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Update from Ukraine | Kremlin was hit by drone | Who is responsible for the Moscow attack?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eies-0t8wGk
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Invasion Day 434 – Summary May 3, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-434-summary/
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Update from Ukraine | Kremlin was hit by drone | Who is responsible for the Moscow attack?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eies-0t8wGk
****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:
Invasion Day 434 – Summary May 3, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-434-summary/
*** Greatly appreciate the viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use on each Front map!
VIDEOS
1. What is the KRAKEN Unit And How have They Faced Off Against the Russian Army?
UNITED24
231K subscribers
5-3-2023 12:15 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdU71J0Qvvc
Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked them for heroically combating the enemy and head of intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, personally joined them for an assault operation. Meet Kraken, a regiment that emerged just a year ago but has already become one of the fiercest in this war. Here’s the story of a volunteer group that became Russia’s nightmare.
2. Ukraine: leave none behind
https://www.facebook.com/reel/562917139007023
ARTICLE
Russia Hit With Wave of Sabotage Attacks as Second Train Derailed
Newsweek
Isabel van Brugen
5/3/23 at 8:31 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-sabotage-attacks-train-derailed-bryansk-1798072
What Happened In Bryansk? Russian Volunteer Corps Explained
A freight train derailed on Tuesday after an explosion in Russia’s Bryansk region, located near the Ukraine border, marking the latest incident in a string of sabotage attacks in the country in recent days.
“An unidentified explosive device went off near the Snezhetskaya railway station. There were no casualties,” Alexander Bogomaz, governor of the Bryansk region, wrote on Telegram. “As a result of the incident, a locomotive and several wagons of a freight train derailed.”
A day earlier, another Russian freight train derailed in Bryansk after striking an explosive device. The incident was the latest apparent sabotage attack to occur in Russia. Such attacks have grown in intensity since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Russian railways said in a statement that Tuesday’s derailment, like Monday’s incident, was the result of “illegal interference in the work of railway transport.”
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VIDEOS
1. Kremlin clowns are getting scared | Break the Fake | TVP World
TVP World
332K subscribers
5-3-2023 5:30 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXl2PjKTNGM
2. Explosions in Crimea: Frightened Russians relocate fleet to Russia
Kanal13
1.55M subscribers
5-3-2023 9:00 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eies-0t8wGk
ARTICLE
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Bosses Attempting to Flee ‘En Masse’, Says Kyiv
Newsweek
5/3/23 10:17 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-counteroffensive-ukraine-russia-1798041
Zaporizhzhia: What We Know About The Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant
Russia-installed managers at the Moscow-occupied atomic energy power plant in Zaporizhzhia are trying to leave the site over concerns about Ukraine’s expected counteroffensive, according to the country’s nuclear operator.
Energoatom said on Telegram that the Moscow-appointed director of the site, Yuriy Chernichuk, had left the town of Enerhodar, where the plant is located, for occupied Crimea on Monday. The Ukrainian state enterprise had also said that the “pseudo management” of the site had urgently asked to go on leave.
“The current so-called managers of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant show a desire to ‘rest’ en masse closer to the Kerch Strait, asking the Russians to go on vacation,” said the post, according to a translation. The Kerch Strait separates Russia from Russian-occupied Crimea.
“The current so-called managers of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant show a desire to ‘rest’ en masse closer to the Kerch Strait, asking the Russians to go on vacation,” said the post, according to a translation. The Kerch Strait separates Russia from Russian-occupied Crimea.
“However, due to the critical lack of personnel, middle-level ‘managers’ have not agreed to this,” the post added.
“The traitors are looking for ways to evacuate, because they understand that the (Ukrainian) Armed Forces are already close, so there is very little time left to escape,” it said.
Energoatom’s post on Tuesday called for “the brave workers of the Zaporizhzhia station not to sign any contracts with the enemy in the future, so as not to become direct aids of the aggressor and not to destroy their own futures.” Newsweek has contacted Energoatom for further comment.
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VIDEOS
1. Intercepted ‘What’s our mission? - Die ASAP’
UATV English
385K subscribers
May 3, 2023 4:00 p.m. EST
He has no time to talk. He is tired, so he’ll kill the captive and go to sleep. Daily routine of lucky russian occupier while most of them complain they are being hunted in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9f1YREi4JY
2. This is what happened to Russian military convoy of armored vehicles and trucks that came under fire
Kanal13
1.55M subscribers
May 3, 2023 2:00 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNhFeFyR9Fc
ARTICLE
Сountries of Northern Europe will continue to support Ukraine as long as it is necessary - joint statement
Censor.NET
03.05.23 19:38
https://censor.net/en/news/3416077/sountries_of_northern_europe_will_continue_to_support_ukraine_as_long_as_it_is_necessary_joint_statement
As Censor.NET informs about this with reference to the website of the President of Ukraine.
Here is the text in full:
“The leaders of Ukraine and the five Nordic countries confirmed their unequivocal condemnation of Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine. Ukraine has shown extraordinary determination in exercising its inherent right to self-defense against this unprovoked and unjustified attack. Russia must immediately, fully, and unconditionally withdraw all its troops from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.
The countries of Northern Europe remain steadfast in their commitment to the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. The countries of Northern Europe will continue their political, financial, humanitarian, and military support to Ukraine as long as it is needed - both individually and jointly as the countries of Northern Europe, as well as through international cooperation within the framework of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations and in other formats.
Northern European countries have provided significant and tangible military aid to Ukraine, transferring a variety of weapons systems, including expensive air defense systems, Leopard main battle tanks, armored fighting vehicles, and artillery systems and ammunition. From the point of view of military and defense materials, the total cost of national aid packages from the countries of Northern Europe, provided to Ukraine since February 2022, is approximately 4.4 billion euros. This military support will continue as new packages are being prepared with constant consideration of Ukraine’s most urgent and urgent need to strengthen its defense capabilities. The US-led Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (the so-called Rammstein Group) is an important coordination forum for these international efforts.
In addition to national contributions, the countries of Northern Europe take an active part in the activities of the European Union: in military aid to Ukraine through the European Peace Fund and in the training of Ukrainian servicemen through the EU Military Assistance Mission.
In addition to military aid, all Northern European countries provided Ukraine with civilian aid, including financial, humanitarian and emergency support. The total value of these national Northern European events has exceeded €1.5 billion since February 2022 and will continue to grow.
The countries of Northern Europe support Ukraine’s initiative for a just and sustainable peace based on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The peace formula proposed by Ukraine contains a number of important goals, many of which Northern European countries are already working on, such as ensuring nuclear safety and overcoming the significant environmental consequences of war. The countries of Northern Europe are ready to cooperate with Ukraine to ensure the widest possible international participation in the implementation of the Ukrainian peace formula and in the Global Peace Summit.
Ukraine and the countries of Northern Europe emphasize their firm commitment to bringing to justice those guilty of war crimes and other brutal crimes committed in connection with Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine. The countries of Northern Europe welcome the ongoing international efforts in cooperation with Ukraine to ensure accountability through the creation of an appropriate mechanism (special tribunal) for criminal prosecution for the crime of aggression. Broad international support plays a major role in this context. Therefore, by participating in the main group on ensuring responsibility for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, the countries of Northern Europe are encouraging other countries to join and build international support for the creation of the tribunal. The countries of Northern Europe welcome the agreement on the new International Center for the Investigation of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) in The Hague and hope for the earliest possible start of its work.
Ukraine and the countries of Northern Europe confirm their support for the investigations of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, which are a step towards accountability and have taken note of the arrest warrants issued by the court.
Ukraine and the countries of Northern Europe agree on the need to increase collective pressure on Russia through further sanctions to weaken Russia’s ability to continue an illegal war of aggression. Efforts to ensure effective implementation of sanctions, prevention and countering of sanctions circumvention in third countries and by third countries should be intensified.
Ukraine and the countries of Northern Europe will continue to work together with others to develop mechanisms to compensate for damages, injuries and destruction caused by Russian aggression. An important milestone for this is the international damage register, which will be presented at the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavík on May 16-17, 2023. We will continue our efforts to explore appropriate funding options for the compensation mechanism, including a sound legal basis for the use of frozen and frozen Russian assets to support the reconstruction of Ukraine and to pay reparations.
The countries of Northern Europe, together with international organizations and partners, undertake to participate in the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine after the war. It is already important to lay the foundation for ambitious and long-term cooperation that will create opportunities and help the Ukrainian people to rebuild their country. Engaging all relevant partners, including private companies, international and northern European financial institutions, to provide financial support, investment and necessary knowledge is essential to ensure a prosperous future for Ukraine.
The future of Ukraine and its people lies in the Euro-Atlantic family. The European Union has already recognized Ukraine’s European perspective and granted Ukraine the status of a candidate country. The Nordic EU member states will strongly support Ukraine in its efforts to implement the reform process and meet the requirements necessary for the earliest possible start of accession negotiations, and await the European Commission’s report by the end of 2023. At the same time, in the near future, the countries of Northern Europe will continue to work on maintaining a constant high level of urgent civil assistance to Ukraine, in particular through various EU mechanisms.
Within NATO’s activities, all the countries of Northern Europe continue to focus on direct support to Ukraine, contributing to the significant expansion of NATO’s Comprehensive Assistance Package to Ukraine. Ukraine has the right to independently choose security measures. At the Bucharest NATO summit in 2008, the allies agreed that Ukraine would become a member of NATO. NATO’s open door policy is based on the Washington Treaty. Ukraine has officially submitted an application for accelerated NATO membership in September 2022. The countries of Northern Europe - NATO members will continue to support Ukraine on its path to future membership. Even before Ukraine becomes a member, its security is of great importance to the Alliance. Ukraine and the countries of Northern Europe - NATO members look forward to the resolution of these issues at the Vilnius NATO Summit in July 2023. The countries of Northern Europe will continue to provide strong support for strengthening Ukraine’s ability to defend itself.” Source: https://censor.net/en/n3416077
Anti Putin factions within Russia is a start.
“Anti Putin factions within Russia is a start.”
Thank you.
Great observation & comment.
Probably Moscow
A VIEW FROM THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS
As Mark Wauck summarizes “Ukraine’s professional military knows that the offensive would be suicidal. Ukrainian losses of manpower continue to be extremely heavy—Russia is claiming that Ukraine lost 15,000 men in April. Losses of equipment are reaching catastrophic levels as well, as Russian attacks have heavily targeted assembly areas for munitions and equipment.”
If Zelensky’s cowardice allows America’s foreign policy neocon scum to push Ukraine into a doomed offensive, it will be the most wasted effusion of blood yet in this catastrophic “proxy war.” And it will be the most disgraceful ending possible to the Neocon’s 30 years “forever war” that dropped the United States from a half century illusion of dominant hegemony to an also ran with an obsolete defense establishment and a wrecked economy, all in less than 2 years..
VIDEOS
1. PUTIN DONT LIKE THIS - A HONEST RUSSIAN STUNNED PUBLIC ON STATE TV || 2023
Warthog Defense
517K subscribers
164K views 9 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADd7pQMOOMo
2. Returning from battle with prisoners in tow | Military Mind | TVP World
TVP World - TVP is a Polish public broadcast service.
332K subscribers
May 3, 2023 4:30 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMeKmHeU6k8&t=12s
The Ukrainians are increasingly trying to launch counterattacks in Bakhmut itself, confirming theories that the Russians don’t last very long when pressed.
COMMENT #12 CAUTION POOR SOURCE: sonar21
Russia Staged Putin ‘Assassination’ to Justify Mass Mobilization: ISW
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-staged-putin-assassination-justify-mass-mobilization-isw-1798215
ARTICLE
Ukraine did not attack Putin, we will leave it to international tribunal, - Zelensky
Censor.NET War
03.05.23 19:15
https://censor.net/en/news/3416071/ukraine_did_not_attack_putin_we_will_leave_it_to_international_tribunal_zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasizes that Ukraine is fighting on its territory and is defending itself against the aggressor - Russia.
He pointed this out at a joint briefing with the leaders of Northern European countries in Helsinki, Censor.NET informs with reference to Pravda.
“We are not attacking Putin or Moscow, we are fighting on our territory, defending our villages and cities. We don’t have enough weapons even for that... That’s why we didn’t attack Putin, we will leave it to the (international) tribunal,” the head of state said.
Zelensky emphasized that Russia has no victories at the front, Putin can no longer motivate Russian society and send soldiers to war just like that, so he is interested in accusing Ukraine of some “crimes”.
“He needs to do something drastic: then ‘assassinations’, then drones, then some kind of ‘geese that bombed them’. They will invent one or another step every day. And everything is solved more simply: you don’t need to intimidate anyone, you don’t need to use weapons, you need to leave our territory,” the President of Ukraine hinted.
It will be recalled that on May 3, a video clip was distributed in which a pillar of smoke can be seen near the Kremlin, as if after an explosion. The Russian authorities said that at night Ukraine allegedly tried to “strike with drones” the Kremlin residence of Russian dictator Putin. In the official message of the Russians, it is said that the military and special services disabled two drones that attacked the Kremlin.
Later, a video was published showing footage of a fire in the Moscow Kremlin. And also the moment when the drone hit the main dome of the Kremlin.
Putin’s spokesman Dmytro Peskov said that the president of the Russian Federation was not injured and continues to work as usual.
Ukraine denies any involvement in the alleged drone attack in Moscow.
Source: https://censor.net/en/n3416071
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Just like Nordstream - we have NO idea!
VIDEOS
1. Criticism and defeat: the results of Russia’s presidency in the UN Security Council
UATV English
385K subscribers
May 3, 2023 11:00 a.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nph8eJ55rYE
Diplomatic defeat and humiliation. On April 30, #Russia ended its chairmanship of the #UN #Security Council. A month ago, Federation Foreign Minister Lavrov was allowed to travel to the United States to attend Security Council meetings.
True, the pool of Kremlin propagandists was denied entry. In April, the #Kremlin tried to use the platform and authority of the Security Council to whitewash #Putin’s reputation and legitimize Russian
2. Report from Chasiv Yar in Bakhmut direction: volunteer from Poland helps locals under Russian fire
UATV English
385K subscribers
May 3, 2023 3:00 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsfrdkWP9g
With the help of the #ArmedForces of #Ukraine, power engineers of the #Donetsk region are daily restoring power lines damaged by #Russian shells in the frontline areas. Over the past week, electricity has returned to more than 60 thousand Ukrainians. However, there are settlements where work is not possible due to ongoing Russian attacks.
For more than six months, residents of the town of Chasiv Yar, near #Bakhmut, have been living under round-the-clock shelling. Our correspondent Aliona Hramova has more details from the hottest Bakhmut direction.
ARTICLE
Ukrainian paratroopers burned enemy vehicles. VIDEO
censor.net
03.05.23 23:57
Source: https://censor.net/en/v3416116
Paratroopers of 79th separate air assault brigade continue to perform combat missions in Donetsk region. Soldiers are shooting down enemy military equipment during enemy assaults.
According to Censor.NET, a video of the destruction of the invaders’ equipment was posted on social media by soldiers of the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade.
VIDEO https://censor.net/en/video_news/3416116/ukrainian_paratroopers_burned_enemy_vehicles_video
“One of the most important areas of combat activity is the destruction of enemy equipment damaged in combat. During enemy assaults, we shoot down enemy military equipment, but in some cases it may still be serviceable. To prevent this from happening, we burn the enemy’s combat vehicles with drone drops,” said the aerial reconnaissance unit commander.
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