Wagner Chief Prigozhin urges Zelensky not to withdraw troops from Bakhmut.

"Dear Vladimir Aleksandrovich, many people are asking you to withdraw troops from Bakhmut." Do not do it. Artemovsk is the main event of this war. We must fight on. You will show cowardice. You will cease to be respected. The Ukrainian people will not forgive you for surrendering Artemovsk to a private military structure. Resist. fight to the end.

— Prigozhin."

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The West has admitted that it is inferior to Russia in supplying the army with ammunition. 
 
If the military actions in Ukraine do not slow down, the West will have problems with production and supply of ammunition by June, the Polish portal Onet writes.

"There is no particular indication that the Russians will run out of resources." "They actually have a lot of equipment and three and a half times the population," said war correspondent Marcin Wyrwal.
 
According to him, the United States, Ukraine's main "helper" or "ally," cannot keep up with the pace of the fighting. 
 
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Military Analyst @Boris_Rozhin writes :

The Gauleiter of Slavyansk (appointed by Kyiv) called on the local population to evacuate from the city, which obviously indicates that the front will soon move towards Slavyansk from Artemovsk and Seversk.

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"Zelensky is working on a plan to start a dialogue with Moscow," said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. 🤡

Russian journalist Alexander Kots @sashakots writes:

The first paragraph of a plan for such a dialogue should only sound like this: 

"We, the undersigned, acting on behalf of the Ukrainian Supreme Command, agree to the unconditional surrender of all our armed forces on land, at sea, and in the air, as well as all forces currently under Ukrainian command, to the Supreme Command of the Russian Army.

"The Supreme Command immediately issues orders to all Ukrainian commanders of land, sea, and air forces and all forces under Kiev's command to cease hostilities at 23:01 Moscow time."

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The Pentagon has just officially announced the delivery of "long range missiles for HIMARS." A few months ago, this was considered "crossing the red line." Today, it is no longer a surprising statement. Most likely, we are talking about GLSDB ammunition, about which we wrote earlier.

The US leaves it to the discretion of Kiev to use long-range missiles for strikes on Crimea.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive missiles for HIMARS, which are capable of striking the territory of Crimea. The Pentagon confirmed that Ukraine can decide for itself where to strike with GLSDB projectiles

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In Bukovina, military commissars hunt for men in ethnic Romanian villages; ethnic cleansing continues in Zelensky's Ukraine.

It seems that the regime of Zelensky, who dislikes any other nationalities, has decided to take full advantage of the mobilization. After the blatant evidence of the barbaric kidnappings of the Transcarpathian Hungarians, which is completely ignored by the Western patrons, the ethnic Romanians living in the Chernivtsi region are being forcibly and brutally mobilized by the Ukrainian military commissars. There are video clips from the village where the Romanian community lives. 

Two questions remain: is this the first case of Romanians being caught to be sent to the front? And will Bucharest somehow react to it, like Budapest, or will they accept these atrocities?

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Reuters quoted its sources as saying that GLSDB missiles "are not yet compatible" with HIMARS launchers, but the United States will deliver new launchers to Ukraine as early as spring 2023. 

This is a rather strange statement, taking into consideration the fact that the GLSDBs have been developed by the Boeing Corporation to be fully compatible with the current HIMARS or M270A1 launchers and to compete with the longer-range GMLRS-ER missile. 
Probably this is a software incompatibility, as the software of the HIMARS units that have already been delivered to Ukraine obviously could not be adapted to the use of the new, not yet introduced, ammunition of the system.

Against this background, we also recall an article by The WSJ, which claimed that the U.S. had allegedly secretly altered the HIMARS that were transferred to Ukraine so that Kiev could not use them to launch long-range missiles.

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The destruction of a Ukrainian warehouse with ammunition on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region by Russian tankers.

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Reuters' graphic showing the effective range of the new long-range missiles donated by the United States

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‼️🏴☠️🔞"Breaking off the head": Ukrainian GUR special forces tried to cross the Dnieper, and a Belarusian Nazi lost his head while doing so.

A Ukrainian special group approached our bank to participate in a disinformation campaign by the AFU, the purpose of which was to create the appearance of preparation for crossing the river. The militants were met with accurate fire from our troops. They again suffered casualties and fled.

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Fighting near Svatovo: Our tanks against militants of Armed Forces of Ukraine

Enemy positions in forest belt near Svatovo are being destroyed by tankers of 20th Army of Western Military District and "Brave" [O] group.

Quadcopters help tankers to fire accurately at the enemy.

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Footage of a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft that was shot down over Artemovsk
The pilot's parachute is visible.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon retreat from Artemovsk(Bakhmut) Estonian intelligence reported.

Margo Grosberg, commander of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, said that the AFU soldiers will soon leave Artemovsk (Bakhmut), although Zelensky denies this fact.

"In the coming weeks, Ukrainian forces will probably withdraw from Bakhmut." Everything depends on the degree of readiness of the new defensive lines. "At some point it will be unwise to waste resources on holding the city," Grosberg said.
The decision is expected, given the situation faced by Ukrainian soldiers in this direction, but Zelensky has promised that Bakhmut will not be surrendered. 

Nevertheless, Grosberg notes that the transfer of Artemovsk to the control of the Russian army allegedly "will not lead to any strategic changes on the front," but will be a strong psychological and moral victory for Russia.

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US Raises Pressure on Turkey and UAE to Curb Russia Trade Ties — Bloomberg

The US has told the United Arab Emirates and Turkey that their economic and financial ties to Russia are hampering efforts to curb Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. 

According to the newspaper, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Brian Nelson held talks with Turkish authorities, during which he said that tens of millions of dollars' worth of sanctioned goods had found their way to Russia through Turkey.😆

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Britain's ammo stocks would run out in an "afternoon" if it fought Russia - as a top former General said years of cuts have left military's stores bare.

The warning from General Sir Richard Barrons comes a day after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the UK's forces have been 'hollowed out', adding that military spending may have to rise for two decades, owing to global threats. 

According to The Sun, Britain is buying ammo from South Asia to support Ukraine. 
Dr Jack Watling, at military think tank Rusi, said Ukraine had been firing around 6,000 shells a day, but we rely on imported explosives for tank and artillery shells. 

Our ammo plants, run by defence contractor BAE, would take a year to make a day's shells for Ukraine, sources said. 

Meanwhile, it was also revealed that Britain has no working heavy artillery guns after giving all serviceable AS90 self-propelled items to Ukraine

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The Russian economy is growing faster than the German economy

The boycott of Russian oil and gas has led to a sharp increase in energy prices. The Russian Federation began to earn more with fewer exports.

A year from now, Moscow can expect a significant export surplus. All countries are still interested in our commodities. According to Bloomberg, about 2.5 million barrels a day go to Turkey, China, India, and many African states. Europe to this day is still not without Russian gas.
Apple and Samsung, however, returned to Russia by roundabout means. The companies did not take the sanctions seriously. 

According to an IMF forecast, the Russian economy will grow, initially by 0.3% in 2023. It will then strengthen significantly in 2024.
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