Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

Update:

Per Lviv court order, 154 properties belonging to Medvedchuk and his wife Marchenko in Ukraine have been confiscated, the SBI reported. Among them are a motor yacht, 26 cars, 23 houses and 30 apartments. Shares in the authorized capital of 25 companies, where beneficial owners are Medvedchuk or Marchenko, were also seized.

 

duplicate - sorry.

 

Authorities in the German city of Hamburg have confiscated Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's super yacht — "Dilbar".
The Dilbar is a 156-meter vessel, one of the largest in the world, with a 25-meter pool and two helicopter pads, valued at $600-750 million.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Alisher Usmanov, with a fortune of $19 billion, ranks sixth among the richest Russians.

 

Italian coffee producer Lavazza stops working in Russia At the same time, the company stated that it is forced to temporarily suspend sales in Ukraine due to rising raw material prices in the "extremely difficult and challenging" year 2022:

"First and foremost, green coffee, as well as packaging, electricity, logistics and the risks associated with a dramatic geopolitical situation," said Lavazza CEO Antonio Baravalle.

 

The ship sustained major damages and is towed to port. There will be a serious amount of casualties, too.
The Moskva was responsible for the air defense of the Naval group. A major blow to the Black Sea fleet

 

Actually, that info has just been updated in the last five minutes:

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially confirmed that the cruiser "Moskva" sank
"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports that when the cruiser "Moskva" was towed to the port of destination, the ship lost its stability due to damage to the hull received in the fire from the detonation of ammunition”, — according (https://t.me/rian_ru/158794) to pro-Putin’s media RIA-News

First in Russian:

Минобороны РФ сообщает, что при буксировке крейсера «Москва» в порт назначения из-за повреждений корпуса, полученных в ходе пожара от детонации боезапаса, корабль потерял остойчивость.
В условиях штормового волнения моря корабль затонул.


Translated into English:

This is beaurocratic-speak for:

The ****ing Ukrainians sunk our lovely bigly cruiser Moskva, but we don't want to give them credit for it so we are claiming that we towed the ship away and most unfortunately, it sunk.

LOL

 

With the sinking of the Moskva, more than 25% of the entire Russian firepower at sea in the Black Sea is now gone. From a purely tactical perspective, this is a major blow to their war-making effort, one they cannot easily whitewash.

This means that Russia will have to reroute another large cruiser from the fleet from elsewhere to the Black Sea, assuming that Turkey will let it in through the Strait of Bosphorus, and if that happens, this makes Russia far more vulnerable to possible NATO attacks should things continue to develop as they are.

 

She is now a Russian submarine.

 

CNN, and other news outlets reporting that the ship has now sunk.

Russian warship sinks in the Black Sea after Ukraine claims it was hit by a missile

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/euro...2Syzd2NaYeIXwztrlVhh3Em+G&bt_ts=1649970263860

We might not know for a fact what actually happened........or how...........or by whom.........

In this kind of war scenario.........both parities have vested interest in portraying their side in a favorable light..... but eventually the facts will emerge.

 

You don't miss much, do you??

 

Tja

 

I would give the Ukraine report credit in this one, hit by Neptune missiles. Opposite to Western missile ships it launch tubes for cruise missiles are above deck. They were added in the refit in 2000. One hit by the small Neptune in that area would be devastating.
8 loaded launch tubes on each side, just in front of the bridge. That is a lot of KABOOOOOOOOOOM., it would damage that ship so bad it would sink.

The big question, did she have nukes on board. Those cruise missiles can be fitted with nuclear war heads.
Naturally with the oil bunkers probably full, it will be a environmental mess, plus the ammo that did not explode, which is very toxic.

 

European officials have begun drafting a ban on Russian oil imports, a move long resisted because of its potential to raise energy prices.

The oil embargo would not be put up for negotiation among the E.U. member states until after the final round of the French elections on April 24.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/0...-starts-drafting-a-ban-on-russian-oil-imports

 

That Yacht is worth about the same as the missile cruiser Moskva. Russia lost a billion and a half dollars worth of sea-going assets today.

 

The weather forecast for the Eastern Ukraine predicts a lot of rain for the next 2 weeks.
More mud, good for the defenders.

 

Busy Easter weekend for me, will provide lots of news data later in the day tomorrow.

 

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-evacuated-orphans/31795936.html

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Many countries are working to help orphaned Ukrainian children. Healthy men between the ages of 18-60 are banned from leaving which leaves many displaced mothers and children and children that have been orphaned due to one or both parents being killed during the war.

Evacuations are potentially suicide missions as Putin has no qualms about striking relief missions or anything else. It appears that he will not stop despite the loss of so many of his own soldiers and equipment. He has dared to issue another warning to the US about continuing to arm Ukrainians. I hope he's just strutting and doesn't really think he can take us on. That's not even reasonable consider he's not facing anything close to what the US and other NATO countries can unleash.

• Does he want to start WWIII?
• Does he want to leave his own citizens without their soldiers to come home?
• Does he want to make every child in Ukraine an orphan?

Not to make light of this, but it reminds me of Gilligan's Island premise. What started out as a short "tour" has turned into an outrageous, never-ending soup sandwich.

What do you think?

 

It's pretty heartbreaking. This whole event never needed to happen. Between Putin being a total ******* and the West pushing consideration of Ukraine into NATO, there is a lot of blame to go around, but mostly on Putin. If someone took him out, I am sure most of the world would be like.... well... it needed to happen.

I hope they set up some programs for these kids. I would take one or two in if they made the process streamlined.

 

How much for the girl?

 

Lots of news to catch up on but let's start with this:

 

Spotify is no longer available in the App Store and Google Play for users from Russia

 

Google maps has opened a full, unfettered view of the Russian military infrastructure. Usually such views are blurred on the maps or served in worse quality.

You can see it for yourself at Google maps.

 

Times Square in NYC, today:

 

All Russian trucks had to leave the EU by the end of day on 2022-04-017. Trucks were then given about a 12 hour grace period because of the clogged up highways at the border between Russia and EU nations that border on Russia, with the bulk of the major hubs being in Poland.

As of today, any Russian truck still found within the EU will be impounded and confiscated.

 

Paramount is to stop broadcasting its channels in Russia on April 20 - operators began to receive messages from the company.
Paramount owns entertainment and family channels, including Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., NickToons, Paramount Comedy, as well as MTV Russia and MTV Live HD