Terrifying moment Russia launches vacuum bombs on besieged Mariupol as brave civilians refuse to surrender

"Shocking footage shared by Russia today shows a TOS-1A weapon system firing a salvo of rockets towards the city.

Russia's destructive thermobaric weapons which are capable of exploding a victim's lungs have been reportedly used in Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Earlier this month the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed that the TOS-1A weapon system has been deployed.

The catastrophic weapons are among the most powerful non-nuclear weapons ever developed." Sun

More than 2,500 Russian soldiers' corpses shipped back as morgues overrun

"The corpses of more than 2,500 Russia soldiers killed in Ukraine have been shipped from the Gomel region of Belarus back to Russia by trains or by plane as of March 13, an employee of the Gomel regional clinical hospital.

A witness at Mazyr’s morgue said he has seen many “black sacks” being loaded from military ambulances on to Russian rail cars.

“Passengers at the Mazyr train station were shocked by the number of corpses being loaded on the train,” he said. “After people started shooting video, the military caught them and ordered them to remove it.” NationalSun

Ruthless ex-KGB spy tipped by spooks to take over if Putin is toppled by Kremlin

"An ex-KGB agent accused of having a hand in the death of a spy on British soil has been
tipped to succeed Vladimir Putin if he is toppled.

As the Russian invasion nears the one month mark, the Ukrainian intelligence service claims to have unearthed a plot devised in the upper reaches of Russian society to dethrone the President.

Among the planned conspiracies against Putin are poisoning or an accident, according to Kyiv sources who claim the cell wants to be rid of the Russian leader as soon as possible.

It is believed their preferred replacement is spy master and once top Putin sidekick Alexander Bortnikov, who has fallen out of favor with the Moscow despot over errors in the Ukraine war.

The elite plotters, according to Ukrainian intelligence, picked out the 70-year-old because they believe he could spearhead the restoration of economic ties with the west." Mirror

U.S. Sending Soviet Anti-Air Defense Systems To Ukraine That Were "Secretly Acquired"

"Greater escalation is in the air as two nuclear-armed superpowers continue stumbling toward
a hugely alarming WWIII scenario as the Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches almost a full month. The Wall Street Journal on Monday has cited US defense officials who say Washington is covertly sending Soviet-made air defense equipment to Ukraine to help repel Russian air power. It seems this is the Biden administration's 'alternative' to directly imposing a no-fly zone, yet it's still a step in that direction. But given the fact that these systems might go all the way back to the 1960's or 70's - and perhaps more appropriately belong in a museum in some midwest town - it could be more of a symbolic step to appease the hawks without really doing anything too severely escalatory." ZH

U.S. Consulate temporarily closes as cartel gunmen launch assault on Nuevo Laredo

"The Center for Security Policy (Center) reports that a massive shoot-out between members of
the Northeast Cartel (CDN) and the Mexican Army rocked the city of Nuevo Laredo on Tuesday directly across the border from Laredo, Texas.  The incident forced the temporary closure of the international bridges as well as the U.S. Consulate. As reported by the Center, videos of the attack on social media showed numerous burning vehicles and the sounds of automatic weapon fire. Mexican military installations and the U.S. Consulate reportedly came under fire. The attack was reportedly a response to the arrest and deportation to the United States of CDN Cartel leader Juan Gerardo Treviño, following an operation by Mexican authorities.... the situation in Mexico is developed far beyond a law enforcement matter and has effectively reached a full-blown insurgency. The United States needs to reconsider its lack of commitment to addressing the growing instability of its southern neighbor and begin to make the safety and security of its citizens along the border a top priority now." SaraCarter

Russian Navy Commander Killed in Ukraine

"A senior naval commander in Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been killed in Ukraine, the
governor of Sevastopol said on Sunday.Newsmax

Putin Finds Some Unlikely Allies in the United States Congress

"Everyone knows that The Squad in the House of Representatives is so far to the Left as to make Stalin look like a John Bircher, but would they go so far as to cheerlead for a former KGB man’s war of aggression? It looks as if the answer is yes.... the New York Post reported Saturday that “comrades in ‘The Squad’ have bent over backwards in the House of Representatives to defend Vladimir Putin, voting against sanctions on Russian oil and parroting Kremlin talking points.”

For at least one of the far-Left Squad members, the winsome and patriotic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu), this may represent a hard-headed business decision: Omar “has family with business interests in Russia and its oil industry. Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was a colonel in the Somali army during the 1970s and 1980s under the Soviet-backed regime of dictator Siad Barre. During that time he received a military education in the Soviet Union, according to an obituary.” PJM

 

 

Kiev Tells All Cities Under Siege, Including Mariupol: "There Can Be No Talk Of Any Surrender"

 "There can be no talk of any surrenders, laying down of arms. We have already informed the
Russian side about this," Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said after the Russian deadline for surrender came and went Monday morning. Intense bombardment has resumed in Mariupol, with a number of reports noting that Monday saw the heaviest attacks since the start of the Russian invasion nearly a month ago." ZH