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Russia is advancing in 11 directions - Ukrainian General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] More than a third of Russian attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovsk direction. There, Ukrainian Armed Forces units have already repelled 30 assaults.

Since the beginning of the current day, 85 battles between the Ukrainian army and the Russian invaders have taken place on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Friday, July 25.

Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, our soldiers repelled one Russian attack.

In the South-Slobodskoy direction, the enemy attacked three times near Glubokoe, Figolivka and in the direction of Kozachya Lopan and received a worthy rebuff.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions in the Stepova Novoselivka area.

In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked 15 times near the settlements of Grekovka, Novy Mir, Sredneye, Ridkodub, Yampolivka, Kolodyazy and Dibrova. 13 attempts to advance the enemy were successfully stopped. The fighting continues.

In the Seversky direction, the enemy tried to break through in the Grigoryevka and Vyemka areas 10 times. Five combat clashes continue.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy twice attacked the positions of the Defense Forces in the area of Chasovy Yar.

In the Toretsk direction, the invaders advanced five times in the areas of Dilievka, Toretsk and Rusiny Yar.

In the Pokrovsky direction, the occupiers carried out 34 assaults near the settlements of Popov Yar, Novoekonomichnoe, Razine, Lisivka, Chunyshine, Zvirovoe, Kotlinoe, Udachnoye, Muravka, Novoukrainka and Alekseyevka. The defense forces repelled 30 attacks. Four battles are ongoing.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked eight times near the settlements of Zelenyi Gai, Tolstoye, Novokhatskoye and Temirovka. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.

In the Dnieper direction, the enemy tried to break through to the positions of Ukrainian troops six times. One battle has not yet ended.

Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, 130 military clashes took place on the front, the hottest situation is in the Pokrovsky direction, where more than 40 Russian assaults were recorded.

On Thursday, Russian losses reached almost 1,000 fighters killed and wounded. Among the destroyed equipment were two air defense systems.


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Russians have established themselves in Kamenskoye - DeepState
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The situation gradually worsened, as the enemy forces turned out to be significantly larger than the Ukrainian ones. The Russians continue their assault operations.

Russian occupation forces have managed to advance and gain a foothold in Kamenskoye, Zaporizhia Oblast, in recent weeks. This was reported on July 25 by the OSINT project DeepState.

It is noted that the Russians are already trying to go beyond the village, therefore they are carrying out attacks on Plavni and Stepnogorsk. At least six occupiers were killed there on July 24.

Russian troops are trying to clean up Kamenskoye itself in order to establish full control over the village. The Defense Forces are trying to prevent this, inflicting most of their damage with UAV drones and airdrops.

The situation has reportedly gradually worsened as the enemy forces have become significantly larger than the Ukrainians. The Russians will continue their assault operations further north with the aim of reaching the Kinskaya River line.

Let us recall that according to the General Staff, since the beginning of the current day, 85 battles between the Ukrainian army and the Russian invaders have taken place on the front. More than a third of Russian attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovsk direction.


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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 25 (updated)
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[NewsFront] 21:56 On objective control footage, the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces by fearless UAV operators in the dark by the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 44th Army Corp, –video.

20:16 Together with the reconnaissance of the 76th Airborne Division, Rubicon pilots discovered and destroyed a camouflaged T-64BV tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, located in a forest belt between the settlements of Nikolskoye and Mogritsa, –video.

19:52 Russian Aerospace Forces bomber aircraft carried out a series of high-precision strikes on temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units at the moment of the greatest concentration of enemy personnel –VIDEO

19:15 Snipers from a reconnaissance unit of paratroopers from Buryatia destroy Ukrainian infantry with precise fire in the Sumy region –VIDEO

18:10 In the period from 13.20 Moscow time to 16.40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and
One UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region.

17:58 Strike UAV crews of the "East" group of forces destroyed two dugouts with Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Zaporizhia region.

Drone operators of the "East" group of forces shot down several heavy copters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.

Rubicon Center specialists use aerial rams to destroy enemy UAVs.

17:42 Russian troops have made significant progress in the Serebryanskoye forestry and have taken control of a pioneer
…youth…
camp on Lake Linevoe, – video.

16:05 Destruction of the anti-tank missile system of the 15th Separate National Guard Brigade by a FAB-500 strike from an UMPK in the area of the settlement of Dimitrov, – video.

15:32 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Torskoye, – MAP.

14:59 Russian Army broke through immediately to three key cities and enters a fourth.

Russian troops increased their pressure, developing an offensive in different directions of the front.

Attack aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces simultaneously entered from three directions:

Pokrovsk and are fighting on the approaches to Mirnograd (both cities are in the DPR).

Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region.

Stepnogorsk on the Zaporizhzhya direction.

The offensive also continues in the Sumy region, in the Seversk area and in other areas.

13:43 Crew of the 152mm 2S43 self-propelled artillery unit "Giatsint-K" of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a camouflaged enemy UAV control point in the Konstantinovsky direction.

12:19 In the period from 10.30 Moscow time to 11.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

12:18 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation from July 19 to 25, 2025

During the week, units of the North military group liberated the village of Varachino in Sumy Oblast.

💥The concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized, two airborne assault, and Jaeger brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated. In the Khar'kov region, the group's units improved their tactical position, defeated the formations of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades.

Over the course of a week, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy's losses amounted to over 1,150 servicemen, two tanks, six combat armored vehicles and 37 automobiles. 29 field artillery guns, two ammunition depots and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

The units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of four mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades.

The enemy lost more than 1,610 servicemen, nine armored combat vehicles, including an HMMWV armored vehicle and a U.S.-made MaxxPro armored vehicle. 97 vehicles, nine artillery pieces, 42 ammunition depots, 20 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, including two U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare stations, were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlement of Belaya Gora in the Donetsk People's Republic.💥

The manpower and equipment of five mechanized, airmobile, and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a national guard brigade were damaged.

Over the course of a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,135 servicemen, 14 armored combat vehicles, including an M-113 armored personnel carrier and a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle. 24 vehicles, nine field artillery guns, and 12 ammunition depots were destroyed.

↗️Units of the Center group of forces continued offensive operations on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk region.

The settlements of Novotoretskoye, Novoekonomicheskoye and Zverevo of the Donetsk People's Republic have been liberated.

💥Defeat was inflicted on formations of five mechanized, airborne assault, three assault, ranger, airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, two territorial defense brigades and two national guard brigades.

The enemy lost up to 2,975 troops, 22 armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier and two multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles. 55 vehicles and 30 artillery pieces were destroyed, including two UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery units and two US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery units.

Over the past week, units of the Vostok group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a marine brigade, and two territorial defense brigades.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,360 servicemen, 21 combat armored vehicles, 62 automobiles, 15 field artillery guns, five ammunition depots, and four electronic and counter-battery warfare stations.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades.

The enemy lost more than 420 servicemen, 37 vehicles and nine artillery pieces. 33 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations and 17 ammunition depots were destroyed.

11:40 Units of the "Center" group of forces knock out enemy from the DPR

Soldiers of the 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade liberated the village of Zverevo. They suppressed the enemy's firing points and methodically cleared out its fortifications.

Servicemen of the 5th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade named after A.V. Zakharchenko drove the enemy out of the settlement of Novoekonomicheskoe, which has important strategic significance for the development of the offensive. Control over the settlement made it possible to cut off the supply routes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

10:01 Defeat of Ukrainian air defense forces by strikes from Geran and Harpia kamikaze UAVs in the area of Khortytsya Island –VIDEO

08:49 In the Khar'kov direction, a crew of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the 44th Army Corps destroyed UAV control points, positions with manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in wooded areas.

07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Advance west of Petrovsky➡️
Russian Armed Forces entered the settlement of Zelenyi Gai
Advance in Chasovy Yar➡️
Yablonovka has been liberated
Advance west of Voskresenka
Novoekonomicheskoe is liberated
Zverevo liberated
Golubovka has been liberated👉
Enemy controls Kondratovka

07:26 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 105 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

26 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,▫️
25 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,▫️
23 – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Nine – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Eight – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Five – over the territory of Stavropol Krai,
Three – over the territory of the Kursk region,▫️
Three – over the territory of the Tambov region,
Two – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One – over the territory of the Oryol region
.


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Roma were beaten, Roma beat. How the Gypsies suddenly became the Ukrainian opposition
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

As you read this account, please keep in mind that organized crime still runs the show in western Ukraine, and always has. Even during the Soviet days, when Soviet power was unknown and not implemented in the region. If the Trump minerals deal is to go through, sooner or later they will have to deal with organized crime in western Ukraine.

And the Roma are just one element of the problem...

Keep in mind also that the Roma, for all their modern reputation, have influenced every culture, touching every nation in and around the northern shores of the Mediterranean and Black seas.

As is said, it's a tough neighborhood.

by Denis Davydov and Andrey Khrustalev

[REGNUM] A former police lieutenant colonel who headed the criminal investigation department in one of the mining towns of Donbass once told “the most memorable story” from the early 2000s, when, together with the special forces, the operatives went to take revenge on the gypsies in their village.

The brazen Roma, caught red-handed in drug dealing, beat up two cops and hid among their own. Then armed men entered the compact residence, shot all the dogs and laid all the male population that was at home face down on the asphalt.

The beaten gypsies shouted that it was unfair - they had already given the city department chief a bribe for the disturbance. But he, as it turned out later, decided to quietly pocket it.

In general, the issue was eventually settled somehow, and everyone remained the same.

In our difficult modern times, such stories are also not uncommon, only now everything is the other way around: videos regularly appear on social networks showing how minibuses with police and TCC employees that have stopped by the gypsies are surrounded by a crowd of dark-skinned people ready to give a decisive rebuff.

In February last year, Roma beat up several "pixels" in Mukachevo. In May of the same year, there was even a shooting near the shopping center in the city of Vinogradov in the Zakarpattia region - armed Roma came to the building, outraged by the fact that two of their fellow tribesmen were forcibly mobilized.
Search Mukachevo (~2015) in Rantburg's archives. At the time I did not realize these individuals were Roma.
The most recent video shows how on July 21, 2025, in one of the villages of the Volyn region, Roma, the majority of whom are women, attack a military registration and enlistment office minibus with sticks and force the “man-catchers” to flee in disgrace.

Unlike the "titular nation", representatives of this national minority have no problem getting a gun and standing up to defend their community. They have no shortage of courage and explosive temperament.

At the same time, the gypsies are in another original layout.

On the one hand, they are fiercely hated by all right-wing radical organizations and at the very least disliked by most ordinary citizens. In April of this year, the Sykhivskyi District Court of Lviv finally sentenced three organizers and most active participants in the Roma pogrom on the outskirts of the city to 10 years in prison.

And seven years earlier, a group of young men, mostly school-age, armed with bladed weapons and bats, attacked the camp, stabbing one of its residents and beating up several others. And such events, which occurred regularly, were warmly welcomed by the public.

After all, according to KIIS, in 2021, Roma in Ukraine were the group with the highest xenophobia score on the social alienation scale: 5.34, which only changed the following year, when Russians and Belarusians took first place.

On the other hand, they are under constant attention from international and Ukrainian organizations, the government, parliament, the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, scientists on grant programs, and the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, which is vigilant, in particular, for the use of the politically correct term “Roma.”

For example, in May of this year, a “colourful and inspired” Roma Culture Festival was held in Odessa as part of the Multicultural Weeks, where there was no room for the Russian language.

There is even a “Strategy for promoting the implementation of rights and opportunities for persons belonging to the Roma national minority in Ukrainian society for the period up to 2030.” It replaced the previous one, approved in 2013.

But even 12 years later, no one is able to answer the question of how many people need protection, integration and improved education.



"According to the official census of 2001, 47,587 Roma live in Ukraine. At the same time, according to unofficial estimates of international and public organizations, as well as according to the report of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (fourth monitoring cycle of 08.12.2011), the number of Roma in Ukraine is from 200,000 to 400,000 people," the introductory part of the document says.

Because, despite all the ostentatious care for them, the Roma still prefer to live in their communities and avoid ties with the state and security forces. There were cases when Roma youth collected alms, pretending to be "ATO veterans" - uniform, combat boots, some medals. But in the traditional Roma value system, service in the army or, God forbid, the police, is considered a shameful thing.

As a result, last year, the former adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Viktor Andrusiv, even stated on air that the “ukhilants” are no longer “Ukrainians, but gypsies” who will have to “live abroad in some kind of containers their whole lives there.”

The decision of some of their fellow countrymen to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces was quite unexpected for their community: while human rights activists and media people fuss over the Roma members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces like diamonds, their relatives ask them not to call anymore.

One of the few volunteers, a Transcarpathian gypsy named Radik Farkas, complains in an interview with the magazine "Dialog-Pheniben. Kwartalnik romski":

"Roma said that I was crazy. Because they want to live, they don't want to be disabled without arms and legs, and I'm a fool, because I'm going to my own death, because I don't want to live. Almost no one understood me, to be honest."

In fact, among those Ukrainian citizens who rushed to Europe in the first months of 2022, there were many Roma who were happy to settle in free housing, receive benefits and humanitarian aid as refugees. Although their main "kingdom" was Transcarpathia, which was not threatened by anything.

And as time passed, the Roma, experienced in criminal matters, added to the list of their criminal professions the transportation of those wishing to avoid mobilization across the border. As inveterate smugglers, they have well-trodden paths along which they actively transport cigarettes, weapons and other contraband to the countries of the European Union.

Their prices are divine and can fluctuate from 2,000 to 8,000 dollars. Sometimes children act as guides. Here is what 56-year-old Shandor, an ethnic Roma, a resident of Zakarpattia, says:

"I don't want to fleece people for their last pennies. $2,000 per person. You can earn that in a month in Hungary, for example. We gather a group of up to 5 people, send them the geolocation of where to go. We lead them to that place so that there is no tail. We notice them right away. At the final meeting place, we check for beacons and other things. They pay, and we take them away, we don't abandon them in the forest. Not a single person was hurt. Although there are those who will not only screw you over, taking your money, but will also turn you in to the police or the TCC themselves."


Naturally, the authorities are trying to somehow prevent this - with about the same success as during mobilization.

So, on May 29, 2025, police and border guards came to the Roma settlement in the village of Bolshoy Bereznyi, allegedly to identify persons involved in the transfer of men of draft age across the Slovak-Ukrainian border. Stones were thrown at the security forces, and they opened fire with rubber bullets.

Eyewitnesses report that the outpost chief, the intelligence chief and his deputy were beaten. After the incident, the Roma tried to block the border unit, but they managed to get it out.

However, as in the very first story, the Ukrainian authorities are trying not to inflame the conflict and are not introducing punitive measures against the Roma.

Firstly, this is fraught with real military actions, and Kiev certainly does not need that. Secondly, an attack on the Roma could exacerbate the already difficult relations between Ukraine and Hungary, and antagonize Romania - how then to supply weapons? According to unofficial data, up to 2 million Roma live in Romania, or more than 10% of the population. They are unlikely to remain on the sidelines if they see that pogroms have begun in neighboring Ukraine.

Moreover, everything is in plain sight: the richest gypsy village, Podvinogradov (4,500 population) is located only 12 km from the Romanian border.

In addition, as we have already said, the Roma are “under the protection” of various human rights organizations, such as the Roma Fund of Europe, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which have long stated that the Ukrainian government is obliged to reconsider society’s attitude toward the Roma, respect their rights, take care of their social protection, employment, etc.

Thirdly, those in power are involved in the smuggling business in one way or another, and they do not want to be left without income.

Thus, representatives of 15 ethnic groups of Roma living in Ukraine suddenly became privileged against the background of the majority of citizens who have no protection, no rights and are afraid to stand up for themselves. One could even say that they turned into an active opposition to the regime - in the absence of other forms of it.

A surprising turn in the development of “freedom, democracy and European values.”


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Sixth Victim Recovered from Rubble of High-Rise Building in Saratov
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The death toll from a gas explosion in a residential building in Saratov has risen to six people, and rescuers have pulled another one out from under the rubble. The Russian Emergencies Ministry reported this on July 25 on its Telegram channel.

According to the department, rescuers pulled a man out from under the rubble and handed him over to doctors. He had been trapped between concrete slabs for more than six hours.

“Unfortunately, the victim died,” the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations wrote.

Saratov Region Governor Roman Busargin said that an operational headquarters is continuing to operate at the scene. A temporary accommodation center has been organized for the residents of the building at School No. 103, located nearby. The residents will then be provided with full accommodation at the Sokol Hotel.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on July 25, an explosion thundered in an apartment building on Blinova Street in Sarato. After that, at least 10 people were found under the rubble. Six people, including a child, died. Rescuers also pulled a living man out from under the rubble. At least seven people were injured in the explosion. According to Busargin, the explosion was caused by a gas leak.

The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on this fact under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements"). An investigative task force has left for the scene of the explosion. After the completion of the emergency rescue operations, specialists will inspect the scene of the incident and appoint the necessary examinations.


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Crisis in the Krasnoarmeysk agglomeration. 07/25/2025
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text taken from the Telegram channel of project_nd

[ColonelCassad] The enemy reports a sharp deterioration in the situation in Krasnoarmeysk, Dymitrov (Myrnograd) and north of the Krasnoarmeysk agglomeration. Despite all efforts, it is not possible to stop the advance of the northern claw of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and after the loss of Novoekonomicheskogo, the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine only worsened, which, together with the penetration of Russian DRGs and assault groups into the cities themselves, leads to an increase in the disorganization of the defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It is premature to speak of its complete disintegration, however, crisis tendencies are steadily increasing.

There is no operational encirclement yet, but with the further advance of the northern claw, the zone of action of the drones of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will steadily crawl onto two roads that are key for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation leading to the northwest from the agglomeration. It is possible to expect that the enemy will try to transfer additional reserves in the near future in order to carry out restraining counterattacks on the flanks in order to slow down the pace of the advance of the Russian troops, and will also try to stabilize the situation in the city by transferring to the city reinforced special forces groups of the GUR.

PS. In addition to Novoekonomicheskogo, Zverevo was also liberated today. * * *

Pokrovskoe direction: units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation organized a breakthrough on the Zverevo-Pershe Travnya-Troyanda section and entered the city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), occupied several streets and approached the railway.

Now the battles for control of the southern part of the city continue, the main line of defense of the units of the Armed Forces has been breached and, as of now, the enemy is trying to urgently call up reserves to stop the breakthrough.

This situation arose due to several favorable factors:

1. The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not carry out large-scale offensive actions in the area, which allowed to accumulate the necessary forces for a breakthrough, analyze the existing line of defense of the enemy and identify weak areas.

At this time, the enemy relaxed a little, which played an important role in the subsequent delay of units and the organization of offensive actions (A similar situation already occurred in the Kursk direction in winter, when the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, sensing permissiveness and the lack of active actions on the part of the Russian Armed Forces, even tried to conduct a couple of local offensives, which ended in nothing, and at that time the units of the Russian Armed Forces were on the finish line before the implementation of the legendary Operation "Flow".

2. Russian units sabotage and reconnaissance groups were dragged into the city, which allowed to prepare the necessary ground for the offensive and also reveal weak areas in the enemy's defense. Reports about the actions of the Russian DRG regularly surfaced in Ukrainian sources, and recently we saw visual confirmation of these words in the form of footage of an ambush on an enemy pickup truck on one of the streets and the subsequent finishing of the pickup truck with the help of an FPV drone.

3. The enemy lost control over the situation online as a result of a mass failure of the Starlink satellite communication systems - online broadcasts from the LBS stopped working and the commanders of the Armed Forces responsible for the defense of the entire area could not assess the situation in reality, which was used by the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which had alternative communication systems in the area (which I wrote about last night).

The factor of suddenness, together with the disabled capabilities of monitoring the battlefield, contributed to this result.

Now the fighting continues until we run ahead of the locomotive and wait for good news.


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Recruitment to the Russian 13th BARS
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
As part of the informational support of friends from the 13th BARS. They became widely known after the defense of the Red Liman in the fall of 2022, which made it possible to stabilize the defense after the withdrawal of troops from Balaklea and Izyum. Looking for intelligent fighters.

Volunteer detachment BARS-13 continues to recruit volunteers to serve in our legendary detachment! Age: men from 20 to 50 years old. Older than 50 years - by agreement. Service in the army is not mandatory.

💥 The contract is optionally concluded for 6, 8 or 12 months with the possibility of early termination and without automatic extension.

💥 The monetary content is from 205,000 to 279,000 rubles per month, depending on the position.

💥 Prominent fighters are guaranteed career growth and an increase in monetary content.

💥 Registration for service in the detachment is carried out either through the military enlistment office at the candidate's place of residence, or through the military enlistment office in Novocherkassk, Rostov region, where meeting and escort by our representative is carried out.

💥 Health and life insurance, a guarantee of all social benefits, as well as a guaranteed issuance of a combat veteran's certificate.

💥 Provision of modern uniforms and personal protective equipment.

💥 Own training center, training ground, qualified instructors.

💥 The detachment is provided with motor vehicles, weapons, electronic warfare equipment, UAVs and other means necessary for the performance of tasks.

Contact numbers of representatives of the BARS-13 detachment on matters of enlistment in the detachment:

+7960-637-53-44 Sergey Nikolaevich
+7916-029-88-26 Eduard Vasilyevich
+7951-535-02-64 Roman Andreevich

The specified representatives of the BARS-13 volunteer detachment will advise you on issues related to enlistment in the detachment and accompany your application.


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Science & Technology
Kostin called repairs to the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov pointless
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Russia's a coastal/brown water navy. Russian warship building in the past 20 years have reflected that with the large number of smaller ships (except submarines) which would stay/patrol closer to Russian coastal regions.

The Kusnestov was a flawed concept from the outset, designed around a much small VTOL aircraft (Yak-38), and not the navalized MiG-29K.

I recall back in the day (~1999) (there is little reason to believe the video still exists) seeing a video of Russian swabbies trying to move a MiG-29K through the ship, through bulkheads which were too small for allow to easy movement, but which were just the right size for the Yak-38. To my mind, the video was demonstrative of the problems with the RMSL Kuznestov.

[Regnum] There is no point in repairing the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, as it is already many years old. This was stated on July 25 by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the head of VTB Andrey Kostin.

"We believe that there is no point in repairing it. It is already over 40 years old, and it is an extremely expensive thing," he answered a question about the fate of the ship to the Kommersant newspaper.

According to Kostin, the aircraft carrier will need to be sold or disposed of.

The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was launched in 1985 and entered service in 1991. It is designed to destroy large naval targets, provide cover for naval units from enemy attacks, and support landing operations. Its air group includes up to 28 fighters and 24 helicopters.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, the repair and modernization of the Admiral Kuznetsov ship began in 2017. The corresponding contract was signed with USC. In 2018, the cost of the work was estimated at 60 billion rubles.

The aircraft carrier was placed at the Zvezdochka plant in Severodvinsk. In December 2019, a fire broke out during welding work on board. A contract serviceman died while extinguishing the fire.


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