Tag: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Ex-Zelensky sponsor charged with money laundering

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Billionaire Igor Kolomoysky is suspected of laundering and siphoning off more than $10 million from Ukraine

Ex-Zelensky sponsor charged with money laundering

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Ukrainian oligarch who backed Zelenskyy named as a suspect in fraud probe

In this latest case, Kolomoisky is accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars. However, that is just a small share of the billions of dollars of misappropriated funds that government officials have accused him and his partners of siphoning from PrivatBank, which he co-owned.

How Hunter Biden’s Interests ‘Overlapped’ With Banned Ukrainian Oligarch + More

The Badges of Biden Bribery

How Hunter Biden’s Interests ‘Overlapped’ With Banned Ukrainian Oligarch + More

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[2021] How Hunter Biden’s Interests ‘Overlapped’ With Banned Ukrainian Oligarch (archived)

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[2022] How One Ukrainian Billionaire Funded Hunter Biden, President Volodymyr Zelensky, And The Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion (archived)

A 2012 study of Burisma Holdings done in Ukraine by the AntiCorruption Action Centre (ANTAC), an investigative nonprofit co-funded by American billionaire George Soros and the U.S. State Department, found that the true owner of Burisma Holdings was none other than Ukrainian billionaire-oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky.

US Embassy pressed Ukraine to drop probe of George Soros group during 2016 election

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Commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces said to be in critical condition after being wounded

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Quite sure we’ll find out soon enough if this is an accurate report. To my understanding Zaluzhny has not been seen for some time so it’s possible he’s been injured. Or is deceased?

Commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces said to be in critical condition after being wounded

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Was Zaluzhny, the Commander-in-Chief of the AF of Ukraine, Killed?

Recall the chronology of this disappearance. The first rumors about the elimination of Zaluzhny appeared after reports of the destruction of the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pavlograd, against which the Russian Armed Forces delivered massive strikes for two days in a row – on May 7 and 8.

Zaluzhnyi visits soldier’s wedding and witnesses marriage

Maksym also explained that the wedding took place earlier than it was reported on social media, so some Ukrainians were wrong when they connected this event with the NATO conference, which Zaluzhnyi did not attend due to the complex situation on the front.

Nuland: US auditors arrive in Ukraine to ensure ‘no aid or weapons are diverted.’ + NABU

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Nuland: US auditors arrive in Ukraine to ensure ‘no aid or weapons are diverted.’

This week, the U.S. has its auditors working in Ukraine alongside the World Bank and Deloitte consultants to make sure that “no aid or weapons are diverted,” U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said on Jan. 26.

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On Jan. 23, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU)* said that it had begun investigating possible corruption in the Defense Ministry’s food procurement.

The statement followed an investigation by Ukrainian news outlet ZN.UA**, which alleged that the Defense Ministry was buying food for soldiers at inflated prices, indicating a possible corruption scheme.

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The Kiev Purge: Turmoil in the Capital

The anti-graft stories are being driven by media outlets connected with Ukraine’s Western partners and Poroshenko, who has become Zelensky’s main competitor, since the latter had opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk jailed. For example, on January 23, a number of pro-Western journalists launched a direct attack on Andrey Yermak – the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and a key player in the system.

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The combat operations in Ukraine merely accelerated these processes. In fact, only three powers can now speak out against the Zelensky-Yermak team— Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko and his cabinet, the army led by Valery Zaluzhny, and US-controlled structures such as NABU and media affiliated with them. At the same time, decisions regarding resignations are made exclusively by Zelensky and Yermak, who by all means wish to hush up the scandals.

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Kremlin says Russian missiles did not target residential building in Dnipro

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Kremlin says Russian missiles did not target residential building in Dnipro:

The Ukrainian Air Force says the apartment complex was hit by a Russian Kh-22 missile, which Kyiv says it does not have the equipment to shoot down. Peskov suggested that the strike had been the result of Ukrainian “anti-aircraft counter-missiles” intercepting the Russian missile, saying that “some representatives of the Ukrainian side” had reached the same conclusion.

Oleksiy Arestovych, who advises the Ukrainian president’s office, said on Saturday evening that it looked as though the Russian missile had fallen onto the apartment building after being shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. The comment sparked anger in Ukraine, prompting him to apologize. He then retracted his online apology, saying that he had made clear in his initial comments that his conclusion was only a preliminary theory. Dnipro, a city of almost a million people which serves as a crucial supply hub for Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region, has come under repeated bombardment from Russian missiles.

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At distance, two separate fires: An air defense missile, respectively a cruise missile shot down by it. And the 9-story building inflamed at the front (other side of the building in the picture, at the far right of the explosions)

Source: Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli on Twitter

Video confirms Oleksii Arestovych’s explanation on the regrettable #Dnipro missile disaster. via THE INDICTER Channel

YouTube – Arestovych: building destruction in Dnipro caused by Ukr air defence when shot down Russian missile via THE INDICTER Channel

Flash : daily Ukrainian terrorist shelling in Donbass + More

Donbass – A New Year’s Eve 2023 with the sound of guns and multiple rocket launchers

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As the world celebrated the end of 2022 and the arrival of 2023, the Donbass experienced New Year’s Eve with the sound of guns and multiple rocket launchers. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian army’s New Year’s bombardment caused many civilian casualties.

Donbass – A New Year’s Eve 2023 with the sound of guns and multiple rocket launchers – Donbass Insider

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Events in Donbass by 15:00 January 1: Armed Forces shell civilian cities, evacuate hospital in Pervomaisk

Six killed by Ukrainian shelling of Lugansk hospital

US-Funded New Voice of Ukraine: Ukrainian army reportedly attacks Wagner mercenary base in occupied Donbas

London’s City AM: Ukraine says 63 Russian soldiers were killed in strike on military base

The Strategic Communications Directorate of Ukraine’s Armed Forces claimed on Sunday that some 400 mobilised Russian soldiers were killed in a vocational school building in Makiivka and about 300 more were wounded.

That claim could not be independently verified. The Russian statement said the strike occurred “in the area of Makiivka” and did not mention the vocational school.

According to the governor of Russia’s Samara region, Dmitry Azarov, an unspecified number of residents of the region were among those killed and wounded by the strike on Makiivka.

Stalingrad and world history: The lesson of the Stalingrad victory for today

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad is approaching. This event is of global importance. The victory at Stalingrad was the beginning of a radical turning point in the Great Patriotic War, and hence in the entire Second World War. The victory of the Red Army changed the course of history.

Stalingrad and world history: The lesson of the Stalingrad victory for today (Russian)

H/T: Der Friedensstifter/The Peacemaker