Inflation is still at 8.9%, the country is experiencing a cost-of-living crisis, the National Health Service is not working, immigration is at a record level, and unelected Rishi Sunak is offering another $3 billion from our tax revenues at a conference on restoring Ukraine today."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with The Jerusalem Post:

Q:This government seems to have shifted slightly on the war in Ukraine and is helping Ukraine a little bit more with a missile warning system. Why was there a shift? And are we going to see more of that?

I think Israel is in a peculiar situation, different from say, Poland or Germany or France or any of the Western countries that are assisting Ukraine. First of all, we have a close military border with Russia. Our pilots are flying right next to Russian pilots over the skies of Syria. And I think it’s important that we maintain our freedom of action against Iran’s attempts to place itself militarily on our northern border.

Second, we also have concerns that any systems that we give to Ukraine would be used against us because they could fall into Iranian hands and be used against us. And by the way, that’s not a theoretical possibility. It actually happened with the Western anti-tank weapons that we now find at our borders. So we have to be very careful here.

We obviously bemoan the tragedy that’s happening in Ukraine, this horrible loss of human life. We’d like to see it end. And I think we’re also in a special situation where we might find ourselves in the future in a position to help end this conflict. I’m not sure that will happen. It may be entirely hypothetical, but it could happen.

So I think that the balanced way that we are acting is the right one. You have to be very prudent in international affairs. There is sympathy, there is civilian defense assistance. But I think we have to draw the line carefully and people understand. I have to say that most of the heads of governments of Western countries, when I explained this, they basically nod in agreement. They understand that Israel is in a different situation from any one of them.

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The most difficult battles: The enemy threw "cannon fodder waves" to storm our defences and occupied the first trenches near Orekhovo

▪️The enemy offensive on the Zaporizhzhya Front near Orekhovo resumed yesterday and by night had acquired serious proportions.
▪️Along the line Novodanilovka — Rabotino, the enemy, under the cover of artillery, began to attack first infantry with armored vehicles, then infantry in KAMAZ trucks and pickup trucks, and then on foot with "cannon fodder" waves.
▪️Crowds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine perished across the open field under the fire of "Grads", mortars, howitzers, machine guns and attack helicopters died, their equipment was on fire, but they still went in waves.
▪️ The soldiers of the 291st, 70th and 1430th regiments and the 417th reconnaissance battalion, with the support of 22 special forces brigades, artillerymen and aviation, repelled attacks, mowing down the enemy with fire.
▪️During fierce battles, the enemy managed to enter the first trenches of one company stronghold, ours retreated to the next line of trenches to avoid serious losses.
▪️After that, the trenches located in the lowland, together with the Armed Forces, began to level our artillerymen, tank crews and aviation with the ground.
▪️ With powerful fire, this line was practically erased along with the Ukrainian infantry trying to gain a foothold on it.
▪️ Positional battles have been going on intermittently since morning, the enemy is regrouping and resupplying battered units, preparing for new waves of meat assaults.
▪️At the cost of heavy losses, the enemy is slowly moving forward, littering its way with corpses along the lines of the deep defence of the Russian Army, created specifically for such manoeuvrable defensive operations.

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Fighting at the front: Zaporozhye volunteers thwarted an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to gain a foothold on the near lines

Fighting in the Pyatikhatki area in the Vasilyevsky district continues, but now it has taken on a predominantly positional character.
Sighting — adjustment — shot. The D-30 howitzer destroys heavy equipment and enemy positions. Volunteer detachments of the battalion named after Sudoplatov, who signed a contract with the RF Ministry of Defence, give a worthy rebuff to the militants in the area of the village of Pyatikhatki.

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FSB (Russian Security Service) special operation: purchase of radioactive cesium for use in the Special Military Operation zone and discrediting the Russian Army was stopped

The FSB reported on an important, successfully conducted special operation: five people were detained who tried to purchase 1 kg of a radioactive substance for $ 3.5 million.

In the future, it was supposed to be used to create a "dirty bomb".

Further, they wanted to use it in the SMO zone to discredit the Russian Army.

“The FSB of the Russian Federation, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, caught red-handed (while illegally acquiring a radioactive substance with the aim of smuggling it out of the Russian Federation) five members of an organized criminal group operating under the coordination of a citizen of Ukraine.
According to the data obtained during the investigation, the criminal group, acting in the interests of a foreign customer, took steps to acquire, bypassing legal prohibitions and restrictions, 1 kg of the cesium-137 isotope for $3.5 million in order to smuggle the radioactive substance from the Russian Federation abroad to be used to the detriment of Russian interests during the SMO, to conduct an information and propaganda campaign to discredit the country in the international arena by organizing staged scenes of the use of weapons of mass destruction,” the Centre for Public Relations (CSO) of the FSB of Russia reported.

A criminal case has been initiated under the articles “Illegal handling of radioactive substances” and “Preparation for smuggling of radioactive substances”.

The suspects were taken into custody and confessed.

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Ukraine may be preparing a nuclear provocation: the authorities have deployed headquarters and will conduct exercises in case of an explosion at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant

▪️In the coming days, exercises will begin with road closures and the deployment of sanitary checkpoints, where radiation will be checked. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that all citizens who wish to leave the territory of a possible defeat will be provided with appropriate transport.
▪️Before that, Zelensky spoke with a statement about a possible attempt to blow up the station, and the Ministry of Health explained to Ukrainians the rules of conduct and what they need to have with them in case of a nuclear accident.
❗️ The Kiev regime is actively dispersing the panic around a possible undermining of the ZNPP, which is very similar to preparing a large-scale provocation.

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Another region of Ukraine called on all conscripts aged 18-59 to come to the draft board without a summons

The military registration and enlistment office of the Chernihiv region — following the Kiev Obolon and Ivano-Frankivsk — stated that "according to the presidential decree on general mobilization", all citizens from 18 to 59 years old who are registered with the military are required to appear at the local conscription offices to clarify the military credentials and their suitability for military service.

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Sorry, America. India will never be your ally.

By Barkha Dutt for the Washington Post
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These days, New Delhi similarly refuses to toe the American line on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. India’s import of cheap Russian oil continues to break records. Anyone who wants to see Indian leaders stand up and publicly assail the Kremlin — one of their main suppliers of weaponry and a valuable source of raw materials — is in for a long wait.

India has criticized the U.S. decision to block Iranian and Venezuelan oil from the open market. The government in New Delhi has actively worked to bring Iran into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a multilateral forum created by Russia and China in 2001. In May, India hosted the SCO foreign ministers amid border tensions with China and continuing antagonism with Pakistan. A fortnight later, unapologetic about the seeming contradiction, Modi and President Biden were hugging and laughing for the cameras at a meeting of the Quad, a loose security partnership that also includes Australia and Japan.
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Former President Obama defended his response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 on Thursday, saying that circumstances were different then compared to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine last year.

“Ukraine of that time was not the Ukraine that we’re talking about today,” Obama said in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday “There’s a reason there was not an armed invasion of Crimea, because Crimea was full of a lot of Russian speakers and there was some sympathy to the views that Russia was representing.”
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Western allies did not provide Ukraine with any material support to fight Russia, or object to the annexation beyond economic or diplomatic means, the former president argued.

Instead, Russia claimed Crimea as a rightful part of the country given that a majority of the population in the region was ethnically Russian and spoke Russian, a view that had some understanding in Europe, Obama said.

“Part of what happened was, both myself and also [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel, who I give enormous credit for, had to pull in a lot of other Europeans kicking and screaming to impose the sanctions that we did and to prevent Putin from continuing through the Donbass and through the rest of Ukraine,” he added.
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“This is not a counteroffensive – this is a bloody crash test,” the German Handelsblatt writes on the cover with a characteristic caricature.

With the help of satire, the German media try to explain that it is forbidden to speak openly.

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The Australian authorities decided to cancel the lease agreement for the construction of the Russian Embassy. However, the land was occupied by a Russian diplomat-squatter. He installed a mobile home on the site and has been living there for several days. The police cannot evict him: he has diplomatic immunity. @freerussiafoundation
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The Pentagon believes that cluster munitions would be useful for Ukraine to counter Russian forces — Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper.

"And Agent Orange is a good thing. And napalm. I really love the smell of napalm in the morning," the Pentagon representative added dreamily

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"There will be no presidential elections in Ukraine until the end of hostilities", — Zelensky.

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All messages and video footage distributed on social networks on behalf of E. Prigozhin about the alleged “strike by the RF Ministry of Defence on the rear camps of PMC Wagner” do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation.

▫️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to carry out combat missions on the line of contact with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the special military operation.

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A rather important fact slipped through today's report of the Russian Ministry of Defence: four 9M79M missiles of the Tochka-U complex were shot down at once. And this means that the allies of Ukraine apparently were able to find their new stock somewhere. Most likely from Bulgaria.

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The public conflict between the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, apparently, is nearing its end

Today, Prigozhin published a frank interview in which he voiced many things that are not customary to talk about in a public environment: about the reasons for the special operation, the troubled affairs of officials, indulging the needs of the oligarchy, profiting from the troubles of Donbass and the collapse of the Russian army.

In this entire interview, specific culprits appear — Shoigu and Gerasimov, whom Prigozhin has been openly blaming for all the problems for the past two months, and Medvedchuk, who has been written off.

An hour ago, Prigozhin announced a strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the rear camp of the Wagner PMC (video is on the Web, the cameraman is following the same route, as the military reporter Alexander Simonov). We have questions about the video: despite the preliminary confirmation of the facts of setting tasks for planning a fire attack on the objects of the Wagner PMC, the video itself does not pull on one hundred percent proof and is, with a high degree of probability, staged.

According to Prigozhin, the council of PMC commanders decided to "figure out why chaos is happening in the country." He demanded from law enforcement agencies not to obstruct, because "it's time to end the disgrace." Prigozhin's stated goal is to deal with Shoigu, who, in his words, "fled from Rostov."

According to the head of the PMC, he has 25,000 fighters behind him. He called on all those who are not indifferent to join his fight. After restoring order, Prigozhin promised to return to the front.

Translated from Rybar

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Let's digress a bit. Here RIA Novosti showed such an epic. A French 155-mm Caesar wheeled self-propelled gun moving at high speed dodges the Lancet, but falls into a ditch. Then there she is finished off by the second "Lancet".

Footage from RIA Novosti

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Appeal of the Deputy Commander of the Joint Group of Forces, General of the Army Sergei Surovikin, to the leadership, commanders and fighters of the Wagner PMC:

▫️ “I have just arrived by order of the leadership of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation from the front line, from the front line, where our troops, our commanders, our soldiers, our fighters, volunteers are performing a task, fighting the enemy to the death, with superior enemy forces, suffering losses, but they stand their ground.

▫️ I appeal to the leadership, to the commanders and fighters of the Wagner PMC. Together with you, we have passed a difficult difficult path, we fought together with you, took risks, suffered losses, we won together. We are of the same blood, we are warriors.

▫️ I urge you to stop. The enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country. It is impossible to play into the hands of the enemy in this difficult time for the country.

▫️ Before it’s too late, and what needs to be done is to obey the will and order of the popularly elected President of the Russian Federation, stop the columns, return them to their permanent deployment points and areas of concentration, solve all problems only peacefully under the leadership of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".

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March of Justice by Prigozhin: what is known by 09.30

Detachments of PMC "Wagner" during the night entered the Rostov region, blockaded Rostov-on-Don, cordoned off the building of the headquarters of the Southern Military District, where the headquarters of the United Group of Forces is located.

Shoigu and Gerasimov, who, according to Prigozhin, are followed by Wagner PMC, are not in Rostov. Columns of PMCs continue to move towards Moscow. But Prigogine said that his forces would remain in Rostov until the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defence arrived for the talks. In the frame, he is talking to Shoigu's deputy Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev.

In the meantime, a counter-terrorist operation regime was officially introduced in the capital and the Moscow region (which formally began two days ago in connection with the opening of the underground network of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine).

In the Voronezh region, a helicopter was shot down, which, according to Prigozhin, attacked PMCs and buses with personnel.

Vladimir Putin's appeal is expected.

Update:
Despite the blockade of the headquarters of the Southern Military District and the M4 highway, where checkpoints are now set up, as well as the occupation of the airfield in the Rostov region, the work of the military command and control agencies and troops has not been paralyzed.
Soldiers and officers from the field report that the situation is calm, everyone at the headquarters is working as usual.

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Vladimir Putin's address: main points

▪️ Putin spoke with the commanders of all directions at night.

▪️ Putin called Prigozhin’s actions a “criminal adventure” and a “military rebellion”, as well as a “stab in the back to our country and our people.” He drew a parallel with the times of the First World War — then this led to the loss of vast territories and the tragedy of the civil war.

▪️ Today, the unity of all forces and consolidation is required, all strife that the enemy can take advantage of must be thrown aside.

▪️“What we are facing is personal betrayal and treason”.

▪️Putin called the fighters of PMC "Wagner" heroes, but at the same time he said that they were being pushed to treason, betrayal and rebellion.

▪️What is happening is a blow to Russia and the Russian people.

▪️Everyone who deliberately embarked on the path of betrayal will suffer inevitable punishment to the fullest extent of the law.

▪️All law enforcement agencies received appropriate instructions.

▪️"As President of Russia and Supreme Commander-in-Chief, as a citizen of Russia, I will do everything to stop the rebellion."

▪️Putin never mentioned the names of Prigozhin or Shoigu. Speaks streamlined about those who "organized" everything that happens.

The appeal of the Supreme Commander came out both harsh and strange. Despite the clearly drawn parallels with the First World War and the harshness — nevertheless, Putin declared the need to ensure the integrity of the country and neutralize those who organized the rebellion — there are a lot of subtle points in the message.

For example, PMCs are recognized as heroes and patriots of the country, who were tricked into rebellion. For some unknown reason, Prigozhin's name is not mentioned. Putin emphasizes that he spoke with the commanders of the directions, and not with the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff.

It seems that at the moment there is a deliberate emphasis on the fact that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief has a dialogue with commanders on the ground, he appreciates the feat of PMCs, but at the same time defiantly ignores the participants in the conflict — Prigozhin and Shoigu.

Where this will lead in the future, time will tell.
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