◾The war in Ukraine is likely to fuel gun crime on the streets of Merseyside for many years, a firearms expert said.

◾Paul James set up the National Ballistics Intelligence Service, which uses sophisticated analysis to identify and track weapons used by criminals. Mr James said the Balkans conflict had been the main source of guns being trafficked into Europe since the 1990s.

◾Guns held by civilians in Ukraine could also end up in the UK, he said, warning of a "time bomb waiting to explode". Mr James said millions of weapons could circulate when the Ukraine war ends, with many ending up in the hands of criminal gangs.

- "From experience, over the last 15 to 20 years, the guns from the Western Balkans have been the main source of firearms trafficked into Europe," he told BBC North West Tonight.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ War Map and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 1 Apr 2023; pub. 00:04⚡️

☦️ The Repression of the Orthodox Church in #Ukraine continues, the official political task of destroying Orthodoxy has long since ceased to be denied by all the collaborators of the Kiev regime. For several days now there has been a siege on Kiev's Cave Monastery, with local parishioners acting as defenders. So far, the 404 authorities are sending a huge number of provocateurs and dissenters to the #Lavra, but it is possible that they will soon be joined by armed security forces.

⚔️ Situation on the Fronts for the past Day

🔹#Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut) Sector:

▪️ In #Artyomovsk, the "orchestrators" are going deeper into the centre, with a few hundred metres to the city administration building. In the southwest, our forces are gradually cracking the enemy defences, but despite heavy losses, the militants continue to resist.
➖ The offensive near #Krasnoye is advancing, the road through the village is under our fire control (since 14 Mar 2023; note).

🔹#Donetsk & #SouthDonetsk Directions:

▪️ The Russian army continues to cover #Avdeyevka. From the north, our offensive is advancing towards #Steponoye (#Petrovskoye) and #Keramik, there is also fighting near #Kamenka. From the south, there is an advance in the area of #Severnoye.

▪️ In addition, the RF Armed Forces continue their assault on #Maryinka, in parallel entrenching themselves in positions taken from the AFU.

💥 The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed the destruction of Ukrainian MiG-29 and Mi-8 by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the #Koptevo and #Novovasilyevka areas of the DPR.

☠️ A Ukrainian Stronghold was destroyed near #Novovasilyevka by mortar masters. Fighters of the Russian army demonstrated practising an 82mm mortar, which was used to hit most of the enemy's militants.

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◾A Ukrainian militant explains how rotation works in the frontlines: From a platoon of 30, 5 men will go to the line of contact at the time, then after 5 days they will be replaced by 5 new men.

◾But in his platoon 18 men have been already sent to the line of contact to never return, there is no rotation, you only go and never came back.

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⚡️🇲🇩🇷🇴🔎 What is happening in #Moldova - Situation for March 25 - 31 2023⚡️

Detailed @Rybar Analysis in three Parts

🇷🇴 "Romanianisation" of the Country

Last week Moldovan authorities celebrated the anniversary of Romania's annexation of the country in 1918 - the so-called "uniri".

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🇷🇴 "Romanianisation" of the Country

Last week Moldovan authorities celebrated the anniversary of Romania's annexation of the country in 1918 - the so-called "uniri".

▪️ Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nicolae Popescu has called the takeover of Bessarabia by Romania in 1918 "a historic moment of reunification" which allegedly allowed the Moldovan people to escape "war, terror and communist dictatorship".

▪️ President Maia Sandu took part in the celebration of the annexation of her native country, calling the day "important for all Romanians". She noted the symbolism of the "celebration" because of the ever-closer rapprochement between #Romania and #Moldova today.

▪️ Against this background, Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă actually called for supporting the "European way" of #Moldova and for eliminating the consequences of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, which #Russia "hinders" so far.

In fact, the elimination of the above-mentioned pact means the takeover of #Moldova by #Romania, of which it was a part from 1918 to 1940, before joining the USSR with the status of a Union republic.

▪️ The "National Moldovan Party" has submitted a petition to the parliament to rename the legislative body the Sfatul Tsarii, which recognised the annexation of the country in 1918 and then ceased to exist.

▪️ On 26-27 March, a rally of "unionists" - supporters of the takeover of #Moldova by #Romania - took place in #Chisinau. Supporters of "unionists" brought a map of "Great Romania" and waved the flag of the neo-Nazi "Azov" regiment, shouting pro-Ukrainian slogans.

Nearby, supporters of Moldovan independence from the Haiduk movement gathered and demanded that the Azov flag be removed.

▪️ The Party of Socialists has asked the Constitutional Court to check the constitutionality of the adopted law on renaming the Moldovan language "Romanian".

Politicians consider it to be unconstitutional and note that a referendum is needed for such a decision. However, the changes in the Fundamental Law have already been enshrined.

Meanwhile, Minister of Culture Sergiu Prodan has already called for Moldovan libraries to hand over all books in Cyrillic to museums.

▪️ A bust of the Romanian monarch Ferdinand the First, under whom #Bessarabia was ceded to #Romania, has been unveiled in Balti.

🔹European Integration Attempts and Relations with the #USA

▪️ On 29 March, Maia Sandu spoke at a summit for democracy organised by the US authorities. She declared that "stability" in #Moldova is in the interest of the west and asked for help in fighting disinformation and #Russia.

▪️ Maia Sandu is scheduled to meet with Romanian President Klaus Johannis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Bucharest on 3 April to discuss Euro-integration and Moldovan security against the background of a "hybrid war".

▪️ On March 28, EU Council President Charles Michel arrived in #Chisinau and said the #EU would decide on another "very substantial" cash tranche by summer.

Michel also said that the #EU has allotted #Moldova about 1 billion euros over the last year.

▪️ At the same time, Foreign Minister Nicolae Popescu said in an interview that he tries to convey the message to the German government that without infrastructure projects between #Romania and #Moldova, the latter cannot ensure stability.

The politician pointed to the need to create common power grids that would ensure a "reliable energy supply" for the country.

🔹Domestic Politics

▪️ Moldovan authorities have re-extended the state of emergency regime in the country, explaining this by "internal and external threats" as well as "hybrid warfare".

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▪️ Parliament has also approved a package of laws to once again extend the powers of the Information and Security Service (ISS), despite opposition protests.

The draft envisages the installation of audio and video surveillance equipment in the homes of citizens without their knowledge. The Venice Commission had earlier criticised the bill.

▪️ The ruling PAS party wants to ban MPs from the Shor faction from making statements in the briefing room following Marina Tauber's statement on Chisinau and Bucharest's preparations for a provocation in #Transnistria.

🔹Protests and Socio-Economic Crisis

▪️ Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean called "criminals" who protest against the country being dragged into war and the economic crisis. The politician said the discontent was caused by a sharp rise in prices, but "the government cannot go along with the criminals".

▪️ The Moldovan police are drawing up protocols against protesters in #Edinet who expressed dissatisfaction with Maia Sandu's policies. The protesters are accused of blocking roads and "beating up motorists".

▪️ Minister of Labour and Social Protection Alexei Buzu said that all pensions will be indexed by 15% from 1 April. Opposition MPs, for their part, called the indexation of pensions "a mockery of the authorities over the people".

The socialists have asked the Constitutional Court to review the lawfulness of the decision to reduce the indexation of pensions to 15% when inflation and price rises exceed 30%, which contradicts the law on the state pension system.

▪️ Commenting on the country's gas supply problems, Energy Minister Viktor Parlikov said that the gas factor did not have as much impact on the economy as it was portrayed in the media.

The statement angered ex-Prime Minister Ion Kiku, who suggested asking citizens whether their family budgets were being affected by the multiplication of the gas tariff.

He pointed out that a huge number of businesses have closed due to high prices and the country is now "paying the price for the government's unprofessionalism".

At the same time it turned out that #Moldova overpays for gas almost three times as much as compared to the European countries. And the head of Moldovagaz company Vadim Cheban refused to answer the question whose gas Moldova bought from Europe this winter. Apparently, it was Russian gas at an inflated price.

▪️ #PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky has invited the FBI to join the investigation into the terrorist attacks being prepared in Transnistria by the SBU against the OSCE delegation, which included a US citizen and Head of Mission to Moldova Kelly Keiderling.

🔹Gagauz Autonomy

▪️ Member of the People's Assembly of #Gagauzia Sergei Cimpoes has expressed the opinion that the autonomy is concerned about the prospect of a possible unification of #Moldova with #Romania.

He said a referendum should be held in #Gagauzia and he is sure that the Gagauz voters will vote against the merger with a #NATO country.

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🔹#Transnistria and Military Escalation

▪️ Following the #NATO joint naval exercise with the participation of the Moldovan military, the Moldovan Defence Ministry has launched a planned military exercise of Romanian, Moldovan, US and UK special forces "JCET-2023" from 27 March to 7 April.

In addition, another military exercise took place in Balti on 29 March, which included live firing of infantry and artillery weapons.

▪️ #Transnistria noted that the Chisinau authorities do not warn about the exercises: in Tiraspol they learn about them from the media and only when they are already underway, which is of concern to the inhabitants of the region.

▪️ At the same time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Ukrainian authorities support the "bellicose aspirations" of the Moldovan authorities towards #Transnistria. According to him, the Ukrainian side is demonstrating its readiness to intervene in the conflict in every possible way.

▪️ Defence Minister Anatoliy Nosatii, in turn, said that the presence of Russian troops in #Transnistria was a destabilizing factor.

Commenting on the high-profile call-up of citizens for military training, he confirmed that reservists all over the country receive summonses requiring them to attend training exercises.

Military exercises with reservists will be held from April to September this year in #Chisinau, #Causeni, #Straseni and other cities of the country.

▪️ The Moldovan government has confirmed that the elections for the Governor post of #Gagauzia, scheduled for April 30, will take place despite the extension of the state of emergency in the country.

At the same time, the ruling party PAS has said that it will not support any candidate in the elections.

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👉👉👉 Ukrainian post

Bakhmut. Night.

General situation: remains very difficult.

Heavy fighting continues on the southwestern outskirts of the city. The plots are all the same. For a day, it can be assumed that the enemy had no success.

Although the situation in that sector is far from stabilized, the enemy is increasingly unable to succeed.

In the Ivanovo region, the Defense Forces conducted counterattacks and managed to recapture some of the lost ground.

Khromovoye district - unchanged.

Rozdolivka-Vesele line - unchanged.

The direction of Minkivka is unchanged

In other areas in Bakhmut itself, the situation is very difficult. The enemy is slowly advancing towards the center of the city.

Now it is there that the heaviest battles in the entire direction are taking place.

The Defense Forces are making titanic efforts to stop the enemy. They try to counterattack.

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎯 Accurate Night Hunting for the AFUshnik in their Stronghold near #Belogorovka (LPR, #Russia)⚡️

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