WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: Can Ukraine and Gaza Be Saved?

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Residents of Chasov Yar Can't Be Evacuated, According to Ukrainian TG

As Russia approaches the outskirts of Chasov Yar from the east, the New Voice of Ukraine yesterday reported that 875 residents wouldn't leave the city. But NPR reported today the Mayor is still trying to keep the city running in a limited capacity.

Now, on the TG channel of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces a Ukrainian soldier tells of a plea from a man trying to get his family out of the city.

I was contacted by a man named Evgeniy, whose relatives are now in Chasov Yar. He told me one interesting thing: that his relatives could not evacuate from the city because the military would not let them out...

Evgeny...began writing to chats in nearby cities and towns with an appeal to help his loved ones leave the city. What is noteworthy is that Evgeniy’s message did not bother anyone; people simply sent him contacts of evacuation teams, etc...the enemy is approaching the city despite all the attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to contain it, and at the same time the military themselves are not letting people out of the city.

❗️If this story proves true, it could mark a return to Ukraine's earlier tactic of employing human shields to slow the advance of Russians forces.

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🇺🇦 ⚔️🇺🇦 Kiev citizens riot: whole forest will be destroyed for dead AFU fighters

Ukraine is facing an acute shortage of burial sites due to the high number of casualties among AFU militants. In Markhalevka, Kiev region, local authorities are planning to destroy about 260 hectares of forest to build a new cemetery.

In response, the people of Kiev went on a mass strike.

One of the women was outraged, adding that corruption is progressing in the government, while Western financial aid is being misused and squandered.

Economic support to Ukraine is not charity, it's an investment in our own security - Stoltenberg

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Russian paratroopers broke through to Chasov Yar!

- Continuing the offensive from Artyomovsk, the advanced units of the 98th Ivanovo Airborne Division broke through the Ukrainian defense lines near Chasov Yar and reached the outskirts of the city.

- Meanwhile, the 11th Brigade of the Airborne Troops has overcome the Ukrainian defenses and is approaching the city from the south.

- The AFU General Staff reports in a bulletin that Russian troops, supported by air support, conducted a series of attacks in the Chasov Yar area.

- Recall that by April 1, the Kostroma-based 331st Airborne Regiment came 650 meters closer to Chasov Yar, taking the AFU strongholds in the forest belt running from the eastern edge of the Lichnaya Forest to the Stupki-Golubovskie 2 preserve. The Russian fighters have since managed to break through to the city, covering the remaining distance.

- The Ukrainians are trying to halt the advance of Russian troops, actively using drones and cluster munitions, also trying to counterattack, fierce fighting is going on.

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One woman killed, 3 others wounded in enemy strike on Donetsk

- Women born in 1936, 1962 and 1969 were wounded of varying degrees of severity in the Kuibyshevsky district of the DNR capital, according to D. Pushilin.

- 2 residential houses in Donetsk and Gorlovka were damaged. 38 enemy shellings were recorded, 113 munitions were fired, 155 mm caliber artillery, including cluster-type artillery, and kamikaze UAVs were used.

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▪️The Czech Republic needs more money for shells for Ukraine

According to the head of the Czech Foreign Ministry Lipavsky, Prague has already collected money from about 20 countries. This is enough for 300 thousand ammunition, which is planned to be purchased outside the EU.

However, now “more money is needed” to buy another 500 thousand. This is because Russia, as it turns out, can produce “many more shells than Ukraine can spend on the battlefield.”

▪️Previously it was reported that Ukraine will receive 300 thousand ammunition by June.

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Russian strikes on military facilities in Kharkov region of Ukraine commented by underground coordinator Sergei Lebedev:

▪️ The strikes were carried out on Wednesday evening and Thursday night. One of the targets was the Merefyan Mechanical Plant, where the drones were manufactured and stored;

▪️ A train with Ukrainian military and equipment was unloading near the plant, it was also damaged;

▪️ Another target is a tank school, where some time ago foreign tanks with foreign instructors were brought in;

▪️ One of the strikes hit the local police department building: about 15 Ukrainian security forces were killed and more than 20 wounded;

▪️ The town of Lozovaya, which is a significant transport hub, was also hit, but details are still being clarified;

▪️ One Russian reconnaissance drone was shot down near Kholodnaya Gora in Kharkov, with debris falling on Ukrainian military positions and civilian buildings.

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Wow, what a creative sales manager!

🇵🇱 Duda has sent a letter to the leaders of NATO countries with a proposal to raise defense spending from 2 to 3% of GDP

The Polish president explained that this is a necessary step to confront Russia, writes Rzeczpospolita.

📝 "Russia is threatening, and unfortunately Russia is strengthening and expanding its military potential," he said.

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🇪🇺 Britain, France and northern European countries are already secretly preparing to send troops to Ukraine, according to State Department adviser Edward Luttwak.

According to the expert, NATO countries will soon have to send troops to Ukraine, otherwise the alliance will be forced to accept a "catastrophic defeat".

More news at the top of the hour:

▪️ The Ukrainian Energy Ministry has declared the shutdown of the Kharkov power plant;

▪️ Military aid to Ukraine will go from voluntary to mandatory, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said;

▪️ An Israeli citizen detained in Russia, who intended to join the AFU, was officially warned and expelled from the country, and his entry into Russia was closed.

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HersonVestnik reports:

⚡️We continue to receive reliable information about incidents with civilians from the territory of the right bank of the Kherson region temporarily occupied by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On 04/03/2024, the National Police of Ukraine received an anonymous message that at about 23:00 there was a robbery of the "Bravo" clothing store, located at Kherson, Ushakov Ave. 81. Cameras installed in the store recorded a group of people in military uniform clothes. The looters, being disguised, smashed shop windows and scattered clothes throughout the shopping area. Leaving the mess behind and taking branded items with them, the criminals fled in an unknown direction.

Militants from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the right bank of the Kherson region continue to rob and terrorize the local population of Kherson. Be vigilant and careful, warn your family and friends.

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It turns out that military registration and enlistment office employees cannot detain Ukrainian citizens on the streets

As Ukrainian Ombudsman Lubinets explained, only police officers have the right to stop people, check documents, make decisions, voice some legal demands.

Somewhere in his office, some military commissar in Ukraine has already kissed all the female employees and is laughing at the ombudsman’s statement.

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Important news for Thursday morning, April 4:

🔷 The Russian Armed Forces carried out active strikes with Geraniums on Kharkov and the Kharkov region at night.

🔷 Air defense forces repelled a UAV attack on the Tula and Belgorod regions.

🔷 The person involved in the case of smuggling foreign-made explosives and fuses in Orthodox icons and church utensils from Ukraine to Russia through the EU and NATO countries has been charged and arrested for 2 months, RIA Novosti source.

🔷 The Ukrainian crisis may go beyond its geographical boundaries as a result of adventurous actions even by one of the NATO countries, - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko.

🔷 More than nine thousand children from the Belgorod region left for other regions, - Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

🔷 Ministers of several NATO countries "rolled their eyes" when they learned about the idea of ​​​​creating a general fund to help Ukraine worth $100 billion, Politico newspaper reports.

🔷 American journalist Tucker Carlson said that zelensky ignored his requests for an interview. He also sent numerous interview requests to zelensky himself to explain his position but he ignored them. - FRWL reports



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🇺🇦 The Neutron Source nuclear research facility in Kharkov is de-energised

This is reported by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine. The loss of external power supply occurred today at 8:30 am, the emergency power supply system worked in normal mode, emergency diesel generators were switched on. The radiation situation at the site is within normal limits.

The Neutron Source is located on the territory of the National Scientific Centre " Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology" and was designed for scientific and applied research in the field of nuclear physics, radiation material science, biology, chemistry, as well as for the production of medical radioisotopes.

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♨️ Ukrainian militants have posted a video showing one of the hangars in Kharkov Region that was hit by the Russian Armed Forces.

Cars, trucks, S-60 automatic cannons, airborne boost-phase rocket launchers and a stockpile of shells were destroyed.

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Stoltenberg again explained that it is very profitable for NATO to fight against Russia with the hands of Ukrainians

“By allocating a small portion of our defense budgets, we allowed the Ukrainians to destroy a significant portion of Russian combat capabilities without putting a single NATO soldier or a single American soldier at risk,” he said, without even mentioning the losses of the Ukrainians themselves.

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Ball in West’s court, new realities in Ukraine: what Lavrov told ambassadors

According to the top diplomat, Russia is waiting for the West to take the first step in resolving the conflict

MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. Russia is ready at any moment to negotiate a fair settlement of the Ukrainian conflict with the Kiev regime’s handlers based on existing realities and a balance of interests, but the only way out of the stalemate is if the West lets go of the Zelensky ‘formula,’ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with foreign ambassadors on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.

According to the top diplomat, Russia is waiting for the West to take the first step in resolving the conflict, considers statements that NATO membership will ensure Ukraine's security to be illogical and is wary of the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime.

TASS has summarized Lavrov's main points.

Ready for dialogue

Russia is ready for dialogue on Ukraine and guarantees of its security, but only on equal terms, taking into account Russian interests: "An honest conversation [between Russia and Ukraine is possible] based on new realities, based on Russia's security interests."

"We are, of course, ready to ensure any agreements that take into account the security interests of other countries, including Ukraine."

"Situations on the battlefield determine new realities."

Almost all the countries of the Global South, on which the West is calling to attend meetings on a settlement in Ukraine, want to convey the message that consultations without Russia's participation are pointless, "but the West won't stop this." "They are driven by the desire to do everything possible to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia."

West’s role and dead-end Zelensky ‘formula’

Russia realized after the deal tentatively reached at the 2022 Istanbul talks suddenly fell through that they should be negotiating about a settlement in Ukraine not with the country’s nominal leader, President Vladimir Zelensky, but rather with those who are pulling his strings and to whom he answers.

"The [Zelensky] formula is well known, it has been published, it is an ultimatum demanding that Russia surrender, capitulate, retreat to the 1991 borders. True, recently, Mr. Zelensky ‘kindly’ said that it is possible to start from the February 2022 border. Well, there is no harm in dreaming.

The West, if it is ready to move away from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's dead-end ‘peace formula,’ should say this itself: ‘It's not Russia’s move to make’."

"The situation is a stalemate, but we are not the ones who brought it to a stalemate."

Russia has "repeatedly shown its good will" and is always ready to show it again: "It was not us who destroyed the Istanbul Document - everyone knows that very well. It was not us who passed the laws prohibiting negotiations with Ukraine, and it was not us who came up with ultimatums in the form of the 'Zelensky formula' and other variations."

NATO and security

Western countries are trying to force all NATO members to sign up for mandatory assistance to Kiev "through strict stick discipline."

The West's arguments that NATO membership will ensure Ukraine's security are contradictory and defy logic.

Claims that Russia is allegedly hatching plans to attack alliance countries are "folly and nonsense," as Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously said.

Kiev's terrorism

Today, Ukraine has become a full-fledged terrorist state: "For ten years it has been terrorizing the citizens of its own country and beyond its borders."

Kiev's involvement in the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall is obvious. "Especially since Ukraine's involvement in many other terrorist acts on Russian territory is no longer in doubt."

The Russian Foreign Ministry handed over an official demand to the Ukrainian authorities to take immediate steps to stop any support for terrorist activities, extradite those responsible and pay reparations. "We demand that Kiev fulfill its obligations [under UN conventions]."

Ukraine's unwillingness to respect human rights

When the special military operation began, the Kiev regime decided to essentially shirk any human rights obligations it had, and "the special procedures of the UN Human Rights Council indulged it." "But even then, numerous images of Ukrainian military atrocities had already traveled around the world."

Unlike Russia, no one in the West will push for an objective, open investigation of the crime in Bucha, where "a faux trial was staged accusing Russia of killing civilians."

Moscow has appealed to the UN Security Council to force the Kiev regime to at least provide the names of those whose bodies were allegedly displayed in Bucha. "I have appealed directly to the UN Secretary-General to use his authority to make Kiev and its masters provide such a list. No one is doing anything."

Situation with Russian language in Ukraine

Intercepted Ukrainian military conversations on the front line show that they are more comfortable speaking in Russian, but the authorities in Kiev do not care about this. "But they are being brought to their knees, the whole nation is being brought to its knees, so that they forget this language."

Using the Russian language in Ukraine can be considered an administrative offense. "This is despite the fact that the vast majority of Ukrainians still speak Russian because it is so convenient for them, because it is the tradition of their families, their relatives.".

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Hungary opposes setting up 100 bln euro fund for military aid to Ukraine — minister

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stressed that "the money of Hungarian taxpayers is not fit for implementing a decision that carries a risk of war"

BUDAPEST, April 4. /TASS/. Hungary is not ready to contribute to the proposed 100 billion-euro fund for military aid to Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

Some other NATO members do not support the idea to establish the fund either, he told Hungarian reporters following a meeting in Brussels with his counterparts from the alliance.

"If NATO approves a package for 100 billion euros for a period of five years, it will result in additional expenses for the Hungarian budget in the amount of 10 billion euros. And I want to repeat again that the money of Hungarian taxpayers is not fit for implementing a decision that carries a risk of war," the minister said in comments broadcast by the Hungarian television channel M1.

Szijjarto said that he was not the only minister at the meeting who opposed the establishment of the fund. According to the Hungarian minister, other countries, including a major NATO member, also "criticized this idea from a financial perspective."

"One hundred billion is a lot of money," he said.

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Units of battlegroup West improve forward positions in Kupyansk area

Ukraine’s losses in the Kupyansk area over the past day amounted up to 125 personnel and four motor vehicles

MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. Ukraine lost up to 125 troops as units of the battlegroup West improved positions in the Kupyansk area over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily bulletin of the special military operation.

Here are the details of this and other combat actions that happened over the past day, according to the bulletin.

Kupyansk area

"Battlegroup West units improved their forward positions in active operations, inflicted damage by firepower on enemy formations near the settlements of Rozovka, Raigorod, Zhovtnevoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Ukraine’s losses in the Kupyansk area over the past day amounted up to 125 personnel and four motor vehicles.

Donetsk area

"Russia’s Battlegroup South units seized better positions and inflicted casualties on personnel and military hardware of the Ukrainian army’s 28th mechanized brigade, 92nd assault brigade and 241st territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Ukraine lost up to 340 personnel, a tank and eight motor vehicles.

In counter-battery fire, Russian forces destroyed two Msta-B howitzers, a D-20 howitzer, two 122mm Gvozdika motorized artillery systems, three D-30 howitzers and three Ukrainian arms depots.

Avdeyevka area

"Battlegroup Center units improved forward positions in the Avdeyevka area and engaged units of the enemy’s 24th, 47th mechanized brigades, 3rd assault brigade, and 25th airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Orlovka, Berdychi and Tonenkoye settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic. A counterattack of an assault party of the Ukrainian 25th airborne brigade was also thwarted near the Pervomaiskoye settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

The enemy lost up to 305 troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and a US-made Paladin 155mm self-propelled artillery system.

South Donetsk area

Units of the battlegroup East improved their tactical positions and inflicted firepower damage on the servicemen and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces’ 58th motorized infantry brigade and the 72nd mechanized brigade, and the 128th territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Vodyanoye, Storozhevoye and Ugledar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Ukrainian troops sustained up to 105 casualties and lost three cars, a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer and a 122-mm Grad multiple launch rocket system.

Kherson area

"Units of the battlegroup Dnepr inflicted firepower damage on the Ukrainian 28th mechanized brigade and 128th territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Mirnoye and Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.

Ukrainian losses amounted to 35 personnel, three motor vehicles and a Grad multiple launch rocket system.

Air Force and air defenses

"Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of Russian battlegroups destroyed an ammunition depot, a temporary base of foreign mercenaries near the town of Merefa in the Kharkov Region and struck Ukrainian manpower and military hardware in 135 areas," the ministry said.

Air defenses shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft in the area of the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Also destroyed were 196 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and 18 HIMARS projectiles were intercepted.

Tally of destroyed equipment

Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed a total of 582 Ukrainian warplanes, 270 helicopters, 18,734 unmanned aerial vehicles, 495 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,687 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,264 multiple launch rocket systems, 8,654 field artillery guns and mortars and 20,596 special military motor vehicles.

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Lavrov to hold roundtable on Ukraine with envoys from over 70 countries on April 4 — MFA

Maria Zakharova added that the Russian Foreign Ministry highly values such events at the Diplomatic Academy
MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold a roundtable dedicated to Ukraine at the Diplomatic Academy on April 4 with the participation of ambassadors from over 70 countries, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.

"On April 4, tomorrow, Sergey Lavrov will speak at another roundtable at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry with the participation of ambassadors from more than 70 countries," she said. "The topic is the Ukrainian crisis. Legal and human rights dimension."

Zakharova added that the Russian Foreign Ministry highly values such events at the Diplomatic Academy because "they allow us to hold open discussions on current issues related to the Ukrainian crisis."

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West wants all NATO members to assist Kiev as long as it keeps fighting Russia — Lavrov

Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, foreign countries and international organizations have provided Kiev with assistance totaling more than $150.8 bln

MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. Western countries are trying to compel all NATO member states to sign up for providing obligatory aid to Ukraine just so long as Kiev keeps up its fight against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"Now they want to turn voluntary military aid to Ukraine into mandatory military aid under NATO auspices, to force all NATO members to sign up for the obligatory provision of funds and weapons to the Kiev regime through heavy-handed disciplinary measures, just so that it can continue to fight Russia," the top diplomat said at a meeting with foreign ambassadors on a potential settlement in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, foreign countries and international organizations have provided Kiev with assistance totaling more than $150.8 bln. Almost one-third - $48.5 bln - went to Ukrainian military needs, according to TASS calculations based on official statements by the authorities of donor countries and media data.

Thus, the total amount of Western aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation has exceeded its budget for 2022 ($55.5 bln) by 2.7 times. And military aid to Kiev alone is already equal to 94.9% of Russia's defense spending last year ($51.1 bln).

Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that today the military potential and capabilities of almost all major NATO countries are being "actively used against Russia." Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu emphasized that Moscow was fighting not so much with the Ukrainian military as with the "collective West."

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West ignores Ukraine peace initiatives from China, Africa, Brazil — Lavrov

According to the top Russian diplomat, Ukrainian negotiators have been told to hold off on putting out any final documents at these meetings
MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. The West has largely ignored the peace initiatives on Ukraine that were put forward by China, South Africa, Brazil and the Arab League, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"Switzerland’s idea to hold a peace conference, with the only goal being to make sure that there are as many participants as possible at the event based on [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s ‘peace formula.’ The formula does not involve compromises or alternatives," he noted at a meeting with foreign ambassadors dedicated to achieving peace in Ukraine.

"It fully ignores the initiatives that China, South Africa, Brazil and the Arab League have presented in good faith. They (the West - TASS) listen to these things but don’t take them into account, and they never will," the top Russian diplomat added.

"It’s strange that Switzerland has volunteered to host the conference, seeing itself as a neutral country," he went on to say. "Switzerland indeed has such a tradition, or, rather, used to have it. Its neutrality, as well as Austria’s neutrality, made it possible for these countries to act as unbiased and neutral hosts," Lavrov said.

"However, Switzerland has now not only joined all sanctions on Russia but in some areas, it acts as the instigator of sanctions," he pointed out. "I met with the Swiss foreign minister in New York a couple of months ago. I told him all this, stressing that we could not consider Switzerland as a neutral platform for international negotiations," he added.

Tricks up their sleeve

"We know that Western strategists seeking to promote [Zelensky’s] formula recommend the Kiev regime resort to various tricks, particularly luring in the countries that are present here through arguments such as the following: you may not like all the ten points of Zelensky’s formula but at least choose one of them, an innocuous one, which concerns food or energy security, and sign that particular point," the Russian foreign minister noted. "Clearly, it’s nothing but a ruse," he added.

According to the top Russian diplomat, Ukrainian negotiators have been told to hold off on putting out any final documents at these meetings. "Hold discussions and, most importantly, take a family photo. A family photo with so many people will in itself encourage others to support the Zelensky 'formula'," Lavrov said.

In conclusion, he emphasized that Russia was always ready for an honest conversation on all those issues.

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Russia upgrades Shmel robot to fight petal mines

The robot is in high demand in new Russian regions where Ukrainian military widely uses petal mines against civilian population
MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. The High Precision Complexes Holding has upgraded remotely controlled Shmel MGR-4 mine clearance robot for effective fight against antipersonnel petal mines, Rostec said.

"The mine clearance robot received a compact sweep that simplifies transportation of the vehicle and promotes effective destruction of antipersonnel mines, including small petals. The new sweep has a smaller size and weight and can be transported in an assembled state by a truck. It is equipped with additional sweeping elements that leave no chance even to the smallest antipersonnel mines," it said.

The robot is in high demand in new Russian regions where Ukrainian military widely uses petal mines against civilian population. The upgraded Shmel is demonstrated at Expotechnostrazh show in St. Petersburg.

Shmel MGR-4 is an upgraded mine clearance robot on the undercarriage of Ant-1000 mini lifter. It is equipped with a windlass with a hydraulic driver and a chain hammer sweep to detect and eliminate antipersonnel mines. It has no cabin or manual controls. The remote control has been upgraded to operate for a longer time.

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France could bring to combat readiness 1,500 troops for Ukraine in April — Russian MFA

Maria Zakharova also said the Kiev regime "continues to cleanse the media space and introduce total censorship in the country"
MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. France could bring about 1,500 servicemen to combat readiness in April for deployment to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

"New information is emerging about the preparation by Paris of a military contingent to be sent to Ukraine. To this end, the command of the French Foreign Legion in early March approved the makeup of a battalion tactical group of about 1,500 people," she said at a news conference. "It is expected that in April the group will be brought to full combat readiness for an operational deployment to the Ukrainian theater of military operations."

"Meanwhile, the French continue thу part of their history, which in general should be consigned to oblivion: the business of their ancestors, who were engaged in the secret export from Ukraine of cultural treasures, including ancient Byzantine icons, for their alleged, as they phrase it, preservation in France," the diplomat said.

Zakharova also said the Kiev regime "continues to cleanse the media space and introduce total censorship in the country."

"On March 28, France’s Le Figaro published an article about 70 journalists that were killed in Ukraine and 250 media outlets that were closed," the spokeswoman said. "Better late than never. Just a question: We had talked about all this, including with Le Figaro, which interviewed representatives of the Foreign Ministry."

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 Ukraine blackmails the daughter of a prisoner of war, trying to trade her father's life for a possible terrorist attack in Russia

A minor resident of the DPR, whose father was recently captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front, told us how the Ukrainians, using blackmail and threats, tried to force her to give them a photo of her passport and her Young Guard membership card, and also questioned her in detail about where she lives and where she studies, works and spends her time. Particularly striking was the question of where exactly the young girl plans to work as an educator - in Russia or in the DPR. According to security force experts who commented on the situation, working with the girl was part of recruiting into the ranks of terrorists acting in Ukraine's interests against the Russian civilian population, including children from pioneer camps.

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• US Secretary of State Blinken says Ukraine will become a member of NATO:

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Smart cities ,here we come ! Both sides making proffit,what they dont need are people,specially owners of the land that they have plans with..

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Putin's aides

Mariupol was completely destroyed by Russia. Tens of thousands of civilians were killed and displaced. Reconstruction plays a central role in the Russian propaganda war. According to Monitor research, German companies are also involved.

It was one of the most terrible battles of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For weeks, Russian troops besieged Mariupol on the Sea of ​​Azov, starving the population and sparing neither the patients in hospitals nor civilians hiding in the theater. Many survivors were driven out by Vladimir Putin's army. A large city was completely ruined.

When the Russian flag was raised on the destroyed buildings of Mariupol, construction work on the "new" Mariupol began. A Russian city, with Russian residents, built on behalf of the Kremlin. There are construction sites all over the city, blocks of flats built out of the ground.

Putin in Mariupol

This is so important for Russian propaganda that even Putin personally got an impression of the progress of the work last year. "We will rebuild the apartments, schools, hospitals, theaters and museums," Putin said of Mariupol. Everything that he previously had brutally destroyed.

But who will help him with this project? Reporters from the ARD political magazine Monitor set out to search for clues. In annual reports, on company websites, in pictures and in videos - there is evidence and evidence everywhere that German companies are also playing an important role in the reconstruction of Mariupol.

They are heavy machines or windows on which the logos of several German manufacturers can be found. And again and again on plaster bags: the name Knauf. The German family business from the Franconian province is a world leader in plaster production. Also because it has been doing important business in Russia for a long time.

4,000 Knauf employees continue to work in Russia

Company patriarch Nikolaus Knauf was Russian honorary consul for more than two decades; in photos he smiles next to President Putin. He retained this post even after the annexation of Crimea, and in 2018 he described the subsequent sanctions against Russia as “terrible”. Knauf says it continues to employ 4,000 people in Russia and has billions in sales there.

In a general statement on Russia business, Knauf writes to Monitor that it condemns the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and follows all EU sanctions against Russia. They produce in Russia “exclusively for the Russian market”. However, Knauf left an extensive list of questions from the editorial team unanswered.

So does the Russian business have nothing to do with the German parent company? Sanctions law expert Viktor Winkler disagrees: "The idea that if I have a subsidiary in Russia only in the Russian area, only on the Russian territories, that this is, so to speak, irrelevant to sanctions, that is an absolute myth and couldn't be further away the reality."

Russia benefits

Even if building materials are not fundamentally covered by the EU's sanctions rules, companies must be able to "effectively rule out that there is a military connection, any military connection to what they deliver," says Winkler.

This does not necessarily have to be an act of war in the narrower sense. "But it is also enough that the military, and Russia's military actions, benefit indirectly from what they do," says the expert.

This “military relationship” arises from the client: an official Knauf dealer publicly advertises that he has built a residential building project with Knauf building materials on behalf of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Monitor editorial team has photographs of this construction site with Knauf sacks.

Criticism from Kiesewetter

The CDU member of the Bundestag and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag, Roderich Kiesewetter, condemns the participation of German companies in the construction work in Mariupol. They placed themselves in the service of a war that violated international law: "This is very obvious with Knauf because they are actually cementing Russian power in the occupied territories, including in Mariupol."

But Knauf is not an isolated case. In the images and videos evaluated by Monitor , concrete blocks in green packaging film are noticeable on numerous construction sites. On it is the logo of a German company from Münsterland in North Rhine-Westphalia - WKB Systems GmbH. The company equips, among other things, factories for the production of concrete blocks.

The company's main shareholder is the Russian oligarch Viktor Konstantinovich Budarin. Budarin used his German company as a supplier to the construction industry in Putin's Russia. Customs data available to Monitor show: For several years, WKB Systems GmbH supplied entire systems for factories for the production of such aerated concrete blocks to a Russian company from Budarin - apparently the very company with whose products Russia is trying to consolidate its power in Mariupol.

EU sanctions without a plan?

Numerous Russian oligarchs have already been sanctioned in recent years. Budarin is not one of them. Sanctions law expert Winkler says: "To put it cautiously, the EU's selection of which oligarch is sanctioned and which is not cannot yet be assigned to a uniform plan."

Many building contractors in particular are not sanctioned, says Winkler. Although it would certainly be conceivable - also in the Budarin case: "From a legal point of view, there is a very good reason to sanction this person, namely that this person is most likely doing a lot to strengthen the Russian economy. And Germany is very much here heavily involved." WKB Systems GmbH did not comment when asked.

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Smart cities ,here we come ! Both sides making proffit,what they dont need are people,specially owners of the land that they have plans with..

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Putin's aides

Mariupol was completely destroyed by Russia. Tens of thousands of civilians were killed and displaced. Reconstruction plays a central role in the Russian propaganda war. According to Monitor research, German companies are also involved.

It was one of the most terrible battles of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For weeks, Russian troops besieged Mariupol on the Sea of ​​Azov, starving the population and sparing neither the patients in hospitals nor civilians hiding in the theater. Many survivors were driven out by Vladimir Putin's army. A large city was completely ruined.

When the Russian flag was raised on the destroyed buildings of Mariupol, construction work on the "new" Mariupol began. A Russian city, with Russian residents, built on behalf of the Kremlin. There are construction sites all over the city, blocks of flats built out of the ground.

Putin in Mariupol

This is so important for Russian propaganda that even Putin personally got an impression of the progress of the work last year. "We will rebuild the apartments, schools, hospitals, theaters and museums," Putin said of Mariupol. Everything that he previously had brutally destroyed.

But who will help him with this project? Reporters from the ARD political magazine Monitor set out to search for clues. In annual reports, on company websites, in pictures and in videos - there is evidence and evidence everywhere that German companies are also playing an important role in the reconstruction of Mariupol.

They are heavy machines or windows on which the logos of several German manufacturers can be found. And again and again on plaster bags: the name Knauf. The German family business from the Franconian province is a world leader in plaster production. Also because it has been doing important business in Russia for a long time.

4,000 Knauf employees continue to work in Russia

Company patriarch Nikolaus Knauf was Russian honorary consul for more than two decades; in photos he smiles next to President Putin. He retained this post even after the annexation of Crimea, and in 2018 he described the subsequent sanctions against Russia as “terrible”. Knauf says it continues to employ 4,000 people in Russia and has billions in sales there.

In a general statement on Russia business, Knauf writes to Monitor that it condemns the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and follows all EU sanctions against Russia. They produce in Russia “exclusively for the Russian market”. However, Knauf left an extensive list of questions from the editorial team unanswered.

So does the Russian business have nothing to do with the German parent company? Sanctions law expert Viktor Winkler disagrees: "The idea that if I have a subsidiary in Russia only in the Russian area, only on the Russian territories, that this is, so to speak, irrelevant to sanctions, that is an absolute myth and couldn't be further away the reality."

Russia benefits

Even if building materials are not fundamentally covered by the EU's sanctions rules, companies must be able to "effectively rule out that there is a military connection, any military connection to what they deliver," says Winkler.

This does not necessarily have to be an act of war in the narrower sense. "But it is also enough that the military, and Russia's military actions, benefit indirectly from what they do," says the expert.

This “military relationship” arises from the client: an official Knauf dealer publicly advertises that he has built a residential building project with Knauf building materials on behalf of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Monitor editorial team has photographs of this construction site with Knauf sacks.

Criticism from Kiesewetter

The CDU member of the Bundestag and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag, Roderich Kiesewetter, condemns the participation of German companies in the construction work in Mariupol. They placed themselves in the service of a war that violated international law: "This is very obvious with Knauf because they are actually cementing Russian power in the occupied territories, including in Mariupol."

But Knauf is not an isolated case. In the images and videos evaluated by Monitor , concrete blocks in green packaging film are noticeable on numerous construction sites. On it is the logo of a German company from Münsterland in North Rhine-Westphalia - WKB Systems GmbH. The company equips, among other things, factories for the production of concrete blocks.

The company's main shareholder is the Russian oligarch Viktor Konstantinovich Budarin. Budarin used his German company as a supplier to the construction industry in Putin's Russia. Customs data available to Monitor show: For several years, WKB Systems GmbH supplied entire systems for factories for the production of such aerated concrete blocks to a Russian company from Budarin - apparently the very company with whose products Russia is trying to consolidate its power in Mariupol.

EU sanctions without a plan?

Numerous Russian oligarchs have already been sanctioned in recent years. Budarin is not one of them. Sanctions law expert Winkler says: "To put it cautiously, the EU's selection of which oligarch is sanctioned and which is not cannot yet be assigned to a uniform plan."

Many building contractors in particular are not sanctioned, says Winkler. Although it would certainly be conceivable - also in the Budarin case: "From a legal point of view, there is a very good reason to sanction this person, namely that this person is most likely doing a lot to strengthen the Russian economy. And Germany is very much here heavily involved." WKB Systems GmbH did not comment when asked.

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German companies help Russia rebuild occupied Mariupol - Tagesschau

In particular, this is about the German company Knauf, whose head, Nikolaus Knauf, has been an honorary consul of Russia for more than 20 years.

Journalists have found a number of evidence that German companies play an important role in the reconstruction of Russian-occupied Mariupol. In particular, the logos of German manufacturers can be found on construction equipment, windows, and bags with gypsum.

This investigation was conducted by journalists of the political magazine ARD Monitor, Tagesschau reports.

In annual reports, on company websites, in photos and videos, there is evidence everywhere that German companies are involved. This includes construction equipment or windows that bear the logos of several German manufacturers. In particular, the name Knauf can be seen on bags with. This German family-owned company from the province of Franconia is a world leader in the production of plaster. This is also because it has been doing important business in Russia for a long time.

Knauf CEO Nikolaus Knauf has been an honorary consul of Russia for more than 20 years.

Knauf says that 4000 people continue to work in Russia, and sales there are worth billions. In a general statement on Russian business, Knauf told reporters that it condemns Russian aggression against Ukraine and complies with all EU sanctions against Russia. They produce in Russia "exclusively for the Russian market." However, the company left unanswered a long list of questions from the editorial board.

Sanctions law expert Viktor Winkler explained that even if construction materials are not fundamentally subject to EU sanctions rules, companies should be able to "effectively exclude the presence of a military connection, any military connection, with what they supply." "The Russian military and military operations indirectly benefit from what they do," the expert says.

An official Knauf dealer publicly announces that it has built a residential building with Knauf building materials at the request of the Russian Defense Ministry. Journalists have photos of this construction with Knauf bags.

But Knauf is not an isolated case. In the images and videos analyzed by journalists, concrete blocks in green packaging film can be seen on numerous construction sites. It bears the logo of WKB Systems GmbH, a German company based in Münsterland in North Rhine-Westphalia. The company equips concrete block production plants, among other things.

The main shareholder of WKB Systems GmbH is Russian oligarch Viktor Budarin. He used his German company as a supplier to the Russian construction industry. Journalists have customs data at their disposal that show: WKB Systems GmbH has been supplying complete systems for factories producing such aerated concrete blocks to Budarin's Russian company for several years.

According to expert Winkler, many construction contractors in particular are not subject to sanctions. Although it could certainly be imagined - particularly in the case of Budarin: "From a legal point of view, there is a very good reason for sanctioning this person, namely that this person is likely to do a lot to strengthen the Russian economy. And Germany is very much involved here."

Source: https://tagesschau.de/investigativ/m...sland-100.html

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The bodies of women and children in Mariupol are currently being encased in concrete using cement from
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. But this filthy company doesn't care at all.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 April 4 Special military operation progress:

▪️ The Russian forces have hit a Ukrainian temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries and an ammunition depot near Merefa in Kharkov region, the Defense Ministry said;

▪️ The AFU lost up to 910 men and one tank cumulatively during the day, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a briefing. Russian forces advanced in the Kupyansk, Avdeyevka, Donetsk and southern Donetsk directions. A Ukrainian Su-27 was shot down near Kramatorsk;

▪️ The situation around Ukraine is a stalemate, but it was not Russia that pushed it there - "the next step is not up to us", Russian FM Lavrov said. He also noted that Moscow is ready to discuss Ukraine's security guarantees only if the dialogue on the conflict settlement takes place on equal terms;

▪️ Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said on Thursday that at a NATO meeting it was decided to instruct the "military part" of the alliance to work out what the next step in Ukraine's accession should be;

▪️ Relations between Russia and NATO have actually slipped to the level of direct confrontation, Kremlin spokesman Peskov has said;

▪️ The Ukrainian crisis could spill over its geographical borders as a result of adventurous actions by even one of the NATO countries, any threat to Russia's security will not be left without a response, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko has said;

▪️ Senior AFU officers believe that by the time the F-16s arrive in Ukraine, they will no longer be needed on the battlefield because Russia will be ready to counter them effectively, Politico reported.

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