Russian buildup in eastern Ukraine seen in satellite photos
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, drawing condemnation from the United States and many other countries around the world. The Russian offensive was initially spread widely, with forces advancing on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the north, cities such as Mariupol in the south and the Donbas and other regions in the east.
Things have changed in the past week or so, however; Ukrainian fighters have pushed Russian forces out of Kyiv and other northern areas, and the invaders have deployed more troops and military hardware to the south and, especially, the east.
https://www.space.com/russian-buildup-eastern-ukraine-satellite-photos
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, drawing condemnation from the United States and many other countries around the world. The Russian offensive was initially spread widely, with forces advancing on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the north, cities such as Mariupol in the south and the Donbas and other regions in the east.
Things have changed in the past week or so, however; Ukrainian fighters have pushed Russian forces out of Kyiv and other northern areas, and the invaders have deployed more troops and military hardware to the south and, especially, the east.
https://www.space.com/russian-buildup-eastern-ukraine-satellite-photos
WSA Enlil model runs suggest that a CME (associated with a C1 flare at 11/0521 UTC from now plage Region 2987) will likely impact Earth on 14 Apr. A G2 (Moderate) Geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issued for 14 Apr 2022, and a G1 (Minor) Geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issued for 15 Apr 2022 as CME effects persist into the 15th. Visit https://swpc.noaa.gov for continuing updates and forecasts.
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China's corn planting facing delays as lockdowns leave farmers stuck in cities
Planting of corn in one of China’s major producing areas could be delayed as many of the region’s millions of farmers struggle to return home from temporary city jobs because of strict coronavirus lockdowns.
Any delay to planting could hit output in the world’s No. 2 corn producer, where corn prices are already hovering at record levels, and government support for soybeans also threatens to reduce growing of the grain.
China’s northeastern provinces, its bread basket, have endured weeks of restrictions on movement, with the toughest measures in Jilin province where COVID-19 cases soared in early March.
With the critical time for sowing grain fast approaching, some farmers remain stuck and are getting increasingly worried, despite recent government pledges to tackle the issue.
“I need to tend my land immediately, but I can’t go back. I am so anxious,” a farmer surnamed Wang told Reuters on Tuesday from Changchun, the capital of Jilin.
The problem highlights the challenge for China in balancing its strict zero-COVID policy with its high priority on food security.
Fertiliser supplies to the region have also been disrupted by the transport curbs, and farmers are already facing record prices of the crop nutrient as well as diesel and other costs.
#china #corn
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-farming-idINL3N2WA256
Planting of corn in one of China’s major producing areas could be delayed as many of the region’s millions of farmers struggle to return home from temporary city jobs because of strict coronavirus lockdowns.
Any delay to planting could hit output in the world’s No. 2 corn producer, where corn prices are already hovering at record levels, and government support for soybeans also threatens to reduce growing of the grain.
China’s northeastern provinces, its bread basket, have endured weeks of restrictions on movement, with the toughest measures in Jilin province where COVID-19 cases soared in early March.
With the critical time for sowing grain fast approaching, some farmers remain stuck and are getting increasingly worried, despite recent government pledges to tackle the issue.
“I need to tend my land immediately, but I can’t go back. I am so anxious,” a farmer surnamed Wang told Reuters on Tuesday from Changchun, the capital of Jilin.
The problem highlights the challenge for China in balancing its strict zero-COVID policy with its high priority on food security.
Fertiliser supplies to the region have also been disrupted by the transport curbs, and farmers are already facing record prices of the crop nutrient as well as diesel and other costs.
#china #corn
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-farming-idINL3N2WA256
Reuters
China's corn planting facing delays as lockdowns leave farmers stranded
Planting of corn in one of China's major producing areas could be delayed as many of the region's millions of farmers struggle to return home from temporary city jobs because of strict coronavirus lockdowns.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will convene a meeting of top international financial officials next week to address a global food-security crisis, with the heads of institutions including the IMF urging action to address dire consequences of record price surges caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But they won’t tel you to grow a garden. They won’t hand out seeds - which are cheaper than C19 test kits. What a farce.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-13/yellen-to-convene-global-food-crisis-gathering-as-costs-surge
But they won’t tel you to grow a garden. They won’t hand out seeds - which are cheaper than C19 test kits. What a farce.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-13/yellen-to-convene-global-food-crisis-gathering-as-costs-surge
Bloomberg.com
Yellen Plans Global Food-Crisis Summit as IMF, UN Urge Action
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will convene a meeting of top international financial officials next week to address a global food-security crisis, with the heads of institutions including the IMF urging action to address dire consequences of record…
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▫️ 1,026 Ukrainian servicemen of the 36th Marine Brigade have voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered as a result of a successful offensive by the Russian Armed Forces and Donetsk People's Republic militia units. Among them, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have surrendered 162 officers, as well as 47 servicewomen.
❗️ The Russian Defence Ministry sees attempts of sabotage and strikes by Ukrainian forces against facilities on Russian Federation territory. If such cases continue, the Russian Armed Forces will strike at decision-making centres, including in Kiev, from which the Russian army has so far refrained.
▫️ A commercial seaport in Mariupol city has been completely liberated from Nazi Azov fighters. All hostages held by the Nazis on the ships in the port, including foreigners, have been released. The remnants of the Ukrainian and Azov Nazi units in the city have been blockaded and deprived of the opportunity to break out of their encirclement.
📹 The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of army aviation crews destroying Ukrainian air defence positions and armoured vehicles and destroying a battery of 152 mm D-20 howitzers of the Ukrainian armed forces. Video of Russian military engineers securing spring sowing operations in Kharkov Region has also been published.
❗️ Neo-Nazis blocked more than 450 civilians, including children, women with babies, the elderly and seriously ill people connected to life-support machines, cancer patients and insulin-dependent people, in Nikolo-Vasilevskoe monastery in Volnovakha district of the Donetsk People's Republic.
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
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▫️ 1,026 Ukrainian servicemen of the 36th Marine Brigade have voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered as a result of a successful offensive by the Russian Armed Forces and Donetsk People's Republic militia units. Among them, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have surrendered 162 officers, as well as 47 servicewomen.
❗️ The Russian Defence Ministry sees attempts of sabotage and strikes by Ukrainian forces against facilities on Russian Federation territory. If such cases continue, the Russian Armed Forces will strike at decision-making centres, including in Kiev, from which the Russian army has so far refrained.
▫️ A commercial seaport in Mariupol city has been completely liberated from Nazi Azov fighters. All hostages held by the Nazis on the ships in the port, including foreigners, have been released. The remnants of the Ukrainian and Azov Nazi units in the city have been blockaded and deprived of the opportunity to break out of their encirclement.
📹 The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of army aviation crews destroying Ukrainian air defence positions and armoured vehicles and destroying a battery of 152 mm D-20 howitzers of the Ukrainian armed forces. Video of Russian military engineers securing spring sowing operations in Kharkov Region has also been published.
❗️ Neo-Nazis blocked more than 450 civilians, including children, women with babies, the elderly and seriously ill people connected to life-support machines, cancer patients and insulin-dependent people, in Nikolo-Vasilevskoe monastery in Volnovakha district of the Donetsk People's Republic.
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
@mod_russia_en
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JUST IN - Russian missile cruiser and Black Sea flagship "Moskva" seriously damaged, crew evacuated, according to the TASS news agency.
Ukraine says they hit the ship with missiles earlier today. The Russian Defense Ministry claims ammunition detonated "as a result of a fire" aboard the warship.
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/14372453
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Ukraine says they hit the ship with missiles earlier today. The Russian Defense Ministry claims ammunition detonated "as a result of a fire" aboard the warship.
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/14372453
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Independent Journalists: 'We are here, in Donbass, to awaken Westerners deluded by propaganda'
There are only a handful of Western journalists on the ground in Donbass, while the Western mainstream press is rubber-stamping fake news about the Ukrainian crisis using the same templates it previously exploited in Iraq, Libya and Syria, says Dutch independent journalist Sonja van den Ende. Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, went to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as an embedded reporter with the Russian army to see how the special operation is unfolding with her own eyes. The sound of shelling and explosion does not frighten her: she's gotten used to it. Seven years ago, van den Ende worked in Syria, months before the Russians stepped in at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and changed the tide. The parallels between the Western mainstream press' coverage of the Syrian and the Ukrainian conflicts are striking, according to her. "They lie continuously about everything just to implement their own agenda," van den...
https://www.sott.net/article/466706-Independent-Journalists-We-are-here-in-Donbass-to-awaken-Westerners-deluded-by-propaganda
There are only a handful of Western journalists on the ground in Donbass, while the Western mainstream press is rubber-stamping fake news about the Ukrainian crisis using the same templates it previously exploited in Iraq, Libya and Syria, says Dutch independent journalist Sonja van den Ende. Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, went to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as an embedded reporter with the Russian army to see how the special operation is unfolding with her own eyes. The sound of shelling and explosion does not frighten her: she's gotten used to it. Seven years ago, van den Ende worked in Syria, months before the Russians stepped in at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and changed the tide. The parallels between the Western mainstream press' coverage of the Syrian and the Ukrainian conflicts are striking, according to her. "They lie continuously about everything just to implement their own agenda," van den...
https://www.sott.net/article/466706-Independent-Journalists-We-are-here-in-Donbass-to-awaken-Westerners-deluded-by-propaganda
Sott.net
Independent Journalists: 'We are here, in Donbass, to awaken...
There are only a handful of Western journalists on the ground in Donbass, while the Western mainstream press is rubber-stamping fake news about the Ukrainian crisis using the same templates it...
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Testimony Reveals Zelensky’s Secret Police Plot to ‘Liquidate’ Opposition Figure Anatoly Shariy
Accounts from the Ukrainian SBU’s torture prison reveal Zelensky’s plot to assassinate exiled opposition figure and leading journalist Anatoly Shariy.
KIEV, UKRAINE — On March 7, Anatoly Shariy, a Ukrainian opposition figure and one of the country’s most popular journalists, received an email from Igor, an old acquaintance with whom he had not communicated for years (Igor is an alias used to protect his identity).
https://www.mintpressnews.com/ukraine-propaganda-war-international-pr-firms-dc-lobbyists-cia-cutouts/280012/
Accounts from the Ukrainian SBU’s torture prison reveal Zelensky’s plot to assassinate exiled opposition figure and leading journalist Anatoly Shariy.
KIEV, UKRAINE — On March 7, Anatoly Shariy, a Ukrainian opposition figure and one of the country’s most popular journalists, received an email from Igor, an old acquaintance with whom he had not communicated for years (Igor is an alias used to protect his identity).
https://www.mintpressnews.com/ukraine-propaganda-war-international-pr-firms-dc-lobbyists-cia-cutouts/280012/