[Jpost] Tons of gold, worth billions of dollars, are being smuggled out of Sudan, in one case being passed as boxes of cookies.
Russia and Russian Wagner mercenaries are smuggling gold from Sudan to finance war efforts in Ukraine, a CNN report claimed on Friday.
Tons of gold, worth billions of dollars, are being smuggled out of the country, according to the local Mujo Press. Accounts of how much gold is missing vary, Mujo Press putting the amount at around 38.5 tons a year lost to smuggling in general.
In the last half year, at least 16 Russian smuggling flights have made the rounds out of the country — at least one manifest claiming to be transporting cookies, according to CNN. Some of the flights were destined for Latakia, Syria, where Russia has a major airbase.
SMUGGLING NETWORK
According to CNN, the lynchpin of the operation is a gold processing plant in al-Abaudiya owned by Meroe Gold. Wagner operative Alexander Sergeyevich Kuznetsov has allegedly been overseeing gold mining, processing and transit sites in Sudan over the last few years.
"Meroe Gold and its new false name (Al-Solag), both of which are fronts (Russian Wagner), are preparing to dispose of large quantities of gold, and by large, I mean large — By smuggling as possible and by selling them in the local market outside the banking system," asserted Sudanese blogger Hisham Ali on July 18.
According to the US Treasury, Meroe Gold is a subsidiary of M Invest which is owned or controlled by Mikhail Potepkin and serves as a cover for the Wagner mercenary company. Yevgeniy Prigozhin was named as the head of the network. Prigozhin is alleged by the Treasury to be Wagner's financier.
CNN reported that M-Invest has been extracting resources while providing weapons and training to the Sudanese military and paramilitary groups. According to the CIA World Factbook, much of Sudan's weaponry is Russian or old Soviet gear.
RUSSIA IN AFRICA
Russia has been interfering in the Sudanese gold trade since at least 2014, CNN reported, after the invasion of Crimea.
That would explain why they have such a huge stash hidden under the Kremlin...
“Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his network are exploiting Sudan’s natural resources for personal gain and spreading malign influence around the globe,” said then Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin in 2020, when the US government undertook a series of sanctions that targeted the shell companies. “The United States remains committed to holding him and other bad actors accountable so Sudan and other countries can operate freely.”
The US has designated the Wagner mercenary company as a designated Russian Ministry of Defense proxy force. The group has seen extensive deployment in the Ukraine-Russia War.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the evacuation of the city of Donetsk on Saturday amid the war with Russia, according to the country’s presidencyhttps://t.co/x9QV6G133b
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Ukrainian troops have been retreating. Troop train reserves destroyed. Incessant barrages from Russia extreme. The Ukraine line of defense broken. This was thought a big deterrent to Russian advances.
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Yandex translates Что за нах творится у них в головах? as "What the fuck is going on in their heads?"
In the video, the kids are announcing their individual ethic identities - Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Moldavian, etc.
Then in unison, they say "We are Russian! We are together. Vladimir Vladimirovich, we are with you"
Definitely a strong Triumph of the Will vibe, but imagine an equivalent group of tattooed and tinted American kids announcing their pronouns and gender identities before declaring their distaste of the awfulness that is Western Civilization. Who would you want to bet your future on?
[Jpost] The accusation comes hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to oversee Navy Day celebrations in his hometown of St Petersburg.
A senior official in Russian-annexed Crimea accused Ukraine on Sunday of carrying out a drone attack ahead of planned celebrations to mark Navy Day, injuring five and forcing the cancellation of festivities.
The accusation comes hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to oversee Navy Day celebrations in his hometown of St Petersburg and approve Russia's naval doctrine as Moscow presses on with its military intervention in Ukraine.
"An unidentified object flew into the courtyard of the fleet's headquarters," Mikhail Razvozhayev, governor of Sevastopol, home to Russia's Black Sea fleet, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
"According to preliminary information, it is a drone."
He said Ukraine had decided to "spoil Navy Day for us."
The Ukrainian defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Russian Navy Day celebrations canceled
Razvozhayev said that five employees of the fleet headquarters had been injured in the incident and that the Federal Security Service (FSB) was investigating its circumstances.
"All celebrations have been canceled for security reasons," Razvozhayev said. "Please remain calm and stay home if possible."
Navy Day is an annual Russian holiday during which its fleets stage naval parades and honor its sailors.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, prompting a major row with the West which deepened over Moscow's role in an insurgency of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
These are extremely nasty anti-personnel mines - will take off a foot or kill a child. People in Kyiv were warned the Russians might use them as the Kremlin's full-scale invasion started. Now they turn up in Russian-occupied Donetsk. https://t.co/MP85aJxn0V
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Excellent Wiki article. Thanks Skid! Pressure Sensitive plastic skin and liquid pressure detonator makes any form of unprotected handling casualty producing. Nasty!
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] The combat, numerical composition and nature of the actions of the enemy grouping remain without significant changes. The Russian military occupiers do not stop inflicting air and missile strikes on military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine. This is stated in the operational summary from the General Staff as of 18.00 Saturday, July 30.
In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions , the situation has not changed. In the latter, in the border areas, engineering equipment of positions and UAV aerial reconnaissance continue.
In the Kharkov direction , the enemy fired at the positions of our troops and civilian objects from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Svetlichnoye, Russian Tishki, Duvanka, Peschanoe, Verkhny Saltov, Korobochkino, Lebyazhe, Petrovskoe, Nortsovka and Zaliman. Launched an air strike in the Mospanovo area.
In the Slavic direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the Valley, Krasnopolye and Mazanovka. The enemy tried to conduct assault operations near Brazhkovka, unsuccessfully , withdrew.
In the Donetsk direction , the enemy is concentrating efforts on defeating military installations and infrastructure, trying to create conditions for an offensive in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions in order to improve the tactical situation. Carries out systematic shelling of the positions of our troops along the line of confrontation to constrain actions and prevent the transfer of reserves to other directions. The enemy aviation grouping conducts systematic combat operations in order to support the operations of ground groupings.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the Kramatorsk district, Verkhnekamensky, Ivano-Daryevka and Pereezdny. Launched an air strike near Ivano-Daryevka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired at our troops from all available fire weapons along the line of confrontation in the areas of the settlements of Berestovo, Belogorovka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Kodema, Mayskoye, Zaitsevo and New York. Inflicted air strikes near Yakovlevka and Zaitsev. He led assault operations in the directions of Pilipchatino - Pokrovskoye and Dolomitnoye - Maiskoye, unsuccessfully , withdrew. By assault actions in three directions, he tried to establish control over the settlement of Semigorye, has partial success , is fixed on the outskirts of the settlement.
In the Avdeevka direction , the enemy fired at the positions of our troops from tanks, cannon artillery, multiple launch rocket systems along the line of confrontation and in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Yasnobrodovka, Avdeevka, Nevelskoye, Pervomayskoye and Krasnogorovka. Launched an airstrike near Avdiivka. In order to improve the tactical situation, he conducted assault operations in the directions of Novoselovka Second - Krasnogorovka, Spartak - Avdeevka, without success , withdrew. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of the positions of our UAV troops.
In the Novopavlovsk direction , shelling was noted near Novoselka, Maryinka, Nikolskoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Velikaya Novoselka and an airstrike near Maryinka. The enemy led assault operations in the direction of Yegorovka - Pavlovka, without success , withdrew.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction , the enemy did not conduct active hostilities, he carried out shelling of the positions of our troops using cannon artillery, MLRS and tank weapons in the areas of Zheleznodorozhnoe, Novomikhailovka, Belogorye, Novoandreevka settlements. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of the position of our UAV troops.
In the Yuzhnobuzh direction, the enemy conducted aerial reconnaissance, carried out shelling of the positions of our troops with cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Trudolyubovka, Potemkino, Kamennoye, Karernoye, Novogrigorovka, Bolshoye Artakovo, Lozovoye, Kobzartsy, Shirokoye, Pokrovskoye, Stepnaya Dolina, Tavrichesky, Nikolaev and Solonchaks. He tried to create favorable conditions for an offensive in the direction of Bruskinskoye - Belogorka . As a result of the fire damage inflicted by our units, he refused to complete the task.
In the Black Sea and Azov maritime zones , the enemy ship grouping focuses its main efforts on blocking civilian navigation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea and destroying military installations and infrastructure in the depths of Ukrainian territory. Two sea-based carriers are in readiness for the use of cruise missiles .
[Vesti] Russian troops attacked Slovyansk, Donetsk region, at night. The enemy hit the bus station and the territory next to it.
Mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh reported this on Facebook .
"Saturday, July 30. At night, the city was again shelled. This time, the bus station and adjacent buildings were damaged. Fortunately, there were no victims or wounded," Lyakh wrote.
Note that the Russian army continues to strike at the settlements of the Donetsk region. According to the General Staff, as of Saturday morning , July 30, in the Slavyansk direction, the Russian military carried out shelling from cannon, rocket artillery and tanks near Aseevka, Protopopovka, Gusarovka, Grushuvakha, Karnaukhovka, Dolyna and Adamovka. Conducted assault operations in the areas of Brazhevka and Dmitrovka.
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[Korrespondent] 23:15 The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war published an interview with Russian prisoners who were being prepared for an exchange in Nikolaev. The exchange was postponed, probably due to the murder of Ukrainian soldiers in Yelenovka.
22:52 Zelensky explained why Russia should be recognized as a terrorist state: "The formal legal recognition of Russia as a terrorist state, in particular recognition from the United States State Department, is needed not as a political gesture, but as an effective defense of the free world. Such a decision will automatically complicate the existence of the state "terrorist, will automatically break various political and business ties that Russia will otherwise maintain. And this will all happen one hundred percent. This will have to be done - the only question is in time and in the format of making this decision. And the sooner this is, the less evil Russia can do it."
22:44 Zelensky in an evening video message stressed the need to evacuate from Donbass: "There is a government decision on mandatory evacuation from the Donetsk region, everything is being organized. Full support, full assistance - both logistical and payments. Only a decision is needed from the people themselves, who are still they didn't take him in. Go, we'll help." The President called on everyone who has the opportunity to talk with people in the Donbass to convince them to leave, and, if possible, to help the IDPs.
21:01 Russia intends to "completely erase Ukraine from the map of the world," US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said at a meeting of the UN Security Council, writes Sky News. There are growing signs, she said, that the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for an attempt to annex all of Ukraine's eastern regions, as well as the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, "in order to hold sham referendums" or decrees to join Russia.
20:35 Volunteer battalions are being formed throughout Russia to be sent to war in Ukraine. Analysts estimate that more than 30,000 people can be mobilized, with no military experience required, according to CNN. Of the 30,000 mobilized, about a third are planning to be sent to the Donbass.
19:24 In the Slavyansk, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assaults of the Russians, at the same time, in the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers are partially successful and are gaining a foothold on the outskirts of Semigorye, the General Staff said in the evening summary .
18:31 The Azov Regiment published an official statement. commander Nikita Nadtochia regarding the massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Yelenovka colony: “We regard the strike on Yelenovka as an act of public execution. Russia committed it out of impunity. They are used to the fact that no one will bring them to justice, even for open violation of the laws and customs of war. Therefore, we, Azov, Ukraine as a state and the entire civilized world, will painfully fight back so that Russia remembers this once and for all. We are already finding out the names of the perpetrators and organizers of the execution, we already have preliminary information."
18:16 The Lebanese prosecutor's office detained the Syrian ship Laodicea, which, according to Kiev, was transporting Ukrainian wheat. According to the BBC, citing local media, a 72-hour arrest was imposed on the ship in the port of Tripoli, the investigation was transferred to the special services. Permission for the detention was received by the Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon at the request of Kyiv. In case of confiscation of the cargo, Ukraine will be ready to negotiate the terms of its transfer to Lebanon.
18:03 Mandatory evacuation of the population will be organized from the regions of the Donetsk region controlled by Ukraine, Irina Vereshchuk said. According to her, Ukrainian legislation allows mandatory evacuation: “There is absolutely no gas supply in the Donetsk region, there is no proper electricity supply. In a word, there will be no heat in the Donetsk region in the winter. such form of evacuation as mandatory".
17:26 The UN is ready to send experts to investigate the death of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary General of the organization Farhan Haq said: "In connection with the recent tragedy in the colony in Yelenovka, we are ready to send a group of experts capable of conducting an investigation with the permission of the parties."
16:55 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Antonovsky railway bridge in the Kherson region, it is impossible to move along it, said Serhiy Khlan, adviser to the head of the UVA.
16:18 The Russian army is increasing the presence of military equipment on the border with Ukraine near the occupied territory of the Kharkiv region, Radio Liberty reports, citing images taken from the Planet Labs satellite. The publication notes that part of the equipment is transported by rail and brought to the village of Sobolevka in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
15:39 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko responded to a tweet from the Russian embassy in Britain: "There is no difference between Russian diplomats calling for the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war and Russian troops doing it in Yelenovka. All of them are accomplices in these war crimes and must be held accountable ".
15:07 In the Okhtyrsky district of the Sumy region, agricultural machinery twice ran into the mines of the occupiers yesterday. A truck and a harvester were destroyed, one person died, four were injured, said the head of the OVA, Dmitry Zhivitsky.
14:44 The Norwegian government announced that it had transferred 14 IVECO LAV III armored patrol vehicles to Ukraine. These vehicles have good mobility and protection and are of the same type used by the Norwegian forces in Afghanistan.
14:25 Russia is exporting looted gold from Sudan to finance the war in Ukraine, according to a CNN investigation. Journalists found out that a few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane illegally took out about a ton of gold from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum. The precious metal was hidden under boxes of cookies, which are clearly not a Sudanese export.
CNN writes that it was one of at least 16 Russian gold smuggling flights from Sudan that became known. In exchange for gold, the Russian Federation provides support to the increasingly unpopular military leadership in Sudan, which brutally suppresses the pro-democracy movement in the country.
13:53 The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets demands from the Red Cross and the UN monitoring mission to allow him to enter the territory of the colony in Yelenovka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war died. Lubinets added that he also turned to the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova with a proposal to visit Elenovka together.
13:34 Russia has completely or partially stopped gas supplies to 12 EU states, Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview with Diario de Noticias. According to her, the actions of the Russian Federation were intentional, so the EU needs to prepare for further interruptions or even a complete cessation of Russian gas supplies.
The head of the European Commission noted that the EU has already received record volumes of liquefied natural gas supplies from the United States and is receiving more and more raw materials from Norway, the Persian Gulf countries, Algeria and the Caspian Sea region. The countries are also increasing their own production.
13:16 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that as a result of the terrorist attack in Yelenovka, "most of the 193 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were there were killed and maimed." In particular, according to Moscow, 50 Ukrainians were killed, 73 Ukrainian prisoners of war were delivered to medical facilities with severe injuries. Surname lists of the dead and wounded are published on the information resources of the Ministry of Defense.
12:57 A "public forum" has opened in occupied Kherson Together with Russia , more than 500 delegates are participating in its work, discussing "issues of self-determination and the future fate of the region," Russian media report.
12:41 The number of victims of yesterday's shelling of a public transport stop in Nikolaev increased to seven - two more people died in the hospital. In total, 19 people applied for medical help yesterday, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
12:02 The patronage service of the Azov regiment reported that the occupiers posted a list of the names of the wounded and dead as a result of terrorist actions in Yelenovka. However, the Ukrainian side is not yet able to confirm or refute these reports and is checking them for authenticity: "We inform the families of the wounded and dead in Yelenovka on an individual basis. Not a single Ukrainian or international institution can confirm or refute the lists posted in the Russian media."
11:46 British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons demands an investigation into the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in occupied Yelenovka: "Olenovka demands an investigation. This looks like part of an increasingly disturbing pattern of the worst types of human rights violations and possible war crimes that are being committed with impunity in the occupied east of Ukraine."
10:57 Yermak commented on the tweet of the Russian embassy in the UK: "Russia is a terrorist country. In the 21st century, only savages and terrorists can tell at the diplomatic level that people deserve to be hanged for nothing. The Russian Federation is a state sponsoring terrorism What more proof do you need?
10:51 S&P downgraded Ukraine's long-term sovereign rating to pre-default - from CCC+ to CC, with a further negative outlook.
10:48 British intelligence reports that in the Kherson region, the Russian military most likely installed two pontoon bridges and launched a ferry system as a replacement for bridges damaged by recent UAF strikes. Analysts also note that in the newly captured territories in the south, Russia-installed "authorities" are under increasing pressure from Moscow. They are required to strengthen control over the region and prepare for "referendums" on joining the Russian Federation.
10:43 The Russian Embassy in the UK wrote on Twitter that the Azov fighters "deserve execution, but not by firing squad, but by hanging, because they are not real soldiers, they deserve a humiliating death." Russian "diplomats" attached a video to their tweet, where an allegedly married couple from Mariupol tells how they were "fired upon by the security forces of Azovstal."
10:40 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, warned that on July 30, training firing would be carried out on the territory of the Mirgorod community.
10:31 In the occupied Energodar, several explosions thundered tonight in the first microdistrict, in front of the VP ZNPP hotel, after which a fire started, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said. According to him, it is now known that "three units of military equipment of the Russian Federation flew into the air, which blocked the entrance to the hotel." According to available information, there were no civilian casualties, but windows were broken in the surrounding houses. There is no official information about the incident yet.
10:14 Gazprom announced that it had stopped gas supplies to Latvia as part of the July application "due to violation of the conditions for gas withdrawal."
09:58 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 30. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 40,670 (+170) people liquidated,
tanks - 1759 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 3995 (+8),
artillery systems - 906 (+6),
MLRS - 258 (+0),
air defense systems - 117 (+0),
aircraft - 222 (+0),
helicopters - 190 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 733 (+2),
cruise missiles - 174 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2889 (+19),
special equipment - 78 (+1).
09:30 The International Committee of the Red Cross offered assistance in the evacuation of the wounded from Yelenovka: "Our priority is to ensure that the wounded receive life-saving treatment and that the bodies of the dead are treated with dignity. We have requested access to determine the health and condition of all who were on place during the attack.
09:17 As a result of night shelling of one of sleeping areas of Nikolaev one person was lost, six are wounded, head Vitaly Kim reported. Five people became victims of yesterday's shelling of a public transport stop with cluster shells, 14 were injured.
09:13 Intelligence of the armed forces of Canada notes that Russia has deployed almost all of its forces against Ukraine, but has faced such heavy losses in most of its army units that it is trying to find even untrained recruits to replenish units. Currently, the Russian forces stationed in Ukraine are insufficient to achieve the stated goal of a change of government in Kyiv, and Moscow will continue to try to make even modest tactical progress on the eastern and southern fronts, according to Canadian intelligence.
09:06 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka said that at midnight Ukrainian troops struck the HIMARS MLRS allegedly at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, all missiles were intercepted by air defense. Meanwhile, local publics publish a video of the fire and report that another ammunition depot is on fire.
08:59 In the Donetsk region this morning, the enemy launched an airstrike on the village of Krasnogorovka in the Ocheretinsky community. Also in the Maryinskaya community shelling of the city of Krasnogorovka continues. In the morning, the Russians hit Slavyansk - the building of the bus station and neighboring non-residential premises were damaged. In Seversk, a direct blow damaged the Center for the provision of social services. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, the OVA said.
08:32 In the Donetsk region, six civilians died from Russian shelling in a day - two in Kramatorsk, one each in Vodyany, Kurdyumovka, Pervomaisky and Kermenchik. Another 15 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assaults of the Russians in the Slavyansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky directions, military operations are underway in some of these directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
07:42 At night, Russian troops fired at the Nikopol district of the Dipropetrovsk region several times from Gradov, head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko said. In particular, up to 80 shells were fired at Nikopol itself and the Krasnogrigoryevsk community. Private houses were damaged, the power grid was out of order, and there are destructions at two local enterprises. Previously, no people were hurt.
04:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that it cannot yet assess which side is responsible for the murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the occupied Yelenovka, but suggests that the available evidence "confirms the statements of Ukraine more than the Russians." In particular, according to analysts, fire damage is not typical for the operation of HIMARS.
According to American analysts, during the day, ground battles went north of Kharkov without significant changes in control over the area. Russian troops made a limited ground assault on the Kherson region and continued to conduct combat operations without creating strike groups on the occupied borders.
Russian regional media reported on the recruitment and creation of an additional "volunteer battalion" in the Republic of Buryatia and the formation of a reserve battalion in Novosibirsk.
The ISW also notes that members of the United Russia party were sent to the occupied territories of Ukraine in order to prepare the so-called "referenda". In particular, on July 29, a member of Putin's party, Oleg Melnichenko, opened a "humanitarian office" We are together with Russia in Tokmak, Zaporozhye region. At the same time, analysts note that the possibility of a Ukrainian counter-offensive on occupied Kherson could hinder Russian attempts to prepare for "referendums."
04:47 Russians launched a missile attack on Kharkov today around 3:00 am, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. The building of one of the educational institutions in the Slobodsky district was damaged, a fire broke out there, which is already being extinguished by rescuers. There is no information about the victims. At about 4:00 there was another blow, information about it is being clarified.
04:11 Kuleba said that he discussed with Blinken his conversation with Lavrov: "We agreed to further strengthen Ukraine militarily and economically and focused on the next practical steps to allow Ukraine to bring the Russian invasion to failure."
02:20 Reznikov said that he spoke with his US colleague Lloyd Austin and announced "good news" - we are talking about the supply of means to strengthen Ukraine's defense capability.
00:57 Borrell condemned the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka: "The European Union most strongly condemns the atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces and their puppets. These inhuman, barbaric acts are serious violations of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocol and are war crimes."
00:17 The UN human rights monitoring mission stated that it was "shocked" by the video with the castration and murder of a Ukrainian prisoner by the Russian military.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:48 Despite all the difficulties created by official Kyiv, over the past day, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 26,531 people, including 3,585 children, have been evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the Donbass republics, and in total since the beginning of the special military operations - 2,976,342 people, of which 487,413 are children. 23:19 In Izmail, Odessa region, territorial defense units are deployed in the Agrotechnical College (Suvorov Ave.), and roadblocks and firing points are equipped on the outskirts of the educational institution.
22:31 A total of 256 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by Russian operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery.
21:56 Special operation, July 30. The main thing:
▪️The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a strike on a military railway echelon transporting the elite assault battalion of the 1st Separate Brigade of Zelensky, more than 140 nationalists were killed, about 250 militants were injured
▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, equipment and a warehouse with rockets for Grad combat vehicles as a result of the defeat of the deployment point of the MLRS division of Ukrainian troops in the Yasnobrodovka area in the DPR
▪️"Iskanders" in the Kharkiv region struck at the point of temporary deployment of the national formation "Kraken"
▪️Two US-made counterbattery radar stations were destroyed in the DPR and the Kherson region, as well as two American M777 howitzers in the Zaporozhye region
▪️According to updated data, 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed as a result of Kyiv's strike on the Yelenovka detention center, 73 in the hospital, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
▪️The Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation published the lists of Ukrainian prisoners of war killed and injured during the attack on Yelenovka
▪️The UN is ready to investigate the attack on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka, Guterres office said
▪️Ukrainian troops have equipped a stronghold at the Artemovsk Pedagogical School in the DPR, placed artillery, and civilians are forcibly kept in the building, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The militants also settled in an agrotechnical college in Izmail, Odessa region, and in Kharkov on the territory of an engineering college.
20:53 Highway to Zaporizhia, the area of the Shakhtar base, Petal anti personnel mines are scattered. Details to be confirmed
19:35 APU fired more than 20 shellsin the village of Tyotkino in the Kursk region, the authorities of the region reported. There is damage to the power line, several streets were left without power, emergency teams have already begun to repair the damage. In addition, the gas pipe was damaged.
18:22 Consequences of blows on Ukrainian facilities in Kharkov. Looks like it was a big hit. A column of thick black smoke rises above the city.
17:04 Extension of combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the border with the Bryansk region. After the withdrawal of Russian troops from the northern regions of Ukraine, active mobilization activities and recruitment into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began on the territory of the Chernihiv region.
The mobilized citizens are sent to the training grounds in Desna and Goncharovsky, where, under the supervision of foreign instructors, they take accelerated courses in conducting sabotage and reconnaissance activities.
The process lasts from two to three weeks, after which the personnel depart to the regions bordering the Russian Federation. In the settlements of Timonovichi, Oleshnya, Rozhkovichi, Moshchenko, under the leadership of full-time servicemen of the MTR, as well as individual detachments of the 95th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the final run-in is being carried out in the field.
16:26 Pension payments to residents of Melitopol and the region are accrued starting from July 1 - representatives of the city administration about thisremindedsenior houses. The amount of the pension is 10,000 rubles per month.
15:32 The Russian army is gathering large forces to the border for a large-scale offensive - Radio Liberty. A propaganda publication banned in the Russian Federation used pictures from the Planet Labs satellite showing a large amount of Russian military equipment being transferred, allegedly, to the liberated areas of the Kharkiv region.
According to the pro-Western media, in the future, the Russian military may use this technique, in particular, in the Izyum and Slavyansk directions.
14:19 Russian Defense Ministry briefing, main points:
▪️On July 28, at the Krasnoarmeisk station in the DPR, a military train transporting an elite assault battalion of the 1st Separate Brigade of the President of Ukraine was destroyed - more than 140 nationalists were killed, about 250 militants were injured
▪️On July 29, a high-precision weapon hit the deployment point of the MLRS division of Ukrainian troops in the Yasnobrodovka area in the DPR, up to 30 military personnel were destroyed
▪️"Iskander" in the Kharkiv region struck at the point of temporary deployment of the national formation "Kraken", killed more than 30 Nazis
▪️In the area of Artemovsk, the point of temporary deployment of the 14th mechanized brigade of Ukrainian troops was hit, the losses amounted to 50 soldiers.
13:27 Political, criminal and moral responsibility for the bloody massacre against Ukrainians is borne personally by Zelensky, his criminal regime and Washington - Russian Defense Ministry
12:32 Chronicle of blow sand mutual shelling in the NVO zone during the night of July 29-30, 2022
▪️Ukrainian formations shelled the village of Lomakovka in the Bryansk region in the morning. There were no casualties, several houses were damaged.
▪️At night, the RF Armed Forces launched several missile strikes on the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkov. One of them hit the building of the former aviation school in Rubanovka in the west of the city. Another arrival was at the Malyshev plant, the extent of the damage is unknown.
▪️Russian forces delivered several blows to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka.
▪️In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, the allied forces suppressed the enemy's defensive positions in Bakhmut, Seversk, Soledar, as well as in settlements along the line of contact.
▪️In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched airstrikes on the accumulation of Ukrainian army manpower in Avdievka and Peski.
In addition, the RF Armed Forces hit the defensive positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Maryinka, New York, Vugledar and Novopol.
Ukrainian formations continued shelling the Donetsk agglomeration, scattering anti personnel mines dangerous for the civilian population. Air defense went off over Volnovakha in the morning.
A powerful explosion occurred in Alchevsk in the Lugansk Republic in the morning, the causes of the incident are being clarified.
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the MLRS inflicted several strikes on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Ukrainian formations in response fired at Energodar, located on the opposite bank of the Dnieper, in the Zaporozhye region. Near the ZNPP hotel, a truck with ammunition was destroyed.
▪️In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian ammunition depot in Nova Kakhovka.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the morning delivered several missile strikes on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev. In addition, on the southern front, the parties continued to conduct artillery duels along the entire line of contact.
11:53 The administration of Energodar reported that on the night of July 30, Ukrainian troops fired at the cars of the humanitarian convoy, which were located at the parking lot for drivers.
"Tonight, Ukrainian armed formations, using UAVs equipped with improvised explosive devices, attacked the vehicles of a humanitarian convoy," the report says.
11:37 Krasnodar Territory took patronage over the liberated districts of the Kharkiv region, the press service of the Regional State Administration reported.
10:37 AFP agency reports that Russia received from Iran, the first batch of loitering ammunition (kamikaze drones) of an unnamed type.
10:35 In all regions, still under the control of the Kyiv regime, air raid sirens sound.
09:12 Subpoenas have already begun to be issued on social networks and instant messengers. So, an Odessa citizen received a summons in Viber. Many do not yet believe this, but they have already reached there, despite the fact that the issuance of subpoenas must take place with their own eyes, and not in an online format.
08:57 Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Novaya Kakhovka, including the HPP area - the head of the district
08:04 AFU shelled the village of Lomakovka in the Bryansk region. As a result of the shelling, an electrical substation and several households were damaged, the governor of the region said.
06:37 Massed strikes overtook targets tonight in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Large fire in Nikopol district
03:38 A powerful fire in Kharkov after the strike of four Iskanders. Flames and smoke are visible from different parts of the city.
0:45 APU again strikes at Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:27 In Seversk of the Donetsk People's Republic, neo-Nazis in residential buildings (Sadovaya St.) equipped firing positions and ammunition depots, while the evacuation of local residents was not carried out. 21:23 In the Alchevsk area, air defense went off. Recorded the defeat of at least one aerial target.
20:20 Additional information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- as a result of shelling on the street. Border, st. Nizhny Tagil, st. Nodal scattered PFM-1 "Petal".
Petrovsky district:
- st. Kryukova, 10 - a private residential building.
n.p. Aleksandrovka:
- 12 transformer substations are de-energized, 950 subscribers are without power supply.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
19:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 19.30 on 07/30/2022: over the current day, according to information from the JCCC of the DPR, the enemy fired more than 300 rounds from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, barreled artillery of caliber 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of twelve settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, one civilian was injured. Nineteen residential buildings and four civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
We regret to inform you that in the performance of military duty in the struggle for independence, four defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic were killed and eleven were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
19:08 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad";
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
18:34 The story of the militants of the nationalist regiment "Azov," wounded during the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the detention center in Yelenovka. The most powerful missile strike of the UAF militants literally threw all 193 prisoners in the room from their beds.
The prisoner confirmed the excellent and timely medical care provided to all the wounded in terms of severity in the hospitals of the DPR. He also noted that the criminal Kiev command informed them about being sent to the colony in Yelenovka when they were taken prisoner at Azovstal. The Kyiv regime knew their exact location.
Another Ukrainian Nazi reported that the UAF had previously carried out strikes near the colony in Yelenovka, including before a precise strike by HIMARS on the very building with prisoners. About itinformsTK Zvezda.
18:32 In the video and photo - numerous destruction of residential buildings along Shakhtnaya Street in the village of the Mercury Plant (Nikitovsky district of Horlivka) due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:15 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Leninskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): fired five mines with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber.
17:39 Servicemen of the 2nd Army Corps of the LPRgivea chance for Ukrainian militants in Soledar to save their lives. "People's Militia of the LNR".
17:21 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
--n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm;
— n.p. Leninskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): eight mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Shcherbinovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 10 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Sands - n.p. Staromikhaylovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Nevelskoe - Donetsk (Kyiv region): 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
16:52 Aleksey Kulemzin reports: the photo shows petal mines discovered today near school No. 78 in the Kirovsky district. Also, similar items were found in the private sector of the Petrovsky district on the street. Znamenskaya, 41, 47, 57a.
Military summary of the LDNR. The situation on the line of contact on July 30 (updated)
16:30 Artillerymen of the NM LPR support Allied forces during the advance in the Soledar direction.
16:28 Consequences of shelling in Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Gornyak village, Arbatskaya street.
15:35 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Avdievka - Donetsk city (Kyiv region): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Marinka (western) - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
15:31 The People's Front, with the support of the NM of the LPR, delivered building materials and food kits for residents of Rubizhne, Borovskoye and Shchastya. https://t.me/millnr/9187
15:23 The Headquarters of the DPR TeroO reports: the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed a civilian in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. During the shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk on the street Revolutionary wounded man and woman.
15:03 Combat coordination of reservists armies of the DNR. The training program includes sniper rifle shooting, grenade throwing, RPG shooting, and training in the use of Igla MANPADS, as each reservist platoon is now reinforced with MANPADS crews to deal with enemy air targets on the line of contact.
14:46 Novopskovskiy district received from the Voronezh region more than 50 tons of building materials for the repair of educational and healthcare institutions. The district administration announced this.
14:29 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Ozaryanovka - n.p. Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 122mm.
— n.p. Marinka (western) - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
- n.p. Arkhangelsk - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: four rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Zaitsevo (northern) - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): four mines of 120mm caliber were fired;
- n.p. Maryinka (western) - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm.
13:57 The people's militia of the LPR is actively conducting aerial reconnaissance in the Kharkiv direction, thanks to drones, the coordinates of the enemy are determined.
13:55 More and more people who left for Ukraine want to return to the Kherson region. This was told by the deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region Ekaterina Gubareva.
"Of course, we are waiting for you here, we will employ everyone, we will do everything we can to the maximum to restore peaceful life," she said.
13:52 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports: on July 29, the deployment point of the MLRS division of Ukrainian troops in the Yasnobrodovka region in the DPR was hit with high-precision weapons, up to 30 soldiers were destroyed;
The Russian Armed Forces defeated a military train in the DPR, carrying an elite battalion of the brigade of the President of Ukraine, more than 140 nationalists were killed;
The Russian Aerospace Forces in the DPR destroyed the US AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar;
The Russian Aerospace Forces hit the point of temporary deployment of the brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Artemovsk;
On July 29, the Russian Armed Forces hit the deployment point of the MLRS division of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR with air-based precision weapons;
13:22 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Rozovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Avdievka - Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions): seven missiles were fired from the MLRS BM-21 "Grad";
— n.p. Avdievka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
12:40 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: six each 152mm rounds were fired;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: three rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
12:33 Again, the Ukrainian army used cluster munitions with anti-personnel mines "petals". Makeevka, Krasnogvardeisky district.
12:22 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-- n.p. Ugledar - n.p. Free: four rounds fired caliber 155mm;
-- n.p. Ceramic - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired five mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Galitsinovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): four missiles were fired from the MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane";
— n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Golmovsky: five missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
11:21 The first shift of children from Severodonetsk went to Russian summer camps. The head of the city administration Alexander Morgunov wished the children a good rest.
11:05 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdiivka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): one 9M27K3 missile (equipped with PFM-1C Lepestok anti-personnel mines) was fired from the BM-27 Uragan MLRS.
— n.p. Avdiivka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
11:01 "Deceived and abandoned" - a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told that no one needs Ukrainian servicemen.
10:47 There are reports from Krasnogorovka that our troops have entered the outskirts of the city. At the same time, the offensive in this area is being conducted from several directions. The occupation of positions within the city became possible after it was possible to actually cut off the transport communication between Krasnogorovka and Marinka, which went along Druzhby Avenue, which turned into an intercity road.
10:37 JCCC DPR recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-- n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 122mm;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 10 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 07.30.2022: the Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which, in turn, do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military installations.
Over the past day, according to the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than 630 rounds from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The artillery was fired at the areas of eleven settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, eight civilians were killed and 14 were injured. Fifty-six residential buildings and seven civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one tank, two M-777 howitzers, one armored personnel carrier, two off-road vehicles and up to twenty personnel. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the areas of the settlement. Marinka and Peski.
10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation as of July 30, 2022: over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
-up to 65 personnel;
-three armored personnel carriers;
-two artillery installations;
-four units of special automotive equipment.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. These facilities are not military and are not used by the People's Militia. Over the past 24 hours alone, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement Svatovo with the use of the Tochka-U tactical missile system. As a result of the shelling, three civilians were injured, eight houses, four garages and two cars were damaged.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During July 29, they cleared more than eight hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Chabanovka and Novoakhtyrka.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas. Also, residents of the Russian Federation, with the support of the NM of the LPR, delivered humanitarian aid to the settlement. Severodonetsk.
09:53 The village of Novoluganskoye is under the complete control of the DPR army. The village of Novoluganskoye remained the last stronghold of the Ukrainian army on the banks of the reservoir of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant, but the Ukrainian militants were driven out of the village by assault detachments of the 3rd Guards Brigade of the DPR army, and to this day it has been completely cleared.
09:31 Over the past week, the State Unitary Enterprise of the LPR "LPR Post" opened 17 post offices in the liberated territory of the Republic.
09:22 An electrician received fatal mine-explosive injuries during installation work near the village of Varvarovka, Kremensky district, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR reported.
09:21 Cars of the next, 177th, convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered food, building materials and essentials to Lugansk. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
09:20 Subdivisions of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, and Russia liberated 262 settlements in the DPR, the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR reported.
09:07 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR announces the liberation of the settlements of Oktyabrskoye, Yalynskoye, Georgievka and Maly Kermenchik
07:50 Russian servicemen brought five tons of humanitarian aid to a recently liberated village in the LPR. This cargo was the first after the liberation of the settlement from the militants.
07:47 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired 5 rounds of 155mm caliber;
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
05:29 Specialists in just two days destroyed more than 600 high-explosive anti-personnel mines in Donetsk, said the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR Alexei Kostrubitsky, RIA Novosti reports.
0:18 Troops of Russia and Donbass are inflicting powerful blows on the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Donetsk, "chandeliers" and lighting mines are hanging over Maryinka, artillery is hitting enemy positions.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. Artyomovsk.
Fighting in the Veselaia Valley area. After the capture of Klinovoye and Pokrovsky, the RF Armed Forces intensify the defeat of enemy positions on the outskirts of Artemovsk and concentrations of forces to the west of the city.
To the south-east of Artemovsk, the RF Armed Forces, after clearing the Uglegorsk TPP and Novolugansk, took part of Semigorye and are expanding their zone of control in the area of Novolugansk and Dolomitnoye. After the end of the battles for Semigorye, we can expect the start of full-fledged battles for Kodema. The enemy continued shelling from heavy MLRS targets in the depths of the LDNR.
2. Soledar.
Fights in Bakhmutsky, Belogorovka, Yakovlevka.
Fighting on the eastern outskirts of Soledar. In the city, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are striking at locations and concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts.
3. Seversk.
After the transfer of reserves from the Slavic direction, the enemy was able to stabilize the front and continues to hold key heights around Seversk. The Seversk-Soledar road is also controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, although it is exposed to artillery fire from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Fights in the area of Serebryanka, Verkhnekamensky, Ivano-Daryevka.
4. Kharkov.
Fights in the area of Upper Saltov, Lower Passages, Nursery, Liptsov, Tsupovka, Uda. There are unconfirmed reports of the advance of the RF Armed Forces near Borshcheva. Intense attacks on Kharkov, Chuguev, Zolochev. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on Cossack Lopan and border villages. Several concentrations of enemy forces were destroyed in Kharkov.
5. Slavyansk.
Positional battles in the area of Prishib, Sidorov, Dolina, Bogorodichny. There are no serious advances at the front. Attacks on the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration, on Krasnoarmeysk. There is a noticeable bias in the hunt for heavy artillery of the enemy and the remaining air defense systems.
On the Izyum direction - without any changes. Moderately intense fighting in the area of Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi, Kurulka. In the Balakleya area - no changes.
6. Avdievka.
To the north of Avdievka, fighting along the Avdiivka-Konstantinovka highway, in the area of Kamenka and New York - without significant progress.
To the south of Avdievka, the DPR army is stepping up pressure on Peski and Krasnohorivka, having achieved advancement through a continuous enemy fortified area.
The attack on Avdievka does not promise any immediate success. It is possible that all this will eventually turn out to be restrictive actions to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from transferring reserves to other directions.
7. Ugledar.
Positional fights. Fighting near Novomikhailovka, in Marinka. To the east of Velikaya Novoselka, the enemy attacked unsuccessfully in the direction of Novopol.
On our part, they say that they are strengthening control over the villages south of Velikaya Novoselovka. Positional tendencies dominate here. It was from this direction that Ukrainian prisoners in the Yelenovskaya colony were destroyed by a HIMARS MLRS strike.
8. Zaporozhye.
On the line Kamenskoye-Orekhov-Gulyaipole - without significant changes. Medium-intensity combat operations. The enemy launches missile strikes on Melitopol and Tokmak, reinforces the grouping in Zaporozhye, which, if possible, can launch attacks in the direction of Vasilyevka, Tokmak and Pologi, which can become an alternative to the “attack on Kherson” (another fallback option is Balakleya in the Izyum direction) .
9. Nikolaev.
The enemy, after weeks of chatter about the "attack on Kherson," switched to chatter about the "offensive of the RF Armed Forces on Nikolaev."
Unsuccessful attempts at offensives near Vysokopole, Davydov Brod, Belogorka showed the costly nature of the attacks, and that in order to achieve success in the conditions of dominant aviation and unsuppressed artillery, much more forces and readiness to bear more serious losses are required. Therefore, now the emphasis is on strikes on bridges across the Dnieper and ammunition depots of the RF Armed Forces, as well as terrorist attacks on territories liberated from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Nikolaevsky, Krivorozhsky and Nikopol directions are still on the defensive. There is a build-up of forces and an increasing systematic strikes against Nikolaev.
The most dangerous for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the Krivoy Rog direction. The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Nikolaev seems unlikely.
🚨 #ALERT 🇨🇳🇷🇺🇺🇦 | Hundreds of "retired" special forces soldiers from #China have arrived in Eastern #Ukraine and signed up to join the #Russia-backed separatist militias of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics. pic.twitter.com/2ij9nD7fvE
#2
Hundreds of opium smokers [cough cough]
that have seen the horrors of peace,
are here to help the 'operation'. Or,
because no one calls them to Greece!
Master strategists though,
they've tactically beaten monks,
and schoolteachers and drunks,
and once also spread this disease.
#3
Strong bonds developing between Russia and China. I got your back. Support for China's efforts to be reciprocated. EU and America cannot be trusted. The world is far bigger than these two. Pelosi pokes the butt of the Dragon in her bluff. China will never be bluffed. EU and America in recession. One crisis after another.Shortly covid back with all its powers of containment and media restrictions.
#5
Following in the footsteps of Mao's 'volunteers' in Korea circa 1950. China's got to be creative about this stuff. It's one thing to play with Washington, its another thing playing with the American public. Maybe they're aware that one wrong move and those ships will be stacked off of California all the way back to China when the public goes full boycott of anything made in China. Beijing has never yet experienced a economic melt down of massive proportions and they're already dealing with the economic consequences of uncontrolled speculation.
#6
I suspect sanctions against China would work much like sanctions against Russia. Both countries make things we not only want but need. Raw materials in Russias case and finished goods from China. Not just “Dollar Store” items but pharmaceuticals, etc.
#9
China is a major manufacturer of just about anything. Russia is a major manufacturer of many things military. Self sufficient whereas the USA has lost most of its manufacturing and so imports nearly everything. So should tanker flows stop who will suffer the empty shelves first. Having a contrary opinion is not new to myself. The war on the unvaxed is just one of many attempts to ignore the truth. Soon electronic currency, movements monitored all to be controlled by Biden and his mandate signage. I forget where I saw it but falls inline with world order efforts of control.
#13
The problem in a nutshell: I don't want - or need - a sex change, abortion or cheap foreign labor for my business, but gummint says I should pay for all of them anyway.
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#14
So they have drivers, on the wrong side of the road.
And cooks, for rice and fish not biscuits and beans.
And mechanics, that can't read the repair manuals.
Warehouse workers, familiar with a different labeling scheme.
What will these folks do?
#21
^ # Events will play out as they will. This is far and above my pay grade. I just wish our administration would do something right for a change. That wish seems unlikely to occur.
#24
I'm pretty sure there are probably long-term Russian and Chinese trolls here, and it's possible that he's one, but he seems uniquely American in his vicious quiet retarded treason, rather like a lot of the other American trolls I've seen on both the left and right.
I have no idea why they've picked Putin as their pet Barabbus just because Biden pretends to fight him (they seem to live in a universe infused with kayfabe) but in the process of their particular snarking on his behalf this week they're actually supporting the group who co-created and released the virus that's killed about a million Americans and a total of six and a half million people worldwide.
#25
^I've been chewed out by some of the best. Fondly I remember Spook who was quick on the trigger. The way people respond is unpredictable. I cast no aspersions only ideas that are perhaps UN-digestible to some. My sources are varied and many day to day contacts. Events such as they are will develop without my assistance. I am like a spectator yelling from the bleachers. So shall it be.
The passivist character of the gospels is filtered into an illiterate world where the hero-story of Jesus becomes understood by the culture's own warrior-hero myths, and so evangelization and Christian mission become violent conquests of heathens by which these Christians attain to the glory and eternal life won by the victory of the Jesus-hero.
#31
A militant passivist, Skidmark? You are feeling creative today.
Dale has been here for years, and sharing the results of his conversations with those he encounters along his way for almost as long. Sometimes we get music videos as a result.
You would be amazed how fast American industry can recover capacity
An increasing number of companies have been finding alternative manufacturing location outside China, a trend that started during the Trump presidency and has accelerated since the Covid shutdown demonstrated how important not allowing China a stranglehold is. But even for simple processes it takes two years or more to build a factory and get it running, so we should start seeing results over the next few years — both the acceleration of China’s financial bubble popping and an increased need for skilled and trainable workers at home. I can’t imagine President Xi and those dependent on his power are going to enjoy the experience, though I have to admit the unkindness of looking forward what the boiler room trolls and the usual pundits will feel forced to say about it all.
#35
Given how often people get spanked for crossing the line and the fact even the regulars here can politely disagree sometimes, no, it's not an echo chamber.
#36
A slight diversion. Prior to attack China has a habit of broadcasting alarms of warfare by first saying, If we tolerate this what else are we to tolerate. Words to that effect but with Mandarin it gets fuzzy. Next the final words being Don't say we didn't warn you. These phases released before the Russian China border crisis. India Chinese border crisis and now with the Taiwan crisis. OH, yes and America Vietnam war. China's Global news as they see things.
Interesting clues on how Italian exporters circumvent #sanctions against #Russia with help from #Turkey. In June, exports from 🇮🇹 to 🇹🇷 increased by 87% up to 1,4bln euro just for one month (500 mln increase average lvl). Same time, exports from 🇹🇷 to🇷🇺 raised on the same sum https://t.co/bUrcpRUuCV
Russian national Alexander Ionov is accused of attempting sow unrest in the United States by infiltrating various political groups
The main focus of Ionov, 32's, efforts was the Florida-based African People's Socialist Party
Following the announcement of the charges against Ionov, the group's headquarters was raided by the FBI
One of their leaders said in a press conference: 'We are on the side of Russia'
Ionov lives in Moscow and is not in custody
In a lengthy Facebook post, Ionov denied the allegations adding: 'I have been and will be a friend of many Americans'
Wikipedia, which does not mention how many dozens comprise the membership over the entire history of the organization:
The African Peoples Socialist Party (APSP) is an African Internationalist organization working towards reparations for slavery in the United States, identifying ideologically with African internationalism and African socialism.[1] The party was formed in May 1972 by the merger of three black power organizations based in Florida and Kentucky. Omali Yeshitela, one of the original co-founders, leads the APSP as of 2019.[2][1][3]
The APSP's stated goals are "to keep the Black Power Movement alive, defend the countless Africans locked up by the counterinsurgency, and develop relationships with Africa and Africans worldwide".[4]
The APSP and its sister organization the Uhuru Movement have been accused of collaborating with alleged Russian foreign agent Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov to sow social divisions in the United States.[5] Members of the APSP and Uhuru Movement have traveled to St. Petersburg to attend an anti-globalization conference hosted by Russia. The party has also acknowledged that it supports Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.[6][7]
The APSP was founded in 1972 — emerging from three earlier Black organisations in Florida, namely: the Junta of Militant Organizations (JOMO), the Black Rights Fighters, and the Black Study Group. JOMO, the most influential of the three organisations then led by Yeshitela, was a Black organisation protesting against racial discrimination, and racist police brutality and abuses against people of African descent in Florida, United States.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[chuckles inconsolably, 
