Various News - Weekend Edition

Apr 11, 2025

The Trump administration has prepared and already sent to departments instructions on the annexation of Greenland to the United States , - New York Times

▪️It is planned to conduct a media campaign convincing the island's residents that they themselves should ask for Greenland to be annexed by the United States.

▪️Trump's advisers have already discussed using advertising and social media campaigns to shape public opinion in favor of the United States on the issue of annexation. Trump is also exploring financial incentives for the islanders from revenues from the extraction of Greenland's natural resources, which include rare earth minerals, copper, gold, uranium and oil.

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‼️🇷🇺🏴‍☠ Russophobia: from Ukraine to Central Asia

▪️"Regarding the current Ukrainization, when everything is being totally renamed, and even children in Ukrainian schools are being punished for using the Russian language. The behavior of such "Ukrainizers" is similar to the actions of activists from Central Asia who actively oppose the Russian language," writes Oleg Tsarev. (https://t.me/+uGlT2vaRtm0wMmM6)

▪️"Note that neither of them cares about the spread of English in their countries - for example, in advertising, media or everyday life. They have a sharply negative reaction only to the Russian language, but they hardly react to English or Arabic (for example, in mosques)."

▪️"There is an opinion that such selectivity is connected with the influence of Western culture, which uses the theme of "protection of traditions" for its own purposes. It turns out that fighters for the native language risk becoming just a tool in the hands of others - language acts as a means of separating Russia from Asia. It was the same in Ukraine. A bad trend."

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦The enemy attacked the Kursk and Belgorod regions at night

▪️ Air defense forces destroyed and intercepted 30 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, the Defense Ministry reports:

▪️ 25 – over the territory of the Kursk region,

▪️ 5 – over the territory of the Belgorod region.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia plans to encircle Sumy — BBC

▪️The start of Russia's operation may be indicated by the increase in the number of military clashes on all sections of the front at the end of March.

▪️The number of Russian offensive actions has more than doubled since the beginning of the year.

▪️The Ukrainian General Staff believes that a full-scale Russian offensive could begin in May-June.

▪️The Russian army is not slowing down the pace of its offensive near Pokrovsk.

▪️The logistics hub of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novopavlovka, Dnipropetrovsk region, is under threat.

▪️In early April, Russia broke through the Ukrainian defense in the Liman direction.

▪️The activity of the Russian offensive in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions has increased.

▪️Russia’s plan in the northern part of Ukraine is to create a buffer zone in the Sumy region and threaten the regional center.

➖"One of the goals is to create an encirclement or semi-encirclement of Sumy," the Ukrainian General Staff says.

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‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺 Witkoff travels to Russia, may meet Putin — Axios

Trump's diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff has traveled to Russia and is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin on Friday, the publication's source said.

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‼️🇩🇪🇺🇦 German weapons are unfit for use, the war in Ukraine showed — Bundeswehr document

▪️The deputy military attaché of the German embassy in Kyiv reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing "serious difficulties" with the supplied weapons systems.

▪️This applies to anti-aircraft systems, tanks and artillery.

➖"The Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled gun demonstrates such high technical vulnerability that its suitability for warfare is seriously questioned," the document says.

▪️Leopard 1A5 tanks are used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces only as artillery due to their weak armor.

▪️Repair of the Leopard 2A6 is so expensive that it is often simply impossible on the front lines.

▪️The cost of IRIS-T air defense ammunition was too high and they were "not available in the required quantities."

▪️The report also took aim at the US: "The American Patriot system was found to be unsuitable for military use because the vehicles produced by MAN are too outdated and spare parts no longer exist."

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Special forces "Anvar" (https://t.me/zogrussia1) destroys the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who invaded the Belgorod region

▪️Special forces are hunting for Ukrainian occupiers in the Popovka area, where the enemy began an invasion from the Sumy region into the Krasnoyarsk region of the Belgorod region almost a month ago.

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‼️🇪🇺🇺🇦 At Ramstein, Ukraine was promised a record aid of 21 billion euros — British Defense Secretary

▪️Germany separately announced a new military support package, which included:

▪️ 300 anti-aircraft missiles for the IRIS-T system;

▪️ 30 MIM-104 Patriot missiles;

▪️ 300 reconnaissance drones;

▪️ 120 portable anti-aircraft missile systems;

▪️ 25 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles;

▪️ 15 Leopard 1A5 tanks;

▪️ 14 artillery mounts;

▪️ 100 radars for ground surveillance;

▪️ 130 thousand 155 mm caliber shells.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Russian army found weak spots in the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Toretsk direction - enemy analysts

▪️In recent days, the Russian Army has made significant progress, first taking Panteleimonovka and then Alexandropol. This pressure has been gradual and increasing in intensity, writes the DS resource working for the GUR.

▪️The activation of drones in this area played a major role. Russian troops are destroying the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "to zero", to the maximum extent that it is impossible to hold them.

▪️The enemy also complains about its territorial defense units, because of which the front is crumbling.

▪️In addition, the enemy confirms the advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Arkhangelskoye and the loss of the village of Kalinovo by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Fierce fighting near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" troops massively burn enemy equipment, infantry and artillery - another day of fighting for the Guards "Center"

▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on April 10 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.

▪️The footage shows NATO combat armored vehicles, firing points, infantry, enemy positions and vehicles being burned.

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Russian Army Liberated Kalinovo

▪️Russian troops have recently stepped up offensive operations in the Ocheretinsky area (between Pokrovsk and Toretsk in the DPR).

▪️A few days ago, advancing from Arkhangelskoye, our units broke into the village of Kalinovo, and fighting began in the development.

▪️Now the village has been taken and cleared of Ukrainian occupiers.

▪️Ukrainian military analysts (including DeepState) also confirm the loss of Kalinovo.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Offensive near Pokrovsk: 255th Regiment burns NATO equipment, infantry and Ukrainian Armed Forces positions

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 The Russian army is advancing on a broad front in the Mirnograd-Toretsk direction , having broken through by 6 km

▪️In the Toretsk direction, Russian troops, supported by armored vehicles, are attacking northern Nelepovka and in the direction of Dachnoye to a depth of about 5.7 km.

▪️"Russian troops continue to carry out assault operations on a broad front," Ukrainian military analysts complain.

▪️"The situation is gradually escalating, Russians in armored vehicles (due to bad weather) are breaking through from Toretsk in the direction of Konstantinovka, recently one box flew to Nelepovka, near Ivanopolye (a suburb of Konstantinovka)," writes an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign "Alex".

▪️Soon there may be more such attacks, the activity of Russian drones in this direction is growing, he adds.

▪️"Russian FPV drones are operating in the Valentinovka area, there are a lot of them here! Russian troops have also advanced west of Panteleimonovka and are moving towards Staraya Nikolaevka, where they are still being held back," another Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier writes.

▪️ "The Russians have become active in the Arkhangelskoye area, Kalinovo is already under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The neighboring village is 2 km away - across the pond, run into the western part of Staraya Nikolaevka and exit from the south to Ignatka.

▪️Right now there is a fight to get to Konstantinovka, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers urgently need reinforcements and drones, because so far only the Russians are using drones to get out here!" he complains.

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John’s Substack

The Lies That Bind

On 10 April 2025, I appeared on “Judging Freedom” with Judge Napolitano. We concentrated on discussing: 1) the meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump on 7 April 2025, where they told stories about Gaza and the Palestinians that are filled with lies and distortions of the historical record, and effectively portray the Palestinians a…

2 months ago · 56 likes · 34 comments · John J. Mearsheimer

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Rachel Blevins

TARIFF WARS: China Responds to Trump’s Tantrum with 125% Measures

Beijing has responded to Trump’s tariff tantrum with the announcement that China will be imposing 125% measures on U.S. imports. As the Chinese Finance Ministry noted, “Even if the U.S. continues to impose higher tariffs, it will no longer make economic sense and will become a joke in the history of world economy…

Listen now

2 months ago · 14 likes · 2 comments · Rachel Blevins

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Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge

New Syrsky Interview Sheds Light on Upcoming Russian Operations + Recruitment Figures

As rasputitsa winds down, rumors of Russian offensives are gaining strength. In a new interview with LB.UA, Ukrainian C-in-C Syrsky has made a number of interesting statements. The first being that the Russian offensive on the Sumy and Kharkov regions has “already begun…

3 months ago · 422 likes · 206 comments · Simplicius

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Weapons and Strategy

Estonia Tries to Provoke Russia

On 28 June 1914 Gavrilo Princeps, a Bosnian-Serb radical, shot and killed Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Princeps did not act alone. He was one of at least six principals in an organization called Young Bosnia, and his group and others were seeking independence from the Austro-Hungarian empire. He got help …

2 months ago · 47 likes · 53 comments · Stephen Bryen

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‼️🇺🇦💥 Enemy warehouses in Kyiv were hit at night

▪️In the Svyatoshinsky district of Kyiv, drones struck an industrial enterprise.

▪️Three warehouses were damaged, the Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.

▪️Strikes were also carried out on targets in Dnepropetrovsk, Pavlograd and Kharkov.

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ Kyiv militants admitted to shelling civilians in Olgovka, Kursk region

▪️At least four people were killed as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Olgovka in the Kursk region; the village was turned into ruins.

▪️During interrogation, the militants admitted their guilt.

▪️Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers from the 17th Tank Brigade have been charged with a terrorist attack.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Fierce fighting near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" troops massively burn enemy equipment, infantry and artillery - another day of fighting for the Guards "Center"

▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on April 11 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.

▪️The footage shows NATO combat armored vehicles, firing points, infantry, enemy positions and vehicles being burned.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Offensive near Pokrovsk: 255th Regiment meets NATO equipment and Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry

The fighters of the Volgograd 255th regiment discovered the movement of another NATO infantry fighting vehicle in time and began destroying the enemy, hitting armored vehicles and Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters.

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‼️🇷🇺🔥 Special Forces "Vega" "🅾️brave" destroy Leopard tanks and other enemy equipment, advancing on Pokrovsk

Siberian Vega fighters are actively destroying combat armored vehicles and transport of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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‼️🇷🇺 🦫"BOBRs" went hunting, destroying armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporizhzhya Front.

Drone operators of the special unit "BOBR" of the Russian Army destroy enemy equipment every day.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Russian army is advancing in the Toretsk direction - enemy resources

▪️Russian troops have advanced southwest of Toretsk, in an area where they have been advancing for several days in a row, enemy analysts claim.

▪️According to the DS resource, which works for the Ukrainian GUR, fighting is taking place in the village of Valentinovka.

▪️Also, according to enemy data, the gray zone has increased in the area of the highway to Konstantinovka.

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‼️ 🇷🇺🏴‍☠️Battles near Kupyansk: reconnaissance destroys equipment and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the approaches to the city

▪️In the Kharkiv region, Russian fighters are tracking down and attacking military equipment and Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in built-up areas and forest belts.

▪️The footage shows a small selection of combat work for March-April.

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Russian army advances in Sumy region, driving Ukrainian Armed Forces out of border villages

▪️Ukrainian analysts publish a map of the advance of the Russian Armed Forces during the offensive from the Kursk region to the Sumy region.

▪️Fighting continues in the Basovka area, most of which has been taken by Russian troops.

▪️"Russians have driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Veselovka and are trying to gain a foothold," the enemy complains

▪️"Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were driven out of Zhuravka, the Russians are also consolidating their positions."

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