A revolution took place in world boxing, designed to put an end to Russia
The national federations of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, the Philippines, Sweden and the United States have announced the creation of a new boxing organization,-
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World Boxing. Its main task will be to keep this sport in the Olympic program, as well as to become a competitor of the International Boxing Association (IBA), which is under the control of Russia
The IBA has already announced that members of the new -
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organization will be sanctioned. The association is in conflict with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Its president, Russian Umar Kremlov, was re-elected to his post in defiance of a ruling by the International Court of Sports in Lausanne (CAS), -
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The occupiers are preparing the kidnapping of children from Energodar
In schools and kindergartens of the evacuated Energodar, "evacuation" of children to the Crimea began, Energoatom reports. Local educational institutions disseminate information about the forced "
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evacuation", which will last until April 20.
It is noted that the children are planned to be taken out on station buses, thus formally legalizing the theft of ZNPP vehicles, which the station staff use to get to work
Source: t.me/Pravda_Gerashc… #RussianWarCrimes
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Also, the export of furniture, mattresses and other things from the city's kindergartens has already been recorded. Earlier, in October, it was reported that the Russians did not return the children who were taken from the captured Energodar to "summer camps" -
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The situation in Bakhmut is decided by the railway and the railway station. The battles wave back and forth here.
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During the last 3 days, the railway station itself has been 2 times in our hands and 2 times in the hands of the tourists.
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Right now, you don't know who is the master of the road there. We did drive them to the east side of the railway line but they came back AND NOW again we have driven them in a larger area back again.
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The New York Times sums up the Pentagon leak story nytimes.com/2023/04/15/wor…
In the leaked documents, "Ukraine's predicament looks terrible." But they are unlikely to have any impact on the military plans of the parties.
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So far, there are no signs that Russian commanders have changed their operations in Ukraine in response to the revelations, according to two US officials.
Ukrainian officials, though unhappy with the leaks, believe that they will not have a serious impact on the UAF -
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counteroffensive, since Russ already knew the main parameters of Ukraine's vulnerability (for example, its lack of weapons and ammunition)
"And the documents do not disclose exactly when, where and how the Ukrainians will launch a counteroffensive," one senior US official said/3
▪️The Russian information space views the demographic changes in the Russian Federation in a way that indicates that their ideologies underlying the war in Ukraine will continue to influence domestically.
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Putin's United Russia party has announced its intention to recruit Russian military personnel as candidates in elections in 2023 and 2024, likely in an attempt to establish itself as an agile party.
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▪️Russian forces attacked in the Kremennaya area and, possibly, are preparing for defense in the Kupyansky direction; advanced in the Bakhmut area and on the Avdeevka-Donetsk line.
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US-imposed sanctions and export controls on Russia are depriving it of materials for the war in Ukraine.
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The minister added that limiting the price of Russian oil to $60 per barrel turns the expected budget surplus of the Russian Federation into a deficit.
"Sanctions and export controls have forced Russia to turn to Iran and North Korea for military equipment and materials, -
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Operational information as of the morning of 04/16/2023 from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
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▪️During the day, the Russian army launched 28 air and 6 missile strikes, carried out 38 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the civilian infrastructure of settlements.
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▪️No signs of the formation of offensive groupings of the RF Armed Forces were found in the Volyn, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky directions. A comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus continues.
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