Usual caveats: All open-source info, so only as good as the source – inclusion here =/= confirmation of content. Some more cynical than I suggest caution linking to Russian servers, pro-rebel servers or amplifier sites – I leave the judgment call to you now that you’ve been warned.
- More on the CAN guy who was supposed to be captured @ Azovstal “Was a retired Canadian general captured by Russians in Ukraine?” (Truth or Fake, AFP)
- Speaking of Azovstal, why’s Azov still there? They haven’t been told they can go yet “The order of the General Staff is to keep the defense. “Azov” soldiers explained why they would not surrender” (UKR mil NGO)
- Dear UKR state media: You can do better than this for an angle, even if you want to highlight CAN’s help “Trudeau tells Canadians about Ukrainian mine-sniffing dog Patron” (UKR state media)
- “Welcome to Ukraine – too bad you may have murdered a civilian” “A Russian serviceman will be tried for the murder of a civilian in Sumy Region – The Office of the Prosecutor General sent to court the first indictment for violating the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder, against the Russian military – Commander of Unit 32010 “4th Panzer Kantemirov Division of the Moscow Region” (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code) . The accused is currently in custody …” (UKR Prosecutor General’s Office, Google English from Ukrainian)
- If ANYONE knows what a starving Ukraine looks like, it’s someone who remembers the glories of USSR 1.0 “Duma speaker blames US for stoking future famine in Ukraine” (RUS state media)
- A reminder from the Ukrainian government: Yeah, selling humanitarian aid is illegal (safe PDF, UKR Cabinet info-machine, Google English from Ukrainian)
- RUS military int moving up in the pecking order? “President Vladimir Putin has given Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) a more prominent role in Ukraine, Russian security analysts said as the U.S. assessed that Putin is “behind schedule” in the invasion of Ukraine. GRU deputy head Vladimir Alexeyev, 61, has been placed in charge of intelligence operations in Ukraine, according to security experts Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. Alexeyev was reportedly responsible for coordinating military campaigns in Syria and eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region after being appointed to his current position in 2011 …” (RUS independent media) – “GRU comes to the fore” (agentura.ru, site monitoring RUS intelligence, Google English from Russian)
- Another reminder: gotta hold the high ground wherever you can “UN finds ‘credible allegations’ of torture by Ukraine soldiers against Russian invaders” (Reuters via msn.com)
- Those who know, know … “Finnish Veterans Who Fought Russian Invasion Support NATO Membership” (USA state media)
- LOADSA new “US biolabs in UKR” narrative out of the RUS info-machine today “Briefing: analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine May 11, 2022” (pro-RUS amplifier)
- BONUS: From the “No Plans” file “No plans for martial law in Russia – Kremlin” (RUS state media)
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