Friday, June 23, 2023

Elections cancelled in Shebekino near border with Ukraine: locals flee due to attacks

"The election committee of Belgorod Oblast in
Russia has cancelled the elections to the
Council of the Members of Parliament of the Shebekino district due to mass fleeing of local residents.... almost all candidates and the members of 40 election committees had fled the Shebekino district of
Russia so it will be impossible to hold the elections in September 2023." Pravada

Ukraine expands general mobilization

"Residents of the Obolonsky district in Kiev who are eligible for mobilization must report to a military recruitment office within ten days, even if they have not received a personal draft notice, the local commissariat announced.....A document, signed by commissar Alexey Privala, was posted on social media, as well as reprinted by the
Ukrainian website Strana.
The western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankovsk has already enacted the same measure. Their orders, dated June 13, also refer to the mobilization of vehicles and forbid residents from moving without the explicit permission of the draft commissariat.
Ukraine’s Chernigov Region reported on Wednesday that it was struggling to meet its mobilization quota. More than 20,000 people have not reported following their summons, regional draft commissar Oleg Goncharuk has admitted." RT

Denmark Drills Deployed Soldiers in 'Ukraine-Like' Settings

"Russia's ambassador to Denmark has stressed that Copenhagen's "interest in more bloodshed
in
Ukraine" shows that the Danish "arsenal of diplomatic tools is empty". He also warned of the potential for a greater escalation of the conflict and the risk of direct involvement of NATO members.
The Danish military has been training soldiers to be combat-ready in what has been labelled by the Danish command as "simulated Ukraine-like areas," which, among others, involve Karup Airport on the Jutland Peninsula and helicopter missions to the island of Funen. The drills admittedly involve staff from the US and Sweden, which is not yet a NATO member, but has upped its collaboration with the alliance to hitherto unseen levels." Sputnik