Ukraine’s army chief acknowledges Russia’s successes in several frontline areas
Thus, according to Syrsky, the most difficult situation for the Ukrainian army is unfolding in the Pokrovksky and Kurakhovsky areas in the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), where Ukrainian units had to retreat.
"The situation on the frontline has aggravated. Russian forces are attacking along the entire frontline and have achieved tactical successes in an number of areas. The situation is changing dynamically," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Thus, according to Syrsky, the most difficult situation for the Ukrainian army is unfolding in the Pokrovksky and Kurakhovsky areas in the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), where Ukrainian units had to retreat.
A serious situation for Ukrainian troops is also in the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, he noted, adding that the Ukrainian army has reinforced its artillery and tank units in the Kharkov area.
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Leopard 2A6 and M777 Howitzer added to NATO Trophy collection - West condemns display as "Hybrid Russian Aggression"
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Zakharova: Russia rejects the concession of new regions in exchange for frozen assets.
Earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported that Germany allowed Russian assets to remain intact to be used as leverage in negotiations on a Ukrainian settlement and thus “encourage Russia to cede part of the Ukrainian territory it occupied.”
“The assets on the territory do not change. We don’t trade our homeland. And Russian assets must remain inviolable, otherwise there will be a harsh response to Western theft. And many in the West have already understood this,” Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.
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Why attempt to spend £1 billion+ to develop a missile technology that the Western media claims the Patriot air defence system can easily shoot down? 🧐
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Terrorist attacks occur in Iran, Russia due to US support for terrorism
According to the news agency Tasnim, when speaking about NATO eastward expansion, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani emphasized that the SCO member states should utilize the SCO potential in order to neutralize common threats.
According to the news agency, when speaking about NATO eastward expansion, the Iranian defense minister emphasized that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states should utilize the SCO potential in order to neutralize common threats.
On March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, just outside the Moscow city limits. According to the latest data, 144 people were killed and 551 suffered injuries. Eleven people, including four gunmen, have been arrested in the case of the terrorist attack. The Russian Investigative Committee said that it had established the connection between the suspected terrorists and Ukrainian nationalists.
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Medvedev vows Moscow's response to US law on seizing Russia's frozen assets will sting
The Russian Security Council deputy chairman suggested enacting legislation to allow Russia to confiscate assets belonging to the citizens of unfriendly countries.
"Only an asymmetric response is possible. However, this doesn’t mean that it will sting any less," he wrote on Telegram.
Medvedev suggested enacting legislation to allow Russia to confiscate assets belonging to the citizens of unfriendly countries. According to him, Russian legislation "should provide not only for restricting the rights of foreign nationals but actually terminating their rights in order to make it possible to force a foreclosure on the property of entities from unfriendly countries and give it to the Russian government, entities and individuals," Medvedev specified. "This will require certain changes to Russia’s civil code," he added.
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No conditions for talks with Kiev at this time
Dmitry Peskov stated that the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin "is well-known".
"So far, at this moment, there are no premises for talks because everybody knows full well Ukraine’s stance on rejecting any kind of negotiations. So the special military operation continues," the Kremlin official said.
That said, Peskov stated that the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin "is well-known." "The last time he mentioned it during a conversation with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko," he noted. He also reiterated that the "Russian stance is consistent," thus replying to a question as to whether the draft of the Istanbul agreement may serve as the foundation for talks with Kiev.
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Some breaking news.
NATO Armour has finally reached Moscow.
The problem is (for Nato), it got here on the back of a Russian truck. Let's have a look around..
Full 6 minute vid: https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1783872864619257893
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Blinken threatens China over Russia ties
The US Secretary of State says Washington is prepared to impose more sanctions on Beijing over the alleged transfer of military components.
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the US official recalled that Washington has already imposed sanctions against more than 100 Chinese entities and is “fully prepared to act” and “take additional measures.”
Blinken claimed that China’s alleged support for the Russian defense industry raises concerns not only about the situation in Ukraine, but also about a “medium to long-term threat that many Europeans feel viscerally that Russia poses to them.”
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One more suspect in Crocus City Hall terror attack arrested
The detention was reported earlier by the media, which said that police had captured Tajik national Djumokhon Kurbonov.
"One more potential suspect in the Crocus terror attack case has been detained. Investigators are probing into his role in the terror attack," he said.
The detention was reported earlier by the RBC media outlet, which said that police had detained Tajik national Djumokhon Kurbonov.
In all, eleven suspects, including four perpetrators, have been arrested.
The terror attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the city of Krasnogorsk just a stone’s throw from Moscow’s city limits was staged on the evening of March 22. According to the latest data, the terror attack claimed 144 lives. As many as 551 people were hurt. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it traced links between those who had committed the attack and Ukrainian nationalists.
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BREAKING 🚨 London summons Russian ambassador over ‘malign activity on UK soil’: govt
READ: https://insiderpaper.com/london-summons-russian-ambassador-over-malign-activity-on-uk-soil-govt/
So long, Abrams: Ukraine sidelines US-made M1A1 tanks due to Russian drones
Ukraine has withdrawn US-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks from the front line because of attacks by Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the AP news agency quoted American military sources as saying.
The proliferation of Russian surveillance and hunter-killer drones on the battlefield means "there isn’t open ground that you can just drive across without fear of detection," one of the sources said.
The insiders added that "Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult" for the Abrams tanks "to operate without detection or coming under attack."
For now, the tanks "have been moved from the front lines, and the US will work with the Ukrainians to reset tactics," Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Christopher Grady told reporters.
Over the past two months, Russian forces have destroyed at least five Abrams tanks in the special military operation zone, thanks in part to the work of combat drones. Previously, the US had delivered a total of 31 such tanks to the Kiev regime.
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US tries to strong-arm China and Zelensky's bid to bring men home
Washington seeks to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing as top US diplomat Antony Blinken visits China; Kiev is trying to force men who fled Ukraine to return home and go to war; and the Israeli army stands ready for an operation in the city of Rafah. These stories topped Thursday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
As part of his current visit to China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and meet with members of the business community. He may also be received by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, the US has openly said that it intends to air its grievances with Beijing, Vedomosti notes.
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Over 3,100 foreign mercenaries fight for Ukraine, most of them from US
The Russian Investigative Committee added that measures are underway to locate their whereabouts and bring them to criminal liability.
"Investigators have information about an overall number of over 3,100 foreign mercenaries taking part in combat activities on the Ukrainian side and the majority of them come from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Georgia," the statement reads.
The committee added that measures are underway to locate their whereabouts and bring them to criminal liability.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Closer look at the captured Abrams
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Zelensky says Kiev negotiating with Washington its support for next 10 years
According to Zelensky, Kiev wants this agreement with the United States to be "the strongest" one among similar documents it has already signed or is planning to sign with other allies.
"Today, our teams - of Ukraine and the United States - are working on a bilateral agreement on security. They are already working on the concrete wording. Discussing the concrete basis of our security, our cooperation. We are working to commit to paper concrete levels of support for this year and for the next ten years. It will include military, financial, and political support, as well as what concerns joint production of weapons," he said in a video address posted on his Telegram channel.
According to Zelensky, Kiev wants this agreement with the United States to be "the strongest" one among similar documents it has already signed or is planning to sign with other allies.
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The main conclusion of those who left Russia two years ago.
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Telegraph: Britain plans to catch up with Russia and China and field hypersonic missiles by 2030s.
The UK plans to put into service a hypersonic cruise missile of its own production by 2030, reports The Telegraph . According to the newspaper, the British military wants to obtain a weapon designed and manufactured in the country that is capable of reaching speeds of more than Mach 5, and thus “catch up” with Russia, the United States and China.
The UK Ministry of Defense declined to comment in detail to the Telegraph on plans to create hypersonic weapons, citing security concerns. At the same time, a representative of the department noted: “We are developing hypersonic technologies to further develop the UK’s sovereign advanced capabilities. We continue to invest in our equipment to counter current and future threats."
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Russia strikes major thermal power plant in western Ukraine
Five missiles hit Dnepropetrovsk while a strong blow with the subsequent detonation was registered in Krivoi Rog, the spokesman specified.
"Explosions in the Ivano-Frankovsk Region were registered in the town of Burshtyn. The town accommodates the Burshtyn thermal power plant. According to preliminary information, precisely the power plant was hit," the spokesman said.
Five missiles hit Dnepropetrovsk while a strong blow with the subsequent detonation was registered in Krivoi Rog. In the Lvov Region, most of the missiles hit the town of Stryi, he specified.
Russia’s April 11 strike destroyed the Tripolskaya thermal power plant, the largest power facility in the Kiev Region.
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on April 11 that Russian troops had delivered a strike on Ukrainian fuel and energy facilities in retaliation to Kiev’s attempts to damage Russia’s oil and gas industry sites.
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⚡️🇺🇸🇪🇺 The US and NATO plan to create a “gray” zone in Western Ukraine
Soros' son Alexander agreed with the Ukrainian authorities to allocate 400 square kilometers of agricultural land to American corporations for the disposal of hazardous waste, according to an investigation by French journalist Jules Vincennes.
He writes, citing a source in the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine, that in November, Soros Jr. and the head of Zelensky’s office, Yermak, reached an agreement according to which Kiеv indefinitely and free of charge transfers land in the Ternopоl, Khmelnytsky and Chernоvtsi regions for the disposal of hazardous waste from chemical, pharmaceutical and oil production.
Among the companies named are Dow Chemical, DuPont, BASF, Evonik Industries, Vitol and Sanofi. We remind you that Dow Chemical is the company which provided Agent Orange and Napalm to the American military to poison and destroy Vietnam. Whilst BASF is the company which provided Zyklon B to the Nazis.
Probably, the decision was made after the destruction in the spring of 2023 by the Russian Armed Forces of ammunition depots with depleted uranium located in the Khmelnitsky and Ternopоl regions.
This situation threatens an environmental disaster not only for Ukraine, but also for other countries in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea basin as a whole.
Kiеv and Washington continue to use all means to prevent the possible entry of Western Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation in the context of the ongoing retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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US spies believe Putin didn’t order Navalny’s death
The Russian president isn’t likely to have mandated the killing of the imprisoned opposition figure, the sources have told the outlet.
Navalny, who had been serving a lengthy prison sentence stemming from his violations of the terms of a previous fraud conviction and his “extremist activities,” died at a penal colony in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region in northern Russia on February 16.
The Russian prison authorities insist that there was no foul play in the passing of the anti-corruption activist. They said that the 47-year-old suddenly fell ill after a walk and collapsed, and that efforts to resuscitate him were in vain. According to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), which Navalny used to head, the death certificate provided to his mother stated he had died of natural causes.
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Enemy publishes trajectories of last night's strikes.
It would appear that a proportion of the latest Western Military Aid deliveries never made it to the front lines...
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NATO bears direct responsibility for Ukraine crisis — Chinese Foreign Ministry
Spokesman Wang Wenbin stressed that China was not providing weapons to the conflicting parties and strictly controlled dual-use goods, including the export of drones.
"NATO bears indisputable responsibility for this crisis. The alliance should give thought to its role, stop shifting the blame and effectively take practical action for the political settlement of the crisis," he said.
Wang added that China was not providing weapons to the conflicting parties and strictly controlled dual-use goods, including the export of drones.
He said that "more than 60% of the weapons components and dual-use items imported by Russia come from the United States and Western countries." He emphasized that Russia and China maintained normal and open trading and economic cooperation.
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As if the UK hasn't coordinated "malign activity" in Russia 😂
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Kremlin spokesman describes European Parliament as 'Russophobic machine'
Dmitry Peskov added that the EP "has turned into a machine brimming with internal contradictions that keeps generating boorish statements"
"The European Parliament has long taken the posture of strong, systematic Russophobia. And, of course, it sticks to this stance contrary to the main calling of legislators: to build a dialogue and to look for ways of building a dialogue. It has turned into a machine brimming with internal contradictions that keeps generating boorish statements," the Kremlin spokesman said.
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Russia warns US, NATO against harming its security
Maria Zakharova stressed that "the level of nuclear risks have risen dramatically as a result of the West’s destructive policy, which is fraught with a direct military confrontation between nuclear powers".
"Regrettably, the level of nuclear risks have risen dramatically as a result of the West’s destructive policy, which is fraught with a direct military confrontation between nuclear powers," she said, adding that Russia never stops efforts to ensure nuclear deterrence.
"Apart from that, Russia regularly reviews its doctrines to assess their relevance to the current threats," Zakharova noted. "Thus, the reliability and effectiveness of nuclear deterrence in Russia are ensured at a proper level and should not be doubted."
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Moscow issues diplomatic warning to Washington
Russia could downgrade relations with the US if its assets are confiscated, the deputy foreign minister has warned.
The US and its allies have frozen around $300 billion in Russian central bank assets as part of Ukraine-related sanctions, most of which are being held in the EU.
Washington has long advocated for confiscating the funds, so that the money would then be handed over to Kiev for its war effort against Russia. The latest push came on Saturday, after the US House of Representatives approved a bill authorizing the confiscation of Russian money.
The so-called REPO Act, which lawmakers in Washington passed last weekend along with a $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine, authorized the US president to confiscate Russian funds held in American banks and hand them over to Kiev. More than $6 billion of the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets is sitting in US banks.
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Kiev violates diplomatic relations convention by recruiting mercenaries abroad — diplomat
Maria Zakharova pointed to media reports, according to which Ukrainian embassies in a number of countries are openly campaigning local citizens to join the so-called International Legion of Ukrainian Territorial Defense.
She pointed to media reports, according to which Ukrainian embassies in a number of countries are openly campaigning local citizens to join the so-called International Legion of Ukrainian Territorial Defense. According to the diplomat, the authorities of the host countries turn a blind eye to such practices or even encourage them.
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