The elite troops of the Russian army suffered heavy losses and were therefore timid. The United Kingdom pointed out that the Russian army’s rudeness is surprising. The outside world has ridiculed that Russia will be “demilitarized” instead. The Russian army continued to bombard many places in Ukraine, and focused on the Ukrainian railway transportation network, intending to cut off Western military aid. The Russian spy was arrested by Ukraine, and the remains of the Russian army were strangely arranged in a zigzag shape. The situation in Moldova is also worrying.
The EU proposed the sixth round of new sanctions against Russia, Germany is expected to turn to support an immediate embargo of Russian oil, and the United States expressed its willingness to follow up with additional sanctions. Israel, which had previously remained neutral and refused military aid to Ukraine, also decided to provide Ukrainian military aid because it was provoked by Russia’s Nazi remarks.
Ukraine accuses Russia of planning to celebrate “Victory Day” in Malibo military parade, the Russian Defense Minister will attack NATO equipment in Ukraine
Every year Russia holds a military parade on May 9 to celebrate the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. According to foreign media reports, the Ukrainian government accused Russia on the 4th that Russia will not plan a military parade in Moscow’s Red Square this year, but will celebrate Victory Day in the devastated Unan city of Mariupol.
It is reported that officials from the Russian presidential palace have arrived in Malibo to oversee plans for the military parade on the 9th. “Malibo will be the center of the ‘celebration’, and the streets of the city center are being cleared of rubble, remains and unexploded ordnance.”
At present, a group of heroic Ukrainian soldiers are still guarding the Azov steel plant in Malibo, and the Russian army continues to bombard the surrounding area with heavy artillery fire every day.
In addition, “CNN” reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on the 4th that the remnants of the Ukrainian army at the Azov Steel Plant in Malibo have been “reliably” blocked by the Russian army. Although the attack will not stop, the Russian side Will continue to try to surrender. In addition, Shoigu also provocatively stated, “In order to meet the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces, any NATO transport vehicle carrying weapons and supplies will be considered by us as a legitimate target of sabotage.”
Russia’s rich anti-war is targeted by Putin
The New York Times reported that Oleg Tinkov, a Russian billionaire and founder of the online bank Tinkoff (Oleg Tinkov), recently posted an anti-war on social media, calling the invasion crazy, and then it was reported that Vladimir Putin was attacked by Vladimir Putin ) the government is eyeing. Dinkov said he was forced to sell his 35% stake and was told to be careful.
Dinkov revealed that Putin’s government had contacted senior bank officials and threatened to nationalize the bank if he did not cut ties with Dinkov, the report said. Last week he “desperately sold” his stake in mining tycoon Vladimir Potanin. Running a company with close ties to Putin, “I can’t discuss the price, like a hostage, there is no room for negotiation”. Online banking denied any threats.
Dinkov said the Russian financial system was affected by Western sanctions and the shares had lost value, and he thanked Potanin for allowing him to “save” at least some of the money.
Dinkov pointed out that the Kremlin has never sent someone to contact him directly, but friends with links to the security services reminded him that he should fear for his own life and that “a decision about you has been made.” He had hired bodyguards and said that although he had survived leukemia, “maybe the Kremlin will kill me”.
Dinkov admitted frankly that he has been considering selling shares, “As long as Putin is still alive, I doubt that everything will change. I don’t believe in the future of Russia, and most importantly, I have no intention of linking my name, personal brand, and gratuitousness. A country that attacks a neighboring country has a relationship.”
Russia’s FSB, top military officials are rumored to be plotting a coup to overthrow Putin
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not yet achieved its goal, and it has encountered a tsunami of international sanctions. Russia’s prospects are bleak. There are growing rumors that many Russian high-level officials and oligarchs want to bring down President Vladimir Putin.
According to the British media “CITY AM”, there are rumors in Moscow that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) is very disappointed with the delay in the progress of the war of aggression against Ukraine. The FSB is contacting Russian generals and former Russian intelligence officials to work together. Find a way to overthrow Putin.
Anonymous Russian sources claim that social media in Russia and Eastern Europe are increasing Putin’s belief that a coup may take place, and therefore particularly tightening security measures in and around the Kremlin.
The Guardian reported at the end of March that an anonymous Russian intelligence analyst wrote to Vladimir Osechkin, a Russian rights activist and the operator of the anti-corruption website “Gulagu.net”, that as Russia resorted to clumsy tactics The continuous artillery fire of the “war of aggression against Ukraine” has caused confusion and dissatisfaction within the national security department. Oshekin pointed out that the possibility of a coup by the Federal Security Service (FSB) to overthrow Putin is rising every week.
Oshekin also revealed to The Times: “The fact that Russian intelligence officers are taking risks to speak out is a sign of their growing anger towards Putin; in addition, the operators are also dissatisfied with the impact of sanctions by various countries, and they will not be able to do anything in the future. I went on vacation to my villa in Italy; I couldn’t take my kids to Disneyland Paris, France.”
Oshekin pointed out that in the past 20 years, Putin has brought a stable life to Russia, and people in the system of the Federal Security Service, police, state prosecutors, etc. can live a good life, but after the outbreak of the war, all these It’s all over, people recognize the human and economic devastation of the war, and they don’t want to go back to life in the Soviet Union.
Russian military intelligence lost and extremely arrogant elite troops suffered heavy losses and cowardly Russia was “demilitarized”
The performance of the Russian army in this war broke the glasses of international experts. The Guardian reported that Antony Radakin, the UK’s chief of defense staff, told the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council summit in London on May 3 that he believed the military operation was led by Putin and He was increasingly isolated by his tyranny, and he was quite surprised by the Russian military’s insolence.
“Russian military decision-making has rarely improved and it has gotten worse,” Rodakin said. “We are surprised that Russia has come this far.” Rodakin noted that Russia thought they could capture the Ukrainian city in a few days, and in 30 The fact that they were in control of the entire Ukrainian kingdom in the daytime, and the fact that they have suffered such setbacks today is the result of “staggering intelligence failures and unbelievable arrogance.” “Whatever their endgame looks like, there is clearly a sharp gap with their beginning.”
Rodakin said that Russia’s initial ambition was to take control of the entire Ukraine, thereby forcing back the NATO sphere of influence, while demonstrating Russia’s great strength and authority, “but all failed, NATO has never been like this. Powerful. The idea that the Ukrainian people would choose to submit to Russia now seems rather ludicrous.”
On the other hand, in Ukraine, the military and civilians of the whole country resisted bravely, causing heavy losses to the Russian army, and causing many Russian soldiers to lose their will and defect. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) posted an intercepted audio file on the official Twitter PO. The man in the film can be heard complaining about the loss of Russian elite troops, more than in the Chechen war 4 years ago, many soldiers and regiments refused. Continuing the fight and wanting to withdraw Russia, the SBU tweeted that “even the enemy’s elite forces cannot withstand the pressure of the Ukrainian defenders.”
The reason why Russia started the war was to “demilitarize” Ukraine. However, with the development of the war for more than two months, the losses of the Russian army became more and more heavy. Instead, many people ridiculed it as “demilitarization” of Russia.
The British Ministry of Defense released a war situation report on Twitter on the 3rd, pointing out that Russia’s defense budget has roughly doubled from 2005 to 2018, investing in a number of high-end military equipment for sea, land and air, and implementing military modernization plans.
The report said that the Russian military does have advantages in armament modernization and quantity, but the modernization of equipment cannot completely suppress Ukraine. Russia has suffered failures in strategic planning and implementation, making it impossible to turn its numerical advantage in armaments into a decisive advantage.
The British Ministry of Defense believes that after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its military power has been greatly weakened, and international sanctions will also deteriorate Russia’s military resilience and have a lasting impact on Russia’s ability to deploy conventional military forces.
Ukraine’s 6 railway stations and the western city of Lviv were bombed and the oil depot in the Russian-occupied area of Donetsk was shot into the sky
According to foreign media reports, the Ukrainian railway plays an important role in transporting people, goods and military supplies, so it has also become the primary target of the Russian army, intending to cut off Western military aid. The head of Ukraine’s railway transport, Oleksandr Kamyshin, said the attack on May 3 by Russian forces hit six railway stations in central and western Ukraine, causing severe damage and delaying at least 14 trains.
Lviv in western Ukraine was also attacked by Russian missiles on the evening of the 3rd. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy pointed out that the Russian missiles destroyed three substations, causing damage to the local part of Lviv. The area was powered off and 2 people were injured. After emergency repairs, the power supply has returned to normal.
The area of Kirovohrad in central Ukraine was hit by two Russian missiles, with no casualties yet.
In addition, the western border area with Hungary and Slovakia has never been the focus of the Russian army’s attack, and it was also attacked in the attack on the 3rd.
Although the Russian army claimed to have “liberated” many areas of Ukraine, the Ukrainian army continued to resist bravely. According to reports, an oil depot in the Russian-occupied area of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine caught fire.
Eastern European online media “NEXTA” posted a video on its official Twitter PO, and saw a raging fire in the distance, and thick black smoke continued to shoot into the sky. “A fuel depot has caught fire near the Makeevka area of the Russian-occupied Donetsk region,” the tweet said, adding that “missiles attacked the fuel depot.”
Michael Carpenter, the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said on the 2nd that the Kremlin is planning to hold “fake referendums” in the “Republics of Luhansk” and “Donetsk” through democracy Or a false guise of electoral legitimacy, in effect annexation of Ukrainian territory.
Russian spy arrested and turned into an “open-air morgue” on the outskirts of Kharkiv, the remains of Russian soldiers are strangely arranged in a zigzag shape
Russia and Ukraine are not only fighting fiercely on the battlefield, but there are also turbulent undercurrents under the table. Russian spies in Ukraine have also been discovered and arrested one after another. The Ukrainian State Security Service (SBU) has arrested a Russian spy who leaked the positions of the Ukrainian National Guard during the war to the Russians so they could shell them, according to Ukraine’s Defense Express. position.
The SBU said it is currently investigating whether the spy was involved in shelling incidents in other areas, including the previous indiscriminate shelling of the Kyiv area by the Russian army.
In addition, since the war began, Kharkiv, the second largest city in eastern Ukraine, has been continuously attacked by the Russian army, and the Ukrainian army has also resisted stubbornly. A senior U.S. defense official revealed on the 2nd that in the past 48 hours, the Ukrainian army successfully pushed the Russian army back to about 40 kilometers east of Kharkov and entered the Donbas region.
A reporter from The Associated Press visited the suburbs of Kharkiv and found dead bodies everywhere, like an “open-air morgue,” but the poses and locations of some of the dead were unbelievable. According to the report, the bizarre methods of death included the man’s charred body leaning against an anti-tank obstacle similar to a horse; soldiers were lined up in the “Z” symbol, the symbol of the Russian invasion, wearing armbands commonly used by Russian soldiers, with Russian medical kits scattered on the side; The men wearing Ukrainian badges hold Russian military certificates, etc. However, the actual identity of these people remains to be investigated and clarified.
Russia Invasion of Moldova Signal?Cement blocks block road at checkpoint along Nestor River with Ukraine
The Times reported on the 3rd that the Russian army may invade Moldova around Victory Day on May 9, repeating the scene of the invasion of the Donbass in the eastern Uruguay region. Ukrainian military sources say that if Russia takes control of Moldova, Ukraine would be a very vulnerable target militarily, even an existential threat.
The Twitter account @tinso_ww also posted a photo on the 3rd. You can see that on the opposite side of the photo is a Ukrainian checkpoint. There is a crane in operation. Border checkpoints are now blocked by large blocks of cement.”
Moldova’s pro-Russian rebel region “Transnistria” recently exploded frequently. Moldovan President Maia Sandu convened an emergency national security meeting for this purpose. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense warned that the local bombings were all Russian secret services Planned provocative actions”.
However, Western intelligence has assessed that Russia does not have enough capabilities to complete the new front and will not risk the fighter jet being shot down by the Ukrainian air defense system deployed in Odessa.
The EU proposes the sixth round of new sanctions against Russia, Germany turns to an immediate embargo on Russian oil, the United States is willing to follow up and increase sanctions
“CNN” reported that the European Commission proposed the sixth round of new sanctions against Russia on the 4th. President Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU plans to phase out Russian oil imports within six months. Although some member states rely heavily on Russian oil, they will continue to work towards a complete embargo of Russian oil. “Make sure to maximize pressure on Russia while minimizing the impact on our economy.”
In addition, von der Leyen also said on Twitter that the European Union will list a list of war crimes committed in Bucha, a town on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, and will be held accountable in the future; Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank (Sberbank) Sberbank) and 2 other banks removed from the SWIFT system; 3 Russian state broadcasters banned from European broadcasts for actively promoting Putin’s lies. The tweet did not name two other banks and three Russian state broadcasters.
Von der Leyen said bluntly: “Putin has to pay a high price for his brutal aggression. What matters is international law, not power. We want Ukraine to win this war, and many things will have to be rebuilt in the future, so I propose that we should start for Ukrainian friends. Develop a recovery plan that will bring in substantial investments to meet Ukrainian needs and necessary reforms.”
“The Associated Press” reported that the 27 member states will start discussions on the 4th, and it is expected that it will take several days before the results come into effect and come into effect. For the most controversial oil embargo, Slovakia and Hungary have stated that they will not support it, because the energy dependence of the two countries on Russia cannot be changed in a short time.
Slovakia’s only refinery, Slovnaft, cannot switch from Russian crude to other types of oil immediately, and the technology required for this change will take years, said Richard Sulik, Slovakia’s economy minister. Absolutely insist on the exemption.” Slovakia’s oil supply is almost entirely dependent on Russia, via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that as long as the sanctions project will affect the delivery of natural gas or oil from Russia to Hungary, Hungary will not vote for it. Because no one can expect us to pay for the Russian-Ukrainian war.”
The Russian-Ukrainian war has aroused the trend of Europe getting rid of Russia’s energy dependence. Germany, which is the most entrenched, affects whether the EU can unite against Russia. At present, Germany’s position is expected to change.
“Reuters” reported on the 3rd that German Finance Minister Christian Lindner told “Die Welt” (Die Welt) that it is possible to immediately give up imports of Russian coal and oil, but energy prices may rise immediately; German Economy Minister Robert Habeck pointed out in Brussels on the 2nd that Germany is working hard to achieve an oil embargo level, but this does not mean that there are no attendant costs.
Energy exports are currently Russia’s largest source of income, and it is also an item that has been exempted from sanctions so far, which has also allowed the Russian government to spend hundreds of millions of euros every day from European countries into the war against Ukraine. Germany, Russia’s biggest buyer of energy, has seen imports plummet to 12 percent from 35 percent before the war.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also stated that the sanctions against Russia will not be suspended until Putin signs a peace agreement with Ukraine. Sovereignty in Crimea.
In addition, Germany has completely broken the tradition of not supplying heavy weapons to warring parties in the past. Following the 50 Cheetah anti-aircraft combat vehicles, Die Welt reported on the 3rd that the German government decided to disregard the opposition of the military and assist Ukraine with 7 PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery with a range of 40 kilometers, which is the most advanced today. One of the artillery pieces, and is responsible for training the Ukrainian army to use these advanced armaments, but the German government has not confirmed it.
Due to the historical burden of launching World War II and the general anti-war sentiment among the people, the German society is opposed to the delivery of heavy weapons such as Ukrainian tanks and believes that the conflict should be resolved through diplomatic mediation. However, Ukraine’s courageous resistance to the massacre of civilians by the Russian army has gradually shifted public opinion to support. The latest poll shows that nearly 60% of the public supports the aid of heavy weapons in Ukraine, while the remaining 40% are against it. According to the statistics of the German Ministry of Defense, the total value of German military aid to Ukraine is at least 192 million euros.
Regarding the new round of sanctions proposed by the European Union, U.S. President Joe Biden also said on the 4th that the United States is “willing to impose additional sanctions on Russia.” Biden revealed that he will discuss the matter with members of the Group of Seven (G7) this week.
Outraged by Russian Nazi remarks, Israel plans to expand aid to Ukraine and allow NATO to provide weapons to Ukraine
Israel maintained its neutrality after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Unexpectedly, the recent series of Nazi remarks by the Russian Foreign Ministry caused the Israeli government to rebound.
The Times of Israel reported that Israeli officials will discuss expanding aid to Ukraine, including providing defensive military equipment. Before that, Israel rejected requests for military support from the Kyiv authorities or Western countries, and only agreed to provide humanitarian relief supplies and equipment.
However, Israeli officials are expected to further support Ukraine, but at the same time want to maintain friendship with Russia, so they will not consider supporting the Iron Dome defense system (Iron Dome) or other offensive, advanced defense weapons technology, will try to find Relations with Moscow, an option that can also help Ukraine.
In addition, there is news that Israel will allow NATO countries to supply Ukraine with Israeli-made weapons. The Twitter account @BabakTaghvaee posted a video on the 4th showing soldiers testing the Spike anti-armor missile, and the missile hit the turret of the tank with precision. Ukraine’s supply of Israeli-made weapons, including the Spike anti-armor missile, would be a nightmare for Russian tanks.”
In order to reduce the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewish blood, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov previously claimed that Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, had Jewish blood, sparking strong dissatisfaction in the Jewish state of Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid denounced: “Foreign Minister Lavrov’s remarks are outrageous and inexcusable, and they are also a terrible historical mistake!” Supporting the “neo-Nazi regime” in Ukraine has strained relations between the two countries.
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