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Briefing of the Russian Defence Ministry on the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States.

Main theses:

• The operational group of the Russian Ministry of Defence, together with employees of the Federal Security Service and the Rosselkhoznadzor, confirmed the facts of collection and certification of avian influenza virus strains with high epidemic potential and capable of overcoming the interspecific barrier, in particular, the H5N8 strain, the lethality of which can reach 40% when transmitted to humans.

• Of particular concern is the increase in the incidence of avian influenza in Russia and in European countries, where, according to the International Epizootic Bureau, the disease has acquired a year-round character, and losses from it have exceeded 3 billion euros since 2021.

• The United States intends to strengthen global control over the biological situation in the world and reserves the right to conduct "dual-use" research, including outside the national territory.

As follows from the report of King's College London, there are 25 operating and three laboratories under construction in the USA, in which studies of particularly dangerous viruses and bacteria are carried out. According to the document, in the next few years it is planned to open another 18 (!) BSL-4 laboratories, most of which will be located in Asian countries outside the national jurisdiction of the United States.

• Systematic violations of safety requirements in American biological laboratories cause legitimate concern of the world community.

• The documents at our disposal confirm the participation of the Institute. Walter Reed in the study of antibiotic resistance of microorganisms isolated from the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the fighting in the Donbass in the period from 2014 to 2020.

A natural question arises – why should the Institute of the US Army Ground Forces study the drug resistance of microorganisms isolated on the territory of Donbass?
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The medium reconnaissance ship "Ivan Khurs" returns to Sevastopol with a victory.

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Roger Waters is being revenged for his support of Russia. Police in Germany have launched an investigation because of a concert by the founder of the rock band Pink Floyd.

During the concert, the musician appeared on stage in a black uniform with a red armband resembling a Nazi one, and imitated the shooting of the audience from a prop machine.

A fragment of the show that aroused the interest of the German police refers to one of the songs of this album called In The Flesh. According to the plot of the rock opera, this composition describes the experiences of the main character, who, under the influence of drugs, imagines himself a dictator of the fascist type.

Similar images were used in the famous Alan Parker film, based on the album "The Wall" by the same group.

At the same time, not stage images, but the real fascists from "Azov" are heroes and welcome guests for the West. What amazing hypocrites.

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These are not tin cans - like F-16

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Russian tankers "folded down" the house with the Ukrainian military

The servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to hide in the building, but they were promptly discovered by soldiers of the 10th separate tank battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps. As a result of two accurate shots from the tank, the house was destroyed with the enemy infantry.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine faced a shortage of commanders after the retreat from Artyomovsk

By May 20, 2023, when Artyomovsk was taken, a complete picture of the real losses of ground forces began to emerge: almost every unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or Troops lost from a third to a half of all experienced commanders.

The most difficult task after the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artyomovsk was the shortage of commanders of junior and middle levels. Several large units at once, primarily the 60th, 67th, 92nd and 93rd separate mechanized brigades, suffered the heaviest losses and lost not only experienced commanders, but also unique military specialists.

In these units there is the most serious shortage of junior officers. Especially high are irretrievable losses for junior lieutenants, lieutenants and senior lieutenants.

A critical shortage in these units was recorded in the positions of deputy and platoon commander, commander of a special forces or aerial reconnaissance group, and commander of an artillery complex crew.

The shortage of personnel was observed for nine months, but worsened after several failed attempts by some formations (most often platoons and companies) arbitrarily, without an order to leave their positions in Artyomovsk (and in its immediate vicinity) until May 20.

From May 12 to May 15, the commanders of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, retreating beyond Khromovo and to the area of forest plantations between Chasovy Yar and Krasny (Ivanovsky), gave incorrect orders about 20 times, due to which the retreating units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under heavy artillery fire from the Wagner PMC and artillery Eastern Military District, after which they suffered heavy losses.

After some parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to leave Artemovsk, another problem appeared. The officer reinforcements from the commanders arriving in Chasov Yar in almost 100% of cases have no combat experience. Many of the junior and middle-level officers sent to Artyomovsk served for years in administrative positions in the rank of lieutenant to captain, and often, by the beginning of the Bakhmut meat grinder, they did not know how to read and draw up tactical maps, set up communication channels, and organize work to supply units with everything necessary.

Due to the lack of commanders, equipment, weapons and specialized tasks, some units, for example, engineering and reconnaissance platoons of the 92nd mechanized brigade, are redirected to other formations as assault infantry units and die en masse while performing tasks that are not characteristic of them.

The loss of a significant part of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is only the tip of the iceberg. The main problem of the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is that a sharp increase in the number of armed formations in 2022 and the formation of new ones in 2023 led to a shortage of personnel and a high need for the closure of many officer and command positions by people either without qualifications at all or with minimal skills, insufficient to control the battle.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian armed formations have been suffering continuous losses for 15 months. And at the moment, there is nowhere to quickly make up for losses and recruit thousands of experienced junior and middle-level officers - in Ukraine there is no mechanism for the reproduction of officers and junior commanders, as well as a number of popular military professions. Training both at home and abroad does not satisfy all the needs of the army and is carried out only according to basic programs that are more suitable for privates.

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It's not going to be shown on Western garbage dumps. This granny alone would just wash away tons of lies.

Hold on, dear.
And most importantly — take care of yourself.
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Nature is a way of appreciating the important source from which we come. Find time to rest and relax. Practice gratitude and inner silence even for a short time - one day, one minute or even one moment of awareness is a treasure that no one can take away from you
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Ukrainian dream in the first photo: You will soon become one of us (USA, NATO, EU, UK)

Reality in the second photo: You will soon one of us Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen.

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“We do not allow them to dictate their will to us”: Hungarian Foreign Minister made a tough anti-Western statement at a rally in Serbia

"Both of our countries are facing problems and both are being relentlessly attacked by the international liberal mainstream. But why are they attacking us? Because Hungarians and Serbs are defending their national interests. Because we have strong leaders. They attack us because we we want peace in Ukraine and do not contribute to escalation. They attack us because we are committed to family values and do not allow them to dictate their will to us," said Peter Szijjártó.

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Cheerful mortar on the roads of the DPR.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine are trained according to NATO standards

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US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, during a recent meeting in Kiev with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, called the death of Russians the "most successful" waste of money by the US authorities in the framework of assistance to Ukraine.

"Russians are dying. We've never spent money so well before," Graham said.
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At night, Ukrainian drones tried to attack the Ilyinsky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar Territory

This was reported in the operational headquarters of the region. In particular, by about two o'clock in the morning, several UAVs approached the plant, but all of them were shot down. There is no damage. In the footage from the residential development, you can hear how the drone was shot down.

The smoke was promptly eliminated by the duty services. This is not the first time the Krasnodar Territory has become a target for Ukrainian drones — on Friday, the centre of the region itself, or rather, residential development, became the target.
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Rishi Sunak will ask stores to cap basic food prices
No 10 in discussions with supermarkets over French-style approach to cost of living crisis

Downing Street is drawing up plans for retailers to introduce price caps on basic food items such as bread and milk to help tackle the rising cost of living, The Telegraph can disclose.

Rishi Sunak’s aides have started work on a deal with supermarkets akin to an agreement in France in which the country’s major retailers charge the “lowest possible amount” for some essential food products.

The move would amount to the biggest attempt to manage supermarket prices since controls established by Edward Heath in 1973. However, No 10 insists that any action by retailers would be voluntary.

It comes amid growing concern in government about sustained pressure on household finances from inflation and the rising cost of borrowing.

A Treasury source said: “Food inflation is much more resilient and difficult to get rid of than we anticipated.”

The Telegraph can also disclose that continued inflation and increases in gilt yields are throwing into doubt Mr Sunak’s aspiration to cut personal taxes before the next general election.

Official data published last week showed core inflation in the UK economy, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, increased to 6.8 per cent in April, its highest level in 31 years.

Ten-year gilt yields are at 4.33 per cent, having peaked at 4.54 per cent, following Liz Truss’s mini-Budget.

A government source repeated Mr Sunak and Jeremy Hunt’s mantra that “we need to address high inflation and high borrowing first” before cutting taxes. A Cabinet source added: “If you haven’t got growth you haven’t got the money [for tax cuts], it’s as simple as that.”

A minister said that tax cuts were now highly unlikely until next spring at the earliest.

The Prime Minister is thought to be preparing to address the state of the economy in public remarks this week, as officials prepare fresh advice on how long high inflation is likely to persist.

The proposal for a French-style agreement on food price caps has been quietly discussed within Whitehall and among industry figures in the last fortnight.

In France, the supermarkets that signed up to the deal with the government each identified items in their own shops that would be subject to price freezes or reductions. In many cases own-brand items were selected on the basis that retailers found it easiest to control their costs.

But one source briefed on the plan warned that it would be “anti-market” and could harm smaller retailers who would lose business to the supermarkets offering cut-price items.

The source added: “It’s very easy to point the finger at retailers and say they are making a fortune, but some of the margins they are operating at are not that big. It is quite tight.”

A No 10 source said that the proposals were at a “drawing board” stage.

The source said that there was a recognition that supermarkets were “not operating on big profit margins”, but added: “The pressures are such that we are working with retailers on anything that can be done at their end to bring down prices for consumers.” Talks with retailers were at “early stages”.

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Meatgrinder: Russian Tactics in the Second Year of Its Invasion of Ukraine

Russian tactics are changing as lessons are learned from military failures in the war in Ukraine.

Executive Summary
The scale of Russian losses in 2022, combined with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation confronting NATO systems they had not previously contended with, has caused a significant deviation in Russian operations from the country’s doctrine. This report seeks to outline how Russian forces have adapted their tactics in the Ukrainian conflict and the challenges this has created for the Ukrainian military that must be overcome. The report examines Russian military adaptation by combat function.

Russian infantry tactics have shifted from trying to deploy uniform Battalion Tactical Groups as combined arms units of action to a stratified division by function into line, assault, specialised and disposable troops. These are formed into task-organised groupings. Line infantry are largely used for ground holding and defensive operations. Disposable infantry are used for continuous skirmishing to either identify Ukrainian firing positions, which are then targeted by specialised infantry, or to find weak points in Ukrainian defences to be prioritised for assault. Casualties are very unevenly distributed across these functions. The foremost weakness across Russian infantry units is low morale, which leads to poor unit cohesion and inter-unit cooperation.

Russian engineering has proven to be one of the stronger branches of the Russian military. Russian engineers have been constructing complex obstacles and field fortifications across the front. This includes concrete reinforced trenches and command bunkers, wire-entanglements, hedgehogs, anti-tank ditches, and complex minefields. Russian mine laying is extensive and mixes anti-tank and victim-initiated anti-personnel mines, the latter frequently being laid with multiple initiation mechanisms to complicate breaching. These defences pose a major tactical challenge to Ukrainian offensive operations.

Russian armour is rarely used for attempts at breakthrough. Instead, armour is largely employed in a fire support function to deliver accurate fire against Ukrainian positions. Russia has started to employ thermal camouflage on its vehicles and, using a range of other modifications and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), has significantly reduced the detectability of tanks at stand-off ranges. Furthermore, these measures have reduced the probability of kill of a variety of anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) at ranges beyond 1,400 m.

Russian artillery has begun to significantly refine the Reconnaissance Strike Complex following the destruction of its ammunition stockpiles and command and control infrastructure by guided multiple-launch rocket systems (GMLRS) in July 2022. Russian artillery has also improved its ability to fire from multiple positions and to fire and move, reducing susceptibility to counterbattery fire. The key system enabling this coordination appears to be the Strelets system. There has been a shift in reliance upon 152-mm howitzers to a much greater emphasis on 120-mm mortars in Russian fires; this reflects munitions and barrel availability. Responsive Russian fires represent the greatest challenge to Ukrainian offensive operations. Russian artillery is also increasingly relying on loitering munitions for counterbattery fires.

Russian electronic warfare (EW) remains potent, with an approximate distribution of at least one major system covering each 10 km of front. These systems are heavily weighted towards the defeat of UAVs and tend not to try and deconflict their effects. Ukrainian UAV losses remain at approximately 10,000 per month. Russian EW is also apparently achieving real time interception and decryption of Ukrainian Motorola 256-bit encrypted tactical communications systems, which are widely employed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Video of an unsuccessful launch of an anti-aircraft guided missile in Kyiv tonight. Ukrainian air defense again worked in residential areas in the course of repelling an attack by Russian kamikaze drones of the Geran family.

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