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Google News MOSCOW ($1=60.03 Russian Rubles) — Russia’s armed forces have begun receiving anti-satellite blinding laser weapons, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said in mid-May. According to Borissov, the weapon has a range of up to 1,500 km and can target enemy satellites. The weapon is called PERESVET. Photo: Twitter Russia has tested the Peresvet secret laser weapon in Syria Kiselyov to Putin: ‘Launch Status-6 cobalt nuke bomb to UK’ Su-75 uses Su-57’s equipment. Rostec: Su-75 production began in 2027 Borisov talks about the principle of operation of the laser. PERESVET can dazzle reconnaissance satellites and reconnaissance satellite systems by deactivating their electronics using laser radiation as they fly into...

Russian forces claimed control over the Oskil pocket in the Izyum front; Russian forces claimed control over Novoselivka village near Gorlivka; Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue on the outskirts of Severodonetsk; Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue in north of Lyman; Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue near Avdiivka; Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue near Mariinka.

As of May 22 , 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic , the DPR and LPR troops with the fire support of the Russian Armed Forces liberated and established full control over 216 settlements. In the Luhansk People’s Republic, the main military developments take place in the area of Popasnaya. Units of the LPR People’s Militia are developing an offensive on three directions from the Popasnaya area at once. There is progress in all directions. After the LPR control was established over Popasna, Russian and LPR troops launched an offensive in three directions: 1) to the west towards the town of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Russian-led forces have recently taken control over the villages of Vyskriva, Tripolie, Novaya Kamenka...

160719-N-ZZ999-112. PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2016) USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, launches the first over-the-horizon missile engagement using a Harpoon Block 1C missile. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Bryce Hadley/Released) The Russian military will take “preventive measures” if the US attempted to supply anti-ship missiles to Ukraine, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on May 20. Peskov was commenting on a recent report by Reuters, which revealed that the US is working to supply Kiev forces with advanced anti-ship missiles. Reuters has quoted three US government officials and two congressional sources as saying that Washington was working to directly handover anti-ship missiles...

On May 22, an agent of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was eliminated in a special operation by Russian forces in Kherson oblast. According to Russia’s REN TV, who released footage of the special operation, the agent provided the SBU with information on the locations of Russian forces in Kherson and was also planning to carry out attacks in the oblast. The SBU agent resisted arrest and opened fire at Russian forces from a AK-47-type assault ri fle. He was reportedly gunned down while attempting to target the forces with an F-1 defensive hand grenade. Upon searching the agent’s hideout, Russian forces uncovered a Soviet-made 9K38 Igla man-portable air-defense system (MANPADs). The missile was stolen by the agent from a nearby...

The Russian military continues to captured recently-supplied, Wester-made weapons from Kiev forces in the Donbass region. On May 20, Russian sources shared photos showing some advanced Western-made weapons which were captured from Kiev forces during a recent battle on a frontline near the city of Izium. The captured weapons included: Three US-made FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile along with a Command Launch Unit (CLU). Kiev forces have so far received more than 5,000 Javelin missiles and at least 377 CLUs for the system from the US, the UK, France and Estonia. Five German-made MATADOR anti-tank weapons. Kiev forces have so far received more than 5,100 MATADOR weapons from Germany. Two Swedish-made AT4 recoilless anti-tank...

On May 20, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 6 times: 3 – in Idlib province, 1 – in Latakia province; On May 20, the Israeli regime attacked Damascus with several missiles. Three SAA soldiers were killed; On May 20, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Tal Tamar; On May 20, several SDF members reportedly were killed and wounded by an IED attack north of Deir Ezzor.

Written by Eric Zuesse Whereas numerous instances of U.S. war-crimes have been documented in some news-reports well enough to be successfully prosecuted in international war-crimes tribunals (but the U.N.-authorized agency the International Criminal Court cannot prosecute U.S. war-crimes but only war-crimes by third-world countries’ leaders), such well-evidenced instances by Russia are far rarer. However, on May 19th the New York Times presented precisely such an instance, under the headline “New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha”. Local security-cameras there recorded the frog-marching to their death of nine Ukrainian men who weren’t in Ukraine’s official armed forces but who had become armed to fight against...

DM-31 anti-tank-mines at the “Day of the Bundeswehr 2018” in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. 9 June 2018. By Wikimedia user Eigenes Werk (HH58). Germany has reportedly supplied Kiev forces with thousands of anti-tank mines on the hopes of slowing down the advance of the Russian military in Ukraine. In a report released on May 17, Der Spiegel revealed that Germany sent 1,600 DM-12 PARM and 3,000 DM-31 anti-tank mines to Ukraine over the last few weeks. The German-made DM-12 off-route anti-tank mine, which is mounted on a small tripod, fires a fin stabilized rocket with an effective range of 2 to 40 meters and the ability to penetrate 600 millimeters of armour. The mine incorporates an arming delay of five minutes. It can be detonated either by...

A destroyed military vehicle of Kyiv’s forces The days of May 20 and May 21 gave an important lesson to NATO and MSM war propagandists. Regardless your media successes and the dominance of MSM narratives on the international scene, the reality will always prevail. The Ukrainian leadership and its foreign backers still try to paint that the collapse of the defense of the surrounded grouping of Kyiv’s forces (mainly consisting of various radicals) in Mariupol as some kind of ‘victory’. However, the reality is clear. As of May 21, over 4,500 members of Kyiv’s forces have surrounded in Mariupol. Over 2,400 of them, including members of the infamous neo-Nazi formation ‘Azov’, did this in the Azovstal plant area. Around 1,700 others...

Israeli AccuLAR-160 mm precision-guided artillery rocket. By Wikimedia user Ronite The death toll from the May 20 Israeli attack on Syria, which targeted the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus, has reportedly risen to four. Initially, a Syrian military official said that the attack claimed the lives of three service members, who were identified as Cpt. Ayham Shaaban, Lt. Yasser Al-Aduj and Lt. Ghadeer Alia. All three were reportedly air defense operators. According to the official, the attack was carried out with ground-to-ground missiles from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. On May 21 morning, Omar al-Shiekh, one of the directors of the shipping department in Damascus International Airport, succumbed to...

The Kiev’s military sources have shared a video showing a column of Russian military equipment burning. According to the reports from the spot, the column was hit near the village of Kamyshevakha. Judging by the smoke seen on the video, the column was transporting military equipment or fuel and it was used for military supplies in the rears. At least 7 units of Russian military equipment were destroyed. Fierce clashes have been going on in the Kamyshevakha area for several days. At night, several Bayraktar TB2 UAV were reportedly spotted over this area of the Donbass front lined. They were likely deployed for reconnaissance and adjusting artillery fire.

While Ukrainian militants continue to surrender in the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, the Russian-led forces continue to advance on the main front lines in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. In the Kharkiv region, Russian units are fighting for the buffer zone along the Russian border and for full control of the left bank of the Seversky Donets River in the area of Stary Saltov. No significant advances of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been recently reported. The Russian Armed Forces launched a counter offensive on the village of Ternovaya. Fighting continues in the area of Staritsa. Ukrainian units are strengthening their positions in the area of Cossack Lopan and Stary Saltov. To the south, the front lines remain unchanged...

On May 20, the Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that all the Ukrainian militants surrendered from the territory of the Azovstal Metallurgical plant in Mariupol.

Russian troops continue to carry out precise strikes on military facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including warehouses, fuel depots and strategic railway tracks. Since the beginning of the Russian military operation, the Ukrainian military has used civilian infrastructure for military purposes. After a direct strike on the military bases of the AFU throughout Ukraine, many military bases and depots were organized in various civilian facilities. As soon as these places are discovered and destroyed by Russian missiles, Kiev officials use videos of the attacks as another fake proof of Russia’s inhumane warfare. The use of civilian facilities for storing weapons only helps the Ukrainian military in the media, but does not protect...

On May 20, Russia’s Izvestia released a video report showing an attack with incendiary rockets on Kiev forces in the Donbass region. The rockets, which were launched from a BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL), targeted positions of Kiev forces near the town of Zolote. The rocket strike was coordinated with a drone, which was likely used to uncover the positions. The Grad MRL car fire two types of incendiary rockets, the 9M22S and the 9M28S. The 9M22S is armed with 66 kilograms of incendiary elements with a range of more than 19 kilometers, while the 9M28S is armed with 53 kilograms of incendiary elements with a range of 15 kilometers only. The incendiary elements in both rockets consist of magnesium cups filled with a...

The United States continues to provide material and technical support to Ukraine. On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that the U.S. President had approved another $100 billion military aid package for Ukraine. However, yesterday the U.S. Senate approved $40 billion so far. Of this amount, $19.7 billion will go to arm the AFU, $8.8 billion for economic recovery, and $4.35 billion for food and various humanitarian issues. It may be noted that this is already the tenth American package of military assistance to Ukraine since August 2021. The total amount of American military aid officially allocated to Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine has now reached $3.9 billion, and...

Bakit ko nga ba na sinabing fake, dahil una pa lang si bbm at duterte magkakampi na at siya pa naghihimok na tumakbo para suportahan para maging 100 porsyento na tumakbo si bbm. Ngayon madami na din ginagawang hakbang ang ibang panig ng kalaban mapa dilawan man o hindi. Ngayon naman kailangan din magplano ng kampo ng duterte. Upang mas masapawan pa nila lalo ang mga kalaban, kailangan may isang gagamitin sa plano walang iba kundi si bbm.. Para yung iba maisalpak ni duterte kasama na jan upang malito ang tao.. kasama yan sa plano nila.. Kung hindi makapasa sa botohan si bbm merun pang ibang kakampi. Merun sa presedente at vice.. Upang walang makapasok na dilawan. Tumitindi kasi ang ginagawang propaganda ng mga anti duterte ( kalaban...

Elon Musk warns that the 'obvious' cause of inflation might make the US like Venezuela Elon Musk speaks out about inflation, supporting Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' remarks against President Biden and warning that the "obvious" cause of inflation might make the US become like Venezuela Tesla CEO Elon Musk said this week that the U.S. must "stop the infighting" in order to be competitive with China, warning that the world's second-largest economy will someday dwarf America's output. "What we’re going to see with China, for the first time that anyone can remember who is alive, is an economy that is twice the size of the U.S., possibly three times the size of the U.S., and it’s going to be very weird living in that world," Musk told hosts of...

Tapos si Leni ang naluklok na President? Ano pa silbi ng election? A big question raised by the petition is if a DQ case can lead to a competitor being proclaimed winner. Some legal experts, including Comelec Comm. George Garcia, have said this is only possible in a cancellation of certificate of candidacy case. Lawyer Howard Calleja thinks it can be done in a DQ case. Calleja rejects arguments that it is the presumptive vice president who should take over if DQ case vs Marcos succeeds. Says not an issue of succession but of whether or not there was a valid candidate. Calleja says the petition is not tied to Robredo; they would’ve filed a DQ case vs Marcos whoever is opponent...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia was trying to exert even more pressure in the Donbas region.(Reuters: Gleb Garanich) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have "completely destroyed" the industrial Donbas region, and accused Moscow of carrying out senseless bombardments as it intensified its offensive. Key points: An undisclosed number of Ukrainian fighters remain in the Azovstal steel plant despite the surrender The Kremlin says it will be up to residents of areas in Ukraine controlled by Russian troops to determine their future status The US has strongly supported Finland and Sweden's bid to join the NATO alliance Mr Zelenskyy also accused Russian forces of attempting to kill as many...

WINDING DOWN Volunteers for the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting continue to process election returns in their command center at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The group has received 75 percent of election returns. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN (UPDATE) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to issue a ruling on a petition questioning the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dismiss a case to cancel the certificate of canvass (COC) of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Instead of issuing a restraining order or injunction, the court released a press statement on its decision to give the Comelec, the Senate and the House of Representatives 15 days within which to...

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law establishing campuses of the Cebu Technological University (CTU) in the towns of Liloan and Borbon in the Province of Cebu. On April 27, 2022, Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) 11751 principally authored by reelected Cebu Rep. Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco (Cebu, fifth). On September 20, 2019, Frasco separately filed House Bills (HB) Nos. 4740 and 4741, establishing a CTU satellite campus in Liloan and Borbon, respectively. In a statement sent to SunStar Cebu on Friday, May 20, 2022, Frasco said Liloan, a first class municipality, is a home to a number of industries in need of technical instructions, such as livestock and vegetable farming, baking, ceramics, and manufacturing, among...

Senator Imee Marcos is seeking to grant the president the power to lower the rate or suspend the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on petroleum products in times of a national emergency or state of calamity. Under Senate Bill No. 2320 filed Wednesday, Marcos proposed that the president can lower or suspend VAT on fuel products for a period not exceeding one year to help consumers during national emergencies. This proposal amends Sections 106 and 107 of the National Internal Revenue Code. “The higher cost of goods and services that are, in part, due to the uptick of fuel prices, are expectedly passed on to the ordinary consumer who may still be unemployed but has no choice but to deal with the rising prices of everyday essential...

Russia uses lasers in Ukraine Russia dips into its secret laser arsenal Satellites 1,500 km away can be blinded LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday said it was using a new generation of powerful laser weapons in Ukraine to burn up drones, deploying some of Moscow's secret weapons to counter a flood of Western arms supplied to its former Soviet neighbour. President Vladimir Putin in 2018 unveiled an array of new weapons including a new intercontinental ballistic missile, underwater nuclear drones, a supersonic weapon and a new laser weapon. Little is known about the specifics of the new laser weapons. Putin mentioned one called Peresvet, named after a medieval Orthodox warrior monk Alexander Peresvet who perished in...

Consequence ng pagtawag sa 30M+ BBM Voters na walang utak Pinuputakti umano ngayon ng kritisismo ang Kapamilya actress at first time voter na si Andrea Brillantes dahil umano sa mga binibitiwan niyang pahayag sa social media laban sa resulta ng naganap na halalan, sa pangunguna nina presidential candidate at dating senador Bongbong Marcos at vice president candidate at Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. Ibinahagi ni Miss Glenda Victorio, CEO ng Brilliant Skin Essentials, Inc., ang mga screenshot ng iba’t ibang maaanghang na komento ng ilang UniTeam supporters na humihiling sa kaniyang tanggalin na si Andrea bilang product endorser. Nakikiusap si Glenda na huwag na umanong yakapin ang ‘cancel culture’ at pabayaan na si Andrea sa...

KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine, May 16 (Reuters) - Troops holed up in the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol began evacuating on Monday, appearing to cede control of the once prosperous city to Russia after months of bombardment. Ukraine's deputy defence minister said 53 injured troops from the Azovstal steelworks were taken to a hospital in the Russian-controlled town of Novoazovsk, some 32 kilometres (20 miles) to the east. Another 211 people were taken to the town of Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists, Deputy Defence Minister Anna Malyar said. All of the evacuees will be subject to a potential prisoner exchange with Russia, she added. Reuters saw five buses carrying troops from Azovstal...

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure granting night differential pay to government employees, including those in government-owned or -controlled corporations. Republic Act No. 11701 was signed into law on April 13 but a copy of which was only released to the media on Monday. The new law provides that government employees, whether permanent, contractual, temporary or casual, shall be ρáíd a night shift differential of a maximum of 20% of the hourly basic rate. This covers each hour of work between 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. NATION Duterte OKs law granting night shift differential pay to gov’t employees By: Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ INQUIRER.net / 03:10 PM May 16, 2022 (File) President...

Notorious former journalist Jay Sonza has now his eyes set on attacking the GMA Network. © Provided by Dailypedia Days after Bongbong Marcos’ imminent victory in the presidential race, Kapuso broadcaster Mike Enriquez addressed viewers and said: ““Mga Kapuso, binantayan po natin ang kampanya, ang botohan, ang bilangan, ngayon hindi pa tapos. Babantayan po natin ‘yung mga nanalo.” He warned the politicians who won in the recent national elections that GMA journalists will be “watching” them carefully. “Kayong mga nanalo, tandaan ninyo, magbabantay kami.” he said. Enriquez was praised by netizens for sticking to journalistic standards. However, Sonza had something else to say. In the comments section of the Enriquez clip, he shared...

JUST IN | Inaprubahan ng Wage Boards ng NCR at Visayas ang minimum wage hike para sa manggagawa sa naturang rehiyon. Ayon sa DOLE P33 ang taas-sahod sa Metro Manila. Ito na ang bagong minimum wage: P570 (non-agri workers) P533 (agri workers) Nasa P55-P110 naman ang dagdag sa Visayas: P420-P450 (non-agri workers) P410 (agri workers) Epektibo ito pagkalipas ng 15 araw source:

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely doubted claim of a perfect record keeping out the virus that has spread to nearly every place in the world. The outbreak forced leader Kim Jong Un to wear a mask in public, likely for the first time since the start of the pandemic, but the scale of transmissions inside North Korea wasn't immediately known. A failure to slow infections could have serious consequences because the country has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated. Some experts say North Korea, by its rare admission of an outbreak, may be seeking...

Personally, good to see na maalis sa senado yung mga datihan na. Ang tatagal na nila sa serbisyo at wala manglang nagagawang matino o pag babago sa bayan natin. Wag tayong judgemental, kung tatay digong nga maraming nag sasabi na wala namang magagawang matino yan, mejo tinamaan lang nang malas dahil sa pandemya, pero kahit ganon ehh pinilit niya paring baguhin ang bansa natin - pala mura, bastos, walang modo, etc.. maganda nang maging prangka at totoo kesa sa mala dilang angel pero demonyo naman ang kalooban