaders are taking out the corpses from Mariupol in trucks of "humanitarian cargo". "That is, the same trucks that deliver "humanitarian handouts" to Mariupol are loaded with the bodies of the dead on the way back," said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. He stressed that this is not an isolated case - this is how the bodies of thousands of the dead are taken out on a regular basis.
13:38 The Finnish company Fennovoima terminates the contract with the Russian Federation for the construction of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant. This decision was called "absolutely incomprehensible" in Rosatom, because this project "progressed".
13:36 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, more than 5.5 million people have left Ukraine, according to the UN. More than half of the Ukrainians left for Poland, but some of the refugees have already returned home to those regions where the fighting has stopped.
13:27 The UN reported that 2,000 emergency housing kits with basic building materials such as tarpaulins, wooden beams and nails were delivered to Ukraine. They are intended for people in Irpin, Bucha, Borodyanka and Makarov whose houses were damaged by the war.
13:21 The war in Ukraine is in a decisive phase, said the former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges. According to him, a lot depends on whether the allies manage to deliver the necessary weapons to the Ukrainian fighters in time. The challenge is the need to find systems that can shoot down such weapons as, for example, Caliber.
13:19 The SBI announces the detention of proxies of ex-People's Deputy Ilya Kiva, who were supposed to organize provocative actions involving "titushki" and destabilize the situation in the Odessa region on May 2.
13:14 In Mariupol, the invaders staged an information blockade, completely blocking all information flows to and from the city. “You may be surprised, but the people of Mariupol are now in the city sure that Russian soldiers are marching along Khreshchatyk, Kharkov is under Russian control, and every man from Mariupol is sent to the front when leaving,” wrote Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
He also said that in order to maintain this blockade, the occupiers strictly control all photography and video filming: people cannot even take a selfie without the permission of the soldiers. Only propagandists and “volunteers” from the FSB can shoot in the city - hence all these shots of “grateful Mariupol residents”. When leaving for filtering, all content that can show the truth of life is also deleted.
13:07 To mask the losses in the war in Ukraine, the Russians take out the corpses in small batches and only at night, the SBU reports with reference to the interception of the conversation of the invaders. This significantly prolongs the delivery time, so sometimes the relatives of the occupiers receive "half-decomposed cargo 200", which has to be additionally identified.
12:55 The evacuation from Mariupol continues. The buses have not yet reached the place, but Mariupol residents are asked to stay near the Port City shopping center, the city council said.
12:52 Three rockets were fired at the Odesa region, OK Pivden said.
12:41 Russian troops again fired at the bridge across the Dniester Estuary, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Bratchuk.
11:31 In Odessa, on the eve of the anniversary of the tragedy on May 2, the SBI together with the police detained 12 saboteurs. They found an arsenal of weapons and explosives, flags with communist symbols, medals, anti-Ukrainian books and campaign brochures. According to the plans of the enemy, they had to implement their criminal plan on the anniversary of the tragic events of May 2.
11:30 Israel summoned the Russian ambassador because of Lavrov's words about the Jews and Zelensky in an interview with the Italian TV channel Mediaset, reports the BBC. Lavrov was asked how the accusations of Nazism against Ukraine fit in with the fact that Zelensky was a Jew, to which the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry replied: “He puts forward an argument: what kind of Nazism can they have if he is a Jew. I could be wrong, but Hitler also had "Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing. The wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites, as a rule, are Jews. The family has its black sheep, as we say."
The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded to this statement: "The statements of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov are not only inexcusable and outrageous - they are also a terrible historical mistake. Jews did not kill themselves during the Holocaust. Accusing the Jews themselves of anti-Semitism is the lowest level of racism against Jews" .
11:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of May 2:
personnel - about 23,800 (+300) people liquidated,
tanks - 1048 (+22),
armored combat vehicles - 2519 (+48),
artillery systems - 459 (+8),
MLRS - 152 (+1),
air defense systems - 80 (+0),
aircraft - 194 (+2),
helicopters -155 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 1824 (+28),
ships/boats - 8 (+0),
UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 271 (+26),
special equipment - 38 (+6),
cruise missiles - 84 (+0).
11:21 Zelensky about ten attempts on his life: "It's not so much, because only ten people want it. I think that the President of the Russian Federation has many more problems, judging by the attitude of the whole world towards his policies. That which everyone has experienced we are experiencing now, when Ukrainians are sitting in basements and being tortured, and then they are found in wells - this is scary. I'm scared for our people, especially for those who have lost loved ones. I think that while you have a family and you If you haven’t lost loved ones, then everything can be fixed.”
10:56 Internet is turned off for Belarusians in order to hide information about the movement of Russian troops on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. According to Ukrainian intelligence, for the first time the restriction of Belarusian mobile subscribers to the Internet was recorded on April 1. Within a month, access to the network was limited in entire regions of the country.
According to the estimates of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the disconnection of users from the Internet was coordinated by special services. Thus, the KGB of Belarus and the FSB of Russia are trying to limit the communication of patriotic citizens and prevent the dissemination of information about the movement of Russian military equipment through the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
Anomalies in network access in certain areas south and southeast of Minsk indicate a corridor for the movement of military equipment, which is confirmed by information from other sources.
10:49 In Ukraine, the ability to buy and sell real estate has been resumed, the Ministry of Justice said.
10:46 Between the Nikolaev and Kherson regions in the combat zone, Internet communications are disrupted, the head of the Nikolaev region Vitaliy Kim said: "We have identified a point, today we will try to figure it out, if they have not specifically turned it off. If there is an opportunity and accessibility, we will fix it, not Let's leave the people of Kherson without communication."
10:43 In Ukraine, US citizens who have undergone military training are fighting against Russia. According to Politico, the Task Force Yankee group, which includes about 190 volunteers, is fighting on the side of Ukraine. Most of them are involved in the delivery of food and medicine to the battle lines, but some are directly involved in hostilities.
10:36 The Zaporizhzhya OVA reported that with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, the green corridor Mariupol-Zaporozhye was agreed today. The columns of buses will go through Tokmak and Vasilievka.
10:33 Zelensky, in an interview with the Australian TV channel Nine Network, assessed the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons against Ukraine: "You cannot expect from these people, from the leadership of the Russian Federation, both political and military, that they will not use nuclear weapons, or will. .. I can’t say for 100% that no, they won’t, or they will.<...> Sometimes it seems to me that they use something without even understanding the result, or they understand the result, but they don’t care. Well, you know perfectly well, the worst people who don't care. They're the worst. It's not even an enemy."
10:28 The Kremlin forced Oleg Tinkov to sell his stake in Tinkoff Bank. As the businessman himself told in an interview with The New York Times, the day after his post condemning the war in Ukraine and criticizing the Russian army, he was contacted by the Putin administration and threatened to nationalize the bank if he did not sell his stake. Therefore, he sold his 35% stake to Vladimir Potanin. He could not discuss the price, as well as conduct any negotiations. The deal amounted to about 3% of the market value.
Tinkov also said that he had to hire security because he was afraid of being killed.
10:23 Czech President Milos Zeman said in an interview with CNN that Russia now looks ridiculous: "Putin was under the illusion that Russia is omnipotent and, in particular, that the Russian army is the second most powerful army in the world. Today it looks ridiculous. It turned out that the Russian the army is much weaker than all the experts thought."
He also spoke about Moscow's demand to pay for gas in rubles: "I don't think Russia will stop deliveries, but ... I once publicly said that the Russians are not crazy to attack Ukraine, but they turned out to be crazy."
10:20 German Minister for Economy and Climate Protection Robert Haback said that dependence on Russian oil has decreased from last year's 35% to 12%, gas - from 55% to 35%, coal - from 50% to 8%. According to him, the process of reducing energy dependence on Russia is difficult, but these efforts are worth it in order to deprive Moscow of the opportunity to blackmail its counterparties.
10:16 In the area of the village of Yampol, Donetsk region, Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed a special forces group of invaders from Siberia, the Command of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. The group of invaders was identified as the 24th Separate Special Purpose Brigade of the Main Directorate (formerly known as the GRU) of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.
10:13 Russia's plans to quickly seize the Donetsk region have been thwarted, said the head of the UVA Pavel Kirilenko: "The situation is difficult, but remains under control. The enemy cannot advance even in those directions that he was forced to change, adjusting his plans for a rapid advance deep into the Donetsk region and capturing the main key cities in the Donetsk region. But I can say for sure that their plans for the month of May, the celebration of May 9, are actually broken."
10:10 Today, at dawn, two Russian Raptor-type boats were destroyed near Zmeiny Island with the help of Bayraktars, Zaluzhny said.
09:45 The petition to introduce a visa regime with Russia has gained more than 25 thousand votes, now it will be submitted to Zelensky for consideration.
09:43 The office of the Prosecutor General announced suspicion to the commander of the eastern military district of the Russian Federation, Alexander Chaiko, for trying to capture Kiev. The investigators established that he was in the village of Zdvizhevka, Buchansky district, for two weeks in March 2022. There, in a kindergarten, he set up a headquarters, from which he led the military operations to capture the capital. And at the stadium in the village of Katyuzhanka, he presented state awards to his subordinate military.
09:41 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban got into the database of the Peacemaker website with the note "an accomplice of Russian war criminals."
09:40 As a result of the shelling of Orekhovo, Zaporizhia region, two people were killed, four were injured, the OVA reported.
09:37 In Mariupol, enemy naval artillery hit Azovstal, but by morning it became quieter, said the commander of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard Denis Shlega on the air of the telethon. He also said that about 200 people remained on the territory of the enterprise, of which almost 20 were children, the exact timing of their evacuation is still unknown. Also, there are more than 500 wounded soldiers at Azovstal, and they receive medical care in very difficult conditions.
09:35 The EU will stop importing Russian coal in the summer, and will refuse Russian oil by the end of the year, Scholz said in an interview with Indian Express.
09:06 Zelensky, in an interview with the Greek ERT, criticized Greece and Turkey for accepting Russian tourists who "earn on blood, and then take this money": "This is unfair ... I think that this cannot be, because that you have to make a choice - are you for the truth or not.
09:04 Erdogan said that decisions on Ukraine will be made in Turkey: "Probably this week we will have negotiations with Putin ... We want us to gather leaders in Istanbul or Ankara. The decision point is the steps to be taken in relation to the east of Ukraine, will be Turkey".
09:01 In the Lugansk region over the past day, cities and villages were subjected to enemy shelling 18 times, only the destruction of 28 houses was officially recorded. Three people were killed and three others were injured, including a child. In Lisichansk, the building of the gymnasium burned down, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai.
08:55 Russia is constantly recruiting new saboteurs, so their work to identify them will never be completed, even after the end of the war, said adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Rostislav Smirnov.
08:52 Head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov was near Izyum, but managed to escape, writes The New York Times, citing two American officials. According to them, Ukraine learned about the visit and struck at the position where Gerasimov was. However, he managed to escape.
US sources describe the arrival of a high-ranking army official at the front lines as an unusual event: "Our working assumption is that he was there, as they admit that they have not resolved all their problems."
08:46 South Korean Ambassador Kim Hyung Te returned to Kiev, along with some of the department's employees. The rest of the staff will return in stages.
08:34 British intelligence reports that Russia has deployed 65% of all its ground armed forces in Ukraine - more than 120 battalion tactical groups. It is likely that more than a quarter of these units have now become incapacitated. Some of the most elite units, including the Airborne Forces, "experienced the most attrition." It may take years for Russia to rebuild these forces.
08:32 The Russians again struck at the Dnepropetrovsk region - a rocket hit the elevator, destroying the warehouse with grain. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:30 The Russians stole $5 million worth of agricultural equipment from a dealership in Melitopol and sent it to Chechnya, but could not use it because it was blocked remotely, writes CNN. Now the only way to make money on the stolen is to dismantle it for parts.
08:28 US First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Slovakia and Romania to meet with Ukrainian refugees. She plans to fly out of Washington on Thursday, May 5, writes The New York Times.
08:26 The head of the US House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, believes that Biden's visit to Ukraine is only a matter of time: "The only question is how soon this will become possible."
08:25 Three EU countries have withdrawn the veto on the introduction of an oil embargo against Russia - these are Hungary, Austria and Slovakia, writes ZDF.
08:23 Turkey plans to launch gas production in the Black Sea in 2023, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez said. We are talking about two wells in the Sakarya region. The total potential volume of gas deposits is 540 billion cubic meters.
08:21 The head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power said that the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine are comparable to the consequences of a world war. According to her, the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict extend not only to Kyiv, but to the whole of Europe: in particular, food prices have increased in a number of countries.
Power stressed that it is the war in Ukraine, not the sanctions, that is driving up food prices, although Russia may argue otherwise.
08:10 Mariupol City Council reported that with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, two additional locations have been agreed today for landing people in an evacuation convoy that will leave Mariupol - Mangush and the Lunachar ring near Berdyansk. It will be possible to join the evacuation convoy by personal transport.
07:55 The American Institute for the Study of War notes that the Russian forces continue to gradually move southwest in the direction of Liman. They made limited progress south and west of Yampol. There are no successes in other areas.
The Russian Federation also creates conditions for permanent control over the occupied territories of southern Ukraine. The ruble began to circulate there. Moscow sees these regions either as nominally independent "people's republics" or wants to join Russia.
07:36 Russian troops have focused their efforts on taking Rubizhne under full control and preparing for an offensive on Severodonetsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .
06:57 Denmark and Sweden summon Russian ambassadors after a Russian plane violated their airspace.
03:04 Almost 4.5 million tons of grain are blocked in the ports of Ukraine - so far it is impossible to export them, because sea routes are closed because of the war, Martin Frick, a representative of the UN World Food Program, said.
02:55 The governor of the Belgorod region reported "two strong gaps", there were no casualties and no damage.
00:31 Ukraine will get access to the liquefied gas terminals of Poland and Lithuania, said the director of the gas transmission system operator of Ukraine Serhiy Makogon: “In the coming days, a tanker with a cargo of liquefied gas LNG for Poland will arrive at the LNG terminal in Klaipeda. Slovakia will also have access to LNG terminals in Poland and the Baltic countries this summer."
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] Eight years ago, the Nazis killed several dozen residents of Odessa.
Together with the dead, the old post-Soviet Ukraine burned down with the House of Trade Unions.
After eight years, full-fledged military operations are underway on the territory of the Nazi freak that arose on the site of the burned-out Ukraine. Attempts to coexist with Nazism or to negotiate with him, did not bring results. As usual, he brought war with him.
As usual, Nazism has sponsors in the West who use it to their advantage. Therefore, calls to think again and look at "whom you created and support" do not work. The instrumental approach to supporting Nazism does not require morality, but requires the most familiar hypocrisy and double standards. Therefore, turning a blind eye to the brutality of the Nazis then, all the more easily in the "civilized West" close their eyes to their crimes now.
Therefore, no one can carry out denazification in Ukraine, except for ourselves.
[RIA Novosti] Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the silence of Russian stars who left because of the special operation.
She noted that "without money, their patriotism cannot be stirred up."
"And now I have a question: who of those who have abruptly left now for vacation because of extreme fright, at least once, even briefly said about this (the tragedy in Odessa in 2014) in their programs, Telegram channels and Instagram * accounts?," asked Zakharova, having published earlier statements of the department about the tragedy in the Telegram channel.
She drew a parallel with the trips of Western celebrities to Ukraine.
"Angelina Jolie went to Lviv. Empathize. No one believes in her sincerity. And which of our media personalities, socialites and social activists of all stripes, at least mentioned Odessa? Or won't you raise advertising money for this?" She emphasized.
She also drew attention to the fact that some Russian stars ignored the events in the House of Trade Unions, and the situation in Bucha was "sorted out instantly."
"I don’t believe in their sincerity either. I believe that without money their “real patriotism” cannot be stirred up, and when the Fatherland, without demanding anything from them, just expects decent behavior, they are sharply fetidly frightened," summed up Zakharova.
Earlier, American media reported that American actress Angelina Jolie , who is a special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ), is in the city of Lviv as part of a "personal" visit to the region.
In Odessa, after the coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014, anti-Maidan activists set up a tent camp on Kulikovo field as a sign of protest.
On the afternoon of May 2, brawls began between anti-Maidan activists on the one hand and football ultras from Kharkov and Odessa, as well as Euromaidan participants, on the other. The fight ended with the destruction of the tent city, after which supporters of the coup d'état and nationalists set fire to the House of Trade Unions, in which representatives of the "anti-Maidan" took refuge. The victims of the tragedy that day were 48 people, more than 250 were injured.
International organizations have repeatedly pointed out to Kiev the lack of progress in the investigation of this tragedy and demanded that the Ukrainian authorities punish those responsible for the death of people. The trial in the case is dragging on and the investigation has actually done nothing for eight years to clarify all the circumstances of the tragedy.
[IsraelTimes] Prosecution asks court to extend Issamat Hamuri’s arrest, citing ’sensitive’ circumstances under which his speech poses a risk to public safety; attorney claims charges political.
A Moslem sheikh from East Jerusalem was indicted on Monday for incitement to violence after allegedly calling for the "liberation of al-Aqsa with weapons and force," in a sermon outside the mosque attended by some 200 people about two weeks ago.
Issamat Hamuri, 56, also hailed Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, military leader Mohammed Deif in the speech, the indictment read.
Some people in the crowd were seen waving Hamas flags as Hamuri spoke, according to reports in Hebrew media.
"There is no choice but to unite Moslem countries and act resolutely to liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque," he was quoted as saying.
"This is not an impossible mission with Allah’s will. The good started at al-Aqsa Mosque and it shall return to al-Aqsa Mosque," he added.
His speech was filmed and distributed on social media, reports noted.
Hamuri’s attorney Rami Utman said in a statement that his client’s arrest was political and that the charges will not stand up in court.
The charges, Utman argued, were meant "to scare people away from visiting the al-Aqsa Mosque."
The prosecution has asked the Jerusalem District Court to extend Hamuri’s arrest until his trial. In its request, the prosecution wrote: "The danger posed by the suspect is increased during this period in time, considering the heightened tension reflected recently in terror attacks across the country and repeated riots in Jerusalem and the surrounding area, some of which took place after the suspect’s speech.
"The suspect’s actions necessarily contribute to fanning the tension and its repercussions at a sensitive time and under circumstances that increase the risk to the public."
The incident took place during the Moslem holy month of Ramadan and just before the Jewish holiday of Passover. The culmination of these two religious events led to increased tension in the capital and especially in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount, where Paleostinian rioters clashed daily with Israeli security and Jews attempting to visit the site.
It is unclear whether Hamuri’s speech had a direct impact on the violence that followed.
In 2020, Arab Israeli holy manRaed Salah
... alternately Raed Saleh, he fancies the title "Sheikh of Al Aqsa" as suitable for the head of the outlawed Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, the militant arm of the Israeli branch of the Muslim Brotherhood based in Umm al-Fahm in the Galilee. The Southern Branch went in for Israeli politics as part of the Obama-era Arab Joint List project, though their goals are the same. Sheikh Saleh’s role is to cycle in and out of Israeli prisons for cause...
was sentenced to 28 months in prison after being convicted of incitement to terrorism over a 2017 speech in which he praised a deadly attack at the Temple Mount. He was released in December last year after serving 17 months and given a hero’s welcome in his hometown of Umm al-Fahm in the north of the country.
In February, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked signed an order prohibiting the Moslemholy man from leaving the country.
[JustTheNews] Durham's argument is straightforward: Attorney-client privilege doesn't apply to materials the campaign distributed widely to third parties.
But his filing also puts the traditional media on notice that when Sussmann's trial on a charge of lying to the FBI ...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time... begins next month, the unholy alliance between traditional media news hounds and the Democrat machine will be laid bare for the world to see.
And it is clear prosecutors have a clear theory that much of the information spread and then reported by the news media was glaringly weak if not outright false. Durham's filings refer to the Clinton opposition research alternately as a "red herring," "unverified" "too obvious" to be true, or containing a "very weak link." In some cases, those were words used by the very researchers helping assemble the materials.
Yet the traditional media reported it and re-reported it for nearly two years before Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded there was no evidence of a Trump-Russia conspiracy to hijack the 2016 election.
"One of the famous fake news outlets likes to say, 'Democracy dies in darkness.' They're exactly right," former Rep. Devin Nunes, the Republican House Intelligence Committee chairman who helped uravel the Russia collusion narrative, told Just the News. "They're the ones who have created the darkness, and democracy does die. It just happens to be the fake news media that's actually creating this."
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Expose this unholy alliance all you want. The media will never report it so people will never know.
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Durham releases the obvious. You can't really separate the 2016 from the 2020 election. Toss in big tech and the RINO governors in swing states and Durham will have it about right. Recall this story a month after the 2020 election in American Thinker here. Hillary, the smartest woman in the universe was supposed to win in 2016. The 2020 big steal was the result of the 2016 fail.
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[Yahoo] Russian troops occupying the Ukrainian city of Melitopol stole nearly $5 million of farm vehicles from a John Deere dealership and shipped some of them more than 700 miles to Chechnya, CNN reported, only to find they had been rendered useless by a remote-locking system that prevented the thieves from turning the equipment on.
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