An intelligence officer holed up in Mariupol’s massive Azovstal steel factory has blasted the Ukraine government for leaving the citizens and soldiers on their own.
“We got zero support — no air support, no artillery or ground support. We were left on our own,” Ilya Samoilenko said, yet added that they are continuing to fight.
“We are basically here, dead men. Most of us know this and it’s why we fight so fearlessly,” he said.
Is this an expedient end to their problematic existence?
Berlin and other cities across Germany increased police patrols on Monday ahead of expected pro-Russia protests.
The demonstrations are happening to mark Victory Day on May 9, a holiday commemorating the Soviet military’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Tensions are running high this year over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with authorities in Berlin banning both Russian and Ukrainian flags at memorial sites.
A clash of loyalties is dividing opinion among residents in Bakhmut – a town on the front line in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Sometimes it slips out as a whisper. More often, it is hidden behind euphemisms and shrugs – and carefully ambivalent replies. And then, once in a while, a fiercely pro-Russian sentiment is simply blurted out, like the crack of a gunshot, here in the rolling green hills of the Donbas.
“This is Russian territory. Ukraine is the occupier here,” said a man in overalls, standing with a group of council workers. They had been clearing weeds in Bakhmut – a Ukrainian town currently within easy earshot of Russian artillery.
Elon Musk suggested he might die “under mysterious circumstances” in a cryptic tweet that appeared to be referring to a threat by the chief of Russia’s space agency.
“If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya,” Musk said in a tweet Sunday night.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted the foreboding tweet shortly after he shared a message from Dmitry Rogozin, who accused him of being “involved in supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communication equipment.”
“Is it a great success that a multi-billionaire would be now deciding what is appropriate for people to exchange by way of discourse? I think it can hardly be described as anything other than a manifestation of an incredible and dangerous narcissism,” the 5’3″ octogenarian opined at what was supposed to be a climate change conference at Dublin City University, clearly referring to Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter but declining to identify the South African entrepreneur by name.
Known as Bill 96, the legislation would impose tougher language requirements on small businesses and companies in federally regulated industries, such as banking and telecommunications, as well as governments and schools. The bill is expected to pass before the legislature breaks for the summer.
A Michigan man is being sued after a technician who didn’t know how to drive a stick shift accidentally killed a mechanic from behind the wheel of the defendant’s car.
Although Sergio Enrique Diaz-Navarro wasn’t behind the wheel of the red 2019 Jeep Wrangler on that day in March 2020, the family of the employee who was killed is suing him for negligence and is hoping to receive more than $15 million in damages.
Vladimir Putin’s regime is ‘mirroring’ the actions of the Nazis and must share the same fate as them, Ben Wallace will say as the Russian leader stages a military parade to celebrate victory in World War II.
Defence Secretary Mr Wallace will use a major speech to say that Putin and his inner circle should share the same fate as the Nazis, who ended up defeated and facing the Nuremberg trials for their atrocities.
His speech, at the National Army Museum in London, will also directly criticise the behaviour of Russian commanders for war crimes and their incompetence in a campaign which has failed to secure the gains expected by Putin.
Putin defends his Ukraine invasion, invoking World War II, but does not signal an escalation.
President Vladimir V. Putin used his Victory Day speech on Monday to try to channel Russian pride in defeating Nazi Germany into support for this year’s invasion of Ukraine. But contrary to some expectations he did not make any new announcements signaling a mass mobilization for the war effort or an escalation of the onslaught.
An “inflammatory” children’s book being distributed to New York City schools teaches kids as young as 2 that the concept of race was created by white people who claimed they were “better, smarter, prettier, and that they deserve more than everybody else.”
Indigenous women across this country were appalled Thursday, May 5, to learn that First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women now account for 50 per cent of the prisoners being held in a Federal Correctional Institution, even though they make up just five per cent of Canada’s female population.
Inside San Diego’s metropolitan area, the second largest city, home to some 275,000 residents, has made the history books. Chula Vista hasn’t cured cancer or discovered perpetual energy; instead, their mark on history will be a dark one as they become the first city in America to be completely monitored by spy drones.
Want to see what a real misinformation spreader looks like? You’ve come to the right place. When challenged on his work, he runs for cover similar to what cockroaches do when you turn on the lights.
True the Vote’s Catherine Englebrecht and Greg Phillips are going to publish every single video, every single finding, every single conclusion they have, including the addresses of the stash houses. The information will be released at any moment.
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— Jenn (@m1ney12) May 8, 2022
Of course, the PCs, NDP, and Liberals are getting the most attention being the highest polling parties in Ontario, but at the same time, one would think the media would be interested in talking about a new party (only slightly over a year old) that has managed to field a full slate of candidates before any other party and that almost has EDAs in every riding.
Two rulings in the past two weeks suggest that provincial health officers are not above the law, with judges in British Columbia and Alberta issuing crucial decisions against Dr. Bonnie Henry and Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
The next wave of RCMP hires might be more likely to wear red hoodies than red serge.
The national police service is looking to hire more civilian investigators to tackle some of its more complex investigations — things like cybercrime and money laundering.
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— Election Wizard 🇺🇸 (@ElectionWiz) May 8, 2022
The projection of 100 million potential infections is an estimate based on a range of outside models that are being closely tracked by the administration and would include both the fall and winter, a senior administration official told CNN. Officials say this estimate is based on an underlying assumption of no additional resources or extra mitigation measures being taken, including new COVID-19 funding from Congress, or dramatic new variants.
Walgreens publishes data on their Covid-19 tests. When people take the test, they are asked about vaccination status. In both of the last two updates, the unvaccinated tested positive at the lowest rate. People with three doses tested positive at the highest rate.
To be healing, there has to be justice.
To have a free society we have to have a history, and in this major historical moment, we had a massive betrayal of the social contract — a betrayal committed by millions. The social contract cannot be re-knit without public accountability, confrontations, and even condemnation.
Let the school board members who masked the children be sued in civil court. Let them do community service in bright orange vests and pick up garbage along the sides of the roads.
Let the members of the Boards of Health who shut down their neighbors’ businesses for no reason, face civil charges. Let their names be published in the newspapers.
Let the ones who shunned the unvaccinated and disinvited them from their galas and dinner parties, experience for themselves what that feels like and face the fact that they were hateful and engaged in hate.
Let the deans who took millions of dollars from nonprofits to adopt policies to mandate vaccines for healthy young college students — vaccines that disrupted the cycles and damaged the hearts of perfectly healthy young women and men in their charge — face trials for racketeering and reckless endangerment and coercion. Let the Pharma executives and the heads of the FDA be tried for fraud and battery. Let the trials begin.
