Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent, BBC reports

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RF/RL correspondent Maryan Kushnir met with Ukranian soldiers fighting Russian forces in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. One of the soldiers called the Russian troops "cannon fodder," describing their tactics as "desperate" and without any coherent strategy.

 

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The Russian Defense Ministry has issued a statement about yesterday's air RAID on Kiev, Ukraine's capital.
The statement said that a factory in the city that produces space rockets was targeted.

New information has been shared about the points targeted by the Russian army, which launched two missiles into Kiev, the capital of Ukraine yesterday.
A statement was made by the Russian Defense Ministry regarding the attacks carried out during the visit to Kiev by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

The ministry said it was aimed at the factory in Kiev that produced space rockets belonging to a defense industrial company.
The statement also noted that a Calbr type cruise missiles and military facilities in Ukraine were shot from a submarine stationed in the Black Sea.
The attacks were the first air strike from submarines in the Black Sea, it was reported.

Officials from Ukraine said that an apartment was targeted and 10 people were injured in the attack launched by Russia in Kiev weeks later.

 

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NATO fighter jets stationed in both the Baltic and Black Sea regions scrambled “multiple times over the past four days” to track and intercept Russian aircraft near alliance airspace, according to a statement posted by NATO’s Allied Air Command.

 

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Interview with Azov fighter about the situation in Mariupol’s last stronghold

Last night alone, the Russians carried out at least 50 artillery strikes against the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol – the heavily defended stronghold where civilians and the last Ukrainian defenders are holding out.

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Last night alone, the Russians carried out at least 50 artillery strikes against the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol – the heavily defended stronghold where civilians and the last Ukrainian defenders are holding out.

 

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The nuclear-powered submarines of three western powers including the US, UK and France have docked in Scotland’s naval base HMNB Clyde.
The confluence of nuclear-submarines in Scotland come amid heightened tensions between NATO and Russia over Ukraine.

While the gathering of NATO submarines could be coincidental, it comes amid heightened tension with Russia.
Adding to the speculation is the fact that there is no official submarine drill scheduled in Clyde.
All three countries have appeared secretive about the movement of their nuclear submarines to Scotland.

 

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UNHSCR special envoy and U.S. actor Angelina Jolie visited a railway station in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.

 

[gaby]

Visite surprise de NANCY PELOSI ....great to see l'appui indéfectible des ÉTATS-UNIS....va poursuivre sa route en POLOGNE....important aussi pour nos alliés sur la ligne de combat de se sentir ainsi appuyé par la plus grande puissance au monde.

 

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...appuyé par la plus grande puissance au monde.

Pas sûr de cette affirmation, la Chine pourrait très bien avoir dépasser les USA, économiquement et militairement.

Et aussi, l'arme la plus efficace en temps de guerre est la propagande. Faut pas prendre pour du cash tout ce qui se retrouve dans les médias, traditionnels ou pas. Chacuns tentent de manipuler l'opinion publique pour se justifier et parvenir à ses fins.

Sans vouloir t'offenser de quelque façons que ce soit, tes posts sur le conflit ressemble souvent à du cheerleading! Lol

 

[gaby]

Pas d'offense..lol....je crois seulement que dans leur situation horrible... l'UKRAINE apprécie tout appui/support---non le mien..lol--qu'il peut recevoir.....évidemment préférerait une intervention d'un autre ordre....MAIS ça c'est une autre histoire.

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rolling-thunder-rally-sunday-1.6437425

Ottawa police are investigating what they're calling hate-motivated mischief at a church in the city's Vanier neighbourhood Sunday morning.

Photos sent to CBC News show the words "No haven for fascism" and "f— off fascists" spray painted on the Capital City Bikers' Church, where a service connected to the Rolling Thunder Rally was to be held Sunday morning.

Other slogans were written out and posted on the building. One photo sent to CBC News shows a sign posted on the building that reads, "A nest of nazis. Burn it out."

 

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The Russian military leadership is well aware that thousands more Russian soldiers will be killed and thousands more injured in the coming weeks,' Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskyy said, noting that Russia has begun to increase the raid in the Donbass. Zelenskiy also explained Russia's military loss in the war.

Ukrainian President Zeleski said that Russia had October in additional troops for the offensive from the east, increased pressure on Donbass and created reinforcements in Kharkiv, adding that 23 thousand Russian soldiers had died in the war. Zelenskiy stressed that this number will grow even more, saying: 'We know that the Russian military leadership is preparing for new big losses.

 

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The UK has predicted that Vladimir Putin will use Russia's victory day parade on May the 9th to announced the mass mobilisation of reserves for a final push in Ukraine.

 

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Ukrainian forces destroy Russian targets.

 

[Skym]

It blows my mind that almost every important leader of some level have gone to Ukraine in person to meet with President Zelensky but so far, Canada had yet to send any delegation of any kind, let alone Trudeau.

Trudeau talks a big game about "being there for Ukraine" but yet his government won't even send a cabinet minister, or anything.

Let alone himself, the Canadian ambassador to Ukraine or foreign minister Melanie Joly.

Even the US already sent Defense secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Kyiv.

Hell, Nancy Pelosi went to meet with President Zelensky in Kyiv.

At this rate, we'll probably see the Rock Dwayne Johnson go to Kyiv before we see any Canadian delegation go to Kyiv in person.

Shameful!

 

[Fradi]

Ukraine has some of the angriest truck drivers in the world those horns and gas fumes are devastating.
Trudeau has learned it is best to stay safe somewhere in a bunker or perhaps he has Covid yet again.

 

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Driving Into Danger, Ukrainian Truckers Are Delivering Food, Cargo and Aid

Trucking firms in Ukraine say they are increasingly strained by wartime difficulties, especially growing fuel shortages, that threaten their ability to operate as drivers navigate roads that run close to rocket attacks, artillery shelling and airstrikes.

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Trucking firms in Ukraine say they are increasingly strained by wartime difficulties, especially growing fuel shortages, that threaten their ability to operate as drivers navigate roads that run close to rocket attacks, artillery shelling and airstrikes.

Recent Russian missile attacks on an oil refinery and several fuel depots around the country have reduced Ukraine’s already limited diesel supplies and raised fresh challenges for truckers delivering food, medicines and cargo.

 

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sparked outrage when he claimed in an interview with an Italian news channel that Ukraine could still have Nazi elements even if some figures, including the country's president, were Jewish.

 

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Russia’s Victory Day on May 9 will not impact war on Ukraine: foreign minister - National | Globalnews.ca

The upcoming anniversary of Russia's liberation at the end of World War II will have no bearing on Moscow's military operations in Ukraine.

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The upcoming anniversary of Russia‘s liberation at the end of World War II will have no bearing on Moscow‘s military operations in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said on Italian television on Sunday.

“Our soldiers won’t base their actions on a specific date,” Sergei Lavrov said when asked whether the May 9 anniversary would mark a turning point in the conflict.
Now May 9 is no longer a target.

 

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Mariupol, 3 months ago

 

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UK PM To Announce New Military Aid In His Address To Ukrainian Parliament

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce Tuesday another £300 million ($376 mn, 358 mn euros) in military aid for Ukraine in a remote address to its parliament, his office said Monday.

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London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce Tuesday another £300 million ($376 mn, 358 mn euros) in military aid for Ukraine in a remote address to its parliament, his office said Monday.

Johnson will use the speech delivered via video link, the first by a foreign leader to Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada since Russia invaded on February 24, to hail the country's resistance as its "finest hour".