Soldiers of the "Orchestra" inflict fire damage from a 152 mm D-20 howitzer gun on a high-rise building in Bakhmut/Artemovsk, where Ukrainian nationalists settled. Their positions are literally 300 meters from the "musicians".

All actions are adjusted with the help of a copter so as not to inflict "friendly fire". The image is transmitted to the control point.

Before striking, reconnaissance was carried out. Combat work is carried out around the clock, and the control centre is located almost at the forefront.

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The deer decided to walk along the railway tracks and blocked the path of the train in Yakutia. The railwaymen were not satisfied with such a leisurely promenade, and they began to signal for the "travelers" to clear the road.

However, when this did not help, a stick was used. One of the drivers ran out, waving a piece of wood, drove away the stubborn deer.

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Two-year-olds participate in a ski race at the Cedar Stadium.

Competitions among children from 2 to 8 years old were held there today.

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North South Transit Corridor - Fanciful Thinking or Tool of Multipolarity?

▪️North-South Transit Corridor is a transportation route that begins from India, going through multiple countries, but mainly through Iran, where it ends in Russia, where the goods transported through this corridor then get distributed to the Heartlands of Europe - like the Rhine or Silesia.

▪️The Corridor, according to the Iranian Ambassador to Russia, Mr.Kazem Jalali, will cut off 20 days of transportation time and over 30% of transport costs and fees compared to the Suez Canal, which would make the Corridor a cheaper and faster alternative than the Suez Canal.

🔻Before going into detail about this analysis, I will highlight the importance of the Suez Canal, the history and objectives of the NSTC and then I will move on regarding its feasibility.

▪️The Blockage of the Suez Canal cost the world - at least, over 59 Billion $ over a week of the Evergiven blocking the canal, and over 30% of the Yearly Transit volume of the global merchant fleet goes through the Suez, the existence of the Canal also supplicants the income of multiple port cities and Installations, where a sizeable part of their income is solely dedicated to servicing and supplying the ships that go through the Suez.

🔻Regarding the NSTC - It Began as an idea in 1993, preliminary agreements and plans were signed in Saint Petersburg in 2000, and the agreement was officially signed in 2002.

▪️It involves many member states, including but not limited to - Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkey, India, Iran, and many Central Asian and Caucasian countries.

▪️The only noticeable achievement of the NSTC so far over 20 years of work was the modernization and construction of new railways in Central Asian countries like Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, which is not heavily related to the main route of Russia - India - China, besides that, the railway projects have not even begun in Armenia and Azerbaijan, the main routes - more on that later.

▪️The Transport Corridor would, on paper, begin at the Port of Mumbai in India to the Port of Cahaba and Bandar Abbas, then from there sent through the railways and cities of Iran to Baku - although that is a small segment of the goods, where the majority will be sent through the Ports in the Caspian, and from there the goods will be delivered to the Russian port of Astrakhan, and then sent to Moscow, and from there to wherever the end destination is - Please count that there are at least 4 loading and unloading operations of the freight goods, if you count their final destination that is, and 3 in the transit process.

🔻Compared to the Suez Canal, there is only 1 loading and unloading process for ships that go through the Suez Canal, which is the port of origin and the port of destination.

▪️Therefore, the Suez is cheaper than the NTSC in that regard, as a matter of fact - not all types of goods can be packed and unpacked more than once as it can damage the goods, and there the Suez can also preserve the integrity of the goods sent through the Canal - as the goods are not constantly handled and loaded/unloaded.

▪️Regarding the infrastructure and international politics - Russia is currently engaged in a war with Ukraine, and due to sanctions I doubt that many companies or distributors would like to deal with Russia through the Corridor, and as for Iran - The Sistan and Baluchistan Province, which is one of the most important links in this project, is the poorest province in all of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is facing an almost 20-year old low-level insurgency between the Iranian government and terror groups in the region, with its HDI score being 0.688 and over 75% of the people live under the line of poverty - it is simply not appealing. (Part 1/2)

▪️According to an Iranian MP - Iranian railways also can not realistically handle a constant influx of commercial goods and meet its domestic needs, the railways are simply not that big or modernized to handle both of them at the same time, Iranian roads are also not known worldwide for their quality, and even if the roads are fixed it will require over 460 thousand trucks just to service the NSTC - an amount of vehicles that the Iranian government can not afford, and if left to the private sector - the private citizens and local Iranian businessmen will surely skyrocket their services and charge more for their trucks.

🔻Iran also has border disputes with Azerbaijan, a key member in this project, and the security situation in the Caucasus is not stable - like the one in Sista and Baluchistan, alas, simple math shows that quite a lot of issues with the land segment of the corridor.

▪️An Average merchant ship has anywhere from 10-21,000 containers, and on average over 320 freight railcars are required to transport the goods of one merchant ship.

Over 24,000 merchant ships passed through the Suez in 2022, 320 freight railcars times 24,000 = 7,680,000 freight railcars, that means that Iran will somehowhaves to have over 7 times the number of freight railcars + locomotives in North America, America alone only has 900,000 freight railcars.

🔻Iran simply can not handle the NSTC - even if it suddenly existed, a poor security situation, the sheer logistics involved too complex to comprehend, and sanctions and diplomatic isolation (notwithstanding the recent Saudi deal) make it a rather fanciful idea, of course, I think there is a reason why this project has been around since the 90s and almost nothing came out of it so far, there is still the issue of the Belt Road Initiative and the NSTC - as China and India have competing interests, but that is a topic for another day. (Part 2/2)

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UK says no nuclear escalation in Ukraine after row over depleted uranium munitions

LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) — Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Wednesday there was no nuclear escalation in the Ukraine war after Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised Britain for supplying depleted uranium tank munitions to Ukrainian forces.

Britain had on Monday confirmed it was supplying Ukraine with ammunition which contained depleted uranium. The heavy metal is used in weapons because it can penetrate tanks and armour more easily due to its density, amongst other properties.

But Putin on Tuesday condemned British plans to send such ammunition to Ukraine, saying Moscow would be forced to respond accordingly as such weapons had "a nuclear component".

Cleverly said that Russia was the only country talking about mounting nuclear risks and the ammunition was conventional.

"There is no nuclear escalation. The only country in the world that is talking about nuclear issues is Russia. There is no threat to Russia, this is purely about helping Ukraine defend itself," Cleverly said at the launch of Britain's international technology strategy.

"It's worth making sure everyone understands that just because the word uranium is in the noscript of depleted uranium munitions, they are not nuclear munitions, they are purely conventional munitions."

Britain has used depleted uranium in its armour piercing shells for decades and does not consider those rounds as having a nuclear capability. Russia is known to also have ammunition containing depleted uranium.

It is a particular health risk around impact sites, where dust can get into people's lungs and vital organs.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Britain was "taking this escalation to a new and very serious stage," while Russia's mission in Geneva accused London of prolonging the conflict and leaving "no chance for a political and diplomatic settlement of the Ukrainian crisis."

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"We are doing the same thing as the United States, deploying our tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, We will deploy them and train the military, like the United States in Europe." — Putin.

‼️After the announcement of Britain on the transfer of ammunition with depleted uranium to Ukraine, Russia decided to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus.

Britain's announcement prompted talks with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, but Minsk has long asked to host Russian tactical nuclear weapons.

This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Pavel Zarubin on the air of the Russia-24 TV channel.

On July 1, the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is completed.

Russia is not transferring its tactical nuclear weapons to Minsk, but is deploying them and planning to train the military, as the United States does in Europe.

The Russians have already helped the Belarusians re-equip the planes: 10 types of planes are ready for the use of tactical weapons.

The Iskander was also handed over to Belarus, and from April 3, crew training and the construction of a storage facility for nuclear weapons will begin.

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Putin: "Russia has something to respond to the use of shells with depleted uranium"

MOSCOW, March 25 — RIA Novosti. Russia has something to respond to the possible use of depleted uranium ammunition by Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

"I must say that Russia, of course, has something to answer. Without exaggeration, we have hundreds of thousands of such shells (with depleted uranium). We have not used them yet," the president said.

The head of state noted that depleted uranium munitions do not belong to weapons of mass destruction, but they somehow create radiation dust and therefore are considered very dangerous. According to him, if they are used, the sown areas will inevitably be polluted, which will create a danger for both local residents and the environment.

Putin also stressed that the statement by British Deputy Defence Minister Annabelle Goldie on the transfer of weapons with depleted uranium to Ukraine served as a pretext for negotiations with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in the republic. In addition, the West seemed to deliberately announced these deliveries in order to disrupt Russian-Chinese negotiations, the head of state said.

“On the same day, when President Xi Jinping showed me positive aspects of the Chinese plan for settling in Ukraine by peaceful means, on the same day we learned about the supply of millions of shells to Ukraine from Western countries, from the instigators of the conflict. The next day, before the meeting with the press, we learned about this story that the UK is going to supply shells with depleted uranium," Putin said.

When shells with depleted uranium are used, radioactive dust settles on the ground, it is extremely toxic and cannot be decontaminated. The use of such ammunition can lead to outbreaks of cancer. US troops used depleted uranium during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, during the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, and after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview that he fully agrees with the conclusions about the explosions at Nord Stream — they were staged by the US intelligence services.

It will be difficult to get the truth, but someday this will be revealed, President Putin said, commenting on the situation with the undermining of the Nord Stream.

“The Russians are encroaching on the dollar, we would use it, but they won’t give it to us, the United States themselves are sawing the branch on which they sit, limiting the use of the dollar. All countries with gold and foreign exchange reserves have thought about the reliability of the United States,” the Russian leader said.

The President also commented on his recent meeting with Xi Jinping.

“Sitting by the fireplace and drinking tea, we talked about everything slowly, about the situation in world affairs, the PRC leader paid much attention to revealing the positive beginnings of the Chinese peace plan. The leader of the People's Republic of China is a very interesting interlocutor, he knows everything to the details,” Putin added.

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Russia called on UN to cooperate on sabotage at Nord Stream

UN, March 25 — RIA Novosti. Moscow called on all countries, including Denmark, Sweden and Germany, to work together with the UN commission in investigating the Nord Stream sabotage, according to a draft Russian resolution in the Security Council.
According to the document, the Security Council "calls on the member states of the United Nations, including those conducting their respective national investigations, to cooperate fully and share information with the Commission."

The draft resolution contains an appeal to the Secretary General of the organization, António Guterres, with a request to create an international independent commission to conduct a comprehensive, transparent and independent international investigation of all aspects of the act of sabotage on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. In addition, we are talking about the need to identify performers, sponsors, organizers and accomplices.
Also, according to the document, the UN Security Council calls for the involvement of relevant parties in the investigations conducted by some states. It is noted that all those responsible for the organization, financing and implementation of sabotage must be held accountable.
The UN Secretary General was given 30 days to report to the Security Council on the modalities for creating such a commission. A vote on the resolution is scheduled for Monday.

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Kremlin supports Medvedev's idea of digital piracy against Western countries

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed his approval of the idea of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Medvedev on digital piracy in relation to the intellectual property of Western countries.

Peskov said that this would be a response to the blocking of Russian assets:

“I agree with Dmitry Anatolyevich. We are dealing with pirates - those who robbed us, those who seized our assets, stole our assets .... The phrase “pirated content” should be perceived under a different sauce.”

Before that, Medvedev said that in exchange for “all kinds of Netflix that have left us,” we will use all this stuff for free.

“I would scatter all this over the Web in order to cause them maximum damage,” the deputy chairman of the Security Council emphasized.
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Nearly $100 billion in deposits pulled from banks; officials call system ‘sound and resilient’

— Federal Reserve data showed that bank customers collectively pulled $98.4 billion from accounts for the week ended March 15, as Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed.

— Officials at the Financial Stability Oversight Council, meeting in a closed session Friday, insisted the system “remains sound and resilient.”

Regulators again assured the public that the banking system is safe, as fresh data showed customers recently pulled nearly $100 billion in deposits.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and more than a dozen other officials convened a special closed meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council on Friday.

A readout from the session indicated that a New York Fed staff member briefed the group on “market developments.”

“The Council discussed current conditions in the banking sector and noted that while some institutions have come under stress, the U.S. banking system remains sound and resilient,” the statement said. “The Council also discussed ongoing efforts at member agencies to monitor financial developments.”
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Data show that the bulk of the money came from small banks. Large institutions saw deposits increase by $67 billion, while smaller banks saw outflows of $120 billion.

The withdrawals brought total deposits down to just over $17.5 trillion and represented about 0.6% of the total. Deposits have been on a steady decline over the past year or so, falling $582.4 billion since February 2022, according to the Fed data released Friday.

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The Russian military thwarted the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Orekhovo

SIMFEROPOL, March 25 — RIA Novosti. The offensive of the Ukrainian troops near the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, was thwarted by delivering a preventive massive strike on enemy positions, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, told RIA Novosti.
The day before, Rogov said that Ukrainian troops were preparing to break through the front line in the Orekhov area, an offensive was expected in the coming days.

"The full-scale offensive in the Zaporozhye direction, which the enemy was preparing, was thwarted. Our military launched a massive preventive strike on the exposed positions of the enemy, hitting the locations of personnel, as well as warehouses with ammunition, military equipment, fuel. In total, about 25 targets were hit. The number of those killed and the wounded, according to the most conservative estimates, exceeded 550 militants of the assault units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These are very large one-time losses in the Zaporozhye direction," Rogov said.
According to him, the Kyiv authorities planned to time their offensive to coincide with the EU summit, which is taking place on March 23-24 and where the issue of military assistance to Ukraine was considered.
"Now the Ukrainian grouping near Orekhovo is incapable of conducting an offensive. They are licking their wounds, regrouping, resupplying, calculating damage, losses and determining the necessary new reserves of armored vehicles," Rogov said.

At the same time, according to him, the Kyiv authorities are unlikely to abandon their plans for an offensive in the Zaporozhye region, trying to continue to throw troops into reconnaissance in force in order to open the defense line.

"Prior to this, all attempts at reconnaissance in force ended in failure for Zelensky's militants, and for many of them they were the last," Rogov stressed.

Zaporizhia region became a subject of the Russian Federation following a referendum held in September 2022, the results of which Kyiv does not recognize and continues to shell the territory. Today, more than 70% of the Zaporozhye region is under the control of Russia, while the regional center, the city of Zaporozhye, remains under the control of Ukrainian troops.

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On March 10, 2023, our brave Soldiers from 31 ODSHB carried out a combat mission to capture the concrete fortifications of the ukrovermacht in a forest belt of 1500x600 meters, in which there were 25 DSHB APU.
Earlier, other units tried to take this capital fortification 10 times unsuccessfully. Brave Warriors from 31 OGDSHB during fierce battles for 5 days, step by step, ground the enemy, resulting in the fixed positions of paratroopers at the end of the forest belt and an open path for further offensive. The enemy was defeated and completely destroyed.
Unfortunately, there were losses among our guys:
Nikolay Zalessky (Zalik)
Vladimir Kubyshko (Cuba)
Romanenko Roman (Proton)
Andrey Pyrkov (Titan)
Bornyakov Mikhail (Quiet)
Alexey Kutanov (Cosmos)
They were the best brave guys who fought with honor and bravery for our Motherland, for their families, for the Russian world!
To be a Warrior is to live forever!
Eternal Memory to our Soldiers and sincere condolences to family and friends!

A Quiet night V.Tsoi

🥰Good Sunday morning to everyone who woke up.
...this is what the sunrise looks like from space...🤔❤️

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Even Trump has a tantrum already??
But he seemed so calm😁

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President of Kenya Urges Citizens To Get Rid of U.S. Dollars - soon (Operation Sandman?)

The President of Kenya today announced to all citizens they should get rid of any U.S. Dollars they may be holding because they will become worth less within weeks.

Today, in a nationally televised speech in Kenya, Ruto said  “Those of you who are holding dollars, you shortly might go into losses. So you better do what you have to do because this market will be different in a couple of weeks.”

Operation Sandman is, or was, believed to be a 'rumor' that will "put the US Dollar to sleep" by having all 142 countries repudiate the currency on the same day, and refuse to continue accepting it for payment in Trade.

Trump at a rally in Texas:

- They asked me here: “Who is our main threat, sir? China? Russia?" And I said: “No, our main threat is high-ranking politicians from the US government. Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Schumer, Biden, Justice Department. They are poison to our country.”

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On March 26, 2000, Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia for the first term.

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⚡at the World Boxing Championship, the anthem of the Russian Federation was played in honor of Anastasia Demurchyan, who won the championship in India🇷🇺🔥
She became the strongest🥇 in the weight category up to 70 kg.

🥈Russians Natalia Sychugova (silver in the category up to 63 kg) and 🥉Diana Pyatak (bronze in the athletes up to 81 kg) also received medals at the competition.

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