WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦📶 Servicemen of Yug Group of Forces develop UAV suppression system

The antenna module, assembled by soldiers of the 110th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps, creates an invisible dome around itself to protect troops from enemy FPV drones. The operator's video communication and drone control systems were successfully suppressed during the test.

The UAV operators of the training centre acted as a mock enemy, and changed the signal frequency in the field conditions during the test.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/1775232837643321689

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Jaak (here)
I wonder how these drone-planes managed to fly so deep into Russia without being detected.

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I'd be interested to see corroboration. I've heard nothing about this, but I've been out all day, so perhaps it's been reported by others.

I looked at visegrad24's Twitter profile. Here it is. Whoever this is is blatantly pro-Ukraine and pro-Israel, posting propaganda with little regard (as best I can see) for facts.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦By direct fire: tankmen from Primorye wipe out AFU stronghold

The T-80BVM tanks of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the Vostok Group of Forces from Primorye eliminated an AFU stronghold that was preventing the assault units from advancing in South Donetsk direction.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/1775232715106717953

[Ravenlocke]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Jaak (here)
I wonder how these drone-planes managed to fly so deep into Russia without being detected.

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I'd be interested to see corroboration. I've heard nothing about this, but I've been out all day, so perhaps it's been reported by others.

I looked at visegrad24's Twitter profile. Here it is. Whoever this is is blatantly pro-Ukraine and pro-Israel, posting propaganda with little regard (as best I can see) for facts.

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Five people were injured during a Ukrainian drone strike on a dormitory of a polytechnic college in Alabuga.

I told you to prepare for more mindless terror from Ukraine.

“They could never have been apart of the Moscow attack”.

*Proceeds to fly what looks like a A-22 in a collage dorm*

https://x.com/squatsons/status/1775041980008968418

https://x.com/squatsons/status/1775046067727515958

https://x.com/Faltmarskalken/status/1775043933296349648

https://x.com/squatsons/status/1775044917238399095

https://x.com/conflict_live/status/1775044967297438024

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[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
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Five people were injured during a Ukrainian drone strike on a dormitory of a polytechnic college in Alabuga.

I told you to prepare for more mindless terror from Ukraine.

Thanks! I'll wait for Alexander Mercouris' daily report tomorrow to learn exactly what happened.

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❗️Three drones attacked various objects on the territory of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, a representative of the emergencies services told Sputnik.

▪️Six people were injured in a drone attack on the Alabuga special economic zone, the authorities said. The health of the victims is not in danger, three of them have been hospitalized.

▪️The drone attack in Tatarstan was carried out on enterprises in the cities of Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk, the technological process was not disrupted, the authorities said.

▪️Two drones have hit a dormitory in the special economic zone "Alabuga" in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, leaving six people injured, the special economic zone said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775060261864439963

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Kazakhstan denies allegations of drone launch from its territory to attack Russia's Tatarstan

“The information disseminated in some Telegram channels that the drones that allegedly attacked the objects of the Republic of Tatarstan were launched from the territory of Kazakhstan is not true,” the country's Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775201561481785380

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Ukraine openly admits to fueling ethnic tensions in Russia after Crocus terror attack

Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), disclosed to The Times that the center is exploiting the attack to stoke ethnic divisions in Russia.

The CCD infiltrated Russian social media and Telegram chats, amplifying sympathy for the terrorists, pitting ethnic groups against Russian police, and inciting hatred against national minorities.

The CCD has about 50 full-time analysts and is subordinated to the National Security and Defense Council, the body supervising Ukraine's security services.

Russian Investigative Committee has found that the terrorists responsible for the Crocus City Hall shooting were apparently funded by Ukrainian masterminds. The Russian Foreign Ministry alleges that Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) head Vasyl Malyuk could be involved in the terror attacks against Russia.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned against provoking an increase in ethnic enmity and Islamophobia in Russia: "It is unacceptable, I want to emphasize this, to use recent tragic events to provoke national hatred, xenophobia, Islamophobia and so on," he said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775234644465660165

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Vladimir Putin said Serbian movie director Emir Kusturica's assessments regarding events in Ukraine coincide with his own.

"Your assessments of today, including the tragic events in Ukraine, fully coincide with mine. That's how it is. What happened in Serbia and what is happening now between Russia and Ukraine, the glorification, the elevation of fascist elements from the past, giving them new life in the present, are certainly very similar phenomena," Putin said at a meeting with Kusturica on Tuesday.

Kusturica, in turn, thanked the president for restoring historical justice.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775225620558938557

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Why Chasov Yar is the key to liberating the Donetsk People's Republic

"The one who controls Chasov Yar receives a very serious advantage in the entire surrounding area," Sergey Poletaev, a political and military analyst, told Sputnik. "It is a defense hub [for the Ukrainian military]. Whoever controls it actually controls everything – the entire defense in the northern part of the Donetsk People's Republic."

Chasov Yar is located on a hill seven kilometers west of Artemovsk (also known as Bakhmut) which was liberated by Russia in May 2023. The city's geographical position makes it important from a strategic standpoint, as it overlooks the surrounding area for many miles.

The Russian military is now less than a mile from the city, adviser to the head of the DPR Igor Kimakovsky told Sputnik on April 2. As the Russian forces are getting closer to Chasov Yar, taking the main roads running into the city under their control, the importance of the settlement as a Ukrainian military hub is fading, according to Kimakovsky.

Presently, the so-called Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration – an elongated, almost continuous line of cities – remains under the control of Ukraine, Poletaev noted. This chain of cities has been Ukraine's main defense line in Donbass since 2014.

"Accordingly, in order to liberate Donbass, we need to take it," the military analyst said. "This is a very serious operation. With the exception of the February 2022 op, we have not yet carried out strategic operations of that scale. Thus, it is necessary to create conditions for accomplishing this task. One of these conditions will be the liberation of Chasov Yar."

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775221948332622122

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https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1775093631407313244

https://tass.com/politics/1769031?ut...m_social_share


FACTBOX: What we know about Ukrainian drone attack against facilities in Tatarstan

According to the reports, the attack on the hostel injured seven people, including two 17-year-old minors

MOSCOW, April 2. /TASS/. Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacked facilities in Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan in the Volga area. According to the latest data, seven individuals, including two minors, were injured in the attack.

This is the first attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities on the territory of Tatarstan.

TASS has gathered key facts about the Ukrainian drone attack.

How it happened

- Two UAVs attacked a hostel building in the Alabuga special economic zone at 5:45 a.m., the press office of the special economic zone reported. The drones "were outfitted with NATO equipment," the press office said in a statement.

- Another drone attempted to attack an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk located at a distance of about 1,200 km from the border with Ukraine. As the local authorities reported, the UAV was neutralized by an electronic warfare system and did not explode.

Casualties and consequences

- The attack on the hostel injured seven people, including two 17-year-old minors. All of them, as the unified operations control service told TASS, were students of the Alabuga Polytech educational center.

- According to available information, all the injured persons sustained mild or moderate injuries. Reports said that three people had been hospitalized and "are undergoing a medical examination."

- No one was injured in the drone attack on the Nizhnekamsk refinery. Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsk District Head Ramil Mullin told TASS that "no damage was incurred."

- The press office of Tatarstan Head Rustam Minnikhanov also said that the technological process at the enterprises attacked by the drones was not disrupted.

Similar cases

- The Ukrainian military regularly attempts to attack facilities on Russian soil with UAVs, in particular, in the regions located at a large distance from the border with Ukraine.

- Last month alone, the Kiev regime attempted attacks at facilities in the Nizhny Novgorod Region (March 1 and 12), St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region (March 2 and 12), the Ryazan Region (March 13), the Samara Region (March 16 and 23), the Yaroslavl Region (March 17 and 31), the Moscow Region (March 17) and the Saratov Region (March 20). The Ukrainian military also shells borderline Russian regions and regions located close to the engagement line.

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https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1775096666032312348

https://tass.com/defense/1769003?utm...m_social_share

FSB nabs smugglers secreting explosives hidden in Orthodox icons from Ukraine into Russia

Without disclosing their identities or specific roles, the FSB pledged that all of the perpetrators of and accomplices to the crime, including foreign nationals, would be declared wanted and would be vigorously prosecuted under Russian law

MOSCOW, April 2. /TASS/. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has apprehended, jointly with the Federal Customs Service, a group of smugglers who had been carrying explosives hidden inside Orthodox icons and liturgical utensils from Ukraine into Russia, the FSB press service told TASS.

"In the process of inspecting a vehicle at the Ubylinka international automobile checkpoint (near the Latvian-Russian border in the Pskov Region - TASS), FSB officers uncovered foreign-made explosives that had been hidden inside a consignment of Orthodox icons and liturgical utensils and were being smuggled from Ukraine into Russia," the FSB said.

As many as 27 ready-to-use improvised explosive devices disguised as icons, 70 kg of a factory-made high-power plastic explosive, 91 electric detonators, and components for an RPG-7 rocket launcher were confiscated from a cargo shipment originating in Ukraine that had passed through Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia en route to Russia.

Without disclosing their identities or specific roles, the FSB pledged that all of the perpetrators of and accomplices to the crime, including foreign nationals, would be declared wanted and would be vigorously prosecuted under Russian law.

Meanwhile, the driver of the inspected vehicle said the bill of lading for the shipment showed a final delivery address in Moscow.

"When I arrived in <…> Romania for loading, at the warehouse I looked at the cargo. It consisted of liturgical utensils and icons. And then I headed for Russia, to Moscow, where the cargo was to be offloaded," he said in a video released by the FSB.

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https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1774854308728611036

https://tass.com/society/1768847?utm...m_social_share


Moscow court arrests tenth suspect in Crocus City Hall attack

According to investigators, a few days before the terrorist attack, the defendant transferred money from his card to his accomplice in order to provide accommodation to the future attackers
MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. Moscow’s Basmanny District court has arrested a tenth suspect in the Crocus City Hall attack, Tajik citizen Yakubdzhoni Yusufzoda, a TASS correspondent reports from the courtroom.

"The court hereby upholds the request by the Investigative Commisttee’s investigator that Yusufzoda should be taken into custody until May 22," Judge Natalia Dudar said.

According to investigators, a few days before the terrorist attack, the defendant transferred money from his card to his accomplice in order to provide accommodation to the future attackers. Some money was sent to one of the perpetrators after the attack. Yusufzoda is charged under paragraph (b), Article 205.3 of the Russian Criminal Code ("An Act of Terrorism Conducted by a Group of Person, Resulting in Human Death"). If found guilty, he faces life in prison.

So far, investigators have brought charges against ten defendants in the case.

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https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1774869406935380266

https://tass.com/politics/1768803?ut...m_social_share


Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s Belgorod injures nine civilians

One man is in serious condition
TASS, April 1. Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s Belgorod injured nine civilians and damaged three residential buildings, eight apartment houses and a school, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel.

"According to preliminary information, nine people were injured. One man is in serious condition: he has a penetrating wound in the chest and a penetrating wound in the foot. His daughter has barotrauma. Both victims were taken by ambulance to the regional hospital, where doctors are providing them with all necessary medical care. Seven people - six men and one woman - with shrapnel wounds in various parts of the body and barotrauma were taken to the city hospital. All of them are receiving qualified medical care," the head of the region wrote.

"In Belgorod, as a result of a Ukrainian airstrike, windows were blown out in 13 apartments of eight apartment buildings, three private residences were damaged. In a school, the facade of the building was severely damaged: tiles and about 20 windows were broken," the regional head said.

According to him, three cars were also damaged in Belgorod, one of which was completely burned.

Earlier, the governor reported that the Russian air defense system had shot down 17 air targets approaching the city. There are also consequences after the attack was repelled in the Belgorod district. "In the settlement of Dubovoye and in the village of Tavrovo, two private houses each were damaged. In the village of Novosadovy, the roof of a car was hit by shrapnel. In the village of Maysky, the windows of a private house were broken," Gladkov said, pointing out that operational services were working on the spot. Information on the consequences of the shelling is being clarified.

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Remembering Vladlen Tatarksy: A victim of the Ukrainian regime

Exactly a year ago, Russian war correspondent Vladlen Tatarksy was killed in a blast at a St. Petersburg café.

The 40-year-old was a well-known former military commander and a war correspondent with hundreds of thousands of followers on Russian social media.

Tatarksy fell victim to a terrorist attack involving an improvised explosive device brought to the public space by Daria Trepova, who was later charged with 27 years in prison.

Upon thorough investigation, Russia’s Investigative Committee concluded that Trepova was recruited by Ukrainian services and committed the act on their orders.

Tatarsky’s murder is on the list of Ukraine’s terrorist attacks against Russian infrastructure and public figures, also including the murder of writer and journalist Oles Buzina, political analyst and publicist Darya Dugina, journalist Gonzalo Lira, and the assassination attempt against writer Zakhar Prilepin.

A Donetsk native, Tatarksy joined the Donbass People's Militia in the wake of the Maidan coup in 2014 and Kiev authorities’ violence against the sovereignty-seeking people of Donetsk and Lugansk.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775220865489158393

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Russian Army Advances, Conducting Maneuvers to Encircle Novomykhailivka

▪️ In the southern Donetsk direction, Russian forces are attacking in the fields south of the settlement and on the dachas (country houses) to the north. They are conducting operations to encircle the important flank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomykhailivka's coal mining area. This is reported by both enemy military analysts:

▪️ "Russians have taken control of some trenches southeast of Novomykhailivka. ❗️ Likely, they aim to advance towards Kostiantynivka while simultaneously encircling Novomykhailivka from the south."

▪️ North of Novomykhailivka, Russian Armed Forces with armored vehicles are attacking in the area of the cottage settlement "Mashinobudivnyk" (Machine Builder).

▪️ The settlement is almost half under the control of Russian forces.

[source: RVvoenkor]

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1775231627972448431

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❗️Zelensky signed a law abolishing the category of “limitedly fit” for military personnel

Now in Ukraine there will be only two categories: “fit” or “not fit.” Those who are currently “limitedly fit” must undergo a new medical examination within nine months to receive a new category.

@ukr_leaks_eng

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1775219376909697385

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https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1775153275911750040

https://tass.com/defense/1769271?utm...m_social_share


Admiral Moiseyev appointed as Russian Navy’s new chief — defense minister

Moiseyev was the Northern Fleet commander from 2019 and has now replaced Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov

MOSCOW, April 2. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to appoint Admiral Alexander Moiseyev as the Navy commander-in-chief, Vice Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov as the Northern Fleet commander and Vice Admiral Sergey Pinchuk as the Black Sea Fleet commander, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday.

"Colleagues, I congratulate you! You assume the huge responsibility that you now shoulder. I hope that you will cope with the tasks you have been assigned by the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry and, of course, the country," the ministry quoted Shoigu as saying during a conference call with military commanders.

Moiseyev was the Northern Fleet commander from 2019 and has now replaced Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov. Earlier, he was the Black Sea Fleet commander and deputy chief of the Russian General Staff.

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🇷🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦Russian Humanitarian Mission delivered 5 tons of humanitarian aid to Avdeevka, aid was collected in Belarus

❕Over the past two years, Avdeevka has remained one of the hottest spots in the armed conflict zone. Today, the city, just 10 kilometers from Donetsk, the fierce battles for which ended just over a month ago, has been almost completely turned into ruins.

During this time, the population of 30 thousand was reduced to a thousand people. For almost two years, civilians hid in basements, literally surviving in complete isolation.

Now Avdeevka has about 800 residents. The team of the Russian Humanitarian Mission promptly delivered 5 tons of aid for them: 200 humanitarian boxes, sleeping bags, necessary baby supplies, and most importantly, an electric generator. Now a “public outlet” will be installed here, which can be used by more than 100 people.

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https://x.com/dana916/status/1775303579303133254

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❗️Three drones attacked various objects on the territory of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, a representative of the emergencies services told Sputnik.

▪️Six people were injured in a drone attack on the Alabuga special economic zone, the authorities said. The health of the victims is not in danger, three of them have been hospitalized.

▪️The drone attack in Tatarstan was carried out on enterprises in the cities of Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk, the technological process was not disrupted, the authorities said.

▪️Two drones have hit a dormitory in the special economic zone "Alabuga" in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, leaving six people injured, the special economic zone said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775060261864439963

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Kazakhstan denies allegations of drone launch from its territory to attack Russia's Tatarstan

“The information disseminated in some Telegram channels that the drones that allegedly attacked the objects of the Republic of Tatarstan were launched from the territory of Kazakhstan is not true,” the country's Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1775201561481785380

HIGHLY unlikely that these "launches" came from Kazakhstan. That's the territory where Russia periodically launch their Soyuz rockets with satellites, from a cosmodrome there. Similarly I'd imagine they certainly weren't launched from Ukrainian territory given the distances involved. Guess we'll find out more in the passage of time..

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Ukraine targets RT chief with criminal probe

RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2024


RT editor in chief Margarita Simonyan

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has expanded its investigation against RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.

The agency has announced that it suspects Simonyan of several criminal offenses under Ukrainian law. She was described in a Monday statement as a "propagandist" who has been furthering "Russian narratives" via social media and during interviews.

The list of offenses attributed to the journalist cites alleged includes crimes against the Ukrainian state, including "propaganda of war," the general infringement of its sovereignty, and the specific "denial of armed aggression by Russia." A Ukrainian court ordered Simonyan's arrest for suspected violations against its territorial integrity in March 2022.

The SBU has also claimed it has documented "public calls for mass killings of Ukrainian children in December 2023," by Simonyan, but did not say which particular remarks it was referring to.

"Since this malicious actor is hiding from justice on the territory of Russia, complex measures remain underway to hold her accountable," the message stressed.


Reacting to the announcement, Simonyan said that Kiev apparently intended to achieve two things.

"One is to block my ability to travel around the world, believing that I will suffer from this. They believe that everyone who supports Putin does not leave the French Riviera. I've got bad news for them - the only riviera which I would be upset about not being able to visit is my native Krasnodar Region," RT's editor-in-chief said.

"Secondly, they are seeing a narrative in case they do kill me, which they have tried to do several times already," added Simonyan. "It doesn't seem nice to go after a journalist, and a mother of several children at that. But if you accuse her of supposedly calling for the deaths of children, that appears more palatable."


Comment: Further commenting on the announcement, Simonyan told RT:

"They are doing this because they are preparing to assassinate me - and not for the first time," Simonyan told reporters, reacting to the announcement. "They've tried twice before, it was all over the news; now they're preparing again."

Last July, Russian law enforcement reported thwarting a Ukrainian plot to assassinate Simonyan. The alleged criminal conspiracy involved a group of Russian neo-Nazis, who were offered $16,600 to kill her, according to investigators.

The SBU purportedly picked the individuals for the job after seeing videos of their attacks on foreign nationals, which they recorded and uploaded online. Their lawyer said the accused had confessed to the beatings, but had denied planning the hit.

The defendants claimed they had wanted to get paid for the murder in advance, but didn't get any money when they came to retrieve an assault rifle from a cache prepared by the organizers.

Last week, SBU head Vasily Malyuk was asked about several high-profile crimes committed on Russian soil against purported enemies of Ukraine, including murders and attempted murders. The official said the question was "directed to the right address, but we will not acknowledge that in any way." Malyuk, who is wanted for terrorism in Russia, proceeded to provide some details about the attacks.

https://www.sott.net/article/490312-...criminal-probe

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Admittedly this piece of video isn't really going to enhance our understanding of the war but it's a voyeuristic aside I suppose. If he's single then it's probably not so terrible but I'm a one woman kind of guy; this is just greedy! Presumably filmed on different days.

Anything for the ''war" effort

Source: https://t.me/Slavyangrad/93407

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TCC Head in Rivne Caught in Compromising Video Headed to 0

Chief military commissar of Rivne, Oleksandr Yarmoshevich has volunteered to go to 0 (frontline) after a scandal erupted due to video released earlier this week which shows the chief making out with four different women. The TCC made no statement regarding a potential abuse of power. The TCC has a great deal of authority in issuance of conscription notices, though speculation is that the abuse of power here relates to an inspection that was being conducted.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine did release a statement saying that it would make no "claims regarding the officer's performance of the assigned tasks within the scope of his official duties. However, we note that military personnel should not resolve personal issues at the workplace."

Despite the public outcry, the only investigation that appears to be imminent is how the cameras got there and who placed them. The Armed Forces reminded people the video was being spread "through the resources and with the direct support of the leaders of public opinion of the enemies. Therefore, we draw the attention of citizens to the need to observe information hygiene and more carefully check primary sources."

Yarmoshevich commented on "social media networks" about the video that the operation. "I would have been a briber, participated in various schemes, followed the lead of "certain officials", then I would have been in office for 15-20 years, like other heads of the TCC." Ground Forces command stated that the video was first released by Anatoly Shariy and spread among pro-Russian channels before making their way to Ukrainian channels.

Due to his decisions to volunteer for the frontline it's unlikely any further investigation will be conducted into who these women are and their motivations.

[Tintin]

Commentary of the Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov follows, below:

Two Years since the Staged Performance in Bucha

Two years ago Ukrainian media outlets began spreading the monstrous forgery aimed at accusing Russia of committing a massacre in the town of Bucha. However, the sequence of events both before and after this date suggests that Russia has had no role whatsoever in this eerie theatrical performance.

First of all, Russian troops left the town at the end of March as a gesture of good will, signaling progress in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul. Even local Ukrainian municipal authorities weren’t aware of supposed “piles of bodies” on the streets after the withdrawal of Russian forces.

The story only unravels when Ukrainian Security Forces arrived in Bucha – several days after Russians had left the area. Within hours, the joint Western/Ukrainian fake news factory blew up the supposed “Russian massacre” plot with unprecedented levels of brutality and clumsiness.

One cannot help but notice the same signature propaganda style as with the notorious British-Syrian “White Helmets”.

Suddenly, Russia was once again demonized for actions that it had not committed. Moscow was accused of shooting civilians en masse using firearms, but the results of an investigation published by the UK-based “The Guardian” indicated that the majority of deaths were as a result of anti-infantry shells used by Ukrainians.

Russian authorities attempted to call a meeting of the UN SC members on this matter, but it was blocked by the British representatives chairing the Council at that time.

Such behavior was indicative of British eagerness to undermine the progress in the Istanbul peace negotiations. London’s role in this disgusting theater appears even more suspicious if we take into account the swiftness of pre-determined sanctions and expulsions of Russian diplomats that followed the baseless accusations.

When the UN SC meeting eventually assembled, the majority of Member-States supported the idea of an independent investigation looking into the Bucha events. Our multiple inquiries to various international organizations, including to the UN Secretary General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, demanding a proper investigation and a comprehensive list of victims are without a response to this day.

If anything, such behavior suggests that the “collective West” continues to blindly cover up the Ukrainian involvement in this bloody affair, while Russia remains the scapegoat for all of its heinous crimes. One way or another, facts are stubborn things, and truth will eventually prevail.

Source: https://t.me/MFARussia/19735 (Russian MFA Telegram channel)

[Tintin]

A reminder

Statement by a Russian representative during the interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, UNHRC 55th Session (from Geneva, April 2nd, 2024)

❗ Statement by a Russian representative during the interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, UNHRC 55th Session:

📍 April 2, 2024, Geneva

❗️ The OHCHR bias regarding the situation of human rights in Ukraine cannot but cause indignation. Instead of providing an objective picture, the Office whitewashes Kiev, shifting the blame for its crimes onto Russia. The thousands of pages of materials we have submitted, documenting numerous Ukrainian violations, are being ignored.

🇺🇦 Systemic discrimination against national, linguistic and religious minorities, forced Ukrainization and de-Russification have become Ukraine’s calling card. Schoolchildren are prohibited from speaking in their native Russian language. Russian culture is being banned. The Ukrainian authorities are gradually destroying the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, arresting its priests and confiscating the Church's property.

🤐 Harsh censorship in Ukraine is being silenced. There is still no reaction to the "Mirotvorets" website, which publishes data on potential victims of the Ukrainian special services, including 300 children. The website cynically refers to those already deceased as “eliminated".

❌ The OHCHR fails to notice Kiev’s total ban on any opposition, repressions and extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, torture, cancellation of elections and usurpation of power by Zelenskiy. The OHCHR turns a blind eye to the rise of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, glorification of Hitler's accomplices in the country, as well as education of children in hatred towards members of other ethnic and language groups.

👉 We call on the High Commissioner and his Office to give a proper response to these and many other revolting actions of the Kiev authorities.

Source: https://t.me/infodefENGLAND/19493

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"Expired" Zelensky posters appear allegedly in Kiev.

His term legally finished on 31 March. Why is he still signing laws? Zelensky single-handedly extended his term, coz... democracy.

Source: https://t.me/inessas1992/6504

A good question, indeed.

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