TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian 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 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
The EU plans to restrict 11 vessels that contribute to russia's ability to wage a full-scale war against Ukraine in a new package of sanctions against Russia, — Bloomberg.
If the proposed measures are approved by the Member States, the ships will be blocked from accessing EU ports and anchorages, and the logistics for operating these ships will be complicated. The ban will also apply to insurance and technical assistance. European providers will also be prohibited from transshipping goods from ship to ship.
The vessels to be sanctioned include 4 fuel tankers, 2 oil tankers, 2 gas storage facilities used in Novatek's liquefied natural gas transshipment project on the Kamchatka Peninsula, and a cargo ship.
@ukrainejournal
🕯️Died a hero defending Ukraine: Ukrainian double European champion weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko has been killed in the war against Russia, the Ukrainian weightlifting federation announced on Monday.
Pielieshenko, 30, won European gold in 2016 and 2017, and narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics where he came fourth in the 85kg category.
Ukraine's national weightlifting coach Victor Slobodianiuk said Pielieshenko had "died a hero defending Ukraine."
Pielieshenko joined the Ukrainian army in February 2022 at the start of the Russian invasion, noted the Ukrainian Olympic Committee.
⚡️Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries are now doing what the Western sanctions regime failed to achieve. One of the world's largest oil producers is now importing gasoline, Foreign Affairs reported.
According to the publication, since October, Ukraine has launched at least 20 strikes on Russian refineries.
Representatives of Ukrainian security services said that the purpose of the attacks was to stop the supply of fuel to the Russian military and reduce export revenues, which the Kremlin uses to finance its military operations.
Ukrainian marine drone Magura V in a battle with Russian helicopter. Wonder what the helicopter costs.
The Biden administration has paused weapons shipments.
Everyone, including the judge, is waiting for him to say the wrong thing.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/rikers-island-prison-has-been-prepared-for-donald-trump/55945/
He can't get good attorneys because he does not pay them.
Good morning Resisters. We have a major storm arriving today. The entire southern half of the state is level 4 risk. Can't be any worse than Monday night though. And I don't live on flat land so any tornadoes will be north of here. Tornadoes don't like mountainous terrain.
More Information Regarding the Arrest of the US Soldier in Russia. Apparently, a Second US Citizen was also Detained for a Separate Alleged Incident
The Pervomaisky district court in Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok ordered the arrest of U.S. Staff Sergeant Gordon Black and sent him to pretrial detention until at least July 2, court spokeswoman Yelena Oleneva said on May 7.
He has been accused of stealing from a woman after traveling from South Korea -- where he was stationed -- without informing his superiors.
Russian authorities separately disclosed on May 7 that another American, identified by court officials as William Russell Nycum, had been detained 10 days ago in an unrelated case and was in custody in Moscow on "petty hooliganism" and alcohol charges.
Daniel Kanigan, deputy spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, told RFE/RL in an e-mail that “we can confirm that two U.S. citizens have been detained in Russia in the past week.” He did not confirm the name of either of the detained Americans.
Russia's Foreign Ministry, however, said the two news cases were not political and that neither is accused of espionage.
Black was charged with "theft causing significant damage to a citizen," Kommersant cited Oleneva as saying. The maximum penalty for the charge is five years in prison.
Though his name was not officially confirmed, the soldier’s mother told the ABC TV network that her 35-year-old son had been visiting his girlfriend in Russia at the time of his arrest.
- RFE/RL
‼️ The takeoff of several Tu-95MS strategic bombers from Olenya airfield in ruzzia was recorded
If the flights are for combat, the missiles will enter the airspace of Ukraine around four in the morning local time.
Also in the evening, Russia deployed a submarine with "Kalibr" missiles into the Black Sea.
According to the head of the Strategic Communications Center of the Southern Defense Forces, Dmytro Pletenchuk, "the potential danger is taken into account and where exactly the enemy will launch missiles will become known only when this process begins."
At the same time, Pletenchuk emphasized that "all these processes are being monitored and people will have time to react to the threat of a missile attack."
In addition the Air Force informs about the threat of the use of enemy attack UAVs for the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Please do not ignore the air raid alerts!
Ukraine now has drones rescuing fallen drones from hazardous battlefields.
“Retrieving drones on foot was not an option because it contradicts their purpose—preserving lives. So, we decided to find a way to evacuate our drones,” said Vasyl Shyshola, commander of an aerial reconnaissance unit for Ukraine’s 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade.
Initially, his team experimented with a drone equipped with a release mechanism.
“But frankly, this plan didn’t work. The lifting capacity of the Mavic and the weight of a drone equipped with a battery were incompatible. We had to drop the hook because it got firmly attached to the drone,” Shyshola said, outlining the early failures that led to further innovation.
With time pressing and potential reassignment looming, the team couldn’t delay their efforts. “We took another drone and taped about two meters of rope to it, with a triple hook at the end made from grenade rings, which we regularly used against the enemy,” he described.
Their first successful recovery was a drone just 500 meters away, in a mine-laden area in front of the enemy’s former front positions, in fields mined with everything from anti-tank to anti-personnel mines. After locating the drone in the grass and determining the wind direction, “we made the first attempt to hook the drone by one of its legs,” Shyshola noted.
“But flying with such weight was very challenging, as the wind and inertia swayed the rescued drone in all directions. We managed to secure it and had to land along the way, but already in a safe place for us.”
Nonetheless, Shyshola and his unit were able to rescue 16 drones, 10 of which were completely intact, including six equipped for night operations. The six drones that were damaged and not working were sent to volunteer organizations to repair.
- Euromaiden Press
The party of fertilization? Hey, you want to come fertilize my flower beds?https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trump-has-a-new-problem-in-michigan/55931/
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian 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 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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