[Kyiv Independent] Russian occupation authorities in a village of Kherson Oblast forced residents to take Russian passports, threatening them with deportation to Russia, the National Resistance Center reported on July 20. "On the left-bank side of Kherson Oblast, the occupation police conducted a raid on residents of the village Hornostaivka," the Center informed.
"Russians took all their fingerprints and forced them to write an application to obtain an enemy passport, saying that otherwise they will be deported to the Russian Federation." To the Russian Far East, not Moscow., to be replaced by Russian colonists.
Along the lines of Siberia? How traditional.
Russian forces took much of Kherson Oblast in the early days of the full-scale war. While Ukrainian troops liberated the capital Kherson and all territory on the western bank of the Dnipro River, Moscow continues to hold the eastern bank.
Russia is coercing residents of the occupied territories of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk oblasts to accept Russian passports as part of the efforts to integrate occupied territories and the local population. Then they can be forcibly drafted and replaced by Russian colonists. DNR and LPR have run out of military age men.
Didn’t Russia just announce they’ll be drafting men up to age 70?
Russia is reportedly withholding medical assistance and threatening mobilization to those who refuse to accept the Russian documents.
During the massive flooding of the Kherson Oblast following the breach of the Kakhovka dam, Russia allowed evacuations only to Russian passport holders, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.
Under Putin's executive order, anyone living in the occupied territories who refuses to accept Russian citizenship will be considered a foreigner and could face deportation starting on July 1, 2024.
Who knows? By then perhaps the horse will have learnt to sing.
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Border guards on both sides are being left out to dry. In other news Putin's food tasters seem to have great success so far in keeping from being poisoned.
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^1. It sounds like you take a Russian passport or they give you the Stalin treatment - relocation to East nowhere while your town gets new residents from wherever your destination is. I don’t think your summer clothes in your new digs.
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Border guards on both sides are being left out to dry. In other news Putin's food tasters seem to have great success so far in keeping from being poisoned.
Except for that one that died, but we're pretty sure he was a wrecker and hoarder.
[Kyiv Independent] Editor's Note: The story is based on the documentary Uprooted, published by the Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigation Unit.
Russia is systematically deporting Ukrainian children from the occupied part of Ukraine against their will — which constitutes genocide according to one of the five definitions given in the United Nations' Genocide Convention.
Once in Russia, Ukrainian children are held incommunicado, brainwashed with pro-Russian propaganda, and adopted by Russian families — even though they have living relatives in Ukraine who are their legal guardians.
Nobody knows for sure how large this "stolen generation" of Ukrainian children is. The Ukrainian authorities have identified almost 20,000 children who have been abducted by Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion and war, but human rights workers believe the true number is far, far higher.
[Ukrinform] The Ukrainian staff of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is refusing to comply with the order of the station's illegitimate management to start up power unit No. 4.
"Illegally appointed by the Russian authorities, the 'general director' of the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, Yurii Chernichuk, is persuading nuclear power plant workers who refused to sign fake contracts with Rosatom to start up power unit No. 4. The staff of the station is categorically refusing to comply with the criminal order, which is a direct violation of the operating license issued by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU)," the post reads.
Earlier reports said that the intentions of the Russian occupiers to put the ZNPP's power unit No. into a "hot shutdown" state would create significant additional risks for nuclear and radiation safety.
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Reactor 4 is also the one that a weeks ago the Russians were suspected of placing explosives on the roof for blackmail of the Ukraine and the West. Cutting off the coolant water to a hot reactor would guarantee a melt down. Explosives and mines are already placed in the generating rooms.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Odesa, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, and Donetsk regions were attacked.
The Russians carried out seven shellings (49 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. Artillery and mortars fired in the Novgorod-Siversky district. One of the border bridges was destroyed, a cellular tower was damaged. There were no victims, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumy at night and in the morning, the enemy carried out six shellings - 19 explosions. Settlements of Khotynska, Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, Yunakivska, and Esmanska communities were shelled. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 32 shelling of the border.
A total of 209 explosions were recorded. The communities of Novoslobodsk, Bilopolsk, Krasnopilsk, Yunakivsk, Esmansk, Seredino-Budsk, Velikopysarivsk, Putivlsk and Khotynsk came under fire. Krasnopil community: mortar shelling (25 explosions, one did not explode) and artillery shelling (13 explosions).
In addition, there was an airstrike, as a result of which the premises of the agricultural company were damaged. Velikopysarov community: eight artillery explosions were recorded. As a result of one of the shellings, a power line was damaged.
In Donetsk, the occupiers carried out 19 shellings, using Shahed drones, 122mm BM-21 Grad, 220mm BM-27 Uragan, artillery, tanks, and mortars. A total of 11 settlements were shelled: Avdievka, Hirnyk, Mykolaivka, Rozlyv, Predtechine, Bogoyavlenka, Pivdenne, Druzhba, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Kostyantynivka. 33 objects were damaged: 27 residential buildings, three civilian cars, a gas pipeline, power lines, and an economic structure. In the region per day: two dead and two wounded.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out 80 attacks on 20 settlements in the past day. Gulyaipole, Levadne, Biloghirya, Charivne, Gulyaipilske, Malynivka, Chervone, Shcherbaki, Stepnohirsk, Pyatikhatky and other villages near the front were subjected to 63 artillery attacks.
In addition, 10 strikes by salvo missile systems were recorded on Novodarivka, six air strikes on Pyatikhatki, Orikhov, and Malia Tokmachka, as well as an UAV attack on Lobkovo. As a result of an enemy attack on the agricultural enterprise of the Pologiv region, four workers aged 29, 30, 33 and 43 years old were killed, two more wounded were sent to a medical institution. A total of 33 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.
In Luhansk, the enemy fired 99 rounds (458 shells) during the day. From August 1, entry to Rubizhny will be significantly restricted. Without local registration, no one will be allowed, not even transporters.
In Kharkivskalast night the enemy shelled Novoosynov. A 56-year-old woman received minor injuries and did not require hospitalization. A private residential building was damaged. Three houses, a garage and farm buildings were damaged as a result of shelling from the Cherneshchyna anti-aircraft missile system, and fires broke out. Around 23:10 Vovchansk was shelled with mortars, three private houses and farm buildings were damaged.
In the village of Pokalane, a private residential building was damaged as a result of shelling from multiple rocket launchers.
Around 12:40, the enemy shelled Kupyansk with artillery. Six private houses were damaged.
At 23:50, Kupyansk was shelled for the second time, a private house was damaged. In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Uda, Odnorobivka, Bogodukhiv district, Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv district, Staritsa, Vovchansk, and Budarky, Chuguyiv district.
In the Kupian direction, our soldiers successfully repelled enemy attacks southwest of Masyutivka. Dvorichna, Zapadne, Figolivka, Kamianka, Krasne Pershe, Kupyansk, Kucherivka, Monachynivka and Topoli were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar shelling. A 60-year-old man died as a result of enemy shelling from a tank in Kozachoa Lopan. A private house and garage were damaged.
As a result of the artillery shelling of Petrivka, two civilian men aged 69 and 52 were injured, and an apartment building was damaged. A 48-year-old civilian man was blown up by an unknown explosive device in his own yard in Verkhnyi Bayrak, Izyum district.
Hospitalized in a light condition. Kupyansk, Kucherivka, Monachynivka and Topoli. A 60-year-old man died as a result of enemy shelling from a tank in Kozachoa Lopan. A private house and garage were damaged. As a result of the artillery shelling of Petrivka, two civilian men aged 69 and 52 were injured, and an apartment building was damaged.
A 48-year-old civilian man was blown up by an unknown explosive device in his own yard in Verkhnyi Bayrak, Izyum district. Hospitalized in a light condition. Kupyansk, Kucherivka, Monachynivka and Topoli. A 60-year-old man died as a result of enemy shelling from a tank in Kozachoa Lopan. A private house and garage were damaged. As a result of the artillery shelling of Petrivka, two civilian men aged 69 and 52 were injured, and an apartment building was damaged.
A 48-year-old civilian man was blown up by an unknown explosive device in his own yard in Verkhnyi Bayrak, Izyum district. Hospitalized in a light condition. A 48-year-old civilian man was blown up by an unknown explosive device in his own yard in Verkhnyi Bayrak, Izyum district. Hospitalized in a light condition. A 48-year-old civilian man was blown up by an unknown explosive device in his own yard in Verkhnyi Bayrak, Izyum district. Hospitalized in a light condition.
In Mykolaivska this morning, enemy artillery shelling along the coast of the city of Ochakiv. There are no casualties. Also, this morning, the enemy again fired artillery at Ochakov, as a result of which a fire broke out in the city's social infrastructure building. The fire was quickly eliminated. There were no casualties. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy made artillery strikes on Ochakov. There were no casualties. The Kutsurub community was also hit by enemy artillery fire yesterday, residential buildings were damaged. No casualties.
In Odesa, at dawn, the Russians fired Kalibr missiles from a missile carrier that was put on duty in the Black Sea at night. Unfortunately, the grain terminals of one of the agricultural enterprises of the Odesa region were hit. The enemy destroyed 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley. Two people were injured as a result of the explosion. They received cut wounds with glass. They were provided with all necessary medical assistance.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 45 rounds (243 shells) during the day, including five rounds (20 shells) at Kherson. The Russians targeted the regions of 17 settlements. In the village of Dniprovske, due to shelling, the school and the houses of local residents suffered significant destruction. The Russians also attacked the cultural center in Zolotia Balka with artillery. The roof of the building was damaged. There are no victims or wounded among the civilian population.
We will remind you that Russia has been striking the Odesa region for four nights in a row, targeting grain terminals and port infrastructure. It intensified these attacks after unilaterally withdrawing from the grain agreements.
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[Korrespondent] 23:19 Putin said today that Stalin allegedly "donated" land to Poland, and Russia is ready to "remind" about it.
Does Russia plan to take the land back? Sue for it in some international court? File a lien against it, should Poland ever choose to sell it? Open a second front in the war against Ukraine? I’m very confused.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Warsaw would call the Russian ambassador to the Foreign Ministry after the words of the Russian president.
23:17 China calls on Ukraine and Russia to return to the negotiating table, said Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the UN Geng Shuang. At the same time, he stressed that Beijing stands for the territorial integrity of any state and respect for the principles of the UN Charter, but countries' concerns regarding security should also be taken into account.
23:15 Biden and Zelensky are discussing the possibility of supplying Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, but the final decision has not yet been made, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. He also said that Ukraine is consulting with the United States on when to deploy the main forces during the counteroffensive. And Washington, according to Sullivan, is ready to take risks when supplying new weapons to Ukraine. At the same time, the United States focuses on helping Ukraine and does not seek to change power in Russia.
22:57 Zelensky said at the Aspen Security Forum that the Crimean Bridge is a legitimate target for Ukraine, because the Russians transport weapons along it. According to him, this goal must be neutralized: "The goal is to return the entire Crimea, because it is our sovereign territory... The Kerch bridge is not some small logistical road. It is used to deliver ammunition and militarize Crimea. It is clear to us that this enemy facility, built outside the framework of international law, is our goal. And any goal that brings war, not peace, must be neutralized."
Zelensky also acknowledged that the Ukrainian counter-offensive is moving slower than expected, as the operation began later than originally planned: "Because we started a little later ... this gave Russia time to mine all our land and build several lines of defense." At the same time, the President added that Ukraine "is approaching the moment when response actions can gain momentum, because we are already passing through some places where there are mines and clearing these areas."
21:26 The Russians launched three airstrikes on New York in the Donetsk region, four are known to be wounded, the President's Office reported.
21:24 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Erdogan: "We coordinated efforts to resume the work of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Unblocking the grain corridor is an absolute priority. We discussed the implementation of the Peace Formula. I asked President Erdogan to facilitate the return of Ukrainian prisoners, including Crimean Tatars."
21:20 US Senators Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal presented a draft resolution on Senate support for Ukraine's early entry into NATO.
21:16 After the end of the war, at least 4 million people will become veterans in Ukraine, predicts Minister for Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina.
20:48 The Bulgarian Parliament voted for the transfer of about 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. It is assumed that the vehicles will be delivered not from the warehouses of the army, but from the stocks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The experts concluded that the transfer of equipment will not harm the Bulgarian Armed Forces.
20:42 Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko, former CEO of the 1+1 Media media holding, is resigning. The day before, a discussion broke out in Ukrainian society with renewed vigor about the appropriateness of significant expenditures on projects far from military needs. Separately got here Tkachenko. For more details, see Culture in War .
20:27 The South African government has officially applied to the ICC for a warrant for Putin's arrest. South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, has previously petitioned the court to oblige the government to execute a warrant for the arrest of the Russian president. "Thanks to the District Attorney's ongoing political and legal pressure to ensure that our country's international obligations are upheld, on July 17, 2023, the government officially initiated the process of arresting Vladimir Putin if he sets foot on our soil," the party said in a statement.
19:49 The government has launched the mass production of ammunition for UAVs in Ukraine, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. According to him, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a fundamental resolution, which at the state level recognizes the procedure for the production, purchase and supply of ammunition for UAVs. According to the document, private companies will be able to legally produce ammunition for drones. The Decree defines the procedure for obtaining the status of a UAV ammunition manufacturer and establishes clear requirements for companies producing them.
19:40 The court sent the terrorist Girkin-Strelkov to a pre-trial detention center until September 18 on charges of extremism. Meanwhile, telegram channels report the arrest of the former "governor of the DPR", collaborator Pavel Gubarev, who staged a picket under the court building demanding the release of Girkin.
19:36 Russia is preparing an alternative grain supply plan to oust Ukraine from the world market, writes the Financial Times. According to the sources of the publication, Putin proposed an alternative initiative, according to which Qatar will pay Moscow for the delivery of Russian grain to Turkey, which will then distribute the harvest to "needy countries." However, neither Qatar nor Türkiye agreed to such a proposal.
19:29 In the Primorsky district of Mariupol, in the Cheryomushki area, partisans set fire to an operational warehouse with the occupiers' ammunition, the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, reports with reference to the Mariupol resistance.
19:25 Israeli intelligence agencies have appealed to Russian intelligence officers with a demand to stop the campaign to disinform the Israeli society, Ynet reports. In particular, a lot of messages in Hebrew with pro-Russian propaganda appeared on social networks. Usually such publications contain calls to stop supporting Ukraine, but recently there have also been provocative reports of internal divisions in Israel.
To be fair, the entire Black Bloc movement dates back to Stalin’s Red Shirt proxy force that brawled with the original Nazi Brown Shirts back in the 1930s. So the old KGB man may yet feel a sentimental attachment, despite his desire to trigger the sentimental love of their birthplace among former Soviet Jews in Israel today.
19:21 New Zealand has imposed new sanctions against Russia and Belarus. In particular, restrictions were imposed on the Russian military-industrial complex, paramilitaries and persons involved in the deportation of Ukrainian children, as well as Belarusian banks helping the Russian Federation. In total, there are 14 Russian individuals and organizations and six banks on the list.
19:17 Zelensky said in an evening video message that at today's meeting of the Headquarters, the issues of protecting cities and communities, as well as ports from Russian strikes were discussed in detail: "If someone in Russia hopes that they can make the Black Sea a space for arbitrariness and terrorism, then they will not succeed. We know how to defend ourselves, we see in the world a willingness to work together and further - and more actively - to ensure peace in this region." The president also plans to discuss the situation in the Black Sea region and food security with Erdogan tonight.
18:50 Russia considers the port infrastructure of Ukraine as "a place of deployment and replenishment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Western weapons," said Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN. According to him, over the year, Ukraine, under the guise of the Black Sea initiative, allegedly accumulated "significant military-industrial, fuel capacities in ports."
18:16 Almost a third of the territory of Ukraine is contaminated with unexploded ordnance, landmines and cluster munitions, UN Deputy Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo said at a meeting of the Security Council.
Call out the mine-hunting rats!
17:38 The number of victims of a Russian missile attack on the Chernihiv region has increased to two - the body of another person was removed from under the rubble of the house of culture, the head of the OVA Vyacheslav Chaus said. He specified that the enemy fired four rockets at the settlement.
17:15 The US logistical assistance inspection testified the absence of claims from the American side to Ukraine's accounting of weapons and military equipment, Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Gavrilov said: "Artillery, ammunition, complex air defense systems, armored vehicles - everything was taken into account in Ukraine. Last year, an automated system for accounting and passing all weapons and military equipment through logistics was introduced. With the help of partners, the LOGFAS and Karavay programs were introduced, QR code to accompany military equipment to the military unit, and, if necessary, to come there and see what is there."
16:57 Zelensky wants to create a Silicon Valley in Crimea, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said: "The president has an idea in Crimea to build a project similar to the Valley - with a super-technological university, companies operating there year-round, etc."
If you’re gonna dream, dream big.
16:50 The Russian Defense Ministry's statement that ships in the Black Sea will be considered as potential carriers of military cargo refers to requests for their inspection, "to find out what they are carrying," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said. He added that the issues of transit of ships in the Black Sea will be discussed in the course of possible new contacts between Putin and Erdogan.
16:43 The Russians fired artillery at the village of Druzhba of the Toretsk community of the Donetsk region - one of the shells hit the yard, two children of ten and 16 years old were killed, another person was injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
16:19 Dmitry Petrovsky, a former Yaroslavl deputy and militant of PMC Wagner, wrote a statement against Girkin. The reason is a personal insult to Putin. Details about the arrest of Strelkov-Girkin - in the material Humiliated Putin .
15:55 The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal of the Ministry for Strategic Industries, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Digital Development to implement a pilot project for the production, purchase and supply of ammunition for unmanned systems and combat units of unmanned systems within two years, Taras Melnichuk, permanent representative of the government in the Verkhovna Rada, said.
15:16 Yermak announced "unpleasant sanctions surprises for the Russian Federation."
15:02 Shmygal urged the leaders of local and central authorities to postpone "all expenses that are not in time today." "This is a matter of common sense and understanding of priorities. We have repeatedly spoken about the need to attract extra-budgetary partner funding. Today, the entire civilized world supports us, this allows us to implement reforms and projects without budget funding," the prime minister emphasized.
According to him, the government allocated UAH 672 billion for defense needs in six months of 2023, and all taxes of citizens and businesses during this time amounted to UAH 600 billion. “That is, every hryvnia and every penny that the citizens of Ukraine pay to the budget, we immediately send to the salaries of the military, equipment, weapons, drones, ammunition and other support for our army,” Shmyhal said.
14:38 Egypt is dissatisfied with Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Initiative and intends to continue importing Ukrainian wheat through alternative routes, Minister of Supplies Ali al-Museilehi said in a Bloomberg commentary. He also urged Moscow to reconsider its position.
14:10 Zelensky announced that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, at which he instructed Zaluzhny, Navy Commander Alexei Neizhpapa and Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov to prepare a set of actions to continue the operation of the grain corridor, and the Foreign Ministry to work out similar diplomatic steps.
13:47 The wife of terrorist Igor Girkin (Strelkov) announced his detention by Russian security forces. He is charged under the article "extremism".
13:39 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Chernihiv region - the building of the house of culture was damaged, the body of one person was found under the rubble, the analysis of the rubble continues, the head of the IVA Vyacheslav Chaus said.
13:24 Putin said that the unleashing of "aggression against Belarus" by Ukraine would mean aggression against Russia, "all means will be used for protection."
13:20 Erdogan said that Russia "in favor of the active work of the grain corridor" and the West "should take measures to restart it." The Turkish President also noted that Moscow has "certain expectations from the grain deal," which he is going to discuss with Putin in the near future.
13:01 The Russians fired seven missiles at the Odessa region - an infrastructure facility in the Belgorod-Dniester region was hit, said Natalya Gumenyuk, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces. So far, there is no information about the victims.
12:29 In Russia, from the spring of 2024, the upper limit of the draft age will be raised from 27 to 30 years. The lower limit will remain unchanged - 18 years, although it was previously planned to raise it to 21 years. Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, said that it was decided to leave the lower limit of the draft age at 18, "because a lot of guys want to go to serve at the age of 18."
11:46 Germany handed over the first ten Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine. Also, the new package of military assistance from Germany included 20 MG3 machine guns for tanks and armored vehicles, 1035 shells of 155 mm caliber and smoke ammunition of the same caliber, a bridge system and 12 trailers, ten radars, 16,000 Zetros trucks and 100. In total, Ukraine expects more than 100 Leopard 1 tanks from the German side.
11:17 The Ministry of Defense reported that since February 22, 2022, it has adopted 28 models of UAVs of various types of Ukrainian production. Among them, in particular, nine models of kamikaze drones, of which three are aircraft types, as well as six models of FPV drones. The total number of UAVs delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of the procurement of the Ministry of Defense totals "thousands of units," the department assures.
The Ministry of Defense also assured that the supply of Ukrainian-made UAVs for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "is constantly growing exponentially", contracts have been signed with a number of Ukrainian companies for the mass production of ten models of drones of various types, names and volumes are not disclosed for security reasons.
10:38 At night, the Russians fired at the private sector in Konstantinovka, Donetsk region: two people were killed, about 20 households, the road surface and the gas pipeline were damaged, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
10:31 China supplies Russia with "significant military capabilities," Macron's foreign policy adviser Emmanuel Bonn said. The French authorities have clarified that they are talking about dual-use technologies and non-lethal assistance, such as helmets and body armor.
10:29 CIA director William Burns hopes that the Ukrainian offensive will be helped, among other things, by "disorder among the political and military leadership of the Russian Federation." He cited intelligence evidence that there are "some significant structural weaknesses lurking behind significant defenses" built by the Russian army. In particular, these are "low morale", "bad command" and "disorder among the political and military leadership of the Russian Federation."
10:26 The European Union cannot yet agree on the transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine due to Germany's position and legal concerns, said Jeffrey van Leeuwen, adviser to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands on foreign affairs and security.
10:17 The Russian army seeks to find weaknesses in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Chernihiv and Sumy directions - sabotage and reconnaissance groups are trying to penetrate the border areas, but all attempts were unsuccessful, said Sergey Naev, commander of the Pivnich Joint Strategic Forces Group. He assured that in the event of an attempt to cross any section of the state border, the enemy would not be successful, and if the threat level increased, the General Staff provided for the reinforcement of troops.
09:44 Ukraine asks the European Commission to subsidize the transportation of Ukrainian agricultural products through distant European ports, said Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky.
09:20 The CIA sees no signs of Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine "in the coming days and weeks," director of the agency William Burns said.
09:07 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Konstantinovka), two more were injured. In the Kharkiv region, one person was killed as a result of shelling from a tank in the village of Kazachya Lopan, and three more people were injured in the region, according to the IVA.
09:03 The Russians attacked the infrastructure facility of the Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region. Four workers were killed, two more were injured, said Yury Malashko, head of the OVA.
08:59 Ukrainian troops were successfully advancing in three directions of the southern front: Novodanilovka - Verbove, Novodanilovka - Robotino, Novodarovka - Priyutnoye, spokesman of the General Staff Andrei Kovalev said. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive north and south of Bakhmut. On the directions of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka - Paraskoveevka, Kleshcheevka - Andreevka, heavy battles are going on without changing the positions.
08:50 Russians fired Kalibr rockets at an agricultural enterprise in the Odessa region at night - they hit grain terminals, destroyed agricultural equipment, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. Oleg Kiper, head of the Odessa OVA, specified that 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley were destroyed as a result of the strike, two people were injured.
08:38 At a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels, Hungary opposed the EU's attempt to create a long-term fund of up to 20 billion euros to support the Ukrainian army, writes Politico. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that Budapest would object to the plan until Ukraine removed the Hungarian bank OTP from its list of "war sponsors."
08:19 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 21:
personnel - about 240,690 (+680) people liquidated,
tanks - 4133 (+4),
armored fighting vehicles - 8080 (+15),
artillery systems - 4610 (+18),
MLRS - 692 (+0),
air defense systems - 440 (+7),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3933 (+15),
cruise missiles - 1298 (+5),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7145 (+11),
special equipment - 686 (+1).
07:25 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 32 military clashes have occurred over the past day, the General Staff said in the morning summary . At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and consolidate on the achieved lines.
04:16 Criminal organizations in Ukraine at the beginning of a full-scale war managed to steal some weapons and equipment provided by the United States and allies, but later they were returned, CNN reports, citing a report by the Pentagon Inspector General. So, at the end of June 2022, an organized criminal group led by an unnamed Russian official joined a volunteer battalion on forged documents and stole weapons - a grenade launcher and a machine gun, as well as more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Ukrainian intelligence uncovered the conspiracy.
Also in June last year, Ukrainian intelligence agencies uncovered a conspiracy of merchants who were trying to sell weapons and ammunition stolen from the front line in southern Ukraine. In addition, a conspiracy of Ukrainian criminals posing as humanitarian workers who stole bulletproof vests worth $17,000 was exposed. And in August 2022, the Ukrainian special services exposed a group of fighters from a volunteer battalion who stole 60 rifles and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
03:52 The United States may transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine before the end of this year, said White House strategic communications coordinator John Kirby: "F-16s will arrive in Ukraine, most likely before the end of the year. But we do not believe that only F-16s will be able to change the situation." According to him, now Ukraine also needs more artillery shells.
02:11 Wagner PMC mercenaries arriving in Belarus are being reintegrated into the Russian army, US Department of Defense Deputy Spokesperson Sabrina Singh said: "Given what we see in Belarus, we see reports that Wagner PMC forces continue to move into this region and continue, I think, to consolidate there ... We certainly see how Wagner forces are reintegrated into the Russian army."
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A few days a huge ammo depot and training base was attacked in eastern Crimea. The detonations continued all day. Satellite photos now available. Each leg (base and height) of the triangle is 2000ft in length.
#5
The Red Army attacked Poland from the east while the Poles were counterattacking the Germans west of Warsaw. Even after that gigantic backstab, the vastly outnumbered Poles managed to fight another 20 days against the combined forces of the Germans and Soviets.
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[RIA] The American think tank RAND published an article arguing that despite the absence of significant UAF victories, the counteroffensive is a success story. And in fact, the involvement of Washington in the conflict in Ukraine is recognized. After all, while the confrontation continues, the United States is gaining time to develop its own armed forces. The enemy at this time is forced to fight with American proxies, and this format makes it possible for Washington to avoid direct participation in the confrontation.
The author's idea is that in Ukraine they allegedly managed to create a mechanism of military cooperation between the White House and its ward, unique in its effectiveness. Previously, he said, the United States used two models.
According to the first, the Americans ensured the rapid build-up of the power of their ally through the supply of weapons and the training of troops. However, this approach, the article notes, does more harm than good. The fact is that this "militarization from the outside" entailed violations of human rights and an aggravation of contradictions that led to civil wars. These theses are supported by African examples.
The second option is much more costly and complex. It involves an attempt to completely rebuild the partner's military infrastructure, combined with pumping up the latest weapons and training soldiers. Here the problem was just the same in the price of the issue. However, in return, the United States received a completely controlled country. But, as practice in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan has shown, sooner or later there always came a moment when the profit from the sheepskin did not pay for the dressing, which made all previous successes meaningless. Even if there were.
Between these Scylla and Charybdis of American concern, which crushed more than one state, lies the "consistent approach" proposed by the author. It must combine two key characteristics that promise success: the order of operations and the alignment of interests. The first involves first creating or reforming defense institutions, and then reducing involvement and limiting assistance to purely arms deliveries, combined with tactical training of personnel. The second is taking into account the interests of the partner. To do this, as noted in the article, the US partner must be led by a national leader capable of ensuring the proper implementation of all programs.
This, according to the author, could be observed from 2014 to 2021 in Ukraine.
And if, on the whole, the proposed picture looks — with reservations — logically, then the conclusion that ties the entire theoretical base to the example of Ukraine does not stand up to scrutiny. After all, now the life support apparatus of the Kyiv regime is fed not only by the States themselves, but by the entire Western world as a whole. Meanwhile, the results are questionable.
Take, for example, one of the main problems of the current conflict - shells. Washington cannot provide the required amount and is forced to supply cluster munitions. The European Union is urging its military-industrial complex to increase production capacity, but the gunsmiths refuse: they are afraid of losses due to the inevitable drop in demand after the end of the conflict. Meanwhile stocks are running low. For example, as the German media wrote at the end of June, Germany had only 20 thousand shells of 155 mm caliber left. This should be enough for a month of hostilities according to NATO standards. And by the standards of the current conflict, such a supply can easily be exhausted in a week.
And for this, Kyiv offers its curators an amazing spectacle of burning Western tanks in the Zaporozhye steppes and news of another attempt to reach the first line of defense of the Russian army. In general, not very inspiring stories. And Zelensky reinforces this with further pressure on the West in the spirit: "Can you give the Leopard / ATACMS / F-16 / Death Star? Well, give it!"
Actually, the real state of affairs of what is happening in Washington is no longer simply beginning to be understood - it is being spoken about openly. For example, John Kirchhofer, Chief of Staff of the US Department of Defense Intelligence Agency, recently said that the conflict has now reached a dead end. And he stressed that none of the types of weapons requested by Kiev "is the holy grail that the Ukrainians are looking for and which will allow them to break through."
This means that now all the arguments cited by American near-military analysts are tied not to reality, but to the expectations of their sponsors. RAND is a traditionally "hawkish" structure serving the interests of the power bloc in American politics. Escalators who believe in the possibility of defeating Russia on the battlefield have not been able to achieve what they wanted. And now they are trying to pass off what they have achieved as what they want.
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^ Yes, but the actual ostentatiously "Not in My Name" crowd is nowhere to be found on Ukraine. Cindy? Bacevich? Herb? Anyone?
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Badanov, I don’t laugh or smile much. That video did both.
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does "in our name".
Not your name, dear boy. None of it has anything to do with ACA Joe, who has so ostentatiously made plain that he is not one of us despite claiming to have been welcomed here, allowed to make his fortune and retire comfortably here, and even been welcomed into the arms of at least one of our women... or so he has claimed.
I’m inclined to doubt any of that is true, including the insights he claims to have gleaned from the time he claims to have spent here.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:43 Artillery finished off APU tank blown up by a mine 20:03 Personnel destruction of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with precision-guided munitions
A high-precision munition was aimed at the identified group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, secretly advancing towards the positions of Russian military personnel. As a result of the blow, the enemy was destroyed.
18:59 An air raid alert was announced in the evening in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting the population.
17:44 The RF Armed Forces killed more than 30 people and nine pickup trucks in the Zaporozhye direction. This was reported to TASS by the commander of the Storm Z battalion with the call sign Ali.
“As a result of well-coordinated work <...> in the Vasilyevsky district, a reconnaissance group of 30 people of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 9 enemy pickups was discovered and destroyed,” the fighter said.
17:43 Airborne assault units captured enemy fortifications in the forest
17:00 MLRS inflicted powerful strikes against Ukrainian militants in the Kupyansk direction
Crews of "Tornado-G" day after day strike at the equipment and positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:59 RF Armed Forces worked out positions of Ukrainian militants with rockets from the Grad MLRS
15:46 Loitering ammunition "Lancet" says hello to the Ukrainian air defense system "Osa"
15:46 Personnel18+!
Soldiers of the 291st Regiment defeated a detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine while trying to attack the Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction.
14:38 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹At night, the RF Armed Forces delivered a strike with sea-based long-range high-precision weapons at facilities where terrorist acts against the Russian Federation were being prepared using strike unmanned aerial vehicles. The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.
🔹In the Donetsk direction, up to 185 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in a day.
🔹In the Krasnolimansky direction, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than a hundred Ukrainian soldiers, one tank, four armored combat vehicles, and two howitzers: 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30.
🔹More than 175 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, as well as an AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar were destroyed in the South-Donetsk direction.
🔹More than 175 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, two D-20 howitzers, as well as an AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar were liquidated in the Zaporozhye direction.
🔹Up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 guns, and an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction.
🔹In the Kherson direction, up to 35 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed, as well as an AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar.
🔹Air defense systems intercepted 16 HIMARS MLRS rockets and 14 UAVs.
13:13 Russian artillery covered launch point for Ukrainian drones
The enemy object was discovered by the operators of the reconnaissance drone of the Sparta battalion.
Artillerymen of the 1453rd Motorized Rifle Regiment were involved in hitting the target, hitting the launch point with well-aimed fire.
12:25 Alleged personnel consequences of a missile attack on Odessa
According to unconfirmed reports, the bridge in Zatoka, which is supplying the southern group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was hit. We are waiting for official comments.
12:24 Russian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on the object of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region
The missile flew at the location of the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Personnel objects are published on the web.
11:20 Onyx missile strike in Ukraine: explosions thundered in the Odessa, Nikolaev and Chernihiv regions.
Coastal missile systems have just hit Ukrainian targets. Before the explosions, launches of Onyx supersonic anti-ship missiles from Crimea were recorded, according to Ukrainian resources.
11:18 Soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine demonstrates destroyed armored car "Cossack"
11:17 Launches of Onyx supersonic anti-ship missiles have been recorded in the direction of the Odessa region, the Air Force of Ukraine reports.
11:16 Results of defeat of the position of a 120mm mortar of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Pervomayskoye in the Kherson region.
11:15 An air alert has been declared in the Odessa, Nikolaev and Cherkasy regions of Ukraine
Explosions are also reported in the Chernihiv region.
11:15 An air alert has been declared in Kyiv and the region. Missile alert
10:24 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- the point of temporary deployment of one of the subdivisions of the VFU in the area of the settlement was destroyed. Ochakov, the losses of the enemy amounted to: 12 militants were destroyed, eight were injured of varying severity.
- the warehouse with ammunition of the VFU unit in the village of Velitenskoye
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: five VFU militants were destroyed, three were injured of varying severity in the area of the settlement. Velitenskoye.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of the armed formations of Ukraine in the area of about. Alekseevsky, losses: 7 VFU militants destroyed; nine - received injuries of varying severity
- 120 mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: four VFU militants were destroyed, three were injured of varying severity in the area of the settlement. Antonovka.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of the armed formations of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Mikhailovka, losses: Six VFU militants destroyed; three - received injuries of varying severity.
09:30 Consequences one of the arrivals in the Odessa region. The destruction of Ukraine's port infrastructure continues.
09:24 In the Artyomovsky direction, a militant of the 3rd brigade "Azov" (recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation) Sergey Matvienko was eliminated. A Poltava Banderite from UNA-UNSO (a nationalist organization banned in Russia) participated in the Orange Revolution. After the SVO, he signed up as a volunteer in the territorial defense, from where he transferred to the Azov.
09:20 Soldiers of the 80th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in the Kherson direction shot down over their positions Bayraktar from the Igla MANPADS.
09:15 During the NWO eliminated Deputy battalion commander of the 92nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Igor Polyakov. Veteran of the so-called ATO, participated in the punitive operation in Donbass since 2015.
09:05 Tankers of the 1st Slavic Brigade struck at enemy gathering place.
In the Avdievka direction, aerial reconnaissance of the tank battalion of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps detected a concentration of personnel and vehicles in the Avdievka direction. With well-aimed tank fire from a closed position, the target was hit, the enemy suffered losses and hastily retreated.
08:42 Video hit by an artillery shell on an armored car with militants of the foreign legion, as a result of which the Scottish mercenary Adam Wilson was wounded.
08:20 In the Artyomovsk area eliminated commander of the national battalion "Carpathian Sich" Anatoly Tegza with the call sign Varvar.
07:50 Soldiers of the 1st MSB of the 429th Regiment are destroying the enemy from hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers on the southern outskirts of the village of Malye Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye Front -video.
05:28 Another rocket arrival was recorded in the Odessa region.
04:01 An air raid alert sounds in five regions in eastern Ukraine, as well as in parts of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR controlled by Kyiv.
03:58 Missile attack on the Odessa region. Two explosions are reported, the air raid alarm went off late.
03:08 Russian fighters continue denazification. Roman Nikolaevich Pelyukh, born in 2002 A native of the village of Andreevka, Kharkov region.Liquidatedas a result of a mortar attack. He served as a rifleman of the 2nd operational platoon of the 3rd company of the 1st battalion.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/21/2023 to 00:00 07/22/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 38 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
Damaged six residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Staromikhaylovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 32 artillery attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 155 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 60 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:03 Personnel blowing up an armored car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a landmine during an attempt to attack in the vicinity of Vugledar.
19:49 Ukrainian troops fired eight rockets from the MLRS at the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, as well as another 20 rounds of 155mm caliber at the districts of the city in about an hour, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
“Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukrainian armed formations) in the direction:
19.20 - the settlement of Yasnobrodovka - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four rockets were fired from the MLRS; 19:45 - the settlement of Yasnobrodovka - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts): four rockets were fired from the MLRS," the message of the representative office in the telegram channel says.
In addition, at 19.00, Ukrainian troops fired eight rounds of 155mm caliber at Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, at 19.35 three rounds of the same caliber at Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts, and city districts were also shelled at 18.20 (five rounds) and at 18.50 (four rounds).
At 19.00 Ukrainian troops fired three rounds of 152mm caliber at Horlivka.
18:40 Orekhovskoe direction of the Zaporozhye Front:
News from the fields. Soldiers of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division report about another destroyed armored fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Rabotino.
17:35 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group of forces, supported by artillery, inflicted a fire defeat on an enemy column advancing in the direction of Novomikhailovka. Manpower and armored fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
Motorized rifle units destroyed three groups of militants in the area south of Ravnopol. An attack by an enemy infantry group in the direction of Staromayorsky was repulsed. The surviving militants retreated.
During the counter-battery fight, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer was destroyed in the Dobrovolya area, two mortar crews northwest of Novodonetsky and in the Neskuchnoye area, a pickup truck with nationalists northwest of Shevchenko. Air defense systems shot down two UAVs "Fury" and two "Valkyries".
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, aerial reconnaissance and artillery fire destroyed a reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Charivne area, an enemy tank in the Malaya Tokmachka area. Attack UAVs destroyed two groups of militants in the area north of Priyutnoye. Assault and army aviation hit more than a dozen places of accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Novodanilovka, Priyutnoye, Zherebyanka and Pyatikhatka.
The servicemen of the Vostok group of troops show a high level of professionalism in the performance of combat missions. The officer in charge of combat control of the army of the Air Force and the air defense of the group, senior lieutenant Roman Andropov, during the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian troops in the South Donetsk direction, performed combat missions to guide aviation.
In a few days, in a difficult operational situation, Senior Lieutenant Andropov carried out 18 guidance of army and attack aircraft on ground targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of the Oktyabr state farm. Thanks to the combat experience and professionalism of the officer, the crews of combat helicopters and pilots of attack aircraft of the Vostok group of troops were destroyed, several armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks with militants and more than 40 nationalists.
16:40 Fixing consequences of artillery attacks of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk on 21.07.2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the artillery attack of the Kuibyshev region, and also specified the direction of fire and the weapons used. The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of the settlement. Desired, with the use of the 220mm 9M27F (high-explosive fragmentation) MLRS BM-27 Uragan rocket.
15:45 Due to failures at the front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired on the Kirovsky district of Donetsk - a woman was wounded.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired on the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, rounds from Grad hit an apartment building, where mostly old people live. Onpersonnelthe consequences of another war crime of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are visible.
As a result of the arrival, a woman was injured, she was taken to the hospital. Obviously, Kyiv decided to “compensate” for failures at the front by destroying Donetsk and its inhabitants.
15:27 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasnoliman direction, the enemy made six attempts to regain lost positions. In the areas of the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forestry, as a result of fire damage by artillery and aircraft of the "Center" group of troops, assault groups 21, 67 Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as 5 Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine retreated to their previously occupied positions with significant losses in personnel, an armored combat vehicle, a 120mm mortar crew, a Pickup vehicle were destroyed. A guided projectile "Krasnopol" hit an enemy tank.
Bomber aircraft inflicted bombing strikes on the command and observation post, temporary deployment point and ammunition depot of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Terny, Nevskoye, Yampol.
The crew of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system shot down two reconnaissance unmanned vehicles in the Kremennaya area.
15:10 Ugledarskiy section situation as of 15.00 July 21, 2023:
Enemy activation continues on the Ugledar sector of the front. Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted an attack in the area north of Nikolsky, but were discovered and destroyed by artillery and anti-tank systems.
Today Voin DV reported that the enemy was gathering in landings north of Vladimirovka, but was opened and subjected to artillery strikes. As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses in personnel and one AFV was destroyed.
This may indicate a change in the vector of attention of Ukrainian formations to the east, since no significant progress was made in the Zaporozhye region and the Vremievsky sector.
14:40 Zaporozhye direction situation as of 14.00 July 21, 2023
In Zaporozhye, the situation is still without significant changes. However, the activity of the enemy at the front line has increased - there is a transfer of people and firepower in preparation for the attack.
In the coming days, Ukrainian formations are considering the option of attacking the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, operating from Nikopol and Osokorovka. The most trained MTR groups have already been moved to these areas, and the coordination of actions will be carried out by special forces officers of the British Armed Forces.
Along the Zaporozhye region, at least one Bayraktar operates on a regular basis from the airfield in Dnepropetrovsk, which provides guidance for artillery and MLRS.
On the Orekhovsky sector, the enemy made attempts to attack Rabotino again all yesterday, and also on the night of July 21. Now the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are regrouping for the next offensive.
In anticipation of a new wave, the RF Armed Forces launched strikes against enemy concentrations in Stepovoe, Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka.
Despite the presence of forces in the Kamensky and Orekhovsky sectors, the command of the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine moved the artillery unit of the 116th Brigade to Belogorye, which may indicate a possible activation in the Pologovsky sector of the front.
14:20 Vetaran's notes reports that due to the active actions of the RF Armed Forces in the area of Kupyansk and a number of other areas, the enemy was forced to transfer his units from the Zaporozhye Front and use reserves. On the Kupyansky direction there is an advance to the river. Oskol.
14:05 The consequences of the artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
13:33 Kyiv militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of the city are under attack.
12:27 Kupyansky section of the front situation as of 12.00 July 21, 2023:
In the north-east of Kupyansk, Russian troops continue to advance from Liman 1st, despite the counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After securing at the Molchanovo railway station, the Russian Armed Forces stormed the positions of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the landings west and south of the village.
Separate collisions are also noted north of Sinkovka. The other day, Russian units destroyed a warehouse with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village.
Due to the deteriorating situation in Sinkovka, assault detachments of the 13th Battalion of the 95th Airborne Infantry Brigade of Ukraine were transferred to Sinkovka to conduct a counteroffensive on Liman 1st.
Also, formations of the 3rd Brigade arrived in Zapadnoye, and the forces of the 41st Mechanized Brigade were stationed in Kupyansk and its environs. In addition, assault groups of 121 troop troop units were moved from the Limansky sector.
12:20 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk -video.
12:00 This night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used cluster munitions in the Kherson direction. As reported, the blows were at once in several points of the left bank. Preliminarily, there are wounded civilians.
11:29 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 60 facts of firing from the AFU, 266 units of ammunition was fired.
The enemy fired at Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Zaitsev, Panteleymonovka, Yasinovatsky district, Staromikhaylovka, Lugansky, Staromlinovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians in the previously liberated Staromlinovka. Six residential buildings and four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk.
10:30 The situation on the fronts:
Svatovo-Kremennaya direction:
The Russian army continues to advance in the Kupyansky sector: our fighters are advancing in the area of Torskoye and Yampolovka. In the Serebryansky Forest, ours advanced west from Dibrova.
Donetsk direction:
On the Avdeevsky site without changes. The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through our defenses near Krasnogorovka, without success. Heavy fighting continues on the western outskirts of Marinka.
Zaporozhye direction:
Yesterday's attempts by militants to swoop down on our positions in the area of Rabotino and Novopokrovka completely failed.
Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold on the northern outskirts of Staromayorsky, but most of the village is under the control of the Russian army. And yet, ours repelled several enemy attacks in the direction of Harvest.
09:30 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction. Archangel Spetsnaz writes:
“n.p. Rabotino: temporary silence. The enemy is regrouping troops and equipment. The movement of infantry fighting vehicles and pickup trucks with personnel was noticed. Artillery works on oporniks and on the accumulation of enemy personnel. We are waiting for the next wave of offensive, they have a little bit of people left.
n.p. Pyatikhatki: forces of reconnaissance units open up new targets for lancets and artillery, destroy personnel rotating on oporniks. Seven mercenaries tried to drive a pickup truck north of the Pyatikhatki, were destroyed from the gun."
09:27 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the AFU was fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 27 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired 17 rounds;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the settlement of Sagi;
-- Four rounds were fired at the settlement of Kakhovka;
As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Alyoshka, one civilian was killed, two more were injured of moderate severity, in addition, as a result of artillery attack from the side of the VFU of the settlement. Cossack camps, one civilian was injured.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Nova Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Velyka Kardashinka, n.p. Naked pier, firing a total of 27 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:00 Vshot reports on the situation in Kleshcheevka at 02:50 20.07.23:
“Our gods of war are making ruins out of Ukrainian positions. We have advances in the counteroffensive, the gray zone is shifting towards the enemy. The points of evacuation and delivery of new “meat” of the enemy have shifted by 1.5-2 km, while they stomp to the front, our birds draw them and our artillery begins to work. The losses of the enemy are colossal.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of 07/21/2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, tried to advance towards Verbove. No success. The RF Armed Forces shelled Ukrainian positions in Lobkove, Belogorye, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaipole and Malinovka.
In the Ugledar sector, Russian troops, after artillery strikes, again counterattacked in the direction of Novodarovka. Failed to advance. The offensive actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Staromayorsky ended with the same result. Russian artillery worked on Ukrainian units in Olgovsky, Blagodatny and Vugledar.
On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of aviation, again stormed the fortified areas in Maryinka and the city of Krasnogorovka. Also, after shelling, they attacked at Nevelskoy. Everywhere without promotion.
But in the Vesyologo area (a settlement north of Avdievka), Russian troops managed to regain control of some of the positions lost a month ago, including heights. Under shelling, Ukrainian units in Novomikhailovka, Paraskovievka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Soledar), Pobeda, Georgievka, Karlovka, Avdeevka and Lastochkino. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked from the direction of Berkhovka. The Armed Forces held their positions. In turn, the Ukrainian units managed to gain a foothold on the heights just north of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. Russian troops hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Markov, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky. Ukrainian artillery worked along Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut, Yagodny and Berkhovka.
In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces advanced a little more in the Serebryansky forest from the direction of Kuzmin. The Russian army attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Serebryanka, Belogorovka, Yampol, Torsky, Nevsky, Novolyubovka, Berestov, Kislovka, Sinkovka, Zapadny and Dvurechnaya.
07:59 It is reported that units of the Russian army knocked out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Novoselovsky (Kupyanskoye direction) and were able to force the Zherebets River in two places.
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[REGNUM] The new amendment to the National Defense Act was passed on July 20 by the US Senate. Its essence, according to S&P Global , is a complete ban on the sale of oil from the country's strategic oil reserve (SPR) to China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. The amendment was approved by 85 votes to 14.
Currently, the US Department of Energy is required by law to accept the highest bids in auctions of SPR volumes from any bidders other than entities subject to US sanctions. So, in 2022, almost 1 million barrels were sold to Unipec America, a division of the Chinese state oil company Sinopec, which caused sharp criticism from the Republicans.
However, on December 1 last year, an Energy Department spokesman told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the United States had no way of tracking oil from the SPR once it had been delivered to the buyer, and that it could be resold more than once after that.
In addition, in January 2023, the House of Representatives already passed a law prohibiting the sale and export of oil from the strategic reserve to entities owned, controlled or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
And according to a February report by the Congressional Research Service, of the 296 million barrels of SPR sold in 18 deals since fiscal year 2017, about 7.5 million barrels have become the property of Chinese companies. But this is only about 2.5% of the total volume of oil sold from the SPR.
Given all these circumstances, and also taking into account that two countries on the US Senate's "no list" - Russia and Iran - are themselves major oil suppliers to the world market, the new "oil" amendment looks strange. Can it pose a threat to the export of Russian "black gold" or to the energy security of China - an important strategic partner of Russia - in the future?
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“This is a purely political action without taking into account market realities, aimed at internal use, ” comments Alexander Frolov, deputy director general of the National Energy Institute . — The fact is that at the end of 2021, a paradoxical situation developed. The US leadership began to try to bring down fuel prices in the country by lowering oil prices outside of it. And, among other things, active sales of reserves from the strategic oil reserve began .
At the same time, in recent years, an aggressive mood has intensified in US domestic policy not only in relation to Russia, Iran and North Korea, the interlocutor of IA Regnum notes . Anti-Chinese sentiment rose.
“The theme of China for the United States has become one of the most significant ,” says the expert. “ China is officially recognized at all levels of American government as an enemy that it’s time to take seriously.”
Big turn. Russian exports have finally gone to the East and South
However, as Frolov notes, so far there have been no restrictions on the sale of US state-owned oil in China. And for opponents of the current administration of the White House, primarily for conservative circles, this has become a reason for criticism.
“But the ban on selling oil from reserves looks helpless, given that the bulk of the oil reserve has already been sold, ” the expert notes. “ What is being implemented now is tiny compared to the volumes that were sold during large interventions at the end of 2021 and throughout 2022.”
WHAT CAN AMERICA DO IN THE WORLD OIL MARKET
At the same time, the main challenge for the United States and the collective West as a whole in the oil market is not at all where volumes from American strategic reserves will be directed, notes Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the National Energy Security Fund (NESF ). The main problem is the futility of attempts to remove “black gold” from Russia from the world market.
“We see that oil trading and the very system of Russian oil exports are changing, starting with the geography of supplies,” the expert says. — The European market closed. What was sent to Europe now goes, for example, to India. Volumes are delivered to Europe only through one branch of the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia. A little goes to Bulgaria, where it is still shipped due to the fact that it received an exception from the embargo on Russian oil for 2024.
But mostly oil from Russia began to flow to other regions. And Western restrictions in the form of a “price ceiling”, in turn, turned into a blow to the classical transportation scheme, which was previously traditionally handled exclusively by Western companies.
“Now only Russian companies and the so-called “twilight” fleet are engaged in transportation, ” says Yushkov. - That is, the owners of the ships have also changed. Some of them are affiliated with Russian companies, some are not. But many more carriers are now associated with Russian legal entities than before.
That is, Russia's losses from oil transportation have become less, and Western operators, in turn, have lost their former positions, the source points out.
“At the same time, transportation has become more expensive for everyone, and the same volumes have to be transported further and, accordingly, longer ,” notes the leading analyst of the FNEB.
The situation in the field of transportation insurance has also changed significantly, Yushkov clarifies.
“The price ceiling for Russian oil, set unilaterally by the United States and its allies, prohibits insuring its maritime transportation if the price of volumes on a tanker exceeds $60 per barrel,” the expert says . - Naturally, none of the former insurance companies work with Russian oil, because, like the owners of ships, they simply do not understand how they should work so as not to fall under Western sanctions. Now mainly Russian companies insure, in some cases - Asian ones.
And policyholders associated with the US and other countries of the collective West, therefore, have lost this market segment.
“Previously, the huge markets of insurance, transportation, trading - and this is billions of dollars a year - Russia gave away completely simply for someone to “attach” our oil and oil products,” Yushkov argues . “Now some of these companies are connected with Russia.”
"DON'T DIG A HOLE FOR ANOTHER"
The irony of this situation is that the United States and its allies, when they introduced restrictions aimed at Russian oil, expected that the situation would develop exactly the opposite, says Frolov, director general of the National Energy Institute.
“If we look at the events of the first half of 2022, we will see that all forecasts, for example, from the International Energy Agency (IEA), said that sanctions would remove Russian oil from the world market,” the source says. - The IEA expected that 25-30% of the oil produced in Russia would go away, which meant that production should have been reduced by about 2.5-3 million barrels per day. This is a huge amount, enough to start a panic, so that oil prices rise to unprecedented levels .
But Western leaders responded by reassuring the market that Russian oil would automatically be replaced by deliveries from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the expert notes.
“Against this background, decisions were made on sanctions in the United States and Great Britain, on an embargo on oil and oil products by the European Union,” Frolov lists.
How will the “fall in oil and gas revenues” affect the Russians?
However, as he points out, later it turned out that the OPEC + format, which includes a number of major supplying countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, is able to coordinate its actions in the oil market, building a single policy in the production segment.
“It turned out that Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, if they read the IEA forecasts, for some inexplicable reason, do not perceive them as recommendations for action, ” the expert ironically. - And first the Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, and then the Saudi prince clearly said that they would not be able to replace supplies from Russia. This, however, was perceived by the West as “we don’t want to”, but for the market, in general, it doesn’t matter .
Thus, the failed, in essence, anti-Russian line of the collective West led by the United States in the oil market has led to a situation in which the influence of countries unfriendly to Russia (and to a certain extent to Iran, North Korea and China) on the global oil market has significantly decreased, which came as a complete surprise to the authors of the “sanctions crusade”.
If the calculation of the authors of this anti-Russian policy were justified, then the world oil market would indeed find itself in a new, poorly predictable reality with a constant risk of sharp price hikes. Such a reality would indeed be easier for the United States to manipulate with its strategic oil reserve.
However, events did not take the turn Washington expected. And legislative decisions of the US Senate, like the one adopted on July 20, are not capable of having any consequences other than domestic ones.
[REGNUM] Russia is ready to return to the grain deal if seven conditions are met
Washington , July 22, 2023, 00:24 - IA Regnum. Russia's seven requirements must be met by the West in order to return to the grain deal, Dmitry Polyansky , Russia's first deputy representative to the organization, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
The first condition is the withdrawal from sanctions of supplies of Russian grain and fertilizers to world markets. Secondly, restrictions on Russian banks and financial institutions serving food and fertilizer supplies should be lifted, the diplomat said.
According to Polyansky, the third condition is the need to resume deliveries to Russia of spare parts and components for agricultural machinery, as well as the fertilizer industry.
Resolving issues with the charter of ships and insurance of Russian export food supplies, ensuring the logistics of food supplies is the fourth condition.
Fifth, it is necessary to create unhindered conditions for expanding the supply of Russian fertilizers and raw materials for their production, including resuming the operation of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline.
As the sixth requirement, Polyansky called the need to unlock all Russian assets related to the agricultural sector.
The restoration of the original humanitarian nature of the grain deal, which should work in the interests of countries in need, and not provide for rich countries, called the final, seventh condition, the first deputy representative of the Russian Federation to the UN.
If all the stated points are fulfilled, Russia will return to the grain deal, Polyansky added.
As IA Regnum reported, on July 17 Russia officially notified the UN, Turkey and Ukraine of the suspension of the grain deal due to the fact that none of the promises made by the Russian Federation a year earlier had been fulfilled. At the same time, Moscow withdrew guarantees for the safety of navigation in this corridor in the Black Sea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on July 19 that Russia might consider returning to the grain deal, but only after all the promises it made a year ago are fulfilled.
Presidents of Turkey and Ukraine Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation to discuss the "extension of the grain deal," the Turkish leader's office said on July 21.
It is noted that the conversation was held at the initiative of Kyiv.
“The leaders discussed in detail the issue of extending the agreement on the Black Sea grain corridor. President Erdogan stressed that Turkey is making every effort to restore peace,” the office said.
On July 17, Russia formally notified the UN, Turkey and Ukraine that it was suspending the grain deal because none of the promises made to Russia a year earlier had been kept. At the same time, Russia withdrew guarantees for the safety of navigation in this corridor in the Black Sea.
Ukraine did not supply products to the poorest countries and only earned money on a grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted . The Kyiv authorities used the corridor to prepare terrorist attacks against Russia, they said, in turn, in the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On July 19, Putin said that Russia might consider returning to the grain deal, but only after all the promises made to it a year ago are fulfilled.
The British authorities "see no need" to revise the grain deal, Barbara Woodward, the country's permanent representative to the UN, said on July 21.
“This is a great deal and it worked. There is no reason to rewrite it,” Woodward told reporters.
She also stated that London does not want the Black Sea to turn into a war zone.
On July 17, Russia formally notified the UN, Turkey, and Ukraine of the suspension of the grain deal due to the fact that none of the promises made to Russia in the summer of 2022 were ever fulfilled. At the same time, Russia withdrew guarantees for the safety of navigation in this corridor in the Black Sea.
Western politicians have criticized Moscow's decision. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, called "meaningless" Moscow's demands to fulfill its earlier promises. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley said that it was allegedly Russia "for several months that prevented the proper implementation of the deal."
Ukraine did not supply products to the poorest countries at all and simply made money on a grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted . The Kyiv authorities used the provided corridor for the preparation of terrorist attacks, they said, in turn, in the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On July 19, Putin said that Russia might consider returning to the grain deal, but only after all the promises made in July 2022 are fulfilled.
After Russia withdraws from the grain deal, the export potential of Ukraine will be halved, from 7-8 million tons per month to 4 million tons, Bloomberg reports on July 21, citing data from the analytical company Argus Media.
The closure of the Black Sea route will force Kyiv to look for new ways, but all of them are longer and more expensive, experts stated. For example, the route across the Danube will not be able to be fully used due to the drop in the water level in the river due to the heat, the publication says.
“This will deal a serious blow to one of Ukraine’s largest income items,” analysts said.
On July 17, Russia formally notified the UN, Turkey, and Ukraine of the suspension of the grain deal due to the fact that none of the promises made to Russia in the summer of 2022 were ever fulfilled.
Ukraine did not supply products to the poorest countries at all and simply made money on a grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted . The Kyiv authorities used the provided corridor for the preparation of terrorist attacks, they said in turn in the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On July 19, Putin said that Russia might consider returning to the grain deal, but only after all the promises made in July 2022 are fulfilled.
The Ukrainian authorities have previously expressed their readiness to continue to supply grain through the previous corridor without the consent of Russia. At the same time, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, admitted that under the current conditions, no country would send ships to ports controlled by Kiev, since no insurance company would insure them.
95% of the grain that Ukraine exported under the grain deal was not sent to Africa, but nevertheless, the cessation of these supplies could lead to problems on the African continent and these problems could also affect Europe, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview with La Stampa on July 21 .
“Everything is interconnected. 95% of grain from Ukraine was exported outside of Africa, but when these countries do not have this grain, they start looking for it elsewhere, which cannot but lead to an increase in world prices. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Africa to buy it,” the minister said.
He explained that these processes could destabilize the already difficult situation in African countries, and this crisis could spread to Europe.
Earlier, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, criticized Russia for withdrawing from the grain deal, calling "meaningless" statements by Moscow's representatives that the West did not fulfill Russia's promises when concluding the deal.
On July 17, Russia formally notified the UN, Turkey, and Ukraine that it was suspending the grain deal because none of the promises made to Russia a year earlier had been kept.
Ukraine supplied products by no means to the poorest countries and made money on a grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted . The Kyiv authorities used the provided corridor for the preparation of terrorist attacks, stressed in turn the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On July 19, Vladimir Putin said that Russia might consider returning to the grain deal, but only after all the promises that were made back in July 2022 are fulfilled.
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Russia's concerns here deserve consideration and much looks valid, but withdrawing from the critical grain deal agreement risks significant harm to global food security. It would be better for all parties to return to negotiations, immediately. Clearly better verification is required and work needs to be done to improve the deal's flawed implementation.
#3
The Russians want connection to SWIFT. Collecting Rupees does them no good. They also can't spend enough of the Yuan they collect and the Russian elite have no intention of vacationing in Beijing or riding around in a Geely.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Disclosure: I follow Strelkov (retired FSB Colonel Igor Girkin) on V Kontakte. He has been mercilessly critical of Evgeny Prigozhin and the Russian Defense Ministry. I personally thought his criticisms of Prigozhin were unfair and inaccurate.
Col. Girkin has claimed on more than one occasion that he led the revolt in Donbas as well as in Crimea.
[ColonelCassad] The court arrested Strelkov until September 18 under Article 280 (Part 2) for inciting extremist activities on social networks. The court rejected the option of replacing the pre-trial detention center with house arrest.
The maximum possible term is 5 years.
In addition to the arrest of Strelkov, today the list of foreign agents includes:
Konstantin Borovoy (without Novodvorskaya, it’s completely rotten)
Mikhail Kozyrev (Rain)
Pavel Sulyandziga (former member of the RF OP)
Alexander Litvinov ( administrator of the Planerka TV channel) RF and authorities.
Parshin, deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Development, was fired. He is involved in a case of corruption on a large scale.
PS. Pavel Gubarev, who was detained at the court, where Strelkov was discharged for 2 months in a pre-trial detention center, has already been released.
Former DPR Defense Minister Igor Strelkov was arrested for two months.
The court arrested Igor Strelkov for two months, until September 18
The decision to arrest Strelkov was made on July 21 by the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow, the former minister will remain in jail until September 18.
He was charged with public calls to carry out extremist activities on the Internet and faces up to five years in prison.
As IA Regnum reported , Strelkov's wife reported about the arrest on July 21. On her Telegram channel , Miroslava Reginskaya said that the security forces arrived at Strelkov’s house at about 11:30 a.m., and her husband was charged under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Extremism”).
In 2014, Strelkov led the fighters during the battles in Slovyansk for several months. From May 12 to August 14, 2014 he was the commander of the Armed Forces of the DPR. From May 16 - Minister of Defense. In August, he was dismissed and left the territory of Donbass.
According to media reports, recently he lived in Moscow.
[WaPo] Russian authorities on Friday detained Igor Girkin, a former Russian commander in Ukraine and prominent war blogger, reportedly on charges of promoting extremism — marking the first time Moscow has taken action against a fervent supporter of the war in Ukraine but one who voiced loud criticism of Russian leaders and their often botched military strategy.
Criticizing the war and the military is illegal in Russia, and authorities have cracked down mercilessly on those expressing antiwar views, including schoolchildren. But Russian law enforcement has ignored fierce, often fiery, criticism from pro-war hawks who have lambasted battlefield decisions, decried repeated military setbacks and demanded harsher attacks on Ukraine.
Girkin, who is also known by his nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, is an ex-officer of the Federal Security Service, or FSB. He played a role in Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014 and then served as a commander in Russian-controlled areas of Donbas in eastern Ukraine, where he helped foment a separatist war and was accused of extrajudicial killings.
In November, Girkin and two co-defendants were convicted by a court in the Netherlands of murder in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, an attack that killed all 298 passengers and crew members aboard. Russia had shielded Girkin from extradition in that case.
Now, however, Girkin is being accused of "public calls for extremist activities" online, Russian state news agencies reported. On Friday evening, he appeared in a Moscow court at a pretrial hearing where investigators asked that he be jailed for two months.
[BBC] Outspoken pro-war blogger Igor Girkin, who has fiercely criticised Russia's military strategy in Ukraine, has been remanded in custody by a court in Moscow, accused of extremism.
The hardline nationalist, also known as Igor Strelkov, could face up to five years in jail.
His wife said he was detained on Friday at their Moscow flat while she was out.
A former FSB intelligence colonel, Strelkov played a key role in Russia's 2014 landgrab of Crimea.
He went on to lead Russia's proxy army in the ensuing war in eastern Ukraine.
Igor Strelkov was one of three men convicted in absentia by a Dutch court last November of murder for his role in a missile strike in 2014 that downed a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over the conflict area, with the loss of all 298 people on board.
But as the full-scale invasion of last year became increasingly bogged down, Strelkov's criticism of military failings and the commander in chief, President Vladimir Putin, became more vociferous.
"We have already lost," he told social media followers last year.
A few days ago he called the Kremlin leader "a nonentity" and "a cowardly waste of space", says BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.
Former municipal deputy Dmitry Petrovsky told the media that he did it four days ago.
📝“He collects big donations supposedly to help our guys,and is not responsible for spending money. The last straw, of course, was Strelkov's words about our President Vladimir Putin. I think that insulting the first person of the state is a crime,” Petrovsky said.
The media, meanwhile, write about other reasons for the detention of Igor Strelkov. It may be related to the end of the examination of his streams and videos for discrediting the RF Armed Forces. Also, a resident of Novosibirsk applied for the former Minister of Defense of the DPR. She asked to check Strelkov for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
There is no official confirmation of any of the versions yet.
So it can be seen that Rantburg is truly a team effort. Well done, all!
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Video is in Russian:
[ColonelCassad] It turns out that a film shot in Russia about the provocation in Bucha will be released in August. Pretty fast by our standards.
In Ukraine, they are already whining that while they are stealing money and removing all sorts of feces, in Russia they have already shot a film about Bucha with Russian narratives for a Western audience.
Abstract:
Daniel Cohen, a virtuoso violinist from Belgium, considers himself a citizen of the world, believes in goodness and justice. At the end of February 2022, he comes on tour to Kyiv, and this trip changes his life forever. The events of the Special Military Operation lead the musician to the Ukrainian village of Semidveri, where he witnesses inhuman crimes and bloody provocations. Now his main goal is not just to survive, but to convey the truth to the whole world. Truth is stronger than fear.
As for the quality of the film, we'll see, but the fact that they made a film on this topic faster than the enemy is just unexpected. Hope the quality doesn't disappoint.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
Video is translatable
[MoscowGMOM] On the night of July 21-22, 1941, the first German air raid on Moscow took place, and the last bomb fell on the city on April 6, 1942. The enemy could not achieve any of his goals - to destroy the city, cause panic, break the spirit and resistance of the troops and civilians. Our film is about the courage and steadfastness of the fighters and commanders of the air defense, air defense, as well as ordinary citizens, shown in the first months of the war, when repelling raids on Moscow.
The project is implemented by Artem Drabkin.
Project website with a map of the places where the bombs fell and the damage caused https://moscow.gmom.ru/about
The map is very convenient, it shows where what fell, the type of bombs, and so on.
[USNI] The launch of the Ada-class corvette, Hetman Ivan Mazepa, for the Ukrainian Navy. The Ada-class corvettes were first developed for the Turkish Navy under its MILGEM program and have four ships in service. Office of the President of Ukraine
Eastern European countries continue to bolster their naval forces prompted by Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.
Even with small coastlines and limited operations in the confined waters of the Baltic and Black Seas, the maritime domain is a major factor for national security, experts say.
Most Eastern European states have naval forces “that tended to reflect more direct defense rather than power projection, and also the fact that their access to the maritime domain is through the largely enclosed waterways of the Baltic and Black Seas (and in Ukraine’s case the Sea of Azov),” Nick Childs, senior fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), told USNI News in an interview.
Force structures have historically centered on coastal defense and patrol capabilities, Childs said. The Russo-Ukraine War sparked increased defense spending across Europe. While much of this additional funding has focused on air and land systems procurement, concerns about the Russian threat have seen increases in naval capability ambitions too, Childs said.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
