CAPITOL RIOT ARREST UPDATED:
*Brian Ivey of Crossville TN enters guilty plea.
*Admits to entering Capitol thru smashed window. "Ivey was aware that he was not authorized to be inside of the Capitol.”
*Sentence TBD. fox17.com/news/local/mid…
*Kurt Peterson of Hodgenville KY is charged in the insurrection.
*Shouted: “This is our house. Let us in.”
*Used sticks & fist to smash exterior window.
*Was near the scene where rioter Ashli Babbitt was shot.
*Charges: Obstruction; property damage, etc. extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/…
The F.B.I. has released more photos of suspects it is seeking in the Capitol insurrection. fbi.gov/wanted/capitol…
*Graydon Young of Englewood FL becomes second member of Oath Keepers to plead guilty in the Capitol riot.
*Pleads to conspiracy & obstruction.
*Will cooperate with gov’t & testify before grand jury.
*Sentence TBD; had faced 20 years. newsweek.com/oath-keeper-gr…
*Anna Morgan-Lloyd of Indiana gets 3 years probation in 1st criminal sentence from Capitol riot.
*120 hours community service; $500 restitution.
*Apologizes to “the American people” & her family.
*“I’m ashamed that it became a savage display of violence…” apnews.com/article/joe-bi…
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Titanic tourist sub goes missing, sparking search; number of passengers is unknown. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
Coast Guard reports 5 people were aboard missing submersible that carries tourists to the wreckage of the Titanic, according to @guardian.
*Website of company that runs the tours says this was an 8-day expedition.
*Cost is reported to be $250,000/person. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…
@guardian Missing submersible is made of five-inch-thick carbon fiber, with titanium domes on each end, according to @CBSNews, which profiled the tourism venture, OceanGate.
"It's a very unusual business," said the CEO. "It's a new type of travel."
Russian cruiser Moskva is hit by 2 Ukraine missiles, according to Ukraine southern military command.
*Ukraine says Black Sea attack has caused the Moskva to start sinking.
*Russia denies that the ship was hit, saying it was “seriously damaged" in a fire. theguardian.com/world/live/202…
Russian sailors have evacuated the sticken warship Moskva. The loss of the ship is considered a massive blow to the Russian navy. cnn.com/2022/04/14/eur…
"The Moskva, with a crew of almost 700, is the pride of the Russian naval fleet in the Black Sea.”
*If indeed Ukraine hit the ship with Neptune missiles, it would represent a significant expansion of the besieged country’s defensive capabilities. nytimes.com/live/2022/04/1…
UKRAINE update:
*Russia claims that 1,026 Ukraine soldiers have surrendered in Mariupol; no comment from Kyiv yet.
*Satellite images show big Russian military buildup in the east.
*Biden accuses Putin of committing "genocide.” Macron won’t go that far. theguardian.com/world/live/202…
20 Bushmaster armorored personnel carriers arrive in Ukraine after being sent from Australia. nytimes.com/live/2022/04/1…
Ukraine security service captures Russian oligarch, Viktor Medvedchuk.
*President Zelensky offers to exchange Putin’s ally for Ukrainians captured by Russia.
*Zelensky: “Let Medvedchuk be an example for you. We will get everyone.” nytimes.com/live/2022/04/1…
Another Russian general is killed by Ukraine military.
*Lieut. Gen. Yakov Rezantsev was killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson, according to Ukraine defense ministry.
*He is the 7th Russian general to die as a result of Putin’s invasion. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
Western officials say mutinous Russian troops ran over their own commander with a tank.
*It is unclear whether the colonel had been killed. theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
New evidence points to this superyacht, the Scheherazade, as belonging to Vladimir Putin.
*$700 million boat is now anchored at the Marina di Carrara port in Tuscany. rferl.org/a/putin-yacht-…
UKRAINE day 9:
*Russian forces attack and seize the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
*Western powers condemn Russia for "horrific" and "reckless” act.
*Officials say the site is safe, but attack could’ve been catastrophic. bbc.com/news/live/worl…
Ukraine President Zelensky accuses Russia of “nuclear terror.”
“No country other than Russia has ever fired on nuclear power units. This is the first time in our history, in the history of mankind, the terrorist state now resorted to nuclear terror.”