Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

[Alma.Innovadora]

 

[Gwenllian]

He does point out the hypocrisy of the West that only only allows "one opinion" (no freedom of expression or opinion) and "confiscates property" (no freedom of property).

Or take whatever you want and satisfy these rapacious urges like the chair of the Security Council and mayor of Nijmegen in Holland.

He is preparing the ground for Dutch people: because of the influx of Ukrainians they 'if needed' will confiscate real estate. "It's going to hurt", or so he said.

Moscow police claim more than 200,000 people attended Putin's rally at Luzhniki stadium, celebrating the eighth anniversary of Russia seizing the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine.

But the Russians never seized Crimea.

 

[Skyfall]

I do not really think that we will end up with a nuclear exchange (even if with the full blown psycho in power ..you will never know for sure)..I found this book which maybe slightly old , but still there are some useful info...it's a bit of a marathon ..long book ..I only read few chapters here and there.... I will try to finish it once I have a bit more time on my hands...

https://www.survival.ark.net.au/Nuclear-War-Survival-Skills.pdf

 

[Goemon_]

From this French website jeuxvideo.com : Video games pack to support Ukraine.

While the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is still raging, several players in the video game industry continue to support the most affected populations. After the Itch.io platform, which offered a gigantic pack of nearly 900 games, the funds collected from which were donated to two charities, it's now Humble Bundle's turn to do its bit by putting on sale a mega-pack of 120 items including comics, software... and of course games.


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I got the info from a guy participating in a YT live. He said he didn't care about Ukraine but bought the pack because it was a huge bargain...

 

[ApotheosisMMC.]

I was also thinking that it is fake news. Lot of things doesn't add up in this article.

@Laurentien2 @seek10 Although the news is poorly narrated, here is some truth to it apparently, if they would have more or less 100,000 US soldiers currently in Eastern Europe in the border areas according to Jens Stoltenberg and 40,000 soldiers would be under direct NATO command, he said Thursday at a news conference, I saw the news in various Western media as well.
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[Laurentien2]

War In Ukraine Day 23: Russian Forces On Track To Achieve Strategic Goals

On March 18, the joint forces of the Russian Federation and the L/DPR achieved some tactical results in strategically important...

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WAR IN UKRAINE DAY 23: RUSSIAN FORCES ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE STRATEGIC GOALS​

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On March 18, the joint forces of the Russian Federation and the L/DPR achieved some tactical results in strategically important areas.
Fierce street fighting continues in the city of Mariupol. The DPR forces continue to advance, reporting significant successes in the Levoberezhny district. The local district administration is noe under the DPR control. Mariupol airport, located on the western outskirts of the city, came under the control of the DPR.
The clashes reached the Azovstal plant, where nationalist battalions established significant fortifications. The industrial area of Azovstal currently remains one of the last real strongholds of Kyiv’s forces in Mariupol. Massive airstrikes hit the plant today.

Members of nationalist battalions in Mariupol asking for counter-offensive


The Russian Ministry of Defense confirms that a lot of Ukrainian fighters are trying to leave the city disguised as civilians. Over the past two days, over 200 militants dressed in civilian clothes, have deserted the city through humanitarian corridors towards Zaporozhye. Some of them managed to escape in small groups towards Zaporozhie.

“93 of them have been liquidated overnight, the locations of the rest have been established by the bearing of radio conversations. The issue of their destruction is a matter of a short time,” said the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

Those who remained in Mariupol are waiting for help from the Ukrainian troops deployed on the Donbass front lines. However, the current military developments to the North of Mariupol made any counter offensive by the AFU impossible. The official response from Kiev to nationalist fighters in Mariupol was negative.
In its turn, on March 18, the Russian military officials claimed their readiness to release nationalists from Mariupol to save the city and civilians. The claim was also made by the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

“We have officially appealed to the Kiev authorities and two days ago told them that we are ready to open humanitarian corridors and release all the bandits in any direction in order to save the city and people from these so-called martyrs, who have already glorified themselves with the explosions of a kindergarten, two schools, a maternity hospital and a drama theater building,” he said.

According to Mizintsev, the Russian side received a refusal from Kiev officials. Nationalist battalions are also a great threat for the current administration in Kiev, thus there is no surprise that there is no progress in negotiation process between Moscow and Kiev until the city of Mariupol where the main Ukrainian nationalist forces were blockaded is moped up.


After the securing of the suburbs of the city by the joint DPR and Russian forces, the mass evacuation of civilians continues without any support from Kiev. Local residents confirm that Ukrainian nationalists opened fire on civilians. They also report that English-speaking specialists were correcting the fire of Ukrainian militants from residential areas of the city.
The units of the People’s Militia of the LPR, continue the offensive in the eastern outskirts of Severodonetsk, they have advanced another 2 kilometers. The village of Rubezhnoye is under the control of the LPR. Clashes continue on the southern outskirts.

After the recent capture of the village of Popasnaya by the forces of the LPR, they have not been able to push the enemy further from the village for several days. Clashes around Popasnaya continue.
In the southern direction of Donbass front lines, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue their offensive, and advanced 6 kilometers more during the day. They reached the settlements of Novoukrainka, Shakhterskoye.
In the area north of Ugledar, Russian troops took control over the village of Zolotaya Niva and secured most of the Ugledar-Velikaya Novoselka road. The front is shifting in the direction of Maryinka-Kurakhovo. The AFU reportedly left the city of Ugledar. But the entry of Russian forces into the city was also not reported. They are moving further in the northern direction, continuing the encirclement of the Ukrainian grouping in the Donbas region.

No significant breakthroughs have been achieved in the Donetsk region. DPR forces are moving towards Kurakhovka. DPR troops supported by the Russian Armed Forces are still storming the defense line of Kyiv’s forces in Maryinka, Avdiivka and Verkhnetoretskoe. While some of the units are advancing directly from Alexandrovka, other DPR forces are hitting the AFU positions from the flanks.
The shelling of residential areas in Donetsk continues. As a result of another strike by the AFU on the Donetsk region, 4 women were killed. The incident took place in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict. A 152 mm howitzer shell hit the local market administration located in one of the buildings. It was fired from Krasnogorovka, which is under the control of the AFU.

Meanwhile, the situation in Izyum seems to be changing. For several days, fighting continued in the southern outskirts of the city. The Russian troops reportedly managed to cut off the road towards Slavyansk. The fate of the group of Kyiv’s forces in Izum is predetermined. The situation in the city is stabilizing, and the front line is moving further away from residential buildings. This is evidenced by numerous reporters who are now deployed in the city.

In Kharkiv and around the city, the AFU suffered significant losses as a result of missile attacks and air strikes carried out by the Russian Aerospace Forces.
There were no major changes around the cities of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy. Clashes continue in the same areas around the capital. No advances by any side were reported. The Russian units are mostly aimed to strengthen their positions in the region and are not in a hurry to encircle the capital.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed a parking lot with combat aircraft at the Lviv aircraft factory and depots with high-precision weapons. Another strike hit a fuel and lubricants warehouse in the city of Sumy.
In the region of Mykolaiv, the Russians are aimed to cut off the northern road towards Novaya Odessa. Fighting was reported to the north of the city. Their results are not clear.
It is reported that the AFU forces launched a counterattack from Nikolaev in the south-eastern direction. The AFU reached the Kherson region, and were stopped about 40 km from the city. Meanwhile, the Russian army advanced in a northerly direction.

Ukraine has launched a number of missiles on residential areas in the city of Mariupol which is under control of Russian forces. Russian air defense forces intercepted almost all of the missiles, including another Tochka-U. Later, the Iskanders destroyed the launchers that were located south of Zaporozhye.
Shortly after the shelling of civilians, Russian missiles destroyed military facilities of the UAF in the suburbs of Nikolaev and Voznesensk. Dozens of AFU servicemen were killed. As in the case of a strike on the AFU military base in Yavoriv, where foreign “volunteers” were based, strikes on military bases in various regions of Ukraine have not only military significance, but also a significant psychological result.

The threat of a Russian assault landing in Odessa remains. Therefore, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to strengthen their grouping in the area of the city, where it is not involved in military operations, but at the same time, it cannot move to support UAF forces in Mykolaiv or other areas. Meanwhile, the AFU mines installed on the beaches of the city of Odessa a few weeks ago begin to detonate, thereby increasing the threat to the lives of civilians.
On March 18, the Russian Defense Ministry warned about another provocation being prepared by the Kiev regime. The SBU have mined a city hospital in Dnepropetrovsk and plan to blow up the building during the flight of a Russian plane over the city.

 

[Laurentien2]

Photos 18+: Russian Kalibr Missile Hit Ukrainian Military Facility In Mykolaiv. Dozens Of Casualties Reported

On March 18, the Russian Kalibr missile hit the military facility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city...

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PHOTOS 18+: RUSSIAN KALIBR MISSILE HIT UKRAINIAN MILITARY FACILITY IN MYKOLAIV. DOZENS OF CASUALTIES REPORTED​

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On March 18, the Russian Kalibr missile hit the military facility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Mykolaiv. The 79th Air Assault Brigade was based in the facility. The strike destroyed several buildings, the military barracks were also damaged.
The number of victims is yet to be revealed. According to the report by Swedish journalist from the spot, at least 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.

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[ziutek]

On a radio station, an editor accuses the government for still buying gas from Russia. He says they have blood on their hands by sponsoring Putin. He came up with the idea that everyone from Portugal to Lithuania should lower their home temperature by one degree and that way we will save some lives in Ukraine.
He calls directly for hatred of Russians.
He said that not only Putin is to blame but also the Russians.
He also wants Poles to boycott retail chains and companies in general that do not stop doing business in Russia. We can only see how stores will burn down.

To be clear. I think that we should help everyone who asks for help, including those people from Ukraine who escaped the war. They are not guilty of anything.
But what is happening in our country is simply an act of vengeance to heaven.
Refugees can use all means of public transport for free with their passports.
Literally anyone can go anywhere. There is no control over it.
In hospitals and medical clinics they have priority everywhere. When they want to take up a job they are fast-tracked.
I haven't heard this yet, but I bet dollars against nuts that employers have tax discounts for taking Ukrainians to work.
Polish family which takes in Ukrainian people gets 40PLN per person per day. People are already telling how their tenants claim this money from them, you can say that they took them under their roof, feed and heat them.

We are already second class citizens in our own country.

I'm furiously curious what will happen next.

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[Cosmos]

The propaganda machinery claims that Putin does not have the support of Russian citizens. The opposite is true. Who has ever seen a world leader this popular? I have never seen a people more united.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504832567094222851

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Putin Cites Bible Verse at Massive Rally to Justify His War on Ukraine, Attacks Against Civilians Rage On

Accusations of war crimes are mounting against Vladimir Putin as Russian troops persist in targeting Ukrainian civilians, bombing apartment buildings, shelters, and hospitals. Facing widespread global condemnation, the Russian tyrant decided to hold a massive pro-Russia rally where he cited the...

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Moscow police claim more than 200,000 people attended Putin's rally at Luzhniki stadium, celebrating the eighth anniversary of Russia seizing the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine.

Putin praised his country's troops saying, “We have not had unity like this for a long time.” He then paraphrased the Bible, saying, "There is no greater love than giving up one’s soul for one’s friends.” (John 15:13)

Here is what Putin said in that short speech in front of the people in the stadium (official Kremlin translation):

Concert marking the anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia​

Vladimir Putin attended a concert marking eight years since Crimea’s reunification with the Russia, at the Luzhniki Sports Centre in Moscow.

March 18, 2022
16:15
Moscow

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: “We, the multi-ethnic nation of the Russian Federation, united by common fate on our land…” These are the first words of our fundamental law, the Russian Constitution. Each word has deep meaning and enormous significance.

On our land, united by common fate. This is what the people of Crimea and Sevastopol must have been thinking as they went to the referendum on March 18, 2014. They lived and continue to live on their land, and they wanted to have a common fate with their historical motherland, Russia. They had every right to it and they achieved their goal. Let’s congratulate them first because it is their holiday. Happy anniversary!

Over these years, Russia has done a great deal to help Crimea and Sevastopol grow. There were things that needed to be done that were not immediately obvious to the unaided eye. These were essential things such as gas and power supply, utility infrastructure, restoring the road network, and construction of new roads, motorways and bridges.

We needed to drag Crimea out of that humiliating position and state that Crimea and Sevastopol had been pushed into when they were part of another state that had only provided leftover financing to these territories.

There is more to it. The fact is we know what needs to be done next, how it needs to be done, and at what cost – and we will fulfil all these plans, absolutely.

These decisions are not even as important as the fact that the residents of Crimea and Sevastopol made the right choice when they put up a firm barrier against neo-Nazis and ultra-nationalists. What was and is still happening on other territories is the best indication that they did the right thing.

People who lived and live in Donbass did not agree with this coup d’état, either. Several punitive military operations were instantly staged against them; they were besieged and subjected to systemic shelling with artillery and bombing by aircraft – and this is actually what is called “genocide.”

The main goal and motive of the military operation that we launched in Donbass and Ukraine is to relieve these people of suffering, of this genocide. At this point, I recall the words from the Holy Scripture: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” And we are seeing how heroically our military are fighting during this operation.

These words come from the Holy Scripture of Christianity, from what is cherished by those who profess this religion. But the bottom line is that this is a universal value for all nations and those of all religions in Russia, and primarily for our people. The best evidence of this is how our fellows are fighting and acting in this operation: shoulder to shoulder, helping and supporting each other. If they have to, they will cover each other with their bodies to protect their comrade from a bullet in the battlefield, as they would to save their brother. It has been a long time since we had such unity.

It so happened that, by sheer coincidence, the start of the operation was same day as the birthday of one of our outstanding military leaders who was canonised – Fedor Ushakov. He did not lose a single battle throughout his brilliant career. He once said that these thunderstorms would glorify Russia. This is how it was in his time; this is how it is today and will always be!
Thank you!

And here is the same official Kremlin translation in Video format:

If YouTube says the video is not available, you can click the YouTube link in the video-mask above and view it on YouTube.

 

[ziutek]

it could be a hypersonic missile kindzal

Intel Slava Z

🇷🇺🇺🇦 An unconfirmed video showing Russian hypersonic missile "kinzhal" hitting a Ukrainian ammo depot

t.me

 

[Jebra]

it could be a hypersonic missile kindzal

Just a thought watching that footage but it could easily be confused for a meteor fireball which means the reverse could also be true.

 

[Aeneas]

It looks like some of the leaders of the West are disintegrating in various levels of positions of power. Perhaps due to the approach of the wave, hysterization, hyper-kinetic sensate, vaccine side effects or just a mentally disturbed individual. It appears as a sign of the Times. This is from Texas.

Edit: Sorry, he is not a leader in the city council but just someone speaking to the city council. Any way, a disturbing example what these last few years of fear and hysteria has led to.

 

[bjorb]

it could be a hypersonic missile kindzal

Intel Slava Z

🇷🇺🇺🇦 An unconfirmed video showing Russian hypersonic missile "kinzhal" hitting a Ukrainian ammo depot

t.me

So this is what it looks like when a missile flies by at Mach 11.

Putin is reminding NATO, that it has an advantage in absolute cutting-edge conventional weaponry. The Kinzhal missile is 13 times as fast as a tomahawk, with 3x the payload and is also nuclear-capable.

 

[Gawan]

it could be a hypersonic missile kindzal

Intel Slava Z

🇷🇺🇺🇦 An unconfirmed video showing Russian hypersonic missile "kinzhal" hitting a Ukrainian ammo depot

t.me

According to the channel, the Russians used it for the first time in the special operation or even in general.

So this is what it looks like when a missile flies by at Mach 11.

Putin is reminding NATO, that it has an advantage in absolute cutting-edge conventional weaponry. The Kinzhal missile is 13 times as fast as a tomahawk, with 3x the payload and is also nuclear-capable.

IMO they need to be reminded every minute .

Here is a short video about such a missile:

 

[Candice]

It looks like some of the leaders of the West are disintegrating in various levels of positions of power. Perhaps due to the approach of the wave, hysterization, hyper-kinetic sensate, vaccine side effects or just a mentally disturbed individual. It appears as a sign of the Times. This is from Texas.

Edit: Sorry, he is not a leader in the city council but just someone speaking to the city council. Any way, a disturbing example what these last few years of fear and hysteria has led to.

That guy is a comedian, he’s done this before at councils on other topics like covid.