Occupiers retreat from Nova Kakhovka

"all units of the occupying army deployed in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka in Kherson
Oblast have left the town".

As the General Staff states, this was preceded by searches in the houses of the local population with the aim of looting. The occupiers "confiscated" a large quantity of household appliances and electronic devices, jewellery, clothes and mobile phones." Pravada

Seymour Hersh: CIA Planted Nord Stream Cover-Up Story

"Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published an article on Substack that said the CIA was instructed to come up with a cover story for the Nord Stream bombings that was fed to The New York Times and the German newspaper Die Zeit.

The cover-up story was created to shift blame from the US after Hersh’s bombshell report published on February 8 that said President Biden ordered the attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia to Germany. "It was a total fabrication by American intelligence that was passed along to the Germans, and aimed at discrediting your story," Hersh was told by a source within the American intelligence community.

Hersh said that the CIA was ordered to come up with a cover story after President Biden met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington on March 3. Scholz’s visit was very brief and did not include the routine joint press briefing that usually follows a meeting between the president and another world leader. Hersh was told that his report detailing how the US took out Nord Stream was discussed by Biden and Scholz." ZH

Russia to Introduce Benefits for Children Wounded in Ukraine

 "Russia will introduce special social security benefits for children wounded in the war in
Ukraine...." MT

US Moves Drone Flight Paths Further From Crimea On Russian Threats Of "Countermeasures"

"Russia is putting the US on notice after last week's drone intercept incident which resulted in an American MQ-9 Reaper drone crashing into the Black Sea. The Pentagon said it intended to continue patrolling international territory despite the Kremlin asserting it had closed down some airspace over the Black Sea as part of its 'special operation' in Ukraine.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in a new warning has said Moscow will take "countermeasures" against any further US or NATO drone flights over these parts of the Black Sea where the intercept incident occurred.

"We warn them against trying to play on their nerves, testing our patience," Ryabkov said, according to RIA Novosti. The US drone "was in a zone where we introduced a special regime associated with conducting military exercises," he said." ZH

Explosion rings out in Khmelnytskyi

"An explosion rang out in the city of Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine after an air-raid warning was issued in Khmelnytskyi Oblast...... Air defence systems were activated in Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts following a Russian attack." Pravada

Crimean naval base attacked by drones

"At least three naval drones were involved in an early morning attack on Russian warships
stationed at the port of Sevastopol.....The Russian Navy’s assets were not damaged but the windows of several buildings near the coast were shattered by blast waves from the destroyed drones." RT

Russia reacts to Canadian call for ‘regime change’

"The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned Canada’s top diplomat in Moscow to lodge a formal complaint, after the Canadian foreign minister made “inadmissible remarks” earlier this month.

Melanie Joly told a news conference on March 10 that Ottawa was seeking “potential regime change in Russia.” Members of the cabinet are “seeing potential” for that outcome thanks to their efforts to isolate “the Russian regime” economically, politically and diplomatically, she stated.

The Canadian charge d’affaires in Moscow, Brian Ebel, was summoned on March 20 and issued with a formal protest over the remarks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Moscow believes the comments to be “inadmissible and at variance with Canada’s obligations under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.” 

Joly made the “regime change” remark soon after Ottawa announced the latest round of anti-Russia economic sanctions, which included restrictions on trade in steel and aluminum. She later doubled down on using that term, claiming she always made a distinction “between the regime and the people of a given country.” RT

French MPs threatened with guillotine ahead of crucial vote

"French politicians are being threatened with the guillotine if they attempt to protect President Emmanuel Macron’s government from a pair of no-confidence votes in Parliament, according to a handful of MPs who claimed to have received death threats over the weekend. Police told French media that hundreds of such messages had been sent to lawmakers ahead of Monday’s vote." RT

Japan PM Kishida arrives in Kyiv

“Ukraine is happy to welcome Japan’s PM Kishida Fumio. This historic visit is a sign of
solidarity and strong cooperation between Ukraine and Japan. We are grateful to Japan for its strong support and contribution to our future victory,” Ukrainian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Emine Dzheppar wrote on Twitter." UKRIN

Ukrainian drone attack repelled in Crimea

"Several Ukrainian drones were brought down by air defenses in the town of Dzhankoy in
Crimea....One of the UAVs was destroyed above a technical college, crashing to the ground between an academic building and a dormitory." RT

Russian attacks continue after ICC arrest warrant for Putin

"Widespread Russian attacks have continued in Ukraine following the International Criminal
Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.....The Ukrainian Air Force said in the early hours that Ukraine was attacked by 16 Russian drones.....Among the areas targeted were the capital, Kyiv, and the western Lviv province." AlJazeera

North Korea simulates tactical nuclear strike

"North Korea says it fired a missile “tipped with a test warhead simulating nuclear payload”
as part of a two-day drill over the weekend, demonstrating the country’s firepower and readiness to respond to any “reckless moves,” amid joint military exercises on the peninsula by South Korean and US forces." RT

Putin makes surprise visit to Donbass

"Russsian President Vladimir Putin has made an unannounced “working trip” to Mariupol.
The surprise visit is the first time Putin has visted the Donbass region, since it de facto broke away from Ukraine nine years ago." RT

Is The US Funding An Experiment In Digital Control In Ukraine?

".....early February 2020, the Ukrainian government launched its Diia app for smartphones.  Developed by volunteers from EPAM Systems, Diia has been touted as a way to streamline government services.  By 2021 it had allowed Ukraine to become the first European nation to accord digital passports and one of the first to issue digital drivers’ licenses.  

Federov reported in 2021 that about one-fourth of the Ukrainian population was using it, and it was gaining in popularity.  As of January 2023, about half the adult Ukrainian

population was using it.

Within a year of its launch, millions of Ukrainians found that their personal data, such as driver’s licenses, social media information, and banking information, were being traded online.  There’s always been the risk of losing your wallet and your driver’s license, but with everything online, the risks of fraud and identity theft increase astronomically.

Early on in his presidency, Zelensky talked about streamlining the voting process via the app.  Aside from the fact that experts have never agreed about the safety of online voting, by July 2022, Zelensky had banned political opposition parties and shut down media companies with alternative views. Having one central app that controls everyone’s important documents makes it far easier for any ruling party to maintain its power. Controlling elections is only the beginning.  Diia launched in February 2020, and by March 2020, Diia was helping the Ukrainian government enforce its lockdown policies.

Shortly after the Russian invasion, Diia added all kinds of new wartime features.  Ukrainians can report Russian troop movements through Diia’s chatbot, eVorog (eEnemy).  Ukrainians can receive government payments even if they’re displaced.  But Diia doesn’t stop there.Diia encourages citizens to snitch on their neighbors.  The wartime features allow any citizen to anonymously accuse any other citizen of being a Russian collaborator.  Stalin’s rule in the Soviet Union demonstrated how wrong this can go.  Ukrainians hate Stalin, and rightfully so.  But using cutting-edge technology to encourage the exact same kind of community-destroying snitching is a page right out of his playbook." ZeroHedge

Indian Official: World Needs to ‘Move On’ from Ukraine

"Amitabh Kant, India’s

negotiator at the G20 summit, said on Wednesday that the world is too preoccupied with Russia’s war in Ukraine, and should “move on” to deal with issues such as global poverty. India currently holds the rotating presidency of the G20 and seems frustrated that the war in Ukraine is consuming all attention during its tenure. India has not condemned the war, as it buys a great deal of oil and military equipment from Russia and wishes to maintain good relations with both Moscow and the West." Breitbart