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Update from Ukraine | Wagner Stuck in Bakhmut | Prygozhyn is waiting for the Counterattack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceMu14FdObU
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****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:
Invasion Day 388 – Summary March 18, 2023 Jerome News
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 18th March 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-388-summary/
Update from Ukraine | Wagner Stuck in Bakhmut | Prygozhyn is waiting for the Counterattack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceMu14FdObU
https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/
****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:
Invasion Day 388 – Summary March 18, 2023 Jerome News
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 18th March 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-388-summary/
VIDEOS
1 ICC issued a warrant to arrest Putin; it’s a historic decision – Zelenskyy
UATV English
384K subscribers
Mar 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIz4LAUVDtY
The President of Ukraine welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for children’s rights in current Russia. They were both declared suspects in the case of the mass child kidnapping from Ukraine. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been separated from their families, illegally deported, and resettled in Russia. This is yet the first issue in the large and historical case of Russian-made genocide against the Ukrainian nation. Hear the full address of the President in our video.
2 Wanted war criminal Vladimir Putin revisits Mariupol crime scene | World News | TVP World
TVP World
302K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 5:00 p.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgOO4oo3eoU
One of the most shocking Russian war crimes has taken place with the bombing of a theater in Mariupol one year ago, despite being clearly marked as a safe haven for civilians, including children, the site was targeted by Russian forces, resulting in heavy casualties; now Russian dictator and wanted war criminal Vladimir Putin had the temerity to revisit the scene of the mass murder he was responsible for.
ARTICLE
Companies in EU lack explosives to increase production of ammunition for Ukraine, - Financial Times
Censor.NET
19.03.23 13:03
https://censor.net/en/news/3406697/companies_in_eu_lack_explosives_to_increase_production_of_ammunition_for_ukraine_financial_times
Europe’s push to produce more munitions for Ukraine is being hampered by a shortage of explosives that industry insiders fear could delay efforts to ramp up projectile production by three years.
As reported by Censor.NET with reference to European Pravda, the Financial Times writes about it.
According to officials and manufacturers, shortages of gunpowder, plastic explosives, and TNT have left the industry unable to quickly fulfill expected EU orders for Ukraine, regardless of how much money is allocated to solve the problem.
“The fundamental problem is that the European defense industry is unable to produce military products on a large scale,” said one German official.
Producers, industry executives, and EU officials warn that increased demand can only push up prices, which have already risen by a fifth in the past year.
“It is very difficult to increase the production of artillery ammunition, especially heavy, large-caliber ones, in a short time. It is very easy to build a new artillery factory, but how to produce more artillery shells without raw materials,” said the head of the Association of the Defense and Security Industry of the Czech Republic, Jiří Hinek.
Read more: EU to sign deal to buy 155mm ammunition for Ukraine on Monday - Reuters
VIDEOS
1. Surrendered and waiting for help in Bakhmut, wounded “Wagners” were put into this condition
Kanal13
1.49M subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 11:45 a.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64PvBhsUzW8
2 Zelenskyy praised Poland and Slovakia for MiG-29 donation to Ukraine
UATV English
384K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 8:45 a.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9e4XWTGctg
Vladimir Putin Slammed by Igor Girkin Over Crimea Visit: ‘Cretinism Blooms’
Anders Anglesey
3/19/23 at 11:46 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-slammed-igor-girkin-over-crimea-visit-1788758
Former Russian commander Strelkov Igor Ivanovich, better known as Igor Girkin, has hit out at President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Crimea, declaring that “cretinism blooms.”
Girkin was scathing of Putin in a March 18 social media post on Telegram, where he appeared to insist the visit had little purpose while mentioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader.
“They’ve already issued him an arrest warrant, and he still hasn’t figured a damn thing,” he told his 800,000 Telegram followers.
A year ago, it was necessary to travel to military units and formations, and he was all..chizhikov eats’...that is, historical and archaeological complexes are inspected, [and] built by military builders.
“Which, it must be understood, have nothing else to do during the war. Cretinism blooms and smells, and there is no end to it.”
Putin visited Mariupol, in the occupied Donetsk region, which has been one of the most heavily contested and bombarded cities in Ukraine during the war.
The president considers the territory to be part of Russia and annexed the region, as well as other areas in eastern Ukraine, in September last year.
Ukraine and its allies do not recognize the annexation and Kyiv considers the region to be under occupation.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, compared Putin to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler for visiting one of the cities most heavily bombarded since the war began last year.
Putin also visited occupied Crimea on Saturday, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 which he attempted to legitimize with a referendum that is unrecognized by Ukraine and the U.S.
His visits came after the ICC issued a warrant for his arrest over alleged war crimes, namely the unlawful abducting and transporting of Ukrainian children and teens to Russia.
While Girkin hit out at Putin, he admitted to having “mixed feelings” about the arrest warrant that was issued by the ICC. He claimed that it “is a spit not only at him but also at Russia.”
In the past, Girkin has shared rants about Russia’s domestic and foreign policies and has made references to the conflicts between the country’s military leaders.
He previously said: “Conflicts between the leadership of PMC [Private Military Company] ‘Wagner’ and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation should also be encouraged in every possible way, while not allowing the conflict to end in favor of one of the conflicting parties—both are important and valuable to us, each performs its task within the framework of our plan.
“In the future, there should be more such conflicts, they should constantly intensify and expand, and the parties should mutually discredit each other.”
He added that Russian forces have “no chance” of controlling some Ukrainian regions following an unsuccessful winter.
Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment.
VIDEOS
1. Russian influence in Moldova: paid rallies and ‘Wagner’ mercs to destabilise the country
UATV English
384K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 9:45 a.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PFZ-xxgcqc
Russia has long tried to influence Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova with the influx of paid political parties and attempts to overthrow governments. Nowadays, such actions are called ‘hybrid war.’ European countries have developed countermeasures for such hybrid aggression. The pro-European Government of Maya Sandu is no exception. Our correspondents went to Moldova to see the situation and tell you the details from first-hand speakers.
2. Zelenskyy praised Poland and Slovakia for MiG-29 donation to Ukraine
UATV English
384K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 8:45 a.m. DST
Spring 2023 is when Ukraine accumulates the largest assault capacities possible for the future battle to liberate the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. The global anti-war coalition supports our country with more weapons and ammunition supplies. And Poland, together with Slovakia, will transfer 33 MiG-29 jet fighters to Ukraine shortly, as stated by the respective leaders of these countries and their Governments. Volodymyr Zelenskyy especially thanked our partners to the West for this ground-breaking decision. Watch the full address in our briefing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9e4XWTGctg
Pray for Corrupt Ukraine?
Let Europe supply the solders, planes and pilots for Ukraine.
No more American Money.
VIDEOS
1. Lots of Russian soldiers who are against fighting want to surrender to Ukrainian army
Kanal13
1.49M subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 7:00 a.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx9RaP2JlH4
2. Surrendered and waiting for help in Bakhmut, wounded “Wagners” were put into this condition
Kanal13
1.49M subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 11:45 a.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64PvBhsUzW8
ARTICLE
Enemy tactically cannot complete operation to seize Bakhmut and continues its attacks by inertia, occupiers suffer huge losses, - Cherevaty Source:
Censor.NET
19.03.23 13:54
https://censor.net/en/news/3406704/enemy_tactically_cannot_complete_operation_to_seize_bakhmut_and_continues_its_attacks_by_inertia_occupiers
The Russian occupiers tactically cannot complete the operation to capture Bakhmut. Invaders continue to carry out “inertia” attacks.
This was reported by the spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhii Cherevaty, on the air of the telethon, Censor.NET informs with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
According to him, today’s actions of the Russians in the Bakhmut area can hardly be called a major strategic offensive operation.
“Now, in fact, tactically, they cannot complete the operation to capture the Ukrainian district center of Bakhmut. Yes, there are very active battles there, they still continue to carry out dozens of attacks on inertia, but they are suffering huge losses,” the spokesman said.
Cherevaty emphasized that the Ukrainian command and staffs plan the defense correctly. Yes, our defenders bleed the enemy, drain his combat capabilities and break the fighting spirit of the invaders.
In addition, the spokesperson noted that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the “Wagner” PMC, said about the lack of ammunition - an SOS signal to the leadership of the Russian Federation. He believes that the statements of Prigozhin and the terrorist Igor Girkin are the best demotivators for Russian troops.
https://censor.net/en/n3406704
By Kathryn Armstrong, Antoinette Radford & Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent
BBC News
US President Joe Biden has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
The ICC accused President Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine - something President Biden said the Russian leader had “clearly” done.
The claims focus on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia since Moscow’s invasion in 2022.
Moscow has denied the allegations and denounced the warrants as “outrageous”.
It is highly unlikely that much will come of the move, as the ICC has no powers to arrest suspects without the co-operation of a country’s government.
Russia is not an ICC member country, meaning the court, located in The Hague, has no authority there.
However, it could affect Mr Putin in other ways, such as being unable to travel internationally. He could now be arrested if he sets foot in any of the court’s 123 member states.
Mr Putin is only the third president to be issued with an ICC arrest warrant.
President Biden said that, while the court also held no sway in the US, the issuing of the warrant “makes a very strong point”.
“He’s clearly committed war crimes,” he told reporters.
His administration had earlier “formally determined” that Russia had committed war crimes during the conflict in Ukraine, with Vice-President Kamala Harris saying in February that those involved would “be held to account”.
The United Nations also released a report earlier this week that found Moscow’s forced removal of Ukrainian children to areas under its control amounted to a war crime.
In a statement on Friday, the ICC said it had reasonable grounds to believe Mr Putin committed the criminal acts directly, as well as working with others. It also accused him of failing to use his presidential powers to stop children being deported.
Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, is also wanted by the ICC for the same crimes.
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has said the warrants were “based upon forensic evidence, scrutiny and what’s been said by those two individuals”.
The court had initially considered keeping the arrest warrants a secret, but decided to make them public to try and stop further crimes being committed.
“Children can’t be treated spoils of war, they can’t be deported,” Mr Khan told the BBC.
“This type of crime doesn’t need one to be a lawyer, one needs to be a human being to know how egregious it is.”
Mr Khan also pointed out that nobody thought that Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian leader who went on trial for war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s, would end up in The Hague to face justice.
“Those that feel that you can commit a crime in the daytime, and sleep well at night, should perhaps look at history,” Mr Khan said.
Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, who led the prosecution in the trial of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, said the warrant would change how foreign leaders view Mr Putin.
“He will remain an alleged criminal until and unless he submits himself for trial, or is handed over for trial and acquitted. That seems extremely unlikely, so he will remain an alleged criminal until the end of his life,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said any of the court’s decisions were “null and void” and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev compared the warrant to toilet paper.
Russian opposition activists have welcomed the announcement. Ivan Zhdanov, a close ally of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has tweeted that it was “a symbolic step” but an important one.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his thanks to Mr Khan and the ICC for their decision to press charges against “state evil”.
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VIDEOS
1. A MAN WITH A MASK IS ACTING AS PUTIN’S DOUBLE IN MARIUPOL || 2023
Warthog Defense
479K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 8:00 p.m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsv9T_Yn64Y
2. Prison terms for ‘discrediting the Russian army.’ Russian middle-class citizens are persecuted
UATV English
384K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 12: 25 p.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3uo4BIZI0w
Most of the time since 2014, Russia has been increasingly putting pressure on all pro-democratic people in the county. Who could not be convinced by propaganda – were detained for opposing the regime. But since 2022, already second Russian invasion of Ukraine, the number of arrests has increased dramatically because of the anti-war sentiment, presumably the middle-class. Our correspondents will tell you more about the ongoing situation with human rights in the aggressor state.
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VIDEOS
1. Why did the occupier go to war?
Lviv.Media
361K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 1:30 p.m.
https://youtu.be/_lJwwGw-C7w
2. China to ask Putin to stop the war | Ian Williams
Times Radio
303K subscribers
Mar 19, 2023 7:30 a.m. DST
“Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have a very similar vision of the world. They both wallow in grievance and victimhood.” China leader Xi Jinping is expected to fly to Russia and visit Vladimir Putin next week for a “peacekeeping mission” former Russian correspondent Ian Williams tells
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