Ukrainian troops’ inability to breach Russian defensive lines is, to a large extent, due to minefields that are “destroying NATO-supplied armor, wounding soldiers and zapping morale,” according to the Financial Times. Kiev’s much-lauded counteroffensive, launched last month, has stalled in the face of staunch resistance from Russian troops. Western-made tanks …
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The massive inflow of weapons into Ukraine from the West isn’t reaching many of the soldiers who actually need them, the Toronto Star reported last week. Time constraints, incompetence and corruption are resulting in poorly equipped frontline fighters, the newspaper claimed. The report, which was based on interviews with foreign …
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The DOJ IG Michael Horowitz announced on Friday he was “initiating a review of DOJ’s use of subpoenas and other legal authorities to obtain communication records of Members of Congress and affiliated persons, and the news media,” during the investigation into leaks of classified information to reporters by government officials. …
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James’ defending NBA champion Lakers look anything but the sport’s pacesetters today after coming up short once again on Sunday, losing by 121-114 to the Toronto Raptors to cap a horrid recent run which has seen them lose six of their last seven. And with their spot in the postseason …
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Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry claimed that Armenia had launched volleys of rockets at the town of Hadrut in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh and “intensively” shelled several Azerbaijani villages on Saturday morning. A representative from the Armenian Ministry of Defense denied that the country’s forces had targeted Hadrut. Baku earlier announced that its army …
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In provincial parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church growing protests because of the need to continue the transfer of payments to the Patriarchate, said archdeacon Andrei Kuraev. As he told the correspondent of “Rosbalt”, the income of parishes dropped, but the “center” continues to require the transfer of money. Andrey …
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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declared intention to discuss with the President of China, XI Jinping, the Chinese contractors who failed projects in Belarus. As the press service of the President, Lukashenka said, visiting Dobrush paper factory “Hero of labour”. Photo: press service of the President of Belarus Prepare a …
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Users of the service “Sberbank Online” complain about the failure in his work. They can’t log in with the system, follows from the data portal Downdetector. Reports of problems with the “Sberbank Online” began to arrive about 16:00 (GMT). Mainly on the disruption of misleading customers from Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Krasnodar, …
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In the first quarter of this year the Russian manufacturers of furniture sent overseas production by 5% more than in the same period last year. But the share of furniture from Russia in the international market is still minimal — 0,23%. Export growth prevents weak support from the state, say …
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About half of the residents beyond the control of Kiev territories of Donbass state the deterioration of living standards over the last year. Most of the residents of separatist-controlled Donbass say that over the past year their lives have deteriorated. This is evidenced by submitted Thursday, April 25, the results …
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