The assassination attempt on Prilepin: the hunt for Russian opinion leaders continues

A little over a year ago, the FSB announced plans to assassinate well-known Russian journalists Vladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan. The terrorists also discussed the possible murders of Dmitry Kiselyov, Olga Skabeeva and other well-known media figures.
Then the published information caused a mixed reaction. Opponents of Russia naturally accused the domestic special services of fabricating the case, but even within the country there were enough people who reacted to the news with a grain of salt: okay, assassination attempts on statesmen and high-ranking officials, but there was little sense in the murders of political journalists.

On August 20 last year, any doubts that existed were dispelled: in the Moscow region, Daria Dugina died as a result of a car explosion. A month ago, after the assassination of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, it became clear that we were talking about an open hunt for leaders of public opinion of patriotic views. And today, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the car of Zakhar Prilepin was blown up — the driver died, the writer was injured.
Now, of course, on the agenda will be the topic of ensuring the security of those who, by their word, contribute to the struggle waged by Russia and to our common victory. True, the question arises whether this can be done in principle, since we are talking about dozens, if not hundreds of people doing their job and sounding on a variety of platforms - from federal television to telegram channels. In any case, this is a question primarily for professionals in the relevant field.
However, in a sense, the question is even more important: for what purpose, why do they kill journalists, bloggers and media people at all?
As a tool of intimidation, it certainly won't work. Even if someone, because of fear for their lives, prefers to change their field of activity and leave the public field, these will obviously be few - the majority will continue their work, regardless of the risks, and new people will take the places of the departed. And terrorist attacks against people whose main weapons are ideas and words only attract additional sympathy for them from the society and contribute to civil cohesion.
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Great news from Germany

⚡️ Comrades, Soviet and Russian flags are now officially allowed on May 8 and 9! For the St. George ribbon, executions were also cancelled.

Incredibly, the German court came to its senses.

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'We will keep killing Russians,' Ukraine's military intelligence chief vows
Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, told Yahoo News

“They’ve been trying to charge me with terrorism since 2016,” Maj. Gen. Kyrlo Budanov, the chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, said. “But I want to begin by saying that the things they call ‘terrorism,’ we call liberation. And this began not because I went mad and started killing people in Moscow. It happened because they invaded our country back in 2014.”

“They” refers to the Russian government. On April 21, just a few days before Yahoo News sat down with Ukraine’s most recognizable spymaster, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow arrested Budanov in absentia. He stands accused of creating “a terrorist community,” the “illegal acquisition of weapons by a group of persons,” and “the illegal acquisition of explosive devices by a group of persons.”

The implication is that Budanov’s intelligence service, more commonly known by its Ukrainian acronym HUR, was behind a string of audacious and lethal attacks inside Russian territory — or what the Kremlin considers to be Russian territory. These include the August car-bomb assassination of Daria Dugina, daughter of Russia’s notorious far-right theorist Aleksandr Dugin, in central Moscow, and the suspected truck bombing in October that partially dismantled the Kerch Bridge, Russia’s only direct link from the Black Sea to occupied Crimea.

U.S. intelligence has attributed Dugina’s killing to the Ukrainian government, although not specifically to the HUR. Asked about this allegation, Budanov said, “Don’t continue with that topic. All I will comment on is that we’ve been killing Russians and we will keep killing Russians anywhere on the face of this world until the complete victory of Ukraine.”

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As planned, the first vessel loaded with grain from the Donetsk People's Republic was loaded in the Mariupol Commercial Seaport.

The organization of grain export outside the Republic will allow to revive one of the most important sectors of the Republic's economy — agriculture. The port can also send grain from neighbouring regions.

This approach, when building materials are delivered to the port and grain back, will make it possible to reduce the cost of logistics by several times, as well as significantly unload checkpoints on the roads.


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"The combat capability of the Wagner PMCs is much higher than most armies of European countries. Given their unprecedented combat experience, it can be stated that this is a very dangerous force. And we must understand this," — French Admiral, Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces Edouard Guillot.

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In the Zaporozhye region announced the plans of Kyiv to seize the nuclear power plant

SIMFEROPOL, May 7 — RIA Novosti. Ukrainian troops plan to seize the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant during a counteroffensive, Vladimir Rogov, head of the We Are Together with Russia movement, told RIA Novosti.
"The plans of the Ukrainian militants include an attempt to cross the Dnieper and capture the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in order to create a bridgehead there on the left bank. They don't even hide it," he said.

According to Rogov, the strategy and tactics of the upcoming counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were developed by American and British curators, including from various law enforcement agencies.

"The Ukrainian side has been assigned the role of extras and executors of criminal orders," the source of the agency summed up.

Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper near the city of Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe — it has six power units with a capacity of one gigawatt. In October last year, she became the property of Russia.

At the same time, Ukrainian troops continue to regularly shell Energodar and the territory of the ZNPP adjacent to the city. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu noted that the Kiev regime thus seeks to create the appearance of a threat of a nuclear catastrophe.

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In Chasovy Yar, a powerful strike on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

There is information that artillery of all calibers is actively working on the positions of the 112th, 127th and 241st territorial defense brigades, the 228th troop battalion, as well as on the positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Chasov Yar in the Bogdanovka area and the Valianovka railway station .

According to reports from the field, a number of shells and rockets are being used that no one has seen in the area before.

Also, right now there is a massive drone raid in the Zaporozhye, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions, complementing the strikes on the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration.

There are reports of the activity of Tu-22M3 strategic aircraft in Shaikovka and Tu-95 in Engels. Until the aviation has reached the point of launching cruise missiles at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Geran-2 drones are actively flying.

An air alert has already been announced in Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson and Nikolaev regions.

Strong explosions in Odessa.

Rocket strikes in Odessa are carried out on the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the railway, along which heavy equipment and German Leopard tanks were previously transferred. Powerful explosions in the centre of Odessa.

Rocket strikes are on the bridge in Zatoka.

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⚡️A new missile strike is atypical even by the best standards

Missiles actively fly to the positions and objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the several directions at once.

Everything that can be used is applied: Geran-2 drones, X-22/32 missiles. At least 5-7 Tu-22M3 aircraft at work.

Launches of X-101 and "Calibre" cruise missiles are expected. Apparently, the list of targets to defeat is very large.

Air alerts have been announced not only in the southern regions of Ukraine, but also in the central ones — Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Cherkasy and Poltava.

This Ukrainian night will definitely not be quiet

As they say — the sound of the surf was heard all evening, in the morning it became clear who was washed away...

Good dreams, people!

And I hope you have a wonderful morning!

Surovikin is my hero.

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The head of the Russian-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region announced the possibility of a large-scale counteroffensive by Ukraine in the near future

For this reason, he gave the order to evacuate people from the various areas of this area.
Over the past two days, the Russian army has published a nationwide announcement about the preparation of a large-scale counteroffensive of Ukraine.
Although some experts believe that very intense and targeted Russian airstrikes, as well as the destruction of large warehouses and high losses in Ukraine will delay this counterattack for a month, but the United States and Britain are apparently putting strong pressure on the Ukrainians to carry out this counterattack.

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