Oorlog in Oekraïne #958 Chasiv Yar

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Op dinsdag 9 april 2024 21:05 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
Voor de mensen die de context niet wisten:
https://www.brusselstimes(...)an-tourist-in-europe
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Het deporteren terug naar Rusland was succesvol en ze kwam er al snel achter hoe goed ze het eigenlijk wel niet had in Europa. En hoe slecht in Rusland. Blijkbaar zo slecht dat ze haar uitvlucht in porno moest zoeken daar haar inkomsten vanuit social media ophielden met bestaan door de sancties/verbod erop volgens mij.

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Iets zegt mij dat ze er nu spijt van heeft.

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Op dinsdag 9 april 2024 21:05 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
Voor de mensen die de context niet wisten:
https://www.brusselstimes(...)an-tourist-in-europe
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Het deporteren terug naar Rusland was succesvol en ze kwam er al snel achter hoe goed ze het eigenlijk wel niet had in Europa. En hoe slecht in Rusland. Blijkbaar zo slecht dat ze haar uitvlucht in porno moest zoeken daar haar inkomsten vanuit social media ophielden met bestaan door de sancties/verbod erop volgens mij.

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Iets zegt mij dat ze er nu spijt van heeft. Al lees ik wel dat het porno verhaal mogelijk niet waar is. En eerst dacht ik dat de volgende website een Russische versie was van wikipedia. Maar op de startpagina ervan wordt geadverteerd met "freedom of Russia". Dus zo te zien is het juist een oppositie website.

https://ruscist.com/wiki/(...)B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0

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Former Minister in Occupied Crimea Imprisoned for Bribery Applies to Fight for Russia in Ukraine
A former minister in Russian-occupied Crimea serving a 10-year sentence for bribery said she has applied to take part in Russia’s war in Ukraine and is awaiting official Kremlin approval.

Vera (Arina) Novoselskaya, former minister of culture in occupied Crimea who is serving a 10-year sentence in Moscow for bribery, has applied to fight for Russia in Ukraine in a likely bid for a potential pardon.

According to a Moscow Public Monitoring Commission representative who visited Novoselskaya in prison, she submitted the application three months ago and “[hoped] that it will be considered in the near future,” as reported by Russian state media TASS.

Maria Botova, a member of the commission, also told TASS that Novoselskaya “spoke very positively about the detention center staff” who made an effort to “make the prison look as little like a prison as possible.”

Kyiv Post is unable to independently verify the authenticity of Botova’s statements on behalf of Novoselskaya.

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Drones attacked a Russian aviation training center

In Russia, combat drones attacked an aviation training center in Voronezh region.

It is also reported that drones hit the main production hall of the aircraft factory.

According to the ASTRA Telegram channel, citing sources, on the night of April 9, two drones attacked an aviation training center.

Russian pilots were being trained at this training center. Both drones hit the target and exploded.

No information has been reported on the damage or fatalities at this time.

A video of the drone attack on the aviation training center was published online.

Earlier it was reported that drones attacked a Russian factory for assembling kamikaze drones.

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Two drones attack aviation training center in Russia's Voronezh Oblast
The Chkalov aviation training center on the outskirts of the city of Borisoglebsk in Russia's Voronezh Oblast was attacked by two drones overnight, the Russian Telegram channel Astra wrote on April 9, adding that no casualties were reported.

Both drones exploded, causing damage to the facade and the windows of the building, Astra claimed.

According to open source intelligence, the base is home to the 160th Training Aviation Regiment which flies Su-25 and Yak-130 jets of the 786th Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.

This follows an earlier report by the regional governor, Alexander Gusev. He claimed that the local air defense and electronic warfare systems had detected and intercepted an aircraft-type drone over the oblast.

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Op dinsdag 9 april 2024 22:39 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Het is eigenlijk van de zotte dat men hier niet eerder is mee begonnen. De problemen met luchtverdediging duren nu al ruim een jaar.

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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, American journalist turned Ukraine Army Sergeant

My greatest badge of victory against the Russians was to be officially sanctioned by them

The story of an American from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, who came to Ukraine as a journalist at the outset of the full-scale invasion before joining the ranks of the country’s Defense Forces in 2022 as a combat medic, gained quite a lot of publicity on social media. During her service she switched from the frontlines to the infowar battlefield where she would brazenly call out Russian propagandists, using an exaggerated version of herself for this persona. Sarah sparked outrage in the Russian establishment by outrageously mocking the Kremlin. As it turns out, it was all part of a sophisticated special information operation that received high praise from strategic communications experts and Ukraine’s security forces.

In an interview with Ukrinform, Sarah spoke of what was going on behind the scenes of her daring and rather controversial project, and shared her thoughts on the best strategy for waging an information war against a highly-skilled adversary with an unlimited psyops budget.

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Romania builds Europe's largest rail grain terminal to aid Ukraine, providing vital export route
Transshipment terminal for agricultural products near Suceava is to become a strategic hub on the route to the port of Constanta

The Grampet group of companies, the leader in private rail freight transport in Romania, has completed the construction of a transshipment terminal for agricultural products, which will become a strategic hub on the route to the port of Constanta, reported Forbes Romania.

The volume of investments in the creation of a new complex is 10 million euros. The capacity of the terminal allows processing 240,000 tons of grain and other agricultural products per month.

Located in Dornești (Suceava County), on the border with Ukraine, the complex is the first terminal managed by Grup Feroviar Român and the fifth for the Grampet Group.

With a maximum design capacity of 3 million tons, the complex is equipped with a wagon loading station (128 m long) and an unloading station (120 m long), which allow simultaneous loading/unloading of eight wagons.

The capacities are similar to terminals in sea and river ports, which makes it possible to transport products without loss of quality and with a maximum productivity of 500 tons per hour.

"Romania plays an important role in the work of the solidarity lanes created by the EU member states to facilitate the transportation of goods from Ukraine. After the start of the war, the railway operators of the Grampet Group made a significant contribution to the establishment of traffic and the restoration of the main corridors on the North-South axis, providing the transportation of more than 1 5 million tons of cargo from Ukraine," said Gruia Stoica, president of Grampet Group.

The investor says that the complex in Dornești is the largest transshipment terminal for agricultural products in Europe. It is going to be opened immediately after the end of the test period.

At the beginning of March 2024, the construction of the multimodal transport terminal Fishka Nov started in Chernivtsi Oblast on the border with Romania. It will accept wagons from the Ukrainian gauge with a width of 1520 mm and reload them into wagons with a European gauge of 1435 mm.

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Exclusive - Russia seeks gasoline from Kazakhstan in case of shortages, sources say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has asked Kazakhstan to stand ready to supply it with 100,000 tons of gasoline in case of shortages exacerbated by Ukrainian drone attacks and outages, three industry sources told Reuters.

One of the sources said a deal on using reserves for Russia has already been agreed.

Russian and Kazakhstan's energy ministries did not immediately reply to requests for comments.

Neighbouring Belarus has already agreed to help Russia with gasoline supply.

Drone attacks had knocked out some 14% of Russian primary oil refining capacity as of end-March. So far authorities have said the situation on domestic fuel markets is stable and stockpiles large enough.

Russia is usually a net exporter of fuel and a supplier to international markets but the refinery disruptions have forced its oil companies to import.
The sources said Moscow asked Kazakhstan to set up an emergency reserve of 100,000 metric tons of gasoline ready to supply to Russia.

Moscow imposed a gasoline export ban for six months from March 1 to prevent acute fuel shortages, although it does not apply to the Moscow-led Eurasian economic union, including Kazakhstan, as well as some countries, such as Mongolia, with which it has inter-government deals on fuel supplies.

However, traders said the ban could be widened if the situation in Russia worsens.

Last week, the Orsk oil refinery in the Urals halted production due to widespread floods, which also affected Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan, the world's largest land-locked country, has also restricted fuel exports until the end of the year, apart from for humanitarian purposes.

According to the sources, Kazakhstan's reserves of Ai-92 gasoline stood at 307,700 tons as of April 5 and Ai-95 gasoline stockpiles at 58,000 tons. Diesel reserves were 435,300 tons and jet fuel inventories totalled 101,000 tons.

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Russian pilots "lose" FAB-1500 bomb over occupied Yenakiieve and hit grocery store. VIDEO
A Russian FAB-1500 bomb fell on a grocery store in occupied Yenakiieve, Donetsk region.

According to Censor.NET, a video posted on social media shows that the munition did not detonate

"Russians dropped a FAB-1500 bomb on a shop in the occupied city of Yenakiieve. It did not detonate," the commentary to the video reads.

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Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Norwegian Ex-Politician

Russia has issued an arrest warrant for a former Norwegian politician who currently serves as a medic in the Ukrainian military, the state-run news agency TASS reported Tuesday, citing law enforcement agencies.

“Sandra Andersen Eira, a Norwegian woman from the International Legion of Ukraine, has been placed on an international wanted list as part of a criminal investigation into the participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict,” TASS’ source was quoted as saying.

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ruled to place Eira in pre-trial detention in absentia for two months.

She is among nearly 400 people being sought as “foreign mercenaries” by Russia, according to an Interior Ministry database of wanted persons obtained by the independent news website Mediazona earlier this year.

Eira, who served in the representative body of the Sami people of Norway between 2017 and 2021, enlisted as a combat medic with the Ukrainian military shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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Ukrainian intelligence officers are looking for Bastion missile systems with Zircon missiles in Crimea

Ukrainian intelligence officers are actively searching for Bastion missile systems with Zircon missiles in occupied Crimea.

Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said that local residents are involved in this process, and they can submit information about the detected missile systems to the eVorog chatbot.

According to Fedorov, Russians launch Zircon missiles, which reach Ukrainian cities in minutes, from the Bastion missile systems, and they have already attacked the Kyiv region at least twice.

“According to Ukrainian intelligence, the Russians are trying to penetrate the air defense with Zircon missiles. Zircon missiles are launched using Bastion systems from different parts of Crimea,” Mykhailo Fedorov said.

Fedorov asked Crimean residents to provide any information about the systems: missile launch sites, storage locations, missile storage sites, refueling stations, and information about operators.

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EU sends emergency aid to Ukraine after further attacks on energy infrastructure
Following a series of targeted missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure by Russia over the past weeks, Ukraine's power supply has suffered significant damage. Responding to this crisis, the EU has swiftly mobilised emergency energy assistance which is on its way to Ukraine.

In response to Ukraine's call for assistance, Austria, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands have offered 157 power generators in various sizes via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. To further strengthen Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the EU has also deployed 10 large capacity power generators (1MW) from its own strategic rescEU stockpiles, with a financial value of ¤3.57 million. Each of these powerful 1MW generators has the capacity to supply electricity to a medium-sized hospital under emergency conditions.

Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, said: “Russia's plan to bomb Ukraine into darkness will not succeed. The EU is working around the clock to sustain power supply in Ukraine. We are mobilising a new batch of generators to Ukraine from our rescEU reserves, which have already proved to be a critical tool in responding to urgent needs in war-torn Ukraine. This underscores the importance of preparedness in efficient crisis response. I also thank Austria, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands for their immediate offers of generators to Ukraine via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.”

The EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre is in close contact with the Ukrainian authorities on the ground to provide further aid as necessary.

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Moscow Marjorie’: Republican accuses Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric
Former congressman Ken Buck says Marjorie Taylor Greene gets ‘her talking points from the Kremlin’ when opposing Ukraine aid

The far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ungovernable and should be known as “Moscow Marjorie”, said a former Republican colleague in the US House, accusing Greene of “getting her talking points from the Kremlin” when opposing new federal aid for Ukraine.

“My experience with Marjorie is people have talked to her about not filing articles of impeachment on President Biden before he was sworn into office, not filing articles of impeachment that were groundless based on other individuals in the Biden administration,” Ken Buck, a Colorado rightwinger who left Congress last month, told CNN.

“She was never moved by that. She was always focused on her social media account. And ‘Moscow Marjorie’ is focused now on this Ukraine issue and getting her talking points from the Kremlin and making sure she is popular and she is getting a lot of coverage.”

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Russia to investigate US and NATO officials for ‘financing terrorism’
Russian investigators have opened a criminal case against unnamed “US and NATO officials” they suspect of “financing terrorism”.

The Russian Investigative Committee claimed on Tuesday that funds transferred through commercial organisations, “in particular the oil and gas company Burisma Holdings, operating in Ukraine”, had been used to “carry out terrorist attacks” both in Russia and abroad.

Following last month’s Moscow concert hall attack, several Russian lawmakers and public figures, including former presidential candidate Nikolay Kharitonov, called on the Investigative Committee to investigate “terrorist activity by the US, Ukraine and other Western states against Russia”.

These statements align with the Russian government’s repeatedly stated belief that the West was somehow involved in the Crocus City Hall attack. Kharitonov said on his Telegram channel in March that “the US and its allies are carrying out terror attacks on Russian territories at the hands of the Islamic State terrorist group and the Ukrainian security services”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down on these claims last week, arguing that Russia could “hardly be an object of attack by Islamic fundamentalists” as the country was “a unique example of interfaith and interethnic unity”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously condemned the Kremlin’s attempts to exploit the Moscow concert hall attack for its own political ends, and accused Putin of attempting to “turn such a situation to his personal advantage”.

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Ukrainian Drones Autonomously Target and Destroy Russian SAM Fleet

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) effectively deployed drones equipped with target auto-acquisition capabilities against the invaders’ air defense systems.

SSU released a video showcasing these drones autonomously locking onto targets and successfully striking them.

Operators were able to target Russian BUK and TOR systems using these drones.

Before the strikes, reconnaissance and target adjustment were likely conducted by Shark drones.

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David Cameron seemingly fails in bid to persuade Trump on Ukraine aid
In trip to Mar-a-Lago, British foreign secretary urged ex-president to recognise US interest in not rewarding Putin for land seizure

David Cameron’s attempt to persuade Donald Trump to permit the US Congress to push through $60bn in military aid for Ukraine appears to have failed, after the British foreign secretary was not even granted a meeting with congressional speaker Mike Johnson, who could in theory put the package to a vote.

Johnson instead found himself assailed by the hard-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who renewed her threats of a snap vote to remove him from office for even countenancing a vote.

At a private dinner in Trump’s Florida base, Mar-a-Lago, Cameron had urged Trump to recognise that it was in the US’s interest that Vladimir Putin not be rewarded for seizing land from Ukraine. He also insisted that by the time of a Nato summit in Washington this July, plans would be in place for every Nato member to reach or pass the target of defence spending. He was hoping Trump would signal a change of course at least by easing the path to him meeting Johnson.

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U.S. announces $138 million in emergency military sales of Hawk missile systems support for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has greenlighted an emergency $138 million in foreign military sales for Ukraine to provide critical repairs and spare parts for Kyiv’s Hawk missile systems.

The U.S. announced the move Tuesday saying that Ukraine has an urgent need for the maintenance support to keep the missile system running.

The announcement follows a similar, small-sized round of $300 million in munitions support the Pentagon announced last month after it was able to convert contract savings to be able to offset the cost of providing the aid. Both the State and Defense Departments have been looking for ways to continue to get Ukraine support while a $60 billion Ukraine aid package remains stalled in Congress.

The HAWK is a medium range surface-to-air missile system that provides air defense, which is one of Ukraine’s top security needs.

“Ukraine has an urgent need to increase its capabilities to defend against Russian missile strikes and the aerial capabilities of Russian forces,” the State Department said in a memo outlining the sale. “Maintaining and sustaining the HAWK Weapon System will enhance Ukraine’s ability to defend its people and protect critical national infrastructure.”

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Russia Deploys Starlink on Ukrainian Front Lines for Year – WSJ Investigation
Shadowy supply chain funnels Starlink to adversaries & accused war criminals via backroom deals in Africa, SE Asia & UAE.

Russia has been working for around a year to deploy Starlink, the satellite-internet service developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, on the front lines in Ukraine and started using the terminals extensively earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

Despite banning Starlink, Russia has seen a surge in middlemen purchasing user terminals for Russian forces. This has challenged Ukraine's technological edge, as they also rely on these advanced devices.

Starlink offers fast, secure internet on battlefields in Ukraine and Sudan. It solves communication challenges for troops and commanders while also controlling drones and other crucial modern warfare tech.

The Wall Street Journal tracked Starlink sales on various Russian online platforms, including links to US sellers on eBay. The WSJ investigators interviewed Russian and Sudanese middlemen, as well as followed volunteer groups delivering SpaceX hardware to the front lines.

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The Taurus cruise missile manufacturer suspends production due to a lack of orders. Experts explain why this is so and what to expect if Berlin decides to hand over "Taurus" to Kyiv.

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Biden administration preparing to prevent Americans from using Russian-made software over national security concern
The Biden administration is preparing to take the unusual step of issuing an order that would prevent US companies and citizens from using software made by a major Russian cybersecurity firm because of national security concerns, five US officials familiar with the matter told CNN.

The move, which is being finalized and could happen as soon as this month, would use relatively new Commerce Department authorities built on executive orders signed by Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump to prohibit Kaspersky Lab from providing certain products and services in the US, the sources said.

US government agencies are already banned from using Kaspersky Lab software but action to prevent private companies from using the software would be unprecedented. Nothing is final until it is announced, the sources cautioned, but the Commerce Department has made an “initial determination” to prohibit certain transactions between the Russian company and US persons, the sources said.

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 02:31 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

Update from Ukraine | USA wants to save Ruzzian Oil facilities from Ukraine. Mobilization in Ruzzia

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Op dinsdag 9 april 2024 22:39 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Het is eigenlijk van de zotte dat men hier niet eerder is mee begonnen. De problemen met luchtverdediging duren nu al ruim een jaar.

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 09:05 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Ik denk dat er eerder de moeilijkheid is dat die dingen en schaars en zeer gewild zijn. De VS heeft er 100den en lijken mij eerlijk gezegd de partij om ze te leveren itt een Duitsland of Nederland die maar 4 batterijen hebben.

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 10:34 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Inb4: ja maar ja maar ja maar ja maar oorlogsmisdaad, hij geeft zich over!

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 12:45 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:
En van Patricia Paay 😱

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 10:34 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Inb4: ja maar ja maar ja maar ja maar oorlogsmisdaad, hij geeft zich over!

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 16:40 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 17:28 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Hij kan dus kiezen, of sterven in een Oekraïns veld, of zich overgeven en de rest van zijn leven gevangen zitten in Den Haag

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 17:24 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Nou, dan kan Rusland maar beter stoppen.

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Op woensdag 10 april 2024 17:37 schreef MaxMark het volgende:

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Dit is de eerste keer in tijden dat ik over Oekraïense tegenaanvallen hoor. Wel goed om te horen, na al dat defensieve werk de laatste maanden.