Donetsk now. Armed forces of Ukraine are shelling civilians.
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This is a translation from Ukrainian propaganda channel:
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The Russians shelled the centre of Donetsk. Arrival was in a minibus in the middle of the road. 7 people died.

The propagandists have already started blaming Ukraine for everything and sculpting plots. However, we all remember that every time after the terror in Ukraine (shelling of residential buildings / shopping centres with a large number of victims), the Russians shell Donetsk to shift the focus.
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It is hard to believe, but there are people (and a lot) in Ukraine, who continue believing it... It is really "beyond good and evil"... 😭🤯😡
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Attention! The girls are coming!
Victory day (9th of May) parade rehearsal in Moscow at the Red Square.

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Pentagon Concerned Ukraine’s Air Defences Will Likely Run Out Within a Month: Russian Air Force May Finally Begin to Dominate

Recent leaks of secret documents from the U.S. Department of Defence have shown that there are rising concerns within the Pentagon regarding the state of the Ukrainian Air Force’s surface to air missile network. These have played a central role in its ongoing war effort with Russia but are increasingly at risk of becoming depleted beyond hopes of replenishment. While Ukraine’s air defences have successfully achieved air denial, preventing the Russian Air Force from playing a central role in the war effort, documents show that a depletion of these assets could have a pivotal impact on the war effort and allow Russia to massively escalate operations by its fixed wing aircraft deep into its neighbour’s airspace. Pentagon officials assessed that Ukrainian air defences assigned to protect forces on the frontlines would “be completely reduced” by May 23, allowing Russian air power to play a much greater role on the battlefield in support of its ground forces and potentially facilitating major advances by the Russian Army and allied paramilitaries. Ukraine’s air defences are comprised primarily of variants of the S-300 and Buk systems inherited from the Soviet Union, which provided the country with by far Europe’s greatest surface to air missile network due to the massive concentration of Soviet forces and arsenals on its territory. Although dating back to the 1980s these systems were considered far ahead of their time technologically, and have proven effective in keeping the Russian Air Force at bay. Very limited Russian investments in advanced air defence suppression capabilities have also been a major factor.

Reports that Ukraine’s air defence network could finally be at breaking point come as the United States has reportedly begun to consider options to respond to a major defeat, with Politico reporting that a plan for withdrawing U.S. forces and assistance from the country was being considered. Beyond facilitating a major escalation in air attacks on Ukrainian frontline positions, depletion of air defences could also allow air defence suppression efforts to become much more focused on neutralising the networks protecting major Ukrainian cities. This could also have a pivotal impact on the war effort following warnings that destruction of critical infrastructure could quickly make major population centres unviable. Although Western countries have moved to quickly provide their own air defence assets, with the first Patriot missile batteries from the Netherlands reportedly arriving in Ukraine on April 18, these are available in extremely small numbers compared to S-300 and Buk batteries due primarily to NATO’s much lower emphasis on surface to air capabilities compared to the Soviet Union or Russia. The Patriot also lacks the mobility of even older Soviet systems which could make it much more vulnerable to air defence suppression efforts, and much less well suited to protecting frontline positions meaning it will most likely be reserved for the defence of major cities and arms depots to the rear. The considerable time it takes to train Ukrainian personnel on systems such as the Patriot means they are expected to almost certainly be manned by Western contractors at least until 2024, with the U.S. having assured Russia that active duty American personnel will not be manning the systems in what was widely seen as a green light for strikes on the assets.

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In Bakhmut/Artemovsk, the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in chemical protection suits installed containers with chemical substances, but were destroyed

In the west of Bakhmut, enemy specialists in full chemical protection and gas masks installed containers with unidentified chemicals in front of the front line. This group was completely destroyed.

Translated from RVvoenkor

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The enemy may try to capture Mariupol during the counter-offensive — Khodakovsky

Alexander Khodakovsky (Skif), deputy head of the National Guard’s department for the DPR, commander of the legendary Vostok battalion and first-wave militiaman, said in his author’s Telegram channel that the enemy could try to capture Mariupol during a counteroffensive.

“In the place of the enemy, assuming to attack, I would focus on Mariupol. Climbing into the canonical Russian territories, hoping to arrange a “barter” is, among other things, to get a population that, for the most part, will meet the occupiers not with bread and salt. Yes, and in the minds of everyone who is able to hold a weapon in their hands, everything will immediately fall into place: the special operation will quickly turn into a Patriotic War with all the consequences.

But Mariupol, if you reach it somewhere from Volnovakha, is both an instant threat to Donetsk, and an inestimable political effect, and cutting off the land corridor to the Crimea ...

They know the city, the population remembers them, they know how to gain a foothold quickly, and we may not quickly find offensive forces to re-take Mariupol ... Can you imagine the picture of how we storm the once taken city for the second time?

The unfortunate Pavlovka, who left us in half a day, then cost us unreasonably dear ... So I would strengthen this direction, if possible. Of course, I’m still a strategist, but now, in principle, there are not a lot of strategists.”

Translated from Skif

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Powerful fotage: an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to storm the Russian position "Cyclops" near Bakhmut/Artemovsk

▪️An enemy drone recorded the failure of the assault group of the 54th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was trying to capture the positions of Russian fighters.
▪️The footage shows close combat in the trenches. At 01:38 a militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left receives a bullet exactly in the head and remains lying down.
▪️At 01:43, the Russian fighter was obviously born lucky. Having used up all the hand grenades, the Ukrainian military retreated, having lost at least one killed.

Translated from RVvoenkor

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FOX NEWS: Tulsi Gabbard calls US gender policy in schools crazy

Former US presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard said on Fox News that Washington, spreading gender ideology in schools, has gone so far as to slide into real madness.

In her opinion, the American authorities want to convince children that objective truth simply does not exist. Gabbard admitted that, looking at what is happening, she always waits for someone to jump out from around the corner and shout that this is a prank.
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Police in Ivano-Frankovsk (Western Ukraine) oversees the work of representatives of the Ukrainian military enlistment office. Everything is fine.

Translated from Kedmi

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Uday Kotak news: Uday Kotak, the MD and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, on Friday, made a huge statement against the US Dollar. Speaking at a panel discussion at the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence 2023, he called the greenback "the biggest financial terrorist in the world." He also he highlighted a once-in-a-hundred-years opportunity for India to make the Indian Rupee the reserve currency for the world.

Substantiating the comment, he said, "all our money is in nostro accounts and somebody in the US can say — you cannot withdraw it from tomorrow morning — and you are stuck. That is the power of the reserve currency."
Juxtaposing this grim situation in the present context, where the world is desperately looking for an alternative reserve currency, he highlighted a big, once-in-a-hundred-years opportunity for India to make the Indian Rupee the reserve currency for the world.

"I don't think Europe can [make their currency the reserve], because it is the disunited states of Europe. I don't think UK or Japan have the heft to be taking that position, though both the British Pound and the Yen are free currencies. China, I think, has a major issue of trust with many many countries around the world," he said.
Kotak went on to list out the requirements India must fulfil to build the rupee as a reserve currency. It is a long, sustained walk and run, he said, adding that the country "has to build strong institutions. It has to build a strong framework that is not dependent on the whims and fancies of anyone. India has to be trusted."

On Sunday Uday Kotak clarified his remarks wherein he had referred to the dollar as the biggest 'financial terrorist' in the world. In a tweet, Kotak said that what he meant was that 'a reserve currency has disproportionate power, whether it is nostro account, 500 bps rate increase', or emerging countries holding dollars for liquidity.
"In a recent discussion on US$, I inadvertently used the words “financial terrorist” which I would like to correct. What I meant was that a reserve currency has disproportionate power, whether it is nostro account, 500 bps rate increase, or emerging countries holding $ for liquidity," he said in the tweet.

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