Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine
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️Kherson region decided not to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation, the region will try to become part of Russia without this procedure - the authorities of the region"
"Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency is reporting for the first time Wednesday that the Russian military occupied southern Ukrainian city of Kherson will soon petition the Kremlin to become part of the Russian Federation."
"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has in his latest statements invoked Crimea - which came under Russian control due to a Kremlin-backed 'popular referendum' in 2014 - as a model for what could happen regarding Kherson's political future. He stressed it would be "up to local residents" and that the process would be "absolutely clear and legitimate".
"Additionally, according to The Moscow Times, "Occupied Kherson, as well as the Pryazovske region on the Sea of Azov, reportedly began trading with Crimea shortly after Russian forces installed pro-Moscow administrations in the area."
"And Reuters writes of more signs of annexation of the city coming soon as follows: "TASS cited the Russian-controlled administration as saying that pension bodies and a banking system would be created from scratch for the region, and that branches of a Russian bank could be open there before the end of May," according to its report."
"However, some correspondents are saying there won't be a referendum, or possibly just the appearance of one as a pretext..."
"Meanwhile, Ukraine's defense ministry is vowing that the local population will "resist" such annexation attempts, despite eastern and southern areas of the country having large pockets of pro-Russian and Russian-speaking citizens."
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"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has in his latest statements invoked Crimea - which came under Russian control due to a Kremlin-backed 'popular referendum' in 2014 - as a model for what could happen regarding Kherson's political future. He stressed it would be "up to local residents" and that the process would be "absolutely clear and legitimate".
"Additionally, according to The Moscow Times, "Occupied Kherson, as well as the Pryazovske region on the Sea of Azov, reportedly began trading with Crimea shortly after Russian forces installed pro-Moscow administrations in the area."
"And Reuters writes of more signs of annexation of the city coming soon as follows: "TASS cited the Russian-controlled administration as saying that pension bodies and a banking system would be created from scratch for the region, and that branches of a Russian bank could be open there before the end of May," according to its report."
"However, some correspondents are saying there won't be a referendum, or possibly just the appearance of one as a pretext..."
"Meanwhile, Ukraine's defense ministry is vowing that the local population will "resist" such annexation attempts, despite eastern and southern areas of the country having large pockets of pro-Russian and Russian-speaking citizens."
Russian-Captured Ukrainian Territories Will Soon Ask To 'Join Russia': State Media | ZeroHedge
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"The media outlet Al Jazeera accused Israeli forces of "deliberately targeting and killing our colleague" on Wednesday after Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the face while covering a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank."
"Al Jazeera Media Network condemns this heinous crime, which intends to only prevent the media from conducting their duty. Al Jazeera holds the Israeli government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of Shireen. It also calls on the international community to condemn and hold the Israeli occupation forces accountable for their intentional targeting and killing of Shireen."
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"Al Jazeera Media Network condemns this heinous crime, which intends to only prevent the media from conducting their duty. Al Jazeera holds the Israeli government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of Shireen. It also calls on the international community to condemn and hold the Israeli occupation forces accountable for their intentional targeting and killing of Shireen."
'Blatant Murder': Al Jazeera Accuses Israel of Killing Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
"We pledge to prosecute the perpetrators legally, no matter how hard they try to cover up their crime, and bring them to justice," Al Jazeera said in a statement.
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⚡️Эксклюзив⚡️«Спарта» сожгла позиции боевиков под Авдеевкой⚡️ Проект @wargonzo публикует эксклюзивные кадры того, как птурщики легендарного донбасского батальона «Спарта» разбирают очередной блиндаж укрепрайона неонацистов в Авдеевке. На кадрах с дрона видно, как после попадания ПТУР позиции...
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"While in Ukraine, I witnessed #warcrimes. All of them were committed by the Ukrainian army. But in France, we don't talk about it!"
– Adrien Boke, former French Special Forces, shares his experience during a 3-week humanitarian mission.
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– Adrien Boke, former French Special Forces, shares his experience during a 3-week humanitarian mission.
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While in Ukraine, I witnessed #warcrimes. All of them were committed by the Ukrainian army. But in France, we don't talk about it!" – Adrien Boke, former French Special Forces, shares his experience during a 3-week humanitarian mission.
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US Takes Wheat Out Of Ukraine. War-Torn Country Doomed To Famine
In exchange for weapons and illusory prospects of becoming a member of the “European family”, the Kiev regime is dooming...
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US TAKES WHEAT OUT OF UKRAINE. WAR-TORN COUNTRY DOOMED TO FAMINE
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In exchange for weapons and illusory prospects of becoming a member of the “European family”, the Kiev regime is dooming its own people to a protracted food crisis.
After the launch of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Russian forces blocked the access to the Ukrainian vital seaports in the Black Sea. Before the war, around 5 million tons were shipped each month through the Black Sea. One of the main goods exported from Ukraine were grain crops for Europe.
This became another pretext for accusing Russia of provoking the food crisis in the West. However, a brief analysis of the policy of the Kiev regime and the decisions announced by the United States and European countries predict a long-planned famine in Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden attempted to reassure the Americans that there is no threat of food crisis in the country as the grain can be easily taken from the war-torn Ukraine. He claimed that there are 20 million tons of grain in Ukraine, and now the issue of its export is being resolved. In his opinion, this will help bring down world food prices.
On May 11, the European Commission will consider a strategy that would address technical and bureaucratic initiatives to speed up the shipping of vegetable oils, corn and wheat, some of Ukraine’s key exports, people familiar with the discussions said Bloomberg.
Europe intends to export crops by rail and , since the seaports are blocked by the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The problem is that the export capacity of the railway is low. Ukraine’s products also face a myriad of phytosanitary measures and quotas for land transport that complicate their ability to pass through various member states to their final destination, Bloomberg sources reported.
These are the main problems that the EU is set to resolve as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, giant columns of grain carriers are spotted in the Moldovan port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube. Hundreds of trucks are exporting grain from the territory of Ukraine to the EU countries.
The price the Kiev regime pays for the supply of weapons and financial support of its allies is too high.
According to the official Ukrainian data, the total amount of wheat produced in 2021/2022 MY amounted to 32,4 million tons. Based on the analysis of exports over the last five seasons (2016-2021), Ukraine exports about 80 percent of its wheat. About 6 million tons traditionally remain on the domestic market. This year, about 26 million tons were designated for export.
According to the Ukrainian statistics, since the beginning of the season, which started on July 1 2021, and as of December 15, exports of crops and grain legumes from Ukraine already reached 28.7 million tons. Wheat exports accounted for 56%. Until December 15, at least 16 million tons of wheat were exported.
During the period from December 15 2021 to February 24, 2022, exports continued in full via the usual logistics chains. After the closure of the sea ports, exports did not stop, but were reoriented to land channels. Only railways allow to export about 1.1 million tons of grain per month. Millions of tons are transferred by trucks. According to the most conservative estimates, from December 15 to May 10, at least 6 tons of wheat were additionally exported.
The entire harvest of 2021 MY was already exported and used for the needs of the Ukrainian domestic market.
Various Western sources, including US President Biden, declare the need for the immediate export of additional 20 tons of wheat from Ukraine. This is grain from Ukrainian strategic reserves in the amount of at least four months of wheat consumption by the domestic Ukrainian market.
In the context of the impending global food crisis provoked by the Western sanctions against Russia and disruption of supply chains, the United States and European countries are aiming to replenish their reserves, thanks to the crops taken from the Ukrainian people.
The policy of the Kiev regime reveal clear signs of famine planning in Ukraine. Amid the ongoing military operations, the sowing season was disrupted in many of Ukrainian regions. The male part of the population were called up for military service, some regions are under control of the Russian Armed Forces. Moreover, the spring of 2022 is significantly colder than in 2021. Not to mention the dysfunction of the agricultural sector, which was sharply reoriented to foreign consumers to the detriment of the Ukrainian market.
Regardless of the developments on the frontline, the harvest in 2022-2023 MY will be much smaller.
At the same time, other branches of agriculture in Ukraine also faced crisis phenomena long before the start of military operations.
According to the Ukrainian statistics, egg production decreased by 13.5%, milk – by 5.8%, meat – by 2%, wool by 6.3%. According to the Association “Union of Poultry Farmers”, Ukraine imported eggs from Belarus in July – August 2021 for the first time since 1991.
The number of various agricultural animals also critically decreased:
• Cattle – by 6.9% (2.93 million cattle heads):
• pigs – by 4.7% (5.83 million heads):
• sheep and goats – by 5.9% (1.19 million heads).
According to experts of the Association “Pig Breeders of Ukraine”, the cattle breeding in Ukraine has already passed the point of no return in 2021 and “the restoration of the livestock is almost impossible.”
As of November 2021, the food prices in Ukraine increased by almost 15%. In 2021, bread has increased in price by 18.9%, dairy products by 15.2%, meat products by 15.4%, sugar by 20.4%.
It is obvious that such a policy of the Kiev regime will lead to a critical shortage of food by the autumn-winter of 2022-2023.
A similar situation took place in the USSR in the early 1930s, when the young Soviet state, weakened by the First World War and the Civil War, was forced to export large volumes of grain, including wheat, to the United States and other Western countries, including Germany. In 1930-1031, the USSR exported about 2.5 million tons per year.
In 1932-1933, the agrarian policy of the USSR, which caused a crop failure, led to famine in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The number of deaths in Ukraine amounted to 3 million 917.8 thousand people, Russia — 3 million 264.6 thousand, Kazakhstan — 1 million 258.2 thousand people, in total 8 million 731.9 thousand people throughout the USSR.
In 2023, the tragedy may be repeated in Ukraine because of Kiev’s policy. Russia will once again be declared the culprit of the Ukrainian famine.
Just came across this, not sure if it has been shared before or not, it's from RT so I am pasting the entire article for those who do not have access:
It keeps on becoming so clear that while Russia is the big target of this operation, the EU is probably a very close second, that sometimes really looks like the main target. I wonder if the citizens of the EU realize this, Washington is telling the EU, instructing the EU, to commit suicide for no good reason.
It keeps on becoming so clear that while Russia is the big target of this operation, the EU is probably a very close second, that sometimes really looks like the main target. I wonder if the citizens of the EU realize this, Washington is telling the EU, instructing the EU, to commit suicide for no good reason.
El Pentágono junto a Pfizer, Moderna, Merck y Gilead, realizaban experimentos con ciudadanos ucranianos en un hospital psiquiátrico cerca de Járkov
El Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia aseguró este miércoles que cuenta con evidencias de que el Pentágono, junto a empresas como Pfizer, Moderna, Merck y Gilead, realizaban experimentos con ciudadanos…
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Translated: El Pentágono junto a Pfizer, Moderna, Merck y Gilead, realizaban experimentos con ciudadanos ucranianos en un hospital psiquiátrico cerca de Járkov
The Pentagon, along with Pfizer, Moderna, Merck and Gilead, conducted experiments with Ukrainian citizens in a psychiatric hospital near Járkov
I can't say for sure, but I get the feeling that the pandemic and vaccination has something to do with it...
All this is almost true, but the current situation is not taken into account. The railway infrastructure is being destroyed and it is already impossible to provide the figures indicated in the article. Motor transport is generally unrealistic in the conditions of fuel shortage, which already exists in Ukraine. In short, Biden will not see the desired 20 million tons of grain by the fall, as his ears. Of course, they will take something out, they will try as much as possible, especially since the Ukrainian authorities are vitally interested in this - kickbacks personally to officials, they say, reach 30-40% of contracts and even though they sell cheap, very decent profits stick to them, but it will not be possible to achieve the stated figures, the degradation of the logistics infrastructure will not allow.
Все это почти верно, но не учитывается текущая обстановка. Железнодорожная инфраструктура разрушается и уже сейчас невозможно обеспечить те цифры, что указаны в статье. Автотранспорт- это вообще малореально в условиях дефицита топлива, который уже существует на Украине. Короче, не видать Байдену желаемых 20 млн тонн зерна к осени, как своих ушей. Чего то конечно вывезут, постараются максимально, тем более, что украинские власти в этом заинтересованы кровно- откаты персонально чиновникам, говорят, достигают 30-40% от контрактов и хоть продают по дешевке, прилипают им очень приличные барыши, но заявленных цифр достичь не удастся, не позволит деградация логистической инфраструктуры.
If you suffered an internet outage around the start of the operation, this was probably the reason. It could be the case of a REAL Russian cyberattack if those satellites were used also by western and/or Ukrainian military/intelligence. The article mentions that windfarms were affected in Central Europe, and mentions no other type of user, but could be reasonable to think that those satellites provided more than just service wind farms.
UK blames Russia for satellite internet hack at start of war
Russia was behind a cyber-attack targeting American commercial satellite internet company Viasat, UK and US intelligence suggests.
The attack began about an hour before Russia invaded Ukraine, on 24 February.
It caused outages for several thousand Ukrainian customers - and affected windfarms and internet users in Central Europe.
Officials have long believed Russia was to blame but lacked the evidence to say so publicly.
Viasat provides high-speed satellite broadband to commercial and military customers.
The company has previously said "tens of thousands of terminals" were damaged beyond repair, in the cyber-attack, though its core network infrastructure and the satellite itself remained unscathed.
'Almost certain'
Now, a joint announcement by the EU, UK, US and other allies confirms long-held suspicions the primary target was the Ukrainian military.
And the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was "almost certain" Russia was behind the attack.
Explaining the decision to publicly identify Russia, NCSC chief executive Lindy Cameron told BBC news: "It is important to challenge the ability to do this with impunity."
Significant and destructive operation shows Russia's abilities
The war in Ukraine has seen the most sustained offensive cyber-operations one country has launched against another, a British intelligence official says.
Some were surprised there was not more evidence of destructive attacks when the invasion began.
But it has taken time for a fuller picture to emerge - such as this major attack on satellite communications now linked to Russia.
Directly in support of military operations, this attack also spilled over to other countries.
So far though, Russia has not launched wider attacks against Western targets.
And one reason we may not have seen the scale of destructive activity inside Ukraine that some predicted, the intelligence official says, is Russia's offense came up against a country that had worked hard on its defences and could see off many of the attacks.
At the NCSC Cyber UK event, operations director Paul Chichester told me the Russians, for the past few years, had been making Ukrainians "match-fit".
Russian military intelligence - the GRU - had been involved in the 13 January defacements of Ukrainian government websites and attacks using a type of destructive malware called Whispergate in the same month, it added.
Whispergate was deployed in the months before the conflict, against organisations in Ukraine, in an effort to "to destroy computer systems and render them inoperable", according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
The UK has already sanctioned the GRU, after a nerve-agent attack in Salisbury, Wilts, left one person dead and several others seriously ill.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement accompanying the announcement: "This is clear and shocking evidence of a deliberate and malicious attack by Russia against Ukraine which had significant consequences on ordinary people and businesses in Ukraine and across Europe."
Viasat told the BBC "We recognize international governments have identified who they believe to be responsible for the cyberattack on the KA-SAT network.
"We have and will continue to work closely with relevant law enforcement and governmental authorities as part of the ongoing investigation".
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Ukraine warned Hungary earlier of repercussions for not supporting the War Effort against Russia. As you can see, - I highlighted the route in this modified image - the Sokhranovka transit point enters Hungary.. So Kiev made true on its threatening words.
ziutek
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It's that simple if you step into psychopathic shoes for a moment.
And the "analysts" in our media are wondering why Russia (Putin) is turning off the gas in Ukraine at the same time as pumping it into the place from Russia?
