[Yahoo] Russia's former president dismissed a call by U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to press on with talks on a new nuclear arms treaty, saying the appeal was out of place in a changed world.
Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy head of Russia's Security Council, said he had told Washington repeatedly that major issues, like a framework to replace the New START treaty, could not be done without Russian involvement.
Medvedev, writing on his Telegram channel, said Biden had "reluctantly spat out" the call for new talks, referring to Soviet-U.S. arms agreements concluded despite difficulties in the Cold War era.
"All this, of course, is good. But let me say it once again - the situation now is much worse than in the Cold War," wrote Medvedev, who served as president for four years while Vladimir Putin was prime minister.
"A lot worse! And through no fault of our own. The main thing is. ... do we really need this? The world is a different place."
A Russian foreign ministry source had earlier expressed puzzlement about Biden's proposal to negotiate the New START Treaty when it expires in 2026.
Biden said in a statement on Monday that his administration was ready to "expeditiously" negotiate a new framework but that Russia should demonstrate that it is ready to resume work on nuclear arms control with the United States.
"Is this a serious statement or has the White House website been hacked?" a Russian foreign ministry source told Reuters. "If this is still a serious intention, with whom exactly do they intend to discuss it?"
The New START Treaty, struck in 2011, obliged the United States and Russia to limit deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, deployed submarine-launched ballistic missiles and deployed heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments.
It also put limits on nuclear warheads on those deployed missiles and bombers and the launchers for those missiles. Both sides reached the central limits of the treaty by Feb. 5, 2018, and the treaty has been extended to the end of Feb. 4, 2026. Poor Joe. Rejected again.
It isn't them, Joe, it's you. And the fact you are weak.
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The civil servants and the pimps, are pushing for some sort of kinetic friction with Russia or China to justify some sort of forced control over the midterms. Again the military it’s sort of passive and borderline accomplice of this bunch of gangsters that stole America, same group of: 9/11 - Covid19
I feel vengeance will come.
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[NYPOST] The United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... and the Red Thingy demanded access Saturday to the prison where dozens of Ukrainian POWs were killed, but Russia has so far met their requests with silence.
The UN wants to investigate the attack in the town of Olenivka in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, which Moscow said killed 53 Ukrainian POWs and maimed another 75.
Ukraine maintains that Thursday night’s deadly shelling was a "war crime," while Russia claims Ukraine launched the missiles that destroyed the building. Both sides say the attack was premeditated and intended to silence the prisoners inside and destroy evidence of potential atrocities.
"We are ready to send a team of experts capable of conducting an investigation with the permission of the parties," Farhan Haq, deputy front man of the UN Secretary-General, told Russian media. He said the probe would require consent from all sides, and added that the UN supports the Red Thingy’ efforts to gain access to the site.
The prison housed nearly 200 troops captured in Mariupol, the scene of many of the war’s worst atrocities, including many who held out in the Azovstal steel plant outside the city during weeks of brutal fighting.
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This has been going on for along time. I do not trust the NYPOST. Russia has not changed its explanation of what happened. News fodder for the Post. Russia wanted to interrogate these solders for Intel. I am just deeply suspicious of the POST. No mention of the 50 executed by Volodymyr. His own people. Who can tell. This is just a news cycle.
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Saw those, Thing. Also saw some MAXAR satellite images that showed little if no collateral damage for areas adjacent to the structure.
Explosion damage appears way too large for UA drone-carried munitions. Artillery, along with HIMARS, are systems that would leave a ground crater. For a single fired munition to do the damage shown, it would have to have quite a bit of explosive. That would leave a sizeable crater when it struck.
There appears to be no crater in either the Russian supplied photos of the building's exterior/interior or any satellite imaging.
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Also looks like the explosion(s) blew more up and out as the floor areas don't appear to be badly damaged, even for Soviet-era concrete (other than some concrete 'spalling' from an intense shock-wave), other than from intense heat. That would mean the explosive(s) was(were) situated somewhat above ground level when detonation occurred.
It looks like the explosion generated some pretty intense heat, more than a standard munition. Fuel-Air (vacuum) explosive?
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The Red Cross mentioned here is not the actually useful American Red Cross, but instead the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), famous for using ambulances for weapons delivery and as battle taxis for transporting jihadis. As for the UN, I would not trust them to investigate the source of dog pooh in my yard. Your mileage and opinions may vary.
⚡️Minister: First ship carrying 26,000 tons of corn leaves Odesa port.
Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov reported on the morning of Aug. 1 that the ship left Odesa as part of a UN-backed deal to unblock Ukraine's Black Sea ports for grain and other food export.
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[LB] The man received a shrapnel injury to the lower limb.
by Vera Perun
Russian occupation forces shelled Bakhmut in Donetsk region . Two fires broke out from the shelling .
This was reported in the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region.
According to rescuers, one department was extinguishing a fire in two adjacent private residential buildings.
"Rescuers from the scene of the fire hospitalized a man, born in 1991, who, as a result of the shelling, received a shrapnel injury to his lower limb and needed urgent medical assistance," - the State Emergency Service said.
The fire was localized and extinguished. 12 personnel and two pieces of equipment were involved in the rescue work.
We will remind you that the other day the Russian occupiers shelled Bakhmut four times with "hurricanes" . People died, several were injured.
Before that, a hotel in the city was attacked by agarbniki . A man was rescued from the rubble and hospitalized in a medical facility. One person died, 4 others were injured.
[LB] It is currently unknown when the bodies will be handed over.
Oleksandr Kravchenko
The Russian occupiers are ready to hand over the bodies of prisoners of war defenders of Mariupol who were killed in Yelenovka. The invaders said they would do it "after the investigation is over."
This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets , on the air of the telethon.
"I can report that we received a signal that they (the Russians - ed.) are ready to return the bodies of our heroes, but the wording is that after the end of the investigation. We have not yet received an answer to clarify how much time is needed for the investigation. But we are waiting," the ombudsman said.
He added that they refused to provide him with information about what is happening with specific Azov residents. We are ready to give this information only to relatives of prisoners of war.
"As an ombudsman, I can only get general information about the dead and wounded," Lubinets clarified.
The ombudsman emphasized that in recent days, the relatives of the captured "Azovians" have been calling the hotline of the International Committee of the Red Cross around the clock , and that during informal communication ICRC representatives assure that they are "doing everything to provide the relatives with information."
Lubinets also refused to say whether he knew about the whereabouts of the commander of the "Azovians" Denys Prokopenko and the commander of the 36th separate marine brigade of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhii Volynskyi (Volyn), in order "not to interfere with the exchange."
We will remind, on July 29, a powerful explosion took place on the territory of the former correctional colony No. 120 in the city of Olenivka, which is currently used as a place of detention of Ukrainian prisoners of war .
As a result of the explosion, the premises where the captured Ukrainians were located was destroyed. According to Russian sources, about 40 Ukrainians were killed , the number of wounded - to be specified.
It is noted that the explosions took place on the territory of the industrial zone in a newly built building, which was supposed to be specially equipped to hold prisoners taken out of Azovstal. The equipment of the building was completed 2 days ago, after which some of the detained Ukrainian defenders were transferred to it.
"We emphasize that the explosions in Olenivka, which led to the death of Ukrainian defenders, are a deliberate provocation and an undeniable act of terrorism on the part of the armed forces of the occupier," the Ministry of Defense said.
According to the available information, it was carried out by the hands of mercenaries from the "Wagner" (League) PMC under the personal command of the nominal owner of the specified PMC - Yevhen Prigozhin. The organization and implementation of the terrorist attack were not coordinated with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
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[Vesti] With the help of engineering units, the Russian army is trying to restore the destroyed, damaged bridges and bridge crossings across the Dnieper. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on Monday, August 1, 2022.
Besides:
in the Volyn and Polesye directions, the situation has not undergone significant changes;
in the Seversky direction, the enemy from cannon and rocket artillery fired at civilian infrastructure in the areas of Senkovka and Lipkovka of the Chernihiv region and Staraya Huta, Pavlovka, Pokrovka and Belopolye of the Sumy region. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV near Gremyach and Glukhov. In order to counter the technical means of reconnaissance, he deployed electronic warfare complexes;
in the Kharkov direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of the districts of Kharkov, Prudyanka, Novy and fourteen other settlements. With the help of the reconnaissance group, he tried to identify the firing positions of our troops, but had no success, retreated;
in the Slavyansk direction, the enemy from tanks and artillery of various calibers fired at the areas of the settlements of Nortsovka, Chepol, Grushuvakha, Rodnoye, Vernopolye, Gusarovka, Dibrovno, Dolina and Adamovka. Not far from Mazanovka, the Defense Forces uncovered and neutralized an enemy reconnaissance group;
in the Kramatorsk direction, due to significant losses of manpower, military equipment and a low level of morale and psychological state of the personnel, the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations. He fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery at the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Krivaya Luka, Serebryanka, Ivano-Daryevka, Grigorovka, Zvanovka, Verkhnekamennoe and Controversial. Launched airstrikes near Serebryanka and Grigorovka. For the purpose of reconnaissance of logistics routes and critical infrastructure facilities, he conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV;
in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy used tanks and artillery for shelling not far from Berestovoye, Soledar, Bakhmut, Konstantinovka, Vesela Dolina, Zaitsev, Vershina, Kodema, Veselo and Mayskoye. Cynically launched airstrikes on the settlements of Pokrovskoye, Novoluganskoye, Soledar, Vershina, Yakovlevka, Bakhmut and Kodema;
in the Yakovlevka area, the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance with the forces of a reconnaissance group. The invaders were discovered and suffered losses. The rest of the group fled. By assault actions, the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation in the areas of Soledar, Vershina and Bakhmut, but had no success, retreated;
in the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy carried out shelling not far from Novokalinovoye, Novobakhmutovka, Peskov and Krasnogorovka. Launched an air strike near New York. Led assault operations in the directions of Avdiivka and Peski, has no success, the fighting continues;
in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations. He carried out systematic attacks on civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Maryinka, Pavlovka, Novoselka, Novopol, Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Gulyaipolskoye, Orekhov and Kamenskoye. Ukrainian soldiers nullified all attempts by the invaders to advance in the direction of Maryinka. The enemy conducted aerial reconnaissance in order to identify our troops and adjust the fire. Continues to regroup, trying to reinforce its troops in southern Ukraine;
in the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on holding the previously occupied positions and preventing the advance of our units. The military of the Russian Federation fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery along the line of collision. Air strikes were carried out near Belaya Krinitsa and Andreevka. Aerial reconnaissance was conducted with the help of UAVs.
[Vesti] Kostin stressed that the premises were definitely not destroyed by missiles.
The premises of the Yelenovskaya colony, where Ukrainian prisoners of war were kept, were destroyed not by rockets, but by Russian thermobaric weapons. This was stated by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin on the air of the telethon.
"The preliminary conclusions of our international experts indicate that thermobaric weapons were the cause of this murder or the method of this murder. These are the preliminary conclusions of several international experts ," the prosecutor general said.
Kostin stressed that this, of course, is not a rocket attack. International experts are sure of this.
"This is also confirmed by the information that the pre-trial investigation bodies are currently working on under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office ," the head of the UCP added.
As for specific individuals, urgent investigative actions have been started, they are ongoing, but this issue is more complex, Kostin noted.
"In my opinion, the priority now is to expose Russian propaganda and disinformation about a possible undermining of the building by HIMARS missile systems, that they are now trying to assert. But I want to say again that we already have preliminary conclusions from international experts that this was a consequence of the use of thermobaric weapons, which is used by the aggressor country ," summed up Kostin.
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[Korrespondent] 23:32 Trump said that Zelensky should have abandoned the idea of returning Crimea, agreeing to an agreement with Putin. In addition, according to Trump, Zelensky should have abandoned the idea of mandatory entry of Ukraine into NATO - in this case, the war could have been prevented. The ex-US president claims that Putin was ready to negotiate with the Ukrainian authorities on such terms. Now it is much more difficult to negotiate, but in any case, we must try to negotiate, he believes.
23:10 Zelensky said in an evening video message that over the years of occupation, Russia has turned Crimea into a large military prison camp, the victims of which were tens of thousands of people: "Crimea has become a springboard for strikes on the free territory of our country ... Weak and insufficiently principled reaction to The occupation of Crimea in 2014 and in subsequent years was one of the prerequisites for Russian aggression to grow to such proportions. Gradually, we will restore justice to our Crimea."
22:55 Biden signed a Memorandum on the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $550 million. The new deliveries will include 75,000 shells for 155mm M777 howitzers, as well as missiles for HIMARS systems.
22:43 Zelensky said that he asked Macron to unblock macro-financial support for Ukraine: "I want to remind all leaders that this is 9 billion euros. These are not trifles for us, but important social things - these are our pensions, these are our salaries, support for IDPs , and therefore we expect the relevant decisions of specific statesmen."
22:14Zelensky, in an evening video message, explained why the grain corridor is so important for Ukraine: “The first ship carrying 26 thousand tons of corn left the port of Odessa today. As of now, it is not the time to draw any conclusions and predict further events. But the port started to work, the export movement began, and this can be called the first positive signal that there is a chance to stop the development of the food crisis in the world... For our state, this also has significant benefits. about half a million Ukrainians are involved in agricultural crops, and if we add related industries, this is plus a million jobs, hence the corresponding state attention to the implementation of the export initiative.This is what our people really need."
22:06 The Russians shot down an evacuation minibus with civilians near the village of Dolgovoe in the Kherson region, said Alexander Vilkul, head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog. He said that there was an attempt to evacuate seven civilians from the occupied village of Staroselye by minibus. In the vicinity of the village of Dolgovoe, the invaders fired at point-blank range at this bus with an anti-tank guided missile. Two civilians were killed, five were evacuated to Krivoy Rog. Two of them are in serious condition with burn shock.
21:44 The grain deal, despite the provocations of Russia and the shelling of Odessa, still earned. The Russian Federation has been blocking Ukrainian ports since February, but with the mediation of Turkey and the UN, it was possible to agree on the resumption of supplies. Read more about how this will work in the material First went .
21:37 Attorney General Andrei Kostin said that he had signed an order to conduct an internal investigation of employees of the prosecutor's office of the front-line regions, and next week a meeting of the leadership of all law enforcement agencies would be held to clear the security forces collaborating with the Russian Federation. According to him, suspicions of collaborationism have already been handed over to five prosecutors and three civil servants, one case has been sent to court, and more than 600 prosecutors who crossed the border are being checked.
21:14 The United States will approve a new $550 million defense aid package for Ukraine tomorrow , Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing at the White House. The package will include ammunition for HIMARS and artillery.
20:52 International experts are confident that Russian thermobaric weapons were the cause of the explosion in the colony with Ukrainian prisoners of war in occupied Yelenovka, Prosecutor General Andrey Kostin said.
20:49 Law enforcement officers do not exclude that the house of the owner of the agricultural company Nibulon Alexei Vadatursky, who died as a result of the shelling of Nikolaev, could have been targeted, Prosecutor General Andrey Kostin said on the air of the telethon: "One of the versions is the targeted murder of Mr. Vadatursky and his family."
20:43 Ukraine will limit the shipment of grain to three ships a day for the next two weeks, Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov said in a Bloomberg commentary.
20:32 BP Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said on the air of the telethon that the Russians still have not provided access to the site of the murder of Ukrainian prisoners in Yelenovka to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the UN does not respond to the Ombudsman's requests about this situation.
Lubinets also said that he had received a "signal" that the Russian side was considering his request to visit Yelenovka and communicate with wounded Ukrainian prisoners. And to the question whether Russia is ready to return the bodies of the prisoners who died in Yelenovka to Ukraine, Lubinets replied: “We received a signal that they are ready to return the bodies of our heroes. have not received".
Meanwhile, the office of the UN Secretary General reported that the UN received requests to conduct an investigation into the events in Yelenovka simultaneously from Ukraine and Russia.
20:11 Macron, in today's conversation with Zelensky, called the events in Yelenovka "a massacre perpetrated by the Russian armed forces," the Elysee Palace said. Also, the President of France "confirmed his support for the Ukrainian people and their resistance" and spoke about the results of his visit to Africa.
19:52 Blinken also made a statement on nuclear weapons: "As long as nuclear weapons exist, the fundamental role of US nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks on the United States, on our partners and allies ... The US will consider the use of nuclear weapons only in extreme conditions - with to protect the vital interests of the United States and our allies."
19:47 In the Slavic direction, not far from Mazanovka, the Defense Forces exposed and neutralized the enemy reconnaissance group. In the Bakhmut direction in the Yakovlevka area, the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance with the forces of the reconnaissance group, the invaders suffered losses, the remnants of the group fled. By assault actions, the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation in the areas of Soledar, Vershina and Bakhmut, but had no success, retreated. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine nullified all attempts by the invaders to advance in the direction of Maryinka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening report .
19:06 In the US, both parties - Democratic and Republican - support the provision of ATACMS guided ballistic missiles to Ukraine for HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems. Calls from US lawmakers for immediate supplies intensified after the publication of a video of the brutal torture and murder of a Ukrainian soldier and a terrorist attack in Yelenovskaya prison. For more details, see Bute at 300 km .
18:22 Putin in a greeting to the participants of the X Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: "We proceed from the fact that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed."
18:16 UN Secretary General António Guterres called on countries to make new commitments to reduce all types of nuclear arsenals, activate multilateral agreements and mechanisms in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation, reaffirm the norm on the unacceptability of the use of nuclear weapons: "Today, humanity is separated only by one misunderstanding, one miscalculation from nuclear destruction. We need the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons more than ever ... This is an opportunity to work out measures that will help avoid certain catastrophe."
17:48 Ukrposhta announced that from today, for the first time since February 24, it stops working on the territory not controlled by Ukraine. Until yesterday, work continued in Zaporozhye, and before that in Kherson. The company explained that now the threat to the lives of workers has increased significantly and cases of robberies by the invaders have become more frequent.
17:35 Yermak, Kuleba and Zaluzhny had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Biden's National Security Adviser Jacob Sullivan and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. The Ukrainian side informed the American side about the situation at the front and the defense needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The parties also agreed on the need to organize a conversation between Zelensky and Biden in the near future.
17:26 Turkey will receive the first ship with Ukrainian grain tomorrow. The joint coordinating center monitors how the ship passes through the grain corridor, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said. According to him, the ship will arrive in Istanbul on August 2 at 15:00.
17:14 Zelensky had an hour and a half telephone conversation with Macron - they discussed the supply of new modern weapons and defense assistance already provided, war crimes of the Russian Federation, the OP said.
17:06 In Mariupol, a movement of a large amount of military engineering equipment and manpower towards the exit to Zaporozhye was recorded. The main number is pontoon crossings, the equipment is marked with the letter V, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko.
16:59 Ukraine received more than 700 million hryvnias from electricity exports to the EU in a month. The funds will be used to prepare for the heating season - the purchase of coal and the repair of power units of power plants and networks, said the head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky.
16:38 Russians in the occupied territories resort to threats to speed up the introduction of the ruble and force local residents to pay utility bills to the occupying "authorities". According to the Center for National Resistance, in Kherson, the invaders gathered the heads of condominiums and threatened with "preventive measures" if the residents of the houses did not pay "in the interests of the Russian Federation." However, such meetings did not yield any results.
The Center also reports that only about 10,000 residents of the occupied Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, that is, about 1% of the adult population, have currently received Russian passports. This is despite the fact that there is an active issuance of 10 thousand rubles in exchange for obtaining a Russian passport.
16:04 The "DNR" said that they would "judge" the next foreigners who fought on the side of Ukraine and were taken prisoner in Mariupol. According to the "DNR", they served in Azov. The "defendants" are citizens of Sweden, Croatia and Great Britain Gustavsson Matias, Prebeg Vekoslav, Harding John, Hill Dylan and Hill Andrew. They are accused of "mercenarism" - earlier on the same charge, two Britons Sean Pinner and Aiden Aslin and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun were "sentenced" to death on the same charge.
15:40 Four additional HIMARS have arrived in Ukraine , Reznikov said.
15:27 Biden said that his administration is ready to promptly discuss with Russia a new arms control system. He also said that he expects Moscow to be ready to resume work with Washington on nuclear arms control.
15:03 The first ships can start entering Ukraine along the grain corridor by the end of the week, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said: "At the end of the week, we expect the first ships to call at our ports ... The first two ports - Odessa and Chernomorsk - are ready, and already this week we will both send ships from them and expect ships to come in. By the end of the week, we hope that the Yuzhny port will also be ready."
The minister added that ships could start calling at the Yuzhny port from the beginning of next week, and the port of Nikolaev could also be connected to the work of grain corridors.
14:48 The Ukrainian military liberated 46 settlements of the Kherson region, said acting. head of the OVA Dmitry Butriy. Most of them are in the northern part of the region, which borders on the Dnipropetrovsk region, and also a little in the south - on the border with the Mykolaiv region. Butriy said that in the de-occupied territory "there are villages that are 90% destroyed - they are still under constant shelling today, the population has mostly left." He stated that now the situation in the Kherson region is critical, and called for evacuation to safer territories before the liberation of the region.
14:44 The occupiers have opened a recruiting center for collaborators in the Zaporozhye region, who should create extras at the so-called "spontaneous actions" in support of the "referendum". This, according to the organizers, will help to reduce the degree of dissatisfaction with the war and will create an appropriate picture on TV for citizens of the Russian Federation. According to the GUR MOU, Russian specialists have already arrived in Melitopol to conduct PR campaigns.
However, there are few people who want to participate in such events, the occupiers are forced to import "activists" from the occupied Crimea. Also, the importation of so-called "humanitarian cargo" from the territory of the Russian Federation continues - the conditions for receiving "humanitarian aid" or its monetary compensation are participation in "actions in support" of the occupation regime and the provision of passport data.
14:35 Western countries have postponed the introduction of a ban on insurance of sea transportation of Russian oil due to fears of inflation and the energy crisis, writes the Financial Times. The publication notes that the EU announced the ban two months ago, counting on coordination with the British government, but the UK banned only ships carrying Russian oil into the country, and then after December 31, and Brussels itself eased sanctions. The US is also worried that a global ban on marine insurance will drive prices up.
Podolyak said on this occasion that "the refusal to immediately introduce a ban on insurance for the transportation of Russian oil, as well as the delay in recognizing the Russian Federation as a terrorist country, is a green light for the Kremlin to continue killing and terror."
14:19 The authorities plan to evacuate more than 50,000 children and 200,000 adults from the Donetsk region, Vereshchuk said: "Those who will be evacuated need to call the administration, write online in chat bots. Everything is recorded in the OVA, and to such people they will come, pick them up, transport them to the place of evacuation. It can be a bus or a train."
13:56 The EU sent Ukraine 1 billion euros of exceptional macro-financial assistance. The first tranche of 500 million euros has already been credited to the NBU account, the second tranche is expected to arrive tomorrow, Shmyhal said. This is part of a large package of support for Ukraine in overcoming the financial consequences of the war, totaling 9 billion euros. The funds will help finance priority budgetary needs.
13:52 German multiple launch rocket systems MARS II arrived in Ukraine , Reznikov said. On July 26, Germany announced that it had transferred three MARS systems to Ukraine. They are similar to the American M270, but adapted to the needs of the German army.
13:19 Over the past two or three weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed about 15 ammunition depots of the Russian troops in southern Ukraine, said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the coordination press center of the security and defense forces of the South. According to her, the use of S-300 systems by the enemy indicates that the Russians do not have enough ammunition: "About 15 warehouses in our operational zone alone were destroyed."
13:01 In Ukraine, the state portal for searching for children, the Children of War information platform , launched to help law enforcement agencies collect data on Ukrainian children who suffered during the war, including those who went missing or were moved to temporarily occupied territories and deported to Russia.
12:56 The head of the Transcarpathian OVA, Viktor Mikita, denied the statement of the head of the regional council Volodymyr Chubirko about the imminent resumption of the airport in Uzhgorod: "Now the statements about the resumption of the airport's work are nothing more than desires and intentions." According to Mikita, the airport does not have the appropriate permits, which means it is not ready to receive or send civilian flights to the EU.
12:51 Law enforcement officers detained a volunteer of the Territorial Defense, who previously held the position of deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, on suspicion of selling humanitarian aid, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports. According to the investigation, the man, being away from the collision line, was selling bulletproof vests and other protective equipment supplied to Ukraine by European countries as part of the assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Law enforcement officers detained the man directly during the sale of humanitarian aid. He faces five to seven years in prison with confiscation of property.
12:47 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that two HIMARS installations were allegedly destroyed by a missile attack on the Ukrainian Energy Machines plant in Kharkov, and a launcher of the Harpoon anti-ship complex was allegedly destroyed near Veliky Dalnik in the Odessa region.
12:44 New Zealand has expanded sanctions against Russia. Restrictions are being introduced against the insurance company Sogaz, Russian Railways and defense enterprises involved in the development, production and testing of military equipment for the Russian army.
12:31 The National Bank of Ukraine announced that within the framework of the Smiliva hryvnia charity event , over the next three months it will collect coins in denominations of 10, 50 kopecks and 1, 2, 5, 10 hryvnias. The amount of funds raised will be transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the regulator, more than 14 billion coins worth over UAH 5 billion are currently in circulation. Almost a third of them (28.5%) - with a face value of 10 kopecks, another 9% - with a face value of 50 kopecks. These coins are often not used by citizens and lie in piggy banks or pockets. The NBU calculated that 5 billion hryvnia in coins is about 70 Bayraktar drones, or 25 HIMARS, or 50 T-90 tanks, or 150 combat infantry vehicles.
You can donate coins for the needs of the army from August 1 to October 31, 2022 at Oschadbank and FUIB branches.
12:20 Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko said in an interview with Suspilny that the military exercises for Ukrainians organized by London are designed primarily for volunteers who still have not had basic military training: "We are talking about a ten thousandth group of people who should receive basic military training in accordance with NATO and British Armed Forces standards." The training should last 120 days, and it is planned that every 120 days the next 10,000 will be trained.
According to Prystaiko, these are volunteers, men and women aged 25 to 40, from "all possible professions." In addition, Britain also offers more professional narrow-profile training, in particular for sailors.
12:09 In Kiev, ground public transport will stop for the duration of the air raid alert , according to the Kyiv City State Administration. All ground transport, including private carriers, during an air raid must stop moving in a safe place in accordance with the Rules of the Road. Passengers must leave the cabin and go to the nearest shelter. The Metro will still not carry out transportation on ground sections during the air raid and will close the work of open-type stations.
12:00 Andriy Melnyk, who is leaving the post of Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, said in a commentary to the Financial Times that he saw no alternative to his "shock diplomacy". The sometimes undiplomatic approach, he said, woke up German officials, many of whom still want to revive a "special relationship" with the Kremlin and keep buying Russian gas. "They just have to give up these fantasies," Melnik said.
11:42 In the occupied Kherson region, the main role in organizing the "referendum" is assigned to the Volunteers for Russia organization , the SBU reports. Members of the organization must imitate the support of local residents and participate in the creation of stories for Russian television. According to the intelligence service, local organizers report to Russian curators about the lack of support for the "referendum" among the locals.
11:33 In July, 80 Russians applied for visas to Ukraine, Andriy Demchenko, speaker of the State Border Guard Service, said on the air of the telethon: "During this month, about 80 citizens of the Russian Federation submitted information for obtaining a visa, but not one of them received a visa and, in fact, none of them could cross the border if they had a visa."
11:07 The head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that today in Uzhgorod, together with the head of the Transcarpathian OVA Viktor Nikita, he signed an Agreement on cooperation and partnership between the Transcarpathian and Lugansk regional military administrations. "West and East are together," Gaidai wrote.
10:39 A technopark will be made from Azovstal in Mariupol, "there will be jobs there," said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. He also assured that the first residential buildings in Mariupol will be commissioned in September, and the population of the city by 2035 will increase from 212 to 500 thousand people.
10:14 As a result of Russian shelling of Saltovka in Kharkiv, two people were injured, one of them died in the hospital. Also, one person in Merefa was injured by the shells of the invaders, one person died in the Bogodukhovsky district, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:53 On August 1, an embargo on the purchase of Russian coal by EU countries came into force. Such a measure is provided for by the fifth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which was approved in April 2022, the press service of the European Commission reports.
09:49 The Turkish Ministry of Defense reported that the first ship with Ukrainian grain left the port of Odessa - it will reach Istanbul on August 2 and pass inspection there. Sudono is carrying 26,000 tons of corn to Lebanese Tripoli.
09:30 In Kharkiv, the Russians fired again at a public transport stop this morning, a man who was waiting for the bus was wounded, he was taken by an ambulance. Also in the Saltovsky district in the courtyard of a high-rise building, a person was injured and cars were damaged, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
09:17 Tonight Russians fired at a number of civilian objects in Nikolaev among which a new trauma center. The building was partially destroyed, windows in neighboring medical departments flew out from the shock wave and debris. The staff and patients were not injured, said the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich.
09:03 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 1. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk and Krivoy Rog directions.
personnel - about 41,030 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1768 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 4011 (+7),
artillery systems - 932 (+16),
MLRS - 259 (+0),
air defense systems - 117 (+0),
aircraft - 223 (+0),
helicopters - 190 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 736 (+1),
cruise missiles - 174 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2912 (+10),
special equipment - 82 (+2).
08:58 Great Britain will provide warships to Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to London Vadim Prystaiko said in an interview with Suspіlny. According to him, these will be anti-mine ships, so far we are talking about the transfer of two ships - the Ukrainian military is already being trained on them. The ships will be updated and will add equipment needed by Ukraine.
08:50 British intelligence reports that over the past four days, Russia continued to make tactical attacks in the Bakhmut direction northeast of Donetsk, but moved slowly. The Russian Federation is likely to move a significant part of its forces from the northern sector of Donbass to southern Ukraine and is adjusting the operational plan of its advance into Donbass after failing to achieve a decisive operational breakthrough in accordance with the plan it has been following since April. Analysts believe that, most likely, Russia has identified the Zaporozhye front as a vulnerable area that needs to be strengthened.
08:39 The Russians made three attempts at tank pressure in the Luhansk region, used air support for assault operations three times, and in all cases were forced to retreat to previously occupied positions, said the head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai.
08:36 In the Donetsk region, three civilians per day died from Russian shelling - two in Bakhmut and one in Soledar. Another 16 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:30 In Kharkiv, the invaders attacked the Saltovsky district, two people were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
08:22 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russians fired at two districts at night - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog. In particular, more than 60 shots from Gradov were recorded at Marganets and the Krasnogrigoryevsk community. Two people were wounded, one of them in serious condition, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:16 The first ship with grain from the port of Odessa will leave for Lebanon today at 8:30, the Turkish Defense Ministry reports with reference to the Joint Coordination Center. In particular, the dry cargo ship RAZONI under the flag of Sierra Leone, loaded by Egypt, will leave the port.
08:01 During the five months of a full-scale war, Russians attacked civilian objects 60 times more often than military ones. According to the Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the invaders inflicted 17.3 thousand strikes on civilian targets and about 300 on military ones. According to the National Security and Defense Council, the Kremlin expects that the shelling will encourage local residents to stop resistance.
07:45 The Russians are advancing in the Bakhmut area, assault operations were carried out in the direction of Vershina and Soledar, they were not successful, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report . In the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy launched an air strike in the Veseloye area, led an assault in the direction of Pesok, also unsuccessfully. In the Maryinka area, the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance in force, and withdrew.
06:32 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Russian troops have held positions in the Balakleya and Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi areas for several months and can use these two areas as springboards for an offensive operation. In particular, they can use their positions in the Balakleya area to resume the assault on Kharkov from the southeast. At the same time, it is very unlikely that Russian forces will capture the Kharkiv region or Kharkiv, given the pace of Russia's advance in the Donbass and problems with the formation of forces and logistics, experts say.
Russian troops resumed local ground attacks northwest and southwest of Izyum. In recent days, they have already made unsuccessful attempts at assault and combat reconnaissance in the direction of Chepyl, Shchurovka and Gusarovka (north-west of Izyum) and resumed assaults in the direction of Dmitrovka and Brazhkovka (south-west of Izyum).
In addition, the Russians continued ground attacks northwest of Slavyansk, northeast of Seversk, east and south of Bakhmut. They made minor gains in the Avdiivka area and continued their ground attacks towards Avdiivka and Peski.
02:14 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reported that the city is under attack again - powerful explosions thundered in different areas.
00:07 US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink reacted to the shelling of the colony in Yelenovka: "The shelling of the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka is unacceptable, as is the message about the barbaric treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russian military. We will continue to seek accountability and provide Ukraine with what it needs to defend against Moscow's horrendous aggression".
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 18:51 There can be no winners in a nuclear war, and it should never be unleashed - Putin. 17:02 It is important for us that the southern Russian regions understand the expediency of uniting the Russian world. The ideas of the adopted doctrine "Russian Kherson" are close to us - Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
14:42 Appeared on the web video recording from Odessa, which shows a huge queue for bread.
13:20 The shipyard of the oligarch Novinsky passed under the control of the local authorities in the Kherson region. Smart-Maritime Group LLC, whose beneficiary is ex-people's deputy Vadim Novinsky, announced the loss of control over the Kherson shipyard.
13:01 The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are deserting en masse in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye directions. The main thing from the briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
▪️The RF Armed Forces destroyed two American HIMARS MLRS and 53 nationalists and foreign mercenaries in Kharkov.
▪️The launcher of the American Harpoon anti-ship missile system in the Odessa region was destroyed.
▪️During the day, 10 Ukrainian drones were shot down.
12:10 In Kharkov, two American launchers of the MLRS "HIMARS" were destroyed as a result of the strike. 53 Ukrainian nationalists and foreign mercenaries were also killed.
11:30 The first ship with grain left Odessa. This is the Razoni ship under the Sierra Leone flag, which carries Ukrainian corn to Lebanon.
10:09 At night in Merefa (Kharkiv region), another Kraken militant base was hit by a missile strike. Losses of "Kraken" only for last July are estimated in hundreds of people.
09:33 The UK opened a criminal case due to a drone attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. According to the regional government, six people were injured in the drone explosion.
09:09 In the Kherson region, the gunners who transmitted the data for the attack on Brilevka were detained.
All of them are local residents, said the deputy head of the regional administration.
08:27 The Russian military organized a crossing across the Dnieper near the Antonovsky bridge, which was closed due to Ukrainian shelling.
08:23 The main results of the NWO in Ukraine for July 30-31, 2022:
On Sunday morning, an explosive device was dropped from a UAV on the territory of the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy in Sevastopol, 6 people were injured.
Ukrainian formations fired at the border village of Tetkino in the Kursk region, the power line was damaged, there were no casualties.
In the north of the Kharkiv region, information is being disseminated among the population about the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Cossack Lopan. In the area of Cherkassky Tishkov and the village of Vesyoloye, positional battles are taking place.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted massive strikes on objects in Kharkov: the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the plant named after. Malyshev, as well as in the area of Seminarskaya Street and the Press House.
There are positional battles in Bakhmutskoye, on the eastern outskirts of Soledar and the suburbs of Bakhmut (Artemovsk). Units of the 14th Independent Motorized of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses.
The allied forces are advancing on Zaitsevo, Semigorye and Veseloe Dolina. Ukrainian formations are resisting the RF Armed Forces in the area of the village of Vershina.
The allied forces are advancing in the Donetsk direction: in the vicinity of Avdievka, a stronghold was occupied at the vent shaft of the Butovka mine, in the village of Peski - fighting is underway on the outskirts.
Western-made anti-tank systems have been placed at the forefront positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region in Orekhov, Novoandreevka and Kamensky.
In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, a group of fighters from the 18th battalion of the 35th Infantry Regiment tried to gain a foothold in Andreevka, but suffered losses and retreated.
The Ukrainian command continues to strengthen the grouping of troops in the area. Crews of MANPADS 60 opbr arrived in Novogrigorovka and Knyazevka.
On Sunday morning, the RF Armed Forces attacked targets in Nikolaev. The oligarch Alexei Vadatursky, who financed the Ukrainian military formations, died.
On Sunday evening, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the outskirts of the Odessa airport.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 20:45 The head of the DPR Pushilin said that the units of the DPR were entrenched in the village of Peski. From there, all 8 years, Ukrainian artillery fired at the areas of Donetsk. 18:22 The court in the DPR will consider a new case about foreign mercenaries who fought on the side of Ukraine. The defendants are Matias Gustavsson, Vekoslav Prebeg, John Harding, Hill Dylan and Hill Andrew. They are citizens of Sweden, Croatia and Great Britain. All of them were taken prisoner in Mariupol.
18:16 The first bus routes have been launched from Mariupol to Yalta, Urzuf, Yuryevka and Belosarayskaya Spit. Three flights per day in each direction. Travel remains free, said the head of the administration of Mariupol Konstantin Ivashchenko.
18:12 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kirov district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:46 Armed formations of Ukraine continue shelling of Donetsk. Under enemy fire are the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of the city. The shelling is carried out with the use of NATO artillery with a caliber of 155mm.
17:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine flee from Avdievka and Soledar. The liberation of Donbass is near. Panic began in the ranks of the Ukrainian garrison in Avdievka. Cases of desertion have been recorded - the militants are trying to leave Avdievka along the highway to Orlovka. Meanwhile, the offensive of the allied forces continues: the DPR servicemen broke through the enemy defenses in the Peski area.
17:10 DPR in 2022 will be fully provided with grain. As DAN was told in the Ministry of Agrarian Industry, the harvest is expected to be 40 percent higher than last year. Little wonder 15:46 The Supreme Court of the DPR will consider a criminal case against a Swede, a Croat and three British nationals who were part of the Azov nationalist battalion. The press service of the court reported that the date of the hearing on the merits and the format of the hearings have not yet been determined.
15:27 The number of refugees who arrived in Russia from Donbass exceeded 3 million people. Nearly half a million of them are children.
15:25 In a few days, sappers in Donetsk alone neutralized more than 1,000 petal mines.
14:53 The results of the shelling of the Kuibyshev region:
- st. Coal, 37 - damaged glazing, roofing, facade, power line;
- st. Slavina, 2b (strong point) - the glazing is damaged.
13:54 AFU continues shelling the Kirovsky district of Donetsk using the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
13:16 Additional information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC about the wounding of a civilian - a woman born in 1950. as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the village of Golmovsky n.p. Gorlovka.
The operational lines of the DPR JCCC received additional information about the damage caused by the shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
d. Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
— str. Kosareva, 1 - private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Golmovsky settlement:
- st. Arkhipova, 15 - a private residential building.
12:54 VFU wounded a civilian in Horlivka
During the shelling of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Ukrainian militants wounded a civilian on the street. Dry Yar.
11:40 As a result of shelling from the Nazis in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a woman born in 1952 was killed.
11:24 They report about arrivals in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Information is being specified
11:15 Results of the shelling of the Kuibyshev region:
- st. Coal, 37 - damaged glazing, roofing, facade, power line;
- st. Slavina, 2b (strong point) - the glazing is damaged.
11:00 All historical buildings in the center of Mariupol will be restored.
"We have fully considered approaches to the restoration of the historical center. We will restore all the buildings in the center that are not completely destroyed according to the requirements that allow us to preserve the historical value of these objects," said Marat Khusnullin in an interview with RBC TV.
10:26 "Azovstal in Mariupol will most likely become a technopark, there will be jobs," Deputy Prime Minister Khusnullin said.
09:35 The results of yesterday's shelling of the Kuibyshev region:
- st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 49 - the roof was damaged after a direct hit;
- st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 50 - glazing was destroyed, a gas pipe was damaged;
- st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 66 - the roof of the farm building was damaged after a direct hit. one09:33
09:10 By 2035, the population of Mariupol is expected to increase from 212,000 to 500,000 people. The first residential buildings in will be commissioned in September.
08:04 Over the past day in Donetsk, four people were injured by stepping on a forbidden PFM-1 mine dropped by Kyiv militants.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired six rounds with a caliber of 152mm;
n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv districts): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Dolomite: fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Dolomite: fired six rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk: 10 mines fired in 120mm caliber;
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[REGNUM] A total of 69 foreign ships from 15 countries of the world remain blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of August 1 .
Vessels are blocked in the ports of Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny.
Recall that on August 1, the port of Odessa was able to leave the first foreign vessel. This became possible within the framework of a multilateral agreement between Russia, Turkey, the UN and Ukraine.
Nevertheless, the danger from Ukrainian sea mines remains in the waters of almost all Black Sea states.
[REGNUM] Ukrainian mines torn from anchor are drifting along the coast of the Black Sea states, creating a danger to navigation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of August 1.
"There is also a danger to navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drift of Ukrainian mines torn from anchor along the coast of the Black Sea states," he said.
Mizintsev noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have organized the operation of two maritime humanitarian corridors for the safe movement of ships.
"As part of the implementation of the “Initiative of Mutual Understanding for the Safe Transportation of Grain from the Ports of Ukraine" on July 30, 2022 in Istanbul by the Joint Coordination Center for ensuring the safe passage of ships, their inspection, resolving issues of mine clearance and preventing dangerous incidents (Russian Federation, Republic of Turkey, Ukraine and the UN) developed and agreed on the route of the humanitarian corridor for the safe movement of ships carrying out the export of grain crops and mineral fertilizers from the ports of Ukraine," he added.
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