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		<title>How Do Kyiv apos;s Elite Troops Compare To Putin apos;s Ultimate Forces</title>
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&lt;div&gt;On February 26, 2020 - two days after Vladimir  ordered the  - Russian Spetsnaz units hatched a plan to hunt down and assassinate President Volodymyr  and other senior officials.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The plot was long in the making.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;At least one of the units - said to be made up of personnel from Russia&#039;s near-mythical &#039;Zaslon&#039; unit - was already deeply embedded within  before the invasion, disguised as civilians and Ukrainian soldiers.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;A further 400 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group were reported to have arrived in the city by late February 2022, while Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had also been ordered to send his own forces to eliminate Ukrainian leadership.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Other Spetsnaz troops parachuted into regions around the Ukrainian capital, and gun battles broke out on the streets of the city, moving closer to the presidential palace that had hurriedly been turned into a fortress in anticipation of the invasion.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The exact details of what happened over the days that followed are foggy, as is the nature of special operations, but what is known is that Ukraine&#039;s own Special Operations Forces (SOF) units sprang into action as Kyiv came under attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         This photograph taken on Feb.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;27, 2022 shows a Russian Armoured personnel carrier burning next to unidentified soldier&#039;s body during fight with the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkiv&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On March 2, they ambushed and destroyed a Russian convoy carrying elite Chechen fighters under the National Guard of Russia, killing several - reportedly including the unit&#039;s commander - General Magomed Tushayev, although this has been disputed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ultimately, Ukraine&#039;s forces successfully repelled the attempt on the presidential palace and, a month later, Russian forces pulled back entirely from Kyiv.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Zelensky and his family - who refused offers from Britain and the US to be evacuated, opting to stay in Kyiv - were not captured or killed, and he has gone on to become a vital wartime leader for his embattled country.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But there&#039;s a high chance that the outcome would have been vastly different had Ukraine&#039;s special forces failed, and the Russian assassins prevailed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Since then, the two countries&#039; Spetsnaz units have been heavily involved in the on-going 14-month conflict, but in vastly different ways.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Here, as Ukraine prepares to launch its next counteroffensive against Russia, MailOnline looks at how the paths of their respective Special Operations Forces diverged from the initial clash in the capital...&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Ukraine Special Operations Forces (SOF) vs Russian Spetsnaz&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Both Ukrainian and Russian commando units share their roots in the Soviet Union.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Known as Spetsnaz, which historically referred to the Soviet Union&#039;s Spetsnaz GRU, the units made up the covert operations branch of the military intelligence service and other security services before the union broke up.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Because Spetsnaz is a Russian word, it typically refers to Russia&#039;s special forces, but with the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, other post-soviet states also inherited their special forces from the now-defunct Soviet security agencies.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As is the case with other military hardware such as tanks, fighter jets and aircraft, Russian and Ukrainian Spetsnaz have also been known to use much of the same equipment - such as various models of AK-74s and Glock sidearms.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, the influx of western weaponry into the Ukrainian military - particularly over the last two years, while Russia has advanced its weaponry from the Soviet era - has meant their equipment has diverged.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Differences in how Ukraine and Russian special forces operate have also emerged over the course of the on-going conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ukraine&#039;s highly-trained elite units - modelled on western special forces such as Britain&#039;s SAS - are limited in number, and so have been deployed in a more conventional and precise way.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Top-line details on Ukraine&#039;s Alpha Team (left) - a special forces unit within the Security Service of Ukraine - and Ukraine&#039;s Special Operations Forces (SOF) (right)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Top-line details on Russia&#039;s Special Operations Forces (SOF) (left) and the Wagner mercenary group (right)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This has seen them working behind enemy lines to disrupt Russian war efforts, destroy key targets, and organise resistance movements in occupied territories.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Videos of Ukraine&#039;s forces on the battlefield have shown them using drones (either to drop munitions or guide missiles to their targets) and weapons such as the hand-held Javelin missile launcher to destroy high value targets.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Other footage from the Bakhmut battleground has shown Ukrainian snipers using thermal imaging to pick off advancing Russian troops hell-bent on seizing the city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In Russia&#039;s case, many of the units classed by Moscow as &#039;special forces&#039; are often only defined by their super&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;That being said, Russia does boast true special forces units of their own.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Known as Russia&#039;s Special Operations Forces (SOF), they are independent from the Russian army.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While information around their activities in Ukraine since the 2022 invasion remains murky, they are known to have been involved in missions related to the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and during the Syrian Civil War.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, Russia threw many of its best forces into its brazen attempt to capture Kyiv, resulting in heavy casualties.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Its doomed assault on Antonov Airport in the first weeks, for example, was deemed a massive failure by Russia&#039;s so called &#039;elite&#039; units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Alpha Group &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Slightly more is known about the activities of Ukrainian special operations since Russian forces illegally crossed the border on February 24, 2022.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There are several military units within Ukraine&#039;s own Special Operations Forces, with three being involved in land warfare: The 3rd Special Purpose Regiment, the 8th Special Purpose Regiment and the 140th Special Operations Forces Centre.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The 140th is considered the most elite among them, with the unit in 2019 becoming certified as a special ops unit that can be involved in the NATO Response Force, the first from a non-NATO-member state.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, the Security Service of Ukraine - Ukraine&#039;s law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency - also has its own special forces unit known as the &#039;Alpha Group&#039; which was integral to the defence of Kyiv.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Alpha Group in particular has been visible at key points of the conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Two Alpha Group personnel are seen during training exercises (file photo)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It is understood that the ambush on the Chechen convoy was carried out by the unit, meaning its soldiers were engaged in fighting from the very first days of the war. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Ukrainian side claimed to have destroyed 56 tanks in the convoy and to have killed hundreds of Chechen fighters in the Battle of Hostomel.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In addition to the ambush, the unit was reported to have played a key role in repelling a 40-mile convoy advancing on Kyiv. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The world watched in horror as satellite images showed hundreds - if not thousands - of Russian armoured [https://www.google.com/search?q=vehicles vehicles] rolled towards the capital, waiting for the seemingly inevitable mass siege and fall of Ukraine&#039;s capital city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But then the convoy stalled, and reports from the frontlines brought news of sabotage missions being carried out by a combination of artillery strikes, drones, mines and Ukrainian commandos.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Alpha Group has been linked to a number of ambushes in the effort to stop the convoy, reportedly targeting vehicles at the front and the rear of the massive armoured column in order to halt the progress of the other vehicles.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Videos in the opening phases of the war showed artillery strikes bombarding Russian tanks, but also javelin missiles - fired by hand-held launchers - striking and blowing up Moscow&#039;s heavy armour.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Soldiers armed with the western anti-tank weapons were able to sneak up on Russian armour, fire their deadly missiles with pinpoint accuracy, and slip away into the dark. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Russian troops in the column struggled for food and fuel as the supply line was disrupted, while the constant fear of attack made sleep difficult.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As a result, morale among the Russian soldiers in the column fell.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The stalled column became emblematic of Russia&#039;s early failures in relying on slow-moving soviet-era tactics. By contrast, Ukraine&#039;s more mobile special units equipped with modern tech - such as Alpha Group - wreaked havoc on the Russian army.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After a month of being bogged down in thick mud and making little to no progress into the capital, the convoy was forced to pull back, along with all Russian forces in the Kyiv region, marking an embarrassing defeat for Vladimir Putin.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: A group of soldiers from Ukraine&#039;s Alpha Group pose in the summer of 2022, after liberating Kupiansk during the Kharkiv counteroffensive&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Alpha Group soldiers pose with a &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Other Alpha Group fighters were also [https://www.search.com/web?q=engaged engaged] in the doomed defence of Kharkiv, Ukraine&#039;s second largest city just 20 miles from the Russian border. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The city was lost within days on account of it being so close to Russia, and a brutal Russian occupation gripped the city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But soon after Russian forces pulled back from Kyiv, Ukraine launched a lightning double-pronged counterattack in the north and south of the country, and Kharkiv was later liberated from Putin&#039;s occupying forces.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In the north, Russia ceded thousands of miles of territory as Kyiv&#039;s forces pushed forward, led by Alpha Group fighters and other special forces units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The elite unit spearheaded Ukraine&#039;s efforts to liberate north-east regions of Ukraine, and were pictured by road signs for towns such as Kupiansk - surprising many commentators at how deep they were inside Russian-controlled territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But it was Russian territory no-longer, and thanks to their efforts, the north-eastern town and many others in the region were rid of the Russian occupiers.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine Ukraine] SOF &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While the exact operational details of missions carried out by Ukraine&#039;s special forces are unlikely to become public any time soon, if ever, the fingerprints of elite units have been all over suspicious and dramatic attacks since the war began.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Some such attacks have reached deep over the frontlines into Russian-seized territory, and even Russia itself, prompting speculation of special forces involvement.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One example was a huge blast in October 2022 that ripped a hole in the Kerch Bridge, the huge crossing linking Russia to annexed Crimea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Members of Ukrainian special forces engage in zeroing their weapons prior to a mission in the region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 6, 2023&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       The attack was an embarrassing blow for Putin. The bridge - hated by Ukrainians - had been a key project for the despot, and he even personally opened it in 2018. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It was also a key supply route for Russian forces in the south of Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While Ukraine had said the bridge and other sites in Crimea were valid targets for their military, a strike on a target that far away from Ukraine-controlled territory had previously been unthinkable.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But on October 8, a fire broke out on the bridge resulting in an explosion. A span of the bridge collapsed into the water below, while the railway bridge was also significantly damaged.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Five people were killed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To add to Putin&#039;s misery, the explosion struck the day after his 70th birthday and one week after he announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - none of which were under full Russian control.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The attack caused uproar in Russia, and celebrations in Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Immediately, questions were being asked: Could Ukraine have done this?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To this day, no one has claimed responsibility, and President Zelensky stated that Ukraine &#039;did not order&#039; the attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, many have suspected the involvement of Ukrainian special forces. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The foreign minister of Estonia Urmas Reinsalu welcomed the explosion and suggested that Ukrainian special forces were behind it.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He recalled that Ukrainian authorities had for a long time been calling for an attack on the bridge.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To this day, the exact circumstances of the attack remain unclear. Videos from the bridge do not conclusively show how the attack took place. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Some suggested elite units may have used a remote, underwater drone, although the prevailing theory is that a truck bomb was used.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But whatever the cause, the blast specifically hit a weak point of the bridge, and even ignited a train carriage carrying large fuel tanks on the adjacent bridge - showing that it was a well planned and orchestrated attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to the BBC at the time, a former British army explosives expert said of the blast: &#039;This is a masterpiece of clandestine sabotage.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia on October 8, 2022.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It is believed that Ukrainian special forces were behind the attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Another attack deep inside Russian territory - this time in Russia itself - which raised the prospect of Ukrainian SOF involvement was .&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The nuclear-capable Tu-95s - also known as bears - had been used by Russia to attack Ukrainian targets with missiles launched from a great distance, and were seen as a high-value target.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But again, the attack took everyone by surprise.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Video from the airbase on the morning of December 5 showed a huge flash of an explosion. Three Russian personnel were killed when a fuel truck detonated. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The airbase is around 300 miles east of the most eastern point of Ukraine, and even further from the most eastern point currently under Ukrainian control.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This means that no artillery in Ukraine&#039;s arsenal - even the American HIMARS - have the range to strike it from inside Kyiv&#039;s territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As a result, it is believed that the attack was carried out by a long-range drone which can be launched from 600 miles away, well within range from Ukrainian territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, at least one of the strikes is understood to have been made with the help of special forces close to the base, who guided the drones to their target. This was according to a Ukrainian official speaking anonymously to the New York Times. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;                Pictured: A flash is seen from an explosion that struck the Engels-2 airbase near the Russian city of Saratov in December, leaving two long-range bombers damaged&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ukrainian commandos are also believed to have been involved in the recapturing of Snake Island, a Ukrainian island located in the Black Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Snake Island was captured by Russian forces on the first day of Putin&#039;s invasion, when one border guard in its garrison gained near-mythic status.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Moments before two Russian warships attacked the island, the crews hailed the garrison telling them to surrender. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The border guard responded: &#039;Russian warship, go f**k yourself.&#039; His remark went viral online and became a rallying cry across all of Ukraine - and even prompted the Ukrainian government to create a postage stamp honouring the soldiers there.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;From that point on, the island gained a symbolic significance, and not just for its vital tactical position, and on July 1, Ukraine was able to push Russian forces off the landmass once they were in-range of US-provided HIMARS missile systems.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, as Russia retreated, two Su-30 fighter jets bombed the island with phosphorus bombs, perhaps as a scorched-earth tactic to destroy any weapons and equipment left behind to prevent them from falling into Ukrainian hands.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This led to Ukrainian military officials suspecting that Russia may have mined the island.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Therefore, naval special forces units were sent in.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Divers from Ukraine&#039;s SOF are understood to have approached the island underwater, checking for mines, before other forces moved in.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Defence Ministry Press Office on Thursday, July 7, 2022, Ukrainian soldiers install the state flag on Snake island after recapturing it from Russia&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Since the war began, there have been a suspicious number of assassinations of high-profile Russian officials, either in Russia itself or in occupied territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One of the objectives of Ukraine&#039;s special forces since the war broke out has been to organise resistance movements in towns and cities captured by Russia, and these movements are suspected of being behind such attacks.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;A number of car bombs have been reported, in which officials - such as Russian-installed mayors - have been blown up.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One high-profile attack was the assassination of Darya Dugina in Bolshie Vyazyomy, on the outskirts of Moscow, on August 20, 2022. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Dugina was the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a supporter of Vladimir Putin and a far-right political philosopher, who has been a key supporter of the invasion of Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She is understood to have shared her father&#039;s views.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Dugina&#039;s car exploded at around 9.45pm. Reports suggested that her father had been due to travel with her, but switched cars at the last minute. Investigators later said they found an explosive device fixed to the underside of her car. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Two days after the attack, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed the Ukrainian special forces were behind the killing.   &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Darya Dugina, 29, was killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow in August 2022&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;              Pictured left: Flames are seen from the car that was blown up in August 2022, killing Darya Dugina.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Right: The burnt-out wreckage of her car is seen after the attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Russian SOF &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While Ukraine&#039;s special forces have set about covertly wreaking havoc behind enemy lines, and on Russia&#039;s early attempts to seize Kyiv, the role of Russia&#039;s Spetsnaz have - from what we know - been far less subtle or effective.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;According to American documents that were leaked online last month, Russia&#039;s senior commanders ordered their elite forces into [https://topofblogs.com/?s=direct%20combat direct combat] in the early phases of the war- not trusting their, showed before-and-after [https://imgur.com/hot?q=satellite%20imagery satellite imagery] of a base used by the 22nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The images of the base in southern Russia reveal that &#039;all but one of five Russian Separate Spetsnaz Brigades that returned from combat operations in Ukraine in late summer 2022 suffered significant losses,&#039; The Post reports.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The satellite images show the base in November 2021, and again a year later. The earlier image shows a well populated base full of vehicles, while the second is far more empty - which the US intel concluded shows a state of extreme depletion.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The assessment says the 22nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade as well as two other units have suffered an estimated 90 to 95 per cent attrition rate, The Post says.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian spetsnaz officers march during the general rehearsals of the Victory Day Parade in front of the Kremlin at Red Square, on May 7, 2021&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It takes four years for Russia to train a Spetsnaz soldier, according to the documents seen by the American publication, which concludes that it could take as long as a decade for Moscow to replenish its ranks of these [https://www.change.org/search?q=elite%20units elite units].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Observers have expressed their shock over the tactic.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Rob Lee, a Russia military expert and senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, told The Post that by pushing special units to the front lines, Russian commanders have burned through them at an alarming rate.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;According to Sibylline&#039;s Alexander Lord, while the structure of Ukraine&#039;s special forces is now similar to those in the west, Russia takes a different approach.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Russia&#039;s Spetsnaz &#039;special [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=designation%27%20forces designation&#039; forces] have a particular reputation, which often leads to direct comparisons with the UK&#039;s SAS or US Delta Force special forces,&#039; he explains to MailOnline.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;However, the organisation of the Spetsnaz is not directly comparable to the Western concept of special forces.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One such difference, he says, is the fact that Russian conscripts form a &#039;significant contingent&#039; of Russia&#039;s Spetsnaz units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;The majority of Spetsnaz units are essentially good light infantry and reconnaissance forces, rather than top-tier special forces akin to the SAS,&#039; Lord says. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Therefore, Spetsnaz is not one single elite force, but instead should be viewed as &#039;highly diverse units that form part of a complex network of competing elite special forces, largely borne of the Kremlin&#039;s desire to avoid over reliance on a single force.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On account of different factions forming between Russia&#039;s supposed elite units, they often compete with each other for resources, or even with other Russian units such as the FSB&#039;s commando forces or the Foreign Intelligence Service&#039;s Zaslon unit.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lord says that Russia has deployed many of its elite forces, including Spetsnaz and  [https://gescarenergia.it/ palsu] VDV - the Russian Airborne Forces (which also suffered huge casualties in the early days of the war) - to prop up its front-line infantry.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Watch: &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       &#039;Moscow also did this in Chechnya and Georgia, and in many instances it has led to highly wasteful deployments of some of Russia&#039;s most competent forces,&#039; he says. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Pointing to Bakhmut as an example, he said the defensive efforts there by poorly trained infantry are becoming increasingly reliant on elite VDV units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;General Colonel Mikhail Teplinsky, commander of the VDV, was recently appointed deputy commander of Russian operations in Ukraine - illustrating the growing importance of the &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lord says the distinction &#039;between Russia&#039;s elite forces are becoming increasingly meaningless&#039; as Putin&#039;s generals become more reliant on poorly trained reservists.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;These, he says, are being used &#039;to plug personnel gaps across the full-breadth of the Russian military - including its special forces.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One such example is the well respected 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, which was almost entirely wiped out in Ukraine and reconstituted with poorly trained troops.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lord says: &#039;This highly attritional war has seen a large proportion of Russia&#039;s well-trained units steadily wiped out and degraded, and the same has been true of its special forces.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, the activities of Russia&#039;s &#039;true&#039; special forces units that are more akin to western units and those formed by Ukraine remain clouded in secrecy.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Wagner PMC &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One group that has come out of the shadows since the invasion was launched is the notorious Wagner Private Military Company.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The war has seen the mercenary group - seen as the de fato army of President Putin - shift from a secretive Moscow unit allegedly hired to carry out Putin&#039;s dubious activities in Syria and Africa (where Russia has military and mining interests) to a mainstream militia widely talked about in the media.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;And while Wagner had previously been seen as an off-the-books special forces unit doing the clandestine bidding of Putin around the world, they too have been used to prop-up ordinary Russian units as they take heavy casualties in Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The group was first known to be active in Ukraine in 2014 during Russia&#039;s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, where they operated with Moscow&#039;s own units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the &#039;PMC Wagner Centre&#039;, which is associated with businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block during National Unity Day, in St.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They were soon deployed to the Donbas, where a conflict was raging between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian forces. There, they were able to help the Russian sympathisers destabilise local governments and take control of towns.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The PMCs conducted [https://discover.hubpages.com/search?query=stealth stealth] attacks, reconnaissance, intelligence-gathering and accompanied VIPs - activities that would be expected from special forces units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Later, in January 2022 and a month before Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that 400 Wagner mercenaries were flown from the Central African Republic tasked with assassinating Ukraine&#039;s President Zelensky.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The plan was for the mercenaries to take control of the government in Kyiv and lay the groundwork for Russia to install a puppet government in its place.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;By March 3, The Times reported that the Ukrainian leader had survived three assassination attempts - two of which were orchestrated by Wagner.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The group was also accused of being responsible for war crimes in the region surrounding Kyiv, with reports of torture and executions of prisoners of war.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It was also implicated in the Bucha massacre where 419 civilians were killed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, as with Russia&#039;s other supposed &#039;elite&#039; units, Wagner&#039;s role over the course of the war has shifted from attempting clandestine missions to being used as a blunt instrument to try and overwhelm Ukrainian defences. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After pulling back from Kyiv, Russia refocused its efforts on capturing territory in the east of Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Moscow&#039;s armies made steady advances, but were brought to a halt around the city of Bakhmut, where fighting continues to this day.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In late 2022, Wagner&#039;s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed his troops - and his troops alone - were responsible for the capture of smaller towns around the city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Around the same time, it began to emerge that Wagner had been recruiting convicts from Russian prisons to bolster its numbers.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;With the promise of a pardon if a recruited convict served and survived for six months, as many as 50,000 signed up.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;What was - a matter of months ago - seen as an elite, off the books unit capable of carrying out missions Russia&#039;s army otherwise could not, Wagner&#039;s forces instead became cannon fodder for Moscow&#039;s military.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin poses with Wagner fighters in Soledar, in a video in which he claimed his forces had seized the small town near Bakhmut &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Fighting for the city descended into bloodshed, with Ukrainians likening the battle for Bakhmut to a First World War &#039;meatgrinder&#039; as Wagner crashed thousands of its convict troops against a wall of machine guns and artillery strikes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After months of brutal fighting, they had been trying in vain to capture since last summer.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Prigozhin said they would withdraw on May 10 - ending their involvement in the longest and bloodiest battle of the war - because of heavy losses and inadequate ammunition supplies. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He asked defence chiefs to insert regular army troops in their place. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;I declare on behalf of the Wagner fighters, on behalf of the Wagner command, that on May 10, 2023, we are obliged to transfer positions in the settlement of Bakhmut to units of the defence ministry and withdraw the remains of Wagner to logistics camps to lick our wounds,&#039; Prigozhin said in a statement.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;I&#039;m pulling Wagner units out of Bakhmut because in the absence of ammunition they&#039;re doomed to perish senselessly.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Earlier on Friday he appeared in a video surrounded by dozens of corpses he said were Wagner fighters, and was shown yelling and swearing at [https://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=Defence%20Minister Defence Minister] Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;We have a 70% shortage of ammunition. Shoigu!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Gerasimov! Where is the ******* ammunition?&#039; he shouted into the camera. His tirade contained a torrent of expletives that were bleeped out by his press service.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  What next for special forces in Ukraine? &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Prigozhin&#039;s announcement comes at a key juncture in the war, with Ukraine expected to launch a long-anticipated counter-offensive imminently.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There have already been signs that Ukrainian special forces are once again spearheading the attack, with reports last month saying the highly-trained units had already crossed the Dnieper river, probing for weak points in Russian fortifications.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Should Ukraine use the same tactics as it did in its dramatic counteroffensives last year, then we can expect to hear more whispers of Ukrainian commando units carrying out dramatic attacks behind enemy lines.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Russia, meanwhile, is facing the prospect of a military force that is increasingly made up of poorly trained reservists.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;If it continues on the path of placing its most elite units on the frontlines, then even more are expected to die.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;Russia sent out just one aged tank for its Victory Day parade on Moscow&#039;s Red Square today as Vladimir Putin&#039;s depleted military continues to suffer losses in Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In his speech, watched by scores of uniformed soldiers, military officials and leaders of former Soviet nations, Putin claimed that Russia wants peace while accusing the &#039;western elite&#039; of waging a &#039;real war&#039; against his invading troops.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It came just hours after another barrage of cruise missiles hit several sites across Ukraine. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Civilisation is once again at a decisive turning point. A real war has been unleashed against our motherland,&#039; he said in a reference to his ongoing invasion that the Kremlin portrays as being a proxy conflict with the West.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;With snipers watching the crowd closely, he welcomed soldiers fighting in Ukraine who were present at the parade, and framed his on-going illegal invasion as being akin to the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany in the Second World War, which came to an end 78 years ago - a false narrative that has nevertheless resonated at home.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;To Russia!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To our brave armed forces! To Victory!&#039; Putin concluded in his speech.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As the Russian President&#039;s address came to a close, cheers rang out across Red Square, with a gun salute and the Russian national anthem, though with a much slimmed down show of military hardware - and no aviation. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;And in a stark contrast to previous years which have seen Moscow roll out its latest and most sophisticated war machines, today saw just a [https://wideinfo.org/?s=single%20tank single tank] take part - a Second World War-era T-34.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       Vladimir Putin is seen addressing his country&#039;s Victory Day parade on Moscow&#039;s Red Square today.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In his speech, he claimed that Russia wants peace while accusing the &#039;western elite&#039; of waging a real war against his forces in Ukraine&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       The parade saw a much slimmed down show of military hardware - and no aviation - when compared to previous years.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Only one tank took part - a Second World War-era T-34 (pictured)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Today&#039;s Victory Parade was a stark contrast to previous editions of the event, which saw far more pieces of military hardware on display.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In the 2015 Victory Day parade (pictured) Russian T-14 Armata tanks, which have a remote-controlled gun turret and reinforced capsule for the crew, are shown off in central Moscow&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;               Pictured: Snipers are seen watching over the Victory Day parade in Moscow today as Putin delivered his annual speech.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Moscow has been on high-alert after ambiguous official reports last week that two Ukrainian drones flew into the heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness and reached the Kremlin before being shot down&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Russian president Vladimir Putin waves as he leads the Victory Day parade through Moscow&#039;s Red Square, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       In a major coup for the Kremlin, at least six post-Soviet leaders including the prime minister of  and the president of  travelled to attend the military parade that fetes the Soviet victory in 1945.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Pictures from Moscow showed Putin arriving and shaking hands with military officials, before delivering his speech.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hundreds of uniformed soldiers then began their parade, marching through Moscow&#039;s famous square.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Dozens of military vehicles - including armoured personnel carriers, trucks and intercontinental ballistic missile launchers - also rolled through the city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Observers noted, however, that few Russian tanks were on display. The only model that appeared in the parade was the T-34, which was used in the Second World War.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As such, the parade looked more modest than usual: There were no military aircraft flying over Red Square, and fewer pieces of military equipment were displayed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;For the first time in years, the parade ended in under an hour. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The pared-down celebrations come after ambiguous official reports last week that two Ukrainian drones flew into the heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness and reached the Kremlin before being shot down. The Kremlin billed it as an attempt at Putin&#039;s life; Ukraine denied involvement. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Only some 8,000 troops marched in Red Square this year - the lowest number since 2008.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Even the parade in 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured some 13,000 soldiers, and last year, 11,000 troops took part. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Russia also enacted a major security clampdown for the commemorations. Authorities curbed the use of drones and ride-sharing services in Moscow and even jet skis on the canals of St.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Petersburg. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;State television showed Putin stood next to World War II veterans as he delivered his 10-minute speech, in which he repeated familiar messages he has delivered many times in the nearly 15 months of Russia&#039;s war in Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;We have repulsed international terrorism, we will protect the inhabitants of Donbas, we will ensure our security,&#039; he said, despite Ukraine shaping up for another counteroffensive having pushed Russia back east last year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To troops fighting in Ukraine, some of whom were at the Parade, he said: &#039;There is nothing more important now than your combat effort. The security of the country rests on you today, the future of our statehood and our people depend on you.&#039; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Putin insisted that the West&#039;s &#039;untamed ambitions, arrogance and impunity&#039; are to blame for the conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He claimed &#039;Western globalist elites&#039; were sowing Russophobia and aggressive nationalism, while the Ukrainian people had become &#039;hostages to a state coup&#039; and to the ambitions of the West.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Despite ordering his troops across the border in February last year and repeatedly attacking civilian centres in Ukraine, Putin claimed he wants peace.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;We want to see our future peaceful and stable.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;We believe that any ideology of supremacy is not acceptable to us. However, the western elite and globalists are insisting on their exceptional character,&#039; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;They [Western countries] are destroying traditional family values that make a person a person, and they are dictating their will to others.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Their rule to others. In essence, this is a system of robbing others, and a system of violence,&#039; he added.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In a re-writing of history - incorrectly framing the Soviet Union as the nation fully responsible for the defeat of Nazi Germany - he said of the West: &#039;They have forgotten who destroyed that evil, who defended their motherlands, who liberated the people of Europe.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;We see that in a number of countries.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Despite this, Putin said the memory of World War Two was sacred and paid tribute to those who fought against Nazis, including the armies of the United States and Britain, and also to China&#039;s fight against the Japanese.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Since coming to power in 2000, Putin has promoted a patriotic cult around the 1945 Soviet victory over the Nazis, used to stoke patriotism and boost his standing as the heir of Soviet power. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in World War Two, including many millions in Ukraine, but eventually pushed Nazi forces back to Berlin, where Hitler committed suicide and the red Soviet Victory Banner was raised over the Reichstag in 1945 - two months before the Western Allied troops entered the [http://dig.ccmixter.org/search?searchp=German%20capital German capital].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Along with the 1812 defeat of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, the crushing of Nazi Germany is Russia&#039;s most revered military triumph, though both catastrophic invasions from the west left Russia deeply sensitive about its Western borders.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It claims its invasion of Ukraine is in part to protect these.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Kremlin officials specifically cite the expansion of NATO, which recently welcoming Finland into the alliance. European nations point to Russia&#039;s aggression as the reason why countries want to join. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Putin did not address the challenges facing Russia as its forces prepare for the expected major counter-offensive by Ukraine, or outline any path to victory, as he continues to take heavy losses.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Putin claims his so-called &#039;special military operation&#039; is an effort to bring about the &#039;denazification&#039; of a belligerent imperial power backed by the west, a narrative that has been refuted by Kyiv and its allies - who say the invasion is an imperialistic land grab by Russia with the goal of eradicating a sovereign nation.         Pictured: Russian soldiers march during Tuesday&#039;s Victory Day parade through Moscow&#039;s Red Square&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Hundreds of Russian servicemen march through Moscow&#039;s Red Square on May 9 after Putin&#039;s Victory Day address&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Russian servicemen march in downtown during the country&#039;s Victory Day parade marking the anniversary of the end of the Second World War, 78 years ago&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Ceremonial soldiers parade during 78th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Vladimir Putin speaks in front of St.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Basil&#039;s Cathedral in central Moscow on Tuesday&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu drives an Aurus cabriolet during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         People watch Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems and  [https://gmqwdlrz.massage-tables.com.ua/ palsu] other armoured vehicles driving along a street before a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Dozens of Russian service members take part in a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Dozens of Russian servicemen gather in Moscow&#039;s Red Square for today&#039;s parade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Ceremonial soldiers parade during 78th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Putin is seen on a big screen in Red Square as he delivers his speech during the May 9 Victory Day parade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Members of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) are seen marching through Red Square in Moscow, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Members of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) are seen marching through Red Square in Moscow, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Hundreds of armed Russian servicemen are seen marching through Moscow&#039;s Red Square on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Armed soldiers are seen taking part in Tuesday&#039;s Victory Day parade after Putin delivered his speech&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the Victory Day military parade marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II in Red square in Moscow, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Hundreds of soldiers are seen taking part in the parade on Tuesday, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian soldiers march toward Red Square to attend a Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 9, 2023&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian service members march in columns before a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the [https://www.martindale.com/Results.aspx?ft=2&amp;amp;frm=freesearch&amp;amp;lfd=Y&amp;amp;afs=victory victory] over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian soldiers march toward Red Square to attend a Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems drive in front of the Kremlin in Moscow, May 9, after the parade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes to President Vladimir Putin during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, arrives for the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (centre) attends a Victory Day military parade on Red Square in Moscow, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Turkmenistan&#039;s President Serdar Berdymukhamedov attends the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Moscow&#039;s Patriarch Kirill (centre), Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin (right) and Deputy head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev (left, wearing sunglasses)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;          more videos                                                                           &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;DM.later(&#039;bundle&#039;, function()&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;DM.molFeCarousel.init(&#039;#p-86&#039;, &#039;channelCarousel&#039;, &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;activeClass&amp;quot; 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But Ukraine&#039;s defences repelled the Russian assault on the capital in the first month, forcing Russian into an embarrassing retreat in a massive blow to Putin.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One year on, and after 14 months of fighting in Ukraine, Russia still has little to show for its military campaign.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Putin&#039;s troops have failed to take control of the eastern town of Bakhmut, his military leadership is riven by conflict and Kyiv is again preparing to go on the offensive. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;What&#039;s more, in the run-up to the sabre-rattling festivities, Russia has witnessed numerous incidents, including explosions derailing trains, fires, a drone attack on the Kremlin and a bombing attack that wounded a fiercely pro-Kremlin writer, Zakhar Prilepin.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;For the first time since the Second World War, a sense of vulnerability has been felt in Moscow. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, more than two dozen cities and towns - near the Ukraine border, but also in more distant Russian regions - have cancelled plans to stage their own military parades over security concerns.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Russian media have counted 24 Russian cities that cancelled May 9 military parades - the staple of celebrations across Russia - for the first time in years. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Immortal Regiment processions, in which crowds take to the streets holding portraits of relatives who died or served in World War II - another pillar of the holiday - have also been canceled in multiple cities.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Regional officials blamed unspecified &#039;security concerns.&#039; Some speculated, however, that the reason behind cancelling Immortal Regiment marches was the fact that Russians might bring portraits of relatives who died in Ukraine to those processions, illustrating the scale of Russia&#039;s losses in the drawn-out conflict. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Moscow sought to project a show of force during its flagship parade on Red Square, with top-notch military equipment rumbling through it and leaders of ex-Soviet nations standing beside President Vladimir Putin. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ahead of the parade, Political analyst Arkady Dubnov said that &#039;for the first time in many years&#039; Putin will be surrounded at a Victory Day parade by a number of post-Soviet leaders.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Despite the serious weakening of its global positions after February 24, 2022, Russia remains to a certain extent the metropolis of a former empire whose actions have to be taken into account,&#039; Dubnov said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The leaders of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Putin&#039;s closest ally - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko - are all in attendance.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Tuesday also saw Russia unleash a barrage of cruise missiles on Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, hours before the start of the parade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Kremlin&#039;s forces launched 25 missiles overnight in a wave of attacks across Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said, adding that air defence had successfully destroyed 23 of them.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In a Telegram post, the air force said eight Kalibr cruise missiles were launched from carriers in the Black Sea toward the east and 17 from strategic aircraft.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;As at the front, the plans of the aggressor failed,&#039; Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv&#039;s city military administration, said in comments posted on the Telegram messaging app.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Tuesday&#039;s attacks - the fifth in May - came a day after Russia launched its biggest drone swarm yet in a renewed air campaign unleashed 10 days ago after a lull since early March.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;(They) try to kill as many civilians as possible - on this day,&#039; Popko said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He said that according to preliminary information there were no casualties in the attack that was carried out with cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea region.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Falling debris fell on a house in the Holosiivskyi district in the southwest of Kyiv, Kyiv&#039;s Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said on his Telegram messaging channel, adding there were no casualties or much damage.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In the often-targeted Shevchenkivskyi district of central Kyiv debris was found on a road.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[https://www.msnbc.com/search/?q=%27Kyiv%20stood &#039;Kyiv stood] up again and will stand up in the future!&#039; Popko said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Military officials and other spectators are seen in Moscow&#039;s Red Square, watching the Victory Day parade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: People record videos on their phones as military vehicles drive down a road outside Moscow&#039;s Kremlin, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems drive past the Kremlin wall on Tuesday&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Russian all-terrain armoured vehicles drive past the Kremlin wall after today&#039;s Victory Day parade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Russian soldiers take part in their country&#039;s Victory Day parade in Moscow&#039;s Red Square on Tuesday, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Ceremonial soldiers parade during 78th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         People take part in the celebrations of Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Vladivostok, Russia May&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers drive in downtown of Moscow, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers drive after a Victory Day military parade on Red Square in Moscow&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian servicemen arrive to participate in the Victory Day military parade, to be held at Red Square, in central Moscow on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;              Russian servicemen arrive to participate in the Victory Day military parade, to be held at Red Square, in central Moscow on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         A Russian National guard (Rosgvardia) serviceman stands guard at an embankment of the Moskva river opposite the Kremlin prior to the Victory Day military parade, to be held at Red Square, in central Moscow on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;          more videos                                                                           &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;DM.later(&#039;bundle&#039;, function()&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;DM.molFeCarousel.init(&#039;#p-113&#039;, &#039;channelCarousel&#039;, &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;activeClass&amp;quot; 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Prigozhin said in a video post on the messaging app Telegram.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Institute for the Study of War has pointed to &#039;chain of command problems&#039; for the Russian army in Ukraine that cast doubt on Moscow&#039;s ability to &#039;coordinate a coherent theatre-wide defensive campaign&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Russia and other ex-soviet states celebrate Victory Day on May 9, while most other European countries mark the date on May 8, due to the time difference when Nazi Germany signed to surrender in 1945.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Western nations that celebrate Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) do so to mark the end of all combat actions in the Second World War, which was officially specified as 23:01 Central European Time, which was already May 9 in Eastern Europe.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;By contrast, Ukraine commemorated the end of World War II together with Europe on Monday, with [https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/search/site/President%20Volodymyr President Volodymyr] Zelensky vowing that Russian forces would be defeated just as Nazi Germany was beaten in 1945.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Ukrainian leader said the Kremlin was responsible for &#039;aggression and annexation, [https://kscripts.com/?s=occupation occupation] and deportation&#039;, as well as &#039;mass murder and torture&#039;. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         SAINT PETERSBURG: A single tank was also seen rolling through Russia&#039;s second city in smaller Victory Day celebrations&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Russian war veterans are seen leaving Moscow&#039;s Red Square on Tuesday after the end of the Victory Day parade&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives past the US embassy after a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes to soldiers as he is driven along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the Victory Day military parade marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II in Red square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian military vehicles drive in downtown of Moscow, Russia, May 9&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Zelensky said he had submitted a bill to parliament to formally commemorate World War II in Ukraine on May 8.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;For years the anniversary was marked on May 9, as it was in Russia and other ex-Soviet countries.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ukraine will also mark a separate Europe Day on May 9, which promotes peace and unity on the continent, he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday to mark the celebration of peace and unity, in a symbolic retort to Moscow&#039;s Victory Day parade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The president of the European Commission travelled on an overnight train from Poland to see President Volodymyr Zelensky and work on Ukraine&#039;s quest for eventual EU membership, a reporter on the train said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;showed off her new look on Friday after she flew to Turkey for [https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=%27fox%20eye%27 &#039;fox eye&#039;] surgery at the start of May. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The former Love Islander, 24, appeared on the 2022 series of the show as a Casa Amor contestant. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She documented her journey of getting the controversial surgery by posting updates to her  account. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Fox-eye surgery means that patients with round eyes will receive a more almond-shaped look.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Mollie&#039;s eyes looked very swollen 24 hours after the surgery on May 8, as she admitted she was &#039;struggling to see&#039;, adding that &#039;the healing process is a journey.&#039; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         New look: Mollie Salmon, 24, looked unrecognisable 24 hours after getting &#039;fox eye&#039; surgery&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Claim to fame: The influencer appeared on the 2022 series of Love Island as a Casa Amor contestant&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, after a few weeks the [https://www.cbsnews.com/search/?q=influencer influencer] looked stunning when she revealed her new eyes, hitting back at comments which said she&#039;d &#039;ruined her face&#039;. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Posting once more to her TikTok account, Molly captioned her post: &#039;POV: Reading through all my comments saying I&#039;ve ruined my face with fox-eye surgery&#039; as she debuted her look. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Mollie is known for appearing on the 2022 series of Love Island when she joined the show in Casa Amor. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However her stint in the villa lasted just four days after she failed to couple up before returning to the main villa - despite sharing multiple heated smooches with Davide Sanclimenti, who went on to win the show with girlfriend Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Mollie previously revealed  her surgery. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She wrote on her Instagram stories at the start of May: &#039;My surgery went well and @monocosmeticsurgery have done a wonderful job looking after me with the help of my best friend @holliebayles I truly couldn&#039;t have done this without her.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;I am very swollen and am struggling to currently see out of my eyes as that&#039;s where the surgery was so I just wanted to let you all know I&#039;m not ignoring anyone, however thank you all for  [https://massage-tables.com.ua/ penipu] the lovely messages.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I&#039;ll give you all recovering update pictures soon.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She added: &#039;I promised I&#039;d take you all along this journey with my, this is my current healing process, my bruising and swelling will go down after a few days. The procedure I had was [https://www.brandsreviews.com/search?keyword=fox%20eyes fox eyes].&#039; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;                [https://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=Hitting Hitting] back: Mollie spoke out about trolls as she revealed the results after her surgery&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;              Before and after: [https://www.business-opportunities.biz/?s=Mollie%20revealed Mollie revealed] her new look on Friday (left) after jetting out to Turkey (pictured right on the plane before surgery)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Owch!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Mollie&#039;s eyes looked very swollen and [https://sportsrants.com/?s=painful painful] after 24 hours&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The £500 treatment uses dissolvable stitches to create almond shaped eyes with a lifted brow tail, and is aimed to giving women a lifted brow and upper eye lid lift without the downtime of surgery as it takes just half an hour - and should heal completely in less than two weeks.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Called the fox-eye threadlift, clinics advertise the procedure on social media sites with videos of patients before and after, with the corner of their eyes swept up and back in dramatic fashion.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The looks of American A-list models Bella Hadid and Kim Kardashian&#039;s sister Kendall Jenner are often cited as an inspiration, and in the UK, models Katie Price  &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Danielle had secret eye lift surgery in 2021 after being inspired &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;                     New look: Danielle Lloyd underwent secret eye lift surgery in 2021 after being inspired by the Kardashians, but admitted her husband was furious after she told him (pictured left before surgery, and after right) &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;art-ins mol-factbox tvshowbiz&amp;quot; data-version=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; id=&amp;quot;mol-491c2cf0-f8d1-11ed-8cb2-cd7f0f1419a3&amp;quot; website Island&amp;amp;apos;s Mollie Salmon looks unrecognisable after eye surgery&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Jimmie Allen Accused Of Rape By Former Management Team Member</title>
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&lt;div&gt;has been accused of raping a former member of his management team and subjecting her to sexual abuse and harassment over a more than 18 month period in a new lawsuit filed on Thursday.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The woman in her early 20s, who was formerly employed by Allen&#039;s management company,  [https://scolariattrezzature.it/ bokep indonesia] alleges the country singer, 37, who  last month - first raped her in March 2021, taking her [https://www.search.com/web?q=virginity virginity].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The unnamed woman - named in the lawsuit as Jane Doe and who worked as Allen&#039;s are expecting their third child and separating.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In a solemn note written in white font against a black background he said, &#039;After much thought and reflection in recent months, Lex &amp;amp; I have made the decision to separate.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The crooner added, &#039;As we [http://www.techandtrends.com/?s=navigate navigate] this life change, we can also share that we will be welcoming another child together later this year.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The twosome, who wed in May 2021, already share daughters Naomi Bettie, 3, and Zara James, 18 months.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Allen already has an eight-year-old son named Aadyn from a previous relationship.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The hitmaker added, &#039;Our number one priority is and always will be ensuring that our children are healthy, happy and loved.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He additionally noted, &#039;We remain committed to co-parenting with love and respect for one another.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;In light of our growing family, we respectfully request privacy during this time.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The comments on his post were disabled and Alexis shared the same note on her [https://www.travelwitheaseblog.com/?s=personal personal] Instagram account.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pensive: Alexis shared a quote in her Stories that read, &#039;We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       She also reposted a quote in her [https://www.travelwitheaseblog.com/?s=Stories Stories] that read, &#039;We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The duo had been together for only a few months when he proposed to her during a trip to Disney World in Florida.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Although they had been hoping for a 2020 wedding, Jimmie revealed that July that they had to delay the event.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Alexis and Jimmie grew up in the same town of Milton, Delaware but only met when his cousin-in-law introduced them.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Jimmie told People early in the relationship: &#039;With Alexis being from my hometown, it is like always having a piece of home with me.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;We had an immediate [https://www.martindale.com/Results.aspx?ft=2&amp;amp;frm=freesearch&amp;amp;lfd=Y&amp;amp;afs=connection connection]. It was like we&#039;d always known each other.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Sledge Flag Used During 19th-century Polar Search Saved For Nation</title>
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&lt;div&gt;A rare flag flown from a polar sledge used to hunt for [https://ajt-ventures.com/?s=survivors survivors] of Captain Sir John Franklin&#039;s doomed expedition has been saved for the nation thanks to a campaign backed by Michael Palin and  [https://aqrx.omaoileidigh.org/20230929/planet88-slot.html penipu] Dan Snow.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) launched a last-ditch campaign to raise the £120,000 needed to stop the [https://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Kellet%20sledge Kellet sledge] flag from passing into the hands of an overseas private collector.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; It succeeded thanks to £98,170 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and £40,000 from the Art Fund, with [https://venturebeat.com/?s=match-funding match-funding] from the NMRN enabling the museum to buy the flag and put it on [https://wideinfo.org/?s=display display] at its sites in Hartlepool, Portsmouth and Belfast.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Arts and Heritage Minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay had placed a temporary export bar on the flag in September 2022.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;          A conservator from the National Museum of the [https://venturebeat.com/?s=Royal%20Navy Royal Navy] adjusts the Kellet Sledge flag in it´s frame at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Hampshire.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Picture date: Wednesday May 16, 2023. (Andrew Matthews, PA)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  The flag was owned by 19th century Irish naval officer Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Kellett and flown during the third of a series of expeditions from 1852 to 1854 to look for survivors, or evidence of bodies, after Franklin&#039;s expedition.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; A NMRN spokeswoman said: &amp;quot;Mystery surrounding the fate of the Franklin expedition and the 129 crew ignited public debate and intrigue for decades until the discovery of his two ships, HMS Erebus in 2014 and HMS Terror in 2016.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Franklin&#039;s failed expedition takes on a symbolic place within Arctic exploration, especially within the British Isles and Canada, leading to the successful mapping of the Canadian archipelago and northern mainland coastline.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Professor Dominic Tweddle, NMRN director general, said: &amp;quot;[https://www.caringbridge.org/search?q=Vice-Admiral%20Sir Vice-Admiral Sir] Henry Kellett&#039;s sledge flag and Franklin&#039;s expedition represent courage and fortitude in the face of adversity - core elements of our national identity that echo through our history.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;They also reflect the British and global obsession with finding and navigating the Northwest Passage, as well as the Royal Navy&#039;s role in expedition and exploration from Captain Cook to Darwin and HMS Beagle, to HMS Challenger in 1872, and continuing today with HMS Protector - the ice patrol ship in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;          A conservator from the National Museum of the Royal Navy with the [http://dig.ccmixter.org/search?searchp=Kellet%20Sledge Kellet Sledge] flag after it was taken out of it´s frame for [https://www.travelwitheaseblog.com/?s=inspection inspection] at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in [https://wideinfo.org/?s=Hampshire Hampshire].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(Andrew Matthews, PA)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  He added: &amp;quot;The National Museum is proud to have stepped forward to save the Kellett flag from being exported overseas and to continue our work linking navy to nation.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [https://data.gov.uk/data/search?q=Measuring Measuring] 595 by 885mm within a frame of 710 by 995mm, the flag is in a fragile condition and is being assessed by the museum&#039;s conservation team for recommended treatment.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; NMRN conservator Rachel Trembath said: &amp;quot;The flag will be sent to a specialist textile conservator, who will remove the metal pins securing it to the backboard. It will need to be stabilised and issues particularly around the fragile right-hand edge will be addressed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;The decision to clean the flag will have to balance the long-term preservation needs with the historical significance of the staining and ingrained dirt.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The flag will undergo testing for light sensitivity so we can display it safely.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The flag was made from silk in a rich green colour with an Irish harp embroidered in golden thread to reflect Kellett&#039;s Irish heritage.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;          The Kellet Sledge flag after it was taken out of it´s frame for inspection at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Hampshire. (Andrew Matthews, PA)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  The museum spokeswoman said: &amp;quot;The green colour has faded over time due to exposure to light, but the flag remains in fairly good condition with a small crudely sewn repair that was likely done by a member of the search party whilst on the ice.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;The maker is unknown but the motto Auxilium Ab Alto translates to Help From Above.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Lord Parkinson said: &amp;quot;I am delighted that this flag - an important link with our past, and a symbol of courage and curiosity - has been saved for the nation.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;The export bar system and a tireless fundraising campaign spearheaded by The National Museum of the Royal Navy means this inspiring item will now be on public display for generations to come.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;On February 26, 2020 - two days after Vladimir  ordered the  - Russian Spetsnaz units hatched a plan to hunt down and assassinate President Volodymyr  and other senior officials.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The plot was long in the making.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;At least one of the units - said to be made up of personnel from Russia&#039;s near-mythical &#039;Zaslon&#039; unit - was already deeply embedded within  before the invasion, disguised as civilians and Ukrainian soldiers.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;A further 400 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group were reported to have arrived in the city by late February 2022, while Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had also been ordered to send his own forces to eliminate Ukrainian leadership.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Other Spetsnaz troops parachuted into regions around the Ukrainian capital, and gun battles broke out on the streets of the city, moving closer to the presidential palace that had hurriedly been turned into a fortress in anticipation of the invasion.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The exact details of what happened over the days that followed are foggy, as is the nature of special operations, but what is known is that Ukraine&#039;s own Special Operations Forces (SOF) units sprang into action as Kyiv came under attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         This photograph taken on Feb.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;27, 2022 shows a Russian Armoured personnel carrier burning next to unidentified soldier&#039;s body during fight with the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkiv&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On March 2, they ambushed and destroyed a Russian convoy carrying elite Chechen fighters under the National Guard of Russia, killing several - reportedly including the unit&#039;s commander - General Magomed Tushayev, although this has been disputed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ultimately, Ukraine&#039;s forces successfully repelled the attempt on the presidential palace and, a month later, Russian forces pulled back entirely from Kyiv.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Zelensky and his family - who refused offers from Britain and the US to be evacuated, opting to stay in Kyiv - were not captured or killed, and he has gone on to become a vital wartime leader for his embattled country.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But there&#039;s a high chance that the outcome would have been vastly different had Ukraine&#039;s special forces failed, and the Russian assassins prevailed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Since then, the two countries&#039; Spetsnaz units have been heavily involved in the on-going 14-month conflict, but in vastly different ways.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Here, as Ukraine prepares to launch its next counteroffensive against Russia, MailOnline looks at how the paths of their respective Special Operations Forces diverged from the initial clash in the capital...&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Ukraine Special Operations Forces (SOF) vs Russian Spetsnaz&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Both Ukrainian and Russian commando units share their roots in the Soviet Union.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Known as Spetsnaz, which historically referred to the Soviet Union&#039;s Spetsnaz GRU, the units made up the covert operations branch of the military intelligence service and other security services before the union broke up.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Because Spetsnaz is a Russian word, it typically refers to Russia&#039;s special forces, but with the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, other post-soviet states also inherited their special forces from the now-defunct Soviet security agencies.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As is the case with other military hardware such as tanks, fighter jets and aircraft, Russian and Ukrainian Spetsnaz have also been known to use much of the same equipment - such as various models of AK-74s and Glock sidearms.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, the influx of western weaponry into the Ukrainian military - particularly over the last two years, while Russia has advanced its weaponry from the Soviet era - has meant their equipment has diverged.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Differences in how Ukraine and Russian special forces operate have also [https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=emerged emerged] over the course of the on-going conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ukraine&#039;s highly-trained elite units - modelled on western special forces such as Britain&#039;s SAS - are limited in number, and so have been deployed in a more conventional and precise way.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Top-line details on Ukraine&#039;s Alpha Team (left) - a special forces unit within the Security Service of Ukraine - and Ukraine&#039;s Special Operations Forces (SOF) (right)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Top-line details on Russia&#039;s Special Operations Forces (SOF) (left) and the Wagner mercenary group (right)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This has seen them working behind enemy lines to disrupt Russian war efforts, destroy key targets, and organise resistance movements in occupied territories.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Videos of Ukraine&#039;s forces on the battlefield have shown them using drones (either to drop munitions or guide missiles to their targets) and weapons such as the hand-held Javelin missile launcher to destroy high value targets.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Other footage from the Bakhmut battleground has shown Ukrainian snipers using thermal imaging to pick off advancing Russian troops hell-bent on seizing the city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In Russia&#039;s case, many of the units classed by Moscow as &#039;special forces&#039; are often only defined by their super&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;That being said, Russia does boast true special forces units of their own.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Known as Russia&#039;s Special Operations Forces (SOF), they are independent from the Russian army.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While information around their activities in Ukraine since the 2022 invasion remains murky, they are known to have been involved in missions related to the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and during the Syrian Civil War.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, Russia threw many of its best forces into its brazen attempt to capture Kyiv, resulting in heavy casualties.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Its doomed assault on Antonov Airport in the first weeks, for example, was deemed a massive failure by Russia&#039;s so called &#039;elite&#039; units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Alpha Group &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Slightly more is known about the activities of Ukrainian special operations since Russian forces illegally crossed the border on February 24, 2022.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There are several military units within Ukraine&#039;s own Special Operations Forces, with three being involved in land warfare: The 3rd Special Purpose Regiment, the 8th Special Purpose Regiment and the 140th Special Operations Forces Centre.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The 140th is considered the most elite among them, with the unit in 2019 becoming certified as a special ops unit that can be involved in the NATO Response Force, the first from a non-NATO-member state.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, the Security Service of Ukraine - Ukraine&#039;s law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency - also has its own special forces unit known as the &#039;Alpha Group&#039; which was integral to the defence of Kyiv.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Alpha Group in particular has been visible at key points of the conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Two Alpha Group personnel are seen during training exercises (file photo)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It is understood that the ambush on the Chechen convoy was carried out by the unit, meaning its soldiers were engaged in fighting from the very first days of the war. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Ukrainian side claimed to have destroyed 56 tanks in the convoy and to have killed hundreds of Chechen fighters in the Battle of Hostomel.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In addition to the ambush, the unit was reported to have played a key role in repelling a 40-mile convoy advancing on Kyiv. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The world watched in horror as satellite images showed hundreds - if not thousands - of Russian armoured vehicles rolled towards the capital, waiting for the seemingly inevitable mass siege and fall of Ukraine&#039;s capital city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But then the convoy stalled, and reports from the frontlines brought news of sabotage missions being carried out by a combination of artillery strikes, drones, mines and Ukrainian commandos.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Alpha Group has been linked to a number of ambushes in the effort to stop the convoy, reportedly targeting vehicles at the front and the rear of the massive armoured column in order to halt the progress of the other vehicles.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Videos in the opening phases of the war showed artillery strikes bombarding Russian tanks, but also javelin missiles - fired by hand-held launchers - striking and blowing up Moscow&#039;s heavy armour.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Soldiers armed with the western anti-tank weapons were able to sneak up on Russian armour, fire their deadly missiles with pinpoint accuracy, and slip away into the dark. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Russian troops in the column struggled for food and fuel as the supply line was disrupted, while the constant fear of attack made sleep difficult.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As a result, morale among the Russian soldiers in the column fell.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The stalled column became emblematic of Russia&#039;s early failures in relying on slow-moving soviet-era tactics. By contrast, Ukraine&#039;s more mobile special units equipped with modern tech - such as Alpha Group - wreaked havoc on the Russian army.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After a month of being bogged down in thick mud and making little to no progress into the capital, the convoy was forced to pull back, along with all Russian forces in the Kyiv region, marking an embarrassing defeat for Vladimir Putin.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: A group of soldiers from Ukraine&#039;s Alpha Group pose in the summer of 2022, after liberating Kupiansk during the Kharkiv counteroffensive&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Alpha Group soldiers pose with a &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Other Alpha Group fighters were also engaged in the doomed defence of Kharkiv, Ukraine&#039;s second largest city just 20 miles from the [https://www.reddit.com/r/howto/search?q=Russian%20border Russian border]. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The city was lost within days on account of it being so close to Russia, and a brutal Russian occupation gripped the city.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But soon after Russian forces pulled back from Kyiv, Ukraine launched a lightning double-pronged counterattack in the north and south of the country, and Kharkiv was later liberated from Putin&#039;s occupying forces.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In the north, Russia ceded thousands of miles of territory as Kyiv&#039;s forces pushed forward, led by Alpha Group fighters and other special forces units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The elite unit spearheaded Ukraine&#039;s efforts to liberate north-east regions of Ukraine, and were pictured by road signs for towns such as Kupiansk - surprising many commentators at how deep they were inside Russian-controlled territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But it was Russian territory no-longer, and thanks to their efforts, the north-eastern town and many others in the region were rid of the Russian occupiers.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Ukraine SOF &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While the exact operational details of missions carried out by Ukraine&#039;s special forces are unlikely to become public any time soon, if ever, the fingerprints of elite units have been all over suspicious and dramatic attacks since the war began.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Some such attacks have reached deep over the frontlines into Russian-seized territory, and even Russia itself, prompting speculation of special forces involvement.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One example was a huge blast in October 2022 that ripped a hole in the Kerch Bridge, the huge crossing linking Russia to annexed Crimea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Members of Ukrainian special forces engage in zeroing their weapons prior to a mission in the region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 6, 2023&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       The attack was an embarrassing blow for Putin. The bridge - hated by Ukrainians - had been a key project for the despot, and he even personally opened it in 2018. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It was also a [https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/?s=key%20supply key supply] route for Russian forces in the south of Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While Ukraine had said the bridge and other sites in Crimea were valid targets for their military, a strike on a target that far away from Ukraine-controlled territory had previously been unthinkable.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But on October 8, a fire broke out on the bridge resulting in an explosion. A span of the bridge collapsed into the water below, while the railway bridge was also significantly damaged.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Five people were killed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To add to Putin&#039;s misery, the explosion struck the day after his 70th birthday and one week after he announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - none of which were under full Russian control.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The attack caused uproar in Russia, and celebrations in Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Immediately, questions were being asked: Could Ukraine have done this?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To this day, no one has claimed responsibility, and President Zelensky stated that Ukraine &#039;did not order&#039; the attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, many have suspected the involvement of Ukrainian special forces. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The foreign minister of Estonia Urmas Reinsalu welcomed the explosion and suggested that Ukrainian special forces were behind it.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He recalled that Ukrainian authorities had for a long time been calling for an attack on the bridge.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To this day, the exact circumstances of the attack remain unclear. Videos from the bridge do not conclusively show how the attack took place. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Some suggested elite units may have used a remote, underwater drone, although the prevailing theory is that a truck bomb was used.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But whatever the cause, the blast specifically hit a weak point of the bridge, and even ignited a train carriage carrying large fuel tanks on the adjacent bridge - showing that it was a well planned and orchestrated attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to the BBC at the time, a former British army explosives expert said of the blast: &#039;This is a masterpiece of clandestine sabotage.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia on October 8, 2022.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It is believed that Ukrainian special forces were behind the attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Another attack deep inside Russian territory - this time in Russia itself - which raised the prospect of Ukrainian SOF involvement was .&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The nuclear-capable Tu-95s - also known as bears - had been used by Russia to attack Ukrainian targets with missiles launched from a great distance, and were seen as a high-value target.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But again, the attack took everyone by surprise.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Video from the airbase on the morning of December 5 showed a huge flash of an explosion. Three Russian personnel were killed when a fuel truck detonated. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The airbase is around 300 miles east of the most eastern point of Ukraine, and even further from the most eastern point currently under Ukrainian control.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This means that no artillery in Ukraine&#039;s arsenal - even the American HIMARS - have the range to strike it from inside Kyiv&#039;s territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As a result, it is believed that the attack was carried out by a long-range drone which can be launched from 600 miles away, well within range from Ukrainian territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, at least one of the strikes is understood to have been made with the help of special forces close to the base, who guided the drones to their target. This was according to a Ukrainian official speaking anonymously to the New York Times. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;                Pictured: A flash is seen from an explosion that struck the Engels-2 airbase near the Russian city of Saratov in December, leaving two long-range bombers damaged&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Ukrainian commandos are also believed to have been involved in the recapturing of Snake Island, a Ukrainian island located in the Black Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Snake Island was captured by Russian forces on the first day of Putin&#039;s invasion, when one border guard in its garrison gained near-mythic status.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Moments before two Russian warships attacked the island, the crews hailed the garrison telling them to surrender. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The border guard responded: &#039;Russian warship, go f**k yourself.&#039; His remark went viral online and became a rallying cry across all of Ukraine - and even prompted the Ukrainian government to create a postage stamp honouring the soldiers there.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;From that point on, the island gained a symbolic significance, and not just for its vital tactical position, and on July 1, Ukraine was able to push Russian forces off the landmass once they were in-range of US-provided HIMARS missile systems.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, as Russia retreated, two Su-30 fighter jets bombed the island with phosphorus bombs, perhaps as a scorched-earth tactic to destroy any weapons and equipment left behind to prevent them from falling into Ukrainian hands.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This led to Ukrainian military officials suspecting that Russia may have mined the island.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Therefore, naval special forces units were sent in.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Divers from Ukraine&#039;s SOF are understood to have approached the island underwater, checking for mines, before other forces moved in.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Defence Ministry Press Office on Thursday, July 7, 2022, Ukrainian soldiers install the state flag on Snake island after recapturing it from Russia&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Since the war began, there have been a suspicious number of assassinations of high-profile Russian officials, either in Russia itself or in occupied territory.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One of the objectives of Ukraine&#039;s special forces since the war broke out has been to organise resistance movements in towns and cities captured by Russia, and these movements are suspected of being behind such attacks.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;A number of car bombs have been reported, in which officials - such as Russian-installed mayors - have been blown up.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One high-profile attack was the assassination of Darya Dugina in Bolshie Vyazyomy, on the outskirts of Moscow, on August 20, 2022. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Dugina was the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a supporter of Vladimir Putin and a far-right political philosopher, who has been a key supporter of the invasion of Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She is [https://www.answers.com/search?q=understood understood] to have shared her father&#039;s views.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Dugina&#039;s car exploded at around 9.45pm. Reports suggested that her father had been due to travel with her, but switched cars at the last minute. Investigators later said they found an explosive device fixed to the underside of her car. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Two days after the attack, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed the Ukrainian special forces were behind the killing.   &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Pictured: Darya Dugina, 29, was killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow in August 2022&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;              Pictured left: Flames are seen from the car that was blown up in August 2022, killing Darya Dugina.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Right: The burnt-out wreckage of her car is seen after the attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Russian SOF &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While Ukraine&#039;s special forces have set about covertly wreaking havoc behind enemy lines, and on Russia&#039;s early attempts to seize Kyiv, the role of Russia&#039;s Spetsnaz have - from what we know - been far less subtle or effective.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;According to American documents that were leaked online last month, Russia&#039;s senior commanders ordered their elite forces into direct combat in the early phases of the war- not trusting their, showed before-and-after satellite imagery of a base used by the 22nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The images of the base in southern Russia reveal that &#039;all but one of five Russian Separate Spetsnaz Brigades that returned from combat operations in Ukraine in late summer 2022 suffered significant losses,&#039; The Post reports.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The satellite images show the base in November 2021, and again a year later. The earlier image shows a well populated base full of vehicles, while the second is far more empty - which the US intel concluded shows a state of extreme depletion.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The assessment says the 22nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade as well as two other units have suffered an estimated 90 to 95 per cent attrition rate, The Post says.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Russian spetsnaz officers march during the general rehearsals of the Victory Day Parade in front of the Kremlin at Red Square, on May 7, 2021&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It takes four years for Russia to train a Spetsnaz soldier, according to the documents seen by the American publication, which concludes that it could take as long as a decade for Moscow to replenish its ranks of these elite units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Observers have expressed their shock over the tactic.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Rob Lee, a Russia military expert and senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, told The Post that by pushing special units to the front lines, Russian commanders have burned through them at an alarming rate.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;According to Sibylline&#039;s Alexander Lord, while the structure of Ukraine&#039;s special forces is now similar to those in the west, Russia takes a different approach.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Russia&#039;s Spetsnaz &#039;special designation&#039; forces have a particular reputation, which often leads to direct comparisons with the UK&#039;s SAS or US Delta Force special forces,&#039; he explains to MailOnline.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;However, the organisation of the Spetsnaz is not directly comparable to the Western concept of special forces.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One such difference,  [https://sibelaku.kulonprogokab.go.id/ bokep indonesia] he says, is the fact that Russian conscripts form a &#039;significant contingent&#039; of Russia&#039;s Spetsnaz units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;The majority of Spetsnaz units are essentially good light infantry and reconnaissance forces, rather than top-tier special forces akin to the SAS,&#039; Lord says. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Therefore, Spetsnaz is not one single elite force, but instead should be viewed as &#039;highly diverse units that form part of a complex network of competing elite special forces, largely borne of the Kremlin&#039;s desire to avoid over reliance on a single force.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On account of different factions forming between Russia&#039;s supposed elite units, they often compete with each other for resources, or even with other Russian units such as the FSB&#039;s commando forces or the Foreign Intelligence Service&#039;s Zaslon unit.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lord says that Russia has deployed many of its elite forces, including Spetsnaz and VDV - the Russian Airborne Forces (which also suffered huge [https://openclipart.org/search/?query=casualties casualties] in the early days of the war) - to prop up its front-line infantry.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Watch: &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       &#039;Moscow also did this in Chechnya and Georgia, and in many instances it has led to highly wasteful deployments of some of Russia&#039;s most competent forces,&#039; he says. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Pointing to Bakhmut as an example, he said the defensive efforts there by poorly trained infantry are becoming increasingly reliant on elite VDV units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;General Colonel Mikhail Teplinsky, commander of the VDV, was recently appointed deputy commander of Russian operations in Ukraine - illustrating the growing importance of the &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lord says the distinction &#039;between Russia&#039;s elite forces are becoming increasingly meaningless&#039; as Putin&#039;s generals become more reliant on poorly trained reservists.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;These, he says, are being used &#039;to plug personnel gaps across the full-breadth of the Russian military - including its special forces.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One such example is the well respected 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, which was almost entirely wiped out in Ukraine and reconstituted with poorly trained troops.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lord says: &#039;This highly attritional war has seen a large proportion of Russia&#039;s well-trained units steadily wiped out and degraded, and the same has been true of its special forces.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, the activities of Russia&#039;s &#039;true&#039; special forces units that are more akin to western units and those formed by Ukraine remain clouded in secrecy.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Wagner PMC &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One group that has come out of the shadows since the invasion was launched is the notorious Wagner Private Military Company.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The war has seen the mercenary group - seen as the de fato army of President Putin - shift from a secretive Moscow unit allegedly hired to carry out Putin&#039;s dubious [https://stockhouse.com/search?searchtext=activities activities] in Syria and Africa (where Russia has military and mining interests) to a mainstream militia widely talked about in the media.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;And while Wagner had previously been seen as an off-the-books special forces unit doing the clandestine bidding of Putin around the world, they too have been used to prop-up ordinary Russian units as they take heavy casualties in Ukraine.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The group was first known to be active in Ukraine in 2014 during Russia&#039;s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, where they operated with Moscow&#039;s own units.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the &#039;PMC Wagner Centre&#039;, which is associated with businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block during National Unity Day, in St.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They were soon deployed to the Donbas, where a conflict was raging between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian forces. 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His tirade contained a torrent of expletives that were bleeped out by his press service.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  What next for special forces in Ukraine? &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Prigozhin&#039;s announcement comes at a key juncture in the war, with Ukraine expected to launch a long-anticipated counter-offensive imminently.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There have already been signs that Ukrainian special forces are once again spearheading the attack, with reports last month saying the highly-trained units had already crossed the Dnieper river, probing for weak points in Russian fortifications.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Should Ukraine use the same tactics as it did in its dramatic counteroffensives last year, then we can expect to hear more whispers of Ukrainian commando units carrying out dramatic attacks behind enemy lines.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Russia, meanwhile, is facing the prospect of a military force that is increasingly made up of poorly trained reservists.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;If it continues on the path of placing its most elite units on the frontlines, then even more are expected to die.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>The West Is Already Embroiled In A New Cold War With China As The Communist State Continues A Massive Military Build-up Alongside Its Economic Might</title>
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		<title>US Imposes Sanctions On Hundreds Of Targets In Fresh Russia Action</title>
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&lt;div&gt;By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday announced sanctions on more than 300 targets as Group of Seven leaders met in Japan, aiming to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and [https://realitysandwich.com/_search/?search=intensifying intensifying] one of the harshest sanctions efforts ever implemented.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The move, which targets Russia&#039;s sanctions evasion, future energy revenues and military-industrial supply chains, marks the latest sanctions and export controls targeting Moscow, which have already hit thousands of targets and imposed steep curbs on Russia.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Today´s actions will further tighten the vise on (Russian President Vladimir) Putin´s ability to wage his barbaric invasion and will advance our global efforts to cut off Russian attempts to evade sanctions,&amp;quot; U.S.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 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		<title>JAN MOIR: Own Your Views Gary Or Else It apos;s Hypocritical Hot Air...</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Disingenuous  is claiming that he was not alluding to the Nazis when he accused the Government&#039;s &#039;stop the boats&#039; policy of using &#039;language that is not dissimilar to that used by  in the 30s&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Apparently, that was the Daily Mail&#039;s fault, for putting zwei and zwei together to make vier.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Well who was he alluding to, if that is the case?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The language of the Bavarian Cuckoo Clock Society? The phraseology then in common usage at the Heidelberg Polka Club?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This week the football pundit was handwringing again, saying that it is now &#039;very worrying&#039; that people are being arrested for protesting. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But they are not being arrested for protesting, they are being arrested for offences such as causing a public nuisance, obstruction and [https://www.google.com/search?q=aggravated%20trespass aggravated trespass].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Perhaps Gary thinks even that is too Polka Club for [http://dig.ccmixter.org/search?searchp=comfort comfort].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Yes, language is important. Especially for someone like him, with his lava lamp of floating beliefs, all of them shaped to fit the progressive narrative and cast the prettiest light.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Disingenuous Gary Lineker is claiming that he was not alluding to the Nazis when he accused the Government&#039;s &#039;stop the boats&#039; policy of using &#039;language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         This week the football pundit was handwringing again, saying that it is now &#039;very worrying&#039; that people are being arrested for protesting&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         But they are not being arrested for protesting, they are being arrested for offences such as causing a public nuisance, obstruction and aggravated trespass&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But how are we to know what to think of a man who goes on about human rights and climate change, but appears to ignore both these concerns to fly to Qatar and work there during the World Cup?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As far as I&#039;m concerned, Gary Lineker should be perfectly free to air his views, however contentious they might be.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, once he&#039;s aired them, he should own them — or it&#039;s just hypocritical hot air.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Award for sulky teens goes to...Everyone in Los Angeles was very sad that the [https://imgur.com/hot?q=Duchess Duchess] of Sussex failed to turn up in person to accept her latest award this week — The Annual Wacky Races Humanitarian Prize For Outstanding Actress In A Car Chase Sequence.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She was also due to accept the Gracie Award For Podcast Host Of The Year in their Digital Media Section, but didn&#039;t turn up for that either.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;What can be wrong?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Suggestions that the Sussexes are in a huff because doubts have been cast over their version of events in New York last week seem, well, close to the truth.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;A [https://www.savethestudent.org/?s=statement statement] from an &#039;insider&#039; suggested that the couple &#039;insist their account of the car chase WAS absolutely NOT exaggerated and for people to say otherwise is so hurtful and out of line.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hurtful!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Out of line! All this emotional representation makes the Sussexes sound like a couple of sulky teenagers who&#039;ve just had the jam nicked out of their doughnuts.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;And sometimes, to be fair, that is exactly how it seems. For Harry and Meghan don&#039;t just want to [https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/search/site/control control] how they are reported in the media.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They also seem to want nothing less than to control online opinion and comment sites while steering the public narrative into a happy place and dominating the hearts and minds of the entire world with their goodness.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, people see what they see.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They can make up their own minds about what happened and appropriate their victimhood points accordingly.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan may be good at winning awards, but there is not a ripple of hope they can change this damaging narrative to suit their needs.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;No matter how hurtful that might be.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  Oh the horror. Will we ever be able to unsee the images of canoe fraudster John Darwin being serenaded in the kitchen by his second wife, Mercy?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She wants to be an influencer and is using her husband&#039;s corroded notoriety to help get clicks.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To this end, she appears to be dancing around him in their kitchen, as he sits gormlessly on a stool, looking as [https://ajt-ventures.com/?s=boneless boneless] and pale as a smoked haddock.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It seems that crime does pay although in this case, there is very little interest.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Oh the horror.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Will we ever be able to unsee the images of [https://www.behance.net/search/projects/?sort=appreciations&amp;amp;time=week&amp;amp;search=canoe%20fraudster canoe fraudster] John Darwin being serenaded in the kitchen by his second wife, Mercy?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  How low Cannes you go, Heidi?Is the Cannes Film Festival over yet?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Thank goodness for that. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Once upon a time this was a classy affair, where the young Brigitte Bardot ran along the beach in [https://search.un.org/results.php?query=broderie%20anglaise broderie anglaise] petticoats while Kim Novak stared into Cary Grant&#039;s eyes at black tie dinners. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Now it&#039;s all gone a bit Del Boy goes to Monte Carlo, with starlets vying to wear the most tastelessly revealing dress. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;First prize this year went to Heidi Klum, wrapped in a disobliging neon boob bandage that failed to contain her curves. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Or  [https://aqrx.omaoileidigh.org/ penipu] was that the point?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Runner-up Julia Fox wore something perspexy that looked like it had been hacked off a [https://www.deer-digest.com/?s=defrosting%20freezer defrosting freezer]. Petit pois? Don&#039;t be so rude.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         First prize this year went to Heidi Klum, wrapped in a disobliging neon boob bandage that failed to contain her curves&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://wiki.tentere.net/index.php?title=Victoria_To_End_Its_Native_Timber_Logging_Industry&amp;diff=81159</id>
		<title>Victoria To End Its Native Timber Logging Industry</title>
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&lt;div&gt;* November 2019 - The Victorian government announces it will end native logging in the state by 2030&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * January 2020 - Warburton Environment Inc launches a Supreme Court action against VicForests for failing to comply with regulations, alleging the company illegally harvested the endangered tree geebung&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * September 2021 - Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan announces native logging will be banned in the state from the end of 2023.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The move is expected to cost 400 timber industry jobs&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * November 2021 - Private investigator Alan Davey reveals to the ABC he has been hired by VicForests to follow and [https://www.paramuspost.com/search.php?query=uncover&amp;amp;type=all&amp;amp;mode=search&amp;amp;results=25 uncover] &amp;quot;dirt&amp;quot; on environmentalist Sarah Rees.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; VicForests board of directors commissions an external investigation into the claims&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * May 2022 - Supreme Court hearings begin in Environment East Gippsland and Kinglake Friends of the Forest&#039;s case against VicForests for failing to adequately survey for two endangered possum species&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * August 2022 - The Sustainable Forests Timber Amendment Act passes the Victorian parliament.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The law brings harsher penalties to protesters on logging sites and gives authorised [https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=officers%20additional officers additional] powers to search containers, bags and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vehicles vehicles] for prohibited items&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * September 2022 - The Victorian government announces a $120 million investment to plant an extra 16 million soft timber trees in a new estate with Hancock Victorian Plantations&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * October 2022 - The Victorian auditor general releases a report finding gaps in VicForests&#039; data prevented the Office of the Conservation Regulator from assessing non-compliance in native forest harvesting&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * October 2022 - The [https://healthtian.com/?s=Supreme%20Court Supreme Court] finds VicForests illegally logged in areas home to endangered tree geebungs, grants injunctions preventing logging in the central highlands&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * November 2022 - The Supreme Court finds VicForests failed to meet its legal obligations to adequately survey for greater gliders and yellow-bellied gliders while harvesting in East Gippsland in eastern Victoria.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The court grants injunctions until VicForests improves its survey practices&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * December 2022 - VicForests posted a loss of $52.4 million in the 2012/22 financial year as it navigated legal challenges, stand-down payments and compensation for failing to supply customers&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * January 2023 - Maryvale Mill produces its last ream of copy paper on January 21.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; It&#039;s owner, Japanese-owned Opal Australian Paper, announces it will end white paper production but continue to make [https://www.groundreport.com/?s=brown%20paper brown paper] and board to supply its packaging division&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * February 2023 - Opal Australian Paper closes its Maryvale paper mill, citing a lack of hardwood.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The closure of Australia&#039;s last white paper mill leads to 200 job losses&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * March 2023 - VicForests trials drones to survey for  [https://vanessa-schricker.de/ penipu] endangered gliders, which seem unfazed by the technique&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; * May 2023 - The [https://www.dict.cc/?s=Victorian%20government Victorian government] [https://www.huffpost.com/search?keywords=announces%20Victorian announces Victorian] native logging will end in 2024, six years earlier than expected, with workers and infrastructure to be supported with a $200 million transition package&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://wiki.tentere.net/index.php?title=Are_Marriages_Made_In_Heaven_Or_Dating_Sites&amp;diff=81009</id>
		<title>Are Marriages Made In Heaven Or Dating Sites</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; An age old saying goes that marriages are made in heaven! It is believed that two individuals, who are [https://www.brandsreviews.com/search?keyword=destined destined] to be together will cross each other&amp;amp;#39;s path at the fixed time and attain their happily ever after.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But does this really hold true in today&amp;amp;#39;s context? Failed relationships these days are a norm and don&amp;amp;#39;t come across as a shock. While digitization has made our lives easier in many ways, it is also responsible for making us more mechanized in everything, including relationships.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Indian dating scenario is experiencing a rage of late, which is dating online. The busy urban youth finds it as an easier way to [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search?query=maintain maintain] relationships, where they are free to pursue their love lives, in the comfort of their home or  [https://ljl7.nazarmobilyacorlu.net/ palsu] office. Since online dating is possible in any given time of the day, they find it as a convenient way to be in a commitment with no strings attached.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;If they are lucky enough, they even end up finding their soul mates, with whom they want to spend the rest of their lives. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Different people have different opinions when it comes to finding love online. While some are staunch believers of the old school way of marriage, others believe that online marriages work.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Let us have a look at the viewpoints of both sides: &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Supporters of marriages made in heaven: &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The people who staunchly believe that matches are a result of some divine interference are but few in number these days.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, they strongly believe that you will meet the one made for you in some way or the other. They are hardcore romantics and deem online dating as a meager mean through which people can meet. As per them, you cannot know whether by exchanging a few messages and texts you can find your one [http://www.techandtrends.com/?s=true%20love true love] or not.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Supporters of dating sites leading to marriage: &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; However, the one&amp;amp;#39;s against this rule oppose it [https://sportsrants.com/?s=vehemently vehemently]. As per them, if marriages were actually made in heaven, then why do we witness divorces in the first place? If divine interference is responsible for you meeting a person, then how is it that you end up meeting someone incompatible at times?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They believe that one needs to be practical while handling relationships. One needs to nurture relations and make them work any way they can. They find online dating as a means to do so. They give the following points to support their views: &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; You are like an open book in front of the person you are dating online. You share your passions, likes and dislikes openly with a person with whom you chat. The anonymity provided by dating sites gives you the comfort of knowing a person well before [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/planning planning] your future with him or her. On dating sites, you generally end up chatting with people who are like-minded.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hence, your chances of getting along with them are much higher than the chances of meeting someone out of the blue. The main aim of life is to find a person with whom you can easily spend the rest of your life. The means may be different, but the aim is the same.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Here&amp;amp;#39;s wishing you all a happy future ahead. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Rashmika J is a web enthusiast and a writer. Rashmika has afforded her articles and write-ups autonomously and through various online forums. Register on &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Islamic State Fanatic One Day Away From Terror Attack Jailed For Life</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=fanatic%20Matthew fanatic Matthew] King has been jailed for life with a minimum term of six years for plotting a terror attack on British police officers or soldiers, after he was filmed scoping out a police and train station.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;King, from Wickford in Essex, previously pleaded guilty to preparation of terrorist acts between December 22 2021 and May 17 2022.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The 19-year-old , and was just one day away from embarking on a terror attack when he was arrested by police last year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Footage released by police after the sentencing at the Old Bailey shows King walking past a train station while dressed in a [https://realitysandwich.com/_search/?search=black%20tracksuit black tracksuit] and cap, as well as filming a police officer from behind on a platform. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In mitigation, his barrister Hossein Zahir KC said King was &#039;immature&#039; and the prospect he would have carried out a terror attack in the UK or travelled to  to join the so-called Islamic State was &#039;remote&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But Judge Mark Lucraft KC told the 19-year-old he poses a risk to the public, and revealed a phone call made by King to his mother after being arrested in which he claimed to have done &#039;nothing wrong&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;                Matthew King, 19, was alleged to have carried out surveillance at police stations, railway stations, a magistrates&#039; court and a British Army barracks&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         King walks past police officers in east London as he planned a terrorist attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;King, who converted to Islam during the COVID-19 lockdown and became quickly radicalised by watching extremist material on the internet posted, an image online of officers guarding a courthouse with the caption &#039;target acquired&#039;. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While in custody, King had made [https://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=threats threats] about &#039;beheading an imam&#039; and &#039;chopping staff to bits&#039;. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Sentencing, Judge Mark Lucraft told King: &#039;It is clear you are someone who had developed an entrenched Islamist extremist mindset, extreme anti-western views and you intended to commit terrorist acts both abroad and overseas.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Your intention was not merely transitory but one which you had become settled on for a period of six months.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Having reflected on the danger to the public you pose, there must in my view be a discretionary life sentence.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;The risks around you are clear and concerning.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;You will say some things to a professional and contrary to others meaning there is no clear picture of when those risks may abate.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added: &#039;I note that it would have been much easier for you to attack a police officer in the street than it would be for you to join Isis in Syria and so, of the two terrorist acts you intended to carry out, the former was more likely than the latter on the evidence.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Setting out aggravating factors, the judge said King was &#039;motivated by hostility towards non-believers&#039;, was in contact with other extremists, used aliases to hide his identity, and failed to heed warnings from his family and others in mosques.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;King had also discussed a desire to torture and kill a US or British soldier, said Commander Dominic Murphy, head of London police&#039;s Counter Terrorism Command, saying the speed of King&#039;s self-radicalisation was striking. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Asked if police had arrested him just in time when they swooped in May last year, Commander Murphy agreed. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[https://www.newsweek.com/search/site/%27I%27m%20pretty &#039;I&#039;m pretty] happy to say it was imminent,&#039; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;It&#039;s very clear to us that King was planning and had a firm intention and desire to carry out a terrorist attack.&#039; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Police said they were alerted in April 2022 to the teenager, who lived with his mother and two sisters in Essex, northeast of London, by calls from several people who had become alarmed at his increasingly overt extremist behaviour. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Judge Lucraft praised King&#039;s mother, saying: &#039;She took the very bold step of alerting Prevent when she had concerns for her son. That cannot have been an easy thing to do in the first place and in my view she [did] absolutely the right thing.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He had carried out reconnaissance on a police station in Stratford, east London, watched officers on duty at train stations and the local court, and the day before his arrest he had filmed a nearby army barracks. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After his arrest, police found he had tried to buy knives and a sword online.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They also discovered he had a backpack containing [https://venturebeat.com/?s=Special%20Ops Special Ops] glasses and gloves he had purchased, along with a flag linked to Islamic State and a balaclava. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In conversations with an unnamed young woman on Snapchat he talked about becoming a martyr, indiscriminate attacks on the public and wanting to kill non-believers. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, Murphy said he did not appear to be acting with anyone else and that King had attended a number of mosques where he had talked about violent jihad, but was challenged and warned about his behaviour. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Authorities had been tipped off about King through an anti-terrorist hotline and the Prevent counter-terrorism programme after he posted a video on a WhatsApp group on April 13 last year&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         King was captured on CCTV footage as he scoped out potential target sites for a terror attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         The teenager plotted to attack police officers or soldiers, and checked out a busy train station in May last year as a potential target&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After the sentencing, Scotland Yard described King as a &#039;committed, self-initiated terrorist&#039; who was &#039;self-radicalised&#039; online during the Covid-19 pandemic.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Commander Murphy, who leads the Met&#039;s counter terrorism command, said: &#039;We had seen an escalation in Matthew King&#039;s behaviour,  [https://stolanodual.bluescafe.it/ penipu] in his reconnaissance, in his online activity.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;I genuinely believe this was an imminent terrorist attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Without the public&#039;s help and without the efficient investigation of my officers, officers from the eastern region and members of the intelligence community, we wouldn&#039;t have been able to disrupt what, for me, was an imminent attack.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Setting out the facts at a previous hearing, prosecutor Paul Jarvis had described how King had developed an &#039;entrenched Islamist extremist mindset&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In his early teens, King &#039;dabbled with drugs&#039; and was expelled from school after becoming aggressive, eventually leaving education entirely at the age of 16.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Around 2020, he became interested in Islam, began to attend mosques and watched Muslim videos on YouTube.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;By May 2021, his family noticed he had become more extreme and his mother became concerned he was watching material online promoting hatred, Mr Jarvis said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       Police seized a number of items from King&#039;s home as part of their investigation&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         On one occasion King dressed up in his combat gear and asked his sister if she liked his outfit, the court heard&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         King possessed [https://www.search.com/web?q=special%20ops-style special ops-style] gear including goggles and had tried to purchase weapons online&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He had developed a friendship with a girl - identified in court only as Miss A - who he met online.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He spoke of wanting to get his hands on an American or British Marine and told the girl: &#039;I just wanna die a martyr.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;When Miss A appeared to support and encourage him, King responded: &#039;I guess jihadi love is powerful.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I just want to kill people.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In further graphic chat, Miss A talked about torturing, mutilating and beheading a soldier and then cutting up the body parts.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As part of his terror attack planning, King had set up an online account with the retailer Knife Warehouse, searched for IS tactical training videos in the use of knives and bought &#039;tactical gloves&#039; and goggles.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On one occasion, he went into his sister&#039;s bedroom dressed up in his combat outfit and asked if she liked his clothes.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;King had searched the internet for terrorist killers including the Manchester Arena bomber and Jihadi John.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While planning acts of terrorism in Britain, King had also expressed a desire to join Islamic State in Syria and sought advice on a WhatsApp group about the best way to get there.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;His barrister argued that despite incidents of [https://www.bbc.co.uk/search/?q=%27offensive &#039;offensive] and abusive&#039; behaviour, King was &#039;slowly and steadily&#039; disengaging from the excesses of extremism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In a prison phone call, King recently told his mother: &#039;I&#039;m not extreme anymore.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Authorities had been tipped off about King through an anti-terrorist hotline and the Prevent counter-terrorism programme after he posted a video on a WhatsApp group on April 13 last year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In it was an image of a male holding a knife with the words: &#039;Those who said that there is no jihad and no battle.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They are lying!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Our jihad will continue until disappearance until the day of judgment! Now the battle has begun and it will continue until the day of judgment. 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		<title>Islamic State Fanatic One Day Away From Terror Attack Jailed For Life</title>
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&lt;div&gt;fanatic Matthew King has been jailed for life with a minimum term of six years for plotting a terror attack on British police officers or soldiers, after he was filmed scoping out a police and train station.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;King, from Wickford in Essex, previously pleaded guilty to preparation of terrorist acts between December 22 2021 and  [https://aqrx.omaoileidigh.org/ penipu] May 17 2022.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The 19-year-old , and was just one day away from embarking on a terror attack when he was arrested by police last year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Footage released by police after the sentencing at the Old Bailey shows [https://pixabay.com/images/search/King%20walking/ King walking] past a train station while dressed in a black tracksuit and cap, as well as filming a police officer from behind on a platform. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In mitigation, his barrister Hossein Zahir KC said King was &#039;immature&#039; and the prospect he would have carried out a terror attack in the UK or travelled to  to join the so-called Islamic State was &#039;remote&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But Judge Mark Lucraft KC told the 19-year-old he poses a risk to the public, and revealed a phone call made by King to his mother after being arrested in which he claimed to have done &#039;nothing wrong&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;                Matthew King, 19, was alleged to have carried out surveillance at police stations, railway stations, a magistrates&#039; court and a British Army barracks&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         King walks past police officers in east London as he planned a terrorist attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;King, who converted to Islam during the COVID-19 lockdown and became quickly radicalised by watching extremist material on the internet posted, an image online of officers guarding a courthouse with the caption &#039;target acquired&#039;. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While in custody, King had made threats about &#039;beheading an imam&#039; and &#039;chopping staff to bits&#039;. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Sentencing, Judge Mark Lucraft told King: &#039;It is clear you are someone who had developed an entrenched Islamist extremist mindset, extreme anti-western views and you intended to commit terrorist acts both abroad and overseas.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Your intention was not merely transitory but one which you had become settled on for a period of six months.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;Having reflected on the danger to the public you pose, there must in my view be a discretionary life sentence.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;The risks around you are clear and concerning.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;You will say some things to a professional and contrary to others meaning there is no clear picture of when those risks may abate.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added: &#039;I note that it would have been much easier for you to attack a police officer in the street than it would be for you to join Isis in Syria and so, of the two terrorist acts you intended to carry out, the former was more likely than the latter on the evidence.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Setting out aggravating factors, the judge said King was &#039;motivated by hostility towards non-believers&#039;, was in contact with other extremists, used aliases to hide his identity, and failed to heed warnings from his family and others in mosques.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;King had also discussed a desire to torture and kill a US or British soldier, said Commander Dominic Murphy, head of London police&#039;s Counter Terrorism Command, saying the speed of King&#039;s self-radicalisation was striking. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Asked if police had arrested him just in time when they swooped in May last year, Commander Murphy agreed. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;I&#039;m pretty happy to say it was imminent,&#039; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;It&#039;s very clear to us that King was planning and had a firm intention and desire to carry out a terrorist attack.&#039; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Police said they were alerted in April 2022 to the teenager, who lived with his mother and two sisters in Essex, northeast of London, by calls from several people who had become alarmed at his increasingly overt extremist behaviour. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Judge Lucraft praised King&#039;s mother, saying: &#039;She took the very bold step of alerting Prevent when she had concerns for her son. That cannot have been an easy thing to do in the first place and in my view she [did] absolutely the right thing.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He had carried out reconnaissance on a police station in Stratford, east London, watched officers on duty at train stations and the local court, and the day before his arrest he had filmed a [https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/search?search_api_views_fulltext=nearby%20army nearby army] barracks. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After his arrest, police found he had tried to buy knives and a sword online.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They also discovered he had a backpack containing Special Ops glasses and gloves he had purchased, along with a flag linked to Islamic State and a balaclava. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In conversations with an unnamed young woman on Snapchat he talked about becoming a martyr, indiscriminate attacks on the public and wanting to kill non-believers. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, Murphy said he did not appear to be acting with anyone else and that King had attended a number of mosques where he had talked about violent jihad, but was challenged and warned about his behaviour. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Authorities had been tipped off about King through an anti-terrorist hotline and the Prevent counter-terrorism programme after he posted a video on a WhatsApp group on April 13 last year&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         King was captured on CCTV footage as he scoped out potential target sites for a terror attack&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         The teenager plotted to attack police officers or soldiers, and checked out a busy train station in May last year as a potential target&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;After the sentencing, Scotland Yard described King as a &#039;committed, self-initiated terrorist&#039; who was &#039;self-radicalised&#039; online during the Covid-19 [https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/search?search_api_views_fulltext=pandemic pandemic].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Commander Murphy, who leads the Met&#039;s counter terrorism command, said: &#039;We had seen an escalation in Matthew King&#039;s behaviour, in his reconnaissance, in his online activity.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#039;I genuinely believe this was an imminent terrorist attack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Without the public&#039;s help and without the efficient investigation of my officers, officers from the eastern region and members of the intelligence community, we wouldn&#039;t have been able to disrupt what, for me, was an imminent attack.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Setting out the facts at a previous hearing, prosecutor Paul Jarvis had described how King had developed an &#039;entrenched Islamist extremist mindset&#039;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In his early teens, King &#039;dabbled with drugs&#039; and was [https://www.dict.cc/?s=expelled expelled] from school after becoming aggressive, eventually leaving education entirely at the age of 16.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Around 2020, he became interested in Islam, began to attend mosques and watched Muslim videos on YouTube.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;By May 2021, his family noticed he had become more extreme and his mother became concerned he was watching material online promoting hatred, Mr Jarvis said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;       Police seized a number of items from King&#039;s home as part of their investigation&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         On one occasion King dressed up in his combat gear and asked his sister if she liked his outfit, the court heard&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         King possessed special ops-style gear including goggles and had tried to purchase weapons online&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He had developed a friendship with a girl - identified in court only as Miss A - who he met online.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He spoke of wanting to get his hands on an American or British Marine and told the girl: &#039;I just wanna die a martyr.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;When Miss A appeared to support and encourage him, King responded: &#039;I guess jihadi love is powerful.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I just want to kill people.&#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In further graphic chat, Miss A talked about torturing, mutilating and beheading a soldier and then cutting up the body parts.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As part of his terror attack planning, King had set up an online account with the retailer Knife Warehouse, searched for IS tactical training videos in the use of knives and bought &#039;tactical gloves&#039; 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