Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

During the war, human trafficking has become more common. #Ukrainians who flee the country for safety are more likely to be lured into danger.

Every day, Nelia takes calls from #survivors, guiding them to safety. counteroffensive.news/p/how-wa…

How war is a boon to traffickers

Nelia was both terrified and captivated when she learned how deceptively easy human trafficking can be. Now she guides survivors to safety.

^{Oksana Stepura (The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak)}

Russian #psyop targets #Hungarians in western #Ukraine as #Budapest-Kyiv tensions rise

Russia has launched a major #HybridWar operation targeting the Hungarian ethnic community in western Ukraine to stoke local and international tensions, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on March 18.

Posing as #Ukrainian law enforcement officers or members of #nationalist groups, Russian operatives have been making calls to ethnic Hungarians in Zakarpattia Oblast, demanding they leave the country and threatening #violence, the SBU said.

The calls were made from Russia but used number spoofing to appear as Ukrainian phone numbers, according to Ukraine's authorities.

The campaign is aimed at #destabilizing the situation in #Zakarpattia Oblast and escalating tensions between Ukraine and Hungary

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#RussianAggression #RussianThreats #terrorism

Russian psyop allegedly targets Hungarians in western Ukraine as Budapest-Kyiv tensions rise

Posing as Ukrainian law enforcement officers or members of nationalist groups, Russian operatives called ethnic Hungarians in Zakarpattia, demanding they leave the country and threatening violence, the SBU said.

^{Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)}

(27/n) #HPsCommentary

...AGAINST NATO, FROM THE KREMLIN’S PERSPEKTIVE*

Well, as the all know, both outcomes hinge chiefly on one seemingly ever more unhinged person in power.
Apart from that, the mass delivery of #Iranian #ShahedDrones has been wreaking nightly havoc in #Ukraine.
As we might have learned last week, 👉the “biggest military in the world” might need #Ukrainian 21st century warfare support to not suffer a second #Afghanistan in #Iran👈, okay. But other than that? —Let us look at...

*HPsCommentary*

(12/n)

...reportedly approved by
then-Commander-in-Chief of the #Ukrainian #ArmedForces, Gen. #ValeriiZaluzhnyi, without the knowledge of President #VolodymyrZelensky.” 8) —
The #US are a #NATO ally, #Ukraine is not.

*STRATEGY BRIEF: THE CONCEPT OF PLAUSIBLE DENIAL AND THE CUBAN OPERATION*

Of course not, the war-seasoned president will have been counseled by his advisors on the importance of the #US cold-war concept of #PlausibleDeniability [as is #Putin,...

*War Not Just In The Middle East—The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *

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...the #OilPipeline being much further away than #Kyiv or #Moscow.9)

According to #Defence24.com, #US #Intelligence’s involvement is even worse, as is the #Ukrainian one, which allegedly were the instigators of the plan: “#Ukrainian #Sabotage operation specialists were reportedly set to meet with #CIA officers in the spring of 2022...” “The operation was...

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*War Not Just In The Middle East—The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *

(8/n)

... pipeline in September 2022.

Despite a #Ukrainian, #SerhijK., being held in detention, the instigators might well have been from other countries.

The diplomatic and #Political concept of “Plausible denial” might point the finger to a, now demoted, #Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief, but due to the vital militarily concept of #ChainOfCommand, how likely is that? The (only publicly?)...

#WarInUkraine

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...recommend watching the whole YT video on page (1/2) if you are not very familiar with navy vessels, and other #Soviet aka #Russian weaponry. (Yes, many were that old!)

#Oil loading may have resumed, for now,

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however, as the massive #Ukrainian drone attack has demonstrated again, #Kyiv can hit the supposedly secure #Novorossiysk navy port any time it likes. - With sea- and airborne air-defense systems now decimated, the only questions is when.

Russia’s Novorossiysk oil terminal resumes tanker loading after Ukrainian drone strike

Russia’s Sheskharis oil terminal at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has resumed tanker loading after suspending operations following a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this month, Bloomberg reported on March 9.

^{Demian Shevko (NV)}

*Hungary, convoy carrying gold and millions of euros and dollars seized: Ukrainian general also arrested*

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..The [trumped-up? charge is money laundering, sparking a row between #Kiev and #Budapest. The money and gold were being transported in two armored vehicles belonging to a #Ukrainian bank.

#Hungarian officials claimed that the #Ukrainians arrested had links to intelligence services and suggested that the money may have been of dubious origin, while 👉 #Ukrainian Foreign Minister...