Russian drone attack in Dnipro – Ukraine has attacked refinery and oil depot – Russian losses and activities

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Two people were killed and at least eight injured in a Russian drone attack on Dnipro during the night, among the wounded are two children being treated in hospital. Read more here.

According to social media, Ukraine is said to have once again attacked the Samara region and Ukrainian drones have hit the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery (Samara) and the Gorky oil pumping station along with the joint oil depot (Nizhny Novgorod). Links here, here, here and here. Just now an article also came from Kyiv Independent.

Russian losses in Ukraine

Still high losses for the Russians and today also losses of most in the “lottery line”.

  • 1100 KWIA
  • 3 Tanks
  • 5 AFVs
  • 58 Artillery systems
  • 3 MLRS
  • 1 Air defense system
  • 1941 UAVs
  • 202 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
  • 2 Special equipment

Russian activities

  • 159 combat clashes
  • 73 air strikes
  • 234 KAB/CAB
  • 9,096 kamikaze drones
  • 3,231 shelling (52 from MLRS)

The night’s drone attack

Russia attacked with a total of 155 different drones (of which about 100 were of the Shahed type).
Ukraine managed to counter 139 of these (e.g. by jamming them or shooting them down, or via “interceptor” drones).

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199 thoughts on “Russian drone attack in Dnipro – Ukraine has attacked refinery and oil depot – Russian losses and activities”

    2. DenGamle

      But someone is needed who can manage the blog without threats so that it doesn’t become a hateful election platform like the other blog has become.
      OT is okay as a spice to lighten up all the crap that happens.
      That’s what I and my 10 million followers on social media think.

      3. Pehr

        As long as no one starts promoting AFS, there is unlikely to be any major risk since there is now basically a consensus among most parties and definitely the parliament regarding support for Ukraine.

    3. johan No.1

      Yes, you are right Dengamle 👍

      Sometimes MXT gets a little extra upset about Trump and his posts set the tone for the day, or I get going on the Green Party’s society-disrupting activities where I really hold back on the criticism that should be more.

      But…

      You SHOULD have different opinions as long as you maintain GOOD TONE.

      We have not kickbanned anyone and few have probably left, Wesley only?

      I want to have a discussion in the thread – how can you move forward in the reasoning if you don’t have different opinions and see things differently?

      Why it works well here and not in other places, or the newspapers’ comment sections, well the Nobel Prize committee will have to figure that out before I get the peace prize but it does.

      1.5 years soon.

      Sometimes the thread half-dies and we need more active writers.

      Many read but it’s probably a perishable good and if it’s a slow week you change your habits?

      MXT’s daily posts are vital.

      The own goal on the site you know where, several wrote that they are stopping writing there now. They don’t know we exist, at least those must we catch up with MXT?

      Now we are the largest in Western Europe but Sheinu is bigger because they have so many Chinese so we need to get in more since we don’t get enough swish to buy traffic from Indian bot farms, we’re a bit stuck

      2. Jan W

        I think it’s nice to have a bit of OT discussions. As long as they are respectful in tone.

        I also appreciate the friendly, not to say loving, banter. Really fun.

      1. johan No.1

        Step two is that they shoot all the ammunition, but we are not quite there yet.

        Or they need a cricket field, could be like that 👍

    2. Lasse W

      At one time, the Russians believed they could get away with anything. Like Mariupol and Bucha. And cutting off the ears and other organs of captured Ukrainian soldiers. I believe that has stopped. There will come a time after the war when the reckoning will be made. If, when, how, and where is uncertain. But the risk exists. And it can make many Russians fear future reprisals. I believe many war criminals have been hidden away in Siberia. Didn’t Ukrainian SOF find someone in Siberia?
      It is strange that they are trying to remove the mass graves in Mariupol. Do the Russians see a risk that they will be forced to return all the territory they have taken in the SMO?

    3. CB500four

      It seems like they are gradually starting to realize that the shit is approaching the fan.

      It is starting to smolder more and more in Moscow, old communists are starting to talk about 1917 again. Is the basement still there in Yekaterinburg, I wonder?

       

      4. alfaomega

        I believe he is still a prince but not a working royal? Either way, it draws attention in the media that might not otherwise write about Ukraine, so credit to him for that.

  5. MXT

    Good of Spain, which otherwise lags a bit behind in its support for Ukraine.
    “Spain will send 100 VAMTAC armored vehicles and a supply of 155-millimeter artillery ammunition to Ukraine’s State Border Guard, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced during a visit to Ukraine on April 22.”
    https://kyivindependent.com/spain-to-send-ammunition-100-armored-vehicles-to-ukraine/

    List of support from different countries sorted by share of GDP, from the start of the war until the end of December 2025 (according to Statista):

     

      1. Proxima

        Sketch by Arve Opsahl about the girls in Lisbon not being better than those in Oslo. Must clarify. Not thinking about having gotten old and everyone here not knowing what was shown on TV in the early 60s.

    1. MXT

      Do not dare to confirm it yet, it seems clear that they have struck the oil infrastructure, but have not seen any evidence that they have hit the refinery specifically. 

      1. johan No.1

        They greet you and wish you all the best, they also wonder why you didn’t come back when you were supposed to “take a walk and try to find something to eat” six months ago

  10. MXT

    Good that they are getting partners!

    Considering the USA’s meager contribution recently, one might see the last thing he writes as double irony when he once again thanks the USA.

    “We signed three big security documents with the countries in the Middle East – Drone Deals with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. These will translate into many different contracts with both the private and public sectors of Ukraine.

    We are ready to deliver. First, our expertise. Second, training missions and software to integrate different military equipment into one system. And cheap drones and co-production lines to make them.

    A “shahed” can cost between $80 and $130 thousand. They will destroy it using not a $3-4 million missile, but a $10,000 interceptor. We want to help them defend themselves. And we will continue building such partnerships with other countries.

    I think all of this needs to be shared with the U.S. as well. I would be proud if we could do it because we are very thankful to the U.S. for its support.”
    https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2047203852751904872

    1. johan No.1

      UA and Zelensky are probably a very big problem for the USA and Trump.

      Europe also becomes less scared and cowardly when we are protected by Ukraine.

       

  11. Proxima

    Johan yesterday 8:15: Very good post, didn’t have time to respond. Especially the last paragraph was very thought-provoking. Europe acted fearfully, indecisively, nationally, and in some cases authoritatively when it came to the pandemic.
    Some examples: Finland set up riot fences in Tornio and guarded the border with armed border police. They monitored the Torne River with drones to prevent anyone from rowing across. Norway banned everything related to Sweden from entering Norway; people who worked with wild boars and wolves and even shot down mountain geese so that the Swedish geese wouldn’t mix with the exclusive Norwegian mountain geese. Sylvi Listhaug was really in her worst Sweden mood at that time.
    The Danes just stated that everyone was welcome if they had been vaccinated and wore masks. But as the interior minister added dryly: “the Swedes can just stay home.”
    Meanwhile, Tegnell appeared daily on TV in his gray-green T-shirt and calmly asked Swedes to keep their distance, wash their hands, and above all show judgment.
    I still think Europe acts fearfully and indecisively when it comes to
    Ukraine, Trump, and NATO. Now meetings are being held about sweeping mines in the Strait of Hormuz. One last week, a new one this week. Then there will be another next week. And so it goes on endlessly.

    1. Lasse W

      There is a meeting culture in the liberal West characterized by technocracy. Or eurocracy. A tyranny of portfolio holders. Exercised by people like these Stubb and Bildt types. It is also called the rules-based world order. It fits poorly with war.

      3. fedtmule

        Yet our Finnish brothers’ portfolio bearers made our portfolio bearers quickly apply for NATO membership and then consistently be at the top among the countries supporting Ukraine.

    2. johan No.1

      Fun that someone read it and thanks 😀

      I have a post on the way about the bigger picture and why I complain about the UK – where freedom of speech was seriously smoked out until the police on their own initiative said stop, we’re not in anymore.

      Or the USA where MXT is trying to keep up.

      Never a good crisis, now Europe can do right or we become more authoritarian.

      We can also stand alone or run to China for protection.

      There are many layers to the onion but it’s interesting when a state of emergency is declared and suddenly you get to commit abuses against the citizens just because you can.

      Terror laws and gang laws are good and needed but the tougher laws coming now are loosely written and CAN be used against the citizens if one wants.

      I will try to sort that out in a longer post.

      Tegnell was a hero in a knitted sweater and unique in the world.

      2. CB500four

        Sitting here in Finland, we were horrified when the elderly died like flies in Sweden at the beginning of the pandemic.

        We did have some restrictions here, my daughter was in elementary school, where there were a few weeks of distance learning, but for those in high school or university it was trickier, they had more remote teaching and did not get the cohesion that you get at school at that age.

        The restrictions in nursing homes were indeed strict, and the number of visitors at funerals was also limited.

        Ultimately, it seems that the total “excess mortality” during the pandemic years was not so different between Sweden and Finland. In Sweden, the elderly and weak died at the beginning of the pandemic, while it was a bit more even in Finland.

  12. MXT

    Trump Approval Ratings

    The latest Economist survey is the highest since early March, and one can sense an upward trend despite them normally being among the most negative towards Trump. He stands at -17%.

     

    The New York Times (which collects and weights many surveys including the Economist) goes in the opposite direction. There, Trump is at his worst so far with 58% disapprove and 38% approve, the highest and lowest figures so far, which gives a total of -20%.

    Fox News conducted a survey a week ago and there the numbers are somewhat better, 58% disapprove but 42% approve, so he ends up at -16% overall.

    Fox also reports the different sub-areas, and it is a bit interesting to see the distribution. The economy, which was one of the things he won the election on, for example, does not seem to be viewed so positively, nor inflation (which is related). The war in Iran is also not appreciated.

     

    I have written a couple of times that the decline should level off soon. According to the Economist, this seems to have happened, and Fox also shows a slight increase.
    However, the NYT gives a different picture, but the question is whether it can continue to decline further or if this is the bottom.

    Of these three, the NYT is probably still seen as more credible since they collect around 10-30 different surveys per week (some surveys are done weekly, others once a month, and some even less frequently).

      1. MXT

        Do you mean my analysis? 😄

        Or do you mean the result?

        If it is the result, then it is basically the same as NYT.

        NYT rounds to whole numbers, and if you do the same with Silver Bulletin, it only differs by one percent for approve since theirs would be at 58 disapprove and 39 approve.

        Silver Bulletin does it in the same way as NYT and weighs several surveys and weights them differently depending on the quality. Looking at the surveys they list, you can see that many of them are the same as those used by NYT. 

        But I agree, Silver Bulletin is probably one of the most credible since they also start from summing up lots of surveys and try to weight them.

        I think I will drop Economist, since it is just one of many, it stayed because I started with it and theirs was quite good to follow before the election as they had historical data from several presidents etc. Then they removed that extra information. 

        Maybe I’ll take NYT plus SB from now on so together they might give the best picture!

    2. johan No.1

      This fall you will see a RAIN of free money over the voter base and then things will pick up, whether it will be enough, who the hell knows, but the election promises will simmer

  15. Proxima

    Has the USA only now understood this? Maybe someone in the Pentagon can tell Trump. He hasn’t understood it yet. The amateurs’ FF.😒

    1. johan No.1

      I believe that in every book/analysis/war game down to us here in the thread, the Iranians close Hormuz.

      The fact that the USA was caught with their pants down feels a bit like a hidden agenda, especially since they themselves have now closed Hormuz.

      Hard to know who the enemy is here nowadays

      2. MXT

        Yes, they couldn’t have been surprised when it happened. Although you never know, Trump has probably replaced all the thinkers around him and prioritized the loyal ones..

        What I hadn’t quite expected was that they would go as hard as they did on the neighboring countries. It was not unexpected that they struck American bases, but that they would bomb wildly and, besides oil and energy, also send missiles indiscriminately at civilian buildings was actually not something I had anticipated.

        1. CB500four

          I was also surprised by the bombings of the neighboring countries. I thought they would go after American and Israeli targets, but you never know how they think.

          They probably consider all non-Shia to be enemies to varying degrees.

  16. johan No.1

    Will dive into this next week but VDV seems to be on the southern front.

    Not a focus point, right?

    Keep an eye there because RU might know what we are guessing about Crimea?

    Of course, I was modest, I know what is going to happen

     

    1. MXT

      😂 

      Had to check how my savings are doing, I stick to my Avanza portfolio and avoid Bitcoins, Trumpcoins, and whatever else they’re called.

      Right now it feels pretty good, beating both OMX and Dow Jones the past month with an increase of 24.7%. Although it has dropped the last few days, so soon I’ll probably be below (again).

      Not going to reveal how much (or little) money is involved, not much to brag about then. 😄

      I’m also beating Bitcoin, which has done somewhat worse than the stock market lately:

        1. MXT

          Yes, it started going well about the time you started talking about Bitcoin! 😂

          But it will drop again soon, my portfolio has the characteristic that when it goes well it goes better than most, but when it goes badly it drops even deeper instead.
          I have too many high-risk stocks, according to those who know what they are doing. 😄

  23. MXT

    Iran
    “Iran has attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized at least two of them, reports AP citing state Iranian media. The incidents occurred just hours after the US once again extended the ceasefire with the country.

    Donald Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells Fox News that the attacks do not constitute a violation of the ceasefire, as they were not directed at American or Israeli ships.

    – Donald Trump has made it very clear to Iran what his red lines are, she says.

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guard states that the operations targeted three ships attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, of which two – Epaminondas and Francesca – were seized. No crew members are reported to have been injured, but one of the ships sustained extensive damage to the command bridge, according to information from both Iranian and international sources.”
    https://omni.se/iran-beslagtar-tva-fartyg-i-hormuzsundet-men-vapenvilan-tycks-intakt/a/j03d5z

    1. MXT

      “A law from the 1970s could force US President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran as early as May 1 if he does not get Congress’s support to continue, writes the New York Times. The law gives a president the right under certain circumstances to start a war without asking Congress, but only for 60 days.

      So far, the Republicans have blocked a series of attempts by the Democrats to end the war. But several Republicans have already announced that they will not vote to give Trump the green light to continue the war beyond the 60-day deadline.

      However, the law allows the president to on his own initiative continue the operation for an additional 30 days if needed to withdraw the troops safely.

      Congress can also vote to give the military operation clearance to continue without any time limit, which a group of Republicans is working for.”
      https://omni.se/tidsgrans-i-lagen-kan-satta-press-pa-trump-att-avsluta-kriget-1-maj/a/ArRl53

  30. MXT

    USA

    “The White House has produced what Politico describes as a list of ‘naughty and nice’ NATO countries, according to American and European sources for the site.

    The list is said to be part of threats to punish countries that have not supported the US war against Iran, and was developed ahead of NATO leader Mark Rutte’s visit to Washington in April.

    What this might mean in practice is unclear, but according to sources it could involve moving American troops from countries that have not supported the US to those that have.

    – They don’t seem to have very concrete ideas when it comes to punishment. Moving troops is one option, but doesn’t that mainly punish the US? wonders a European diplomatic source.

    There is no information about where different countries are placed on the list, but according to Politico Poland and Romania may be near the top – while Spain is likely placed near the bottom.”
    https://omni.se/kallor-usa-tar-fram-lista-over-stygga-natolander/a/pBMpKX

      1. MXT

        😂 I heard that even the Vatican City is in trouble. Partly because the Pope was critical of the war but mainly because they refused the US permission to establish a base there for their Hercules planes.

        Apparently, Trump had muttered something about bringing all his NATO forces home from there and sharply raising tariffs.

        1. alfaomega

          And nowadays, people don’t even raise an eyebrow at a post like that; it could just as well have been real and not MTX “fantasies.” Think about how desensitized one has become from all the idiot comments that T keeps spewing out, all the time and completely unfiltered.
          I am so utterly tired of that man and his entourage.

          1. MXT

            Well, you hardly need to come up with fake crazy statements when it comes to Trump.

            (I should have thought about making some long fake Trump post on April 1st.. 😂)

          2. fedtmule

            When I previously learned about the actions of the current American administration, I was often struck by dark thoughts and wished them, with their circus clown of a president at the helm, a long, anxiety-filled, and extremely painful death….. Nowadays, I have come to understand that I would rather wish them a very quick and imminent demise.

    4. fedtmule

      Yes, dearest most beautiful american president ever DONALD JOHN TRUMP.
      PUNISH THOSE BAD NATO-COUNTRIES BY MOVING THE WORLDS BEST AND MOST MAGNIFICENT YOUR FANTASTIC TROOPS TO YOUR MORE LOYAL AND NICE FRIENDS IN POLAND, BALTICUM AND ROMANIA AND BUILD NEW GOLDEN AND MODT BEAUTIFUL BASES FOR THEM TO STAY FOR EVER AND EVER.
      I am certain that your moster admired friend in Russia will love
      the idea and applaud it.

  32. MXT

    “‘Now is a good time to invest in Ukraine’ — Brussels and Kyiv sign over $1 billion in deals

    Ukraine and the European Union signed over 1 billion euros in deals, as Kyiv and Brussels move to more tightly interweave their economies.

    EU institutions and investment banks signed agreements on loans, guarantees, and grants across a range of sectors at the EU-Ukraine Business Summit held in Brussels on April 22–23.

    The deals come as the EU finalizes a massive 90-billion-euro ($105 billion) EU loan to Kyiv, agreed by European countries in December and likely to be approved on April 23, after outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister dropped his opposition to the loan.”
    https://kyivindependent.com/brussels-and-kyiv-sign-over-1-billion-in-deals-in-defense-tech-push/

  34. MXT

    Tips for art enthusiasts visiting Stockholm from May 4 to 11.

    “Svenska pressfotografer stöttar Ukraina i ny utställning
    In connection with Press Freedom Day, a photo exhibition opens where well-known Swedish press photographers have donated images taken in Ukraine. The proceeds go to those affected by the war in the country. The initiator is journalist and author Lisa Bjurwald.

    The exhibition runs from May 4–11, at Konsthallen Stockholm in Gamla stan.”
    https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/svenska-pressfotografer-stottar-ukraina-i-ny-utstallning/

  35. MXT

    “The situation at the front for Ukraine is currently better and more stable than it has been in a year. This is what the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha told The Independent. According to Sybiha, the explanation is that Ukraine is superior both in terms of drone warfare and air defense.

    – We have minimized the Russians’ numerical superiority by using drones, he says.

    According to Sybiha, Ukraine manages to repel 90 percent of the Russian attacks on cities in the country.

    The statement comes in the wake of a report from the think tank ISW which concluded that Russia made no territorial advances at all during March.”

  38. MXT

    Israel

    “Entire villages and residential areas have been demolished by Israel during the ongoing ceasefire, witnesses report according to AP. Due to the security situation, neither the UN nor Lebanese authorities have been able to be on site to document the extent.

    The news agency has spoken with Hassan Sweidan who lives near the village of Beit Lif, which has basically been leveled.

    – They demolished step by step until they reached the square and now, as you can see, there are no houses, he says.

    The Israeli military IDF defends the operation by stating that they are destroying buildings used by Hezbollah.

    During the day, Israel and Lebanon are meeting in Washington to discuss an extension of the ceasefire between the countries, which expires on Sunday. Lebanon has beforehand stated that it will try to secure a one-month extension of the ceasefire.”

    https://omni.se/byar-jamnade-med-marken-finns-inga-hus/a/e7zPRM
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/23/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-home-demolitions/a8347570-3eca-11f1-bb46-ed564688d953_story.html

    2. CB500four

      Not good, it only plays into the hands of Iran/Hizbollah as Israel’s brutality causes them to lose credibility.

      It’s about time to replace Netanyahu, Israel must of course be able to defend itself, and terrorists, the whole lot supported by Iran, basically understand nothing but violence, but Israel should not use such “blunt” weapons in urban environments as they are now using and have used in Gaza.

  39. 205

    Gosh, there was a lot of action in the thread!

    AFU’s daily summary of battles along the front this morning showed a day of rest for the Russians with a tendency that the current offensive reached its peak yesterday. Up and down every other day.

    N Slobozhansky-Kursk 0
    S Slobozhansky 4
    Kupyansk 7
    Lyman 5↘️
    Slovyansk 2↘️↘️
    Kramatorsk 2↘️
    Kostjantynivka 20💥↘️
    Pokrovsk 36💥💥↘️
    Oleksandrivskij 8↘️
    Huliaipole 16💥
    Orikhivsk 1↘️
    Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 4

    Localized 105↘️↘️
    Unlocalized 54↘️
    Total 159↘️
    Ratio unloc/loc: 0.51↗️

  41. MXT

    Hope something good comes out of this.

    “President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Cyprus on April 23 to attend a European Union summit, Ukraine’s President’s Office said.

    Zelensky is expected to meet Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Danish acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, as well as Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

    Zelensky is also expected to deliver a speech at the summit, which will take place from April 23 to April 24.”

    https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arrives-in-cyprus-to-attend-eu-summit/

  42. johan No.1

    MXT further up – it will probably be the case that the Baltics will be abandoned quite soon, the rest of the list is uninteresting.

    1. CB500four

      There was some news yesterday that the USA will not be able to deliver the weapons that were ordered for the Baltics and Finland. Maybe part of the plan…

  43. johan No.1

    Also MXT,

    Soon we should stop giving money and instead invest in Ukraine as a business.

    Not like the USA but to collaborate with UA companies where UA agrees to it – buy/sell.

     

    1. MXT

      Absolutely, it will probably get started sooner or later.

      Ukraine should have been proactive from the beginning and made it easier for foreign individuals to invest, I believe it would have yielded a lot. 

      They have sites aimed at companies and institutions that want to invest heavily but nothing for ordinary people.

    2. maggan

      It is probably a dream for the Russians living in Kaliningrad to become EU members, but I find it hard to see an EU-led invasion.

      Pointing out again: clickbait! Provide a brief summary before posting random X-links.

      1. DenGamle

        He has a bit of difficulty with that, maybe we should start by explaining to him what a summary is, that it, for example, is not a bunch of emojis.

        1. 205

          👍🤛🏽👊💪A picture is worth more than 1000 words. An emoji is not exactly a picture but a good one can say up to 10 words. Three identical emojis in a row 30 words. 4 40 words. Definitely on par with a short summary.

      3. CB500four

        Hm, it is typical that Russia accuses its presumed enemies of something.

        It can give them a reason to “protect” Kaliningrad by, for example, attacking Lithuania to open up a corridor.

      4. fedtmule

        The Russian scum residing in the Königsberg exclave should, when Russia implodes, be put on railway wagons and returned the same way their murdering, raping, and ethnically cleansing ancestors arrived. After that, the former East Prussia should be divided between Poland and Lithuania.

          1. fedtmule

            Germany lost rightfully or wrongfully that region for its behavior during the last world war.

            It is more “geographically logical” if that landmass is absorbed between Poland and Lithuania, and there is nothing preventing German EU citizens from settling there. The most important thing is that the area in the future is not Russian and that the current occupiers return to the hellhole their ancestors came from.

  46. maggan

    It is probably a dream for the Russians living in Kaliningrad to become EU members, but I find it hard to see an EU-led invasion.

    Pointing out again: clickbait! Give a small summary before you post random X-links.

  48. MXT

    USA politics

    Judges bought by Trump?

    “A judge stops the redrawing of electoral districts that was approved in Tuesday’s referendum in the state of Virginia. This is reported by American media, after President Donald Trump called the referendum “rigged”.

    Judge Jack Hurley invalidated all cast votes because, according to him, the referendum was not announced in time and the question to the voters was “clearly misleading,” according to CBS.

    The referendum’s yes to a redrawing of the electoral districts to the Democrats’ advantage could tip the congressional majority in the midterm elections this fall, according to the Washington Post. Both Democrats and Republicans usually redraw electoral districts where they have local majorities to increase their party’s chances in congressional elections.

    The Democrats in Virginia intend to appeal the judge’s decision.

    “The Republicans lost and now they are trying to steamroll the voters in court,” writes a group that campaigned for the redrawing according to CNN.”
    https://omni.se/domare-stoppar-nya-valkartor-i-virginia-demokrater-overklagar/a/n1LwPL

     

    The Republicans are beginning to regret what they once started.

    “Several Republican politicians are self-critical after the party’s initiative to redraw electoral districts has begun to backfire on them. This is what a number of Republicans tell Axios.

    – I wish none of this had happened. It has created unnecessary chaos, says Republican congressman Kevin Kiley from California to the site.

    At President Donald Trump’s urging, the Republicans have taken every chance to redraw electoral districts where they have local majorities ahead of this year’s midterm elections, to protect their congressional majority. Now the Democrats have done the same in states they dominate, and in the end, the Republicans may lose seats.

    – Did they think we would just take Texas and no one would respond? says Don Bacon, also a Republican congressman from Nebraska to Axios.

    The Democrats’ minority leader in Congress Hakeem Jeffries says:

    – They started the redistricting war, and we intend to finish it.”
    https://omni.se/republikaner-angrar-strid-om-valkartor-onodigt-kaos/a/vrk5gV

     

     

  49. MXT

    Iran

    “The US Navy will shoot to kill boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. This is Donald Trump’s new order.

    “I have ordered the US Navy to shoot and kill all boats, including small boats, laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz,” the president writes on Truth Social and continues: “There should be no doubt.”

    US minesweepers are already working to clear mines in the strait, according to Trump.

    According to Donald Trump, the US now has total control over the strait, without backing up the claim with any evidence, according to Reuters. He says that US control will remain “until Iran is ready to make a deal.”
    https://omni.se/trump-om-minbatar-i-hormuz-skjut-och-doda-alla/a/K8Lp5M

     

    Israel does not want a ceasefire. I wonder if they pay Trump enough to get the OK to continue?

    “Israel is seeking US approval for new attacks on Iran. This says Defense Minister Israel Katz according to Times of Israel.

    – We are waiting for the green light to wipe out the Khamenei dynasty and bomb Iran back to the Stone Age by crushing energy facilities and infrastructure, says Katz.

    According to the defense minister, Israel is planning an attack that will “shake the Iranian regime to its core,” writes Haaretz.

    Attacks on civilian infrastructure constitute violations of international law, says international law expert Mark Klamberg to Aftonbladet.”
    https://omni.se/israel-vantar-pa-gront-ljus-fran-usa-for-att-bomba-iran-till-stenaldern/a/L4o5oR

    1. maggan

      Unclear if the regime is shaking because bridges and power plants are being bombed? They probably have plenty of backup power plants for their bunkers? They can surely travel by helicopter?

      I assume it’s whataboutism to say that Iran has done the same thing to its neighbors? Two wrongs don’t make a right?

      1. MXT

        Now, Iran did not actually start the war, but they have clearly committed war crimes and furthermore attacked those who had done them nothing at all (other than having Americans on their land), so they should go straight to The Hague without passing Go.

    2. MXT

      China has probably not been so dependent on oil from Iran for a long time. It is also easy to believe that they are completely dependent on imports, but they are the fifth largest producer in the world.
      In 2024, they produced about 5.3 million barrels per day while the USA was at 13.2, that is approximately 40% of the USA.
      At the same time, they consume about 80% of what the USA does, so they are naturally behind, but those reserves were huge and they can always buy from sources other than Iran.

      If there is a prolonged “oil famine,” they might be able to manage longer than the USA.

      “China has significantly larger oil reserves than any other country, and increased its reserves dramatically last year. This is shown by new figures from the US Energy Information Administration, reports Axios.

      Over the past decade, China has strived for energy security to reduce the country’s import dependence and safeguard the economy against sudden upheavals in the world. Besides stockpiling oil, the country has increased its production of renewable energy, and is thus well prepared for the oil crisis resulting from the Iran war.

      – They can now look back and say: We did everything right, says Erica Downs, researcher at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University to CNN.

      China has 1.4 billion barrels of crude oil. Second in the world is the USA with 413 million barrels, less than a third.”
      https://omni.se/kina-bunkrade-olja-fore-kriget-strategisk-fordel/a/Wvmj0d

    4. 205

      Interesting how you weave together two articles. Where your perspective on how Iran’s mining of the strait is handled by the USA can only be perceived as mocking. There is no question that it is a violation of international law to mine an international waterway. However, it is important to highlight international law when Israel wants to eliminate threats to its security – a regime that supports proxy militias that not only use civilians as shields and weave their entire Iran-funded military apparatus into civilian society, but also try to ensure that as many civilians as possible, preferably children, die when the Israeli military acts to eliminate the security threat to Israel and its population. In order to try to put Israel in a worse light internationally.

      Yesterday rockets were fired at Israel. From where? From villages where civilians live. Sanctioned by the regime that finances and pushes the use of civilians in its warfare. And gladly sacrifices them. 

      Yes, then it is important to highlight international law!

      Explain to the people of Israel why the country’s military should not act and eliminate the security threat!

      1. MXT

        Sometimes you read a bit too much into things, I gathered the two I found about Iran. Where would that mocking when it comes to the minors come from? I’m not the one who wrote the text, I just quoted Omni? Should I start censoring others’ criticism of the USA?

        Iran is worse than the USA when it comes to war, maybe not so much because they closed the strait but mostly because they have indiscriminately bombed their neighbors.

        But everyone knows that Iran is a bunch of bastards, it is almost a form of fascist regime that murders its inhabitants and supports terrorist organizations like HAMAS and Hezbollah. 

        The problem is that the USA and Israel try to portray themselves as being on the good side with higher moral standards. At the same time, both seem to want to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age and thus stoop to Iran’s level even though they should know better.

        If your neighbor throws stones at you, you don’t shoot him in the head to stop it.

        I don’t understand your admiration for Israel, which has killed the most people in that region in recent years, far more than Iran. Israel almost appears to be a bigger security threat to its neighbors than Iran, if one cares about human lives. Iran would not have bombed neighboring countries if the USA and Israel had not attacked. That it is also a war crime is obvious.

        But if you throw stones at your neighbor and the neighbor shoots your children, what can one suspect you are doing then?

        1. 205

          Israel uses precision weapons, they warn before bombing a building with civilians. It is not Israel that causes civilian casualties. It is Hamas and Hezbollah who actively pursue that. As I write, their strategy. And Iran, which finances and controls these terrorists, probably cares even less about the population in Gaza and Beirut than its own population. Although it may be difficult to understand. 

          1. fedtmule

            The Israelis are permeated by the same “eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth” as the peoples in their neighboring countries, even though Israel likes to portray itself as the Western civilization’s humanistic

            champion.
            Emigration from Israel of Jews with both American and Western European backgrounds continues to increase.

          2. CB500four

            Yes, Hamas and Hezbollah are actively striving for that, but Israel lets it happen. They probably warned first even in Gaza, but it likely became less and less of that as time went on.

            Now, in my safe home, I don’t have a good strategy for how they could do things differently to reduce civilian deaths, but they should at least strive for that. The smart bombs were wizard level, but it will be difficult to repeat.

            It may well be that ground troops are required, then more Israelis will die, but then they have better control and don’t need to destroy neighborhood after neighborhood. Bunker bombs are a bit too blunt weapons in the city.

      2. 205

        It was the day before yesterday, not yesterday, that rockets were fired at Israel:

        2026-04-21

        Israel: Hizbollah has attacked

        Israel states that Hizbollah has fired rockets at Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, according to Reuters. Israel calls it a violation of the ceasefire and simultaneously reports that air raid sirens in northern Israel responded to drones launched from Lebanon.

    5. 205

      It cannot have been news to the USA that Iran would mine Hormuz in a full-scale war.

      Claude AI, which was trained before the war broke out, says:

      “That’s the critical pressure point. About 20% of global oil flows through Hormuz, so Iran closing or threatening to close it would be economically catastrophic — oil prices would spike, global markets would seize up.

      Iran has the capability to do it: fast attack craft, submarines, anti-ship missiles, mines. They’ve threatened it before. In a war scenario, they’d absolutely try to close or disrupt it as leverage and economic warfare.”

      Claude AI was used until recently by the US military.

      1. fedtmule

        What can you expect from a country that for the second time has chosen a demented circus clown with a patience and consistency of thought that would make a 7-year-old seem mature and farsighted.

  50. MXT

    Yuck!
    Hopefully, we don’t have any sushi lovers from Lerum among the readers!?

    “Around 330 people are believed to have been food poisoned after visiting two sushi restaurants in Lerum, reports Lerums tidning.

    The restaurants, which belong to the same chain, have previously stated that it might be the salmon causing the illness, as they recently changed supplier.

    But according to Anna Engström, head of the municipality’s environmental unit, it is still unclear what the food poisoning is due to.

    – People have eaten very different things and there doesn’t seem to be any pattern, she says.”
    https://omni.se/over-300-magsjuka-at-pa-sushirestaurang-i-lerum/a/Rj1yJa

    1. maggan

      0% inflation = money printing
      0.17% price increases, fantastic. I’m thinking about moving there. Imagine a country where a hundred kronor is worth the same 10 years later. How simple life would be if you could save without being hit by the hidden tax of inflation.

  54. 205

    Off topic

    “Flak means you are over the target” – winged 🪽 expression

    The air defense has been activated in parts of the Iranian capital Tehran, reports Iran’s news agency Mehr.

     

    dn

  55. maggan

    0% inflation = money printing
    0.17% price increases, fantastic. I’m thinking of moving there. Imagine a country where a hundred kronor is worth the same 10 years later. How much easier life would be if you could save without being hit by the hidden tax of inflation.

  56. fedtmule

    More OT: FLAK is a German abbreviation for flugzeug AbwehrKanon, i.e. anti-aircraft gun.
    Thank you for your attention!
    More information will follow at a later time.

  58. johan No.1

    Those of you who understand economics might be able to explain this, it is now written that the “menaländerna” are getting “FX swaplines” so they get USD?

    The consequence is either good or bad and I don’t know this so what does it mean?

    That they are in crisis is probably quite clear but what does this do for USD, for example?

    If it is good for the USA, it would explain why they tricked Iran into fighting the oil infrastructure, but if it is bad for the USA, the backlash is welcome.

    1. MXT

      It is not that they get any USD for free.

      During these crisis times, there can be a shortage of USD in one country (or several, of course).
      At the same time, it may be that banks, companies, states, etc. have to pay for imported goods, services, debts, etc. in USD, and if there is a shortage at the same time, it becomes a bit difficult.

      A country’s central bank can then make a temporary, time-limited swap of parts of its currency reserves and receive USD as compensation, which they can then distribute further in the economic system. When the swap expires, they exchange back, usually at the same exchange rates as from the beginning (so that no one profits or loses from fluctuations during the period). If the crisis still persists, a new swap can be made.

      So it is not a grant or a kind loan but simply a form of currency exchange to solve the shortage of access to USD in a country.

      The need to make a swap is also an indication that there are problems, so the risk is rather that confidence in the country needing to do it decreases, which can worsen the problems.

      For the USD, there are no problems (it is just a temporary exchange), rather a proof that USD is the currency everyone needs.

  59. johan No.1

    No link of course, waiting for the violent attacks.

    Apparently deep bowing and white powder were rigged to “someone’s” advantage, so will return with a more appropriate procedure, like weights, chains, and deep water

  60. johan No.1

    Next rumor – China is trying to get a trade agreement with the EU but we are slowing it down because of their support for Russia.

    And lastly, Chinese consumption is declining.

    No links there either unfortunately, just flew by.

    Since we are going to have a financial crisis this fall, the thought is that the country in the worst position will be hit the hardest?

    Will it be the USA, China, or the EU?

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