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Donetsk restaurant might have been shelled by US-made HIMARS missiles โ€” Investigation Committee

According to the preliminary investigation of the Russian Investigation Committee, Ukrainian forces could have used HIMARS to attack the restaurant in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.

One of the American HIMARS missiles reportedly hit the restaurant directly, the second โ€“ in a nearby unfinished building, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin wrote on his social media.

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I am optimistic about the way our guys [Russian soldiers] are planning their actions within Chasov Yar's borders โ€” head of the Donetsk People's Republic

"Chasov Yar will certainly be liberated, the pace of the Russian Army's advance is neither fast nor slow, it is based on the goal set by our president, which is to preserve personnel. That's why progress is necessary, daily progress, which is demonstrated by our soldiers, but at the same time - it's not some frenetic 'forward, despite the losses', but exactly the speed that is needed now. [That's why] we see a very precise liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic," Denis Pushilin told Sputnik about the daily advance of the Russian Army.


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A source informs The Canada Files that US secret services embedded in Ecuador โ€“ spying on Mexicoโ€™s embassy - enabled President Noboa to order an illegal raid on the embassy and kidnap ex-Vice President, Jorge Glas, before he'd leave in a diplomatic vehicle.

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If there's something the SMO has shown is that Western "superior" military equipment is actually junk if compared to expectations:
_ HIMARS was supposed to be a game changer, now this missiles complex is only used to hit civilian areas as military bases are at this stage almost unaffected
_ the German Leopard tanks were supposed to be a wunderwaffe, in reality they are incredibly difficult to drive on bumpy terrains, slower than expected with very high costs of maintainance.
_ Abrams tanks were called the best tanks in the world, more than 10 of them have been blown up over the last two months, most have been recalled to not produce too much bad PR for US military industries
_ Patriot air defence systems were described as an impenetrable shield, Kiev had 10+ of them and Russian Aerospace Forces keep hitting former Ukraine's territory wherever and whenever they want without any difficulty, 3 of them have been neutralized by Russian missiles so in 3 cases they indeed intercepted Russian missiles, just in the wrong way lol
_ French/Italian IRIS air defence systems are pretty useless, they are Pantsir analogues but inferior to the Russian system, both vulnerable to conventional and non conventional attacks but at least the Pantsir can fire more rapidly and accurately at targets.
In coming months the F16 too will transition from amazing fighter jets to flying junk the way things are going.
Anyway given NATO was generally at war with guerrilla groups and unarmed civilians in Middle-East and African countries over the last four decades killing millions with minor/irrelevant risks it became unnecessary for them to improve military technology, history ended in 1991 they believed, can't blame them lol
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๐Ÿ’ฅTHREE KILLED IN UKRAINIAN STRIKE

Today should have been a day of celebration but instead itโ€™s a day of mourning after three people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on a restaurant in Donetsk.

The HIMARS strike took place as families and children gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the Donetsk Peopleโ€™s Republic in what was clearly a targeted attack.

A restaurant is not a military base and families dining and enjoying the Saturday sunshine are not soldiers.

This is a war crime, yet these kind of attacks target civilian areas of Donetsk every day as Ukraine acts with impunity.

The people remain defiant but this is a stark reminder that Donetsk remains very much a frontline city.
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑโš”๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธIsrael-Gaza Conflict: May 11-12 (Recap)

1๏ธโƒฃ Fears grow of a major ground assault on Rafah โ€“ sheltering more than 1 million Palestinians โ€“ after the Israeli military issues new orders for tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the southern city.

2๏ธโƒฃ Dozens of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as fighting intensifies in northern Gaza, after Israel launches a new ground assault there, months after announcing Hamas had been โ€œdismantledโ€ in the area. This includes more than nine people, mostly children, in an Israeli attack on Rafah.

3๏ธโƒฃ Tens of thousands of people take part in antigovernment protests in Israel as pressure intensifies on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a deal to bring captives in Gaza home.

4๏ธโƒฃ The UN estimates about 150,000 of the approximately 1.4 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah have now fled as Israel expands its evacuation orders.

5๏ธโƒฃ British-Israeli captive Nadav Popplewell, 51, has died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike a month ago, according to Hamasโ€™s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades.

6๏ธโƒฃ Health authorities in Gaza say 80 bodies were recovered from three mass graves inside a section of the al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City.

7๏ธโƒฃ A spokesperson from Gaza Civil Defence has reported that all hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are now out of service.

8๏ธโƒฃ Israeli jets โ€˜carpet-bombedโ€™ Jabalia refugee camp in Northern Gaza.

At least 34,971 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 78,641 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ Russian Offensive in the #Kharkov Section of #NorthUkraine Direction in the Evening of 11 May 2024โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Further advance of the RFAF fighters of the North Group. Under RFAF control came:
๐Ÿ”ด#Krasnoye
๐Ÿ”ด#Morokhovets
๐Ÿ”ด#Oleynikovo
๐Ÿ”ด#Gatishche

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Previously, ๐Ÿ‘‰ control had already been established over:
๐Ÿ”ด#Ogurtsovo
๐Ÿ”ด#Borisovka
๐Ÿ”ด#Strelechya
๐Ÿ”ด#Pletenevka
๐Ÿ”ด#Pylnaya

๐Ÿ”ป RFAF Assault units are fighting in:
๐Ÿ”ต#Zelenoye
๐Ÿ”ต#Staritsa
๐Ÿ”ต#Glubokoye
๐Ÿ”ต#Lukyantsy

๐ŸŸก#Volchansk - The RFAF approached the outskirts, see Map 3

๐Ÿ—บ Maps: @z_arhiv, the 4th is a topographical

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธโš”๏ธ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 11 May 2024โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ”นIn the north of the #Gaza Strip, the Israelis intensified attacks on Jabaliya. Also, the press service of the Israel Defence Forces reported an upcoming operation to clear Hamas cells in the town and called on the population to prepare for evacuation.

๐Ÿ”นIn the south of the Enclave, the Israeli command ordered to expand the scale of the operation in Rafah, which resulted in an increase in the number of artillery and air strikes on targets in the city. In turn, the Palestinians fired at the Rafah Checkpoint, the Kerem Shalom Checkpoint and Beeri.

๐Ÿ”นOn the border with #Lebanon, mutual shelling continued throughout the day. Hezbollah reported attacks on Israeli positions at the Ramiya, Metula, Jal al-Alam, al-Samaka and Ruweisat al-Qarn sites. At the same time, the intensity of IDF attacks in southern #Lebanon was relatively low.

๐Ÿ”นIn #Iraq, media resources of the Islamic Resistance reported on the launch of a cruise missile this morning in the direction of the Israeli Ramon Airbase. However, there was no evidence of attacks by Iranian-backed groups over the day.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ RFAF Advance North of #Verbovoye in #Orekhov Section of #Zaporozhye Directionโšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ The RFAF advanced near #Verbovoye. Units of the Guards Air Assault Kuban Cossack Regiment from the "Dnepr" Group of Forces, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, continued to improve the situation along the frontline and stormed a large AFU stronghold. The militants fled, leaving behind the wounded and fallen.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ The RFAF took #Nestriga Island in #Kherson Section of #Kherson Directionโšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ The RFAF advanced onto the Island of #Nestriga in the southern #Kherson region's #Dnieper delta (the control of which the Kiev militants enemy recently claimed). The island came under the control of Russian troops. The Marines of the 61st Brigade confirmed full control, no matter how much the militants wanted the opposite.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ Battle in #Kharkov Front Section and the Situation at the End of 11 May 2024โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ”ดThe RFAF actions in the #Kharkov region force the AFU to pull reserves from #ChasovYar and prepare the population in advance for the โ€œsurrendered bordersโ€:

๐Ÿ”ตTroops of the North Group of Forces continue to conduct offensive operations in the #Kharkov region. The size of the territories, as well as the number of captured settlements that have come under the control of the RFAF over the past two days, is rapidly increasing. Throughout the #Kharkov borderland the fire of the Russian Army does not cease, and everything is used.
๐ŸŸกThe Ukrainian command reassures itself and the audience with stories that the actions of the RFAF in the #Kharkov direction are a โ€œdiversionary maneuver.โ€

๐Ÿ”ตAt the same time, the Ukrainians are transferring combat reserves to the region even from #ChasovYar, which, moreover, has already been predicted to soon surrender and was called a likely โ€œminor loss.โ€
๐ŸŸกThe situation of the AFU in #Krasnogorovka in the #Avdeyvka direction is no less critical. The brick factory was taken by our fighters, and the Ukrainian groups are whining more about the lack of shells than providing real resistance to the Russian Army.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ #Summary for the Morning of 12 May 2024: 08:02โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ By PETRENKO โœ™ REPORTS

๐Ÿ”ด#Kharkov region border area:
๐ŸŸก In the direction of #Lipetsk, the enemy gained a foothold in the villages of #Strelechye, #Krasnyoe, #Pylnaya, and #Borisovka.
๐ŸŸกFighting continues for the villages of #Morokhovets, #Oleynikovo, #Zelenoye and below #Glubokoye. An area of about 51.88 km2 came under enemy control.
โญ๏ธ Map 1; this part was reported on 12 May 2024 at 07:21

๐Ÿ”ด In the #ChasovYar direction, the enemy is pressing on the western outskirts of #Bogdanovka, in the area of dachas north of the Kanal Microdistrict, in the area of the Stupki-Golubovskiye-2 Nature Reserve in the direction of the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal.
๐ŸŸก In #Ivanovskoye*, the enemy advanced along Zarechnaya, Voronezhskaya streets and on the territory of the Ivanovo Forest in a section up to 3 km wide to a depth of 750 m. โญ๏ธ #Krasnoye*

๐Ÿ”ด In #Pokrovskoye direction, there are battles in the area of #Arkhangelskoye, #Solovyevo, in the centre of #Netaylovo and south of #Pervomayskoye (โญ๏ธ towards #Nevvelskoye).

๐Ÿ”ด In the #Kurakhovo direction, in #Krasnogorovka, Russian troops captured the Krasnogorovka Refractory Plant and advanced along Ivan Franko, Grushevsky, Tsentralnaya and Sumskaya streets in a section up to 3.72 km wide to a depth of 1.15 km. โญ๏ธ Map 2

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๐Ÿ“‹๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ Two Majors #Summary for the Morning of 12 May 2024๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ—“ The Main Event was the start of an offensive operation by the RFAF to create a buffer zone on the border between #Kharkov and #Belgorod regions. In two days of heavy fighting, the RFAF occupied a number of settlements and approached #Liptsy and #Volchansk. Bridges across the Seversky Donets were destroyed and prisoners were taken. Many FABs with UMPC were used. The enemy has overcome the initial confusion and is organising defence and pulling in reserves. The RFAF are bringing more and more forces into the battle. Against this background, the AFU is trying to nullify the psychological effect of the border breakthrough and is intensifying strikes against civilians in the #Belgorod region; there are civilian casualties.

๐Ÿ”นThe Russian Army has achieved tactical successes in the #Kupyansk and #Pokrovskoye directions, offensive actions are underway in the #SouthDonetsk direction, the #Vremevka ledge, the #Zaporozhye front near the notorious #Rabotino, in heavy fighting our troops are gnawing away at the AFU defence near #ChasovYar. The most acute problem remains the insufficient saturation of our troops with EW, FPV and reconnaissance drones, cars and motorbikes. Peacetime military bureaucracy, application and logistical work and other vestiges of office-reporting bureaucracy will never fade into history.

๐Ÿ”นMutual Strikes on energy facilities continue. The AFU is sending aircraft-type UAVs to the rear areas to blow up oil depots and refineries, and the Russian Ministry of Defence is putting Ukrainian power stations out of action with words of "response" to these actions. The official reports of the defence ministry in terms of explaining to the population what is happening still raise questions. Including when, after phrases in official press releases about the suppression of attempted strikes, yesterday from the #Belgorod region, the media and regional authorities immediately show footage of destruction on the ground.

๐Ÿ”น#NATO is stepping up the pace of deliveries, new military-technical assistance packages have been announced, with a special focus on antiaircraft missiles. The AFU is frankly bad with this type of weaponry, which is why our pilots are so diligently bombarding enemy positions with FABs. It is reported about new deliveries of tanks and aeroplanes by our industry to the troops. The armoured vehicles are already coming from the factories with new types of antidrone "braziers", but at the front they are often refined and acquire truly monstrous forms to break through the enemy's defences, whose main means of fighting tanks have become drones.

๐Ÿ”นCentralised Support for the partisan movement in #Ukraine was launched. The project is called "D" or "Watch" (@Dozorukr), and there are the first results of the guerrillas' work.

๐Ÿ”นThe Attention of high politicians all week was occupied by reshuffles (or lack thereof) in the Russian Government. The population and the troops are most interested in whether Shoygu's "honourable" appointment to a new line of work will take place. Not only the detention of Timur Ivanov, but also the swine behaviour of the latter during court hearings, which completely discredited his team. 4 bags of Ivanov's awards, brought by his defence as proof of his "valour", once again reduced the value of medals and state awards.

๐Ÿ”นIn #Ukraine, meanwhile, enforced mobilisation continues, which will only get tougher as new laws come into force. Despite the public complaints of enemy politicians, Ukraine's remaining mobilisation potential is estimated at several million people, but even sending them to the front in stages will finally nullify the economic and demographic potential of the country's remnants.

๐Ÿ”นThe bellicose Rhetoric of #NATO countries (especially #France) points to plans to openly introduce Alliance military contingents into #Ukraine. In response, #Russia and #Belarus strictly indicate their readiness to use tactical nuclear weapons.

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