#Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (#HUR) provided an estimate of #Russia’s stockpile and output of cruise missiles, including types such as #Zircon, #Oniks, #Kalibr, and #Kh-69.
Soldiers of #Russia's Southern Military District, whose units are deployed in #Ukraine, are deserting their posts in increasing numbers, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (#HUR) said on April 29.
Over 18,000 soldiers of the Southern Military District have allegedly deserted, with around 12,000 of them belonging to the 8th Combined Arms Army – a unit often deployed in hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has said a deadly shooting on a concert hall in Moscow on March 22 is a “deliberate provocation by Putin's special services.”
"We now have the transcript of the president’s interview with Hur, and, to my astonishment... It turns out that the special counsel mischaracterized and overstated Biden’s alleged memory lapses. He consistently adopted an interpretation that is as uncharitable and damaging to Biden as possible.
"Stories about Biden’s age swamped the media [with Hur's report]. Judd Legum of Popular Information found that in the four days after Hur’s report appeared, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal together published 81 articles about Hur’s assessment of Biden’s memory, suggesting that Biden was sliding into dementia and should not be running for reelection."
"Hours before the hearing was about to begin, the Department of Justice released a transcript of Biden’s interviews, held in the two days after Hamas attacked Israel as he rushed to respond to that crisis. The transcripts belied Hur’s portrayal of Biden’s answers; among other things, he clearly knew the exact date Beau died."
Hur is a Republican hitman, doing what GOP hitmen always do. And the media remain shamefully pliant as these games are played.
"Hur wrote a slanderous report that claimed Joe Biden was 'an elderly man with a poor memory.' The primary evidence for Hur’s slander was Biden’s alleged inability to recall the date of his son Beau’s death.
The transcript shows that Hur’s claims are despicable lies. In fact, Joe Biden volunteered the month and day of Beau Biden’s death—May 30."
"The media lapped up Hur’s lies and slander without question. The revelation that Hur lied about and distorted Biden’s testimony is receiving a fraction of the media attention that Hur’s weaponized lies received in the first instance.
That outcome was predictable because Hur is a MAGA political partisan."
"First came the transcript, in which Joe Biden was clearly documented to remember the date his son Beau died, if not the year (that’s normal for most people). And then came the hearing in which Robert Hur could not remember complementing Biden on his memory until Democrats read him the transcript."
~ Greg Dworkin
Robert is a Republican hitman. Hitmen typically have no shame.
"Today, March 12, the full transcript of Hur’s interview with Biden was made public in advance of the special counsel’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. And as reporters noted, the Biden of the transcript looks quite different from the forgetful Biden described in the report. 'Biden doesn’t come across as being as absent-minded as Hur has made him out to be,' wrote the Washington Post."
Full #transcript of #Biden’s interview paints nuanced portrait #POTUS doesn’t seem as absent-minded as #Hur said
Biden was in the early stages of his interview w/ SC #RobertHur when the topic of #BeauBiden came up — initially w/Biden raising it & later as Biden was attempting to get his chronological bearings.
“What month did Beau die? [to introduce the topic] Oh God, May 30,” he said, naming the correct day, acc/to a transcript of the exchange.
“What I understood is the regulations” #Hur referred to #DOJ policy that says special counsel reports should be #confidential to the AG. But AG #MerrickGarland had made clear BEFOREHAND he would release much of Hur’s report.
“You must have understood the impact of your words” Schiff said & accused Hur of injecting “your own personal #prejudicial#subjective opinion of the president, one you knew would be amplified by his #political opponent. You had to understand that & you did it anyway”
#RobertHur said that AG #MerrickGarland did not interfere w/his investigation or attempt to modify his report. Rep Joe #Neguse asked #Hur a series of yes/no questions about whether #Garland —or any #DOJ ofcls— attempted to impede the investigation.
The appointment of a #SpecialCounsel is intended to make high-profile, sensitive investigations as #independent & #apolitical as possible. A SC has more independence from DOJ ldrs than other fed prosecutors, but still ultimately answers to the #USAG.
“Attorney General #Garland did not interfere w/my efforts, & I was able to conduct a fair, thorough & independent investigation,” #Hur said. #Neguse was attempting to draw a distinction between how Garland acted in regard to the Hur investigation & how AG #BillBarr acted when special counsel Robert #Mueller completed his investigation & report examining #Trump & #ForeignInterference in the 2016 #election results.
#Barr wrote a 4-pg memo to #Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation into #Trump that #Mueller later complained “did not fully capture the context, nature, & substance” of the special counsel team’s work.
“Very different approach as you said from the way in which the Department of #Justice, unfortunately, tragically functioned under [Trump],” #Neguse said.
#JamieRaskin at the #RobertHur hearing: "This is a memory test. It's not a memory test for President Biden. It's a memory test for all America. Do we remember fascism?"
#Raskin, #Schiff, #Swalwell & #Lieu took turns torching #Hur's credibility & contrasting Biden's leadership & accountability with a devastating portrait of Trump's depravity & mental decline. This is a take-no-prisoners performance by the Dems.
@GottaLaff@joycebell I think my brain is not capable to understand what happens in America, sorry, I am not that smart. But can anybody explain how it is possible that in american politics someone can lie this much while anybody can see he is lying? #hur#biden#voteblue
Moscow shooting a ‘deliberate provocation by Putin’s special services,’ says Ukraine’s military intelligence (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has said a deadly shooting on a concert hall in Moscow on March 22 is a “deliberate provocation by Putin's special services.”