this area of the Dnjepr is completely overfilled because Kiev has closed the dams - either to dry out the southern part to cross it - (or to take the cooling water away from the NPP) - or Kiev will reopen the dams to flood the area - time will tell.

🛢📉The price of Brent oil on the London ICE exchange fell below $83 per barrel for the first time since March 31.

🇷🇺 🇰🇵 🇰🇷 Dmitry Medvedev commented on the possible supply of weapons by South Korea to Kiev:

“I wonder what the inhabitants of this country will say when they see the latest Russian weapons from their closest neighbors - our partners from the DPRK?” Medvedev said.

Earlier, the President of South Korea for the first time allowed the supply of weapons to Ukraine, "if there is a serious threat to the civilian population."

The Union of Orthodox Journalists reports that police with machine guns are being pulled to the sealed building of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

🇺🇦📉💰Ukrainians began to donate the Armed Forces of Ukraine half as much compared to last year, according to a study by the Postmen communication agency.

🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺The British Defense Secretary believes that the conflict in Ukraine will continue in 2024 , writes The New York Times.

Also, Ben Wallace, in an interview with reporters in Washington, expressed confidence that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would launch the planned counteroffensive.

“I am optimistic that this year or next, Ukraine will continue to make efforts in this direction ,” Wallace quoted the publication as saying. “I also think that we must be realistic: Russia will not collapse by magic.”

🇺🇦 In Kiev, they said that NATO itself should "beg" Ukraine to join the coalition.

NATO's only goal is to fight Russia, Ukrainian Ambassador to Britain Vadim Prystaiko said. And he added that Kiev has "a million armed people" for this.

"If you want to have someone who is not only ready, but knows how to do it, ask Ukraine. Beg her to become part of your alliance," Prystaiko advised.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼 US - Committee of the House of Representatives on the People's Republic of China is preparing a "war game" according to the scenario of the Taiwan conflict. This will allow bipartisan members of the PRC Congress to determine the best legislative measures to contain and deal with the PRC in case of conflict - Axios

🇷🇺 Today Russia is winning the information war with the West, said Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergey Kravtsov.

Destroyed AFU equipment in Artyomovsk. In the video is apparently the first confirmed destroyed British FV103 Spartan.

🇧🇬🇵🇱🇭🇺🇸🇰🇺🇦 Bulgaria, following Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, introduced a ban on the import of food from Ukraine, with the exception of transit.

The head of the European Commission, meanwhile, proposed a number of measures to solve the problem of Ukrainian grain. Among them is a 100 million euro assistance package for farmers.

⚔️🇷🇺🇺🇦 NEW VIDEO: Ukraine's Offensive: Taking Territory vs. the War of Attrition

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for April 19, 2023

▪️Both Russia's and Ukraine's presidents visit front line troops in Kherson and the Donbass region respectively;

▪️Russian forces continue to gain ground in Bakhmut, pro-Ukrainian maps show the main rail station now under Russian control;

▪️Ukrainian general admits Russia carrying out airstrikes in Bakhmut further indicating an increasingly pivotal change in the nature of fighting in Russia's favor;

https://youtu.be/Q8pKQ73lVNk

▪️Western analysis continues to paint a bleak picture regarding Ukraine's upcoming offensive, noting that even if it manages to succeed in taking territory, it does little to change the lopsided nature of what is actually a war of attrition Ukraine is losing;

▪️Former Western diplomats and military leaders have called for greater support for Ukraine, refusing to acknowledge the limits of Western military industrial output and Ukraine's ability to absorb weapon systems they are unfamiliar with;

Exactly 2️⃣4️⃣0️⃣ years ago, on April 19, 1783, Empress Catherine the Great published a Manifesto on the accession of the Crimean Peninsula to the Russian Empire. This document gave Russia reliable access to the Black Sea and ensured the security of its southern regions for centuries ahead.

📈 After the accession, the Russian authorities banned slave trade, which had existed in the region for centuries, and built new cities, including Sevastopol. The economy and culture received a powerful impetus for development. Domestic trade duties were cancelled, which facilitated the progress of Crimean agriculture, industry and trade and a rapid growth of Crimean cities.

🗝 The Manifesto, which was written by Catherine the Great and General-Field Marshal Grigory Potemkin, was kept in great secrecy in a wooden box upholstered with iron. The Empress had apprehensions about a new war with Turkey and interference by European countries. The Manifesto was published only after the residents of Crimea swore allegiance to Russia by signing oath sheets.

☝️ Grigory Potemkin, who was appointed by Catherine the Great Governor-General of Novorossiya, played a key role in the accession and development of Crimea. His contemporaries noted that he managed to turn the steppes of the Crimean Khanate into a promising and flourishing region of the Russian Empire in a short span of time.

The Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs is struggling to contain his inner Nazi...

‘Slava Ukraini’ is a fascist slogan.

But I guess these are the ‘Western values’ we hear about.

Special forces units of the formation of the Southern Military District and artillerymen of the Second Army Corps thwarted an attempt to rotate the personnel of the battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Spirne and Belohorivka
#Seversk Bulge
#Russia #Ukraine

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦📯 Night Hunt on Subversive Elements⚡️

🎬 During reconnaissance at night, an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group was detected. The reconnaissance of the special forces unit promptly corrected the fire of the artillery gun and the enemy group was destroyed.

📜 DPR People's Militia; 19 Apr 2023, 09:01

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