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We have now documented 900 Russian tank losses and 100 UAV (drone) losses
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Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  70 tons x 2,000lbs per ton = 140,000 pounds x 900 tanks = 126,000,000 pounds of scrap metal.
Posted by: Phons Omert2327 || 07/29/2022 2:25 Comments || Top||

#2  The T-72 is barely 50 tons. It, like all the tanks produced in the Soviet Union were intended to be medium tanks.
Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2022 2:29 Comments || Top||

#3  50 tons x 2,000lbs per ton = 100,000 pounds x 900 tanks = 90,000,000 pounds of scrap metal.
Posted by: Phons Omert2327 || 07/29/2022 2:34 Comments || Top||

#4  50 tons of turret launching power!
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/29/2022 8:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Ukraine has, per its records, knocked out about twice as many tanks as JJ notes.

Also, tanks are only one type of armored vehicle. For every tank knocked out, Ukraine says they've gotten 2 other armored vehicles, typically troop carriers and about 2 trucks or tankers.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/29/2022 16:29 Comments || Top||


Russian troops once again shelled Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast
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Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Moldova extends state of emergency for 60 more days amid war in Ukraine
Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Russian soldier castrates a Ukrainian PoW
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Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Russians say the video is of a Ukrainian POW doing the cutting.
Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2022 4:32 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Then it's truly horrible. Inhuman.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/29/2022 6:01 Comments || Top||


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Posted by: ACA JOE || 07/29/2022 13:12 Comments || Top||


Several regions in Ukraine hit by Russian artillery overnight
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] In the Kherson region, the Antoniv bridge stopped working due to damage.

by Iryna Lysohor


The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil Oblasts, Cherkasy Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Poltava Oblast and Zhytomyr Oblast.

In the Kyiv region, the enemy launched a missile attack on an infrastructure object in the Vyshgorod district . According to preliminary data, there are no victims. Emergency services are on site. Since the beginning of the day, there have been three air alarms in the region, according to the summary from OVA as of 8 am.

There was rocket fire in the Chernihiv region this morning . "Arrivals" mainly in the forest massif near the village of Goncharivske. Information about victims and destruction is being clarified.

In the Sumy Oblast, the Russians searched the Shostkinsky District during the afternoon the other day. In the evening, there was shelling from mortars in the territory of the Seredino-Buda territorial community, ten parishes. Without victims and destruction.

At night and in the morning, the Esman community was shelled, the Yunakiv community was shelled from "hail". Previously - without victims and destruction. The information is being clarified.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian army shelled two communities of Kryvorizka district - Zelenodolsk and Apostolivsk. They were fired from "hurricanes" and barrel artillery. There is destruction of housing and farm buildings. No casualties. Information about the consequences is being clarified.

At night, the Russian occupiers launched rocket attacks on the Nemyshlian and Kyiv districts of Kharkiv . Industrial facilities, a private house were damaged, fires broke out. Preliminary - there are no victims.

This morning, the enemy intensively shelled the town of Chuguiv . Private homes and commercial buildings were damaged. A projectile hit an apartment building, a fire broke out. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. Specialized services work on site.

During the past day, the enemy shelled the Kharkiv, Bogoduhiv and Pervomai districts of the region . In the Chuguyiv district yesterday evening, as a result of shelling, a critical infrastructure object was damaged. In the Kharkiv district, the village was intensively shelled during the evening. Circuses, there were seven fires. Residential buildings and commercial buildings were damaged. Fields with wheat burned as a result of shelling in Bogoduhiv district.

In the Luhansk region, the Russians struck at least four from the air alone, two missiles hit their targets . Settlements were shelled four times with mortars. Six out of seven enemy attacks were repulsed. In four of them, the occupier used tanks to increase firepower. Almost everywhere, the Russians were forced to retreat with losses.

In the Donetsk region, Soledar, Avdiyivka, Bakhmut, Siversk, villages were under fire during the day. Vesele, village Opytne, p. Pervomaiske, village North, village of Gostre, village of Bilbasivka. 18 private houses, five high-rise buildings, premises of State Enterprise "Artemsil" were damaged. At five o'clock in the morning - a rocket attack on Toretsk: a rocket hit an apartment building - two floors were destroyed, information about the victims is being clarified. The police and emergency services are on the scene. In one day, five people were killed and eight wounded in Donetsk region.

This morning, a massive rocket attack was carried out on Mykolaiv. It is known in advance that the school building in Korabelny district was destroyed as a result of three rockets being hit. One person was injured. A yacht club, a warehouse of an agro-industrial enterprise, and farm buildings were also damaged due to the fall of ammunition and their debris. Detailed information is being clarified.

Yesterday evening, as a result of enemy shelling, the village of Three residential buildings and the power grid were destroyed and damaged in the mouths of the Halytsynivska community . There are no casualties. The village was also shelled in the evening. Shiroke of Shirokivska hromada. Roads were hit, three residential buildings were damaged. There are no casualties. In the morning - shelling on the territory of the entire community, hitting households and outside the population centers. Information on victims and damage is being clarified.

Shelling of territories and nearby settlements of the Berezneguvat community along the demarcation line continues. Information on casualties and damage is being clarified.

In the Kherson region, the general situation in the region is tense. As a result of hitting the Antoniv Bridge, the occupiers have completely banned its use and are announcing the opening of ferry service and the possibility of traveling through the Kakhovskaya HPP.

Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Russians fail several assaults, in the direction of Virodzheniya - Vershyn has partial success
[LB] The combat, numerical composition and nature of actions of the enemy group remain without significant changes.

by Iryna Gamalii


The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on establishing full control over the territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, maintaining the captured districts of Kherson and parts of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, and Mykolaiv regions.

This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the beginning of the 155th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.

The enemy is trying to create favorable conditions for resuming the offensive in certain directions, as well as blocking Ukraine's maritime communications in the Black Sea.

The enemy continues to carry out air and missile strikes, in particular from the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

On the Volyn and Poliske directions , the engineering equipment of the positions of units that arrived for rotation is fixed. In order to clarify the positions of our troops, expose the air defense system and control the camouflage of their units, the conduct of aerial reconnaissance by UAVs is noted.

According to available information, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is intensifying counter-intelligence measures in the areas bordering Ukraine in the Siver region. The enemy carried out artillery fire near Mykolaivka in the Chernihiv region and Tovstodubovo and Ryasny in the Sumy region.

In the Kharkiv direction , artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of Kharkiv, Dementiivka, Mospanove, Sosnivka, Udy, Cherkassy Tyshki, Stary Saltiv, Tsirkuny, Protopivka, Zolochiv, Ruski Tyshki, Petrivka, Pryshyb, Prudyanka and Kalinovka settlements. The enemy launched an airstrike near Rusky Tyshki. In order to clarify the position of our troops and adjust the fire, the BpLA conducted aerial reconnaissance.

In the Slavyansk direction , with the aim of finding weak points in the defense of our units, the occupiers conducted assaults in the Dovgenke - Mazanivka and Pasika - Dolyna directions, without success. Artillery shelling was observed in the areas of Andriivka, Nortsivka, Bogorodichne, Chepil, Velyka Komyshuvaha, Petrivske and Husarivka settlements.

The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Kramatorsk direction . He shelled the districts of Zakitny, Verkhnyokamyansky and Tetyanivka with artillery. Made an airstrike near Serebryanka.

On the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position, but our soldiers repelled the assaults on the Klynove - Bakhmut and Myronivskyi - Semihirya directions and forced the invaders to retreat. The enemy has partial success in the direction of Vidrodzhennya - Vershina, and is entrenched southeast of the settlement of Vershina. The attempt to advance in the directions Volodymyrivka – Soledar and Streapivka – Soledar ended in failure for the occupiers.

The enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Mykolaivka, Nova Kamianka, Vesela Dolyna, Kodema, Semihirya and New York. Airstrikes near Yakovlivka, Pokrovsky and Soledar.

The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Avdiyiv, Novopavliv, and Zaporizhzhya directions . In order to strengthen the grouping of troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, additional units are being transferred.

Artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Vremivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novokalynove, Opytne, Stepnohirsk, Biloghirya, Volodymyrivka, Velyka Novosilka, Mykilske, Malynivka and Pervomaiske. The occupiers used aviation near Avdiyivka, Maryinka, Pavlivka, Kamiansky and Maly Shcherbaki.

In the South Buz direction , the enemy is concentrating its efforts on holding the occupied lines and returning lost positions in the Kryvorizka direction.

In the waters of the Black Sea, outside the base points, there are three carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the "Kalibr" type.

In order to constrain our actions, the enemy is shelling the areas of Trudolyubivka, Potemkyny, Posad-Pokrovsky, Andriyivka, Blagodatny, Ternivka, Chervonaya Dolyna, Prybuzky, and Luparevo from barrel artillery, rocket salvo systems, and tanks. Made an airstrike near Novopetrivka.

Ukrainian soldiers repulsed the assault in the direction of Bruskinske - Biloghirka. The occupiers suffered losses and withdrew.

It will be recalled that the German government approved the sale of 100 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery howitzers to Ukraine. On July 13, the German arms manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann received a license from the Ministry of Economy of the Federal Republic of Germany for the production of artillery installations. The company also confirmed information about the agreement on the sale of weapons.

Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Russians are well organized. They refresh troops daily. August should clearly demonstrate how massive the Russian efforts are. Ukrainians are losing large numbers of solders daily. Tired and worn no fresh faces here to oppose. Volodymyr dandy and wife play to the various media. We will see then in endless reruns of Western medias.
Posted by: Dale || 07/29/2022 9:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Liking the Rooskies a bit, Dale?
Posted by: Frank G || 07/29/2022 10:03 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Major problem with our western media. Ukraine now enlisting teenagers for war efforts. Just looking over YouTube extreme bias exposed. I am told to review Indian media for best coverage. Sky news has been good but today I will review India news programing for balance.

Most people I have talked to just don't bother to watch or listen to news these days. The Swamp Biden programing I suspect.
Posted by: Dale || 07/29/2022 11:42 Comments || Top||

#4  Dunno about your sources Dale, but the impression I get is that Russians are not able to seize any more territory and Ukrainians are not able to push the Russians back. IOW, although the death and destruction continues, this war has degenerated into a stalemate and it's about damn time to stop it. Too bad we have no one on the international stage of sufficient stature to grab both sides by the nape of the neck, bash their heads together and insist on some serious negotiations. Such a person would certainly be in line for a Nobel Peace Prize, kinda like Jimmy Carter who managed to broker peace between Israel and Egypt. Too bad Brandon is more of a belligerent himself. He doesn't even measure up to jimmuh.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/29/2022 12:26 Comments || Top||

#5  The vaccine business for example. Same media. Now September vaccine formulated boosters.Hide anti vaccine news and hide war news same thing going on. The only sane approach is question everything. Being a gleaner, I simply gather information. Many simply ignore. I present ideas and ponder. This site allows a balanced exchange. I applaud their efforts. I must admit a higher caliber of talent than my own.(My moment of weakness, brief as it is).
Posted by: Dale || 07/29/2022 13:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Always good to see you perspectives Dale.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/29/2022 13:55 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ :)
Posted by: Dale || 07/29/2022 14:08 Comments || Top||

#8  Alexander Mercouris
Posted by: Dale || 07/29/2022 17:05 Comments || Top||

#9  Hmmm....
-clasps hands-

Have we tried Mick Jagger?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/29/2022 18:15 Comments || Top||

#10  Russians fail several assaults...

Expect to see that headline often in the coming days. The Ukrainians are fighting from well prepared positions - fortifications, trenches and tunnels - created for the last war. The Russians could do a human wave assault which would thrill the media but would incur insane casualties.

Instead, the Russian tactical playbook looks like this:
1) Advance to fix the enemy in place
2) Use artillery to reduce the enemy and cut supply lines. Lots of artillery. Small probing attacks take the temperature and continually harass the enemy. See "Russians fail several assaults" headlines
3) More artillery. Without supply, the enemy either withdraws or is overrun when one of those "failed attacks" suddenly works.
4) Wash, rinse, repeat.

tl;dr: The Russians advance like bankruptcy - slowly at first, then all at once.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/29/2022 19:17 Comments || Top||


New photos show heartbreaking destruction in Bakhmut, Ukraine
[NYPOST] More photos emerged Thursday showing the destruction left by the Russian bombardment this week in Bakhmut — just before the Ukrainian city was hit again by rockets.

Bakhmut, a city in the northern part of Donetsk province, was home to over 70,000 Ukrainians before the war began.

Now, as Russian forces double down on their efforts to take the eastern Donbas region — made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces — the war has come to Bakhmut in the form of artillery strikes.

Images circulating Thursday show rescue workers trying to pull maimed Ukrainians from the rubble of a hotel struck Wednesday when Russian forces fired on the city.

Donetsk’s governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said on Telegram Thursday that the city had been hit again by Russian rockets, leaving at least three dead.

"Bakhmut is again under Russian fire — today the Russians shelled the city four times," he wrote.

"At least three dead and three maimed are already known," Kyrylenko continued. "Six apartment buildings and six private houses were damaged."

Kyrylenko accused the Russians of using cluster munitions in their bombardment of the city.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, there was another explosion...
as the fight for the Donbas raged on, Russian troops were confirmed to have taken the coal-fired powerplant of Vuhlehirsk, less than 40 miles from Bakhmut.

Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych said the capture of the plant gave Russian forces a "tiny tactical advantage" as they appeared to restart their flagging offensive in the east.

Ukrainian and Russian forces were set to clash in the south, as Kyiv confirmed a large counteroffensive operation was underway to retake the Kherson region in the Ukrainian south.

Posted by: Fred || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Morning shelling of Toretsk: residential building damaged, there are victims
Direct Translation via Google Translate
[Vesti] There may be another person under the rubble.

As a result of the morning shelling of the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region, the roof and interfloor overlapping of a residential building from the fifth to the third floors were partially destroyed. This was reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service.

Three people (two men and a woman) were rescued during rescue operations. There may be another person under the rubble. Work continues.

News of Donbass: Kirilenko spoke about the shelling of Bakhmut today

[Vesti] Donetsk Bakhmut on Thursday, July 28, the Russian military fired four times from "Hurricanes." According to the military head of the regional administration, Pavel Kirilenko, as of this evening, at least three dead and three wounded are known.

In addition, six apartment buildings and six private houses were damaged. Rescuers are currently on the scene.

According to preliminary information, the Russians used cluster munitions.

July 28 is the 155th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian army is deploying additional units to the Zaporozhye direction and is fixed near the village of Vershina, Donetsk region. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .

Posted by: badanov || 07/29/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 28th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:43 The vessel Shlyahovik, owned by the State Hydrography of Ukraine, was blown up by a mine at the mouth of Bystry, which connects the Danube with the Black Sea, Ukrainian Shipping Magazine reports. According to the publication, the ship received damage, the extent of which is yet to be determined by the rescuers. Whether there are victims is still unknown.

22:07 Ukraine will hit the Crimean bridge as soon as there is "necessity, opportunity and task," Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said on NTA: "If necessary, this decision will be made by the military. As for the Crimean bridge or other infrastructure, believe me, everything is under vigilant control. As soon as there is a need, an opportunity and a task, everything will be done, and not only in relation to this object. "

21:55 The US State Department officially requested a conversation between Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Moscow acknowledged receipt of the request. According to Price, Blinken's conversation with Lavrov will not become negotiations over Ukraine, nor will it become a normalization of Russian-American interaction. The American side wants, in particular, to discuss the problem of the prisoners, the food deal.

21:48 In order to contain Russia, the United States deployed six fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighter-bombers to the air base in the Polish city of Lask, the US Air Force Command in Europe reported.

21:23 From Saturday, July 30, the European Union will increase the import of electricity from Ukraine by two and a half times. According to the head of the board of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky, today ENTSO-E - the transmission system operators of continental Europe - has allowed an increase in the supply of Ukrainian electricity to Europe from 100 to 250 MW.

21:15 The Russians today fired at Bakhmut four times from Hurricanes, it is already known at least three dead and three wounded, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko. Six apartment buildings and six private houses were damaged. According to preliminary information, the enemy used cluster munitions.

20:48 Military actions within the framework of the agreement on grain are prohibited only in the territories that are designated in it, Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said at a briefing. According to him, controversial issues in this area will be dealt with by the Joint Coordinating Center.

20:36 Russia has lost more artillery in Ukraine than many Western armies have in their arsenal, writes Forbes. Thus, according to the publication, the confirmed losses of equipment include more than 4,800 tanks, combat vehicles and artillery pieces. Artillery losses - 320 towed and self-propelled howitzers and heavy mortars plus rocket launchers.

20:22 This afternoon, Russian troops fired several times at the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region - from Hurricanes they hit an agricultural enterprise in the Shirokovskaya community. As a result of the shelling, one person was killed, two more were injured, said the head of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk. During the day, the border territories of the Zelenodolsk, Apostol and Velikomikhaylovskaya communities also fell under shelling, there were no casualties.

19:57 In Nikolaev, several explosions thundered during the air raid, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.

19:42 Editor-in-chief of BlackSeaNews Andrey Klimenko showed how the grain corridor will look like. On the map, the number 1 indicates the area for the inspection of ships, the reception and disembarkation of the pilot, the number 2 - the area where the convoy will be formed and disbanded. The purple line is the sea border (12-mile zone, territorial waters), the blue dot is Serpent's Island.

19:33 In Koblevo, Nikolaev region, two people were blown up by a mine, swimming in the sea despite the ban, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. He did not specify their fate.

18:41 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced that his country is transferring ten armored vehicles, ammunition and anti-drones to Ukraine: “I didn’t come empty-handed either. Today, a new package is ammunition (ammunition) and ten armored vehicles. We will soon show the anti-drones that are being produced in Lithuania. We know you desperately need these systems."

18:36 The number of those injured as a result of an enemy strike on Kropyvnytskyi has increased to 26, one of them is in serious condition, one refused hospitalization. The enemy attacked the city with Caliber missiles, said Andrey Raikovich, head of the Kirovograd OVA.

18:13 The first flight with Ukrainian grain may leave tomorrow, said UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths: "We hope that the first flight will take place in the coming days, perhaps tomorrow." He specified that the grain would be sent to Somalia, where it would take six weeks.

18:02 In the occupied Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, "temporary departments" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation have been created, Russian media write.

17:53 Zelensky confirmed the information about the deprivation of Ukrainian citizenship of Gennady Korban: "Firstly, there are no speculations. We regularly grant or deprive citizenship of our state. This is an ongoing process and everything happens constantly within the framework of the current legislation."

17:49 Reuters published an investigation stating that the Russians were able to quickly seize the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant thanks to a network of agents who were sent to Ukraine long before the Russian invasion. In particular, the publication gained access to the materials of the criminal proceedings against the head of the Chernobyl security guard Valentin Vitra - he is suspected of treason.

According to Reuters, after the 1986 accident, Chernobyl employees were recruited into KGB agents. These officers officially became part of the SBU, but they continued to carry out orders from Moscow, so, in fact, they were FSB officers. One of the interlocutors also said that Russia began sending undercover agents to Ukraine in November 2021.

17:38 In the army of the Russian Federation, due to heavy combat losses, there was a shortage of officers. To fill these vacancies, a mass assignment of the officer rank of junior lieutenant to non-commissioned officers without relevant experience and education has begun. Another reason for the shortage of personnel is the reluctance of military personnel of the Armed Forces and the Russian Guard from the Far Eastern regions to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.

17:18 In the Kherson region, the occupying authorities announce the ban on the hryvnia, said the head of the Kherson OVA Dmitry Butriy. According to him, the so-called "police" walks around the market and warns people who sell cash about the punishment for issuing the hryvnia. Locals also say that terminals have begun to be withdrawn from stores.

17:11 The head of the Kirovograd OVA, Andrey Raikovich, specified that among the 25 wounded as a result of a missile strike today, 12 people are military personnel and 13 are civilians.

17:07 President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda awarded Zelensky with the highest state award of Lithuania - the Order of Vytautas the Great with a golden chain.

16:27 The Rada adopted a bill on a special status for Polish citizens in Ukraine. Thus, Polish citizens will be able to legally live and work in Ukraine for 18 months, as well as conduct business, receive education, medical care and certain social benefits in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine.

16:15 In the occupied part of the Kharkiv region, the acceptance of documents for obtaining Russian citizenship has begun, local "authorities" reported.

15:54 The success of the grain deal can create an atmosphere of trust between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, which will contribute to a ceasefire, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said: "Ankara, for its part, is ready to make every effort to resolve the conflict, including providing its territory for meetings between Ukraine and Russia at any level."

15:43 As a result of rocket attacks on Kropyvnytskyi, five people were killed and 25 were injured , Andriy Raykovich, head of the Kirovohrad OVA, said at a briefing.

15:30 Russia is conducting an intensive mobilization of representatives of the so-called Russian Imperial Movement - an ultra-nationalist paramilitary organization professing the ideology of white supremacy and listed as terrorist in the United States and Canada. In particular, it is planned to send the Imperial Legion to Ukraine to participate in hostilities, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar.

"The special cynicism of the Russian propaganda narratives lies in the fact that in order to implement the goals of the "special military operation" and "denazification" of Ukraine officially declared by the leadership of the Russian Federation, forces are involved that openly profess neo-Nazi ideology and are included in the list of especially dangerous terrorist organizations," Malyar stressed.

14:44 Belgian Foreign Minister Aja Labib wrote a letter to Kuleba on the Day of Ukrainian Statehood, in which she expressed support for Ukraine, emphasizing the belonging of Crimea and Donbass to Ukraine: "I would like to take this opportunity to confirm the unshakable solidarity and full support of Ukraine by my country, and also the deep friendship that unites our two countries... The territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders must be fully respected, including all territories of Ukraine, including Crimea and Donbass, which are now under the illegal occupation of the Russian Federation directly or through puppet regimes" . She also expressed hope that she would be able to visit Kyiv in the near future.

Recently it turned out that Lyabib traveled to Crimea in the summer of 2021, being a journalist, not a minister. Then she also avoided the question of how she got there, noting only that a visit to the peninsula needed a Russian visa. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that through diplomatic channels with the Belgian side, it finds out exactly how the new head of the Belgian Foreign Ministry traveled to the occupied Crimea. At the same time, the ministry positively assessed Lyabib's assurances regarding further support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia's armed aggression.

14:33 The EU cannot impose an embargo on Russian gas, as this will harm Europe itself, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said.

13:58 As a result of rocket attacks on the Kiev region, 15 people were injured , said Andriy Nebitov, head of the regional police: "At the same time, due to the timely response to the alarm signal, more serious consequences were avoided. area. Fortunately, no one was hurt here."

13:55 The Government of Latvia supported the proposal of the Ministry of Defense of the country to provide additional military support to Ukraine, Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said. However, he did not specify what kind of support will be provided.

13:39 Poland and Lithuania expressed their readiness to intensify efforts within NATO to start negotiations on Ukraine's entry into the alliance. This is stated in the statement of the Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine on the occasion of the second anniversary of the founding of the Lublin Triangle: "Taking into account the holding of the NATO summit in Vilnius in 2023, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania confirm their readiness to intensify the discussion within the alliance on the invitation of Ukraine to start negotiations about joining NATO.

13:34 A large number of seriously wounded people who need a significant amount of blood for transfusion were brought to the Mariupol hospital No. 2, which the Russians use as their military hospital, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said and urged Mariupol residents to stay at home, because "the Russians have already drunk too much a lot of our blood to still voluntarily share with them."

13:15 Peskov said that the Kremlin is not currently preparing for the entry into Russia of the occupied Ukrainian territories in the autumn: “No, nothing is known, I can’t say anything ... The only thing I can repeat is that the inhabitants of these territories themselves determine their destiny and they themselves talk about their future and determine this future. This is their decision. "

13:12 The US Senate adopted a resolution calling on the State Department to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism due to the events in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria and Ukraine. At the same time, the resolution is not binding, writes The New York Times.

13:03 The Office of the Prosecutor General transferred to ARMA the assets of 19 Ukrainian companies controlled by the Russian Federation and its residents, for a total amount of more than 7.75 billion hryvnias. Thousands of real estate and movable property worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias were also transferred.

13:00 Peskov commented on Pushilin’s words that “the time has come to liberate Russian cities again” in Ukraine, including Kiev and Lutsk: “The Kremlin supports the mood that it is necessary in general to liberate Ukraine from all kinds of manifestations of neo-Nazi sentiment ... And it is necessary to take measures that are actually taken in line with a special military operation in order to protect people in the LPR and DPR.”

12:53 The head of the Kirovohrad OVA Andrey Raykovich announced a missile attack on Kropyvnytskyi.

12:39 This morning, the Russians fired at a military unit in Lyutezh, Kiev region, with six Caliber cruise missiles, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Currently, there is information that one building has been destroyed and two damaged. In addition, one cruise missile was shot down over the Buchansky quarry.

In turn, the head of the Kyiv OVA, Aleksey Kuleba, said that during the morning attack on the Kyiv region, five hits were recorded in the Vyshgorod district, two more missiles were shot down by air defense.

12:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated three villages in the Kherson region over the past two weeks, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff: "Our military units and subunits continue to gradually liberate the Kherson region from the occupation forces of the Russian Federation. Over the past two weeks, Ivanovka and Lozovoe have been liberated, Andreevka was liberated this week."

11:59 Ukrposhta started selling a new stamp Good evening, from Ukraine!

11:41 Baykar will give Bayraktar to Ukraine for free, for which the Poles collected money. The Turkish company notified the organizer of the gathering, Slavomir Serakovsky, about this. "22.5 million zlotys, which were intended for the drone, will go to humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and 1.8 million zlotys, which we managed to collect in excess of the required amount, will be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Serakovsky said.

11:36 Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Igor Osipov, in his congratulations on the upcoming Navy Day, said that "Russian control has been established over the northwestern part of the Black Sea and dominance in the Sea of ​​Azov."

11:30 Turkish warships entered the Black Sea - two frigates and one submarine, the Ukrainian Navy reports. Corridors for ships with grain have been officially announced.

11:26 The Russian army again hit the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The enemy purposefully fired at an agricultural enterprise in Shesternya of the Shirokovskaya community from the MLRS. One person died, two were injured, a fire broke out, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.

11:10 The Yermak-McFaul sanctions roadmap has been completed by 60%, the head of the Presidential Office told representatives of leading European media.

10:47 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced that he had arrived in Kiev on a visit: “I have just arrived in Kiev. On this special day, when Ukraine celebrates Statehood Day for the first time, I will address the Ukrainian people in the Verkhovna Rada. I will also meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky , I will present him with the Order of Vytautas the Great - the highest state award of Lithuania."

10:33 In the Sumy region, the enemy fired mortars last night at the territory of the Nikolaev settlement community, one of the villages of the Esman community, as well as the Khotinsky and Krasnopolsky communities. In all cases - without casualties and destruction, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. He also warned that today in the Sumy region from 10:00 to 13:00 explosive experts of the State Emergency Service will work.

10:29 The Russian army today fired about 20 missiles of various classes across Ukraine from three directions, Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command, told the UP. According to him, the Russians fired Caliber from the Black Sea, Iskanders from the Zyabrovka region of the Gomel region of Belarus and X-22 missiles from Tu-22m3 long-range bombers, which are based at the Shaykovka airfield in Russia. Air defense failed to shoot down these missiles.

10:22 During the morning attack on the Kiev region, Russian troops fired five rockets towards the region. The main blow fell on the Vyshgorodsky district, said the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba, on the air of the telethon. According to him, air defense worked in the region, however, several missiles hit infrastructure facilities. At the moment there is no information about the victims and the wounded.

10:03 The UN Security Council was unable to agree on a statement on an agreement on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. According to the Associated Press, the document was supposed to welcome the agreement itself, as well as highlight the role of Secretary General António Guterres and the Turkish government in preparing the agreement. However, it was not possible to agree on the text: the Russian Federation spoke out against the clause mentioning a strike on the port of Odessa.

09:39 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 28. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Krivoy Rog direction.

  • personnel - about 40,230 (+160) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1742 (+4),

  • armored combat vehicles - 3979 (+8),

  • artillery systems - 894 (+11),

  • MLRS - 258 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 117 (+0),

  • aircraft - 222 (+0),

  • helicopters - 190 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 729 (+3),

  • cruise missiles - 174 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 2854 (+7),

  • special equipment - 75 (+0).

09:24 At night, the invaders launched rocket attacks on the Nemyshlyansky and Kievsky districts of Kharkov. Industrial facilities, a private house were damaged, fires broke out. There were no preliminary victims, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.

Also in the morning, the enemy intensively shelled Chuguev, and in the evening - the village of Pechenegy in the Chuguev district, where a critical infrastructure facility was damaged. During the day, the enemy shelled Kharkov, Bogodukhovsky, Izyumsky districts of the region, there are three victims in the Kharkov region, among them a 12-year-old child.

09:02 The enemy fired at Nikolaev at night, the mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. Educational institutions and residential buildings were damaged, one of the city's schools was almost completely destroyed, and a security guard was wounded. The rocket also hit the territory of the water station of the Shipbuilding University, damaging the warehouse. On the territory of one of the private enterprises, the remnants of the meal caught fire from the hit of ammunition, the fire was liquidated by rescuers. In addition, it is known about the damage to two high-rise buildings.

08:56 British intelligence reports that the counteroffensive of Ukraine in the Kherson region is gaining momentum. Ukrainian forces have most likely established a foothold south of the Ingulets River, which forms the northern border of Russian-occupied territory.

Ukraine has used its new long-range artillery to damage at least three bridges across the Dnieper River, on which Russian supplies to the occupied territories depend. Thus, the Antonovsky bridge near Kherson was damaged last week, and after the second strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on July 27, it is very likely now unusable.

British analysts also note that the 49th Army of the Russian Federation is deployed on the western bank of the Dnieper and now "looks very vulnerable." Kherson is now practically cut off from other occupied territories, intelligence reports.

08:52 In the Donetsk region, as a result of hostilities over the past day, five civilians were killed - two in Avdiivka, one each in New York, Bakhmut and Soledar. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:44 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that the Russian army was once again stopped between Belogorovka and Verkhnekamensky. According to him, the Russians are pressing from all sides of the front to break into the major cities of the Donetsk region, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine have so far managed to contain the attacks.

08:41 Zelensky congratulated Ukrainians on Statehood Day:

08:30 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russians can probably only carry out two significant offensive operations in Ukraine - on Seversk and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. These operations have been offensively focused since the end of the operational pause on 16 July.

Analysts note that the Russians have committed sufficient resources to carry out near-daily ground attacks and capture territory along these two fronts, but have not been able to maintain the same pace of advance or achieve similar territorial gains elsewhere in Ukraine. Thus, the Russian offensive is likely to culminate before it captures other major urban areas in Ukraine.

ISW experts also report that Ukrainian forces could launch a local counterattack southwest of Izyum. Russian troops attacked settlements east of Seversk, northeast and southeast of Bakhmut. Ground fighting continues north of Kharkov.

08:26 The invaders made an unsuccessful attempt to advance in the direction of Vladimirovka - Soledar and Stryapovka - Soledar, the General Staff said in the morning report .

08:20 Both parties of the US Congress support the transfer of ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine, Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin said. According to her, Congress understands the need for supplies in the next three to six weeks to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct a successful counteroffensive in southern Ukraine and "several times in the teeth of Russia before the start of winter."

08:12 The mayor of Chuguev, Galina Minaeva, reported attacks on various microdistricts of the city. There are damaged residential buildings, information about the victims is being specified.

07:37 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians fired at the settlements of the Zelenodolsk and Apostolovsk communities from Hurricanes and cannon artillery, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. There is destruction, but no people were hurt.

06:41 Russians fired at Kharkiv with S-300 missiles twice during the night. One shelling was closer to the center, the second - in one of the districts adjacent to it, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. As a result, two small fires started, which have already been extinguished. There is no information about the victims at the moment.

06:35 OK Pivnich reported that from 5:20 to 6:30 the enemy launched more than 20 missiles from the territory of Belarus.

06:18 The head of the Chernihiv OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, said that there is preliminary information about the hit of enemy missiles near Goncharovsky, air defense is also working.

06:01 The enemy launched a missile attack on one of the communities of the Vyshgorod district, said the head of the Kiev OVA Alexei Kuleba. An infrastructure object was shelled, information about the victims is being specified. Emergency services are on site.

05:29 Belarusian Gayun reports that rockets were launched from Zyabrovka (Gomel region, Belarus) near the border with Ukraine. The monitoring group counted about 25 launches.

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Russians 'highly vulnerable' after Ukrainian forces bomb 3 bridges
[NYPOST] Russian troops in Ukraine’s Kherson region are believed to be highly vulnerable to attack and "virtually cut off" from their other occupied territories after Kyiv’s troops blew up or damaged three key bridges — as US intelligence estimated that half of the Kremlin’s invading force has been obliterated.

More than 75,000 Russian soldiers have been either killed or maimed since the start of the war in Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to US Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who she learned of the latest toll from intelligence officials at a recent briefing.

"We were briefed that over 75,000 Russians have either been killed or maimed, which is huge, you’ve got incredible amounts of investment in their land forces, over 80% of their land forces are bogged down, and they’re tired," Slotkin, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, told CNN
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on Wednesday. "But they’re still the Russian military."

US intelligence officials previously estimated that Russia had sent somewhere between 150,000 and 190,000 troops to fight in Ukraine.

The Russian military last reported its losses in March, when it said 1,351 troops had been killed. In June, a Russian politician boasted to the state media agency RIA Novosti that "we have practically stopped losing people."

Slotkin said the next three to six weeks could prove decisive for Ukraine.

"I think that what we heard very firmly from President (Volodymyr) Zelensky and reinforced today is that the Ukrainians really want to hit Russia in the teeth a few times before the winter comes, put them in the best position possible, particularly hitting them down south," Slotkin said.

At the same time, British military intelligence said Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the southern region of Kherson, which borders Russian-annexed Crimea and is under Kremlin’s control at this time, is "gathering momentum."

Ukraine has used US-supplied long-range HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to badly damage three bridges across the Dnipro River in recent weeks, making it harder for Russia to supply its forces on the western bank.

UK intelligence said the strategy was starting to isolate Russian troops in the Kherson region.

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#1  Western media bilge. Damaged bridges but rail system operational. These are well built bridges. Pot holes here and there like driving on Pennsylvania turnpike.
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#2  Civilian traffic restricted. Traffic still moves along.
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#3  Those potholes on a bridge would worry me if I was say driving a 50 ton tank or supply truck.
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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief July 28th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 13:40 To the question that the Russian Federation refused denazification as one of the goals of the NWO.

"The Kremlin maintains the mood that it is necessary to liberate Ukraine in general from all kinds of manifestations of neo-Nazi sentiments ... And it is necessary to take measures that are actually taken in line with a special military operation in order to protect people in the LPR and DPR" - Peskov.

13:12 Peskov commented on Pushilin’s words that "the time has come to liberate Russian cities again" in Ukraine:

"The Kremlin supports the idea that it is necessary to liberate Ukraine in general from all kinds of manifestations of neo-Nazi sentiments ... And it is necessary to take measures that are actually taken in line with a special military operation in order to protect people in the LPR and DPR."

12:40 As a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Kherson region, the battalion of the infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has completely lost its combat capability, more than 130 military men have been eliminated - the Russian Ministry of Defense.

10:40 The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation during a special operation in Ukraine won dominance in the Azov Sea and established control over the northwestern part of the Black Sea, said Black Sea Fleet commander Igor Osipov.

08:25 A drunken SBU colonel in his shorts threatened with a patrol gun. The incident in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine was caught on camera. Only the regional department could pacify the raging colonel. A criminal case has been opened on the fact of exceeding official powers.

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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: July 28th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:57 As a result of today's shelling in the DPR, one person was killed and 17 more were injured, including a child born in 2016

21:16 AFU killed a civilian in the Kiev region of Donetsk.

18:18 Ukrainians during the shelling of the Kuibyshev region wounded civilians near the house number 24 on the street. Stepanenko:

- a man born in 1981 - shrapnel wound to the left shoulder;
- a man born in 1982 - Shrapnel wound to the right shoulder.

The victims were taken to hospital No. 17. In the Kiev region on the street. Tsiolkovsky, 9, a non-residential building caught fire.

17:19 Soldiers of the 2nd army corps of the NM LPR hit with rounds with the inscription "For the children of Donbass" on the fortified area of ​​the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbass. The launch was carried out using the Pion self-propelled guns.

17:15 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Vodyane - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): eight rounds of 152 mm caliber were fired.

14:24 Avdievka reports that fighting is underway on the outskirts of the city. The assault groups of the Allied Forces have reached the outskirts of the settlement and are conducting assault operations.

13:15 In connection with the hostilities in the Kuibyshev region (Grabari microdistrict), eight transformer substations have been de-energized. About 2,000 subscribers were left without power.

13:08 Allied forces liberated 256 settlements of the DPR, including Novolugansk - Headquarters of Teroborona.

12:35 AFU continues shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk

Militants from positions in Vodiane continue shelling residential development of the Kuibyshev district of the city with the use of 152mm artillery.

12:34 Ukrainian militants launched a missile attack on Mineralnoye from positions in Avdievka. MLRS BM-21 "Grad" is used against civilians.

12:33 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded has increased to 3 people.

12:32 VFU shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk

As a result of the shelling of militants, a number of housing constructions along the street were damaged. Engineer Sukach in the Kirovsky district of the city.

12:14 Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR extinguish a fire on the territory of the Donplastavtomat plant

The burning of polyethylene inside the warehouse, as well as the ignition of garbage in an open area on an area of ​​300m², was recorded. Liquidation continues.

11:34 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Vodyane - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

11:09 A round fired by the Nazis at the residential sector of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk completely destroyed a residential building. There are wounded civilians. They were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Doctors are now fighting for their lives.

Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are working on the spot. For each crime, criminal cases are initiated. And if those who fired on this area survive, they will be held accountable for their crimes at the tribunal.

11:07 AFU wounded another civilian in the village of Zaytsevo, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

10:37 AFU attacked the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Zorinskaya wounded a civilian.

10:36 AFU shelled Gorlovka from a helicopter

Ukrainian militants launched a missile attack on the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka using 80mm unguided aircraft missiles.

In addition, residential areas of the city are under artillery fire from militants using 155mm NATO weapons.

08:24 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted the loss of control over the settlement. Peak on the Artemovsky direction. The allied troops are advancing on Artemovsk (Bakhmut) not only from the east, but also successfully advancing from the southeast from the side of the settlement. Renaissance. Soon the battles for Artyomovsk itself, which is of key importance in the Ukrainian defense, will begin.

08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded:

n.p. Avdiivka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Avdiivka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Avdievka - Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yakovlevka: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 152 mm caliber were fired.

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Russia continues to provide corridors in the Black and Azov seas
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[REGNUM] The Russian Armed Forces have created and continue to provide two maritime humanitarian corridors for the safe movement of ships, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of July 28 .

At the same time, “the threat to navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drift of Ukrainian mines torn from anchor along the coast of the Black Sea states” still remains.

“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have created the necessary conditions for the functioning of two maritime humanitarian corridors, which are safe lanes for the movement of ships:

in the Black Sea (daily from 08:00 to 19:00 (Moscow time) - to exit the ports of Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny in a south-westerly direction from the territorial sea of ​​Ukraine with a length of 139 miles and a width of 3 miles;

in the Sea of ​​Azov (round the clock) - to exit the port of Mariupol with a length of 115 miles and a width of 2 miles in the direction of the Black Sea.

Detailed information on the operation of the maritime humanitarian corridors is transmitted every 15 minutes via VHF radio communications on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian,” Mizintsev said.

Investigative Committee checks after video with Russian sailors in Ukraine

[REGNUM] The inspection was ordered to be carried out by the chairman of the TFR, Alexander Bastrykin , after the appearance on the Internet of a video recorded by Russian sailors, the press service of the department reported on July 28.

“Russian sailors who are being held hostage in a Ukrainian port have recorded a video message asking them to return home,” the report says.

In their appeal, Russian citizens stated that they were sailing on the Volgo-Balt 225 ship, which was being repaired at the shipyard in the city of Izmail (Odessa region). This happened at the beginning of February.

After the start of the special operation of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine, the sailors were actually locked up on the ship: armed people did not let them go to land. The head of the TFR instructed to conduct an audit and request the available information from the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Ukraine continues to hold dozens of foreign ships in ports

[REGNUM] Dozens of foreign ships are still blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of July 28.

He explained that "the Kyiv authorities continue to evade in every possible way from interaction with representatives of foreign states and ship-owning companies in resolving the issue of ensuring the safe exit of blocked ships to assembly areas."

"In six ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny), 70 foreign ships from 16 states remain blocked. The threat of shelling and the high mine danger created by official Kiev do not allow ships to freely go to the open sea," Mikhail Mizintsev noted.

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Is the future map of Ukraine published?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets

Click on the link to see the map

Deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev published a map of Europe on his telegram channel, on which most of the territory of present-day Ukraine belongs to other countries, including Russia, Poland and Romania - according to him, this is the future Western analysts expect.

I do not agree with Medvedev. Lutsk, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Vinnitsa and even a fifth of the Ternopil region (Kremenetsky district) - these were Russian cities. But Western Ukraine, the one that had been under the Austro-Hungarians for centuries ... Even Ukrainians did not consider them Ukrainians at all. I remember this from the stories of my grandmother, who was born in the former Kremenets district and lived for some time with the Galicians, first as part of Poland, and then as part of the Union.

Leaving Western Ukraine as part of Russia means getting an eternal headache. You can't re-educate Bandera. Let the Poles calm them down. Hungary and Poland have long been distributing their passports in the regions they need. By the way, Russia took an example from them and began to issue its own passports.

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Terminator in the Russian war
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:

[ColonelCassad] On the combat experience of the use of BMPT "Terminator" in the NWO in Ukraine. For these machines, this is the first serious war.
BMPT is a crewed vehicle, and apparently the only nexus to autonomous combat vehicles is the name.
They were actively used in the battles for Kamyshevakha, Severodonetsk.

Despite the attractiveness of the concept of this combat vehicle (I am completely silent about the appearance) - and this is tank escort and the destruction of anti-tank weapons - the BMPT is a rather problematic vehicle, and the main "nuances" lie in completely different planes than performance characteristics and combat capabilities.

As far as I know, the role and place of the BMPT is still not clearly defined, and there are no units in the typical OShS.

"Terminator" is not just a new tank or infantry fighting vehicle to replace the old ones, but a fundamentally new vehicle, while it is not capable of replacing any of them. Logically, it should become part of the tank units, but on what rights.

There is no system for training crew members (except for the driver), and this is especially true for command positions, as the BMPT is designed to implement new tactics that require a very high level of interaction.

There is no understanding of the required logistics and how to integrate it even into the supply system that is infinitely far from ideal.

It seems to me that the squabble between the representatives of Uravlagonzavod
(Longtime Russian tank factory in the Urals region)
(the car is Agon, there are no analogues!) And the Moscow Region (but where to put it ?!) would last forever, while the Terminators, meanwhile, would slowly but surely be purchased by different African countries, but The Russian military made its own adjustments and the experimental batch of cars had to prove in practice how much Wall-e had matured ...

Further I quote:

"The vehicle has proven itself worthy.

Firstly, I would like to note the high security - the front armor withstood four hits from a tank gun with a cumulative projectile and the crew escaped with only a slight fright.

All used machines are equipped with an effective KAZ, which is better to keep on semi-automatic, in view of the smart-assed enemy, who in some places, but comes across.

Secondly, the weapon system allows you to successfully solve a wide variety of tasks.

The grenade launcher (AGS-17) has proven itself very well - a large BC allows you to literally mow down enemy positions.

The Ataka ATGM is powerful and hits everything from enemy armor to pillboxes or small buildings.
The Ataka ATGM (AT-9)is most commonly used in Russian military aviation.
But here the features begin - there are only four ATGMs and there are nuances for their use in certain conditions (for example, high dustiness) due to the implemented control system.

The main disadvantage is 30, since the skew of the tape, and it happens, can only be eliminated by leaving the car.

But despite this, the crews are satisfied with the vehicle."(c).

In my opinion, the main advantage of the BMPT is not the weapon system at all (although it immediately catches the eye), but armor protection comparable to tanks, which allows them to act together, in the same battle formations.
The BMPT's chassis is a T-72 hull.
As for the conclusions about the solvency of the "Terminator", which is for "fuck it, I like it" - they are quite enough, therefore, wangyu, that the number of relevant IKSperts from now on will increase dramatically.
Rozhin means when the vehicle gets deployed in serious numbers, the the number of "couch soldiers" commenting on the Russian war also will increase.

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'...ends poorly,' say critics.

"The smashing, sexy motion picture of the year!" - Ramesh Trotsky

"I couldn't understand head or tail of the motherfcuker..." - Urah 'Reservist' Wilson

"An existential soiree, a dive into the toxic Russian male mind as imagined by panting wet gay directors!" - NYT
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#3  As a land drone bring it on.
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#4  Bare chest and hot brass? That certainly would be an interesting combination....
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/29/2022 16:03 Comments || Top||



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