[TomLuongo] With the Fed raising by 75 bps yesterday I have to believe we’ve reached a major turning point in the War Against Davos. The deflation of asset prices and, most especially the Eurodollar markets is putting many other, over-leveraged central banks on a path towards bankruptcy.
There are a ton of moving parts, a lot of factions now warring against each other. When cartels break, the former members of the cartel always turn on each other. It was always going to be this way. Davos turned on its allies in the US commercial banking sector and they fought back.
Hard.
Everything I wrote about in my last post — SOFR/LIBOR spreads, US/German 10 year Spreads, Lagarde’s incompetence — were proven correct in the response yesterday by the markets to Powell’s hawkishness.
Davos has spent so long and so much money trying to convince us to ‘abandon all hope’ but it is they who now can do nothing but ‘enter here’ into our dragon’s den of asset deflation. The adjustment will be biblical. It will be painful.
And it didn’t have to be this way, but the solipsism and arrogance of evil people who have always known power and feel entitled to wield it in perpetuity is boundless.
Enjoy the rants and the wailing and gnashing of teeth by the very worst people in the world today.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] The tug "Vasily Bekh" (previously called SB-739) was lost near Zmeinny Island, carrying the Tor air defense system and ammunition to the island.
The tug was hit by an anti-ship missile, according to some statements, "Harpoon", according to another - "Brimstone".
The exact number of those killed and wounded is still unknown.
[OdessaJournal] Official comment of Operational Command “South”:
In the Black Sea, the enemy fleet lost the tug “Vasily Bekh”, which provided delivery of ammunition, weapons and personnel of the Black Sea Russian fleet to the Snake Island, due to the accurate work of a group of Ukrainian defense forces in southern Ukraine.
"Despite of the anti-aircraft missile system “TOR” on board, the tug was turned into a floating hearth. According to preliminary data, 70 percent of the crew was affected, and the destiny of the rest is unknown."
As reported earlier, enemy ships are trying to conduct a search and rescue operation.
Reference: The tug “Vasily Bekh” built at the Astrakhan shipyard with a tonnage of 1605 tons, was accepted to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in 2017.
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Nice to see the 'we don't wish fatality on elected officials here" also applies to commenters, especially ones in good standing. Bra-vo!
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the tug was turned into a floating hearth. According to preliminary data, 70 percent of the crew was affected, and the destiny of the rest is unknown."
Don't know if the translation did this or what, but I love the wording of these two sentences.
[EmeraldDB3] Fulton County Gets Busted Certifying False Election Results!
Ex-Dominion employee Dominic Olomo refuses to show election records to Fulton County election officials.
Today I’ve got exclusive coverage of Fulton County elections — and the obvious fraud being conducted in Georgia using Dominion Voting machines. That’s because I’ve obtained documents from a source who has been in contact with Fulton County election officials, and those documents show that the claims made by Fulton County’s IT Director (and ex-Dominion Voting Systems employee and Nigerian citizen) Dominic Olomo are clearly false.
Let’s recap this story for you: the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections (BRE) met on May 29th and certified the 2022 Primary Election results — those results were counted, tabulated and provided using Dominion Voting machines.
A week later, on June 5th, Fulton County BRE called an emergency meeting to recertify the election results because their IT Director, Dominic Olomo, claimed that the May 29th results had not been properly counted! So it’s beyond dispute: the May 29th election which used Dominion machines was a failure.
Why had the May 29th results not been properly counted — according to Fulton County IT Director Dominic Olomo? He claimed that poll workers had not properly pulled vote results from the machines.
At the June 5th “emergency recertification” meeting, Fulton County election officials asked for the updated election results, and received none from their own IT director — but they “certified” the election anyway!
This crucial exchange was caught on video.
Some members of the Fulton County BRE subsequently consulted with election integrity experts and were told that they needed to specifically request the “batches loaded” reports and the cast-vote record and the poll pad check-in lists from the machines in order to duly certify the election.
The next day, a complaint was filed with the State Election Board about the missing election results at this June 5th meeting.
On June 9th, the Fulton County BRE held its regularly scheduled meeting — but Dominic Olomo did not have any of the election results that he told Fulton County officials that he would provide! Some members of the Fulton County BRE demanded that Dominic Olomo release those specific election records from the machines to them.
The next day, on June 10th, Dominic Olomo sent an email to members of the Fulton County BRE with his explanation of the revised vote results. He also included the flashcard details — including the 6 precincts from which they came, and the number of votes on each — but these were not the complete election records that members of the Fulton County BRE had demanded.
Using this very limited information, my source has shown that Dominic Olomo’s explanation for “re-certifying” Fulton County’s elections is false. Here’s the explanation from my source.
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Bring back Biblical. Make all the inner-city types go on a pilgrimage to vote. Way out in the country.
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BUT, would Chicago (America?) rather have Daley and the mob back or continue with this bizarre being named Lightfoot? Same with Philly. Or Baltimore (Pelosi's daddy)....
[France24] Shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, reports of so-called 'filtration' camps in the country’s east began to emerge. Since then, thousands of Ukrainian civilians have passed through the centres, where Russian forces hunt for Ukrainian "nationalists". This means that many of those being processed are subject to interrogations, strip-searches or worse.
In early April, Vitaly and his wife and one-year-old daughter were offered a safe passage out of Mariupol. The Russians were going to evacuate them and other civilians by bus to Nikolske, a small industrial town controlled by pro-Russian forces around 20 kilometres northwest of the besieged city.
Once they arrived, the men were separated from the women, and sent toward a trailer where they were told they would be searched. Or "filtered", as the troops guarding them put it.
"We took turns going into the trailer, where two soldiers checked everything: phones, tattoos, personal belongings," he told the independent Russian-language news website Meduza in a May 12 interview. When Vitaly entered the trailer, he saw two men stripped to their underwear — one of them with his hands behind his head facing the wall, and the other sitting in a corner on the floor.
"As I understood it, they recognised [them as] participants of some anti-Russian rallies."
Vitaly, who was also strip-searched, was luckier, but only after successfully managing to explain why he had an American eagle tattooed on his body, and why his mobile phone was so clean of any messenger apps. "I had to prove I had nothing to do with the [Ukrainian military]," he said. "In the end they let me go."
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It's the cavity search I mainly try to avoid...
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Putin has said repeatedly that one of the 5 primary objectives is the “denatzification” of the Ukraine. That word doesn’t translate well into English. At a minimum it means that Russia doesn’t want to import the current “decadent” western memes and themes into Russian society (LGBQXYZ, privileged ethnic groups, printing money based on vapor, etc). Russia isn’t the USSR. Americans don’t seem to grasp that. All that aside, I was taught to efficiently process civilians as they pass through to rear areas to minimize the chance of allowing infiltrators to slip by. Simply prudent
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That's a mild description. I think it's probably more straight up cultural cleansing than that.
Even some anti-nazis like the master race idea.
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Lest we forget, the real victims in this war are the Ukrainian Transgenders, who were having rights issues even before the invasion.
The Ghost of Kyeeev heard the call, and became the world's first Transgender Fighter Ace. Eighty men tried, and eighty men died, and now they are buried together on the countryside.
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The confusion about "denazification" arises, as so often happens, from a bad translation compounded by political and historical ignorance. English speakers do not grasp that that the term is not strictly referring to "Nazis" but more generally describes Ukrainian nationalists.
In Russian as in German (and Italian as well), the 't' in the word "national" is pronounced "ts" -- like the 'z' in Mozart. In French and English it's softened to 's' and 'sh' so that there is a sharp distinction between na-shin/na-si-on and the very specific na-tsee.
But in Russian as in German there is no difference, linguistically or phonetically, between na-ts-i and na-ts-ional. When Russians refer to the Nazis, they use the term fashisti.
Politically, Putin is referring to the extreme nationalists in Ukraine -- politicians as well as paramilitary thugs and outright terrorists, but all of the violently anti-Russian forces who were responsible for stripping Russian speakers in Ukraine of basic rights, be they political (as in Crimea) or physical safety (as in Donbas) or economic and cultural-linguistic (everywhere).
"De-nationalization" means curbing the ability of Russian-haters inside and outside of Ukraine's government to suppress, steal from, harass or beat and terrorize Russian-speakers.
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To be absolutely clear, a Russian speaker who intends to describe Nazis or what we are erroneously calling "denazification" would use the word "fascist."
There is no question in the minds of any fluent Russian audience that Putin is speaking about removing the cancer of violently chauvinist, brutally anti-Russian Ukrainian nationalism. This cancer was more than any other factor responsible for the 8-year reign of terror against Russian speakers in Ukraine from March 2014-February 2022.
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#11 ..so just like 'white supremacist' the Left is always screaming about in America.
Ok... I get that mindless sarcasm is like a reflex for some but it would help you to know that, for the better part of two decades, at least since the time of the pseudo-democrat and professional bandit Yulia Tymoshenko, Russian speakers in Ukraine have seen their basic rights and dignity under assault by chauvinistic Ukrainian politicians and thugs.
A better US analogy would be if in California an "Aztlan" ethno-nationalist political party along with street thugs were to gain power in Sacramento and
- force all classroom instruction in the state to be conducted entirely in Spanish and banned English from all official communications
- replace the English names of every town and street with Spanish names and dub Hollywood movies in Spanish
- redirect state funding from wealthy Anglo regions into the impoverished majority-Hispanic counties
- take over local regulatory, police and zoning rights from Anglo communities
- give funds to and direct their paramilitary "Aztlan" street thug battalions to beat, rape, torture and kill Anglos in coastal cities where Anglos are dominant
- declare that San Diego and Orange County belong to Mexico
- invite Chinese PLA advisers in to train and arm the Aztlan battalions
Nice, huh?
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Don't get it? Hey, they ripping down, renaming, and reclassifying anything and everything here in the name of diversity already. They're indoctrinating school children in using approved 'pronouns'. They actively and openly discriminate against the majority of people all in the name of 'justice' and operate a multi-tiered legal system based upon approved groups. If you don't play along you are a white supremacist. Ain't nothing new here.
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BTW, didn't Russia do exactly the same thing to East Prussia after WWII, now known as Kaliningrad. As an old Greek moralist once wrote - it all depends upon who's ox is getting gored.
[ZDNet] On Thursday, eBay announced the launch of its new live, interactive shopping platform called eBay Live. Much like the traditional cable TV experience of the "Home Shopping Network," viewers will be able to watch hosts showcase different items that viewers can instantly purchase. The platform also lets users chat with the hosts and interact with them via reaction buttons.
The platform launches in beta on June 22 with a curated selection of rare trading cards from top eBay seller Bleecker Trading. The series will be hosted by trading card enthusiast DJ Skee.
"eBay has always been the original home for trading cards and collectibles," Dawn Block, eBay VP, said in a statement. "As the collector community grows, we're offering a new live platform that combines an engaging environment with incredible ease, allowing our community to come together over shared interests and merchandise."
A number of other companies have already rolled out their own livestreamed shopping platforms online. The Chinese tech giant Alibaba was a pioneer in the space, debuting its Taobao Live platform in 2016. Live commerce quickly became a staple of the Chinese e-commerce experience. In 2020, Taobao Live reportedly generated a whopping $7.5 billion in total transaction value in the first 30 minutes of Alibaba's Singles' Day -- a sales event akin to Amazon Prime Day.
In 2019, Amazon launched its own livestreamed shopping experience called Amazon Live, while QVC rolled out a new app with shoppable videos. Facebook first tried out Live Shopping in 2018 and began testing "Live Shopping for creators" last year. Twitter launched a livestreamed shopping platform in 2021 as well. Then earlier this year, YouTube announced plans to roll out shoppable videos as well as a Live Shopping experience.
[Washington Examiner] Some Republicans in Congress are going to war against their own party, coming out in full force against a renewed effort to make women register for the military draft.
A coalition of 11 Republican senators led by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) lambasted a proposed amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act by Senate Democrats that would require women to register with the Selective Service System, putting them at odds with even some members of their own party who voted in favor of the amendment.
The coalition urged Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) "in the strongest possible terms not to use this year’s NDAA to try to force America’s women to register for the military draft" in a letter on Wednesday. Revisiting a failed effort to add a similar provision to the 2022 NDAA would be "a grave mistake" and would "needlessly inject divisive social policies into important debates over our national security," the senators argued.
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted in favor of adding the provision with the support of seven committee Republicans hours after Hawley’s letter was released, leaving the Right fuming. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), an outspoken opponent of expanding the draft to women, excoriated Republicans who voted in favor of the proposal.
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You can't continue the lie that we are equal but exempt an entire group from the responsibilities that go along with citizenship.
If you look at the very first Militia Act of 1792, those who were defined as the militia were also the ones who had the franchise of the vote. When the militia act of 1862 was modified to include males of African descent it was followed by the 15th Amendment extending the franchise to that group as well. In short, the vote and the obligation of duty were one and the same. That link was broken by the 19th Amendment in 1920 that expanded the vote without obligation to one large group. For men, its never been "my body, my choice".
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^^^^^ BRAVO BRAVO, my body my choice is bullshit. I'm sure there are alot of guys in graves all over the world who would disagree.
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The My Body My Choice crowd should be required to append "But when I get sick, that's on you taxpaying rubes." to their signs and media posts.
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Any deal where you get rights and privilege without obligation and duty is sweet for the individual and unfair for the guy carrying the extra load. Breaking the accustomed habit is hard, and reasoning rarely overcomes entitlement.
Essentially, the argument is" we are all equal EXCEPT when its better for me to not be".
[Washington Examiner] The United States may cease to be a constitutional democracy if the country becomes more polarized, warned former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday.
In a guest appearance on the Late Late Show with James Corden, Clinton said he was not always optimistic about the future of the nation but said citizens should not respond to hatred with more hatred.
"I actually think there is a fair chance we could completely lose our constitutional democracy for a couple of decades if we make bad decisions," Clinton said on CBS. "I am not naive about this. I have been in a lot of fights. I have lost some and won a bunch. I have been elated and heartbroken. But I have never before been as worried about the structure of our democratic form of government. So far, every time we were faced with our own undoing, our conscience kicked in and we stepped away from the brink. And that is kind of what I think will happen here, but I don’t know when or how."
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Well, Bill, you and yours entered the Oligarchy in a couple decades ago. You're expressed concern is that the rubes are starting to notice. OK, what's the next Executive Decree Order coming from the White House today to cover their rear for their incompetency and overreach.
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So far, every time we were faced with our own undoing, our conscience kicked in and we stepped away from the brink. And that is kind of what I think will happen here, but I don’t know when or how."
Now that he isn’t president anymore, he makes his money pretending to be profound for those foolish enough to pay. I bet he wrinkled his brow to show deep thought when he said the above.
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Oh, he and his ilk WANT the US to lose the Republic and they want to rule what it becomes.
Yeah, he's talking about it now so people can get used to the idea.
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Even with Bill Gates' infant blood infusions, I don't think Billy Jeff is gonna live to be anywhere near as old as Jimmuah Cahtah...
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They're preparing the balloon drop already. What do they know that we don't?
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Something before the mid-terms that suspends them, or makes them more vulnerable to fraud. Many in power now are all-in on the now or never nature of or political/cultural divide, and are terrified of what a Red Wave would empower in investigations, prosecutions and punishments.
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"I actually think there is a fair chance we could completely lose our constitutional democracy for a couple of decades if we make bad decisions,"
I agree with him entirely but I bet we disagree on which party is responsible for the growing authoritarianism.
[Peak Prosperity] We were foolish enough to believe we could water the entire southwestern U.S. with the Colorado River. Nothing could go wrong. Now it has, and tens of millions of people are staring down the barrel of real trouble.
As much as 75% of the water from Lake Mead (fed by the Colorado River) goes to agriculture...so now we have a potential food production problem. Major cities like Las Vegas depend on that water for its citizens...now we have a potential personal survival problem for local residents.
More than 40 million people in seven states need to decide how they go on living if the rains do not return. Is anyone worried? Is there an emergency management team in place? Doesn’t seem that way if you review the local news there.
Are they prepared? No. Maybe 3% of the population has anything in place for survival. What do they do? Where do they go?
Is Kansas ready for an influx of evacuees from California? Can the East Coast handle another few million people?
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Those of us old enough remember the Great California Drought emergency orders issued between 1988 and 1990.
The incoming water was diverted to from the food growing Valley, to many LA and its many swimming pools.
California in the last 100 years has experienced many droughts: 1924, 1928–1935, 1947–1950, 1959–1960, 1976–1977, 1986–1992, 2006–2010, 2011–2017, 2018 and 2020-2021. So it's not like California only occasionally has a Drought.
Hell, just 40+/- days ago (May 12, 2022) despite being in a declared drought already. The California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal to build a $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant to turn ocean water into drinking water.
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The southwest was a lot wetter 750 years ago, then got hit with a huge drought some 500 years ago that lasted 75-100 years. Completely destroyed the Anasazi civilization as they couldn't grow enough food. It has happened in the past and will happen in the future if it isn't happening right now.
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Sad about the Anasazi, not so much for most of the populace there now imo.
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The libs still living in Cali are only there because of things they disagree with and could not duplicate for themselves, ever. Reality will take hold of the land if not the people.
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Is Kansas ready for an influx of evacuees from California?
Something, something, garden hoses with gasoline.
We don't have the water either, unless you can convince the Denver area to give up green lawns and golf. I'd suggest the Panuco Basin, or Seattle/Vancouver area...I understand they have something called a CHAD district, very youthful, very urbane. Ashland Oregon is supposed to be very progressive, I'm sure they would welcome all the Joad family with open arms. Otherwise, keep'em moving until at least Kansas City.
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Nah, Lawrence Kansas, they love them some refugee shit. Even have an official homeless camp just north of town, follow the train tracks east. Downtown panhandling program, hots and a cot, Berkely-on-Kaw so they say.
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"Climate change" is religion for people who don't believe in God. And for some people who think they believe in God, but swallow whatever their clerisy tells them.
Reality is the thing that does not go away just because you don't believe in it.
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*slightly off topic, saw estimates that possibly up to 10,000 head died from that heat shock. Officials say the cause of death is Big Meat making Record Profits™. Everyone is flailing a bit, so salt to taste.
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And this will add to the "demand inflation" if crops fail or are hard to come by. It's not the Fed, and it sure as hell isn't Putin (a pathetic and absurd concept). People discount the vicissitudes of Mother Nature.
Maybe the Harris-Biden Administration will begin to blame the climate for these problems. Oh, wait....
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"Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance. 35 Then let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh’s authority, and let them guard it. 36 Let the food become as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine.”
We're a bit short of three wise men or a virgin in the Beltway.
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A drought, or just CA weather? Meanwhile, CA continues to dismantle reservoirs and even denies permits for desalinization facilities. It's not the rainfall.
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remember the Great California Drought emergency orders
"If it's yellow, let it mellow.
If it's brown, flush it down."
#22
tank Abrams is fiction. I have to listen to this goddamn bitch daily on her ads with her resume. Can't stand the sound of he voice and hopes she drops dead of whatever hurts the most. I'll let y'all know how this Georgian feels later about that fat whore.
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[GO Banking Rates] In a June 13 Fox Nation debate, Sen. Lindsey Graham said seniors may have to “take a little less” and “pay a little more in” when debating Social Security solvency, reports Knewz via MSN. Graham made the comments while debating Sen. Bernie Sanders during a “Senate Project” debate.
“Let’s do something like Ted Kennedy would do: get Republicans and Democrats to find a way — like the Gang of Six, the Simpson-Bowles plan. Senator Sanders: bring your Social Security plan to the floor. All it does is raise taxes. To get out of this mess, people like me are going to have to take a little less and pay a little more in. We’re going to have to adjust the age one more time like Ronald Reagan and Tip — Tip O’Neil did. There is a bipartisan way forward. You describe problems, but your answer is always the government — it’s always socialism,” Graham said.
The estimated average Social Security retirement benefit in 2022 is $1,658 a month, announced the Social Security Administration. While this is a $93 increase from the year before, benefits only cover a portion of seniors’ living expenses. For his part, Sanders admitted that Social Security “does have a solvency issue,” but that his proposal — also backed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren — would extend solvency for 75 years while increasing benefits for recipients by $2,400 per year. Sanders’ proposal would ostensibly fund this expansion of Social Security via a tax on high-earning households, per CNBC.
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The politicians are ready to break that "promise" now that those generations of voters are about to die off. Time to make new promises to new generations of rubes.
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The establishment is trying to feed the Social Security Ponzi scheme with immigration (legal and illegal). Scaring Seniors with a loss of $$$$ is part of the plan to get support for the establishment Dreamers and open border policies.
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It's all BS. Social Security was justified before SCOTUS as a tax. The 'tax' accounting was finally merged in the 1960s under Johnson and the Democrats. 'It' is a game of three card monte as much as all the governments bookkeeping. As long as they have a printing press, it won't run out of money. Whether that 'money' is worth anything is another matter.
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The politicians are ready to break that "promise" now that those generations of voters are about to die off. Time to make new promises to new generations of rubes.
With inflation pointing to a potential Social Security COLA increase of over 6 percent, nice time to redraw eligibility criteria.
'Needs based' is the key. 'The rich' (anyone making over $50,000 per year) will not be eligible for full benefits. See income offset at table 4b.
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And there is a huge steaming pile of 401K and IRA savings which can be used to further fund Social Security.
Politicians have been drooling over those for decades...
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As long as SCROTUS is at least 7-2 conservative, it won't happen, even with Roberts riding the fence. Any move to grab retirement funds not under the gummint's control would be injoined immediately because there would be no unwinding it later if gummint lost in court.
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Lindsey, I might have politely listened to what you had to say.
But then you said “Let’s do something like Ted Kennedy would do".
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He will be primared out of office with that statement
#14
FWIW just started drawing social security at 64. Amazed the system was still solvent. Due military damage full medical coverage from the VA. At 65 I must sign up for Medicare A (free) and B (premium required). If I declined part B (due existing full coverage from the VA) then I forfeit my social security benefits. What a racket!
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#14 get a medicare advantage plan (MA), not a medicare advantage prescription drug plan (MA PD) with a part B give back, if you don’t need the prescription coverage, since you get it from the VA.
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Go with both CB. You did good, probably better than the remaining 97 percent. There really is no such thing as a bad retirement annuity, civilian or military, regardless of the amount.
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#9 He will be primared out of office with that statement
Posted by: DarthVader 2022-06-17 08:04
...From your lips to Ol' Strom's ears, Brother. It's a pity Graham isn't running this year, because I would truly love to vote against him.
Mike
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It was always the gummint's money. They just pretended to let you believe you had earned it.
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So how about LESS DC spending instead?
Of course that's the obvious answer but don't count on Lindsey Graham to admit it. He'd rather keep sending billions, trillions, to places like Afghanistan and Ukraine.
Ultimately, Social Security should be phased out and replaced with something like a 401k with as little government involvement as possible. Oh, and this 401k should be strictly voluntary. You can contribute as much or as little as you want or you can opt out of it altogether. You are responsible for yourself. The folks who administer a 401k have a fiduciary responsibility to you, unlike Big Brother who is never responsible for anything.
Social Security is socialism. It is Big Brother at his very worst. He doesn't trust you with your own money and, besides, he wants it for his own nefarious purposes. So he takes your money with a flimsy promise to repay you when you get old, which is whatever his definition of old is. And if you croak one day after you reach that age, well, too bad. Your wife may keep receiving partial payments until she croaks but you cannot pass that money to your children. People who talk about how great Franklin Roosevelt was make me sick because, forget about Biden or any of the others, Roosevelt was the worst president ever.
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You still have to pay Medicare out of your social security benefits. I had to get a job to suppliment my social security and now have to pay income tax on 85% of my social security as well as paying social security, medicare, and income tax on my paycheck. We don't have a government, we have an organization that takes money.
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Got good service at Social Security office today. Was handled by a 40 year old white guy- didn’t know the government employed any of those anymore.
Doubt I will get any S.S. benefits in 2 years when I was planning to sign up.
[Sunny's Journal] Russian Ministry of Defense releases new official briefing, slides and documentation pertaining to US biological malfeasance! Direct accusations of violation of the Nuremberg Code and more direct evidence against Hunter Biden!
I will break this up into 8 posts here on Telegram it will all be in one thread on my Substack for easy sharing. Let’s get into it.
1) Experiments on mentally ill people:
Here Russia shows a series of facilities they are accusing of unethical medical experimentation and in violation of the Nuremberg Code.
They show a black site experimental lab in Kharkov, 4 million dollar facility built with funds from the Pentagon, disguised as a pharmaceutical facility. In addition to the surrounded labs and psychiatric wards where they were using to supply subjects for the experiments.
These allegations are not to be taken lightly. The punishment for the accused crime is death.
Be advised: Unsubstantiated, single-source reporting.
[Western Journal] Six months after first proposing the idea — and drawing national attacks from Democrats and the mainstream media — Florida Gov. Ronald DeSantis on Wednesday officially announced the re-establishment of the Florida State Guard.
"The U.S. military has been kicking out great service members over the Biden administration’s unacceptable COVID vaccine mandate, and they are even targeting members of the National Guard," DeSantis said, according to a news release from his office.
The governor said restoring the State Guard, which had been dormant since its 1947 disbandment, would broaden the state’s capacity to assist residents during times of crisis.
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When the national government federalizes the National Guard and deploys it, those states without a back up face natural and man made disasters without the usual tools available to assist in dealing with them. Many states have them.
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Family of four including grandparents acquired covid on vacation trip to Disney in Florida. Vaccinated and boosters. So supposedly they will not get as sick as those being un vaccinated. I post this today as I just got informed.
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Somebody will claim that the Florida Guard is unconstitutional. Dummies will echo the stupidity until anyone that actually quotes the Constitution will be banned from Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. That is where we arrived.
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A critical component in the value of a State Guard, State Active Duty in California for example, is the ability to field a military force for law enforcement as needed. In either a State Active Duty status as defined by State Law, or a Title 32 federal status (where the cost is funded with federal money but the command authority rests with the Adjutant General/Governor of the state, the troops are NOT constrained by Posse Commitatus which severely limits the use of military forces for law enforcement purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
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Gianforte's afraid to go back to Montana and face Beth Dutton. Smart man.
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I didn't see any evidence of devastation in the Park. Most of the rain was north of the park, and all that drained into (quite large) Yellowstone Lake.
I'll wait for more Mail photos of "Changed Beyond Recognition".
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People who build by rivers are like the people who build on the shoreline in the Gulf and coast, or that matter, in the middle of a forest. Make sure your insurance is up to date and pay it.
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^ No lie. When I was a reporter, I talked to many people who described previous generations of their fambly being flooded out of the old home place and finishing with "well, I guess we'll rebuild again..." And insurance was not in the mix. Neither was common sense.
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Good gouge at 5 and 6. While not always available, I prefer the high ground.
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A lot of really nice houses here near the beach that will get levelled by a major hurricane. Lots of them are empty most of the year. I guarantee you they are insured out the whing-whang too.
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[Korrespondent] 23:28 Stoltenberg named five key areas on which the attention of the participants of the NATO summit at the end of June will be focused:
a significant strengthening of NATO's deterrence and defense policy;
continued assistance to Ukraine and other partners at risk;
approval of a new NATO strategic concept, which will reflect the position of the allies on Russia and new security challenges, and will also mention China;
an increase in military budgets and the distribution of the defense load among the allies;
consideration of applications from Finland and Sweden.
23:21 Washington announced a high probability of the loss of a third American citizen in Ukraine. According to State Department spokesman Ned Price, "there is information" about another American who went to Ukraine to fight the Russians. His whereabouts are unknown. In this regard, Price urged Americans not to visit Ukraine because of the threats in connection with the aggression of the Russian Federation.
23:18 Ukraine will not become a member of the EU tomorrow, if it is granted candidate status, this process will take time, Macron said in an interview with TF1. He explained that even if Ukraine is granted the status of a candidate for EU membership, the accession process itself will not be quick, certain conditions will be set for this and a roadmap will be drawn up, which will be approved by the European Commission.
At the same time, Macron stressed that he supports granting Ukraine candidate status: “We have no right now ... at such a difficult moment to tell Ukrainians “come later.” So we must give them a signal now: yes, we are ready to provide you with candidate status.
10:57 pm Washington is sending military aid to Kiev "as fast as it can," John Kirby told CNN: "They're getting as much as we can send as quickly as possible." He noted that the conflict with Russia "might drag on," but added that no additional congressional help is required at this stage: "We don't feel right now that we need to plan another additional package. We have just begun spending the package that Congress just approved."
22:55 Strong explosions are heard in Khrustalny (Krasny Luch), Luhansk region, which is not controlled by Ukraine, Telegram channels report . Residents write that the occupiers' ammunition depot is exploding. Above the city is a column of black smoke.
22:26 Zelensky told why he is grateful to each of the countries whose leaders visited Ukraine today:
Italy - for principled political support, for macro-financial and defense assistance;
Romania - for defense assistance, for assistance in the transit of Ukrainian goods, in particular grain;
France will provide additional artillery installations to Caesar, also today Macron spoke frankly that European support for Ukraine should be such that it is felt that "together we are defending the same values, defending Europe";
Germany confirmed the provision of air defense assets for Ukraine and further support.
22:23 Zelensky announced "a lot of news" in the coming days: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow there will also be a lot of news for Ukraine, and I believe that it will be positive. I emphasize once again that all this is possible primarily thanks to our heroes, thanks to each and every one, who protects us from Russian troops."
22:15 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today was "a truly historic day - Ukraine felt the support of four powerful European states at once." The President emphasized that all leaders understand why negotiations on the end of the war are not taking place now: “Exclusively because of the position of Russia, which is only trying to intimidate everyone in Europe and continue the destruction of Ukraine, and not look for a path to peace. We will continue to fight until we guarantee our state complete security."
21:58 For military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the exception of conscripts, they can introduce a five-day "working week" and provide for two days off. The corresponding bill was proposed by the Cabinet of Ministers and has already been approved by the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Defense, Taras Melnichuk, permanent representative of the government to parliament, said.
The bill, among other things, proposes to resolve the issue of providing military personnel with the opportunity to care for a sick child, as well as to solve the issues of clothing, medical and food security for reservists and those called up for military training.
21:52 Information about Russia's attack on Ukraine was "leaked" to the Americans by a high-ranking Russian "mole" with a rank "higher than Lavrov," Bellingcat investigator Christo Grozev said. According to him, "in the military party, about 20 people knew about this, so one of these 20."
21:34 Zelensky on Wednesday, June 15, held a meeting of the headquarters of the commander-in-chief about the possible threat of a new invasion from Belarus. The President instructed to conduct a readiness check in four regions, Danilov said.
21:26 All works written by Russian and Soviet (except Ukrainian) authors will be removed from the school curriculum. This decision was made by a working group under the Ministry of Education as part of updating the content of curricula on foreign literature. In particular, all the works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Nekrasov, Bulgakov, Krylov's fables, stories by Chekhov and Korolenko and others will be removed from the curricula.
21:22 Western countries have agreed not to provide Ukraine with attack aircraft and tanks, Macron said. According to him, the decision was made "because of fears of being drawn into a war with Russia," and "Zelensky is aware of this agreement."
21:05 Details about the results of today's visit of four European leaders to Kiev - in the material Candidate and weapons .
20:57 Podolyak said that Ukraine will definitely return to the negotiation process, "only at the right moment and with a strong negotiating position." "When the Kremlin begins to take a sober look at things and stop getting drunk on its own propaganda," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office added.
20:46 Coca Cola officially leaves Russia - the company announced that it will no longer produce and sell its drinks, including Sprite, Fanta, Schweppes, Burn, Bonaqua, Dobry and Rich, writes Reuters.
20:31 Energy companies from Austria, France, Italy, the Czech Republic and Germany reported a decrease in the volume of Russian gas supplies via the Nord Stream pipeline. The reason for this, Moscow called the delay in the repair of equipment, which is handled by the German concern Siemens. However, Berlin does not believe it and says that Russia is trying to destabilize the European gas market and raise prices. Read more in the material Destabilization of Europe .
20:03 Biden "did not like" the statement of Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin about the victory of Ukraine and the weakening of Russia, writes NBC News. We are talking, in particular, about the statement by the US Secretary of Defense that Washington's goal in Ukraine is to weaken Russia so much that it can no longer repeat its aggression. Biden expressed concern that such words could set unrealistic expectations and increase the risk of drawing Washington into a direct conflict with Moscow.
19:58 Lavrov said that Russia does not discount the threat from Ukraine on the Kerch bridge, although the Kremlin is confident that such plans will fail completely. Meanwhile, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine received and made publicly available detailed technical documentation of the bridge .
"It is difficult to take seriously statements about the complete safety of people who are not able to ensure the preservation of the technical documentation of a strategic facility," the RHO commented.
19:55 The armed forces of Belarus continue to cover the border with Ukraine and equip positions in the border areas of the Brest region, and the Russian army keeps up to 20 Kalibr-type cruise missiles at the ready, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. The Ukrainian forces repelled the Russian offensive in the direction of the village of Dolyna on the Izyum-Slavyansk highway, the enemy withdrew. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again successfully repelled the offensive of the Russians in the direction of Berestovoye on the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway.
19:52 As a result of today's air strikes on Lisichansk, an enemy bomb hit one of the buildings where people were hiding. Rescuers, while clearing the rubble, removed the bodies of four dead, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russians also fired at the dispensary, as a result of which it was destroyed, people may be under the rubble. Search and rescue work continues.
19:41 Peace with Russia must be achieved on Ukraine's terms, Draghi said: "We really want peace. We want other cities not to suffer, but Ukraine must defend itself in order to achieve peace. And we, one way or another, will not do anything to do without taking into account the will of Ukraine. The world must be the way Ukraine wants it to be, and it must be lasting."
19:38 The leaders of Italy, Germany, Romania and France, after meeting with Zelensky, called on Russia to unblock the export of Ukrainian grain. "This requires an end to the blockade of Ukrainian ports, it must be stopped by the Russian fleet," Macron said. He stressed that the threat to global food security is a direct consequence of Russian aggression, and this has nothing to do with the imposed European sanctions.
19:32 The invaders told the workers of the Zaporizhzhya NPP that they want to subordinate the station to Rosatom from September 1, Energoatom reports. At the same time, the Russians continue to intimidate the ZNPP workers and threaten the residents of Energodar.
19:17 The UK will transfer more than 20 M109 self-propelled guns to Ukraine, Defense Minister Ben Wallace said. According to him, London acquired self-propelled guns from a Belgian arms company. They will be repaired and sent to Ukraine.
19:03 Macron said that Zelensky had agreed to his negotiations with Putin every time since 2019. The French leader believes that it is necessary to have a working channel of communication with Russia just in case, "at least on issues of food security." At the same time, he acknowledged that at the moment these negotiations do not bring any concrete result, but perhaps the moment for success will come in the future. “In the end, this discussion must take place,” Macron said.
"Ukraine must win the war, preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty, but then it will still have to talk with the Russians," he added.
18:58 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said that one of the ways to solve the food crisis could be the transit of grain through the Romanian Black Sea port and the port on the Danube. He also added that work is underway to open a new checkpoint across the Ukrainian-Romanian border.
18:37 Ukraine is part of the European family, and an important stage on the European path is the status of a candidate, Scholz said. He stressed that Germany would unequivocally support a positive solution.
18:21 The European Union categorically confirms its readiness to help Ukraine, Mario Draghi said. He stressed that Italy wants to see Ukraine as part of the EU - "this means that we will unequivocally support Ukraine in obtaining candidate status and joining the European Union."
As for the grain shipment, there is time to unlock, according to Draghi: "The harvest will mostly be in September, and we can do our best not to make the situation too dramatic."
17:50 Zelensky, after meeting with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania, said that the issues of defense of Ukraine, post-war reconstruction, ways to overcome the food crisis, sanctions pressure on Russia and European integration of Ukraine were discussed today.
17:47 Permanent representative of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that problems with the repair of turbines for the Nord Stream could lead to its complete halt.
17:41 Macron assured that Europe will not demand territorial concessions from Ukraine to resolve the conflict.
17:38 A Russian spy tried to get a job as an intern at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, but was caught, according to the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), writes UP. The Russian intelligence officer introduced himself as Brazilian citizen Victor Ferreira, although his real name was Sergey Cherkasov.
“If an intelligence officer could gain access as an intern at the ICC, he could collect intelligence there and look for (or recruit) sources, as well as gain access to the digital systems of the ICC. Perhaps he could also influence the criminal proceedings of the ICC,” - reported in the intelligence of the Netherlands.
17:34 European leaders, criticized by Ukrainians for insufficient assistance in the war with Russia, have promised support until victory and EU candidate status. Their visit is actively discussed in social networks. More details - in the material Macron and Scholz arrived in Ukraine - the reaction of social networks .
17:32 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss believes that the Baltic countries and Poland should be involved in the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia: "We cannot allow Ukraine to be forced to give up territory in a way that we ourselves would not allow it. Through the G7 and NATO are doing everything to strengthen Ukraine's negotiating position. We must also ensure the involvement of our friends from the Baltics and Poland."
17:28 France, Germany, Italy and Romania are in favor of immediate EU candidate status for Ukraine , Macron said.
17:24 France will supply Ukraine with six additional Caesar artillery mounts of 155 mm caliber, Macron said.
16:55 Researchers at the Royal United Arms Institute have found microcircuits from 12 American companies, including Intel, Analog Devices, Texas Instruments and Onsemi, in Russian military equipment. Now Russia uses this technique in the war against Ukraine. According to The Washington Post, the FBI began to investigate how the chips could appear in Russian technology. According to the publication, many microcircuits were manufactured before the US imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation in 2014, but some of the equipment was manufactured in 2020.
16:51 The court banned Shariy's Party. The property of the political force must be transferred in favor of the state, but the decision can still be appealed to the Supreme Court. Prior to this, the court had already banned the activities of seven pro-Russian parties: the Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Opposition Bloc, the Socialists, Justice and Development, the State, Ours, the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc.
16:43 Stoltenberg responded to the Pope's statement that the war in Ukraine could have been provoked from outside: "NATO is a defensive alliance, and the war in Ukraine is President Putin's war. What NATO has been doing for many years is supporting an independent sovereign state. This does not threaten anyone. This is not a provocation. It is Putin and Moscow who are responsible for this brutal aggression against Ukraine."
He also stated that all countries have the right to choose their own path without outside interference.
16:21 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon that the greatest threat from Russian weapons is the Iskander complexes, Kh-101, Kh-555 cruise missiles, sea-based cruise missiles of the Kalibr complex, which can strike throughout the depth of the territory of Ukraine.
16:19 The European Economic and Social Committee adopted a resolution in support of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate country for EU membership, as well as recommendations for European institutions and governments of the EU countries to assist Ukraine in post-war reconstruction. The decision was supported by 200 deputies - almost everyone who took part in the plenary session of the committee, Ukrinform reports.
16:17 Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who was previously criticized for speaking about the need for territorial concessions to Russia from Ukraine, said in an interview with The Sunday Times that Zelensky had fulfilled a historic mission: "Zelensky comes from an environment that has never been appeared in the Ukrainian leadership in any historical period. He historically rallied his country and world public opinion. This is his great achievement."
16:04 After the meeting in Kiev, Scholz thanked Zelensky on his Twitter for accepting the invitation to participate in the G7 summit and assured that "we, the Europeans, are firmly on your side."
15:54 Zelensky's meeting with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania has ended, "Ukraine has the strong support of the international coalition," Yermak said. According to him, the Ukrainian side handed over to the leaders of states a full package of sanctions proposals against Russia, which were prepared by the McFaul-Yermak international group.
15:50 German Economy Minister Robert Gabeck, amid rising gas prices, said that "the time has come" to save on energy consumption. According to him, every kilowatt-hour helps in this situation: “Although supplies to Germany were provided by other, more expensive sources, we must be vigilant. First of all, we must not allow ourselves to be divided, since this is what Putin intends to do ". Gabeck also said that German gas storage facilities are about 56% full.
15:41 During a visit to Irpin, Draghi assured that Ukraine would receive assistance to restore the infrastructure destroyed by the Russians: "This is a place of destruction, but also of hope. Much of what I was told here concerned the future and reconstruction. The war united people, now they can do things that were impossible before the war. The world is on your side."
15:29 The leader of the "LPR" Pasechnik said that up to a thousand Ukrainian soldiers are stationed at Azot in Severodonetsk.
15:27 Venediktova called pseudo-trials against the defenders of Mariupol "medieval barbarism:" Everything that happens bears little resemblance to jurisprudence. This is an exclusively domestic product that will be produced for their own internal propaganda, for the internal consumer ... We see the barbarism that is inherent in the Middle Ages. Therefore, all this will be monitored, procedurally formalized."
15:23 The Seimas of Lithuania recognized the deportation of Ukrainians to Russia as the deportation of the Ukrainian people and called on the international community to seek accountability for these crimes.
15:19 Back in April, Russia and Ukraine agreed on a draft peace treaty by 75%, but then the negotiations stopped, Medinsky said: "These negotiations ended on April 15 with the fact that we handed over to the Ukrainian side the draft treaty agreed upon by the negotiating groups. It was agreed upon by 75 percent Two months have passed, but even now the Ukrainian side has not even bothered to answer this officially, telling us orally that it is taking a break in the negotiations."
According to him, Moscow has the impression that the Ukrainian leadership does not need peace, and the negotiation process "was interrupted after the heads of the Pentagon and the US State Department visited Ukraine in late April." Medinsky claims that Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine, but Kyiv has not yet officially responded to the agreed draft peace treaty.
15:17 The Russians launched an airstrike on Lisichansk, hitting the building where people were hiding. At least three people were killed, seven more were injured, and the rubble is being cleared, said the head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai.
15:13 Europe must gather its strength and make it clear that Ukraine is part of the European family, said the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, in an interview with Handelsblatt. She stressed that the status of a candidate is extremely important for Ukraine: "This will not only boost the morale of Ukrainian soldiers, but also help maintain political unity - a factor whose importance cannot be underestimated."
Metsola also warned against flirting with Putin or pressuring Ukraine for peace talks as it is about preserving the country's sovereignty.
14:58 333,000 personnel of the armed forces of the Russian Federation are involved in the war against Ukraine, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also said that the enemy had destroyed four bridges across the Seversky Donets.
14:43 The Russians are resettled in the occupied Kherson, they will arbitrarily settle in the empty houses of Ukrainians who fled the war and became internally displaced persons, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Minister of Defense. She stressed that the main goals of Russia remain the complete destruction of Ukrainian statehood and the nation.
Malyar also said that 160,000 kilometers of Ukrainian territory require inspections for mines. According to her, Ukraine is now one of the most "polluted" countries in the world in this context.
14:22 Zelensky began negotiations with the leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Romania.
14:01 After visiting Irpin, Scholz said that Russia's actions in the war against Ukraine are aimed only at destruction: "This says a lot about Russia's aggressive war, which is simply aimed at destruction. We must remember this all when making decisions ... It's scary, what destruction this war is causing, and it's even worse when you see how pointless this violence is."
13:45 Great Britain has included in the sanctions lists Patriarch Kirill, Children's Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Maria Lvova-Belova and ten more citizens of Ukraine and Russia - in particular, Russian colonels involved in the events in Bucha, and members of the so-called Committee for Saving Peace and Order - organizations, which cooperates with the invaders and supports the occupation of the Kherson region.
13:26 The Kremlin hopes that Macron, Draghi and Scholz during their visit to Kiev "will encourage Zelensky to really look at the state of affairs," Peskov said.
13:24 Children born in the Zaporozhye region after February 24 will also automatically become citizens of Russia, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "administration" of the region, said.
13:22 Macron responded to a request from journalists to comment on his statements that Russia should not be humiliated: "France has been next to Ukraine from the first day ... We are next to the Ukrainians without ambiguity ... It is necessary that Ukraine be able to resist and win."
13:15 Twitter has restricted the account of the head of Roscosmos Rogozin for inciting hatred towards Ukraine. In a June 13 message, Rogozin called Ukraine "an existential threat to the Russian people, Russian history, Russian language and Russian civilization" and said that Ukraine must be ended even if more Russians have to die in the war.
12:49 Reznikov said that he had met with German and Danish defense ministers Christine Lambrecht and Kaisa Ollongren: "I highly appreciate the participation of Germany and Denmark in the Ramstein format meeting. I see real progress in our cooperation and I believe that we will soon see the fruits."
12:43 From July 16, all sites must switch to the Ukrainian language, and goods with computer programs must be equipped with a Ukrainian interface. According to the language ombudsman Taras Kremen, this is due to the entry into force of Parts 2 and 6 of Art. 27 of the Law of Ukraine On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state language.
All Internet information resources, as well as websites, pages in social networks and applications of stores and enterprises must have the main version in Ukrainian, which must be loaded for users by default.
12:41 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the "DPR" delegation that he would instruct to begin the procedure for official recognition of the "DPR" and "LPR", the "Ministry of Information" reported.
12:39 A new package of US military assistance to Kiev "poses a threat to both Ukraine and Europe," said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
12:37 Captured Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal are being checked for the presence of "high-ranking mercenaries," Pushilin said.
12:26 New weapons will allow Ukraine to return the occupied territories, including Crimea, Reznikov said in an interview with CNN. According to him, Crimea is "a strategic goal for Ukraine, because it is Ukrainian territory, but we will move step by step."
The minister named three stages in stabilizing the situation in Ukraine: preventing further losses against Russian troops, pushing Russian troops back to their positions before the invasion on February 24, and then there will be a discussion with Ukraine's partners on "how to liberate territories, including Crimea."
12:20 Reznikov, in an interview with CNN, said that he received assurances from US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace and other officials that support for Ukraine would not stop. At the same time, the promises concern not only military assistance, but also financial, economic and political, the minister said: "I think they have decided that they want to be partners in this victory."
According to Reznikov, the West now understands that the idea of not provoking Russia in order to avoid conflict does not work, and NATO now sees Russia as an adversary, and not as a strategic partner.
12:12 The M113 armored personnel carriers transferred by Lithuania are already in Ukraine, the country's Minister of Defense Arvydas Anusauskas said: "M113 have already reached the battlefield in Ukraine and will protect the lives of the Ukrainian military." The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense notes that the total amount of assistance provided to Ukraine has reached 115 million euros.
12:01 Macron, Scholz, Draghi and Johannis arrived in Irpin:
11:55 In Lisichansk, the fire and rescue units of the State Emergency Service once again went to eliminate fires that occurred as a result of shelling. Hundreds of people are stuck in basements, many are sitting without food and water, the State Emergency Service said. Rescuers continue to deliver water and food to the city - humanitarian aid and more than 30 tons of water were delivered to Lisichansk over the past day.
11:42 Pushilin hopes that Russia's "special operation" will end before the end of the year, and after its completion, a referendum on joining the Russian Federation can be held. He also said that the West's supply of new weapons to Ukraine "forces the DPR troops not to stop at the border of the Donetsk Republic." Answering a question about Odessa, he stated that "all Russian cities must be liberated."
In addition, Pushilin noted that the release of the Ukrainian military, who did not participate in the battles, will be discussed after the end of the "operation", but so far no one has been released.
11:23 Scholz spoke about the purpose of the visit to Kiev: "We not only want to show solidarity, we also want to assure that the assistance that we organize - financial, humanitarian, and also when it comes to weapons - will be continued. Until then as long as it is necessary for Ukraine's struggle for independence."
Macron, in turn, noted that he arrived with a "message of European unity addressed to Ukrainians." "We will meet with President Zelensky to go to the battlefield where the killings were carried out and hold the scheduled meetings. This city is Irpin," he told BFMTV in a commentary.
11:03 Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov spoke about another type of guerrilla warfare: local residents processed cherries that were stolen by the occupiers, which caused a "mass disease" among the Russians.
10:40 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced that he arrived in Kiev on a visit: "Today in Kiev with my European colleagues Chancellor Olaf Scholz, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Mario Draghi, to show our strong support and full solidarity with President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people. This illegal Russian aggression must stop!"
10:38 Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russia has lost 20-30% of its armored vehicles, General Mark Milley said: "These are significant losses, this is a huge number."
10:34 The decision to execute the British and Moroccan "sentenced" in the "DNR" can be made no earlier than in a month, Pushilin said.
10:02 Slovakia handed over to Ukraine four Mi-17 helicopters and one Mi-2, as well as ammunition for the Grad multiple launch rocket system, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said. According to him, helicopters are already in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:00 In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, as a result of an enemy missile hit, 30 heads of cattle were killed, Mayor Ruslan Trebushkin said.
09:58 US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith said that Kiev daily sends requests to the West for the supply of weapons, and they often change. At the same time, some countries' own reserves are being exhausted. In this regard, it is difficult to provide Ukraine with all the necessary weapons, Smith explained.
09:54 Khmelnitsky Regional Council has introduced a moratorium on the public use of the Russian-language cultural product in any form in the region. The moratorium will be in effect until the complete cessation of the occupation of the territories of Ukraine.
09:53 In the Kharkiv region during the day in the Lozovsky district, one person was injured, in Izyumsky - five civilians were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
09:42 The Russians are deliberately shooting high-rise buildings in Severodonetsk from tanks, many of which are now beyond restoration, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, the Russians have not been able to conquer Severodonetsk for four months, they have no success in street battles, so they are destroying the city with artillery.
“Control over the streets is constantly changing, the situation is rather shaky, but our defenders hold a strong defense and fight for every house. Sometimes a battle can really last a whole day for just one high-rise building,” Gaidai said. He added that if long-range artillery comes from Western partners, "Severodonetsk will soon be de-occupied."
09:19 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 16. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
personnel - about 32,950 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1449 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 3545 (+17),
artillery systems - 729 (+7),
MLRS - 233 (+3),
air defense systems - 97 (+0),
aircraft - 213 (+0),
helicopters - 179 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 591 (+0),
cruise missiles - 129 (+0),
ships/boats - 13 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2494 (+9),
special equipment - 55 (+0).
08:55 British intelligence reports that all the main bridges across the Seversky Donets River, connecting Severodonetsk with the territory controlled by Ukraine, have been destroyed. In doing so, Ukraine likely managed to withdraw most of its forces that initially held the city. And with the bridges destroyed, Russia will most likely have to either cross the river or advance on stalled flanks to turn a tactical advantage into an operational advantage.
Analysts note that Russian forces in the Donbas are likely to operate as part of increasingly fragmented and severely understaffed groups. For both sides, fighting on the front lines is likely to be more and more about confronting small groups of troops, who usually operate on foot. Some of Russia's strengths, such as its tank advantage, are becoming less relevant. This probably contributes to the slow pace of its progress, experts say.
08:42 In the Luhansk region, the enemy is pressing in Severodonetsk and Toshkovka, destroying the villages of the Gorsky and Popasnyansky communities. Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled another assault on Toshkovka, said the head of the UVA, Sergei Gaidai.
08:36 In the Sumy region, as a result of an enemy missile airstrike on the Sadovskaya community, four people were killed, six more were injured, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. Another rocket attack occurred in the Krasnopolskaya community, information about the victims is being specified.
08:33 Children born in the Kherson region after February 24, as well as orphans will automatically receive Russian citizenship, said the "deputy head" of the region Kirill Stremousov.
08:07 Macron, Draghi and Scholz arrived in Ukraine , German and Italian media report and publish photos. The information was confirmed by the head of Ukrzaliznytsia Alexander Kamyshin, who published the same photo and wrote: "For me today it was the third night on the train in a row. But not only I spent tonight on the train."
07:36 The government of the Czech Republic approved the allocation of another batch of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of more than 8 million crowns (about 320 thousand euros). Prague will transfer ammunition and chemical protection equipment to Kyiv. In the future, the Czech authorities intend to continue providing military assistance to Ukraine.
07:29 Russian troops are looking for weaknesses in the defense in the Slavic direction and are shelling civilian objects. On the Yegorovka-Shevchenko direction, the Ukrainian military discovered and destroyed an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group. The enemy is concentrating the main efforts on the Bakhmut direction and continues to storm Severodonetsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
04:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that pro-Ukrainian actions are likely to "continue to frustrate Russia's efforts to consolidate full-scale administrative control over the occupied territories and plans for annexation."
Experts also note that Russian troops launched a ground assault on Severodonetsk and nearby settlements, but as of June 15 they do not have full control over the city. The invaders are conducting mostly unsuccessful offensive operations around the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway, trying to cut Ukrainian land lines to Lysichansk. They also continued to advance along the E40 highway to Slavyansk and southeast of Izyum. Fighting continues in settlements around Kharkov.
Russian troops continued to reinforce reserve positions in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, while taking defensive measures to increase their presence in the Black Sea. Satellite imagery from June 14 shows an increase in fortifications and military equipment on Zmeiny Island.
03:23 The UN recorded 4452 deaths and 5530 injuries of the civilian population of Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion. Most of the deaths and injuries are caused by the use of large-area munitions and explosives, including heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket attacks, as well as rocket and air strikes.
03:01 Russians are transporting wheat, seeds and even cherries from Melitopol in wagons. The trains with the loot go to the Crimea, said the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov.
02:27 The G7 and NATO summits later this month will provide an opportunity to demonstrate the unity of the West and its determination to support Ukraine in the long term, Johnson said following a telephone conversation with Zelensky.
00:58 White House spokesman John Kirby commented on reports of the capture of two former US servicemen near Kharkov: "I think now is a good time to remind that we oppose Americans traveling to Ukraine and participating in hostilities in Ukraine." At the same time, he added that there are other ways to support Kyiv.
Kirby could not confirm the accuracy of the information about the capture of American prisoners, since he himself had just learned about it. "We will do our best to follow up on this," he assured.
00:41 Relations between Russia and the United States are "at zero point", there is no dialogue as such between the countries, Peskov said.
00:34 The Russians are abandoning their intention to annex the occupied Ukrainian territories through imitation of "referenda", said NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov on the air of the telethon. According to him, they are replacing the separatists in power in the occupied territories with Russian officials, therefore, they may not "hide behind fig leaves of polls", but will immediately appoint the leadership of the Russian Federation.
00:28 Every day up to 1000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed or injured in Donbas. Of these, an average of 200 to 500 were killed, said Arakhamia , who is now in Washington, writes Axios. Earlier, Zelensky said that between 60 and 100 Ukrainian soldiers die every day. According to Arakhamia, this number has increased significantly over the past two weeks.
At the same time, Arakhamia says that Ukraine has drafted a million people into the army and has the opportunity to recruit another two million, so it has enough strength to continue the fight. However, Ukraine lacks weapons and ammunition: "Our negotiating position is actually quite weak, we do not want to sit at the negotiating table if we are in such a position. We need to somehow reverse the events."
Somebody needed a lasso. [NYPOST] An unsettled man climbed onto the tracks at the Washington Square Park subway stop — delaying trains for about an hour as emergency responders convinced him to climb back up, according to cops and witnesses.
The 42-year-old jumped down just after 2:30 p.m. and was walking between the north and southbound A/C lines at the West Fourth Street—Washington Square station, authorities said.
EMS workers and people on the platform yelled to try to coax the man to come back up onto the platform — with some straphangers even throwing down money to persuade him to climb to safety.
The unnamed man, wearing a floral v-neck shirt, can be seen in a video talking to dozens of people on the platform as he paced between the tracks but what he said was inaudible.
He eventually decided to come back onto the platform around 3:30 p.m.
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A Liberal Democrat city, with 8+ million, is bound to have collected some serious mental cases that need constant babysitting and even then still present safety issues to others.
BTW: Given the upcoming Abortion ruling and the 2023 election results in a few months. I hope NY has a lot of free beds and Thorazine in their mental wards for those that can't handle the return to the real world.
[NYPOST] A deep-blue House district in South Texas turned bright red following a special election Tuesday — suggesting November’s midterms could be even more successful for Republicans than previously thought.
Mexico-born GOPer Mayra Flores stormed to victory with 51% of the vote in the four-person race to succeed outgoing Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela. Democrat Dan Sanchez, Vela’s pick to follow him in Congress, came in second with just 43.3% of the vote.
The outcome in a district where 85% of the residents are Latino — and which Barack Obama teachable moment... and Crooked Hillary Clinton ...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do... won by more than 20 percentage points in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections, respectively — sent shockwaves through the political landscape.
"This is sort of how I felt seeing some of the shifts in Appalachia in 2010, or blue collar areas in 2016," RealClearPolitics senior elections analyst Sean Trende tweeted as the results rolled in Tuesday night. "Except this I genuinely didn’t think I’d see for another 20 years or so. Just astonishing."
Signs of a rightward shift in the district appeared in the 2020 election, when President Joe Biden ...... 46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences. So does Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...... only defeated Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... by four percentage points, and Flores paid tribute to the 45th president in her victory speech.
"We cannot accept the increase [in the price] of gas, of food, of medication, we cannot accept that. And we have to state the facts, that under President Trump, we did not have this mess in this country," she told a cheering crowd.
Flores, who is married to a Border Patrol agent, ran heavily on border security and was strongly backed by the Republican National Committee — spending more than $1 million on TV ads introducing herself to voters, according to the Texas Tribune. As a result, she became the first Republican to represent any part of the Rio Grande Valley since 1870.
"Congratulations to Mayra Flores, the next Congresswoman for TX-34! Mayra is leading the charge for Republicans who are working to flip South Texas red," RNC chair Ronna McDaniel said in a statement. "She is a fierce conservative who will make the RGV proud, and we will continue working to reelect her in November."
Flores also earned the support of her most famous new constituent, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who owns a home in in Boca Chica — part of the district that snakes up the Gulf coast between Brownsville and Corpus Christi before turning inward into rural South Texas.
"I woke up this morning still feeling surreal from everything that’s happened over the last 24 hours," Flores tweeted Wednesday. "Earning Elon Musk’s vote was just the icing on the cake and I can’t wait to work with his team! The American Dream is worth fighting for."
Flores won’t have long to serve in Congress. As she finishes the remainder of Vela’s term, she will have to run to keep her seat against Rep. Vicente Gonzalez. The redrawn 34th District will be more friendly to Democrats, who cited the low-turnout nature of Tuesday’s special election and the money behind Flores to downplay her victory.
"Based on the results, we came up short tonight despite being outspent by millions of dollars from out of state interests and the entire Republican machine," Sanchez said in his concession statement. "Too many factors were against us, including little to no support from the National Democratic Party and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee."
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^They didn't think it necessary to cheat in their own backyard. Now, they face having to fund a cheating scheme in a much expanded battlefield. I believe that is the source of their "panic".
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Yeah, those conspiracies where three are trying to keep a secret and two are dead is difficult in a 50 state situation.
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They have taken Latinos for granted for decades. Now the left favors their most extreme wing and everyone can see the lies. Democrats are gonna have to gin up some serious anti-Mexican hoax to blame on the GOP or the are in big trouble.
[NYPOST] Florida churchgoers helped save two maiden of tender yearss from being kidnapped after one of the victims mouthed "help me, this is not my dad," authorities said.
The two girls, both aged under 12, were leaving a restaurant outside Tampa on Sunday night when 37-year-old David Daniels approached them and said he’d "supervise" their walk home, FOX13 reported.
Daniels allegedly started hitting one of the girls over the head multiple times and continued to follow them, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.
The girls, who didn’t know Daniels, then jumped on their bikes and rode towards a nearby church to ask for help.
Daniels is accused of following the girls into the church and claiming they were his daughters.
At one point, he allegedly put one of the girls in a headlock.
"One of the little girls was mouthing to me, ’Please help me, this is not my dad,’" a woman, who was inside the church but didn’t want to be named, said.
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[LB] The occupiers hit one of the buildings where people were hiding.
by Tanya Matyash
The Russian Federation launched an air strike on the city of Lisichansk in the Luhansk region.
This was announced by the head of OVA Serhiy Haidai.
He also said that the occupiers hit one of the buildings where people were hiding.
"At least three people were killed and seven were injured. We are dismantling the debris," he added.
It will be recalled that the defenders of Ukraine do not allow the enemy to break through to Lysychansk, but this city is constantly under fire. In the Luhansk region , the Armed Forces are holding back the Russian offensive from three sides .
According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the enemy is trying to surround the group of troops of the Armed Forces in Luhansk region .
This was announced at a briefing by Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar, reports LB.ua.
"The security situation around Ukraine remains difficult. The Russian Federation has been waging a full-scale war against our state for four months.
The main strategic, military-political and military-economic goals for our country remain the complete destruction of Ukrainian statehood and nation. According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, given that Russia is unable to conduct successful offensive operations in several directions simultaneously, the Kremlin's main efforts are currently focused on establishing full control over the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, "said Malyar.
Russian troops are currently trying to surround the defense forces in the Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Zolotoye, Slovyansk and Kramatorsk districts. The enemy continues to use high-precision means of destruction of ground, air and sea bases.
"According to the GUR, the biggest threat today is the Iskanders, the X-101 and X-155 cruise missiles, and the Caliber naval-based cruise missiles, which could strike at the entire depths of Ukraine." said the Painter.
She also said that another of the main goals of the enemy is the destruction of weapons and equipment, logistics coming from foreign partners.
"The enemy is also trying to damage the transport infrastructure used by us to transfer military and civilian cargo. In the future, Russia's actions will largely depend on Ukraine's availability of resources for hostilities and the scale of international military support," Malyar said.
According to her forecasts, the Kremlin will try to use military achievements as a key lever of influence in negotiations with the Ukrainian authorities.
[NYPOST] The Walt Disney Co. has delayed its plan to relocate 2,000 employees from Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, to Florida until 2026 amid a feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...Republican governor of Florida, stone in the shoe of the Dems and their ilk, maybe one-day president... and the Republican-dominated state legislature over the firm’s opposition to the new "Don’t Say Gay" law.
Initially, Disney planned to have the workers from its theme parks as well as its experiences and products division on the ground in the Sunshine State by the end of this year or at the beginning of next year.
But the company now says it wants to give those workers added "flexibility" by pushing back their scheduled move east, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting on Thursday.
A Disney spokesperson told THR that while "a growing number of employees" have already settled in central Florida, "we also want to continue to provide flexibility to those relocating, especially given the anticipated completion date of the campus is now in 2026."
The move has reportedly upset some employees who had already sold their houses in California and were working with local Orlando-area realtors on buying a home in central Florida, Orlando Business Journal reported.
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Disney said they are delaying relocating workers, but I suspect they're really are making excuses and laying off workers discretely.
Aimee Harris is under investigation for selling Ashley Biden's diary after the president's daughter left it behind at a Palm Beach 'halfway house'
Previous reports claimed the Bidens reported it stolen in an alleged burglary, but DailyMail.com has learned Harris is not being investigated for theft
'It's her selling of the property that could be considered a crime. And the fact Ashley is the president's daughter kicks it to a different legal level,' a well-placed source said
Harris, 39, moved into a Palm Beach home and found the diary under the mattress shortly after Ashley moved back to Philadelphia in 2020
She is said to have later passed the private journal around at a Republican fundraiser before selling it for $40,000 to right wing organization Project Veritas
The diary contained shocking and sensitive information, such as details about her chronic drug abuse, sex addiction, and being 'hyper-sexualized' in her youth
'I remember having sex with friends @ a young age; showers w/ my dad (probably not appropriate),' she wrote in a January 2019 entry
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IF the USA returns to normal.
We need to flush out the DOJ of Politics and require that it be run solely according to law and procedures that follow the US Constitutional. Or face a mandatory 10 year sentence for each violation.
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^ I remember when we conservatives just wanted to get rid of the departments of education and energy. Now I'm thinking that a wholesale removal of the unelected bureaucracy is the minimum to begin with.
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^ you think? It's time someone publish for July 4 the entire text of the Declaration of Independence.
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As long as we are dreaming big, reduce all elected officials' staff to one secretary apiece. No pierced, skinny jeans metrosexuals and so on writing our laws while the congresscritters drink lunch.
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[HexBear] It's a whole thread, click through to read it. Too many people dismiss anyone to the left of Newt Gingrich as "liberals" but these leftists aren't liberal at all. In fact they despise liberals. Painting them all with the same brush is foolish in the extreme, but people do it all the time.
If you know what you're doing, you can get Marxist-Leninists to start fighting with anarchists and Trotskyists. But being educated about what the hard left really thinks is valuable and a mark of an educated person. Too many people simply invent some stupid position that they imagine "commies" might hold and hand it to them, having no idea what they really think. Ignore them at your peril.
Minneapolis, Minn.: Around June 15, the offices of pro-life group @MCCL_org were smashed up & sprayed with a pro-abortion message. Far-left terror group Jane’s Revenge claimed responsibility in a statement. https://t.co/IReCgrycqopic.twitter.com/rmyGWkAwTb
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Dear FBI: THIS is what real terrorism looks like. Not parents who have the audacity to speak up at a school board meeting.
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Given abortion advocates, have reached the immoral level of abortion up and during birth. When you boil it down, the Left is basically protesting for the right to kill the baby right up it popping out?
What a bunch of mentally ill, sick $hits for a future generation we are looking at.
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These places really should be posting up guards on the roof to shoot the perps, with camera rolling. That will do more to stop it than the Federal Bureau of Idiots.
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I get the missionary urge to go where they are needed most. But suburb of Portland comes off like pearls before swine if you ask me...
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Not just the pregnancy centers. On Monday, Andrew Barkas (pro life Repub, Olympia WA) had his office fire bombed. The memo went out when those 2 NY commie lawyers who firebombed an occupied police car were let off with a slap on the wrist. It's indeed Open Season.
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Attacking a PP office will bring the full force of the DOJ, FBI, CIA, and a Dorothea federal agencies down upon you. That is the ultimate hate crime.
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[An Nahar] North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... reported a new "epidemic" of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an unusual announcement from the secretive country that is already contending with a COVID-19 outbreak and severe economic turmoil.
It's unclear how many people are infected in what the official Korean Central News Agency said was "an acute enteric epidemic" in southwestern Haeju city.
The agency didn't name the disease, but enteric refers to intestinal illnesses, such as typhoid, dysentery and cholera, which are caused by germs in contaminated food or water or contact with the feces of infected people. Such diseases routinely occur in North Korea, where there is a shortage of water treatment facilities and the public health system has been largely broken for decades.
Some observers said the purpose of the announcement was not so much to report the infections themselves as to mention that leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... donated medicine from his personal stock — an apparent effort to burnish his image at a moment of extreme hardship.
The official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim donated medicine from what it referred to as his family's reserves. The country's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper carried a front-page photo showing Kim and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, looking at saline solutions and medicine that the paper said they donated.
In a country where power is concentrated is the hands of a small ruling elite and hospitals often lack even basic supplies, defectors say it's common for anyone who can to keep stocks of medicine in their homes — and bigwigs are typically able to stockpile more than ordinary citizens. Observers also said the donated medicine may have simply come from state storage facilities but was distributed in Kim's name.
"The outbreak of measles or typhoid isn't uncommon in North Korea. I think it's true there is an outbreak of an infectious disease there, but North Korea is using it as an opportunity to emphasize that Kim is caring for his people," said Ahn Kyung-su, head of DPRKHEALTH.ORG, a website focusing on health issues in North Korea. "So it's more like a political message than medical one."
Last month, North Korea reported a rising number of patients with fever. At the time, South Korea's spy agency said that "a considerable number" of the cases included those sick with measles, typhoid and whooping cough.
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Remember, NK and some other 4th world countries continue to use Human waste as a fertilizer.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:11 No explosions have been heard from the Red Beam site for about 10 minutes. Silence has fallen in the city. Now experts will have to assess the extent of the destruction and the consequences of the strike on the city. 20:55 The situation in the Red Luch. The sounds of explosions continue to be heard from the impact area around the city, but their intensity has noticeably decreased. For obvious reasons, we do not even name the approximate place of arrival. The sound of the sirens of emergency vehicles is heard in the city. Residents of the districts adjacent to the scene are hiding in basements.
20:55 Arrival to Krasny Luch. Residents from the rear city of the LPR report that the sounds of explosions have been heard in the city for about half an hour.
19:35 In the area of Druzhkovka (a suburb of Kramatorsk), the activity of Ukrainian air defense is again recorded
19:00 According to the official representative of the NM DPR, according to the situation as of 19.00 on 16.06.2022
Since the beginning of the current day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy has fired more than 200 shells from the Uragan and BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm, 82mm and 60mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the districts of fourteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and six were injured. Seventeen residential buildings and seven civilian infrastructure facilities and three vehicles were damaged. Information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Materials on the facts of the destruction of civilian facilities will be transferred to the General Prosecutor's Office of the DPR for inclusion in the criminal cases initiated against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Over the current day, the joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: two M-777 howitzers, two BM-21 Grad MLRS, two trucks and more than thirty personnel. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the area of the settlement. Avdievka.
We regret to inform you that four defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and fifteen were injured during the day in the struggle for independence in the performance of military duty.
We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
18:59 LPR, Krasny Luch —arrivals to the warehouses of the plant Red Luch
18:55 The center of Donetsk was attacked by Ukrainian security forces, there are victims, the mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin said.
18:40 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
18:35 The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Abkhazia will assist in the restoration of the fire station in the liberated Rubizhny. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Abkhazia Lev Kvitsinia and Deputy Minister for Emergency Response of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR Vitaly Dubrovsky visited the fire and rescue unit during their working trip to Rubizhnoye.
"Lev Konstantinovich, after talking with the personnel, assured that in the very near future, the rescuers of Abkhazia would provide assistance and provide comprehensive assistance to restore a combat-ready unit," the message says.
18:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
18:11 As a result of the shelling in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to seven people, including a teenager born in 2006. Additional information was received through the operational line of the JCCC DPR about two civilians injured as a result of the shelling of the AFU of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk:
- guy - teenager born in 2006
- a man whose year of birth is being established.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
18:08 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
18:06 A turning point has come in the battle for Donbass, the forces of the DPR have gained a military advantage, and measures will be taken in the very near future to prevent the enemy from shelling the Donbass. Pushilin
18:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 10 122mm shells were fired.
— n.p. Nelepovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
17:45 It is planned to introduce a regime of a special economic zone throughout the territory of the DPR, the chairman of the government of the republic said.
17:38 Officers of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federationthe consequences of the shelling on June 15, 2022 were fixed. armed formations of Ukraine in the city of Stakhanov using the Tochka-U tactical missile system.
17:15 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports: As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Voroshilovsky district of the city, the driver of a water carrier, born in 1961, received shrapnel wounds to his eyes.
The man was hospitalized at the Republican Trauma Center. In the house at the address: st. Oktyabrskaya, 6, the fence and glazing of windows were damaged. Glazing of six windows was damaged in the administrative building at the address: Artem, 2b.
16:56 Head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik posthumously awarded servicemen of the People's Militia of the Republic from Kirovsk. This was reported by the department of internal policy of the city administration.
16:54 The Ukrainian military shot a colleague who tried to surrender on Azot, a LNR fighter told RIA Novosti
16:54 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Codema - n.p. Golmovsky: nine shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
16:53 AFU fired at the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk. As a result of shelling on the street Lagutenko wounded a man. A garment factory in the center of Donetsk suffered from shelling.
16:44 Ukrainian militants again attacked Donetsk. Ukrainian militants fired at the Kirovsky district of the city, several cluster munitions of the Uragan MLRS were fired at it. As a result of the shelling, a local resident was injured, roads and buildings were damaged.
16:44 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:
16:31 Effects of shelling of the shopping center "Tochka-U" of the city of Stakhanov by the armed formations of Ukraine
16:28 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
— n.p. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): four mines of 82mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Codema - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): nine shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
16:08 Kremennaya in the LPR was fired from Grads.
-- n.p. Seversk Flint with the use of MLRS BM-21 (20 shells).
16:08 The Russian Armed Forces came close to the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway, according to Ukrainian propagandist Butusov.
15:56 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district): two shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:20 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling was recorded:
--from the direction of the settlement. Seversk Flint with the use of MLRS BM-21 (20 shells). Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
15:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
15:12 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
14:58 A Russian flag has been erected on the Severodonetsk stele at the entrance to the city. At the moment, Ukrainian troops control only the industrial zone of the Azot plant, where they hold civilians as a "human shields."
14:57 And this Stakhanov. Three of the biggest shellings in two weeks, four dead children, including two unborn babies. 11 adults, dozens of injured, infrastructure destroyed, apartment buildings and private houses. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are hitting Stakhanov in a way that they didn’t shoot in 2014.
14:56 VFU subjected to shelling from MLRS BM - 21 "Grad" the village of Kondratievsky, in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka.
As a result of an enemy attack, houses along the streets Stringnaya, 2, Keramikovaya, 19, 20, 21, Electronic, 2b were damaged to varying degrees, a power line between Stasovaya and Pulkovskaya streets was damaged, a gas pipeline along Gashek Street was damaged.
According to the residents of the village of Kondratievsky, most of the enemy shells exploded in the forest belt behind the street. Keramikova. We find out the details. I.Prikhodko
14:50 Yasinovataya lives under permanent shelling of the VFU. The consequences of today's shelling. A woman died. The shelling continues.
14:15 Consequences of the evening shelling of Stakhanov by Ukrainian armed formations from Uragan multiple launch rocket systems. According to preliminary data released by the city administration, about 10 residential buildings in the private sector were destroyed and damaged. Two power transmission towers were completely destroyed. The gas pipeline was damaged in several places.
14:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122mm caliber.
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
13:52 As a result of shelling on the street. Ceramic wounded a civilian. On st. Kirov damaged housing, found an unexploded shell. On st. Aral damaged a number of housing construction.
13:47 LPR forces entered the Azot plant in Severodonetsk. The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, said that the forces of the republic entered the territory of the Azot plant in Severodonetsk. He noted that Azot "will be released, but it is premature to talk about the timing."
For the release, the experience with Azovstal in Mariupol can be used. Pasechnik also stressed that everyone involved in the killings of Donbass residents will face a tribunal.
13:47 Shelling of Donetsk from Ukraine does not stop, said the mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin. Because of this, the movement of trams in the Kirovsky district was stopped.
13:45 Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Dozens of hits in the area of the drinking water.
13:22 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka: six missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts): 10 shells of 152mm caliber were fired ..
— n.p. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): six mines fired with 82mm caliber;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 10 122mm shells were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Mikhailovka: eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
12:26 As a result of another shelling of the VFU in the city of Yasinovataya, a woman born in 1963 died.
12:17 “No one will give up the Azov people for an exchange, their vanilla dreams are of no interest to anyone. After everything they have done, they will rot in prisons," DPR First Deputy Minister of Information Daniil Bezsonov said.
12:17 The main statements of the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik:
-In the event of a referendum, the vast majority of the inhabitants of the LPR will support joining Russia;
-Syria and a number of other countries are ready to recognize the independence of the DNR and LNR;
-The possible status of the LPR within Russia has not yet been discussed;
- All those involved in the massacres of the inhabitants of Donbass are waiting for a tribunal, they will suffer a well-deserved severe punishment;
- The Azot plant will be released, it is too early to talk about the timing;
- There is no information on the number of prisoners of the LPR on the territory of Ukraine, Ukraine does not make contact with the republic on the issue of exchange;
- The decision to introduce the death penalty in the LPR has not yet been made, it will be discussed with deputies and ministers of law enforcement agencies;
- There are about 700 Ukrainian prisoners on the territory of the LPR, their fate will be decided by the court;
- There is no death penalty in the LPR, but perhaps an exception will be made for the war criminals tribunal;
- The LPR provides humanitarian assistance to several districts of the Kharkiv region, a corridor has been created to supply them with electricity.
12:15 As a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian military in Donetsk on the street. School No. 82 received damage in the Urals, a car also caught fire. On the street. Zapolyarnaya was wounded by a civilian.
12:07 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: three 152mm shells were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: three 152mm shells were fired;
- n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five shells with a caliber of 122mm were released;
— n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
11:52 Bashar al-Assad instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare the recognition of the DPR.
This was announced in his telegram channel by the head of the "Combat Brotherhood" and deputy chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Dmitry Sablin.
11:49 Special rules say that, regardless of when citizens of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk republics arrived to us, they can stay on the territory of the Russian Federation for an indefinite period until their legal status is settled.
In simple terms, whenever a citizen of these countries arrives on the territory of Russia, he can at any time contact our migration departments and complete the procedures that he needs, or extend the period of stay, or obtain a temporary residence permit, or residence permit, or apply for citizenship, or a special status for citizens of these countries - refugee status, or temporary asylum. <...> There is no talk of any 90 days, or the end of the stay in the month of August. Valentina Kazakova,
11:49 Russian Defense Ministry briefing: Russian air defense systems intercepted a Tochka-U missile in the LPR region, as well as 21 Uragan missiles in the Kherson, Kharkiv regions, the DPR and the LPR;
11:47 Zelensky should appear before the international tribunal for war crimes of Ukraine in the Donbass. Pushilin
11:37 A woman, wounded on June 14 during the shelling of the village of Gornyak in Donetsk, died without regaining consciousness.
11:36 Donetsk, Shiroky farm (closer to Kirsha), locals hear arrivals. No electricity, no mobile internet.
11:32 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
11:22 Powerful explosions are heard in different parts of Donetsk. The DPR said that two houses caught fire in Donetsk due to shelling by Ukrainian troops.
11:17 Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin made a number of statements in an interview with RIA Novosti at the SPIEF forum:
- Ukraine as a state in the foreseeable future may simply not be;
- The special operation in Ukraine may be completed by the end of the year;
- The supply of new weapons by the West to Ukraine is forcing the troops of the DPR not to stop at the border of the Donetsk Republic;
- The decision on the referendum on the accession of the DPR to Russia will be made after the completion of the special military operation;
11:08 Shelling of the Kirov region. Buildings along Uralskaya Street were damaged.
11:07 Air defense worked out over Donetsk.
11:07 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five mines fired with a caliber of 120mm.
— n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
10:45 The Investigation Department initiated and is investigating criminal cases against the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their subordinate military personnel on the facts of their committing terrorist acts on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic on June 13 and 14 of this year
So, on June 13, 2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade Sirchenko S.A. shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk was carried out, as a result of which 11 civilians were injured, of which one was a child.
06/13/2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade Vesser V.V. the city of Gorlovka was shelled, as a result of which three civilians were injured.
06/13/2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade Sirchenko S.A. shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk was carried out, as a result of which six residential buildings, one private car, the building of the hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the water bottling shop and part of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR were damaged.
06/14/2022, by order of the commander of the Ukrainian 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade,, Maistrenko A.S. shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk was carried out, as a result of which one civilian was injured.
Criminal cases were initiated against the said commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the article “terrorist act” (paragraphs “a”, “b”, “c” part 2, paragraph “b” part 3 of article 229 of the Criminal Code of the DPR)
10:41 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.
10:34 Denis Pushilin: It is not yet possible to name the amount of damage in the Donbass.
At present, it is impossible to calculate the required number of funds for the restoration of the territory of the DPR. This was stated by the Head of the Republic Denis Pushilin during his visit to SPIEF.
“It is difficult to calculate the figure now, an inventory is underway, the damage caused by armed aggression from the Ukrainian regime is being calculated, so it’s premature to digitize it yet,” the Head of the DPR noted.
In Mariupol alone, about 1,500 houses will have to be restored.
10:30 DPR embassy in Russia will be opened in late June - early July - Pushilin
10:28 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
10:27 The forces of the NM of the LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, continue to develop offensive operations in the territories of the Republic occupied by nationalists. So, in the course of a successful throw of the assault detachments of the NM and allied forces, an enemy fortified area was destroyed, as well as armored vehicles, along with the personnel of the nationalists of the Kyiv regime.
10:24 Pushilin said that there are no grounds for pardoning foreign mercenaries convicted in the DPR. The exchange of mercenaries sentenced to death for someone is not discussed. In early July, the deadline for filing an appeal against the decision of the court that sentenced the mercenaries to death expires.
10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation as of June 16, 2022. During the clashes with units of the defense department, over the past day, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:
-29 personnel;
-seven armored personnel carriers;
-three units of automotive equipment.
The people's militia of the LPR seeks to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and calls to lay down their arms, so the artillery units of the defense department continue to cover the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with propaganda leaflets.
The enemy continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, shelling the civilian infrastructure of the front-line settlements of the LPR, which do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military facilities.
Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired TWENTY-TWO shells from the BM-27 Uragan MLRS at the settlements of STAKHANOV, KRYNICHNOE and TROITSKOYE.
As a result of the attacks:
-in n.p. Stakhanov, five people were killed (including two minors) and 15 civilians were injured (including one minor). 16 multi-apartment residential buildings and two private households were damaged, as well as the kindergarten "Kolokolchik" and the supermarket "Absolut";
-in n.p. Krinichnoye two civilians were killed, one person was injured, one house building was destroyed;
-in n.p. Troitskoe wounded one civilian.
In order to suppress the enemy’s fire activity against civilians of the Republic, the positions of the VFU, from which the fire was fired, were promptly discovered and destroyed by the on-duty firepower of the NM LPR units.
The NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, continues to deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the liberated territories. So, yesterday, the forces of the NM of the LPR delivered a humanitarian cargo from the Governor of the Rostov Region to the residents of the village of Frunze.
10:00 According to the official representative of the NM DPR, as of 10:00 on June 16, 2022:
Over the past day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than four hundred shells from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm and 60mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the districts of fourteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and one was injured. A total of residential buildings, eight civilian infrastructure facilities and one vehicle were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Materials on the facts of the death and injury of civilians, as well as the destruction of civilian objects, will be transferred to the Prosecutor General's Office of the DPR for inclusion in criminal cases initiated against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Over the past day, the joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: two MLRS BM-21 Grad, three trucks and forty-seven personnel. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the area of the settlement. Avdievka and Novgorod.
09:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdiivka - Donetsk (Proletarsky district): two rockets were fired from the MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane".
09:24 The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR reports: Over the past day, from 08:00 on June 15 to 08:00 on June 16, one person was killed and three more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the AFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:28 Garages destroyed as a result of shelling of the Golmovsky settlement (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) on June 15, 2022 by Ukrainian armed gangs and a destroyed car in the Soyuz autocooperative. As a result of yesterday's aggression of the VFU in the long-suffering Golmovsky on the street. Vvedensky, 28 damaged water supply.
07:31 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Mineral: fired two mines with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired three shells with a caliber of 122mm;
07:28 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
— n.p. Sands - n.p. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Mikhailovka: three shells of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: three 152mm shells were fired.
05:29 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
04:28 After 03:00 shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
--Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (village of Zemlyanka): four shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
0:51 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
— n.p. Kleshchievka - n.p. Golmovsky: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Zaitsevo (northern) - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
0:12 A father and son died when a car blew up a mine near the Seversky Donets (river)
, the daughter of the deceased received a shell shock. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
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[REGNUM] Polish prosecutors have appealed a 2021 acquittal against three Chechen natives living in Poland in a case of raising funds for terrorist activities. It is reported by " Polish Radio."
Four natives of Chechnya were brought to trial in 2014 on charges of involvement in an organized group that acted in the interests of the Islamic State.
According to Polish law enforcement officers, they raised funds for the "jihad", recruited volunteers, bought military equipment, and also helped with the treatment in Poland of a militant who was wounded in Syria.
The defendants in court claimed that they were raising funds not for Syrian militants, but for the so-called "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria".
Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the so-called Chechen Republic of Ichkeria evolved into the Al Qaeda-linked Caucasus Emirate, the umbrella group for the jihadi organizations in the North Caucasus. Russia has been hunting down the jihadis of Caucasian Emirate for three decades...
In 2017, the court sentenced three to two years and a month in prison, and acquitted the fourth. It was recognized that the defendants acted in the interests of the terrorist group "Caucasian Emirate" (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).
Caucasian Emirate most recently affiliated with ISIS under the name Caucasus Province. Thousands made hijra to the ISIS caliphate in Syria, others were adopted by Turkey — that whole Turkic peoples thingy. Most famously, the Tsarnaev brothers blew up the Boston Marathon for them.
Both parties appealed the verdict, but in July 2018 the Białystok Court of Appeal upheld it. After the defense complained to the Supreme Court, the case was sent for a new trial by the Bialystok Court of Appeal, and in March 2021, all three were acquitted.
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[REGNUM] Peace has finally come to the liberated Mariupol. Shots and the roar of guns are not heard, only explosions of mine clearing are occasionally heard. Ukrainian troops have mined the territory for more than one year, so the process of getting rid of mines will not be quick. The war is gone from the city (hopefully forever), but have the problems disappeared?
No, a lot of problems remain - in most of the city there is no electricity, water supply and gas. Well, in the cold period, heat will obviously not come to all Mariupol houses. Are these problems being solved? Yes, but the process of completely rebuilding the city will take several years, given the extent of the destruction.
And what do the Ukrainian media say about this, which back in March unanimously claimed that Mariupol is better protected than the famous Fort Knox? Now these journalists have a new "song" - no one will restore the city, since the Russian budget will not pull such a feat. I would like to recall the restoration of the city of Grozny, which was destroyed during the Chechen war more than Mariupol. Now many European cities can envy the skyscrapers of this settlement.
Lies of the Ukrainian media number two. Specialists who came to the city (and Mariupol, as we remember, no one will restore) occupy the few surviving houses in the city, driving residents out onto the streets. Personally, I saw a large tent city in the village of Melekino (about ten kilometers from Mariupol), where employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry live. Lots of tents...
Each district of Mariupol will be restored by one of the Russian cities.
The central district of Zhovtnevy, where I lived, will be restored by the forces of St. Petersburg. Municipal equipment from St. Petersburg is present on Mariupol roads and streets in considerable quantities. At the moment (almost around the clock) garbage and debris are being removed, rubble is being sorted out, under which there are still bodies of people and, possibly, unexploded ordnance.
Along the way, commissions work in the city, which decide whether it is technically possible to repair the house or whether it needs to be demolished “under the root” and a modern high-rise building should be built in its place. And after that there will be a special map of the city, on which the picture of the upcoming work will be fully visible. But it is already clear that a lot of construction work is underway, and it began before the hostilities in Mariupol were fully completed ...
On reading this, the wife is no longer riding my back about the $250 7c/ft chest freezer I bought and stocked with Beef and Chicken.
HINT: According to the FDA/USDA published Frozen Food Storage charts meats properly stored in vacuum heat sealed bags and frozen at or below Zero degrees will remain safe indefinitely. Losing only minor flavor over the months or years.
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Some estimates have 10,000 but there is a lot of, pardon me, bullshit out there too.
110 is not unusual; we generally accept triple digits for extended days beginning late May through September. That it was cold (80s) and rainy and went straight to the 100s is tough, and with the humidity and lack of a breeze, lack of clouds is making the most sense at the moment.
Lots of people trying to ride this wagon, so keep your filters clean and the salt handy. For example, the forecast for last Wednesday had people screaming from the wheat fields about the high being 115F. The high ended up being mid-80s.
FWIW $250 for a 7 today is a hecuva deal; people around here who can are trying to bring their capacity up to at least 15cf as that will hold a cow and extras, or a half cow and pig, so forth.
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So I went to the link at looked at the pictures and it was just as I thought. These animals were fenced into an area that had no shade. They had no way to escape the direct heat of the sun. Grow some trees, morons, or build some patio covers so your livestock can find some shade. Is that so hard to figure out?
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Yes, the cows might be stupid but they know enough to seek shade when it's hot. I've seen them do it.
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Probably one of Bill Gates' farms...
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Back in the late 50's early 60's in south central Alabama we built shades for the livestock. We weren't stupid and neither were the cattle.
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Those are not viable solutions to ranching this countryside.
Bunch of dangerous weather conditions happening all at once, including no wind, a rare thing. Fist I've heard of anything like this in scale.
[SHAFAQ] A rare U.S. military ground raid in northwestern Syria has captured a top ISIS leader, according to the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition.
A U.S. defense official said there were no injuries to U.S. military personnel and no damage to aircraft involved in the raid.
"Coalition forces detained a senior ISIS leader during an operation in Syria June 16," Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement. "The detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and controller who became one of the group’s top leaders in Syria."
A U.S. official told ABC News the name of the ISIS leader captured in the raid is Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi and described him as actively planning ISIS operations.
"Though degraded, ISIS remains a threat. We remain dedicated to its defeat. Last night’s operation, which took a senior ISIS operator off the battlefield, demonstrates our commitment to the security of the Middle East and to the enduring defeat of ISIS," said Gen. Erik Kurilla, the commander of U.S. Central Command, in a statement provided to ABC News.
Saudi-based al-Arabiya tv quoted sources saying that al-Kurdi was transferred to Iraq later.
U.S. military ground raids into northwestern Syria are risky because they are carried out far west from U.S. bases in eastern Syria in areas that are controlled either by snuffies or Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... ’s government.
"The mission was meticulously planned to minimize the risk of collateral damage, particularly any potential harm to civilians," OIR said. "There were no civilians harmed during the operation nor any damage to Coalition aircraft or assets."
U.S. military ground operations in northwestern Syria have targeted top ISIS leaders, most notably Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who killed himself during an October 2019 raid near the border with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... that was carried out by the elite Delta Force.
His successor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, let 'er rip with a kaboom during a similar raid in February this year.
"Coalition forces will continue to work with our partners, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Iraqi Security Forces, including the Peshmerga, to hunt the remnants of ISIS wherever they hide to ensure ISIS’s enduring defeat," Operation Inherent Resolve added. ISIS is another name used to describe ISIS.
U.S. coalition forces said they captured a senior 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.... group bomb maker in an airborne operation before dawn Thursday in northern Syria. A war monitor and AFP correspondents said helicopters touched down for only a few minutes in a village in an area controlled by Ottoman Turkish-backed rebel groups.
"The captured individual is an experienced bomb maker and operational controller who became one of the top leaders of ISIS's Syrian branch," it said, using another name for IS.
Such operations by U.S. forces are rare in areas of northwestern Syria that are under the control of Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels and non-IS jihadist groups.
The latest previously was a raid in early February that led to the death of the group's leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, who detonated a bomb vest to avoid capture.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that two helicopters landed in Hmeirah
...also spelt Al-Humaira...
and took off seven minutes later, adding that only a few shots were fired during the operation.
"The U.S. operation was quick and smooth," he said. "It took place in the village of Hmeirah, northeast of the city of Aleppo and four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the Ottoman Turkish border."
[An Nahar] The life imprisonment verdicts issued Thursday by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years. It produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. That's three statements. Only the first is subjective.... are the "clearest condemnation of Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... " in the 2005 liquidation of ex-PM Rafik Hariri, al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri ...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.... said.
"After the conviction of Salim Ayyash in the crime of the liquidation of martyr premier Rafik Hariri and his lover companions, the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon unanimously sentenced two other Hezbollah members, Hassan Merhi and Hussein Oneissi, to life imprisonment," Hariri tweeted.
"The penalty is the harshest one stipulated by the statute and rules, but it is the clearest in terms of condemning Hezbollah as a side responsible for orchestrating and executing the crime," Hariri added.
Hezbollah "cannot evade the responsibility of handing over the convicts" so that "the penalty can be levied against them," the ex-PM went on to say, warning that "history will not be merciful" on Hezbollah if it does not do so.
Merhi and Oneissi had been found guilty on appeal in March by the Dutch-based STL after they were initially acquitted. The court found Merhi and Oneissi distributed a video in which a fictitious group grabbed credit for the attack, in a bid to protect the "real perpetrators" from a covert Hezbollah network.
But the pair are unlikely to ever spend time behind bars as Hezbollah has refused to hand them over, as it has refused to surrender a third man, Salim Ayyash, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2020.
Presiding judge Ivana Hrdlickova said both Merhi and Oneissi were aware that Hariri would be killed in the attack, adding that the sentences reflected the "evil nature of terrorism."
"The appeals chamber therefore unanimously decides to sentence Mr Merhi and Mr Oneissi to life imprisonment, the heaviest sentence under the statute and the rules for each of the five counts on which they were convicted," she said.
The men were found guilty of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, and of being accomplices to commit a terrorist act, accomplices in the intentional homicide of Hariri and of the 21 other people, and accomplices in the attempted homicide of the 226 injured.
The attack on Sunni billionaire Hariri, who had stepped down as Lebanon's prime minister in October 2004, triggered protests that drove Syria out of Lebanon after a 29-year military deployment.
The court was born in 2009 out of a United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Security Council resolution and eventually tried four suspects in absentia: Ayyash, Merhi, Oneissi and Assad Sabra.
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[NYPOST] Tesla CEO Elon Musk will reportedly reiterate his desire to acquire Twitter during a virtual question-and-answer session with employees of the the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... -based social media site on Thursday.
Shares of Twitter surged by nearly 3% in pre-market trading on Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported what Musk was expected to tell the company employees during the all-hands meeting.
Investors were caught off guard by Musk last month when he indicated that he was putting the $44 billion acquisition "on hold" pending an examination of the site’s prevalence of bot and spam accounts.
It has been speculated that Musk was using the "bot" issue as a ploy to renegotiate a lower purchase price. Musk agreed to pay $54.20 a share, but Twitter’s stock since then has dipped to below $40 per share.
Musk’s one-hour long planned meeting as well as his move to increase the equity he is committing to the deal has reassured shareholders that the acquisition will go forward.
[Western Journal] President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order promoting transgender procedures for children, calling them "gender-affirming care."
In a White House background call to the news media, an unnamed senior administration official said the order was designed to "fight back against the onslaught of hateful anti-LGBTQI+ legislation that we’re seeing in the states."
"President Biden always stands up to bullies," the senior administration official said. "And that’s what these extreme MAGA laws and policies do — they bully kids. Hateful, discriminatory laws that target children are out of line with where the American people are. And President Biden is going to use his executive authority to protect kids and families." Just like he did with Corn-Pop!
The official accused states of passing "un-American policies."
The order gives the Department of Health and Human Services the lead role in ensuring that minors can undergo "gender transition" surgeries, according to Fox News.
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#1, It's not about votes.
DC is overrun with gays and trannys. More so than San Fran. They have become entrenched into the fabric of government. They hire same and promote same. Essentially they have become strong influencers to the elected officials.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. About Russian literature. Well-known writer and literary historian Igor Petrovich Zolotussky answers questions from REGNUM news agency.
[REGNUM] Baku Today: Igor Petrovich, what do you think is the most important thing in Russian literature? What does she teach?
Igor Zolotussky: I think that the most important thing in Russian literature is its confession. No one can write, as Gogol said, "past himself." Everyone contributes to it their life, their experience. This begins with Derzhavin and continues in Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Tyutchev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky.
Its other important property and lesson is the literature of philanthropy and conscientiousness, aggravated conscientiousness in the face of God and in the face of one's people.
Baku Today: What are the most important faces in Russian literature? What are they teaching us?
Igor Zolotussky: Russian literature teaches us frankness, sincerity, the inseparability of personal, private life and Russian history.
Take Eugene Onegin. What's this? A novel about Onegin and Tatyana? This is the story of Pushkin's inner growth. This is also evidenced by his remarks accompanying the fate of the heroes. And it is no coincidence that Pushkin at the end of the novel, touching on the defining thoughts of Onegin, writes the word Confession , moreover, he writes with a capital letter. Confession is present in all his creations.
Or "Hero of our time." The history of Lermontov's soul is openly visible in Pechorin.
Finally, Tyutchev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky. We read in their writings the stories of our own souls.
At the same time, Russian literature is the Educator. Also capitalized. She brought up entire generations, including mine: both outstanding heroes and simple workers. This is the most important feature of our tradition, that literature should be in the first place in Russia, in high esteem. Russian people will always think so.
Baku Today: What are the most important conclusions from Russian literature that we can draw in relation to our days? What is the most important thing about her right now?
Igor Zolotussky: It is impossible to name any specific advice that Russian literature gives in order to solve the ripe problems of the day. It's all about its general influence, the comprehension of its spirit.
Since childhood, we get used, reading the classics, to the beautiful Russian language, which sounds like music and enters our souls. Having already matured, we think about how her characters live. And we want to participate in what happens to them: we take them so close to our hearts. And their hearts are full of compassion. Today it is in demand more than ever.
Baku Today: There is no doubt that Russian literature is alive. Or is there? Who are the main figures in Russian literature now?
Igor Zolotussky: In recent years, I have read little contemporary authors. Basically, I was busy with the same classics.
For several years in a row, we made films on the Kultura channel. Here are my heroes: Gogol, Karamzin, Bunin, Tyutchev, Lermontov, Goncharov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Turgenev, Nekrasov.
And plus more writers of the 20th century: Fedor Abramov, Viktor Astafiev, Vasil Bykov, Konstantin Simonov, Vladimir Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn.
But, despite the fact that I am not very familiar with modern Russian literature, I hope that it is alive. Because she inherited a powerful, wonderful legacy, which I mentioned above.
Baku Today: What should a writer be like if he wants to be a Russian writer? What should be a Russian reader?
Igor Zolotussky: As for the question of what a modern writer should be, I would like him to write in good Russian and give his reader at least some hope for the world. One thing you definitely cannot live without is without such hope.
In the reader, I hope for his sensitivity and thoughtfulness.
[Townhall] I get that people don’t like the idea of scumbags murdering kids. I don’t either, which is why I want criminals prosecuted and cops in schools. And I understand the appeal of a process to take away the guns from people we would all agree are bad but who have not yet actually gone and become felons or certifiable crazies. I have friends who argue for these laws, confident that our rights will be protected by due process. But I do not share their faith; if the last few years has taught us anything it is not to put our trust in institutions to do their constitutional duty when it conflicts with their political preferences. But even if a fair process could be established, the idea of red flag laws is entirely based upon a flawed premise. The premise is that you can just take a right away because you think it’s a good idea. It’s hard to see the due process when someone being processed has done nothing wrong. That’s key – if they have done something wrong, there are already constitutionally sound ways to restrain them.
You don’t get to take people rights without convicting them of a crime, or showing they are nuts and need to be in the booby-hatch. There’s no special exception to the Constitution because ten invertebrate Republican senators want to “do something.” We already have well-established and constitutional ways of “doing something.” If someone is a convicted felon, he’s banned from having a gun. If someone is making threats, get a restraining order or, better yet, arrest him. If someone is crazy, then channel that old Van Halen album and 5150 him. But the Founders would look upon you if you told them “Hey, we think it’s cool to strip people of their sacred rights because someone complains about them and a judge is too scared to actually demand real evidence and risk letting him keep his rights,” and they would say, “Taketh ye head from inside your rear endeth, for thou art a fool.”
Red flag laws are ripe for abuse. You can tell because the left is slobbering to get them enacted. Do Dems arrest the myriad scumbags wandering the streets of Democrat cities? Do they prosecute them? No, and these animals commit an Uvalde every few days. If Dems cared about “gun crime,” they would arrest, charge, and lock-up gun criminals, but they don’t. They care about thought crimes – yours. These laws might be used to disarm a few nutballs, sure, but they will also be used against us when we dissent too much. We’ve seen how they use the power of government against political opponents like us – IRS targeting, FBI entrapment, selective prosecutions, to name a few – and why the hell would we give them a new weapon when they have abused the ones they already have in the service of the regime? Read the rest at the link
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Tighten up perjury laws. Make the penalty for any false swearing permanent ineligibility for any federal or state benefits, voting, jury duty or right to jury trial.
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[REGNUM] After being detained by Ukrainian Nazis in Zaporozhye and the Dnieper, 367 people went missing, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on June 16.
Relatives and friends of the detainees since June 1 cannot find out their whereabouts and further fate.
"Only from June 1 to June 16, 2022, out of those detained, the fate of 367 people is still unknown to their relatives and friends: most of them are women and teenagers," Mizintsev said.
Mass detentions are taking place at checkpoints in Dnipro and Zaporizhia, where Ukronazis carry out total checks on the civilian population. All those suspected of disloyalty to the Kyiv regime are subjected to physical violence and taken away in an unknown direction.
“Ukrainian authorities, under the pretext of allegedly ensuring the safety of citizens, blocked all exits from the settlements they control towards the liberated territories of the people’s republics of Donbass, Zaporozhye, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Kherson regions, thereby endangering the lives of civilians and forcing them to independently evacuate to the western regions of Ukraine," said Mizintsev.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
[Chernovec] Yesterday there was an advance to the northeast of Slavyansk, the encirclement of enemy forces in the Novolugansk region (north of Svetlodarsk), the ring was partially closed in the Zolote region - only the road to Lisichansk remained under fire
Promotions are marked with red arrows. See the link for the map
Meanwhile, the wonderful revelations of the next whiners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
1. There are no contractors left in the unit - ALL ARE KILLED. Reservists and the Volkssturm remained, with which they scored the state.
2. There are no heavy weapons. There is no cover.
3. Uncleaned corpses of their own are still lying in positions, and we are talking about weeks.
4. Dissatisfied people are imprisoned for a month in a pre-trial detention center, and then they are thrown out into the field and they say “Do what you want.”
5. All such corpses - bullet.
6. The soldiers were driven to attack the positions of three Russian companies in the amount of 20 people. Many dead.
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^ I actually already read a prediction yesterday that she will fail at this too. I believe it.
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I am excited that she has been named head of an effort that I want to fail. Any cabinet member would have suited my needs as they are uniformly incompetent and have a viable time as they aren’t doing their real jobs.
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^ Not that any of Trump's cabinet exactly wowed me either...
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Captured American mercenaries Alexander Dryuke and Andy Hyun.
They were taken prisoner near Kharkov. This is the first confirmation of the capture of American mercenaries.
There is an opinion that they don’t talk about the dead in principle, but they start talking about the loss when the mercenaries are captured and they know that sooner or later they will be shown anyway.
[REGNUM] Another American “fighter against Russia” went missing on the territory of Ukraine, Ned Price , a spokesman for the US State Department, told reporters on June 16.
According to him, the person in question disappeared several weeks ago.
"I can’t talk about the specifics of this case. We understand that this person went to Ukraine to participate in hostilities. Unfortunately, we don't know all the details," Price said.
“We continue to urge US citizens in every possible way not to travel to Ukraine because of the great dangers posed by Russia,” the State Department spokesman added.
As REGNUM reported earlier, the British media previously announced two American Ukronazi mercenaries, 39-year-old Alexander Dryuk and 27-year-old Andy Hune, captured by the Russian military.
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The process is pretty straight forward.
If they had enlisted into the Ukraine military, they will fall under the Geneva convention for POW status. As should all the Ukraine military captured. If they did not, they will fall under spies and mercenaries as far as Geneva is concerned and Russia will use them as political tools or put them on trial and execute them. They had to know the cost of being captured.
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If they were nonofficial combatants, I can't see getting worked up over them and sure can't see the US gummint grabbing its ankles to get them out of the stew.
Of course, that will all happen. Media hair on fire in 3..2..1...
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Being involved in war fighting is bad on several levels. Being involved in somebody elses war fighting really is asking for trouble.
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I actually heard Secretary of Energy Granholm use the term "war footing", and Biden is talking about the Defense Production Act. It sure seems like the administration thinks we are back in the Cold War.
WIKI citation: "The Defense Production Act of 1950 (Pub.L. 81–774) is a United States federal law enacted on September 8, 1950 in response to the start of the Korean War.[1] It was part of a broad civil defense and war mobilization effort in the context of the Cold War"
[NYPOST] Attempted presidential assassin turned musician John Hinckley Jr. is free from court oversight, but not yet free to rock and roll.
Hinckley — who attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — was set to perform at a sold-out concert in Brooklyn next month, but the venue where the gig was booked has cancelled the show.
Market Hotel, in Bushwick, announced Wednesday that the July 8 event was nixed.
"We don’t see the need to allow someone who did something awful to skip the line and play even our middle size independent community stage," the event space said in a statement posted to Instagram.
"And in doing so put our vulnerable communities at risk (without their consent) — especially if that artist wouldn’t have sold the tickets without the story of who they are and the violent mostly peaceful thing they did."
Hinckley, 67, shot up Reagan on March 30, 1981 outside the Hilton in Washington, DC. He maimed the 40th president, his press secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Tim MCarthy.
Reagan recovered from his injuries, but Brady spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair while Delahanty suffered nerve damage.
[NYPOST] One of the suspects arrested in the disappearance of a well-known British journalist confessed to killing him and the indigenous expert he was with in Brazil earlier this month, a federal police investigator said Wednesday.
The confession comes as human remains were found in the Amazon area where 57-year-old freelance news houndDom Phillips, who has written for the Guardian and Washington Post, and Bruno Pereira, 41, had disappeared on June 5.
The remains have not yet been identified, according to Justice Minister Anderson Torres.
The two men were last seen passing through a remote part of the Amazon rainforest by boat.
Two suspects, fishermen Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira and Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, have been arrested by Brazil’s federal police in connection to their disappearance.
Police said Amarildo, whose nickname is Pelado, confessed to shooting and killing both men Tuesday night. He then led authorities to the area where remains were found.
[NYPOST] A new Siena College poll has warning signs for President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant. Just look at the competent way he dumped Afghanistan... and other Democrats in the Empire State in what could be bruising elections for their party later this year.
Just 35% of respondents say President Joe Biden ...... 46th president of the U.S. The guy who lost Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...... is doing a "good" or "excellent" as president while 37% and 25% respectively say the state and country are heading in the right direction.
Such numbers could help sink Democratic hopes of retaining several swing districts in the US House from New York are their narrow majority hangs in the balance this November.
Voters’ awareness of an ongoing increase in crime could weigh down Democrats as well despite the relative popularity of new gun restrictions at the state level, according to the poll of 802 registered voters conducted June 7-9 and June 13.
"About two-thirds of New Yorkers think crime in their community is a serious problem, including 78% of New York City voters — 40% very serious — 61% of upstaters and 51% of downstate suburbanites," pollster Steven Greenberg said in a blurb.
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Far worse than reported, after all he is the president. Come on man.
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I think the dems will get hosed in November. All the talk in Washington after that will be how to make sure that never happens to either camp of the uniparty again.
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It's not who votes that counts. It's who counts the votes. They got away with outright fraud two years ago. Why should they be worried about doing it again? [cause they can't read history].
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The warning signs are flashing but the Dems continue down the same road and appear to be stepping on the gas. Hopefully, at the last minute, they will respond by pouring money into Beto’s campaign which would be akin to holding a currency bonfire.
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WSJ: #Israel secretly coordinates with the U.S. on many of the airstrikes it carries out in #Syria as the allies face a battlefield crowded with militant groups, #Iran-backed militias and foreign militaries, according to current and former U.S. officials.https://t.co/pGPMzoGQBU
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Imagine if that neighboring country hosted terrorists and flew military arms in to another nations' terrorists on civilian flights? Nice try
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Imagine if that neighboring country had no bombers, but was sending poison over your border every minute of every day. With your gummint's connivance.
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Imagine a government intentionally ignoring its own borders to import illegal migrants from around the world to change the political attitude of its own populace because the actual citizens didn't want the socialist/Marxist/ClimateChange/Woke crap they were selling.
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Israel doesn’t bomb countries with which it signed peace treaties, Mr. Pholing Crererong6639. On the other hand, as we’re seeing in the Ukraine, bombing is everyday behaviour when countries are at war.
Could that tweeter Hadi Nasrallah possibly be related to to the Hezbollah big turban? I ask because Hezbollah has 150,000 missiles aimed at targets across Israel, just waiting for Iran’s signal. Many of those missiles were shipped to Lebanon via that airport you’re fussing about, which makes the airport a legitimate military target.
[NYPOST] Progressive Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is facing mounting efforts to be ousted amid outrage that his "reckless" policies left a violent mostly peaceful gangbanger free to gun down two cops.
The woke prosecutor — already facing recall efforts — was blamed for cop-killer Justin Flores, 35, being free when he shot full of holes El Monte Police Cpl. Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana on Tuesday.
The felon — who had his gang allegiance tattooed on his face — was free even though he was accused of breaking his probation for illegally carrying a gun.
Sen. Ted Cruz; ...US Senator from Texas. Republican contender for president in 2016, his stiff and abrasive manner earned him the title most hated man in the Senate. After a close win over Beto O'Rourke, who tried to out-Lastino him, he grew a beard and let his biting wit shine through. Cruz's comments have been known to leave life-threatening wounds at better than forty feet... was among those slamming Gascon after the DA issued a statement offering "heartfelt condolences" to the slain cops’ grieving loved ones.
"Officers Paredes and Santana gave their lives in the service of their fellow citizens," Cruz tweeted late Wednesday.
"It is outrageous the murderer was not in jail due to the reckless actions of George Gascon, a radical, soft-on-crime, Soros-backed DA," the Texas senator wrote.
Kurt Schlichter, an army veteran and lawyer with more than 450,000 followers on Twitter, went even further.
"Gascon flat out murdered those guys," he tweeted angrily. "Recall this piece of garbage."
Jennifer Van Laar, the managing editor of conservative outlet Red State, said she was "heartbroken and mad as hell."
"George Gascon, you are getting coppers — and lots of other people — murdered. TIME TO GO," she tweeted.
[NYPOST] A customer’s racist tirade was caught on camera as she berated workers at a Florida seafood restaurant while demanding a refund in addition to her leftovers to go.
The startling encounter unfolded at King Cajun Crawfish in Orlando on Monday, according to workers at the restaurant.
A woman repeatedly called the owner a "Chinese b—h" and told her to "go back to her country" while complaining about her food, the eatery said, according to a video of the incident.
"She ordered snow crabs and fried shrimp. At the end of the meal to pay, she said the shrimp was spoiled (it wasn’t) and she ate 3. We said sorry we cannot refund it and she started saying racist remarks," King Cajun Crawfish wrote on its Instagram page.
"We’re gonna make sure you go on Google," the irate customer said while filming Kristen Nguyen behind the counter, according to cellphone and security video.
"You’re a Chinese b—h, not me," continued the apparent instigator, clad in jeans and a black T-shirt.
"Okay, I got you on camera calling me that," Nguyen replied, as she recorded cellphone footage of her own.
"You’re a Chinese b—h," the customer continued.
"Okay, thank you," the worker replied.
"You’re a Chinese b—h, you want me to spell it for you? You’re a Chinese b—h."
As the hateful exchange dragged on, the angry customer welcomed the idea of involving authorities.
"Who gives a f—k, b—h? Call the police! What they gonna do? I’ll say it front of them. You’re a Chinese b—h, now what?" she said, growing more irritated.
The customer then taunted the worker with a series of insulting approximations of the Chinese language before getting the food she complained about boxed up in a take-out container.
"Take your a— back to your country. Ching chong," she said as she left the establishment.
The woman’s hatred of Chinese people was actually misdirected toward Nguyen, who was born in the US and is of Vietnamese heritage, according to Orlando Weekly.
Orange County sheriff’s officials were investigating the outburst, the outlet said. The department had recently started an Asian American and Pacific Islander liaison program to address the nationwide uptick in hate crimes against people of Asian descent during the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... pandemic.
The restaurant identified the woman from her receipt as the proprietor of a local skincare business whose Yelp page was subsequently shut down after being inundated with bad reviews from web users who were horrified by the racist tantrum.
The Post is not including the name of the woman or her business as alleged by Nguyen.
The restaurant owner, however, said that a different business called Beauty Bar Orlando was being incorrectly targeted by online advocates and stressed that that establishment was not connected to the racist rant.
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Elizabeth Knighton aka Liz Knighton.
Owner/Operator of Bodi Beauty Bar
DOB: December 23, 1986
Ethnicity: Black.
Political Party: Democratic
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QUESTION: So is Yellow the new White for the New Black Generation?
According to Taliban security officials, no police officer in plain and civilian clothes is allowed to check people after the uniforms were distributed to the group’s police force. Read more at:https://t.co/bwGEGAraLd
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted a staged shooting of the results of a strike on a children's clinic in Odessa, allegedly inflicted by the Russian Armed Forces. 21:38 Russia calls on the UN, the OSCE and the ICRC to influence Kyiv to respect the rights of the civilian population;.
21:38 Since the beginning of June, more than 350 civilians have disappeared in the Dnieper and Zaporozhye, suspected by Ukraine of being loyal to Russia.
21:38 National battalions in Dnipro and Zaporozhye are massively checking civilian messengers for subscriptions to pro-Russian channels.
21:38 Kyiv's requests for humanitarian corridors are regarded as attempts to gain time for the regrouping of troops.
21:38 Kyiv blocks the exit of civilians from the territories controlled by Ukraine towards the Donbass.
21:26 Peskov: The status of the Kherson region depends on the will of the local population.
21:26 The United States is aware of unconfirmed information about the detention of two American mercenaries in the Donbass, is in contact with the Ukrainian authorities - State Department.
20:48 Russia called on the Ukrainian military not to a military rebellion, but to fulfill their duty - Lavrov.
20:48 There is no longer any "field for maneuver" in Russian-British relations - Lavrov.
20:46 The West is selling weapons to Ukraine so that the Kyiv regime continues to bomb its own population - Lavrov.
19:45 In the forest area of the Kharkiv region near the village of Russkaya Lozovaya, an attempt to break through the Ukrainian DRG was thwarted. Having been rebuffed, the saboteurs, including the wounded, fled, leaving behind their "wealth."
19:44 Great Britain promises to transfer 20 ea. M109 self-propelled artillery mounts to Ukraine. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace announced this. At the same time, while the machines are not in condition. In London, it was reported that the self-propelled guns were purchased from a Belgian arms company and must first be repaired. If they fall apart later, the British are not to blame.
19:43 Ukrainian Energoatom reports that the Zaporozhye NPP from September 1 is completely transferred to the administration of Rosatom.
19:42 France will supply six more artillery mounts "Caesar" - Macron.
18:34 The goal of US policy should be to ensure the settlement of the situation around Ukraine through diplomacy and to strengthen the position of Kyiv.
18:33 The transfer of the West to Kyiv MLRS should take into account how many of these systems Ukraine is able to effectively integrate.
18:32 The United States at this stage considers support for Ukraine as providing it with weapons and intelligence information.
17:12 A court in Ukraine has banned the activities of the Sharia Party.
17:10 If the US wants to send a signal to Russia about the mercenaries detained near Kharkov, they can use the "technical contact" through the embassies,told RIA Novosti Zakharova.
16:18 The governor of the Sumy region posted a video of a school destroyed by a Russian strike. Here it is, they say, what is the Russian world.
And at 14 seconds, apparently, boxes with methodological materials.
16:17 According to the operational command "North" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at night the Russian Aerospace Forces launched an airstrike with two guided missiles on targets near the village of Mezenovka, Sumy region. After the missile strikes, the Russian Orlan-10 UAV was operating over this settlement, correcting artillery fire. According to the Ukrainian side, about 25 artillery shells were fired in total.
16:17 Podolyak arrived in the Kherson region and, a few kilometers from the line of contact, said: “If there is a weapon, we will do everything (we will return the territories). I told you, we will definitely return Kherson, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, Donetsk regions. Our boys are doing everything right. We only need long-range artillery for this to be effective. Give only weapons, 70-100 km (range of destruction) and everything will be done.
16:16 Medvedev on the trip of Macron, Scholz and Draghi to Kyiv: Europeans love to visit Kyiv, there is no benefit, and the supply of howitzers to Ukraine does not bring peace any closer.
15:08 Medvedev on the trip of Macron, Scholz and Draghi to Kyiv: Europeans love to visit Kyiv, there is zero benefit, and the supply of howitzers to Ukraine does not bring peace any closer.
15:06 Children born in the Zaporozhye region after February 24 will not automatically become Russians - there is no such provision in the law on citizenship, but the issue must be resolved, said Klishas, head of the Federation Council committee on constitutional legislation.
14:21 Zelensky met with Draghi, Macron and Scholz. The event is politically insignificant. They will come, they will come, they will polymerize. But within the framework of the bloody series, which is being filmed by Zelensky's organized crime group, this is an important event. It is necessary to demonstrate "overcome" - the foreign policy direction is the only successful one. The storyline "Ukraine was almost completely accepted into the EU" is launched. Enough for 2-3 weeks. No one plans further in Kyiv.
14:20 The situation at the front near Ugledar. For the second day, intense battles have been going on in the Pavlovka-Yegorovka-Shevchenko triangle.
The enemy tried to cut off the road from Yegorovka to Pavlovka, threatening to cut off the latter. Ours occupied the settlement. Shevchenko in the gray zone, through which the UkroDRG advanced. Artillery is active on both sides.
13:17 In the Kherson region, they found a large cache of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with foreign-made weapons.
13:16 Soldier of the Ukrainian 42nd Brigade (stationed in the Kherson region): no food, no weapons, nothing - they say, fight with what you have. When the ammunition ran out, they began to report to the command about the need to bring weapons. The guys were advised to show courage and fight with what they have.
"People who expressed their distrust of the command, and there are many of them, were dismissed by the command. They spent a month in a pre-trial detention center, and now they threw it into the field and said: do whatever you want. No weapons, no documents - nothing, no food," one of the soldiers shares the crime of the battalion commanders.
The record was made near the settlement. Peaceful Valley, where it's pretty hot right now. The soldiers were brought to the positions on June 11-12.
12:12 Citizens of Ukraine, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics will be allowed to stay in Russia without permits after August 17, when the relaxation period expires after the removal of transport restrictions imposed earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.
12:10 Delegations from the Russian Federation and Ukraine call up periodically, but Kyiv does not want to continue negotiations in the same vein - Medinsky.
11:34 In Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, they began to give out an allowance in the amount of 10,000 rubles.
This was announced by an employee of the public reception in New Kakhovka Peter Barkov. Ukraine has not paid pensions for the second month, so from May 20, Novaya Kakhovka began to form lists for payments to people of socially unprotected categories: pensioners, mothers of large families, Chernobyl survivors, and the disabled.
“The lists have been formed, the issuance has begun,” said Barkov.
Money is given out in cash, 10,000 rubles per person, registration takes several minutes. Barkov explained that this measure will help increase the turnover of rubles in the Kherson region.
11:33 Russian aviation destroyed one Ukrainian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system and more than 280 nationalists in a day.
11:32 Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted the Tochka-U missile in the LPR region, as well as 21 Uragan missiles in the Kherson, Kharkov regions, the DPR and the LPR.
11:32 Russian aviation destroyed three control points and one point for the repair and restoration of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:31 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit two command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and an electronic warfare station in the Kharkiv region with high-precision missiles.
11:30 Rocket troops and artillery destroyed more than 200 nationalists probably one dead. 200 is the common code for dead.
and a Grad rocket launcher.
11:30 Air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the Kharkiv region.
10:33 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Melnyk put forward two new demands on German Chancellor Scholz on the eve of his expected visit to Kyiv.
“Firstly, Kyiv wants the head of the German government to promise unequivocally, without any “buts” and “ifs”, that Ukraine will be granted the status of a candidate member of the EU, and ensure the unanimous adoption of this historic decision by the European Council next week,” — he said in an interview with the German channel RTL Television.
In addition, according to Melnyk, Ukraine expects Olaf Scholz "to step over his hesitation on the issue of heavy weapons and extend a massive helping hand to Ukraine with all available resources from the reserves of the Bundeswehr and the military industry."
"The German government and the federal chancellor should seize this historic opportunity to play a leading role in Europe and stop the war with Russia with all their might," the Ukrainian ambassador concludes.
10:33 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny said that Severodonetsk is a key point in the system of Ukraine's defense operation in the Lugansk region. According to him, the NM of the LPR and the RF Armed Forces are attacking from nine directions, using aviation, MLRS and artillery.
10:32 Western countries are facing difficulties in providing the Ukrainian authorities with weapons, since requests from Kyiv are received almost daily and often change, some states are close to exhausting their stocks - US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith.
10:32 After breaking through the Ukrainian defense north of Svetlodarsk and throwing at Zaitsevo, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began the evacuation of Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
10:31 The head of the CAA of the Kharkiv region Vitaly Ganchev approved the state regional symbols of the Kharkiv region. The head of the State Administration of the Kharkiv region, V. Ganchev, approved the hryvnia exchange rate against the ruble by his decree.
Starting from June 10, credit institutions operating in the territory of the Kharkiv region, which is under the control of the Russian army, must use the exchange rate of 2 rubles for one Ukrainian hryvnia when converting currencies.
Also, by decree of the head of the CAA of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev, Russian was approved as the single state language in document management and office work, as well as in the exchange of correspondence. The Ukrainian language has been given the status of a regional language.
10:30 In the Khmelnitsky region, the regional council has banned the public use of Russian-language songs and other cultural products until the end of hostilities. The police, activists and officials will carry out explanatory work with the population and monitor the implementation of the moratorium. The head of the regional council, Violetta Labazyuk, admitted that she was worried about the performance of Russian songs at graduation parties. And it should be banned.
09:29 In the Transcarpathian region, employees of the military registration and enlistment office in civilian clothes issue subpoenas.
09:22 German multiple launch rocket systems can be transferred to Ukraine in July or August - German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht
09:13 Citizens of Ukraine, the DPR and the LPR may be required to leave Russia after August 17 if permits are not issued. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
09:09 They want to rename Yuri Gagarin Street in Kyiv in honor of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, Volodin reports
07:55 All children born in the Kherson region after February 24 will automatically receive Russian citizenship, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region.
07:50 Canada announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. It includes 10 replacement barrels for the M777. Cost – 10 million Canadian dollars (less than 8 million US dollars)
07:44 Italian TV reports that the Prime Minister of Italy, the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany have arrived in Ukraine
07:32 Zelensky confused the prime ministers of Albania and Montenegro. "I met with Albanian Prime Minister Dritan Abazovich and Montenegrin Prime Minister Edi Rama," the President of Ukraine wrote. The Cabinet of Ministers of Albania is headed by Edi Rama, and Montenegro - by Dritan Abazovic.
05:19 Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive before September if it receives the necessary weapons - General Marchenko.
04:29 Slovakia will hand over Mi-17 combat helicopters to Ukraine. There are 13 of them in total, most of them with an exhausted or almost exhausted resource. A pair of helicopters underwent repairs in 2021 with a service life extension of 1000 hours. Which ones will eventually be handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine is unclear
03:25 The United States prolongs the troubles of Ukraine, arming it, and delaying a bad period for the Ukrainian people, Peskov said in an interview with RIA Novosti
02:59 A powerful explosion thundered in Kharkov. Looks like a missile strike
01:49 The liberation of Kharkov and the Kharkov region is necessary, there is a strategic expediency in this - Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
Pushilin said that Kharkov and the Kharkov region should be liberated, there are a number of reasons for this, including strategic expediency. In addition, he proposed dividing the territories of western Ukraine between Poland, Romania and Hungary, so that the problems of the region would become their "headache."
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[RIA Novosti] Units of the LPR and the Russian military have entrenched themselves in the industrial zone of Severodonetsk, including near the Azot chemical plant, where Ukrainian militants are located, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic Andrei Marochko said on Channel One.
"Our units, together with Russian units, have already established themselves in the 'promka' (industrial zone) and have begun a special operation. That is, we are already slowly starting to move along the industrial zone and clean up this territory," he said.
The official representative of the Lugansk department , Ivan Filiponenko , noted that there were fighters of the People's Militia, as well as "allied troops represented by the Akhmat regiment." (special purpose regiment named after the Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov. - Approx. ed.)
According to the LPR authorities, there are up to a thousand Ukrainian nationalists and militants on the territory of the plant.
Fights for Severodonetsk have been going on since the beginning of May. Last week, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the complete liberation of residential areas of the city.
Ukrainian armed formations control the territory of Azot and, according to the Ministry of Defense, hold hundreds of civilians there.
For the evacuation of the civilian population from the territory of the chemical plant, the Russian side provided a humanitarian corridor in a northerly direction towards the city of Svatovo in the Luhansk People's Republic. However, the Ukrainian troops violated the ceasefire twice and disrupted the process by shelling the city blocks as well. In just five days of evacuation, the DPR army evacuated more than a thousand people from Severodonetsk.
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[Censor] The main strike group of Russian troops in the Donbass is advancing on the Bakhmut-Soledar area. The enemy is trying to expand the breakthrough zone from Popasna. At the same time, the enemy continued to attack Slovyansk and stormed Severodonetsk.
The Russians reached the Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway near the villages of Nagirne and Berestove.
At the same time, the occupiers extended the breakthrough wedge north to Pokrovsky and south of the village of Vrubivka to Lysychansk.
The occupiers of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk are thus trying to capture and surround on both sides.
The Russian command is trying to cross the Bakhmut-Lysychansk route, which is a convenient line of defense, to attack Siversk and threaten the entire environs of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk.
At the same time, the enemy is trying to attack Lysychansk from the south and reduce the Ukrainian defenses in the area of Zolote Hirske-Toshkivske.
The Russian offensive can be stopped only by defeating the Russian strike group in the Bakhmut-Popasna area.
The issues remain the same: front-line control, artillery reconnaissance, corrective means, counter-battery combat, shells.
Russian troops are also suffering heavy losses, and advancement is very expensive for the Russians. The Ukrainian infantry bears the main burden and allows Ukrainian firearms, especially artillery, to beat the enemy.
The Ukrainian command defends every meter of Ukrainian land to the last opportunity, trying to stop the enemy everywhere. There is a hard battle for depletion, Ukrainian troops remain in control and high fighting spirit and motivation, it is a daily mass feat, and people are doing everything possible despite the lack of weapons and ammunition.
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