I very much appreciate the insights of this former NATO official

Is Jack Teixeira the source of the misinformation or is he one of the sources?
Jack Teixeira is not an information analyst, he is a watchkeeper, a computer technician
There is no information leak, there are several information leaks.
These leaks are all channeled into Ukraine.
Jack Teixeira is at an air base that is dedicated to researching images mainly from drones of both Global Hawks and Reaper and we did not see any images obtained by drones, we did see subjects that are not even on the distribution list of the air base, from the Information Center of the National Guard.
So the information that has come out is all directed towards the Operation. A good part of that information was destined to Mc Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. This is a disagreement between the Department of State on the one hand and the Department of Defense on the other.
The immediate effect that the disclosure of this information had on operations was the postponement of the Ukrainian offensive, because, on the one hand, it shows that the narrative does not correspond to reality. What the documents say is that not everything is ready for the counter-offensive, not enough ammo, not enough training, units are not properly consolidated and the effects of Backmut are yet to be evaluated.
The time factor favors both sides. It favors Ukraine because it allows units to consolidate; and it favors Russia because in a war of attrition like the one being waged at the moment, it is a war that favors whoever has the most artillery.

Major General Agostinho Costa in CNN Portugal April 15, 2023

Posted by: António Ferrão | Apr 15 2023 11:24 utc | 103

About leaks and Ukro-NATO Spring offensive.
All point to psy-op meant to make believe ukrops cant launch any credible attack upon Russian forces.
I think the opposite will prove true.
I expect use of some new tech such as sudden “mantle of silence” masking electronically ground troops move + massive air support from NATO as well as NATO manned MBTs.
Besides abt the direction of the attack, it is to be expected that movements of assault troops will be concealed by movement of lesser ones such as territorial defense…
All talk abt postponing offensive to summer point to end of April or early May onslaught.

Posted by: Greg Galloway | Apr 15 2023 11:56 utc | 105

So as we are watching the eventual fall of Ukraine, was it worth it? I feel the US overreached on Ukraine and has destroyed the western economic system. Was it worth the suffering that will happen to the Wests populations as they slide around the drain of irrelevancy and poverty. Biden will be known in history as the President that oversaw the collapse of the west. We cant fight China without putting the final nail in our power projection ability. Will their be a wider war is still unknown at this point as the US will try and avoid it if they can find another country to shoulder it for them against China and Russia. In the end we will have a broken financial system and and a massively depleted military. The US is becoming fascist and will become much worse at home as the world turns away from us.
Will all of the fallout of of our actions be worth it in the end?
we will have to wait and see but my opinion is that the US will be looked at by the world as a rouge state and even the EU will abandon the US. The war-crimes ICC scam was the worst idea as it will turn on the US in the end and Americans will become hunted down for our war-crimes. Sanctions will soon be used against the west and we will have to buy our resources in Yuan, Ruble or something else as we are broke.

Posted by: Peace | Apr 15 2023 12:24 utc | 107

@ unimperator | Apr 15 2023 12:15 utc | 104
Actually, the majority tubes & rocket launchers available are ex-soviet 122mm & 152mm Arty & 122mm Grads, yet the AFU has SFA munitions for ’em. Western ‘donated’ 155mm, 105mm, HIMARS et al, are doing the hard yards, yet far fewer in number & daily less so re platforms operable ongoing, and imminent collapse re western munitions supply post the temporary desperate ammunition surge depleting existing US/NATO war stocks, down to effectively, nil (zero), coming up, never to be repeated.
Seems AFU has already burned through a few of those 9-12 BDEs since Feb/Mar in a futile effort to attempt to retain Soledar, Bakhmut, Avdiivka. And the ‘western equipped’ nine BDEs were not at Mar 1st even on line to be ready by Apr30. Now ?
Empire/AFU has been continually burning through formations, manpower, materiel & resources to nil effect, passing off it’s dodgy political narrative checks that no-one can cash.

Posted by: Outraged | Apr 15 2023 12:49 utc | 109

William Gruff’s eloquent metaphor at #54 reminds me of an Andy Capp cartoon. The Brits will know about Andy Capp but not sure others will.
Anyway, the cartoon has Andy Capp and his pal Chalky leaving the pub having had a skinful. Chalky gets into a scrap with another drunk and comes off second best. As Andy Capp drags Chalky away, bruised and bleeding, Andy Capp cheers Chalky up by saying, “Don’t worry Chalky, I’ve fixed up a rematch!”
The other drunk is Russia, Chalky is Ukraine and Andy Capp, USA, UK, Poland, Canada, Germany et al.

Posted by: Vrgates | Apr 15 2023 13:32 utc | 111

Posted by: Paul Damascene | Apr 14 2023 18:11 utc | 22

For the West, war was the only option.

No, they always believed the almighty dollar was enough to keep Russia at heel while they prepared for further plunder. They knew well the alternative to Russia’s obedience was a civilisational, existential war, and even the most paranoid among them never thought Russia would take that one-way step out of their twisted global rules based order. But it did, and here we are. There was an almost palpable sense of shock and disbelief when western agencies started to announce that Russia was preparing to invade, they were caught with their bloomers around their ankles good and proper.
Posted by: Golddiggr | Apr 14 2023 18:31 utc | 26

Russian AI is a lot more advanced than most believe.

I’ve seen nothing to indicate that is true but a lot of the AI stuff is open source anyway and they’re no slouches when it comes to CS work. And oh! What a future awaits – I promise you that when advanced AI, even though it’s not actually intelligence but sophisticated pattern matching and assembly, meshes with some of the up and coming innovations in the world of drones, you’ll see terrors undreamed of.

Posted by: Due West | Apr 15 2023 13:51 utc | 113

Our source in the Presidential Office said that at a meeting with Andrzej Duda, Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the format for implementing the Union of Warsaw through a referendum in Ukraine, which will be held in the DIE.
The Office of the President is preparing an information campaign to convince Ukrainians of the need for a union with Poland. It was decided not to raise all historical disagreements, but to discuss the issue of the capital and the budget in the process.

https://t.me/rezident_ua/17298

Posted by: Down South | Apr 15 2023 14:18 utc | 115

NATO military base to be built in Moldova
A military base for the army of Moldova will be built in Chisinau. This was announced by the Minister of Defense, Anatoly Nosatiy. The base will be built to train the Moldovan army. The military facility will be built according to NATO standards. For this, foreign partners will allocate the necessary funds to Moldova.
It must be understood that this will not be a military base for the Moldovan army but a NATO base. Of course, the military personnel of the Moldovan army will be trained on it under the strict guidance of instructors from the United States and Britain.
The question of military neutrality, which the Moldovan authorities are talking about, is nothing more than just words. In principle, the leadership of Moldova does not hide the fact that it wants to abandon its neutrality.
Moldova plans to buy as many weapons as possible to train the army according to NATO standards. All this is done to counter the so-called Russian aggression.
As a result, the NATO base will be located right in Moldova, not far from Transnistria. All this poses a threat to military security and threatens to escalate the military conflict. No one has any doubts that the Moldovan army is being prepared according to the Ukrainian scenario.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/41955

Posted by: Down South | Apr 15 2023 14:22 utc | 117

Posted by: Down South | Apr 15 2023 14:18 utc | 113
How about a referendum in Poland ??
Or will they skip this knowing the result they would get ?

Posted by: Tom_12 | Apr 15 2023 14:24 utc | 119

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/55213
The TG post above contains few excerpts from a recent Prigozhin interview, plus a link to a translation of the full interview which is a lot longer and includes the following remarks. Quoting this in isolation takes it out of context but the interview is quite long so please read the whole thing if this of interest.
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Why do the Anglo-Saxons restrain Zelensky, arranging internal conflicts and slowing down the offensive? Just in order to hit the main jackpot – the collapse of Russia into many principalities. The US doesn’t need a quick war. They need a war that will convince the “deep state” and lead to its victory.
The “deep State” is a community of near-state elites that operate independently of the political leadership of the state and have close ties and their own agenda. These elites work for different masters: some for the existing authorities, some for those who have been on the run for a long time, but, thanks to their connections, they remain in their places after the elder one has fled. A typical example of the “deep state” is the opposition of Khodorkovsky, Dvorkovich, and so on. Dvorkovich, whom I have mentioned many times, who fled abroad, left behind a whole tail of scum who were under him and above him, and who are elements of this “deep state”. The “deep State” endlessly leaks information and is ready to side with any ally or enemy for the sake of its own interests. It is easy to find an approach to the deep state, because it is a sponge inside the country, which, on the one hand, is red, on the other — black, on the third — white, and on the fourth — green. And from each side, having a connection to a part of the “deep state”, you can get to its center. The Russian deep state is currently experiencing a serious crisis.
Many of those who supported the special operation yesterday are now in doubt or categorically against what is happening. Representatives of the deep state urgently want to return to their normal life, old habits and comfort. The “Deep State” is tricky and quirky, the conversation of Joseph Prigozhin is a vivid example of this. They are ready to mimic anyone. This is our inner, affectionate, cunning, bloodthirsty chameleon.
At meetings, they are silent, express their doubts. And when making decisions based on bureaucratic procedures, certain actions aimed at winning this war are hindered. Since the bureaucracy in Russia today is at an exorbitant level, it is possible to destroy any decisions of the top management aimed at winning within the framework of the “legitimate bureaucracy”. These are the internal enemies. In the theory of Alexander Beglov, this is called a “bureaucratic sieve” – a sieve that you can get into, but it is impossible to get out of there.
… (continued)

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 15 2023 14:46 utc | 121

Posted by: Vrgates | Apr 15 2023 13:32 utc | 109
Heh, Andy Capp is one of 3 I read every morning. (+ Peanuts, Calvin)
He is the lowest of low-lifes, chronic cheater, worthless POS, incorrigible,
irascible and various other not so complimentary traits.
Where he differs from the US is that he is loveable.
There will be no rematch. Putin has stated that clearly.
(And yes, thanks W. Gruff. High mark for that short story.)

Posted by: waynorinorway | Apr 15 2023 14:50 utc | 123

Down South @ 115

As a result, the NATO base will be located right in Moldova, not far from Transnistria.

Population of Moldova is 2.6 million with half a million of that in the PMR. It’s maybe the poorest country in Europe, not much work or hope there, never was, probably every family has a relative or friend abroad. The country is poor, corrupt and I’m sure the population cynical as hell. If the country really militarizes like UKR did from 2014 I could see the entire country emptying out except pensioners. Remains to be seen, but I think “training a Moldovan army” is just a cover for building up a large western EU NATO force there. If you’re Moldovan between the ages of 16-55 you would have to have a grave case of dumbass to stick around.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 15 2023 15:56 utc | 125

The poorest place in Europe used to always be Albania. However, after 2014, the Ukraine fell enough to wrest the title from Albania. As of 2021, a normal monthly take home wage in the Ukraine was around 90€ .that’s Monthly

Posted by: Exile | Apr 15 2023 16:06 utc | 127

Posted by: OohCanada | Apr 15 2023 13:40 utc | 110
Oh, it’s Ukraine alright. It’s all Ukraine. That’s the Empire of Chaos pulling it’s strings in Africa now.

“In fact, after the Sochi summit with Vladimir Putin in 2017, Sudan’s longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir famously said that Sudan would become Russia’s key to Africa,” Mohammed Elnaiem, a London-based Sudanese activist, told DW.
Back in 2017, agreements between Sudan and Russia included setting up a Russian naval base on the Red Sea, a plan which is now gaining momentum, and allowing a Russian subsidiary of the infamous private contractor Wagner Group to mine and export gold to Russia.

The pattern is so predictable …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 15 2023 16:23 utc | 129

Posted by: Peace | Apr 15 2023 12:24 utc | 105
I’m with you. Biden is the US Gorbachev, and he will never even know it.
I am not sure who said it here or on which thread, but I do agree that Jill should consult an astrologer!
Interesting times. It’s been a blast, though. In more ways than one, unfortunately.

Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 15 2023 16:32 utc | 131

That $1 Trillion yields a “weak” military ought to get everyone responsible fired.
karlof1 | Apr 14 2023 23:06 utc | 65
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Strange but true. Alas, as you know, in our Orwellian paradigm, those responsible will be promoted, fail upward, and the budget increased with more borrowed paper. Pardon my cynicism, but the Heritage Foundation report appears tailor-made for the MIC, much like the bogus inflated ‘intelligence’ of Soviet weapons in the 70s-80s, which justified bloated military spending.
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Lev Davidovich | Apr 15 2023 10:04 utc | 99
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A fine description of end-stage rigged market cannibalism.

Posted by: Doug Hillman | Apr 15 2023 16:38 utc | 133

NATO military base to be built in Moldova
A military base for the army of Moldova will be built in Chisinau.
Posted by: Down South | Apr 15 2023 14:22 utc | 115
Why?
1. If Ukraine/NATO win the war, there no threat to Moldova. If Russia wins, Moldova’s only chance to survive is neutrality. Not a safe bet, but the best one available. If Ukraine can’t beat Russia, there is no chance in hell that Moldova can.
2. Have the Moldovans, by any chance, switched on television or the internet any time over last year? Seen any images of the front lines in Ukraine? NATO may win the war they haven’t declared. Ukraine is guaranteed to loose. Lots of people, most of the infrastructure, tons of money. The only question is whether they’ll lose to Russia or to the West. Because, if they beat Russia, the West is guaranteed to present the bills for all the “aid” furnished during the war: Ukraine will have to hand over anything they own.

Posted by: Marvin | Apr 15 2023 16:50 utc | 135

A key advantage of “the swamp dwellers” of the deep state/MIC is that they exist in a swamp, and that makes them hard to replace with good people.
In science fiction like Aliens, and space opera like Stark Trek TNG, we saw the Xenomorph adapt our environment to suit its needs, and the propensity of the Borg to do the same thing.
Yadda yadda yadda, in those fictional universes, the solution was to destroy not just them, but their ecology. Perhaps a metaphor for what the West has to do, as merely electing an outsider sworn to replace them has proved ineffective.

Posted by: Babel-17 | Apr 15 2023 17:09 utc | 137

” Erik Prince, the former head of the mercenary firm Blackwater, is now the CEO of Frontier Services Group (FSG), which provides logistics and aviation services to Chinese companies in Africa.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 15 2023 16:49 utc | 132 ”
So CIA butt boy Prince is providing ” services ” to Chinese companies, which for the most part are entwined with the Chinese gov or the PLA, and yet no one finds that troubling or odd ?

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Apr 15 2023 17:11 utc | 139

Deplorable: Prince is a mercenary, a thug who will work for whoever pays him. You didn’t know that?

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 15 2023 17:21 utc | 141

Doug Hillman @131–
Thanks for your reply. It may seem so, but that wasn’t always the case–I’ve been reading that assessment for 25 years. The problem as another barfly pointed out are the Neoliberal Parasites who have a very different priority from the Neocons–they don’t care about the quality or quantity of weapons systems but the amount of graft they can rake in. If you read The Hunt for Red October, you’ll recall the source of Captain Ramius’s angst was the corruption that led to his wife’s death and lack of justice afterwards, which was projection on the part of the author Tom Clancy–such projection is a hallmark of Clancy’s works. Earlier this year I examined the open financials and shareholder reports made by the top MIC Corps and they showed no sense of urgency in dealing with their huge order backlogs, which they were counting as assets to inflate their balance sheets, which is deliberate misleading of shareholders. One of the issues written about in the report is that of ship building facilities and the skilled workforce required, both of which are shrinking (along with the upstream suppliers like steel mills and such). Note the current number of ships versus what the fleet once consisted of and what’s deemed necessary, and then the reason for the weak and very weak ratings.
I didn’t interject into the conversation about which nations subs were better because its mostly subjective until you look at the fine print and that’s what determines the fact that the USN isn’t up to the tasks it’s charged with performing.

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 15 2023 17:52 utc | 143

@143
consider the f-35.
it’s delays keep aging cannot achieve readiness requirements in service.
f-35 engines run hot as it fails to fly fast enough and far enough.
the new designed engine is risky and called an ‘upgrade’.
the us dod has failed every attempt to audit its assets against a reasonable book price.
mainly, the deliveries never match the specifications.

Posted by: paddy | Apr 15 2023 18:05 utc | 145

” Deplorable: Prince is a mercenary, a thug who will work for whoever pays him. You didn’t know that?
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 15 2023 17:21 utc | 141 ”
Of course I understand that, but you’re avoiding the question. Why would China hire said thug and his CIA infiltrated company ?

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Apr 15 2023 18:33 utc | 147

Prygohzin is now saying that ending the war here counts as a victory- exactly what I said here not too long ago. …
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Apr 15 2023 15:28 utc | 122
I think what Prigozhin is saying is that the conflict should be fought to conclusion but that 5th column activity is undermining genuine attempts to win so it might be better to call a halt with the current gains and then think happy thoughts about any rough edges.
On the other hand, he also said that a big setback on the battlefield could motivate the public to finally root out the 5th columnist … obviously the biggest risk for them in trying to undermine their own military.
The link to the full interview is currently broken so I can’t reread it so be certain.

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 15 2023 18:35 utc | 149

paddy @145–
Thanks for your reply. Essentially, what the MIC produces are Lemons–underperforming crap that must spend more time in the shop than on the road; and when on the road, you better have towing insurance for it will breakdown on you. That said, the Navy seems to have somewhat better lemons, but they’re old and the new ones designed to replace them look even more lemon-like.

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 15 2023 18:44 utc | 151

Poland about to manufacture depleted uranium weapons InfoBRICS.org Apr14’23

This measure could lead the current conflict to a new level of escalation, with very serious consequences.
Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant.
On April 12, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated that he wants to make his country a “service center” for US M1 Abrams tanks. These “services” would include the manufacture of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition, with the possible creation of a factory specialized in this toxic equipment in Polish territory.
“I want a service center for Abrams tanks for the whole of Europe, for maintaining their battle readiness, to be located in Poland (…) This is possible, I am in talks regarding this”, he told a journalist during an interview to local press. Also, specifically about DU weapons, he commented that Warsaw is “striving” to have an industry capable of producing them as soon as possible.
The official’s statement comes after his meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris during his last visit to Washington. On his US tour, Morawiecki visited some facilities of the US military-industrial complex, including an Army warehouse in Alabama where Abrams tanks are stationed. Apparently, this would have “inspired” him to build something similar in Poland, leading him to initiate talks in this regard with his American partners.
…

Posted by: Outraged | Apr 15 2023 19:03 utc | 153

@Vrgates, #111:
Yeah we know Andy Capp here in the States. Andy, Snuffy Smith, Popeye are my favorite characters in comics: at times detestable but always lovable 🙂

Posted by: Oriental Voice | Apr 15 2023 19:13 utc | 155

Alexander Kots (Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist) reports from the centre of Bakhmut
https://www.kp.ru/daily/27490.5/4748873/
Old people greet Russians with tears in their eyes, the air is filled with iron: Report by Alexander Kots from the center of Bakhmut
Ukraine lost 32,000 people in the Artyomovskaya meat grinder
– Is it ours? – the roar of a tank engine (it is difficult to confuse it with something) gradually filled the dawn silence in a couple of blocks, and just in case, I check with our escort, a Wagner PMC fighter.
We have already walked the central district of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) , approaching the western outskirts. A couple of streets away from us, stormtroopers were preparing to attack several houses in the private sector.
– Our handsome man, – the “musician” smiled.
At the end of the street, a T-90 “Breakthrough” appeared with scouts on the armor. Having caught up with us, they dismounted, and the car, having approached the intersection, turned the tower to the left, moved the barrel, aimed something and hooted, “spitting out” white smoke from the cannon. The dilapidated house behind him seemed to stagger, and crumbling bricks rattled against his helmet.
I go inside from sin away, except for the stairs, nothing has survived here. I go up to the third floor, point the camera from the window – the most modern Russian tank in urban areas looks terribly bewitching. With each shot, the stairs tremble underfoot, and the tank keeps hitting and hitting. Having fired almost all the ammunition (I counted 17 shots), he famously jumps out to the intersection, turns sharply, at the same time setting the tower on course, and gracefully retires down the street, covered by multi-storey buildings.
– It’s time for us, too, – the accompanying scout hurries. – Until the “answer” arrived.
SOMETHING EXPLODES EVERY 10 SECONDS
Thus began my second day in Artemovsk, which this time I drove from the south side. Prior to that, he came from the north and east, but it’s easier to get to the center from Experienced, a satellite city of Bakhmut, from which no stone was left unturned during the fighting. As well as from almost all villages on the way from Debaltseve. Broken huts, burnt equipment, scorched engines of the plane that crashed in Zaitsevo… Drizzling rain added gloominess to an already depressing landscape.
You look out the window and try to imagine how hard these territories were given to the assault groups. In the daily front-line reports, everything looks simple and faceless. But here you realize that at the cost of the lives of our fighters, tens of kilometers of Russian land have been liberated in recent months. After all, these are not just points on the map – huge spaces between settlements, for which the enemy clung.
Behind the wheel of a trophy right-hand drive Ford pickup truck is a cheerful joker (the guys asked not to name even their call signs). He served in the army, in the marines. At the end of the contract, even before the start of mobilization, he resigned and joined the Company.
How did you get the pickup?
Yes, he got lost. He mixed up the addresses and drove to us. He asks: “Sashko where?” We told him: “Password”. He: “Mariupol”. We: “Wrong, we have Rostov.” And that’s it, it’s standing, clapping its eyes. Thanks for the car.
We fly through Opytnoye, along a broken road that has turned into a cemetery of burned-out cars, our driver winds as if he had been involved in motorsport all his life.
“Here you have to move fast. Here, a couple of days ago, a sniper was working on this building from a long-range gunner. Therefore, the movement here is fast. There are skyscrapers ahead, from which they can work on us, – he nods forward.
It offers a view of the multi-storey Artemovsk. To the right, about 200 meters away, something explodes. Here at all something explodes every 10 seconds. You quickly get used to this background.
– Here is the center, – states our guide.
“WE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE”
We skip several intersections, turn into the yard, jump out of the car and slide into the basement, where the Wagner reconnaissance platoon is organized. A minute later, civilians are brought in after us. As they advance, the “musicians” take civilians out of the danger zone.
“Luda,” a woman with a small dog in her arms smiles. – Here, thanks to the guys got out . Why did you stay in the city? Firstly, we are already old, we built a house for our old age, everything was there. It was a pity to quit. Two dogs again…
The fair-haired woman has unnaturally red cheeks, on which the capillaries appeared like cobwebs. The blood rushed to his face, the pressure must have risen a lot. But she smiles happily. Although there is little joy in the situation, frankly.
– The guys came, they said – evacuation, take documents with them. For about 30 minutes they got out under fire, it was hard. But the guy who accompanied us was very nice, didn’t hurry, stopped, waited for us to come up. Thank you very much, we arrived without incident.
We are neighbors, we went out together. My father is still being dragged on a stretcher, he is wounded, – the man is trying to catch his breath. – Shrapnel shrapnel leg four days ago. We sat and waited to be evacuated only to this side, that side does not suit us. I would have been taken to the Ukrainian army. We also have pigeons, plus the parents are too heavy, so they stayed.
“I was wounded, I was treated for a month,” his elderly, but good-looking mother, Tatyana, chatters.
In his hands he pulls flowers, tearing off a leaf – Mother and stepmother and Proleska. Tore it off while they were evacuating. Protective psychological block, diverts attention from the surrounding horror. I ask how the Ukrainian “zahists” (defenders) behaved.
“Yes, we almost never saw them,” the man says. – They will jump – they will jump out. Today I went to look at the neighboring house, and there are five more soldiers sitting there – crests. They grabbed me by the pulley, I thought, that’s it, they won’t let me go. They say: “You have no faith.” I almost cry, my parents are there, I say, they are lying, I can leave. He reluctantly let go. Literally three houses away from us, they were sitting with machine guns, grenade launchers, when the guys came for us.
– They all came to us in soot, they asked for directions, how they say to move to the railway station. “How do you live here,” Tatyana Mova depicts. – That is how we live. Apparently they were kicked out and they fled, in a hurry.
What have you been doing all this time?
– Humanities mostly. Civilian volunteers opened a point with a Starlink plate, gave canned food, it was possible to go online … We have had no electricity, no water since the summer. Collected rain, melted snow.
Tatyana is from Dagestan, from Derbent. She studied in Volgograd, where she met her husband, a Soviet officer, originally from Artemovsk. They moved here after retirement. This is him now, wounded, being dragged on a stretcher by the Wagnerites.
– We have relatives in Narofominsk, Murmansk. Where will you show us? I am gray-haired, not made up. In general, I am very cheerful, I am 75 years old, – a woman surprises with her cheerfulness.
“Now we will deliver you to the evacuation center, the doctors will examine and send you further,” instructs the 53-year-old reconnaissance platoon commander, whom his subordinates often call not by call sign, but simply by Batya. – Everything terrible is behind, now everything will be fine.
They bring Tatyana’s elderly wounded husband.
– How did you get hooked?
– There was shelling, I did not have time to hide, I fell. Immediately in the arm, and in the back, and in the leg. My son and a neighbor pulled me out, if not for them, he would have bled to death.
– You served in the Soviet army. Is it hard to watch now?
– Yes, how … For me, the Soviet Union is the Motherland. Otherwise, I would not have been hiding here, not waiting for the Russians, I would have left with crests. And I was waiting, I thought you would come quickly, I have the Order of Labor Glory, – the old man’s tears well up.
The uniformed boys turn away, their jaws flexing furiously. Civilians get into a battered car, which takes them to the rear. And we, together with Batya, go for a walk in the center of Artemovsk, running across the open spaces under fire.
UKRAINIAN “VOENTORG”
Along the roads – iron anti-tank hedgehogs and concrete gouges. It seems that Kyiv was preparing to repel tank wedges. But infantry entered the city, for which these barriers are not an obstacle. Center, Freedom Square, dug around the perimeter. The defensive value of these fortifications is doubtful. They could easily be swept away by artillery from Experienced. In general, it seems that Bakhmut was not seriously prepared for defense inside in engineering terms.
– And it is, – Batya confirms, while we pass the House of Culture on the way to the City Council. – Maybe they just drank the allocated money. The soldiers were simply shoved into the houses, from which we had to knock them out. The prisoners were taken in batches.
– And why is it taking so long to liberate the city?
– Very strong resistance was on the way to Artemovsk. And then we just broke it. We reached the center from the south in two weeks. At first, the units were different, powerfully resisted. And here they put in the defense from Vinnitsa, Transcarpathia, from Nikolaev. But in general there were a lot of shouts that it was an impregnable fortress. Not so impregnable. And not a fortress. They did not even sit in the trenches dug in the center. Everyone was in residential houses, and when they left, the nine-story buildings were folded so as not to leave us heights. But even now they do not run from their positions, they resist.
The Ukrainians also blew up the City Council building to avoid unnecessary symbolism. Russian flags were hoisted over a pile of bricks, formalizing the legal capture of the city.
Dad is from Ukraine. His father and brother were killed by the “Pravoseki”, he went to the militia, fought in the LPR. And in 2016, when the “hot phase” of the confrontation subsided, he moved to Wagner. He has military experience in Africa.
– Here they had a food warehouse, – the commander of the reconnaissance platoon shows the charred inside of the house with columns on the central square. – And almost at every intersection in the basement was equipped with an ammunition station. During the retreat, they abandoned their ammunition, thanks to them for that. Once again, we do not waste time on logistics. Yes, you can come down and have a look.
In the basement – a pile of boxes. Here is a real arms international. American grenades, Czech cartridges for Kalashnikovs, Bulgarian shots for grenade launchers… All this goes into action and returns to the enemy – literally and figuratively.
– Guys, lay down on the ground, the lower, the safer, I need you alive, – in the meantime, Batya is leading the assault on the radio.
Its fighters are storming private houses in the western quarters of Artemovsk . This is the rest of the city under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We climb to the surviving high-rise, which offers a panoramic view of the battlefield. Flashes of gaps flicker in the white smoke. Shells flying in both directions rustle in the air, the cannon of our BMP bangs from the side. The air is literally stuffed with iron. On the hill opposite, a nine-story building, in which the enemy sat down, was engulfed in flames. In the back of the room, a machine gunner watches this through binoculars. In front of him, a large-caliber machine gun peers through a broken window.
– The enemy (in fact, it is called obscenely synonymous with the word “gay”, and the other side uses the same epithet in relation to “musicians) has two 200s and two 300s (killed and wounded. – Ed.), They say sometimes they want to give up, sometimes they don’t want to, – his walkie-talkie wheezes.
“Well, they don’t want to, let them burn,” someone answers phlegmatically.
There is no time for sentiment. Either you or you. No one will take unnecessary risks. The stage of chivalry has long passed.
– We support our guys, if you need to sort out some positions, – the machine gunner explains. – We work at different distances, we had to 2.5 kilometers. The machine works well – DShK, the good old machine, helps out. The main thing is accurate, albeit old.
Shoulder not fall off?
– Normally, compared to the “Kord” or “Cliff” there is almost no return. The main thing is to install properly.
FORMER CONS FIGHT COURAGELY
An evacuation team is on duty in the basement of a neighboring building. Their task is to pull the wounded out from under fire.
– Stormtroopers also help us, we all interact, – the commander of the evacuation group meets us. – Our fighters can both fight and provide first aid, they have mastered it in the training camp. In addition to ours, we are also withdrawing civilians. Most of us are glad to see, they meet us with smiles. The enemy, by the way, does not stop firing during the evacuation of civilians. Just recently, grandparents were pulled out, taken out from under fire. On the other side, the grandmother was killed by machine gun fire. It happens that the soldiers of the evacuation teams die, not without it.
– What is the algorithm of your work?
– Algorithms are only in books. Here you drag the fighter as long as you can. The guys come running to help. There is no such thing that you have a certain segment, then you quit and left. You pull on your hands as long as you have the strength. Rewind, stop the bleeding, give painkillers. Then we pass it on to the medical services. They are transported to the rear. During my service, no one died in my arms.
– How long have you been fighting?
– Here since December, 17th.
– What did you do before that?
– I’m in the Project, – he is a little embarrassed.
The project here is called the recruitment of former prisoners from places of deprivation of liberty. The recruits themselves are called “designers”.
– What did he sit for, if not a secret?
– For terrible things … Reluctance even to speak. Weapons, shootouts, fights…
Batya says that those recruited from the colonies fight bravely, and many, after being pardoned, return to a second contract.
– I am very proud that one of the fighters of my platoon, a former prisoner, received a state award personally from the hands of the president, – the commander of the reconnaissance platoon admits.
BREAKTHROUGH T-90
Following the tank that worked on the enemy, we leave Bakhmut to the rear waiting area. The rear – conditionally, the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to process the ways of approach to Artemovsk. But he does it already without a spark, doomed. We are interested in the details of the morning sortie with the crew commander.
– The enemy has a dominant height there, ours are in a lowland, he is watching us. It was necessary to demolish the building on which the cameras are standing, watching our movements, – he explains casually. – We demolished the upper floor, below the trees interfere, but they threw cumulative ones there, I think they liked it.
– Is there any rethinking of the use of tanks here?
– Certainly. If earlier the tank was the main striking force of the Ground Forces, now it is more of a means of supporting the infantry. Tactics have changed dramatically. With the modern saturation of the front edge with anti-tank weapons, there can be no powerful breakthroughs in technology. They have both NLAW and Javelins – a lot of money, we will immediately lose the car. The infantry goes forward, stumbled upon resistance, we drive up, work out, attack aircraft move on.
– How long have you been fighting on the T-90 “Breakthrough”?
– Seventh month.
– A tenacious car, what’s the secret?
– I won’t reveal everything. We don’t jump out at a fool, first you will walk on your own legs, look, and determine the escape routes. You will agree with the infantry, you will establish cooperation, how they will cover you. Only after that you go to the firing position. The car is expensive, it’s a pity to lose it.
– How long have you been with the Company?
– Since last April. I also took Popasnaya. I sat at home, watched on the Internet how our troops acted, and just wanted to help. Not for money – for the idea.
– Have you served before?
– Yes, I rose to the rank of senior officer, 23 years of “calendars”, 30 years of total service, retired in 2020. I try to complete tasks 100%. Never broke down. I have an old tank from June, for a thousand shots – not a single delay or misfire. We monitor the situation thoroughly. They rely on you, you cannot fail.
– How do you rate the T-90?
– A very good car, especially when there is something to compare with. Compared to the T-72B3, there is more space, a commander’s multi-channel sight was installed, there is a thermal imaging channel independent of the gunner, a rangefinder channel, an optical channel, and a television channel. A closed anti-aircraft installation is generally a bomb, especially in the city: the gunner works on his targets from a cannon, and you twist around the upper floors so that, God forbid, they don’t get out and get caught. There are, of course, shortcomings, but we have a connection with Uralvagonzavod, which is working on all the shortcomings.
Two helicopters come overhead to attack, sending missiles in the direction of the enemy from a pitch-up. The sky is cut by the black trail of their footprints. A few seconds later, explosions are heard somewhere in the distance. Despite the fact that our forces already control more than 80 percent of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to resist – Kyiv will not dare to give the command to withdraw its troops. According to the latest data from the Wagnerites, Ukraine lost 32,000 people killed in the Artyomov meat grinder.

Posted by: Oblomovka daydream | Apr 15 2023 19:28 utc | 157

Komsomolskaya Pravda has a big article on the ‘Dagger’ attack in March on a NATO bunker in Lvov, where 200 NATO officers got killed. There are no videos or photos added.
https://www.kp.ru/daily/27490.5/4748875/
“The catastrophe of NATO forces in Ukraine”: Russia pushed back the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with one blow of the “Dagger” on a secret bunker
Russian hypersonic missiles “Dagger” destroyed a secret bunker with 200 officers of NATO and the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The military departments of the USA, Great Britain, Poland and some other NATO countries prefer not to stutter even a word about what happened in early March near Lvov. And when corrosive journalists, who got wind of the terrible state of emergency , ask generals and politicians questions about it, they receive either “know comments” or crafty references to “ignorance” about what happened in response. But nevertheless, the “awl from the bag” still begins to crawl out. Information is increasingly leaking into the Western and Ukrainian press, as well as into social networks from various sources, which are very well matched in detail and allow us to present a reliable scenario for an extremely painful drama (even tragedy) for NATO and its allies.
NATO officers’ bunker
And the scenario looks like this. Near Lviv, at a depth of a hundred meters, there was a reserve command post of the former Carpathian military district. This secret facility, well protected and equipped with modern communication systems, was chosen by NATO generals and colonels when, with the outbreak of hostilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass (2014), they decided to move to the Ukrainian rear, where it was more convenient to advise the Kiev allies and develop plans of operations together with them. The secret underground point also instilled a sense of security in the “consultants” even after Moscow, with the start of its special military operation, promised to strike at decision-making points. In fact, it was a joint command and control headquarters, consisting of NATO representatives, as well as officers of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of its armed forces. In addition, this headquarters was very tightly covered by air defense systems, which further added to its “inhabitants” confidence in their safety.
Probably for this reason, the sense of vigilance was also lost – sometimes dozens of cars gathered at the entrance to the headquarters even in broad daylight, which did not go unnoticed by our space, aviation and undercover intelligence. And by the beginning of March, the Russian General Staff already knew that both in the “dungeon” and in Kyiv, the development of an offensive plan for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was in full swing. It only remained to determine the most advantageous moment to strike at the lair of the NATO “branch” in the Lviv region and carefully work out the flight tasks of our hypersonic “Daggers”. And, of course, to thoroughly (up to a minute) calculate the take-off time of the Kinzhal carriers (MiG-31 fighters), the launch line of these missiles (without entering the enemy’s air defense zone) and the “instant” of hitting the target.
“Daggers” completed the task
Why were the “Daggers” chosen? Yes, because such a bunker is invulnerable to conventional missiles. And there was no point in sending bombers for strikes even with 1.5-ton or five-ton bombs: the Ukrainians could shoot down the planes, and hitting the “peg” would hardly have happened. And launched even from a distance of 2 thousand kilometers, the “Dagger” (warhead – 500 kg!) Goes to the target at a crazy speed (10 or even 15 times faster than sound!) – while there are no such air defense systems in the world that could intercept it . And also the “Dagger” is a high-precision, sniper weapon – it has a deviation from the center of the target – only 1 meter! He jumped into the “well” of the entrance group for many tens of meters, and after him another … And this, consider, a ton of explosives!
“The catastrophe of NATO forces in Ukraine”
Of the “teachers and students” who were in the dungeon, no one survived . And there were more than 200 of them. Including, say some “informed” Western journalists, several American generals and senior officers. And also – British, Polish, Ukrainian.
And here is the very “awl from the bag”, which I already mentioned. The Greek portal Pronews , which is close to the Ministry of Defense of its country , claimed that “dozens of foreign officers were killed when the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles hit the joint Ukrainian-NATO command and communications center. This was “a disaster for NATO forces in Ukraine.”
And that is not all. Some Kiev sites have also blabbed: after the emergency, representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were called to the carpet at the US Embassy , ​​where they were reprimanded “for the poor security of the control center”, and at the same time handed over a list of the dead senior and senior American officers and ordered “to get them at least from underground.” The corpses of those who died from explosions and suffocated in a frenzy are still being dug up …
So far, according to the “leaks” in Ukrainian social networks, it can be judged that only 40 bodies have been recovered from under the ruins of the destroyed center. The rest of the dead are still buried under the rubble.
Officially
And here it is impossible not to recall that on March 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a modest message on its official Telegram channel stating that in response to the terrorist actions organized by the Kiev regime in the Bryansk region on March 2, the Russian army launched a massive “retaliation strike.” The ministry emphasized that the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system was used.
By the way, this “retribution strike”, according to the director of the Institute for the Study of National Crises Nikolai Sorokin , had other consequences. He believes that the destruction of the “think tank” of the upcoming Ukrainian offensive could well slow it down. This version has its own reason. The offensive is still delayed. Maybe, according to ritual custom, they wait 40 days from the date of death? …
But why are the capitals of the NATO countries keeping quiet about the terrible state of emergency? Most likely because they are “ashamed” to admit a biting slap from Moscow . Or because it could be an open recognition of the active participation of NATO troops in the hostilities against Russia.

Posted by: Oblomovka daydream | Apr 15 2023 19:36 utc | 159

@ Paul Damascene 22: absolutely!
@ 26 and all those saying artillery is not effective against infantry: why do you think hundreds of thousands soldiers died in WOI? From bayonet wounds? From trench feet? From snake bites?

Posted by: Anthony | Apr 15 2023 19:54 utc | 161

Posted by: Oblomovka daydream | Apr 15 2023 19:36 utc | 159
A 500kg Dagger can have up to 20-30x kinetic energy compared to a, say, 2000kg bunker buster gravity bomb. No doubt it has the ability to crack a very deep bunker, if it has the proper hardener.

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 15 2023 20:07 utc | 163

When transporting the body of a Polish mercenary who died in Ukraine to his homeland, it turned out that in the coffin, along with the remains, there was also a package with 30 kilograms of drugs.
A similar “appendage” was in the coffin of the dead British soldier. It became clear that in Ukraine there is a whole system of transporting narcotic drugs to Europe in coffins with dead “soldiers of fortune”.
At the moment, the SBU and the Polish counterintelligence SKE (Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego) are involved in the situation and are tasked with hushing up the scandal as quickly as possible.
The key question is the origin of drugs. Are they produced in laboratories on the territory of Ukraine or do they stay there along with arms shipments from American bases and warehouses and are already repacked there and sent with the corpses of mercenaries around Europe. The circuit is reliable. containers with bodies that do not pass special inspection and are moved at high speed by special vehicles.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/42011

Posted by: Down South | Apr 15 2023 20:18 utc | 165

@Outraged #144
Sudan said yes, then no, then yes/perhaps but the newly formed government(not appointed yet) will have to sign off on any decision at a later date. It appears the Russians are tired of the run around.

Posted by: OohCanada | Apr 15 2023 21:10 utc | 167

Well, just as I thought Germany could not sink any lower then along comes Baerbock foot in mouth without any seeming care about diplomacy, fostering good relationships and, more importantly, without any significant, truthful view about the Ukraine conflict. My God, she’s not only pure vitriol but is so delusional and drunk with power that she can only see herself, nobody or nothing else matters.
Well, Baerbock, here’s a news flash for you. You are nothing more than the Foreign Secretary of Germany. A pseudo Green Party Candidate but with delusions of WEF total power and world domination. Welcome to your and your country’s Past. Now, does Germany have a history of Chancellors and Politicians who have serious delusions about dominating the World? Yes! What a truly pathetic individual you are. A so called Green Party candidate but a serious warmonger. A Foreign Secretary who sees fit to lecture, in the worst, untruthful terms possible, Leaders of other Sovereign Nations. Take a look at yourself. Self-appointed Arbiter of stating the EU was at War with Russia. The idiotic 360 degree response to a question. I sincerely hope that with Politicians like you, Habeck and Chancellor Scholz at the helm of Germany you will revisit Hell – i.e. the Weimar Republic, de-industrialisation and total collapse. I do not wish these things lightly or willingly as it is not my style to be vindictive but you, you are an utterly ridiculous politician, way out of her league on the international stage and no knowledge or interest in the way Diplomacy is conducted.
God Bless Xi Jing Pin and President Putin. They are the Adults in the room. You are now an irrelevance in international affairs and, thanks to you Habeck and Scholz, so is Germany.

Posted by: Jo Dominich | Apr 15 2023 21:59 utc | 169

” Deplorable: Prince is a rent-a-thug. I doubt he enjoyed any high-level CIA clearance. And if he did, well, the CIA is even stupider than we’ve suspected all along.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 15 2023 20:23 utc | 166 ”
Still, the question gets avoided. So disappointing.

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Apr 15 2023 22:51 utc | 171

” Deplorable: Tell us and we’ll both know. Or ask the Chinese. Myself, I find the matter even less interesting than your cat-and-mouse games.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 15 2023 22:56 utc | 172 ”
I dont have the answer and neither do you. However, the question remains very valid.

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Apr 15 2023 23:00 utc | 173

@ Fabrice, §160:
Exactly so, Fabrice.
America is lining up Poland to be its next proxy.
Just as America is lining up Japan to be a sacrifice against China.
Lets hope France or Germany have the guts to stand up to the Americans and declare Peace!

Posted by: John Marks | Apr 15 2023 23:13 utc | 175

Posted by: Oblomovka daydream | Apr 15 2023 19:28 utc | 157
How the hell does a post this long get past the filter when my post that I tried THREE TIMES – even IN PIECES – to get posted in the leak thread could not get past the filter?
I am SO SICK of this site’s goddamn filter.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 15 2023 23:17 utc | 177

Martyanov on Ania’s “Through the eyes of” Youtube channel. For the haters, of course.
Live with Andrei Martyanov (@smoothieX12) on Poland/ Ukraine, US submarine force, Russia and China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxYTOdohb-c
Starts with discussing Poland’s recruitment drive for their new army and the effect if Poland intervenes in Ukraine.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 15 2023 23:24 utc | 179

@ karlof1, §176:
What a splendid analysis, karlof!
Especially your last para interpreting “The Leak”.
The Leak´s deliberate – and allows the Dems to hang the YouCrane fiasco around Brandon´s neck and pick a new candidate (RF Kennedy Jr?) with some chance of success.
The West is still stuck in the Cold War mentality because its current leaders were generals in the Cold War.
That´s the mistake they need to acknowledge regarding the Russians: the Russians want peace.

Posted by: John Marks | Apr 15 2023 23:34 utc | 181

@ karlof1, §182:
Again, karlof, a succinct and accurate analysis.
“The Leak” was to get past Blinken/Sullivan/Nuland. They run Brandon.
The DNC are telling their presstitutes to push it, so giving them an excuse to dump Brandon and appoint someone (R F Kennedy Jr?) who might have some chance of winning 2024.

Posted by: John Marks | Apr 16 2023 0:01 utc | 183

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 15 2023 22:37 utc | 170
Given Biden cannot tell the difference between the ‘The All Blacks’ and the ‘Black and Tans’ I think it’s a straight fight between DoD and the Nuland clan, who I’m told they fear and hate, really, really hate. So a Byzantine struggle for power, whilst the executive withers, and with it the Republic.

Posted by: Milites | Apr 16 2023 0:40 utc | 185

fresh meat. phone giving co ordinates with background shots of buildings and river.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/12nd9g8/coming_soon/

Posted by: duggie | Apr 16 2023 0:54 utc | 187

karlof1 | Apr 15 2023 23:14 utc | 176
Does Biden know ………
C’mon Karl. The guy can’t walk up a set of stairs unaided. Or read a teleprompter without reading “end of quote”…
_____
As we here all know, Biden Nuland Kerry Pelosi (Soros) are the core of a cabal that planned the Ukraine Enterprise = Russia Demise.
Do they know their Grand Ukraine Adventure has failed?
Yes-no-yes-no-yes-yes-no.
That’s what all the increasingly obvious dissension within the US and USNATO is about.
Bakhmut was their “more cowbell” moment, to reference Larry Johnson.. more weapons, more men, more intel, more… more.
Some here posted the leaks were “boring”. “Nothinburger”; Some were unable to parse between “authentic” and “accurate”.
What enlivened a number of us was the *authentic* leaks provided a sobering insight into the dubious *calibre* of the leaks…. Was this intel really what is being fed to JCS /WH ???
Whoa. *That’s* what the Sullivan panic was about…. They’d been exposed cooking the intel books… multi-millions of USD $$ and weapons can go missing in the Ukrainian blackhole … most of it recycles back to the Cookie Cabal in the US, so it’s of little concern.
But that exposure … that the quality of the intel reaching upper echelons was so flawed is what rattled ISW+Sullivan.
Just as with 9/11, we are directed to focus on the *how* of the leak… “how could a kid get this”, rather than the *why* and *who* behind the leaks.
I’m sticking with my own hypothesis that the leaks originated or were notarised by the camarilla of the DNI.
Avril Haines is Team Obama. She was placed in the DNI role by Team Obama, so they could spy on Team Biden. Its a snake pit, and reptiles eat each other without compunction.
What would Haines and Team Obama gain by exposing the shoddy Nuland intel being fed to JCS ?
To date ISW/Team Nuland has tightly controlled Ukraine related intel.
They’ve operated a sophisticated network of the ISW+think tanks+Maxar+”independent experts” (McFaul/Kofman/RobLee) … and the corporate media.
Team Nuland(ISW) has “owned” the Ukraine information/intel “space”.
And now, as Bakhmut falls, The Leak.
The timing is obvious. If the leak was under the auspices of DNI … does Team Obama want to cut and run?
Obama lost Crimea. Obama lost Syria. Team Obama negotiated JCPOA; Team Obama seems to have a more realistic appreciation of Russia’s real “red lines”.
Team Nuland seem to be the type who will fight until the soil is salted and there’s not a pebble left to throw at the foe.
Team Obama is more pragmatic. They’ll pretend to walk away, but come back later, with a better offer($$), or better weapons.. Their ultimate objectives are not diametrically opposed to Team Nuland, but their fighting style is more sleaze and subterfuge, Team Nuland is smash, smash smash, and when that fails, smash smash smash and keep smashing,
Who leaked the leaks, and what was the objective?
The six degrees of separation that link Pat Seh to DNI …. That’s what I’m monitoring for.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 16 2023 2:24 utc | 189

Some videos for today.
Russian artillery strikes enemy position:
https://odysee.com/@SputnikInternational:c/2023-04-14-09.24.53:b
Wagner forces destroy Kiev regime ammunition depot in Artemovsk:
https://odysee.com/@Overthrown:6/IMG_3612:32
Russian Lancet drone destroys NATO-supplied radar:
https://odysee.com/@Overthrown:6/video_2023-04-14_08-22-38:2
Kiev regime tank gets instantly destroyed after firing at Russian position:
https://odysee.com/@Overthrown:6/afu-tank-nochance:c
Russian airborne troops pound enemy position with howitzer:
https://rutube.ru/video/e6bff1b9c4eb552f4ddb7b6426bc8398/

Posted by: Nate | Apr 16 2023 2:38 utc | 191

resh meat. phone giving co ordinates with background shots of buildings and river.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/12nd9g8/coming_soon/
Posted by: duggie | Apr 16 2023 0:54 utc | 187
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The foolishness of that UAF soldier is head-scratching … but the ignorance and delusions of the low-information Reddit commenters on that thread is nothing short of breathtaking.

Posted by: Drake Schroeder | Apr 16 2023 4:24 utc | 193

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦💀 Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut) Sector as of 23:44 Moscow Time on 15 April 2023⚡️
🔹1. Wagner PMC assault squads continue to advance in the city south of the industrial zone of the #AZOM plant and in the northwestern neighbourhoods.
▪️ The enemy is already being pushed back in the area of multistory buildings. Blowing up houses does not help the enemy much in stabilising the situation.
▪️ The Wagner PMC is also advancing in the area of the Railway Station and in southwestern neighbourhoods.
▪️ On an average day, the enemy loses 2-3 blocks and several hundred people killed and wounded.
🔹2. Roads to #Artyomovsk are still under the fire control of the Airborne Forces and PMC Wagner. The number of destroyed equipment to the west of the city continues to multiply.
🔥 The roads are shelled not only by artillery, but also by mortars and ATGMs. They cannot be unblocked by the enemy. Deteriorating weather makes it difficult for the enemy to mount an effective counteroffensive.
🔹3. The RF Armed Forces continue strikes against the enemy’s operational reserves in #Kramatorsk, #Slavyansk, #Druzhkovka, #Konstantinovka, as well as routinely processing Chasov Yar.

https://t.me/sitreports/7235

Posted by: Down South | Apr 16 2023 4:28 utc | 195

The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the center of Donetsk with Grad MLRS. There were explosions near the Svyato-Preobrazhenskyy cathedral, where the Orthodox Easter service was taking place

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/42063

🪖 Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on the temple in the central part of Donetsk
#source
The footage shows the hospitalization of the victim after the shelling of the Svyato-Preobrazhenskyy cathedral

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/42065

On Easter night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 20 rockets from MLRS at Donetsk, according to the DPR representation to the JCCC. There was smoke in the area of the Donetsk Cathedral, where a liturgy was taking place, local authorities told TASS. One person was killed and two others were wounded as a result of the shelling of the area of the cathedral in central Donetsk, the DPR authorities added.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/42066

Posted by: Down South | Apr 16 2023 4:36 utc | 197

Quite why Baerbock thought visiting China in casual clothes was a good idea is secondary to her choice of white in a culture which imbues significance to white attire and death

Posted by: Paul Greenwood | Apr 16 2023 4:44 utc | 199