Russia would bomb it as long as there is something/someones to bomb. Not muc hof a news actually

Posted by: Arioch | May 3 2022 17:10 utc | 4

¿La guerra ha terminado?

Posted by: Felipe | May 3 2022 17:14 utc | 6

https://t.me/intelslava/27738
— 5 Missiles reportedly landed in Lviv, Western Ukraine, near the Polish-Ukrainian border
— Reports of a massive wave of Missile Strikes in almost all Ukrainian Territories
— Reports from Ukrainian Media Channels say that almost every major provincial capital in Central and Western Ukraine is being hit by Cruise and Ballistic Missiles right now
— Video published by an Ukrainian Media channel shows a Kalibr cruise missile flying over Lviv, Western Ukraine minutes ago
— Video from Cherkasy region shows a Kalibr cruise missile flying towards Vinnitsa, Central Ukraine
Eyewitnesses say that the rockets passed by the region in the direction of Kiev

Posted by: Norwegian | May 3 2022 18:04 utc | 8

Ceasefire and evacuation corridors at Mariupol on hold as fighting resumes.
“Fighting has resumed at the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, several media outlets reported on Tuesday, with footage circulating on social media featuring plumes of smoke billowing from the steelworks. The escalation appears to put an end to the evacuation ceasefire declared earlier by Russian forces.
The Donetsk People’s Republic accused the Ukrainian military and members of the neo-Nazi Azov regiment holed up at the industrial facility of taking advantage of the evacuation ceasefire and using the lull in the fighting to change positions.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | May 3 2022 18:07 utc | 10

Re: Azovstal- Well then I guess it’s biznuss time! I certainly hope all the civilians got out, because its going to get ugly. Who knows what they have brewing down there. Would be handy if they were able to capture some of the NATO brass. But by all means, man those firing positions and go all the way which is what it seems they intend to do.

Posted by: Chevrus | May 3 2022 18:15 utc | 12

On the thread “Why Shouldn’t Russia Threaten US Carriers?” Republicofscotland posted the following comment at #130: I replied to it there, very late in the day, as I still try to read every posting here on this site. So, I’m reposting my response on this thread and hope it will be read here:
Somehow, I always get further and further behind…
Republicofscotland wrote:
“While multiple European leaders have publicly proclaimed they won’t buy Russian gas in rubles as Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded, 10 EU countries are technically going along with Putin’s plan…”
* * *
Of course, they are. What these countries “publicly proclaim” and the reality on the ground are clearly diametrically opposed. The main thing is that they get their gas/oil because if they don’t their economies will come to a screeching standstill. Case in point is Germany.
However, what struck me in particular, with regard to Republicofscotland’s comment, was the “selbstverständlichkeit” or “matter of factness” with which the European Union has clearly allowed itself to be subjugated by the likes of Britain and the U.S. (who are NOT members of the EU) and are now dictating EU foreign policy, its military policies, economic policies and its strategic energy policies.
As a citizen of the EU, I have to ask myself how this can be the case, as it certainly isn’t happening in my name and we, the citizens of the EU, were never even included in the decision making process which predicated and has led to the current fiasco.
This is another “red line” that both Britain and the U.S. have crossed without considering the consequences. Accordingly, although it will presumably be considered “inappropriate” by some, the time may have come to openly state that both Britain and the U.S. should be thrown permanently out of the EU and that we should reassert our rights, as sovereign nations, to determine out own foreign, military, economic and energy related policies.
In other words, Get out. Stay out. And don’t fuc*ing ever come back.
Cheers!
GreyRaven

Posted by: GreyRaven | May 3 2022 18:22 utc | 14

Sarmat @4–
Those Nazis were freed by a clandestine US Nazi who was part of the State Department and an administrator of the German zone controlled by the US who also commuted several death sentences after which those freed were clandestinely taken to the USA, provided citizenship and employment. At the moment I can’t recall his name or recall where I read that info, but he was part of a larger US operation that began in 1944 to recruit Nazis for future employment against the USSR and staffing for the nascent CIA.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 18:27 utc | 16

An attack on Transnistra foiled.
“A weaponized cargo drone was intercepted overnight near a large telecom center located in the village of Mayak, the Interior Ministry of the self-proclaimed republic of Transnistria said on Tuesday.
The intercepted drone appeared to be a home-made contraption, jury-rigged from different parts, the ministry said.
“The drone with a diameter of one and a half meters was assembled from various components. The equipment was so powerful it could move loads of up to 20 kilograms to a distance of some 30 kilometers from the operator who controlled it,” it added.
The drone carried a canister containing “unknown brown liquid” and a small barrel containing two kilograms of plastic explosives with radio detonators attached. Imagery released by the Transnistrian authorities suggest the drone was also fitted with a payload release system to drop its deadly cargo.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | May 3 2022 18:29 utc | 18

@Passerby 8
Are you seriously claiming that Blair’s New Labour government was socialist? That’s factually wrong. When Margaret Thatcher was asked what her greatest achievement is she answered “Tony Blair.”
Labour since Blair is Tory Lite. Even Corbyn wasn’t a socialist, he’s a social democrat. There are no socialist political parties in the west. ‘Left’ in today’s mainstream parlance means neoliberal (i.e. government propping up a market society).
What prior to the mid-90s was considered run-of-the-mill social democracy is today referred to as the ‘radical left’. The political spectrum has lurched significantly to the right since then.

Posted by: Antiwar Dinosaur | May 3 2022 18:41 utc | 20

Roberto @14–
There’s a problem with your source; it doesn’t provide the entire text of the cited article. Here’s what was omitted–the most critical section:
“Putin emphasized that when working on such sensitive regulations, it is necessary to take into account all the nuances and life situations. ‘I ask the government, together with the State Duma, the Federation Council, employers’ associations, entrepreneurs, civil society, to finalize the law on the use of vaccination certificates in public places, to take into account all the issues that concern our citizens,’ Putin set the task.” [My Emphasis]
Your source also omitted that fact that the initial Duma bill was withdrawn:
“‘I will dwell on a topic that affects all sectors of the economy, and most importantly, all citizens of the country. We are talking about the use of so-called vaccination certificates. As you know, the bill, according to which it was planned to establish mandatory requirements for such a certificate on transport, on an airplane or train, was withdrawn from consideration by the State Duma.'”
And I’ll bet if I find the transcript of the plenary session of the anniversary XXX Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs where Putin’s statement was made, that I’ll find even more crucial material that was omitted. Here’s the remainder of that discussion omitted by your source and by TASS:

In this regard, I instruct the Government, together with the State Duma, the Federation Council, employers’ associations and representatives of civil society, to finalize the law on the use of vaccination certificates in public places, to take into account all the issues that concern our citizens. The law should be clear, precise and understandable.
I would like to add that before any changes are adopted, our colleagues from the Government must ensure full technological readiness for the certificate system. It should work reliably to protect the health of citizens, and not create unnecessary difficulties for them.
But I cannot end this passage on such a note expected by some public organizations and figures. Not for moral reasons, nor because of their official duties. Because the situation in the fight against coronavirus remains very serious and tense.
Look, we recently had 41,000 cases a day. Today it is 26-28 thousand. It seems to be a reduction of almost half. But that’s a lot for us. Mortality has grown in the country. To a large extent, this has to do with Covid in one way or another. Not because someone is hiding something, it is even impossible to calculate these consequences. And look at what is happening in relatively prosperous countries, I mean the spread of the so-called new omicron strain. The consequences are still unclear. Some researchers say that this is a milder form, while others talk about the possible serious consequences after people get sick with it. The number of children sick with coronavirus has increased sharply, and with serious consequences. We just have to know.
And in relatively prosperous countries in terms of protecting people’s health, what happens? In the Federal Republic, as far as I can see, oddly enough, firstly, the vaccination rate is quite low compared to other European countries, and then, now, they have already begun to talk about the fact that there are not even enough vaccines for revaccination, a booster. By the way, our Sputnik V – as it seems today, experts will give a final assessment within a week – is working well, perhaps even more effectively in combating Omicron than other vaccines used in the world. Within the next few days, experts will give a final assessment, but it seems that this is the case.
In this regard, of course, we can even share the drugs we already have, I mean for booster vaccination, including for European countries. Unless, of course, they have such a need and desire. Of course, we need to work more actively and more substantively with the World Health Organisation, listen to their recommendations, to the recommendations of specialists.
But once again I will return to the European countries. The UK – 67.2 million people now have a population. We have 146. As I have already said, we have 26,000-28,000 people a day getting sick, and in the UK, according to their official figures, 88,000. The population is almost two times smaller, and the number of cases is three times more.
Why am I saying this now? On the nose of the New Year holidays, the movement will be very large. Some enterprises, your enterprises are enterprises of a full, non-stop cycle, will work on holidays. I would like to address you and remind all our citizens once again: of course, the New Year holidays are a special period in the life of every person, every family, and I want to meet with our loved ones and talk. The New Year’s holiday always causes some positive, fabulous expectations for the future. And this is good, and it should, of course, be noted. But we need to listen to all the recommendations of specialists and follow them if we want to have a really happy future. This is a serious matter.
We know how: after the first toast, everyone already forgets about all sorts of precautions. That’s not the case today. We need to take a close look at these recommendations and do everything in order to comply with them.
As I have already said, We are ready to provide Sputnik Light for those countries that would like to use it for booster vaccination, we have accumulated enough space for us to share with other countries.
By the way, our specialists, as you know, are now working in the Republic of South Africa, and I would like to thank our colleagues from South Africa for receiving a delegation of our specialists. They, together with colleagues from South Africa, are studying the features of this strain. By the way, 75 percent of cases in South Africa are just those who fell ill with a new strain of “omicron”.
There we go. I have just mentioned one separate bill. But the requirements of high quality and clarity apply to all our legislative and legislative activities, to regulatory practice. This is important for every person, and this is the most important condition for the growth of business and investment activity in the country.
With your direct participation, we have already done a lot to improve both legislation and law enforcement practice. But of course, there are still many problems. I’m sure you’re still facing this. But life is complicated and diverse, as they say in such cases, we will have time to talk a little more and exchange views on the practice of applying what has been developed, and perhaps on those issues that need to be regulated by law.
Therefore, of course, we will continue this work together with you, to use and fine-tune the best international and domestic practices to support investment activity and private initiatives.

Why the long discussion? IMO, the bill is opposed by business and wider public. I did a search to see if the Duma ever passed a rewritten version of the bill and found nothing. So your attempt at smearing Putin as a secret Globalist failed yet again. But then trolls can’t disobey their orders and must continue their efforts.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 19:02 utc | 22

Posted by: Norwegian | May 3 2022 18:29 utc | 16….
“Good question from Imran Khan
My question for the Biden Administration: By indulging in a regime change conspiracy to remove a democratically elected PM of a country of over 220 mn people to bring in a puppet PM, do you think you have lessened or increased anti-American sentiment in Pakistan”?
Thanks for posting Imran Khan’s view. Seems many others countries are coming to the same conclusions. The hypocritical exceptionalists ignore them at their peril:
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/05/02/these-countries-are-willing-to-risk-us-ire-over-russia-ukraine/

Posted by: Paul | May 3 2022 19:10 utc | 24

MoA software is blocking comments with Kremlin website URLs, which makes my refutation of the concern troll @14 difficult. So, I’ll cut out the URL and the text it provides, and barflies will just need to just what I write.
Roberto @14–
There’s a problem with your source; it doesn’t provide the entire text of the cited article. Here’s what was omitted–the most critical section:
“Putin emphasized that when working on such sensitive regulations, it is necessary to take into account all the nuances and life situations. ‘I ask the government, together with the State Duma, the Federation Council, employers’ associations, entrepreneurs, civil society, to finalize the law on the use of vaccination certificates in public places, to take into account all the issues that concern our citizens,’ Putin set the task.” [My Emphasis]
Your source also omitted that fact that the initial Duma bill was withdrawn:
“‘I will dwell on a topic that affects all sectors of the economy, and most importantly, all citizens of the country. We are talking about the use of so-called vaccination certificates. As you know, the bill, according to which it was planned to establish mandatory requirements for such a certificate on transport, on an airplane or train, was withdrawn from consideration by the State Duma.'”
And I’ll bet when I find the transcript of the plenary session of the anniversary XXX Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs where Putin’s statement was made, that I’ll find even more crucial material that was omitted. And it was 16 paragraphs worth of additional discussion by Putin dealing with the bill’s merits. Why the long discussion? IMO, the bill is opposed by business and wider public. I did a search to see if the Duma ever passed a rewritten version of the bill and found nothing. So your attempt at smearing Putin as a secret Globalist failed yet again. But then trolls can’t disobey their orders and must continue their efforts.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 19:24 utc | 26

Sarmat @21–
Thanks for your reply. Yes, that’s the general relationship, but the source I read provided the specifics, which is what I wanted to find and include it in my comment.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 19:28 utc | 28

French documentary “Ukraine, Masks of Revolution” 54 minutes, English subtitles, thanks to Xymphora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfD_CaSIxmQ

Posted by: Paul | May 3 2022 19:38 utc | 30

For your agenda’s:
Presidency of the UN Security Council:
last month: United Kingdom
currently: United States
June 2022: Albania
July 2022: Brazil
August 2022: China

Posted by: bjd | May 3 2022 19:49 utc | 32

Dunno if this is legit, can others check for confirmation.
The first (Russian) missile strike since the beginning of the war was carried out in Transcarpathia
https://www.perild.com/2022/05/03/the-first-missile-strike-since-the-beginning-of-the-war-was-carried-out-in-transcarpathia/
Going after weapons shipments outside Ukraine?

Posted by: anon2020 | May 3 2022 20:10 utc | 34

@32
Sorry, that’s *inside* Ukraine =)

Posted by: anon2020 | May 3 2022 20:14 utc | 36

Me @33 Thanks God.

Posted by: Roberto | May 3 2022 20:21 utc | 38

anon2020 | May 3 2022 20:10 utc | 32
I think electrical substations for the railway.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 3 2022 20:34 utc | 40

What is this story about the Ukrainians pushing the Russians back 40 kilometers from Karkhov? Is it true or is it a propaganda scam?

Posted by: Theophilus | May 3 2022 20:54 utc | 42

@boo – as many said thanks a lot for this discussion 🙂
but well we enter stage two of the bullshit what they ever call it so chill – stage 3 will be different again ,)

Posted by: Macpott | May 3 2022 21:25 utc | 44

Larry Johnson on “Deception In Operation Z”…
https://sonar21.com/deception-in-operation-z/

The following article is written by Helmholtz Smith. You don’t know him. I do. This is a pen name. Enjoy {…]
Deception. The Soviets were probably the greatest masters of battlefield deception that there has ever been. I recommend David Glantz’s book for those who want to make a real study of it and for those who want a shorter introduction I suggest this essay (“one is awed by the magician’s illusions of objects disappearing and appearing”). Some in the West may remember D-Day’s ghost army but, as far as I know, this was the only time the Western Allies did deception on this scale. As the references above make clear, the Soviets did deception operations on this scale all the time – dummy vehicles, faked tank tracks, silent movement, lights moving at night, loudspeakers making engine noises, feint attacks, radio traffic, carefully encouraging the enemy to see what he wanted to see; as House says, they almost always fooled the Germans. And not just then – the 1939 attack at Khalkhin Gol stunned the Japanese – “we had no prior clue“. One may be certain that the Russian Army has inherited this talent.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 21:37 utc | 46

Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 3 2022 18:41 utc | 18
Re General Cadieu, I imagine Afghani prosecutors might have some questions to put to the general about his reported activities in Afghanistan.
If Julian Assange can be extradited to the US for publishing documents obtained as a journalist and publisher in another jurisdiction and then post facto deemed as justification for Assange to be put before a US court, why can’t Cadieu be extradited and put before an Afghan court for his activities in Afghanistan ?
Welcome to the great unraveling!

Posted by: Paul | May 3 2022 21:42 utc | 48

Martyanov’s latest talking head video where he talks about the possibility of the Canadian General being captured. I think at one point he mentioned Lavrov stating that there were Nato officers trapped in the steel works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXmavAD9KFQ
One thing he mentioned was the high value of Nato personal as bargaining chips.
To me that is negotiated settlement on Russia’s terms in Ukraine and if not, very public trials publicized to the world for the Nato prisoners. It may be a very log time if ever before there is any official confirmation of the identities of the Nato prisoners.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 3 2022 21:44 utc | 50

From Pepe Escobar’s Telegram channel…

Chief of Ukrainian intelligence claims that his highly positioned source in the Kremlin confirmed to him that Putin has stomach cancer and is about to undergo extensive surgery — apparently Putin already picked his replacement — the ex chief of FSB Nikolai Patrushev. According to Ukraine, He will be tasked with defeating Ukraine while Putin undergoes this alleged surgery.
Edit: just remember guys, Kim Jong Un was a vegetable, his aunt was killed, Shoigu “highly likely” died 5 weeks ago and Putin already had: Alzheimer’s, brain cancer, thyroid cancer, degenerative nerve disease, Parkinson’s.

LOL You gotta love Pepe…

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 21:50 utc | 52

Also from Pepe’s Telegram channel… This is for all those having trouble dealing with their friends over Ukraine…

LIFE DURING WARTIME
I always have to come back to the same point.
In my 37 years as an old school pro foreign correspondent – a dying profession – living and working everywhere that matters, including 28 years mostly in Asia and frequently commuting with the West, I thought I had seen it all.
Until the coming of the current psycho neocon/neoliberalcon-induced hysteria/Russophobia/McCarthyism on steroids that surpasses everything Lillian Hellman depicted in ‘Scoundrel Time’.
I’m back in NATOstan after a long stint in Istanbul – where I could discuss everything with everybody – to feel, in my bones, the extent of how the Empire of Lies and its Euro-chihuahuas are turning everything upside down to build a new environment totally geared AGAINST Russia, not caring for even a semblance of partnership in any area. They don’t even consider the possibility of dialogue with Russia.
Even some of my friends across Europe – not braindead zombies like their American counterparts – insist that talking to Putin is “a waste of time” UNLESS a “Russian defeat” in Ukraine (pathetic Kiev propaganda completely disconnected from the facts on the ground) make him “more realistic”. For all his faults, Le Petit Roi Macron/McKinsey has been an exception: he’s just spent two hours on the phone with Putin.
Still, the 24/7 Hitlerization of Putin reduces him even among the so-called Euro-inteligentzia to the status of dictator of a nation chloroformed into its 19th century nationalism. Forget about any semblance of historical/political/cultural analysis.
At best they preach and pray – chihuahuas yapping to His Master’s Voice – for a hybrid strategy of “containment and engagement” to be unleashed by the Empire of Lies, clumsily parroting the scribblings of some denizens of that intellectual no-fly zone, Think Tankland.
Yet in fact they prefer “isolating” Russia – as in 12% of the world’s population “isolating” 88% (of course: their Westoxified “vision” completely ignores the Global South). “Help” to Russia will only come when sanctions are effective (as in never: blowback will be the norm) or – the impossible dream! – there’s regime change in Moscow.
And these are your friends. What to tell them? To ridicule them in style would take too much effort. So you either ignore them – or dismiss them with a verbal Hellfire.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 21:54 utc | 54

Paul | May 3 2022 21:42 utc | 46
As I put in my post after yours @48 we may never get official confirmation on identities if Nato people are used as bargain chips.
A further thought I had after posting that comment was that Nato personal as bargaining chips also throws more light on Putin’s orders to starve them out rather than storm the tunnel and bunker system (Russia had interviewed many prisoners at that stage they will have a very good idea of who and how many).
Fighting is still ongoing on the surface so I take it Russian forces will try and cover every entrance to the tunnel system to prevent them from any communications or even seeing daylight until they surrender.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 3 2022 22:03 utc | 56

Peter AU1 @48 & 54
Thanks for your clarification.
Here is an interesting read:
“Ukraine and the failure to implement the Minsk Agreements”.
With good links to excellent articles by Colonel Jacques Baud of Swiss intelligence.
https://johnmenadue.com/ukraine-the-failure-to-implement-the-minsk-agreements/

Posted by: Paul | May 3 2022 22:11 utc | 58

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 21:50 utc | 50
Pepe forgot to list Putin’s cosmetic surgery. It’s not as deadly as the other diseases mentioned, but still.

Posted by: Martina | May 3 2022 22:20 utc | 60

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 22:09 utc | 55
RSH – actually I believe VP suggested what the plan for the former Ukrainian state is on Feb 21st:
“Actually, as I have already said, Soviet Ukraine is the result of the Bolsheviks’ policy and can be rightfully called “Vladimir Lenin’s Ukraine.” He was its creator and architect. This is fully and comprehensively corroborated by archival documents, including Lenin’s harsh instructions regarding Donbass, which was actually shoved into Ukraine. And today the “grateful progeny” has overturned monuments to Lenin in Ukraine. They call it decommunization.
You want decommunization? Very well, this suits us just fine. But why stop halfway? We are ready to show what real decommunizations would mean for Ukraine.

Posted by: the pessimist | May 3 2022 22:29 utc | 62

From Anna News Telegram channel…

Infrastructure strikes gain momentum
Sources loyal to the Kyiv regime report that electrical substations were damaged as a result of rocket attacks on the Lviv region.
Part of the city is de-energized, the work of Ukrainian railways is disrupted.
@anna_news

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 22:30 utc | 64

This is extremely strange, you really can’t make this stuff up:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/03/russia-accuses-israel-backing-neo-nazis-kyiv-diplomatic-row-grows
What need is there for the Russian diplomatic corps to get into these pointless, at best academic, arguments with Israel? What serious chancellery engages in these gratuitous self-inflicted distractions and outright pitfalls?! This is abstractly reminiscent of the sinking of the Moskva–is it really the case that basic self-guarding mechanisms could not have been better followed to defend against such cases respectively? It seems to me there is something very strange, verging on Orwellian, about all these faux pas.

Posted by: MallardB | May 3 2022 22:58 utc | 66

From ColonelCassad Telegram channel…

Map of hostilities and the situation on the fronts in the evening of May 3, 2022
The main delight of today is the mass evening “calibration” of the Lviv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Vinnitsa, Odessa and Kyiv regions. During the evening, six railway stations (https://t.me/readovkanews/32742) in the central and western regions of Ukraine, and other strategically important objects were subjected to missile strikes. According to the head of Ukrzaliznytsia Alexander Kamyshin, the damage is severe, the movement of 14 trains has been delayed. There were no injuries among railway workers and passengers. A missile attack was also carried out on an infrastructure facility in the mountainous region of Transcarpathia (https://t.me/readovkanews/32738).
Directly on the fronts, the picture, unfortunately, is not changing as quickly as we would like:
It is restless in Kharkov. The enemy has drawn and continues to draw large forces here. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, after an unsuccessful attempt to attack Cossack Lopan, switched to the tactics of shelling this settlement using nomadic self-propelled guns and mortars. Our gunners do not remain in debt either. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, northeast of the city, are making attempts to push through our flank, and in some places they succeed, which, of course, creates a threat to our rear and supplies. So far, the situation seems to be under control.
Izyum direction – Russian troops and units of the People’s Militia of the DPR and LPR are strengthening the bridgehead for the offensive on Barvenkovo, and are conducting successful battles in the Krasny Liman area. And we remind you that in Yatskovka and Rubtsy, about a thousand servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remain surrounded.
In Popasoy, the united group of allies continues to crush the enemy with heavy fighting. The excellent work of the attack aircraft of the PMC “Wagner” during the assault (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/46703) of the village was captured on video.
In Mariupol today was not up to the holidays. In the morning, intensive work began on the demilitarization of the remaining garrison of Ukrainian troops at the Azovstal plant. The units of the Azov Battalion and the Armed Forces of Ukraine took advantage of the silence (https://t.me/readovkanews/32706) to regroup the remaining fire weapons in order to strike at our allied forces. The result of these actions was the accompaniment of our artillery and aircraft guns. Our fighters continued to finish off the “center of evil”.
In Pridnestrovie, a terrorist attack (https://t.me/readovkanews/32712) was prevented using a quadrocopter carrying twenty kilograms of explosives in order to strike at a television and radio center in the Mayak village.
For border areas:
At night in Belgorod, according to tradition, “pops” were heard. This time there were no official comments from senior officials, but the source of the sound was probably the same as the previous day. Also during the day, a video of the operation of the air defense system (https://t.me/readovkanews/32693) appeared on the network over the villages of Tavrovo and Nikolskoye. Residents of the Belgorod region report an incident in the sky near the city of Alekseevka. Suddenly, an unidentified aircraft appeared in the sky, firing off heat traps and flying from the border with Ukraine. After some time, two more aircraft appeared in the sky, which flew towards the first aircraft.
From interesting:
According to unconfirmed reports, Canadian General Trevor Kadier was arrested while trying to escape (https://t.me/readovkanews/32703) from the territory of Azovstal in Mariupol. According to rumors, the general was in charge of biolaboratory No. 1, where 18 people worked with deadly viruses.
In addition to foreign fighters in Ukraine, a video appeared on the network of an American mercenary hiding from the arrival (https://t.me/russianonwars/329) of Russian shells and trying to hide fear behind a fake smile.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 23:18 utc | 68

RSH @55–
Seems you had an epiphany!
Those last 3 are true – but they are not the primary reasons. IMO the over-arching reason is Russia’s security needs. The other goals are just the necessary antecedents for achieving that security. [My Emphasis]
Now perhaps more barflies will have similar realizations that will aid them in framing current events. Also take note of what Xi has said recently–the whole Ukraine affair is all about Russia’s valid security needs. And that was also said prior to the SMO’s launch.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 23:31 utc | 70

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 23:31 utc | 67
“Seems you had an epiphany!”
As Andrei says, “I am on record for many years…” Well, months anyway. I’ve said repeatedly that people who think this is all about Ukraine or Donbass are getting it wrong. Literally everyone has forgotten those security proposals from December, but their purpose hasn’t gone away. Ukraine is just the first and perhaps primary steps of the “military-technical measures” Russia promised if those proposals were ignored.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 23:37 utc | 72

Declan Hayes’s article, “NATO’s Wars on Citizen Journalists”, where the Outlaw US Empire is most but not all of NATO in this regard, is quite good and provides a different POV regarding Lira. There are others Hayes deems more important than Lira, but since barflies seem more interested in him, here’s what Hayes wrote, which is spiced by many links:

That bring us to the more important case of Gonzalo Lira López, a 54-year-old Chilean-American citizen journalist who had been reporting from Kharkiv since the start of the current Ukrainian war, up to Good Friday, 15 April 2022 when he was arrested, and widely presumed to have been tortured and murdered, before being released on 22 April.
Gonzalo was showing what he saw and making comments for viewers to make their own minds up on who were Ukraine’s white hats and who were its black hats. Although I had seen some of his previous videos, his work was not of major import to me, as I distil my views from a variety of other, weightier sources and experiences.
Although the Daily Beast maligned López by traducing his previous work, López’ relevance is that, as he was “our man on the spot,” he could ask if anyone had been raped and speaks English. Before the Nazis hijacked his twitter account, López began his last tweet “You want to learn the truth about the Zelensky regime? Google these names: Vlodymyr Struk, Denis Kireev, Mikhail & Aleksander Kononovich, Nestor Shufrych, Yan Taksyur, Dmitri Djangirov, Elena Berezhnaya.” The tweet finished with this sombre message: “If you haven’t heard from me in 12 hours or more, put my name on this list.” As Ukrainian Nazis and American citizen journalists allied to them wrongly claimed Gonzalo Lira was captured, tortured and executed by Sergei ‘Chili’ Velichko from the special unit Azov-affiliated Kraken unit, which are also implicated in violating the Geneva Convention by shooting Russian prisoners, we now move on to their handiwork.

If you haven’t read any of Hayes work yet, please do as he’s rather good, IMO, particularly “The Rise and Rise of the Sino-Russian Strategic Energy & Metals Market”.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 23:44 utc | 74

Just wanted to pass along this link. Alexander mercouris gave it high rating and i agree..
Watching rome burn is the name of the blog …..i blew it trying to copy the url …search for it …worthwhile …

Posted by: James j | May 3 2022 23:51 utc | 76

RSH @69–
Thanks for your reply. Good that you recall as many have forgotten. The same will be true when the military technical operation goes beyond Ukraine’s borders. I commented about Putin’s “decommunization” statement when he made it in a related article, and that may very well be the plan as all the signals are that Zelensky will remain the head of the government of whatever remains of Ukraine. IMO, we need to rediscover the historical governing district names of what wasn’t added by Lenin or Stalin so we can refer to them properly.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 3 2022 23:52 utc | 78

Ghost Ship @70–
Here’s what I found:
“Gundarov suggests each Kalibr cost $6.5 million; but he concludes that the 44 missiles sold domestically to the Russian defense ministry and fired off last October amounted to 2.7 billion rubles ($41 million—approximately $980,000 per missile) (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, July 22, 2019).”
The $5million seems to be the export price for a container of four based on what India purchased. Production levels are classified, but IMO probably are about the same for Tomahawks.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 4 2022 0:05 utc | 80

GhostOfAdolf @76–
What in particular about “Zombi Empires”? Many European nations are such entities, and their elites all seem to retain an exceptional air/attitude as shown by their condescending mien toward other nations. I’ll be back later to read your response.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 4 2022 0:12 utc | 82

Richard Steven Hack and karlof1
Just a thought but – US has tried to wreck Russia’s economy but at the moment, sanctions have boomeranged, Russia is strengthened and using the sanctions to bring about full self sufficiency, the war and sanctions has tied the Russian federation into a nation and nation that has huge support for their leader. That part may well boomerang too with collapsing western economies causing regime changes.
The Russian security picture may be completely different by the time the Ukraine operation is finished.
Perhaps a reasonable number of the current coalition of the will wanting some sort of negotiated settlement to get out from under their own sanctions plus Russia’s soon to come return sanctions. Just the ban on fertilizer alone has driven up all western food prices. US dumped the fertilizer sanctions but with the extended Russian ban on export to unfriendly countries, that hasn’t helped. Just the US sanctions on Russia oil drove fuel prices right up, not because US stopped of cut back o Russian oil, US have to buy even more oil from Russia plus release a good portion of its strategic reserve to try and keep fuel prices from continuing to climb.
I don’t know if they will do it or not but Russia can certainly cause economic induced regime changes in US and Europe.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 4 2022 0:35 utc | 84

Apparently, the brave grandma has not been rescued yet:
“AFU Soldiers Again Visit The Now-Famous Patriotic Grandmother”
https://www.bitchute.com/video/POAQiItaRt5K/

Posted by: Krollchem | May 4 2022 0:54 utc | 86

@ Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 4 2022 0:35 utc | 81
I think that is part of why the Russians have been unhurried – they have weather the worst of the sanctions, but the impact to the west is going to be slower and more devastating.

Posted by: jared | May 4 2022 0:58 utc | 88

…..i consider most of the data put out by the usa to be total bs …… they have been bombing 3 rd world countries for so long, thay don’t really know how to fight a real contender such as russ. My only fear is it will go nuclear / biological …. Other than that, the west will lose, is losing as we speak, for lacl of honest leaders.

Posted by: James j | May 4 2022 1:01 utc | 90

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 3 2022 22:23 utc | 58
An aircraft making a low level bomb run is at risk of damage from the explosion of its own bombs.
Delayed fuzing of the ordinance reduces the possibility of damage by giving the aircraft time to exit the area.

Posted by: Sushi | May 4 2022 1:15 utc | 92

Posted by: Peter AU1 | May 4 2022 0:35 utc | 81
“I don’t know if they will do it or not but Russia can certainly cause economic induced regime changes in US and Europe.”
Quite possible, once the butthurt of the boomerang sanctions takes full effect, certainly by the EU winter. The German government may well collapse.
Not sure about the US, however. Certainly Biden will go away in the next election, and the Dems will lose both houses this year. That will put the US in gridlock for the next two years. It’s unclear to me how that will affect the Russian situation.
Whether Trump gets in is still uncertain, but given his flaws it won’t help. Most likely the Deep State will go after him again, as someone mentioned in an earlier thread, and he will end up in gridlock which is basically where he was stuck last time. Anyway, he’s a mess and anything he does is a mess. Also there’s the issue of whether the Dems will use the current Russophobia to tie Trump to it again and prevent his reelection.
Too soon to speculate in my view on Trump.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 4 2022 1:19 utc | 94

Posted by: Sushi | May 4 2022 1:15 utc | 89
Yes, read that at Wikipedia. Never thought of that before. I guess I always figured they could outrun the blast. Maybe with less powerful munitions they can, but today’s stuff is extremely powerful and thus the blast wave and fragments could be dangerous.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 4 2022 1:21 utc | 96

Latest Scott Ritter at Energy Intel Web site…
Europe’s Long, Hot Summer Ahead
https://www.energyintel.com/00000180-8ae2-d231-a995-afe2eb390000

Any consolidation of Russian control over this region could, however, be just a means to a larger goal of creating a new security framework in Europe that addresses Russian security demands. This requirement was spelled out by Russia in a pair of complementary draft treaties delivered in mid-December 2021, which demanded that Nato “shall not deploy military forces and weaponry on the territory of any of the other states in Europe in addition to the forces stationed on that territory as of May 27, 1997” — meaning most of Eastern Europe, including Poland, the Baltic states and Balkan countries. […]
If the twin Russian draft treaties were not, in fact, a negotiating ploy, but rather a stark statement of Russia’s position, then the invasion of Ukraine is just the start of a larger move by Moscow to pressure Nato and the US to eventually accede to its demands.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 4 2022 1:28 utc | 98

Interesting post on the ColonelCassad channel… Apparently slavery has returned to Ukraine…

Operational summary from the Dnepropetrovsk Partizans (02.05. – 03.05.2022)
[02.05. – 05/03/2022] On May 2, in Dnepropetrovsk, the air raid siren sounded from 01:49 to 02:26, ​​from 05:01 to 06:03, from 08:14 to 08:21, from 08:24 to 08:35, from 16:33 to 16:59; May 3 – from 05:12 to 05:52, from 07:59 to 08:22, from 08:47 to 09:12, from 18:15 to 18:20, from 18:22 to 21:37.
[02.05. – 05/03/2022] Another cases were added to the collection of “looting which does not exist”. So, in Dnepropetrovsk, on Geroev Avenue, two robbers tore off a gold chain from a man, after which they handed it over to a pawnshop; at the Red Stone f/m in one of the stores, a man stole a cake while his girlfriend was distracting the seller; in the Dolgintsevsky district of Krivoy Rog, another thief stole a bicycle from a local resident.
[03.05.2022] [22.35] Two missile strikes of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kamensky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region destroyed the railway infrastructure. Train traffic has been stopped. The head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, war criminal Valya Reznichenko, reported one wounded.
[05/03/2022] [13:03] In the Dnepropetrovsk region, slave owners abducted homeless people and forced them to work on their farms in the Petrikovsky and Magdalinsky districts. People literally worked for food and were in labor slavery. Future slaves, mostly socially unprotected people, were found by slave owners at railway stations or bazaars in various regional centers. Then they soldered people and took them to the Dnepropetrovsk region. There people lived in terrible conditions and worked for food. In total, about 60 people ended up in slavery in this way. The Ukrainian State (UG), in the process of its rapid and inevitable degradation, has already reached the Middle Ages and continues to march by leaps and bounds into the Stone Age.
[02.05.2022] [22.35] High-precision strikes by the Russian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Mezhevaya destroyed four launchers of the S-300 air defense system and a reconnaissance and guidance radar station.
[05/02/2022] [11:19 and 13:57] In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a Ukrainian warehouse with rocket and artillery weapons was destroyed by high-precision weapons of the Russian Armed Forces. The head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, war criminal Valya Reznichenko, is trying to tell fairy tales for housewives that “just an elevator, just a warehouse with grain, just a pig complex” was destroyed, which, by the way, is quite expected: the Head of the military administration cannot publicly admit that his ” zahistniks “hide like rats in barns and pigsties …
@dnepr_partizani
#DnepropetrovskPartisans #Dnepropetrovsk #Dnepr #Mozgovoy Detachment #WarZ #CountryZ #Reports

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 4 2022 1:34 utc | 100