WAR IN UKRAINE 2022

2022-04-20 03:28:29 The President's Office of Ukraine announced a dead end in peace talks with terrorussia.

"It is difficult to say when the next direct peace talks will be possible," said Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

He explained that the reason for this is the fact that the kremin is "seriously betting" on success in the second phase of the war against Ukraine, which is currently unfolding in the Donetsk region. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 03:01:12 Ally countries crank up their support for Ukraine by providing necessary military equipment

Slovakia, Finland, the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Canada and even faraway Australia are sending various equipment ranging from artillery to planes and plane parts.

Interestingly, the US has, for the first time, agreed to provide Kyiv with high-power capabilities, including 11 Mi-17 helicopters; 18 155 mm Howitzer cannons and 300 more Switchblade drones. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 02:26:39 Romania will start donating lethal weapons to Ukraine.

Such transfers to non-NATO states are currently illegal according to Romania law, but the parliament will quickly amend the law for the sake of Ukraine. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 02:18:31 Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 19 April 2022 Open / Comment

2022-04-20 02:17:31 UN continues living in a fantasy world

Despite any country achieving no results from holding peace talks with russian fuhrer, UN Secretary-General António Guterres proposed to declare a four-day humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine from April 21.

*What a genius idea. How come Ukraine didn’t think of this?.. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 02:08:33 Mariupol. Azovstal is under the most vicious attacks by the ruscists. One of the most powerful air strike explosions was heard 100 km away. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 01:56:40 The media freaked out over Tik Tok’s disappearance from russian Apple Store.. this was just a glitch

Tik Tok is back on russian Apple Store just hours after it vanished from the service.

What we do need to know about Tik Tok though:

The social network cut off new content originating in russia in early March.

Nevertheless, Forbes first reported that RIA Novosti and RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonya, both noteworthy nodes in Russian disinformation operations, were still posting to TikTok as of March 7. More than a month later, both accounts are still active in spite of TikTok’s stated policy blocking new content from russia.

While TikTok is likely controlling the flow of new content out of Russia by monitoring where users are located, it’s not clear why the company would opt to not enforce the rules against accounts it has already linked to the Russian government, even if those accounts used basic workarounds to disguise their location. The company declined to provide comment on the record. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 01:03:18 UPD From an unknown source close to Azov.

“Got in touch with the guys [Azov Regiment]. Literally a few minutes ago, the katsaps [derogatory term for russians] directly hit the bunker with civilians with aircraft. They said that there was a very powerful and large mushroom cloud, there are dead, many are stuck under debris... But there is no way to pull people out, since the air raid continued, there were about three consecutive powerful strikes. Just a question. Will anyone close the sky? People are dying... and for what reason? For the fact that they are residents of their own city in their own country!?!?..” Open / Comment

2022-04-20 00:51:23 One of the surviving sailors of the cruiser Moskva told his mother that the ship was going to Odesa to “deliver” paratroopers tasked with capturing the city. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 00:47:07 The Netherlands will send heavier equipment to Ukraine, - Prime Minister Mark Rutte Open / Comment