maybe more than 2.
I found another (new?) Telegram channel with a lot of good info on the Ukraine/Russia war.
“This is Bakhmut, guys. That’s it. It’s just hell.” [Video anyone can watch]
An AFU soldier hiding in a building showed the situation in the city.
Earlier, RT reported that Wagner PMC fighters are finishing the liberation of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). They have three kilometers left to advance.
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Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, on Zelensky’s statements about plans to seize Crimea during the upcoming counter-offensive:
But we should not underestimate even delusional statements. It is also a hysterical manifesto by the Kiev regime to consolidate the Nazi elite, maintain the morale of the troops and gain new support from its sponsors.
And the response to it can only be this:
✓ Mass destruction of personnel and military equipment used by the Nazi regime in a counter-offensive to inflict maximum military defeat on the AFU.
✓ Complete defeat of the enemy and the final overthrow of the Nazi regime in Kiev with its complete demilitarisation on the entire territory of Ukraine. b. Ukraine. Ukraine.
✓ The implementation of acts of revenge against the key figures of the Nazi regime, regardless of their location and without time limits.
Otherwise, they will not calm down, drug madness may become reality and the war will drag on for a long time. That is not good for our country.
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Crimea is part of the Russian Federation. DPR and LPR, as well as Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, are also part of Russia - Turkish presidential candidate Doğu Perinçek
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In Odessa, where mobilisation is particularly intense, a woman protected men [Video only for teleg members]
Military recruiters decided to grab a few more men to send to the slaughterhouse. But a particularly active woman was with them and somehow managed to drive the military away.
The video does not show the dialogue between them, but the faces of the military officers are happy and fat. Only the policeman looks sad. Perhaps he understands what kind of illegal actions are taking place?
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In the short term, there are no signs that Russia might not have enough funds for a military operation in Ukraine, Polish Chief of General Staff General Raimund Andrzejczak has said
The general based his opinion on the financial instruments that Moscow had at its disposal before the start of military operations and the imposition of sanctions, as well as the dynamics of spending, the lack of effectiveness of restrictions against Russia and “the whole complicated economic situation”. In his opinion, all this indicates that “Russia will have money” for the military operation.
At the same time, Andrzejczak said that Ukraine has “huge financial problems”. Moreover, Poland in particular, which along with the US and the rest of the Western world is providing military aid to Kiev, has no ammunition at all.
“The industry is not ready not only to send ammunition to Ukraine, but also to replenish our dwindling stocks,” the Polish general stressed.
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More videos on the situation in Artemovsk/Bakhmut [viewable by non-teleg members]
The apocalyptic views of the city should remind us that back in February, NATO advised Zelensky to withdraw the AFU from the city. But his desire to make a pretty picture of “Fort Bakhmut” led to the total destruction of the city and the deaths of tens of thousands of AFU soldiers.
Nor should we forget the civilians who continue to hide in the basements of houses. And these houses are being blown up by the Ukrainian forces as they retreat, burying people under thousands of tonnes of rubble.
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Kiev said that none of the 20 self-propelled artillery vehicles handed over by Italy was ready for combat, the Financial Times has reported.
Earlier in April, la Repubblica and Corriere della Sera reported that Italy had handed Kiev around 20 M109L self-propelled artillery units. No AFU losses near Kupyansk: missing for family, non-existent for superiors
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Official reports from Ukrainian sources contain very little information about losses suffered by AFU units in the Kupyansk district of the Kharkov region. At the same time, they regularly show the results of rocket attacks on “civilian” facilities, the rubble of which is removed by men in uniform.
A few days after another rocket attack, obituaries and announcements about the search for missing persons are published in the media and on social networks, most often from the 14th brigade of the AFU.
The bodies of servicemen are not always removed in order not to officially acknowledge their deaths or pay compensation to their families.
Casualties are not only concealed for “economic reasons”. Brigade commanders try to prevent rumours of high death tolls from spreading between units in order to somehow maintain the morale of the soldiers, which has fallen to a critically low level.