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

Interesting, is Lu Shaye just trolling? He suggests that no former Soviet Republics have any sovereignty as nations. He was responding to the question of whether Crimea is part of Ukraine




I guess he is technically correct as the process of determining a sovereign nation is very ambiguous, but this has not been the official Chinese position so far.

Later on in the article there is some comment on Brazil. Lula 'forced' to make strong criticism of Russia while in Portugal, but then demonstrating a clear understanding of the situation after meeting with Xi Jinping and, later, Lavrov:
Looks like Lu Shaye was indeed just stirring things up, which is apparently his job.


Beijing has insisted it respects the status of the independent nations that emerged from the USSR after “totally unacceptable” remarks by China’s ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states sparked outrage in EU capitals.

Lu has previously acknowledged being part of the so-called “wolf warrior” class of Chinese diplomats, a nickname given to envoys who respond vehemently to critics they perceive as hostile to China.

Last August, he sparked outrage by suggesting Taiwanese people would need to be “re-educated” following a Chinese takeover of the self-ruled island, while during the Covid pandemic he suggested France was abandoning old people in nursing homes.
 
Interesting, is Lu Shaye just trolling? He suggests that no former Soviet Republics have any sovereignty as nations. He was responding to the question of whether Crimea is part of Ukraine




I guess he is technically correct as the process of determining a sovereign nation is very ambiguous, but this has not been the official Chinese position so far.

Later on in the article there is some comment on Brazil. Lula 'forced' to make strong criticism of Russia while in Portugal, but then demonstrating a clear understanding of the situation after meeting with Xi Jinping and, later, Lavrov:
Chinese diplomat just stated the fact. USSR still exists. Here is an article on the topic.

Legally, the Soviet Union continues to exist.

No one claimed the Russian Federation and could not, since citizens of one state cannot vote for the constitution of another state. Citizens of the USSR did not have the right to vote with USSR passports for the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The most important thing is that it contradicted the result of the referendum of 17.03.91, where 113 million Soviet citizens voted for the preservation of the USSR. No one has canceled the results of this referendum. And the investigator, we could not leave the USSR and form anything. The pseudo-state created by Boris Yeltsin, referred to as the Russian Federation, is 100% illegal, as it grossly violated the will of the Soviet people, expressed by him at the referendum of 17.03.1991.

The signing in Belovezhskaya Pushcha of a 3-party Agreement on the creation of the CIS (8.12.1991), in which it was announced that the USSR "ceases to exist" did not comply with the legislation in force at that time and contradicted the will of the people expressed at the All-Union referendum on March 17, 1991, when 76.4% of Soviet citizens voted for the preservation of the USSR. In addition, the existence of the inter-republican CIS does not cancel the USSR. The membership of the Soviet Union in the United Nations was not legally terminated. The Belovezshskie Agreement has not been duly ratified and has not been submitted to the UN Secretariat as it should be.
The inviolability and integrity of the state territory of the USSR was fixed and has not yet been abolished in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1.09.1975): “The Participating States consider that their borders can be changed, in accordance with international law, peacefully and by agreement ... The Participating States consider all borders as inviolable each other, like the borders of all states in Europe... they will, accordingly, refrain from any demands or actions as well, aimed at seizing and usurping part or all of the territory of any State Party.”
So, there are no legal obstacles to the existence and revival of the USSR. Moreover, the Constitution of Russia, adopted at a referendum, does not contain any norms prohibiting the existence of the USSR and proclaims the people as the only source of power in Russia. And since this source has never spoken out for the collapse of the USSR, the stated opinion has not yet been refuted by anyone. And what do you think of numerous lawyers – and not only lawyers?
... legally, the USSR remains in existence. The annulment of the Union Treaty of 1922 is nonsense, since this treaty itself was annulled by the adoption of the 1936 Constitution.
The referendum on March 17, 1991 (here it is, the will of the people, which political demagogues so like to refer to!) He confirmed that the vast majority of Soviet people still consider historical Russia their homeland. The Supreme Council of Russia, which was abolished after Yeltsin's decree 1400 of September 22, 1993, ratified the Belovezhskaya Agreements (which automatically made the decisions of the Supreme Court illegal). However, the Belovezhskaya Agreements themselves were annulled by the State Duma on March 16, 1996. Although our "free" press prefers to remain silent on this matter, the fact remains that the USSR continues to exist precisely as a subject of international law.
However, the very idea that a superpower can disappear as a result of the signing of some papers by three drunken party democrats is naive. Here is what the famous Western Sovietologist M. Levin wrote: "A country like the USSR cannot simply decentralize without reconvening. Such a vast territory as the USSR cannot but have a strong central government <...>. Disintegration will not develop further <...> the republics will return to dialogue. It's too early to bury the Soviet Union <...>. He'll be back. It will be called differently, have a different flag color, but it will definitely be revived."
And the last. Russian Russian patriots should finally recognize that the 73 years of Soviet power were just another stage in Russian history, marked by many crimes, but also by many achievements. I think it's time for patriots to abandon anti-Sovietism, recognizing the history of the USSR as part of their historical tradition. More recently, in the early 90s, patriots simply needed to emphasize the condemnation of the Soviet past in order to distance themselves somewhat from the Communist Party, which claims to be the exclusive heir of the Soviet era. But now – in the conditions of the degradation of the Communist Party – the Soviet legacy in all its diversity should become part of the Russian historical tradition.
Referendum on March 17 , 1991 on the preservation of the USSR.

It should be noted that the Russian Duma, relying on art. 29 of the USSR Law No. 1869-I of December 27, 1990 "On popular Vote (Referendum of the USSR)", that "the decision taken by a referendum of the USSR is final, binding on the entire territory of the USSR and can be canceled or changed only by a new referendum of the USSR", adopted on March 15, 1996 Year Resolution No. 157-II "On Legal Force for the Russian Federation - The results of the USSR referendum on March 17, 1991 on the preservation of the USSR," which states that "officials of the RSFSR, who prepared, signed and ratified the decision to terminate the existence of the USSR, grossly violated the will of the peoples of Russia to preserve the USSR." And it is unlikely from the point of view of INTERNATIONAL LEGAL NORMS that new states that have emerged in the USSR can be recognized as legitimate. Because they arose against the will of the majority of citizens of the USSR.
 
Speaking of necessity, I mean the crazy degree of "flashing" the brains of Ukrainian society with aggressive Nazi ideology, which I could not imagine, although I had some reason to think that I more or less imagine what is happening there. Given that most likely the Russian forces will have to restore order in a large part of the territory of Ukraine, the question arises - what to do with all these people? Will we be able to "receive" their brains back to the point where they no longer pose a threat? This necessity is caused by Russia's security issues. No matter how harsh and cynical it may sound, I think that the fewer active carriers of this ideology remain during the fighting, the less any kind of repression will be at their end.
We'll have to think about free will later.
Psychopaths are unfixable, so I agree that there would be many necessary executions.
Now I can see that saving few soldiers that were forcebly put to front lines against their will could lead to even bigger loss of lives or suffering. It makes sense that country security has higher priority than few suicidal enemies.

Prigozhin is nudging them to abandon their positions, because the only alternative is death. I think the timing of his statement suggests this, given the situation Ukrainian forces are now facing in the city.
I do not know why i haven't thought that it could encourage some of them to flee. Those that flee are less likely to be unfixable.

Thanks guys for all those replies.
 
The Russian Defense Ministry reports that on April 21, the arrival of the Iskander OTRK missile was successfully organized at the location of Georgian mercenaries in Konstantinovka. 60 mercenaries and 15 pieces of equipment were destroyed. Good flight.

The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that Sevastopol was attacked at night by 3 naval drones.
Today, at about 03:30 Moscow time, the Kyiv regime made an attempt to attack the Black Sea Fleet base in the city of Sevastopol with three unmanned speedboats.

On the approach to the Sevastopol Bay, all unmanned enemy boats were destroyed by anti-submarine and sabotage support forces. There are no losses.

 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is chairing an open debate on ‘Effective multilateralism through the Defense of the Principles of the UN Charter’ at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in New York City. Russia holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council.

Live video:


Here is a link to the UNSC Meeting on the UN site:
Effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations - Security Council, 9308th meeting
 
☝🏻🗣️ - The proportion of the population of European countries ready to fight for their country. As you can see, Finland and Turkey are leading by a clear margin. 👀


From TG: have not seen source for that stats. But still interesting data. What countries/people are more ready to defend themselves. Scandinavia, Turkey...
Ukrainians are more ready to defend their country than in Russia (imo understandable, because the war is going on it’s territory).
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☝🏻🗣️ - The proportion of the population of European countries ready to fight for their country. As you can see, Finland and Turkey are leading by a clear margin. 👀


From TG: have not seen source for that stats. But still interesting data. What countries/people are more ready to defend themselves. Scandinavia, Turkey...
Ukrainians are more ready to defend their country than in Russia (imo understandable, because the war is going on it’s territory).
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IF the source of that is legitimate, and IF those are true data, that still wouldnt give the true picture.

Thinking of defending your country in the times when there is no need to do that, is one thing, and actually defending your country in the real war is totally another thing. People often see their country in certain socio - political way, and that influence on their perception on their country "I'm not satisfied with my country like it is now, I wont defend country like this one". Also, for example Spaniard and Finn see their respective countries diferently.

Everything changes when bombs start to fall, and you see real people around you, and your friends and family dying. I can easily imagine that Finns could run in teror at the sight of the first enemy tank, and Spanish stand at 100% as one against the enemy.

(I have nothing against the Spain or Finland here, just took them as examples with low and high percentage).
 
There is a lot of noise so far, but no real cases have been noted
RUSSIAN ARMY (ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION) SPECIAL OPERATION TANKS DONBASS TANK T-14 (ARMATA)

The Russian military began to use the latest T-14 Armata tanks in the zone of a special operation to protect Donbass. This was announced on Tuesday, April 25, by a source of RIA Novosti.

"Russian troops have started using the latest Armata tanks to fire at Ukrainian positions," the source said.

At the same time, he pointed out that they had not yet participated in direct assault operations.

The source also added that the tanks received additional protection from anti-tank ammunition.

After the end of the thaw, the enemy's activity will increase, but our units are ready for this, experts say
Earlier, on December 25, there were shots of combat training of the newest Russian T-14 tanks on the basis of the Armata universal tracked platform in the zone of the Russian special operation to protect Donbass.

In August 2021, an experimental batch of the latest T-14 tanks was shipped to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In July of the same year, Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, announced that serial production of the T-14 Armata would begin in Russia in 2022.

As noted in the Ministry of Defense, the T-14 will become a real mobile headquarters: thanks to a unique automated control system, commanders with the help of "Armata" will be able to control other combat vehicles in real time.

Armata is a heavy tracked platform developed by Uralvagonzavod. On its basis, a main tank, an armored repair and evacuation vehicle, an infantry fighting vehicle and other armored vehicles are being created.

Thanks to electronic warfare, the T-14 can protect various equipment from enemy aircraft and anti-tank weapons. If necessary, he will support the BMP with fire from a unique 125-millimeter cannon.

For the first time, the tank was presented in Yekaterinburg.
ВС РФ начали применять танки Т-14 «Армата» в зоне СВО

This is what I would call a complex word self-denazification. There would be more of this, it would be over faster
Ukrainian militants and Georgian mercenaries engaged in a firefight in Konstantinovka, Donetsk People's Republic.

This was announced by retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic Andrei Marochko.

According to him, in Konstantinovka, the Ukrainian command "ordered the radicals to provide the Georgians with a habitable and well-equipped temporary deployment point."

"When the mercenaries arrived, a verbal altercation ensued, which escalated into a shootout," TASS quoted Marochko as saying.

As a result of the shootout, the total losses amounted to about ten people, he said.

On April 24, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that as a result of a strike from the Iskander complex in Konstantinovka (DPR), militants of the Georgian National Legion involved in the torture and murder of Russian military in March 2022 near Kiev were destroyed.
Марочко: украинские боевики и грузинские наёмники вступили в перестрелку в Константиновке

This has already been noted, in particular in Mariupol
A Russian fighter said about a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who tried to leave Artemovsk under the guise of a civilian

ARTEMOVSK (DPR), Apr 25 - RIA Novosti. During the evacuation of civilians from the western districts of Artemovsk to the DPR, a Ukrainian sniper from the nationalist Azov battalion* (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) disguised himself as a civilian and tried to evacuate, a fighter of the Wagner group told RIA Novosti.
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"We find peaceful people, in houses, in basements: women, children, grandfathers. They come across people who change into civilian clothes and try to get out. Recently, a sniper was caught, who pretended to be a civilian, but turned out to be a sniper from Azov*," the agency interlocutor said.

Artemovsk is located north of the large city of Gorlovka. It is an important transport hub for the supply of the Ukrainian group of troops in the Donbass. Fierce battles have been going on outside the city for more than six months.
Боец "Вагнера": боевики ВСУ ради спасения выдают себя за жителей Артемовска
 
'The US will "pause" Ukraine's offensive to prepare for war with China.'

24 Apr, 2023
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If Ukraine can’t gain dramatically on the battlefield, the question inevitably arises as to whether it is time for a negotiated stop to the fighting,” Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, told Politico. “It’s expensive, we’re running low on munitions, we’ve got other contingencies around the world to prepare for.
 
Another region, but poses ‘universal’ threat if the PTB decide to apply that option 🙆

#Sudan Militants in the country seized the central state laboratory with samples of diseases, the WHO reported.

According to the representative of the organization, among the samples in this laboratory there are polio and measles, so "there is a huge biological risk."

 
'Is Ukraine preparing a sabotage on TurkStream pipeline?'

25 Apr, 2023
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Kiev has also recommended that the TurkStream pipeline, which delivers Russian gas to Türkiye, should be shut down.
 
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