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Happy 4th of July everyone!


Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Thank you, Dron!
Posted by: Matt || 07/03/2022 16:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Start the imbibement and fireworks early! What's the worst that could happen?

Posted by: Frank G || 07/03/2022 17:15 Comments || Top||

#3  BTW - thank you, Dron!
Posted by: Frank G || 07/03/2022 17:16 Comments || Top||

#4  Dron gave us such a nice post that badanov rolled it over to continue today. Happy Independence Day, ladies and gents!
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/04/2022 11:09 Comments || Top||

#5  The Founders did this for us. The current political elites are trying to do this to us...

Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 12:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Happy Independence Day - and comfort your canines when the fireworks start!
Posted by: Bobby || 07/04/2022 12:21 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/04/2022 13:56 Comments || Top||

#8  Joey Chestnut takes down an animal rights protester without breaking stride at Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest.

The sort of thing that makes America great!
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 15:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Thank you, Dron and a very Happy Independence Day to all!
Posted by: Cesare || 07/04/2022 16:05 Comments || Top||

#10  Earlier today, a gentleman stood in front of our village post office and read the Declaration of Independence aloud. The gathered crowd was small but attentive - a few older folks, but mostly young families with kids. It must have been something to hear those words spoken for the first time 246 years ago.

Happy Birthday to America and thank you all for your participation.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/04/2022 20:03 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ Excellent
Posted by: Matt || 07/04/2022 20:44 Comments || Top||

#12  ^ Amen
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2022 21:17 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Whitney Webb - The Real Story of Epstein & Maxwell the Media Will Never Tell You
[Free Thought Project] Whitney Webb who is a writer, researcher investigative journalist and renowned expert on the Jeffrey Epstein case. She also writes for a number of different publications including her own site Unlimitedhangout.com

She just finished her book a day before this interview called "one nation under blackmail."

We discussed Ghislaine Maxwell’s 20 year prison sentence, why it’s so important to continue holding the establishments feet to the fire when it comes to accountability for the Epstein/Maxwell network, the redacting of Maxwell’s client list, how intelligence agencies were involved, Epstein’s ties to Israel, Mark Middleton’s connection to Epstein and his suspicious suicide, how Epstein tried to buy an airline for trafficking, the ties to the Iran-Contra affair, Ghislaine Maxwell’s father, Disney’s ties to Epstein, trafficking, and pedophilia, Disney’s ties to the CIA, Epstein’s little black book, how blackmail is the currency of corruption and the politics of power. (Length: 1:08:11)
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2022 04:19 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


#2 

Snidely asked.
Given the KNOWN illegal Sex acts, the Illegal Underage sex workers involved (and likely hung themselves) & Elite of the Elite "Johns and Janes" Names involved.

When will we see indictments issued by the DOJ?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2022 7:56 Comments || Top||

#3  ...when their house is cleaned out.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/04/2022 8:57 Comments || Top||

#4 


AFTER Epstein was arrested, his private island Sex Palace basement was filled in with concrete.

Any one care to figure who footed the bill to SHIP IN an estimated 8888 Cubic yards of concrete at $130 (low cost estimate) per cubic yard ($1,155,440 (low cost estimate) ) to seal and hide the Sex Basement evidence?


Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2022 9:14 Comments || Top||

#5  I see Disney rears its ugly head again
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 9:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Ref #4: In other Beltway area news.

Surgeon's Burial Pit Discovered

Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2022 11:04 Comments || Top||

#7  I snorted my coffee when I got to the sentence that the Rose Law Firm was representing the family asking for the suppression of the crime scene documents in Arkansas.
The gallows on the Clinton Library grounds, the same electric cord for both "suicides", the implausibility of 110 lb model lifting a 58 lb cement block in a bag, into a kayak from which she then slips into a watery grave. These are signature clues to a remind people of the reach of those who protect the details of this vast, far-reaching story.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/04/2022 12:08 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ #4 - The Clinton Foundation?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/04/2022 12:23 Comments || Top||

#9  My money's on some government entity.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 12:44 Comments || Top||

#10  My money's on some government entity.

Yes. It would have been cheaper to burn it. But where's the graft in that?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 12:54 Comments || Top||

#11  Indeed. And we know which demographic owns cement companies.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 12:58 Comments || Top||

#12  San Pedro, above Monterrey:
"Got bodies to bury? Okay,
When shit hits propeller,
We'll fill up your cellar,
Y, si, we deliver! Olé!"
Posted by: Thraise Jusomp9006 || 07/04/2022 17:53 Comments || Top||


Chicago sees 37 people shot, 7 killed, in bloody July 4 weekend [so far]
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
For Who, What, When, Where and How Many shot details see the long-running and tracking Chicago Shooting/Crime Website HEYJACKASS.COM


Interesting to note:
That 28 YTD have shot themselves.
64 got shot in the Butt.
16 shot between the legs.
Chicago has had 198 multiple shootings incidents ranging from
2 to 9 persons each, which resulted in 79 deaths.

Above all, remember, this is a Liberal Socialist Democrat run city, that ranks in the Top 5 for strictest Gun Control laws. A city that has disarmed its Honest Citizens and empowered the Thugs.🤪





Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2022 7:48 Comments || Top||


#3  There needs to be a blog about Chicago's War of All against All.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 07/04/2022 10:45 Comments || Top||

#4  #1 got to remember, dead or alive, in Chicago they still vote. Actually, more reliable to the party in the former case.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/04/2022 10:52 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Florida man 'suddenly' loses hand.
[NYP] A Florida man’s hand was blown off by fireworks on early Saturday morning.

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies received a call regarding an incident involving fireworks just after 1 a.m. in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida on Saturday, according to FOX 35 Orlando.

When Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded to the incident, according to the report, the man as well as his hand were taken to an area hospital.

The person was later taken to a different hospital by an ambulance.

A witness told 7News said the incident happened suddenly.

"It wasn’t even like five minutes, ’cause as soon as he lights it, it exploded," said the person, according to the report.

The man was taken to the hospital by a private vehicle, but the hand was taken to the hospital by Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials, according to the report.

According to the witness, his hand was not able to be reattached at the hospital.

"They couldn’t do nothing," the witness said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2022 15:08 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He wanted to hear the sound of one hand clapping?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/04/2022 19:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Hey I took EST/Forum (she was really hot)

The sound of one hand clapping is whatever, you want it to be…..
Posted by: Beavis || 07/04/2022 19:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Meh, the remaining hand, in Florida, is called "The Countin' Hand."
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 07/04/2022 20:40 Comments || Top||

#4  I bet he got his fireworks at Johnny No-Thumbd Fireworks Stand
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 07/04/2022 21:33 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Suspect At Large After ‘Active' Shooting at Highland Park (Chicago 'burb) Fourth of July Parade
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 12:59 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  'burb.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 13:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Of course, I really am beginning suspect these are not isolated incidents.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/04/2022 13:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Of course, the idiots out there are saying that because this tragedy occurred in a white suburb, it'll get more "attention".

Meanwhile, how many shootings again this weekend in Lori Lightfoot's looney location called Chicago?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 13:21 Comments || Top||

#4  So early guesses on the gunman...

Hates white privilege

Was protesting Roe vs. Wade (in a liberal neighborhood where they don't have guns)
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/04/2022 13:54 Comments || Top||

#5  #1 - Title fixed, thx
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2022 14:23 Comments || Top||

#6  White male 18-20, long dark or black hair. Left the rifle = DNA or prints
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2022 14:24 Comments || Top||

#7  Thanks, Frank G.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 14:35 Comments || Top||

#8  Rooftop sniper
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 07/04/2022 14:35 Comments || Top||

#9  Chicago NBC
6 dead 26 wounded
Posted by: 3dc || 07/04/2022 14:40 Comments || Top||

#10  Well since assault rifles are illegal there, it couldn’t be a nasty AR

Sarc off
Posted by: Beavis || 07/04/2022 14:49 Comments || Top||

#11  The Park has a large Jewish community. Might be something to consider.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2022 15:24 Comments || Top||

#12  Sadly, I wondered about that angle, B.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 17:01 Comments || Top||

#13  No death penalty in Illinois. 3 hot meals and a cot for life if caught.
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/04/2022 17:53 Comments || Top||

#14  You know, one of these times, the perp and his FEEB handler are going to be killed in a crossfire. It will be an awkward moment, even with a media and LE coverup.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 18:00 Comments || Top||

#15  Bobby Crimo III, 22, as cops say local man is believed to be driving a 2010 silver Honda Fit with Illinois plates reading dm80653.
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/04/2022 18:25 Comments || Top||

#16  ^ Let the unravelling of his social media begin...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 18:28 Comments || Top||

#17  One past photo of him shows him in Antifa black block.
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/04/2022 18:30 Comments || Top||

#18  Hooks like a helluva winner...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 18:30 Comments || Top||

#19  Looks like...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 18:31 Comments || Top||

#20  Clearly, Chicago needs more pale, freaky "violence interrupters."
Posted by: Thraise Jusomp9006 || 07/04/2022 18:35 Comments || Top||

#21  Police need to incorporate drones in their policing presence.
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/04/2022 18:37 Comments || Top||

#22  Take your pick:

- FBI hates: July 4, 2A, guns, America first Americans
- CIA hates: July 4, 2A, guns, America first Americans
- IRS hates: July 4, 2A, guns, America first Americans
- MSM hates: July 4, 2A, guns, America first Americans
- DNC hates: July 4, 2A, guns, America first Americans
- GOP hates: July 4, 2A, guns, America first Americans
- All the above (like Obama, all the above answer to WEF)
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/04/2022 19:12 Comments || Top||

#23  They got him in custody.
Posted by: Black Charlie Slairt1430 || 07/04/2022 20:12 Comments || Top||

#24  With all due respect and sympathies to those injured and killed by this turd, Pritzker and Duckworth had a presser which turned into anti-gun screeds with no mention of the six dead and 51 wounded (so far) this weekend in Chi-town.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 07/04/2022 20:26 Comments || Top||

#25  Early images are trying to paint him as alt-right Trump fan. I suspect he was attending Trump events, etc ironically but time will tell. He was some kind of rapper so no doubt his lyrics will be telling in one way or another.
Posted by: ruprecht || 07/04/2022 21:17 Comments || Top||

#26  Big Country snagged some screenshots of his social media posts before they were taken down. One oddball logo that’s hard to decipher. And an interesting pic of the alleged perp wearing an FBI hat from 2 years ago. Betting this goes down the rabbit hole in 48 hours
Posted by: Cloluck Bourbon1058 || 07/04/2022 21:19 Comments || Top||

#27  Looking like a higher functioning Adam Lanza.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 21:23 Comments || Top||

#28  White supremists probably wouldn’t shoot up an Independence Day parade
The leftists screaming about burning the 4th down probably
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 07/04/2022 21:39 Comments || Top||


At least five people were killed and 19 injured after a strong earthquake shook southern Iran
Posted by: Fred || 07/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Several dozen Romanian and Bulgarian firefighters take up their posts in Greece, the first members of a European force being deployed to the country to provide backup in case of major wildfires
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 07/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Rescue workers in multiple cities in south China’s Guangdong Province are working around the clock as Typhoon Chaba hits the province
Posted by: Fred || 07/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How are their man-made military islands doing?
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2022 9:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Back in the day, I saw Typhoon Chaba fight Junior "Junebug" Johnson in New Orleans. The fight went 15 rounds before NOPD showed up and spoiled the fun.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/04/2022 10:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Will "Zero Covid" remain in force?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/04/2022 14:02 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Gettysburg 7/1-7/3
[AmericanGreatness] Gettysburg, which took place in the lead up to July 4th, 1863, remains the greatest battle ever to occur on the North American continent. There is much to learn from
remembering it.
For those who don't visualize from text very well (like me)

https://vimeo.com/683892043
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/04/2022 11:20 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Walking away from the Visitor's Center movie at Gettysburg 10-15 years ago, I overheard some twit telling her husband, "Wow, that's worse than Vietnam!"


40,000 in a single battle - yes, sweetheart, that is worse than Vietnam.
Posted by: Bobby || 07/04/2022 15:19 Comments || Top||

#2  overheard some twit

Well, if she grasped it was worse than 'Nam, then maybe she was stating the obvious, but twit?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 15:21 Comments || Top||

#3  ...27 years ago, we went to Gettysburg and spent three days there, walking the entire battlefield.

That will put the fear of God into you.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 07/04/2022 16:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Gettysburg is supposed to be one of the most haunted places in America, and, although I'm not into the whole haunting thing, it's not hard to see why. Always something moving just out of your field of vision.
Posted by: Matt || 07/04/2022 16:17 Comments || Top||

#5  Wargaming the Gettysburg battle (multiple games) and reading the battle histories made me amazed how little we (most people) understand about the battle. Read some of the history books or play a wargame and you know ahead of time the battlefield and the troop movements ... not the 'Fog of War' they fought under and the horrible pressure of knowing that what they did mattered (and they had only one shot and no 'do overs')!

Bravery even in the mistakes.
Posted by: magpie || 07/04/2022 17:33 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russians kill at least 7 and wounded 20 people in Donetsk region
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] About 40 residential buildings were damaged.

by Natalka Lototska


In one day, the Russians killed at least 7 civilians and wounded at least 20 in Donetsk region .

This was announced by the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko.

About 40 residential buildings were damaged.

"We are still determining the full extent of the damage," Kyrylenko said.

In Kramatorsk, the occupiers damaged a hotel and residential complex, in the evening they destroyed a road, targeted a school and the territory of a kindergarten and a polyclinic. According to preliminary information, one person was injured .

"Again, the residential quarter of Avdiivka and AKHZ are under fire. It is definitely known about one dead person ," added the head of the OVA.

In addition, the Russian Federation actively shelled the Illinivska community: Katerynivka, Tarasivka, Novopoltavka and Kleban-Bik were affected.

We will remind, on July 3, 17 fires broke out as a result of massive shelling by the occupiers of Sloviansk.

As a result of shelling, 17 fires started in Sloviansk

[LB] Trade pavilions on the territory of the Railway Market caught fire.

Natalka Lototska


As a result of shelling, 17 fires started in Sloviansk
On Sunday, July 3, as a result of massive shelling of Sloviansk , 17 fires broke out.

This was reported in the Main Department of the State Emergency Service in the Donetsk region .

Rescuers extinguished the burning of 13 trade pavilions on the territory of the Railway Market and a grocery store building.

Also, fires broke out in 12 garages on the territory of auto garage cooperatives, in an apartment in a 9-story residential building, five private residential buildings and three utility buildings.

In addition, the grass on the open territory on the area of ​​0.5 ha caught fire.

We will remind you that the Russian occupiers shelled Slavyansk today , the shelling became the largest in recent times. 6 people died and 15 were injured.

In addition, the occupiers have been covering Kramatorsk with "Smerches" for the second day in a row.
Smerches are 300mm rocket artillery.
Posted by: badanov || 07/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Chicago sees 37 people shot, 7 killed, in bloody July 4", Chicago seems to be doing better. So similar.
Posted by: Dale || 07/04/2022 13:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Smerches are 300mm rocket artillery

A fellow could have a pretty nice 4th of July with one of them.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/04/2022 13:50 Comments || Top||


Russian army continues to carry out missile strikes - a summary from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Direct Translation via google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] The enemy continues to launch rocket attacks on civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 Sunday, July 3, 2022.

It is noted that the Russian army continues to launch missile strikes on military and civilian infrastructure facilities in the Nikolaev direction in order to reduce the offensive capabilities of our troops.

Besides:

in the Volyn and Polesye directions, there are no significant changes in the position and nature of the activities of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus;

in the Seversk direction, the enemy fired artillery and mortars at the border settlements of Bachevsk and Volkovka, Sumy region;

in the Kharkiv direction, the occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops in the direction of the state border. The enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Zolochev, Krestishche, Malinovka, Cherkasskaya Lozovaya and Chepol;

in the Slavic direction, the enemy fired artillery from the territory near the Valley, Kurulka, Bogorodichny, Adamovka and Gusarovka. Ukrainian units repelled the assault in the direction of Apiary - Valley;

in the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy crossed the Seversky Donets River, is trying to build on success and capture Belogorovka. It continues the fiery influence on the units of our troops in order to fetter their actions. Artillery shelling was recorded near Grigorovka and Belogorovka;

in the Lisichansk direction, the enemy is firing from cannon artillery in the areas of the settlements of Zolotarovka and Verkhnekamenka. He led assault operations in the direction of Zolotarovka and took control of the settlement;

in the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers are firing artillery at the areas of Soledar, Pokrovsky, Bakhmut and Klinovoe. Offensive actions in the direction of Nyrkovo - Berestovo were successfully repulsed by Ukrainian soldiers. Also, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to carry out reconnaissance in force in the direction of Vasilievka - Berestovo. Conducted assault operations on the directions of Volchoyarka - Controversial and Nikolaevka - Controversial. Suffered significant losses and withdrew;

in the Avdeevka, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhya directions, in order to constrain the actions of our units, the enemy fired artillery at the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Peski, Novomikhailovka, Vremevka, Gulyaipole, and Volshebnoe. Carried out air strikes near Kamenka, Avdiivka and Shevchenko;

in the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the enemy is concentrating efforts on preventing the advance of units of the defense forces on probable directions of attack. Takes measures for the logistical support of the troops and improves the engineering equipment of the positions.

Ukrainian military left Lisichansk - General Staff

[Vesti] The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the withdrawal of the Ukrainian military from Lisichansk, Luhansk region, which was previously announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation . This was announced on Sunday, July 3, in a message on the department's Facebook page.

They note that after heavy fighting for Lisichansk, the Ukrainian Defense Forces were forced to withdraw from their positions and lines.

"In the context of the multiple superiority of the Russian occupation forces in artillery, aviation, multiple launch rocket systems, ammunition and personnel, the continuation of the defense of the city would lead to fatal consequences. In order to save the lives of the Ukrainian defenders, it was decided to retreat. But we continue the fight," says in a statement from the General Staff.

They also add that despite temporary setbacks, the Ukrainians just have to keep fighting.

"Unfortunately, steel will and patriotism are not enough for success - material and technical resources are needed," summed up the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Posted by: badanov || 07/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 3rd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:53 Obtaining the status of a candidate member of the EU allows you to start integration into European institutions, and also opens up access to funding, Shmygal said in an interview with LB.ua. In particular, according to him, Ukraine at the level of official bodies and individuals gets access to the institutions of the European Commission and is already starting to work with them. Kyiv also gets access to funding for EU candidates: more than 14 billion euros of support for candidate countries, or 2 billion euros for each state, has been pledged for the next seven years.

But one of the key advantages of the status Shmyhal called the tools of pre-entry assistance - technical support for the development of rural areas and other industries.

22:50 The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain reported that the accounts of the British army on Twitter and YouTube were hacked, and an investigation is currently underway.

22:47 Podolyak, in response to Peskov's statement that Ukraine will have to "understand once again all our conditions," voiced Ukrainian demands to the Russian Federation: an immediate ceasefire; withdrawal of z-troops from Ukraine; return of abducted citizens; extradition of war criminals; reparations mechanism; recognition of the sovereign rights of Ukraine.

22:44 Zelensky in an evening video message commented on the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Lysichansk: "We protect the lives of our soldiers. We will rebuild the walls, we will retake the land, and people should be protected most of all. And if the command of our army takes people from certain points of the front, where the enemy has the greatest fire advantage, in particular for Lysichansk, this means only one thing: we will return thanks to our tactics and the increase in the supply of modern weapons. Ukraine does not give up anything."

22:06 The war in Ukraine may drag on, former NATO Secretary General Anders von Rasmussen said during a visit to Kiev: "The biggest risk now is a protracted conflict. The Russians are masters of protracted conflicts. Just look at Georgia - in South Ossetia it has been going on for 2008, in Crimea since 2014, in the Donbass too. They have been in Moldova, Transnistria for decades. So they are specialists in this. And I am worried that the protracted conflict serves Putin’s goals, because he believes that so far there will be a smoldering or frozen conflict in the east of Ukraine, it will prevent Ukraine from making real progress, progress in rapprochement with the European Union, with NATO, and progress in the economy."

22:03 Since the beginning of the war, 89 athletes and coaches have died in Ukraine, another 13 were captured, Zelensky said at a meeting with the head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach: "Many Ukrainian athletes joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 89 athletes and coaches died as a result 13 were captured and are in Russian captivity."

21:59 The key goal of the Russian army in Ukraine is complete control over the Black Sea coast, said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "As of now, their minimum plan is just the annexation of the Kherson region, the maximum plan - if possible, then develop an offensive against Nikolaev and further to Odessa, because the key goal of this war is not really Donbass, but Odessa and full control over the Black Sea."

"The situation is such that we have partially cut off the supply system between parts of the Russian army groups in southern Ukraine. So far they cannot do much in this direction. They are digging in and preparing to annex this territory," Denisenko said.

21:54 Andrey Goncharuk, a diver of the Zaporizhzhya NPP hydroshop, died in Energodar. According to the mayor of the city, Dmitry Orlov, a few days ago he was extremely severely beaten by the occupiers after refusing to dive into the spray pool of the ZNPP. With numerous bodily injuries in a coma, he was taken to the Energodar hospital, where he died without regaining consciousness.

Earlier it was reported that the occupiers force the workers of the Zaporozhye NPP to drain the cooling pools. The Russians are preparing a provocation at the ZNPP - they want to accuse Ukrainian nuclear scientists of storing weapons on the territory of the plant.

21:47 More than 2,000 experts were involved in the development of the "Marshall Plan" for Ukraine, Cabinet Minister Oleg Nemchinov said on the air of the telethon: "Deputies, experts, scientists were maximally involved in the preparation of the plan. In addition to this plan, they will be presented [in Lugano] specific investment projects that may be of interest not only in terms of recovery, but also in terms of restarting the economy of our country. These are green technologies, new construction technologies, in fact, this is a restart of the economy and public life."

The plan contains 24 blocks and will be presented at the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Lugano (Switzerland) on July 4-5. Nemchinov noted that before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this conference was planned to be devoted to reforms. He clarified that the implementation of the Plan is expected after the completion of the active phase of hostilities.

21:23 Zelensky called Lukashenka's words about a united army with the Russian Federation and that Belarus' participation in the "special operation" has already been determined as a "dangerous signal" for Ukraine and the people of Belarus: "I think that we will see the result of this signal."

21:05 Unknown persons blew up the railway bridge between the occupied Melitopol and Tokmak, SSO reported. According to intelligence, the explosion occurred in the occupied village of Lyubimovka. It was along this branch that the occupiers drove trains with weapons and military equipment to the front.

20:59 Zelensky held a meeting in Kiev with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and thanked him for the decision to allocate a new support package for Ukrainian Olympians: "We appreciate the initiative to hold a special donor conference under the auspices of the IOC to restore sports infrastructure in Ukraine."

The President stressed that the war was a huge blow to Ukrainian sports - more than 100,000 Ukrainian athletes cannot train, hundreds of sports facilities have been destroyed.

20:51 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz at a briefing with Zelensky announced a new package of military-technical assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $100 million. Thus, Australia will provide 14 armored personnel carriers, 20 Bushmaster armored personnel carriers (to the previously transferred 40), drones, other military equipment and equipment at the request of Kyiv.

Albaniz added that Australia had already donated $390 million, making it the largest non-NATO donor in terms of aid. The prime minister also said that his country intends to impose sanctions against another 16 Russian ministers and ban the import of Russian gold.

20:36 Zelensky said after a meeting with the Prime Minister of Australia in Kiev that the presence at the G-20 summit in Indonesia in November this year depends on the situation in the country and Putin's participation in it: "Our participation depends on the Russian Federation, whether it will be present there. I told the President of Indonesia that we are grateful for the invitation, but we have a security situation... I'm not 100% sure that the war will end with a complete de-occupation, and therefore I can't imagine my coming there."

20:12 The mayor of Kramatorsk Alexander Goncharenko reported on the strikes on the city: "it looks like the MLRS again, we are investigating the consequences."

19:45 In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy crossed the Seversky Donets River, is trying to take Belogorivka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening report . In the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers are shelling the areas of Soledar, Pokrovsky, Bakhmut and Klinovo from artillery. In the Slavic direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assault of the invaders in the direction of Pasek-Dolina.

19:37 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed the retreat from Lysichansk: "In the context of the multiple superiority of the Russian occupying forces in artillery, aviation, multiple launch rocket systems, ammunition and personnel, the continuation of the defense of the city would lead to fatal consequences. To save the lives of Ukrainian defenders, a decision was made about leaving."

19:33 Ukraine spends 130 billion hryvnias on maintenance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine every month, Shmygal said in an interview with LB.ua: "If we used to maintain the army about 156 billion hryvnias, this was the budget of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ukrainian army for a year, today it is about 130 "Billion is a monthly amount. Of course, we have greatly increased social payments, demining costs, emergency recovery costs, costs for internally displaced persons." The entire budget of Ukraine for a month is approximately 250 billion hryvnia, of which up to 100 billion comes from taxes and customs, the prime minister said.

19:21 Podolyak named four explanations for the “claps” in Russian front-line cities:

  • attacking their own cities with their own missiles as a provocation to accuse Ukraine of shelling Russian cities and disrupting the supply of Western weapons;

  • "intelligent" operators of Russian air defense systems have arms growing "from places where normal people have other parts of their bodies, so everything starts to burn";

  • obligatory karma - evil always has consequences;

  • divine work.

“If it seems to you that some actions of the Russian army are contrary to common sense, then remember: this whole war is contrary to common sense. Because modern Russia is not about common sense at all. The only thing I don’t understand is why not Voronezh, after all if according to plan, then according to plan ... "- wrote the adviser to the head of the OP.

19:09 There is a risk of the Russians seizing the Luhansk region, but so far it is impossible to talk about their complete control over Lisichansk, fighting continues in the vicinity, Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz: "There are such risks that the entire Luhansk region will be occupied "There are such risks, we understand them. But you must also understand that the situation can change every day."

18:53 Reznikov confirmed the delivery of NASAMS air defense to Ukraine: "I thank Joe Biden and my colleague Lloyd Austin for another significant step in support of Ukraine, namely, the decision to supply NASAMS to Ukraine. This increases our ability to protect the earth and sky. Ukraine's victory in the war against a terrorist state will ensure global security for years to come."

18:41 The Russians fired at the villages of Dergachevskaya and Olkhovskaya territorial communities of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to preliminary data, three people were killed and one was injured.

18:29 Turkish customs detained a Russian cargo ship with stolen Ukrainian grain exported from Berdyansk, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said on the telethon: "We have full cooperation, the ship is now standing in front of the port. It has been detained by Turkish customs authorities. Tomorrow there will be an interdepartmental meeting at which the future fate of this vessel will be decided."

The ambassador added that the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office was forwarded and Ukraine expects that the vessel will be arrested, the property will be confiscated and all those involved will be held accountable: “There is a special situation with this vessel, since it tried to use the temporarily occupied port of Berdyansk for the first time and then enter the Turkish port. This is illegal and , to be honest, this is a big impudence and an attempt to actually break through such a corridor in order to take advantage of the opportunity and take out the property."

In turn, a member of the "administration" of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, said that the detention of a Russian ship in Turkey is "part of the plan to accuse the Russian Federation of world hunger, this is a classic example of piracy."

17:44 During the occupation of Snake Island, the Russians lost four Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems, two Tor anti-aircraft missile systems, a Grad multiple launch rocket system and radar installations, said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the press center of the Pivden Operational Command. According to her, the operation on Serpentine continues and will be completed only after the Ukrainian military is convinced that there are no Russians on the island.

17:18 The death of a family from the Kharkiv region in Belgorod was confirmed by the head of the Dergachev community, Vyacheslav Zadorenko: "Tonight ... the Koptelov family from Tsupovka died in the city of Belgorod. This information came to us from internally displaced persons. Residents of Tsupovka and other occupied settlements were forced to escape from the war through Russia to the countries of Europe by any available means. Unfortunately, as we see, Russia is destroying our people on its own territory."

16:46 From September in Poland, children from the age of 13 will be taught how to use weapons, Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek told The Washington Post: “Ten years ago, if the current minister had offered elementary school students to conduct such classes, he would have been ridiculed. However, then what we saw [in Ukraine], and the way this war was waged with such atrocities, showed us that the danger is real.<...> This is not about the militarization of children, but about skills that would be useful for safety and security in the event of an escalation of the conflict.

16:42 Fences appeared on the beaches of Odessa, preventing the approach to the water. The State Emergency Service decided not to open the beaches for swimming, even partially, as previously planned by the city authorities, Marina Martynenko, the speaker of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in the Odessa region, said: "Not a single beach in the Odessa region will open. Currently, the coast is a line of defense, not a zone recreation". Also this year, it is forbidden to swim in rivers and lakes, including because before the start of the season they did not pass the corresponding annual check.

16:11 Scholz said that Germany, together with its allies, is working on security guarantees for Ukraine: "This process is ongoing. It is clear that this will not be the same as if it were a NATO member." According to the chancellor, "careful preparations" are being made in the diplomatic sphere for this matter "for the day we hope will soon come when the war is over."

16:07 In Kramatorsk, which the Russians fired at from the Smerch MLRS today, one of the missiles destroyed the hotel and residential complex, the other two damaged part of the road in a residential area. There are no casualties, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk OVA.

16:05 The Israeli High Court of Justice overturned the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to restrict the entry of Ukrainian citizens to Israel. Ukrainians will be able to enter Israel for three months without having to submit a special request for this, Zelensky said.

16:03 The Cabinet of Ministers will not change tariffs for housing and communal services until the end of the next heating season, Shmygal promised: "An important message: there will be no tariff changes until the end of the next heating season. We have declared this, we will comply with this. This is important. People should be I'm sure they'll make it through this winter."

But, according to the prime minister, the government does not expect an easy passage of this heating season: "Someone is now in a hurry to reorient to alternative sources, someone is preparing and insulating their homes - this is the right movement, the right approaches. At the same time, I want to assure that the state fulfilled and will fulfill its obligations.

16:01 As a result of today's shelling of Sloviansk, six people were killed and 15 were injured , the speaker of the Donetsk OVA Tatyana Ignatchenko said on the air of the telethon.

15:59 Czech fighters will guard the airspace of neighboring Slovakia from September, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. Slovakia has asked its NATO allies to patrol its skies as it decided to land its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets that could be sent to Ukraine. "I do not see any problems in this, the government will definitely approve it," Fiala said.

Slovakia ordered F-16 fighter jets from the US in 2018. The first planes were expected to arrive this year and the shipment should be completed next year, but delivery is now expected to take place in 2024.

15:18 Peskov said that Ukraine will have to accept Russia's conditions and sit down at the negotiating table: "Now is the moment when Western countries are betting with might and main on the continuation of the war. This means that the moment continues when Western countries, under the leadership of Washington, speak Russian , do not allow Ukrainians to think, talk about peace, or discuss peace ... Kiev will have to understand the conditions of the Russian Federation, agree to them and sit down at the negotiating table, fix the document."

15:11 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow "refrains from retaliatory steps against Kiev's actions," but is closely monitoring the situation, "if provocations continue, they will not be in trouble."

15:09 Ukraine today has agreements on support from partners in the amount of $29 billion, Shmyhal said: "This is, in particular, assistance from the European Union, the United States and Canada. Separately, there is direct budgetary support from EU member states. There is a grant and credit assistance from international financial institutions: the IMF, the World Bank, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. All this money is enough for us to fulfill the social and humanitarian obligations of our country. We see a predictable situation by the end of the year and understand how we will fulfill the budget" .

14:57 The mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh reported on the largest shelling of the city in recent times. The Russians are firing from multiple launch rocket systems, many are killed and wounded.

13:46 Lukashenka said that a "single army" has long been created in the union of Belarus and Russia. He said this during his speech on the occasion of the Independence Day of Belarus, BelTA reports: "We are the only country that supports the Russians in this struggle. <...> And that they did not know that we have long established in the union of Belarus and Russia has a single grouping of armed forces? In fact, a single army. You knew all this, so why are you reproaching us today? We were and will be together with fraternal Russia. I determined our participation in the special operation a long time ago."

13:43 NBU preliminary estimates the fall in Ukraine's GDP in the second quarter at the level of 40%, said Deputy Head of the National Bank Serhiy Mykolaichuk.

13:41 In Borispol, Kiev region, "planned filtration measures" have begun today, the head of the district administration, Ruslan Dyachenko, said. He warned that for the period of the events in certain microdistricts of the city, it is possible to restrict the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, check identity documents.

13:39 The mayor of Kramatorsk Alexander Goncharenko said that the Russians fired at the city from the Smerch MLRS. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties, but there is serious damage.

13:37 The French region of Ile-de-France proposes to rebuild the destroyed Borodianka as an ecological city, said the president of the region, Valerie Pecresse. According to her, Borodianka should become an ecological city with "systems operating on modern energy-saving technologies." The leadership of Ile-de-France has already decided to allocate 1.1 million euros for projects to support Ukraine.

13:35 The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albaniz, visited the Kyiv region, the head of the Kyiv OVA Oleksiy Kuleba said. This is his first trip to Ukraine. The delegation visited Bucha, Gostomel and Irpin.

13:33 In Finland, they proposed to place a NATO base on the border with Russia, writes Yle. This proposal was made by the mayor of the Finnish city of Lappeenranta, the distance from which to the Russian Vyborg is less than 100 km.

13:31 Ukrainians from next year will be able to freely buy pistols, said Viktor Andrusiv, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to him, 70% of Ukrainians supported the right to freely carry weapons, the Ministry of Internal Affairs agrees with the decision of citizens, and "relevant legislation will be adopted during the summer-autumn." After that, the corresponding weapon registries will run for a while.

13:17 In Russia, the conflict between the military leadership and directors of defense plants is gaining momentum, which instructed workers not to accept military equipment for repairs. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, delivering damaged equipment to repair plants, the Russians completely dismantle it, and sell spare parts and assemblies or exchange them for alcohol. Sometimes only burnt skeletons of infantry fighting vehicles and tanks reach the factories. Directors of repair enterprises motivate the refusal to repair equipment by the lack of components and insufficient payment for work already completed.

The command tried to save the situation with the help of specially created repair teams, which were supposed to restore equipment near the combat zones. However, corruption and greed among the military leadership of the Russian Federation brought this attempt to naught, according to Ukrainian military intelligence.

12:51 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the death toll after the shelling of Belgorod increased to four people: one citizen of the Russian Federation, three citizens of Ukraine. And the “shell” stuck in the air conditioner of an apartment building in Belgorod on Narodny Boulevard turned out to be a fragment of an air defense missile, the press service of the regional government said. Earlier it was reported that part of the Pantsir air defense system, which is not in service with Ukraine, got stuck in the wall of the house.

12:43 Shoigu reported to Putin about the "liberation" of the so-called. "LNR". According to him, full control has been established over Lisichansk and a number of nearby settlements, the largest of which are Belogorovka, Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora. The total area of ​​the territories "liberated" over the past 24 hours allegedly amounted to 182 square meters. km.

12:29 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the RF Armed Forces allegedly captured Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarevka, Belogorovka, as a result, they closed the encirclement around Lisichansk. The Ukrainian grouping of troops is completely blocked in the "boiler", Moscow said.

12:08 The Donetsk region may be left without gas supply due to active hostilities, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko during the telethon: "Preparations are being made so that the region goes through the heating season with a minimum number of people. area is unlikely to be, because there are active hostilities."

According to Kirilenko's forecasts, about 300,000 citizens will remain in the region for the heating season: "This is a very large figure for the entire region for the heating season... Apartment buildings are of particular concern."

11:52 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that at night "Kiev delivered a deliberate strike with Tochka-U missiles with cluster munitions and Tu-143 drones on residential areas of Belgorod and Kursk." By means of air defense, all three Tochka-U missiles allegedly launched at Belgorod were destroyed in the air, fragments of one of them fell on a residential building in Belgorod.

10:54 In Slavyansk, the movement of electric vehicles is stopped, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said: "We were forced to do this due to the constant threat of shelling and the inadmissibility of crowds."

10:52 British intelligence suggests that Russia may hold a "referendum" on the accession of the Kherson region to the Russian Federation in the fall of 2022. For the Kremlin, this issue is a priority, since it will allow it to "legitimize" its presence in this territory. At the same time, with a high probability, the voting results will be falsified, analysts point out. According to intelligence, the Russians detained the mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhayev, in order to suppress the opposition. At the same time, large-scale armed and peaceful resistance continues in the occupied territories.

10:44 Parts of the Pantsir air defense system were found in Belgorod - a photo of a missile part stuck in the wall of a residential building is being circulated in local public. Observers agree that this is the Pantsir air defense system, with which the Russians themselves hit their homes. There is no such anti-aircraft missile system in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, emphasizes Anton Gerashchenko.

10:40 The American Institute for the Study of War notes that the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops to Seversk, Donetsk region, will allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to reduce the risk of immediate encirclement by Russian troops. Experts believe that the Russian military can establish control over the remaining territory of the Lugansk region in the coming days. Most likely, then they will strike at the Ukrainian positions in Seversk, after which they will turn towards Slavyansk and Bakhmut. Withdrawing Ukrainian troops to Seversk would allow Ukrainian forces to reduce the risk of immediate encirclement, but Ukrainian forces could continue a fighting withdrawal to a line near the E40 highway from Sloviansk to Bakhmut, analysts say.

10:13 In the waters of Mariupol on June 30, a Russian landing boat of project 1176 Shark Black Sea Fleet D-106 was blown up by a mine, three sailors were killed, said the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko. He also said that in the Levoberezhny district, a warehouse burned down, where the invaders kept the loot.

09:42 Today, at about 4:00 am, the Russians launched a missile attack on Kharkov, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to him, the blow fell on one of the critical infrastructure facilities of the Kyiv region, according to preliminary information, there were no casualties. Also from the explosion windows were knocked out in one of the schools in the Novobavarsky district of the city. The blow fell on a private house, its mistress was hospitalized.

09:37 Ukraine will present a large-scale recovery plan at a conference on July 4-5 in Lugano, Switzerland. The document occupies about 2000 pages, writes Bloomberg. According to the agency, the plan includes a wide range of projects in the field of infrastructure and security, investments in climate and the digital economy, as well as in the diversification of energy resources. Bloomberg reports that EU officials announced a contribution of 500 billion euros to implement the plan.

09:33 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 3. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions.

  • personnel - about 35,970 (+100) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1584 (+2),

  • armored combat vehicles - 3744 (+7),

  • artillery systems - 801 (+1),

  • MLRS - 246 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 105 (+0),

  • aircraft - 217 (+0),

  • helicopters - 187 (+1),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 654 (+1),

  • cruise missiles - 144 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 2618 (+4),

  • special equipment - 64 (+3).

08:46 The Russians are entrenched in the Lisichansk area, the city is on fire , said the head of the Luhansk OVA Sergey Gaidai: “The invaders threw all their forces on Lisichansk, probably. They attacked the city with incomprehensibly cruel tactics. houses and administrative buildings, then in Lisichansk, within a short period of time, the same administrative buildings were destroyed to the ground. Gaidai specified that the Russians "are suffering significant losses, but are advancing stubbornly", are gaining a foothold in Lisichansk itself, as well as in Verkhnekamenka.

08:42 Russian Senator Andrei Klishas called today's strikes on Kursk and Belgorod "an act of aggression by Ukraine" and demanded "the toughest, including military response." The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that two Ukrainian Strizh drones were shot down on the approach to Kursk at night, there were no casualties.

08:40 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region, four civilians were killed yesterday - in Orlovka, Novonikolaevka, Krasnogorovka and Slavyansk. Five more people were injured, including two children in Dobropolye, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the UVA, said.

08:38 On the night of July 3, the Armed Forces of Ukraine put out of action one of the four Russian military bases in Melitopol, inflicting more than 30 strikes on it, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, the occupiers are trying to spread fakes that there was shelling of peaceful areas, that civilians suffered, and that urban infrastructure was destroyed. Fedorov also said that on July 2, thanks to the resistance forces, a Russian armored train loaded with ammunition derailed.

08:17 The American Institute for the Study of War reports that Russian troops have entered Lisichansk and advanced within the city, are conducting offensive operations southwest of Lysichansk and are likely to move west towards Seversk.

The invaders continued unsuccessful ground attacks north of Slovyansk, made limited attacks southwest of Donetsk, but achieved no confirmed success. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops threaten Russian ground communications throughout the Kharkiv region using Western weapons. UAF counterattacks and partisan activity continue to force Russian troops to prioritize defense operations in the southern direction.

08:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the ammunition depots of the occupiers: the aviation of the Air Force of Ukraine over the past day worked in almost all areas of hostilities - in the Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Lugansk regions, the General Staff said in the morning summary . There are no signs of the formation of an offensive from Belarus. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assault of the Russians near the village of Prudyanka in the Kharkiv region, as well as in the Slavic direction.

07:55 The Russians again shelled the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnepropetrovsk region in the morning, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. Several times they hit a summer cottage in Zelenodolsk - three houses were destroyed, one was damaged, there were no previous victims.

06:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed another ammunition depot in Chernobaevka, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk.

06:21 In Russian Belgorod, explosions were heard at night, a fire broke out, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that three people were killed, four were injured, including a child. 11 apartment buildings were partially destroyed, at least 39 private residential buildings were partially destroyed, five of them were completely destroyed.

05:40 Russian media write that Ukrainian troops shelled Melitopol twice a night, according to preliminary data, the Aviagorodok microdistrict was shelled.

01:33 British billionaire Richard Branson, who recently visited Kiev, intends to give Zelensky a letter from the Mary Robinson Organization, which says that they will be happy to help sort out the situation in Ukraine. Branson said this on the air of the UA telethon Razom.

"In the end, every conflict ends in negotiations," he said, but the time for negotiations is when both sides feel they can lose the war: "I'm not sure Putin has reached that position, but I'm sure there must be an organization talking to both sides." Thus, when the time for negotiations comes, it will be possible to react quickly, Branson explained.

00:53 On Saturday evening, the Russians again launched a missile attack on the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district of the Odessa region, OK Pivden reported. A Kh-31 missile fired from a Su-30 fighter hit the utility building of a coastal recreation center. There are no dead or injured.

And before that, enemy Su-24 bombers, under the cover of a Su-30 fighter, launched two bombing strikes on Snake Island.

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West bars Kiev from thinking about peace — Kremlin
[RT] The US and its allies are still interested in continued conflict in Ukraine, Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. Western nations effectively prevent the government in Kiev from even thinking about any potential peace talks, the official added.

When asked about potential reasons that have led German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron to no longer call Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
, Peskov called this another sign suggesting that western leaders are not interested in achieving peace through dialogue and negotiations.

"At the moment, the western nations are actively betting on the continued war," Peskov told the TV show ’Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.’ on Russia’s Rossiya 1 channel. The position of the western nations —led by Washington— leads to a situation where they "allow Ukrainians neither to think nor talk about or discuss peace," the Russian president’s front man added.

The Kremlin believes that "common sense" would eventually prevail and the sides will return to the negotiation table. "Now, the demand for pacifying the situation is low," Peskov commented, adding that "we are sure ... that the time for talks will come."

Kiev will still have to "once again understand" all the demands put forward by Moscow before the talks could continue, the Kremlin front man pointed out. The Ukrainian government is well aware of Russia’s position, he said, adding that Kiev just needs to "sit down at the [negotiation] table" and "sign a document that has already been largely agreed."

Moscow and Kiev started peace talks just four days after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine in late February. The sides have held several rounds in person in Belarus and then continued the talks via a video link. In late March, the delegations from Russia and Ukraine met once again in Istanbul.

Since then, however, the talks have completely stalled, as the Ukrainian side has insisted it would only come back to the table when it was in a "stronger negotiating position." In April, Putin accused Kiev of bringing the process to a deadlock. Peskov said at that time that Russia had provided Ukraine with a draft agreement and was awaiting a response.

In June, Ukraine’s top negotiator David Arakhamia suggested that Kiev believes it could achieve this "favorable position" by late August after it conducts "counteroffensive operations in certain areas."

Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to give the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. The protocols, brokered by Germany and La Belle France, were first signed in 2014. Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has since admitted that Kiev’s main goal was to use the ceasefire to buy time and "create powerful armed forces."

In February 2022, the Kremlin recognized the Donbass republics as independent states and demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join any Western military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked.

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#1  If Putin wants peace, he can withdraw. No one will stop him.
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#2  "Peace. You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means."
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#3  Putin will stop when he gets defensible borders for the Motherland. I would expound on how geography explains it all, but alas, there is insufficient room in the margins.
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#4  Putin has struck again.
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Donbass Lugansk republic fully liberated — Russian defense minister
[RT] The last remnants of Ukrainian forces have been driven out of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced on Sunday. He reported the news to President Vladimir Putin
" ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Shoigu said Russian troops and Donbass forces had completely seized Lisichansk, the last major city which had remained under Ukrainian control since 2014, when the LPR declared its independence shortly after a coup in Kiev.

Russia and Ukraine reported heavy fighting around Lisichansk earlier this week, with the most fierce combat occurring at the city’s oil refinery.

News of the capture of Lisichansk comes after Ukrainian troops retreated from Severodonetsk, a nearby city on the opposite side of the Seversky Donets River, last week. The fighting for Severodonetsk had lasted for several months.
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#1  90% of the inhabitants of Lisichansk have fled.
So yes, it has been liberated... of its people.
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#2  What? But Putin and his apologists swear those people wanted to live free of Ukrainian oppression! Did they all flee to Russia?
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#3  Who fled was a Nazi.
Who didn't flee an idiot.
Posted by: European Conservative || 07/04/2022 9:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Btw a little correction of the headline: "Lugansk Republic", not "Donbass Republic".

Whatever republic means in these places.
Posted by: European Conservative || 07/04/2022 10:05 Comments || Top||

#5  ...oh, its the old "Peoples Democratic Republic of.."
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/04/2022 10:08 Comments || Top||

#6  ...Maryland!
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 11:02 Comments || Top||

#7  Well Maryland has a republican guv. At least for a few more months. Although the legislature is full of far leftists
Posted by: Uninesing Johnson9025 || 07/04/2022 11:20 Comments || Top||

#8  Btw a little correction of the headline: "Lugansk Republic", not "Donbass Republic".

Corrected. Thank you for catching that, European Conservative.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/04/2022 11:21 Comments || Top||

#9  Well Maryland has a republican guv

Hogan is a Never Trump drooler.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/04/2022 11:26 Comments || Top||

#10  "Peoples Democratic Republic of.."

Exactly. Like North Korea.
Posted by: European Conservative || 07/04/2022 12:21 Comments || Top||

#11  Big time, and that fatso is also a darling of the Sunday morning circuit, and you know what that means.

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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief July 3rd (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] 21:35 Russian military destroyed German self-propelled guns PzH 2000 of the Ukrainian army

The video is said to be coming soon.

Somehow, equipment from Germany is generally historically unlucky on the lands of Donbass.

18:18 The time for negotiations on a settlement in Ukraine has not yet come, according to the White House. At the same time, the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be strengthened by three NASAMS missile systems, which Washington will transfer to Kyiv.

18:10 In Lviv, they began issuing summonses in churches. Before the Sunday service, the believers are handed summons to the military registration and enlistment office. This was reported by the Ukrainian People's Deputy Mykola Knyazhitsky.

18:05 Over the past week, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction amounted to:

- about 1,300 people killed and wounded;
- one Su-25 aircraft and one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force;
- six 152mm self-propelled guns 2S3 "Acacia" and 2S19 "Msta-S";
- eight T-72 tanks;
- three MTLBs;
- 26 armored vehicles;
- 14 100mm anti-tank guns MT-12;
- five nomadic mortars;
- 11 anti-tank missile systems;
- 29 UAVs;
- eight trucks;
- 13 pickups;
- two motor boats with personnel of the Special Operations Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- 13 observation posts;
- seven control points;
- four communication nodes;
- one P-18 all-round mobile radar station;
— two training bases for foreign mercenaries;
- two field warehouses with ammunition;
- 33 Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles and 57 rockets were destroyed

17:40 The terrorist attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the inhabitants of Melitopol is an attempt to intimidate the civilian population. The "guerrilla war" in the liberated territories, announced by the Kyiv regime, failed.

The United States and NATO states that supply Ukraine with missile systems are accomplices in Ukrainian terror, terrorist states - Oleksiy Selivanov.

17:31 The Russian military, released from Ukrainian captivity, spoke about the bullying by the nationalists:

"Scary. Some are beaten there, others are tortured with electric current. Plus, of course, moral pressure: it’s hard, because there is no connection with relatives, ”shared one of the servicemen.

Previously, the exchange of prisoners with Ukraine took place according to the formula 144 to 144. It became the largest in terms of numbers since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine. All released Russian servicemen are now in hospitals. They receive the necessary qualified assistance.

17:00 Deliveries of weapons and military equipment from Western countries to Ukraine. As part of the new military assistance package, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

United States
➖four counter-battery radars
➖two launchers NASAMS air defense systems
➖150 thousand 155-mm shells
➖shells for MLRS HIMARS

Canada
➖39 BMP LAV ACSV Super Bison

Latvia
➖20 PU MANPADS Stinger

Turkey
➖three Bayraktar TB2 UAVs

France
➖six CAESAR 155mm self-propelled guns

Czech Republic
➖three UAVs Bivoj

16:28 Commented the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry M.V. Zakharova in connection with the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the residential areas of Belgorod and Kursk:

"The goal of the Kyiv regime is to strike with unguided weapons on residential areas of cities. This is not the first time this has happened. We understand that these actions of the regime in Kyiv were not just coordinated with its Western curators, but most likely prompted by them. This is being done in order to push us to launch retaliatory strikes of this kind, and then further spin the anti-Russian hysteria.

We have so far refrained from taking such steps, but we will be following developments very closely. Those who act in this way should be aware that if provocations continue, they will not be in trouble."

15:34 A series of explosions are reported in Kharkiv. An air alert has been declared in the region.

15:31 As a result of the actions of the Ukrainian security forces, three people were killed, two were missing, including one child, four civilians were injured, including one child, 39 private and 11 apartment buildings were damaged, one household was completely destroyed. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on the fact of the shelling of the city of Belgorod by the security forces of Ukraine.

15:14 Russia, without straining at all, with an incomplete grouping in peacetime, breaks the stuffed Ukrainian army on its knee - Andrey Kartapolov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Colonel General on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel.

15:12 Kyiv and its Western curators will not do well if provocations continue on Russian territory - Russian Foreign Ministry.

12:22 Three Tochka-U missiles with cluster parts launched at Belgorod were destroyed in the air by air defense systems. As a result of the defeat of Ukrainian missiles by air defense systems over the city, the wreckage of one of them fell on a residential building in Belgorod - Russian Defense Ministry.

12:20 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit reports another shelling of the village of Tyotkino and publishes a photo of the consequences.

11:51 Kyiv's missile attack was purposefully planned and carried out against the civilian population of Russian cities - the Russian Ministry of Defense.

11:35 RIA Novosti reports that during the night shelling of Belgorod, a family from Kharkov, who moved after the outbreak of hostilities, died. According to the local, the hit happened next to the wing, where the family from Kharkov spent the night - the son, mother-in-law and sister came to survive the hostilities.

10:35 The strike on Melitopol is an attempt to intimidate the civilian population. The Ukrainian government has despaired of calling on the inhabitants of the liberated territories for a "guerrilla war" against the Russian liberation troops.

Instead of committing senseless and bloody terrorist attacks, tens of thousands of citizens sign up for Russian citizenship. Therefore, the Kyiv regime launches rocket attacks on civilians, whom it no longer considers its own. This was announced by Alexei Selivanov, writes the TG channel "Southern bridgehead".

09:38 Cameras filmed, presumably, the moment a shell hit a residential building in Belgorod.

09:10 In Belgorod, the bodies of two more people were found who died as a result of the shelling of the city by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is reported that the dead were found during the analysis of the rubble of one of the private houses on Mayakovsky Street. The number of victims from shelling has increased to 5 people.

08:07 In the morning hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched massive attacks on the liberated Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region.

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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: July 3rd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:34 As a result of today's shelling of the AFU in the Donetsk People's Republic, the death toll has increased to five people, another 13 civilians were injured, of which 2 children: a girl born in 2011. and a girl born in 2007.

21:11 As a result of today's shelling of the AFU in the Donetsk People's Republic, four people were killed and another 10 civilians were injured.

20:44 As a result of today's shelling of the VFU in Makiivka, three people were killed and four more civilians were injured.

20:43 VFU attacked Makiivka again

As a result of the shelling on the street. Tokarev, one person was killed and two civilians were injured. Another civilian was injured on the street. Harvest.

18:20 The assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR said that the fighting for Seversk, which is located in the DPR a few dozen kilometers from Lisichansk, has already begun.

18:03 AFU attacked the Leninsky district of Donetsk. On st. Zubkov suffered housing construction.

17:52 Over Donetsk, several shells of Ukrainian militants from the Uragan and Smerch MLRS were shot down, their remnants fell in the Kalininsky and Leninsky districts of the city. According to preliminary information, the ammunition was cluster.

17:38 VFU attacked the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, a man was wounded, - Headquarters of the TerO DPR.

17:31 The Russian military, released from Ukrainian captivity, spoke about the bullying by the nationalists:

"Scary. Some are beaten there, others are tortured with electric current. Plus, of course, moral pressure: it’s hard, because there is no connection with relatives, ”shared one of the servicemen.

Previously, the exchange of prisoners with Ukraine took place according to the formula 144 to 144. It became the largest in terms of numbers since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine. All released Russian servicemen are now in hospitals. They receive the necessary qualified assistance.

17:00 Deliveries of weapons and military equipment from Western countries to Ukraine. As part of the new military assistance package, the following types of equipment and weapons will be transferred to Ukraine:

United States
➖four counter-battery radars
➖two launchers NASAMS air defense systems
➖150,000 155mm shells
➖shells for MLRS HIMARS

Canada
➖39 BMP LAV ACSV Super Bison

Latvia
➖20 PU MANPADS Stinger

Turkey
➖three Bayraktar TB2 UAVs

France
➖six CAESAR 155mm self-propelled guns

Czech Republic
➖three UAVs Bivoj

16:36 As a result of another shelling of the VFU in the city of Yasinovataya, 2,658 subscribers are without power. Emergency services began to eliminate the consequences of the shelling.

16:28 Comment the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry M.V. Zakharova in connection with the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the residential areas of Belgorod and Kursk:

"The goal of the Kyiv regime is to strike with unguided weapons on residential areas of cities. This is not the first time this has happened. We understand that these actions of the regime in Kyiv were not just coordinated with its Western curators, but most likely prompted by them. This is being done in order to push us to launch retaliatory strikes of this kind, and then further spin the anti-Russian hysteria.

We have so far refrained from taking such steps, but we will be following developments very closely. Those who act in this way should be aware that if provocations continue, they will not be in trouble."?

15:39 Everything is stable in Ukraine. Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Sak said that for the Armed Forces of Ukraine the value of lives is a priority, therefore, in order to recapture certain territories in the future (in this case, Lisichansk, and we are talking about it), Ukrainians need to retreat. Another clever tactical move from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

15:35 The Russian military installed the Banner of Victory in Belogorovka. It was the last settlement of the LPR, which remained under the control of the Kyiv regime. Now the republic is completely liberated.

15:11 The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an artillery strike on Debaltseve (DPR). There are destruction. Losses are specified.

15:10 Main statements of the People's Militia of the LPR:

▪️The exit of the LPR troops to the administrative borders does not guarantee the security of the republic because of the forces and means that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have;
▪️The forces of the LPR should help push the Ukrainian army out of the territory of the DPR;
▪️The security of the LPR will be ensured if the Ukrainian army is moved away from the borders of the republic at a distance of about 300 km.

15:09 The legendary Pyatnashka brigade is eight years old.

15:07 This is how the residents of Lisichansk meettons of soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and NM LPR.

15:04 Attention! The official website of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services was subjected to a DDoS attack. The information that appeared on the site on July 2 of this year is false and does not correspond to reality.

14:27 As a result of the shelling of the VFU, 2,600 subscribers in Donetsk and its suburbs were left without power supply. As a result of the shelling of the VFU, 2,600 household subscribers were de-energized in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as in the settlements of Aleksandrovka and Kremenets. Repair and restoration work will begin as soon as the situation permits.

14:02 The AFU is being shelled along the road through the settlement. Mineral, Yakovlevka! The interval between shelling is minimal, from five to 10 minutes! Be extremely careful!

14:00 As a result of the shelling of the village of Aleksandrovka, a woman born in 1963 was wounded, a private house on the street was damaged. Gorky, 174. In total, 21 transformer substations are de-energized; Kremenets.

13:35 The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine behind Avdievka are on fire.

13:16 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in Yasinovataya, the number of wounded has increased to four people.

12:41 Shoigu reported to Putin about the liberation of the LPR - the Russian Defense Ministry.

12:26 The operational lines of the DPR JCCC received additional information about the injury of another civilian - a man born in 1965. as a result of shelling by the VFU n.p. Yasinovataya.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

11:25 In Cheryomushki (Mariupol), construction of 9 nine-story buildings has begun.Videofrom "Large-caliber Trouble".

11:40 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Kremenets: three shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Ceramic - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: 10 unguided rockets of 80mm caliber were fired. (Without the use of aviation).

11:14 The Azot plant in Severodonetsk, which came under the control of the LPR, was slightly damaged and is subject to restoration, said LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik.

11:10 Donetsk, Makiivka - air defense is working.

11:08 Yasinovataya has been under massive artillery fire since the morning. The Nazis hit the NATO 155mm caliber right on the multi-story residential buildings.

11:04 In Yasynuvata, two women were wounded by fire from Ukrainian militants. Also in the city, a store along Nekrasov Street and residential buildings in the Tsentralny microdistrict were damaged.

11:00 Over 3,000 subscribers remain without power supply in the DPR. As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Donetsk People's Republic, 3,163 household subscribers were de-energized, the DPR Ministry of Coal and Energy reported.

10:39 Situation in the Severodonetsko-Lysichansk direction as of 10.00 July 3, 2022

At present, the cleansing of the remaining units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lysichansk is underway. Most of the regular forces were able to get out of the operational "cauldron", however, scattered groups of the National Guard and the Terodefense are still present in the city.

The retreating troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as detachments of mercenaries, headed to the Seversk region, where fortifications are being created. During the retreat, the command was tasked with destroying military equipment.

Fighting is taking place in the southern and southwestern outskirts of Lisichansk, as well as near Maloryazantsevo from the side of Topolevka and in the vicinity of Zolotarevka from the side of Verkhnekamenka.

In the area of ​​Belogorovka, there are fights for control over the settlement. In addition, units of the RF Armed Forces are firing at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Grigorovka. The forces of the 103rd Terodefense Brigade, holding the area of ​​these settlements along the Seversky Donets River, moved to reserve defense lines south of the settlement.

To ensure the retreat of the retreating forces from the encirclement, additional pieces of equipment, including artillery and MLRS, were transferred to Verkhnekamenskoye.

10:33 According to the official data of the DPR JCCC since the beginning of the escalation * as of 10:30 07/03/22

During the 137 days of the escalation, 210 civilians were killed, incl. 12 children.

Complete data on the dead civilians in the territory liberated during the NWO are being established.

On the territory within the borders before the start of the NMD, 977 civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. 73 children.

In the territory liberated during the NMD, 1,466 civilians were injured, incl. 83 children.

Total: 2,441 including children - 156.

Damage:

— 5,080 residential buildings;
— 1,102 civil infrastructure facility, including 66 medical institutions, 206 educational institutions, 394 social security facilities, 31 critical infrastructure facilities, 405 electricity, water and gas supply facilities. VFU is under attack Panteleymonovka and Yasinovataya.
- 584 vehicles.

At the moment, it is impossible to establish for certain the data on damage and destruction of residential housing construction and civil infrastructure facilities in the territory liberated during the NWO.

During the 137 days of the escalation of the DPR JCCC, 5,214 facts of firing were recorded, of which 4,887 were using heavy weapons.

In total, the enemy fired 44,306 ammunition of various calibers, including 31 rockets from OTRK "Tochka-U", 14 MLRS missiles BM-30 "Smerch", 121 MLRS missiles BM-27 "Hurricane" and 7,944 MLRS missiles BM-21 "Grad".

09:35 The operational-combat tactical formation of the DPR was given the name "Cascade" - Decree of the Head of the DPR No. 354 of 06/2/2022.

09:20 The authorities of the LPR today reported that the damage to the Azot plant is minor, it will certainly be restored and will work.

08:26 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 10 each 152mm shells were fired;
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122mm caliber;
n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

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Zakharova on Kyiv strikes at residential areas
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The Kyiv regime strikes at residential areas in order to provoke Russia to launch the same retaliatory strikes. This was stated on July 3 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova , on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

"The goal of the Kyiv regime is to strike with unguided weapons at residential areas of cities. This is not the first time this has happened," she said.

At the same time, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Moscow understands that such actions of Kyiv were not only agreed with its curators from the West, but, most likely, prompted by them.

"This is being done in order to push us to deliver retaliatory strikes of this kind, and then spin the anti-Russian hysteria even more," Zakharova explained.

As REGNUM reported earlier, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Western countries are betting on the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine.

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#1  The Russians are really insulted when their own cities get hit. Call the UN.
Posted by: European Conservative || 07/04/2022 8:59 Comments || Top||

#2  My favorite is all the Putin Puppets who will claim this "risks enlarging the war". Still just two combatants.

And what are the odds this is just Russia bombing themselves to create "they do it, too" propaganda? I mean, Putin did bomb Moscow apartment buildings to justify Chechnya.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 07/04/2022 9:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Two combatants for now.

As the joke goes: Two Russians meet.
- How is the war against NATO going?
- Oh, we lost 40,000 troops, thousands of tanks.
- My God, and NATO?
- NATO hasn't shown up yet.
Posted by: European Conservative || 07/04/2022 9:55 Comments || Top||

#4  Read yesterday that the rocket pieces found in the residential area appeared to be from a Pantsir system. If so, Ukraine doesn't have any of those.

Another piece of info here.
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Assault on Donetsk, Kramatorsk will soon begin - Yakov Kedmi
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] A military-political expert from Israel, Yakov Kedmi, said that an assault on the positions of the Ukrainian army in Kramatorsk would soon begin, writes MK .

The political scientist, referring to his sources in the DPR, assured of a significant increase in the elimination of the military infrastructure in Kramatorsk by the peacekeeping forces. This has been going on for two days now.

Local residents do not rule out that hostilities have intensified in this direction in connection with the upcoming start of the liberation of Kramatorsk.

Kedmi says that powerful artillery strikes are inflicted on the industrial zone and the airport, where the positions of the Ukrainian military are located.

As REGNUM reported, as a result of the shelling of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) by the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU), according to the latest data, five people were killed.

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Economy
Air fares are ‘too cheap’ and will need to rise for the next five years for airlines to remain competitive: Ryanair Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary
Isn’t that exactly how competition does not work?
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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#1  Their appeal became more selective. Or in more common terms - neener neener.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/04/2022 7:04 Comments || Top||

#2 

While Airlines have "used" staffing & aircraft maintenance issues as the cause of canceled flights. This may raise the idea it could be more ROI/P&L/Fuel issues related for flight cancelations.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2022 8:59 Comments || Top||

#3  compared to the cost of getting to and from the airport, air fares are cheap indeed
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/04/2022 9:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Well, it's not like airline workers ever took pay cuts while company executives got nice bonuses after government bailouts.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 9:56 Comments || Top||

#5  Biden's solution,farm out airlines to China. Manage airports and so on. I'd bet fuels will be available.
Posted by: Dale || 07/04/2022 13:09 Comments || Top||

#6  Transportation Secretary Mayor Pete says, "We'll make the airlines hire more pilots".

How many pilots retired so they wouldn't be fired for refusing the vax?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/04/2022 15:08 Comments || Top||

#7  Maybe some of these replacement people know how to fly airplanes.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2022 15:14 Comments || Top||

#8  for airlines to remain competitive

Eastern Airlines
Pan American Airlines
Trans World Airlines
etc
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/04/2022 16:23 Comments || Top||

#9  With Frank Borman's Eastern the only one of the three cited not taken down by a bomb/missile.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 17:02 Comments || Top||


Europe
3 dead, 3 critically wounded in shooting at Denmark mall
[IsraelTimes] Danish PM Mette Frederiksen decries ’cruel attack’ in worst gun violence in Scandinavian country since 2015

A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Sunday, killing three people and critically wounding three others, police said.

A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested after the shooting, Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen told news hounds, adding there was no indication that anyone else was involved in the attack, though police were still investigating.

Gun violence is relatively rare in Denmark.

Thomassen said it was too early to speculate on the motive for the shooting, which happened in the late afternoon at Field’s, one of the biggest shopping malls in Scandinavia and located on the outskirts of the Danish capital. When the shots rang out, some people hid in shops while others fled in a panicked stampede, according to witnesses.

"It is pure terror. This is awful," said Hans Christian Stoltz, a 53-year-old IT consultant, who was bringing his daughters to see Harry Styles perform at a concert scheduled for Sunday night near the mall. "You might wonder how a person can do this to another human being, but it’s beyond ... beyond anything that’s possible."

Thomassen said the victims included a man in his 40s and two "young people," without giving details.

Several others were maimed, three of them critically, he said.

He said police received the first reports of a shooting at 5.37 p.m., and arrested the suspect 11 minutes later. Thomassen described the suspect as an "ethnic Dane," a phrase typically used to mean someone is white.
...but which says nothing about his religious or mental health status. No doubt soon more will be revealed, at which point we’ll know whehter this is properly War on Terror or Non-WoT.
Danish broadcaster TV2 published a grainy photo of the alleged gunman, a man wearing knee-length shorts, a vest or sleeveless shirt, and holding what appeared to be a rifle in his right hand. "He seemed very violent mostly peaceful and angry," eyewitness Mahdi al-Wazni told TV2. "He spoke to me and said it [the rifle] isn’t real as I was filming him. He seemed very proud of what he was doing."

The shopping center is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway station for a line that connects the city center with the international airport. A major highway also runs adjacent to the mall.

Organizers called off the Harry Styles concert, which had been scheduled at the nearby Royal Arena, by order of police.

Related: The BBC has a photo of the shooter in the shopping center.
Deutsche Welle interviewed a Danish journalist who reported the shooter surrendered calmly to police, and police subsequently raided an apartment in Copenhagen.

Moved to Page 3: Non-War on Terror at 12:30 p.m. ET based on subsequent reporting that the man was known to psychiatric services and complaining that his meds did not work.

—tw for the moderators
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#1  Wait until all those unsecured USA weapons in Ukraine make their way to the EU.

The Azov Nazi's have brethren across Europe...a little payback for being cannon fodder in NAZOs proxy war with Russia.
Posted by: Aca Joe || 07/04/2022 2:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Across Europe, in Russia, Australia, New Zealand... The weapons trafficking routes are very long established. Lots and lots of AKs flowed through over the years.

Who knows? The last really big fight was National Socialists vs International Socialists. The next one might be nationalists vs Moslem colonists.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/04/2022 3:56 Comments || Top||

#3  A new BBC article reports the shooter has been charged with murder, remanded to psychiatric evaluation, and is known to the psychiatric services — nuts, not jihadi.

Deutsche Welle reports:

Police believe videos of the suspect that circulated on social media on Sunday evening are authentic.

In them, the young man was seen posing with weapons, talking about psychiatric medication "that does not work," and mimicking suicide gestures.


I think it’s safe to move this story to Page 3: Non-WoT.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/04/2022 12:26 Comments || Top||

#4  "NAZOs proxy war with Russia"

How's the weather in St Petersburg? (And I don't mean Florida)
Posted by: European Conservative || 07/04/2022 12:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Truly, European Conservative. Though our visitors have been ignoring that bit of reality as hard as ever they can.

Separately, The Times of Israel adds:

A suspect carrying a rifle and knife was quickly arrested, and Copenhagen chief police inspector Søren Thomassen says the 22-year-old Danish man also had access to another gun.

He says the firearms were obtained illegally and the suspect was known to mental health services but gave no further details on either.


A photo:
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/04/2022 12:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Meanwhile....

Chicago Violence: 7 Killed, 29 Others Shot Over Fourth of July Weekend
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/04/2022 12:42 Comments || Top||

#7  I don't know about Denmark, but in Germany, if you want a gun you will get one.

People who get shot won't be interested in the fact that the gun was illegal.

If I could rewrite the German Basic Law, a Second Amendment would certainly be included.
Posted by: European Conservative || 07/04/2022 13:11 Comments || Top||


Slovakia cleared to donate MiG-29s to Ukraine
[RT] Slovakia can donate its Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, after the Czech Republic agreed to patrol Slovakian airspace from September onwards, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Sunday. The MiG deal has reportedly been in the works for several months.

"We will help Slovakia until it has new planes at its disposal," Fiala said during a televised debate with Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger. "I don't see any problem there, the government will certainly approve it."

The Slovak Air Force is believed to operate 12 MiG-29s, which were left in its inventory after the collapse of the USSR. Rumors that Slovakia would donate these planes to Kiev began circulating days after Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in February, when EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced that the bloc would source Soviet-made jets from Eastern European countries for Ukraine’s battered air force.

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#1  If they drag this out any further, the whole shooting match will already be over. Which may be the intention.
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