Frontline report: Russian survival rate at 3% during White Mountain storming near Luhansk’s Bilohorivka
Russian forces face steep losses and strategic setbacks during assaults on White Mountain near Luhansk’s Bilohorivka, struggling against well-positioned Ukrainian defenses.
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April 18, 2024
- Scholz hopes to find six more Patriot systems in NATO countries
- ISW: US can either help Ukraine or face emboldened Russia at NATO’s door
- Polish citizen charged with aiding Russian plot to assassinate Zelenskyy
- “Biolabs” and “persecution of Christians”: GOP Congresswoman spreads Russian propaganda to oppose Ukraine aid bill
- Denmark breaks new ground, funding domestic Ukrainian arms production
- Ukraine’s National Resistance Center: Russian teens to manufacture 10,000 Shahed drones annually
- Ukraine increases domestic Bohdana howitzer production to 10 units per month
- PACE: Putin illegitimate, Russian Orthodox Church propaganda instrument
- Lithuania President: Double standards in assistance to Israel and Ukraine are unacceptable
- Ukrainian mayor, ex-councilor sentenced to 9-10 years in prison for corruption
- German authorities thwart suspected Russian sabotage plot targeting military aid to Ukraine
- G7 ministers fail to agree on Russian asset use for Ukraine aid
- Ukraine downs all 13 Russian explosive drones last night as Russian missiles kill at least one civilian
- Over 2,000 imported components found in Russian Su-series fighter jets – Ukraine intel
- Ukraine warns of WW3 amid delay in crucial aid vote
- Ukrainian NGO repatriates six more children from Russian occupation
- Zelenskyy tells EU Russia has almost entirely destroyed Ukraine’s thermal power capacity, asks for air defense help
- UK House Speaker Johnson moving forward with Ukraine aid bill despite GOP hardliner opposition
- The Washington Post: Secret Russian document reveals plan for weakening West
- Reuters: Russia increases use of prohibited riot control agents against Ukrainian forces on battlefield
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 784: Russian strike kills 17 in Chernihiv as US House readies $ 61B Ukraine aid vote
- Russian missile strike in Chernihiv kills 17, injures 78; City declares day of mourning
- Dutch PM offers buying Patriot systems for Ukraine from reluctant countries
Daily Review
Theologian: Russian Church goes full Nazi with “holy war” on Ukraine
Patriarch Kirill's "decree" blessing Russia's Ukraine invasion brims with "sacred mission" rhetoric from the times of Nazi aggression – yet church leaders worldwide remain deafeningly silent, says Cyril Hovorun
Ukraine leaves NATO birthday party with promises of air defense, but not membership
Germany will initiate the search for Patriot air defense systems, but the promise of a NATO membership this summer is still vague
Ukraine solidarity narrative cynical without weapons & guarantees
Gabrielius Landsbergis warns western nations there will be no happy ending unless they choose to rewrite the script to help Ukraine achieve a full victory
Why donations to the Ukrainian army are crucial for victory
The short answer is a lack of state budget to cover all needs as well as unwieldy bureaucracy missing relatively "small" but important issues, such as effective sniper rifles or even vehicles for particular units.
Russia’s rumored assault on Kharkiv: assessing the threat
Despite rumors circulating in Western and Russian media about a potential new Russian offensive targeting Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukrainian officials and military experts are divided on the likelihood and feasibility of such an operation.
Frontline report
It’s ten years of Russia’s war against Ukraine, not two
Years of futile negotiations over Ukraine should dispel any illusions – intelligence proves Putin spent the last decade preparing for exactly this war, with aims far beyond Ukraine.
Crocus City Hall: incompetence or deliberate failure of Russian security? An OSINT analysis
Did Russia's state security apparatus break down, or was the terrorist attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall deliberately permitted to occur? We investigate
FT: Satellite images reveal Russia’s oil supplies to UN-sanctioned North Korea
Russia is supplying oil directly to North Korea, defying UN sanctions, in a potential 'arms-for-oil' trade, according to satellite images obtained by the Financial Times.
Russian envoy refuses to attend Polish Foreign Ministry after missile breaches Polish airspace
Despite being summoned, the Russian ambassador to Poland refused to attend a meeting at the Polish Foreign Ministry on March 25, amid demands for explanations following a missile breaching Polish airspace during Russia's major attack on Ukraine.
Meet “Liutyi,” Ukraine’s homegrown drone behind strikes on Russian oil refineries
Ukraine's domestically produced Liutyi unmanned aircraft has been behind precise strikes on Russian oil refineries up to 800km inside Russia.
Inside Russia’s “Special liberation operation”: how expat rebels raid Putin’s borderlands
Adopting the Kremlin's euphemism for its Ukraine invasion, Russian rebel battalions have launched a 10-day 'special liberation operation of Russia from Putin' in Russia's Belgorod and Kursk oblasts, asserting they have seized villages, destroyed military equipment and diverted Russian forces from the front
“Decolonization will not be stopped”: Ukraine expands movement against Russian cultural imperialism
Progressive decolonization discourse has ignored Russia's history of imperialism and cultural appropriation, but Ukraine is determined to challenge false narratives by rewriting its place in the world's museums.
Evergreens
Inside Ukraine’s secret FPV drone labs racing to stay ahead of Russia
DIY warriors operating from garages with soldering irons are outmaneuvering Russia's state giants in the technology arms race — so far.
“Welcome to hell”: UN report exposes Russia’s systematic torture, killings, and crimes against humanity in Ukraine
"No creature alive deserves to be treated like Russians treat Ukrainians in their detention facilities," a Ukrainian POW told the UN commission
Russia’s war: an attack on Europe
Despite the pandemic of German "useful idiot" pacifists, Europe must be defended – by unreserved military support for Ukraine until its victory.
Analysis
Taurus leak reveals Germany’s dilemma as Europe awakens to new security reality
The German Taurus leaks shed light not only on the technical details of a possible Taurus strike on the Crimean bridge, but Europe's shifting security landscape, as France and Germany compete for leadership amid evolving US priorities and the urgent need to support Ukraine's defense.
Intercept of German generals planning Taurus strike on Crimean bridge: full translation
Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan published a German-language audio intercept of this discussion and a very bad Russian translation. We give you a good English one.
