[WonderMomma]

"Caroline Nordengrip, former member of Swedish parliament, has enlisted into the Ukrainian Army.

"For me it was obvious. I never hesitated. I learned so much about the war because I was on the defense committee when it started that I felt I had to contribute""







"The war in Ukraine through the lens of @ KPfaffenbach." (Reuters photographer)

[WonderMomma]

I guess there is a presidential election in Russia in 2024. Not sure why.


"Nominating a presidential candidate in the Russian Federation. Centrifugal tendencies are increasing in Russia. Freaks come out from everywhere. Dictator Putin needs "competition" at "elections". It's hard to find someone compared to whom even Putin would look sensible. But it's possible, as we can see."

[WonderMomma]

"Russian journalists were denied visas to cover Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's attendance at UN events in New York, and Russian officials promise retaliatory measures.

Lavrov himself commented on the situation with the phrase: "We will not forget, we will not forgive."

March 29 Russian FSB detains WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg - a Moscow court orders him to be held until May 29"

[WonderMomma]

"The Chinese ambassador to France was asked to clarify his position on the occupied Crimea. He replied that it "depends on how you look at the issue" and that Crimea "was originally part of Russia." The journalist noted that under international law, there is no contradiction in this matter, as the peninsula is part of Ukraine.

"According to international law, the countries of the former USSR do not have the status of an effective state in international law. Because there is no international agreement to make their status as independent countries concrete," the ambassador replied. After this statement, the Estonian Foreign Ministry summoned a representative of China to explain the diplomat's statements."

[WonderMomma]

"Minister of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina: Ukraine will be inspired by the experience of Arlington National Cemetery in the United States to create a military memorial cemetery in Kyiv"

[WhiskeyOutpost]

A grey zone has appeared on the left bank of the Dnipro river south of Kherson city. This is the first change on this front since ~ mid November 2022.

What this means, I don't know. It appears that there are limited numbers of Ukrainian forces south of the Dnipro river.

As for this area being a springboard for a major offensive, I doubt that, as the Antonovsky bridge has not been repaired.

This change is present on DeepState and LiveUAmap.

[WhiskeyOutpost]

- More on new Ukrainian positions across the Dnipro river

[WhiskeyOutpost]

From ISW, 23 April 2023:
https://www.understandingwar.org/bac...-april-23-2023

Kherson axis

The Russian grouping in Kherson Oblast is likely the most disorganized and undermanned in the entire theater. Prior to the Russian withdrawal from the west (right) bank of Kherson Oblast on November 9-11, 2022, elements of the 76th and 106th VDV Divisions and 22nd Army Corps were committed to the area.[155] These elements have since been reconstituted and redeployed to other areas of the front. It is highly likely that the remaining grouping on the east (left) bank is mainly comprised of badly understrength remnants of mainly mobilized units. These elements have been removed from combat since the withdrawal in fall 2022, so they may be slightly fresher than elements elsewhere on the frontline. However, morale issues and poor training and discipline are likely common in this area, especially since more competent conventional elements are engaged elsewhere.

The information space in Kherson Oblast is notably very opaque, largely because this sector of the front has been mostly static since the Russian withdrawal from west bank Kherson in November 2022. The corps of military correspondents who report on frontline activities are elsewhere in Ukraine, so available information on the Russian grouping here is substantially limited. ISW has observed the presence of the 126th Coastal Defense Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet’s 22nd Army Corps near Velykyi Potemkin Island in the Dnipro River delta south of Kherson City.[156] Geolocated footage from February 18 additionally confirms that the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (49th Combined Arms Army, SMD) was operating in Nova Kakhovka.[157] Crimean occupation head Sergey Aksyonov’s 300-person Wagner Group-affiliated “Convoy” private military company is also reportedly operating somewhere in Kherson Oblast.[158] It appears that the SMD has general responsibility for the Kherson sector of the front, but is less engaged here than it is in western Zaporizhia Oblast. Russian troops in Kherson Oblast, as in western Zaporizhia, are likely relatively less exhausted than forces elsewhere in theater and instead are preparing for defense in depth. However, the Russian grouping in Kherson is evidently scattered and undermanned.

[WonderMomma]

Attention Serbia! Looks like Russia plans to go through NATO to come "rescue" you after they liquidate Ukraine. I hope this isn't the same type of "rescue" or "liberation" they're doing in Ukraine.

I only made it halfway through this... he's a slow talking fantasist.

"Anatoly Wasserman, Russian MP: Russia's main goal is the liquidation of Ukraine.

He is also concerned about Serbia being on a "blockade" by NATO countries and suggests Russians work on that after they are done with Ukraine"

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

"Russian journalists were denied visas to cover Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's attendance at UN events in New York, and Russian officials promise retaliatory measures.

Lavrov himself commented on the situation with the phrase: "We will not forget, we will not forgive."

March 29 Russian FSB detains WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg - a Moscow court orders him to be held until May 29"

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"Lavrov arrived to New York for the UN Security Council meeting.

Before that he declared that Russia "won't forgive or forget" (watch the video till the end!) that the US didn't issue visas to Russian journalists who also intended to visit the Council's meeting."