Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent, BBC reports

[sene5hos]

U.S. intelligence helping Ukraine kill Russian generals - NY Times

Ukrainian officials said they have killed about 12 Russian generals on the battlefield, according to the New York Times

nationalpost.com

U.S. intelligence helping Ukraine kill Russian generals - NY Times

Ukrainian officials said they have killed about 12 Russian generals on the battlefield, according to the New York Times.

 

[EagerBeaver]

It's also been reported that the successful missile attack that sank a Russian warship in April was due to US intelligenec:

US provided intelligence that helped Ukraine target Russian warship

When Ukraine successfully targeted Russia's prized warship last month with anti-ship cruise missiles, it had some help from the United States.

www.cnn.com

 

[sene5hos]

DENAZIFICATION: How Putin Justifies His War in Ukraine.

And now, he says, he wants stay.

 

[wetnose]

About 1 mln people returned to Ukraine in past few weeks – PM

About 1 million people have returned to Ukraine in the past few weeks, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

ua.interfax.com.ua

As Russians have withdrawn from the Kyiv region, over 1 million Ukrainians have returned in the last few weeks.

 

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Vladimir Putin has faced another blow after Russia’s new flagship naval vessel burst into flames off the coast of Snake Island.

Its so so important these ships are sunk.. a lot of people dont realise how important they are.. compared to destroying a few tanks its colossal.
The new missiles should be start seeing the front line soon enough.. hopefully more ships can feel the ocean floor.

 

[sene5hos]

The Ukraine war as of May 3: Russian and Ukrainian forces fight to control outskirts of Kharkiv

A study by Masae Analytics estimates that over 40% of infrastructure in the city has been affected by the bombing to some extent

english.elpais.com

A study by Masae Analytics estimates that over 40% of infrastructure in the city has been affected by the bombing to some extent.

 

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Ukraine war: Russia targets airfields, infrastructure and Odesa

The Ukrainian army said Moscow was focusing its main efforts to prevent Ukrainian air forces from operating effectively.

www.euronews.com

Ukrainian authorities fear up to 60 people sheltering in a school in Luhansk region may have been killed in a Russian strike on the building.
It comes as the World Health Organisation announced it was collecting evident in Ukraine of possible war crimes committed by Russian forces against medical facilities.

Meanwhile the UK's latest intelligence briefing confirms that Russia is sending more senior officers to the front lines to take command decisions, although it's not clear whether this is having any impact to change battlefield strategies.

 

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Ukraine President Attends Virtual Meeting with G7 Leaders

Zelensky: Nearly 200 cultural sites destroyed

www.voanews.com

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting virtually Sunday with the Group of 7 leaders, who head the world’s largest economies.

The leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Germany and the United States are meeting with the Ukrainian leader to show their support for Ukraine as it fights off a Russian invasion that began in February.
The G-7 has pledged billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine.

Sunday’s meeting is a day ahead of Russia’s annual Victory Day celebration, commemorating the 77th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
The holiday is celebrated across Russia with military parades.

Ukrainian officials had warned its citizens to expect increased shelling in the lead-up to Monday’s celebrations in Russia.

In his daily address Saturday, Zelenskyy decried Russia’s bombing of a museum in the Kharkiv region dedicated to 18th century philosopher and poet Hryhorii Skovoroda.

Zelenskyy said Skovoroda was a man who “taught people what a true Christian attitude to life is and how a person can get to know himself.”

Zelenskyy said, "Well, it seems that this is a terrible danger for modern Russia -- museums, the Christian attitude to life and people's self-knowledge.”

He said Russia has destroyed nearly 200 Ukrainian cultural sites.

 

[wetnose]

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!

Check this out - Trudeau, Freeland and Joly in Irpin, western suburb of Kyiv. Invitation from Zelensky went out on Wednesday and Trudeau was there on Friday.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523299622642647040

 

[EagerBeaver]

Jill Biden makes surprise Mother's Day Visit to Ukraine, Zelensky Wife:

First lady Jill Biden makes unannounced trip to Ukraine

First lady Jill Biden spent part of Mother's Day making an unannounced trip to Uzhhorod, Ukraine, a small city in the far southwestern corner of Ukraine, a country that for the last 10 weeks has been under invasion by Russia.

www.cnn.com

 

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U2's Bono and the Edge give surprise concert in Kyiv metro.

 

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G7 nations pledge to ban or phase out Russian oil. (Published 2022)

With much of Europe dependent on Russian oil, the Group of 7 said the ban would take effect in a “timely and orderly fashion.”

www.nytimes.com

Leaders of the Group of 7 nations pledged during a virtual meeting on Sunday with President Volodymyr Zelensky to ban or phase out Russian oil, aiming to still further erode Russia’s economic standing as it pursues its invasion of Ukraine.

The United States, which imported a relatively small amount of energy resources from Russia, has already banned the import of Russian oil and gas.

 

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Victory Day in Russia is its biggest public holiday, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two in 1945.

This year on the 9 May occasion, Russia has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as "nonsense".

Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the Victory Parade to announce an escalation of military action.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, said there was no truth to the rumours "at all".

 

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Putin’s Plan B is failing as Russian troops ‘pushed out’ of Donbas, Ukraine.

 

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Putin blames the West for Ukraine war in 'Victory Day' speech

President Vladimir Putin on Monday tried to defend Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in his annual "Victory Day" speech.

www.cnbc.com

Russia commemorates one of the most important events on its national calendar — Victory Day — marking the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

Putin claimed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had been necessary because the West was “preparing for the invasion of our land, including Crimea.”

Evoking that victory in his speech Monday, Putin urged the Russian army toward victory in Ukraine, saying there was a duty to remember those who defeated Nazism.

 

[gaby]

Quelle ironie!!!..de la part d'un ignoble dictateur qui agit exactement comme un fasciste et un tyran de la pire espèce.

 

[sene5hos]

Hitler committed suicide, why not Putin?

 

[Bbw hunter]

Hitler committed suicide, why not Putin?

Hitler was cornered. Germany was getting squeezed as enemy armies were invading from both sides; Berlin was hours from falling into the hands of the Red Army. Two of his top aides, Goring and Himmler, had already deserted him and were trying to negotiate deals with the Allies. He was trapped with no way out. Putin is hardly in such desperate circumstances. No invading army is coming into Russia for the time being. He can drag this out for a long time if there is no NATO army threatening to encircle Moscow.
Also, unlike Hitler, he has nuclear weapons.

 

[sene5hos]

Putin during his speech said he was forced into a defensive war.

Russians wake up, Putin is a liar.

 

[sene5hos]

Russia’s ambassador to Poland has bucket of red paint thrown over his face.

Poor him