TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
On the air of Channel One they are not shy about declaring that the true goal of the invasion is the destruction of Ukrainians.
As “expert” Maryana Naumova stated, the ruZZian army has already killed a lot of people in Ukraine and Ukrainians will never forgive this.
Therefore, it is necessary to destroy Ukraine completely, and indoctrinate Ukrainian children with propaganda and “offer them some goodies.”
@freerussia_report
Former U.S. National Security Agency Employee Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Trying to Pass Classified Information to ruZZia. - press service of the US Department of Justice
Former U.S. National Security Agency employee Jareh Dalkey has been sentenced to 22 years in prison on charges of attempting to spy for ruZZia. He handed over a total of seven classified documents to FBI agents posing as ruZZian agents.
Dalkey worked for the NSA as an information systems security designer. In the summer of 2022, he transmitted excerpts from three classified documents to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a russian agent via an encrypted email account. According to the court, he did this "to demonstrate his awareness and willingness to share information."
In August 2022, Dalkey requested $85K for further information. As a result, he handed over to the FBI agent four classified files and a letter that began with the words "My friends!" in russian. In the letter, Dalkey expressed his joy that he was able to share classified information with the ruZZians, and hope for further cooperation.
Dalkey was detained in 2023 and found guilty on six counts. He pleaded guilty and said that he hoped that the information he passed on would be used against the United States and in the interests of Putinistan.
Source
@freerussia_report
My Columbine is up. If anything, I have too much. I planted four 80 cell seedling trays. I have to thin them with tiny scissors. The seeds are small and I ended up with between 4 and 20 per cell. So besides planting the little flower bed in front of my deck I will have to plant a bunch of other places.
So stupid he does not understand inflation. Oh yeah, we want a guy that stupid running a country. How about he goes and runs Russia?
Either home or his media guy. Can they put the media guy in jail?
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/did-donald-trump-just-violate-his-gag-order-again/55871/
In Sevastopol, a participant of the war with Ukraine kicked a girl in the face for refusing to dance the lezginka (Caucasus national dance) Local public pages reported on May 1st that a man approached unknown girls and demanded they dance the lezginka. They refused - he began to insult them, and then kicked one of them in the face.
The next day, an apology video from the man appeared on Z-channels.
According to Sergey Sigunov, the "chief of the Sevastopol police department," the attacker is a member of the "SVO" and was in the city on vacation. 'The material has been collected and sent to the military investigative committee because they were in the SVO zone, they came here for vacation,' local media quote him as saying.
Sevastopol public pages also write that the man allegedly is a member of the "Storm Z" formation.
The footage shows the burning of a Russian tank by soldiers of the 58th Separate Motorized Brigade
It turns out it was an experienced crew that had repeatedly attacked Ukrainian positions and had been featured on propaganda channels
Apparently, our fighters deliberately tracked them down
The video begins with footage taken by the enemy tank crew, showing hangars and a damaged piece of equipment. Towards the end of the video, this tank crashes into the destroyed vehicle and then it is hit after entering the hangar.
Three students from Russia have been arrested in Finland for violating sanctions.
According to Yle, the Finnish police detained three Russian citizens in the border city of Kajaani, who turned out to be two 25-year-old men and an 18-year-old woman. They are suspected of exporting dual-use goods, the export of which is restricted by local legislation. These are "luxury items that, in addition to civilian use, can also be used for military purposes - either as they are or as spare parts." Such goods may include smartphones, drones, sensors, lasers, etc.
Today, the district court of Kainuu city arrested the suspects. They face up to 4 years in prison.
It is noted that all the arrested individuals are students at a college in Kainuu.
The SBU exposed a fraudster who posed as an officer of the Security Service and swindled money from the families of Ukrainian prisoners
The Security Service eliminated another fraudulent scheme to extort money from relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war and missing persons.
A local resident who posed as a member of the SBU "search group" was detained in Kyiv.
For 8-10 thousand US dollars, the swindler promised to "help" people looking for their loved ones. The amount depended on the emotional state of the "clients" and their ability to pay.
In order to be convincing, the person involved reported that he seems to have acquaintances in the authorities of the Russian Federation who decide on the issue of the return home of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
According to the investigation, the fraudster demanded from the victims to transfer money to his own bank cards, which were subsequently seized during the search.
After receiving the funds, he stopped communicating with his victims and did not contact them again.
Also, in the course of documenting criminal activity, it became known that he was posting false messages on social networks about collecting money for cars for Ukrainian defenders.
On the basis of the collected evidence, the investigators of the Security Service informed him of suspicion under Part 4 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud committed on a large scale).
The suspect is currently in custody. He faces up to 8 years in prison.
Comprehensive measures were carried out under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
We draw your attention to the fact that the issue of the release of prisoners of war is exclusively within the competence of state authorities.
The Russians again bombed the civil area in Kharkiv. A woman who was bedridden with illness was killed, and two elderly men were injured. The Russians continue to terrorize the civilian population, but they are unable to break the spirit of the Ukrainian people.
Information about Syrskyi's Alleged Resignation is Fake - CCD
The Centre for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine announced the information that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, has allegedly resigned is another fake.
In particular, a fake "news" is circulating that Syrskyi sent his resignation letter to the President of Ukraine using the special mail of the General Staff.
"The Centre has checked this information. It is not true! The enemy is interested in spreading such fakes in order to destabilise the situation among the military and sow panic among the population," the CCD said.
- Ukrinform
US Ammo Honcho: Congress Doubled Funding for Shells Critically Needed by Ukraine
A senior US official on Thursday said recently passed legislation by the US Congress doubled funding for acquisition of 155mm artillery shells, an ammunition category critically needed by Ukraine in its war against Russia, Washington news reports said.
Doug Bush, the chief weapons buyer for the US military, told the Reuters news agency that the Pentagon had requested Congress allocate $3.1 billion to purchasing 155mm shell manufacturing and investment in production capacity expansion, and that the actual figure allocated by US legislators was $6 billion.
“We appear to have gotten $6 billion. So that, I think, is a vote of confidence as we make our way to 100,000 shells a month,” Bush said on Thursday.
- The Kyiv Post
Violetta Oliinyk, a stained-glass artist from Chernivtsi, assembled 71 drones with her own hands and sent them to the frontlines.
Thanks to the donations Violetta collects, she continues to assemble drones for the Armed Forces.
Before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she used to make jewelry, but after Violetta's two brothers and father volunteered to defend the country, she decided to help.
After her father asked where he could buy an FPV drone and how difficult it was to find one, she decided to make them herself.
📸: Mil Kysil/Facebook
🔥 In Russia, the surroundings of Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia and its suburbs are engulfed in fire, — Russian mass media and Telegram channels report
The fire is connected with the fact that more than 100 hectares of forest are burning in Buryatia. Due to the hurricane wind, the fire reached the capital of Buryatia — Ulan-Ude, and then spread to buildings in the suburbs
⚡️ Commander: Russia aims to completely occupy 3 oblasts in 2024.
Russia's goal in 2024 is to completely occupy Donetsk, Luhansk, and, if possible, Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Ukraine's Ground Forces Commander Oleksandr Pavliuk told The Times on May 2.
Apart from completing the occupation of the three oblasts, Russian forces are still focused on capturing the regional centers of Kharkiv and Sumy, located proximately to the Ukrainian-Russian state border, as well, according to Pavliuk, who cited Ukraine's military intelligence.
"But we do not know how serious those plans are, nor if they are capable of realizing them with the forces they have at their disposal," he said.
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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