[Epoch Times] Media outlets around the world have started highlighting a medical phenomenon called ’sudden adult death syndrome’ — people dying with no sign of illness or underlying health condition. They simply collapse during the day or don’t wake up in the morning. While SADS has been known to occur before, what’s alarming is the sudden surge of this previously rare event
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In recent weeks, media outlets around the world have started highlighting a medical phenomenon called "sudden adult death syndrome," or SADS, in what appears to be a clear effort to obscure the reality of COVID jab deaths. Sad on steroids indeed.
Underlying factors for SADS include undiagnosed myocarditis, inflammatory conditions and other conditions that cause irregularities in the electrical system of the heart, thereby triggering cardiac arrest.
While SADS has been known to occur previously, what’s new is the prevalence of this previously rare event. In Australia, the Melbourne Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute is setting up a new SADS registry "to gain more information" about the phenomenon.
Data compiled by the International Olympic Committee show 1,101 sudden deaths in athletes under age 35 between 1966 and 2004, giving us an average annual rate of 29, across all sports. Meanwhile, between March 2021 and March 2022 alone—a single year—at least 769 athletes have suffered cardiac arrest, collapse, and/or have died on the field, worldwide.
Among EU FIFA (football/soccer ball) athletes, sudden death increased by 420 percent in 2021. Historically, about five soccer players have died while playing the game each year. Between January and mid-November 2021, 21 FIFA players died from sudden death.
SADS is also short for "sudden arrhythmic death syndrome,"1 which was first identified in 1977. Underlying factors for SADS (both the sudden adult death and sudden arrhythmic versions) include undiagnosed myocarditis, inflammatory conditions and other conditions that cause irregularities in the electrical system of the heart, thereby triggering cardiac arrest.2,
Those bras are health monitors, pulse and so forth, tracked in real time. Should be able to summon those stats from players with 4 years of records and compare to when a jab was taken.
There's money to be lost too. Billions, if premier athletes can't fulfill their expected playing lifetime, or worse start toppling over. Say you get Next Ronaldo, build your team around this player, tens of millions, maybe even a brand new stadium like what KC Chiefs are considering with Mahomes, and boom your marquee player - you only get three years out of because he has a heart attack right there in prime time. Watch the value of every player, and really every keystone employee, drop.
Imagine a large chunk of under 30s suddenly finding out they have nothing to gain, and nothing to lose.
*I, at this point, still consider the jab a voluntary medical procedure, and do not recommend nor decline. Make the choice for you and yours based on your person circumstances.
**Interestingly, Kansas has become a wealth of information to those curious enough, as decisions were left up to the counties, and ranges from very urban to very rural. Locally, we had two people, to use the parlance of the greatest orator to run for office, drop dead in the prime of their life. Health industry, so most likely had the jab. Very strange.
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True enough, but one in early Spring one last Autumn, late 30s early 40s, no underlying conditions or illnesses. One was heart failure, until it was The Covid. Other just dropped with no official word given.
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AFAIK, drug overdoses and suicide are causes that don't have to be disclosed to the public even if an autopsy is conducted. Foul play obviously can't be kept quiet, but drugs and self-harm are typically not disclosed for the usual shame/blame-related reasons that family members have to deal with.
Bill Gates has reportedly obtained 2,100 acres of farmland in North Dakota
The land was purchased by a trust allegedly linked to the Microsoft billionaire
Red River Trust purchased the land from Campbell Farms for $13.5M last year
State officials are concerned the purchase may violate corporate farming laws
ND AG Drew Wrigley has asked trust officials to confirm plans for use of the land and whether the company meets any of the exceptions to the state's laws
The state agrictulure commissioner says residents are 'livid' about the sale
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The wealthy people have a staff who do their work as directed by their employer. I have seen this before in DC. Second floor of home dedicated to full time staff. Gates as with Biden have a support staff who do most of their work.
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HMMMM. Did the court just redefine the 2nd amendment to self defense??
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^ They did say the rights laid out in the Constitution are not subject to bureaucrapic whim. It's a far-reaching decision that won't be properly understood for a while.
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In the majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas writes . . .
The test that the Court set forth in Heller and applies today requires courts to assess whether modern firearms regulations are consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and historical understanding. Of course, the regulatory challenges posed by firearms today are not always the same as those that preoccupied the Founders in 1791 or the Reconstruction generation in 1868. But the Constitution can, and must, apply to circumstances beyond those the Founders specifically anticipated, even though its meaning is fixed according to the understandings of those who ratified it. See, e.g., United States v. Jones, 565 U. S. 400, 404–405. Indeed, the Court recognized in Heller at least one way in which the Second Amendment’s historically fixed meaning applies to new circumstances: Its reference to “arms” does not apply “only [to] those arms in existence in the 18th century.” 554 U. S., at 582.
And then there’s this . . .
It is undisputed that petitioners Koch and Nash—two ordinary, law-abiding, adult citizens—are part of “the people” whom the Second Amendment protects. See Heller, 554 U. S., at 580. And no party disputes that handguns are weapons “in common use” today for self-defense. See id., at 627. The Court has little difficulty concluding also that the plain text of the Second Amendment protects Koch’s and Nash’s proposed course of conduct—carrying handguns publicly for self-defense. Nothing in the Second Amendment’s text draws a home/public distinction with respect to the right to keep and bear arms, and the definition of “bear” naturally encompasses public carry. Moreover, the Second Amendment guarantees an “individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation,” id., at 592, and confrontation can surely take place outside the home.
And Justice Thomas made a particular point to include this gem . . .
The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not “a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.” McDonald, 561 U. S., at 780 (plurality opinion). The exercise of other constitutional rights does not require individuals to demonstrate to government officers some special need. The Second Amendment right to carry arms in public for self defense is no different. New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms in public.
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The decision tacitly backs the notion that there is a Constitutional right to self-defense. That's gonna be a problem for the "nobody needs an AR-15 for deer hunting."
Not that it will slow down such straw-man burners for a moment.
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Dear gun grabbers - if you provided a society that could believe in and trust enforcement of laws (not selectively) and real punishment for crimes (equitably), maybe you'd have an easier time of selling your product. Strangely enough, the Venn diagram of those who push gun grabbing and those who undermine those concepts of crime and punishment appear to be very tight.
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It's not even an issue up for trade. It's acknowledged law that the police have no duty to protect you. That leaves it up to you.
Even in a truly ideal world, an honest policeman a few minutes away will be no help at all when you only have seconds to act to save yourself. And the most honest court on Earth cannot bring you back from the dead.
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All too believable. Hochul comes out and as soon as she opens her mouth, she demonstrates she has not read the ruling. She's talking about muskets, even though Thomas eviscerated that straw man explicitly in his opinion.
These politicians actually are this stupid.
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Wasn't long ago I saw a meme that said if guys got a time machine they'd go back and tell the Founders, "Write the second one like you are explaining it to a five year old." Basically, Thomas skewered each of the wishful, imaginative anti-gun misinterpretations that have been floating around for years.
I don't think he missed anything or opened any new holes in the process.
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Even in a truly ideal world, an honest policeman a few minutes away will be no help at all when you only have seconds to act to save yourself. And the most honest court on Earth cannot bring you back from the dead.
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"Don't need a gun because Police will protect you" looks pretty fucking stupid right now.
And the most honest court on Earth cannot bring you back from the dead.
[CNBC] A test car made by Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio fell out of a third-floor parking lot of a building in Shanghai, killing two people, the company said in a Weibo post on Thursday.
The incident happened at around 5:20 p.m. Beijing time on Wednesday. One company staff member and a partner employee died.
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As god is my witness, I thought turkeys EVs could fly.
[ET - paywall removed] long article with a focus on USCP embedded in the crowd. Further down, however, is this -
More extensive video footage, analyzed by Ray Dietrich of Red Voice Media, shows "the beginning of violence on January 6."
"The video shows the moment either stun grenades or tear gas canisters were deployed into the crowd of protestors," Dietrich says as the video plays out. "The question I have, after a 20-year career in law enforcement, is why were these munitions deployed? I have picked this video apart and many more, and cannot see why the USCP used this force against the crowd. There is no fighting and no violence, so why did they target these people with less-lethal weapons?"
"What happened next?" Dietrich asks rhetorically. "Chaos. Violence. The crowd fought back. The Capitol was breached."
As the stunned crowd scurries in the attack, police can be seen spraying people in the face with pepper spray. In another segment, three police officers are beating a protester who is being held on the ground. In a measure that further escalates the tension, police begin deploying tear gas into the already frantic crowd. In a course of 20 minutes, a once peaceful scene descends into total chaos. So the Capitol Police started the riot by stampeding the crowd. Certainly, the J6 investigation will reveal this!
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I'll be the one to point out I misspelled the word "Chaos". Fumble fingers...
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How far from woke we once were. When I was in college there was a game played on campus with water pistols and hit lists called KAOS - Killing As Organized Sport.
Today you'd be expelled and jailed.
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What KAOS doesn't want you to know you've already forgotten by now.
[BBC] A little-known meteorological phenomenon makes a tiny village in Arctic Sweden one of the best places on Earth to consistently see the Aurora Borealis.
[Daily Beast] POLTAVA, Ukraine—It was a one-in-a-million hit, said 23-year-old Skyler James Gregg from his hospital bed in Poltava, eastern Ukraine. He remembers how everything suddenly turned black when a Russian drone dropped an explosive at his post in the Kharkiv region on June 1. One French volunteer soldier died immediately in the blast, and flying shrapnel injured another foreign fighter.
Skyler was sent to the ground as fragments penetrated his body. One hit his right arm, tearing off a chunk of it. "It was all as black and white suddenly. It ran through my head that I might die. For some reason, it felt peaceful," Skyler told The Daily Beast from his hospital bed.
"I felt heat in my arm. Dogs around were just screaming. It rang in my ears, and I ran to an outdoor bathroom and shut the door. I was trying to hold my arm together."
After taking the hit, Skyler trudged outside with his shirt tied around his lower arm to hold it in place. He then locked eyes with one of his friends who had fallen down a set of stairs and was in a panic.
"He was losing a lot of blood. I took off his shirt to put pressure on his wounds. He was bleeding in so many places. I did not know what to do," said Skyler. "I was about to faint myself. I took a plastic bag and put it on his bleeding chest. He had trouble breathing."
After using a radio to call for help, Skyler and several other soldiers were taken to a field hospital. Skyler’s friend survived.
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But that doesn’t seem to phase Skyler, who told The Daily Beast he intends to go back to fight as soon as he is recovered. “The job isn’t finished,” he said. “I have not finished what I came to do.”
The very next paragraph...
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No doubt there will always be a war somewhere in this world where adventurers, thrill seekers, adrenaline junkies and romantic idiots can go to get their kicks. Nothing I can do about it and I don't mind too much as long as they don't expect me to pay for it.
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US To provide Another $450M In Military Aid For Ukraine, Including Medium-Range Rocket Systems
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^ That's what I mean.
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[Daily Beast] Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital are trying to drag several lawyers representing indicted Oath Keepers before a judge to make them explain how exactly they’re getting paid, citing a concern that conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell is actually covering the legal tab. And...so? Is that illegal? Is it even unseemly? They should be told to pound sand
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice asked a federal judge to intervene to ensure that members of the armed, anti-government paramilitary group have "competent and conflict-free" attorneys.
They cited recent reports in Mother Jones and BuzzFeed News that laid out how Powell’s political group, Defending the Republic, has quietly funded several defense lawyers.
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Meanwhile, the avowed communist "National Lawyers Guild" hands out business cards at riots. They provide "free" -- paid by unknown sources -- representation for violent leftists all the time.
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DOJ was arresting anyone who supports the Right. This week Deep State began raiding homes of right wing politicians who claim Biden's election was fraudulent. Desperation on the Left.
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I bet a lot of CYA letters are being filed for the time when this scam breaks down.
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[HOT AIR] In China, as part of the alleged "zero COVID" control system, everyone is required to have a government-issued Q-code app on their phones that serves as a "health tracker." If you have a negative COVID test and have not been "tracked" to an area where infections are being reported, your Q-code is green and you are (usually) free to proceed. This is much the same as the New York "Empire Pass" system that was in use during the lockdowns. But if you either test positive or are "tracked" in the vicinity of others who have tested positive, the code turns red and you are forbidden from most public spaces, public transportation, and social activities.
That’s scary enough to begin with when observed from a western perspective. But many residents of rural portions of China recently learned the hard way that the Chinese Communist Party is using the tracker for a lot more than health reasons. There was recently a banking scandal involving several smaller, rural banks, where a banking executive was accused of stealing large sums of money from the banks’ coffers and going on the run. When residents learned of this, many attempted to travel to towns where the banks had physical branches to withdraw their money while they could. But upon arriving, most of them found that their health tracker codes had mysteriously turned red despite having negative COVID tests and the towns not being listed as infection hotspots. They were locked out of the banks, their hotels, and other resources.
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This is just asking for the scene in The Running Man where the old hacker says "Mr. Spock, you have the con" and the young hackers have no idea what he's talking about right before they hack the network. The old guy just rolls his eyes, pushes the button and all hell breaks loose.
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[Gateway] Last week, Elon Musk, the Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink CEO gave an interview where he called out the unions’ "stranglehold" on the Democrat party, calling it "next-level insanity."
During the hour-long interview, Musk criticized the Democratic Party, their relationship with labor unions, and Tesla’s exclusion from a White House electric vehicles event because the company is not unionized.
Musk took particular issue with the Democratic Party’s strong relationship with union leadership.
"The general public is not aware of the degree to which unions control the Democratic Party. One does not need to speculate on this point," Musk started.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to enlist the services of a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, to address racial inequities in maternal care.
After first offering doulas to employees in Georgia last year, the nation’s largest retailer said Wednesday that it will expand the same benefit to its employees in Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois.
Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, largely due to differences in the quality of health care, underlying chronic conditions and structural racism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Employing a doula as a part of a birthing team decreases C-sections by 50%, shortens the time of labor by 25% and decreases the need for other medical interventions by more than 50%, according to the National Black Doulas Association.
Walmart said it chose to extend coverage to Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois because of the potential for instant impact for employees who live in those three states. The company said that in Louisiana, the mortality rate is five times higher for Black mothers than it is for white mothers. Walmart said that in Indiana, 33 counties don’t have OB-GYN services.
On the other hand...my mother was a drill sergeant in scrubs who worked as an RN for 42 years, my FIL just retired from medical practice after nearly fifty years as a thoracic/cardiac specialist. I think both of them would say the same thing I'm thinking: I want to see some serious documentation on those statistics.
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I worked at Wal mart back in 208, if you work there and take their health care package you don't have enough time to go to the doctor in between your other jobs you will have to have.
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Rangzieb Ahmed - who planned carnage in the UK - has been told he will face a Parole Board next month.
If successful, the convicted terror chief, once said to be Osama bin Laden’s top European operative, will be free to roam the streets again. https://t.co/2bEs9TIDAr
— Extremist Monitoring Analysis Network (EMAN) (@network_eman) June 22, 2022
Mr. Ahmed was captured and reportedly tortured in Pakistan by the ISI in 2006 before being turned over to the London authorities. The Pakistan-born Brit was a member of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Al Qaeda’s top man in the UK.
[OneIndia] Police on Tuesday attached five residential houses here, which were allegedly used for harbouring terrorists, under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, news agency PTI reported.
"Today on 21st June 2022, five residential houses of wilful harbourers of bully boyz were attached as per section 2(g) and section 25 of UAP Act," Srinagar police said in a statement.
Police said the houses were attached after it has been proved beyond doubt that these houses were used for purpose of terrorism and the shelter was voluntarily and knowingly given by the member or members of the house.
"Many attacks on civilians, security forces were conspired and planned by bully boyz while using these houses as hideouts," the statement said.
While two houses have been attached in jurisdiction of Parimporacop shoppe, one house each was attached under Nowhatta, Pantha Chowk and Zakuracop shoppes.
"Some more such houses have been identified and any wilful harbouring will be dealt with full force of law.
"Citizens are once again requested not to harbour or give shelter to terrorists, failing which we will be forced to take resort to attachment proceedings," the police statement said.
It said in case of any forced or coercive entry by bully boyz into any house, the matter should be brought to the notice of police immediately.
[OneIndia] Kuwait does prohibit transnational slavery, but it has not demonstrated any progress in punishing trafficking offences
An overseas job recruitment and the terror links to it have come to light after a few young women from Kerala recounted their horrors. Several young women managed to escape the racket and returned to Kerala.
Preliminary investigations have shown that the racket is based in Kuwait and under the pretext of job recruitment over 100 women have been trafficked. It has come to light that the women were promised baby-sitter jobs, a free visa, flight tickets and a salary of Rs 60,000.
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[Rudaw] At least two rockets targeted Peshmerga positions in Nineveh province on Tuesday, stated the Kurdistan Region’s counter-terrorism, without resulting in any casualties or material damage.
The Directorate General of Counter Terrorism (CTD) said in a statement that the rockets were directed towards positions of the Peshmerga on Nineveh’s Nawaran front late Tuesday evening. One of the rockets landed in the mountainous areas of Sheikhan district, and the other landed in Tiskhrab village near Bashiqa before reaching the Peshmerga position.
The rockets, believed to have been launched from the Bazwa area in the vicinity of Bashiqa, did not result in any human casualties nor material damage, according to the statement.
There has not been any claim of responsibility as of yet.
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region have witnessed an increase in drone and missile attacks in recent months.
A drone targeted a car in Sulaimani's Kalar town carrying alleged members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Friday, killing at least four.
Ottoman Turkish troops in Nineveh province frequently come under rocket attacks, with casualties rarely being inflicted. At least two rockets targeted Zilkan military base near Bashiqa district, which houses Ottoman Turkish troops, earlier this month.
[Garowe] Somalia-based al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... bandidoshard boyz on Monday destroyed communication equipment in the northeastern part of Kenya, a strategy usually employed when the team is preparing to carry out attacks against security officers in the region.
According to official reports, the bandidoshard boyz uprooted communication equipment on Monday evening in Mandera County which is found near the border of Kenya and Somalia. It's the first major attack by the bandidoshard boyz in the country in as many months.
Security officials said they heard a loud bang from the area on Monday morning and when they checked, they established the installation had been destroyed by a bomb that was set up by the murderous Moslems, the report indicates.
After the incident, the attackers escaped to Somalia as security guards within the vicinity responded swiftly to the attack. The number of the attackers is not yet known but security officials estimate that the bandidoshard boyz could have been many given the nature of the attack.
Northeastern police boss George Seda said they had deployed more coppers to pursue the attackers who escaped towards the border, the Star reported. There were no notable injuries but the officials said the telecommunication mast was destroyed.
Police officers in Kenya usually guard telecommunication masts in northeastern given frequent destructions by the al-Shabaab murderous Moslems. Previously the bandidoshard boyz have destroyed the equipment to frustrate communications within the area.
The bandidoshard boyz have also been planting explosives on the routes used by the security agencies. More personnel have since been sent to the area and operations by the Border Patrol Unit heightened to tame the surge.
Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] troops domiciled in the region are currently pursuing the bandidoshard boyz to their hideouts but reports indicate they have since crossed to Somalia. There are close to 3,500 KDF soldiers in the Horn of Africa country.
[IsraelTimes] It is unclear who was behind hack of Strava app, which revealed info despite privacy settings; one individual tracked to site linked to Israel’s nuke program
A loophole in a popular fitness app was recently exploited by unknown individuals to track members of Israeli security forces as they moved around the country’s military bases and even traveled abroad, an online investigation group revealed Tuesday.
According to the investigation, the unknown individuals used a GPS-based feature in the Strava app to create shareable running routes at Israeli army bases and security sites. When these were then utilized by security personnel for exercise, the app exposed their private location-tracking information to the route’s creator, even if they had their security settings at the highest level.
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[IsraelTimes] Sources tell Rooters that talks underway to mend relationship; Syria shuttered Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, offices in 2012 after terror group backed violent mostly peaceful opposition against President Assad
A decade after breaking with Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... and decamping from Damascus, Hamas is in talks to resume ties with Syria, according to members of the terror group Tuesday.
Hamas and Syria have been on the outs since early 2012, when the group’s leadership came out against Assad’s brutal crackdown on the uprising that would turn into the Syrian civil war. Syria shuttered Hamas offices in Damascus months later, at the time officially closing the book on the relationship.
An anonymous official from the terror group said that Hamas and Syria were now engaged in "high-profile meetings," toward reconciliation, Rooters reported.
Syrian officials did not answer Rooters’ request for comment.
Hamas, an gang sworn to Israel’s destruction, moved its headquarters to Syria in the late 1990s.
Since leaving Damascus, Hamas’ leadership has been based mainly in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... , Egypt and the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip.
Hamas’ opposition to the Syrian government at the beginning of its civil war also angered their mutual ally Iran, which reportedly ceased funding the group, a claim denied in 2016 by the Islamic Theocratic Republic.
By 2017, relations between Hamas and Iran ...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence... were hailed as "fantastic" by Gaza’s ruler Yahya Sinwar.
Israel and Hamas have fought several wars since the terror group seized control over the Gaza Strip in 2007.
Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas set up a joint operation center in Beirut during last year’s 11-day conflict with Israel, according to Ibrahim al-Amine, editor of the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese daily al-Akhbar.
Hamas, an Islamic fundamentalist terror organization was founded in 1987 at the beginning of the First Intifada as an offshoot of Egypt’s Moslem Brüderbund. The group has repeatedly called for Israel’s destruction and has been responsible for dozens of deadly terror attacks.
The rupture that followed saw Hamas abandon its headquarters in the Syrian capital, where the group's former chief Khaled Meshal had lived for many years.
Top Hamas officials subsequently relocated to Doha and Istanbul.
Hamas has voiced anger over a recent diplomatic rapprochement between Turkey and Israel.
Meanwhile, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Beirut on Tuesday, for meetings aimed at "strengthening cooperation and fraternity between the Palestinian and the Lebanese people", a Hamas statement said.
There was no immediate indication that Haniyeh's visit to was tied to the Syrian outreach.
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[Censor] In the western military district of the Russian Federation the formation of the 3rd Army Corps numbering up to 15,500 servicemen with a permanent location in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod region, is underway. It is possible that they may be involved in the attack on the capital.
This was announced in an interview with Ukrinform by the commander of the group of forces and means of defense of the city of Kiev Alexander Pavlyuk, Censor.NET reports .
"Currently, three battalion tactical groups, one company tactical group from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and three battalions of the Federal Service of the National Guard are concentrated along the state border of Ukraine in the Bryansk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation. The main task of the offensive operation in the direction of Kyiv is to cover the area of the Russian-Ukrainian border. units, "Pavlyuk said.
In addition, according to the commander, in order to increase the number of troops and create favorable conditions for the offensive in the North-West Zone, the enemy continues to form reserve units and new military units.
"According to available data, the formation of the 3rd Army Corps with up to 15,500 servicemen with a permanent location in Mulino (Nizhny Novgorod region) is underway in the Western Military District. that, if necessary, units and military units of the newly formed army corps can be involved in the offensive on Kyiv, "he said.
Pavlyuk also noted that in the future the enemy will continue to launch air and missile strikes, including high-precision weapons, and keep the necessary set of troops near the state border to carry out restraining, as well as assault (raid) operations in some areas. fortification equipment of positions along the section of the Russian-Ukrainian border.
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....I'd be worried - very seriously worried - about the Russians thinking about just bludgeoning their way through to Kyiv regardless of losses and to hell with restrictions on WMD. They've been playing by 'modern' rules so far, but if they decide to go full Ivan Grozny...
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"P80's are often called ghost guns, as they can be constructed at home and oftentimes do not have serial numbers, making them hard to trace."
So the reporter does not know if it is a ghost gun but went with the term anyway. Since the cops are not following up the investigation I think it is safe to assume the gun was entirely legal and the term ghost gun was used to shock the British readers.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday morning struck down a New York state gun law that made it difficult to obtain a handgun carry permit outside the home in public for self-defense.
In an opinion penned by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court ruled 6-3 to strike down the New York law.
"Because the State of New York issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the State's licensing regime violates the Constitution," Thomas wrote for the court's 6-3 majority.
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I'm just loving all the whiners who felt Roe v Wade was sacrosanct and untouchable now saying maybe people should just ignore the Supreme Court.
Bwahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahahhaaaaaa!!!
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So who’s gonna enforce that ruling? How many Divisions has the SCOTUS?
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But hey, Sri Lanka is now 100% organic and nonGMO, so there's that
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Bet they long for old years of the Civil War with Luigi and the Tamil Tigers.
Good Times. Good. Times.
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Put in a call to Joe "Corn Pop" Biden and get a Sri Lankan priority flight out of El Paso. Crossing over from Juarez is easy. It's your best bet as I see it.
[IsraelTimes] 37-year-old from Anata allegedly hid knife in Jerusalem’s Old City to use in attack; district commander awards citations to officers for foiling recent attempted assaults
A Paleostinian man turned himself in to officers near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Monday after he initially planned a stabbing attack, police said.
According to police, the 37-year-old from the West Bank town of Anata regretted his alleged plan to stab Israelis in the area and approached officers in the Old City. A knife he had hidden nearby was found, police said.
He was to be brought before a court on Tuesday to have his custody extended.
Police said there had been several alleged attempted stabbing attacks in Jerusalem’s Old City in recent weeks.
On May 27, a young Paleostinian was detained by officers in the Old City after acting suspiciously. He was found to be carrying a knife and was accused of planning an attack.
On May 30, a 15-year-old East Jerusalem resident was found to be carrying a knife after fleeing from officers at the Damascus Gate entrance. He has been since indicted for allegedly planning an attack.
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Maybe it is just me, but I'd less concerned with who f**ked up which part of this mess and more about what they could have done to get a better outcome and what they would do differently next time. You know, the whole After Action/Lessons Learned thing. At the end, you'd have a 3-ring binder with all those important little details like where to get master keys, who to call, and who is running the show - stuff you don't want to try and figure out on the fly.
Also, a bunch of people should be reconsidering their career choices and looking for something more suitable to their abilities and temperament.
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Accountability demands consequences when failure occurs. That does not happen in our gummint, constabulary or corporate worlds anymore. They make a show of still having it in the military, but it's not all on the up-and-up there.
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So. Who was chief in contact with this entire time?
Looks like every decision point was a critical failure.
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Regarding after action plan, the officer on scene ordered them to not follow the standard plan. They were in place super-fast and then stood there. The door was unlocked, they had ballistic shields, they waited until it was over. Heads should roll.
Commentary by Russian military bogger Andrey Chervonets
Interesting details from the VSUshnik taken prisoner in Mirnaya Dolina. Kiev throws into the semi-cauldron all the unprepared, just a week as mobilized, soldiers.
If you listen to the prisoner, watch this report and look at your map, then what we have: Video referred to is in Russian
- it seems that the RF Armed Forces brought a fresh unit into the battle, presumably BTGr 90 TD, and broke through the enemy's defenses;
- after the final cleaning of the company stronghold on the mountain east of Toshkovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Toshkovka, Mirnaya Dolina did not have any prepared defense lines left. In addition, the Ukrainians has no artillery left that can "block" the direction of the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation / NAF;
- after units of the Ukrainian 54th ORB (separate reconnaissance battalion) were unwound on the oporniks northwest of Vrubovka a few days ago, it became clear that there were no significant reserves in this direction. The defense is held by armored groups (a couple of tanks plus a platoon of infantry with anti-tank weapons on vehicles), which direct artillery and demonstrate their presence.
- the operational environment of the Gorsko-Zolotoye group (up to 2,500 soldiers and officers) is rapidly turning into a cauldron.
- after the liberation of Mirnaya Dolina and Podlesnoye, if there are forces and means, it may make sense not to try to go to Lisichansk, but to go northwest, to Volcheyarovka, there is a little more than five km and there are no rivers and take a bridge across the Berestovaya river.
Further develop success on Topolevka (there is another five km to the north-west of Volcheyarovka), and the Seversk-Lysichansk highway will be under tight fire control. That is, the grouping in Lysichansk is also in the operational environment, where the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can be 8,000 people. Hand drawn graphics showing the situation are at the link
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Just saw video from The Sun taken during the past 24-48 hours of Ukrainian troops in Severodonetsk successfully engaging Russian troops that completely contradicts this Russian article.
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I'm not going to rely on just the Ukrainian version of events.
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The situation for Ukraine and NATO is far worse than is being reported. It's not just Ukraine that is "outgunned"; as Alexander Vershinin of the Royal United Service few Institute makes clear, the Russians have an extraordinary military-industrial advantage over NATO in production of ammunition, artillery shells and missiles.
"The war in Ukraine demonstrates that war between peer or near-peer adversaries demands the existence of a technically advanced, mass scale, industrial-age production capability. The Russian onslaught consumes ammunition at rates that massively exceed US forecasts and ammunition production."
Vershinin points out that the Russian military-industrial base outproduces that of the US by an order of magnitude -- and this lead is increasing -- in those basic categories that will determine the outcome of this or any conventional conflict with Russia in Europe:
"The Capacity of the West’s Industrial Base
The winner in a prolonged war between two near-peer powers is still based on which side has the strongest industrial base. A country must either have the manufacturing capacity to build massive quantities of ammunition or have other manufacturing industries that can be rapidly converted to ammunition production. Unfortunately, the West no longer seems to have either.
Presently, the US is decreasing its artillery ammunition stockpiles. In 2020, artillery ammunition purchases decreased by 36% to $425 million. In 2022, the plan is to reduce expenditure on 155mm artillery rounds to $174 million. This is equivalent to 75,357 M795 basic ‘dumb’ rounds for regular artillery, 1,400 XM1113 rounds for the M777, and 1,046 XM1113 rounds for Extended Round Artillery Cannons. Finally, there are $75 million dedicated for Excalibur precision-guided munitions that costs $176K per round, thus totaling 426 rounds.
In short, US annual artillery production would at best only last for 10 days to two weeks of combat in Ukraine. If the initial estimate of Russian shells fired is over by 50%, it would only extend the artillery supplied for three weeks.
The US is not the only country facing this challenge. In a recent war game involving US, UK and French forces, UK forces exhausted national stockpiles of critical ammunition after eight days.
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The deficit goes far beyond ammunition to include Javelins, Stingers and longer-range missiles.
A crucial "flawed assumption," in Vershinin's telling, was the notion that precision-guided munitions would render large stockpiles of missiles unnecessary. The Ukraine war has belied this.
Flawed Assumptions
"The first key assumption about future of combat is that precision-guided weapons will reduce overall ammunition consumption by requiring only one round to destroy the target. The war in Ukraine is challenging this assumption. Many ‘dumb’ indirect fire systems are achieving a great deal of precision without precision guidance, and still the overall ammunition consumption is massive. Part of the issue is that the digitisation of global maps, combined with a massive proliferation of drones, allows geolocation and targeting with increased precision, with video evidence demonstrating the ability to score first strike hits by indirect fires....
"Unfortunately, this is not only the case with artillery. Anti-tank Javelins and air-defence Stingers are in the same boat. The US shipped 7,000 Javelin missiles to Ukraine – roughly one-third of its stockpile – with more shipments to come. Lockheed Martin produces about 2,100 missiles a year, though this number might ramp up to 4,000 in a few years. Ukraine claims to use 500 Javelin missiles every day.
The expenditure of cruise missiles and theatre ballistic missiles is just as massive. The Russians have fired between 1,100 and 2,100 missiles. The US currently purchases 110 PRISM, 500 JASSM and 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles annually, meaning that in three months of combat, Russia has burned through four times the US annual missile production.
The Russian rate of production can only be estimated. Russia started missile production in 2015 in limited initial runs, and even in 2016 the production runs were estimated at 47 missiles. This means that it had only five to six years of full-scale production. If competition between autocracies and democracies has really entered a military phase, then the arsenal of democracy must radically improve its approach to the production of materiel in wartime
The initial stockpile in February 2022 is unknown, but considering expenditures and the requirement to hold substantial stockpiles back in case of war with NATO, it is unlikely that the Russians are worried. In fact, they seem to have enough to expend operational-level cruise missiles on tactical targets. The assumption that there are 4,000 cruise and ballistic missiles in the Russian inventory is not unreasonable. This production will probably increase despite Western sanctions. In April, ODK Saturn, which makes Kalibr missile motors, announced an additional 500 job openings. This suggests that even in this field, the West only has parity with Russia..."
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Late day, Comrade. However - your manager will not be pleased your propaganda didn't hit prime reading time. Sad.
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The above analysis comports with what another commenter was saying here the other day about the extraordinary decline in US military-industrial spending.
It is clear that the US and UK are rapidly depleting their supplies and are in no position to fight a war with China or Russia (or both).
"Finally, there is an assumption about overall ammunition consumption rates. The US government has always lowballed this number. From the Vietnam era to today, small arms plants have shrunk from five to just one.
This was glaring at the height of the Iraq war, when the US started to run low on small arms ammunition, causing the US government to buy British and Israeli ammunition during the initial stage of the war. At one point, the US had to dip into Vietnam and even Second World War-era ammo stockpiles of .50 calibre ammunition to feed the war effort.
This was largely the result of incorrect assumptions about how effective US troops would be. Indeed, the Government Accountability Office estimated that it took 250,000 rounds to kill one insurgent. Luckily for the US, its gun culture ensured that small arms ammunition industry has a civilian component in the US. This is not the case with other types of ammunition, as shown earlier with Javelin and Stinger missiles.
Lt Col (Retd) Alex Vershinin has 10 years of frontline experience in Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan. For the last decade before his retirement, he worked as a modelling and simulations officer in concept development and experimentation for NATO and the US Army.
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I'm sorry, your AgitProp is too late to qualify for today's billing. Please don't add these to any billings for tomorrow or future date, Respectfully.
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Now I recall the commenter's name: "ZhangFei." He made excellent points, which Lt. Col. Vershinin underscores, about the paucity of funding for the contemporary US military-industrial base.
Vershinin of the Royal United Service Institute also notes the enormous problems created by other aspects of the cure t military-industrial system, such as America's heavy reliance upon just in time manufacturing as well as dependence upon its greatest rival,China, for certain rare earth metals and other crucial inputs.
Vershinin has done an outstanding job. It's a fascinating article, one that serious and intelligent people such as "ZhangFei" would dual to read and ponder.
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Thank you for this. Yes it's fascinating and appalling.
Can someone verify whether this is this really true?
...at the height of the Iraq war, when the US started to run low on small arms ammunition, causing the US government to buy British and Israeli ammunition during the initial stage of the war. At one point, the US had to dip into Vietnam and even Second World War-era ammo stockpiles of .50 calibre ammunition to feed the war effort.
This was largely the result of incorrect assumptions about how effective US troops would be. Indeed, the Government Accountability Office estimated that it took 250,000 rounds to kill one insurgent.
Oil Derek has assured us that he doesn't care who wins in Ukraine, as long as we recognize our stupidity in sanctioning Russia. So imagine my surprise to see him here. It's a real discontinuity.
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Their problem is with complexity. They don't understand the concept of unintended consequences. A persistent failing of American foreign policy for over half a century.
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Oil Derek has assured us that he doesn't care who wins in Ukraine, as long as we recognize our stupidity in sanctioning Russia.
If Ukraine could win without destroying our economy, sure Is be glad to support that. But that ain't what's happening. Biden's war is a package deal. The sanctions are a bad joke. Wyle E Coyote and his Acme rocket stuff.
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And Putin fully understood the consequences of invading Ukraine, Jean Paul?
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Biden's war is a package deal. The sanctions are a bad joke. Wyle E Coyote and his Acme rocket stuff.
LOL. Biden is incapable of thinking even one step ahead. Whatever one thinks of Putin, he and his finance team obviously anticipated (even more) sanctions and were well prepared for them. They've been managing the sanctions fallout for 8 years.
Even Trump increased the sanctions pressure on Russia. It is impossible for anyone sentient to argue that US sanctions were not anticipated by Putin.
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In fact one could argue that Putin and his finance ministers probably saw a big opportunity to screw the West and blunt any sanctions last summer, when the new American administration signaled it wanted to strangle the US oil industry.
Remember that one of the damaging blows suffered by the USSR in the mid-1980s was the collapse in the oil price.
Oil prices higher than $90/barrel give Russian leaders many more foreign policy options than they have when the oil price is below $50.
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Not exactly. The Saudis are the world's major swing producer. A price maker rather than a price taker. They can move prices up or down as it suits them. Russia is developing into a price maker as well.
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#26 It's the kind of question that you can't answer without getting in trouble. I can say anything I want to about Biden, good or bad. Go ahead, say one bad thing about Putin. Maybe you didn't like the tie he wore to the May Day Parade?
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"Putin like most of the world's leaders lies and steals and is unkind to his rivals."
Now that's enough. Either respond to the substance of the discussion or find another thread.
Back on topic, it's well known that we're badly depleting our weapons stocks. We are extremely vulnerable now. More so than any time I can remember. The Brits are in an even worse position
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 'Not one person has been held to account': Fury at police force that looked the other way while 1,400 girls were abused by Asian gangs as victims blast report that found NO officers have been sacked despite 260 complaints
South Yorkshire Police 'failed to protect vulnerable children' from 1997 to 2013 But despite all the revelations since, the failure to protect continues.
47 officers investigated by watchdog but all kept their jobs despite complaints
Teens were seen as 'consenting to abuse' by police, according to investigation
Officers were instead told to prioritise other crimes, the report out today found
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Seems that 'democracies' can't find the will to fire its employees. However, it can basically throw out the protection and safeguards for its citizens when it feels like it. This is the 'democracy' that Nancy and Brandon claim others want to destroy.
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Some key points lost on many American readers, the unspoken aspect is that the girls were disproportionately white and the "Asian" perpetrators were overwhelmingly Muslim, Pakistani immigrants.
Get that context and the fear of "racism", "Islamaphobia", and "racial unrest" by management
adds a more complex aspect to apparent corruption.
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Some key points lost on many American readers, the unspoken aspect is that the girls were disproportionately white and the "Asian" perpetrators were overwhelmingly Muslim, Pakistani immigrants.
Get that context and the fear of "racism", "Islamaphobia", and "racial unrest" by management
adds a more complex aspect to apparent corruption.
IIRC, some police were in on it, with protection and even recommendations.
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[Censor] Operational information as of 18.00 on 22.06.2022 regarding the Russian invasion.
This was reported by Censor.NET .
"In the Volyn and Polissya areas, the situation has not changed significantly.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy used barrel artillery to shell areas of the settlements of Turya, Myropilske and Slavgorod, Sumy region.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position of its units near the town of Slovyansk by storming. He used barrel and jet artillery in the areas of Bohorodychne, Nova Dmytrivka, Novopavlivka, Kurulka, Dolyna, Pryshyb, Krasnopillya, Vernopillya, Ridne, Chervone, Shnurky, Chervona Polyana, Karnaukhivka, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Nova Dmytrivka and Semyla.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is fighting to deter units of the Defense Forces and prevent them from entering the state border. He carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Bayrak, Peremoha, Korobochkyne, Shevelivka, Rubizhne, Lebyazhe, Mospanove, Shestakove, Petrovka, Ruska Lozova, Khrestyshche, Kulinichi, Udy, Staryi Saltiv, Verkhniy Saltiv, Pitchivnyk and Rtyty.
In the Donetsk direction, the occupying forces are trying to advance towards the city of Bakhmut and establish control over the city of Severodonetsk.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy launched air strikes in the areas of Verkhnyokamyanka, Severodonetsk and Sirotyne. Fighting continues for the city of Severodonetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Berestove, Yakovlivka, Klinove and Vershina, and air and missile strikes near Chasov Yar, Novolugansk and Gorsky.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Kramatorsk direction. He fired at the positions of the Defense Forces with artillery in the Pryshib, Sidorov, Donetsk and Mayakov districts.
In the Avdiivka, Kurakhiv, Novopavliv and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy continues to systematically fire in order to prevent the transfer of units of the Defense Forces to other directions.
The enemy launched air strikes near Novobahmutovka, Kamyanka, Avdiivka, Pavlivka, Vuhledar and Shevchenko.
In the Novobakhmutovka area, our soldiers repulsed the assault and forced the enemy to retreat.
In the South Buz direction, the enemy is trying to prevent the advance of units of our troops into the occupied territory, with engineering equipment of positions, fire from barrel and jet artillery, "the statement reads.
A Minnesota communist activist is revealed to be a sex offender convicted of a child sex crime. Lucas Alan Dietsche, 40, of Mankato, Minn., spent two years in prison and is now a leader of an #antifa group called the John Brown Brigade of Mankato. https://t.co/S0aVkRhtkx
[EIA] Proved reserves of U.S. crude oil and lease condensate declined 19%, from 47.2 billion barrels to 38.2 billion barrels at the end of 2020.
Proved reserves are estimated volumes of hydrocarbon resources that analysis of geologic and engineering data demonstrates with reasonable certainty 1 are recoverable under existing economic and operating conditions. Reserves estimates change from year to year because of:
New discoveries
Thorough appraisals of existing fields
Production of existing reserves
Changes in prices, costs, ownership, or planned infrastructure
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Regime Change in Venezuela would seem a worthy goal for the CIA. If the chart is accurate, civilian nuke power plants and that whole Monroe Doctrine thingy would be worth a re-look!
The Pentagon refused to disclose the airman's name, but noted that he was an explosives expert
A spokesperson for the Air Force said that the soldier has not been charged, as it is still 'too early in the process'
The US military initially reported that the April 7th attack in Green Village, Deir Ezzor was a minor artillery strike from a local anti-American militia group, which are not uncommon in the country
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Severodonetsk.
The enemy is blocked at the Azot plant. There is no assault on "Azot", some civilians leave the territory of the enterprise.
There are isolated cases of surrender. The enemy cannot withdraw from Azot. Armed Forces of Ukraine have no opportunity to fully release Azot.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the army of the LPR are waiting for the group advancing from Vrubovka and Toshkovka to come to Lisichansk. The roads to Lisichansk are under constant fire.
2. Zolotoye.
Today, the operational encirclement of the enemy grouping in Gorskoye and Zolote took shape. Our troops took Mirnaya Dolina, entered Podlesnoye, and also advanced from Ustinovka to Belaya Gora. Enemy resistance sharply weakened, part of the forces retreated to Lisichansk, part to Artemovsk.
The only road to Gorskoye through Lich-Alexandrovka is under full fire control of the RF Armed Forces. The operational environment turns into a cauldron.
3. Artemovsk.
The enemy is putting up serious resistance in the area of Pokrovsky and Klinovoe. Today, our troops have already been fighting street battles in Klinovoe. The forward positions of our troops are located 5 km from Artemovsk. But it won't be easy to take it.
4. Soledar.
Heavy fighting for Berestovoye and Belogorovka. Our troops have clung to the villages, but it is still far from complete mopping up, since the enemy has transferred reserves here and is actively working with artillery. In turn, the enemy's attempts to regain control over the Artemovsk-Lysichansk highway were unsuccessful. Moreover, the potential loss of Nikolaevka will further complicate the situation of the Severodonetsk grouping.
5. Avdievka.
Intense counter-battery struggle continued. The enemy continued to shell Donetsk and other settlements. The battles near Novobakhmutovka and New York did not bring any major changes.
6. Ugledar.
The enemy, after several days of fighting, again tried to attack Pavlovka and started fighting in the area of the village and on its outskirts.
There are no significant changes in Marinka and Velikaya Novoselovka, as, indeed, on the Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole-Velikaya Novoseloveka line, where positional battles continue.
7. Slavyansk.
Fighting in the area of Prishib, Dolyna, Krasnopolye and Bogorodichny. It is expected that the fighting will soon move to Sidorovo and further to Mayaky.
8. Izyum.
Battles at Velikaya Kamyshevakha and Kurulka. The enemy shells Balakleya and conducts reconnaissance in force, probing the possibility of straining the flanks of the Izyum grouping.
9. Kharkov.
The enemy went on the defensive in most areas, abandoning intensive attempts to regain lost positions near Rubezhnoye, Ternovoye and Verkhny Saltov.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are conducting an artillery offensive and have sharply intensified attacks on Kharkov and Chuguev, as well as on the area of Uda and Zolochev.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are strengthening the defense in the villages on the outskirts of Kharkov in anticipation of the advance of Russian troops.
10. Nikolaev.
The enemy continued to attempt to attack in the Snegirevka area, and also claims to be moving towards Kiselevka in the direction of Kherson and tactical successes in this direction. From our side, this is denied. On the Nikopol direction without changes.
11. Odessa.
The enemy again attempted strikes against Zmeiny Island today. Satellite images show at least 1 hit on some object on the island.
The results of the retaliatory actions of the RF Armed Forces are still unknown.
The attempt on June 20 cost the Armed Forces dearly, but the enemy continues to probe for the possibility of attacking Serpentine Island despite the losses.
[ColonelCassad] Today our troops took Rai-Aleksandrovka and Loskutovka. All settlements around Gorsky and Zolotoe are controlled by our troops.
Fighting is underway in the direction of Volcheyarovka and Nikolaevka. The remaining enemy forces in Gorsky and Zolotoy went over to all-round defense.
The next boiler for the Ukrainian army is completely ready.
[Gateway] A study of COVID vaccines shows that sperm counts in males are reduced as a result of taking the vaccine.
Alex Berenson reported on a peer-reviewed paper published at the journal Andrology showing large decreases in sperm counts among men after the second dose of Pfizer’s mRNA Covid jab.
Based on counts from men who donated sperm to three fertility clinics in Israel, this finding is devastating — medically and politically.
It cuts to the heart of the hottest button question of all about the mRNA shots, whether they have hidden fertility risks. That issue has simmered since early 2021, following my reporting that data showed the shots had caused excess miscarriages in rats — and other reports showing that measurable amounts of vaccine reached the ovaries and testes in tests in rats.
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/\ Meds for the prevention of ovulation have been in use for decades. Meds for the reduction of sperm counts can now partner to assist with the reduction of carbon emitting target populations.
"I am of the opinion that out of approx. 10 million European Jews at least 2–3 million men and women will be fit for work and should be kept alive. . . Of course this can only be done if they are at the same time rendered incapable of reproduction . . . "
I have also heard third-hand accounts of sperm banks turning away males who have been vaccinated...heard that last year, so this report does not surprise me.
[IsraelTimes] Officials don’t say how many people arrested or their nationalities; separately Iran ...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence... announces that a group was arrested in April on suspicion of leaking classified nuclear secrets.
Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had arrested Mossad agents who were planning to assassinate nuclear scientists in the country.
The announcement did not detail the alleged agents’ nationalities or how many people were tossed into the calaboose. There were no further details given on the alleged plot.
"The arrest of these Mossad operatives came after a complicated intelligence operation that lasted for eight months of monitoring them," said Mehdi Shamsabadi, the prosecutor general of Sistan-Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province, according to Iran’s Mehr News.
Shamsabadi said the investigation was ongoing and that the individuals would be charged in the near future.
"The case is currently in the preliminary investigation stage and an indictment will be issued and sent to the court soon," he said, according to the state-run Islamic Theocratic Republic News Agency.
The report also said that three people had been arrested two months earlier on suspicion of leaking classified information related to Iran’s nuclear program. The report said the three — named as M.S., M.Z. and A-Gh — were linked to Israeli intelligence services.
It said one of those arrested was a woman who held a government position in an Iranian province but had previously worked for an organization linked to the presidency. Another individual arrested had tried to access confidential information through "administrative and executive authorities."
Iran often detains individuals it claims are linked to foreign intelligence services without providing public evidence.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday that Israeli and Ottoman Turkish security officials have worked together to foil terrorist attacks on Israelis in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... "The operational efforts alongside Ottoman Turkish security forces have borne fruit," Bennett said. "In recent days, in a joint Israeli-Ottoman Turkish effort, we thwarted a number of attacks and a number of turbans were arrested on Ottoman Turkish soil."
The prime minister did not include details on the number of attacks, how many individuals were arrested, or the nationality of the terrorists.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Large military reinforcements belonging to Saudi occupation forces have arrived in Mahrah, the easternmost province in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... This was reported by Yemen News Portal, based on testimonies of local sources.
According to the sources, the Saudi reinforcements, included military vehicles and soldiers, arrived in the city of al-Ghaydah, the center of the province.
The forces would carry out a deployment in several military positions from which they withdrew last December, one of the sources said .
Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... has occupied several military sites and locations in the province, including of al-Ghaydah International Airport, amid widespread popular protests against the presence of the Saudi occupation.
Riyadh is trying to extend a pipeline to transport crude oil from Najran a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of the province of the same name, a favored target of Houthi rocket forces because they can see it, so there's no math involved.... to Nishtun port as part of its objectives in waging war on Yemen for the eighth year in a row.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:51 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Ukraine should not "give up its territories in exchange for peace." He told the newspaper Corriere della Sera. 15:20 Lithuania expects Russia to disconnect it from the regional power grid in response to the blocking of rail transport of Russian goods to the Kaliningrad region.
14:40 In the Kherson region, an attempt was made on the head of the military-civilian administration of Chernobaevka, he was slightly injured, reported RIA Novosti village administration
12:29 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the results of attacks on Nikolaev.
As a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces, up to 500 servicemen of the Ukrainian 59th Mechanized Brigade with weapons and military equipment, located in the shops of the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant Okean, were destroyed.
In addition, the fuel terminal in Nikolaev, from which Ukrainian military equipment was supplied, was destroyed.
But the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the heat exchanger in Novoshakhtinsk, writes Colonelcassad.
11:45 Across Nikolaev, several missiles arrived at infrastructure facilities. There are strong explosions and fires in the area of the shipyard and oil depot.
11:05 In Kherson, Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered to the Russian military commandant's office asked not to be included in the exchange lists and to issue Russian citizenship.
“We want to stay here, live here, get citizenship, and so that all this nonsense and war doesn’t touch us anymore, I just want to live peacefully. We want <…> to help Russia fight Nazism,” said conscripts Boyko and Nevzglyadov.
They reported that they were issued summons to the army at work and threatened with three years in prison for draft evasion.
10:16 There will be no accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU - Minister Delegate to the French Foreign Ministry.
08:02 The anti-aircraft missile system of the Tor-M2 air defense system destroyed the Bayraktar drone, which was moving in the direction of the positions of the Russian troops.
[BBC] For the track lovers
Over 100 dirt bikes and ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) were lined up and crushed by a bulldozer, in New York City.
They were just some of the 2,000 illegal vehicles that seized this year by the New York Police Department, under a promise from Mayor Eric Adams to eradicate the "nuisance" from city.
Dirt bikes and ATVs are designed for unpaved roads and it is illegal to ride them on the city's streets.
At least the NYCPD are allowed to enforce some of the laws on the city’s books...
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The corpse count from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has reached at least 1,000, an official from one of the worst-hit provinces said Wednesday.
"The number is increasing. People are digging grave after grave," Mohammad Amin Huzaifa, head of the Information and Culture Department in Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... , said in a message to journalists.
The quake shook parts of eastern Afghanistan and parts of Pakistain during the early hours of Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The quake struck about 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan and was at a depth of 51km (31 miles), according to the USGS.
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[Korrespondent] 23:37 British military intelligence believes that the pace of Russia's offensive in Ukraine will slow down in the next few months, Johnson said in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung: "Our military intelligence believes that in the next few months Russia may come to a point where there will no longer be any moving forward because it has exhausted its resources. Then we must help the Ukrainians to change the dynamics. <...> To the extent that the Ukrainians are able to launch a counter-offensive, it should be supported. With the weapons they demand from us."
Asked what a Ukrainian victory or Putin's defeat would look like, Johnson pointed out that at the very least, the pre-February 24 status quo should be restored and Russian troops should be forced out of the occupied territories.
23:33 During the summit in Madrid at the end of June, NATO allies will decide to provide Ukraine with immediate assistance to repel Russian aggression and will consider a long-term program for rearmament of the Armed Forces of Ukraine according to NATO standards, Stoltenberg said.
23:31 Tankers that transport Russian oil are increasingly turning off their location in the Atlantic Ocean - a similar tactic is used to buy sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, writes Bloomberg. Over the past ten days, at least three tankers have disappeared from AIS as they approached the Azores, a tiny group of islands 1,500 kilometers from mainland Portugal, according to the publication.
They probably transferred their parties to other ships. Such "transfers" of cargo did not occur before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, especially with the location turned off, analysts say.
22:55 In Ukraine, a division of river boats has been formed on the Dnieper River and its tributaries, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa told the Army Inform portal: "On the initiative and with the support of the command of the Ground Forces, we jointly formed a division of river boats in the north of the Dnieper - the main logistical artery Ukraine that we cannot afford to lose."
22:27 The occupiers continue to abduct residents of Energodar and employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said: "People are being kidnapped en masse, the location of some of them is unknown. The rest are in very difficult conditions: they are tortured with electric current and mocked both physically and mentally."
22:16 The purpose of the military operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Zmein is the complete liberation of the island from Russian invaders, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon. He said that "a group consisting of air defense units, units armed with rocket artillery mounts, there are three of them. In addition, there is a boat group and special forces units of the Russian Federation."
Budanov said that the operation is ongoing and will continue until the island is completely liberated. He clarified that all the "unusual" events in the Kherson region over the past four days have occurred thanks to the resistance movement, which cooperates with the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, including military intelligence.
22:07 Zelensky talked with the student community of key universities in Canada: "If Russia seizes Ukrainian territories and kills Ukrainians with impunity, this can become an example for other states in any corner of the planet, so the whole world should join in countering the aggressor, and in no case You can't get tired of the war in Ukraine."
21:52 Local residents of occupied Skadovsk Kherson heard explosions. The mayor of the city, Alexander Yakovlev, said that two explosions were heard: "It flew into the industrial zone near the port. Information about the destruction and victims is being specified."
21:46 In the Internet troops of Ukraine, the total number of "fighters" exceeds 200 thousand people, Deputy Minister of Culture Anastasia Bondar said on the air of the telethon. According to her, the main task of the Internet troops is to remain in the global information space - with Ukrainian topics. Anyone who has access to the Internet can join such troops. "These are not bots - these are real people who devote part of their time to helping Ukraine spread this or that information," Bondar explained.
21:13 An enemy missile that was flying today in one of the districts of the Odesa region was destroyed by air defense forces, OVA speaker Serhiy Bratchuk said.
21:07 Zelensky said that he had talked with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer: "We discussed the upcoming summit of the European Council. Thanked Austria for humanitarian support. We exchanged views on the reconstruction and the upcoming conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Lugano."
21:05 Ukrainian forces have moved the first line of defense of Russian troops in the Kherson region, said the press secretary of the Pivden Operational Command Forces Natalya Gumenyuk on the air of the telethon. According to her, the fortifications that the enemy erected no longer help him.
Ukrainian forces continue to advance in the Kherson direction, Gumenyuk noted, but as soon as Kyiv reports encouraging news, Russia intensifies shelling. So, today Nikolaev was fired upon. In the Mykolaiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving towards the Kherson region, Gumenyuk added and urged to observe the regime of information silence so as not to interfere with gaining a foothold in the liberated settlements.
20:58 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, confirmed the fact of the attempt on the life of a collaborator, people's deputy Alexei Kovalev in the Kherson region: "I can confirm that a certain action was committed. The car was definitely blown up. In what condition this collaborator and traitor is, we find out."
20:56 Ukraine may soon take away some of the defenders whom Russia captured in Mariupol, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon: "We clearly know about the fate of almost all of them, we are engaged in their release from captivity. I hope that in the near future many see their loved ones at home." He clarified that we are not talking about the return of all at once - in the near future they hope to release a "more or less significant" number of prisoners. The main problem, according to Budanov, is the exchange of command personnel.
Budanov also said that the bulk of the prisoners of war are in a camp in the occupied Yelenovka, Donetsk region, but periodically "certain people" are taken out of there for investigative actions.
20:52 Russian TV presenter Maxim Galkin was excluded from the list of persons threatening the national security of Ukraine. Galkin was included in the corresponding list of the Ministry of Culture in November 2021. From the beginning of the war, he took a pro-Ukrainian position.
20:50 Lithuania has expanded restrictions on the transit of sanctioned goods through its territory to the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation - the ban now applies not only to the railway, but also to roads, Delfi reports, citing a representative of Lithuanian carriers. Lithuanian customs officers do not allow trucks with prohibited goods to pass, which is why queues form at checkpoints.
20:48 Germany warns Russia against countermeasures in response to restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Kaliningrad region through Lithuania, said German government spokesman Steffen Hebestrait: "We urge Russia not to take any measures that violate international law." He stressed that Lithuania acts within the framework of European sanctions and does not restrict the movement of goods that are not subject to them.
20:44 Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov said on the air of the telethon that there is no threat of an invasion of the Belarusian army into the territory of Ukraine now: "At this stage, there is no threat from the Belarusian side, I can tell you with absolute certainty. The situation is under control. Belarus continues and military training, and exercises, and the strengthening of the border, a whole complex of various military actions is now taking place.But they are not aimed at conducting military operations against Ukraine at this stage.If they have such thoughts, we will immediately know about it and Let's all take appropriate action."
20:33 Ukraine has earned the status of a candidate in the EU, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, speaking in the European Parliament: "Now we need to make a decision in the European Council and comply with the historical responsibility that we face."
20:15 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin specified that Azovstal in Mariupol could continue to work "as an industrial park or a place of recreation", but not as a metallurgical complex. Earlier today, he said that the Russian government "would be inclined to believe that Azovstal should continue to work," since "that's 12,000 employees."
20:12 The Belarusian army is digging trenches and trenches near the borders with Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, reports Belaruski Gayun.
20:07 Russian language and literature will no longer be taught in the Odessa region, said Alexander Lonchak, director of the Department of Education and Science of the OVA. According to him, the corresponding textbooks have already been seized, and all Russian writers have been removed from the educational program. The teaching of the Russian language in schools will also be completely banned: "We were offered to leave the Russian language and literature as an elective, but we refused. The department stands for its complete ban in all city educational institutions."
19:53 In Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, under the rubble of a high-rise building destroyed today by a Russian rocket, the bodies of three people were found, head of the Zolochiv community Viktor Kovalenko told Suspіlny.
19:36 Replacing the British stockpiles of weapons depleted in connection with deliveries to Ukraine will take several years, British Chief of Staff Tony Radakin said at a meeting of the Lords Committee on Foreign Relations and Defense: "Let's be honest, we are talking about years, because in fact In fact, it is impossible to get fast production at the click of a button when it comes to modern weapons."
Radakin added that it could be "five to ten years" before the UK can deploy a division capable of fighting alongside US forces: "We could field a division now, but it's not the one we'd like."
19:13 Agreements on holding talks with the participation of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain have not yet been reached, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told Interfax-Ukraine: "Ukraine welcomes the efforts of the UN Secretary General to resolve the issue of export of grain from the Ukrainian sea blocked by Russia ports. At present, expert consultations between the parties concerned are ongoing. Concrete agreements on holding quadripartite negotiations with the participation of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN have not yet been reached."
19:00 Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention, which it signed back in 2011. This document is one of the most effective international acts in the field of protection of women's rights. For more than a decade, it could not be ratified because of the threats that, according to conservative segments of the population, are hidden under the concept of "gender". Read more in the material What is the Istanbul Convention.
18:23 As a result of today's mortar attacks on the village of Prishib, Kharkiv region, five local residents were killed, the head of the Izyum district administration, Stepan Maselsky, said on the air of the telethon. The women were at the entrance of a multi-storey building.
18:12 In Mariupol, the occupiers have changed the tactics of movement control: stationary checkpoints have been dismantled, only checkpoints in the area of bridges have been left. At the same time, control is more often used by mobile groups that suddenly appear in different parts of the city, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. According to him, the change in tactics is connected with the withdrawal of most of the military from the city to other sectors of the front. In particular, for the second day in a row, large columns of vehicles are leaving Mariupol and the Mariupol region in the direction of Berdyansk-Pologi.
18:00 As a result of an enemy missile attack on Nikolaev, a terminal owned by the agricultural trader Viterra caught fire, writes Bloomberg with reference to the company's data. The terminal can export up to 1.5 million tons of oil per year. The mayor of the city, Alexander Senkevich, said that "the fire broke out on the territory of a private enterprise where oil was stored."
17:57 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that the government of the Russian Federation "will be inclined to believe that Azovstal should continue to work," since "there are 12,000 workers." Earlier, the "DPR" stated that the plant would not be restored, because its work had a bad effect on the environment.
17:54 Security will work in Ukrainian schools, and systems will also appear to alert the alarm. In addition, children will be trained to evacuate, Minister of Education Sergei Shkarlet said on the air of the telethon.
17:52 Next week, training will begin for the Ukrainian military on the use of the Mars II multiple launch rocket system, which Germany promised to provide, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said. Mars II will be the next weapon system that Berlin will provide to Ukraine after the already transferred seven Panzerhaubitze 2000 heavy self-propelled artillery mounts (five more were transferred by the Netherlands).
The German government has promised to provide three Mars II systems, with three more coming from the UK and four from the US. These systems are important "to support Ukraine with artillery that is long-range yet very accurate," Lambrecht said.
17:49 The Ministry of Digital Development reported that Ukrainians who suffered from Russian aggression can receive compensation in the amount of 5,000 to 30,000 euros - for this you need to submit an application to the European Court of Human Rights within four months, but no later than January 16, 2023. The corresponding form must be filled out on the website: https://espl.com.ua
17:30 Scholz, during his speech in the Bundestag, said that he does not currently see the prospect of negotiations on Ukraine: “We are far from negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Russia believes in a dictated peace. We must continue to support Ukraine, including with a large number of weapons <...> Ukraine is receiving weapons that it especially needs at the current stage of the war. Germany is supplying weapons - today and in the future."
The chancellor also stressed that "partnership with Putin's imperialist Russia is unthinkable in the foreseeable future."
17:26 Russian media today spread information that Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili accused Ukraine, which allegedly demanded not to give his country the status of an EU candidate. He stated that the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, personally traveled to Europe and the United States and insisted on this: "Arakhamia practically put forward an ultimatum to Europe that if Georgia received the status of a candidate, they would be very upset."
Arakhamia himself commented on this information: "Georgia has always been and will be a friend of Ukraine. I want to thank all the Georgian people for supporting Ukraine and our citizens. And I ask you not to fall for the provocations and fakes spread by the Prime Minister of Georgia."
16:55 Lithuania is ready for Russia to cut them off from the common power grid due to transit restrictions to Kaliningrad, President Gitanas Nauseda said in an interview with Reuters: "We are ready for unfriendly actions from Russia, such as disconnecting from the BRELL system or other It will not be wrong for us to use this example to show what Russia really is and what methods and threats it uses to solve its problems.Maybe this will cool the heads of those who say that we should help the Russian Federation save face, then how defiantly she threatens us."
At the same time, Nauseda added that he does not believe that Russia "will challenge us militarily, because we are a member of NATO."
16:34 Belarus has placed wooden dummies of tanks on the border with Ukraine in order to "promptly disguise and demonstrate its presence," Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanyk said.
16:32 Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against expanding military alliances. He stated this at the BRICS virtual forum with the participation of the top leadership of Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. According to Xi Jinping, "the Ukrainian crisis is ... a wake-up call." He warned that one should not seek one's own security at the expense of the security of other countries.
16:18 Russia regularly hits Ukrainian oil refineries and fuel depots, but this time the Russian refinery has already been put out of action. More details - in the material Fire at an oil refinery near Rostov - what is known .
16:10 Miami Police will hand over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine the weapons purchased from the local population during the Guns 4 Ukraine action. According to The Washington Post, American law enforcement officers pursued two goals - to reduce the number of weapons on the streets of the city and to help the defenders of Ukraine. Therefore, they announced that they would buy weapons without question about their origin, even if they are prohibited types.
They paid $50 for pistols, $100 for guns, and $150 for assault rifles. As a result, the police collected 68 weapons. However, only a small part will be transferred to Ukraine, since a special federal license is required for the export of weapons.
15:58 Ukraine plans to complete seven steps towards EU membership by the end of this year, said Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Earlier, German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhusen said that Ukraine can easily cope with the seven requirements stipulated by the European Commission, since much has already been done.
"The decision is so historic that almost all EU leaders confirmed the existence of a consensus on the start of Ukraine's accession to the European Union and granting it the status of a candidate for EU membership," the Deputy Prime Minister said. At the same time, Stefanyshina admitted that Kyiv does not have high expectations from the NATO summit in Madrid, no breakthrough decisions on Ukraine and the end of the war with Russia are expected there.
15:44 As a result of rocket attacks of Nikolaev in the city one person was lost, two more got wounds, one school, five high-rise buildings, four private houses and two private enterprises are damaged, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
15:37 The son of a journalist, the general director of the Blitz-Inform publishing house, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Business Vladimir Chepovoy, Ivan asks not to spread unverified information about the death of his father at the front. According to him, officially his father is listed as missing, he is not on the lists of dead or wounded.
15:35 Ukraine has assured its Western partners that it is not going to attack Russian territory and will use the weapons provided by the West only for its own defense, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said in the Bundestag.
15:31 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she was "alarmed" by the West's repeated statements that Russia is to blame for the global food crisis: "This is a lie - such accusations are a complete lie. This means that the West can supply all these weapons to "Ukraine, but for some reason nothing can be taken out of Ukraine? This is illogical - on the one hand, the European Union says that a threat to global food security is being created, but at the same time they are blocking the delivery of goods to their own continent."
15:29 Doctors Without Borders has recorded a "shocking level" of indiscriminate violence against civilians in Ukraine, writes The Guardian. On a special train of the organization, its employees evacuated more than 650 patients from the east of Ukraine from March 31 to June 6, 40% of the wounded were elderly people and children with shrapnel and gunshot wounds, traumatic amputation.
"Most of the patients we spoke to when determining who was responsible for their injuries pointed to Russian and Russian-backed military forces," the organization said.
15:22 The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy's advance in the direction of Molodyozhny and Yekaterinovka, Donetsk region, said Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. He also said that Severodonetsk remains the hottest point, the enemy is working on resuming the offensive in the direction of Izyum and Slavyansk - the invaders are actively conducting reconnaissance.
15:16 In the Odessa region, the Russians launched four missile strikes today, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. According to him, the blows were inflicted on an infrastructure facility. There were no casualties, but the object itself was damaged.
15:14 In the Vladimir region of the Russian Federation, three servicemen and a civilian were killed during the explosion of ammunition during unloading and loading operations, the Western Military District said.
15:10 In Odessa, from June 22, any alcohol can be bought from 9:00 to 20:00, OVA reported. It is forbidden to sell alcohol to military personnel, National Guard soldiers and policemen.
14:53 In the Kherson region, an attempt was made on the head of the "military-civilian administration" of Chernobaevka, Yury Turulev, he was slightly wounded, the administration of the village told RIA Novosti.
14:42 Indirect losses in Ukrainian agriculture due to the reduction and rise in production costs, the blockade of ports are estimated at more than $23.3 billion, according to a study conducted by the Center for Food and Land Use Research KSE Institute together with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
14:27 Finland is ready to fight with Russia in the event of its attack, said the head of the country's Defense Ministry Timo Kivinen: "We have systematically developed our military defense precisely for the type of hostilities that is being conducted in Ukraine, with the massive use of firepower, armored vehicles, as well as aviation ". According to the minister, Finland has created a significant arsenal, but the decisive factor is the motivation of the Finns. The general also believes that even after joining NATO, Finland itself will still bear the main responsibility for the defense of Finland.
14:16 Customs data showed that Switzerland imported gold from Russia during the war, writes Reuters. In May, Switzerland received 3.1 tons of gold from the Russian Federation for about $200 million. The publication notes that Western sanctions against Russia were not aimed directly at the commercial supply of gold, but many banks, shippers and processors stopped working with the Russian Federation after its invasion of Ukraine.
13:59 Zelensky said that he had held talks with Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins: I am grateful to Latvia for supporting the granting of candidate status to Ukraine. This decision is important for Ukraine and the whole united Europe. We discussed the issue of Ukrainian grain exports."
13:51 Great Britain explained why it did not issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to the OSCE. According to The Guardian, citing a representative of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are currently no restrictions or prohibitions for Russian citizens to work in the UK on long-term work visas, but applications from Ukrainians are given priority, and applications for student, work and family visas are processed longer.
13:36 A layered air defense system has been created around Kiev, which is generally capable of protecting the city from air attack. The system is constantly being improved, said Alexander Pavlyuk, commander of the group of forces and means of defense of the capital. At the same time, he added that the threat of a second offensive in the Kiev direction still exists, and an even greater threat is the likelihood of rocket attacks on the city.
13:33 The European Union considers Russia's reduction in gas supplies to Europe to be a "fraudulent move," European Commission spokeswoman Elina Bardram said: "Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine has led to an emergency situation in the EU... Considering the very fraudulent actions that we are seeing from the administration Putin regarding the fact that Gazprom is reducing flows very sharply, we are taking some very important measures, but all these measures are temporary."
13:25 Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery confirmed that the fire at the plant was caused by two drones.
13:23 Two-thirds of Europeans support Ukraine's membership in the EU - this is the highest figure in 15 years, writes Reuters. Most countries showed a significantly more positive attitude towards Ukraine's EU membership than six months earlier, especially in the Baltic countries. At the same time, only every tenth respondent has a positive attitude towards the Russian Federation - compared to every third in 2018.
13:21 Semenchenko was released - he was released by the court at the request of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov. Budanov promised to make sure that after leaving the pre-trial detention center Semenchenko would arrive at the military unit, and then to the front, and guaranteed Semenchenko's participation in the trials after the war. Semenchenko published Budanov's letter and his selfie in military uniform and said that "now we will bring Ukraine's victory closer together."
13:03 Talks were held in Moscow between the delegations of the Russian and Turkish defense ministries, they discussed the safe exit of Turkish merchant ships and the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. Moscow said that the delegations emphasized the importance of "interaction in a bilateral format, which made it possible to ensure the exit from the port of Mariupol, including the Turkish dry cargo ship Azov Concord." And the Turkish Defense Ministry said that an agreement was reached on the need for quadripartite negotiations on the grain issue.
12:55 Reporters Without Borders published an investigation into how Ukrainian photojournalist Max Levin and military man Aleksey Chernyshev, who accompanied him, could have died. Journalists have found evidence that Levin and Chernyshev were killed by the Russian military on March 13, probably after interrogation and torture. Investigators speculate that Levin was probably killed with one or two shots at close range, while Chernyshev may have been burned alive. RSF notes that Levin and Chernyshev could have been killed by the military of the 106th Airborne Division or Russian special forces.
12:39 Russia has started the transfer of weapons to Belarus: a new batch of rocket launchers for the S-300 air defense system arrived in Belarus at night, the monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports. Presumably, two Il-76MD VKS of the Russian Federation flew from Pskov to Gomel airport, which brought to Belarus at least 16 missiles for the S-300, and also, presumably, one ZRPK Pantsir.
12:22 Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that the fire at the Novoshakhtinsk refinery, according to one version, arose as a result of a drone attack, fragments of two such devices were found on the territory of the plant. According to him, there were no casualties in the incident. Novoshakhtinsk Refinery is the largest supplier of petroleum products in the south of Russia.
12:17 Russians fire at Nikolaev, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim confirmed the information on seven rocket strikes.
In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that yesterday, as a result of a strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces, "up to 500 servicemen of the Ukrainian 59th mechanized brigade with weapons and military equipment stationed in the shops of the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant Okean" were allegedly destroyed. In addition, the fuel terminal in Nikolaev was allegedly destroyed, "from which Ukrainian military equipment was supplied."
11:53 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that "taking into account the risks of further escalation of the Ukrainian crisis and the general unpredictability of the development of the international situation, the unconditional priority of Russian diplomacy is the prevention of a direct conflict between nuclear powers, maintaining a dialogue on deconflicting." In particular, according to him, "the work to ensure strategic stability, preserve the nonproliferation regimes for weapons of mass destruction, and improve the situation in the field of arms control is extremely in demand."
11:50 Russia's response to restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad will be "practical, not diplomatic," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. According to her, Moscow has sent a note to Lithuania and the EU about the need to "return the situation to a legal course," and "if this is not done, retaliatory actions will be inevitable."
11:19 In the Kharkiv region, at least three people died per day, six were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
10:55 Kuleba said that he had a telephone conversation with Borrell on the eve of the EU summit this week: "Ukraine's status as a candidate for EU membership will draw a line under decades of uncertainty and carve in stone: Ukraine is Europe, not part of the Russian world. I thank the High Representative of the EU for supporting Ukraine on this path."
10:49 Britain refused to issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to participate in the regular session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Russian Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov said. He stressed that Russia "does not recognize the decision of the session in which it will not be able to take part," but considers it "inappropriate" to leave the OSCE PA.
10:42 From June 22 to July 1, Belarus will hold mobilization exercises with the military commissariats of the Gomel region, training camps for those liable for military service are planned, the country's Defense Ministry said. "In the course of the exercise, questions will be worked out on the re-staffing of military commissariats by calling up military reserve personnel," the ministry said.
10:40 The Turn Back We Live Foundation was the first in Ukraine to receive the official right to buy military goods abroad. Now volunteers will be able to buy even heavy weapons.
10:32 A fire broke out at the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery in the Rostov region. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, a fire on an area of 50 square meters. m, there is no threat of fire spread. Earlier, Telegram channels reported that a drone was allegedly circling over the refinery.
10:29 There will be no accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU, Minister Delegate for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Clement Bon said in an interview with Europe 1 radio station: "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we will grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU accession. This will be the beginning of a long negotiation process with certain conditions ... There will be no accelerated procedure, no exceptions.
10:26 In Mariupol, the Phoenix operator's SIM cards, which the invaders allegedly "distribute" to local residents, are actually sold for 450 hryvnias by people close to the collaborators, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. He also warned everyone who uses this operator that all conversations are tapped.
According to Andryushchenko, demolition of houses continues in the city, concentrated on the Left Bank district. All high-rise buildings along Meotida Boulevard up to number 46 will be demolished. People are driven out into the street, they are not given the opportunity to take their personal belongings. Russian employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who are engaged in demolition, do not neglect looting. No one is purposefully looking for those who died under the rubble, but for a bribe they can search separately at the specified address.
10:08 Pushilin said that those "sentenced" to death in the "DPR" have not yet turned to him with a request for pardon. He also said that the charter of the "international tribunal" over the foreigners who fought on the side of Ukraine "is already at the final stage of development." According to him, the "tribunal" may take place in Mariupol.
09:47 Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Ukraine next week, he will also visit Moscow, Der Spiegel reports, citing the country's foreign minister. Widodo plans to meet with both Putin and Zelensky to overcome the food crisis.
09:44 In Moscow, the territory near the US embassy was officially named "Square of the Donetsk People's Republic."
09:39 Europe must immediately prepare for a complete shutdown of Russian gas supplies this winter, and governments must take steps to keep aging nuclear power plants running, Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, told the Financial Times.
09:37 Journalist, general director of the Blitz-Inform publishing house, editor-in-chief of Business magazine Vladimir Chepovoy died in the battle, said Lyudmila Shikota, press secretary of the deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
09:35 The draft outcome of the EU summit on June 23-24 contains a provision on granting the status of a candidate country to Ukraine and Moldova, journalists from The Wall Street Journal reported. The document also discusses the need to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation and its sole responsibility for the global food crisis.
09:34 The head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky reported on the mortar shelling of the Esman and Novoslobodskaya communities. A total of 20 shells were fired, there were no casualties. As a result of yesterday's shelling of the Krasnopol community, six people were injured.
09:32 Slavyansk, Donetsk region, was shelled last night and tonight. According to Mayor Vadim Lyakh, the outskirts, in particular the Northern District, were hit, there are wounded.
09:28 The Armed Forces of Ukraine still hold the industrial zone in Severodonetsk, where more than 500 civilians remain, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. About 7-8 thousand people remain in the city itself. Humanitarian aid is brought to Lisichansk daily, and the "silent" evacuation continues. There are no occupiers in Lisichansk itself yet, fighting continues in the surrounding villages.
09:19 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 22. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Slavyansk, Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
personnel - about 34,230 (+130) people liquidated,
tanks - 1496 (+0),
armored combat vehicles - 3614 (+8),
artillery systems - 752 (+0),
MLRS - 239 (+0),
air defense systems - 99 (+1),
aircraft - 216 (+0),
helicopters - 182 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 614 (+3),
cruise missiles - 137 (+0),
ships/boats - 14 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2543 (+6),
special equipment - 60 (+1).
08:54 During the shelling of the city of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, one person was killed, 11 were injured, including six children, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. The area of Zolotaya Rybka Beach was shelled, and the remains of cluster munitions were found on the spot.
08:40 British intelligence reports that the Russians are trying to cover the Severodonetsk area through Izyum in the north and Popasnaya in the south, so heavy artillery shelling continues. The Russian Federation may be preparing for an attempt to transfer a large number of reserve units to the Donbass.
Analysts note that although the Russian Federation has not disclosed its losses since March 25, the "DNR" reports more than 2,000 dead military personnel and about 9,000 wounded. The losses of the "DPR" army, according to British intelligence, are equivalent to about 55% of its original strength, which underlines the extreme attrition of Russian and pro-Russian forces in the Donbass. There is also a high probability of equipping the "DPR" forces with obsolete weapons and equipment. On both sides, the ability to form and deploy reserve units at the front is becoming increasingly important to the outcome of the war.
08:34 The Russians are approaching Lisichansk, gaining a foothold in settlements nearby, the city is being shelled by aircraft. Over the past day, at least three civilians were injured, and several policemen were injured. Rocket strikes were carried out on the buildings of the police, the prosecutor's office, the SBU, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
In Severodonetsk, according to him, street fighting continues, the Russians again opened fire on the villages of Sinetsky and Pavlograd, on already destroyed bridges and twice on the Azot plant. On the Popasnyansky direction, the enemy entered Toshkovka, which allowed him to increase his fire influence on other settlements. The Russian army is already entrenched in Ustinovka, Podlesnoye and Mirnaya Dolina, and are attacking Belaya Gora.
08:30 Due to insufficient support for Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio leaves the 5 Star Movement party, Reuters writes. Di Maio accused party leader and ex-premier Giuseppe Conte of undermining the government's efforts to support Ukraine and weakening the position of official Rome in the EU.
08:28 Lavrov will pay a visit to Iran today, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said.
08:24 Ukraine spends 5-6 billion dollars a month on the war, said USAID head Samantha Power. It's a "staggering" cost, she said, and the promised US$7.5 billion in aid will not cover it: "We know that this money won't be enough, we know that more direct budgetary support will be needed going forward."
07:45 The Russian army is concentrating its efforts on the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions to enter the administrative borders of the Lugansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . The enemy is trying to establish control over Severodonetsk, to block the units of the Defense Forces in the areas of the settlements of Borovskoye and Voronovo, the fighting continues. For reinforcement, in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy regrouped troops.
The Russians are holding up to three battalion-tactical groups in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, and are also trying to resume the offensive against Slavyansk. In the direction of Mironovka - Semigorye, the Ukrainian military repulsed the assault in the direction of the Uglegorsk TPP. They also stopped the offensive in the direction of Molodezhnoye - Ekaterinovka, the enemy retreated.
05:18 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are successfully advancing into Lysichansk from the south and are likely to attack the vicinity of Lysichansk in the coming week. This Russian offensive is a clear setback for the Ukrainian defense in the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk region, analysts say. That being said, the Russians will likely need further protracted fighting with Ukrainian forces, similar to the blockade battles in Mariupol and Severodonetsk, to capture Lysichansk.
At the same time, Russian operations on the Izyum-Slavyansk axis are increasingly stalled as the Russians prioritize operations around Severodonetsk.
04:30 U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price recalled NATO Article 5 against the backdrop of aggravated relations between Lithuania and Russia: "Our obligations under NATO, in particular our obligations under Article 5 of NATO - the condition that an attack on one will be an attack on all - these commitments from the United States are ironclad... We support our NATO allies and we support Lithuania."
03:27 On the Serpentine Armed Forces of Ukraine, they hit the Pantsir C1 air defense system, a radar station and enemy vehicles, OK Pivden reported.
01:35 At a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Serhiy Kislitsa, announced the need to put an end to Russian fascism and recalled that at one time there was no vote on accepting Russia into the UN instead of the USSR.
01:13 US National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby reacted to Peskov's words about the possible execution of American volunteers: "It's terrible that a government official in Russia could even allow the death penalty for American citizens ... in Ukraine."
00:56 Gazprom's reduction of gas supplies to Europe is an "economic attack" on the part of Moscow, said German Economy Minister Robert Habek. According to him, such an "attack" is intended to provoke an increase in gas prices by reducing its volume and thereby "cause a debate in Europe and Germany about the grave situation and anxiety" in connection with the shortage of raw materials. This, in turn, paralyzes the debate as to whether support for freedom is the right thing to do.
00:04 The conflict over Ukraine could become an "endurance contest" between Russia and Europe, Biden said: "I do think that at some stage there will be a game of waiting - what the Russians can withstand and what Europe will be ready to withstand."
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On a more serious note, I remember reading Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague(1994). IIRC, a sobering discovery (then) was that bacteria could exchange 'bundles of immunity responses' cross species and that "...they discovered antibiotic resistant bacteria on algae rafts in the center of Chesapeake Bay". (!)
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When "a third" is redefined as "half". And when "the world" is used to describe the Third World.
And, finally, when dumping untreated sewage into rivers is ignored to create a panic over prescription medicines (which likely aren't available solely by prescription outside the developed nations).
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If we were serious about cleaning up this planet the UN would put fines and other things on third world polluters. Since we've never done that I can only assume the Un and the environmental movement are full of dung.
The sites with the highest levels were situated in Africa – with a river in Nairobi having the highest levels of all the sites, according to the researchers.
'The locations with the highest mixture HQs were situated in Africa and were primarily associated with three sampling campaigns (Lagos in Nigeria, Nairobi in Kenya, and Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) where garbage disposal, sewage discharge points, dumping of raw sewage by exhauster trucks, and pharmaceutical manufacturing activities were observed,' the researchers wrote.
In Asia, the highest levels were in Lahore, in South America they were in La Paz, and in Europe they were in Tubingen.
There’s a cute little map at the link. All the American samples are marked as being in the lowest measurement categories. But I wasn’t going to swim in the Nairobi river, nor drink unbottled water there anyway.
[NPR] MIAMI — Florida's former Democratic candidate for Governor Andrew Gillum, narrowly defeated four years ago by Republican Ron DeSantis, now faces indictment on campaign fraud charges.
The U.S. Attorney in Florida's Northern District says a federal grand jury has returned a 21-count indictment against Gillum and a former campaign advisor, Sharon Lettman-Hicks. The indictment says between 2016 and 2019, Gillum and Lettman-Hicks unlawfully channeled campaign funds to a company owned by Lettman-Hicks. It says she then forwarded the funds, disguised as payroll payments to Gillum for his personal use.
Lawyers for Gillum, Marc Elias and David Oscar Markus released a statement, saying, "The government got it wrong today. The evidence in this case is clear and will show that Mr. Gillum is innocent of all charges." Notice the sewer rat DNC lawyer Marc Elias shows up again?
It's another low point for Gillum, who just four years ago was a rising star in the Democratic party. The former mayor of Tallahassee, he was popular and charismatic, but had long been connected with federal investigations. While mayor, he faced scrutiny for trips paid for by lobbyists and special interests.
One of the charges Gillum faces stems from a 2016 trip to New York City and tickets to the Broadway show, "Hamilton." They were paid for by an undercover FBI agent posing as a developer who said he wanted Gillum's help in approving projects. In later interviews with agents, Gillum denied receiving anything of value from the purported developer.
Following his narrow loss to DeSantis, by less than a half percentage point, in March 2020 he was caught up in a scandal involving drugs and sex. Paramedics were called to a Miami Beach hotel room to treat a male sex worker for a drug overdose. Police said Gillum was incapacitated and that they found suspected drugs but no charges were filed. Gillum later said he suffered from alcohol abuse and entered a rehab center.
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[VPOAnalytics] On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine. The two strongest armies in Europe - the Ukrainian one, supported intellectually and technically by the North Atlantic Alliance, and the Russian one, based on the developments of the domestic military-industrial complex and rich military-historical experience, oppose each other in four theaters of military operations: land, sea, air and information.
Three months of the conflict showed that in today's digitalized world, the informational aspect of the conflict is of critical importance. With a competent combination of actions in four theaters, a defeat can be turned into a great success and, conversely, the unconditional superiority of the enemy can be passed off as his complete defeat.
UKRAINE: PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
The armed forces of Ukraine outnumber the Russian group involved in the special operation in terms of the number of personnel, but lag behind in terms of equipment and the number of heavy weapons. During the SVO, the Ukrainian army suffered significant damage. The arsenals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for certain items were reduced by 60-70%. Especially great are the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in terms of tanks - up to 75%. Aviation and fleet are completely destroyed. The new fighters are either part of hidden reserves or supplied from abroad.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine manage to restrain the onslaught of the Russian army due to a reliable system of fortifications in the Donbass and the “human shield” tactics proposed by the Pentagon. The Armed Forces of Ukraine turn cities with civilians into fortified forts, which leads to serious destruction - as during the Battle of Mariupol. The military assistance of the West helps Ukraine to keep the front, especially for anti-tank systems and MANPADS. But the “Javelin effect” turned out to be short-lived. Following Mariupol, several strategic points in the Donbas fell. The front of the Armed Forces of Ukraine literally crackled. Therefore, Kyiv became even more insistent in demanding an increase in the supply of heavy weapons.
With such a negative situation on the battlefield, the main tool of the Kyiv authorities was and remains a powerful information impact. Kyiv used all the experience of information manipulations accumulated since the Maidan of 2014 and directed information flows in two main directions: western and eastern.
Western information flow presents Ukraine as a victim of Russia's unjustified and excessive "aggression". Such a media image is intended to help rally Europe and the United States around Ukraine and provide it with financial and military-political support (cases of the Buchinsk and Kramatorsk provocations). Ukrainian officials are actively resorting to Western cancel culture techniques to influence Western companies hesitant about anti-Russian sanctions. This tactic has had some success.
The Eastern information flow was directed to Russia. According to RT , the Center for Information and Psychological Operations (TsIPSO) located in Brovary received an order to initiate a large-scale information impact on the citizens of the Russian Federation. It involves the dissemination of demoralizing data about the Russian army, the economy, the political elite, as well as materials showing the superiority of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. SMM professionals specializing in Internet traffic management were involved in this campaign. The ultimate goal of the CIPSO operation is to reach 60-70 million people in Russia, disrupt public order and politically destabilize the country.
TWO-FACED JAN AS THE MAIN SYMBOL OF UKRAINIAN PROPAGANDA
Inside Ukraine, the information policy is built on the basis of a combination of these approaches: on the one hand, the citizens are shown the aggressiveness and inhumanity of the Russian army, and on the other, its complete incompetence. When the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreat, the Ukrainians are informed about the “regrouping”, the letters Z and V are put on the padded Ukrainian equipment, which makes it possible to pass it off as Russian, the loss by the Ukrainian army of entire military bases and warehouses or mass surrender is issued as “minor losses” or “adjustment front."
Based on the situation on the ground, the tactics chosen by the Ukrainian side can be considered reasonable and effective. This fact is noted even by the NATO high command, which promises to study the “Ukrainian experience” in detail. But with all this, one should not overestimate the successes of the psychological war unleashed by Kiev either. Most of the information coming from Ukraine is absurd and has not been confirmed by anything. The situation on the battlefield is not in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The tragedy that occurred in early May on Zmeiny Island finally buried Kiev's plans to break through the naval blockade of Odessa. The myth about the heroic Mariupol garrison, which had been maintained for two months, was dispelled in a week, when about 2,500 military men (including the Azov regiment banned in the Russian Federation) surrendered with weapons, equipment and full ammunition.
The surrender of Azov, banned in Russia, dealt a strong blow to Kyiv. A psychological breakdown occurred in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Dozens of appeals from the Ukrainian military to the high command with a request to stop sending them "to slaughter" appeared on the network. A conflict has begun between the Office of the President and the General Staff: the military considers the creative team of Zelensky guilty of shedding the Donbass front. Zelensky himself made an attempt to shift the blame to ex-president Poroshenko, for which the “Medvedchuk card” was played. As a result, Peter Alekseevich left Ukraine.
Therefore, it can be stated that the Ukrainian tactics of psychological warfare has a limited range of action, which narrows in the absence of real victories and as military operations stretch over time. In addition, Russia has countered its own information strategy, which, despite its more restrained nature, is proving to be effective.
RUSSIA: INFORMATION FOG
In the context of the total superiority of Ukraine and its Western patrons in terms of the number of available media resources and the total blocking of Russian media on Western platforms (YouTube, Twitter, recognized as extremist Facebook), any attempt to interrupt the anti-Russian information flow with one's own is doomed to failure. Therefore, Russia countered the tactics of information fog to the Ukrainian tactics of psychological warfare .
Instead of increasing the amount of data coming from the conflict zone, Russia has reduced it by several times. Information about the course of the JMD is provided by the Russian side in a dosed manner and based on irrefutable facts. In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense began to deliver preventive information strikes, warning of Ukraine's upcoming provocations like Bucha and Kramatorsk, which forced the Kyiv authorities to abandon such actions (especially given the rude execution and low interest of the target audience).
The information field was "clouded" by conflicting data coming from Russian politicians, representatives of the establishment and opinion leaders. The theses voiced by them demonstrated that the Kremlin had lost control over the situation and was preparing for an early termination of the NWO. Thus, the Istanbul talks, arranged in such a way that Moscow is ready to accept the humiliating conditions of Kyiv, caused the widest resonance in the world and in Russia.
In reality, nothing like this happened. On the contrary, the second stage of the NMD is recognized by Western experts as more dangerous for Ukraine and successful for the Russian Federation, because, having bled the Armed Forces of Ukraine and completely destroyed the Ukrainian military-industrial complex at the first stage, the Russian army proceeded to the complete destruction of the Donbass grouping, which includes the most combat-ready units. Threats to Kharkov, Nikolaev and Odessa have increased many times over. Dnipro, the economic heart of Ukraine, was also under attack.
HYPNOS AND THANATOS - ONE GIVES PEACE, THE OTHER REPOSE
The West realized that the February-March estimates, which were overly optimistic for it, were premature. The major Western media have increasingly begun to wonder about the ultimate goals of US and EU policy in Ukraine , and will they not lead to an open clash with Russia? Despite the point of view that has taken root in the United States and Europe about the low level of training of the Russian army, The Veterans Today admitted that in three months Russia destroyed 2/3 of all military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (including imported ones) and is capable of defeating the NATO bloc even in a conventional war.
Interest in Ukraine in the American media as a whole has declined to the level of the beginning of the NWO (an average of 11% of the peak). Western observers have adopted a more moderate position, on the one hand, not to spread false information, and on the other hand, not to play along with the Kremlin. Gradually, Western society is preparing for possible peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, as a result of which the latter may lose part of the territories. Even the titan of American diplomacy, Henry Kissinger, joined this problem and recognized this version of the treaty as the only guarantee for maintaining peace in Europe.
In general, we can conclude that in the long run, the Russian tactics of information fog turned out to be much more effective than the Kyiv tactics of psychological warfare. The real military and economic losses of Ukraine have a much greater impact on Ukrainian society, since this information is directly correlated with reality. The West, preoccupied only with its own interests, is already close to accepting the new political reality in Europe.
EURO-ATLANTIC PEACE: COGNITIVE WARFARE
For Europe and the US, NWO in Ukraine is a time of great opportunity. In fact, they have achieved a long-standing goal - to involve the two largest Slavic states in the conflict. The Russian NMD serves as the main justification for the continued existence and expansion of the NATO bloc . At the Ukrainian training ground, the members of the North Atlantic Alliance are getting rid of obsolete arsenals so that the American military-industrial complex will receive new contracts. Finally, by declaring Russian energy resources toxic, Washington can more actively redraw the energy map of Europe, which will lead to the final enslavement of the Old World from the New.
EUROPE SOWED DISCORD BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, BUT NOW IT IS REAPING ITS FRUITS
None of this, of course, gets into the public space. From the first hours of the NWO, the information campaign in the countries of Europe and the USA has been structured in such a way as to make Russia the main culprit not only in the situation in Ukraine, but also in all the internal problems of the Euro-Atlantic world. Inflation and high gas prices in the US have been proudly named after the Russian president for several months now.
Western societies, as if on command, switched to a regime of hatred for Russia and everything Russian. A wave of harassment swept through social networks, bans and restrictions were imposed on obtaining visas and the movement of Russians in Europe, the property of Russian immigrants and Russian monuments were subjected to vandalism. Russian culture and sports were cancelled.
Someone will say that it has always been like this, and will be only partly right. “Bad Russians” is indeed a rather old concept, the origins of which date back to the Middle Ages, when Polish travelers described in sophisticated detail the “horrors” of the Moscow kingdom and its mad tsar Ivan IV. But today the methods of launching this discourse have radically changed. Before our eyes, the tactics of cognitive warfare , which has been developed by Western military specialists for the past 10 years , were used against Russia .
Cognitive warfare is an intense impact on a person's consciousness without the use of physical actions in order to change his behavior pattern. In order for the external signal to be perceived, it is necessary to place the subject in a state of constant anxiety. The impact is most effective if the base is destroyed. called "Maslow's pyramid", i.e. a person is deprived of the opportunity to satisfy part of the physiological and security needs. More precisely, he thinks that he is losing.
After deformation of the base, the stability of the entire structure is violated
For the first time, cognitive warfare technologies were applied on a global scale during the COVID19 pandemic. The Western media and social networks that dominate the information field constantly reported on the threats of illness, hunger, job loss and death, which made the population of Europe and the USA more susceptible to information impact. When the Russian NWO began, the toggle switch was switched to the threat of a world war, and public discourse changed instantly. The pandemic was forgotten, all attention was focused on Ukraine.
With the beginning of the sowing season, the global threat has gone down one more step - from existential needs to physiological ones. Western outlets are consistently spreading the idea of world hunger due to the disruption of agricultural activities in Ukraine and the blockade of its ports. The most dire consequences are expected in Africa and South Asia, whose food security is highly dependent on the conjuncture of agricultural markets.
Such gloomy pictures are certainly an exaggeration. The world economy is indeed being rebuilt: supply chains are changing, Asian manufacturing centers are rising, new markets are being formed. But all this is a natural process. The West deliberately uses "apocalyptic" rhetoric to increase the responsibility of the Russian Federation in the eyes of the world community. However, Moscow successfully fends off accusations against itself both in the matter of food (offering alternative supply channels) and everything else.
Although total censorship was introduced against Russia in the West, it was not possible to stop the flow of information from Russia. At the same time, Russia itself protected itself more reliably from the flow of information from the West. By blocking the resources of the recognized extremist company Meta and Twitter, the Russian Federation withdrew some of its citizens from cognitive influence. Domestic media projects VK, Rutube, Yandex services have been developed, and the Russian media corporation RT has become one of the main sources of alternative opinions for political dissidents around the world.
It turned out to be impossible today to lower the "iron curtain" on Russia for the reason that the world has ceased to be unipolar. There is no longer an American-European core dictating its will to the periphery. Today, the voices of Asia, Africa and Latin America are growing louder. The mere fact that the Indian and Chinese media have taken a neutral position in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and are covering the events, presenting the positions of both sides, destroys the entire information strategy of the West.
The concept of cognitive warfare looks attractive in some aspects and even proves effective, but only under the condition of the total domination of a single mainstream point of view. This is actually an "Orwellian" scenario, unrealizable without a powerful force impact. The human psyche is arranged in such a way that he cannot keep focusing on one problem for a long time. Over time, he gets tired of the information imposed on him and looks for alternative sources, which in the conditions of the information society is not a problem.
[MoscowTimes] Authorities in Moscow said on Wednesday that they have changed the official address of the U.S. Embassy building in the Russian capital to one named after pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine.
"The United States Embassy in Russia has a new official address," Moscow City hall said in a statement, saying it had named a previously unnamed open area in front of the embassy's main entrance.
It said the embassy is now located at 1 Donetsk People's Republic Square, referring to a breakaway region in eastern Ukraine that Moscow recognized as independent shortly before sending troops there.
The embassy's previous address was 8 Bolshoi Devyatinsky Lane.
The statement added that the change was made after Moscow councilors proposed honoring the "defenders of Donbas" — a majority Russian-speaking region in Ukraine that Russia says it is liberating as part of its military campaign — on the map of Moscow.
The new address was chosen in a public vote in which nearly 280,000 people participated, the city hall said.
In February 2018, a street outside the Russian Embassy in Washington was named after Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician who was shot dead outside the Kremlin in 2015.
U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens, 48, said his controversial 'RINO hunting' ad was 'clearly a metaphor' as he shrugged off the backlash
The campaign ad showed the Missouri Republican armed with a military squad breaking into a home and firing shot after shot
They were hunting for RINOs, Republicans In Name Only, as Greitens urged GOP voters to back Donald Trump's MAGA candidates
The video faced quick backlash from political opponents as it was deleted from Facebook and flagged by Twitter over the violations of 'abusive behavior'
Greitens is the frontrunner of 20 vying for the GOP nomination on August 2 upon the upcoming retirement of GOP Sen. Roy Blunt
Greitens, who previously resigned in disgrace as the governor of Missouri amid sexual assault and blackmail allegations, posted a 38-second campaign clip to Twitter.
'I'm Eric Greitens, Navy Seal and today we're going RINO hunting,' he said. 'A RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice.'
'We are sick and tired of the Republicans in Name Only surrendering to Joe Biden & the radical Left. Order your RINO Hunting Permit today!' he captioned the new clip.
'Join the MAGA crew and get a RINO hunting permit,' Greitens says. 'There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit and it doesn't expire 'til we save our country.' Trump has not endorsed Greitens or waded into the Missouri race at all so far.
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I have also heard third-hand accounts of sperm banks turning away males who have been vaccinated...heard that last year, so this report does not surprise me.
This is a chronicle of the Battle of Gostumel in February. Nearly all the text below is from the Russian paratrooper, identified as Alexey. Text in italics is an interviewer's.
[KikOnline] On the evening of February 23, Alexey, as usual, wished his wife Tatyana good night. SMS flew to Moscow from the Mozyr airfield (Belarus). Aleksey had been here with his fellow paratroopers for almost two weeks, and planned to return home one of these days - his wife was about to give birth. But it turned out differently. Tatyana received the first news from her husband only on March 29. "Good morning, darling" - shone on the phone screen. There was nothing more precious than these words for her then.
On March 29, after a month of fierce fighting, Russian troops were withdrawn from the Antonov airfield in Gostomel (Ukraine).
Storm
Under the Mozyr airfield, part of the forces of the Russian army was concentrated, participating in a special military operation in the Kiev direction.
“We were told there would be exercises. Four or five days and back. Exercises are exercises, this is not the first time we have been working with Belarusians. We were getting ready. They received arms and ammunition. Trained. Washed in a field bath. Nothing special happened,” says Alexei.
In the early morning of February 24, Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation to protect Donbass. Alexey and his landing group watched his appeal to the nation from the phone in an army tent. And just a few hours after this speech, the Russian troops landed at the Antonov military airfield, 25 kilometers from Kyiv, having fully established control over the strategic facility.
— The assault team left at dawn. We said goodbye to the guys ... Well, how did we say goodbye? We wished each other a speedy meeting. And sat down on KamAZ trucks. The guys flew in helicopters (more than 200 Russian helicopters were involved in the operation, approx.) to capture the airfield. We advanced to them for reinforcements,” says Aleksey.
The reinforcement group was supposed to arrive at the airfield on the evening of the 24th. But it didn't go according to plan. There was only one way to the airport. Two-strip. And a huge amount of military equipment has accumulated on it: KamAZ trucks, armored personnel carriers, armored vehicles "Tigers" ... somewhere there were already lined Ukrainian tanks.
“Due to constant shelling from the Ukrainian army and traffic jams, we got to our four days. The guys were waiting for us. They flew there with small backpacks - with dry rations for a day, and B/C (ammunition) of 600 rounds for each. Grenade launchers, grenades, yes a bottle of water. They reported that they were constantly under fire. What went on the offensive.
They held the airfield. Although the forces were unequal - the enemy was several times superior in number. From seven in the morning until midnight, everything flew to the airfield from the enemy - Grads, self-propelled guns, mortars worked. Our guys were already tired, but charged. They needed our support, and we could not help them in any way. And that made it hard,” says Alexei.
When the reinforcement group arrived in Gostomel, the picture was gloomy. There was a lot of destroyed Ukrainian equipment. It stood charred and crumpled. With staff inside...
— The Ukrainians did not take their dead. They lay there for four days. Then our guys went out, dug a hole - a mass grave, and removed the bodies.
- Did they have the opportunity to take their dead and wounded?
- Of course. If they had contacted us, they would have been given such an opportunity. This is the rule of war.
Under fire
We have arrived at the airfield. They left for positions. I went to get things for the group - grenade launchers, batteries for radio stations, something else. Walk 150 meters from one building to another. There is an asphalt path made of aircraft plates, and along the roadsides - undergrowth. I was already halfway there. Relaxed.
And suddenly I hear ... the whistling sound of flying mines! The shelling began. He's there at six in the evening, always on schedule. But I didn't know that yet. A shell exploded nearby. I am to the tree. Embraced him like a baby. I turn my head, and fifteen meters from me there is another gap. I was covered in earth. Fortunately, he was in a bulletproof vest, in a helmet - he was not injured. But then for the first time I realized that I could stay near this tree. Then I thought about the children, whom I did not have time to see, - Alexey continues.
The shelling went on for about five minutes, maybe ten, but they seemed like an eternity. When everything stopped, Alexei rushed back in quick dashes. He ran: there is ringing in the ears, and emptiness in the eyes. The guys began to calm down, gave a smoke. He says that he lit a cigarette for the first time, and before that - never.
Mortars, artillery, Grads were fired at the airfield. And they also shot with phosphorus. White phosphorus is a very dangerous thing. It's almost impossible to extinguish it. Burning white powder literally burns the air, making it toxic.
Aleksey says that over time, you begin to determine by the sound of a shot whether it is Grad or a mortar, and depending on this, you already count how many seconds it will arrive.
- The worst thing is the Grads. All in all, it's scary. But when they bombard them day after day for a month, you get used to it. The main thing is not to stick out and quickly run across.
They fired constantly, like clockwork. But we fired more. And our aviation is just gods. When they arrived, you could safely go out for a smoke. Relax for a moment, he smiles.
— Did you manage to sleep well? And how do you deal with fatigue?
- Slept well. When you know that your little brother is sitting on the “chip” (at the post), why not? Sometimes they slept in armor and a helmet. No other way. A stray fragment can fly in, and the building is a brick in two layers and a concrete slab overhead ... And the team helped fight fatigue. The comrade will pat, hug, say that everything will be fine - and already calmer, and strength has increased.
For being there
“Being there, we really defended the country from this Nazi horror. Somehow they went "on a mission." I'm going through the forest.
A platoon of artillerymen, sixteen people, is coming towards us. They resisted. But after our first accurate shots, they dropped their weapons and raised their hands. Of these sixteen people, ten are ordinary young guys, conscripts, they are 18-19 years old. And those who are older are all covered in Nazi tattoos, shaved baldly, with hatred in their eyes.
They have a swastika on their bulletproof vests, and on large-caliber weapons too. Swine attitude even to their own. Real neo-nazis. We delivered them to our group. They talked to the young guys, examined them, and let them go home. They gave them civilian clothes and said, "Go away from here and don't come back." Others were sent to Russia.
How did they behave?
- They had a fear that the Russian "occupiers" would cut and kill them, as they do. But we are military people. And according to the charter, the attitude towards the military enemy is not to cripple, not to beat, only interrogation.
- Any military action is pain and grief. What are you hurting for?
For fallen comrades. I didn't have six. Often I dream. Sometimes, we talk with them in a dream, we remember different moments. With one of them, we went in for sports together all winter, with the other in 2018 we spent the entire business trip in Syria side by side. The boy was loaded. They are missing a lot.
- What gives you support in life?
- Family and real, strong friendship. This is the main support in life.
He wants to instill these principles in his children. He has three of them: the elder Ivan and twins Arseny and Matvey. “Everything is in me,” the head of the family laughs.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least three recruits of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) were killed and five others maimed on Tuesday in an attack carried out by button men in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s oil-rich province of Shabwah.
According to southern media, button men launched an attack on a checkpoint belonging to the so-called Shabwah Defence Forces near Ibn Amer station east of Ataq city. The attack left three people dead and five others maimed, the report said.
The attack came hours after unidentified button men targeted a military vehicle of the so-called Security Belt in Ahwar area of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, killing three recruits and wounding three others .
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:38 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the liberation of the village of Katerinovka in the LPR. According to him, soldiers of the Akhmat special forces took part in this operation. 23:25 The LPR and Russia stopped an attempt to break through the APU from the encirclement in the Lisichansk direction. The forces of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Russia defeated the Ukrainian security forces while trying to break out of the encirclement in the Lisichansk direction. This was told by the commander of one of the units of the defense department of the republic with the call sign "Razor", reports RIA News.
Kadyrov emphasized on his Telegram channel that a large number of nationalists were killed as a result of a decisive offensive.
21:15 Ukrainian nationalists mined the roadsides in Slavyansk. They blew up a school in Avdievka, equipped firing positions in the educational institutions of Kramatorsk and Dachny.
20:55 The operational lines of the DPR JCCC received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU of the following settlements:
n.p. Gorlovka:
Golmovsky village:
- st. Soviet Army, 11 - DK "Golmovsky".
Kalininsky district:
- st. Samoilova, 22 - the private sector.
n.p. Makeevka:
Chervonogvardeisky district:
- st. Avrora, 36, 38 - private sector;
- st. Davydenko, 127 - private sector;
- st. Tsvetkova, 1 - the private sector;
- st. Chernyakhovsky, 32 - apartment building;
- st. Makarova - 85/1 - apartment building;
- st. Tokareva, 5 - private sector;
- st. Space, 26 - the private sector.
Kirovsky district (village Yasinovka):
- st. Oktyabrskaya, 24, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 53, 53 "a", 61, 63 - private sector;
- st. Belorusskaya, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 - private sector;
- st. Sovetskaya, 26 "a" 35, 37, 39 - the private sector;
- st. Lenina, 34 - private sector;
- Severny Batman, 39.
Sovietsky district:
- st. Gorky, 4 - apartment building.
Over the current day, as of 20:45, the enemy fired 274 rounds of ammunition of various calibers on the territory of the Republic, including MLRS "Hurricane" and "hail“, as well as artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
20:04 Donetsk, Makeyevka, Zugres, Khartsyzsk air defense is working.
19:39 The Petrovsky television center in Donetsk received serious damage.
Digital channels are now on the air, analogue channels are not. The tower itself is standing, but the hardware rooms are badly damaged, some of the equipment has been evacuated.
The restoration of the television center will begin after the stabilization of the situation in the city, and it will be possible to assess the scope of work only after a complete inspection of buildings, facilities and equipment.
16:44 During today, information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC about the death of civilians - a girl born in 2001. and her child (boy) born in 2022 as a result of a direct hit of VFU ammunition in a residential building at the address: st. Oktyabrskaya, 33, Rivnopol village, Volnovakhsky district (earlier liberated territory).
15:47 Units of the People's Militia of the LPR liberated the village of Metelkino.
15:26 Russia sent a new 50-ton cargo to Donbass for restoration. According to the Ministry of Construction of the DPR, this material will be used to restore facilities damaged during the hostilities, as well as in preparation for the autumn-winter period.
15:06 The enemy is building up pressure on the front south of Ugledar. N.p. Pavlovka - for Ukrainians. From Novodonetsk to Nikolskoye, the situation is very tense.
13:49 Kadyrov said that in the near future there will be a message about the encirclement of Lysichansk and the cleansing of its territory from nationalists.
13:17 Air defense is working over Makiivka in the DPR.
11:40 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the Kievsky district at the intersection of Tamansky Avenue and st. Chelyuskintsev, men born in 1962 and 1974 were wounded. The following apartment buildings were also damaged:
- st. Universitetskaya, 108 - damaged gas pipeline;
- st. Artem, 163;
- st. Shchorsa, 96.
11:31 Prikhodko: Ukrainian Nazis are shelling Gorlovsky villages Golmovsky, Gagarin mines and Panteleimonovka. Residents of Gorlovka also report explosions of Ukrainian shells near the Solnechny residential area. Residents of these settlements are urgently requested to leave the streets and move to shelters.
11:03 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
--n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:57 According to the information of the JCCC this morning in Donetsk, the following were damaged:
- st. Shchorsa, 100, 104, 104 "a" - apartment buildings;
- st. Artema 118 - Children's Music School;
- st. Artyoma, 122 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
Due to the ongoing intensive artillery shelling, it is not possible to record all the consequences.
09:52 In two hours, 60 shells of 155mm caliber were fired at the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Ukrainian militants continue shelling Donetsk.
09:37 Serviceman of the 501st Separate Marine Battalion Yury Tishchenko told about how, on March 24, 2022, he received an order to shoot a civilian in a white car, who repeatedly came into the view of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The detainee was in the inspection pit with his hands tied and blindfolded. Tishchenko and two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine escorted him to the basement of a residential building, where they shot him. On April 2, 2022, having received an order to shoot at anyone moving towards the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he shot dead an unknown civilian who fell into his field of vision.
09:06 Today at 4:00 am, in memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War, singer Nikolai Baskov and volunteers from the DPR and Russia performed the famous song "Holy War" at the foot of the Saur-Mogila memorial destroyed by the Nazis. The composition was performed in honor of the memory of the heroes as part of the International Candle of Memory campaign.
08:36 AFU tonight fired at the village of Poklonsk, in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka. Houses along Vershigory Street, 126 and 128 were damaged, gas pipelines along the street were broken. Vershigory, 128 and Desnyak, 123, breakage of high-voltage wires between the street. Desnyak and Uglegorsk highway. Thankfully no casualties.
08:27 There is shelling of the Kyiv region. Under fire crossing the street. Chelyuskintsev and Tamansky prospect. According to local residents, there is heavy smoke in the area. For this morning, Ukrainian punishers from N. p. Sands in the Kyiv region, a total of 23 shells were fired.
08:23 Kyiv district of Donetsk - shelling continues. It flies overhead on RIK, lies down in the direction of the City and DM "Youth" again.
08:18 As a result of the shelling of the Kyiv region during the repair of the contact network, two employees of the Donelektroavtotrans enterprise, Alexei Kulemzin, were injured.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Codema - n.p. Golmovsky: fired six mines in 120mm caliber.
-- n.p. Majorsk - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): four mines of 120mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): seven shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kyiv region): 14 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm.
-- n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: four 152mm rounds were fired.
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Daria Bolgova, a native of Astrakhan, to 11 years in prison, who, according to investigators, prepared food for IS militants in Syria, ran a subsidiary farm, and acted as an interpreter.
According to investigators, a native of Astrakhan, Daria Bolgova, flew from Makhachkala to Turkey in 2013, where she illegally crossed the border with Syria and joined the members of an illegal armed group. From 2013 to 2021, Bolgova bought food and various goods for the members of the group, cooked food, ran a subsidiary farm, acted as an interpreter, for which she received a monetary reward.
In addition, investigators believe that Bolgova persuaded another person to join the group members via the Internet. And from 2015 to 2021, Bolgova in Syria took part in the activities of the Islamic State (IS) international terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, the press service of the Southern District Military Court reported.
On July 2, 2021, Bolgova was deported from Turkey to Russia. The Southern District Military Court found her guilty under Part 1 of Article 205.1 (Assistance to terrorist activities), Part 2 of Article 205.5 (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization) and Part 2 of Article 208 (Participation in an armed formation). Bolgova was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony, Interfax quoted the press service of the court today.
There were no comments from Daria Bolgova's lawyers regarding the court verdict.
Part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Assistance to terrorist activities) and Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Participation in an armed formation) provide for up to 15 years in prison. Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization) provides for up to 20 years in prison.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on December 3, 2020, the court found Akhmed Magamedov, a resident of the Astrakhan region, who was previously convicted in the "Astrakhan Jamaat" case,
...presumably one of the Caucasus Emirates...
also guilty of promoting terrorism. The term of imprisonment assigned to him by the court in two cases in total amounted to 15 years.
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Gadzhismail Batmanov and Omar-Askhab Yunusov to 19 and 17 years in prison, respectively, in the case of preparing an assassination attempt on security forces in Derbent.
The Southern District Military Court sentenced Gadzhiismail Batmanov and Omar-Askhab Yunusov, accused of organizing a terrorist community, preparing an assassination attempt on security officials, illegal trafficking in explosives and promoting extremism and terrorism.
According to the investigation and the court, Batmanov and Yunusov decided to create an illegal armed formation in Dagestan via the Internet. In January 2021, they were preparing for an attempt on the life of law enforcement officers. So, Batmanov filmed on the phone the building of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Derbent to prepare the attack.
At the beginning of 2021, Batmanov studied the rules for handling weapons and explosive devices via the Internet, and also found components for assembling an improvised explosive device, which he kept in the apartment until his arrest. On February 5, 2021, in the Derbent region of the Republic of Dagestan, the defendants, together with other persons, created an illegal armed formation, the press service of the Southern District Military Court reported today.
Batmanov also posted a video on one of the social networks calling for extremist activities, both defendants were also engaged in propaganda of the ideology of the "Islamic State"*, the message on the court's Telegram channel said.
The defendants were found guilty, Batmanov was sentenced to 19 years in prison, Yunusov - to 17 years in a strict regime colony. They will have to spend the first four years in prison. The court also imposed a fine of 250,000 rubles on Batmanov and 200,000 rubles on Yunusov, the press service said.
There were no comments from the convicts or their official representatives regarding the court verdict. The criminal case was received by the Southern District Military Court on February 14, 12 court sessions were held, the verdict was announced today, follows from the case file on the court website.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on April 28, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Agamagomed Shikhmagomedov, a resident of Dagestan, to six and a half years in prison, recognizing him as a member of the "Islamic State"* cell. The court established that Shchikhmagomedov intended to create an illegal armed formation in Derbent.
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[Regnum] In September, the troops of General Miller went on the offensive. They expanded the territory they occupied and in November achieved the creation of a united front with the Kolchakites about 200 km long in the Pechora region.
[FOXNEWS] Figures on liberal media networks CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... , NBC and MSNBC have pushed the narrative that Republicans do not deserve equal coverage alongside their Democratic counterparts, often claiming Republicans stand for anti-Democratic values and are more likely to push falsehoods.
On MSNBC's "The ReidOut" Monday night, Joy Reid and her guest, left-wing political analyst Mathew Dowd, suggested the media were too neutral in their reporting on the Republican Party, and thus needed to ramp up the hostility. She added that both sides were "not the same," and also urged fellow news hounds to "tell voters" the GOP was a "threat" to freedom.
She wondered to Dowd how the media could "get out" of this "’both sides’ trajectory," to which he advised the media to act as though they were living in a society that wasn't free and treat Republicans accordingly.
Just a week earlier, CNN primetime host Don Lemon also shot down the idea Republicans and Democrats should be afforded equal footing in media coverage. Lemon called the freedom to "state [his] truth" and stand up for his viewpoints "imperative," noting that journalists no longer live in a "Walter Cronkite society."
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[KavkazUzel] The prosecutor asked the court to sentence Punhan Karimli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan,
...as far as I can tell, a center-right Azerbaijani nationalist political party — not the kind of group that produces dangerous radicals...
to seven and a half years in prison on charges of drug trafficking. The defense stated that there was no reliable evidence of Karimli's guilt and asked the court to acquit him.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that PFPA activist Punhan Karimli, who was deported to Azerbaijan from Germany in November 2021, was placed in custody on charges of drug trafficking. Karimli is being persecuted for political reasons, his brother and fellow party member are sure.
Judge Samir Aliyev announced the completion of the judicial investigation at the Baku Grave Crimes Court today, Karimli's lawyer Javad Javadov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to him, the last word was given to the public prosecutor, and the prosecutor proposed to sentence Karimli to 7 years and 6 months in prison.
After the public prosecutor, lawyer Javadov made a closing speech. "We have stated the position of the defense, which is that the accusation against Punkhan Karimli is unfounded and is not based on reliable evidence. The first confessions were obtained under torture, and after participating in interrogations of a lawyer attracted by the activist's family, he retracted these testimonies. Others there is no evidence against Karimli, apart from the evidence of the police itself," he said.
The reason for the criminal prosecution of Karimli was his opposition political activities, the lawyer is sure. "He is one of four activists expelled from Germany who were arrested on the same charges - drug trafficking. This is an indicator of systemic repression against activists who continued to engage in political activities and criticize the Azerbaijani government in Germany," Javadov said.
Activist Jafar Mirzoyev, who was returned to Azerbaijan from Germany on November 24, 2021 on readmission, was arrested on January 28 on charges of drug trafficking on a large scale. Mirzoev is being persecuted for political reasons, his brother is sure. In the fall of 2021, activists Malik Rzayev and Mutallim Orujov, deported from Germany, were arrested .
The defense asked to acquit Karimli, the lawyer said. "Pyunkhan Karimli himself was also ready to speak. However, the court did not give him the floor. Due to the fact that the judiciary is going on summer vacation, the next meeting is scheduled for July 27," he said.
Karimli's father, Vahid Karimov, also declared that the accusation was untenable. “My son was detained when he was leaving the tax department, and drugs were allegedly found on him. What reasonable person would believe this? Who would go to a sensitive government agency with drugs in their pockets… We were initially told by the police that a weapon had been found on Pyunkhan. But then the weapon "evaporated" and turned into drugs. All this is nonsense. My son is being persecuted because of his political activities, his membership in the Popular Front Party, his participation in rallies in Azerbaijan and Germany," Kerimov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Representatives of the prosecution were not available for comment.
The Baku Grave Crimes Court confirmed the information about the meeting and speeches of the prosecutor and the lawyer.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on May 31, relatives of the activists expelled from Germany held a rally in front of the German embassy in Baku. They called on the German government not to remain indifferent to the fate of those who were deported to Azerbaijan and subsequently arrested. The police pushed the protesters away from the diplomatic mission building.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[ET - paywall removed] 
[Daily Beast] POLTAVA, Ukraine—It was a one-in-a-million hit, said 23-year-old Skyler James Gregg from his hospital bed in Poltava, eastern Ukraine. He remembers how everything suddenly turned black when a Russian drone dropped an explosive at his post in the Kharkiv region on June 1. One French volunteer soldier died immediately in the blast, and flying shrapnel injured another foreign fighter.
[Daily Beast] Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital are trying to drag several lawyers representing indicted 
[Gateway] Last week, Elon Musk, the Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink CEO gave an interview where he called out the unions’ "stranglehold" on the Democrat party, calling it "next-level insanity."
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...The nation is noted for 
Hezbollah
...The nation is noted for 
Iran often detains individuals it claims are linked to foreign intelligence services without providing public evidence.
a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of the province of the same name, a favored target of Houthi rocket forces because they can see it, so there's no math involved....
[BBC] 
[NPR] MIAMI — Florida's former Democratic candidate for Governor 
