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This post was originally published on this site Of course , Soviet Communists continued with this tradition of commissioning ships and naming highest state awards after counts and princes , all those “ class enemies ” of “ proletariat ” and owners of serfs .
But all that didn ’ t matter–all those noble and very rich people did one thing–they fought for Russia .
Nobody cared and cares what their opinions on exploited and suppressed Russian peasants were .
Even communists recognized that .
The class didn ’ t matter , as long as it was for the greater @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are so lucky , it is so easy for them–no matter who you are , once Russia was invaded , everything was secondary and the hero , be him a simple peasant or a prince , who could actually own this peasant hero , was and remained a hero .
Not so , evidently in the US anymore .
A normal person looking at the United States today will be struck by the scale of self-immolation of the country which loves to proclaim itself to be a shining city on the hill .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the bright flames of its burning institutions , from military , to academia , to history to governance .
But the flame of cowardice burns with blinding white flame and for such a country , which can not provide for its historic continuity , for better or worse , there is no future .
With George Washington , a slave-owner , waiting to be dethroned , his accomplishments be damned , the US will cease to exist as a viable entity both geographically and in spirit which was too weak to fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I warned about that .

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This is how bad things have become, plus silver bull ready to emerge.
Countries Are Struggling
June 7 ( King World News ) – Peter Boockvar: The Reserve Bank of Australia is another central bank that went way too far with its easing over the past few years and now is doing a complete 180. They hiked rates overnight by 50 bps to .85%, the biggest move since 2000. Only a 25 bps rate hike was expected. Governor Lowe said
“The board is committed to doing what is necessary to ensure that inflation in Australia returns to target over time.”
Which means more rate hikes at the coming meetings. Yes, the RBA is dealing with global factors with respect to inflation:
“but domestic factors are playing a role too, with capacity constraints in some sectors and the tight labor market contributing to the upward pressure on prices. The floods earlier this year have also affected some prices.”
They do expect inflation to recede back to a 2-3% range next years. Or maybe we should say, they hope so.
The Aussie $ spiked in response but is back to unchanged. The 2 yr yield though jumped 18 bps to 2.80%. Their 10 yr yield was up 7 bps to 3.56%, a hair below an 8 yr high. The ASX sold off by 1.5% on the rate surprise. When looking at the US stock market and its still high multiples (2022 eps estimates are still based on no economic slowdown and little margin compression), remember that there is an entire world in which to invest. The ASX is trading at 14x 2022 earnings and has a dividend yield of 4.6%.
Meanwhile In Europe
The ECB on Thursday will officially announce the end of QE but as with checking out of Hotel California, they will never leave. The FT is reporting today that:
“the ECB is this week set to strengthen its commitment to prop up vulnerable eurozone countries’ debt markets if they are hit by a sell-off, as policymakers prepare to raise rates for the first time in more than a decade.”
How would they do this? Create an entirely new bond buying program:
“if needed to counter borrowing costs for member states, such as Italy, spiraling out of control, according to several people involved in the talks,” said the FT.
So QE is only ending temporarily it seems and we’ll see if they can even get out of zero rates this year. But, we know the market hasn’t waited around and has sharply hiked rates for them, particularly in Italy where its 10 yr yield is up 220 bps this year alone. The bottom line is that price stability is not the ECB’s number priority, it is 2nd. Financing the debts and deficits of the Eurozone is now number one. The Italian 10 yr yield is down 5 bps today on this story and the euro is lower for a 3rd day. I’m amazed at how little talk there has been about the European bond sell off over the past month.
More Trouble In The Land Of The Rising Sun
The other monetary pressure cooker remains Japan and the yen today is falling to a fresh 20 yr low against the US dollar.
Yen Tumbles To 20 Year Low vs US Dollar
That interest rate beach ball is getting harder and harder to keep under water. The 10 yr JGB yield closed at .248%, AGAIN testing the BoJ and that .25% cap. The 40 yr yield, unconstrained by YCC, was up 2 bps to 1.14% and is less than 1 bp from rising to the highest since 2016. You’ve heard me many times worry about this situation as if the BoJ loses this battle, we could be headed for another round of global bond selling just as we’ve seen recently with European bonds and why the US 10 yr yield is back above 3.00% again. We’re all in this central bank driven bond bubble together.
The Japanese Finance Minister was out quickly on this yen break today to try to verbally contain the selloff. As he’s said many times over the past few months:
“It’s important that exchange rates remain stable, and reflect economic fundamentals. The government is watching FX market moves and their impact on the Japanese economy with a sense of urgency.”
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Big Economic Picture
About 3 months ago, the CEO of RH (Restoration Hardware) Gary Friedman gave a very enlightened and colorful viewpoint of the macro landscape. In case you didn’t hear what he said last week after reporting its Q1 2022 earnings, he was again worth listening to. On the big economic picture and demand questions we all have (that he said has slowed):
“how does this all unfold? I don’t think anybody really knows right now. It’s the first time anybody has seen inflation like this in 42 years, right? So I don’t know if, how many people on this call were adults 42 years ago. Not a lot, right? Not adults that had a lot of wisdom, at least I like to say. So the people that really had wisdom 42 years ago are 80, 90 or 100 years old.
So just not a lot of those people are still highly active in decision making roles. I guess like we have a President that at least you might have been old enough to kind of know what’s going on, but it doesn’t seem like they know what to do. Janet Yellen finally did come out and say I was wrong. I mean, everybody is giving her all this credit for the Mea culpa like what took so long? Like how clear did it have to be to kind of admit you were wrong, right? Like how long ago did inflation go from 2% to 4%, 4% to 7.4% and then to 8.5%…
“I think that if you look at what’s happening, you say we’ve got really high inflation. Is it going to come down? Is it done? If you ask me to tell you what the consensus of the people I talk to business leaders and people who run big portfolios of businesses and so on and so forth…They say inflation is running much higher than the stated numbers and we would concur with that.
We know that the Fed has to raise interest rates. We know when interest rates rise, it usually leads to a recession. It surely is not good for the housing market. Anybody that thinks that rising interest rates is a good thing for the housing market hasn’t been alive long enough. And so you’ve got rising interest rates. You have the government starting to – they’ve been doing QE and now we’re going to tighten. That’s not good for the debt markets. The cost of money is just going to go way up everywhere, right? So, do we have multiple contractions and are we in somewhat of an earnings recession based off the highs and where do we go from here? So none of us know.
None of us have a crystal ball. We can just look at the best data that we can get our hands on and try to make the best predictions and forecasts that we can. But it’s a time to remain highly – I believe, highly flexible.”
Target Not On Target Anymore
In Target’s press released today where they lowered their operating margin guidance and talked about changes to how they will run their business in the quarters to come in terms of procurement, logistics and product focus, they said:
“the Company is planning for continued strength in frequency categories like Food & Beverage, Household Essentials and Beauty, and is planning more conservatively in discretionary categories like Home, where trends have changed rapidly since the beginning of the year.”
They said the traffic trends are still there but includes:
“shifting consumer buying patterns and rapidly changing operating conditions.”
Something we learned when they and Walmart dropped their earnings bombs a few weeks ago. They will markdown those items where they have too much inventory but at the same time take “pricing actions to address the impact of unusually high transportation and fuel costs.”
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therussophileorg--2020-07-14--The bourgeoisie did not respect its heavy heritage

This post was originally published on this site 231 years later , regression towards the new Feudalism It was 14th July of 1789 when the representatives of the bourgeoisie in France promised a different world .
Indeed , authoritarianism and depression by Monarchy and Feudalism brought naturally a desire for a more equitable society .
The triplet “ Liberty , Equality , Fraternity ” was not a simple slogan reproduced to become a cliche , but represented the pure willing of the majority for a big change .
128 years later , another revolution , in Russia this time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things declared in 1789 , as the proletariat was building a class consciousness and the bourgeoisie had already abandoned its initial declarations .
Several decades since then , two ostensibly different worlds were fighting against each other .
On the one hand , the Soviet Communism that imposed a direct state authoritarianism and a monstrous bureaucracy , on the other , the indirect authoritarianism by the Western states through the propaganda and psychological violence .
Always behind these , a dominant big bourgeoisie which through the economic power was pulling , and pulls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , the big bourgeoisie has “ filled the gap ” left by the monarchs and feudal lords , has dominated through the economic power , and now , is taking back everything that has been conquered with the “ plebs ' ” blood all these decades .
The whole story resembles a big fraud that has been revealed in front of our eyes .
The big bourgeoisie has “ got rid ” of the small-medium urban class and the proletarians to take the power monopoly .
What it wants now is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as has been shaped since 1789 , in order to establish a global new Feudalism .
Nothing has been left from the purity of the French Revolution .
The triplet “ Liberty , Equality , Fraternity ” will end to be a slogan in millions of t-shirts manufactured in Chinese factories with humiliating wages , at most .
It has already happened with the face of Che … Does , indeed , history repeats itself and returns in a slightly different form ?
How many circles should pass , how many wars , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much more blood should be spilled , until humanity to find its way to the true Liberty ?
Is this , indeed , the nature of man ?
Or are we “ trained ” to believe this , so that to live without hope ?
To consider “ Liberty , Equality , Fraternity ” as utopia which will never come true ?

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232 years later, regression towards the new Feudalism
by system failure It was 14th July of 1789 when the representatives of the bourgeoisie in France promised a different world. Indeed, authoritarianism and depression by Monarchy and Feudalism brought naturally a desire for a more equitable society. The triplet “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” was not a simple slogan reproduced to become a cliche, but represented the pure willing of the majority for a big change.
128 years later, another revolution, in Russia this time, promised to impose the implementation of those things declared in 1789, as the proletariat was building a class consciousness and the bourgeoisie had already abandoned its initial declarations. Several decades since then, two ostensibly different worlds were fighting against each other. On the one hand, the Soviet Communism that imposed a direct state authoritarianism and a monstrous bureaucracy, on the other, the indirect authoritarianism by the Western states through the propaganda and psychological violence. Always behind these, a dominant big bourgeoisie which through the economic power was pulling, and pulls, the strings.
Through these 232 years, the big bourgeoisie has “filled the gap” left by the monarchs and feudal lords, has dominated through the economic power, and now, is taking back everything that has been conquered with the “plebs'” blood all these decades. The whole story resembles a big fraud that has been revealed in front of our eyes. The big bourgeoisie has “got rid” of the small-medium urban class and the proletarians to take the power monopoly. What it wants now is to “get rid” of the nation-state as has been shaped since 1789, in order to establish a global new Feudalism. Nothing has been left from the purity of the French Revolution. The triplet “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” will end to be a slogan in millions of t-shirts manufactured in Chinese factories with humiliating wages, at most. It has already happened with the face of Che …
Does, indeed, history repeats itself and returns in a slightly different form? How many circles should pass, how many wars, conflicts, revolutions should happen, how much more blood should be spilled, until humanity to find its way to the true Liberty? Is this, indeed, the nature of man? Or are we “trained” to believe this, so that to live without hope? To consider “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” as utopia which will never come true?


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* [https://apnews.com/1744306a8f8be1ac25b1dcc7ccfec919 Fort Detrick Spokesman Says Soviet Report On AIDS Is Ridiculous] – ”AP”, April 1, 1987
* [https://apnews.com/1744306a8f8be1ac25b1dcc7ccfec919 Fort Detrick Spokesman Says Soviet Report On AIDS Is Ridiculous] – ”AP”, April 1, 1987
* [https://rense.com/general45/cant.htm The Man-Made Origin of AIDS: Are Human and Viral Experiments Responsible For Unleashing The HIV Holocaust?] – Alan Cantwell, Jr, c. 2003 ([http://www.africaspeaks.com/articles/2005/0903.html mirror])


therussophileorg--2020-03-31--Meeting with VEB.RF Chairman Igor Shuvalov

This post was originally published on this site President of Russia Vladimir Putin : Mr Shuvalov , VEB is not just a bank but , above all , a development corporation .
I know that when you took office the situation this institution was in was far from easy , and you worked hard to make it operational , although it had done a great deal in the past .
Hence two questions .
First , what is Vnesheconombank ’ s situation today ?
And second , how do you fit in this institution ’ s main mission and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the State Development Corporation VEB.RF Igor Shuvalov : Mr President , your instructions to ensure the financial stability of VEB.RF have been fulfilled , and by the end of 2019 , having amended the budget legislation with the Government ’ s support and in cooperation with the Federal Assembly , we achieved the level of capital adequacy according to international reporting , IFRS [ International Financial Reporting Standards ] that allows us not only to repay our foreign debt that was incurred earlier but also to actively participate in the national development agenda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of May 2018 .
There is sufficient liquidity in our accounts ; in this sense we have a completely healthy , normal situation .
We are also confident that now we will take a more active part in the Government ’ s work to achieve the national development goals , and not just in the projects outlined in 2019 .
Which projects were approved in 2019 ?
First , I must tell you that we completely restructured our activities and do not compete with the largest Russian credit institutions anymore .
We have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as Sberbank , VTB and Gazprombank , and together with them we participate in the project financing factory .
This is a special form of syndication .
However , we also use classical syndicates , but in 2019 we made decisions on the ten largest projects .
Overall , we have now assumed over 300 billion rubles worth of liabilities while total liabilities in the project financing factory projects stand at 787 billion rubles , with only a part of them provided by VEB and the rest by investors and commercial banks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year we are to support lending by commercial banks by at least 300 billion rubles , bearing in mind that , if we implement such a plan , we will invest about three trillion rubles in five years , and together with the credit funds of commercial banks , the amount will total about 10 trillion .
This is quite a lot of money .
These projects relate to natural gas conversion and leasing gas carriers , which will be built and are already being built at Zvezda shipyard – this is one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They also include the supply of planes for the needs of Aeroflot , and highways – one of the sections of the Central Ring Road and other federal highways .
But the main thing is that we should not be the sole lender .
When we have to work as the sole lender , then this is a special decision taken by the President and the Government on projects of national importance .
When we become a lender .
But the risk for commercial companies is so high that they do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a project .
What do we see ?
When a project begins to be implemented , commercial lending is already possible , and commercial banks themselves suggest we leave the project and buy such a loan from us .
We made several such transactions , one of which was very successful – for example , the new terminal at Sheremetyevo , which was built with the help of VEB .
But when it was devised and launched , Sberbank showed great interest in this project , and we gave it ground , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the time to focus on national development goals .
We work not only as one organisation , but under the new law on VEB , in coordination with organisations such as the SME Corporation , which supports small and medium-sized businesses , REC [ Russian Export Centre ] , which provides export support , and DOM.RF corporation , which is associated with modern urban development .
In this sense , we work in all project committees of the Government .
I hope that now comes the stage when we can focus on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launching now a training programme – the Government has entrusted us with this task – for the management teams from one hundred cities , excluding Moscow and St Petersburg , in order to fill the work with municipalities with specific meaning .
That is , if at the federal level these are large , major projects that are valued at more than 10 trillion rubles , then we want to focus , together with municipal and regional organisations , on making these national projects meaningful for every family , so that their life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That is , these are some of the best consumption patterns that can only exist .
In this sense , Moscow set a definite trend in the modern arrangement of cities .
But we believe that this applies to any , even the smallest town .

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Shuvalov, as a development agency, VEB’s
central purpose is to bring in investment in order to implement national
development projects and, ultimately, improve people’s standard of living. However,
VEB has a strategy for its own development. What I mean is that it was recently
decided that VEB should develop not as a separate entity, but as a group of companies. A number of agencies of this kind were made part of the VEB system.
I would like to hear your vision of VEB’s future as a development institution – this is my first point. Then, of course, we will discuss specific areas, because, as far as I can see from the documents, a fairly large volume of projects have gained support, amounting to almost 9.5 trillion rubles.
Please go ahead.
Chairman of the State Development Corporations VEB.RF Igor Shuvalov Shuvalov IgorChairman of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF : Thank you, Mr President.
In 2018, you set the goal to revive VEB,
and I am here to report to you that by now the revival of VEB, the rehabilitation
of this lending institution in part related to VEB lending operations,
has been completed.
VEB is in good shape with capital
adequacy running high at about 17 percent. VEB has enough liquidity to carry
out its business plan.
In 2018, a planned target was also
adopted to support projects of up to 3 trillion rubles, but in conjunction with
commercial banks. And then you set the goal for VEB not to compete with
commercial banks, but rather to help these banks and private individuals start
new projects, so the amount you mentioned is precisely the amount that has resulted
from our teamwork with Sberbank, VTB and Gazprombank. Otkritie Bank has joined
in fairly recently. We think that large regional banks will get involved in this work next year as well.
We have heavily invested in promoting urban development and the urban economy agenda. We started out by launching a pilot project on urban transport – buses – in Tver. We are now
launching a pilot project for tram traffic in Taganrog. We are going to places
where projects are not yet widespread, and where support provided by a development bank to commercial banks is vital in making such projects a reality.
In Tver, after everyone realised that the project was paying back, we re-assigned
our share to Sber. Next, we will begin to develop tram traffic in pilot cities;
there are 7 to 10 of them. We followed closely what you had to say at the United Russia congress. This is one of the projects in which VEB, in conjunction with regional authorities, can help the Government.
Mr President, today we are at a point where the previous strategy, adopted in 2017, has been fully implemented,
and the business plan, adopted in 2018, has been implemented as well.
In December 2020, the Government decided to consolidate development organisations under the VEB auspices. Then, we had our
consultants and all these organisations, including SMEs and the REC, as well as the large innovation bloc that includes RUSNANO and other organisations,
including Skolkovo – join us in working on a development strategy in a variety
of areas. This work has now been completed. Corporate procedures are underway in all these organisations seeking to formalise a common strategy for VEB and all other
organisations.
We have
conducted an audit during these months, and we know in detail the situation at each of these organisations. A federal law has been adopted amending the Federal Law on VEB. Mr President, thank you for supporting that law, which has
formalised our governing powers over these organisations, as well as – which is
most important – the notion of our entrepreneurial activities. It said for the first time that these entrepreneurial activities must be socially oriented,
that this must be a social enterprise, and that economic projects must have a serious social effect. In fact, this is the agenda which everyone is discussing
now, with social and environmental impacts and influence on current governance
methods, which is becoming the basis of our activities and our mandate.
I would like
to say a few words about this new perimeter of our activities. We have an absolutely new, big block for VEB – innovation activity. Widely different organisations have been
included in our perimeter, such as small funds that issue grants, and organisations that are to create a major infrastructure for innovation
activity.
We take a broader view of our mission. Mr President, we believe that we should work
together with Moscow State University and the Technological Valley to be
established there, with Tomsk University, with Innopolis in Tatarstan, and with
Russia’s other major universities. In other words, we must create a new, broad
combination of various objectives, where we will coordinate our efforts and work together without bumping into each other in some projects, but instead
helping each other to implement these projects.
You mentioned
in your Address to the Federal Assembly that we should help draft projects,
instead of evading them by saying that there is no necessary project
documentation available. In this context, we must learn to support each other,
so that we can also support projects in the innovation sphere, from tiny start-ups
to large loans for industrial purposes based on the so-called seamless
technology.
Next, I would
like to say a few words about our current portfolio. It includes major
projects, such as Ust-Luga, the Amur Gas Processing Plant and the Amur Gas
Chemical Complex, which I have told you about, plus municipal transport and tram lines, as well as one of the projects you have supported – the construction of modern schools, where VEB has a special role to play. The funding
for these schools will come from three sources: federal allocations, regional
funds and commercial banks’ loans. VEB will be supporting commercial banks in this project.
A special purpose vehicle has been established. The Government has decided that
it will be able to operate throughout the country. It is called ProSchool and is a subsidiary of Prosveshcheniye Education Holding, which, as you are aware,
now has Sber, RDIF and VEB among its members. In other words, we have created a major partnership, which we will also use to promote the school construction
project.
Vladimir Putin: To reiterate, as a reminder, the Ministry of Education is at the helm of the industry. As far as I remember, there was an idea to create a board of trustees. It does not matter what you call it, what is important is what mandate this agency, led by the Minister, will have.
Igor Shuvalov: Mr President, we are aware of your instruction. We are carrying it out and will see to it that it gets fulfilled. We are closely following the meetings, including your meeting with the Minister of Education, where you conveyed just this. We are aware of our responsibility. Business is a separate thing, and Prosveshcheniye has a great responsibility to shareholders – this is business, but regarding education, we will be doing all this under the leadership of the Ministry of Education and the Minister of Education.
A new large and more ambitious block to support exports has become part of our strategy. It includes our close neighbours, and exports support within the EAEU formats; it also includes the far abroad and breaking into new markets, as well as support for small and medium-sized businesses, and our major projects in places where we believe that we must support bank capital so that, during the first investment phase where there are high risks, we can share these risks with commercial banks.
Our support, via all development organisations, including VEB, for the economy and commercial banks and, most importantly, for the originators of these projects, will amount to about 17 trillion rubles which is 70 percent more than during the previous period. This is the total amount of funding. This is not our money. We will strive to launch projects with as little of our tools, money and guarantees as possible. But there will be a certain balance at all times so that the commercial banks feel comfortable joining these projects. We will stay with the project until a commercial bank can fully replace VEB’s funds.
Vladimir Putin: Ok.
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Ukraine news/Current

This post was originally published on this site 1 Apr .
at about 7 pm Ukrainian forces fired on residential areas of the LPR .
In Golubovskoye village , 4 Kochenkoko Street , Maria Volgina , 1940 DOB , was wounded and died the next day in the hospital of her wounds .
21 Mar .
15.10 A woman , 1976 DOB , is wounded by Ukrainian small arms fire in Trudovskaya minepit settlement 19:00 school n. 1 is damaged by Ukrainian RPG and AGS-17 fire ; 19:25 a girl , 2020 DOB , is wounded by Ukrainian fire ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large caliber guns fire is reported ) .
28 OMBR is blamed for all 3 incidents .
14 Mar .
Ukraine shelled Gorlovka ; civilian couple , both 61 , and their grandchild , 13 , are wounded , houses are damaged 1 , 2 .
At 11:05 Ukrainian forces opened 82 mm mortars fire from the area of Slavnoe settlement towards Signalnoe settlement ; as a result a civilian man received shrapnel wounds to the abdomen and was hospitalized in critical condition .
A man has died of his wounds in Dokuchaevsk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man is wounded by Ukrainian fire in Zaitsevo , near Gorlovka .
He is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the abdomen in critical condition .
8 Mar .
Opolchenie : From about 20 hours and until now , Ukrainians are firing ( BMP , mortars , grenade launchers ) : Spartak , airport , Volvo Center , Yasinovataya checkpoint .
7 Mar .
An article appeared alleging that a young couple of chess players found dead in Moscow in suspicious circumstances could be killed , with a link to Ukraine .
Stanislav @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the Russian team against Ukraine .
His name is said to appear on the notorious “ Mirotvorets ” site 2 days prior to his death .
He and his Russian girlfriend , also a chess player , were found dead with bags of “ laughing gas ” ( nitrous oxide ) over heads , and injection marks on bodies but no injectors or needles .
6 Mar .
According to CNN , US plans to provide $ 125 mln in new military assistance to Ukraine , including armed Mark VI patrol boats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warfare between close peoples is unabating ) .
28 Feb .
Civilian , 1960 DOB , is wounded by Ukrainian fire near Yelenovka ( said to be in provocation designed to draw return fire ) .
23 Feb. Ukraine once again shelled Gorlovka , on the once shared Red Army day , showing once again its newly acquired nasty nature ; several homes are damaged – detailed by Prihodko ( Eng . )
20 Feb. Ukrainian nationalist attack busses carrying Ukrainians evacuated from China because of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak while they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deterioration of security situation is reported in LPR , including Bahmut motorway .
Opolchenie sources tell this has to do with Ukrainians earlier capturing areas in grey areas in violations of the agreements .
Several homes in Zaitsevo , near Gorlovka are damaged by Ukrainian shelling .
Putin signed a decree relieving Vladislav Surkov of his duties as presidential aide .
16 Feb. Semyon Pegov with some predictions on future of Surkov ( apparently implying that he will remain , in some capacity ) .
15 Feb .
Civilian man , 1959 DOB @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Trudovskaya minepit settlement .
There was a problem evacuating the wounded man , ceasefire ( in ‘ ceasefire ’ ) had to be requested over 5 times .
Eventually the man was evacuated in critical condition .
11 Feb. Peskov said that Ukrainian policies will be led by Kozak , while there is no presidential decree on Surkov yet ( 1 , 2 ) .
Zelenskii relieved of his duties his chief of administration Andrey Bogdan and appointed another man Ermak ; reasons are unclear , some theories why here and here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed and 4 wounded by Ukrainian 122-mm artillery strike near Zolotoe , LPR .
( Vladlen Tatarskii comments ) .
Lukashenko and Putin meet in Sochi ; Lukashenko comments about ‘ moment of truth ’ .
Relations and oil/gas sales to Belarus ’ are on agenda .
Meeting was quite positive , despite fears of otherwise , but on practical side , things remained largely unchanged .
President Trump fires Alexander Vindman , the Ukrainian mole deemed traitor embedded in the White House .
( Noted , neither Vindman , nor Democratic or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ principle to military aid to Ukraine , prolonging and feeding the conflict ) .
5 Feb. Ukraine shelled Gorlovka , homes and a school used as bomb shelter are damaged , 6/7 Mine-pit settlement lost power ( Prihodko updates 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
3 Feb .
Despite the agreements Ukraine shelled Staromikhailovka ( western suburb of Donetsk ) , 2 houses are damaged .
1 Feb. After visiting Ukraine to offer US backing , Pompeo visits Belarus , offers US oil , etc , as if trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to some disagreements between Belarus in Russia ( on Russian oil price , future of the union state , etc ) .
Belarus and USA do not have respective ambassadors for 12 years , and the last visit of a secretary of state was 26 years ago .
30 Jan. One LPR soldier is killed and two civilians are wounded by Ukrainian shelling .
Several homes and electric power lines are damaged .
28 Jan .
It is said that negotiations involving generals from Iraq , USA , Britain , Czechia and Ukrainian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jan. ( soon after the Ukrainian plane shoot-down ) on possible participation of a Ukrainian contingent in NATO operations in Iraq/Middle East 1 , 2 .
24 Jan .
Heavy shelling resumes in Donbass , including Donetsk suburbs , 208 mortar shells , 167 grenades , 300 BMP gun shells fired in the past week ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
DPR ombudsman : One DPR soldier is killed and 2 wounded in the past week .
Peskov “ did not confirm ” rumors of Surkov resignation or of change of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opinions were expressed by well-connected political scientist Alexey Chesnakov , quoting Surkov himself .
In a similar vein is Ishchenko article -Minsk agreements are said to be dead .
23 Jan. Zelenskii , as the Poles , is a no-show in Israel on a made-up excuse , leaving it to Russia ’ s Putin to mark 75 ’ s of Auschwitz .
22 Jan , DPR soldier is killed by Ukrainian fire on Dolomitnoe , northern Gorlovka .
DPR says he is killed by sniper fire by arriving special operations sniper group armed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; calls one more time for OSCE to ensure that ceasefire is observed and violators punished .
It is said that Putin and Zelenskii may meet in Israel .
21 Jan. Impeachment trial of President Trump starts at the US Senate .
20 Jan. Aleksei “ Green ” , deputy commander of “ Piatnashka ” Spetsnaz regiment of interior troops of DPR Ministry of Internal Affairs , and opolchenie member from the beginning , is killed in Donetsk .
Blogger Donetsky comments and a linked video with Alexei ’ s interview made in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Piatnashka ” battalion of the same regiment back then .
“ Piatnshka ” commander “ Abkhaz ” recently led protest in Abkhazia which ended after Surkov ’ s visit and Abkhazia leader Raul Khajimba resigning ) .
11 Jan. Iran acknowledged shooting down Ukrainian Boeing “ due to human error ” .
Ali Hajizadeh EngRus : air defense unit lost communication with higher command when it discovered a target 19 km away ; it had only 10 s. to make a decision , and they made a bad one ( as translated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missile engine on at impact ( =impossible with description taken literally ) and suggests that the NYT video is fake or misrepresented ( missile with engine off will not be seen ) , or that details of Iranian version are not accurate .
Iranian-version map with partial Eng .
explanation is at around 0:40 here , in RFE/RL article describing follow-up protests in Iran .
Full video here , with details a bit confusing in Eng translation , but apparently launch is 12 km away horizontally ( not 19 km , in print @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approaching courses .
This makes things trickier , but still Tor M1 engine would be off , with a narrow margin .
And doubtful somebody would be there to videorecord .
Ukraine published photos and claims that the lower part of the pilots ’ cabin was hit by a missile ; SNBO head Danilov says it was discovered before the Iranian announcement and before Western countries started to publicize ( the missile version ) , but was kept quiet to continue the investigation .
It is also said that no distress communication calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit ) .
Ukr FM Pristaiko at his 30 min long fast-fire Ukr/Eng press conference gives no hints about the crash causes ; confirms that intelligence info is received but provides no details .
Zelenskii : The missile version is not ruled out , but it has not been confirmed yet .
Iran : plane was on fire for 1.5 minutes .
We estimate that it makes it on fire well before NYT video BC geolocation .
However the 1.5 minutes claim was made before black boxes were analyzed , on unclear and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publishes a video claiming missile hitting Ukrainian Boeing .
Initial poster first said he did not have metadata , then said NY Times published video .
It is not clear how the video was verified .
Video , actually , may be genuine , but what does it show ?
It could be the plane climbing up with lights on , or having engine fire ( appearing as “ a missile ” ) , and then the engine exploding , blowing a burning and visible piece back ( uncertain ; can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; we do not have a good scale useful to infer velocities .
Roughly 11 s. for the sound to arrive , the distance to the explosion is roughly 3.8 km straight .
There is residential area with look-alike houses and camera could be on either SW or NE side from the path .
Video can be mirrored easily .
Also the plane could be returning back to the airport while it ’ s path on Flightradar an extrapolation .
So either above is not excluded ) .
It remains unexplained why the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phone at about 6am local , apparently expressing no emotions and then apparently abruptly stopping the recording .
Another video emerged , shot as the very first one from a car/dashboard camera .
It appears to give backing to the burning engine version .
8 Jan. Ukrainian Boeing 737-8KV ( Flightradar ; delivered 19 Jul 2016 ) crashed in Tehran , said to be because of engine fire , killing all on board , including 11 Ukrainians .
Putin sends condolences to Zelenskii .
Pompeo sends a Twitter .
Videos .
Crash visualization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Boeing 737 , Rwanda Air , the same day ) .
BBC starts to peddle MH17 .
Pictures noted & media reported engine overheating reports quoting Western intelligence .
Newsweek has proverbial unnamed officials backing missile theory .
CBS News quoting US intelligence said a satellite detected infrared “ blips ” of two missile launches ( BBC ) , followed by another blip of an explosion ( that is more serious ; but did it ? )
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Trump got “ suspicions ” .
3 Jan. Denisultanov is interviewed , quoted telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see 1 Jun 2017 ) involving Okueva and Osmanov in which Denisultanov received multiple gunshot wounds .
Promises more details including something to do with Nemtsov in another interview .
1 Jan. 2020 A video showing 268 soldiers killed defending L/DPR in 2019 .
DPR ombdudsman data , see 27 Dec. Cassad ’ s count here .
Ukrainian losses in six years may be over 40,000 .
30 Apr .
U.S .
Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine Poroshenko announced end of ATO and start of ‘ joint operation of armed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ defending territorial integrity ’ and will only end ‘ when the last piece of Ukrainian land is liberated , including Crimea ’ , which is somehow supposed to happen by ‘ political-diplomatic means ’ .
• Recent history in a nutshell in those photos to the right : • Aftermaths of Ukrainian shelling of the village Zheltoe ( Yellow ) , LPR , 29 Nov. 2016 lug-info .
Note on sources .
At present , pro -Ukrainian and pro-Russian sources more often than not offer opposing claims on events , and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ factual part of reporting by pro-Russian sources appear more accurate , complete , and closer to truth , out of the two available alternatives .
It is also less known , as the other side has greater support by the Western mass media .
For that reason , a lot of reporting here is based on Russian sources .
It is not done for the sake of supporting any pre-determined narrative .
If and when Ukrainian sources appear more accurate , they will be used without a reservation .
Some Ukrainian source reporting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Montyan numerous videos , some of them translated , are spot-on and at times appear closer to reality than any pro-this or that narratives .
However the bulk of Ukrainian media is unreliable , and often just unbelievable , not passing cross checks ( e.g .
as was illustrated numerous times by well-read on both sides Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Sharii ) ; or else , is filled with hate and may cheer more people harmed or killed ( any of such sort , from any side , is totally unsupported here ) .

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21 Jun. 3 DPR soldiers are killed by Ukrainian mortar attack despite all ceasefires. One more is killed when SPG-9 was fired on ambulance vehicle collecting bodies, despite additional “silence regime” agreed. Five more are wounded. Anniversary of Nazi attack on USSR is June 22.
11 Jun. Five LPR soldiers, members of “Prizrak” battalion, are killed near Golubovskoe when Ukrainian RSG group ambushed their checkpoint. It is said that a foreign sniper rifle was used in the attack.
3 Jun. UNSC ‘Arria-Formula’ meeting on the circumstances of Maidan and its aftereffects in Donbass, video: Eng, Rus. Tsarev talk, text, [ Rus.] Presenters are former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov, former Rada MP Oleg Tsarev (more here) and Vladimir Oleynik, British reporter Dean O’Brien and French journalist Anne-Laure Bonnel (who uses French diplomatic and military sources). MSM ignores, West castigates. US and UK did not show up at all, saying that some of the participants are under their sanctions. France and Ireland repeated well-known cliches with no interaction with presented testimonies.
Donbass (Vimeo , OK) – documentary film by Anne-Laure Bonnel.
“First line of the Northern Stream 2 is completed“.
Ukrainian officials used Giuliani to sow disinformation.
28 May. US prosecutors investigate if Ukraine criminally interfered in the 2020 US presidential elections by spreading disinformation.
Belarus may suspend shipments of A95 petrol to Ukraine (apparently to do with repairs at oil processing plant). It also introduced targeted sanctions on Ukrainian imports, after Ukraine cut air traffic with Belarus. (According to opolchenie, a lot of Ukrainian tank fuel is coming from Russia and Belarus).
27 May. According to Ukrainian data presented to OSCE, 38 of its soldiers are killed and 115 wounded since additional ceasefire measures were introduced in July, 2020
24 May. Belarus expels all Latvian diplomats, for insult to Belarus flag in Riga where hockey championship is taking place. (Latvia expels Belarus diplomats in turn).
23 May. NEXTA founder/editor Roman Protasevich was arrested in Belarus after Ryanair plane Athens-Vilnius landed in Minsk after the captain was informed of a fake bomb threat issued in the name of Hamas. (RFE/RL version here). This seem to follow footsteps of Ukraine forcing return of Belavia plane on Oct. 22, 2016, to detain anti-Maidan blogger, citizen of Armenia (later released). It is also suggested (see eg here) that Russian PMC arrests in Belarus were originally planned in the form of forcing their flight from Minsk to land in Ukraine (this version was reported by Butusov of tsensor.net).
19 May. DPR: In the past day, Ukraine violated ceasefire 5 times, fired 50 munitions above 12.7 mm. DPR soldier was killed on May 18. (Opolchenie report says a soldier was killed in the evening of May 17; unclear whether this is the same event).
11 May. DPR: one soldier is killed and 2 wounded by Ukrainian shelling.
It is said that official suspicion notes on treason and embezzlement charges are issued to MP Medvedchuk and Kozak; SBU is trying to conduct a search at Medvedchuk home and “serve him with a detention request.” Medvedchuk response is that this is politically motivated persecution, and that he will remain in Ukraine and fight the charges. (Earlier, 2 Feb. 2021, main opposition media resources aligned with his party were banned to broadcast).
9 May. As a result of Ukrainian shelling of Trudovskaya minepit settlement, Tomskaya st., 10, a civilian man is killed, Puchkin Anatoly Nazarovich, born 12.10.1939
Victory day parade in Donetsk.
Tatyana Montyan carries Zelenskii’s grandfather photo at “Immortal regiment” walk in Donetsk. “Let at least his grandfather takes a walk with “Immortal regiment” while his grandson arranges witches sabbath of SS Galitchina in the center of Kiev”. Semyon Zelensky, born in 1924, was called up for military service in 1942. During the Great Patriotic War, he served as the commander of a mortar platoon, and then the commander of a rifle company of the 174th regiment of the 57th Guards rifle division. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
7 May. Three DPR soldiers are killed by Ukrainian shelling. According to DPR, they returned fire and say that 2 Ukrainian soldiers are killed and one wounded as a result.
6 May. UNSC Arria Formula: Drivers of conflict in Ukraine (Eng, Rus, Russian representative comments after the event).
5 May. DPR reports Ukrainian mortar shelling of Gorlovka and Veseloe in northern Donetsk; DPR returned fire near Veseloe. Ukrainian 122mm artillery shelling of Staromikhailovka, western Donetsk, is also reported.
LPR report: Ukrainian forces tried to attack, one LPR soldier is killed in a fight.
DPR and LPR blame Ukraine for provocations during US Sec. State visit.
4 May. DPR soldier is killed by Ukrainian sniper near Kominternovo.
Victims of the 2014 massacre remembered at the Odessa Trade Union Building
2 May. Marks the 7th anniversary of the Odessa Trade Union massacre. Arria formula UNSC informal meeting to hear testimonies of survivors is announced by representative of Russia.
1 May. Opolchenie: In the Sakhanka area, Ukrainian forces fired at a civilian tractor plowing a field. The tractor driver was not injured.
Gorlovka: elderly couple are both wounded by a landmine explosion with traumatic foot amputation while grazing their livestock
Opolchenie lists 9 soldiers and 1 civilian killed in DPR in April.
23 Apr. There are many reports of continued Ukrainian shelling. Residents’ made video here, “The Trudovskye (settlement) woke up feeling that they were being bombed.” Next day: “You can check your watches by Ukrainian shelling”
22 Apr. The 2021 Donbass Crisis may be over. Russia withdraws troops from the border after president Putin’s speech.
At least 3 NATO military-transport planes arrived to Ukraine in the past 3 days, at least 6 from 2 to 12 April –interfax.ua
Putin responded to Zelenskii’s invitation to meet in Donbass, inviting Zelenskii to discuss bilateral ties in Moscow , and saying that matters concerning LPR and DPR need to be discussed with LPR and DPR first. In addition, Kozak offered to have a Normany 4 (ie Germany , France, Russia, Ukraine) +LPR and DPR meeting in Donbass. The latter was rejected by Ukraine, as Ukraine will not talk to LPR and DPR (either in error or through pressure). Ukrainian official Reznikov threw a fit about LPR and DPR names used at all, portraying it as de-facto recognition. (It is well known what are the actual positions). Same official: “During the war, the president cannot go to the capital and meet with a person who is a representative of the aggressor country. It seems to me that this is a bit strange proposal” (it is well known that no war is declared between Ukraine and Russia; is this about the war with Donbass?).
21-22 Apr. OSCE SMM: 52 Ukrainian tanks “beyond withdrawal lines but outside designated storage sites” (and 11 for L/DPR).
21 Apr. Two DPR soldiers are killed by Ukrainian shelling.
US Senate bill has 300 mln$ per year in new military assitance to Ukraine, a program to encourage foreign donations of excess military equipment, and priority in gaining US excess military equipment.
Russia’s Federal Assembly waiting for Putin ‘s speech
21 Apr. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to Russia’s Federal Assembly. It was speculated that Putin will announce changes to Russia’s Ukraine policy, pending approval of an emergency session of the Federation Council to be held on April 23rd (although some, including patriotic opposition figures, were sceptical). In the end, the speech was mostly on domestic issues, such as post-covid support for families and businesses, and various domestic projects and initiatives. While there were some foreign policy items, such as coups being unacceptable, changes in the posture were rather subtle, and desire to not burn the bridges was empasised, while warning was given not to cross (not specified) red lines. It ended with briefly reporting on increased readiness of the armed forces.
17 Apr. Russian FSB said that a Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg “was caught red-handed” receiving classified informatiom from law enforcement databases. In unrelated developments of diplomacy, US Ambassador was “advised” to travel to USA for consultations in the process of counter-sanctions announcment, and Lavrov said this to further the diplomacy. (All that does not sound too enchanting).
Lukashenko makes comments on planned assassination of him and his family. Belarus earlier released videos of conversations of alleged conspirators and footage of arrests made.
14 Apr. Claims appeared about plans to create US/NATO bases in Ukraine; it is further claimed that summit proposal may have to do with diverting attention and winning time for those plans. Factual basis is unclear. Meanwhile, Prague was proposed as venue; with above caution, seemed like a good one. (Before the diplomatic row, that is).
13 Apr. Russian DM Shoigu: US troops are being deployed from mainland North America across the Atlantic to Europe. There is a movement of troops in Europe to the Russian borders. The main forces are concentrated in the Black Sea and the Baltic region. “In total, 40 thousand servicemen and 15 thousand units of weapons and military equipment, including strategic aviation, will be concentrated near our territory.” …In the past 3 weeks, Russia deployed to its western borders two armies and three formations of the Airborne Forces, “for checks of the combat readiness”. It is planned to complete the checks in the next 2 weeeks.
5 Apr. At least 3 Hercules planes arrived from the West to Ukraine. (Blogger Donetskii. Flightbox: 06-6161, MC136 / RCH136, landed 7h 38m ago, Kiev (KBP / UKBB)- Ramstein (RMS / ETAR), Monday, April 5 2021, 03:05 EEST Departed). One similar plane arrived to Kiev earlier, and another to Lvov.
DPR reports a brief firefight on Apr. 4 with Ukrainian RSG group near Shumy. A body of Ukrainian soldier Igor Baitalo , 1995 DoB is found on a minefiled; Ukrainian side did not collect the body or announced the loss; DPR asks to do so.
“Ukraine will look for another city instead of Minsk for negotiations on Donbass.”
4 Apr. According to Kravchuk, Ukraine will not participate in the negotiations of the contact group unless the Donetsk People’s Republic excludes from its delegation a public expert, journalist Maya Pirogova, who was convicted in absentia by a Ukrainian court for her activities in the structures of the DPR. (Unclear what are her crimes, apart from working with DPR; charge of “terrorism” is reported).
LPR spokesman: according to the information we received, on the banks of the Seversky Donets River in the area of Nikolayevka settlement a civilian was wounded by an unknown explosive device dropped by militants of the 80th brigade (UAF) using a UAV (drone). As a result, he received multiple shrapnel wounds of moderate severity and was taken to a hospital, where he was provided with qualified medical care.
3 Apr. DPR: Ukrainian drone attack killed a child, 2016 DoB, in Alexanrovskoe settlement; a woman is wounded in the same attack. Katia Katina report, with the boy’s photo and video interview of his grandmother.
Ukrainian activist and lawyer Tatiana Montan is present at boy’s funeral, and confirms that his death is not a fake. Relatives say on the video that explosive device was dropped by Ukrainian drone. They also say that story about ailing grandfather having some IED is fake. There are photos from the site. Impact imprint on cement, round small holes on a water bucket, broken glass seen. Relatives said that OSCE did not visit. Relatives said boy lost leg(s) and arm(s), and was killed soon after exiting the house to play in the yard. Another report, linked by Katina, shows more detailed photos; presents an opinion that device flew from above as there is 360 degree spread of fragments, and as the only viable alternative to drone offers a version that Ukrainian or pro-Ukrainian persons fired a mortar at the house of strongly pro-Russian family. The house is apparently some 15 km from the separation line, according to other pro -LDPR reporting.
Peskov comments, KP, Kommersant.
Russia opens a criminal investigation.
UN and JCCC officials visit Vladik’s family home. Grandmother says that officials recorded information but did not provide an assessment. She says she wants to receive expert opinion as she is hurt by theories, and there were no weapons and ‘no war’ at their home.
2 Apr. LPR reports Ukrainian shelling (mortars, grenade launchers), resulting in a firefight. One LPR soldier is killed. According to LPR sources, Ukrainian military planes arrived to Chuguev , Kharkov region, and a helicopter is deployed towards the separation line.
In Zaitsevo, near Gorlovka, two residential homes are reported on fire (video report), minutes after the area came under Ukrainian fire from a heavy machine gun “Utes”.
1 Apr. DPR announces its first ever draft (“200 men will join the corps”).
US, Canada, UK Defense Attaché met with Ukrainian Min. of defense Taran, deputy. Min. defense Petrenko, Polishchuk, commander of the combined forces lieutenant general. Naev and col. Budanov.
Ukrainian MoD and some Western MSM reports claim US and NATO backing for Ukraine.
“Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Phone Call with Ukraine’s Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Ruslan Khomchak”
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba
Western MSN: “U.S. military’s European Command raised its watch level from possible crisis to potential imminent crisis — the highest level — in response to the deployment of the additional Russian troops” (noted, this reports on watchcon level, not defcon or redcon).
After many reports providing photo-visual evidence of additional Ukrainian heavy armor deployments, reports appear on additional Russian troops deployment to the Crimea and to the Ukrainian border.
26 Mar. Ukraine claims that 4 of its soldiers are killed and two wounded in Shumy settlment, blamed on pro-Russian/LDPR forces (noted, full circumstances are unclear, report is disputed, in particular by commenters suspecting landmine explosion; I could not find relevant material in OSCE reports on 27 or 29 March where it would be xpected; people are killed on a regular basis, on both sides, and reports of similar-sized casualties by LDPR forces do not result in war promotions).
24 Mar. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signs Decree No. 117/2021, essentially declaring war on Russia
23 Mar. DPR: two soldiers are killed by Ukrainain shelling near Donetsk airport
22 Mar. DPR: A civilian is killed in Alexandrovka by Ukrainian sniper shot.
20 Mar. Commentary describes “Kravchuk plan”, said to be de-facto capitulation of the republics with no special status and Ukraine taking control of the border before the elections. It is said that Ukraine tries to obtain Germany and France backing of the plan, with military moves towards separation line to drive home the message. Moscow does not agree to the plan and indicates that it will raise the stakes and will support the republics if Ukraine attacks. With all this, situation is dangerous and may escalate out of control.
Blogger Donetskii commentary reminds that Ukraine used tensions to supress opposition figures in Ukraine (Medvedchuk and others), and to move its forces into the conflict zone, no matter what will happen with diplomacy. He asserts that all those back and forth escalations and ceasefires do not resolve the conflict and do not serve interests of the people (while he does not want a full blown war, either).
18 Mar. Daily, numerous reports on Ukrainian shelling (mortars, AGS, small arms, occasional artillery) . Resumed despite “stricter measures” around February, with no end in site, and with many reports on heavy arms moved towards the separation line.
17 Mar. Opolchenie: one soldier is killed today, under Gorlovka.
13 Mar. There is increasing speculation about a planned Ukrainian attack on Donbass; in particular stream of reports of heavy weapons (including heavy artillery and air defense) moved in daytime to the front line, open-sourced report of 8 Bayraktar drones in Ukrainian possesion, etc.
12 Mar. DPR soldier is killed by Ukrainian shelling.
10 Mar. DPR. One DPR soldier is killed, another is wounded by Ukrainian fire. DPR said it returned fire.
It is noted that pro-Ukrainian bots spread on social media fake messages claiming that Russian military teams entered L/DPR.
5 Mar. DPR. Three DPR soldiers are killed and one wounded by Ukrainian sniper shots to the head. One of those killed is Varnavskii Roman. In the absence of international response, DPR forces returned fire. Ukrainian losses are reported.
3 Mar. DPR police officer Voina V.I. is killed by Ukrainian sniper when his group responded to a call saying that a group of children was seen in the grey zone between Ukraiian and DPR forces.
26 Feb. Ukrainian forces fired eighteeen 82-mm mortar shells on Donetsk state plant of chemical products and the adjacent territory; a DPR soldier was killed by shelling.
25 Feb. LPR soldier is heavily wounded by Ukrainian sniper fire near Nizhnee Lozovoe
Heavy shelling of northwestern Donetsk is reported, Yelenovka was shelled earlier.
Heavy weapons shelling of Gorlovka is reported.
23 Feb. DPR. Ukrainian shelling in multiple areas is reported, at least 4 residential houses damaged
22 Feb. A civilian man is wounded by Ukrainian fire in Alexanrdovka, west of Donetsk
21 Feb. Zaitsevo in Gorlovka shelled once again, a direct hit on empty residential house.
20 Feb. At least six opolchenie soldier (Gorbachev Vladimir, Shepetki Evgenii, Alekseev Valery, Petrenko Sergey, Syrovatsky Dmitry, Pyatak Vladimir) killed by Ukrainian mortar shelling near Gorlovka, and 3 wounded, (two, by the official report) shortly after Ukrainian leadership authorised local commanders to open fire without higher-ups approval. Unconfirmed reports claim that more were killed. War correspondent Kotenok: “On situation in Gorlovka. Our losses: 5-200, 3-300, a dugout (blindazh) was smashed. Fire corrected from the drone. From 2 am to 5 am it (Ukrainian fire) flew here.” Another oplochenie/Strelkov unconfirmed report claims that losses of the “3 battalion of the 3 brigade is from 2 to 11 killed; either reconnaissance and sabotage group or murder” (Bezler on 21 Feb: 20 killed; that figure is denied by Evgenii Skripnik “Prapor” who tells about 7 killed and scores wounded, after a rescue group arrived and better account made); and that “at minepit Glubokaia, 7 -200 and 4 -300” (see also 1, 2); it is unclear whether reports are accurate and whether it has intersection with Kotenok report (who is a well-established war reporter). Opolchenie and official DPR sources say that DPR responded and “supressed enemy fire”; it is claimed that 11 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.
DPR later acknowledged that 7 DPR soldiers were killed and 6 wounded on that day near Gorlovka.
OSCE drone is reported in L/DPR airspace.
20 Feb is Ukrainian “day of memory of the heavenly hundred”
17 Feb. Ukrainian mortar and BMP-1 guns fire is reported south of Donetsk, 21 mortar shells fired. More Ukrainian shelling is later reported, 20 AGS grenades and 20 BMP-2 gun shots fired on Abakumov minepit area near Donetsk,and two mortar shells fired on Luganskoe village.
DPR head Denis Pushilin and Leonid Kracvchuk, former Ukrainian president and head of Ukrainian delegation at the contact group, appeared together and had some exchange on a Russian TV show. That may be the first such direct contact ever, at least in public (but little was agreed on…)
15 feb. Attempted assasination attempt on DPR commander Sergei Popov, call name “Dlinnyi”. An explosive devices was planted in his vehicle and exploded when he was taking his daughter to a school. Both survived, with commander receiving multiple wounds to his legs, and daughter shell-shocked.
11 Feb. Opolchenie reports arrival of Ukrainian troops and heavy armor in areas near separation line, discuss concerns on prospects of a large scale Ukrainian attack.
6 Feb. DPR: “For the first time since the commencement of the Complex of Additional Measures (July 27, 2020), Ukrainian militants launched an artillery strike from 122-mm artillery, shelling residential areas of Staromikhaylovka settlement in the Donetsk direction, firing 12 shells. Against this background, we reserve the right to provide an adequate response to the actions of Ukrainian punishers to protect the population from Ukrainian terror. “
2 Feb. Ukrainian president Zelenskii signed a decree blocking three Ukrainian opposition TV channels NewsOne, Zik, 112 from broadcasting, financial transactions, cultural exchanges, transfer of intellectual rights and technology. Prior to this, US indicated “robust U.S. economic and military assistance to Ukraine“, and support on “preventing disinformation” after the decree was signed.
29 Jan. Margarita Simonian in Donetsk: “Mother Russia, take Donbass home” (5:14,2:07). Peskov: Donbass joining Russia is not on the Kremlin’s agenda. (Commenters: split on meaning).
23 Jan. DPR soldier is killed near Staromikhailovka by a munition dropped by Ukrainian drone.
22 Jan. One DPR soldier is killed and another wounded by Ukrainian shelling
Highlights from the past
30 Apr. U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine
Poroshenko announced end of ATO and start of ‘joint operation of armed forces’, which is aimed at ‘defending territorial integrity’ and will only end ‘when the last piece of Ukrainian land is liberated, including Crimea’, which is somehow supposed to happen by ‘political-diplomatic means’.
Videos
More videos on talk page
Photos
Recent history in a nutshell in those photos to the right:
Poroshenko, Kiska – EU entry at Uzhgorod
Ukrainian AF killed and wounded in ‘ATO’, Maidan, Kiev
Aftermaths of Ukrainian shelling of the village Zheltoe (Yellow), LPR, 29 Nov. 2016 lug-info.
Sources
Note on sources. At present, pro -Ukrainian and pro-Russian sources more often than not offer opposing claims on events, and a choice needs to be made. Currently factual part of reporting by pro-Russian sources appear more accurate, complete, and closer to truth, out of the two available alternatives. It is also less known, as the other side has greater support by the Western mass media. For that reason, a lot of reporting here is based on Russian sources. It is not done for the sake of supporting any pre-determined narrative. If and when Ukrainian sources appear more accurate, they will be used without a reservation.
Some Ukrainian source reporting is very good, for example Tatyana Montyan numerous videos, some of them translated, are spot-on and at times appear closer to reality than any pro-this or that narratives. However the bulk of Ukrainian media is unreliable, and often just unbelievable, not passing cross checks (e.g. as was illustrated numerous times by well-read on both sides Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Sharii); or else, is filled with hate and may cheer more people harmed or killed (any of such sort, from any side, is totally unsupported here).
OSCE
Official Ukrainian sources
Ukrainian media
DPR and LPR
Minsk Agreements
Safety zone (no heavy weapons) agreed at Normandy format meeting in Minsk, 12.02.2015. Black: current front line; red-19 September line. At the bottom it says: source: the web site of the President of Russia


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* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/18/nigel-farage-coutts-bank-account-closed-align-with-values/ Coutts closed Nigel Farage’s account because he didn’t ‘align with their values’] – ”The Telegraph”, July 19, 2023 * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/18/nigel-farage-coutts-bank-account-closed-align-with-values/ Coutts closed Nigel Farage’s account because he didn’t ‘align with their values’] – ”The Telegraph”, July 19, 2023
+ * [https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-bowed-to-white-house-pressure-removed-covid-posts-2df436b7 Facebook Bowed to White House Pressure, Removed Covid Posts] – ”Wall Street Journal”, July 28, 2023 ([https://archive.is/P5t3c archive])
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SdxHHRU_UA Freedom of speech] – Dr. John Campbell, July 28, 2023 (video)
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Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

This post was originally published on this site * : ” The new model from Oxford University suggests the virus was circulating in the UK by mid-January , around two weeks before the first reported case and a month before the first reported death .
* : ” The new model from Oxford University suggests the virus was circulating in the UK by mid-January , around two weeks before the first reported case and a month before the first reported death .
* : ” This means it could have had enough time to have spread widely , with many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a professor of theoretical epidemiology who led the study , said testing was needed to assess the theory .
‘ We need immediately to begin large-scale serological surveys – antibody testing – to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now , ’ she said .
* : ” This means it could have had enough time to have spread widely , with many Britons acquiring immunity .
Sunetra Gupta , a professor of theoretical epidemiology who led the study , said testing was needed to assess the theory .
‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surveys – antibody testing – to assess what stage of the epidemic we are in now , ’ she said .

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*:”And while many believe the virus originated at a fish market in Wuhan, China, Garry said that is also a misconception. “Our analyses, and others too, point to an earlier origin than that,” Garry said. “There were definitely cases there, but that wasn’t the origin of the virus.”