War In Ukraine (4/29/23)

Russia Slams Polish ‘Seizure’ Of Embassy School In Warsaw

Russian Official Blames Ukrainian Drones As Huge Fire Engulfs Crimean Oil Depot

Russia Kills Dozens In Biggest Air Strikes To Hit Ukraine In Two Months

Russia Sanctions Hit Their Limit

Armed With Tanks And Heavy Armor From NATO, Ukraine Says It’s About To Hit Russian Forces With An ‘Iron Fist’

James Stavridis: Ukraine Is Running Out Of Ammo. So Is The US

War In Ukraine (4/27/23)

Russian Ground Forces ‘Bigger Today’ Than At Start Of The War In Ukraine, US General Says

US Confident In Ukraine Offensive Despite Russian Military’s Formidable Power, EUCOM Commander Says

Russia Digs In As Ukraine Prepares To Attack

Inside The Race To Arm Ukraine Before Its Counteroffensive

Allies Have Sent Almost All Promised Combat Vehicles To Ukraine, NATO Chief Says

Ukrainian And Chinese Presidents Speak For First Time Since Russia’s Invasion

China Will Send Representatives To Ukraine For Talks; Kyiv Praises ‘Long aAnd Meaningful’ Call With Xi

Rush Of Diplomacy Could Be Pivotal For Ukraine, Russia

The Most Dangerous Game: How Shadow War Over Ukraine Nearly Triggered Nuclear Holocaust

War In Ukraine (4/20/23)

U.S.-Made Patriot Missile Systems Arrive In Ukraine

US Pledges A New $325 Million Arms Shipment To Ukraine

US Military Industry Struggling To Meet Ukraine Demand: Report

The Stakes In Bakhmut Could Not Be Higher

After Bakhmut: Draining Battle Leaves Ukraine Battered, Russia Rising

We Need Every Man’: Ukraine’s Troops Prepare For Counter-Offensive Against Russia

Ukraine’s ‘Complex’ Counteroffensive Is Already Underway: Defense Minister

Jack Teixeira: National Guard Airman Arrested Over Leaked Pentagon Documents

BBC News:

A 21-year-old US Air National Guardsman has been arrested over a leak of classified military intelligence that has rattled the US and its allies.

Jack Teixeira, who reportedly shared the files in an online gaming chatroom, faces charges under the Espionage Act.

Aerial footage showed officers making an arrest at Mr Teixeira’s family home in Dighton, Massachusetts.

The documents he leaked revealed intelligence about the war in Ukraine and US spying on allies.

Based on the fact that our political and military Establishment seems to be less than happy about these leaks, I am inclined to believe that the information is legit, and that Airman Teixeira is a national hero. Hopefully this undermines our war effort and leads to the end of our dumb government’s dumb quest to expand NATO at all costs.

See also:
Pentagon Leak Traced To Video Game Chat Group Users Arguing Over War In Ukraine
Purported US Intelligence Leaks Embarrass Ukraine, Other Allies
Ukraine Isn’t Happy With U.S. View Of Counteroffensive
Ukraine’s Spy Chief Says ‘Russia Is The Only Beneficiary’ Of US Intelligence Leak

Zelenskyy Vows To Retake Crimea As Ukraine Plans Major Counteroffensive

NHK:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated again that he intends to regain control of Crimea and other Russian-controlled areas in his country.

Zelenskyy made the remark on Friday. Ukrainian troops are planning to conduct a major counteroffensive against the Russian military sometime soon. Russia unilaterally annexed the peninsula in the southern region in 2014.

On Friday, Zelenskyy called Russia an evil that Ukrainians can defeat. He indicated that the de-occupation of the peninsula is the only option for Ukraine and for the world. He said there is no alternative.

The US/EU/NATO sock puppet Zelensky will say anything for a dollar, but at the end of the day, Crimea is Russia. The promised Ukrainian counteroffensive is unlikely to happen at all, and if it does, Ukraine is still going to lose the war.

See also: Ukraine Is Training 40,000 ‘Storm Brigade’ Troops To Strengthen The Planned Counter-Offensive Against Russia

China Encircles Taiwan With Warships, Fighters

Hindustan Times:

The Chinese PLA’s eastern theatre command (ETC) said it launched “combat alert patrols” under the “Joint Sword” exercises in the Taiwan Strait, which divides the Chinese mainland from the island, “encircling” it from the north, south and east.

The PLA deployment around Taiwan includes long-range rocket, artillery, destroyers, frigates, missile boats, fighters, bombers, electronic warfare aircraft, aerial tankers and conventional missiles.

North Korea Tests Nuclear-Capable Underwater Attack Drone With ‘Fatal Attack Ability’

Yahoo! News:

The drone test is the latest in a flurry of other weapon tests carried out by the North in the wake of US-led drills being carried out in the Korean peninsula.

The tests of the underwater drone were carried out in the span of four days, between 4 and 7 April, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said on Saturday.

The tests were carried out just a little more than a week after the Kim Jong-un regime tested the first version of the drone, called “Haeil” – a Korean word meaning tidal waves or tsunamis.

North Korea claims “Haeil-1”, tested at the end of March, can set off a “super-scale radioactive tsunami” that is designed to destroy ports and decimate naval fleets.

Finland Joins NATO In Historic Shift, Russia Threatens ‘Counter-Measures’

Reuters:

Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday, its flag unfurling outside the military bloc’s Brussels headquarters, in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that drew a threat from Moscow of “counter-measures.”

The post-Cold War perpetuation and expansion of NATO is an agenda that is as dumb as it unnecessary. Russia and Finland have not posed a serious threat to each other in decades. Now Finland has joined an anti-Russia military alliance that is at war with Russia. Finland now poses a threat to Russia. Now, Russia will have to pose a threat to Finland. None of this makes Finland or NATO safer. None of this helps the world in any way.

Former President Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty To 34 Felony Counts

The Washington Post:

Donald Trump appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday for a moment unprecedented in American history, pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts related to payments to silence an adult film actress during his 2016 presidential campaign — a scheme that prosecutors said amounted to an illegal conspiracy to win the White House.

Fulfilling his campaign promise to persecute a political opponent, Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has finally launched the much-awaited fourth official coup attempt against President Trump.