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April 22, 2024
California will step up to assist the women in Arizona by expediting the licensure of abortion providers moving to the state.
Gavin Newsom makes major announcement - Brian Tyler Cohen
California will step up to assist the women in Arizona by expediting the licensure of abortion providers moving to the state.
April 22, 2024
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Guangdong Flooding
01:48 China & Gold Prices
04:26 Pettis on ‘Overcapacity’
China Is Surging Global Gold Prices; China's Floods; Pettis on Overcapacity - China Update
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Guangdong Flooding
01:48 China & Gold Prices
04:26 Pettis on ‘Overcapacity’
April 22, 2024
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about an Australian view of an American problem....
April 22, 2024
LGBTQ+ people are considered to be extremists in Russia, which has led to many of them fleeing the regime, like Konstantin, who left for Spain.
Being labeled an extremist for being gay, he had to flee Russia - Focus on Europe - DW News
LGBTQ+ people are considered to be extremists in Russia, which has led to many of them fleeing the regime, like Konstantin, who left for Spain.
April 22, 2024
Day 788: Apr 21
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Bakhmut direction.
Here, the most intense clashes took place on the northern flank.
The intensity of Russian assaults has substantially increased in this area since Russians established control of the small forest east of Chasiv Yar two weeks ago.
As you know, Russians previously advanced for one kilometer across open fields to reach the forest and establish their presence there. While the assaults across open fields resulted in a high loss rate among assault units, once Russians took the forest, they placed themselves in a very convenient position. Positions in dense forests enabled Russians to conceal large force concentrations from Ukrainian drones, which would otherwise allow artillery fire correction and FPV drone strikes. For that reason, Russian forces decided to take time to regroup and prepare fresh troops to resume assault operations. They agreed that their next direction of assaults would be Bohdanivka, which Russians want to use as a staging ground to launch further assaults that could put Kanal district of Chasiv Yar in a semi-encirclement.
Many of these reinforcements never reached the front, as Ukrainians constantly observed vital supply roads and struck them. Ukrainian fighters from the Forty-Fifth Artillery Brigade targeted Russian reinforcements on the way to the forest. In one of the videos they shared, we could see a BMP driving across the field until it got immobilized by a mine set up by a drone. After that, over 20 Russian soldiers dismounted and tried to take cover at a nearby tree line. Unfortunately for the Russians, they became a target of Ukrainian cluster munitions and artillery fire that killed most of them, while landmines finished off the others.
To prevent Ukrainians from striking their forces in the open, Russians launched massive air strikes against Ukrainian positions in the town. Russian sources published footage of aerial bombings with Su-thiry fours that launched their glide bombs from afar at Ukrainian fire positions in the Kanal district. Additional footage by Ukrainian fighters shows Russian Su-twenty fives safely flying directly above Ukrainian positions in the town, providing close air support to Russian ground forces. Ukrainian fighters reported that Russians established total air superiority over Chasiv Yar and surrounding areas, while Russian jets also managed to fly as far as Kostyantinivka.
With Ukrainian fire positions in the high-rise buildings of the Kanal district suppressed, Russians launched a major assault on Ukrainian positions in Bohdanivka from the forest. As previously said, Russian frontal assaults on the village failed, but the successful Russian flank attacks put Ukrainians at risk of being placed in a pocket. Therefore, Ukrainians withdrew from their positions in the town.
Even though Russians are establishing a permanent presence in the village, the central Ukrainian fortifications are on heights to the north of the settlement, from which Ukrainians exercise fire control over the area and monitor the movement of Russian troops. Until Russians take these heights, they won't be able to establish complete control of the village, which is mainly in the grey zone. To deny Ukrainians fire control over the village, Russians would need to launch an attack from the northeast of the town along the hills, but instead, Russians chose another vector of assault.
Russians chose to fight through another forest to the southwest of Bohdanivka and north of the Kanal district. This way, Russians could reach the Siversky-Donets canal and cut off one of two bridges supplying the Kanal district while maintaining fire control over the main bridge. In preparation for these assaults, Russians deployed a small reconnaissance group in a suicide operation to test Ukrainian defenses, but this only resulted in the destruction of the Russian group at the bridge over the canal. However, the Russian commanders seemed to be satisfied with the results of this operation, so the Russians started accumulating forces for the next assault in Bohdanivka. Ukrainians understand this, and for that reason, they are targeting Russian forces concentrations within the village.
The second Russian vector of assault south of the Kanal microdistrict is through the forests northwest of Ivanivske. Ukrainian sources confirmed that Russians advanced along the forests and are close to reaching the Siverski-Donets canal...
21 Apr: Urgent! Russians pressure Ukrainian flanks in Chasiv Yar - Reporting from Ukraine
Day 788: Apr 21
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Bakhmut direction.
Here, the most intense clashes took place on the northern flank.
The intensity of Russian assaults has substantially increased in this area since Russians established control of the small forest east of Chasiv Yar two weeks ago.
As you know, Russians previously advanced for one kilometer across open fields to reach the forest and establish their presence there. While the assaults across open fields resulted in a high loss rate among assault units, once Russians took the forest, they placed themselves in a very convenient position. Positions in dense forests enabled Russians to conceal large force concentrations from Ukrainian drones, which would otherwise allow artillery fire correction and FPV drone strikes. For that reason, Russian forces decided to take time to regroup and prepare fresh troops to resume assault operations. They agreed that their next direction of assaults would be Bohdanivka, which Russians want to use as a staging ground to launch further assaults that could put Kanal district of Chasiv Yar in a semi-encirclement.
Many of these reinforcements never reached the front, as Ukrainians constantly observed vital supply roads and struck them. Ukrainian fighters from the Forty-Fifth Artillery Brigade targeted Russian reinforcements on the way to the forest. In one of the videos they shared, we could see a BMP driving across the field until it got immobilized by a mine set up by a drone. After that, over 20 Russian soldiers dismounted and tried to take cover at a nearby tree line. Unfortunately for the Russians, they became a target of Ukrainian cluster munitions and artillery fire that killed most of them, while landmines finished off the others.
To prevent Ukrainians from striking their forces in the open, Russians launched massive air strikes against Ukrainian positions in the town. Russian sources published footage of aerial bombings with Su-thiry fours that launched their glide bombs from afar at Ukrainian fire positions in the Kanal district. Additional footage by Ukrainian fighters shows Russian Su-twenty fives safely flying directly above Ukrainian positions in the town, providing close air support to Russian ground forces. Ukrainian fighters reported that Russians established total air superiority over Chasiv Yar and surrounding areas, while Russian jets also managed to fly as far as Kostyantinivka.
With Ukrainian fire positions in the high-rise buildings of the Kanal district suppressed, Russians launched a major assault on Ukrainian positions in Bohdanivka from the forest. As previously said, Russian frontal assaults on the village failed, but the successful Russian flank attacks put Ukrainians at risk of being placed in a pocket. Therefore, Ukrainians withdrew from their positions in the town.
Even though Russians are establishing a permanent presence in the village, the central Ukrainian fortifications are on heights to the north of the settlement, from which Ukrainians exercise fire control over the area and monitor the movement of Russian troops. Until Russians take these heights, they won't be able to establish complete control of the village, which is mainly in the grey zone. To deny Ukrainians fire control over the village, Russians would need to launch an attack from the northeast of the town along the hills, but instead, Russians chose another vector of assault.
Russians chose to fight through another forest to the southwest of Bohdanivka and north of the Kanal district. This way, Russians could reach the Siversky-Donets canal and cut off one of two bridges supplying the Kanal district while maintaining fire control over the main bridge. In preparation for these assaults, Russians deployed a small reconnaissance group in a suicide operation to test Ukrainian defenses, but this only resulted in the destruction of the Russian group at the bridge over the canal. However, the Russian commanders seemed to be satisfied with the results of this operation, so the Russians started accumulating forces for the next assault in Bohdanivka. Ukrainians understand this, and for that reason, they are targeting Russian forces concentrations within the village.
The second Russian vector of assault south of the Kanal microdistrict is through the forests northwest of Ivanivske. Ukrainian sources confirmed that Russians advanced along the forests and are close to reaching the Siverski-Donets canal...
April 22, 2024
AI Trump is falling asleep and passing gas during his trial, and Judge Merchan is not pleased...
AI Trump: Odor In The Court! - Jabari Jones
AI Trump is falling asleep and passing gas during his trial, and Judge Merchan is not pleased...
April 22, 2024
The Nevada Supreme Court has just ruled that an abortion measure is allowed to appear on the ballot this November which if passed would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution the implications of such a decision are massive considering Nevada is one of the closest swing states in the 2024 election cycle and also a state where Democrats are defending a must-win US senate seat...
Bombshell Nevada Supreme Court ruling rocks 2024 election - Brian Tyler Cohen
The Nevada Supreme Court has just ruled that an abortion measure is allowed to appear on the ballot this November which if passed would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution the implications of such a decision are massive considering Nevada is one of the closest swing states in the 2024 election cycle and also a state where Democrats are defending a must-win US senate seat...
April 21, 2024
Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez called out Matt Gaetz in a brutal fashion during an interview on CNN.
MAGA Republican Has Brutal Bomb Dropped on Him on Live TV! - Luke Beasley
Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez called out Matt Gaetz in a brutal fashion during an interview on CNN.
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