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More failure of US made weapons.


US-MADE SWITCHBLADE LOITERING MUNITIONS SEE FIRST FAILURE IN UKRAINE (PHOTOS)​

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US-Made Switchblade Loitering Munitions See First Failure In Ukraine (Photos)
The launch of Switchblade on 6 April 2018 during a Robotic Complex Breach Concept assessment and demonstration at Grafenwoehr, Germany. (Photo by Sgt. Gregory T. Summers, U.S. Army).
US-made AeroVironment Switchblade loitering munitions, which were recently supplied to Kiev forces, have experienced their first failure in Ukraine.
On May 6, Russian sources shared photos showing the wreckage of a Switchblade 300 loitering munition that failed to hit its target and landed in an empty field. It remains unclear if the munition was subjected to air defense fire or electronic warfare means.
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The Switchblade 300 was designed to target personnel and unarmored vehicles. It has a range of 10 kilometers and an endurance of 10 minutes. AeroVironment developed a larger loitering munition, the Switchblade 600, to destroy armored vehicles, like battle tanks. This version has a range of 80 kilometers and an endurance of up to 20 minutes.
Both the Switchblade 300 and 600 are equipped with optical guidance systems. The munitions can be programmed to automatically strike targets, and can loiter around their targets until the time is right to strike.
In March, the US promised to supply Kiev forces with more than 100 Switchblade 300 and 600 systems in response to the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. Later in April, the US announced that it will be supplying Kiev forces with at least 121 of a previously-unknown loitering system dubbed the Phoenix Ghost.
The Phoenix Ghost loitering munition, which was allegedly developed by Aevex Aerospace, has an endurance of up to six hours. The munition is also equipped with a night-capable optical guidance system.
The US was not the only state to supply Kiev forces with loitering munitions. Poland has already supplied Kiev with the WB Electronics Warmate loitering munition, which has a maximum range of 40 kilometers and an endurance of up to 50 minutes.
So far, Kiev has not released any footage showing the loitering munitions it recently received in action. This rises some questions about the effectiveness of these systems.
Loitering munitions like the Switchblade 300\600, the Phoenix Ghost and the Warmate pose a serious threat to Russian forces operating in Ukraine. However, they can be neutralized with air defense and electronic warfare means.
 
'Ukraine without border would mean war with Russia.'

Ukraine’s neighbor sees future without border

6 May, 2022
Polish President Andrzej Duda hopes the two nations will “live together on this land” and build “common happiness”

Polish President Andrzej Duda has expressed hope that there will be no border between Poland and Ukraine in the future, calling the two nations “fraternal.

Speaking in Warsaw on May 3, the day Poland celebrated its Constitution Day, Duda said he envisaged a time in which the two nations would live “together on this land, building and rebuilding our common happiness and common strength that will allow us to resist every danger.

In his address, the Polish president apparently echoed a remark made by his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in early March, when he said “effectively we no longer have a border with Poland, with a friendly Poland.” The Ukrainian head of state highlighted how welcoming Warsaw had been to Ukrainian refugees, “not asking them about their nationality, religion or how much money they have.

This fact was mentioned by the Polish president, too, during his speech on Tuesday. He thanked his fellow countrymen and women for showing their kindness to Ukrainian refugees without being prompted “by any politicians, by any clergy, by anyone.” Duda again cited Volodymyr Zelensky, who recently said that “in view of what the Poles have done, the whole history is not important.

The Polish president concurred with this assessment, arguing that today’s solidarity between the two nations dwarfed all the conflicts of the past. Duda spoke of the opportunity which today’s crisis offered for rebuilding a “true community in our part of Europe,” which would be “able to defend itself against any attack.

He went on to suggest that, besides Poland and Ukraine, other nations such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, should also band together. The Polish president added that it was Warsaw’s responsibility to build “neighborly ties and brotherhood between our nations.” He also pledged to help Ukrainians to rebuild their country “when the war is over.

Speaking about anti-Russia sanctions, Duda acknowledged that the punitive measures against the Kremlin came at a price for those imposing them, causing “economic crashes, crashes in the energy market, in the fuel market,” as well as “inflation that affects our wallets, which makes our lives more difficult.” The Polish president insisted, however, that the international community had no other option but to go ahead with the sanctions regardless to force “Russia to stop its aggression.

We have to survive this, we have to pursue a responsible policy, we have to deal with it,” Duda told his compatriots.

He condemned the “brutal aggression of the Russian power on an independent, sovereign state, an independent and sovereign nation.

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed on Friday that Poland could pose a threat to Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The Russian official described this as an “obvious fact,” citing a recent statement by the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. Poland had earlier dismissed the allegations made by Moscow’s top spy that it planned to take over a portion of Ukrainian territory, calling it a “Russian information operation” aimed against Warsaw and Washington. Meanwhile, the Polish Ministry of Defense announced earlier this month that it was proceeding with large-scale military drills near the Ukrainian border, starting on May 1. Warsaw, however, insists the exercise has nothing to do with the conflict in the neighboring country.

In an interview with Associated Press on Thursday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, too, alleged that politicians in Poland were harboring plans to occupy western Ukraine, “that is, they have the partition of Ukraine in mind.

Upon its reconstitution in 1919, Poland claimed territories that are now part of Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine, known as Kresy Wschodnie, or “eastern borderlands.” Cities like Lvov and Stanislavov – known as Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk in present-day Ukraine – ended up in the USSR after WWII as Poland’s borders were shifted westward to the Oder-Neisse line.
 

Bombards Body Language – Volodymyr Zelensky on 60 Minutes​

no emotions.
12 min
 
I am so tired of the lies, the projection of the west, with their own intentions. This from the Voltaire network, it has been a project for years (apologies it this has been posted previously)


Declassification of documents exposing Banderite crimes​

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The Russian government has declassified documents relating to the trials of banderites at the end of the Great Patriotic War (World War II).

These documents bring light to the atrocious war crimes perpetrated by the banderites against Ukrainian civilians, in 1944 and 1945, during the retreat of the Nazis faced with the advancing Soviet Army. In particular, a document from the ministry devoted to the eastern territories occupied by the Third Reich, headed by Alfred Rosenberg, uncovers a plan for the complete annihilation of the Donbass and its population by Nazi forces and their Banderite collaborators.

They can be viewed with a VPN on the Russian site Power Lies in Truth.
These events were ignored in present-day Ukraine. Indeed, since the end of the Second World War, the Banderites and the Nazis of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN) have patiently rewritten the history of their country. Out of any reality, their version has become the current Holy Bible of the Ukrainians.

I attempted the VPN, but got the 403 message denied, then ... a message below that I was denied by the Russian Military defense... go figure!

What more can a person say, historical documents held in Russia, and of course. the west will deny every word. Ah! the propaganda game of truth and lies. But history has, a strange turn, in the end truth will be revealed. too many witnesses, too many testimonies, too many not killed for the message of truth to leak out into the world, only to be suppressed, for Western nations brainwashed.

Living in the world of the 21st Century. It is all a make believe world. For the most, we are living in a world of reality, on a screen, larger than the palm of the hand, and it dictates everything we do, say hear and speak.

Scares the hell out of me!
 

Bombards Body Language – Volodymyr Zelensky on 60 Minutes​

no emotions.
12 min
Thanks for sharing. Chilling to hear the Bombard lady describing Z. as someone without emotions but I wouldn't be surprised if she's right. I'm glad I don't have to watch all 60 minutes of this utter propaganda piece! :-D

Compare the above to her analysis of Putin's speech a few weeks ago. Her analysis made me chuckle: "It's basically like an adult talking to a child", "he stresses the points to make sure everyone understands". When you look at Putin's speech with that in mind, the analysis is absolutely spot on – one could imagine being a young kid at school who's done something wrong, and then going to the principal's office...and there's principal Putin telling you calmly and firmyly as an adult how the thing is going to be handled.

 
'A minute of relevance.'

UN reaches consensus on Ukraine for the first time

6 May, 2022
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The US has also requested Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deliver a briefing to the Security Council on this matter, “in due course.” The entire meeting on Friday lasted only about a minute.
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UN reaches consensus on Ukraine for the first time​

Security Council unanimously backs “search for a peaceful solution” to the conflict

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a statement on Friday supporting the secretary-general’s efforts to search for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine, in the first such display of unity since February 24. Russia’s agreement demonstrated Moscow’s readiness for diplomacy, said Mexico, which co-authored the statement.

“The Security Council expresses strong support for the efforts of the secretary-general in the search for a peaceful solution,” says the statement, according to AP.

The Council also “expresses deep concern regarding the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine” and “recalls that all member states have undertaken, under the Charter of the United Nations, the obligation to settle their international disputes by peaceful means.”

While the AP says the text of the statement does not contain the phrases “war,” “conflict,” “invasion” or “special military operation,” the Security Council press release did refer to an “invasion” of Ukraine.

The US has also requested Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deliver a briefing to the Security Council on this matter, “in due course.” The entire meeting on Friday lasted only about a minute.

Russia’s support for the statement, drafted by Mexico and Norway, shows Moscow’s readiness for diplomacy, Mexico’s permanent representative the UN Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez told TASS.

Guterres visited Moscow and Kiev in late April. So far, he has successfully arranged two evacuations of civilians from the Azovstal factory in Mariupol, where “Azov” militants loyal to the government in Kiev and other Ukrainian fighters are holed up.

Russia attacked the neighboring state in late February, following Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.
 

Overwhelming majority of Russians citizens trust Putin: Poll​

A new opinion poll shows the increasing popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A poll conducted by the Moscow-based Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) showed that up to 78% of Russian citizens trust President Vladimir Putin.

78% of respondents trusted Putin, 13% did not trust the President, and 9% were unable to provide a definitive answer, according to the poll.

The poll also found that 79^% of those polled were positive about the President's performance in office, while 11% were negative and 10% were unsure.

Between April 29 and May 1, FOM conducted telephone interviews with 1,500 adults over the age of 18 in 104 cities, towns, and villages across 53 Russian regions. The margin of error is no more than 2.5%.

The results of a previous opinion poll conducted by the independent Levada Center showed that the popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin has risen since the start of the military operation in Ukraine.

 
Compare the above to her analysis of Putin's speech a few weeks ago. Her analysis made me chuckle: "It's basically like an adult talking to a child", "he stresses the points to make sure everyone understands". When you look at Putin's speech with that in mind, the analysis is absolutely spot on – one could imagine being a young kid at school who's done something wrong, and then going to the principal's office...and there's principal Putin telling you calmly and firmyly as an adult how the thing is going to be handled.
Or as a commenter said on BitChute:
In the room of world players Putin is the adult in a room full of juvenile delinquents.
:-D
 
I came across some interesting news today. I've been following dr Leszek Sykulski for a while, he was quite a bit popular in anti-systemic circles in Poland for his sober geopolitical analysis. He did an interview with the Russian ambassador in Poland recently and was terribly mixed in mud for that. But he told something very interesting two weeks ago, that of course hasn't been picked up by the media:
Tapes, recordings from brothels in Podkarpacie are stored in Ukraine. Backups of these recordings are in Ukraine and are used to blackmail prominent Polish politicians, says Dr. Leszek Sykulski.

During the debate with geopolitical experts on the National Media channel, Dr. Sykulski spoke openly about the one-sided narrative of the war in Ukraine.

According to the expert, such an attitude of politicians is caused by the fact of "hooks" with which they are blackmailed by the secret services of Ukraine.

Why does Poland have such a submissive policy towards Kiev today? Among other things, because the Ukrainian intelligence is the owner of recordings with the participation of Polish politicians in brothels in the Podkarpacie region - he said.

According to Dr. Sykulski, the vast majority of Polish media are currently focused on messages that are to arouse absolute hatred towards Russians.

All Polish politics aimed at inciting hatred towards Russians. Here we have to talk not about any Russophobia, but about hatred towards Russians, language, culture - this is detachment from reality. This is the main problem, he stressed.

These awakened emotions will harm the Polish state. We can already see it, after the testimony of CBA operational officers, that tapes and recordings from brothels in Podkarpacie are stored in Ukraine. Backups of these recordings are in Ukraine and are used to blackmail prominent Polish politicians, he added.

I've searched for the video today and found that he really made that statement at the 1:00:10 mark (no English subtitles):
It is mind-blowing when the reporter asked where he got his info and got a response that it is widely available from the recordings from the commission of inquiry, he did not take this topic further.

I've dug a little bit, and there is a big article published in 2019 in a major Polish news outlet. The article is rather big, few citations below in the context of what Sykulski stated:
The Rysicz brothers, who, according to Dawid Kostecki, recorded politicians and businessmen in their escort agencies, could count on the Polish state throughout their criminal career. First, the police cut their competition in Podkarpacie, and then the prosecutor's office and the court ensured symbolic sentences. And we are talking about gangsters responsible for trafficking in human beings and profiting from the harlotry of over half a thousand women.

We published the text on October 4 this year. Since then, the Internal Security Agency has detained a current CBŚP officer, two former officers of this office and one former CBA agent. According to the findings of the prosecutor's office, everyone was involved in the creation of a "protective umbrella" over the escort agencies in the Podkarpacie region we describe.
The files of the case of the Podkarpacie pimps, the Rysicz brothers, have 160 volumes only in the open part. They show how the state institutions first helped the brothers gain a dominant role in the pimping world in the Subcarpathian region, and when they were brought to trial, they agreed to strangely low penalties.

In this article, we describe the details of trafficking in women and their exploitation for prostitution, which they used, among others, by officers of the Central Investigation Bureau.

We also point out traces that show that pimps may have recorded politicians and businessmen. The Rysicz brothers themselves admitted visits by high-ranking people in their agencies. There are many indications that the recordings have long attracted the interest of Ukrainian secret services,
then under Russian control.
The brothers reign supreme in the business of debauchery in Podkarpacie. However, this does not mean that they are free from problems. The Ukrainian services are closely monitoring their growing position in the criminal world.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) begins to take an interest in "Alex" and "Żenia" at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, when the brothers often visit Khmelnytsky's hometown. There, Rysicz makes contact with the SBU for the first time, but the brothers refuse to cooperate.


However, the refusal does not alienate the officers of the Ukrainian secret police. The father of the Rysicz brothers is coming. In the following years, "Aleks" and "Żenia" receive signals from their friends that the SBU asks about them, about the frequency of their visits to Ukraine, but above all about whether they are carrying any flash drives or CDs.

This might be another piece of the puzzle for why Polish involvement in the conflict is so bizarrely out of the touch with reality: control files.

EDIT:
CBA is for Central Anti-Corruption Bureau.
 
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As long as the Soviet Union remained strong, none of this was a problem. For the USSR, ethnic nationalism was unacceptable. The peoples were fused together by ideology – at least officially. However, by the end of the 80’s, the USSR was torn apart by a variety of difficulties. In particular, the national issue had reemerged with a vengeance. During a time when the USSR was experiencing an array of internal problems, the popularity of Soviet ideas was rapidly losing popularity, while nationalist populism was gaining strong momentum among the peoples living on the outskirts of the USSR.

The Soviet project had encouraged the creation of a stratum of intellectuals and managerial personnel in national republics, as it was part of socialist ideology, with its internationalist ideas. However, this now made it possible to create turnkey states: under Soviet rule, the USSR’s ethnic republics had managed to rebuild industry and create more or less functioning national bureaucracies. Meanwhile, the national intelligentsia educated by the USSR could adapt its ideology to support the idea of seceding from the Soviet Union.


This sounds exactly like what happened to Yugoslavia.
 
As you may have seen on Telegram, Graham Phillips has written pretty strong words about Patrick Lancaster's journalism. Basically saying that he's a grifter who is just after 'likes', subscribers and money. Even though reading some of Graham's descriptions of Patrick's journalism appear to me as having some merit to them, I think that Phillips is going too far. Sure, Patrick is somewhat of a sensationalist in his reporting, running around shouting "Be sure to like and subscribe!" but IMO he's still filming and interviewing on the actual spot, and that's in my books always worth something.

Just an example what Phillips is saying:

An illiterate, grifting charlatan like Patrick Lancaster, with a journalistic acumen and ability lower than a potted plant, does not get to call when Mariupol is 'done'. Mariupol will be 'done' (in the context of the 'war situation') when Azovstal is cleared, and it is under full DNR / Russian control.

As if the situation isn't complex enough, now Phillips is picking a fight. Why?
 

RUSSIAN FORCES TAKE CONTROL OF KEY STRONGHOLD OF POPASNAYA. STRIKES ELIMINATE DOZENS OF FOREIGN EQUIPMENT PIECES IN KHARKOV​

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Russian Forces Take Control Of Key Stronghold Of Popasnaya. Strikes Eliminate Dozens Of Foreign Equipment Pieces In Kharkov
A Russian Su-25 is over the region of Donbass
On May 7, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces have destroyed a large concentration of military equipment from the USA and European countries near the Bogodukhov railway station in Kharkov Region.
The Russian military revealed that strikes resulted in the elimination of more than 280 members of pro-Kyiv forces and up to 48 armoured and motor vehicles.
The strikes came amid the intensification of clashes in the area of Izum, in the south of Kharkov Region, and in the entire sector of the Russian advance towards the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration. Intense fighting was reported around Barvenko, Svyatogorsk and Liman in this area.
Also, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, 3 Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles and 9 Smerch multiple-launch rockets nave been also intercepted over Izyum city, Kharkov Region. Expectedly, the intensification of the strikes by Kyiv forces correspond with the intensification of the fighting.
The positional fighting continued on the contact line in the sector of the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk agglomeration. An active advance there by forces of LPR and Russia have been partly halted as Russian forces carried out a flank strike on the remaining grouping of the Kyiv government there.
A Russian missile over Ukraine:

Russian-led forces continued regular strikes on fortified positions of pro-Kyiv units around Severodonetsk, while Russian and LPR troops developed offensive in the sector of Popasnaya and Zolotoe.
Popasnaya remained a contested area, but as of the middle day of April 7 local sources claimed that the town came under full control of Russian-led forces and the demining work is ongoing there.
The breakthrough around Popasnaya, if confirmed, will mark the collapse of the northern flank of the grouping of Kyiv’s forces in the sector. This will likely lead to the collapse of Kyiv’s defense in Severodonetsk and Seversk and will open route towards Bahmut.
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The tense situation remains around the Azovstal plant in the industrial area of Mariupol. On May 6, clashes were reported in the area with Russian forces striking units of the Azov battalion and affiliated formations that tried carry out attacks from their encircled positions. The direct storm of the area (despite tactical advances of the Russians) is not going because Kyiv’s troops hold a large number of civilians as hostages. The humanitarian efforts to provide aid to civilians or evacuate them are used by Kyiv’s troops for own military purposes. 176 civilians have been evacuated from the area as of now.
Russian strikes pounded depots and positions of Kyiv’s forces around Nikolaev:
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As of the middle of May 7, no large clashes are ongoing there. Media reports claimed that some number of pro-Kiyv troops from the Azovstal plant left the plant under a white flag. However, it does not seem that the garrison led by Ukrainian radicals is going to surrender as long as they have hostages to bargain.
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Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed additional details about strikes on military targets in Ukraine.
According to the statement, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Air Force hit 5 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, as well as an ammunition depot near Bakhmut, the Donetsk People’s Republic.
At the same time, Russian operational-tactical and army aviation hit 18 military assets of Ukraine. The targets included 2 command posts near Skovorodnikovo in Kharkov Region, 5 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment, 3 ammunition and fuel depots near Dachnoe in Odessa Region.
Odessa:
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The Russian military added that missile troops and artillery hit 44 command posts and 196 strongholds of Ukrainian troops as well as areas of manpower and military equipment concentration during the night.
Also, Russian air defence means shot down 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Berezovka in Nikolaev Region, Signalnoe, Luganskoe, Krasnogorovka, Yasinovatoe and Zugres in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Olgino in Kherson Region, Cherneshchina in Kharkov Region.
The Russian side says that since the start of the operation Russian forces have destroyed 152 aircraft and 112 helicopters, 762 unmanned aerial vehicles, 295 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,895 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 333 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,364 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,716 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Just another Bayraktar TB2 shot down by Russia’s Pantsir systems:
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As you may have seen on Telegram, Graham Phillips has written pretty strong words about Patrick Lancaster's journalism. Basically saying that he's a grifter who is just after 'likes', subscribers and money. Even though reading some of Graham's descriptions of Patrick's journalism appear to me as having some merit to them, I think that Phillips is going too far. Sure, Patrick is somewhat of a sensationalist in his reporting, running around shouting "Be sure to like and subscribe!" but IMO he's still filming and interviewing on the actual spot, and that's in my books always worth something.

Just an example what Phillips is saying:



As if the situation isn't complex enough, now Phillips is picking a fight. Why?
Looks like ego to me. As you say, Patrick does come across as an amateur, but a sincere one. The irony is that Graham seems to see himself as a professional, but his videos aren't much better, e.g., typos in his captions. I like both of their amateur reporting, but Graham needs to lighten up. (Funnily enough I watched an old video of Patrick's recently where he and Graham are both in a DPR trench under fire from the Ukrainians. They seemed friendly enough with each other in that situation!)
 
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Looks like ego to me. As you say, Patrick does come across as an amateur, but a sincere one. The irony is that Graham seems to see himself as a professional, but his videos aren't much better, e.g., typos in his captions. I like both of their amateur reporting, but Graham needs to lighten up. (Funnily enough I watched an old video of Patrick's recently where he and Graham are both in a DPR trench under fire from the Ukrainians. They seemed friendly enough with each other in that situation!)
Yeah, that's what I think, too. Graham is determined to be the first one to film inside Azovstal so he clearly sees Patrick as competition. It's the ol' ego trip: downplay others to make yourself look better. Unfortunate, but this is just a drop in the ocean compared to everything else going on. :-P
 

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