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(only on youtube)
'come and see'
- a partisan film
Watch this film --- and you
will - finally - understand.
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=NJYOg4ORc1w
Some in the West are fond
of a loose use of words...
''stunning'', for example, to describe
a work of art... but believe me
when I say - this film about a
lad of 14 - made me laugh
and cry and - by the end
- I was left stunned.
A recent attempt on youtube by an obvious anti-Russian, to pour scorn on this film's historical accuracy, tries to point out that the nazi troops state they are members of a unit that was not there.. but can't bring himself to see that they might have been lying!
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St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox
SpiritualCare Centre
THE TRAGEDY IN UKRAINE
"Veterans and children of the Great PatrioticWar: to the Government andpeopleof Germany".
By events in Ukraine
Today, when the German government decided
to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons, the
world has changed — the silhouettes of a
new world war are more than clearly
outlined! And again - Germany!
But there are honest people in Germany, anti-
fascists, and we hope that this Message will
fall into their hands. People born between
1927 and 1945 have the status of "war
children" in Russia.
All those who survived that war can subscribe to this letter. We think that actual signatures are not necessary, we suggest that veterans(or "war children") read them this letter, independently or with someone's help,
and send us (at the coordinatesindicated below) something like the following:
Moscow, Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich, 90 years old, disabled war veteran (or otherwise), Hero of the Soviet Union (or Holder of the Order of Glory... or otherwise), was repatriated to Germany during the war (or otherwise).
Or just the city, full name, and age. The
main thing, is that they should be real
people who are familiar with the text.
MESSAGE TEXT
We, the last veterans and all the peoples of
Russia who survived that great and terrible
war, are now on the verge of death! Our
time is already running out. For a huge
part of our lives, we hoped we would
come to the end of it, in peace -
without all-destroying hatred!
For the painfully long decades after the Second World War, we overcame our righteous anger! I long for retribution for the innumerable wounds, spiritual and physical, that we still carry in our bodies and our hearts! And most of us have forgiven! And not in a small way due to the fact that Germany for many years has demonstrated its repentance its understanding of what it has done! And we have overcome, not only ourselves, but also the voice of the blood of our barbarically exterminated relatives! By whom? Germans ...fascists!
We have forgiven... following the laws of human
coexistence! So it was... until 2014. And then,
in 2014, when everything began in Ukraine...
we looked with hope at Germany and at the
then Chancellor Angela Merkel. We couldn't imagine that after all that the Germans did
in Ukraine, after Babi Yar, after mountains
of mutilated corpses, they would still look
with lust at the Ukrainian fields that can
feed Europe today! Or they, the Germans,
who have covered the Crimea they once
promised with blood, will still somehow be interested in turning the Crimea into an American and in general a NATO base, ideal for aggression against Russia! Which would be clearly
aimed at afuture war.
After all, only fools do not understand the meaning and goals of the entire coup inUkraine... in the conditions of which Russia behaved in the only possible way! But the Germans are not fools! We the Russians, know for certain your psychology, as "brothers in blood" - our blood, which you "prudently" shed in rivers!
We remember your "systematic methods of
population reduction"! Our population! Until
now, in different parts of our once united
Homeland, where the boot of German
fascism was trodden, we find hidden
mass graves of our civilians: in the
Novgorod region, in the Kuban, in
the Rostov region, in Karelia. In
Belarus, in 2021... hundreds of
civilian remains... were found
in Brest ...on the site of the
Jewish ghetto the Trostenets
concentration camp.... near
Minsk terrible in its tragedy
revealed the secret of the
remains... of thousands of
tortured and killed people!
We are talking about tens of thousands of newly discovered victims of Nazism! This blood - still cries out for revenge - and for decades the memory of the barbarously destroyed
Russian people, and monuments to Russian soldiers, liberators, have been desecrated with impunity!
And the new Nazis are marching in the Baltic
States and Ukraine, in front of the entire
"civilized" world! But in 2014, we were
sincerely convinced -- that in this new
Nazi demarche it's the Germans who
will be our associates in preventing
this meanness!
We hoped that, guided by an elementary
conscience, the Germans would not
participate.. in an obviously fascist
anti-state coup in Ukraine! After all
...the subsequent catastrophe of
modern Ukraine was committed
by direct descendants of those
who were special bastards in
the German army! Clearly,
openly!
Americans and Canadians have only hidden and preserved this diabolical heritage, feeding thisgeneration, but the product of this evil... is Germany! Hitler's Germany! And it was impossible for us to believe that it was Germany that would again give a "road map" to these inhumans! But we were wrong! Germany has once again allowed these fascist geeks to enter the world!
The support of modern Germany - in the face of
the new government of Ukraine-Bandera, the
heirs of the SS division " Galicia ", the thugs
of the UPA OUN and all other abominations;
is simply unthinkable for us! This is beyond
all that is human! But you, Germany, have already done it and continue to do it! You
have, once again, set your sights on the
Slavic world and these geeks are blood
from the blood of German Nazism! And
again to Russia!
Only, even more despicable: inciting our closest Ukrainian brothers against us! And you know it! You know this as well as we do! You killed one nation in that Great War! Yes, we are one people!
The truth is written and often spoken about
by your own Steinmeier, who at the same
time viciously took a direct part in the
Kiev coup of 2014 — fascist in fact!
This American may not be clear about some-
thing, but it's more than that, for you! And
after all, it was your vykormysh.. that got
ready.. for their torchlight processions in
Kiev! The living shadow of Nazi Germany
is behind all this. It was only temporarily
covered up by sly diplomacy — "helmets
instead of guns"! But that's it, "masks
are reset"! Your supply of German
weapons to Ukraine today, is
natural, it is in the logic of
your policy of recent
decades.
Today it is clearly pro-fascist! You have taken
this step: German weapons will kill Russians
again! Keep killing. During the years of the
conflict in the Donbas, your professional
killers have already killed Russians, at
least by teaching them... "how to kill
correctly"! Only now -- it's even more
despicable — you're teaching this to
- your blood brothers! Donbass is on
your conscience! Thousands of lives
of its peaceful citizens --- again your
handiwork! We do not care about the
role of Americans, in everything that
happens: there, is money-God! We,
veterans of that war, its children,
are concerned about the role of
the Germans! Because it is you
who know -- exactly -- who the
Ukrainian "national battalions"
consist of --- and could have
prevented and stopped, this
new fascism ! But they did
not do it! And just by doing
this — you are once again,
responsible to history!
And you are definitely participating -- in the
preparation of Ukraine for war with Russia!
You can't help but understand the purpose
of everything that happened --- from the
unconstitutional coup in Kiev ....to the
bloodshed in the Donbass! But, in fact
this is preparation for the Third World
War! And again, you are Germans...
Germany! We hear from the high
German rostrum in Berlin today:
"Russia will pay a high price"!!!
This is the German Chancellor's
speech! Unthinkable! We have
already paid the price — 27
million of our lives! Isn't that
enough for you?! What price
are you still talking about?
There is no home --- in Russia, Ukraine and
Belarus - where "this price" isn't paid! And
there is no home in Germany, that did
not participate in that terrible, bloody
barbarism! It's scary! It's wild! And
today, there are, already, more than
13 thousand dead Russian people
in the Donbass at the hands of
the new Nazis!
The German Chancellor's public mockery of the
Russian genocide in the Donbas is a crime in
itself! How much can the lessons of history
be misunderstood and discredited! The
scariest story in the world! Do you want
to be even scarier?! After all, this new
"Dranch nach Oschtern" ..may lead to
the fact that the 2nd Nuremberg trial
over you will no longer be - there will
simply be no humanity! You won't be
here! But a special Ecumenical trial
of you Germans is inevitable! Over
all aggressors — but over you
ESPECIALLY!
World justice will be served! And we, the last
veterans of that terrible war, are leaving this
world as witnesses! Witnesses for the
PROSECUTION! And today the victory
will be ours, but those who died
yesterday, or those of us who
will die today, already bear
witness to the role of the
German people, in the
history of the human
world — a bloody
history!
German weapons are back in the
hands of Nazi thugs! Please stop!
Email addresses for information:
veterans1945@yandex.ru
https://t.me/Veteran_v_stroy_chat
- Russian Union of Veterans: organizing
questions and collecting signatures of
veterans and children of the Second
World War
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veteran1944@yandex.ru -questions about
this publication to its author: Monk John (Adlivankin), Deputy Head of the Russian Orthodox Church. head and ved.
specialist of the St. Peter's
Orthodox Counseling Centre.
St. John of Kronstadt.
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If you want the truth about the massacre of civilans in Bucha - paste the web address below into your browser
https://www.bitchute.com/video/6ZHPL2pTuadJ/
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THE LATEST NEWS
US Ambassador to Moscow
ignores Victory Day parade
May 9th, 12:11pm
(RT.ru)
US Ambassador to Moscow Lynn Tracy
ignored the Victory Day parade on
Red Square.
"The head of the American diplomatic mission
was not in the stands," the source told TASS.
Earlier, the parade in honour of the 80th anniversary
of victory in the Great Patriotic War - ended with
an air flight over Red Square in Moscow.
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Polish Foreign Ministry----- Turkey and China
can replace the US as mediators in Ukraine
May 9th, 12:41pm
(Vesti.ru)
Turkey and China may become mediators in peace talks
between Russia and Ukraine - if the US refuses to
participate in the peace process.
This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister
Radoslaw Sikorski, after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Warsaw.
At a press conference -- with the head of EU Diplomacy,
Kaja Kallas -- Sikorski noted that Ankara already has
well-established communication channels on this
issue ---- and Beijing also has the potential to play a significant role in the settlement.
"If this track involving the US fails, there are other candidates.
There is Turkey, which supports communication channels,
and, above all, there is China," TASS quoted the Polish
foreign Minister as saying.
Earlier, the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet, wrote that US
President, Donald Trump.. asked his Turkish counter-
part, Tayyip Erdogan, to mediate in the settlement
of the conflict in Ukraine.
Trump also allowed the possibility.. of asking
for help from China to resolve differences
between Moscow and Kiev.
The march of troops in Kamchatka
opened the celebration of
Victory Day on May 9
by Danila Titorenko
May 9th, 12:08am
(Gazeta.ru)
The march of troops in Kamchatka opened the solemn
celebration of Victory Day on May 9 in Russia. This
isreported by TASS - with reference to the press
service.. of the Joint Command of Troops and
Forces in the North-East of Russia (OKVS).
"A column of drummers - from Kamchatka State Technical
University cadets - opened the festive event for the first
time, followed by a company of honour guards. In total,
about 1,100 servicemen of the OKVS units, as well as
employees of the Border Department of the FSB of
Russia for the Eastern Arctic region, Rosgvardiya,
the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the
Ministry of Internal Affairs... female
servicemen, and others, passed
in the parade formation" - the press service of the command said.
Residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky will also
enjoy a concert of the OKVS orchestra, and an
exhibition of modern military equipment.
Before that, a dinner with foreign guests invited to the
80th anniversary of the Victory, ended in the Kremlin.
In 2025, the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great
Patriotic War -- is celebrated. Celebrations will be held all over Russia. In total, more than 170 events were
included in the plan of events dedicated to the
memorable date. Among the key events are
the actions "Candle of Memory", "Garden
of Memory", "St. George's Ribbon" and
"Immortal Regiment".
Earlier, in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a record was
set by raising a giant St. George ribbon into the sky.
explained to the APU the reason for her refusal to evacuate
by Alexey Komolov
May 8th, 1:19pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
A resident of the frontline city of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk)
in the DPR --- refused to evacuate to Western Ukraine
because of the ban on speaking Russian there.
A video of it was published by "Country.na".
The footage shows people in military gear and weapons
talking to two women -- who are sitting on a bench
near the entrance of an apartment building.
"I speak Russian and I won't go to Western Ukraine,"
one of them reportedly tells the volunteers, when
asked to evacuate.
"So... they don't allow it there. They banned
speaking Russian, altogether," she
explained her position.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian troops in
Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov (Mirnograd), in
the Donetsk People's Republic are actually
in a fire bag.
At the same time, the command of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine continues to transfer
reserves to this area.
Through Krasnoarmeysk ---- pass all the routes that supply the
nearby sections of the front in this direction. The liberation of
the city will open the way to the DPR border. Krasnoarmeysk
is located 66 kilometres northwest of Donetsk.
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In the border town of Glushkovo, a
woman was killed and the Interior
Ministry building was damaged...
due to a strike by the Ukrainian
Armed Forces
May 8th, 12:22pm
(RT.ru)
The Ukrainian army launched "vile strikes" on the village
of Glushkovo in the Kursk region, where a local 61-year-
old resident was killed, acting Governor, Alexander
Khinshtein, said.
"I express my most sincere condolences to her family
and friends, this is an irreparable loss," Khinshtein
said in Telegram.
As a result of falling downed air targets, the second floor
of the police station building was destroyed. Now.... the
information about the consequences is being clarified.
The day before, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked
two districts of the Kursk region, a sugar factory's
motor transport shop and a broiler shop at a
poultry farm... were damaged.
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Zakharova: the guests of the parade
have no doubts about Zelensky's
terrorist nature
May 8th, 12:06pm
(RT.ru)
Guests of the Victory Day Parade in Moscow
have no doubts about the terrorist nature of
Vladimir Zelensky, Russian Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"Everything that was said by the Kiev regime,
such as threats to the parade and ....to all
the guests of these events has only one
qualification, namely, terrorism and
terrorist threats. I think no one
doubts this anymore,"
she told TASS.
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India and Pakistan ------- fought one of the
biggest battles in the history of aviation.
100 fighters fought for over an hour
by Alina Goncharova (editor of
Operational Information Dept)
May 8th, 12 midday
(Lenta.ru)
India and Pakistan fought one of the biggest battles in modern aviation history. More than a hundred fighter jets exchanged blows for about an hour, CNN writes, citing a source in the security service of Pakistan.
The air battle between Pakistani and Indian fighters was one of
the "largest and longest-running in recent aviation history."
According to Pakistani officials, 5 Indian planes were shot down.
According to the source of the TV channel, 125 fighters fought
for more than an hour, while neither side left its airspace.
The exchange of missile strikes took place... at a
distance exceeding 160 kilometres.
As explained, neither of the conflicting parties was ready to send
their pilots across the border, remembering the consequences of
the air battle in 2019. Then, the pilot of the Indian Air Force was
shot down on the territory of Pakistan, it was broadcast on TV.
This time, neither side "wanted such humiliation."
On May 6th, India launched Operation Sindoor, hitting
Pakistan. According to the Indian side, the attacks
were aimed exclusively at terrorist camps. The
country's Defense Ministry said that "terrorist
attacks on India, were planned and directed
from Pakistan." In total, the missile strikes
were carried out on 9 sites in Pakistan.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif called India's attack
an act of war that needs to be responded to. Khawaja Asif,
the country's Defense Minister..... did not rule out new
responses to India's actions. He called the attack
from India a "cowardly act", and allowed the
cessation of hostilities only after the
complete curtailment of
Operation Sindoor.
Indian Foreign Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar,
meanwhile, said he did not want an escalation,
but warned of the consequences.
''We do not intend to escalate the situation. However,
if there is a military attack on us, there should be no
doubt that there will be a very, very tough response.''
Trump called what is happening a disgrace
President of the United States, Donald Trump..... said that he
considers the strikes between India and Pakistan shameful.
He added.... that he hopes that the conflict between the
parties will end, very soon.
Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, also said
that the situation between India and Pakistan is a cause
for concern, and Moscow calls on the parties to the
conflict, to negotiate.
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Miroshnik: Ukraine - has turned into
a concentration camp from which
...you can't escape
May 7th, 5:05pm
(Vesti.ru)
The violent Ukrainian mobilization, has turned the
country into a concentration camp from which it
is impossible to escape. This was stated by the
Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-
Large, Rodion Miroshnik, in an interview
with Rossiya 24 TV channel.
This situation has developed... among other things,
because of the actions of employees of territorial
recruitment centres (TCCs ----- an analog of the
military enlistment office), Miroshnik notes.
"Ukraine --- has turned into a kind of concentration camp,
from which it is impossible to leave in one direction or
the other. That is, someone is drowning in the Tisa
River, trying to escape from forced mobilization,
someone is trying to escape simply from war,
from death, to cross the front line, to be
where the Russian troops are, where
Russia is. And ---- they are being
hindered - in every possible
way," he said.
Earlier, political commentator Roman Golovanov
said that the residents of Ukraine are in shock
from the madness that the employees of the
territorial recruitment centres arranged.
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In Kharkiv - the chief engineer
of the company that supplied
drones to the Armed Forces
of Ukraine was eliminated
May 7th, 4:29pm
(Vesti.ru)
Chief engineer of the KNK Scientific and Technical
Stormtrooper Alexander with the call sign Black returned from
Ukrainian captivity the day before. TV channel "Russia 24"
showed the first call of a military man to his mother after
returning home.
The fighter admitted that he could barely hold back tears.
"Honestly, Mom, I am so happy for our Russia that...
indescribable feelings. I love you very much.
I can't hold back my tears, Mom," said
the stormtrooper who returned
from captivity.
Alexander served in the Donetsk sector. He was captured in
Ukraine near the village of New York, when his unit was left
without communication.
On May 6, as a result of the negotiation process, Ukraine and
Russia exchanged prisoners of war.. under the 205 - for - 205
formula. The Russian Defense Ministry noted that mediation
efforts in the return of Russian fighters..... were provided by
the United Arab Emirates.
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Kartapolov announced a
turning point in the SVO
May 7th, 5:55am
(Vesti.ru)
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Andrey
Kartapolov, said in the program "Evening with Vladimir
Solovyov" --- about the turning point at the front.
He also called for making every effort to help
the units that are on the line of contact.
According to him, it is important to do this right now, when it
is "difficult". It is at a critical moment --- that we must finish
off Ukrainian Nazism, Kartapolov pointed out.
"Now, more than ever, we need to exert all our strength here
in the rear, to help the guys at the front. Now it is, because
it is difficult now, now, is the turning point when we need
to go ahead and finish off this abomination in its lair,
as our ancestors did," Kartapolov said.
He stressed - that Russia is ready for this.
"We are ready for this. You just need to know
it --- and do it --- for everyone," the MP said.
Kartapolov also said that the pace of the offensive
has increased, and the depth of the advance of
Russian forces in the defense of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, has increased.
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Fighter of the Russian Armed Forces:
APU hiding behind civilians in Bogatyr
May 7th, 5:40am
(Vesti.ru)
The operator of the UAV of the Far Eastern Winds detachment
spoke on the air of Russia 1 about the nuances of working in
the vicinity of the village of Bogatyr in the south of the DPR.
According to him, the tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
make it necessary to exercise special caution. Neo-Nazis
seek to equip their positions in the residential sector,
hiding behind civilians.
"They, as they like to do, disappeared into the houses. We work
carefully, as on jewelry, because.... there are also civilians. We
worked on the enemy's manpower, worked on the equipment;
lightly armoured, transported ammunition," the UAV
operator said.
Judging by the power of the explosion, the truck was carrying
a significant amount of ammunition, explained his colleague.
"The explosion was such a detonation that at first, they thought
that the FAB (high – explosive aerial bomb-Ed.) had arrived. But
then we were informed that the blast wave was caused by the
fact that the Ural detonated. Because... it contained a large
amount of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,"
the serviceman said.
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Fighters of the Russian Armed Forces
reinforced the "Lightning" mines ---
to oust the APU from Bogatyr
May 7th, 5:33am
(Vesti.ru)
Soldiers of the Far Eastern Winds detachment of the 29th
Guards Army equip Molniya attack drones with anti-tank
mines. This is done in order to push the enemy more
effectively in the vicinity of the village of Bogatyr
in the DPR.
This was told on the air of "Russia 1" by
one of the fighters of the detachment.
The drone is brought to the positions in disassembled form.
Operators carefully assemble the mechanism themselves.
This takes about half an hour.
"There was not enough strong charge to carry everything.
So we decided to try a mine. It took off, it flew. Well, that's all, so they began to work," the serviceman said.
The charge of the reinforced structure is 7 kilograms.
This is enough to demolish a house, said the fighter.
Earlier, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that
in Bogatyr there are hot clashes between Russian
servicemen - and militants of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine.
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A soldier of the Russian Armed Forces
who returned from captivity: I still....
can't believe it
May 7th, 4:40am
(Vesti.ru)
205 Russian soldiers returned to their homeland from
Ukrainian captivity. The IL-76 plane with fighters on
board..... landed on the evening of May 6 in the
Moscow region. On the air of the Rossiya 1
TV channel, the servicemen shared
their emotions.
Some of them were held captive by neo-Nazis for
several months, others ----- for more than a year.
"I still can't believe it – I spent 8 months
in captivity," said one of the fighters.
According to his colleague, the most
important thing, is to return home...
healthy.
"The most important thing ----- was to return
home safe and sound and see my family,"
the soldier said.
Two hundred fighters are united by one thing --- all
were lucky enough to return to Russia on the eve
of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the
Victory. The servicemen voiced their wishes:
patience .....and a new, great victory.
A convoy of buses.... with servicemen who have returned to
their homeland has been sent to hospitals of the Ministry
of Defense, where the soldiers will be diagnosed.
If necessary, they will receive medical assistance, and
then they will be sent home to relatives - to celebrate
the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
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The Zapad group -- has destroyed 33
UAV control points of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces in the past 24 hours.
May 7th, 3:05am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian group of troops "West" over the past day
destroyed 33 control points of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) Armed Forces of Ukraine,
said the head of the press centre of the
group, Ivan Bigma, to representatives
of the media.
Zapad tankers destroyed the crew of the AGS-17
installation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
which was located 10 km from the
Russian position.
"Six field artillery pieces were also destroyed, including
five Western-made ones, 12 mortar crews, three
Starlink satellite communication stations and
three field ammunition depots," Bigma said.
Units of the Zapad group have taken up new positions
in the area of four settlements in the Kharkiv region.
Meanwhile, communications specialists of Zapad
restored memorials in honour of the heroes of
the Great Patriotic War ----- in the Luhansk
People's Republic (LPR).
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Pakistan reveals losses
--- after India strikes
by Evgeny Silaev
(Night Line Editor)
May 7th, 12:24am
(Lenta.ru)
Eight Pakistanis were killed as a result of strikes by
the Indian army on the territory of the country. This
was reported by Reuters ---- with reference to a
representative of the Pakistani military.
"Eight Pakistanis were killed, 25 wounded,
and two are missing," the source said.
The Ministry of Defense of Pakistan - reported a missile
strike on the territory of the country from India on the
evening of May 6. Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif
Chaudhry, Director General of the Interagency
Public Relations Service (ISPR) -- called the
Indian attack "despicable and cowardly."
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Sobyanin: the attack of seven drones
flying to Moscow ---- was repelled
May 6th, 11:36pm
(RT.ru)
The Defense Ministry's air defense forces - repelled an
attack by seven drones flying at Moscow, the mayor
of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said.
According to him, emergency services specialists
are working at the crash site.
Also, an enemy UAV was shot down by electronic
warfare over the territory of the Roslavl district
of the Smolensk region.
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The Russian Defense Ministry told about
the exploits of the Russian military in
the free defense zone
May 6th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The ministry noted the actions of the commander of
the artillery gun of the Guards, foreman Yevgeny
Varlamov. During the battle with the Ukrainian
militants - who attempted to reach the flank
of the advancing units of the Armed Forces
of the Russian Federation in order to cut
them off from the main forces, he
provided.. continuous firing. It
was his gun that was given
the task of disrupting the
enemy's plan.
So, thanks to the competent and quick actions of
Varlamov, as well as the coordinated actions of
the artillery crew, the Armed Forces of Ukraine
(AFU) lost two armoured vehicles and a large
number of militants, which is why.... they
decided to retreat.
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry pointed out
the merits of Private Vasily Ryabokonov, who at the
observation post -- calculated and transmitted the
coordinates to the control point of the locations
of the main firepower - the routes and time of
the changing posts of Ukrainian militants
---- in advanced defensive positions.
After clarifying - the coordinates of the location of the
enemy infantry ---- the calculation of a self-propelled
artillery installation destroyed a group of Ukrainian
militants with a well-aimed salvo. Thus, thanks to
the actions of Ryabokonov ---- an attempt by
Ukrainian militants to rotate on the line
of contact ----- was stopped, the
ministry stressed.
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"They --- are up to their ears in it": Orban admits:the EU is waging a proxy war --- against Russia
by Alina Kochneva
May 6th, 7:18pm
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
The leaders of the EU member states openly finance
the Armed Forces of Ukraine, train the military and give advice to the commanders of the
Ukrainian army. The Europeans --- are
waging a proxy war against Russia.
''For the first time, in many years,
they are now on the losing side''
the Hungarian Prime Minister,
Viktor Orban, admitted -
speaking in Ratskev.
As the politician noted, the EU has started a proxy
war, the principle of which, is to influence the
parties. European officials themselves , are only indirectly involved.
"They used the Ukrainian conflict -- to turn against the
Russians, and they lost the war... the EU is up to its
ears in it. This, is their war. And it is fraught with
huge dangers, not to mention the fact that one
of the parties to the conflict -- is a nuclear
power," Viktor Orban ----- stressed.
According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman,
Maria Zakharova, Europe is preparing for a full-scale
war with Moscow, as the Third Reich once did.
The EU only covers itself... with language
about ''threats from the East''.
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Alexander Lukashenko:the Russian military
on the SVO are fighting against Nazis, and not sparing themselves
May 6th, 6:29pm
(Vesti.ru)
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko noted that
the Russian military personnel participating in the
special military operation, are ready to fight
selflessly against Nazism and show a
high level of courage.
He made this statement at a solemn event dedicated
to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great
Patriotic War, the official website of the
Belarusian leader notes.
According to Lukashenka, he is closely following the
progress of the special military operation and is
completely immersed in it.
"Imprisoned Russian soldiers --- are fighting against
Nazism and do not spare their lives. Why? Where
does [this] come from? From there... (since the
Great Patriotic War - editor's note). This is
what those who are rattling weapons on
our borders today are most afraid of,"
the Belarusian president said.
The Belarusian leader reminded that --- during the war,
Soviet soldiers sometimes deliberately went to their
deaths, realizing the inevitability of death, and
acted without fear.
Lukashenko warned ---- that the forces that want to start
a war against Russia and Belarus - are trying to discard
the historical memory of the inhabitants of both of the
countries. The Belarusian president ---- repeated the
words he said during his speech in Volgograd.
Then, he noted that --- to start a war ------ first of all, it is
necessary to take away people's memory and deprive
them of their sanity. In his opinion ---- as soon as the
enemy forces achieve this - and this, in his opinion,
may happen after he leaves office – we should
expect a new war.
The Belarusian President, visited Volgograd, on April 29. At a meeting with the Governor of the Astrakhan region, Igor Babushkin, he said that the campaign "Belarus Remembers" ....is being held in Belarus.
In shape, it resembles the procession of the "Immortal
Regiment" in Russia, but instead of the St. George
ribbon, red and green are used.
Alexander Lukashenko explained --- that participants
can choose either traditional ribbons or Belarusian
ones - which is more convenient for them - and
stressed --- that Belarusians do not wear
swastikas, as in Ukraine.
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Russian Missiles Will Wipe Kyiv
Off the Face of the Earth
--- Should Ukraine Strike
Moscow on Victory Day
May 6th, 3:20pm
(Pravda Report)
If Ukraine attacks Moscow on May 9, Russia will strike
a devastating counterstrike on Kyiv within minutes,
military analyst and retired Colonel, Mikhail
Khodarenok believes.
Russia's long-range cruise missiles such as the
Kh-101 and Kh-555, Kalibr-PL and Kalibr-NK
naval cruise missiles, drones --- and the
Iskander-M missile systems could be
used; for a retaliatory strike. The
analyst also suggested, that the
strategic missile forces, could
be involved with conventional
warhead delivery systems.
"The retribution strike" could overshadow everything
that has happened so far in the conflict, Mikhail
Khodarenok also said.
According to him, the centre of the Ukrainian capital
could be turned into ruins. Additionally, he believes
that government buildings, including the office of
the President of Ukraine, may come under fire.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
that Kyiv could not guarantee the safety of foreign
leaders ....who would come to Moscow for the May 9 celebrations.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria
Zakharova called his words --- a classic
international terrorist threat.
According to Yevhen Dykyi, the former commander
of the Aidar Battalion (recognized - as a terrorist
organization -- and banned in Russia), said that
Ukraine would refrain from attacking Moscow
due to the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Russian capital.
"One elderly Chinese man will do what Russia's air
defense cannot do. He will make sure we don’t
strike this parade," he said.
Russia Details Security Measures
in Moscow for May 9
The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense
Committee, Yuri Shvytkin, assured that the
Russian Armed Forces and the Ministry
of Defense were taking all necessary
measures to ensure the complete
safety of both the Victory Day
parade participants, and
Moscow's guests.
"Efforts will be made ------- by law enforcement and the
Ministry of Defense, air defense systems, and other
various forces and means --- to maintain security.
Preventive operational activities ------- will be
conducted ahead of May 9th -- as well as
direct public order & safety measures,
with a focus on air defense --- in the
potential directions of an attack
on our capital," said Shvytkin.
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Pyatnashki commander Avidzba:
The Russian Armed Forces will
crush the APU with resources
May 6th, 11:34am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops - will eventually "crush" the Armed
Forces of Ukraine with resources, Ahra Avidzba,
commander of the Pyatnashka international
brigade, said in the 60 Minutes program
on the Rossiya TV channel.
The military man noted that in modern conditions,
in the presence of drones, there is a difficult
long-range struggle to deplete the
enemy's resources.
"Previously, it was possible to stick EW (electronic
warfare system. - Editor's note) and try to break
through some area there, but today, the so-
called -- as we like to say -- "fiber-optic
trolleybuses", our drones --- they do
not give such an opportunity. Well,
that is why.. we are working to
deplete resources. But --- the
point is ----- that we will still
crush them with resources
& they will not be able to
do this for a long time,"
Avidzba - expressed
his confidence.
Earlier, the commander of the Pyatnashka
brigade said that the Kiev regime wants
to "kill all the information" on the
upcoming Victory Day ------- by
making attempts to transfer
the fighting to the territory
of the Kursk region.
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Moscow will respond - if Kiev continues
strikes ...during the days of the truce
on Victory Day
May 6th, 11:29am
(Vesti.ru)
Russia will give an adequate response if the Ukrainian
side continues to attempt strikes on the territory of
the country on the armistice days during the
Victory Day celebrations. This was stated
by the press secretary of the Russian
President, Dmitry Peskov.
The Kremlin spokesman stressed: that the proposal for a truce remains in force, but if Kiev tries to continue the strikes, a response will be given.
"The fire will be stopped, but --- if there is no reciprocity
on the part of the Kiev regime, and attempts to strike
at our positions and facilities continue, an adequate
response ---- will be given immediately,"
Peskov stressed.
On April 28, it was reported that Russian President
Vladimir Putin -- declared a truce in the special
operation zone during the celebration of the
80th anniversary of Victory in the Great
Patriotic War. According to the
Kremlin's press service this
decision was made --- for
humanitarian reasons.
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Russian Defense Ministry: daily losses of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine exceeded
1.4 thousand militants
May 6th, 11:06am
(Vesti.ru)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 1,425 soldiers
in the special operation zone over the past day, the
Russian Defense Ministry said.
Units of the Russian group of forces "North" destroyed
up to 225 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
fighters of the "Western" group of forces – more
than 250 Ukrainian militants, "Southern" –
more than 275 militants, "Central" –
more than 425 enemy soldiers,
"Eastern" – up to 200 soldiers
of Ukraine's Armed Forces.
Units of the Dnipro group
also eliminated up to 50
Ukrainian servicemen.
The daily losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also
include a tank, seven ammunition depots, five field
artillery pieces made in Western countries, a self-
propelled artillery installation Braveheart, made
in Great Britain and the French Caesar, as well
as two M198 howitzers made in the US.
Earlier, the Defense Ministry announced
the liberation of Lysovka, in the DPR.
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Tsybulsky: Arkhangelsk region handed
over 296 vehicles and 3 thousand
drones to the SVO fighters
May 6th, 9:19am
(Vesti.ru)
The Arkhangelsk region handed over 296 vehicles and
more than 3 thousand quadrocopters to the frontline
servicemen. This was stated in an interview with
the TV channel "Russia 24", by the governor of
the region, Alexander Tsybulsky.
According to him, the region provides
national assistance to participants
of the special operation.
"I know for sure, that we have already sent 296 cars, more than 3,000 different kinds of quadrocopters
and, accordingly, drones. We sent hundreds of
thermal imagers and night vision sights. I'm
not even talking about the help that our
people are collecting. I know that now
they are preparing to send --- in my
opinion, seven or nine more cars,
which will also be in the Kursk
region in the coming days,"
Tsybulsky said.
Earlier, the governor of Pomerania said that 4.5 billion
rubles had been allocated to help the fighters since
the beginning of the SVO. In total, according to
him, in the region there are 23 measures of
social support for the military --- and for
their families.
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Underground worker --- Lebedev:
UAV assembly shops have been
liquidated in the Kharkiv region
May 6th, 8:30am
(Vesti.ru)
In the vicinity of Kharkiv ---- a strike was carried out on
objects related to the production of drones, as well as
on one of the headquarters of the Ukrainian forces.
This was reported by the coordinator of the
Nikolaev underground, Sergey Lebedev.
According to the underground coordinator, during the
attack, a hangar was also hit, in which the APU
equipment was located.
"On the night of May 6….. Two workshops related to
the production of UAVs were destroyed. One of the
headquarters and the military personnel present,
were hit, 11 were seriously wounded, two were
killed," he said.
In addition, a warehouse where mortar shells
and ammunition were stored was hit in one
of the suburbs.
Earlier, the underground informed about
...the destruction of about 20 foreign
mercenaries as a result of a strike
on the military infrastructure of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine
in Kharkiv.
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Marochko --- The Russian Armed Forces
knocked out the enemy from positions
near Makeyevka
May 6th, 6:52am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian fighters have driven out the Ukrainian Armed
Forces (APU) from their positions near the village of
Makeyevka in the LPR and gained a foothold on
the western bank of the Tekuch River, the
military expert Andrey Marochko, said.
He clarified that the Russian Armed Forces
---- crossed the river in several places.
"During active combat operations, our advanced units
managed to dislodge Ukrainian militants from their
positions south-west of the village of Makeyevka
in the LPR," the expert said, in a conversation
with TASS.
As a result, the Russian fighters improved their
position ......and expanded the control zone.
Earlier, expert Marochko reported on the deployment
of additional Russian forces in the direction of
Chasova Yar. Thus --- the Russian Armed
Forces have increased their grouping
in this area.
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Russian military Avangard - most of the Ukrainian Baba Yaga drones, are made in the EU
May 6th, 6:40am
(Vesti.ru)
A significant part of the heavy UAVs of the Baba
Yaga type - used by the Ukrainian forces in the
Kherson area is of European origin. This was
stated by a Russian serviceman from the
UAV laboratory of the 18th combined
Arms army of the Dnepr group of
troops --- call sign Avangard.
According to the operator, during the study
of captured drones, experts repeatedly
recorded the presence of markings
indicating manufacturers from
Germany and other
EU countries.
"In the Kherson direction there are a lot of UAVs that
are supplied from abroad. How many of them, we
had to study. In general --- there are a lot of
stickers from the German manufacturer,
on the "hedgehog grandmothers". Yes,
basically it's all German, European,"
he summed up, in an interview
with RIA Novosti.
Earlier it was reported that the Baba Yaga
drone obtained on the battlefield.... was
tested in the special operation zone.
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A fighter with the call sign Firs
single-handedly took an APU
support vehicle near the
village of Bogatyr in
the DPR
May 6th, 6:35am
(Vesti.ru)
58-year-old Russian assault trooper with the call sign
Firs, single-handedly took an enemy stronghold near
Bogatyr village, in the DPR. Details of the fighter
were told in an interview with the TV channel
"Russia 24".
According to the military man - he could not
retreat back, otherwise he would have died.
"I threw a grenade [into an enemy trench]. I covered
them with an explosion. Well, I jumped into the
opornik, checked, cleaned up, took up the
defense," said the fighter with the call
sign Firs.
After a while, the Russian soldier decided to move
on, and in a nearby enemy trench, he also single-
handedly captured two Ukrainian militants.
"There, their position was probably about fifteen
metres away from me. They didn't expect this.
They couldn't even raise their weapons,"
said soldier Firs.
Caught off guard, the AFU soldiers came out to
the Russian fighter .....with their hands raised.
Last night, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin,
said ---- on the air of the TV channel "Russia
24... that ---- ''in Bogatyr village, in the
Velikonovoselkovsky direction ------
there are now "serious clashes".
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Senator Nikonorova: the West has no levers
of pressure on the Russian Federation
on the issue of Ukraine
May 6th, 5:48am
(Vesti.ru)
Russia -- will not give up its demands on the Ukrainian
issue, the West has no levers of pressure on Moscow,
said the senator from the DPR, Natalia Nikonorova.
According to her, all possible sanctions against
Russia ....have already been introduced.
"It is unlikely that there is anything left in
the storerooms that will force Moscow
to abandon its clear position[on the
Ukrainian issue -Ed. ]," Nikonorova
told RIA Novosti.
The senator believes that talk of new anti-Russian
restrictions is aimed at a "wide audience", but
they do not play any real role in resolving
the Ukrainian conflict.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced his
readiness to ''sign a law'' on new restrictions on
Russia if peace cannot be achieved in Ukraine.
He proposed to introduce protective duties of
500% for those countries that continue to
buy energy resources from Moscow.
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Shoiguannounced:the launch of a
NATO program - to prepare for
conflict with Russia
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
May 5th, 10:51pm
(Lenta.ru)
NATO and the EU have launched programs aimed at
preparing the collective West for a direct military
conflict with Russia. This is stated in an article
by Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu,
published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
He noted that this is happening ------- against the
background of statements by European elites
about the need to inflict a strategic defeat
on Russia.
"These aggressive steps, as well as the continued
advance of NATO to the east, to the borders of
Russia ---- in the best traditions of Goebbels'
propaganda, are justified by Russophobic
fabrications," Shoigu stressed.
He added that --- in this regard, the role of the Security
Council of the Russian Federation in the organization
of state and military administration, is increasing.
Earlier it became known that the UK began to developan updated action plan... in the case of war with Russia.
According to The Telegraph, the document
will contain several scenarios of war —
conventional, nuclear and cyber.
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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian
Federation reported on the exploits of
Russian servicemen in the free zone
May 5th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The Ministry noted the merits of Junior Sergeant
Sayyn Khomushka, who, acting as part of a
motorized rifle unit, performed tasks to
provide medical care to the wounded
Russian servicemen --- & transport
them to medical institutions.
Militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, seeking to
occupy Russian positions, attempted an offensive.
During one of the attacks, a junior sergeant risked his
own life and provided emergency medical care to
two wounded Russian servicemen ----- under
artillery fire, after which he carried them
to safety.
After the battle ended, Khomushu loaded the wounded
into a car and took them to a field medical hospital,
where they received all the necessary assistance.
Thanks to the selfless actions of the junior
sergeant, the lives of the victims
were saved.
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry ------- drew
attention to the actions of Junior Sergeant Alexey
Oleynikov, who, in a special military operation,
performed tasks - to organize stable and
uninterrupted communication in the
interests of a battalion tactical
group of servicemen of the
Armed Forces.... of the
Russian Federation.
During combat duty ---- in one of the difficult areas,
Oleynikov was repairing an antenna device, and a
repeater damaged by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
under artillery shelling. Because of this damage,
part of the main radio network of the Russian
military personnel - failed.
Thanks to the professional actions of the junior
sergeant, all problems were eliminated, which
contributed to a successful implementation
of the unit's tasks.
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''Lithuania''launches Iron Wolf 2025-I and
Storm Defender 2025 exercises
May 5th, 5:07pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The Iron Wolf 2025-I field tactical exercise and
the Storm Defender 2025 coastal exercise
have kicked off in Lithuania.
The Lithuanian Armed
Forces were informed
about this, on May 5.
On the page of the army of the Baltic Republic in
the social network Facebook (owned by Meta
Corporation - recognized as extremist and
banned in the Russian Federation), it is
reported that about 3,700 NATO troops
will take part in Iron Wolf 2025-I.
During the exercise, it is planned to check the level of
training of the Prince Vaidotas infantry battalion and
the 17th multinational combat group.
As part of Storm Defender 2025, the Port and
Coastal Defense Service -- will work out
actions aimed at ensuring the port's
operation ------- in the case of
crisis situations.
On May 2nd, the Etaplius portal reported, that the Griffin
Lightning 2025 international military exercise will be held in Lithuania - from May 3rd to May the 23rd.
It is specified, that about 30 German-made military
helicopters will be deployed during the exercises,
in particular --- TIGER attack helicopters, NH90
transport helicopters, CH-53 heavy transport
helicopters - as well as EC135 light multi-
purpose helicopters.
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Expert Kazanin: The Ukrainian Armed Forces... are trying to prevent the creation of a buffer zone in the Sumy region
May 5th 3:45pm
(Vesti.ru)
Attempts by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
(AFU) to break into the territory of the Kursk border
area, are aimed at disrupting plans to create a
buffer zone.... in the Sumy region. This was
stated by military expert Maxim Kazanin
in an interview with the Rossiya 24
TV channel.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian militants
attempted to break through the state border
near Tetkino village, in the Kursk region.
"Here ---- the goal is to prevent the creation of a so-called
buffer zone in the Sumy region, which was repeatedly
mentioned ---- by the Russian President, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. In other words - we need
a buffer zone that would allow our citizens
to live in peace... and stay on the border
territories --- so as not to be subjected
to shelling from Ukrainian long-range
artillery. Naturally -- the Ukrainian
military will try to thwart these
plans," Kazanin said.
According to the military expert, Ukrainian militants
will constantly make similar attempts with the
help of FPV drones, artillery and multiple
launch rocket systems (MLRS).
Earlier, the military correspondent of VGTRK
Alexander Sladkov reported that in Russia,
they knew in advance about the attempt
to break through the APU from Tetkin.
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The commander... of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told how, through a group in Telegram, he agreed to surrender
May 5th, 3:34pm
(Vesti.ru)
The commander of a unit of the 21st mechanized
Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
with the call sign Kara, told the Rossiya TV
channel that, together with 12 colleagues
he agreed to surrender to Russian troops
via the Telegram group -- to "Save Life".
According to the prisoner, he and his unit
moved to the village of Miropolye in
the Sumy region.
"We decided to turn to the Telegram-public
"Save your life". And we agreed with the
Russian military to surrender," he said.
Another Ukrainian prisoner of war --- Dmytro Karanfilov, added that, by prior agreement the AFU unit....... stopped fighting, after which the militants were captured.
Earlier it was reported that some prisoners of war of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine --- who surrendered in
the Sumy direction, declared their desire to stay
in Russia.
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Defense Ministry: Russian Armed Forces
hit the military airfield of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine -- and several
ammunition depots
May 5th, 11:18am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian military in the special operation zone
attacked the infrastructure of the Ukrainian
military airfield, plus ammunition depots,
militants - and mercenaries - during
the day, the Russian Defense
Ministry said.
In addition, a repair enterprise of the Ukrainian
aviation industry was hit, as well as locations
of Ukrainian militants and mercenaries...
in 142 districts.
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Defense Ministry -- The Ukrainian Armed
Forces lost about 1.4 thousand soldiers
in the special operation zone - during the day
May 5th, 11:08am
(Vesti.ru)
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) --- lost 1,395
militants in the special military operation zone
during the day, according to the Russian
Defense Ministry's summary.
The enemy suffered the greatest losses ---- in the area
of responsibility of the Center group - in the areas of
Udachny, Dimitrov, Novopavlovka, Novosergeyevka
and Grodovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
There, the Ukrainian army lost up to 465
servicemen, a tank and four
armoured vehicles.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more
than 315 militants in the area of responsibility of
the Southern group of Russia's Armed Forces.
At the Donetsk settlements of Serebryanka,
Druzhkovka, Seversk and Zarya, the enemy
also lost two armoured combat vehicles
and eight field artillery pieces.
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Grab the goodies and
keep the war going
May 3rd, 2025
(Moon of Alabama)
The U.S. may already be back to being fully committed to
the war. As soon as the mineral deal was signed --- the
State Department gave notice to Congress about a
$50+ million weapon sale to Ukraine.
During the night, from Thursday to Friday, a large scale
drone attack from Ukraine took place in Crimea. Last
night another, even larger attack took place. During
the attack ---- Ukraine used Storm Shadow cruise
missiles --- which need U.S. intelligence based
coordinates..... to reach their targets.
(machine translation):
For the first time since January, Russia announced
a strike by British Storm Shadow missiles. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The ministry announced the downing of eight
such missiles over the Black Sea.
The last time the Russian Federation officially
reported on a Storm Shadow strike ----- was
almost three months ago - on January 15.
Also in Russia, a mass drone raid was reported on the Crimea (96 were shot down) and the
Krasnodar Territory... (47 UAVs were
shot down). In addition - it is stated
that 14 Ukrainian unmanned boats
were destroyed in the Black Sea.
Recall that on the night of May 2 , the Crimea
was also under a massive drone attack.
Explosions were, in particular, in the
areas of military airfields.
Without U.S. (and British) intelligence support
--- the recent attacks by Ukraine would not
have been possible.
This points to a (not yet public) Trump decision
to continue the war - even though the U.S. has no chance to win.
Michael Brenner explains how Trump's
'malignant narcissism' has led to
this outcome.
When Russia launches its big Summer offensive,
after Victory Day on May 9, it will become very
obvious that making peace with Russia would
have been the more difficult -- but also more
promising -- way to proceed.
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Employees of the shopping
centremobilized a courier
by Evgeny Silaev
(Night Line Editor)
May 3rd, 9:29pm
(Lenta.ru)
In Lutsk, employees of the territorial recruitment
center (TCC, the Ukrainian equivalent of military
enlistment offices) forcibly mobilized a courier
who was engaged in food delivery. This was
announced by the military blogger, Boris
Rozhin, in his Telegram channel.
The published video shows how military commissars
stopped a courier on a bicycle, with a large bag
...hanging on the young man's back. Then, a
minibus pulls up, the doors open, and the
three employees of the shopping centre
try to push him into the minibus.
The courier put up a fierce resistance and almost
escaped. A fourth military commissar came to
the aid of his colleagues, after which -- the
delivery service employee was shoved
into the minibus, with the bag. The
bike... was left lying on the road.
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In Britain, they told about: the
reluctance of Ukrainians
to go to the front
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
May 3rd, 9:15pm
(Lenta.ru)
Most Ukrainian citizens are ready to leave their
country, rather than go to the front. This was
written by The Guardian.
"The population of Russia is about four times larger
than the remaining population in Ukraine. Most of
the Ukrainians who were ready to join and fight
....did so long ago," the article says.
At the same time, many others who were not called
up would rather leave the country than risk their
lives, British journalists wrote.
Earlier, a former Ukrainian fighter said that the number
of "ideological" servicemen in the ranks of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, has practically disappeared, and
Ukrainians have begun to realize why there are so
many deserters in the army. The man himself
said --- that the turning point, for him, was
the failure of the counteroffensive of
Ukrainian troops in the summer
of 2023.
At the end of April, Polish media reported that --- since
the beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, 100 thousand
soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine voluntarily
left their positions. The conscripted Ukrainians
desert.. even before they reach the front.
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Calculation chief, Mammadagayev: Tor air
defense system can hit high-grade targets
May 3rd, 8:56pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Tor surface-to-air missile system, can shoot down
high-grade targets. This was reported to the Rossiya
TV channel, by the head of the calculation,
Omar Mammadagayev.
He noted that the complex can shoot down anything,
so the enemy ---- is trying to destroy the Tor.
"The speed is high, Storm Shadow flies low, and if the
complex captures the target then the probability is
very high ----- that it will be hit. The Tor [downs] even high-speed targets in a modern war,"
Mammadagayev said.
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Kadyrov --- Russian fighters prevented an
attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
to enter the Kursk region
by Sergey Gapchuk
May 3rd, 4:23pm
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
The Russian military --- prevented an attempt by the
Armed Forces of Ukraine to enter the territory of
the Kursk region. This was announced by the
head of Chechnya ---- Ramzan Kadyrov, posting a corresponding video.
"Sumy direction… In the footage, the Kashtan
detachment --- of the Akhmat special forces
of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian
Federation, in cooperation with assault
groups -- of the 2nd Special Forces
brigade, the 15th tank regiment
of the 1st mcr -- prevented the
penetration of bandits of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
from the Ukrainian side
..into the territory of
the Kursk region,"
Kadyrov wrote.
According to the head of Chechnya ----
the "poor devils" - will not calm down
after their shameful expulsion from
the Russian land.
Kadyrov stressed --- that the enemy group was
defeated with precise strikes and now these
Nazis will never set their dirty feet on our
land again.
As the KP website wrote, On April 20th, Ramzan
Kadyrov reported that special forces soldiers
"Akhmat" discovered the illegal crossing of
the state border of Russia by Ukrainian
nationalists, after which the enemy
saboteurs were destroyed.
According to him, the decision to eliminate violators
was made as quickly as possible. Soon a shooting
battle ensued, during which all the targets were
safely eliminated, Ramzan Kadyrov stressed.
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INF Chief Timofeev: Ukraine will be the
main loser..... if the fighting continues
by Sergey Gapchuk
May 3rd, 4:08pm
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
Ukraine will be the main loser --- if the negotiations
between Russia and the United States do not bring
results, and the conflict continues.
This was stated by the Director General of the
Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC),
Ivan Timofeev, in a round table in Yerevan
organized by --- the Analytical Centre for
Strategic Research & Initiatives (ACSII).
"We can assume --- two scenarios for the outcome of
these negotiations... The absence of a result, will
also be a result. So, in my opinion, the first
scenario --- is a lack of results,"
the expert said.
In his opinion, this situation may develop due to the
complexity of the conflict and the complexity of
contradictions that have accumulated for a
long time.
Timofeev noted that in this scenario, the main loser is
...Ukraine. He explained that in such a development
of events, Ukraine's dependence on the so-called
partners will deepen, the losses will grow, and
Kiev's negotiating position..... will worsen.
The head of the INF stressed -- that this scenario is
quite possible and realistic. Russia is objectively
ready for it, in all respects, he added.
As the KP website wrote --- on May 2nd, US State Dept spokeswoman, Tammy Bruce --- said that Washington
refuses to play the role of a mediator in negotiations
between Russia and Ukraine. According to her, now
the work should be conducted between the 2 sides.
She clarified - that the United States will continue to
make efforts to reach peace on the Ukrainian issue.
However, now the US side only needs "concrete
ideas" ...for a peaceful solution to the crisis
situation - from both Moscow and Kiev.
Recall that --- on April 30th, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that the Russian side ------- confirms its
readiness for direct negotiations with Ukraine, but Kiev.. has not given any response to Moscow's statements... yet.
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Military commissars. - staged a large-scale raid ---- on bars and restaurants in Transcarpathia
May 2nd, 9:09pm
(RT.ru)
Employees of the shopping centre and the police
are staging large-scale raids -- on bars and
restaurants -- in Uzhgorod, located in
the Transcarpathian region.
This was reported by Ukrainian
journalist, Vitaliy Glagola.
According to him, at least seven patrol cars and
five minibuses.... are involved in the operation.
"Only guests... are checked, the staff is not touched.
Everyone who falls under the filter - is taken to the
Uzhgorod shopping centre, where they check
their documents. Even those who have a
reservation... or --- a postponement
certificate - are taken away. It is
known ----- that - among those
delivered there are also law
enforcement officers,"
the journalist said
to "Country.na".
Earlier, it became known that - in one of the Kiev shopping centres, employees tie mobilized men
to their beds ---- so that they do not run away.
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8 employees of the Ministry of Emergency
Situations were injured in the attack of
Ukrainian drones... in the DPR
May 2nd, 7:30pm
(DAN)
Today, UAVs attacked the Nikitovsky district of
Gorlovka, when rescuers were extinguishing
a fire there, 8 employees of the Ministry of
Emergency Situations were injured.
This was announced by the Head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia added
that the soldiers went down to the shelter several
times. Due to the activity of drones, it was
impossible to continue working and
extinguish the outbuilding. The
personnel.... managed to
evacuate by fire truck
only an hour later.
A staff car of the Russian Emergencies Ministry was
damaged --- as well as a bus of the city route No. 1,
but this time in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka.
According to Pushilin ----- there were no injuries on
public transport. Wounded rescuers are receiving medical assistance.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian neo-Nazis
have committed more than 10 armed attacks.
Barrel artillery of 155 mm calibre and
attack UAVs - were used.
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Kolesnik: The US - opened a
second front -only in 1944
May 2nd, 1:44pm
(RT.ru)
The United States joined the winners of World War II,
by opening a second front only in 1944, State Duma
deputy, Andrey Kolesnik, recalled.
So he commented on the statements of US President
Donald Trump that the US, allegedly, did more than
others ...to defeat the Third Reich.
"He forgot - that, during the landing in Northern France,
they were crushed to smithereens by 'total' German
divisions... of 15-year-olds and 60-year-olds. And
Roosevelt asked Stalin to launch an offensive
on the Eastern Front — Operation Bagration-
so that the Americans could at least leave.
And then, they landed in friendly Italy in
Sicily - where they prepared areas for
landing without combat operations,"
Kolesnik said -- in a conversation
with NEWS.ru.
President Vladimir Putin, in his speeches, noted that
in Russia --- the memory of the defenders of the
Fatherland - is sacred, the Russian people
pay tribute, to the soldiers of the allied
armies... of the United States, Great
Britain, and other states - and also
remember and honour the feat of
Chinese soldiers -- in the battle
against Japanese militarism.
In 2020, he stressed that politicians and historians in
the West "know perfectly well" who "finished off the
fascist reptile ---- in its lair" and stormed Berlin.
He also recalled that the Red Army "ground"
over 80% of the enemy's equipment and
manpower ---- on the Eastern Front.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports
on the progress of the special
military operation (26 April–
2 May 2025)
April 2nd, 10:45am
From 26 April to 2 May ----- the Armed Forces of the
Russian Federation carried out -- 7 group strikes
with high-precision weapons & attack drones
- to hit enterprises of the Ukrainian defence
industry, and the infrastructure of military
airfields, weapons & ammunition depots,
locations of electronic recon systems,
the sites of production & storage of
attack unmanned aerial vehicles -
uncrewed surface vehicles... the
temporary deployment areas of
Ukrainian armed formations ---
and foreign mercenaries.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces - completed the
defeat of the AFU units on the territory of the Kursk
region. In the course of intensive offensive actions,
Gornal in Kursk region was liberated. It was the
last settlement under the control of Ukrainian
militants. The creation of a security belt
continues on the territory of Sumy
border areas, Ukraine.
In the Belgorod & Kharkov directions, Russian troops
hit units of two mechanised brigades, one motorised
infantry brigade, 1 air assault brigade of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, & 3 territorial defence brigades.
Over the week - more than 1,530 militants have been
neutralised in the area of responsibility of the Sever
Group of Forces. Moreover, the enemy lost 2 tanks,
32 armoured fighting vehicles, 104 motor vehicles
-- 52 field artillery guns, 4 electronic warfare and
counter-fire stations ------ as well as six
ammunition depots.
As a result of resolute actions of the Zapad Group of
Forces, the settlements of Kamenka, Doroshovka
(Kharkov region) and Novoye (Donetsk People's
Republic) were liberated.
Russian troops inflicted damage on the manpower
and military hardware - of one tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one
airmobile brigade, one assault brigade of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine ---- and three
territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,630 troops,
2 tanks, 7 armoured fighting vehicles, including one
Turkish-made Kirpi armoured vehicle, a U.S.-made
M113 armoured personnel carrier, 53 motor
vehicles, and 28 field artillery guns,
including 16 manufactured by
NATO countries.
Six electronic warfare and counter-fire stations, as
well as 27 ammunition depots, were neutralised.
The Yug Group's elements took more advantageous
lines and positions. They hit the formations of six
mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, one
motorised infantry brigade, 1 airmobile brigade,
one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, and
one National Guard brigade.
Over the past week, Ukrainian armed formations
sustained losses of more than 1,790 militants,
13 armoured fighting vehicles, including one
M113 armoured personnel carrier, three
HMMWV armoured vehicles, and one
U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured
vehicle, in this direction.
Thirty-nine motor vehicles, 13 field artillery guns,
six electronic warfare and counter-fire stations,
as well as 13 ammunition depots ----
were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group's units improved the situation along
the front line. They hit the manpower and military hardware of 2 heavy mechanised brigades, 7
mechanised brigades, one assault brigade,
one jaeger brigade, one UAV brigade, one
assault regiment of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, 1 marine brigade, 1 territorial
defence brigade, and three National
Guard brigades, were hit.
The enemy losses ------- amounted to more than 2,970
troops, 20 armoured fighting vehicles, including one
HMMWV armoured vehicle and one U.S.-made M113
armoured personnel carrier. Thirty-six motor
vehicles and 20 field artillery guns ------
were neutralised.
The Vostok Group's units - continued to advance to the
depths of the enemy's defence. Strikes, were inflicted
on the formations of three mechanised brigades, two
jaeger brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault
brigade, 1 air assault brigade of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine, 1 marine brigade, and two territorial
defence brigades.
The enemy lost ----- more than 1,220 troops and 16
armoured fighting vehicles. The enemy suffered
losses -- of 64 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery
guns, including French-made 155-mm Caesar
self-propelled artillery system, German-made
155-mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled
artillery system, six electronic warfare
stations, and 3 ammunition depots.
The Dnepr Group's units ------- inflicted losses on the
manpower & hardware of 1 mechanised brigade,
one mountain assault brigade, three coastal
defence brigades.. of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine & 2 territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 600 troops,
two armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles
six field artillery guns, t10 electronic warfare and
counter-fire stations, and 9 ammunition depots.
Russian Aerospace Forces: shot down one
Su-27 aircraft ...of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Over the past week, air defence systems have shot
down 36 JDAM guided aerial bombs and five U.S.-
made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, two S-200 anti-
aircraft guided missiles redesigned to engage
ground targets, as well as 1,306 fixed-wing
unmanned aerial vehicles.
Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation ----- destroyed one
U.S.-made Willard speedboat and three uncrewed
surface vehicles and damaged one vehicle in the
Black Sea waters.
In total --- since the beginning of the special military
Soldiers of the 91st engineer-sapper regiment of the
Center group of troops ---- have restored a memorial
complex in the village of Alekseyevo-Orlovka in the
Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). After that --- the
grand opening of the already restored monument
"Mass Grave of Soviet soldiers and monument to
fellow countrymen" took place. This was
announced on Friday, May the 2nd, by
the Russian Defense Ministry.
"The monument -- was significantly updated — St.
George's ribbons were applied to the obelisks -
the memorial plaque was made of modern
composite materials for durability. The
military completely put the territory
in order --- they cleaned the walls,
restored the paths, restored the
figures of soldiers and painted
all of the elements... of the
memorial," the military
department said.
The opening ceremony of the renovated memorial was
attended by the head of the Shakhtersky Municipal
District of the DPR Alexander Shatov, the head of
the engineering troops of the Central Military
District, Major General Andrey Gandzyuk,
the commander of the 91st engineer
Regiment Viktor Kuhalsky, as well
as residents of the village.
The participants of the event ....observed a minute of
silence in memory of the fallen heroes... and laid
flowers at the memorial complex.
The servicemen who took part in the restoration work,
were presented with letters of thanks ---- in honour of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic
War. Patriotic songs - performed by local artists -
complemented the festive atmosphere.
The updated memorial "Mass Grave of Soviet Soldiers
and monument to Fellow countrymen" --- not only
preserves the memory of the feat of Soviet
soldiers, but also ------- symbolizes the
connection between generations.
The restoration works now carried out -- emphasize the
importance of preserving the historical heritage and
respect ------- for those who gave their lives, for the
freedom of the Fatherland, the Russian Defense
Ministry added.
"It is very important - that such events take place in the
country. We have, in Shakhtersk especially, a mining land full of heroes, full of many monuments. I think
the restoration of the monument and its opening
is very important --- because the soldiers who
defended our land from the German plague,
performed a great feat, and this feat will
never --- be forgotten," said Irina, a
resident of Alekseevo-Orlovka.
Earlier, on April 30th, the press service of the Russian
Defense Ministry reported - that Russian servicemen
of the North group of troops carried out repair work
on the damaged monument in honour of the events
of the Great Patriotic War, in the Kursk region.
In turn, local residents thanked the soldiers
for their assistance - in the restoration of
the monument.
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Rogov reported at least
28 explosions - in the
city of Zaporozhye
by Alexey Komolov
May 1st, 9:56pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
At least 28 explosions occurred in Zaporizhia city, the Chairman of the RF CC Commission on
Sovereignty Issues, Vladimir Rogov,
told RIA Novosti.
According to him, the Ukrainian military - is trying to
shoot down drones that are flying towards military
targets... in the nearest suburb of the regional
centre, as well as near Dnepropetrovsk.
"At least 28 explosions were heard in Zaporizhia,
and shooting ----- is also heard," Rogov said.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that
the Russian military - is methodically recapturing
strongholds from the Ukrainian Armed Forces -
---- taking control of the main roads leading
in the direction of Zaporozhye.
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Rada deputy Ustinova: The US handed
over outdated Stinger air defense
systems ....to Ukraine
May 1st, 9:37pm
(RT.ru)
The United States handed over a ten-year supply of
Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine -
but all these systems are outdated, Verkhovna
Rada deputy, Alexandra Ustinova, said.
"We were given a ten-year supply of Stingers. But
the problem is that this is an old model... Every
five years, a new one comes out - and the old
rockets don't fit the new model, Сountry.na
quotes the words of Ustinova.
The MP added that the US side does not intend
to transfer new weapons to the Armed Forces
of Ukraine.
She also clarified that stocks of old complexes
in warehouses... do exist, but their number is
much less than expected.
Earlier, The Times reported that the flow of weapons
to Kiev will dry up in 6 months, if the United States
withdraws from the ''negotiations''.
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US accused of transferring
non-working F-16s from
landfill .....to Ukraine
by Samer Mustafa
May 1st, 9:20pm
(Gazeta.ru)
The US transfers non-working F-16 fighters to Ukraine,
which are stored in an aviation equipment dump, and
they are supplied as a source of spare parts. This
is reported by War Zone --- with reference to a representative of the US Air Force.
The publication notes - that these fighters were
removed from active use in the United States,
as they are unsuitable for flights. They lack
critical components ----- such as engines
or radars, so these F-16s ----- cannot
be restored for operational use.
Earlier, independent military analyst, Drago Bosnich,
said that by April 2025, Ukraine had lost a third of
the F-16 fighter jets supplied by Western states.
According to the expert -- the Armed Forces of Ukraine
(APU) received at least 27 F-16AM fighters from NATO
countries. At the moment -- no more than 19 aircraft
remain in service, Bosnich believes. At least three
fighters --- were shot down, but some sources
suggest that their number is.. up to six.
In addition -- several aircraft were
destroyed on the ground, the
analyst believes.
Earlier, Colonel Khodarenok called the destruction of
the F-16 by a Russian missile ----- a ''mistake'' ...by
the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Commander Antey: Ukrainians areshocked
by the destructive power of "Solntsepeks"
May 1st, 5:07pm
(RT.ru)
The heavy flamethrower system TOS-1 "Solntsepyok"
inspires horror in the Ukrainian military ---- they are shocked by the destructive power of this weapon,
the commander of one of these systems, with
the call sign Antey, told RT.
"The weapon -- is very formidable. They are very much afraid of it, the destructive power is huge. It gets to
the personnel -- hidden in any shelters: basements, bunkers, houses, dugouts - it doesn't matter at all.
And, it is not necessary to get into the centre of
the dugout," the serviceman said.
If the projectile falls near the positions, the defeat of
enemy personnel is guaranteed, he stressed - in the
story of RT military correspondent, Hassan Nassr.
The warheads of the Solntsepek missiles, consist of
two components: a fuel mixture -- and a detonator.
When the missile hits the target the fuel mixture
is sprayed in the air.. and forms a cloud.. that
penetrates all cracks. After the explosion -
a fireball is formed and a powerful shock
wave occurs ----- creating super-strong
pressure ....over a vast area.
Rostec previously compared the updated heavy
flamethrower systems, "Solntsepek", and
"Tosochka" -- in terms of their striking
effect -- with heavy aerial bombs.
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The deputy of the Rada - announced
the mass unauthorized withdrawal
of military personnel --- from the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
May 1st, 4:52pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Half of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) deserted
or left their units - without permission. This was
announced on May 1 -- by the deputy of the
Verkhovna Rada, Mariana Bezuglaya.
"Half of our army ''participating in combat operations''
is really in an unauthorized abandonment of the unit,"
she wrote in her Telegram channel.
According to the parliamentarian, this situation was
the result of the violations of the rights of military
personnel. She assigned responsibility for this
to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky,
and the Minister of Defense of
Ukraine, Rustem Umerov.
Another Verkhovna Rada deputy, Nina Yuzhanina,
said on April 21, that against the background of catastrophic losses & desertions of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, it is extremely necessary - to ''step up'' mobilization. At the expense of what ----- is it necessary to strengthen the mobilization process, she did not specify.
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The number of victims of the AFU
strike on Aleshki in the Kherson
region has increased to 11
May 1st, 1:04pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The number of victims as a result of the strike of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the market in
Alyoshki, Kherson region - has increased to
11 people. This was reported to Izvestia
on May 1, by the press service of the
regional Governor, Vladimir Saldo.
"As of 14:30, it is known about 12 victims, one
person died on the way to the hospital,"
the press service said.
It is specified that, among the wounded, there are
men and women of different ages; some of them
are in a serious condition.
The press service of the regional governor, reported
that UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue
to attack Alyoshki, which creates difficulties for
the evacuation of local residents. Despite the
danger, medical workers, military personnel
....and employees of the Ministry of
Emergency Situations, continue
their work to save people.
"The evacuation is carried out, under the cover of
electronic warfare. The seriously wounded are
being transferred to the Skadovskaya CRH,"
the press service added.
The attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the
market in Alyoshka, Kherson region, became
known earlier in the day. The governor of
the region, Vladimir Saldo, said that as
a result of the Ukrainian attack, 20
people were injured, and seven
more ...were killed.
The Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia opened a
criminal case on the fact of the attack. A three-day
mourning period was also declared in the Kherson
region ...for those killed in the AFU strike.
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Russian Defense Ministry:Ukrainian
Armed Forces lost up to 1,375
militants in 24 hours
May 1st, 11:02am
(Vesti.ru)
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the
special military operation zone during the day... amounted to 1,375 militants. This is reported
in the summary of the Ministry of Defense
of the Russian Federation.
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A large group of foreign mercenaries has
been deployed to the south of the DPR
May 1st, 10:36am
(Vesti.ru)
A large group of foreign mercenaries ---- has been
deployed to the south of the part of the Donetsk
People's Republic (DPR) .... occupied by the
Kiev regime. This is reported by TASS
with reference to a source in the
law enforcement agencies.
It is noted that the militants include citizens
of Italy, Colombia, Chile and Lithuania.
"Foreign mercenaries -- have been deployed to
the front line in the South Donets direction,"
the source said.
All mercenaries take part in military operations as part
of the 23rd separate mechanized brigade of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine. These data are
confirmed by the Ukrainian militants
who surrendered.
Earlier, the commander of the 60th separate motorized
rifle battalion with the call sign Myth, reported that
mercenaries from Portugal are participating in
the battles in the DPR, on the side of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Pensioner saved his beloved from the wreckage
after the arrival ofthe Ukrainian Armed Forces
by Natalia Kristioglo
May 1st, 7:48am
(RT.ru)
Pensioners Mikhail Zapisnoy from Leonidovka and
Antonina Romanova from Lebedevka met at the
Sudzhansky boarding school, where civilians
were held during the occupation of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On February 1, a Ukrainian shell flew into the building,
and Antonina was under the rubble. Mikhail saved the
woman with broken legs and took her to the doctors.
In March, they were taken to Kursk by the Red Cross.
Now Antonina is being treated in the hospital, and
Mikhail visits her every day. After Antonina's
recovery, they plan to get married.
69-year-old Mikhail Nikolaevich Zapisnoy... and Antonina
Nikolaevna Romanova, met in the Sudzhansky boarding
school ------ which was hit by the APU on the evening of
February 1. Mikhail was in the basement at the time of
the explosion, where they were going to have dinner.
Antonina was on the first floor charging a flashlight
while sitting on the couch.
"I can hear them shouting that Tonya is still upstairs.
I'm running. Everything is destroyed there. Dust
standing on end, screams, around ten people
already dead. I shout:"Tonya!"----- and she
says to me:"Misha, I'm here!"The stove
had pinned both her legs," recalls
Mikhail Nikolaevich.
"We broke down a thick wall with axes ------ until three in the morning to get - at least somehow - to Tonya. Our
strength was failing us. We took a break. We waited
for Ukrainians to bring the jack, but only lost time.
In the morning --- they continued to sort out the
rubble. Ropes and improvised pieces of iron
were used to lift these slabs, to free their
legs," the man explains.
All this time, Mikhail was close to Antonina -- and
supported her in every possible way. "She says:
'Go away, Misha, leave me.'And I'll tell her:
"I love you, I won't leave without you."
After 20 hours, Mikhail, with the help of other refugees,
was able to pull the woman out from under the rubble.
Antonina's condition was severe ----- open fractures,
multiple wounds, severe blood loss. The Ukrainian
military refused to evacuate the victim ---- and
Mikhail took her to a hospital in Sumy
in his own car.
"The roads are broken... drones are whistling, there are
no landmarks. But we got there. In Sumy, the doctors
immediately took her away. Then she stayed there
for a month... and I lived in a boarding house for refugees. A Red Cross woman helped us keep
in touch. We called each other every 2 hours.
She sent me a note, so personal. She said
she wouldn't have survived without me,"
he recalls.
According to Mikhail Nikolaevich, on March 4, the Red
Cross organized the removal of victims to the Kursk
region through the territory of Belarus. Now Mikhail
and Antonina are in Kursk. The woman underwent
a skin graft operation, and treatment continues.
"I feel better now... but I have a long road to recover.
Misha is close — it's very important for me. I'm so
lucky. I am glad that I was able to experience this
wonderful feeling again. Now the main thing is
to get better slowly, and then we will see,"
says Antonina.
Mikhail visits Antonina every day. He rented
an apartment near the hospital where the
woman is being treated.
"She had two open fractures, severe tissue damage.
Now, the doctors ' prognosis is positive, but the
recovery process is long. I visit her every day.
Recently I ran around almost the entire city,
looking for a lilac robe for her. It's her
favourite colour. Oh, I'm tired, I'm
exhausted, I'm not good at
these things. But she
needs a lilac one —
and that's it. I'll
keep looking,"
Mikhail laughs.
"Give me the keys - or I'll throw a grenade"
Mikhail was admitted to the Sudzhansky boarding
school in early November. "August 6 ----- as I
remember now. Our helicopter is flying, and
the Ukrainians are shooting at it. Falls on
the field. The sound of bullets whistling
through the air - made me go cold. And
then their vehicles, soldiers, armoured
personnel carriers, and howitzers hit
our roads. The village was blocked.
There was nowhere to go, if you
move, they'll shoot you,"
says Mikhail.
Before the invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces --
Zapashnoy lived with his sister, elderly parents and
neighbours -- in his house in Leonidovka. The man
said that on October 28, his 95-year-old mother
died, and five days later - his father.
"My mother had a heart attack, she had to take heart
pills all the time, and we ran out of them. She was
without them for a month — and then she died.
And my father broke his hip neck a year ago,
and he - also needed the help of doctors.
My father was ill at all times, and there
was a lot of bleeding. I buried them in
the yard of the house. The cemetery
was destroyed — there were
Ukrainian cannons there,"
Mikhail told RT.
Two days after the death of Mykhailo's father --- a
Ukrainian soldier seized his car. "He said,'Give
me the keys, or I'll throw the grenade.'So I
gave it away. Well, I still had a second car,
an old Lada, " the man continues. ''In it,
my neighbours and I decided to try to
go..... to a safe place. We got to the
Lgovskaya highway, drove 10 km,
and there the road was blocked,
surrounded by mines, we had
to return to Sudzha. So we
ended up in a boarding
school. That's where
I first met Tonka."
Antonina Nikolaevna also did not live in the
Sudzhansky boarding school from the first
days of the occupation. Until October 23,
she hid in the basement of a neighbour's
house in Lebedevka, because her house
was occupied by the Ukrainian military.
"The houses were dilapidated, it was cold to sleep,
and we were picked up by car. The driver's name
was Alexey, and there was a female reporter
with him. They gave us ten minutes to get
ready. As a result, they brought us to this boarding school in Sudzha,"
Antonina says.
The woman thanks everyone who helped her not to be
left under the rubble. "Vladimir, my dear, so cleverly
crawled up to me, pulled me out, Seryozha, my late
husband's brother, also helped me get out of there.
There were other guys. Thank them ------ for not
leaving me there to die," the woman added.
55-year-old Vladimir Gribanov from Gogolevka told RT
--- that he was amazed by the resilience of Antonina
Nikolaevna, when he pulled her out from under the stove. "I lived in one of the abandoned houses of
Suji, and - in the morning - I came to the broken
boarding school to help pull out the wounded.
She spent almost a day there with broken
legs -- but she didn't even shed a tear,
didn't squeak. She endured - like a
real hero! " the man emphasized.
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Poddubny announced the liquidation of
the head of the Ukrainian National
Security Service in the SVO zone
May 1st, 4:40am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian soldiers eliminated the head of the electronic
warfare unit of one of the Ukrainian nationalist
battalions, Dmytro Gerula, in the area of a
special military operation (SVO).
This was reported in the Telegram channel
by the military correspondent of VGTRK,
Evgeny Poddubny.
"The head of the national battalion's electronic
warfare department has been eliminated ---
captain Dmitry Gerula," said the
military commander.
Poddubny added -- that Herula was destroyed
in the Krasnoarmeysky direction by Russian
operators of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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In Venezuela,they raised a huge
copy ---- of the Victory Banner !
by Dmitry Kulemyakin (Havana)
April 30th, 11:24pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
In the capital of Venezuela, a solemn ceremony was
held to raise a huge replica of the Victory Banner.
This is reported by the TASS news agency.
It is noted ---- that the event was held at one of the
highest points of Caracas. The size of the copy
of the Banner was 25 by 11 metres. It flutters
on a 35-metre flagpole.
"This is the first time in history that a Victory banner
of this size... has been raised outside of Russia,"
said Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, head of the
Russian Embassy.
The ceremony was also attended ---- by Venezuela's
Foreign Minister, Ivan Gil Pinto. He noted, that the
people of the Bolivarian Republic, express their
respect --- for the citizens of the USSR, who
died in the war.
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Lance Corporal Svyatoshenko stopped
a sabotage group of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces in the SVO zone
April 30th, 10:56pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Lance Corporal Alexey Sidorenko was on combat duty
in the area of one of the settlements liberated by the
Russian Armed Forces.... in the special military
operation zone when he noticed an enemy
kamikaze drone ------approaching the
Russian positions.
The drone... of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU),
as determined by Sidorenko, was heading to the
stronghold.. where Russian servicemen were
stationed. With an accurate shot --- from a
standard weapon, the corporal knocked
out the drone, and it crashed to the
ground and detonated --- before
reaching the support post.
The Russian Defense Ministry ---- also noted the bold
and decisive actions - of Lance Corporal Alexander
Svyatoshenko, who was serving at an observation
post - and discovered an approaching sabotage
group of Ukrainian militants, secretly moving
in a nearby forest plantation in the direction
of Russian units. Svyatoshenko decided to
immediately attack the enemy.
He chose a suitable firing position, and opened
targeted fire on the saboteurs with a machine
gun. As a result, the AFU group suffered
significant personnel losses ---and
was forced to retreat.
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Prilepin: Russia needs to take the
Black Sea from Ukraine- to win
April 30th, 10:28pm
(RT.ru)
Writer and lieutenant Colonel of the Rosgvardiya
Zakhar Prilepin, expressed his opinion -- in an
interview with aif.ru - that Russia needs to
take the Black Sea away from Kiev,
in order to win.
"Then Ukraine will start to dry up," he said.
Prilepin stressed that even if Ukraine has an army
and continues its path to join NATO and the EU,
Ukraine will not be the same without Odessa
and Nikolaev.
Earlier, Russia's Presidential aide, and head of the Maritime Board, Nikolai Patrushev, said that Kiev
is responsible --- for the destabilization in the
Black Sea.
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Deputy Zhuravlev:all the peoples of the USSR
contributed tothe victory over fascism
by Anastasia Belousova
April 30th, 6:58pm
(RT.ru)
Russians and all the other more than 190 peoples, who
live in Russia, contributed to the victory over fascism,
Alexey Zhuravlev --- a State Duma deputy and first
deputy chairman of the Defense Committee,
told RT.
"Among the representatives of every nationality there
are heroes - and those who gave their lives in the
Great Patriotic War. This is — as the Russian
president emphasizes - a truly national
holiday, and not only Russian, for all
countries that were formerly part
of the USSR," the deputy noted.
He added that - in power in Ukraine now,
is "the Nazi regime, which cuts May 9
across the throat."
"St. George's ribbons - are banned there, monuments to
the heroes of the Great Patriotic War are demolished,
and torchlight processions are held ---- in honour of those with whom they fought. But it is absolutely
necessary, to separate the common people, for
whom.. this is a holiday close to their hearts,
and the evil spirits entrenched in Kiev -- who
are trying their best - to erase the historical
memory of the Victory," Zhuravlev stressed.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that
all the peoples of the Soviet Union, made a huge
contribution to the victory ---- in the Great
Patriotic War.
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Young Ukrainiansare being agitated
to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine
using a computer game
by Anatoly Kazantsev
April 30th, 1:43pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
Ukrainians aged 18 to 24, are being agitated to join the
Armed Forces of Ukraine by using computer-generated
images. The Telegram channel Military Theme Z drew
attention to the new advertisement that appeared in
Ukrainian social networks.
In the video - that demonstrates the process of
creating a game character, a young person is
asked to choose between the classes "Yew
Swimmer", "Painter in Poland", "Amber
Digger" or "Stormtrooper/Scout".
The creators of the video describe the first three
"professions" as low-income. At the same time,
it is emphasized ----- that military personnel
receive a monetary allowance ---- and are
provided with the necessary equipment.
Recall, that the Kiev authorities are trying to attract
young people aged 18-24 to the ranks of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine to be sent to the front. They are
promised payments of one million hryvnias and a
number of social benefits.
According to observers, this step can be
considered the beginning... of a hidden
mobilization of young people.
In Ukraine, it was proposed to allow men
over 60 to sign a contract with the
Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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A rally was held in Kiev
demanding to set clear
terms of service in the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
April 30th, 1:02pm
(Izvestia.ru)
A rally was held in Kiev demanding to establish
clear terms of service in the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU). This was reported on April 30
by the Ukrainian TV channel "Public".
"In the morning, an all-Ukrainian picket was held near
the Verkhovna Rada for the establishment of clear
conditions of service," reads the news piece
published on the website.
In addition, on the same day, a rally in support of missing persons began, in the centre of the city
on Independence Square. It was attended by
several hundred people.
On December the 8th, 2024, residents of the city of
Khmelnitsky went to a rally demanding to ensure
clear terms of service for the Armed Forces of
Ukraine. It was reported that the participants
demanded to grant the right to voluntary
dismissal after 36 months of service,
while counting one day in combat
operations as 3 days of service,
and one day in a combat area
— for two days.
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The Communist Party of the Russian Federation
sent a humanitarian convoy to the special
operation zonefor Victory Day
April 30th, 12: 27pm
(Izvestia.ru)
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII) the Communist Party of the Russian Federation -- sent humanitarian aid to Russian servicemen. Footage from the scene, on April 30 - is published by Izvestia.
"Today --- this convoy contains everything that people
on the front line need — motorcycles, cars, drones, everything that helps our friends and brothers to
fight courageously, with dignity and bravery,"
said Gennady Zyuganov, chairman of the
Central Committee of the party.
It is specified --- that a total of 27 thousand tons of humanitarian aid will be delivered to the front line.
Previously, Putin thanked North Korea - for the support
provided in expelling Ukrainian troops from that region.
On Wednesday, North Korean Lieutenant General
Pak Young-il rejoiced over the liberation of the
Kursk region, which had been invaded by
Ukrainian troops in August 2024.
“The victorious culmination of the operation to liberate
the Kursk region --- is a triumph of justice over evil,” said Pak during the 3rd International Anti-Fascist Congress ....held on the outskirts of Moscow.
He also emphasized ------ that the participation of North
Korean soldiers in the actions in the Kursk region has
been “a new page in history ------ that demonstrates
the strong military partnership between the two
countries, the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea, and the Russian Federation, and
the highest strategic level of allied and
fraternal relations between
their peoples.”
In June 2024 -- Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, and
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, signed a strategic
partnership treaty, that included a mutual defense
clause ---- in the event that either party suffers
outside aggression.
On Monday, Putin thanked North Korea and Kim for the
support provided -- in expelling Ukrainian troops from
Kursk, the liberation of which, Moscow proclaimed
last weekend.
“We pay tribute to the heroism --- the high level of
special training, and the dedication of the North
Korean soldiers who, shoulder to shoulder with
Russian fighters, defended our Motherland, as
if it were their own,” said the Kremlin chief.
On Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail
Mishustin stated that cooperation between
Russia and North Korea ------ is growing
stronger, year by year.
“We highly value our friendly and neighbourly relations
with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, feel great affection for your country, and reaffirm our
willingness --- to continue the constructive
cooperation -- that strengthens year by
year,” he said in a video-conference
with his North Korean counterpart,
Pak Thae-song -- on the occasion
of the beginning of construction
of a highway bridge -- that will
connect both countries.
“The construction of this infrastructure will
ensure the multifaceted development of
bilateral cooperation --- including the
movement of people, tourism, and
trade, which will ultimately give
new momentum -------- to the
development of relations -
between Korea & Russia”
Mishustin stated.
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Bulletproof vest "Obereg" withstood
a mine fragmentand saved the life
of a soldier of the SVO: details
by Semyon Zimin
April 30th, 10:50am
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
The bulletproof vest "Obereg", created at the Oktava
plant of the Rostec State Corporation, saved the life
of a soldier during a special military operation.
This was reported in the press service
of Rostec.
In the Kursk region, a fighter with the call sign
"Bison" ...was under mortar fire. He was
evacuating the wounded -- when a
large mine fragment hit him in
the chest.
The vest's armour plate withstood the impact, and
the ballistic package stopped small particles.
Bison noted -- that the bulletproof vest
completely coped with the task,
and saved his life.
The management of the Oktava plant decided to give
the fighter an updated version of the Obereg with
the Br5 protection class.
This vest weighs 9.5 kg and protects an area of more
than 70 decimetres. In the production of "Amulets" - they use materials with a safety margin - that
exceeds GOST standards. The bulletproof
vest is able to withstand even machine-
gun bursts..... that penetrate light
armoured vehicles.
Earlier, Rostec reported on successful tests of the
"Amulet" at the test site. The bulletproof vest
withstood a burst from a Pecheneg machine
gun with 7.62 rounds --- for 54 rounds. The
Br4 class plate did not receive any holes.
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Report by Russian Defence Ministry
on the progress of the special
military operation
April 30th, 10:45am
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,
continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces -- engaged clusters of
the manpower & hardware of four mechanised
brigades, an infantry brigade, two air assault
brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
and two territorial defence brigades
close to Miropolskoye, Prokhody,
Mogritsa..... Yunakovka, Sadki,
and Ryasnoye (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, three
armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, a
Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket
launcher, and 7 artillery guns including a U.S.-
made 105-mm M119 gun. One electronic
warfare station and one ammunition
depot - were neutralised.
As a result of intensive offensive actions, elements
of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novoye
(Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian units engaged two mechanised brigades, a
tank brigade, an assault brigade of the AFU, and 2
territorial defence brigades hit near Dvurechnaya,
Kupyansk, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Osinovo,
Nechvolodovka, Kamenka (Kharkov
region), and Kirovsk (Donetsk
People's Republic).
The enemy lost more than 220 troops, two armoured
fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles, and five
Western-made field artillery guns. One
ammunition depot - was wiped out.
The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the tactical
situation. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire
damage on the manpower and hardware of three
mechanised brigades, a motorised rifle brigade,
an airmobile brigade, and two assault brigades
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Zvanovka
and Dronovka, Seversk, Podolskoye,
Verolyubovka, & Konstantinovka
(Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 270 troops, two
armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles,
and three field artillery guns. Three enemy
ammunition depots - were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces --- improved the
tactical situation. Russian units damaged a heavy
mechanised brigade, a mechanised brigade, an
infantry brigade, a special forces brigade, & a
national guard brigade near Novaya Poltavka,
Novoekonomicheskoye, Krasnoarmeysk,
Ulyanovka, Yablonovka, Vladimirovka,
and Oktyabrskoye (Donetsk
People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 525 troops, five
armoured fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles,
and seven artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued the offensive
The territory of the buffer zone - which will not allow
Ukrainian militants to conduct attacks on the Kursk,
Bryansk and Belgorod regions, should extend to the
town of Konotop in the Sumy region, State Duma
deputy Viktor Vodolatsky believes.
Viktor Vodolatsky, First Deputy chairman of the State
Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration
and Relations with Compatriots, told TASS that, as
the shelling of three regions continues, Russia's
task is to create a buffer zone from Glukhov to Konotop in the Sumy region.
"This should all be a safe zone - that will not allow
nationalists to shell the territory of the Russian
Federation," he said.
Russia's Defense Ministry reported last night,
that fighting is taking place in the areas of
six settlements of the Sumy region –
Miropolskoye, Turya, Sadki,
Prokhody, Mogritsa
and Yunakovka.
The Russian army entered the Sumy region --- after
destroying all Ukrainian units in the Kursk region.
On April 26, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian
Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov -- reported to the
President about her complete release.
The Ukrainian side lost more than 76,000 people killed
and wounded here. Units of the Korean People's
Army -- took an active part in the defeat of neo-Nazi formations.
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The Peace Agreement Should Be
Signed With Ukraine, Not the
United States: Peskov
April 30th, 8:14am
(teleSUR)
The primary causes of the Ukrainian crisis, are too complex to be resolved overnight, he said.
On Tuesday, in response to Washington’s calls for an immediate halt to the Ukrainian conflict, Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said that: “the peace agreement -- must be signed with Ukraine, not with the United States.”
Peskov recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin had recently expressed his willingness to hold direct talks with the Ukrainians... without preconditions.
“That willingness remains. Unfortunately, we have not yet heard any statements or comments from Kiev, so we do not know.... whether they are willing or not. Kiev is setting many preconditions, such as a long-term ceasefire. This contradicts Putin’s stance,” Peskov noted ------ describing most of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s reactions as “misguided.”
Regarding the U.S., the Kremlin spokesperson stated that Russia values “the tireless efforts” of President Donald Trump’s administration, although.. he emphasized the need to address the conflict’s root causes.
“We understand that Washington wants quick success in this process. At the same time, we understand -- that the primary causes of the Ukrainian crisis are too complex to be resolved overnight. There are many nuances... that must be taken into account,” Peskov said.
As for a possible meeting between Putin and Trump, Peskov also stressed that direct contacts at the highest level are always effective and help to “smooth over differences.”
Therefore, “if necessary,” such contact will be initiated, as communication channels between Moscow and Washington, have been re-established.
“We still trust that the U.S. efforts will succeed, and President Putin is willing to support that process,” Peskov affirmed - reiterating that Putin supports a ceasefire & a political-diplomatic resolution.
However, before that can happen, issues such as the
establishment of guarantees to uphold the truce
must be resolved, and steps must be taken to
prevent Ukraine from using the time ---- to
regroup and rearm.
Meanwhile, in a 'phone conversation, U.S. Secretary
of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed to Russian Foreign
Affairs Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the urgent need
to end the war in Ukraine ---- “now.”
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Sergeant Andriyanov --- identified
a sabotage and reconnaissance
group of Ukraine Armed Forces
April 29th, 10:50pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Sergeant Ihor Andriyanov was carrying out the task
of maintaining defense on one of the important
sections of the contact line when he noticed
a sabotage and reconnaissance group of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine nearby.
The group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as the
Russian soldiers managed to notice, was armed
with small arms & rocket-propelled grenades.
Andriyanov quickly determined the coordinates of the
enemy's location and passed the information to the
Russian gunners. Having aimed the guns at the
target with the help of Andriyanov, who took
up the adjustment of fire, the servicemen
opened artillery fire on the AFU group.
As a result, the sabotage plan was thwarted.
The Russian Defense Ministry also noted the courage
and bravery of Private Vitaly Kharlampyev ------- who
performed the task of delivering ammunition to the
area of combat operations at night. The delivery
of ammunition to the destination point was
successful, but ----- in the process of
unloading ammunition -- the car
was attacked by Ukrainian
FPV drones.
As a result of the explosion of the ammunition dropped
from the drone, Kharlampyev himself - and one of the
servicemen who helped with unloading were injured.
The private quickly got his bearings and carried the
victim to the shelter in a safe place, despite his
own injury. Kharlampyev provided the service
man with first aid -- and organized his
evacuation to the hospital -- for
further treatment.
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State Department: US will withdraw
from Ukraine talks.... if there is
no progress
April 29th, 10:10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The United States will cease its participation in
negotiations on the conflict in Ukraine if there
is no progress in resolving it.
This was announced on Tuesday, April 29, during a briefing by the official representative of the US State Department, Tammy Bruce.
"If there is no progress, we will give up the role of
intermediaries in this process," she quoted
Secretary of State Marco Rubio as saying.
The broadcast was published, on The
Economic Times YouTube channel.
According to Bruce, Rubio recently informed her that
the current stage of negotiations indicates the need
for both sides — Russia and Ukraine — to submit
their proposals for a settlement.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on April
27 -- that negotiations with the United States on the
conflict in Ukraine are moving in the right direction.
He recalled that the US Secretary of State
also expressed the opinion that during
the negotiations Washington better
understood Moscow's position, as
well as the underlying causes of
the conflict.
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The armies of India & Pakistan
began fighting on the border
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
April 29th, 7:36pm
(Lenta.ru)
Clashes broke out on the border of India and Pakistan. This is reported by the Telegram channel Mash.
On the frames that appeared on the network -- you
can hear the work of artillery. It is specified that
the fighting is being conducted in the area of
the international border in Jammu.
Telegram channel's Voenkory Russkoy Vesna -------
explains that for the first time since the beginning
of the crisis, military operations unfolded on the
official international border, and not on the line
of control, where such incidents usually occur.
An hour earlier.. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,
said that the country's Armed Forces --------- have full operational freedom in choosing the method, timing and goals - of responding to the terrorist attack in
the Jammu & Kashmir region. He also expressed confidence.... in the professional skills of the
Indian military.
This evening, the head of the Ministry of Defense of
Pakistan, Khawaja Asif, said that Islamabad and
New Delhi could start a war within the next 2
to 4 days. He noted that ---- if necessary,
Pakistan will respond - in full force.
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HIMARS strike on the centre of Horlivka:
17 people were injured, including
a 4-month-old child
April 29th, 5:51pm
DAN)
Kiev militants attacked the centre of Horlivka
with a HIMARS missile. This was announced
by the Head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin.
"On Pushkinskaya Street --- in the Central City district
of the city, as a result of the use of 227 mm rocket
artillery (HIMARS) by the enemy, a woman was
extremely seriously injured," Pushilin said.
According to him -- injuries of varying severity, were
received by a very small 4-month-old child, as well
as other injured adults. Five employees of the
Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the DPR
were also injured. Another woman was
wounded as a result of an AFU strike
on the Kalininsky district of the city.
In total, Ukrainian militants carried out more than 10
attacks on the city, including using HIMARS, cannon
artillery and UAVs.
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Lavrov: Truce in the days of Victory
------ is the beginning of direct
negotiations with Kiev
April 29th, 5:12pm
(DAN)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called
Russia's proposal for a ceasefire in the days
of Victory ------ the beginning of direct
negotiations with Ukraine.
"Our proposal ---- which President Putin announced, is the
beginning of direct negotiations, without preconditions.
In this situation --- a truce is considered as preliminary
conditions ----- that will be used to further support the
Kiev regime and strengthen its military capabilities,"
Lavrov said at a press conference.
Earlier, the Kiev regime refused to respond directly
to Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for
a three-day cease-fire... in the days of Victory.
Dmitry Peskov ---- the spokesman for the
Russian leader, called it a provocation.
Zelensky insists on establishing a 30-day truce, and
only then start peace talks. Putin drew attention to
the technical difficulties of controlling the contact
line, unresolved issues with the foreign military
supplies, and the mobilization in Ukraine.
Earlier, the commander of the Pyatnashka
international brigade, Hero of the DPR
Ahra Avidzbav, in an interview with
DAN ------- noted that the truce
announced by Putin ------- is
another demonstration of
humanity on the part of
the Russian leader.
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, in
turn, noted that the truce in honour of the
80th anniversary of the Victory - should
remind: that Russians and Ukrainians
are one people.
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Lavrov advised not to read Zelensky's
statements"either at night, or in
the morning"
April 29th, 4:57pm
(DAN)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for
ignoring the statements of the head of the Kiev
regime Zelensky, as they are worthless.
"Do not read the statements of representatives of the
Ukrainian regime -- either at night or in the morning.
We're well aware of the value of these statements. Remember, a month and a half or two ago... there
were threatening warnings from Kiev, that they
would not accept any truce," he said at a
press conference, commenting on
Zelensky's words about a
30-day truce.
Lavrov noted --- that the Europeans were pushing the
Kiev regime to continue fighting, but the Ukrainian
Armed Forces.... began to "back away" - on the
battlefield, so they started talking about
an immediate truce.
Earlier, Zelensky's statements - were also commented
on, by Russia's Presidential press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov. He pointed out ------- that on this issue, it is
necessary to take into account the nuances that Russian President Vladimir Putin previously
spoke about.
The Head of State stressed ---- that, during a long-term
truce, it is necessary to take into account the issues
of foreign military supplies, control of the front line, the continuing mobilization in Ukraine, and so on.
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Shopping centre employees will be
sent to the front line in Ukraine
April 29th, 3:19pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Employees of the territorial recruitment centres (TCCs,
analogous in Ukraine, to military enlistment offices)
without combat experience & health restrictions,
will be sent to the front. This was reported on
April 29 by the Ukrainian publication
"Strana" - with reference to the
General Staff of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.
"Employees of the shopping centre without combat
experience and health restrictions, will be sent to
the front," the message posted on the Telegram
channel says.
The positions of those sent to the frontline of military
enlistment offices - will be occupied by servicemen
who were injured. It is indicated that 70% of TCK
employees already have combat experience,
and another 20% --- are civilians.
Earlier, on April 28th, captured Ukrainian militant
Ruslan Roshva said that the Armed Forces of
Ukraine.... mobilize everyone in a row,
regardless of their state of health
and availability of documents.
According to him, now military enlistment offices
have even begun to recruit women - from places
of deprivation of liberty.
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In the east of Dnipropetrovsk region,
the evacuation of the population
was announced
April 29th, 12:28pm
(Izvestia.ru)
In four settlements in the east of the Dnipropetrovsk
region of Ukraine ------ a forced evacuation was
announced. This was reported on April 29
by the Ukrainian newspaper "Suspilne"
with reference to the press service
of the Mezhevskaya rural
territorial community.
"In some localities of the Mezhevskaya settlement territorial community (Kolona-Mezhevaya, Novopodgorodnoye, Raipole, and Sukhareva Balka villages) the forced evacuation of families with children -- has been announced",the press service said --- on its Facebook page (banned in Russia owned by the Meta Corporation - recognised as extremist in the Russian Federation).
It is reported that the corresponding order was
signed on April 25 by the head of the regional
military administration, Sergey Lysak.
The order specifies ---- that people need to bring
documents, money, medicines, food and water
for several days, as well as warm clothes
and shoes.
Earlier, on April 26, the Ukrainian media reported on
the explosions in Dnepropetrovsk. According to the
online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital
Transformation of Ukraine, an air alert was
issued in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad,
Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
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Military commander Gavrish: Russia
pursues two goals, in declaring a
truce in May
April 29th, 11:56am
(Vesti.ru)
The May 8-11 truce proposed by Moscow --- has two
goals - humanitarian and political. This was stated
on the air of the program "60 minutes" by the
military commander Alexey Gavrish.
In his opinion, the APU, as well as at the Easter
paskhalny truces, may try to break the silence.
"The Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the political
leadership of Ukraine should understand - that
this is a gesture of goodwill on our part. When
there is a truce the Armed Forces of Ukraine
have the opportunity to regroup, which they
constantly use. We have two goals: first of
all, humanitarian, so that people can
celebrate May 9th in peace, and
secondly, political. By doing
so, we want to show that
Russia, is now ready for
negotiations and - it is
going towards them,"
the military officer
believes.
He recalled that during the Easter truce, which
lasted 30 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces
initially refused to comply with it.
"But closer to the night, Ukraine still stopped its fire,
despite the fact that, in total, almost 5,000 times,
as far as I remember, they violated this truce.
Now we need to see how it will be. I hope...
that the Western hosts of Ukraine will tell
them that it is necessary to adhere to
the truce and, I hope, the holidays
will pass relatively calmly,"
Gavrish said.
Today -- the Kremlin declared that the Kiev regime's refusal to directly respond to the Russian initiative
on a truce during the days of the 80th anniversary
of the Great Victory, is more than a manipulation.
The withdrawal of the Kiev regime...... from a direct
response to the Russian initiative on a truce in the
days of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory
is manipulation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov told reporters.
The spokesman for the Russian leader commented on
the words of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir
Zelensky - that the truce announced by Russian
President Vladimir Putin is "another attempt
at manipulation."
"Manipulation means not giving a direct response to
such an initiative of President Putin. This is more
than manipulation," Peskov said.
The press secretary of the Russian president
expressed the hope that the peace initiative
will still find support from Europe and Kiev,
which have not yet given an assessment.
Earlier, Peskov clarified that, without resolving all the
nuances, it is impossible to declare a 30-day truce
Medvedev on Tuesday spoke at the educational marathon "Knowledge.The first" with the
lecture "Our dangerous world: who is
to blame and what to do?"
"First, we must complete the special military
operation in Ukraine with victory ----- and
destroy the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev,"
Medvedev said.
He added that we are talking about
the regime, not the state.
According to him, the fate of the
Ukrainian state, is "a question
of the future."
Earlier, Assistant to the President of Russia, and head
of the Maritime Board, Nikolai Patrushev --- noted that Russia is getting closer, to the successful completion of a special military operation. In January, Patrushev
did not rule out that Ukraine as a state would cease
"The exercises officially opened in Krtsanisi," RIA Novosti reports.
Earlier, Russia protested to the Japanese Embassy
in Moscow - in connection with plans to conduct
exercises in June on the island of Hokkaido
near the Russian borders - using SSM-1
anti-ship systems, equipped with
Type-88 missiles.
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"As soon as one wave was choked,
the second wave began."
by Varvara Koshechkina (editor of
the Operational Information Dept)
April 28th, 3:47pm
(Lenta.ru)
In Russia a frightening trait of soldiers from the DPRK in the battles for the Kursk region, was named.
Soldiers of the Vostok battalion were surprised by the
mechanistic nature of the North Korean military.
Participants of the special military operation from the
Vostok battalion -- told how North Korean soldiers behaved during the fighting in the Kursk region.
They were both surprised and intimidated by
the North Korean military's character traits.
Russia noted that during the Kursk counteroffensive,
the actions of the fighters from the DPRK - were
--- somewhat mechanistic. They continued to
move forward until "the job was finished."
And, despite the problems with communication,
the foreign military clearly performed all that
was required of them.
In the Vostok battalion, they were amazed at
how soldiers who had never participated in
real combat, seeing the severity of a real
battle for the first time, did not get lost,
did not give up and did not run from
the battlefield.
As soon as one wave was choked, the second wave
began with the same methodicality and partly
fatalism. How do you motivate men to
behave like this?
WarGonzo project manager, war correspondent
Semyon Pegov... said that North Korean
soldiers have been participating in
the battles near Kursk... since
last winter.
According to him, the first appearance of North Korean
fighters was "absolutely epic" - from the drone it was
visible - how the military from the DPRK - in large
numbers - walked in a chain, at a distance of
five to six metres from each other. At the
same time, the Ukrainian army fired
cluster munitions at them.
According to Pegov, at first there was a feeling that the
North Korean assault group was defeated, but.. after
lying in the snow for about five hours, the surviving
fighters continued the attack.
"70 percent of them got up and made a throw in
the direction of the enemy -- with another jerk
and reached the goal. At one time in one day,
we passed several kilometres --- at least 8,"
the military commander shared - adding that losses among the DPRK soldiers ..."numbered in the dozens."
He also said that - at first - the North Korean soldiers
were not taken very seriously - it seemed that they
would be involved in the second or third line of
defense, as well as in helping the gunners.
"But (...) they really began to participate in full-scale
assaults ---- they liberated settlements, went ahead
of everyone else," the military commander shared.
Putin thanked Kim Jong-un... for
helping to liberate Kursk region
On Monday, April 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin
thanked North Korean President, Kim Jong-un, the
entire leadership of North Korea and the people
of this country --- for their help in defeating the
Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.
''The Russian people will never forget the feat of the
Korean special forces soldiers. We will always
honour the Korean heroes --- who gave their
lives for Russia, for our common freedom''
The Russian leader expressed his confidence, that the
friendly relations between Moscow and Pyongyang
have "hardened on the battlefield" --- and will
continue to develop successfully ---
in all areas.
In turn, State Duma Deputy, Andrey Kolesnik, noted
that the North Koreans - showed themselves in the
Kursk region, from the best side. According to him
- the DPRK has gained very serious experience.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine Militant
sentenced to 16 years in prison
for crimes in the Kursk region
April 28th, 2:07pm
(Izvestia.ru)
A court has sentenced Anatoly Marmaza, a militant
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), to 16 years
in prison for using weapons against civilians in
the village of Olgovka in the Kursk region.
This was reported on April 28 in the
Investigative Committee (IC)
of Russia.
According to the investigation, in September last year,
Marmaza --- together with other servicemen of the 17th separate Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine --- illegally invaded the territory of the Russian Federation.
While in Olgovka, he mined roads and --- threatening to use weapons --- prevented the evacuation of civilians.
During the fighting in the Kursk region --- Marmaza was
captured by Russian servicemen and handed over to
the investigative authorities. He was found guilty
under paragraphs "a" and "b" - of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act").
"The court sentenced Marmaza.... to 16 years in prison,
serving the first three years in prison, and the rest in
a high-security penal colony," the Telegram channel
of the Investigative Committee of the Russian
Federation states.
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The Kremlinwarned:that the Russian army will
respond to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
for violating the truce
April 28th, 12:25pm
(RT.ru)
In the case of any violations of the ceasefire by the
Ukrainian side, the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation will give an adequate - and
effective - response.
The Russian army will provide an adequate and
effective response if the Ukrainian military
violates the truce that President Vladimir
Putin announced for during celebrations
of the 80th anniversary of the Victory.
The Kremlin warned about this.
The truce in the Ukrainian conflict zone - will start at
00:00 on May 7-8 and last until 00:00 on May 10-11.
In addition, the Ukrainian forces reported the use of
Russian sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles and
guided Kh-59/Kh-69 air-launched missiles.
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A civilian was killed - in a strike
by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
in the Zaporozhye region
April 24th, 11:52am
(RT.ru)
The authorities of Kamenka - Dnipro Zaporizhia region
announced the death of a civilian as a result of an
attack by Ukrainian artillery.
This is reported by TASS.
"A man received shrapnel wounds.. and
died on the spot," local authorities said.
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The media reported a softening of the
position of the "coalition of willing"
on peacekeepers in Ukraine
April 24th, 11:03am
(Izvestia.ru)
Britain and France have weakened their resolve to
send a peacekeeping force to Ukraine. This was
reported on April 24 by the British newspaper
The Times, citing sources.
It is specified that the initiative to deploy
peacekeepers in Ukraine, belongs to the
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and
French President Emmanuel Macron.
"During the negotiations in London, this
firm intention seems to have softened,"
the publication says.
According to the publication, Paris and London
express concerns that Moscow may perceive
this initiative as a unilateral measure - and
reject it. Nevertheless, the kingdom, is
not going to completely abandon
its plans.
On April 6, the heads of the general staffs of France, Great Britain and Ukraine discussed the possible deployment of ''peacekeepers'' ....to the territories controlled by Kiev.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on March
2 that discussions in Europe about peacekeepers for
Kiev are an impudence -- a continuation of inciting
Ukraine against Russia.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports
on the progress of the special
military operation
April 24th, 10:30am
The Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike
-- by long-range air-, ground-, and sea-based precision
weapons, at unmanned aerial vehicles' stores at the
Ukrainian aviation, missile space, engineering, and
armoured industry enterprises, as well as at the
facilities producing rocket fuel and gunpowder.
The goals of the strike were achieved.
All the targets were engaged.
In Belgorod direction.. units of the Sever Group of
Forces inflicted damage on formations of 3 AFU
mechanised brigades, and an assault regiment
close to Osovoyevka, Ugroyedy, Miropolskoye,
Veliky Prikol and Petrushevka (Sumy region).
The AFU lost more than 45 troops, one armoured
fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and three
field artillery guns.
Elements of the Zapad Group of Forces ---- took more
advantageous lines and positions and hit manpower
and hardware of 4 mechanised brigades of the AFU,
two territorial defence brigades, and one National
Guard brigade near Kupyansk, Andreyevka,
Druzhelyubovka, Petropavlovka, Kamenka
(Kharkov region), Novoye, Kirovsk, and
Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost ------ up to 255 troops, one tank, two
armoured fighting vehicles, including one Turkish-
made Kirpi armoured vehicle, five pickup trucks,
three artillery guns, as well as five electronic
warfare stations (Oktava-S, Bukovel-AD,
Ankalav). Three enemy ammunition
depots - were destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces units improved the situation
along the front line. They hit 3 mechanised brigades
and a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, three
territorial defence brigades, and a National Guard
brigade ------ close to Shcherbinovka, Petrovka,
Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Zakotnoye, Chasov
Yar.... Ivanopolye, Konstantinovka, and
Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ukrainian armed formations lost up to 405 troops, an
armoured fighting vehicle, 12 motor vehicles - and
three field artillery guns. One electronic warfare
station and three ammunition depots... have
been neutralised.
As a result of the intensive actions of the Tsentr
Group's units, Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's
Republic) has been liberated.
The Group - also hit manpower and hardware clusters
of one heavy mechanised brigade, two mechanised brigades, 1 assault brigade, 1 airmobile brigade,
1 UAV brigade of the AFU, & 1 National Guard
brigade.. near Novaya Poltavka, Lysovka,
Vodyanskoye.. Udachnoye, Krivirozhye
(Donetsk People's Republic) and 1 in
Mezhevaya and Novopodgorodnoye
(Dnepropetrovsk region).
The enemy sustained losses of up to 410 troops, one
armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, and
two artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces ---- continued to advance to
the depths of the enemy's defence; the Group inflicted
losses ..on manpower and hardware of 1 mechanised brigade, 1 air assault brigade, one airmobile brigade
of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial
defence brigade close to Bogatyr, Novoukrainka,
Volnoye Pole, and Zelenoye Pole (Donetsk
People's Republic).
The enemy suffered losses of up to 155 troops, six
motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and two
electronic warfare stations.
Elements of the Dnepr Group of Forces, inflicted losses
on units of one mechanised brigade and three coastal
defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Pavlovka..... Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region),
Ponyatovka, and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
More than 70 troops, 12 motor vehicles, two artillery
systems, 23,006 tanks, and other armoured fighting
vehicles, 1,546 MLRS combat vehicles, 24,045 field
artillery guns and mortars, and 34,490 units of
special military vehicles.
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I.C. revealed the number of dead Russians
since the start of Ukraine's invasion of
the Kursk region
by Olesya Mickiewicz (Editor of the
Law Enforcement Agencies Dept)
April 23rd, 5:46pm
(Lenta.ru)
More than 190 residents of the Kursk region - have
been victims of the invasion of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine on the territory of Russia ---- since
August 2024. About this, Lenta.ru reported in the Investigative Committee (IC) with
reference to information announced,
in an operational meeting in Kursk.
According to the ministry, 372 people received
various injuries, 17 of them were minors.
191 people did not survive.
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I.C. initiated criminal proceedings
against almost 300 captured
Ukrainian soldiers
by Olesya Mickiewicz (Editor of the
Law Enforcement Agencies Dept)
April 23rd, 5:34pm
(Lenta.ru)
Investigators have opened criminal cases against 290
captured servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
(AFU) after their invasion of the Kursk region. About
this Lenta.ru reported, referencing the Investigative
Committee (IC) of Russia announcement, during an
operational meeting in Kursk.
In total, 175 criminal cases have been opened against
them, 41 of which have already been considered by
the court.
On Tuesday, April 22, the 2nd Western District Military
Court sentenced four participants of the invasion of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region to
terms of up to 16 years. The fighters were found
guilty under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of
the Russian Federation... ("Commission by a
group of persons by prior agreement of
a terrorist act that entailed serious
consequences").
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Fighter Leto:APU in Gornal are retreating, not having time to gain a foothold in their positions
by Matvey Koporushkin
April 23rd, 2:50pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
The remaining Ukrainian servicemen in the Kursk
village of Gornal ...do not have time to gain a
foothold in their positions. This, was stated
by the deputy commander of the company
for military and political work, with the
call sign Leto.
"They roll back and do not have time to gain a foothold
in their positions. We have rapid offensives, without
breaks," the fighter said.
He noted --- that the advancing Russian units are
constantly being rotated, which allows us, not
to slow down the pace.
"That's why we are not slowing down, we are moving
forward every day, every second," Leto summed up.
Recall that Gornal remains the last settlement in the
Kursk region, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine
are still located.
A day earlier, fighters of the North group of troops
liberated the St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery
on the outskirts of the village, which the APU
turned into a powerful support post.
After that, as noted by military correspondent Yevgeny
Lisitsyn, the remnants of the AFU personnel were
blocked in Gornal. The supply routes for enemy
personnel in this area --- are under the fire
control of the Russian Armed Forces.
The fighters of the Russian Federation are
fighting in Gornal carefully, knowing that
there may be people in the basements.
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A civilian was injured in an attack by an APU drone - in the Bryansk region
April 23rd, 12:19pm
(Izvestia.ru)
As a result of an attack by an FPV drone of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the Bryansk region, a
civilian was injured. This was announced on
April 23 by the head of the region,
Alexander Bogomaz.
"Ukrainian terrorists attacked a civilian minibus of
the Miratorg agricultural company in the village
of Podlesnye Novoselki, Sevsky district.
Unfortunately - the driver received
shrapnel wounds," he wrote on
his Telegram channel.
According to Bogomaz, the victim was hospitalized
and received the necessary medical care. The
governor wished him a speedy recovery.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on
repelling the AFU attempt to invade
Russian territory in Kursk region
April 23rd, 11:55am
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
continue the operation ---- to neutralise AFU
formations on the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces hit units of three air assault
brigades, & a territorial defence brigade of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, near Gornal and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery fire ----- engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Belovody, Varachino, Velikiye Bubki... Vodolagi, Kamyshanka, Kucherovka,
Miropolye, Mogritsa, Novaya Sech, Sadki
...Yunakovka, and Yablonovka, in
the Sumy region.
In the past 24 hours, the AFU lost over 170 troops,
a U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, an
armoured fighting vehicle, six self-propelled
artillery systems and field artillery guns,
two mortars, six motor vehicles, an
armoured recovery vehicle..... 11
UAVs, & 2 ammunition depots.
Since the start of hostilities in the Kursk direction, the
AFU losses amounted to more than 75,710 troops, 412
personnel carriers, 2,284 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,765 motor vehicles.... 642 artillery guns, 62 MLRS launchers -- including 15 of HIMARS and 7 of MLRS
made by the US, 29 anti-aircraft missile launchers
2,759 motor vehicles..... 636 self-propelled artillery systems & field artillery guns, 62 MLRS launchers,
including 15 of HIMARS, and seven of MLRS made
by the US, 29 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one
self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-
loading vehicles... 130 EW stations, 18 counter-
battery warfare radars, 12 air defence radars,
57 units of engineering and other materiel
- including 23 counterobstacle vehicles,
one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five
bridge launchers... one engineering
reconnaissance vehicle ---- as well
as 15 armoured recovery vehicles
and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units
is in progress.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports
on the progress of the special
military operation
April 22nd, 11:40am
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,
continue the special military operation.
In Belgorod direction - units of the Sever Group of
Forces engaged formations of three mechanised
brigades, one air assault brigade of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence
brigades close to Popovka, Prokhody, and
Okop (Sumy region).
The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, two motor
vehicles --- and three field artillery guns. One
electronic warfare station was eliminated.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces ------ took more
advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops
inflicted fire damage - on manpower & hardware
of one tank brigade.. four mechanised brigades,
1 jaeger brigade of the AFU --- and 2 territorial
defence brigades near Kamenka, Doroshovka,
Moskovka (Kharkov region), Novoye, Kirovsk,
and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses ----- were up to 250 troops, one M113
armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made HMMWV
armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, five
field artillery guns, as well as one Czech-made
Vampire MLRS launcher. Two Kvertus
electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots, were eliminated.
As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group
of Forces liberated Sukhaya Balka (Donetsk
People's Republic).
Russian troops hit clusters of manpower and hardware
of one heavy mechanised brigade, three mechanised
brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU,
& a territorial defence brigade near Novoolenovka,
Zarya, Ulyanovka, Vasyukovka, Novaya Poltavka,
Seversk, Chasov Yar, and Yablonovka (Donetsk
People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 300 troops, one tank, five
armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made
M113 armoured personnel carrier... eight motor
vehicles, four artillery guns, and 1 Grad MLRS
launcher. One electronic warfare station and
one ammunition depot - were neutralised.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops, launched attacks on the formations of two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, one unmanned aerial vehicle brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade ---- and two National Guard brigades,
near Novoekonomicheskoye Mirolyubovka, Lysovka, Novonikolayevka, Bogdanovka, and Krasnoarmeysk, (Donetsk
People's Republic).
The AFU losses were more than 310 troops,
four armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued
advancing into the depth of enemy defences.
Russian troops delivered strikes at the manpower and
hardware of one mechanised brigade, one air assault
brigade, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade
of the AFU and 1 territorial defence brigade near
Tolstoy, Komar (Donetsk People's Republic), Gulyaipole, and Chervonoye
(Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 170 troops, three armoured
fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and five field
artillery guns, including two NATO-made ones.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces ----- engaged
formations of two mechanised brigades of the
AFU, and 3 territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye
region), Ponyatovka, and Nikolskoye
(Kherson region).
The AFU losses --- were over 70 troops, two motor
vehicles, two artillery guns, two counter-battery
radars, and two ammunition depots.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned
aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery
of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the
production site of unmanned aerial vehicles
as well as temporary deployment areas of
the AFU and foreign mercenaries -----
in 141 areas.
Air defence facilities shot down three JDAM guided
bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile as
well as 99 fixed-wing UAVs.
In total --- since the beginning of the special military
operation, the AFU losses amounted to 661 aircraft,
283 helicopters, 53,034 unmanned aerial vehicles,
604 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,985 tanks
and other armoured fighting vehicles... 1,546
MLRS combat vehicles, 23,962 field artillery
guns & mortars, & 34,416 units of special
military vehicles.
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In the Belgorod region, as a result
of several UAV attacks, people
were injured
by Daria Rodionova
April 22nd, 10:52am
(Gazeta.ru)
Four people were injured as a result of an attack by
Ukrainian troops on settlements in the Belgorod
region. The governor of the region Vyacheslav
Gladkov, wrote about this.... in his
Telegram channel.
One man was injured as a result of an unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV) strike on a moving car in the village of
Kazinka. Emergency doctors arrived at the scene..
and diagnosed the civilian with multiple shrapnel
wounds and a traumatic brain injury. Currently,
doctors are transporting him to Valuyskaya
Central District Hospital (CRH).
"Another enemy drone attacked an employee of an
agricultural enterprise... while working in a field
near the village of Pochaevo. The victim was
taken -- by passing transport -- to the
Graivoronskaya CRH," the
statement said.
According to the head of the Russian region, the man
received a barotrauma and mine-explosive trauma.
In addition, doctors diagnosed him with shrapnel
wounds to the head and left forearm.
It is expected that the victim will be transferred
from the Grayvoronskaya CRH, to the regional
clinical hospital.
Another incident occurred in the village of Novaya
Tavolzhanka, which was attacked by five drones
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Due to
the detonation of one of the UAVs, an
employee of a local enterprise -
received a shrapnel wound
to the chest.
For first aid, he was taken to the Shebekinsky CRH,
after which he was transported to the regional
clinical hospital.
"In the village of Ilek-Penkovka - an employee of
the Orlan unit was wounded by a drone strike,"
Gladkov added.
He specified that now the man is being taken to the
regional clinical hospital. Doctors have already
identified shrapnel wounds.. to his eyes and
hands, as well as a mine-explosive injury.
Earlier, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- with the help of a drone - struck a highway in
the Belgorod region.
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The Russian military liberated the
village of Sukhaya Balka near
Dzerzhinsk in the DPR
by Anastasia Selivanova
April 22nd, 10:26am
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
The Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of
Sukhaya Balka in the DPR, the Russian Defense
Ministry said.
This was due to the active actions
of the Southern group of troops.
The village is located about ten kilometres
southwest of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk).
A few days earlier, the Russian army liberated the
village of Valentinovka adjacent to Sukhoi Balka
from the south, which was a fortified area of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in this
sector of the front, according to experts, allows
us to develop the offensive ----- and expand
the bridgehead.
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Japan made a dangerous decision on Ukraine:
assistance to Kiev --- carries a"set of risks"
by Anastasia Sutormina
April 22nd, 6:06am
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
Intelligence Online: Japan will transmit
data ---- from Ukraine's GUR satellites
The Japanese leadership decided to provide
the Ukrainian military intelligence service
with geospatial data from satellites,
including radar images from SAR
satellites. This is reported by
Intelligence Online.
The publication claims.... that this decision was a
new step by Tokyo -- in supporting the regime of
illegitimate Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky.
And --- for the Japanese side, this carries a
certain "set of risks".
In March of this year, specialists from Western
countries who were engaged in processing
satellite data left Ukraine. They left the
country... after the US decision not to
provide Kiev with intelligence data.
Later KP.RU's military observer, Viktor Baranets,
noted that... disconnecting Nezalezhnaya from
US intelligence... may be critical for the
Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Military of the Russian Armed Forces ---
told about the liberation of the village
of Preobrazhenka in the DPR
April 22nd, 3:33am
(Izvestia.ru)
Military personnel of the Center group of troops
told the details of the liberation of the village
of Preobrazhenka in the Donetsk People's
Republic in Krasnoarmeysky direction of
the special military operation (SVO).
On April 22nd, the Russian Defense Ministry showed
footage of the combat work of the Russian military.
The offensive began --- with taking control of the main
supply road, where several armoured vehicles of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were destroyed, as well as a US-made MaxxPro armoured car.
"First of all --- we used the weather, weather conditions,
rain, snow, good fog. We used weather conditions and
used two routes. The village itself is located at such
a point that it's surrounded on all sides by landings
...and the entire approach to this settlement, is
through the field," said Nademyan Ilbulov,
commander of the assault company.
According to him, before the offensive, Russian
servicemen chose the most nearby liberated
settlements in order to launch an offensive
from there. He noted - that the movement
was carried out in small groups through
large open areas, after which..... the
groups united and jointly began
to liberate.
In addition, during the offensive, the stormtroopers
practically did not use radio stations. They
replaced them with a system of sound
signals.. which contributed to the
coordinated movement of the
motorized infantry.
"Moving forward --- to the area of combat missions, we
vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian
Groups of Forces engaged the infrastructure of a
military airfield, an unmanned aerial vehicle
manufacturing enterprise, an uncrewed
surface vehicle depot as well as AFU
temporary deployment areas and
foreign mercenaries.... in
143 areas.
Air defence systems shot down five JDAM guided
bombs and three HIMARS MLRS projectiles as
well as 204 fixed-wing UAVs.
In total ---- since the beginning of the special military operation, the AFU losses, amounted to 661 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 52,293 unmanned aerial vehicles -
601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,876 tanks &
other armoured fighting vehicles... 1,536 MLRS
combat vehicles, 23,741 field artillery guns
and mortars, and 34,203 units of special
military vehicles.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on
--- repelling AFU attempt. to invade
Russian territory in Kursk region
April 17th, 12:30pm
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
continue the operation ---- to neutralise AFU
formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During offensive actions --- units of the Sever Group of Forces defeated formations of 1 mechanised brigade, one air assault brigade, and five territorial defence
brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to
Gornal, Velikaya Rybitsa, Zapselye, Miropolye,
Sadki, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka, in the
Sumy region.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned
aerial vehicles, and artillery fire, engaged AFU
manpower and hardware ....close to Belovody,
Vladimirovka, Novaya Sech, Osoyevka, Sadki,
Yunakovka, and Yablonovka, in Sumy region.
During the past 24 hours, the AFU losses were up to
165 troops, two tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle,
five armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles,
and three artillery guns.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the
AFU losses amounted to more than 74,780 troops, 410
2,734 motor vehicles..... 618 artillery guns, 57 MLRS launchers including 15 of HIMARS & seven of MLRS
made by the US, 28 anti-aircraft missile launchers,
1 self-propelled anti-aircraft system, 10 transport -loading vehicles... 125 EW stations, 18 counter-
battery warfare radars, 12 air defence radars,
57 units of engineering and other materiel,
including 23 counter-obstacle vehicles,
one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five
bridge launchers, one engineering
reconnaissance vehicle ------ plus
15 armoured recovery vehicles,
and a command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units ---- is in progress.
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Klitschko's assistant Prokopov is
accused of sending evaders
from Ukraine to Europe
April 17th, 7:55am
(Vesti.ru)
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the National
Police --- have filed charges against the suspended
deputy Mayor of Kiev, Vladimir Prokopov. He is
suspected of sending evaders to Europe.
The official is suspected of organizing schemes for
the illegal transfer of conscripts to Europe, the
RBC-Ukraine news agency reports,
citing sources.
Novosti also informs -- that this information
is confirmed by law enforcement agencies.
Prokopov served as deputy mayor, but - in October 2024,
the head of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, suspended him from
his duties -- after the publication of an investigation
by journalists about the real estate of Prokopov's
relatives.... which appeared during his years in
the administration.
In December last year, the SBU detained in Kiev,
the politician Alexander Sukhanov - head of the
Odessa cell of the Udar party, of the mayor of
Kiev, Vitali Klitschko. He is suspected.... of
receiving a $ 1 million bribe.
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Vodolatsky: The Ukrainian Armed Forces carry
away the bodies of mercenaries from the
battlefield......to hide the fact of
their participation
April 17th, 7:51am
(Vesti.ru)
The First Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee
on CIS Affairs, Viktor Vodolatsky, said that the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, first of all, take out the bodies of
dead mercenaries from the battlefield ------ while
leaving their wounded soldiers.
The reason for this, is the desire to hide the fact of
the participation of foreign military personnel in
the fighting on the side of Kiev.
The parliamentarian told TASS about this.
According to him, the peak of the arrival of foreign
mercenaries occurred at the beginning of 2022,
when foreign speech was heard on the entire
contact line. Currently, the main forces of
mercenaries ---- are concentrated in the
Krasnoarmeysky and chasovoyarsky
directions.
"The Ukrainian so-called sonderkommands --- they
leave their wounded and dead, but they take out
the wounded and killed mercenaries, from the
battlefield, so that we don't record the fact
that mercenaries ---- are coming here in
droves -- from all over the world,"
Vodolatsky stressed.
In addition, the deputy reported on the situation in the
St. Nicholas Belogorsky monastery -- in the village of
Gornal, Kursk region, where about 300 mercenaries
fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
were blocked. They refused to surrender, as they
came.... "to hunt people".
"About 300 terrorists who are there, have no desire to
give up, because they are punishers who have more
than one ruined life of civilians on their hands,
and they understand what awaits them,"
Vodolatsky said.
Vodolatsky noted that this practice of the Ukrainian
command, demonstrates rigidity and cynicism in
the conduct of hostilities.
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Odessa resident, Stoyanov -who arrived
in Russia by boat - called on Ukrainians
---- to flee from mobilization
April 17th, 7:39am
(Vesti.ru)
Odessa resident, Vladislav Stoyanov, who escaped
from Ukraine, by crossing the Dnieper River on a
boat, called on his compatriots ----- to leave the
country, in order to avoid violent mobilization.
In the summer of 2024, Stoyanov and his friend, swam
across the Dnieper River in a rubber boat, and ended
up on the Kinburn Spit, where they surrendered to
Russian army soldiers.
"Ukraine Citizens, try by all means to avoid mobilization
and get to neighbouring countries as soon as possible,
because every day you have less chances to get out
of this situation - at least alive and unharmed," the
Odessa resident told RIA Novosti.
At the moment, both Ukrainians are in a penal colony, in
Adygea. There they are serving a nine-month sentence
for illegally crossing the Russian border, by a group of persons, by prior agreement.
A General mobilization in Ukraine was announced, on February 24, 2022. On April 16, 2025, the Verkhovna Rada ---- voted to extend general mobilization, and
martial law in the country - until August 6, 2025.
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Sub fighter: a mercenary from Mexico escaped,
leaving subordinate soldiers of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine ...to die
April 17th, 6:52am
(Vesti.ru)
The Mexican mercenary escaped ------ leaving the
subordinates of the Ukrainian soldiers to die in
their positions. This --- was stated by the
commander of the assault platoon of
the 5th Guards separate motorized
rifle brigade, named after A.V.
Zakharchenko --- of the 51st
Guards Army of the central
group of troops with the
call sign Sab.
The fighter said - that the mercenaries were
stationed in the village of Krasnogorovka
in the Donetsk People's Republic.
"They usually have ------ the most senior(commander –
Editor's note)as a mercenary. In one of the houses
there, they held a position. It turns out, that the
eldest of them was a Mexican, and --- it turns
out, five riders. This Mexican, he ran away,"
the soldier told RIA Novosti.
According to him, the Russian soldiers could not take
the house for a long time where Ukrainian militants
and a Mexican mercenary -- organized a defense,
but, in the end, the soldiers abandoned by the
group commander were destroyed, and one was taken prisoner.
"Their(mercenaries. Editor's note)are appointed senior.
Foreigners come here in the hope that they will have
a sweet life here. After they encounter us, they immediately start running away. They run ---
even faster than the riders themselves,"
the stormtrooper concluded.
Krasnogorovka was an important logistics hub for
the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 20
kilometres from Donetsk. On September 10th,
2024, the Russian Defense Ministry
announced the liberation of
the settlement.
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MP Kamelchuk: advertising of contracts
for 2 million hryvnias in the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, is a direct
deception
April 17th, 1:30am
(Vesti.ru)
The advertising campaign of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, with the help of which Ukrainians aged
18-24 are lured... to serve under a contract,
misleads young people. This, was stated
by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada
Yuriy Kamelchuk.
According to him ---- the promised reward of 2 million
hryvnias is not paid immediately, but in parts, if the
serviceman survives until the end of the contract.
"This is a video about insanity. I am sure that they spent money on sociology, on some kind of
advertising campaign, which told them
that this is the way to shoot and say
it in such words," the deputy is
quoted by "Country.na".
Kamelchuk added that he did not see in the
advertisement --- an example that young
people should be guided by.
Earlier.... in Ukraine, the first girl signed a military contract for people under the age of mobilization.
Military expert, and program director of the Academy of
Political Sciences, Alexander Stepanov - said that Kiev
is preparing its youngest, most active and able-bodied
population for slaughter by conducting an advertising
campaign --- aimed at raising the military's prestige.
Military observer Vasiliev: new army corps of Ukraine -- forge of Nazism
April 16th, 7:40pm
(Vesti.ru)
The new army corps of the National Guard of Ukraine --- is
an attempt to introduce the Nazi ideology. This opinion
was expressed by the military commentator, Alexey
Vasiliev, in an exclusive interview with the
Rossiya 24 TV channel.
The Ukrainian army has switched to the corps structure of
the organization of its troops. The press service of the
National Guard announced the formation of a new army corps based on "Azov" (an organization recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia) .....and "Charter" brigades.
"This -- is primarily a blacksmith shop, where they try to
pump as many people as possible with Nazi ideology.
To do this, they need to save the lives of the core of
Ukrainian Nazis, who are concentrated in the Azov thereby increasing the number of well-motivated
fighters, who do not run away -- just like that,"
Vasilyev said.
Earlier --- it became known that the first corps of the
National Guard.. will be commanded by the Azov
brigade commander, Denis Prokopenko, with
the call sign Radis.
"As for Prokopenko, they essentially use him, as a
symbol ---- they say that he passed the tests. He
doesn't have any special managerial, personal,
or leadership talents. In combat operations..
he - somehow - did not show himself very
well," the military observer believes.
Earlier, military commander Yevhen Poddubny
announced the elimination of a Ukrainian
militant -- one of the founders of the
terrorist group "Right Sector"
(banned in Russia) Vasily
"Croat" Malkovich.
Also....... by the active actions of units of
the Southern groupthe Russian military liberated the village of Preobrazhenka, in the DPR, the Defense Ministry said.
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"SV": the troops of the "North" destroyed
the 47th mechanized brigade -- of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine --- on the
border of the Russian Federation
April 15th, 11:54pm
(Vesti.ru)
Fighters of the group of troops "North" of the Armed
Forces of Russia ------ neutralized the 47th separate
mechanized brigade (OMBr) of the Ukrainian army.
This is reported by the Telegram channel "North Wind".
The article clarifies that the liquidation of the AFU
unit occurred on the border of the Belgorod and
Sumy regions.
"Where did the 47th Separate Infantry Division of the# Armed Forces of Ukraine go?!It was ---- destroyed,"
the publication says.
According to the channel, the same fate befell the
"1.5 thousand invaders" who tried to enter the
Krasnoyaruzhsky district of the
Belgorod region.
Shortly before that, the Pacer drone of the Sever group
of troops destroyed military equipment and a cluster
of Ukrainian servicemen in the border areas of the
Kursk region.
Representatives of the group of troops "North" said
that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
continue to try to get into the territory of the
Belgorod region, but are destroyed by the
Russian military.
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Lieutenant Mil --- opened the calculation
of the AFU artillery gun in the SVO zone
April 15th, 10:35pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Guards Junior Sergeant Pavel Tymchuk -- commanded
the calculation of the multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle & received the coordinates of the
concentration of equipment and reserves of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were going to attack Russian positions.
Tymchuk, recognizing the enemy's plan to attack from
the flank, imperceptibly moved the combat vehicle to
a new firing position, aimed -- and fired. The MLRS
salvo caused serious damage to the enemy, and
the Ukrainian Armed Forces were forced to
abandon the idea of attacking Russian
positions and hastily retreated.
The Russian Defense Ministry ---also noted the
professionalism of Lieutenant Maxim Mil, who
performed combat tasks of conducting aerial
reconnaissance and correcting artillery fire
using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
He conducted surveillance at night - and the visibility
was worsened by increased cloud cover. The Armed
Forces of Ukraine used electronic warfare, which
also interfered with intelligence.
Despite all the difficulties, the lieutenant found the
position of an artillery piece with the calculation
of the APU. Mil determined the coordinates of
the target's location and passed them on to
the Russian gunners -- and then adjusted
the fire. As a result, the combat vehicle
and the AFU crew were destroyed.
Earlier on April the 15th, the Russian Defense Ministry
reported ---- that Senior Sergeant Vladimir Ukhanev
provided uninterrupted and stable communication
in the battalion tactical group of the Armed
Forces of the Russian Federation and
restored the communications
equipment... damaged by
enemy mortar fire.
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Norway ----- allowed Odessa to come
under the control of Russian troops
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
April 15th, 10:12pm
(Lenta.ru)
Odessa may come under the control of Russian troops,
and the United States will not prevent this, writes the
Norwegian website Steigan.
"US President Donald Trump - has not yet specified the
contours of the peace agreement on the ground, and
he will willingly agree with such a decision -- if he
considers that he will receive the compensation
due, in other areas," the journalist admitted.
According to the author of the article, the reunification
of Odessa with Russia ------- will make military and
commercial navigation in the Black Sea safer.
Earlier, the former chief of staff of the US Secretary of
State Lawrence Wilkerson said that Russia should
take control of Odessa - and cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea.
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The Ukrainian woman -chased the car
of military commissars and beat them
off her husband, the skirmish was
caught on video
by Anatoly Kazantsev
April 15th, 8:35pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
In Kharkiv, a woman saved her husband from
employees of the territorial recruitment
centre ----- who tried to mobilize him.
The corresponding video was published
by the news source - "Country.na".
The skirmish occurred in the courtyard
of one of the houses.
Military commissars noticed the man, tied him up
and loaded him into their car. The incident was
witnessed by local residents, among whom,
was the wife of the Ukrainian.
The woman chased the car and beat off her husband
from the employees of the shopping centre.
The man was released, and the military
commissars ....preferred to leave.
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The Azov brigade - became a corps
of the National Guard of Ukraine
April 15th, 1:17pm
(RT.ru)
The Azov brigade* was re-formed into the
corps of the National Guard of Ukraine.
"The National Guard of Ukraine - has created two corps
headed by the commander of the 12th special purpose
brigade "Azov" Colonel Denis Prokopenko (Radis) and
In March, the Ukrainian formation of the 3rd Assault
Brigade (formerly the Azov National Regiment)
announced that it was now called the
3rd Army Corps.
* "Azov" - the organization is recognized as a terrorist
organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 02.08.2022.
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Russian Defense Ministry: during the day,
the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about
1,215 servicemen
April 15th, 11:48am
(Vesti.ru)
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
in the special military operation zone over the past
day amounted to 1,215 people, the Russian
Defense Ministry said.
According to the ministry, in the Belgorod direction, the
AFU units were defeated by fighters of the North group
of Troops. The enemy lost up to 90 servicemen, three
armoured combat vehicles, four vehicles and the
same number of field artillery pieces.
Units of the Zapad group of forces ------- improved their
tactical position, destroying more than 250 Ukrainian
soldiers, a Snatch armoured combat vehicle, four
vehicles and five field artillery pieces produced
by NATO countries, the Russian Defense
Ministry said.
"Four electronic warfare stations and three
ammunition depots were destroyed," the
Defense Ministry said, in a summary.
It is noted ------ that units of the Yug group of forces
destroyed a Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting
vehicle, an M113 armoured personnel carrier and
a US-made HMMWV armoured car, plus 10 field
artillery pieces, as well as two warehouses
of materiel --- and a fuel depot.
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
amounted to more than 285 servicemen.
The Russian Defense Ministry clarified... that the troops
of the "Central" group.. continued to delve deeper into
the enemy's defenses. As a result of their coordinated
actions, Ukrainian units lost more than 335 personnel,
four armoured combat vehicles, two pickup trucks
and seven field artillery pieces.
The report also says that units of the "Eastern" group
of troops destroyed up to 155 militants of the Kiev
regime army, two armoured vehicles, a pickup
truck and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces ---- hit nine vehicles,
three artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations,
AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and three
ammunition depots.
Also in this area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost
up to 100 servicemen, according to the report.
On the night of April 15th, Russian air defense systems
eliminated 115 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
(AFU). over the territory of the Moscow Region,
Kursk, Voronezh, Bryansk and Orel regions.
Telegram channel SHOT reported that a series of
explosions occurred in Kursk. According to local
residents, one of the Ukrainian drones --- hit a
residential building. An 85-year-old woman
was killed and nine other people were
injured in an attack on the Kursk
region, the Kursk Regional
Police Department said.
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MOD: The Russian Armed Forces attacked
the infrastructure of the military airfield
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
April 15th, 11:37am
(Vesti.ru)
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have attacked
the military airfield facilities of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU), as well as enemy concentrations of
manpower and equipment in 144 districts, the
Russian Defense Ministry said.
According to the report of the Defense Ministry, tactical
aircraft, attack drones, rocket troops and artillery
were used to destroy military facilities.
At the same time, the Russian military hit the assembly
shops of multiple launch rocket systems and attack
UAVs, the training centre for drone operators, as
well as the temporary deployment points of
Ukrainian militants.
Russian air defense systems shot down four JDAM
guided aerial bombs, five HIMARS multiple launch
rocket systems, and 304 aircraft-type drones,
the ministry said.
Earlier it became known that over the past day, the
Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russian energy
infrastructure facilities six times --- in violation of
agreements. So, in the Bryansk region, due to
damage --- as a result of shelling, the
Solovyovka complete transformer
substation of the Bryanskenergo
branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre
& the 10 kV high-voltage line
of the Khvoshchevskaya
complete transformer
substation.... were
disconnected.
Residents of Sevsky district
were left without electricity.
In addition, as a result of the repeated attack of
a Ukrainian UAV on the Vinogradovo electric
substation in the Kherson region, about
56,000people in 108 settlements ---
were left without electricity.
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The APU drone hit the house in Kursk,
where the military commander of the
VGTRK, Bernwald, was located
April 15th, 11:15am
(Vesti.ru)
One of the drones that attacked Kursk --- hit the house
where VGTRK war correspondent Stanislav Bernwald
was staying. This was announced on the air of the
program "60 minutes" --- on the TV channel
"Russia", by the journalist himself.
He said that Kursk was attacked by a large number of
drones and it was not possible to intercept them all,
but despite this, the fighters of the air defense
forces performed their work perfectly.
"I was getting ready for bed, practically, before leaving,
but it turned out that ---- at that moment I heard a characteristic buzzing and a blow to our house.
That is, this is straight. I immediately jumped
down, looked, the fire started below. Well,
accordingly, people began to go down to
the basement in order to hide. And so a
whole series of blows began. We heard
at least 15-20," the military
commander said.
Footage of the consequences of the attack
on the Kursk high-rise buildings of
Ukrainian UAVs has already
been published.
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TASS: militants from the elite brigade of
the Armed Forces of Ukraineare trying
to escape from the Gornal monastery
April 15th, 10:45am
(Vesti.ru)
In the Kursk region, the tense situation continues
around the St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery
in the village of Gornal.
According to Russian law enforcement agencies,
the Ukrainian military stationed on the territory
of the monastery are suffering significant
losses and are trying to leave
their positions.
"In the area of the monastery, the Ukrainian Armed
Forces are suffering significant losses. Scattered
groups of the enemy --- voluntarily leave their
positions and try to escape to the territory
of the Sumy region," a source in the
security forces told TASS.
The source clarified --- that we are talking about
servicemen of the elite 82nd separate airborne
assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, former prisoners from the 129th
separate territorial defense Brigade, are
used as detachments.
Earlier, it was reported, that Russian troops are storming
the monastery -- which became the last fortified area of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the region. According
to available information, about 300 Ukrainian soldiers
are blocked in the monastery. All the roads leading to
the complex, are under fire control of Russian units.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine refused to negotiate.
The monastery is located near the border with Ukraine,
about 14 kilometres from Sudzha city. According to
sources, the religious site is connected to the
Sumy region... by an underground tunnel,
which is used for evacuations and the
delivery of ammunition.
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TASS: the Russian army --- destroyed the
assault troops of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces deployed to Oleshna
April 15th, 9:23am
(Vesti.ru)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation eliminated Ukrainian assault troops ---- during their transfer from
Yunakovka, Sumy region, to Oleshna, Kursk region.
This has not happened on the territory of
Ukraine - yet.
This is reported by TASS. According to the agency, the
elimination of the enemy was made just during the
transportation of servicemen of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.
"The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried
to transfer several assault groups of Ukrainian
paratroopers from Yunakovka, Sumy region,
in the direction of the Oleshnya farm.
''Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were
destroyed on the territory of Ukraine," the
resource --- quotes the statement of an
interlocutor from the security forces
of the Russian Federation.
Before dawn, the Russian Armed Forces launched a
strike on Sumy, as a result of which, according to
the Russian side, about 200 Ukrainian soldiers
were killed. This happened at the moment of their solemn awarding.
It is noted that among those who were at the place
of arrival was, among others, the command of the
operational-tactical group "Seversk".
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Mayor of Kursk Kotlyarov: we determine
the number of defeats: from the attack
of drones by Ukraine's Armed Forces
April 15th, 7:47am
(Vesti.ru)
In Kursk, the consequences of a massive attack by
UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ----- are being
eliminated. The authorities determine the number
of defeats, said the acting mayor of Kursk , Sergey Kotlyarov, on the air of the TV channel "Russia 24".
The enemy sent dozens of drones --- to residential
buildings in Kursk. As a result, one woman was
killed and nine others were injured.
"We are now determined, by the number... of defeats,"
said Sergey Kotlyarov. ''All our services, when it is
light, will go to the place, according to residents
...describe the affected places, damage, and
everything will be recorded. All necessary
assistance will be provided to residents
- we are working. We have deployed
temporary accommodation points."
Ukrainian UAV strikes resulted in fires in several
houses. One of the attacks hit an ambulance
garage, where 11 cars were damaged.
The Prosecutor's Office of the Kursk region --- opened
a telephone hotline after the attack of UAVs by the
Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Three scouts of the Russian Armed Forces
....put to flight the special forces of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine --- in the
Zaporozhye direction
April 15th, 6:14am
(Vesti.ru)
Three scouts ---- from the 392nd regiment of the 19th
division of the Dnepr group of the Russian Armed
Forces forced a unit of the 11th brigade of
special forces of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine to leave their positions near
the village of Pyatikhatki in the
Zaporozhye region.
This was reported by Russian soldiers
who took part in the operation.
According to the scout with the call sign "Ponura", a
group of three people — "Lot"," Sokol "and" Ponura "
- discovered the enemy and engaged him in battle.
"We threw grenades at them. I can't say for sure -- about
the two-hundredth, but we heard the wheezing. There
were some wounded. I think it's pretty hard. This,
was our fight. We won," the fighter with the call
sign Ponura, told RIA Novosti.
The scout with the call sign Sokol noted that the
decision to attack was made within the group.
When the battle began, and the Russian
military... began to throw grenades at
the enemy dugout, the AFU fighters
tried to throw them back.
"They offered to surrender, but then they started shooting
at us. It turned out that there were far from mobilized
people working there. These grenades, they threw
back. A day later, we went there and there was
no one there," Sokol added.
Earlier it was reported that Russian UAVs isolated
groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the
Zaporozhye direction.
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Air defense forces destroyed 115 APU drones
in the sky over the regions of the Russian
Federation overnight
April 15th, 5:28am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian air defense systems, eliminated 115 drones of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the sky over five
Russian regions over the past night, most of them,
were shot down in the sky over the Kursk region,
the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The Russian Defense Ministry clarifies in its Telegram
channel that 109 drones - were shot down over the
Kursk region. Three more drones were destroyed
over the Voronezh Region, and air defense
systems intercepted - and destroyed one
drone each in the sky over the territory
of the Moscow Region, Bryansk and
Orel regions.
Telegram channel SHOT reported that, on the night of
April 15th, a series of explosions occurred in Kursk.
According to local residents, one of the Ukrainian
drones hit a residential building.
An 85-year-old woman was killed and nine other people
were injured in an attack on the Kursk region, the
Kursk Regional Police Department said.
Telegram channel Baza, in turn, reports that at least
five high-rise buildings were affected by drone
attacks in this region, and fires started in
some houses. In addition, one of the
strikes hit an ambulance garage in
Kursk: 11 cars were damaged.
The Prosecutor's Office of the Kursk region
on Tuesday morning..... launched a hotline.
A day earlier, Russian air defense systems destroyed
52 Ukrainian drones overnight. Most of them were
shot down over the Bryansk region - 33.
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Another region of Ukraine - asked for
the wing of the Russian Federation
April 15th, 4:41am
(onura.news)
The head of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev,
expressed his support for the idea of holding a referendum on joining Russia.
He also stressed the need
for a thorough study of
public opinion on
this issue.
"For residents of the Kharkiv region, citizenship.... does
not matter now, it will be decided not only by citizens
who have already received Russian citizenship....
there are people who now live in Kharkiv, they
are under occupation. I am sure that not all
of them - but many people - if they could
ask us this question, they would also
ask it," Ganchev said.
By the way, as the head of the Russian administration
pointed out, such questions and requests are
constantly addressed to him. And the
answer he gives ---- is just one.
"I'm totally on their side. Everything will depend on the
real desire of people, the residents, it should be their
political will. Of course --- we will refer to public
opinion, and such are the wishes of citizens
— this is the very public opinion that I am
talking about. It will be necessary.. to
study it in more detail --- and on a
large scale," Vitaly Ganchev
summed up.
REFERENDUM ON JOINING RUSSIA:
GANCHEV EXPRESSED SUPPORT
FOR KHARKIV RESIDENTS
Earlier it became known about the forced evacuation
of residents of the Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian
security forces took such measures: because
of the approach...... of the front line.
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A civilian was injured --- due to the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Selidovo in the DPR
April 14th, 11:07pm
(RT.ru)
A civilian was injured as a result of the shelling of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces ---- in Selidovo, in the DPR.
Information about this - appeared in the Telegram
channel of the Department of the administration
of the head and government of the DPR -- for
documenting the war crimes of Ukraine.
"Selidovo locality (Krasnoarmeysky Municipal District):
A man born in 1967 was wounded on Gaidar Street,"
the report says.
Earlier, a resident of Selidovo told about cases
of the rape of women - by AFU militants.
In addition, an evacuated resident of the city named
Alexander, told about the shooting of civilians by
Ukrainian servicemen.
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Junior Sergeant Nurseitov - took out
two wounded comrades from under
the fire of Ukraine's Armed Forces
April 15th, 10:04pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Senior Sergeant Vladimir Ukhanev -------- provided
uninterrupted and stable communications in the
battalion tactical group of the Armed Forces of
the Russian Federation (AFR) and restored the
communications equipment damaged by
enemy mortar fire.
During their retreat, the Armed Forces of Ukraine
fired mortars at Russian units ---- and damaged
communications equipment, which disrupted
communication in the group.
Ukhanev, realizing the need for an immediate restoration of communication, moved to the place of damage.
The senior sergeant, having all the necessary skills,
quickly got to the right point and restored the radio
network. Thanks to this, the Russian servicemen
were able to transmit the coordinates of the
AFU firing positions --- and successfully
eliminate them.
The Russian Defense Ministry also noted ------- the
steadfastness and professionalism - of the guard
of junior Sergeant Kairat Nurseitov who, acting
as part of the battalion tactical group of the
Russian Armed Forces - participated in the
liberation of a settlement in the SVO zone.
During the clash, a group under Nurseitov's command
came under artillery fire from the Ukrainian Armed
Forces, and several Russian servicemen received
shrapnel wounds. Two of the injured were unable
to get out of the fire themselves, and a junior
sergeant carried them to safety, after which
he provided first aid and ensured their
evacuation to a field hospital for
further treatment.
Then Nurseitov returned to the battle, as a result
of which ----------- the settlement was liberated.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported --- that
Guard Lieutenant Alexander Roslik carried out aerial
reconnaissance of enemy targets using an Orlan-10
unmanned aerial vehicle, ensuring the correction
of artillery fire ---- and transmitting information
about the AFU objects to the command post.
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In Odessa,employees of the military
enlistment officeforcibly mobilized
a man
April 14th, 9:40pm
(RT.ru)
Employees of the military enlistment office in Odessa
mobilized a man --- and used force against a girl
who tried to stand up for him.
This was reported by the Ukrainian
edition of "Country.na".
"Employees of the shopping centre "packed" the guy in
a bus, after which they "twisted" the girl who tried to
help him out," the report says.
Earlier ---- the commander of the 93rd brigade of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine Shamil Krutkov said that
Ukraine........ will be forced to start the forced
mobilization of 18-year-olds.
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Due to the attack of the APU drone
in Selidovo, a woman was injured
April 14th, 7:57pm
(DAN)
A 38-year-old woman was injured today
as a result of the Kiev aggression.
This was announced by the
Head of the DPR,
Denis Pushilin.
"In the town of Selidovo - of the Krasnoarmeysky
Municipal District, a woman born in 1987 was
injured ---- when an explosive object was
dropped from a VFU drone, and she
received the necessary medical
assistance," he wrote in his
telegram channel.
In total, on April 14, Ukrainian neo-Nazis committed
more than 10 armed attacks. They used 155 mm
barrel artillery and a shock UAV.
A day earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the
Kiev district of Donetsk. The enemy used MLRS
M-142 "Himars". There were --- no civilian
casualties. Buildings and other civilian
infrastructure, were damaged.
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VH: the elimination of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces militant Yula --- is
a response to the shelling of
the Russian border region
April 14th, 1:05pm
(RT.ru)
"Military Chronicle" states ----- that the elimination of
Colonel Yuri Yula, who commanded the 27th rocket
Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
could be a targeted response to the regular
shelling of Belgorod and Kursk.
According to the "Military Chronicle", there is evidence
that it was Yula who commanded the 27th rocket
artillery brigade, which regularly shelled
Belgorod and Kursk — the militants
shelled these peaceful cities
"demonstratively --- under
information channels".
"The elimination of a commander of this level ----- is not
even revenge in the usual sense of the word. This is
more of a clean-up.... of border terror mechanics.
This is the elimination of a carrier of practical
experience and connections - that directly
affects the organization of shelling deep
into Russian territory," the article says.
It is noted that this "personalized signal" could be a
demonstration of the ability of the Russian forces
to pinpoint and neutralize the key perpetrators
of terrorist attacks.
"This is a message -- not only to the officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also to their supervisors -------- no depth of the rear, no status, no formal withdrawal from the state can save you, if you continued to play a role
in organizing military operations," the article notes.
Earlier.. it became known that Colonel Yuri Yula, who
previously served as deputy commander of the 26th
Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
was killed in a missile strike on military
facilities in Sumy.
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The Russian Armed Forces attacked
the command post of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy
region - with an Iskander.
April 14th, 12:44pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces launched a strike with two
Iskander-M missiles --- on the site of a meeting of the
command staff of the Seversk operational-tactical
group of the Ukrainian army in the city of Sumy.
This was reported in the Ministry of Defense
of the Russian Federation.
The ministry clarified that as a result of the strike,
more than 60 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed.
"The armed forces of the Russian Federation -- in Sumy
city, struck with two Iskander-M operational-tactical missiles ------ at the venue of the meeting of the
command staff of the Seversk operational
-tactical group," the report says.
According to the Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian
Armed Forces --- continue to use the civilian
Ukrainian population as human shields...
placing military facilities in the centre
of a densely populated city.
On April 4th,, Russian troops launched a high-precision
Iskander missile attack on the Magellan restaurant
..in Kryvyi Rih. According to the Russian Defense
Ministry, the target of the attack was the place
where the meeting of the commanders of the
AFU formations and Western instructors,
was held.
As a result of the strike - the enemy's losses
amounted to up to 85 servicemen,
including foreign officers.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports
on the progress of the special
military operation
April 14th, 12:35pm
Yesterday --- the Russian Armed Forces launched
two Iskander-M operational-tactical missiles in
conditions of heavy electronic warfare
countermeasures and foreign-made
air defence systems in action, to
hit the site in Sumy where the
commanding officers of the
Seversk task force had
a meeting.
More than 60 servicemen of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine ---------- have been eliminated.
The Kiev regime continues to use the Ukrainian
population as a human shield ---- by deploying
military facilities and carrying out activities
involving servicemen ---- in the centre of
the densely populated city.
In Belgorod direction ------ units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted damage on 1 mechanised brigade,
1 coastal brigade of the AFU, and two territorial
defence brigades, by Lesnoye, Miropolskoye,
Petrushevka, and Prokhody (Sumy region).
The AFU -- lost up to 95 troops, one armoured fighting
vehicle, three motor vehicles, one field artillery gun,
an MLRS gun and three electronic warfare stations.
The Zapad Group of Forces ---- took more advantageous
lines and positions and defeated the formations of two
mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, one artillery
brigade of the AFU, and 2 territorial defence brigades
close to Kupyansk, Borovaya, Kamenka (Kharkov
region), Kirovsk, Karpovka, and Krasny Liman
(Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost up to 240 troops, three armoured fighting
vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 armoured
personnel carriers, five motor vehicles, and two
artillery guns. One Kvertus electronic warfare
station, as well as two ammunition depots,
were neutralised.
The Yug Group of Forces units improved the tactical
situation and inflicted losses on manpower and
hardware of two mechanised brigades, one
airmobile brigade, one UAV regiment, one
territorial defence brigade and one
National Guard brigade close to
Petrovka, Kalinovo, Tarasovka,
Chasov Yar... and Kleban-Byk
(Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 315 troops, four armoured fighting
vehicles, including one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured
vehicle, 13 motor vehicles, and a field artillery gun.
2 electronic warfare stations and 6 ammunition
depots - were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous
lines and positions. The Russian troops ---- hit three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, a UAV
brigade, 1 assault regiment of the AFU, 1 marine
brigade, and two National Guard brigades near
Mirolyubovka, Lysovka, Zverevo, Rodinskoye,
Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlino, Udachnoye,
Alekseyevka, and Preobrazhenka
(Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost up to 420 troops, five armoured fighting
vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured
personnel carriers, six motor vehicles, and four
artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence ------- and engaged the manpower & hardware of 2 mechanised brigades,
one air assault brigade of the AFU, one marine
brigade, and two territorial defence brigades
near Shevchenko, Zeleny Kut, Zelenoye
Pole, Bogatyr, Voskresenka (Donetsk
People's Republic) and Gulyaipole
(Zaporozhye region).
The AFU - lost up to 165 troops, one tank, five
motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces units hit one mechanised
2,704 motor vehicles.... 610 artillery guns, 55 MLRS launchers - including 13 of HIMARS and 7 of MLRS
made by the US, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers,
1 self-propelled anti-aircraft system, 10 transport -loading vehicles... 123 EW stations, 18 counter-
battery warfare radars, ten air defence radars,
57 units of engineering and other materiel,
including.. 23 counterobstacle vehicles,
one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five
bridge launchers, one engineering
reconnaissance vehicle as well
as.... 15 armoured recovery
vehicles, & 1 command
post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units
is in progress.
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Russia’s import-substituted SJ-100 plane
rises to 12,200 metres during test flight
The flight lasted about three hours
April 12th, 10:12pm
(TASS)
The first test prototype of the SJ-100 aircraft built
under the import substitution program, but with
Russian-French engines - rose to its maximum
altitude of 12,200 metres during a test flight,
the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said on Telegram.
"On World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day [April the 12th],
our Superjet overcome gravity ...and rose to the stars,
to its maximum altitude of 12,200 metres: this is the
so-called practical ceiling, for this type of aircraft,"
the UAC said.
The plane took off from Zhukovsky Airport near
Moscow. The flight lasted about three hours
and was aimed at testing the plane’s
control systems, communication
and navigation equipment,
and other systems.
The crew described the results
of the tests ....as positive.
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported - on
the exploits of soldiers of Russia's Armed
Forces in the special operation zone
April 12th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
So, the Guards senior ensign Denis Galakhov performed
the task of delivering ammunition to the military of the
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation -- in the area
located in the immediate vicinity of the contact line.
En route, the vehicle driven by Galakhov was subjected
to massive artillery fire - and an attack by FPV drones
from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). As a result
of the drone hit, Galakhov's car was damaged and
caught fire.
The Guards senior ensign, despite the fact that the
detonation of ammunition is tantamount to death,
decided to take the car out of the zone of
destruction of enemy artillery.
Hiding from enemy fire -- and attacks by FPV drones in
the forest, he began to extinguish the car. After that,
Galakhov delivered ammunition to the positions of
Russian servicemen, which made it possible to
increase the onslaught on the enemy's
defensive lines ..and force a retreat.
In addition, the ministry reported that the Guard - Lance
Corporal Ivan Fedorovsky performed tasks to evacuate
wounded Russian army servicemen from the line of
contact. He regularly made flights to areas of
intense fighting.
Several Russian servicemen received shrapnel wounds
of varying severity as a result of shelling in one of the
directions of the Northern Military District.
Fedorovsky, without waiting for a cease-fire from the
Ukrainian militants - moved to the evacuation site.
However, his transport was subjected to mortar
fire ------ and a raid by enemy FPV drones.
Guards Lance Corporal Fedorovsky, skillfully
maneuvering on dangerous terrain, brought
the transport out of the fire of the APU.
He also delivered his comrades to the point of medical
assistance in the shortest possible time, which saved
their lives. Thanks to the bold and decisive actions of
Fedorovsky, it was repeatedly possible to save the
lives of Russian servicemen --- and provide them
with qualified medical care, in a timely manner,
which contributed --- to reducing the time for
their return to service, the ministry added.
Earlier today, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
that the D-30 howitzer crew of the artillery unit of
the motorized rifle brigade of the 25th Combined
Arms Army of the Zapad group of Forces -----
eliminated camouflaged positions, an
82-mm mortar and APU manpower.
"300 Zaporozhye citizens who did not submit to the
fascists": how a handful of people stood shoulder
to shoulder, surrounded by a mob of nationalists.
by Yulia Andrienko
April 12th, 9:43pm
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
]Photos: Alexander Lyutoy Archive]
Alexander Agapov told the story ----- of 300
Zaporozhye citizens who survived in 2014.
11 years ago, a "second Odessa" could have happened
in the centre of Zaporozhye. More precisely, the first one, because the fire in the House of Trade Unions
will happen only in a few weeks…
Then, on April 13th, in 2014, the residents of the city of
Zaporozhye went to a coordinated (!) pro-Russian rally,
but found themselves in the ring of Ukrainian radicals. Boulders, eggs, bags of flour and curses were thrown
at them --------- and they stood and sang: "Get up, the
country is huge!"
Years later, I managed to find a
participant in those events.
LIKE THE SPARTANS
Today Alexander Agapov lives in the Moscow region.
In 2014, he worked in a mine, but the Maidan and
the coup --- forced him to go out on the street.
The photo of that rally in Zaporizhia, spread all over the
media. It was taken by a local photographer -- Maksim
Shcherbina and called "300 Zaporozhye citizens who
did not submit to the fascists": a handful of people
standing shoulder to shoulder, surrounded by a
crowd of nationalists who throw bricks and
eggs at them, while the police watch.
Alexander is in the front row, his face full of confidence
and not a drop of fear. Later, when Sasha joined the
militia, he was given the call sign - "Fierce".
"It was Palm Sunday, April 13," he recalls. ''Residents
of Zaporizhia then went out under different flags but
the common denominator was one ---- not to let the
nationalists take over, as it was in Kiev. The rally
peaceful -- and the people have already started
to disperse, there are about 300 people left…''
And that's when they started getting calls: "A crowd of Nazis is moving towards you!'' Later, it turned out that
it was the oligarch Kolomoisky, who paid for 7 buses,
filling them with thugs from Dnepropetrovsk.
As they walked, they were joined by Zaporozhye maidanutye, as well as a crowd of onlookers
who wanted spectacles and adrenaline.
''The militants were armed with bats, rebar -- and axes.
The power ratio is one to ten. We received conflicting
signals, to go to one or another street. They wanted
to pull us apart. Fortunately, we didn't leave, and
that's what saved us. Otherwise, it would have
been like later in Odessa, where people were
driven to the House of Trade Unions ...and
burned," Alexander is sure.
Alexander Agapov was standing in the first row and
it helped to see from which side the boulders were
flying and dodge.
ODESSA REHEARSAL
A whole delegation came to deal with the conflict: the
prosecutor, the mayor. They called for no bloodshed.
Police intervened ---- between the Cossacks and
the militants.
A priest came out to the frenzied crowd of nationalists,
but eggs were thrown at him, and they spat at the
icon - shouting: "You are a Moscow priest!"
"We're in a ring. The police are all around us, followed
by the nationalists. And this flimsy ring.. could crack
at any moment,'' Alexander admits. ''We were hit by cobblestones, eggs, bottles of green paint, bags of
flour. They were shouting: "Muscovites! Get back
to Russia!" They tried to prove to us, the locals,
that we came from Russia.''
The confrontation lasted six hours! The militants
demanded that the "Cossacks" kneel down and
remove the St. George's ribbons. But they only
grew closer to each other.
''It started to rain, it became very cold, I was already
feeling tired. I was standing in the front row facing
the militants, not hiding behind anyone, so I
dodged the cobblestones in time.''
- How did you feel at that moment?
''Some otherworldly calm, even detachment…''
Only later, did it become clear that this was an act
of intimidation, so that everyone could see what
would happen to anyone who tried to defend
their pro-Russian views.
At that time, there was no command to kill - the head
of the "Right Sector*", (banned in Russia as terrorist organization ed.) said don't touch the "Zaporozhye".
They were going to kill them quietly, and not make
them heroes and a symbol of the Russian spring.
But what didn't occur on April 13 in Zaporozhye, happened in Odessa - on May 2. Only there, the
Nazis arrived no longer with firecrackers and
bats, but with military weapons. It turns out
--- that Zaporozhye was a preparation…
THE PASSPORT WAS HANDED
OVER RIGHT IN THE WARD
That skirmish ended --- with the fact that all the
Zaporozhtzi were taken through the formation
to the police station. At least a 100 people ---
had their heads smashed and stab wounds,
but they were still forced to give evidence
and get their fingerprints taken. And then
the participants of that rally ------ were
rounded up.
Alexander - managed to escape. He arrived in Donetsk and joined the Vostok battalion. Passed the Donetsk airport, Staromikhailovka, Krasny Partizan, Uglegorsk.
After a severe concussion he had to go to civilian life. And so on, until the start of the special operation…
''As part of a sabotage and reconnaissance detachment,
I fought in the Kharkiv direction, where I was hooked
in the so-called "Sherwood" forest --- on the border
with the Donbass. A tank shell landed and hit a
tree two metres away from me. It saved me,"
he says.
''A fragment caught my leg ---- terrible pain, blurred
consciousness... left fragments: we got out of the forest on potholes, loaded them onto a
helicopter --- an operation in a hospital
in Valuiki, and then --------- the military
medical Academy of St. Petersburg.''
In total -- Lyuty underwent 13 operations.
At one point, doctors feared - that the leg would have to be amputated.
''The most interesting thing is that all this time I had
only a Ukrainian passport. I applied for Russian
citizenship in Donetsk and then they call me:
"Come! My passport is ready! " And how will
I arrive? I can't walk. Then a lot of people
joined in - including the correspondent of
Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alexander Kots.
And now - the passport was handed to
me, right in the hospital room. I was
incredibly proud -- even my throat
felt tight" he smiles.
Now Alexander lives in the Moscow region
and is recovering from his injury.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE REWARD
Already in the hospital, fate sent Alexander a meeting
with Victoria. She came to help as a volunteer,
collected humanitarian aid.
'' I was so tired of visitors then - often curious people
came. But Victoria very quickly became a native
person. We started to communicate - and
eventually realized, that we couldn't
live without each other," for the
first time in the conversation..
the warrior sounds confused.
Alexander Agapov will soon have the final operation,
then a difficult rehabilitation, and then... he doesn't
want to think any further. He says that since the
Lord has helped him stay alive so many times,
it means that he is needed for something.
*A terrorist organization banned in Russia
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The deputy Head of Zelensky's office said
that everyone, including women, should
serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
April 12th, 7:50pm
(RT.ru)
Deputy head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Pavel
Palisa, called for the mandatory conscription of
women into the army, following the example
of Israel.
His words are quoted by "Country.na".
"We need to think through the transition period
in order for citizens to have a clear idea that
everyone should serve," Palisa said.
In his opinion, to do this, Ukraine needs to learn
from the experience... of Israel, where military
duty applies to all citizens, including women.
He also stated that those who did not serve in the
military.. may be denied access to a number of
public services and opportunities, such as
working in the civil service.
Earlier, the Command of the Forces of Unmanned Systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the recruitment of a female unit.
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RIA Novosti: The Russian Armed Forces entered the vicinity of Gornal of the Kursk region - and are fighting
April 12th, 6:07pm
(Vest.ru)
Fighters of the Russian military group "North" entered
the vicinity of the village of Gornal near Kursk. This
was reported to RIA Novosti by the group.
According to the agency, now the military personnel
of the Armed Forces of Russia are fighting there.
In addition, it is noted that currently Ukrainian militants
are trying to prevent the advance of Russian troops
with the help of drones and artillery.
"The enemy is defending itself and trying to hold
its positions - at any cost," the group stressed.
Earlier.. it was reported that the Russian Armed Forces
plan to create a demilitarized zone in the Sumy region
of Ukraine .....and surround the regional centre.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special
military operation
April 12th, 11:59am
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,
continue the special military operation.
In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of
Forces engaged formations of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and
two territorial defence brigades close to
Malaya Rybitsa... Mikhailovskoye,
Miropolskoye, Krasnopolye, &
Ugroyedy (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted fire
damage on the manpower and hardware of one
mechanised brigade and 1 motorised infantry
brigade of the AFU close to Kazachya Lopan
and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 75 troops, one armoured
fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and five field
artillery guns.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units ----- improved the tactical
situation along the front line. Russian troops - have hit the formations of 2 mechanised brigades. plus one mountain
assault brigade of the AFU ----- and 1 territorial defence
brigade by Kupyansk, Radkovka, Novaya Kruglyakovka
The Russian Defense Ministry reports on the exploits
of Russian servicemen in the zone of a special
military operation (SVO).
The ministry said that Guard Lieutenant Georgy Garanin
commanded the calculation of the multiple launch
rocket system (MLRS) combat vehicle. During
the battle, he received the coordinates of
the concentration of equipment and
reserves of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU), preparing to
attack the positions of
Russian troops from
the flank.
Then he quickly and secretly moved the combat vehicle
to a new firing position, made calculations, aimed at
the target and attacked the enemy forces. The
enemy suffered significant losses
and retreated.
The Russian Defense Ministry also noted the feat
of Sergeant Eduard Yakupov. So, while at the
observation post.... he discovered an
unmanned aerial vehicle --- (UAV)
...approaching the positions
of Russian troops.
Sergeant Yakupov made sure that there were no
Russian drones in the given sector --- took the
target for tracking and destroyed the enemy
copter with small arms, when the enemy
UAV entered the affected area.
On April 11th, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
that the calculations of FPV drones of the Aleysky
motorized rifle unit of the Center group of troops,
destroyed dugouts, strong points, weapons and
personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in
the Krasnoarmeysky direction of the
special operation.
The ministry clarified - that the military personnel,
in the course of combat work, detect Ukrainian
positions, in any area.
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Kremlin: the topic of the meeting
between Putin and Whitkoff was
aspects of the Ukrainian settlement
April 11th, 8:25pm
(RT.ru)
The meeting between Russian Leader Vladimir Putin
and US President's special envoy Stephen Whitkoff
focused on aspects of the Ukrainian settlement,
the Kremlin said.
Earlier it became known that the negotiations
ended,; they lasted... more than four hours.
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Kallas stated --- that there are no
security guarantees for Ukraine
from the EU
April 11th, 4:01pm
(Izvestia.ru)
European countries have not taken the necessary steps
to ensure Ukraine's security. This was stated on April
11, by the head of EU Diplomacy..... Kaya Callas.
Her words are quoted by the British newspaper, The Guardian.
"No," Kallas said when asked by reporters if there
is any clarity about specific security guarantees
for Ukraine.
The head of EU diplomacy stressed ---------- that the EU
countries do not have a clear plan on how to achieve
an end to the conflict -- without putting pressure on
Russia. According to her, different Member States
hold different opinions ------ and the discussions,
are still ongoing.
Earlier, on April 9th, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said that European countries were "elated"
with Russia. The Russian Foreign Minister.. also
recalled: that all world tragedies began -- with
aggressive actions on the part of Europeans.
A day earlier, US President, Donald Trump, said that
the United States is holding talks with the Russian
and Ukrainian sides ---- approaching the goal of
resolving the conflict. According to him, the
discussions are progressing ----- with
positive results.
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, on
the Russian-US dialogue
and Europe's attitude
to the conflict:
"Ukraine needs peace most of all,
otherwise - it will be destroyed."
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Military commander Razin: the
Russian Armed Forces are as
close as possible: to Gornal
village in the Kursk region
April 11th, 11:16am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops have come as close as possible to the Gornal village in the Kursk region, which is still held
by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This was stated on the air of the program "60 minutes"
on the TV channel "Russia" by military correspondent
Vladimir Razin.
However, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces is
a little difficult due to the fact that Gornal is located
on a hill, the military commander noted.
"Our assault operations... continue in the area of
the Gornal settlement and we are as close as
possible to the settlement. Every day our
assault units.. are moving closer and
closer directly to the village --- in
order to knock out the enemy,"
Razin said.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports
on progress of special military
operation 5–11 April 2025
April 11th, at 11:15am
From 5 to 11 April 2025, the Russian Armed Forces have
carried out 8 group strikes by air- and sea-based high- precision aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles ---- to hit Ukrainian military airfields infrastructure, defence industry enterprises, assembly workshops and
the storage areas of attack unmanned aerial
vehicles and ammunition depots, as well as
temporary deployment areas, of Ukrainian
armed formations & foreign mercenaries.
Over the past week - units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces liberated Guyevo (Kurskoye
region), Basovka, and Zhuravka in Sumy region.
Aircraft, drones, and artillery hit the manpower and
hardware of a mechanised brigade, 3 air assault
brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and
a territorial defence brigade.
In Kharkov and Belgorod directions, units of three
mechanised brigades... two motorised infantry
brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU,
and three territorial defence brigades
were hit.
During the week, in the Sever Group of Forces area of
responsibility, the enemy lost over 2,345 troops, four
tanks, 41 armoured fighting vehicles, and 79 motor
vehicles. Twenty field artillery guns.... and five
ammunition depots have been neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Katerinovka
(Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian units --- hit the materiel and manpower of two
mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU,
two territorial defence brigades, and a border
guard detachment.
The enemy lost over 1,585 troops, six armoured fighting
vehicles including two M113 armoured personnel
carriers and three MaxxPro armoured vehicles
produced in the US, and a Polish-made Dzik
armoured vehicle. 21 motor vehicles, 28
field artillery guns including 10 Western
-made artillery pieces, 4 electronic and
counter-fire stations...... and nine field
ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces - improved the tactical
situation. Russian troops hit formations of five
mechanised brigades.. an airmobile brigade,
an assault brigade of the AFU, a territorial
defence brigade, and two national
guard brigades.
The AFU losses - amounted to up to 2,085 troops, five
tanks, and 19 armoured fighting vehicles including a
U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, during
the week. 104 four motor vehicles, 19 field artillery
guns, six electronic warfare stations, and seven
field ammunition depots - were eliminated.
The Tsentr Group of Forces -- took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on the manpower and hardware - of three mechanised
brigades, 2 assault brigades, two infantry brigades,
two airborne brigades.... two jaeger brigades, an
assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade,
a territorial defence brigade, a national guard
brigade ------ and the Omega special forces
detachment.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,005 troops,
34 armoured fighting vehicles, including five M113
armoured personnel carriers, four MaxxPro
armoured vehicles, and three U.S.-made
HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles.
38 motor vehicles, and 29 artillery
guns.... have been neutralised.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued
advancing into the depth of enemy defence.
Russian forces damaged formations of two
mechanised brigades, 1 jaeger brigade, 1
air assault brigade, an airmobile brigade,
a mountain assault brigade, a marine
brigade, and a territorial
defence brigade.
The enemy lost -- over 1,060 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles... and 15 field
artillery guns including six Western-made pieces.
The Dnepr Group of Forces' units ------- took more
advantageous lines and positions. The Russian
Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower
and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a
mountain assault brigade.... two coastal
defence brigades of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine, and one territorial
defence brigade.
The AFU lost -- over 555 troops, 13 armoured fighting
vehicles, including three U.S.-made M113 armoured
personnel carriers, 41 motor vehicles, & five field
artillery guns. 15 electronic and counter-fire
stations as well as 9 ammunition depots,
have been eliminated.
Over the past week, the air defence systems have shot
down 27 JDAM guided bombs and 19 HIMARS MLRS
projectiles, as well as 1,200 fixed-wing unmanned
aerial vehicles.
In total ---- since the beginning of the special military
operation the AFU lost 660 aircraft, 283 helicopters,
Vitaliy Matsegora ---- a serviceman of the 17th separate
tank brigade of the armed formations of Ukraine -- was
sentenced: to 16 years in prison, for crimes committed
in Sudzha, Kursk region. This.. is reported by the Main
Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.
According to the case file --------- the 31-year-old militant
illegally entered the territory of the Russian region on
the evening of September 25th, 2024. In the forests
near Sudzha, he set up firing positions ---- from
where he fired at the Russian military and
the civilian population.
"Macegora, together with other militants, participated in blocking the Sudzha settlement, held observation
and firing positions equipped in adjacent forest
plantations, intimidated civilians --- and
prevented their evacuation,"
the ministry said.
Fighters of the Russian Armed Forces captured
the militant on October 1 of the same year.
Macegora was convicted under the article on terrorism.
He will serve the first 3 years of his sentence in prison,
after which he will be transferred to a high-security
penal colony.
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Ukrainian militantssuffer huge
losses in Kursk's Oleshna
April 11th, 6:37am
(Vesti.ru)
The armed forces of Ukraine are suffering huge losses
in Oleshna, in the Kursk border region, the Russian
security forces reported.
The Russian military - broke up a group of Ukrainian
paratroopers moving to Oleshnya to reinforce their
colleagues. It is noted that the enemy suffered a
fire defeat - and the manpower was destroyed.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering colossal
losses here," security officials told TASS.
Earlier, law enforcement agencies reported that the
Russian Armed Forces continue to oust the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.. from the border areas of the
Kursk region.
Fierce fighting is taking place in the Gornal
and Oleshnya villages. Ukrainian militants
unsuccessfully tried to counterattack in
the vicinity of Veselovka, Sumy region.
The enemy's manpower - was
destroyed by Russian troops.
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APU withdraws troopsfrom
Gornalsky Monastery
in Kursk region
April 11th, 5:32am
(Vesti.ru)
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - began withdrawing from the Gornalsky St. Nicholas
Belogorsky Monastery, fearing encirclement.
This was reported by a source from the 22nd
motorized rifle Regiment of the 44th Army
Corps of the Northern Group of Forces.
As the source clarified in a conversation with RIA
Novosti, the movements of enemy units were
revealed during aerial reconnaissance.
Ukrainian militants are moving in
the direction of Gornal village.
"Apparently, the enemy understands that he is now
in a firing bag, since units of the Armed Forces of
the Russian Federation blocked this monastery
from three directions," the source explained.
According to him, if the Ukrainian troops do not have
time to withdraw to the neighbouring village in the
near future, they will be completely surrounded.
In this case, they will either have to surrender
or be destroyed.
Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces have previously
said that Ukrainian forces used the monastery in the
village of Gornal in the Sudzhansky district of the
Kursk region as a combat position, since the
building has thick walls and basements.
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The pilot appreciated the
transition of Zubritsky
to the Russian side
by Marina Sovina
(night editor)
April 10th, 11:09pm
(Lenta.ru)
Honoured Military Pilot, Major General Vladimir Popov
stated to Aif.ru... that Russian cosmonaut Alexey
Zubritsky --- who previously served in the
Ukrainian Air Force - and is sentenced
there to 15 years in prison - made
his own choice, in 2014: to
stay in Russia.
"The personnel... all had the right to choose whether
to continue their service in that state --- or return
to their homeland. This principle, turned out to
be identical for decision-making after 2014,"
Popov said.
Earlier, it was reported that the territorial recruitment centre (analogous to the military enlistment office in Ukraine) is looking for Zubritsky to be sent to serve
in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The cosmonaut has been on the ISS
space station... since April the 8th.
In Ukraine ------ the court called him a state traitor
and a deserter and sentenced him, in absentia,
to 15 years and confiscation of property.
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Military expert Onufrienko: plant in
Shostka tried to produce shells
of NATO calibre
April 10th, 10:31pm
(RT.ru)
Military expert Mykhailo Onufriyenko... said that
Ukrainian specialists tried to produce 155-mm
NATO-calibre shells... at the disabled
ammunition production plant in
the Sumy city of Shostka.
This is what he said to NEWS.ru.
"(In Ukraine. - RT) ..in mass quantities, shells were
not produced at all. This is a huge problem. The
Ukrainian Armed Forces live on ammunition
from the West --- which is not enough,"
Onufrienko added.
Earlier, the newspaper Le Monde, referring to the
Ukrainian officer Anton Serbin, reported that
the main production facility of Ukraine for
the manufacture of ammunition was
destroyed near Sumy.
A few days ago... the Russian Armed Forces
hit the central artillery base of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.
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The Russian Defense Ministry ----- told about
the exploits - of servicemen of the Russian
Armed Forces in a special operation zone
April 10th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The Ministry noted the actions of the Guard of Private
Viktor Dubin, who acted as part of the artillery gun
crew and performed a combat mission to destroy
equipment & personnel of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU) - and conduct counter-battery
combat on an important sector of the front.
Dubin's unit - managed to dislodge the enemy from
fortified positions, but the Ukrainian militants, not wanting to retreat, requested reinforcements.
The calculation of the private guard received
coordinates - about the accumulation of
the manpower and equipment of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, which
were ready to move to the aid
of the militants in distress.
Dubin aimed the gun and completed the firing task,
thereby.... destroying most of the Ukrainian
armoured vehicles and personnel.
Thanks to his successful actions, the enemy gave up
trying to regain their positions and retreated, which
in turn helped the Russian military gain a foothold
at the point.
In addition --- the Ministry of Defense drew attention
to the actions of the operator of the calculation of
unmanned aerial vehicles of the Guard, Private
Yaroslav Razvarov - who performed a combat
mission to search for targets, adjust the fire
of artillery and mortar crews, and also
monitored the destruction of objects,
manpower and equipment, of
the enemy.
In the course... of conducting aerial reconnaissance
the operator discovered camouflaged strong points
and enemy manpower, after which he transmitted
the coordinates to the gunners, who fired at the
targets ...and destroyed them.
Thanks to his professional actions, the enemy was hit,
which, in turn, helped the Russian military advance.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that
the crew of the Msta-B towed howitzer of the 42nd
motorized rifle division of the Dnipro group of
troops destroyed an observation post with
five AFU militants --- in the Zaporozhye
region in the Orekhovsky direction.
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Military expert Kazanin: Kiev currently
has no obvious candidates to
replace Syrsky
April 10th, 8:33pm
(Vesti.ru)
The leadership of the Kiev regime currently
has no clear candidates to replace the
commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine (AFU) -
Alexander Syrsky.
This was stated in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV
channel by Maxim Kazanin, a military expert,
and associate professor at the Faculty of
International Economic Relations of the Financial University, under
the Government of the
Russian Federation.
Syrsky blames his failures on lower-ranking officers,
which allows him to maintain a stable position,
Kazanin noted.
"Syrsky has mastered the art of undercover warfare
and writes off his unsuccessful decisions on the
organization of offensive actions, defensive
actions in various directions.. to lower-
ranking officers, quite high-ranking.
And so, he remains a fairly stable
figure for now. So far, there are
no obvious candidates.... to
replace Syrsky ----- on the
Ukrainian military field,"
the expert believes.
In November 2024, the former Deputy Secretary of
the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC)
of Ukraine, General Serhiy Kryvonos, said that
the office of Volodymyr Zelensky ......was
preparing the resignation of Syrsky.
A few days ago..... the former commander of the 12th
special forces brigade "Azov" (terrorist organization
banned in Russia) of the National Guard of Ukraine,
Bohdan Krotevich..... said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper that the commander-in-chief
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky,
should resign.
A similar statement was made by
Rada deputy Mariana Bezuglaya.
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Military expert, Kazanin: Syrsky prepares
Ukrainians to surrender Sumy & Kharkiv
April 10th, 8:19pm
(Vesti.ru)
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, with his calm statements about
the advance of Russian troops --- deep into the
country, is preparing the population for the
idea of surrendering the Sumy and
Kharkiv regions.
This opinion was expressed by Maxim Kazanin, a
military expert and associate professor at the
Faculty of International Economic Relations
of the Financial University... under
the Government of the Russian
Federation --- in an interview
with Rossiya 24 TV channel.
The speaker recalled that, earlier, Syrsky officially
recognized: that Russia is conducting successful
offensive operations in the Sumy and Kharkiv
directions.
"This suggests..... that Syrsky is not panicking, that is,
he is preparing the public for the fact that Sumy will
probably have to be left as a district centre and,
probably, Kharkiv will also have to be handed
over. He is already preparing the ground in
advance - for the fact that the Ukrainian
Armed Forces will retreat from these
regions," Kazanin said.
Earlier, Syrsky told Ukrainian media that the US began
to send less aid to Ukraine, so the Kiev regime now
relies ..on Europe.
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Kallas: EU and NATO consider
sending troops to Ukraine
after ceasefire
April 10th, 2:40pm
(Vesti.ru)
The countries of the EU and NAto are... considering the
possibility of sending a military contingent to Ukraine
after reaching a truce in the format of a "coalition of
those who want". This was stated by the head of
EU ''diplomacy'' -- Kaja Kallas.
According to her, the troops can perform both
monitoring or peacekeeping functions, and
contribute to deterring or strengthening
the Ukrainian armed forces.
"The discussion.. continues. A number of countries are
ready to participate, and some are not. But the main
question is.... if there is peace, what forces and
capabilities we will need. We are considering
a monitoring mission, a peacekeeping
mission, a deterrence mission, a
reinforcement mission," TASS
quoted Kallas as saying.
Earlier, on April 4th, the head of the Kiev regime,
Vladimir Zelenski, said that weekly meetings of
military representatives from Kiev, London and
Paris will be held in Ukraine. The main issue of the meetings, will be the deployment
of the military contingent.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova,
stressed that the Russian Federation will consider the
appearance of foreign contingents - of any country in Ukraine, as a threat that could lead to a direct clash between the Russian army and the armed forces of
vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian
Groups of Forces ------- engaged the military airfield
infrastructure, missile artillery, ammunition, and
military hardware depots as well as clusters of
manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries
in 144 areas.
Air defence systems shot down nine JDAM guided
bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile
as well as 200 fixed-wing drones.
In total --- since the beginning of the special military
operation, the AFU losses amounted to 660 aircraft,
283 helicopters, 50,812 unmanned aerial vehicles,
601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,752 tanks &
other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,534 MLRS
combat vehicles.... 23,434 field artillery guns
and mortars, and 33,876 units of special
military vehicles.
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APU forces 18-year-olds to sign
a contract for military service
April 10th, 4:50am
(Vesti.ru)
Young Ukrainians are forced to sign a contract for
military service and sent to the front line. This
was told by a captured soldier of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, Nikolai Chebanov.
According to the Ukrainian, when he was 18 years old,
he wanted to go through military service, since this
gives him the right to go abroad in the future.
''But I got rejected.''
"They did not take on conscripts – just a contract
and mobilization," Chebanov stated, in a
conversation with RIA Novosti.
He also noted: he was promised that he would serve in
the unit. However, after signing the contract, he was
sent --- on a combat mission. His entire platoon
consisted of the same 18-year-old contract
soldiers, none of them expected to be
on the front line.
Earlier, a captured militant of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces --- accused the head of the Kiev regime,
Vladimir Zelensky, of bloodshed, and called
for a stop.
Another admitted that he gave a bribe in the amount of
2,500 dollars to be sent to the rear, but was still sent
to the Kursk region, as part of an assault unit.
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Carlson: The US lost the war against Russia,
while simultaneously destroying Ukraine
April 9th, 11:29pm
(RT.ru)
US journalist Tucker Carlson expressed his belief in an
interview with US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that
the United States lost the war against Russia, while
simultaneously destroying Ukraine.
He stressed that this war was waged by the US military,
the Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA. At the
same time, says Carlson, despite this defeat, no one in
the United States --- will openly declare this.
"I'm really afraid of this. Why can't we know that we
couldn't win a conventional war against Russia,
period? What does this say about our strength,
maybe we should adjust our expectations
a bit?" - the journalist asked.
Myśl Polska previously stated that Ukraine
has become a burden for the United States.
Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on
Information Policy and Media Relations --- Alexey
Pushkov, in turn, noted that the United States
continues a proxy war against Russia,
supplying Kiev with weapons.
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Fico ---- spoke about the EU's plan
to resolve the conflict in Ukraine
April 10th, 10:20pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The EU should have its own plan for resolving
the conflict in Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister
Robert Fico said in an interview with Izvestia.
"Europe, should have its own peace plan. Europe,
with its resources ---- should not have looked at
the administration of former US President Joe
Biden, what Biden wants or does not want in
Ukraine --- but should have acted from the
very beginning. And ------- it should have
influenced the Russian Federation - &
Ukraine ---- from the very beginning:
let's negotiate look for some peace
plan --- that would suit everyone,"
Robert Fico told Izvestia.
He noted that the US and Russian sides
are skeptical of the EU, because of its bellicose rhetoric.
Earlier, the EU Commission announced
the allocation of €1 billion to Kiev...
as part of a G7 loan.
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The Russian Defense Ministry told about
the exploits of Russian soldiers in the
special operation zone
April 9th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
On April 10th, Moscow time, the Ministry
of Defense of the Russian Federation
celebrated the feats of soldiers of
the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation -------- in the zone of a
special military operation (SVO).
According to the ministry, a unit, which included Guard
Sergeant Sergei Golub, performed a combat mission to
defend its positions at an important tactical line.
Thus, while conducting aerial reconnaissance using an
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a complex electronic
environment, Golub discovered an accumulation of
enemy manpower and a camouflaged strong point
with an equipped mortar crew position.
Then he transmitted the coordinates of the opened
targets to an artillery unit, after which the enemy
positions were suppressed. Thanks to the brave
and professional actions of the Guard Sergeant
Serhiy Golub, a stronghold of Ukrainian
militants was destroyed, which
contributed to the advance
of Russian troops in
this direction.
Also, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
reported that the foreman of the 2nd article, Naiman
Vaisov -- was on combat duty, in one of the difficult
sections of the front, performing a combat task to organize stable, uninterrupted communication
between control points.
During an artillery attack --- by the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU), an antenna device and a repeater
were damaged, as a result of which part of the
main radio network of the unit was disabled.
Vaisov, despite the ongoing shelling, began to identify
the damage and eliminate it. Communication was
restored, which contributed to the successful
implementation of the combat mission
of the Russian army.
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Ukrainian prosecutor -evader got a job
.....at the military enlistment office
Evgeny Silaev (Night Line Editor)
April 9th, 8:27pm
(Lenta.ru)
Prosecutor-evader Rostislav Ilyinsky, who was detained
in 2024... got a job in the territorial recruitment centre (TCK, the Ukrainian equivalent of military enlistment
offices) in Transcarpathia. This was reported by
the Telegram channel "Sputnik Near Abroad".
This became known - from the declaration of income of
Ilyinsky, in which he indicated the shopping centre of
Transcarpathia, as his place of work.
The prosecutor was detained in the attic of his mother-
in-law's house. He was suspected of forging
documents to evade mobilization.
Earlier, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Artem
Dmytruk accused the employees of the shopping
centre, of the genocide of the Ukrainian people.
According to him, military commissars are ruining
the lives of Ukrainians, terrorizing the population
--- on Zelensky's instructions.
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Military commander Poddubny
announced ----- the seizure of
Zhuravki in the Sumy region
April 9th, 7:28pm
(Vesti.ru)
Ussuri paratroopers managed to capture the village of
Zhuravka in the Sumy region. This was reported on
the air of the TV channel "Russia" by the military
correspondent of VGTRK, Hero of Russia,
Evgeny Poddubny.
According to him, Zhuravka is the fourth settlement
of the Sumy region after Basovka, liberated by the
Russian Armed Forces recently.
"Indeed, the Ussuri paratroopers managed to push
backthe enemy, advance in the Sumy region, and
capture the village of Zhuravka," Poddubny said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian
Federation reported on the liberation of the
village of Basovka, Sumy region.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on
repelling AFU attempt.... to invade
Russian territory in Kursk region
April 9th, 12:55pm
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue
the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the
territory of Kursk region.
During offensive actions -- units of the Sever Group of
Forces inflicted fire damage - on the formations of 1 mechanised brigade, one tank brigade, 3 air assault brigades, and one territorial defence brigade of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gornal
and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery
strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close
to... Gornal, Oleshnya, Aleksandriya, Belovody,
Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Loknya,
Miropolye, Sadki, Yunakovka, and
Yablonovka, in Sumy region.
The AFU losses - were over 230 troops, eight motor
vehicles, two artillery guns, 2 mortars, four UAV
command posts, and one ammunition depot.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the
AFU losses amounted to more than 72,990 troops, 405
vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian
Groups of Forces engaged an operational-tactical
missile manufacture enterprise, production
plants for unmanned aerial vehicles and
their storage areas as well as clusters
of manpower and hardware of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine and
foreign mercenaries.... in
149 areas.
Air defence systems shot down six U.S.-made JDAM
guided bombs and 333 fixed-wing unmanned aerial
vehicles, including 158 drones out of the special
military operation zone.
In total --- since the beginning of the special military
operation, the AFU losses amounted to 660 aircraft,
283 helicopters, 50,612 unmanned aerial vehicles,
601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,739 tanks
and other armoured fighting vehicles --- 1,534
MLRS combat vehicles, 23,395 field artillery
guns and mortars, 33,827 units of special
military vehicles.
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Russian troops blocked the supply routes
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near
Katerynivka in the DPR
April 9th, 4:03am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian army took under fire control, a section of
the highway near Katerynivka, which was liberated
on April 7 - in the Donetsk People's Republic,
military expert Andrey Marochko said.
Thus, the segment of the Novoe-Petrovskoye highway
(Ukrainian name – Grekovka) is closed for supplying
units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
"This, will significantly complicate the supply of Ukrainian militants in Petrovsky ---- from the Izyum direction," TASS quoted Marochko
as saying.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the
territory of the DPR --- 31 times, over the past day.
It took only one hour for Russian troops to clear
the village of Dneproenergia in the DPR
from AFU units... on April the 8th.
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Lavrov said that Odessa, like many
other cities, was built by Russians
April 9th, 3:03am
(RT.ru)
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, recalled in an interview for the TASS Children project about the Russian "roots" of Odessa ----- emphasizing that the city was built ...by Russians.
"Namely, the Russians -- Catherine II, Potemkin, and our
other glorious ancestors - developed these territories,
built Odessa, other cities, ports, and factories,"
the diplomat said.
At the same time, he stressed that the West indulged
the actions of the Kiev regime - to exterminate the
entire Russian part of the history of these lands.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, said earlier, that Europe has its
eyes on Odessa and Lviv.
"One gets the impression that the Europeans have already
set their sights on these cities --- and are hatching their
own plans for them. This is reminiscent of the military
intervention of the Entente forces -- during the Civil
War in our country -- in 1917-1922," TASS quoted
Zakharova as saying.
She stressed: that a number of European countries
are hatching the appropriate plans.. hiding behind
"Russian aggression".
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Lavrov:Europe's leaders - have
taken up arms against Russia
in an insane state of elation
Artem Vereykin (Night Line Editor)
April 9th, 12:29am
(Lenta.ru)
Europe is "elated" by waging war on Russia,
and all major world conflicts began with
Europe in this psychotic state.
Russia's Foreign Minister, Lavrov, said
this, in an interview with TASS.
"Speaking about Europe --- we are now witnessing
another wave, when Europe has taken up arms,
and, looking at some of their leaders' faces, I
want to say "elated" -- about attacking our
country. Before the victory in the Great
Patriotic War all the world's tragedies
began with the aggressive actions of the Europeans," he said.
The Minister stressed that.. after the Second World War,
Europe was weakened and therefore the main initiator of conflicts, was the United States, as the "so-called leader of the free world."
Lavrov also recalled that, during World War II -- almost
all European countries fought on the side of Germany.
Earlier... Lavrov spoke about Russia's attempts to "shake
up" the West, in the fight against their desire to rewrite
history. Long before the start of the special operation
in Ukraine, they made attempts to undermine and
denigrate the role of the USSR ------- and put the
Similarly to the ABM Treaty, the US unilaterally pulled
out of the INF Treaty in 2019. However, instead of
simply stating it wished to develop weapons
beyond the treaty’s limitations, the Trump
administration accused Moscow of
violating the treaty by lying about
the range of its 9M728/9M729
missiles used by Iskander
missile systems.
Nonetheless, within 2 weeks of the US’ formal
departure from the treaty, in August 2019, it
began testing the first of multiple missiles
that violated the treaty’s limitations.
The origins of the INF Treaty lay in a dramatic
showdown, across Europe, in late 1983,
triggered by Washington’s deployment
of ITS Pershing-II intermediate-range
ballistic missiles (IRBM) to Europe.
With a 900-mile range, a flight apogee of just 60 miles,
and a maneuverable, radar-guided reentry vehicle,
the missile could put an 80-kiloton nuclear war-
head on Moscow in between 6 and 11 minutes
...according to Pentagon leaders. Such a fast
strike time gave the Soviets just minutes to
identify, analyze and respond to the threat,
greatly increasing the risk of them mis-
reading a situation and launching a
mistaken nuclear return volley,
believing it to be their
only chance.
In addition, tensions in Europe had already been
ramped up by years of psychological operations
designed to increase Soviet anxieties, such as
US bombers charging Soviet borders and
turning away at the last second
That’s why, when NATO began the vast, ultra-realistic
“Able Archer-83” war games, simulating an all-out
attack on the Soviet Union, in November 1983, it put Soviet fears through the roof.
However, it wasn’t until after the war games had
concluded, several days later, that NATO
commanders discovered key signs: the
Soviets had loaded hundreds of strike
aircraft in East Germany and Poland
with nuclear bombs, and orders to
strike “front-line targets” at a
moment’s notice.
The INF Treaty eliminated missiles like the Pershing-II,
banning land-based missiles with ranges of between
500 klms and 5,500 klms. This significantly cooled
tensions in Europe... although the treaty was only
between the US and Soviet Union -- now Russia --
which left other countries, such as China, free to
develop their own intermediate-range missiles.
The INF’s absence now is especially poignant,
considering the long-standing Russian fears
over a NATO Aegis Ashore missile system,
built on a land base in Deveselu, Romania.
While the US claimed the system was purely
defensive, Moscow noted... that Aegis can
also be used to launch offensive missiles.
Among the missiles tested after the INF Treaty lapsed
was a land-based Tomahawk missile with a range of
1,600 kilometres - a cruise missile US Aegis
cruisers have fired at sea for years.
1992 Treaty on Open Skies
The Open Skies treaty... was an attempt to increase
transparency and put to rest fears of an impending
attack by the other side. The deal allowed 35
partner nations to perform reconnaissance
overflights over other nations... using
specialized aircraft with specialized
equipment. However, flights could
not interfere with other military
activities and could be refused
by the overflown nation, for a
variety of reasons.
The US sent signs it was interested in leaving the
treaty as early as 2019, claiming it was caused
by Russia refusing US Open Skies aircraft
access to several areas almost a decade
earlier - denials Moscow insisted were
within its rights under the treaty.
The US finally made the move on May 21ST 2020,
meaning the six-month cooldown time had the
US leaving the treaty, after the November 2020 elections, that Trump lost.
The decision sparked an outcry across Europe, with Ukraine being one of the loudest critics;
that nation having long used Open Skies to perform overflights in western Russia, to calm its nerves about troops and
installations there.
Indeed, the Open Skies Treaty was drafted precisely to
avoid the type of anxious confrontation... unfolding on
the Russia-Ukraine border, over the last two months.
The Democrats publicly attacked Trump’s withdrawal
as illegal then... although much of their criticism
focused on his refusal to notify Congress before
pulling out. However, in March 2021, a leaked
message --- sent to concerned “international
partners” by the Biden administration said
it was afraid that doing so “would send
the wrong message to Russia and
undermine our position... on the
broader arms control agenda.”
Istanbul, Astana Declarations
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) has its origins in the November
1972 multilateral talks in Espoo, Finland
...intended to further the peaceful
cooperation of the Detente era.
Today, the OSCE has 57 members and 11 observers
and continues to serve as a regional forum for
resolving international issues.
Two of its most important declarations of principles
came at summits in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1999 and in
Astana (now Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan, in 2010,
which, among other topics, affirmed each
nation’s right to its own security in the
context of an international community.
"The security of each participating State... is
inseparably linked to that of all others. Each
participating State, has an equal right to
security. We reaffirm the inherent right
of each and every participating State
...to be free to choose or change its
security arrangements, including
treaties of alliance, as they evolve.''
''Each State also has the right to neutrality. Each
participating State will respect the rights of all others in these regards. They will not
strengthen their security ...at the
expense of... the security of
other States.'' the Astana
declaration states.
While the OSCE met in Vienna, Austria, 2 weeks ago,
the talks yielded no major breakthrough. Earlier this
week -- when the US and NATO delivered separate
written responses to Russia’s December security
proposal -- the US response was considerably
more intransigent, while NATO’s, sent from
Brussels and speaking for 30 member
states, acknowledged the Russian
security concerns and proposed
mutual briefings in the NATO-
Russia Council and the re-
establishment of their
respective envoys in
Moscow & Brussels.
However, neither reply gave deference to Russia’s
central concern --- the eastward expansion of
NATO and the impact that has on Russian
security, especially since now, the US
explicitly regards Russia as a
challenger to its position ...as leader of the post- Cold War global order.
Speaking on Thursday, about the US response,
in particular, Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey
Lavrov said "The principle that one should not strengthen one's security -- at the expense of
the security of others is deliberately avoided.
Neither the Istanbul or Astana declarations are mentioned by our Western partners in the discussions on European
security that are currently
taking place. We cannot
accept this.”
Morgan Artyukhina is a writer and news editor at
Sputnik’s Washington, DC, bureau... focusing on
international & breaking news. Born in southern Maryland, she studied Russian, Central, and
East European Studies, at the University of
Glasgow and is a former history professor.
At Sputnik, she covers military technology,
the expanding neoliberal police state, and
the ongoing struggles against it in the US
and around the globe.
Paul Larudee: Zionist Dream
Turning into Nightmare
November 25th, 5:26pm (FNA)
Paul Larudee, political activist and commentator,
says Zionists have come to this understating
- that Zionism is now nearing its predestined
self-annihilation.
Speaking in an interview with FNA, Larudee
said, “Zionism planted the seeds of its own
destruction the moment they created a
plan for a Jewish state in someone
else's homeland. It is increasingly
becoming an international pariah
...contributing to the wars and
conflicts in West Asia, South
America, Africa, and other
parts of the world. It only
creates more enemies
for them.”
Paul Larudee is an - Iranian-born - American political
activist who is a major figure in the pro-Palestinian
movement. Based in the San Francisco Bay area,
he is involved with the International Solidarity
Movement, & was a founder of the Free Gaza
Movement & the Free Palestine Movement.
Larudee was a member of the US delegation
aboard the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla,
which was attacked by Israeli forces.
Below is the full text of the interview:
Q: Yaakov Sharett says “Israel and the Zionist
enterprise were born in sin.” What do we
learn about the nature of Israel?
A: Such words from a Zionist leader's son may help to
gradually sink doubts into the minds of other Zionists,
but we must not forget that many Jews were opposed
to Zionism for decades before 1948. It is unfortunate
that as Zionism became more successful in its
genocidal project, it also became more
acceptable to more Jews. But that is
now being reversed. As Zionism
becomes more racist, violent,
and aggressive, it is starting
to lose Jews who cannot
stomach such behaviour.
Q: Such a significant assertion was made by the son
of a signatory to the Israeli declaration in 1948. Do
you believe settlers will learn a lesson to end their
occupation of the Palestinians’ land?
A: There are two kinds of settlers that are being used
to colonize the West Bank and Jerusalem. The most
aggressive and violent are the ideological settlers,
who think of themselves as conquering soldiers,
much like the Europeans who took the land from
the native peoples in the western hemisphere.
They want to expel all Palestinians by any means
necessary, and take their land. They do not need
Israel to paint a rosy picture. They are ready to
endure hardship, although Israel actually
helps and enables them. The other type
are the opportunists. Israel builds
subsidized housing and industrial
parks on Palestinian land... and
makes it attractive for settlers
to move there. Israel creates
many advantages for them...
so as to increase the Jewish
population in the occupied
territories and push the
Palestinians out.
Q: Yaakov Sharett predicts a dark future for Israel
and asks settlers to immigrate from Israel; like-
wise, Lawrence Wilkerson, former Israeli State
Department aide, said Israel will be gone in
some 20 years. How do you assess
these statements?
A: Clearly, Sharett is being a realist in this case.
Despite Israel's influence, propaganda, bribes
and manipulations of other governments, it is
increasingly becoming an international pariah,
contributing to the wars and conflicts in West
Asia, South America, Africa and other parts of
the world. They believe that this makes them
strong, but it only creates more enemies for
them. Sharett seems to understand that the
Zionist dream is proving to be unsustainable.
It can only be realized by committing greater
and greater crimes, but even many Zionists
consider this too high a price for their dream,
and their dream is turning into a nightmare.
Zionism planted the seeds of its own destruction
the moment they created a plan for a Jewish
state on someone else's homeland.
UN Must Prevent Normalization of
Israeli Violation of Human Rights:
Iran Envoy
November 20th, 11am (al Manar)
Iran’s ambassador to the UN office in Geneva
put the onus on the United Nations: to take
action: against the normalization of the
systematic violation of human rights
and humanitarian laws, by the
Zionist regime.
In an address to a meeting between ambassadors
of the member states of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation, residing in Geneva,
and to members of the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Council on Human
Rights, held on Friday, Esmaeil
Baqaei Hamaneh called for the
clarification of true and false
narratives, referring to the
stories... that equate the
victims of Israeli crimes
with the perpetrators
of the heinous acts.
“It is the duty of all of us to clarify the true and false
narratives, the narrative that equates the victims
of Israeli crimes, with their killers, which is
humanly shocking, legally unfounded,
and morally shameful,” the Iranian
envoy stressed.
He added that the inquiry commission has an historic
responsibility --- to prevent the normalization of
systematic human rights violations by the
Israeli regime.
The Iranian diplomat invited all the participants in the
meeting to call for justice; and not allow war crimes,
crimes against humanity, and blatant violations of
human rights, to become normal, Press
TV reported.
In May, the UN Human Rights Council agreed to initiate
an international probe into “systematic” human rights
abuses committed during the asymmetrical war
between ‘Israel’ and Palestinian resistance
groups in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The 47-member forum adopted a resolution presented
by Pakistan on behalf of the OIC and the Palestinian
delegation to the UN, by a vote of 24 states in favour, 9 against, and 14 abstentions.
The UN rights body agreed to establish “an ongoing
independent, international commission of inquiry”
into the war to probe the “underlying root causes
of recurrent tensions and instability, including
the systematic discrimination and repression
based on group identity.”
Israeli troops have, on numerous occasions, been
caught on camera, brutally killing Palestinians...
with the videos going viral online and sparking
international condemnation.
The Tel Aviv regime has been criticized for its extensive
use of lethal force against, and extrajudicial killing of,
Palestinians... who do not pose an immediate threat
to the occupation forces, or to the Israeli settlers.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Palestinian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, called
on the International Criminal Court to launch an
immediate investigation into the Tel Aviv
regime’s crimes, in the occupied
Palestinian territories --- after
the Israeli forces shot dead a
young man, in the northern
part of the West Bank.
Source: Iranian Agencies
China is no threat
to people in the US; Wall Street,CIA & the Pentagon are
-- Analyst
October 16th, 3:14pm (PressTV)
US political analyst and activist Bill Dores says
China is no threat to the people in the US., but
Wall Street, the CIA, and the Pentagon, are.
Dores, a writer for Struggle/La Lucha and a longtime
antiwar activist, made the remarks in an interview
with Press TV on Saturday, after the CIA launched
a new mission centre to address what it calls “the most important geopolitical threat” posed... by China.
CIA Director William Burns said in a statement last week
that the new unit, called the China Mission Centre, will
“further strengthen our collective work on the most
important geopolitical threat we face in the 21st
century, an increasingly adversarial Chinese
government.”
Burns said that his agency will still focus on other threats
as well, including those emanating from Russia, North
Korea and Iran.
The CIA’s renewed attention to China is the latest evidence
of the Biden administration’s focus on Beijing as its main
foreign policy target.
Since taking charge of the White House earlier this year,
the Biden administration has been directing resources
toward countering China.
Why is the CIA targeting China?
“The CIA is grabbing more tax money --- to start a ‘mission
centre’ aimed at China, which it calls the ‘most important
geopolitical threat we face.’ This is ominous news
- considering the agency’s history of 'fabricating'
evidence to start wars, e.g. Iraq’s nonexistent
‘weapons of mass destruction,’” Dores
commented to Press TV.
“US troops have left Afghanistan. But not a dime has been
slashed from the bloated US military budget. Indeed, it’s
being increased to $778 billion from $753 billion to face
the alleged ‘Chinese threat.’ That’s more than the
combined military budgets of China, India,
Russia, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Germany,
France, Japan, South Korea, Italy
and Australia,” he added.
“It’s also been revealed that US Special Forces have been
operating secretly on Taiwan for two years. Meanwhile...
the US Congress will not pass the Build Back Better Act
to modestly extend our social safety net,” he added.
“The People’s Republic of China... has five times the population of the United States. But it spends only
$258 billion on its military. China’s forces are
deployed in - or around - the borders and
coasts of China. By no stretch of the
imagination is China threatening
he US militarily. Why would it?
For what gain?” he asked.
“So, what the Sam Hill is a ‘geopolitical threat.’ It’s a
twisted concept based on the twisted premise that
the United States, with 4 percent of the world’s
population, should dominate the world
politically & economically. And that
really means the billionaires and
millionaires, that Occupy Wall
Street protesters called the
‘One Percent,’” he stated.
China’s economic ‘threat’ to US
“China’s real ‘threat,’ in the minds of the US corporate
ruling class, is economic. China produces more than
the United States, and its economy is growing much faster,” the analyst said.
“It has achieved this, not by destroying the economies of
other countries with war and sanctions, but by growth,
and trade. China’s Belt and Road Initiative has greatly
weakened the stranglehold Wall Street banks once
held on the world economy. An article in the US
magazine Foreign Policy whined: that China is
‘whittling away’ at the murderous ‘sanctions
regime’ the US and West Europe use -- to
‘punish’ countries that defy their
dictates,” he explained.
“US corporations do, of course, invest in China. They make
a lot of money there. But they cannot dictate to China's
government the way US oil companies dictated to the
Shah of Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Or
the way they dictate to their paid servants in the
White House and the Capitol today,”
he observed.
“Politicians and news media tell working-class people in
the US that China’s growth is, somehow, a threat to our
well-being. They conceal the fact: that China’s dynamic
growth is the biggest single factor staving off a global
economic collapse,” he said.
“Yet it is their own Wall Street masters who have shut
down plants all over this country and foreclosed on
millions of homes. It is they who used the techno-
logical revolution as a weapon, to drive down
wages and destroy millions of jobs,”
Dores said.
Washington’s ‘hate China’ campaign
“Washington raises several phony issues in its ‘hate
China’ campaign. One is the alleged persecution of
the Uighur people in Xinjiang Province. There’s
nothing but hypocrisy here,” the analyst said.
“If this claim were true - and I’ve seen no reliable evidence
that it is - Washington would be the last to care. The US
leads the world in mass incarceration and murder
by police,” he noted.
“According to the Equal Justice Initiative... ‘Millions of
Americans are incarcerated in overcrowded, violent,
and inhumane jails and prisons.. that do not provide
treatment, education, or rehabilitation.' A majority
are from the oppressed Black, Latin and Native
nations... targeted by the police,” he said.
“Among the incarcerated are dozens of political
prisoners, such as Mumia Abu Jamal, Leonard
Peltier and Jamil Abdullah Al Amin, who have
spent decades behind bars on framed-up
charges,” he stated.
“Last year’s Black Lives Matter uprising..... highlighted
the extent of racist police murder in the US. Between
1980 and 2018, the US police killed more than 30,000
people. Half of those killings were misclassified,
according to a study published in the Lancet
medical journal,” he said.
US supports ‘ethnic cleansing and
murder of Palestinian people’
“We also can't forget that Washington not only supports
but subsidizes --- the ethnic cleansing and murder of
Palestinian people --- by the racist state of Israel,
including the mass imprisonment of 2 million
people in the giant concentration camp
called the Gaza Strip. The US also has
no problem with the oppression of
the majority Muslim people of
Kashmir, by the Indian state,” Dores noted.
“The US accuses China of stealing ‘intellectual property,’
a twisted concept indeed. Perhaps the West should pay
China for inventing paper, iron smelting, the seed drill,
the compass, rockets, gunpowder and other
innovations... that made its economic
development possible,” he said.
“There is the accusation of currency manipulation. But
Washington... has flooded the world with devalued
dollars ever since the Nixon administration took
the dollar off the gold standard in the 1970s.
The US has long used the dollar as an
instrument of financial warfare,”
he said.
Why is the US Navy in the South China Sea?
“And there is the issue of ‘free navigation’ in the South
China Sea. Which raises the question, what is the US
Seventh Fleet doing in the South China Sea anyway?
For that matter, why is the US Fifth Fleet off the
coast of Iran and the US Fourth Fleet off the
coast of Venezuela,” Dores said.
“Every year, ships carry $3.4 trillion worth of goods
through the South China Sea. Most of that is
bound to and from China,” he said.
“The PRC has no interest in stopping that commerce.
It does have an interest in keeping US warships
away from its coast and ports,” he said.
“For the past seven years, the US Navy has helped Saudi
Arabia impose a naval blockade that is starving the
children of Yemen. US sanctions, backed by the
US Navy, are the main obstacle to commerce
between nations in the world today,”
he said.
“Instead of new CIA mission centres, military bases and
fleets of warships and warplanes all over the world, the
US should do what China does: Invest in schools,
health care, housing, railroads and renewable
energy. Bring all the ships, planes, troops
and spies home. The world would be a
much better and safer place,”
he concluded.
Iran won’t let US, Turkey, Israel
create crisis in Caucasus
Sunday, October 3rd, 11:51am (PressTV)
by Sa’dollah Zarei
The fact of the matter is, that if there is no more time for
preventing a conspiracy from taking shape... there is
still time to thwart the conspiracy that has formed.
Here are some points with regards to this issue:
1) What the US, the Zionist regime, the governments of
Turkey and Azerbaijan, and the West in general, are
pursuing in the regions north of Iran is, firstly, a reaction to the great achievements of the
Islamic Republic and the resistance front.
When the criminal Zionist regime refers to the Republic of
Azerbaijan as “Lebanon of Israel,” it means that there is
a “Lebanon of resistance” that has foiled any Israeli
conspiracy over the past forty years and turned
into a major crisis for the occupying regime.
Why is a front led by the US, Zionist regime, Turkey and
Azerbaijan, talking about launching a pan-Turan move
-ment here? Because a powerful religious movement
has, for more than 40 years, disrupted the plots of
colonialists and criminals. So, it is quite clear that the enemy, although very hardworking, is in a state of “passivity.”
Here is another important question: will this evil conspiracy
ever yield any result? The answer is that there is a serious
antidote to prevent the realization of this tension-making
scheme, and if it enters the scene, it will definitely
thwart the plan, as it has happened so far.
2) Some people make a mistake here and say that the Syunik
agreement with North Karabakh... is a matter that concerns
the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia and that Iran’s
objection to it is not a matter of concern. They argue that
the implementation of the agreement is to the detriment
of Iran’s regional situation, but it is a natural
consequence and thus does not create a
right for Iran to legitimize its opposition.
The answer is clear; This is not an agreement between the
two countries on a disputed region, but one on creating a
region meant to undermine the security, political and
economic position of a third country.
While acknowledging their military and political failure, in
Afghanistan, the Americans explicitly speak of pursuing
a proxy war model to make up for their defeat. Shortly
afterwards, it becomes known that they had sent a
signal to Azerbaijan to launch and attack and a
signal to Armenia to, in turn, show tolerance
and accept the post-war reality, and at the
same time, following the end of a recent
44-day Karabakh war, the US stated
that they 'support' the agreements
reached between Azerbaijan and
Armenia. All this suggests that
the US has been standing behind this war and the situation that ensued.
Simultaneously, the Azerbaijani government announced
the widespread use of Israeli attack drones in the war,
and the Armenian army called the UAVs the main
reason for its heavy casualties in the war. This
means that it was an American-Israeli war.
Everyone knows, that the administration of Armenian
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is a Christian govern-
ment dependent on the West, but it's interesting that
in this war, the United States and Israel destroyed the forces and facilities belonging to a pro-West
Christian administration, and supported a
Muslim government instead! Isn’t that
a telltale sign?
The question is, what kind of “proxy war” US officials
were talking about in the course of their withdrawal
from Afghanistan? Was it possible for the US to
start such a war in Afghanistan? Which forces
could be used by the US to launch a proxy war
in Afghanistan? Could the US bring the Taliban
- which was taking power - into a proxy war?
Proxy war with whom? The answer is no.
Was the Afghan army able to enter a proxy war? The
answer's clear. Was the army that was not even able
to defend Kabul for an hour, against the Taliban —
which took control of the capital without firing a
single shot — ready to enter a proxy war?
Could the old mujahedeen forces.. serve
as the proxies of the American war? The
answer is clear. The old forces, besides
having an anti-American spirit... have
currently no military capability. Could
the USA... create a ''proxy force'' in
Afghanistan, in the medium term,
with the Taliban et al present on the scene? The answer to this
question is also, no. This is
because... for at least the
next 50 years... US crimes
will be in front of the eyes
of the Afghan people, and
the prospect for any kind
of Afghan-American,
cooperation...
is bleak.
So, what did the Americans mean by a proxy war? In fact,
the Americans wanted a proxy war where there was a
fertile ground... and the required strength. From the
American point of view, the “ethnicity” factor must
be emphasized and turned into a winning weapon
against anti-American revolutionary uprisings.
The Americans have long focused on the
model of racism and pan-Turanism... in
the case of this region, and considered
them as “a possible solution,” or more
accurately, the last “remaining arrow,”
and pinned their hopes on it.
Therefore, the prominent role of this tendency, in the
developments in the north, and its overlapping in the
Caucasus, besides the intention to highlight the anti
Iranian and anti-Islamic edges in the rhetoric of the
officials of these countries, tell us that we are
facing a “semi-hard” proxy war.
When Azeri President Ilham Aliyev speaks openly in an
interview about the widespread presence of Israeli
forces and equipment in the Caucasus, and the
resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis, he
is, in fact, blowing the lid off a proxy war.
3) Saudi Arabia’s measures are yet another issue that is indicative of the proxy war in the developments
unfolding in Iran’s northwestern frontiers, on
the one side, and its scale, on the other. The
Saudis have explicitly said that they are
working to launch a 24-hour television
network for the Turkish region of the
Caucasus called “Turk national.”
Why is the Saudi regime in the Caucasus trying to launch
such a TV network? The people in this region are neither
Arabs nor Sunnis in order for them to be the audience of
a Sunni Arab country. At the same time, it is obvious that this decision cannot be implemented without the consent and cooperation of the governments in the region.
4) Naturally, on this front, Iran can't remain silent and turn
a blind eye to the dimensions and consequences of the
action that being along its borders; therefore, it has to
react, but what is the due reaction? There is no doubt
that military conflict & dragging Iran into the military
arena is a well-known policy of the American front.
On the other hand... we know that what is intended for the Caucasus region is not even a full-fledged military
war, let alone a regional and multilateral war. We
are thus not talking about a war in the sense
that it is perceived. We are talking about
actions that disturb the peace of this
region and the interests of the
powers around it.
Isn’t it true... that the Azerbaijani government says Israeli
drones and forces have been involved in the recent war
between the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Republic of
Armenia? Isn’t it true that the Israelis explicitly referred
to the Republic of Azerbaijan... as “Lebanon of Israel”?
Since there are talks about the formation of a definite
security threat against the Islamic Republic, Iran has
the right to dismantle and confront the centre of
conspiracy against itself, without coordination
with any place or individual.
This type of Iranian confrontation is not so incomprehensible
to Zionists. Interestingly, an Israeli institution wrote a few
days ago: “Iran may want to retaliate against Israeli attacks
in Syria in Azerbaijan.” The regime is attacking areas in
Syria under the false pretext that Syria has become a
base for the presence of Iranian military personnel.
The Israeli institute asks what problem would arise
if Iran attacked a base in Azerbaijan, where Israeli
force are possibly present?
Of course, Iran knows very well how to use developments
to the detriment of its enemies. The Islamic Republic will
naturally begin with negotiations, to fraternally resolve
the issue between neighbours on Iran’s northwestern
border. Over the past 2 decades, the United States,
Turkey, and the Zionist regime have faced ultimate
defeat in any sedition that they incited and gotten
out of the situation while fraught with humiliation.
They are inciting sedition while they do not have
the power to tolerate and manage the war. If
these acts of sedition are not put aside, they
will face defeat, thanks to Iran’s measures.
(The views expressed in this article.... do
not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)
It’s time for NATO to leave Kosovo
before it does any more damage
October 2nd, 10:36am (RT)
By Boris Malagurski, a Serbian Canadian documentary
film director, known for “The Weight of Chains”,
enlisted in the catalogue of the Library of
Congress, whose work has been show- cased on international festivals...
including Raindance in London.
Follow Boris on Twitter @malagurski
Just as it all ended badly for the West’s military interventions
in Vietnam and Afghanistan, so it will in Kosovo. NATO has
overstepped its mandate, overplayed its hand, and
overstayed its welcome.
As the last US military helicopters were leaving Kabul,
Afghanistan, many, including myself, emphasized the
similarities with America’s embarrassment in Saigon,
South Vietnam – but one parallel that few dared to
draw, was with Kosovo.
When I merely asked “Is Kosovo next?” on Twitter, it
sent Albanian media outlets into a frenzy. Kosovo’s
Albanian majority celebrates the NATO troops as
saviours – NATO bombed Serbia, to take away
control of its Southern province of Kosovo in
1999. Since then, NATO has been sponsoring
a nation-building project... that seemed to have culminated in 2008, when Kosovo’s
provisional authorities declared
independence from Serbia.
It wasn’t an ‘end of history’ moment. Serbia and much of
the world didn’t recognize Kosovo as an independent
country, and Kosovo itself remained heavily
dependent on Western aid... and military
support. Most Albanian politicians are
aware of this and they are highly
obedient with regards to NATO,
whose KFOR troops are
‘keeping the peace’
in Kosovo.
However, NATO has overstepped its mandate. UN Security
Council Resolution 1244, which put an end to NATO’s war
with Yugoslavia, guarantees Serbia’s sovereignty over
Kosovo, while NATO has pushed for an independent
Kosovo from day one of their occupation. The
resolution also called for... the return of an
agreed number of Yugoslav and Serbian
personnel to maintain a presence at
significant sites and key border
crossings.... NATO has never
allowed this to happen. The
last Serbian prime minister
who called for this agree-
ment to be honored, was
assassinated in 2003, a little over a month
after his request.
On the other hand, what are the results of NATO’s nation
building in Kosovo? Close to a 30% unemployment rate.
One of the poorest areas of Europe... with as much as
45% of the population living below the official poverty
line, and 17% being extremely poor. Former Kosovo
Liberation Army terrorists, some accused of
trafficking weapons and human organs,
replaced their military uniforms with
politicians’ suits and are governing
the entity. The previous president
of Kosovo, nicknamed ‘The Snake’
...is currently being tried for war
crimes, and crimes against
humanity, at The Hague.
He’s the one who unveiled the Bill Clinton statue in
Kosovo’s capital. Bill then came to celebrate with
‘The Snake’.
Kosovo’s recent license plate row with Serbia was just
the latest example of a leadership in Kosovo incapable
of dealing with real issues, but rather... going into
conflict... to cover its incompetence. Instead of
negotiating with Belgrade, Kosovo unilaterally
used force --- to implement the removal of
Serbian license plates. And all that NATO
was willing to contribute to deescalate
the tensions... was to offer its KFOR
troops, to replace Kosovo’s special
unit, without even trying to resolve
the essence of the dispute. What
is NATO still doing in Kosovo?
Probably the same thing it was doing in Afghanistan.
Hoping a bad decision to go in, will eventually pay
off somehow. But it won’t. It didn’t in Vietnam, it
didn’t in Afghanistan, and it won’t in Kosovo.
So it’s time for NATO to start packing
its bags.
The statements, views and opinions expressed
in this column, are solely those of the author,
& don't, necessarily, represent those of RT.
“Normalization":Betrayal of Palestineby Arab despots no easy road
by Iqbal Jassat
October 1st, 11am (PressTV)
Pinning Palestinians down while applying harsh
measures of violent repression -- accompanied
by a fanatical settler movement of arch-racists
given free reign to attack and plunder -- is a
notorious game Israel has elevated to a
daily ritual.
In fact the routine of inflicting war crimes has all
the hallmarks of a rogue regime entirely caught
up in a misplaced belief --- that to engage in ethnic cleansing, is a religious obligation.
Conflating Judaism with a racist political ideology
of Zionism has been part of a strategy designed
to deceive, distort and divert. It has its roots in
the first Zionist congress held on the eve of
the 19th century.
That this is well documented and widely known is
not in dispute. Indeed... awareness of Zionism's
goal to dismember and dislodge Palestinians
from their centuries old homeland and
forcibly impose thereon a foreign
entity known as Israel, has
always been a bedrock
for resistance.
Israel has thus always been considered an enemy
thrust upon a native population through the most
horrific forms of terrorism. The memories of Deir
Yassin remind the world of bloody massacres
committed by Zionist terrorists which didn't
spare hundreds of villages... to
colonize Palestine.
That more than seven decades later the expansionist
goals of Zionism are still being pursued at great
human cost to successive generations of the
indigenous Palestinian population, is
reflected in daily atrocities.
None of these facts, as attested to by historians, as
well as organs of the United Nations, are contested.
Though of course Israel and supporters of it seek
to distort and malign commentators who speak
truth to power, as anti-Semitic.
Yet against this background of terrorism and current
conditions siege, occupation, killings and mass
imprisonment - recorded and broadcast via
mainstream media for all the world to
witness - it is bizarre that a handful
of Arab regimes, have broken rank
with Palestine's freedom struggle.
And at a time when even Haaretz describes
the atrocities by Israel, as a pogrom:
"Residents of the Palestinian communities in the south-
eastern West Bank have experience of settler attacks
- when they graze their flocks, work their fields, or
even have a picnic on their own land.... But they
cannot recall an attack like the one experienced
Tuesday -- by the small communities of Khirbat
al-Mufkara, al-Rakiz and al-Tuwani. On Simhat
Torah, dozens of young Jews, most of them
masked, conducted what can only be
described as a pogrom."
The treachery associated with what has become known
as "normalization" is an outrageous manifestation of
betrayal and collaboration. Limited to the UAE,
Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco,.. these regimes
have in effect confessed that the protection
of their shaky thrones... counts for more...
than legitimate rights of the Palestinians.
As unelected self-imposed despots fearful of democratic
values, they have bargained that "normalization" with
the usurper of Palestine will "guarantee" safety and
protection for them. In other words, just as Egypt
has done, these oligarchs have outsourced their
intelligence networks and security apparatus to Israel, knowing full well that in doing so, they have abandoned Palestine.
Though the abnormality of the implicit recognition of an
illegal colonial enterprise, has been in sharp contrast
to countless Arab League resolutions... the deal of
"normalization" pushed by Trump and vigorously
backed by the Biden administration... has exposed these leaders - as surrogates of western imperialism.
The case of Bahrain's role in the "Abraham Accords"
reveals the soft underbelly of Arab dictatorships.
Besides being financially dependent on its
neighbours especially the UAE and Saudi
Arabia, Bahrain’s alliance with Israel is
designed to entrench its power and
crush any resistance to author-
itarianism or efforts towards
freedom and democracy.
In 2011, during the onset of the Arab Spring uprisings,
Saudi Arabia sent troops to Bahrain to suppress anti
-government protests. This trend continues today
by Israel --- equally committed to maintaining the
status quo, and preventing the success of any
popular uprisings.
In this context, one may justifiably condemn Bahrain’s gross insensitivity and abject abdication of Palestine's freedom struggle... as treacherous.
Showcasing Israeli war criminal Lapid’s visit to Manama
where he is set to open the embassy flying Israel's flag
is utterly outrageous. This follows the opening of a
Zionist embassy in Abu Dhabi, and will likely be
establishing one in Rabat. Sudan thus far has
reportedly said that it has no plans yet to
open an embassy in Khartoum.
Not surprising therefore that the Arab street across these
capitals have vowed to end "normalization". The iron-
fisted grip held by Arab despots notwithstanding,
human rights movements (many banned and
leaders exiled) have declared their outright
rejection of America's much-vaunted
Abraham Accords.
Stirrings in Sudan are becoming more vocal despite
Khartoum's attempts to silence critics. In Bahrain
the main opposition group, al-Wefaq National
Islamic Society declared Lapid’s trip as a
"threat", saying, "This is provocative
news and this trip is completely
rejected, and he (Lapid) should
not set foot on Bahraini soil."
Their message is clear: "Any (Israeli) presence on Bahraini soil --- means incitement."
Iqbal Jassat is an executive at the Johannesburg-
based Media Review Network (MRN), a socio-
political advocacy group, that concerns
itself with media and political analysis.
(The views expressed in this article do
not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)
Greece And FranceTake First Step
Towards European Independence
Following AUKUS Debacle
September 28th (South Front)
by Paul Antonopoulos,
independent geopolitical analyst
Signing of Franco-Greek Agreement is the
beginning of supplanting NATO in Europe.
Of the 30 NATO member states, Greece is one of the few
to spend well over 2% of its GDP on defense, as agreed
upon by NATO Defence Ministers, in 2006. However,
Greece’s high spending (relative to GDP), is not
because it is positioning itself as a buffed-up
military state opposed to Russia, as per the
aims of NATO, but rather, to defend itself
against the threats of another NATO
member, Turkey.
With NATO consistently downplaying Turkish aggression
against Greece and the new AUKUS pact creating
distrust between the Anglosphere and the
Europeans... Greece has ensured new
extra security assurances against
its long-time enemy.
Greece’s strengthened partnership with France highlights
that the immediate consequences of the AUKUS alliance
are already being felt, as the two countries are making
the first serious steps towards a Europe independent
of Washington.
Alexis Papahelas, one of Greece’s top journalists, explained
that the Franco-Greek security pact is Macron’s “revenge”
against the Americans as it will strengthen European
autonomy. He also confirmed persistent rumours
that a defensive pact between France and
Greece was almost reached last year,
but ultimately broke down at the
last minute for “unknown
reasons.”
To put the situation in context, Greece for a year and a half-
received bids from six countries, including France, the U.S.
and UK for brand new navy frigates. The finalization of a
deal was continuously delayed... due to Greece’s
insistence, that a frigate purchase must include a defense agreement.
Greece signed its 12-month Mutual Defense Cooperation
Agreement (MDCA) with the US last year, but ultimately
did not decide on which frigate bid to accept. With
negotiations for a Franco-Greek defence pact
last year stalling, Athens ultimately decided
to sign the MDCA... with Washington. This
was rumored to be partially motivated
as part of 'negotiations' to pressure
the French to accept Greek terms.
However, with the sudden emergence of AUKUS, European
trust in the Anglosphere quickly diminished, and thus
galvanized Franco-Greek discussions on European
independence. And finally, a deal to purchase
three brand-new French Belharra-class
frigates, was stricken.
For his part, Mitsotakis said on Tuesday morning at the
signing of the agreement that:- “It is an historic day for Greece and France. Today’s development is an
initiative that responds to the demands of the
times on our continent. It paves the way for
an autonomous and strong Europe of the
future. Whether there is a timetable for
creating a European army: the debate
on European military autonomy,
evolves. Options such as this
corporate defense partner-
ship, move to this central
strategic choice.”
Effectively, Greece and France are advocating for a pan-
European military that would likely drive out NATO, as
the premier defensive pact in Europe.
Another demonstration that this pact is aimed at
supplanting NATO... is its careful wording.
Although Turkey was not mentioned
explicitly, there is little doubt that
part of the motivation for the
Franco-Greek defense pact
was Turkey’s unilateral
aggression in the
Mediterranean.
Even just minutes after the signing of the Franco-Greek
agreement, former Dutch diplomat Fons Stoelinga
tweeted: “EU autonomy in security and defense.
NATO still does not address the problem of
NATO-member Turkey destabilizing the
whole Eastern Mediterranean region.
France and Greece now react and
signed a security bilateral pact.”
The mutual defense assistance clause of the agreement
ensures that if Greece or France is attacked on its
territory, the other will come to assist, even if the
attacking country is part of other alliances.....
including NATO. This is an obvious message
directed towards Turkey, a NATO member
that on a daily basis violates Greek air-
space and threatens to invade its
Aegean islands.
These violations and threats receive no repercussions from
NATO as individual members are unwilling to risk their
economic relations with the country, whilst many
NATO leaders still believe that Turkey is a
bulwark against Russia.
France for most of its modern history, but especially
galvanized under President Emmanuel Macron.. had
an ambition of creating a more independent Europe.
The European experience under former U.S.
President, Donald Trump, and the recent
snub from President Joe Biden, with the
AUKUS debacle... has only increased the urgency of achieving European
independence from Washington.
Despite this ambition, as well as warning Europe that it will
become secondary in world affairs, if it does not become
independent, it appears that France can finally kickstart
its project alongside Greece.
Achieving EU unity is a difficult prospect, because minnow
states like Lithuania prioritize the interests of Washington
rather than the continent, but as Paris and Athens have
shown --- they will move ahead, in changing the geo-
political balance in the Mediterranean and will not
wait, while member states continuously bicker
amongst themselves on foreign policy issues.
If France and Greece can create strong foundations for an
independent Europe, it will only be inevitable before more
EU member states become interested in also being
integrated into a continental structure that is
independent of transatlantic alliances.
Why did the Taliban win against
the Americans in Afghanistan?
by Eric Zuesse
August 21st, 2021
Why did the communists win
against the Americans in Vietnam?
Why did the communists win
against the capitalists in the
Russian Revolution?
Why did the American Revolutionists
win against the British Empire?
I shall here propose an answer to all of them, because that answer applies to all such cases, as I'll explain:
When an imperialistic society is as corrupt as Britain has been since the creation of the British East India Company in 1600, and as America has been since the end of World War II in 1945, with its takeover and control by the MIC (military-industrial complex), which has inevitably produced the cancerous growth of America’s permanent-warfare state, what, then, is the reason to continue living by staying merely as a colonist or a vassal-regime (or even as the imperialist regime itself), which means, when the imposed regime is so profoundly corrupt --- as any
imperialist power necessarily is --- to accept such corruption, as this?
There’s something that is worse than dying... and it is to continue
living under a regime that one utterly despises. That’s a dragged
-out death, instead of a quick death. A regime which is as
corrupt as any imperialistic regime inevitably is, will be
intolerable for a significant number of the residents in
any one of its vassal-nations or “colonies.” Death, for
them, isn’t such a bad choice, if it means that they'll
go down fighting to overthrow it. They are driven by
the motivation, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
This is a motivation that few, if any, of the imperialistic regime’s hired
soldiers (regardless of whether conscripted or not) can match. And
when they are foreigners who are fighting on a foreign soil (instead
of locals who are defending their land’s own locally determined
rulers), they especially and certainly cannot match such
motivation, because only the locals can be fighting with
a patriotic spirit. This is an intrinsic weakness in any
empire. And imperialist leaders tend to ignore it,
because they don’t want to understand how
repulsive they are, to virtually anyone but
their own boot-lickers.
Ultimately, the demoralization of a hired soldier’s continuing to place
his very existence in jeopardy so as to continue the war to enslave
and control the resisting local subject-population will mount high
enough to produce self-contempt, desertion, and sometimes
even suicide, in the oppressing power’s forces, especially if that’s a foreign power.
No longer will the rationalizations(that “We are protecting the residents here”) be able to continue fooling the invading-force’s soldier, and the imposed stooge- regime’s soldier. They both (the foreign regime, and its imposed local stooge-government or colony) are there really, to control the local subject-population; and, ultimately, enough of the oppressor’s forces will know this to cause the imposed stooge-government, to be conquered by those indigenous residents there - people who will be recalled as heroes, by the other
residents in that land.
This is an advantage that any revolutionists
have, against the imposed regime.
This is the real meaning of “martyrs,” in the deeper sense than
merely of a religious type — it is instead of the patriotic type; it
concerns the land -- and not necessarily any religion -- such as
Christianity, Islam, or Marxism. Their loyalty is to Afghanistan;
or it is to Vietnam; or it is to Russia; or it is to China; or (before
America became imperialistic) it was to America. And so forth.
It is to the local land, not to any dictators. It is to the country
that the foreign invader’s forces are occupying. The
invader’s forces and their imposed stooge-regimes
can’t match this motivation.
Similarly, when the American invaders were conquered by the
residents of Vietnam, the winners were the Vietnamese, not
really the communists; and, in fact, the Marxist philosophy
(or ‘religion’) subsequently has waned there. America, in
Vietnam, as in Afghanistan, was the invader, in a land
which had not invaded their own.
That similar situation exists in Afghanistan. The Sauds had invaded
America on 9/11, with the assistance of G.W. Bush, Condoleezza
Rice, and perhaps others in the Administration. And so, the U.S.
-imposed soldiers in Afghanistan couldn’t even possibly have
been fighting against Afghanistan for any authentically
patriotic real (factually true) reason, at all. Therefore,
lies were constantly needed by the U.S. regime, not
only against Iraq, but even against Afghanistan.
(Furthermore, if Bush’s objective had really been to identify whom
and how was actually behind the 9/11 attacks, then he would have
pursued that at the U.N. Security Council and would have gotten
unanimous backing for it, which would quickly have isolated
and led to the destruction of Al Qaeda. It could all have been
done without any war between nations, and also fully in
accord with international law. To the extent that 9/11 was state-sponsored terrorism, it was actually being
sponsored by the Governments of the U.S. and
Saudi Arabia.
George W. Bush, who was buddy-close with the Sauds, used 9/11 as
an excuse to trash both the U.S. Constitution and international law
so as to hoist yet higher his own tyranny, his own power - not only internationally but also.. in his own nation. An imperialist would,
of course, like to trash both, and to hoist his personal power as
high as possible. And GWB had the boldness to do it, and -
because America has been imperialistic ever since 1945
(i.e., international aggressions... have been America’s
culture since 1945) — he has been able to enjoy the
success of getting away with doing it. However,
everyone else, and especially outside America’s MIC, suffers from it.
What have the mere soldiers of invading and occupying
imperialist powers actually earned by having placed
their own lives at risk? Maybe a tombstone back
home, in the country that had invaded and
occupied that colony.
By contrast, even if a defending soldier has died as a
hero among the locals in a failed revolution against
the imperialist power, any tombstone will be
unnecessary to be that person’s memorial,
because the true memorial is in the heart,
and in the mind, of the locals there, not
in anything that is in the land of the
invading foreign power.
And, so, I propose that the answer, to the question here, is that,
whereas America’s Founders were waging war as heroes
(because their war was just), today’s Americans are
waging war as villains (because our wars are unjust
- imperialistic aggressions, instead of heroic
defenses against an aggressor). Between
America’s founding and the present time,
America has switched from doing war
against military occupiers, to doing
war as military occupiers.
And this, I maintain, is the reason why: “The Taliban’s 80,000
troops have retaken Afghanistan with cities falling like
dominos while the 300,000-strong government forces,
better equipped and trained, mostly melted and
surrendered with no will to fight.”
What today’s Taliban are to today’s Afghanistan is therefore what
the 1776 American Revolutionists were to the America of that era.
It’s not the ideology; it is the love of that land there, which has
motivated the residents’ forces to victory, against the forces
of the invading-and-occupying foreign power. This can
happen in any land, at any time.
America went into Vietnam focused on the “body counts.” That’s
how stupid America’s imperialistic leaders were, back then. The
only motivation they really understood was fear: “body counts.”
They’ve evidently learned nothing since. That is how corrupt
America is.
Right now in America, the ‘debate’ about Afghanistan is about Joe
Biden, who is basically irrelevant. He wanted to end America’s
military occupation there, just as Trump did, and just as
Obama did. He acted on it, whereas they did not — they
didn’t want to be accused by their political opponents
of having ‘lost Afghanistan on their watch’, but Biden
was evidently willing to risk it.
His only failure in the matter is that he kept lying to the American
people (and probably also to himself) about how chaotic the
evacuation would inevitably be, and about how collapsed
Afghanistan is, and has been, ever since the Soviets
invaded there in 1979.
Throughout America’s imperialistic era, the U.S. Government has
routinely been lying to the American people. Imperialism isn’t as
bad for the imperialistic nation’s public as it is for the conquered
land’s people, but it is very bad, even for them. The only people
who benefit from it are the billionaires, who control companies
such as Lockheed Martin, and ExxonMobil, and Amazon.
Those are the people (the owners), who hire the leading
politicians, including the members of Congress, and the
Presidents, to spread their empire, and their control.
They also hire the ‘journalists’ who shape their nation’s public
to support these invasions and military occupations. The
Government officials of an imperialistic regime represent
not the nation’s public - but its aristocracy - who hire and
appoint millions of the rest, the many agents (employees,
etc.) of the few billionaires. The billionaires really control
their country. After all: America is a thoroughly corrupt
country, just as any imperialistic country is. (All
imperialistic countries, are controlled by their
aristocracy. And every aristocracy is corrupt.)
The public in Afghanistan have long known this fact about America -
that it is corrupt. And this is the main reason why the Taliban now
rule that country. They represent that land. Not this land. It’s a
different culture, and a different place. To most Afghans,
America represents only corruption. There is nothing
unique about what is now happening in Afghanistan.
It has been happening for thousands of years, and
it’s just replaying an ancient script, but in that
particular location.
However, instead, the U.S.-and-allied media are focusing on Biden’s
bit part (which was always in a supporting role) in America’s
invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. So, probably
nothing will be learned from America’s invasion and
occupation of Afghanistan, just as nothing was
learned from America’s invasion & occupation
of Iraq, and from America’s invasion and
occupation of Vietnam, and from the
many other such post-WW-II
American foreign disasters.
For America’s billionaires, these have all been great successes
(very profitable); and, so, probably nothing that’s useful to the
American people will be learned from history; and, instead,
the myths will continue that have caused “The Military” to
be either the highest-respected or the second-highest-
respected of all of the 19 named institutions in America - the world’s permanent- warfare state.
The American military wastes the most money and the most blood
of any institution in America, but Americans nonetheless respect it
enormously. That, too, is a mark of an imperialistic country. The
way to control a public is to sustain the myths. U.S.-and-allied
billionaires make sure that it is done - however much it costs.
As regards the future of Afghanistan itself: On August the 19th,
the most reliable geostrategic reporter and analyst, Alexander
Mercouris, headlined at The Duran, “US Freezes Afghanistan
Reserves, Threatens Economic Crisis. Russia Works to
Establish New Government”, and he explained why the
Taliban will either cooperate with Russia, China, and
Iran, or else will degenerate yet further into a failed
state, especially because the U.S. and its allies will
do everything possible to strangle the fully looted
Government of Afghanistan — the new Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan. So: even after the US
and its allies have all left that land, the war
against the people there will continue, in
full force, from the same people, though
with different methods.
PS: The philosopher Zizek headlined at RT on August 20th, “The
true enemy for Islamists is not the West’s neocolonialism or
military aggression, but our ‘immoral’ culture”, and he said
“it was not neocons who boosted Islamic fundamentalism,
this fundamentalism grew up in a reaction to the influence
of Western liberal secularism and individualism.”
He did not understand that though religious fundamentalists
(including the Taliban) focus especially on sexual and gender
issues, a person didn’t have to be at all religious in order to
consider the financial and economic corruption of the
imperialists and of their stooges to be disgusting.
Americans didn’t invade & occupy Afghanistan, in order to
spread “liberal secularism and individualism,” but in order
for US-and-allied billionaires to expand their wealth, their
empire, and their global control. Even if the Taliban and
other religious persons might object only (or even just
mainly) to the sexual and gender issues... a broader
segment of the Afghan population were repelled by
the rampant financial and economic corruption of
the imperialists, and of their stooge-rulers.
This was not a defeat for “secularism and individualism.”
It was a rejection of imperialism: a rejection of it even by people who don’t understand what “imperialism” means.
(Source: Strategic Culture Foundation)
Israel is committed to
aggressively pursuing
'Zionist colonialism',
says analyst
August 14th, 9:38am (PressTV)
A political commentator says Israel is relentlessly
following its "Zionist colonialism" in the occupied
Palestinian territories, and the evacuation orders
handed out to indigenous Palestinian families in the West Bank and Jerusalem al-Quds, are in line with the regime’s land
expropriation policies: to build more illegal settler homes.
“Israel aggressively pursues Zionist colonialism, which
has been the bedrock of the regime’s illegal ethnic-
cleansing agenda for the last seventy or more
years,” Iqbal Jassat, an executive member
of Johannesburg-based Media Review
Network, told Press TV, in an
exclusive interview
on Saturday.
He lambasted the Tel Aviv regime’s systematic theft of
Palestinian property as “a reprehensible disregard
for the inalienable rights of indigenous
Palestinians to their own lands
and homes.”
“The racist practice of evacuation, is a misleading
interpretation of forced expulsion, illegal under
the international law. It is also indicative of
the Group Areas Act [of 1950], under the
former apartheid regime of South
Africa,” Jassat noted.
The South African analyst also criticized the United Nations
and the International Criminal Court (ICC), for their
“impotence” ...to prevent Israel's unjust and
blatant violations of international
conventions and principles.
“It also raises serious questions about the inherent biases
existing within these institutions. These biases prevent
the exercise of law --- to halt land grabs, home demolitions, expulsions and incremental genocide,” he pointed out.
Jassat went on to say that Western countries’ decades-long
guilty conscience has prevented these states from
criticizing Israel, for its barbaric and brutal
practices, as such denunciations would
be treated as anti-Semitic.
“The US and its allies in NATO view Israel as a bulwark of
their interests in the heart of the Muslim world. They,
therefore, place their so-called security goals
above injustices against Palestinians,”
the analyst said.
“Moreover, the Arab world is mainly made up of unelected
despots, from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates and Bahrain. Their collective view, pivots
on the false notion... that their security is tied
to Israel. That explains the close proximity
between their notorious intelligence
services and Israel's Mossad
and Shin Bet.”
Jassat further noted that the controversial normalization
agreements that several Arab states have struck with Israel, have stifled opposition to the Tel Aviv regime’s colonialist and expansionist policies.
He said the unacceptable betrayal of the Palestinians'
struggle for liberation from the Israeli occupation,
has even resulted in the regime being granted
observer status, at the African Union.
Peak hypocrisy: US is ''concerned'' aboutChina's nukes
by Daniel Patrick Welch
August 7th, 11:45am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns of
China's nukes, on the anniversary of his own
country dropping the only one ever.
The US empire never disappoints in its endless quest
to project the behavior of a true sociopath. As with
Goebbels’ Big Lie (which he stole from the US's
Bernays anyway), the tried-and-true strategy,
is to attack others, for actions it has itself
performed on a regular basis.
Hence the whole Russiagate charade about foreign
interference in sacred elections by a country other
than the US —reigning and uncontested champion
of regime change campaigns. Now comes Blinken,
the US talking head du jour on the world stage, to
warn Asia about China’s nuclear weapons. Huh?
If irony wasn’t dead, Blinken and crew (Winken, Nod
et al) would track it down and strangle it with their
bare hands. On August 6th, the State Department
announced Blinken’s warning... to China’s
neighbours: THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS
OWN COUNTRY’S DROPPING OF A
NUCLEAR BOMB on Hiroshima.
I would say “not to put to fine a point on it,” but it just
can’t possibly be sharpened any further. Run that
back, with the reverse tape noise and all.
The ONLY country EVER to drop a nuclear bomb on another,
the United States, chooses the very anniversary of the first of those two genocidal crimes against humanity, to express grave concern about China’s nuclear
arsenal. I guess you could just drop the mic
here — there really is so little left to say.
What comes after tragedy and farce?
Even Old Man Marx didn’t mention
a third, though I might venture
Cynicism Made Flesh?
Of course, Blinken--I just can’t stop saying the name… it’s like
DICK Cheney and COLIN Powell, or that library cop Bookman
from Seinfeld—Blinken isn’t to blame for the blasphemy of
rewriting history. He and his cohorts have a generational
head start on stupid. Seventy-five years of relentless
assault on Americans’ knowledge of history and
political consciousness, has left a populace
with a Hollywood understanding of WWII
that has almost no relation to reality.
Even Eisenhower knew (and said) that the bombings were of no
military use. Lost to Americans’ history—but importantly, not
the world’s—is the cold truth that Truman knew as well and
didn’t care. Perhaps the meanest, and most small-minded
of US presidents, he offed a hundred thousand Japanese
in one fell swoop, just to scare the Russkies. And by his
own admission, never lost a night’s sleep. Brrrrrrrr.
But Back to the Future: Blinken’s degenerate idiocy also further
exposes the infantile disorder of the Lesser Evilists and the rest
of the Harm Reduction menagerie. He is himself, of course, no
more than a cardboard clown, or more likely made entirely of
wood, spouting vituperations like a useful ventriloquist’s
dummy while sitting on the knee of whoever plays Edgar
Bergen in this cynical farce. The masters who pay
Blinken, Biden, (O)Bama, Bush and Bacchus
keep them on a short leash. The sociopaths
in charge make the real decisions.
The notion that “getting back to normal” would yield anything other
than a smooth return to the endless killing machine was not just
wishful thinking, but deliberate self-delusion, a lazy and selfish
need to play pretend and self-soothe while the world burns.
Unforgiveable, really. From Iran to Venezuela, Russia, China and
beyond, and with clockwork precision, the Enemies of Humanity
are ramping up war fever, concocting lies & manipulating truth
and fear like never before. The New York Times’ perversion of
the Tokyo medal counts, to pretend the US won, is more than
instructive: it is the stock in trade and lifeblood of the
predator class, honing its exceptionalist rhetoric to
wield when needed. Dark days ahead.
Daniel Patrick Welch is a writer of political commentary and
analysis. Also a singer and songwriter, he lives and writes
in Salem, Salem, Massachusetts with his wife. Together
they run The Greenhouse School. He has traveled
widely, speaks five languages and studied Russian
History and Literature at Harvard University.
Welch has also appeared as a guest on several TV and radio
channels to speak on topics of foreign affairs and political
analysis--around his day job. He can be available for
interview requests as time and scheduling permit.
Despite the price of being outspoken against US foreign policy
and military adventurism -- which can be steep, in today's
circumstances -- he believes firmly, as did Rosa
Luxemburg, that "It will always be the most
revolutionary act, to tell the truth out loud."
Welch wrote this commentary for the Press TV website.
Russia-Chinathe Endgame
by Finian Cunningham
July 3rd, 1:41pm (Sputnik)
The consolidation of the Russia-China alliance this week
spells the endgame for Western imperialism and the
never-ending wars that it spawns.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s leader Xi
Jinping celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Sino-
Russian Treaty of Friendship, first signed in July
2001. The hallmark of that historic accord is a
mutual commitment to peace, prosperity
and global stability.
As Putin commented, the alliance between Russia and China
is a vital source of “stability at a time of increasing geo-
political turbulence”. The latter remark is an oblique
reference to the US-led Western states which are
driven by ratcheting up antagonism and
tensions with Moscow and Beijing,
using all sorts of spurious
complaints.
The attempt by Washington (whether Republican or Democrat)
and its Western minions to make trouble with Russia and
China has become almost frenetic. Step back from the
daily headlines in Western media and it is glaring just
how much the agenda has become irrationally
hostile towards Moscow and Beijing.
Week after week there are unfounded allegations about
Covid-19, & so on. It’s like a mad cacophony to wind
up tensions. Nevertheless, the deranged attitude of
Western ruling cliques is but the death throes of a
world order that has reached its expiration.
Russia and China’s partnership has hugely transformative
geopolitical significance. Both these giant nations straddle
the continents of Asia and Europe, connecting the Pacific
with the Atlantic, ranging from the Arctic to the
Mediterranean. Both are committed to a vision
of a multipolar world where nations cooperate
for mutual development.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) linking Eurasia with
Africa and the Americas is the vision of the future, and
Russia is a key partner in implementing that
ambitious win-win project for global peace
and prosperity.
This vision stands in stark contrast to the prevailing Western
capitalist paradigm which operates through dominance,
control and exploitation for American and European
profiteering. That kind of centuries-old system
necessarily involves imperialist conduct ...
whereby the natural resources of foreign
nations are commandeered by brute
military force, conflict, subjugation,
subterfuge, skulduggery and
other machinations.
The multipolar vision of global relations advocated by Russia
and China is the nemesis of the Western imperialist system.
And that explains why the Americans and their European
vassals make every effort to demonize and distort
Russia and China.
But the geopolitical potential of Russia and China is
unstoppable. There is a force of natural justice that
all nations will inevitably subscribe to as the only
reasonable, feasible & sustainable way forward.
It’s about people-centered development ...
versus profit-driven disorder.
Moreover, the partnership between Russia and China is a
geographer’s wonder study. Russia is the world’s largest
national territory by landmass. With over 17 million sq.
kilometres, it covers 11 time zones out of the world’s
total of 24. The abundance of natural resources that
Russia possesses is astounding, from reserves of
natural gas, oil, metals and minerals, to forestry,
agriculture and fisheries. It also can boast of
highly advanced technology in multiple
sectors. And... it shares a long land
border with China, for easing trade.
Meanwhile, China has a population of 1.4 billion people, ten
times that of Russia. With highly advanced technology and
manufacturing, China is not only a vast market for Russian
resources, it is also a gateway to the world economy.
China has already become the world’s biggest
economy over the United States, according
to some measures.
The US and Europe are post-industrial economies that are
also post-peak of their prime. Their “prime” was always
based on an extractive predatory relationship with the
rest of the world that was predicated on inflicting
conflict and poverty on others.
As China and Russia build on their strategic partnership for
mutual prosperity and peace the upshot will inevitably
entail the endgame for Western imperial powers,
which are atrophying from massive inequality,
indebtedness, moral decadence and
social decay.
Fortunately, too, and this is crucial, Russia and China have
military defenses from new generations of hypersonic
weaponry that make them impregnable against any
warmongering notions by the United States. A
failing empire like the US and its Western
satellites is always a dangerous time, as
it tries to prevent the inevitable collapse,
but starting a war with Russia & China
...is not an option.
The views & opinions expressed in the article
do not - necessarily - reflect those of Sputnik.
Barry Grossman:US, Israel
Adopting Bullying Tactics
for ICC War Crimes
Investigation in
Palestine
June 30th (FNA)
Barry Grossman is an international lawyer and political
commentator focused on human rights related issues.
He has been extensively published, on various legal
subjects and is a frequent commentator on political
affairs. He has taught law at the University of
Melbourne’s Faculty of Law and Monash
University’s Faculty of Law.
Below is the full text of the interview:
Q: How do you see the ICC ruling and the
issue of anti-Semitism raised by Israel?
A: To be sure, Benjamin Netanyahu has himself said that
“when the ICC investigates Israel for fake war crimes,
this is pure antisemitism”.
There can of course be no doubt that antisemitism is real;
indeed, every bit as real as Islam-phobia. But the long
standing ruse of conflating antisemitism with any and
all criticism of Zionism or Israel, is no longer taken
seriously, by a growing and very substantial
minority of people in the wider population.
Meanwhile the tactic of tarring everyone who resists Zionism
or criticises Israel with the antisemitism brush is having the
unfortunate, though not necessarily unintended
consequence of discrediting even the most
genuine efforts to draw attention to those
people whose speech is, indeed,
motivated by little more than
hatred for Jews.
Q: There are huge media attacks towards ICC’s probe to
Israeli war crimes in Palestine. Do you believe the ICC
can make a correct ruling under this media hegemony?
A: Propaganda about the ICC case published by the
Atlantic World’s Corporate Media Cartel is of course
preceded by pressure and instructions from think-
tanks, as well as the security/policy making
apparatus, which are, of course, fully
infiltrated by individuals promoting
Zionist agendas.
In that regard, both the US and Israel have openly declared
their hostile intentions towards the ICC and there is already
clear evidence that they're deploying all their usual tactics,
including intimidation, extortion, bribery and garden variety
corruption, to get politicians around the world, lawyers
involved in making Palestine’s case, and members of
the ICC to fall into line.
That said, if the myriad jurisdiction related technicalities
raised by Israel can be overcome, I am quite sure the
ICC is capable of reaching what many of us consider
the correct position regarding ubiquitous war crimes
and other violations of international law, perpetrated
by the occupation.
The real problem is that the ICC is quite limited in its ability
to enforce any ruling against responsible individuals and
Israeli organizations, so long as the key Atlantic World
nations continue to provide unqualified support for
the occupation, or, at the very least, to remain
neutral, in the face of clear evidence of the
occupation’s crimes.
A second very significant strategic issue arises from a
prevailing political reality which dictates that, in order
to make a reasonable finding about the occupation’s
crimes, the ICC will also have to use its authority to
investigate violations of international law alleged
against Hamas and other Palestinian groups ---
bearing in mind that the law of armed conflict
does not concern itself with the order in
which things played out and any finding
against Palestinian groups will certainly
receive far more traction, both in the
international community as well as
in occupied Palestine, than any
finding of culpability on the
part of the occupation.
Indeed, from where I sit, I do not see Palestine as
having much to gain from this process, but it
does stand to lose no small part of the
standing in public opinion, which it
has taken decades to develop, at
the cost of thousands of
Palestinian lives.
Q: Is it hypocrisy that Israel says Palestine is not
a sovereign state to have a delegation at ICC?
A: Hypocrisy hardly even begins to cover it. No nation
is in a position to dictate that Palestine is not a
sovereign nation-state, even if the UN has not
yet extended Palestine’s observer nation
status to full membership --- the way it
quickly recognized Israel’s existence
as a full member, in 1949.
It is also worth remembering that
31 UN member nations still do
not recognize Israel.
Of course, none of this is relevant to the Palestinian
delegation’s participation in ICC proceedings
investigating allegations of war crimes and
other violations of international law
committed against Palestinians by
Israeli nationals & organizations,
even though Israel is not, itself,
a party to the ICC treaty.
On the other hand, the Palestinian Authority (PA),
whose statehood and sovereignty has been
subject to intense dispute across the
international community... is a
signatory to the Rome Statute
(that is, the ICC Treaty), so it
would be bizarre, if it was
not permitted to have a
delegation present, at
the ICC proceedings.
US Encirclement of China:
A 'Progress' Report
by Brian Berletic
May 22nd (The Saker)
We post this long-read article in full -
as the New Eastern Outlook site has
been down for a number of days.
Tensions between Washington and Beijing are not merely
the recent results of former US President Donald Trump’s
time in office – but rather, just the latest chapter in US
efforts to contain China, that stretch back decades.
Indeed, US foreign policy has, for decades, admittedly aimed at encircling and containing China’s rise, and maintaining primacy over the Indo-Pacific region.
The “Pentagon Papers” leaked in 1969 would admit in
regards to the ongoing US war against Vietnam that:
…the February decision to bomb North Vietnam and the
July approval of Phase I deployments make sense only
if they are in support of a long-run United States policy
to contain China.
The papers also admitted that China, “looms as a major
power threatening to undercut [American] importance
and effectiveness in the world and, more remotely but
more menacingly, to organize all of Asia against
[America].
The papers also made it clear that there were (and still are),
“three fronts to a long-run effort to contain China: (a) the
Japan-Korea front; (b) the India-Pakistan front; and (c)
the Southeast Asia front.”
Since then, it is clear that from the continued US military
presence in both Japan and South Korea, the now two
decades-long US occupation of Afghanistan on both
Pakistan’s and China’s borders, and the emergence
of the so-called “Milk Tea Alliance” aimed at over-
throwing Southeast Asian governments friendly
with China and replacing them with US-backed
client regimes – this policy to contain China
endures up to today.
Assessing US activity along these three fronts reveals
the progress and setbacks Washington faces -- and
the various dangers to global peace and stability
Washington’s continued belligerence poses.
The Japan-Korea Front
Military.com in their article, “Here’s What It Costs to
Keep US Troops in Japan and South Korea,” reports:
In all, more than 80,000 US troops are deployed to Japan
and South Korea. In Japan alone, the US maintains more
than 55,000 deployed troops — the largest forward-
deployed US force anywhere in the world.
The article notes that according to the US Government
Accountability Office (GAO), the US spent “$34 billion
to maintain military presences in Japan and South
Korea between 2016 and 2019.”
The article cites the GAO providing an explanation as to
why this massive US military presence is maintained in
East Asia:
“…US forces help strengthen alliances, promote a free
and open Indo-Pacific region, provide quick response
to emergencies and are essential for US national
security.”
“Alliances” that are “strengthened” by the physical
presence of what are -- essentially, -- occupying US
forces, suggests the “alliance” is hardly voluntary and claims of promoting a “free and open Indo- Pacific region” is highly subjective – begging the question of, to whom, is the Indo-Pacific “free and open”.
And as US power wanes both regionally in the Indo-
Pacific as well as globally, Washington has placed
increasing pressures on both Japan and South
Korea to not only help shoulder this financial
burden, but to also become more proactive
within Washington’s containment strategy
toward China.
Japan is one of three other nations (the US itself,
Australia, and India) drafted into the US-led
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – also
known as the “Quad.”
Rather than the US solely depending on its own military
forces based within Japanese territory or supported by
its Japan-based forces, Japan’s military along with
India’s and Australia’s are also being recruited to
take part in military exercises and operations
in and around the South China Sea.
India’s inclusion in the Quad also fits well into the US
3-front strategy that made up Washington’s contain-
ment policy toward China as early as the 1960s.
The India-Pakistan Front
In addition to recruiting India into the Quad alliance, the
US helps encourage escalation through political
support and media campaigning of India’s
various territorial disputes with China.
The US also targets Pakistan’s close and ongoing
relationship with China – including the support of
armed insurgents in Pakistan’s Baluchistan
province.
Recently, a bombing at a hotel in Quetta, Baluchistan
appears to have targeted China’s ambassador to
Pakistan, Ambassador Nong Rong.
The BBC in its article, “Pakistan hotel bomb:
Deadly blast hits luxury venue in Quetta,”
would claim:
Initial reports had suggested the target
was China’s ambassador.
Ambassador Nong Rong is understood to be in Quetta
but was not present at the hotel at the time of the
attack on Wednesday.
The article also noted:
Balochistan province, near the Afghan border,
is home to several armed groups, including
separatists.
Separatists in the region want independence from the
rest of Pakistan and accuse the government and
China of exploiting Balochistan, one of
Pakistan’s poorest provinces, for its
gas and mineral wealth.
Absent from the BBC’s reporting is the extensive and
open support the US government has provided these
separatists over the years and how – clearly – this is
more than just a local uprising against perceived
injustice, but yet another example of armed
conflict-by-proxy waged by Washington
against China.
As far back as 2011 publications like The National
Interest in articles like, “Free Baluchistan” would
openly advocate expanding US support for
separatism in Pakistan’s Baluchistan
province.
The article was written by the late Selig Harrison
--- who was a senior fellow at the US-based
(corporate-financier funded) Centre for
International Policy --- & would claim:
Pakistan has given China a base at Gwadar in the
heart of Baluch territory. So an independent
Baluchistan... would serve US strategic
interests, in addition to the immediate
goal, of countering Islamist forces.
Of course, “Islamist forces”... is a euphemism for US-
Persian Gulf state sponsored militants used to both
fight Western proxy wars, as well as serve as a
pretext for Western intervention. Citing
“Islamist forces” in Baluchistan,
Pakistan - clearly - serves as an example of the latter.
In addition to op-eds published by influential policy
think tanks, US legislators like US Representative
Dana Rohrabacher, had proposed resolutions
such as (emphasis added),
“US House of Representatives Concurrent Resolution
104 (112th): Expressing the sense of Congress that
the people of Baluchistan, currently divided
between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan,
have the right to self-determination and
to their own sovereign country.”
There is also funding provided to adjacent, political
groups supporting separatism in Baluchistan,
Pakistan, as listed by the US government’s
own National Endowment for Democracy
(NED) website under “Pakistan.”
Organizations like the “Association for Integrated
Development Balochistan” are funded by the US government and used to mobilize people
politically, constituting clear interference
by the US, in Pakistan’s internal
political affairs.
The Gwadar Port project is a key juncture within China’s
growing global network of infrastructure projects, as
part of its One Belt, One Road initiative. The US
clearly opposes China’s rise & has articulated robust strategies to counter it; everything up to and including, open war, as seen in the Pentagon Papers, regarding the Vietnam War.
The recent bombing in Baluchistan, Pakistan demonstrates
that this strategy continues, in regards to utilizing local
militants to target Chinese-Pakistani co-operation, and
is one part of the much wider, region-wide strategy:
of encircling and containing China.
The Southeast Asia Front
Of course the US war against Vietnam was part of a wider
effort to reassert Western primacy over Southeast Asia
...and deny the region from fueling China’s inevitable rise.
The US having lost the war and almost completely retreating
from the Southeast Asia region saw Southeast Asia itself
repair relations amongst themselves and with China.
Today, the nations of Southeast Asia count China as their
largest trade partner, investor, a ''key partner'' in infra-
structure development, a key supplier for the region’s
armed forces, as well as providing the majority of
tourism arrivals throughout the region. For
countries like Thailand, more tourists
arrive from China, than from all
Western nations combined.
Because existing governments in Southeast Asia have
nothing to benefit from by participating in American
belligerence toward China, the US has found it
necessary to cultivate and attempt to install
into power various client regimes. This has
been an ongoing process, since the
Vietnam War.
The US has targeted each nation individually for years.
In 2009 & 2010, US-backed opposition leader-in-exile,
Thaksin Shinawatra, deployed his “red shirt” rioters
in back-to-back riots - the latter of which included
some 300 armed militants and culminated in city-
wide arson across Bangkok, and the death of
over 90 police, soldiers, protesters, and
bystanders.
In 2018, US-backed opposition groups took power in
Malaysia after the US poured millions of dollars, for
over a decade, in building up the opposition.
Daniel Twining of the US National Endowment for Democracy subsidiary – the International
Republican Institute – admitted, during a talk by the Center for Strategic & International Studies, that same year, that:
…for 15 years working with NED resources, we worked
to strengthen Malaysian opposition parties -- and guess
what happened 2 months ago after 61 years? They won.
He would elaborate on how the NED’s network played a
direct role in placing US-backed opposition figures into
power, within the Malaysian government, stating:
I visited and I was sitting there with many of the leaders
the new leaders of this government, many of whom
were just our partners we had been working with
for 15 years and one of the most senior of them
who’s now one of the people running the
government said to me, ‘gosh IRI you
never gave up on us even when we
were ready to give up
on ourselves.’
Far from “promoting freedom” in Malaysia ---- Twining
would make clear the ultimate objective of interfering
in Malaysia’s internal political affairs, was to serve
US interests, not only in regards to Malaysia, but
in regards to the entire region and specifically
toward encircling and containing China.
Twining would boast:
…guess what one of the first steps the
new government took? It froze Chinese
infrastructure investments.
And that:
[Malaysia] is not a hugely pro-American country. It is
probably never going to be an actual US ally, but this
is going to redound to our benefit, and and that’s
an example of the long game.
It is a pattern that has repeated itself in Myanmar over
the decades --- with NED money building a parallel
political system within the nation and eventually
leading to Aung San Suu Kyi and her US-backed
National League for Democracy (NLD) party
taking power in 2016.
For Myanmar, so deep and extensive is US backing for
opposition groups there, that the elections virtually
guarantee US-backed candidates win.. every single
time. The US National Endowment for Democracy’s
own website alone... lists over 80 programs and
organizations receiving US government money
- for everything from election polling, and
building up political parties - to funding
media networks and “environmental”
groups used to block any Chinese-
initiated infrastructure projects.
The move by Myanmar’s military in February this year,
ousting Aung Sang Suu Kyi and the NLD, was meant to correct this.
However, in addition to backing political groups
protesting in the streets, the US has – for many
decades – backed and armed ethnic rebels
across the country. These rebels have now
linked up with the US-backed NLD and are
repeating the US-backed regime change
tactics used against the Arab World in 2011 --- in nations like Libya, Yemen,
and Syria – including explicit calls
for “international intervention.”
A US-Engineered “Asia Spring”
Just as the US did during the 2011 “Arab Spring” – the US
State Department, in a bid to create synergies across
its various regime change campaigns in Asia, has
introduced the “Milk Tea Alliance” to transform
individual US-backed regime change efforts in Asia, into a region-wide crisis.
The BBC itself admits in articles like, “Milk Tea
Alliance: Twitter creates emoji for pro-
democracy activists,” and that:
The alliance has brought together anti-Beijing protesters, in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with pro-democracy campaigners in Thailand and Myanmar.
Omitted from the BBC’s coverage of the “Milk Tea Alliance”
(intentionally) is the actual common denominators that
unite it – US funding through fronts like the National
Endowment for Democracy and a unifying hatred
of China - based exclusively on talking points
pushed by the US State Department itself.
Circling back to the Pentagon Papers and recalling the
coordinated, regional campaign the US sought to
encircle China with – we can then look at more
recent US government policy papers like the
“Indo-Pacific Framework” published in the
White House archives from the Trump
administration.
The policy paper’s first bullet point asks:
How to maintain US strategic primacy in the Indo-Pacific
region, and promote a liberal economic order, while
preventing China from establishing new, illiberal
spheres of influence, and cultivating areas of
cooperation to promote regional peace
and prosperity?
The paper also discusses information campaigns designed
to “educate” the world about “China’s coercive behaviour
and to influence operations around the globe.” These
campaigns have materialized in a propaganda war
fabricating accusations of “Chinese genocide” in
Xinjiang, China, claims that Chinese telecom
company Huawei is a global security threat,
and that China – not the US – is the single
largest threat to global peace and
stability today.
In reality US policy aimed at encircling China -- is
predicated upon Washington’s desire to continue
its own decades-long impunity upon the global
stage, and the continuation of all the wars,
humanitarian crises, and abuses, that
have stemmed from it.
Understanding the full scope of Washington’s
“competition” with China... helps unlock the
confusion surrounding unfolding individual
crises like the trade war; the ongoing
violence and turmoil in Myanmar;
bombings in southwest Pakistan;
students mobs in Thailand; riots
in Hong Kong; and attempts by
the US to transform the South
China Sea, into an inter- national conflict.
Understanding that these events are all connected - then
assessing the success or failure of US efforts - gives us a clearer picture of the overall success of Washington in encircling China. It also gives governments and
regional blocs a clearer picture of how to manage policy, in protecting against US subversion: that threatens national, regional, and global peace
and stability.
Brian Berletic, is a Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.
Australians should be ashamed that they have a regime propped up to serve US racist agendas!
How Exceptional America Is
by Eric Zuesse
September 30th, 2020
America is becoming exceptionally exceptional. In some votes
at the UN General Assembly - the Assembly of nations - only
Israel, or one or two other U.S. allies, vote along with it, and
all others either vote against it, or else abstain in order to
prevent U.S. retaliation against their own nation. No other
nation is anything like that. In fact, on many occasions,
the U.S. arm-twists other delegations -- in order to get
them to abstain from voting so as to make less stark,
and less embarrassing, America’s international
isolation. But America is also extraordinarily
exceptional in other ways, which have
nothing to do with the UN.
America is truly an exceptional nation. As the
Republican Party magazine National Review
stated, on September 15th, “Last week,
the US and Israel were the only states to vote against a General Assembly resolution on the coronavirus response. Some have seized upon that vote to paint the
USt as a bad faith actor that stands alone in the world.”
However, this vote wasn’t about only “the global
coronavirus response.” It was — perhaps even
more importantly - about U.S. sanctions against
Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Russia, China, and other
countries that the U.S. regime considers to be
its enemies. (None of these countries ever
invaded or even threatened to invade
the USA; all of those sanctions are
100% U.S. aggression.
They are target-countries that America’s aristocracy
wants to take over. (The world’s U.S.-sanctioned
countries are marked in red -- on the map of the
world below.) Israel strongly supports sanctions
against both Syria and Venezuela, and routinely
invades and bombs Syria just for good measure.
So, it joined America’s position on that.
That UN General Assembly vote was held on September
11th. America’s Associated Press bannered the next day,
“UN assembly approves pandemic resolution; US, Israel
object”, and reported that, “The 193-member world body
adopted the resolution by a vote of 169-2, with Ukraine
and Hungary abstaining. It was a strong show of unity
by the UN’s most representative body, though many
countries had hoped for adoption by consensus.”
The AP further stated:
It calls on governments and international financial institutions
“to provide more liquidity in the financial system, especially
in all developing countries.” It supports recovery plans that
“drive transformative change towards more inclusive and
just societies, including by empowering and engaging all
women and girls.”
And it urges UN member nations “to adopt a climate- and
environment-responsive approach to COVID-19 recovery
efforts”, including by aligning investments and domestic
policies with the UN goals & the 2015 Paris agreement
to combat climate change. …
By a vote of 132-3, the assembly amended the resolution to
urge all countries “to refrain from promulgating and applying
any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in
accordance with international law and the Charter of the
United Nations that impedes the full achievement of
economic and social development, particularly in
developing countries.”
The United States was then overwhelmingly defeated in
attempts to remove 2 paragraphs from the resolution,
one referring to women’s rights to “sexual and
reproductive health” --- and the other --- to
“promoting global sustainable transport.”
In addition to arguing against the language on sanctions,
the United States opposed all references to the World
Health Organization, which the US administration had
stopped funding, accusing the UN agency of failing
to do enough to stop the virus from spreading
when it first surfaced in China.
Nowhere in the AP’s article was any mention made that
in the “vote of 169-2,” the two nations which had voted
against the Resolution were the US and Israel, but only
that there had been “objections from the United States
and Israel,” regarding attachment, to the Resolution, of
the Amendment that added the anti-sanctions provision
to it. This omission was not an error. It is a type of
omission that is common in propaganda. America
was more isolated than that ‘news’-report
made clear.
This vote was about only a “Resolution,” a statement of
the various nations’ values, to work toward, not about
any nation’s policy, but the U.S. and Israel don’t share
those goals — not even rhetorically. This opposition
to that Resolution’s goals, was truly exceptional.
In particular, nothing is more abhorrent to the US regime
--- than to stop or impede its sanctions. These sanctions
include, for example, punishments against any company
or government that will, in any way, assist in Russia’s 96%
completed NordStream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany,
for the EU to buy Russia’s pipelined natural gas instead of
America’s fracked, canned, shipped, natural gas. The U.S.
regime insists that EU nations buy the far costlier trans-
Atlantic-shipped fracked US liquefied natural gas (LNG).
That insistence upon the EU’s wasting money, in order to
prop-up America’s fracking industry, is, indeed, exceptional,
because European nations haven’t customarily been treated
as being mere colonies of other powers. America is treating
purchasers from, or cooperators with, that competitor (Russia),
as being its enemies. The way the U.S. Representative stated
this (after a lengthy diatribe which blamed China for Covid-19
and said that the U.S. had quit the World Health Organization
because WHO lacked “independence from the Chinese
Communist Party”) was: “Economic sanctions are a
legitimate means to achieve foreign policy, security,
and other national and international objectives, and
the United States is not alone in that view or in that
practice.” (That exact same sentence had, earlier,
been stated by the US regarding a different matter,
on 18 November 2019.) Actually, the U.S. regime is
very “alone” on it. Furthermore, the other part was
also a lie: the U.S. regime asserts that coercing
corporations and countries to not buy from the
lowest-cost supplier, is within its sovereign
right to do.
However, as Professor Alfred de Zayas, who until recently was
the UN’s top expert on this topic, explained in depth on 27th
June 2019, that assertion is blatantly false, on many clear
grounds concerning international law. It is a blatant lie, no
matter how many times the U.S. regime asserts it (and
asserts that the US regime isn’t “alone” in asserting it).
Even back when Barack Obama (the man who repeatedly
claimed that “The United States is and remains, the one
indispensable nation”) was America’s President, the US
was exceptional at the United Nations. For example, on
24th November 2014, I headlined “U.S. Among Only 3
Countries Officially Backing Nazism & Holocaust-
Denial”, and reported that - “In a UN vote, on
November 21st, only 3 countries - the US, Ukraine, and Canada — voted against a resolution to condemn racist fascism,
or nazism, and to condemn denial of Germany’s World War II Holocaust against, primarily, Jews.''
This measure passed the General Assembly, on a vote of 115
in favour, 3 against, & 55 abstentions (the abstentions were
in order not to offend U.S. President Obama, who was
opposed to the resolution).” Then, on 21 June 2015,
I headlined “America’s UN Ambassador Continues
Standing Up for Nazis” and noted that, again,
Obama’s UN Ambassador, Samantha Power,
had stood up for nazism; she had just
delivered an address -- in Ukraine --
rallying that country’s supporters
of nazism to war against Russia.
Then, on 21 November 2017, I headlined “Trump
Continues Obama’s Support of Nazism”, and
reported that:
On November 16th, US President Donald Trump, acting
through an agent of his agent, UN Ambassador Nikki
Haley, voted at the UN against a resolution that
condemns bigotry, and especially condemns
nazism & all forms of racism. He thus, yet
again, continues in the tradition from his
predecessors, Presidents Obama, and
Bush, each year, placing this nation in
the company of only one or two U.S.
allies throughout the world who join
with the US in refusing to commit to
opposing and doing everything to
reduce, not just political Nazism
(which, of course, is past), but
ideological nazism, racist
fascism - institutionalized
bigotry (which, sadly, is
not past).
But, be that as it may, the U.S. is also exceptional in
many other ways. I listed some of those on July 13th.
There are two main reasons why the U.S. regime is able
to coerce other nations to not violate its will. One is that
although publicly available reports allege it spends
approximately 37% of the entire world’s military
expenditures, the U.S. regime actually - spends
around 50% of the entire world’s military costs,
and therefore, it possesses an extraordinary
physical capacity to impose its will, if and
when merely economically blockading an
‘enemy’ country (via sanctions) fails to do the job of getting it to comply.
And the other main reason is that, since the US government
is at least as corrupt as the average “third-world” country is,
but is instead one of the world’s richest countries, arranging
pay-offs to other world leaders, in order to obtain their
cooperation, is easily affordable... (These payoffs are
being paid by all US.taxpayers, not by only America’s
billionaires, who reap all of the profits from the
empire that is imposed.)
American exceptionalism is real. It’s not the type of
exceptionalism that the regime’s propaganda claims
to be the case, but, nonetheless, it is real.
(Strategic Culture Foundation)
Please watch the video above... We have never existed in such peril, and yet almost no-one is able to act.
Nuclear words: Putin's FINAL warning:
(People DO need reminding -- unless US, UK and French policy changes, and stops being so 'exceptional' -- that is, outside the UN legal Charter and thus, criminal --- there will be a reaping.)
BREAKING: Russia's State TV Advising Russian Citizens on how to survive a World War ! WAKE UP NOW - AND STOP THE WAR ON CHINA/RUSSIA !
The Doomsday clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists website now has the final singular moment that will bring civilization to final nuclear annihilation, at 90 seconds to midnight.
This is the closest it has ever been. Scott Ritter says it should be 2 seconds
World Will Not Survive the US' Neocons' Doctrine of US World Hegemony - Paul Graig Roberts Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
"The government of the United States is clearly in demonic hands. We are overflowing with proof", writes American well known analytist and ex- official Paul Graig Roberts in his website.
Take today (2-2-18) for example. A report from the House Intelligence Committee was released that is proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice --- and the Democrat National Committee, are now in a conspiracy against American democracy and the President of the United States, with the full support of the presstitute media.
As if that is not enough, also released today, is the Pentagon’s new Nuclear Posture Review. A nuclear posture review specifies a country’s attitude to nuclear weapons and their use. In past posture reviews, nuclear weapons were regarded as unusable except in retaliation for a nuclear attack. The assumption was that no one would use them. There was always the chance that false warnings of incoming ICBMs would result in a nuclear button being pushed - setting off Armageddon.
There were many false warnings during the Cold War
President Ronald Reagan, was very concerned about a false warning, ending in mass death & destruction.
This is why his principal goal was to end the Cold War, which he succeeded in doing. It did not take successor governments long, to resurrect the Cold War.
The new US nuclear posture is a reckless, irresponsible, and destabilizing departure from the previous attitude toward nuclear weapons. The use of even a small part of the existing arsenal of the United States would be sufficient to destroy life on earth. Yet, the posture review calls for more weapons, speaks of nuclear weapons as “usable,” and justifies their use in First Strikes, even against countries that do not have nuclear weapons.
This is an insane escalation. It tells every country that the US government, believes in the first use of nuclear weapons against any & every country. Nuclear powers such as Russia & China must see this to be a massive increase in the threat level from the US.
Those responsible for this document should be committed to insane aslyums, not left in policy positions where they can put it into action.
The neoconservatives are a small group of conspirators. Most neoconservatives are Jews allied with Israel. Some are dual-citizens. They created an ideology of US world hegemony, specifying that the chief goal of US foreign policy, is to prevent the rise of any other power that could serve as a constraint on US unilateralism.
As neoconservatives control US foreign policy, this explains US hostility toward Russia and China and also the neo-conservatives’ use of the US military to remove governments in the Middle East, seen by Israel as obstacles to Israeli expansion. For two decades --- the US has been fighting wars for Israel in the Middle East. This fact proves the power and influence of the insane neo- conservatives. It is certain, that people as insane as the neoconservatives, would launch a nuclear attack on Russiaand China.
The Russian and Chinese governments seem to be completely unaware of the threat that the neo- conservatives pose to them. I have never experienced in interviews with Russians and Chinese, any awareness of the neo- conservative ideology. Possibly, it is too insane for them to grasp.
Ideologues such as the neoconservatives are not fact-based
They are chasing their dream of world hegemony. Russia & China are in the way of this hegemony. Having learned the limits of conventional military power—after 20 years the US “superpower” has been unable to defeat a few thousand lightly armed Taliban in Afghanistan—the neo-conservatives know: conventional invasions of Russia or China, would lead to the total defeat of US forces.
Therefore, the neoconservatives have elevated nuclear weapons to a First Strike, usable, arsenal that in the neoconservative dream of world hegemony can be used to destroy Russia and China.
Ideologues who divorce themselves from the facts create a virtual world for themselves. Their belief in their ideology blinds them to the risks for them- selves and others that they impose on the world.
Thanks to the American liberal/progressive/left, the entirety of the world is faced with a far more likely nuclear demise than ever threatened us during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
By its collaboration with the military/security complex & the corrupt Hillary DNC, the liberal/progressive/left has forever discredited itself. It is now seen by every thinking person worldwide as an insane propaganda ministry --- for the neoconservatives’ plan to use nuclear weapons to eliminate constraints on US unilateralism.
The liberal/progressive/left has endorsed “hegemony or death.”
They will get death. For all of us.
(Source - DONi News Agency)
According to: PaulGraigRoberts.org
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Full Text: Official Declaration of the Malorossiyan Federation
Zakharchenko announces a new federal state, Malorossiya, (means ''Little Russia'') as the legal successor of Ukraine. DONi News Agency
On 18.7.2017 the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, declared the creation of a new federal state, Malorossiya, which will become the legal successor of 'Ukraine'. The new state formation, will consist of 19 regions of the former Ukraine with the capital in Donetsk city. Kiev remains a historical and cultural centre, without the status of capital city.
Here is the full English translation of the declaration:
Political Declaration
The project of the state of "Ukraine", formulated 150 years ago and implemented in different versions during the 20th century, has reached its logical conclusion --- and led to the country's disintegration, civil war and the death of tens of thousands of people, including children, women, and elderly people.
And this process is irreversible. An attempt to turn the story back will result in "balkanization" of the conflict, expansion of chaos, escalation of civil war and even bigger numbers of casualties.
To stop the civil war and avoid new victims, we representatives of the majority of the regions of former "Ukraine" assembled in Donetsk on July 18, 2017, discussed the current situation and came to the following conclusions:
- the state of "Ukraine" has revealed itself as a failed state and demonstrated its being incapable of granting its inhabitants a peaceful and prosperous present and future;
- the current authorities – elected in Kiev, after the coup d'etat, against the backdrop of political terror and the absence of elections in the Crimea and Donbass, are illegitimate;
- the state of "Ukraine" is on the brink of economic catastrophe and depopulation;
- an ultranationalist coup is brewing in Kiev, as a result of which outright neo-Nazis will come to power insteadof "Banderites with a European face";
- the Ukrainian nationalistic project (the Galician one) has discredited itself, by the shedding of civilians' blood in the country;
- the ideology of "Ukrainism" has proved to be misanthropic, mixed with xenophobia (Russophobia, anti-Semitism, Polonophobia) and neo-Nazism (the ideology of national exclusivity and superiority);
- resulting from historical development and due to the Maidan, the word "Ukraine" is forever associated with the names of the Nazi accomplices, Bandera and Shukhevich, with the tragedies of the Baby Yar, the Volyn massacre & Khatyn, and, nowadays, with the mass murder of people on the Maidan, in the Trade Unions' House in Odessa, and Genocide of the Donbass people.
On the basis of the above, we believe that the state of "Ukraine", in the form it was established, after the collapse of the USSR, is UNSERVICEABLE.
We, representatives of the regions of the former "Ukraine", propose to re-establish the state and to proclaim the state of MALOROSSIYA, under an historical background, out of the former "Ukraine". In this case, it is of fundamental importance to rename the country, since "Ukraine" as a state, is guilty of war crimes, mass terror and the genocide of its own people.
In turn, the new name of the country, based on historical traditions, will enable us to reunify those pieces of the former "Ukraine" that seemed to have parted ways forever, including because of participation in the civil war, on different sides of the front line.
We must turn the page of our people's history, which is flooded with the blood of our brothers and sisters.
Malorossiya is an INDEPENDENT, SOVEREIGN state, with a new name, a new flag, a new constitution, a new state structure, new principles of social and economic development, and new historical prospectives.
But this is NOT A REVOLUTION ! This is a return to history. This is a novelty that restores, not destroys.
In view of the economic plight of the country, the chaos & disintegration potential, and regarding the possibility of launching a "war of all against all", we consider it necessary to declare a state of emergency for the transition period – up to 3 years. During this time, the process of adoption of the new Constitution and the establishment of the rule of law, should be completed.
Under a state of emergency, a ban on the activities of political parties and foreign funds is to be introduced, & penalties for criminal offenses, especially against the person, are to be increased. The fight against corruption will be toughened, as well as the penalties for it.The shadow arms market is to be eliminated, including by registering weapons in accordance with the new law.
In the same period an investigation is to be carried out, with the involvement of foreign specialists –- from Russia, Belarus & the European Union –- into the crimes committed by the Maidan Kiev regime: the murders on the Maidan, the murder of Odessa citizens in the Trade Unions' House on May 2nd, 2014, and the war crimes in Donbass, in the so-called ATO.
In the same period, the People's Tribunal is to be prepared to charge the state criminals who have led the country into disintegration and civil war: V.F. Yanukovich (with a request to Russia for his extradition), P.A. Poroshenko and his clique: Turchinov, Yatsenyuk, Kolomoisky, Paruby, Nalivaichenko and others.
We are sure that, having recovered from the criminal neo-Nazi ideology of "Ukrainism", we will be able to build a new society on the basis of friendship and mutual assistance -- but not hatred and envy. The creative genius of our people will manage to bring Malorossiya to the forefront of global civilization and play a role in history. The role of Good, and Truth.
Official translation by the DONi Donbass News Agency, 07/18/2017
(Source - Russia Insider)
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Nato – A Dangerous Alliance May 24th
As Nato ends its summit in Brussels, Rae Street explains why the military alliance remains a threat to world peace
When the Warsaw Pact ended, after the collapse of communism, some optimists might have expected Nato to be broken up too. After all, the Labour Party in Britain had been opposed to Nato in the mid-1980s. But that was not to be. The US, which had always dominated Nato, quickly began to reinvent Nato and furthermore, to expand it.
Following the end of the Warsaw Pact many central and east European governments wanted to join Nato. This, of course, was music to the ears of the US military manufacturers. Indeed, the chair of the expand Nato committee, Bruce Jackson, was technical director of Lockheed Martin, the largest military manufacturer in the world. So, for the new Nato members because of the policy on “interoperability,” that is Nato personnel being able to use the same military equipment, it was out with the old Soviet military hard- ware and in with sales of, for example, Lockheed’s military aircraft ,costing millions of dollars.
This continues to this day in countries which can ill afford it, with struggling economies. The latter includes Greece. Think of the situation in Greece today.
Expanding Nato up to the borders with Russia, was a provocative policy. The dangers were pointed out but the military industrial complex and the “hawks” in the West, took no notice.
To this day, this helps President Vladimir Putin: more and more of the Russian people believe that “the West” is against them.
Decades later, we read: “British troops have arrived in Estonia, as part of a major Nato mission in the Baltic states, to deter Russian aggression.”
From the start, Nato has always held a nuclear armed policy. It continues to claim that nuclear weapons “preserve peace.” Manifestly, nuclear weapons do not deter conflict.
Governments, including Britain’s, now analyse the main threats to security as cyber warfare and terrorism. Remember September 11th 2001, when New York was attacked by terrorists in planes, brandishing knives?
The US then had and still has, 13 nuclear armed Trident submarines, of which several will be roaming the seas fully operational. Britain has four, with one constantly on alert at sea.
Were these any use in the madman’s attack on Westminster, or in any terrorist attacks?
Trident is “integrated” into Nato. Even worse, Nato still has a policy of “first use of nuclear weapons.”
When the then minister of defence, Geoff Hoon, was asked in Parliament why Britain has a policy of “first use,” he replied: “Because of our obligations to Nato.”
Under the direction of the US administration, with its policy of global domination, Nato has established a string of nuclear-armed bases across Europe, in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey, at Incirlik.
The latter is now causing deep problems as relations between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the US, become more and more fractious.
There is now a real problem for Nato, as Erdogan is a repressive dictator — how can Turkey remain in Nato?
Nato states are supposed to uphold principles of human rights and democracy, notably lacking in Turkey today.
The nuclear-armed bases come under Nato’s “nuclear sharing policy” — in effect a violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Nato continues to expand. The policy of not acting “out of area” was dropped long ago. “North Atlantic” simply means, a domination of policies by the US.
Nato claims in its “strategic concept” that “the promotion of Euro-Atlantic security is best assured through a wide network of partner relationships with countries and organisations around the globe.”
In 1994 Nato established the Partnerships for Peace across Europe, extending as far as Uzbekistan.
Nato surrounds Russia from the west and east. These Partnerships for Peace (note the language again) now include 22 states, including “neutral” Ireland.
Then there is the ''Mediterranean Dialogue,'' with ''arrangements'' with countries in the Middle East. Few people realise that Nato carries out military exercises with Israel.
Nato has also established bilateral relations — named individual partnerships — with Afghanistan, Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan.
In this part of the globe, where Nato carried out a military exercise in 2014 with Japan, named Ocean Shield, they are surrounding and menacing China, as the enemy.
Then there was the statement by Nato that “co-operation between Nato and the United Nations continues to make a substantial contribution to security in operations round the world.
“The alliance aims to deepen political dialogue and practical co-operation with the UN, as set out in the Nato/UN declaration, signed in 2008.”
This seems like Nato bidding to be the UN's military arm.
This hardly accords with the UN Charter. It was the Organisation for Security & Co-operation in Europe, set up under Chapter 8, of the UN Charter, to prevent and resolve conflict by non-military means and to promote co-operation in humanitarian and other fields.
The 54 member states stretch from Iceland to Kyrgyzstan and include Russia. Alas, how many times do you read of their work in the press, compared with the times you hear about Nato?
Nato is sold to us as a peace-making body. After all, the US is home to the finest PR companies in the world.
To summarise, Nato is pursuing yet more militarism and war:
- All Nato states are required to increase their military budgets to 2 per cent of GDP. That means stealing more money from social needs. Readers of the Morning Star know those all too well: the NHS, education, adult social services; the list is endless.
- Nato member states will have to spend 20 per cent of defence budgets on military equipment: warships, war planes, drones, bombs. By fuelling the arms race, Nato makes a mockery of moves for conflict resolution.
- Nato and its member states multiply interventions outside their territory and increase their presence through world- wide partnerships and “coalitions of the willing.”
- Nato extends its nuclear policies as a supreme “guarantee for the allies’ security,” notwithstanding that the majority of countries in the world are negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. In the meantime, nuclear weapons in Europe — under the guise of Nato — and elsewhere, are being modernised at a cost of many tens of billions of dollars and pounds. Think of Trident at a cost of £205 billion.
The Nato summit will be held and activists will beholding a “counter-summit” with protesters organising workshops and a demonstration.
CND activists will be there from the UK, but -- we also need people to raise the issues with their MPs, write letters to the press and raise awareness on social media.
Let’s put pressure on the government to invest in social welfare, not Nato, not war.
(Source - Morning Star)
Legendary memorial at Saur-Tomb ''restored by May 2017''
DPR authorities have finished restoring the Saur-Tomb by May 2017. It was announced by the Building Minister, Sergey Naymets.
‘Saur Tomb has been being restored since November, and we planned to finish this by May 2017’, the Minister said.
He said "many people contributed to this project of restoration of the memorial damaged by shelling," Naumets noted.
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[Eng Subs] Children of Donbass, "Toys for Poroshenko" Music Video by Artem Grishanov
POWERFUL - PUT THIS ON HEADPHONES. I guarantee you will cry - and if you don't - please seek psychiatric help.
In 2017 in the Donbass - give the children Peace!
Ethnic Ruthenes of sub-Carpathian Ukraine demand autonomy
Activists of a Slavic ethnic group known as Ruthenes -- or Rusyns -- who reside in the Trans-Carpathian (sub-Carpathian) region of Ukraine, have turned to President Pyotr Poroshenko with a demand:
recognize the results of 1991's regional referendum --- when 78% of the region's residents, voted in favor of granting it the status of a self-governing region.
"We have two main demands - to recognize the Rhuthenes as an ethnos and to acknowledge the regional referendum of 1991, where 78% sub-Carpathians voted for the region being a self-governed territory within Ukraine," Vesti quoted Ivan Palinkash, the leader of the Ruthene movement & a member of the People’s Council's presidium of Sub-Carpathian Ruthenes.
Natalya Magalina, a deputy of Uzhgorod district council, told the meeting of leaders of Ruthene ethnic organizations it is important to maintain the Ruthene language by establishing minimal norms for broadcasting in the native tongue, over the state regional TV Channel Tisa-1.
This isn't the first time that the Ruthenes of the sub- Carpathian area have asked the Kiev government to recognize the outcome of the referendum held 25 years ago. The Coordination Council of Ruthene Organizations of the Trans-Carpathian Region turned to the central authorities with the same requirement, the previous time, in the summer of 2015.
It was also in the summer of 2015 that the activists of Ruthene organizations adopted an appeal to the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe & the UN, as well as to the parliaments of Hungary, the Czech Republic, & Slovakia, to wield pressure on President Poroshenko and force the Ukrainian government towards accepting the result of their referendum.
The Ruthenes are an indigenous sub-Carpathian people. Ukrainian authorities do not consider them to be a separate ethnos, and continue calling them Ukrainians, although the UN has issued recommendations more than once, to recognize their status as a separate ethnos.
More than that, Kiev accuses the leaders of Ruthene organizations of making appeals for encroachments on the territorial integrity of the country.
(source - TASS)
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Zionist lobby preventing West from criticizing Israel: Analyst Fri Dec 16, 2016
The European Union has censured the Israeli regime for destroying Palestinian shelters and structures in the occupied territories. According to a statement by the European bloc, the Tel Aviv regime has demolished 866 structures so far in 2016 in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli military control.
Anthony Hall, editor-in-chief of the American Herald Tribune from Alberta, says that the European states have been under the influence of the Zionist lobby to go along with Israeli interests - and thus refuse to slam crimes against the Palestinian people.
“Every government within the EU has a very strong Israeli lobby, and this is one of the dilemmas that the Western people are facing,”Hall explained.
“Not only the governing parties but the opposition parties as well, are constraining discussion and discourse within a very narrow range, that puts Israeli priorities at the top of the list in all our Western countries,”he added.
The professor also called on Western citizens to“intervene directly and make contact with the Palestinian people, directly.”
“We, as the citizens in the EU, citizens in Canada, & citizens in the US, have to find ways to bypass the constraints of our governments & the biases and power of this lobby over our governments,” he noted.
Hall criticized the EU for its forensic accounting of homes demolished in Palestine.
“This type of numerical accounting fails to really describe the nature of this destruction of homes in its broader context ------ where thousands of Palestinian people are in dungeons and being tortured in Israeli incarceration facilities,” he said.
“The reality: that the world is letting this happen is very discouraging,” he added.
Hall warned that the prospect of a Palestinian state is no longer viable, given the emphasis on building up settlements, and destroying the structures of the indigenous people of Palestine.
"This goes beyond apartheid,” he said.
The Israeli policy of demolishing houses in the West Bank to build illegal settler units has affected 5,704 Palestinians, of whom, 1,221 have been rendered homeless, including 586 children.
(source - PressTv)
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UN Adopts"Paper Tiger" Resolution, on Israel's Withdrawal from the Syrian Golan
Fahwad Al-Khadoumi -The UN General Assembly adopted yet another resolution demanding that Israel withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, in line with a resolution of June 4, 1967.
However, UN General Assembly resolutions are non-binding and no more than a paper tiger, with- out a unanimous decision by the permanent UN Security Council members, to enforce them; A highly unlikely prospect.
In its latest resolution, the UN General Assembly again condemned Israel's non-compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 497 (1981).
The General Assembly reiterated that Israel's decision from December 14th, 1981, to impose Israeli laws, administration & custody on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, is null and void -- and has no legality at all.
The latest UNGA resolution was adopted by an overwhelming majority of UN member States.
The resolution --- reaffirmed the illegality of acquiring territories ----- through the use of military force. The General Assembly also repeated that Israel's continued occupation & enforcement of Israeli law & administration violates international law, the UN Charter, & the Geneva Convention's principles on the protection of civilians during war.
During the UNGA session, a number of states condemned the Israeli practices in occupied Syrian Golan, calling on Israel to withdraw from Golan, in line with June 4th, 1967.
37 states proposed the now adopted draft resolution. However, UNGA resolutions are non-binding and no more than a paper tiger, unless permanent Security Council members are willing to put their money where their mouth was, when they adopted UNSC Resolution 497 (1981) - decades ago.
Moreover, none of the permanent UNSC members - China, France, Russia, the UK and the US - took any tangible steps when the now former Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, defiantly declared that "Israel and the Golan are part and parcel" and that "the international community should get used to facing the fact that Israel will permanently annex the Syrian territory".
Most favourite scapegoat
The favorite scapegoat among permanent UNSC members, with regard to supporting Israel and neglecting Israel's illegal occupation of Golan is the US. However, Russia is in no way more actively pursuing Israel's adherence with UNSC Resolution 497 (1981) -- than any other -- of the self-anointed permanent UNSC members. In April 2016, Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin, were ominously silent about the Golan when Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, visited Moscow.
Russia failed to respond to what Netanyahu had declared "a red line" - occupation of the Golan.
A brief review of recent history pertaining to the Israeli occupation, international affairs & Israel's use of the Golan to wage war on Syria, suffices to show that the UN System has failed, utterly, and that it is perverted to the point that many analysts call for abolishing the UN altogether.
In June 2013 an Austrian UN Disengagement & Observer Force (UNDOF) officer told the press that Israel is -- running a joint operations room with the insurgents in Syria in the Golan.The UNSC failed to respond and more importantly, failed to take action. In July 2013, the Syrian permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Dr. Fayssal al-Hamwi, noted how Israel, since it occupied the Syrian Golan Heights in 1967, has displaced about half a million of the Golan´s original inhabitants.
Also in Feb. 2014, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu preempted a public relations quagmire by visiting a field hospital for "Syrian Freedom Fighters" in the Golan to show how much Israel cares and does, on the humanitarian front. It turned out that the "Freedom Fighters" belonged to the Syrian Al-Qaeda franchise, Jabhat al-Nusra.
In March 2014, Israel launched one of many military attacks against Syrian military and security forces, from the Golan, while the UNSC and most media were "silent".
In April 2014 The Director of Israel's Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi, a protegé of the now deceased Ariel Sharon, was appointed to head the Israeli Defense Forces Northern Command.
NSNBC international editor-in-chief, Christof Lehmann, reported that the appointment of Kochavi, indicated that Israel was planning large-scale military operations in the Golan in the near future and the widening of the Syria war. Lehmann was right on the money.
In May 2014 Israel denied Syrians in Golan the right to participate in Syrian elections. The UN was "silent". In mid-April 2016, ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed that Israel would hold on to the Golan.
A UNDOF withdrawal has left a 12-16 km wide corridor uncontrolled by the UNDOF... In 2013, it transpired that Israel was giving support to Jabhat al-Nusrah, such as a joint intelligence and military operations room in the Israeli occupied Golan, plus logistical support, weapons, field hospitals, and direct combat support.
In September 2014, Israeli machinations, resulted in the displacement of UNDOF troops from a 12-16 kilometer-wide corridor in the disengagement zone in the Golan by Jabhat Al-Nusra.. The corridor has since been used to supply Al-Nusra and the other terrorists and to launch attacks against Syria.
All permanent UNSC members with the exception of Russia were "silent". Russian diplomats tentatively spoke out against terminating the peace keeping mission in the Golan. The UNSC failed to act.
In 2015 it came out that Israel planned a major hydrocarbon extraction project in the Golan. Partners in crime include Genier Energy.
On the board of directors? Dick Cheney, James Woolsey, Bill Richardson, Jacob Lord Rothschild, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Summers and Michael Steinhardt, among others. Other players involved include the Israeli subsidiary, Afek Oil and Gas, American Shale, French Total and BP. Thus, there exists a broad and powerful nexus of US, British, French and Israeli interests: at the forefront of pushing for the break-up of Syria and control of what's believed to be potentially vast untapped oil and gas resources in the country.
On April 20th, 2016, NSNBC international editor- in-chief Christof Lehmann -- said Netanyahu's "Red Line" would be a litmus test for Russia, as a permanent UNSC member. On April 21st, after talks between Netanyahu and Putin in Moscow, it could be concluded that Russia failed -- spectacularly.
In September 2016, Israel started a wave of home demolitions in the Golan. The UNSC was "silent".
In October 2016, Israel announced plans to build 1,600 settlement units in the Golan, & none of the permanent UNSC members took any action.
So much for the latest UN General Assembly paper tiger.
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The UK Labour MPs who didn’t back the Yemen vote have blood on their hands by David Wearing
Presenting the motion in the Commons, Thornberry was subjected to a series of ill-judged interruptions by Labour MPs, such as Kevan Jones, Toby Perkins and John Woodcock. Indeed, Thornberry received more vocal support in the chamber from the SNP group than from her own supposed comrades.
According to subsequent reports, some Labour members even tried to work with their Tory counterparts, in order to defeat their own party’s motion.
Woodcock, a former 'Progress' Chair, claimed that British support is “precisely focused on training the Saudis” to improve their targeting - so as to “create fewer civilian casualties” - parroting the official government line. The idea that the Saudis’ “widespread & systematic” attacks on civilian targets are just a series of well- meaning errors, is one that, to put it as gently as possible, lacks credibility.
And if decades of training provided by the British to the Saudi pilots hasn’t prevented these supposed errors by now --- it seems rather unlikely that it will in the near future.
In any case, this misrepresents the true nature of the UK's role. When the intervention began, the foreign secretary Philip Hammond, vowed to “support the Saudis in every practical way short of engaging in combat”, including “spare parts, maintenance, technical advice, resupply” and “logistical support”. The reality is that the Saudi Air Force, roughly half UK-supplied and half US-supplied jets, could barely function, without this ongoing assistance from Washington and London.
If there is Yemeni blood on the hands of the Saudi-led coalition - then that blood is also on the hands of the coalition’s western backers, enablers and apologists.
The Saudis and their allies can only wage this war because the Anglo-American suppliers of their air forces are providing active, material support. And British and American politicians can only collude in these outrages, because the political cost on them, so far, has been low. However, it is in the gift of their constituents – you, the reader – to change that equation.
(source - The Guardian)
This could be defeated --- with a UNITED LABOUR PARTY !!!
But unfortunately, there are "entryist" MPs who, for decades, have been groomed by CIA cold war relic organisations -- like the Atlantic Council -- and are now trying to misdirect the Labour Party towards cuts, a militarised police, and a US war agenda... and their anti-peace MPs are hobbling Labour.
129 Labour MPs voted to stop support for Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen. The vote was defeated by a majority of 90.
The motion called for ---- support to be withdrawn from the Saudi government until a United Nations investigation could determine whether the Saudi bombing had breached international law.
The motion didn't explicitly include a suspension of UK arms sales.
100+ Labour MPs didn't vote on the motion. If all of them had voted to support it, the government would have been defeated.
The following, are the Labour MPs who abstained, or weren't present to vote.
Adrian Bailey Andy Burnham Angela Eagle Angela Smith Ann Clwyd Ann Coffey Anna Turley Barry Sheerman Ben Bradshaw Bridgit Phillipson Caroline Flint Catherine McKinnell Chris Bryant Chris Elmore (Teller) Chris Evans Chris Leslie Clive Lewis (ill) Connor McGinn Dan Jarvis David Crausby David Lammy Diana Johnson Fiona MacTaggart Frank Field Gareth Thomas Gavin Shuker Geoffrey Robinson George Howarth Gerald Kaufman Gill Furniss Gisela Stuart Gloria De Piero Graeme Jones Graham Allen Graham Stringer Heidi Alexander Helen Jones Ian Austin Ian Murray Ivan Lewis Jamie Reed Jim Fitzpatrick Joan Ryan John Mann John Spellar John Woodcock Judith Cummins (Teller) Julie Elliott Kate Hoey Keith Vaz Kevan Jones Kevin Barron Liz Kendall Luciana Berger Lucy Powell Madeleine Moon Margaret Beckett Margaret Hodge Maria Eagle Mark Hendrick Mary Creagh Meg Hillier (Paired) Melanie Onn Michael Dugher Mike Gapes Natascha Engel Neil Coyle Nia Griffith Pat McFadden Paul Flynn Peter Kyle Phil Wilson Rachel Reeves Rob Flello Rob Marris Roberta Blackman-Woods Rosie Cooper Rushanara Ali Ruth Smeeth Shabana Mahmood Siobhain McDonagh Stephen Kinnock Susan Jones Toby Perkins Tom Blenkinsopp Tom Watson Tracy Brabin Tristram Hunt Vernon Coaker Wayne David Wes Streeting Yasmin Qureshi Yvonne Fovargue
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In the past weeks, Burundi and S. Africa have joined Namibia in declaring their intention to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). They are likely to be followed by a parade of other African countries, jeopardizing the future of an international court, which has prosecuted 39 officials from 8 African countries, but has failed to indict a single person who is not African.
Ironically, African countries were among the first to embrace the ICC, so it is a striking turnaround that they are now the first to give up on it.
But it is the United States that has played the leading role in preventing the ICC from fulfilling the universal mandate for which it was formed, to hold officials of all countries accountable for the worst crimes in the world: genocide; crimes against humanity; and war crimes - not least, international aggression, which the judges at Nuremberg defined as “the supreme international crime”, from which, all other war crimes follow.
As the ICC’s founding father, former Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, lamented in 2011: “You don’t have to be a criminologist to realize that if you want to deter a crime, you must persuade potential criminals that, if they commit crimes, they will be hauled into court and be held accountable. It is the policy of the US to do just the opposite as far as the crime of aggression is concerned.
"Our government has gone to great pains --- to be sure that no US citizen will be tried by any international criminal court, for the supreme crime of illegal war-making.”
The US has not only refused to accept the jurisdiction of the ICC over its own citizens. It's gone further, pressuring other countries to sign Bilateral Immunity Agreements (BIA), in which they renounce the right to refer US citizens to the ICC for war crimes committed on their territory.
The US has also threatened to cut off US aid to countries that refuse to sign them. The BIAs violate those countries’ own commitments under the ICC statute, and US pressure to sign them, has been rightly condemned: as an outrageous effort to ensure impunity for US war crimes.
Resistance to US Impunity
To the credit of our international neighbours, this US strategy has met with substantial resistance. The European Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution, stating that BIAs are incompatible with EU membership, and urging EU- member states and countries seeking EU membership not to sign them.
Fifty-four countries have publicly refused to sign BIAs, and 24 have accepted cut-offs of US aid as a consequence of their refusal. Of 102 countries that have signed a BIA, only 48 are members of the ICC in any case ----- and only 15 of those countries are on record as having ratified the BIAs in their own parliaments.
Thirty-two other ICC members have apparently allowed BIAs to take effect without parliament- ary ratification, but this has been challenged by their own country’s legal experts in many cases.
The US campaign to undermine the ICC is part of a much broader effort by the US government to evade all forms of accountability under the laws that are supposed to govern international behaviour in the modern world --- even as it continues to masquerade as a global champion of the rule of law.
The treaties US policy systematically violates today, were crafted by US statespersons and diplomats, working with foreign colleagues, to build a world where all people will enjoy some basic protections... from the worst atrocities, instead of being subject only to the law of the jungle or “might makes right.”
So current US policy is a cynical betrayal of the work and wisdom of past generations of US citizens, as well as of countless victims over the world to whom we are effectively denying the protections of the UN Charter & Geneva Conventions, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and many other multilateral treaties our country ignores, violates or refuses to ratify.
Avoiding jurisdiction in international courts is only one of the ways that the US evades international accountability for its criminal behaviour. Another involves an elaborate, well-disguised, public relations campaign that exploits the powerful position of US corporations in the world of commercial media.
Major Propaganda Funding
The US government spends a billion dollars per year on public relations or, more bluntly, propaganda, including $600 million from the Pentagon budget. The work of its PR teams and contractors is laundered by US news- papers --- and repeated and analyzed ad nauseam, by monolithic, flag-waving TV networks.
These profitable corporate operations monopolize the public airwaves in the US, and also use their financial clout, slick marketing, and the support of the US State Department to maintain a power- ful presence in foreign and international media markets.
Foreign media in allied countries provide further legitimacy and credibility to US talking-points and narratives as they echo around the world. Meanwhile, Hollywood fills cinema and TV screens across the world with an idealized, glamorized, inspirational version of the US that still mesmerizes many people.
This whole elaborate “information warfare” machine presents the US as a global leader for democracy, human rights and the rule of law, even as it systematically and catastroph- ically undermines those same principles. It enables our leaders to loudly, persuasively, demonize other countries and their leaders as dangerous violators of international law, even as the US and its allies commit far worse crimes.
Double Standards
The phrase “aggressive war” is also a no-no in the Western media - when the US government launches wars, across international borders. In the past 20 years, the US has violated the UN Charter to attack at least eight countries (Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya & Syria), and the resulting wars, have killed about two million people.
A complex whirlwind of conflict and chaos rages on in all the countries where the US and its allies have lit the flames of war since 2001, but our US leaders still debate new interventions ---- and/or escalations as if we are the fire brigade not the arsonists. (By contrast, the US government and the Western media are quick to accuse Russia or other countries of “aggression” --- even in legally murky situations, such as after the US-backed coup in 2014, that ousted the elected president of Ukraine.)
Systematic violations of the Geneva Conventions are an integral part of US war-making. Most are shrouded in secrecy: the propaganda machine spins the atrocities that slip through into the public record, as a disconnected series of aberrations, accidents and “bad apples,” instead of as the result of illegal rules of engagement and unlawful orders from higher-ups.
The senior officers and civilian officials who are criminally responsible for these crimes in US & international law -- systematically abuse their powerful positions to subvert investigations, cover up their crimes, & avoid any accountability whatsoever.
Pinter’s Complaint
When UK playwright Harold Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, he bravely and brilliantly used his Nobel lecture to speak about the real role the US plays in the world, and how it whitewashes its crimes. Pinter recounted a meeting at the US Embassy in London in the 1980s in which a senior embassy official, Raymond Seitz, flatly denied US war crimes in Nicaragua ---- for which the US was in fact, convicted of aggression by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Seitz went on to serve as Assistant Secretary of State, US Ambassador to the UK, and then Vice-Chair of Lehman Brothers.
As Pinter explained: “this ‘policy’ was by no means restricted to Central America. It was conducted throughout the world. It was never-ending. And it is --- as if it never happened.
“The United States supported - and in many cases engendered every rightwing military dictatorship in the world, after the end of the Second World War. I refer to:- Indonesia, Greece, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Haiti, Turkey, the Philippines, Guatemala, El Salvador, and, of course, Chile. The horror the US inflicted upon Chile in 1973 can never be purged, & can never be forgiven.
“Hundreds of thousands of deaths took place throughout these countries. Did... they take place? & are they in all cases, attributable to US foreign policy? The answer is 'yes', they did take place, and are attributable to American foreign policy. But you wouldn’t know it.
“It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening it wasn’t happ- ening. It didn’t matter. It was of no interest. The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have to hand it to the US. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power, worldwide, while masquerading... as a force for universal good. It’s a brilliant - even witty - highly successful, act of hypnosis.”
If, in 2016, the world seems to be more violent and chaotic than ever, it's not because the US lacks the will to use force or project power, as both major party candidates for President, & their military advisers appear to believe, but because our leaders have placed too much stock in the illegal threat and use of force, and have lost faith in the rule of law, any international cooperation and diplomacy.
After a century of commercial dominance, & 75 years of investing disproportionately in weapons, military forces & geopolitical schemes, perhaps it is understandable that US leaders have forgotten how to deal fairly and respectfully with our international neighbours. But it's no longer an option, to muddle along, leaving a trail of death, ruin and chaos in our wake, counting on an elaborate propaganda mach- ine, to minimize the blowback on our country and our lives.
Sooner, rather than later, US citizens & our leaders must knuckle down and master the very different attitudes & skills that we will need to become law-abiding global citizens in a peaceful, sustainable, multipolar world.
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Russia ends treaty limiting plutonium production in response to recent US escalation of hostility Fort Russ News - Topwar.ru - Lenta - News.Ru - translated by J. Arnoldski
TopWar: On October 3rd, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on suspending compliance with the agreement with the US on disposing weapons-grade plutonium. The main reason for this decision was pointed out as the “unfriendly attitude of the US towards Russia.”
Sources from the State Duma have reported that Russia is ready to resume the agreement, if the US cancels all the anti-Russian sanctions. Plus, Russia demands that the US reduce its military contingent in Europe, before Russia resumes compliance with the protocols. The State Duma’s statement reads:
“Acting according to the agreement and the protocols of the agreement can be resumed after the US eliminates the reasons which led to this radical change in circumstances: after the US reduces its military infrastructure and the number of its troop contingents deployed on the territory of the NATO countries having joined NATO after September 1st, 2000, down to the level at which they were on the day that the agreement and its protocols entered force.
"Since then NATO has grown to encompass 9 states of Eastern Europe. Just around the corner is NATO’s 10th state to be included since 2000 - Montenegro.”
In addition, Russia has demanded, as one of its conditions, that Washington cancel the so-call- ed Magnitsky Act.
We await a reaction from the US.
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Popov: Russia can and should withdraw from 1997 treaty with Ukraine By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski -
The other day, the disturbing news came from Lvov, the unofficial capital of Ukrainian Galicia, that the Lvov regional council has filed a lawsuit to forcibly evict the Pushkin Russian Cultural Centre. As the head of the regional council, V. Girnyak, said in his statement, organizations tied to the Anti-Terrorist Operation are preparing to transfer the building on Korolenko Street. The Lvov deputies hardly expect to earn more money from these “ATOers.” Rather, the eviction of Pushkin Russian Cultural Centre is explained by a different motive: once again, punishing anyone ideologically representative of an “enemy” Russian culture.
This centre’s building was leased to the Russian community of Lvov, in 1990. In 1999, the then mayor Vasiliy Kuybida, set the symbolic rent fee of 5 hryvnia (around $1 back then).
Let us quote one founding document signed by Ukraine, the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine from May 31st, 1997. Point 12 of the agreement reads: “The High Agreeing Parties shall protect the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious identities of national minorities on their territory and create conditions for the fostering of their identity….they will contribute to creating equal opportunities and conditions for studying the Russian language in Ukraine and the Ukrainian language in the Russian Federation, training pedagogical staff for teaching these languages in educational establishments, and for these purposes, provide equal state support.”
Points 1-2 of the agreement are based on the recognition of the friendly relations between the countries and their territorial integrity. Hence why the agreement is often called a border treaty. For Ukraine, whose territorial sovereignty over some territories (including Galicia, which was part of the Second Polish Republic until September 1939) is quite disputed, this agreement was a real gift. It is no coincidence that a number of patriotic politicians in Russia, demanded that this document not be signed.
Russia’s recognition of Kiev’s sovereignty over territories included in the Ukrainian state is founded on Ukraine’s observance of the rights of its Russian- cultured citizens. After the coup d’etat in 2014, Ukraine began pursuing a policy of cultural genocide (ethnocide) against the Russian-cultured population.
Now Ukraine is discussing the initiative of the scandalously infamous politician Irina Farion, to deprive Russian residents in Ukraine of civil rights.
In fact, this measure is already being implemented. The number of Russian schools has rapidly declined while Russian organizations are being prosecuted and their activities are under close surveillance by Kiev’s intelligence services.
In accordance with the 1997 treaty, an entire network of federal & regional organizations of Ukrainians is funded in Russia. For example, in the Rostov region there is a city-level and regional national-cultural autonomy of Ukrainians.
The organization receives funding from the city and regional budgets. Its head, the businessman Makarchuk, is a member of the Public Chamber of the Rostov region and is proud of his friendship with Rostov governor Vasili Golubev. Meanwhile, Makarchuk is published on the website of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi Svoboda party and frequently makes Russophobic statements.
Unfortunately, Russia is largely to blame for the fact that the civil rights of Russian-cultured people in Ukraine are being massively violated. An example of this is the patronizing policy of Rostov region's authorities. But on the federal level as well, the state does not make sufficient (or any) efforts to defend the Russian population of Ukraine (nearly half of the country’s total population).
Meanwhile, a more responsible attitude towards obligations would lead to discussion of the 1997 treaty. In a situation in which the second country (Ukraine), massively violates the treaty’s basic premises, then Russia has the right to withdraw from the treaty with all the legal and political implications. I see no reason for the Russian budget to support the activities of Ukrainian organizations in Russia, or recognize the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine.
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WHITE HELMETS -- SHAM
The Ron Paul Institute has pointed out: “We have demonstrated that the White Helmets are an integral part of the propaganda van- guard, that ensures obscurantism of fact and propagation of Human Rights fiction that elicits the well-intentioned and self righteous response from a very cleverly duped public. A priority for these NGOs is to keep pushing the No Fly Zone scenario which has already been seen to have disastrous implications for innocent civilians in Libya, for example.”
What better chance to push “the No Fly Zone scenario” than arriving within “moments” of the convoy tragedy, filming it and creating a propaganda scenario before any meaningful forensic investigation could even be started, since the trucks were still burning. And of course, the “White Helmets”, aka “Syrian Defence Force”, were filming, rather than attempting to put out the fire and rescue those in the burning trucks.
[Ed. Yet the UK's Guardian, that snivelling wreckage of a "Liberal" newspaper, lies, & describes them as "the White Helmets, a volunteer rescue group," quotes their accusations of Syrian & Russian "constant bombing of civilians" and calls for a "no-fly-zone" now --- as in Libya.]
The Russian Defence Ministry subsequently caused outrage by claiming that their Drone footage: “shows the bombed Syrian aid convoy included a truck full of militant fighters carrying mortar guns.”
However: “The footage emerged as the United Nations rowed back from describing the attack on the aid convoy as air strikes, saying it did not have conclusive evidence about what had happened.”
It must be asked, why on earth, after long and protracted negotiations over the convoy would Syria and or their Russian ally risk the wrath of the US & “coalition”, and of further decimation of the country, by laying themselves open to accusations of bombing aid convoys?
The tragedy has emphatically achieved 1 thing, however. Wiped from the headlines, is another atrocity - the US bombing which killed over 60 Syrian soldiers and wounded over 100 others, just two days earlier, on Saturday 17th Sept. - causing Russian Foreign Ministry spokes- woman Maria Zakharova, to comment: “We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: That the White House is defending Islamic State. Now there can be no doubts about that”, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
Again - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?
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US prepares an Islamic army in Kosovo
Pravda.Ru - The US is preparing a reserve echelon in the territory of its Kosova enclave. But to keep a secure strategic space, the Southern Serbian provinces may be separated from Kosovo. Given the total apathy of the authorities of Republika Srpska... this plan is inching closer to its implementation.
The goal of the Americans is clear: if Berlin's discontent ousts US bases from Germany, after all, the US will have a spot in Kosovo. It's no secret that the crime and terrorist mayhem plaguing Kosovo, is under the patronage of the US.
Yelena Guskova, a Senator, and member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), honoured with many Russian and Serbian state awards, commented to Pravda.Ru on this matter, in an interview.
Former Commander of the French foreign legion in Kosovo -- General Jacques Ogar, has recently confirmed to Pravda.Ru, evidence obtained from confidential US sources -- that there are at least five ISIS training camps in Kosovo, which are preparing suicide bombers and an army of Islamists to conquer Europe.
Having found no evidence that proved Milosevic was guilty, the Hague tribunal exonerated him. What do you think of it?
Slobodan Milosevic is a very significant historical person in Serbia's modern history, and the whole of Yugoslavia. In the early 1990s he was seen as the last communist in Europe -- who should be annihilated. His own country turned him over to the Hague; the so-called new government -- after the colour revolution of 2000.
However he was a leader who defended his country and the truth. He combated a large amount of lies at the Tribunal, which tried to prove that only the Serbs were guilty of all the events of the 1990s, as they were charged with collective crimes.
No leader of the Muslim territories of Yugoslavia was convicted, only Serbian ones. The figure of Milosevic was very important, but they didn't manage to find any evidence.
His brother Borislav Milosevic says they secretly took some samples of food and water Slobodan had been given and tested it in Moscow. And it turned out that poison had been added. And it was difficult to breathe for him, which means that something was infiltrated into the air.
Then he stopped eating, but the process had been launched. His death is mysterious but the Tribunal admitted that he was not responsible for crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Colonel Jacques Ogar, who was Commander of a foreign legion in the territory of Yugoslavia in the UN group admits that they were ordered to stand for the Kosovars against the Serbians... Western troops openly supported separatists and participated in punitive actions against the Serbians. Do you have such data?
Surely. I'm a Head of the Centre for the Study of the Contemporary Balkan Crisis at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Our main task is to collect documents and publish them. There occur more and more documents on the events since 1990, which confirm it.
It's absolutely clear that international organizations were biased. The Albanians approach their dream - to create a big country with an Albanian population only. The US has worked a lot to support this movement, as Kosovo is a project of the US.
And they would have got independence long ago, unless it was for Russia. Russia said No to their plans in 2007. it disturbed them, and now they do not influence Russia, but try to govern the Serbian authorities. But I think the process hasn't been completed, & there's a chance to return Kosovo to Serbia.
As they say, there are 8 ISIS training camps in the territory of Kosovo. It is reported that they train suicide bombers to carry out acts in the Western Europe and create a whole army to conquer it. How can you comment on this?
When huge flows of refugees were going across the Balkans in Europe, there were mainly young men and almost no couples. They were well- dressed, were going by three, and had enough means to live in decent hotels. It is clear that there are those among them who should stay in the Balkans & orchestrate implementation of their leaders' aims.
As the Serbian officials struggle to join the EU, they implemented all the terms. And they were told, to not only to let in these refugees, but also to build camps for them. Many stayed in the South, where the population is majority Muslim . A great quantity went to Kosovo and Metohija.
And there's an uncontrolled NATO base Bondsteel there, where enormous resources are deployed. This territory is not controlled by anyone. And when questions of the US military camps in Europe occur, no one speaks of Kosovo.
In Kosovo's camps, where terrorists are trained, they are set absolutely free. It's very dangerous for the whole of Europe, and the Balkans first of all. The US, though, wants to whip Serbia into submission and recognize the independence of Kosovo and Metohija.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, and Serbians who reside there, are hampering these plans.
There is evidence that, as early as in the mid- 1990s the US aimed to go down to the Balkans when the agreement with Germany terminated if they had to leave. They need a territory in Bosnia & Herzegovina, in Kosovo, Metohija, Montenegro, Serbia & Macedonia. Republika Srpska hampers implementation of this plan today.
They need to annihilate the Republic and make the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina a unitary state. They didn't manage to conduct a colour revolution in the Republika Srpska, while the terror acts, which may be backed by Muslims in other territories, may be fruitful.
These plans may come forward in the nearest future, and it's a threat for the whole of Serbia. As there is a plan to separate the Southern regions of Serbia, where a lot of Albanians and Muslims reside. Today Serbian officials regard these refugees calmly, as well as capable of possible terrorist acts. But it should be paid 'special attention'.
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US/UK elite bankrolled A. Hitler
Germans were paid in company shares for loans that managed Germany's war reparations -- thus US capital began to actively integrate into the German economy.
The total amount of foreign investment in German industry during 1924-1929 amounted to almost 63 billion gold Marks (30 billion was accounted for by loans), and the payment of reparations — 10 billion Marks. 70% of revenues were provided by bankers from the US, and most banks were from JP Morgan.
As a result, in 1929, German industry was in second place in the world, but it was largely in the hands of the USA's leading financial-industrial groups.
"Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie", main supplier of the German war machine, financed 45% of the election campaign of Hitler in 1930, and was under the control of Rockefeller's "Standard oil".
Morgan, through "General Electric", controlled the German radio and electrical industry, via AEG and Siemens (up to 1933, 30% of the shares of AEG were owned by "General Electric") and through the Telecom company ITT — 40% of the 'phone network in Germany.
In addition, they owned a 30% stake in the air- craft manufacturing company "Focke-Wulf".
"General Motors", belonging to the DuPont family, established control over "Opel".
Henry Ford controlled 100% of the shares of Volkswagen. In 1926, with the participation of the Rockefeller Bank, Dillon, Reed & Co, the second largest industrial monopoly in Germany, after I.G Farben, merged with metals group, "Vereinigte Stahlwerke" (Steel trust) plus Thyssen, Flick, Wolff, Feglera etc.
US co-operation with Germany's military- industrial complex, was so intense and pervasive, that by 1933, the key sectors of German industry, & large banks such as the Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Donat Bank, etc, were all under the control of US financial capital.
The political force that was intended to play a crucial role in the Anglo-American plans was being simultaneously prepared.
We are talking about the funding of the Nazi party and A. Hitler personally.
As former German Chancellor Brüning wrote in his memoirs, from 1923, Hitler received large sums from abroad. Where they went, is not known, but they were received through Swiss and Swedish banks.
It is also known that, in 1922 in Munich, a meeting took place between A. Hitler and the military attache of the US to Germany -- Captain Truman Smith -- who compiled a detailed report for his Washington superiors (in the office of military intelligence), in which he spoke highly of Hitler.
Through Smith's circle of acquaintances, A. Hitler was introduced to Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl, (Putzie), --- a graduate of Harvard University who played an important role in the formation of A. Hitler as a politician, rendered him significant financial support, and secured for him, acquaintance & communication with, senior British figures.
Hitler was prepared politically, but, as Germany reigned in prosperity, his party remained on the periphery of public life... The situation changed dramatically with the beginning of 'the crisis'.
In the autumn of 1929, the collapse of the US stock exchange was triggered by the Federal Reserve, and the next stage of the Anglo-US financial circles' strategy, had started.
The Federal Reserve and JP Morgan, decided to stop lending to Germany --- inspired by the bank crisis & economic depression in Central Europe.
In September 1931, England abandoned the gold standard, deliberately destroying international payments systems and completely cutting off "financial oxygen" to the Weimar Republic.
But a financial miracle occurred for the Nazi party: in September 1930 as a result of large donations by Thyssen and I.G. Farben --- the party got 6.4 million votes & took 2nd place in the Reichstag;- after this, more generous investments from abroad were activated.
The main link between the major German industrialists and foreign financiers, became H. Schacht.
On January 4th, 1932, a meeting was held with the largest English financier, a Mr M. Norman, A. Hitler, and von Papen, which concluded a secret agreement on the financing of the NSDAP.
This meeting was also attended by US policy-makers, the Dulles brothers --- something their biographers do not like to mention.
On January 14th, 1933, a meeting between Hitler, Schroder, Papen & Kepler took place, where Hitler's program was fully approved. It was here that they finally resolved the issue of the transfer of power to the Nazis, and on 30th January, A. Hitler became Chancellor.
The implementation of the next stage of the strategy thus began.
The attitude of Anglo-American ruling circles to the new government was very sympathetic. When Hitler refused to pay reparations, which naturally called into question the payment of war debts, neither the UK or France pressed their payment claims.
Moreover, after a visit to the US in May 1933, H. Schacht was placed, again, at the head of the Reichsbank, and, after his meeting with the President and the biggest bankers on Wall Street, the US allocated Germany new loans --- totalling $1 billion.
In June, during a trip to London & a meeting with M. Norman, Schacht sought an English loan of $2 billion and a reduction and then the cessation of payments, on old loans.
Thus, the Nazis got what they could not achieve with the previous government.
In the summer of 1934, Britain signed the Anglo- German transfer agreement, which became one of the foundations of British policy towards the Third Reich, &, at the end of the 30's, Germany became the main trading partner of England.
Schroeder Bank became Germany's main agent in the UK & in 1936 his New York office teamed up with the Rockefellers, to create Schroeder, Rockefeller & Co. investment Bank, which the Times magazine called the Berlin-Rome "economic propagandist axis".
As Hitler himself admitted, he conceived his 4- year plan on the basis of foreign financial loans, so it never inspired him with the slightest alarm.
In August 1934, US Standard oil acquired 730,000 acres of land in Germany... then built large oil refineries which supplied the Nazis with oil.
At the same time, Germany secretly took delivery of the most modern equipment for aircraft factories, from the US, which would begin producing German planes.
Germany gained large numbers of military patents from US firms Pratt and Whitney, Douglas, and Curtis Wright --- and it was US technology, building the Junkers-87.
In 1941 --- as world war ll was raging --- US investments in Germany's economy amounted to $475 million. Standard oil invested - 120 million, General motors - $35 million, ITT - $30 million, and Ford - $17.5 million.
The close financial & economic co-operation of Anglo-American and Nazi business circles, was the backdrop against which, in the 30's, a policy of appeasement led to world war II.
Today, as the world's financial elite begins to implement the 'Great depression 2' plan with its subsequent transition to the "new world order", identifying its key role in the organization of crimes against humanity, becomes a priority.
Yuri Rubtsov is a doctor of historical sciences, academician of the Academy of military sciences, & a member of the International Association of historians of world war II.
FREE POLITICAL PRISONER LEONARD PELTIER NOW!!!
Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier,
in prison in the US for 38 years, received the first international human rights prize of Uruguay's Mario Benedetti Foundation.
At a ceremony in Montevideo, where the winner was announced, the human rights group calls Peltier the longest-serving political prisoner in the Americas, AFP reports.
Peltier, a Native American activist who was a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), was convicted in 1977 for the alleged murder of two US FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the
Pine Ridge Reservation in S. Dakota.
He was sentenced to 2 consecutive terms of life imprisonment.
"Leonard Peltier, who on September 12th, 2014, turned 70, has spent over half his life in prison. He's a symbol of resistance to repressive state policies by the US, where there are people in jail for ethnic, racial, religious & ideological reasons," the foundation's statement says.
Ricardo Elena, a member of the foundation's honorary board, says Peltier's case "is one that is repeated over and over: violation (of rights), persecution, eviction, invasion and expropriation of indigenous people, from the time it was 'discovered', until now.
"It doesn't just happen in the United States; it is happening in southern South America, with the (indigenous) Mapuche people, and with indigenous people in North America," he states.
Elena says the United States "likes to think it's the seat of democracy, but it has political prisoners just like a dictatorship might have."
The Mario Benedetti Foundation was founded to support human rights and cultural causes in line with the work of the Uruguayan writer after whom it was named, who died in 2009.
Peltier is incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
James Swan, the head of the Black Hills chapter of the United Urban Warrior Society - a nonprofit group that helps Native Americans fight racial discrimination and injustice - describes Peltier as a political prisoner whose case needs to be reviewed by an independent body.
"What we want people to realize is that this is an injustice," AP quotes Swan as saying.
Peltier, 66, was given two life sentences in '77, on false charges of killing 2 FBI agents.
Peltier asserts that he is innocent and the FBI framed him for political reasons, especially for his activities as a member of the Native American Movement. He has lodged numerous appeals against the conviction - but all unsuccessfully.
He's been denied parole again and again, and will not be eligible for it again until 2024, when he turns 79.
Peltier's relatives say he suffers a number of health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, and the loss of vision in an eye after a minor stroke.
Many activists say Leonard Peltier is the most important political prisoner in the US.
In a review of the US' human rights record, at a United Nations Human Rights Council UPR conference in Geneva, a group called for a new trial for him.
The US Human Rights Network filed a 423-page submission to the Geneva meeting about him.
One item, entitled “Political Repression - Political Prisoners,” about 1970's cases, indicts the FBI: accusing COINTELPRO of “maiming, murdering, false prosecutions and frame-ups, destruction and mayhem throughout the country.”
It cites the FBI for targeting the Puerto Rican Independence Front, the Black Panther Party, the Weather Underground, the American Indian Movement, the Black Liberation Army, as well as “peace activists and everyone in between,” and says “many of today's political prisoners” in the US were jailed indefinitely as a result.
Repression has grown since 9/11, it says.
The political repression paper demands an “immediate criminal investigation into the conspiracy,” and also new trials for two aged activists jailed on murder charges, Mumia Abu Jamal and Leonard Peltier.