Russia Tests Nuclear-Capable ICBM As Putin Warns Enemies It's "Food For Thought"

"In a new 'message' aimed at the West, Russia on Wednesday test launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, according to Interfax citing the Russian defense ministry.President Vladimir Putin said in a statement which accompanied the announcement that the new Sarmat missile will provide "food for thought for those who try to threaten Russia." ZH

Russia Thanks Ethiopia for Support of Ukraine War

"The Russian Embassy in Ethiopia’s official Twitter page issued a statement Tuesday thanking Ethiopia’s government and its citizens for their “solidarity and support” of Russia’s latest war with Ukraine. Continuing, the embassy expressed gratitude toward Ethiopia’s federal government for its recent “support” of Russia “at the United Nations during voting on Ukraine-related resolutions.” Breitbart

Kiev Plans to Shell Churches on Orthodox Easter to Accuse Russian Forces of War Crimes – Russian MoD

"Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter on Sunday 24 April this year. Eastern Orthodoxy is
the predominant Christian denomination in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and southeastern Europe, as well as some parts of the Middle East.

Russia’s Defence Ministry has information that Ukrainian authorities are planning to carry out a “terrible” provocation on Orthodox Easter, and is appealing to Western governments, the United Nations and the Organisation for Security Co-operation in Europe to prevent it from taking place, Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, the head of the National Defence Control Centre, has announced.

“We are warning countries of the ‘Civilised West’ led by the United States ahead of time that the Russian Federation has an operational base of evidence about terrible crimes plannedby the Kiev regime,” Mizintsev said in a briefing in Moscow on Monday." IW

US, Allies Huddle to Strategise Pacific Stakes as China Fills Security Gaps in Solomon Islands

"China announced the signing of a security pact with the Solomon Islands on Tuesday amid
serious concerns raised by the US and its allies. But the Islands assured other Pacific nations that the agreement would not hamper regional security dynamics.

White House National Security Council Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell and other senior officials convened a meeting in Honolulu with the naval command and senior officials from Australia, Japan, and New Zealand on developments in the Pacific Islands." Sputnik

Russia tells Ukrainian forces to surrender Azovstal plant by noon

"Russia on Tuesday called on Ukrainian forces and foreign fighters holed up in
the Azovstal metallurgical plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to lay down their arms by noon Moscow time (0900 GMT) if they wanted to live.

Ukrainian authorities said on Monday that no fewer than 1,000 civilians were hiding in underground shelters beneath the vast Azovstal plant, adding that Russia was dropping heavy bombs onto the Ukrainian-held factory in the besieged city." MSC

Abandoned Ammunition Depot of Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion Found in Health Complex in DPR

"An abandoned ammunition depot of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi battalion Azov found in the
basement of the Yalta health complex located in the village of Urzuf in the Donetsk People's Republic, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.

The complex is located on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov in about 40 kilometres (24.8 miles) west of Mariupol. The video footage made by the correspondent shows boxes with 30mm autocannon shells, automatic cartridges, a mortar mine and a can of small flechette shells for improvised explosive devices." Sputnik

Putin, Saudi Prince Vow To Continue OPEC+ Cooperation

"Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed this weekend their countries’ cooperation in the OPEC+ oil production pact in their second telephone call since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  Russia is a key partner to OPEC’s largest producer and de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, in the OPEC+ alliance, which has been working for years to manage oil supply to the market. And it looks like Russia will continue to be such, despite Putin’s invasion of Ukraine." ZH

War's 'Second Phase' Underway With Russia's Full-Scale Assault on Donbas Read more: War's 'Second Phase' Underway With Russia's Full-Scale Assault on Donbas

"Russian troops have "begun" the battle for the Donbas after repositioning troops in the east
and south of Ukraine, according to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday.

The new major offensive in the 54-day war has been called "the second phase of the war." Newsmax

 

U.S. Bioweapons expert speaks out about US biolabs in Ukraine

"STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• According to bioweapons expert Francis Boyle, Russia’s accusation that Ukraine is
  
  conducting U.S.-funded bioweapons research appears to be accurate
• If true, everyone involved is subject to life in prison under the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
• According to Boyle, the U.S. government and Pentagon have had a “comprehensive policy” to “surround Russia with biological warfare laboratories” and “preposition biological weapons” there for use against them
• The problem with trying to make a distinction between “biodefense” and “biowarfare” is that, basically, there is none. No biodefense research is purely defensive, because to do biodefense work, you’re automatically engaged in the creation of biological weapons, and all dual-use research can be used for military purposes. SARS-CoV-2 may be the result of such dual-use research
• Boyle believes we can hold the culprits behind the SARS-CoV-2 bioweapon accountable by asking local prosecutors to convene a grand jury to seek the indictment of those responsible for the pandemic for murder and conspiracy to commit murder." Lifesite
  

US Running Out of Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles to Send to Ukraine

"Having transferred about a third of its inventory of Javelin missile systems to Ukraine, the Pentagon may be running out of stocks critical for the security of the homeland and possible US wars abroad, Center for Strategic and International Studies researcher Mark Cancian has calculated.

In a press release put out earlier this month, the Pentagon announced that it had committed over 5,000 Javelins to Ukraine." Sputnik

Russian Strike Wipes Out Logistics Base Near Lvov Containing Large Amounts of Western Arms

"...air-launched missiles fired by the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered a precision strike
against the 124th Joint Logistics Center of the Logistics Forces Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Lvov. The logistics centre and a large batch of foreign weapons delivered to Ukraine over the past six days from the United States and European countries was destroyed.....Russian strikes destroyed a large ammunition depot near the village of Vasilkov near Kiev, the officer said.

Konashenkov said Russian missiles targeted a total of 16 mililtary facilities in Ukraine over the course of the day, among them two command posts, two strongholds containing Ukrainian troops, and areas containing concentrations of enemy personnel and military equipment near the settlements of Popasna, Barvenkovo and Krasny Lyman in Lugansk, Kharkov and Donetsk.." RT

Five 'powerful' missiles hit Lviv as Russia bombards multiple Ukrainian cities

"On Monday, at least seven people were killed, and another 12 have been injured, including a
toddler in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after it was hit by a Russian missile bombardment early in the morning, a strike that comes ahead of the invading Russian forces' fresh assault on the country's eastern side." WION

Zelensky Urges Biden To Visit War-Torn Ukraine

"Ukrainian

President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for US President Joe Biden to travel to
Ukraine in a show of solidarity in a Sunday interview with CNN." ZH

Germany's Economic Minister Warned Of Unrest If Russian Gas Is Immediately Cut Off

"Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck confirmed Russian
assessments that Germany’s immediate cutoff of that country’s gas would provoke unrest in heart of that European leader. He revealed in an interview that “An immediate embargo on [Russian natural] gas would threaten social peace in Germany”, though such a scenario is indeed seriously being considered due to the immense pressure being put upon the EU by its American overlords as of late." ZH

Russia Says It Shot Down Ukrainian Transport Plane Carrying Western Arms

"TASS is claiming that Russian forces have brought down a Ukrainian military transport plane that was transporting Western arms. It would mark a massive battlefield development if confirmed, potentially escalating conflict more directly with the West, now that Russia is actively targeting Western arms shipments." ZH