WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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Ukraine using drones to bomb apartment buildings in Russia's Rostov

Footage shows terrifying moment of deafening explosion

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• Zelensky Predicts Putin’s Imminent Death!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6r2YPLfvRXs

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky predicted Vladimir Putin “will die soon” amid swirling speculation about the Russian leader’s ailing health — as he warned the US against helping Moscow escape from political and economic isolation.

“He [Putin] will die soon, and that’s a fact, and it will come to an end,” Zelensky said Wednesday in an interview with Eurovision News.

The Ukrainian leader’s blunt assessment follows years-long rumors about the Russian strongman’s health woes — including reported strokes, multiple bouts of cancer and even Parkinson’s disease.

Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Zelensky’s latest ploy to avoid peace negotiations to end the Ukraine war.


--o-O-o--

me:

IMAGINE IF PUTIN WOULD PREDICT: "(WEF Puppet) President Volodymyr Zelensky Imminent Death" ... How would MSM react?

cheers,
John Kuhles🦜🦋🌳

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https://x.com/TheGrayzoneNews/status...27108364632248

https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/01/b...cademic-leaks/

British intel sought to silence West’s top Russia academic, leaks reveal


Leaked documents show UK intelligence operatives grooming British politicians to silence academics expressing skepticism of London’s Ukraine proxy war effort. One of the targets, Richard Sakwa, believes the campaign resulted in real-world harassment.


Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone reveal a high-level British intelligence plot to smear and silence British political scientists such as Richard Sakwa, who is widely regarded as one of the English-speaking world’s foremost authorities on Russia.

In a March 2022 email entitled “Russians in our Universities,” British military intelligence officer and former senior NATO advisor Chris Donnelly accused Sakwa of being a Russian “fellow traveller” who’d been “gradually breaking cover,” insisting the professor was “far too well-informed about Russian strategy to be called just ‘a useful idiot.’” Another email reveals Donnelly fantasizing about publicly exposing the Sakwa for being “funded by Russian entities” – a claim the professor strenuously denies.



Donnelly fired off the emails just two weeks after the UK’s then-Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi pledged that the British government was “already on the case and is contacting [their] universities,” after being asked whether the UK government would intervene directly to stop anti-war academics from “acting as useful idiots for President Putin’s atrocities in Ukraine.”

The Grayzone has revealed Donnelly as a key figure behind a secret British military and spying cell dubbed Project Alchemy, which was created in early 2022 to keep Ukraine fighting “at all costs.” A core component of that effort was to silence journalistic voices and media outlets – including this one – deemed a threat to London’s control of the proxy war’s narrative.

The newly-exposed messages show that Donnelly was conducting similar operations in the academic world as well. Though Professor Sakwa has long challenged dominant Western narratives on Putin’s Russia, criticizing both NATO’s rampant expansionism and its refusal to include Moscow in the European security structure following the Soviet Union’s 1991 collapse, he was effectively disappeared from mainstream debates on the conflict since the Ukraine proxy war erupted.

The leaked emails strongly suggest the direct intervention of Donnelly, a known British intelligence asset, may have been responsible for marginalizing Sakwa. Messages show Donnelly contacted influential UK lawmakers to stamp out the “influence” of Sakwa, whom he called his “number one” target, while calling for the blacklisting of other academics who might expose inconvenient truths about the conflict in Ukraine.

Donnelly’s determination to silence the professor apparently extended beyond the duration of the conflict. In private, he fretted that once “fighting slows down” in Ukraine, “appeasers” would “start talking about lifting the sanctions,” and “the Sakwas of this world will be spearheading the effort to change Western strategy.” In other words, even when the war ended in failure for Kiev and its proxy backers, Connelly and his associates would remain determined to prevent any public reconsideration of the West’s relationship with Russia.



Sakwa “a redoubtable opponent” who’s taken “very seriously”

While recently smeared as a Kremlin apologist and “disinformation” peddler in certain quarters, Sakwa’s works have historically elicited glowing mainstream reviews. Before the Ukraine proxy war erupted, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Foreign Affairs journal positively appraised the professor’s book dissecting the Russiagate fraud, and it recently described his 2024 treatise on the origins of the Ukraine conflict as “eloquent and persuasive.” Clearly, it was Sakwa’s credibility and formidable body of knowledge that made him a target of British intelligence following the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

In emails exchanged with James Sherr, a career think tank staffer who once headed the Russia and Eurasia program at the British government-linked think tank Chatham House, Donnelly expressed discomfort about the prospect of Sakwa’s ideas reaching impressionable Western audiences. Sakwa’s “knowledge of Russian politics is very high,” Donnelly warned Sherr, making him “a redoubtable opponent” whom the “majority” of British students and “junior/mid-level politicians” would likely take “very seriously.”

Sherr responded that he had “no doubt” Sakwa was “on the Kremlin payroll,” but insisted the academic criticized NATO expansion “not [for] money,” but “out of hatred of the United States.” If there was “hard evidence” that Sakwa was “funded by Russian entities, then this should be made known,” Sherr added, but even if footage existed of Vladimir Putin personally “writing [Sakwa] a cheque over dinner… the University of Kent will continue to employ him, and he will continue to be adored by those who adore him.”



Donnelly agreed with his friend’s false assessment, but was evidently undeterred from pursuing Sakwa, telling Sherr, “we can try!” He added that Andrew Monaghan, another academic who had long warned of the perils of military confrontation with Russia, hadn’t been heard from “for a while,” and asked Sherr: “who else should we be keeping an eye out for?” A day later, Donnelly posed the same question to his longtime associate Victor Madeira, an academic closely connected to former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove.



This followed another email by Donnelly to Conservative MP Bob Seely, a hawkish military veteran and then-member of parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Donnelly asked Seely whether he was “concerned about Russian influence in our Universities,” because “if so, I’ve got some interesting material for you.” Forwarding the unsolicited email to Madeira, Donnelly boasted, “l may have an opportunity to get this addressed,” and bragged that he would soon be discussing the subject with the then-chair of British Parliament’s education select committee.

“cells in the British governmental apparatus…which subvert the fundamental principles of British democracy”

In comments to The Grayzone, Sakwa said Donnelly’s actions were “extremely disturbing,” and suggested the emails indicate “there are cells in the British governmental apparatus who are working in ways which subvert the fundamental principles of British democracy, tolerance of divergent political views, and the encouragement of open debate and dialogue.”

The professor argues that “by traducing scholars and civic activists,” Donnelly and his collaborators “precisely undermine the values which they are ostensibly trying to defend,” and “practice guilt by association.”

“The assumption [that] questioning official policy on a particular issue must be motivated by mercenary concerns, in this case being in the pay of Moscow, is a dreadful manifestation of the McCarthyism we had hoped we put behind us with the end of the Cold War,” Sakwa adds.

“In fact, it demonstrates [that] Cold War II is potentially more dangerous than the first, with the attempt to blacken the reputation of critical voices, and thus assumedly weaken their public impact. This is not only morally and politically wrong in itself, but also damages the possibility of coherent, informed and dispassionate analysis, and thus weakens the coherence of intelligent policy-making in its entirety.”

When Sakwa retired from his university position in August 2022, he was unaware that British intelligence operatives had waged a plot to silence him for several months. Now, however, the professor wonders whether an incident that occurred two months prior may have been related. That June, the Canterbury anti-war movement organized an event at which Sakwa was the guest speaker. “To our astonishment, about 20 Ukrainians and associates picketed the meeting, with banners condemning me and the organizers,” he told The Grayzone.

Rather than being turned away, the protesters were invited in – “minus placards,” Sakwa noted. However, “they then proceeded to try to disrupt the meeting,” until the event chair warned them “that if their anti-democratic behavior continued, they would be asked to leave.” Following the warning, the event continued in peace. Sakwa said “most” attendees felt his address “struck the appropriate balance between sympathy for the plight of the Ukrainian people, and political analysis of the situation.”

The incident likely would have ended there, but counter-demonstrators seized on leaflets calling for an official inquiry into the ever-mysterious Bucha incident which were distributed by another attendee. Ukrainian officials and their British backers charge that Russian forces carried out a massacre of innocent civilians in the city of Bucha, but have blocked attempts at UN investigation, and refused to release names of purported victims.

While Sakwa believes calls for such a probe to be “not unreasonable”, he said he had nothing to do with the leaflets’ production, and was unaware of their contents at the time. He only learned of their existence when one of the Ukrainian activists who disrupted the event accused him of condoning “conspiracy theories,” leading the University of Kent to open an internal inquiry.

“To the University of Kent’s credit, they dismissed any potential charge of misconduct, and defended the principle of freedom of speech. The institution lived up to its reputation for collegiality and the robust defence of academic freedom,” Sakwa says. “However, the initial charge was clearly malicious and malevolent, and demonstrates the danger of ‘Ukraine syndrome’ damaging the quality of civic life in England.”

Today, “Ukraine syndrome” remains alive and well in Britain as Prime Minister Keir Starmer proudly declares his desire to deploy troops and aircraft to Kiev to participate in hostilities despite UK military chiefs warning that London lacks the men and materiel to even consider such a mission. A depressing official review of the British Army has prompted the head of the Financial Times’ editorial board to conclude “their forces would struggle to fight a European war lasting more than a few weeks.”

While Richard Sakwa and other genuine regional experts warned over many years that transforming Ukraine into an anti-Russian bastion would lead to disaster for all involved, Western leaders turned instead to the paranoid pronouncements of spies like Chris Donnelly for guidance on how to respond to Moscow’s forcefully stated opposition to Ukraine joining NATO. And before the belligerent plans of Donnelly and his cadre could be discredited, they made certain that no one would be left to call them out.

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1907573339565989891

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‼️🇷🇺✈️💥Crash site of the Tu-22M3 that had mechanical issue in the Usolsky district of the Irkutsk region. One pilot was seen walking and talking on a phone.

The #Russian Ministry of Defense reports that one of the crew members died.

‼️There seems to be an issue with one of the ejection seats in the Tu-22M3 where one pilot regularly dies when they eject.

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1907570090838483358

"..the investigation’s most striking passages highlight London’s principal role in influencing and managing Ukrainian - and by extension US - actions and strategy in the conflict. Both direct references and unambiguous insinuations littered throughout point ineluctably to the conclusion that the “proxy war” is of British concoction and design. If rapprochement between Moscow and Washington succeeds, it would represent the most spectacular failure to date of Britain’s concerted post-World War II conspiracy to exploit American military might and wealth for its own purposes."

- Kit Klarenberg

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A fabulous piece here from Kit Klarenberg. This is a must read :muscle:

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It's Official: Ukraine Conflict is British 'Proxy War'
Published: April 2nd, 2025

On March 29th, the New York Times published a landmark investigation exposing how the US was “woven” into Ukraine’s battle with Russia “far more intimately and broadly than previously understood,” with Washington almost invariably serving as “the backbone of Ukrainian military operations.” The outlet went so far as to acknowledge the conflict was a “proxy war” - an irrefutable reality hitherto aggressively denied in the mainstream - dubbing it a “rematch” of “Vietnam in the 1960s, Afghanistan in the 1980s, Syria three decades later.”

That the US has since February 2022 supplied Ukraine with extraordinary amounts of weaponry, and been fundamental to the planning of many of Kiev’s military operations large and small, is hardly breaking news. Indeed, elements of this relationship have previously been widely reported, with White House apparatchiks occasionally admitting to Washington’s role. Granular detail on this assistance provided by the New York Times probe is nonetheless unprecedented. For example, a dedicated intelligence fusion centre was secretly created at a vast US military base in Germany.

Dubbed “Task Force Dragon”, it united officials from every major US intelligence agency, and “coalition intelligence officers”, to produce extensive daily targeting information on Russian “battlefield positions, movements and intentions”, to “pinpoint” and “determine the ripest, highest-value targets” for Ukraine to strike using Western-provided weapons. The fusion centre quickly became “the entire back office of the war.” A nameless European intelligence chief was purportedly “taken aback to learn how deeply enmeshed his NATO counterparts had become” in the conflict’s “kill chain”:

“An early proof of concept was a campaign against one of Russia’s most-feared battle groups, the 58th Combined Arms Army. In mid-2022, using American intelligence and targeting information, the Ukrainians unleashed a rocket barrage at the headquarters of the 58th in the Kherson region, killing generals and staff officers inside. Again and again, the group set up at another location; each time, the Americans found it and the Ukrainians destroyed it.”

Several other well-known Ukrainian broadsides, such as an October 2022 drone barrage on the port of Sevastopol, are now revealed by the New York Times to have been the handiwork of Task Force Dragon. Meanwhile, the outlet confirmed that each and every HIMARS strike conducted by Kiev was entirely dependent on the US, which supplied coordinates, and advice on “positioning [Kiev’s] launchers and timing their strikes.” Local HIMARS operators also required special electronic key [cards]” to fire the missiles, “which the Americans could deactivate anytime.”

Yet, the investigation’s most striking passages highlight London’s principal role in influencing and managing Ukrainian - and by extension US - actions and strategy in the conflict. Both direct references and unambiguous insinuations littered throughout point ineluctably to the conclusion that the “proxy war” is of British concoction and design. If rapprochement between Moscow and Washington succeeds, it would represent the most spectacular failure to date of Britain’s concerted post-World War II conspiracy to exploit American military might and wealth for its own purposes.

'Prevailing wisdom'

A particularly revealing section of the New York Times probe details the execution of Ukraine’s August 2022 counteroffensive, targeting Kharkov and Kherson. Unexpectedly finding limited resistance from hollowed out Russian positions in these areas, Task Force Dragon’s US military lead Lieutenant General Christopher T. Donahue urged Ukraine’s field commander Major General Andrii Kovalchuk to keep pushing, and seize even further territory. He vehemently resisted, despite Donahue and other senior US military officials pressuring then-Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi to override his reticence.

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Subsequently, the sense among Kiev’s foreign puppet masters that a golden opportunity to inflict an even more egregious blow on the Russians had been lost was pervasive. Irate, then-British defence minister Ben Wallace asked Donahue what he would do if Kovalchuk were his subordinate. “He would have already been fired,” Donahue said. Wallace succinctly responded, “I got this.” At his direct demand, Kovalchuk was duly defenestrated. As the New York Times explains, the British “had considerable clout” in Kiev and hands-on influence over Ukrainian officials.

This was because, “unlike the Americans,” Britain had formally inserted teams of military officers into the country, to advise Ukrainian officials directly. Still, despite Kiev failing to fully capitalise as desired by London and Washington, the 2022 counteroffensive’s success produced widespread “irrational exuberance”. Planning for a followup the next year thus “began straightaway.” The “prevailing wisdom” within Task Force Dragon was this counteroffensive “would be the war’s last”, with Ukraine claiming “outright triumph”, or Russia being “forced to sue for peace.”

Zelensky boasted internally, “we’re going to win this whole thing.” The plan was for Ukrainian forces to cut off Russia’s land-bridge to Crimea, before seizing the peninsula outright. As the New York Times records though, Pentagon officials were considerably less enthused about Kiev’s prospects. This scepticism seeped out into the public sphere in April 2023 via the Pentagon Leaks. One document warned Ukraine would fall “well short” of its goals in the counteroffensive, forecasting “modest territorial gains” at most.

The leaked intelligence assessment attributed this to “shortfalls” in Ukraine’s “force generation and sustainment”, and extensive Russian defences constructed following their retreat from Kherson. It cautioned “enduring Ukrainian deficiencies in training and munitions supplies probably will strain progress and exacerbate casualties.” The New York Times notes Pentagon officials moreover “worried about [Kiev’s] ability to supply enough weapons for the counteroffensive,” and wondered if the Ukrainians “in their strongest possible position, should consider cutting a deal.”

Even Task Force Dragon’s Lieutenant General Donahue had doubts, advocating “a pause” of a year or more for “building and training new brigades.” Yet, intervention by the British was, per the New York Times, sufficient to neutralise internal opposition to a fresh counteroffensive in the spring. The British argued, “if the Ukrainians were going to go anyway, the coalition needed to help them.” Resultantly, enormous quantities of exorbitantly expensive, high-end military equipment were shipped to Kiev by almost every NATO member state for the purpose.

The counteroffensive was finally launched in June 2023. Relentlessly blitzed by artillery and drones from day one, tanks and soldiers were also routinely blown to smithereens by expansive Russian-laid minefields. Within a month, Ukraine had lost 20% of its Western-provided vehicles and armor, with nothing to show for it. When the counteroffensive fizzled out at the end of 2023, just 0.25% of territory occupied by Russia in the initial phase of the invasion had been regained. Meanwhile, Kiev’s casualties may have exceeded 100,000.

‘Knife Edge’

The New York Times reports that “the counteroffensive’s devastating outcome left bruised feelings on both sides,” with Washington and Kiev blaming each other for the catastrophe. A Pentagon official claims “the important relationships were maintained, but it was no longer the inspired and trusting brotherhood of 2022 and early 2023.” Given Britain’s determination to “keep Ukraine fighting at all costs”, this was bleak news indeed, threatening to halt all US support for the proxy war.

Still, there was one last perceived ace up London’s sleeve to keep Washington invested in the proxy conflict, and potentially escalate it into all-out hot war with Moscow. The New York Times reports that in March 2023, the US discovered Kiev “was furtively planning a ground operation into southwest Russia.” The CIA’s Ukraine chief confronted General Kyrylo Budanov, warning “if he crossed into Russia, he would do so without American weapons or intelligence support.” He did so anyway, “only to be forced back.”

Rather than deterring further incursions, Ukraine’s calamitous intervention in Russia’s Bryansk region was a “foreshadowing” of Kiev’s all-out invasion of Kursk on August 6th that year. The New York Times records how from Washington’s perspective, the operation “was a significant breach of trust.” For one, “the Ukrainians had again kept them in the dark” - but worse, “they had secretly crossed a mutually agreed-upon line.” Kiev was using “coalition-supplied equipment” on Russian territory, breaching “rules laid down” when limited strikes inside Russia were greenlit months earlier.

As this journalist has exposed, Ukraine’s Kursk folly was a British invasion in all but name. London was central to its planning, provided the bulk of the equipment deployed, and deliberately advertised its involvement. As The Times reported at the time, the goal was to mark Britain as a formal belligerent in the proxy war, in the hope other Western countries - particularly the US - would follow suit, and “send more equipment and give Kyiv more leeway to use them in Russia.”

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Initially, US officials keenly distanced themselves from the Kursk incursion. Empire house journal Foreign Policy reported that the Biden administration was not only enormously unhappy “to have been kept out of the loop,” but “skeptical of the military logic” behind the “counterinvasion”. In a further rebuke, on August 16th Washington prohibited Ukraine’s use of British-made, long-range Storm Shadow missiles against Russian territory. Securing wider Western acquiescence to such strikes was reportedly also a core objective behind Kiev’s occupation of Kursk.

However, once Donald Trump prevailed in the November 2024 presidential election, Biden was encouraged to use his “last, lame-duck weeks” to make “a flurry of moves to stay the course…and shore up his Ukraine project.” In the process, per the New York Times, he “crossed his final red line,” allowing ATACMS and Storm Shadow strikes deep inside Russia, while permitting US military advisers to leave Kiev “for command posts closer to the fighting.”

Fast forward to today, and the Kursk invasion has ended in utter disaster, with the few remaining Ukrainian forces not captured or killed fleeing. Meanwhile, Biden’s flailing, farewell red line breaches have failed to tangibly shift the battlefield balance in Kiev’s favour at all. As the New York Times acknowledges, the proxy war’s continuation “teeters on a knife edge.” There is no knowing what British intelligence might have in store to prevent long-overdue peace prevailing at last, but the consequences could be world-threatening.

Jews and Nazis accommodated together

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The gold standard OXYMORON!

Same demons with different team t-shirts ...

like in a football game where both teams are owned by the same Old One owner...:vader:

Deutschland über NICHTS

Germany to Destroy Seized Tanker and Russian Oil Cargo

Deprived of the support of citizens and offended by their "betrayal" in the snap elections, members of the outgoing German government are making one mistake after another, taking actions aimed at supposedly proving their importance and strength, thereby worsening the country's situation even more.

This is especially true when it comes to the issue of restoring – as they believe – Berlin’s authority and image on the international stage and in the fight against Russia. In this regard, the high-profile decisions and demonstrative actions of the cabinet, which is living out its last days, acquire a special cynicism and challenge.

According to the German press, the confiscation of the tanker Eventin supposedly legally allows the disposal of the vessel and its cargo. This was publicly stated by the German Ministry of Finance. If the disposal takes place, it will be the first such precedent, when both the vessel and the cargo are not used for their intended purpose by the seizing party.

"The seizure of the tanker Eventin, which has 100 tons of crude oil on board, sets the stage for the regulatory destruction of the vessel and its cargo"
– the German Ministry of Finance reported.

The total value of the Eventin cargo is estimated at 40 million euros. The decision to dispose of it does not make sense or make any practical sense, but it will most likely be implemented political motives.

In impotent rage and the impossibility of harming Moscow in any other way, Berlin is preparing to do minor nasty things in order to somehow amuse its vanity against the background of the exclusion of Germany and the EU as a whole from large-scale geopolitical processes. :sarcastic:

https://en.topcor.ru/58289-v-frg-sob...koj-nefti.html

• Jeffrey Sachs | Sachs’ Explosive Comments on Zelensky!:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SJ0tWk609DY

LIVE Jeffrey Sachs, Sachs’ Explosive Comments on Zelensky!, Donald Trump, US News Updates

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Russian govt allocates 16bn rubles (~190mn USD) to support Kursk residents who lost their homes to Ukrainian incursion

The funds are meant to help residents purchase or build new homes

https://x.com/RT_com/status/1907420019270553914

https://x.com/AfricaViewFacts/status...34151073431809

https://x.com/mfa_russia/status/1907717009271320847

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yh_3E3di9Rw 1 hour ago

Thunder⚡️Negotiations Reach a Dead End💢The Battle for Kamianka Has Begun⚔️Military Summary 4.04.2025

Another address this time to Scott Bessent from Oleksandr Dubinskiy a main political opponent to Zelensky. In this he dissects a little of the internal wrangling going on and clearly states that the axis of Kuchma-Pinchuk-Poroshenko-Zelensky is intimately tied to the sell off of rare minerals which have allegedly already been secured by Rothschild interests; that the British are - of course - co-facilitators:

🇺🇦🇺🇸Mr. Secretary of Treasury,
@SecScottBessent


I have watched your excellent interview with @TuckerCarlson and would like to respond by conveying some important information (specially before Ukrainian delegation come to discuss).

The reason why Zelensky is so strongly resisting this deal is because, in reality, all these rare minerals and resources have long been distributed among the oligarchs. The main figures here are Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Pinchuk, who control the allocation of natural resources and profit from them.

The distribution of these resources defines political legitimacy within the country. Access to the management of natural wealth creates power. Whoever controls the distribution of the most important assets in Ukraine - land and mineral resources - holds power and generates income.

Therefore, yes, Zelensky is afraid that the financial levers will no longer be in the hands of the oligarchs and himself, but will shift to the United States. He is afraid of giving them up and being left as a “naked king,” failing to grasp the importance of this step for achieving peace and ensuring a real partnership with the U.S.

An American mercenary captures a VKS Su-34 Russian fighter jet strafing Ukrainian positions with FABs. A SAM surface to air missile is also seen trying to engage the jet:

Thanks Tintin. Both American and British accents noted there . . .

A Young Ukrainian woman tells how she was going to book a table at the Magellan restaurant in Krivoy Rog but was advised that there was "a gathering of some sort there" and there weren't any available tables. Fortunately she and her child narrowly avoided being caught up in the destruction which followed about 15 minutes later.

The Magellan restaurant appears to be yet another gathering of Ukrainian and NATO military figures in civilian buildings; up to 85 personnel are thought to have been liquidated there:

• Russian Official Says Trump SAVED US From WWIII!:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RdcRWNYvs0s

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev credited U.S. President Donald Trump's diplomatic team with preventing an escalation in the ongoing conflict, saying the Trump administration had already made "sizable progress" in negotiations to end the war.

"There is no question that President Trump's team not only stopped World War III from happening but also had already achieved sizable progress on Ukraine resolution," Dmitriev said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

Dmitriev made the remarks amid a high-profile visit to Washington, where he met with officials involved in ongoing ceasefire negotiations. He is the most senior-level Russian official to visit the United States since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Guest host Aaron Maté and Jimmy Dore Show producer Malcolm Fleschner discuss whether Trump deserves the accolades about preventing World War III and the Biden administration’s approach to nuclear brinksmanship over the Ukraine conflict.

Ten Iskanders for Kyiv: Russian Armed Forces Launch Missile Strikes After Long Break yesterday

Last night, the Russian military made it clear to Kyiv that Moscow's patience with Ukraine's ignoring of the agreements to stop attacks on energy facilities is not unlimited.

After a fairly long period of time during which Russian missiles did not disturb the industrial facilities of the Kyiv regime, the ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M missile system, as well as the Kh-101 cruise missiles, once again visited Ukrainian regions.

As reported by the Kyiv regime's monitoring resources, at least ten Iskander-M missiles hit Kyiv last night, hitting several industrial facilities as well as warehouses.

In addition, according to the enemy, several strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces Tu-95MS were raised into the air, which carried out strikes on military facilities in different regions of Ukraine.

It is reported that one of the targets was again the military airfield in Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where the Ukrainian Air Force is based. In addition, a sufficient number of Russian missiles flew into the western regions of Ukraine. Poland even scrambled its F-16 fighters in connection with this.

It is noteworthy that the enemy's resources claim that ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were also involved in the missile strike on Ukraine, which used Kalibr missiles to attack targets in a number of regions.

It is worth noting that the Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on these reports.

https://en.topcor.ru/58436-desjat-is...nye-udary.html

NATO Tanks in Ukraine’s Offensives: Kyiv Loses Abrams Tanks In Belgorod today

Ukraine’s deployment of Western-supplied tanks, including the American M1A1 Abrams, in cross-border attacks against Russia’s Belgorod region has resulted in significant losses, further depleting Kyiv’s dwindling stocks of advanced armor. The most recent incident occurred near the village of Demidovka, where Russian forces destroyed an abandoned Abrams and an accompanying armored recovery vehicle (ARV), footage of which circulated widely on Russian military channels.

During the attempted incursion into Belgorod Oblast, Ukrainian forces reinforced their assault groups with heavy armor, including at least one Abrams tank. However, Russian drone operators successfully targeted the vehicle, forcing its crew to abandon it in open terrain. This marks yet another loss in Ukraine’s limited fleet of Abrams tanks.

The Belgorod offensive has proven costly for Ukraine, with Russian sources claiming the destruction of dozens of armored vehicles, including U.S.-made Bradley IFVs and German-engineered mine-clearing vehicles, most of them destroyed on the Ukrainian territory on their way to the border. The repeated failures of these cross-border raids, mirroring earlier setbacks in Kursk Oblast, highlight the challenges Ukraine faces in sustaining mechanized assaults against Russia’s layered defenses, which combine drone surveillance, artillery, and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs).

The attrition of NATO armor has strained Ukraine’s Western backers, with the U.S. reportedly delaying further Abrams deliveries pending battlefield reassessments. Meanwhile, Russia has capitalized on these losses for propaganda, framing the tanks’ destruction as proof of Western military inferiority.

Despite Ukrainian President Zelensky’s symbolic claims that capturing Belgorod territories could expedite NATO membership, the reality is stark: without air superiority or breakthrough-capable armor, Ukraine’s cross-border raids remain high-cost, low-impact operations. As the Abrams’ “endangered species” status grows, Kyiv may be forced to pivot to lighter, more survivable systems—or face further depletion of its armored reserves.

https://southfront.press/nato-tanks-...s-in-belgorod/

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DnNl0oInj8I 2 hours ago

RUAF Storm The Final Line of Defense In Southwestern Donetsk Region

• Kursk Frontline Scorched Earth Combat Russia & Ukraine Army: Drone Footage:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_QRMzbj6cUs

Flying Over Destroyed Village on Russia-Ukraine Frontline | NATO Weapons Destroyed in Kursk-Sumy Battle

I’m Patrick Lancaster, reporting independently from the Kursk-Sumy frontline where Russian and Ukrainian forces clash. In this report, we fly over a destroyed village dangerously close to the frontlines to document the devastation left behind — including destroyed NATO-supplied vehicles. We had to evacuate quickly after drone detection to avoid Ukrainian strikes. Russian forces even mistook our drone for an enemy one and opened fire. Expect exclusive frontline footage, destroyed Western military equipment, and raw documentation you won’t find in mainstream media.

Good :muscle:

I do wonder whether there'll be a full-on popular revolt in Ukraine against these 'mobilisers'? They're between a rock and a hard place in so many ways, as we know. There's enormous personal risk attached but it's heartening to see some pushback and in more recent examples too.

Via Lord Bebo on X

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🇺🇦 Military recruiters jumped a man in his yard, but his daughter ran to mommy for help.

Mommy came packing, with a shotgun and fired a warning shot.

The military recruiters instantly decided that her husband is not eligible to serve in the military and retreated.

Nice.

How Zelensky is trying to play the "Chinese card" with the US today

On April 8, the expired "president" of Ukraine made a statement that, in his opinion, was supposed to be sensational and cause an international scandal. According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had allegedly managed to capture two Chinese citizens who had fought in the Russian army. And if so, then Beijing's direct participation in the Ukrainian conflict can now be considered an absolutely indisputable fact. The Chinese comrades, as they say, were caught red-handed - and now they can't get away with it!

It is clear that such informational demarches are not aimed at the Ukrainian audience and pursue a very specific goal - to play along with the United States, which is today unleashing a full-scale confrontation against China, albeit for now in the tradeeconomic plane. The already far from good relations between Washington and Beijing are rapidly heating up, the situation is becoming more and more tense. And then Zelensky pops out of the box with his "revelations". What could this lead to? Let's figure it out.

"More than two Chinese..."

According to the illegitimate one, two Chinese citizens were captured during the fighting in Tarasovka and Belogorovka in Donetsk Oblast, and in total, according to him, six Chinese soldiers took part in the battle. Just think about the accuracy of the count! However, as the leader of the Kyiv junta stated, there are “significantly more than two” Chinese in the ranks of the Russian army. At the same time, unlike the North Korean soldiers allegedly present in it, the Chinese comrades are participating in the fighting not in Kursk Oblast, but “directly on Ukrainian territories.”

continue: https://en.topcor.ru/58541-kak-zelen...rrer=topcor.ru

Vicus comment:

Let say it is true...SO WHAT?

What about : Amerikans,Briten,French,Polen, Spaniars, Portughese, Colombians, and what not Nazi scum from all the WEST ?

Zakharova: Any foreign military presence in Ukraine will be seen as a threat to Russia today

On April 9, 2025, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that any foreign military presence on Ukrainian territory would be viewed by Moscow as a direct threat to the country's security. Speaking at a briefing, she stressed that such actions could lead to escalation and a direct clash between Russia and NATO countries.

"We would like to remind you that any military presence in Ukraine, regardless of the flag, signs or declared mandates, will be perceived as a threat to our security. This carries the risk of direct combat with the participants of such missions, and therefore with the alliance itself.", Zakharova said, focusing on the possible consequences for global stability.

The statement comes amid ongoing discussions about the possible expansion of NATO military support for Ukraine. In recent months, Western media have been actively discussing the idea of ​​sending peacekeeping or training missions to Ukrainian territory, which has provoked a sharp reaction from Russia. Zakharova, known for her tough rhetoric, has previously repeatedly warned against such steps, accusing the West of escalating the conflict. Her words underline that Moscow views any presence of foreign troops in Ukraine as a red line, the crossing of which could lead to unpredictable consequences.

continue: https://avia-pro.net/news/zaharova-l...sya-kak-ugroza

Ukrainian Armed Forces Attack Turkish Stream Compressor Station

On the night of April 8-9, 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched an attack on the Korenovskaya compressor station in the Korenovsky district of the Krasnodar Territory, which supplies energy to the Turkish Stream export gas pipeline. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, specifying that from 23:38 on April 8 to 01:26 on April 9, an attack was recorded using eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). All drones were intercepted and destroyed by air defense forces (AD), which made it possible to avoid damage to infrastructure and maintain the stability of the gas pipeline.

The Korenovskaya compressor station plays a key role in the operation of the Turkish Stream, a gas pipeline that transports Russian gas across the Black Sea to Turkey and further to countries in Southern and Central Europe. According to the Defense Ministry, the attack was aimed at undermining the energy infrastructure, which could have led to interruptions in gas supplies. However, the prompt work of the air defense prevented the threat and the station continued to operate normally. The Defense Ministry emphasized that such actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces are considered an attempt to inflict economic damage on Russia and its partners dependent on gas supplies.

The incident was part of a wider wave of attacks on Russian regions. That same night, the Defense Ministry reported, 67 UAVs were shot down over the Krasnodar region, making the region one of the most vulnerable due to its strategic importance. Turkish Stream, launched in 2020, remains an important route for gas exports, especially after transit through Ukraine ceased in early 2025. According to the pipeline operator, 2024 billion cubic meters of gas were delivered through it in 15,8, up 23% from the previous year.

https://southfront.press/looking-for...ure-in-russia/

vicus comment:

Ukros are now behaving like hysterical slapped bitches they are :chuckle:

Fragile Agreements Can Not Stop Escalation In Ukraine

Despite the ongoing Russian and US efforts to deescalate the hostilities, the conflict in Ukraine is still marked by massive drone and missile attacks. The night of April 9, witnessed some of the most extensive cross-border strikes in recent months, with both sides reporting substantial interceptions and damages.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian forces launched 158 aircraft-type UAVs across 11 regions. Russian air defenses reportedly intercepted and destroyed all of them, preventing any significant damage. The majority targeted the southern and western regions, as well as Crimea, along with maritime zones in the Azov and Black Seas. Notably, Ukrainian drones penetrated deep into Russian territory, for the first time reaching the Orenburg region – approximately 1,300 km from the frontline – where four UAVs were shot down. In Rostov region, Ukrainian drones reportedly targeted a power substation in Novocherkassk, which is another violation of moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure.

On the other hand, Russian forces conducted another large-scale drone attack on Ukrainian territory, launching 55 Geran-type attack drones and decoys from multiple directions. Ukrainian air defense forces claimed success in intercepting 32 of the incoming drones, primarily in northern and eastern regions. The Russian strikes targeted military logistics and production facilities across several key locations.

In Kharkiv, precision strikes hit a military base with storage sites containing medical supplies and field hospital equipment. The strikes were followed by an attack on the local ASAL confectionery factory – repurposed as a military logistics center in the war-torn city.

The city of Dnipro came under simultaneous strikes on a logistics hub and the steel plant, where Western-supplied armored vehicles were undergoing repairs, resulting in major fires across the industrial complex. An aviation sports club turned into a military maintenance site was struck in Apostolovo, where two civilian aircraft and support vehicles were destroyed.

A devastating strike destroyed a suspected Ukrainian Special Forces position hidden near the residential areas in Kramatorsk.

These developments unfolded against the backdrop of a crumbling “energy truce”. Ukraine has consistently violated this agreement with daily strikes on Russian energy facilities. While the Russian military is probably preparing to take revenge after the end of the truce in ten days.

The conflict shows no signs of de-escalation, revealing the fragility of temporary agreements with the Kiev regime. Amid the significant geopolitical shifts around the conflict, Moscow and Washington are set to meet again for negotiations on April 10, while the United States is officially curtailing its presence in Rzeszow, a key logistics hub for supplying Ukraine in Poland, coupled with plans to halve its military presence in Eastern Europe.

https://southfront.press/fragile-agr...op-escalation/

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Stupidity of Intergalactic Proportions

Russian 🇷🇺 cosmonaut Alexey Zubritsky—who just arrived at the International Space Station 🚀 as part of a Russian-US crew—was CHARGED WITH TREASON AND FOUND “GUILTY” by Ukraine 🇺🇦 in absentia.

Not only is he “guilty” of treason, but also of being a deserter and evading the glorious duty of serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The in-absentia prison sentence is 15 years. 🤦🏻‍♀️

You see, the cosmonaut was born in Zaporozhye, graduated from a flight school in Kharkov, and served in Crimea until Crimea became part of Russia. Starting in March 2014, Zubritzky began serving in Russia’s Armed Forces and was accepted to be a test cosmonaut in 2018. Seven years of training later, and he’s at the ISS.

Russia sends people into space, while post-Maidan Ukraine rains on their parade with such a ridiculous prosecution of a man with Russian citizenship who’s lived in Russia for 11 years. Maybe try something constructive for once?

https://x.com/NinaByzantina/status/1910023274937082078

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1909861943168409904

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Russian territory in Kursk region

9 April 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralize AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.

During offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanized brigade, one tank brigade, three air assault brigades, and one territorial defense 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, two 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 tanks,
▫️ 331 infantry fighting vehicles,
▫️ 300 armored personnel carriers,
▫️ 2,260 armored fighting vehicles,
▫️ 2,652 motor vehicles,
▫️ 597 artillery guns,
▫️ 53 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA,
▫️ 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles,
▫️ 123 EW stations,
▫️ 18 counter-battery warfare radars, ten air defence radars,
▫️ 56 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 neutralize the AFU units is in progress.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/1910028137104031855

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russian Defense Ministry on progress of special military operation

9 April 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two mechanized brigades, one assault brigade, one air assault brigade, one coastal defense brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and four territorial defense brigades close to Krasnopolye, Petrushevka, Stepok, Turya, Okop, Ugroyedy, Miropolskoye, and Prokhody (Sumy region).

In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one mechanized brigade, two motorized infantry brigades, one air defense regiment of the AFU, one territorial defense brigade close to Petrovka, Kovali, Volchansk, Zolochev (Kharkov region), and Kharkov.

▪️The AFU losses were up to 120 troops, two armored fighting vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, two motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.

The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mechanized brigade of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades near Kirovsk, Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic), Dvurechanskoye (Kharkov region), Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.

▪️The AFU losses were more than 200 troops, one Polish-made Dzik armored fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and four artillery guns, including three Western-made ones. One ammunition depot was destroyed.

The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of three mechanized brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defense brigade near Grigorovka, Tarasovka, Zarya, Pleshcheyevka, and Kleban-Byk (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️The AFU losses were up to 300 troops, seven armored fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and two electronic warfare stations. One materiel depot was destroyed.

The Tsentr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops launched attacks on manpower and hardware of two mechanized brigades, one assault brigade, one jaeger brigade, two UAV brigades, one assault regiment, one UAV regiment, and one marine brigade near Lenina, Kotlino, Zeleny Kut, Yelizavetovka, Zverevo, Kotlyarovka, Udachnoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Bogdanovka, Muravka, Novosergeyevka, and Petrovskogo (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️The AFU losses were up to 435 troops, four motor vehicles, four artillery guns as well as U.S.-made: one M113 armored personnel carrier, two HMMWV armored fighting vehicles, and one MaxxPro armored vehicle.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defenses. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of two mechanized brigades, one air assault brigade, and one jaeger brigade of the AFU near Shevchenko, Otradnoye, Poddubnoye, Bogatyr, and Karla Marksa (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️The AFU losses were up to 150 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, two field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.

The Dnepr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit formations of one mountain assault brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the AFU, and one territorial defense brigade near Ponyatovka, Dneprovskoye (Kherson region), Novopavlovka, Kamenskoye, and Blagoveshchenskoye (Zaporozhye region).

▪️The AFU losses were over 90 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carrier, two armored fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, three artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, one counter-battery radar station, and two ammunition depots.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial 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 defense 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.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/1910027714456695085

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xo4avzTgbWE

Ukraine Suffered Complete Defeat in Belgorod Region | Russian Toretsk Breakthrough 8 hours ago

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ Ukraine must mobilize 30 thousand people monthly — Syrsky

▪️About 6 million men did not update their data in the TCC, avoiding mobilization, the Ukrainian commander-in-chief said.
▪️He proposed introducing large-scale digitalization in order to track all citizens and know their exact location.
▪️Ukraine has begun to receive less aid from the United States, accepting support primarily from European countries, he complained.
▪️Syrsky is also concerned about the upcoming Russian-Belarusian exercises "Zapad 2025" in the fall.
http://t.me/RVvoenkor

https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1909917206047048045

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🇪🇪🇺🇦Estonia to purchase €100 million in military aid for Ukraine from local industry

The republic's Minister of Defense, Hanno Pevkur, has just returned from a business trip during which he advertised 30 defense companies to Kyiv.

True, according to the minister, Estonia can only boast of drones and reconnaissance.

As Pevkur stated, there is something to strive for. However, he is very inspired by the cooperation with Ukrainian colleagues, who presented local military-industrial complex companies at the meeting.

BALTNEWS

https://x.com/dana916/status/1909919524343906567

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🇪🇪⚔️🇷🇺Estonian President Proclaims Law to Deny Voting Rights to Russians

Alar Karis signed a law amending the Constitution, according to which third-country nationals living in Estonia, and from the next elections also stateless persons, will be deprived of the right to vote in local elections.

https://x.com/dana916/status/1909918801317003350

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🇪🇪 Estonian MPs May Ban Tik Tok

The reason for the discussion in parliament was a report by the Department of State Information Systems (RIA).

The document outlines threats in the field of cybersecurity, the main one of which is Chinese technologies, which could potentially give Chinese intelligence access to the personal data of Estonians.

Until recently, Estonia refused to ban Tik Tok, and instead wanted to "cultivate critical thinking in young people." Apparently, the path of banning turned out to be easier and cheaper.

BALTNEWS

https://x.com/dana916/status/1909918637705552303

Earlier, Estonian centrists expressed their readiness to appeal to the State Court due to the abolition of voting rights for part of the country's population.

BALTNEWS

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🇺🇸⚔️🇪🇪🇱🇹❗️ Lithuania and Estonia will suffer the most from US tariffs among the Baltic countries

Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia are dependent on exports to the US to different degrees. The US share of Lithuania’s small exports outside the EU amounts to 15.2%, while Latvia is less oriented towards the US market (9.2%).

BALTNEWS

https://x.com/dana916/status/1909919285377376610

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"TCC volunteers" appeared in Ukraine

One of them is terrorizing residents of Marganets. According to local public channels, in the video one of them has grabbed a bus passenger and is threatening him with a summons.

They write that the civilian "volunteer" drags men to the TCC for money, while he himself "got out" of service by registering three children in his name.

@ukr_leaks_eng


https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1909953983474520105

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To attract 6 million Ukrainians who haven’t updated their TCC data to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, full digitalization is required.

"When the process is digitized, we’ll know all our citizens and their locations," said Commander-in-Chief Syrsky.

He aims to create a comprehensive digital system to track every draft-age man, targeting 30,000 new mobilized individuals monthly.

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1909953790779736547

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue targeting civilians in the Kherson region with drones.

This morning in Nova Kakhovka, two ambulances were damaged—windshields and side windows shattered. Fortunately, no one was injured, Governor Saldo reported.

🔘In Radensk, a shelling ignited an outbuilding. Rescuers couldn’t start extinguishing it due to enemy UAV activity.

🔘In Tavrichanka, an administrative building was hit, with fire spreading over 100 sq. m. Rescuers put it out.

🔘In Novaya Kakhovka, an EMERCOM truck unloading humanitarian aid came under fire. The body and driver’s cabin were damaged.

- ukraine_watch

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1909952832117109044

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1909991793694769449

https://tass.com/society/1941071?utm...m_social_share

International Public Tribunal confirms Kiev regime’s killings of civilians in Kursk Region

According to Chairman of the International Public Tribunal Maxim Grigoryev, residents of the Kursk region described numerous Ukrainian war crimes, and only a small part of them are mentioned in the report

MOSCOW, April 9. /TASS/. The International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis and Their Accomplices has confirmed that the Ukrainian army has been systematically executing civilians in Russia’s bordering Kursk Region, according to a report prepared by the tribunal.

The report was presented by Chairman of the International Public Tribunal Maxim Grigoryev, who is also a member of the Russian Civic Chamber.

"This report is about the atrocities committed by the Kiev regime in the Kursk Region. My colleagues at the International Public Tribunal, our staff - we worked in the Kursk Region, visited settlements immediately after they had been liberated by the Russian forces and, as always, collected and recorded the testimonies of the affected people and witnesses," Grigoryev said.

According to him, residents of the Kursk region described numerous Ukrainian war crimes, and only a small part of them are mentioned in the report. In particular, the surveyed residents pointed to the Kiev regime’s numerous murders of civilians by shooting them and widespread looting.

"The data we have obtained clearly reveal the Kiev regime’s systematic killings of Kursk region’s civilians, including women and the elderly, murders carried out using firearms, UAVs, kamikaze drones, explosive devices, as well as the deliberate destruction of churches, hospitals, homes of civilians, and other civilian infrastructure," Grigoryev added.

The report’s presentation was attended by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretariat Yury Shuvalov, Chairman of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Valery Fadeyev, Russian State Duma Defense Committee Chairman Andrey Kartapolov, Alexander Brod, a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1909976430017929312

https://tass.com/politics/1941039?ut...m_social_share

Russia determined to discuss return of diplomatic property with US — ambassador

Alexander Darchiev underlined that it is "of critical importance for the restoration of normalcy in the entire bilateral relationship"

ISTANBUL, April 9. /TASS/. Russia is prepared for a serious discussion with the United States regarding the return of diplomatic property wrongfully confiscated by Washington, Ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev told Russian reporters ahead of the Russian-US consultations set to take place in Istanbul on April 10.

"We will also have an in-depth discussion about the return of illegally seized diplomatic property to the Russian side, which is of critical importance for the restoration of normalcy in the entire bilateral relationship," Darchiev said. According to the diplomat, the next round of Russian-US expert consultations is being held "in line with the directives of the Russian and US presidents to their foreign ministries to restore the operations of the diplomatic missions of the two countries."

"This is about addressing the 'toxic legacy' of the previous US administration, which imposed severe restrictions on the activities of Russian diplomatic missions in the United States, including limitations on diplomats' movement within the host country, financial and visa restrictions, and severely diminished interstate relations," the ambassador emphasized.

"Certainly, such aggressive actions, which included the outright seizure of six diplomatic properties belonging to Russia, did not go without a response," Darchiev noted. As a result, according to him, "a complex web of problems has been created, which is now being untangled through joint efforts by the Russian and American delegations."

The Russian Foreign Ministry previously announced that the Russian delegation at the April 10 consultations in Istanbul will be led by the ambassador to Washington, while the US delegation will be headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Sonata Coulter.

The last Russian-US consultations took place on February 27 in Istanbul at the residence of the US Consul General and lasted for over six hours. As the Russian Foreign Ministry stated in a release following the meeting, the talks were conducted in a "substantive and businesslike manner." The Foreign Ministry added that it was agreed to continue the dialogue through this channel.

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"Thank you everyone! I am going to see my children."

Evgenia Gutsul, leader of Moldova's Gagauzia region, hugs supporters outside the courtroom after being released from jail.

She has been placed under house arrest, but has vowed to continue fighting politically-motivated campaign financing charges against her.

https://x.com/M_Simonyan/status/1910003844123349067

Oleksandr Dubinskyi with another update here, and a little more information from the inside, as it were:

BREAKING: yesterday, at Zelensky's request, Google's European office deleted my personal YouTube channel, which I created in November 2022.

It had 75,000 subscribers and millions of views - thousands of Ukrainians who don’t watch Zelensky’s TV marathon tuned in to me daily.

The channel was removed without warning, explanation, or right to appeal. Just as
@VP
Vance described Europe’s censorship - terrified of its own citizens’ voices like the devil fears holy water.

On my YouTube, I exposed Biden’s corruption with Burisma, Zelensky’s corruption, and the theft of American aid by Zelensky’s office - specifically, the embezzlement of $550 million through the shell company "Lehmar."
I spoke about the SBU concentration camp set up by SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk in central Kyiv in 2022, where they tortured American blogger Gonzalo Lira and Ukrainian citizens. Over 300 people passed through that camp, a fact documented by the UN Human Rights Office.
Zelensky instead of targeting those who created it, is fighting me - the one speaking about it.

🇺🇸 I believe YouTube’s U.S. owners need to know that in Europe, Google accounts are being deleted for those exposing the torture of American citizens in Ukrainian prisons, Zelensky’s power grab, and his kleptocracy.

The deletion of my YouTube is part of a systematic campaign against me by globalists since 2021.
Back then, after false OFAC sanctions imposed by Steven Mnuchin at Blinken’s and USAID’s behest, my YouTube channel with 300,000 subscribers was deleted also.

In November 2023, as an opposition politician and Parliament deputy, I was thrown in prison for exposing the truth - about the Bidens’ corruption, Burisma, the war, corruption, and Soros’s influence. Yet even from pretrial detention, I found ways to keep speaking.

For videos on my YouTube exposing how Zelensky fabricated a fake Russian interference narrative in Trump’s campaign, I was beaten twice in prison in 2023, threatened, and told to shut up. They failed.

Over 16 months in detention, I’ve shown how my trials unfold, the lawlessness Zelensky perpetrates.

As a deputy, I’ve highlighted my work.
Despite being jailed, my voice rang loud - and it deeply bothered Zelensky, Malyuk (SBU head), Oleg Tatarov, and Andriy Yermak (Zelensky deputies and executives).

A month ago, they lost it completely, kidnepped my lawyers who helped me to be public. But it didn’t help also - videos of me being dragged from courtroom by 15 armed soldiers in vests, just for my speaking, were seen by millions on my YouTube and TikTok.

Then Zelensky, with Soros’s cronies, had both my YouTube and TikTok deleted within a month.

My channel broke no community guidelines or rules.
I didn’t monetize it - Mnuchin’s sanctions forbade that.

I’m certain this wasn’t a decision by Google’s U.S. office @Google or Youtube US office @nealmohan

This is the work of Ukrainian and European offices of Google, long engaged in silencing dissent - I’m not the first they’ve gagged this way. They deleted YouTube by opposition blogger @oleshkomyroslav

I remain the only Rada deputy in Ukraine openly advocating for peace. My voice grows louder despite prison, threats, and bans.

I know people from White House read me here on X.
I’m asking for help from those who defend free speech - politicians, journalists, human rights advocates.

Help me get this message to Google’s U.S. leadership.

Tag those who can influence the European office’s unjust decision, share this text, spread it.

This isn’t just about me - it’s about millions of Ukrainians who want the truth.