"Controlled, limited and tactical withdrawal" from "not very important" Bakhmut

The Ukrainian military comes out under constant Russian artillery fire.

And they have to do it on "plasticine" - country roads near Bakhmut.

Video source - @vorposte

💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
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The Kiev regime has requested cluster munitions from the United States in order to drop them from drones, Reuters has reported, citing sources.

Ukraine has urged members of Congress to press the Biden administration to approve the munitions.

▪️ Cassette shells explode in mid-air, releasing dozens of smaller bombs or needles capable of hitting a huge area.

▪️Human rights activists consider their use in populated areas a war crime.

100 countries have acceded to a convention for banning and non-proliferation.

The United States, Russia and Ukraine are not among them.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 8

▪️The Ukrainian command continues to concentrate forces for possible offensive in Kup’yans’k sector.

Russian troops are identifying enemy locations and launching targeted artillery strikes.

▪️Near Ploshchanka, Russian assault groups are fighting for dominating heights near Balka Zhuravka.

AFU are pulling additional units to the front line in attempt to hold the current positions in Lyman sector.

▪️Wagner PMC continues to cover Bakhmut and leads offensive towards the highway to Chasiv Yar.

AFU periodically attempt counterattacks to maintain ground corridor out of the city.

▪️Representatives of Wagner PMC claim to have established full control over the eastern part of the city.

The enemy under targeted artillery fire has withdrawn the remnants of the defending units to the western bank of Bakhmutka river.

▪️Russian troops with massive artillery and air support conduct an operation to encircle Avdiivka stronghold.

The main objective is to cut supply lines, avoiding frontal attack on the deeply entrenched defences.

▪️On the northern flank, Russian servicemen have liberated Vesele and are fighting near Krasnohorovskyy pond.

Any resistance from the enemy is suppressed by heavy barrage of artillery and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

▪️Despite massive strikes on Avdiivka, AFU continue to fire artillery at frontline towns.

At least four people, including two teenagers, were wounded as a result of the latest shelling in Donetsk.
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7 March, Minsk. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke about the detention in Belarus of a terrorist of the Ukrainian special service and his accomplices who were involved in the attempted sabotage of the A-50 at Machulishchi airfield. The head of state made his statements during the ceremony of presenting state awards and shoulder boards to the top-ranking officers, BelTA reporter informs.
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Conclusions about Zelensky
"It was good, it was a brilliantly conducted operation. It was incredible, finding all the accomplices and detaining them in just four or five days. It's finding a needle in a haystack. But we cannot relax in any case," stressed Alexander Lukashenko. - "It leads to one conclusion. I used to think that Ukraine needed peace, that Zelensky cared for his people. President Zelensky is just a nit. Just a nit! Such operations are never carried out without the approval of the country's leader and commander-in-chief. I am telling you this as a president."

"He is a nit, because he is fussing around Belarus, sending people to us, asking as I told before: "Let's conclude a non-aggression pact, let's agree, we don't have any problems with you". To this I replied: "We are not going to attack you." - "No, let's sign a treaty under the auspices of the United Nations that you won't attack us". You heard all these statements I made. And at the same time... Well, the challenge has been made," said Alexander Lukashenko.

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Ambitious plans: passenger planes to fly on hydrogen by 2025

The US space company Universal Hydrogen wants to obtain a certificate to be able to use hydrogen-powered passenger aircraft in air transport by 2025.
A successful test flight (15 minutes) with a hydrogen passenger aircraft has now been completed by the US space company Universal Hydrogen at an altitude of 3500 feet, which is equivalent to about 1066 metres. One side of the aircraft was equipped with a fuel cell and an electric motor, the other side was equipped with a standard turboprop engine for flight safety reasons.

After the successful test, the client Connect Airlines was delighted. In a press release, the CEO stated: "Today will go down in the history books as the true beginning of the decarbonisation of the global aviation industry." Indeed, the plans to this end are extremely ambitious.

The certificate for the hydrogen-powered ATR-72 regional passenger aircraft is hoped for as early as 2025. The portal Engadget is not quite as euphoric. They say: "Hydrogen has about a quarter of the energy density of normal Jet-A fuel, so it is only good for short distances. There's very little hydrogen fuel infrastructure and it's difficult and extremely explosive to work with." But before normal operations can be thought of, a few more test flights will have to be completed anyway.

💥Source: ✨CSRC Agency.(A-Novosti)✨
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Austrian Foreign Minister asks developing countries to support Ukraine

Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has called on developing countries to support Ukraine at a UN conference in Qatar, stressing that Russia's special operation in Ukraine is not only a European war.

Many countries of the South have been accused of passivity or even sympathy toward Russia and its military narrative, which blames the West for the war and the global rise in energy and food prices.

Austria's foreign minister also acknowledged that least developed countries have been particularly affected by the energy and food crisis with rising prices and disrupted supply chains, noting that the European Commission and member states will continue to be "by far" the largest contributors to development cooperation around the world.

💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
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Polish company to sue Russia for cutting off oil supplies
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State energy giant Orlen will take legal steps against Russia because of the recent suspension of oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, the company's CEO Daniel Obajtek announced.
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In February, the Russian company Tatneft unilaterally halted oil supplies to Poland due to non-payment problems. The decision came just one day after Poland became the first country to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine and a few days after U.S. President Joe Biden visited Warsaw.
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While Poland sought to phase out Russian coal and gas last year, it continues to import Russian coal. Last summer, the European Union imposed an embargo on the purchase, import and transfer of Russian offshore crude oil and some oil products. The ban covers imports of crude oil by pipeline to some EU member states.

💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 9

▪️Russian troops have launched another massive missile strike against Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

The engine room and boiler room of CHPP-5 in Kyiv were hit. Almost half of the city was left without electricity for several hours.

▪️Another priority target was Kharkiv, with several powerful explosions reported in various districts.

The city experienced serious power, water and communication outages. According to some reports, CHPP-3 and CHPP-5 are shut down.

▪️n Sumy Region, Russian missiles hit at least three facilities in Shostka.

One of the targets was chemical products research institute working for the defence industry.

▪️Sources in western Ukraine report powerful explosions in Lutsk and Kivertsi of Volyn Region.

Possible targets of strikes in the area could be fuel depots, airfield, as well as the Lutsk-North substation.

▪️To the north-west of Bakhmut, Wagner PMC assault units have fully liberated Dubovo-Vasylivka. Fighting is already taking place outside the settlement.

Ukrainian formations conducted a number of unsuccessful counterattacks, but made no progress.

▪️In Bakhmut itself, Wagner PMC fighters are engaged in fierce street battles advancing in the northern and southern parts of the city.

Despite the withdrawal of some units, the Ukrainian command still maintains a steady defence preventing the front from collapsing.

▪️Ukrainian formations launched HIMARS rocket attack on a trucking company in Volnovakha.

As a result of the shelling, one person was killed and buses operating on city and intercity routes were destroyed.
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 10

▪️Ukrainian formations continue shelling settlements in Belgorod Region.

Yasniye Zori came under attack. Hangar of an agricultural enterprise was damaged, one man was wounded.

▪️In Bryansk region, several enemy artillery strikes hit Belevitsa in Pogarsky district.

By happy coincidence there were no casualties or damage.

▪️Russian forces struck the building of the former Slovyansk high voltage insulators works.

According to local sources, a large cache of AFU ammunition was destroyed, as confirmed by objective controls.

▪️Wagner PMC assault groups have entered the territory of the Artemivsk Metal Processing Plant from the north and are fighting in the industrial zone.

The offensive is complicated by the density of buildings and the large number of underground utilities.

▪️Russian forces are evacuating civilians from the combat zone near Zabakhmutka.

Heavy fighting is taking place on the western bank of the river. The enemy positions are constantly being hit by artillery fire.

▪️In the centre of Mar'inka, Russian motorized riflemen managed to gain a foothold in the hulks of high-rise buildings on Druzhba Avenue.

Nevertheless, the offensive is developing mainly at the expense of flank strikes to the north and south of the town.

▪️Ukrainian formations resumed shelling of Enerhodar and areas adjacent to the Zaporizhia NPP.

At least seven hits were recorded near the industrial zone and the embankment. Emergency services are working at the site.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 By trial and error: how the West is preparing the AFU for the wrong type of war — Military Chronicle and Rybar's analysis

In October, the head of the European diplomacy Josep Borrell said that by the end of March it is planned to train more than 11 thousand Ukrainian soldiers at the training grounds of NATO countries. Up to the end of 2023, this number may exceed 30 thousand people: the British have already trained 10 thousand people since June 2022; it is planned to train 15 more in other European countries.

The editorial staff of the Military Chronicle and the Rybar team looked into the subject and explained what is wrong with the training of the AFU according to NATO standards.

🔻The main problem

It is difficult to apply the acquired skills on the battlefield: numerous prisoners of war, trained in NATO countries, have repeatedly questioned the effectiveness of training according to Western methods. According to them, at best, the training was superficial and did not guarantee an advantage on the battlefield.

🔻 What's wrong with the training?

Western nations have not participated in high-intensity conflict since the Vietnam War or since World War II. Instructors of various specialties have just participated in local operations. People are being trained along the lines of the wars in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

The experience of fighting against militant groups in the Middle East and Africa is barely applicable to the Ukrainian conflict. Infantry units are mostly trained not to fight in forests and fields, but to clear houses and residential areas.

🔻Trial-and-error method

The other side of the problem is the lack of real experience in live firing of various complexes. The NLAW, Panzerfaust 3, or Gepard anti-aircraft systems have been used in limited numbers only during exercises before the SMO began.

NATO instructors do not have the necessary experience and knowledge to properly use these weapons in combat. Now NATO is actively gaining the experience of Gepard for the new training program, but it will take years to implement it.

The AFU are quite capable of mastering the whole range of weapons under combat conditions - and in a much shorter time than at Western training ranges. But training is often conducted almost by trial and error.

🔻 And what about the training base?

For effective training of Ukrainian units in the West, there is not enough equipment, weapons and material base. The personnel is being taught to operate NLAWs or Javelins on special simulators: real ammunition is out of the question. Before the beginning of the SMO in the West such simulators were ordered exactly as many as it was necessary to train the regular number of cadets. At the moment, there are not enough such complexes for everyone.

The automatic rifle firing during training abroad often does not exceed two cartridges, and weapons for that are brought from the nearest units.

🔻 What does this imply?

Despite loud statements about the huge number of Ukrainian units trained to NATO standards, there are problems in the effectiveness of training. They are accumulating, because in the West they rely on training the maximum number of people in a short period of time. There is no point in talking about the quality of training in such conditions.

The training program for the AFU infantry units has already been cut to three, and in the case of the combined arms units to two.

Probably by Oct-Nov, the number of Ukrainian units trained according to NATO standards will really reach 30,000 men. But claiming to be trained according to NATO standards and commissioning fully combat-ready units that can turn the tide of war are different things.

After returning to the battlefield, soldiers and officers of the AFU face real conditions that are strikingly different from the theoretical ones.

The pattern of use does not change - "human resources" packed in a Western wrapper and costing much more, are used to plug the gaps and try to buy time in the future.

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When British journalist Keir Simmons ended up in Myrotvorets database over his true report from Crimea, military and intelligence analyst Scott Ritter wrote an article expressing his support.

"In America, we call what Jackson Hinkle and Keir Simmons do journalism. In Ukraine, it is apparently a capital crime.

I have been on the Myrotvorets “kill list” since early summer 2022. I welcome Keir and Jackson to the club of persons marked for death by the government of a nation the United States and United Kingdom are actively supporting in its ongoing war against Russia.

They say in war, truth is the first casualty. Closely behind, it seems, are the truth tellers, marked to die by a Ukrainian government and, implicitly, their UK and US supporters, who find the pursuit of truth to be the most dangerous threat to their cause."

In his article, Scott Ritter also discussed the activity of another information warfare structure - the Center for Countering Disinformation, or CCD, a US-funded office that works as part of the Office of the Presidency in Ukraine.

"On February 23, 2023, I was given the ultimate “honor” by the CCD, listed first on their roster of western voices highlighted in a report ennoscriptd “How Western Speakers Promoted Main Narratives Concerned with Russian Propaganda.”

According to this, myself and the other honorees were guilty of promoting six “themes” deemed by the CCD to represent “narratives created by Russian propaganda”.

I plead guilty to all six. The irony of these allegations, however, is that all I’m guilty of is reporting the words of the Ukrainian government, its representatives, and its international supporters."

"Back in 1998, following my resignation from the United Nations Special Commission, President Bill Clinton’s National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, called me “a threat to the national security of the United States” simply because I was telling the truth about US policy in Iraq. In April 2003, the US Ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, chastised his fellow NATO Ambassadors for allowing me to speak at NATO, calling me a “known enemy of the State” because I dared questioned the narrative being pushed by the US regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

My “crime” at the time was telling the truth, and I view it as the highest expression of patriotism to have been called out by both the Clinton and Bush administrations for daring to challenge the official narrative with fact-based analysis.

Today, I face a similar attack from the administration of President Joe Biden, which has provided the financial and political support to the Ukrainian government that makes the Myrotvorets “kill list” and the CCD “blacklist” possible. If telling the truth about Ukraine makes me an enemy of the state, then I stand guilty as charged on all counts.

And I have a news flash for those whose goal it is to silence me through fear and intimidation—I’m still standing. And as long as I am able to, I will speak truth to power."

Apparently NATO is more and more inclined towards a direct military confrontation with Russia and has therefore started to prepare public opinion. For example, the head of the Defence Committee of the British Parliament and former military officer Tobias Ellwood openly declared on live television:

"We are now at war in Europe. We need to move to a war footing... We need to face Russia directly."

💥Source: Tarik_news
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Classic peaceful protests in Georgia.

"We will sanction those responsible for the crackdown on peaceful protesters," the State Department said.

💥Source: Радио Стыдоба
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American Thinker: The US’s March of Folly in Ukraine
One tries to read widely on the state of the Ukraine war, though it’s extremely difficult to cut through the fog of propaganda and obvious lies. But slowly, the picture of a determined, slow-moving, grinding, painful Russian victory emerges. Ukrainian casualties are almost certainly at unbearable, unsustainable levels. Closest guesses are in the range of 250,000 KIA, orders of magnitude greater than Russia’s, which draws from a vastly larger population. Ukraine is losing a generation of its male youth, all to prop up a declining US planetary hegemony.

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When one knows his business...

India's foreign minister in action:

- Mr Jaishankar, India has extended the import of Russian oil. It is a totally opposite position of the EU sanctions. Will you change your attitude during the G-20 presidency?

- The European Union between 24 February and 17 November 2022 has imported more fossil fuel from Russia than the next 10 countries combined. Just to give you an India comparison, the oil imports in the EU is at 6 times what India has imported. Not to mention gas, because we don't import Russian gas, whereas the EU has imported 50 billion dollars worth... I mean, 50 billion euros. Even coal imports from Russia by EU (I am not singling any particular country) is 50% more than India has imported. So I would very respectfully suggest, maybe EU is actually doing very much more than India.

What a blow on the impudent European face.

💥Source: Мрія
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US imposes new sanctions on 39 entities linked to Iran

The US Department of the Treasury announced on Thursday afternoon a new round of sanctions on 39 entities accusing them of helping Iran to evade Washington's illegal sanctions.

“Iran cultivates complex sanctions evasion networks where foreign buyers, exchange houses, and dozens of front companies cooperatively help sanctioned Iranian companies to continue to trade. Today’s action demonstrates the United States’ commitment to enforcing our sanctions and our ability to disrupt Iran’s foreign financial networks, which it uses to launder funds,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo.

Companies in Iran, Singapore, and Malaysia have been placed on the US sanctions list for their role in the production, sale, and shipment of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian products.

💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
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— Let's go, let's go, let's go! Fuck it! Davay!

Unique footage: a foreign mercenary in command of an AFU platoon during the evacuation from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). No transport at all, just an open field and whizzing bullets.

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◾ Ukrainian War Crimes:

◾Only a few days ago, a group of Ukrainian connoscripted soldiers decided to surrender to the DPR troops, but they were shoot in the back by their own colleagues.

◾In the video 4 Ukrainian soldiers advance towards Russian positions with their hands up, one of them is holding a white flag. Suddenly heavy machine gun fire from the Ukrainian side hits the group killing them. The footage has been posted in Ukrainian channels as a warning for other Ukrainian deserters.

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Taiwan and the U.S. begin negotiations to establish a "stockpile of American ammunition on the island in case of contingency"
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Although locating U.S. ammunition depots in Taiwan would undoubtedly infuriate China, the key foreign policy figure of Taiwan's largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, has shown support for the idea, which is particularly notable given that the Kuomintang is much friendlier to China than the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and usually seeks to avoid provoking China.
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"If Washington is thinking about increasing Taiwan's ammunition stockpiles, it reflects a specific security commitment to help Taiwan's self-defense. Possible acquisitions and arrangements should be discussed on the basis of Taiwan's defense concept and mutual interests," Alexander K. Huang, a spokesman for the Kuomintang in the United States, told Asia Sentinel.

💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
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