Something interesting to keep an eye on for the medium term.
[Shafaq News] Russian shipbuilding companies are finalizing the details. This slows down the production of ships.
At the Russian shipbuilding giant United Shipbuilding Corporation (United Shipbuilding) is running out of key parts, delaying or halting production of the tankers and ocean-going vessels the country needs to transport oil and cargo.
He writes about it The Wall Street Journal.
There is a shortage of imported engines at the Zirka plant.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US and Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... reportedly hit Russia with sanctions and export controls that disrupted the flow of parts for engines, propellers and fuel pumps.
Now the largest Russian shipyards are trying to find enough propellers and engine parts.
The United Shipbuilding Corporation has been under sanctions since 2014. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... there are problems with obtaining equipment and foreign specialists to install parts « acquired a systemic character" after February 2022.
According to some of the company’s top managers, the Russian shipbuilding sector has faced the biggest problem since the collapse of the USSR. Thousands of shipyard and ancillary jobs could disappear next year.
Russian investment consultant INFOline said that last year local shipyards delivered 20% fewer vessels than in 2021. Last year, the United Shipbuilding Corporation produced only four ships. According to sources, this is because the German-made screw-in steering columns are no longer available.
Russian shipping company executives say shipyards are trying to produce some of the scarce parts themselves or replace them with imports from China. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... establishing new supply chains in shipbuilding takes time and increases costs.
The manager of the Zirka plant said that a lack of imported engines is hampering production at his plant, and that some of these parts take several years to make in Russia.
Against the background of what is happening, Russian shipyards are lobbying the Kremlin for support and subsidies — the cancellation of taxes and fines for late deliveries.
In July last year, it was reported that the Russian occupiers Vadym Novinsky shipyard in Kherson was seized.
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[Korrespondent] 22:35 Residents of Moscow and the Moscow region are beginning to sound the alarm because of the unprecedented invasion of drones. Russian media reports that six drones have fallen in the area in the last 24 hours alone. More details - in the material "Rain" from the UAV .
21:43 In the east of Ukraine, a deputy of the Supreme Council of Khakassia from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Dmitry Ivanov was liquidated, said the head of Khakassia, Valentin Konovalov. In February, Ivanov went to the front as a volunteer, served in the PMC Wagner.
21:20 The organizers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament said they would offer additional support to Ukrainian players and fans after they were forced to lift the ban on the participation of Russian and Belarusian tennis players. In particular, from each ticket sold, 1 pound sterling will be donated to help Ukrainians. It is expected that the total amount will be more than 500 thousand pounds (about 625 thousand dollars). The organizers will also finance one day of visiting the tournament for thousands of Ukrainian refugees.
Each Ukrainian Wimbledon participant will receive two hotel rooms free of charge, as well as training facilities during the summer season on grass courts. Russian and Belarusian players will be able to play in the men's and women's Wimbledon tournaments as neutral players.
20:49 The Russians fired heavy artillery at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region in the evening. In Marganets, two people were injured, two administrative buildings and eight private houses were damaged, as well as five- and two-story houses. In Nikopol, a private enterprise, an apartment building, and a shop were damaged, said Serhiy Lysak, head of the OVA.
20:32 Lavrov said that the situation around the grain deal is now at an impasse, and the West, including the United States, "is not serious about its implementation."
20:26 In the Kherson region, the exit and stay of ships and other watercraft on water bodies was banned, the OVA reported. This decision was made in order to ensure the safety of navigation and citizens in water bodies, minimizing the risks of sabotage and terrorist threats in inland waters.
The ban applies to all types of watercraft - sports boats, fishing boats, recreational boats, etc. An exception is the vessels of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and specialists protecting aquatic biological resources. The restriction will remain in effect until martial law or a separate order is lifted.
19:07 The UK has handed over to Ukraine thousands of shells for Challenger 2 tanks, including armor-piercing shells with depleted uranium, Deputy Defense Minister James Hippie said in response to a request from MP Kenny Macaskill. However, he added that London does not monitor their use.
18:54 The Russians in eastern Ukraine have changed the tactics of using their aviation and kamikaze drones in order to identify air defense systems, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. In particular, the enemy began to use more planes at the same time: if earlier one plane flew up, a maximum of two separately, then yesterday it was already team work, when two planes took off, lured out air defense forces, and the third one inflicted defeat.
Also, the Russians started combining drones: “Yesterday afternoon, for the first time, “Shaheds” were used, which were successfully shot down, but after them “lancets” appeared. This is also a strategy to detect air defense points, and then deliver the appropriate strike with “lancets”.
In addition, according to Dmitrashkovsky, the enemy has significantly increased the number of artillery shelling and is shelling Ukrainian positions in much the same way as it was in February.
18:45 The authorities of Riga decided to demolish the monument to Pushkin in order to prevent meetings with him on May 9.
18:09 Head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov showed the work of the 77th separate airmobile brigade and tactical aviation: drones acquired through donations through UNITED24 helped track and destroy the ammunition depot and the location of the Russians.
18:03 A court in Moscow has arrested in absentia a citizen of Ukraine, Bogdan Tsyganenko, who is allegedly involved in the murder of Daria Dugina, Russian media reported.
17:55 South Africa has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, said President Cyril Ramaphosa. Earlier, the South African authorities announced that they would hold consultations with Russia, given the situation with Putin's possible visit to the BRICS summit, which will be held in the republic in August.
17:28 Syrsky said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine that holding Bakhmut is important for Ukrainian defense for several reasons:
the city is an important defense center, the retention of which ensures the stability of the defense of the grouping of troops as a whole;
Bakhmut is a well-located natural fortress, which is surrounded by rivers and located on hills, which contributes to the conduct of defense;
the protection of the city is also facilitated by the presence of high-rise buildings and developed infrastructure on the left bank of the Bakhmutka River, where Ukrainian troops are defending;
the battle for the capture of the city is a specific type of military operations that requires special skills and creates difficulties for troops conducting an offensive in the conditions of the forest-steppe;
the city is part of the Konstantinovsko-Kramatorsk agglomeration, the retention of which excludes the enemy from reaching the flank and rear of the Ukrainian troops in the Lysychansk and Donetsk directions.
16:46 The statement of the Russian Defense Ministry about Ukraine's alleged violation of the humanitarian corridor and the attack on the civilian infrastructure of Crimea is "a false manipulation on the part of the aggressor state," Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, told Suspilny: "The recent events in Crimea concerned exclusively military facilities and have nothing to do with grain agreement providing for Ukrainian ports and civilian ports when it comes to Ukrainian-controlled territory.
If we talk about "the latest events in Crimea," then we are talking about the occupied territory and military facilities of the occupiers, he explained. "Ukraine complies with international obligations, including fulfilling all obligations related to the grain corridor," Yusov stressed.
16:24 South Korea announced a large-scale expansion of the list of goods prohibited for export to Russia and Belarus. The list was increased from 57 to 798 positions and included, in particular, goods for the steel and chemical industries; automotive industry; industrial and construction equipment; conductors and quantum computers, details for them; sapphires and rubies. Now, when exporting these goods to Russia and Belarus, it will be necessary to obtain special permission from the government.
16:17 Czech President Petr Pavel is convinced that China cannot be trusted as a mediator in establishing peace between Russia and Ukraine, since it is beneficial for Beijing to continue the war. He explained that the war in Ukraine could push Russia to a number of concessions - in particular, Beijing could get cheap oil, gas and other resources from Moscow in exchange for a partnership with the Kremlin. "It's also good for China that the West is perhaps getting a little weaker by supporting Ukraine," he added.
In addition, Pavel believes, China is daily learning lessons from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, closely following what the Russian Federation is doing and how the West is reacting.
16:06 The UN confirmed the death of 8,574 civilians as a result of the war in Ukraine and the wounding of 14,411. However, the real figures can be much higher, the organization clarifies.
16:03 Sweden has declared five Russian diplomats persona non grata, Foreign Minister Tobias Bilström said.
15:51 The government has identified six settlements where, within the framework of the pilot project, restoration will take place in a comprehensive manner and according to new principles, Shmyhal said. These are Borodyanka and Moshchun in the Kyiv region, Trostyanets in the Sumy region, Posad-Pokrovskoe in the Kherson region, Tsirkuny in the Kharkiv region and Yagodnoye in the Chernihiv region. They will begin the restoration on the principle of "better than it was."
15:46 The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the salaries of employees of state bodies working in areas where active or possible hostilities are taking place, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. In particular, for employees of state bodies in the territories of active hostilities, official salaries are determined taking into account the coefficient of 2, and in the territories of possible hostilities - taking into account the coefficient of 1.5. The same coefficients are recommended to be established by local governments.
15:27 In the Zaporozhye region, while digging trenches, Russians accidentally dug up a cattle burial ground and became infected with anthrax, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. Now, according to him, the whole unit is in quarantine, and two soldiers were first brought to the Melitopol hospital, but after the diagnosis was confirmed, they were taken to an unknown destination.
15:05 Rumors about Russia's repeated attack on Kiev from the territory of Belarus were disinformation of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, which they called "successful", Radio Liberty reports, citing secret Pentagon documents. Thus, in February 2023, the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces reported on “successful efforts for operational camouflage,” the purpose of which was to convince Ukrainian intelligence of the possibility of a new offensive from Balarus. The "operation" took place from 3 to 10 February 2023. Within its framework, the Russians transferred various weapons to Belarus, conducted exercises, and spread misinformation.
14:48 The commanders of the Russian assault groups in Bakhmut use smartphones with special Alpine Quest GPS software, which contains the coordinates of the positions of Ukrainian fire weapons, attack targets, advance routes to them, as well as the tasks of neighboring units, said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine the commander of the Eastern grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky.
14:23 NATO must make a political decision that will either determine the timetable for Ukraine's entry already at the upcoming Alliance summit in July, or oblige it to be submitted before the end of 2023, Kuleba wrote in an article for Foreign Affairs: "At the upcoming Alliance summit in Vilnius, member states NATO must send a clear written signal to Russia that the game is up: Ukraine is part of the West, it is on the threshold of the Alliance and will soon walk through its door To avoid misunderstandings, this is not about immediate membership, but about NATO allies making historic a step towards accepting Ukraine into the Alliance."
14:21 The Russians are attacking the Kizomys of the Belozersky community of the Kherson region for the third day. In the morning, enemy aircraft dropped two guided bombs on the village - 11 residential buildings, a church, and two shops were damaged. Previously, no casualties. Light went out in the village, the gas pipeline was damaged and mobile communications were unstable, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
14:16 In Kupyansk, during the analysis of the rubble of the museum building, which was hit by a Russian S-300 missile in the morning, rescuers found the body of another person. Thus, as a result of an enemy strike, two people were killed, ten were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:12 Zelensky announced that he had held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. The participants of the meeting, among other things, summed up the results of the next Ramstein meeting. "Ukraine and its defense forces are continuously becoming stronger. But we must accelerate the pace of arms delivery, because every day of delay is the life of our fighters," the president stressed.
14:00 The cleanup of the strip of the left bank of the Kherson region from Russian troops continues, but informational silence is needed, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. According to her, over the past three days, Ukrainian troops have achieved some success and destroyed from 13 to 22 units of military equipment. So far, they are working in counter-battery mode.
13:46 The Russians most of the strikes on the positions of the Ukrainian forces are inflicted on the Kupyansk direction, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty: “Now the enemy is not conducting attacking actions here, but this direction is the record holder for the use of just means of destruction. Over these days, 432 times The enemy struck with various types of artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, and carried out 13 air raids and missile strikes. For comparison, in the Bakhmut area, the Russians launched 280 artillery strikes over the past day and carried out four air raids.
13:29 The United States sent 43 specialists to Ukraine to help combat Russian cyber attacks, Reuters reports citing US Army Major General William Hartman.
13:25 The European Commission will publish a preliminary assessment of Ukraine's progress in the reforms necessary to start negotiations on EU membership, most likely in June, Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak said. Previously, it was expected that a preliminary assessment will be submitted before the end of spring.
13:14 Peskov said that "the circumstances are not yet in favor of the grain deal" - allegedly it has not yet been implemented and has not acquired a package character.
12:57 The McFaul-Yermak international working group on sanctions against Russia has presented a new action plan to further increase sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation - Action Plan 2.0, Yermak said. He noted that the group's achievements form the basis of more than 70% of the sanctions implemented by the US, EU, UK and other countries.
The new plan provides, in particular, for the inclusion of Russian propagandists and athletes in the next sanctions packages, as well as the imposition of sanctions against the energy complex of the Russian Federation and the defense industry, limiting the use of financial instruments, confiscation of assets of the Central Bank of Russia and their subsequent transfer to Ukraine.
12:19 In Moscow, Red Square will be closed to the public from April 27 to May 10, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation reported.
12:11 Brazil is in contact with Moscow and Kiev on the issue of a peaceful settlement and intends to continue the discussion, said Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. "We are ready to invite or act together with other countries that can talk freely with both sides," he stressed.
12:08 In Russian Novosibirsk, at the Gusinobrodsky cemetery, a mass grave of Wagner PMC mercenaries was discovered, Sibir.Realii reports. Judging by the tombstones, all the buried died between November and January. Almost all graves have wreaths depicting a yellow star and a black cross - one of the symbols of Wagner. Journalists managed to identify about 200 graves.
11:50 The EU has transferred another 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine as part of a macro-financial program , Ursula von der Leyen said. "We will continue to help Ukraine resist Russian aggression, support the work of its institutions and infrastructure, and carry out important reforms," the head of the European Commission stressed.
11:39 The American political world and the media were shocked by the statement - Donald Trump's Fox News channel fired host Tucker Carlson. The journalist had the highest rating on the channel, promoted the views of the most conservative part of American society that supports Trump, and was considered an ardent admirer of Putin. The media, citing sources, reported that the decision to dismiss the presenter was made "urgently". More details - in the material "American Solovyov" .
11:18 Medvedev called nuclear weapons "the very bond that assembles the state." The deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said that Russia could be the first to use nuclear weapons "if aggression is shown against it that threatens the existence of the state." According to him, climate change issues are "nothing compared to the prospect of being in the epicenter of a nuclear explosion," and such a prospect "is growing every day for known reasons."
11:10 The Russian Federation is attracting two groups to cover the state border, deployed in the southern part of Belarus and in the territories of the Bryansk and Kursk regions, with a total number of about 17,000 people, to the actions in the northern direction, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev told Ukrinform in an interview. In addition, according to him, the presence of the Russian contingent of the regional group of troops with a total number of about 2,800 people remains at the training grounds of Belarus. Airplanes and helicopters of the Aerospace Forces of the RF Armed Forces continue to be at the Belarusian military airfields.
10:37 In the area of Noginsk near Moscow, they found the third drone that fell in two days, Russian media report, citing emergency services.
10:08 As a result of a Russian strike with a S-300 missile in the center of Kupyansk, one person was killed and ten were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA, said.
09:41 British intelligence reports that in April the losses of Russian forces decreased by about 30% - after they were especially high in January-March. Intelligence made such conclusions by analyzing the data of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Analysts emphasize that they cannot verify the specific methodology that Ukraine uses, but the general trend is most likely accurate.
Russian casualties have eased after their winter offensive failed to reach their targets, and Russian forces are now focused on preparing for Ukraine's expected counter-offensive, intelligence said.
09:26 The Russians fired from the S-300 at the center of Kupyansk, Kharkov region, hit the museum. There are people under the rubble, it is already known about more than five wounded, the President's Office reported.
08:53 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Shakhtyorsky), 13 more people were injured. In the Kharkiv region, one person died as a result of shelling of the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district. There are four wounded in the Kherson region, according to the IVA.
08:27 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 25.
personnel - about 187,770 (+690) people liquidated,
tanks - 3688 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 7151 (+12),
artillery systems - 2863 (+14),
MLRS - 539 (+0),
air defense systems - 291 (+2),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2437 (+24),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5784 (+31),
special equipment - 345 (+6).
08:20 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repulsed 43 enemy attacks on the indicated sectors of the front. The most fierce battles are going on for Bakhmut and Marinka, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
03:11 Assistance to Kiev is in the national interests of Washington, and the United States does not intend to refuse it, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. He also called baseless claims by some Republicans that the White House was focusing on Ukraine rather than domestic US issues. According to Sullivan, the White House is able to care for the American people and at the same time uphold democratic values around the world, including "the values of freedom and the freedom of the people of Ukraine."
"In more than a year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US has not only mobilized an international coalition to protect the Ukrainian people, but has also made historic investments in US clean energy, infrastructure and technology," Sullivan said.
01:45 Representatives of the EU countries and Japan opposed the US proposal to completely ban the export of the G7 countries to Russia, writes the Financial Times, citing sources. They argue that such a move may not be feasible.
01:12 The American Abrams tanks transferred to Germany are intended only for training the Ukrainian military and will not be used in combat, said Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder.
00:49 Borrell advised those who propose so-called peace plans to first see with their own eyes the consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine: “Recently, proposals for a“ peace plan ”from China and Brazil were announced. But for honest peace efforts, you need to talk with Kiev. You need to go there, see the consequences of the aggression with your own eyes and the eyes of those who were bombed."
The diplomat stressed that the situation in Ukraine must be spoken very clearly: there is an aggressor who violated the UN charter and invaded the territory of another country, and there is a victim of this aggression. "We cannot approve of an approach where the aggressor and the victim are treated equally. Therefore, we support Ukraine with tanks, air defense systems and even fighter jets. We all want peace, but it should be a just peace. Until then, we will continue to support Ukraine in its defense ', Borrell concluded.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:36 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, two enemy reconnaissance groups were opened by forces and means of intelligence and advanced units of the Vostok group destroyed two enemy reconnaissance groups, and five militants were liquidated. Calculations of the Tor, Osa-AKM and Strela-10 air defense systems shot down three Valkyrie UAVs and one Fury.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the crew of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system destroyed an enemy stronghold in the area of the Dorozhnyanka settlement. According to radio intercepts, more than 20 militants were eliminated.
The group's artillery destroyed an enemy armored personnel carrier north of the Kamenskoye settlement. The calculation of the air defense system "Tor" shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle "Fury".
20:21 Dnepropetrovsk military commissars decided to catch "volunteers" in the newly opened McDonald's
At the same time, military commissars from Odessa, who even tried to mobilize animators in animal costumes, are leading in creativity in finding new "volunteers."
They also used electric scooters for an environmentally friendly and quick capture of especially nimble Odessans who did not want to die for Zelensky's interests.
19:31 Border service unit self-destructed on the Dnieper in the Chernihiv region
On April 24, a boat with a border detachment of five soldiers capsized while moving along a tributary of the Dnieper River, the State Bureau of Investigation reports. Two soldiers were killed, three choked with water, but survived.
The SBI is investigating the incident, no suspects yet.
19:28 Another evacuation vehicle for fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hit by fragments of a tank shell -video
18:54 The crews of attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NMD -video
18:44 Meanwhile, in Ukraine, mass burial of APU soldier
The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented
Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones
18:29 Soldiers of the 390th Regiment destroyed an American M-777 howitzer with a Lancet kamikaze drone in the Kherson direction -video
17:37 Well, then they are "Servants of the People" to Parliament typed by announcement, turning wedding photographers and dog groomers into Ukrainian political heavyweights, and now they are staffing their sect with similar personnel. In three weeks - in the clergy with career growth. Phenomenal! Although, before that, ambassadors for foreign countries were also recruited by announcement. Sharashkin's office is your Ukraine.
17:35 Actual favor in Dnepropetrovsk in connection with the opening of McDonald's.
The courier girl goes for you in a poppy if you are afraid to run into a summons in line. The practice of issuing a summons in line for a burger proved to be successful back in Odessa.
16:05 Highlightsof new Ministry of Defense briefing:
Russian assault detachments continue active operations to destroy the enemy in the western part of Artemovsk;
Russian air defense systems shot down 15 Ukrainian drones in a day;
The activities of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Kharkiv region and the LPR were suppressed;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 360 Ukrainian military and mercenaries in the Donetsk direction in a day;
The Airborne Forces and aviation stopped the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transfer reserves to Artemovsk;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 65 soldiers in the Kupyansk direction in a day;
The ammunition depot of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Kharkiv region;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 120 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction per day amounted to 80 servicemen.
16:04 Head of Presidential Office Yermak published video of the destruction of the building of the local history museum in Kupyansk (Kharkiv region).
This morning, a meeting of the command staff of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was held on the territory of the facility, the participants of which were pulled out from under the rubble by people in military uniform on video.
15:57 Ukro SMI pay attention to the significant increase in contract students who decided to get higher education in 2022.
In some regions, the number of people wishing to pay for tuition at a university has increased by 2.5 and 3 times.
After the state border was closed, Ukrainian universities received 85,000 “payers” of military age (82% more than in 2021).
Now the Ukrainian military registration and enlistment offices are in a low start mode, expecting that in the near future the Kiev regime will remove the deferment clause in the law “On Education”.
15:21 Compilation of liquidated Israeli mercenaries who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, whose death was made public.
Dmitry Fiyalka
Andrei Reznikov
Denis Streiber (Shevchenko)
Andrei Glembotsky
Gennady Michel
Rodeon Weiner
Alexander Dubovik
Alexander Khalif
Jonathan Shenkin
14:54 The RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukrainian positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
14:50 Russian "actor" Alexander Kuritsyn, who had impudence previously called himself Nevsky, fawned over the Ukrainians in vain - Twitter-Ukrainians still do not like him.
Wherever you don't kiss a Ukrainian, everywhere...
13:38 It is reported that a Ukrainian Su-25 was shot down near Kherson -video
12:36 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy. Assault units and gunners of Wagner operators continue to hit positions and fight with the Nazis who had taken refuge in the city -video
11:40 Aviation is working out on the opornik of an overgrown enemy on Cherkessky Island on the Dnieper, south of Kherson -video
With artillery sniper fire, when adjusting scouts, the calculations of the 110th Motorized Rifle Brigade hit the reserve of the 59th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which had advanced to help their brothers.
As a result of well-aimed strikes by our artillery, five Ukrainian militants were killed, and one more was wounded. In addition, enemy ammunition was destroyed, as well as an American off-road vehicle - a hummer.
11:35 Police officers of the Kherson region continue search and neutralization of ammunition left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yesterday in a field one and a half kilometers from the village. Chaplink, 16 armor-piercing incendiary cartridges of 30mm caliber, 33 mortar mines of 82mm and 120mm caliber, five shells of 152mm caliber, a charge for a multiple launch rocket system and a powder charge for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher were found.
On the same day, in a forest belt 2.5 km from Chaplinka, the police found a 152mm caliber projectile, an anti-tank mine and five smoke bombs.
In both cases, the ammunition was destroyed by an overhead charge of TNT.
10:33 In Odessa, the boys are still happy to become future members of the Leopard crews -video
Men are seized on the street and sent to recruiting centers. Some of the guys left the place of detention, but now they are being pulled out of the car and brought back
10:30 Another evacuation vehicle for militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine —video
10:29 Russian calculation of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS invigorates the enemy in one of the directions of the NVO -video
09:17 Georgian mercenaries do not shared PVD with fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the result - three corpses
Georgian mercenaries arrived in Konstantinovka, to whom, by order of the command, local fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were to be given a temporary deployment point well equipped by them. A verbal altercation ensued, which ended in gunfire. Approximately 10 people failed, while three of them - forever, said retired lieutenant colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR - Andrei Marochko.
09:10 A stronghold and Nine shelters of Ukrainian nationalists were destroyed in the Kupyansky direction -video
About it reported Yaroslav Yakimkin, officer of the press center of the Zapad group.
Russian troops also thwarted three attempts to switch units;
Two reconnaissance and sabotage groups of the enemy were opened and destroyed;
Fire from the 152mm Msta-S gun destroyed a truck and two pickup trucks with enemy personnel.
In the Lisichansk direction, a blow was struck at the point of temporary deployment of a brigade of Ukrainian militants in the Slavyansk region, Vadim Astafyev, head of the press center of the Yug group, said.
08:14 To work - to hunt -video
Combat deuce: the crews of the Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces launched air strikes on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes. After the use of aviation weapons, the pilots, releasing heat traps, performed a maneuver and returned to the airfield.
As a result of the sortie, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
08:11 In Artemovsk eliminated neo-Nazi and member of the Ukrainian sabotage group "Hatred" Vitaly Belinsky.
08:04 Main material Today in The Times (full spread) - a report from a military hospital in Druzhkovka, west of Artemovsk. The author writes more or less candidly: “The losses on the Ukrainian side were devastating, which raised some questions about the advisability of spending the country’s most experienced, well-trained soldiers in street battles for every quarter in an almost deserted, almost destroyed small town."
One of the doctors complained that many Ukrainian fighters come to them with multiple wounds. When the author asked him about how many survive, the doctor hesitated for a long time, but in the end answered: "Usually the result is negative."
As you can see from the title, The Times again compares Artemovsk (Bakhmut) with Stalingrad. Well, for the Nazis of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this city really became the same as Stalingrad became for the German Nazis. So, the Battle of Kursk is still ahead!
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/25/2023 to 00:00 04/26/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 26 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhskoye two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 134 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka, Nikolskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
Nine residential buildings were damaged in Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 27 previous artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU during the day.
22:52 Residents of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk reported explosions in industrial areas. Also in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine announced an air alert. This is evidenced data online maps of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
21:51 In Artemovsk and north-west of it continue fighting for the highway from the city, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to hold this line, the third brigade was dragged into battle. So far, the rumors about our entering Artemovskoye have not been confirmed.
Wagner has crossed Krainiya Street and is advancing in the private sector of the Zabolnitsa district, which just borders on Artemovsky (Khromovo). There, to the last Ukrainian road, about a kilometer and a half, one-story building must be passed through.
Western panels are still Ukrainian strongholds, but the front is getting closer to them. What is important, the Wagner military correspondents say that the eastern part of the abandoned military unit is already ours, the battles are going on in the western. This is a pretty significant advance.
To the south, the front approaches Tchaikovsky Street and the Industrial College, an important fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southwestern part of Artemovsk.
The crowding of Ukrainian forces and their concentration on a narrow sector of the front leads to an increase in the efficiency of our artillery and aviation. The more of them there are on the narrowest possible area, the more difficult it is to miss them.
20:05 The Ukrainian military shelled Donetsk from the MLRS for the second time in a day, firing 10 rounds, the DPR reported.
19:31 Soldiers of the 390th Regiment destroyed an American howitzer M-777 by a kamikaze drone "Lancet" in the Kherson direction
17:18 Broken APU vehicles on the dirt road near Bakhmut
Part of the equipment from this road has already been dragged away in an unknown direction.
16:26 The main points from the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
-- Russian assault detachments continue active operations to destroy the enemy in the western part of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
-- Russian air defense systems shot down 15 Ukrainian drones in a day.
-- The activities of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Kharkov region and the LPR were stopped.
-- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 360 Ukrainian military and mercenaries in the Donetsk direction in a day.
-- The Airborne Forces and aviation stopped the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transfer reserves to Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
-- The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 65 soldiers in the Kupyansk direction in a day.
-- The ammunition depot of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Kharkiv region.
-- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 120 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
-- The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction per day amounted to 80 servicemen.
15:24 Artillery work in the Zaporozhye direction. rocket artillery inflicted a strike on a concentration of enemy forces in the area of the settlement of Velikaya Novosyolka.
15:24 One civilian was killed, four were injured as a result of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region
This was announced by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov. He specified that a total of six missiles were fired. Four rounds were shot down by Russian air defense forces, two of them fell in the north of the city. The fire, according to emergency services, was fired from the HIMARS MLRS.
14:09 Soldiers of the special unit identified and destroyed enemy in the AKHZ area
The fighters of the special forces unit during the course of reconnaissance revealed the position of the enemy in the area of the Avdeevsky coke plant, where the personnel were located. The identified target was hit by fire with the help of 120mm mortars, as a result of which the enemy was destroyed.
14:06 RF Armed Forces hit the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson and Berislav
According to "Come and See", a series of strikes were inflicted on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
“Enemy locations and observation posts have been hit. Explosions continue in Berislav,” the channel’s source said.
According to him, strikes were also carried out on military warehouses. Currently, Kherson and Berislav are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:05 Ukrainian troops fired six rounds of 155mm caliber at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk,reported representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
"Fire was recorded from the VFU in the direction: 12.05 (coincides with Moscow time - ed.) - the settlement of Netaylovo - the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired," the representative office said in its telegram channel.
13:18 Su-25 APU tried to attack the positions of the Russian army near Kherson, one attack aircraft was destroyed
Enemy attack aircraft were heading towards the islands on the Dnieper, along the way the first one received a rocket from our fighters and collapsed not far from the coast. The second in horror rushed away away from the Russian positions.
13:18 Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the city of Tokmak in Zaporozhye region, two civilians were injured
The attack was allegedly carried out from the HIMARS MLRS. Emergency services are on site.
12:22 At night, artillery fire near the settlement Kamyshans destroyed 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer with ammunition, loss of five military dead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three wounded
Yesterday, artillery fire in the area ofN. p. Sadovoye destroyed 122mm howitzer D-30 with artillery crew, loss of four dead military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three wounded
12:21 Destroyed by fighters PMC "Wagner" cars of Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
12:20 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04/24/2023 to 00:00 04/25/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 27 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 23 times with MLRS, MFOM AT2 missiles, 155mm and 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Volnakhsky three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 151 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Yelenovka, Petrovskoe, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians, incl. teenage girls born in 2007, in Petrovsky district Donetsk.
A total of 13 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky district Donetsk and Yelenovka. Object damage civil infrastructure- not fixed.
A total of 40 previous artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
11:30 Stormtroopers of the 1st Slavic Brigade supported by tanks have taken enemy positions
The assault detachments of the 1st Slavic Brigade, supported by the unit's tanks, which fired from indirect firing positions, managed to move forward and take the enemy's positions, inflicting heavy losses on him.
10:04 Kherson direction
At night, artillery fire in the area of ??the settlement. Kamyshans destroyed 152mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B with ammunition, loss of five military dead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three wounded
Yesterday, artillery fire in the area of the settlement. Sadovoye destroyed 122mm howitzer D-30 with artillery crew, loss of four dead military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three wounded
The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region
-- Staraya Zburyevka fired four rounds;
-- Aleshki fired eight rounds;
-- Podlesnoye fired four rounds;
-- Golaya Priston fired seven rounds;
-- Kardashinka fired six rounds;
-- Five rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- Peschanovka fired six rounds;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Korsunka, firing a total of 42 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed.
09:06 Crews of Mi-35 multi-purpose attack helicopters work in the special operation zone —video
Multi-purpose attack helicopters Mi-35 rush at extremely low altitude, almost touching trees and wires, in order to exclude the possibility of detection by enemy air defense systems.
The airborne defense system helps to avoid shelling, which affects the missile in various radio bands, taking it away from the vehicle.
As soon as they emerge from behind the trees, the helicopters launch unguided air missiles at targets and immediately turn around.
09:03 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from 24 to 25 April 2023
Russian servicemen hit targets in Gremyach, Chernihiv region, as well as in Shalygino, Stukalovka and Mohrytsya, Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces worked on enemy targets in Trench, Budarki and Chugunovka.
In the Starobelsk direction, Russian servicemen attacked the location of enemy forces in Makeevka, Nevsky and Torskoy.
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) direction, Russian units fired on strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Khromovo, New York and the vicinity of Bakhmut.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces hit the enemy positions in Lastochkino, Pobeda and on the western outskirts of Maryinka.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian artillery and aviation worked on concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Paraskovievka, Vugledar and Novopol.
In the Zaporozhye region, Russian units hit the strongholds of Ukrainian formations in Malinovka, Gulyaipol and Orekhov.
On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces shelled targets in Ivanovka, Antonovka and Kherson.
09:01 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about 27 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, MFOM AT2 missiles, 155mm and 152mm artillery, firing 151 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Yelenovka, Petrivske, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians, including a teenage girl born in 2007.
08:25 Summary on the morning of April 25, 2023
In Artemovsk (Bakhmut) PMC "Wagner" are fighting for high-rise buildings. They report on the progress of our attack aircraft.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces used heavy FAB-500s against enemy positions in Orekhovo and Gulyaipole. Prior to this, for at least an hour and a half, the enemy had been massively artillery attack the settlement. Kamenka, Velikaya Znamenka, Vodyanoye. A civilian was killed in Vodiane.
Our tactical aviation and kamikaze UAVs worked in the Kherson direction in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Moscow region, an enemy UAV fell near Noginsk.
In the Belgorod region, N. p. Yasnye Zori of the Belgorod region and n.p. Mukhin, Shebekinsky urban district
In the LPR, two UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked an oil depot in Rovenki, one tank was damaged.
In the DPR, the enemy fired 151 ammunition. Under fire were Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Yelenovka, Petrovskoe, Vladimirovka. Two civilians were wounded, including a girl born in 2007.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the waters of the port of Odessa were used to attack three unmanned boats. And this directly contradicts the agreements within the framework of the “grain deal.”
UN Secretary General Guterres handed Lavrov a letter for the Supreme on the extension of the "grain deal."
08:23 Drone filmed the work of "smart bombs" in Ugledar on the mass demolition of high-rise buildings turned into bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The footage from the UAV clearly shows the destruction from airstrikes. Earlier it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are turning high-rise buildings into their fortresses and bases, with apartments - firing points. On the rooftops, the enemy sets up observation posts and corrects fire.
The other day we published footage, one of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted during the shooting that Ukrainian soldiers were overwhelmed by the blow.
08:16 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/25/2023
Russian artillery and aviation were actively working on the Vuglodar site. In addition to the city itself, Novopol, Novoselka, Vremevka, Bolshaya Novoselka, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka and Bogoyavlenka were under attack.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations in the city of Maryinka, near Nevelskoye, in the direction of Pervomaisky, Severny and Keramik. The Armed Forces held their positions. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation shelled Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Thin, Lastochkin, Avdeevka and New York. The Ukrainian army attacked Donetsk.
PMC "Wagner", with massive support from artillery and aviation, continues to assault the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern, western and northern parts of Bakhmut. This time a little progress on the first two sections.
Chrome has oncoming fights. The Ukrainian army is trying to push the band members away from the road to Chasov Yar. No success. After the artillery strikes, the Russian troops managed to push the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Disputed. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Konstantinovka, Stupochek, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Markov, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka and Verkhnekamensky.
Everything is traditional in the Luhansk direction. Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked in the area of ??Belogorovka, Torskoy, Nevsky and Makeyevka. No promotion. Under the blows of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novoselovsky, Berestovo, Kislovka, Liman First, Masyutovka, Dvurechnaya and Krasny First.
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[REGNUM] Economist Zubets said that the Russian Federation needs to withdraw from the grain deal if the West does not lift sanctions.
Russia certainly does not need a grain deal, and it is time for it to get out of it if Western countries refuse to lift the sanctions they have imposed. Alexei Zubets , director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, told a REGNUM correspondent about this on April 25 . So he commented on the statement of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov that at the moment the circumstances are not in favor of the grain deal.
"We don't need a grain deal - that's for sure," Zubets stated. "Our partners need it. Like China is the biggest buyer, or Türkiye. And for us, this deal is harmful, because it harms Russian exporters - prices are falling on the market. Does Europe need this deal? Today, more no than yes. Because the influx of cheap Ukrainian grain to Europe brings down prices, which is also not necessary for European producers."
As Zubets emphasized, Russia needs a deal only if we achieve the lifting of sanctions in this way, in particular, the return of Rosselkhozbank to the SWIFT system, the admission of Russian exporters to the charter of European ships and the waiver of sanctions in terms of insurance of these ships.
"In other words, a return to the state of February 23, 2022. Europe is not yet ready for such a global retreat. And without that, the whole deal loses its meaning," Zubets explained. "I think that if the West does not make concessions, then the deal will cease to exist. It has already been extended twice under potential concessions from the West. But there were no concessions. In the end, you have to respect yourself. So I have a pessimistic view of the future of this deal in May 2023. If you pull on, it means losing face."
Recall, as REGNUM reported , earlier the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov stated that the promises that Russia received at the conclusion of the grain deal are not fulfilled, and therefore, the circumstances are not in favor of extending this deal . At the same time, he urged not to forget that the global food crisis should not be considered a direct result of the disappearance of Ukrainian grain from the market. Prior to this, Peskov noted that the Russian Federation was in favor of fulfilling all the conditions of the grain deal, since otherwise it could not continue .
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General António Guterres has already sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin outlining his proposals to extend and expand the grain deal. According to the UN press service, Guterres presented a detailed report on the progress made in promoting Russian food and fertilizers to world markets. Moscow promised to study the initiatives of the UN Secretary General, but stated that so far they have not noticed on the part of the West the desire to truly fulfill the agreements necessary to fulfill the grain deal.
The situation with the grain deal is not resolved, it has been brought to a standstill by Western countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference at the UN on April 25.
The Minister noted that the UN leaders are making efforts to normalize the situation, but their efforts do not bring results. A package deal was concluded, but the West demands that only the part in which Ukraine is interested be carried out, Lavrov said.
"The deal has turned from Black Sea to grain and from humanitarian to commercial. Less than 3% of the grain ended up in really poor countries, including Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia. The rest was sent to high-income and upper-middle-income countries," Lavrov said.
Earlier, on April 25, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the promises made to Russia when concluding the grain deal continue to be not fulfilled, and therefore "the circumstances are not in favor of (extension. - Ed.) of the deal."
On April 24, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Ukraine used a humanitarian corridor in the waters of Odessa to attack the bases of the Black Sea Fleet and the civilian infrastructure of Crimea. Such actions jeopardize the possibility of extending the deal, the department noted.
On April 24, Sergei Lavrov, after a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres , said that Moscow sees no progress in the implementation of the grain deal. Guterres gave Lavrov a letter addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The UN Secretary General's proposals will be studied, Lavrov said.
The grain deal will be extended again only if the promises given to Russia are fulfilled, the Foreign Ministry noted earlier. Russia demands that all conditions be met: reconnecting Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT, resuming supplies of agricultural machinery, spare parts and services to Russia, lifting restrictions on insurance and reinsurance, as well as lifting the ban on access to ports, restoring the work of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline and unblocking assets and accounts of Russian companies involved in the production and transportation of food and fertilizers.
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[REGNUM] The other day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing Polina Lysenko from the post of head of the Center for Combating Disinformation (CPC). The official reason is that Lysenko herself applied for dismissal. Lysenko took over as head of the JRC in April 2021, moving from the position of assistant to the first deputy director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), a body believed to have been created by the United States to facilitate the external administration of Kiev.
It was during Lysenko’s tenure as the head of the CPD that the most famous Ukrainian fakes were thrown into the media space, from “the massacre of civilians in Bucha” to reports of “toilets stolen by Russian soldiers.”
Ukrainian methods of information warfare were distinguished by creativity, according to a number of experts and journalists. It's not so much about the experience of playing the Ukrainian president in the KVN team "95th quarter." Ukrainian newsmen were trained, supported and guided by Western colleagues with their skills, media resources and money.
From the very first days of the CBO, a huge number of fakes have been poured on Russian readers and viewers. A whole range of different topics (from “urgently withdraw money from banks” to “urgently hide your men from mobilization”), posted on a number of sites, from social networks to pirated films on the Internet, where Ukrainian fakes went instead of advertising online casinos. All these messages were, of course, prepared in advance as "canned food" opened at the right time - which once again underlines the intention of the Kyiv regime to start a war.
Moreover, the purpose of these stuffings was both the minds of Russian viewers (reports of allegedly huge losses of the Russian Armed Forces, betrayal of the elites, war crimes of the Russian army, lawlessness of Chechens and other representatives of the peoples of Russia), and Western citizens.
A number of fakes - like the "crimes in Bucha" - even received a visual design. Now the city, destroyed by artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where the Ukrainian military shot civilians and artistically laid them out on the road, has become a real attraction for tourists from among Western politicians and media stars.
But the problem is that against the backdrop of all this creativity, the Ukrainian president fires the person responsible for the information war and the generator of fakes. The Ukrainian media do not write about the reason for the dismissal - at best, they mention that Lysenko has been on maternity leave since the end of last year. But, according to experts, her dismissal is connected not with personal, but with professional problems - a serious drop in the level of trust in Ukrainian fakes. Moreover, both in Russian and in Western society.
“The situation with Lysenko is not the first. Prior to this, the Ukrainian leader had already fired Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova, the author of fakes about the mass rape of Ukrainian children by the Russian military. I think the main issue here is the depravity of the West. They measure everything in money. Allocated so much money for propaganda - please, report on the result. And the result is measured by the same Western rating and analytical agencies. And these results do not please the sponsors, which means that the culprit is urgently needed. First Denisov, now Lysenko, ” explained Ruslan Ostashko, a media expert and host of Channel One, to REGNUM .
TIRED AND DISTRACTED
If we take the influence of Ukrainian propaganda on Western society, then this fall is explained by several reasons. Firstly, the general fatigue from the ongoing 14th month of hostilities, the consequences of which almost every resident of Europe faces in real life.
“Europeans are tired of the whining and lies of Ukrainians, because they are forced to reduce their standard of living because of the crisis. The EU countries are witnessing the exorbitant arrogance of Ukrainian refugees. And when a European is forced to “tighten his belts”, and a brave lad walks along the street and shakes his rights, anyone will have a question - why is he here, and not at home? - explained IA REGNUM reporter Nadana Friedrichson.
Secondly, Ukraine has not had any real successes on the battlefield for the past six months. Rather, on the contrary, defeat after defeat follows - Soledar is left, tens of thousands of fighters are destroyed in the "Artyomovsk meat grinder". International economic structures issue reports on the massive corruption of the Kyiv regime and the very sad prospects for the Ukrainian economy, which now lives exclusively on external subsidies. And the regime is forced to offset this lack of victories with more and more wild fakes like Denisova, which, of course, only reduces the level of trust in Ukrainian propaganda.
Finally, thirdly, new, more important topics appear in the Western information space. “Americans are becoming more and more immersed in their problems, they are starting an election process. And they no longer want to follow the Ukrainians,” Friedrichson noted.
The point, however, is not only that they do not want to. And the fact that a number of US candidates (both Republican favorites, as well as a number of Democrats, if they do have a primaries) will campaign under the slogan of curtailing American participation in the Ukrainian operation. If the Republicans insist that Ukraine, like a black hole, is pulling out billions of dollars from American taxpayers, then the left-wing Democrats are guided by questions of survival. They do not want America to be brought to the brink of a nuclear war with Russia due to excessive involvement in the Ukrainian war.
TRUTH CONQUERS LIES
If we talk about Russian society, then the ineffectiveness of Ukrainian propaganda (which we call the word “CIPSO” - after the name of one of the fake generators, the Center for Information and Psychological Operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) is largely due to the high-quality work of Russian participants in the information war. Journalists, bloggers, military experts - all those who, from the first days of the NMD, have been actively involved in protecting Russian minds and hearts from destructive influence from Kyiv.
One could get the impression that a significant part of the journalistic community either fled the country, or deserted from the information front, or wrote collective “pacifist” letters. But the patriotic media community managed to organize itself quickly. “Russian fighters against TsIPSO do not need to be highly professional. We have a very simple task - to speak the truth regularly, methodically and calmly. This is just the case when order and discipline beats any class, ” explained Ostashko.
"Of course, I would like our counter-propagandists to work more professionally. But for now, what we have is enough. The main thing here is not to slip into the methods of Ukrainian propaganda. And quality is a business. The blessing of practice is the sea, and in time everything will come.
This victory is due to several reasons. Thus, in more than a year of the information war, the Kiev regime opened a number of its drain tanks - nominally neutral channels that discredited themselves with stuffing of short-term Ukrainian fakes. Having used them for conditionally trifles (for example, to disperse the panic about the capture by the Kiev regime of the entire left bank of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions shortly after the Russian evacuation from Kherson), the Kiev regime deprived these channels of trust from the Russian society.
In turn, it was the Russian information workers, the very ones who work at the forefront, who gained confidence. “The strength of the Russian information machine is in military reporters. There are a lot of reports from the field. In addition, many Russian military units are open in the media and publish their videos," explained Friedrichson.
“Ukrainians are trying. They turned off the brakes, removed decency, forgot about conscience and shame - they are trying very hard. But there is no result. Because truth always wins over lies. The only question is the time and the amount of "collateral losses," said Ostashko.
And this is not some figure of speech, not an emotion - rather a sober miscalculation. We live in the information age. An era where a fake usually lives for an extremely short time - information is checked from all sides, geolocations are taken, the picture and sound are analyzed, rechecked from other available sources, and then refuted in the next day or two. Maximum a week. That is why Ukrainian propaganda was never able to split Russian society, and Polina Lysenko, with her methods, went out.
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According to dubious rumors, the Russians actually have built an invisible tank. Unfortunately, when the crew exited the vehicle after testing, the tank remained invisible and no one has been able to locate it. Testing protocol now requires the parking lights to be on when the vehicle is un-occupied.
[FoxNews] Each round of the ammunition is about 2 feet long, weighs about 100 pounds.
The 155 mm howitzer round is one of the most requested artillery munitions of the war in Ukraine. Already the U.S. has shipped more than 1.5 million rounds to Ukraine, but Kyiv is still seeking more.
A look at why this particular munition is so commonly used, and why it's been so critical to the war in Ukraine.
WHAT IS THE 155 MM?
Essentially, the 155 mm round is a very big bullet, made up of four parts: the detonating fuse, projectile, propellant and primer.
Each round is about 2 feet long, weighs about 100 pounds, and is 155 mm, or 6.1 inches, in diameter. They are used in howitzer systems, which are towed large guns that are identified by the range of the angle of fire that their barrels can be set to.
The 155 mm shells can be configured in many ways: They can be packed with highly explosive material, use precision guided systems, pierce armor or produce high fragmentation.
Past variants have included smoke rounds to obscure troop movement and illumination rounds to expose an enemy’s position.
"The 155 mm round and the similar Soviet-era 152 mm rounds are so popular because they provide a good balance between range and warhead size," said Ryan Brobst, a research analyst at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. "If you have too small a shell, it won’t do enough damage and go as far. If you have a larger shell, you can’t necessarily fire it as far. This is the most common middle ground, and that’s why it’s so widely used."
ITS USE IN UKRAINE
Howitzer fires can strike targets up to 15 to 20 miles away, depending on what type of round and firing system is used, which makes them highly valued by ground forces to take out enemy targets from a protected distance.
"Adversaries don’t have much warning of it coming. And it’s harder to hide from incoming rounds that are arcing in from the top, which makes it highly lethal," Brobst said.
In Ukraine, 155 mm rounds are being fired at a rate of 6,000 to 8,000 a day, said Ukrainian parliamentary member Oleksandra Ustinova, who serves on Ukraine’s wartime oversight committee. They are eclipsed by the estimated 40,000 Russian variant howitzer rounds fired at them, she told reporters at a recent Washington event sponsored by the German Marshall Fund.
The Pentagon previously had said how many rounds it was providing in each of the security assistance packages being sent about every two weeks to keep weapons and ammunition flowing into Ukraine. But it stopped specifying the number of 155 mm rounds shipped in each package in February, citing operational security.
However, in its overall count of assistance provided to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022, the Pentagon says it has sent more than 160 155 mm howitzers, more than 1.5 million 155 mm rounds, more than 6,500 precision-guided 155 mm rounds and more than 14,000 155 mm Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems — essentially a 155 mm shell packed with four mines that scatter on the ground and can take out a Russian tank if it drives over them.
Other countries have also provided howitzers, but Kyiv has continually asked for more. As of last year Ukrainian officials were requesting as many as 1,000 howitzer systems to push Russian forces back.
SPRING OFFENSIVE
As Ukraine prepares for an intense counteroffensive this spring, it will likely need to fire 7,000 to 9,000 155 mm shells a day, said Yehor Cherniev, a member of Ukraine's parliament who spoke to reporters at the German Marshall Fund event.
In recent months, the Biden administration has been using presidential drawdown authority to send ammunition directly from U.S. military stockpiles to Ukraine, instead of having to wait and buy rounds from defense firms, so they can get there in time for the anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The U.S. has also been training Ukrainian troops in Germany on how to better use the 155 mm rounds in combined arms tactics — coordinating strikes with targeting information provided by forward-based troops and other armored systems to maximize damage and reduce the number of rounds needed to take out a target.
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The US, as I recall, currently has a single source for 155mm. IIRC it's Kilkenny Arsenal in Scranton, where evey single building is on the National Historic Buildings list, and as such cannot be modified. The Steel bodies are machined in Scraton, and then shipped by rail to a site in Iowa for explosives and sealing.
Single source. One not so big plant.
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...We're paying the price now for the destruction of the Cold War infrastructure thirty years ago. The intelligent - I know, I know - option would have been to cold-storage the plants. But that would have cost money, and we had so many other things we needed to spend it on (sarcOFF).
It should be mentioned that there are a couple other plants that are going to be converted to 155mm production, but it will be a very optimistic 24 months before they can stand up, and I'd bet the house payment that the NIMBYs will be crawling out of the woodwork momentarily.
And if they don't. I'm sure there's some PLA accountant in Beijing figuring out just how much Yuan they need to rustle some up.
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#3
Almost as if the Puppet Show was listening to the Actual Administration's principal leadership's wishes. Perhaps the next step will be to recall the entire Pacific Fleet back to San Francisco for a Fleet Gay Pride Week?
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Guns are fun ways to reach out and touch
The ones you don't like very much,
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The South Koreans? There was a blurb the other day about the US "leasing" artillery shells from SKor. Makes for a nice closed loop system as long as the Ukies don't waste too many shooting at the Russians.
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[REGNUM] The Pope, who does not often delight European countries with his visits, is going to Budapest for the second time. Interest in mutual contacts has intensified in the context of a special military operation in Ukraine. However, it was not without various gestures of the Vatican, issued in public space on the eve of the visit. One of them is the reception of the Ukrainian prime minister on the eve of Francis' departure to Budapest.
The upcoming visit of Pope Francis to Hungary (due to take place on April 28-30), already full of many religious and political subjects, acquired a new intrigue when it became known that on the eve of departure to Budapest, on April 27, the pontiff would receive Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis in the Vatican Shmygal. For some Catholic publications, this has become an occasion to think about "papal cross-diplomacy" in the triangle of Hungary - the Holy See - Ukraine.
There are "undercurrents" here. During the European migrant crisis of 2014-2015, the Vatican and Budapest found themselves on opposite sides. The pope welcomed migrants from North Africa and the Middle East, the Hungarian authorities did not, which gave reason to talk about strained relations between Francis and the government of Viktor Orban.
For a long time, Vatican-Hungarian relations were described precisely in this paradigm. And when Francis arrived in Budapest on a short visit in September 2021, it was positioned not as a visit to Hungary and “encouragement” of Orbán’s policies, but as the participation of the pontiff in the International Eucharistic Congress. However, then the situation began to develop in an unexpected way.
In the spring of 2022, the Catholic Church in Hungary supported the Calvinist Orbán in the parliamentary elections, and not his “democratic” opponent, the Catholic Peter Marki-Zaj. After his triumphant re-election, Orban made his first trip abroad to the Vatican, where he was received by Pope Francis. Hungarian publications reported that the prime minister invited the pontiff to pay a full visit to Hungary and received an " encouraging response."
This indicated that the "migration problem" was no longer on the agenda between the Holy See and Budapest. As Orban noted then, following a conversation with Francis, "we are conducting the largest humanitarian operation of all time, for which we receive recognition and respect all over the world," the Pope mentioned this and "urged us not to give up this good habit of ours."
Considering that the pontiff, who does not often please European countries with his visits, is going to Budapest for the second time, the question arose that in recent years he has become associated with the Hungarian prime minister. This interest has become especially acute in the context of the special military operation in Ukraine.
The Holy See and Budapest are on the same side here.
"There are only two of us left in the “peace camp”: Hungary and the Vatican," Orban said in February 2023.
"You can’t complain about the company, but you have to reckon with serious consequences." After all, the “peacekeeping position” of Pope Francis caused irritation not only among Ukrainian Catholics and Greek Catholics, but also among Western ones.
As recently emphasized by the Italian Catholic portal Il Sismografo, "Kyiv and the Vatican have a different reading of Ukrainian history, reality and specific facts in this region of Europe, which is also recorded within the Catholic world." Even more contradictions were revealed in Budapest and Kyiv.
The latter, under the conditions of the Northern Military District, significantly aggravated the situation of the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia. If earlier local Hungarians faced political pressure, now they are driven to the front to die for the ethnocratic authoritarian Kiev regime, which denies them the development of their own culture and language. At the same time, among the Transcarpathian Hungarians there is also a flock of the Holy See. According to a 2017 study, 18% of the inhabitants profess Catholicism in the region, 12.5% are Greek Catholics.
The latter belong to the Mukachesky Greek Catholic Diocese, which does not report to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, but directly to the Pope. At the same time, according to some Ukrainian religious scholars, it is the Hungarians and Slovaks who are promoting " church separatism in order to prevent the unification of Transcarpathian Greek Catholics with the UGCC ."
At the same time, Hungary itself provides great humanitarian assistance to its “neighbours”. A year ago, she sheltered about 626,000 Ukrainian refugees. Now, according to Hungarian President Katalina Nowak, there are already about a million of them.
For small Hungary, this is a factor that causes serious challenges. The opinion that "we have seen enough of those who come to us from beyond the Carpathians, their inability to thank for help and eternal claims, we hear and read what is happening with the Hungarian minority," is shared by Hungarian Catholics and Greek Catholics .
The Vatican cannot but react to this. Apparently, therefore, changes were made to the program of the papal visit at the last moment.
"The meeting with representatives of the small Greek Catholic Church of Hungary was an unexpected addition to the pontiff’s last-minute itinerary," wrote the British Catholic portal The Tablet.
"He will visit the 200-member parish of Budapest, the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God, a modest neighbor to the imposing Catholic church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary on the same square, where he will meet with refugees and people in need who are helped by Catholic charities."
Perhaps Francis will also say something about the situation of Hungarian Catholics and Greek Catholics in Transcarpathia. But there are also political initiatives being put forward in Budapest.
In a recent interview with the Izvestiya newspaper, Dora Duro, the vice-speaker of the Hungarian parliament, said that if the Ukrainian authorities granted territorial autonomy to the Transcarpathian region and other regions, this could be a "step in the right direction."
It is difficult to say whether the Vatican will support such a proposal, although nothing can be ruled out. He will issue various gestures into the public space. And one of those is the reception of the Ukrainian prime minister on the eve of Francis' departure to Budapest.
Of course, the pope will carefully listen to his interlocutor, the journalists, for their part, will learn about the Holy See's "concern" about the humanitarian situation and will hear calls for peace. However, in our opinion, the main partner of the pontificate of Francis was and will be not Kyiv, but Budapest - as the Pope's leading ally in the preservation of Christianity and Christian values in Europe.
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