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“Wake up, no one will protect you.” The head of Tatarstan called on enterprises in the region not to rely on air defense - and to independently defend themselves from drone attacks
The head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, called on the heads of the republic's enterprises not to rely on Russian air defense forces and to independently defend themselves from drone attacks. His statement at the republican energy forum was quoted by the website “116.ru”

During his speech, Minnikhanov commented on the Ukrainian drone attacks on Elabuga and Nizhnekamsk on April 2. He noted that “the most affected areas” are energy and related production.

“Apparently, due to the fact that Uraza and fasting are Orthodox, the Almighty gives us a sign: wake up, guys, no one will protect you except yourself. <…> There is no need to wait for missile defense to work; it solves other problems. “We must decide on our own, every enterprise, every municipality, every city,” said the head of Tatarstan, addressing the heads of enterprises in the region. However, he did not specify how enterprises should repel attacks.

Minnikhanov also called on emergency services to always be ready, to have supplies and teams.

• On the morning of April 2, drones attacked enterprises in Tatarstan for the first time since the start of the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine. In Nizhnekamsk, drones attacked the Taneco oil refinery, a subsidiary of Tatneft. In Yelabuga, a dormitory for students at the Alabuga Polytech College was damaged as a result of the attack. According to the authorities, 14 people were injured, including citizens of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Sudan. Two of the victims are minors.
• The damaged Alabuga Polytech dormitory is reportedly located a few hundred meters from the plant where the Shahed-type kamikaze drones that Russia uses to attack Ukraine are assembled.
• Ukrainian publications, citing sources, reported that the drone attack on enterprises in Tatarstan was an operation of military intelligence of Ukraine and the SBU.

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Zelenskyy: We clearly understand what Russia is preparing for
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an evening address on April 3 that Ukraine clearly understands why Russia will be drafting soldiers into its army.

Source: Zeleskyyʼs address

Quote: "We are gradually planning our work with our partners for the coming months – both May and June should be a time of activity for the sake of Ukraine, for the sake of achieving our goals in this war.

We clearly understand what Russia is preparing for, what they want, and what they will be drafting soldiers into their army for. And we, all of us, our partners, must have a strong response to Russian operations – any Russian operations. We must win this war. This is Ukraine's historic chance to thwart Russian revanchism, and we must seize it. For the sake of reliable security for our children."

Details: Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said he had listened to a long and detailed report of Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on actions on key fronts and on protection and strengthening of positions. They also discussed key defence and active action plans for the near future.

Note: Zelenskyy said Russia is preparing to mobilise 300,000 military personnel by 1 June.

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MP's demand names of Dutch politicans possibly bribed by Russia; Tricky, Minister says
The Tweede Kamer wants to know as soon as possible whether, and if so, which Dutch politicians have been bribed by Russia. As long as this information is unknown, suspicions will hang over the political parties and the European elections in June, and that is harmful, the parliamentarians agreed in a debate on the Czech Republic's revelation of a Russian disinformation and bribery campaign, NOS reports.

That’s easier said than done, outgoing Minister Hugo de Jonge of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations told the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament. It concerns information from the secret services - the AIVD in this case - and they decide for themselves what they disclose.

On Thursday, Czech authorities announced that they exposed a pro-Russian disinformation campaign. According to them, Russia was using pro-Russian politicians in several European countries and the news site Voice of Europe to plant questions about Ukraine’s “territorial integrity, sovereignty, and freedom” in people’s minds ahead of the European Elections in June.

The Czech Republic did not reveal the names of Dutch people involved and does not intend to do so “at the moment,” De Jonge said in the debate. The Dutch intelligence service AIVD is in contact with its counterpart in the Czech Republic. But, the Cabinet and the AIVD do not intend to say what information they have received.

FvD leader Thierry Baudet and MEP Marcel de Graaff have often given interviews to Voice of Europe. The party is also notoriously reluctant to publish its financial accounts. Much to the Tweede Kamer’s disappointment, Baudet refused to participate in the debate on Tuesday. He said his party was the subject of a witch hunt and called the debate “unworthy” of the Tweede Kamer. “Bickering and speculation that is based on nothing is reserved for the pub or the kitchen table.”

PVV leader Geert Wilders acknowledged that he and his party are mentioned in suspicions because of his former close ties with the Putin government and Russian parliament. He again denied the allegations and said he is resigned to the fact that nothing will be made public for now. “What we don’t want is to get in the way of the secret services if they possibly want to tackle a corrupt person,” he said in the debate.

The Tweede Kamer has little choice but to wait and see what the AIVD will reveal. Several parliamentarians made proposals to make the rules on financial donations to political parties stricter. But most don’t think it will stop this kind of bribery.

The Dutch intelligence services’ processes and methods are all strictly confidential in the interest of national security. The only politicians to receive information about some of their activities are the members of the Stiekem Committee - the parliamentary faction leaders of the five largest parties. Currently that’s Geert Wilders (PVV), Frans Timmermans (GroenLinks-PvdA), Sophie Hermans (VVD), Pieter Omtzigt (NSC), and Jan Paternotte (D66). The word “stiekem” translates to “secret.”

The information they receive is strictly confidential and may not be shared with the other members of their party or used in parliamentary debates. It is possible that the AIVD informed the Stiekem Committee about Dutch politicians who form part of the Russian disinformation campaign, but the members can’t say anything about it.

According to NOS, it is for this reason that it has sometimes been suggested that the Stiekem Committee be abolished because what good is information that can’t be used? But the alternative is that no one will know anything about what the intelligence services are doing.

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Seoul seizes cargo ship sailing from North Korea to Russia — report
South Korean authorities have seized a vessel believed to be in breach of UN sanctions against North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on April 3, citing unnamed sources.

The 3,000-ton cargo ship DEYI was en route from North Korea to Russia via China when South Korean forces intercepted it near Yeosu, on the peninsula's southern coast.

The vessel's 13-person crew, including the Chinese captain and various Chinese and Indonesian crew members, reportedly refused to stop the ship when approached, leading to its forced redirection and docking near Busan.

Commenting on the incident, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said, "Our government is working closely with the United States to investigate the suspected breach of UN Security Council resolutions by the ship in question."

Officials have yet to confirm whether the ship has violated sanctions, as the crew has denied access to the vessel's cargo hold, the report adds.

Under UN Resolution 2397, adopted in 2017, nations have the right to detain, inspect, and seize any vessel within their territorial waters if it is suspected of engaging in illegal activities with North Korea.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 19:53 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Chinese farmers are quietly “taking over” Vladivostok
Despite the fact that Beijing and Moscow are actively promoting their “borderless partnership” on the international stage, China has turned its attention to the Russian Far East. The border region of Primorsky Krai has seen a large influx of Chinese farmers, and their growing economic presence is beginning to surpass the local population. Source: Newsweek

Read also: China will use the port of Vladivostok for domestic trade

The area, which was ceded to Russia by the Qing dynasty in 1860, is attracting attention from Beijing's political circles and Chinese nationalists. Last year, the government stipulated that maps of the country must include Haishenwai (the Chinese name for Vladivostok, the administrative center of Primorsky Krai) and the Chinese names for seven other Far Eastern Russian localities. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, believes that Ukraine has supposedly “always been part of Russia,” similarly, Chinese leader Xi Jinping puts the restoration of lost territories at the forefront of his program for the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

China promises to annex autonomous Taiwan in the future. It also claims much of the South China Sea, where Beijing's "historic rights" clash with claims from the Philippines and other neighbors.

In light of the dire economic conditions in Hegang, a former coal mining town in northeast China, more Chinese farmers are considering moving to Russia.

Concerns about the “yellow menace” in the Russian Far East are not new. It has existed for decades, if not centuries, due to significant population imbalances on both sides of the border.

The concern is that the arrival of the Chinese could undermine Russian control.

A 2021 study published in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology found that in some cases, the presence of Chinese farms and the sale of businesses to Chinese owners led to higher land prices through increased competition.

Russia, which is dependent on the yuan, would be in a difficult position in the event of any diplomatic or trade conflicts between the two countries, and already finds itself more susceptible to economic difficulties. Moscow is also exposed to influence from third parties due to its dependence on Beijing. For example, Russian companies with business ties to China faced payment problems after Washington imposed secondary sanctions on banks that facilitate the transport of prohibited goods.

Let us recall that Chinese nationalists demanded that Russia return Vladivostok.

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F-16 fighter jets ‘no longer relevant’, says Ukrainian military official
American-made F-16 fighter jets due to arrive in Ukraine this summer are “no longer relevant”, a senior Ukrainian military official has said.

Ukraine’s air force is expected to take delivery of the first tranche of a dozen aircraft in July after Ukrainian pilots have been trained and the country’s airfields prepared.

Before their arrival, the Western warplanes had been held up by some as a potential war-winner that could turn the tide of the conflict in Kyiv’s favour.

“Often, we just don’t get the weapons systems at the time we need them – they come when they’re no longer relevant,” a Ukrainian high-ranking officer told the Politico news website.

“Every weapon has its own right time. F-16s were needed in 2023; they won’t be right for 2024.”

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:16 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Special forces show enemy vehicles, ammo depots being destroyed by Brimstone missiles
The Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed an enemy ammunition depot, two tank transporter tractors and two Russian infantry fighting vehicles.
According to Ukrinform, the Command of the Special Operations Forces reported this on Facebook and posted a relevant video.

🔥 Оператори ССО ЗС України знищили танкові т�гачі, БМП та вій�ьково�лужбовців противника

While performing combat missions in one of the operational areas, FPV drone operators of the eighth regiment of the Special Operations Forces spotted and destroyed two tank transporter tractors, one infantry fighting vehicle and eliminated two Russian invaders.

Brimstone missiles were used to destroy one infantry fighting vehicle with its crew and a field ammunition depot.

As reported by Ukrinform, soldiers of the eighth regiment of the Special Operations Forces destroyed a mortar position and eliminated five Russian servicemen using FPV drones.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:22 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Dat lijkt me nonsens.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:25 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Ga er maar gewoon vanuit dat hij uit frustratie spreekt dat het zo lang duurt. Natuurlijk zullen de F-16s bruikbaar zijn. Alleen hij heeft wel gelijk dat Rusland meer dan genoeg tijd heeft gekregen om voorbereidingen te treffen. En dat de levering al meerdere keren uitgesteld is om wat voor reden dan ook.

En eerlijk gezegd zal het mij niks verbazen als straks de door de F-16 gebruikte wapens de bottleneck zullen zijn. Dat ook de benodigde raketten maar mondjesmaat aangeleverd gaan worden zoals nu gebeurd met de normale raketten en wapentuig.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:30 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Veel standaard F16 spul is al Oekraïne. Daar maak ik me niet zo druk over.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:30 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Veel standaard F16 spul is al Oekraïne. Daar maak ik me niet zo druk over. En qua voorbereidingen? Wat precies? Drones ter grootte van een Cessna vliegen dwars door de Russische luchtverdediging.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:34 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Als de bange puppies in het witte huis verkondigen, nee, je krijgt geen BVR raketten, want anders krijgen wij een nuke op ons hoofd! - zakt de toegevoegde waarde naar ongeveer: niet anders dan een mig29.

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Guns: 1 × 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannon, 511 rounds

Hardpoints: 2 × wing-tip air-to-air missile launch rails, 6 × under-wing, and 3 × under-fuselage pylon (2 of 3 for sensors) stations with a capacity of up to 17,000 lb (7,700 kg) of stores

Rockets:
4 × LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19/7 × Hydra 70 mm/APKWS[288] rockets, respectively)
4 × LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19 × CRV7 70 mm rockets)
4 × LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4 × Zuni 127 mm rockets)

Missiles:
Air-to-air missiles:
6 × AIM-9 Sidewinder
6 × AIM-120 AMRAAM
6 × IRIS-T
6 × Python-4
6 × Python-5
2 × AIM-7 Sparrow[286][287] and 4 × AIM-9 Sidewinder

Air-to-surface missiles:
6 × AGM-65 Maverick
2 × AGM-88 HARM
AGM-158 JASSM (JASSM)
4 × AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)

Anti-ship missiles:
2 × AGM-84 Harpoon
4 × AGM-119 Penguin
Joint Strike Missile (to be integrated)

Bombs:
8 × CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
8 × CBU-89 Gator mine
8 × CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
4 × Mark 84 general-purpose bombs
8 × Mark 83 GP bombs
12 × Mark 82 GP bombs
8 × GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
4 × GBU-10 Paveway II
6 × GBU-12 Paveway II
4 × GBU-24 Paveway III
4 × GBU-27 Paveway III
4 × Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) series
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD)
B61 nuclear bomb
B83 nuclear bomb

Others:
ADM-160 MALD[285]
SUU-42A/A flares/infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or
AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods on centerline or
LANTIRN, Lockheed Martin Sniper XR & Litening targeting pods or
AN/ASQ-213 HARM targeting system (HTS) Pod (typically configured on station 5L with Sniper XR pod on station 5R) or
Up to 3 × 300/330/370/600 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time or
UTC Aerospace DB-110 long range EO/IR sensor pod on centerline

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:40 schreef QAnonn het volgende:
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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:35 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Die F-16s mogen niet op Russisch grondgebied gebruikt gaan worden. En hoe dat precies zit met de raketten weet ik niet.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:44 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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D'r zijn helikopters en vliegtuigen door Patriots neergehaald op 80-100km van de grens. Maar om eerlijk te zijn denk ik dat missies ver in Rusland ook niet zo heel slim zijn. Ik denk dat naar Moermansk vliegen om daar de luchtbasis te bombarderen geen goed plan is. Te gevaarlijk. Als je een drone verliest is dat jammer. Maar een F16 met piloot kwijtraken is iets anders.....

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An undisclosed type of air-launched cruise missile with a range of up to 300 miles will be among the munitions delivered to Ukraine alongside its long-awaited F-16 fighters, according to Lt. Gen. Serhii Naev, the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In a statement reported by the Ukrainian RBC news outlet, Naev said that the deliveries of F-16s were expected to be accompanied by air-to-ground missiles to arm them, with a range of “300-500 kilometers” — 186 to 310 miles. Naev added that the weapons were expected to arrive in “further military aid packages,” but provided no more details.

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As Zelensky’s party falters, Ukrainian parliament drifts to standstill
In recent months, Ukraine’s parliament is drifting to a standstill, as the government struggles to gather necessary votes during sessions.

The reason is not political disagreement over pending legislation, but a general sense of frustration among parliament’s members, according to experts and lawmakers who spoke to the Kyiv Independent. Some of them asked not to be named to avoid political retribution.

Lawmakers cited different reasons for their dissatisfaction, including increased restrictions on their travel abroad, poor communication or pressure from other government bodies, growing concentration of power in the President’s Office, and being blamed for unpopular policies by their constituencies or other government officials.

The two most commonly cited reasons are the travel restrictions, and a general breakdown in the relationship between parliament and other branches of the government.

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Russia's Air Force still strong with 100 Su-35 jets, 7 A-50U radar aircraft, Ukraine's intel says
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense noted that several Russian A-50Us are under repair

The Russian army still has about 100 Su-35 multipurpose fighters, more than 100 Su-34 fighter-bombers, as well as seven A-50U long-range radar detection and guidance aircraft, reported the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense in response to a request from ArmyInform.

Military intelligence reported that three A-50U aircraft are under repair, and Moscow is also trying to modernize them.

According to intelligence data, work is being carried out at the facilities of Taganrog Beriev Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex and the Aviastar Aircraft Plant in Ulyanovsk.

On February 29, the Defense Forces shot down three Russian planes. In the morning it became known that one Russian fighter-bomber Su-34 was shot down on the eastern axis. Oleschuk later stated that the Armed Forces shot down two more Su-34s near Avdiivka and Mariupol.

On March 1, a Russian plane was shot down near Mariupol, which was trying to hit Ukrainian positions with guided aerial bombs.

On March 2, Air Force soldiers attacked two more Russian warplanes.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 20:16 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/f-16-fighter-jets-no-131449451.html
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F-16s were needed in 2023; they won’t be right for 2024,” he said.

And that’s because, according to this officer, Russia is ready to counter them: “In the last few months, we started to notice missiles being fired by the Russians from Dzhankoy in northern Crimea, but without the explosive warheads. We couldn’t understand what they were doing, and then we figured it out: They’re range-finding,” he said. The officer explained that Russia’s been calculating where best to deploy its S-400 missile and radar systems in order to maximize the area they can cover to target the F-16s, keeping them away from the front lines and Russia’s logistical hubs.

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Top Republican Says Party Base 'Infected' by Russian Propaganda
Russian propaganda pushed by the Kremlin has "infected" part of the Republican base, a senior GOP congressman has said, as indications grow that a vital U.S. military package for Ukraine will come up for a vote with U.S. lawmakers this month.

"I think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base," House Foreign Affairs Committee chair and Texas Republican, Michael McCaul, told Puck News.

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State Emergency Service: Russian double-tap attacks have killed 91 first responders, injured 348
Russia's "double-tap" attacks against Ukraine have killed 91 first responders and injured 348 since the start of the full-scale war, Suspilne reported on April 4, citing information from the State Emergency Service.

The Kyiv Independent has previously reported on Russia's use of so-called "double-tap" strikes, in which there is an initial strike followed by a second - with a delay - so that it can potentially wound or kill first responders.

Most recently, Russian forces used such a tactic in a drone attack against Kharkiv overnight on April 4, killing three State Emergency Service employees: 52-year-old Vladyslav Lohinov, 32-year-old Serhii Baidalinov, and 41-year-old Volodymyr Matiushenko.

Another rescue worker was injured and is in serious condition, the State Emergency Service said. The attack also killed one other resident and injured 12.

In March, first responders and police officers were among the killed and injured in a double-tap missile attack against the southern port city of Odesa.

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Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in "direct confrontation"
MOSCOW - Russia and NATO are now in "direct confrontation", the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday.

NATO's successive waves of eastern enlargement are a fixation of President Vladimir Putin, who went to war in Ukraine two years ago with the stated aim of preventing the alliance from coming closer to Russia's borders. Instead, the war has galvanised NATO, which has expanded again with the entry of Finland and Sweden.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "In fact, relations have now slipped to the level of direct confrontation."

NATO was "already involved in the conflict surrounding Ukraine (and) continues to move towards our borders and expand its military infrastructure towards our borders", he said.

Putin has repeatedly said that Russia was cheated by the West in the aftermath of the Cold War as Moscow's Warsaw Pact alliance was disbanded but NATO moved eastwards by taking in former pact members and the three Baltic states that had been part of the Soviet Union.

The West rejects that version, saying NATO is a defensive alliance and joining it was a democratic choice by countries that had shaken off decades of Communist rule.

NATO says it is helping Ukraine fight for its survival in the face of Russian aggression, and has provided Kyiv with advanced weapons, training and intelligence.

Russia says that makes NATO de facto a party to the conflict. Putin said in February that a direct conflict between Russia and NATO would mean the planet was one step away from World War Three. REUTERS

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 21:48 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 22:25 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine will cut the Kerch Brigre soon Intelligence says | Glory to Ukraine

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 22:43 schreef Jahr00n het volgende:

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Wat is het toch met die brug de hele tijd. Je zou denken dat het slopen daarvan niet zo moeilijk zou zijn

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Putin denies involvement of Islamic fundamentalists in Moscow concert hall attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the idea that the Moscow concert hall terror attack was carried out by Islamic fundamentalists.

Putin commented on the motivations behind the terror attack during a trade union federation congress on Thursday, saying that Russia could “hardly be an object of attack by Islamic fundamentalists”, as it demonstrated “a unique example of interfaith and interethnic unity”.

Putin went on to say that the sole goal of the attack was to “undermine the unity of Russian society”.

Islamic State had previously claimed responsibility for the attack in Crocus City Hall, a concert venue near Moscow, that killed at least 144 people and injured hundreds more.

The Russian authorities had not previously denied the involvement of Islamist movements in the attack, with Putin himself admitting last week that “radical Islamists” were involved in the Crocus City Hall shooting, but indicating that Kyiv and Washington played a part in organising it. Both Ukraine and the US reject these claims as false.

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Smashing Drone Is A $90,000 Sport Plane With A Robot At The Controls
Ukrainian engineers fitted autonomous controls to an A-22 sport plane—and loaded it with explosives

^{Aeroprakt A-22.}

To pull off one of its deepest strikes ever targeting Russia’s strategic industries, the Ukrainian government took a locally-made ultralight sport plane, swapped its manned controls for robotic controls and packed it with explosives.

Video of the emergency response following the Tuesday attack on the Alabuga Special Economic Zone industrial campus, 600 miles from the Ukrainian border, reveals that the drone—possibly two of which struck the campus—is based on an Aeroprakt A-22. A high-wing, single-propeller sport plane with room for two.

That the Ukrainians could convert an A-22 into an explosive drone strongly implies the strike on the Alabuga facility, which reportedly assembles Iranian-designed Shahed drones for Russia’s own war effort, won’t be the last for this new drone type.

The simple, reliable and innocuous A-22 after all lends itself to drone conversion. And equally importantly, it’s made in Ukraine—and it’s affordable at just $90,000 a copy.

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Wanted American Man Flees to Russia, Signs Military Contract
A former American city council member who is wanted in the United States on child pornography charges appears to have fled to Russia and joined the Russian military, according to footage shared by regional authorities in the northern Khanty-Mansi autonomous district.

Wilmer Puello-Mota, former city councilor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, reportedly left the United States on Jan. 7 in violation of court orders while being tried in Rhode Island for possession of child pornography.

The Massachusetts-based newspaper The Republican reported last month that people who know Puello-Mota had recognized his voice in a short video showing the capture of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka in February.

On Wednesday evening, the Khanty-Mansi regional government’s official channel on the Telegram messaging app published a video interview at a military enlistment center with a man identified as former U.S. soldier “Wil.” The man appears to be Puello-Mota.

The Republican said Puello-Mota, 28, was a member of the U.S. National Guard before being separated from the service due to child pornography charges in October 2022.

“An American signed a military contract at the patriots center in Khanty-Mansi,” reads a message accompanying the video on Telegram. “He liberated Avdiivka fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with Russians.”

“I definitely would do it again, I’d go back if I could,” Puello-Mota says in the video as he recounts his experience fighting in an “international brigade” alongside the Russian army.

The Khanty-Mansi government did not mention Puello-Mota by name or the outstanding criminal charges against him in the United States. The video was widely circulated among influential pro-war bloggers on Telegram.

Russian authorities have not commented on Puello-Mota’s reported recruitment into the military.

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"We must support Russia": an American signed a contract for military service at the Patriot Center in Khanty-Mansiysk

"Vil" served in the US Armed Forces, but realizing what was really happening in Ukraine, several months ago he came to the Northern Military District as a volunteer. Together with the Russian guys, shoulder to shoulder, I liberated Avdeevka.

Vila's comrades - military personnel from Pyt-Yakh (KhMAD), a volunteer from Serbia, who also went to the Northern Military District through Yugra, convinced the guy by personal example that it was better to sign a contract for service in the RF Armed Forces in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Arguments: payment of 745k rubles immediately and 150k every two months, full equipment now and supply with everything necessary already in service.

In the video: American "Vil" signs a contract at the Center of Russian Patriots in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug: "this is amazing social support."

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 22:43 schreef Jahr00n het volgende:

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Wat is het toch met die brug de hele tijd. Je zou denken dat het slopen daarvan niet zo moeilijk zou zijn

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In rare call, Russian defense minister warns French counterpart against sending troops to Ukraine
Russia's defense minister warned his French counterpart against deploying troops to Ukraine in a rare phone call Wednesday and noted that Moscow is ready to take part in talks to end the conflict.

Sergei Shoigu told French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu that if Paris follows up on its statements about the possibility of sending a French military contingent to Ukraine, “it will create problems for France itself,” according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry. It didn't elaborate.

The conversation followed French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments in February, in which he said that the possibility of Western troops being sent to Ukraine could not be ruled out.

The call marked the first such contact between Russian and French defense ministers since October 2022.

Shoigu noted Moscow's “readiness for dialogue on Ukraine," emphasizing that a planned round of peace talks in Geneva would be “senseless” without Russia's involvement. He added that possible future negotiations could be based on a draft document, which was discussed during Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul in March 2022.

Media reports have said that the draft negotiated in Istanbul weeks after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine envisaged that Ukraine will abandon its bid to join NATO and remain neutral. No final deal was reached and the talks collapsed quickly after.

The Russian Defense Ministry also said in its readout of Wednesday's call that Lecornu offered condolences over the March 22 attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 145 in the deadliest assault on Russian soil in decades.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his officials have sought to link Ukraine and the West to the attack despite Kyiv's fierce denial, a claim of responsibility issued by an affiliate of Islamic State group and an advance warning that the U.S. had issued to Moscow about imminent attack.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that during the call Lecornu tried to persuade Shoigu that Ukraine and its Western allies had no relation to the concert hall raid, but Shoigu insisted that Moscow has “information about Ukrainian trace in organizing the terror attack.”

“The Kyiv regime does nothing without approval of its Western handlers,” the ministry quoted Shoigu as telling Lecornu.“We hope that the French special services weren't involved in it.”

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Ukrainian man jailed for life over role in Russian strike on pizzeria
Man provided information on restaurant in Kramatorsk that was hit last June, killing 13 people including novelist Victoria Amelina

A Ukrainian man who helped Russia target a missile strike on a pizzeria in the eastern city of Kramatorsk last June has been jailed for life.

Thirteen people including the novelist and poet Victoria Amelina were killed when a Russian ballistic missile tore through the popular Ria Pizza restaurant on the evening of 27 June 2023.

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HIMARS Strikes Enemy Construction Site, Neutralizes Russian Forces

The operators of the 73rd Maritime Special Operations Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used HIMARS to target the invaders who were constructing fortifications.

This was reported by the press service of the Special Operations Forces (SOF).

During reconnaissance operations in the southern direction, SOF discovered enemy personnel constructing new fortifications and control posts.

The operators transmitted the coordinates for the strike to the missile-artillery unit and adjusted the fire toward the enemy position.

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Several Allies may announce supply of air defenses to Ukraine in coming days - Stoltenberg
Several NATO member states may announce the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine within the next few days.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this in Brussels on Thursday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"Allies understand the urgency and therefore I welcome the announcements from several Allies to provide more ammunition and more types of systems to Ukraine. They also understand the urgency of stepping up when it comes to air defense in particular. And therefore Allies will now go back and look into their inventories, look into if there are any ways they can provide more systems, in particular Patriots. But also, of course, ensure that the systems which are already there have the ammunition but also the spare parts so they can all function as they should. So this is partly a question of systems, batteries, but also very much a question of delivering the interceptors to the systems which are already there [in Ukraine]," Stoltenberg said.

"Several Allies promised that they should make a new effort to find what they can… to look into what more they can deliver. I will not be specific before they are able to conclude, but I just listed several Allies that have just over the last days made new announcements of additional support," he added.

He recalled that a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council was held this morning. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba updated Allies on Ukraine's short and long-term needs and on the progress of its reforms.

According to Stoltenberg, the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine remains serious. Ukraine needs more air defenses, more ammunition, and more aid.

Stoltenberg welcomed that Allies continue to step up with major new announcements. In recent days, this includes nearly EUR 600 million from Germany for the Czech-led artillery initiative, as well as 10,000 drones from the United Kingdom, more missiles and armored vehicles from France, and just yesterday, a new package of aid from Finland worth EUR 188 million.

"But we need to do even more. And we need to put our support on an even firmer and more enduring basis. Yesterday, Allies agreed to move forward with planning for a greater NATO role in coordinating necessary security assistance and training for Ukraine. This work will continue in the weeks ahead," he said.

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Op donderdag 4 april 2024 23:33 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Het ligt 250km van de front en zoals Delenlill al opmerkte, om zoiets uit te schakelen moet je de pijlers vernietigen.
Het gaat ook om een 18km lange brug, met een trein- en een weggedeelte. Dat maakt het allemaal erg lastig.

De beste mogelijkheid is wellicht als Duitsland alsnog Taurus raketten gaat leveren. Bij nieuwere wapens is er altijd een aanpassingsperiode en dat is de mogelijkheid om een dergelijk doelwit te treffen.
Misschien is het overigens beter de voorkeur te geven aan andere doelwitten gezien deze verbinding na de nieuwe route naar Melitopol niet zo belangrijk meer is.

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Defense Minister of Netherlands comments on ¤100 billion initiative for Ukraine
Defense Minister of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren considers Jens Stoltenberg's proposal to create a NATO fund for Ukraine worth ¤100 billion "very interesting."
She said this in a comment to a Ukrinform correspondent in The Hague.

Ollongren noted that it is necessary to "study the details of this proposal of the NATO Secretary General".

"We are currently coordinating assistance to Ukraine in the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense, the so-called Ramstein format. This is a special format in response to Russia's large-scale invasion. Unfortunately, this war is likely to last for a long time, so I am always interested in strengthening the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine. So I think this is a very interesting proposal and I look forward to discussing it in the context of NATO," said the Netherlands Defense Minister.

As reported, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proposed to create a fund to finance military assistance to Ukraine with a budget of ¤100 billion for five years.

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When asked which language they speak at home, 12% of Ukrainians said they speak only Russian, while 59% said they speak only Ukrainian, according to a poll by the Sociological Group Rating published on April 4.

A similar survey conducted by Rating in 2022 showed that 18% of respondents spoke exclusively Russian at home. At the end of 2021, shortly before the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, 26% of respondents said they spoke only Russian at home.

The latest survey also showed that 28% of respondents said they speak a mix of both languages at home.

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Heeft ook een stukje symbolische waarde natuurlijk als ze die brug weten te vernietigen. Maar zoals je al zegt is het maar de vraag of het lukt.

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Trump suffers setbacks in efforts to shut down two of the criminal cases against him
Former President Donald Trump was dealt two major setbacks Thursday in his efforts to derail the criminal cases against him, with judges in the Georgia election interference case and in the federal classified documents case both rejecting bids by the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee to have those cases thrown out.

The judges in both cases have yet to decide other requests put forward by Trump seeking the dismissal of the Georgia and federal prosecutions, which were brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special counsel Jack Smith, respectively. But for now, the prospect of the cases eventually going before juries remains alive, and a trial in a third criminal prosecution against Trump – the 2016 campaign hush money case brought in New York – is on track to start this month.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 01:28 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Van een foto van vandaag zegt men dat er negen toestellen zouden staan. Maar al raken ze er maar drie is dat natuurlijk nog steeds een prima score.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 01:51 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Met meer dan 60 explosies hebben ze hopelijk een heleboel schade gedaan aan die vliegtuigen en de infrastructuur daar.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 00:26 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Het is Oekraïne al twee keer gelukt. Dat de Russen het ding steeds repareren is ook vooral propaganda.

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Ex-Adviser to Zelensky’s Office Arrested, Released on Bail
Artem Shylo, who had also worked for the SBU, is being held for two months on Hr.30 million ($770,000) bail.

The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday evening arrested former advisor to the President’s Office, Artem Shylo, for suspected involvement in a group that allegedly embezzled Hr. 94.7 million ($2.4 million).

The group allegedly charged Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) nearly twice the going rate for transformers.

Shylo had been detained on Tuesday, April 3, Kyiv Post sources in law enforcement said.

He was either to be held for two months in jail or released on Hr.30 million ($770,000) bail.

The press office of the court stated that he exercised his right to be released on bail. However, the court did not disclose who posted the bail. As a condition of his release, Shylo is prohibited from leaving the country and contacting other individuals involved in the criminal case."

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Engels, Saratov region of the Russian Federation -- explosions.

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Tragedy of 128th Brigade: Ukraine's Security Service claims Russia probably located unit by hacking into soldier's phone
The Ukrainian Security Service believes that the Russians obtained information about the date and location of the gathering of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade by hacking a soldier’s phone.

Source: Illia Vitiuk, Head of the Cyber-Security Department at the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), in an interview with Ukrinform

Quote: "Now, one of the main versions that explains how the attack was made possible is because of technological penetration. This case demonstrates how dangerous it is to use cyber weapons in military operations."

Details: According to Vitiuk, the Russians most likely gained access to the soldier’s messenger apps by distributing phishing messages.

"We found that one of the devices on which there was a Signal messenger received a message about a specific date and place of gathering of military personnel, where the missile struck later."

Background:
• On 4 November, Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that Russia had struck a group of soldiers of the 128th Brigade in a frontline village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast at 10:00 on 3 November. It was reported that more than 20 soldiers may have been killed. The soldiers were supposedly gathered in one place to be presented with awards in honour of Artillery Day.
• On the evening of 4 November, Defence Minister Rustem Umierov instructed the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defence to conduct a full investigation into the tragedy.
• A three-day mourning period was declared in Zakarpattia Oblast because of this strike.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that this tragedy could have been prevented. He stressed that an investigation is underway to provide the families of the deceased soldiers and society with honest answers as to how the tragedy occurred and whose orders were wrong.
• On 6 November, the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade based in Zakarpattia Oblast confirmed the deaths of 19 soldiers from a Russian attack during celebrations near the frontline on 3 November.

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Japanese Executive Found Dead in Moscow Hotel
AJapanese CEO has been found dead in a Moscow hotel room, the latest in a series of executive deaths in Russia.

Acquaintances of Jun Aoki, chairman of Yamaha Music in Russia, had notified police after not hearing from him for several days, according to Baza, a Russian-language Telegram channel with links to the country's security services.

Aoki's body was discovered Tuesday at the five-star Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow, formerly known as the Hotel Ukraina, on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, a major avenue in the Russian capital.

The preliminary cause of death has been listed as acute heart failure, according to Baza. He was 55 years old.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 07:13 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
Aoki joins a growing list of top executives who suddenly turned up dead in and around the Russian capital. Four of these deaths were high-ranking officials of Russia's second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, which called for a quick end to the war in Ukraine shortly after President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion in 2022. Vitaly Robertus, the energy giant's vice president, was found dead in what appeared to be a suicide.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 07:13 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 07:25 schreef sturmpie het volgende:

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die zie je veel in België
zit ook veel russisch geld in Brussel ?
gingen ze de rente gebruiken om wapens in te kopen ?
gaan ze het gehele tegoed gebruiken ?

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 07:58 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Het plan is inderdaad om de rente en andere inkomsten over de bevroren tegoeden te gebruiken voor Oekraïne. En 90 procent hiervan direct aan wapens.

En uiteindelijk willen ze de bevroren tegoeden gebruiken als pressiemiddel tegen Rusland voor herstelbetalingen wanneer de oorlog voorbij is.

Maar er zijn ook landen die gewoon de gehele 300 miljard nu al willen inzetten voor Oekraïne. Er wordt nog gekeken naar een legale basis hiervoor. Maar andere landen zijn hier erg huiverig over.

Er is al geschat dat het opnieuw opbouwen van Oekraïne, en ook het vergoeden van overige schade 500+ miljard gaat kosten. En hoe langer de oorlog duurt hoe meer dit zal worden natuurlijk.

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Bots!

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Bots!

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 10:36 schreef Straatcommando. het volgende:

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Alsof het een battlefield lobby is. Geweldig

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 11:54 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Wingsuits, grappling hooks 😱

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 11:57 schreef Straatcommando. het volgende:

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Grappling hooks was toch van Battlefield special forces ofzo?

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 11:57 schreef Straatcommando. het volgende:

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Grappling hooks was toch van Battlefield special forces ofzo?

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Uit dat gedrocht 2042,waar ze de classes vervangen hadden door 'specialists', waaronder 1 met een wingsuit en 1 met een grappling hook

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:01 schreef Straatcommando. het volgende:

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Die was best wel tof, met die enorme motherships. Was alleen niet echt populair

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:03 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Dat was 2142

2042 kwam 2 jaar geleden uit.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:07 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Vuige n3rds hier.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:25 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Weet de VS iets dat wij niet weten?

De Amerikaanse inlichtingendiensten waren heel accuraat over het begin van de oorlog in Oekraïne.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:25 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Weet de VS iets dat wij niet weten?

De Amerikaanse inlichtingendiensten waren heel accuraat over het begin van de oorlog in Oekraïne.

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Natuurlijk weten ze dat. De VS is de enige die er een beetje verstand van heeft. Wij Europa zijn direct van we slaan er vol op.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:32 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Natuurlijk weten ze dat. De VS is de enige die er een beetje verstand van heeft. Wij Europa zijn direct van we slaan er vol op.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:38 schreef zuchtje het volgende:

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Wij, samen met de VS, hebben al redelijk wat "large military aid" gestuurd. En andere Russische rode lijnen genegeerd. Zover ik weet heeft dit niet geleid tot een nuke op de VS. _{Maar je weet het maar nooit met die yanks. Misschien proberen ze de aanval onder de pet te houden}

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 13:14 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Die rode lijnen zijn alleen bekend bij Rusland en de VS, en onze inlichtingendiensten. Voor zo ver zijn er gen rode lijnen overschreden. Weet je nog dat Burns en Naryskin elkaar sparen in Instanboel?

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 13:14 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Die rode lijnen zijn alleen bekend bij Rusland en de VS, en onze inlichtingendiensten. Voor zo ver zijn er gen rode lijnen overschreden. Weet je nog dat Burns en Naryskin elkaar sparen in Instanboel?

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 13:32 schreef oheng het volgende:
De russen melden dat er 44 drones op Morozovsk werden afgestuurd.

Dus die hebben flink wat schade gedaan. En de hoeveelheid en bereik lopen alleen maar op.

Maar ook op de grond worden de verliezen ronduit belachelijk:

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ATP Geopolitics heeft een zeer goede samenvatting vandaag:

Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240405a): Pt 1 - Overnight & Other News

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Hungary: The Destabilizing Force for the EU

Tolerance, softness, and loyalty of the European politicians towards Russian agents in the EU will not lead to good. When the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, began not latently, but openly and actively to support Russian narratives and the rogue state, it was clear that Europe was plunging into a serious internal crisis, not because of the presence of Orbán, like a lousy sheep in the herd, but because of the inaction of the herd itself.

Now Viktor Orbán is entering a new level of destabilization of Europe, not just blocking initiatives to help Ukraine, but catalyzing and sponsoring a new war in Europe, in the Balkans. This week Viktor Orbán visits Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where he will hold a meeting with the President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik. Viktor Orbán will give Dodik 100 million euros, which he calls “investments in the social sphere”, but there is a nuance. Viktor Orbán is currently a mediator through which the funds for destabilizing the EU are transferred.

It is Milorad Dodik who blocks the issue of BiH joining the European Union, promotes the idea of splitting BiH, by supporting the exit of Respublika Srpska from BiH. The EU is deliberately introducing strengthened personal sanctions against Dodik, but Viktor Orban will block them in turn.

In fact, thanks to Viktor Orban, Euroskeptic sentiments and pro-Russian policies are now being financed, which, considering the tension in the region, may quickly turn into another bloody conflict in the Balkans. In turn, the next war in the Balkans may distract Europe from Ukraine, which is what the Russians are striving for.

Russia’s goal is to exclude Bosnia and Herzegovina from joining the EU, split it up, and provoke bloodshed. Thus, this is exactly what Viktor Orban is financing Dodik for.

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New Portuguese government supports Ukraine's accession to European Union
The new government of Portugal, headed by Luís Montenegro, supports Ukraine's accession to the EU.
This was stated by Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel at the end of the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, Ukrinform reported citing Euractiv.

“Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has given a clear signal that he is in favour of EU enlargement. This is something that I think needed to be clarified because Portugal had some hesitations, especially when it was being given candidate status last year,” said Rangel.

The minister recognised that the previous socialist government of ex-prime minister António Costa was “totally on Ukraine’s side”, but on the issue of enlargement “there was at least some hesitation there, which always created a margin of ambiguity”.

“Now there is no ambiguity,” he added.

As reported, on April 3, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the preparation of a bilateral security agreement with Portugal's Prime Minister Luís Montenegro.

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Is An Elite Russian Paratroop Division Still Elite When It Has 70-Year-Old T-55 Tanks?
That the 76th Guards Air Assault Division has no choice but to attack with T-55s should worry Russian leaders

Ukrainian drone operators surely couldn’t believe their eyes when they focused their cameras on a Russian assault group rolling toward Ukrainian lines outside Novopokrovka in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast on March 30.

It seemed the assault force included troops and vehicles from the Russian airborne corps’ 76th Guards Air Assault Division, a once-elite formation with better training and equipment than most Russian divisions.

But something was off. The tank leading the assault wasn’t a modern T-72 or T-90, previously the standard tanks of the 76th GAAD. No, it was a 1950s-vintage T-55 fitted with crude anti-drone armor.

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80% of Ukraine's thermal power infrastructure destroyed by Russia in recent weeks, PM Shmyhal says
Over six gigawatts of Ukrainian power grid capacity were destroyed by Russia's recent missile attacks, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said

In recent weeks, Russia has destroyed 80% of Ukrainian thermal power plants, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in an interview with ERR .

"Unfortunately, Russia continues its energy terror – in the last few weeks alone, the Russians have destroyed more than six gigawatts of our power grid <...> Unfortunately, over the last few weeks, Russia has destroyed 80% of thermal power plants," he stated.

According to the premier, this is both hydropower and coal power. The Russians continue to fire missiles at Ukrainian energy facilities, destroy transformers and generators.

Ukraine is cooperating with its allies, creating a decentralized energy supply system, Shmyhal added.

On the night of March 29, an air raid alert was announced in Ukraine: Russian troops launched Kinzhals and cruise missiles from the Tu-95MS. As a result, the Polish military reported the takeoff of its aircraft.

As a result of the attack, thermal and hydropower plants in the center and west of the country were damaged. In Cherkasy Oblast, the Russian forces launched a missile attack on an energy infrastructure facility. A children's camp and houses in Khmelnytskyi Oblast were also damaged due to the Russian attack.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Kaniv and Dniester HPPs were the deliberate targets of the Russian military, and the Russian Federation wants a repeat of the Kakhovka HPP environmental disaster.

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Ukraine resumes transportation of containers through Black Sea
A container ship entered one of the ports of Greater Odesa for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war

Ukraine resumed container transportation through the Black Sea. A container ship entered one of the ports of Greater Odesa for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war, the local outlet Dumska reported.

The pioneer was T Mare under the flag of Panama. It had already set out on its way back to Constanta.

So far, this is not a full-fledged specialized ship, but a so-called feeder, which makes charter flights between Constanta and the ports of Greater Odesa, the publication notes.

Until then, container transportation was carried out to a limited extent through the Danube ports of Odesa Oblast.

In mid-March, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yuriy Vaskov said that the first container shipments through the Ukrainian sea corridor could take place within two to three weeks.

In February, the Ukrainian sea corridor reached a record volume of export and import - 8 million tons, of which 60-65% fell on agricultural products, while the rest were ore, metals, import of fertilizers. The renewal of container and ferry transportation will add at least 20% to the volume of transportation, predicted Vaskov.

In January 2024, Ukraine reached a record during the large-scale invasion in terms of physical export volumes - 12 million tons of products, which is only 2 million tons less than in pre-war January 2022. Of these, 8.7 million tons were transported by sea. 6.3 million tons of cargo pass through the ports of Greater Odesa.

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South Korea handed over 70 ambulances to Ukraine


UKRAINE, Apr 05 — The South Korean government has provided Ukraine with 70 more ambulances for emergency medical care, reported the press service of the Ministry of Health.

“The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has received another 70 ambulances from the Korean government to provide emergency medical care during the war. Earlier, 30 ambulances had already been delivered to Ukraine,” the press service said.

Specialists will use the vehicles to assist patients who need additional life-sustaining measures during transportation to and between hospitals. The ambulances have the necessary equipment to provide life-saving assistance to patients during medical transportation.

According to the service, the Russian Federation destroyed, damaged, or seized more than 500 ambulances during the war.

In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the Russian army damaged 1,523 medical facilities and destroyed 195 more. Five hundred-two medical facilities have been fully restored, and another 362 partially restored.

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Russians found the legendary Azovets BMPT

Russians in the occupied territories found the buried remains of the famous prototype of the Azovets tank support fighting vehicle.

Footage of the vehicle was released by Russian propagandists.

Developed back in 2015 by the Azov engineering group, led by the former technical director of the country’s main armored enterprise – the Malyshev Plant, this vehicle was intended for participation in heavy urban battles.

However, the project did not succeed and disappeared from public space for years. Only now invaders found it buried in the occupied territories.

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Media: Identities confirmed of more than 50,000 Russians killed in Ukraine
The BBC's Russian service, along with the Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, confirmed on April 5 the identities of more than 50,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war.

The research, using open-source analysis, only cites those confirmed as being killed, thus almost certainly undercounting the real total. The BBC estimated the true figure likely surpasses 100,000.

The figure also does not include soldiers from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. According to the BBC's research, around 23,400 soldiers from Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts have been killed, bringing the total of confirmed deaths to close to 75,000.

At the end of March, Mediazona confirmed the identities of 49,281 Russian soldiers killed since February 2022.

Total estimates of Russia's casualties since the full-scale invasion vary widely.

In a joint study with independent Russian media outlet Meduza released in February 2024, Mediazona reported that at least 83,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in Russia's war.

President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed in February 2024 that 180,000 Russians had been killed in the war. He added that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers were also killed. Zelensky said that the exact number is unknown, and it would only be possible to find out once the territories occupied by Russia were liberated.

According to the BBC, at least 43% of those confirmed as being killed were not associated with the army before February 2022, adding that the total could be as high as 70%.

Among those confirmed as killed were the names of 101 conscripts, who are not allowed by law to fight abroad.

In total, the BBC said that 18% of those killed were prisoners, 13% were soldiers who joined voluntarily, and 12% were mobilized.

The highest proportion of deaths as a percentage of the population came from regions far from Moscow and St. Petersburg. The highest was from Tuva, a republic in southern Siberia, followed by Buryatia, also in Siberia, and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia's Arctic.

Tuva's population is overwhelmingly ethnic Tuvan, while Buryatia and Nenets have significant non-ethnic Russian populations.

There have been widespread claims that Russia is disproportionately mobilizing ethnic minorities to fight in Ukraine.

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Despite war fatigue, Ukrainian confidence in victory remains high at 88%
Despite the ongoing conflict and signs of war fatigue, a striking 88% of Ukrainians believe their nation will triumph over Russia, according to a nationwide survey conducted on Feb. 17-21 by the Ukrainian polling group Rating on behalf of the International Republican Institute (IRI).

While a robust 58% of participants are unequivocally sure of victory, another 30% lean strongly towards a positive result for Ukraine. Even as these numbers have slightly waned since the war's escalation, the sentiment of hope remains significantly potent, with 80% of respondents envisioning a brighter future for Ukraine.

"Our surveys consistently show that Putin cannot break the strong spirit of the Ukrainian people," said Stephen Nix, Senior Director of IRI Eurasia.

In terms of the conflict's potential duration, opinions vary: 37% anticipate a resolution within the next one to two years, 26% expect it to conclude within a year, and smaller percentages predict longer timeframes.

Only 3% are convinced that the war between Ukraine and Russia will never end.

Meanwhile, only 45% of Ukrainians remain optimistic about their country regaining its 1991 borders post-war with Russia.

The research was carried out across Ukrainian territories under government control, excluding Crimea, Donbas, and parts of southern Ukraine, using a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) methodology with randomly selected mobile numbers. A total of 2000 residents of Ukraine aged 18 and older were surveyed.

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Russians using "EW tanks" to storm positions.
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The Azov Brigade shows attacks on invaders near Terny

Soldiers of the Azov Brigade showed Russian armor and logistics destroyed in night attacks in the Kreminna sector.

The press service of the brigade released the video.

The 12th Azov Assault Brigade, which holds the frontline near the village of Terny in the Donetsk region, repels constant attacks of the Russian invaders.

The published video shows the destruction of 21 units of equipment. In particular, the drones neutralized 9 infantry fighting vehicles of various modifications, 2 ARVs, 3 MT-LBs, and three tracked vehicles that could not be identified. 5 trucks with infantry and ammunition were also hit.

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Ukrainian forces try to hold Russians back from stronghold in east

KYIV, April 5 (Reuters) - Fighting raged on Friday between Ukrainian and Russian forces near the town of Chasiv Yar, a Ukrainian stronghold in the east, but Kyiv denied that Moscow's troops had reached the suburbs.

Russian forces are inching forward in eastern Ukraine after capturing the bastion town of Avdiivka in February. Kyiv's soldiers are trying to dig in, facing long-term shortages of artillery shells with U.S. aid stuck in Congress.

Ukraine has needed the U.S. arms package for months in its fight with a much larger and better armed foe, and had hoped House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson would unveil an aid bill next week that would clear the Republican-controlled chamber.

But Republican infighting has created pressure to postpone it again.

A rapid Russian advance on Chasiv Yar, a heavily fortified town with a pre-war population of 12,200 situated west of the ruined, Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, would be a grim setback for Kyiv.

Russia controls around 18% of Ukrainian territory and has stepped up its long-range strikes on energy infrastructure in recent weeks, causing large-scale outages.

Russia's RIA news agency cited an official as saying Russian troops had entered the suburbs of the town, which Moscow sees as an important staging point for Kyiv's troops.

Andriy Zadubinnyi, spokesman for Ukraine's eastern military command said the report was untrue and that fighting continued. He told Reuters the situation was "tense".

On Thursday, Serhiy Chaus, the mayor, said the situation in Chasiv Yar was at its most difficult since Russia began its full-scale invasion more than two years ago, in comments broadcast by the Espreso TV channel.

RUSSIAN WARPLANES DESTROYED, UKRAINE SAYS

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukraine had managed to stabilise its positions and that "given the shortage of shells and a significant slowdown in supplies, these results are really good".

Zelenskiy has said Russia may mount a new offensive in late May or summer, but that Kyiv has a battle plan of its own.

As Ukraine has gone onto the defensive, it has deployed hundreds of long-range drones to attack targets deep inside Russia.

A Kyiv intelligence source told Reuters that Ukraine's SBU security service and military had attacked an air base at Morozovsk in the adjoining Rostov region, destroying six Russian warplanes.

Reuters could not independently verify the claim. The source did not say how the attack was conducted but said eight more warplanes had also been damaged.

Russia's RIA news agency cited the Russian defence ministry earlier as saying air defences had downed 53 Ukrainian drones overnight, most of them over the Rostov region.

The source said the air base had been used by Russian tactical bombers that had fired guided bombs at Ukraine.

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Minister Tsjechië: Rusland voert cyberaanvallen uit op Europees spoornetwerk
https://tweakers.net/nieu(...)es-spoornetwerk.html

Rusland heeft verschillende cyberaanvallen uitgevoerd op het Europese spoornetwerk. Dat claimt de Tsjechische minister van Transport. Het Kremlin zou daarmee de Europese infrastructuur willen destabiliseren.

Rusland heeft sinds het begin van de oorlog in Oekraïne 'duizenden pogingen' gedaan om het Europese spoornetwerk te ontregelen, vertelt de Tsjechische minister Martin Kupka in een interview met de Financial Times. Tsjechië heeft volgens hem ervaring met dergelijke hackpogingen. Rusland zou onder meer signaleringssystemen en de netwerken van de Tsjechische spoorwegmaatschappij České dráhy hebben aangevallen.

Er zouden ook Russische aanvallen gericht zijn op seinsystemen. Dergelijke cyberaanvallen kunnen, als ze succesvol zijn, ernstige ongelukken veroorzaken. Kupka zegt dat dit tot nu toe niet is gelukt. In het verleden is eerder bericht over Russische pogingen om de Europese energie-infrastructuur te destabiliseren, maar er werd minder gesproken over hackpogingen op het spoornetwerk, schrijft de FT.

Vorig jaar publiceerde het Europese cybersecurityagentschap Enisa al wel een rapport waarin dergelijke dreigingen werden besproken. Het agentschap waarschuwde toen dat spoorwegmaatschappijen vaker worden aangevallen, vooral vanwege de Russische inval in Oekraïne. Ook het Tsjechische agentschap voor Cybersecurity, Nukib, waarschuwde eerder voor een grote toename van het aantal cyberaanvallen.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 17:43 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Cyberaanval kun je je ook geen drol bij voorstellen eigenlijk tenzij het hele banksysteem in Nederland plat ligt en er geen transacties meer mogelijk zijn.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:08 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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De Friedrich Paulus Brigade 😱

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 15:31 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://kyivindependent.c(...)s-killed-in-ukraine/
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Dat zijn de daadwerkelijk bewezen en geïdentificeerde doden. Exclusief de soldaten uit de bezette gebieden Luhansk/Donetsk. En waarschijnlijk ook exclusief Wagner soldaten/andere huur soldaten maar daar wordt verder niet over gesproken. BBC Russia schat het totaal aantal doden op zeker 123.000 (inclusief alles).

Maar er zijn ongetwijfeld ook nog een hele hoop vermisten, waarvan de lichamen weg te liggen rotten op het slachtveld, of die nog ergens opgeslagen liggen omdat ze niet te identificeren zijn.

Het BBC artikel wat genoemd wordt:
https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/cd18939jnm3o

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 16:35 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Als iemand die ooit is afgestuurd in productietechniek durf ik wel te zeggen; 'Nee, dat is niet gevaarlijk, mits je een laag toerental, lage snijsnelheid en een lage voeding gebruikt'.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 18:37 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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The Russian army still has about 100 Su-35 multipurpose fighters, more than 100 Su-34 fighter-bombers, as well as seven A-50U long-range radar detection and guidance aircraft, reported the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense in response to a request from ArmyInform.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:14 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Het aantal Russische doden van 488.000, opgegeven door Oekraïne, ligt dichter bij de waarheid.

Ik schat dat er gemiddeld tussen de 500 en 1000 Russen per dag dood gaan op het slagveld.

Als er maar 100.000 Russen zijn omgekomen, dan zouden er geen mobilisatierondes zijn in Rusland.

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During the press conference on February 25, 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also specified that a total of 180,000 Russians have been killed in Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. With people injured or missing, it is up to 500,000 troops.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:20 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Dat is niet alleen maar doden, maar ook zwaargewonden die 488.000.

Al zeggen de Russische cijfers zelf dat ze zo'n 500.000 extra gehandicapten hadden vorig jaar.

https://war.ukraine.ua/fa(...)r-losses-in-ukraine/
What are the Russian death toll and other losses in Ukraine?
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As of March 1, 2024, Russian combat losses amount to 414,680 troops, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:14 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Als er maar 100.000 Russen zijn omgekomen, dan zouden er geen mobilisatierondes zijn in Rusland.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:19 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Dat is dus 6 vernietigd + 8 beschadigd op vliegveld nummer 1
3 beschadigd op vliegveld nummer 2
En 2 vernietigd op vliegveld nummer 3

Geen slecht nachtje dus: 8 vernietigd en 11 beschadigd is telling tot nu toe.

En dan nog iets van 30 doden waarvan mogelijk enkele piloten.

Dat is bijna 10 procent van hun luchtvloot als de telling van eerder deze week klopt.
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Al zie ik dat dat alleen om A-50Us, Su-35s en Su-34s gaat.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:30 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Doden:gewonden verhouding is normaal gesproken 1:2.

Tegenwoordig ligt dat rond 1:1 door precisiebombardementen.

Die 500.000 was in één jaar. Dus sinds het begin van de oorlog ligt dat op.1 miljoen. Dus een half miljoen doden is zeker mogelijk.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 18:37 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:35 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Als die site het verschil niet weet tussen een Tu-22 en een Tu-95 heb ik er alvast niet heel veel vertrouwen in...

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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De kans dat alle beschadigde toestellen snel weer kunnen vliegen acht ik niet heel hoog. Ze zullen zeker uit elkaar moeten worden geschroefd.
Maar het veroorzaakt nog een probleem: Vliegvelden binnen 500 km van Kyiv zijn overduidelijk zeer kwetsbaar voor dit soort aanvallen. Snel bunkers bouwen zal geen optie zijn. En die hele zware bommen doen dan weer wat met het bereik van een Su-34. Die worden er ook niet wendbaarder op. Wat doe je dan? Het risico nemen dat ze op de grond worden gepakt, of trek je ze nog verder terug? Al met al is het nogal kut voor de Russen.
Bommenwerpers gebruiken om kruisraketten van ver in Rusland af te schieten is dan nog een optie. Maar heb je daar wat aan voor close air support?

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:
En als jij het niet weet tussen een Tu-22 en een Tu-22M zegt dat ook wel wat.

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Offtopic

Worden mensen hier stiekum fitgemaakt voor het leger?
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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:41 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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De M3 als je het nog preciezer wil hebben ouwe.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Maar da's een upgrade. Maar de Tu-22 is echt een ander toestel. De Tu-22M zou eigenlijk Tu-26 genoemd worden maar politieke redenen en blablabla.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 20:14 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Alsof ik dat niet weet... Maar ik zal het voortaan wel over Backfire, Bear en Blinder hebben.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:41 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Dat zijn squats. Maar zou mij niks verbazen als er stiekem een lijstje wordt bijgehouden met de mensen die hun hand er niet voor omdraaien. Als het ook nog etnische minderheden zijn des te beter.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 20:22 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Als Oekraïne zo doorgaat kun je de Badger ook wel gaan noemen denk ik.

Russian Paratroops Jump From Wing Of Tupolev TB-3 (1937)

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 14:26 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Hoe vaak doe jij wel iets niet zeggen en doen alsof het de feiten zijn?

Hilarisch hoe veel zelfkennis je hebt.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 13:14 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Die rode lijnen zijn alleen bekend bij Rusland en de VS, en onze inlichtingendiensten. Voor zo ver zijn er gen rode lijnen overschreden. Weet je nog dat Burns en Naryskin elkaar sparen in Instanboel?

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Dat de Iver Huitfeldt de aanval succesvol zou afslaan, was die nacht nog helemaal niet zo zeker. Volgens het bericht van de commandant dat Olfi publiceerde, zorgde een issue tussen de Nederlandse APAR-radar en het Deense C-FLEX Combat Management Systeem (CMS) dat het schip de ESSM-raketten niet kon lanceren. De problemen zouden zijn veroorzaakt door een "token issue", maar de exacte oorzaak was niet bekend. De problemen hielden een half uur aan.

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Bij de inzet van het kanon kwamen andere problemen aan het licht. De Iver Huitfeldt heeft op de bak twee Oto Melara 76mm-kanons (hetzelfde kanon als de Nederlandse M-fregatten en patrouilleschepen hebben). Ongetwijfeld tot schrik van de bemanning ontplofte de helft van de granaten al vrij snel na het verlaten van de loop. "Zonder enig effect te hebben op de vijandelijke doelen", stelt het bericht.

"Alle granaten in de standaard oorlogsuitrusting zijn meer dan 30 jaar oud, ze zijn geretrofit [achteraf voorzien van] met een '2005 proximity fuze' [ontsteker die de granaat vlakbij het doel moet laten ontploffen], die ongeschikt blijkt voor een daadwerkelijk gevecht", schreef de commandant.

De Oto Melara Compact heeft een vuursnelheid van 85 schoten per minuut en de Super Rapid haalt 120 schoten per minuut. Het schip heeft twee kanons en de dreiging bestond uit steeds één drone. Waarschijnlijk slaagde het schip er daardoor in om de aanval ondanks dat de helft van de granaten niet eens in de buurt van het doel kwam, af te slaan.

De commandant benadrukte wel dat het schip heel veel munitie nodig heeft om doelen uit te schakelen en snel door de munitievoorraad heen zal zijn. Ook meldde hij dat dit de "effectiviteit in het gevecht ernstig vermindert en ook de overlevingskansen van het schip worden gereduceerd".

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 12:32 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Natuurlijk weten ze dat. De VS is de enige die er een beetje verstand van heeft. Wij Europa zijn direct van we slaan er vol op.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:02 schreef Glazenmaker het volgende:
https://marineschepen.nl/(...)iet-goed-020424.html

Kleine overstap naar een andere oorlog, maar dit zijn toch wel angstaanjagende taferelen. Dit verwacht je bij onze Russische vrienden, maar niet bij een modern Europees schip en het is niet eens het enige EU schip dat een modderfiguur heeft geslagen op de Rode Zee.
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Wat hier redelijk als understatement staat is volgens andere bronnen echt vlak na verlaten van de loop.

Die 2% norm halen is nog maar de start van wat nodig is om de EU ook maar een beetje klaar te maken op eigen benen te staan.

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The USAF MQ-9 was targeted by the German frigate Hessen as the drone was conducting a mission for Operation Prosperity Guardian, the U.S.-led maritime operation that is protecting international shipping from Houthi attacks, a U.S. official said.

The German ship fired two missiles at the MQ-9, but they missed the drone. “The UAV did not receive damage and continued its mission,” according to a U.S. defense official.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:10 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Dat is natuurlijk niet vreemd aangezien wij naast die misdadige barbaren leven.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:13 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Tsja, hetzelfde als de Duitsers (met nb. een luchtverdedigingsfregat) die per ongeluk 2 SM-2's richting een MQ-9 stuurden en gewoon misten...
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Dat ze er op schoten is al heel knullig maar dat ze dan ook nog een keer een MQ-9 niet weten te raken met 2 SM-2's is helemaal te triest voor woorden...

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 21:53 schreef polderturk het volgende:
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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:10 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Dat is natuurlijk niet vreemd aangezien wij naast die misdadige barbaren leven.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:25 schreef Glazenmaker het volgende:
Ze zijn er ook achter gekomen dat de munitie voor het kanon van dat schip niet meer gemaakt wordt.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 19:14 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Het aantal Russische doden van 488.000, opgegeven door Oekraïne, ligt dichter bij de waarheid.

Ik schat dat er gemiddeld tussen de 500 en 1000 Russen per dag dood gaan op het slagveld.

Als er maar 100.000 Russen zijn omgekomen, dan zouden er geen mobilisatierondes zijn in Rusland.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:34 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Is dat zo? Dan mag de KM ook wel eens op zoek gaan naar een vervanger aangezien bijna de complete vloot uitgerust is met de Oto-Melara 76...

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:58 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Het grootste vliegtuig ter wereld, de Antonov AN-124 is vandaag op vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen geland.

Vet man.

https://www.ad.nl/gilze-e(...)-dat-eruit~affff5df/

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:34 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Is dat zo? Dan mag de KM ook wel eens op zoek gaan naar een vervanger aangezien bijna de complete vloot uitgerust is met de Oto-Melara 76...

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:30 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Als je geleidt wordt door emotie ja. Altijd dat emo gedrag. Met COVID ook al. Zou hier gewoon neutraal naar kijken zoals iemand als Rob de Wijk.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:41 schreef Glazenmaker het volgende:

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https://www.zdf.de/nachri(...)tion-drohne-100.html excuus het gat volgens mij om de raketten die ze niet meer maken. Mn Duits is niet zo best.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 22:58 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Het grootste vliegtuig ter wereld, de Antonov AN-124 is vandaag op vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen geland.

Vet man.


https://www.ad.nl/gilze-e(...)-dat-eruit~affff5df/

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 23:18 schreef AchJa het volgende:

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Ah okee, ik schrok al...

Maar goed, de SM-2 is wel het primaire wapen van onze LCF'en dus rapidos de SM-3 aanschaffen!

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 23:22 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

Was toch al gezegd dat dat niet ging gebeuren?

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 23:08 schreef Starhopper het volgende:

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Nu de storingen zijn opgelost van de 2e handsjes is er geen munitie voor de vervangende kanonnen? Wie bedenkt zoiets?

NWS / Kanonnen marine (gekocht bij maker van fyra) hebben ernstige storingen

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 23:22 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Was toch al gezegd dat dat niet ging gebeuren? Misschien de Belgen.

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Op vrijdag 5 april 2024 23:08 schreef Starhopper het volgende:

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Nu de storingen zijn opgelost van de 2e handsjes is er geen munitie voor de vervangende kanonnen? Wie bedenkt zoiets?

NWS / Kanonnen marine (gekocht bij maker van fyra) hebben ernstige storingen

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Op zaterdag 6 april 2024 00:52 schreef Cilantro het volgende:
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Prima avondje.

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Op zaterdag 6 april 2024 00:02 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Als je van een product er een handje vol per jaar verkoopt, zonder langlopende contracten, dan trek je er vanzelf de stekker uit. Ik denk dat dit hier gebeurd is.

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Op zaterdag 6 april 2024 01:08 schreef oheng het volgende:

En er waren in heel Oekraine 67 luchtaanvallen in totaal vandaag, wat redelijk normaal is.

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Op zaterdag 6 april 2024 02:21 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Dat zal best. Maar of het een goed idee is vliegtuigen binnen bereik van de drones te laten staan is wel een agendapuntje voor de volgende vergadering denk ik.

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Norway does not rule out deployment of troops to Ukraine, says Foreign Minister
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has stated that in the long term, he would not rule out the deployment of troops to Ukraine, although there are currently no such plans.

Source: Espen Barth Eide in an interview with European Pravda

The minister noted that the discussions regarding the potential deployment of Western troops to Ukraine were not actually about combat units for direct confrontation with Russian forces, but rather about support, training, military advisors, and so on.

"We have no current plans to send troops. I don't think many countries have. But on the other hand, in the very long run I don't think we should rule out anything in principle," said Eide.

He said that NATO wants to support Ukraine to a level where Ukraine succeeds and Russia suffers defeat.

"But there is no desire to be a direct party to the war, because that could lead to a world war which we don't want to see," the minister stated.

Background:
• In March, French President Emmanuel Macron said that he had not ruled out the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine in the future. He later added that these remarks, which caused an uproar, had been carefully thought through.
• Later, commenting on the idea, Macron emphasised that French forces would not engage in an offensive against the Russian Federation in such a scenario.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that Poland had no intention of directly participating in combat in Ukraine.

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NATO Not Planning to Train Soldiers Inside Ukraine but Tensions with Russia Rising
Meanwhile, NATO considering supporting Ukraine with a five-year ¤100 billion fund.

At the Alliance’s next meeting, NATO officials are not planning to discuss member-states training Ukrainian servicemembers inside Ukraine’s borders, despite an invitation from Kyiv’s Foreign Minister and ensuing speculation, according to a report Friday, April 5 from the Ukrainian news site European Pravda.

“At the moment, this is not on the agenda,” an unnamed NATO official tells European Pravda. “And let me add that there are currently no plans to send troops to Ukraine in any shape or form,” the official is reported saying.

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The defense is strengthened with 600 billion. This is the shopping list
The government will double defense budgets in twelve years. - A historic boost, says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap). Here you can read how the government wants to strengthen the Armed Forces.

The long-term plan is an enormous investment in the Armed Forces, which will obviously push aside other ventures with taxpayers' money.

In twelve years, defense budgets will almost double compared to today. In total, the Norwegian Armed Forces will be strengthened by NOK 600 billion.

The government justifies this with great uncertainty and Russia's invasion of another neighboring country, Ukraine.

- It is a historic boost for the Norwegian armed forces, says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap).

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Op zaterdag 6 april 2024 04:20 schreef Elizium het volgende:
Rusland red dit niet tot winter 24/25

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Mercenaries of Wagner PMC recruit men in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to be sent to Africa
Russian private military companies are recruiting Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to be sent to Africa.

The National Resistance Center of Ukraine reported on this.

It is reported that the so-called Wagner Private military company has launched a large-scale recruitment campaign for men aged 22 to 50.

They are promised salaries of 240 thousand rubles if they sign a contract for six months.

In addition to participating in combat operations, mercenaries will have to work at mining facilities.

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Slovakia: pro-western diplomat contests Russia-friendly politician for presidency
Polls show Ivan Korčok and Peter Pellegrini, an ally of prime minister Robert Fico, neck-and-neck before Saturday’s runoff

A pro-western diplomat and a politician accused of promoting Russia-friendly talking points will face off in a nailbiting presidential runoff in Slovakia on Saturday, amid fears the country is sliding away from the west.

Ivan Korčok, a former foreign minister, and Peter Pellegrini, the speaker of parliament who is backed by Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, are neck-to-neck in the polls.

Since coming back to power late last year, Fico has pursued a foreign policy more friendly towards Moscow and begun targeting independent institutions at home, sparking anger and protests.

The government’s critics say the election is key because the future office holder can act as a check on Fico and stem the tide of democratic backsliding.

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Serhii: Soldiers of the 60th Ingulets Brigade hit a Russian tank with your drone with homing, then hit an infantry fighting vehicle with an ordinary drone

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Doctors Without Borders says office in Donetsk Oblast 'bombed and completely destroyed'

^{An employee of Doctors Without Borders' office in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, stands in front of the office's destroyed building after an overnight attack on April 5, 2024. (Doctors Without Borders/Facebook)}

Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization that provides help in conflict zones, reported on April 5 that its office in Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast was "bombed and completely destroyed."

Settlements in the Ukraine-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast, such as Pokrovsk, suffer from daily Russian attacks due to their proximity to the front line. Heavy fighting continues in Donetsk Oblast as Russia seeks to occupy the entire region.

The organization's office in Pokrovsk, around 50 kilometers northwest of the Russian-occupied regional capital, Donetsk, came under attack at about 3 a.m. local time, Doctors Without Borders said on Facebook.

The office's employees were not wounded, but five local residents who were nearby at the time suffered injuries, according to the report.

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Russian programmer sentenced to seven years for donating to Navalny’s organisation

^{Alexey Malyarevsky picketing outside the Kremlin. Photo: SOTAvision}

A Russian programmer was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for donating to Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK).

Alexey Malyarevsky was found guilty of “participation in an extremist community” and “financing extremism”, Mediazona reported.

Malyarevsky, who had lived for five years in the Czech Republic but returned to Russia last year, was accused of donating $150 to FBK, which was declared extremist by the Russian government in 2021.

A source told Mediazona that Malyarevsky had been beaten by the police during a search of his apartment and forced to unlock his phone, which is how the police managed to get access to his bank account data.

According to Mediazona, the prosecutor scolded Malyarevsky for “donating money to the opposition rather than to elderly people or orphans”.

On his return from Czechia, Malyarevsky held a picket near the Kremlin in September, bearing a poster that said “Freedom to Navalny, freedom for political prisoners.” He was briefly detained without a record in his file, but then remanded in custody on “financing extremism” charges in October.

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Going to war for dental treatment
Many Ukrainian refugees in Great Britain cannot even get a dentist appointment in an emergency. They travel to Kiev or Dnipro for treatment. Does your example also set a precedent among the British?

Anyone who has ever had tooth root pain can perhaps imagine what Natalia Negreba had to go through: It was "unbearable," says the 36-year-old . She took ibuprofen and paracetamol every day - it didn't help enough. "The pain just wouldn't go away." What Negreba didn't get: a dentist appointment. At least not one that cost them less than 800 British pounds.

So she took a low-cost airline to Poland , a bus across the border to Ukraine - and then the train to Dnipro in the east of the country, not far from the front. Today the pain is gone. "If I have another problem with my teeth, I'll have it treated again in Ukraine," she told the BBC.

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Two foreigners detained in Odesa for leaking data on AFU deployment to Russians
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained two foreigners in Odesa, agents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), who were passing data on the location of the Defense Forces in the region to the enemy.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the SBU.

The special service thwarted a new attempt by Russian invaders to inflict fire on the locations of the Defense Forces in Odesa region. Among the main targets of the aggressor were the headquarters of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern direction.

СБУ затримала двох іноземців-агентів ф�б, �кі готували ракетний удар по штабу Сил оборони

"To carry out the hostile task, the FSB engaged two of its agents, citizens of one of the South Caucasus countries who lived in Odesa," the statement said.

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WHO Reports Increased Russian Attacks on Ukrainian Ambulances and Medical Facilities

Since the beginning of 2024, the Russians have been attacking Ukrainian emergency medical services more frequently.

The World Health Organization has released the relevant statistics.

The organization notes that ambulance workers and other personnel servicing health transport in Ukraine face a risk of injury and death 3 times higher than that of other healthcare service workers.

In addition, they note that the number of Russian attacks has increased and amounted to 68 attacks in the first quarter of 2024.

Approximately 12 of 68 attacks—almost 20%—targeted emergency medical services.

It also includes 9 attacks targeting emergency medical aid base stations, 7 attacks resulting in damage to ambulances, and 6 attacks affecting assets and emergency medical aid equipment.

This grim number underscores the pressure on the Ukrainian healthcare system,” stated Dr. Jarno Habicht, WHO Representative in Ukraine.

In 3 of these 12 attacks, 4 health workers were injured, and 2 health professionals were killed.

This information shows a casualty rate nearly 3 times higher than for other healthcare services during the same period.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is unclear about why Russia is targeting healthcare facilities and emergency medical services.

Militarnyi previously reported that Finland had donated six modern ambulances and associated medical equipment to Ukraine.

The vehicles are equipped with all the necessary equipment to save the lives of civilians and soldiers in the east of Ukraine.

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Leader of Dutch far-right PVV abandons idea of leaving EU - Bloomberg
The leader of the Dutch far-right PVV (Freedom Party) Geert Wilders, whose party won the early parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, has abandoned the idea of leaving the European Union and instead intends to promote the country's interests in the community.
This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to Bloomberg.