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Black box of China Eastern Yunnan flight MU5735 found
Reporter : Stephen Wynn-Davies, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10642875/Pilots-doomed-Chinese-jet-did-not-respond-multiple-calls-air-traffic-controllers.html
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Investigators searching the site where a China Eastern jet crashed, killing all 132 people on board, have found the aircraft's black box.
Liu Lusong, a spokesman for China's aviation authority told reporters the flight recorder 'from China Eastern MU5735 was found on March 23".
The discovery comes after the head of aviation safety revealed pilots of the doomed flight did not respond to multiple calls from air-traffic controllers as the plane entered a fatal dive into a mountainside.
An air-traffic controller tried to contact the pilots several times after seeing the plane's altitude drop sharply but got no reply, Zhu Tao, director of the Office of Aviation Safety at the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), said at a news conference on Tuesday evening.
"As of now, the rescue has yet to find survivors,' Mr Zhu said. 'The public security department has taken control of the site."
The plane went into an unexplained dive an hour after departure, suddenly plummeting 30,000 feet in two minutes before slamming into the ground at 350 mph.
Investigators, who say it is too early to speculate on the cause of the crash, said the plane stopped transmitting data 96 seconds into the fall.
The investigation, which Zhu said would be "very difficult", was temporarily suspended on Wednesday after rain soaked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane's fiery impact.
Zhu said the investigative team would make 'all-out efforts' to collect evidence and that they were focusing on searching for the aircraft's flight recorder box.
"We will take into consideration all factors in analysing the cause of the accident," he added.
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What contributed to the MU5735 crash? The possibilities
Host : Tang Hao / Publisher : Crossroads of the World / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/23/a103381021.html / Image : Web Screenshot
Under the rule of the CCP, finding the black box may not necessarily lead to finding the truth. After all, what the CCP government is best at covering up the truth, to fake and maintain stability. However, based on the current information, we can preliminarily speculate that there may be three scenarios for the China Eastern Yunnan disaster:
Scenario 1: Mechanical failure or human error
It cannot be ruled out that a mechanical failure of the aircraft caused the crash. However, this situation is very unusual and very bizarre because the plane has a vertical dive and fall, rapidly falling more than 20,000 feet in one minute. Therefore, some people in the industry pointed out that there may be three reasons for this accident:
1. The pilot intends to commit suicide
2. The aircraft was hit by foreign objects such as missiles
3. Problems with aircraft design or maintenance
Let's talk about the second possibility first. Is it possible that the plane was hit by a missile or something? Judging from the pictures taken by civilians, slowing down the camera, it can be seen that the fuselage and wings of the aircraft seem to be quite complete, and there is no smoke or sparks burning. It shouldn't look like it was hit by a foreign object.
Moreover, some media interviewed witnesses who said that they saw that the plane did not smoke or catch fire, so it fell straight down; while another media also interviewed witnesses who said that "the plane fell vertically from the sky", " There was no smoke from the aircraft during the crash." Judging from the remarks of these witnesses and the live footage of the video, it is indeed not obvious that the aircraft was attacked by missiles or foreign objects.
And take a ten thousand steps back, who in other countries would want to launch missiles to attack Chinese civil aviation aircraft? If it is really a missile attack, it should be launched from China. If it is true that the missile was launched from China, the US and Taiwan should be able to monitor and find out, but they have not heard any information on this.
As for the third possibility, the design and maintenance of the aircraft, the passenger plane that crashed this time was an American Boeing 737-800, which is a widely used narrow-body passenger plane. However, from 2006 to the present, this type of passenger plane has also been used worldwide. There have been 16 accidents, killing 682 people. However, is this China Eastern Airlines crash also related to the aircraft type? I'm afraid it's hard to say.
Because, first, the passenger plane bought by China Eastern Airlines is only more than 6 years old and less than 7 years old. It belongs to the mature period of the plane, not the stage of old age, so there should not be major mechanical problems.
The second point is that if the plane really has a mechanical failure in the air, at least the crew will have time to communicate with the ground, ask for help, and make emergency response, so that they will not be silent all the way to the end. This is the first scenario, let's look at the second scenario.
Scenario 2: Suicide Attack, Revenge on Society
As we mentioned just now, some people in the industry believe that the pilot may have committed suicide when the plane swooped and fell. Does this statement sound sensational? But there are indeed many people who have raised such a possibility, especially in China. As we all know, under the CCP's high-pressure control, some people have been oppressed and treated unfairly for a long time, and they have a kind of hatred for the CCP and the society. Therefore, he adopted the method of "violent revenge against society", and wanted to "burn all the jade and stones" to eliminate the grievances in his heart.
For example, someone in Dalian last year rammed into passers-by at high speed due to a failed investment, causing five deaths and five injuries. This extreme method was used to retaliate against the society and vent their grievances. Two days ago, there was a similar collision incident in Handan, Hebei, causing many casualties. Such cases of revenge on the society have emerged one after another in recent years. Therefore, it would not be surprising if someone wanted to take revenge on society and launched a suicide attack.
Of course, we are not saying that this air crash was a "suicide attack" but we want to stress that under the CCP's repressive rule, more and more people will find no way to seek help because of their unsatisfactory life or after being persecuted and suppressed. , resulting in a hatred mentality of revenge against the society and the destruction of jade and stone, and as a result, the extreme behavior of harming others is used to balance their traumatized psychology.
For example, in the case of the China Eastern disaster, the plane had an abnormal vertical fall, and some aviation experts pointed out that the general plane will have protective devices, so there will be no such abnormal flying attitude. Unless someone artificially lifts the protective device, it is possible to fly straight down. So I'm afraid that human factors can't really be ruled out.
Scenario 3: On the eve of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the fatal struggle at the top of the CCP
Does it sound unbelievable to create an air crash as a political weapon and wage a struggle? It does sound like a conspiracy theory to people in free societies overseas. However, within the CCP officialdom, this kind of struggle method of killing people and putting pressure on political opponents is not uncommon.
Like 2014, when Xi Jinping just took office, he was doing his best to crack down on Jiang Zemin's faction and corruption clique. At that time, Xi Jinping's corruption target was preparing to take down Zhou Yongkang, a big political and legal tiger, but on 1 March, a serious outbreak broke out in Kunming, Yunnan. Eight men and women armed with weapons attacked passersby indiscriminately, resulting in 31 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
Although the official claimed at the time that this was a terrorist attack launched by radicals in Xinjiang, it was not long before a source disclosed that the Beijing authorities knew that the case was a terrorist attack planned by the Jiang faction, and that the perpetrator pretended to be Xinjiang. People's armed police, they originally planned to engage in troubles in five cities at the same time, to intimidate Xi Jinping and stop the pursuit of the top leaders of the Jiang faction.
Just one week after the Kunming attack, on 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had a bizarre air crash. The entire flight and the 227 passengers on board seemed to have evaporated, and their whereabouts are still unknown.
Later, some media revealed insider information and pointed out that more than 100 Chinese passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight were actually members of the CCP's "610 Office", which is an institution specially set up by Jiang Zemin to suppress Falun Gong. More than 100 people flew to Malaysia to participate in religious activities, but an air crash occurred on the way back to China. In fact, Jiang Zemin's military adviser Zeng Qinghong deliberately planned it.
On the one hand, they wanted to silence those who knew the inside story of the persecution, especially if they knew about the CCP’s live organ harvesting, which was very sensitive at the time, so the Jiang faction wanted to destroy the evidence; on the other hand, they wanted to create this terrorist case to embarrass Xi Jinping. Introduce international pressure to pressure Xi to stop his anti-corruption fight against the Jiang faction.
However, Xi Jinping finally formally filed a case to investigate Zhou Yongkang in July of that year, and it is also the biggest tiger that Xi Jinping has won in his anti-corruption struggle. Judging from this trajectory, it can be seen that the factional struggle at the top of the CCP is very cruel and razor-sharp, and it does not hesitate to use the lives of the people as a bargaining chip.
That is what Mao Zedong did in the Cultural Revolution struggle against Liu Shaoqi, so it's really not surprising. Lao Mao used the blood of millions of people to fight against Liu Shaoqi and take power back into his own hands, but he did not feel ashamed of the people at all. This is the evil gene of the top CCP leaders.
As for this year, everyone knows that in more than half a year, the CCP will hold the power transfer meeting of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. A few days ago, Liu Yanping, the supervisory team leader of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission in the Ministry of National Security, was just taken down. Who is Liu Yanping? Liu Yanping has been working in the national security system for a long time. The national security system was controlled by Zeng Qinghong and Zhou Yongkang in the past. Liu Yanping was promoted by Meng Jianzhu, the former secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee. Sun Lijun, the former deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security who was just sacked last year and was suspected of assassinating Xi Jinping, was also promoted by Meng Jianzhu.
Therefore, Meng Jianzhu has so many cronies and subordinates who have fallen one by one, which means that Meng Jianzhu is likely to become the next big tiger to be taken down. However, Meng Jianzhu has a very close relationship with the Jiang family. He also helped Jiang Zemin's son Jiang Mianheng find an organ donor, and Jiang Mianheng had several kidney transplants. There were even rumors that the Malaysia Airlines crash was related to Meng Jianzhu and Jiang Mianheng.
Of course, we have not been able to verify this yet, but what can be confirmed is that Liu Yanping and Sun Lijun have been sacked one by one recently, and Meng Jianzhu and the top leaders of the Jiang faction behind him may feel uncomfortable. Therefore, before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it is likely there will be a major earthquake in the CCP's officialdom.
For example, on the day of the China Eastern crash, Shen Deyong, the former vice president of the Supreme Court of the Communist Party of China, was also announced to be dismissed from the investigation. The dismissal of Shen Deyong also reminds people of the next big tiger to be dismissed from the judicial system. Could it be Zhou Qiang, the president of the Supreme Court? .
Zhou Qiang also started his career following the persecution of Falun Gong by the Jiang Zemin group, so the Jiang faction pushed him to the key position of the Supreme Court president and used it as their own judicial umbrella. Now, just as Beijing is purging the judicial system and further encircling and suppressing important members of the Jiang faction, there has been a bizarre air crash, which indeed makes people feel that it may not be easy.
Well, we are not saying that the China Eastern crash was man-made or a weapon used by high-level officials in Zhongnanhai for infighting but that the possibility of political struggle cannot be ruled out from the historical trajectory of the past and various current internal and external factors. Of course, even if the air crash was really a weapon of political struggle, the Beijing authorities and the Jiang faction would never publicly admit it.
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Three doubts about the crash, the industry tends to 2 possibilities
Let's first pay attention to the progress of the investigation into the crash of the China Eastern Yunnan passenger plane. CCTV quoted Ou Ling of the Wuzhou Fire Rescue Detachment in Guangxi as saying, "No survivors were found, but relatively large fragments of wings and (victims) remains were seen."
The official Weibo account of People's Daily posted many photos showing the wreckage of the plane in the core area of the crash, as well as the wallets, ID cards, bank cards and other belongings of the missing persons. A piece of paper with the words "平安扣" and "岁岁平安" was also found at the scene. Although the surrounding area has been burnt and broken, some of the words can still be read clearly.
Before the black box is found, all parties' analysis and speculation follow. But even if the black box is found, the CCP is unlikely to reveal the truth. Therefore, no matter whether the black box is found or not, people's reasoning, analysis, and especially the doubts of people in the industry will be there.
Some civil aviation pilots issued a document. Based on their own experience, they listed some of their own judgments, or four suspicious points of the crash: the crashed flight plummeted more than 8,000 meters from a high altitude in a short period of time, almost completely out of control; the pilot did not send a distress signal; The time and location of the crash is judged when the autopilot has just been released; it is difficult to say that the machine is 6.8 years old.
An industry insider wrote an article "Ten Questions about China Eastern Airlines MU5735 Air Crash", which analyzed that, in general, unless there is an explosion, sudden disintegration, complete power failure and communication failure, the crew has time to issue an emergency code at cruising altitude, or At least communicate with the ground. The plane had neither an emergency code nor an answer to a ground call, weird.
According to the article, according to historical experience, there are two biggest possibilities for an aircraft to dive into the ground without warning: one is the pilot's suicide, and the other is disintegration in the air. This article was deleted shortly after it was published, but it has been reprinted on overseas Chinese websites.
There is also a netizen who is also a civil aviation pilot. He posted on "Zhihu" that civil aviation aircraft have two pilots. If the flight does not issue a MAYDAY call, it proves that the plane must have an accident in an instant, and it will only happen when two pilots have an accident at the same time.
British aviation analyst Alex Markras told the BBC the figures were "horrific". "The plane didn't give a nervous or distress signal, no 7700 or 7500 code, which is emergency or hijacked. Don't know what happened."
"Accidents at cruise altitude are usually caused by weather, vandalism or pilot error," former FAA chief Daniel Iwell told Reuters. But Mr Iwell believes modern commercial jets happen at cruise altitude Mechanical failures are very rare.
Based on the above information, in summary, three points are very obvious. First, the height of the aircraft is more than 8,000 meters, and it will not be a bird strike, because it has exceeded the flying height of the bird. The second is that the aircraft itself is unlikely to have a problem, because the 6.8-year-old is still a relatively new aircraft. Third, the pilot did not send out a distress signal.
Based on these three important pieces of information, the analysis of professionals at home and abroad has gradually converged. Either the pilot committed suicide, or the plane disintegrated, or the plane was hijacked.
However, judging from the online video, the plane did not disintegrate during the crash. Therefore, the disintegration of the aircraft can be basically ruled out. That is to say, there are now two biggest possibilities left, one is the pilot committing suicide, and the other is someone hijacking the plane.
But what is the situation, I am afraid that even if the authorities find the black box, it is unlikely to be released. You know.
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The captain is a young apprentice, the co-pilot is an older master
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On 22 March 2022, Phoenix.com has an article in which Lin Ping, a civil aviation person close to the crashed flight, is quoted as saying that the reason for the crash is very puzzling. He knows most of the crew members circulating on the Internet. The captain works low-key and solid, and the co-pilot and safety officer are all senior staff.
Lin Ping said that the captain, Yang Hongda, was relatively young and had a good family background. He was still a "second generation flying". Yang Hongda's father was also the captain of China Eastern Airlines, and later went to other companies. In Lin Ping's impression, Yang Hongda has been going smoothly from the low co-pilot to the high co-pilot to the captain. "In my impression, his safety record should be very good and clean."
The co-pilot Zhang Zhengping was Lin Ping's master. According to public information, Zhang Zhengping has been flying for 40 years, has accumulated more than 30,000 hours of safe aircraft time, and has piloted many different types of passenger aircraft. As the "five-star captain" of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Company, Lin Ping believes that Zhang Zhengping is a "grandfather" level pilot in the industry, and many of the apprentices he has brought are now industry leaders.
Security officer Lu Kai is not very old but he is also nearly 40 years old and is an "old security officer". "The safety officer also came from a professional background, majored in aviation, and then graduated in his 20s and has been doing this for life." According to Lin Ping's understanding, after graduating from University, Lu Kai also worked in an airline for more than 10 years.
Through Lin Ping's introduction to these three people, they are all very experienced. In other words, the possibility of technical failure can be basically ruled out. But have you noticed a piece of information disclosed by Lin Ping, "the second generation of flying" Yang Hongda is the captain and relatively young. The co-pilot, also known as the co-pilot Zhang Zhengping, has more experience, flying more than 30,000 hours in 40 years, and is also Yang Hongda's master, but he is not the captain.
As we all know, the co-pilot is the person who has the second command authority in the aircraft, and his power is second to that of the captain. The experienced co-pilot Zhang Zhengping had to follow the instructions of the young captain, Yang Hongda, his apprentice.
We don't know if this will create a gap between the two? Were there conflicts between the two of them? I hope this analysis is pointless reasoning, but in the CCP society where everyone values money status, this situation is not impossible. If it is possible, what leads to the final crash? Are there other unknown reasons?
Let's pray for the truth to emerge so that similar misfortunes will not happen again.
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The chairman of China Eastern Yunnan "answered the wrong question" on the air crash, aroused criticism from netizens
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / Image : At night of 22 March2022, Sun Shiying, the chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Company, "read it according to the manuscript" and "answered the question incorrectly" at a press conference, arousing criticism from netizens. (Video Screenshot)
At a press conference on the crash of China Eastern Airlines, Sun Shiying, chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Company, was accused of "reading according to the script" and "answering non-existent questions" on issues related to the plane crash, which aroused criticism from netizens.
At a press conference on the evening of March 22, Reuters reporters asked questions about the maintenance records of the crashed plane of China Eastern, the flight duration, and the weather at the time of the accident.
The reporter asked: "What is the maintenance record of this Boeing 737-800? Are there any recent maintenance problems? What is the pilot's flight hours record? What was the weather like when the accident happened? Did the crew communicate with air traffic control? If so, what did they say? Before the plane crashed, was the plane basically intact? Finally, the USNTSB investigator has been nominated. Will China invite him to China to assist in the investigation? "
Sun Shiying, chairman of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Company, responded to this. The official media live broadcast showed that he looked down at the manuscript and said, "The plane was in the cruising stage of level flight. Second, China Eastern Airlines is carrying out a comprehensive investigation of potential safety hazards. The transportation capacity is relatively sufficient, and our inspection arrangements also include some temporary and preventive measures. We will strictly follow the civil aviation safety management regulations and carry out relevant work in an orderly manner.”
Sun Shiying's innocuous and "irrelevant" answer aroused dissatisfaction among netizens. Many netizens praised the reporter for "asking very skilled questions" and "questions that go straight to the core of the incident", and criticized Sun Shiying for "reading according to the script", "a master at answering the question", "no matter what you ask, people will read it according to the script", "Chairman Sun's The answer fully explained the root cause before the crash."
Some netizens said, "One press release can see the layers of bureaucracy in the system and management", "Sun Shiying has probably been wrapped in his limited cognition by the wall of 'respect' because he has great power. Under the epidemic The air crash does not allow him to read the manuscript and then go through the process of news release, this era has not allowed him to go through the process.”
Sun Shiying also said at the press conference that the Boeing 737 aircraft involved in the accident was 6 years and 8 months old and met the airworthiness requirements before takeoff. The crew members are in good health and have complete flight experience.
According to a report from China’s “Dian Cai Wen”, China Eastern Airlines has caused huge losses due to the epidemic in the past two years. In order to reduce operating pressure, China Eastern Airlines once reduced costs through various means, including strictly controlling maintenance costs. But the article was subsequently deleted.
According to The Paper, a number of people from China Eastern Airlines were quoted as saying that after the air crash, China Eastern made adjustments, requiring some models to increase the cockpit safety redundancy and adjust the annual salary of the captain of the team.
According to a person from China Eastern, the airline has stipulated that instructors must be required to lead the team to realize the model of a three-person crew consisting of two senior captains and senior co-pilots. In addition, for long-haul flights, China Eastern requires the captain in charge to be present when taking off and landing. The cruise captain and the co-pilot must not be seated at the same time.
On March 21, a Boeing 737-800 passenger plane and flight MU5735 of China Eastern Airlines crashed in Guangxi on the way from Kunming to Guangzhou. There were 132 people on board, 9 of them were crew members. The cause of the accident is still unknown.
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Zelenskyy warns of possible world food crisis
Reporter : Qiao An / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/23/a103380953.html / Image : Video Screenshot
As the war between Russia and Ukraine entered its 27th day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that if the war continued, many countries around the world would fall into a food crisis.
On 22 March 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came to Italy for his virtual "speech tour" in European and American parliaments.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, "The consequences of this war have already been seen in many parts of the world, not only in Europe, but the worst of all is the famine that countries will face."
Zelenskyy said Ukraine has always been one of the world's largest food exporters but under the war, farmers have been unable to farm, and even if there is a harvest, it cannot be shipped from occupied or blocked ports.
In addition to the food crisis, countries adjacent to Ukraine are also facing security risks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "The Russian army has even managed to place mines in the sea near our coast, which also threatens neighbouring coasts and countries because mines can drift towards them in the sea."
Zelenskyy also urged Italian lawmakers to increase economic sanctions on Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged, "You should support more sanctions against Russia and a total ban on trade with Russia, starting with oil. You should also ban Russian ships from entering your ports, making them feel aggression and buried in the sea with the price of mines, the sanctions list for all Russian banks. There should be no exceptions."
Zelenskyy said that since the outbreak of the war, 117 children in Ukraine have been killed in the fighting, and if the West fails to increase pressure on Russia to end the war, more children will suffer.
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Mariupol turned to ruins Russian army intends to kill civilians
22 March is the 27th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The "Azov Battalion" of the Ukrainian National Guard posted an aerial video on Twitter. It can be seen that in just 10 seconds, the Mariupol Industrial Zone, an important southern city, was bombed 9 times in a row.
The tweet did not disclose casualties, but said Ukrainians were being destroyed. Russian planes are trying to destroy the Ukrainian economy by dropping bombs on infrastructure, factories and businesses in Mariupol.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said in a video speech yesterday that Mariupol was being reduced to rubble by Russian artillery fire. But he said the city would "survive" and the Ukrainians "would make Russia believe".
On 21 March, Romanz, an Israeli who had been lucky enough to escape to Poland, revealed to 103FM radio that in the city of Mariupol, an explosion would be heard about every 30 seconds. The Russian army not only bombed by planes, but also fired missiles from ships.
Dmitro and Tanya fled Mariupol last week and are now in the central Ukrainian city of Niepr. Before fleeing, they took their 7-year-old daughter and their parents to hide in the basement. Tania told CNN that Mariupol is now almost non-existent, the city's residential buildings have been destroyed, and those who remain there are forced to hide in basements.
About 10 percent of those still in Mariupol remain, most of whom have no money, no car, no escape or no way to leave on foot. This also includes the parents of Dmitro and Tanya.
Before escaping, Tania wrote a diary in the basement, which recorded that "we have not bathed for 3 weeks, and we can only use buckets or bags to go to the toilet". They won't leave the basement easily unless they're looking for food or water. There was also an exception, helping to bury a neighbor who was killed while queuing for food.
Dmitro said that Mariupol has no internet, gas, water and electricity, so people can only find wood from the park to make a fire to cook, and then share it with relatives and neighbors. But it feels like Russian soldiers are deliberately targeting civilians who are queuing up to receive supplies.
Tanya added, "They [referring to the Russians] are going to kill us, and if we get together to get water, they will shoot us."
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4 reasons for the heavy siege of Mariupol
Up to now, in order to take the southern Ukrainian city, Russia has launched a heavy artillery attack after more than two weeks of siege. So why did the Russian army have to capture the city? There are reasons for this, and in general there are four major reasons.
The first is the economic importance of the city in Ukraine. As "Azov Battalion" said in a tweet, the main purpose of Russia's bombing of Mariupol's infrastructure, factories and businesses is to destroy the Ukrainian economy.
Before the Russian invasion, Mariupol, with a population of 450,000, was a powerful industrial and economic city with more than 50 steel industrial bases. At the same time, this coastal city is also a trade center in Ukraine. Ukrainian steel, coal, corn and other commodities are exported, and Mariupol's status is irreplaceable.
The Russian army also saw Mariupol's economic status in Ukraine, so it focused on attacking here to destroy Ukraine's economic lifeline. That is to say, Russia believes that by capturing Mariupol, Ukraine, which has lost its economic support, may surrender without a fight.
Secondly, Mariupol is related to the military strategic layout of the Russian army. Geographically, Mariupol is like a wedge, embedded in the center of the Crimea and Donbas regions.
As we all know, the Crimean Peninsula has been occupied by Russia, and the Donbas region is under the control of pro-Russian elements. If Mariupol is taken, it will be very convenient for the Russian army to enter Crimea by land, and it can also be connected with the Donbas region. From this point of view, Mariupol is crucial to the Russian army.
Another point is that Mariupol is the gateway to the Black Sea. If you control Mariupol, it is equivalent to controlling more than 80% of Ukraine's black coastline. If this step is reached, Ukraine's maritime trade will not only be cut off, but also equivalent to a wall between Ukraine and the world, separating Ukraine from the world.
Third, Mariupol's National Guard "Azov Battalion" was advertised as "Nazis", and if the city was captured, Russia would openly publicize "denazification".
"Camp Azov" the adapted Ukrainian armed force is the main force of Mariupol's anti-Russian force, with a ferocious and tenacious style. Because the badges and flags used are "wolf's hook" with connotations of "right-wing extremism", Russia promotes the "Azov Battalion" as a "Nazi".
This is also an excuse for Russia to invade Ukraine this time. If Mariupol is captured, it will not only severely damage the city's resistance, but also possibly capture members of the "Azov Battalion" alive. This would be an important propaganda point for the Kremlin to "justify" the invasion.
The fourth can boost the morale of the Russian army. Of all the theaters, the situation in Mariupol was relatively tragic. The Russian army was besieged for more than two weeks. Not only did they fail to gain an inch, but on the contrary, they suffered a lot of losses, which caused a serious blow to the morale of the Russian army.
If the Russian army captures Mariupol, on the one hand, it will dampen the morale of the Ukrainian military and civilian resistance. information.
For these four reasons, Russia has invested heavily in Mariupol to capture the city at all costs. It is also for these reasons that the Mariupol garrison is also a stubborn resistance at all costs to keep the city.
One side had to attack the city with all its strength, and the other side had to resist with all its strength, so the two sides fought hard and extremely tragic battles here. In fact, not only in Mariupol, but also in other war zones, the fighting situation is also very tragic.
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25,000 casualties? Russia's internal figures are staggering
On 21 March, the Ukrainian General Staff released a set of latest figures on Russian casualties. From the beginning of the war to March 21st, the Russian army had died in total about 15,000 people.
Since the outbreak of the war, Ukraine has not updated the numbers they reported, but Russia has only reported it once. On March 2, Russia admitted at the time that 498 people had been killed, and it has not been released since.
During war, information warfare is also part of the whole of the war. Therefore, we should treat the information released by Ukraine and Russia with caution, and we should not listen to partial beliefs.
On 16 March, the New York Times quoted figures estimated by the US intelligence agencies, "conservative estimates", that in the first 20 days of the war, the Russian army accumulated about 7,000 deaths and 14,000 to 21,000 wounded.
Are these numbers close to reality? The day before yesterday (20th), a Russian tabloid, Komsomolskaya Pravda, disclosed a set of numbers of Russian casualties, which seemed to be relatively close to the US estimates. Citing figures from the Russian Ministry of Defense, the newspaper said the number of Russian troops killed was 9,861 and the number of wounded was 16,153.
The pro-Kremlin newspaper said that Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said at a briefing that day that the Russian army had defeated the "Donbas battalion" and moved "12 kilometers" as a whole. The Russian army destroyed 2 Ukrainian tanks, 3 infantry vehicles, 6 field artillery and mortars.
The report also stated, “According to the official representative of the (Russian) Ministry of Defense, on Sunday, March 20, 89 Ukrainian military installations were attacked. These included command posts, installations of multiple rocket systems, artillery weapons, weapons and ammunition depots, and military equipment. Concentrated place. Also shot down 7 Ukrainian drones".
"According to preliminary estimates of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost 96 aircraft, 118 helicopters and 14,700 military personnel from the start of the special military operation in Ukraine to March 20," the article later stated.
The article continued, "The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation refutes the information of the Ukrainian General Staff that the Russian army suffered large-scale losses. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, during the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces were killed and 16,153 people were wounded 9861" .
However, "Newsweek" pointed out that the vitality of this group of numbers is very short, and it only survived for a few minutes before being completely deleted. However, in just a few minutes, a screenshot has been taken.
The newspaper later stated on its website that the figures were "inaccurate". It was hacked and false content was produced "in a publication on the situation of special operations in Ukraine". But the newspaper did not mention which publication it was or what the specific message was.
But judging from the figures, the number of Russian deaths mentioned by the newspaper is relatively close to the figure estimated by the US Department of Defense. But it should not be confirmed by Russia, because it has a great impact on military morale. But it's not true, everyone understands it for themselves.
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The Russian army's supplies were only enough for 3 days, and 300 soldiers disobeyed
The war lasted for 27 days, and it was very costly for both Ukraine and Russia. The aid agency Mercy Corps said today (22nd) that one of its biggest concerns is Ukraine's fragile supply chain.
The group said that "in the areas where the fighting was most intense, most of the city's food and other necessities can only last for three or four days". Regions like Kharkov and Sumy, for example, have at least 70% of the population completely dependent on aid. Among them, in the Samui area, "800,000 people are almost completely dependent on daily aid deliveries".
Mercy Corps said that despite volunteers' best efforts, "the reality is that the humanitarian system is completely broken".
This is the case with the besieged Ukrainian city, and the situation with the Russian army is even worse. Because Ukraine is on the mainland after all, and the Russian army is on an expedition.
On 22 March, the Ukrainian General Staff posted on Facebook that the Russian army’s logistical supplies are still unable to keep up. At present, the Russian army's "ammunition and food stocks do not exceed 3 days, and the fuel situation is similar."
The Russian army is in serious shortage of ammunition supplies, Reuters also reported. According to the report, in the Belgorod region of southwestern Russia, which borders Ukraine, reporters saw a sign at the door of a grocery store.
Local officials said in the notice that a material collection station was set up locally, calling on citizens to donate socks, medicine, canned food, etc. to the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.
It reads, "Friends, the most important thing for our military today is medicine: pain relievers, cold medicine, cough lozenges, bandages, syringes, insulin, novocaine, lidocaine." "We also accept personal hygiene items, socks, hats, gloves, thermal underwear, cigarettes, headlamps," the notice reads.
Reuters said that this is the second time that a similar notice has been issued locally, the last time was on the 3rd of this month. A Reuters reporter asked about the material collection station by phone, and the staff responded that materials donated to the army could be delivered to the village office.
It can be seen from the content of the notice of collecting materials that the Russian army's material supplies are quite lacking. In this case, military disintegration is inevitable.
The Facebook post of the Ukrainian General Staff also pointed out a problem. In the city of Okhturka in Sumy, about 300 Russian soldiers disobeyed and left their positions.
We cannot confirm this news. But there is a video of captured Russian soldiers crying at a press conference on the 20th, claiming that Putin deceived the soldiers and the whole of Russia.
The captured Russian soldiers said the Kremlin asked the army to bomb homes, hospitals and cities without declaring war. These soldiers called on people to stand up bravely. They also said that no matter how many troops the Kremlin excluded, it would not succeed in seizing Ukraine.
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Police issue warnings about dangerous new TikTok challenge
Reporter : Jack Phillips, The Epoch Times PREMIUM
Image of a teenager arrested in connection to the to the "Orbeez challenge." : Volusia County Sheriff's Office/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
A growing number of police and sheriff’s departments across the United States are sending out warnings about the so-called “Orbeez challenge,” claiming it is a dangerous new trend spreading via TikTok.
They say that the challenge encourages others to attack unsuspecting individuals with an Orbeez gun, which fires a gel pellet.
“We continue to see teenagers … discharging splat ball guns (Orbeez) at other people … even at innocent bystanders. Now they are modifying the beads to be more painful,” Peachtree City Police in Georgia wrote in a recent Facebook post.
“As you can see from the attached photos from an incident [Monday] on the cart path, these can be very painful and can cause permanent injury,” the department also wrote, attaching a photo of a boy whose face was injured in an alleged attack.
Police in Volusia County, Florida, also told the New York Post that its officers “also warned of a string of Orbeez shootings in the area leading to four arrests so far.
“Recently, deputies arrested a 19-year-old man who shot an Amazon delivery driver in Deltona, hitting him in his glasses and his neck while he was driving his route. The same shooter also shot another random adult and a 10-year-old child in the face and chest,” the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
Spin Master, which makes Orbeez, told NPR in a statement that “children’s product safety is paramount at Spin Master, and we are committed to providing children and their families with the highest quality toys, games, and activities. Spin Master does not manufacture or sell gel guns.”
It added that “Orbeez are designed for educational, creative, and sensory play and are not intended to be used as projectiles or inserted in mechanisms.”
Police officials said that in some areas, alleged violators could face felony charges.
“These kids think it’s funny. They’re violating the law. They’re committing a battery. If the pellet happens to injure the person to the point it breaks the skin, could be looking at a felony charge. These things don’t go away. Could affect your future,” Winter Garden Police Captain Scott Allen told Orlando’s Fox35.
The Epoch Times has contacted Spin Master for comment.
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Local covid cases in mainland China added "2591+2346"
As of 23 March 2022, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2,591 new local confirmed cases of covid. The distribution is as follows:
There were 2320 cases in Jilin, including 1979 cases in Changchun City, 331 cases in Jilin City, 9 cases in Siping, and 1 case in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture;
110 cases in Fujian, including 100 cases in Quanzhou City, 6 cases in Putian City, and 4 cases in Zhangzhou;
36 cases in Liaoning, including 13 in Yingkou, 12 in Dalian, 7 in Shenyang, and 4 in Liaoyang;
24 cases in Tianjin, including 13 in Xiqing District, 3 in Hebei District, 3 in Hongqiao District, 2 in Binhai New District, 1 in Hedong District, 1 in Dongli District, and 1 in Beichen District;
24 cases in Shandong, including 16 in Binzhou, 4 in Yantai, 1 in Jinan, 1 in Qingdao, 1 in Zibo, and 1 in Weihai;
15 cases in Guangdong, including 13 in Shenzhen, 1 in Dongguan, and 1 in Zhongshan;
13 cases in Heilongjiang, all in Harbin;
9 cases in Hebei, including 7 cases in Langfang, 1 case in Shijiazhuang, and 1 case in Tangshan;
9 cases in Jiangxi, all in Nanchang;
6 cases in Henan, including 4 cases in Zhoukou, 1 case in Zhengzhou, and 1 case in Kaifeng;
6 cases in Gansu, including 5 in Lanzhou and 1 in Longnan;
4 cases in Beijing, including 3 cases in Chaoyang District and 1 case in Dongcheng District;
4 cases in Shanghai, including 2 cases in Xuhui District and 2 cases in Jiading District;
3 cases in Shaanxi, including 2 in Baoji and 1 in Xi'an;
2 cases in Jiangsu, both in Yancheng;
2 cases in Hunan, both in Changsha;
2 cases in Yunnan, both in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture;
1 case in Zhejiang, in Huzhou;
1 case in Chongqing, in Shapingba District.
94 cases were converted from asymptomatic infections to confirmed cases (73 in Jilin, 13 in Liaoning, 3 in Fujian, 3 in Shandong, 1 in Zhejiang, and 1 in Guangdong).
There were 2,346 new cases of local asymptomatic infections, and the distribution is as follows:
977 cases in Shanghai, including 306 in Minhang District, 237 in Pudong New District, 109 in Jiading District, 84 in Xuhui District, 59 in Huangpu District, 31 in Songjiang District, 28 in Jing'an District, 21 in Putuo District, 20 in Changning District, 20 in Qingpu District, 19 in Chongming District, 16 in Baoshan District, 13 in Hongkou District, 8 in Fengxian District, 3 in Yangpu District, and 3 in Jinshan District;
528 cases in Jilin, including 522 cases in Jilin City, 3 cases in Meihekouy, 2 cases in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, and 1 case in Liaoyuan;
183 cases in Hebei, including 147 cases in Langfang, 34 cases in Tangshan, and 2 cases in Cangzhou;
There are 160 cases in Fujian, including 144 cases in Quanzhou City, 9 cases in Fuzhou City, 4 cases in Putian City, and 3 cases in Zhangzhou City;
There are 157 cases in Shandong, including 147 in Binzhou, 4 in Weihai, 3 in Zibo, 2 in Linyi and 1 in Yantai;
127 cases in Liaoning, including 53 in Shenyang, 42 in Dalian, and 32 in Yingkou;
49 cases in Jiangxi, including 48 in Nanchang and 1 in Yichun;
37 cases in Gansu, including 21 in Lanzhou, 9 in Tianshui, 5 in Baiyin, and 2 in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture;
28 cases in Heilongjiang, including 27 in Harbin and 1 in Heihe;
23 cases in Tianjin, including 11 in Xiqing District, 3 in Hebei District, 3 in Dongli District, 2 in Jinghai District, 1 in Hedong District, 1 in Hexi District, 1 in Hongqiao District, and 1 in Binhai New District;
22 cases in Jiangsu, including 17 in Changzhou, 2 in Nanjing, 2 in Suqian, and 1 in Suzhou;
15 cases in Yunnan, including 13 cases in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, 1 case in Lincang City, and 1 case in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture;
12 cases in Guangdong, including 7 in Dongguan and 5 in Shenzhen;
11 cases in Anhui, including 7 in Tongling and 4 in Bozhou;
7 cases in Guangxi, including 3 cases in Chongzuo City, 2 cases in Fangchenggang City, and 2 cases in Qinzhou City;
5 cases in Zhejiang, including 2 in Quzhou, 1 in Hangzhou, 1 in Jiaxing, and 1 in Taizhou;
There are 5 cases in Henan, including 4 cases in Jiaozuo and 1 case in Zhoukouy.
●Fujian
From 22 March, Dongshan Village, Chidian Town, Jinjiang City was adjusted to a high-risk area; No. 17 Wanhong Road, Wan'an Street, Luojiang District, Qingmeng Village, Chidian Town, Jinjiang City, Wutan Village, Chidian Town, Chitang Town, Chidian Town, Jinjiang City The village, Jinfu Community of Xiafu Village, Chidian Town, and No. 17 Wusi Road, Hankou Village, Chendai Town are adjusted to medium-risk areas; T Taoyuan, Haibin Street, Licheng District, north to Fangcaojiayuan, south to Quanzhou Municipal Engineering Management Office , 2 areas including Xinhua South Road in the east, Fangcaoyuan Park in the west, Baiyuan Community in Lizhong Street to Longgong Lane in the north, Houcheng Street in the south, Qiaoxiang Commodity Street in the east, and Xiaocai Lane in the west are adjusted to medium-risk areas .
●Jiangsu
From 12 am of 23 March, 9 places in Changzhou were adjusted to high-risk areas, and 5 places were adjusted to medium-risk areas. After the adjustment, Changzhou now has 10 high-risk areas and 13 medium-risk areas.
New high-risk areas (9):
Rainbow City, Qinglong Street, Tianning District (Buildings 6 and 7)
Qinglong Garden, Qinglong Street, Tianning District (buildings 105, 115, 119, 150, 158, 163, 174)
New medium risk areas (5):
Building 97, Building 118, Building 137, Building 138, Shimao Champagne Lake, Sanjing Street, Xinbei District
Shop 17, Jinxiyuan, Hehuachi Street, Zhonglou District
●Gansu
From 22 March, Cuijiaya Dahu Village, Xiuchuan Street, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City has been adjusted to a high-risk area.
●Beijing
On 22 March, the Beilidong Community of Balizhuang, Liulitun Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing was adjusted to a medium-risk area. At present, there are two medium-risk areas in Beijing, both of which are located in Chaoyang District.
●Henan
From 12 am of 23 March, Qiandong Village, Wangtun Township, Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, Houdong Village, Wangtun Township, Hounanmeng Village, Wangtun Township, Chen Village, Huanfeng Town, Xiaoying Village, Huanfeng Town, Huanfeng Town, Jiaozuo City Dawei Village, Huanfeng Town Dawenwan Village, Zhenghou Street Hehuan Community, and Yunxiang Textile Factory were adjusted to medium-risk areas.
From 8 pm of 22 March, Shunchengguan Village, Chengguan Town, Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City has been adjusted to a medium-risk area.
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Shenzhen resident starved to death
Next, we still have to pay attention to the epidemic situation in the mainland. Some netizens broke the news today that there was a riot in the "urban village" in Nantou Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen. "The reason for the riot was that someone starved to death at No. 17 Siheng Alley, Guankou, and did not report it." In the location of the starved person, "there was not a single case of the epidemic in the residents in several alleys. The house was closed for 23 days, and there were dead people inside. Not to be unsealed."
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Subway train frequencies reduced, crowds in trains
Another netizen tweeted that the Shenzhen authorities had reduced the number of subway trains "out of epidemic prevention". As a result, all the people who traveled crowded into a pot of porridge, and people were crowded and crowded.
This is China's epidemic prevention measures, so strange. The number of people traveling has not decreased, but the number of subways has been reduced. Isn't this obviously making the density of the crowd higher? If there is an asymptomatic case in the mix, how many people have to be infected?
However,the CCP does not consider the issue of whether people are infected or not, it only considers lockdowns. Even if people starve to death, it is nothing, as long as they do not die from the virus, then the CCP's epidemic prevention has been successful. As long as the virus does not spread, how many people starve to death will not affect the party's "zero-covid policy".
The tragedy of this secondary disaster has occurred in many cases in Wuhan, Xi'an, and other places that have been blocked and "cleared". However, the CCP is still "clearing" as the top priority, and the management of closure and control takes the lead.
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Trapped in Shanghai, "Beijing people" desperate
This morning (22nd), a Beijing friend told me in an email that a "former Beijing colleague" she had not seen for several years was trapped in Shanghai.
Although there has been no intersection for many years, it can be seen that netizens are still full of sympathy for this "former colleague". That's why I wrote to me, hoping that I could mention this matter and maybe help this ex-Beijing colleague who has no connection.
Netizens said that her former colleague "Ms. W" usually likes to travel in the mountains and waters, and has been to many places at home and abroad. When I went to Shanghai this time, I just caught up with the lockdown and was "trapped in a hotel in Shanghai". "From between the lines of her words, all you can see is the word 'despair'."
Netizens took a few screenshots of this "former colleague"'s circle of friends, and indeed it can be seen that this person has been to a lot of places to play. In other words, this Beijinger is likely to be a "petty bourgeoisie".
This person said in his post today (22nd) that he has loved the city of Beijing for decades. "Youth, enthusiasm and perseverance have all stayed in this city. But now this city has closed all possibilities for me to go home, slammed the door shut, and shut me out. Tell me in cold words that we understand your difficulties, but we still cannot let you come back. To be honest, I'm a little bit broken."
She called the mayor's hotline 12345 and said that her home is in Beijing, and the area where she is currently stranded in Shanghai is a low-risk area, and only one case has been found. And in half a month, "I didn't go out twice", and I only moved in the area of 50 m around the hotel every day, and the nucleic acid was done seven or eight times.
The post said that the risk reduction in Shanghai "will take at least a month and tens of thousands of accommodation fees". If this goes on, he will be "unemployed", and the three cats in the family will starve to death. She wrote, "I want to go home now. I can do centralized isolation or home isolation. Even if I am required to be isolated in Shanghai for 14 days from today, I can draw blood every day for accounting. Anyway, give me a feasible way."
However, the mayor's hotline responded, "If there is a case in the district, you cannot return to Beijing." Ask her to "go to another city for 14 days and then come back". Just such a "cold and mechanized sentence" cut off this person's "all love for Beijing".
At the end of the post, it wrote, "The epidemic prevention policy should not be one-size-fits-all. What is more terrible than the epidemic is to use the slogan of the epidemic to push the innocent and implicated people into a desperate situation."
This is probably the case with the post. It can be seen from this person's post that this person really misses Beijing and wants to go home. But in any case, Beijing just wouldn't let her go back, just because there was a case in her area.
A netizen told me in the email that she had three or four colleagues in Shanghai, and she also thought that "Shanghai's national economic center cannot be closed down." Netizens once "scolded" these Shanghai colleagues, trying to wake them up to collect grain. Netizens said, "Before Wuhan was closed, the whole country was ridiculed and excluded. No Xi'an person would have thought that he was the next fish on the knife."
But these people just "don't listen, don't believe", and even mocked netizens as "traitors". Netizens sighed, "The CCP will not be destroyed for a day, I don't know how long such stupid tragedies will continue!"
I can understand the feelings of netizens, there are quite a few "hate iron is not steel", colleagues and ex-colleagues are so "confident", and they all suffer. I also understand the mood of the former colleague of the netizen, who wants to return to Beijing and his own home. There is a Chinese saying, "The golden den and the silver den are not as good as the kennel of one's own family", not to mention that the living conditions of this former colleague are not bad.
From this person's circle of friends, it can be seen that before she was trapped in Shanghai, her economic conditions were good, she had no worries about food and clothing, and she could travel both at home and abroad, and her life was relatively good. Judging from this, this person is at least a "petty bourgeoisie" in Beijing.
Because of this, this person is full of "love" for the city of Beijing, leaving "youth, enthusiasm and perseverance in this city". Maybe this person never thought that he was from Beijing, how could he be trapped.
But the fact is so ruthless, she miscalculated, including the three or four Shanghai colleagues who were netizens miscalculated. They are all trapped in Shanghai, unable to go out of the hotel to play, and unable to return to their home in Beijing.
Under the rule of the CCP, except for CCP officials and powerful people, in the eyes of the CCP, all Chinese people are the same, they are plasticine that can be kneaded at will, and they are all leeks that can be harvested at will. Even if you live in the imperial capital Beijing and the magic capital Shanghai, it's the same. Living in a big city is just a matter of better conditions and a little stouter growth. But none of them can change the fate of leeks, they are essentially the same.
I really hope that the painstaking efforts of the netizens are not in vain. Her Shanghai colleagues and former Beijing colleagues can wake up in this Shanghai epidemic, and many Chinese compatriots similar to them can wake up. Do not believe anything in the CCP. To believe anything in the CCP is equivalent to taking chronic poison to yourself.
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Mongolian freighter sinks off Taichung, 7 rescued, 1 Taiwanese crew member missing
Image : The Mongolian freighter sank off the coast of Taichung on March 22. Eight crew members abandoned the ship and escaped. The Coast Guard and the Air Corps went to the rescue. One Taiwanese crew member was still missing. (Picture taken from www.facebook.com/cafhq)
The Mongolian cargo ship "PRESTIGE" sank off Taichung on 22 March due to main engine failure. Eight crew members abandoned the ship and escaped. The Indonesian crew members were rescued without any major problems, but a Taiwanese crew member was still missing, and the sea cruiser continued to search and rescue.
The Central News Agency reported that the National Search and Rescue Command Center (National Search and Rescue Center) of the Republic of China Executive Yuan said today (23rd) that it was reported at 2:38 pm yesterday that the Mongolian freighter PRESTIGE was off the coast of Taichung Port, 48 miles southwest. Due to the failure of the main engine, the ship was in danger of sinking, and the situation was critical. A total of 8 crew members (1 Taiwanese and 7 Indonesians) abandoned the ship to escape and requested the sea patrol for rescue.
After the Fleet Division received the report, it immediately dispatched the Taipei Ship cruising in the nearby waters and the 3596 boat to rescue, and dispatched the Taichung Coast Guard Boat 10031 to attend the scene and arrived at the scene at 6:30 pm to search.
When the rescuers arrived at the scene, the wrecked cargo ship had sunk. The 5 crew members boarded the life raft and were rescued by the Japanese cargo ship ORCHID ACE. They were successfully hoisted onto the plane by the aircrew helicopter. The helicopter rescued the other two from the sea at the scene. The crew and 7 crew members were sent to Qingquangang Airport, and the Taichung City Fire Bureau dispatched an ambulance to the Wuqi District of Children's General Hospital for treatment.
The hospital said that the seven patients who were admitted to the hospital suffered from hypothermia, dyspnea, contusions and lacerations and other injuries. The vital signs were all stable and they were kept in the hospital for observation.
Another Taiwanese crew member is still missing, and continues to be searched and rescued by the sea cruiser.
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Ukrainian official: Russian army destroyed a laboratory in Chernobyl
The Ukrainian state agency in charge of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone said on Tuesday that Russian troops destroyed a new laboratory at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that included work to improve the management of radioactive waste.
Russian troops seized the decommissioned factory at the start of the war. The nuclear pollution exclusion zone around the factory was the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986.
The national agency said the lab, which was built at a cost of 6 million euros with the support of the European Commission, opened in 2015.
The agency said in its statement that the laboratory contains "highly active samples and samples of radionuclides that are now in the hands of adversaries who, we hope, will harm themselves and not the civilized world."
Radionuclides are the release of particles or radiation from unstable atomic nuclei.
In another worrying development, Ukraine's nuclear regulator said on Monday that radiation monitors around the plant had stopped working.
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Canada strengthens Arctic defenses
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Western countries cut off cooperation with Russia in the Arctic, and Canada is now eager to strengthen the defense capabilities of what its senior military officials call the "North Wing of NATO."
Canada's defense chief of staff, Wayne Eyre, warned that the country needs to "strengthen its strength" and "focus on the north" in strengthening its domestic security.
Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand, who is planning a trip to the North Pole soon, has also vowed new major military spending.
"As we focus on the war in Ukraine, we also pay close attention to what Russia is doing in other parts of the world, and the far north is our focus area," Eyre told a security conference in Ottawa earlier this month.
He noted that over the past 10 years Russia has "re-occupied abandoned Cold War (Cold War) era bases in that area. It is not impossible that our sovereignty may be challenged."
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European meteorological agency stops cooperation with Russia
The European Meteorological Satellite Organization decided on 22 March 2022 to suspend cooperation with Russia, becoming the latest climate agency to restrict information sharing since Moscow invaded Ukraine.
Experts say near-instant data on wind speed, wind direction, sunlight, precipitation, etc., could be key to preparing for a biological/chemical weapons attack on Ukraine.
The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), an intergovernmental organization based in Germany, told Reuters that an extraordinary meeting of member states met this morning and decided to temporarily revoke Russian customers' licenses and suspend them. Bilateral cooperation with the leading Russian meteorological agency, including all data exchange and training activities.
A spokesman for EUMETSAT declined to comment on the reasons for the decision.
But the United States and allies have previously warned that Russia may be planning to use chemical or biological weapons. However, some of the weather data from countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom that issued warnings continued to be transmitted to Russian agencies through the EUMETSAT pipeline. At least three other groups in Europe have stopped sharing data with Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine on 24 February.
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Russia intensifies crackdown on independent media
As the war against Ukraine continues, Russia has stepped up its crackdown on independent media. The authorities have launched a criminal investigation into Nevzorov, a journalist who reported the Russian military shelling of the Mariupol Maternity Hospital, and warned the Novaya newspaper that this may lead to Russia's largest independent newspaper was forced to close.
After sending troops to invade Ukraine on 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill in March that would punish anyone who reports "false news" about the Russian military with fines and even jail time of up to 15 years. Alexander Nevzorov is the first prominent political journalist and commentator to be investigated for spreading "fake news" about the Russian military after the legislation.
"Nevzorov deliberately spread false news about the deliberate shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol by Russian troops," said a statement.
Nevzorov, 63, is a veteran Russian journalist and former congressman.
Russia's state monitoring agency for information technology, communications and mass media (Roskomnadzor) said that one of the Novaya Gazeta reports mentioned an NGO without labelling it as a "foreign country" in accordance with Russian law. agent". Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Nouvelles, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year.
"Roskomnadzor issued a formal written warning that the editorial office and founder of the new newspaper must not violate the laws of the Russian Federation," Russian regulator Roskomnadzor said in a statement issued by the state-run news agency.
If a media is warned twice by regulators within a year, the court can order the media to be shut down.
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