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[Regnum] The UK will supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles manufactured at the Thales defense plant in Belfast. This was announced by the British government on July 10.
"The deal will see the delivery of more than 5,000 air defence missiles from the UK-based Thales plant, which will not only significantly enhance the UK's defence capability but will also enable Ukraine to continue the fight," the statement said. Ukraine is running out of time...
The document also notes that the deliveries will be made within the framework of a loan agreement, which the parties are to sign at a conference on the restoration of Ukraine, which will be held in Rome on July 10 and 11.
Britain will provide a £2.5 billion loan with a 19-year repayment period for the delivery of missiles.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced the resumption of arms supplies to Ukraine. According to the American leader, the Kiev regime must be able to "defend itself", and Ukrainian troops are currently receiving very strong blows.
Russia has repeatedly pointed out that arms supplies to Ukraine will not change the course of the special operation. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the West's military aid to the Kiev regime proves NATO's involvement in the conflict.
On July 8, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping weapons into the Kiev regime is not in line with attempts to promote a peaceful settlement.
Trump to Use Presidential Authority to Send Weapons to Ukraine
Trump plans to send U.S. weapons to Ukraine using presidential powers previously employed by Joe Biden, this marks his first such move since returning to office.
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Seems deceitful and I will tell you why: US President Donald Trump has said he will send weapons, including Patriot air defence systems, to Ukraine via Nato.
I say deceitful b/c it looks like this authority will help NATO Nations meet their spending requirements but the armaments are queued for UKR and not their NATO Defense. Seems off color to me.
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[Korrespondent] The enemy army is most active in the Pokrovsky direction. There, the enemy has already organized almost 40 assaults.
Since the beginning of the day, 114 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The majority of battles are taking place in the Pokrovsky, Limansky and Pokrovsky directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report on Thursday, July 10.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, the Russian army carried out 15 assaults. At the moment, two combat clashes are ongoing.
In the South Slobodskoy direction, our military repelled the enemy's offensive in the Staritsa area.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy twice advanced in the area of the settlement of Stepovaya Novoselovka. The battle is currently ongoing.
There were 20 combat clashes in the Liman direction, six of which are still ongoing. The enemy attacked in the areas of the settlements of Novoyegorovka, Novy Mir, Karpovka, Ridkodub, Zelenaya Dolina, Kolodyazy, Torskoye and in the direction of Serebryanka and Grigorovka.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out eight attacks, six of which have already been stopped. The occupiers tried to advance near Grigorovka, Ivano-Daryevka, Verkhnekamyansky and towards Vyemka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled two attacks in the area of Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Predtechny and Belaya Gora. Another clash continues.
In the Toretsk direction, four attacks were stopped in the areas of Dilievka, Toretsk and Katerinovka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops have attempted to attack 38 times in the areas of the settlements of Popov Yar, Mirnoye, Razine, Mirolyubovka, Lisovka, Shevchenko, Zvirovo, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Muravka, Gorikhovoe and Alekseyevka. Our defenders have already repelled 32 attacks. The fighting continues.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, 18 attacks near the settlements of Zaporozhye, Tolstoy, Poddubnoye, Mirnoye, Shevchenko and Zelenoe Pole have been stopped. Five battles are still ongoing.
The aggressors have unsuccessfully attacked four times in the Dnieper direction. One combat clash is still ongoing.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on July 9, Russia lost almost 1,000 servicemen killed and wounded at the front. Among the Russian losses in equipment were 11 tanks and almost 40 guns of various types.
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[NewsFront] 21:01 UAV operators of the "East" group of forces destroyed heavy hexacopters and antennas of the enemy's "Starlink" satellite station in the South Donetsk direction, and the "Lancet" crew of the "Southern" group of forces - a 152mm D-20 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Dronovka in the DPR. 20:27 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 26 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
11 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
Nine UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV each over the territories of the Belgorod region, the Oryol region and the Moscow region.
19:35 Missile strike by the Iskander-M OTRK on the Ukrainian Armed Forces air defense system in the area of the settlement of Barativka in the Kherson region, – video.
18:40 "Stirred up the enemy's nests" in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
152mm 2S19 Msta-S crews of the Center group destroyed the control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAV, and the crew of the T-80BVM tank destroyed the enemy's unmanned aircraft crew.
18:10 Fighters of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division are tracking positions and combat equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kamenskoye area, destroying them with precise drone strikes, supporting attacks by assault groups.
17:25 In absentia convicted another mercenary from the UK for participating in the armed conflict on the Ukrainian side
The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has collected evidence confirming the guilt of a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Brown Callan Frederick, in committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (mercenarism).
16:36 In the period from 15:00 Moscow time to 16:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 25 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
14 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region.
16:26 Assault units of the Crimean paratroopers from the North group of forces continue to expand buffer zone in the Sumy region.
15:30 Sever scouts have discovered the advance of an armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the settlement of Zarubinka (Kupyansky district, Khar'kov region) in the direction of the border village of Melove liberated by the Fearless.
The coordinates were transmitted to FPV operators, who carried out a targeted strike, destroying an American M-1117 armored personnel carrier,video.
15:17 Artillerymen of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group continue to destroy control points for unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, their artillery guns, mortars, armored vehicles, watercraft and personnel on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
This time, the crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer destroyed another UAV control point with enemy personnel.
14:10 North group scouts discovered in the vicinity of the village of Liptsy, the location of the entrance to the dugout of the Ukrainian occupiers.
The coordinates were transmitted to the FPV operators of the 11th Army Corps of the Leningrad Military District, who carried out a targeted attack by sending the “birdie” straight into the enemy’s underground shelter.
13:55 In the period from 12.45 Moscow time to 13.10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Bryansk region.
12:59 A missile strike by an Iskander OTRK on a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian 35th Naval Infantry Brigade in the area of the settlement of Baratovka in the Nikolaev region, –video.
12:35 Units of the North group of forces improved tactical situation. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, ranger, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Kondratovka, Varachino, Yablonovka, Yunakovka and Sadki in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Melove in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 165 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles and three cars. Five field artillery pieces were destroyed, including two US-made 155mm M-777 howitzers, three electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line, inflicted defeat on formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Petro-Ivanovka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Kolodez and Zelenaya Dolina in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 225 servicemen, a British-made Snatch combat armored vehicle, and 15 vehicles. Two electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a special forces brigade "Azov*" in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk, Chasov Yar, Belaya Gora, Seversk and Shcherbinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 205 soldiers, a tank, seven vehicles, three field artillery pieces, an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery station and four ammunition depots.
Units of the "Center" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of the heavy mechanized, four mechanized, airborne, airborne assault brigades, assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Udachnoye, Rodinskoye, Muravka, Petrovskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Filiya and Novopodgorodnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 435 servicemen, five combat armored vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, 11 vehicles and five artillery pieces. The US-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare stations and the Israeli-made RADA were destroyed.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Karl Marx, Iskra, Kamyshevakha, Voskresenka, Volnoye Pole of the Donetsk People's Republic and Malinovka of the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, 10 cars, two field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Novoandriyevka, Stepovoye in the Zaporizhia region, Yantarnoye and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
More than 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, five vehicles, two artillery pieces, nine electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
12:05 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with long-range precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex in Kyiv and the infrastructure of a military airfield.
The strike target has been achieved. All designated objects have been hit.
11:35 Having unsuccessfully tried to stop the advance of our troops in the Sumy region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command transferred several artillery brigades to this section of the front at once, and also supplemented the mechanized and assault units operating in the direction with artillery weapons.
On frames: joint combat work of our UAV operators of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 44th Army Corps of the Leningrad Military District and the Rubicon Center, who revealed the location and destroyed the howitzer with a targeted strike.
10:51 South of the DPR. Russian units have taken up new positions east of Voskresenka, –MAP.
10:06 Onframes: Strike by the Iskander OTRK on the air defense unit of the 35th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Baratovka, Nikolaev region.
09:01 In the period from 07.00 Moscow time to 07.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
07:34 Changes to map Over the past 24 hours:
Advance east of Karpovka;
Russian Armed Forces approached the outskirts of Seversk;
Russian Armed Forces entered Mirny;
Settlement of Zelenaya Dolina was liberated
. 07:15 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Eight over the Black Sea,
Two over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One over the territory of the Penza region, and
One over the territory of the Kursk region.
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[Regnum] Residents are being evacuated from 325 settlements in the Kharkiv region. This was announced on July 10 by the head of the regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov on the air of the Ukrainian telethon.
"There are 325 settlements under evacuation status. Some of them are already practically empty of population, we have evacuated everyone... Mandatory evacuation from the Shevchenko community continues," he wrote.
Sinegubov added that the Kupyansk direction remains the most difficult for the region, and it is necessary to increase the pace of evacuation there. According to him, if the pace is unsatisfactory, people will have to be forcibly evacuated.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that the Ukrainian authorities of Zaporizhia, temporarily occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, may declare a forced evacuation of the population. In early June, forced evacuation was declared in seven settlements in the Kharkiv region. Local authorities specified that this concerns residents of the villages of Baranovka, Berezovka, Novonikolayevka, Podobovka, Staroverovka, Duvanka and Fedorovka.
Also in early June, the Dnipropetrovsk region authorities decided to expand the forced evacuation zone by adding 14 settlements. The forced evacuation should be in effect in the region for two months.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted on June 20 that Russian troops are advancing daily along the entire line of contact. They are expanding their area of operations to create a border security zone, which is exacerbating the problems of Ukrainian troops, who are experiencing a shortage of personnel.
The bodies of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), handed over by the Russian side as a gesture of goodwill following the Istanbul agreements, are being burned so as not to pay compensation to their relatives. The corresponding video footage, filmed by a CCTV camera, presumably from a crematorium in the Ternopil region, was published on July 10 by TASS. It shows the moment when three men in protective suits and masks wheel a body in a white bag on a gurney and place it in an oven through a door. The new, 1232nd day of the SVO was marked by discussion of this news, among other things.
Agreements on the transfer of bodies and the exchange of prisoners were reached at the talks between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2. The first 1,212 dead Ukrainian soldiers were delivered to the designated exchange site on June 6, but Kiev postponed their acceptance without explanation. Refrigerated trucks with frozen corpses, the abandoned "cargo 200," stood for several days on the border with Ukraine.
On June 9, presidential aide and head of the Russian delegation at the negotiations with Ukraine, Vladimir Medinsky, pointed out, in particular, that it is difficult for Kiev to acknowledge large losses, and the money for compensation to the families of the dead soldiers has probably already been spent.
Meanwhile, military correspondent Alexander Kots calculated Ukraine's approximate expenses due to the bodies of soldiers handed over by Russia. According to him, based on the fact that for each dead Ukrainian soldier, relatives were promised 30 million rubles, Kiev will be forced to pay the families of the dead 180 billion rubles.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
A number of graphics in the Live Journal post feature a variety of links to (probably, mostly) Russian sites.
[ColonelCassad] The DPR Joker posted internal IPSO documents about the filming of staged videos involving Russian prisoners of war.
Two servicemen of the 132nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, Vyacheslav Yuryevich Trutnev, born November 27, 1994, and Dmitry Alekseevich Ostrovsky, were captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But the enemy does not put them on the exchange lists. In fact, they were taken into slavery in order to be used in staged materials of the Ukrainian units of Information and Psychological Operations. In these materials, they pretend to be deserters who allegedly live peacefully in Russia and saw content about how bad it is in the Russian army and all that. Mostly in the "roulette" chat. In the video you can see how Ukrainian specialists instruct them before filming.
We also managed to identify some officers of the 72nd InfoPsyOps Center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who were involved in this (in the photo):
- Ilya Nikolaevich Kostritsa, born in 2003;
- Konstantin Pavlovich Kozlov, born in 1999.
Now, my faithful followers, you have clearly seen one of the methods of the Ukrainian InfoPsyOps Center. They filmed hundreds of fake videos with these prisoners. And how many more of our prisoners are used as slaves for such activities in violation of all conventions?
This publication was prepared with the support of one of the officers of the 72nd InfoPsyOps Center of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, who accidentally gave us access to his smartphone. In addition to this situation, there was a lot of interesting things on the smartphone. Perhaps, after studying the materials, I will show you everything. Except for the prohibited goods, of course.
And below, there are photos of the InfoPsyOps Center reports on the active measures to throw these staged videos into the Russian segment of the network. With statistical indicators and distribution channels.All content is from the end of 2024 and the first half of 2025. That is, fresh stuff.
Apparently, Joker hacked the CIPSO databases again and is posting the inside information. I wonder what else leaked out.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A top official in Ukraine's SBU security service was rubbed out in Kyiv broad daylight today by an unknown assassin who immediately expeditiously departed at a goodly pace.
Colonel Ivan Voronych was walking through the Holosiivskyi district of Ukraine's capital city this morning when a man approached him at around 9am local time, according to a report by Ukrainskaya Pravda.
A masked assassin, wearing a black t-shirt and shorts, was seen on CCTV footage springing out from behind a car and blasting the 50-year-old colonel at point-blank range with a pistol as he crossed a road.
He is believed to have fired five shots from a silenced weapon before turning and fleeing.
The CCTV footage clearly shows the assailant sprinting down a road away from the murder scene still clutching his pistol.
Moments before, he was captured administering an execution shot to the colonel who lay bleeding on the floor behind a car.
Colonel Voronych was reportedly a senior operative in a department of the SBU's special operations centre dedicated to carrying out sabotage attacks in Russia. He suffered several gunshot wounds and died at the scene.
The moment of the murder of 50-year-old colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Ivan Voronich on July 10 in Kiev was captured on a surveillance camera.
The footage shows that it all happened during daylight hours. An unmasked stranger approached Voronich in the courtyard of the house and opened fire at him almost point-blank range. The SBU colonel, seeing the attacker, rushed to the parked cars, trying to hide behind them.
After the shooting stopped, the alleged killer fled the scene of the crime.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that the SBU colonel was shot dead on the morning of July 10. As reported by former Rada deputy Igor Mosiychuk (included in the Russian Federation list of terrorists and extremists), the attacker fired at least five bullets at Voronich. He also specified that the murdered man was a senior operative of the department of the special operations center, preparing sabotage on the territory of Russia.
Later, the SBU confirmed the murder of its employee. The press service of the department noted that a criminal case had been opened on the fact of the incident, and the circumstances of the murder were being established.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
