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Ukraine Invasion: Part 39

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MagicFox · 25/03/2023 22:44

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Underthesofa · 06/05/2023 12:36

Jill Biden’s granddaughter is in yellow. A hint to the Ukrainian flag ? Or I might be reading more into it. Every time I see blue and yellow together I automatically think of the Ukrainian flag. Even the carpet at the Coronation!

Greenshake · 06/05/2023 12:44

@Underthesofa you are not the only one. The official Ukraine.ua Facebook group made the same point πŸ™‚

ReleaseTheDucksOfWar · 06/05/2023 13:28

Seems a bit coincidental doesn't it? :)

Natsku · 06/05/2023 13:55

Quite the coincedence

minsmum · 06/05/2023 15:00

Did you notice the horses pulling the coaches had blue decorations, quite a statement with the gold coaches. Charles choice I believe

ReleaseTheDucksOfWar · 06/05/2023 15:24

Kyiv Independent Telegram

⚑️Defense Ministry: Russia trying 'with all its might' to seize Bakhmut (https://kyivindependent.com/defense-ministry-bakhmut-update-may-5/) by May 9.
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on May 5 that Russia is trying "with all its might" to capture Bakhmut by May 9.

⚑️Russian proxies in Zaporizhzhia Oblast announce displacement of civilians (https://kyivindependent.com/russian-proxies-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast-announce-displacement-of-civilians-from-front-line-settlements/) from front-line settlements.
Russian occupation authorities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast plan to move 70,000 residents deeper into the occupied territories, a top Moscow-installed proxy Andrey Kozenko told Russian state-owned news agency TASS on May 5.

Belarus Weekly: Imprisoned opposition leader hospitalized; Top activist jailed (https://kyivindependent.com/belarus-weekly-imprisoned-opposition-leader-hospitalized/)
Viktar Babaryka, who ran against dictator Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election and is now a political prisoner, was hospitalized with a punctured lung and signs of physical abuse.

⚑️EU Council approves (https://kyivindependent.com/eu-council-approves-another-billion-euros-to-purchase-ammunition-for-ukraine/) another billion euros to purchase ammunition for Ukraine.
The European Council has approved allocating another billion euros ($1.12 billion) to implement the second phase of the EU plan to provide Ukraine with one million ammunition rounds.

⚑️CNN: HIMARS become less effective (https://kyivindependent.com/cnn-himars-become-less-effective-due-to-russias-jamming/) in Ukraine due to Russia's jamming.
In recent months, Russia has been blocking the U.S.-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) used by the Ukrainian army more frequently, making them less effective, CNN reported on May 5, citing people familiar with the matter.
Russian forces use electronic jammers to disable the system's GPS targeting mechanism, causing the missiles to miss the target, the media outlet wrote.

⚑️OSCE report: Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children 'may amount' to crime against humanity (https://kyivindependent.com/osce-report-russias-deportation-of-ukrainian-children-may-amount-to-crime-against-humanity/).
According to a report published by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on May 4, mass deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to the occupied areas and Russia's territory "may amount" to a crime against humanity.

⚑️President's Office: 36 countries (https://kyivindependent.com/presidents-office-36-countries-in-core-group-on-special-tribunal-for-russian-crime-of-aggression/) in Core Group on Special Tribunal for Russian crime of aggression.

Ukraine war latest: Russia attempts to seize Bakhmut (https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-russia-reportedly-attempts-to-seize-bakhmut-by-may-9-militant-boss-says-wagner-group-to-soon-withdraw-from-bakhmut-due-to-lack-of-ammunition/), as mercenary boss says Wagner to withdraw due to ammunition shortage
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on May 5 that Russia is trying "with all its might" to seize Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast by May 9, the day Russia celebrates victory over Nazi Germany.

⚑️ Sandu (https://kyivindependent.com/sandu-we-are-only-safe-today-thanks-to-ukraine/): β€œWe are only safe today thanks to Ukraine”.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that Russia might have sent its troops into Moldova if its full-scale invasion of Ukraine had gone as planned.

⚑️ Prosecutor General’s Office records (https://kyivindependent.com/prosecutor-generals-office-records-over-84-500-russian-war-crimes-crimes-of-aggression-in-ukraine/) over 84,500 Russian war crimes, crimes of aggression in Ukraine.

⚑️Ukraine's Air Force admits shooting down first Russian ballistic missile (https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-air-force-admits-shooting-down-ballistic-missile/) on May 4.
Ukraine's Air Force admitted on May 6 that it shot down a Russian Kh-47 Kinzhal ballistic missile for the first time since the start of the war. The Air Force said that a Patriot air defense system was used to destroy the ballistic missile over Kyiv Oblast that Russia launched from MiG-31K in its territory at around 2:30 a.m. on May 4.

⚑️UK Defense Ministry: Moscow's Victory Day celebration (https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-ministry-moscows/) likely to go ahead on smaller scale.

Russian media: Pro-war Russian writer hospitalized after car explosion. (kyivindependent.com/russian-media-pro-war-russian-writer-hospitalized-after-his-car-exploded-in/)
Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, known for his pro-war view, is hospitalized after his car exploded in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, in what appears to be an assassination attempt, Russian news agency RBC reported on May 6. [there really isn't much left of the car]

⚑️Zaluzhnyi calls (https://kyivindependent.com/zaluzhnyi-holds-call-with-u-s-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chief-discusses-counteroffensive/) top U.S. general, discusses counteroffensive.
Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said on May 6 he had had a phone call with the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, discussing the front-line situation and upcoming counteroffensive.

⚑️Yermak: 45 Azovstal defenders return (https://kyivindependent.com/yermak-45-azovstal-defenders-return-home-from-russian-captivity/) home from Russian captivity

⚑️Mercenary boss: Chechen troops to replace (https://kyivindependent.com/mercenary-boos-claims-chechen-battalions-to-replace-wagner-group-in-bakhmut-after-withdrawal-on-may-10/) Wagner Group in Bakhmut on May 10.

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blueshoes · 06/05/2023 15:32

Underthesofa · 06/05/2023 12:36

Jill Biden’s granddaughter is in yellow. A hint to the Ukrainian flag ? Or I might be reading more into it. Every time I see blue and yellow together I automatically think of the Ukrainian flag. Even the carpet at the Coronation!

It is blue and yellow. Almost exact colour match with the Ukraine flag, particularly the blue. I am weeping.

ReleaseTheDucksOfWar · 06/05/2023 15:36

UNITED24 Media Telegram

80 Leopard 1 tank, which Denmark and Germany are transferring, will be ready for deployment in Ukraine by June 1, β€” Acting Minister of Defense of Denmark Troels Lund Poulsen.

WHO: "It is with great hope that I announce that the global public health emergency has ended. However, this does not mean that COVID-19 as a global health threat is over .....” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, CEO of the organization.

5,000 women are serving on the front line, 107 of them died, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar reported.
In general, according to Maliar, 42,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine today, and also 60,000 civilian employees.

Zelenskyy and Yermak welcomed a bipartisan delegation from the House of Representatives of the US Congress

❗️The Berlin Administrative Court canceled the ban on hanging Ukrainian flags at Soviet memorials in the districts of Treptow, Tiergarten and SchΓΆnholzer-Heide, which was previously announced by the police of the German capital. Russian flags are banned.

"Part of Ukraine is the ancient Hungarian land"
This was stated by the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor OrbΓ‘n, on Radio Kossuth:

Russian occupation forces used phosphorous and incendiary ammunition in Bakhmut, trying to wipe the city off the face of the earth, β€” Special Operations Forces [some awful footage]

Russia has introduced a ban on the use of drones in more than 40 regionsπŸ€·β€β™‚

The US Department of Justice is investigating the crypto exchange Binance, which may have allowed Russians to circumvent sanctions illegally, Bloomberg reported, citing several anonymous sources.

Russian special services may be preparing provocations for May 9, in particular attacks on the civilian population of Russia's border regions under the guise of Ukrainian soldiers, said Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, on the air of the telethon.

NATO countries conduct exercises to protect maritime infrastructure from possible Russian encroachments, β€” Bloomberg.
The United States, Canada, Spain, Portugal, and eight other Allies jointly searched for the submarines with the help of their patrol planes and ships.
The exercise was prompted by reports of Russian surveillance of key US and EU underwater facilities and is due to end today.

A new round of negotiations on the continuation of the grain initiative has ended without results, – The Guardian with reference to the deputy spokesman of the UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq.

A meeting between the Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Great Britain, Denys Shmyhal and Rishi Sunak, took place in London.

The German concern Rheinmetall is ready to produce 1.5 times more ammunition for Ukraine, β€” CEO Armin Papperger in an interview with Handelsblatt.
The concern produces 450 thousand shells yearly but is ready to increase production to 600-700 thousand.
Expansion of production will require 18 months and about €200-250 million.

πŸ‘‘ An epoch-making event began in Great Britain β€” the coronation of Charles III. He will become the 40th monarch to be crowned at Westminster Abbey, having effectively ascended the throne on September 8 following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II.

First Lady Olena Zelenska and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal are also present at the coronation today.

A Polish border guard resuscitated a child from Ukraine who was not breathing

πŸ’ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦For the first time since September 2022: Ukraine returned home 45 Azov fighters.

ReleaseTheDucksOfWar · 06/05/2023 15:46

Live: Ukraine Telegram

Intimidation, beatings, assimilation. Stories of Ukrainian children deported to Russia
The video is already available on our YouTube –

Ukrainian Armed Forces are skeptical about Prigozhyn's statement that Wagner PMC will start leaving Bakhmut on May 10 - Eastern Group spokesman Cherevaty
He emphasizes that Prigozhin is lying about the lack of shells - in fact, the Wagnerites are suffering enormous losses due to the successful actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The spokesperson says they have plenty of shells - in the last 24 hours alone, they fired 520 times at the positions of Ukrainian troops.
But what Prigozhin and his PMC really lack is people. Prisoners are no longer going to the front.

Russia said that it had fully restored traffic on the Kerch Bridge, both road and rail. The last to be repaired was the railroad line.

In Sloviansk, two S-300 missiles hit the building of the Zeus Ceramics plant, and in Kramatorsk, the administrative building of the Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant was damaged, said the head of the Regional Military Administration, Kyrylenko.

Crimea, Russian media report that air defense is operating on the peninsula

Russian media report that a car carrying Russian writer and politician Zakhar Prilepin exploded in Nizhny Novgorod. Preliminarily, the car was planted with explosives. The driver allegedly died on the spot, and Prilepin himself was hospitalized with serious injuries. Prilepin's press service assures that he is "fine," but Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has already called for "prayers for Zakhar.
ℹ️Zakhar Prilepin has been supporting Russia's aggression in Donbas since 2014 and fought on the side of the so-called LDPR. In 2015, he was even an adviser to the leader of the "DPR" Alexander Zakharchenko, but after the latter's death, he left the occupied Donbas and took up politics in Russia.

Some Western politicians urge Ukraine not to liberate Crimea, as it could allegedly lead to a "nuclear war" - Zelensky's representative

Putin takes Shoigu's side in conflict with Prigozhin - Washington Post
According to media reports, Prigozhin begged Putin to continue recruiting mercenaries in prisons (after the Defense Ministry had banned him from doing so - ed.), to train newly mobilized soldiers and to facilitate the recruitment of foreign fighters, especially Afghans.
The leaked documents say that Putin ordered Prigozhin to deal with these issues with the Defense Ministry himself, effectively siding with his generals.

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Underthesofa · 06/05/2023 16:01

This was posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales instagram account yesterday, the only posed photo from last night, I think it’s another clear message of solidarity. Olena Zelenska and Jill Biden sat next to each other at Westminster Abbey today, well done to whoever was in charge of the seating plan.

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Gothambutnotahamster · 06/05/2023 16:13

Agreed @Underthesofa - fab photo and show of solidarity.

MissConductUS · 06/05/2023 16:56

The Ukrainian Air Force has confirmed that it was a Kinzhal hypersonic missile that was shot down by the Patriot battery. Another invincible Russian superweapon bites the dust.

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1654762067117711360

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1654762067117711360

notimagain · 06/05/2023 17:55

I don’t think there was ever really anything β€œwonder weapon” about Kinzhal, despite how it’s been portrayed in some quarters..especially by some in the western MSM.

It is no faster or slower than many a ballistic missile (most of which are hypersonic at some stage of flight).

Engaging a Kinzhal should be within the capabilities of any suitably positioned Patriot battery equipped with the later upgrades…it’s having enough batteries that’s going to be the issue.

blueshoes · 06/05/2023 18:07

MissConductUS · 06/05/2023 16:56

The Ukrainian Air Force has confirmed that it was a Kinzhal hypersonic missile that was shot down by the Patriot battery. Another invincible Russian superweapon bites the dust.

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1654762067117711360

Excellent. Great to see Patriot success in action.

MissConductUS · 06/05/2023 18:10

notimagain · 06/05/2023 17:55

I don’t think there was ever really anything β€œwonder weapon” about Kinzhal, despite how it’s been portrayed in some quarters..especially by some in the western MSM.

It is no faster or slower than many a ballistic missile (most of which are hypersonic at some stage of flight).

Engaging a Kinzhal should be within the capabilities of any suitably positioned Patriot battery equipped with the later upgrades…it’s having enough batteries that’s going to be the issue.

Good point, and when the counteroffensive starts, will the Ukrainians forward deploy the air defense assets to cover their troops or leave them to protect the cities and other civilian targets? I think the Russians will have to start using whatever missiles they have on the shelf against military targets for a change, but who knows?

DesdamonasHandkerchief · 06/05/2023 18:38

Apparently the colours of the carpet at Westminster Abbey at today's coronation was also a happy coincidence.

I'm sure it's the case that blue and gold are royal colours, and were used at the previous Queen's coronation too (but they were much more muted at the previous queens coronation according to the artists impression) But my god the blue and yellow used today looked exactly like an upside down Ukrainian flag so much so I find it difficult to believe it was entirely happy coincidence!

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Mb76 · 06/05/2023 19:26

blueshoes · 06/05/2023 18:09

Apparently the colours of the carpet at Westminster Abbey at today's coronation was also a happy coincidence.

www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/05/06/coronation-carpet-resemble-ukrainian-flag-westminster-abbey/

I thought this too, how lovely even it is a coincidence 😁

Chatillon · 06/05/2023 22:53

No so sure about the coincidence. It could be, though having been in the Household Division everything is thought about to the minor detail, including political sensitivities. The carpets as far as I recall from a past wedding were a deeper gold and almost navy blue. If anything I would say these have been replaced with lighter colours that accidentally, coincidentally and / or circumspectly happen to recall in one’s mind the Ukrainian national flag.

Putin will be watching this. He covets what other nations do best.

ReleaseTheDucksOfWar · 06/05/2023 23:23

The Queen had that vase of blue-and-yellow flowers at her elbow very shortly after the invasion, didn't she. Subtle but very clear message, bless her.

PerkingFaintly · 06/05/2023 23:28

Yes, gold & blue, so far so normal.

But those particular shades, laid out to give that particular view...

Greenshake · 07/05/2023 01:06

I absolutely loved the references and was very proud they were there.

Sandunesandseashells · 07/05/2023 08:05

Pippa and Carol Middleton too.

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Chatillon · 07/05/2023 08:40

Wait for Solovyov’s next TV show. This is all the evidence he needs that the British establishment is taking over Ukraine. The bloody nut job.

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